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call. >> that's the same guy who called the cops on us. they don't like muslims and they don't like arabs. it is the same guy. reporter: the tenant just told me that police showed him a picture of the possible 9-1-1 caller, the person they believe might have made that call. it is not the same neighbor that tenant believes it was. police are are officially saying all of this is investigation. wcvb muse center 5. ed: good news about the police officers shot on the job last week in east boston. the officers have both been upgraded to stable condition. commissioner evans visited them and said it appears that somebody up sairs is listening to our prayers. the man who shot the officers
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jc: a bus in braintree catches fire. it is not clear if anyone was on board. the fire is out and the bus has been towed away. ed: right now a pregnant woman and several children are recovering after being hit by a car. todd kazakiewich is live at the scene right now. todd? reporter: ed, the good news is the pregnant woman and the children are expected to be okay following the crash here in the father of one of the children telling us it could be a case of distracted driving. >> our son, chase, is 4 and a half got the brupt of it. my wife, jenni, luckily got out of the way. she had our twin girls. reporter: chris masters is still reeling after getting phone call every father fears. his wife and children and a pregnant woman and her kids were involved in an accident. it happened in route to the park for a play date.
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front stroller with his friend being pushed by his friend's mom. he has a scrape on his head and body. >> traffic had come to a stop, but this car rear endett the -- rear ended the car in front and then they crashed into the mother and children in the stroller. >> five weeks ago one of my twin girls had aio nights in children's hospital and that was another phone call i got while i wasn't at home that she was seizing. it has been a tough six weeks. >> the investigation is continuing and the chief says some safety related changes will be made immediately. >> we are going to step up our operation and enforcement on the road. reporter: the driver who caused the crash did stay on scene. tonight he is not facing any charges, but the investigation
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hopkinton, wcvb news center 5. >> a judge placed on leave is allow i had to retire with a six-figure pension. mike broke this story in august and has new de trails. >> they announced that the judge quietly retired last month. he was the first judge in that thalmouth district cou the discipline on judges said he made insensitive racial comments to another judge in the judge's lobby. it said he retired because of the complaint against him and for family health reasons. he also agreed to not to return to the bench as a recalled judge as some doby
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we contacted him for comment and have not heard back.. >> to commitment 2016 and donald trump is wrapping up claims that it is rigged against him. election officials are calling the claims irresponsible. >> it is not just donald trump talking about conspiracy theories. >> there is a lot of talk about rigged elections and i have no doubt the national media is trying to rig hillary clinton's figure. >> a big change where mike pence said this. >> we will respect the will of the american people. reporter: he is laying the groundwork not to do that and reving up supporters with quotes like this. there is large scale voter fraud on or before election day. so naive. we all have to come together and win this election. we want have four more years
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they are run at the state level and over seen by an elected official. in those 40 states 25 are republican, 15 are democrat will. the top official called trump's accusations irresponsible. >> our institutions are one of the bedrocks of american democracy. we should not question it or the legitimacy of >> i a closer look at the new and unprecedented steps to guard against voter fraud. >> former president bill clinton was on the voter trail reaching out to young voters at a college in new hampshire. reid lamberty is live there now. reporter: it was the second college campus bill clinton visited today it is the clinton campaign is trying to extend their small lead over the gop rival and get a young
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he spent a lot of time encouraging the hillary backers to do the same with you is a porters -- with supporters of donald trump. >> do not treat them the way they have treated hillary. >> he was at dartmouth college this morning. the clinton campaign continues to reach out to young voters. many of whom supported bernie sanders. the former president spent much of his time on few weighings and graduation. hillary paying for lower interest rates. >> there is something wrong with paying twice as much as a parent will on a home. >> clinton faces an out urs a -- clinton faces many controverseys. >> i -- >> am a racist! >> the 70-year-old never wavered and moved on to his wife's vision.
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she has a better social inclusion plan and has a better security plan. >> president clinton ended the day by joking that donald trump would drive the nation over a cliff and hillary would pack everyone in and take them to a new mountain top. reid lamberty, wcvb newscenter 5. >> he dodged questions last week, but tom brady is talking. in his the kabdz -- candidate have known each other for 15 or 16 years. >> played golf together many, many, many times. i have always had a good time with him. he has been a friend of mine and he supported our team. he has been on the patriot sidelines a lot. he would call me after games to encourage me and over the
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>> brady says he will vote, but he wouldn't say for whom. ed: fighting back against rigged elections. >> if something looks strange we check it out. ed: what is being done in massachusetts and new hampshire to make sure the results are accurate. harvey: in the hours ahead showers for some of us. in the day or two ahead, wow, quite a bit of warmth. i'll let you noy how warm it will get. >> we stop right there, right on before i stopped the car she jumped out and i think she was still moving. ed: the quarterback for pittsburgh is big ben roethlisberger. it was a game we circled on the schedule, but it may have lost its big marquis name.
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will. >> rhondella richardson is now with the steps that are being taken here in massachusetts and new hampshire to make certain that the results are accurate. >> million then trump's rhetoric about a rigged election can lead to mistrust at the polls. it is a theme that mike pence is repeating on the campaign. >> i have no doubt the national campaign is trying to rig the election with their bias coverage. >> it is an ins >> the rhetoric raises con conspiracy theories and it is not just from mr. trump and his supporters. we have had instances where people allege we thought there was electronic equipment. reporter: massachusetts has paper ballots like this one from the last election. and the secretary of state plans unprecedented safeguard post election audits.
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paper ballots to make sure it is accurate. >> in new hampshire the safeguards include a check of the voter id's since 2000 since there is a report of fraud it is investigated. there is also a hotline to report at each polling station. new england is set up to build voter confidence. >> remember that this is the first time we have had early voting in massachusetts. and it starts on monday. those vote day. so check with your city and town for the various times and locations. in boston, rhondella richardson, wrvb -- wcvb newscenter 5. ed: it is the middle of october and it is supposed to be fall, but harvey is tracking some warmer temperatures. jc: how hot it can get.
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back away as calmly as possible. helping elderly and diseabled people keep -- disabled keep their yards up as well. ed: talk about life in the fast lane. a baby boy making his entrance to the world on the pike. they have still stunned parents. reporter: the redford family looks picture perfect, but rewind 24 hours. >> i t time, but apparently i didn't. i had no time. reporter: michael and emily's second son was due this coming friday. but their baby boy had other plans. >> we were just sitting on the couch relaxing and the contractions came like a lion. reporter: the baby was coming and coming fast. >> the only thing i had in my head was we had to get to mass general. we had to get there. reporter: they had to get to the city from framingham. >> we got down the mass pike
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exit 18 i felt like i wasn't going to peak it and i had to start -- i wasn't going to make it. >> the dispatcher was great. she said find a safe place to pull over. if member knows -- if anybody knows that stretch of land it is nothing. >> mass general is three miles away, but this is as close as they can get. state troopers responded and at 7:22 baby decklin was born in the back of t near the mass pike. they were like, daddy, stand right here and don't get in the way. let it happen. >> two pushes and -- >> he was here. reporter: it was all finished in less than 20 minutes president mom, dad and baby deckland are doing pine. >> he was ready to come into this world. >> no one was stopping him. >> no one was stopping him. reporter: in boston, wcvb newscenter 5.
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jc: isn't he perfect? that is scary for mom and dad, but thisy looked like they handled it well. ed: when i hear the contractions came on like a lioning i want to go that way. harvey: we are happy and congratulations to all. if you are out this evening and out now -- well if you are planning on being out a couple minutes, look at this. metro west we have showers coming through marlborough and worcester and princeton. that's not all there new york state will it is happening because the leading edge of warmer air than we had today is right in our area. that's this front. until it actively moves north of us we run the chance of a few showers for the nighttime hours. during the day tomorrow this will make progress from south to north and then the warmest air at least in this sequence will come into the region. here is a look at the scattered showers around the
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and while maybe you are asleep by the time you are waking up tomorrow morning the last of the showers will be ready to exit. we may have clouds around boston and points north for awhile tomorrow morning while it clears to the west. eventually we should see the clearing trend start to spread northward as the winds truly take over. that's how things are looking. a weak front comes through on wednesday and maybe a little sprits and then weda sunshine. later this week more sig is can't changes -- more significant changes and we will talk about that in a moment. these are the low temperatures early this morning. the low of 62 and that's pretty warm for late october. these are the high temperatures today and on average i think we are doing about five better for tomorrow. here is a look at boston and how the clouds are in and a couple showers are on the way. it is 66 and the breezes are gentle off the water in boston.
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lawrence. it will be milder and 50s and low 60s is the coolest it will be. these are the current temperatures and it is 80 in cincinnati. it is 87 right now. here is where the warmth comes from and i think around 80 should do it for boston. there is a slight chance and the records are high of 80 would in boston in 1947 and 85 in worcester setback then the jet stream takes a dip late this week and pick up some of the tropical moisture. that could enhance the rainfall on friday. the cooler dry weather will build in during the course of the upcoming week. here is a look at your next seven days. there you are around 80 tomorrow. mild on wednesday. as we turn cooler on thursday there can be a little rain and a better chance of heavy rain on friday. it is not a certainty, but if
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front that is coming through, then we could see heavier rain. best chance of that is in the eastern portions of new england. and then the cool, breezy, blustery weather comes in and eventually turns chilly by the time we get to the second half of the weekend and early next week. hope to see you next hour. i'm harvey leonard. >> now here is mike lynch with sports center 5, powered by xfinity. >> the pittsburgh steelers' ben roethlisberger will not play sunday against th roethlisberger had arthroscopic surgery for a torn meniscus. that's pretty routine. anybody who had their knee scoped knows what happens. it happened in the second quarter of the loss to the dolphins in miami. you can see him limping here. he missed one series and came back and played the rest of the game. an mri confirmed it is a torn meniscus and he is out. landry jones is your starting quarterback for the steelers.
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time. the pittsburgh steelers are on the right. meanwhile, the patriots' defense is playing well and only giving up 92 points. that's the fourth best in the national football league. they are giving up 15 points a game which is second best in the league. they also have a shutout and they made several key plays including the big goal line stand where they stuffed the cincinnati bengals down at the goal line on pour tries -- four t. touchdown on every play of the game. reality is it is not going to happen. they will play a lot of good football players. we have the personnel that gives us confidence to do a lot of different things. obviously with the two small forwards out there and it is a tough match up for anyone and there are great players with quickness. the line is blocking well and
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football with success. we are doing a lot of things good, but there is room for improvement. there is a lot of football left and we have to get better at a lot of things as we move forward. >> a couple of road trips for the patriots. down to pittsburgh this sunday without roethlisberger. buffalo is on a roll. they will go thereafter pittsburgh and then they are off the first sunday in november and then the following sunday seattle comes to town for a sunday night game. seattle is obviously off to a great start at 4-1. the national football league will look the low shot here by burfect who has had a history of cheap shots. he was suspended the first three games for a vicious hit on antonio brown in the playoffs that cost the bengals a playoff game. the guy takes out people's legs and chops people down and takes their heads off and get three games. tom brady gets four games for allegedly -- allegedly having knowledge of an over inflated football.
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than february. and once again br -- ber ge eron and as you look at the forwards. there are scoring goals and then getting too much else from the other forwards. in fact two points totals. and he will not stand in the way of lavelo if he is asked to be the new manager of the diamondbacks. the red sox gm was named the new gm and that's probably a lob he will -- a lock that he will take over. he spent 11 years with the red sox. . >> no comment? >> it is in front of the patriots. >> it is on to pittsburgh. >> it is on to pittsburgh. >> it is on to pittsburgh.
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tonight, breaking news. melania trump, breaking her silence, on the audio of donald trump, what he said about women. and what she's now saying about her husband. also, the fbi, the state department, and one of hillary clinton's e-mails. was there an offer of quid pro quo? also tonight, the firebomb attack on headquarters. some calling it political terrorism. police now searching for a suspect. police officers targeted at a starbucks. >> man with a rifle, just tried to ambush us at starbucks. >> a suspect in body armor and the takedown here tonight. american troops helping the iraqis at this hour. the new and major assault on isis. u.s. airstrikes, and isis tonight, putting suicide bombers
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