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-- john: police are treating this hit and run as a misdemeanor and he has not been arrested. >> it' s very troubling. john: the allegations are disturbing and the victim couldn' t believe it. behind the wheel of this pickup truck, cambridge police officer investigators say the 28-year-old officer slammed into her, while she was riding her bike sunday night. >> as far as we know, she was doing everything she was supposed to be doing. she had reflective lights and reflective clothing, and she was signaling her turn. she was waiting for traffic to pass when she was rear-ended. john: witnesses rate will to get the plate number. he has been with the department for four years, and has followed
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s involved, he' s taking this investigation as seriously as we would any other investigation. john: ed: tonight, it appears president obama is getting close to naming names in his effort to find a successor to antonin scalia. two people familiar with the process say the white house is considering brian sandoval of nevada. he' s seen as an attempt to sway gop leaders on capitol hill to at least consider a candidate before the election. the former federal judge supports abortion rights. maria: a long and ugly battle to get a casino built is far from over tonight. in fact, there is a new delay out there, picking mayor against mayor. -- ptting mayor against mayor. sera: this is a groundbreaking schedule.
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region, and now all of that is canceled. the head of the whenever casino project is sitting down with newscenter 5 to talk about plans on hold. >> this is one community and one up the process. sera: construction of the $1.7 billion resort casino is now delayed for up to a year after the city of somerville while the s environmental permit. >> it will put 18,000 extra costs per day onto the local roadways. much of it is in neighborhoods where our most vulnerable populations are. sera: the resorts as they follow the process and the appeal comes at the 11th hour, in the end costing taxpayers. >> $55 million for every single month that it is delayed, and that is everything from the gaming taxes to the fees to our
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sera: it held a press conference with several union leaders, urging somerville to drop the appeal for the sake of the construction jobs. the mayor also made a public appeal. >> i gave joe a call and said, jo,e let' s move -- said, joe, let' s move forward and put people to work could be the work. >> no amount of political theater can keep me, as the mayor, from doing my job in advocating for the health and well-being of the residents of our community. sera: despite this latest hurdle, they say they are committed to seeing this through. harvey: ed: tonight, the driver who fell on his face during his sobriety test, in the red, has been arraigned. they had to do that from his
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prosecutors say he slammed into another car in the pedestrian. jack harper is live with the latest. jack: we' re at the hospital, where the driver in the victim are both here. when it comes to chances of full recovery, the driver' s is a lot better than the victim' s. police say he was able to make it through the alphabet, but not much further. thomas, the day after, still recovering from a nasty header during a sobriety test. >> we gave him the field sobriety test, one foot in front of the other, and he fell onto his face and broke his nose. jack: police say that is him after he crashed into a car and a pedestrian on washington street. >> he proceeded to hit the pedestrian. he knocked the pedestrian 35, 40 feet. >> he spun his truck 180
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it continued for another distance before striking the pedestrian. john: he' s doing better than the pedestrian he allegedly struck, but the 35-year-old weymouth man is still hospitalized in critical condition. he had the surgery to prepare a collapsed diaphragm. he' s still in critical condition. at first, he told the police he had not been drinking and later said he could not remember anything. he will be held on bail until march we second. ed: let' s take a look at more stories we' re following right now. a man from holbrook has been found alive in connecticut. she disappeared monday before she was supposed to pick up her son. investigators say a tip about her license plate led her to waterford. she was inside her car at a mall parking lot and asked to go to the hospital. w
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to try in a murder that was overturned three years ago. prosecutors want that ruling overturned, and him returned to prison. an east boston teen struck by a car has died. the 15-year-old was hit by oncoming traffic and police are investigating whether the snow played a role. maria: startling new numbers tonight about the thousands of drunk drivers stopped from getting back on the roads in massachusetts. tougher. mike: this little device has been in massachusetts cars for a decade, ever since melanie' s law passed in 2005. >> i will put the key in the admission and turn it to on. at this point the vehicle cannot start. mike: it is used by drivers with
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for driving under the influence. >> it reads the sample and parks and start. starting the vehicle. mike: a new report from others against him driving shows the effectiveness of the devices in massachusetts. it prevented people with some alcohol in their system from starting their vehicles nearly a quarter million times since 2006. drivers considered legally drunk were stopped from starting their cars nearly 38,000 times. saved lives? >> absolutely. they as lily have, no doubt about it. mike: she' s with madd massachusetts. >> how do we compare with the rest of the country? >> we are behind. mike: madd is pushing for a new law that would bring the state in line with 25 others. first time offenders would either have their license suspended for a year or get an
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why should a first time in offender be subjected to this? >> they broke a law and it is a public safety issue. mike: they' ll be joining the committee of public safety to brief lawmakers about the success of the ignition interlock devices so far, and the push to have them used more extensively. maria: your economy this wednesday. let' s talk doughnuts, shall we? the steeple will soon take their talent to route nine, a temporary store as owners look for a permanent location. some tell me once you have had a maple dipped cronut you will -- ed: [laughter] stocks finished the day with modest gains, the dow, nasdaq
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maria: i like the chocolate donuts the best. much more still ahead. we' re looking to keep an investigation in-house. why he doesn' t want the feds involved in the racial allegations racking boston latin. what the mayor is saying about the school tonight. harvey: rain already here, stronger wind on the way, powerful storms in pennsylvania. what it means for us overnight. harvey: the change -- ed: the changing face in the how do you reimagine "banking"? you start with this... pthen you make it... nothing like this. pyou make a capital one caf\. someplace more relaxed.
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>> you are watching wcvb newscenter 5. maria: weighing in on the calls for the feds to investigate one of the city' s top schools. several city rights groups, including the local naacp, have met with boston left atin students over handling of racial incidents. a recent report found most of the incidents are handled properly, but not everyone agrees, and there have been calls for the justice department to conduct a civil rights probe. the mayor says he doesn' t think it is necessary, and that his office is looking into connecting an -- into conducting an investigation. >> my biggest concern is the impact on students and their education. there are a lot of outside voices in this conversation, and i think it is distracting the students. i'
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maria: the boston naacp has called on the headmaster to step down. ed: it' s hard to believe that the garden, the new garden, was built 20 years ago. now a major renovation project is underway, a 1.6 million square-foot aboveground and below addition. phil: there is a lot of excitement down here on the corner of cause land canal. >> it' s the largest transportation of development in the country. phil: it starts here, just outside the garden. about 25,000 people live in this area, and they call it uptown, wedged between the west end and north and. >> this community, 25,000 people, did not have a grocery store. it was amazing. phil: now it will. a 60,000 square foot underground market, the biggest grocery store in boston. above ground, look at the renderings -- restaurants, a
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bowling. many of you may remember driving by the sides of the garden when this was being built, nine inches away from the old building. fols h ks here say it has deservedly special for a while. >> now we will be able to stand out, and give more space on the concourse, more opportunities for hospitality. a little bit of breathing room. phil: she' s over the moon to be able to give fans and commuters more room to move around, expanding up. work loft space as well, for companies to create products on site. but the inside of a bruins game, a celtics game -- that will not change. >> right. fiorina doesn' t bowl doesn' t -- the arena bowl doesn' t change. phil: 1.6 million square feet of
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space, in an area where it is getting harder to come by. what you say -- ed: also underground, 500 new parking spaces. maria: huge. ed: they are really excited about this beautiful entrance to the garden. maria: wow. ed: harvey, why they decided the garden looks the way it does, they put the buildings up a long time ago. harvey: interesting, no question. there' s some pretty interesting weather. behind us is the cam -- it doesn' t look like anything because it is so foggy and the wind is light right now off the water. providence, plymouth, and points south all in the 50' s, and once it gets warmer, it gets windier.
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boston to worcester, dusts starting to pick up against that will continue to ramp up and builds northward. wind advisory in effect until 7:00 tomorrow because of strong wind in tropical air, which could be aided by heavy downpours and thunderstorms. look at how strong the wind could be in the morning. and look at the wind gusts -- the idea of being strong is certainly there. by midmorning, very strong although still windy after. the steadiest right now is moving into southern worcester county and behind it, this is quite a line of storms, praying that tornado watch and already we have had a couple tornadoes reported. as it moves eastward, that is what we have.
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now, southeast of washington. as we go out in time, here come the heavier downpours into western and central massachusetts. there is the line you saw earlier. it is still very strong, 1:00 a.m. into western mass. heaviest rain totals could be in this area. 5:00 a.m., and by 7:00 a.m., the heaviest is moving off. all of that gone by 8:00. that is your window. after the storm goes by, the colder weather will move in. then you will feel the early saturday. all of this reflected on the seven-day. storms overnight, strong wind. temperatures getting very warm, and then we turn colder and windy on friday. a cold start a saturday morning, mostly in the teens, and moving
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sunday probably around 50 degrees. we have to follow these storms, and tonight at 11, a critical update. hope to see you then. >> now, sportscenter 5' s one minute drill. >> john henry pulled in support today with a 25 minute question-and-answer session. this most darling comments came in response to inquiries about the physical condition and appearance of pablo sandoval. >> the main thread of his off-season program was about agility conditioning. the only thing i will say is a body fat ratio 17%, down from last year. that' s what we were looking for. i don' t think we' ll ever see --
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weight, but our focus was on stability, to throw the ball, hit the ball. >> he also told us he was shocked at the caliber of prey last summer -- the caliber of play last summer. i' m mike lynch, that' s the one minute drill. maria: a little talk coming up next. ed: if you are fascinating by science and technology, wait until you see what one company has developed. that thing is walking right toward you. we're about to show you an incredibly low fare.
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ed: you have got to see this robot. it' s name is atlas, and it has the world' s attention. maria: oh! it' s the work of a boston-based company, the latest version of their humanoid robots. watch the bot get around -- indoors, outdoors. check out these 10 pound boxes. it puts them down -- wow! atlas is electrically powered, using sensors and its legs to balance and in its head to avoid obstacles. it gets right back up. that'
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ed: atlas was hit by a hockey stick and -- maria: we love good stories here. ed: send us your ideas, and we' ll send you a have to for user story on the air. you can share the video and pictures on your facebook page,
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