Transcripts For WFXT FOX 25 Morning News 20161027 : comparem

Transcripts For WFXT FOX 25 Morning News 20161027



i am daniel miller. >> julie: good morning, everyone, i am julie grauert. another cold morning out there. meteorologist shiri spear says cold enough for a little snow in parts of new england before things turn soaking wet. >> shiri: you see that with this batch of show moving through new york. pretty chilly temperatures in place. all we have locally a couple of sprinkles impacting the cape where we have thicker clouds. down toward hyannis don't be surprised to see a quick little spritz. 35 in boston but it is freezing freezing up to beverly, lawrence and worcester. we have partly cloudy skies to get things started but most of us will start the day dry here and through 9 a.m., the potential for not just frosty temperatures but freezing temperatures out there. here is worcester today, and you can see it is real tough to warm things up. in worcester, we only get into the lower 40s. as rain develops between 2 and 3:00 this afternoon it will be a very cold rain. an opportunity for a cup of flurries up ahead of that main we have an hour-by-hour look at futurecast and who gets to snow today when the rain moves in for you coming up in 10. julie grauert has more live drive time. shiri, good morning. let you know about overnight closures. ted williams eastbound. the tunnel closed between exit 24 and exit 26. south of the pike everything moving along fine along the expressway. 24 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 8 minutes on the expressway. 23 minutes on 93 passengers jumping out of train windows to a platform full of smoke destroyed the evening commute for thousands of people. many of whom will pass through the very same station today during the morning rush hour. this morning the mbta is blaming the smoke on one the car's motors. >> this is what the t is telling us 4:39 notified of a propulsion issue at back bay. started jumping out of the windows to escape the smoke. three people got hurt and the mbta are trying to figure out what went wrong. our christine mccarthy spoke to several riders of the chaos inside those trains. >> reporter: chaos during the commute. riders leased from windows of an orange line train as the back bay.filled with smoke. >> it was stressful. i didn't know what was going on. people yelling there was a fire. >> reporter: brie grabbed her cell phone and started recording from inside. the doors wouldn't open, so another rider stepped up. >> somebody smashed a window and they kicked it out. and we all jumped out of the t through the window. >> reporter: another passenger shot this video as the group scrambled up the stairs. skyfox captured fire fighters responding to help passengers evacuate. -- >> it was kind of hard to breathe and see. pretty thick smoke. kind of concerning. people were coughing and panicking. >> reporter: the t is investigating but officials say the issue was likely a motor problem. >> the first thing i thought was what was going on. >> reporter: michael myers said a situation he never before witnessed. >> we were all grouped up in one space. we were all running up the escalator. >> reporter: but for shelly, the third time she experience problem is fixed soon. >> i hope the t gets special attention. a lot of us use it every single day were report at the back bay station, christine mccarthy. >> as to why the doors did not open away. it was intentional not an accident. people were moving away from the platform and if they jumped out right away, it would have landed on the live third rail. once it was safe they opened passengers knocked out windows to escape a train. this is video from the winter when a panel fell off and it landed on the track causing the train to grind to a halt and caused smoke to felt nearby state state station. >> daniel: the t told us that panel fell off because it simply deteriorated. it was old. it turns out old line trains are some of the older in the fleet. they date back never have been released as you can see. we confirmed with the mbta that 100 orange line trains are expected to be replaced in 2018. now 4:05. new surveillance video show the man police believed tried to kidnap a young girl in roxbury. we got the surveillance video from a convenience 120r near blue hill avenue. the suspect following the 13-year-old girl on her way to school. she told police he grabbed her by the arm and covered her the middle schooler fought off the stranger and ran away. a man tries to grab a woman after exposing himself on a popular trail. this morning marblehead police are working to find him. video of where the attack happened. the woman told police walking on the old rail trail behind the tower school when a masked man confronted her yesterday morning. >> she was approaching him. saw her on the bike near the fence, and he got off the bike and st i knew it was a problem as soon as i saw that. >> daniel: the woman yelled for help and scared the man off. the school was put on lockdown. the sheriff deputy that shot the taunton stabbing suspect was justified in using deadly force. off-duty sheriff deputy james creed was finishing dinner at bertucci's when he jumped into dealing with a deep depression after he and his girlfriend broke up. they had two children. he killed a woman at a home and george heath at the mall. deputy creed stopped and killed darosa when he refused to put down the knife and get on the ground. hope the attention the state and local leader will draw out sex offenders living inside the same apartment building. fox25 broke this story last week. the state registry level 3 offenders live in an apartment. they spoke to city councillors and several boston police officers. people hope this is the next step to making their neighborhood a safer place. >> we have two boys who play in my back yard in my driveway and i am scared. i am scared for them. i am scared for the other children. and i was extremely worried because nobody ever notified us that, you know, they were there. >> daniel: the massachusetts aclu is also taking notice on this issue a letter to boston police. they claim what neighbors are doing is against the law and that the sex offenders are allowed to live there. a runaway truck caused a lot of damage to this million dollar home in winchester. happened on lorena road. the house is apparently for sale and no one was inside at the time. no one was in the truck either. the truck slipped out of park and rolled into the side of the garage. boston police say an uber driver was behind the wheel when a suv drove into a wall in beacon hill. this is video from grove street. the driver was trying to turn left when a car clipped him sending him in the building. there was a passenger in the car. both were taken to the hospital but should be okay. more than 500 people showed up to pay tribute to the lives taken in the middleborough wrong-way track. jacqui heinrich takes us inside what an an emotional night in hearted mourning the loves those young men. the warning was uplifting, practice love because you never know when it will be your last chance. >> reporter: parents of four young men whose lives were taken too soon sharing their grief with hundreds that showed up to lend a shoulder to cry on. >> the most heartbreaking thing. >> reporter: 20-year-old krai cousins and friends at babylon. and 19-year-old jordan fisher all taken when a wrong-way driver slammed head on into their car on 495 in middleborough. >> i knew every single one of the kids. i knew every single parent. i knew -- that's how we grew up. >> reporter: a crowd of hundreds that showed up in daylight and stayed well into the night to show support for inspirational, because the love they have to the people around them, i am absolutely overwhelmed. >> reporter: sharing stories of the past, prayers and well wishes for the future. >> it doesn't matter where you live on the cape. it is like we love each other. >> reporter: showing those grieving parents that they are not alone. the driver 31-year-old valantein burson also passed away in the crash. they don't know why she drove of speeding and once had her license suspended, jacqui heinrich, fox25 news. the cubs have evened things up at one game apiece and now the world series heads to chicago. tomorrow is the first time wrigley field has hosted the world series game in 71 years. last night cubs pitcher took no hitter in the 6th inning finishing the night with six strikeouts and theo epstein with two rbis. cubs won 5-1. before the start of the game david ortiz was honored at the hank aaron award winner given to the top offensive winner each league. we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. taking a look at the expressway. in the single digits as you head from the braintree split to the pike. shiri? >> shiri: starting things off in the 20s and 30s. really cold out there. most of us will see clouds and a slight risk of a sprinkle or drizzle. 5 p.m., heavy rains moving in, guys. chilly rain on the way and timeline on that and a little bit of snow coming up in less than ten. >> julie: all right, shiri. a woman sets off to teach her husband about wasting money. i had frequent heartburn, but...my doctor recommended prilosec otc 7 years ago, 5 years ago, last week. just 1 pill each morning. 24 hours and zero heartburn, it's been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10 straight years, and it's still recommended today. it is 4:14 right now. dracut woman with alzheimer's who survived 671 hours in the cold is getting treatment this morning at a lowell hospital. fox25's malini basu spoke to that woman's family who says she is quite the fighter. >> reporter: for three full days, kathy lucier was nowhere to be found. the dracut woman's family feared the worst. an off-duty fire fighter found her. >> you can ask her questions and she tries to answer. there is no other definition. >> reporter: a fighter found tuck aid way under the tarp of a neighbor's boat. the 75-year-old surd vivd temperatures in the 30s. we asked dr. bitner from mass general how it is possible to survive under those conditions. >> drinking water in that 48-hour window is important. the way she was able to hide herself gave a little warm pocket of air and gave her some wind. >> reporter: lucier suffers from parkinson's and dementia, despite that she was carrying around a bowl and a spoon. off-duty fire fighter spotted that bowl. >> i saw the bowl. it was just on the scene. there is no way -- that is the bowl that just happened to be right by my house, and hopped a cup of fences and we found her. >> to justin, thank you very much. >> reporter: now family members are by her side. >> she is not eating but she is taking iv fluids and just an evaluation process is ongoing. >> reporter: lucier is trying to talk and answer questions, but if you mention the word ice cream. >> i said kathy, you missed three days of ice cream and she raised her right eyebrow, could you tell she knew what i was talking about. she has been found. her her is by her -- her husband is by her bedside which is a comfort and she will be in the hospital as doctors and nurses evaluate her. fox25 has the story of a woman that spent five years in hospice care even though she wasn't dying. >> they took away five years of my life. >> julie: the family of patricia marvel reached out after her new doctors raised concerns. had a complaint of potential medicare fraud and how you can protect your loved ones. the man accused of hacking the computers at boston children's hospital is on a hunger strike. martin fell to the floor at his arraignment yesterday where he -- where he pleaded not guilty. it is unclear this morning whether he tripped or fainted. that was the 23rd day of his fast. he said the hack was to protest the treatment of christina pelletier the teen at the center of the custody wait to between the state of massachusetts and her parent. we track traffic and weather every ten minutes. south of the pike expressway moving along fine. no issues on 128 northbound or southbound. route 1, 93 south problem-free. as soon as anything happens, i will be sure to let you know. live drive times. 2 minutes from route 1 to the tobin. 22 minutes on southbound route 1 in peabody to the weston if you haven't got out to -- gone out to get hats scars of. you better get them. >> julie: bitterly cold shiri many of you colder than yesterday. coldest day of fall. a frost advisory for most. immediate coast inland where you see the purples and further west of that a freeze warning. frosty, freezing temperatures. 20s and 30s as you wake up this morning. for many of us cold enough for snow, we just don't have any precipitation are be weeding out the cold as it moves in which is why most of us simply end up with rain today. notice those future cast is bringing in a couple of morning sprinkles. i wouldn't be surprised if they are flurries in some towns, especially from the south shore over to the north shore if anything gets inland. potential of one or two flurries. nothing sticky or going to make a mess of the morning commute. so we have a lot of clouds around today. clouds will thicken up pretty blue skies and count on things. we have the first of real rain starting to pop up. my only concern if it is slow to warm up a bit of concern into southern new hampshire initially here. by the evening commute. as the pace of these showers is picking up, plain rain. out to the berkshires and travelling to western mass, that is where the focus of our know is going to remain. overnight, we continue with the heavy rain at times, and if you are part of the early mornin really going to be the worse here, probably 4, 5, 6:00 in the morning. by 8 a.m. most of the showers gone in southern cape. even those locations drying out. going to be very windy. heavy rain going to be our biggest weather threat. things get windy tonight and tomorrow and we will have to consider the potential for wind damage across the cape. snow hazard today is going to be low. a cup of morning flurries aren't going to cause any problems. mountains that you find some accumulation up to the berkshires, western mass a couple of inches possible and could end up with a coating and some thicking out into southwestern new hampshire. before we flip over to rain, tracking a couple of early morning flurries and at least the potential for that. 20s 3507bds on the map. freezing in plymouth. fitchburg at 30 degrees and here you can see we are starting out with mostly clear skies. in come those clouds and by 2:00 this afternoon, we are looking at tempe all rain out of this whole thing. high temperatures are going to be warmest out in boston where we could see a couple of 50s out there. a little skeptical about the 50s. end up with a lot of middle perhaps upper 40s at the coastline, central mass, southern new hampshire. you guys are going to be stalling out in the low to middle 40s. low temperatures not too bad and sticking with all rain and for the day tomorrow, we have highs back up to around 50 degrees and still into your morning commute tomorrow. 54 degrees. turning windy. over the weekend, rain chances, mostly now on sunday. that has flipped since yesterday. saturday looks like the drier day. only the slight risk and remaining mostly cloudy. back to you guys. former massachusetts governor mitt romney making fun of his decision to stay out of this presidential race. >> i get asked on a regular bases, why aren't you running this year. >> daniel: his optimism of future of this country no matter the results of the election. ? ? ? ? can you say i love it? ? ? oh love it? ? ? can you say hey? ? ? hey! ? ? that's the spirit! oooooh.? ? ooh ooh ? ? wooh ooh ? ? wooh ooh ? ? sing sing, baby baby i love you. oh yes.? ? ooooh oooh.? check this out. the state sent us this animated video what it will look like when toll booths come down and traffic is moving smoothly with electronic tolls. drivers are being warned for a very slow commute. type of mind. >> reporter: a slow ride on the pike out of the weston tolls. things are about to change. how do 23 simultaneous work zones from boston to the new york border sound? >> oh, my goodness, no way. definitely not going to take the pike then. >> reporter: the worst of it will be scheduled until two days before thanksgiving. >> i am probably going to have to plan a lot of time to get here earlier. that is a long time. >> reporter: starts friday night. work crews will r alston-brighton of toll plazas and demolition is expected to begin sunday. >> if you have to drive, leave yourself plenty of time. >> reporter: wants pike travelers to know the massive project will impact them. >> leave yourself plenty of time. maybe think about an alternative work schedule if you can do it. maybe think of a different way to get to work if you can do it. take the mbta if you can do that. >> reporter: it will all be worth it in the end. the end, it won't come until the end of the year. people picking up an e-zpass at the natick west area. >> just for flow of traffic i think it is a wonderful idea. >> that was ted daniel reporting. more details on toll booth demolition. 9:45 tolls will stop being collected at toll booths. then at 10 all electronic tolling will go live. preparation for demolition through late sunday when construction will actually begin. the speed limit will be 15 miles per hour through the constructi more than 100 police details will be out when the new system goes live friday night. we posted the full timeline on our website at fox25boston.com. 4:26 right now. this time of year your facebook feed is cluttered with politics as tv commercial breaks and tv news, but facebook says that is not necessarily a bad thing. the social media giant believes 2 million new voters registered in the miami and general elections because of that new alert on your home page. online registration and voter vegetation sites in every state. a woman in north carolina wanted to teach her husband a lesson about wasting money but backfired in the best way imaginable. glenda's husband, buddy wanted her to buy two tickets. she wanted to make a point that they are a waste of money and she bought a $10 scratch-off ticket but the ticket was a $1 million winner. hundreds of dollars gone wired a scheme that duped a husband and wife thinking that their spouse had been kidnapped for i asked my dentist if an electric toothbrush was going to clean better than a manual... he said sure, but don't just get any one. get one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head! oral-b's rounded brush head cups your teeth to break up plaque and rotates to sweep it away. and oral-b crossaction delivers a clinically proven superior clean vs. sonicare diamondclean. my mouth feels super clean! oral-b. know you're getting a superior clean. now at 4:30, chaos and confusion. smoke filling an orange line train. escape. the even greater danger they could have faced if the doors had been allowed to open. and you off to another freezing start where you might see flurries before a change to heavy rain today. >> nearly six months after the taunton stabbing rampage. the da releases his report. what we are learning new about the tragedy this morning. security is always tight in salem for the halloween festivities but even more is being done this year. the specific steps to make sure a national craze doesn't get coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> julie: good morning, everyone, 4:30 on this thursday, october 27. i am julie grauert. >> daniel: good morning, i am daniel miller. freezing wind, rain and even snow mixed in that. meteorologist shiri spear is in the storm tracker weather center with the worsening conditions shiri expected today. >> temperatures improve and the weather conditions kind of got

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