the campus of umass amherst is reeling.remembers the day. to have a death happen, what was that like? >> it's incredibly shocking, it's heartbreaking. logan himself was incredibly well liked. he was a good student. it's stunning when something like this happens. >> reporter: the news spreads like wildfire, and piques the interest of fellow students like eric bosco, an earnest 21-year-old journalism major who dreams of a career at a big city newspaper. >> there was an e-mail sent out to the campus community telling us that a student had died in his off-campus apartment. but there was no information about how exactly he had died. i had been asking around and began to hear rumors. >> this story published -- >> reporter: eric is taking a class in investigative journalism with professor steve fox. eric and another classmate make the curious case of logan's death their class project. so you started sniffing around. how long did it take to start getting information? >> well, i went down to umass police and requested all documents

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randi joins us from umass memorial medical center. beautiful little babies there. doing? >> reporter: everybody's doing really well, anderson. paticia, the mother, went home today. the two little ones are here bep hind me. they're probably going to be here another week. she's anxious to get them home because she has three more children including, believe it or not, a 1-year-old. she's anxious for them to meet. one final note, they weren't the only babies born at the hospital during the blizzard machine night. we're told six other babies were born in the same time period from 4:00 p.m. to midnight, including another set of twins. >> incredible. randi, thank you very much. great report. >>> just ahead, former new england patriot aaron hernandez is back on trial for murder starting tomorrow. just how strong is the case against him next. bell's chunky soup. it's new chunky beer-n-cheese with beef and bacon soup. i love it. and mama loves you. ♪ ♪ e financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise now with the xfinity tv go app, you can watch live tv anyt

. >>> atlantic ten now, george washington women taking on umass. this was all colonials. first half they're up 14 jonquil jones, with this turn around jump gw is up ten at halftime. second half, hannah she drives nice floater. george washington they beat uman 69-54. they're now 16-2 on the season. >>> we mentioned the nfc championship game early on out to seattle now, the packers and seahawks are in overtime hawks were down 16-0 in the second quarter. they have come eight way into russell wilson proving he is an elite quarterback, not just a fluke. a lot of people on twitter. that was a great game. >> the winners will meet here in two weeks on nbc for the super bowl. we're all excited about that. >> absolutely. >>> that will will do it for us. " nightly" is up next. we'll see you at 11:00. have a great night. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is

joe's played umass on hawk hill the shot clock winding down.he shot and three pointer hit nothing but net. led the hawks with 25 points. they beat the minute men 62-56. more on deflate gate. investigation into allegation that the patriots have been using footballs inflated 2 pounds per square inch below n nfl requirements. it will be a major super bowl story as they take on the see hawk. inform fl has yet to respond but seattle defender richard sherman talked about the controversy. >> if it's against the rules it's against the rules. you see it's not going to have any effect on this game. you know, it's -- nobody will get suspended. nothing will happen. they're going to play this game. whatever they did the risk of reward was greater. >> zach rinaldo will have a hearing monday on this height hit. facing six game minimum suspension. le tank left the game with concussion symptoms. rinaldo is a repeat offense much he's been suspended twice for >>> two sisters give birth to daughters on the same day just hours apart at the same hospital. >> it's am

> reporter: but little gabriel couldn't quite wait long enough to make the shortrom park avenue to umass memorial on belmont street so one of the paramedics had to deliver him in the middle of the storm. >> he looks down he's like oh my god, oh my god you breached and i could tell he probably didn't deliver baby before. so we're both like looking at each other like oh my god, and he's on the phone, he's like your baby's coming. and then another big push my baby was out on the stretcher. >> reporter: she says a minute later they made it to the e.r. where aaliyah, not as adventure adventurous as her older brother, was delivered by doctors and nurses there. both are in the nic-u wing doing amazingly well. >>> i v. >> they're amazing. >> reporter: and she's in love. >> he's just looking around. hi my little angel. >> reporter: the babies should be able to go home with their mom next week. >>> at 5:00, the return of more wintry weather. >>> right now at 5:00, a wintry mix is sweeping in as people across our area make their way home. >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer is going to lead us off

i was at umass amhearst. it was not a big deal. it was more about tides than anything else.ere. the western part of massachusetts, it was not that big of a deal. we're still in the middle of this. i mean, you know it looks like we have a few more hours of this. i'm on the south shore of boston. i'd say we're at least around probably more than 20 right now. >> put this in perspective for me, for someone who's from here. i've been out here -- as you can see, crowds behind me dogs people tossing footballs. there's no getting around. i've talked to so many people late last night. they're enjoying it. those who can just hang out are hanging out. they're saying brooke this is boston, this is winter. when you look at the snow totals to me, this could be record setting. >> yeah when it ends the total could be. but this to me -- i mean i've had ten of these in my life i can think of. it doesn't seem that extraordinary to me. it seems like a bad winter storm. it was a blizzard with the wind conditions. you know you said it. we live in new england. i wrote a column today that was very

a professor with the center for terrorism and security studies at umass.kar tsarnaev was under the influence of his older brother who was killed in the shootout shortly thereafter. when he committed the attacks. is that a defense you think could work could be effective? >> i don't know if it's a defense in general that is effective. i know, that one of the members of his defense team judy clark, has been very successful in preventing death penalties in some of the most famous terrorism cases we've seen in the last ten years. eric rudolph, and the 20th 9/11 hijacker. so if she can get those guys off, i suspect that as a defense attorney she's very capable of playing on the jury's sympathies and also trying to create a narrative in which he might not be entirely responsible for his actions. >> how do you do that in a case like this? >> in the same way how do you do it for a 9/11 hijacker or susan smith who killed her own children? she's very good. she's able to find a variety of ways. for example, one of the interviews she gave talked about how check shens i

us in washington today and miya bloom, professor with center of terrorism and security studies at umass, lowell. explain the latest developments? >> well pretty significant developments. what's happened over the course of the past 24 hours isis put out a video online showing one of those japanese hostages kenji goto in that video posted online demands the jordanian officials release a female prisoner that's been held by the jordanian government since 2005 in exchange for his life. what has happened today is the jordanian government addressed that coming out and saying they are prepared to release this woman, is a jeetsajida al reshawy, in exchange for an isis pilot since december. it's not clear if they're agree to those new terms but jordanian officials believe they can try to secure the release of not only the japanese hostage as well at the jordanian pilot isis is currently holding. what is clear though is that the video that was posteded online showed the japanese hostage saying isis is willing to release him in exchange for the jordanian pilot. seems there are indirect negotiations