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these all light i rain, up toward the north shore. when i widen out, you'll see heavier rains moving through new york city into southwest connecticut. so the timeline will place the leading edge of that into wooster around 8:00. by about 11:00, getting close to boston, with real heavy downpours around the connecticut river valley. tomorrow morning's commute, especially the first half, along i-95 and points east and southeast, could be extremely wet. by the latter part of the morning commute, then it looks like the rains will shift toward cape ann and by -- cape cod and by lunchtime be offshore. things could be slowed down during tomorrow morning's commute. skies will clear later on tomorrow. the winds could pick up, in the wee hours of the morning, there may be strong gusts, probably not quite as much as this model indicates but you maybe hearing those strong winds.
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a child rape suspect is now accused of stealing more than a dozen high-powered weapons. jack harper is live in wooster. jack? reporter: we are in cambridge. that is where this young man, james walker morales, is from. he had issues here. it was his latest arrest that ended him up and put him in a monitoring bracelet. that bracelet made the f.b.i.'s job a lot easier. james walker morales had been arrested several times. it was the most serious charge that got him kicked out of the army reserve. court documents show he was arrested last may for rape of a child under 14. it happened, according to investigators, at the home of a friend. morales allegedly started touching in a sexual manner. the woman living at this carlisle street apartment reportedly with his biological children posted his bail last june. morales was placed on a monitoring bracelet. police were at the apartment this morning. >> i just remember there was a whole bunch of people, s.w.a.t. here and everything too. reporter: the f.b.i. says
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morales was wearing that monitoring bracelet when he broke into the armory. tracking records put him there several hours. morales has been in the cambridge area for years, sometimes in shelters, sometimes homeless. he had been arrested several times in several communities. and the f.b.i. says it was monday morning when he cut off the bracelet and took off. in cambridge, i'm jack harper, wcvb newscenter 5. >> 5 investigates just getting new details about morales's time with the military and looking at one big question about how this went down. investigative reporter karen us. karen? >> we just got ahold of james morales's military record. he spent five years in the army reserve in two different units. the last assignment, right there at the worcester reserve center. this is 34-year-old james morales, wearing the insignia of support hospital unit. he served with them at the worcester army reserve center until he was discharged in 2013.
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court documents say morales was back there last week picking up paperwork. then, two days later, surveillance cameras captured these images. a man by a b.m.w. near the center saturday night, carrying duffel bags. investigators say morales entered through a window, then climbed on top of the weapons vault you see in these pictures. they say he used a power saw and pry bar to cut through the vault's ceiling and left behind bloodstains that match his d.n.a. according to police, he got away with 16 weapons, including handguns and assault rifles like these. they can fire a three-round burst with a single pull of the trigger. the question now, how did morales get around the security investigators say the surveillance shows him going in at 7:43 p.m. at 9:07, an alarm on the vault was triggered. the b.m.w. left three hours
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later, but army personnel didn't report the break-in until 7:30 sunday morning. we've asked military officials repeatedly, but they're referring all questions to the f.b.i. we're still trying to get answers as to who would have gotten the alert. investigators are not saying whether they recovered the stolen weapons from saturday night. karen anderson, 5 investigates. >> police today confirming that the leader of the paris terror attacks is dead tonight. they say abdelhamid abaaoud was behind at least four other isis plots this year, including the attempted attack on a paris-bound train. in the meantime, new york's mayor says there is no credible or specific threat -- those were his words -- against the city. he says a video released by the islamic state group is just an effort to attract attention. congress today ratcheting up the political battle over syrian refugees. the house passing a bill that would pause the program. the white house has already threatened a veto. >> monday night's patriots game at gillette
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stadium will see heightened security. the nfl and law enforcement continuing to stress safety in the wake of the paris attacks. the f.b.i., along with state and foxborough police, will be posted both inside and outside the stadium. fans should expect that tight security rules that have already become standard will continue. the upgrades will mostly go unseen. >> just a little more visibility of officers. we have more undercover people working the crowd. really much changes from what we do every single game. >> police say, as always, if you see something, say something. >> the trial of philip chism continues with one of colleen ritzer's former students on the stand today. the 16-year-old testified she was with ritzer and chism just before prosecutors say the math teacher was brutally murdered. a janitor explaining how a language barrier is the reason he cleaned the bathroom.
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murdering ritzer inside danver high school. his attorney says he was suffering psychosis at the time to of the crime. >> a former officer accused in an elaborate hoax. bryan johnson faces charged linked to a false bomb threat at millis high school, on the same day he's accused of staging a shoot-out involving his cruiser. that hoax triggered a massive manhunt for a gunman that didn't exist. johnson has pleaded not guilty to several charges, including misleading a police investigation. he is free on bail under home confinement. >> new at 6:00, two paintings stolen from a maine businessman have been recovered and there's a massachusetts connection. the f.b.i. says the paintings third party surrendered them to an agent last month. you see the paintings here. the other four stolen paintings were recovered by the f.b.i. in los angeles last december. >> those daily fantasy sports companies can keep operating here in massachusetts but they
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are facing tighter regulations. attorney general maura healey wants to make them off-limits to people under the age of 21. she wants to ban athletes from contests in their own sport and restrict advertising. new york state recently called the industry illegal gambling and told the companies to stop operating. healey says the regulations should work. >> this is about leveling the playing field. i think there are very common sense protections that all would agree make a lot of sense. so i'm expecting them to begin compliance today, as the rule-making process goes forward. >> the company is not exactly complaining but will take the allotted 60 days to comply. she was convicted of brutally murdering a saugus grandmother. why the killer says he deserves to be set free and the battle to keep him behind bars. plus -- of how powerful the brain is in controlling the other organs. >> dying within an hour of each broken heart syndrome. >> heavy
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rain inches closer. the complete timeline. and the changes to expect during the course of the upcoming week. >> and we head to quincy. a young man tackling adversity
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>> a 44-year-old saugus man went before the state parole board today, saying he is a different man from the teenager who brutally murdered a grandmother 28 years ago. >> why he's eligible for parole, despite receiving two life sentences. reporter: well, that's because two years ago, the massachusetts supreme court ruled retroactively that juveniles could not be sentenced to life without parole. that's because the u.s. supreme court has said that it was cruel and unusual punishment. that's how christopher berry, who was 16 when he murdered his 87-year-old neighbor, ended up before the parole board today. christopher berry, now 44 and in solitary confinement for three more years for stabbing two prison guards, says he doesn't
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remember much about that night when he broke into virginia woodward's home. it was two days after christmas. he drank vodka in her house, ate lemon pie, then proceeded to go upstairs and stab the grandmother times. >> it was a itself. but to then take her life, a senseless act of violence, was extremely evil and cruel. reporter: he claims that night was a haze of alcohol and drugs that he doesn't remember. the district attorney said police reports confirm that's a lie and that his behavior 20 years later isn't much different. >> in 2009, he proceeded to assault an inmate, with newsroom lacerations to the man's face, ears and nose. reporter: berry admitted he's not ready for parole now but hopes to be in five years. he says he has turned his life around after stabbing two guards. >> i had an epiphany.
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i started studying buddhism. i learned a lot. >> it's a show. reporter: virginia woodward's daughter and family did not want to appear on camera, after being warned by the district attorney that berry is a gang member with outside connections capable of retaliation. >> i have lived now for 28 years in year. and that's my life sentence, with no chance of parole. reporter: now, family members had a victim advocate read their statements to the parole board, for fear of retaliation. the parole board said it will likely take up week. janet wu, wcvb newscenter 5. >> the rain is moving in. and could be more this weekend. >> that's right. plus, critics call it but the f.d.a. is giving the thumbs up to genetically
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>> genetically modified salmonned epg neared by a massachusetts- -- engineered by a massachusetts based company is safe to eat. it was approved by the food and drug administration.
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the government says aquabounty's engineered salmon is nutritionally identical to farm-raised atlantic salmon. it grows twice as fast and reaches martin market size more quickly. >> doug flutie lost both of his parents within an hour yesterday. kelley tuthill introduces us to a doctor who says broken heart syndrome is real and can happen to anyone. reporter: after doug flutie's parents tragic death, the football legend wrote on facebook, they say you can die of a broken heart and i believe it. yesterday his dad died of a heart attack. less than a an hour later, his mom also had a sudden heart attack and passed away. the death of flutie's parents has both saddened and fascinated dr. martin samuels, chairman of the neurology department at brigham and women's hospital.
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he's an expert on broken heart syndrome. >> i noticed that the nervous system could have a negative effect on other organs. the effect here is almost certainly on the heart. reporter: research has proven it. >> a special shape that the heart can take under these circumstances. it dilate and normally. reporter: rarely does a syndrome lead to a second death. >> it can happen to anybody. it's probably true that you're at increased risk if you have an underlying condition. but sadly, we have seen it in children, people of all ages. reporter: the fluties were married for 56 years and raised four children. they had recently been living in florida, near doug, a heisman trophy winner and sportscaster. i'm kelley tuthill, wcvb newscenter 5. >> to that sportscaster point, doug was supposed to be on the crew that did the
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okay. least. we've had a little bit off and on in spots. we're still getting that. starting to see rain in worcester. once i show you the bigger picture, you'll see this is the initial cluster of heavy rain. it will be spreading eastward during the night. the very heaviest is still located across the hartford springfield area. we may be talking about downpours in the morning commute, around 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. could have heavy rain, street flooding. by the time we get too to 9:00 in the morning, it should be restricted to the cape, exiting around 10 or 11. we will get clearing that will follow that. the winds are starting to get a little bit gusty in spots. that's some of the sunshine and high clouds we'll have on saturday. the winds are starting to get
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gusty. with the heavier downpours, probably going to average about an inch of rain. some spots could have more. but these gusty winds, 20, 25 miles an hour, if we get a line of downpours, there could be some strong gusts in the wee hours of the morning. this is probably a little overdone. but the idea could be correct. south coast, cape, higher elevations, could get gusts to 40 miles an hour or high. during tomorrow, it will be breezy but that -- a northwest wind, urbannering cool -- ushering cooler air. today's high, another above-average day at 55. we're talking temperatures in the 50's to near 60 all night long in eastern new england. however, by morning, it will be starting to cool down in western new england, because that's where the cool air will be arriving. that will spread east and cause the skies to clear, and dryer air will come in. these dryer temperatures will be achieved early in the day
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tomorrow. then temperatures will be back to where they should be, on saturday and sunday. saturday looks like a dry day. sunday, i could see a shower or two in the morning but i don't see anything too heavy or widespread. then we get to monday and the patriots game. this will be a cold game. i'm not estimating about 29 degrees, if not at the start of the game, then i'd say by the time the game ends. cold with a westerly wind, five to 15 miles per hour. look, nice travel weather here in the northeast as we lead up to and get to thanksgiving. and thanksgiving day itself, i'd say about 52 would be the high temperature as of now. starting out chilly, around the freezing mark, and maybe 40ish or so for the high school football games. we've got a week to fine-tune all of that. but my confidence is pretty high on there being dry weather around here for the midweek period next week into that was, which is -- into thanksgiving, which is good news. i'm meteorologist harvey leonard.
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>> you've got to admit it. rex ryan week is anything but ordinary. right out of the chute, rex was asked how he sized up the patriots and their injuries. >> first off, let me cry. get rid of this, because no team has injuries. we certainly didn't go through that at all. right now, we're second in the division. so it's like, of course they're going to try to do whatever they can, just like we're going to do whatever we can. does that give us an opportunity to win a division? no. they're going to win the division. i don't see them losing four games, you know, in the upcoming things. i hope i'm wrong, but i don't see it happening. you guys know how i feel about them and things like that. but i'm tired of saying, hey, he's the best. yeah, no kidding. anybody who says he's not is full of whatever. so with that being said, i'm going to say he's not very good. [laughter] >> referring to bill belichick
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pats-bills, monday night football, right here on channel 5. our pregame begins at 8:00. sportscenter 5 countdown to kickoff. i'll be one on one with bill belichick. bob halloran gives us a quick peek of his one-on-one with gronk. >> what is it like when you do a commercial shoot? is that an all-day thing? >> no. it's really quick. and i'm a one-shot taker. i don't got all day. it's just like football. you got one chance. just go in, do the shoot. it's fun. good time with it. and then you get going. rob? i call myself that. >> ha ha ha! all right. in our pregame show, monday night. and followed by thursday, thanksgiving, tell me why i should where your school's sweatshirt on our show. you can reach me on facebook or twitter. now to high five. this week's high five, we pull
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up hancock street where we meet a young man who gobbles up adversity with every blink of his eyelids. i promise you, you're going to stand up and cheer after you watch his story! >> meet declan mayo, the starting center on the quincy high school football team. declan is not your ordinary teenager. rather, he is extraordinary! declan has stargardt disease. he uses his peripheral vision to compensate for what he can't see straight ahead, which is usually blurred or washed out. >> people who are watching this story are going to say, how can he do it? >> i don't know. i mean, i just do the best i can. it doesn't really make sense to me sometimes. i find out new stuff about my vision every day, because, you know, some days, it's really good. some days it's not so great, if i'm tired or if i've been looking at screens all day in school. but i just come out and do the best i can every day. >> declan was diagnosed with
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stargardt disease in the third grade, after his parents noticed he was striking out repeatedly in baseball. he played hockey through his freshman year. and now he anchors the president's offensive line. >> what's the biggest obstacle in football? >> i don't know. i don't want to say too much, because teams try to use that against me. >> smart move. you must have gone to bill belichick school. >> yeah. school of winning. >> i think everyone looks up to him. he really inspires the younger kids. >> he's a very big inspiration for the team. declan is probably a big piece of the heart of this team. >> what message would you have to any young boy or girl with a similar condition that says, i can't play a sport? >> i would just say that, you know, don't say you can't do anything, without trying, because you're never going to know. >> tremendous role model. anybody whose got any kind of a challenge, they're going to say, well, i can do it, if declan
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>> pretty proud of yourself so far? >> yeah, i guess so. i would have liked to win a few more games, but we're doing really well at the end of the season, finishing strong. >> we love him! we love everybody else too. >> what's not to love about the leadership and personality of quincy high school's declan mayo? this week's... [cheering] >> told you you'd be pumping your fist. declan has already raised over $50,000 to fight blindness. the name of his team, all hands on deck. >> love it! fists! >> pumping all of them. >> new tonight on news 5 at 11... >> he said i've got a gun inside. i really thought about using it a couple
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of times, to finish myself off. >> 5 investigates uncovers a disturbing trend for the state's correction officers. that's on news 5 at 11 tonight. >> on chronicle, plan your weekend. play digital pool and try french toast pizza, check out native american fashion, boston's new hotel and a
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>> all right. steadier rain into western connecticut, western mass, headed here for late tonight through tomorrow morning's commute. then it will improve. the next seven days, we don't have any big storms after that to talk about. so far, looking pretty good for thanksgiving. >> is that normal or even warmer? >> might be a drop above. >> as long as t woman: i'm here to engineer my future. man: i'm here for my students. tman: to work with a best-selling author.
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