>> from boston from news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5 :30. ben: red sox nation celebrating ortiz. big papi playing in his last regular season series at fenway park this weekend. even the outfield grass at fenway is featuring an image of number 34. jc: a worcester man accused of attacking his 3-year-old nephew is being held without bail, and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. 21-year-old taj mcdonald is accused of choking the boy until he passed out, pushing him down stairs and trying to drown him in a bathtub. the child was found conscious and alert. ben: investigators are combing through evidence taken overnight

linda carman's middletown, connecticut house. she was fishing with her son, nathan carman, when their boat sank off the coast of rhode island. he lives in vermont. he was rescued. they're trying to determine if work on carman's boat made it unsafe, something he has denied. jc: rain has made it to fenway. ben: the timing, not ideal. harvey: hopefully it does not get too heavy during the festivities in the game. dress accordingly. bring the rain gear and warm clothing. steadier rain with the darker and lighter green has made it into fenway, all coming from south to north. it will be wet at times for sure. there are gaps in the steady rain pattern.

moisture will come up over the next 24 hours at least. we will have appreciable rainfall, especially in eastern, southeastern massachusetts, cape cod, and the islands. matthew, category four, major, major hurricane. it may make a pass close to jamaica several days from now. then across a potion -- a portion of cuba and then a portion of the bahamas. this is all the way to next wednesday. the chances of closer to us do seem to be decreasing. we have much more and a little while. jc: thank you. right now federal investigators are sorting through the wreckage of that commuter train crash in hoboken, new jersey. one woman killed more than 100 -- one woman killed. more than 100 others hurt. newscenter 5's sally kidd has the latest on the investigation. reporter: barry in the wreckage of this new jersey transit

recover it without damaging it. >> we will be looking at everything from the track to the mechanics to human performance operations. reporter: they have retrieved one day to recover -- recorder -- one data recorder. governor chris christie says it is clear that the train was speeding. the incident is focusing more attention on technology known as positive bring control o positive train control. >> it presents collisions by stopping a train. reporter: the rail industry is under a government order to have ptc installed by the end of 2018, but some say that the costs outweigh the benefits. >> we are looking at the marginal benefit of spending an

that is where we should be looking. reporter: train engineer thomas gallagher was treated for minor injuries and released -- he is said to be quite rating with investigators. from washington, i'm sally kidd. jc: sky 5 over a bad crash this morning in plainville. this was the scene around 11 on 495 south at exit 14. the left lane closed for some time as crews worked to clear the accident. no word on any injuries. have caught the attention of new hampshire investigators. the fires happened earlier this week, within a few miles of each other. the first fire broke out last sunday morning behind a scrap metal business and came very close to a home. >> as you can see, this could have taken the house and things escalated as dry as it is. we want to make sure we have totally vetted these out. ben: nobody was hurt in any of the fires. investigators aren't yet calling them arson but are checking area

investigators are trying to figure out how a ride at the big e got stuck leaving more than a dozen people stranded in the air. west springfield firefighters had to bring in ladders to get people off the wipeout ride last night. they were about 20 feet up when the ride stalled. it is one of those rides that spends around and goes up in town. the rescue took about two hours. no one was hurt. the ride will remain closed for the rest of the fair. jc: he said the rides span and go up and down. you had a visual. ben: i could do those rides when i was a kid. not anymore. the dizziness. stolen van gogh paintings recovered tonight. jc: up next -- where the masterpieces that were missing for more than a decade were found. plus -- >> the school is willing to share information about agreements with other parents.

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at 5:30 p.m. ben: a military judge will not dismiss the desertion case against army sergeant bowe bergdahl. begdahl was in court this week. his lawyers argued senator john mccain improperly influenced the case by telling a reporter that his senate committee would hold a hearing if bergdahl weren't punished. the soldier is charged for walking off his post in afghanistan. he was later captured and held by the taliban, before being released in 2014. if convicted, bergdahl could face life in prison. jc: two stolen van gogh paintings have been found in italy 14 years after they went police say they were investigating suspected cocaine traffickers when they found the paintings hidden in a farmhouse near naples. the paintings were taken from amsterdam's van gogh museum in 2002 and currently being held as evidence. the artwork was on the fbi's list of top 10 art crimes. ben: i hear that is an amazing museum. jc: i'm sure it is. yeah. a quadruple amputee sharing his story of survival tonight. ben: still to come this is evening -- the inspirational

from the fda concerning that multi-state e-coli outbreak involving general mills flour. harvey: all right, the latest on the hurricane, a big one.

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and that it did not cause any accidents. the cdc wrapping up its investigation into general mills and issues a warning to consumers. the cdc confirmed 17 more cases of e. coli infections resulting from general mills flour products. so far, 63 people have been infected across 24 states. general mills has issued a voluntary recall of at least 10 million pounds of flour. the cdc warns that infections may continue due to flour's long shelf-life. jc: an inspirational message tonight from one of the 5 quadruple amputees from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. retired staff sergeant travis mills was serving his third tour of duty in afghanistan back in 2012 when he stepped on an ied and lost his arms and legs. the maine man was only 24-years-old. guess the odds, he survived struggled through the painful, , stressful rehab and is now

>> there are two options. you either sit here and hope about it or keep going in life. i was not going to sit there. my daughter was six months of the time. my wife said she was not going to leave me. i said, you might as will take everything and go. there is no reason to let this get me down. jc: good for him. mills has written a book about his journey and founded a non-profit to help wounded vets and their families. i hope he continues to speak out. what a great message to send whether it is an amputee or something else that affects her life. ben: and it puts in perspective the challenges most of a space, which are minimal compared to that. jc: but behind you, harvey, that does not look good. that looks massive. harvey: we are getting up close and personal with the zoom den

satellite loop. notice how it is so circular? that is a pure tropical cyclone if ever there was one. that is matthew. it is drifting to the west and will do that for another day, day and a half. all indications are it will move northward and possibly make a close pass to jamaica hit by a major hurricane was gilbert back in 1988. the different computer models, notice almost all of them cluster close to jamaica, then a portion of cuba, then a portion of the bahamas. if you extrapolate that, that could be a pretty close paths to us. i the -- however, the way the

continue to come that far to the north. it will have to slow down or possibly drifted to the east. that is the closest i can tell. when you're talking about a hurricane of this magnitude and intensity and semi-days away, a beastly we will keep you posted in case things change. certainly, it will be a mental in this region. a little too close to florida in the southeast coast for comfort anyway. you certainly will be hearing a t it does look wet at times for fenway. other times, steadier rain. maybe heavier rain as well. about 55 degrees. it's going to feel chillier than that because of the wet weather. the rain has gotten to fenway. there is a band of moderate rain to the south. when i widen out, a piece of

see there is more developing. there are gaps. once you get in the rain area, the area is so saturated, there is missed and reason and that is the situation we will have. it looks like more will rotate up during the next 24, 48 hours, whatever. occasional wet weather or pretty wet weather. sometimes drizzle, sometimes downpours right through tomo, but i see a day that features more clouds than anything. the wind will be out of the northeast. for the went to be lighter sunday than it will be on saturday, that is still the better of the two weekend days. the rainfall potential, it looks like eastern, southeastern massachusetts, cape cod.

little missed, temperature around 59 degrees. here are your temperatures. they will not change much tonight. temperatures tomorrow are not going to move up that much either. check it out. there you have it. wet and breezy saturday. maybe a bit of missed or a few showers. we do transition to better weather on sunday. most of next week looks like it will be mainly in the 40's at night. it's how it's looking so far. more in a little while. ben: keep those 60's coming. jc: what you going to do? ben: today, 95% -- 97% of the clothing americans buy is manufactured outside the u.s which has left this country's apparel industry in shreds. jc: but according to chronicle's shayna seymour, a master tailor here in massachusetts is doing her part to repair the industry.

good clothing company. there are two locations. one of the cape, one on fall river. >> how amazing is that? we are back in new england's hub and we are able to be part of the rebirth? reporter: good clothing company includes and start is. >> we are sick tuneups. we will take them through development, pattern grading, sampling. -- we are soup to nuts. >> 100% organic gotten. if i need to talk to catherine, i can come to fall river and show her my designs.

overseas, i don't have that connection. it's nice. it builds relationships. reporter: relationships, she hopes will inspire shoppers to think before they buy. >> we feel passionately about changing the conversation in the apparel in this rate a connecting with the consumer to say together all of us can create proverb -- positive change. jc: fashion with a conscience tonight on chronicle. dresses made from trash. jc: jewelry with a message. t-shirts that give back. fashionably new england, seven -- 7:30 p.m. on chronicle. ben: three out of four. jc: open your mind. 5 investigates finding disparity in services for students with special needs. ben: the agreements kept secret until recently. but first let's flash forward to newscenter 5 at 6:00. heather: at 6:00, he's already

14-year-old girl into a sexual encounter. ed now a former politican in new : hampshire is back in the spotlight what kyle tasker is accused of doing inside the state house when he was a state senator. heather some local nurses on : vacation spring into action to save an injured man's life. note 6:00 he gets to say thank , you to his heroes. ed: it's all papi, all the time this weekend as he plays his last regular-season games. tonight we're hearing from a local police officer who's claim to fame is directly tied to the

joe plaia: every three days, someone in new hampshire is killed with a gun. mothers, sons, friends. and yet kelly ayotte continues to play political games instead of making new hampshire safer. when she has the chance to strengthen background checks, she voted no, backing the washington gun lobby instead.

ayotte's become another typical washington politician and that puts us all at risk. narrator: independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. jc: 5 investigates discovering big disparities when it comes to services for students with special needs in massachusetts. ben: until recently, the battle for services has largely been secret. karen anderson tells us how that's all changing and the new problems we found. >> part of the settlement process is much like negotiating for used car. it's not a healthy process.

says he saw that first after discovering his daughter had a learning disability, dyslexia, and went to the school district for help. >> we always got pushback from the school district. karen: the school came up with an individualized education program for his daughter, but he asked for her to be placed in a specialized school outside the district. in the real battle began. >> every meeting came more and more contentio. where i said, this is not working. we need information. karen: he asked to see what arrangements were made for other children with disabilities, but was told that was information he was not allowed to have. >> it did not make sense to me the school is unwilling to share information about the agreement they have made with other parents. karen: he took the school district to court, arguing private settlements for students with disabilities are public record.

he won the case. in this ruling, the supreme court said, the court is in titled for information as long as private information is removed. one factor jumped out right away. >> every agreement is different. karen: he reviewed 29 settlement agreements and found drastic differences. sometimes the district paid for 100% of tuition. in other cases only 50% parents paying the rest, even though federal law entitles students with disabilities to free public education. also the department paid for transportation for some students, but not for others. >> what is the saddest part about this to all of you? >> to read settlement after settlement and see how differently kids were being treated. karen: 5 investigates found

affluent and least affluent communities and the state, in the most affluent settlements, many families receive settlement agreements -- and the least affluent, only 15. >> oh, my god. karen: terri hunter, who spent years fighting for an agreement for son, had no idea. are paid for with our tax dollars. it is up for us to know. >> with data, with sunlight comes more information, more transparency, more accountability. karen: the records are finally supposed to be public, but there are other roadblocks for families trying to get information. mike beaudette investigates

-- ben: very enlightening. jc: newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. heather: getting a big sendoff. ed: the rush to witness a string of fenway park. selling and smoking weed inside the new hampshire statehouse. the former lawmaker facing new charges. heather: hero nurses reunite with the man they saved while on vacation. >> from boston from these leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. heather: hurricane matthew rapidly gaining strength. that has been happening all day. ed: harvey, do we need a close

we certainly do, but that is down the road. the most immediate concern is the rain in the region. it will be wet and cool at fenway. bands are coming up from the south. the next couple of hours will be wet at fenway. over the next 24 hours, waves of moisture will come up, at times heavier, other times in between or misting and we have that robberies off the water at the same time. you did mention matthew. 140 it's motion over the next five days could be ready close to jamaica and cuba and the bahamas. we will discuss where it is most likely to go after that in our complete weather segment in a while. heather: take a look. dramatic pictures out of onset, where at least one boat caught fire at the marina. this is buttermilk bay. so far, no reports of any injuries. you can see the fire was really going.

a worcester man is being held without bail, accused of trying to kill his toddler nephew. police saytaj mcdonald called them yesterday, saying he a just killed the toddler who was in his care. the man has been sent to bridgewater state hospital. heather: it has been two months since a little boy drowned at a city run juli mcdonald is live in south boston for us. juli: it was the morning of july 26 that kyzr willis' mother dropped him off and that night his body was recovered here. what happened the afternoon remains a mystery.