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>> now a newscenter 5 eyeopener -- antoinette: breaking news this morning. gunfire in a dedham parking lot. two people shot. the new information in overnight. doug: breaking news. >> five investigates a high-ranking official off the job after using public money to pay for a private party. doug: sox nation. the milestone stop on big papi's big farewell tour. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. doug: and hurricane matthew losing steam a little bit. this monster storm downgraded to category four from a five. it's roaring across the caribbean. good morning, everybody.
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antonio. thank you for joining us. we've got hurricane matthew that we're tracking this morning but also some wet weather in our area. let's check in with mike wankum for the latest. mike: five is the highest on the category. it dropped off a little bit. a very powerful storm. this is the track it's going to take. may lose additional steam, but anything above category three is considered a major hurricane. coming through jamaica early monday morning or late sunday night and then it looks like ri across cuba. this is where it gets interesting for us. this is thursday. we're talking a long way down the road. thursday it's out in the bahamas. that means it's going to be playing close to the east coast. indications are it will stay offshore. we'll talk more about that in the next half hour. look at the bands of showers moving in. cool gray conditions. high pressure to the north.
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best opportunity is down to the south. especially around the providence area right now. boston, some light showers. the occasional downpour out of the whole thing. no lightning or thunder. it gets lesser and lesser amounts toward the north. that's the trend. more to the south and the north. this will be tapering off to scattered showers. we'll talk more about that and the hurricane coming up in a few moments. antoinette: mike, thank you. a weekend to celebrate red sox nation offering a collective thank you to the one-of-a-kind david ortiz. gloomy weather at fenway park for the start of his final regular season home series, but you know what? warm wishes for david ortiz. doug: eyeopener's mary saladna was there and has tributes from fenway. >> the big man with the big heart, big papi, david ortiz. [cheers and applause] mary: a standing o for david ortiz, not just for his landmark
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and commitment to children off the field. these kids from both new england and his homeland, the dominican republic, all had lifesaving heart surgery thanks to the charity work that big papi is passionate about. this moving tribute on the giant screen sums it up. 563 children saved and counting thanks to big papi's children's fund. >> i love big papi. i love what he stands for and the values that he has. mary: it's going to be a party all weekend long, a papi party, a chance for fans to say thank you to the legend with the big swing and an even bigger heart. >> he's like one of the best players ever. he's really made an impact on boston. >> he's the best. and he's the yankee killer. you have to love him. mary: inside fenway, it's everything big papi. sox players wearing special hots and a patch on their jerseys. 14 years and three championships
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farewell season. >> i really appreciate all the people that are taking their time in honoring me and let me feel good about what my career has been. mary: david ortiz will always be boston's m.v.p., lifting red sox nation with him. the most memorable night of the moment came from big papi himself. a two-run homer in the seventh. it was the game-winner. at fenway saladna, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: two people are dead after a shooting near moseley's on the charles. this happened around 1:30 this morning at bridge and needham streets. several shots were fired and several cars were also hit. police say the hall was hosting a birthday party at the time. they say the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. doug: a high-ranking state official off the job after 5 investigates he used public money to pay for a private
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has resigned effective immediately. 5 investigates revealing that sisk and commissioner leo roy spent taxpayer money on an elaborate party that was held on july 3. they were suspended for a week. after we started asking questions, they were ordered to reimburse the state more than $800. 5 investigates also confirming the essex county district attorney's office will review information about embattled gloucester pol campanello and the gloucester police department. chief campanello was placed on leave last month for unspecified reason. the gloucester city council has not said why, but sources tell 5 investigates domestic issues and other problems were the reason. the city has hired a new hampshire firm to audit the police department. campanello is nationally known for his work helping heroin addicts. antoinette: new details surrounding this man who was rescued and his missing mother,
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disputes over money. newscenter 5's david bienick has details from middletown, connecticut. david: five years ago at this hartford psychiatric hospital, nathan carman, the boater rescued at sea last weekend, was admitted as a patient. his parents and grandfather came to visit him and a fight broke out over money. >> it was more money fo fight over than the average david: she started punching and scratching her father. linda carman told police, "my father is worth $300 million and i want my share." he's not going to cut me off. i want my money. >> i got lucky. the case in three months was dismissed. david: the attorney who represented linda carman, and three years ago, when he was
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detector test and was cleared by investigators. >> she told me that they informed her she passed the polygraph and that she wouldn't be hearing from them again. david: investigators turned their attention to nathan, identified as a suspect but never arrested. the murder gained new attention this month after nathan and linda carman went fishing and their boat sank. he was rescued, but she's still missing. >> i did not see or hear my mom. da where they removed bags of evidence. police are investigating nathan carman for possible reckless endangerment, but right now he's not facing any charges. investigators from several states plan to meet about the case on monday. antoinette: investigators are working to recover a data recorder from the wreckage of the deadly hoboken, new jersey, train crash. one of the two black boxes has already been recovered in that
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investigators hope the recordings will help explain why the train slammed into a commuter station thursday morning. >> today is our first full day on the scene. we're making progress, but we have much more information to gather during this fact-gathering phase of our investigation. antoinette: and the analysis will come at a later date. antoinette: investigators are looking primarily at operator error, a possible medical emergency or mechanical failure. the train's cooperating with the investigation. doug: it could be a landmark ruling on cell phones in rhode island. a court ruled the man violated the texting ban while looking at his gps behind the wheel. the man's lawyer says it's an overinterpretation of the law and is appealing. that could make it illegal to manipulate a cell phone in any fashion. the beginning of the end for toll plazas.
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once they're gone, they will be replaced with open road tolling, which uses overhead scanners that read driver's e-z pass transponde transponders. that will be interesting. a school bus driver shot while behind the wheel. antoinette: the investigation on how that driver is doing this morning. also, new video in a deadly police shooting. what it reveals, plus the family's reaction and the claims they're doug: and a deadly mystery at a luxury resort. the new information about the victims and the potential cause of their deaths. mike? mike: a wet start to your weekend. how much rain we should see and how long it will last, plus i'm tracking hurricane matur
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doug: welcome back. we're learning new developments in the mysterious death of two sisters abroad. we know the cause of death, but this morning there are still many questions. an american family is arriving in an island paradise in search of answers. sisters annie, 37, and robin korkkie, 42, were on a dream vacation, found dead in the seychelles last week by staff a autopsies now reveal both women died of acute pulmonary edema, excessive fluid in the lungs. annie korkkie had swelling of the brain. >> i would look primarily for two things, drug use, either directly or indirectly by somebody else, and something possibly released in the room like carbon monoxide. doug: both women worked in banking and were wrapping up a months-long vacation, posting these pictures on facebook.
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day before, and staff had to help them back to their room just after 8:00 p.m. they were found the next morning no visible signs of injuries were found on the bodies. family members say they are in touch with the u.s. embassy as they wait for a final toxicology report. well, a brother of the women say that its family is getting no information on that case and is still desperate to find answers to exactly how his sisters died. antoinette: parts oe region feeling the impacts of severe flooding. waters are receding in old town, alexandra, virginia. several businesses used sandbags to keep the water at bay. others just closed. no reports of any serious injuries. and tracking hurricane matthew this morning, the storm downgraded to a category four hurricane, still very powerful, though. at its peak, the u.s. national hurricane center was matthew was
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the storm is on course to jamaica and it could pound the island within a matter of days. doug: weng you look at this thing behind you, it almost looks like two different storms. mike: you have the actual eye of the storm. there's a lot of thunderstorms around it. a lot of times with a big hurricane like this, you get the eyewall collapsing, redeveloping, so there's all kinds of things going on. i had a professor who thunderstorms playing ring around the rosie. it's a great analogy. thunderstorms build and collapse and build and collapse. they take on different shapes and sizes. it's a hurricane four. anything above three is a major hurricane. look at that eye. if you look at that eye, you'll see the eye kind of falling apart just a little bit. that's why it's come from a five to a four.
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maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. it's out over the very warm ocean waters right now, and that's why it can gain strength. once it interacts with land, it falls apart. this is where we take all of our computer models. you see the trend across jamaica and cuba. this is monday night at 8:00. then it continues to track northward. this is where it gets very complicated because there now become several different variations with the computer models. yo s tracking very close to the coast. the trend right now, this won't even happen. this is the way the map looks next saturday night at 5:00, we're talking about these tracks way up to the north. it's leaning toward an offshore track. leaning. i didn't say it's going that way, but it's leaning that way. we have to keep a close eye on this all week. it doesn't happen until next weekend we're talking about. happening this weekend, we have rain out there. look at these downpours, especially this one south of
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berklee. we had a batch that cut through quincy, eventually moving toward cape ann. inland, downpours around the low-lying areas. lesser amounts toward the north. if you look off to the west, there really isn't much going on out there today. consider yourself fortunate if you've gotten rain. some places have gotten nice rain. since midnight, reports of 1/4 to 1/2 inch of rain. if you're one of those downpours, you get nice rain out drought index indicating almost 10 1/2 inches below normal for boston and worcester coming in a good eight-plus inches as well. over the city right now, gray. 57 degrees. northeast winds at 15. pressure is falling as we have low pressure to our south. checking out the temperatures right now, we're into the upper 40's to the upper 50's, and these temperatures, by the way, will not be changing much as we go through the day today. speaking of today, morning rain and afternoon showers.
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56 to 62 degrees. temperatures are holding flat. tonight, showers and patchy fog, 50 to 58 degrees for your overnight low. how does it look for the next seven days? today is gray. most of the rain is this morning. a few scattered showers this afternoon, a few scattered showers tonight, a few scattered showers around here tomorrow. but again, a lot of time it's going to be dry. temperature around 60 degrees tomorrow. even a possibility of a spot shower on monday, but not much of a threat. then we start to slowly get the sunshine and that will allow our temperatures to climb back up into the mid 60's. of course, toward the end of the week, next weekend, we're starting to keep a close eye on what matthew will be doing. there will be changes, ups and downs as we get closer to that. matthew is a good week away before we have any impact at all, if it does, in new england. doug and antoinette? antoinette: it's 5:18. checking other stories -- doug: chicago police are investigating after a bullet
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the face. the bullet grazed him. the bus was full of children. no students were hurt. no arrests have been made. antoinette: f.b.i. agents return to the home of the man allegedly behind last month's bombings in new york and new jersey. it's unclear what law enforcement officials were looking for during the search of ahmad khan rahami's house last night. they did take several photos and a box. rahami is facing charges including using weapons of mass destruction, bombing a public place. shot and killed with police in el cajon, california, say officers provoked him. police released video of the deadly shootings of alfred olango. his family's lawyer says it shows a, quote, cowboy. olango was pointing an electronic cigarette at police when he was shot on friday. doug: president obama is back in the u.s. after attending the
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president shimon peres. it took longer than expected. while boarding air force one, president bill clinton got a little chatty on the tarmac. you just saw mr. obama yelling, "hey, let's go here." the teasing from clinton from the plane, but no hard feelings once he got inside and said, listen, not your plane anymore, buddy. antoinette: you're on my schedule. doug: it's nice being retired, but some of us are still working. antoinette: a special reunion withom doug: a man who suffered a devastating injury on summer vacation. strangers who just happened to be nurses. a dog attacked in his own yard. the warnings to pet owners in arlington and beyond. antoinette: and we take a live look at radar right now. there you go. hurricane matthew now a category four storm. it has been downgraded overnight. but nonetheless, it is still
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mike: gray, drizzly and a few showers. temperatures not warm. the upper 50's. you see the bands of showers. this will be with us today. best chance this morning. this afternoon is much more of a scattered variety. i'd keep the umbrella nearby just in case. if you are headed to fenway for the game tonight, damp and cool.
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we'll slowly clear things off as we head towards the middle of next week. that's when the sunshine returns and temperatures accordingly will warm up just a little bit. doug and antoinette? antoinette: an emotional reunion for a foxborough man. doug: and three nurses credited with saving his life. weylond baxter surprised everybody when he walked into the hospital two months after a spinal injury. he jumped off a cliff in maine >> call them angels. they are. >> that's what they are. to me. they saved my life. i owe them more than anything. doug: amazing. baxter still has a long road ahead. doctors believe he will make close to a full recovery. antoinette: what were the odds that those nurses just happened to be nearby. that's amazing. doug: absolutely. well, tracking the race for the
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poll. also, legal action after an airline mixup. a child lost, put on the wrong airplane. the claim his mother is making now. doug: a little slick on the zakim making your way into the city. how long will the wet weather last? mike wankum's tracking the skies for us when the eye continues. >> this is an editorial by wcvb channel 5's president and general manager, bill fine. >> last week, our region made it into the national news cycle with this disturbing video. a new hampshire mom lies passed out on the floor of a retail store in massachusetts as her confused toddler tries to wake her. paramedics administer narcan to reverse the effects of a presumed opioid overdose. it's a shocking video even for all of us well aware of the tragedy of the opioid crisis.
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curran exposed the drug of choice in bay state prisons. small strips are hidden in cards, letters, and even bibles. in the past 18 months, more than 300 inmates tested positive for the drug. months ago, karen anderson first showed us the in the open tragedy of drug addiction along mass avenue known as methadone mile. she's returned, meeting new members of mayor walsh's neighborhood engagement team whosel an area the city has now renamed recovery road. but it will take more than a new name to change the painful truth facing our state and nation. armed with narcan, first responders are getting better and better and helping people survive opioid overdoses. the growing death toll approaching 2,000 this year shows we're losing ground. wcvb has partnered with the
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>> now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- doug: it's a saturday soaker. how much rain we'll see and the latest on hurricane matthew. doug: a family's quest for answers. what they claim the city of boston is holding back after the drowning death of their child. antoinette: after donald trump's twitter tirade, the clinton campaign fires back. the response and the revelation about a video from trump's past. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. eyeopener. doug: good morning, everybody. welcome to cold and flu season. i'm doug meehan. antoinette: sorry. i'm just getting something out of my throat. i'm antoinette antonio along with mike wankum. doug: there's a lot of it around. some of it's allergies. some of it is cold and flus. antoinette: does that mean i can go home now? sorry. doug: but we're still dealing with summer season in the sense of tropics. mike: the tropics have been
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when you went to bed, it was a category five. it's down to a category four. that's marginal. maximum sustained winds still now at 155 miles per hour. coming in a few minutes, we'll talk about the track and whether it will impact the east coast or not. the other thing you're walking into is a lot of rain out there, which is really nice. but it's not giving us a tremendous amount of rain. earlier this week, it looked like we might get an inch, inch and a half. some of you have picked that up already. occasional downp we have light drizzle around the city at this point. to the north we're seeing a few downpours as well lifting their way up. really just right along 495 seems to be a nice spot. nice little rains going on. be careful. roadways slippery. west, skies are clearing away. it's not a washout. just scattered showers. as we head through the afternoon, off and on showers. the threat will be with us today, tonight, tomorrow. we'll talk more about when it finally clears away and the
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moments. antoinette? antoinette: we're following breaking news. two people are hurt after a shooting in dedham. this is video from overnight from bridge and needham street near moseley's on the charles. several shots were fired around 1:30 this morning. police are looking for suspects. the victims are both expected to survive. doug: also breaking, a four-alarm fire at dartmouth college. it started around midnight on the fourth floor of a dorm hall. building. all made it out safely. no word on a cause at this hour. antoinette: a desperate plea from the family of this little boy who drowned in south boston. exactly what happened to kyzr kyzr willis is unknown. doug: the eye's diane cho reports from boston. reporter: it's been two months since kyzr willis disappeared from the community center.
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in the water. his family still don't know how it happened. >> it's devastating. it's heart-wrenching. he was a beautiful 7-year-old child. he's still with us in our hearts. but his presence physically is still missing. there's pieces still missing. reporter: days after it happened, the police commissioner the death was an accidental drowning. >> who was the last person to see my nephew alive? we're asking for simple questions. what happened to my ne reporter: the family's attorney said he filed a request trying to find those answers, asking for everything from the 9-1-1 calls to the police reports. >> a request has been provided to the boston police department and served on them on august 29 of this year. no response has been received. reporter: mayor marty walsh says now that attorneys are involved, he can't comment on the case but understands the family frustrations. >> i feel terrible for them.
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heartbroken over what happened. it's one of the hardest days of being mayor of the city. can't even imagine the pain that they have that day. reporter: a spokesperson for the police department tells us something has come in the outcome of the investigation, that it's still considered an accidental drowning. in south boston, diane cho, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: right now a man is being held without bail accused of trying to kill his 3-year-old nephew in worcester. 21-year-old taj mcdonald is accused of choking the boy until the stairs, and then trying to drown him in a bathtub. police say mcdonald called them thursday saying he had just killed the toddler. the boy was found conscious and alert. mcdonald is undergoing evaluation at bridgewater state hospital. doug: right now one boat is destroyed in onset after it was destroyed in that fire at the marina. this was yesterday at buttermilk bay. there's no word yet this morning on what started the blaze and no
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prompting concern for new hampshire investigators. the fires happened earlier this week within a few miles of each other. the first fire broke out sunday morning behind a scrap metal business. it came very close to a home. nobody was hurt in any of these fires. investigators have yet to call them arson but are checking security videos for clues. antoinette: commit 2016. a new poll in the presidential race shows the debate didn't change the minds of many voters. the yesterday shows hillary clinton with a 5% lead over donald trump. that is roughly the same lead that she held throughout september. meanwhile, donald trump is amping up the attacks on twitter. the republican presidential candidate sent out a series of fiery tweets in the early morning hours yesterday. newscenter 5's ben simmoneau has the fallout. reporter: donald trump apparently not overly exhausted
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upset about reports that some of his staff said he did not prepare well for monday's debate, he tweeted this at 3:20 friday morning. anytime you see a story about me or my campaign, saying sources said, do not believe it. there are no sources. they are just made-up lies. then three more tweets before 5:30 a.m. attacking hillary clinton and alicia machado, the miss universe brought up she could use her in the debate? this 1997 video surfaced friday. >> she had a little problem doing the middle where she gained a little weight. >> i don't think so. >> she's probably right. >> i don't think so. >> it's a man who's becoming unravelled. this is like the jet fuel for his campaign. attacks on other human beings.
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>> who gets up at 3:00 in the morning to engage in a twitter attack against a former miss universe? >> my father will change outdated labor laws. reporter: trump is trying to repair damage with women, featuring his daughter ivanka in this new ad. friday, the commission on presidential debate said he was right. there was a problem with his microphone, but it did not affect tv viewers. >> that microphone was more difficult than working crooked hillary clinton. reporter: trump said his overnight tweets shows that he, quote, will be there awake to answer the call. i'm ben simmoneau, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: new this morning -- the clinton campaign is firing back at trump's claim about a sex tape involving alicia machado. they say that he was referring to a racy appearance on a reality television show. a clinton staffer mocked trump yesterday over the nominee's
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adult film. trump is seen fully clothed pouring champagne over the logo. doug: a deadly ammonia leak happened at stavis seafoods. a body was found on the second floor. osha determined a burst pipe in the machine pipe leaked ammonia and the accident could have been prevented. right now, a tentative agreement is reached between boston's to just in time. the deal includes expanded health care benefits and a wage bump, $20 per hour by the end of the four-year contract. the unionized janitors were set to strike if they did not reach a deal. the union represents 2,000 boston buildings as well as mbta stations. he's getting ready. i'm not sure the denture are right for that. it's a papi party at fenway park.
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final regular season home series. david ortiz greeted before the game last night with a standing ovation from the fans. and this moving tribute on the giant screen. 563 children saved, and counting, all thanks to papi's children's fund. and through it all, big papi remains humble. after the game last night, he was asked about his storybook career ending. >> it is what it is. we work extremely hard every day to get better. and it's working out pretty good. antoinette: how can you not love him? they beat the blue jays, ortiz hitting a two-run homer that would be the game winner. game five tonight is at 7:10. you couldn't write it more perfe perfectly. doug: no, no. i said how is that possible. antoinette: a family pet attacked. doug: a family in disbelief.
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owners this morning. antoinette: her son was placed on the wrong airplane. the legal action one mother is now taking. mike: tracking some showers. just how much we're expecting and h joe plaia: every three days, someone in new hampshire is killed with a gun. 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. then - on a bill to keep suspected terrorists from getting guns, ayotte flip flopped. kelly ayotte's become another typical washington politician and that puts us all at risk. narrator: independence usa pac is responsible for the
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antoinette: good morning. it's 5:42. welcome back. a coyote kills a family's dog. doug: it happened in their own backyard. our john atwater reports from arlington where the news of that attack is spreading quickly. john: the park is a pretty draw for people who live in the neighborhood. there's no secrets there are coyotes, but they are rarely this aggressive. leo was a playful pu family's first dog. friday morning at 6:45 as part of his routine, he went out in the backyard. >> seems like a coyote came down from a wooded area and took the dog right out of the yard. john: the family's home backs up to the park. the invisible fence around the perimeter of their yard could not thwart the hungry predator. >> those early morning hours around dusk is when we want
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surroundings. john: leo's family said he stood no chance. people who live here know that coyotes have been seen in the park and now police here are urging people to be even more cautious. >> oh, absolutely they could have done. it was just -- it just happened. and it's unfortunate. i felt horrible for the family. you know, it's like losing a loved ones. john: the owners are devastated and hoping other pet owners listen to this warning. >> now, your stormteam 5 forecast with meteorologist mike wankum. mike: well, matthew was a category five, down to a category four. that is one powerful storm we're talking about. you can see the eye right there. maximum sustained winds now 155 miles per hour. as long as it's over the atlantic where that water is so warm right now, that's the reason we'll see it continue to maintain its strength. you wonder how is this going to affect us? here's a timeline of the
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models. cutting across jamaica and then it looks like it will be going across eastern cuba. this is the way the map looks at 9:00 on monday. let's track those out farther and see what they'll be doing. you see a little more divergence. not everything is in agreement. then the question becomes what about us? well, right now, this is the way the map would show it next saturday. so a week from today, we would start to see quite a diversity in the model runs right now where it's the general trend seems to be leading offshore. that's not a guarantee. remember, we've got a whole week to get prepped for it and see what's going to be happening. overnight last night, we picked up some rain. look at this. bedford picking up .28. we need the water. newport picking up .63. one of the heavier totals. across the cape and the islands, .1 or .2. gray skies. can't squeeze moisture out.
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this morning. general trend is it's lifting up to the south. when you see the downpours around providence, those are lifting northward. if you're looking at drizzle, it could be a heavier rain as that line pushes through. around the city, scattered drizzle is all we're seeing but we should see more. down towards beverly, a couple of downpours. no lightning or thunder with this and the maybe a little ponding on the roadways. notice where it's at. it's really the eastern part of the state. there is not much going on in the west until you get way out to the west. then there are a few more scattered showers sitting out here. that's why we've got rain in the forecast today, tonight, tomorrow. i think the heaviest or steadiest anyway will be this morning, and then we'll taper off as we head towards the afternoon. here's the map at noon. as we head to the afternoon, a
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gear nearby. the temperatures do not budge. all day, they hold where they're at. tonight, they're going to hold where they're at, the upper 50's to around 60 degrees. tomorrow morning, a few scattered showers but even less of a chance toward the afternoon. today's the wet one. tomorrow's the dry one. it's not completely dry as we still have those showers to talk about into the forecast. doesn't start to clear away until we get way down the road. how much rain are we talking about out of it? unfortunately, not a lot of additional rain. we may get as looking at a drought-buster out there. today, chalk it up to wet and breezy conditions. northeast breeze off the ocean could keep us on the cool side. a few showers tomorrow but less of a threat of rain. could be a spot shower hanging around on monday. most of us will stay dry. once the sun comes back, we warm back up into the 60's. wednesday and thursday looking quiet. then we turn our attention towards matthew if it holds
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a lot of questions. toward the end of the week, we'll start to get real details of how it may or may not impact new england. doug and antoinette? antoinette: thank you. 5:47. a check of the stories we're following. doug: a new york mother is suing jetblue for flying her 5-year-old son to boston instead of new york. maribel martinez says her son, andy, ended up at logan, not j.f.k. where he was supposed to. when she went to pick him up, there was a different boy waiting for her. both boys were flying of the same airport in the dominican republic. they were put on the wrong flights. jetblue is not commenting on that lawsuit. antoinette: the connecticut mobster suspected of having information on the isabella steward gardner museum heist is nearing the end of his life. his lawyer says the family was told to make end-of-life arrangements. he is in federal custody awaiting trial on gun charges.
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worth of artwork stolen from boston. doug: a driver facing charges after yarmouth police say she fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a jungle gym. this happened just before noon on route 28. the driver not seriously hurt. property damage estimated at more than $10,000. 5 investigates discovering new barriers for parents in the fight to get educational services when their children have special needs. beaudet has more. >> are these agreements something that the school districts want to keep secret? >> yes. reporter: special education often means secretive special education. now services spelled out in private settlement agreements between school districts and parents are considered public
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removed. >> i have a child with a learning disability that i was concerned about her education. reporter: the move toward transparency welcome news to mike dipronio, jennifer stahr and george teixera. >> i was horrified over what resources it took to get him what he needs. reporter: in the wake of the 2015 decision from the state's highest court making private settlement this parents started a website, shinesunlight.org. it's a place to put settle agreements so parents know what school districts are willing to pay for. >> it's literally in hopes to enlighten folks on what's going on in our broken system. reporter: but information still isn't flowing freely from the districts. >> i'll get some information, but it's overly redacted. >> we quickly realized it takes
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expensive. reporter: 5 investigates tried getting the same information parents would ask for. some schools sent us bills for as little as $45. but others wanted as much as $1700 and $2500. should parents have trouble getting their hands on settlement agreements? >> no, no. i mean, it's clear, our superintendents know what that law says. reporter: tom scott is executive director of the massachusetts association of school superintendents, who says fees will vary depending on the district. are districts trying >> well, i'm not sure it's called keeping under wraps. i think this has posed a concern for schools for sure. i mean, is that in the back of their minds? probably to some extent, it is. reporter: the concern with private settlement agreements becoming public, that parents will now know exactly what school districts have agreed to provide this student and that student and then expect the same for their child. on top of that, 5 investigates
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we surveyed 10 of the most affluent and 10 of the least affluent communities in the state and found the vast majority of settlement agreements are happening in the wealthier school districts. do you think parents who can't afford to hire a lawyer aren't getting the best services for their kids? >> most definitely. and i think what you're finding in disparities is not at all surprising. >> do our results surprise snu. >> no. money makes a difference in this process. it's a reality. it's not that the more disadvantaged or poorer communities don't have access. sometimes they don't know where to find that access. reporter: so what should parents do? keep fighting to see settlement agreements and find advocates that can help you get the right services for your child. you can find a list on our website, wcvb.com. antoinette: a lucky break for a lakeville man. doug: he hit the jackpot, and not just the first time. the other game he won before his
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mike: some scattered showers this morning. that's the good news. we're also keeping an eye on the here this morning, we're watching just the showers moving on through, and they will be with us i think steadiest this morning. a little more of a hit or miss variety this afternoon. i would say take the umbrella and the foul weather gear. going to the game tonight, damp and cool. 56 degrees. tomorrow, we have a lot of things going on. the j.t. memorial 5k to help batten disease. a few hit or miss showers. same thing with the game tomorrow night.
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won't be seeing too much rain. when does it clear out? not till the first part of the week. when sunshine comes back, temperatures back in the 60's. doug and antoinette? antoinette: thank you. it is the prize of a lifetime and a lakeville man won it not once. he won it twice. doug: crazy. ken phillips on a million dollars scratch ticket for the second time in two years. he won his first million on a scratch in 2014. he says he'll use some of his become a two-time million dollar winner this year. antoinette: how does that happen? doug: i think you have to play a lot. you have to play a lot. antoinette: but to your odds really increase the more you play? doug: i would think they would. i would think. i don't know. somebody tweet us. antoinette: it's a new game every time. we can go on and on. doug: a potential landmark court ruling on cell phones and
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could limit your access to g.p.s. also, a new look at the shooting of an unarmed man in san diego, california. what his family is now saying about the incident and why the videos released is leaving more questions unanswered. doug: still dark a thousand feet up there in worcester. rain in the area. but for how long? mike wankum is keeping a track on this wet wea [ clock ticking ] time. you only have so much. that's why we wanna make sure
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looks like i'm good all night! ah! david, please, listen. still not coughing. not fair you guys! waffles are my favorite! ah! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. the outside corporate interests bankrolling question two are trying to deceive you. here's the truth: every time a new charter school opens, it drains money from the existing public schools. that's 400 million just last year - which means real cuts to our kids - in arts, technology, ap classes, pre-school, bus service and more. that's why question two's opposed by the massachusetts pta and school committees all across the state.
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