he slammed her head to the ground and threatened to kill her. she was found dead yesterday morning in her home. the family says the couple's four-year-old son did witnessed the murder. >> the boy woke up, and the father was on top with her. reporter: that was edward florez, the victim's uncle. he said that despite the violence, despite the history of domestic modified a permanent restraining order in june. in her words, she wanted the family to be able to do things together. ed: new at 4:30. this brockton bank robbery suspect is behind bars after nearly two weeks on the run. 36-year-old russell williams was arrested this morning. he is accused of the august 7 robbery at harborone bank. police suspect williams also robbed the webster bank on oak street on september first. williams has been charged with two counts of unarmed robbery. maria: a deadly crash under

sky 5 was over the scene on hobart street. the victim was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive her injuries. danvers police say the driver involved is cooperating with the investigation. they are looking into a possible solar glare as a cause. the name of the victim is not being released, but police say she is from danvers. ed: let's take a look over the city of boston. that but it is great. harvey: it has been that way a lot. it has been beautiful. a couple of great dates back to back. however, i have my eye to the great lakes. those storms will be moving through our region this time tomorrow. there is a strong jetstream hybrid of -- high above. any of those could bring

timeline, here we are wednesday morning. no problem. but as we get into wednesday afternoon around 4:00, there are scattered storms around. the idea with these storms is, heavy rain would be brief. not a big deal. lightning is possible. the biggest risk is that a few of the storms could have strong, gusty winds. we will be following that, coming up in a little while. maria: thank you. commitment 2016 now. a jam-packed day on the campaign trail, with one notable omission. ed: president obama out on thero while donald trump continues to go after her for a controversial comment she made last week. our ben simmoneau is here with the newest attacks. reporter: hillary clinton still taking time off to recover from pneumonia. but donald trump is not taking time off from the attack. presidential surrogate. president obama hit the campaign

race. hillary clinton recovering at home from pneumonia, under scrutiny from more questions about transparency. president obama: what's that hillary apart is that through it all, she keeps on going. she doesn't stop carrying and she doesn't stop trying. reporter: the president is in battleground pennsylvania, taking on donald trump in philadelphia. president obama: this guy who spent 70 years on this earth, showing no concern for working people. he is that only going to be your champion? reporter: york city polling track -- site, but not to vote, since only democrats were on the ballot. donald trump: be ready for november. reporter: later, trump was on the ground in iowa, hitting clinton for calling has his supporters a basket full of deplorables. >> my opponents lenders u.s. deplorable, as irredeemable. i call you hard-working americans. reporter: after wishing clinton

her for failing to disclose her pneumonia diagnosis sooner. >> there are two major party candidates running for president, and only one of them has pneumonia and light about it. reporter: meantime, the children of both candidates will be on the trail. ivanka trump helping her father outline his childcare plan in pennsylvania later on tonight. hillary clinton's next scheduled event is thursday night. ed: a campaign official says donald trump is planning to visit flint, michigan tomorrow. the visit would coincide with the senate's consideration of a includes money to address lead contamination issues in flint. the city's drinking water became tainted in 2014. trump told the detroit news this month that the situation never would have happened had he been president at the time. maria: new hampshire voters at the polls right now for several key races. the most hotly-contested race is for governor. five republicans and five democrats are vying to see who will be on the ballot to replace maggie hassan in november. the democratic governor hopes to unseat republican sen. kelly

voters are expected to turn out. a landmark deal just announced by the state department. the united states has reached a deal with israel to provide military assistance to the key middle east ally over the next 10 years. it's expected to be a $38 billion in aid. the deal will be signed tomorrow in washington. ed: an east boston man is facing serious charges accused of threatening parents and children with this knife, outside an elementary school. unidentified 36-year-old thursday morning near otis elementary. parents say the man threatened them as they walked their children into the building. another massachusetts school is abandoning homework. the north shore community of essex has decided not to assign after school work to elementary students. school leaders say they want kids to be able to relax, play, and spend time with family. this comes as an increasing number of schools across the country lengthen in-class time in exchange for after school

maria: a bizarre disruption during last night's "dancing with the stars," as two protestors rush the stage. those men, wearing anti-ryan lochte shirts were ultimately arrested. now the disgraced olympic swimmer is responding. ryan lochte's begin their critiques, the show staying in split screen, and the commotion offscreen forcing the host to take a break to commercial. that much media saw on tv. this is what you did not see. abc news with exclusive video

storing the stage -- storming the stage. more audience members in the gallery wearing those shirts asked to leave. >> get out of here. get out. reporter: the protest playing out in the ballroom, following ryan lochte's scandal where he lied about being robbed at this eo gas station with his olympic teammates. the security scare last night frightened the stars. i've never experienced this on 19 seasons. >> it was definitely scary. we did not know what was going to happen. reporter: ryan lochte also shaken, but his focus remaining on redemption. >> it broke my heart. i have changed, and i want to become a better person, and i will keep moving forward and having fun. maria:maria: the men who are arrested say they are angry. they labeled ryan lochte a liar. they say he endangered the lives of americans during the rio games.

for the first time since 2003, the patriots will be sporting a new jersey. maria: no. ed: these are the color rush jerseys. they are getting in on the color rush craze that debuted last year. this is gronk wearing it. gronk and the rest of the patriots will rock the uniforms which feature bold and bright colors when they play the texans on thursday night football next week. you can get your hands on them as well, they're on sale now at the patriots team store. thumbs up or thumbs down? harvey: i gave it a thumbs up. i'm ok with that, as long as they don't move to new jersey. maria: i'm a traditional person. is it just for the game? i'm ok with that. ed: and so they can sell jerseys for $150 apiece. i love the patriots uniform, the regular one. maria: it is classic.

tonight. salaries increasing. maria: the in demand jobs that could earn you more cash. harvey: a beautiful day today. but i'm tracking what storms for -- ed: the one way you could have a significant impact on your friends day. maria:maria: i'm must-see video, a great white shark. harvey:harvey: incredibly beautiful weather.

announcer: you're watching newscenter 5 at 4:30. ed: take a look at -- taking a look at the bridge. a little slower getting out of town. let's check the drive times in the area. down the split, about half an hour. if you are going up to 120 eight, about a half-hour hour. minutes or so. 128, not good. it's a parking lot. 495 south is a little slow. the pike two 290 is a seven minute ride. maria: how hot was it last month? so hot that august broke a world record. it was the warmest month recorded in 136 years.

temperatures. harvey: we have had a major and -- el ni?o that causes warming and we undoubtedly have, climate change. that makes things pretty warm. back here, this is an incredible storm. it is a super typhoon. to the china coast. hopefully it gets weaker, but it will be a tough blow, no question. over here, it is like tranquility, the exact opposite. beautiful, another cool start to the morning. some spots in the 40's. others, not quite as cool as less night. -- last night.

it is 82 degrees. we don't have a sea breeze today. the wind is off the water -- not off the water, coming off the land. 82 degrees. high of 84 in lifestyle. 83 in pittsburgh. nice and clear. you can see clouds on the top of the screen. another great night. the red sox playing the coasting down slowly over the course of the game. tonight won't be as cool as less night, but it will get a little more humid, but quite livable. tomorrow, little more toasty. we could see upper 80's, if we keep sunshine long enough. it is going to be a front on the way. the clear skies here, it you do see cloudiness across the midwest and the great lakes.

behind it, we will have another taste of fall, possibly a little more significant, for the second half of this week. but before that happens, the front test across the region. it will make its approach later tomorrow -- 10 i into tomorrow. we will start off with sunshine wednesday into the morning. midday, clouds build. it looks like showers or thunderstorm risk will be one or two of them could be strong, meaning they could have strong winds. that is the biggest threat with scattered storms. then, the front moves through and turns decidedly cooler, for both thursday and friday. as we check out the next seven days, and we put a storm impact day for wednesday, because even though it is only scattered locations and breeze, there is a chart -- chance for strong if

line. much cooler thursday and friday. some places might not get out of the upper 60's for high temperatures on thursday. very cool thursday night into friday morning. average temperature, about 50. then, we warm it up someone saturday. my early thinking is saturday will be the better of the two days as another front approaches on then, the risk of showers is likely to increase at that time. that is how things are looking. the last couple of days have been terrific outside. it still is terrific outside. enjoy it. ed: in your health facebook and your emotional well being. researchers have found that when friends send personal messages on this social media site, it can makes the users feel better. in fact they describe the impact as significant. a simple response like hitting

maria:maria: infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria have had their effect. now, they are losing -- cost thousands of deaths every year. for some 70 years, antibiotics have saved countless lives, but they are losing their effectiveness. so now government health agencies are now looking you for a solution. be killed by antibiotics and they cause at least 2 million infections every year. next the antibiotics are not work it is a growing problem, and it needs better tools in order to be able to tackle it. maria: now, they want to crowd source a solution, so they have launched this antimicrobial resistance diagnostic challenge. officials are looking for laboratory diagnostic test that can id and describe drug-resistant bacteria, and for test that can distinguish

>> we hope the size of the award will attract attention for people who might have worked on something else, and now will work on this. it is a huge public health problem. maria: forget lift off, now it's like, camera, action for former astronaut scott kelly. after spending a year in the international space station, kelly has penned a book that has just been bought by sony pictures. in it, he reveals his struggles as a student, his rise to a navy -- navy test pilot, and a friendly rivalry with his twin brother mark as they both became astronauts. the book is due in a little over a year. popular historical attraction, maybe permanently set down. ed: the threat to the mayflower replica in desperation of restoration. as you can see, read terrifying minute as a college student comes face-to-face with a great white. stick around to see what happens. first, let's flash florid -- forward to 5:00. ben: flashing forward to newscenter 5 at 5:00, revamping how the state handles the

: procedures here in massachusetts. families directly impacted share their heartbreaking stories. ben art that explores the nature : of trust. the new interactive exhibit you can take part in copley square. jc: plus the power of one , community effort in chicago. the tens of thousands raised so the neighborhood ice cream man could retire.

maria: rough landing for an indonesian cargo plane this morning. the landing gear tore off as the plane slammed into the runway at an airport in indonesia. the plane skidded for about a mile, scattering debris before it finally eventually stopped. the pilot says fog is to blame. unbelievably, nobody was injured. ed: your economy this tuesday , good news for recent grads. maria: starting salaries are expected to rise next year in several industries. a new study says starting rates will go up by 3.6% on average nationally. staffing firm robert half says the increases come in the accounting and finance, creative and marketing, administrative,

the company says those employees are in high demand. the future of the mayflower to -- of the mayflower 2 may be in jeopardy if the funds needed to restore the ship are not raised in time. the globe reporting that the owners of the replica say the 60-year-old ship may not be safe for visitors over the next few years. much of the ship's hull is rotting because of a beetle invasion and needs to be replaced. right now, the fund-raising its november goal. ed: a close call in the water off a california coast, where a spearfishing college student was attacked by a great white shark and it was all caught on his go-pro camera. take a look. >> i thought it was my friend playing a joke on me. ed: the snark -- shark snatched

a 12 foot great white. listen for the muffled screams. >> the second time when it came around and he was coming at me, i definitely thought i was going to ed: die. the sharks still is not done with tyler. he's not done with the shargh. he pokes it with the spear gun. >> and a life or death situation, you have to keep your cool. add: tyler is now swimming in rivers for three terrifying minutes. >> i wasn't sif -- if i had scared him off. maria: did you say gnarly, dude? ed: i did say it. he did a great job. you probably never heard of this word. lending a helping hand, one ball of "plarn" at a time >> we are the bag ladies. maria: yes they are. we will show you how these women

jc: look at these ladies. they are making a big difference using their knitting skills. all this is called -- ben: plarn. jc: they make all these recycled bags for the homeless. they put them out there so the homeless can lie on the. it's a terrific thing they do, bags and then knit, and donate them. >> it's a big difference. it gets to the point that we do two or three and use theyou see, i am making a difference in someone's life. jc: so far, they have made 88.

means plastic and yard. -- yarn. jc: a mother murdered, her boyfriend on the run. >> the troubling details relieved in court documents. ben: smartphone batteries that can catch fire. harvey: from a feel of summer to the threat of storms. >> a lot of people set goals. >> the aspiration for art project drawing a lot of attention. >> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:00. ben: breaking news in the south end where firefighters are on the scene of a house fire. the flames sparked on a roof deck at a home on rutland street. jc: the boston fire department tweeting these pictures of the damage. you can see the damage was extensive a stairway to the top

been broken off a propane tank. that may have played a role in what caused the fire. ben: sky 5 over large flames tearing through this home in cohasset. this is in the area of rust way. everyone who lived in the home is accounted for, according to our media partners at the patriot ledger. but the family's black lab is missing after the fire. jc: right now the search continues for this man the ex-boyfriend of a mother found murdered in her methuen home interest. ben: newscenter 5's reid lamberty is live in methuen tonight with the latest. reid? reid: within the past couple hours, and arrest warrant has been issued for the man who police say hurt his son's mother , an awful and to what was a