>> might be tough with toddls. >> definitely would be. >> that's what's making news in america this randy: good morning. it' s thursday november 12. i' m randy price. emily: i' m emily riemer. breaking news on the eyeopener. a crash in barnstable involving a state trooper. the other driver police say is -- police say caused this. randy: an internet dating scam. the warning from boston police right now after a string of catfish robberies. people who were simply meeting a date. >> my voice is going to be hurt this time -- is going to be heard this time. emily: a sex assault survivor fighting back decades later. her push to keep her attacker on the books. cindy: temperature wise we are in the mid 40' s.

out of the north at seven miles per hour. you go outside of the city, lots of mid 40' s to the north. temperatures pretty uniform. underneath a deck of clouds that may produce a bit of patchy drizzle. outside of that, it is dry. off to the west, there are showers. these are racing in our direction. they will get in here by the lunch hour. you can see a couple of showers i lunch. they become a little more numerous by the ride home today. temperatures should come up to around 50 degrees by lunchtime. we will top out in the lower 50' s today. another day you will need the wet weather gear. the roads are drying out. good morning, olessa. olessa: not seeing a lot of construction. no troubles here.

a little bit of that roadwork is in place, 93 south . some roadwork here as we passed by route 24 -- as we passed by route 24. we expect the planes in truck -- the planes and buses to start on time. randy cohen breaking overnight, -- ramco -- randy: breaking overnight, two people hurt including a state trooper after a violent crash on the cape. made this situation even more the eyeopener' live in barnstable with what we this was the scene overnight along route 6 in barnstable. police say a wrong-way driver struck the trooper. it happened between exits 7 and 8 around. last night. both the driver and the trooper were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. no word on any charges at this hour. randy: other stories we' re following right now. protests that garnered national attention at the university of missouri are now spreading around the country.

college campuses. some boston college students are urging people to wear black today to stand in solidarity with missouri. emily: fantasy sports site fan-duel is telling customers in new york to keep playing despite an order to stop. the company and its rival boston-based draft kings were york' s attorney general declared them illegal gambling sites. draft kings is also promising to fight to stay in business there. the sites argue that it' s a game of strategy, not chance. randy: police are warning of an online trap targeting people , hoping to make that perfect the eyeopener' s antoinette antonio is live in boston with the dangerous scheme. for anyone who uses online eating saps -- dating apps. they' re meeting a date only to end up robbed at gunpoint. this is happened six times in

the last five weeks, always in mattapan and dorchester. police are not saying which dating apps or sites the victims used or if those victims are men , or women. but they do say the armed suspect is always a man. a boston matchmaker says the victims likely fell for fake profiles made with stock photos. >> it is said, because there are a lot of vulnerable people out there who are dying for a relationship. internet: that' s antoinette: -- internet: -- and tornadic: boston police say online daters should always arrange to meet in a public place. another tip if the person won' t skype or use a webcam to talk to you be wary. antoinette antonio, newscenter 5. emily: a sex assault survivor speaking out against her

attacker' registry. we are protecting her identity. the attacker has been allowed by the courts to go by john doe. he pleaded guilty to sex assault in 1987. s suing the state because he wants to qualify for public s on the sex offender registry. inside. -- could be on his side. in february, the new hampshire supreme court ruled that offenders convicted prior to restrictions were enacted can it doesn' t make sense to the don' anymore. he is a sex vent that she is a sex offender. sex offender anymore. emily: the coalition against domestic and sexual violence says the process is not regulated enough. expected in court today accused in a road rage incident. police say gary pimentel pointed

this fake gun at another driver in medford. it happened tuesday on interstate 93. police say pimentel painted the -- painted it black and then pointed it to make it look more real. he' s facing charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. a former uber driver and convicted felon is charged with dragging two boston police officers with his car. surveillance video from sunday shows the legs of a boston police officer sticking out of the window, allegedly driven by bryant gilbert. uber admits an initial s six license suspensions and a record that gilbert was fired after uber this morning, we are looking at members of our military returning home to fight another battle. emily: the struggles their facing with addiction. and the vets now fighting back. lawsuit. why women are targeting the maker of their birth control.

-- found a day later in a tough spot. the intense rescue effort. and the happy reunion for the family. cindy: patchy fog and more rain

>> you made it buddy. good boy. emily: a happy ending to a big scare for a taunton family. their dog fell 25 feet down a well and stayed there overnight. randy: the eye' s erika tarantal joins us with the rescue. erika: this one required a lot of patience from firefighters. one of them got a little bit hurt. watch as they hoisted 2-year-old buddy out of a foot of water. he fell in the well on monday but didn' t make a lot of noise , so no one knew where he was. it wasn' t until the next day that the kids figured out what was wrong and the rescue got underway. >> i started talking to the dog and telling him it is ok buddy. that happened to be his name. in the tricky rescue but he' going to be ok. the family just happy to have buddy back safe this morning.

randy: do it all right. -- doing all right. changes could be coming to apple pay. emily: the steps the company is taking so you can ditch your wallet. plus, life-saving surgery between husband and wife. why the couple is calling it a match made it heaven. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power.

he moved to vermont, won election and praise as in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, and tuition-free people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders,

emily: severe weather making its way through the midwest. multiple tornadoes were reported in iowa as strong winds and heavy rains battered much of the region. and that system making its way here quickly. cindy: we discovered yesterday storm for the most part. where watching that one. i the time it comes here, much much weaker. 46 as you' re heading out the door. we are going to watch those showers come in the afternoon. we will get back sunshine tomorrow. it will be accompanied by a gusty wind did that is going to rush" air. you can see that -- that is

this is the same storm that also the denver. northwest, temperatures. but the past 24 hours. as well. like a powerful system that is approaching us. it is coming at us in a weakened state. a visibility of four miles. not too bad in boston. 46, boston. south of boston, we are running in the 40' s as well. upper 40' s on the cape. the winds have settled down. we are still looking at lingering clouds. we might see a little bit of sunshine this morning. a low level of clouds that hung around.

a patch or two of drizzle in communities this morning. as we go into the afternoon hours, showers will be back in. we should come up in the lower 50' s. boston, marshfield to the cape. let me timeout the showers for you. by lunchtime, if you have plans to be out and about, i would be ready for a couple of lighter showers. as a gets deeper into the afternoon, showers becoming more numerous. overall, they are light. we will see some partial clearing overnight. in terms of rainfall, we are not talking about one or two inches. it looks like a quarter to up to -- a quarter up to a half an

clearing falling back into the 40' s. tomorrow, mild. it is partly sunny. a mild wind comes from the west tomorrow. it is going to usher in colder air. on saturday, it is going to be breezy and colder. temperatures only running into the 40' s, despite the sunshine. the wind is going to be active as well. by early next week, mild temperatures making a comeback. olessa: so far, we are doing ok. a live look outside. traffic is getting by without any problems in both directions. a little bit of construction in place. 93 south. 93 by route 24. so far, it is a quite start. 93 wide open this morning. so far, we are expecting the

randy: newscenter 5 continues coverage on our veterans. there are nearly 40,000 veterans in massachusetts. many of them serving in iraq and afghanistan. but for some coming home doesn' t always end the fight. since the war on terror began 14 years ago prescriptions for addictive pain medicines given to military members have skyrocketed. one study shows illicit drug use has more than doubled. investigative reporter kathy curran spoke with two veterans who struggled with addiction at home. both say their drug use began while serving in iraq. >> xanax to sleep. opioids, pains. >> morphine, heroin. >> we went from being one of the most respected people as a "hard-core -- or a junkie.

randy: both veterans are clean now. brian tivnan does outreach to help others. christina russo is part of an inpatient program at the v.a. and hopes to become a peer counselor. emily: commitment 2016. republican presidential candidates lindsey graham and ted cruz will officially register today in new hampshire to be on the ballot for the nation' s first primary. the move for cruz comes just two days after some called him the winner of tuesday' s gop debate. the texas senator held a town hall in kingston yesterday putting a focus on the role of the military on this veterans day. voters eager to get a closer look at him. see. if we stand up to the soviet union and defend our rights, then i will be dammed if we lose them to our own government. emily: several other candidates joined cruz yesterday in new hampshire to thank veterans including republicans donald trump and rick santorum and

randy: economic headlines this morning apple is thinking of new wallets. the company is reportedly in a payment service that would let people send each other cash from the plan is similar to paypal' s venmo, an app that lets people pitch-in on things like rent, payments and restaurant checks. emily: asian stocks are mixed as investors eye weak oil prices and the prospect of a federal reserve rate hike. fed leaders are expected to speak today and could give hints on when that hike could happen. of that speech and the release of weekly jobless data. yesterday major u.s. benchmarks ended lower with the dow losing 56 points. randy: it is 10 minutes before 5:00. a check of our trending stories this morning. a major lawsuit over a birth control mix-up. 113 women are suing for the total cost of raising a child , claiming they got pregnant because of a packaging mistake. the fda recalled the pill in question, in 2011, because

placebos were labeled as actual pills. the women say this left them without adequate contraception and caused unwanted pregnancies. emily: a pennsylvania woman says she found a black widow spider in her grapes. she says her family bought the bj' s wholesale club and found welch' they' ve had the problem before because they do not use pesticides. randy: a bright and colorful salute to our veterans in there' s they can bridge -- the sake of bridge zakim bridge lit up last night. the lights on the bridge changing from red to blue to honor all our military members. >> she is my hero. randy: a plymouth woman giving a life-saving gift to her husband. he was going through a serious health crisis. emily: and she turned out to be one of the few who could save him. last april both of brad white' s kidneys failed seemingly out of the blue. he desperately needed a

brad has a big family even a fraternal twin, but his wife meghan turned out to be his perfect match. doctors at mass general performed the surgery. and now six days later, the couple is back at home recovering. through this. it is truly amazing. >> i think this will make us closer. emily: it will still be a few but the couple is just focusing on what they are thankful for. great story there. this seems to early, but signs of christmas already in the air. randy: the national marker making its way to washington. and the historical significance this year. then new on the eyeopener at 5:00. the boston pops and fitness? these music all-stars have some serious secrets. what they know that can help all

emily: 4:55 this morning. we are following breaking news overnight. randy: a state trooper and one other person are hurt after a wrong-way crash. this was the scene overnight along route 6 in barnstable. troopers responding to a wrong way driver at around 11:30. trying to slow oncoming traffic when the driver struck a cruiser. that driver is said to have had medical issues. both he and the trooper taken to the hospital with minor injuries. emily: a suspect is dead after a shootout in baltimore. police say two officers came across a man with a gun in the street last night. they say the man then shot at the officers, hitting one in the leg. one of the officers fired back and killed the suspect. the injured officer is expected to be ok.

randy: investigators are working to find the cause of this fire that destroyed a historic new hampshire inn. the owner had to be carried to safety as smoke filled the armont inn in campton early yesterday morning. a neighbor called 911 after hearing popping sounds and seeing flames. nobody was seriously hurt. emily: one person is dead more than a dozen hurt after a home explodes in new jersey. it happened yesterday morning at a multi-family home in the town of elizabeth. investigators say someone inside the house may have been illegally tapping into a natural gas line. gaping sinkhole in a parking lot in mississippi. the lot caved-in on saturday , swallowing at least 12 an expert says the 30-foot hole collapsing because of new construction in the area. incredibly nobody was hurt. randy: former boston sportscaster bob lobel is suing a newton golf course claiming discrimination. lobel says the woodland golf club is wrongly denying his

cart for the disabled. he is seeking a quarter million dollars in damages. woodland' s manager says lobel can still play the course but cannot use his cart in the bunkers because of safety concerns or on the greens because it tears them up. emily: the celtics' two game winning streak is over. evan turner dumped in 20 points but he was the only bright spot against the pacers. the c' s knocked in just 4 of 23 three-pointers. paul george turned up the heat for indiana, scoring 26 on the night. pacers win 102-91. the celtics take on the hawks tomorrow night at the garden. remco we are way before thanksgiving at this point. christmas. capitol' s west lawn is on its way to d.c. it made a stopover in south dakota yesterday. this year for the first time the 74-foot tree comes from a

national forest in alaska. it was cut on october 27, expected to arrive next week. it will be lighted on december 5. when you have that much that rating to do, you have to get it early. emily: that is true. only one holiday at a time. i am just like let' s get to thanksgiving. cindy: last week we were talking about temperatures in the 70' s. yesterday was the first date that our high temperature was below average. a little reality check settling in. the cool air coming in with rain. we did get up to two inches. boston just a half inch. worcester, not even a quarter of an inch. we needed that rainfall. look at where we stand, still a .5 inches below average . -- still 8.5 inches below average in boston.

a powerful system crawling through the great lakes. sending showers in our direction . not this morning. we are looking for try conditions to get you out the door. showers will move in this afternoon. tim just coming up in the lower 50' s here today. 60 or higher from new york down to d.c.. a new push of colder air. we will get a bump up in temperatures tomorrow when the winds will be gusting on your friday from the morning our two -- from your morning hours to the afternoon. up near 60 tomorrow with the wind it is not come to feel that way. that brees bringing in the chill -- the brees bringing in the chill. it does look milder next week. temperatures could be back in the low 60' s here by wednesday.