Eyeopener. Frank good morning. Its saturday, october 10. Im frank holland. Antoinette im Antoinette Antonio. Good to have you with us. A rough start to the Holiday Weekend in central massachusetts. Powerful winds taking down trees in the town of monson. In some places, there was so much debris that roads had to be blocked off. This is the same town devastated by a tornado back in 2011. Looks like most of that weather has moved out of area. Thats right. The cold front that brought us the rain and the heavy winds pushing well to the south. High pressure building in. You notice around High Pressure the winds go clockwise so we do developed. Persistent out there. Youre going to feel them when you step outside the door first thing this morning. Clouds. Still have a little bit around the cape and the islands but beginning to finally clear things out. We should see full sunshine once we get to the afternoon. Starting out this morning, 50 degrees in boston. 42 degrees in worcester. 43 in keene. And 54 degrees on nantucket. But i did say that we do have a pretty strong wind, anywhere from 1020 Miles Per Hour sustained. 22mileperhour winds actually sustained on nantucket. Thats making its feel slightly cooler in spots like worcester. Feeling more like 36 degrees so if youre headed out first thing, you definitely want to grab a coat. As we go through the day youll probably still need a light jacket because temperatures only making it into the upper 50s and low 60s 679 we should be running in the lower to mid 60s this time of year so running below normal today. But big changes are coming. Warmer air is to the south. Were going to shift the winds to the south and west. Well talk about when we could see the low to even mid 70s in the sevenday forecast and when we could also see muchneeded rain. Frank and antoinette. Frank following breaking news here on the eyeopener. Waltham police are investigate ago fiery crash involving three cars and a house on newt and onfuller streets. Officers say two cars coming down newton street missed the turn. One car hit another vehicle. The second hit a house and then burst into flames. Everyone managed to get out of that house safely. Fortunately no one was hurt. Antoinette a quincy couple charged in connection with a south shore murder. Stolen weapons seized in the bust. The arrests coming nearly a month after a grisly killing in a marshfield home. Frank the eyeopeners sera congi with new information just released in the case. Chief Philip Tavares we said it, and we meant it. We told them we were coming for them, and we did. Sera strong words from police after bringing in two suspects for a vicious crime. Chief this was a gruesome crime scene. Sera 45yearold Robert Mckenna was killed in his marshfield home last month during a burglary. The weapon still not identified, but investigators say mckenna bled to death. Chief this has been an aroundtheclock, exhaustive investigation. Sera today Michael Moscaritolo, a 32yearold attorney, was arrested at his home in quincy. Hes charged with murder and unarmed burglary. His girlfriend 31yearold lauren kalil of quincy accused of being an accessory after the fact. Chief shes being charged as a result of her actions in hiding evidence that would implicate moscaritolo. Sera last week 40yearold James Ferguson was arraigned on murder and burglary charges also in connection with mckennas death. Timothy cruz attorney Michael Moscaritolo and James Ferguson have ruined a lot of peoples lives. Now theyve officially ruined their own. Sera police also recovered five firearms that were stolen from the victims home. Investigators are still looking for another suspect. Chief this case is ongoing. And the work is not over and will not be over until every person who is responsible is held accountable for their actions. Sera the pair arrested today will be arraigned in a plymouth courtroom on tuesday. The District Attorney says we can expect to learn more about what happened. In marshfield, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. Frank an everett man under arrest after an f. B. I. Sting accused of offering to murder for money. Federal investigators say joseph burke agreed to kill a man for he was recorded by an undercover agent saying hed break into the mans office and lie in wait to shoot him. Agents raided his home yesterday as well as the home of his girlfriend in somerville. Antoinette were learning more about a private social worker accused of Human Trafficking. The alleged victims, teenage girls. As newcenter 5s mary saladna explains, investigators believe there could be more victims. Mary 34yearold rick hall of wakefield, a social worker, now behind bars on child porn charges. Hall is accused of enticing three 15yearold girls in oregon and paying them to email him nude pictures of themselves. D. A. Marion ryan these allegations are very serious. They can be devastating to young people. And theyre particularly concerning in this case. This is an individual with a professional obligation to report any suspicions of abuse against children. Mary Reading Police launched an investigation back in august after one of the oregon teens came forward. Police here eventually seized computer evidence from his wakefield home and reading office. Hall is the owner of north shore recovery management. Detective derek holmes regarding this investigation, we have no information at this time that implicates anyone involved with the defendants private practice. Mary halls wakefield neighbors told us he kept to himself, but grace tavarez lives in the duplex unit right next door. She said shes been uneasy about halls behavior for over two years particularly loud, latenight screaming matches between him and his female visitors that left her shaking and calling police. Grace tavares they fought so much i didnt pay much attention to it. Now i think about it, i kept thinking pictures, money. It all came together. I was like wow. Mary the District Attorney says it is too soon to know if there are other victims, but she calls this a good reminder to parents to talk to your teens about social media safety and to monitor their online and smartphone activity. In reading, im mary saladna, wcvb, newscenter 5. Frank a boston man is found guilty in the firstdegree grandmother. Prosecutors say Timothy Kostka was on a quest for drug money in 2012 when he broke into barbara coynes home. When she walked in on him, he beat her and slit her throat taking off with winning lottery tickets that he cashed in for heroin. Kostka faces life in prison without parole. Police warning about a possible bad batch of heroin making the drug even more dangerous than usual. Police and the d. A. In southbridge issuing the warning after two overdoses thursday night. In both cases the drug narcan was used to save the victims. Police are worried that someone tampered with the heroin and is now selling it to unsuspecting users. Antoinette 5 on the opioid crisis. New hampshire lawmakers are proposing a new bill that could put a drug court in every county in the state. Manchester police say the city has seen more than 500 overdoses in 2015, 60 of which were deadly. State senator david boutin is cosponsoring a statewide Grant Program that would allow each superior court to apply for drug court. To be certified as a drug court, the county would have to have an Treatment Center well be able to get them into the system, get them treatment, and hopefully reduce the use of drugs on the street and reduce the amount of repetitive crime. Antoinette boutin says 69 percent of those convicted of drugrelated crimes wind up back in jail, but the recidivism rate after drug court is about 22 frank one Boston Neighborhood and they are blaming it on the homeless. The globe reports Violent Crime in the newmarket area of the city is up 30 percent from last year, drug crimes are also up 55 percent. The uptick in crime coincided with the homeless shelter that opened in the neighborhood. Police tell the globe they have been increasing patrols in the area. Antoinette this morning a peace march after a Lowell High School senior becomes the target of a series of racist and hateful text messages. The incident started late last month after 18yearold anye nkimbeng was elected senior class president. A group of students exchanged the threatening texts and then someone posted the messages on social media. Now some supporters of nkimbeng are protesting the way the School Administration handled the situation and is calling for change. An olympics of a different sort kick off today at harvard stadium. Frank about a hundred different type of flying robotics will demonstrate their versatility and prowess. Its all part of hub week, a weeklong festival, that debuted this week celebrating the latest inventions in art, technology, and science. At a time when drones are disrupting International Soccer tournaments, invading nodrone zones and interfering with commercial airline routes, theyre also guiding crisis managers. Somebody is having a heart attack, a drone can get a defibrillator to that person much faster than anything else. If there is a national emergency, if theres an earthquake or a flood, searching for victims. Frank hub weekends today. Right now a serious warning to residents in newton. Antoinette the sighting that has officials urging residents flying for the holidays . The one thing that doctors say you should not forget before getting on that plane. Frank on alert right now. The threat that has muslim communities around the country taking precautions. Danielle its going to feel like fall at least for the first half of the weekend, but there are some warmer temperatures on the way. We love, love, chocolaty, creamy, with a Little Something extra. Mmm deliciousness. Cookies or almonds. Yumminess. Hershey s is mine, yours, our chocolate. Antoinette 6 13. Welcome back. Trying to hunt down a bear spotted in a backyard on rowe street. Environmental police have been called in. Theyre trying to find the bear, tranquilize it, and then release it into the woods. The search is now underway in the area of rowe and wolcott streets. Police are asking people there to stay inside and call them if they see the bear. Frank Newton School officials taking precautionary steps this weekend after deadly levels of Carbon Monoxide were detected at Franklin Elementary School this morning as a result, every boiler in newton Public Schools will be inspected before School Resumes tuesday. The leak stemming from errors made in the boilers installation process sent two to the hospital in stable condition. Classed were quickly canceled. It was very clear that we could not open school as soon as i got the message. If those detectors werent installed and in place, some really bad things could have happened. And the school we could have had students in the school. Frank all classrooms at franklin have been tested for Carbon Monoxide and deemed safe. Antoinette with holidays on the horizon, you may be booking flights now. Thing travelers should not forget before getting on that plane. Could be important not only for your health but for the health of those around you. Phil new people, new places, its what International Travel is all about. But along with such travel comes new risks including exposure to diseases not commonly found here in the u. S. And now Infectious Disease experts are warning travelers to get properly immunized before traveling or they could come home carrying more than just souvenirs. The warnings come out of a major Infectious Disease meeting in san diego. Researchers find that outbreaks at home are often tied to people who have been exposed overseas. For example, one Study Reveals how americans returning from spring break in mexico may have started a hepatitis outbreak in april. All 26 travelers had not been previously vaccinated. Getting your shots is a simple yet too many travelers still dont do it. Antoinette phil adds that before you board that plane, see your doctor to learn what shots you should get and get them. Frank a Marlborough Hospital has a new policy for prospective workers. Smokers need not apply. Umass Memorial Hospital marlborough routinely tests all incoming employees for illegal narcotics. As of this week, they also began testing them for nicotine. Those who test positive can look elsewhere for work. A hospital spokeswoman says its hoped other hospitals will follow umassmarlboroughs example. Now your storm team 5 danielle vollmar. Antoinette for anyone whose lawn was getting a little brown, the rain was nice while it lasted. Danielle we need the rain. We really do. That rain has pushed out of here now. Thats leading to a lot of sunshine for today, tomorrow. But then there is the chance for some rain as early as monday night. Thats why i put a low impact there. More of a medium impact to probably high impact on tuesday for rain as another cold front comes through. And eventually drops our temperatures back. As i said before, we really need the rain. For boston down over six inches for the year. So we are looking for it. A lot of areas still under parts of a moderate drought. Breezy and cooler today. We are warming things up as we go through the weekend. That rain chance is holding off until late monday night into first thing tuesday. Starting out in the 40s in worcester. 46 degrees in orange. 47 in lawrence. 52 on the cape. 54 degrees on nantucket. The winds have been quite gusty. You can see wind gusts Still Holding to 28 Miles Per Hour now on the cape. Nantucket. So again stronger winds and they are going to back down as we head towards the later half of the afternoon. We do see lots of sunshine, too. But that northwest wind going to keep our high temperatures only in the upper 50s, maybe even a few mid 50s by the south shore as well as the cape. 60 in taunton. Providence. We do have or did have a couple off now. Most of us waking up to a lot of sunshine. Were going to see more of that through the day. Theres that cold front that did trigger the rain showers for us. High pressure now building in. Around High Pressure will then go clockwise. Thats why were pulling down cooler canadian air for today. Eventually this will shift off shore. As it does, the winds turn to the south and west. That is a warming wind so the future cast for the day today not really a whole lot going on. Were just talking about maybe a few clouds around lunchtime at the cape and a few clouds up through northern new england. Otherwise, through the afternoon , the clouds clear out totally. We look for mostly sunny skies and mainly clear night tonight. Now as the winds start to back down tonight and we clear out the skies that allows that heat to escape and temperatures bottom out in the 30s in concord and orange. Low 40s in worcester. Mid 40s in boston. We are concerned with some patchy fog developing. The National Weather service has but put out frost advisories for the areas in blue outside of 495 but inside of 495. Also out in western mass were talking about the potential for some frost. Bring the plants inside. Remember the frost can harm them. And then tomorrow even though we start out cool, temperatures quickly warm up. So were in the upper 60s in boston. Mid to upper 60s on the cape. Mid 60s even on nantucket. So its a milder day and temperatures continue on that upward climb not only for sunday buttal as we get into monday. Could see a chance for some showers. Again as i said before its from a cold front. It really could be any time during the day i think good chances through the afternoon. We really could use that rain. Behind that cold front though, we go from the 70s to the 60s wednesday and thursday and by friday were back in the 50s. Feeling a lot more like fall. Antoinette and frank. Antoinette it really does. Apple picking time, danielle. Time now is 6 19. Checking on some of the other stories happening right now. Frank police in texas questioning two people after a third case of deadly violence on or near a College Campus this week. A student shot and killed outside a housing complex at Texas Southern university in houston. Another person was wounded. A third person is wanted for questioning in the case. Police are still searching for a motive for the shootings. The shooting follows deadly attacks on campuses in flagstaff, arizona, and roseberg, oregon. Antoinette islamic mosques around the country are on alert and bracing for protestors. An antimuslim group is planning about 20 rallies in different cities. A Facebook Group called global rally for humanity is planning the protests. The group is encouraging patriots to stand up against islam. Today Democratic Front runner Hillary Clinton is planning what her campaign is calling a day of action on gun control. It will take place across New Hampshire. She plans to send staffers door to door to talk to voters. Monday, clinton spelled out her own gun control proposals including closing background check loopholes and allowing victims to sue gun makers. Now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. Bob john lester and john lackey who would go a combined seven games during the red sox 2013 world series run back in the playoffs and opposing each other last night in game 2 of the cubs and cards series. Loser buys the chicken and beer. Yes, we remember the good with the bad. This will be remembered as a terrific pitchers duel. Lackey went 7. 1 shutout innings only giving up a pair of harmless singles. He walked one. Lester gave up a run in the first and then dominated. Nine ks for him. Also 7. 1 innings but it was in the 8th inning that he gives up the tworun pinchhit homer to thomas mann and the cardinals win 40. The series is tied 11. The patriots and cowboys tomorrow in dallas. Another huge advantage for the patriots at the quarterback position. Tom brady with 163 regular season wins and 21 postseason wins. Thats a total of 179 more wins than Brandon Weeden. Im available to my team. Ive always taken a lot of pride in that, trying to be out there and, you know, be a consistent, dependable player and certainly being available to those guys what my job is. Its fun. My goal honestly is i dont care if im 12for30. Just give this team a chance to win. Whatever that may be. Just find a way to give this team a chance to win. Thats my main focus. Bob the bruins are home against montreal tonight, and the Boston College eagles are home against wake forest this afternoon. Thats sports. Have a great day. Frank the newest member of the Boston College mens basketball team, nineyearold quinn amsler. The lexington boy battling cancer had a night to remember after being drafted by b. C. Amsler, a b. C. Sports fan, will have the opportunity to laugh and bond with the team this season thanks to boston based charity team impact. A pintsized reporter scores big. Her biggest interview yet. Antoinette ahead, how this little reporter getting all the scoops got gronk on the record before this weekends road trip to dallas. Frank a live look outside right now. The sun just starting to come up, antoinette. Looks like it will be a beautiful saturday. Danielle has the forecast coming up. Frank 6 25. Welcome back. Nasa releasing these new color images of pluto. The photos captured by the new horizons probe show a ring of blue surrounding the dwarf plant. Nasa also revealing that the probe has spotted icy patches of water on the planets surface. Antoinette its cool to think about what is way, way out there, danielle. Danielle it is interesting, to say the least. I want to talk about whats happening closer to home though. We are talking about the fact that we could use some rain. Look behind me. This is the u. S. Monitor. That is actually a case of a moderate drought. We do have that across most of southern new england. If not, we are abnormally dry. We are down over six inches in boston for the year. Down over five inches in worcester. We could really use that rain. A lot of areas are actually under significant drought especially out in western california. I want to talk about whats happening here at home. Were in the 40s across the area. But our radar is dry. In fact, this is the forecast for the columbus day weekend. 59 today. Cool and breezy especially in the morning hours. Its a chilly start on sunday. In fact, some areas under that frost advisory, but we quickly rebound into the upper 60s. By monday were talking lower 70s. Lots of sunshine. You notice the breeze kind of floating a bit. You could see leaf peeping this weekend. It looks pretty good as its starting to peak especially in northern new england. Frank a lot people say that you this little girl takes the cake. Shayna rose, the eightyear old Southborough School girl who lands big interviews, has done it again antoinette this time, she got gronk shayna sat down with the pats tight end who told her basketball was his secondfavorite sport growing up. Gronk also gave shayna a scoop he likes to have his back tickled. That wasnt all. Shayna also got an interview with tom brady and pats owner robert kraft. Shayna and her brother got a Group Picture with brady and kraft. Besides the patriot sitdowns, shayna has landed interviews with governor baker, Hillary Clinton, and donald trump in her budding career as a reporter. Budding is an understatement, i believe. Frank its blossoming. Were past the budding. Antoinette a possible medical breakthrough at umass. Frank the research being done at the medical school that could prevent lyme disease. More heartbreak in floodravaged south carolina. The setbacks to the Recovery Efforts in neighborhoods buried under water. The driver who lost control inside this auction house. Frank and a live look at our city cam. A great start to the day. Danielle has the forecast coming up. Make sure you stay right here on p [ duck quacks, wolf howls and wind whistling ] [ electronic beeping ] but. The new turbodown jacket t tested tough in the pacific northwest. [ wolf howls ] now on newscenter 5s eyeopener. Frank breaking overnight a fiery crash into a waltham home. Now. Antoinette caught on camera, a car auction thrown into chaos. Antoinette the freak accident that has nearly a dozen people recovering this morning. Frank is he or isnt he . The g. O. P. Scrambling to fill a key leadership position right now. Will paul ryan enter the race as the pressure mounts . Youre watching wcvb, bostons news leader. Good morning this is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Frank its 6 31 on this saturday morning. Im frank fran. Antoinette and im Antoinette Antonio along with danielle vollmar. Ever since we mentioned it a few minutes ago, all i can think about is apple cider donuts, leaf peeping, apple picking. All the good fall things. Danielle youre making me really hungry at 6 30 in the morning. Just saying. Hungry . Danielle were always hungry. Lets be honest. When you get up in the middle of the night on this shift. A great weekend as antoinette mentioned for your apple picking. Maybe you want to bust out the apple cider. Whatever you want to do its a great weekend for it because it will be sunny and dry. Now starting out this morning, we are in the mid 40s in bedford 42 degrees in worcester. 47 norwood. 48 already in new bedford. And as we go through the next 12 hours, heres whats going to happen near the cape and the islands. Were going to see temperatures warm up into the mid 50s through afternoon. Now you may see a couple of clouds this morning but the later half of the day looks to be full of sunshine. We do have strong winds today out of the northwest. You will feel them as you step outside the door. Still sustained at 18 Miles Per Hour now on nantucket. And so for today temperatures warming into the mid 50s to low 60s. But a major warmup is coming. Well talk about we could see the 70s in the sevenday forecast. Frank . Frank thanks a lot, danielle. Following breaking news here on the eyeopener. Waltham police are investigate ago fiery crash involving three cars and a house on newton fuller streets. Officers say two cars coming down newton missed the turn. One car hit another vehicle. The second car hit a house and then burst into flames. Safely and no one was hurt. Antoinette also happening right now. Property owners are surveying the damage this morning in monson. Powerful winds taking down trees in the town. In some places, there was so much debris that roads had to be blocked off. Frank a quincy attorney and his girlfriend are under arrest in connection with a gruesome killing inside a marshfield home. Robert mckenna was found dead in hus damons point road home late last month. Michael moscaritolo is now facing a murder charge, and lauren kalil is being charged with accessory after the fact. Both will be arraigned tuesday in Plymouth District court. Antoinette a wakefield social worker is being held on high bail. Hes accused of paying three 15yearold girls to send him pornographic photos of themselves. 34yearold rick hall is facing charges including Human Trafficking and child enticement. Frank a car auction thrown into chaos. Into a crowd in framingham. Newscenter 5s Reid Lamberty has more on the victims and the man behind the wheel. Reid seconds of chaos followed by minutes of panic and fear. One man pulled from beneath crumbled concrete and an outofcontrol s. U. V. I was scared for their life. I was running for my own life. Reid 11 people were hurt when the driver of this luxury b. M. W. Abruptly accelerated across a warehouse floor smashing five cars before crashing through a cinder block wall leaving behind a path of destruction and stunned onlookers at adesa bostons weekly auction. Larry proulx alls i heard was noises, and the next thing i know is i kind of felt something hit me in the back of the legs and i fell down. Reid larry proulx was a car buyer connecticut. He was one of the 11 treated for minor injuries hit by debris from that collapsed wall. One person, however, was airlifted to a boston area hospital. Lt. Stephen cronin one of the individuals was dragged beneath the car which then came in contact with an interior wall. Reid the 78yearold driver was displaying the car for potential buyers when it took off. Unclear at this point as to why he was not hurt. Ashot minasyan suddenly everybody was screaming, saying stop, stop, but he was not reacting, just driving. Reid the auction house occupies a former g. M. Facility. This is how it normally operates smooth and calm as featured on chronicle. Just a freak accident, you know. My heart goes out to all the people who were injured. Reid Framingham Police continue to review video from that crash. No charges have been filed. In framingham, im Reid Lamberty wcvb, newscenter 5. Antoinette a boston man is that killed a bicyclist. Gregory mccoy is charged with manslaughter while operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. Prosecutors say mccoy was speeding through a residential neighborhood back in may when he slammed into a car stopped at a red light. Both cars slid through the intersection hitting and killing 18yearold fritz philogene. Mccoy ran from the scene, leaving a blood trail which led police to him. He is being held on 1000 bail. Frank Attorney Gloria Allred will make a brief statement in boston today in connection with the bill cosby rape allegations. Allred represents judy huth who says she was 15 years old in 1974 when cosby gave her alcohol at the playboy mansion and then sexually assaulted her. Cosby was deposed in the case for the first time yesterday. The lawsuit is moving forward, as you can see. Frank huth is one of more than 50 women who have come forward accusing the 78yearold of drugging or sexually assaulting them. Cosbys deposition location was kept a secret, and the content will be sealed until at least december when a judge decides if any of it can be made public. And republicans in chaos on capitol hill. The g. O. P. Is scrambling to fill a key leadership position after House Speaker john boehner announced that he was stepping House Republicans are trying to convince a reluctant paul ryan to run for House Speaker. Paul is looking at it. Its his decision. Antoinette the wisconsin congressman and former Vice President ial candidate has repeatedly turned the job down. I dont have anything to add antoinette but some republicans say its part of his appeal. He is more humble than most antoinette House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy unexpectedly withdrew from the race thursday. I think i shocked some of you. Antoinette he said the party needs a fresh face to unify the conflicting factions of the g. O. P. , and many republicans believe ryan is the person who can do that. If he decided to run, he would probably be elected unanimously or almost unanimously. Antoinette a source close to ryan tells abc news that the congressman is discussing the possibility of pursuing the job with members of his family. Meanwhile another candidate for the job congressman daniel shoes. Am i running against anybody . Am i running against a personality or a name . Antoinette also in the race Jason Chaffetz of utah, the chair of the powerful oversight and Government Reform Committee who says he would back ryan if he runs. Im a huge fan of paul ryan. I would support paul ryan. I would hope that he would do it. Antoinette on the campaign trail g. O. P. President ial candidates capitalizing on the political turmoil on capitol hill. I have urged every republican in the house say that the next speaker of the house should be a strong conservative. Antoinette House Speaker john boehner is staying on the job for now. And that could improve the chances for a debt limit increase by early next month to avoid a marketshattering government default. Frank president obama is looking to tighten gun laws after a violent week of campus shootings. He met privately with the victims grieving families in oregon yesterday. Eight students and a teacher at a Community College in roseburg were killed by a shooter who then turned the gun on himself. Obama had pledged immediately after the shooting to politicize the issue. President were gonna have to come together as a country to see how we can prevent these issues from taking place. Frank obamas renewed call for stricter gun laws did not go over well in roseburg. Hundreds of supporters and protesters gathered near the local airport to greet him as he arrived. Antoinette new f. B. I. Statistics show crime is down across the bay state. The number of Violent Crimes including murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults are down by 5 percent. Property crimes fell by 9 percent. The statewide decrease is following a national trend. Antoinette ethnic food markets may get a break from the bay states blue laws. That means theyll be allowed to open for business on thanksgiving and christmas. The blue laws date back to the 17th century. They call for all supermarkets and retailers to close for the holidays. Only food markets that label more than half their inventory in a language other than english would be exempt according to a new bill under consideration on beacon hill. Frank in New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a bill that would create a tax for drivers of electric cars. The current gas tax funds Highway Maintenance throughout the state, some lawmakers argue drivers of hybrids and electric cars and electric cards arent buying as much gas. So they should contribute to the Highway Maintenance some other way. So therell be a bill recommending an alternate source. Theyll probably pay some more money when they register the car which will go to the state to replace what they would pay for gas taxes. Frank lawmakers are still working out exactly what the tax would be. Antoinette an alarming backlog of drug cases in New Hampshires state Police Forensic lab. The backlog consists of more than 3,800 cases with 750 new cases coming in each month. The director says they can only process 500 cases a month, and the heroin and Opioid Epidemic is fueling the problem. He also says some drugs require a series of tests to determine what they are which highlights the risk users are taking. Theres no Quality Control among drug dealers and users. Getting from packet to packet. The purity could be different purity from one week to the next. Antoinette a new 60,000 grant will allow for more overtime at the lab along with another fulltime chemist. But the lab director says it still may not be enough to get through the backlog of cases. A possible medical breakthrough at umass. Frank the research being done at the medical school that could prevent lyme disease. Struggling to recover after the warning to residents with even more rain on the way. R frank its 6 44. Welcome back. To the economy now. A popular social media site is reportedly planning layoffs. The New York Times reports that twitters c. E. O. And cofounder jack dorseys first big plan includes a series of costcutting moves. Twitter has more than 4,100 employees in more than 35 offices. The paper reports the layoffs could come as soon as tuesday. Pot sales are playing off in oregon. An Industry Association says pot dispensaries made close to 11million in the first six days of operation. Recreational marijuana sales began in oregon on october 1. The State Government says that given such a strong start, it should get more than 20 million in extra tax revenue next year. Oregon is the third state after colorado and washington to legalize Recreational Marijuana use. And taking a look at the week ahead. Investors will be looking at Quarterly Earnings reports for big banks along with other Big Companies including intel, netflix, and general electric. Wall street will also be watching for signs of inflation one of the conditions that factors in to the feds decision on interest rates. Antoinette another wet weekend in floodravaged south carolina. Heavy rain is already falling 84 dams in the state are being closely watched as another two fall in the flood zone. In georgetown county, whole streets, sidewalks, driveways, filthy floodwater with only rooftops to serve as landmarks. Some people can only get to their homes by boat. Sabrina johnson a lot of people its just heartbreaking for everybody out here. Antoinette authorities are urging thousands of people to evacuate. We have danielle coming in to join us now when were talking about this. Danielle, it seems like that part of south carolina, it is relentless for them. Neverending for the rain. Danielle the only thing is is this weekend we actually have an area of low pressure coming to them. Theres already a Flash Flood Watch in effect until midnight tonight. Were looking at the latest models on them. It looks like theyre going to get significant yet again today which is not good news for these folks. Heavy bands yellows and reds moving in. Theres a good line of thunderstorms right now over parts of central south carolina. And all that is shifting to the east. So not great for them. As for us, were start to go dry out some of the rain we saw yesterday afternoon and evening. That cold front moving off shore. High pressure is building on in. And the winds around it going clockwise. We do have a northwest wind that is pretty persistent this morning. It will back down or lessen as we head through the afternoon. Clouds already beginning to lessen over the cape and the islands this morning. We will see a lot of sunshine. The big story though this weekend is the temperatures on the way up. Today we actually are below normal at 59 degrees. We should be running around 63 degrees but by sunday back up to 68. By monday 72 and tuesday 70 degrees so enjoy this warmer temperature because theyre not going to last, in fact, cooler air moves in by the end of the workweek. So far for the month of october, weve been running well below normal. Were actually down over twoandahalf degrees right now. As you look over here, it looks like well, i wanted to show you the sunrise. Continue to tweet and facebook me your pictures. You never know when you might see them on tv this morning. The winds out of the north and west at about 13. Gusting still up to 30 miles an hour on nantucket. So a bit on the breezy side this morning. Youre going to feel them in high temperatures today. Because of the northwest wind only warming into the upper 50s in worcester, boston. Low 60s in taunton. Mid 50s on the cape. Upper 50s on nantucket. So the future cast look like this. Even though well keep some clouds around at least this morning. By about lunchtime or so, most of us clearing out. The only exception is up through northern new england. We could have high, thin clouds. Then everybody starts to see the sunshine later on today and through this evening. Now, of course, with clear skies tonight and the winds backing down, that will allow the temperatures to drop a bit. So 36 in concord as well as in orange. 46 boston. 41 taunton. And even 42 in portsmouth. Because of that, National Weather service has issued frost advisory from basically 95 to 495. For tomorrow morning. Until 8 00 a. M. Also through western mass and southern vermont. Be aware of that. And if you do any plans outside, bring them in. The frost can really harm them. We start out cool tomorrow. Look at these temperatures rebounding nicely. Into the upper 60s pushing near 70 maybe in some spots. Its a mild start out there. In fact, this weekend is very mild so if you are headed up north to do some leaf peeping or maybe check out one of the apple orchards or Something Like that, it looks really good. Temperatures in the 50s today. But 60s tomorrow and low 70s on monday. Our next chance of rain holds off until pretty much early tuesday and then cools temperatures back into the 60s. By friday, were back into the 50s. Frank . Frank thanks a lot, danielle. Over to sports. The patriots have a distinct advantage when it comes to quarterbacks. The last two they faced had a total of five nfl wins which is exactly how many this weeks opposing quarterback Brandon Weeden has. That means tom brady has nearly as many super bowl wins as team. Thats something ive taken a lot of pride in. Trying to be out there and be a consistent available player and certainly being available to those guy s is what my job is. So its pretty fun. My goal honestly is i dont care if im 12for30. Just give this team a chance to win. Whatever that may be. Just find a way to give this team a chance to win. Thats my main focus. The pats take on the Dallas Cowboys at at t stadium in arlington tomorrow afternoon. Probably one of my favorite stories of the morning. A big honorfor one of our own wcvb reporter jorge quiroga. Antoinette jorge was given the Lifetime Achievement award at the hispanic heritage breakfast in boston. Governor Charlie Baker and mayor marty walsh were on hand to honor jorge, who recalled his early days here at 5 when viewers had trouble pronouncing his name. Somebody wrote in, dear ask the globe. Young reporter, personable young reporter. By the way he pronounces his name at home we know him as ohhickey yoga. Antoinette ive heard this ohickey yoga story before. It was hilarious. Jorge was also the cover boy of yesterdays edition of the Spanish Language daily el mundo. Hes been television in boston for more than 40 years. I have got to say you meet jorge for the first time. He is just the nicest guy. And always, always the sharpest dresser. Frank a skinny tie. Looking great. You know, well deserved honor. Hes a legend around here. Antoinette i love that guy. All right. On the way this morning, a potential breakthrough to prevent lyme disease. Frank and a fiery crash under investigation right now. Frank 6 54. Welcome back. Breaking news overnight. Waltham police are investigating a fiery crash involving three cars and a house on newton and fuller streets. Officers say two cars coming down newton street missed the turn. One car hit another vehicle. The second hit a house and burst into flames. Everyone managed to get out of the house safely. No one was hurt. Antoinette a quincy attorney and his girlfriend are under arrest in connection with a gruesome killing inside a marshfield home. Robert mckenna was found dead in his home on damons point road late last month. Michael moscaritolo is now facing a murder charge. His girlfriend lauren kalil is being charged with accessory after the fact. Both will be arraigned in Plymouth District court on tuesday. A wakefield social worker is being held on high bail. Hes accused of paying three 15yearold girls to send him pornographic photos of themselves. 34yearold rick hall is facing charges including Human Trafficking and child enticement. Frank right now in Newton Police are trying to hunt down a bear spotted in a backyard on rowe street. Environmental police have been called in. Theyre trying to find the bear, tranquilize it, and then release it into the woods. The search is now underway in the area of rowe and wolcott streets. Police are asking people there to stay inside and call them if they see the bear. Antoinette right now 11 people are recovering after an s. U. V. Plows into a crowd at a framingham car auction. The driver was showing the it accidentally took off. The s. U. V. Crashed through 55 cars before slamming into a cinder block wall. The driver is not hurt. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Frank researchers at Umass Medical School are working on what could be a medical breakthrough when it comes to the prevention of lyme disease, scientists have developed a new injection that targets the bacteria that causes the disease. Right now there are no vaccines to prevent the tickborn illness. Human trials of the annual injection are expected to begin next year. If it wins f. D. A. Approval, it could be available in about three years. Antoinette 46 degrees outside. That rain has moved out of here. Really feeling like one of those crisp fall weekends. Frank we need sound effects by the way. Sunshine. Temperatures are going to warm up today. Only in the upper 50s though. Morning. Be aware of that. Tomorrow its a chilly start. Frost advisories already posted for are between 95 and 495 and out in weston mass. We warm up into the upper 60s, low 70s for columbus day officially. Some rain coming into the forecast on tuesday. We really need the rain. It cools back off by the end of the week. But the weekend, we couldnt get a better holiday forecast. Antoinette especially for all of you heading up north to leaf peep. Danielle send us pictures, please. Frank you can watch wcvb any