tv Newscenter 5 Eyeopener ABC November 18, 2015 5:00am-6:00am EST
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going to pull inilder air. your seven-day forecast, after being near 50 with sunshine, we jump into the 60's thursday and friday. colder this weekend. there could be a few flurries sunday morning. temperatures this morning, cold out the door. we'll break that down for you now as the eyeopener continues. randy: deadly raids outside paris as police search for suspects in last week's attacks. the dangerous situation unfolding right now. emily: also breaking, two flights to france diverted by threats. the common factors putting passengers on edge. randy: a woman causing an emergency situation on boston-bound flight. why crew members say they had to hold her back on the eye for
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emily: gunfire and explosions -- all part of overnight raids in suburban paris. police there have taken 5 people into custody as they hunt for the terrorists who planned last week's attacks. randy: now the main focus is this man -- the suspected mastermind of the tragedy in paris. you can see how many police are still on the streets at this hour. it is a community of suburban paris. erika will have all the breaking details on the manhunt in a minute. right now cindy has the forecast. randy: cindy: one of the colder morning, we have seen all season long. crisis clear. it has been a cold overnights. widespread 20's on the north
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shore. beverley 25. bedford 21. 19 in nashua. teens in northern wus er county as well. worcester at at the freezing mark. 20 in taunton temperatures in the twenty in the cape and the islands as well. lots of sunshine in the forecast today. sun up just after 6:30. we'll enjoy it here into the afternoon. by noontime, we're coming up into the mid and upper 40's. it is a slow climb this morning, hover ing around 50ing thes this afternoon with a light wind turning around in the southeast. that is going allow this storm system to move on in. it will bring in some rain. it will impact this friday morning commute. we'll talk about that coming up. let's gets you out the door this morning and see how your wednesday morning is shaping up. olessa: so far in good shape. a little bit of overnight construction in place. a live look outside the zake imbridge. let's get to the maps. construction clearing. 93 south also by government center as you travel northbound
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on the expressway. picking up that road work on 95 and from 95 to 128 and by great plain avenue. along the pike by new ton corner and your last project clearing as we speak. trains and buses starting the morning on schedule. y and? randy: now to the breaking news we are following right now in france: a major raid overnight as french police target suspects in the deadly attacks in paris. all of this unfolding in saint denis, which is a suburb of paris. this is not far from the national stadium, one of the sites targeted on friday. emily: information really is coming in minute by minute on this. the eyeopener's erika tarantal is on top of it all. erika? >> erika: we know this was a huge operation. targeting the man called the mastermind of those attacks on the city of paris. and we know it was violent. that is the sound of sustained gunfire, witnesses say went on
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of saint denis overnight as all --we also know there were at least seven explosions during the course of this raid. details are still coming in at this hour. but abc news is reporting five terror suspects are under arrest. three were arrested inside the apartment where the raid was centered. two take en into custody nearby. at lst one person is dead. a woman who blew herself up with a suicide vest. this raid was targeting this man: abdelhamid abaaoud. he is a belgian national, and key isis figure who had been believed to be in syria. right now there is no confirmation on whether he was arrested or killed in this raid. several police officers were also injured in the assault. information is still coming in and we will update you as soon as we get more. emily? emily: also breaking overnight. an air france flight that was diverted because of a bomb threat is now on its way to paris. that flight was diverted to salt lake city last night, not long after departing l.a. but the f.b.i. says no
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was found and the flight was cleared to take off overnight. that came around the same time that at flight from paris, this one from washington, d.c. also received a bomb threat. it was diverted to nova where it landed safely. air france plane. nothing was found there either. no other details are being released. randy: this airline passenger faces a judge today after causing an emergency situation on board a boston-bound flight. her bizarre actions forcing the crew to restrain her. the eye's antoinette antonio is live in boston where that woman is in court today. that woman is being held here at the state police barracks at logan airport. crew members say she was drunk when she tried to open a plane door mid-air on a trip to boston. many passengers on the british
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airways flight never noticed a problem, until the crew restrained the woman. she's been identified as polish citizen kamila dolniak. those who did see what happened say dolniak was drunk, and annoyed. >> she did have a vapor cigarette and i think she was going into the bathroom trying to use it and when they said she couldn't i think they came down on her and said you're going something you're not allowed to do and she got very violent about it. erika: security at airports and on planes is at its peak right following the paris attacks. authorities making it clear that yesterday's incident is not related to terrorism. dolniak was unable to post bail last night. she's being kept in a holding cell at logan airport until she heads to court later today. live in boston, aa, wcvb emily: thank you. new information this morning about a story five investigates has been following closely.
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an army reserve spokesman now says security measures, including an alarm system were in place and did work when weapons were stolen from a worcester armory this weekend. five investigates obtaining these pictures showing the blue weapons vault that was broken into on saturday. those windows above it, that's how the thief got in. six assault rifles and 10 handguns are missing. randy: commitment 2016. donald trump will be back in massachusetts today. the republican candidate is scheduled to appear at an evening rally at worcester's d.c.u. center. security for trump's visit will be heavier than before. bomb-sniffing dogs will team up with the secret service. in an interview with abc news -- trump says he wants to stop all the u.s. no matter their religion. >> we don't know if they are christian or not. they have no papers. they have no paperwork.
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very easy ly in syria. you can see barbara walters' full interview with trump on randy: abc's "20-20" friday night at 10 right here on wcvb channel 5. campaigns in massachusetts today. in new hampshire today, two republican candidates. carly fiorina will be in henniker this morning meeting with veterans. she'll then host a town hall meeting at keene state college. jeb bush will attend a house party fundraiser in bedford tonight. louisiana governor bobby jindal is out of the race. the republican had focused much of his effort on the iowa caucuses, but failed to gain any traction in that state's polls. jindal says he hasn't thought about endorsing any of the remaining g.o.p. presidential candidates. emily: a new test for students in massachusetts has been approved. in an 8-3 vote yesterday, the state board of elementary and secondary education decided to combine parts of the mcas test with the parcc exam. half of the districts in the state took the parcc exam last school year. it's aligned with common core standards. mcas had been the state test
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since 1998. randy: right now. it's the talk of metro west. a small earthquake last night. many communities feeling the rumble. the 1.5 magnitude quake was centered near millis and holliston. as you can imagine, there were some jolted nerves. >> i was sit ing on my couch watching tv. and i did feel something. like i said, it is an old house. i thought maybe the furnace started or something but i got a text and someone said did you hear about the earthquake? randy: no report s of any injuries or damage. gas prices are working in drivers' favor this thanksgiving. emily: the savings on the way for the holiday. plus james foley's mother takes on congress. her argument -- in favor of negotiating with terrorists. erika? erika: breaking overnight. abc news is reporting 5 terror
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paris. that's sustained gunfire in st. denis. those raids targeted the isis fighter believed to be the mastermind of the paris attacks. it's not clear if he was either arrested or killed. cindy? cindy: we are going to enjoy win more day of sunshine and cool weather as well. but rain moves in late tomorrow. the timeline, ahead. randy? randy: all right. just three ingredients make one impressive meal. the recipe secret from one of boston's top chefs. erik dunkin's new sweet black pepper bacon sandwich, with double the slices of caramelized crispy pepper bacon. it's the bacon experience you've been waiting for. bacon up.
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randy: all right. the crusaders. pretty excited. emily: a big parade down in plymouth. we're hoping that the weather at least will be dry. cindy: it will be dry. emily: that is good. cindy: i purchased some hand and toe warmers. we have the cold weather around here this morning. a little frost around here this morning. but in other parts of the country, they are dealing with other things. take a look at the snow here. this is out of new mexico. so there has been a wintry side of this storm working in our direction. you can see the snow accumulating this. we're not exactly dealing with that. as the storm moves in, we'll deal with rain. cold enough this morning for some frost.
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olessa tweeted this picture of home run her windshield. there is a lot of frost on the windshields this morning. we're headed to around 50 this afternoon. we need this rain. behind it cooler air for the weekend. mainly a dry weekend. might be a couple of flurries around sunday morning. you can see the divide now across the country. these are forecast highs. cold air wrapping in behind it. cold enough for some snowflakes flying. severe weather an aspect as well along the gulf of mexico. this storm is moving slowly because advertise running into high pressure. the skies are clear and the temperatures have been dropping all night long. our high was only 45 yesterday the 19 in nashua now. 25 in beverley.
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barely 20 in taunton. 20's all the way down the cape and the south coast this morning. it is a cold start. still hovering just above the freezing mark. by lunchtime, upper 40's. notice the winds. it is going to be around 50 this afternoon. maybe some lower 50's on the cape. afternoon. we will start to see some clouds increase, especially west of worcester by day's end. overnight the clouds start to advance on in. with that cloud cover overnight and more of a southerly wind, not going to be nearly as cold tomorrow. 30's and lower 40's when you're waking up. a dry start tomorrow. milder day with a southerly wind. here comes that rain in the afternoon. that rain is going to be with us into friday before cooler air settles in for the weekend. looks like wet weather coming late thursday into friday. i don't expect any issues
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through the morning hours on thursday. in the early evening, the rain spreads in from the west. friday morning dealing with big puddles and raindrops before we clear things out. expecting about an inch or so of rain. some spots could see more than that, especially out in western part of the state. drying out on saturday. there will be gusty winds so feeling chilly. let's get you out to the roads. scraping those windshields. olessa: not fun this morning. a live look outside. here is the expressway. northbound side moving to the bottom of the screen. let's get over to the master watching one accident 93 southbound. if you're head roosevelt circle, one lane so far so good. construction cleared by the pike. we had a little trouble in that area yesterday.
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construction cleared a way. also on 95, approaching 128, the trains and buses are starting the morning on schedule. that is a look at your traffic. emily: updating our breaking news. seven terror suspects under arrest and at least are dead including a woman who detonated a suicide vest. the raid was targeting the man called the master minde of the attacks. no word yet on whether he was killed or captured. >> i respectfully demand to see the proof that our current hostage policy is truly protecting americans. emily: the mother of a new hampshire man killed by isis demands answers during testimony in washington. diane foley is the mother of journalist james foley, killed in syria in august, 2014. she testified yesterday before the house foreign affairs committee, asking washington to change its policy of not
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she recounted the nearly two-year ordeal her family went through, left to communicate with isis on their own, to try and save her son. she says the current policy led to the death of james, and other americans. committee members were skeptical of her calls for change, claiming isis would just start killing again once their demands were met. randy: 5:19 on this wednesday morning. if you're traveling on the roads this thanksgiving, expect lower gas prices. aaa northeast says the average for a gallon of regular is 85 percent lower than this time last year. quite a bit. right now, the average price at the pump is $2.08. about two million new englanders are expected to travel for the holiday. emily: new this morning. a brand new restaurant in south boston is hoping to become the neighborhood's main hangout. but their secret to flexibility and fun could help you in the kitchen, too. erika is back with a super
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impress. erika: we're talking about three main ingredients in this dish. coppersmith is hoping to become southie's favorite third space. >> you've got work and home and the third space is your third space. erika: chef chris henry is aiming high. coppersmith drawing people in by having an open mind. we want to do whatever the >> neighborhood wants. erika: boasting a generous bar, outdoor spaces, an airstream on the roof and a foodtruck inside, they're all for experimenting. >> we can be a little bit more playful we can do things that we normally wouldn't do in a kitchen, we wouldn't do fried pickles and nachos and things like that. erika: out of the truck they do, from the kitchen the food is more refined. gorgeous greens like this. and on this day, nudi., a kind of naked ravioli. scandalous. made with three simple ingredients. >> a pound of ricotta, a cup of a.p. flour, all purpose flour, and one egg and that's it. erika: maybe add some salt, a little parmesan cheese.
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>> you want to work it as little as possible. we're just going to really simply roll it out. erika: cut into pieces and boil for two minutes. chef henry then gets fancy, searing his with mushrooms. >> these are mytaki or hen of the woods mushrooms. some fortified wine, salt and pepper. finish it with an irresponsible amount of butter. butter, oil and a little alcohol that's burned off this isn't. we're not doing health food, you know. it's alright? it's delicious. erika: they are going to be open 18 out of 24 hours a day. randy: it's a question many reporters would have been afraid to ask. but one reporter went for it -- live on the air. the life-changing moment -- in eyepoppers. then new at 5:30 -- congressman seth moulton trading words with the governor. their fight over syrian refugees. todd? reporter: the teenager accused of murdering his teacher is
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emily: 5:24 on your wednesday morning. in a word, brr. cindy: you may need to allow some time to scrape the frost off your windshield this morning. notice we have rain coming in late thursday into friday as temperatures come up into the 50's. this will impact especially your friday morning commute as the afternoon. randy? randy: time for eyepoppers. olessa, a bride taking out some rage after her wedding is called off! and her bridesmaids joined olessa: her. the women destroyed their dresses during a color run fest in florida. they even got on stage and had fun with the crowd. the bride says her fiance called off their engagement just days before the wedding. she is actually thanking him this morning. having a little fun. randy: sparing her from a life of misery.
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way to make lemonade. and a wisconsin reporter does some investigating on live television. randy: oh, there he is. olessa: there he is. he asked his longtime girlfriend to marry him. and she said yes! evan had promised his now-fiance rachel that he wouldn't propose on a jumbotron at a game. so this was the next best thing. randy: many more thousands watching. olessa: exactly. hey, no pressure or anything with all of those viewers. randy: she said yes. emily: thank you, guys. still ahead, a teacher is becoming a viral sensation for his inspirational message. the way he starts class every single day. here is another look at the breaking overnight raid. at least seven arrests were made but it is not clear at this
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randy: breaking overnight. a major terror raid turns into a deadly standoff. the information just coming in from outside paris. emily: more breaking news. two flights to paris diverted. what we've learned overnight about the threats to those planes. randy: all eyes on the teen accused of killing a danvers teacher. the questions this morning about whether the trial of phillip chism can go forward. breaking this morning. police -- swarming the streets of st. denis, france. the suburb outside of paris became a war zone overnight -- with gunfire and explosions in the street.
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emily: they were looking for the paris terror suspects including this man, believed to be the mastermind of the attacks. you can see a heavy police presence still on the streets right now. randy: erika has those updates in minutes. but first cindy has the forecast. cindy: it is a cold morning indeed. the kids at the bus stop this morning will want a heavy jacket. lots of 20's and frost in the suburbs this morning. getting off the bus this afternoon, still a lot of sunshine and temperatures recover to near 50. look at these testimonies now. 19 in -- temperatures. 19 in nashua now. teens n in norwood. 20's in taunton. lots of 20's in the cape as well. a clear start. we are going to see a lot of sunshine throughout the day. late-day clouds. by 9:00 we'll get up to 40 and then hold until up around 50
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southeasterly winds. that is going to open the door for this next storm system. we will tell you what you can expect in just a bit. you may need some extra time to scrape off that windshield. it is cold. here is the expressway. that is the northbound side heading to the bottom of the screen. let's get to the maps. watching a few problem spots if you're heading north of town. a crash on 495. the center lane is blocked. another accident 93 southbound. roosevelt circle. one lane there is shut down and there is the new traffic pat wrern the left lane spritz out of. budget in that extra time. south of town in good shape. trains and buses on schedule. emily? emily: now to the breaking news we've been following all morning. a major terror raid overnight in
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randy: and the stakes are high. the eyeopener's erika tarantal is tracking information as it comes in. erika: and this is just coming in: we're now learning seven people are in custody after what was a huge operation. and a violent one. the target of that raid: this man. abdelhamid abaaoud. he is a belgian national, a key isis figure who had been believed to be in syria. no word yet on whether he was killed or captured. we do know the operation in saint denis, a paris suburb, is not over. we also know two suspects are dead...including a woman who detonated a suicide vest. we will bring you information as we get it. and arenew opposition in new hampshire to the governor's call to turn away syrian refugees. in a vote last night, manchester's board of mayor and y? alderman went against maggie hassan's recent stance.
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500 refugees could be headed to new hampshire. randy: governor baker joining more than two dozen other governors opposing syrian refugees coming to the u.s. he was a part of a conference call yesterday with the obama administration. congressman seth moulton ripped the governor's opposition, tweeting -- "it's a shame the governor doesn't know the difference between refugees and those from whom they need refuge." the two continued trading words yesterday. >> i think it is unfortunate that a serious buy guy like that went straight to the partisan talking points. >> this is not about partisan talking points. points. i was speaking about my values and about american values. emily: baker says he needs assurances out potential terrorists who try to slip into the country with the refugees. >> i can't come out. i can't take it. randy: one of the court officers
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there. more courtroom drama in the trial of the danvers teen accused of killing his teacher. philip chism refusing to enter the courtroom in the first full day of testimony. right now: the judge has ordered the jury back to court. emily: the eyeopener's todd kazakiewich is in salem with the steps being taken to make sure the trial proceeds. todd? >> good morning. the judge making it clear that action will be taken if chris m refuses to come out and sit in the courtroom. >> he was lying on the floor. mum wbling his eyes closed. reporter: the judge describing chism in his holding cell. his actions raise questions about his conference tensey. the judge asked for a evaluation of the teen. testimony will resume this
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will be set up so that proceedings live from the courtroom in his cell. randy: todd, thank you. there is new hope in solving a three decade old new hampshire cold case. investigators have released brand new images of the four victims, a woman believed to be in her 20's and three children between the ages of 2 and 10. steel drums in a state park in 1985 and 2000. new high tech forensic tests on hair and teeth helped to narrow the ages of the victims and the but science only goes so far. recognizes the people in the images. >> somebody has seen these adulthood female. they know. they will come forward eventually. you just have to get to the right years. randy: the lead investigator time to solve the unanswered questions in this case. a good thing in certain cases.
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emily: the recommendation having a positive impact on men's health. and a little boy fulfills his dream of becoming a pittsfield police officer. why the day was just as special for the real members of the force. randy: and we're following breaking news in france. this is abdelhamid abaaoud. the belgian-moroccan isis fighter is believed to be the mastermind behind the paris attacks.
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olessa: good morning. welcome back the eye opener. if you're traveling 94 southbound. watching a crash near route 10. a new traffic pattern might cause some delays. cindy what is that icy stuff on the windows? cindy: it is frost. clear skies. we have sunshine today. the storm in the middle of the country catches up with us by the end of the week. rain will be moving in late in day tomorrow. it winds down early on friday. we are cooling it down and drying it out for the weekend. could be a few flurries on sunday morning. emily? emily: brr. thanks. new recommendations against routine screening for early prostate cancer appear to be working. a new american cancer society study found fewer u.s. men are getting blood tests and being diagnosed. a government panel advises against the tests because it can lead to the over-treatment of tumors that may never threaten a
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man's life. there is no information about how the recommendations impact death rates. a special day in uniform for a little boy in pittsfield as he became an honorary police officer. 5-year-old shavez forte has been diagnosed with a stage four malignant neoplasm. he's always dreamed of being police officer, and when the pittsfield police department found out, they stepped in to help. shavez was sworn in and given a full tour of the station. he spent the day with officer darren derby. >> my whole goal in wearing this uniform is to help those in need. that's ultimately what we're here for. it has kind of taken over me emotional. -- emotionally. i'm almost at a loss of words when i'm with him. police catch a "pretend" bad guy, trying to escape from the station. great job. randy: updates ahead on our breaking news this morning. startling video from deadly overnight raids in suburban paris. plus two threats on air france
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information we are learning. emily: antoinette is at logan airport hours before the woman accused in a mid-air scare faces a judge. and todd is in salem with the latest courtroom drama in the philip chism trial. randy: and siddy is here with your forecast this morning. cindy: it is a cold start this morning. a lot of frost out the door. you may need time to scrape the windshield. there will be rainfall coming in here as we end the week. boy do we need it. it gets colder as we head into the weekend with flurries. lots of teens showing up. norwood at 19. widespread 20's south shore and down to cape. it is a cold start this morning. today is going to be a dry day. high pressure is holding on. winds turn to the southeast. high pressure starts to slip away overnight. that is going to allow this next storm system to begin to move on in.
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of the state. it is a mostly sunny day for you. overnight the clouds will blanket us. it is not going to be as cold overnight. tomorrow morning, expecting dry conditions by lunchtime. showers starting to push into the berkshires and by the evening hours, light r rain. overnight we get heavier downpours and rain around for this friday morning commute. looks like a widespread half inch to inch of rain. there could be more on the western part of the state. the biggest impacts come with the rain overnight thursday night into friday morning. i think your friday morning commute will be slowed down by the wet weather. mid 50's tomorrow. still in the 50's friday. we'll take a look at the colder weekend coming up. olessa: a couple of problem spots this morning. a live look at route 1. you can see the delays starting to pick up early this morning. let's get to the map and check out the rest o rides. 495 northbound a crash.
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a little bit slow going on the southbound side. 93, south, slow. watching an accident by rooseveltle. that has one lane blocked. the expressway, so far so good. 10-15 braintree into boston. emily: thank you. breaking news coming in overnight out of france. randy: erika is here with now information. erika: after some seven hours, this is still not over. at least seven explosions. a belgian isis militant paris attacks. we know at least seven terror
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suspects have been arrested. at least two people are dead including a woman who blew herself up and there may be still be a person inside. it is not clear whether he was located. we'll update you when information comes in. emily: also breaking overnight. an air france flight that was diverted because of a bomb threat is now on its way to paris. that flight was diverted to salt lake city last night, not long after departing l.a. but the f.b.i. says no explosives or related evidence was found, and the flight was cleared to take off overnight. this came around the same time that another flight to paris, this one from washington, d.c. also received a bomb threat. that flight was diverted to nova scotia, where it landed safely. passengers were taken off the air france plane and it was searched overnight. in both cases, the threats were anonymous, but no other details were released. >> polish woman on a flight from
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here at the logan police barracks after crew members say she tried to open the exit door in middle of the flight. the woman has been identified as a polish citizen. witness s say she was trying to take a vapor cigarette in the bathroom before vetting violent and trying to open that exit door. many passengers said they never noticed a problem until crew members restrained that woman. officials say this has no link to terrorism. she will be in court in east boston later on today. reporter: it is day three of the phillip chism murder trial. the big question is will he leave his holding cell. he is accused of raping and murdering his teacher.
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after the morning recess he refused to leave his holding cell claiming he might have a tantrum and didn't want to hurt himself or anyone else. jurors were sent home early. testimony will resume today. if he refuses to leave his cell, a video feed may be set up. randy: terror group boko-haram is taking responsibility for a suicide bombing in nigeria that leaves at least 32 people dead. another 80 wounded there. there had been three weeks of peace in the region following a string of suicide attacks. emily: five investigates obtaining these pictures -- showing the blue weapons vault that was broken into at military armory in worcester. those windows above it, that's how the thief got in. the worcester telegram reports the alarm was working at the time. six assault rifles and 10 handguns are missing. emily: an 11-year-old new hampshire girl is credited with
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she called her father saying something smelled funny. he urged them to get outside and call 911. when the fire department got there, they found carbon monoxide levels enough to be deadly. randy: donald trump will be back in massachusetts today. the republican candidate is scheduled to appear at an evening rally at worcester's d.c.u. center. security for trump's visit will be heavier than before; state and local police with bomb-sniffing dogs will team up with the secret service. emily: a new test for students in massachusetts has been approved. in an 8-3 vote yesterday, the state board of elementary and secondary education combined parts of the mcas test with the parcc exam. half of the districts in the state took the parcc exam last year. it's aligned with common core standards. mcas had been the state test since 1998. randy: final approval for a fast ferry connection between new bedford and nantucket. the steamship authority voted
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unanimously for the service last night. it will provide seasonal passenger service in under two hours starting next spring. emily: a sign of the season: boston's christmas tree from nova scotia is on its way. the 50-foot spruce arrives on boston common friday. the gifted tree is part of an annual tradition dating back to 1918. you can see the tree lighting live thursday december 3rd at 7 right here on wcvb. randy: the bruins fall to the the garden. power play in the 3rd, patrice bergeron beating san jose's martin jones for the goal. but the bs lost steam. the sharks go on to win. 5-4 the final. the b's head back to the garden tonight to take on the wild. the puck drops at 7. just one more year with big papi. the red sox slugger is set to announce that 2016 will be his last season. he's currently third on the sox' all time home run list. papi expected to make the announcement today on his 40th birthday. randy: happy birthday! patriots taking on the bills at
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about the big test for his guys going against undefeated new new england team. >> you're going against a team that is arguably the best team in football right now. and the best offense in the league. with the best quarterback. so it is like how much better -- we know one thing. we will find out how much better this football team is. randy: they will. the patriots take the field for that game -- monday night football is next monday, the 23rd, right here on channel 5. our coverage begins at 8 o'clock with our sportscenter 5 countdown to kickoff show live from gillette stadium. >> you, sir, are an amazing student. you're very fun you do a great job every day. emily: a special education teacher in florida is sharing an inspiring classroom routine on social media. every morning, chris ulmer spends 10 minutes complimenting his 8 students, one by one. their diagnoses range from
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autism to traumatic brain injuries to speech disorders. he says he's seen confidence and self-worth skyrocket. randy: good for him there. i have witnessed some big improvements for students at a boston public school. thanks for letting me be the honorary principal of the day. this new effort of the boston plan for excellence in boston schools a turnaround to what had been a failing school in the city. there were quite a number of obstacles for students there. good to witness the spirited leadership of the actual principal. lisa gilbert smith. she does a great job and has put together a fantastic team. it was wonderful to see that. emily: did you let them get out of school early? randy: no. i didn't call anybody to the office.
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cindy: it was a colder than average day in boston. in fact the coldest day since april 9. it was only 45 in the city but with sunshine and light winds it actually felt pretty nice. starting out with sunshine this morning. the sun is up at 6:38 officially. 35 degrees under clear skies. light winds. that is lost. look at the suburbs. 21 in bedford. 21 in belle . 19 in norwood. lots of 20's from the south shore and plymouth down to the cape. look at martha's vineyard at 21. a cold start this morning. temperatures coming up to 48 degrees for your lunch hour. under the sunshine with the light wind, it feels pretty nice this afternoon as we come up to around 50. toward the day's end, we will start to see the clouds increase as high pressure begins to move out.
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system to start to inch closer to us. it will first bring in the clouds overnight. it is not going to be as cold tonight. tomorrow is a milder day in the 50's and rain comes in late in the day it is dry for the morning commute. showers negotiablely. still some rain around before we dry it out and cooler air makes its way in for the upcoming weekend. in terms of how much rain you can expect, the bulk of the heaviest downpours thursday night into friday and it looks like a widespread inch or so of rain. some spots could see more than that. feels a little colder than that 48 high temperature you're seeing. there could be a few flurries around but not looking like a big storm. olessa: a live look at route one where you can see that volume. for the rush hour building on the southbound side. north of town still watching
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the southbound side. 93 south still watching this crash by roosevelt circle. that new traffic pattern in effect on 128 northbound might cause a headache this morning. then an accident coming in 128 north by 124. one lane is blocked. trains and buses doing ok. randy? emily? randy: following news from france this morning. emily: police look for the terror suspects. new this morning, look like a
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