>> 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

ed: that is where it is about to come on shore. anchor: the most danger is to the east of where it makes landfall. it is this part of the florida coast. the wind direction comes off the water. a 4-9 foot inundation is expected where the storm surge peaked. they are hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings along the east coast up to new jersey already. here is where the storm tracts inland and reemerges off of the virginia coast. eventually it is going to slow down and stall.

south coast will be impacted to some extent from a tropical storm. once it makes its first landfall it is not likely to regain hurricane status again. the rain band could be moving to the south coast and the cape around sunday morning. i'm giving a moderate chance of strong wind and heavy rain. some coastal flooding, a low chance of that. those are different things that we are weighing carefully. anchor: a landlord sided after this fire sparked a dozen people homeless. the homeowner was summoned to

>> a raging fire in the middle of the night, 11 tenants and young adults. deadbolts on the interior door. >> roughly 10 rooms. >> there could have been fatalities here. it has specific safety requirements that were not met. >> an active sprinkler fire marshal met with the landlord issuing violations for failing to obtain a permit and having an unsafe structure. he issued a statement. >> i will fully comply with your questions after i see this. reporter: he left without

watch was riding around educating students and their parents on fire safety on this college move-in day. >> smoke alarms and two ways out. it is smoke alarms and more than two ways out. >> if it is not working that should be addressed. reporter: there was an issue with the landlord certifyin that landlord has 30 days to respond to these violation notices. ed: manchester new hampshire's arena has a new look tonight. the venue was rechristened southern new hampshire today. gillette stadium will stay open a little later.

town's curfew. foxboro is the last stop. lots of fans are happy about that. marijuana use in the united states. anchor: american adults have changing attitudes towards the drugs. rob, terrified and murder a young store clerk. anchor: convicted killers facing loved ones of murder victims.

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ed: americans in marijuana. in most places the drug is still illegal but with the trend toward legalization are american starting to feel differently about the drug? a closer look now. >> lighting up is a practice th h in unsafe among many americans but this week more adults are starting to view marijuana in a different light, moore admitting to using this drug. researchers reviewed 13 years worth of evidence finding while in 2002 one-to americans that america -- where want could have a detrimental effect on how. only one in three adults felt the same way now.

to marijuana legalization laws. many health experts say the blunt truth is that all types of smoke inhalation can have side effects. previous studies have linked it with health consequences. bottom line, the changing perception doesn't mean using it is without its downsides. ed: it is on the ballot this a significant majority agree tobacco products don't belong on pharmacy shelves. 62% of men and 72% of women support tobacco free pharmacies. smokers were included. it shows people look to pharmacies to improve and support their health. >> a popular snack recall today.

pulling those products off of the shelves. they may contain small pieces of plastic. some were sold in massachusetts. you may want to check the. >> next, the major university the first one announce plans to atone for its slave history. >> another setback for spacex. what went wrong? >> wve we are also following the storm, the hurricane that is hermine

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anchor: an unprecedented move. georgetown university says it will start awarding preferential treatment to descendents of slaves sold to benefit the college. georgetown university released a report saying they profited from the sale of 300 slaves in the 1800s. now the catholic school once to make amends for that part of its past. two of their former president -- president sold slaves to raise money to save the institution.

identified. they will be offered the same treatment given to those whose parents or grandparents attended the school. he looks forward to doing more with the recommendations made to look forward to justice and truth. georgetown will offer a formal apology and a public memorial to the slaves. we spoke to historians. the promise of the for admissions is a great beginning. he says what is going to happen is they have to look at it over the long term to see how it is going to move forward. ed: pope francis is raising concerns about climate change. he once caring for the environment to be one of the center works of mercy. they are asked christians are

. the pope says christian should use the holy year to ask for forgiveness for their sins against the environment. jc: new video of a powerful blast. that is a rocket exploding on the launchpad during a routine test firing. >> this is what a hot fire test is supposed to look like. like. this is what today's test looked like. they were testing the falcon nine rocket before saturday so lived off -- lift off. the explosion occurred while

alicia murphy was 15 miles away. >> it rumbled. i looked up because the metal started shaking. reporter: rocket explosions near the launchpad are especially damaging. xi explosion. the fire burned for hours. systems were activated but seem to make little difference. a rocket hanger containing other un-rockets appeared to withstand

bello. ed: there were no humans. it blew up but there were no humans on board. florida has something else to worry about. anchor: it's only a few hours away from making landfall. the storm surge is going to be heading in now. it is still going to be a tropical storm. we have some weather going on locally. a band of showers, a lot of them have weekend. except near douglas. that is a hefty downpour. this will move southeastward and break up as we lose the heating of the day. it is a front that is coming through. i want to emphasize tomorrow and

be out of doors around here. here is our spending top or hurricane. there is a tremendous downpour. sometimes you get tornadoes. you could see it is not far from making landfall. once it does it will lose some wind. you can see the track is clustered in this type of the situation. that gets in this position and will slow down into a blocking pattern. it never makes a landfall. that would be enough to get

cape and south coast. if it gets around here it will not be close enough and conditions would fall short. that range exists. the overall thinking is to take it this way as a tropical storm and some kind of a hybrid. first it is high pressure for a nice friday. high clouds come in and then we us. in this computer model, heavy rain moves to the south coast. eventually it gets close to the mass pike. i think there is a medium chance of strong wind and heavy rain. this is true for the south coast and the cape. coastal flooding could be some

tropical force gusts. i want to show you one other computer model which never brings the rain to our region all the way through early monday. that is why there is a range. right now in the 70's, it is humid. we will have more comfortable temperatures move then for the day tomorrow. days. it will depend how far north it will get. how much of it will be get in part of our area? we will have gradual improvement and it turns very warm and humid again next week. anchor: there you go. summer is not over. jc: convicted killers meeting face-to-face with the loved ones

look behind prison walls at a program that could change the criminal justice system. reporter: police are asking for your help winding that truck involved in a deadly hit and run in milford. a babysitter in arlington accused of being drunk and high while caring for a little boy. five investigates with an update on refunds for ticket holders of that failed boston grand prix race.

ed: going inside prison walls to give you a seat at a program aimed at changing the justice system. jc: convicted killers coming face-to-face to clear the air. mike got exclusive access. >> behind the wall at the state prison, this is not who you would expect to see. loved ones of murder victims. this is not what you expect to hear survivors telling killers. >> there's a good self. let that good self show up.

so you can be a better person inside and impact the outside. reporter: the convicted murderer is on the receiving end of that message. >> let me say clearly i'm guilty. i genuinely apologize. i made the choice to rob, terrify, and murder a young store clerk in an attempt to flee a crime. justice in action. he volunteers times coordinating the restorative justice group here. >> what we see is that exchange of dialogue creates empathy.

both sides of deadly violence together in small circles for frank conversations that the hope that murderers understand the impact of their crimes will break the cycle of violence in prison or on the outside if they are ever released. >> it is not a direct dialogue they see a mother talking about her dead child. you have a man sitting in the audience starting to think about did my victim have a mother and >> every person, there are no throwaway people. everything you do has a ripple effect. reporter: robert little is a veteran who moved to boston from queens and was selling drugs as part of the drug gang. >> i shot him once in the back of the head. reporter: he was 17 years old

believed had snitched on one of his gang leaders. >> it gave me a sense of everything i went through. i traded back that incident to a child incident i had. reporter: restorative justice is it just happening in massachusetts prison. it doesn't place apartments are using it to hold accused criminals coming up on chronicle, a look at restorative justice in action including an inmate inspired by the practice who has formed a friendship with the mother of the man he murdered. ed: we are onto breaking news at 6:00. the search for a truck after a deadly crash. >> florida already feeling the

us? >> donald trump sticking to his stance. >> it is un-american. >> the impact it could have on several local cities. >> a babysitter accused of being drunk while caring for a toddler. >> from boston's news leader this is newscenter 5 at 6:00. >> you are looking live as the first hurricane that will make landfall in a decade moves in. like several areas dealing with severe flooding and expecting much more. hermine could impact as here. ed: let's get to harvey leonard. >> it is going to make landfall just hours from now. this is the peak of the situation. just to the east of where it makes landfall, this stone is

the greatest. tremendous heavy rain. once it moves inland it will weaken. it reemerges off of the virginia coast later this weekend and then it may try to drift northward and then it will get stuck. there is no way it can move quickly from this point. position? that is the wiggle area that remains out there. there would be a medium chance of strong wind, enough to be tropical storm force. over 40 miles per hour. any medium chance of heavy rain. a low chance of coastal flooding but high chance of rough surf.

storms. the heaviest one is just coming through douglas. we have the entire forecast coming up. ed: the pedestrian killed in a hit and run. police are asking for your help. you see the person on the right of your screen. live at the scene. reporter: i have to tell you, the chief just came over to me and said good news, the tractor-trailer has news. we have the driver and the truck. it is still very active here. this hit and run happened around 4:00 today. the woman who died is a well-known milford native. her body is being shielded by the tent. surveillance showed she stepped