last year access health connecticut and the connecticut department of social services were honored for creating a multichannel no-wrong-door experience for consumers. solid technology and a commitment to exceptional customer service have made access health connecticut a model for other states. as one forbes columnist wrote, connecticut isn't just ahead of every other state, it's in its own league entirely. we intend to strengthen and grow that league. we will continue to collaborate with other state-based exchanges as we did with maryland to share our expertise, business practices, and technology. we will continue to innovate and develop new strategies that expand access to health care, promote health and wellness, and eliminate health disparities. we will continue to explore new opportunities to reduce costs, safeguard our long-term financial stability, and keep premiums affordable to all consumers. and we will never lose sight of why we do this. it's hardworking people like walter who operates a small tailoring and dry cleaning shop in connecticut. once walter hit 60 and developed a

connecticut. mr. murphy: let me associate my remarks with senator baldwin and senator portman. we're trying to bring this body together on behalf of students, on behalf of over 6,000 students in my state of connecticut. i think senator blumenthal is going to give some remarks as well to add connecticut's list to the debate on the floor. over a thousand students at the university of connecticut. over 700 yale university. 600 at the university of bridgeport. 500 at central connecticut. 400 at eastern connecticut. all across connecticut, students are able to attend college because of the perkins loan program. and as one of the few members of the senate who is still paying back my student loans, who is also saving as fast as i can for my two boys, who will hopefully go to college, this debate that we're having today strikes me as crazy. we should be having a debate about how we expand access to college. instead, we are simply trying to protect the existing access that we have. in ten years the united

. >> college for free, connecticut asking the federal government to fund education for prisoners using taxpayer money. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> breaking news, a person stabbed in jamaica brain. the victim has life threatening injuries. >> the accidents happened inside the jackson square mbta station, what can you tell us. >> reporter: they've just reopened the t. stop. it had been shut down for hours. the entire station was for a time surrounded in police tape as officers were here investigating the afternoon stabbing, but things are starting to get back to normal. i want to show you what it looked like a short time ago. the stabbing happened around 3:20, boston police tell us two teenagers probably around 17 got no a fight inside the t. stop station. that was just out of the view of cameras. apparently one of the teenagers was stabbed at least once in the chest. he was taken to the hospital with what police describe as life-threatening injuries. the suspect hasn't been arrested. police were here for a short time. they did not recover any weapon but they say that the

look at the heavy band moving into connecticut now. that may have a little thunder with it as it moves north and east. more heavy bands developing further to the south and west so they take you out in time. this is a more high resolution model. notice one wave of heavy downpours in here. around 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. still around 11:00. it will be a little off and on in terms of heavy downpours but look at 3:00 a.m. developing, and at any time, from this point to mid morning tomorrow, there maybe some localized strong winds with a line of storms right around 7:00 tomorrow morning. is possible in part of our area before it exits. when all is said and done we widespread one to two inches and locally higher amounts of rain with localized flooding during the heaviest of downpours. >> thanks. the storm is causing some england. these pictures here are from milford, connecticut. our

the connecticut state assembly.oday, i'm pleased to report that 760,000 state residents and small business owners have used the exchange to enroll in qualified health plans and medicaid. we've exceeded federal enrollment goals by more than 200%. we've cut connecticut's uninsured rate in half from 8% to less than 4%. that's 128,000 people who are now more likely to go to a doctor. we've worked with connecticut's insurance commissioner to keep costs down. rates for our most affordable plans have remained flat for the last two years. we've become a self-sustaining exchange, well ahead of next year's deadline and no longer use state or federal funding for operating costs. how did we achieve this success? we heeded the old adage, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. we kept things simple and stayed true to our mission. our exchange is considered a national model because of its straight-forward design and ease of use. over 96% of access health connecticut customers say they are satisfied. the development of th

so i'm here to talk about connecticut. connecticut is a blue state, that doesn't always operate like it's a blue state. you know, i originally was supposed to be talking about what we did with our budget. the governor presented a budget that eviscerated social services and the legislature put the stuff we want to see back in the budget. we're still having that fight right now. because we have some deficit issues and the governor made some cuts but what i want to talk about are two bills that we did some work on this year. and it was a bill about excessive use of force and a bill about second chances. i want to talk about them for a very particular reason. when i first showed up, i showed up at progressive states. when i showed up at progressive states we were having a conversation about education. and anyone who knows me knows i'm somewhat of a contrarian.

so is connecticut. we do have a problem on long island. sunrise highway shutdown westbo d between wantagh avenue and the wantagh parkway. a lot of flashing lights out there. eastbound does remain open. you can take local streets to get around this or head to the southern state. i'll continue to keep you posted on that. throughway, you have two lanes shutdown by exit 12. no delays heading into this area. we have some delays out there on the cross bronx expressway. we'll take a live look at it where you see it's really jammed up out there westbound out by the bronx river parkway. we do have construction and reports of an accident, although it's not confirmed. i'll let you know. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect today. >> lauren, thank you very much. >>> 4:48 now. today president obama's planned visit to oregon could spark a fierce debate over gun control the president is going to roseburg. that's the site of last week's college campus mass shooting. the president plans to meet privately with the victims' families. thos

the gentlelady from connecticut. ms.ro: this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from new york, a -- someone who has spent her entire career working at issues that help working families and their health care and particularly women. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for two minutes. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, this resolution is mere political theater. all sound in fury, significant anyfying nothing and going nowhere -- signifying nothing and going nowhere. we are proceeding to this resolution even though there is no money, zero money in the c.r. for planned parenthood and even though we all understand that if the senate also adopts this resolution, it will effectively shut down the government, slowing economic growth and job creation. planned parenthood provides essential preventive health services, including birth control, life-saving cancer screenings, well women exams and advice on family planning to nearly three million women each year. community health centers are not

and up here on the northern state and along i-95 in connecticut. the connecticut turnpike. then you get this break, and you actually see there could be breaks of sun in here today after a sunrise at 7:00. then the front comes. our guidance is showing that front really dry out. once it gets over the mountains here and starts to head down toward the hudson river valley in the city, it really just kind of goes away. there are a couple of sprinkles that show up around 8:00 in queens for baseball, but that's a quick sprinkle. it goes right by, not a big deal. those skies clear out tonight, and it becomes much cooler. now our futurecast, the rainfall amounts coming up are a tenth. that's what's showing up. 73 today, a couple of showers, not a big deal. the front moves through. that's a big deal because it's much cooler tomorrow. a temperature around 68 degrees. then for the weekend, it's the first chilly shot. it's going to feel like the 40s. there will be some snow showers. i said that, heather, you okay? heather passed out. we have some snow showers in the northern part of the

this is true not just for the 16th connecticut. really exploring how they cope with the experience, how they wanted the memory to be crafted. this was a lingering issue for them. they came back here, the veterans, many of them in the early 1900s to commemorate the monument to their state. i argue this is really a monument to their regiments. effort,arheaded the they led the state commission, they were mostly manning the monument commission. one of their members, robert kellogg, was very influential also in the effort. this was so important to them that people remember what happened here. and not forget it. host: professor gordon, as part of that, there was paper stars in there to the tune of 13,000. professor gordon: yes, that was remarkable. see the actual stars, i saw some photographs online of the stars. i understand they were from children all over. the casket was quite moving. with the military honors today. host: we're looking at video of those stars. leslie gordon is our guest to talk about andersonville. this is david from

he's work in the drugstore in nor witch, connecticut. diary for a few months in the early part of his return home. and he says that he, he feels very isolated. he's feeling like nobody understands him and that he doesn't have any friends anymore. and a local deacon died that he knew and he mentioned in his diary that death seems to have no meaning anymore after experiencing all of the suffer and death here. somehow it doesn't matter that this man died. now, he will marry, he will have a family, he will leave connecticut. he moves to ohio and sells insurance. and by all accounts he's a successful man. he lives until 1935. he lives a long life. very active in veteran activities with the 16th connecticut. and he doesn't keep a diary. the records i have from him are mainly letters to his comrades. he did get back in contact with his friends if the regiment and i think this is what helped him find his way, you know, and sort of get back, to what felt like some sense of normalcy. another example is ira forbes who was a close friend of robert k

stephen: the police vehicle accelerated down connecticut avenue. the police vehicle veered to miss the man. they do not hit the pedestrian had on, but slammed into the median. >> it appears he sideswiped the mirror with the pedestrian. police: they say the vehicle was going so fast that even in indirect hit sent the man flying. >> he fell back on his head and started bleeding. stephen: crucial to determining what happened here, surveillance cameras, but folks who live here say they have seen close cars -- close calls before between pedestrians and police cars. >> you have pedestrians thinking they can eat the police car. the police car. stephen: the pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the police officer was not injured. leon: scary new statistics about drug use in virginia. inst year's, deaths from hero and opioid abuse were more than those who died on the road. that is the first time that has happened. the commonwealth is cracking down. more than 95 kilos of heroin were seized, with a street value of $19 million. alison: te

we're going to head to connecticut where on the connecticut turnpike southbound before you get to exit 21 there's an accident. stop-and-go traffic for quite a few miles. we also have this disabled vehicle on 95 southbound on the new england throughway. this is out before mamaroneck avenue. delays are not so bad here. just something to keep in mind. >> lauren, thanks very mch. >>> new details about a hit-and-run that involves an off-duty officer. it happened at 80th street and cooper avenue in glendale, queens. sheldon dutes is there. >> reporter: michael, i have been in touch with the nypd overnight and found out that that off-duty police officer is alert and conscious this morning after an out-of-control driver hit him in this intersection and kept on going. late last night, investigators stayed here in the pouring rain at the scene of this hit-and-run to try and piece together what happened. that accident happened around 9:30 last night here at the intersection of cooper avenue and 80th street. that's where that off-duty police officer was trying to cross the street near that interse

, western connecticut. and even southwestern massachusetts. so we'll have enough showers here for the next few hours and then a drier afternoon. look at the temperatures, though, into the lower to middle 50s. so already warmer than we were yesterday. so once we clear on out in terms of any rainfall that we have, i think we easily make it into the that includes the pats forecast. the game time, though, does look mainly dry and by halftime temperature near 63 degrees. so we'll be a drier afternoon and mild. next round of widespread rain and this time with some heavier downpours will be late wednesday into thursday. we'll have the forecast coming up. >> kris: all right, chris, thanks so much. we are following breaking news. one person is dead in a senior housing apartment fire that happened last night. according to the worcester telegram and gazette, it appears it happening at a millbury housing authority on elm street. officials have not released the person's name, but everyone else made it out safely. the bu

another member settled home in connecticut, he married, had two daughters. his imprisonment here. he set out west to try afresh. he and his wife were living in lansing, iowa when he died at the age of 35. he's buried in his hometown, although a public plea was made that his name be added to the civil war monument as he had been a faithful soldier and contracted disease from here at arnolds andersonville. it was never added to that monument. there's a number of the veterans who are diagnosed as insane and confined to institutions. ira force who's credited for helping to save the regiment's colors at plymouth was committed to the hard forth retreat for the insane where he died at the age of 68. in 1906 when veterans of the 16th helped to dedicate their state's monument here at andersonville, robert kellogg gave a short address, stressing patriotism and loyalty. he didn't come here to sensor those p.o.w.s who broke and accepted confederate paroles. he would not dwell on the difficulties he and his comrades had. instead his focus was on healing and commemoration

>> i was a connecticut similar to the rest of my peers. we're doing something you this year working with all of our church equipment with them to start collaborating on how we can help improve health leaders to with all of our new customers that pre-visit the uninsured. and similarly we have found that when you a comparison tool to help our customers get the right. versus the lowest price. >> and 17 seconds, mr. lee, what, if anything, is cover california done to encourage the right there at the right time? that such an important area. >> the one thing is what a partnership with our plans to promote was called choosing wisely and each of which is led by the clinician community to make sure patients don't get unnecessary care but i'll get the right care. that's the one i highlight. >> thank you. you back. >> now recognize mr. collins. >> i want to thank the witnesses. it's been very educational. i think we all know everything we're all working on is a work in progress with differing results and nothing from any other states, it's interestin

this is true not just for the 16th connecticut.with the experience, how they wanted the memory to be crafted. this was a lingering issue for them. they came back here, the veterans, many of them in the early 1900s to commemorate the monument to their state. i argue this is really a monument to their regiments. effort,arheaded the they led the state commission, they were mostly manning the monument commission. one of their members, robert kellogg, was very influential also in the effort. this was so important to them that people remember what happened here. and not forget it. host: professor gordon, as part of that, there was paper stars in there to the tune of 13,000. professor gordon: yes, that was remarkable. see the actual stars, i saw some photographs online of the stars. i understand they were from children all over. the casket was quite moving. with the military honors today. host: we're looking at video of those stars. leslie gordon is our guest to talk about andersonville. this is david from friendswood, texas. caller: grea

the connecticut turnpike on to the southbound side, connecticut state line down into exit 22, we have that construction clearing. we have alternate side of the michelle and lori, over to you. >>> thank you. mets fans can all but taste it. after tonight they could be one step closer to the world series. >> the mets put up 13 runs on the dodgers last night in game 3 of the division series. it started in the 2nd inning, and there was no stopping them after that. now just one more win will cement their place in the nlcs for the first time in almost a decade. >> mm-hmm. first pitch is a little over 12 hours away. eyewitness news reporter kala rama has all the highlights and the drama for last night's game. she's live at citi field, good morning to you, kala. >> good morning to you, lori. it's now a little bit more quiet. last night it was roaring. mets fans had a strong voice last night regarding chase utley, and mets players used that as their motivation even setting a new club record. so utley was in uniform last night since he didn't have a hearing on a suspension in the tejada incident

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in connecticut we run a similar program called the step program. what this study showed yesterday is that if you provide wrap around services to an individual who shows a first episode of psychosis with comprehensive immediate services, that you can get a dramatic decrease in the number of episodes that they show later in life. in connecticut, we found that the step program reduced hospitalizations by nearly 50% after you gave those wrap-around services immediately. and when they did need hospitalizations later on, they were on average six days fewer than when you didn't provide these wrap-around services. these are the types of programs that could have helped betsy's son john early so he could have started recovery as a teenager rather than in his 20's, could have saved the united states government and the state of connecticut a lot of money as well. and the trend lines beyond the anecdotes are really disturbing. mental illness has been on the rise for the past few decades. one of five adults today are coping with mental illness. if you look at th

. >> connecticut is keeping our system. >> but over time you're getting less and less federal subsidy so that will mean more and more to the states. that's going to continue on. mr. kissel, in your testimony, you were critical of project management in hawaii health connector. can you be a little more specific? >> yes. when i joined the health connector in october of 2014, i examined the project which had a miserable track record. i admit that. and i looked at the project management tracking tools, and they were virtually nonexistent. the project was not tracked with a project plan that had a critical path. it didn't have hours tracked. really define what the end game and goals were. and i was very disappointed because i came out of the infrastructure business. and i worked for companies that built projects. we built roads, bridges, bases and bombs for the departments of transportation and the department of defense. and these departments have had extensive resources for tracking, monitoring and verifying project progress. >> i just want to say, clearly there were a lot of problems. fro

flood advisory for fairfield county at the coast in connecticut. long island, five boroughs of new york city into westchester county. you can see the rain coming from southwest to northeast. it's rain from a nor'easter to our south. joaquin is down here in the bahamas. it's going it stay away. it's going to spin the day away down around the bahamas, start to eject out tomorrow and start heading into the atlantic. we could see some waves from that as we go into monday and tuesday. it's a windy, rainy, raw day today, chilly, 55 at noontime, 58 later on today. look at those winds. 35 and 40 miles an hour. that creates beach erosion, all kinds of flooding problems. that's why we take you down to the shore. kala rama is there. sometimes you don't have to have a hurricane, a nor'easter can be just as bad. they move a lot slower. how's it going down there? >> i think i've got that bill. i think i can tell it's as bad as a hurricane here. i'll steal your words here in the windy and raw and almost miserable conditions out here. the rain just really pelts yo

connecticut, $2.30. in new jersey, drivers, under $2. >>> in news for your health, pediatricians are calling for a crackdown on e-cigarettes. doctors warn the growing popularity could addict a new generation of smokers. today the american academy of pediatrics is officially purchase all tobacco products to 21. the group also wants new fda restrictions on ads and online sales. >>> some lucky people got to see mayor de blasio's renovated home. there was an open house sunday at gracie mansion. you had to win an lottery drawing to get into this sneak peek. the mansion has been closed to the public for some 21 months. some repairs were made, and 50 new pieces of art were installed. >> it was a chance to see gracie mansion for the first time. >> this is an incredible building with a storied history. >> i find it very interesting that we are allowed to go into the gracie mansion and look at where our mayor lives. >> that's fantastic. well said. and you can have a look inside gracie mansion. the public tours wil

all of this playing out just miles from newtown, connecticut. and you're about to see the moment some parents arrived, authorities warning them not to cross the line, or they could be shot. linzie janis is there. >> reporter: today, a connecticut town terrorized. 17 schools and over 10,000 kids on lockdown. >> we just want to see our kids and hug them. >> reporter: it all started around 9:00 a.m. this morning, a man calling an elementary school in fairfield saying he was heading there with an m-16 assault rifle. then two high schools in the district getting calls that there were bombs on campus. minutes later, parents in this town within 30 miles from newtown, connecticut, where 26 kids and teachers were killed at school, receiving this heart-stopping call -- >> all schools are currently in lockdown. there is a police presence at every school. >> reporter: although they were told not to pick up their children, some heading to school anyway. >> we cannot let you in. they are in lockdown. if you go in there, you're going to get shot, okay? >> okay

a tour bus on its way to new jersey crashes in connecticut. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning, everybody. coming up on 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, october 8th. i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. chris cimino is here with the forecast. >> good morning. a nice even 60 degrees this hour in the city. a little milder than it's been recent mornings this week. that's been the trend, each morning a little more comfortable. still cool up to the north. 60 in the city. mid-50s central long island. the coldest spot in westhampton down to 44. sunshine today mixes with patchy clouds at times. a little breeze out of the southeast. may be a couple degrees cooler than yesterday's low 70s. forecasting a high into the upper 60s. let's find out how the commute is rolling along so far.

>> i'd say connecticut very similar to the rest of my peers. we are doing something new this year working with all of our carriers. we've met with them to start collaborating on how we can help improve health literacy with all of our new customers who have previously been uninsured. similarly we have found that we needed a comparison tool to help our customers pick the right tier versus the lowest price. >> in 17 seconds, mr. lee, what, if anything, has cover california done to encourage this right care at the right time? that's such an important area. >> one thing that i highlight is we have a partnership with our plans to promote what's called the choosing wisely initiative which is an initiative led by the clinician community to help make sure patients don't get unnecessary care but always get the right care. that's one that i'd highlight. >> thank you. yield back. >> thank you. now recognize mr. collins for five minutes. >> i want to thank the witnesses, too. it's been very educational. i think we all know this, everything we are all workin

police say 25-year-old scott deluca of new york has set his sites on connecticut, he struck at a liquor store in bloomfield and a steak house in mystic, and now store owners in that area they are keerping a close eye on their stock. >> tried to keep them behind the counter, so that we have an opportunity to actually hand sell that bottle. we'll either have them in locations that are key and then have cameras pointing in that direction so we can watch over those. >> joy: deluca is wanted in four states including rhode island, new jersey, new york and connecticut. if you know where he might be, contact police. >>> jimmy fallon getting the royal treatment at harvard. the tonight show host and saturday night live alum is being honored by the harvard lampoon. they are giving him their elmo award in humor. it the seventh time they besewed include jay leno, john close and robin williams. take a look at this, pumpkins flying through the air in new hampshire tonight. this is all part of new hampshire's first extreme pumpkin chun inevent. -- chunkin event. >> who are can hate pumpkin chun in? you

a connecticut jury has rejected her bid yesterday saying the boy was not liable. a panel of state budget experts is lowering iowa revenue projections for the current fiscal year. the revenue estimating conference predicts the state will take in about $7.05 billion for the fiscal year that began july 1, down from the $7.18 billion estimated earlier. the group cited a slowdown in agricultural income. more and more companies offer their employees a free noon meal as a perk. but now, as julie watts shows us, the irs says that free lunch is going to start costing those workers. take a look. reporter: how many days a week deviant office? >>/everyday reporter: what you think of the iris started taxing you for food? >> that's a bad thing. reporter: it might be a real thing for hundreds of thousands of tech workers like damien. >> is really something you need offer the employees. for the bigger, larger players out there. google and facebook. reporter: they say they cater to their tech employees in more ways than one. the tech giants offer everything from gourmet restaurant

connecticut avenue is open.but port street is blocked with the fire truck and accident at connecticut avenue. that is a look at the afternoon traffic. back to you. alison: thank you. one more note, get ready for delays making your way through northwest washington. there are lane closures along military road for the next month between oregon and 14th street. that is in effect through november 8. leon: huge news with the nats today. erin: what a weekend or past few days in the d.c. sports world. a year after leading the nationals to national title matt williams has been fired. the entire coaching staff is also fired. but none of this is a surprise given the expectation to win the world series and the extreme disappointment throughout the season. >> i don't think there was any one tipping point that said well, this is it. this is after the season looking at the full body of work. making a judgment, going forward, what gives us a chance to have ourselves the championship caliber franchise that the fan base deserves?

i want to point out one or two lightning bolts and connecticut. there is a rumble or two of thunder. this is not a severe situation. you' re it we have a couple bands we are focusing on, this band here at which is just to the north of the holbrook area. should be" has it -- should be in cohasset and about 30 minutes. you have a little batch and you wait a few minutes and you get another batch coming through. not a lot of lightning and thunder, but downpours coming with it. there is the back edge of it. where is the severe weather? i pointed at the lightning in parts of connecticut. now you see where the strong thunderstorms are. racing out of new jersey into virginia. it' 8:00, pretty much done down there. here it is showing up on radar. advance to about 7:00, you see the heaviest is right on top of boston. by 9:00, we kick some things out of here and i think by midnight, we start to clear these guys away -- clear the skies way. friday night football, showers at 6:00. could be a rumble of thunder as you look to the southeastern art of the state an

new at 5:00, a connecticut teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student is now out of a job after allegations surfaced she had sex with a boy she tutored over the span of two years. he was 12 when the faults began and feared he may be the father of her baby. she taught at chapel street elementary and expected back in court next month. >> israel -- yesterday when an arab gunman went on a shooting rampage. the attacker killed an israeli soldier and hurt 10 people. an innocent man was shot by a guard and beaten by a group of bystanders who mistook him for a second gunman. police are investigating to determine who assaulted that man. secretary of state john kerry will meet with leaders this week. >> they passed new laws in connecticut. a federal appeals court ruled a ban on semiautomatic weapons and large capacity magazines. the judge said that there was substantial relationship between the ban and state interest in control in crime but the court said that new york could not of the city and very, very cool across the island and up in connecticut. the good news is we warm up rather nic

there are showers from eastern hudson river, long island, coastal connecticut. back to the west up morristown this is the cooler drier air that pours in tonight. by this afternoon, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, we will hit 70 degrees. much cooler tomorrow. be ready for that. tomorrow 60 degrees with the cool air that pours in out of canada bringing us back to fall weather which will be great for the fall classic friday night at citi field. morning showers, clouds and afternoon. the cooler air pours in out of old canada and 38 in the sub better. 48 in the five boroughs. tomorrow is a great fall day. normal weather, sunshine, 60. it will feel cooler because it will be 13 cooler than today. saturday is great weather for halloween, trick or treating. sunshine and clouds on sunday for marathon sunday looking great. set your clocks back. saturday and i got a whole bunch of jedi knights that are here. all the jedis are here for halloween. >> is that lul u's light safe very. >> our "star wars" gang is here. >> we have a busy day on the roads. >>> if mass transit is part of the plan

he was a popular dentist in connecticut. john cuoco with the latest from worcester. >> people in real life don't normally hit to see that stuff. >> reporter: a pilot killed in a crash at around 8:00 saturday morning after taking off at worcester airport. the worcester county district attorney says the single engine plane was barely in the air when it veered right. >> it looked like it was right above the trees. >> reporter: dylan was working nearby. he saw the plane having problems. >> it was up a little bit then spun over like almost up side down then went straight down. we heard crash and bang. >> reporter: the pilot-identified as 66-year-old gary weller of putnam, connecticut. he is a dentist there and according to his boio he worked as an airlines pilot. he was the only person in the plane at the time of the >> it's terrifying and scare. >> reporter: we're told weller didn't file a flight plan and his destination is unknown. state police are in charge of processing the debris field. they say the plane was heavily damaged

. >>> the connecticut sued kid that got sued by his aunt is now publicly defending her. they were on the "today" show this morning. she was criticized for suing sean for $120,000 after she fell at his birthday party. today she insisted that she had to sue him since connecticut law would not let her sue the family's insurance company for money to pay her medical bills. sean is standing by her side. >> she would never do anything to hurt the family or myself. and she loves us. >> fairfield county jury ruled against connell earlier this week. for you last night, a little dog found in horrible condition outside an animal clinic. nassau county authorities say they have arrested a 56-year-old on animal neglect and an ban donement charges. we're told copeland is the woman in the yellowish jacket and this video. the video shows her and another woman dropping the dog off tuesday morning. investigators say the dog was stolen from its rightful owner more than a year ago. >>> coming up, millions earmarked to help victims of domestic abuse. >> and coming up -- >> i think they're abus

so, i'm here to talk about connecticut. connecticut is a blue state. it doesn't always operate like it's a blue state. i originally was supposed to be talking about what we do with our budget. the governor presented a budget of social services basically. the legislature put a lot of the stuff that we want to see back into the budget. we are still having that fight right now. we has some deficit issues and the governor has made some cuts, but what i will let talk about about are two bills that we did some work on this year and it was a bill about excessive use of force and a bill about second chances. zero one to talk about them for a particular reason. when i first showed up, i showed up at progressive states and when i showed up in progressive states we are having conversation education and anyone who knows me knows i'm somewhat of a contrary in, so that when the conversation was going to sit right with me because it seemed not to actually talk about what we were going to do, but with other side was doing and i thought that was the wrong approach. tha

. >>> well today the woman accused of abducting a teenager, a connecticut teenager, is due in court. that victim's daring escape caught on video. you can see the brave 17-year-old girl jump right out of a moving car to get away. michael george is in bridgeport where the woman police say was driving that car is due in court, michael. >> reporter: rob, any minute now we expect 38-year-old randall to be arraigned. it's the first time we'll see and potentially hear from the woman who abducted a teenage girl and sexually assaulted her. its been seen nationwide now. it shows the 17-year-old victim diving out of a moving car to escape her abductor. fortunately she wasn't seriously hurt. randall offered the teen a ride to school and immediately after getting in the car, randall grabbed at her, she's charged with a sexual assault, unwelcomed restraint and reckless endangerment. its had parents concerned. randall was caught saturday thanks to a huge number of things from the community. they thank the community for all the tips. wallace learned that randall has a long criminal history of robber

in fact, the states represented in our panel today -- california, connecticut, hawaii, massachusetts, minnesota and oregon -- were awarded over $2 billion of federal program dollars. notably, oregon has already pulled the plug on its state exchange and hawaii is in the process of doing so. the faucet of establishment grant money finally turned off at the end of 2014 when state exchanges were supposed to be self-sustaining. despite this enormous taxpayer investment, state exchanges are still struggling. they continue to face i.t. problems, lower-than-expected enrollment numbers and growing maintenance costs. here are just a few more recent headlines from news articles on the state exchanges. "obamacare exchanges are a model of failure." or "nearly half of obamacare exchanges face financial woes." in another one "obamacare's failed state exchanges." the alarm bells are not only being sought in the media -- sounded in the media. earlier this year the department of health and human services office of inspector general alerted cms acting administrator that the state exchanges may be using

it's going to be good everywhere. >>> it is 71 in milford, connecticut. we have a blue sky and bright sunshine out there. a beautiful place to visit. look at that sunset. it's going to be at 6:21 tonight. bright sunny skies. we're at 70. southeasterly wind at 10 miles per hour. here's our planner through the evening hours. clouds come through later. we'll remain dry but eastern long island could see a passing shower. 65 degrees. could be a passing shower for game 4, but nothing that would cancel the game. might be just a brief interruption early on. odds are the rain gets out of the game before the evening starts. mostly cloudy skies to start the morning. still holes in the forecast. a couple lines of showers, by no meechbz is it rain lg the time. in fact the sun breaks through enough that we could get in the low and mid 70s. not a bad day. could be a passing shower. best chance would be late in the day in the early evening hours with a line that goes through. if you watch the futurecast, a little chill in the air. there's the showers in the east end and

delays back to exit 2 in connecticut. and brooklyn, we have construction blocking the lane on the eastbound side of the belt parkway. between nap street and flat bush avenue. and a live look to the l.i.e. starting to build. westbound through the area at the grand central parkway through queens, typical traffic pattern for this time of morning. and it's all clear on the hudson river crossings. inbound lower level of the george washington ed pass only until 6:00. but alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. chris and mary, back the to you. >> thank you very much. >>> happening today, a nassau county man will be arraigned in the murder of a toddler. >> the child was pronounced dead over the weekend. janelle burrell has more. >> reporter: yeah, chris, police say little mason robinson barely had a chance at life, just 1.5 years old when he died here on long island sunday. and this morning police here at police headquarters say they have the man responsible

the presiding officer: the senator connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. i'm here on the floor this afternoon to talk about a young man named bill smolinsky, and a law that senator hoeven and i are introducing on behalf of him, his family, and the, quite literally, millions of other families throughout the united states who have had to deal with the trauma, the angst, the grief of a loved one missing. let me tell you a little bit about billy. bill liszt parents don't think that he's alive any longer, but they aren't sure because on august 24, 2004, at the age of 31, billy went missing. billy was a vibrant young man who lived in waterbury, connecticut, along with his treasured dog, and he didn't respond to calls and communications from his family over the course of a number of days, and his parents -- and i'll speak about his mother in particular, jan smolinsky, who has been the driving force behind billy's law, his parents went to law enforcement at the waterbury police department. it is a great police department. i have a lot of friends there. even they w

. >>> we are also following breaks news in fairfield, connecticut. all 10,000 in 17 fairfield public schools getting out of class early today and police say that's because three of the schools got an anonymous gun and bomb threat. the schools were on lockdown for most of the morning. and then police changed that to a lockout situation. school officials want parents to stay home and wait for their children to get home and some nervous parents rushed to the schools after getting the text from the school district. >> you know, you worry and you don't know if you're going to be seeing them for the last time or not. goes through your mind. anavd just got to pray and ask god to be there with them. >> so let's get a live update of ed hughes in chopper 4. ed? >> and david, we are high above here. this is the fairfield ward high school in fairfield. you can see center part of the screen, one cop there in the middle trying to advise students and they were dismissed about 15 minutes ago around 11:45 and bring the picture out and see plenty of kids on the school

but right now, it's niles over connecticut. fairfield at 61, greenwich 63. 65 in bridgeport. low to mid-60s generally across the area. in the 50s in month icello and sussex. a few sprinkle, but these will dry out through the rest of the evening. and the skies will gradually clear. as the temperatures drop tonight and in the morning, you'll need jackets and sweaters. 40s as we start the evening tonight north and west and then 30s later on tomorrow morning north and west upper 30s in this newton and monticello. 44 in the city and 50 right near the jersey shore. so it's a chilly start to the day tomorrow. a pleasant afternoon with plenty of sunshine and readings in the 60s. and then we'll be watching for rain to approach on friday afternoon. expect to go see ing to see rain showers and temperatures on the rool side. so for thursday, a beautiful day. fall day, sunshine, 66. and then the rain entering the picture for friday. and that rain will be quick hitting. we're not expecting a ton of it, but following that will be the coldest air of the season so far. and there will be a lot

i want to focus in on connecticut avenue. a bus at connecticut avenue. in the wheaton area.to move south. to cleveland park where we have a crash at quarter street. a fire truck involve and a police car. if you live in cleveland park you will see the areas while they work to clean up the accident. that is a look at traffic this afternoon, back to you. alison: thank you. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the new iphone operating system is supposed to speed things up. jonathan: but the newest feature is draining data even when you think it shouldn't. the simple on/off switch that could put an end to rising cell phone bills. we ale have that for you after this. alison: we leave you now with the live shot from the american legion bridge. it's moving pretty well. look, mr. sunshine. we are loving that. we'll be back after th vo: today's the day. more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®. as my diabetes changed, it got harder to control my blood sugar. today, i'm asking about levemir®. vo: levemir® is an injectable insulin that can gi

up'v towards connecticut as well. further west there's a cold front. not a lot of rain with it but scveattered showers. one round earlier generally light except eastern long island and scattered sutwers this afternoon. mild. 72. gusty breeze with a clearing sky overnight. 55 the low in town. 40s in the suburbs. then tomorrow a feature clouds mixing with sun. could be a sprinkle north and west of the city. blustery fall-like sky w re the clouds build up after the sunshine starts. 67 the expected high tomorrow. game tonight, mets and dodgers, hopefully a clincher for the mets. 66 for the start and dropping into the lower 60s. 64 on thursday with sun. here comes another round of showers on friday. look what happens by the weekend. 65bi on friday. drops to a high of 58 and windy on saturday. a low of 39 degrees in the city turday night to sunday morning anhed sunday's high even with sunshine, still breezy. temperatures low 50s. we stay in the 50s with sun early next week. let's find out about the tuesday morning commute. any good news, bad news. what's goi

connecticut did something about that. but you would imagine it in a blue state like connecticut we wouldn't have had the war. we didn't have a fight, you wouldn't have had the war that we had, but we had a war. so we had a war to say when police interact with people and they pull out their gun and they use deadly force, maybe the police shouldn't be investigating themselves. maybe the prosecutor who is in the district that those police are in shouldn't be investigate we had a warden say that in ing. communities that a majority/minority, meaning that over 50% of the community is black and brown, maybe we should do something about what the police force looks like. and give some weight to people who are exactly qualified or at least equally qualified. to get the job. that wasn't acceptable. we did get it passed but that wasn't acceptable. we went on and on. how did we do this? i should mention a second chance, that was important as well. second chance act says this. parole and pardons should be expedited. i think that's a pr

. >>> shocking allegations out of connecticut. a stratford teacher is behind bars accused of having a sexual relationship with a teen she tutored. and now he fears he might be the baby's father. police say 28-year-old michelle slept with the teen several times at his home while he was in the 6th and 7th grades. at the time she was a teacher's aide, but he was not in her class. the boy is now in high school. he went to the police after learning she was pregnant. she admits to having sex with him once. and she's been placed on administrative leave and being held on $100,000 bond. >>> new at 5:00, a judge has sentenced one of three suspensions convicted in a robbery that triggered a chain of a bronx bow day go worker. he and two others held them at the family store three years ago. he managed it to skanks but an officer shot him after he mistook him for the robber. the officer was never charged for the shooting. the family says they are one step closer to closure. but their quest for justice is not over. >> an autopsy in the case of

back to the connecticut river valley. moving moving northeast. we'll have on-and-off showers this morning. the day not lost to rain as we work toward 12:30 there's the back edge of the rain. a little bit of sun on the way for this afternoon. we'll talk about that, coming up. >>> happening today grief counselors will be on hand at after sudden death of one student. the teen collapsed on friday and died. 7's jennifer eagon has more on how her family is rememberering her. jen? >> they shared pictures and memories. her parents also have a message for other families. >> this photo captured casey's exuberance friday. just a half hour later this 16-year-old collapsed during field hockey practice. >> i totally embodies casey. that's pure joy. that's pure casey. what it does for me gives me a source of comfort to know she was happy and she died mercifully quick with -- in a place she low doing the sport she love with people she loving. her parent shared memory of their daughter one of five we had this thing that we were magical moment and the water turned

also breaking right now, 17 schools in connecticut have been locked down and will be dismissed early while police investigate threats of violence. police locked down all the public schools in fairfield after several schools received threatening phone calls this officers from surrounding communities have been called in to help search each school building. so far there have been no incidents or weapons discovered. moments ago, the fairfield police chief spoke about the situation. >> both schools are secure, and we're doing two things. we're looking to reunite parents with their children, and we're taking a variety of different approaches to do that, and in addition to that, we're conducting an investigation into these anonymous threats that were occurring at our schools. >> now coming up at 12:30, we'll have a live report from fairfield and hear from parents. >>> one person has been injured after a school bus collided with a tractor-trailer on route 35 in new jersey. the bus hit the semi at around 6:45 this morning near new monmouth road in middletown. no students were on the bus, but