to prepare for a direct hit. >> as hurricane matthew churns toward florida supplies already running low. store shelves bear. >> here, plywood ran out so any protection will do. >> i have seen what storms can do and it's not a pretty thing. >> gassing up. >> these lines have been around the block for two days. >> we've been pumpingro worst. many thinking back to the devastating impact of francis and jeanne. >> we know what mother nature can do. you can't ever be fully prepared, if she wants to give you her worst, hang on. >> the category three hurricane has already killed 17 people and is expected to strengthen as it moves towards florida. the governor warning of potentially deadly storm surge, rip currents, and tornados. >> if matthew directly impacts

will be massive destruction that we haven't seen in years. i can't emphasize this enough that everyone in our state must prepare now for a direct hit. >> today schools are closing and nearly 100 shelters are opening up all across the state. power crews as well as national guard are on standby. >> we're live in vero beach, florida. >> we want to remind you, you can track hurricane matthew in real-time 24/7 on our wcvb mobile app. >> two men police say are responsible for a shoot-out face add judge. eric and luis set up a meeting to sell illegal guns to undercover police yesterday but the bear allegedly tried to rob the officers, even pointing a gun at one of their heads. they were wearing those coveralls across their body because their clothes have been confiscated for evidence. somehow no one was hit. a lawyer for one of the defendants claims it's all a

>> at this point he's pled not guilty. he's upset that he's been arrested. >> the judge said both men should be held on half a million bail. >> two more workers were pushed out. jared valanzola was fired and his cousin resigned. >> today's moves just the latest in a string of problems, many after coming we started investigating. mike is live fours right now. mike? >> governor baker says more shake-ups are on the way in the coming days if not sooner. it's clear he wants to put these

of their political party. they were chosen because of their skill sets and their abilities. >> governor baker forced to answer more questions about republicans hired in his administration. >> do you need to do a top to bottom review to make sure people in their positions are qualified? >> i don't want to paint a brush. a lot of people who are there do. i'll say this. anybody who engages in any of the kinds of activity that have been associated with either stuff that's been reported on with respect to the misuse of state property and all the rest, we'll deal with that. >> it comes after an embarrassing string of scandals in the executive office of energy and environmental affairs including the department of conservation and recreation. deputy dcr commissioner resigned on friday after video surfaced of him using lights and sirens on his suv to get through boston traffic. weeks earlier they suspended his

using state funds for a private july 3 party. another dcr manager and friend of the ousted commissioner resigned but no reason was given. >> the administration had planned to promote scott conway, who has worked for a long list of republicans, to run parks operations but the move was scrapped. >> was he being put in a job he wasn't qualified for because of his connection to you? >> no, i'm a fan. is he here? scott, do you want to come out and take a run at him? >> conway, by the way, was on the invite list for that infamous dcr party. the baker administration also announcing it's taking away about two dozen state home cars for vehicles including employees who had cars equipped with lights and sirens. live at the statehouse, 5 investigates. >> these days clowns are no laughing matter.

sightings have gone vire and even though the threat is unfounded the fear from any school kids is very real. new at 6:00, live. >> just when we were setting up preparing for the show a dad pulled up next to us, could you please tell my kids there are no killer clowns on the loose. local police departments are really trying to control and prevent it here. >> lots of people are scared about what happens i up around here. >> a terrifying trend that seemed to be states away is unfortunately circulating closer to home. frightening rumors of clown sightings in north hanover and norwood just this week alone. >> clowns are scary as heck. >> that's all anyone has been talking about in elementary schools and middle schools. it's scaring everyone. >> school officials are urging parents to reassure students and monitor their activity online.

>> we want to be proactive about this. if you let it fester, it gains aster of its own. >> panic will get you into trouble. >> police in hanson posted this message asking people in their communities that if they see something, say something. >> chief benton acknowledged many of the rumors do appear to be hoaxes, but he said they are investigating all posts and taking the threat seriously. >> in this day and age of social media, we're dealing wh we probably never thought we would deal with. >> everyone takes a live of its own and that's the problem. >> as much as local towns are trying to downplay then fr fren they are taking every threat seriously. if you see something on social media, you're asked to reach out to police.

wcvb, newscenter 5. >> about 50% of people who have this type of an nix die within minutes. >> he's one of the lucky ones. he survived. his amazing progress so far and what he wants to tell all of you tonight. >> it was a close call for a little boy, as a car smashed right into his bedroom. >> obviously, serious potential danger for the florida coast and the southeast coast of the usa whole different ball game up here. what it all means for our holiday weekend. >> look at this. the p strange number for the -- wait a

>> five people were hurt after a car slammed into a home. the impact, turning a child's bedroom upside-down. it happened an north shore road. the child was not hurt nor was in iran side the driver and four passengers

police say this particular corner is prone to accidents. >> a bicyclist is dead after colliding with an 18-wheeler. it happened just after 8:00 this morning. that bike was crushed beneath the truck's cab. >> the driver stayed at the scene. the victim has not been identified. >> new at 6:00, former new england patriots star hernandez returns to the courtroom for a status hearing in his double murder case. prosecutors and defense attorneys playing the groundwork for the upcoming trial. he's accused of gunning down two he's already serving a live time from 2013. an update on the situation surrounding gloucester police chief. >> five investigates has learned that he's resigning from the force. earlier this week gloucester began steps to fire him after an investigation into allegations from two women, with whom he had relationships. we're told his resignation will be formally announced tomorrow. he gained national attention in

get treatment. >> bob halloran, many of you have inquired, tonight he's talking about his recent health battle. >> his recovery from a brain

>> it sounds cliche, but he's lucky to be alive.

aneurysm. how it happened and how he bounced back will amaze me. >> we spent time with him. take a look. >> bob invited us into his home to talk about his recovery and most of all to thank all of you for helping to pull him through. >> the eagles are 4-7 and rii rg a three-game losing streak. >> he's gifted us with his wit, charm and unique style of sports reporting. >> let's take some calls. >> but on july 28, reporting on training camp at gillette stadium was not going as planned. a fierce headache sidelined bob, but like a pro, he finished the story, called the doctor and made an appointment. that's when everything went black. i crashed the call. >> i wake up 10 or 15 minutes later, car was in the trees. there were two or three people surrounding me with ice cold

>> bob has no idea who those people are but what he does know is that they helped save his life that day. >> many people were able to react and get me to the hospital on time and when milton hospital called beth israel and said we're going to send you a guy that they had a team waiting for me -- >> that team worked miracles on the spot. >> but he had a unique problem which is called a pseudo-aneurysm and the reason it's called that is it's caused by a small tear >> i really didn't know what an aneurysm was. 50% of people with this type of aneurysm die within minutes. >> it seemed sudden but that's the scary thing with aneurysms. it wasn't. it actually started with a bob birthday ritual that involved pushups. >> that's right. pushups. >> every year on my birthday i try to do the same number of pushups as the age, in years, that i am, so this time i turned 53 so i had to do 53 pushups and

18 years old i couldn't do 63. >> so i felt great i was able to do that but during it i felt a little pop behind my left eye. i looked to see if my hair was still in place -- no, i looked in the mirror to see if i had popped a blood vessel and didn't. the next day i started getting a little bit of pain behind my left eye. >> that pain was the aneurysm. on the practice field when the patriots is when he went down. >> the way i put tt think he got the dissection when he was doing the pushups because that's something that's known to happen with exertion and then it ruptured several days later. >> they inserted a drain in bob's head to relief the pressure, put a stint in the damaged artery. >> bob is lucky and he knows i the doctors and nurses have really made all the difference and so has his own family, his channel 5 family, and you, the viewer. >> when you start scrolling through, and each comment is

electric shock of, somebody likes me. somebody was nice. somebody was sweet wonderful. an each one of those gives you just a little bit more energy, than when there are 837, when it's all said and done you're like ready to go. >> bob can't wait to get back to work. >> it doesn't matter if it's going to a game or whatever happens, just doing what i do, and i do enjoy doing it, and, me or not i enjoy being really good at it. [laughter] >> is that so bob. >> so he had no problem making us laugh, his wife, eileen, three sons and daughter say, that that's helped them get through all of it. sounds great. looks great. there was an issue with his short-term memory, so tonight at 11:00, what his doctor found and

to help try and fix that. he's a lucky man. >> first, he does not look 53. >> and no more pushups on the birthday. >> worry about the hair. >> this was the best thing when i talked to bob yesterday i said to him i can't wait until we argue about sports again. >> he looked at me and gave me a big hug and said i can't wait until we do it again, too. >> and seeing him do so well it's like medicine for all of goodness he's turning out fine. not so fine, though, for the residents on the east coast of florida. very serious situation, potentially and that's due to hurricane matthew. hurricane warnings are flying just north of miami. below that it's tropical storm warnings and in northern florida the watch will likely be converted to a warning with time as it gets closer. it's moving through parts of the bahamas and showing signs of getting stronger. right now it's a category three

for some intensification three is major. category four, look at all the computer models either taking it close to the coast, or somewhere inland in florida, all the way up to about south carolina, then a radical turn east which saves us, that's important, of course, for us locally so that's why the focus will be down in here. the actual track does take it just about to the coastline around central florida, right along northern just offshore of the south carolina and georgia coast before it makes the official -- the right turn that it's going to make which spares the mid atlantic and the northeast so storm surge, it could be anywhere from five to eight feet around cape canaveral. three to six feet or even three to six in jacksonville. the storm surge. the potential if the storm does either come right on to the

west palm. that's 75 in vero. 69 in cocoa beach. 64 in daytona beach. so you get the idea. if the storm were to stay further offshore then it wouldn't be as severe but right now you have to expect either a landfall or on the coastline. based on that track the heavy bands of rain would cut across eastern florida, could give them like four to eight inches of rain. keep the storm further offshore wouldn't be as bad but they rt have to prepare and expect the potential worst. for us, we're going to be enjoying a nice columbus day weekend with colors peaking in northern new england and getting very colorful in central and western new england and there is certainly spots of very nice color even in our local area. 57 degrees with a light easterly wind. calm and tranquil tonight. in the 50 and 60s now. it will drop back to the upper 30s in school spots. upper 40s or so in boston and about three to five degrees tomorrow to what we had today

weather, really nice and it will stay nice right through friday. there is a front that will cross the region saturday night. might have a shower or two saturday afternoon or night, after that, looks beautiful for both sunday and monday. it will be chillier, especially when you get to sunday night and monday night but monday itself looks exquisite and sunday looks like a beautiful day as well. even saturday with some clouds and a few showers, doesn't look lake a washout or close to it. here's mike lynch with sportscenter 5. >> our u.p.s. driver pulled up today to make a delivery. she's a huge patriots fan. bounds out, smiling, brady is back, and that's how it was around the entire region today. josh was on the field for tom brady's return. >> none the worse for wear. that's an unscientific far from the chalk board without x's and

on-field performance in his first practice since august 30. in the 15 minutes we were there we did not see any rust that needed to be knocked off. >> number 12 through deep passes, short outs and moved around in the pocket. >> what he's accomplished here, that guarantees moving forward. >> it doesn't solve all of our issues having him back, we know the focus of the things we' got to do. >> we've got to prepare every single week to the max. just like any other week. tom is back at quarterback. >> if there is anything different today, coach belichick wasn't noticing. he said it's all about tb browns. >> how do you feel about getting tom back? do you feel like you can finally exhale? >> i feel like we need to go out to cleveland and play well in order to win. that's what we're going to try to do.

to do that with tom brady back for the first game that matters since january in denver. at gillette stadium, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> tom brady did not speak to the media. gronk took to the podium. a lot of people drafted gronk on their fantasy teams and so far he only has one catch and he's hearing it from people. >> i can't even go to the fresh store without getting yelled at. >> why did you baby? >> what am goig to say to them? oh, man. i mean, it's real football. that's what i'm only worried about. going throughout and getting the "w." we get the w and i have no catches, i'm satisfied, man. >> real football or fantasy football. sox playing real baseball. game one versus the indians tomorrow night.

four starters, rodriguez in game four, buchholz in game three, david price in game two, on friday, and tomorrow night's game number one starter, rick porcello. >> the biggest difference obviously is now you're playing against the best competition, you know, if we win these three games, we go home. it's not like you can't look forward to another road trip to get things rolling, you've got to play your best baseball now. >> bob, it was great to see you. he came into the station yesterday, but we were down at fenway. so he called me. looking forward to your return, he told me he's aiming for october 26, which is game two of the world series. >> can you go to cleveland? i mean, this weekend, brady will be there.

everybody in the building. >> great to have him back. >> hello, new tonight on newscenter 5 at 7:00, a health scare at a school. the cases of mersa. the steps being taken.

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tonight, the breaking news here. millions of americans now bracing for hurricane matthew. what could be a direct hit. hundreds of thousands already racing to get out. the mandatory evacuations at this hour. the deadly storm steam romming through the caribbean, the u.s. coastline next. the new track right here tonight. and is it possible this hurricane could circle around and hit twice? also tonight, the scare onboard a passenger jet. the owner who says his smartphone was burning, smoke in the cabin. this had been the fear all along. donald trump and his new attack late today, using bill clinton's own words, as hillary clinton now prepares for their second showdown. american secrets stolen? authorities say the government contractor and the top secret