the question is, what will it do for us? rb: that is a question. -- >> it is very organized. very circular in terms of radar. that is affecting the entire west coast of florida. there is this storm surge. highest wind o75 per hour. that can be very substantial along with some wind damage with the downpours. once it heads overland, 6-12 hours downgraded to a tropical storm. then it will be a tropical or extratropical which gets into

the real key to us is the following. is this where it is going to slow down and meander? that would be close enough to get some strong wind and heavy rain to the south coast and the cape. that may be far enough south that it is marginal what happens. that is the range of issues that we are going to be dealing with. let's call it a medium chance the cape. a very high chance of rough surf and a chance of beach erosion. jc: a pedestrian has been struck

hearing the driver may have fled the scene. sky 5 over that scene on main street a short time ago. the street is now blocked in the south bow street area. drivers are being asked to avoid that area. ed: more breaking news, a babysitter in arlington accused of being drunk and high while caring for a child. maria: investigators spoke moments ago. newscenter 5's john atwater is live in arlington with the breaking details, john? john: a neighbor here told babysitter stumbling with a three-year-old intel. they never sense something was not right. the woman was so drunk she tried to enter the wrong home. this happen yesterday. there is no indication the boy took a ride in that car. they spent the day at a nearby

>> when you are going to hire someone to watch her children, whoever that may be, do your due diligence. a referral isn't enough. reporter: that is the warning from police. that boy is ok. the woman will be called in on ed: commitment 2016, several massachusetts towns, who consider themselves sanctuary cities are standing firm. those cities follow procedures to shelter illegal immigrants. this, despite donald trump's threat to yank their federal funding if they don't start cooperating with federal immigration officials. newscenter 5's david bienick is live in one of those cities, somerville, with what the mayor and residents are saying, david?

but this and other sanctuary cities seem ready to call trump's bluff. with a third of somerville's residents born outside the united states the city's mayor had harsh words today for donald trump's latest immigration plan. >> his plan is un-american. reporter: two years ago, mayor joe curtatone signed an order saying somerville would not turn over undocumented immigrants to federal authorites unless they violent crimes. >> we are not going to do the work of agencies just to hold their money. reporter: donald trump promised to cut off their flow of cash from washington. >> cities that refuse to cooperate with that are authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars. >> we are not going to change who we are.

about $3 million a year in federal funds, equal to about 1.5% of the city budget. on the streets, we asked residents which option they would chose. >> would you be able to give up federal funding? >> probably not. >> it is best to stand your ground. >> in massachusetts, lawrence, chelsea and amherst considered themselves sanctuary citie tim kaine making campaign stops today. during appearances in dover and laconia, kaine blasted donald trump's visit to mexico, calling it a diplomatic embarrassment. kaine faulted trump for talking up his proposed border wall, but not dealing directly with mexico's president on the realities of the barrier. >> we all know people like that.

-- if you have an opinion and something matters, they hold like an accordion. jc: he changed plans because of the approaching hurricane. ed: the attorney general announcing a first in the nation settlement with the largest pharmacy chain to crack down on abuse. newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live in needham with the details, nicole? reporter: filling prescription on the same day they were refused elsewhere. just one of the allegations against some massachusetts cvs pharmacies that led to the settlement. the has led to major change. reporter: the fall from grace can be swift and undescriminatory. a high school injury, a surgery, an accident on your way home. >> that prescription pill took

demeo was on 1-95 when his world collided with a growing epidemic. >> it took on a life of his own, the doctor did not explain to me what a detox was. reporter: that may be part of a multifaceted problem. another alleged arm of issue, prompting a first of it's kind settlement with cvs pharmacy >> we have allow prescription drugs to be prescribed in reckless amounts, to be dispensed in reckless amounts. reporter: investigation into allegations some massachusetts arm sees failed to monitor drug use patterns. in some cases filling prescriptions on the same day they were denied. >> we have to get a focus and press the focus on the dangers of prescription drugs. reporter: cvs will be required to use a monitoring program. the hope is to avoid the easy

way . reporter: they have agreed to pay a hundred thousand dollars. $500 will go to treatment in massachusetts. jc: christmas in august. allston christmas that is college move-in day in the city. the streets littered with piles of furniture, mattresses and much more. newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live in allston tonight. >> with all of that furniture left here behind city inspectors were out with stickers warning about bedbugs. that is not all. they're making sure students move into safe places. >> is the first time i move in out on my own. reporter: a few frantic hours. mom forgot the essentials. >> i haven't even checked where the exits are, where the smoke alarms, carbon monoxide, any of that.

and boston city inspectors say it's been smooth all-around. but they have fires like this in mind. firefighters came to this allston 2-story, and found deadbolts on doors. the illegal rooming house had too few exits. >> we want the students to understand it is a safety issue. >> thousands come and go. cleaners do their best. here it is often christmas. ju o >> the potential for bedbugs is real. once you get them in your house it is a nightmare to get rid of them. reporter: keeping this trash from becoming your infested treasure. reporter: a team of 50 inspectors fanned out making sure these apartments are safe

problems. ed: a new hampshire woman convicted in the drowning of her young son's did not a chance of parole. prosecutors say melissa gutierrez left her two children in a bathtub in 2011 with the water running. she stepped away long enough for the tub to overflow, drowning her 8-month-old son. her 2-year-old survived. today, gutierrez told the parole board she is working hard to turn her life around. but the board said she needs more counseling for mental before they even consider a release. >> you are overcoming significant crimes. a life was lost. we can't predict that. making sure you put yourself in the best position to make sure that never happens again is the most important thing. ed: gutierrez has served three 1/2 years of her 5 to 10-year sentence.

maria: several boston public schools will start the new year. without water fountains. six schools tested for high levels of lead in the water supply. it comes after the school department spent the rigorously summer testing the water. those schools include patrick lyndon k-8, lee academy, josiah quincy elementary, boston latin school, f. lyman winship elementary, and jeremiah e. burke high and dearborn stem academy. those schools will start the year with bottled water. with 24 schools that will have active water fountains. at those goals we have a policy, we will be flushing every morning. that is the best but to get led out of the water. maria: -- jc: staff in those schools will flush water every morning for up to a minute to make sure it's safe to drink. ed: it's one of the biggest drug busts ever a smuggling operation

jc: the millions of dollars in cocaine found on a cruise ship that traveled through nearly a dozen different ports. ed: concerns growing tonight about the zika virus in florida. the test results that revealed a first here in the u.s.. jc: then new at 530: the major university that is the first to announce plans to atone for it's slave history. ben: the sun has tried to peek out. you are looking live now at the we are going to get down to the split. we have actually gotten worse. it is slow. it is slow through needham. it is one to take you a half

>> four yoga poses designed to ease back to school stress together. >> and i am tracking hermine and the tropical threat here for the holiday weekend.

jc: for survivors of the aurora movie theater shooting now owe that theater thousands of dollars. after the 2012 shooting more than two dozen survivors sued the theater chain, cinemark, claiming it didn't have enough security in place. in may, a jury sided with cinemark and most survivors took a small settlement. now, a judge is ordering the 4 who didn't settle to pay $700,000 for legal bills in the state case. costs in the federal case are

the family of a jogger murdered in new york trying to draw more attention to the case. nypd released a sketch of a witness. the man was seen in the area where 30-year-old karina vetrano was attacked. nearly a month after the killing, dna evidence has not led to a suspect. the victim's family, emotionally calling for justice. >> it is wrong to kill an innocent young woman. predator. jc: a 300,000-dollar reward is being offered for information that leads to the killer. ed: three young women busted in a cocaine scheme. 310 pounds of cocaine were found in their luggage. homeland security helped in the investigation.

sourced them from the south american ports. >> we believe this is a case of an organized crime syndicate attempting to supply large quantities of cocaine to the australian community. anchor: they face potential life sentences if they are convicted. jc: the zika virus has been found in trapped mosquitoes for the first time. the mosquitoes were found in infected with zika in miami-dade county in the last month. but mosquito controllers hadn't found any of the bugs until this week. meantime, a new poll shows americans are increasingly concerned about the zika virus. the kaiser family foundation poll shows nearly half of americans are uncomfortable traveling to areas of the u.s., like florida, where nearly 50 people have been infected with

traveling to puerto rico and other zika zones outside the u.s.. ed: are you ok? anchor: that hurricane is blowing is out of the way. it is very significant. a category one hurricane. you are talking about the west coast of florida very vulnerable to storm surge. there is the land. anything above that. it is engulfed in the entire there is room for it to intensify a little bit more. then it will go back to being a tropical storm. let's get over to our other maps. there is 75 mile-per-hour winds. i want to give you an idea of

reemerging across the water. and try to come up the coast. if you took the average position it is like this. this could be a position close enough to give some significant effect to the southernmost part of southern new england. this is the actual track we are talking about. storm. it will meander for a while in twee blocking pattern. if it gets here in the effects will be less including the south coast. if it gets up to hear significant rain would make it to the south coast and the cape.

flooding. a high chance of rough surf and some beach erosion. this is saturday. the clouds are here. look what happens. the rain lifts so that by sunday afternoon it is south of boston. this could be heavy rain but there could be some strong wind gusts as well. if you take that and play it out in time it is30 by sunday morning it's over 40. lesson boston. sunday afternoon there could be 50 or slightly higher. 25 miles per boston. this would be more of a northern jog. further south this remains farther south and so does the

possibility of tropical storm force wind gusts. let's talk about downpours coming through right here. this is between medford moving southeast. this has become a little bit of a line. it goes all the way into northeast connecticut. this will progress south and east with time. with lower humidity for friday and saturday. enjoy both days saturday. clouds will be increasing south to north later on saturday. right now boston could get a downpour. we are still muggy but the temperatures are in the 70's. the dry air will be coming in

their for the potential of the southern part of our area for strong wind and heavy rain. we gradually improved as we had to the middle of next week. he will stay on top of that. anchor: a lot to watch. anchor: we continue to get you ready for back to school tonight. anchor: outdoors. the unusual program focused on nature. >> a massive fireball exploded.

>> as more kids had back to school, there is a movement for

real benefits beyond childhood. >> an exciting discovery, a nature-based program. from september to june the group of six-year-olds spend mornings focusing on free play with a purpose. >> everything they are doing builds readiness for an academic program. it is done without pencils. >> major benefits from exposure to nature include students with improved performance, better problem-solving skills and more creative thinking. they have seen these results.

reporter: for robin gray the unique opportunity was too good to pass up. >> it is never going to be another time in his life where he has this experience. >> the kids are out there rain, shine and snow. there is no such thing as bad weather, only improper clothing. ed: amen. tomorrow morning, keeping things stress-free for you and your kids. easing back to school stress together. anchor: the principle of the remington middle school and franklin will like to welcome his students back with style. there is no way you hear this song and don't dance. he is grooving to can't stop the

in on the fun. >> the thing was he is the one dancing in the mascot is watching. anchor: we are continuing, a landlord under investigation. maria: the discovery investigators made after the fire was put out. ed: and going look at a program bringing killers face with victims

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>> this is news center five at 5:30. anchor: a woman killed in a hit and run. police are hunting for the dr believe was involved. in middle-aged woman was hit on main street. it was possibly heading to boston. there are hopes of finding that truck. maria: hurricane hermine hours away from making landfall. looking live at panama city, florida parts of that state bracing for hurricane hermine