A story over on 128. This is a live look from earlier today and masspike also clear at this hour as we take a live look at the roads in brighton. Good evening, everyone. Im vanessa welch. And im mark ockerbloom. The wind remains a concern tomorrow for anyone traveling and doing lastminute thanksgiving preps. And the cold. Certainly weve had some windy days this week. Tomorrow it will still be brisk out there in conjunction with e not going be real comfortable. 28 in worcester. Thats right now. 34 in boston, winds still gusting up to around 20, even over 20 miles per hour. Province town to 30 miles per hour. Not as many wind gusts right now but theyre out there and gives the windchills in the teens and 20s all the way down to cape cod right now. I took a look at what our temperatures are and what it looks like off to the west right now and its about the same. Thats critical because this is where our storm is. Look whats happening out there with the storm where the now. Heavy snow, and some ice and rain to the south. When this storm translates eastward were gonna be dealing with some of this. A timeline of when the snow and ice impact your thanksgiving travel. If you are hitting the roads tomorrow, massdot says your best bet is to get out between 6 00 and 17 00 a. M. The worst traffic is expected between noon and 5 00 tomorrow with a peak at 3 00 p. M. So try to travel tomorrow in the morning if you can. If you watt out tomorrow and travel after 5 00 or 6 00 its gonna be much e and you can monitor the very latest in traffic and weather leading up to thanksgiving just download the free fox 25 news app. A man putting up Christmas Lights shocked and rushed to the hospital. Tonight hes at mass general getting treatment. Fox 25s malini bought sue joins us live outside the hospital. And new since 6 00 you have spoken exclusively with the victims wife who told you doctors cannot believe her the wife earlier today, here we are at mass General Hospital talking about eight hours later and the 54yearold man is still in the emergency room. By his bedside is his wife. In the meantime, the wife told fox 25 outside the merrimack New Hampshire home, she says its a miracle that her husband is alive right now. I was slapping his face saying stay with me, stay with me. And his eyes were rolling back in his head. Reporter karens husband bill derosh was putting up Christmas Lights inro he was using using this metal pe when he was severely shocked. He was trying to get the top of the tree and decorate it with a real long pole, probably a 20foot pole. The wind must have taken the pole back just enough and hit the live electrical wire and it sent the whole whatever, how many volts are in that wire through his whole body. Happened around 2 00 this afternoon at the glen forest drive know merrimack, New Hampshire. Smoke. I came running out. He was on the ground, semiconscious. Reporter the shocks were so intense. Smell it. Reporter his hands and feet were burned. He burnt the socks off his feet. Theyre all metallicy with metal burn holes in them. You can still smell the burnt grass. Right here somewhere is the burn mark. Reporter karen is just hoping this christmas will bring them a miracle because doctors told her this. They cant believe hes so again right now at this hour, karen is by her husbands bedside. Hes still in the emergency room. We know a item of doctors and nurses are also doing several tests on him as they are afraid of severe internal damage. Malini bought sue, fox 25 news. A lawrence man is being held without bail tonight charged with a hate crime on a transgender person. The alleged assault happened outside the social club early has been charged with assault and a civil rights violation. He was accused of calling the transgender victim a sexual slur and violently assaulting him outside the club. Six children are still in Critical Condition tonight after a Deadly School bus crash in tennessee. The driver reportedly asked the children if they were ready to die right before impact. And late tonight the hospital revealed that to identify with two days to speak or right they had to take photos of the district to track down their parents. They believe. Reporter a school bus packed with children slammed into a telephone pole and wrapped around a tree. All i could hear was this kid screaming. I mean they were screaming. Reporter according to the childrens elementary school, four girls and a boy were killed in the crash. Three in the fourth grade and i couldnt imagine to drop my kids up on a bus stop. Reporter other children taken to the hospital still in their school uniforms. And because the young age many of them were unable to spell their names, did not know their birth dates or even their parents names. Several said momma when they were asked what their name was. Police arrested the driver, jonathan walker. In april walker got his bus driver license and in september he was involved in a minor bus crash. No one was incident. A drastic difference to mondays crash. Now walker is charged with 5 counts of vehicular homicide, Reckless Endangerment and reckless driving. He was saying reporter as the Investigation Continues into what caused the deadly crash. The most natural thing in the world is for a parent to mourn the loss of a child. The most unnatural thing in the world. There are no words that can father. Trump tweeted his condolences to all of those affected by this terrible tragedy. New at 10 00, Transit Police are investigating how one of their own officers got hurt at the Suffolk County t station tonight. We are hearing the officer may have broken his arm. T police tell us he was not hit by a train but the injury did delay blue line commuters earlier tonight. Donald trump says he wants to media. Trump met with the New York Times today. He said he had Great Respect for the newspaper but the treatment with him have been quote, very rough. The meeting came one day atmosphere got together with broadcast executives. He spoke in measured tones and said you gotta tell the truth about me. The press should check on all elected officials. He often slams what he calls u. S. Stocks surge into a record high today. The dow jones closed above 19,000 for the first time as the post election rally continues to push the markets to record highs. The nasdaq finished up 17 points while the s p closed nearly 5 points higher. Massachusetts snort scott brown is on the short list of the secretary of veteran affairs. Saying he had a great meeting with the president elect in new york city on monday. Following the gettogether he talked about some of his priorities if he we need to obviously focus on suicide and get the people of Mental Health issues immediate treatment. Brown spent nearly four decades in the Army National guard and says he expects trump to make a decision after thanksgiving. Candlelight vigil held tonight in lowell hours after the the is the killer faced a judge. It hurts me that my mom is really gone. Fox 25s Stephanie Coueignoux was in the courtroom this afternoon as prosecutors laid taken. Today ended in an explosion of eve motion, angry and heart broken by the judges decision and the lack of murder charges against amarilla cortez perez. Its hard knowing she should be charged with murder and the other days that are still on the run. Reporter killed saturday night after Laurel Police say she was beaten by a group of people during a fight at a party. Is perez appeared before a judge today. Prosecut she hit orengo over the head twice. They observed the victims being violently attacked by a group of people, continuing the attack even after she was on the ground. Reporter even more heart breaking police say orangos son, who had special needs, witnessed the beating, unable to protect his mother. Hes traumatized. He cant sleep. He keeps blaming himself. When he seen the crime scene in the news, he pointed to the barrel, hes like right there, mommy died right there. Orango during the fight. So far no one has been charged or arrested for that or any other part in this attack. It gets me mad, you know, other people get caught real quick. They should do more. They should have more people. Reporter Stephanie Coueignoux, fox 25 news. New at 10 00, an horrific case of child neglect reported in connecticut. Three children ages 3, unable to speak. Ms. Her turned herself into Connecticut State Police today after a fourmonth investigation. Another suspect, Nicholas Emery has been arrested in arizona. Police tell fox 25 they were both legally responsible for the children. The kids were found in a home in danielson connecticut, police say they were underweight, had missing teeth and rarely left the house. Theyre not in school either. Time to get monitors on all school buses. This after allegation allegations of a Sexual Assault between students on a bus. Parents are outraged after they say the Renaissance Charter School was slow to notify them of repeated incidents involving a 6yearold boy. Fox 25 has learned because of budget cuts just 37 of all Boston Public School bus trips have an adult monitor and thats for students with special needs. Do you think its time to reexamine that . Well certainly look ath renaissance goes a lot deeper and i think theres a lot of other issues there and its a sad situation. Fox 25 reported the Renaissance School also failed to notify the education secretary within 48 hours which is required of all charges. Reporter police are looking for an around man who robbed the west water bank. Theyre looking for joe morris and say he might be driving a cap. Next at 10 00, why a woman hasnt had heat in her home for weeks. The cold air is in place and tracking this storm moving into itsay winter yet but sure feels that way outside. A cold snap has been especially tough on an disabled women from outside boston. Ted, she claims a Utility Company broke her furnace. Her furnace, her frig, and her stove she says all were fried when a utility crew was doing work outside her o street home. Her stove has been replaced. It happened today but shes not sure if or when shell get her heat back. Warmth of in shirleys participate and with temperatures outside in the 30s, warmth is a relative term. Lights will bring more heat into the house and with my medical condition its making it 10 times worse. Shirley shares the o street with her dog, her niece and adult son and says the arent she has no heat is because her furnace is broken and she blames new englands Largest Energy we are making some emergency repairs so we may have some momentary outages. On november 1, after ever source crew did work outside her home and shirley says her power went off and then came back on again. I cant cook. The oven dont work. I went to open the frig, the freezer was broken. Reporter shirley believes the search is the surge to to time. She says ever source has replaced her oven and offering to pay for a new frig but after repeated requests, she says they havent done anything about the furnace. How long will i go without heat while this is being processed. Reporter we were rolling when an ever course executive called shirley and told her her claim has not yet been processed. Its not like were looking for payments or anything. Fix what you broke. Fox 25 has been in communication with ever source since around 5 00 this afternoon. By email, a spokesperson tells me that the company feels for mrs. Mordon and says that a crew came and replaced the stove as quick as they could and got that installed. He adds that yesterday when we first learned about the damaged heating system we sent a plummer who is unable to make repairs due to the age and condition of the system. Were continuing to try to help and have offered to put ms. Mordon up in a motel room while the situation is rectified. Shirley takes issue with that statement, she says, one, there was never an offer for her to be put in a hotel room, and two, she says she first notified the company about her furnace she says 11 days ago. Im ted daniel, fox 25 news. A bad batch of heroin is leading to more overdoses in a 24hour period. One person died. Police believe the batch is mixed mixed with synthetic drugs. A surprising move in the case against a fitchburg man accused in the assault of 5yearold jeramiah oliver and his siblings. The judge has suspended a hearing to suppress evidence against alberto see area. The boyfriend of obviously verifys mother. The judge said statements did not appear relative to his assault and endangerment charges. That informant led police to the suitcase off of interstate 90 two years ago. No one has been charged in the boys murder. Hampshire college will no longer fly flags on campus after a flag flap. After intense backlash the school has blocked people from posting comments on its Facebook Page until next weekend saying our Staff Members are on holiday break and unable to respond to questions and to ensure posts adhere to community standards. School leaders say members of the school lowered the American Flag to halfstaff after the that flag was later found burned on veterans day. The school then replaced the flag but decided not to fly any flags on campus at all. The tough thing here is trying to maintain two competing ideas at once. Hampshires president also said the school will work with students on how to move forward. This is the actual bucket that started the ice bucket challenge. An als Awareness Campaign next week will hang in the smithsonian as part of itself new giving in america exhibit. Erika richey is live for us in beverly where the family is very honored by this announcement. Well, they are. I have to tell you i was as well as i sat down with petes parents in their living room in beverly tonight as they shared the news with me. It was really special for me. They were so excited that having this ice bucket on display in the smithsonian offers the of the challenge going. This iconic bucket, its the symbol of hope. Reporter one simple bucket. Whats the done is ripped this disease out of the shadows, brought it to the fore. One crazy challenge. The simple ability pouring ice water over your head for somebody whos struggling. Reporter now preparing to be on display at one of nations most coveted museums, the smithsonian as part of a new were honored. Reporter it was john and nancy freighties son pete who helped the ice bucket challenge go viral in august of 2014. Pete was three years into his battle with als and working hard to raise awareness within the video came to his attention. He was just waiting for a vehicle. He to us that day. I knew we would build momentum, im just waiting for the vehicle. Reporter the vehicle it was. The ice bucket challenge spread like wildfire and when the funds stopped being accounted in december had been raised for als research. Thats why the challenge symbolized by the bucket will be on display at the smithsonian because it demonstrates the exhibits goal of seeing how philanthropy has shaped our country. What it symbolizes to me is hope, is that one person can change the world. Never give up hope and keep fighting. Of course smithsonian is opening it on day and after that new years day is what theyll look forward to when the plunge take place. A onetime opportunity to raise money for their son and for his care. Go ahead and mark your calendar for that. Erika richey, fox 25 news. Fantastic tribute. Using a super food to fight explosives. As major headache for the owners of those vehicles that were damaged. Fox 25s bob ward discovered it appears that there will not be enough insurance money available to pay for all the damage. Reporter a horrific halloween crash in the back bay, a boston fire truck with emergency lights blazing collides with a car that wouldnt stop at the intersection of com ave and dartmouth. The fire truck crashed into a row of parked cars causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage. The driver of the chevy equinox was working for the Ride Sharing Service lift and Boston Police have cited him. But owners of these cars are suddenly realizing theyre in for a big headache. There may not be enough insurance money to pay for all this damage. In an email to fox 25, lyft says mode, meaning he no passenger and no assignment, its insurance is limited to 25,000 for the entire crash. The Boston Fire Department told me it will estimates the damage to the 20yearold fire reserve engine alone which suffered a went frame is at least 50,000. The owner of a luxury car showed me dewpoints that his car was valued at nearly 14,000 and considered a total loss. Those two vehicles alone total 64,000, well above lyfts with the number of luxury cars damaged or destroyed, the total could easily top 100,000. Mayor marty walsh told fox 25 insurance for Ride Sharing Services like lyft has been a concern from the very beginning. I know that we were concerned about some of the regulations and ability to regulate cautionary and we dont have the ability in the city and thats one of the check marks we would look at, would be insurance. Reporter the city of boston going to do to try to get its money back but it knows that it is scrapping that fire engine. Now, i spoke to several of the owners of those vehicles that were destroyed or damaged, they tell me theyre looking at their options but it doesnt look good. Reporting from boston, bob ward, fox 25 news. Today mark the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of president john f. Kennedy on november wanted to 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald shot the president while he was in dallas, who of course was born in brookline, mass, put into motion what would later become his president ial library and museum on the campus of umass boston. People always talk about it on this day, it seems, what might have happened had he lived longer and seen some of those dreams realize