announcer: now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- todd: a three-alarm fire rips through a worcester fire apartment building. antoinette: severe street flooding scattered all over the region. the damage and the clean-up underway right now. todd: a tragic recovery mission in boston. new details on the deaths of two workers killed in a flooded trench. antoinette: and a massive store. the service restored this morning. announcer: you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. antoinette: good morning to you. thank you for joining us for the 8:00 hour of the eyeopener on this saturday, october 22. i'm antoinette antonio. todd: good morning. i'm todd kazakiewich in for doug. it's a dreary saturday morning,

cicalese, the newest member of stormteam 5. she's here to tell us how the weekend will shape up. kelly: i brought rain with me. did you hear that thunder? we had flash flooding through much of worcester county. you're heading out, heavy showers of last night have pushed off to the east. so now we have a nice little dry break, and that's the case for all of boston right now and really through much of massachusetts as well. our next chance of showers creeping in for later this late afternoon time period. we'll talk about 2:00, 3:00. those showers right now are creeping through in new jersey and through much of new york, inching eastward for later on. this will be bringing a big cooldown in temperatures. you're heading out, it's warm, huge, and it's warm as it's going to get. this is the high for the day. we're in the 60's and we'll cool progressively into the 50's. antoinette: kelly anne, thank you. breaking news this morning -- six people rescued from an

todd: as newscenter 5's nicole estaphan reports, the three-alarm fire tore through the pelham street home. >> flames breaking out at 5 pelham street at 5:30 this morning. there were heavy flames when fire crews arrived, two children hanging out of the windows on the third floor calling for help, saying repeatedly, help me, help me. rescue crews were these flames. they also battled this for about 30 to 40 minutes before it was under control. also evacuating nearby residences to make sure everyone in this area was safe. >> next door, i heard somebody open their window, and they were like, uh, you guys are going to die. get out. i look over. i see the orange flames. i ran into my daughter's room. she wasn't in there. i ran in there.

nicole: the fire chief tells us they're investigating the cause. it started on the third floor here. it is important to know that this area was one of those heavily flooded overnight. we asked if that may have contributed to the cause. that will remain part of their investigation. nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: powerful october thunderstorms brought street flooding. you can see cars this is in fitchburg. more than 4 inches in some spots. todd: flooding in worcester starting to recede. city officials are warning some streets will remain impassable. cars were stranded across the city. high floodwaters forcing emergency crews to close several streets in the area. one man stuck. he had to stand on top of his car on southbridge street while waiting to be rescued, one of dozens of rescues by emergency crews last night. neighbors say there are at least

alone. >> we've never seen anything like that. roads blocked everywhere. people getting pulled all over the place. it was nus. todd: take a look at this. a manhole cover ripped off. sink holes and stranded cars filling the streets. residents are remaining some manhole covers may remain lifted. raw sewage may have overflown. antoinette: an amtrak downeaster train stuck on the traffic for hours before arriving. passengers were stopped just north of the haverhill station on friday. the train left boston at 5:p.m. it arrived in wells, maine, just after 1:00 this morning. we're told a disabled freight train on the tracks prevented other trains from moving on. passengers also tell us a replacement crew was sent to the train after the engineer reached the 12-hour limit. todd: right now, an investigation is underway after

the bodies of two men recovered from a flooded trench late friday night. as mary saladna reports, co-workers are devastated this morning. mary: by late evening, crews had recovered the second body, two men who had worked for atlantic drain in roslindale killed when a water main broke and trapped them 12 feet down in a trench. >> i just saw a lot of hysterical people trying to get the guys out. mary: witnesses say it was chaos as water quickly filled that trench on dartut went down. they had a ladder down there, like they were all scurrying. mary: at least four men were working underground friday afternoon when the water main gave way. only two managed to jump to safety. >> the water was squirting out of the ground and people running and panic. mary: witnesses say there was little time. the trench and nearby streets flooded too quickly. >> the water was just gushing, gushing, gushing, and they were screaming that somebody was out there. mary: workers who clung to hope

workers' faces. and they were just -- when they lev here, they weren't -- they looked devastated. mary: by late evening, flowers and a sympathy note adorned the door at the drain company. one of the men had started a few weeks ago. the other had worked here for years. was universally liked. >> everyone, everyone, there was not a dry eye in the place. it was really hard. you couldn't meet a better guy. i'm going to miss them bad. caused that water main to break. osha is investigating. in boston, i'm mary saladna, wcvb newscenter 5. todd: this morning, 5 investigates uncovering previous safety issues with atlantic drain services out of roslindale. they were fined $20,000 by osha earlier this year, the occupational safety and health administration. this isn't the first time they've been in the news.

fell on him when he was changing a tire. antoinette: a rape suspect is behind bars without bail. 21 angel mateo faces charges that he kidnapped and raped a 13-year-old girl walking to school. denied having sex with anyone, then said it was consensual and he thought the girl was 18. >> the victim, although very a very traumatic experience, was crucial in detail and location. antoinette: they identified mateo by his gps bracelet. he is now facing charges in three cases. another woman came forward friday accusing mateo of trying to rape her in may. right now, two incidents are under investigation in brockton after a car crashes into a home. the crash happened early friday

"the enterprise" reports a man told police that someone stole his car after gunshots were fired at a local bar. the car then went off the road and it crashed into a home. the driver ran off before first responders arrived. but when police spoke to the owner about his car, he couldn't explain why he had the keys. he said it was stolen. no charges have been filed in the shooting or in the crash. todd: this morning, methuen police are searching for the man suspected in a string of recent robberies. robbed the methuen community bank on thursday. police say the man made off with an undisclosed amount of cash in a royal blue car. they're asking anyone with information to give them a call. antoinette: we are hearing from the 13-year-old boy hit by a stray bullet while inside his own bedroom. he's telling newscenter 5's jorge quiroga about the moment he was shot and the recovery ahead.

appreciates how close he came to tragedy. >> like pop, pop, pop. i'm right there. it was a two-second thing. and came back, pow, and that's when it hit me. jorge: just watching tv in his third-floor bedroom, you can see the bullet hole next to his window where it went through the wall. >> there was so much power to the bullet, i fell onto the floor. i got up and ran to my mom's room. then i fainted right in front of her room. jorge: a group of gang members were in the park next ua christian garcia hid his face in court today. prosecutors say the 19-year-old goes by the name of pumba, a known member of a rival gang. the bullet is still lodged in juan's left shoulder. >> i have to ask for help putting on my shirt, taking a shower. sometimes i need help getting off my bed. i don't have this arm to push myself up. jorge: the eighth grader a point guard for his basketball team. he says he'll have to sit out the season but realizes how lucky he is.

heart, my spinal cord. it could have hit me a lot of places, but it hit my shoulder, so thank god i'm here. antoinette: juan's parents moved here from new york looking for a safer place to live. after this, they're looking to move again. the suspect is held on $100,000 bail. the search for answers after a series of high-impact cyber-attacks. todd: the local target and the new type of attack hackers where it's burning and why it's taking time to put out the flames. antoinette: a cloud of toxic fumes forcing evacuations. the chemicals accidentally released and how the situation unfolded in one midwestern town. kelly: heavy downpours may have come to an end, but i'm tracking more showers for later this saturday. the timing and temperature change that's on the way. todd: following breaking news from worcester, six people, including two children, rescued

they are expected to recover. flames broke out at the pelham 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. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. and what she values is her seat. and she's trying

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>> dyn was more than hacked. they were pounded by traffic. >> this code is available for malicious hackers who want to do a similar attack. todd: the f.b.i. and department of homeland security are involved in the investigation. antoinette: a federal judge is ordering the man of stealing classified data to remain in custody. nsa contractor harold martin sold thousands of dit his attorney says there's no evidence that he shared the information or that he's a traitor. a judge agreed with prosecutors that martin is a flight risk. announcer: now your stormteam 5 forecast with meteorologist kelly anne cicalese. todd: we're welcoming kelly anne cicalese on this dreary saturday morning. kelly: it's very dreary.

you know what? this is something women do not like to wake up to, it's the mugginess bringing the hair down. there's a break in a lot of the rainfall we saw yesterday. the downpours have come to ab end and at this point we're just seeing light drizzle and also some areas of patchy fog. those showers of last night were really impressive. we had a good amount of lightning and thunder that pushed through. a lot of us heard that. nearly 5 inches flash flooding as well. tracking what's next, showers to our west, much of new york through new jersey. those showers moving into the area later this afternoon bringing a bit of a cooldown. those temperatures which are warm and muggy in the 60's right now will progressively fall as this rain wraps around and pushes into our region with that cool air being pushed in from canada. that cool air even bringing the chance of a few snowflakes

temperatures right now about 63 in downtown boston, plymouth at 64 degrees right now. just dropped down to 60 in worcester. 59 right now. feeling some of that heat with the mugginess factor still in place, and then through the afternoon, you'll see that mugginess stays in place, but those temperatures start to fall. so the highs today likely being achieved late this morning and into the afternoon. we'll see temperatures in the 60's through noon. we start to drop into the some of us even into the 40's, especially as we come down from worcester county toward the berkshires. we're down into the lower 40's by the 5:00 hour. it's a cool and brisk dinner. we have gusty winds pushing through. that continues through your sunday morning as temperatures drop into the upper 30's inland, 40's heading out to the coast. mild right now though. temperatures in the 60's as we get behind this system, that's when that wraparound air brings that big cooldown and we see

that chance of snow, you can pick it out as we move down through the adirondacks and berkshires. a few places through worcester county as well. we have chilly air pushing in. not quite as cool as sunday afternoon, but those gusty winds will make it feel cool. we're talking about wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour, and that is why a wind advisory has actually been issued. now, we did see rainfall reports yesterday up to 5 inches. that's not going to be the case today. the rain n inch to inch as we move inland. not quite as much as what we saw last night. seven-day forecast includes a blustery outlook for your sunday. extending into monday morning. there is a slight chance for a few early morning showers extending through, and you can see as we look at the futurecast those showers just barely creeping by down to our south as we head into that early monday morning commute. we dry out into the rest of the work week. temperatures staying chilly, dropping into the 40's heading

as well. look, we're actually dropping below freezing as we move toward wednesday morning. so some really deep frost heading into the area next teak. -- next week. antoinette: i'm going to ignore the below freezing part. taking a look at stories happening right now -- todd: firefighters in california are working to get control of a massive fire at a recycling facility burning outside of los angeles in ontario. you can see plumes of black smoke. flames jumped railroad tracks setting fire to tracks. no one was hurt. air quality is being tested. no word on what caused the fire. a chemical spill at a kansas disstilling plant releasing a cloud of toxic fumes forcing evacuations. two chemicals are mistakenly combined and that's what led to

medical attention, dozens of homes, three schools and a small college were evacuated. the cloud dissipated within a couple of hours. two people remain hospitalized at this hour recovering from those fumes. antoinette: cigna is ending a policy that made it harder for doctors to treat addiction. cigna will no longer doctors to fill out extra paperwork before they prescribe drugs used to treat withdrawal symptoms. this move follows criticism that the paperwork caused unnecessare announcer: now here's josh brogadir with sportscenter 5, powered by kf. -- xfinity. josh: a big pile of maybes two days after the 'burgh. nine patriots questionable to play sunday including martellus bennett and legarrette blount. a few key steelers are out. namely, big man in the middle cameron heyward, and ageless running back deangelo williams maybe showing his age. tom brady is a go for sunday against steelers backup landry jones. gronk has been huge against

26 catches and seven touchdowns in just four games. jamie collins was out for the bengals game last week and is questionable to play this sunday. he's the kind of linebacker who will be needed to shadow a talented running back like leveon bell. >> he doesn't need a lot of room. he can -- you know, he can -- he can shoot in very little space. he's got good power. he breaks tackles. guys get on his leg. he just runs through them. josh: ui lost a key piece for tonight. goalie tuukka rask didn't practice yesterday, called a maintenance day by the bruins, and is considered day to day. anton khoudobin would get the start against the canadiens tonight if rask can't go. bc's hosting syracuse, 12:30 p.m. at the heights. i'm josh brogadir. have a great day. todd: thank you, josh. a star-studded night at the white house. antoinette: the president and first lady hosting bet's love

? the program included performances by usher, the roots, janelle monae, and busta rhymes. hollywood stars packing the white house lawn as well, samuel l. jackson and angela bassett taking in the performance. before the show, president obama spoke about how live performances have always been a part of life at the white house. >> guests of the kennedys apparently did the twist in the st which may not sound like a big deal to you, but that was sort of the twerking of their time. [laughter] antoinette: i hope you know what twerking is, because it makes the joke that much funnier. todd: we're not going to demonstrate. i got in trouble last time. [laughter] antoinette: i can't even think about twerking right now let

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however, the main showers for today are well off to our west moving through new jersey and new york pushing through later this afternoon. don't expect anything like last night with those downpours and thunderstorms, but we will be seeing some nuisance showers for later this afternoon, something that will be impacting you as you're heading out to the head of the charles. todd and antoinette, a very windy day as well. antoinette: all right, kelly anne. thank you. a surprise visitor to the white house. dd lifelong cubs fan, decked out aproposially. he met with president obama and then crashed a press conference where the talk quickly changed to coffee and martinis. >> tom hanks brought us a coffee machine. >> were you guys asleep? what do you currently need now? >> martini shaker. >> shakers. you need a big shaker.

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announcer: now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- todd: breaking news -- a three-alarm fire ripping through a worcester apartment building. antoinette: floods after heavy rain. assessing the damage in several cities andns area. todd: new this morning, a scare at hillary clinton's campaign offices in new york. the investigation into a suspicious envelope. antoinette: curt schilling will rally in boston. the candidate he's supporting and his criticism of the democratic party. announcer: you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. antoinette: and a good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning.

todd: good morning. i'm todd kazakiewich. doug is off this morning. we're welcoming a brand-new member of the stormteam 5 family, kelly anne cicalese, and she's here with us on this dreary saturday morning. antoinette: a very busy last night heading into your first morning. did you get any sleep? kelly: i didn't get much sleep, but you guys are fun. let's take a look at what's going on. as antoinette mentioned, it wa we did see a lot of thunderstorms and downpours. a good amount of flooding through worcester county. as you're heading out right now, we're not completely in the clear. we have fog and drizzle lingering, but you can see the overall grand scheme of the pattern this morning is relatively quiet locally outside of a few areas of drizzle. the main showers are to the west extending down into new york and new jersey pushing through later this afternoon. that's what we're tracking at

was talking about, something that's reducing visibility more so on the coast and through much of downtown boston where right now we have that mugginess factor as well. it's 63 degrees but feeling quite a bit warmer, almost tropical-like because of that humidity in place. your 12-hour forecast is warm. 60's now, relatively dry, but showers kick back in later this afternoon. with those showers, temperatures will progressively cool back down into the 50 we'll also feel gusty winds as well. antoinette: kelly anne, thank you. breaking news from worcester, six fem rescued after a three-alarm fire rips through a fire on pelham street. one man says he saw young children in the window covered in soot. >> little girls and little boys hanging out the window. it was like 10 of us guys, though. we was gonna try to catch them if we could, but, boom, here

a total of six people were taken to the hospital but none of the injuries is life-threatening. investigators say the fire appears to have started up on the third floor. no word yet this morning on what caused it. todd: as we've been talking about, a powerful line of thunderstorms moving through the area last night. several area towns experiencing flash flooding. antoinette: worcester one of the hardest hit areas. the rain is done for right now and the floodwaters have started to recede. some roads remain impassable. let's completely underwater last night. you can see when the cars try to drive through, they end up pushing a big wave right down the street. city officials reminding us it's never safe to drive through water when you don't know how deep it is. and over on southbridge street, look at this, drivers stranded as the water levels rose up to the car's windows. one driver forced to stand on top of his car while waiting to be rescued.

rescues in the area. crews working through the night trying to clear all the storm drains. todd: let's show you video from fichburg. -- fitchburg. we saw people pushing cars that got stuck. we're told hundreds of homes received water damage. several roads closed in that town overnight. antoinette: flooding extending up to the merrimack valley as well. this is haverhill. you can see a car stranded in the water there right under a railrori todd: in manchester, new hampshire, some roads under a foot of water. several cars were partially under water as well. neighbors and firefighters worked to clear storm drains in an effort to let floodwaters recede. one man needed a tow after he got caught in the high water. antoinette: an investigation underway after two bodies were discovered at a construction

flooded the trench. the workers have not been identified. dartmouth street is a major artery in the south end. closing it creates numerous problems. todd: until that stretch is reopened, expect major tie-ups. city officials say it could be days before the street reopens. people in the area already adjusting last night. one restaurant was forced to stop deliveries because the process was taking too long. but many people say they're more the families affected by this tragedy. >> i give so much credit to blue collar workers and i feel terrible about what happened. first and foremost, i feel so sorry for the people involved. todd: police are asking drivers to continue to avoid the area if possible. antoinette: commitment 2016 -- the white powder sent to hillary clinton's new york campaign office has been tested, and it tested negative. it is harmless. police evacuated office workers after they opened an envelope

officers say the mail was first brought to the midtown manhattan office but then transferred to the brooklyn headquarters. the nypd is now vinvestigating the incident. polls show the two candidates tied. clinton attacked donald trump saying he might not accept the results. >> the peaceful t not you support me or you support my opponent. together we must support american democracy. antoinette: clinton also blasted trump for the use of chinese steel in his buildings, saying that he needs to answer to ohio steelworkers who are now filing for unemployment. todd: as for donald trump, he's doubling down on his plans to fight illegal immigration. on a swing through key battleground states, in pennsylvania, he laid out his

impose tough new mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for anyone who illegally re-enters the country after previously being deported. they won't come back. todd: trump remains in pennsylvania today set to give a speech in gettysburg. today, curt schilling will rally on city hall plaza in boston in support of donald trump. schilling says he wants to challenge massachusetts senator elizabeth warren he's not sure his family is onboard. schilling ripped the democratic party. he says it's anti-israel. >> i don't understand, and this is -- maybe this is the amateur non-politician in me. i don't understand how people of jewish faith can back the democratic party which over the last 50 years has been so clearly anti-israel. the democratic party is aligned with israel only because we have agreements in place that make them have to be.

tomorrow. antoinette: dover, new hampshire's football team was shorthanded after several coaches were caught drinking and fired. in a letter to parents, the superintendent says the volunteer and assistant coaches drank alcohol while on duty traveling back to dover high school after a game in keene on saturday. she says they were in a separate vehicle and that neither the head coach nor the students were involved in any way. >> ultimately, when we tal them to a high standard, because they represent our school. and these are working to promote healthy lifestyles, good decisions. so they need to be held to a high standard as well. antoinette: the superintendent says several people, including the athletic director, are filling in for now. todd: 8:39. the man charged with killing five teenagers in a wrong-way

hospital being treated for his own serious injuries. prosecutors say bourgoin crashed into the teens' car on i-89 in williston two weeks ago. police say he also stole a police car on-scene and crashed into seven more vehicles. antoinette: a controversy is brewing at the united nations. todd: the honorary ambassador to empower women. the factors taking a toll on vineyards. kelly: showers are moving in for your saturday afternoon. their toim -- timing. antoinette: breaking news news out of worcester. six people including two children rescued after a fire at a worcester apartment building. the flames broke out at the pelham street home just before 5:30 this morning. still no word on a cause, but

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antoinette: good morning. flooding is affecting other parts of the country. in pennsylvania, storms washed

residents were forced to evacuate. some did not make it out in time prompting helicopter rescues. residents are now hoping the waters will recede so they can get in to start cleaning up. >> it happened fast. there was no warning. so, i mean, we went -- when i left, i didn't think it was going to be that bad. it was a just in case kind of thing. when we got back with the two trucks, it was already -- we knew we had to get everything out as fast as we could. antoinette: several schools in that area were also close yesterday. todd: a water emergency in parts of connecticut as drought conditions continue. people in many cities and towns are being asked to conserve. the mayor of bristol is taking it one step further warning residents if they abuse the water system, their water will be turned off and they'll have to pay to turn it back on. extreme weather could be putting your favorite bottle of wine at risk or your favorite box of wine. the international organization

worst years in production in nearly a century. global wine production is expected to fall 5%. storms are longer in duration and more frequent because of global warming. australia, the u.s. and spain are, however, expected to have increased production, off setting some of that damage. antoinette: better stock up on the three buck chuck. [laughter] we don't want to run out of it. you know what? there is looking to be more rain heading our winers out there. time to get corny already. antoinette: love it. kelly: right now, we have dry conditions mainly in place outside of some areas of drizzle that has developed and even some fog. but there are showers moving in for later this afternoon. right now, that's stretching through in new york and actually stretches all the way down into new jersey, making its way through the d.c. area.

those showers to approach. we have a lull this morning. you'll notice as you're heading out, the humidity factor is very high. it's feeling tropical. we're in the 60's for much of our region. that's as warm as it's going to get for today as those showers move in later this afternoon. those temperatures will progressively fall into the 50's. our rain impact will be heavier as we head into the afternoon and evening. however, for late tonight, we'll start to see to dwindle down as we dry out heading into your sunday. as we dry out for the second half of your weekend, keep in mind those gusty winds will start to pick up in strength as we head into your sunday afternoon. futurecast looking dry as we progress toward noon, but notice how we do see some showers just barely creeping in for areas of rhode island and much of worcester county and westward. downtown boston, you're staying dry. those showers move in. as we move toward late afternoon, looking to see

moving into worcester county as well. now we move through into the evening. we have some of that cooler air bringing the chance for the first flakes of the season for the berkshires and adirondacks as well. drying heading into sunday morning. as we head into sunday afternoon, we'll see gusty winds in place. you'll be shocked by how temperatures are not going to feel quite as warm as those upper 50's as we see wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour possible. keep in mind, there is a wi late tonight. temperatures into the 50's for sunday, progressing into monday. at that point, we're tracking the chance for a few new showers. winds are going to be a factor this week. the strongest expected tonight into the forecast for tomorrow. even as we progress toward tuesday, we do see some gusty winds in place as well. keep in mind as we move through the rest of the forecast, temperatures will stay on the lower end of the scale.

for tuesday afternoon. the rest of your seven-day, yeah, we progressively warm, but those overnight temperatures looking to remain a factor as we stay near or even below freezing, progressing from tuesday night into wednesday, even ahead into your thursday morning as well. so next week frost is going to be a major factor. the good news is, though, by later in the week, todd, antoinette, we will see temperatures inch back upward. antoinette: inchk time of year, gradually easing into the colder temperatures. i don't like the humidity either. even today is too humid for me. the united nations making an effort to reach new audiences. antoinette: they've designated wonder woman as an honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls but the move has caused controversy. some say it should not take a superhero to advocate for women's rights. many staffers at the u.n. also protested this decision.

va-va-voom image insults real superwomen around the world. >> sometimes we need something or someone to aspire to, to help inform our choices and set an example. that example can be a superhero like wonder woman or a real-life supeo antoinette: others say wonder woman, va-va-voom and all, helps bring out the superhero in all of us. boston's children's hospital may be world-famous and now they have a new method to help parents of patients. todd: erika tarantal shows us how it works and the one devoted group that helps make it possible. erika: this is a reiki treatment.

erika: to balance the body and for moms like dana, to help cope. see, this is no spa. we're at boston's children's hospital. >> to have this center as an oasis for us has been really helpful to make medical decisions and alleviate the stress that comes along with caring for a sick child. erika: it's part of a new wellness program at the hale family center. >> meditation, reiki, yoga, mae. erika: diane long felt these practices would benefit families. and she would know. she's worked as a nurse here for nearly 40 years. ultimately, it was a donation from the nonprofit yoga reaches out that allowed the program to flourish. >> i really think that's why we're here in this world, is to help others. erika: sarah gardner is the group's founder. >> honestly, the idea to have a yogathon at gillette stadium

emily: that's exactly what they do every year. a day-long yoga event. it started after sarah son was born premature. for a time he was cared for at children's. for six years, money has gone to the hospital. they recently hit the million-dollar mark, and what a difference they've made. >> a lot of parents come in crying, and they leave feeling better. >> this is kind of addressing everything that's going on with me in this situation, which is very stressful and very, just, and being able to feel settled in the middle of it. erika: parents and staff can take things like reiki training through this program to treat kids at their bedsides. it's really a unique program. to find out more about it and yoga reaches out, go to wcvb.com. erika tarantal, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: time is 8:50. we are following breaking news this morning. todd: a fire races through a worcester apartment building. several people rescued. details on the investigation.

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when i listen to families across new hampshire, all i hear is that washington is locked into a system where the special interests come before people. where drug company profits come before affordable medicine, the koch brothers and big oil come before clean energy, and powerful corporations beat out entrepreneurs looking to grow their small businesses. i'm maggie hassan. washington won't change overnight. but sending a new senator who puts your priorities ahead of special interests and that's why i approve this message. todd: 8:54. breaking news from worcester. six people including two

an apartment building on pelham street. neighbors saw the flames shooting from the building. one man says he saw young children in the window covered in soot. again, six people taken to the hospital but none of the injuries considered life-threatening. investigators say the fire appears to have started on the third floor. no word yet on the cause. antoinette: a flooding situation across parts of the state especially in the worcester area. this is a look at murray avenue. you can see that street completely under water. that area, they ended up pushing big waves of water down the street. the water levels are receding, but city officials ask residents to use caution as cleanup is underway. todd: right now an investigation is underway after two men were recovered from a flooded trench on dartmouth street. the bodies of two men. it happened yesterday in boston at south end. a water main flooded the trench. the workers have not been

investigating. antoinette: an amtrak downeaster train train is stuck for hours. passengers were stopped just north of the haverhill station on friday. the train left boston at 5:00 p.m. and arrived in wells, maine, just after 1:00 this morning. we're told a disabled freight train on the track prevented other trains from moving on. passengers also tell us a replacement crew was sent to the train after the engineer reached the 12-hour limit. a search for this morning after three cyber-attacks targeting hundreds of websites. you may have noticed that you cooperate get on to some of -- couldn't get on to some of your favorite websites. hackers targeted dyn, a company based in manchester, new hampshire. they unleashed a ddos, designated distributed denial of service, overwhelming the websites. the f.b.i. and department of homeland security are both involved in the investigation. todd: the joke normally goes,

road. but what about when an emu crosses the road? antoinette: well, it's to get to the other side, right? todd: maybe. antoinette: we should ask this emu in arizona. it ended up on the highway crossing the road and ending up on the road shoulder. see, that was the answer. an arizona agriculture official was able to remove the animal. no word on how the emu got to the road. todd: i was reading there's no emu farms in that area. there's no good reason w would have been there. antoinette: someone must have a pet emu and is looking for it right now. perhaps he lost track of his gps and got lost. antoinette: he needs waze. todd: we'll have the opposite of their weather. kelly: almost tropical. temperatures in the 60's this morning and humidity as well. it's very muggy as you're heading out this morning.

heading out this afternoon. the showers will cool us down. the high temperatures, we're reaching it this morning. antoinette: this is as high as it gets. as warm as it's going to get folks. todd: did you see those snowflakes in the forecast? antoinette: i was ignoring. todd: thank you for watching. antoinetr 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. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. 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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