a library and called police. officers ushered him out and gave him a summons for violating a city ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from entering libraries, schools, and day care centers without prior permission. later that day, he showed up at a homeless shelter. he was ordered to leave and issued a trespass warning. >> i have to pick my neighbors kids up because no one wants to let their kids while come. >> despite the visit to official residents. it's a tightknit neighborhood of young families, posters hanging on telephone poles warning residents about the level three sex offender in their mid-. -- in their midst. he was just released after 30 years of incarceration or kidnapping and raping several young boys in the 80's, driving them around in this car.

through the front window of his home. >> nobody wants him here but to vandalize a house is not the right thing to do. todd: he was originally sentenced to 190 years in prison, but that was reduced on appeal, and served 30. according to the probation department, the only condition of his release is to have no contact with his victims, and they say use currently compliant with that condition. todd kazakeiwich, wcvb newscenter 5. four weeks away from election day. ed: hillary clinton campaigning with al gore as the republican party or gets chillier by the minute. -- another trump twitter tirade, this time targeting the most powerful republican in

campaign for the gop nominee after his lewd comments about women came to life. >> we are going to smash the washington establishment. >> trump tweeted "our weekend ineffective leader had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty." he went on to tweet "it is nice the shackles have been taken off me and i can fight for america the way i want to." a new poll shows clinton leading trump nationally by nine points. she was >> i am running against a guy who denies science, denies climate change, says that they were created by the chinese. >> the former vp reminding voters of the close election he lost in 2000. >> if you are on the fence about whether to vote, remember what is at stake in this election. if you think your vote doesn't matter, take it from me, your

house speaker paul ryan responded to the tweet storm by saying he will now focus on defeating democrats in congress. he advised of the republicans to do the same. ed: as part of our commitment 2016 coverage, we want to keep a close eye on the seven battleground states that could help decide the election. newscenter 5's maria stephanos is tracking the latest polls. maria we are, ed. : and we are using the percentages provided by real clear politics an average of ve state and we should point out this latest round wrapped up before sunday night's debate. let's begin in florida, with 29 electoral votes up for grabs -- hillary clinton's advantage under three points. to iowa now, six electoral votes on the line, donald trump holds a nearly four-point lead. just north of the border in new hampshire, four electoral votes

checking on nevada and its six electoral votes, hillary clinton's advantage under two points there. north carolina, 15 electoral votes, hillary clinton holding a small lead there. ohio has 18 electoral votes, still a very tight race there, hillary clinton with only a half-point advantage. and we end in pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes, hillary clinton building a nearly nine again, this all done before the debate. jc: a conservative christian organization files a federal lawsuit, challenging a new massachusetts law that prohibits discrimination against transgender people in public restrooms. alliance defending freedom is representing four churches in massachusetts that want to protect their right to operate their facilities in a manner that doesn't violate their core

two weeks ago in the wake of the scandal has been arrested again. he was in court facing charges of possession with intent to distribute heroin. on sunday he was found passed out in his car with acts of drugs. he was recently in jail for the same charges, but it was dropped because the evidence was compromised. a recent audit found drugs, cash, and today he was released on $500 bail. jc: hurricane matthew devastated haiti, killing more than 900 people. and now lack of clean water is accelerating a cholera epidemic. rhondella richardson talked with a woman who was trying desperately to get in touch with residents only to be met with gutwrenching news. randy: in a home just like this, a worcester woman's six relatives lived and died.

through the house and see how they are doing. so when they get there, everyone was dead. two of them, they were found not close to the house. maybe the water pulled them apart. the other three were in the house i don't know if you have ever been camping -- it's like would. i called them little cages. have for pat. rhondella: the category four storm hit a week ago. the bodies are still on the ground in that house. >> it's horrible, it's just bad. it's just bad. rhondella: in 2010 when the earthquake hit, she lost 13 blood relatives. with no money and no choice, everyone went into a mass grave. this time she is hoping for a proper burial

need of clothes. rhondella: social media is now her lifeline. hades disparate situation is a seemingly insurmountable crisis. >> one person in america is the only support you may have. i have to stay strong. the whole night last night i did not sleep. rhondella: rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: m.ed. police say cost a scare at a government bung police say he left a car on a misstep of the building and was later arrested for causing a disturbance. a judge ordered him to undergo a competency evaluation. jc: court documents say the man accused of killing teenagers in vermont suffers from ptsd. the information comes from a

previously arrested him for domestic violence. the documents also show he had been to the emergency room three times the day of the crash, in the hospital called for a mental health specialist. ed: the elderly man who crashed after driving the wrong way on the mass pike yesterday will be cited for negligent operation of a motor vehicle and wrong way operation. the 80-year-old from westwood was taken to st. elizabeth's hospital after the cadillac he was driving struck a median barrier near exit 17 in newton. he was not seriously injured. what's good for the goose is not good for humans. combating a foul problem. jc: quit clowning around. the special message from police. aj: and weather continues across

for scattered showers. when they arrived, coming up. ed: and john farrell stepped away from the microphone, why he didn't know what his fate was.

ed: boston city council spent a lot of time talking about that, goose excrement. as the number of canada greece goes -- jc: shaun chaiyabhat is live

nearly $250 million to maintain the landmark parks, so it's a real problem what certain guest are leaving behind. it's a foul problem. any day any park, you see it, smell it, but often you step in it. >> you cannot take a step in the backbay fens without taking a step in goose poop. shaun: in boston, plenty of parks means plenty of food for the growing canada goose population. a decade ago, experts counted nearly 8,000 within route 128. and each goose leaves behind three poundswa >> the area is like a perfect storm for canada geese. we have waterways and we have people feeding them everyday. shaun: the problem is moving them along humanely. they are a protected species. no local natural predator and no hunting in boston. >> there's isn't a one sized fits all. there isn't one answer for every single park in the city of boston. it's a combination of efforts. shaun: city leaders now weighing

border collies to chase them away. experts say the best option may be more signs telling people to stop feeding. >> there are signs all over the place, but people don't care about the signs. they need to be enforced. >> first and foremost we need educate the public that feeding waterfowl and canada geese is not something that is good for the city and the parks, and its not good for the geese either. at adding fines to the anti-feeding ordinances, something other local cities already have. live in boston, shaun chaiyabhat, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: just need to take my border collies out there. [laughter] jc: don't be frightened if you look at the water.

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go to register to vote m-a dot com. it's that easy. woman 2: done. i just registered. man: that was easy. galvin: register by october 19th. jc: there is a new public art installation set up in boston, take a look at this. the floating orange people are called sos the safety orange swimmers. it's set up in fort point channel and will be there into november. the art is designed to bring awareness to the global refugee crisis, the orange is the same color as life vests. dartmouth police weighing in on

behavior, they released a tongue-in-cheek public service announcement >> you the clown scaring those kids back there? >> what he did it do about it? -- what are you going to do about it? >> tough guy? ?

ed: and had me going there for a at the end, police warned, if second. you act like a clown, they have no problem treating you like one. jc: very clever. teenagers are really afraid of them. ed: it's almost unexplainable. almost like the weather. aj: yeah, although i will do my best to explain what happened this morning and was going to happen tonight. right now skies, just like we had yesterday, and we have cold temperatures just like we had yesterday. the difference will be the cloud cover off to the west, which pushes in our direction a kind of blanket and we will not be as cold as we were last night. we do have chilly air into north dakota where we have had some snow and this is the next weather maker in terms of precipitation and what follows

sunset is at 6:08, ready out there. sin clouds on the horizon, 56 degrees and falling pretty quickly. wind out of the east-southeast, very comfortable, with the falling barometer and a weak area of low pressure building in. temperatures in the 50's and a couple stray 60's, 67 in bedford , 54 in hyannis temperatures will fall until the clouds have a chance to come in toward midnight and then we will see the temperatures hold steady for the rest of the overnight. we will fall back into the 40's, really protected valley location. orange is one of them, norwood at the airport, which is why temperatures may fall back to the 30's as well. high-pressure loses control of

start to shift, which means milder air building in tomorrow and the next weather maker is not on our doorstep until thursday. high temperatures tomorrow were close to where we were today, and we will have onshore wind keeping boston a little cooler with inland locations climbing into the 60's. wednesday morning, there are the clouds -- and the kids will still need a couple spots of drizzle but the main activity will show up later on in the evening, probably only producing a 10th of an inch of rain and that's about it. milder for tomorrow, the best chance for showers after 3:00 or 4:00 on thursday and that's

weekend with more sunshine and finished off with sunshine and then hang onto that whether before clouds thicken and the chance for rain follows on tuesday. >> now here's mike lynch, with sportscenter 5, powered by xfinity. john farrell will return as red sox manager next season. but when farrell held his exit press conference this afternoon he hadn't spoken with management and had not been given any assurances he would be back even though he was under contract for next season. >> again, i appreciate the questions regarding anything that's to be determined. there will be a time to discuss all that. mike: so farrell exits and there is a stairway heading down to the locker room and who is heading up the stairway dave dombrowski, who had some news

>> surprisingly -- i thought you might ask that question -- i just spoke to him when he walked out here and he will be our manager for 2017. he is all set and his whole staff will be invited back and we are anticipating they will be back short of something else happening. but everyone is welcome back -- he did a very fine mike: this is the annual clean out your locker day, saying goodbye until they meet in fort myers. david price -- that name will the tough time on talk shows all winter long and he knows it. >> i have been through seven season so i need to get it off

going to be a topic of conversation. i don't dwell on it. i am ready to be better, to come out here and perform -- you play hard and well and they will love you. if you don't play up to their standard it is a different feeling because the expectations. thursday night in columbus, ohio. what's with ohio all week? pats in cleveland, cleveland at fenway, bruins at columbus, cincinnati at gillette sunday. the bruins a skater that their season opener -- they are well aware of what happened with big papi. >> he has always been a guy that

has been unbelievable to watch him over the past several years, the impact he has had. >> there's no need for him to go to much above his performances and what he meant to -- what he has accomplished and his legacy in boston will go a long way. mike: he is a designated hitter. time now to flashforward. maria new tonight on newscenter : 5 at 7:00 -- new hampshire police officers on the wrong side of the law. and charges he is facing after a crash on 95. then after his twitter storm against the speaker of the

goes back on the campaign stump where this unruly race for president is headed with one month left until election day .and then new at 11:00 --

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ben: we were talking about how cold the weather is. aj: it is warmer out there now than it was 4:00. special interests that oppose question 2 claim district schools lose money to charter schools. that's "absurd," says the boston herald. "outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars"

the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2.

tonight, breaking news. donald trump declares he's no longer shackled, and unleashes on several big names. blasting republican leaders for turning their backs on him. and back together, al gore tonight at hillary clinton's side. also breaking, the deadly plane crash on main street in one american city. emergency crews rushing to the the smartphones igniting, and tonight, samsung now says it will stop mauckiking that phone question. that customers should stop using it. but how can americans be sure the person next to them on the plane and in that subway is listening? the suspect running into traffic on a busy interstate. the officer chasing him and hazering him. and the fbi on the case tonight. the chilling video discovered on youtube. the man, the girl who appears tied up behind the door.