ryan kath explains what could be done to curb the ace buses. >> reporter: ryan kath checking into a tip i've been park for freebie using someone else's handicapped placard. >> nothing to say. >> reporter: whose placard is is that. >> nothing to say. >> reporter: mark walked by the car trying to pretend it isn't your car here. >> no. >> reporter: we watched you drive it several times and seen you do this day after day. it's true 5 different times we saw mark's white chevy parked here hanging in the mir outer handicapped placard of a man who died several years ago. a placard allows you to park all day outfeeding a meter. >> it's yong and they -- it's wrong and they he should do something about it. >> reporter: why does that bother you. >> i am paying for my. >> reporter: does the abuse keep growing. >> it hasn't let up. >> reporter: the i been spor has been -- inspentor has been track -- inspector has been track the problem for years. the temptation for parking all day is too much to resist for some drivers. we spotted this trio of construction workers finish theshifts and got into -- get

for the i team ryan kath. >> interesting story. a beg announcement from tom and gisele. >> up next the new addition to >>> there's a new addition to the brady bunch. gisele sent out this picture of the new rescue dog fluffy. in her post she says the kids are over the moon and fluffy is a pure joy. fluffy joins loua and scooby and she gave a shot out to where they adopted fluffy from which i thought was nice. >> i love it. >> cute dogs. >>> top stories and weather and this morning. >> theews at 5 starts right now. >> right now at 5 a.m. the strongest thunderstorms now done. leftover damage as we track the strong wind that will come back later on today. >> and that storm making a mess overnight. heavy wind and rain bringing down trees and power lines. a closer look at the damage. >> and serious crash involving a fire truck and suv. who witnesses say is to blame. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you it's 5:00 i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser we appreciate you being here t

i-team ryan kath is live from south station with a closer look at how well the company that runs the commuter rail has been performing ryan. >> reporter: it's a mess behind me at south station as well. now keolis says it's amtrak problem with a ripple effect but we looked closer at the performance data for 2016 and found that more often than not the commuter rail service is not meeting the mark. the i team reviewed performance data for the first six weeks. the target is 92% of trains run on time but during peak service hours the average performance is 86%. and drilling down a little more the commuter rails have notachieved that on time performance on 26 of 30 weekdays. a train is considered on time arriving at the final station within 5 minutes of the scheduled time. government wash to have -- no matter whose fault it is it needs to improve. >> they have a lot of work to do. they need to get the public confidence that they can get to work on time. they can get home on time. when they are not meeting the basic standards that have been set forth with their agreement, that is when people

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investigated opioid epidemic in massachusetts and tonight a decorated former police officer tells ryan kath he lost his job and almost lost his life to addiction. prescription i took my first oxycontin and i felt a warm wave over my body and i had to say it was like nothing i felt before. it was just bliss. i remember saying wow. i can see how somebody can get addicted to this stuff. >> reporter: addiction was not supposed to ham to tom foy a highly decorated police lieutenant but after multiple prescriptions following surgeries on his shoulders and hip he was hooked. he grew so desperate he started to steal drugs from the evidence room at the police station. >> i had a pharmacy at my disposal. it called my name and that's the disease of addiction. >> reporter: but than he got caught. and after 26 years of putting bad guys behind bars, i was on the other side of the law. >> i put my hands up and i remember thinking, thank you god it's finally over. >> reporter: the popularity of opioid has soared and patients are addicted by the time the prescription runs out. 5heroin users begin by taking

ryan kath has the story from plymouth one of the hardest hit areas in massachusetts. >> what's going on there. >> i think he overdozed? >> is he breathing. >> we go to overdose every day. >> reporter: this is the opioid crisis in real life a man in his 20s barely breathing revived with narcan -- narcan and rushed to the hospital after shooting heroin. these days, it's something thatthe doctor sees all the close it was if the ambulance hadn't gotten there. >> he probably would have died. >> reporter: the plymouth area is hit hard and in 2014, 42 people died of overdoses in the town surrounding the hospital. >> i have been involved in emergency medicine for almost 34 years now. and this has never been as complicated as it is now or taxing on the system or as dangerous to our population. it is terrifying. >> reporter: the doctor allowed the i-team to follow him on several night shifts night not unusual for us to have to revive someone from an overdose early in the evening and have them return later on. >> we believe it's an epidemic. >> reporter: police chief is changing how the departm

ryan kath is here with more. >> reporter: this is in the news every day and it's one thing to hear about it and another thing to see it and that's why the i-team wanted a sense of what it's like on the front lines of the crisis and how first responders are dealing with it. plim out is one of the harder hit areas of the state and we spent several nights embedded with er doctors and police. you are on the front line how bad is it. >> unbelievably bad i never seen anything like this. i been involved in emergency medicine for 34 years now and this has never been as complicated as it is now or taxing on the system or as dangerous to our population. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 11 get an up close look at how the trauma unit respondswhen an overdose patient arrives. so we saw amazing things in the er. >> the hospitals the police departments are getting flooded with phone calls. how are they handling it. way they go about their jobs. as part of theings have we went on patrol with -- investigations we went on patrol with the street crimes unit whose task is to look for drug activity and they

. >>> tonight an i-team investigation no a food mystery and ryan kath is here with a closer look. >> reporter: when you talk about food you don't like to hear descriptions like smelled like chemicals or something along those lines. >> that's true. have put the complaints online about a snack everyone is familiar with particularly those with kids. you probably have some in the kitchen. we are talking about graham crackers. some customers say they are opening the packages and are hit in the face with a overpowering odor. >> wow. >> oh. >> wow. >> it smells like paint. >> reporter: so what exactly is causing that smell and what is the company saying about it? i-team sent the crackers to a lab and we will have the results coming up tonight at 11. and just to give you a little whiff. >> you said the entire studio stinks with the smell of these. >> reporter: that's what we hear it stays with you. >> we can move them out but we look forward to the story thank you. and if you've story you want the i-team to check or sniff out send an e-mail to i- doesn't know it's an old trick carry crackers

ron kath shows us how they are take action. >> reporter: ryan craght with-- kath with wbz we wanted to ask one important question why should taxpayers fund your pension. former adstraightor was -- administrator was caught giving funds to himself that should have spelled end to the 700,000 through and the checks kept coming. more than 350,000 dollars since the guilty plea.by the time he was convicted he was retired for several years so nobody at the school notified the retirement system. and the state which revoked the anything either. what break down is that. >> is that's significant. and i -- that's a significant breakdown and you doing the story is a great eye opener. >> reporter: ken blancheette is a former lawmaker that rote the legislation that strips public employees of pensions. >> violate the public trust you don't have a right to a pension that's taxpayer supported for the rest of your life. >> reporter: i want your response do you feel you should be able to keep your pension? >> no comment. >> reporter: after the i-team raised questions the state retirement board is taking ac