gray murder case. vocal demonstrations. >> jurors could not reach a verdict after delivering the fate of baltimore deliver william porter for three days. porter is the first of six officers to face trial in the death of freddie gray who died while in police custody. his death led to rioting in the streets of baltimore. the judge told jurors they had "clearly been diligent" before dismissing them. >> the mayor of baltimore is calling for respect and unity. the mayor's words asking city residents to respect the outcome of the judicial process. no word on if prosecutors will seek to retry the case. >> also breaking tonight. the driver of that runaway red mbta. >> moving quickly after dozens of passengers were put at risk. john atwater picks up the story live. john: the move came quickly. the operator is now out of a job. he's not coming to the door

had worked for the company for 21 years but last week that long career unraveled when the red line train he was supposed to be operating took off without him. dozens of passengers were put at risk as the train sped down the tracks for nine minutes unmanned blowing through four different stops. just yesterday we learned that vasquez had been suspended for 30 days as they investigated what happened and we just spoke with his lawyer who questions this quick decision. he says why the rush to judgment? it can't be for safety because he has been suspended and is not operating trains. we know that the operator was, of course, a union employee. the union now looking into his termination. we're live in canton tonight, john atwater, wcvb. >> the reserve rating interest rates for the first time in nine years. >> it's a sign that the economy is getting stronger. however, this could have an impact on you when it comes to car loans, home equity loans, central bank said in a statement

a quarter point. the change also having an affect on the markets. the dow jumped 224 points. nasdaq and s&p also posted strong gains. >> our warm december weather now giving way to some rain. >> chief meteorologist harvey leonard is here with the latest timeline on this. harvey: it is cooler today. i think you noticed that. 79 in boston. 36 in beverly. temperatures compared to 24 hours ago 14 degrees chillier but it's still above the average. i want you to notice this. early tomorrow morning when you're getting up, let's say you're up around orange mass, 23. concord, new hampshire, 32. right around the freezing chance there is a chance for a bit of drizzle which means a couple of spots could have a little bit slick. just a possibility and it's restricted to interior southern new hampshire and north-central massachusetts. the rest of us above the freezing mark. the rain i'm talking about is just developing over the southeast and it will start to move in our direction. here's the idea of the clouds

spotty drizzle around for tomorrow morning and by the time we get to the evening commute it looks like a wet one as steadier rains moving in. more about changing temperatures to follow later. >> the day after he was found guilty of first-degree murder, lawyers for chism were back in court for another case. today's hearing focused on his alleged attack on a worker at the youth detention facility in dorchester. >> just a day after being convicted of first-degree murder chism was scheduled for a boston hearing of his alleged attack on a social worker. philip chism did not appear for his hearing in a boston courtroom but lawyers met briefly simply setting another court date for the case. >> the teenager, now a convicted killer is accused of attacking a social worker at the dorchester detention facility where he was in custody. the victim was not seriously hurt.

charges for that assault >> guilty. >> just yesterday a jury found the 16-year-old guilty of killing and raping high school math teacher ritzer. the 24-year-old was stabbeden to death in the school's bathroom in 2013. >> we'll carry on and do our very best to carry on. >> the family powered through tears during the verdict and pledged to carry on >> chism faces life in prison for richards death and sentencing expected after the holidays. as for the boston case, the next court date is february 11. in boston, sarah -- wcvb, newscenter 5. >> state police are investigating a fatal crash in the town of marion in plymouth county. the accident happened this morning near exit 20 on route 195 eastbound. troopers say one person was killed. several people riding in the same van were hurt.

crash. traffic, as you can imagine, was backed up for miles following the accident. >> quincey police are asking for your hope to find a home invasion suspect. william is the second person involved in last week's armed home invasion on president's lane. if you see him police are saying do not approach him. called police or 911. kevin murphy is already facing charges in the home invasion where a pregnant woman was tied up. he's accused of stealing $40,000 from the victim. murphy seemed to know about a home. >> there is a new battleground in the fight against the opioid crisis. nurses are being trained on how to use that overdose reversing drug. training. >> school nurses doing the fight against opioids with hands on training that could save lives. >> that's the largest single killer in the county. >> about once a week in norfolk

the side of the road from an overdose. the district attorney says the numbers are staggering. >> in 2014, 94. as we speak today, 151, and we still have a couple of weeks left this year. reporter: narcan is carried by many. now school nurses and athletic trainers are also learning what to look for and how to the drug. >> our goal is to let the medication expired and never have to be used. positive. in an emergency they always want to be able to help. >> it seems so easy to use and so simple and it doesn't sound like there are any real negative side effects. just like an epipin, you would want to be able to use it for attack. reporter: it gives them a chance need

>> i don't like to see anybody die. i don't think anybody does. >> the district attorney says he's not suggesting that kids are overdosing in schools but there are students who use pills and heroin and he wants anyone on school property to be able to get the help that they need. wcvb, newscenter 5. reporter: president obama will travel to california on friday to meet with the victims of the san bernardino attack. it's on his way to his vacation in hawaii. 21 were shot. the husband and wife terrorist behind the violence were shot and killed by police. the department of homeland security has issued a bulletin to warn americans that individuals inspired by terrorist groups could attack at any time. this is the first warning of this kind. homeland security secretary johnson says the bulletins will be lower level warnings about general trends in terrorism. but it will come with specific action

>> the perpendicular should expect an increased presence of law enforcement across communities in the weeks ahead. >> more stringent security should also be anticipated at public places and events. >> the new bill ulletin will be in effect for six months. >> last night -- he hopped on plane and headed for new england, appearing at a rally in manchester this afternoon. >> the democrats are now just days away from their own debate. they will be facing off in new hampshire on saturday. today hillary clinton was in nebraska, talking about tax policy. she said she wants to expand on the push for higher taxes on incomes more than $1 million. bernie sanders just wrapped up a three day trip to new hampshire and today was in washington, d.c. the democratic candidate took

talking about standing up to anti-muslim rhetoric. you can watch the democrats debate right here on channel 5. our coverage starts at 8:00 saturday night. >> there is more political controversy for patriots quarterback tom brady with the question that made number 12 ed walk out of today's news conference. >> he says he wants to move on and play football. >> yesterday he said that he supports his friends in everything they do and friends includes his golf buddy doomed trump in his run for president. "new york daily news" took ate step further taking a shot at the star quarterback that we can't show you on television because it's offensive level and links him trump." as you can imagine, that's the last thing he wanted to talk about today. >> i don't think about it much. it's a tough week, i've got a lot of football stuff to think about. hopefully, i can go out and beat the day tans, that would be the

>> -- open the door to some criticism, do you regret opening the door when you do talk about it? >> like i said, i'm just here to play football. >> that's him saying i've had enough. barely at the podium for three minutes. this could be a topic for donald trump tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> let's take a look at first alert traffic. get you outside to the mass pike. left side coming out of boston. it's all backed up, right side going in, brake lights as well. let's take a look at the maps and rest of the area. 33 minutes from mass ab to route three, north, half-hour from the upper deck to route 128. 18 minutes from i-93 to newton corner. pretty backed up heading southbound. once you get to the mass pike, from mass pike to seven minutes. looks okay in both directions. from the western tolls to 495 pretty backed up at this hour.

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school buses rolled, parents dropped off children at the many campuses in the nation's second largest school district. the decision to close schools on tuesday came after a school board member received an email threat. 640,000 students stayed home. school leaders say they made the decision out of an abundance of caution. >> hoverboards are certainly the hot holiday gift this year but there are safety concerns and they continue to grow. take a look at this. this is what's left of a san francisco's family's hoverboard. the teen was riding it in the house when it started sparking, popping, and caught fire. the teen managed to get it out of the house but not before it scorched part of the rug and the wall. >> i'm glad that my sister was able to drag it from the carpet all the way towards the front door on the hard tile where nothing would really get on fire really quickly. basically she saved our lives. if it wasn't for her quick actions our whole house probably swroo burned down.

hoverboards catching fire in 10 states including massachusetts. >> we're chilling out after some really mild days. december now looking to possibly set some records with the warmth that we've had around here, but now we're going to see some changes. i know harvey learned onard is talking about a little rain. >> how did you feel today? go, this is like chillier than yesterday. look, the high temperature seven degrees above the average. the low temperature, so far, 11 degrees above the average, so we continue with this incredible stretch of december weather. as i keep telling you, as i look at the weather patterns for the i see for temperatures. get close to average, but then it goes right back up above. day had a high temperature a little below average. otherwise, check it out. with above average high temperatures. so boston right now has cooled

i want you to notice the wind direction from the east-southeast. that's off the water. that's eventually going to mean moisture coming in, in the form of low clouds and maybe a bit of mist by morning. now, the temperatures are in the 30's to around 40 degrees across the region but there is room for the temperatures to drop some tonight before we get the thick clouds and eventually the drizzle. especially in north-central mass and southern new hampshire where the winds are very light. could freezing mark. if there is any mist early tomorrow there could be a couple of pockets running around the freezing mark. something to keep in mind if you're around orange, massachusetts, concord, new hampshire, or that region. otherwise, the rest of the area is above freezing if any mist starts to fall. there is the temperature now compared to 24 hours ago. chillier. we have some clear skies and patchy clouds around. look at the clouds to the south and east. that's where the wind is coming from so those clouds will invade the region. as for the rain that's really

it will start to expand and move northeastward boston close to 4 degrees. late tomorrow night and tomorrow evening south of boston it may move into the 50s. north of boston it will stay in 40's. as for the rainfall that i'm talking about, here's what i mean. notice it's not widespread around the time of the morning commute but any green blocks, which could be in almost any spot that could be a touch of drizzle line and borderline freezing drizzle. otherwise, steady rains are in before or by the evening commute which looks to be a wet one as some heavier bands of rain move threw the first half of tomorrow night. on friday, most of the moisture is offshore but there will be an additional wave of low pressure pretty far off. might be enough to brush the coastline or cape with a little additional rain on friday. after that, chillier. in terms of powerful, anywhere

a little bit more in spots with this particular system. so there you go for tomorrow. drizzle. spotty in the morning. to steady ever rains later in the day into the night. on friday, it might stay a little bit damp right along the shoreline. notice saturday. we haven't had many days like this. this will be windy and blustery, as temporarily, we wind up on the cold side of the jet stream. but as quickly as it comes in it will begin to ease out late in the weekend and next week so for the patriots game it looks like it will be pretty nice for this time of year. 10 to 15 mile per hour winds. 42 degrees for the start of the game. by the way, look at those temperatures into next week and approach christmas. it gets mild and milder, to almost warm. there will probably be a couple of episodes of rain in there so we'll try to time it as we get closer to it. tuesday night there could be some significant rains lasting into wednesday. also, might be a couple of showers on monday or monday night. >> thanks.

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>> this is an editorial by the president and general manager of wcvb. >> in the few weeks since the governor's pledge of much better service, there are more limited seats. a runaway train barreled down the red line. also what looms as a mistake in

mind, elimination of late night t service and on top of that some expansion plans are being scrapped, changed or potentially eliminated altogether. even lack of snow can't help to stem this tide of bad news. we're unlikely to see a much well oil improved operation the future. hope is not a strategy. the governor may take a hit on t issues but he deserves more legislature and medical community to deep with the opioid crisis. the surge of abuse has not diminished. baker's man to limit prescription to opioids to just 72 hour supply for new patients is one of many ideas worthy of discussion the initial reaction of lawmakers and doctors was unfavorable but surely there is a middle ground between 72 hours and the frequent

30 to 90 days worth of pills. medication that often goes unused and is a potential source of supply for addicts who growing numbers include those patients baker is seeking to protect. the governor has signaled a strong willingness to discuss his proposal with all stake holders and has an open mind to a mutually agreeable solution. he shouldn't be left hanging. this ongoing and still growing crisis demands forceful and imaginative action. >> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb, newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> we begin 59 -- at 5:30, boston on edge after a hung jury in the case of freddie gray. jurors could not decide if porter is criminally responsible for the injuries that gray suffered inside a police van. he's the first of six officers to go on trial and it's unclear if there will be a retrial. >> also, the driver of the red