crash, with the pilot, that led to it being intentional -- windows are open. there is no indication of the motive. todd: the instructor is that a burn unit in bridgeport. the active wreckage still on the ground, expected to be taken to delaware later today. heather: a offender is being held without bail, charged with a home invasion and assault in the south end. reid lamberty is live in boston with the new details learned in court today. reid? reid: police tracked down the suspected rapist within hours of the attack after finding a prescription drug bottle with his name on it at the crime scene. he hid interface -- he hid his face from our cameras in court.

entered the apartment through a window, bound 2 women by their hands and feet, and told her if you scream, i will kill you, "i hate chinese people." police immediately questioned those that lived in the same building. >> they ask if i heard any loud noises around 3:00 in the morning. i did not hear any screaming or any other disturbances. a registered level three sex offender convicted of aggravated rape in 1995. jesus held without bail -- he is held without bail. ed: turning to commitment 2016, both candidates playing key battleground states. jc monahan is tracking the talk on the trail.

dealing with fallout between leaked e-mails. donald trump back on the attack against members of his own party. mr. trump: instead of calling me and saying, congratulations, you did a great job. you absolutely destroyed her in the debate. wouldn't you think that paul ryan would call and say, good going? jc: donald trump railed against house speaker paul ryan, even accusing h against him. mr. trump: there is a hole in her studio going. jc: he spent most of the rally hitting hillary clinton. the state department under scrutiny for poorly giving preferential treatment to clinton foundation donors after the 2010 80 earthquake. -- 2010 haiti earthquake. the clinton campaign also

preferential treatment in the e-mail to replace that information that was already available to the public. clinton's campaign chair, who was the hacking victim, is alleging the trump campaign coordinated with wikileaks and russian hackers. >> he had advanced warning. jc: hillary clinton is working to shake off the attacks with the democratic united front. the stopn capitalize on gop divisions in the wake of trump's crude 2005 comments about women. clinton is putting rusher on republican candidates to clarify they are either with trump or against him. as for the latest wikileaks e-mail hack, the fbi is investigating. the next presidential debate is one week from tonight. heather: residents in florida now have more time to register to vote in the november election.

disruptions and damage from hurricane matthew. the potential repeal of the state's transgender rights lobby on the ballot. opponents have allowed enough signatures. the law recently took effect and allows transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. we are committed to bringing you extensive coverage of all the issues and candidates in the every single day on-air, on our wcvb mobile app. right now you can see where the candidates stand issue by issue. just click "politics." ed: on radar we are keeping a close eye on nicole. a category 2 itf it does? >> there is room for slight intensification. category three begins at 111

strength. looking to the north at 10 miles per hour. the outer band already affecting bermuda. this track takes it over the top of bermuda. if it were to jump to the west, it would be a worse case scenario for the island. factor in the speed along with sustained winds. here are the winds forecasted overnight, already getting into tropical storm force rating. that red bullseye, those are the hurricane force winds. those will last for about 12 hours. then the storm lives out of bermuda. closer to home we have a system that will supply is with scattered showers and mild temperatures. ed: a new twist in the own the break prep school scandal. his lawyers will seek a new

luring girls to be encountered. his lawyers say he used an internal campus intranet and not internet, which they says is not captured -- which they say is not covered by new hampshire law. heather: another legal setback for bill cosby. he lost his latest effort to have criminal sex assault charges tossed in pennsylvania. the comedian's attorneys claim onstand should have testified at a preliminary trial. state law lets prosecutors use hearsay testimony from police at those hearings. cosby is scheduled to go on trial in june that he drugged and assaulted her in 2004. new suspects in the home murder in orange appeared in a virginia courtroom on fugitives of justice charges. joshua hart and britney smith of

they are expected to arrive back in massachusetts tonight and in court friday. ed: congressman gabby giffords brought her bus tour to portsmouth, nature, and portland, maine, for what she calls "common sense changes to gun laws." she was shot eddie -- shot at a constituent event. >> now is the time to come together. be responsible. democrats, republicans -- everyone. >> i will tell you in states, then there are multiple states that have passed universal background checks. they have seen a drastic decrease in domestic violence. ed: the appearance was part of her 40 today, 14 state national

kindness in swampscott. a police officer going beyond the line of duty to help a family down on their luck. antoinette: this is the view allen and john newton have been waking up to, but it's not by choice. past two months since losing housing, they've been living out of their minivan with their youngest daughter. ooff parking on and when it: but on a certain swampscott officer. just the opposite actually. >> the asked my wife if she was ok. he gave her $20 and a business card. and when it-- >> gave us blankets because it was really cold that night. >> sergeant tim cassidy declined an interview.

more times with food and supplies. and again with a $100 gift card from the police department. >> he did not have to. he went so beyond. >> the newtons sharing the story to express gratitude to police officers and to show everyone an act of kindness can go a long way. >> he is an awesome guy. i can't say thank you enough. >> want any recognition. he tells me he did it because he was genuinely sad for the family and hopes they find family soon. wcvb newscenter 5. heather: nice to see some good deeds from police being recognized. ed: and humbly, too. heather: may have noticed prescription costs are on the rise. ed: but it is not just taking a hit on your wallet. hospitals also feeling the effect.

survivors. the grants that allow researchers to improve coverage. >> upper 60's on the coastline. another mild one tomorrow, but an entirely different feel. a lot of clouds and showers. i will time them out coming up. heather: we are staying on top of the breaking news -- a plane crash in hartford ruled intentional i the ntsb. officials telling the a.p. it appears to be a suicide and not

ed: just past 4:43 -- taking a look at traffic, i think if you went to catholic school, they would tell you that is --traffic school, they will tell you that isyucky. going around the pike digging 14 minutes. wellesley is slow -- going from the tools to 495, the 45 minutes. pike to 290 might not be too bad, a seven minute ride. 25-26 minutes past exit route three. going through town right now is not too good.

hurricane matthew may have cost as much as $10 million in damage. that is in the u.s. alone. that monster storm damaged more than one million structures in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. it. is this is to close and put people temporarily out of work. insurance companies may be liable up to $6 billion of that image. ed: spectacular outside. heather: ed: the most number of deaths in the united states from matthew has been in north carolina. the storm was much more powerful over florida. it just gives you an idea of the power of flooding rains. from the storm surge -- i heard today some of the saying that the hurricane is not over in north carolina. those rivers will be cresting through friday, saturday.

here. almost guilty to say that. a few left this morning. if you saw the sunrise, it was very nice outside. taking a wider look, we season rain showers. this is in the week when most of us are in the workplace or coming home. we do need the rain. the bad that once this gets here, it will not supply us with a whole lot of rain. out ahead of it, a lot of mild air. there is another batch of high-pressure kind this system. here is the transition -- 70's tenure 80 degrees in cincinnati. once the front has a chance to come through, we will notice things start to turn whole lot

following the cold front passage. 68 in nashua. jeffrey about 66. 61 in boston. down to the south, onshore winds . that is true for boston itself, but relegated to near 60 degrees with wind coming off the cooler waters. a gentle wind out of the south. that will keep temperatures at bay. not as cool as last night, which ceai last night before. we are trending upward. note with the south wind coming over the relatively cool land, we will see additional clouds and patchy fog developed towards morning thursday. that make shakeout to be a grizzly start for the morning commute tomorrow. keep that in mind kiddos at the bus stop. take it slow around the corners.

after a murky start, we will see patchwork sunshine. let's take you through it. you are looking at the early morning hours. milder air, a lot of clouds and pockets of drizzle. most of the showers dry up before they get into boston. that is not good news from a drought standpoint. breaks midday. look at the showers as they fizzle out moving towards boston tomorrow evening. does not look like we will see more than 1/10 of an inch of rain. on your seven-day forecast, morning fog tomorrow, then late showers. intermittent sunshine coast the clouds late in the day. --sunshine pokes through the

nearing 70 degrees early next week. ed: in your health, prescription drugs are getting pricier. not just pricier for you. the american hospital association says hospital spending went up more than 30% between 2013 and 2015. vacuum warns many hospitals -- that group once many hospitals cannot afford stocking drugs. patients may end up worse off because they cannot pay for life-savin develop breast cancer in their lifetime. many survivors like denise of austin, texas choose breast reconstruction surgery as part of the recovery. after having her mastectomy, doctors took skin and fat from her stomach to reconstruct her breasts. cancer researchers at the

grant to ultimately help someone you love. >> there has been more attention on the breast cancer detection end than the overtime survivorship issues and quality of life consideration. >> is important for women diagnosed to understand that is part of it. heather: 11 at five years this team will create a searchable database of the outcomes of past patients, plus personalized all very important. time may be running out if you have not thinking about holiday travel plans. ed: seriously? why experts say you should be booking flights immediately. a warning for toyota previous owners. the models being recalled for a potentially deadly defect.

police pursuit. the new study that questions the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. >> the rains have done little to ease the drought. now there is concerns of a massive wildlife die off. 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 - according to the state's own data. 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

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previous on models between august 2015 and october 2016 can disengage unexpectedly, causing the brakes to stop working. if the car is left in any other gear other than park, it could roll away. toyota is in this getting reports of crashes. ed: if you want to save money for the holidays, you have to book your flight now. numbers and found the best time to buy plane tickets for the christmas break is this week. they are usually the cheapest 80 days ahead of the trip. but you can wait longer for thanksgiving. just like those before the end of the month. we just want through columbus day. heather: but i booked my son's christmas trip home.

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ed: from football -- he played here briefly -- and now baseball -- and now miracle worker? heather: tim tebow. but it's what he did off the field. >> is tim tebow to the rescue. the heisman trophy winner turned minor-leaguer was a signing autographs after a game when a man in a crowd collapsed, appearing to suffer a seizure. >> he was convulsing and foaming out of the mouth. it was such a scary sight to behold. the crowd immediately was in

minutes before paramedics arrived. this is not the first time tim tebow made headlines has helped his fellow man. in june when a passenger on a plane had a heart attack, tim tebow comfort those around him with prayer. today he is very grateful number 50 was there. >> i would say thank you very much and think you'll for praying with me. >> for te days work. tim: in those moments for me, nothing else matters. that young man is what matters. heather: you can say different things about him, but you can't tarnish that. ed: -- a man. a.j.: breaking news -- this fiery plane crash intentional. we are learning about the

charged in a violent home invasion. the key clue that left a to an arrest. a.j.: timing out the showers and the weekend. jc: family that says bruce springsteen's music helped them survive. >> from boston's news leader this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:00. jc: dangerous level three sex offender a violent home invasion and rape in the south end. ed: why police targeted his victims and the key clues to his arrest. reid lamberty is in the south end live. reid: that clue was left behind by the rapist himself, a prescription bottle with his name on it. that after he took steps to cover his tracks, including taking a shower after the alleged rape.