r ever new england. eversource. s news leader, noon. this noon. first, a deadly shooting in france. a terror investigation now underway after a man, armed with a knife and a fake explosives vest, was shot and killed outside a paris police station after threatening police. erika: investigators say he had wires protruding from his body that were inactive. he was also found with a cell phone and a sheet of paper with an islamic state flag. the incident comes on the

charlie hebdo satirical newspaper when 12 people were killed by islamic extremists. lower on wall street today as s economy and dropping oil prices. the dow dropped about 300 points at the start of trading. it has since recovered half of overnight, china' s main stock index plunged, triggering the second automatic halt in trading this week. and the price of oil sank to its lowest level in 12 years. powerball jackpot. it is now $700 million. but last night wasn' loss. s juli mcdonald here in the bay state is a few bucks richer. thursday for millions of people night' s $500 million powerball jackpot.

though one massachusetts player >> oh, i think it' s a lucky store. juli: it may be just a drop in the bucket that was the $$500 million jackpot, but a lucky plymouth-area customer is $1 million richer today. he or she matched 5 numbers in wednesday night' s drawing after buying a ticket here at the express mart on court street. owner raj maskey told newscenter 5 he was beside himself when he found out. >> i can' t breathe still. i need something to drink. very excited. i' m very excited. i' m just wondering who won the tickets. juli: many regulars who played and didn' t win were back this morning to try their luck again. >> was pretty excited. hoping somebody from my work or somebody i know won. that' d be fun. juli: others though, kicking themselves, for missing out on a million, maybe even more. >> was going to play yesterday and i didn' t. i was a little bummed out. juli: the jackpot now continues to grow. saturday' s drawing will be for at least $675 million, the most in any u.s. lottery game ever.

in 44 states, the district of columbia, us virgin islands and puerto rico are dreaming, ' what if.' >> you think, what are you going to do with all that money? but there' s a million things you can do with millions of dollars. you never know. juli: while the grand prize is bigger, your chances are unfortunately still small. the odds of winning are 1 in 292 million. just like many optimistic players told us today though, somebody' s got to win. in plymouth, juli mcdonald, wcvb newscenter5. erika: more breaking news in new york. 17 salt miners rescued after getting trapped in an underground elevator for hours. emily: they were trying to get to the bottom of the 2300 foot mine when they got stuck. marci gonzalez with the team effort to pull them to safety. >> the sound of relief after nearly 10 hours of anxiously waiting. 17 miners trapped nearly 900

york all finally safe on solid they could. it is very impressive to see how >> the group was just starting their shift at the deepest salt mine in the country near ithaca when the elevator stopped working. miners huddling together for warmth as local fire and police rushed in to help. using this crane to lower a several workers at a time to the surface. >> we practice mine evacuations regularly every year and so the practice is coming into play today. >> despite being shaken and freezing, the miners waited at the scene their coworkers were rescued. t know.

quite honest with you. good health. state officials are investigating and operations are suspended until the cause is fixed. erika: to the weather now. live pictures of boston where it' s sunny and temps in the 40' s today. but it won' t be that way for long. cindy, you' re tracking some rain and a weekend warm-up. cindy: it is above average already. here we are at noon time. boston. take a look at the temperatures. we are in the mid-40' s on the cape. still some 30' s in worcester county. 39 at the airport. those clouds are giving a milky

we have high pressure over us. it will start to give way and we will see the winds turned to the northeast. that will bring in more cloud cover. enjoy the rest of the afternoon. as we get deeper into the overnight hours, clouds start to come in off the ocean. that will lead to an overcast day tomorrow and some spotty drizzle. friday night and early saturday, some of that drizzle may freeze on contact. also a windswept rain in the forecast for sunday. erika: growing concerns that upcoming mbta fare hikes could have a big impact on students newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich from the mayor. todd? todd: the mayor made it clear that the city will find a way to pay to transport middle school students on the t, but that

in one scenario, monthly passes on the t could be going up 23%. in 2014, boston eliminated school buses for middle schoolers to save money, putting students on the mbta instead. but fare hikes set to take effect in july could raise the price of linkpasses to $32 a month. million added to boston' s school budget. it this morning and he' s confident the city will find the money. >> we will be providing our students with mbta passes to make sure they ride the t. we will make sure we get them when the time is appropriate. todd: the mayor is referring there to the fact that the fare increases have not yet been finalized, so the cost to the city is not yet clear. there will be multiple public hearings before the control board votes on the proposal in march. reporting live from kenmore station, todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: new this noon, three people are under arrest in

homicide. 24-year-old aaron grant was shot on grinnell street on new year' s eve. he was rushed to st. luke' s hospital where he died. last night, police arrested three people. all are charged with obstruction of justice. they' re expected to be in court today. emily: also new, this scituate man is being held on $1,000 bail accused of stealing mail and packages from 7 towns, including east taunton. the taunton gazette says officers spotted ryan hudson after getting two calls of a suspicious vehicle in taunton. inside his car they found a laundry bag stuff with mail along with holiday gift cards, credit and debit cards, personal checks and jewelry. erika: right now, a woman is hospitalized after being hit by a car in brighton. it happened along chestnut hill ave just before 11:00 last night. the victim was unconscious and taken to brigham and women' s hospital. aren' t clear. the driver did stay on the scene after the crash. firefighters investigating a 2-alarm fire in roxbury overnight on gaston street. boston fire says the flames

this morning. all 3 people inside made it out safely. the chief estimates damage at about $400,000. the red sox working to remove graffiti from the number of an iconic member of the team. someone scrawled in black ink or s number 6 it' s not clear when this happened, but photos of the night. so far, no arrests have been made, but boston police are investigating. emily: more good news for experts predict gas prices will be much lower this year than last. according to gasbuddy, drivers will collectively pay $17 billion less in 2016 compared to 2015. nationally, prices will peak in may in the $2.70' s and $3.00 a gallon gas will be hard to find except on the west coast. experts cite near record low oil prices for the overall decrease. erika: new revelations about one of the san bernardino shooters. what copies of her visa

emily: donald trump going after another republican rival. why he says ted cruz may not be eligible to run for oval office. cindy: you are going to want to soak up the sun today. clouds will be settling in for the weekend. we will have freezing drizzle that will make it slippery. and when we will see heavy rain. just released by the government. continue to eat, despite recent

v cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. r people don't have access because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one who can bring real change. i'm bernie sanders,

>> you' at noon. emily: new details about one of records of tashfeen malik' s visa red flags. malik came to the u.s. on a fiancee visa. her interview showed no obvious irregularities and triggered no suspicions. malik and her husband syed farook are accused of fatally shooting 14 people at the california office where he worked. they were later shot dead by police. believe the pair' s marriage may emily: north korea' newspaper calling the country' s nuclear test a success. yesterday, north korea said it had tested a hydrogen bomb for the first time, drawing widespread, international condemnation and serious doubts.

retaliate by resuming cross-border propaganda broadcasts that the north considers an act of war. erika: commitment 2016. ted cruz under attack. kenneth moton reports, donald trump is questioning the republican' s eligibility for president, saying a judge should step in immediately to determine if cruz is a natural born citizen. >> cruises citizenship. today more questions about ted cruz' s legal right to run for president. american mother. >> the question is quite straightforward and settled law. >> the man raising trout. he told cnn ted cruz should go to court. >> he should ask for a that would clear it all up. >> on the stump in iowa, ted cruz called it all noise. the

born in panama. on a u.s. base. as for ted cruz, i think it' s worth looking into. abc news did ask constitutional legal scholars, who say ted cruz is in the unresolved. >> it would be quite ironic if after seven or eight years of drama around the president' s birth certificate if republican primary voters were to choose senator cruz as their nominee. >> he renounced his canadian citizenship 18 months ago. this morning, donald trump tweeted that was a wise move. erika: donald trump facing some trouble of his own when he visits vermont today. his campaign issued 20,000 tickets for an event in burlington, but the venue holds only 1400 people.

the building is full, everyone else will be turned away even if they have a ticket. late this morning, trump tweeted, " massive crowd in vt tonight. venue not big enough. officials say no to outside event and sound system. arrive early!" a new report is expected today in the e-mail scandal surrounding democratic candidate hillary clinton during her time as secretary of state. an inspector general claims the state department gave a quote inaccurate and incomplete response about clinton' s private email use two years before it was made public. the report gives other examples of flawed responses and states the issue dates back through previous administrations. emily: two of mexico' s largest volcanoes, showing signs of life. both releasing plumes of ash and steam overnight nearly a mile into the sky after at least six explosions were recorded this week. officials are warning people to stay away from the volcanoes. but at this point there are no evacuations. a stunning picture from space. this photo snapped by astronaut scott kelly shows air pollution covering asia.

china, recently issued red alerts telling factories and schools to temporarily shut down because of extremely high levels. just yesterday, india' s capital forced cars off the road in an attempt to lower pollution levels. it' s a wet weekend in store. cindy: you can see the rest of the country dealing with storms. it has been so sunny the last couple of days. eventually this is catching up with us. we have a chance at seeing sunday. 50' s. if we get to 56 in boston, it would be a record. the record we are watching in s. and a lot of cloud cover enjoy the sunshine this afternoon.

thin clouds. we have jumped up to 42 degrees. look at the dew point. it is only 6. and also very light winds. the southern new england are under high pressure overhead giving us winds. s right now. 45 new bedford. still seeing some 30' s through worcester county. 37 nashua. you can see that area of high pressure overhead. winds. the afternoon.

the average high this time of s. things start to change overnight. notice these low temperatures not getting as cold. freezing and suburbs. that is due to some cloud cover. we may see a little sunshine early tomorrow. get what happens with these clouds. with a developing northeasterly wind. that may lead to some drizzle. s to around 40 degrees tomorrow. overnight tomorrow night into continue that drizzle. we have the potential for more moisture to move in and with temperatures near the freezing mark, that is concerning.

drizzle in some areas, particularly in the areas shaded in pink here. that is early saturday morning. saturday afternoon, 40 degrees. on sunday, a system is approaching from the west. we will get strong winds from the south. that will bring in the warmth. it will also bring heavy rain. inch of rain or more. those winds from the south could gust over 40 miles an hour. colder air tuesday. look at this on wednesday. the chance for a little bit of snow. we will be watching energy come in from the west. it could spawn another storm. depending on where it develops, we could get some snow.

on that system. some snow. this weekend. emily: like bacon and eggs? new dietary guidelines show you may not have to cut back as much after all. erika: government recommendations released today say lean meats are still part of a healthy diet and eating some eggs are ok. but they call for a much bigger crackdown on sugar, saying added sugar should only make up 10% of daily calories. guidelines also urge americans to lower their salt intake, saying 90% of people eat too much of it. emily: today, new york becomes the latest state to allow medical marijuana use. a new law makes non-smokeable forms of medical marijuana available to residents. but patients must register and get a prescription from a doctor, approved by the state. . 15 others are in the works. 22 other states, and washington d.c., have similar programs in place. erika: next week newscenter 5

a fast-paced look at all the big news at 4:30 p.m. and more in-depth coverage at 7:00 p.m. it all starts next monday right here on newscenter 5. an awkward moment at last s choice awards. emily: see what happened when an over-excited fan ran onstage. that'

erika: a bit of drama at last night' s people' s choice awards. emily: it happened as the women from the talk took the stage to accept an award. an over-excited fan joined them, grabbing the microphone from sara gilbert. co-host sheryl underwood pushed him away as sharon osbourne kicked him. speculation is it was some sort of stunt, as the man shouted out a plug for an upcoming album by rapper kevin gates. emily: have a great day. >> this is an editorial by wcvb channel 5 president and general manager. >> open, transparent government is a vital part of democracy. but apparently often more preached and practiced in the commonwealth. you want to know how government

journalists get answers for you if they can. accessing public records is a hit or miss prospect for journalists and citizens alike depending on how you ask. 5 enlisted the aid of university students to test responses to public records requests. when asked by an average student at northeastern, more than half of the commonwealth' s 350 cities and towns failed to respond to requests as outlined by state law. nine police department and six town halls outright denied requests, a clear violation of state law. when we identified ourselves as journalists, the apologies came, and so did the records. but the open records law applies to all citizens. and frankly, journalists all over boston have experienced difficulty with receiving requested records in a timely fashion or without thousands of

perhaps the commonwealth should dramatically increasing transparency with far greater requirements. legislature needs to quickly pass a public records reform bill. one that is clear to all and enacted by all the commonwealth

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