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parking lot for gillette stadium employees and the man and his stash of weapons were found just hours before the winter classic. a stun gun, a sword, a slingshot, this is the stash of weapons allegedly found in bronson's car. he is facing several charges. foxborough police say they were called to a parking lot for gillette employees. police say he was intoxicated and threatened three. the incident happened just a few hours before the opening faceoff of the winter classic yesterday. the foxborough police say the incident is not connected to gillette and bronson is not an employee. just two days ago on new year's eve, police escorted him out of this hotel. the property is right across from the gillette employee
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he is no stranger to police. also in 2014, he reportedly held connecticut police at bay in a nine-hour standoff. bronson will be arraigned on monday in court for several charges including three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. live in foxborough. pam: we are looking at the boston skyline this saturday evening. unlike december, january feels like january. mike is here. you are tracking some snow and some cold. mike: not too bad. but if you travel up north to canada. these temperatures are below zero. and we had a pretty decent day today. normal high is 37. remember the record highs, say good-bye to that. we are going to push temperatures down in the single spots on tuesday morning.
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clouds as we head to the overnight hours and way up here to the north. this is the cold air and willdom -- will come down here tomorrow night. you will start feeling it on monday and tuesday. right now, temperatures in the 30's in most locations and just above the freezing mark. we will be dropping back to the 20's. winds were busy at 23 miles an hour at boston. wind chill indexes makes it feel like into the 20's. wind chill will be a big factor on monday and tuesday because we have colder temperatures to talk about. here's the temperatures tomorrow, hovering the 40-degree mark with plenty of sunshine and talking in addition to the cold the chances for ocean-effect snow on monday. i will have a detailed time line and who is likely to see the accumulation in a few minutes. bob: presidential candidate bernie sanders making a campaign
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right now the vermont senator is rallying support and trying to win over new converts. we are live in worcester tonight. reporter: the rally wrapping up here at north high school in worcester. senator sanders took the stage at 5:20 and spoke to a gym packed with supporters and undecided voters. there are overflow rooms. so it appears the attendance is well over a thousand. and it is called future to believe in. the issues are central to his income, wealth and income inequality in america. >> this is absolutely extraordinary. and that is not just elect a president, but more importantly, to wage a political revolution
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and make it the kind of country, as mary said, that we know we have the potential to be. that's what this campaign is about. [cheers and applause] reporter: this is the second rally of the day in massachusetts. the vermont senator spoke at u. mass amherst. and he raise dollars $33 million, $4 million less than hillary clinton. reporting live in worcester, newscenter 5. pam: donald trump expected in low well on monday night. an al qaeda group featuring trump in a new video. and this follows hillary clinton's accusations which turned out to be false, that isis was using trump to recruit.
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showing videos of donald trump insulting muslims in order to recruit. >> he is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. and it turned out to be a lie. pam: her campaign declining to comment. bob: a pedestrian was struck by a truck. it happened on route 27 near 135. firefighters tell us the man who was in his 60's was brought to beth israel in boston. pam: of the men injured after being hit by a car, the 82-year-old victim released by a beverley hospital and another man was transferred to leahy hospital. the two men were hit trying to cross main street. the woman did stop and expected to face charges. police are continuing to
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bob: boston police continue to look for a suspect in a sex assault in dorchester. the victim grabbed from behind. we are live in dorchester with the latest in the investigation. reporter: neighbors were shocked to hear about this attack that happened right outside of their doors here yesterday morning and said this is an extremely well-lit neighborhood and isn't secluded. there is a bus stop and a fire station on this corner. police were called to this section on columbia road at 6:45 for a woman down on the ground. the 29-year-old told police she was walking here and a man threatened her with a weapon and sexually assaulted her. he is a black man in his
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height-wise between 5' 7 and 5 if the 11." she has only felt safe in this neighborhood and still does. >> someone who doesn't live in this area, if they did, they wouldn't have planned that attack so close to the fire department. reporter: after the attack the suspect ran from the area. the victim didn't see which direction. if you saw anyone who fits that description, call boston police. live in dor -- dorchester. bob: one of the officers being attacked on new year's day. camera captured the scene and a man began punching the officer in the face. police say he told them you are all doomed and you are going to die. the boston police commissioner commended the officer for showing restraint. pam: black lives matter
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the protest in response to the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old. the grand jury decided not to indict the police officer who shot the boy. bob: boston police hit a drug bust. 47-year-old is under arrest. police say the officers pulled over the suspect after witnessing what they believed to be a drug deal. pam: a woman is injured following a house fire on martha's vineyard. she was airlifted to mass general. that fire broke out at 1:00 a.m. in the kitchen of her home in oak bluffs. another purn was in the home but was not injured. cause of the fire is under investigation. bob: a view from a state police helicopter as search teams comb
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>> you are watching newscenter 5 at 6:00. bob: a hiker was missing. it happened at the skinner mountain state park and see the contest cue. police say the police requested help last night. the woman went out at 1:00 in the afternoon and got lost as the sun went down and found at 9:00 after they used a thermal camera. new promise for a man preparing for a kidney transplant. pam: doctors say it was extremely difficult to find him
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>> when i met jack, i just felt like there was something special. reporter: soon, there is going to be very special shared by this couple. they have been inseparable since they have been dating. >> she is giving me a kidney. i need a transplant and turned out to be a perfect match. reporter: when he was 26 years old, his sister gave him a kidney. >> i have been doing treatment three times a week and back in march, i decided i wanted to have another transplant. reporter: jack's friends offered and no match. michelle came into jack's life and changed it. and called to be tested without jack knowing. doctors say it is a miracle and scheduled it right before valentine's day. >> i believe he is my future and i just -- i want to help him
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>> alison is incredible. what she is doing is unbelievable. i love her. very thankful. pam: that was frank reporting. michelle and jack's love story started at the stonebridge country club. their paths never crossed until this summer a few months after jack started looking for his perfect match. bob: the powerball jackpot rises to $334 million. the drawing is set for tonight. a lump sum cash prize to the winner is $205 million. the odds of winning the powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million. pam: a slim chance. bob: mike is ahead with a very cold january forecast, deep freeze and possibly more snow in
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>> had some customers come by to offer help. and it gives you that hope there is real humanity. reporter: local churches are serving as relief centers. >> we'll help out with some of the efforts as well. reporter: the water is moving south. the illinois declared a state of emergency and appointing national guard troops. >> the levees are holding well. if you are asked to evacuate, please evacuate. folks are waiting around their homes. reporter: bridges, homes and roads are already submerged. the race is on to save so many others. volunteers filling sandbags. doing whatever they can to help. the governor touring the area. >> houses smashed into bridges. it will find its way downstream.
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save homes and lives. pam: big job there. mike: we are having more seasonable weather around here. single digits in our future. seasonable. we were so warm in december. we have had the first two days of this month, still averaging above normal. don't worry, some blue days next week, some really blue days and will be cold. showing the sunrise and the sunrise is tomorrow and monday are the latest year. but we have turned that page into sunsets. and december 11, it was 4:11. today 4:23. by the time we get to groundhog day, 5:00 in the afternoon. the skies are dark out there. and temperature is cooling down, 36 degrees. winds out of the west-northwest at 18 miles an hour. feels like 26. not much for cloud cover and no
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go up to canada. this cold front is going to come southward and moves in here tomorrow night. we will get flurries out of it. on monday, we could see some ocean effects snow going on. look at some of these numbers we are talking about, way below zero. and that is coming in. there is a small wedge, because right behind it, those temperatures are decent. this will be around for a couple of days. things will warm up. mostly clear and chilly tonight. 24-28. that's going to be lucky if we get that for high temperatures on monday and tuesday. tomorrow, it's sunny but flurries. if the wind wasn't so busy tomorrow, you would say it is a pretty decent day. look to worcester county, most of the temperatures in the 30's. big drop in temperatures on monday and tuesday. tuesday morning's low
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some places getting close to zero and wind chills will be well below zero. look at monday and tuesday, only into the 20's and few more clouds coming in on monday and tuesday. over the cape, 45 tomorrow. drops off. but look at this. we have snow coming in here on monday night, very early tuesday morning. the best opportunity of seeing the ocean-effect snow. there is the cold air. and a few flurries. and a breeze out of the north. it comes over the ocean and picks up the ocean. it snows out over the ocean or if the winds turn this way, maybe it pushes more inland. you will be looking at sunshine inland but snowshowers. and in the cape, you may be shoveling. this snow is light and powdery
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a broom and push it away. looks like 1 to 3 in the outer cape. if the wind changes direction, it could be pushed well offshore. sunshine inland and maybe brushing cape ann. so let's break it down. tomorrow, seasonable, 40 degrees. a bit on the breezy side. inland and sunshine and look at the temperatures into the 20's. windy and cold on tuesday. only 24 degrees. we head for wednesday and start to warm up. and towards the end of the week, we have a chance of seeing rain-snow. this may come in to snow and end as snow and a week to work out the details. but it's not a clear set one. there is definitely going to be snow. there will be snow on monday and warm things up. watch out for the cold on monday and tuesday. that's the latest forecast for you right now.
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>> now sportscenter 5 with bob . bob: celtics own the first round draft pick next june, but it could be a lose-lose. bradley gets himself a head contusion and had to leave the game. thomas leading the way with 26 points and six points. lee in the game. frustration boiling over. pull down with lopez. but it is sullinger who gets the flagrant foul. tying the game at 83-83. that is as close as the celtics would get. few seconds get. the celtics have a few chances. but it goes out and celtics lose. with the weather, the beaches
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think it would be miami nice. patriots, afc dominating super bowl patriots, it has been miami vice. the patriots, no matter how you slice tom brady's career he has a winning record, home away. but against the dolphins in miami, he is 6-7, belichick is 7-8 as the patriots' head coach in that awful miami. the patriots have lost the last two in miami. for inside football terms, this is no slam dung. >> this game is important for us because it is a great goal for us to be the number one seed. a lot goes into that. but a lot of players and coaches, the organization to get to this point. there is only one team that gets the number one seed and great if you are that team because that anybody else.
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long list of patriot list of players. and there is the list. sure is a good thing the patriots look for versatile players. coach: somebody is going to have some versatility. just don't have enough guys to have depth at every position, but at the at the same time, you are going to put some players well. being able to play six different positions is as important as having one guy who can do one thing well. >> georgia and penn state. goowin throwing to mitchell. 44 yards. third quarter and look at the running back getting ahead of steam and he will not be denied.
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bob: cold weather coming in as we head towards monday and tuesday. highs in 20 and 30s. you might have to do a little shoveling in the outer cape and we start to warm up at the end of the week. maybe at this time next week, rain-snow event. bob: abc "world news" it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs.
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