who has the plan for jobs? jeb. tax cuts for the middle class. eliminates special loopholes. an explosion in growth and new jobs. jeb: cut taxes. grow america. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. announcer: from boston plus news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. emily: good afternoon and thank you for joining us. erika: here are the big stories making headlines right now. emily: a gruesome discovery in worcester -- a body found in a burning car after crews are called to extinguish the flames. erika: a former police officer in court accused of choking a prisoner in cell in the police department.

emily: and a plane registered in riot crashes in new york, killing one person on board. erika: but first, the mystery and worcester -- a body found inside a burning call -- burning car. reporter: the investigation into this gruesome mystery continues with investigators trying to figure out how a body ended up inside the earning car. this car in flames when firefighters arrived. they discovered human remains inside after putting the fire out. >> definitely scary. reporter: people living in the washington heights area of worcester reacting to the gory details. fire crews were called to the scene around 10:30. once the flames were extinguished, firefighters discovered the body and police were called to the scene to search for evidence. >> my bedroom is right there and we could hear voices outside. that'

scary that that happened right around here. reporter: the car fire happening your the 100 block of swann avenue. it' s a dirt road with only an abandoned house nearby. the discovery of the body is disturbing, but many say the car fire is not unusual. >> i have seen rubbish fires more than a dozen times and i' ve only seen one car fire so far, but i have heard there have been a couple they have put out before. reporter: the fire chief tells me this is a place where stolen cars have been dumped and torched in the past. they are still trying to identify the body found inside the burning car. emily: a new search under way and an unsolved murder in new hampshire. the police and fbi closing several roads on the north end today where denise roberts was shot and killed while out for a

walk in august. area residents signed forms giving police permission to search their yard. no arrests have been made. the reward has grown to more than $42,000. over lowell, police are conducting a new search for a missing woman described as mentally challenged. the 67-year-old was last seen on october 25 walking near her home on tulip lane. she has the mental capacity of an eight-year-old child and is diabetic. erika: a framingham man is of rape. our media partners say , high school counselors came upon a girl coming out of that area wearing no shoes after reportedly being assaulted. 18-year-old patrick cowart is under arrest charged with one count of rape. emily: and a police officer faces a judge accused of choking

reporter: arraignment. the 30 year veteran pleading not guilty to several charges, including strangulation. >> do you have any comment? said just as many words leaving the courthouse as he did in front of the judge, pleading not guilty. he was a sergeant with the pepperell police department when allegations surfaced of . they did not reveal any details about the prisoners injuries or denying any and all act gives asians. -- any accusations. it' s my understanding the involved party has no memory of what happened. reporter: but after an internal investigation, herrera

>> he has been an outstanding servant for 20 years and served in the tactical team for 20 years and has been a hostage negotiator for 10 years. reporter: he was released on his own recognizance and will be back in court next month. emily: right now, police on the scene of a quadruple fatal shooting in maine that happened overnight in a home in oakland. inside, police found three people dead and outside, they discovered a fourth body believed to be the gunman. a four-year-old girl was found in the home, but she was not hurt. she is staying with family while police investigated motive. erika: detectives from new york heading to new hampshire after a plane flying to the granite state crashes off the coast of queens. the body of a 57-year-old man believed to be the pilot and owner of the plane was recovered before the search was called off due to low visibility. the faa says no distress call was made.

witnesses say the plane was lying low and erratically before it crashed into the ocean. emily: a deadly mystery in bridgewater with police asking for the public' s health after -- public' s help after a woman' s burned body is found behind railroad tracks in a secluded area. witnesses saw an suv pull up and when police arrived, they found the body burned beyond recognition. they say her hands and feet were tied and they do not believe it was random. jury selection is back underway in the marty -- murder trial of the teen charged with raping and killing his teacher. a judge cleared the way for the trial i declaring philip chisholm mentally competent. the trial was stopped when he began caving strangely, banging his head on the table and wall. he' s accused of murdering his math teacher two years ago. erika: new details about this

russian plane that crashed in egypt this week. preliminary reports suggest it was likely brought down by a bomb. isis has twice claimed responsibility. the terror group may have had inside help. reporter: as russian rescue teams wrap up their search , a new video showing the immediate aftermath of the crash emerges. growing concerns over what could have caused the airplane to fall out of the sky in the sinai peninsula. the u.s. secretary of defense agreed with u.k. officials that the plane was more likely than not down by a bomb. >> that is one possibility, and explosive device. i understand there are other hypotheses. reporter: those comments echoing those of other counterterrorism officials. >> we have concluded there is a significant possibility that crash was caused by an explosive device.

ministry is calling such statements premature and said the u.k. has yet to share any evidence the plane was bombed. this comes as david cameron and the egyptian president met face-to-face. cameron saying they are working closely with egyptians on security. >> i think we were right to stop our planes from going there. reporter: those concerns as thousands of british tourist remain stranded. that has -- that has caused live concert to follow their lead and suspend flights in and out of sharm el sheikh airport. the islamic state group in the sinai has posted a second claim of responsibility. emily: the state gaming board meets today and we will hear from a company that wants to build a casino. the final proposal will be

fairgrounds. mgm will present changes to its springfield. story out of somerville. emily: it started as a routine traffic stop but it turned out to be anything but routine. we have reaction from the driver and the officer. reporter: i think this traffic stop was an active fate. a driver distraught over news about her dying mother needs a cop with a generous spirit. >> no matter how old you are, you' re never ready. reporter: she' s coping with the sad reality that her 90-year-old mother is about to begin hospice care. >> i thought i had kept it together until i was pulled over. reporter: shortly after, she was pulled over for speeding. while the officer ran her information, she became

emotional. >> it just hit me in those few quiet moments what was happening. the female officer let her go. but later that day, the officer bouquet of flowers and much-needed kindness. >> i hope she will continue to live in your heart and in your pulled you over this morning. that hit me because i have a mother and i am a mother. reporter: the officer who pulled her over said she simply wanted to help a person in need of comfort. >> i felt bad that i couldn' t sit and talk with her. i thought about it and it didn' t leave me. i thought i would do something nice and send her some flowers. reporter: this morning, she brought the flowers to her ailing other. a reminder to the family of a stranger'

t imagine anybody having done that for me. such a tough time and such a hard day for me, you rock. reporter: she still hopes to meet the officer to personally time a little more bearable. emily: what a great story. still ahead, a boy who vanished in alabama more than a decade ago is found alive. where police say he has been all this time. erika: pressure mounting to have donald trump pulled as host of "saturday night live" as a republican launches his first radio ads. cindy: many of us in the 70' s right now, tracking record highs that will likely break tomorrow in the preschool down. emily: and a reality check for

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emily: a child missing in alabama for 13 years has been found alive. julian hernandez was just five when his mother said he had vanished. it turned out he had been living in -- living with his father all this time. he was found when red flags were raised when he tried to apply for college. his social security number came back as an active and officials are seeking charges against his father. erika: commitment 2016 -- republican and democratic presidential candidates making their way to new hampshire to get their names and the primary ballot. this comes as pressure increases on nbc2 canceled donald trump' s guest appearance on this weekend' s "saturday night live." reporter: marco rubio signing the granite state primary. donald trump was the first republican candidate to file for

carly fiorina and bernie sanders ballot today. jeb bush also in new hampshire, but on his comeback tour. he' s insisting there' s no way he before the iowa caucuses despite his slipping poll numbers. -- doing. his first radio ad this morning. mr. trump: i don' t disappoint people, i produce. reporter: and he is preparing to take the stage as host of "saturday night live." reporter: but that appearance is not going well with some hispanic groups . they are calling on the network to cancel the gig over his controversial remarks on immigration. mr. trump: let me say this -- ben carson is a complete and total loser. reporter: ben carson is hitting

the airwaves with a wrap add. the campaign launching an ad specifically targeting young black voters. reporter: donald trump' s ads will start airing today and dr. carson' s ads will air mainly in the south. emily: it' s something many hope we will see anytime soon. this is no coming from northern arizona which got its first major snowfall of the season. nearly nine inches fell, breaking a 90 year record for snow. and check out this image of nasa taken from space. it shows the cyclone making fall in yemen at hurricane strength yesterday. on record to strike that country and it' drop more rain than the country normally gets in the course of a

cindy: the hurricane season in the atlantic goes through of various we are keeping an ion. -- keeping an eye on. in the meantime -- erika: it is the most spectacular day. today is closer to 80 in boston, so i don' t think we are going to get warm. you can see chicago and canada with this warm air and you can see the pictures of the snow, 35 in denver. clearly the nation is divided with the cold air out west. by the time we get into the weekend, the jet stream will go

briefly. lift up and temperatures will moderate. over boston and that has helped to boost the temperature with this and boston. humidity come up. if you have been outside, you up to 20 miles an hour. look at these temperatures -- 72 in marshfield. 73 in worcester as well. beverly is 74. very warm for this time of year. we are seeing some cloud cover

getting a little more cloud cover as we transition from midday with a high-pressure anchored to ourselves, giving us that mild southwesterly wind. you can see it' s going to be dry hours. a fair amount of clouds tomorrow friday. waking up to near 60 day. this will approach as we go into the evening hours and the southwesterly wind will push the

70 in worcester, so we may achieve those record highs tomorrow even though they are out of reach. more clouds in the morning hours and then it will dry out. most showers fall apart just with the gusty breeze. breezy and turning cooler by days end and the real chilly air sunday. we upper 40' s, but lots of sunshine through the weekend and a nice moderation in temperatures, so

emily: she will try to get that in all day. another big milestone for facebook.

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emily: more proof that millions are still turning to facebook -- social network averages 8 billion views april. but unlike youtube, which counts 30 seconds, facebook only requires a mere three seconds. more than a billion people use facebook every day, a majority of them through its mobile site. erika: a bunch of toys you may have grown up with have been added to the national toy hall of fame. this year' s inductees include twister. it was considered to recede to appear in the sears 1966 catalog. the super soaker and the old as time puppet. anyone can nominate a toy for inclusion but they must be right -- must be widely recognized. erika: i like parcheesi. emily:

you can do super soakers that would be fun. announcer: this is an editorial by the wcvb president and general manager. they' ll: the unprecedented union unraveled as quickly as it was formed. most of the republican campaigns for president joined ranks to strategize or collude, if you refer, to take control over future debate. any notion of future debate should meet the same fate rather than forced a man' choosing as a prerequisite for there' s no question the last debate fell short. the moderators lost control from answer. rallies. whichever contender emerges as the 45th president will have to stand up to a much wider range of questions, including those they consider an aid.

they share the bowl with a large fishbowl but there are many fixes that could be implanted candidates have long been involved in shaping debates and that practice should continue. and some of those are worthy of consideration. the media' s independence, even with all the criticism, which is sometimes warranted, remains vital to keeping the candidates