the single -- out of the station safely. just like you would not want to be a highway or at an airport without proper safety signals. nicole: check with mbta for specifics. i spoke with a spokesperson a short time ago. more bad news -- they say they have no idea when the signal issue will be fixed. there is a high likelihood it could continue into tomorrow morning' s commute. live at south station. heather: this problem not just at south station. ed: newscenter 5' s john atwater is live at back bay station with the issues there tonight. john: an absolute mess here. hundreds of people waiting for trains. how are you feeling? >> not too good. it is late last year all over

john: we want to show you video from down the platform. just a few minutes ago, one of the first trains came in. it was absolute chaos as hundreds of people flooded to the platform, trying to get on their train home tonight. they are absolutely packed. we were upstairs, everyone here waiting for a train to come through the tunnel. obviously we are talking about fewer trains. and you see all of these people here tonight. ed: there is a list of alternative stations. you can find them on our wcvb app. they can certainly help you along the way. heather: donald trump in aged in a war of words with the pope. ed: newscenter 5' s maria stephanos is live in the newsroom with the comments getting such a reaction. maria: and this happened fresh off of the pope' s trip to mexico. he is waiting in on the issue of immigration in the west he says that anybody wants to

u.s.-mexico border is "not a christian." donald trump has posed to build a wall stretching from texas to california. that is something he says mexico will pay for if elected president. trump reacting quickly to the pope' s comments. mr. trump: the mexican government convinced him that trump is not a good guy because i want a strong border. i want to stop illegal immigration. i want to stop people from being killed, like take in san francisco. heather: trump also losing the statement. "if and when the attic and is attacked by -- the vatican was attacked by isis, they can only hope and pray that donald trump was president, because this would not have happened." he offered prayers for the thousands of migrants dying on the way to the u.s. the controversy that is expected to keep ramping up. ed: jeb bush reacting to the pope' s comments. heather: here'

say to reporters this afternoon in south carolina. jeb bush: i don' t question anyone' s christianity. that is a relationship you have at your creator. heather: bush goes on to say fencing where it' s appropriate. this is the focus of tonight' s we' re asking, should the pope weigh in on u.s. politics? let us know your opinion on facebook, twitter, and on the wcvb app. heather: south carolina governor nikki haley on the campaign trail for marco rubio. she officially endorsed him yesterday. today she spoke to voters in greenville. take a listen. gov. haley: it is a great day in south carolina. but it will be a great day in america when we have president marco rubio. ed: governor haley says marco rubio is the best gop candidate

government and cutting debt in washington. heather: john kasich in massachusetts ahead of super tuesday. the ohio governor saying he will not be in south carolina on saturday. instead, he will be meeting with voters in the baystate and in vermont. he was campaigning in charleston this morning. he finished second in the hamster primary. democrat bernie sanders was in washington dc while meeting with civil rights leaders. he vowed to help african-americans escape poverty and protect voting rights. ed: the leader of the state senate is speaking out about the recent fbi and irs raid tied to a lawmaker. heather: newscenter 5' s reid lamberty is live at the state house tonight with more. reid: calls for his regulation have come from some state republican, but other leaders for the state hasn' t not gone that far, arguing instead that due process must take its course. dozens of federal agents yesterday moved into the canton law office of state senator brian joyce.

to an investigation, the subject of which the fbi has not made public. the former assistant majority leader has made allegations of ethical lapses, for which he has been cleared from the state ethics committee. does include accepting free or discounted services, and funding a family party with campaign money. at this point, state house leaders argue it is far too early, and there is not enough information to make a judgment. >> if there are charges that are upheld as something haven' t been done wrong, there will be measures taken. reid: state leaders certainly acknowledge this is a federal investigation, it will not and should not be ignored. the state ethics committee is on a notice. they will act accordingly should anything, from the investigation. ed: a revere police officer at the hospital after crashing his cruiser into this pole at chelsea. it happened at 9:00 while he was

the officer suffered serious, but nonlife threatening injuries. we are looking into what sparked the injury. heather: new details about the deadly tent collapsed in new hampshire that killed a father and daughter from vermont. safety officials now say the tent was not properly built. and the service operator failed to follow -- circus operator failed to follow proper warnings. the required tent stakes were not anchored, and damaged ones were not replaced. ed: fire investigators released of the men killed in his plymouth house fire. robert drew was found in the entryway of his home. the fire on ellisville road broke out around 10:15. no word tonight on a cause, but fire. heather: one of two men charged with stealing bones from this graveyard is being held on $100 dollars bail. -- $100,000 bail.

judge -- drug investigation in bridgeport. they found a skeletal remains there. delgado and another suspect are accused of stealing from the certainly -- cemetery. ed: president obama saying that he will travel to cuba for 2 days. that will come next month. he will be the first sitting president to visit the communist nation in 80 years. he reopened ties with cuba in 2014, ending more than 50 years of tension. he' s been working to normalize relations, and would like to lift the u.s. economic embargo to cuba. new insight onto the president' s search for a new supreme court justice. joe biden says that the president is looking to nominate someone that has had passed support for republicans. congressional republicans are blocking any nominee, saying it should be up to the next president to pull the spot left by -- to fill the spot left by justice antonin scalia.

repay the money she received in a conventional sex abuse settlement. it claims that it barred andrea constand from discussing the taste with law enforcement -- the case with law-enforcement, which she did. it claims that cosby drugged and raped her at his home 12 years ago. heather: 2 years behind bars for refusing to write information about the murder of that information. accused of twice failing to testify in front of a grand jury about the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in front of a convenience store.despite his refusal to cooperate, the grand jury indicted two other men on first degree murder charges. ed: two suspects accused of drunk driving. natalie sullivan was spotted getting out of the driver seat and into the passenger seat. jared briefly got into the driver seat and drove away.

heather: police arresting 3 men tied to a drug overdose death. ed: they identified a phone number associated with the drugs in connected to the debt. they set up a strin ing, printing this trio after selling cocaine to an undercover officer. heather: because question a 19-year-old woman with a series of assaults. supplement say they were assaulted after sitting update on an online website. one man claims he was beaten and his phone was stolen by two men when he meant to meet his date. the 19-year-old claims she allowed her friends to use her phone. and it was her friend that set her up. ed: charges after 11 -- allegedly trying to shoot police. this man doesn' t -- front-end to

heather: the superintendent accused of going into the home of a student has been acquitted of breaking and entering charges. he says he was trying to see if the student was actually living in his district. he was suspended in november. the school committee will hold a november -- meeting. ed: the u.s. asking russia to avoid airstrikes and parts of syria. it comes after special operations forces worked with syria in the north in fighting isis. heather: austria is investigating two people with possible ties paris terror attacks. the 28-year-old and 32-year-old are believed to be linked to isis and are being detained tonight. right now, turkey is bowing strong retaliation against syria for a deadly suicide blast. it claims a syrian national in collaboration with a turkish rebel group targeted buses carrying military personnel today. it killed at least 28 people. turkey has labeled both terrorist organizations and is pressuring allies to stop

groups, despite their key role in fighting isis. ed: breaking news, president obama has signed a bill hitting north korea with more sanctions over its nuclear weapons program. this comes as new claims from south korea that the north is planning a terror attack. south korea believes it is the target. heather: the south' s spy agency says kim jong-un gave in order to make operations for the attack. north korea launched a satellite that could exploit could carry a missile. ed: troubling details about the cargo ship that sank with 43 people on board. the captain was apparently warned that hurricane walking was forming in the atlantic. -- with 33 people on board.he sent that warning via text on vacation. he claims the captain replied, and plant to go near -- and planned to go near but south of the storm. investigators want to figure out why he chose to sail close to the hurricane.

the name of the critically injured driver. david card and lost control of his truck and it landed in the icy water. ed: a major road in new hampshire shutdown overnight following this crash. the driver of the tractor-trailer says he turned to avoid a dog along route 101 and slammed into his marlboro home. power lines were knocked down, cutting power to about 400 homes. fortunately no one hurt. heather: firefighters on the scene of a house fire in brookline. it was a two alarm blaze around 10:00 on orchard road. no reports of any injuries. firefighters still in this to getting because. ed: flashforward to 5:00 on newscenter 5. >> it is in my blood. i absolutely love the game. heather: i sit down with red sox fan favorite jerry remy. excitement for spring training, an update on his health, and just how much longer he will stay in the game. ed: a falling tree limb. we'

of a little girl that died in a freak accident. >> temperatures are not left one right now. we just beginning to giving, which promises -- we are just beginning the evening, which promises to be a cold one. ed: breaking news, major delays were the commuter rail. you are looking live from south station. no trains in, no trains out. heather: this started with an amtrak signal problem. take a look at the crowds at back bay station. commuters being told to find a plan b.

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>> you are watching newscenter 5 at 4:30. ed: the bridges moving pre-nicely, although it is thinking up. this is left-ish in the center of the screen. traffic is moving quite well right now. where it is red on the map, that is slow drivetime. it will be a little over a half hour now. commuter problems contributing to this. on the 128, still a half hour. 30 minutes on 93. it is slow on the toll. west of the toll, it will take you 24 minutes driving right into the sun. it will take you seven minutes

heather: at least you have green arrows on the road, because the rails are a mess tonight. this is back they station. major delays, commuters using amtrak, the commuter rail, and the t. the problems started with an amtrak signal problem. there is a list of alternative stations for many of the lines. but people are being advised to find another way home. imagine, all of those people. and it' s not even that cold. we typically see problems like this, harvey, when it is minus temperatures out. but it' s 33 degrees out. harvey: most of the day has been above freezing. we certainly don' t have bitter cold. heather: i think i have one more thing i want to share. oh, maybe not, too late. harvey: we will share the weather with you. [laughter] look at this, 71 in denver. ed: ah, which one are we? harvey: we' re going to go into the direction of denver saturday and sunday. we just want get all the way there.

s happening right now. what about satellite imagery. look at the landmass of new england, how nice and clear it is. clear skies indeed. look off the coast of maine. see if it of snow activity? there is a northerly wind picking up moisture over the warmer waters. it produces a few snow showers. i don' t think they will make their way to cape cod evening. it is a slight chance, but i don' t really think so. this is the temperature difference between 24 hours ago and now. not that big of a difference when you go west. five degrees colder. but 11 degrees colder than it was yesterday this time in boston. 14 degrees colder in plymouth. mostly clear skies across the region. 33 degrees in boston. great visibility. the air is pretty dry with that northerly wind. the pressure is on the way up. high-pressure is going to crest overestimate. let' s think about this.we are starting out fairly chilly in the upper 20'

we have not even gotten to sunset. the dry air, the light winds, the chilly air mass -- that sets us up to be cold tonight. the winds are coming down a briskly out of the north. they will slowly diminished night, along the temperature to drop off. boston getting down to about 19, worcester about 19. be prepared that while it will be tranquil, it will be very cold tomorrow morning. then tomorrow afternoon temperatures will rebound to appoint in the 30' s -- a point in the 30' s, maybe approaching 40 in a few spots. we have cold air thanked to the north. but you mentioned denver being 71. look at st. louis at 58. even chicago at 41. the milder air will make its way in. just before it does, a few things will happen. this is just one computer model showing a few flakes around the cape. there is a slight chance. more than likely, just a few clouds.

start with a clue tomorrow. look at the clouds to the west. they will thicken during the day tomorrow and evening. before we can get to the warm air on saturday, a little period of precipitation. still cold enough to produce a quick period of snow moving from west to east. that will be around 11:00 roughly tomorrow night. we might get a brief period of snow in boston. if we do, and it sticks at all, according to an inch is the max we could get. -- a coating to an inch is the maxim to get. sunday will be the day with a mild westerly wind. both saturday and sunday should feature high temperatures in boston close to 50 degrees. it will be turning chillier late monday and sunday evening. a small system on the northern fringe overnight sunday night and first thing monday. that could be snow or rain changing to snow. cannot rule out a small simulation.

looks like a juicier storm with more significant amounts of precipitation. all sorts of snow mix and rain possibilities that i am not smart enough to sort out right yet. [laughter] heather: i don' t believe that for a second, not for a second. a fun day for families in boston comments. city parks and recreation' s hosted its annual children' s winter festival. obviously this is during school vacation week. the weather was fairly nice. look at the blue skies. ed: anytime the ice is on, i love it. let' s go! heather: a car company comes up with a solution for pothole problems. ed: the technology aimed at giving your tires a break. but as we go to break, was take a look at the numbers on wall

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could get cut in a crash and failed to restrain passengers. it impacts 2005 - 2014 rav 4, also 2012 - 2014 electric rav 4. problem for free. we know the frustration of hitting a possible. solution. it is tempting pottle protection --touting pottle protection technology. a shock absorber system automatically stiffens when it senses the pothole. that lets the wheel stay elevated when it drops into a hole. it has been in use in some luxury cars. the similar technology is already there. heather: amtrak expanding its pilot program to allow pets on some trains. it will allow pastors to bring pets of a certain weight on its northeast trains, including those to and from boston. passengers will have to pay $25

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it is summer there, and very dry conditions have contributed to the problems. some of them are as high as the rooftops. but no help from the cleanup from the city. they say it is not a fire risk, believe it or not. ed: it was up to the waist. move on, move on. we' re going to move on to newscenter 5 at 5:00. >> donald trump. versus the pope mr. trump: for a religious leader to criticize the united states is disgraceful. >> dozens of trains canceled. >> the problem so bad, riders are being told to stay away. >> how cold it will get tonight, and timing the weekend warm-up. remy one-on-one. in the booth. >> from boston'

this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:00. ed: breaking news in the race for president tonight, pope francis weighs in. his target gop front runner donald trump. >> and trump wasted no time firing back. newscenter 5' s maria stephanos joins us with the breaking details. maria: he did not. this race is taking get another turn, this time as pope francis steps right into the political fright, questioning donald trump' s christianity. heading back to rome after visiting mexico, pope francis was asked about trump' s plan to build a wall in the southern border. the pontiff said he did not want to tell americans how to vote, but said-- a person that thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and is not building bridges is not christian. donald trump firing back with this response to the pope' s comments. mr. trump: if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished then