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janet wu, wcvb newscenter 5 >> a man is dead after being hit by a car in dorchester this morning. newscenter 5' s sera congi is live near the scene with what we know right now. again, this happened this morning. a pedestrian hit. this was in dorchester. police obviously on the scene, an active scene this morning. one man hit and killed in the situation. we will bring you more details as soon as we get it. moving on to more breaking news, french else. five others severely wounded, according to abc news. there is a rescue operation under way and we will bring in soon as it comes in.

we are learning more about a medical emergency for defensive lineman chandler jones. the eye' s antoinette antonio is live in foxborough with the scare just days before a big game. antoinette: all this happening just before the patriots first before. when chandler jones walked into the foxborough police station, it is still a mystery. >> not sure of the situation. antoinette: the situation is a medical emergency involving patriots player chandler jones. the defensive and went into the police station around 7:45 sunday morning, where he was evaluated by ems staff. transported to norwood hospital t. -- by ambulance. it is still unclear what caused condition was.

home a few blocks away to secure the property. >> able to lock the front door. if you want, i would just pass along. definitely involved before this happened. antoinette: class d substance in massachusetts would involve marijuana. the patriots not saying much except for this brief statement. "chandler jones was admitted to released that day. yes participated in all meetings and practices since then." and just like he has been, he is expected that practice once again today, which starts at 12:30. antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. erika: we are hours away from the biggest lottery drawing in

people are lining up to put down two dollars for a shot at more than a billion. reporter: we are at the number one lottery sales agent in the state. they have been selling 25,000 tickets per day to players with big dreams of the jacket. >> to give something for my children and the rest of charity. reporter: they have sold winning tickets here before, including $42 million winner 19 years ago. i was like nothing nearly as big as tonight' s -- obviously nothing to be as big as tonight' s historic powerball jackpot. >> we have regular customers and new customers who want to win. >> you never know what could happen. life is a chance anyway. reporter: some players take the road "lucky numbers." regardless of how the numbers are picked, each player has already picked out what he or

lori is fine tickets for 56 people in an office pool. she says she' showing the winnings. still be a millionaire and still do something good in the world. reporter: if you buy a ticket and beat the odds and win and select the lump sum option, he bank texas to the federal government and the state of massachusetts. plenty of money to just walk away. >> comeback, todd. you can watch the drawing tonight at 11:00. don' t walk away! all right, so it is windy out there. cindy: the combination is so brutal. the winds have been active.

they are gusting to 47 mile per hour in boston, 46 miles per hour in worcester, and look at that in nantucket, close to 50 miles per hour. these of the current wind gusts. obviously the wind advisory out there today, discussed with us to the next few hours and then the winds will slowly ease as we get into the evening and eventually the overnight hours. you saw the winds. look at the temperatures. still in the 20' s as we have been all day long despite the sunshine. it is the windchill that is so biting out there. looks like three in worcester, nine in orange. you get the idea, that windchill is going to be tough here. not going to change too much. you can see how they slowly settled down after about 8:00 and 9:00, 10:00 tonight. we have another storm coming up. this comes up friday night into saturday. this is trending warmer. be a

some mixing over the interior. we will talk more about it in a few minutes. erika: today, state lawmakers will debate a bill to deal with massachusetts' growing opioid crisis. the plan would limit painkiller prescriptions to a seven-day supply. it also outlines evaluation requirements for overdose victims who go to emergency rooms looking for help. the bill does not allow doctors to commit patients to involuntary drug treatment as outlined in governor baker' s proposal. his plan also called for limiting prescriptions to a three-day supply. right now teenager is case that left or dorchester debt with outstanding injuries. police say he was going 80 miles an hour before his car rolled truck in 2013. he was ready to plead guilty in an effort to avoid jail time but the judge next that plan-- nixe d that plan and recommended a

right now police are searching for the truck driver accused of police cruiser, then taking off. it happened on 89 in warner last night. police say the tractor trailer lost control, hitting the the officer wasn' hurt. the driver initially pulled over but police say the driver then sped off. accused in an assault on a passenger at a roxbury t station, heads to court today. several charges in the march 2014 arrest of a rider, including violating that person' s civil rights. she was captured on surveillance beating the woman, and using pepper spray. the american civil liberties union has filed a lawsuit against her. right now the defamation suit against bill cosby is back in court in worcester. that includes several woman who claim cosby defamed them after they publicly accused him of raping them. this is a procedural session.

he is out on $1 million bail after an arrest on a separate a woman. from iranian custody. safety and where they are heading now. next storm system coming by for saturday is looking more wet than white. erika: also, trapped in a sewer for hours.

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>> you are watching "newscenter 5 at noon." emily: right now, the american sailors who were briefly held by iran are at a u.s. military facility in qatar. they were detained after their boat drifted into iranian waters in the persian gulf yesterday, setting off a diplomatic rush to free them. today, 10 u.s. navy sailors are free. they were on a training mission between kuwait and bahrain on two small boats when one of them became disabled, with both boats possibly drifting into iranian territorial waters. the revolutionary guard a navy apprehended the sailors, and according to an iranian news

the revolutionary guards as the u.s. acted unprofessionally. secretary of state john kerry worked with his counterpart to find a deval patrick solution. incidents -- diplomatic solution. last month as the carrier harry s truman was entering the gulf, iranian navy boats conducted live fire exercises 15 yards away. over the summer, u.s. officials claim iranians targeted u.s. ships and helicopters with laser devices. and into dozens of me, the iranians held british sailors for 13 days despite early promises to release them, claiming they had entered the territorial waters. a senior defense official says the sailors will now be debriefed and there is no sign that any of them were harmed. erika: to commitment 2016 now. hillary clinton picks up another potentially influential endorsement in her run for the former attorney general eric holder is throwing his support behind clinton. holder stepped down as attorney

he plans to campaign for clinton in south carolina this weekend. with just three weeks to go s a two-man race between ted cruz and donald trump on the republican side. this according to a new poll. senator cruz is at the top of the poll with 25% support. that is within the poll' s 4.4 error. the poll was conducted among 500 likely republican caucus-goers during the second week of january. emily: president obama is in as he works to sell the optimistic plans outlined in his . speaking before a deeply divided americans not to let fear dictate the election year. americans to stay the course with democrats and he took a presidential candidates over certain campaign tactics. president obama: the future we

for our families, it will only happen if we fix our politics. this is not a matter of political correctness. this is a matter of that makes us strong. emily: the president also sought to shape his legacy, job christian comedy of what reduction. president obama did acknowledge the broken immigration system and curb gun violence. south carolina governor nikki haley said the president is either unwilling or unable to face the threats to the nation' s security, but she distanced herself from the rhetoric of republican presidential front-runner donald trump. governor haley: during anxious follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. no one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and

emily: after the president' s visit to nebraska today, he will head to louisiana tomorrow. attorney general loretta lynch will be in boston today to discuss the president' s strategy on criminal justice reform. lynch is expected at the suffolk county house of correction this afternoon, and she' ll meet with local leaders and representatives of reentry groups for prisoners. erika: firefighters have finally freed a plumber who got stuck in a sewer line in oakland, california. they spent more than 7 hours trying to free him from a 10-foot sewer line. the independent contractor became trapped yesterday after a trench collapsed. he was partially buried but was conscious and talking to firefighters. and take a look at this. a large water main break in sub-freezing temperatures causing trouble in a pennsylvania town. the break happened this morning in conshohocken. water from the geyser was freezing on trees and powerlines near the break. firefighters have managed to get that water turned off.

emily: and windy. cindy: at least we are not alone. chicago is 10. six in milwaukee. the backside of our storm system, still pulling away through the state of maine. some snow in northern maine this hour. we had our snow come through in a quick burst yesterday evening and while, did it come down hard. for a brief time, writer and the evening commute, under an inch near the coast line. three inches. nashua had over three. you can see only down to foxboro, 2.5 inches. there were some pockets where we others. in boston, under half an inch officially. for the entire season, this is where we stand. that is it. in a typical winter this has been anything but. we had more than 15 inches typically at this time.

we had plenty of wind out there today. this afternoon. had through the morning hours. close to 60 atop blue hill earlier this mine. cambridge, 54. to 50 miles per hour. you can see the camera shaking in boston. right sunshine but bitter winds miles an hour, combining with boston. 14 out and about in the city. county. until the winds come down. s right now. nantucket. there is in eastern also notice the winds out of the west and northwest, coming

this snow band here. this snow streamer is holding together with a couple flurries out to worcester county as well. big story, the winds. these of the gusts we are seeing. gusts of over 40 miles per hour. the winds are gradually going to step down. i expect the wind speeds to hold 30 miles power until sunset and once the sun goes down, who wins gradually diminish and it will take until tomorrow morning before you notice the wind. temperatures will be dropping down into the teens to around 20 degrees in the city. mid and high-level clouds come in. cloudy to start the day tomorrow, and then by the afternoon, the skies should brighten a little bit. temperatures moderate a little tomorrow. 30 in the afternoon was less wind. it will feel a little bit warmer. look at this on friday. up to 40 degrees in the afternoon. 2 storms i'

this one off to the west and to here, loaded with moisture. model indications are taking this little farther out to sea and also speeding it up. nonetheless, with limited cold air in place, it will warm up the temperatures. the potential for snow in the and northern new england. mainly rain. there could be mixing initially over for interior sections. winds possible at the coast line. with the faster timing of the system coming in, by the time the patriots are kicking off down at gillette, the rain is over. there may be a couple flurries on the backside, but we will be trying out, a lot of wind making it feel cold. cold is the big word heading into next week. look at the temperatures. 20 degrees here by early next week. it is apparently winter and we will stay on our toes, erika.

a health alert surrounding potatoes. a new study suggests women planning to have a child should lay off of the starchy vegetable. researchers from harvard university and the national institutes of health found women who eat more potatoes before conceiving face a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes, while pregnant. that can affect both mom and baby. scientists recommend swapping 2 servings per week with other vegetables. city leaders in worcester are considering raising the minimum wage to buy tobacco products to 21. city counselors are looking into the impact on several other communities that have raised the age, including boston and braintree. there is a statewide bill that would make 21 the legal age for all tobacco products. emily: a dream comes true for a canton high school are taking the ice to a cheering crowd. under genetic -- a rare genetic

last night that did not let that stop him. he has been a team manager for four years, sitting up for the first time here. when he got in there he delivered. >> it means a lot for me. i like working with them. >> this is a dream. >> absolutely. emily: such a moment. he tells us he was happy to share the first goal with his teammates. erika: love it. some students are offering their support and sympathy for a football star who came up short. emily: the cards they sent and the words of wisdom they offered after the big game failed to go the team'

erika: everyone knows losing can be tough. emily: put some schoolchildren decided to cheer up the vikings kicker. he blew field goal that would have q won the game. erika: ouch. they sent him sympathy cards. >> i feel bad for you. >> keep on trying. we love you. >> you are the best.

need to practice. [laughter] erika: maybe you need to practice! the kids were learning about empathy in the press and teachers wanted to provide a real life example. emily: actually really sweet.

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