5:00. ed: breaking news, a last-minute teen who murdered his teacher. maria: philip chism' s defense asking to limit victim impact tomorrow. the judge just weighed in. let' s jack harper live in salem. jack? jack: we are outside the courthouse. of course philip chism ' s crimes are punishable by life. when would he be eligible for parole? the prosecution is looking for 50 years, the defense looking for 26. he would be less than 40 years old. judge david lally was asked by the defense to limit the victim impact cases at citizens tomorrow. he did not do it. >> the impact for family,

in and of themselves , the opportunity of victims to be able to have their voice heard. jack: the judge said that they can speak as long as they want and say whatever they want as long as they direct the comments to the court and not the defendant. he indicated it may go so long that he may not have the sentence ready tomorrow, it may carry over to monday, but he hopes not. jack harper, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: a salem police officer in big trouble tonight. accused of possessing oxycodone pills during a drug bust in lynn. he appeared in court today and newscenter 5' s john atwater is live in lynn to tell us what went down. john? john: maria, investigators say they arrested that officer on the street after a drug deal. they say that he was trying to hide for pills.

situation. we need to get to the bottom of it. john: this is the patrolman accused of drug position after a man he was with purchased oxycontin pills yesterday. >> i find it disappointing myself as the chief that this is something one of our offices is engaged in. john: there were no signs or officer was battling any sort of he appeared in court with three others. he is only facing a possession charge, but his attorney says he will be getting help. >> he will be going to seek treatment. >> one of the things that is really important to consider, especially as we are dealing with the opiate crisis is who it affects and our community and this, i think, highlights that point.

officer will be getting treatment, on leave during this investigation. live in lynn, jalan atwater -- john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: take a look at this. fierce winds sending trees crashing down across the state. tens of thousands lost power some still waiting for it to be restored tonight. newscenter 5' s juli macdonald takes a closer look at the damage. reporter: most people might find this kind of storm damage on their property, but ron henry tells newscenter 5 it was a literal answer to his prayer. >> i was praying. i said, god protect us tonight. and the door goes bong, and when i heard it, i said -- [indiscernible] reporter: fortunately no one was hurt.

s stepson was sleeping in the corner room when it happened. >> everybody is ok. reporter: less than a mile away, another family counting their blessings. a father was getting ready to take his kids to school and realized they no longer had any way to get there. >> everything was shaking and the wind was crazy. so, i never thought it would happen to my car. reporter: more smashed cars in cambridge as well. thankfully no one was inside when this came down, crushing the car' s frame and smashing windows. and that gentleman that you just heard from, that was his mother' s horror he was borrowing to do those errands. -- his mother' s car he was borrowing to do those errands. julie mcdonald, wcvb newscenter

maria: that' s for sure. what a difference a day makes. it was so springlike, summerlike out there. it' s not going to last long. i loved every minute. you know how we have the temperature gauge. last night, we were here -- 63 degrees, we thought it was malfunctioning. mike: we had our high morning. we have held pretty steady. we have a little dip around 11 a.m. and now we will start dropping back. i know, i know. but to get temperatures that warm we had to have these incredible strong wind blasts. look at this. there were elevations involved, but 80 three mile an hour winds last night? if the lightning and thunder did not wake you up, the wind howling certainly did.

did it. we' re often scattered showers. we have gusty breeze. still gusting in nantucket. keep in mind, there will be a few scattered showers out there. high temperatures and the 30' s. we will talk more about the timeline and when our next warm up is on the way in the next few minutes. maria the fight over her : treatment made national headlines. now the family of the connecticut teenager involved in a medical custody dispute is suing boston children' s hospital. newscenter 5' s sera congi is live in boston sera, we heard -- live in boston. we heard from the family today, sera? sera: we did. they are suing for other doctors who cared for justina pelletier .

lead to change. >> i really want to walk again. sera: justina pelletier and her family. >> this is not about revenge. this is about holding people accountable. sera: three years ago the connecticut teenager went to children' s with her parents for care of a rare disease that a newly filed lawsuit claims that doctors said her problems were psychological. they wanted her to go to tufts. >> when mom and dad objected, the security guards came, took them away, the doctors swore out statements, and bcf took -- dcf took custody. sera: she was placed in a psychiatric ward for a year. her condition worsening, now in a wheelchair. >> i' m very angry.

happened. i don' t want this to happen ever again to any other family. sera: children' s could not comment specifically on the case, but released a statement saying it welcomes the opportunity to vigorously defend the care offered to justina. the lawsuit is seeking monetary damages, though no about is given. seri conjured -- sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: else all of her and her boyfriend were charged in the disappearance of her son jeremiah. they include charges like kidnapping, reckless endangerment of a child and assault and battery. both have pled not guilty.

as accessory after the fact to bella bond from murder. she said she could not come forward because she was under michael mccarthy, who has been s murder. maria: a war of words tonight between donald trump and former romney. it all started when the 2012 gop frontrunner challenged trump to release his tax returns. trump wasted no time firing back. this feud sparking ahead of tonight' s high-stakes debate in houston. in the last debate before super tuesday front runner donald trump taking fire from all directions. senators marco rubio and ted cruz questioning his conservative credentials at a fox news forum last night. >> who the heck knows what he would do as president? >> we will not allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who is not conservative.

tougher on trump, despite trump' s threat to hit that carter. >> every attempt to take on donald trump has failed spectacularly. and the problem that rubio and ted cruz have is they are each other' s enemies every bit as donald trump. governor romney: i think we have good reason to believe there is a bombshell in donald trump' s taxes. reporter: trump' s angry reaction on twitter -- romney blew an election that should have been won. while hillary clinton holds onto a double-digit lead in the palmetto state, bernie sanders attracts thousands to a rally in cleveland. senator sanders: we are going to transform america. maria: must talk about the republicans.

to silence comments for both of them to drop out of the race. ed: it is a spring training tradition. red sox hitters lining up for batting practice, and mike lynch is in fort myers. how did it go, lynn nchie? lynchie: not so bad, ed. school is out, and the snowbirds are here. and word spread very quickly that david price would be throwing a live batting practice this morning commencing at 11:20. all eyes on field three. the first day of live batting practice. first on the field, david price. his first batter, the recently

who responded to the snickering with one vicious hack. pablo' s first swing against them? >> i think it got everybody by surprise, but that is what pablo does, too. >> pablo will swing at just about everything. he is an aggressive that her. i think to me, one pablo swings, you feel it physically. that is the case today. >> that is my first time -- everything looked good. lynchie: stepping in against him, what was going through your head as you were waiting, getting ready to step in? >> nothing. he is a guy the same way everybody else' s. he just has a couple more millions than

s pretty much it. he is going to compete and do what he does. lynchie: just a couple more millions than everybody else. by the way coming up at 6:00, major league baseball announced changes to pickup the pace of the game again and protect the safety of those covering faces. ed: you know what i noticed about pablo sandoval? maria: tell me. ed: he hit that right-handed. he hit that right-handed off of david price. maria: more tonight, on the breaking news tonight on the legal battle between apple and the fbi. ed: apple now asking a judge to vacate order on locked phone. up next, the plea made from the director of the fbi today on capitol hill. how far apple is rated to take on this privacy guide. maria: u.s. lawmakers taking on takata. the claims tonight that the airbag manufactured lied about certain tests. ed: new at 5:30 -- another case of the zika virus confirmed in new england. the state now fighting the

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argued data and it was a manipulated. we know the airbags can explode, sending fragments flying. manufacturers and millions of u.s. vehicles. maria: national security versus personal privacy. today, the head of the fbi defended his agency' s request that apple help investigators s iphone. newscenter 5' s aixa diaz is live in our d.c. newsroom and aixa, the tech company just filed its first official response? aixa: that is right, apple is asking a federal judge to reverse the previous order, but the fbi says they mean becoming. to thoroughly investigate the san bernardino attack. director teams don' t want -- checked her -- director james comey said he needed the involvement of apple. >> this is the hardest question

aixa: the fbi wants apple to help investigators hack into the locked phone of one of the killers. >> two people who killed 14 other folks in a terrorist attack and they are just trying to get through the security code. >> there' s a legitimate worry that a decision in favor of the fbi could be the narrow end of a very wide wedge. aixa: the directors says that they are only trying to access one particular phone. >> it is not trying to send a message or establish a precedent. t. s about public safety. , apple ceo the fbi is asking the company to create cancer. software.

take the argument to the supreme court. ed: president obama talking about his first job scooping ice cream at baskin-robbins. he posted about that on linkedin today, saying it taught him valuable lessons about responsibility and hard work. he then announced a new program to help teens have fulfilling experiences at their first jobs. it will bring together community leaders, nonprofits, and private businesses to increase summer programs. maria: we were just talking about how many flavors -- mike: chocolate chip. got to go with chocolate chip. you like the mint chocolate though, don' t you? maria: people at home are thinking, what are they talking about? mike: a day like today, it is so beautiful.

mike: we are going to get cool, where we are supposed to be this time of year. there are showers. as we look to the south, we see more activity to the north. much of this is an essex county. if you sprinkle' s pretty much moving offshore. a little more intensity, but if you are traveling along 128, 495, you will run into some of the scattered showers. as you head to the south, you have a big band along cohasset, but it has moved offshore. and this area along before down from hanover, again, you might be getting a little down pour out of that. but this is nothing compared to last night when we had 2, 3, almost four inches of rain in some spots. but the beginning of the cool air -- notice the temperatures. boston, the only holdout for the 50' s.

tomorrow you will notice the high temperatures in the 30' s, not the 50' s. the high temperature today was at 3:00 in the morning, 51 degrees. a few raindrops on the camera. the gray skies are out there. the dew point is 40 two degrees and there is that wind. very busy. out of the southwest. wind chill index. still hanging in the southeastern part of the state. the wind advisory in has been allowed to expire. it will be on the breezy side. with the cooler temperatures, i think you will notice a wind chill return to the forecast. light, scattered stuff out there. the temperatures continue to drop. i think the showers are pretty much over at this point, the skies clearing away. notice how we hang on to some clouds. eventually tomorrow morning we

they will be on the cool side. do not worry. it' s only a couple days. we' re talking about warmer temperatures in the forecast the next several days. the temperatures are only part of the equation. we add the windchill, look what happens to the index. it' s going to feel a lot colder than that 38 degree reading. cold start on saturday, but look what happens on sunday. s. really enjoy your sunday. monday, scattered showers. light stuff. tuesday a little bit cooler. wednesday is the wet day of this forecast. that will be the most rain we see, and kind of a cool rain at that. that will clear out as we head so, we say goodbye to the 50' s and 60' s, because by sunday we are back again.

speaking of february, it is coming to an end, but flu season has yet to peak. ed: cases are spiking nationwide and here in massachusetts. up next, a look at the numbers making a difference this year. maria: new at 5:30 -- a different approach to searching for a kidney donor. the maine woman who went about it her own way and found a match. ed: and new at 6:00 why whitey bulger was allegedy disciplined in prison and why he claims it

the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities that put seven million and millions how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works for wall street because it's riggedt by wall street. and that's the problem. as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people. sanders: i'm bernie sanders,

maria: focusing on the flu virus. a spiking cases. messages is one of those cases reporting -- one of the states require -- reporting widespread cases of the flu. good news though. experts say this year' s vaccine

new data suggest it is more effective than last year' s vaccine. >> the vaccine this year, 59% effective. that means it reduces the chances you will have to see your doctor by 59%. it takes one or two weeks to kick can, so now is the time if you have not gotten the vaccine to get it. maria: he says it is also important to keep in mind flu season has not peaked, so we' re not out of the woods. ed: new research tonight offers hope skin cells can destroy brain tumors. researchers at the university of north carolina say they have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells. those cells were used to destroy glioblastoma tumors. more research is needed, but medical experts say this is the first time in decades a new treatment has surfaced for the disease. several cars set on fire in a new hampshire community. five cars in all torched.

break in the case that led police to two arrests. maria: sugary drinks have been had a negative impact on our health for years. research finds that could be changing.

randy: friday morning on newscenter 5 eyeopener, laughing your way to better health. emily: even in the yoga studio. two local programs that are delivering results through comedy. cindy: get ready to feel the it won' t last. your weekend forecast friday

>> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> and we begin this 5:30 with some breaking news.

here, maynard firefighter, chasing child rape charges. that case dates all the way back to 1991. he was placed on leave earlier this month when those allegations surfaced. he's been a firefighter since 1986. >> and right now, the judge in the philip chism murder trial will not limit victim impact statements at his sentencing hearing tomorrow, rejecting the request from the victim killer's defense team. prosecutors want chism behind bars for at least 50 years for the murder of colleen ritzer. >> the family of a teenage patient placed in state custody after a dispute over her treatment. lawyers for her accused the hospital of gross negligence and civil rights violations. >> still a lot of cleaning up to do after a powerful wind, rain, ripped through the state overnight. many trees, tree limbs all came down. utility crews are still working to restore power in some areas. >> so from that to the warm temperatures, now to the rain,