ing yes on 2. maria: breaking news. a police sergeant dead in his partner wounded. >> five investigates finding environmental police officers on the clock but at home and there is another concern why was that taken out? maria the answer we got from the state. harvey: which areas will have the most son. -- most sun. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at

sergeant is dead and his partner wounded after being shot in the bronx. good evening, i'm ed harding. maria: i'm maria stephanos. investigators say the gunman was also killed in the gunfire. newscenter 5's ben simmoneau has the breaking details, ben? ben: the men were shot as they responded to a reported armed home invasion. as the police arrived, the suspect drove off but was tracked down a few blocks away. one sergeant approached the car and that is when we are told the suspect got out and began firing , killing sergeant paul tuzzollo, a 41-year-old married father of two. >> a man who committed his life to protecting all of us. ben the second sergeant

hit several times in the leg and is said to be in serious condition this evening. ed: breaking news involving a special forces soldier from new hampshire. staff sargent david whitcher was taking part in a diving drill off the coast of key west, florida when he was killed. whitcher was 30-years-old and a native of bradford, new hampshire. maria: breaking from new jersey, a suspect is in custody, after three people were stabbed at rutgers university. the school was on lockdown after the attack this afternoon at the university's business school. a rutgers spokesperson says 3 people including the suspect are being treated for their injuries. no word on how serious those injuries are. ed commitment 2016: the final : weekend before the election is here. both donald trump and hillary clinton making last-minute pitches focusing in on new hampshire. maria and here in massachusetts : thousands lined up as early voting comes to an end. we have team coverage for you tonight.

mary? mary: the final voters are trickling out of city hall but you saw that video earlier. what a success early voting was. it was like that, long lines all day, all week here at city hall. people wanted to vote before election day even if it meant standing in long lines because they could choose when they could fit that into their busy schedules. absolutely about convenience. i have lived in other states where you had early voting so it is great massachusetts had to -- did it this year. >> the differences people are voting. it was an impressive turnout. mary: over one million voted early. the secretary of state said in most cases in cities and towns

meant to did not have to wait in line. it was convenient and left -- cut down on the lines from tuesday. that is all along the hope of this early voting experiment which they say is here to stay. ed: and has been well received. donald trump returned to the campaign trail in new hampshire today newscenter 5's david bienick was there he's live in ns there is no early voting in -- here, everybody still up for grabs. today during his speech he hammered away at several themes. he called the jobs report terrible news, they chose and

mr. trump: these numbers are an absolute disaster. labor force participation has fallen to its lowest level in newly 40 years. that is what is happening. nearly one in four people in their prime working years are not working. they want to work, they are not working. david: after the speech, supporters picked up lawn signs. and the trump campaign was signing up volunteers to help with this weekend's final push. from here, trump headed to another swing state ohio. two of his former aides were convicted today in connection with the bridge gate scandal in new jersey. late word coming in that kristi is not coming. -- chris christie is not coming. maria: hillary clinton will return to new hampshire this weekend. nichole berlie is covering her campaign tonight.

either clinton, or her surrogates, as the clock ticks down till election day. pennsylvania just one of the swing states hillary clinton stopped in today, speaking about the economy and how much is at stake in this election. focusing on today's release of the october jobs report. appealing directly to the working class by hitting donald trump on his tax plan, and also taking a few jabs. ms. clinton: did any of you see the debate? i spent four and a half hours standing next to donald trump proving stamina to be the next president. mary: clinton's schedule wraps up today in cleveland, where rapper jay z is giving a free concert to benefit her campaign. in the studio, nichole berlie wcvb newscenter 5. maria: we have the presidential candidates covered on election night. they will both be in new york city and so will newscenter 5. jc monahan will be at trump campaign headquarters and ben simmoneau will be with the

ed a falmouth man is facing : attempted murder charges after allegedly throwing heroin in the faces of two police officers. russell pena was arrested on drug charges this morning, and became combative when brought to the police station. the chief says he removed a bag believed to be heroin from his pants, tore it open an threw it -- and he threw it toward the officers' faces. tonight both officers are ok. pena was arraigned in falmouth district court and is being held on $25,000 cash bail. avoid 128 in needham this weekend. if you can. crews will be tearing down the rest of the old highland avenue bridge over the highway and there could be big delays. starting tonight at 8pm through 2pm tomorrow northbound drivers will get off at highland ave and be detoured back onto the highway. then from around 1 pm saturday until sunday afternoon, southbound drivers will have to face similar detours. highland ave itself will be completely closed over route 128. it's expected to be completed by monday

: devices, meant to monitor the state's environmental police while on the job are no longer in patrol trucks. that's raising more concerns, after our 5 month investigation which found some officers at home, but on the clock. here's kathy curran. kathy: environmental police officer pat robert loads up a handful of fishing poles and is finally ready to respond for duty after staying at home on the clock for the first six hours of his shift. it's a troubling pattern 5 investigates discovered in our undercover investigation. some environmental cops at home on the taxpayer's dime, their take home state trucks parked outside. others out on patrol but not doing much work at all. >> everybody does whatever they want to do. kathy: this person who's identity we're protecting is familiar with how the department works. >> there's no accountability.

each police truck was equipped with a gps tracking device called geotabs, which allowed supervisors to see where their officers trucks were at any given time. but last year, the agency decided to remove the gps devices from all its vehicles. i'm not sure why they would >>i'm not sure why they would install at taxpayer expense gps devices to these take-home vehicles and then deactivate them. i mean that's a solid management tool. kathy tom nolan is a criminal : justex boston police lieutenant. >> i would question what the reason was, what the justification was for deactivating those devices. kathy governor baker's former : campaign driver, james mcginn, is the man in charge. >> these to have gps and the trucks but that was taken out less summer. why was that taken out? >> he was taken out for cost-saving measure. we can't use those gps like, you're talking about ups, how

: investigates show the police officer's union filed a complaint with the state department of labor relations in 2013, just days after management first installed the gps devices. a year later the two sides signed an agreement which allowed the department to keep the monitoring devices in the trucks for fleet management, dispatching. and patrol analysis, but prohibited trolling or going on a fishing expedition in the gps database looking for violations. a spokesman for the department says last year the union again requested the removal of the gps system after mcginn had been appointed director and that request was approved. >> it was more of a hands-off approach where there was less accountability, less supervision. and you know what they say, when the cat's away the mice will play. kathy the department has a 10 : million dollar budget and the gps system wasn't breaking the bank. the costs for all the devices was $11,000 and then 2$700 each

to track votes and ballots, ensuring their accuracy. ed: still to come. the boston-based system that's gaining attention, in tonight's cutting-edge. maria: does th most banks are all the same... capital one isn't most banks. ? it's a relaxed place with helpful people focused on you, not trying to sell you things you don't want. and free checking accounts that are actually free. no minimums. no fees. no nonsense. capital one even has a top-rated app that lets you bank wherever you are.

maria: samsung is recalling millions of washing machines tonight. cases of the top-loading washers exploding while running at a high speed. the nation's top consumer watchdog and samsung are recalling an unprecedented 2.8 million machines, after some people reported injuries. the machines in question, 34 different models sold since march 2011 until now. you'll find more information on the wcvb app. ed: on the cutting edge tonight, protecting your vote and your ballot. maria there's been a lot of talk : this campaign about rigged

us a local company focused on keeping everything fair. mike: it is hard to forget the two thousand presidential election, a close vote in florida, all those hanging chads, leaving voters wondering and the white house in the balance. george bush became president but only after weeks of counting and recounting, all by hand. >> to show audit results very quickly and transparency is hugely important f officer. it quickly tabulates votes. if you can -- it can tell you if you mark to the ballot clearly. >> people have marked differently. they have made a number of different marks and now we can see all those instantly. mike: they can resorted.

and seeing the intent and this is incredibly important to analyze it quickly. mike: they have to be counted by hand. but not with clear ballot. what if you wrote in david ortiz? >> they can go through and give the votes to the right candidate and do a transparently and show the results at the end of the day that say david ortiz correctly got those votes. mike: the system has options for people with headphones for those who need from at the keypad with braille. >> it allows the voter to mark the ballot, a touch screen ballot. what it does is it prints out a paper ballot. a marked paper ballot. mike: six dates are using clear ballot to get the company is expecting federal certification and the next year, opening them up to bigger possibilities.

be able to grow into new england and 30 other states who we expect to have voting systems in the next coat -- couple of years. mike: eliminate the danger of online hackers. ed: that answers a question i had. maria: we vote for you, harvey. harvey: wait until yoe i went past it. but now i will show it to you. this is a great shot taken today, we believe that is in yarmouth and cape cod. what a beautiful day, what nice color i cape cod. you know the foliage season printer -- progresses down and there is some nice color to be seen. boston today, 57 was the high temperature, a couple of degrees above the average. cooler than the last couple of days.

down to 51 in boston. the skies are clear for the most part, the air is pretty dry, the winds are easing, sets us up for chilly weather. we have dropped into the 40's, it is down to 41. orange and keene, new hampshire down to the upper 30's. as the wind dies down we will see places like -- drop off very quickly. begin down into the mid to upper 30's. many outlying areas will be freezing or a little below. we have a frost advisory in effect for cape cod for tonight as parts of the cape have not had frost yet. tonight might even night. tomorrow, respectable bounceback in temperature to levels not quite what today was but fairly close. we do have clouds across southern canada. notice the direction from north

it will not be bright and sunny all day. on sunday, the wind becomes a little more north-northeast and the air mass will be chillier. after we see a day of mixture, sun and clouds on saturday, the slightest chance for spread through the morning but i doubt it. some clouds and sunday more so along the coastline for easter massachusetts and further inland. there is the chilly wind off the water. election day. it looks terrific. it looks a highs will be in the low 60's and parts of the area. with sunshine and dry air. nationally it looks pretty good. i do not see any egg storms across the country, a little moisture around the gulf of mexico. a reminder about this weekend. turn the book -- turn the clocks back one hour. the sunsets at 431 on sunday. tomorrow is the latest sunrise of the year.

sunday. looks like a beautiful weather week. for next week. see you later tonight. >> now, sportscenter 5, one minute drill. mike: since the one minute drill is a loosely structured format that is sometimes newsy and often times an opportunity for the sports guys here to express their opinions, let me take this moment to exchange a hot take for some warm thoughts. this is my first and best chance to thank everyone for their kindness and support during the time that my brain wasn't working quite right, which was the case long before the aneurysm, and thanks to amazing doctors and nurses at beth israel deaconess medical center. my brain, for better and for worse, is working just the way it used to, special thanks to the local sports teams patriots, sox, b's, and c's who sent everything from cards and balloons to edible arrangements. i now have a robert kraft autographed patriots helmet prominently displayed in the den.

thanks channel 5 viewers who emailed, snail mailed, facebooked, and tweeted their prayers and well-wishes. thanks to family and friends, especially my wife, eileen, who thinks i'm much nicer than i used to be. i don't know what kind of a bear i was prior to all that. maybe i am more patient and i have more perspective. i would like to say now we are moving on just like the patriots. kind of a come back comment i wanted to save, now we're moving on. maria: you have already gone at it. about sports. ed: the world is back to normal. next, a local hospital's mission

ed: veterans day is just a week away, and a boston hospital is hoping to make it special for one soldier. this u.s. army ring was lost at brigham and woman's hospital more than 10 years ago. so far, the hospital hasn't been able to find the owner, but they're hoping to solve the mystery by veterans day. the ring's identifying feature, the initials rez engraved on the

they are asking anyone with information to give them a call. perhaps that stimulates something within you. the ring, the initials. maria: we are watching 128 in needham where a major bridge demolition begins tonight. ed: how the impact goes beyond

massachusetts' newspapers rarely agree, but they do on question 2. they agree opponents have run a "campaign of misinformation" to spread "fear through white, affluent neighborhoods." they agree in the suburbs "no impact on their schools and their children." they agree it will provide vital "choices for urban parents" and help reduce "the achievement gap." question 2 is "a kid's civil right." join leading newspapers and governor baker in voting yes on 2. [ roars ]

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