investigating and we will bring you more as we get it. >> police have made an arrest in that attack on a 14-year-old girl. 18-year-old john allen of buzzards bay is now facing felony charges. police say allen attacked the girl one week ago on puritan road as she walked to her bus stop. >> he allegedly grabbed her from behind, threw her to the ground and nearly strangled her. name interrupted the attack. allen will be arraigned tomorrow . the flight. state police say the elderly man appears to have died from natural causes. the plane landed in boston, coming from fort myers, florida. >> there are reports tonight that former massachusetts govern mitt romney will meet with president-elect donald trump about a possible cabinet position. >> maria is here with more on what we know. maria: it could be a little

romney has called donald trump of fraud and a con man and donald trump called him a phony. the two will reportedly meet over the weekend and some are about cret state. be tking despite their differees, trump did say that mitt romney called him and congratulated him after his presidential victory. >> early release granted. former house speaker sal dimasi will get out of prison three years earlier than expected. the court. ruling his health issues make it difficult to function normally in prison. our janet was the onl wife on camera.ak with dimasi's she joins us now, janet? janet sal dimasi will be home : for thanksgiving. on tuesday at 10 am, he will walk outa nortcarolina

be waiting for him. debbie dimasi said she couldn't believe it when she received the call from their attorney this morning. >> when i heard it was utter shock and disbelief. it's sinking in slightly. when i am able to see hid walk with him out of the prison and fly him home it will be amazing and that's when i'll really believe it. >> she said her husband has lost 70 pounds after suffering and being treated for neck, tongue and prostate cancer since he entered prison in 2011. he can only swallow puree foods that is challenge. >> with his swallowing being the way it is, he's really just wasting way to nothing. so i'm just sgratef do wanto say i'm very greateful to judge wolf. i am so incredibly gratel the us attorney's office. >> since he was a teenager, jan alulia h known dimasi. he worked for the former speaker for 10 years. he said the judge made clear this had nothing to do with masi's former political status.

can see it was not special treatment, he met the qualifications set forth by the doj and thjudge realized he's not getting the care he needs in prison that he'll get at home >> compassionate release should be more available rally , no matter whether you have a big reputation and a big name or not. it's about getting people in the proper setting given the situtionat they're in. >> dimasi will be home just in time for thanksgiving. >> dimasi orded confineto his home forleast x months. he does not have to wear an electronic bracelet and can only leave for medical visits and religious observances. after 3 months, dimasian request his terms of release be reduced to just a curfew. >> after a great start, look at that, a beautinishful fi tonight. the sunset about a half hour ago. harvey, a pretty nice afternoon

forward to tomorrow. right now, a few clouds are around cape cod. our temperatures as we start the evening, 40's and low 50's. with the skies clear and the winds light, easily into the 30's there. not quite as chilly in boston. look at the mild air to the west. hower, afoot. yesterday was 80 in denver, now it is 31 and there is snowfall he in that part of the country as well. some of those g chans, part of our weekend weather in just a little while. j.c.: an emotional day of testimony in the death penalty thmiesf his victims took. the stand. newscenter 5's sera congi is live outside the courthouse in south boston. sera?

some jurors were wiping away tears as family members testified, a lot of them open up their wounds for the second time publicly in this retrial of gary sanchez. >> he was a regular kid he was a good kid, he did a lot of good things, he had a lot of promise 413 people should just know that . >> mike rizzo remembering his oldest son jonathan. the 19-year-old was the youngest of three killed by gary sampson during a violent spree 15 years ago. sampson now 57, had been sentenced to death, but won a new trial on appeal. today family members of the victims took tnd.x they've beenr eks ical testimony out thcrime scene and autopsies, who the people are get lost in ere. t'wh this isbout t abt anhing ee except for phil jonathan anel >> jonatn o d 69-year-old philipccloskey both carjacked and stabbed in massachusetts. 58-year-old robert eli whitney was strangled in new hampshire. jonathan's mother mary gave gut wrenching testimony about the

her son's death, but wouldn't let her see him because of the crime scene. she told the court, so i grabbed this really cozy blanket. i gave it to them. i wanted him covered up. i wanted my hands, my love on that blanket put on him. they promised me they would do that. >> we're happy it's over we got the point across, these were regular od people and hopefully and everyone will remember that. >> the prosecution rested its case today. we've already got some idea to the direction the defense will take. in opening argumen, defense lawyers said sampson's brain has been broken for a very long time. >> new at 5:00 tonight a guilty , plea from the college student accused of killing his best friend in a drunk driving crash this past joe castano was april. sentenced by the judge after

was therefore the emotional aftermath. >> he was drunk when he killed his childhood friend last year. nearly seven months after he killed his best friend in a car crash, joe castano, now 20, changed his plea and accepted responsibility. for craig sampson's family, time has done little to ease their pain. >> all i ask is that you think twice before you act once. >> last month -- last april castano had been visiting his childhood friend at endicott college in beverly, when he crashed his car into a utility pole after leaving a party. sampson died instantly. castano's blood alcohol level was almost three times over the legal limit. thursday, heleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide and manslaughter.

according to his parents, he's writhing. even when he's sleeping, he's not at peace. there's no escaping what he's done. >> two lives, two families forever changed, but from craig sampson's father, one enduring message. >> i hope that our loss, that our loss, as painful as it is, can maybe prevent somebody else from having the same loss. >> folng probation and he will also lose his drivers license for 15 years. >> a gas leak at a wellesley construction site sent a worker to the hospital. he was part of a crew at an ongoing gas line replacement project on cliff road. about 10:30, the crew noticed a gas leak. one of the workers tried to seal it but was overcome by the fumes and lost consciousness. the crewman was taken to newton-wellesley hospital for treatment; he regained consciousness on the way and is expected to fully recover.

camera. the driver who clided with a commuter rail train in revere and then ran away surrendered to police today, but is free tonight. newscenter 5's nichole berlie is live in revere with the details, nichole? this all started with another crash. >> that's right, two men fleeing an earlier accident, both those men lucky to be alive. we have surveillance video showing why you never go around a train's safety gate. versus commuter train in revere. >> i could believe it, it was very quick, the blink of the night. >> that car mangled, literally smashed to pieces. this is what led up to that destruction. >> i was in shock, looked like somebody got hit by a train. >> this home surveillance video from carlos bartolomei. you can see the driver go around the safety gates wednesday night on oak island road at glendale right into the path of the oncoming train.

, officers all over the place, it was kind of scary. >> amazingly both men inside that car survived and ran from the scene, police say just moments before this accident the men had been fleeing from a minor traffic accident just blocks away. >> i saw two young guys running out of e scene, i don't know what direction they went, but they disappeared pretty quick. charges, including leaving the scene of an accident. >> let's check the drive home on this earth the evening. it's slowing down as you had southbound. the taillights not too bad going into the city. drivetime on 93, likely about a half-hour. headed north, 28 minutes.

we had an accident on the southbound side of 495. it's at route 117. it will take you about 24 minutes as you get past that accident, one lane is bcked. j.c.: still to come tonight. an off-duty firefighter to the rescue. >> he was on vacatio but tha didn't stop him from reonng to this crash. his fast action that saved a life. j.c.: an alarming report on alcohol and drugs. the shocking human cost of addiction. 5:30, this tablecloth. behind the incredible family tradition that is trending tonight. >> breaking news at logan airport, a man has died during a fligetue plane as you see right there. the elderly man appears to have

>> friday morning on the eyeopener. >> is the t really ready for winter? ask olessa. >> i went to the top to find out, and checking the rain for part of the weekend.

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lead of manchester which opened up its own sake station earlier this year. >> caught on camera, a firefighter comes to the rescue of a man trapped in a burning car. they were celebrating their wedding anniversary in the came upon that wreck on i-95. he sprang into action, grabbed a crowbar and some gloves that he just happened to have in the back of his car. >> his legs wein the same time am very scared for him. the smoke, but he's a first responder, nobody would have walked away from that. >> his wife shot the video. the mother of the crash victim called to thank him, calling him an angel.

boston's christmas tree is now in new england. for 45 years, nova scotia has donated a spruce to thank boston for the city's massive response to the 1917 halifax explosion. it should arrive here tomorrow. you can watch the official tree lighting right here on channel 5. holiday lights live at 7pm on thursday, december 1. >> that has become a great tradition. j.c.: love it so much. but that's down the road, we have the holiday to get to first. >> this is the drought monitor index, it gets updated every thursday. keep in mind, even notes updated today, it stays that way for a few days. it didn't take into account the most recent rain. this is from noaa, saying the drought could persist through

early next week. we will see how it pans out. there is boston, just a glimmer of daylight still left on the western horizon. 53 as the temperature in boston with a northwesterly winds. the skies have become mostly clear over most of the area and the cape is showing a clearing trend right now. ce we will talk about that in just a moment. winds out of the north-northwest , a little stronger down around nantucket. the air above us is not that cool. it could actually get warmer overnight. i don't think temperatures will be exceedingly cold tonight but there will be some already's in the cold spots. restarting out not too cold at this time. these are the temperatures that

west, 82 in st. louis now, 70 in chicago and cincinnati. we should make 60 or higher tomorrow, away from the shoreline and maybe a little cooler. these are projected high temperatures and you see upper 50's and low 60's. there is a wedge of warmth, but what if change. denver was 80 yesterday, 31 now winter weather going on across the plains states. there have been winter storm watches and blizzard watches and the storm developing out in the ocean. the ball of this will stay offshore but it could be just enough to allow gusty breezes around nantucket during the day tomorrow, so keep that in mind if you're down there. now let's take a look at how things will progress. most of the ocean storms stays out at sea. high pressure is in control into

play, some of the clouds will back in later saturday from the ocean and the next system from the west will mark the big change. there you go tomorrow, clouds around the outer cape in nantucket briefly. otherwise a gorgeous day around here. then on saturday, slowly during the day clouds start to back in toward the coast line but we should still get the benefit most of the day of a fair amount of sunshine. saturday night comes east. snow could make it to the berkshires by sunday morning and the mountains of vermont and new hampshire could get snow out of this on the backside. here is a look at snowfall accumulations, more across the mountains of vermont. for us it means an abrupt change to windy, cold weather coming up over the weekend. there you go, day by day, a

few showers or flurries in the higher elevations and colder. highs only in the low 40's and monday, windy and cold. some areas won't even get back to 40 degrees. chile through midweek, so far it looks like chilly weather could be arriving around thanksgiving day. we will talk more about that. >> a person has been shot in a ho on west cottage street looks like maybe an ambulance there, hard to tell from this distance. sources say a homeowner shot an intruder. >> to come tonight, facing addiction. >> the surgeon general's new report calling for a cultural shift in the way we view drug and now call abuse. >> first responders fighting the

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>> new research shows car booster seats are getting safer. to better protect kids. a 53 tested, 48 received the groups highest rating. the only seats not recommended by the group are two dorel juvenile models, the cosco easy elite and the cosco highback 2-in-1 dx. j.c.: we are getting an alarming new look at addiction here in the u.s.. an historic, first of its-kind report released today by the surgeon general shows, an estimated 21 million americans have a substance abuse

times the number of all cancers combined. every year, 88,000 deaths are attributed to alcohol misuse. 47,000 due to drug overdoses. only 10% of people get treatment. substance abuse and related disorders costs the united states more than $442 billion every year in health care, criminal justice and lost productivity. experts say addiction is a disease, like cancer or starting to accept that. >> i think the surgeon general's report shows where making a difference. people are for the first time talking about this disease. a are talking about it openly. there is greater awareness about this and it's rising to the highest levels of the government. j.c.: the goal of this report is to encourage better diagnosis and treatment and remove the stigma associated with

-- does holiday shopping stress you out? would you compare it to running a marathon? we both done that and i think that is a no. the new research that has some shaking their heads. j.c.: adele attacked on stage. by an animal? it was all caught on camera. we'll tell you what happened.

>> the traditional benchmark for evaluating new presidents is after their first 100 days in office. but with donald trump, we've already learned the old rules don't apply. the clock is running right now on his new administration. this choice will draw extra scrutiny. will president-elect trump surround himself with more traditional , or lean toward more political -- like steve bannon. it's unclear. we should. what is clear, trump is reaffirming some of his campaign promises. reflecting consistency with his campaign pledges, he will put

or the first amendment might be in jeopardy. an impractical to build some areas of the wall. instead of deporting all illegal immigrants, he will focus on what he callthe criminal element and block any incoming syrian refugees. he may not try to throw his political opponent hillary clinton in jail. will he drain the swamp? it depends on your point of view. reform on obama care than repeal and replace. rethinking and or moderating a large number of his campaign promises would be a welcome start in his first 100 days. >> from boston's newsletter -- news leader, this is newscenter 5 at 5:30.

wes cottage street. >> a man died aboard a flight bound for logan airport. sources say the man appeared to have died from natural causes on the jetblue flight from florida to boston. >> police say 18-year-old john allen grabbed a 14-year-old and nearly strangled her one week ago. he is set for arraignment tomorrow. >> were going to do even better tomorrow. in the ocean that for most of us will stay just far enough out not to be a big layer. the skies have been clearing and even on parts of cape cod, which is good news. we will chill down to the 30's in most places, a few low 40's in the urban centers and on cape cod. there is a lot of warmth in the middle of the country.