serial bank robber getting more dangerous and the signature mistake he makes that earned him a nickname. maria: a train rips a car in half. >> new signs mitt romney and donald trump could be teaming up. meteorologist: timing a big temperature drop that will occur during the weekend and which parts will see snow. maria: a woman punched in the fas pi a police officer. why he said he was the one under attack. maria: he's called the spelling bee bandit. a suspect in a series of bank heists. and he gets one thing wrong every time in the note he passes. good evening. i'm maria stephanos. ed: i am ed harding. the nickname may sound funny. but the troubling signs he's showing are not. newscenter 5's jorge quiroga is live in peabody with the robbery spree. jorge? jorge: this small bank branch here in peabody was his latest

the word " robbery" in his demand note has humorously earned him his nickname. security photos giving a pretty good look. the suspect always covering his head, you can see he likes the patriots and the celtics. his routine down pat. >> instead of coming in all masked up,the person puts his sunglasses on. once inside the bank, he grabs the deposit slip. jorge: what he does next, each time, has sarcastically got him tagged "the spelling bee bandit" >> this individual has the demand notes and spelling robbery with only one "b." jorge: maybe he can't spell, but he's been busy as a bee. the suspect in four bank heists since halloween. in arlington, reading and burlington. the latest on sunday november 13 at this td bank in peabody. he may be staying close to home. >> we believe this person maybe local to the area. jorge: the spelling bee bandit has never shown a weapon, but the fbi fears he is becoming more and more agitated with

off. >> this person has been leaning in towards , over the teller counter to interact with the tellers and the tone of his voice and his verbal interaction with the tellers has become more aggressive. jorge: the fbi is now offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. they want the spelling bee bandit off the streets before someone gets hurt. live, jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: a deadly confrontation inside a dorchester home. one man shot and killed. another being questioned right now. newscenter 5's mary saladna is live in dorchester with what we're learning tonight. mar? mary: police are still processing the crime scene at this hour, number 20 west cottage street. the shooting happened right inside that door. the 911 call came in around 4:20 as a homeowner who had shot an intruder on west cottage street.

his late 20s or early 30s dead inside this house. but detectives quickly learned the two men involved in the shooting were no strangers. >> we have one dead. we have the other person in homicide at this time being interrogated. >> why they argued is still a mystery, but police say the shooting was not random. the public is not in danger. investigators did collect a gun as possible evidence d interviewing others who were home in the building at the time. none of this sits well with the none of this sits well with the commissione >> always talking about the violence and how many guns are out there. this is why you got to continue to get the guns the street. mary. they are not saying if the shooter will face charges.

ed: cape cod police have arrested a man for allegedly attacking a teenaged girl at a bus stop. police say 18-year-old john allen of buzzards bay grabbed a 14-year-old girl from behind and threw her to the ground as she walked to her bus stop a week ago. witnesses say allen then grabbed the girl by the neck, nearly strangling her, before driving off. allen faces charges including attempted aggravated kidnapping and strangulation. he'll be arraigned tomorrow. maria: they say here in new england, you don't like the weather wait a minute well in colorado, they were in the 80's yesterday and dealing with snow today! and that the storm impacting colorado is on the move meaning a blizzard warning tomorrow for north and south dakota, and parts of minnesota. nebraska is also bracing for the storm. gusts of up to 60 miles an hour are expected to cause whiteout conditions. harv? meteorologist: that is dramatic. maria: that is dramatic. meteorologist: take a look.

south dakota, nebraska, blizzard warning. winter storm warning. you saw the way it looked. here is the way it looked as we checked out the radar. all of that rain, white, purple. that is all now. look at the snow area from denver all the way through rapid city, south dakota, international falls, minnesota. that is turning much colder. 26 now. look. nearby kansas city, it is still 70. there is mild air we are going to be enjoying for a day or two. then we'll get involved with the change. we are in the 40's now. the winds have gotten gusty. there is a storm offshore. the edge of the clouds and storm are nearby. but low clouds have worked in

there for a few hours to the wee hours of the morning then should go to the east. nantucket on the edge of the cloud tomorrow. maria? maria: thank you. breaking news from donald trump's transition team. "the associated press" reports retired lieutenant general michael flynn is being offered the job of national security adviser. flynn is the rhode island native who served as the director of the defense intelligence agency. no official word tonight from trump's team or whether flynn has accepted. ed: and will mitt romney be the next hire? the former governor will meet face-to-face with president-elect trump. th it comes months after romney unleashed some of the harshest criticism against trump by any republican. newscenter 5's john atwater is live in boston with details on that meeting. john, good evening. john: an adviser says donald trump is open to working with former rivals. but for our former governor, it would be a total turnaround. mitt romney unloaded on donald trump during the bitter campaign fighting fiercely to keep him out of the white house.

trump is a phony, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. reporter: the former governor was one of trump's most vocal critics. trump did not hesitate to return fire. >> he is absolute, i started hitting him so hard. people said "why did you hit him so hard?" we cannot take another one. we cannot take another one. reporter: it has been a roller cote >> i am honored and pleased to have his endorsement. reporter: trump supported romney in the 2012 calling him smart and sharp. now it could be those qualities trump is looking for and a sign he is taking a more measured approach as he fills the cabinet. >> donald trump admires vladimir putin. reporter: about its clear they have major differences on foreign policy leaving big question whether they could work

reporter: we should know in the coming days if they will work together. sources tell abc news the two plan to sit down over the weekend. live on beacon hill tonight, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: thank you. the president-elect held his first meeting with a foreign head of state today welcoming japanese prime minister shinzo abe. after the session, the prime minister described the 90-minute, one-on-one meeting as "cordial." he also said he expects to have "great confidence" in president-elect trump's leadership. ed: he was supposed to be in prison until 2019, but now former massachusetts house speaker sal dimasi will be home in time for thanksgiving. today, a judge granting dimasi rare early release due to his health problems. tonight dimasi's wife is speaking on camera only to newscenter 5. >> when i heard it was utter shock and disbelief. >> it's a personal victory for debbie dimasi, who's spent four

husband, the former house speaker better medical care. >> when i see him and walk with him out of the prison and fly him home, it will be amazing and that's when i'll really believe it. >> sal dimasi was sentenced in 2011 to eight years in federal prison for extortion and fraud. but has been wracked by neck, tongue and prostate cancer. radiation damaged his esophagus so he's only able to swallow liquids and pureed food. his wife says he's lost 70 alone. >> with his swallowing the way it is, he's just wasting away to nothing. >> that's why judge mark wolf, who also originally sentenced dimasi said he's granting compassionate release even though only 11 federal prisoners have received it since 2013, he said it had nothing to do with dimasi's political status. dimasi will have to stay at home for six months except for medical appointments or religious observances. >> he's not a threat to society.

care he needs. i am so incredible grateful to the u.s. attorney's office, the bureau of prisons for doing the right thing. >> dimasi's cancer is in remission and his wife hopes with proper care his condition can improve. he will be released tuesday from federal prison in north carolina and he will not have to wear an electronic monitoring device. maria: new tonight, we're hearing the calls for help from this violent crash. you can see a car destroyed by a speeding train. the people inside running away after the wreck! newscenter 5's nichole berlie is live in revere with the investigation. nichole: even the 911 dispatcher sounds taken off guard by what she hears. car versus train and, tonight, the driver is facing multiple charges. shocking video of a car being cut in half wednesday night in

and new tonight, a 911 call that came into police just moments after the impact. >> what is the address of your emergency? >> a car was just hit by a train? >> what? >> car was just hit by a train? >> yes, that's correct. >> a neighbor provided us with this home surveillance video which captured everything. >> i was in shock, looked like somebody got hit by a train. >> you can see the driver go around the safety gates on oak island road at glendale, right into the path of the oncoming commuter train. that train, going full speed, smashing right into the car shearing off the front end. amazingly, both the driver and passenger not only survive they run off into the darkness. >> i saw two young guys running out, they disappeared pretty quick. police spent hours scouring the area and picking up pieces of

before this accident the pair had been involved in a traffic accident just blocks away. >> i couldn't believe it, it was very quick, blink of an eye. >> police tell us the 25-year-old driver is from lynn he turned himself in this morning. live in revere, nichole berlie wcvb newscenter 5. maria: a woman punched in the face pi a police officer. woman in the face! a traffic alert for holiday travelers. how the makeover could impact

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an arizona police officer under investigation for punching a woman in the face! the officer claims the woman was resisting arrest, but the force of the punch is raising some questions. this all happened in flagstaff. the officer was called to an emotional scene where a couple was being evicted from an apartment. he says the woman kicked him, and kneed him in the groin. >> i was punched in the f i was attacked. >> we init ited the internal investigation. we placed the officer on administrative leib. ed: the officer has no history of excessive force. you can hear and see her say i didn't do anything. a wild scene caught on camera outside a tampa, florida, bar. a brawl on the sidewalk comes to a crashing end when a car crashes into the bar. the driver took off, and is still on the loose.

no one was inside the bar at the time of the crash. maria: five investigates now going to the front lines of the war on opioids. it's faded from the headlines, but it's worse than ever before. investigative reporter karen anderson was with the chelsea fire department. their engine two is one of the busiest fire trucks in the country and the problem isn't fires. it's overdoses, sometimes several a day. firefighters think they got to this man just in time. but it's not all good news. the state estimates more people are on track this year to die from opioids than last year. chelsea is trying to do more than just save people with the opiate-reversing drug narcan. they're bringing together police, fire, addiction specialists, going door to door to try and get people into rehab. these outreach workers and the state tell karen that they're seeing more with fentanyl on the street. that causes its own problems because fentanyl is more powerful and less responsive to narcan than heroin. these workers and the state telling karen they are seeing

causes its own problems. it is less responsive to narcan than heroin. ed: you knee home day travel can be a mess, right? there could be added trouble on the pike this year the project. it will continue through the middle of next wednesday. it is phase two of the project, which involves road reconsuc work. a spokesperson for the dot says most construction will end around noon wednesday, obviously, there on tuesday, part wednesday, the traffic will go back to work on monday. all the construction back then. boston's christmas tree is due to arrive tomorrow morning. the tree began the journey. nova scotia has donated a prus to thank the city of boston from the 1017 halifax explosion.

lighting her on channel 5 called "holiday lightses "live 7:00 p.m. thursday, december 1st. two weeks. rye yes. ed: two weeks from tonight. maria: there you go. look at you. one week from tonight? turkey, stuffing. ed: thanksgiving already? maria: there it is. it looks chilly. chilly rain or maybe in part of the area north and west could be cold enough for snow. we will certainly have to follow that carefully to get closer to it. it is 57 today in boston.

tomorrow, friday, a great day. if you have a chance to be outdoors, take advantage of it. you may look out if you are away from the coast during saturday as well. after that, it looks like a pattern change. that signals the end of the beautiful fall weather and closer to the feel of winter. when that change occurs during sunday, it looks like a permanent type of a change. all right. there you go. now these are high temperatures today. confident of the mild weather tomorrow into saturday. look at how warm it was to the west. 72 today in chicago. 83 in st. louis. that is really warm stuff. won't be that warm but pleasant tomorrow. right now, 46 boston. the wind out of the

notice the winds are on the cape. now temperature are chillier to the north and west. the winds are light. the skies are clear. there will be a few in the freezing mark or below. down to the cape. a wind off the water and some clouds won't be nearly as cold tomorrow. we have some below freezing. but tomorrow, good deal of sun. we are headed to the if you look real carefully here. these are low clouds flirting with cape ann, the south shore, cape cod.

the ocean storm far out. those clouds will go back in and tend to move eastward. by tomorrow morning, we will be down to eastern mass the eastern tip of cape cod. that is where it could be overcast and rather windy tomorrow. the rest of the region should have gorgeous weather tomorrow then the low clouds may start working in saturday and from the cape and toward the cast and eventually somewhat inland so the further west you are on saturday, the longer you will have sunshine and pleasant weather as clouds will be moving in from the ocean. maria, ed? maria: thanksgiving, as we have been saying, he is rating around the corner. ed: cooking the meal will be a little lighter on the wallet this year.

ed: we have good news for those doing the cooking and >> good news for those doing the cooking this thanksgiving. maria: a meal for ten is down .24 to just under $50 or a person. ben: can you get that? maria: megameal. a few items will cost you more. a 16 pack of rolls is up 21 cents. cranberries also 10 cents more than last year. ed: all rightment we have a

football. maria: ok. ed: harvard-yale game 41 years ago when a certain fellow on the set that you are looking at now. harvey. you are not looking at harvey. he walks to the field to kick the game-winning field goal in yale. here its. we have film of it. we are going back to the film. >> thousand fans and they are he kick. up. it is good! it is good. it is good. mike lynch hits 20-yard field goal. mike lynch, harvard takes the 10-7 lead.

>> the old quarterback that day. ed: oh.

>> mike trout of the angels beat out mookie betts of the red sox for the american league's most valuable player and i'm not happy about it. 19 fewer games than the red sox. look at the hits. 2014 hits.

chris wins the national league mvp of the chicago cubs. all right. bruins tonight. bruins had a gel taken away from outside call. 45 seconds left. then there is the game in wither. the bruins lose it 1-null the final. home to winnipeg on saturday night. he did not hold the thursday press conference. then head one day earlier. here is a golf shot of sea island, george. long par three. we show you a shot. it is hole in one. watch this here. getting righting to the cup. out. out. boy, i hate when that happens. now to the 168th hole. he has a shot here at an eagle. this baby has eyes on it, too. about to be drained to the cup.

>> ah. missed it. >> well. what a tease i am. huh? all right. here is a tease for. sweatshirt challenge. why should i wear your school's sweatshirt? give me a reason. i could be wearing yours one week from tonight. the polls will stay open leg the weekend. sen nom nation in. of course, it comes to head next wednesday pect. we have the 7:30 and 1 cln 36 and we cannot wait. going to be awful lot of fun. weather. meteorologist: yeah. a little damp. maybe a little white in some areas. the kids love playing in the rain or the snow or whatever it is. terrific. we guilty tonight, tomorrow. >> what a day. ply day will be awesome day. saturday is still mild. sunday is our tran session. the wind picks up. cold and dry for travel here in eastern portions of. >> tomorrow morning on the eyeopener starts at 4:30. be ready for winter.

what doing for them this year. the eye start her on channel 5:00 at 4:30. maria: i won't see that video again. loved it. ed: harvey said, you know, it could ? dylan: i was un-athletic

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