but how mfarther north ll meaningful snow get? my best estimate and time frame for us is saturday afternoon, saturday night, first thing sunday, the smallest amount would be north of the pike, may not be that much. south of the pike. you may get accumulation. providence, marshfield, that's your best chance of several inches of snow. ed: we're hearing from the woman who says she was rescued from a bad car crash by patriot linebacker darius fleming. john atwater is live in walpole where he's piecing the story together. john: it's a difficult story to piece together because darius fleming was so quiet about this for the last week or so but the woman he rescued from the car after the accident is they go him tonight. >> the entire front of the car was smashed and it

little bit and everything died inside the car and i was scared. john: this young woman was trapped after a crash on route 1 thursday afternoon. traveling behind her, patriots linebacker darius fleming. >> i noticed how her car was smoking and she was moving around and i was curious. john: fleming did not hesitate on his way home from practice. the woman was trying to break the windows as her car filled with smoke. >> the doors wouldn't open. i got to get her out of here some way. she actually -- what made me start kicking the window was she was trying to kick the window but it wasn't doing too much damage and i started kicking the window and they broke. john: the woman said fleming held her hand and offered to stay until police arrived. he went to the hospital where 22 stitches mended a deep cut on his leg. >> he did the right thing and

helping out someone in need. thank you so much. john: we're not showing the woman's face. she doesn't knnt -- want any attention but wants to say thank you and considering there was a big game two days after the accident, last saturday, this was a pretty selfless act. live in walpole, john atwater. heather: a wild wednesday on wall street, the price of oil suffered its worst one-day drop since september. the dow was down a stomach churning 565 points. after a let-day recovery, the dow finished down 249. the nasdaq, which briefly turned positive in the afternoon, lost a little over five and the s&p 500 fell 22. ed: it's all about oil. worried about the low barrel prices, a sign that the growth

and that makes investors nervous but makes you happier filling up on average per gallon and affects airline fares, cheaper tickets in some cases. hopper says prices are down 15% this year advance. also, gold and u.s. government bonds, traditional safe havens, rose in value today as investors shifted out of stocks. heather: flames were not the only challenge to firefighters in scituate as they tried to save a man from his burning home. they also had to battle mountains of clutter. sera congi joins us live with more on a growing problem firefighters are facing, hoarding. sera: heather, i spoke with an expert who works in the boston area and he says that hoarding is a very complex issue and the solution is really not just to simple isy clean up the mess. debris spread on the front yard,

home. neighbors say hoarding had been an issue for years. around 7:45 last night, a blaze broke out and firefighters could not get inside because of the clutter. they saw a man laying in bed. rescuers went through a window to get the victim out but 42-year-old sean gorman died later at the hospital. >> experts on hoarding say it can develop for a number of reasons and is often misunderstood. >> a special health issue that can be treated effectively. sera: residents resist help due to fear or shame and cleaning the clutter doesn't necessarily solve the problem but loved ones can clear a path safely in and out of the home to avoid tragedies. >> best

express your concern for the person with the problem, i worry about your health. sera: many communities, including in scituate, have set up a task force, boards, groups, to deal with hoarders in their communities but according to experts, what is lacking is funding and money to really give the one-on-one attention that is necessary. live in scituate, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: sky 5 over a sea of backpacks on the ground in methuen after the high school was evacuated after an emailed bomb threat. students were dismissed for the day, a day after more than a dozen schools across the state received similar bomb threats. states is reporting its first case of a rare birth defect caused by the the baby in hawaii diagnosed diagnosed

microcephaly. the virus is borne mosquitoes. the government is warning to their doctors if they plan to travel to the caribbean. and questions. new at 7:00, pam cross gets some answers. pam: there's not much thought about mosquitoes on a cold boston day but there are growing worries in warm viruses where the veekaa -- zika virus is growing strength. the disease is spread by infected mosquitoes. dr. laura riley of mass general helped write the recommendation for the c.d.c. >> one in five people will have the acute infection and know they have it and the rest of them don't know they have it yet they can transmit it to their babies. >> the mosquito-borne illness can cause a birth defect if the

infected in pregnancy. the result, microcephaly, results from a small head and brain damage. one pregnant woman canceled a trip to aruba over concerns. >> i'm 14 weeks pregnant. just thinking about it upsets me. >> the disease causes fever, joint pain, pink eye and rash, basically discomfort. travelers are urged to wear repellent and long sleeves and pregnant women. >> if you've been to one of those places, the c.d.c. is suggesting you talk with your provider about whether you need an ultrasound. reporter: medical experts have looked at the data from brazil and say they understand the disease but so far no treatment and no vaccine. pam cross, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: commitment 2016, sarah palin hitting the campaign trail with donald trump, the two appearing together at a rally in oklahoma. palin officially endorsed trump

poll shows trump holding on to the lead in new hampshire. the wmur poll puts him on top with 34%. ted cruz, a distant second with 14%. jeb bush and marco rubio tied at 10%. ed: former president bill clinton making his third trip to new hampshire to campaign for his wife. hillary clinton will be back in new hampshire on friday and her top rival, bernie sanders, will be in the granite state, as well. heather: the road to the super bowl goes through denver this weekend. ed: and through it, the defending super bowl champion. mike: when nfl players reach this stage of the season, they really have one family 24/7 contained within the locker room, meeting halls, practice fields. but eventually they do have to go home and when they go home, they have to deal with snivels, coughs, colds, homework, bedtime

whole lot of "how did your day go?" this time of year, football is family. tom: you don't get any sleep at night and you're up, that's part of being parents and dealing with things at home. yeah, there's a lot less time to recover, if you miss nights of sleep. >> my wife's the m.v.p. she's really been great about that, allowing me to take care of the business here that i need to but my family will always be the most important thing to me and football will always come after my family. mike: brady admits when he was single he would tune out the chatter from married players with children. one thing he has common with them is he brings homework home like the kids, the playbook and the gameplan. ed: do the kids do the homework?

with newscenter 5 and sportscenter 5 for complete coverage of the patriots' road to the super bowl. mike lynch and bob halloran will report live beginning saturday night and all day sunday. ed: a devastating diagnosis, into an incredible challenge. heather: what a hanover man is doing to find a cure for a.l.s.

v cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. r people don't have access to healthcare v because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one

>> you're watching wcvb newscenter 5 at 7:00. heather: tomorrow marks the start of a one-of-a-kind initiative to beat a horrible disease. for the first time, the world's leading alcs research a a.l.s. researchers would work together. >> why has it been 74 years since lou gehrig has died and we really have no treatment? like why?

when kevin goes goes gosnel was diagnosed with a.l.s last may, he started asking questions and decided to pray to the virgin mary, make a pilgrimage in bosnia. >> i prayed for guidance, got to find the right path. reporter: it was then that this hanover small business owner began to find direction. >> i knew time was of the essence and i spent my entire life building teams and bringing the best out in people. reporter: what he discovered was that despite the awareness and funds raised by the a.l.s ice bucket challenge, there was still a lack of funding and no organized collaboration of resources. he believed he had the skills to change that and with support from his wife and sons, kevin started reaching out. dr. steven perrin of the campaign bridge based a.l.s

game game changer. this. i said it's never going to happen yet he's made me put my ego and differences aside to think about the bigger picture. reporter: kevin founded the a.l.s knights to be the fund-raising arm, then brought caregivers and the best medical minds in the field to form a.l.s from mass general and the school. the goal, find a treatment for a.l.s in four years. >> he's brought three of the best groups together to marry drug development at the bench and bring findings to patients as fast as we can. reporter: for kevin, it's become a calling to a higher cause. >> i realized quickly that anything i was going to do was not going to help me. i have an aggressive form.

always had this vision , someone else may not have the same outcome. if i help with that, that's wonderful. heather: kevin and his team of experts will be on hand tomorrow to talk about how close they are on a breakthrough for fighting a.l.s. >> can't underscore how important this contribution and what they've pulled together. kevin, wa absolute -- we salute you. ed: the passion he has and the family he has and the emotion that came through touches your heart. harvey: sure does. absolutely. well, got to switch gears and talk about what's coming up because there's a big storm potential this weekend especially for the mid atlantic up to about new york and long island. then it gets tricky because we'll be near the edge.

a blizzard watch in the nation's capitol but we do. they look like a sure bet to get one to two feet of snow. that will extend through baltimore, probably philadelphia. healthy amount likely in new york and once you get to the new england south coast and points north, there could be a fairly sharp drop-off in snowfall amounts. let's look at a time line. by 5:00 on friday, it's probably starting to snow in washington. by 9:30, it's starting in philadelphia. by the time we get to early saturday, it's starting in new york and then continues to lift north into parts of connecticut, rhode island, southeastern mass and the cape but how much farther north than that will can get? that's tricky to determine. my best estimate that north of the pike there wouldn't be a lot of snow. amounts would be light if any and south of the pike you may run into accumulation. the best chance of getting

from hartford to providence to marshfield and points south. you could go from almost nothing to a significant amount. those are the things we'll be following and whether those lines will shift at all as we get a better handle and get close to the storm. we're still about three days away here, it's least two and a half to three. by saturday at 4:00 p.m., because the storm is intensifying to the south, 48 mile-per-hour wind, 41 in providence. we'll have strong winds, most especially southeastern mass and the cape, overnight saturday night and sunday. when we take a look at the storm, should it take a track like this -- not likely but i can't rule it out -- we have the potential for heavy snow to reach boston along with the strong winds but a path a little more to the south will put boston on the northern edge. we won't get that much snow, not quite as much wind but could possibly not get as much snow and still a lot of wind.

still a 17 mile-per-hour wind so it is cold and it will be cold as you've been used to heading out tomorrow morning. 15 to 20 starting out worcester to boston and high tomorrow. we talk about the next seven days, let's break it down for tomorrow, it's cold day. we don't have the frigid air we had earlier this week but still plenty cold, especially the nights. we talk about friday and once we upcoming nino. when you're in el nino, you get an active southern jet stream but sometimes those storms don't make the full turn all the way up the coast. that's why we will be on the edge with this particular storm. i also want to remind you that we have to be aware of this particular track because it also has coastal implications, full moon coming this weekend with high tides, astronomically high, especially sunday morning at 11:00 a.m., that has to be watched for potential coastal flooding. the storm winds down early

clear sunday afternoon and it actually looks mild for a a couple of days early next week but obviously the entire focus all along the east coast, mid atlantic coast up to us will be that storm and i'll update at 11:00. ed: "force awakens" is still in theaters but you might have to wait longer than expected for the next "star wars" movie. heather: release date for episode eight has been pushed back seven months from may of 2017 to december. disney's not saying what is causing the delay. ed: my guess is they'll still sell the "star wars" movie that's out now. heather: it wasn't a chase.

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