phil: we begin tonight with that runaway red line train. the operator made multiple mistakes before stepping out of the cap. j.c.: 5 investigates has learned about multiple mistakes. >> governor baker tried to close the chapter on the runaway train, but many unanswered questions remain. they are all linked to one operator and a system still in major disrepair. >> my message today to the millions who reply -- rely on the mbta is we are confident this was an isolated incident where a single individual who appears to have made multiple errors. >> while the operator, david vasquez, remains on administrative leave, his future with the t doesn' t look promising. >> there are specific actions by operators that are categorized as prohibited acts. and undertaking such a prohibited act, makes an employe

the throttle or cineston to keep of braking and not engaging the emergency brake. but why did the operator leave s box of questions. for example how often do motor , people have to leave the train to flip a bypass switch because the signaling system is faulty? >> systemwide across our entire system, including the green line, we have in the range of failures. >> that is every week. further repairs cannot continue until the spring. other unresolved questions, how can commuters in the future communicate with the mbta if the conductor is not available? and do other operators rig the throttle? >> we have no reason to believe it is a widespread practice. we do not have cameras in the control car so there' s no video we can review to see what is actually happening. >> they say in the future,

bypass system needs to be engaged, a senior official will go to the train to witness the action. this will cause slight delays for commuters. janet wu, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: d.c.f. is under fire following an internal review into the bella bond case. there were instances in which the social worker involved with the family in 2013 did not follow policies properly and was formally warned in writing at the time. governor charlie baker is calling for more oversight. >> we need to go as fast as we can to fix the managerial oversight, supervision infrastructure, and guidance and direction we provide to social workers at d.c.f. and hold them accountable. girl' s mother has been charged charged with being an accessory.

police arrest a man in connection with the deadly shooting in revere. this is video you will see only on 5, officers arresting that man this afternoon. john atwater joins us from the breaking news desk. >> detectives tell us they knew who they were looking for minutes after arriving at the scene last night. they arrested the suspect in quincy this afternoon. this is michael dalio eleon. police are charging him the shooting last night that left a 66 or old man and 35 drunk woman dead. a third man was shot last night for the third victim being treated for critical injuries. we know the suspect is from lynn . he is doing court monday. police are not revealing a motive for the murders. j.c.: a surprise return for the patriots. receiver julian edelman who has

foot back on the practice field. he will not be playing sunday, but another star might be. let' s get to bob halloran life at the gardens tonight. >> what a sight for sore eyes. the guys with the sore body parts. gronk yesterday and edelman today. for sunday' the patriots are giving him a very interesting to element. edelman is back at practice but ruled out for sunday. return. he has been out since november foot. after surgery, the initial estimate was he would miss six to eight weeks which would have him back for the final game of the regular season at the earliest. as for gronk -- >> it feels good to be back with my teammates.

any other questions, talk to coach belichick. >> the game of the night in the nba, and the reason we are here at the gardens, it is the celtics and the undefeated golden state warriors. it is remarkable what the defending champs have been able to do at the start of the season. kind of like what the patriots did when they began their season with 10 straight wins. the golden state is 23-0. the celtics would like to be the first team to hang a loss on the warriors. that could happen tonight at the garden. we will have highlights at 11 :00 and much more at 6:00. bob halloran, 5. draftkings and fanduel from doing business in new york. late today, the appeals court granted a stay along the sites to continue doing business while the court case plays out. the new york attorney general

illegal gambling while the sites content they are games of skill. harvey: 57 in needham. another mild, beautiful day for december. this is going to go through the weekend? harvey: at least. tomorrow will be as warm as today. we have to repeat it because it is so incredible. the high temperature today, plymouth, 60. it is still in the 50' s in most of the region even though we are well past sunset. s. we do not have the fog problem we had late last night and this morning which was dense in many areas affecting the morning commute. it is back down to three miles in keene and zero in concord. i do not expected to be as widespread as it was last night. this evening, 40' s and low 50' s around 8:00. waking up tomorrow still in the 40' s. if you upper 30' s in the cool spots. here we go with another mild

a great saturday to be outdoors. a light westerly wind. at least in the 50' s. some of us will touch 60. there are some changes for sunday. a little different from what you were hearing earlier in the week. j.c.: a norwood man is facing charges after a deadly crash. carly livy -- harley li bby was charged in his hospital bed. stop sign and into an on-coming car last night killing one person. he is held on $50,000 cash bail. phil: the f.b.i. dive team returned to the san bernarndino pond searching for evidence in shooting. it does not appear that divers have made any discoveries. but investigators say they now know what the couple did right after the terror attack. the f.b.i. searching this lake near the scene of last week' s terror attack in san bernardino

the killers may have dumped here after the massacre. >> we will leave no stone unturned. phil: the latest effort to uncover more as the f.b.i. continues questioning enrique marquez, accused of supplying the military style rifles used in last week' s shooting. he told investigators he and farook planned another attack in 2012 but abandoned that plot. >> arrests immediately adjacent to that in their area, probably by the counterterrorism people. that caused them to rethink it. phil: following the first of the killed last week. >> just tragic. it is unspeakable. phil: today, the f.b.i. is still trying to figure out if the attack was directed by isis. now authorities are revealing another link to the terror group saying isis militants overseas now have at least two government passport printing machines. >> if isis has been able to acquire legitimate passports or

passports, this would represent a major security risk to the united states. phil: it sure would. several of the fraudulent passports have already been found in europe including the one used by one of the suicide bombers who carried out the paris attacks. j.c.: the first plane carrying the government plane carrying 163 syrians touched down in toronto this morning. newly elected canadian prime minister justin trudeau was there to greet the first families coming through which included a 16-month old girl. trudeau has pledged to take in 25,000 syrian refugees by the end of february. president obama has said the u.s. would take in 10,000 syrian refugees over the next year. commitment 2016 tonight. potential problems for the republican party. phil: will party leaders be able to choose one nominee? the sharp response from one of the candidates. j.c.: a woman killed after her car crashes into a home. investigation tonight.

>> the layaway angel is back spreading her good cheer again. phil: will all this presence arrive in time for the holidays? the warning tonight from the nation' s largest delivery companies. harvey: let' s look at traffic. the bridge is moving in both time of the day. s look at the map. about three -- to about three. 18 minutes and building to newton corner. farther west, 37 minutes from the tolls to 495. that stretch between the mass

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>> you are watching newscenter 5 at 5:00. phil: an investigation is underway into a medical helicopter crash in california . it killed people. four the chopper was headed to a hospital in bakersfield when it went down with the pilot, a paramedic, a patient and a nurse on board. bad weather and rain initially posed a problem for search crews.

right now on why the helicopter crashed. j.c.: the family of the chicago teenager fatally shot by a police officer addressed the public for the first time today. laquan mcdonald was shot 16 times as seen in this video by a white officer last year. protesters continued to question why it took so long for the dash-cam video to be released and why it took a year to charge officer jason van dyke with murder. the family' s remarks echoed the frustration. >> chains needs to stop from the the left change needs to start from the top down. there' s a feeling of injustice toward people of color. j.c.: there is a petition circling around the city calling for mayor rahm emmanuel to resign. phil: the deadline to buy health insurance is just a few days away. the final day to purchase coverage is december 23 in massachusetts if you go through the state' s heath connector. that coverage will begin on the first of the year. in other states the deadline is , december 15.

than a dozen republican presidential hopefuls vie for their party' s nomination, the g.o.p. could see a contested convention this summer. one candidate is crying foul. newscenter 5' s aixa diaz is live at our washington bureau. aixa, what' s ben carson saying? >> ben carson is threatening to leave the g.o.p. if party leaders are meeting quietly to manipulate the republican national convention. reacting to reports of a closed door meeting between republican leaders, ben carson says he will not sit by and watch a theft. "the washington post" reports a private dinner in washington focused on the possibility of a brokered g.o.p. convention. if no clear winner emerges from the primaries. >> a brokered convention is likely to favor the establishment candidate, people who have connections among the party leaders. >> in a statement released by his campaign, carson said if

subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elites, i assure you donald trump will not be the only one leaving the party. >> it was a dinner where the subject was how the delegate selection process works. >> the national committee says the purpose of the meeting was to answer questions about the convention and insists the voters and not party leaders will elect the nominee. >> if the people are supporting trump or carson start to see power brokers in washington in the background to beat their guy, that galvanizes support. >> carson' s campaign says even though he did sign a pledge he would not launch a third-party bid, he did so based on everybody playing by the rules. phil: thanks. 57 degrees and holding in needham. i admit i' m one of the guys who complains during winter.

harvey: everybody else is smiling. it is so unbelievable. 58 was the high today in boston. the low was 43. that is exactly the high and low yesterday. identical, 58 and 43 two days in a row. both are above the average. 14 degrees above normal. the month is over seven degrees above normal. every day except the first one has been a bun at -- above average and we have not used up the allotment of this mild pattern. 54 is the temperature in boston with a light southerly breeze at this time. we see a few 40' s to the north and west. otherwise come in the 50' s. we do have clouds. they will clear later. while there passing through, it prevents the temperature from falling much. we have a southwesterly breeze.

boston will only drop into the 40' s. s. there' around parts of southern new there will be some valley areas tonight that get it. i don' t expect it to be like last night. this time, the wind will be light out of the west. it is drier air which should prevent the widespread dense fog from being repeated. talk about. you see it in bismarck, north dakota, and to our north. keep this in mind. it does look like sunday will be cooler than saturday and cloudier. i am picking saturday as the better of the weekend days. all of this works, we are still in line to be enjoying that tomorrow for sure around here. here is the slightly cooler air from the north that will try to come down as a backdoor cold front on sunday. that is why sunday'

here you go with projected high temperatures tomorrow. there is room for this to be a degree or so higher. it is possible austin will touch 60. this might be three in a row. if this were the summer, it would be warmer than this. it would be like a heatwave. we cannot have a heatwave, but three, 60-degree days in a row is impressive for some areas at this time of the year. for saturday, we start out clear. we are going to have a good deal of sunshine and maybe patchy clouds. notice the difference on sunday. we get clouds from the west and the backdoor cold front from the north and east. there is a slight chance that could be a sprints later on sunday. i think it will just be clouds and cooler temperatures. there is tomorrow. enjoy it if you can. we don' t get many, even though we had an incredible weekend last weekend.

you basically have this backdoor cold front that will work its way through the boston area. light wind out of the northeast. low 50' s as opposed to 60 with the introduction of cloudiness. check out monday' s forecast because it could be damp and drizzly at times. a heavier band at night. 50 on monday. it is possible in some areas monday night, the temperature will shoot up before the front comes through and turns it cooler. cooler wednesday as well. by late next week into the following weekend, it looks like in. sure. phil: thanks. this is not to stress you out, but the holiday clock, the shopping clock is ticking. j.c.: christmas two weeks from tonight. up next, a big alert for online shoppers. the warning about deliveries

phil: 5:30, the growing concern tonight about our athletes and concussions. the new test that could help doctors diagnose them faster. j.c.: and new at 6:00, why this high school yearbook picture became a controversy. the issue with the flag, and how

phil: more airlines are restricting one of the most popular gifts of the holiday

delta, american, and united say hoverboards are banned from their flights, the airlines joining a growing list of others who refuse to allow the devices on board over fears that they may catch fire. delta says manufacturers do not consistently provide detail about the size or power of their lithium-ion batteries. j.c.: if you like to do your last-minute shopping online, you probably do not want to wait much longer. an estimated 1.5 billion packages will be shipped this holiday season, and the companies are overwhelmed and warn some deliveries may be late. ' tis the season to shop online. will those purchases arrive on time to be placed beneath the tree? that is the burning question as u.p.s. and fedex posted lower-than-expected on-time delivery rates in the run-up to christmas. according to ship matrix, on-time delivery rates for u.p.s. and fedex are down from this time last year.

is, unexpected surge in online sales over the thanksgiving holiday weekend. consumers spent an estimated $4.5 billion online on thanksgiving and black friday alone, overwhelming the delivery systems. the u.p.s. delays are reminiscent of christmas 2013 when volume and bad weather created a backlog in deliveries. thousands of packages ordered online that your failed to arrive -- failed to arrive before the promised delivery dates. thanks, u.p.s., for ruining christmas, wrote one consumer. does a promised delivery date not mean anything to you? could this be another disappointing christmas? it is still early. but experts advise better to be safe than sorry and order early. when possible, have a backup plan in place. antoinette antonio, wcvb

phil: that is great advice about the backup plan. we have run into this already with gifts for the kids. we ordered today and the delivery date was january 1. you have to go to the mall and buy it yourself. j.c.: this can' t happen. another major step for u.s.-cuban relations. also next at 5:30, a popular

>> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. phil: breaking news at five: n --at 5:30. officers arrested michael del eon this afternoon. he is charged with shooting three people, killing two of them. j.c.: the driver did not set the break and tied a cord around the throttle. the train with dozens of passengers took off when he checked outside to check the signal yesterday. that driver is now on leave. phil: julian edelman returned to practice today. he is still out for sunday but rob gronkowski is questionable meaning there is a chance he could play.