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there is the trend in the center of your screen. apparently, the line leading to a fire argent nearby. good evening. i'm ben simmoneau. jc: i'm j.c. monahan. the teams on scene right now are working to secure the scene so the bodies can be safely recovered. the effort will be extensive. that area is expected to be closed for several days. that is dartmouth street from warren to tremont streets and we have team coverage for starts us off live from the south end. nicole? nicole: jc, the recovery effort is active and complicated. take a look. they have drained that trench of water and secured that entire area. they have searched the entire area for the bodies of these two men trapped earlier this afternoon.
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screaming someone was down there. nicole: witnesses described a chaotic scene with little time to react. >> there was a guy leaning, trying to get the guy out, or whatever. he could not get him. nicole: a construction crew working in a trench on dartmouth street monday afternoon when the unthikable happened. >> all of a sudden water started rushing. nicole: so much water coming at least four men were others were trapped. >> there were a bunch of people running. nicole: a frantic rescue attempt in suit. >> one guy put a rope on and they went down scurrying. >> we saw all the water spurting out of the ground and people running, panic. nicole: as crews arrived in time
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>> it's a prolonged, drawnout effort. nicole: what caused the water break does her main unclear. the commissioner tells is a could take several days for the investigation to be complete. we will continue to monitor this and bring you more information at 6:00. why the boston, nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: let's go back to sky 5 live er to make sure it is safe. if you are driving -- if you are driving in the area, you want to avoid the south end if you can. let's go live to diane cho live in the south end. diane, i understand a lot of streets are shot down? diane? diane: this street is shut down to traffic as they continued the recovery effort.
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warren to tremont will be shut down for some time. it will be closed for days. the homicide unit is that the scene, which is common in the situations to ensure that fell play was not involved, even though they do not suspect it at the time. they believe it was an accident. >> my thoughts and prayers are with these two people's families and everyone. couc it's a tough situation. fire department and water and sewer are working really hard right now to get these people out. diane: again, authorities are saying that this stretch on dartmouth from more and to tremont will be shut down -- from warren to tremont will be shut down for some time. diane cho, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: diane, thank you. the workers were on the job for atlantic drain service.
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the past. note six about tonight 5 , investiagtes with a closer look at past problems. let's look at the radar right now. brain has arrived for a lot of people, although it's pretty muggy out there. jc: it is a weird day. let's be honest. mid-october -- we will toss it over to mike wankum, because all of this will have pockets of downpours out there? mike: absolutely, and we need every drop ofn cautious if you are driving around later this evening. there may be pond thing in the roadway. this is not making much eastward to, but we are seeing downpours through the plymouth area and even more through connecticut and rhode island. this seems to be our strongest one, cutting most exactly on 495. it should be in stoic about nine minutes, and finally get into
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so far, but do not be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder. going to that football game, very warm out there to be a tropical evening. by 8:00, isolated downpours and that threat all the way through 10:00 tonight. i will show you how much it will cover the weekend in a few moments. then? ben: all right, more breaking news tonight, a third cyber attack happening right now impacting millions across the affected after the attacks on dyn, a new hampshire-based internet infrastructure provider. it routes traffic around the internet. the outage was first felt this morning about 7:00. shortly after, service had been restored when dyn said there was another denial of service attack. denial of service is when a web site is intentionally overwhelmed by traffic from many sources. no word on who is responsible.
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new tonight another alleged victim has come forward. newscenter 5's david bienick is live in lawrence. david? david: jc, good evening. yes, detective say the girl in this case remembered an important detail. the apartment had a red curtain. that is the apartment on the second floor where you see a red curtain. that allow detectives to make an arrest. wearing a jail jumpsuit and hanging his head, 21-year-old angel mateo was arraigned on charges he kidnapped and raped a 13-year-old w walking home from school. according to a police report, mateo initially denied having sex with anyone then said it was , consensual and that he thought the girl was 18. >> i just want to say the victim, although dealing with a
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location of the incident. david one of the details the : girl remembered is that her attacker wore a gps tracker around his ankle. according to court documents mateo was ordered to wear gps , earlier this year after an ex-girlfriend accused him of threatening to publish nude pictures of her unless she agreed to have sex with him. a woman from the same neighborhood says she now recognizes mateo as the man who tried to rape her back in may. at the time, she reported the attack to police, but detectives never made an arrest. i they are doing. i don't see that they take care of the neighborhood very well. david: mateo pled not guilty today and was ordered to return to court next month. david -- david bienick, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: mbta police need your help in finding this man. he's wanted for a possible indecent assault aboard a t bus earlier this month. police say it happened saturday, october 8, about 5 pm, between revere's wonderland station and
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if you know who this man is, take a look right there on your screen please call mbta police. ,ben: know if i've :00, the chelsea teen hit by gunfire while inside his bedroom is out of the hospital and sharing his story. newscenter 5's jorge quiroga is live in chelsea. jorge: that boy knows he is really lucky to be back home from the hospital. he is on the mend, expecting a full recovy, >> there is a little bit of pain. besides that, i'm happy to be home. jorge: putting up a brave front, 13-year-old juan lopez delgado appreciates how close he came to tragedy, just watching tv in his third-floor bedroom. >> 15 minutes into the show, i heard three and -- i heard three gunshots. i leaned back and it came through and it my shoulder.
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the park next to his house. you can see the bullet hole still visible a few feet from his window. >> i think it and ran to my mom program. jorge: the suspect christian garcia, is a known gang member according to prosecutors, who goes by the name of pumba, and who they claim was shooting at rival gang members. the 19-year-old out of view in the courtroom today, but seen here when he was taken into custody. back on bellingham street, juan says he no longer feels safe, even in his own home. >> that is what i thought. i am safe in my hous in and hit me. jorge: and that bullet is still lodged in juan's left shoulder. a point guard for his schools eighth grade team, he says he disappointed that he will have to sit out the entire season. tonight the 19-year-old suspect is being held on a 100,000 dollar bail. jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5 . jc: commitment 2016 tonight, it's crunch time for the presidential candidates with less than 3 weeks to go until the election.
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polls, but ones in key battleground states getting a lot of attention. newscenter 5's jennifer davis has the latest from the campaign trail. mr. trump: i think we are going to win florida. jennifer: trump talking about battleground states. mr. trump: if we win, we got lots of options. what a waste of time if we don't hold this off. jennifer: the clinton campaign is venting out in key tebow. tim kaine in pennsylvania, bill clinton, hillary clinton in ohio. senator kaine: there are a few that are close. there are few that are battleground. and there are a few that are more checkmate. if we win them, it is over. jason: -- >> this is not a matter of trying to persuade
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campaigning, how many people have not made up their minds? it is a matter of making them care enough to show what. jennifer: some trump supporters believe that polls are not adequately capturing support for the candidate. in washington, i'm jennifer davis. ben: he is being called a hero after that massive gas explosion earlier this week in portland. the call a fire lieutenant made that saved several lives. we're hearing from him. jc: the critical battle against isis overseas right now in iraq. the fight for mosul intensifies ben: we have that breaking is from the south and. sky 5 live over the scene where two workers were trapped in the trench they were working in flooded. aligned to a hydrant ruptured and they were not able to get
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my stop & shop. jc: the ongoing battle in mosul continues tonight. isis taking dramatic measures to try to regain the city. the pentagon tells abc news a u.s. soldier has been killed the first american life taken in the assault. >> a series of explosions shakes the city of kirkuk, the scene of some of the most destructive fighting yet. many caught in the crossfire between the kurdish fighters and the iraqi coalition. >> we managed to escape. i was extremely scared. i felt i could be killed at any moment. i left with the women and children.
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isis stepping up its resistance, sending out suicide bombers and car bombs -- ied's scattered everywhere. more than 500 families were taken from their homes. isis is holding them close in mosul and using them as human shields. the commander of the u.s. coalition says it is helping to defeat an enemy that uses unconventional warfare. >> they are very adaptable, creative, cunning. we have seen all kinds of examples of that. : soldiers are supporting from the air and advising on the ground. one servicemember killed by an ied, mourned by fellow troops. as the battle continues, the fear is what isis will do if they lose territory in mosul. they will likely lash out and seek revenge beyond it reckons syria, even going international. ben: another death tied to a takata airbag has been confirmed. the victim was a 50-year-old
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government has connected to the air bags. millions have been recalled because they can inflate with too much force, causing metal and shrapnel to fly at the driver. an oregon firefighter is being called a hero for his actions during wednesday's natural gas explosion. a strong scent of gas forced the evacuation of the building a few moments before the explosion. firefighter peter st. john was among a crew of 3 that entered the building to help gas company workers cap off a gas line. just then, the line exploded the -- the line exploded. the last thing st. john remembered seeing was an orange flash. >> i think it must of blacked out for a little bit. i felt the heat wave pushing back and that i was on the ground. i was just in pain. ben: both of st. john's legs were broken. he was rescued from the wreckage by 2 other firefighters who were nearby but not seriously hurt. ,jc: all right, a weird weather
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we have over a 10th of an age of rain, but is mid-october and is humid. mike: right. even the little will rain tomorrow, the humidity will go down. jc: you will feel the difference? mike: oh, yeah. but you feel the moisture in the air. that is why we have such a chance for downpours. let me show you on the radar. notice where this is coming from. this is not coming from the west. this is not coming from the south. plumes of moisture l out here. this is moving into radar range. that is why i say between now and midnight is probably our best chance for rain through the weekend. all across connecticut and rhode island we have flood advisories. it's all the cause of poor drainage in the area. we need this moisture, but if it comes down to fast on the
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for 95. the stretches all the way toward sudbury. not there yet. i think you will see another in a few minutes or -- or so. you see that plume of moisture. this is the way it looks ate a clock tonight. wilmington, the boston area, one or -- this is the way it looks at 8:00 tonight. wilmington, the boston area, one or two dev areas. tomorrow morning, we are down scattered showers, lighter stuff. tomorrow, ok, you say it's going to clear away. no, we have a front out to the west will push its way in. temperatures are relatively mild. we have more rain pushing in. we could see another round of downpours. once this goes through, temperatures start to go down. it will be warmer tomorrow morning than tomorrow afternoon. if you really want to see be
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you look to the west, there could be a few wet snowflakes out of the berkshires. that is how close it will be getting toward us. sunday will not be warming up. it is the better of the two weekend days. how much rain are we talking about? based on one of our computer models, one or two inches of rain is possible on 495. we have gray skies. not much rain falling in the city. 63 degrees. that is summer level. that is what you are saying it's really uncomfortable out here. the wind is not bad. the gin are 10 or 15 miles per hour. we could see winds out of the southwest at 15 to 30 miles per hour. tonight, showers and evening downpours and patchy fog later tonight. tomorrow morning when you wake up in the mid 50's, tomorrow afternoon, temperatures back in
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showers, but those winds out of the southwest at 15, 30 miles per hour. it stays windy. not only tomorrow, but maybe even tuesday before the breeze let's off. it's just 50 degrees. we start to rebound toward the end of the week. we are saying goodbye to those temperatures that were flirting with record highs. this is october and we are supposed to be seeing readings in the 50's this time of year and that is where we are headed there could be downpours out there for the evening hours and scattered showers for the overnight hours. jc and been? jc: good to know. we need all cap lovers to listen up. the aspca is seeking a home for their most challenging that to place ever.
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she is so small she can fit in the palm of your hand. she is completely blind. she is on the mend from a long effexor. her firm or -- her former owner was overwhelmed to give her up last month. jc: aw. that is always the going to be a a lot of work. but she is so cute. all right, going public -- growing troubles tonight for wells fargo. ben: still to come -- the ne told to do to scam customers. jc: at 5:30 p.m. -- kids and screen time. how much is just right? the nation's top pediatricians weigh in. and we continue to follow breaking news two workers killed in a flooded trench in the south and. new at 6:00: what 5 investigates is uncovering about the
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uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? oh absolutely, i would do that. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. and what she values is her seat. and she's trying - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. looking out for herself. independence usa pac is responsible
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forward, telling the story of how they were pressured to sign up employees -- sign of customers for a without their knowledge. telling "the new york times" it was like "lions hunting zebras," told to praey on those who spoke little engli rating to a c and stripped its accreditation. >> just about every bank has had measures against them. knowing this one. ben: there were ordered to pay $190 million in fines and end all product sales goals. it says is number one priority is making things right "with our
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damage is done. the question now is will it be enough? the bbb says the loss of accreditation will stay on the banks' record for 3 years. no word on if the executives or employees would be held accountable under the criminal investigation. jc: next on newscenter 5 at 5:30 p.m. -- we follow breaking news. ben: a grim recovery operation underway after two workers were killed when a trench flooded. >> monday morning on the eyeopener, college shopping season is well underway. >> three mistakes some students make that can cost the family. >> and we are really going to cool thing down, the big changes coming on monday starting at
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this is your last chance to get super fast 100meg internet, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. hurry, our best offer ever ends soon. only from fios. >> from boston fell news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 5:30. ben: we continue to follow breaking news at 5:30. whenever recovery operation underway after two construction workers were killed when a
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afternoon. the water surged into the trench. a section of dartmouth street is shut down. the investigation just beginning. >> was there a routine -- >> i'm not sure if there was at this time, but i heard the officer screaming on the air very quickly to get fire and everyone down here. we knew very quickly we had workers trapped. ben: very likely parts of dartmouth street, especially that section between warren and tremont, will be close to the weekend. we're keeping a close watch on the latest developments. jc: also breaking, a third cyber attack happening right now impacting millions across the u.s. twitter, spotify and ebay
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