>> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. ben: breaking news at 5:30, andover police are looking for a man who exposed himself to students at saint augustine elementary school. students were at recess and saw the man standing near his car when it happened. extra police patrols are happening in the area. down for health violations. city inspectors got a tip about the school street location in boston. a spot check found five violations, including meat being kept too war, and fruit flies. the location will reopen once it passes inspection. sweetgreen's boylston street location was forced to temporarily close because of problems there in august. ben: and this is a live picture -- apparently somewhere there is

what the teleprompter said. harvey: we could be looking live at anything. you are right, by the way -- that was the bridge. visibility is terrible from boston north and a little bit further inland. it is like summer. but i do want to show you the visibility. quickly jumping to higher visibility is. this city for the most part is standing to lose the fog even though it is very dense. it is still cool to the north and west but unbelievably mild to the west and south -- all in the 70's, up around 80,

once it does it is very mild all night long, lots of form letter to the west and close to 80 degrees tomorrow. we will talk about the changes in a little while. ben: a new hampshire woman facing a list of charges after and armed standoff with police while a 12-year-old was in the home. jc: newscenter 5's ed harding is here with the details of the arrest. ed: new hampshire state police say this all began as a call to help a distraught woman. when they arrived in candia, was outside, but the child was still inside. police say they heard a gunshot and began negotiations. the child was then able to run from the home. the child was not hurt. they say the woman fired again, they don't believe she was aiming for anyone. >> thankfully with negotiations with the hostage negotiation team they were able to talk to the individual, have them exit the premises, where they were taken into custody without

suspect as deborah deslongchamps. she faces charges of false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child. jc: right now falmouth and state police are investigating the discovery of a body in falmouth harbor. the deceased has been identified as charles taylor from san francisco. investigators say it does not appear foul play was involved and that it appears to be an accidental death. ben: firefighters in new hampshire say a fire that burned down a home and business was electrical. they say sparks from a plugged the fire in a motorcycle repair shop burned for hours, fueled by the equipment inside. the family that runs the business also lives in the building. they all got out safely, and are now getting help from the red cross and the community. jc: the mbta is looking toward a future with no cash. the new system would allow credit cards and smart phones to pay fares, but ban cash as an alternative to the electronic payments. commuter rail riders currently have this option. the mbta hopes to speed up daily commutes, saying cash systems

let's see else -- see how slow things are -- that the bunker hill bridge under the fog, let's take a look at the map. a zoom in to 93 southbound, it is more than an hour from mass ave to route 3. we are now to 42 the pike is full of pockets. further west, we are looking at 26 minutes to 45. southbound 495, a little slow. ben: a mess. a-plus takes us to new bedford tonight. jc: we'll introduce you to a high school senior that is making the grade inside and outside the classroom. ben: vice president joe biden in boston tonight talking about his cancer moonshot initiative. the program's progress and the

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jc: moving around from school to school can be tough on a child, but try moving country to country. for this week's a plus student learning several languages made reading and writing difficult. ben: newscenter 5's antoinette antonio introduces us to jay soares and explains how he overcame that obstacle to become a star student on campus. antoinette: take one look at jay and is the big man on campus. but it hasn't always been this easy, moving around a lot as a child. >> here, congo, south africa. antoinette: and you were born in -- >> gambia. antoinette: speaking four languages made reading and writing confusing for him. >> i always looked at it as not

as him being able to see more instruction to be a better reader. antoinette: now a senior at the regional vocational technical high school, jay is excelling in his area of expertise -- stationary engineering, and he really knows his stuff. >> i'm good at understanding how he'd works, how pumps work, different kinds of boilers, wh at and closed heat exchange. antoinette: on top of all that, jay is a three sport athlete, including football. and just when he thinks he can't pile anymore on his plate, he works three jobs. >> stayed busy, because when you are not busy, bad things happen. antoinette: at work ethic, drive, and tenacity, make jay this week's a+. when he graduates, he will have the certification, and he is

degree, too, so he says he plans on doing both. antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: know an exceptional student worthy of an a-plus? submit a nomination right now at wcvb.com just click as seen on. jc: still to come tonight, a new version of an old favorite. ben: the filling hitting m&ms for the first time in the candy's 75-year history. jc: caught on camera, high drama on lake michig harvey: and boston is the dividing line. the city looks good but if you

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jc: the white house cracking down on safety procedures at hundreds of gas-storage facilities around the country. a new report recommends that operators at those facilities conduct strict risk assessments, backup systems to contain gas leaks. this comes a year after a leaking well near los angeles spewed natural gas for nearly four months, driving thousands from their homes. president obama getting ready for a lavish affair tonight, hosting the italian prime minister and his wife for the final state dinner of his presidency. earlier today, secretary of state john kerry and vice president joe biden welcomed matteo renzi to the state department, saying that relations between the two

ben: hyundai is recalling more than 84,000 cars tonight. the recall covers genesis coupes from the 2010 to 2016 model years. hyundai says a wiring problem can cause the front passenger air bag to malfunction. passengers could be hurt, but hyundai says it has no reports of injuries. dealers will secure the wiring to make sure it stays connected. the recall is expected to start on december 2. jetblue is using the final presidential debate to boost its latest two-day fare sale. the airline is offering 30% off its base fares for travel from october 26 through december 15. the discount is available on each of jetblue's three fare types blue, blue plus and blue

another flavor for m&ms for the first time in 75 years the little candies will be filled with caramel. each m&m will feature a soft caramel center covered in milk chocolate and the signature crunchy colorful shell. caramel m&ms will be a permanent member of the m&m family. i wonder what color they will be assigned. but they aren't available until next may. that's a huge [laughter] jc: that means when i go to buy m&ms i will accidentally by, caramel. ben: nothing beats peanut. harvey: i'm a traditionalist. ben: so you like regular? harvey: no i like peanut,. anyway. if you are talking about a

variety of weather within a couple of miles of boston. only six days in boston northward. providence at 80, hartford and 82, a lot of records broken and we still have this problem. we have low clouds and fog north and west of boston. airports, great visibility off to the west and south. the city is looking better and that should be the trend because the warm air will scour out the low clouds -- 58 at logan, with very light, going to the south with the next hour or so and then the temperature takes a jump up.

south end west, downtown and in the mid-70's, 77 right now in norwood, all 70's for the most part. if you look at the wind speed, you can see the southerly wind has stronger speeds than the eastern wind, a sign that the warm air will really go out and once it does it will be mild all night the west. on thursday it will be noticeably cooler. around the region it will be quite mild. we may have clouds for the morning, and if it's a little slow to clear we wouldn't have enough sun but we could still

there might be a spot sprinkle or shower, and then we will get increasingly sunny skies from northwest to southeast. you will really get the clearing down there until the evening. and here comes the next system to the west, likely featuring some periods of wet weather. moisture may get drawn up. a little bit of this tropical moisture may get drawn into this cold front. breezy, cool, chili, and dry weather early next week. sunday and monday we will have chilly temperatures with gusty wind, so we will feel that a

7:00 or 8:00, there has been no wind and it will be later this weekend. ben: high waves and high drama on lake michigan. this coast guard rescue caught on camera. a windsurfer plucked from the choppy waters, battling near four-foot waves lucky to be spotted wearing a dark wetsuit and flotation device. he was also lucky to have cell phone on him. he actually called it in. the coast guard says had he waited another 30 minutes, the sun would have set. jc: one of the family-owned companies receiving an award this year from northeastern university's center for family business, north billerica's w.l. french excavating corporation. owned by its founder's three children, bill french, jr., lisa french, kelly, and jessica french goyette. >> never wanted to do anything

thought we would have lifelong careers here. but as the company grew, and as we decided we wanted to be a part of it, we created our own positions, and our parents let the rain scale. -- let the rains go. >> on any given day, an army of trucks, excavators, and looters halters in snow. -- haul dirt and snow.a blizzard, french was there. >> we were a subcontractor. >> w.l. french has won awards for its work and is a family business. >> we were always taught be good, be honest, work hard. we maintain those today. it's one of the things that makes us most proud, our employees are part of our family. >> especially true for tom.

an owner, one of the highlights of my life. >> and there are seven grandchildren lining up to sign on. >> she is sure she's going to be the president and i kind of believe her. this is a place where they learn the fundamental values of hard work and take it wherever they want to go. jc: tonight on chronicle, captain marden and his crew, the scrub-a-dub clan, and the paper store family of seven, working and playing together. the tricky business of running a family business, tonight at 7:30 ben: the ballot is out for the next induction into the rock and roll hall of fame. nineteen acts made the cut nine of them first-timers. some of them are, pearl jam, journey, tupac and jane's addiction. more than 800 artists, historians and music-industry officials vote, with results announced in december and induction next april. where exactly is nobel prize winner bob dylan? the swedish academy which gives out the award has been knock,

so the academy says it's given up trying to reach him. dylan won the nobel prize for literature for his song-writing ability and as part of the prize he's invited to stockholm in december to receive a gold medal and more than a million dollars. dylan had a concert last night in las vegas but hasn't said anything about the honor. jc: quite a life when winning the nobel prize is ben: mock elections -- the results have been right for decades. jc: the kid's choice who tens of thousands of children say will be our next president. but first let's see what's coming up new at 6:00 with maria and ed. ed: health inspectors shutting down another location of a popular boston restaurant over violations. maria also breaking in andover, : police searching for a man accused of exposing himself to children near an elementary school. ed: commitment 2016 -- we're fact-checking the new commercials on both sides of the

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jc: a spidey surprise for families visiting boston children's at waltham today. spider-man was washing the windows. once his cleaning duties were complete, spiderman took the time to meet with patients and families. who is better than our friendly neighborhood spider-man. vice president joe biden taking his fight against cancer on the road, speaking in boston today. he is in charged of the new cancer moonshot initiative. its goal is to double the rage of progress in cancer research and treatment. biden is leading the white house cancer moonshot task force. >> i am confident, absolutely confident, we will be able to

techniques. for example, the hpv virus now, in fact, is able to be, there's a vaccination that we have to prevent our children from getting cervical cancer, throat cancer, a whole range of other things. jc: vice president joe biden delivers remarks at the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate on the -- to work together. ben: if kids could decide, hillary clinton would be the next president. scholastic says 150,000 schoolchildren across the country voted for president and clinton took 52% of the vote. donald trump won 35%. scholastic says the student vote has mirrored thees every election since 1940, with the exception of two years, 1948 when truman narrowly defeated dewey and 1960 when kennedy won a squeaker over nixon. jc: interesting. ben: the fight to legalize marijuana in massachusetts. this eco- newscenter 5 at 6:00

the man who exposed himself to elementary school kids. maria: another sweet queen restaurant is forced to close. harvey: didn't ignore and the next wet weather. ed: and i your normal bill belichick called. the head coach's new title tonight. >> from boston's news this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. ed: we begin with breaking news from andover. maria: police searching for a man who exposed himself to kids near an elementary school. john atwater is live at the scene. john: batman was near his car in the parking lot the kids say the man exposed himself twice yesterday before noon. police are trying to see if

police believe he is driving a black or silver car but parents at saint augustine elementary school say the school did notify them today and what -- and they have been talking with their kids about being cautious. >> we're in this little catholic school bubble and it goes to show that things happen everywhere. we have to be more vigilant and keep our eyes open. john: please tell us the man did about 50 way -- 50 feet away. police say two or three of them solid happened. john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: thank you. a lowell man and registered sex offender being held on $1 million bail after he's accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. he x this girl up at home, drive

exchanged fo -- in exchange for sex. she thought his name was peter. police say this is a good reminder to monitor your kids online. >> anything can be portrayed online, as far as who they are, what they look like, their age, their gender even. maria: the man was wearing a gps monitor on his ankle and was on probation for the last couple years. time with children outside his family. he initially said she was a cousin. ed: these pictures are from a less than two hours ago, showing boston cloaked in fog and all of that as they get unusually wet. harvey here is with us -- it