points and it finished plus 256. a thousand point swing in theory the nasdaq and s&p also looking strong. the votes are in and massachusetts has voted to legalize marijuana. >> a lot of people are asking what exactly does that mean? when will these changes begin? todd is live in boston with the answers. >> beginning next month it will be legal for adults in massachusetts the grow and to possess marijuana industry that will license stores and grow operation that is could bring in 50 to a hundred million dollars in revenue for the state. >> last night, jubilation amongst question 4 supporters. today, the fiscal reality of legalizing recreational marijuana. >> this is a more complicated issue than can be directly regulated by a ballot question. >> saying late this afternoon

the ballot question. the first is revenue. here's how massachusetts stacks up against washington state which also has recreational marijuana. the ballot question provides an excise tax rate of 3.75% versus 37% in washington. the sales tax rate here is 6.25% versus 6.5% there. even with a 2% local option here, washington state is structured to bring in much more revenue to regulate the industry stores and grow operations. >> i've heard from the speaker, i've heard from the senate president and the governor, that should this pass, everyone recognizes the limited amount of revenue streams that seem to be coming from the actual ballot question. >> the other issue says goldberg is the limited time frame to get up and running. stores open in 2018 but applications for stores and grow operations are due next year and

ka cannabis control commission. >> she doesn't expect any action on any of that before the beginning of the new year. reporting live from the statehouse, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> our coverage continues all the time. right now on our mobile app full results plus you can go down by town and county by county. check the breakdown by clicking in for some tonight. >> yeah. in a lieutenant. that's for sure, as you check out the radar notice all the lightest colors we can show. this is very light rain if it's even reaching the ground. but it's working its way from northwest to southeast. there is somewhat more significant rain but it's closer to the low pressure area down around new york and new jersey and you can see that sinking southward. so just a couple of sprinkles might dampen the ground in a few communities this evening as it

moving offshore and the skies skies will be clear by morning. keep in mind it will turn chillier as the cold air starts to filter in. boston will beheading down to the low 40s and up 30s around 6:00 or 7:00. even frost to start your day tomorrow. big changes late week and we'll talk about that coming up. >> the couple connected to the pharmacy involved in that deadly tainted steroid outbreak. pleading guilty to $123,000, after declaring bankruptcy. john atwater joins us live outside federal court in south boston. >> they expressed their sympathies to the victims but they will not spend any time behind bars. instead a judge sentenced them to probation. they will also be paying some fines. doug and his wife karla spoke in court saying they regretted the humiliation this has brought

he was a majority owner of the compound center which killed 76 people and sickened almost 800 others with contaminated steroids. they pled guilty to concealing cash withdrawals totaling more than a hundred thousand dollars. prosecutors point out they had no active role in the operations at the facility. doug was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $55,000 in fines. his wife will be on probation for a year and have to pay $4,500. 10 others are scheduled to go to trial early next year. the charges against those people are more serious. we're live at the federal courthouse, john atwater, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> our commitment coverage continues tonight. >> as we move along 59:3 -- at 5:30, we take a closer look at

-- analytics. >> getting special deal, 5 investigates, the system that's helping some to avoid charges. >> you're looking at the southeast expressway. actually it's a little better. about an hour ago, worth it. the taillights trying to leave town. let's take you to the split and that's going to take 32 minutes which is normal for this time of day. 25 minuteid remember where the weston tolls used to be. a little slow. a little slow in the needham area but 495 in both directions is slow. down a couple of minutes. nine-minute ride.

>> it was an interesting parallel to what was happening last night. as word spread the dow futures started to tank, went down hundreds of points, down 500, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, but once the markets opened completely different story. >> it really expect. let's bring in our financial expert barry armstrong. so explain to us what caused the huge swing that we saw today. >> what we saw last night was panic and primarily on the part of the asian markets. and the markets, to your point, went down about 8:00 points but then donald trump made his victory speech, which i thought was quite gracious and i gleaned three things from that victory speech that inspired the market to move forward today. it's up 250 points.

you're going to have tax cuts and infrastructure spending. the stock market loved the message and that's why it rallied. >> that's effectively a thousand point swing in a relative short period of time. that sounds significant to me. >> it is significant and what i would message to you is that get used to it. i think you're going to have a tremendous amount of volatility in the equity markets and the bond market frankly for the next six months. it will take a listening time to push this legislation through so it will be a rocky ride for >> is that with any president-elect or do you think there are different circumstances here? >> this is a different circumstance. a unique presidential candidate. he's got a lot of power. he's got cell of the senate, control of the house, and we've never seen a president like this. he's never worked in the public sector before. his a private sector guy. he wants to get things done. people have been betting against him for the last two years and he's proven everybody wrong. >> i look at it and i see a

successes. and he has many failures but he has many successes, so why wouldn't that be attractive to wall street? >> it is attractive and that's part of the reason why you're seeing the big rally. futures are up for tomorrow. bank stocks were up. anything related to manufacturing and infrastructure were up. all the defense companies were up. i think in a year or two when these tax cuts take place, i think you'll see a pretty pro growth economy. the economy has only been growing at maybe 1% or the last eight years. donald trump's agenda is a 5% growth economy and he's going to do everything he can. >> that's a bold statement. he did say that. >> yeah. thank you so much for your expertise. >> thanks. >> still to come tonight here on newscenter 5, 5 investigates examines special deals. deals that keep cops from getting in trouble with the law. >> what our team found in the secret agreements. >> we've got chillier weather coming. you can see that by the temperatures lined up to the

weather than that will be here

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>> a massive fire that engulfed an old steel plant south of buffalo, new york. it happened this morning. huge plumes of smoke. thick, black smoke could be seen for miles. several explosions were heard just before the roof collapsed. it took fire crews all morning to bring the flames under control. no one was hurt. >> general motors laying off more than 2,000 workers after

layoffs will hit third shift workers at assembly plants in ohio and michigan as well. gm saying these layoffs are being driven by a change in customers' driving habits because they are driving more pick-ups and suvs. fewer, smaller cars. last month suvs for nearly 2/3 of all american vehicle sales. >> 5 investigates. secret deals for police officers who are accused of misconduct. >> right now digging into the li that are allowing some officers the avoid trouble. >> this is newberry port police sergeant facing questions by investigators in his own department. >> very credible witness. >> he was accused of exposing home run to a women but denied

in this follow up after he was granted immunity he admitted it was him but insisted he wasn't masturbating. >> jaso some with you allowed to resign from his job for personal reasons. >> the case is shining a light on a little known process in massachusetts. inside jason's internal affairs file 5 investigates discovered something called a carney letter. it an agreement where prosecutors grant to talk freely knowing they will not be charged with a crime. we uncovered two dozen agreements not to charge police officers across the state over the last five years. but we also found a disorganized system for tracking these cases, so there is no way to know for sure just how many there are. some of the allegations seem minor like trying to steal another officer's raincoat and badge. but others are serious, including leaving the scene of late night accident that

>> is this special treatment for officers? >> no, to the contrary. >> immunity is a way to get officers to cooperate in. cases where they may invoke their fifth amendment right against incriminating themselves. >> carney is actually a way to hold police officers accountable for alleged wrong doing when there isn't a way to proceed criminally against that officer. >> it's part of the after being accused of assaulting a prisoner. this video shows the incident in question, which the officer only agreed to talk about after he was granted immunity. >> the department found his use of force was not justified but he remains on the job, in beverly, police sergeant john vitale was cleared of

pulled over. he talked about it after prosecutors agreed not to charge him. >> why no criminal charges? >> it was fully vetted out. the person involved is just extremely incredible. >> investigators did find problems. among them, woman who was known to police already had consensual relationships with two other beverly officers, but no one was fired. >> people made mistakes. people were punished for their mistakes. >> is there a separate set of recalls for law enforcement? >> i don't think it's necessarily a separate set of rules. >> lieutenant tom nolan is a professor at merrimack college. immunity can be a useful tool in police internal investigations but says the secretive process can fuel suspensions. >> more transparency would eliminate the perception on any member of the public that there is a dual system exist.

located in one place and accessible, coming up at 7:00, officers forced off the job after getting a carney letter working in sensitive public jobs again. mike, 5 investigates. >> 5 investigates, give our tip line a call, 781-285-tips or leave a message on the 5 investigates facebook page. >> harvey joins us. i just checked the temperature. 56. not a bad evening. >> not bad at all. are inaround the area. >> i see some in new york, will that make its way here? harv: no. but just a touch of rain. slight rain. might be enough to dampen the ground in some communities. we had that to-a little earlier today and another band of very light rain is moving in. orange did report it as this moved through now it looks like it's just about approaching the mass pike with a few drops of light rain. however, before this night is

cape can get an her or two of rain. here's where the storms are developing. that's where the moisture will be moving, but you might see a little development in this area which could produce a little bit of rain south of boston in an hour or two. then toward the cape by 9:00 or 10:00 and then moving offshore. by the time we wake up tomorrow morning skies should be clear and it should be a nice sunrise around the region. toward eastern canada, and quebec, chilly but not outrageously cold. at or below freezing in some of the suburban areas. what changes we'll have, it's the temperature changes that will be going up and down in the days ahead. tomorrow will be a chilly start. then the afternoon will be reasonable. friday's first half of the day might be relatively mild but then a chunk of cold air comes in for late friday, friday night, saturday, and saturday

temperatures to start warming up. it looks like the peak of that little mini-warm-up will probably be on monday of next week. as i see it right now i would say we have a shot of getting into the 60s again next monday. in between all of this, the patriots will be playing sunday night in foxborough against seattle. it looks like it will be in the 40s for the start of the game. not too strong out of the west-southwest five to 10. tailgating, temperatures in the 50s around mid to the time the game starts. right now let's back it up. still mild in new haven, connecticut. it will be gradual but the chillier air will come in tonight on this northwesterly wind. these are your readings for early tomorrow morning. notice taunton, that means norwood, bedford, all around the freegz mark. winds light. skies clear. wind. these are some frost could form.

the winds won't be that strong. 5-10. a few gusts. northwest to start, southwest to finish. there is a stronger cold front and it will be moving through around the midday hours on friday. doesn't have much moisture with it. might produce a spritz. might not even do that for veterans day the winds will start to pick up and temperatures will starts to drop late day especially overnight to give us a cold start to the weekend on saturday. so there you have it. we're putting this a day on friday because of the wind gusts, which once we get to the afternoon and evening, could be over 30 miles per hour. so keep that in mind for veterans day. and the other thing is, very chilling to start out on saturday, where the wind chills will be down around 20 in places and will recover a little bit saturday afternoon but much more so for sunday afternoon. there is that really mild day coming up for next monday. >> that's how things are look. >> harvey, thank you.

>> discovering the connection on a visit to the coastal town of brunswick. >> lobster rolls are ubiquitous in maine but when locals have their fill they head to brunswick for some portland pie. >> the restaurant was opened in 2016. >> it been great. we've met a ton of business owners and a lot of different business leaders and town leaders and everyone has been extremely welcoming. >> who wouldn't welcome a place cooking, cutting ander another pizza place. buy a portland pie and you may help to safe a life. >> my son has been battling a stage four neuroblastoma in boston so we've championed the jimmy cause a and recently got hind a level team of walkers so we hosted a fundraisener support of their efforts here in order to try to give back and support the jimmy fund and research and

the kids and adults who are battling cancer. >> managing joey's illness while starting a business hasn't been easy, but portland pie customers help with every slice they buy and every word of support. >> many customers ask about how joey is doing and certainly take a special interest in the progress that he's making, and so, for us, it's just about relying on that back drop and that backbone, whether it's stanley, whether it's employers, whether it's the secret ingredient at portland pies. >> joey. >> joey, we're behind you, that's for sure. also tonight on chronicle, windiest spot in maine is perfect for science experiments and we meet a couple who visited and never left. >> keep them in the back of your mind if you go up there. tonight at 7:3 on "chronicle" right here on channel 5.

here they are, twins, born during daylight savings thyme weekend. which one is old senator that's next, and then new at 6:00, any time there is a change, you are worried. >> the impact that a trump presidency might have on massachusetts, and also new tonight --. >> have you spoken to president-elect donald trump? >> talking to us about his possible future in a trump administration. >> and this rook i younger than most of us, but

>> riddle us this batman. one twin is born first. the other is older, or is he? is he? how is that possible? one was born at -- by the time his second brother was born, which was actually 31 minutes later, we had turned back the dlox so actually he was born at 1:10. 30 minutes later but 1:10 in the morning. the parents said they had a feeling that daylight savings time could come into play and the nurse said this is the first time she's happened in 40 years. the first time she's seen it happen. >> who do you think is older?

one is the oldest one. >> i think they are happy and healthy and there is no way i'm doing math right now after the night we had last night. staying up all night. >> newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. >> president obama's message to donald trump. >> we're americans first. >> hillary clinton's emotional concession. >> we owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. >> what trump's historic win means for massachusetts. >> former senator scott call? how he thinks he can help the new administration. >> rain scattered about the area but big changes from threw the weekend. >> the special little boy getting a big boost from a local college baseball team. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. >> donald trump is going to be our president. we owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.

unity in the wake of her stunning president. the president-elect campaign slogan was make america great again. >> but the focus seems to be make america whole again. >> coverage of the election including what means for massachusetts. let's begin live in new york city where clinton and trump are looking to the future. >> >> again, half the country voted for donald trump and wanted this victory. >> think about one day ago hillary clin and her campaign were confident of victory. no one inside her organization thought this outcome was likely, but she watched it all happen from inside the hotel room here in manhattan last night. she called donald trump in the

this morning. >> this is not the outcome we wanted, or we worked so hard for and i'm sorry that we did not win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country. >> an apology for all the people who voted for her and worked for her, many watching the end of two years of work in tears. hillary clinton reminded them there will always be another election. >> this loss hurts. but please, never stop believing that what's right is worth it. [applause] >> she also reminded supporters of the need to rally around the president-elect and support the peaceful transfer of power. >> donald trump is going to be our president. we owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. >> while she did not break, that final glass ceiling becoming the nation's first female president she reminded all the girls watching that one of them likely