jc: we begin with bob halloran, live in gillette stadium. reporter: chandler jones and the patriots strategize and planned this out. here is how it went down today. after practice, in which he did participate, the media is given 45 minutes of the patriot locker room. with under two minutes remaining, jones went to his locker, stood before the cameras, and answer just a few questions. >> why do you feel the need to apologize? >> i need to apologize to everyone. but right now, like i said, i made a mistake and each and this game with kansas city. reporter: that interview lasted jones did address the issue and

time ran out, he was not asked to respond to a barrage of questions and offered no details. will play ed, patriots. jc: he spoke shortly after police released the incident report early sunday morning. john atwater is live outside the police department without part of the story. reporter: this police report reveals that when chandler jones came over here to the police department half naked early sunday morning, he actually went to the back of the department. he got down on the ground and put his hands behind his head. this man stated "i' m chandler jones," into kept telling us that he had been told to come to our police station. that is the account of the officer who says chandler jones scurried to the police department parking lot, appearing to make a beeline for the department' s back door. it was just after 7:30 sunday morning. without warning or provocation, he got down on his knees and

it was like this man was trying to surrender. but officers say it was clear he was looking for help, into the report say he didn' t commit a crime. although appearing nervous and anxious, the individual was polite and cooperative. jones lives across the street from the police department and when an officer went to lock his door, he noted a smell. while in the house he noticed the smell of burnt marijuana. the patriots say chandler has missed practice, but beyond that, they are staying very quiet. >> there is nothing more important to me personally than the health and well-being of our players and sport people. reporter: and tonight, it is not clear who actually told chandler jones to come over here to the police department early saturday and sunday. there is no indication that anyone else was at his home. jc: there is concerning injury

he will have an update on newscenter 5 at 6:00. phil: a major system outage causing huge headaches at jetblue. travelers nationwide dealing with the delays. the call asked to form i -- nicole asked the farm estefan is live. reporter: everything is running smoothly at this hour. terminal c is running on time hours ago. a lot of folks showing up trying to check in, and they were getting a system shutdown for two hours today. that meant long lines. 31 flights delayed as a result, 21 incoming and 10 outbound. the check-in system was down for about two hours, but never shut down the process completely. passengers say it was slow going but the airline made adjustments to help out. >> i couldn' t check in before

>> my wife told me there was something wrong with the machines but i haven' t had the problems. reporter: if you are flying out, everything is running on time, want to call ahead and make sure. as to what caused the outage, looking into it. jc: bomb squad' s have finished searching a home. thousands of weapons and explosives have been found. we are live. reporter: jc, no one had seen the residence for days -- the resident four days. they got to the house across the street and called the bomb squad to remove an arsenal of weapons. >> i only knew he had guns, that is all. i thought he had like one gun. reporter: the neighbors had no idea there was so much weaponry,

the homeowner is described as a collector. >> a military collector with a lot of stuff in the house. it' s s hard to tell us it is demilitarized. the bomb squad can analyze it and make sure it is not life. reporter: the resident is said to have lived here most of his life. a neighbor says he once told her -- >> i have got a gun. if anyone comes on the property, i will shoot and ask questions later. reporter: first responders were neighbors -- >> stay inside the house. he got an arsenal. reporter: crews removed grenades, rocket launchers, lots of rifles, ammo. the house is said to be stuffed. >> oh, yes. he had lawnmowers and snowblowers. reporter: the homeowner is described as a veteran. he was in the hospital at the time, and the bomb squad will

phil: right now, a powerful fire under investigation. this is video of the flames as they ripped through that multifamily home on pine street overnight. six of the seven apartments were occupied at the time. no one was hurt, but a people are now displaced. investigators believe the fire started in the kitchen on the second floor. another fire to tell you about on neptune circle. flames were quickly knocked down around midnight. the arson squad was sent in. malfunctioning electrical circuits. appear to be the culprit. damages estimated at $50,000. jc: harvey joins us now. not much of a difference in temperatures today but at least there is less wind. harvey: you are right. what a big difference. look at the temperature. boston is 29, worcester at 23.

costs over 35 miles per hour, now we just have wind of about 5-10 miles per hour. as we go through the night, temperatures will be in the 20' s, but areas that stay clear will see the temperature dipped down into the teens. begin a bit of a temperature break tomorrow, or so south of the pike or it will be fortyish or maybe slightly higher. however, there will be a lot of cloudiness tomorrow, even though there may be limited son. -- limited sun. it should generally be a precipitation free day. however iwatch in the gulf of mexico -- this is developing come up the coast. i have a timeline and which areas get rain and snow and what a few minutes. the woman charged mid-dorchester hit and run makes her first appearance in court. melissa benedict appeared before a judge, accused of striking and

dorchester yesterday. 43-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. she was at the wheel of a vhs allegedly never stopped. she she heard a boom. she was pulled over 20 minutes later. phil: i sense is now claiming attacks in jakarta. the attacks happened at the police station and a starbucks. the attackers set up suicide bomber that engaged -- suicide bombs and engaged in gunfire. 20 people were injured. police in indonesia say the attacks mimic those of the november paris attacks. starbucks is closing all stores in jakarta until further notice. jc: an apology from one of the iran. >> it was a mistake. it was our fault and we

jc: 10 sailors drifted into iranian waters before being detained. they were quickly released, but not before iran and images of the sailors into custody. made voluntarily or under it is one of many questions the navy still have to answer. >> the fault is not that iranians took americans in the custody, the fault is that the u.s. navy got two small, lightly defended boats together. end up in iranian waters? jc: the military says the video apology appears to be authentic, but says it was clearly staged. phil: the first gop face-off of 2060. tonight, presidential hopefuls will take part in their sixth debate of the campaign season, going.

-- explain why. reporter: rand paul says he is boycotting the event because he is not invited to the main debate. tonight, seven republican presidential candidates take the primetime stage in north charleston, s.c.. >> americans are also wondering what donald trump will say next. reporter: once again, donald trump enters the debate as the gop front runner with ted cruz hot on his heels. >> they are the two leaders and one would expect they would mix it up. we have already cnet from trump. reporter: also invited, jeb bush, ben carson, chris christie, john kasich, and marco rubio, who are all hoping for memorable performances. >> candidates want to survive. there is still the ceiling among the republicans that donald trump -- he will fall one of these days. >> i think i have a unique voice of the party and it is a mistake to not have me in the debate. reporter: rand paul didn' t qualify for the primetime event,

even though he isn' t invited to the earlier debate with carly fiorina, mike huckabee, and rick santorum, he says he is not going. >> to be sent back to the little kids table, which is what happened with carly fiorina and rand paul, is devastating. reporter: after tonight' s debate, there is one of gop debate before the iowa caucuses. jc: we are learning more tonight about the brutal death of an american woman in t fatally. death of ashley olsen. jc: american students on a mission to save lives. the tragic accident. phil: the numbers show that u.s. is to put down the sugary soda. traffic. first solar traffic.

looks ok right now. let' s take a look at the maps. we starts out the city, down to route three is 10 minutes right now. north, same thing. out wet, st, a live picture of i-93. 128 does look like it is slowing northbound. once you get to 495, that

jc: a deadly wreck in arizona, five people killed overnight when an suv slides off an overpass. the driver was going too fast along the curve on offramp. the suv landed 50 feet below before bursting into flames. an and four children are believed to be among the dead. phil: italian authorities have made an arrest in the murder case of ashley olsen. the suspect is a 20-year-old man from senegal who she met at a nearby nightclub. prosecutors in florence say there is very serious evidence of his guilt. now know who killed american ashley olsen in her apartment. arresting a suspect and to the 35-year-old' s violent death. >> this case is rich in evidence, between dna, probably fingerprints, surveillance cameras, and witnesses. phil: prosecutors say early friday morning she left the florence nightclub, pictured here, when the man she met

for suspected drug-related activities. man were intoxicated on alcohol. walking to her studio apartment, consensual sex. she asked the man to leave there was a fight. suspect pushed wilson and she hit her head. body was found and scratches on her neck. the official cause of death was strangulation by court or chain. >> a there he unsophisticated guy as far as crimes. phil: investigators found the both in the toilet. they claim he also took her cell them down. there are also reports that the intended to kill olsen. he is now in police custody charge of aggravated homicide. jc: a where an impressive feat in the atlantic ocean.

hurricane, the first atlantic since 1938. hurricane season runs from june giving a hurricane in january is significant. however it is highly unusual to be seeing this happen. i think the common thought process is -- what does this mean? harvey: in and of itself, it doesn' t mean much. yes, there are hurricane warnings. remember, before 1960, we didn' t really have satellites. so there could have been a few others that we just weren' t detecting. jc: but still, we haven' t seen this. harvey: very odd. i normally wouldn' t be showing

but alex, we already have an alex. when we get to june or july, into here bonnie -- where was it' s now, alex. what a beautiful sky, so beautiful. the pinks are terrific, the high, thin cirrus clouds. 29 degrees in boston but the breeze is so much better. even though most of us are in s, it is a little more livable. the temperature difference is only about three or four degrees helps out a lot. 20' s tonight, there could be gains quickly. a little cloudiness tomorrow, but even with that, i expected slightly higher. north of the pike will hang in s. temperatures overnight tomorrow night important, because

that willie in the form of rain -- it will be in the form of rain, but there will be pockets across north-central massachusetts, southern new hampshire. some of the sheltered areas and valleys could be close to 32, as well as some higher elevations. there could be a bit of a freezing rain situation in those pockets. however, for the most part, most of us are going to get rain, that there may be an exception. the storm will be a fast mover, just now getting its act together. the clouds that we have the first part of the day tomorrow are not directly related, but the clouds later in the day will be. it' s right around 10:30 tomorrow, rain racing along new york city, and while you are sleeping, the rain overspreads the area. by 5:00 a.m. saturday it is pretty wet. a couple areas where there could be heavier precipitation. there also may be a band in central and western massachusetts to the mountains, and that is very significant.

borderline, but with elevation, even the berkshires are very close to a tossup of getting snow and rain. we will see how it gets to work out. remote chance, but not impossible, for the hilly terrain of worcester county as well. if this doesn' t move along quickly, around lunchtime, it will shut off. but by the time the patriot game is starting, we are done with that and the skies will be clearing. of course if they win, we can look at the sky -- if they lose, you won' t care. it is lined up in the higher terrain. that is where you can explain most -- where you can expect most of the chelating snow. then some of this bitter cold air will be unleashed. let'

milder tomorrow, but it is wet for the first half of saturday with some snow in the higher terrain. a chilly day sunday, but the big change comes on monday. that is when the bitter cold air comes, a quick shot of snow, squalls or flurries early on monday and then the bitter cold comes in, with the coldest monday night, tuesday morning, possibly tuesday night. when we are finally done with that stretch, the storms will moderate a little bit toward the middle and latter part of next week. for the first half of next week will have the wind in the cold. it will get our attention. jc: got my attention. [laughter] phil: there is some new research that will help you keep the new year' s resolution of eating better. jc: just ahead, the added benefit of eating veggies. phil: and at 5:30, these might

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phil: the husband of celine dion has died. he had been battling throat cancer for some time. he was her manager for more than three decades. he was just 73 years old. the research shows the health warning labels on sugary drinks may steer parents away from buying them for their kids. in the study, 40% of parents chose a sugary drink after seeing warning labels while 60% chose the sugary option when not seeing it. researchers say that study suggest warning labels have the intended effect of lowering consumption. jc: it' s not new to us, but it

beneficial than previously thought. in the quest to find the food that helps us stay healthy, it turns out vegetables are looking better than ever. in addition to all that fiber, vitamins, and minerals a new study released today suggests they may even help protect from a severe vision problem. clock, is an issue that affects more than 2 million americans over the age of 30. harvard researchers tracked rights of this disease in more than 100,000 health care workers and found those who ate more leafy green vegetables like lettuce and collard greens had a significantly lower risk of the most common type of glaucoma. it is thought that the nitrate nutrient sounds in the dash nutrients found in the foods help fight off disease. researchers would like to see if other unknown nutrients are lending a hand, but for now it is safe to say that eating your veggies might leave everyone else seeing green. phil: coming out next, the new initiative out of new hampshire

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>> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> i made a stupid mistake. my main focus is becoming the best player i can be. anchor: patriot star chandler jones apologizing for what happened sunday. jones reportedly had a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana and went to the police station asking for help. he is expected to play on saturday against the chiefs. jc: also from foxboro, rob gronkowski missed practice today and was at a hospital instead. he received treatment and an injection on his injured knee. he is also expected to play saturday. phil: jetblue is returning to normal from a systemwide computer problem. long lines clogged terminal c at logan airport at the height of the problem. that system is back up and running.