get her coat off the pile, not knowing that i'm underneath the pile, having me own party with vanessa-- ha-ha. and then the guest reaches for what she thinks is her umbrella... (both) but it wasn't. yeah, you already told me that one. some new moves. anyway, you should leave. audrey's gonna be here any second, and i am surprising her with a luxurious getaway weekend. this place looks pretty expensive. what are you gonna do, drive by it on the way to motel 6? check out the last page. okay, here we go. all for $199 once you've enjoyed otherwise known as the jeff bingham special. yeah, yeah, that's right. jeff, one; system, nothing. dude, those salespeople are, like, crazy aggressive. at least, the guy that sold me my timeshare in gary, indiana was. so you gonna tell audrey? yeah. eventually. oh, jeff. how nice, you bought me a garden gnome. i cherish our moments together. hey, baby, you've been working hard lately, and don't think i haven't noticed. god, ever since trish left, you know, i've had such a full plate-- hang on, i'm doing something here. check this out. you, me, this weekend. th

. >> reporter: vanessa has been living her for two years. you talked through the whole event. >> well, my tour -- >> reporter: so you're like this in real life? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: the experience is even more like marion keith. she got the opportunity to return home. >> you recognize the house? >> wait a minute. oh, don't say that. most beautiful area in the emotion. she felt something. >> absolutely. other people in the room felt it and those are powerful moments that picture will provide. >> who did this? >> reporter: in a follow-up interview, we asked keith about her experience, but she strug tooled take us back to that precise moment. what does that tell you is happening? >> without us being there, she wouldn't remember that her husband worked on the back of her house. virtual reality allows us to spark that new memory. >> thank you. >> nothing can ever replace human touch and interaction. >> reporter: neurologist says the brain is a complex organ that benefits from real connection. the place. it needs to be a able to taste the pla

. >> reporter: vanessa has been living her for two years. you talked through the whole event. >> well, my tour -- >> reporter: so you're like this in real life? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: the experience is even more like marion keith. she got the opportunity to return home. >> you recognize the house? >> wait a minute. oh, don't say that. most beautiful area in the she felt something. >> absolutely. other people in the room felt it and those are powerful moments that picture will provide. >> who did this? >> reporter: in a follow-up interview, we asked keith about her experience, but she strug tooled take us back to that precise moment. what does that tell you is happening? wouldn't remember that her husband worked on the back of her house. virtual reality allows us to spark that new memory. >> thank you. >> nothing can ever replace human touch and interaction. >> reporter: neurologist says the brain is a complex organ that benefits from real connection. >> it needs to be able to feel the place. it needs to be a able to taste the place. >> re

did not know the couple and say they neverrsaw the teen outside but he left her with david and vanessa ha on the door. many in the community are just finding out about this abuse case and they are horrified to learn the details. according to court documents the 17-year-old was not in school or did not see a doctor for eight years. there are a lot of kids in this neighborhood and parents do not understand how someone could allegedly do this to their own i think i would be a bad parent. >> reporter: when police searched the house they found doctors records from of the boy was seven years old. at that time he with 90 pounds. that is two pounds more than what he weighed at age 17. i reached out to the autism society of colorado and they say kids with autism are more likely to be abused. liz gelardi denver7. >> they gave both f on that. >>> two carjackings are under investigation. police releases photo on the man that pulled a knife outside of a best buy and tried to steal a man's car. and this man is wanted in connection with a carjacking in weld county. he was in a silver chevrolet >>> take

vanessa has been living here for two years. you talked through the whole event. >> my tourist asked 100 questions. >> reporter: so you're like this in real life? >> oh, >> reporter: and marion keith got the opportunity to return home. >> you recognize the house? >> wait a minute. oh, don't say that. >> reporter: you touched off her >> absolutely. other people in the room felt it and those are extremely powerful moments. that 2 d picture will provide. >> who did this? >> reporter: in a follow-up interview, we asked keith about her experience, but she struggled to take us back to that precise moment. what does that tell you is happening? >> it's a spark. without us bringing her there, she wouldn't have neighborhood she walked in and her husband worked on the back of her house. virtual reality allows us to spark that. >> nothing can ever replace human touch and human interaction. >> reporter: neurologist says while virtual reality does indeed have the power to stimulate, the brain is a complex organ. the place, taste the place. >>

((vanessa murphy)) phil kohn has been heading the clark county public defender's office for twelve years. ((phil kohn/clark county public defender: we have been fighting this battle for a long time.)) ((vanessa murphy)) the i-team obtained a list of the 81 inmates on death row in nevada. 40 are identified as white.... 40 non-white and one is unknown. as for age..... 12 are listed as under 20 years crime... and mental status is unavailable. ((kohn: it's incredibly troubling...they are very young and almost every one of them have some type of mental illness or brain damage.)) ((vanessa murphy)) what's also referred to in the report: overzealous prosecution. ((phil: it is my belief is is absolutely the culture of the da's office.)) ((vanessa murphy)) wolfson has reduced the number of death penalty cases since his predecessor. he tells us 40 are pending in clark county rig have been sentenced to death. those numbers to kohn still aren't good enough. ((phil: there's no reason for it.)) ((steve wolfson/clark county district attorney: there's a lot of victims. and family members of victims that

the i-team's vanessa murphy has a closer look at what's unfolding in one local condo complex. ((arlene christensen/resident: if i had a million dollars tomorrow, i'd stay right arlene christensen has lived at the casablanca condominiums in las vegas for more than a decade.... ((arlene: it's amazing. i love living here.)) ((vanessa murphy)) but what she describes as usually an oasis....is anything but these days. ((arlene: no power. no nothing.)) ((vanessa murphy)) for more than a month....that means no air conditioning during the hot summer days in ten units of this age 55 plus living community. ((arlene: i kind of thought seniors were special. (laughs))) ((vanessa murphy)) instead there are extension cords in the hallway to at least ke ((arlene: i've got it in here... )) ((vanessa murphy)) while residents like arlene are displaced.... ((mary ann berry/board director: this is the meter that blew out. )) ((vanessa murphy)) and the homeowners association scrambles to fix electrical damage caused by a fire on a august 13th. ((mary ann: this one! (sound) completely destroyed!)) ((

great place. >> vanessa: developing tonight. congress has voted to override a veto bill by president obama that would help 9-11 victims get more closer. what this now means for their families coming up at 5:30 p.m. >> mark: new developments in the missing malaysian airliner. up next, the country allegedly fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mrs. wagner's car to arrive for the airport, she can use fios to download the movie "up in the air" to watch while she's...up in the air. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now get our best offer ever, super fast 100 meg internet, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. can a toothpaste do everything well? this clean was like - pow. it felt like i had just gone to the dentist. it just kind of like, wiped everything clean. my teeth are glowing. they look great. they are so white. crest hd 6x cleaning. 6x whitening. and at two w

vanessa welch. it happened around 4:00 p.m. today at the intersection of central and washington streets. ted daniel has been speaking to witnesses and piecing together what happened out there. ted? >> the reporter: vanessa and will only tell us right now that a male has been shot, all the other information that weaver reporting this afternoon is coming from witnesses, including a woman who was inside the cvs when this happened. this is the scene here, police have temporarily closed the store, however, they are now aleading and suggestive people to pick up prescriptions from the drive through. this happened about two hours ago, near the front of the store, where the cash registers are. shot at least once in the upper arm or shoulder. several other young adults were seen running out of the store, immediately following that gunfire. we don't know what sparked the violence, but a witness tells me, she heard people arguing, followed by two loud pops. >> it was more like surprise, i think, for most people, they didn't really, you know, know what was happening. and it was pretty calm, i think, you know, what

vanessa has a look at hot clicks this morning. >>vanessa: yeah. i get the honors again this morning. we're going to get to first video which is too cute for words so we'll just show it to >> i'm cute. i'm cute. i'm cute. i'm cute. i'm cute. >> do you like your outfit? >>laura: the pep talk. >>vanessa: we all need that confidence. this is audrey. her mom shared video of her giving herself a pep talk in front of a mirror. she's repeating, "i'm cute" over >> you're beautiful. no. i'm cute. >>vanessa: she said she's beautiful and smart and i'll bet she is. on facebook her mom says she's happy to see how many people are smiling because of this. >>laura: she likes the new outfit. >>vanessa: animal print is so in right now. we'll get to this. a high school psychology teacher has come up with a list of 101 ways to cope with stress. it's gone viral. some of the suggestions, pretty simple like number 22 which i smile. that does help. other ones are maybe odd. number 24, tickle a baby. others include dance the jig, walk in the rain, teach a kid to fly a kite

vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. hours of a the 22-year-old -- after the 22-year-old came ashore, there are several late breaking developments. his home in vermont has been searched and there is a new report he was grandfather's unsolved murder. >> vanessa: that's not all. fox 25 has team coverage, including nathan carmen's calls to help from the coast guard, but we'll begin with bob ward and this is now a criminal investigation. >> the reporter: yes. we now know that this is a criminal investigation, and we now know that nathan carmen is the focus of that criminal investigation. coast guard investigators interviewed nathan carmen here at headquarters for hours and i'm told, he had an opportunity be that hours before this sit-down in boston, rhode island police were searching his home in vernon, vermont and according to a search warrant, a south kingston rhode island detective writes, nathan's boat was in need of mechanical repair and nathan had been conducting a portion of these repairs upon his own volition, which could have potentially rendered his boat unsafe. the investigation revealed that nathan intended to farther offshore in a different loc

the i-team's vanessa murphy is taking a closer look at what critics are saying...... and has more with a response from the d-a. ((steve wolfson/clark county district attorney: we don't select the people that commit homicides. we don't look at the race of the ((vanessa murphy)) district attorney steve wolfson responding to criticisms of his office's use of the death penalty.... the problems: unfair punishment of the mentally ill and young defendants - along with racial bias according to researchers at harvard law school. they studied the use of the sentence across the country and zeroed in on clark county. ((phil: i agree with what this report say. clark county public defender's office for twelve years. ((phil kohn/clark county public defender: we have been fighting this battle for a long time.)) ((vanessa murphy)) the i-team obtained a list of the 81 inmates on death row in nevada. 40 are identified as white.... 40 non-white and one is unknown. as for age..... 12 are listed as under 20 years old when they committed the crime... and mental status is unavailable. ((kohn: it's i

the computer issue has been >> mark: new at 5:00 p.m., parents trying to take care for a child with a concussion could be making matters worse. >> vanessa: jacqueline feld has details of a new study that some parents may be relying on outdated advice. >> the reporter: school is back in session and along with it, the fall sports season, as more kids suit up, the chance of an injury, like a concussion increases. studies on parents caring for a overreacting. >> they're doing this with good intentions. they want to make sure their child's long-term health is positive and they don't have what can be some terrible consequences from repeated head trauma. >> the reporter: a national survey by ucla health finds three out of four parents said they would likely wake their child up throughout the night to check on them. the symptoms lasted for more than a week. the survey says that could do more harm than good. memory after a concussion. all those factors could be impacted if kids woke up every several hours. 84% of parents said they were likely to make their children refrain from any physical activity. >> isolating them can actually lead to other

>> mark: coming up at 5:00 p.m., why the death of two family pets in the same area has people coincidence. >> vanessa: plus, a second grader starts to scream and cry after being bullied in class. up next, the shocking way the school handled it that now has marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! s?? polo! marco...! polo! scusa? ma io sono marco polo, ma... marco...! playing "marco polo" with marco polo? surprising. ey amanda and keith saved by switching to geico. ahhh... polo. marco...! polo! fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. polo! fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios, this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in, i know it's in, it's in but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that's going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes...mr. mcenroe. see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. oh, absolutely. i like that. >> mark: defense secretary ash cartser says the international community must redouble the pressure on north

obviously many issues that vanessa has to talk about this morning. absolutely i will touch on skyway bridge in just a moment by the way is coved. but i'm going to show you live picture in just a second. we are getting an updated list of pasco county roadway that is closed. i just want to read a couple streets. have them on my facebook page and twitter at fox 13 traffic. but we are seeing, out of new port richey closures here green key read at channelside. new port richey as well green key manner beach river view grand boulevard all way to oak ridge. out of hudson, hudson avenue guava street. old dixie highway sea ranch. just to name a few. there are a couple other ones that i can't get to. but like i said you can check that out on social media live look closed, lots of wind. we saw camera being batted around by rain and wind. you can even see out on water itself looks pretty choppy. so, drivers will take 75 in the meantime. closure here bay shore boulevard out of south tampa area bay to bay to flat platt street. that is still closed. and then some fl

has ever seen, but she packed a punch. towns beaten and battered for hours. this historic village of cedar key bore the brunt of hermine's wrath. vanessa edmonds has lived through dozens of hurricanes. she was prepared for the worst. there is a lot of clearing up to be done, but her home and business is intact. >> it was really bad here. worst i can remember. i have lived here all my life so far. and it's bad. reporter: work is underway to restore power and clean water to this part of florida. tens of thousands of homes lost supplies. but there is an added risk. this state also has the zika water canstanding help the mosquitoes breed. >> it is incredibly important than everyone does their part to combat the zika virus by jumping dumping standing water, no matter how small. reporter: the tropical storm is barreling its way up the east coast from georgia, the carolinas, threatening further flooding. in some places, hurricane hermine has left in her wake a trail of utter devastation. but the warnings were in place, and days of preparations had been made. and the people of this know this storm could have been a lot worse. laura: and the ea

. >> cnn money's vanessa has the story in this week's story of agility and action. >> reporter: thisg is becoming the old way of doing things. ecommerce is nipping at the heels of brick and mortar retail sales because online retailers know you better. they can track your every move, what we like what we buy and how we shop. but a new heat mapping technology called prism is evening the playing fields for brick and mortar stores like rachel schekman's. >> we're on the edge of retail armageddon, which may be a little extreme but i think what would amazon be without insights and analytics? >> reporter: if you can't track them while they shop customers might as well be invisible. prism figured out how to use security cameras to capture shopper's motions's what they touch, which way they entered and which area they liked most. >> red is good or bad? >> red is busy. >> these guys understand their customers through what they do, what they click and go on. retailers need to understand that as well. so we get that same kind of data. >> there's about 25 things on this table. how do you know wha

where the i-team's vanessa murphy has extended coverage on the shooting... including an exclusive interview with the paramedics who were first to arrive on the scene of the shooting./// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> new information tonight... of nellis air force base last month. investigators say a civilian contractor was flying the vietnam war- era jet last month... when the steering failed. the pilot was forced to eject as he lost power approaching the runway back on august 18-th... he made it out okay. the pilot was returning after taking part in an air combat role-playing exercise over the nevada test and training range./// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> opening statements got underway in the trial of the bundy brothers and several others... for their standoff at a national his client did not conspire to impede u-s government workers... which is the main charge against him. instead... the lawyer says the 41- day occupation was a legitimate attempt to take possession of the refuge. also in court... ammon's brother ryan delivered his own opening statement today.... s

haynes, fox 25 news. >> mark: new at 6:00 p.m., its buries redevelopment authority has a new name. >> vanessa: as of today, it's now called the boston planing and development agency. it's more than just a name change and redefined mission. the director says it all represents a cultural shift that has taken place at the agency. a homeless shelter in boston will now cater only to men. shaddock shelter in jamaica plain had been hope to men and women for more than 30 years. but the shelter decided to transition to a men only facility after determi conditions there were less than ideal for women. about two dozen women were transferred to the pine street inn last month. >> mark: there is a new call to get mbta buses on the road for late night service. it's even offering to help the t study the demand for late night service. supporter says it's important for people who work overnights, especially those in the health care industry. >> vanessa: tonight, ride share company uber says its new uber is partnering with a startup called circulation to help get patients to their doctor's appointments. for qua

vanessa welch. >> and i'm mark ockerbloom. fox 25's ted daniel has been in abington covering this story. police began taking down the crime tape around the home. >> yeah, mark and vanessa it looks like investigators are done for the night. the 11-year-old victim is an elementary school student here in abington. he and a friend were messing around with a gun this afternoon when they ended up taking a bullet >> reporter: beverly mccollough still shaken by what she witnessed this afternoon at the home right next to hers. >> they put him in the back of an ambulance and he was crying real hard. he -- he was covered with blood. >> reporter: a chilling sight following what investigators describe as a tragic accident. it happened a little before 4:00 this afternoon inside this linwood street home from skyfox you can see two >> it was a rifle or handgun? >> at this point -- it's handgun. but we're going to investigate everything. >> reporter: plymouth county d.a. tim cruz tells fox 25 two 11-year-old boys were playing with the handgun when it went off striking one of the boys in the face. cruz dec

. >> vanessa: fox 25 has been looking in to the case for months. jacqui heinrich with the story you'll see only on fox 25. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, we have been working on this case for months, after we received a tip, and tonight, we can tell you, 57-year-old robert mcneal of pembroke is facing several charges, multiple counts, of indecent assault and battery on a disabled person. according to the occurred over the last two years. according to court documents, that fox 25 investigates obtained, mcneal was working for care well adult day wellness center, when the alleged incidents occurred. the state police began their investigation back in july, and the crimes allegedly date back to 2014, involving patients ranging in age from their 60's to their 80's. court documents revealed mcneal is a veteran, and worked for care well transporting elderly and disabled patients to and from he's now facing charges out of hingham and plymouth district court. we did reach out to care well for comment, but we have not heard back from them. as we understand

>> reporter: vanessa has lived here two years. meaningful for seniors like marion keith. she got the opportunity to return home. >> do you recognize the house? >> well, wait a minute. don't say that. the best area in the world. >>or emotions. she felt something. >> absolutely. the other people in the room felt it and those are extremely powerful moments that 2d picture this will provide. >> who did this? >> reporter: in a follow-up interview, we asked keith about her experience. but she he struggled to take us back to that precise moment. what does that tell you is happening? >> a spark. she wouldn't have had those memories and she wouldn't have remembered the neighborhood she walked in and the fact her husband worked on the back of her house. virtual reality allows us to spark that new memory. >> thank you. it was fun. thank you. >> nothing could ever replace human touch and human interaction. >> reporter: neurologist debbie says while virtual wall reality does, indeed, have the power to stimulate, the brain is a complex organ that benefits from the texture of the place.

. >> vanessa: kerry is live in charlestown and his family is hoping the story will actually help the criminal investigation, because so far, no one has been arrested. >> the reporter: and vanessa and ock, four months ago, this man was in a coma, as you've seen, he's made such great progress here in rehab. the case however, not making a lot of progress. police hoping bringing the case forward will compel someone to come forward. >> do you know who hurt your 207-year-old robbie mclaughlin in late june, the scar on his head still visible. as fox 25 news reported in may, the swampscott man was with friends at this bar, there was an altercation, bouncers were taking robbie out when families believed someone attacked him from behind. >> someone came in, it was like robbie, i think robbie is dead. >> the reporter: robbie's brother says he next saw his brother on the ground, bloody and unconscious. >> i saw him on the ground, i was basically, like, there's a good chance my brother is dead right now, and so is like a miracle. >> the reporter: after waking from the coma, robbie couldn't speak or walk, but slowly, motor skills returned. this is

((vanessa murphy)) arlene christensen has lived at the casablanca condominiums in las vegas for more than a decade.... ((arlene: it's amazing. i love living here.)) ((vanessa murphy)) but what she describes as usually an oasis....is anything but these days. ((arlene: no power. no nothing.)) ((vanessa murphy)) for more than a month....that me the hot summer days in ten units of this age 55 plus living community. ((arlene: i kind of thought seniors were special. (laughs))) ((vanessa murphy)) instead there are extension cords in the hallway to at least keep the fridge running.... ((arlene: i've got it in here... )) ((vanessa murphy)) while residents like arlene are displaced.... ((mary ann berry/board director: this is the meter that blew out. )) ((vanessa murphy)) and the homeowners association scrambles to fix electrical damage caused by a fire on a august 13th. ((mary ann: this one! (sound) completely destroyed!)) ((vanessa murphy)) sparking from an electrical meter. acting board president bill brown says while the exact cause of the fire is unknown.... the problem with getting the po

vanessa: this morning, the u.s. senate marks the upcoming 15-year anniversary of 9-11 with a moment of silence. >> the house has plans to vote anonymous a bill to benefit the survivors' family and joining us now is jason law with what that will happen new at 5:00 p.m. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, a top republican aid tomorrow. it would allow families to sue saudi arabia in american courts for any role in the attacks. lawmakers think allowing lawsuits against foreign governments may answer lingering questions about who financed the hijackers. congressman steven lynch from south boston serves on the oversight and government reform committee, which oversees the department of defense and homeland security. >> i think it will educate us all if a very detailed manner about what led up to the attacks on i don't think that's generally known right now among the public. >> the reporter: the senate has already unanimously approved that 9-11 lawsuit bill. in the control room, jason law, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: the iconic american flag that disappeared from the rubble at the world trade center following 9-11 has reportedly

(vanessa) the app has launched in 15 states..and locally, it's already being used at berkeley prep in tampa.. for schools that can't afford the full app, the company has also developed a free "call in" program that's available now for ?any school. ((vanessa)) for a bike ride, thinking it would be smooth and easy. not so much... ((walter)) just ahead: the creepy i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cutting russia's nuclear arms. we've got to bring people together. that's how you solve problems and that's what it's 5:--, on thursday, september 22nd. i'm walter allen.((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes... if you're just waking up... is was another wild, chaotic night in charlotte, north carolina... (vanessa the governor overnight declared a state of emergency, and called-in the national guard. hundreds of protesters left the area after police fired flash grenades and t

has autism and wrote that he had no friends. now he's realizing that he does have friends all around the world. reporter vanessa freeman has this story. >> the depth of a father's love on full display seeing his sons happy. >> dvds. >> oh my goodness. >> it was that love and overwhelming emotion that led bob cornell use to share a picture of an assignment sheet his youngest son filled out at school. when asked some of your friends are, he wrote no one. >> i was hurt. i was devastated. the only solution i could come up with was raising awareness and having parents talk to their kids and about kind and including those that are different than them. >> since that post on monday it's been shared thousands of times. now people around the world are showering christopher who is on the autism spectrum with cards and packages. >> happy day christopher. from friend tim. look at that. >> letting him know he has friends all over the world. and friday afternoon shipment is just the first. >> it's overwhelming. just the number of cards. and we're going to answer all of them. it's going to take months. but for him i'm really h

profiler says the man who killed vanessa marcotte made a big mistake. it has been one month since vanessa was killed. o'toole says the killer has likely been under a lot of stress over the last month worried about clues he left behind in an outdoor crime scene. o'toole says investigators are looking at other less violent incidents known as nuisance crimes that have happened in the area. that might point to a pattern of behavior. >> predatory behavior doesn't just pop up in somebody's repertoire of behavior wheeze 25 years of age. that was behavior that starts a long time ago. >> investigators say they have receive 1,000 tips in marcotte's murder. >>> a salem police officer is suing after losing part of her ear during an arrest. this woman emma wylie is accused of biting off the officer's ear a month ago. the officer suing for negligence and civil battery. she's also going after the restaurant's corporate owner for serving alcohol to wylie who is only 19 years old. the officer is asking for lost income, medical expenses and money for her injury. >>> the future

((vanessa murphy)) arlene christensen has lived at the casablanca condominiums in las vegas for i love living here.)) ((vanessa murphy)) but what she describes as usually an oasis....is anything but these days. ((arlene: no power. no nothing.)) ((vanessa murphy)) for more than a month....that means no air conditioning during the hot summer days in ten units of this age 55 plus living community. ((arlene: i kind of thought seniors were special. (laughs))) ((vanessa murphy)) instead there are extension cords in the hallway to at least keep the fridge running.... ((arlene: i've got it in here... )) ((vanessa murphy)) while residents like arlene are displaced.... ((mary ann berry/board director: this is the meter that blo )) ((vanessa murphy)) and the homeowners association scrambles to fix electrical damage caused by a fire on a august 13th. ((mary ann: this one! (sound) completely destroyed!)) ((vanessa murphy)) a clark county fire report decribes smoking, popping, and sparking from an electrical meter. acting board president bill brown says while the exact cause of the fire is unknown..

we are told the victim has serious injuries, but is expected to survive. >> vanessa: on the campaign trial now, bernie sanders stumped on behalf of hi the first time the senator campaigned for hillary clinton. he was at the afl-cio labor day breakfast in manchester and sanders told the crowd on every issue, hillary clinton is the better candidate. both candidates for president making appearances in must-win ohio today. they're plane sat just a few hundred feet apart from one another. hillary clinton who flew to ohio with the press has been donald trump and rung made make pence held a round table meeting in brook park. >> mark: rough surf on the cape frommer hermine tonight, but that did not stop surfers in chatham. >> vanessa: ahead, we'll tell you what made the swells too dangerous today, even for these daredevils. >> kevin: it's going to continue to be like that for a few more days. the storm wants to spin around to our south and make a pass near nantucket. >> mark: plus, spending labor day, talking about big labor and ed question ahead, on a vote this fios is not cable. we're wire

. >> vanessa, tonight there has been no arrest. in the meantime, methuen police, we could tell you that there is a murder warrant out. we spoke to some neighbors of the ex-boyfriend that tell us they just found him on friday spending quality time with his son. amelio delarosa is the ex-boyfriend of the slain rosa. >> i saw like four police officers parking over there. >> reporter: those living and working near delarosa tell fox 25 they are uneasy knowing there's a warrant out for delarosa's arrest for murder. many people never know. >> rosa was found dead early methuen apartment, rosa and delarosa share a 4-year-old boy named ethan together. in 2011, rosa said, quoted, i'm scared for my life along with my child's life. neighbor rodriguez, a friend of rosa's, says she remembers hearing the same story. >> she was scared of him, you know. i never knew they got back >> reporter: delarosa had recently been released after kidnapping her and a child when he was just an infant. friends tell us the two had recently reconciled so they can ha

. >> vanessa: fox 25's robert goulston has been going through the numbers and foun dry. >> we need to find a better way to monitor it. >> the reporter: the ticket is for $100, a civil infraction for being in possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. police departments have been giving them out since the state decriminalized small amounts of marijuana back in 2008. >> when the law passed, there was no real mechanism to recoup the money. >>> the paid fines go into we pulled the unpaid citations from several towns. norwood has more than $14,000 in unpaid citations, since 2011. canton, more than $10,000 since 2009. walpole, $4,000 in the past year and a half. in weymouth, we pulled both numbers, going back to 2011, $3,000 in fines were paid, nearly $10,000 are unpaid. the way the ballot initiative was written, the fine can only go up to $100, no late fees, so the only way a town or city going to court. >> some agencies have decided to file a small claims case to try to recoup the money. >> the reporter: people we talked to are on both sides of the fence as far as what to do. >> if you

the players lost his dad who was a longtime favorite. >> vanessa: dozens of firefighters showed up to let the team know he is not alone. he has a big firefighter family behind him. ted daniel was there for the sweet surprise. ted? >> vanessa and mark, the whittier wildcats just wrapped up a game against the pirates from hull, it's the first j.v. matchup of the season, and the haverhill fire department came yeah, there's even something better than the game. take a look. about 30 offduty haverhill firefighters came out to cheer on number 92, sophomore j.v. captain joseph cahill iv, in march, cahill lost his father unexpectedly. joseph cahill iii was only 51 years old when he died. his passing left a big hole in the cahill family and the haverhill fire department. joseph haveil haverhill firefighter for 20 years before his recent retirement. >> we knew this was such a big part of joe's life and little joe, they've been playing football together -- he's been coaching him, helping him since he's been little and came to every game for him and this is the first game of the year, we thought we would show him support, since his dad ca

vanessa: what are you doing? getting ready to do some clicks. sometimes we forget celebrities are people, too. many of them are also parents, including britney spears. she has two boys and they like to pull pranks. in the first hot click, they steal mom's phone for a surprise. >> we're about to scare the heck she's going to go -- she's walking. >>vanessa: you know that feeling where something sneaks up on you? >>jennifer: i love doing that. look how big her boys are. >>vanessa: i know, right? that's priceless. they took record her terrified reaction when shawn jumps out of nowhere and screams at her. >>jennifer: she fell to the floor. >>vanessa: luckily she's a cool mom and posted the video on instagram and it's going viral. can we leave britney alone? >>jennifer: cute. >>vanessa: michigan man wants the world to know who he is voting for. spelling it out. he decided to mow trump on his eight acre property. the entire creation spans more five hours to complete over the weekend. quite the ad right there. and this one. >>russell: here we go. >>vanessa: this one russell has been waiting for. tomorrow is national coffee day. for some of us, every day is national

((vanessa murphy)) boulder city has been criticized for its exclusivity....me aning small town politics....and playing favorites... the spotlight today was on the city clerk, attorney, and manager...as they were reviewed on their job performance by the mayor and city council publicly... he received criticism for - in the mayor's words - "running from the media" and was advised to continue working on anger management. fraser issued a statement to the i-team which says in part "i'll take to heart what was said today and explore ways to implement the council's priorities." the city attorney who faced heavy criticism during his last job performance received mostly positive feedback this time for making changes to better his job performance... and the city clerk also received ((vanessa murphy)) but what kept coming up - from the council - how awkward this process is... to be evaluated on job performance publicly. the city manager clearly not happy at the beginning of his review as he addressed the council explaining he think the process is inappropriate. reporting in the newsroom, vanessa mu

>>vanessa: the video has been viewed more than 200,000 times on facebook. one of the viewers was pat's long lost brother. they haven't seen each other almost 70 years. >>jennifer: get out. wow. and a little music. >>russell: nice. >>vanessa: how about this? look at that. separation is not official until your wax figures are separated as well. m madame tussaud has split the wax figures. jolie is near nicole pitt is hanging out with morgan freeman, his costar in the movie "7." >>russell: who is that in the middle? it kind of looked like jim carrey. i don't know. >>vanessa: we have to move on. a new pizza hut pizza is begging the question. how much cheese do you really need? >>jennifer: might be too much. >>vanessa: you're not digging this? >>jennifer: no. cheese stuffed pizza. >>russell: okay. >>vanessa: i like this. i love cheese. >>russell: yep. >>jennifer: leave my plain pizza alone. >>russell: do you want cheese on the plain pizza? >>vanessa: the crust as you saw there, pizza stuffed with cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, melted butter, a large one topping,

. >> vanessa: this cellphone video has been seen more than 700,000 times on facebook. it shows a child left in a car all alone, strapped into a car seat. facing charges. fox 25's malini basu joins us live in new bedford, where the family is defending the mom. malini? >> the reporter: they are, vanessa. here we are at gas express in new bedford. police say that young mother, went into the store to get something, she left her child in the car in this back parking lot. tonight, we are argue from a relative of the mother that will be charge in this case. >> this young girl pulls up, with her newborn in the car. >> the reporter: the man who upset over this. >> leaving the baby in the car and goes into the store. >> the reporter: he then posted the three-minute video on facebook. >> absolutely [beep] ridiculous. >> the reporter: new bedford police picked up on the video and are now charging the mother. >> oh, by the way, her car is running too. >> the reporter: they say, briana mcgraff ran in to gas express' convenience store to buy; all while the infant was left in the car.

. >> and i'm vanessa welch. blair miller has new video from inside hermine. let's begin first with fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist ken kevin ken to break down this new advisory for us. all 65 miles per hour means it's down a little bit but it's clearly transitioned to such. it's a wide storm throwing bands of rain back toward us and track out this track toward the rest then circling around toward us but ending wednesday 8:00 part of the national hurricane center is going with this even if there's something left it to after that it's just not worth tracking anymore. so the thought is because of with this slow drift and this storm is just going to kind of well, fizzle itself out eventually. rain itself out. meanwhile we'll still get bands of rain to come on shore. this is what i mean the storm is still circulating around but a lot of the rain is well off to the south and west of it. there's no center of rain all around it anymore very close to the center. these are all signs we look for for a weakening system or opening of the wave as we call it from t

any friends but as vanessa explains, he has lots of them. reporter: the depth of a father's love on full display. it was that love and overwhelming emotion that led bob to show a picture of an assignment sheet his son christopher filled out at school. among his favorite foods and colors, when asked some of your friends are, he wrote no one. >> i wa i was devastated. the only solution i could come up with was raising awareness and parents talking to their kids about being kind. reporter: since that post, its been shared thousands of times. now people are showering christopher who, is on the autism spectrum with gifts and packages letting him know he has friends all over the world. the first. >> it's overwhelming. the number of cards and we're going to answer all of them. it's going take months but for him, i'm happy. reporter: he hopes that long after the letters stop flooding in the message behind his facebook post carries on. >> all i can hope and ask for is that it hits home. >> what a great story there. >> the local postmaster said the fa

john monahan has more. vanessa, since they first voted this idea the opioid crisis has actually gotten worse and the city and around the state. two boston city councillors however proposed it again in a meeting at city hall. the 2% tax alcohol could potentially raise $20 million. and that money would go to treatment for opioid addiction. the money would fund shelters, addiction outreach and therapy. now there has been some opposition to the tax and other city councils. he is considered he says that the tax would push people to bars and restaurants outside the city. tonight we spoke to people who say 2% is not to pay and the opioid crisis is toond bad they would not mind paying a little more for alcohol if it helps. >> i think it's a very good idea. city. anything is good to help. >> reporter: still other people we talked to tonight agreed with one gentleman. only one person was against this idea. live in south boston tonight, john monahan, fox 25 news. >>> two months months towns taking water restrictions to the ne

has been working this story since it happened. have you learned some new details about the victim. >> reporter: we did, vanessa. friend tell us us that the victim has a great personality and everyone adored her. that car not only hit her but came into the parking lot and hit two other cars. >> reporter: witnesses tell fox 25 moments after a woman was mowed down at this crosswalk those around her tried to save her it. >> was pretty chaotic. there was a female that was struck by the vehicle and she was not breathing. c.p.r. >> reporter: it happen around 3:00 this afternoon in front of the busy rite aid main street. wilmington police say the 89-year-old driver hit the pedestrian and kept going into the pharmacy's parking lot where she hit two other cars. >> carried forward into the rite aid parking lot then hit several cars in the parking lot. >> reporter: employees at the mcdonald's drive-thru window heard the crash. >> we heard a crash and someone laying on the ground. >> reporter: and tonight that family friend tells us the victim here is a mother and she works nearby at a plaza over here. tonight police have no

uncovering a disturbing crack in the system that licenses school bus driver has been arrested on felony charges. >> reporter: vanessa, the issue here is the state has no way of monitoring crimes committed by school bus drivers in team time. in fact, fox -- in realtime. the state agency overseeing school bus drivers never suspended the license of one drive even after he was charged with raping a 12-year-old girl with autism. >> that made me sick to my stomach. >> reporter: parents furious. >> that somebody had thought that it was going to do what he did roar findin chris chasten was employed as a school bus driver at the same time police were preparing to arrest him for the rape of a 12-year-old girl with autism. but the department of public utilities, which licenses all school bus driver in the state, never suspended chasten's bus license. that 12-year-old girl didn't ride his bus and she's not a gardner student but parents said they should have been told about the crime. >> i was horrified because i don't have anybody else to drive my kid to school so i on him how many other bus drivers have they not tracked into.