>> breaking news, police are hoping a tattoo will help to track down a murder suspect. he has a cross tattoo on his back that could help to identify him. he's wanted for the murder of his former girlfriend, a crime investigators say was witnessed by the estranged couple's 4 year old son. >> the mayor confirming an investigation into serious violations allegedly tied to the braintree police evidence room. newscenter 5 first broke the news. the and compromised evidence including drugs including drugs and seized cash. >> a tense situation in a brentwood, new hampshire, neighborhood. now over. evacuated residents allowed to return after police found a man dead inside his home. this is the same street where a brentwood police officer was killed while responding to a domestic dispute back in 2014. >> harvey joins us and he's keeping his eye on the radar. >> not enough rain for most of us but there could be some severe weather.

southernmost part of the area. i'm watching several areas, the strongest activity now in southeastern connecticut and southern half of rhode island. also some action up in southern new hampshire and southern maine. a little bit of a young pour that's just gone through foxborough that looks like it's moving to the southeast. right up here, right around portsmouth, southern edge of this, on its way out. again, i keep annie on that little cell that went from franklin to mansfield. it's moving southeast but it does show some signs of we the strongest activity. just about from fall river on down to hope valley. that's in rhode island. all moving off to the southeast so that means south kingston, rhode island, new port, possibly new bedford, fair haven, all affected by a pretty strong thunderstorm in the next half an her to 45 minutesful we'll continue to follow this and report back to you in a few. >> thank you. an accused cop killer from new

arrest in rhode island. >> here's video of the confrontation. >> the suspect surrendered after police raided two places in rhode island. he wanted for the murder of a shelby county police officer. police tracked him to providence, where heavily armed officers raided the home. they found him 30 minutes away. he gave up. >> it's been a long period of time where the detectives and all cultivate information, pretty good police work tracking him here and they surrounded the house. he surrendered and came out peacefully. >> wounded in the exchange in north carolina. he was hospitalized after his arrest here. he'll be arraigned on the charge in his hospital room when he recovers enough. >> a fire in bridgewater. this is on old plymouth street. apparently dozens of cars have been burned.

putting water on, no big flames but you can see a lot of charred debris there on the ground. we'll stay on the of this four. >> people in massachusetts are going above and beyond to help victims of some of the deadly flooding in louisiana. $20,000 in medical supplies have been donated. this medical supply drive was organized and she says the immediate is great. more than 1160 tracheotomy and ventilation patients are in need and that's not all. >> they were begging online looking colostomy bags. >> we have supplies now. >> you still have an opportunity to donate. she'll be at the boston convention an exhibition center friday through sunday collecting donations. >> the nation's oldest white house celebrating 300 years. boston light we're talking about. it sits on a small island nine miles from downtown.

else, british, in 1716. it was destroyed in the american revolution. probably by the british. and then rebuilt in 1783. the coast guard relit the lighthouse in a ceremony today. tonight, to pittsburgh high school. >> a senior killing off this school year. >> they became best friends in china. tonight, they have been reunited here in the u.s. their heartwarming adoption st >> we've been having some fun crunching the numbers. >> 5 investigates with new details about how the commonwealth of massachusetts is spending your tax dollars. how the new system that anyone can access could save the state millions. >> a look at first alert traffic. you're looking live at the mass turnpike which is going slow. but there is a big night at gillette stadium today.

coming to boston. let's check it out as we go towards foxborough. king street to route one. a five-minute drive. bay street at 295, seven minutes and we're looking at route 128 to wrunt. taking 12 minutes. expect delays. foxborough area, because of, as you look at -- also, we ha so as you go towards boston know it will be a little slow there and dell also playing. lots going on.

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dedication ceremony on september 24. live in washington, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> a group of americans have been honored for their heroic response to this fiery crash. i happened in north carolina. the bus did not yield crashing it into a pickup truck the driver trapped inside the burning car. that's when a grip of bystanders help to medals of merit for their quick thinking. >> a wild scene caught on camera in florida. a car engulfed in flames. a driver claims his samsung galaxy note seven is what set it off. the phone was charging and then he heard a loud pop and it blew up. the driver was not hurt. >> a touching reunion thousands of miles away, now going viral. watch as two young children,

friends at an orphanage in china meet again. this time in texas, after they were adopted by separate families who were neighbors. they are elated to see each other again after 11 months apart. they had been inseparable at the orphanage. >> hugging and getting so giddy that they foefrl. >> they call each other brother and sister. >> the mother says she was loving home so she shared his story on facebook. their neighbor felt like they were called in to help. >> i love that they remembered each other even though they were so young because honestly, 3-year-olds, you leave the room and they forget. >> goose bumps reading it. >> so great. >> that's just so touching and heartwarming. >> speaking of warming, we made it tonight in boston. for the second time in september.

14 look at this movement back over 3 degrees above the average. so, so far, nothing really severe has taken place that we're aware of. there are still some scattered downpours and storms around, but wide gaps where nothing at all is taking place. i want to show you what's been going on around southern new hampshire and maine. a lot of this, the heaviest action is sliding offshore. there is a little bit of a shower here that's developed just west of newberry port that i've been following a little bit of a young pour moving right on through, and we follow that from fox bor reon eastward. so if that continues to move to the east, it may survive its trip getting closer to middleboro in the next half-hour or so but the strongest activity is a lynn of downpours and some embedded thunderstorms. the edge of it went through fall river. now it's approaching new bedford but it extends all the way back into southern rhode island so it's moving east-southeast with

9:00 tonight, i think all the action is offshore. the front is moving through the cape. the cooler, drier air is coming in and it's going to become progressively cooler and drier overnight. a far cry from the kind of weather that we had today, and it also is going to be cool and dry right on through tomorrow night and friday morning. for sure. you'll again have the feel of fall. possibly a little bit more this time than the last time, several days ago. so any thunderstorm threat should be ov about 69, though, it will be falling, because the wind will be northwest-northwest. it will be behind that cold front so the cool air will be coming in. the same thing for the springsteen concert. it will be turning cooler as temperatures will fall through the 60s. winds shifting to the northwest and north, a little bit gusty. here's the heat. it gets pushed to the south. the cooler air comes in, and dry air and comfortable air as well.

tomorrow morning, when it will have the feel of fall in the air. 40s in cool spots. most places in the 50s. and there will be a fairly active breeze, so you'll feel it especially along the coast where it will keep it in the 60s, right around 70 over the interior. a sparkling day. we do have julia, latest tropical storm. you can see it on radar, bands of very heavy rain moving along the south carolina coastline. the real issue with julia is not so much the winds, barely 40 miles per hour. it's the fact that it's going to move very much. just basically almost doing a little loop, in the next few days, which means if t potential is there for, once again, very hefty amounts of rain. three to six inches, locally up to 10. could be occurring, and so the flood threat is the most significant thing there. >> but for us, we showed you, it will be cool tomorrow morning. i want to show you it will be cool on friday morning as well. check out system of these numbers. like about a 41 degree temperature around orange.

then the temperature will bounce up into the 70s in the afternoon and the weekend turns warmer, eventually more humid. saturday looks like the better of the two weekend days. a chance for a few showers or thunderstorms increases on sunday. especially in the northern and western portions other area and the rest of the area most likely sunday night into monday. >> thank you. a new hacking scandal this one targeting some of america's top olympic athletes. several olympians whose medical records were hacked and put agency. they showed that that several got approval to use prohibited drugs. >> these documents prove that these u.s. athletes played by the book and did everything that they were supposed to do. the complete opposite of what the russians did. >> more than a hundred russian athletes were banned from the rio games for alleged state sponsored drug cheating, a charge that russia denies.

million to protect its players from head injuries. roger goodell says the money will be split up between developing safety equipment and research. significant million will go toward improvement helmets. the other towards medical studies. the nfl has been heavily criticized for its handling of player head trauma and will pay out a billion dollars to retired players. breaking news, you remember the mosque fire that happened down in florida where the pulse ni there has been an arrest in that case. we'll be following it. we do know that more information will be released with a press conference later tonight. >> stay tuned for that. >> 5 investigates uncovering huge increase in the number of state employees earning six figure salaries. >> next, new system, right at your fingertips. let's flash forward. to news at 6:00. >> coming up, we're following several breaking stories right

where a police officer was killed a few years ago, we're there live tonight. >> braintree's mayor just xhepgt on the major problems in the police department evidence room. first reported by 5 investigates. coming up at 6:00, new exclusive details on the missing money, drugs, and firearms. >> plus, when boston will start

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>> 5 investigates. >> mike did some number crunching on a new system unveiled today that could save the state millions. >> unlocking the secrets of state governed spending, from who is making the most money in massachusetts to who is getting the biggest kiss on the way out the door. >> those are public dollars and the public should beware of what its dollars are being spent on.

to the people of massachusetts, it allows anyone to examine state spending and the commonwealth's payroll in real-time going back to 2010. >> we want as many eyes on the data of how the commonwealth is utilizing its resources as possible. >> 5 investigates put its eyes on the data and discovered the massachusetts payroll is ballooning from 5.6 billion in 2010 to $6.9 billion in 2015. >> a 23% increase. but the nuer period only rose 8%. so where the dramatic increase? spending on overtime increased by nearly $6 # million since 2010 and the number of state employees earning six figures skyrocketed. more than doubling frommed 5,700 in 2010 to nearly 12,000 in 2015. >> we've been having some fun crunching the numbers. >> exactly what the whole point is in the first place.

only controls the executive branch which has reduced its work force by about 2,000 people since he took office but says see through will create a new level of accountability. >> the availability and access to the data is exactly why this sort of thing is important. >> it shines a late on where your tax dollars are going but its mere existence has the potential to save millions. massachusetts already has a similar online state spending system called open checkbook. 5 investigates as state has paid $4.5 million for open checkbook since 2010. >> compare that to the new user friendly system which costs a friction of that. about $200,000 a year. >> should see through replace open checkbook? >> yes, it should, eventually. >> why? >> for a number of reasons, not the least of which is what you pointed out. the cost of maintaining the other system. >> it's a cloud-based system operated by a private company

managing the system, it doesn't include spending from quasi replying agencies or new information about new hires. >> we can get that, yeah, probably it makes sense. >> if you want to start digging into the state spending and payroll go to our web site at wcvb.com and click on 5 investigates and we'll link you to the see through website. if you find anything interesting let us know. you can email us a tip from our website. 5 investes love that public information. >> mark walburg now says he regrets seeking a part. >> the reason why at 6:00. >> tracking dusty storms in parts of the area as a big temperature change is about to move in. >> breaking news of a mother. the new photos of suspect police want you to see. >> a new evidence scandal revealed by 5 investigates the hundreds of thus of dollars

>> are self-driving cars the answer to boston's traffic headache. >> we'll put up a good fight before we give cars up. >> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb news at 6:00. >> we begin at 6:00 on storm watch. this is time lapse video showing heavy downpours moving through boston. basically, a wall of water as it comes roaring through just before 4:00 this afternoon. >> general areas seeing pop-up storms this afternoon. >> meteorologist harvey leonard. harv: so far, all below severe limits which is good news and saudi. a weakening area is now sliding off the coastline. most of it is offshore. certainly the heaviest activity. we've been following a pesky downpour and shower that went right through gillette stadium and has moved southeastward and now it's gone through lake

to carver. that little cell moving southeastward. the strongest area is in extreme southern massachusetts, new bedford is getting clipped and also southern rhode island. hers a pretty good thunderstorm right around little compton at this time. that's moving offshore and everything will trend southeastward. the chance for severe weather for midwest of the area continues to decrease and cooler, drier air will start flowing in. a couple of quick things to mention with us we know there are big things, dropping with a cool northerly wind, and similar for the springsteen concert at gillette stadium. we'll have the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. >> this video is just in from plymouth where the coast guard is searching a pond for a possible drowning victim. repeat, possible drowning victim. >> police and fire are also on the scene searching. focusing on an area north of the sagamore bridge. >> breaking news in bridgewater,