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squaw ur years ago. >> people are dying in oceans, drowning. this is not going to be fair. reporter: one of the attackers had a syrian passport and traveled through greece alone and unarmed. they say other syrians should not be punished for his crimes. >> thousands of children will die. why people are making decisions? they need somebody to save them now. reporter: the director of the muslim justice league says the vetting process is thorough and calling on the governor to change his mind and allow the refugees to come here. wcvb, newscenter 5. ed: right now the eiffel tower who dimmed their lights in the morning following the attacks is glowing, but faintly at this hour. it is bathed in the color of the french flag, the blue, the white and the red. it is rather faint at this hour. one sign of normalcy as the manhunt continues. reporter: more than 150 raids were carried out overnight.
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but at this hour the top two suspects in the paris attack have not been found. as paris paused in silence to remember the victims explosions rang out in the town that is now the focal point of an international manhunt and home to this man, the alleged mastermind of the paris attacks. she is already credited with planning that foiled paris bound train shooting earlier this year. s.w.a.t teams also searching him for escaped paris suspect. but hours after the law enforcement thought they had him cornered they found out he wasn't there. the 2 -- 26-year-old french citizen is on the run. one of his brothers died in the attack and a third was detained and questioned and then released. reporter: he says he is innocent and his family is shocked by what happened in paris. they don't know where he is now.
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the french president confirmed that isis planned the attack from syria. secretary of state john kerry has assurances that the u.s. will stand with france in this fight. gee ultimately -- >> ultimately we will defeat dash and all who share their despicable ideology. reporter: the french president extended the state of emergency for another three months. heather? heather: president obama brought up the boston marathon bombings as an example of the difficulty stoping terrorist you -- attacks. >> there is the boston marathon bombers. obviously it did not result in the scale of death we saw in paris, but that was a serious attempt at killing a lot of people by two brothers and a
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have a moment of silence for those affected in the attack. ed: search crews ended the search for the el faro without finding the black box. the cargo sank during hurricane joaquin. all 33 crew members were lost and three of them had ties here to massachusetts. 5 investigates with new information on how thieves broke into an army reserve facility and stole a dozen military weapons. it happened at the lincoln started army reserve center sometime late saturday night or sunday morning. >> all indications are this was a well planned and well orchestrated burglary. sources tell us the thieves got into the weapons vault stealing more than a dozen firearms including powerful assault rifles. >> the break in was brazen. 5 investigates learned the thieves managed to get into
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the arm pea reserve building. sources saying once inside they cut a hole in the top of the weapons vault. a structure typically built with reinforced steel and thick concrete. they took off with 16 weapons, 6m4 assault rifles and 106-hour 9 millimeter handguns. the break in came to light when they called fire and police on sunday morning reporting smoke in the armory. investigators are searching for one unidentified man. the federal investigators say the break in does no the terrorism. that's still concerning to governor baker. >> separate and apart of anything that has to do with terrorism. i am concerned high caliber weapons were stolen in the first place. >> a military official told us a burglary of this kind is believed to be a first for the 5,000 stand alone armories. in july in chattanooga a man opened fire on a recruiting center.
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four marines and a navy sailor were killed. since then an official with the pentagon tells 5 investigates the army has been working on procedures to make these stand alone armories more secure. and sources tell us there are strict procedures as to where and how the weapons are supposed to be stored, and they are supposed to be protected by intrusion detection systems. what is unclear is if all of the procedures were followed and if the systems were in working order. karen anderson, 5 investigates. heather:over air vard university where four buildings were evacuated after unconfirmed bomb threat. after a thorough search all four buildings were cleared. heather:he killed his teacher and did unspeakable things to her body. the teen's lawyers admitting his guilt, but driven by mental illness. reid? reporter: hallucinations and
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depressions. symptoms of psychosis from which his defense teams says he suffloks. and -- he suffers. and they say it lead him to do the unimaginable. questions about who brutally murdered colleen were answered by the defendant's attorney. >> philip chisim killed colleen and did unspeakable things. reporter: denise who says chisim was mentally ill and not responsible for his actions claiming he suffered from a psychotic disorder since he was 10. his ma ter national -- maternal grandmother suffered from psychosis for years and had many, many hospitalizations. reporter: but chisim planned the attack carrying in a back tack, tack -- in a backpack and these box cutters. he strangled, slashed and
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>> the medical examiner determined she was cut and stabbed with the box cuter 16 times. reporter: police found chisim walking along route 1 carrying this backpack. inside was id, bank cards and a bloody box cuter. he says even hours after the brutal murder the client was not in the right frame of mind. >> did he appear to be staring off in the distance? >> yes. >> would you characterize him as dazed? >> he wasn't understanding. reporter: colleen's mother will take the stand tomorrow and she will attempt to humanize her daughter to the jury. and they will detail the attempts to locate colleen after she failed to return home from work. live in salem, reid lamberty, wcvb, fuse center 5. ed: draft king and fan dual have lost in an attempt to get back in business in the state of new york. draft king and fan dual asked for a restraining order from new york's attorney general.
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taking action because in his opinion daily fantasy sports violated gambling will laws. so that means draft king and fan dual are locked out of the empire state. ed: court officials taking action in the wake of what 5 investigates found about the work day of one of their highest paid clerks. >> i was released about an hour after and i got high a minute after i got out. heather:governor baker wants to change that. his push to let doctors admit overdose survivors for three days. >> when you will need an umbrella and score winter coat. >> what do they say in foxborough? it is not who is hurt, but next man up. a health update on julian
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breaking news. sports people raw beale yaw is going -- memorabilia is going back to the right hands. they are jerseys and pictures stolen from a barber shop. surveillance video to track down the thief and memorabilia. coming. among the stolen items are signed jerseys jerseys from david ortiz, tom brady and paul pierce. ed: fallout from a 5 investigates story about the incredible amount of time off that a court clerk was taking. heather:our investigation has caught the attention of top court officials. here is kathy curran. reporter: the clerk we tracked said the time away from the court is by the book. that's something her bosses at the steat trial court want -- the state trial court want to see for themselves. she is now the focus of a review by the trial court. this after 5 investigates
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clrk away from the -- the clerk away from the court in the middle of the work day. here she is taking her dog for a walk miles and miles away in lowell and our cameras were loaded when she headed to the lobster pool in new hampshire and then off to hanson beach. we tracked the clerk for 26 days during a four-month period and found she was only at the courthouse on average two hours and 23 minutes a day. >> i think it is okay i take time that i have earned. reporter: she says she took 47 days of earned leave time off this five months to deal with family health issues. clerk magistrates get 30 vacation days a year and can use another 30 if they have accrued the time. on top of that clerks get five personal days and holidays and some have unlimited accrued sick time. >> do you think you can be effective not being at court? >> i am not aware of any issues with doing my work.
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highest earning clerk in the state raking in almost $135,000 a year and an additional $35,000 last year in bail fees. after 5 investigates began asking questions, court administrators revoked her ability to set bails after hours and collect her bail fees in the busy jury decks of lowell -- jury decks of lowell. the court takes issues with time and attendance seriously. they are looking into her attendance and performance record and tell us they will take appropriate action if necessary. >> a new push in massachusetts to take very bold action on opioid abuse. >> the big change the governor is proposing and why the medical community says it won't work. >> and the bruins are scoring big at target. why the hockey stars traded in
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heather:governor charlie baker and mayor walsh joined forces today and told the legislative committee that involuntary commitment is at the heart of a bill to fight the opioid epidemic. janet wu reports that the medical community insists this will not work. reporter: these two men may not see eye to eye on everything, but this they agree on. fighting opioid addiction must include giving doctors and hospitals the ability to hold addicts who have over dosed for 72 hours involuntarily. >> if you can treat people who are really on the edge for whom they are frantically at the end of their rope, you may be able to keep them from just banging back out on to the fix. firsthand. >> i over dosed about 14 or 15 years ago. i went to the hospital and i was not treated very well there. i was released about an hour after and i got high the minute i got out.
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reporter: he was lucky six months later he entered a treatment program that has lead to a decade in recovery. not as lucky is matthew rusha. >> he was high and broke his wrist. they never considered when they saw the needle marks on his arm that he was an addict and needed treatment. >> and they didn't keep him? >> no, no, no. he was dead. hospitals and doctors worry about the financial and legal ramifications of holding addicts against their will. >> is there a capacity? is this the right way to do it? holding people against their will when there are no people there to actually provide treatment? >> the addicts and the families losing loved ones unequiped to go to the funeral home to bury their loved ones either. reporter: governorbacker is hopeful it passes its bill by next march meaning that they will be busy hobbying behind the scenes. at the state house, janet wu,
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wcvb. >> they showed up for their annual toy shopping trip. the tradition is meaningful for players with children of their own. >> it is very special when you have a child to have a chance to go and make wishes come true. it means a lot to me and especially for kids. ed: santa would be proud of this guy. he didn't let a broken foot get in the way. he jumped on a scooter and got around. heather:if only they can get a scoot are for the ice. he can motor around and play. something tells me when the camera was off he was doing some sliding. a little racing going on. it didn't feel like icy weather at all today. 61 dr.yes is the high temperature. 61 degrees is the high temperature. we started off with beautiful temperatures out there. everyone was at least in the
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upper 50s today and someplaces getting into the mid60s. these are temperatures more typical for for mid-october. we are warmer than we should be and tomorrow we will be colder than we should be. there is the north wind at 12 miles an hour. starting to push the cool air in. the leading edge is moving through. out here there is some mild air. but to get to the mild air you see what you have to contend with? rain starting thursday night and friday it will be out of here by the weekend. following this is another wave of cold air as we start to talk about it next weekend. headed to the bus stop, you need the heavy coat. 32 degrees despite the sunshine and it is sunshine all day tomorrow. but still only topping off with highs into the upper 40s for tomorrow. speaking of tomorrow here is what the high temperatures look like. cold. this is the temperature in bedford tomorrow morning at 28 degrees. we warm it up to the 40s, but 20 degrees with the low sun angle. that's a tough one to do.
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most of worcester county is in the midto upper 40s as well as the south shore. bridge wrear may get close to -- bridgewater may get close so 50, but you will be near the freezing mark as we get things going in the morning. as far as the cape is concerned temperatures in the midto upper 40s. the cool air is in place. then we wait for the mild air to work its way in. wednesday is a transition day. there is where the mild air is. it is sweeping up ahead of the cold front. that's when we get the chance of showers into the forecast. let's break it down for you. tomorrow we have sunshine and 48 degrees and a cool day out there . on wednesday we are still talking about sunshine, but we will wait for the mild air to get in here. it is still a relatively cool day. thursday we will introduce showers. a frontal boundary from the west. this has a wave of low pressure traveling along it. that's why the possibility is open for an inch or two of rain.
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friday morning's commute is really slow. maybe a little better as we get late in the day. colder weather for saturday and for sunday it looks like we have nuff -- enough of a distar wednesday and cold temperatures that i have put a few flakes into the forecast. there is no accumulation and you don't have to find the shovel yet. that's a chilly weekend with the high temperatures into the 40s and it is going to be windy as well as we talk about the weekend. that is my latest forecast. we will have an update at 11:00. >> now, sports center 5 with mike lynch. >> julian eddelman had surming reon his fractured foot. i am told that normal recovery time is six to eight weeks. six wriex for julian -- weeks for julian is do -- doable and realistic, but by then they have clinched the division and secured a bye. so that would bring us to december 27th and that's the next to last game against
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the jets. seven weeks is the season finale at miami and eight weeks the patriots we assume they have a bye and nine weeks 16th and 17th should be the first playoff weekend and that's when a healthy, strong rehab and recovered julian eddelman will be on the field. >> it is unfortunate to lose such a critical player. you have to try to figure out different ways to get it done. every team deals with injuries. we have been pretty banged up and hopefully at some point, we can get guys back. and you can just keep trying to fight and grind your way toward the end of the season. >> so in his absence the next man up is danny amendola. on the final drive he had three receptions setting up
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guy yeah, i, i didn't know. >> i saw him running toward me and we made icon tabt. ii think he was running at an angle behind me. i thought he was trying to get him. next thing i know is i hit the ground. i wish we could have punched that in. >> next up for the patriots is monday night football. don, da, don, da, don. we have the game right here and the pre game show kicking off at 8:00. >> peyton manning, now we know. he has a torn plantar-facia. anyone who has had it knows how painful it is. you have to cut him a little slack of the he threw four intar exceptions and i was told he could barely walk. he will not play this weekend
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against the chicago bears. >> i am disappointed i am injured and i am disappointed in the game one day after. but i will try to take advantage of this week and try to get to feeling better and feeling healthy and see where everything stands. i am focused on the small picture of trying to get healthy and try to get some of the things that are being dealt with injury wise. kind of nip them in the bud if you will. you know that injury can last up to six months. tell me why i should wear your high school's hooded sweatshirt on our thanksgiving day show which is a week from thursday night. we have always had great reasons and great sweatshirts. looking forward to it. it is a week from thursday night. before that, we have monday night football, pay sh -- patriots and the buffalo bills.
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>> we are looking forward to it. heather:coming up at 11:00, veterans housing, unsan -- unsanitary and infested. that's tonight at 11:00. >> on "chronicle" do you recognize this covered bridge? know the location of this general store or sheep farm? we are in the heart of new england is a hint.
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t woman: i'm here to engineer my future. man: i'm here for my students. tman: to work with a best-selling author. woman: and a nobel prize winner. p man: here because everyone deserves clean water. t man: here for the cool research. rwoman: i'm here to shape the future of nursing. r man: because the oceans matter to us all. p man: i'm there to explore the frontier of knowledge. -man: here for the commonwealth. -woman: and the common good.
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ed: we will be having a little rain coming in. heather:i like the sun sun the
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