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agencies search began, lifeguards with locked arms were searching in the ocean immediately near the beach. police detected his body with sonar equipment around 6 p.m. after a four-hour worked. >> based on evidence of the campus, based on the autopsy which concludes he died from drowning, we do not suspect foul play. is tragic accident. reporter: there will be changes immediately. headcounts every hour, no child can leave a building without an adult, and also changes to the child to adult ratios, 10 to two for children six and younger, 22
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back of every line of children. and lastly, more than 30 cameras will increase security across south boston. inspectors will be visiting more than 30 programs to make sure these changes are in place and running smoothly and also that no staff members are ever on their cell phones. juli mcdonald, wcvb newscenter 5 . ed: 6:00, breaking news involving the new england compounding system -- center. our team coverage begins right now with jorge quiroga live at the courthouse. jorge: with jury selection set to start on monday, the couple made a last-minute plea change to guilty.
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as they stepped up to the back door of the federal court, the ir attorney came out the front door to speak with reporters. >> they had nothing to do with the day-to-day operations at the compounding center. jorge: carlo was the majority owner, her husband doug director of an affiliated company, both reaping they pleaded guilty to hiding some 123 thousand dollars in cash after the company the third bankruptcy following the outbreak of fatal meningitis in 2012. the couple admitting they opened to adjoining accounts and making withdrawals small enough not to be reported by the bank.
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connection with the outbreak that killed 64 and sick and others. >> that is why they contributed the millions of dollars to the settlement in this case. jorge: sentencing is scheduled for november 1. they face the maximum of prison, 10 years in five years respectively. the government is probation for her and not incarceration for him. reporting live in south boston, jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5 . maria: the plea deal provided some relief, but more outrage for the victims. our sean -- shaun chaiyabhat
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company killed and injured hundreds. was she tended to her mother's pain, they traveled the country. >> when i see there is no jail time, i'm disappointed. shaun: they faced no charges with the compounding. 64 died and more were sickened across the united states. now they are walking free after pleading of thousands of dollars, money transfers that started minutes after a federal raid. >> a slap on the wrist. they have been able to continue living there good life with my mother for life -- my mother's life completely altered. shaun: she and her mom are still furious, not seeing the justice they expect. none of the victims
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settlement and when they do, medicare will get a cut. >> everyone and their mother is getting a piece of that edelman except the victims. i hope that they feel some guilt. these executives -- until these executives are held accountable, these things will continue. shaun: clearly she is angry. she plans to be there at the trial for the others responsible. settlement payments will start next month, split ed: and there are more criminal trials ahead. 12 more defendants are still facing charges, the most serious murder charges against two pharmacists, part owner and head pharmacist barry cadden and supervisory pharmacist glenn chin. they could face life in prison if convicted of the charges relating to the deaths of 25 patients who were given mold-tainted steroids. investigators claim chin instructed employees to put production volume ahead of
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their trial is scheduled for january. maria: breaking news involving curt schilling's failed video game company, 38 studios. after a four year investigation no criminal charges will be , filed in the case. the company relocated to rhode island from massachusetts in 2010 in exchange for a $75 million state loan guarantee. it later went bankrupt, leaving taxpayers on the hook. ed: right now, police are searching for such act. an elderly let's go to our correspondent who has more. reporter: yeah, you know, add, police say that this crime is alarming on so many levels in the public could be at risk. >> i'm shocked. we do not locked doors. reporter: but he no police say residents need to and keep their guard up after a woman in her 70's was sexually assaulted in
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>> she was confronted in her house by the suspect, who was not known to work. there is no connection between them we could determine. and after she was treated, we determined the suspect got into the house through a forced entry on a ground-floor window. reporter: police say the attack was random. it happened between 8:00 and 9:00. the victim, credible. after she was treated, she gave a good option her attacker. here it is. a white man, approximately 65 years old, brown eyes, a thin build. he still nothing, just attacked the woman and fled. he remains at large tonight. >> we will work to get him identified in off the street. reporter: police say they are working this case aggressively, warning residents to keep the
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ed: feeling the power and the pressure. voters in new hampshire are taking their swings states that is extra seriously this year. maria: talk about being in just the right place, at the right tiime. how these massachusetts guardsmen ended up saving an elderly woman's life. mike: why we missed the rainfall and how and when we have a chance of rainfall this weekend. ed: then later and sports tonight -- we will meet a new patriots player who plans on making his mark in the end zone. 10 :00 news on metv boston with maria's stefanos -- now comcast state -- channel 942
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months. maria: as a swing state, new hampshire's four electoral votes are up for grabs. in fact, the political blog 538 says an individual voter in the granite state has a greater chance of casting the deciding ballot for president than in any other state, except iowa. and as newscenter 5's david bienick reports, voters take that responsibility very seriously. david at the temple street diner : in nashua, the award-winning lobster roll is always an easy choice. proving difficult. >> as far as i'm concerned, there is nobody. >> social media plays a huge part. david since the new hampshire : primary in february, the field of major candidates has dwindled from 15 to 2. a university of new hampshire poll conducted this month showed hillary clinton and donald trump statistically tied. >> i do feel that new hampshire
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final decision. >> we have to get out there and vote and have our voices heard. david: during the last 10 presidential elections, new hampshire has voted for 5 republicans and 5 democrats and has sided with the winner eight times. since the last election four years ago, the percentage of independent voters has slipped and democrats have gained a bit of ground on republicans. >> turnout will be an honest, hard to predict, and therefore of for grabs. david: one reason that it is hard to predict is the population is changing and fast. 55% of the people who live here were born somewhere else. like in the primary, immigration, the economy and terrorism are likely to be important issues in new hampshire. but so is each candidate's character and right now both clinton and trump favorability ratings are low. if you could pick your ideal candidate, who would it be? >> oh, i had not even thought of that. i don't know.
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: patriots star quarterback will be back on the field. and time will run out for new hampshire voters to make up their mind. in nashua, david bienick, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: mike wankum is tracking the chance of a little rain one day this weekend. maria: plus, the first cases of the zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes in the u.s. why the number of those infected
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>> we may see more. the real question is, will this spread quickly or will it be controlled rapidly by the department of public health in florida? ed: -- nicole: putting a stop to blood donations. putting a stop to testing. >> they are not able to test everyone who has headaches. nicole: -- nicole: the fear that someone could be unknowingly carrying the virus, often without symptoms. >> two or three months and the virus can be present and then disappear. nicole: the family of mosquito that carries the virus is not prevalent in massachusetts. nicole as the front, wcvb newscenter 5.
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much. a team of massachusetts euros saving the life of an elderly woman. these massachusetts national guardsmen were on a training mission in new jersey when they found the woman in her car deep in the woods. and 87 euros woman. when they found her, she was slumped over in the backseat. she told then she had been stuck without food or water for days. she suffered extreme dehydration and possibly heat illness, but guess what? she is improving. ed: that is a wild. what did you do today? mi i did was answer a lot of the e-mails. ed: that was a great story. mike: yeah, terrific story. we had a lack a rain. look at what we're talking about. most places picking up less than a 10th of an inch of rain. where was the rain? we travel down toward nantucket. almost an inch of rain fell there.
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getting hit. then we had dry conditions. worcester, eight inches drive for the year. the area that did not get the rain was in a severe drought situation right now. you see what happens. the rain stays just offshore. we're talking about a whole different story. we are left with just a little bit of this. what happened? humidity warmed up came out earlier. we have a few scattered bands of showers. this front here could approach, too. we are looking for not much more than an occasional downpour. in boston, skies are clear to way at 77 degrees. of the dew point, up to 69 degrees. still muggy out there. it will be a little bit more comfortable.
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inland, well into the 80's. fitchburg -- 86 degrees. cloud cover hang on and the rain hanging out just a little bit. temperatures are a little bit cooler in the 70's. tonight, partly cloudy skies. not as muggy as last time. 64 to 68 degrees. sunny skies. a little sea breeze. inland, 82 to 8:00 tonight, showers falling apart. the sun goes down. they go away. some places will drop into the upper 50's tonight. tomorrow, basically a sunny day. maybe a few clouds written we will warm nicely into the 80's. and then tomorrow night, here comes our chance for rain moving in here. it looks like sunday morning is
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way in here. i do think the best chance of rain will be sunday morning. not going to clear away, but at least we will have a better chance of seeing drier conditions. sunday morning, you're looking at the west side. these are very weak chances we are talking about. the best chance of rain will be sunday morning. at then we head for the midweek and it looks like temperatures will be down here and they will manageable. the heat back in the forecast and perhaps another chance of scattered showers are thunderstorms a week from today. that is the latest forecast. i'm meteorologist mike wankum. >> now sportscenter 5 powered by xfinity. ed: it's nice when bob halloran is not working. we are pinchhitting for him. patriots once again out on the practice field this morning as
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underway. brady and garoppolo both getting the reps with the starting offense. despite the rainy weather the fans still showed up to show the support for the team. they were looking at this guy, the patriots newest tight end, marcellus been it. he was taking in and doing some work with fellow tight end rob gronkowski. >> and another great player like rob and he does so but this guy is really good. have you do this, can you go through that and show me how you did this move? he asked me and we just worked in, tried to make each other better, and i think that is what we are trying to do. everybody trying to build each other up so we can be better players.
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patriots place kevin faulk was , fitted for his red jacket which he will wear when he is inducted into the patriots hall of fame on monday. terrific running back. maybe the best in the history of the nfl. faulk played his entire 13-year career with the patriots after being drafted out of lsu in 1999. he played in 5 super bowls for the patriots, winning three times. at faulk is thrilled to be taking his place among other patriots greats. >> [indiscernible] but for good reason. ed: a good reason. he's going into the hall of fame. the red sox play game 2 of their 4-game series against the angels tonight in anaheim. what a great one for david price. you can't blame price for this. he was on the mound and pitched his best game of the season last night in many ways.
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he walked only one and he struck out six batters. trout is safe. trout on base. watches the glory again. that is a tailor-made double play in either direction. you go to second, you get two, you go home, you get two, you get neither. the angels when the game. 2-1 to anaheim. they play in anaheim again tonight. for bob halloran. maria: and you did a heck of a job as always. and he was doing the morning show and last night. a machine. coming up at 7:00 and 11:00, a local startup -- research with blood samples and the impact on treatment and medicine. and then at 11:00, a new study asks the question, does uber save lives? the ride-hailing service often claims that cities with uber have fewer drunk drivers.
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ed: before we go away tonight -- see that guy on the left there, the guy who is talking. you rarely saw him on camera. he did more to keep this running -- no one did more to keep this running behind the scenes than he did. most recently he was the operations manager. he was the sports director that was there when i got hired. and i'm going to tell you something right here -- [applause] ed: we have a cake.
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welcome to "world news tonight." we're following two big breaking stories. first, zika hits home. the first infections transmitted by mosquitoes right here in the u.s. we're at ground zero in this new zika fight. ready to rumble. hillary clinton hitting the road. and, an abc news exclusive. donald trump one-on-one with george stephanopoulos. tonight, firing back at the democrats. officers down. one police officer dead, another wounded. was this a new targeted attack on our police? and, too extreme? a 25,000-foot freefall. no parachute. and cameras rolling.
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