key in determining what really happened here. ed and jc? ed: streets in downtown boston are back open. a krks crew hit a -- a construction crew hit a gas pipe. the area was shutdown along with 10 tremont and 40 court street that were evacuated as a precaution. we are told the pipe has now been fixed. ed: breaking news out of foxborough and a shocker from gillette stadium. they have traded n he is number nine in blue and they traded him to cleveland. the patriots get what is called a third round compensatory pick for the versatile player. it came as a huge surprise to fans and analysts alike when news spread. mike lynch will be with us to discuss the thinking behind this trade and what it means for the patriots' defense as it moves forward. jc: a tooth fairy teenager who

has died. the 18-year-old accused of attacking him is facing charges. he faced a judge and police say he slammed the victim's head against the concrete floor at an underaged drinking party on boylston street. he is charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and ordered held on $10,000 boil. $10,000 bail. ed: we are getting the first afternoon rush hour of open following as massachusetts goes all in on the easy passing and it gets rid of cash tolls for to show us how it is going. so far it is the fringes of it, neck -- nicole. reporter: we have been out all day keeping an eye on things. westbound there is a bit of a slow down, but things are moving steadily. overall things go well on this first real test of the open following commuting day. instead of the halloween nightmare expected for commuters it ended up being rather smooth during the early hours. thousands of drivers are

meaning less congestion along the pike. there was a 6% reduction in travel this morning and the drivers i spoke with say there was no trouble at all. >> smoothest i have seen on the pike in a longtime. >> and it went smooth. >> when i found out about it i didn't know if i needed to leave earlier today and it did not work out i could leave earlier and i didn't. i got through fine. reporter:demolition continues and it is actually ahead of schedule. 13 of the 23 toll locations either demolished or in the process. things looking good out here. coming up at fee:00, why transportation doctor dash coming up at 5:00, why the true test may come tomorrow. reporting live, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: commitment 2016 and the race for the white house is now neck and neck according to

polls. as we enter the home stretch of the cam pean more controversy along the trail. ed: maria is here to break it down. reporter: ed and jc, hillary clinton taking on the renewed fbi investigation into her e-mail server. donald trump is wrapping up the elections about a week away. >> happy halloween, >> we're doing great in every poll. we are doing amazing. reporter: the fbi is searching through thousands of e-mails connected to the clinton aide. it is unclear if the e-mails will show wrongdoing by chin be to. today donald trump is riding the momentum into traditionally democratic states like michigan, a state that hasn't gone red since 1988. >> the american people are the

in every way and it is your chance, november 8th to change it. reporter: clinton warning voters that a trump presidency would lead to what she called a dangerous world. >> lets ay not get -- let's not get distracted from the election. reporter: releasing a controversial ad. >> to see that coming forward in the election is carry re. reporter: and reassuring her supporters about the investigation. >> i am sure they will reach the same conclusion they did for the last year. there is no keas here. reporter: and continuing to question james comey's decision to speak publicly about the on going investigation this close to election day. the white house also weighing in. >> i will neither defend nor criticize what director comey has decided to communicate to the public about this investigation. jc: not everybody is staying quiet.

democrat and republican, criticizing comey making for what they say is an unpress unprecedented decision to comment on an on going investigation this close to election day. exped jc? jc: clinton appears to have lost her pop lawyer tee edge against trump. the latest poll says six in 10 registered voters have an unfavorable impression of both candidates and half of voters voters have a strongly and trump. in previous polls clinton was slightly more favorable, but she seems to have lost that advantage in the wake of the latest controversy. ed: looking over boston and it is spectacular. harvey, tonight for the trick-or-treaters will it be a trick or a treat? harvey: it will be a treat, of course. the weather is great and the skies are mostly clear. you just saw her if city cam. we have a bit of wind around, but right now the current temperatures from boston south

generally midto upper 40s. you can see it, that's where we are right now. still a few wind gusts around lawrence and concord, new hampshire. the average wind speeds about 10 miles an hour and that will slowly decrease as well. the wind won't be a big factor. by about 6:00 almost all of us are in the 4s. low 40s to the north and the west. by 8:00 we have temperatures in the upper 30s in some spots. like orange, mass, norwood, taunton and bedfo. sure the kids are dressed warm under their costumes. excellent weather for trick-or-treating. ed? ed: two workers taken to the hospital after a support beam collapsed. this is at the complex that happened about 10:00 in the morning. construction at the site has been stopped while the town and osha investigate what happened. at this moment there is no word on the exat the present time of -- on the egg --

jc: he wase boo hind the wheel when it crashed into a telephone pole, wall, suv and a house. woods, plus the driver of the suv and several children on that bus were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. police haven't said what caused the crash, however. jc: this man is out on bail accused of driving down the it happened after he was spotted driving eastbound on the westbound side of the highway. police say he was more than twice the legal limit. this is his second drunk driving offense. jc: and some uber drivers discriminate in boston. according to the study co authored by researchers, uber drivers canceled rides with black sounding names twice as often as other men. in a statement uber says

jc: a new hampshire man accused of kidnapping is excused the claims against him. he kidnapped his girlfriend dragging her out of the building by her arm and forcing her into the car and driving to worcester. initially he was questioned and released. police later issued a warrant for his arrest and he it upped himself in on friday saying he never pulled or dragged the victim. adding what happened was, quote, no big deal. rosario has been ord ed: the ex-wife of a man accused of leaving a toddler in the car to die. she said she thought it was an accident, but prosecutors say he was trying to kill their son, cooper, in 2014, because he was unhappy in his marriage and he wanted the 22-month-old out of the way. in court this morning taylor tearfully remembered her son.

he loved to play. he would talk to and smile to anybody whether or not it was a stranger. ed: he is charged with murder and faces life in prison if convicted. iraqi special forces are now within two miles of mosul as they continue to operate in the operation to take back the city from isis. at dawn they pushed isis fighters back taking advantage of the u.s. air support. the operation to reclaim mosul began on military officials say it is far from over. ed: an italian village rocked by another earthquake. jc: still to come, how strong this quake was and what italy's president said about the devastation to the region. ed: and a great white shark washes up on the cape. who discovered the big thing on the beach. harv? harvey: it is a good evening for trick-or-treaters. now the rest of the week will

we'll cover that. jc: and pat fans are reacting to the news the team has traded linebacker jaime

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villages. the quake struck in the same region that was already devastated by a deadly earthquake in august. nerves are still on edge today as hundreds of aftershocks continue to hit. no deaths are reported this time, however, but there are injuries and 15,000 people still without power. ed: you are looking at the traffic on the pike. those people are just out of boston and they are heading into newton. the traffic on the right is they can and you can see how bright the sun is. the volume and the sun are okay. this is the first full day of the workweek of open following. lets -- open tolling. mass ave to route thee is normal. 37 is not normal. slower than normal, upper deck to 128 is slower than normal. you just saw this stretch 21 minutes, 93 to newton corner. 128 south is slow into wellsley. the first look at the pike

495 south is not too good. it is a little slow right now. that's what traffic looks like. do be careful, careful, careful because the trick-or-treaters will be out in an hour or so. so be careful. please be careful. harvey: they will have a mice -- a niece night for it. you can see it is chilly in that's indicative of a chilly night to come. boston is looking great. charles looks great, skies look great and the weather has been outstanding. cries p today, but -- crisp today, but it is fall and it feels and looks like it. a lot of leaves are down, but some still up. northwest wind, 10 miles an hour. the wind as i mentioned is not a big factor, and what there

diminish. we have low 50s to upper 40s and generally 40s to the north and west. here is how we go as we go through the evening. it is mainly in the 40s in the urban areas and the higher elevations around 8:00 tonight. some of the cool pockets will already be dropping into the upper 30s. late tonight into the start of the day tomorrow temperatures will be chilly and there will be frost in some areas to start your day. but there will be a decent bounce back into the 50s. looks like a nice day. th strong. here is the satellite imagery. you can see the skies are mainly clear. still a few patchy clouds around the cape. they are having definitely better weather this afternoon than earlier today. they started out with overcast skies. there is a fair amount of cloudiness across the midwest, but there is a temperature difference across the midwest. look what happens when we head out there. the temperatureses warm quite a bit. you jump to 62 in cincinnati.

arkansas. 83 in lieu weville. we -- 83 in louisville. wednesday you will notice the difference as another significant warm up will take place and should last into the day on thursday. but we start out with high pressure over us later tonight and early in the day tomorrow and then it starts to move offshore. as it does the winds come around and that allows the milder air to move in here on wednesday. as we check it out you can see nice and mild on wednesday in the 60s. still mild on thursday, that's a day that could see some afternoon and/or nighttime showers. and then we will have a temperature drop on friday and saturday. and chilly weather next weekend as it looks right now. so again for trick-or-treaters just averaging it all out for you. it starts out on average in the upper 40s and upper 30s by 9:00. after that you can see how the

fairly chilly start. we will move into the 50s. that's the nice stuff. the next changing to come really is a ways away. it is a warm up even if it is accompanied by clouds it looks like a mild day and we should sneak in some sunshine as wl. there it it is. your next seven days. you have to love the wednesday, thursday time period. that's pretty mild weather for early november which is what it will be. it is you know through the course of the week that next weekend is the time to fall back. we are going to gain an hour. that's the good news. the sunsets starting on sunday, forget about it and not discuss it. it is stricken from the record. ed? ed: consider it stricken from the record, harv. we turn to your health. open enrollment for the affordable care act begins tomorrow. the obama administration expects 1.1 million more people are expected to enroll

the number of americans who do not have health insurance is at a four-decade low. open enrollment runs through january 31st. ed: unicef is sounding an alarm on air pollution saying it kills more children every year than malaria and hiv aids combined. 6,000 children die from air pollution every year. the problem is especially bad in developing countries and problems can begin in the issues later. jc: there is an app for everything these days. it has a family locator feature that shows the parents where their kids are in realtime. that way if you are separated you can pin . their exact low -- you can pinpoint their exact location. it is a low that shows you when somebody approaches your door. ed: slept ideas on both fronts. chipotle is hoping to bring

jcvc what the -- jc: what the restaurant is offering and what the cause is. >> ben: a disturbing crime during school hours. a female student says she was raped. her alleged attacker is in court. the new information revealed will millions of americans are allergic to peanuts. in your health, the tiny patch new research finds can treat the most severe >> they have gone up like everything else they have gone up. >> prescription drug prices climbing. are there ways you can save? simple tips to help in the new

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wrestling with the bear. he was trying to show off by jumping into the panda house to tease a sleeping panda. the sleeping panda is meling. meling woke up and was not too happy. he grabbed the intruder and wrestled him to the ground. the man got up and got out of the entanglement and ran free. he ran out of the zoo. the zoo's manager said the panda was probably not trying to hurt he was just trying to play with the guy or else it would have gotten worse than it did. >> they are strong. ed: speaking of bears, the cubs hold off the indians for one more game. jc: chapman managed eight outs including that strikeout to end game five. the cubs win it 3-2, their first world series win in 71 years. they head back to cleveland

if the indians win tomorrow night then it is over. ed: it is over. jcvc at least they got to celebrate at their field. ed: ben and jc have newscenter 5 at 5:00. jc: cars smashed. an out of control fear turns it into chaos. >> ben: the chain reaction that sent four firefighters and one other person to hospital. >> and a stunner out of patriot nation. the player september packing packing and -- sent packing and what they get in the deal. >> and a student raped in the parking lot. >> how the middle aged suspect lured the teenage victim. harvey: and how quickly temperatures will be dropping for the trick-or-treaters. >> tackling the prescription drug crisis. ideas to cut down on costs. >> from boston's news leader,

5:00. >> ben: now at 5:00, four firefighters and another person hurt when a fire truck slams into an suv in boston's back bay. good evening, everybody. jc: they are all expected to be owe -- okay. todd kazakiewich is live in the back bay. reporter: jc and ben, we have good news to pass along. two of the injured firefighters have been released from mass general. as you can see com-ave has reopen this morning. >> you can hear the bang. reporter: it was a bang louder than engine seven sirens. the sound of a violent collision between this red su -- red suv and engine seven. as engine seven was rushing to a call, the lights are flashing and the sirens are blaring. >> they were responding and coming through the intersection. the driver of the vehicle came