newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is live in wareham with an incredible story of paying it forward. todd: we' re outside, but tonight, a homeless man is warm and dry inside this motel, thanks to the generosity of a then took action. >> i legitimately had about two dollars left in my pocket. i bought a scratch ticket and i won $200 on the scratch ticket. todd: sofia andrade says her fortune soon got even better than that. she had an immediate opportunity to give back. sofia was at a stop sign in new bedford when she saw glenn williams, a man who has been homeless for three years. he was panhandling saturday night in the bitter cold. >> i knew that the money never really belonged to me, that this money was meant to help him. todd: sofia called glenn over to her car and drove him to a coffee shop. >> at no time did i ever feel threatened by him. he was so overwhelmed by just the generosity of a coffee that he just couldn' t stop crying. todd: she did a lot more than buy him a coffee. after this single mom learned that local shelters had no bed space, she used her scratch ticket winnings

todd kazakiewich is live. reporter: ed, we learned in court that it started as an argument between the vehicle tim and the girlfriend of the defendant. things escalated quickly. the girlfriend allegedly got a knife. it started on the other side of columbia road. the victim staggers across bleeding with moments to live. >> mr. hopkins died of a stab wound to his heart. he was 15 years of age. reporter: prosecutors say the killer is also a teenager. 16-year-old amari pope is seen here in his booking photo. the fatal stabbing happened in dorchester. a neighborhood home to pope and the victim, deion hopkins, who is being remembered it started as an arangement between pope's girlfriend and hopkins. pope grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed hopkins in the heart. >> surveillance video show moments after mr. hopkins fell to the ground essentially lifeless and mr. pope standing over him and circling him with a knife in his hands. >> hopkins was rushed to bmc where he was know -- was pronounced dead. his unkl -- uncle ha

now, police are searching for the driver who hit car' s hood as it drives down the street. s todd kazakiewich is live in woburn. todd: the suspect was already a wanted man by the time he here. just prior to this, police had been interviewing him about a larceny when he allegedly assaulted an officer, and took off. while he was on the run, the hit and run happened. mariana almeida: when we saw he s painful to watch -- a 65-year-old man in the crosswalk hit by a car and carried on the hood for several hundred yards. mariana almeida: the guy stopped, the old man who was on top of the car, he fell. todd: police say the driver was winthrop, who was running from another run-in with the law. video shows him turning from main street onto union street around 9:30am in woburn, then hitting the man in the crosswalk. a police officer working a detail rushed to help. delgado eventually stopped and got out, along with a female passenger. mariana almeida: the girl, she step out of the car and she was shaking the guy, "are you ok?" i said, "don' of his neck and his back." todd after initially stopping, : del

phil: thank you, nicole. hit areas and todd kazakiewich is live tonight in sanwich. reporter: you can see behind me and the water is churned up. one of the big concerns was strong winds and coastal flooding caused by the as straw astronomical high tide. they said there was minor flooding in a few locations. the tide is out and flooding is less of a concern. that brings another threat for example dangerous conditions that could bring down power lines. sanwich like other towns have people and equipment in kilo locations. they are stand -- in key locations. they are standing by in case people need help. >> we are waiting around for any downed branches in town. the road. reporter: thankfully they are ready to go. there are 900 customers here and ever source says there are only four customers in the dark. most people are riding out the storm at home with the power on. reporting live in sanwich, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: same on the roads, todd. it is slippery all across the state. alyssa is looking at what would be trouble spots, but light traffic is good

todd kazakiewich, newscenter 5. emily: this morning a chelsea father is credited with saving his 3-year-old son from a burning apartment. a plumber' starting the fire on the third floor of the eleanor street building. the boy was stuck on the 4th floor balcony. as firefighters carefully set up a ladder, the boy' s father helped guide him to safety. two firefighters were hurt, but -- >> he took them out that she took them out through the interior. emily: two firefighters were hurt, but not seriously. the fire forced residents out of 24 apartments. they were offered hotel rooms for the night. today we are expecting new details on the casino resort plans in everett. the state gaming commission will hold a hearing on the plan this morning. billion plan features, a 26 story hotel tower. floating dock for water and what' s described as a harbor walk. randy: a group of protestors accused of blocking traffic on 93 in milton last january will be in court today. two of the protestors entered guilty pleas last month. prosecuto

todd kazakiewich kicks off the coverage from manchester. todd. todd: surprisingly, not all of the heated exchanges did not trump. several of the governors sought to draw a contrast from the experience that comes from congress. >> it's a fine job. i'm glad you ran for it. it does not prepare you for todd: some of the biggest sparks flew on the issue of readyiness to be president. marco rubio took a lot of eat especially from are chris christie and jeb bush. >> you have not be held in a decision where you are held accountable. >> it's not what you did but how it worked out, they have been downgraded nine times in their credit rating. >> leadership, you learn it by doing it. it's not something you just go up and on the job do it. todd: the debate turned to illegal immigration with ted cruz offering a solution straight out of donald trump's playbook. >> we're going to build a wall, triple the border control. we're going to increase and since donald enjoyed that, i will simply say i have somebody in mind to build it. todd: trump got booed as he and bu

our todd kazakiewich is live in rough one out there. >> 12 hours from now we could be seeing blizzard like conditions here and making matters worse is that those conditions could coincide with high tides, higher thap normal. and all of that is happening just before 11:00 a.m. tonight scituate town plow trucks are fueled up and ready to roll. the salt pile was depleted by friday's snowstorm but it is still big enough to tackle the storm arriving monday. a storm that could bring blizzard conditions including minor coastal flooding. >> our concern now for the storm is certainly the tide cycle tomorrow and what the trees are already weakened from the previous storm. >> the storm coming in tomorrow is not expected to bring conditions strong enough to threaten the scituate sea wall or the historic lighthouse. sunday was a mild day on the south shore. most of the mess from friday has been cleaned up. power has been restored. but the storm monday will >> we just ask residents treat all, down lines as live. >> there will be more power outages tomorrow. no doubt about that. captain monahan offe

the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is live at the state house with the new developments in the case. todd: and those new developments may only increase calls here on beacon hill for senator joyce to resign. this is the video from last week. his office. he' s been under fire for alleged misuse of campaign money and receiving free dry cleaning from a local business. now the globe reports federal joyce' s involvement in a massive college. joyce recently represented stonehill and the company that installed about 9,000 solar panels at the school at the same time he pushed for legislation on clean energy projects. a grand jury has allegedly been joyce' comment on the project calling his client is the victim of a quote media circus. earlier this week, joyce announced he would not see reelection. emily: right now a crash that killed a 17-year-old and critically injured her brother is under investigation. it happened in barre as the teenagers were on their way to school. police say brittany murch of hubbarston lost control of her kia spectra and slammed into a tree on route 62. the impact spli

reporting live from the state house, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: todd, thanks. right now, a crash that killed a 17-year-old and critically injured. her brother is under investigation. it happened in barre as the teenagers were on their way to school. police say brittany murch of hubbarston lost control of her kia spectra and slammed into a tree on route 62. the impact split the car in two. murch died at the scene. her 15-year-old brother griffin was pulled from the wreckage. school had been delayed for two hours on wednesday because of icy roads. randy: new reports of widespread abuse of handicap placards in boston. the state inspector general' s office watched areas around the city for more than a month. outside the state transportation building, a driver gets caught using a handicap placard belonging to someone else. the inspector general is recommending face-to-face interviews to confirm someone needs one of those placards emily: a former massachusetts governor is jumping into the race for the white house, but not in the way that is expected. the eye' s erika

newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is live with the dramatic encounter and escape. todd: the suspect got away, but not before smashing his way out right now police are following up on several leads, including another robbery that succeeded, after this one failed. this one happened wednesday afternoon at the stop quick market on haverhill street. in the surveillance video, the hooded suspect is seen picking up the cash register and attempting to carry the whole thing away. the clerk grabs a golf club and starts swinging. the suspect backs off, then makes one final attempt, using ram because the clerk had locked the door. the men get into a brief shoving match before the suspect smashes through the glass and escapes in an suv. the cash register. the glass in the door is gone. no arrest at this point. police are following up a number of leads. a credit union and lawrence was robbed just after this one. kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. today after being forced out of their home by fire. it happened after power was tucker road last night. the elderly homeowner tells on the

our todd kazakiewich is live in manchester, new hampshire. todd. todd: it' s the final debate before the new hampshire primary. the pressure is on, especially for the candidates who are trailing in the polls for them a poor performance in this debate, and the primary on tuesday, pick up momentum and keep pursuing the nomination. at center stage tonight, donald trump who is leading in the polls here in new hampshire, and nationally. to his left, ted cruz, who won to trump' s right, marco rubio s second place showing. on the ends of the stage, john kasich, jeb bush, ben carson, and chris christie, who are all trailing, and therefore need to win over undecided voters and ure votes from their opponents. trump skipped the last gop debate before the iowa caucuses due to a feud with fox new channel and host megan kelly. following the debate tonight, the candidates will head over to the hockey arena, where the spin room' .we got a tour earlier today, including some of the technology google is putting to work to track searches for and about candidates, as w

todd kazakiewich is standing by. todd? todd -- reporter: ed and heather we wind. they have wet erred this -- weathered this storm pretty well. you can see that we are dealing with a lot of wave energy. the ocean is very churned up right now as it has been all day. one of the big concerns was strong wind and we are getting that. and coastal flooding caused by the high tide. was only minor flooding in a few locations. right now the tide is going out so flooding is less of a concern, but the winds are still strong and that brings another threat that could bring down the power lines. today. so there is very little traffic. as we come back live, you can see the parking lot at the beach and believe it or not that's not all media. there are a lot of people crazier than us who come out here in the worst weather conditions and they want to see what's going on. that's what the situation is here right now. most people i have to say are weathering the storm at home. ed: i am not sure if it is crazy. my puppy did it all the time. he would take me out all the time. he loved it.

todd kazakiewich has her story. << (adrianne haslet/marath on bombing survivor) "i used to say, 'if i were running, people should be running too, because clearly something is terribly wrong!'" amputee adrianan haslet is running with a purpopo, despite the pain..adrianne haslet/marath on bombiig survvor) "it's a muscle memory in order to learn how use a blade, and i never want to give off the impression that you just put it on and go." adrianne has started training to run the marathon this year, and she took advantage of today's beautiful weather to get some miles in. (todd kazakiewich/re porting) "when adrianne runs the boston marathon this year, she will be the first of the boston marathon bombing survivor amputees to do so. she says her motivation is very simple: to run for those who can't." (adrianne haslet/marath on bombing survivor) "this is a way for me to give back, not only to physically run the marathon - to say a giant 'thank you' to everybody - but also to remember those who are sitting on the couch, who don't have legs because of insurance coverage, who are on the waiting

newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is life in manchester, on the -- is live in manchester, on the campus of saint anselm college where tonight' s debate will be held, todd? todd: the debate is now less than 3 hours away, and the pressure is on especially for the candidates with low poll the candidates who polled poorly and i' ll love. here' s a look at who will be on -- poorly in iowa. here' s a look at who will be on the debate stage tonight. donald trump who is leading in the polls here in new hampshire. ted cruz, who won the iowa caucuses, and marco rubio who placed third, after donald trump. john kasich, jeb bush, ben carson, and chris christie are all trailing, and therefore need to win over undecided voters or lure votes from their opponents. following the debate, the candidates will head over to the hockey arena, where the media work center has been set up also known as the ' spin room' . and google put its technology to work to track searches for and about candidates, as well as trends. as you know, the debate is co-sponsored by abc news. it begins at 8pm tonight here on channel

newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is live in attleboro tonight. todd, has her been an arrest tonight? -- has there been an arrest tonight? todd: the man who lives in the end unit is under arrest tonight, charge with manufacturing crystal meth amphetamines. as you can see, the windows were left open for ventilation and the lights were left on. the discovery of the lab shut down this quiet street today enforced the evacuation of tuukka other homes. for hours on sunday afternoon, members of the hazmat team police say was a meth lab at 205 knight avenue in attleboro. the chemicals are very dangerous as it is a drug making process. there was no explosion in this case, but first responders say they head seen chemical spill, and that was perhaps 10 hours earlier. attleboro fire said the caseworkers called 911 to report a possible overdose. >> he said, this is not happening, and he jumped off the stretcher. todd: police spent hours removing evidence. it is not sure what kind of caseworker did the welfare check to save the person' s life. reid: right now th

reporting live in manchester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb heather: john kasich campaign that' 5' s mary saladna mary? winner. john kasich did. he also needs to end the day with a strong showing. if he does not have that he may be out of this race. he has spent a lot of time here in new hampshire powering coffee, shaking hands and he is a two-term governor of ohio and an 18 year veteran of congress. he knows a thing or two about campaigning. the question now, did he reach those undecided voters that he needs to pull off a second or third place finish. he would like to flip the entire trump applecart, but we' ll see how he does. he did have a strong debate showing over the weekend. we will see tonight if he has ed: since we' ve gone through each of the candidates, and taken into each stock and we want to get you some analysis and patrick griffin and maryanne marsh are joining us here in manchester. patrick is such a hearty granite state or, he has just taken off his gloves. >> the gloves are off. [laughter] ed: let me start with you. we have seen larger turnouts, traffic jams, that means what for

the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is at the state house with the new developments in the case. >> the new developments of may increase calls here for senator joyce to resign. it was just last week fbi and irs agents raided her law office in kansas. the globe is reporting federal her local college. for legislation on clean energy projects. victim is the victim of a media circus. we will keep you posted. randy: a former massachusetts governor and presidential candidate is jumping into the race for the white house. but in a way that surprises many. erica is here with mitt romney' s shot at his party' s early front-runner. erika: this latest fight coming just hours before another gop showdown. former republican nominee mitt romney saying there might be a bombshell somewhere in trump' s tax returns, which have not been released. >> he is not near as wealthy as he says he is or he is not been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay or he has not been giving money to the vet or the disabled, like he has been telling us he is doing. erika: four years ago romney asked for, and rece

but as newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich shows us this is completely different. >> an awesome side. snowboarders showing off cool tricks at fenway park. these are practice runs for the competition that begins tonight. the event has attracted athletes from around the world. gold medalists competing here at fenway. >> the ramp is massive. it is a great backdrop. seeing a view, that is awesome. >> the ramp is 14 stories, there is an elevator but some athletes choose to hike up the stairs. they took practice runs as a group of spectators cheered on. >> we get change in the locker rooms. >> isn' t a contrast to see them performing against the backdrop of our city skyline? the snowboarders will be competing tonight. reporting live from mount fenway, wcvb news 5. anchor: let' the road. this is the mass pike. let' s take a look at the maps. we started south. 26 minutes, out west on the pikemen 19 minutes and building. 128 does look ok in both directions. these dried time now. -- drive time now. that is a look at traffic. jc: the justice department suing ferguson. phil: what it claims the ci

newscenter 5's todd kazakiewich was there. christie: it's a fine job. i'm glad you ran for it, but it does not prepare you for president of the united states. todd: some of the biggest sparks flew on the issue of readiness to be president. marco rubio took a lot of heat especially from chris christie and jeb bush. involved in a consequential decision where you had to be held accountable. you just simply haven't. rubio: this is not just what you did but how it worked out. under chris christie's governorship of new jersey, they've been downgraded nine times in their credit rating. jeb bush: leadership. you learn this. you learn it by doing it. it's not something that you just go off and on the job do it. todd: the debate turned to illegal immigration. ted cruz offering a solution straight out of donald trump's play book. cruz: in short what we're going to do, we're going to build a wall. we're going to triple the border patrol. we're going to increase-- and actually since donald enjoyed that, i will simply say i've got somebody in mind to build it. todd: t

newscenter 5's todd kazakiewich has the story from chatham. >> we train and make sure that the front of the boat is squared in the video. todd: the video shows coast guard training in very poor weather. in this case at the tail end of a recent winter storm off nauset beach. but these are the very conditions that could lead to a mariner making a may day call. >> so although it looks like the wave swells up the boat, it does-- but inside the cabin of this boat with the seats that are available it's a very calm ride. todd: what you can't see in the video is that there are actually two boats getting tossed around in the waves that day. the coast guard always sends out two boats during training exercises. >> we train in those types of conditions to keep us positioned. todd: it's the same trained bravery depicted in the new movie "the finest hour" about a mission back in 1952. bernie weber and his crew of three from coast card chatham fought 60-foot seas in the dark of night to rescue 32 men. it's known as the greatest peacetime rescue. today the mission is the same but the technology is mu

bombing, and now she's ready to reclaim the finish line.todd kazakiewich reports ...reports ...todd kazakiewich finish line.todd kazakiewich reports ... "i used to say, 'if i were running, people should be running too, because clearly something is terribly wrong!'" boston marathon bombing survivor amputee adrianne haslet is running with a purpose, despite the pain. "it's a muscle memory in order to learn how use a blade, and i never want to give off the impression that you just put it on and go."adrianne has started training to run the marathon this year, and she took advantage of today's beautiful weather to get some miles in."when adrianne runs the boston marathon this year, she will be the first of the boston marathon bombing survivor amputees to do so. she says her motivation is who can't.""this is a way for me to give back, not only to physically run the marathon - to say a giant 'thank you' to everybody - but also to remember those who are sitting on the couch, who don't have legs because of insurance coverage, who are on the waiting list for limbs for life."adrianne's run will be more th

todd kazakiewich is live right now with more on the conditions. todd? reporter: heather, we got about seven to eight inches of snow here and strong wind all day. that's the case right now. we have low tide right now and the flooding has been fairly insignificant and it is the same case with power outages. storm. all eyes were on the high tide before 11:00 a.m. there had been concerns that high tide and high winds could bring flooding and power lines. they were prepared for the worse, but thankfully that did not happen. >> we got through the high tide period. there was some minor flooding. power outages are limited at the moment and so far, so good. reporter: and again power outages have remained limited all day. most people road out the storm at home, and we saw a few who decided to have fun with it. faking -- taking the heavy, wet snow and making a snowman. police and fire are not concerned about that high tide since the worst of the storm will have passed. wcvb newscenter 5. heather:take the latest stormteam forecast and closings with you wherever you

heather: newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is live in tyngsboro with the message from the shop' s owner. todd: that break-in happened early monday morning here at hitman firearms. right now the search is on for the suspect. a total of four handguns were stolen, including 38 special revolvers, a 45 caliber mr., at a nine millimeter pistol. the manager is very concerned. from criminals having those deadly weapons. sleep. but i have full confidence in it. todd: police were here within a burglar was gone along with surveillance government -- surveillance cameras were not operational at the time. heather: now let' s take you to boston and a dramatic rescue. a tugboat sinking in massachusetts bay. s pam cross is live in east boston with the story. nearby, and it came in the form of a friend. a boston harbor pilots boat heard the distress call and raced to the rescue. they found three crewmembers, two in the water, one on a life raft. their tug had just gone down. >> i knew he was in the water, i didn' t know who else. i was hoping that everybody has the wherewithal to get out. they go down fa

(todd kazakiewich/re pororng) "wheheadrianne runs the boboon marathon this year, she will be the first of the boston marathon bombing survivor amputees to do so. she says her motivation is very simple: to run for those who can't." (adrianne haslet/marath on bombing survivor) "this is a way for me to give back, not only to physically run the marathon - to say a giant 'thank you' to everybody - but also to remember couch, who don't have legs because of insurance coverage, who are on the waiting list for limbs for life." adrianne's run will be more than just another inspiring act. she will be running the marathon raise money, and awareness for limbs for life. an organization that prorodes prosthetics for a lifetime to amputees who cannot afford them. (nat sound) adrianne is a professional dancer, and the last time we saw her at the finish line was when she returned to the scene of so much pain, to dance away the nightmare. the healing is an ongoing process, and running the 120th boston marathon will be yet another step ... a 26-point-two mile victory lap. (adrianne haslet/marath on bombin

todd kazakiewich has the story. 3 ( sofia andrade / helped homeless man ) "i legitly had like two bucks left in my pocket, and i bought a scratch on the scratch ticket."sofia andrade says her fortune soon got even better than that.she had an immediate opportunity to give back.sofia was at a stop sign in new bedford when she saw glenn williams, a man who has been homeless for three years.he was panhandling saturday night in the bitter cold.( sofia andrade / helped homeless man ) "i knew that the money never really belonged to me, that this money was meant to help him." sofia called glenn over to her car and drove him to a coffee shop.( sofia andrade / helped homeless man ) "at no time did i ever feel threatened by him. he was so overwhelmed by just the generosity of a coffee that he just couldn't stop crying."she did a lot more than buy him a coffee.after this single mom learned that local shelters had no bed space, she used her scratch ticket winnings to get a motel room for glenn close to her home in wareham.( glenn williams / homeless ) "it's emotional."( glenn williams / homeless ) "

the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is on the field with a pretty impressive backdrop. >> good morning and welcome to mount fenway. they have been building it. you can see there is a groomer in the corner. every day either, a giant ski jump in center field and skiers and snowboarders will hit the slopes showing off over centerfield. we caught some of the practice round yesterday. polartec big air is a two day event featuring athletes from 25 countries. that ramp is 100-40 feet high taller than the park' s light towers. >> i' m really excited. you step on top and look down to the fans and do a trick and slide into home plate. it will be sick. >> it many of these olympic will be sick. many of these olympic hopefuls are hoping the high profile venue will bring more attention to their sport. big air runs for two days here at fenway. i want to try this thing out but they won' t let me. decide my -- despite my skiing ability, i would probably wind up on the mass pike. randy: you would be sick. come on. randy: the t, reconsidering a policy to give discounted rides to some passengers. emily: b

the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is live at the state house where lawmakers are in session today. todd: the question this morning , will we see senator bryan joyce here. there' s been no sign of him at the state house, at his home or at his law offices, where that raid took place. as you take a loo k at the video from yesterday, you can see fbi agents methodically combed through joyce' s law office in canton collecting bags of evidence including what they loaded boxes and bags into vans as the fbi and the irs continue to investigate the state senator. last month, he agreed to pay nearly $5,000 for using campaign money to throw a graduation party for his son. and the state ethics commission is investigating tens of thousands of dollars of free dry cleaning the owner of a randolph store says joyce received over the course of a decade. the state republican party is calling on joyce to resign but governor baker won' t go that far. >> the issues that are raised here are troubling to view can with. the voters get to make the call with respect to continue to serve or not. todd: joyce' s d