life saving drug narcan" saying they should die instead. they said he needs to undergo social media training. he regrets the post. ed: there are impressive numbers. harvey: amazing start to february. you may have thought we were starting the start of may. beverly 65 and boston 65. one shy of the record. providence established a record. lawrence is 63. fitchburg 63. now these were the actual high temperatures. we started to cool down some because the air now is coming from the northwest and chillier air is moving in. these are the readings and if you will be out you will see the temperatures drop into the 30s and the low 40s by 10:00. and tomorrow morning you will start out a little below freezing north and west of boston. right around or just above in boston. instead of the 60s tomorrow it will be mainly in the 40s. otherwise we will clear late and you should enjoy some

big changes for wednesday and later this week. >> woo women -- two women are facing drug charges. jc: john atwater has more. reporter: they went home after posting bail this afternoon. this is video from inside their home. police say it was a mess littered with an ma -- with animal feces. three children were found inside. police went to execute a drug-related search warrant. they say they had oxycodone pills and marijuana and hundred hundred -- and intent to distribute drugs. their children who are three and six are now in state custody. the other child in the home is a cousin now staying with relatives. ed: we are learning aaron hernandez is following the pay

he has been exchanging letters with a woman and in one acquired by tmz sports hernandez .ed out he has a tv in his cell. he watched every game. he still roots for his former teammates. he wrote and i am quoting, the closest i was with was probably brady and whom i love to death and will always only hope the best for them. he also calls rob gronkowski the best tightened to -- best tight end to walk on a football field. he was not complementary of rob craft. he told me he loved me every time he seen me. but obviously he shows his word ain't -- fill in the blank. he is awaiting a trial for a 2012 bubble murder in boston. jc: the convicted girlfriend of james whitey bulger. she is serving a term of

she plans to plead guilty to helping others stay under the radar. bulger is serving life for murder and racketeering. right now police are asking for help to stop a dangerous trend. they say there were several incidents where someone threw small engine parts out of a moving vehicle and into on coming traffic. the objects have also been thrown at parked cars and homes. no one has been hurt, but damage was reported. muse center 5 continues our commitment 2015 coverage. ed: eight issues in eight education. where the candidates stand on a major issue. jc: more on the violent murder of a teen as the suspect goes before a judge. ed: and we check into adrian. as we go to break let's take a live look at traffic. leaving town.

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>> you're watching newscenter 5 at 5:30. ed: our look at eight issues in eight weeks on the campaign trail. it is a big concern among parents. jc: but so far it was not a big talker yet. reporter: with concerns from care to the economy in the headlines education is still at the head of the class for many voters. >> historically education has been an important issue. reporter: now why it matters. >> people care about social security and they care about health care and they care

and they object -- obviously care a lot about schools and colleges. how much they focus on these things depends on how the election plays out. >> when we look at how satisfied people are at schools they assign favorable ratings to the schools in their local community even if they express concern with schools nationally. reporter: the cost for higher education, charter schools and controversial academic standards like common core. >> republicans are hugely concerned about obama over reach. democrats have generally been lukewarm on it or split over it. reporter: something else to watch, the rewrite of no child left behind signed into law by president obama this past winter. >> that should be where the conversation about education policy is taking place in the 2016 election cycle. reporter: another issue is standardized testing. president obama recommended

finds democrats and republicans agree there is too much em fa you sis on it. in washington, nicole killien reporting. jc: a poll says education is not one of the most important in the country. we will track whr the candidates -- where the candidates stand on job creation. ed: she thought she would never hear her little boy's heartbeat again. >> the mother who donated her bar boy's organs gets a perfect gift. >> and how rare this achieve mepped is and what is next for talented student. >> and our skies will be clearing out. it will be turning cooler, but i am following our next rain storm and lots of temperature

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look at the smoke as 20 cattle were inside this -- when this fire broke out. it helped the fire spread quickly through the facility. ed: searching for justice in the murder of a 13-year-old girl. two virginia tech students faced a judge today. both accused in connection with that girl's death. 18-year-old virginia tech

in court charged with the premeditated murder of nicole lavell. police haven't said much about the motive. >> we said they were acquainted prior to her disuh earns pooh. eisenhower used it to abduct and then kill her. reporter: 19-year-old natalie keepers was arraigned. she is facing charges of transporting or concealing a dead body. after police arrested dye -- arrested eisenhower they found lavell's body in north carolina. her family said that she pushed a dresser against her door and possibly climbed out of her window on wednesday. her mother told the "washington post" that her daughter was bullied on-line and at school 1450e -- she was a liver transplant recipient who needed daily medications. eisenhower claimed "i believe the truth can set me free." he was a high school track star with big as separations. >> a pleasant young man and goal driven.

was also focused on running. >> eisenhower's parents live in a quiet neighborhood in maryland. they moved there from washington state in the past few years. >> it is always stunning to hear about this. ed: firearms were not used. they appeared a decision to keep him on trial. and they are concerned if let go he will not come back to court. he was one of the 11 people arrested in the standoff. only one person has left jail. jc: wells fargo and bank of america are looking to add apple pay to their atm's. they are looking to have it as soon as the second quarter of this year. the digital wallet will replace cards used at the atm. banks prefer it because it makes it harder to steal

jc: toyota is stoping production at all car assembly plants because of a part shore 10. it will last one week. an expleetion at one of their -- explosion at one of their top facilities is to blame. it is an average of 60,000 vehicles a week. jc: samsung announced when and where it will reveal the next galaxy. galaxy s7 will be unveiled on february 21st at any vent -- at an event in bars low barcelona. there will be a pressure sensitive street and water resistance. ed: a high school senior in los angeles is proving he is among the smartest. he is a senior at lincoln heights high school and he got a perfect score on his ap calculus exam. he earned every possible point available on the test. everyone knew he was special and everyone new he was special, but they didn't know how rare of an accomplishment

>> i found out i was one of 12 out of 300,000 in the world to get a perfect score. >> to get a perfect on the ap exam takes a special skill set. >> there are some challenging questions, but nothing i couldn't do. >> that's nothing. he earned perfect scores in the english and math section of the act college exam. he will apply to caltech, berkeley and stanford with the hopes to work for nasa's jet propulsion lab. caltech. harvey: that's what i call smart plus, plus, plus. speaking about plus, how about january. yes it was on the plus side. the december and january combo was the warmest december and january combo is what we had precipitation wide we were around afnlg. below. we were as warm as 57 and as

the start to february was incredibly warm. the average high was 36. we hit 65. 29 degrees above that. the afternoon high temperature by the -- the average high is way lower than what we were. over three inches of precipitation. the average snowfall is 11 inches. we were five times that last year in february. that's the snowest month we have ever had on record. these were the high temperatures . unbelievable. upper 50s and mid60s. whenner is winter? where is winter? it is not here at the moment. blizzard warnings will go into affect in portions of iowa, but that's not until 3:00 a.m. tomorrow. that's where winter is. it certainly isn't here at this time. we started to cool down some. 53 in boston and 45 in worcester. chilly air to the north and west. low temperatures will drop to close to the freezing mark and maybe a bit above in boston

the suburbs as you start the day off tomorrow. tomorrow will still be an above average day. the average high is in the 30s. that's still 20 degrees cooler than today's high temperatures in boston. radar is showing a few sprinkles trying to reach the ground near plymouth. there may be a touch of light rain or sprinkles for plymouth or the cape in the next few hours. that tends to move offshore. that's running along the front through boston and it allows the chillier air to move in. the cold air will not last that long. and so the temperatures will as i mentioned be in the 40s. look what happens by wednesday. the clouds are coming in early in the day. now by later in the day rains will come in from the west with our next system. the thing about that is it looks like the rains will be heaviest in western new england especially first. there by midday it could be rather wet and certainly for the evening commute. the wet weather arriving during the evening commute in boston and lasting into wednesday night.

downpours and then at that time it will turn mild until this front crosses the region and then we cool down on thursday. there may be a few waves of low pressure that form along this front that will keep the cloud locked in on thursday. there is just a chance on thursday night or should that there is a touch of rain or a little snow. i think most of that will stay east of us. as far as wednesday afternoon into wednesday night the potential is there for half an inch to an inch of rain. once you get worcester west especially the higher elevations that's where there can be one to two inches of rain. we are a little cooler tomorrow. notice the temperature spike up. that will be later wednesday and into wednesday night when we reach into the 50s again before starting to cool down on thursday. and then from friday through the weekend and into the very start of next week, we will be noticeably colder at that time. just beyond the seven-day forecast there may be some storminess rm -- storminess coming up the coast. that's a week out.

about that at 6:00. see you then. i'm meteorologist harvey leonard. >> hello from the outside jc: adele's "25" returns to the top spot after a two-week slide from the number one spot. it rises from number two to number one in the 10th week on the charts. "25" was knocked off by david bowie. jc: a good start 4 "the finest hour." it came in fourth taking in $10.3 million. it tells the story of a daring coast guard rescue in 1952 and stars chris pine and kasey affleck. it cost $80 million to make so a $10 million debut is not really a fast start. on the other hand "kung fu panda" claimed the top spot bringing in $41 million. ed: a man wounded in world war ii was given a purple hear 70

he was hit with a metal plane fragment during the bombing of the uss battle of okinawa. he dragged a fellow sailor to a hospital ship before returning to battle. ed:a california family's tragic loss leads to a second chance for an arizona family. jc: 4-year-old jordan is a picture of health thanks to a heart transplant made possible by heather clark after her 7-month-old baby boy died she donated his organs and his heart went to jordan who spent most of her life in the hospital because of a congenital heart defect. they all met recently as you can see here and heather was able to listen to a ready roughing of -- to a recording of her son's heart in jordan. >> he did more in seven months of life than i did in 25 years of life. >> baby lucas passed away in 2013 and his organ donations

>> three lives? >> three lives. and he was seven months. jc: a survivor of the marathon attack ready to give that day new meaning. ed: knew center 5 -- newscenter 5 goes with her as she is training to run the race if april. jc: and 5 investigates has an exclusive story of pain and punishment revisited. ed: people will start voting in iowa in just a little over an hour. two hours or so. what happens when the caucus doors open. jc: and a firefighter success dob dash suspended.

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jc: there is a new addition coming to newscenter 5. ed: maria stefanos is joining us on team. she grew up watching channel five and covered the big stories and she will be anchoring newscenter 5 at 7:00. she will anchor newscenter 5 at 11:00. we are doing a new newscast at 10:00 on metv and she will do that at the end of the month. we welcome maria to the wcvb

jc: a marathon bombing survivor taking on a new mission. ed:she lost a leg in the bombing and now she is ready to reclaim the finish line. she is training to run in her first marathon. . >> i used to say if i am running people should be running too because something is wrong. reporter: she is running with a purpose despite the pain. >> it is a muscle memory to learn how to use a blade. i never want to give off the impression you just put it on and go. >> she started training to run the marathon this year. she took advantage of today's beautiful weather to get some miles in. when she runs the boston marathon she will be the first of the boston marathon bombing survivor amputees to do so. her motivation is simple, to run for those who can't. >> it is a way for me to give back and to say a giant thank you to everybody, but also to remember those who are sitting on the couch who don't have legs because of insurance

waiting list for limbs for life. reporter: the run will be more than another inspiring act. she will be raising money and awareness for limbs for life. an organization that provides prosthetics for a lifetime to am amputees who cannot afford them. she is a professional dance expert last time we saw her at the finish line was when she returned to the scene of the pain to dance away the nightmare. healing is an on going process and running the 120th boston marathon will be another step a 26.2 mile victory lap. >> i hope i have enough oxygen to run and cry at the same time. ed: the 26 is tough and the .2 will be emotional. >> quite an under taking.

controversial facebook post. reporter: hit and dragged for miles, the driver under arrest. >> with hours before people start voting what happens when the caucus doors close. harvey: big temperature swings to come and our next significant rain. >> and a daughter fights to keep her father behind bars 30 years after he murdered her brother. >> from boston's news leader this is wcvb newscenter 5 at sikdz:00. jc:-- >> a couple is accused of striking a couple. ed: the driver leaving the scene and dragging the woman for miles and she is not expected to survive. the vehicle drove down the dorchester. that's more than three miles. newscenter 5 as jack harper is details. they are disturbing. reporter: it is, ed. the driver's attorney says this afternoon she did not

one person ended up under her car. that person in extremely critical condition. >> a witness heard what he believes to be a car alarm when he was witnessing this and it turned out to be the victim screaming. reporter: the sounds came from under this car. the driver formerly of chinatown covered her face in court. police say she hit two people this morning and the woman was dragged for about three miles to columbia road in dorchester. there the driver finally stopped. >> there was a civilian witness who observed the defendant on route around the area of columbia circle and get out of her car and look into the underneath area of her vehicle where the female was found. he observed that and impot back into her -- got back into