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general's advice to students shut out. harvey: the timeline on the return of the store watch. ben: the flu vaccine doctors will no longer recommend. the new guidance for parents to children, tonight. >> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter five at 5:00. ben: breaking news in natick where a car has slammed into a shopping plaza in natick. jc: this hapne live in natick with the breaking details, mary? mar mary jc and ben, you can see the : tire tracks where the truck went off the road, plowed down this hill, took down a sign, he then continued into this parking lot where struck four other parked cars. this is the white truck, it's a case service truck, it was traveling westbound on route 9 when it veered into this parking
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a woman was sitting in one of those parked cars, she was taken to a local hospital as a precaution because she bumped her head. but it appears the driver of the truck may have the most serious injuries, on top of what may have been a medical emergency. >> the gentleman who was behind the vehicle pulled over off to the stopover here, ran down and called 911. he pulled the gentleman out of the vehicle. mary: he was rushed to framingham hospital in serious condition. cpr was administered at the scene. two people injured, one seriously. four vehicles damaged. mary saladna, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: a frightening scene on the cape when a car goes off a ramp and plunges into the canal. ben: police say the car tore through a fence before hitting
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a service road that leads directly to the canal. the driver did survive. newscenter 5's rhondella richardson is live in bourne tonight with the details, rhondella? rhondella: we know the how but not the why -- that is the scenic overlook, a picnic table and a ditch. a 55-year-old bourne man started swimming to escape what appeed witnesses and investigators say it was all intentional. >> all of a sudden the engine roared he must have been doing doing and he hit the edge. rhondella: these men spoke to the man moments before he literally went over the edge. >> he got out walked to the edge and said nice view, this is beautiful. rhondella: bourne fire and
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>> he had it planned it was a solo mission. >> he was adjusting the mirrors -- rhondella: this is the lengthy foot path near perry avenue the car's raced down before taking the plunge and landing on it's roof in 15 feet underwater. >> he was airborne and caught the wires up high, and his hood came off and sparks went into the air and something blew up on a police over there and he floated a while. rhondella: they say it's unimaginable and witnesses say it could have injured others.
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newscenter 5. jc: looking live at the city of boston remnants of hermine bringing showers throughout the day. harvey joins us the possibility of more showers lingers through tomorrow? harvey: yeah, but that's it. just a little bit of occasionally wet. the biggest danger is definitely the rough surf and the rip current. even tomorrow, though not as rough as today, it is still advisable that you don't go into the water because there is the risk of recurrence. the 25 miles per hour, 21 on block island, but nothing dangerous now. the storm has moved a little to the west but has weekend to just 50 miles per hour and what is
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with virtually nothing left when it finally passes through. but still there are some bands of moisture especially in southern rhode island and if you will be out tonight or tomorrow you can expect the few bands of showers coming in and the increasing tropical air. ben: campus shutdown, all itt tech school closed tonight. this comes days after the u.s. department of education banned it from enrolling new students newscenter 5's janet wu is live in norwood tonight janet? janet: classes for the fall semester were suppose to begin today but an empty parking lot with locked doors greeted students who showed up here in norwood. mike roby heard the news this morning but had to drive by to make sure his classes were cancelled. >> i'm kind of upset. i wasted all last year. and my credits aren't going to
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wasted $8,000 i think? >> is that how much you borrowed? >> yes. janet: on other campuses itt has 130 across the country students equally baffled. >> it is frustrating because they made these promises -- you spend your time, your money, your education to get nothing in return. janet: itt's fate was sealed last week when federal sanctions barred any new students from using federal loans at the school. this followed lawsuits filed around the country, including one from massachusetts attorney general maura healey. students were as we've seen throughout this industry lied to about graduation rates, lied to about job placement, opportunities and job placements one from massachusetts attorney lied to about the education they would receive. itt released a statement that said in part, with what we believe is a complete disregard by the us dept of education for due process to the company, hundreds of thousands of current students and alumni and more than 8,000 employees will be negatively affected. last year, itt collected over a
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without federal money, it had no choice but to shut down. one student, who didn't want to be identified, said he owes $40,000 to attend itt but learned nothing. and he's one of the lucky ones he got a job in data processing learning all skills in the field. healey offered him and mike roby hope however. >> cancel all payments to the school, save all your documentation. contact our office so you can apply for a discharge of all of your federal loans. janet: healey said her office will soon announce open events that itt students can attend for assistance in filling out forms to eliminate their fedal janet wu, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: commitment 2016, full steam ahead for both presidential candidates. just 62 days left until the election a new poll shows the race is tightening. both hillary clinton and donald trump sat down with abc's david muir today. it's the final sprint to election day.
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>> donald trump is unfit and unqualified to be our president. jc: donald trump in virginia where clinton has the edge,, before an audience of veterans where he blasted clinton on foreign policy. >> putin looks at hillary clinton and he smiles. jc: of the clinton campaign came out a preemptive strike, this new ad. >> i know more about isis than the generals do. i think i have ma yesterday with david muir, trump dismissed ongoing coast release tax returns. >> the only one that cares is the press. jc: taking questions from reporters for the second day in a row, clinton fired back. >> i think he is dead wrong. he clearly has something to hide. jc: the thinking goes that closely with a, americans traditionally pay attention to
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a dead heat. >> donald trump has blown through his cap. the used to be capped. he is at his personal best. jc: hillary clinton is ahead in many of the key battleground states that will decide this election. but if the national polls tighten those state polls could tighten as well. ben: right now, police in lowell are trying to track down a driver who they say ran down a college student in the street. newscenter 5's david bienick is live at the scene with what witnesses saw, david? : crash but a lot heard it. one thought it was two cars slamming into each other before realizing it was a pedestrian who'd been struck. the crash happened just before 2:00 a.m. at this intersection near the hawk's nest cafe at umass lowell. >> there was a screech in the bank and then screaming. david from their dorm room, : emily jenkins and her roommates looked out into the street saw emergency vehicles,
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>> we did not see the young woman but we did see a structure and then look like they were rushing. david police say a grey or : silver colored sedan hit a 19-year-old woman sent her flying through the air and left her lying unconscious in the street before speeding off. >> i saw one of her shoes was off and it was 20 feet from her body. david the college says the : victim is not a student here. friends say she was visiting and was returning to a dorm hall with 3 other people. th but has now been released. the college says there is no history of problems with this intersection. but some students say it could use a traffic light and better lighting at night. >> walking to class, i really think something needs to happen so no one else gets hit. david police are now checking
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it caught the crash and the fleeing car. live in lowell, david bienick, newscenter 5. jc: a suspicious death investigation in new hampshire involving the state attorney general and the state fire marshal's office. the ag's office says police were called to the home in danville last night and found one person dead, but gave no details on who it is. there are burn marks on the side of the home. neighbors say a woman lives in the home alone. an autopsy was set for today. ben: new numbers out tonight on gas prices here in massachusetts. aaa northeast reports a gallon of self-serve, regular is now selling an average of $2.11 per gallon. that's nine cents below the national average. how was that drive this morning? let's check the tuesday evening drive home. looking good on the mass pike. the first day of school for a
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braintree split, 29 minutes. the pike is slowing down a little bit 93 to newton corner. 128 looking good -- where is everybody? that's first solar traffic. jc: the u.s. planning a new assault in the fight against isis. 5:00, the strategy used by the terrorists american forces are hoping to stop. jc: breaking details in the murder of a little boy in minnesota decades ago. the confession made today. ben: new at 5:30, important information for parents regarding the flu vaccine and kids. the new recommendations issued
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ben: american military commanders are planning to stop isis from using human shields to escape mosul and other mideast cities. the planning comes as u.s.-backed ground forces are readying an assault to expel isis from its remaining strongholds in iraq and syria. last month, hundreds of isis fighters managed to escape a city in northern syria by placing civilians in their vehicle convoys. that prevented the pentagon from ordering an attack on the convoys. on capitol hill lawmakers are back in session today after a seven-week summer break. they have a long to-do list ahead of them. newscenter 5's sally kidd is live in our d.c. bureau with all
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sally: topping the list is a spending bill that will keep the government open after october 1. this being an election year however they are likely to settle for a store term plan. -- for a short-term plan. >> against spending levels at the same level and gives us more time to negotiate on elections and not have to take a tough vote combating the zika virus, efforts which were stalled earlier -- it's one of the few measures expected to pass this fall. congress is not likely to take up gun control legislation pushed by democrats or in asia-pacific trade deal
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will fulfill what he calls a moral obligation to help laos escape the legacy of the vietnam war. mr. obama is the first sitting u.s. president to visit the southeast asian country. in a speech to students, business owners and government officials, the president said america's covert bombing of laos during the vietnam conflict left scars that endure to this day and america will make up for it, >> i believe the united states hamo we will help laos expand. jc: in return, the laotian government promises to look harder for the remains of american servicemen who disappeared during the war. maine governor paul lepage says he's finished talking to the news media. lepage says he wants to move on from 2 weeks of fallout over the obscenity-laced voicemail he left a democratic state
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the governor apologized for the tirade, then blamed the media for fueling the controversy. ben: hermine feels like a houseguest to want to leave. harvey: although she is and bring us ring we could use. we did get some rain and there may be some more. cindy will be mad at me but we always leave each other notes. she actually said i am sick and hermine. i don't blame her. it has been around forever. around here it did pretty much what it was supposed to do with the mid-atlantic really got a break although it has moved away farther east. here's boston, still kind of gray, the wind is northeast. what you will notice is that each day will be warmer than the
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yesterday when we were getting the wind it was cool -- but we won't be saying that deeper into this week. it is someone like he as you can tell right here. that is due to the remnants of hermine. we have a high surf advisory in effect until 6:00, i'm so far nothing has been advised but it could still be rough so do show caution. this is still part of the circulation, you might see -- it is part of the storm that slowly weakens.
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it has been diminishing. we have been making this little loop to the west at certain satellite imagery is to the west and south but there are still a few bands of moisture rotating in. it's most noteworthy over the southern half of rhode island stop you may cnu from time to time. that is what we will see over the next 24 hours. much of the tie that won't be rating but it will be cloudy most of the time with often on showers. there may be a spot shower but wes so tomorrow as the remnants of hermine weekend and then fall
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that will come through thursday night without much fanfare and behind it it is still very warm. when we check out the next seven days tomorrow there will be showers, warmer and more humid and then look at friday and saturday, close to 90 degrees both days. either overnight to saturday night there could be a shower or thunderstorm -- it's not the favorite type of day it will turn cooler before going above average tuesday next week. some are overall is going to want to hang on a while. ben: travel planning made easy. jc: up next, the locally developed app that uses text messages to plan your vacation.
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firestorm. jc: a public school is banning
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jc: british airways travelers are suffering the latest chec c complain of long lines and the airlines that a number of airports were affected. the computer outage delta suffered last month cost the airline millions. delta says it added up to a $100 million dollar loss in revenue. that outage lasted three days and forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. ben: love travel but hate planning? there's a new boston-based app that could be your answer. lola travel combines texting, travel agents and artificial intelligence, for a trip that is
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>> travel made easy through messaging, the product from lola travel. it lets you texts with a travel agent in real time, someone who will plan and book the trip for you. >> you can usually put it down and walk away. >> the founder says the cap frees you up to do other things. of trip you are looking for with as many details as you like -- usually within minutes you will get a response from one of 15 travel agents on staff. their suggestions are tailored to you coming from artificial intelligence and he says the more you use it to the better the suggestions get. >> we can narrow it down and say these are the most exciting that are within your budget.
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is a wait list to join. jc: say a connecting flight is canceled while you are in the air. the agents will rebook you before you know anything has happened. it opens to the general public later and will cost something but they aren't giving out details just yet. ben: tomorrow morning on the eyeopener, living small. no matter how confined your space is, the expert ways to make organin bigger than you think. jc: the truth revealed decades later in the murder of a little minnesota boy. the admission of guilt today in court. and the emotional reaction from
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>> wednesday morning on the eyeopener, living small without knowing it. >> expert organizing advice to make your space bigger than you think. >> and hermine hanging around, the lingering chance for isolated showers and the big changes coming on
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ben: breaking news at 5:30, weston police are investigating a snapchat account, with compromising pictures of high school boys. the principal says he learned of the page on friday and met with students today. it's unclear who created the
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jc: a driver faces charges for driving into the cape cod canal on purpose. bourne police say the man drove off a pedestrian ramp plunging 30-feet into the water. he's hospitalized with minor injuries. he will be charged with operating to endanger, malicious destruction of property, and speeding. harvey joins us now. i think we are all done with hermine. harvey: i mean, we could use the we at least appreciate in rain and there will be more to come, but this is a weakening storm that still has a circulation drifting off to the west but there are no longer any tropical storm warnings in effect. we still have slightly gusty wind but they continue to come down but there's a high surf advisory until 6:00 today and there will still be rough surf

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