Home ablaze because he was being forced to move out as part of a pending divorce. Prosecutors say he set the house on fire with gasoline calling the fire a beautiful thing. He confirmed he was the home owner. When asked if he had connection, he stated, i did it. I poured gasoline. My wife is moving in tomorrow. Officers also noted he was laughing and making jokes. Reporter defense lawyer says his client denies and he says the couples three kids and wife were not in the house and brosnan removed the family cat. He is going through difficult time. It is the end of a 27yearold marriage with three children. This is totally the antithesis of everything that i know about the man. Reporter he was ordered anything but dangerous. He is a very nice, kind man. He would help you anyway, anytime. Reporter his lawyer says his client is very emotional right now and understands the seriousness of what is going on. He is in jail right now. Life in swampscott, jim smith. Breaking News Health Officials s
Scene at a local marina as fire consumes boats on a dock. The flames quickly spreading from one boat to the next. Again, tense moments, those nine boats were totally destroyed. Good afternoon, im kathryn hauser. And im chris mckinnon. Thank you for being with us. Crews rushed to put the fire out. Nicole jacobs is live in quincy. You spoke with some barely escaped the fire. Reporter we did, chris. But i should first mentioned the aroma of gasoline is still in the air. That as well as all of the fiberglass here helped fuel the fire according to officials. If you take a look you can still see they are here investigating the situation. Fire officials were able to save some of the boat that were in the path of the flames, but fortunate. From high above Captains Cove marina in quincy, flames and thick black smoke billow, on the water, stories of loss and heartbreak emerge. I can see it right there. Nothing left. Reporter Justin Lowery and tamara silvy look out at everything that once had. We
The shooting. You could see all the gunshots and oh, my god, it terrified me. Reporter a shooter sent people in a busy shopping area ducking for cover. The cop was like get out of here theres a shooter. Reporter witnesses reported hearing a barrage of bullets. A bullet cracked over my head and hit the stop sign on my left side. By the time i got my truck and i waited there i heard about 20. Around 11 30 a. M. Hours later officers and the gunman were still involved in a shootout inside the planned parenthood building. During the firefight some scared witnesses inside the building were able to call loved ones. She called me and she was telling me that there was a shooting. I heard the shooting. She couldnt say much because she was afraid that those guys you know. Reporter police evacuated people trapped for hours. As offers continued to Exchange Gunfire with the shooter. We did get officers inside of the building at the planned parenthood and the officers were able to shout to the suspec
We have now over 2,000 to 3,000 deaths per day. We have record hospitalizations. Over 125,000 hospitalizations. Its a very difficult position to be in. Things could get really quite bad as we go into the first couple of weeks of january which will reflect what went on two weeks previously, namely where we are right now. Nbcs ron allen is in Long Island City new york and Shaq Brewster is at Bradley International airport outside hartford, connecticut. Ron, youre in queens, the onetime epicenter of this pandemic. What is the situation like on the ground right now as we head into this second calendar year fighting the virus . Reporter well, the positivity rates are going up here in new york city and in new york state as they have been in other places, in the region as well, massachusetts and connecticut. These are the states hardest hit early on in the pandemic. Now its sort of coming back again. Theres also huge problems with distribution of this vaccine which is also worrying. The number
Thank you very much for starting your morning with us, on what can be a difficult morning for many people as they try to struggle through all of what is happening with the snow thats coming down. Lets go right now to Ashleigh Banfield from darian, connecticut. Ashleigh, how are you . Reporter well, it is very, very snowy here, marty. I was taking the drive because the media was allowed to be on the roads last night but everybody else wasnt. Between greenwich, connecticut, and darian, connecticut, on that 95 corridor as you look at your map all the way to new haven and beyond. And i have never been on a freeway like that, with five cars over the course of about a 45minute drive, driving about 25, 30 miles an hour. If youve ever imagined 95 looking like a farmers field, thats what it looked like, trying to make headway throughout the night. It was about 12 00 midnight, 1 00 am. Just look i said, absolutely remarkable to see that people really did, for the most part, heed the travel ban w