most of them are aeady where they need to be. live shot of downtown. no troubles getting over the tow. let' s go to the maps, we will started off south of town here. the expressway, almost wide open now. just about 20 minutes to get from austan down to that braintree split. after that, you are looking pretty good. route three is a pretty good ride, as is 24. 95 wide open as well. a little busy heading down towards the attleboro area. all the way out through framingham, think about 23 minutes. after that, get the aunt 495, that is when you start getting heavier slowdowns. stop and go to traffic from there on. break loose after that rest area.

off to the north, everyone looking pretty good. route one still hanging onto volume here. 93, speed limit trip from boston all the way up to the new hampshire border. the earlier crash we had, 495 north by route 38, that has cleared away. ed: that' s good news. i still have residual headaches from yesterday' s drive. harv? harvey: skies are clear, visibility has been great today. we know there' s a fair amount of traffic on the road. look at the wind direction, light out of the south. it won' t be as cold tonight as the last couple. if you are going to be heading out, temperatures are falling below freezing. boston will stay above freezing all night tonight. 7:00 tomorrow night you are

waking up, thinking about going to the games, there will be spots near freezing. it' s in the 40' s and low 50' s and as you start eating, it' s in the 50' s. very mild if you are traveling back home tomorrow evening, your temperatures will still be mild. there are changes to come for the holiday weekend. ed: a man was found dead in his home in september. police have a men under arrest at this hour in an attempted robbery, the suspect accused of threatening to spread hiv. he threatened a clerk at the east walpole liquor store. the attended robbery was caught on video. the clerk pulled out a bat and was able to chased the suspect away. our partners at the enterprise

reporting that he is a suspect in a similar robbery. jc: three teens and a drivers and instructor threatened with a gun on trying to learn how to pearl l park. police in manchester, new hampshire say they have arrested the man with the gun. andy hershberger from our sister station wmur has more. andy: 22-year-old joseph duven of manchester faces several charges after allegedly threatening for people taking part in a drivers and class tuesday evening. authorities say one of the teenaged students in the car was trying to parallel park on chestnut street and a man approached the vehicle and allegedly threatened to shoot them if they hit his car. >> there were some words exchanged, alleged threat made. when they turn around and saw the mail that had allegedly threatened them, they observe the handgun strapped to his hip so the instructor did the right thing and immediately told him to leave. they left the area and called us. andy: police say they spoke with

were able to identify duven as a possible suspect, and located him at a restaurant on south willow street, finding the gun outside the building. duven faces four counts of criminal threatening and one count of falsifying physical evidence. police say the instructor did a good job protecting the teenagers. reports, she did the proper area. there' s no reason to get into a confrontation, verbally or physical. she fled the area and did the right thing. andy: duven was released on bail and scheduled to appear in court on december 31. in manchester, andy hershberger, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: pope francis is on his first trip to africa. because of religious and ethnic division. the pope will be in africa for six days and will also be visiting uganda and the central

jc: vice president biden is in croatia for a summit on the refugee crisis. the flood of refugees from the war zone in syria is raising tensions among the nations of the so-called balkan migrant corridor. those countries include greece, macedonia, serbia, croatia and slovenia. as many as 5000 refugees are reaching the balkan corridor on a daily basis. ed: you can' t beat massachusetts.

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ed: your thanksgiving grocery bill may beg to differ, but americans are saving money faster than they are spending it. jc: the commerce department says the savings rate rose to 5.6% last month, the highest mark in nearly 3 years. it' s a key shift in spending habits that started during the and habits that started during the recession and continues him and heading into the holiday shopping season. but black friday retailers can rest easy, analysts say we are still spending, carefully. ed: a new survey highlights america' s best places to live. and massachusetts tops the list analysis company 24-7 wall street reviewed social and economic data in all 50 states. massachusetts is home to some of the wealthiest and most educated populations in the country. connecticut is listed at number

out the top 3. jc: when it comes time for the big meal this thanksgiving there are a few things you need to watch out for to keep your pets safe. angell veterinarians say make sure you keep raw yeast dough away from your pets. it can rise in the animals stomach and cause discomfort. the vets also warn about garlic, onions and chives. they can damage red blood cells and cause anemia and possible kidney failure. you can find the complete list on wcvb.com. ed: ined: all i can see is my dog on the counter, just checking. coming up next, a survival story from a man trapped under a massive pile of bricks. jc: it was demolition gone wrong, a smokestack refusing to fall with out a push that turned into a very dangerous situation. ed: plus ads featuring nazi symbols pulled, but it took and action by the governor to get it

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ed: the father accused of taking his 5-year-old son and keeping him hidden for more than a decade has been indicted for kidnapping and forgery. bobby hernandez is now facing 32 counts, many of them felonies. the fbi says he stole his young son away from his mother in alabama and raised him in ohio. hernadnez was arrested in

applications. an ad campaign featuring nazi images has been pulled off the subway in new york city. it was designed to promote a new show that is set in a world where the nazis and other axis powers won world war two. the metropolitan transportation authority approved the ads, saying they met its guidelines. but many people complained and new york governor andrew cuomo ordered them removed. jc: a sign outside a sheriff' s office in harris county, georgia is generating plenty of conversation. it warns visitors that the county is politically incorrect. among other things it says, we say merry christmas, god bless america, and in god we trust. and if that offends you, leave. >> i spent 20 years and the army to give everyone the right to not agree with it..

harris county for 23 years, i believe the vast majority of my citizens in harris county agree with what' s on that sign. jc: the sheriff paid for that sign with his own money. he says many people who live in harris county want to buy a sign just like it for their own yards. a demolition worker, too close to a smokestack collapse. he was inside the excavator trying to help it fall over, when he ended up under a pile of bricks. newscenter five' s erika tarantal has his story of survival. reporter: it' horribly wrong. watch attempts to bring down a 158 foot tall smokestack in alabama using explosives t,im phifer, a 15 year veteran of the business, to knock it over with his excavator. ,

comes crashing down on phifer. members of his team instantly rushing to help. you can even see phifer' s daughter desperately trying to reach him. >> i remember being halfway across the field just looking at him. i had to stop and i was like, i don' t know if he made it and i can' t make it that much closer. reporter: but moments later, one of his team members throwing his arm victoriously in the air, giving everyone a thumbs up, and phifer emerges - -- alive and well thanks to his own thinking. >> stay in the hole. reporter: eric tarantella, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: the first major snow storm of the season in oregon, dropping more than a foot of snow just in time for

the storm created dangerous conditions on the roads with many crashes and cars that got the winter storm warning in that hopefully clean up will be quick. where is the storm now? harvey: that' s no has moved into parts of idaho, montana. a good number of days from now weather. here is something that doesn' t happen that often, high temperature and low temperature for sure today in boston. identical two days in a row. the weather has not changed very much from yesterday to today. very chilly morning, especially the suburbs. down to the teens in spots. it is a below average day. in terms of the high temperatures, that is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in a row that have been below average. the months started so warm. we were 10 degrees above average

all right, boston. right now, 42 degrees. look at that barometer, that' s not a mistake. if you have a barometer, it' s reading very fair, very high. high-pressure areas generally bring nice weather and certainly where having dry weather and mainly clear skies. wind direction out of the east-southeast will bring low-level moisture in, some low clouds are going to form an overspread part of the region which will last into thanksgiving day in parts of our area. before the clouds can come in, there is still room for temperatures to drop off to the 20' s and low 30' s and the cold spot. boston will let off right around 40 because of the gentle ocean breeze. these are the mild temperatures at this hour. we will be warming up some on thanksgiving day, and even more on friday. you are going to notice it and feel it.

friday will not feel like a late november day at all. even tomorrow afternoon temperatures will be bouncing into the 50' s. as we take a look at tomorrow, it does not get chilly tomorrow night at all. winds will be out of the south-southwest. enough of a breeze will still be around to prevent temperatures from freefalling. it will be in the 40' s to around 50 to start out friday. a high launching pad. that should be able to take temperatures and many spots into the low 60' s. definitely much above average temperatures. in terms of the clouds i' m talking about, they mainly clear skies are here. we also show you the precipitation as we showed you a moment ago with ed. that is far to our west. for some of us tomorrow, they will be persistent in other areas that will break up. overall it will be a mixture of clouds and some sun. friday it is similar but we get a window of more sunshine on

starting out, that' s the day we should eclipse 60 degrees. front will come through on saturday, there could be a bed of showers that comes through. a bit of rain may hug near the coast. somewhat right or air from the north should gradually be working in as we go deeper into the we get it here' s a look at your next seven days. it turns out to be a mild thanksgiving, even for the football games. very mild on friday. cooler back to seasonal levels. around tuesday afternoon or night we could have a rain event at that time. i want to mention the patriots game in denver. there could be some light snow for that game, it' s at least a possibility at this point, temperature around the freezing mark might be dropping into the 20' s. it could be a bit of a factor in that game, but that' s not a certainty it will be snowing, but it' s a possibility for them and for us it' s a certainty if we will have a mild thanksgiving and especially a mild friday.

jc: sounds good. a nursing assistant has permanently lost his license to practice in new hampshire after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 80-year-old woman in his care. reporter: another employee walked into the patient' s room and found timothy assaulting the woman. when she asked in what he was doing, he said some unusual things. the office says the elderly victim has alzheimer' s and dementia. according to testimony from a nursing board hearing, another nursing assistant found the man doing something inappropriate with the woman, told him to stop and when questioned, the man said, you know what you saw, and this is the most embarrassing thing in my life. initially the nursing board temporarily suspended his license.

>> typically if they were going to revoke somebody' s license, the door remains open at some point in the future to get their license back. for them to permanently revoke it is an unusual result right jc: our sister station stopped by the man' s home but was unable to reach him. all charges have been filed at this point. a $17.5 million bunker is up for sale in georgia, a perfect spot if you need to disappear for while. the current owners say you could shut the doors and stay underground for a year. it has 4 apartments, and has been recently renovated. the bunker was built by the army corps of engineers in 1969. it' s built in a spot safe from flooding, and has 3-foot thick walls, designed to be strong enough to withstand a nuclear blast. >> you never feel safer in your life than when you are 50 feet underground.

you know nothing in the world is possibly going to get to you. jc: nine of these bunkers were built in the u.s., but this is the only one that is privately owned. ed: nasa astronauts will be celebrating thanksgiving on board the international space station. their meal includes smoked turkey, candied yams, re-hydrateable corn and potatoes o' gratin. >> we don' t have much of this stuff, so i hope he enjoys that. i' m going to have the candied yams. [laughter] man, they are delicious. >> good stuff. >> happy thanksgiving, everybody. ed: i don' t know what to say. the astronauts will get the day off from their regular duties and say they' ll be able to watch some football. jc: it' s amazing what they' re doing in space and i think i

and then whatever corn and then maybe somebody would like my thanksgiving meal. many families get a dog for their kids to help teach responsibility. ed: but there is another way a puppy may be able to help, with your child'

ed: a life-threatening strain of e. coli is being linked to chicken salad bought at costco. nineteen people in seven states have gotten sick. massachusetts is not on that list. but people who bought chicken salad at any u.s. costco store on or before friday are being told to throw it out. experts are still looking into the cause of the outbreak. jc: a health alert on yet another benefit to the mediterranean diet. the diet, supplemented with additional servings of extra virgin olive oil, lowers a woman' s risk of breast cancer. that' s according to a new study in the journal of the american

medical association. in fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats. if you' ve been holding back from there' want to go ahead and get a furry friend. s mental health. sure, it' s cute. to what could be a hidden benefit for children. journal preventing chronic disease, sought to explore the health effects for young children of having a dog. they looked at more than 600 asking their parents to answer a kids' physical and mental health. their findings? just might perk up your ears. among the kids with pet dogs, questionnaire for anxiety. among the kids without dogs? 21% registered as anxious. surprisingly, having a pup didn' in kids' physical activity or weight. needed to see if the

benefits touted in the study actually hold true. ed: if you ask any kid with a dog they will likely tell you the furry new member of the family is a welcome addition. until mom says walk the dog in the middle of winter. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] reporter: how much of a thanksgiving warm up to expect and which part of the weekend could have some wet weather. >> deep discounts on stolen goods. >> the scam police say was being run inside a chinatown store. inside the court battles that determine if fan duel and da raft kings are legal. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. ed: america, on alert as the holiday season begins.

extra security on mass transit, at airports, shopping centers and other potential soft targets across the country. president obama saying there is no specific threat. jc: he' s urging americans to go about normal activities around thanksgiving, newscenter 5' s pam cross is live at logan, as the getaway gets underway amid high security. pam: normal activities at thanksgiving mean millions of us pack up and take off. there may be no specific threats but in travel hubs like this there are specific plans to stay on alert. this is south station crowded with travelers, extra security visible. possible bit of information we can get. right indicate that people should be fearful. reporter: state troopers with s on patrol at logan. the president trying to reassure as 47 million americans travel for the holiday. president obama: right now we

know of no specificnd credible intelligence indicating a plot