>> it was just crazy. the flames and the busting of the windows. it was ridiculous. reporter: a stunning sight. fire trucks and fire crews in the streets after flames erupted inside a second floor classroom. >> we were shocked because we didn't see the kid. we didn't know what was going on with the students. reporter: those students, more than 500 third through eighth graders, were evacuated thanks to the quick action of school staff after a >> they immediately notified school safety and we dispursed the children out of the building . reporter: the superintendent said no kids were inside when the fire started. all of the children and staff were evacuated here, a few blocks away to the middle school. >> the bottom line is all of the kid and the teachers are safe and we'll figure out how to fix it and get back in class. >> it is amazing how they moved them out so quickly to

reporter: well some great work out here. investigators are still working to determine total damages as well as the official cause. although we did just get word that they are looking at a power strip, an electrical power strip. we know some good news. no children were inside the classroom when that fire erupted. the building cannot be ago pied for at least a -- occupied for at least a week. they will notify parents on the moving forward. nicole berlie, wcvb newscenter 5. >> my goal is on january 21st, america is in the strongest position possible. >> ben: that is president obama holding his first press conference since they -- the election. the president promising to focus on the transition to donald trump's election. >> in the first news

talked about smoothing fears. owe paw ma you will begin his last foreign trip planned for his presidency headed to greece, germany and peru. he is set to reassure foreign leaders. this as the krem lynn said trump spoke with vladimir putin signaling the future of u.s. and russian relations and the president urging unity. >> i have been encouraged by his statements on election night about the need for unity and his interest i president for all people. and that how he staffing the first -- staffs, the first steps he takes and the reset that can happen after an election, all of those things are important and should be thought about. >> ben: and more questions about trump's staff including steven banin as a white howz advisor. he is the head of breitbart,

nationalists. they talked about trump's temperament saying the office of president has a way of, quote, waking you up. jc: new at 5:00, new fierce in several communities in the aftermath of the election. hateful and racist actions are on the rise. tonight the attorney general's office is responding. diane choe is live. reporter: jc, police say one resident here in nadik are and is being investigated as a hate crime. the post has been shared thousands of times after a man said he received threatening letters in his mailbox. wynn said we just cleared the white house of blank. do not bring blank in our neighborhood. we will kill them. and it t says nadik is mostly white. >> i was shocked and upset when i read this. the whole neighborhood was

and this time it was typed and it said this is a serious warning. we have a zero tolerance for black people. adding, quote, please make sure to get rid of those trash before a third warning. >> the note was signed from the neighbors and that's what we want to say. this is not from the neighbors. reporter: the attorney general announced a new hotline for motivated threats and harassment and violence. >> undeniable across this country after what was been a pretty decisive can see what is happening on the streets and reports of certain incidents in massachusetts and nationally. >> even though neighbors we spoke to say they don't know the man who received the letters personally. they wanted to speak out to show him their support. >> we are so sad this happened to this gentleman. we wanted as a neighborhood to come out and say that's now how we feel. we are inclusive.

the letter is not ready to come out and speak, but maybe later on. they say it is not indicative of the values of natick and will not be tolerated. wcvb newscenter 5. jc: a live look at the city where we had a beautiful sunset after a fantastic november day. harv, what's going on? above average temps ? harvey: incredible. it hit 66 in boston. the clouds that are coming in are the first sign of a that's coming. still mild in boston. it is cooling off elsewhere. this will not be as chilly overnight as it was last night. sunset has already occurred. we are starting to see clouds come in. there is also rain on the way. i want to give you a time line on this. tomorrow morning as we go through the commute from south to north, the rain will over spread the area. if you are in boston northward and early in the commute you might just escape the rain. not forever, just the

rain could be heavy at times and likely to last through the evening commute. we have super high tide, astronomically so it has created a coastal flood advisory. we will talk about that coming up. >> ben: thank you. a man in custody accused of brutally beating his wife he just married. tonight she is fighting for her l we were in the courtroom where the details were revealed. reporter: he had the long holiday weekend in jail to think about the brutal beating he delivered to his newlywed wife. a beating so bad that it was him himself who called 9-1-1 to tell them he quote stomped will his girlfriend. after he had drinks with friends they went back to their home and started arguing. he told police he has crazy

wooden chair before turning his anger on his wife. hitting her in the face 10 to 12 times. and then he told police i really lost my, expletive, and started to stomp on her four to five times and noting he, exclaw -- expletive, hurt her really bad. and then he put her in a bathtub so she continue -- wouldn't suffocate. she is in the medically enduced coma. >> he faces charges of assault with intent to commit murder. he will be back in court next week for a dangerousness hearing. a family friend telling me off camera there was no history of domestic violence to his knowledge. wcvb newscenter 5. jc: a man charged in connection with the shooting death is refusing to return to massachusetts. he was arrested in south carolina and he is charged with accessory to murder after

also armed robbery and larceny connected to the death of daniel smith. he is being held as a fugitive. police are looking for the shooter. >> drug arrests in yarmouth. his girlfriend was during a traffic stop last week. they say he was driving without a license and they found bags of heroin and $2200 in cash and a bag containing percocet at his home. jc: this was the last play that had pats fans frustrated. it sealed the deal to the seahawks at gillette stadium. the patriots with four shots to potentially tie or win the game. that's a lot different from the last time they met, right,

what pped after failing to score from the -- what happened after failing to score from the one yard line and now it is on to san francisco. in a game like this that felt like a playoff game every mistake and turnover was costly as well. this was a midseason thriller when more than a half dozen lead changes. if you can't score in four tries from the two yard line you don't deserve to win. >> they have a fundamentally sound defense and they have very good coaching and very good players. it makes it tough. our execution was not as good as it meeded to -- as it needed to be. >> we need to execute better on the offensive side of the ball. i have to play better and block better and be better in the receiving game. >> at 6:00 a time change for the patriots and jets game on thanksgiving weekend. >> ben: lynchy, thank you. prices at the pump slipping slightly. they reported self-serve

gallon and down a penny. for the second week in a row it is a neck kill below -- a nickel below the national average. there is the expressway looking good in both directions. it is right there by the gas tanks. let's go by the maps and see how the drive times. there is the expressway and it is not too bad for this time of the hour, 5:10, on a monday night. as you head down 24 there are a couple accidents on the southbound side. it is 20 minutes from route 128 to route 127. deck, 24 minutes and there is the pike. it is 26 minutes from 9 threa out to the western tolls and then further out to the pike it is not too bad. western tolls to 495. and 495 is looking good in both directions. that's first alert traffic. jc: up next a texas mother facing child endangerment charges. >> ben: the child she let roam

jc: and another new ike -- new england private school. two students' sexual relationships that prompted a lawsuit from parents. >> ben: no charging needed ever. it is powered by your body.

youry a watching newscenter 5 at 5:00. >> ben: new images out of syria. a drone cap tired the -- captured the daylight pictures. turkey-backed opposition fighter captured four villages from there. text rebel-held aleppo warning them to flee the city, not that there is muchleft of it before a strategically planned assault. they ordered rebels in the city to put down their weapons and denounce their membership. two people were killed and it damaged buildings and a lot of roads near wellington. they are also concerned that

jc: caught on camera a woman with tigers in her home. a fox and skunk and monkeys were among the dangerous animals living in the home. now tricia meyer is under arrest charged with child endangerment. game wardens say she was allowing hem to roam freely with her teenage daughters. >> ben: wildfires are continuing to rage. they scorched hundreds of battle and the flames have been incredibly challenging for firefighters. they suspect arson is the cause for a number of these fighters. jc: and a large brushfire is burning nearal ban me. hundreds of acres -- near albany. the crews are continuing to fight the flames for the third straight day. they are getting the firefighters in the position to fight the flames. it has created issues across new hampshire and firefighters

anticipated rain will help. >> it started as five acres on saturday and now it is 325 acres. some we back burned so we krea 80ed some of that. it will be about 300 acres by the time it is done. jc: they don't know how it started, but they want palm to make -- want people to make sure campfires are out. >> ben: the weather continued into today and it made it tough to go back to work and e harvey: a lot of people are talking about it. >> ben: iting looed a little bigger -- it looked a little bigger. harvey: 15% is significant. we have a coastal flood advisory for tomorrow's midday high tide. because they are the highest tides of the year to begin with and then we had alt coast -- a little coastal storm. a little wind and a little wave action and it will compound things a little bit. to give you an idea of the

run so high on tuesday and wednesday. however, wednesday the winds will be light and blowing from land to sea. that will help out some. it is just before and during and a couple hours after high tide. it is interesting that with the high tide around 11:00 in the morning the actual time range is 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the winds and the seas will be building a little bit as the tide comes. even after the high tide it will be building the high tide than before. here is our little bit of a coastal storm that is getting its act together slowly, but surely. i want to show you the winds. notice as we approach the high tide tomorrow, here we are tomorrow morning and the winds are picking up near the south coast. we get to lunchtime and around that time and just after the high tide we do have gusts tent tent -- 20 to 30 miles an hour and it is getting breezy in boston that will peak midto

overnight. we'll keep an eye on that for sure. here is the cloudiness that will thicken up. if you want to look at the just passed full moon you will be able to see it, but you don't have the perfectly clear skies you had last night. then the rain starts to approach from the south to the north tomorrow. so around 7:00 in the morning it is raining in parts of connecticut and rhode island. it over spreads the region from south to north. and some of the rain comes at a pretty good clip. inch and could be a few amounts. and it does look like it will be wet once it gets wet through the evening commute tomorrow night. the rains will calm down and quiet down. wednday we may be left with a good deal of cloudiness, but there won't be rain to deal with on wednesday. by the way, looks like nice weather one more time late this week into the start of the weekend. this is fascinating. you look at the low temperature this morning and you say wait a minute. that has to be a mistake.

it was clear and the cold air settled to the lower levels. worcester is a thousand feet up. it was really warm above and then once the sun came out that allowed the warm air to come down and we had a mild day. it started out frosty in it was 27 in plymouth and then look at the high temperatures. some spots went up by more than 40 degrees. tell mild in boston -- still mild in boston. the cloud tonight. and these temperatures won't be anywhere near as chilly as last night. most places 30s to low 40s. tomorrow is not as warm as today because we have the clouds and the wet weather to deal with. here is the next seven days. the thing i want to point out about tomorrow is the amount of rain that could fall. one of the models suggesting about an inch of rain on average across the region. we could use the wet weather and then it looks quiet in terms of wet weather for the

we could have a showery weekend as it turns colder at that time. jc? jc: harvey, thank you. atthey say diamonds are a girl's best friend. this could fetch $25 million bob bob you can afford that. jc: i will be there. of course it is very hard to find. the diamond will be auctioned in switzerland. >> ben: $25 million and it is eight jc: lovely, but that's a lot of money. the fakes are looking really good these days. there you go. >> ben: your health is next. jc: in new research, an increased risk of heart failure. what can be more harmful than helpful. refrigerators, cars and pretty much everything. convenience, but hackable devices. what you should be aware of.

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>> ben: your health now. today is world diabetes day. activities and materials will focus on promoting screening to ensure early type 2 diabetes and treatment to reduce the risk of serious complications. 415 million adults were living with diabetes last year. that number is expected to increase to around 642 million or one in 10 adults by 2040. the number of parents who consider spanking an acceptable form of discipline is dropping. researchers at georgetown iversity say the numbers are down from 46% of mothers in 1988 to 21% now.

they were a better type of discipline, but now it is 71%. jc expr c -- jc: high protein diets are all the fad these days. now they could have older women thinking twice about all of that protein. reporter: from protein bars to shakes and even proteinen fused cereal, adding the extra bit of protein could be the latest trend in diet andom swear by the health benefits. but now unpublished research is pointing to a possible downside. the researchers presenting at this year's american heart association meeting in new orleans finding a study of older women those who ate the most protein also had an increased risk of heart -- heart failure in the long run. the study falls short of saying for sure and doctors are unlikely recommend anyone

light of the finding. jc: researchers remind us when it comes to diet balance is best. so while getting the protein is important remember that it is only part of the healthy eating regimen. >> ben: new on newscenter 5 at 5:30, at the center of a lawsuit. jc: krit sighed for -- criticized for how it handles sexual assault cases. >> ben: and a fire on a campus in belmont. the call for the public's

from boston's news leader this is wcvb nice -- newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> ben: fire forces students to run for safety. flames broke out around 8:30 this morning in a second floor classroom of the bruce school in lawrence. all students got out safely.

power strip may have sparked the fire. jc: president obama took questions for the first time from reporters about the president-elect donald trump. he said he disagrees with trump on a number of issues, but he hopes for a smooth transition and for president-elect trump to succeed. >> ben: and the weather could look like this, and we could prepare for some flooding. to be nice as we were in for a chilly start. that's because of the cold starting to move in. that's the storm we are talking about. you can see the moisture off the mid-atlantic coast and it is lifting in our direction. to give you an idea of a time line if it is not raining when you wake up tomorrow morning it well be from south to north during the morning commute. that's when the rain will start. perhaps north of boston you may sneak through the early and middle portion of the