From now until election day, one week away. Ted cruz storming into New Hampshire hot off his win. We are following the texas republican tonight. He spent a lot of time in windham today. He was introduced by his wife who called him a man of conviction. After the speech he spent some time signing books and signing books oneonone and talking to voters oneonone. He relished his i will win, saying that they are making decisions for all americans, and he harkens back to a time in the 1980 s. We saw that old Reagan Coalition coming together again. We saw conservatives and even evangelicals and libertarians standing together saying what are we doing . The week. Marco rubio will be here at the Exeter Town Hall later tonight, he had to say later in the day. Ed Chris Christie had a method for the senator for the senator earlier today. This is not a election for Student Council president , this states. Ed christie went on to say rubio needs to quote man up. The republican claims rubio is scripted. Chris christie garnered 2 of caucus. For more than 15 hours donald trump was radio silent on twitter. Then the republican tweeted just before noon, my experience in iowa was a great one. I started out with all of the experts saying i couldn t do well there and ended up in 2nd nice. He followed that tweet with this one, because i was told i could not do well in iowa, i spent very little there a fraction of cruz rubio. Came in a strong second. Great honor. Trump is the focus of today s now poll, we re asking how does trump coming in second affect him in New Hampshire . We would love to hear what you have to say. Weigh in on facebook, twitter and wcvb. Com. And on the republicans will saturday, share the stage, again, in New Hampshire. It will be held at st. Anselm college in manchester. You can see it right here on channel 5 saturday night at eight. A snowy scene in iowa right now. This is the same system that will bring rain our way. What a difference a day makes. It does not affect the caucuses, but it moves in right after that. Harvey exactly. A nasty storm. Once we have for portions of iowa and minnesota, you can see it is a blizzard warning. Storm warnings for other parts s are in effect. Those red boxes signify tornado watches that are in effect right what does this mean for us . Drive. By the time we get tomorrow moving in from the west. I will let you know where we will go from there, and many minutes. Ed a violent attack on a cab driver under investigation right newscenter 5 s jack harper is live in worcester with the search for a shooter. This is where it happened, it started when they came to pick up a fare. As soon as he arrived, a man wearing a mask over his they said this would be a robbery. There was a struggle, and the cap driver was actually shot. We know he was hit in the arm, and may have gone into his abdomen as well. He is in stable condition tonight. Police are looking for the public s health because of this ed bill cosby facing a judge today for the First Time Since he was booked on sexual abuse charges. Newscenter 5 s j. C. Monahan is here right now with the new developments in the case against the comedian. Jc cosby and his attorneys were in court this morning in an effort to get the criminal charges against him in pennsylvania dismissed. The former District Attorney who did not pursue criminal charges in the case a decade ago was called to the stand. Cosby s attorneys claim bruce castor told cosby he would never be prosecuted. However, that was not put in writing. Former Temple University employee Andrea Constand claims cosby drugged and raped her at his home 12 years ago. Her initial civil case was settled for an undisclosed amount. Meanwhile, a woman has dropped her lawsuit accusing the 78yearold cosby of drugging and sexually abusing her at the playboy mansion in 2008. Chloe goins filed the dismissal in los angeles today without an explanation. However, the way it was filed allows her to refile at a later date. Ed . Ed overseas police in france say they ve thwarted another potential terror plot. Overnight who they say planned to stage attacks on nightspots before fleeing to syria. The group had already purchased bus tickets to join muslim extremists. At least some of them were already under surveillance by french intelligence. The top u. S. Commander overseeing the fight against isis is slamming the idea of carpet bombing the terror group. The idea of blanketbombing iraq and syria has been brought up several times during the republican president ial race. But Lieutenant GeneralSean Macfarland says the potential for killing innocent lives is inconsistent with u. S. Values t engage in. In the meantime, secretary of state john kerry is requesting additional funds and more support from two dozen allies to fight isis. He says from a stabilization 50 million fund has helped iraqis take back the city of tikrit from the islamic state. But kerry does add, in order for police to work, schools to open and for services to be delivered , more financial contributions new revelations about the 12 marines killed in a Helicopter Crash in hawaii. The commander who was responsible for training them was fired just days before, after leaders lost confidence in the his ability to lead the group. All 12 marines including one from hingham died when two helicopters crashed last month. The search for them was called off after five days. It dramatic scene in the state of florida. A Small Plane Crashes off Haulover Beach in miami landing in the ocean. It happened just before noon. Two people on board were able to get out and lifeguards pulled them to safety. It s still unclear what caused the plane to go down. Police in North Attleboro want to know who vandalized town soccer fields. The brandnew fields were scheduled open to the public this spring. But now they ll have to undergo thousands of dollars in repairs. The town will front the payments but that could impact other parks and programs. The board of selectman is also considering a 500 reward for information leading to an arrest. A 21yearold man is dead following this crash in a car crashed into a pole on Cherry Street around 11 15 last night. Crews found the man trapped inside and rushed him to the hospital where he died. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Lawyers for a local teenager accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide want the case put on hold until the state s highest court hears an appeal. Michelle carter is charged with manslaughter for allegedly sending conrad roy the third dozens of texts encouraging him to kill himself before he was found dead in 2014. The state Supreme Judicial Court is expected to hear the appeal in may. Right now, three teenagers are charged in a shooting at a seattle homeless camp that killed two people and injured three others. Both reports are 17 years old, 16 years old, at 13 years old. Police say the attack was drug related and the victims were not targeted for being homeless. The criminal investigation into flint, michigan s contaminated water crisis. In 2014, the town s water became contaminated with lead when its water source was switched in a costcutting measure. Residents weren t alerted until months later. Michigan s governor has repeatedly apologized. Flint s mayor refuses to resign despite increasing pressure to do so. Time now to Flash Forward to 5 00 on newscenter 5. New concerns about women drinking before they find out they re pregnant. What has the cdc worried tonight. On newscenter 5 at 6 00, another push for freedom from a man convicted in the murder of his teenage son. The message from family members tonight. The numbers are staggering. Avenue at 7 00 p. M. New at 7 00 the multi billion p. M. , dollar markert for legal marijuana, and how much it s expected to grow this year. Harvey a wife writing impact the weather. It will impact us as well. I will tell you win. Ed jeb bush once stood tall. Nbefore his campaign sank like a rock and he started desperatelyp slinging mud on fellow republicans. Thats not president ial, jeb. John kasich did cut ohios taxes. Cut state spending. Turned a deficit into a surplus. Brought back jobs from mexico and china. Thats john kasich, thats conservative, and thats president ial. New day for america is responsible for the content of watching newscenter 5 at 4 30 p. M. Ed a live look at traffic right now. If you look at the top of the and leave town. We can check your drive times run the area. A little bit slow. 21 minutes. You gets loaded the tools, 22 minutes right now. Right now it is moving fine, the pike to 90 is a seven minute drive spi. New at 4 30 p. M. Inspectors say a mechanical issue with a carrier grip caused an accident on a chairlift at Granite Gorge in roxbury. Two people were injured yesterday when a chair slid backwards, colliding with the one behind it. The lift was immediately shut down. The accident does remain under investigation tonight. A rhode island man didn t have to go far to get booked on drunk driving charges. He drove himself right to the parking lot of the Warwick Police department. His name is richard fisher. Richard fisher was questioned by sobriety test which he failed. Police say his blood alcohol level was 5 times the legal limit. The department posting this on its Facebook Page it says, you cannot make this stuff up. If you you the country s most famous groundhog, punxsatuwney phil, did not see his shadow predicting spring will come early. However massachusetts s resident , groundhog, miss g, did see her shadow. T mean you should pack up your Winter Clothes just yet. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says phil is accurate only 45 of the time. Big man but Manny Ramirez was successful three out of 10 times, and he made 20 million. [laughter] harvey Severe Weather going on, tornado watches, serious weather, and a blizzard going on and portions of minnesota, and a small portion of iowa. There is a lot of whether going on. Let me show you how this will play out for us. Ple asant by our standards. The high temperatures were a lot higher than what we had today. Still, well above the average. Boston is looking good as we start off the early evening hours. If we look at the readings around 40 s to very low 50 s, not too shabby if you like it smiled in early february. If you like it smiled in early february. In the 70 s at the beginning of february. Air around minneapolis, and recipe for storms. Going on. Clear, but as you want to announce you get into the cause an immediate and the line of Severe Weather and you also get into the style. Into minneapolis is miller time this is going on in time. We are on the warmer side of it, so no snow for us with this one. We will eventually get some rain. Right now, blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings for a big chunk of that part of the country. That is where the weather is impactful. We will have some clouds moved in during early tomorrow. It should be drive for the morning commute. During lunch time, the wet weather could be arriving. The evening commute has moved over much of the region to about boston. Southeastern massachusetts may have to wait until the nighttime but it will be moving across during the course of tomorrow night. It will linger into thursday, especially around the cape. After that, it will turn low pressure me while for some precipitation to hang around. It may get chilly enough to see some wet snow start to mix in. Then we should clear out all areas as we get to friday afternoon. Days, we tomorrow, it is the afternoon at the night that we get the rain. It will become quite windy tomorrow night. Strong wind gusts on the south elevations. Thursday, although it may linger at times overnight thursday night and first thing friday as it turns colder. Look at the colder temperatures next week, particularly around tuesday. I do think we going to go into a wintry weather pattern late this week and that will continue for a while to come. No matter what the groundhog said. Ed familiar faces coming to newscenter 5. Maria stephanos is joining our Team Starting this thursday. Maria grew up in groveland watching channel 5. She ll join me anchoring newscenter 5 at 7 and 11 and our new 10 00 newscast coming to metv boston this month. Worcester schools are taking another look at starting the school day later. A School Committee researching the idea said recent studies have shown academic benefits of a later start time for teenagers. One suggestion is to move the start of the school day back by 40 minutes for high School Students. District administrators will now investigate the idea further and findings will be discussed at a meeting in march. A day after the World Health Virus a global emergency, one drug maker is boosting its work in finding a vaccine. Sanofi pasteur is calling for more research and development. The company made the first vaccine shot for dengue fever last year. The u. S. Government announced last week it too is accelerating Vaccine Research that would hopefully be ready for emergency use by october. Controversy in san francisco. A school board is considering making condoms available for middle School Students. A Similar Program has been in place for High Schoolers for more than 25 years. There is mixed reaction from parents tonight. It s not their job. It s not their job, it s not their call. It s our call. I think it comes down to the parents. 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Zumba class . Ed he set the sun otr, and he is saying it again. The Police Commissioner is saying he has hopes to run in this year s Boston Marathon. If he does it, it will be his 50th marathon. He just finished one in houston which was number 49. He says it s going to be a marathontime decision, i think, based on the events leading up to april. Such is the job of the Police Commissioner. He last ran the Boston Marathon in 2013 the year of the attack at the finish line. Umass dartmouth is putting a focus on the contributions of African Americans well past black history month. The university is offering yearlong programming including faculty presentations, films and visits to historical sites in new england. Organizers say topics will range from politics to social justice considering a bobcat hunting and trapping season. They held a Public Meeting in concord last night. Many people calling the proposal inhumane, while supporters are arguing that there are enough bobcats to support a limited hunt. Officials will vote on it in two weeks. If approved, the proposal would taking a look at your economy now, Tufts Medical Center reporting losses in 2015. Last year s historic snow storms and the handling of potential cases of ebola for the 15. 4 million operating loss. The Boston Business Journal reports during the same fiscal period in 2014 tufts had a gain of 8. 6 million. New fallout tonight for air bag manufacturer, takata. A panel looking into the company s now defunct airbags says takata lacks processes to improve product quality. Takata airbags have been blamed in at least 11 deaths and nearly the reports also faults takata for letting products move right through the design process with unresolved problems. Hybrid planes could be hitting the skies in the very near future. Airliner, easyjet is experimenting with the use of Hydrogen Fuel cells. 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The spot is part of a new campaign called meet the ketchups. S game. It does not involve the patriots, but that is another story for another day. Newscenter 5 at 5 00 p. M. Starts right now. Republican shakeup. Hillary clinton tells me her plan to close the gap here in New Hampshire. Storm on the way. It looks like a warm and wet one for the area. All of the effects of the sun, without the burn. This sunscreen breakthrough. From boston s news later, this is Wcvb Newscenter 5 at 5 30 00 p. M. A boy found with injuries has died