newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is here with the precautions being taken right now. shaun: we're talking about maine medical center in portland. the hospital says a single patient may have a prion disease. the patient being tested for prion disease. testing is underway to make that the maine center for disease control has been notified. right now, maine medical center is postponing elective surgeries today and tomorrow at their main campus in portland. the hospital says it is sterilizing equipment and surgical processing areas. however, there is no ongoing risk to patients or staff. prion diseases affect the brain and nervous system like mad cow disease. they are always fatal. shaun chaiyabhat, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: right now, police are looking for a car in connection with a shooting in easton. the victim 35-year-old daniel it life in a boston hospital. police say two teens found the him in the woods off of pond street yesterday. now, investigators are looking for a car, believed to be connected to the case. anyone who has seen a red, 2016 mazda 3 sedan, with florid

newscent's shaun chaiyabhat spoke with some of the victims and he is live in lawrence. shaun: roughly 20 people lived here and many lo everything. and a few barely escap with their lives. kids, wereone when fire ried ru tir home. they came back saw flames and feared, their younger brotherwa. andma and little gabriel no idea the use s on fire. th ranhen a stnger, ocked on the door. >> he is a lesaver. he saved mm's life. he saved my kid's life two. thank god. >> fire coming out the secon shaun: flames punched thru the iple-decr. just itime. onwoman, rescued by firefighters. >> i don't think she knew the ilding was on fire. >> we heard fire. theye banging on theoor. i guess someone on the fir flhad oped the door. we just grabbeher and went outside. shaun: their home destroyed, but their families together. >>e are alive. we have more chances. the hospital. including a re fighter. each is expected to be ok. live in lawrence shaun chaiyabhat wcvb nc5. bepolice are investigating a afternoon rush.uring the a bicyclist hit in methuen, near the i-495 exit ramp. newscenter 5's rho

live in boston municipal court shaun chaiyabhat wcvb nc5. ben: four boston police officers recovering tonight after being hit and dragged by a car early this morning. the driver took off, but is now under arrest. newscenter 5's julie loncich is chain of events that led to all this. reporter: the suspect allegedly dragged these officers with his car as they were clinging to each side. investigators are searching for surveillance video. >> it was a chaotic scene on dorchester's stoughton street wheeled into ambulances, nats -- into ambulances. two officers responded to a call for a gun were dragged 20 feet by a car. >> they struck a couple of officers. >> around 1:00 in the morning the officer spotted the suspect. one approach the drivers side. the other the passenger side. of the ignition but failed. they say the suspect managed to throw the car into gear and accelerate dragging the officers behind. two additional officers were struck as the car sped away. weeks managed to get away but was later arrested athis residence. all four officers wer

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live in wellesley tonight shaun, what is it these two guys allegedly did? reporter: students here at this all women's college are right now feeling very uneasy. two young men came here to this campus a day after the election screaming at and spitting out women and minorities. from election night, to postelection letdown, -- >> they had trucks with flags flying. reporter: witnesses say two men in a pickup sped through the historic women's campus, antagonizing women, spitting at them, and yelling sexist slurs. many who supported alum hillary clinton. >> the fact that people thought it would be ok to come on to our campus and target specific groups of people purely because we have a new president-elect, i think that it is why it is scary. reporter: the men, from nearby babson college, sparked more than 40 bias incident reports. the dean saying the timing and location of this incident also matter because it occurred near wellesley's harambee house and at secretary clinton's alma mater harambee house, a place for students of color. dean lawrence ward going

nichole: shaun chaiyabhat has more with what trump had to say. shaun: did not directly address the new information. and will be under arrest -- hillary clinton will be under investigation for a long, long time for crimes against our democracy, likely concluding in a criminal trial. shaun: two chance of "lock her up" trump talking about the e-mails, that story squashed by the fbi. mr. trump: she is protected by a she should not be allowed to run for president. i will tell you right now. she is the most corrupt person to ever seek the presidency of the united states. shaun: trump on a campaign blitz of five states, sending his daughter ivanka and running mate to new hampshire. governor pence: we just learned from "the new york post" hillary clinton had her made print out government e-mails and classified documents at her home in washington, d.c. shaun: trump is going to be speaking soon in michigan. we will see how he handles this new fbi conclusion of the clinton case. shaun chaiyabhat, wcvb newscenter 5. reid: thank you. this new letter the impact

in manchester, nh shaun chaiyabhat wcvb nc5. meanwhile the trump campaign is denying they've taken the candidate's twitter privileges away. sunday, the new york times reported aides had taken control on message. but today, campaign manager kelly-anne conway said that never happened. trump's account has been tweeting over the past few days, but it's mostly been about various campaign events around the country. clinton is criss-crossing swing states today, trying to hold on to her slim lead over trump. our team coverage continues now with john atwater for a look at clinton's last-minute moves. john? polls show her with a slight lead nationally right now, so she is trying to shore up support in some key battleground states. here she is outside pittsburgh earlier this afternoon. and she's going back to the other side of that state tonight. bruce springsteen and bon jovi will perform at a rally in philadelphia. she's also making stops in michigan and north carolina. >> i'm here to ask you to vote for yourselves and your family and vo

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat starts us off with the supporters live in the south shaun? shaun: the party hasn't started yet but the yes on two folks are hoping this will be their victory party. volunteers, mostly parents, fanned out across polling places hoping to change minds at the very last minute. supporters say they've seen that happening over the last few weeks. saying as people learn more about the charter school initiative its getting more support. the reason polling has it slipping. voting yes on question two would approve up to 12 new charter schools or increase enrollment the most notable supporters releasing a tv ad in the homestretch of this campaign. a fight mostly run by parents. its been a hard fight, and an expensive one. more than $25 million was raised to expand charters in the commonwealth. supporters expect it to be a long night. live in the south end, shaun chaiyabhat, wcvb newscenter 5. is live in copley square tonight with the others side. mary? mary: ed and maria, boston mayor marty walsh and the state democratic party have come out against lifti

our shaun chaiyabhat reports, cats and dogs can catch the deadly virus those foxes are cats. shaun evening walks with his : daughter and dog keeping this dad on his toes. >> you never really know what animal would attack or anything like that so my kids always come first before anything. i have to protect them. shaun: police in hudson new hampshire warning parents to keep a closer eye on kids and pets after a sudden rise in sick wildlife, showing up in backyards. more than a dozen since september. most are foxes likely with distemper a virus that's fatal. >> distemper is highly contagious especially to dogs and cats. so we are asking that people, if they have one of these animals in their yards, don't let pets out. >> keep an eye on whether i see certain animals i know shouldn't be out during the day. shaun: animals with distemper seem tame. more reason for parents to warn their kids. >> they may not know its sick or they think it's just being friendly. >> don't go near small animals you know not to go near. shaun: that advice going to anyone and their pets. make sure their sh

our shaun chaiyabhat spoke with a few of the rescuers, and joins us live from boston medical center. shaun: that wreck, sent 4 people to the hospital. 3 of them sisters. one, is still here at boston medical center with a broken neck. oh jesus. oh my god. >> it was on fire. there's gotta be people up in there. it was on its side and it was on fire. my concern was we gotta get them out before it explodes. shaun: he and a group of strangers, scrambled to pull a family from a burning car. 3 sisters and a husband, trapped and dazed. one still stuck inside as flames spread unable to move. marta castano had a broken neck strangers reached back into the burning car, pulled her to safety just in time. >> when we pulled the last lady out the back of the truck, it exploded. it just went up in flames. shaun: an act of heroism. selfless. those involved call it fate. >> the timing and the way everything happened, happened for a reason. >> you want to know that you did right. theres a verse in the bible that says do unto others as you would have them do unto you so that can take you into a lot of si

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat has more from the breaking news desk, shaun? reporter: also according to abc news, that osu student with the same name as having a place to pray openly as a muslim. officially, investigators are still working to determine if he had any ties to terrorism. swat and fbi converge onto the ohio state university campus. this car, now at the center of the investigation. the attacker plowing into a crowd of people then using a butcher knife to stab more victims. the only thing that you can say, >>the only thing that you can say, based upon common knowledge, that this was done on purpose. knife. that was on purpose. reporter: a campus police officer shot and killed the suspect, identified as 18-year-old osu student abdul razak ali artan. a federal official telling abc news the suspect is of somali descent, and a permanent legal u.s. resident. police now have video tracking the car through the campus, before the attack. first reports of an active shooter on campus. the college tweeting run hide fight. students scrambled to barricade thems

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is here with the investigation. shaun: that attacker, taken down in just a minute by a campus police officer. motives are unclear, but authorities are investigating terror. chaos on campus. just before 10 this car, plowing thru a crowd of people, at the >> be advised, we got a man with a knife running around cutting people. shaun: 11 people injured before a rookie campus cop intervened. hailed a hero alan horujko, opened fire stopping more bloodshed. >> think about what this tragedy could have meant. a man with a butcher knife and who knows what else. j.c.shaun: the college, tweetinn ur students barricaded behind doors. the attacker, abdul razak ali artan an 18-year-old osu student. a lone wolf now being investigated for ties to terrorism. the somali immigrant, and legal permanent us resident, profiled in the campus paper just 3 months before. there, he complained about not being able pray openly as a -- able to pray openly as a muslim on campus. authorities searching his home, and social media. federal sources sayin

shaun chaiyabhat talked to him as he signed the agreement. a big day for ari schultz -- drafted to assumption college "wow, cool!" just four years old, but and a fighter all his life. ari has congestive heart failure. he's had three open- heart surgeries -- two before he don't know what his future holds, but if you look at him you zest and a love of baseball keeps him smiling. ( ari schultz / four years old ) hopeful. "no one. i just teach myself how to throw it that far." ( shaun chaiyabhat / reporter ) "can you show me one more time?" a real draft someday, but for now, he waits for a new heart and shows us all how to big part of anyone's development to understand just how fragile recruit, with the biggest heart. ( laughter ) it's coming up on today in iowa.... smoke filling the skies. wildfires causing problems for miles. plus... the cleveland indians didn't win the world series -- but the cavs are n-b-a champs. they get a special trip today because of it. from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan next. "you're watching kwwl, "now yo

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live at the scene shaun, did everyone make it out safely? reporter: three people were taken to the hospital inclung a firefighter. that woman they rescued here, when fighterarrive they had punished through the second it went up in flames. one woman was still inside on the ird floor. >> som the firefighter had minor i injuries. another woman had a seizure on the scene. everyone is expected to be ok. this building behind me is a 20 people are without a home. jc: caught onamera, a frantic this is the terrifying ride to safety. three people have been killed. thousands evacuated. john atwater is here withe. mor they are trying desperately to navigate through the inferno thats osing in. burning embers are slapping their windshield. a roaring fire consuming cabins as thetried make their way off of the burning untain. >> and go, go. we don't need a flat right here. reporter: they run into fallen trees, praying they will find a path to safety. >> please lord let us get off journey one of so many. >> we covered our faces with wet towels got in caran i

we're live in hyde park, shaun chaiyabhat on wcvnewsceer 5.>> r defensive tackle alan branch will miss four games after he will appealdecision, so he's expecte play sunday. he hastarted nine of the 10 games this se. he w already suspended by the patrts f a few days back in august for violating team rules. >> breakg news out of hudson. firefighters rescued a man who was trapped on a third-floor ba because the thick smoke. the fire broke out before 3:00 at the emerson garden ominiums >> ty tk m down the ladder, my dog, tats down the ladder. >> nobody seriously hurt, fortunately, in that fire. firefighters are now looking into the cause. the boston police officer who was shot back in october is back at home. ofcer mat morris released from spaldingehab today. boston pole saying, i'm lucky to be here and therareot ofeople to thank for kping me here. >>slip snowy roads causing crashes i new hampshire. gusty win toppling trees in ston. weston on the right part of your screen. the wds going to be a probletonigh eyall of our reporters look freezing. >>t is cold. no question. the wind advisory i

live in hyde park shaun chaiyabhat wcvb nc5. ben: thank you. the syrian city of aleppo is nearly out of food the u.n. has not been able to access aleppo since july. all eight of their hospitals are barely functioning. the city, held by rebels, has been under siege by syrian forces and bombed repeatedly by state will use chemical weapons against civilians and the iraqi military in mosul. there is an effort underway to retake the city from isis. but a new analysis of the terror groups tactics found they have used chemical weapons at least 71 times in iraq and syria over the past two years. the analysis says chlorine and mustard agents are the most likely chemicals to be used in mosul. jc: a dark day in american history marked today. it's now been 63-years since the murder of president john f. kennedy. texas. jfk was 46-years-old when he was killed. the accused gunman, lee harvey oswald, was shot and killed by an assassin two days later. ben: we go inside. jc: to see what police permits are doing to make sure evidence is not compromised. >> i have

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat was there, and joins us now with shaun: police say this was a group of men, passing off fake ca at this store and no telling how many others. three men faced a judge today. each of them from new york. they are also try with a fourth man who remains on the run today. this was the scene yesterday in burlington as police tracked down men wanted for passing off fake bills. at a bed bath and beyond and first, again at the paper store. savvy clerks spotted the counterfeit 100 dollar bills, and called police. , found a large number of bills laying in the backseat. >> in addition to the 3 fake 100 dollar bills, the one from bed bath and beyond and two from the paper store, they confiscated an additional $360 from that motor vehicle in 100 dollar and 20 dollar denominations that they also believe to be counterfeit. shaun: prosecutors had hoped for the men. the judge decided on 10,000. 50000 and $200. defense attorneys say that proves they are innocent. attorneys say the state will have a hard time proving they knew the money was fake. back to you. jc: new at 4:00

shaun chaiyabhat is live at the scene. shaun: the attack began at a house party nearby. of four beaten and left for dead near this dumpster in front of her son with down syndrome. lighting candles and saying a prayer for this 44-year-old mother of four including one son with down syndrome who witnessed her brutal attack. he was found holding his dying mom and this parking lot. >> he was still caressing his mother and shielding her. >> he is blaming everything on group of police, a group of girls savagely beat their mom. they had gone to a party. a fight inside spilled outside industry. >> there was a confrontation. voices were getting higher. and then i saw a woman hit the ground. and i heard another v and that he loved her and he was sorry. shaun: she is being remembered as a caring mom. >> s lived for her kids. for them to take her life away for something like an attitude. everyone knows these girls. th are a pack of will. it is disgusting that they are street. right there with her son. shaun: there are security cameras in this area. although it is unclear if they caug

attorney who has faced sexual assault accusations in the past arrested again newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live outside boston municipal court, where gary zerola was charged today. notorious attorney -- gary zerola beat rape charges before and he's facing 2 more counts of rape. he showed up to court today to check to see if there were warrants against him and turn himself in joined by an attorney. he was dubbed a playboy attorney. he has a series of rape and assault charges against him spanning nearly a decade. zerola now faces new rape charges from an incident november 10. the victim went to boston police two days later. this time prosecutors say they have a very strong case against him. reporter: he is nothing more than a target in this case. this is based on a foundation of lies. we vigorously look forward to our day in court. reporter: zerola is expected to make to $10k bail and will be ed: a driver is in custody accused of hitting and dragging boston police officers with his car, and then speeding away. let's get right out to julie loncich in dorchester, where the hit&run happened.

li i par shaun chaiyabhat, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: a check of the weather. it was windy and cold this moing. i am complaining about it. well know.mprovement as y the wind advisory is down so do not have that any longer in thea. ou it isust cold. wind sts it isy 28 at worces airport. eratures fling a few degrees tonight. theyre alrdy cold enough and with the wind that is blowing, the windchill is 17 in worcester and 22 in boston. overnight inoston. there is stiome snow flurri and snowstogog on. frommherst all t woss this is partf th lake-effect ing the berkshires aseenfe well. that should basically diminish later tight and by tomorrow morning, stillome clouds i the shiresmaybe fluies and aumulate squalls should be a thing of e past we will it you know when the temperatures will moderate and the travel weather coming up. seeou then. from japan, rooftop videoshowing earthquakeucfukushima reon a few hoursgo. thqud ton immediat tsunami warning. tefootigh wawere recorded off shore. people have been order to get is is the same area of japan that was devastad by an

the armed robber is still on the shaun chaiyabhat live in newton tonight. shaun? shaun: that clerk is back to work tonight putting on a brave face after a terrifying night. does it make you scared to come back to work? >> yeah, this happened last night and never before this happen to me, that is why i'm scared, but can't do nothing. work to be done. shaun: back at work, trying to stay calm after coming face to face with a gunman just one night before. >> can you open the register, please? >> that polite "please" missed by the man at the other end of the muzzle. >> he came and told me to open the register. >> did he seem angry or scared? >> yeah. the robber face-covered carrying a long gun barged into the gulf gas station just before 9:00. 17 years behind this counter. he's never been robbed before. his sense of peace in newton center. gone in just 18 seconds. >> were you scared? what was going through your mind? >> in the moment, i was not too scared because he just took the money and run away. he no stayed with me this much >> meantime, police hope someone recogn

we're live in hyde park, shaun chaiyabhat on wcvnewsceer 5.>> r defensive tackle alan branch will miss four games after he will appealdecision, so he's expecte play sunday. he hastarted nine of the 10 games this se. he w already suspended by the patrts f a few days back in august for violating team rules. >> breakg news out of hudson. firefighters rescued a man who was trapped on a third-floor ba

shaun chaiyabhat has the new attack from trump. shaun: donald trump directly addressed that fbi announcement clearing clinton of any crime. falling back on his claim the system is rigged. >> the investigation into her crimes will go on for a long the rank and file special agents at the fbi won't let her get away from her terrible crimes. shaun: clinton emails, a trump campaign drumbeat now ending with a thud. the fbi clearing clinton. without charges. the bombshell just 2 days before the election. >> right now, she's being protected by a rigged system. you can't review 650,000 new emails in 8 days. you can't do it, folks. shaun: trump took his campaign to 5 states sunday. iowa, minneapolis, michigan, pennsylvania and virginia. he fell back on other campaign slogans. repealing obamacare immigration, the wall and jobs. just days before voters hit the polls trump left to tweak his message. doubling down despite the fbi. >> hillary clinton is guilty. she knows it. the fbi knows it. the people know it. and now it's up to the american peo

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat live in natick where police are looking into a possible case there. shaun: at least once case of hate being investigated here in to create a hotline today. >> no hate, noear, everyone is welcome here. shaun: from protests to schoolyard rage. >> this girl comes up to me and she said do you hate mexicans. i said no. she said you support trump, you hate mexicans. shaun: neo-nazi te spray-painted on churches. in oregon vulgar messages on bathroom walls, too profane the fbi investigating a text string, threatening lynchings. and right here in massachusetts post-election gloating and racial bias. last week two babson college students drove thru the wellesley campus. students at the women's college feeling targeted for their race and gender. in natick one man now fearful, after a series of letters threatening violence. they read -- we have just cleared the white house of blank do not bring blank in our . natick is strictly white. the southern poverty law center acking 300 cases of hate, targeting immigrant black and gay victims. 20 against trump supporters. >

maria newscenter 5's shaun : chaiyabhat is live in quincy with the video. shaun: this burglar appears to be a pro. when he broke into this mosque he wore gloves, avoided cameras, and covered his face. and keeps coming back for more. the distinctive look of a burglar on a scooter. security video from iman islamic center in late october shows him prying his way in then taking off, with the >> that was the jewel he was looking for. we knew right away this guy is going to come back. john: and he did hours later. , two hours this time, taking the audio system, worth 4 grand. they called police then a locksmith. but a new deadbolt only slowed him down when he came back two weeks later. breaking in again last friday. >> it looks like he's a professional. john: he is cautious, creeping around the bld >> he was wearing gloves, he protected himself very well. john: worshipers now worried they'll end up face to face. forcing mosque leaders to beef up security, hoping he's had his fill. >> the way i see it, he is stealing from god. john: and quincy police think he's hit

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live with the trump campaign in manchester. shaun: the crowd here very vocal in this final day. often breaking into chants screaming lock her up when vote. mr. trump: tom brady, great guy. great guy, great friend of mine. great, great champion. unbelievable winner. he called today and he said, donald, i support you, you're my letter from bill belichick crediting him for how he handled critics. he really played to the packed crowd here in new hampshire, where it all started. trump was flanked by each of his children and running mate mike pence. his supporters here not shaken by any polls that had him trailing. mr. trump: tomorrow we are going to win the great state of new hampshire. we are going to deliver historic once-in-a-lifetime change. shaun: trump rounding out 5 campaign stops tonight headed now to michigan. maria: let's take you live there. pictures from grand rapids michigan. he'll hold his final campaign event of the day, in a state he's trying to turn blue. hillary clinton, let's talk about her now appearing with , som

newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live in boston with the new allegations against him. >> he was once, one of the country's most eligible bachelors. but the trail of rape allegations against him has now gone up to four. it's hard to tell gary zerloa. defendant from just another attorney. a one-time people magazine "most eligible bachelor". dressed in a suit, he came to to face rape charges before police even had time to arrest him. he came voluntarily to the court. zerola spent years in these courts as prosecutor then defense attorney. fellow attorneys tipped him to the boston police investigation. two counts of rape after a night out with another attorney and two girls ended at this beacon hill condo. november 10th. the victim reported the attack two days later. prosecutors say they have medical evidence, but tests are not complete. >> there's not going to be going to be physical evidence. the entire encounter allegedly occurred within feet of her friend who was sleeping on the same couch. zerola has been through this before. three times before. three prior rape allegations from youn

cnn's shaun chaiyabhat talked to the boy. pen to paper... inked... a big day for ari schultz -- drafted to assumption college baseball. "so how cool was this?" "wow, cool!"just four years old, but he's a champ. an athlete all-around -- on the field, on the slopes -- and a fighter all his life. ari has congestive heart failure. he's had three open-heart surgeries -- two before he was even born. "we don't know what his future holds, but if you look at him you see how active he is. every day he has a zest for life. 26that zest and a love of baseball keeps him smiling. "i love it so much."...and his parents hopeful. "you've got quite the arm. who that?" "no one. i just teach myself how to throw it that far." "can you show me one more time?" "whoa!"his folks hope he'll see a real draft someday, but for now, he waits for a new heart and shows us all how to live. "it's a big part of anyone's development to understand just how fragile life is and how amazing it can be, even when you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow."ari schultz, the littlest recrui