conference and we'll provide you with that informationoming up on newscenter 5 at 6:00. >> a violent scene in brookline force three schools to go into lockdown. the suspect is still on the run. let's get to jack harper. jack this played out just feet from one of those schools. jack: it played out in two different places. starting here at 198 st. paul. they got a report of a struggle. when they arrived they found signs of a struggle in the foyer and upstairs. they found a man shot several times. seconds later in front of st. mary's school two men in the middle of the street. witnesses say they were dropped from a car. >> you saw these two guys thrown out? >> i knew they had -- i suspected they had thrown one person out. >> when you got up there what condition were they in

through his shirt on his back. >> one had been stabbed. all three known to police. all three expected to make it. the one here shot several times also recovering at the hospital. looking for two suspects. at least one is believed to be in a car rented in new jersey. more on that coming up g. the wife of a police officer in illinois who committed suicide last year has been indicted by a grand jury. prosecutors say that melanie gliniewicz helped her husband steal money that was meant for charity. joe was found dead last year, his death triggering a week long manhunt for suspects. however, it was determined that he eventually took his own life in the end. >> this man is accused of being the driver behind the wheel in an accident that injured a police officer. there were warrants out for his arrest. he

questioned he crashed the vehicle. police believe he and a woman passenger were doing drugs while driving. she, too, faces charges. just released documents gives us a new glimpse at the trial of the marathon bomber including what happened during his interrogation in the hospital. kelly has been sifting through those pages and she's live in south boston. what have you found? kelly: i had a lot of stuff to go through. it's argued -- they argue he lawyer. he wrote the lawyer 10 times, circling. one of the agents insisted, nonsensally, that mr. tsarnaev was not in custody. the defense argued the assurances that no one other than his brother was involved. there was no danger to anyone else and no remaining bombs. the motion also elaborated on

that a high-powered gunshot to the head had fractured the base of tsarnaev's skull that he was suffering from a traumatic brain injury and concussion when he was interviewed on and off for 36 hours. more to come, for now, back to you. >> police are investigating what they are calling a murder-suicide. the man killed -- last night at her home. both suffered from stab wounds. neighbors are in shock. >> a tragedy, a tragedy all around. >> investigators say the woman was on the phone to her sister in brazil when the attack happened. that person then called a relative who called police. investigators say the two had been dating but that relationship ended back in october. two people are dead and three others hurt after a shooting at in seattle. a man and woman have died after the group was targeted. two others were rushed into

is said to be improving. no one is arrested but police say and i'm quoting, persons of interest. the state fire marshal's office says a fan failure led to the release of a sulphur-based cloud which exploded. five suffered smoke inhalation and were treated at a local hospital. if you recognize this man, he's accused of stealing a woman's pocketbook while she was stopping at shop n stop. he could be seen leaving with a yellow strobe light on top. if you can identify him, the hat, jackets or face call quincey police. commitment 2016, sanders making a trip to the place he hopes to call home, this time next year. senator sanders attending a closed door meeting at the white

>> i enjoyed the meeting and i thought it was very positive an constructive. >> that meeting comes as a poll shows sanders and clinton are neck and neck in iowa just days before the caucuses. the office in springfield opens at 6:00 on allen street. he opened an office in worcester earlier this month and has another campaign office in charlestown. hillary clinton wants another debate with sanders ahead of the new hampshire primary and she's pushing the democratic national committee and senator sanders to agree. she held a campaign event today at a bowling alley in iowa. the other democrat in the race says he supports adding another debate to the schedule. frontrunner donald trump is sticking to his guns for now. and will not attend tomorrow's debate on fox news. trump has been feuding with fox news anchor since the first debate last summer. ted cruz taking a jab at trump

scrooge mcduck, with the hash donald. the republican also saying he's challenged trump to a one on one debate. reporting live from iowa, for the lead up to the caucuses. now beginning tomorrow and he'll be on news at 4:30 from iowa. new at 4:30, governor baker filling his budget proposal target unsustainable growth. the administration says massachusetts faces a $635 million structural deficit in the budget caused by spending obligations rising faster than tax revenues to. erase that gap the governor is proposing several steps including nearly 300 million in savings through reforms on medicaid, nearly $40 billion budget calls for no new taxes and would return more than $200 million to the state's reserves or so-called rainy day account. a major power wash required the

building was vandalized. workers were called. a neighbor called 911 after seeing the tagging in progress around midnight. the graffiti apparently the work of one man, interim president, the library telling us his first order of the day was getting the building cleaned. >> it's just important that we get the facade of the national landmark back to its normal status and get back to business. >> there are a number of surveillance cameras in the area and that footage is being reviewed as police search for the person who is responsible. another case of vandalism under tonight. this time in quincey. vandals targeted more than 16 headstones at a street. some of those headstones date back to the 1800s. the cemetery has been targeted three times in four months. >> this is, again, another stopping point to say more is getting done, we're going to keep doing

committed to the people of flint. >> that's michigan's governor announcing a 17 member group of medical experts to determine a long term solution to fix flint's water system. the governor also announcing that the state would have an increased administrative presence in flint. the town's water supply became contaminated with lead after the city decided to withdraw from the detroit municipal water system and instead draw water from the flint river. several boston students are facing discipline as racial concerns grow. they have been protesting how minority students are treated at the school but the herald reports students at boston latin academy have been disciplined for using threatening or racial language on social media. boston mayor walsh has ordered a review of the situation. the so-called team could be back in the united states. the man dropped his appeal against deportation. the 18-year-old has been in mexico since being arrested

he and his mother are accused of fleeing the united states while couch was on probation for a deadly drunk driving crash back in 2013. the f.b.i. tonight monitoring closely the activity at that or wildlife refuge after one of the occupants was killed in gunfire. out of an aan bundance of caution. david benjamin is accused of killing jessica with a machete. the 39-year-old from atlanta was on vacation with her husband. her husband was not seriously hurt. authorities have quadrupled the award for information leading to the arrest of three prison escapees. they can broke out of prison last week. the award stands at $200,000. two of them are members of a vietnamese gang.

building just outside of new orleans's famed french quarter on canal street. the flames and smoke billowing into the morning sky. one person was in the building and able to escape. they do not believe the fire is suspicious. a busy morning in tilton, new hampshire. flames destroying this dunkin' donuts. no one was inside. the owner lost 28 years of handwritten business records. there is still no word tonight on what may have sparked those flames. a chase ends with a crash. one person was sent to the hospital. an suv was going about 100 miles per hour when it crash interested a bridge on route 106. the pursuit began when the driver ran a red light. that driver suffered life-threatening injuries. he's been identified as 25-year-old john of north attleborough.

long list of charges. police have not released the name of the victim saying only that he was 66 years old. the driver did stay at the scene of that accident. a wisconsin man is under arrest tonight accused of plotting a terror attack at a month son asonic temple. two f.b.i. informants say he also had plans to travel to the west bank in october to attack israeli soldiers. he's charged with receiving and possessing a firearm not registered to him. time now to flash forward to 5:00 right here on newscenter 5. maine's outspoken governor calling for a new punishment for drug offenders. his reasoning for bringing back the guillotine. news at 6:00, big changes in the way at the garden and north station. the ground breaking for the causeway. new at 7:00, proof that boston is booming can be found in the vibrant expanding

a look inside one hotspot that has a front-row seat to the new towers and development. >> let's take a look. it will be turning a little colder. you'll be able to handle it. watching a potential ocean storm and just how close that may pass to us. we'll be back with the story on that. >> breaking, pittsburgh police are holding a news conference at any moment on the shooting 1r06g a murder suspect.

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>> as we get deeper into january, you can see the light of day is still hanging on a little longer the expressway in both directions south of the city is moving at both speeds. traffic speeds, normal speeds, regular speeds. doing pretty well. let's see what the rest of the track looks like. where it's red it's slow. it's not too bad. we're talking 20 minutes. it gets a little fishy down at route 3 but okay out of the city. 14 minutes upper deck to 128. okay. problems in the core part of the city and the first leg is an 18 minute ride. it's red in that stretch. be mindful. slow through the tolls but it's still about a half an hour. western tolls to 495. right now

looks good. 290, seven-minute ride. traffic at 4:45. safety improvements are in place after several bad crashes on route 20 in oxford. one accident killed a mother and her 9-month-old son back in october. the 2.3 million emergency project included widening part of the road, putting up dividers in some areas and new reflector strips on the lanes. a convoy of snow removal equipment is on its way to washington, d.c. mass dot tweeting this photo as crews started their journey south. people there still need help digging out from the blizzard. they are asking for it and getting it. strong winds and a possible tornado blamed for overturning this box truck in florida. several other cars were damaged. this is in coconut creek if you're familiar with the area. just north of fort lauderdale. >> it's possible because they haven't gone down there to investigate. >> we may understand there may

you will see the active radar. now? >> this is now but if you look at the red off the coast that's of storms that spanned possibly a tornado. we know there is a waterspout. we want to show you that. you'll there. right around boca. there it is. in waterspout was observed less than a mile offshore moving north-northeast. 11:00 a.m. this morning. down there. as far as the bigger view, you still see moisture down here and this may actually have some indirect tie-into our weather because low pressure is being spawned. most of the energy will stay offshore but it may come close enough to just bear ily brush us with a little bit of precipitation on friday. if you're with us every day at 4:30 you notice the brighter skies as we get to our weather segment.

later every day. a little cooler than yesterday. westerly breeze at 17 miles per hour. it's a little chillier to the north and west but you can clearly see not drastically so. when we take a look this way it's also chillier but not too much. that's the trend. for a little chillier weather tonight and tomorrow down a couple of degrees from today. all of us, maybe not nantucket but otherwise, all of us will start out below freezing on thursday and above freezing during the afternoon hours, upper 30's to 40 degrees or so for the high temperature. now that moisture i'm talking about, you already see the edge of cloudiness, it's not that far down the coast. this is where we're going to see a developing storm. but the track of the storm should be far enough off to keep most of the precipitation away. we'll see skies become mostly clear for a while and the start of the day tomorrow. then we'll start to see clouds pivot up from the south later in the day.

a bit of steady precipitation, bit of rain could be down around the south coast or cape overnight early on friday. but as we get deeper into friday, the air will be a bit unstable which could cause a few rain or snow showers to form around the region as marginal friday night. that's the overview. notice we start out with sun and then get some clouds in here on saturday but probably not precipitation in of the woods. so check out the next seven days. notice just a little bit colder but not much. maybe a few flurries or rain showers around on friday. it will be chilly on friday night. then touching 40 on saturday afternoon. look what happens, though, after that. a stretch of much above average temperatures from sunday all the way into wednesday of next week. the best chance of getting wet in any meaningful way looks like it will be about wednesday of

>> health officials in tennessee are investigating a troubling case. two teenagers are dead afternoon drinking a mixture of mountain dew and racing fuel. two other teams have come forward saying they heard about the drink and that it could be a substitute for alcohol and admitted to drinking the mixture which is known as dewshine. it's made of nearly 100 pez methanol. a report shows a former new york giants football player showed he had a drug in him, 27 years old, died from an accidental overdose of painkillers. his brain was donated to be studied by researchers at a concussion foundation. cte in his brain had advanced to a stage, i'm quoting, rarely seen in someone his age. 27. to your health now, concerns are growing about a virus, a pregnant medford woman and her husband among many cancelling their vacation plans because of the mosquito-borne illness that

>> it's absolutely not worth the risk to us to put the baby in harm's way. i think if anything were to happen, we just, we wouldn't be able to live with the guilt. so that's why it was really a no-brainer for us. >> the cape cod times is reporting that several local women who have recently traveled to brazil are undergoing tests to see if their pregnancies have been affected by that virus. a rabies alert. hell officials say two german shepherds were attacked by a rabid raccoon back on january 17. it was caught on contradict road. the dogs had the proper shots and the dogs will be okay. fast food chain investigating a possible data breach. the suspicious activity on credit and debit cards and the message to customers. but first, as we go to break

>> new details set to be released on what caused this rash in philadelphia. investigators plan to sles a report in connection with week. among the new theories into what may have triggered the crash, the amtrak engineer was distracted by radio chatter from other train operators. the crash last year killed eight people and injured more than 200 others. >> focusing on your economy at 4:30, wendy's is investigating a possible data breach.

several reports of what they call unusual activity on credit and debit cards used at the restaurants. wendy's says the scope is not known. it's encouraging customers to thoroughly look at all bank accounts. you may soon be able to take money out of the a.t.m. with your phone. j.p. morgan chase is upgrading its entire fleet of atms to include several perks including the ability to get cash by tapping your smartphone. it uses the same technology as apple pay. they also hope to follow customer withdrawal amounts. toyota has maintained its status at the world's top selling automaker. the company says it sold more than 10 million vehicles in 2015. toyota, which has been number one for four years in a row expects similar sales this year. detroit had been number one for more than several decades before

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>> so that's what it appears to be in a picture a cat stuck on top of a pole for days. the power company came to the

see cat didn't need any help. as soon as it got up there it shimmied down the pole on its own and managed to safely hit the ground. the crew says it doesn't happen often but they are very happy that the cat is safe. >> sound to me like a perfect ending. >> i'll join j.c. right now for newscenter 5 at 5:00. >> bodies laying in the streets. schools locked down. a violent scene in brookline and the car police need your help to find. >> new documents revealing secrets of a marathon bombing trial. what you haven't heard before. >> tracking a developing ocean storm, a close call. >> the good news that caused this father to pass out. >> from boston's news leader. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> breaking news in pittsburgh.

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