the executive director of massachusetts health connector from the state of massachusetts. you're recognized for five minutes. >> chairman murphy, ranking member degette, good morning. thank you for the opportunity to testify regarding the massachusetts health connector authority, our state-based marketplace. my name is luis gutierrez and i have served since february of this year following the election of massachusetts governor charlie baker. as the new state administration took office, massachusetts was partway through a second attempt to implement a health insurance eligibility and enrollment system to enable affordable care act access to our residents. while proficient eligibility determination front end was completed, a range of back office enrollment functions remained under development. much of this year has been devoted to stabilizing operations and completing the systems foundations to complete massachusetts' state-based marketplace. upon taking office, the baker administration moved into effect several changes to the connector authority. first, it altered the struc

massachusetts. likely trees come down eventually, definitely branches and a lot of leaves. in fact, wind gusts are going to ramp up from here and you'll see that with the forecast data, showing 50-mile-per-hours and that's where the concern comes from and there's a wind advisory. it starts at 7:00 p.m., technically for all of rhode island and eastern massachusetts especially southeastern massachusetts. that's going to be the biggest concern and starting at 11:00 p.m. tonight, a coastal flood advisory for eastern mass, actually starts at 7:00 p.m. down in these areas, but most areas along the east coast of massachusetts will just see minor splashover. the waves are building and you have the high tide that's. coming up. meanwhile, the thunderstorm risk, this is a general rush risk in the lighter green, this is a marginal severe weather in southeastern mis, again, goes along with the futurecast death showing the thunderstorm threat first thing in the morning. seven-day forecast with your{!o weekend alw

. >> plus, a nursing mother from massachusetts prompting change. how her humiliating ordeal at an airport is getting change for other moms across the country. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e- mail: comments@captioncolorado.com this wednesday. i'm kathryn hauser. >> i'm chris mckinnon. yesterday felt so good when the sun was shining through the >> it's so clear. a repeat, danielle. >> it will be absolutely beautiful, you guys. i was just about to run away because this is not the graphic be on. i bread the play button -- i pressed the play button, but it doesn't seem to want to work. temperatures under the 60s and0s. this morning, we're in the 40s in a lot of spots. 54 in provincetown. just a few high, thin clouds over the region filtering the sunshine a bit this morning. your planner goes this way. cool start. sun and clouds, 67 degrees for lunchtime today. the wind pretty light out of the west-northwest and top out around 70. upper 60s at the coast. quite pleasant for the ride home with sunset at 6:16. we have cooler air on the

i think it's going to do massachusetts. the massachusetts model manager has a slightly lower growth rate than i do for new hampshire. and next year. and i think that there's a couple of reasons for that that i think are important. one is this reduction in energy prices that we've seen over the last couple of years has been a big boon, especially for new hampshire. and when gasoline prices dropped by a dollar a gallon. that puts 700 million into the back pockets of businesses and new hampshire and that's a big boost. and a lot of the recovery came from the financial services industry and we know what happened to the financial services industry this year, especially in august. so the outlook for massachusetts, i don't think, in the next year or so, was not quite as positive as it is new hampshire. you may catch up? >> in your report, i think you said, you're losing our competitive advantage. dos that have something to do with it? >> we used to be seen as strongly competitive in a lot of different areas. i think there are a lo

might want to be living right here in massachusetts. fortune magazine is reporting mike talented dell is house hunting in boston. emc, you may know, is located in hopkinton, employs 9500 local employees. >> the reporter: it was hot out there today and showers earlier. a couple sprinkles that i'm tracking right now. hall of this because of a boundary that extends off to the north, we call it a stationary fronts. it's been a cold front that pushed southward, stalled and making it a stationary front. now let's go back south as there's a warm front. providence to martha's vineyard, nantucket, south and west of there. look to the north of the front, it's been cooler. 60's on the front but 50's to the northeast. and to be expected, because it is separating the two different air masses. there are some sprinkles out there, so let's focus in on themes. switch over to live doppler radar and show you exactly where they are. walpole, brocking ham, along interstate 91, a couple of sprinkles scattered about, extend southward in to western massachuset

the tests that were in massachusetts called massachusetts comprehensive assessment system, these arethe test that had come as their major focus in the reading section, literary study because that was what teachers wanted. it was not imposed by a board, by political considerations or by even someone like me in the department who did favor literary standards. that is what teachers wanted because we passed out surveys to make sure that is what they wanted. may i ask you please, by the way, to give me a minutes warning so i know when to close up, if you can. so we had an effect on the standards, the standards had the effect on the student test begin with. but that wasn't the primary effect that i was concerned about. my concern went beyond student tests, as important as they seem to be in today's environment, and i'll say more about that. we were also concerned with their effect on teacher training and teacher licensure tests and teacher professional development, because if you want more demanding, first-class standards, you have to have teachers that can teach to them otherwise the stan

massachusetts remain steady at an average of $2.124. -- $2.14. that is the same as it was last we are $1.18 lower than the same time last year. in the bay state, $.15 lower than the national average. >>> a boston-based sports tore has filed for bankruptcy. city sports is planning to shut down eight stores and sell the rest. the company launched more than 30 years ago, but officials they have not been able to cut enough costs to make up for decline decline in sales. the company has nine stores in the boston area and other locations from vermont to virginia. >>> a local sports company is relocating. makes figurines that look like professional athletes. they plan to move from acton to marlborough. the move will be -- bring in 200 jobs to that city. company officials say they have outgrown their current space. >>> this morning, a mom in texas is slamming her son's textbook for its definition of slavery and her opinion it something viral. text book referred to africans brought to the plantations as workers not slaves. mcgraw-hill posted on facebook th

a quick look at southeastern massachusetts. just some of your local high temperatures later today from 5 temperatures later today from 51 in scituate to 52 in plymouth. 53 in bridgewater and broxton. 53 in bridgewater and broxton. 56 in walpole. we have a couple of pops of middle 50s out there. framingham 5 degrees. lowell, 54. manchester, new hampshire. 53 degrees. lower 50s though for the outer cape and, again for central massachusetts. our two chilly spots. tonight with mostly clear conditions. we have lows back into the 30s. we are going to wake up to about 30 in framingham and lowell tomorrow morning. 37 in boston. it is going to be a cold start to the day. we bring in a couple more degree. a couple more clouds for your tuesday forecast. and boston gets up to of a. and worcester 54 degrees. uppers though from new bedford down to the islands and it is partly cloudy for a good portion of the day. so not quite as bright for your tuesday forecast. wednesday is when things really tart to change. 30s as you wake up in the mornin

too old. >> two men from massachusetts were on board. keith griffin and jeffrey mathias, also killed was marriott wright, whose mother lives in brockton. the owners of el faro insist the captain had a sound plan to avoid hurricane joaquin, a plan that only unraveled when the ship's main propulsion stopped working. the coast guard called off its search for the ship half one week. >> former nba and reality tv star lamar odom is on life support, but he is showing some signs of improvement. according to the reverend jesse jackson. jackson visit the odom at the las vegas hospital where he's being treated after he was found unresponsive at a nevada brothel. the owner of that brothel says odom took a large amount of what >> 911 said put him on his left side, and they did, started throwing up, and he's still alive. and ambulance came, came, took him to the pahrump hospital, they have feel says this is not looking -- they immediately said this is not looking good. >> jace conrad's said odom's ex-wife, khloe kardashian and many of his childhood fr

emily: changing how you use your cell phone in massachusetts. the tough new crackdown that's about to be up for debate. emily: a moose on the loose in a city neighborhood. >> oh, my god. did you see it? emily: the video that has everyone in this community talking. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: 5:30 a.m. things on the expressway seem to i won't jinx it. we'll leave it there. erika: i'm erika tarantal in four randy today and kevin is here for olessa stepanova. cindy: you're going to have your eyes pop wide open as you step out the door this morning. it's cool. make sure the kids at the bus stop have a layer with them. it's in the upper 40's at most bus stops this morning. bus this afternoon. some breaks of sunshine. overall mostly cloudy. frost advisory up where you see the blue here southern new hampshire, western massachusetts until 9:00 a.m. 30's showing up in places like nashua and jaffrey and keene. could be areas of frost in here. otherwise we have mid 40's

massachusetts state lawmaker s further. tomorrow there will be several hearings on proposals that would require drivers to use hands-free technology behind the wheel like bluetooth. the only exception would be emergency situations. right now several neighboring states including new hampshire, connecticut, vermont, and new york have hands-free laws. supporters say it cuts down on crashes caused by distracted driving. we want to know what you think. should massachusetts have a hands-free law? so you can keep both hands behind the wheel? you can log on on tower wcvb.com web site or our facebook page and take our "eyeopener" now poll. that is the latest live in needham this morning. antoinette antonio, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: antoinette, thank you. right now security is being boosted at college campuses in philadelphia after a vague online threat. that threat was posted on the same website that carried postings about the oregon shootings a day before the killings. the f.b.i. put out the warning to philly area schools even th

many massachusetts school systems allow this in some form. >>> two college football players from massachusetts facing criminal charges for a fight at university of rhode island. players michael blank of bellment of disorderly conduct and they say the pair and five other members of the uri football team were involved in a fight with members of local fraternity. police say the players may have tried to force their way into the fraternity house which is chi phi and three attorney members ended up in the hospital. >> broken nose and pretty severe lacerations and since learned person with fractured jaw. >> lablank has reportedly been dismissed from the teen and six other players have been suspended for this weekend's game. >> 9:41 and fans of the mcmuffin rejoice. coming up when mcdonalds will start offering breakfast 24/7 and item that's being removed from the menu. >>> local nursing mom says that she was told by an airline employee that she could pump in room not even meant for humans to use. we will tell you the reaction >> good news on water and waves continue to go down three to 6 feet and mod

lab in massachusetts has found unusual way to fight cancer. coming up. how it is using the herpes virus to kill tumors. but first, protecting customers from cyber fraud. companies too much power. >> anchor: top 10 republican presidential candidates getting ready for third debate tonight. our kyla campbell is live in the nation's capitol to explain what is expected. good morning kyla. >> anchor: good morning. candidates will go head-to-head for two hours in tonight's debate. republican voters has ben carson in first place with donald trump close behind. the other candidates hope to have breakout moments tonight. marco rubio in third. jeb bush and fiorina 40s and fiorina dropped after stand out performance in second debate. ohio governor john kasich getting 4 percent of support in tuesday's poll. he said his competitors are crazy to suggest that u.s. gets rid of medicaid and tries to deport 11 million people. >> anchor: tonight's debate is supposed to focus on the economy. live in washington, kyla campbell, fox 25 news. >> anchor: in two hours former secre

the massachusetts gaming issue later today. this is a regularly scheduled meeting for the gaming commission. key issues like whether fantasy sports websites are legal and if so, should the industry be regulated and who should regulate it and what issues regulations should address. no official ruling or decision is expected to come out of today' s meeting which starts at center. we are live in boston. investigators are trying to figure out how a military and landed in pennsylvania. the high-tech limp was developed great the on, part of a program. it flew for hours yesterday carrying highly sensitive equipment and knocking into trees and power lines. randy: a pedestrian is seriously hurt after being struck by a car and west bridge. our partners say the person was crossing north main street at around 8:30 p.m. last night. the driver stayed at the scene and we have not heard about any charges. emily: sentencing is today for the former new hampshire prep school student whose rape trial made national headlines. he was cleared of the

teens in western massachusetts. it was even below freezing in boston, all the way southward to plymouth and new bedford. the only place that would have a danger of a freeze would be cape cod and the islands, so that's where your freeze watches would be or freeze warnings. everyone else, your growing season is officially over, as far as records for the weather service. 48 boston the high temperature, that's it. 49 norwood. 43 in worcester. so certainly a cool day, but i think you would agree with that sun out there. it felt warmer anyway with the wind doing down and the flurries around. snow flurries in northern maine and these showers trying to dive southward. the risk of a couple of showers you'll see on our high resolution futurecast, a couple showers showing up. it might be a little overdone, but a couple spring else could make their way in near overnight and first thing tomorrow morning. down into the upper 30's in worcester and in the low 40's near the coast. we won't see the bitter cold we saw this morning. ho

those are going to move into southeastern massachusetts. heavy rain out of providence will fill back into the metro over the next hour and bring an inch of rain or so. . afternoon. lower 70' s today and call her. sunshine into halloween. emily: thank you. olessa is back with eyepoppers. olessa: a good deed gone viral. a purdue football player made a little girl' s birthday wish come true with a very special gift. tario fuller just happened to be listening to a two-year-old wishlist at a target. so he decided to buy the little kinley' s mom is hoping he will inspire others to be kind as well. emily: random acts of kindness. olessa: every penny counts. and that' s certainly true for this arkansas man. he' s been saving pennies for more than 45 years. he says he would always opt to break a dollar before spending a penny. and yesterday, he cashed them all in for $5136. isn' emily: makes me want to start saving pennies. randy: that' s a lot. last year' s terrible winter has people already bracing for the return of snow and cold. important moves

as of now, though, it' ' game-on' for fantasy sports in massachusetts. reporting in boston, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: keeping secrets from your spouse can cost you. but it sure paid off for an raymond hazell' s been buying scratchies for years using money from a secret retirement slush fund his wife didn' t know about. there is secret number one. he finally cashed in when he won a million dollars on a ticket he bought at hopkinton wine and spirits. when he picked up a check for still didn' t know. there is step number two. he wanted to surprise her with champagne and roses and of course that prize winning check. heather: ok. ed: what if he hasn' t done it yet and she is watching the news right now? heather: i think if it' s on the news, it means he did it. i appreciate the romance. harvey: i am not sure i give him that much credit. i think she will probably just say show me the money and she will forgive him. anyway, you know, when you think about the last 24 hours of weather, i wonder what you are going to remember the most. will it ed st

northern massachusetts, central massachusetts and temp around 7:00 p.m. smack down in boston and take you through it and live drive time traffic and information on new accident. >> shiri spear, new accident is right at furnace brook parkway, accident at miller street so it is going to add to the congestion right around furnace brook parkway as you're heading over to the expressway. speaking of the pike congratulations to the family and new baby girl. right now through framingham as you approach the weston tolls and live look from sky fox heading over to something in newton right now, we will have more details in a moment and 495 to speen street and weston tolls to the ted williams and 31 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. >>> jessica reyes live on the common with description of suspect police hope will help make an arrest and very soon, jess. >> pretty distinct description they say the suspect is woman she was wearing an animal print shirt wearing a large bag and they say from here she took off running down winter street towar

some have been draping down across the border into massachusetts. most of this is moving offshore, so that will be ending shortly from ipswich to rock port. it might be a brief, isolated shower the rest of the day as this sort of weather front comes out of canada and dipped down to the region. there might be coming from some of the clouds. what's happening here is we have a front coming down from the north. here's the front coming down today. that will sort of stall for northern new england. that will be the focus for the clouds. tomorrow, northeast and east. very light then a brief shower and back into the warmth here on thursday where it could be today's tour, mostly low 60s to low 60s. lawrence to boston, 64. maybe 65 in a few spotted. the hills area may be in the lower 06s. there will be a lot of wind adds well in southeastern mass being the windiest. up to 70, hope, on thursday. it's colder again on saturday. light wind and showers should be here sunday. hopefully we'll get out of the way for the pats game on sunday afternoon. hi, robi. >> hi,

massachusetts man held on bail this morning. accused of chokeing a five-year-old girl in exeter new hampshire. 19-year-old solomon martinez of middleboro turned himself in to police last week and police say the little girl is a relative of his. police say he was visiting family in exeter when the incident happened. charges and up to seven years in prison. >> anchor: 7:07. police in new hampshire are on alert this morning. for a man threatening people with a gun in laconia, putting schools p part of downtown on lockdown. and officers received a report that the gunman was in an apartment on jewitt street. police shot teargas into the home and found a gun and ammo inside. and the suspect was nowhere to be found. >> anchor: this morning, a local high school student could face criminal charges for dumping hot soup over a girl's head. according to the lowell sun incident occurred when two students fought in a hallway at greater lowell technical high school. the girl suffered second-degree burns on her scalp and ear. the 15-year-old bo

now officials here in massachusetts are re-evaluating security. the school practices the active shooting drill. >> it's coincidence that we were rolling it out in a week or two. >> massachusetts is among the states with the strictest gun control laws in the country. >>> friends and family gathered to remember a young girl who died much too soon. a vigil was held last night. she died this week after her family said she was at the doctors before. relatives say developed a low grade fever. monday she was found unresponsive in her crib. >> just a time of standing with each other. >>> four other children who were living in that apartment. >> police tell fox twenty five she did not show any signs of trauma. and the cause of death is still being determined. >>> the annualle shoreline. the goal to raise money and aware bs for research. they will hit the street for twenty five or the fifty miles. >> a classic bar is close soon. they are lined up to play the final shore tonight. the beach bar and music venue is close this weekend. the band is only selling 2

are now up to 8 massachusetts are now up to 8. health officials say the latest are a woman in her 80s who live in middlesex county. she is now being treated in the hospital. five communities around the state are raising their west nile virus risk to high. >>> memphis police say two men posed as women online and robbed people who arranged to meet with them. the suspects eric darden and brian newell are charged with armed robbery and assault. accused of beating an alleged victim with a bat last week. they are expected in three other robbery, all involved people met on a site called meetme.com. a third suspect is being sought. >>> time is 4:11. a community is rallying around a newly elected class president verbally attacked by classmates verbally attacked by classmates. she was the subject of racially charged classmates. sent by classmates at lowell high school. kimbay said it did include the n word and suggested that she be lynched. last night during a community hearing, said enough is enough. >> when i was a student, we all said th

should massachusetts have a hands-free law? head to our facebook page and take our now whole -- poll. >> i could just hear everyone breathing hard and freaking out and crying. of the students who survived the mass shooting at an oregon college. how playing dead got her out alive. >> and clouds out there for many of us today, but brightening skies will lead to warmer temperatures when 70 degrees returns to the forecast. erika: we continue to follow breaking news in vermont where an amtrak train has derailed. three of the cars went off the track when it went over a stephen bateman. -- a steep investment. one of the students who live through that shooting at an oregon trinity college now shares her story. emily: she explains how playing dead got her out alive. brandy: anastasia is a survivor. the 18-year-old college student is speaking from a wheelchair, speaking exclusively to neal karlinsky, about the nine terrifying minutes inside the community college thursday when the gunmen open fire. >> i could hear everyone freaking out an

should massachusetts have a hands-free law? head to our wcvb facebook page and take our eyeopener now poll. just don't do it while you are behind the wheel. that is the latest live in newton this morning, antoinette antonio, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: good reminder. thank you, antoinette. governor charlie baker and other state leaders are addressing the they're testifying today at suffolk university at the start of a two-day hearing on the the health policy commission says the testimony will help it address rising costs and develop strategies to address them. under investigation after this arsenal of weapons was taken from his home. pelham police say 500-pound mark schlagel was naked when they neighbors tell us he claimed he'd shot four people who had broken into his home and cut a hole in the closet. but officers did not find anyone in mark schlagel's closet, only bullet holes. they also found several guns and more than 10,000 pounds of ammunition. neighbors say they didn't feel safe living under schlagel. >> it was scary, yea

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they are accused of robbing five banks from ludlow, massachusetts all the way to florida. a trooper spotted joseph carrier running out of a bank in wilmington, delaware cash in hand and they led a chase before crashing crashing into a pair of cruisers and taken into custody. the ludlow says it was great news to hear they have been caught and fox25 news says when or if the couple will go back to massachusetts to face charges and could be charged federally because the crimes crossed state lines. no word this morning on the status of the seven dogs couple was said to be traveling with. >> gene: police arrested steven cass at his home. he illegally kept the commuter when he was let go. not renewed after he exposed widespread problems in the sports department. all the school had to do is call him for the laptop. >> sara: we know the cause of the weekend massive home explosion in taunton. state fire marshal blast was result of home repair project. we are told the homeowner removed a gas shutoff valve while fixing a hot water heater and no one was hurt. >> gene: new at 7:11, new

massachusetts lawmakers. we first told you about this yesterday morning. dell is buying hopkinton-based e.m.c. for $67 billion. despite concerns e.m.c. says no one will lose their jobs over this deal. and hopkinton will remain one of three tech hubs for the company. more than six decades after the first nude photos were published in "playboy," hugh hefner says he's stripping the photos from the magazine's pages. fully-nude photos starting in march. the move appears to be the result of pornography now widely available online. "playboy" says it will still feature women in provocative poses. emily: this morning the u-conn student whose obscenity-laced tirade went viral is now issuing a new message. luke gatti is apologizing. by now, most people have seen the video of a drunk gatti demanding mac and cheese inside he yells at, swears at, and even shoves a manager who wouldn't serve him because he was carrying an open beer. >> he was just doing his job. he gave me so many chances to walk away. no one should ever be treated that way like ever. emily: gatti posted

develops news in maine and massachusetts this morning. police in breath states are looking for this missing mom. she was last seen in westford last night. what investigators want drivers to look for this morning as they head to work. that is all coming up in just minutes. good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, october 21. thank you so much for waking up with us. i am sara underwood. >>gene: i am gene lavanchy. we will see a wide range of temps today. meteorologist sarah wroblewski showing us where 60s are possible again today. i like the sound of that. >>sarah: i think a lot of folks would; however, the further north you go, the less likely you will see the 60 likely you will see the 60-degree readings. we are trapped with this weather boundary over our area. sure enough is the culprit for the clouds this morning and also a few spot showers or raindrops showing up right now. but take a look at the temperatures. upper 50s to near 60 degrees for the cape and islands. 50s for metro west including boston at 57. north and west, we have temp

oxford is in central massachusetts. about 50 miles west of boston address 235 old webster road there in oxford. >> during the commercial break some of our producers were on phone with fire marshal's office trying to get more information on this you can see firefighters on scene right now. they have their hands certainly full. we will keep an eye on situation for you update you here during the newscast tonight. millions people take antibiotics to get better a certain drugs come with serious side effect warning tonight mark ockerbloom investigates concerns that those warnings are just not strong enough for the doctors prescribing the drugs. >> well you look betsy hamill in mother of three boys. when she was prescribed antibiotics she thought nothing of it. >> it took two pills and went to bed and then, and the next first thing in the morning they said to my husband i was wort not better. long-term impact watts devastating she took cipro well known antibiotic for bacterial infections. she ended up having a series off healt

based here in massachusetts. -- fantasy sports business based here in massachusetts. the eye' s antoinette antonio is live in boston with what we know at this hour. antoinette investigators want to : know if draft kings and other fantasy sports companies are violating federal gambling laws. those sports websites have been new york' s attorney general launched an investigation after a draft kings employee won $350,000 on competing site fan there' s also a class action lawsuit by customers. but this is the first time the feds have gotten involved. draft kings issued a statement late last night saying quote, it is entirely predictable that the government would follow up on the misleading reports about our industry. it goes on to say we strongly disagree with any notion that our company has engaged in any illegal activities. the company said they are not the u.s. attorney' s office in boston would neither confirm nor deny it is getting involved in the investigation. we will keep you posted. live in boston this morning, antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: right n

these are basically falling apart in boston and southeastern massachusetts and cape dry clouds start and break apart, 65 in brewster, 67 sandwich and hour ago thunderstorms moving over and now improvements moving 66 , boston 67, a little bit of drizzle hanging on there up into the north shore and patchy lighter showers. dover, new hampshire ton, new hampshire, farmington, new hampshire, still a little bit of rain to go but notice we start drying out from windham down to tyngsboro, carl -- lowell over to carlisle that's the end of it and we dry out decent break in the clouds by lunchtime today and 70 and likely into the early afternoon and then in time for the evening commute we get one last dose of spot showers and early rain and wind and a lot of that back behind us, breezy and mostly dry, 68 to 74, really mild afternoon. i'm going to break down the wind threat that will continue into the afternoon coming up now live drive time traffic. how are they doing? >> julie: a little bit better and no solid rains, just in spots, slow furnace brook parkway with columbia road and 128 southboun

marshall say fugitive from hawaii may be in massachusetts. luke warner is supposed to be serving a ten year sentence for meth trafficking and has ties to massachusetts and three other states and should be considered $10,000 reward is being offered. >>> messages from fox25. >> black people he will never be a good president and can't speak english. >> kim bay ear lawyer tells fox25 supporters planning a rally in the team's honor this weekend and six students suspended and middlesex district attorney says she considered charges but no laws were broken. >> this morning state investigators are working to determine the cause of the huge fire at local marina. this was breaking yesterday morning during the news at 7:00. fox25 obtained video from brewster ambulance and firefighters moving on to the dock to battle the frames. one couple just moved on to their boat. >> that's all we had left. >> right now it looks like an accident. >> worcester public schools shows driver losing control of bus during a crash last month. she stait is to make a turn and t

and happening right now, donald trump has an event in massachusetts, also a debt to pay. the mistake which is costing him more than $80,000. >> mark: plus, just five minutes after closing time, a thief struck and fast. >> the reporter: thousands of dollars in damage in less than 20 minutes. the liquid poured everywhere that has the owner calling this a targeted robbery. >> joy: and a quick programming reminder, tonight at 8:00 p.m., championship series after the just one scoop of rich,creamy hood sour cream takes your monday dinner from mundane to masterpiece. it's easy to make every day delicious with all natural hood sour cream. for 160 years. always good. always hood. >> mark: south boston body shop turned inside out by a fast moving criminal. >> joy: as fox 25 reports, its owner believes his shop was targeted. >> [inaudible] >>> this eatery's owner sam jackson says he left five minutes before the store's motion detectors turned on which would have sent an alert right to jackson's phone. >> it was like the person knew they had to get in before 9:00 p.m., because once 9

our guest this week is speaker of the massachusetts house robert deleo. speaker deleo, thanks for joining us. may i say, you look marvelous. speaker: thank you. ed: how much weight have you lost? speaker: close to 60 pounds. i feel more integrated than ever. it has given me a whole lot more energy. i am excited about it. ed: every politician in the bay state, watch out. [laughter] janet: in a world where cell phones and cars are in just about everyone' s life, do you think it' s time to ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving? many states have mandated hands free devices, should massachusetts join them? speaker: i was one of the folks who voted against the law that was proposed, i forget how many years ago. but of course, technology was a whole lot different than. i will tell you that both the chairman, lackner, both spoke to me very recently about this and said that we have to sit down and talk about it. because of lewd tunes and other various ways of talking on a phone while driving without actually holding it -- this could be dangerous. janet

i have rain mostly over southeastern massachusetts from marshfield down to plymouth. steady rain from lakeville to over the cape to east falmouth. some of these will be filling closer to boston. >>> new this morning, a building struck by a car struck by a car lowell. it happened in lowell merrimack and prescott street around 2:00. according to our photographer at the scene, the building and to be vacant. unclear if anyone was injured in the crash. inspectors are due at the scene later this morning. >>> happening today, fire and smoke at the tarmac at logan airport. mass state police tweeting out the heads-up that crews will be performing an emergency drill. fox25's jessica reyes live at logan where that drill is expected to get under that by just about two hours, jess. >> that's right, sara. starts at 8:30 this morning. put on by mass port and an emergency response drill in the event of a plane crash scenario. not the first time mass port has done something like this here at logan airport. the video that you are seeing right now. this is from the last time they did th

massachusetts believes it needs flexibility to meet local needs. we cannot provide those benefits without the flexibility of the state market place for example, our connector program for individuals earning less than 300% we desire the ability to recognize local market conditions and going forward there are more seamless ways to integrate the eligibility and subsidies. it is important states offer that chance to make it work better for everyone. massachusetts remains committed to make sure those who need health insurance can obtain at now and into the future with the state based marketplace as one component of the strategy. thank you. >>. >> good morning. chairman murphy and the ranking member of the oversight and investigations subcommittee it is a pleasure to report on the activities of the exchange before doing so well by to explain the of health care environment in hawaii to understand the context of my remarks. yes as a renegade lois insurance rates in the nation but this is because of the passage of the hawaii prepaid health care act of 1974.

that report is due out next year. >>> the massachusetts state >>> the massachusetts statehouse involving transcend statehouse involving transcender rights. transcender rights. u.s. representative joe kennedy is one of the people expected to testify. he wants the language of current civil rights expanded to protect gender identity. massachusetts needs a law in place to protect transgender people with public accommodations like bathrooms. the current law only protects in cases of discrimination in the workplace and in housing. >>> making history about missing the mark. coming up new at 5:30, new test for high schoolers on a critical admissions exam. >>> and yesterday, it was highs in the lower 60s. in boston and lawrence and nashua, new hampshire. today it is going to be closer to 70 degrees. i will show you how much higher we are going to go until the middle of the week next. >>> and happening today, lawyers for aaron hernandez will argue he should not go to trial for d dear fellow citizen, i get that it' s hard to say no because you' re saving for shoes. and shoes. and shoes. but i can h

two are from massachusetts. jeffrey mathias and keith griffin are both graduates of mass maritime academy. >> keith was never afraid of everything. he may not have trusted anyone, but he was not afraid. he's still not afraid. >> reporter: the winthrop high schooler is expecting twins and by all accounts is a fighter. >> in my heart, i believe if anything, we'll see keith because he does think >> reporter: roger and susan willis know the emergency thighis family well. they run bog hollow farm where the 42-year-old marine engineer is raising three children with his wife. >> doing a lot of wonderful work in the community of kingston. i'm without words. >> reporter: on sunday, one of the lifeboats was found badly damaged. still thousands of miles away, hope abounds. >> they'll make it. >> reporter: the outlook, however, is bleak. the coast guard did recover one body in a survival suit belonging to the ship on sunday and says the ship itself is 3 miles underwater. in buzzards bay, julie loncich, wbz news. >>> the for

springfield, massachusetts, the connecticut river valley to the west is at 71. amherst is at 64 degrees. closer into our area of boston, still in that mid sift 0 -- 60 range. 64 for you out there in watertown and middlesex county around the city of lowell, temperatures in the low to mid 60's. currently 63 in lowell and 62 in there are some clouds out there, so despite the clouds, it still warmed up nicely, but these clouds will be thickening up. i'll let you know how that impacts temperatures and our >> mark: u.s. naval ship is on its way to the area where the cargo ship el faro sank during hurricane joaquin. apache is scheduled to arrive on saturday and will spend two weeks accepting the last known location of the el faro, in hopes of finding wreckage, voyage data recorder. captain of the el faro made an emergency call on october 1, saying the ship suffered a hull breach and water was in one of its holes. the 33 crew members were lost at sea, including two massachusetts natives, jeffrey mathias, father of three from kingston and keith grinch from winthrop, who

central massachusetts. 7 p.m. it is post and areas southward and you can see here as we travel into the afternoon, the heaviest rain is going to fall north and west of boston and check this thank out boston and check this thank out. a half an inch that will end up with some downpours and potentially some thunderstorm. we will look at the risk echo with those as we come up in a couple of minutes. >>> julie grauert with traffic and an accident north of the shi. >>julie: we have that accident north of the city and this just happened within the last few seconds. populate on my map on the pike eastbound, and right at route 30 in the framingham area. hopefully crews will get that cleared out in time before we volume. this the accident that shiri was mentioning on 128 southbound right at route 1. slow on the expressway past the gas tank. live look at route 1 in saugus where it is pretty slow going as approach lynn fell parkway. here are the live drive times. 14 minutes on the pike from the weston tolls to the ted 31 minu

>>reporter: get off the phone may be coming to massachusetts roadways. the proposed laws will prohibit people from holding phones up to their ear and talking while driving. back in 2010, the state banned texting and e-mailing while driving. but did not address talking. states like new hampshire, connecticut and new york, you can not use your phone at all unless you are using hands-free technology a legislative committee will hear from the public as legislatures consider the bill. >> taking your ice off of the road where it should be, and it is looking at the phone instead two hands off the wheel. >> and here is a live look at the fences and the charges. the first one $100. the second one is $250. and a third one if you get caught three times would be adds 5 adds 500 fine. coming up, -- a $50 coming up, -- a $5000 fine. we will talk to the people -- $500 fine and we will talk to people of what they think of the proposed law. live outside the statehouse, robert goulston, fox25. >>> more details of the distracted laws from across the country. as you can see

massachusetts has a cap of 120 of them. governor baker would like to raise it, mayor marty walsh says not so fast. where do you stand? >> i would find myself more in agreement with the mayor because i think we should not abandon public schools. if anything, public schools need more support. >> he goes to charter school. best thing that could ever happen. ng with governor baker in raising the cap? >> it' s more effective for the children to be in a charter school because they get the more one on one attention. >> i' m sort of borderline because i' m not sure if it is necessary. >> thing about charter schools is i don' t think there is a big enough track record with them yet to determine what really is effective and what isn' t. >> there is no easy answer for it is the real answer. ed: it is time for our political roundtable this morning and this week our analysts are mary anne marsh on the democratic side and republican analyst eric fehrnstrom. what do you think about this? when you think about more charter schools -- mary a

let's talk about these, into central portions of massachusetts. from har wick to rutland, boylston and hudson, seeing some showers here. they have decreased no intensity. had some yellow in there. it's really down here we're seeing darker greens and heavier showers coming on by. not a big concern but they're out there. you can see some that have darker green showing here from 68 and 31 coming from central massachusetts and up there looks like in the northern reaches of the town of ruddland we're seeing some of the heavier shower activity. but it has been weakening, certainly good news and that will continue to be the case. northward into new hampshire we track the showers from massachusetts and vermont all the way into new hampshire tonight. guilford seeing some moderate showers, some yellow spots showing up here around barrington so heavier downpour happening at this time. the last of the shower activity moving on through tonight but the stuff coming through central massachusetts will make its way to the southshore overnight and a couple of showe

screening for mental health is a group based in massachusetts. they work to raise awareness and screen individuals for common disorders and now they are adapting familiar technology to help in the push to destigmatize depression and mental illness. >> you walk up to it, and there is a little welcome message here. >> here we go. screening for mental health will show case a kiosk. they watched me through the screening tool that can be deployed to health clinics, you name it. they envision this kiosk like a blood pressure cuff. sending a message mental >> 7 to 8 million people suffer from depression. they do not recognize that some of the body symptoms such as sleep, eating, or energy could be symptomatic of depression. >> reporter: the kiosk can confidently screen for more than a half dozen different disorders. it is not a substitute for a diagnosis. you can print the findings and take them to your own doctor. screenings for mental health in the massachusetts department will invite to you check it out tomorrow morning at 10:00 when october 8 is dub

already seeing showers in vermont and western massachusetts. then through worcester county and into boston and the north shore, by about 8:00 p.m. so during the evening commute, showers around, it won't be the worst of it. that comes later on. look at the heavy rain coming in late tomorrow night and into thursday morning. it's not going to be done just after midnight,ok \!tthat's where i'm stopping it for now. low temperatures you when wake up in the 30's and 40's, so a chilly morning, though not nearly as cold as this morning was and during the morning starting at 10:00 a.m., a coastal flood advisory, minor splashover, not a big concern, but morrissey boulevard, that get the splashover and astronomically high tides. i'll show you when the worst of it is going to be. >> elizabeth: do you think massachusetts doctors should be allowed to prescribe medication to terminally hale patients that would end their lives? that is the controversial question discussed today on beacon hill. >> mark: fox 25 news's bob ward smoke with a man whose late wife sta

rain up from the north shore and sea coast of new hampshire and want to swing into southeastern massachusetts where steady rain has developed and some of the worst of it actually going across middle cape down to the vineyard and as i said the batch of the worst of it now in cape cod bay and tail end of it actually moving toward harwhich and southwest new hampshire clouds to mist a little bit of patchy drizzle with the lighter showers and so those will be the dryer spots through the morning hours and left with here at noon time i expect and based on what i'm seeing lingering clouds across massachusetts and drizzle here and growing more confident we will still have drizzle in the picture and noon time today but then during the eastern massachusetts to spread way eastward and end up with partial sun later today. 68 to 74 and morning rain especially along the coast and cape where we are still in the thick of it. i do have that second batch of showers though developing later tonight and i'm going to give you details on that coming up and with the rain, fog in place, let's check this with you with

. >>> massachusetts is considering a new idea to protect animals. the animal abuser industry would give breeders access to names of people with cruelty. it would not be available to the public but would give those in the industry a what i to make sure pets go to a responsible home. >>> a campus on alert as police search for the man who sexually assaulted a student at bridgewater university. susie steimle is live with the latest on the investigation. susie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kathryn. this is the second sexual assault reported on bridgewater state university's campus in as many months. we know last month a young woman reported being attacked inside of her dorm room. this week was different. a freshman student connected with a man she's never met before on a social media app called the kick. she agreed to meet that man on campus and that's where she said she was attacked. she was able to give police a description saying this was a white man looking older than people are asking the public to look at the composite sketch and report

the department says it is the sixth human case of mosquito borne illness in massachusetts and despite the cooler temperatures it is still peak season for the infection. >>> six students at lowell high school suspended after racially charged messages turned up online. more than a dozen students were involved. the lowell sun reports this all happened tuesday after an african-american student was elected class president. that student telling the sun that someone even mentioned lynching and claimed to have been joking and school official are still investigating. >>> this morning a worcester man has died days after being hit by suspected drunk driver. 46-year-old george verdict was removed from life support yesterday. verdictic was hurt and sister killed after being struck by a car last saturday. daniel depew facing multiple charges including injury causing death and in court later this month. >>> a wenham family holding a charity fundraiser to raise money for epilepsy. relatives of the trustee family are hosting this event. in july joseph trustee and when private plane crashed in milwauke

these are not massachusetts natives. coming up we'll hear more from the col. specifically how news. >> also following new developments tonight in the mass shooting at a small community college in oregon. >> police say chris harper mercer shot and killed nine people. they've recovered 13 weapons. six apartment the school and seven at mercer's home. also had five extra magazines on him and the names of the victims are still not boob released. and as paul reports the quiet community is grieving and still trying to come to terms. >> these families are currently living through the nightmare in the most personal way possible. >> douglas county sheriff said more information on the victims will have to wait until after family members have been notified. investigators say they've recovered 13 weapons related to the investigation. six from the school and seven more from the shooter's home. they say all the weapons were purchased legally. authorities believe the shooter identified by other officials as chris harper mercer shot student and faculty in two buildings on camp