ben: a middle school student in lawrence kidnapped on the way to school and sexually assaulted. ed: the suspect is in custody, 21-year-old angel mateo, in custody facing several charges, accused of grabbing a 13-year-old the student was dragged into mateo's apartment and sexually assaulted. that student was allowed to go, who then told a current what happened. mateo will be arraigned tomorrow. ben: donald trump now pledging to fully accept the outcome of next month's presidential election -- if he wins. jc: the gop nominee drawing a lot of criticism. maria stefanos joins us now. maria: about 70 million people watched about final presidential debate. the battle continues as another

the media spotlight. on the campaign trail today in ohio, donald trump promising to accept the results of the november election on one condition. mr. trump: i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. >> telling the crowd he reserves the right to contest the results. mr. trump: of course i would accept a clear election right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. [applause] maria: hillary clinton and democrats pounced. mrs. clinton: he is denigrating and talking down our democracy. client for 1 am appalled. >> this is so fundamental. what an indictment of who we are.

forward accusing donald trump of sexually aggressive behavior, saying she was standing in line waiting for a car at the 1998 u.s. open. >> he reached his right arm and wrapped my right arm. then his hand touched the right inside of my breast. maria: that is at least the 10th woman to make allegations against the republican nominee. donald trump jc: the $1 billion expansion at children's hospital has been approved. the new construction will replace a garden beloved by patients and families. diane cho is live in boston with more on the controversial decision. diane: that decision came down within the last hour. the project has been approved, disappointing many who marched here today to oppose it. there was a packed room for the

planet to expand boston children's hospital. an emotional flight from parents and patients who wanted to keep the garden in place. the extension calls to replace the green space. dozens rallied to save the garden and marched in the public health building for the councils meeting. parents who lost children in the fight for cancer agreed that the hospital needs to expand, but would like to see it happen somewhere else. representatives of the hospital said they tried other sites, saying there are children that they cannot accommodate every day as they do not have enough beds. >> we have exceptional medical care and these children have conditions that cannot be treated anywhere else. this is a life versus a garden, unfortunately. >> this is quality of life, not quantity of life. if a child only has 2 years of

deadly disease like cancer, they should have a place where they can go. >> the mayor says he looks supports the expansion project. -- he supports the expansion project. now that the project has been approved, construction will begin immediately. ben: now turning to the weather, a live look at stormteam radar. harvey leonard joins us. how will this impact us, and more importantly, the weekend? ey the damp side. looking at boston and northward, a lot cooler than yesterday. still at 71 in hartford, that means it's not all that cold. the first strip of rain has gone to the north and west. we won't get a lot of rain. the evening commute is pretty dry. some elements of rain or drizzle could break out tonight. the air is getting more moist

if we were to get heavier rain before tomorrow is over, it is likely to come from the south and effect southeastern massachusetts. we will talk i'm a trained to expect for the weekend coming up in a little bit. ben: methuen police searching for an armed bank robbery suspect, holding up the corporate meddling bank on broadway. sten schools were on lockdown. police say the suspect took off in a small blue car by a woman. you can see he is carrying a gun . anyone with information should call police. jc: new pictures from inside the chelsea home where a teenager was hit by a bullet. 13-year-old was in his room at the time it. the search continues for the shooter. the teenager expected to make a full recovery. rhondella richardson spoke with

in chelsea is grappling how this bullet went from a playground to a third for bedroom, hitting the teen in the shoulder. h needse physical therapy and 20 of hugs. 13-year-old juan lopez delgado has a stray bullet lodged in his shoulder, mass general doctors trying to keep him comfortable. they are doing studies in a grace to determine if the bullet -- studies and x-rays to determine if the bullet has moved. >> his mother through translator says she is through with the violence. her son was trying to come home, was asleep when he was shot. >> we are all fearful. he told her, mom, i can even be safe in my own home. i don't want to go back.

laying in bed, mom showing us how he was propped up on the wall when he was shot. he was rushed from the bellingham street shooting scene around 8:30 p.m. police have a warrant for an unnamed shooter. >> her son was complaining of pain any burning sensation. >> she was screaming, he got hit! >> i heard screaming, everyone get down. rhondella: a stray bullet came through same building last december. >> why do they need to do this activity in a playground? rhondella: the 13-year-old, an innocent victim. a fighter group out -- a fight broke out between two groups of young people. no arrests so far. ben: more on yesterday's violent home invasion in new hampshire. the trio drove to epping from

suspect restrain the homeowner and stolen weapon from him. he claims he did it in self-defense before running away, triggering a massive manhunt. >> honestly he put me in a position where i might've had to use force. i was not trying to get shot first. ben: two of the suspects are held on $25,000 cash only dale. bailor at $50,000 after prosecutors say he brought a gun from massachusetts. robbery at the natick mall while it was open and filled with shoppers. the target? the apple store. it happened, a group of seven men and women wearing hoodies and masks stole 19 iphones. they worked in an organized fashion, cutting security courts and running away.

could be connected to a similar crime at the handgun apple store a few weeks ago. -- the hingham apple store a few weeks ago. jc: the bruins making their debut this season. josh, fans are hoping for a good start and an even better finish. josh: absolutely. bruins fans are excited about tonight, as are the players. they are looking for a return to the playoffs after two years away. a mix >> we want to come home and have a big year. we are going to serve that tonight. josh: old and new. >> the butterflies come back. i don't know if it is anxiety or excitement, it is all bold into one. josh: for the first time in this season, center patrice bergeron who missed the first road games

it is a list to everybody. you name it, hopefully the fans as well. josh: bruins legend bobby or will drop the first puck 50 years after his first skin with the boston bruins. live at the garden, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: the boston patrolmen's association hosted a blood drive today. reached full capacity. >> the red cross was there for us. i saw firsthand what the blood dots. it saved two of my brother's lives. todd: this patrol in says the best way to give back is to give blood. today officers in uniform and members of the public descended on the union hall at dorchester to take part in the blood drive. >> police on this after 9/11,

is just great. people want to give back to the community. officers from the boston police department want to give back. todd: giving back because two of their own received blood transfusions after a deadly shooting with a suspect. officer richard cintolo was just released from hospital. officer maurice remains in the icu --- morris remains in the icu. >> todd: the suspect, kirk figuroa had become a constable recently for the city despite charges and other states. the council wants to review the project process for constables. >> we would have seen some things had we had a national by project. not that this would have been prohibited from happening. todd: mayor walsh looking

finds on constable politicians. ben: next on newscenter 5 at 5:00, the assaults on isis in the iraqi city of m osul. progress in moving forward with that mission, but it could last for months. jc: children waiting for the bus hit by an suv. the witnesses that rust to help save them. ben: our commitment 26 in coverage continues -- a look at

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quicker than expected according to iraqi officials moving them out of mosul. u.s. intelligence officials are there supporting iraqis, and worn it is a tough fight that could last for months. the fight against isis forging ahead. [gunfire] with kurdish and iraqi special forces moving from village to village toward mosul. and isis fighting back, oilfields to slow the troops were advancing. >> this is almost an apocalyptic scene. you can see the sky has turned completely black. ben: all across the battlefield isis has been setting fire to oil wells for cover. the fighting within miles from the embattled city. families continue to fully, some carrying white flags, including this 16-year-old.

isis would come to his house to kill him, and his mother would hide him in the basement. mosul is home to one million people still, many trying to escape. the primary concern for them is civilian safety. >> it is completely unsafe, a very risky journey. they are faced with this on possible choice -- either stay where they are or risk their lives going out. ben: at one point to 2.5 people. with all those people raising to get the city, we are told some isis religions have been found in the line of refugees, some can't even posing as women. -- some caught even posing as women. jc: at a bus stop in louisville, three children hurt when an suv crashed into them. the bus made a sudden stop and the suv tried to avoid a collision by veering to the

under the suv. >> they were in bad shape. the police pulled him out and pulled the little girl out. jc: two children hospitalized in critical condition. the driver facing multiple charges. ben: we are joined by harvey. it is thursday, everyone looking forward toward the weakened. we have some rain moving in, but it could be well-timed, rig have some showers, hit-or-miss. saturday looks like the dryer of the two days, but also the windy and chillier. that is a tropical wave behind us east of the bahamas. the two combine and that is how we get our wet weather. ben: invest 99 l? i remember that name. harvey: you are good.

-- a lot different than yesterday. the tempter has brought in some low clouds. the high in worcester and 57, but hartford at 71. they were in the low 80's yesterday, breaking a record. compared to 24 hours ago, boston 18 degrees cooler. i'm sure you felt the difference. the breeze is stronger out of logan and clouds already here, that in and of itself could lead to low-level moisture, drizzle, mist, and fog deep into the night. most of the temperatures in the 50's and 60's. tomorrow will not be cold, even though we don't have the benefit of sunshine. we make it to the upper 60's and 70's. winds become southeast, air

watch for parts of pennsylvania. also keeping an i on that system starting to get circulation. that be a tropical depression. not possible that it could develop into a we tropical stormak. -- weak tropical storm. some of this could head northward as this approach is from the west. if this does come would be tomorrow or overnight. clouds continue to thicken. a few bands of drizzle and fog moving into tomorrow night. because the air will be more tropical, we could get more showers as well. the area that develops to the south could get into eastern massachusetts in time for the afternoon or evening commute.

at southeastern massachusetts and the cape getting the heaviest rain, then lifting from the south by friday night. the heaviest rain to the north, but the area of low pressure around the region. showers will likely come through on the course of saturday. saturday night and sunday morning, it gets interesting in the vermont mountains. colder air will start coming in. there could be snow showers and snow squalls overnight saturday night or from sunday. just build. tonight it is low, tomorrow is medium. very high for eastern massachusetts friday night. this is just one computer model showing close to one inch on the cape, one inch on the berkshires. just locating where the pockets of heavy rain -- that's still very difficult. let's check it out your next seven days. look at the trend in temperature after tomorrow.

the winds pick up saturday afternoon. it does not look windy saturday morning, but gets custody saturday afternoon. sunday there could be gusts of 20 to 30 miles per hour. jc: we continue the breaking news from lawrence, a middle school student kidnapped on the way to school and sexually assaulted. live sky 5 over the south east lawrence school where it pp facing several charges, accused of grabbing a child walking to this school this morning. police told the eagle tribune that the student was dragged into an apartment and sexually assaulted. that student was allowed to go, who then told her what happened. mateo is expected to be arraigned tomorrow. ben: recommendations from the c -- the commissions from the

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a refined grains diet. they found those on the whole-grain diet, their diastolic blood pressure fell by six points. and whole-grain foods are easily accessible. the bottom line is that when you're reaching for foods in the grocery store aisle, lookout for multi grain options. that just might slice your risk of heart ills. good. better for it. jc: next at 5:30, the plan laid out for self driving cars in massachusetts. ben: the plan that governor baker and mayor walsh are backing. honoring a national guard soldier that recently passed

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>> we have breaking news at 5:30. a teenager grabbed off the street in lawrence and sexually assaulted while walking to school. 21-year-old angel mateo in custody, facing several charges now. he is accused of taking the 13-year-old girl into his phillips street apartment and sexually assaulting her several times. the student was allowed to go, then told a parent what happened. >> also, breaking tonight, a controversial expansion at children's hospital is moving forward. the public health council has approved the $1 billion plan, despite a last-ditch effort by opponents to save it. the outdoor area for sick kids and their families will be taken over by that expansion. turning over to harv, looking at some pretty good rain coming in. >> yes. and temperatures a lot different. but i have to say, this morning wasn't too bad out there. it was kind of pleasant, kind of nice. the initial batch of rain has gone to our north and rest. you might say no problem. yes and no.