in boston, louisa moeller, wbz news. >> hats off to them. such an important way. >> sounds like it's a pretty good experience for meeting some great people. >>> let's talk to eric the drought. i know earlier he was up at small farms. seeing how it affected the different things this fall. >> you brought back the apples. they were much smaller than normal. >> much smaller. that's the thing you notice as you head out to the orchard, next few weekends, most places do have apples in supply. what you'll see is that level, it just fits in your hand. much smaller than average because there's a high water content in an apple. right? they still taste great. one thing i would say, check with your favorite form before in terms of pumpkins, also a fruit, without a lot of rainfall considering a pumpkin is mostly rain. the size is smaller, tougher to grow those really big pumpkins. you might see little change. the ones here are growing in western massachusetts where they had a bit more rainfall. they look pretty good. and then fall foliage. this is also go

wbz's louisa moeller is live in plymouth where crews have to return tomorrow morning. louisa? >> reporter: david and and lisa, the man's friend threw him a life jacket but sadly it wasn't any help. pond in plymouth thursday afternoon as the search for a missing swimmer turned into a recovery mission. >> first responders say three people were out in a boat, two of them swimming when wind gusts blew the boat away. a 26-year-old man was unable to make it back to the boat or the shore. >> helped one other person get out of the water. dropped the movie there so they know where the starting point would be for the search. the scene. they scoured the surface of the water and the edges of the lake. facing a unique set of challenges. >> over 100-foot where they are at right now. it's all mucky down below. it's very hard for visibility don't be later. >> reporter: a chopper searched for the sky. with no sign of the swimmer. thunderstorms and pouring rain brought the search to a halt. after the boats came out only a to comfort the missing man's loved ones. >> you've got to feel for the pe

moeller is true in the next 18 months. a significant lift to earnings in the maersk line. alix: oil was declining 1%. they moved positively. here is why. the saudi's offered to cut oil output if iran freezes in their output. this is a five day chart of what has happened to oil. what is it about? is it the opec meeting monday? is it about the fed or the dollar? is it a risk on rally? >> i think the oil prices this week benefited from the fed. and some stats we got from the department of energy showing crude oil dropped again a second consecutive week. but i think oil caught a break. the next big thing coming up is a producer meeting in algiers. and if there will be a second an one, official opec meeting in vienna in november. it is no sweat off the saudi's back to say they will cut production, because their production seasonally declines. the real issue is whether iran will freeze production at 6 million barrels per day. -- at 3.6 million barrels per day. ♪ ♪ angie: welcome back to "bloomberg best." i am angie lau. politica

live outside of boston police headquarters, louisa moeller, wbz news. >>> the suspicious death of a woman in new hampshire has been ruled a homicide. police say 51-year-old joanne boucher was murdered. her body was found in her home on monday. police are not releasing the cause of her death at this time. >>> breaking news at 6:00, dozens of dead birds falling from the sky onto lawns. >> investigators are on the scene right now trying to figure out what's causing it. bill shields tonight with the breaking details. bill? >> reporter: this is very bizarre. people in the neighborhood got up this morning. there are dead birds around and no one could figure out. there's only one kind of bird. it's a grackle. so now inspection services are trying to figure it all out. >> we received a call to come to bakersfield street because there were a lot of deceased birds and birds quote, unquote falling out of the skies. >> reporter: residents first saw them this morning. >> i tried to move them a

.>>> disbarred harvard educator pleaded guilty to a bizarre kidnapping. 39-year-old matthew moeller a southlake tahoe pled guilty to one kidnapping charge in federal court. he was facing a maximum sentence of life in prison but as part of his deal prosecutors agreed they would not ask for more than 40 years the he is said to be back in court for sentencing in january. >>> the cameras were not allowed in the courtroom for yesterday's hearing. mueller admitted that he broke into the home and dropped women and kidnapped haskins. mueller held her hostage at his home in lake tahoe and demanded ransom. event driven haskins to her home in huntington beach and the minister. >> mr. mullins was trying to show that he was accepting responsibility and we feel that this is the way that will someday open a door for him to return to society. >> an attorney representing haskins and cleanses the guilty plea is a big step towards justice the office toledo police and the fbi mishandle the case by the first calling it a hope you that they didn't do a good job in the case. they impeded the investigation t

we're live in hoboken, new jersey, louisa moeller, wbz news. >> stay with us on the air and online with the latest on the crash as information becomes available. our next news is on my tv 38 at 8:00. >>> a development in the all- sought search for the home invasion suspects. >> heavily armed police swarmed a neighborhood and orders bill? >> reporter: liam, police said four guys broke into that white house you see in back of me. police were called. they grabbed two of them. the problem is, one of the guys they grabbed had a gun. so that brought out a lot of state police, environmental police looking for the other two. >> reporter: the policemen with the assault rifles. >> reporter: residents in this schools were ordered to shelter in place. police were posted there when classes injured. >> tonight the response is gratifying to know that we are being looked after. >> reporter: it started at mid- morning when four men broke into this three-unit apartment house in hampton. when police arrived, the suspects ran. two were quickly cult. one had a gun. at this point, police believe it was a ran

as louisa moeller shows us the soccer team surprised connor with a big show of school spirit. connor hessler got an extravagant introduction wednesday night. a crowd dressed in his favorite colors. >> barnes is my favorite color. my hair is kind of orange. >>reporter:a patriotic serenade ? what so proudly we hailed. >>reporter:simple joy for life, his humble smile, it has made him the marvel of the entire native community. >> it is going to be impossible to top connor, he is one of the nicest, truly nice people that i have ever met. >> he gives you a lot of middle schooler can go through this and keep pushing through. >>reporter:that is despite a tough diagnosis. connor has a rare stage iv terminal cancer. revenging the once avid hockey player from walking. it's not stopping him -- >> don't think about the negatives. >>reporter:or, his community, staying positive with the signs, wristbands and raffle. and blue, they have been showing love for connor for over a year now. we met connor in february, when the town put up blue and orange ribbons. >> keep your head up. look towards

winds are not a big deal 45 moeller wins and then you'll notice why is it becoming a low when the winds are 45 miles an hour? because it's tropical storm strength. as it comes across land it will it still will have a lot of rainfall. not a lot of wind that the rainfall will be significant. here's a look at our chance of rain as we get through the day on friday. future cast is showing a 50-60% chance of rain in the morning. i think it may be close to lunchtime before we see a lot of rain but it will start to add up. then to the east as we get through friday night and early saturday. saturday at we may have some showers at one more ban comes through late saturday. expect the rain from midday friday to midday saturday and of course for a few hours on either side of that and the possibility that as well. wins will be blustery and dusty with some limbs down in a sort of thing that we will have some widespread damage. we could see several inches of rain of course street flooding tornado threats. we've landfall in tropical systems we tend to sometimes have small weak tornadoes that crop up. th

. >> mason will play moeller 2:30 this afternoon. both those schools are cincinnati area. a similar bomb threat was made during another high school football game nearby friday night but that game continued. it's not yet clear if the threats are connected. >>> speaking of football, it's finally here. today's like christmas for football fans. this is the first sunday of the regular season of the nfl. >> christmas indeed. the browns have won just one season opener since 1999 but fans are hoping that turns from firstenergy stadium. good morning, meg. >> reporter: good morning. you described it well, christmas for football fans because nfl sunday is back and the browns are opening their season in philadelphia against the eagles. some say this is the team's best chance at winning a game. this entire season. going up against rookie quarterback carston wentz but some others disagree with the statement. former baltimore ravens head coach brian billick this week that the browns wouldn't win a game all season. and today's a winnable game but not a confident pick. analytics are not on

matthew moeller was facing a maximum sentence of life in prison but as part of his deal prosecutors agreedould not ask for more than 40 years. he is scheduled to be back in court for sentencing in january. >>> >> he admitted he broke into the home of aaron o'quinn and denise hoskin and drug them and then kidnapped her. he held her hostage in -- at his home and then drove her to her hometown of huntington beach nl east are -- huntington beach and released her. vallejo police and the fbi mishandled the case according to the victim's boyfriend. they initially called it a host. >> they impeded the investigation to the point where denise had to suffer through two days of anguish and assault. >> rapoport says when she was being held, quinn told investigators of the cayenne pepper -- kidnapper planned to call them but detectives put his own an airplane mode any missed calls another attorney is representing the couple in a civil lawsuit against the city of vallejo. >>> >>> two valuable paintings stolen 14 years ago from vincent van gogh were retrieved during a crackdown on organized crime all acro

.>> reporter: the attorney for the victim said her boyfriend aaron quinn said matthew moeller reachedeal to avoid kidnapping, he should not receive only four years in prison as prosecutors are recommending. >> we are worried that if he is released he will commit additional fences. >> reporter: the attorney says the reduced sentence would be another in a series of failures in the case which began as soon as be alejo police and the fbi accused huskins and her boyfriend a making up the kidnapping. >> is deplorable. the conduct she had to go through after the inhuman conduct she went through during the course of the kidnapping. because it's no secret she was sexually assaulted. she was bound, that she was tied to a bed, and sexually assaulted not once, but twice.>> reporter: they say moeller has not been charged with sexual assault or variety of other crimes. at the news conference on thursday, he called on local prosecutors to file additional charges against him. >> burglary, auto theft, intent to commit sexual assault, burglary with the intent to commit kidnapping, assault -- many of wh

on >> transport giant moeller-maersk is splitting into two.its shipping and energy operations into two separate companies. the world's biggest container shipping company has been suffering due to low freight suffering due to low freight rates and a 60% drop in crude oil over the last couple of years. how much value does this unlock? >> probably, let's say 10%. a 1000 at 1500 per share. francine: how do you analyze the two companies? do you look more at macro environments to suggest the health of the company going forward? or is this an individual company story? >> it is a macro story going forward, of course, and an individual story going to the energy side. fundamentally, it's about the container market. we are seeing quite a significant improvement through a wave of consolidation. there is a lot of scrapping going on. no new orders coming in. it will improve within the next 18 months. that would put a significant lift to earnings in the maersk line. alix: oil was declining 1%. they moved positively. here is why. the saudi's offered to cut oi

moeller came down to our coal-fueled region for a roundtable discussion with community leaders. a public symposium at university of virginia's college was held on the future of coal technology, innovation and industry and i'll also highlight after we did all that with the opinion-shapers and business leaders and folks who work in the coal industry, your team went over to clintwood, which doesn't get much visitors. there's no four-lane highways in dickinson county, to visit students at ridgeview high school, which is a brand-new high school, built with a lot of dollars from the federal government because the county is not wealthy. it's in central appalachia and the coal fields, mountains, trees and lots of good people and not a whole lot else. that visit was particularly important for the students there in dickinson county because your team made it clear, there are possibilities in science that can affect the coal industry positively. it was just a great visit. i commend your folks for doing that. i also commend you for having the leadership to have folks. i heard you talking abo

we've had testimony from phil moeller when he was back with ferc, and he's since confirmed again that we -- apparently talking about grid security and reliability, we lost apparently in the neighborhood of 70 gigawatts of coal-fired power plants around the country and we've been replacing them with gas and renewables. more what i understand with renewables so it's an intermittent load. it's not base load. we're getting similar -- we're still a net loss, but much of that gain that we've made, that replacement, is over in renewables, which we can't count on because of their intermittent use with it. so, how do we -- how can ferc -- how can congress get involved in valuing just dependable base load power plants, whether that's using gas or coal? what do we do to incentivize that so we've got a satisfactory grid? because we know -- is it fair? we know we can't count on wind and solar to power our base load. >> well, okay. so, the -- of course, at the current levels of penetration, in effect, the grid is -- the storage system for wind and solar. now, as those penetrations, if they get much

and reappointing to the public utilities commission commissioner francesca viator, commissioner and moellercame and commissioner vince courtney junior. >> thank you. supervisor mar >> before seconding that, i did want to say thank you to everyone for speaking so highly of the puc staff and workers but also the leadership of the commission as well. three incredible people that put so much time into ensuring that we have as emilio crusade, one of the most highly regarded utility systems in the country. i want to just say, despite all the accolades to vince, i want to say francesca viator leadership has been stellar for 20 years. and i mentioned j ellis earlier but i think we would not have the commitment of community benefits and social justice and equity without francesca. was leadership. as a want to say the convergence of environmental sustainability and movements within governmental justice, i think, commissioner viator to the san francisco foundation would have low income communities on a regional level has been incredible and bringing that expertise of regionalism also to our puc has be

and reappointing to the public utilities commission commissioner francesca viator, commissioner and moellercame and commissioner vince courtney junior. >> thank you. supervisor mar >> before seconding that, i did want to say thank you to everyone for speaking so highly of the puc staff and workers but also the leadership of the commission as well. three incredible people that put so much time into ensuring that we have as emilio crusade, one of the most highly regarded utility systems in the country. i want to just say, despite all the accolades to vince, i want to say francesca viator leadership has been stellar for 20 years. and i mentioned j ellis earlier but i think we would not have the commitment of community benefits and social justice and equity without francesca. was leadership. as a want to say the convergence of environmental sustainability and movements within governmental justice, i think, commissioner viator to the san francisco foundation would have low income communities on a regional level has been incredible and bringing that expertise of regionalism also to our puc has be

and reappointing to the public utilities commission commissioner francesca viator, commissioner and moellercame and commissioner vince courtney junior. >> thank you. supervisor mar >> before seconding that, i did want to say thank you to everyone for speaking so highly of the puc staff and workers but also the leadership of the commission as well. three incredible people that put so much time into ensuring that we have as emilio crusade, one of the most highly regarded utility systems in the country. i want to just say, despite all the accolades to vince, i want to say francesca viator leadership has been stellar for 20 years. and i mentioned j ellis earlier but i think we would not have the commitment of community benefits and social justice and equity without francesca. was leadership. as a want to say the convergence of environmental sustainability and movements within governmental justice, i think, commissioner viator to the san francisco foundation would have low income communities on a regional level has been incredible and bringing that expertise of regionalism also to our puc has be

and reappointing to the public utilities commission commissioner francesca viator, commissioner and moellerame and commissioner vince courtney junior. >> thank you. supervisor mar >> before seconding that, i did want to say thank you to everyone for speaking so highly of the puc staff and workers but also the leadership of the commission as well. three incredible people that put so much time into ensuring that we have as emilio crusade, one of the most highly regarded utility systems in the country. i want to just say, despite all the accolades to vince, i want to say francesca viator leadership has been stellar for 20 years. and i mentioned j ellis earlier but i think we would not have the commitment of community benefits and social justice and equity without francesca. was leadership. as a want to say the convergence of environmental sustainability and movements within governmental justice, i think, commissioner viator to the san francisco foundation would have low income communities on a regional level has been incredible and bringing that expertise of regionalism also to our puc has bee

moeller came down to our coal-fueled region for a roundtable discussion with community leaders. a public symposium at university of virginia's college was held on the future of coal technology, innovation and industry and i'll also highlight after we did all that with the opinion-shapers and business leaders and folks who work in the coal industry, your team went over to clintwood, which doesn't get many visitors. there's no four-lane highways in dickinson county, to visit students at ridgeview high school, which is a brand-new high school, built with a lot of dollars from the federal government because the county is not wealthy. it's in central appalachia and the coal fields, mountains, trees and lots of good people and not a whole lot else. that visit was particularly important for the students there in dickinson county because your team made it clear, there are possibilities in science that can affect the coal industry positively. it was just a great visit. i commend your folks for doing that. i also commend you for having the leadership to have folks. i heard you talking abo