the driver was taken out of the car on a stretcher and the accident has been cleared. traffic is still backed up in that area. ed: dash. >> ben: two people have been taken into custody. heather: they were arrested in virginia and the pair will be brought back to massachusetts later this week. julie mcdonald is live in orange. julie, i understand they did not know the victim? they did not know them, but the suspects were arrested days before that crime in this same neighborhood. it was actually one week ago, monday evening, that they were arrested for auto -- auto theft. 234 the days after they released he was killed and his wife badly hut. the arrest of two suspects in connection with a vie -- violent and deadly home invasion is easing fears in the small community of orange.

pain of a family as they plan a funeral. >> it is a shame it went down like it did. he would have given them the car or any money if they just asked. it wasn't like that. reporter: police in virginia arrested 23-year-old joshua hart and 27-year-old britney smith in a wal-mart parking lot on saturday morning. the warrant coming from state police. they believe they killed hardy and severely hurt his wife, joanne gnaw fisher and then took off i corolla. >> the family is happy to see the arrest made. >> investigators have not released a motive for what may have lead hart and smith to this couple's home. as the family waits for answers they are saying thank you. >> the district attorney's office, state police and the orange police department and the virginia police did a great job throughout the whole

reporter: joshua hart and britney smith are scheduled for arraignment. they could be back as early as thursday. julie mcdonald, wcvb newscenter 5. >> ben: monday afternoon and a spectacular day if you had the day off. a lot of people did. it is columbus day. you are looking at 25 miles of visibility? harvey: i think i saw the north pole. >> ben: let's not talk about winter yet. harvey: we have to talk about a chill. right now for tonight the issue is the cold. especially you if you have plants outside. that's not a good place to leave them unless you are on the immediate shoreline where we may avoid the frost or freeze. frost advisory for much of the area and a freeze watch. this is only because it has occurred there. it will be mighty chilly for that too. it is beautiful.

spots. we have the gusty understand with, but we are starting to lose them ever so slowly. with the skies completely clear it will drop to 30 and that's why we have the freeze watch and the fog advisory. and if you are headed to fenway, definitely bring a coat for tonight. heather? heather: to the push for the pennant, sky 5 over park. it is do or die for the red sox. boston needs to beat cleveland. >> ben: that's right, win or the season is over. lynchy what are the keys to the game? reporter: the keys to the game , score more runs than the indians. it is as simple as that. they were unable to crack the pitching staff and tonight it

buchholz. all eyes at fenway park will be locked on as we were when we emerged about 3:30 this afternoon. he went across to their dug out and reuh -- reacquainted himself. big papi and eight other bats seemed to come alive tonight. if the red sox four tomorrow afternoon. >> i think we had a day to reflect what took place in cleveland. i don't think we played to our capabilities, particularly game two. if there is a chance to press the reset button that would be the workout day here when we returned and then the pre game prep we went through yesterday. reporter: if the red sox extend the series to tomorrow

start. if you haven't left bundle up. the temperature is very, very cold. it feels like midwinter. see you out seed the ballpark and first pitch at 6 oosm 08. 6:08. >> ben: trump and clinton are back on the cam -- campaign trail. now sean joins us. reporter: trump tried to regain footing and his own party leaders refusing to defend their >> without consent? >> i didn't say that. i don't think you understood. reporter: this hours after the most vicious debate in history and clinton slams back. >> grab her by the [bleep]. >> when you are a star they let you do anything. reporter: trump apologized and republicans a pulling their support for the nominee.

now he will look at his party's hold on congress. trump said he should spend more time on i illegal i'm -- immigration and spend less time fighting. trump hitting clinton on deleted e-mails, paid speeches to wall street and obamacare. >> she has hatred in h heart. she wants to divide america and i want to bring us together as one people. reporter: clinton capitalizing on that in fighting in the gop. >> what's exciting to me is we are getting more and more support not just from democrats, but from independents and republicans. >> speaker ryan all but conceding the election to

work to make sure ryan doesn't get a bleang check with a democratically-controlled congress. heather:huge flames coming from this apartment complex. there are no reports of injuries here. it comes as the red cross is helping people find a temporary shelter. boston police are continuing to search for suspects in connection with a s weekend. the victim is a 9-year-old girl. diane is live in roxbury for us. reporter: there is a party taking place in a parking lot nearby when this shooting unfolded tonight police are reviewing surveillance video searching for clues. from time to time you will find her sweeping this part of the sidewalk trying to keep the area clean.

like to lose a kid then you will understand. reporter: she found her son shot and killed and a makeshift memorial is there in his memory. >> it took me back to december 18th where i saw my son out here covered up. it is nerve wracking. it is like how much can you bear? reporter: a flood of emotions came back after she learned a 9-year-old girl was shot at the playground not far from where her son died. >> there are too many shootings. it i >> it happened off uh nuns yaition -- annunciation road. the little girl was not the intended target. >> it is sad because that could be my kid. >> even though boston police headquarters is a couple hundred yards away there the scene, neighbors say it doesn't peak them feel safer. >> more patrol. foot paw troll, car patrol, we need all of that. it is dangerous out here.

raise your kids in. reporter: police say the child suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. wcvb newscenter 5. >> ben: gas prices are continuing to go up. it has risen 4 cents at $2.29 a gallon. the increase is being blamed on the rise and cost of crude oil. gas prices have gone up 13 cents. it is a nice day for a drive home because it is for a lot of people. you can see on the pike traffic is moving smoothly in both directions. a lot of the green on the maps as you head down toward the split. look at that just 20 minutes. there's the pike. 128 and a little slow through the work zone. there is a problem on the pike inbound because of the

you can see a long delay there. you can see out to 495 it is just 16 minutes and 495. seven minutes from the pike to 290. that's your monday night first alert traffic. helt het -- heather:a man breaking a record for the biggest pumpkin. look at that thing. 2,200 pounds that pumpkin is. while it took first place warren, rhode island. the man to his right is his son, ron. he won last year with a pumpkin that weighed exactly one ton. he was the first farm neither history to grow a pumpkin that big. ed: . >> ben: he beat his own son. still to come, haiti is continuing to recover from the devastation brought by

heather: one of the relief efforts in massachusetts and how you can help. >> ben: matthew still affect -- affecting the carolinas. heather:sam supg is -- sam puck

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billion. >> ben: the death toll is rising in haiti. rhondella richardson takes us to a local missionary in massachusetts trying to off relief. reporter: in haiti the death toll surpassed 900. with 7 to -- 1700 children and hatians on staff they their 26-year-old to help. through face time and facebook they are posting photos at the two orphanages. >> there are areas they have not heard from and only accessible by phone. >> some had severe house damage. reporter: what should people do? >> donate money. i know it sounds crass, but look for organizations that have a long-term presence on

>> they were reporting entire villages wiped off the map and a $120 million emergency campaign. craft is the best disaster reliefs and better than wood. >> we have one of our smaller trucks right now that is loaded up with some wood and this is our normal supply house here. >> if we are going to buy food products or construction project wheeze will buy people. when the ship loads of donated items come to the country it underminds the hatian economy. >> they fear the help will slow down and the need will not go away wcvb newscenter 5. >> the storm's deaf station

will last a longtime. many roads were washed out. this is north carolina including this one where a pick up driver needed to be rescued as he plunged off a street that was torn up. one of the largest rivers is expected to crest tonight and may make the flooding worse. i was in north carolina this weekend, but farther to the west. the effects were still even at hundreds of miles away. >> north carolina. the rain and the wind and the storm surge. and we had meaningful rain. in many ways matthew was beneficial to us. it did enhance the rain we otherwise would have gotten. taunton two inches and glaiser two -- glusser two inches. then we had these wind gusts and nantucket 58 miles an hour.

there were reports of wind damage in the idea of tree limbs and trees coming down. we would have had some rain and wind and even though matthew was hundreds of miles south it did enhance what happened here. in the wake of that and everything else it has been so clear and dry today. still gusty winds. down to 53 and that's a thousand feet up. here is an idea we will you. that is going to be dying down. with the clear skies and the very dry air and the light winds that will be around it allows us to get cool. mount washington is 23. it was sleeting on top of mount washington. remember it was getting chillier here and not cold enough for that. for the red sox starting in less than an hour, 55 degrees

but still a twenty mile per hour wind making it feel chillier. the temperature could drop into the upper 40s by rt start of the game. many 30s overnight. chilly enough for freeze watches except the immediate shoreline and the cape and islands. protect the plants. then a nice bounce back after the chilly start. sea breezes for into the 60s and the high pressure will be in firm control so expect a lot of sunshine. it will be a nice day around here. the next change will be a cold front that will approach on thursday. we'll get some increasing clouds. there may be a shower or two, but everything indicates it will weaken as it moves east.

we'll talk more about that in the next half hour. right now a 60 mile per hour tropical storm. here is how we look. check it out. the one front that will come through happening later thursday, thursday night or friday and that's our chance of a shower or two. it looks like that will move through and clear up by the time the weekend gets here. so far next weekend or this weekend is looking good. fingers crossed. that's how it is shaping up. >> ben: thank you. the worst of matthew is now over, but millions are still in danger. heather:that's because of the storm impact's health concern. jennifer spanos takes a closer look. >> flooded streets and downed power lines. the evidence is clear to say, but even though the worst of the weather may have passed,

the american red cross offers tips on how to stay safe now that the eye has passed. keep family and friends in the loop and let them know you are safe. if phone service is limited remember you can use social meed yea to send out a message you are okay. if you clear debris bear protective clothing and gloves to avoid injury. and las getting ill from food and water. this is cleaning out your frige if the pow wr went out making sure to stay away from food that is unrefrige rated. check out www. red cross .org. simple steps to keep you safe from the storm even after the sun has come out. >> ben: fact or fiction when it comes to breast cancer. heather:a lot of questions.

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evidence that suggests surgical removal or exposing a tumor to air can cause the cancer to spread to other parts of the body. >> patients under going radiation are not more susceptible to sunburn. a healthy diet could prevent breast cancer. studies show the yellow spice may have an anti-inflammatory effect for overall it can block the tumor growth. most studies are done with garlic supplements. heather: i love garlic, but it doesn't love me. coming up next, is two popular ice creams being recalled. >> ben: and this is not

seeing yet. but they are already churning it out. >> despite the rain yesterday, the drought persists. it is wreaking havoc on the cranberry harvest. what it means for the

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from boston's news leader this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> ben: breaking news at 5:30. a wrong way driver being blamed for a eastbound side of the highway. this is newton corner and the driver was taken away on a stretcher and traffic is backed up big time as you head into the city. heather:donald trump and hillary clinton are back on the campaign trail. clinton has an 11-point lead nationally today. was taken after the news leaked on friday. >> ben: tonight could be david

the sox need three straight wins or their season is over. heather: i don't want it to end. lynchy says it feels like wint ear out thering harv. harvey: it is breezy and the temperatures are in the 50s and it feels chully yes, -- feels chillier. we still have wind gusts and with each passing our -- hour it will ease a little bit. it could be down by the end of the game. that's close to in boston you can see it is in the 40s. with clear skies and once the winds diminish the out lying areas are chillier. we have freeze watches and frost advisories everywhere except the immediate shoreline. you want to protect your plants. some will get down to the 30s