>> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. em good afternoon. thanks for joining us. erika: here's a look at some of the stories making headlines. one person seriously hurt in a domestic stir print in hyde park overnight. an arrest warrant has been issued. emily: a woman fighting for her life after being hit by a car near roxbury community college. we are told the driver did stay at the scene.

-- surprise names surface for cabinet responses. police trying to piece together a domestic disturbance that did leave one person hurt. emily: sera congi is live at the courthouse with new details in the case. sera: we are getting some of this new information in taking a look at this arrest warrant that was issued for 26-year-old jeffrey labatt of hyde park. accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend in her home with a knife. broken windows on the first floor of the home. the windshield of the car parked in the driveway is shattered. all signs of violence that took place last night. around 8:30 police were called to the home for a domestic disturbance. the female the taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. neighbors tell me they heard a lot of screaming and glass breaking in the normally peaceful neighborhood.

suspect take off. the arrest warrant just coming in says jeffrey labatt is charged with armed assault to murder. the armed part is the knife and also home invasion, accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend. emily: right now, a woman is battling life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car near roxbury community college. antoinette antonio's live near the scene with details. hit suffering serious injuries. this street, a busy street blocked off for several hours this morning as police investigated and tried to figure out what was best figure out what happened here -- tried to figure out what happened here. [tires screeching] antoinette: the accident reconstruction team testing out the brakes on the vehicle involved in this crash. police not releasing a lot of details.

columbus avenue just across the street from roxbury community college. several articles of clothing, a cane, and issue were left in the street after the crash. we saw the windshield cracked on that car involved. police say the woman was taken to brigham and women's hospital with life-threatening injuries. no word yet on what happens to the driver if any other injuries were suffered or if any charges will be filed. we will keep you posted on this investigation. national police investigating a shooting that injured two people. it happened before 8:00 this morning near lake and ashj streets. a police k-9 was seen searching the area and officers were spotted searching a nearby dumpster. erika: the states highest court is hearing a request to dismiss thousands of criminal drug cases . public defenders and the aclu 124,000 cases linked to former

dropped. she pleaded guilty to taking test results and tampering with evidence. she was sentenced to three years in prison but serve 2.5. many of the defendants whose drug sandals dookhan handled -- prosecutors are opposed to mass dismissal are doing challenges should be heard on the case-by-case basis. emily: more changes on capitol hill. senate democrats have a listed their new minority leader. the new yorker will become the most powerful democrat in washington as the party confronts and all republican government led by president-elect donald trump. senate republicans have reelected mitch mcconnell as senate majority leader. he took over the post with the gop took control last year. elizabeth warren and bernie sanders will both be part of the senate democratic leadership

candidate will serve as chairman of outreach. erika: we are learning about what the trunk white house will look like. -- what the trump white house will look like. disputing reports he is struggling to fill cabinet spots. maggie rulli is tracking the transition of power. maggie: after being holed up inside the trump tower for days, donald trump finally escaped from his skyscraper. photos on twitter show trump and his family getting a standing ovation last night at dinner. protocol as he left without telling a pool of journalists assigned to cover his every move. a trump spokesperson telling reporters there will be a better plan in place. the confusion comes amid reports of continuing turmoil inside team trump. mike rogers, one of trump's top national security advisers is out reportedly forced to resign. >> i think there is some confusion going on about a chain

counselor stephen bannon as the former editor of breitbart he led the charge to turn the conservative new it -- news outlet as an outlet for >> white nationalists. i think donald trump will stand by him. he's done that threat the race. he's not going to be pushed aside. it is a problematic situation. maggie: this morning his more cabinet arrived trump denied such reports tweeting the process for picking his cabinet is very organized. confusion during a presidential transition is normal. president obama took three weeks before naming his first cabinet member. donald trump's early choices are already causing a strong backlash. emily: governor charlie baker says he is watching the trump transition closely but cautions don't jump to conclusions. the governor returning from the

he sat next to bike president elect mike pence. baker says -- the governor is urging everyone to give the trump transition sometime. >> too much prejudging going on here. i think it's important for all of us to take a page from what the president had to say the other day, which is let's see what happens here. let's judge people on the totality of their work. pursue what they are up to. emily: baker says he and the massachusetts congressional delegation are willing to advocate for the state. erika: rain clouds slowly pushing out making way for warmer temperatures. cindy you say soap that in because big changes are coming. cindy: we are well into the 50's for the next few days. the average high this time of

temperatures that are struggling through the lower 50's. we've been sitting with readings all morning long. temperatures are changed little today due to a lot of cloud cover. we have a west southwesterly wind trying to bring in some drier air. it is a lot of sunshine through parts of connecticut and some of this is going to work in. i expect things to brighten up over the next couple of hours. we have southwest. the tides are high. the coast oflooded visor he until 2:00. we go into the next few hours before the sun sets at 4:21 and there will be a few breaks of sunshine. temperature sneak up into the mid-50's. more sunshine in the forecast. we will talk about that pattern

erika: tufts university reporting an increase in mumps cases. the school says several students at its somerville campus have been diagnosed with the contagious bible disease. students faculty and staff have been informed they are encouraged to get checked out if they have symptoms. tufts is working with health officials to monitor the situation. the new hampshire supreme court hearing the appeal of the man convicted of killing lizzi marriott. seth sentence for killing the westborough native tree at her body was never found. azalea -- appealed based on prior consensual sexual activity. the court has ruled the information will stay private. emily: police includes he tried to track down a man wanted in a crime spree. this is video of the man on a

donation box and returned two hours later taking an audio system worth $4000. the mosque has been targeted three times, most recently friday. >> it looks like these are professional. he was wearing gloves or if he protected himself very well. the way i see it he is stealing from god. emily: police believe break-ins in the area and they have stepped up patrols and are asking residents to be on the lookout. erika: the massachusetts attorney general's office is reviewing care.com after a series of complaints. according to the herald the nature of the complaints are not being replaced -- are not being released because it could affect the investigation. the site came under fire in september when police say susan devereaux was drunk and high in the street while babysitting a three-year-old in arlington.

policy to look into these complaints and respond as appropriate. emily: hundreds of animals seized from this farm in westport are up for adoption in 13 states including massachusetts and new hampshire. about 1000 animals were moved to shelters to undergo rehabilitation after they were found in squalid conditions. some have been adopted into safe loving homes. stunning site in groton. a resident capturing the man set up lights, sensors and cameras snapping this photo of the animal as it moved across his property. erika: new details about the man accused of gunning down a southwest airlines worker, putting this airport in lockdown. emily: a former lawyer behind bars after prosecutors say he hypnotized clients in order to assault them.

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emily: in minnesota police officers charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a black nana st. paul suburb. the aftermath of the shooting up the philando castile was streamed live on facebook by castile's girlfriend. the attorney for the officer says his client was reacting to seeing a gun but castile's girlie telling the officer he had a gun permit and was armed. erika: isis is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack in afghanistan. six people killed when a suicide bomber targeted a minibus carrying security agents working for the government. the second attack against the agency this year which provides protection for high-ranking government officials similar to the secret service. europe unveils a new security check system to crack down on

travelers are to enter europe without pieces. people from 60 waiver countries including the u.s. will have to fill out an online form to get clearance to travel within the eu press 26 nation id checkfree area. the system will chop -- will cross check travelers emily:. the suspect in yesterday space will airport shooting in oklahoma city was a former southwest airlines employee. police say that man gunned down yesterday likely in retaliation for circumstances that led to the attacker's resignation. the deadly ambush forced hundreds of travelers to run for cover shutting down the state's busiest airport for hours. the gunman was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. normal service has resumed at the airport. erika: a former attorney in ohio is behind bars convicted of hypnotizing female clients and assaulting them. prosecutors say this went on for

was finally exposed. marci: a divorce lawyer behind bars after admitting to hypnotizing six of his clients without their consent or knowledge then molesting them. >> he used my trust in his position as my attorney to gain information about vulnerabilities. marci: according to legal documents one of his clients noticed that after her appointment s the entire duration of the meetings. she began to per court in conversations learning disturbing details about the meetings she says she did not remember explaining that fine begin to use code words get her into a trance like state and engaged in a sexually charged discussion saying things like at the cap of the -- at the count of three you won't be able to control yourself. >> he would say he had relaxation techniques. the best thing to do is try to relax to help. marci: the victim took the

they sent her into the next meeting wearing a wire leading to his arrest. >> the fact that they were -- that she has the wherewithal to take this to the police. they put this undercover video on her and they have the evidence. i think this force them. marci: five counts of kidnapping and one count of attempted kidnapping with a sexual motivation specification. finds attorney saying in a wrong. he has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and has been permanently disbarred. erika: evacuation's are complete in new zealand two days after a powerful earthquake. more than 700 residents and tourists were moved from a small coastal town after the magnitude 7.8 tremor triggered a tsunami and mudslide. 400 were boarded onto a navy

higher ground by helicopter. emily: as wildfire scorches the southeast hundreds or hospitalized from a most with reading issues. more than 30 large fires have burned more than 80,000 acres in north carolina, south carolina, georgia, tennessee, alabama and kentucky. the fires are so large they have been spotted from space. 15 new flareups reported just yesterday alone. out at all? cindy: all that rain we saw started north of their latitude. we sure did. an inch to two inches of rain across the area. what is left of the storm lifted the remaining -- lifting through maine and quebec. we could use more days like yesterday. running over an inch of rainfall for the month of november thanks to yesterday's rain but we should be closer to two inches in town for this time of

we need more rain. a lot of lingering clouds. very stubborn cloud deck this wednesday. 52 degrees so it is mild with a west southwesterly wind. running with temperatures at or above average most of the month. we've only had five days where the high temperature had been below average. for the month we're nearly two inches above normal. that's going to ce. the week. through saturday we continue with this warm pattern. starting on sunday into early next week, big dip in the jet stream. this may be persistent. sure it gets started sunday into monday but it's likely going to continue throughout the extent week. a big change coming -- throughout thanksgiving week. a big change coming. running mostly in the 50's. lower 50's on the cape.

we're talking about temperatures that are going to sneak up a couple more degrees as the clouds slowly give way to a few breaks of sunshine. our window is small with sunset at 4:21. i think we will see a few bright spots before the sun goes down. there are areas where we've got sunshine developing to the south and west. on the cape we are starting to see breaks so that will be working in as drier air s overall quiet as we go through the late afternoon hours. you can see how the clouds break up and during the evening and overnight hours that's when we start to clear out. during the overnight with a clearing skies diminishing wind a little chilly. a lot of 30's by tomorrow morning stangl 40's in the city. high settling in for thursday into friday. it looks nice the end of the week with a lot of bright sunshine tomorrow and on friday but all the storm offshore.

onto the cape at some point on friday to saturday. the rain from that system does stay offshore. there's another storm off to the west and this will produce quite a snowstorm. there are blizzard watches for the minneapolis area and that storm will evolve into some rain on sunday. there are indications. one in to -- there could be snow in northern new england and especially in the mountains so the ski areas looking forward to the colder pattern. another nice day tomorrow with warmer than today. upper 50's to near 60 degrees. we will do that again on friday evening to saturday but clouds increase on saturday and there you see the wet weather coming in with showers on sunday. the beginning of that pattern change. 40's into the first part of next week. emily: amazon rolling out black friday deals starting today. erika: the e-commerce giant

games. it is saving its best and biggest the deals for the so-called turkey five. the five biggest shopping days the kickoff thanksgiving day and run through cyber monday. emily: it is expected to be a busy length holiday. aaa prada asked the biggest banks giving travel rush in nine years. more than 48 million americans expected to travel this year. the busiest period on u.s. roadn experts credit the economy for the boost in travel.

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the week. a lot of sunshine looks really nice. through saturday we are mild and look at temperatures really dropping. 52 this time of year. above average to below average. a big pattern change.

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