the thief's remorseful message and what else he made good on. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:00. >> we begin with breaking news. a aircraft is down in ashland, and we have live sky 5 over the area in ashland where this happened. good evening, i'm jason moynihan. >> it happened less than half an hour ago. break news know. >> tech tell you someone has been pulled out of the aircraft there. were initial reports this was the helicopter that went down in the ashland reservation. and you're looking right now at live pictures from sky 5 right there, where there is some sort of rescue reaction here in that reservoir. you see both in the water. we can tell you now state police are backing off the reports of a helicopter saying it's some kind of aircraft in that water. someone with us pulled out of

that that person is not injured. so you see en, again, they have a big response there, it's right in the thick of ashland state forest. a person was in the aircraft and has been pulled out. initial reports were, there was a helicopter but you can see, that ground units have responded and the air king, they are all responding to this as well. as we look at sky 5 right here over some kind of aircraft, initial res helicopter, but again, reports one person has been pulled out. we don't know if there were more people on it but we'll continue to watch this for you and bring updates as soon as they are available. >> we're also following breaking news in a terror investigation and fatal police shooting. >> no charges will be filed. newscenter 5's john another a water is live with the late-breaking details. john? john: that announce.

we want to show you some surveillance video from just over a year ago. june, 2015. this showed the confrontation in a parking lot just outside a cvs. the suspect, usaamah raim, lunged at officers with military-style knife and that's when he was shot. usaamah raim had been under surveillance. investigators say he was in direct communication with isis and had planned attack the day he was killed. he was talking about attacking officers. >> the evidence gathered and analyzed during the course of the past year proved beyond a reasonable doubt, that mr. usaamah raim was armed with a large military style knife and posed a threat of death or serious bodily injury to the task force officers at the time of the shooting.

four or five armed law enforcement agents who spread out in a military like formation, surrounding him. >> that reaction from the usaamah raim family attorney. what you're seeing is new video that investigators released. that is suspect usaamah raim walking into a cvs. you can see a cord dangling out of his pocket. that cord was used to secure his knife, just moments after see him in this cvs, that everything unfolded. you heard reaction from his family. they feel this a warrant should have been secured before they approached the man but police say the plans had just changed that morning they they had to step in because an attack was imminent. >> thank you.

that number is expected to change because so many people were vacationing in the area. newscenter 5's ed harding joins us. >> first responders hope to save those trapped underneath debris. >> as the sun sets in central italy, the desperate search for survivors responsibilities into the night. signs of hope as first responders continue to pull people from underneath rubble. children among the dead. this image capturing a none sitting in front of one of those bodies. >> i tried to hide myself underneath the bed and then i went outside to ask, but no one heard me. >> buildings, which towered high above this hilltop town, now disintegrated chunks of rock and

standing. i'm so sorry for so many people, they are under the rubble, people i love. >> the earthquake conveniently erupting in the middle of the night after shocks and tremors felt all along the length of the country. >> pope francis asking for the world's prayers. this clock tower is the only -- only iconic structure left challenged in a married of seconds. >> those impacted in the united states, you can contact us. >> an earthquake has killed three people in miramar. 180 pagodas were damaged. the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8 but it was located fair far underneath the surface. deeper quakes cause less surface

have attack a college, the american university of afghanistan, which is in kubel. mary is at our breaking news desk with more. >> militants killed at least one person,security guard, and 18 others were wounded, including a foreign teacher. it involves specialist 70s and gunfire. it happened around 7:00 as many students were attending night classes or gathering for dinner. this is a private university that opened in the faculty is mostly western and courses for the university's 1,200 students are taught in english. a troughfer was in the classroom with 15 other students when he said he heard an explosion. when he went to the window to see what was happening a man shot at him and shattered the window. moments later grenades were thrown in. security forces are still combing the campus in search of attackers. this is the second attack on this university this month.

american, and an awn were kidnapped from a vehicle near that campus and are still missing. >> thank you. we have some severe weather popping up across the midwest. harvey, what are we looking at? harv: in indianapolis, there was a large tornado on the ground just northeast of indianapolis. that cell has moved east of indianapolis. it still has a tornado warning and there is a sell northwest of indianapolis that also has a tornado warning. severe weather out in. the damage of that probable tornado that went through a portion of indiana. we're watching this as well as watching the tropics because we have gaston, almost a hurricane, and we have this system which could develop and could be moving toward the lower bahamas and perhaps south florida overtime. but locally, it's been beautiful. 80 at logan. well in the 80s away from the sea breeze.

more of a summer night coming up overnight tonight. and we, of course, will be talking about that system that's out to the west, when we could see a shower or thunderstorm here and your weekend forecast. whether or not whether or not thank you. the victim in a hit-and-run crash this morning in boston has died. the person was it can while walking on east newton street. police aren't releasing any information and so far there is no description of thca the investigation is ongoing. >> crash between a car and a bus in mendon sent two people to the hospital. the two vehicles collided nearly head on, on route 140. a man and woman who were in the car went to the hospital. none of the children were hurt. neighbors say the kid were shaken up, though. >> some of the kids were in the back landed on top of each other because they were seated so closely together and it just

ed: witnesses say it looks like the car was turning left from a side street when it hit the bus. >> we're learning more about the criminal history involving this man. todd that suspect in court today. >> the defendant is being held on half a million bail following that rape here at carter playground. while he was wearing a tracking device. >> the 31-year-old eduardo rodriguez is scene here. rodriguez, a convicted rapist, stands behind a door during his arraignment today as prosecutor reveals details about a new sex crime. a sexual assault around 1:00 a.m. on monday, after brichg the female victim in the saturday end. >> grabbed her, told her, he had a knife. he threatened to cut her throat if she did not comply.

carter playground where he sexually assaulted her behind the bleachers. he's on probation for serving an eight year sentence for a similar crime. he was wearing a tracking device during the rape and cut it off. >> this woman is two months pregnant with the defendant's child. she tells sara, this is not the man she thought she knew. >> what she has to suffer, i'm a woman, so me, you can go to jail for life. >> there was strong evidence proving that rodriguez is the man responsible for the attack early monday morning. >> it putsme, him in the area, video puts him in the area. the victim's positive identification from a photo array. >> in about 3 hours after the sexual assault, rodriguez cut off the gps monitoring device.

warrant which was recalled when he showed up in court. >> right now, the plane that made an emergency landing in the reservoir is still there and it's been more than 24 hours since the pilot landed on that sand bar. the pilot said he was having engine problems. the plane may have to be taken apart so they can remove it. >> in 2016, donald trump returns to new england tomorrow. he'll hold a rally in manchester, new hampshire, the afternoon. polls show trump trailing in the state, where he won the republican primary. >> taking a look at first alert traffic. it looks like the southeast expressway there and it's jammed. you can see it's not a good lays to b. let's go to the maps and find out how things are around the area. 93 southbound, 30 minutes, mass ab to route 3. northbound, half an hour.

bit slow on the 495 southbound side. northbound north of the pike looks to be traveling just fine. >> did you ever listen to that serial podcast? >> oh, no. >> there is a new twist in a murder case made famous by that podcast. >> coming up at 5:00, the new witnesses coming forward raising questions about the alibi. >> one of the swimmers involved, where they claimed they were robbed is >> at 5:30, new details about that fatal fall from a bus in east boston. we take you inside, to see how it could happen. >> a boy found wandering on the road before sunrise. how strangers were able to get hem home safely. >> over ashland at the reservoir where a aircraft, light plane, has been brought down.

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>> you're >> turkey claims it's helped syrian forces capture -- joined by warplanes, essential operations and ground fosses, they teamed up with the syrian military. a boarder town controlled by isis for months.

turkey following last month's failed coup attempt. he was give an tour of some of the structural damage tell turkey to be patient about the return of a cleric living in pennsylvania, accused of masterminding that coup. >> less than two months after convicted said, raising questions and his alibi. attempts to discredit a star alibi witness in the case. he was convicted for the 1999 killing of his high school ex-boyfriend. a crime he insists he did not commit. in june after reviewing new evidence a baltimore judge

>> he testified at the hearing requesting a new trial saying when lee was being killed, sayed was with her in the library. >> i was sitting in the library bothered to tears and someone walked in that i knew. >> but according to documents filed by prosecutors, her account is being called a flat out lie. two of her former classmates say in a conversation back in high school, mcclain told shem she "believed so much in his no done it." . >> that statement is so rich in detail. >> saying the classroom allegations are bizarre. mcclain taking to twitter, what can they say? they say i'm a liar, i say i'm not. >> the lawyer says the classmates' statements have no bearing on the granting of a new trial but prosecutors are appealing the granting of the

remains in maryland prison. >> another apology from one of the u.s. swimmers involved in that gas station incident at the olympics. james apologized for what he calls the serious distraction he and three teammates caused. he admits he left several key facts out when questioned by police but says a gun was pointed at them. >> we're watching severe weather that could hit in the indianapolis area. an hour and a half ago there was a large tornado on the ground but there are still tornado warnings and flood warnings out. that is storm that's north of indianapolis at this time moving off to the east-southeast. that's tornado warning with a flood warning going along as well. that's where the most severe weather around the country is right now.

we'll show you what's also happening in the tropical moisture iraqi. we've got two systems we're keeping a careful eye on. gas strong is the tropical storm close to hurricane strength and should reach hurricane strength. right now the conditions are borderline but down the road will probably become favorable, so that particular storm, looks like it stays farther out but might make, not a close pass to bermuda but not that far off to the east. five days from now. of greater potential concern for united states is this system. these are all the different models showing how that system will move. one of the questions is how much will it develop? right now it's a united states is this tropical wave. not quite tropical storm strength. it will grow at least into a tropical storm in the days ahead taking a track toward the southeastern bahamas and possibly somewhere near south florida. and into the gulf. there is a pretty good cluster

be where the steering currents want to take it the bigger question is just how much it will develop. we'll stay on top of those tropical systems. it's 80 at logan. that's because there is waned off the water. notice it's 88 in lawrence. 86 in springfield. 87 in hartford. toes with you warmer than yesterday and certainly while not unbearable or uncomfortable, it's gotten sticky for some of us and air overnight and into tomorrow, eventually the uncomfortable air moves in. that will move in tomorrow night, especially into friday, and an approaching front because we get the next batch of comfortable air. more humid, yes, tomorrow and friday is the most humid. we can become more comfortable during the course of saturday and sunday. >> notice the low temperatures. warmer than the last few days, tomorrow's temperature similar

that will be the conferenc-- cl from the west. beach and boating mid to upper 60s for the water temperature. coastal maine, new hampshire, and when you head to the south side of the cape it's in the mid-70s. low 80s tomorrow. but the wind out of the southwest a little bit stronger in the afternoon. it means the rip current rest sac a little bit higher. moderate tomorrow. seas will be somewhat ever ever index still at eight and the high tide is light afternoon. storms in the midwest, will not be that strong if they survive the trip here as that front gets here along about friday. that's when we a chance for a spot storm as the front cross the region. clouds come late day. scattered on friday. probably not widespread with a nice clearing that comes in for your weekend. check it out, next seven days,

both look comfortable with cooling sea breezes right along the shoreline. otherwise, arming high temperatures low to mid 80s but could be upper 70s to around 80. maybe a spot storm along about monday of next week. that's how things r. thunderstorms in the midwest but tornados, the tropics, the tranquil weather that we have at least for the time being. >> harvey doesn't need me over there. [laughter] >> thank you, >> a field chase by orcas makes a mistake. >> they jump on to a boat, caught on camera. >> life changing surgery for a little boy. a double hand transplant. a year later, how he's doing and what he's excited about doing straight ahead. >> new at 6:00, care caker of accused of taking advantage of a disabled elderly woman for years. what prosecutors say finally

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>> live over the reservoir. there were reports, about a half an hour ago, that an aircraft had gone down into the reservoir. we've seen them searching for the last 30 minutes. it does not appear yet as though they found anything but we'll keep you updated. they are still searching the reservoir. >> a seal mix a great escape on to a boat. >> this all happened off the pacific coast of canada and it was caught on camera. >> this was a close call. take a look at these orcas

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>> we have breaking news at 5:30. an ultra-light helicopter is down in the ashland reservoir. one person has been pulled out. not hurt. the ultra-light we understand sank. crews right now trying to figure out how to pull it out. >> police were justified when they shot and killed a terror suspect. that's the conclusion of a report just released by the suffolk county when police say he pulled a knife and advanced toward them back in june 2015. investigators say they were trying to arrest usaamah raim because he was about to carry out an attack. >> a pretty significant damage reported across parts of indiana from an outbreak. starbucks flattened in one town. roofs torn off the building. warnings are still up for a couple of cities right now. >> as we look behind harvey, he still has the radar zoomed in. it looks like they are