i'm liam martin. >> i'm paula ebben. as we are learning more of the disturbing details about exactly what happened inside that east boston apartment building. nick giovanni is live with the latest. nick? >> reporter: paula, liam, i can tell you in talking to neighbors all afternoon, they've been saying they cannot get over how this went peaceful night to a war zone overnight. now we can see some 18 hours later that police, they are still here at the scene going over the aftermath. >> i have never seen anything with my own two eyes like that. i mean it is just crazy. >> reporter: heather witnessed what she described as a war zone in east boston overnight. >> well i heard the commotion outside and their sirens and my roommate screaming that it's going down outside. >> reporter: just a few doors down, crime scene tape

liam martin is in the satellite center, we know that matthew is already a deadly storm. >> reporter: unfortunately we know that's true. a powerful storm has claimed four life and people from cuba, to haiti, all the way to the carolinas, are ready for the potential impact of jamaica is feeling hurricane matthew's outer bands, striking fear into residence, kingston, the nation's capital, home to almost 600,000 people, is a virtual ghost town. annette gerald headed for a shelter. >> my roof is not solid, and the hurricane is coming. >> reporter: matthew's bull's- eye could be right near haiti, which stares at it could potential catastrophe. it could cause flooding, mudslides, and storm surge, threatening people living in the poorest country in the western hemisphere. the storm will then move into eastern cuba where it could linger for 10 hours. 350,000 cubans have been evacuated at the u.s. naval facility at guantanamo bay. destructive weather might force the relocation of detainees. >> in jamaica, all of the roughly 1000 public schools have been closed indefinitely. many are being conv

i'm liam martin. >> i'm lisa hughes in for paula. >> the woman lied about a break- in and vandalism. and money problems were the motive. jim smith is live with the >> tonight police in millbury tell me the story did noted a up. and now it has come to this, criminal charges. >> there was no intruder or burglary. >> a difficult day for millbury police. the wife of an officer facing charges. it all began on october 17th when maria daily reported a burglary at the family home with jewelr and she said the house was tagged with graffiti. and now police have determined the entire account was false. >> this case came to our attention. and something want quite right. i think that was pretty obvious. and as a result of that investigation, the officers did due diligence and followed through with the information we had. and based on that we came to the conclusion ultimately that it was all fabricated. >> just 56 she filed the report, she took to social house being robbed and saw this hatred for no reason. >> officer daniel daly was not involved in the deception. it's a story generating plenty of

. >> liam martin is here with what the former officer told the family. >> reporter: it was august 2014, the 19-year police veteran admits he had been drinking when he crashed his car. >> i have family that i care about too. i can't imagine them being taken away from me the way i took your family member away still grieving family in salem superior court, admitting his actions took -- from his family. >> i've wanted to apologize every single day. >> charged with manslaughter and changed his not guilty plea today. >> guilty or not guilty? >> guilty, sir. >> i plead guilty, sir. four years in prison. >> my actions purposeful actions, negligent actions, took away someone that's clearly a beautiful and amazing person in your life. and i don't have and never will have the words to tell you how sorry i am for you. >> reporter: powerful moments there. and the prosecutor asked for a seven to 10-year sentence and the judge agreed time. and he'll face three years of probation after the prison term. >>> it's hard not to think of the folks in haiti. when we look at the images of matthew and see it o

liam martin is here studio with the details. >> reporter: harris thomas martin is charged with theft of government property and highly classified information. he was working with -- as a contractor with the nsa and authorities found hard copy and digital files of top secret information in his home. the fbi has not released a motive. but martin's attorney says his client did not intend to betray his country. i would greatly appreciate it if you would respect my privacy and -- [ no captioner audio ] >>> police say the suspects actually admitted that their plan from the beginning was to rob the officers. not knowing their real identities. we have the latest tonight. >>> after one suspect held a gun to an undercover officer's head out here. prosecutors say the other suspect was standing on the porch firing away while backup until that point. prosecutors say the suspects thought they were ripping off a pair of heroin buyers who wanted some guns. the two came to court with hooded jail jump suits covering most of their faces and one admitted they were trying to pull the wool over the eyes o

i'm liam martin. and i'm paula evans. bill shields has the story from brockton. >> reporter: he's a 44-year-old father of five. but police say he raped a 189- year-old girl after luring her out of class. >> reading the text messages defendant was trying to co- terse victim. >> reporter: he drove his minivan to the high school parking lot and then texted her to come out. that he had brought her lunch. when she met him. she was raped. he says he met the girl at a family party. and they were simply friends. but the victim says the text messages became explicit. >> the conversation then asking if they can make love the next time he comes to visit. >> reporter: the defense attorney says there was never a rape. >> he states that he has text messages from the alleged victim that will prove his innocence. >> reporter: the students at brockton high were notified about the incident. and many were stunned. >> you can't really trust people nowadays. you have to be careful who you

i'm liam martin. >> i'm lisa hughes in for paula. >> the woman lied about a break- in and vandalism. and money problems were the motive. jim smith is live with the

liam martin has more now on how tonight. >> those officers risked their lives to save their wounded comrades as you said. seconds counted with both of them just bleeding badly. >> reporter: matt morris a 12- year vet was shot in the leg. apparently the bullet hit his artery. richrich cintolo was shot in the throat and arm. >> it is an instant shock. your thoughts, your hopes, you're praying for everything to go well after the fact. >> reporter: the former transient cop nearly lost all of his blood when he was shot in the leg during the watertown shootout with the tsarnaev brothers. >> it definitely rings true. but from what i hear up to this point that it looks like some of the things, the changes, the training, the tools that went into effect after the marathon and after my shooting. hopefully it helps to save the officer's lives. >> reporter: donahue spoke to conference in san diego to talk about his recovery after the marathon bombing. in donahue's presentation, it about their life-saving critical injury and their recovery as the timing of that presentation in san diego given this shootin

liam martin joins us live. >> you heard eric say they are going to feel the impact within the next 24 hours. it's expected to pack powerful winds and more than ten inches of rain could fall. >> shutters installed. >> we're a block or less from the ocean. >> gas stations gridlocked. >> it's crazy. i never expected to see so many people. people evacuating hurricane matthew. >> this is serious. >> in florida store shelves empty as people stock up with supplies. the deadly storm is churping in warm waters with the united states in its path. >> it's expected to strengthen as it gets closer to florida. people have less than 24 hours left to prepare, evacuate, and shelter. >> the entire state of florida is under a state of emergency. parts of georgia and the carolinas also under states of watchful eye on the storm. >> anyone that's trying to wait this out we ask you to take caution and try and heed what everybody else is doing. >> today president obama met with fema officials in washington that agency has deployed personnel to florida, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina. >> hurrican

lisa hughes -- liam martin is here. >> reporter: david and lisa, we are. a lot of people are frustrated. tomorrow night cash tolls are a thing of the past on the mass trying to beat that deadline and what they are going through. >> reporter: the frustration of waiting. >> i waited about two hours. >> reporter: look at the line at the e-zpass center on monday. here it is again wednesday and it's the same deal today. a line out the door of people trying to score the all- important transponders. >> i got it, yes. but it is worth it. >> reporter: worth it because tomorrow night there's no when you drive under this here, your e-zpass will be charged. if you don't have one they will take a picture of your license plate and send you a bill. so people will wait. >> after a while it is just too cold. >> reporter: others hope technology will save them. >> i try to phone it, but i couldn't get through. >> reporter: we also tried the e-zpass customer service phone line. we called 50 times and only connected on eight of them. were instructed. >> you can visit our websi

wbz's liam martin is live in the studio. we have learned why they >> authorities believe they were targeted because they had an older model car that likely would not have gps. the couple accused of going into the home and trying to kill the elderly couple. a man kneels in prayer at the home where 95-year-old thomas hardy was stabbed and suffocated, his 77-year-old we will bear -- wheelchair-bound wife, joanna fisher, fighting for her life after being throat cut. the couple accused appeared behind a glass wall, whitney smith mouthed i love you too family. she and joshua hart, who is 23, were picked up in virginia after days on the run allegedly committing robberies along the way. >> this was a prolonged and horrific home invasion that lasted, by our estimate, almost 2 hours. >> do you want to say why you told police he did it to avoid going to jail on another charge. smith was avoiding court mandated drug treatment. >> it was devised to allow them to escape and start a new life. >> reporter: outside, tensions flared. between

wbz's liam martin joins us now >> reporter: trump's new logo is drain the swamp. you want to get career politicians out of washington and claim even many republicans are preparing to rig the election against him. donald trump promising supporters he will push for congressional term limits if he is elected. >> we are going to drain the swamp in washington dc, and that's what it is. >> reporter: he is claiming washington insiders are reading the presidential election. f will record that 2017 was the year america lost its independence. >> reporter: president obama slamming trump's claims. >> i would advise mr. trump to stop whining and make his case to get votes. >> reporter: this trump supporter says the media is favoring hillary clinton. >> you don't hear anything you hear a whole bunch of rumors unsubstantiated from 30 years ago. >> reporter: the latest batch of emails reveals clinton's campaign manager, john podesta, mocking former rival bernie sanders. last year, he wrote, he is a doofus for criticizing the paris climate deal and in march, emails clinton with th

liam martin is live with this story. >> reporter: he will remain on paid leave until that retirement takes effect in leave. shortly thereafter city officials wanted to fire campanello claiming he deleted more than 600 text messages with one of those women from his work phone. campanello's attorney at time called it a witch hunt, but today the chief agreed to retire with his pension instead of being terminated. in the statement he says he is retiring for the sake of his family and city. you might remember campanello became a national figure for his angel opioid overdose people into a program. >> liam, thank you. >>> breaking news on last week's train crash in new jersey. federal investigators are saying that the transit train was going twice the speed limit when it hit hoboken terminal. it was going about 20 miles per hour. they also say the engineer hit the emergency brake less than a second before the crash. of course one person was killed, more than 100 were hurt. >>> we are now just hours from league divisional series wbz sports director here all pumped up. >> i'm so fired up for

that was liam martin reporting. we will be right back.

. >> is liam martin explains, one of the dogs would not leave his best friend behind. >> this one is rosy. >>reporter: it is a good thing that rosie and winston are best several hours on thursday trapped in a drain pipe. >> they got excited and ran down the drain pipe that ran from the back of the property down to the hillside. >>reporter: suddenly they were stuck in winston was well enough to find his way out the key was not leaving his friend behind. >> he was stuck and she would not come out without her.>>reporter: the rush was on to dig them out and the dogs >> the good people at the fire department in public works were able to dig a hole and put a probe in that helped the dogs get out. >>reporter: that this could see the dogs with the probe and that talks could see the people with the probe and then out came winston and rosie and within minutes they celebrated their newfound reason -- freedom and rosie friend for not leaving her behind. >>reporter: both dogs are doing fine but shortly after they got out of the pipe rosie and winston tried to get back in, there is a lot of wildli