announcer: from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. heather: it is said that coronary artery disease and diabetes and weight all conjure the did to the death of justice scalia. ed: joyc e insists he has done nothing wrong. heather: a man has life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car. police say driver, 51 euro thomas mohan, was high on drugs when he hit the victim on washington street. he is under arrest tonight. ed: and with the weather, clouds

is on the way. heather: and there is the commute, so it will be tricky. harvey: i think boston sneaks in. it is snowing more steadily in hartford, and this is heavy snow across connecticut and part of rhode island, and that is where the visibility is reduced the most, mild visibility in new london, connecticut. this is still very light snow at this point. here is a wider view. the potential for snow does not exist because the rain is very close by, and eventually, the deeper purple, this is the significant band of snow, so it does overspreads the boston between 6:00 and 8:00 tonight, and it could snow steadily, and then it changes over, and that continues to move northward.

morning, temperatures may still be at or just below freezing, so some freezing drizzle could be occurring there, but before we get to that, one to three inches of snow, a coating to an inch possible along the water. fairly mild. we will have much more on the heavy wind and rain. ed: we are learning more about the two unh students arrested in connection with the stabbing of a another student. court paperwork feels the social media apps snapchat played a big role in making the arrest. mike: leading police to find it two a man charged in connection with a stabbing at the university of new hampshire. 20-year-old matthew gibbons and another were arrested.

there is some messed up stuff that happens on college campuses, obviously, but this is kind of stream. -- kind of extreme. mike: police found the victim suffering from stab wounds, and they say another victim was punched in the face. both were taken to the hospital, one in stable condition. another student showed police a screenshot which showed the suspects with blood. >> it has readily become apparent to those of us doing it on this basis is that people' s entire lives are on these phones. you find out many more things than you want to know i looking through their photographs. mike: posting bail, one will be in court next month. another has criminal liability

his attorney says he has no criminal history and that gibbons stabbed the victim, not his client. >> this stuff does not happen that often. have a goal of that was mike cronin reporting tonight. -- heather: that was mike cronin reporting. and one woman is convicted for withholding food from her friend' s son and holding him in a cage in her a smit. -- in her basement. it was argued that the jurors should not have received evidence of previous issues. ed : some attendees dressed in black face, and in fairfield, the president sent out an e-mail

heather: the mbta employee who got the most overtime in one year was approving his own over time, more than 2600 hours of overtime. that inflated his salary to nearly $330,000 per year. the audit concluded that there was no inappropriate conduct but did call for more formal policies on overtime, and a looming high in fares. there is a meeting next monday with a vote for march. eight thousand happy dissipated in public forums, and most say they do not support raising fares because it does not justify it. -- 8000 have participated in public forums. they have also announced the budget has been trimmed to $95

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she developed meningitis, and signed just say that while many patients suffer long-term side effects, her case is unusual. heather: the 74-year-old buddy cia nci was doing his television show when he began experiencing severe abdominal pain, and it is said that his death was caused by hemorrhagic shock. ed: president obama has said he will be closing guantanamo bay, and the prisoners would be moved somewhere to the united states. the facility would cost up to $305 million, after an initial

president obama: guantanamo undermines our relationship with others, and they bring up the fact that guanta namo is not resolved. ed: the u.s. is currently prohibited by law from moving detainees to the u.s., and the plan also faces an appeal battle. the president said he may resort to executive action if it comes to that. heather: h e has never won an academy award. ed: rocky. heather: and a boost you can get from a sweet treat. harvey goal at some of this is headed here. rain and wind.

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heather: it has been nearly 40 years since "rocky< ," but sylvester stallone has never taken home an oscar, and that may change this weekend. reporter: rocky balboa, an iconic movie hero. created by a man that is what are the most noted in hollywood.

playing -- sylvester stallone did not win the oscar for playing rock you or for writing it. sylvester: thank you, very, very much. i never thought i would be able to cross the threshold again. reporter: nominated for a best supporting oscar in the movie "creed." sylvester: and i am here. reporter: he got his first golden globes last month. sylvester: family is everything. you get one chance at life, and you had better fight to keep it. heather: people are cheering for him because he is 70 who has worked so hard and first touch a long time.

>> i would like to share your -- thank you for sharing your dream of "rocky" with us. reporter: his star on the hollywood walk of fame has been here for over 40 years and the movie has made billions worldwide. heather: you can watch the 88th annual academy awards right here on sunday night, with red carpet coverage starting at 7:00. ed: the most powerful storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, looked at from space. this satellite photo shows cyclone winston as it struck the island of fiji three days ago, and the top wind was over 200 miles per hour, the highest ever recorded south of the equator,

but the number could be higher as the cleanup continues. harvey: whatever snow we get will be later tonight. for a few hours to go. right now, however, most of the snow in connecticut and rhode island, and where you see the deeper blue, that is where out of intensity, it could have some real impact. we do have some very light snow in the air around worcester, so starting to break out. but i want to show you something. we, of course, have our little chunk of snow that is going to change to rain, but in the gulf coast, these are all tornado watches, and there are very, very heavy thunderstorm activity areas. we know one strong one touchdown not tro bad out side of new orleans area there are still tornado warnings to the north

-- we know one strong one touchdown not too far outside of new orleans. and there is room for the temperature to drop a couple of degrees where the precipitation comes down steadily. it was still be a wet snow along the shoreline, because the temperature will not get down to 32. it will create some/, but it will drop to the freezing mark and a little bit low. -- it will create some/ -- some slush. and this is the greatest reduction of visibility. that is these that he is snow, -- that is the steadiest snow. here is the snow, in the southern half of rhode island. some getting into connecticut and the northern part of rhode

it is not the case down here, and some of this is going to get into southeastern massachusetts and at least away from the shoreline. it could make an impact if it comes down far enough. even a few flakes being reported as the snow is starting in metrowest. this gets up to the mass pike and boston by 10:00 p.m. and midnight, continuing thereafter, and then it is a rain to way should for boston. especially for 495, tomorrow morning, the temperature could be around 32, which means freezing drizzle could be appearing. a coating to up to an inch of slush. follow the temperatures, they drop a little below freezing to the north and west of boston. temperatures start to recover a

night, the temperatures fly up as the wind starts to pick up out of these out. it means two thanks. this is about the morning commute time of thursday. it will also be accompanied by very strong wind gusts. later tomorrow night, that is the period of strongest wind for us to watch it we will see an improvement i thursday afternoon. the temperature will drop down a little bit. the weekend starts cold, but it looks like it ends milder. so it will continue to be an amazing roller coaster. we get warm and wind and a lot of rain. ed? ed: after you see this next story, you are going to think, why didn' t i think of that?

sell boxes of snow in the winter, packages of foliage in the fall. >> it would shift as snow and arrive as water. we purchased the containers, and i shipped 12 to 20 pounds at a time. ted: a crazy idea, you would say, in who would want snow? >> people who have moved away. they appreciate it. >> making a snowman, things you think they would be interested in making. we have had some great customers sent as videos of them having a snowball fight or making a snowman with a hat on it, just a

ted: they came up with the idea from shoveling out from last year' s blizzards. jess: when everyone else was sitting around doing nothing, we decided to come up with a business, and right from the beginning, we started doing facebook post from day one. >> we had 30 orders with our original joke product. we saw a potential there, and we had no idea. heather: they are brilliant, aren' t they? and the warings have branched out. they are selling packaged leaves in the fall. and could this go dark? new england for sale on "chronicle." and a smooth

the ability to reach out for help right from your smartphone when you' re anxious and overwhelmed. ed: the app offering therapy to people who might not have asked for it before. heather: a hoverboard catches fire. we hear from the boy who was riding it when it caught fire. ed: and a family pleading for help to bring a woman home safely.

ed: we have had a lot of news in this 5:30 p.m. hour, and we have a lot more. scientists in south australia studied nearly 1000 people and found that snacking on chocolate improved scores on a variety of mental tests and that eating chocolate can help protect against the natural cognitive declines that come with age. heather: feeling anxious? stressed out? a local therapist is one of many who is helping a new generation of clients. >> i really was not sure that the text a thing for therapy was the way to go. heather: but

country via text and an app. steve: i have found so many people benefit from this that it has become another tool in my toolbelt. heather: roni frank launched talkspace with her husband in 2012, offering unlimited access to a licensed therapist for $25 a week. for replies, therapists create their own schedule, usually setting aside two or three hours each day. >> they are communicating with the same way they communicate with others in their lives. it makes sense to them. heather: the conversations are private, secure, and anonymous. frank says most clients are battling depression, anxiety, or relationship issues, and for many, it is the first time they

>> it helps, and it helps users to get over the shame, to open up. heather: and for clients needing more care or even medication, they provide referrals. and he continues to see patients at his private practice. he believes it is still important. >> and i think that creating a relationship, they are going like this versus nothing. it is really essential. heather: but he also sees the benefit to something like talkspace. >> if this is going to reach the 20% of people who would not reach out for it, then i am for it, very much for it. heather: clearly there is a market for it, and bisson' s

growing, and he now has about 40 clients around the u.s. right from the smartphone. ed: an embattled state senator under investigation. heather: we have the breaking details right now at 6:00. harvey: we go all of the way from snow too wet and windy. ed: this young boy' s reaction when his hoverboard burst into flames. heather: cre creating the violent and of the marathon man manhunt. ed: and the long goodbye. david ortiz his goals for the final season. announcer: boston' s news leader. this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. heather: you can see it moving in on radar. ed: it will affect the morning commute and possibly the evening commute, and chief meteorologist

harvey: the steadiest snow where the visibility is the lowest is now in rhode island, especially the southern half of rhode island and parts of connecticut. i want to show you what is going on. the lower visibility is where the snow is the steadiest. it has produced some in worcester, but not much. one to three-mile visibility and steady snow. you can see it on the radar. initially, it looks like the heaviest band may stay to the south where it is milder, temperatures around freezing. maybe it will create some/ -- some slush, but it will not get below freezing at the coast. over the next hour or two, these lives not that far behind. this starts to lift northward, and most of us are raining

still be 32 degrees or below. one to three inches potentially. there is a slushy coating or up to an inch along the shoreline. remember, that winter weather advisory. inland areas will still be affected. eventually, all of us will be dealing with wind and rain. let' s talk to danielle about that. danielle: it will be steadier tomorrow evening for the ride home from work, and then it becomes steadier overnight, so the ride into work could also be affected. expect up to two which in terms of the total. coming with that range is the wind, and this is wednesday night, but by midnight, it is south and east. especially for that thousand -- thursday morning high tide. it could be some minor coastal flooding.