been breaking much of this day a suspect in custody accused of killing two iowa police officers in an ambush style attack. the attacks happening a few miles apart. investigators revealing the suspect had a history of racial outbursts and confrontations with police. >> loretta lynch promising to give officers the tools they need to do their jobs safely. >> the man police believe ambushed two police officers in iowa now in custody. police identifying 46-year-old scott michael green as a suspect. surrendering to state officials this morning in a rural area west of des moines. >> it's a great sense of relief, not just for us, obviously, he was targeting police officers. >> just hours before turning himself in. >> there is an officer down. >> two police officers shot and killed separately, in the suburbs of des moines while in their patrol cars.

beginning at 1:06 a.m. the first officer shot while sitting in his car on patrol alone. >> the second killed while responding. >> gunned down sitting in the car doing nothing wrong. >> these shootings come as officers killed by guns in the line of duty are up dramatically this year by 48%. loretta lynch reacting at a st today. >> we're determined to hold to account anyone who targets police officers simply because they have the courage and the selflessness to wear that badge each and every day. >> right now green is being kwechltd he's not yet been formally charged. he was well known to police in court yesterday over a dispute with his mother. out of this attack, a very emotional moment between an iowa woman who wanted to do something, anything to help

>> i want you guys to be hydrated and not -- and i want you to go home to your families because i want any dad to come home to me and my friends to come home to me. and i'm sorry, and i'm here for you all. >> she went on to say how sorry she was and that she was there for tomorrow. >> break news in boston, where there is another round of protests calling for better treatment of disabled people. ago. they are demanding more funding to help people with disabilities. and more options for the disabled to live in their own homes instead of institutions. on monday protestors from the same group rallied in canton and across from the statehouse. >> the death penalty retrial got under way today. gruesome details of his crimes laid out in opening statements.

boston. reid? >> his defense team showing a new theory on why he brutally murdered three men back in 2001, telling them that his brain had been broken for a very long time. >> since he was 4, in fact, when sampson's torn said the convicted killer fell down a flight of stairs, you will find he's had a damaged brain that's affected his behavior before the crimes, during the crimes and after the crimes. >> they are trying whatever they can try to sympathy or empathy for this guy. >> mike isn't buying it. his 19-year-old son was the second of sampson's three murders in july 2001. rizzo was carjacked and stabbed to death. whitney of new hampshire was strangled. sampson was sentenced to death in 2003 but was granted a new sentence and trial after he learned one of the jurors lied about her background. >> it's been 13 years now since he's been convicted, and we've

57-year-old suffered multiple head injuries referring to him as brain damaged. prosecutors countered claiming the most powerful tool this defendant used to kill is right here in this courtroom, his brain. prosecutors went as far as the say sampson wore a murder outfit dressing conservatively, slacks, a me low shirt and shoes, to convince his victims to give him a ride, steal cars and ultimately make them believe he wouldn't kill them. he outsmarted them all. he them. >> it was new, i have never been through this process before. i'm more jaded by the process. i'll a little more -- words still horrible to hear. >> the 12 jurors and six alternates will hear from close to 200 witnesses. it expected the last well into december. live outside the federal courthouse in boston, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> let's take a live look over the city of boston.

temperatures hitting the 70 degree mark today. a november warm-up, but, as all november warm-ups do, it won't stick around. >> when is it going to get cold? >> it will get chilly but it will be a mild night. we know that. 71 today in providence. still in the 60s in most places. and the wind is light out of the southwest. look at this. the average is about 15 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time with that light southwesterly wind. so we stay in the 50s later tonight but there are clouds not far to the west. showers not much further than that. so that's going to be on the way. tomorrow, you will wake up to some clouds. there could be a couple of showers, north shore, especially southern new hampshire and maine. once we get to lunch time, they will be moving across the state during the course of the afternoon tomorrow. that will signify more changes which we'll talk about in a few minutes. >> the essex county d.a.'s office confirms the discovery of a woman's body in lawrence is

>> police have identified the woman as 62-year-old justina rosa. at first authorities labeled her death as suspicious but now say she was in a victim of foul play. >> two people fighting for their lives after being hit by a septic truck. it happened last night on common street. the 67-year-old woman and 70-year-old man were in a crosswalk near city hall when they were hit. both have critical injuries. the driver stayed at the scene. police are reviewing surveillance video to try to figure out how reporter: crunch time for both hillary clinton and donald trump. both their candidates and surrogates were out. new hampshire will reply a key role in the election and we've learned on election eve, monday, trump will be in the granite state as will president obama. rallying support for hillary clinton. julie mcdonald covering the campaign tonight. julie? >> six days to go both campaigns now full speed ahead as they

the focus is especially on those key swing states that could determine the winner. >> a dead heat to the finish for hillary clinton and donald trump. the latest abc news "washington post" poll shows the candidates are locked in a tie at 46% each. >> we're going to win back the white house. >> we need to do everything we possibly can between now and the time the polls close. >> in its final stretch, both campaigns are win votes, in crucial battleground states. >> we're way up in florida. i shouldn't say that because i want you to go vote. okay. ready. we're going to pretend we're down. we're down. pretend, right? we'll pretend we're down. >> it's a full-court press from the clinton campaign. hillary leaning on her most powerful supporters to drive the message home. >> do your job, we get to go to bed the early tuesday night.

arizona making his final pitch. >> six days away from a great victory all across the state of arizona and all across the united states of america. >> the typically red state is showing some hues of blue which could make arizona a game changer for clinton. that's where she'll end the day drumming up support in person. >> once again in the final hours before election day, all eyes will be on new hampshire. we did just learn donald trump will close out his campaign there with the presidewh campaigning for clinton on monday. >> thank you. early voting ends friday here in massachusetts, after exceeding expectations. secretary of state says roughly 700,000 votes had been cast by noon today with two days to go. 15% of the state electorate. so we're now asking election officials to extend friday's voting hours to at least 5:00 p.m. some have already indicated they will stay open later to accommodate voters.

updated hours. >> a former new hampshire state rep already facing felony charges is now accused of drunk driving. he was arrested last night following a three car crash in rochester. police say the 31-year-old was swerving erratically all over route 125 before rear-ending a vehicle pushing that car into the back of another car. he resigned back in march after being arrested for online solicitation of a minor. he's also accused of smoking marijuana at the statehouse and selling drugs to other house members. >> wednesday night, we're over the hump. headed home for the evening commute and i looks pretty good on the southeast expressway as we check your first alert traffic. let's head to the machine and see how drive times are moving. let's head down to the expressway. from the tunnel down to the split it's 32 minutes and then as you go on a bend, a little longer, about 16 minutes there. as you head north, no problems. 17 minutes to the upper deck of

though. 37 minutes, headed down to the pike. looks pretty good. 13 minutes, 93 to newt top corner. further out, at least to 495, 25 minutes. that's first alert traffic. pope francis known for making big changes to the catholic church. what he's now saying about the possibility of women priests someday. >> a disturbing crime, hard to imagine. a mother's excuse as she's accused of injecting her own children with heroin. >> comparing and contrasting the

>> thursday morning on the eyeopener, retiring in your 30s, sounds like a dream. >> one couple made it happen and they have advice for everyone. >> rain will be moving in, the tombline and the impact on

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>> the air force is moving forward with plans to protect the drinking water at key states in new hampshire. the air force has committed designs for two large scale groundwater treat systems to protect drinking water, wells on or near the base. tests showed levels more than 35 times the federal health advisory level.

today about the state of bill's eyesight. as his charges continue his lawyers say that cosby's site has deteriorated to the point where he can no longer identify his accusers in photographs. and the condition is hurting his defense. his legal team is also trying to get a felony charge dismissed before his trial nex june. meanwhile prosecutors want 13 otherccusers to testifyhen the trial gets under y. >> a four is over between hogan and his accuser. reportedly awarding the wrestler $31 million many cash. hogan sued gawker after it posted a sex tape online. a florida jury handed him a $140 million judgment. gawker filed for bankruptcy and its companies assets were sold to univision.

of injecting her own children with heroin. investigators say ashley used the drug to make her children go to sleep. she and -- they were found living with three children in a home filled with rat droppings and drug needles, somebody in the home notified child protective services after seeing the 24-year-old inject her children ages 6, 4, and 2 with heroin. >> some of the statements they made were very how they would get sleepy juice to go to sleep. >> their father was jailed in september. but hud spent months hiding from the law. both pleading not guilty to several charges the children are in foster homes. they are said to be doing well. >> pope francis is making it clear the catholic church is not moving toward a time when women could be ordained as priests. speaking to reporters today pope francis said one of his predecessor had the final word

1994, john paul wrote, the church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women. francis says he also stands by those words and foresees no changes in the future. iraqi forces continue their measured march to mosul. precautions taken amid u.n. reports isis fighters are removing civilians from their homes to use as human shields. forces are going house-to-house as they clear a newly captured neighborhood in eastern mosul. they have also taken key highway that's been used as a supply line for isis. >> italy, still struggling to recover after several major earthquakes. a number of people now living in shelters in that country has risen to 22,000. three earthquakes recently rocked the central part of the country in a four day span. incredibly no one was killed but the tremors struck the same area rocked by a powerful earthquake in august. it left nearly 300 people dead

town -- a spectacular day around here. i didn't hear a single complaint. >> neither di. now, either our hearing isn't too good. >> could we get a couple more, one more maybe. >> i think tomorrow will still be a middle day for most of us. and i still see some decent weather next week. pretty pleasant. i don't see 70, but maybe 60. >> maybe even election day. how about that. >> look at. this these are the high temperatures today. nice stuff. >> there you go. you see it that way as well.ve very pleasant out there. low 70s showing up. norwood, providence, coming in, in the low 70s. >> nice late afternoon and evening in boston. 64 degrees. the wind direction trying to come out of the south-southeast. it was a sea breeze but it's actually calm right now. so certainly we don't have any wind chill or anything like that to be concerned with. we're still in the 60s. 57 in keen. 59 in hyannis and nantucket. otherwise in the 60s. pretty reasonable if you'll be out this evening.

most of the overnight. dropping back into the 50s. make a couple of upper 40s. still a lot of warmth just to the south and west. for another day, pittsburgh, cincinnati, st. louis, this looks pretty close to what happened yesterday. however, notice it's a little bit cooler to the north. and tomorrow morning, there will be a little front right across massachusetts, so maybe a wee bit coolner northern mass and southern new hampshire and southern maine than it will be across connecticut and rhode island for chillier air over the great lakes will overspread the region overnight tomorrow night and friday taking temperatures back to seasonalables, but that may be preceded and accomnied by the change, a couple of showers or thunderstorms so high temperatures tomorrow. notice worcester at 60. 50s to 60 north of the pike. well into the 60s, as you wet south of the pike, as i mentioned, a little front will be running right through here, a

north. we have some clouds just to the west and a few patchy clouds over us. thicker clouds with some showers. that's the system that i'm talking about for tomorrow. little wave of low pressure is going to move right at us. most of the steady wet weather will be north of the low pressure area. so it looks more like vermont, new hampshire, and maine will get the steadiest rain but most of us should get a if you showers or downpours tomorrow afternoon or evening. then the gates open for windy anch in overnight tomorrow night. some clouds will be coming in tonight. could be a spot shower to the north. tomorrow morning's mute, southern new hampshire and maine have a better chance. midday tomorrow we'll be starting to watch the apressure of that cold front, so a line of downpours could be moving into the berkshires. moving across the state of massachusetts from west to east during the considers of the afternoon tomorrow, and what's left of those should be passing through boston area right around the time of the evening commute.

shift to the northwest. gets gusty and noticeably chillier. that's the progression. saturday, another weak front approaches so we start with sun, then get clouds. doesn't look lick a whole lot of precipitation. little sneak preview for election day around the country. a little bit of wet weather near the gulf coast but most of the country does not look like it's going to be stormy and it doesn't really look very cold. check it out. these are high temperatures projected. notice much of the country in the 60s. a few spots we should be about 55 to 60 degrees. very weak front will be approaching us, it appears, later on election day. could see a spot shower but i don't see much more than that taking place. theris a look at your next seven days. the weekend will be chillier but about where we should be for this time of year. not exceptionally cold or anything like that. >> thank you. >> a heart stopping close call with a shark. the surfer in australia ride a

surfer's leg, right before him, but the man was able to turn, paddle and catch a wave. sailing right over the six foot shark just inches below him. >> that's why i stay on the sand. >> really? >> yeah, pretty much. >> you have a fear of sea life? >> i don't want close contact. >> next in your health, growing waistline of american children. >> at this time of year, kids e more likely to gain weight. at schools accused of cheating on high stakes testing and the heartbreaking consequence for one local family. >> one more tribute to now retired sox star david ortiz.

charters and question two means we'll lose even more. we've got to stop taking from the 96 percent of kids who don't attend a charter school. if you believe every child deserves a great public education, vote no on question two. what's kelly ayotte costing you? you're paying more for prescription medicines. kelly ayotte blocked lower cost generic drugs. ayotte voted against letting you refinance at lower rates. and you're paying higher bank fees while ayotte voted for special breaks to wall street executives. kelly ayotte. she's siding with corporate special interests and that's costing you.

massachusetts has many great public schools, and we took it for granted that our kids would go to great public schools. but some kids aren't so lucky. and they have no choice. imagine if your kids were trapped in a failing school. public charter schools give parents a choice and are a pathway to success for these kids. if you like your school, question 2 won't affect you. but question 2 will change the future for thousands of kids who need your help. please join me and

obesity. a serious problem putting our kids at serious risk. new research looks at where it all begins. >> from cafeteria lunches to cutbacks in p.e., schools have become a lightning rod for criticism when it comes to childhood obesity. it affects 12.7 million american children in adolescence. schools play be the only place where kids's waistline don't seem to be gr texas in austin studied more than 18,000 children over three years. from kindergarten to second grade. measuring their body mass index or bmi to track their girth. on average, bmi only increased during summer vacation. the message for parents, you may not have school to blame for your kid's weight. pay attention to their diet and activity level when they are

say encourage healthy summertime heating and exercise because what happens at home may save your children a lifetime of medical complications from being overweight. >> flu season is here and doctors say the best way to protect yourself and others is to get your flu shot. the vaccine has been around for years, but some people are still skeptical of the benefits. doctors say don't believe everything you hear the vaccine will not give you the flu as it does in the contain a live virus. it triggers the immune system to ramp up which is why you may feel tired and achy after you get the shot. if you wind up getting the sick after the shot another respiratory illness may be to blame. >> if you're getting flu vaccines and they are noninfluenza viruses circulating in the community and you get sick with one of those viruses, then the natural assumption is, oh, i got this from the vaccine, when in reality they were two unrelated events. >> doctors say it's important to remember the vaccine is not

protection is better than none. >> next at 5:30. our coverage of the election continues for you. >> a closer look at where both presidential candidates stand on the right to bear arms. and the tight race for senate in new hampshire. have you seen those commercials, final debate set for tonight between maggie and kelly. newscenter 5 is there and we'll

>> police say scott michael green claimed police violated his rights a few weeks ago by being kicked out of a high school football game when he displayed a confederate flag. he's accused of ambushing two while they sat in their patrol cars. >> people calling for better treatment of disabled people. they are at the statehouse debating funding for people with disabilities. >> we turn to the weather with havsh. just a winner, right? >> a plus. >> i agree with both of you. when does that happen? it happens a lot. there you go, 70 degrees today.

providence hitting 71. a lot of big cities able to do it. still mild this evening. light jacket or sweater will do fine. boston will drop no lower than the 50s. there are changes coming. there is a front to the west. clouds to the west. tomorrow, expect to be a cloudier day, and there will be the risk of showers. here's how i think it will pan out. the morning commute tomorrow there, could be a spot shower across the north shore especially southern new hampshire and southern maine. what we'll be watching is an area the evening commute is when there could be more widespread showers passing through the region. you may want to have that raincoat and umbrella handy. if you don't need it early in the day you'll need it late in the day. >> significant ones to follow coming up in a few miles per hour. >> commitment 2016. the final debate, you might say it's been hotly contested. i don't know if you've heard but