christina hager has more. >> reporter: police are hoping that this will lead to the resolve that this town needs, and i spoke with one investigator who said, there's hope upgraded after vanessa was murdered, one of the many small ways that the horrific crime changed day-to-day life. he lives a couple of doors down from vanessa's mother who has a sign with the tip hotline out front. the 27-year-old google executive was visiting her here flowers at the wooden path where her body was found burned and naked. >> you want to put her to bed, put her to rest. >> reporter: and now, police float a new piece of information about a dark-

and he says the -- christina hager is live at the state house. ? [ music ] ? >> reporter: i spoke with an election investigator who told me that since 2012, the attorney general's office has prosecuted only two voter fraud into the issue many, many times and never any evidence they say

christina hager is live in billerica tonight. christina? >> reporter: even though hillary clinton won massachusetts, billerica is one wherever residents should not wake up in a complete state of surprise. it shouldn't take us long to find the big trump sign in billerica, and the homeowner who battled to keep it up. >> okay. one of them was torn up and thrown in my neighbor's yard. >> reporter: it didn't take us long to find blue collar frustration. >> i was a manufacturing engineer and it country, went to thailand, singapore, all that good stuff. >> reporter: one of a handful of red towns in a very blue state with the large number of voters for trump in massachusetts. >> you could see republican signs everywhere. i saw no hillary signs at all. >> reporter: what a contrast to boston where there was shock my brain is not functioning trying to process how it could have gotten this way. it's devastating. >> reporter: in billerica, they are saying there are more billerica's in the country than we in massachusetts might realize. >> let the small

christina hager is live in dorchester. christina? >> reporter: the good new, they were hit, dragged, and thrown on to the road on stoughton street. four police officers hit and dragged the day before thanksgiving. >> we got a car that hit a police officer and two other vehicles on columbia road. >> reporter: they were responding to the call of a man spotted with a gun. policesay the description matched person sitting outside of a pub, vincent weaks. they ordered him out and he hit the gas pedal. they reached in, trying to stop him. >> i have to commend the officers. they used tremendous restraint. in a lot of places, officers would have fired when they were in danger. i give them a lot of credit. >> reporter: police say he dragged two officers about 20 feet before they were thrown from the car on to the street. officers with the car. court papers show weaks has a long history with police, drug charges in 2005 and more in 2014. and most runnel in october of 2014, he pleaded guilty to assault and battery after 50al whipping a woman lea

christina hager is live in lynn this. christina-- >> reporter: the district attorney's office just released the identity. he is michael mcginnest. a 41-year-old. and he went in the gas station before 4:00 this morning. and stole $150 before the shooting. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> reporter: those shots fired, the lynn police chief explains. >> one of the his weapon. hitting the individual. >> reporter: the gunshot that turned out to be fatal hit a suspect who started the morning at the gas station convenience store claiming he had a gun and getting into a physical scuffle with the clerk. that turned into a manhunt. >> this man possibly has a weapon on him. maybe a gun. >> reporter: it ended just down the block. >> the individual had his hands in his pockets and the officers ordered him to show his hands that's when the officer fired. >> reporter: hours later, the store opened. >> something of that magnitude happening is shocking. >> reporter: it has employees thinking about their own security. >> more alert and always

you can see several advisories, christina hager is live tonight keeping an eye on all of the roads for us. christina-- >> reporter: we've got the best view here of what is not a very pretty picture. all of the areas' traffic right bank of screens you can see the expressway, the zakim bridge. and as you always see this time of year. massdot has an information sharing relationship with ways. and we were able to find out the worst places to be right now. >> reporter: so you think you've got this under control. have to fight the holiday traffic of course. >> this is one of the worst days to hit the roads for the thanksgiving day holiday. >> reporter: ways teamed up with boston to analyze the thanksgiving day traffic. here it is. the worst place to be in boston the tuesday before the holiday -- >> let's hit the road. >> reporter: based on last year's numbers, harvard street. mass av >> they received 9000 traffic jam alerts from ways last year on tuesday. >> reporter: wednesday was bad too with brighton avenue being the worst place to be. >> reporter: 7000 jams reported last year. >> reporte

christina hager is live in marlborough. christina-- >> reporter: paula, when emergency crews got here they found a frantic woman holding a baby. adults. and a fire official says they weren't moving our talking. emts were able to revive them but not the baby. >> we're devastated obviously. >> reporter: family members are taking it hard says the cousin of this 19-year-old mom. a neighbor saw her being emts suspect an opiate overdose. >> teenager's mother clutching a bundle. >> my baby, my baby, i don't know what happened. and the ambulance took the baby. >> that infant was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> came out with a man in handcuffs. and he was walking out and the older woman went up to him and said what did you do to my what did you do to my daughter? it was he wasn't responding, just walking with the officer. and the female was sitting with her head down. >> reporter: the 23-year-old man was the baby's father. he and the teenage mom were taken to the hospital. >> naloxone is also known as narcan. a sign at the door s

in billerica, christina hager, wbz news. >> boston mayor marty walsh said today, time to move forward. >> the hard part is who hasn't had a back and forth with donald trump. and i think, you know, in political life, you back and forth. >> today, elizabeth warren also pledged to work with trump saying it's my sincere hope he will fulfill the role with respect and concern for everyone in the country no believe or come from and who they love. >> jon keller is here now, and you think governor baker will have trouble working with donald trump? >> well, let's put it this way. they are not letting perceived slights roll off his back, and the first rift with trump came when he criticized him for the proposed ban on muslim immigration. that's bad. but today when reporters caught up with the governor, his roses. >> the election's over. i saw both donald trump's comments last night and secretary clinton's comments and the two major players in the whole conversation, they speak and reach out for a unified process going forward. >> pardon my skepticism but i hopefully, i'm wrong if you baker wants

police found the vehicle and are holding christina hager, wbz news. >>> boston's murder rate is on the rise. so far this year, 44 people have been killed in the city compared to 31 at this time last year. violence has increased in the past few weeks. the mayor blames the up stick on gang violence and domestic issues but said that boston still compares favorably to other big cities. >> we are still pretty low compared to other cities. if you look at the trend, there cities of a similar size. but whether 40 homicides or 1, it's too much. >> but the shootings and violent crimes are both down this year. >>> crews have found an elderly man inside this home on berry corner road. we don't know how that started. >>> and a cigarette sparked an early on morning blaze that destroyed a home in jamaica fire charred the back porch and spread. no one was hurt but three adults have to find a place to stay. >>> president-elect donald trump announced the first two women he will name to his cabinet. nicki hailey is the first choice for ambassador to the united nations. governor haley was highly critical

and he says the -- christina hager is live at the state house. ? [ music ] ? >> reporter: i spoke with an election investigator who told me that since 2012, the attorney general's office has prosecuted only two voter fraud into the issue many, many times and never any evidence they say of organized fraud. donald trump and one of his infamous tweets being fact checked in the granite state. >> there's no evidence of widespread voter fraud. >> an answer to a sunday night tweet the president-elect fired off. >> serious voter fraud in virginia, new hampshire, and on this? >> do you have confidence in the electoral system in va? >> i do. >> as a republican, i think that there's a lot he has to curb in his i guess emotional speech versus practical speech. >> the state attorney general's office is looking into four place. and hillary clinton won here by 2700 votes. trump's tweet was part of his reaction to green party candidate jill stein's bid to recount pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. it's a move that hillary clinton's campaign is backing. in new hampshire, e

christina hager is in chelsea with the latest. >> reporter: that woman was left with a cut on her hair line and em hospital with a neck brace. and she is okay but the man accused of hitting her is facing serious charges. anne overruled hernandez tracked down after a search that police circulated from a street camera that shows a 72- year-old woman knocked to the ground in a crosswalk. the driver continuing on, his estranged wife coming to see him in court, shocked. >> i can't believe this is happening. his kids, who took care of me. he did everything he had to do. >> reporter: but police say it was hernandez in the van and several witnesses saw it, and he would have had to have known he did it. his defense attorney, francisco napolitano. >> he saw the lady and at one point he saw her in the rear- view mirror and had no idea he had hit her, didn't hear anything out of the ordinary, no bump, and that he made contact with another object. he continued. >> reporter: slightly different from the story he gave officers according to the police narrative in court papers. he told the officer as h

christina hager is live in marlborough with the latest. >> reporter: this first came in as a call for two unresponsive adults in this home. fire officials tell us they were not moving or talking. and emts had reason to suspect an opiate overdose. a neighbor saw a woman run to firefighters with a bundle in her arms. >> she kept saying my baby, my baby, i don't know what happened. >> reporter: fire officials say she was the grandmother. the baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. cell phone video shows what happened after, a young woman wheeled out. >> came out with a man in handcuffs. and he was walking out and the older woman went up said what did you do to my daughter? what did you do to my daughter? he wasn't responding. he was walking with the officer. and the female was sitting with her head down. >> i think it was overdose. >> reporter: the 19-year-old woman and 23-year-old man were taken to the hospital. for opioid overdoses. the mother's cousin said it must have been drug related but he never before suspected that the two used drugs. >> i guess that was an accident. i don't t

christina hager is live in roxbury. christina? >> reporter: paula, the yess on yes -- yes on 2 crowd breaking down out here and as it is, there is a number of charter schools they can have, 120, and this could change that. governor charlie baker says yes. boston city counselor baskins no. >> whose schools. >> our schools. >> reporter: they are looking to add as many as 12 more each year. this mom said before she got her daughter into a charter failing public school. >> i was paying $1,000 a month for outside tutors to catch her up. in 4 years and $40,000 of my money, they could not catch her up. they did that here in 5 months. >> reporter: she said other towns could benefit. >> i think it could be catastrophic. >> reporter: but opponents say it could -- >> as a grandparent and parent, >> reporter: parents and teachers say they are struggling to give students in massachusetts the best education possible. christina hager, wbz news. >>> on the healthwatch, new warnings about the dangers of crib bumpers. but some experts say that the

christina hager is live in lynn. >> michael mcginnes was incarcerated 15 times and was just michael mcginnest's criminal record goes back years. he was hit by gunshots that killed him tuesday here in everett a couple years ago according to a police report he told police i got a 38 right here and i'm going to kill your expletive. he reached for his waistband and lifted his sweatshirt. tased him. he made several attempts to bite my left leg. and he threatened to kill me when he got out of prison. and he threatened emts, saying he'd rip their throats out. and he was combative, refusing to cooperate with orders and spit blood at officers. in malden last year, he threatened an officer in a cruiser. he said he would and shoot me. if he couldn't get my gun, he would do something that would make us have to shoot him. prophetic words now that lynn police shot him after he attacked a clerk in a convenience store. >> he was a young 18-year-old kid so he paid the penalty for it. >> the officer did the right the people around him. >> reporter: the lynn police chief said mcginness told the clerk he had a gun

christina hager is live tonight with the story in concord. hampshire, election officials sort of pride themselves on running a tight ship. this is a state where voters have to show photo i.d. when casting ballots so this tweet hit a nerve. >> reporter: as quickly as donald trump called the process into question, election officials played defense. >> the commission met today as they are required and they had no appeals to take up. >> repor tweet, the president-elect fired off this allegation. serious voter fraud in virginia, new hampshire, and california. why isn't the media reporting on this. >> i think he needs to eliminate the tweets and get on with running the country. >> do you have confidence in the electoral system in new hampshire? >> i do, i do. >> the state attorney general's office is looking into four fraud claims. >> specifically, people voting in the wrong place. clinton won here by more than 2700 votes. >> trump's tweet was part of his reaction to green party jill stein'sed by for recounts in other battleground states. pennsylva

christina hager has more. >> reporter: police are hoping that this will lead to the resolve that this town needs, and i spoke with one investigator who said, there's hope upgraded after vanessa was murdered, one of the many small ways that the horrific crime changed day-to-day life. he lives a couple of doors down from vanessa's mother who has a sign with the tip hotline out front. the 27-year-old google executive was visiting her here flowers at the wooden path where her body was found burned and naked. >> you want to put her to bed, put her to rest. >> reporter: and now, police float a new piece of information about a dark- severalled dark -- dark- colored suv. >> i would by no means call it unresolved. >> reporter: it may have been a stalker. >> we know vanessa used to come home on a regular base last thing she would do before returning to the city is she would go for a run, and so in that way, someone inclined to stalk a victim would be easily able to determine her habits. >> reporter: by dangling this information, she said, police could be in effect, communicating with him to say

christina hager is live in marlborough. christina-- >> reporter: paula, when emergency crews got here they found a frantic woman holding a baby. adults. and a fire official says they weren't moving our talking. emts were able to revive them but not the baby. >> we're devastated obviously. >> reporter: family members are taking it hard says the cousin of this 19-year-old mom. a neighbor saw her being

christina hager has more. christina? >> reporter: david, earlier this week when donald trump urged early hillary clinton voters to change their votes, he was at a rally in wisconsin where you can do that but that sound bite was played across the country causing confusion. only one more day for early voting, and the line at boston city hall runs doubt the door and down the plaza. >> i really wanted to cast my secretary of state reported that 20% of registered voters couldn't wait. their votes are already in, and it doesn't include 100,000 absentee ballots. >> the only thing i am concerned about, the things that pop up close to the end of the election. >> reporter: what might she say? what might we learn about her e- mails in some say voters should be allowed to return and change their ballots. >> i think it's fair. >> it depends if you voted on on dirt out and oh, my god. i didn't know that and go back for the other candidate. >> reporter: but not in massachusetts. >> keeping track of getting voted and all the ballots is

christina hager is live at the latest. christina-- >> reporter: we have a unique view of all the areas' road cameras. and you can see the expressway below the sake um bridge. and massdot has a sharing relationship with the travel app ways. and we at wbz were able to find out the worst places to be >> we woke up early to try to avoid the traffic. >> reporter: we got inside from the traffic app ways which teamed up with boston to analyze the area's thanksgiving traffic. here it is. the worst place to be in boston, the tuesday before the holiday. based on last year's numbers, harvard street. traffic jam alerts from ways last year on tuesday. >> reporter: tuesday has become the new worst thanksgiving travel day. >> i came out a little bit early prior to the holiday so i could spend the holiday with my daughter who lives in boston. >> wednesday, brighton avenue was the worst spot. >> reporter: 495 and 84. >> the choke points we have had in the past are most likely going to be significantly decreased. the hope is that we'll see l

in cambridge, christina hager, wbz news. >> and it will be interesting to see where this goes. every house democrat from massachusetts and rhode island signed a letter, calling for the immediate removal of steve bannon. in total, 169 house democrats signed the letter which is being circulated by a rhode island democrat. it sends the wr the country. not one house republican added their signature. >>> and robert kraft made a stop at trump towers. it's unclear if he met with donald trump but they have been friends for years. >>> tom brady and rob gronkowski took hard hits last week. and steve, you just got back gronk after the big shot to the chest. number87 did not practice today. and the patriots list him with a chest injury. meanwhile, tom terrific was out on the field with the rest of the team. he got hit low on his legs and was sore afterwards but he's not listed on the injury list. he wasn't limited in any way. he postponed his did a conference call with san francisco reporters. hear what he has to say about going back to the bay area. >>> repairs are underway in pembroke. b

christina hager,wbz news. back to you. >>> state police have received a steady stream of tips after releasing new information about a jogger's murder. in aweing, vanessa marcotte was visiting a family when she went investigators are looking for a dark-colored suv that was spotted near the crime scene. police think that the killer was familiar with the area f you have any information, you are asked to call the tip line. you can also find the information about this case on cbsboston.com. >>> a developing story at 5:00. police in texas have launched a manhunt for the suspect who ambushed an officer killing him in david robichaud has details. david? >> reporter: police in texas are hoping surveillance video and a $25,000 reward will help them to track down the shooting. >> an officer down in front of headquarters. i need ems. >> reporter: the brazen shooting, the officer executed at close range. cruiser, got out, and shot detective marconi in the head. there is surveillance of the black sedan speeding away. >> i t

christina hager, wbz news. >>> christmas for hundreds of children goes up in flames. >> tonight how you can help a they are calling a christmas miracle. >>> it's all a big prank. we'll tell you which patriots player is behind it. >>> cool as we kick off the month of november. and a warmup is right around the corner. starts tomorrow and we'll take a look at the forecast when we every time a new charter opens, it takes money away from the regular public schools from students like mine. massachusetts schools already lose 400 million a year to charters and question two means we'll lose even more. we've got to stop taking from the 96 percent of kids who don't attend a charter school. if you believe every child deserves a great public interviewer: what would stop you from voting this novem ng late. man 1: lines -- i hate long lines. woman 2: no babysitter. william f. galvin: for the first time ever we have early voting. if you're registered, you can vote any day between october 24th and november 4th. avoid election day lines -- vote on your schedule. man 1: wow, that helps! william f galvin:

christina hager is live in lynn. >> michael mcginnes was incarcerated 15 times and was just michael mcginnest's criminal record goes back years. he was hit by gunshots that killed him tuesday here in everett a couple years ago according to a police report he told police i got a 38 right here and i'm going to kill your expletive. he reached for his waistband and lifted his sweatshirt.

for the suspect who was shot and killed, police are working on notifying his family in lynn, christina hager, wbz news. >>> a father of four tells police he just panicked and took off after he hit and killed a man in front of a bar in brockton. 39-year-old milton cansalves confessed to hitting and killing sergio -- >> the judge ordered $10,000 cash bail. >>> boston police are investigating a crash on route of the road, killing the driver. reconstruction crews began their work and no word on why the driver lost control but it was wet at the time. >>> three people have been killed in a fast moving wildfire in tennessee. the flames have forced thousands of people to evacuate the town of gatlinburg and the fire has destroyed homes and businesses and a 16 story hotel. it's dry and very windy in tennessee right now. the national guard is now on scene. >> go, go, go, go, go, go. >> hit the gas, hit the gas. >> this driver was lucky to get out. he's surrounded by a forest of flames. the fire temporarily blocked the only way out and at one point the sparks were flying over the windshield. eventually,

as christina hager shows look at the electoral college. >> reporter: now that we know hillary clinton got the most votes from citizens, those who backed her are calling for an end to the electoral college, which voted for donald trump to be the one now getting a tour of the oval office. >> i don't think it's a good way to set up elections. i think it's sort of a contrivance we should let go. >> reporter: trump himself has criticized the process, tweeting "the electoral college to the white house. >> it's as antiquated as the ford model t.>> reporter: professor tom wayland opened history books showing us failed attempts to show the electoral -- change the electoral college. it would require approval of the now republican-controlled congress and 38 states, not likely. >> this has the danger of undermining faith in our democracy because a lot of people feel we are no >> reporter: but the founding fathers created the electoral college to give voices to smaller, less populated states and some feel that is still important. >> is the electoral college perfect? absolutely not. it's the best w