christina hager is live in boston with the story. christina. >> reporter: paula, some boston gun control advocates in washington, d.c. with the president today including the head of stop handgun violence which recently put up this massive billboard that can be seen on boylston and the president became emotional, even breaking down as he of matt shootings. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> when a tearful president obama threw his executive authority behind gun control, marty walsh was there. he traveled to the white house. even though massachusetts has some of the tightest controls in the country, walsh says by gun violence. >> two thirds of the guns on boston and massachusetts. >> mary franklin knows too well. >> we need much more to happen. >> reporter: over her heart a picture of her husband melvin franklin gunned down in boston in 1997. a minister and father of three. every time she hears about a new fatal shooting, those painful memories come rushi

christina hager is live with the latest. >> reporter: david, right now, police are looking for the gunman that shot two men. first 29-year-old as he was getting off the train and a 43- year-old on the platform. we spoke to a witness who got video on his cell phone. >> there is an individual here lying on the ground. >> reporter: marty says you never know when something like this might happen. he was heading out to get new glasses, just boarded the train in east boston when -- >> just at that moment i heard or shot. and then what i saw was the people in my car started from the doors. was going on. i could see there was a body. blue line service stopped leaving dozens of passengers in the bitter cold waiting for a ride. transit police if planning it started with an argument on the train. >> one male pulled out a firearm and fired at least two rounds at the victim striking him. the fight then spilled on to the platform. >> i heard two more shots and a couple of ladies came on to our car crying. >> two men shot with what police say were nonlife- threatening injuries and a lot of witnesses sha

christina hager is live with the story. christina. >> reporter: before the tire killed one driver, a number of other drivers on the road saw it and it hit a toyota highlander without causing any injuries. and it flew right over the truck of a man we spoke with today. >> right down to the seats. >> reporter: john is still spooked by what he witnessed. >> next thing i know i see this tire jump me and jersey barricade. ended up on the side of 95 north afterit popped off the rear left of this pickup truck on the southbound side of the highway. >> and just flew right up and right over the center of my vehicle and the next thing i know, this vehicle almost pulled up beside me. >> reporter: it was this car and the tire that missed him slammed into the windshield killing the driver 26-year-old charles hu from lexington. >> just bless my is sea of couple times. >> reporter: and then called 911. police are now focused on why the wheel cake off. wbz -- came off. wbz learned it's 1977 dodge ram and police will do a mechanical examinatio

in boston, christina hager, with wbz news. >> thank you. >>> at 5:30 a closer look how the new measures would impact mental health care and the president's plan to stop the mentally ill from getting guns. that is tonight at 5:30. >>> developing news overseas. one u.s. service member has been killed in afghanistan. let's go to paula ebben in the satellite cerne. >> reporter: these soldiers were working when gunfire broke out. one was killed and two others wounded. a medical helicopter responded to help the soldiers and was hit by mortar fire while it was on the ground but it was able to take off. military spokesman offered his condolences to the families of president obama announced last year that u.s. troops will remain at current levels in 2016, david? >> paula, thank you. >>> all new at 5:00 a manchester woman defending herself against a would be robber shooting him as he says he tried to grab her. the 65-year-old woman says the man followed her from a convenience store to an apartment complex. when he went for her, she pulled out the gun she was carrying. the suspect survived and is

christina hager, wbz news. >>> the first votes are getting closer. hampshire primary. ted cruz is hoping a last minute blitz will earn him late votes in new hampshire. he held a second amendment rally at gun range. it didn't go as planned as twice hecklers joined cruz to interrupt him. tonight he is hosting a town meeting in londonderry tying it into the state of the union address. trouble for hillary clinton in both new hampshire and iowa. bernie sanders may be extending his lead in new hampshire and pulling ahead in iowa as well. first campaign trip to new hampshire. the former first daughter, expecting her second child spoke at events in concord, new hampshire and portsmouth and spoke on her mother's plan to expand early childhood education. paula? >>> david, congressman seth mol ton will have a special guest with him when president obama delivers the final state of the union address. a 9-year-old syrian refugee chamber. he lost both of his arms in an attack on a refugee came' that killed his siblings. the boy wrote to president obama asking him to allow more refuge

in dorchester christina hager wbz back to you. >> thank you so much. well this is the suspect grant the police commissioner called know well. so we took a look at his criminal record and our lauren laman check is live at the dorchester district court with that lauren. >> reporter: grand headley spent a lot of time here in 2008 he was labeled a armed career criminal and towed was back on the the streets with a gun. grant headley first adult arrest is in 2005 convicted of carrying a gun without a permit. charge put him in jail and he is charged multiple times in other cases involving drug position intent to distribute dangerous weapon. again than he was sent to jail. but in december of 2009, headley faced his most serious time. he was again convicted on felony drug distribution and weapons charges and spent five years behind bars. his entire sentence. he was released in april and was still on probation at the time of the morning's police shooting. in earl-- and earlier today you could hear the frustration in commissioner evans' voice as he mentioned in a

. >> christina hager is live with the closer look at the reports that came out. christina. >> reporter: well david there's a lot we can't see that's been blacked out of this report. but, it does say that chandler jones came to the foxboro police department seeking help desperately. there's a reference to marijuana and a description of some very bizarre behavior. unhike most sunday chandler jones was not in his usual athletic form this past weekend. that is according to the incident report foxboro police took for days to finally release. parking lot of the police department. where officers saw a shirtless man matching jones' description run towards the back door. without warning, or provocation, this man got down on his knees and interlocketed his fingers and -- locket-- interlocked hisfecial feng ies and -- fingers and placed his hand in the backhis head. he abruptly moved his hands and moved slowly toward the groned appeared as if he was actively praying or worshiping. the report is heavily blacked out. but it does say that the man identified himself to police as

christina hager wbz news. >> again a threat today shut down milford and shining star preschool. police tell us they are working to see if the school threats are essentially coming from the same place. >>> in two hours governor baker will give his first state of the commonwealth address. he is expected to hit on a overhaul of the mbta. the governor will outline the budget proposals. and see it here live on wbz starting at #:30. >>> still -- 7:30. >>> still to come don't forget to write. >> the gun rules in a massachusetts city that will have you feeling like you are back in school. >> improving ibf the invasion that can give women a better chance of becoming pregnant. dr. marshall has the details. >> harvard decided there's ten things they like about joseph gordon-levit. t. today in america, the top 1/10 of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90% this great country and our government belong to all of us. wall street, corporate america, wealthy campaign donors have they are defeated is when millions of people begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, "enough is enough.

as christina hager tells us it's a fight putting leaders in leominimumster in beat. >> reporter: a battle of memorials is removing. >> we feel her pain. >> reporter: pauleen's army soldier son was killed while serving in iraq in 2009. this park was built for him and all military heroes. now 7 years later on the the edge of what's known as johnny row park family and friends of another young man are paying tribute to their own loved one. 19-year-old franky killed in a hit-and-run in november. >> i been hearing people they want to take the place down and i don't want that. this is sacrate to my friend. >> that's the last place frankie was. frankie's spirit left at that >> reporter: the president of the group that built and maintains the park says it's become more than that. >> basically it turned into a party spot and the kids would drink -- were drinking and smoke marijuana and leaving us their trash. >> reporter: next to this. there's been a petition to have the roadside memorial removed. then another one to keep it here. according to the roadside memorial ordinance the mementoes likes thi

christina hager has a closer look at the impack. >> reporter: it's as -- impact. >> reporter: it's and -- it's 500 lottery make that fortune 10. shortly after sending the announcement the move to boston is official, mayor marty walsh was behind the microphone win. >> for two decades companies have move out -- moved out and now we have people moving in and that's big win. >> the big message is this is great place not to be for the next two years or five years, but for the next 50 years. >> reporter: the 130 billion dollar company brings the propis of 800 jobs and a -- promise of 8 hundred jobs and a sea port location with the -- seaport location with a sem prayer -- temporary spots and then a permanent spot. ge pointed out that boston is home to 55 college and universities and does more research and development says the company than any other region in the world. which is why they seltd on boston. -- settled on boston out of 40 locations wooing them. >> we have had a number of greater boston area i think of novartis and fieser and companies like -- pfizer and companies like that were no

christina hager is live with more on the ongoing investigation in that neighborhood. >> reporter: mount boden terrace is behind me. row closed off and neighbors congregating to try to find out what is going on. we have heard reports of some neighbors hearing five to six shots. i just spoke with another neighbor who said she heard there had been police activity in recent months on mount hope- - mount boden terrace rather. the boston-- the deputy police chief was here earlier and said he was happy to say the fellow officer is doing fine. the k-9 unit is drive by. the -- driving by. the officer was shot in the leg and rushed to boston medical center which is about 20 minutes from here and we are custody. ,000 this has been talked about as a high crime area this is geneva corn and near boden and geneva avenue but a neighbor said the crime situation is better and things cleaned up and she was very disheartened to hear this was happening and she also said she is thankful the officer was doing his job and hoping the best for him again she said she heard of police activity in recent months over

tonight christina hager shows us some of the solutions. >> reporter: even though dustin's brother died if bicycling accident he still rides everywhere. today, to a hearing on beacon hill. >> to prevent a tragedy. >> reporter: testifying about ways to make cycling safer in massachusetts. >> this is something that can just make that safer. it's easy enough to do and i think it's well worth the time and effort for it. >> reporter: he is pushing for a law requiring side guards on trucks. them if a truck were to hate bike, the guard would stop it from being pulled under the wheels. that's what happened to his brother cyst to ever more than 3 -- christopher more than three years ago as he rode along comm avenue. >> it feels like it's still not real and hard to describe. >> reporter: also brianna arnold who is -- whose uncle was killed in on -- on a bike one week ago in worcester. william phoenix. >> anything can help the extra bike lace or anything. >> reporter: another proposal would prevent scenes like this prohibiting cars from parking or even just stopping in a marked bike labor. -- lane

live in lexington, christina hager, wbz news. >> thank you. >>> at 6:00, a waiter at a boston landmark is charged with firing a gunshot after an argument inside the taj boston hotel. it apparently started with an argument over a drink. >> reporter: one of the reason he left his open tab and credit card at the bar. then the cab by who took his gun away -- cabbie who took his gun way from him. >> disbelief for local cabbies. >> i think i would floor it and get out of there instead of grabbing a gun. >> reporter: after a boston taxi driver took a gun away from a passenger shooting in the back of his cab. on tuesday, that passenger, 34- year-old andrew flack from florida was charged with multiple gun charges. cops say it started around 10:00 at the bar of one of boston's sheikest hotels, the stage. court documents state flack tried to leave the hotel with a drink and when an employee tried to stop him, the suspect became argumentative, smashed the drink and demanded the employee step outside. moments later, police say, flack fired a shot somewhere on credit card behind. cab. the driver sai

christina hager is live in lexington. >> both sides of the highway are back open to traffic. police say this was a freak accident that was caused by a car.

but as christina hagger reports he is out of a -- hager reports he is out of a job. >> reporter: a letter was sent to the parents about the former principal ed rozmiarek using a school issued laptop to send sexually explicit messages to a girl he thought was 13. she assures no students or other employees were involved. we find the allegations to be totally repugnant and disgusting. >> we need to turn into a learning tool for the children responsibility not only for teens but for adults. >> reporter: rozmiarek's resume show him in key leadership roles over the last decade head matter at lowell high from 2010 to 2013 and four years before that, assistant principal at north redding high. in lowell where rozmiarek worked before coming hoare i spoke with a school committee member who used to work as a teacher under him. he said there were no red flags nothing suspicious and i am shocked he said. and in north redding where he worked before that, the superintendent says there were never any disciplinary issues. after the foundation perverted justice reported catching him in a sting operation, po

that's the latest from maverick station, christina hager. dave and lisa, back to you. >> also brooking at this hour, a guilty verdict in a horrific crash on the or bore way in paralyzed. >> reporter: 20-year-old nikolas papadopoulos has been found guilty of negligent operation. he was 18 when he crashed into a pickup truck critically injuring two people including a teenage passenger. prosecutors argued that he was speeding on the or bore way in september of 2013 reaching speeds up to 80 miles per hour when he lost control of his suff, clipped the median and slammed head on into a pickup truck. the man in the truck, a young father, who suffered a traumatic brain injury. a teenager passenger in papadopoulos's suff was paralyzed. another vehicle may have causeed the accident. the gart rei found papadopoulos guilty. he initially pled guilty a few years ago. he withdraw the plea after a judge sentenced him to two years in prison which is the maximum. he will face the same judge for sentencing february 3rd. >>> breaking tonight, a florida court ru

in framingham christina hager wbz news. >> 6 states right now have laws requiring seat belts on school buses and massachusetts only a of course christina talking about framingham marblehead and newton have them. >>> david a helping hand in west roxbury this woman was struggling with a ice block- when officer john quinn sought what was happening and jumped out to help e says he had to stop because the woman -- he said he had to stop because the woman remind him of his mother and it's one the things police officers do every day. >> that's a great picture. >> and a nice gesture. >> hopefully the snow will melt awhich. >> and wash away -- melt away. >> and wash away. >> it's going to be so different the next few days than a year ago. it's amazing. >> that's okay right. >> that's okay. >> it's funny because things balance out and become average. 110 inches last year and nothing this year. >> extremes make the averages. we have the extreme back then and we are going to go the other way this time around. we saw a few snowflakes coming down this afternoon. that's all that's left of the batch m

in boston christina hager wbz news. >> to the weather and you can get ready for a late january thaw. >> we saw some of the temperatures a second ago. 40s and upper 40s in places. eric take it away. >> all right. so you know january has not been that hard on us so far. at least last week very cold the coldest stretch of the wint are so far and snow falling. but remember what happened last year. it's not the case this time around. right on target for this time of the season. the it should be the the coldest day and january is average. not at big departure but with most of the week above average most of new england is on pace for the warmest winter recorded that. remember how exceptional that was. tomorrow well into the 40s and still around 40 on wednesday. and into the upcoming weekend. we are keeping ion on the storm system that might be cold enough on friday morning. a coastal storm is nearby and we will talk more about the potential there and how close it might come to the coastline in a while. >> we will see you then. thanks. >>> tonight a follow-up to an i- team investigation thre

critten -- christina hager joins with us more. >> reporter: michael maccarthy's -- mccarthy's attorney says the case revolves on the word of bell's bond's word and he says she is as far witness. okay we are having technical difficulties with that story. but michael mccarthy who is the boyfriend of rachelle bond, pleaded not guilty to murder charges in court today. we have new information from the autopsy on baby bella. his defense attorney saying there were no broken bones found in the mid-section where he is accused of punching her and killing her. he pleaded not guilty in court and that's the latest from sufficient fox superior i am -- sufficient fox superior -- sufficient fox d -- sufficient objection spear consider sufficient objection superior. >> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in gloucester. firefighters rushing to the home around 4 this morning. roof. firefighters had to get out and battled the blaze from outside. the home all alone was killed. >>> a western mass man says he thought he hate deer when he hit -- hit a deer when he hit and killed a worce

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in foxboro christina hager wbz news david back to you. >> all right thanks. >>> and stay with wbz for the very latest and you can read the full reports by the way from foxboro police. they are on the website right now and cbs boston.com. paula. >>> david breaking news in methuen a school will shut down tomorrow because so many people are sick with the norovirus. classes will be canceled tomorrow and the building will be cleaned overthe long weekend. >>> well, let's meet the newest massachusetts millionaire. over the last couple hours the two million dollar power ball prizes sold here in the bay state have been claimed. chantee lans is live in charlestown within wore of the tickets was sold. >> reporter: good evening -- where one of the tickets were sold. it was purchased here and it is triple 7 convenience store and true to its name, lucky number 7. one family here in charlestown purchased the ticket and look at this video. keith bauer was joined by his wife sara at the braintree head quarters and match the first five winning numbers on one of the quick pick tickets e says he plans to

in dorchester christina hager wbz news now back to you. >> thank you. >>> the man accused of the shooting has a long crim in the history. >> dealing drugs just one thing that had grant headley in trouble we found that headley against him since 2005. the i-team lauren leamanczyk is live with more on what we found here lauren. >> reporter: grant headley spent a lot of time here in the district court and we found a lot of cases involving the 27- year-old career criminal. it starts in 2005 with headley's first adult arrest charged with careying a firearm without a license. over the next decade he would find himself charged with crimes 10 times. while at least one of those was business missed others including drug possession attempt to distribute and assault and battery and several times where he illegally poe tested a -- possessed a firearm. in 2008 the court labeled him a armed career criminal and in 2009 he finds himself facing prison time again for drugs and guns. that case, he served a five- year sentence. he was back on the street in april and as you heard the police commissioner say ear

. >> reporter: christina hager, >> the world should have more thieves like that. >> exactly. happy that ended that way. >>> with cold and flu season upon us a lot of parents asking is it a virus or is it a bacteria. >> coming up the test that promises to clear up confusion. >> a real life rescue for a hollywood star. why jamie foxx is being called a hero tonight. >> coming up new at 6, she has been a patriots fan longer than she can remember. >> no matter how late they play, i watch it. >> tonight the 99-year-old woman cheering for tom brady and his teammates. >> edelman i like him. he's good boy. >> and the special gift she she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the toughest job in the world. i'm hillary clinton and