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good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. the students were at lunch recess when they saw him and we've been working this story all afternoon. fox 25's malini basu is live in andover tonight where police are asking for help in tracking him down. malini? >> the reporter: they sure are asking for help. they are asking for the public's help and we know investigators are going into the downtown area, to see where this man could be and once again, all of this happened during recess, when kids were outside and they shaw this man exposing himself. first, i want to get to a description of the man that police are looking for at this hour. we're being told the man is possibly driving a darker colored car and we also know that this happened once again, just around noon yesterday. this man is in his 20's, slender build, driving a silver or black sedan, it could be a honda or the man exposed himself right next to st. augustine elementary school on school street. students, once again, were at lunch reef zest, playing outside, when they saw

the average price had been trending higher this fall. >> vanessa: the u.s. department of transportation is working on new rules to regulate service animals on trains. right now, there are new clear people are taking advantage, passing off their pets as specially trained helpers. the d.o.t. says it is a safety concern, since pets don't get the staple in-depth training as service animals. one woman who relies on the service dog says she can immediately tell when someone is cheating the system. >> going to interact with me, so i kind of can tell they're guilty, kind of. i think they're making it more difficult for legitimate service dogs. >> vanessa: another big issue, the d.o.t. is tackling -- whether or not there should be a can be certified. we showed you video back in august here, of a person strolling through security with an emotional support monday keach the d.o.t. expects to have its new rules ready for public comment within the year. >> jason: good evening. right now, tracking some isolated light showers, coming through, so you might want to not much i

. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. this is leo and tonight he is under quarantine with animal control. that dog's future as the victims recover. jason, you spoke with one of the people attacked in his own yard. >> the reporter: that white huskie sent three people to the hospital today, a firefighter, animal control officer and a 75-year-old woman. tonight, brock done's mayor says he's seen enough. he wants the >> the reporter: eric's lower arm is bandaged up after he tried to separate his dog from this white huskie. huskie. >> when i went next to him and approached him, he latched on. >> the reporter: eric is one of the lucky ones, he didn't have to go to the hospital. eric heard his two dogs going crazy by his fence in his backyard. at that point he came out to see what was going on and he says the white dog jumped up and bit him right on the arm. police say leo attack three firefighter, an animal control officer and one of eric's 75-year-old neighbors. all three required medical attention at good samaritan hospital.

bob. >> reporter: vanessa and mark, this is the victim. this is 35 monique carter of she was a mother, she was a sister. she was found shot in the head back in 2004 by a kid heading to catch a school bus. sharice did not live in that building she was found. all of these years, police still don't have a motive for her death. i sat down with the lead detective on sharice's case. he tells me he believes there's someone out there who can identify sharice's killer. >> there were some theories on looked at best we could. but it becomes very difficult to bring some of these theories to an end when there are a lot of people that just won't share anything or any information with the police. >> reporter: there's a lot more to this case. tonight at 10:00, i'll speak with sharice's heart broken family. they're still just determined to find justice for sharice. >> vanessa: bob, do they have any theories of their own about >> reporter: they do have one theory it involves another crime. i'll get into that tonight at 10:00 on new england's unsolved. >> va

. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. the teenager is recovering and tonight we learned an arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect. the bullet went through a third story wall at a home on bellingham street. fox 25's chris flanagan is live outside of that apartment and chris, you spoke with the boy's mother who said her son was not alone at the time. >> the reporter: that's right, mark and vanessa, exactly, i got a text just a moment ago from a family friend saying that 13-year-old victim will be shortly, expected back here at his bellingham street apartment any moment now. the boy' mother telling us today when the son was shot, her 13-year-old son was shot, just moments before her 1-year-old grandson was in the room as well. she says the shooting could have been much, much worse. as his family returned home to their bellingham street home 13-year-old juan lopez delgado remains in the hospital, a bullet lodged in his shoulder after he was shot while in his touch any of his organs. >> the reporter: doctors not sure i

i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. fox 25's crystal haynes is in quincy and those kids just learned an important lesson that prepared them for something like this. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, i can tell you, it certainly came in handy. they actually learned how to evacuate from the bus just yesterday and while they were scared, they say that it came right in handy, they knew what to do. >> i saw a lot of smoke and it was really scary. and it was like really bumpy. >> the reporter: this quincy public school bus was taking roughly 30 kids home from the school after a half day when it struck a hydrant, utility pole and this s.u.v. pulling out into traffic, all before hitting this house on kidder street. >> it looks like there was an earthquake. everything is shaken up. occupants weren't home, but new at 6:00 p.m., south shore hospital tells fox 25 news,

good evening, eying vanessa welch. >> mark: -- i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. hurricane matthew proving to be a deadly force. the death toll rises in haiti. president obama declaring a state of emergency in florida as the potentially catastrophic storm approaches and airlines are cancelling hundreds of flights, impacting flights right here at logan. >> vanessa: we have team coverage for you tonight. chris flanagan live at the airport t. blair miller taking a closer look at florida's coastline as the storm gets closer. >> mark: let's go to fox 25 meteorologist kevin lemanowicz, with new information at in our on matthew's track. >> kevin: just came in a couple minutes ago. mark still at 140 miles per hour. it's moved though, it's moving northwest at 13 miles per hour. now, just offshore, grand bahama island, freeport and the bahamas. forecast by 2:00 a.m. to be very close to melbourne, florida. there's wiggle room here. whether or not it's going to come on shore there or stay just offshore. otherwise, huge implications either way. cape canaveral sticks out here c

hi everyone, i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. there is the last chance to see these two candidates go

good evening, i'm sloop. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. if the sox win, it's game over, season over. >> mark: that means tonight could be david or advertise' final game. we'll begin with sports director tom leyden. the pressure is on but the sox have been here before. >> they know how to come back from a 2-0 deficit, they've made their bed, now they have to sleep on it. it could be david ortiz' final game. kind of a weird vibe before the game as he walked out of the dugout on to the field. it could be the last time he does that. but the red sox could take bp, the gape is about to start minutes from now and when it on its mound. it's obviously the biggest start of his career. it's do-or-die, if they do not win today, the season is over and that may affect the mindset according to john farrell. >> what's transpired through the first two games is behind us, and all that the focus remains is on yesterday being today, or tomorrow, that's where we are today. you know, you can almost look at it like there's a little bit of a freedom in the fact t

new recommendations are out. >> vanessa: coming up at 5:45 p.m. tonight, what doctors suggest parents do now when putting their babies to bed. >> blair: a new look at football players an concussions. ahead at 5:00 p.m., the small changes in the brain that may happen sooner than we previously thought. >> vanessa: early voting began in massachusetts and several other states today. up next, what the numbers say you know me. that's new hampshire kelly ayotte. she voted for 20 billion dollars in tax breaks for the big oil companies. but she voted against letting you refinance your student loans. ayotte voted to give a huge tax breaks to millionaires. while 95% of us... got nothing. kelly ayotte. you need to know in washington. she's not working for new hampshire. ource, we prepare for ugly weather all year long... upgrading technology, managing vegetation, improving how we get information to you because we know you're counting on us. we're ready for winter, and we want to make sure you're ready, too. visit eversource.com to learn more and sign up for s

good evening, i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. donald trump not wasting any time blasting clinton, when he appeared in new hampshire minutes after this news broke. tonight, we have team coverage for you, chris flanagan on the campaign trail, with trump in granite state. but let's begin with jacqui heinrich, who investigation. >> the reporter: that's right. as you said, hillary clinton did not address the new investigation at a campaign stop in iowa, despite people in the crowd shouting questions at her, but her campaign did release a statement, pushing the f.b.i. to explain to the american people, what it is exactly that they're investigating. clinton's campaign wrote, it is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election. then went on to say, donald trump and his republican allies have been brow beating career

coming up. >> vanessa: the world's most decorated olympian was in boston today. up next, why michael phelps was i just want what's best for my kids. when i hear arguments that massachusetts needs more charter schools, i think: what about the students in all of our schools? every new charter takes away more money from the existing public schools. that's 400 million dollars, just last year. we can't afford to drain even more money from our kids' schools because they're already losing so much. i'm not just standing up for my own kids; i'm fighting for yours, too. ?? it'll be here before you know it. hello, halloween. it's the one night when everybody dresses up. and that includes dinner. it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. you can never tell from the outside just how many warm, flaky layers are on the inside. but let's just say it's more than ever. share the warmth of grands biscuits, now with even more flaky layers. >> vanessa: state election officials are urging voters to educate themselves before the early voting period begins next week. >> mark: s it the

be a nice quiet bye week. >> vanessa: so much for that. well, the school bus driver who crashed into a quincy home last week is facing charges. >> mark: coming up at 5:30 p.m., the jailtime he could serve, his driving record. >> kevin: temperatures dropping this evening under the clear, dark skies, or at least going to be dark very shortly. we'll follow the temperature drop hour-by-hour and talk about rain on the wave. >> vanessa: ahead at 5:00 p.m., we are live in sky fox, taking a every time a new charter opens, it takes money away from the regular public schools from students like mine. massachusetts schools already lose 400 million a year to charters and question two means we'll lose even more. the 96 percent of kids who don't attend a charter school. if you believe every child deserves a great public education, vote no on question two. joanne: she's not fooling me. britt: kelly ayotte sides with the special interests. vivian: now, she's even playing politic games with medicare. vo: kelly ayotte voted to cut medicare and cost seniors u

i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. we've been getting new information throughout the past hour as a matter of fact, but here is what we know right now. this is all happening on newburgh and belgrade avenue, a commuter rail train nearby has been stopped at the roslindale station, and has been searched by police. fox 25's kerry kavanaugh just got to the scene, has been talking to sources. kerry, what are you hearing? >> this is developing pretty quickly, it's a massive scene right here. mass state police are conducting what we believe was an illegal firearms operation. the operation was happening on newburgh street -- [inaudible] the entire street is blocked off. a few moments ago, we saw officers heading in to a home there, but we aren't clear exactly yet what they were searching the home for the state police representatives employing us with the latest video from the chopper, that there's an active search continuing right now -- [inaudible] so no officer, no deputies or state troopers were injured during this, we're ju

trouble on the t. >> vanessa: a courtroom takedown. fox 25's investigates obtains the exclusive video and asks why were you u.s. marshals tackling an unarmed man? >> and he saves lives, but now, this massachusetts doctors wants to end his own. >> i know what i'm probably going to go through and i want to have an option. >> mark: his compelling reason to fight for the right to die. >> vanessa: first at 6:00 p.m., ready or not, here it comes. snowflakes are falling right now in parts of massachusetts, the speed limit on the pike has been lowered to 40 miles per hour, between chicopee and the new york border, because of some slippery conditions and it here is why. fox 25 storm tracker radar lit up as the system moves in to our area. >> mark: some of you will see a few flakes. most of us had heavy rain including in the city of boston. i'm mark ockerbloom. the rain will get heavier as the night goes on, so let's get right over to our chief meteorologist, kevin lemanowicz, who is timing out the storm. >> kevin: we've been seeing some snow co

. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. there is the last chance to see these two candidates go stage. here's how it's going to work tonight. the debate will be divided into six, 15-minute segments. the topics are immigration, entitlement, and debt. the supreme court, the economy, foreign policy, and each candidate's fitness to serve as president. fox 25's blair miller is live for us in vegas for tonight's third and final debate. hey there, blair. >> the reporter: hi vanessa. a lot of ground as you mentioned expected to be covered here tonight. i spent some time with both campaigns early on this afternoon here in las vegas and happens here this evening could decide lomo is the next president. -- who is the next president. in a city where big is in and the names are larger than life, it's the two political heavy weights going head-to-head on the big he was of stages. tonight's debate format, much different than the last, with the two candidates i can thatting questions from a moderator, while standing behind podiums. bow sides know, a lot is on the line. >> -- both sides know a lot is o

i own hub parkour training center >> vanessa: , under investigation. the revere police department is looking into how its officers respond today a 911 call about shots fired in revere. people in that neighborhood showed the damage done to their homes during the standoff that lasted for hours. >> blair: tonight, they are demanding an apology. kathryn burcham is live in preveer, where new at 6:00 p.m., we have the 911 call that started it all. >> the reporter: city officials gave me that 911 tape, hoping it would provide clarity about why police were so concerned about a pote but the people who live here in this apartment building, say the police response was overly aggressive and that it left their homes in shambles. it was the call that would set off a powder keg of events. >> i just ran out to the sidewalk, i grabbed somebody's cellphone, yes or no who this is. there are shots being fired in think building at 22 francis avenue. >>> that caller brought a huge police response here early sunday morning. smelled burnt gun powder. >> they tried to shoot me

insult to injury, vanessa. first they had to provide the garbage bags because the trash was strewn all over the field. big question here is, why on earth did they have a festival at this field in the first place? look over here. the following items are prohibited. any synthetic field you'll see this, food, drinks, except water and i can tell sermentio was more than water on this field. it still smells of beer and by report, there were beer bottles here. regardless of why the city rented it out, the mayor tonight is furious. >> anybody that uses this has to leave it clean, it's part of the contract and that was the expectation. >> the reporter: well, to say the least, expectation not met. in the case of this weekend's brazilian festival, held on the turf field at lawrence high. left hyped for the city to clean -- behind for the city to you see an orange flag, damage. >> we are shocked and dismayed at the level of uncleanliness they left it. the damage they made. we're going to make sure that they're held respons

good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. that girl was able to get away and tonight, her accused attacker is under arrest. fox 25's jason law joins us now with the latest. >> the reporter: the information we're getting from police is very scary. investigators tell us this 13-year-old girl attends the south lawrence east middle school. attack just before 5:00 p.m. tonight. investigators say this morning, the girl was walking in the area of boxford and phillips streets, when a man jumped out and grabbed her from behind. that man then took the girl in to a nearby apartment building, where she said, she was sexually assaulted. and after the assault, she was held against her will for more than two hours. she was eventually released by her captors and was able to get to her school where she got a hold of her mom. her mom is the one who called police and investigators were able to get a good description to arrest a 20 under-year-old man, angel mateo, he lives on the second floor of a building on second street in lawrence. we have a

spotty icing, talk at 10:00 p.m. >> vanessa: see you tonight. imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, question 2 will let parents choose something better and give all our kids hope. i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone. >>> angelina and brad's blowout estate sale? the major move some say is proof these two will never get back together. >>> taylor swift in her own words. the never-before-heard de

good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. at this hour, we have learned the first storm-related death in the united states as well a 58-year-old woman suffered a heart attack this morning, but 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts kept first responders from getting to herman cain. reuters is reporting more than 840 people killed in haiti because of the storm. and more than 600,000 florida households will spend the night in the dark. and storm surge is as high as 10 feet expected in florida, georgia, and south carolina. >> vanessa: turning now to fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz and kevin, all that destruction 40 miles offshore at times, getting as close as 25 miles at some point, but still offshore and the western side of these storms st. weaker for winds. now, there's still strong winds coming around the storm and that pushes the water from the northeast toward the coastline, that's causing storm surge flooding particularly around jacksonville, st. augustine as well, both places had wind gusts over 80 miles pe

good evening everyone i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. corporaller chief leonard campanello was honored at the white house for his angel program to help drug addicts, but tonight he's off the force. fox 25 has team coverage. kerry kavanaugh spoke to campanello's attorney who is defending him. let's start with mallalou bass who is live in gloucester, wh pictures to prove the chief is lying. malini? >> the reporter: vanessa, that's right, the mayors office tells us there is surveillance video of the mayor going to the post office, mailing his city issued cellphone. while he claims it was stolen. one woman the chief messaged, gloucester's mayor released pictures of chief champ nelson cruz's cellphone. over the weekend, a mayor -- a woman contacted the mayor's office, saying she is concerned about her safety. according to an attorney for the city, that woman says, the police chief had been texting her nonstop on a personal level. a couple of days later, the mayor's office says another woman came forward, telling them about a second woman and

>> vanessa: ready to return. less than 48 hours now until tom brady takes his first snap of the 2016 season. tom leyden and the sports team with a preview coming up. but first -- >> the reporter: a dorchester man sentenced to prison in the 8-year-old girl. 8-year-old girl. tonight, we'll take you insid ? keep on smiling with dunkin's delicious reese's peanut butter doughnut square. frosted with chocolate and filled with reese's peanut butter buttercream. taste the fave you crave today. i'm here in bristol, virginia. and now...i'm in bristol, tennessee. on this side of the road is virginia... and on this side it's tennessee. you could save hundreds on car insurance by switching to geico. look, i'm in virginia... i'm in tennessee... virginia... tennessee... and now i'm in virginessee. see how much you could save on car insurance. or am i in tennaginia? hmmm... ?? cozy up this fall with dunkin's coffee and espresso flavors. sip salty and sweet with our new salted caramel macchiato america runs on dunkin'. >> mark: a

ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. just a horrific situation on dartmouth street this afternoon after 1:00 p.m. police say the workers became trapped in a 20-foot wide trench when the water main gave way and rushed on top of them. the men work for atlantic drain services out of roslindale. dartmouth street from warren to tremont closed until further notice. water in that area has also been turned off. >> mark: fox 25 has team we are uncovering new information about the company's history and hearing from witnesses who saw this all happen, but we'll begin with fox 25's bob ward for the latest on the investigation and recovery effort. bob? >> the reporter: well, mark, right here on dartmouth street, there is a lot of delicate work going on right behind me. the bodies of the two construction workers who were killed today, are still inside that collapsed trench. i have want to show you some -- i want to show you live pictures behind me. a short time ago, the boston workers right now are on their knees carefully removing dir

. >> vanessa: more details on the flight school the plane came from. called the american flight 2007. it opened a second location in eastham in 2017. private and commercial flights according to the website of the owner of that flight school was the surviving passenger. keep it on air on and online as the investigation moves forward. on the website, watch the entire news conference from investigators and check out a slide slow from the crash scene. it's all o >> michael: there is breaking news tonight, fox 25 learns a mistake put a dangerous child rapist back on the street. this case causing a lot of anger and outrage. furious and afraid that this sexual predator is a free man. our bob ward spoke exclusively with a mom who was's son was assaulted by gardner. now, robert goulston with more information on why the man was >> reporter: the plymouth d.a. telling us, she could've civilly committed richard gardner before being released from prison. but that did not happen because of human error. fox 25 news started digging after learning that richard gardner w

i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. fox 25's crystal haynes is in quincy and those kids just learned an important lesson that prepared them for something like this. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, i can tell you, it certainly came in handy. they actually learned how to evacuate from the bus just yesterday and while they were scared, they say that it came right in handy, they knew what to do. >> i saw a lot of smoke and it was really scary. and it was like really bumpy. >> the reporter: this quincy public school bus was taking roughly 30 kids home from the school after a half day when it struck a hydrant, utility pole and this s.u.v. pulling out into traffic, all before hitting this house on kidder street. >> it looks like there was an earthquake. everything is shaken up. occupants weren't home, but new at 6:00 p.m., south shore hospital tells fox 25 news, treated and released from their facility. it remains unclear what caused the crash. >> it was going really fast and bumpy and we heard something like crack and then

>> vanessa: some breaking news dearborn streets if roxbury. police say one person has been shot and taken to boston medical center. the first call just came in about 30 minutes ago. so this investigation is just beginning. we'll begin to follow this, and bring you updates throughout this newscast. >> mark: today, the u.s. attorney was on foot patrol in norwood. the police chief invited her, so she could zoo what her town is doing to build better relationships with residents. it's all part of national police community work. robert goulston has you'll only see on fox 25 news. >> the reporter: norwood's police chief is on foot patrol. his partner for the day -- u.s. attorney carmen ortiz. >> it's great. what part of the government are you learning about? >> today we focused on legislature. >> the reporter: after a rash of issues with police relations in other parts of the country, the u.s. department of justice wanted to declare a week for community policing efforts. chief brooks wanted to share what he's been doing for years, so he jumped on the

good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. the rain will get heavier as the night goes on, so let's get right over to fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz, who, of course, is tracking this all very closely for us. kevin. >> kevin: out in the western massachusetts area, we talked about the speed limit being lowered. it's slippery because it's been snowing out that way, but there's been a flip over to rain in many spots. you see the bright colors in here, that is heavy rain, but you get cooling as it comes on through to produce snow mixing with that. we're seeing it in charlton, sturbridge, a little bit of snow falling there, but the brake lights that vance was referring to in the video, the live shot we showed, that's moving into the heavy rain, not the snow and that's cause ago jamup. heath, chester, all seeing snow. the flipover in springfield has happened. this takes over in worcester county and there's the heavy rain, mixing as this comes down so hard, because of some cold now. look at the torrential do

vanessa? >> vanessa: chris, thank you. we indicate up with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren today for her take on debate and the donald trump audiotape she says she calls him a sleazeball before she heard that tape, had only ridden the elevator down in her opinion. >> what he described was taking advantage of women sexually in ways that are just appalling and bragging that he could do it, >> vanessa: warren said trump's words are part of the d.n.a. of the republican party and the g.o.p. will have a real problem to clean up. one of the subjects of donald trump and billy bush's lewd comments is speaking out about what the pair had so say about her. nancy odell of entertainment tonight will address the controversy on fox 25 at 7:00 p.m. tonight. >> mark: massachusetts voters 0 wants to try early voting now have an on-line guide to show them how. the state allowing early voting in the presidential race for the first time. 30 other states allow voters to the early voting period here runs from october 24th to november 4th.

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. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. donald trump not wasting any time blasting clinton, when he appeared in new hampshire minutes after this news broke. tonight, we have team coverage for you, chris flanagan on the campaign trail, with trump in granite state. but let's begin with jacqui heinrich, who investigation. >> the reporter: that's right. as you said, hillary clinton did not address the new investigation at a campaign stop in iowa, despite people in the crowd shouting questions at her, but her campaign did release a statement, pushing the f.b.i. to explain to the american people, what it is exactly that they're investigating. clinton's campaign wrote, it is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election. then went on to say, donald trump and his republican allies have been brow beating career an effort to overthrow the clinton campaign. the emails were discovered during an investigation into whether former congressman anthony weiner was sexting a 15-year-old girl

>>vanessa: vanessa does it all. >>vanessa: i think i'll pulling quadruple duty today. >>russell: i think so. but you're doing a fine job so continue. >>vanessa: and i'm glad to do it. this is fun. first one has a political twist to it. we've seen a lot of mud slinging. it's rare to see a positive campaign ad, let alone one that's funny we had to go all the way to texas for it but take a look. >> we have room to put 2700 people in our jail. it costs us about $103 a day. >> gerald doesn't have any hobbies. >> tax rate was 1.469. >> is he always like that? >> yeah. office. >> you can put 60 people on each car. even if you add two cars, you're talking about maybe 300 people that are affected. there are a million people in this community. >>vanessa: in case you didn't hear me last time, this is travis county commissioner and his wife. she seems like she wants to get him out of the house, right? this ad started to go viral thanks to star track actor if you follow them on facebook, he likes to share funny individual dwroes and pictures with his millions of fans and he found a

good evening, i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. those trains of moving again at boston's back bay station, but as you can imagine, it's a slow and go process out there and there are a lot of delays. let's get right out to bob ward who is hearing from witnesses. >> the reporter: we are on columbus and clarendon and right behind this is the exit, but nobody is coming up the stairway now and that's because of everything that's happening right over there about a block away at the back bay station. this is where in last hour, an orange line train ran into big trouble, where an engine overheated and smoke poured into the area where the passengers were. we had dramatic video that people shot inside that car, that was disabled here at back bay station. people felt they had to do something, they wanted to get did is they broke through the windows and got on to the platform at back bay station just to get out of that train. just a short time ago, we spoke to a passenger who was on board, listen to what she had to say about the drama that unf

>> the reporter: mark and vanessa, they certainly are. the 15-year-old is ethan costello. fox 25 just spoke to his mother, she was too shaken up to go on camera, understandably. she told us that her son died in her arms last night, he died after a terrible tragedy at a halloween party over the weekend. an empty beer can sits on ground just feet from this red barn in lowell. police say, an underage drinking party took place there friday night. they say aro attended, many of them drinking. they claim, including the victim. that 15-year-old allegedly stumbled into a 18-year-old joseph zagarelli, also of tewksbury. police say, that's when zagarelli picked up the 15-year-old boy, and slammed him, head first, into the concrete floor. witnesses say zagarelli then bragged about it. zagarelli was arraigned in lowell district court today. he pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous truth will come out. >> i know there's other kids involved. >> he's feeling horrible too, you know, it's an unfortunate situation. we don't know the whole case. we haven't even really ta

((vanessa) its now 5:?? thanks for joining us. i'm vanessa ruffes((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave.

the-- >> >> vanessa: looking for justice. the top judge in massachusetts wants to get to the bottom of racial bias in the justice system. as fox 25 jason law reports, chief justice ralph gans is asking harvard law school to examine the massachusetts court system. >> the reporter: when supreme judicial court justice ralph gans looked at the numbers, he knew something was wrong. >>> last month, the massachusetts sentencing commission found african-americans are locked up eight times the rate of whites. hispanics, nearly five times the number of whites. the commission found the disparity in massachusetts is significantly greater than the national average. >> when i learned that our disparity is greater than the nation as a whole, i felt we really need to get to the heart of it. >> the reporter: gans asked the harvard law school to create an independent team to find out where there may be bias to the arrest to sentencing the defendant. >> bringing in harvard law school and their research experts and i pentagon review allows us to

vanessa is with us to explain. >vanessa: hey. you guys thought i was kidding about doing the quadruple duty. i'm out here. >>russell: you made it outside quick. >>vanessa: i ran quite quickly. i scuffled out here. but yeah, we're talking about a lesson that they're hoping kids are going to learn at plant high school. you know, i don't even -- i can't even believe this number. 70%, that's the percentage estimated of drivers who are going to be driving at the same time, trying to talk on the phone, text, try to take a selfie, what not. that's distracted driving. how can you focus on one thing and focus on another thing and make sure you're doing both directly? well, kids are supposed to learn this today. and so they're going to be out at plant high school. at&t is doing a distracted driving, it's a virtual reality driving app. kids are going to get the 3d experience and i believe you might be seeing video of it dangerous it is so basically play on the smart phone and drive. and the chief of police tampa, eric ward, will be there. b

>>laura: thank you, vanessa. >>russell: still ahead on "good day," good news for anybody who likes girl scout cookies. and we've done this. but it's going to be like an official breakfast food. >>laura: who doesn't want them for breakfast, lunch and dinner? before you snap a ballot selfie, it could cost up to $1,000. the legal battle over an obscure ?? halloween excitement is back at dunkin' with halloween donuts and munchkins. drizzled, decorated, and all dressed up for the season, pick up a box and share the fun. and i've been a republican all my life. but i'm the father of three girls. i can't stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos...and i sure don't want my daughters hearing it. i want my girls to grow up proud and strong, in a nation where they're valued and respected. donald trump's america is not the country i fought for. so, i'm voting for hillary clinton. hillary clinton: florida's largest and most diversified. which helps explain why it is one of dana young's top priorities. genera

vanessa? >>vanessa: and right now we want to get to the scene video out of the lutz area. a vehicle has crashed into a home and this is all happening off of -- heritage harbor road. the driver, unfortunately, died. we are able to tell you, however, the folks in the home are okay. power was knocked out briefly to the neighborhood, but we're hearing that's restored. we do have some lane blocks reported on lutz lake fern road on heritage harbor road. while we were to get more information, we'll give you more work arounds and bring you those looks like state road 54 up to the north is probably going to be one good work around and the second one is van dyke which is going to be towards the south. and as promised, more information as we get on throughout the morning and get some more to pass along to you. we'll get to u.s. 301 and alamo drive. southbound lane blocks. i'm not seeing delays so that's good news. it dent appear to be a full blockage. use caution in the area and we'll let you know as we get more four people have died after a multi vehicle crash on mlk boulevard. it h

good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. we're getting new information this is all happening at newburgh and belgrade avenue. fox 25's kerry kavanaugh is there and kerry, we understand the police commissioner is now on the scene. >> the reporter: yeah. he's been here for about 15 minutes, from what we can tell and since we last saw you about a half an hour ago, we learned this was a joint operation being conducted on newburgh street with mass state police and boston police. it was an illegal gun operation, one suspect now in custody. and they are looking for another. it's possible this person is we just saw an armored s.w.a.t. call pull into the scene and down new berg street and several officers from boston police, transit police and mass state police are here. shots were fired during this operation today. but as we reported, luckily earlier, no officers, no troopers were injured. we don't think anyone was injured at this point. they immediately were able to take one of the suspects into custody and they have been searching

vanessa -ckey)) vanessa ruffes ? t ? @fox13traffic >>vanessa: we have a crash along u.s. 92. this is going to be in the mango area, west of mango blockage. make sure you're being alert and using caution in the area. be alert here. debris on the roadway southbound 75 getting off onto the westbound selmon expressway. on the ramp itself, fhp reporting a right lane will be blocked by the debris so be careful. >>russell: tampa shopping center in flames. three alarm fire started around 9:00 last night at the big and hillsborough avenue. took crews three hours to bring it all under control. four people working inside when it started. they all got out okay. there were some concerns that the roof could collapse so tampa fire rescue called for backup. the fire marshalls office will be there to investigate into how it might have started. >>laura: today a hearing could determine when john jonchuck, junior can face first degree murder charges in the death of his daughter phoebe. he is accused o off the dick misener bridge in 2013

((vanessa/ its now 5:?? thanks friday! i'm vanessa ruffes in for walter allen((laura/ and i'm laura moody.... jen epstein has the day off as well. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. (dave partly cloudy, breezy and warm with high temps making it back into the mid 80s. tonight will be clear and lovely, turning much drier, with lows temps heading back into the upper 50s. the weekend looks beautiful with sunshine and cooler temps. highs will be in the mid to upper 70s, and lows temps in the 50s. developing this morning... police are investigating a murder in tampa... and the killer is still on the run. a woman's body was found laying in the middle of "flora street" yesterday. neighbors say police went around asking if th police say it's clear this was not an accident... the name of the victim has not yet been released. a sad update this morning on a sarasota hit-and-run crash. the woman hit by a car tuesday night... has passed away. right now... police say they have no witnesses and no description of the

vanessa? >>vanessa: thank you. we have an update out of manatee county. at the top of the hour, we mentioned a deadly hit and run we're learning this does involve a pedestrian and a vehicle as we told you before left the scene. vehicle suspected to be a 2009 or newer ford super duty pickup truck. if you know anything about this crash, please contact florida highway patrol. 64 is still shut down, both directions west of taylor road so continue to avoid the area. meantime, just a quick update to this rock throwing incident. we told you in the last report authorities were north of sligh avenue because somebody or one person, two people, maybe more, throwing rocks at cars in the area. you might see a deputy presence in the area and might even hear a sheriff's office helicopter. sounds like they're getting in on this with the search to find whoever is doing this but just to throw that out there for you, this is still working and you want to use some extreme caution in the area. sounds like this could be a crash waiting to happen. >>laura: authorities are still

>>vanessa: i want to go back to bed. >>laura: thank you, vanessa. all right. >>russell: the latest involved on a deputy involved video in pasco. a pregnant woman feared for her safety. and saving a man's life after his car plunges over the side of the road. the rescue caught on ?? halloween excitement is back at dunkin' with 2 dozen donuts for $12.99. he season, share the fun with 2 dozen donuts for $12.99. hand-dipped, with real milk is the only way to make a milkshake. you can't trust machines. now, how come? once i got a machine-made shake from some other place, and it clanked and clunked and spit out a glop into my glass. and do you know what it was made of? artificial turf? what? no! powder! what? powder! chowder. get half-price fall milkshakes between 2:00 and 5:00 during happy hour. we believe in families. in knowing your neighbors. in passing down traditions through generations. in lakewood ranch we believe in a community where we put down our roots. this is our town. this is our common ground. experience it yourself during the tour of homes. our annua

vanessa? >>vanessa: and dave, just a tampa. we had some sewer work so construction started yesterday and so sky fox is checking that out right now. it's going to be affecting macdill and it's going to be closing macdill completely between gandy all the way to fair oaks and you can see a lot of drivers are just now seeing that. they're coming up to the intersection, realizing they're going to have to turn around. make sure you're avoiding the area and keep in mind this is a closure. we're expected to see it all the way until 4:00 in the afternoon thursday. the area affected, this is macdill, cloelzed down tampa. right now we want to get to manatee county. bradenton area, we have a crash reported, affecting u.s. 41, also known as tamiami trail. in the northbound direction, we're going to have three lanes blocked so make sure you're planning extra time. definitely seeing delays here already. >>russell: 6:31 right now. security administration has a very important message to travellers. leave the guns at home. so far this year, a to

vanessa? >>vanessa: all right. no big complaints on the roadways. we're going to look at the area near the howard frankland bridge, pinellas side. we're quiet and incident free. make sure you're driving safely and enjoy your commute if you can. so far, so good out there. we'll check in on some bridge times while we're here. it should only take six minutes from the point l other side of the bridge. taking gandy, it should only take five minutes to cross the water. in the courtney campbell causeway, only 11 minutes between pinellas and hillsborough county. >>laura: across america, law enforcement officers evicted protestors from private land in north dakota. this is dramatic escalation of a months long dispute over native american rights and the officers pushed past burning barricades and arrested more than 100 protestors. one woman reportedly fired three shots, narrowly missing a deputy. opponents of the pipeline say this could endanger the water supply. the state of north dakota says no sensitive sites have been found in the area. >>russell: a jury