monahan. will tell you about next week's guest after the message. >> next week, our guest will be sergeant shriver. check your local listings for the time in your areas. >> join us each sunday for news in the making as the nation's top reporters put challenging questions to world leaders on "meet the press" -- america's press conference of the air. the gemini mission has been scrubbed for today. for further reports on the mission and the in-flight, stay tuned to nbc. "meet the press has been a public affairs presentation of nbc news and comes to you live from our studios in washington, d.c. >> all weekend, american history tv features oakland, california. henry j kaiser ran the role shipyards and organized health care for his workers and families. eventually, the health care organization evolved into kaiser permanente. c-span has city tours staff visited sites showcasing the city's rich history. learn more about oakland here on american history tv. >> frederick carson was an american industria

and dominic monahan from "lord of the rings is here. we are all thinking about hobbits.illary clinton has dropped below 50 percentage points. democratic primary voters now support clinton. look at bernie sanders, 37% and martin o'malley is meaningless. sanders is within striking distance in iowa. will you lena dunn happen is on the case. -- lena dunham is on the case. we have national review writer charles cook. welcome, everyone. charles has agreed to share his beard so we have plenty of fair hair to go around. joe, i'm going start with you. has she not been paying attention, lena dunham, that is. those guys have been cruzifying each other. rand palms hair. marco rubio's booties. it's been endless. >> not just the candidates against themselves but a lot of the media against trump and cruz and a bunch of candidates. when you are running for president, these things are going to happen. people are going to criticize you. i think it's great that women are also being criticized. it means we are equal. >> she is used to it. she has taken criticism for years and years. she is

kennedy: dominic monahan coming up from "lord of the rings."over moon walking wind kennedy: there is a pot at the end of the rainbow. after you bound and gagged that feisty remember r -- remember r. did you know there is such a thing as indoor skydiving and there is a whole set of games built around it? watch this. it is an amazing display. the elegance of ballet with the majesty of flight. this is dance and athletics for when we gaze point wind dance. we must think truly man is not a rising a perks, but a stooping angel. then we think what does leo's dog look like? just a bad joke. topic number two. being a flat earther, given all the evidence in the known world it' pretty egregious. rapper b.o.b., you know who he is. he knows a thing or two about astronomy and biology. by that i mean he's delight any ignorant about proven and disprovable things. he's so convinced the earth is flat he has taken to twitter in anger. he says a lot of people are turned off by the phrase flat earth. but there is no way you can see all the imagery and evidence and

it was a period of time that monahan will never forget. >> you didn't know who was loose and we would pray for our kids. not only did stephanie live right here, she worked right here. >> on the day of the scheduled execution, monahan wonders whether the victim's families and communities will ever truly come to a close. >> they have missed their whole lives, everything they could have done with their lives. >> and another three decades may not erase the emotions, today may be hope. >> i'm going to hope that the i hope they do. >> mack back in november i sat down with stephanie's family and they have since moved away. the only thing her mother said she would like to know from bolin is why, but then she added she would probably not get an honest answer. >> our coverage continues on fox13news.com. you can head there to see the entire interview with bolin by gloria gomez, and also check out the background on the cases he was convicted on. >> well, lovie is out but who is in? this seems to be somewhat of a resolving door for coaches. and josh, it's sort of the same old song, just a new vers

john monahan was in orlando's hometown for the emotional procession. john. offer their love and support to the family of a hometown hero. >> reporter: main street in hingham, residents standing silently, flags in hand. [ sirens ] >> reporter: waiting to welcome home the family of fallen marine corporal christopher orlando. >> you can never fix what happened but it will help them feel better at least. >> reporter: joe is a vet and lost a sibling serving in the military. he says it is important to be >>> as a gold star sibling need it all. >> reporter: corporal orlando's family arrived at logan from hawaii, back from a memorial service for chris and 11 others killed off of oahu. officials say two helicopters on a training mission collided after a five-day search fishes declared all 12 dead including chris, a hingham high grad. >> i grew up with chris. surfer boy. and we loved him so much and so sad. >> reporter: eleanor willis and her son glad to see the response. the orlando family escorted from logan down route 3. the turn-out amazing. >> i thought it

fox 25's john monahan reports from a meeting that was held about the mascot tonight. >> reporter: the tewkesbury high auditorium awash in red, young, old parents and students all hear many wearing t-shirts with the mascot named the redmen scrolled across the front. between 400 to 500 people turned out to speak out about tewkesbury high's mascot which some hold dear. >> i was taught my parents, teachers, coaches and community leaders that our redmen nickname honors native americans and their contributions to our >> reporter: while others say it's an insult. >> the use of native offensive. tewkesbury high grad. >> i don't really think it matters what i feel i think it matters what the native overwhelmingly in the search that i've done it shows that the native americans have found it offensive. >> reporter: this the first of three meetings to discuss a possible name change. one not everyone agrees with. >> if you don't like it that's your problem. it's nobody else's. >> reporter: both sides made their point. >> this mascot is discrimination. >> reporter: now both sides hope the school co

in lynn, john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> well, they said they would do it and tonight it is official. lawyers for the boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev filing an appeal of his conviction today. one argument is expected to be that the trial should not have been held in boston. he was sentenced to death last year for the 2013 bombing. >>> there's something we want to show you here because police are warning everyone about the discovery of a skimming device at a gas station. that is a device that was found in lincoln street in hingham. credit card slot in the machine and inserted the skimmer behind it. we first told you about this at 5:00 last night. we caught up with the hingham police officer who explained the key piece of evidence that they're waiting to uncover. >> two types apparently that one that will transmit like blue tooth technology wirelessly or one that will hold the information store it then the suspect would come back and remove it then download it from there. so we're not sure right now which one that is. >> police are also advising anyone who may have gone to that

big response including firefighters emts and the bomb squad fox 25 john monahan joins us live now from the scene where investigators are minute. >> reporter: they say at 6 o'clock going to give us the latest information on what happened here us to fax you can take a look at going to do that right behind us. you can see the massive rescue crews who came to the scene around 2:30 pm this afternoon this is all a response to what lawrence general hospital says four people all those patients according to the hospital were in critical condition with burns and travels to the body the patients had to be decontaminated outside the hospital before they were allowed inside to be treated. one doctor says the chemicals that were dealing with is called trimethyl aluminum three of those patients received 200+ hospital for further treatment the fourth patient is still at lawrence hospital a doctor on the scene says chemical injuries to the body of those people inside as well as that chemical explosion.because of that explosion patients had to be decontaminated outside. local fire officials announcing h

john monahan has more on the suspect that police are looking for. john? >> reporter: that's right, blair, police say this was a brazen man. this attack on a busy street even on new year's day took place right across next to that firehouse. >> anything like that is not. >> reporter: he didn't know about the assault across from his dorchester home and he's quick to say it is out of character for this neighborhood on columbia road. >> it is not something to happen around here. this is a pretty safe neighborhood. >> reporter: at 6:45, friday morning, boston police station responded after a woman was attacked near columbia road next to the fire station on the corner of anabel street. grabbed her from behind said

our coverage begins tonight with fox 25's john monahan live in dovt. john? -- dorchester. john? >> reporter: good evening, vanessa. police well aware of who this suspect is. they say he was in jail for say he's a well-known drug dealer. a source also telling fox 25 tonight that he's a member of a local gang. police saw him today they pulled him over right here and as he got out of his car he started shooting. this black car possibly the shooter's being towed away from the scene of a wild shoot-out in the middle of the morning. >> all of a sudden we hear, possible pop, pop, pop then we heard pop, pop, pop returning. >> police say 27-year-old grant hedley of dorchester out on probation shot a nine year veteran of the boston police who had pulled him over. >> and began to fire unprovoked at the officer. the officer quickly exchanged gunfire. >> reporter: the gunshots put a local school into safety mode and sent panic through this normally quiet neighborhood. >> i looked out the window i seen the guy running through the yard. >> reporter: police chased hadley on foot catching him he

but we begin with fox 25's john monahan live in north andover on the investigation. john, the state fire marshal >> he did. we just spoke to him a few minutes ago, mark. he tells us that hazmat crews are leaving for the night. they'll be back in the morning to continue their investigation. he said partly due to the fact the that they want to have daylight, but also because of the damage from this. he says crews still have not made it into the lab that blew up. >> this instance, something terribly wrong, with the process, causing an explosion. >> reporter: state fire marshal steven cone says it is still unknown how that blast happened. >> it's startle. >> reporter: kayla felt the explosion. it was 2:23. >> we heard very loud boom and the house shook. >> reporter: the boom, an explosion inside the dow chemical plant behind her home. caused by a chemical reaction. >> this chemical reacted with water, which resulted in the explosion. >> reporter: the chemical called trimethol aluminum is used to make electronics, things like circuit boards and l.e.d. lights but fire offi

in ren them, i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> giving new englanders more chois when it comes to one of our favorite paths thymes, the >>> new at 10:00, clocked at 102 miles per hour, new hampshire state police say they caught both of these drivers from massachusetts speeding down 92 ashland early this morning. the speed limit isest in that area. both men have been charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle. >>> and also new tonight, president barack obama is preparing to make his first visit to a u.s. mosque as president. mr. obama is scheduled to visit the islamic society of baltimore on wednesday to hold a officials say the president will also celebrate the contribution of muslim-americans in the nation. obama has visited mosques overseas but this will be his first presidential visit to one in the u.s. >>> and new at 10:00, police make is a quick arrest following an armed robbery. two juveniles wearing masks stole someone's cell phone on the grounds in peabody today. during the robbery a gun was flashed. it later turned out to be a bb gun. the suspects will be in court on

i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> today it comes on the heels of a new campaign and promise would be better. we'll have more on that in just a few minutes. >>> and fox 25 will keep monitoring the train lines throughout the winter. be sure to stay up to date as our cold snap continues tomorrow by tuning into the fox 25 morning news. it all begins tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. >>> breaking news in medway where at least six homes were evacuated because of a gas leak. firefighters are on scene around 63 billed for street. the link appears to be coming from a gas line connected to a nearby gas converting station. right now crews are trying to find a way to stop the leak without shutting off service to the entire area. we'll bring you new information on this story just as soon as we get it. minutes, north korea said they're going to make a, quote, important announcement after a possible artificial quake was detected in the country. european seismologists say it measured 5.1 on the richter scale but can't say if it was natural or a fourth nuclear test >>> a baby is safe tonight after being found al

john monahan live. >> reporter: it's been busy all day on and off. there are still people here, but we've seen crowds coming an going. the peak time for sales was between 5-7. this store has been very businessy. north of route 110 convenience store, people here claim this is one of the luckiest places in state to buy tickets. signs show the number of winners who bought tickets here and won. no big powerball winners, but the owners say it's time. jackpot one of the biggest in u.s. hill tri -- history. turns out that between 70-80% of the sales are computer picked. however if you do win the get $214 million altogether. is the store here and its lucky reputation have been drawing a steady stream of wannabe millionaires all day. why did you buy a ticket here? >> because they're always winning. they always win, so i decided to come over here. >> i'm 25 and looking to retire early. why not? >> so far the owner tells us he sold $4,000 worth of powerball tickets today. he expects to top his goal of $7,000 in sales by the time machines shut down tonight. best

i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> thank you, john. some more details now. many u.s. airlines are offering refunds or rebookings for pregnant women who plan to travel to one of the countries hardest hit by the virus and some cruiselines are also allowing some trips to be rebooked. check with your airlines to note is required before making the changes. >>> and learn about the symptoms of the zika virus and the travel bans in place by logging on to myfoxboston.com. look under our top stories section. >> a little rain and a little snow are on the way. fox 25's chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is in the stormtracker weather center with what he's expecting tomorrow. >> little being the operative word there. the storms to our south is actually big and a storm to our northwest is smaller. if they got their act together we'd be dealing with something much more huge. a lot of clouds rolling in tonight. here's a storm to the south. there's a lot of moisture with this. a lot of precipitation, it's going to be heavy but staying out over the fishes. off to the north and west,

fox 25's john monahan is live in dorchester with more on what we've learned about the the suspect. john? >> reporter: that's right, blair, police tell fox 25 that a young man who may have been armed and news of a sexual assault here upset people who are seriously -- fiercely protective of this dorchester neighborhood. >> anything like that is not you don't -- >> he didn't know about the assault across from his dorchester home and he's quick to say it is out of character for this neighborhood on columbia road. >> it is not in this area. it is a pretty safe neighborhood. >> reporter: at 6:45, friday morning, boston police responded after a woman was attacked near 653 columbia road next to the fire station on the corner of anibal street. the 29-year-old woman told from behind, said he had a weapon and then sexually sauled her. >> that's not right. that's not -- right. nobody deserves that. >> reporter: maryland says she's lived here for 40 years. at times she admits being uneasy herself walking to get the bus early in the morning. >> sometimes i feel scared but sometimes i leave every

fox 25's john monahan is live in tewkesbury to show us how people are feeling john? of people got up to speak many more and many against that mascot name. but inside the auditorium the stands were filled with people wearing red t-shirts and displaying that emblem. >> reporter: the tewkesbury highs auditorium awash in red. young, old, parent and student all here and many wearing t-shirts with the mascot name the redmond scrawled across the front. >> we're going to stand by exactly what we said in the short space how we do. >> reporter: between 400 and 500 people turned you to the speak out about tewkesbury high's mascot. which some hold deer dear. i was taught my parents that our redmond nickname honor native americans and their contributions. >> reporter: while others say it's an insult. >> the use of native american mascots is offensive. >> reporter: and the 1999 tewkesbury high grad. matters what i feel. i think it matters what the native americans feel. overwhelmingly in the research that i've done it shows that the native americans have found it offensive. >> rep

fox 25's john monahan is live police say the suspect was attempting to car-jack a woman. police say that woman forced the woman from her car at gunpoint. tonight a candle marks the spot where this all unfolded. they say that man pointed a gun at them several times that is when they say they opened fire. tonight fox 25 spoke exclusively to a witness and friend of that suspect. 92 shots fired, shots fired. shot at. then this car is showered in a hail of bullets. just before those gunshots audra heard police yelling. >> get down on the floor, get down on the floor. then a couple shots i ran to my window and seen my friend on the floor. >> she ran to her window not realizing she knew the man now lying dead on the street. >> it was a horrible scene. >> the violent change at 8:30 this morning was a rude awakening for people in this neighborhood. >> it sounded like a roar. somebody retaliated. >> police shot and killed 33-year-old randolph maclaine. they say he had run from his home just around the corner after police tracked him down. maclaine was wanted on five outstanding war

john monahan is live in west boylston now with the new details he's uncovered for us tonight at 10:00. fox 25 is learning new tails for what police are calling improper behavior toward the student. we also kno tonight the >> reporter: fox 25 school to the west obamaston police chief and we can confirm that police interviewed the teacher in question twice. this accusation just coming to light yesterday. we learned that right now this involves only one student. tonight we've also confirmed that the worcester county d.a.'s office is involved. the police chief telling fox 25 that they've supplied for a search warrant to search the teamer's home electronics, including his senate access, any phones and computers. we've also learned that the teacher does not deny his activity when questioned by police. the d.a.'s office will do a full investigation to verify or disspell the accusations. tonight many parents at a basketball game would not speak to fox 25 on camera but off camera one told us if the accusation is true, it's sad. we reached out to school committee members and the superintendent

live in gloucester, i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >> another reminder for you we will be showing the powerball driving live on air as it happens at 10:59. we'll be sure to recap the winning numbers during the fox 25 news at 11:00. >>> developing tonight we are pressing the mbta to of collision between a bus and a commuter rail train in medford earlier. the t only telling us was there contact between the train and the bus and that neither had passengers so no one was hurt. >>> boston police are investigating a shooting death at a home in mission hill tonight. officers responding to a 9-1-1 call found a man with a gunshot wound. he later died at the hospital. we'll be sure to let you know if we get more information on what happened there. >>> on thursday a dorchester woman will face a judge in connection with a deadly hit-and-run. 34-year-old bus driver is accused of running over a man this morning while driving a special needs van then taking off. the van company identified the driver as melissa benedict. it happened on washington street in dorchester and the van was later found on mo

live in hingham tonight, i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. . >> calls for help tonight this time calling attention to the world of opiate addiction. robo calls are inviting opiate users and their families to attend a meeting on 75 troll, a drug used to treat addiction. police say it qualifies as an emergency since first responders have saved three lives from overdoses already just this month. >> second medical marijuana dispensary in new hampshire has been approved. this is the second treatment center to get conditional the first was sanctuary atc in rodchester. >> a driver revives at a crash scene with narcan is now facing serious charges. police responded earlier this morning to this crash in dover, new hampshire. officers say 23-year-old cameron kennedy was trapped inside and had to be pulled out. narcan was used to revive him and he was also treated for minor injuries. kennedy has been charged with his second driving under the influence offense and possession of drugs. >>> boston police still searching for the gunman accused of shooting another man in a dispute over a park spot in do

our john monahan is live where a lot of people have been racing in for tickets. john? that's right, vanessa. these doors are locked the store now closed. tickets go on sale here up until about half an hour ago there was a last minute rush as people come here to buy a ticket at what they call the luckiest store around. >> reporter: lady luck has visited this store before. several times actually. >> i get a lot people they call this is the luckiest store so they're going to buy a ticket from here. >> reporter: just look at the wall of winners. several million dollar he says this wall is the proof that roll the dice on the pot. >> why did -- massive powerball jackpot. >> they always win. here. >> reporter: so how you play make a difference? 70% to 80% of numbers chosen are quick picks and 70% to 80% of winners are also quick picks. o'leary says that's fine but this place it feels lucky. >> i live right down the street. i have a good feeling by the. >> reporter: so what would people buy with half a billion dollars? >> what wouldn't i buy if i won, right? i don't know. i th

john monahan is live in the control room with this concerned development. big concern. the head of the world health organization says zika is on a rampage. tonight this case, the first in the state, confirmed. we know that the patient is not pregnant and is recovering after contracting zika while traveling outside the u.s. >> the first case of the zika the patient is from boston. health officials say the patient contracted it in a country where dr. paul sacks heads up brigham women's infectious disease department. >> zik is a tropical viral infection that was known about for some time. it's been in africa. it's been in polynesia. >> reporter: recently it jumped to the americas. >> it first appeared in may of last year in brazil. >> reporter: he says most people may not even realize they have it but that pregnant women need to be especially cautious. >> pregnant women who have contracted zika virus appear to have a higher chance of having a baby with a malformation called micro severally. or being born with a small head and brain. >> reporter: the national security teams

we're live in tewkesbury tonight, john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> north attleboro students will return to class in the morning with an added police presence after school threats cut their day short. they received a threat this morning and those students were let out at 11:30 as a precaution. middle school students were sent home shortly after that. since the building is close by. >> our society is crazy. like i'm afraid for kids. i'm afraid for my kids, i'm afraid for my friends who are having little ones right now. like what is the world going to be like for them. >> the initial investigation of the high school found no immediate threats. >>> local leaders heading to the nation's capitol to get the word out about a drug that's fueling the local opioid overdose epidemic. the manchester, new hampshire police chief telling the senate about dangers of fentanyl. it has been died to the latest spike of overdoses from 19 deaths in 2014 to 69 >> fentanyl is actually can be as much as 50 times more powerful than marijuana. it's an analgesic and right now the penalties aren't lined up with hero

firefighters paramedics and police raced to the plant on willow road off of 114 and have drawn 2:30 pm john monahan is at the scene just spoke with investigators. >> reporter: we did a few minutes ago mark first take a look at this here you can see the massive response here talk about the fires lycie all came rushing to this explosion dropped the phone a few minutes ago the state fire marshals office they come from the five people were injured and this is explosion that took place about 2:30 pm people taken to the hospital to be told what meds lighted was in critical condition. rescue crews rushed to the scene including the state fire marshal we spoke to and hazmat team spirit which hold hazmat teams go inside the building to go clear the area when the explosion took place osha's also unseen in a few minutes ago about the limits back we their dow chemical uniforms being escorted outside of the plant. beside the injuries were told of last damaged part of the building no word on exactly what exploded inside by officials just spoke a few minutes ago about what happened. >> at this time waiting for the

in dorchester, i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >> now the man accused of shooting that officer his name is grant hedley. police say the 27-year-old is a well-known drug dealer with a very long criminal history. fox 25 investigates dug into his background and our kerry kavanaugh spoke with hedley's father. >> my sympathy goes out to the police officer and his family. if it's him he's wrong for doing that. >> reporter: grant hedley used the word distraught to describe how he's feeling just hours after his son's arrest. boston police say his son 27-year-old grant headley seen here in a 2009 booking had pulled him over friday morning. commissioner bill evans says hedley was an area drug dealer and that police officers knew he was driving with a suspended license when he boxed him in near geneva ave. >> he began to fire unprovoked at the officer. the officer quickly exchanged gunfire he's out on probation and he's out selling drugs. >> what we know from police he has been arrested several times spent a few years to prison. they don't describe himself a very upstanding member of society? >> i

right now newscenter 5' monahan is tracking new information coming in. jc: ed and heather, health officials confirming a person from boston has contracted the virus. that patient recently traveled to one of the countries where this virus has been transmitted. mosquitoes are the carriers of the zika virus, it can not be transmitted from person to person. there have been several cases of defects including abnormally small heads. as we have been reporting the cdc is encouraging pregnant women not to travel to areas mostly in latin america and the caribbean where the virus is spreading. health officials want you to know that the species of mosquito that transmits the heather: we' ve got everything you need to know about the zika virus right now in our wcvb app, including how it is spread and what is being done to combat the virus. ed: more breaking news in framingham, 10 students have

let's go to john monahan live at the scene with more on what happened. the call came in mid afternoon, john. >> yeah, we spoke to a neighbor tonight that said she looked up, she felt it, it was 2:23 in the afternoon and just to recap a little bit what the state fire marshal said. they said they still have not made it to the lab where the explosion took place. the explosion today was sudden and violent. people inside. the investigators say it was a chemical reaction today, and you heard the fire marshal say just how that happened. >> from above the scene is jam packed with rescue workers. >> reporter: kayla felt the explosion, it was 2:23. >> we heard very loud boom and the house shook. >> an explosion inside the dow chemical plant behind her home. caused by a chemical reaction. >> this chemical reacted with water, which resulted in the explosion. >> reporter: the chemical called trimethol aluminum is used to make electronics, things like circuit boards and l.e.d. lights. fire officials say it's not the same chemical that exploded in 2013 killing a dow wo

i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> john, thanks. and as we mentioned, the zika virus is the number one story on myfoxboston.com. you can log on right now to learn more about the virus, read the complete cdc warning for pregnant women looking to travel and a first facts sheet issued by the massachusetts department of health. again, that's on myfoxboston.com. >>> stay with fox 25 on air for any new developments on the zika outbreak. >> some snow and rainshowers work their way up towards us right now. kevin lemanowicz is tracking all these changes and who will see them from our stormtracker weather center tonight. >> we are watching this closely this week because we learned the lesson from last week. that storm at the last second made its way farther north even though we had up to a foot of snow in cape cod, some places even better. this time the storm is not making a run at us. tonight temperatures at or below freezing. worcester, 32 degrees. it feels like it's 26 throughout and that temperature's actually going to steady off by the m

john monahan joins us from framingham were tickets are >> i did buy a couple of extra tell you right now $1.5 billion to get your mind around that. it is the largest powerball jackpot ever in history. this bushing and another one right your set up to accommodate customers. people come and go. may not be very busy right now there's been a steady flow of customers. editor telling us that on the night of the drawing the store gets packed with people as they tried to look at striking the lottery goal. the store like many places selling tickets expected to be packed with powerball players. they're making those plans to deal with some big crowds. store manager says he will definitely open a second machine. one is not always use but designate one just for powerball if need be. he says people coming in some by multiple tickets is 11 came in here about 100 powerball tickets. the lottery officials all expect 85% of all possible purchased by the time those lucky numbers are drawn. manager said every time there is a big jackpot is store fills up with hopeful winners. >> every time the lottery is

monahan. phil: and i'm phil lipof. the new year arrives in just under an hour. and boston is ready to celebrate. j.c.: wcvb newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is live at the first night festivities in copley square. juli? juli: that is right. as the countdown gets lower, spirits here in town only get higher. the lights are bright. we spoke to many people here today who told wcvb newscenter 5, there is no where else they would rather be as they celebrate brand-new year. [cheering and applauding] >> 2016. juli: a few minutes to go until the clock strong midnight shallerring the new year. the party for 2016 started hours ago. >> the city has so much to offer. it is fun to feel the nern go i on new year's eve. juli: thousands crowded were a copely and the common to taken the favorite traditions with the ones they love. >> we like seeing the ice sculptures. it is amazing what they are able to do. >> it is if up to be around other people and to be with everyone together. juli. following the parade. the crowd moved to the common for the family firework withs at 7:00. >> my k

fox 25's onmon 25's john monahan is live in nadick where store clerks are ready for the rush. >> reporter: mark, this store is open 24 hours a day. one and a half billion dollars at stake. there were lines on and off all day. tomorrow they're expecting very long lines in the last-minute lottery frenzy. >> i can't even wrap my head around it. it's crazy. >> reporter: the biggest powerball jackpot ever, 1.5 billion dollars and counting. and it's drawn a steady stream of hope flts. >> yeah. definitely. we'll have a line like what you see now further back. >> reporter: kim works at this nadick store. like other local lottery agents, they're putting a plan in place for an expected surge in sales. >> yeah. every time the lottery drawing, everyone comes to buy their lottery tickets. >> reporter: in framing ham, manny ramos is getting ready for the ticket buyers. >> we have two lottery machines, one over there, one over here, and everyone can come by. we'll have people ready top. >> while many have dreams of an early retirement, we found one man who said he won't take the chance because he has no

i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> skyfox flying over the home where a roof fell in. roof. the person's name and condition have not been released. >>> incredible video showing the moment of impact here during a crash in the o'neill tunnel. it happened early this morning. the car slammed into the left 6:00 a.m. it led to the closure of the two right-hand lanes but traffic is back up and running as normal >>> a mother, her son and a boyfriend in the car when it's hit with several bulls. new tonight they're talking about how they survived. jim morelle is live in brockton with the story of their close call. jim. >> mark, you might call this story 2-inches to tragedy. that's how close the stray bullet came to hitting this 6-year-old boy. tonight that boy and family, they're shaken but grateful to be alive. >>> i think it was just the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: call that a massive understatement. on tuesday, amber of brockton got lost while driving in dorchester and wound up literally in the line of fire. >> for a split second i was like, is that fire crack cente

monahan is here with the datest. >> still no word on what sparked the fire that killed two people. this video that you will see from a viewer captures what firefighters say they saw after arriving at the home on wiley road. firefighters tell newscenter 5 that the two people killed were found on the first floor of that home. people claiming to be relatives were in tears at the scene this morning. the first call to 9-1-1 came in around 11:30 last night. the fire chief says crews flames and smoke made it too dangerous for them to go inside. >> due to the amount of fire and the advanced stages of fire, the building was compromised on our arrival. so we weren't able to send anyone inside. >> the state fire mash and police are investigating. they are using a canine to detect ack sell rants to help. >> election 2016. all but one of the candidates running for president was in iowa today. phil lipof is in des moines tonight, where hillary clinton was business trying to get the support of the caucus voters. >> and hillary clinton running neck and neck in this state with bernie sand erps. she

chief william monahan invited religious and community leaders for the testing process to ensure transparency. the goal for higher qualified and diverse candidates. >>> tonight south philadelphia street has a new name to honor a local war hero portrayed in the hbo mine series "band of brothers." nbc 10 was there as city officials renamed 2200 block of wynton straight wild bill way. william "wild bill" garniere was a world war ii vet in 101st airborne division. he died last march at the age of 90. >>> monday is martin luther king jr. day. to mark the occasion a special reading from a letter that led to a pivotal moment in the american civil rights movement. >> i am sure that none of you would want to rest cob tent with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals with merely are regret and does not grapple with underlying causes. >> eastern state penitentiary host add reading from the 1963 letter from birmingham jail. king wrote the letter after demonstrating without a permit. a month after it was published. birmingham officials agreed to desegregate schools, restaurants and stores. more

we're live at north station tonight, i'm john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> fox 25's ted daniel here now and ted, all this happening after the t launched its campaign called winter happens. >> vanessa, winter happens, but we know you still need to get there? that is the full slogan the t introduced about a month ago. this is definitely happening and not everyone is getting to everyone needs to go. >> this wasn't in the script. >> we are sorry that today's cold snap disrupted the commutes of some of our commuter rail and red line customers. >> this was supposed to be the winter everything changed. new equipment, a new commitment. this news conference just eight >> we replaced about 10 miles of the third rail on the red line. >> reporter: there's a system in place which is new. >> we've replaced half of all the third rail heaters on the orange line. >> reporter: all that and riders are still being left in the cold. on twitter, a woman writes first cold mornings of the year and have been sitting on the orange line for 30 minutes. how's that winter relittle answers, mbta? another, typical mb

monahan is here with more on what caused it? reporter: it started overseas, heather, with losses in china big hit. the dow lost 276 points and the nasdaq 104 points. analysts say china's stock selloff coupled with worries about the mideast contributed to the problems. it was the worst in two weeks and brought stocks to the lowest level since last autumn. it could have been worst. the dow was 400 points lower before climbing partially out of the hole by the end of today's trading. ed: to commitment 2 wrr -- 2016 and former president bill clinton campaigning for his wife. julie mcdonald is live now at the second of president clinton's stops. reporter: it is the second of which is just letting out now is the former president's first public event for hillary's campaign. she has called bill her secret weapon and admits as president she would value his advice. supporters told newscenter 5 it only makes sense to see hillary's other half on the campaign trail. restoring sprues spare tee -- prosperity and rebuilding the middle class and

newscenter five' s jc monahan sat down for an exclusive one on one with kerry washington. hear what she had to say about the hasty pudding honor in that interview coming up at newscenter five at 7:00. ed: what did she say -- she says it is the best worst a of her life? [laughter] heather: i think that kind of sums it up. there is some pie in the face action. ed: that is a good way to put it. harvey: let' s talk about what is happening outside. 37 degrees in boston. light southern wind. skies are still mainly clear. the clouds are thin. allowing temperatures to drop back. sunspots dropping below freezing tonight. temporarily, the temperatures are dropping back. then it will level off because already we are seeing the advancement of clouds. there is a storm developing down different circumstances, not that different, i may be pretty concerned, but the bulk of the energy will be passing south and east of us but it is the second system that emergence really to make in the basically a very, coming through tomorrow. i think we' re going to have rain or snow showers in the deeper

right now a boston neighborhood on alert after reports of a good evening, i' m jc monahan. phil: and i' m phil lipof. the victim was grabbed from behind as she walked down a dorchester street. our john atwater is live in dorchester. john: it' s a busy, well-lit stretch of columbia road, but a man apparently thought he could get away with an early-morning attack, pouncing on a 29-year-old woman just after 6:30 in the morning. but i leave everything with god. >> i walk in the street every day to catch my bus to go to work. >> my wife goes to cbs anytime. john: people who live here say they feel relatively comfortable walking alone, but police have issued an alert to people who live here. the victim told police the man grabbed her from behind near annabel street, threatening a weapon and then sexually assaulting her. the brazen attack is now prompting those who live here to reconsider their comfort level in the neighborhood. >> i' m going to start looking around to make sure no one' s around you trying to hurt you. >> make sure i' friends. not by yourself. john: live in dorche

live in dorchester tonight, john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> some colder temperatures even a little bit of snow in the forecast. rob eicher is tracking it all. >> a little cooler tomorrow than today. already did have a little bit of snow out there earlier this evening on the radar. now we're seeing that really kind of wind down. we did have a few snow showers in parts of southern vermont about half hour ago. tlos just about fizzled out to only a few flurries in western windham county. that should be it we'll see a night clearing trend. currently 34 but with enough of a wind to make it feel like 22. winds will continue at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. through the overnight. the low 30s. will feel more like mid to upper 20s tomorrow. so a little bit of a wind chill factor. overall, not a bad looking saturday. afternoon. with plenty of sunshine. a little bit more cloud cover on sunday with temperatures in the low 40s. big changes courtesy of antarctic cold front that arrives sunday night. i'll show you how much snow that front could bring us coming up in the next half hour. >>> thank you,

monahan. it is still a busy scene tonight. wcvb newscenter 5's john atwater is there with the breaking developments. john? john. j.c., there is extensive damage. it is so bad, fire investigators have not been able to get inside of that lab to determine exactly what went wrong. burned workers were rushed to the hospital and the three with the most critical were med flighted to boston flam center. >> the patient has was blast in railroad pressure as well as the kem can on the body. john: the workers were handling that chemical and it appears to have come into contact with water or air producing a powful explosion inside of the dow >> the facility makes chemical used for the manufacturer of led lights, in this instance, something obviously malfunctioned and went terribly wrong the process caution explosion. john. the explosion destroyed that laboratory, shattered gls and debris injuring the workers inside. the force was powerful, even neighbors blocked away. >> we heard very loud boom and the house shook. john. hazmat crews had t

she told our casey monahan how she feels about this. >> it is surreal. it is so crazy. i mean, it is such an esteemed the ranks of. it was crazy honored. >> the theatricals say it takes washington pause she's the first black woman to head listen the network tv drama since 1974. heather: she is fabulous. ed: lack at her there. heather: she had fun. harry, the weather cooperated for it which is nice. if you have a parade, it should have been today and not tomorrow. harvey. fun. she did a great job. look at this. fleece highs today. they are all a little bit above the average. they want you to notice, that january is almost three degrees above the average. that is significant. but des bem ser about if you remember back was record-breaking over 10 greece above the average. if you combine december and january. almost done. a few more days to go. it is close to being right around 2001 and 2002. the warmest december january combo we had. the close number two or might even make it to the number one by the way, all of the top five warm december january combos, snowfall. that is