boom! heather: a taxi explodes in quincy. the passenger who escaped just in time. >> on the edge of a power withful nor'easter this weekend. just how far north the snow will get. jorge: the new push for total ban on cell phones behind the wheel. john: a new england patriot to the rescue. how darius fleming saved a woman from her wrecked car. ed: swept away by an avalanche. the snowboarder whose camera caught it all and how this video could land him in court! rushing to the stores in the mid-atlantic. shovels are being scooped up. store shelves are going bare. a blizzard watch is up in parts of that area right now. good evening, i'm ed harding. heather: and i'm heather unruh. what happens to u.s. is still up in the air. stormteam 5's harvey leonard is here with his new information. harv? harvey: philly, morning, us,

i will explain that to you. first of all, take a look. you will see. there is going tab strong storm. this is saturday morning with snow either in new york city or on the doorstep. now from this point on, as the storm moves, it is really going to be critical, just how much it moves northeast. if it takes a track like that. somewhat closer path we would get into the heavy snow for awhile especially saturday night with the strong winds however if it takes a track to the east, he will just miss out on the very significant snow that this storm could offer. it could really go either way. the time period for us is saturday p.m. by that i mean later in the day, especially overnight saturday night and first thing sunday. the potential is there for snow, wind and some coastal impact, critical. just want to guff an idea of how it breaks down. evening. saturday morning. probably very close to us as we get to saturday night. does it go east or north.

with more snow than other areas. especially to the south, legser amounts to the north. still eval with aing late data. ed? ed: keep your eye on the screen. a taxicab explodes in a busy part of quincy. the people inside escape just in time. new at 11:00, we're hearing from wcvb newscenter 5's reid lamberty is live in quincy. reid? reid: and shall, ed, just seconds after hearing that popping noise, thisness with saw the resulting fire, with cell phone in hand, recorded the explosive moments. [boom! reid: listen aday in. m was one of six explosions. [explosion] reid: the quincy man stood on the balcony just 50 freet fit car inferno. i really thought someone was grinding the gears. that is you ho he describes the noise four the fire, help, i

seconds, the entire inside of the cab was inflamed. >> by the time he started talking to video, both driver and passenger safely out but mcdonald says not a safe distance away. this is going to move. got get her into the apartment building. >> with the taxy horn blowing and choking black smoke spewing above. the next fear was more than a dozen cars parked within feet of the out-of-control blaze. >> would it get that quarterbacking fly it didn't. the reresponse time was within minutes and took only seconds to drown the flamance the elderly neighbor the passenger in the cab who use twos canes to walk made hour to give credit the driver. >> he picked her up and moved hr away and got her in the building and she was quite thankful fo that. >> that woman passenger 80's and ok tonight but nod ready to talk about the frightening ordeal and actually being dropped off when it happened from physical therapy. we reached hit to cab company,

ok but not willing to speak about it. reid lamb bar ty, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: right now, a man trying to cross a busy street is dead. the driver who hit him is being questioned by police. the victim was hit as he was trying to cross route 9 in framingham tonight. heather: there's a new drive to get cell phones out of your hands when you're behind the wheel. and that's not all that could get you in trouble. wcvb newscenter 5's jorge quiroga is live in newton with the proposal. >> i think it would be hard to follow. think i probably would use my phone. jorge. an honest answer to a second nature driver. talking behind the phone, check gps, distracted driving aunlet cos for one of every four highway deaths. >> i had close calls both adds a driver and a pedestrian with people who are really upset with

distracted. jorge: a 2010 law bans texting while driving in mags mass. critics say it is flawed and time to go cold turkey. >> if the law is hands-free. you cannot be holding tee vice and manipulating it that gives police the stability to be able to say ok is doing something wrong. jorge: a first offense carries $100 fine. $500 for a third and beyond. pronones say using a hands-free phone behind the wheel is not risk pre. >> there is no difference in the cognitive distraction of the phone call. some practices may be hard to break. it is her gps. well, i would hate to get fined because i quickly realized i was going the wrong place and clicked something. >> even without bluetooth. chris has a simple solution. earbuds. >> we watched people on the highway every day. you see them swerving. you no he they are doing something on the phone.

already onboard the senate here taking the bill for debates tomorrow. live in newton, jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: the patriots road to the super bowl takes an unexpected twist. a player pulling a trapped woman from her crashed car. newscenter5's john atwater is live in walpole. john, that patriots' player got some painful injuries? john: he did. he pulled her out. when broke the glass, he left with a deep cut that required 22 stitches. that painful injury came two win. when darius them inning witnessed the crash on route 1. he did not hesitate. the cores were locked completely. ini could not get out myself. >> the 25-year-old does not want any attention but does want to thank the linebacker for his selfless save. >> the doors won open. then, i was like, you know, i got to get out of here someway.

hitting the window and she was trying toking the window. it was not doing much damage. it break and i put her out. >> the entire spot of the car was smashednd a was smoking a little bit. then, obviously, everything died, and inside of it. i could not come out, until i was obviously at the time scared. >> fleming was headed home after rack is around 4:30 when heness withed the three-car crash. the move to kick in the window left him with 22 stitches but that deep gash didn't seem to affect him at all tone field. >> i was freaky situation. i was not expecting to be in that situation at all. am glad i was. >> he did the right thing. very heroic for pulling over and helping out someone in need. thanks so much. >> well, that woman is ok. darius fleming held her hand, offered to stay here until police arrived. live in walpole tonight, wcvb

ed: tonight, this one more like the forgetful gate instead of deflate-gate that plagued a year ago them nfl game crew for got to rng the kicking football and the air gauges to gillette stadium on saturday. they were left behind in the hotel. the hotel worker and the state police detectives trove the ball an hour before kickoff. the league which as you know from deflate-gate is concerned about the inning think of footballs and won't comment and says there were no issues with the balls used. newscenter5's is heading to denver. they will be begin live from denver saturday night and through the day sunday and monday. heather: more wall street turmoil. oil prices continue to drag down stocks. the dow losing 250 today. that was after late-session rally. at one point, the average is down more than 500 points. oil, gain, the culprit.

barrel them lowest level since 2003 and on the worldwide market will keep those prices down for now. investigators now looking to gold as a safe haven. the price per ounce, surging $17 today. closing at 1106.20. ed: commitment 2016 -- donald trump is still the man to beat in new hampshire. a new poll gives him a big lead in the republican race. trump has 34% in the new wmur-cnn poll. ted cruz in second place with 14%. jeb bush and marco rubio are tied for third with 10%. phil lipof is here with how a big endorsement is already changing the race. phil? phil: on the campaign trail today. her endorsement has can day us in on both sides responding. donald trum usually front and center. but today, sarah palin took a little bit of that spotlight. >> our best deserve a commander and chief who will let them do

[cheering and applauding] phil: a day after the endorsement of the republican front unarer. not everything went as planned. palin was no-show at morning trum telephone rally in iowa. >> i was looking forrd to sheering. won drearing she went. >> it would appear where she brought up the 26-year-old track's arrest this week for allegedly assaulting girlfriend and threatening to shoot himself with ar-15 assault weapon. palin saying he vets wonder if the president knows what they are going through. >> i can certainly relate with other families who kind have ramifications of ptsd and the woundedness that our soldiers do return with. phil: senator ted cruz anticipating the palin endorsement with one from glenn beck and this tv ad. phil: risen calm know hunting with reality superstar phil robertson with from duck

over on the democratic side, the clinton campaign sen thought plea, doe hate to make sure there is nothing more than a bad skit comes to light. it is no laughing matter for clinton. a new poll showing born ny yet. hoping to gain ground there. clinton sent the husband bill clinton to new hampshire todd rally voters there. also, today, trump was good he would consider sarah palin as running mate. he said he is not thinking now. he is thinking about winning. hather? heather: the green line may be cut back. the head of the fiscal management board says the budget means what he calls brutal cuts. the green line extension was originally supposed to cost $2 billion but project managers now say it could cost at least $3 billion. ex tech train service to metford is the tow cuss of that project. next on wcvb newscenter 5. >> swept away by an avalanche. the snowboarder whose camera caught it all and how he survived.

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ed: a snowboarder in california triggers an avalanche on a bacon country run. lucky to survive a rough ride caught on camera. ed: there have been seven deaths so far this winter, heavy snow pack out west increasing the

back to the video from the sugar bowl resort. snowboarder christian michael mares doing his best to ride out the avalanche. luckily he isn't buried under ice and snow. >> mares could be prosecuted. the ski resort says he and his friends went into a closed area. the snowboarders say they did not know the area was closed. heather: a local man is on a new mission after a devastating diagnosis: als. he is pushing for a cure, so no other family goes through what he is. wcvb newscenter 5's mary saladna reports, his idea turning skeptics into believes. >> why? >> when he was diagnosed with als last may, he started asking questions. then, this hanover husband and father started soul-searching, a lifelong catholic he made a pilgrimage, prayed for direction. >> i knew time is of the essence.

teams, but more so, bring the best in people. i knew people coming together as team. [cheering and applauding] >> discovered disat the hilly successful ice bucket challenge, there was still a lack of funding and collaboration in the field. as successful business owner, he believed he had the team building skills to change that. so his sort from his wife, kathy, son scott, jake and zoey, the families friends of als patients to be the fund-raising arm. they, he brought caregivers and the medical minds of the field to form a partnership called als one this. the goal find a treatment for als in four years. >> and he brought three of the best groups together to really marry drug development at the bench and try bring those figs and as far as we can. fast as it has done before. the als partnership will form

now in the town, experts sy a drug treatment for als is within the four-year reach. heather shall ed? >> it is within the four-year reach. >> we hope so. looking live at the city of boston now. within the four-day reach. we have a snowstorm that is approaching. >> harry, a tough one to nail down, isn't it? >> meteorologist: is tough for awhile for us. it it is interest. the first of the big four storms last winter which occurred. we were well to the heavy snow area and new york city was on the edge and they were the difficult forecast and we are the most difficult forecast now pause he are near the northern edge of the meaningful snow. lets a thank you about the nation's capital. blizzard watch will be going into effect. that is going to happen before friday is over and go right on into early sunday morning. they got a shot at one or two feet of snow. the only way it may be less isolator freezing rain. but still a nasty storm. it comes out redevelop in the gulf and picks up moisture. pumps in the cold air.

starts moving northeast. there it is into washington. before friday evening, into later. then new york city right on the edge of the heavy know to start out saturday. now, as we go deep near the period of time. notice we hit right nar the northern edge of the snow and saturday might. it takes all day lit lir to get from new york city up to about boston by saturday night. there is still room for it to inch maybe a little bit further north and during saturday night before it then retreats out to sea. here is another one of the am copewter molds showing a burst of snow does dom the boston area overnight and late on saturday night, first thing sunday, then starts exiting to the east. then there is aloft ren ways where it can go pane! meaning we're on the edge of just getting a little bit of snow or maybe getting some moderate amounts of snow around boston. so for washington, d.c., everything is very high in terms of the chances of heavy snow and vong winds and road impact and air impact. philadelphia almost as high.

in terms of having a big snow impact. the winds high. roads very high. also, impacted. new york city, not quite the slam-dunk. a little bit closer to edge of the heavier know. a medium chance. but still high chance of getting strong winds and flights will be impacted there. they when you get up to boston. that is a where it gets tricky. the snow is more on the low to medium range in terms of having a significant impact. well, we still have decent winds so roads genes on how much snow we get. air travel could be a bit of a problem especially if planes are coming from places like washington battle mer and physically and new york. this is one computer model snowing the heaviest amounts do in the mid-atlantic but very significant amounts up to the new england south coast and letters amounts to boston and barely getting above the border. so my best estimate i think it is too early to putnam bers on. you can try but when you are dealing with sharp difference in a small amount of miles we are still 72 hours away from the chance of getting meaningful

north of boston would have the least. i would say south would have the most and line from prf dense points south and as long as no rain mix in which could happen. boston on the fence and could be light to moderate. all right. wind gusts going to be considered here as well. notice this saturday evening. lack at these gusts that are possible. nantucket closest to the storm center. the high tide where we going to have to watch is the one on sunday morning. 11:00 a.m. to noon. we have to watch it for the entire shoreline because we will probably have a couple of foot storm surge and tides are high. there could be beach erosion and coastal flooding. all right. wrap it up with the 7 day for you. you get the overall picture. there you can see tomorrow's breezy cold and dry. starts out to around 20 tops out to 30. inis late saturday and saturday night and early sunday. that is the time period to get that jr. we are fog get the strongest winds as well. the sun may come out.

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the team and i think we have more respect for peyton manning. so his preparation, his consistency and the skills, and i would never ever underestimate him under any circumstance. >> he has been incredible player. incredible leader or the team and every game. every team he has been a part of. they won. so you could just, you can see that he, leads a great team. >> well, then, denver has not really been very hospitallability in the postseason. tom brady two and sings denver. 0-2 in the playoffs. the patriots themselves never within a play offgame in denver the old mile high at mile high. >> it isst from raying for me when we lose. yeah. i know we had a lot of lonely feelings when you are driving out of that stadium. we had tough losses over the years. and because they had good teams

comes down to. they have been a great organization. >> you know, you think of brady and manning you think of the titans how about going so man think am toos to get the great arnold pam mer. you have muhammed ali and smoking joe frasier and back here in boston. wilt chamberlin for so many year and followed up as well. magic and larry. >> i grew up huge. larry bird, magic johnson fan. had those old posters and magic in the short shorts. and i just, i just, you know, like i said, i felt fortunate to have played 18 years like i have. and, um, i know how hard i have worked to may this long. and so, when look across, you know, at the pat rae why its to see, tom brady's quarterback. well. >> all right. headed out to denver.

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