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WFXT FOX 25 News At 5 September 9, 2016

Their seat belts. Its a pretty hard impact. If they didnt have the seat belts on, i probably wouldnt think they would be here. The reporter now tonight, boast girls are physically ok, and they are able to go back to school with their friends. Theres a fund raiser for the family tomorrow night, starting with a motorcycle ride in danvers at 5 00 p. M. Weve put the information on our web site if you would like to help out. Fox25boston. Com. Mark jason, so many takeaways from this story. Its an incredible story. The father told you he would like to speak with the other driver, the man in the truck. What does he want to say thought, mike, the other driver is a young man and by all accounts, this guy didnt do anything wrong. There was really nothing he could do, because again, she crossed the center line and hit him, and mike said he wanted to reach out to him and let him know his little girls are doing ok. He notes this is a traumatic events for him to experience too and everything will be ok. Mark need some healing and the benefit tomorrow should help them as well. Vanessa a cambridge man is accused of secretly videotaping former roommates in the nude and other women over a period of several years. Brower taped them in somerville apartments using a cellphone camera and a camera in the bathroom that was designed to look like a hook that a towel would be placed on. Prosecutors say one victim discovered a phone with the defendants name on it after hearing a strange beeping noise in a room. The suspect was released today on personal recognizance. The head of a prestigious prep school is accused of soliciting someone on the internet to have sex with him. How authorities tracked him down during a weeks long investigation. The reporter worcester detectives used under cover officers to find steven bliss, meeting him at a mcdonalds, where the 42yearold thought he was getting paid 200 for sex, but when bliss arrived, he was arrested. Fox 25 learned he works for cats Academy Boston ago, prestigious boarding school. He was also a former superintendent of schools for dover and sherburne. Well, parents at cats academy say that at least one of them bliss was up to. Thats unbelievable. I cant believe that. I have no idea. I am so shocked. I thought it was the most prestigious school, but i guess its really not. The reporter bliss is charged with Human Trafficking an engaging in sex for a fee. Coming up at 6 00 p. M. , fox 25 is looking in to the School Employees past. Live in the control room, Elizabeth Hopkins, fox 25 news. Mark three massachusetts state troopers are suspended without pay tonight pending an investigation. Its a story we broke last night at 10 00 p. M. Including one lieutenant w assigned to the state Police Armory section, which deals with all lethal and nonlethal weapon. A spokesperson tells us an internal investigation is reviewing the transfer of a limited number of surplus weapons to a state authorized vendor. The three Department Members have been suspended without pay indefinitely, as the investigation proceeds. Weve also learned that the state attorney general will review the findings of investigation to decide on any Police Officers will wear body cameras. A judge has rejected a request from the police union asking to delay the start of the program. The program called for 100 officers chosen from a pool of volunteers to wear the camera for six months, but no volunteers came forward and the department chose officers at random to participate. Because of this, the union claims the bpd overstepped its boundaries. Judge Douglas Wilkins says the program can continue and that the police union could easily recruit the 100 officers needed fox 25 is speaking with the Police Commissioner right now, his reaction in a live report at 6 00 p. M. Vanessa a hot september day. It was a scorcher out there. Temperatures reaching more than 90 degrees in some areas. A Beautiful Day here though, in Millenium Park in west roxbury. Fox 25 Storm Tracker chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz tracking the heat for us, and kevin, youre telling us the weekend looks nice and it wont be quite as warm. This weekend. That part, by the way, what a beautiful spot that especially on a night like this. Down a degree, 91 in boston, we will finish the day with a record 93 degrees set last year in boston. Down to 87 in provincetown. Dewpoints in the 60s and 70s, making it feel just a little warmer out there. Feels like the mid 90s right now. Satelliteradar shows we had some sun, but that old front sitting right here and its going to bother us this weekend. The clouds creep back northward through the morning and a risk of timeline for sunday. Mark several people were fired this week after fox 25 investigates reported a time card cheating scandal regarding the mbtas Commuter Rail contractor. The governor wasnt made aware of the findings until it went public. All of it raising questions about whether or not the state should continue to look at privatizing more services when this is happening. Fox 25s political reporter Sharman Sachetti is in had other questions. The reporter i sure did. I wanted to ask the governor in the wake of the time sheet cheating scandal, should the state continue to move forward with even more privatization. Well, he told me no, and thats not all he told me. I learned from my office on the same day that they made the public announcement. The reporter Governor Charlie Baker telling us he learned six keolis workers were fired for cheating on their time sheet at the same time it was released to the public and while he says he knew about the investigation not bothered the mbta didnt make him aware before this went public. They did exactly as a vendor what they should do, to support the operation of the Commuter Rail. Except for tell you. They told me. Im perfectly fine with how they handled this, sharman, i really am. The reporter keolis tells fox 25 that six employees were fired after disciplinary hearings last week on the time sheet cheating. It involved laborers and electricians at the engineer terminal in somerville. When was the t aware of this . Consistent with the collective Bargaining Agreements. I believe it was, you know, jackie, the truth, is i dont remember exactly what the date s. Well follow up with you. The reporter it all comes at a time when tofficials want to outsource more Transportation Services to private contractors. These are state dollars that go toward keolis and you dont think the mbta out to have notified you about this they discovered people were abusing the system, they did the investigation based on the requirements of the Bargaining Agreement and when they finished the investigation, they acted accordingly. Should state tax dollars go to the company that the state cant seem to control whats going on in there. The most important thing with the Commuter Rail is the performance of the Commuter Rail. The reporter and we have asked the mbta what they knew and when they knew it. We are still waiting for those answers. We are live in braintree, vanessa sharman, thank you. Worcester police are looking for the shooter who left one man dad and another hurt after an overnight shooting near a pub. Police found 20th 1yearold victim bleeding on the ground in front of gallaghers pub in West Boylston street. They were not able to saver him. A second victim was shot in the leg tanned is expected to survive. The man convicted of killing a Boston Police officer will get a new trial, thanks to a ruling by the states highest court. The Supreme Judicial Court that sean ellis didnt get a fair trial. Ellis was convicted of the 1993 shooting of officer john mulligan. The court ruled he did not get a fair trial, because two key detectives on the case later pleaded guilty to corruption charges. The District Attorneys Office said today the evidence still points to ellis as the killer and they will retry the case. Mark charges will not likely be filed in the death of a 4yearold girl at a new from a horse at the lancaster fair. Lancaster police are investigating what happened, but dont anticipate any criminal charges. Vanessa blue ribbons put up as a tribute for Law Enforcement officer at one local town have come down. An officers wife put the blue ribbons up in royalston and other towns. She did get a verbal ok to keep them up until the end of september. Two residents disapproved of the ribbons. The selectmen voted to take them down tonight. Mark there are less than two months to go before election and as joel waldman reports, it appears the race between donald trump and Hillary Clinton is tightening, especially in key battleground states. The reporter donald trump appears to be making a comeback especially in some crucial battleground states. A new Quinnipiac University poll showing trump leading in ohio, while tied with Hillary Clinton in florida. The democratic nominee remains ahead by low Single Digits in pennsylvania and north carolina. The good news for donald trump is, he cant be president and he is back in contention in both of those states. The reporter clintons numbers suffering in part, because of her ongoing private email scandal. Top House Republicans now asking the Justice Department to investigate whether clinton, her lawyers, or a computer expert, whos granted immunity, according to a New York Times report, obstructed justice when the emails were deleted back in march 2015, despite an order to preserve the documents. It looks like they gave immunity to the veryer which is the person who destroyed official public records after there was a subpoena and after there was a preservation order. The reporter longtime clinton ally, lanny davis, coming to the defense of the former secretary of state, arguing the f. B. I. Has already investigated the case clearing clinton. It is ironic that a republican chairman of the House Committee criticizes the goes on to quote f. B. I. Director comey when its for his services. The reporter Hillary Clinton is meeting with bipartisan military leaders in new york as the number of former generals and admirals backing her has grown to 110. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. Mark tomorrow, massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren will join thousands of janitors and Security Officers in a rally on boston common. The event is meant to show support for a fair contract for property workers in the boston area. Senator warren says workers have and that includes making sure they have fair pay and benefits. Workers current contract will expire on the 30th. A man accused of exposing himself to two teenage girls at a high school. Vanessa the confession after his arrest and what he says made him do it. Kevin still 91 degrees in boston. Well track that temperature through the evening for the big concert at fenway park and look ahead to some showers ahead this weekend. Mark it is a day we will never forget. Through Logan Airport will never [ clock ticking ] time. You only have so much. Thats why we wanna make sure you wont have to wait on hold. And you wont have to guess when well turn up. Because after all. We should fit into your life. [ laughing ] not the other way around. Mark the pentagon held a moment of silence this morning in tribute to the 15th anniversary of the 911 attacks this weekend. 184 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the building. The deputy secretary of defense and joints chairman of the chiefs of staff both spoke at the ceremony. Fourth plane crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. Vanessa as we all know, the planes that hit the World Trade Center took off from boston. Mark Logan Airport security is tightened, but attitudes have changed as well. Fox 25s bob ward joins us live from logan, and bob, air travel is so different than it was 15 years ago. The reporter yeah, it sure s. You know, before 911, you didnt have to take your shoes off to get on a plane and if you didnt have a ticket, you could still walk up to the gate to welcome a loved much has changed over the last 15 years, and yet, were still debating whether were really any safer now than we were before 911. Every day, at Logan Airport is now a reminder of that terrible day. It is impossible to miss the signs of change, every passenger can see it, an every passenger confronts it. Its no longer the land of the free, but its the land of the brave. Its unfortunate where were at, but this has become a even a full body scan. Not even u. S. Senators like minnesotas al franken are immune from all the security changes. One of the big things thats changed at logan, and at airports all across the country, is the list things you cant take on a plane anymore. Some of the things are obvious, but others are not. Like, any liquids, gems or aerosols in exon tapers larger than three ounces. No question, security is tight at logan, but is it enough. Security expert todd mcgee tells me more needs to be done points we see every day. He believes everyday airport workers at the curb and in the terminal can make a big difference. Technology is never going to beat human intuitiveness. If we rely on the front line employees experience, the knowledge of them working in that environment and then get them to understand what Law Enforcement deems a threat, then were enhancing our security. The reporter 15 years ago, two hijacked planes took off into the World Trade Center. 15 years later, were still looking in to ways to keep ourselves safe. Live at logan, bob ward, fox 25 news. Vanessa the house has approved a bipartisan bill that would allow families of september 11th victims to sue the government of saudi arabia. The measure was approved by voice vote today. It passed the Senate Unanimously back in may. 15 of the 19 hijackers were from were saudi nationals. The white house has signaled that pres citizens can take the saudis to court, then a foreign country could in turn sue the u. S. Mark spraying against the receiving is now underway in zika virus is now underway in miami beach. The spraying program was delayed to give people a chance to leave town before the spraying started. Residents were concerned its effect on humans has been properly studied not been properly studied. So far, 56 people have zika in florida, while at least 84 pregnant women have been kevin worcester unable to get to 90 today, unable to muster a record, but boston, no problem. 93 tying the record set last year, its still in the 90s in boston. 90 stepped westward to bedford and norwood to the south. Weymouth, in to the 90s. Craig cents that in, thanks for the report coming in from you as well. There are the dewpoints in the 60s and 70s, all the way back to the northwest, and thats not going away. It is going to be sticky tonight, although a little less the day and then tomorrow, staying with those 60degree dewpoints. 60 plus anyway. Concert at fenway park, sticky and hot. 89, 6 00 p. M. The kickoff for the show, 87 to 83 between 7 00 p. M. And 8 00 p. M. And down to 80 degrees, just under by rent p. M. Later tonight, but 11 00 p. M. Later tonight, but staying dry throughout the concert for your activities in and around boston. A front came through last night by 6 00 a. M. In the morning, that front starting to push back northward, so the shower threat does increase a bit across the area. Thats what futurecast is showing in here. Just dont believe there will be a lot of showers, but a warm front coming by does mean you have to be cognizant of the fact there can be a couple that pop up, particularly in the humid air. That front jogs to the north, if youre heading that way form the start of your weekend, farther north you go, better chance youll see heavier showers along that front as well. Well get sunshine for the afternoon and clearing for the evening tomorrow. The 70s. A difference from todays 80s at lunchtime and 90s in the afternoon. Tomorrow, b. C. And umass, temperatures in the 70s to low 80s for the game. Ill check on the thunderstorms. I think those icons are wrong on there. I think it will be just fine for the game. If youre going to be tailgating at foxborough during the morning hours, more clouds and the small risk of a shower, but through the afternoon, the came will be fine. Sunday morning, clouds here and here comes showers that start to push on in. Another cold front thats coming our way and i promise you this threat really starts to ramp up in our area, 10 00 a. M. And afternoon by about 1 00 p. M. , theyre clearing the area, southeastern massachusetts with showers and potentially a couple of thunderstorms. Notice how were clearing out in the evening. This is where the dry air comes flooding in to southern new england, dewpoints drop from the 50s and then in to the 40s late at night on sunday. So this weekend in general, temperatures in the 70s to low 80s, both days, both days having a risk of a shower. A higher risk though on sunday, wi heres the sevenday forecast, takes you through the weekend, always in view. 83 degrees on saturday and 82 degrees on sunday, but again, the higher risk for the showers, while there is a small risk on saturday morning, the higher threat will be sunday, middle of the day, for a shower

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