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To drop below freezing. Temperatures in the 20s. Boston 34. Beverly north shore now below freezing. So, very cold conditions to start your morning down across milder. So we have a freeze warning to southeastern parts of New Hampshire for that potential of temperatures going back below the freezing mark until about 9 a. M. This morning. This is what you can expect through the day today. Sun rise around 7 00. Temperatures will be climbing only into the 40s this afternoon with breezy conditions. Once again tonight, were going to see temperatures drop. Around town expect highs phreud to upper 40s down across the southeast also dealing with 40 degree temperatures. Well look at where temperatures will go and where we have new freeze Warnings Issued coming up. With the freeze warning there is growing concern about people are doing to stay warm. We are hearing from Fire Fighters about their biggest concerns. She joins us live with the story. Stephanie . Reporter one of the biggest concerns is making sure that your heating system is working properly. Of course, this morning, a lot of people are waking up to much colder temperatures. Probably thinking whether to turn on their heating system. Just last saturday, a fox 25 was at this very intense house fire and explosion in franklin. Two people died in that explosion. Investigators still trying to figure out what happened. They do believe there was a problem with the propane heating system. Another concern. Making sure you replace the batteries in your Carbon Monoxide detectors. Two people were rushed to the hospital for Carbon Monoxide poisoning in newton. They were working in the schools boiler room when that leak occurred. This time of year youll see more of an increase in calls as far as Carbon Monoxide and smoke detectors being set off, things along those lines. If you live in a home excuse me, my audio is not working. If you live in a home older than 2008, youre not gonna have Carbon Monoxide or smoke detectors that have batteries. Theyre hard wired. The reason why fire officials are urging everyone to still check with the danger there could be with those systems. Fox 25 news. Well check in with stephanie in 30 minutes. App. You can track any storm and see the latest forecast with the fox 25 app. It is free and available in the app store. Just search for fox 25 weather. Time 6 03. Closed after two electricians suffered serious burns while on the job. Investigators are still looking into what caused a flash explosion that started a fire while they were working in the basement saturday morning. One has second and third degree burns to more than onethird of his body. The other has burns from helping his coworker. It was early in the morning. There. People just gathering around, seeing what was happening. Were told one worker remains in the hospital. The building has been under going renovations. Were learning more about the unusual circumstances surrounding yesterdays amber alert. Tiffany sherry left pennsylvania with her seriously sick infant son allegedly ignoring directions to get that boy medical care. She was arrested friday night after her son was admitted for severe dehydration. Trying to get the best care for her 2 1 2 month old son. Fox 45 has learned she does have a criminal history in massachusetts including two warrants. Dcf now getting involved and they issued this statement to us. The department is investigating the incident with Law Enforcement and as dcf officials look into the matter, custody of the child has been transferred to dcf. Real or fake . Thats what Boston Police officers had to decide when a man was allegedly waving this gun around friday night. Officers pulled out their guns and told the suspect to put down their weapon. After wrestling him to the ground, they confirmed he was carrying a bb gun. He has been hailed a hero for his actions during the deadly shooting at umqua national college. Now the man who tried to stop the shooter is telling his sigh of the story. He posted a long statement on his face book page writing he was in another classroom when the shooting started and ran through campus warning people. Eventually he found the victims and heard sirens shouting to someone outside to get the cops and, quote, tell them where were at. Thats when the gun man found him and began shooting him saying thats what you get for calling the cops. He was shot five times and said the hail of bullets only stopped after he told the shooter it was his sons birthday. He writes, quote, im still confused at why he didnt shoot me again. He said the real heroes of the day are the people who responded and the hospital workers who saved victims. Police in con cord on high ahrer after two break ins there. Happened thursday afternoon on deer grass lane and old pickard road when home owners werent there. Burglars got in through an unlocked door and forced their way into another home. They stole thousands of dollars in property including jewelry and cash. This is unusual for us. Police sent out an automated call about the crime. Theyre all urging people to watch out for door to door sales people offering magazines and Home Improvement services. A former uber driver has been sentenced to jail time for kidnapping and raping a woman. He pleaded guilty friday to aggravated rape, kidnapping and assault charges. Back in december he picked up the victim in boston, drove her to a secluded location and allegedly sexually asauled her. He has been sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison. The suspect in the murder of a woman heading back to court for a bail hearing. Prosecutors telling the daily item that jason flurry will be in court monday. Hes charged with murdering jamie mendes. Her body was found on a beach. Flurry has pleaded not guilty. A longtime worker with the Boston Library no longer working there over the disappearance of two valuable pieces of art work. Susan glover is no longer than employee. She was terminated. She was the keeper of a special art collection. Two works of art worth more than 600,000 went missing and later found at the library. Undefeated patriots getting ready to take on the colts. Todays game is the first time they have played since indy started the deflate gate allegations. We were there with how the game will play out. Reporter we are here in indianapolis outside lucas oil stadium. Quick House Keeping note, Dante Hightower is out with a rib injury he suffered during the dallas game. Leading up to the game, tom brady, bill belichick, no one would talk about the deflate gate nonsense. I talked with Legarrett Blount. Heres what he had to say. You all put the faces on the opponents, not us. We go look at film and see if we can get a win. Its a completely new team. Just another part of the season where you have to continue to try to improve. Can you drop 50 points on these guys . How many ever points we put up, we put up. Were trying to score every time we touch the ball. Reporter safe to say theyve been an opponent for 13 years. Never easy. Defending super bowl champs. Theyre a 50 team. Were 32 trying to get a win. Of course theres some excitement. The right level of excitement. Looking forward to it. Reporter i dont care what anyone has to say this is a deflate gate revenge game. If the patriots dont win by at least 20 points i will be extremely shocked. Well see what happens. Supporting the patriots in new england gets you a few cheers. Something politicians know all too well. In New Hampshire, ted cruz came up with this. Tom brady was framed. And i have it on good aauthority that Hillary Clinton did it. Having some fun referring to the deflate gate. Happening today after years of gardening, marathon bombing victims will be dedicated. The peace garden will be located one block from where crystal was raped. Earlier this year we got a look at the renderings for the 1 million project which is being financed by state and federal grants. It will tell the story of the Boston Marathon by including iconic land marks from the marathon route and symbols of each of the victims will be including a Little League mitt for the youngest victim and a sun flower for crystal which was one of her favorite things. In many pictures we saw her wearing sun flowers, in her hair. So special. Lot of attention to detail. Time 6 10. Closing of a Nuclear Power plant sparked a new debate about what to replace it with. Some are suggesting renewables like wind or solar. The governor has a different idea. Plus fired for her actions of during what was a case of shaken baby syndrome. Do i understand how people can be disgruntled by that . Yes, i do. The attorneys response to a scathing report that called her a bully. 36 degrees in boston right now but even colder conditions expected overnight tonight. Im gonna show you why we have a its the final countdown if youre the band europe, you love a final countdown. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Ready to head out when others head home. At eversource, we prepare for ugly weather all year long. Upgrading technology, managing vegetation, improving how we get information to you, because we know youre counting on us. Were ready for winter, and we want to make sure youre ready, too. Visit eversource. Com to learn more and sign up for storm updates. And be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter. Ever new england. There is a new call for peace in jerusalem after what has been a dangerous month. Last night hundreds of people for an end to the violence. Last nights march came after another deadly day in jerusalem though. Israeli authorities reported five separate knife attacks by palestinians four of the suspects were shot and killed by police. Local District Attorney accused of bullying. She tells our political reporter shes puzzled. Reporter middle sex da marion ryan is defending her office from accusations made in this scathing note we obtained written by a medical examiner who said her office tried to bully him into not reversing his findings in the death of a 6monthold boy. Im puzzled by that. No bullying from your office . I think that we were asking the appropriate questions. We asked for a second opinion. Reporter ryan sat down and explained that she was just asking questions when it came to the medical examiner wanting to reverse his findings of shaken baby syndrome in the 2010 death of nathan wilson. Wilsons father had been charged with murdering the boy. Those are hard questions. I understand how people can be disgruntled, yes, i do. Reporter emails show cummings in september of 2013 wanted to change his ruling to undetermined after the defense found new evidence. Even saying i think their case is compelling enough that i am willing to at least go undetermined at this point. Cummings note in the file reads, i told them i felt bullied and at times i thought i was being forced to sign the case out in a way i didnt think was honest. It goes on to call her office unethical and unprofessional in the way it dealt with the case and aqued her of medical examiner shopping by seeking another opinion. Unethical and unprofessional. The only thing that would be unethical is for us not to follow the evidence in a responsible way. Reporter charges were dropped and wilsons have hired an attorney to look into what happened. Its a highly unusual document. Reporter an attorney is starting an investigation. If its true a medical examiner crossed the line and entered the realm of bullying or undue influence, thats not how this process is supposed to work. Reporter fox 25 news. Time 6 17. It could cost you more to ride the mbta. The Transit System is considering raising the price of fares. Theyre considering options to reach the goal of 40 million in additional revenue by 2017. It is not clear how much those rates could possibly increase. Thousands of people will line the base of the Charles River in boston again today cheering on athletes from around this weekend is, of course, the 51st head of the charles regatta. More than 11,000 people will be in town competing in 61 rowing races. The rowers start at boston university. Meteorologist sara lecky will be there. It will be cold. Theyll have to deal with a blustery wind that will be developing this afternoon. Not good for the rowers and the spectators. You just want to make sure you have some layers on today. Cold and blustery conditions. Wind gusts could be up to around 25 Miles Per Hour. Especially closer to the coast. As were dealing with cold conditions, we have to point out we have colder air heading our way tonight. A freeze again likely everywhere, even in the boston metro area. We have freeze warnings in place for boston as well as the capen islands tomorrow morning. We do have milder temperatures that will come back in the forecast and break this quick cold snap. We may not stick around. Your daily ail man knack, usually waking up to temperatures in the 40s and we climb into the 60s by the afternoon. Were going to fall well short of that. Sun rise 7 00. Sun set before 6 p. M. Hopefully you do get to get outside and enjoy at least some of the sunshine. We just need to have many layers on. Take a look at these temperatures. In the 20s and lower 30s out through southwestern New Hampshire. This area traded in blue, thats where we have the freeze warning in place. Expected to see temperatures out there. Closer to the coast, temperatures mainly in the mid 30s. There are places back to freezing. Redding, too. Lawrence 31. Temperatures 30s. 40s. Also watching for the possibility of a passing sprinkle. Sunshine. By midmorning thats when well see the 40 degree temperatures back in the forecast. While we get stuck in the afternoon, were going to be dealing with some very chilly conditions moving in. High pressure from the west will be building on in. Those winds will be out of the northwest and sure enough they are just gonna continue to pick up. They may also transport afternoon clouds across the region. Highs today mainly in the 40s. Those winds 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour gusting to about 20. This afternoon if youre going to be headed northward, well be talking about some upper 30s across the higher terrain. Few more clouds developing across the region, too. Winds out of the northwest. Clouds. There could be a few sprinkles. I wouldnt be surprised a few snow flakes across the higher terrain. Again, most of us staying dry. Were gonna watch clouds as the wind pick up toward the evening hours. You, too, could see a few sprinkles, maybe even a few snow flakes mixing in as temperatures really going to drop once the sun sets. Tonight were talking temperatures that will fall back below freezing even in the boston area. Im gonna take you right to that seven day forecast for you right now because i want to show you that overnight we could be dealing with temperatures in the 20s. In fact taking a look at that monday morning forecast. Temperatures in the 20s away from the coast. Lower 30s in boston. Should be battling record lows. Highs on monday only in the upper 40s to 50. 50s back in the forecast tuesday into wednesday. Well be watching a system that will bring us a few showers thursday as temperatures are in the mid 60s. Then cooler than average temperatures for the rest of the week. I can believe she said snow flakes. She did use the s word. There are a lot of things in theres some light at the end of the tunnel. Thats good. This morning were talking about images showing the dangers of drugs that are too graphic to show on tv but they are front and center for local High School Students. This is not something we can joke about. This is something we need to not brush under the carpet. Some parents arent happy about it. Plus crews are still working emergency crews and people who hro their cars are still trying to dig out this what is a highway in california. It became a muddy shore line in l. A. After 6 inches of rain came down in just an hour. Clear way five feet of mud. Reporter not too far from the land of make believe the scene in Los Angeles County looks like a real expensive disaster movie. These are not special effects. The effects of mother nature. The method to search for hidden survivors or victims is as low tech as the mud itself digging and passing and hoping they dont find anything or anyone. We have no idea. Were hoping we dont. We are concerned the motorcyclist smaller vehicle, truck, no problem with smaller vehicles. Reporter the rush of mud took everyone by surprise. This doesnt usually happen. Not here. Not on the major highway like this. I didnt think that it would do that. I walk. When i walk, i fall. So the mud and the water was too intense so i just turned around, went back down. Sitting in the car with my dog. Californias drought is being blamed for this massive mud slide. Vegetation that would have held the hill side together has died as a result of the historic dry spell. 6 inches of rain came down in one hour, gravity became drivers worst enemy. Like the toys of an angry child. Drivers cars becoming retaining walls. Theyre so lucky the jersey walls held. Otherwise they would have been scattered all over the place. This gives us a much easier grid pattern search. Just unbelievable. Long term concerns there, too. Scary situation. Donald trump again making headlines for his latest attack on a fellow republican. Why he said president george w. Bush was responsible for the september 11 attack. Weve got very cold conditions to start. Many places below freezing. It will be a struggle to get out of the 30s. 40s by your lunch hour. Ill take you through your full forecast ahead. Police are still searching for the man who stabbed an american phaoe row. Leadership isnt given. Its earned. Realized. Accomplished. Fulfilled. Won. Leadership isnt given. Its the final countdown the final countdown if youre the band europe, you love a final countdown. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Good morning. It is 6 30. We have a freeze warning out across much of the area this morning. Welcome back. It is sunday, october 18th. You will certainly feel it when you step outside this morning. I had my car starter on. Big time. Sara joins us tracking the temperatures and watching an even cooldown. This is big. I know. I had my seats on this morning. It was a chilly one. Chunk of cold air right over the great lakes and northeast. 34 in boston. Look at the feels like conditions which factor in that wind. Cold front pushing off shore. High pressure building in. Northwesterly winds delivering that colder air that will be coming right into our area. Lot of people wake up to temperatures below freezing. Worcester, orange, were in the mid 30s, low 40s over the cape. Also radar trying to pick up on a couple cold temperatures. Through the Morning Hours temperatures slowly rise getting into the 40s by your lunch hour. Thats where well stay. Clouds developing as we head through the day. Chances of precipitation and the big drop in temperatures tonight. Freeze warnings for the coast. Ill let you know how low it will go, coming up. There is growing concern about the temperatures and what people are doing to stay warm. We are hearing about firefighters about their concerns. Heather the biggest concern, this is the biggest cold spread that we have seen in quite some time. First time you are turning on already seen some problems with Carbon Monoxide. About a week and a half ago two people were rushed to the hospital for Carbon Monoxide poisoning at Franklin Elementary School in newton. Because of that, Fire Departments across the region really urging everyone to check their Carbon Monoxide and smoke detectors and replace those batteries. Even if youre living in a new home, you still need to replace backup batteries. In case that connection cuts off. You are still protected. It could be an oil burning furnace. It could be a fire place, a wood pellet stove, anything along those lines. An electric stove would not give off Carbon Monoxide. Its a key. You dont have warning signs without those detectors. Coming up in 30 minutes the you need to check your heating system. As we prepare to head into the season, be sure to download our fox 25 app. It is free and available in the app store. All you have to do is search fox 25 weather. To other news. A tractor trailer driver has been cited for a crash on the mass pike that hurt a trooper. That trooper was part of a traffic detail when his cruiser was hit by a tractor trailer. The truck driver is from connecticut and was ticketed for not obeying the move over law. Trooper spent friday night in a hospital. We are told he is recovering at home. New sketches show the suspect from the stabbing in sacramento. U. S. Air men Spencer Stone was released from the hospital after being treated for his injuries. Stabbed four times including in the heart. Police say he was attacked while trying to stop a confrontation outside a bar. Pilgrim power plant announced plans to close. Some say this means the state has a chance to expand its Renewable Energy base into solar and wind power. Interested in hydropower which he said provides a steady flow unlike solar and wind. Happening today few hours from now registration starts for the 7th annual cause for paws dog walk and run. Still time to get down in marina cause. Raises money for the animal shelter. Helps fine forever homes for lost abandon. There, the dog costume contest. Prizes are awarded the best dressed odds. Both of those dogs there actually. Ill be joined by other fox 25 familiar face. We would love it if you would come out and say hi. Youre headed down there . I will. Theres a prize for the best dog. Theres even a canine demonstration. Theres a lot going on there. Some car owners are finding themselves dropped by their Insurance Companies. After filing big claims last winter. Coming up if this happens to you, you wont necessarily be left in the cold. What you can do if you get dropped. Plus a lot happening i dont having the white house and first family. Well take a look at the week ahead next. Very cold start to the day in Worcester County. The lower 40s. We need to disrupt the old order in washington, dc. We can do a lot better by applying conservative principles we should lower rates and simplify the code to allow people to freely decide how they want to spend their money. What we need is leadership to fix a few big things. So that this country takes off and soars where people can dream the biggest possible dreams. And pursue them with a vengeance. applause jeb. Proven conservative. Real results. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content geico motorcycle, scott kelly has spent more time in space than any other american according to nasa. Today is his 385th day living in space. That is a new record. Now more than halfway through a year long mission aboard the internashle in space station. He tweeted out, records are meant to be broken. First lady will be teaming up with royalty but not the kind you think. Ahead. House. Space Industry Experts will spend time together star gazing from the south lawn. It aims to encourage students to pursue studies in the science industry. Michelle obama will be joining lebron james at the university of akron. Mrs. Obama is partnering with lebrons wheels for Education Charity in an effort to highlight the importance of higher education. Friday president obama teaming up with some 2016 president ial candidates for the womens leadership board. President scheduled to speak at the organizations 22nd annual issues conference. Four of the five Democratic Candidates will be as a forum to lay out their vision in america. On saturday, it is United Nations day. Since 1948 the day has been recognizing the contribution of those who serve and participate in the organization which is dedicated to bring world peace. Thats a look at the day ahead. Coming up, snake on a beach. What brought it out of the sea and on to the shore line. Television. Used in a presentation to high schoolers. Parents left questioning why they werent told in advance next. And plans for another cost less . Yes. Your company didnt choose it just because it costs less . Yes. Welcome to worldclass doctors, hospitals, and helpfulness. Because neighborhood values what you value. And see customer stories a graphic presentation about the effects of heroin is causing controversy in New Hampshire. The School District showed the images without warning them or their families about the nature of the images. Katherineburgen went to a meeting where parents got to see it for themselves. District officials stood by their decision. Reporter dead bodies, infants with birth defects. The images that filled the screen at man chester schools last month were so graphic, we cant even putted them on tv. Yeah. Very disturbing. Reporter we did show them to parents who came to Hillside Middle School to see the controversial presentation on themselves. I feel for parents who felt that maybe their children shouldnt be there. Reporter man chester officials admit they should have warned parents before the presentation was shown to High School Students but they and City Health Officials say every slide, no matter how disturbing, matters. Its not different than what they would see in an rg 13 or rated r movie. Psych khropblgically the difference is that theyre real. Id rather burn the imphrapblg into their mind. Reporter some parents expressed concern that even a more sensored version might be too much for preteens. How is that gonna affect a child when theyre watching this . Reporter but other parents left satisfied that it provides a sobering education. It will be enough to make them scared. This is not something we can joke about. This isnt something that we need to brush under the carpet and let our kids think that its not gonna happen to me. Sparked quite a conversation there. Parents can opt out of allowing their children to view that presentation. The School District in man chester New Hampshire said its still tweaking the phoergs and will likely show it to middle schoolers in january. Health cared a sro kaeults are pushing a bill to improve access to Food Assistance to make it easier for kids to get Emergency Shelter and health screening. Sy heal low to the newest member of the dover New Hampshire Police Department. This furry little guys name is bartow. The breed is famous for protecting live stock and is very popular as a khoeugs for police canine. Look at that smile there. Time 6 46. El nino bringing more than rain to california. This is in ventura county. These snakes are not traditionally located along the coast. 1972 in orange county. Anyway, fox 25 immediate roll gist sara is talking about a very cold start to the day here in new england. High pressure building in from the west. Lake effect snow showers going on right now across the Great Lakes Region. But we also across Northern New England got to see some snow flakes especially to the north. Believe it or not picked up a trace of snow. Right now we are dealing with temperatures in the 30s in boston. 30 beverly. Down across the southeast milder. Weve got more clouds there. Not much of this making it to the ground. We do have a freeze warning in effect for metro west and southeastern New Hampshire. This is the area that has let to see temperatures below freezing. Thats why you are advised to bring in any kind of plants or sensitive plants out there. We are going to see temperatures improve as we head through the midmorning. So youve got those cold temperatures. Not too bad. Winds out of the northwest. Combination of those temperatures, the winds. This is what it feels like. This is what you should be dressing like. 30s for the outer cape. Boy is it going to be a look at the city of boston. Right around 7 00. Were going to be watching conditions today, blustery conditions. Temperatures well below the average. Usually were in the low 60s. Highs today low to upper 50s. If youre going to be headed out, perhaps youll take in some of the fall foliage. Things are really starting to burn. Were already seeing conditions across the higher peaks of Northern New England. With that light snow through the weekend, we are looking at a pretty nice scenery. Temperatures mainly in the 40s. Were going to be talking about mostly dry conditions across southern new england. Few snow flakes mixing in as we head to the evening for those temperatures do drop overnight. Also falling back to near that freezing mark. Seven day forecast does show another cold night ahead. Closer look at what you can expect monday morning. Tomorrow morning when you wake up, freeze warning issued for the eastern coast as well as the cape and islands. We will be back. Record low in boston 28. 28 for a majority of the reason further west you go. Highs only in the upper 40s to near 50. We get back into the 60s for the middle part of the week. Cold front approaches the region. Few showers thursday as temperatures get into the mid 60s. Above average. Were going to be talking about another cooldown late friday into the weekend. Right now were holding on to the dry conditions. Closer look at where the freeze warning is issued coming up. Definitely exactly. Then by the middle of the week. Hillary clinton is attacking alabamas voting laws. The reason she said they are straight out of americas jim crow past. Vice president still not seeing he is entering the president ial race but is dropping a few whos toughest on spending . Fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. Billions in pork, vetoed. Eight budgets, balanced. And tax cuts every single year. Right to rise usa who has the plan for jobs . Jeb. Tax cuts for the middle class. Eliminates special loopholes. An explosion in growth and new jobs. Jeb cut taxes. Grow america. Right to rise usa is responsible for the time 6 54. World is waiting to see if the Vice President will run in 2016. Joe bidens decision expected any day now. His Political Team starting to make some noise. Kristen fisher with the latest on the campaign trail including some new controversy surrounding donald trump and the 9 11 attacks. On the republican side donald trump is continuing to see his rivals for partially blaming george w. Bush for the 911 terror attacks. During an interview with bloomberg he said blame him or dont blame him but he was president when the World Trade Center came down. Now jeb bush defending his brother on twitter saying how pathetic for donald trump to criticize the president for 9 11. We were attacked and my brother kept us safe. He told trump on twitter suggesting george w. Bush is a loser because we were attacked shows that he doesnt understand this war. Even Carly Fiorino weighed in about it. Donald trump says a lot of irresponsible things. And the rational for his candidacy seems to be everyone, everyone else is stupid or messed up or a loser. Hes the only guy. Reporter so far today trump has not responded. The democratic side the race hinges on the decision of one man, joe biden. Hes running out of time. In a letter to bidens supporters one of his top run, we will need each an every one of you yesterday. His would be primary opponent Hillary Clinton announced she has 33 million in the bank. She raised more than 28 million over the last months. That is a lot of money already spoken for from democratic donors. If biden runs he has some serious catching up to do. An announcement expected any day now. Kristen fisher fox news. Hillary clinton took on republicans. Clinton spoke at the alabama conference yesterday. She called the states plan a blast from the jim crow past. She was pushed for Voter Registration for all americans. 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With these cold temperatures you may be turning on the heating system for the first time in months. Safety concerns Fire Departments are urging residents to watch out for. Plus an explosion of public building sends two people to the hospital. What they were working on that has the building closed for the rest of the weekend. Hes been called a hero for his actions during a mass shooting. Now hes telling his story for the first time. Very good sunday morning to you. Thank you very much for waking up with us on fox 25 morning news. It is 7 00 a. M. On the dot, october 18th. It is a cold one out there this morning. Sara joins us now, tracking cold temperatures. Freeze warning ahead. Thats right. Were dealing with temperatures mostly in the 20s and 30s this morning. 40s for the outer cape and nantucket. Lot of folks below freezing. Beverly down to 28 degrees. Last hour you were at 30. We do have a freeze warning for southeastern New Hampshire as well as metro west, southern Worcester County. Temperatures would fall back below freezing. The freeze warning has been expected. What were going to do today, clouds in the afternoon. Highs only in the 40s. Once that sun sets though, i have to point out temperatures in the low 40s at 7. Drop tonight well below freezing. Ill show you how low you can expect temperatures in your town ahead. With that freeze warning being extended and issued for boston theres growing concern about the temperatures and what people are doing to stay warm inside. Stephanie quinu is hearing about some people about the weather. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter this time of year there is a lot of concern because of course now that the temperatures are really plummeting, this is the first time people could be turning on their Heating Systems for the first time in months. It is so important that those Heating Systems are working properly. In fact just last saturday fox 25 was live at this intense house fire and explosion in franklin. Two people died in that explosion. Investigators still trying to figure out what happened. With the propane heating system. One day before that fire in franklin two people were rushed to the hospital for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. That happened at franklin elementary. School. They were working in the boiler room when the leak occurred. This time of year well see more increase of calls. Smoke detectors being set off. If you do live in a home that was built after 2008 you will have hard wired detectors. The reason fire Officials Say you still need to check them. Stay tuned for that. As we prepare for the winner season, be sure to download our weather app. Hour by hour forecast. The best part is free. Just search fox 25 weather. Framing ham Public Library closed after two electricians suffered burns on the job. They were working on an Electrical Panel in the basement saturday morning. One had second and third degree burns to a third of his body. Other has burns on his arms from helping his coworker. I was at the library over there. People were Milling Around seeing what was going on. This morning one worker remains in the hospital. The librarys website said they have been under going renovations. Were learning more about the unusual circumstances surrounding yesterdays amber alert. 36yearold Tiffany Sherry left pennsylvania with her seriously sick infant son allegedly boy medical emergency care. She was arrested friday night after her son was admitted for severe dehydration. She said she was just trying to get the best care for her 2 1 2monthold son. Fox 25 learned sherry does have a criminal history in massachusetts that includes two war rans for prostitution. Dcv said in part, quote, the department is investigating the incident and dcs officials have gotten custody of the child. Real or fake . Thats what Boston Police officers had to decide after a man was waving this gun around friday night. Officers pulled out their guns and told the suspect to put down their weapon. Ground. They confirmed he was carrying a bb gun. He has been hailed a hero deadly shooting at uquam community college. We told you in the last hour chris smith ran through campus warning people before being shot five times himself. He has released a statement writing that when Police Arrived on scene, wasnt sure if he was the shooter. He told me, hes in that classroom. I dont know if hes down. He said officers told him, quote, everything is going to be okay. He also writes he believes everything when he saw friends whose emt arrived. He finishes his staple on face book by saying hes sorry if his statement hurts anyone and he is recovering well. Police in massachusetts are on high alert after two break ins. Through an unlocked door. They stole property including cash. Just a sleepy town. This is unusual for us. Police sent out an automated call to warn people about the crime. Theyre also urging people to watch out for the door to door sales people and Home Improvement services. Former uber driver has been sentenced to jail time for kidnapping and raping a woman. The 47yearold pleaded guilty on friday to aggravated rape, kidnapping and assault charges. He picked up the victim in boston, drove her to a secluded location and sexually assaulted her. He has been sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison. Prosecutors saying 37yearold jason flurry will be in court monday. Hes charged with murdering 25yearold jenny mendes who was reported missing last november. Her body was found in january on a beach. Flurry pleaded not guilty. A long time worker with the Boston Library no longer working there over the disappearance of two valuable pieces of art work. Susan tkpwhrofr is no longer an employee. She was terminated. Two works of art worth more than 600,000 went missing and later found misfiled at the library. A man has been arrested on drunk driving charges. 26yearold kevin palmer accused of driving the wrong way down route 3 for roughly 20 miles. He hit a car. Safely no one was in that car. No one in the car was hurt, rather. Traoerps used spike strips to get palmer to stop. He is now out on bail and due in court monday. Fox 25 is working to get you more information about a crash this happened on cedar street. Pole. As you can see it sparked a fire and caused power outages. Was hurt. Undefeated patriots getting ready to take on the colts. Todays game is the first time theyve played since any start of the deflate gate scandal. We are there with a look at how todays game might play out. Reporter we are here in stadium. Quick House Keeping note. Daunte hightower is out with a rib injury he suffered during the dallas game. Leading up to the big game tom brady, bill belichick. No one would talk about the deflate gate nonsense. I talked with Legarrett Blount to see how impressed he was that brady was not emotional heading into this game. You guys do that, not us. Well look at film and try to dissect it and see if we can get a win. We dont worry about 2015. Just another part of the season where you continue to improve. How many points we put up, we put up. We try to score every time we touch the ball. Reporter we all know how dominant the patriots have been in this rivalry. The fans know, the patriots know, the colts know too. Theyve been a thorn in my side for 13 years since i have been here. Never easy. Never dull. Theyre the defending super bowl champs. Theyre a 50 team. Were 32 trying to get a win. Theres some excitement. The right level of excitement. Im looking forward to it. Reporter in is a deflate gate revenge game. If the patriots dont win by at least 20. S, then i will be extremely shocked. In indianapolis, brian fellman, fox 25 sports. Online Fantasy Sports are facing tough scrutiny. Nevada became the fifth state to there are reports that the fbi is investigating such websites. Michael mccann tells fox 45 this is probably just the beginning. A lot of this is taking a long time to play out. Grand jury will be impaneled for a year and a half. An fbi probe should last years. The websites say they offer skill based games and not chance based wagers. Happening today after years of planning a garden named for one of the marathon victims will break down. The crystal campbell peace garden located behind city hall one block from where she was raised. Earlier this week we got a look at the rendering for the project. It is being financed by state and federal grants and private donations. The garden will tell the story of the Boston Marathon by including iconic land marks along the route and symbols for each of the victims will be placed at five water fountains including a Little League mit for the littlest victim and a sun flower for crystal which was one of her favorite things. The head of the charles regatta will wrap up. The event saw more than 400,000 people lining the base of the river from here and around the world. 61 rowing races with 11,000 people participating. The fun wraps up at 5 00 today. Might be a little cooler. Sun will be out. Nice day. Time 7 12. Major birthday that came close to never happening. A man has every right to celebrate turning 100. His incredible life story ahead. Plus homeowners take notice. People are getting dropped by their Insurance Companies after filing claims during last years terrible winter. But there is a way you can win back coverage. Well tell you how next. Sure feels like winter this morning with temperatures in the 20s and 30s, below freezing in a lot of places. Today will be a struggle to get out of the 40s. Thats amazing. Its amazing. This is amazing. Thats amazing real people are discovering surprising things at chevy. Were sold. Its so pretty. Beautiful. It feels great. Perfect. This is not what i would expect from a chevy at all. Get more than you expect for less than you imagined. The 2015 models are going fast. Find your tag and get cash back for 15 of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. Or, get 0 financing for 72 months that time of year when were already starting to think about battoning down the hatches for winner. But this year for some theres another worry. More people in massachusetts are getting dropped by their Homeowners Insurance policies after the bad winter we had last year. Erika richie spoke with one man who said he was dropped after he was forced to file claims. I was right here alongside. It was where all the main beams of the house come together. Reporter when bob mendle son saw that beam separating from the ceiling back in march, he got nervous. It was from the weight of the snow and ice on his roof last february. His Insurance Company travellers fixed the problem. Except earlier that month they already paid to clean up this mess in the master bedroom damage. In may mendle son got a letter in the mail from travellers. Said because of the two claims in such a short period, we would not be renewed. Customer for nine years, paying his premiums on time after never filing a claim, he was being dropped. Kind of offended really. Reporter hes not the only one who be dumped. 11 people filed nonrenewable complaints with the Attorney Generals Office this year. Up from eight in 2014. Theres been a slight uptick of people getting insurance from the states plan. As a last resort, we have this insurance. The premiums were high, so he continueded to petition travellers. Just last week they took him back. Always worth wrestling as far as you can go. Reporter fox 25 news. Worth noting that in the Commonwealth Insurance carriers do share databases so they can see if you have been dropped from another company. That doesnt mean you have to be black listed either. Experts say simply fixing the problem and taking steps to show you can prevent it from reoccurring increase your attractiveness to another company. Winter 2016 is just around the corner. Feels like it this morning. Absolutely. I would advise you if youre headed out, dont forget your jacket this morning. You step outside, youll see the bitter cold. Cold, blustery for us. Even teens in some locations. Winds could gust as high as 25 miles an hour. You get another shot of it tonight. Weve got freeze warning in place for the boston metro area. Overnight tonight, tomorrow morning. Very cold as you head to work. We do have milder temperatures it is a brief period before we have another colder shot later on as we head through the week. We see average afternoon temperatures in low 60s. Were gonna fall short well below for the day today. Sun rise happening near sun set. We do have this area shaded in this blue. Thats where we have the freeze warning in place. 30, 28. New hampshire, 25 degrees. Its a really chilly out in Worcester County. Even close to boston, 34 degrees. Right above that freezing mark. Norwood back into the upper 20s. Foxboro 30. Got the picture. Very cold conditions. Even some at the freezing mark. Upper 30s, near 40s. Were also watching some clouds across that region. Expect to see temperatures get into the 40s by your lunch hour. In between the clouds, youll see that sunshine but its not gonna do much. Highs today getting stuck in the mid 40s. Perhaps lower 40s upper north and west. Upper 40s across the southeast. Well below average. Then you have that wind that would be picking up. Chilly day. If youre going to be out and about, well see some clouds develop. Notice across the northern parts of new england. We could see a few snow flakes across the higher elevations. Well have to watch for that. Were staying dry. Ocean effect clouds go into effect part of the outer cape. Well have to watch for a few sprinkles. Most of the day fairly dry. Overnight we clear out. The wind turned light. That means were waking up tomorrow really cold conditions. Below freezing temperatures through the interior. Even at the coast, thats why that freeze warning is issued overnight tonight. Were expecting some areas that would expect freezing conditions. Boston 31. Back into the 20s elsewhere. Well be flirting with that freezing mark even on the islands. Well see improvement tomorrow. Temperatures 40s near 50. Still below the average. Seven day forecast does show cold conditions overnight tonight. Back into the 50s by tuesday, wednesday. That could bring us a next chance of showers thursday. Well cool back down to average to finish off the week. Thats a look at your forecast. Very chilly today. People are used to it being cold. Today it will be stuck in the 40s. A murder case paused over worries ability the teenage defendants mind. His Mental Health is in play. Fox 25 sitting down with a legal expert for his take on the situation. But the latest developments could mean for his trial. Digging out after massive mud sl i get out of workpand i go to the store, and somebody s,psmellin around, mmm i smell cookies. I say, oh no, you just smell me. I just got out of work. That s honey bunches of oats, that s all. Man im here for my students. Man to work with a bestselling author. Woman and a nobel prize winner. Man here because everyone deserves clean water. Man here for the cool research. Woman im here to shape the future of nursing. Man because the oceans matter to us all. Man im there to explore the frontier of knowledge. Man here for the commonwealth. Woman and the common good. Woman umass. Cars who lost their cars are trying to dig out in california. 6 inches of rain came down in just an hour. We show you the effort togs clear away five feet of mud. Reporter not too far from the land of make believe, the scene in Los Angeles County looks like a real expensive disaster movie. But these are not special effects. Rather the effects of mother nature. The method to search for hidden survivors or victims is as low tech as the mud itself. Digging, hoping they dont find anything or anyone. We have no idea. Were hoping we dont. Our concern with the motorcyclists perhaps, smaller vehicles, trucks. No problem with smaller vehicles. Reporter the rush of mud this doesnt usually happen. This is something you see where that. Not through here. Not on the major highway like this. I didnt think that it would be that deep. When i walked, i fall. Intense. So i just turned around, went back and got my dog. Reporter ironically californias brought is being blamed for this massive mud slide. Vegetation that would have held the hill sides together has died as a result of the spill. Gravity became drivers worst enemies. Cars and trucks were scattered like the coys of an angry child. This is unbelievable. They were so lucky the jersey walls held otherwise they would place. This gives us a much easier grid pattern to search. Devastating situation there. Our thoughts are with those people. Murder trial closer to home unfolds. Still ahead, the defendant is under going another Mental Health evaluation. A hel expert gives us his take on what does it all mean for the charges long term. Handcrafted. Layer by layer. The new macchiato from dunkin donuts. Experience the flavor of fall with a new hot or iced can i get a medium coffee, cream, two sugars . Medium hot coffee, cream, two sugars see you at the window. At dunkin, we make your coffee just the way you like it. If not, well make it again on the spot. Thats the dd commitment. America runs on dunkin. As the temperatures continue to fall, concerns over Heating Systems continue to rise. Two items Fire Departments are asking everyone to check today. Welcome back everyone. It is 7 30 on this sunday objecting 18th. Sara is here. This morning. Does seem like were going to be today. Below average temperatures. In fact, some parts of new england saw their first snow flakes of the season, even in massachusetts. Snow and sleet as well as parts of New Hampshire. Stuck in the cold though 20s and region. Thats what were waking up to. 28 worcester. Just about freezing in boston 28. Our future forecast shows some of that colder air over the warmer ocean creating clouds. Lots of sunshine to start your day. Ineffective sunshine i like to call it because well only be seeing highs in the 40s. We have a big cold out. A freeze warning in the boston area overnight tonight. Ill have more details ahead. Theres growing concern about the cold temperatures and what people are doing to stay warm. Wre hearing about fire fiegers and some of their weather. Stephanie . Reporter heather, it is certainly cold out this morning. Lot of people probably turning on their Heating Systems for the first time this season. As you do so, being careful is so essential. In fact, we have already seen monoxide. As fox 25 reported, about a week and a half ago, two people were rushed to the hospital with Carbon Monoxide poisoning. It happened at Franklin Elementary School. Because of that, Fire Departments are urging everyone to check their Carbon Monoxide and their smoke detectors and replace those batteries, even if youre living in a home where your detectors are hard wired. You still need to replace the batteries in those systems. They way if that electrical covered. Could be a fire place, wood pellet stove. An electric stove would not give off Carbon Monoxide. You dont have any warning signs without those detectors. Reporter good advice there. Coming up in 30 minutes the reason fire Officials Say you still need to check your system even if it doesnt give off even if it doesnt give off Carbon Monoxide. Im stephanie quinu fox 25 news. As we prepare to head into the winter season be sure to download our weather app. Use it to track storms and see the latest forecast hour by hour. Now. Search for fox 25 weather. 7 33. The driver of a tractor trailer has been cited for a crash on a turnpike that hurt a state trooper. The trooper was part of a traffic detail when his cruiser was hit by the tractor trailer. That trucker was ticketed for not obeying the move over law. People are out showing the suspects in a sacramento stabbing. Month. The victim, one of the men famous for thwarting a terror august. U. S. Air man Spencer Stone was released from the hospital this week after being treated for his injury. His brother said he was stabbed four times including in the heart. Police say stone was attacked while trying to stop a confrontation outside a bar. This morning theres a new call for peace in jerusalem. It has been a dangerous month in the city. Palestinians and israelries are fighting with deadly consequences. Dozens marched through the city calling for an end to the violence. The march came after another deadly day in jerusalem. Israeli authorities reported five separate knife attacks by palestinians. Four of the suspects were shot and killed by police. A debate over energy is happening on beacon hill. This after pilgrim power plant announced its plans to close. Some say this means the state has an opportunity to expand this Renewable Energy base. Look for things like solar, wind power. The governor has Something Else in mind. Hes interested in hydropower. Working to get you more information about a rescue at boston harbor. Police say the man was naked when he jumped into the water on commercial street. He is being treated at a boston hospital. Battle brewing over security at Brigham Womens hospital. Authorities say there has not been enough security since a doctor was killed there back in january. A security expert hired by the mass chew sets Nurses Association agrees. Former Boston Police chief tells the boston globe certain parts of the building can be too easily accessed. The hospital is accusing the nurses union of using that january incident as a bargaining chip. The union is adamantly denying that claim. Teams of 20 will head to Logan Airport to pull flames. It will benefit the american cancer society. 150 Passenger Air bus 12 feet into the trophies. You can catch a free shuttle. Opening ceremonies start just about 10 00 in the morning. Its always impressive. I have friends around winfield where i grew up doing best of luck. Quite a feat. Amazing stuff. 7 36. A District Attorney accused of bullying. To say about accusations involving a high profile case. Marking 100 years of living. A local man says he has a lot to be grateful for. Well hear his story after the break. Cold conditions early this morning. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s. This time tomorrow its going to be 130 yards now. Bills got a very tough looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, you whisper. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. An update to a story we brought you. We told you about the on going violence in jerusalem. We are learning the secretary of state john kerry will head overseas to meet with leaders of both countries and stay on top of it. Well let you know as the story develops. A boston man has a lot to be thankful for as he celebrates a century of living. He almost didnt make it to 25. In 1939 he was 24 years old when he was captured by nazis. He managed to escape and described that experience to fox 25. The german soldiers, they took me on the street. I survived. He lost his entire family in the holocaust. In 1970 he came to america with his wife and children. What a tragic story. Happening today in less than an hour from now registration starts for the cause for paws dog walk and run. Theres still time to get down there where events are under way. It raises money for a no kill shelter that helps find forever home force quincys lost, for a number of years fox 25 has been proud to be part of the walk and run. Another one of the highlights the dog costume contest. Prizes are awarded for the best dressed dog. Ill be emceeing there with many of our familiar faces who will be joining me. Ill be heading down there right after our 8 00 hour. Come down and say hi for a great cause. Definitely bring a jacket. Falcons recovering after a Police Officer rescued it yesterday. It was spotted on the winter street bridge. The mspca tells fox 25 it is being cared for by a lab tech who specializes in wild life rehab. An expert weighs in in the latest development in the philip chrisem case. Maybe the pressure is affecting them. Mental health thats amazing. Its amazing. This is amazing. Thats amazing real people are discovering surprising things at chevy. Were sold. Its so pretty. Beautiful. It feels great. Perfect. Expect from a chevy at all. Get more than you expect for less than you imagined. The 2015 models are going fast. Find your tag and get cash back for 15 of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. Or, get 0 financing for 72 months on these remaining leadership isnt given. Its earned. Realized. Accomplished. Fulfilled. Won. Leadership isnt given. A teen on trial accused of killing his math teacher is being held in a worcester hop for a mental evaluation. The big question, does philip chism understand if charges against him. We spoke to a legal expert about what this could mean for the trial. Reporter does teen killer philip chism understand whats going on in his trial . Thats the biggest question in the court where the trial has ground to a hall during jury selection. Chism was just 14 and hes accused of killing a high school teacher. This week his odd behavior, banging his head against the floor, having suicidal thoughts, talking to an invisible person have raised doubts about his Mental Health. The judge ordered a 20 day off site Mental Health evaluation that could mean a substantial delay to chisms trial. Boston Attorney Brad bailey. His Mental Health is in play and maybe it has deteriorated. Maybe the pressure is affecting him. We have to be sure he understands whats going on to effectively participate in his defense. Reporter the judge ordered an independent psychological review of him at Worcester State Hospital that could take up to the results critical to this closely watched trial. If he is found to be mentally incompetent, what happens then . Well then hes held for evaluation and longer term treatment until the situation of competency is cured. Reporter brad bailey tells me a trial could be years away or it might never happen at all if, over the next 20 days chism is found to be truly mentally incompetent to stand trial. The judge said in open court that he wants the Mental Health evaluation to go as quickly as possible, maybe in less than 20 days so he can get this trial back on track. That all depends on the results of this evaluation. In salem, bob ward, fox 25 news. With the trial on hold we wanted to take a look at some of the events leading up to this point. Chism was first arrested in october 2013 for the death of during chisms arraignment his first mental competency evaluation was ordered by a judge. Then about eight months later chism was accused of attacking a female worker at the Dorchester Department facility where he was being held. He is being held on attempted murder in that attack. We have more coverage and background up on my fox boston. Com. 7 48 now. Good sunday morning to you. It is a cold one. You probably notice it if youre going to be stepping outside, we have temperatures below freezing. High pressure thats gonna be building in from the west. Winds out of the northwest creating some ocean effect snow showers for the Great Lakes Region. But were also experiencing those northwesterly winds helping to draw in and bring in and we really realize overnight as we saw clear skies, temperatures drop back into the 20s and 30s. Thats where were sitting right now. Little milder for the cape. Also noticing a few sprinkles on radar. Air is still dry. Not much of it making it to the ground. Temperature in boston just above the freezing mark. We knew we would see the below freezing temperatures. Thats why we had a freeze warning in effect. Sure its below freezing. You already experienced temperatures below freezing. Thats why there were no freeze warnings. As we head into tonight even colder temperatures heading our way. Beautiful sky line shot, waking up to sunny skies. Currently 34. That wind out of the northwest mainly 5 and 15 Miles Per Hour. It will be picking up duing the look at this. In the teens. Elevation. Dressing for. 20s and 30s this morning. As we head into the afternoon with that sunshine, were only going to steamer thes climb into the 40s. Struggle to get out of the 40s. With that wind out of the northwest, could gust as high as 25 Miles Per Hour. It will definitely add a chill. Lot of folks have a lot of fall activity. Feels a little like winter out there. Taking a look at the latest report, beautiful color across the region. Already starting to see Northern New England. Thats where some folks saw a little bit of snow over the weekend. Northern Worcester County. Around, temperatures below 60s. Highs only in the 40s. Weve got cold air in our upper atmosphere. Thats gonna bubble up the clouds. Well be watching for any snow flakes across Northern New England. Some rain drop snow flakes could be possible. That colder wind direction, too, over the warm water will allow for ocean effect clouds to form. Well have to watch for any precipitation across the cape. Boy do we get cold temperatures will be falling below freezing once again. Lots of sunshine in the forecast for tomorrow. Brief little bit improvement heading our way. Expected temperatures overnight location. Boston, below freezing. Thats why this area shaded in that aqua color. Thats where we have a freeze warning. Tomorrow. Back into the 60s. Tuesday and wednesday more clouds. As we head into thursday before we cooled down again by next weekend. Thats your forecast. Good news is theres sun. Ahead, a bride to be making lemonade out of lemons. Why she decided to help strangers celebrate with her even after disaster struck on her wedding day. Plus controversy over some images shown to schools in one city. I have got to give credit where credit is due. Bride in california who didnt let a little thing like a groom with cold feet ruin it. She still had a celebration to remember. Reporter the tables are set. Food hot out of the oven. One by one the guests arrive. These arent the men, women and children the duane family originally planned to host, but theyre happy to do it nonetheless. When i found out that the wedding would not be taking place, it just seemed like, of course, this would be something we would do to give back. Reporter earlier in the week the would be groom called off the wedding. Rather than cancel the 35,000 outing, the brides family invited the citys homeless for a once in a life time meal at one of sacramentos finest hotels. Gave it to someone else. Really give. Reporter came with their families giving their kids a rare night out. When youre going through a hard time and struggle, for you to get out, do Something Different and with your family, really a blessing. Reporter the food is similar to what youd find at the hotels four star restaurant. Gnocci, salmon, even tri tip. Theres plenty to go around. 120 people were invited to the wedding before it got cancelled. Smiles are everywhere. The night is still painful. Their daughter chose to stay home. I feel a lot of heart ache and heart break for her. Really good from this. I will. Reporter turning the night that was supposed to be about their family into one that takes care of others. In sacramento, tom miller. What character. Coming up a District Attorney fighting back. Why shes in the hot seat over a high profile case. Hasnt been this cold since and weve got even colder leah i just was thinking any minute could be the minute. And the minutes kept passing. We both kind of relaxed and thought, shell come when shes ready. [ grunting ] woman its a girl leah and she did. Woman a big girl [ olivia crying ] right now a cold start for today. Freeze warnings have just been issued and when well find this pattern. Youre turning on your heating system for the first time. The Fire Departments are urging rez dents to watch out. Plus an explosion at a public building sends two people what they were working on that has the building closed for the rest of the weekend. Called a hero for his actions during a shooting. What hes saying for the first time. Good morning everyone. Morning news. Sunday october 18th as the sun comes up. Looking nice out there but plenty cold. Chilly start indeed. Want to check in with sara for a look at todays very falllike forecast. Might even call it the beginning of winter. Can i say that . Well call it taste of winter. Little preview of what to expect. Sure enough temperatures have fallen back into the 20s and 30s on nantucket. 43. More clouds across the southeast. Lower 40s. Boston flirting with that freezing mark. Lot of places. We just fell below freezing. 495 into south New Hampshire. Even southern parts of the Worcester County and into connecticut. They have not seen freezing conditions, now we have. So expecting the temperatures in the 30s into the 40s. Mix of sun and clouds. Winced will be picking up. Then tonight, temperatures drop. Cooler conditions heading our way. Expecting to see freezing conditions and why we have a freeze warning in place even for the cape as well as boston metro area. Well take a closer look at what you can expect to wake up to when you get up for work and school. With the freeze warning issued theres growing concern about the cold temperatures and warm. New this morning stephanie is hearing from firefighters about some of their biggest concerns. We joins us live from medford this morning. Reporter heather, this time of year causing a lot of concern because, of course, as those temperatures start to drop and stay low, this really is the first time in months people are systems. Thats why it is so important to make sure they are working properly. Just last saturday fox 25 was live at this very intense house fire and explosion in franklin. Explosion. Investigators still trying to figure out exactly what happened. But they believe there was a problem with a propane heating system. Fire officials, of course, also urging everyone to replace the batteries in your smoke and Carbon Monoxide detectors. Just one day before that fire in franklin, two people were rushed to the hospital for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. That happens at Franklin Elementary School in newton. Those two people were working at the schools boiler room when that occurred. This time of year is when youre going to see more calls on Carbon Monoxide and smoke detectors. Things along those lines. Reporter if you live in a newer home built after 2008 you may think you dont have to worry about that because your detectors are hard wired. Coming up in 30 minutes the reason fire Officials Say you still need to check those detectors. Fox 25 news. As we prepare to head into the winner season, be sure to download our fox 25 weather app. You can use it to track any storms and see the latest hour by hour forecast. It is free, available in the app store. Framingham Public Library closed after two elect triggs suffered serious burns while on the job. We are looking into what caused a flash explosion while the men one has second and third degree burns. The other has burns on his arms from helping his coworker. It was early in the morning. All i saw was two fire trucks going to the library. Pretty much people just seeing whats going on. This morning one worker remains in the hospital. The building has been under going renovations including new lights. Were learning more about the circumstances surrounding yesterdays amber alert. Tiffany sherry left pennsylvania with her seriously sick infant son allegedly ignoring directions to get the boy emergency medical care. She was arrested at a boston hospital friday night after her dehydration. But she told police she was only trying to get the best care for her son. Fox 25 has learned sherry has a dcf sent us this statement saying the department is investigating the incident with Law Enforcement and as officials look into the matter, custody of the child has been transferred to dcf. Real or fake . Thats what a Boston Police officer had to decide when a man was allegedly waving this gun around friday night. Officers pulled out their gun, weapon. Gerald moore went to the ground. They confirmed he was carrying a bb gun. We are learning about a deadly shooting in florida. Police say one person was killed. Four others hurt. Shooting started just before noon. Police so far have not arrested anyone. They have not released information about the suspect. That annual festival is expected to draw 20,000 people. This is also new. Hes been hailed a hero for his actions during a deadly shooting. Now the man who classmates tried to stop the shooter is telling his story. Staple on his face book page writing that he was in another classroom when the shooting started and ran through campus warning people. Eventually he found the victims and heard sirens shouting to someone to get the cops and, quote, tell them where were at. Smith said thats when the gun man began shooting him saying thats what you get for calling the cops. He was shot five times. He said the hail of bullets only stopped after he told the shooter it was his sons birthday. He writes, kwoerbgt im still confused on why he didnt shoot me again. The real haoe rose of the day are the people who responded. Police are on high ahrer after two home break ins. Happened thursday afternoon on deer grass lane. There. The burglars got in through an unlocked door. In property. Watch out for the door to door sales people offering magazines and Home Improvement services. A former uber driver has been sentenced to jail for kidnapping and raping a woman. He pleaded guilty friday to aggravated rape, kidnapping and assault charges. Back in December Jones picked up the victim in boston, drove her to a se queded location and sexually assaulted her. He has been sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison. A long time worker with the Boston Library no longer working there over the disappearance of two valuable pieces of art work. Fox 25 confirmed susan glover is no longer than employee. She was terminated. She was the keeper of special arts collection. Two works of art worth 600,000 were missing but later found misfiled. The undefeated patriots are getting ready to take on the colts in a primetime matchup. This is the first time they have played since indy started the deflate gate allegations. Fox 25 is there now with a look at how he thinks the game could play out. Reporter we are here in indianapolis outside lucas oil stadium. Quick House Keeping note. Daunte hightower is out with a rib injury he suffered during the dallas game. Tom brady, bill belichick, no one would talk about deflate gate. I talked with Legarrett Blount to see how impressed that he was to see brady was not emotional leading into this game. You put the faces on the opponent, not us. We look at film. Try to dissect them and see if we can get a win. This is a completely new team. Just another part of the season where you have to try to improve. How many points we put up. Were trying to score every time we touch the ball. Reporter we know how dominant the patriots have been. Fans know, media knows. Also the Indianapolis Colts know as well. Safe to say they have been a thorn in our side for 13 years. Never easy. Never dull. Theyre the defending super bowl champs. 50 team. 32 trying to get a win. Certainly theres some excitement. Looking forward to it. Reporter i dont care what anyone has to say this is a revenge game. If the patriots dont win by at least 20. S, i will be extremely shocked. In indianapolis, fox 25 sports. Happening today in just about 25 minutes registration starts for the 7th annual cause for paws dog walk and run. Theres time to get down there to help out this great cause. Event raises money for the animal shelter. No kill shelter which helps find forever homes for lost, abandoned and abused homes. Been proud to be part of the 5k run and one mile walk. That doesnt start until 10 00. It goes around the park and the ocean. Lot of the dogs have costumes on. Theres a dog costume contest. Prizes are awarded to the best dressed dog. We will be joined by fox 25 personalities. Should be a good time. The costume part is always the best. Really creative. We will be handing things off to you. Time right now 8 11. Closing of a Nuclear Power plant is sparking debate about what to replace it with. Local District Attorney is under fire for her actions on what was thought to be a case of shaken baby syndrome. Do i understand how people can be disgruntled by that . Yes, i do. Coming up her response to that scathing report that calls her a bully. Just got a report on twitter of temperatures in chatham. Temperatures freezing. Elsewhere waking up to 20s, low 30s. Every single day, more than 8,000 men and women are working together to create a stronger, smarter, more resilient system, so the 3 1 2 Million People we serve have the energy they need. We serve new england. Marion ryan has reacted allegations and speaking of a child in a high profile case of what was believed to be shaken baby syndrome in 2010. Reporter the middle sex da is defensing her office from accusations made. He said her office tried to bully him in the findings of a boy. No bullying. I think that we were asking the appropriate questions. We asked for a second opinion. Reporter ryan sat down with me and explained she was just asking questions when it came to Peter Cummings wanting to baby syndrome in the death of nathan wilson. Nathans father had been charged with killing the boy. There was a request to have the supervisor look at that. I understand how people can be disgruntled by that . Yes, i do. Reporter emails obtain it showed cummings wanting to change his ruling to undetermined after the defense found new evidence, even saying i think their case is compelling enough they am willing to at least go undetermined at this point. Cummings note in the file reads i told them i thought i was being forced to sign the case out in a way i did not think was on it. It goes on to call her office unethical and unprofessional in the way it dealt with the case and accused her of medical another opinion. Charges were dropped and wilsons into what happened. The attorney tells me hes starting an investigation. If its true that a medical examiner crossed the line and entered the realm of bullying or lot of people out there. Absolutely. Theyre going to be dealing with a blustery wind. Not ideal for the rowers. Winds could be gusting 25 miles an hour this afternoon. Well not only be dealing with the cold but the wind chill. Well see winds die down tonight. That means a clear sky, another cold night. Freeze likely. Thats why the boston metro area under a freeze metro area. Good news is its not going to last too long. Temperatures near normal returning. Usually lower 60s. Were going to fall short of that. Just wanted to point out the sun set just before 6 00. Temperatures 20s and 30s. This area shaded in this aqua color. The freeze warning should expire around 9 00. Finally seeing temperatures in the boston area just above the freezing spot. Foxboro 27. 33 in plymouth. 30s and 40s for the cape and islands. Few clouds wouldnt be surprised to see a few sprinkles out there. Did get a report of a few snow flakes. Hour by hour forecast expecting to see temperatures climbing into the 40s by late morning and into the afternoon. Were going to be stuck in the 40s today. Also notice some afternoon clouds developing across the region. What can you expect . Chilly day. Highs only in the 40s. Gusts as high as 30 Miles Per Hour. Youll see the clouds developing. There may be a flurry across central and Northern New England. Some of the activity trying to make its way into the berkshires. Well have to watch west of worcester. Will pick up this evening. This ocean effect will get going. We have to watch for any stray sprinkle or a snow flake mixing in as temperatures will drop once the sun sets. Overnight tonight with clear skies, expecting temperatures to fall below freezing. Freeze warning in place for the coast until 9 00 tomorrow morning. Everyone is going to see really cold conditions when you step outside tomorrow for work, school, at the bus stop you want to layer up. Temperatures back into the 20s away from the coast just below freezing in boston. Highs in the 50 degree mark. Winds will be lighter. Finally back into the 60s by tuesday and wednesday. Chance of showers thursday. Then we will cool down as we head into next weekend. Cooler than average day. Over to you. Images showing the dangers of drugs too graphic to show on television. Theyre front and center for local High School Students. This isnt something we need to brush under the carpet. Some parents are not happy about this. Plus crews are here in vineland, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. White breast meat chicken every time. So if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it progresso. I would kill for something sweet. Wanna split that . No, so much fat. Dont fight your instincts. With each for 150 calories or less p try our lemon bars, brownies, and new cheesecakes emergency crews of people who lost their cars are still trying to dig out of a highway in california. It became a muddy shore line in los angeles after six inches of rain came down in just an hour. We report on the efforts to clear away five feet of mud. Reporter not too far from the land of make believe the scene in Los Angeles County looks like a real expensive disaster movie. But these are not special effects. Rather the effects of mother nature. The method to search for survivors is as low tech as the mud itself, hoping they dont find anything or anyone. We have no idea. We are concerned with motorcyclists, perhaps, smaller vehicles, trucks. Reporter the rush of mud took everyone by surprise. This doesen usually happen. This is something you expect to see back east. Things like that. Not on a major highway like this. I didnt think it would happen. I get out and i walk. When i walk, i fall. So the mud and the water was too intense so i just turned around, went back. Sitting in the car with my dog. Reporter californias drought is being blamed for massive mud slide. Vegetation which would have held the hill sides together has died as a result of the dry spell. Gravity became drivers worst enemy. Toys of an angry child. This is unbelievable. Theyre so lucky those jersey walls held, otherwise they would have been scattered all over the place. This gives us a much easier grid pattern search. Reporter fox 25 news. Donald trump making headlines for his late ef attack on a fellow republican. Why he said president george w. Bush was responsible for the 9 11 attacks. Its clear and cold in boston. Winds a big player today. Just one scoop of rich,creamy hood sour cream takes your monday dinner from mundane to masterpiece. Its easy to make every Day Delicious with all natural hood sour cream. For 160 years. Concerns over Heating Systems continue to rise. Are asking everyone to check today. This morning we have a freeze warning for much of the viewing area. Welcome back. It is 8 30. Im blair miller. We are tracking temperatures and watching for an even bigger cooldown thats happening tomorrow morning. Temperatures what they are right now. Little colder come tomorrow. In fact lot of folks below freezing especially out away from the coast. 31. Thats an improvement over the 20s we saw earlier. 33 plymouth. Little wilder for cape and islands. Some clouds out there. Well continue to watch for some ocean effect clouds. Perhaps even a stray sprinkle or two. Elsewhere, lots of sunshine through the morning as temperatures will be climbing to that 20 degree mark. 40s. Well belee average temperatures our way. Winds died down and will see clouds clear out. Temperatures back below freezing once again. It will be the first freeze for some locations across the cape and the coast. Thats why we have a freeze warning in place until 9 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Ill show you what you can door. With that freeze warning for boston there is growing concerns about cold temperatures and what people are doing to stay warm out there. We talked to firefighters about their biggest concern. Stephanie . Reporter well, blair, as sara mentioned this is the first freeze for many. Really the first time people will be turning on their Heating Systems. Be careful when you do this. This is a must you have to check those systems. We have already seen problems with Carbon Monoxide as fox 25 reported about a week and a half ago, two people were rushed to the hospital for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Because of that, because of other concern, Fire Departments are urging everyone to check their Carbon Monoxide and their smoke detectors and replace the batteries in those detectors even if youre living in a new hoerpl and your detectors are hard wired, theyre still asking you to replace the batteries. If that connection cuts off, you are still protected. Could be an oil burning furnace. It could be a fire place. A wood pellet stove. Anything along those lines. An electric stove would not give off Carbon Monoxide. You dont have any warning signs without those detectors. Reporter some really great advice there. Coming up in 30 minutes the reason he told us even if your system doesnt give off Carbon Monoxide, why you still need to check it. In metro, fox 25 news. As we head into the winter season, good time to download our weather app. See the latest forecast. It is free. It is free at the app store. Search for fox 25 weather app. We are learning john carry will head overseas this week to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders. This visit comes after a month of violence in jerusalem. Last night hundreds of people marched through the city calling for an end to the violence. The march came after another deadly day there in jerusalem. Israeli authorities reported five separate attacks by palestinians. Four of the suspects were shot and killed by police. New sketches out show the suspects from that stabbing in sacramento. The victim wasnt responsible for stopping a terror attack in august. Spencer stone was released from the hospital this week after being treated for his injuries. His brother said he was stabbed heart. Police say stone was attacked while trying to stop a confrontation outside a bar. The driver of a tractor trailer has been cited for a crash that hurt a state trooper. We told you about this yesterday. The trooper was part of a traffic detail when he was hit by the tractor trailer. The trailer was from connecticut. The trooper spent friday night in the hospital and is now recovering at home. Time 8 34. Fox 25 is working to get you more information about a rescue in boston harbor. Happened around 1 00 yesterday afternoon. Police say the man was naked when he jumped into the water on commercial street. He was unconscious when he was pulled out and is now being treated at boston hospital. A debate over energy is happening on beacon hill after pilgrim power plant announced plans to close. Some say this means the state has chance to expand its Renewable Energy base. The governor has Something Else in mind. He is interested in hydropower which he said provides a steady flow unlike solar and wind. After years of planning a garden named for one of the marathon bombing victims will be dedicated. Crystal campbell peace garden located behind Medford City Hall one block from where crystal was raised. Earlier this year we got a look at the rendering of the more than 1 million project which is being financed by state and federal grants and private donations. Symbols of each of the victims will be placed at five water fountains including a Little League mit for the youngest victim and a sun flower for crystal, which was one of her favorite things. A big family celebration for pumpkin fest 2015. That festival celebrating new englands grand opening to the public. The camp has been used by boy scout troops for years. Yesterday 2,000 kids and their families came out for all kinds of activities like pumpkin carving and hay rides. Its been a good camp all these years. Now we decided to open it up to the public so everybody could come and enjoy all the things they have. All learning pwaeufrb skills like lighting fires. Homeowners finding themselves dropped by their Insurance Companies are filing big claims last winter. Coming up, if this happens to you, you wont necessarily be left in the cold. What you can do if you get dropped. Plus a lot happening you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Yeah, Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast . You got to know when to holdem. Know when to fold em. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money, when youre sitting at the ta. What . You get it . I get the gist, yeah. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent spent more time in space than any other american. Today is his 385th day living in space. That is a new record. Kelly is halfway through a year long mission aboard the International Space station. The first lady will be teaming up with royalty. Leah gabrielle claims. Reporter strong night at the white house for space Industry Experts spending time star gazing from the south lawn. It aims to pursue careers in the Science Technology industry. First lady is teaming up with lebron james at the university of akron. Mrs. Obama is partnering with lebrons charity in the importance of highlight education. B resident obama said to speak at the issues conference. Four of the five candidates will be in attendance hoping to use the forum as a chance to lay out america. Saturday is ninth day. Since 1948 the day has been devoted to recognizing the controversy of those who participate in the organization peace. Thats a look at the week ahead. Snake on a beach. This sneak isnt seen on land. Plus, images too graphic to show you on television. The presentation shown to high schoolers. Parents left questioning why the School Districts response [ duck quacking and wind whistling ] [ copier whirring ] [ beeps ] [ Classical Music plays ] hmm. The new turbodown jacket tested tough in a graphic presentation about the effects of heroin causing controversy in New Hampshire. The school showed it to parents without warning them about the images. District officials stood by their decision. Reporter dead bodies, birth on their own vomit. The images were so graphic we cant even put them on tv. This is one of the victims. Disturb. Reporter we did show them to parents to see the controversy. I feel for parents who felt that maybe their children shouldnt be there. Reporter man chester officials admit they should have warned parents before the presentation was shown to High School Students. But they and City Health Officials say every slide, no matter how disturbing, matters. Its not anything different from what they would see in a pg 13 or rated r movie. Psychologically the difference is theyre real. I would rather burn the images into their mind. Reporter some parents stressed concern that even a more censored version might be too much for preteens. How is that gonna affect the reporter but others left satisfied that it provides a sobering education. It will be enough to make them scared. This is not something we can joke about. This is not something we need to brush under the target and let our kids think this is not going to happen to me. Parents can opt out of allowing their children to view the presentation. They will likely show it to middle schoolers in january. Health care advocates are pushing a bill to improve access to healthy food in our state. It should make it easier for kids to get emergency sherlt and health screening. Supporters will meet at the state house tuesday. Say hello to the newest member of the dover Police Department. He is a belgium dog, famous for protecting live stock. Very popular choice for police canine. Rain to california. Look at this highly venomous snake. These snakes are not traditionally located along the california coast. The snake washed up shore there 1972 in orange county. Nearly 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes because of a supertyphoon. Due to massive flooding already taking place in this video. The storm made landfall knocking out power and destroying homes. Land slides and more flooding are possible over the next few days. It turns slowly to the west. I have been noticing a lot of pictures from central and Northern New England about some light snow. Even sleet. We didnt have to go too far. Places like southern New Hampshire, parts of the rob sharing this picture. Sure enough colder air surging on in. On through. Cold front out to the east. High pressure building in. You can see the lake effect snow machine going on for the Great Lakes Region as those winds out of the northwest blowing over the milder lake temperatures there creating those clouds and that snow. Those winds will continue across our area. We will notice temperatures well below average. Starting off below freezing in a lot of places. Beverly 31. Still in the 20s. Boston 34 degrees. We are going to talk about this cold sticking with us as we head over the next 24 to 36 hours. Freeze warnings still in place until 9 00 for metro west as well as southeastern New Hampshire. These are not the areas that had hit freezing before today. Come tonight boston has the best shot. We are going to be talking about a freeze warning in place for the city as well as a few other locations. Temperature 34. Winds out of the northwest about ten miles an hour. With that wind, its not too active. It will be picking up during the afternoon. Gusts as high as 25 myles per hour. Adding a chill to the air. Stepping outside, it feels like its in the 20s. Teens in worcester. Feeling like the 20s and 30s for the cape and island. Today despite temperatures mostly in the 40s. It will feel like the low. Making for some beautiful conditions. Upper 30s across Northern New England. 40s across our area. Well have to watch for the clouds that bubble up this afternoon. Could see a few snow flakes across the higher terrain. With those winds picking up, well see some ocean effect clouds just off shore. We could be dealing with a few rain drops. Before we dry out overnight. When you wake up tomorrow, although well have sunshine, its going to be cool. Southeast as well as the cape. Temperatures falling back to that freezing mark, if not below in boston. 20s for the interior. Chilly when you step out the door tomorrow. Highs only recover in the upper 40s, near 50. Back to where we should be by tuesday and wednesday with a few then a chance of showers across southern new england thursday with a cold front that comes through and brings back the cooler than average temperatures to end the work week. Time 8 50. Hillary clinton is attacking alabamas voting laws. The reason she said theyre straight out of the jim crow past. Plus the Vice President still not saying he is entering but he is dropping a few hi why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Thats amazing. Its amazing. This is amazing. Thats amazing real people are discovering surprising things at chevy. Were sold. Its so pretty. Beautiful. It feels great. Perfect. This is not what i would expect from a chevy at all. Get more than you expect for less than you imagined. The 2015 models are going fast. Find your tag and get cash back for 15 of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. Or, get 0 financing for 72 months joe bidens decision is expected any day. Including new controversy surrounding donald trump. Reporter on the republican side donald trump is continuing to take heat from his gop rifles for partially tkpwhraeupling george w. Bush for the 9 11 terror attacks. He said blame him or dont blame him, but he was president when the World Trade Center came down. Now jeb bush defending his brother on twitter saying how pathetic for donald trump to 9 11. We were attacked and my brother kept us safe. Lindsey graham is demanding trump apologized. He said george w. Bush is a loser because we were attacked means you dont understand this war. Even Carly Fiorino weighed in. Donald trump says a lot of, frankly, irresponsible things. The rational for his candidacy seems to be everyone else is stupid or messed up or a loser. Hes the only guy whos good. Reporter so far today trump has not responded. On the democratic side, the race hinges on the decision of one man, joe biden. Hes running out of time. In a letter to bidens supporters, one of his top advisers say, quote, if he decides to run, we will need each an every one of you yesterday. Hillary clinton Just Announced she has 33 million in the bank. She made more than 28 million over the last three months. Bernie sanders made 26 million. That is a lot of money from democratic donor. If biden runs, he has some serious catching up to do. An announcement expected any day now. Kristen fisher, fox news. Hillary clinton took on alabama for the decision to require a photo id to vote. Clinton spoke at the alabama democratic conference yesterday. She called the states plan a lapse to the jim crow past. The trial of philip chrisem is Getting Started but is already facing some road blocks. The defense now saying hes unfoyt stand trial. What they need to prove it. 33 degrees the official low in boston this morning. Lot of folks climbing out of the 20s and low 30s. Ill show you where you can expect to see highs today coming up. Plus last years storms still creating problems. Dropping d be ready. Cocktail bitters was huge. T need a loan. We needed shortterm funding. Fast. Fill the orders. Just like that. You can but you can be ready. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself. Power at open. Com. Progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. White breast meat chicken every time. So if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it progresso. I would kill for something sweet. Wanna split that . No, so much fat. Dont fight your instincts. With each for 150 calories or less p try our lemon bars, brownies, and new cheesecakes right now a cold start to the day. Im tracking even chillier temperatures on the way. With these colder temperatures, you may be turning on your heating system for the first time in months. The safety concerns Fire Departments are urging residents to watch out for. Plus an explosion at a public building sends two people to the hospital. What they were working on. Hes been called a hero. Now hes telling his story for the first time. Good morning everyone. It is 9 00 a. M. On sunday october 18th. Glad to have you here. I am blair miller. Sara joins us tracking cold temperatures. Good morning. Starting to see some improvement. That sunshine doing its work as temperatures have climbed out of the 20s in some locations. Chilly 36 in boston. Upper 30s to low 40s for the cape and islands. Wind out of the west 5 to 15 miles an hour. Gusts in the 20s. It is making it feel like its in the 20s in a lot of places. These are the temperatures you need to be dressing for. Average. Only getting into the 40s as we head into the afternoon. We will find a mix of sun and clouds. We have a freeze warning in place. Going to take a closer look at what to expect in the boston area coming up. Freeze warning issued, theres growing concerns about the cold temperatures. New this morning, stephanie is hearing from firefighters about comes to all of this. She joins us from med ford. The reason they want to get the message out today is because, of course, that cold temperature, this could mean a lot of people turning on those Heating Systems for the very first time in months. That is why it is just so important to make sure all of your Heating Systems are working properly. Fox 25 was live at this intense house fire and explosion in franklin. Investigators still trying to figure out what happened. They believe there was a problem with a propane heating system. Just one day before that fire in franklin two people were rushed to the hospital for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Those two people working in the boiler room when the leak occurred. This time of year well see more of an increase as far as Carbon Monoxide. Reporter if you live in a home built after 2008 your detectors are hard wired so you may be thinking this doesnt apply to me but that is not the case. The reason you need to check those detectors, even though they are hard wired. Be sure to download our weather app. Always see the latest forecast. It is free. Search for fox 25 weather. Framingham Public Library closed after two electricians the job. Working in the basement saturday morning. One has burned on two thirds of his body. All i saw was two fire trucks by the library over there. People seeing what was going on. Reporter the librarys website said the library had been going renovations. An amber alert sent 26yearold sherry left a hospital after ignoring calls to get the boy medical care. Her son was admitted for severe dehydration. She told police she was just trying to get the best care for her 2monthold son. Fox all learned sherry has a dcf now getting involved. They sent us this statement saying the department is investigating the incident with Law Enforcement and as dcf officials look into the matter, custody of the child has been transferred to dcf. Real or fake. Officers pulled out their guns told the suspect to put down his weapon. New this morning, has been hailed the hero. Now the man who classmates say tried to stop the gun man is telling his side of the story. Told you in the last hour that he ran through campus warning people before being shot five times himself. They werent sure he was the shooter. He writes i told him he shot him. Hes in that classroom but i dont know if hes down. First responders cleared the scene and told him quote everything is going to be okay. When he saw a friend he arrived at the scene. He is sorry if his statements hurt anyone. Ft. Meyers florida. Police have not arrested anyone. They have not released information about a possible suspect. That annual festival is expected to draw a crowd of 20,000 people. Police in massachusetts on high alert after two home break ins. Thursday afternoon on deer grass lane when the homeowners werent there. Burglars got in through an unlocked door and forced their way into the other home. They stole property including jewelry and cash. Generally this is a quiet sleepy town. This is pretty unusual for us. Police are urging people to watch out for sales people offering magazines and Home Improvement services. The suspect in the murder of a woman is heading back to court for a bail hearing. 37yearold jason flurry will be in court on monday. Flurry is charged with murdering 25yearold jamie mendes. Mendes body was found in january on a beach. Flurry has pleaded not guilty. A plymouth man has been arrested on drunk driving charges. Kevin palmer driving the wrong way down route 3 for roughly 20 miles. According to the times palmer in the car was hurt. Spike strips were placed down to get him to stop. He is out on bail this morning due in court monday. This morning fox 25 is working to get more information about a crash in ashland. Happened on cedar street. Fire Officials Say this car hit that utility pole. The whole thing, as you see a spark of fire, caused power outages. Hurt. Undefeated patriots take on the colts in a primetime matchup tonight. First time they played since indy started the deflate gate scandal. We have a look at how todays game might play out. Reporter we are here in indianapolis outside lucas oil stadium. Quick House Keeping note. Daunte high tower is out with a rib injury he suffered during the dallas game. Leading up to the big game tom brady, bill belichick. No one would talk about the i talked to Legarrett Blount. Heres what he had to say. You put the faces on everything, not us. We look at film and try to dissect them and see if we can get a win. We had to worry about 2015. This is a completely new team. You have to try to improve. Can you drop 50 points on these guys . How many ever points we put up, we put up. Reporter we all know how dominant the patriots have been in this rivalry. Fans know, media knows. Also the Indianapolis Colts, they know as well. Theyve been a thorn in our side. Never easy. Never dull. Theyre the super bowl champs. Were 32 trying to get a win. Reporter i dont care what anyone has to say this is a deflate gate revenge game. If the patriots dont win by at least 20 points, i will be shocked. Online Fantasy Sports are facing tough scrutiny. Nevada became the fifth state to boycott fantasy official sites. Michael mccann said this marks a bad week for the industry. A lot of it has taken a long time to play out. Grand jury could be in panel for a year and a half, an fbi probe could last years. Website maintained they offer skill based games and not chance based wagers. Happening today after years of planning, a garden named for one of the marathon bombing victims will break ground. The crystal campbell peace garden located one block from where crystal was raised. Earlier this year money was raised for the project which is being financed by state and federal grants. Symbols for the victims will be placed there including a Little League mit and a sun flower for crystal. Happening today the annual head of the charles regatta will wrap up in boston. 61 rowing races with 11,000 people will be participating. All wraps up today at 5 00. Major birthday that came close to never happening. Local man has every right to celebrate turning 100. Fox 25 spoke with one man who said he was being forced to file a claim. It was right here alongside the house. This is where all the damage came. Reporter he got nervous. His Insurance Company paid to fix the problem. Except earlier that month they already paid to clean up this mess in the master bedroom caused by ice damage. In may mendle son got a letter in the mail from travellers. Two claims in such a short period, we would not be renewed. Reporter after being a customer for nine years paying his premiums on time after never filing a claim, mendle son was being dropped. Kind oven offended. One. 11 people have filed nonrenewable complaints with the attorney general. Up from eight in 2014. Theres an an uptick in the states fair plan. According to its president who spoke to me by phone. Certainly as a last resort, were here if people need it. The premiums were high so he continued to petition travellers. Just last week they took him back. Always worth pursuing. In the Commonwealth Insurance carriers share a database so they can see if youve been booted from a company. Doesnt believe youve been fixing the problem and taking steps to prevent it from reoccurring increase your attractiveness from another company. 9 16. Sure enough well be waking up to very cold conditions. Going to be a pwhrufltery day freezing. Today were only gonna climb into the 40s. With that wind it will feel colder. Well let you have that. When you wake up tomorrow its going to be a cold start. Temperatures in the 40s. Lot of folks woke up to just above the freezing mark. 28 in redding, 36 in boston. Boston fell back to 33 degree ps chilly start to the day. Cape and islands 30s and 40s. Few more clouds up there. Ocean effects of clouds earlier this morning. Well be watching for temperatures to only climb into the 40s through the day. As that sun setteds expect a rapid drop once again. Some clouds bubbling up this afternoon. No surprise. In fact, weve got cold air aloft. You can see the wind direct shrupb of these clouds out of the northwest. With that wind blowing and over the ocean were going to notice some ocean effect clouds develop and some clouds bubbling up. Well continue to see the lake effect snow. Picking up winds as high as 25 miles an hour. Be prepared for the pwhruftier conditions. Going to take temperatures which will be your high for the day today and make them feel like theyre in the 30s. Thats what you need to be dressing for temperatures well below the average. Taking a look at that future cast. You can see some clouds bubbling up. We may see a few isolated sprinkles or perhaps a few snow flakes across the higher terrain, parts of srer month vermont and New Hampshire. Outer cape will have to watch for ocean effect showers from those clouds that develop. We will clear out overnight tonight. As winds fall light, it will be a cold start for the day. Freeze warning is in place for the coast and the cape. You will see temperatures two below freezing. Growing season has just ended for you. The only issue that freeze warning once those temperatures fall. Expected to do so in boston tonight. 20s is what youll be waking up to in a lot of locations. Well see some recovery thats not that much. Highs only in the upper 40s to near 50. It will be little lighter with respect to the winced. It will feel nicer. Well bring back the clouds tuesday and wednesday given chance for showers to the north. Cold front coming through thursday as temperatures get into the 60s. It could soon cost you more to ride the mbta. Transit system considering raising the price of fares according to the boston globe. It is considering options to 2017. It is not clear how much the rates might increase. Getting a ticket may not be a bad thing. Towns Police Department said it plans to issue 200 citations for good behavior. That could include things like wearing a bicycle helmet or wearing your seat belt or yielding to pe tkes destrian pedestrians. Teams of 20 will head to Logan Airport. Boston. Each team is taxed with pulling a 150 Passenger Air bus 12 feet. You can catch a free shuttle to come down. Opening ceremonies start at 10 00 in about 45 minutes. Whole thing wraps up at 1 00 today. Murder case pause over worries about the teenage defendants mind. His Mental Health is in play. Maybe it has deteriorated. Fox 25 sat down with a legal expert for his take on the situation. What the a littlest development could mean for the trial of philip chism. Digging out after massive taking a look at the damage its the final countdown the final countdown if youre the band europe, you love a final countdown. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. People who lost their cars to clean up a highway in california. 6 inches of rain came down in just an hour. Efforts to clear away five feet of mud. Reporter not too far from the land of make believe the scene in Los Angeles County looks like a real life disaster movie. These are the effects of mother nature. Method to search for hidden survivors is as low tech as the mud itself digging and hoping, hoping. The rush of mud took everyone by surprise. This doesnt usually happen. You see it where they have big floods. Not on a major highway like this. I didnt think it would be that deep. I got out and i walked. So the mud and the water was too intense. So i just turned around, went back and got in the car with my dog. Reporter ironically californias drought is being blamed for this massive mud slide. Vegetation that would have held the hill sides together has died as a result of the historic dry spell. 6 inches of rain came down in one hour, gravity became drivers worst enemy. Cars were skalterred like toys of an angry child. This is unbelievable. They were so lucky the jersey walls held. Otherwise they would have been scattered all over the place. This gives us a much easier grid pattern search. A murder trial on hold. Still ahead, philip chism under going another Mental Health evaluation. What this could mean for the charges long term. A clear wet and chilly start to the day is off. 36 right now. Wind out of the northwest adding a chill. In fact, if youre going to be out in the season, plan for wind chill values in the 30s today. Ill show you what you can expect. Leadership isnt given. Its earned. Realized. Accomplished. Fulfilled. Won. Leadership isnt given. Ready to head out when others head home. At eversource, we prepare for ugly weather all year long. Upgrading technology, managing vegetation, improving how we get information to you, because we know youre counting on us. Were ready for winter, and we want to make sure youre ready, too. Visit eversource. Com to learn more and sign up for storm updates. And be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter. Ever new england. I see temperatures continue to fall. Concerns over Heating Systems continue to rise. The two items Fire Departments are asking everyone to check today. Welcome back everyone. 9 30 on this cold sunday october 18th. Im blair miller. We are all facing that cold outside. I know youre tracking those temperatures with some even cooler temperatures for tomorrow, right . What you experience right now is going to be even colder this time come tomorrow. Temperatures in the 30s. 40s. 20s ending the growing season for much of new england except for the coast. We will see lots of sunshine. Well look for ocean effect clouds. Could see a sprinkle or two. Temperatures in the 40s by this afternoon. Thats where we will stay. Although with winds out of the northwest it will feel even colder out there. Later on this evening well be watching for any possible snow flakes across the higher terrain. Temperatures drop overnight tonight. A freeze warning issued for the coast. Well look at what you can expect coming up. Growing concern about colder temperatures and what people are doing to stay warm. We talked to firefighters about stephanie . Reporter blair, this really is the time of the year when people are starting to turn on their heating system force the first time in months. Because of that firefighters are their Heating Systems are working properly. Already weve seen some problems with Carbon Monoxide. Fox 25 reported people were rushed to the hospital at franklin el menry school in newton. Because of that, because of on going concern, Fire Departments are urging everyone to check their Carbon Monoxide and their smoke detectors and replace those batteries today even if youre living in a newer home and those detectives are hard wired you still need to replace those backup batteries. That way if the electricity goes out, if that connection is proteblgted. Furnace. It could be a fire place, a wood pellet stove. Anything along those lines. An electric stove would not give off Carbon Monoxide. Reporter even if your heating system doesnt give off Carbon Monoxide, fire officials are urging you to make sure that it is working. Two people died in an explosion. Investigators still looking into what caused it. They think there was a problem with the propane heating system there. As we prepare for the winter season, download our winter app. It is free. Just search for fox 25 weather. Driver of a tractor trailer is responsible for a crash that hurt a Police Officer. A tractor trailer hit a police cruiser. And was ticketed for not obeying the move over law. The trooper is recovering at home. New sketches show the suspects in the stabbing in sacramento. Victim one is famous for stopping a terror attack aboard a french train in august. Sensor stone was released after being treated for his injury. Police say stone was attacked while trying to stop a confrontation outside a bar. Were learning john kerry will head overseas this week to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders. His visit kaofrpls a month of violence between the two groups in jerusalem. Four of the suspects swhort and killed by police. Teens are being honor american muslim of the year. You might recall back in september the 14yearold was handcuffed and detained by police and suspended by school after a teacher mistook his home made prop for a bomb. That incident sparked accusation that the teen was singled out because of his religion. Next up for the teen. A debate over energy is happening on beacon hill after a power plant announced its plans to close. Some say the state has a chance to expand its Renewable Energy base and to let the solar and wind power. The governor is interested in hydropower which he said provides a steady flow unlike solar and wind. A battle is crewing over security at bigham womens hospital. Security expert certain parts of the building can be accessed too easily. They accuse the nurses union as a bargaining chip. The union dies that claim. Marking 100 years of living. 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Killer philip chism understand whats going on in his trial . Thats the question where the trial of philip chism has ground to a halt during jury selection. Chism was just 14 when he is accused of killing his high school teacher. This week his odd behavior banging his head against the floor, having suicidal thoughts, talking to an invisible person have raised doubts ability his Mental Health. The judge ordered a 20 day off site Mental Health evaluation that could mean a substantial delay in chisms trial. Brad bailey. His Mental Health is in play. Him. We have to be sure that he understands whats going on and his defense. Reporter the judge ordered a psychological evaluation that could take up to 20 days or longer. Result brad bailey tells me if he is found to be mentally incompetent, what happens then . Hes held for evaluation and longer term treatment until the situation of incompetency is cured. Brad bailey tells me that means a trial could be years away or it might never happen at all. If over the next 20 days kheugsem is found to be truly mentally incompetent to stand trial. The judge said he wants the Mental Health evaluation to go as quickly as possible, maybe in less than 20 days so he can get this trial back on track. That all depends on the results of this evaluation. In salem, bob moore, fox 25 news. Heres a look at everything leading up to this point. He was first arrested in 2013 for the death of his teacher. During his arraignment, his first Mental Health evaluation he was accused of attacking a female worker where he was being held at the time. He was arraigned in july of 2014 for attempted murder in that case. Well have much more coverage and more background online at my fox boston. Com. 9 46. Good sunday morning everybody. A beautiful look at the city of boston. Weve got blue skies. Temperatures on the cold side. 36. An improvement from 33. Thats where we were early this morning. Winds out of the northwest definitely adding a chill to the air. I wanted to show you the difference it makes across new england. Seven degrees there. With the wind out of the northwest 47 Miles Per Hour blowing around the snow they received. Youve got a wind chill of 20 below. Very chilly conditions. Speaking of some snow and sleet, of some sleet in parts of southern New Hampshire as well as northern Worcester County. You can see some of the sleet accumulating on his car. We still have an unsettled weather pattern and very cool day ahead. Cold front off to our east. We have High Pressure to our west. In between we have winds out of the northwest. Sure enough that colder wind direction is bringing in that cooler air for our region. But the winds also kre kwraeugt lake effect snow showers and these winds over the ocean will also create some ocean effect clouds and showers as the day goes on. What can you expect . 30s across the region. We will see some slight improvement as temperatures will rise through the day today. Still well below average. Winds will continue to gust as high as 25 miles an hour this afternoon. Thats gonna bring an added currently feels like the 20s and 30s. As we head out to the day, temperatures, whraoeul mainly in the 40s, it will feel like the upper 30s. Also see clouds developing across the region, nice day to get outside. Were seeing lot of color across southern new england. To the north youre starting to see conditions stay. Upper 30s to low 40s with cloud cover is what you can expect. Well also be tracking any of the clouds that do bubble up shower. It will be cold enough across the higher elevations. We could be talk about a few flurries. Worcester. Notice by this evening, the ocean effect clouds could be watching for a few showers for the outer cape. Were gonna wake up to a cold start. Sunshine for a majority of the day. That will start to work away at the bitter cold conditions. We have a freeze warning issued for that area. Interior the 20s. We are anticipating to have one of the coastest starts tomorrow. They will improve from today. But well below the average. Winds will die down. 50s tuesday and wednesday. More clouds and showers to the north. Cold front will bring the risk of showers thursday. Over to you. An unusual animal on the loose in new york. Lo maxx your thing at t. J. Maxx with better brands, at prices that work for you. Make each day a little better. Shop t. J. Maxx. And maxx life thats amazing. Its amazing. This is amazing. Thats amazing real people are discovering surprising things at chevy. Were sold. Its so pretty. Beautiful. It feels great. Perfect. This is not what i would expect from a chevy at all. Get more than you expect for less than you imagined. The 2015 models are going fast. For 15 of the msrp on select 2015 vehicles in stock. Or, get 0 financing for 72 months on these remaining 2015 chevy vehicles. An unusual sight around new york. Business owners calling 911 after spotting a kangaroo hopping around. Matt coczar has more from staten island. A jumping joey on staten island. Prompted surprise calls to 911. Saturday morning at als auto repair on travis avenue they saw something hopping around their parking lot. Police say the kangaroo belonged to a man visiting a friend at this house on victory boulevard. They say the pet somehow escaped. The kangaroo was on the loose for nearly ten minutes. Buster came dangerously close to getting hit by a car bouncing along travis avenue. Fortunately he hopped to safety. Video shows the furry fugitive hopping back and forth. His big adventure ended when the cops showed up. They cornered and released him into the custody of his owner. Three years ago in the same area a zebra and a pony got loose after their owner left a gate open. Something you never see every day. Bringing a bit of australia to staten island. Theyre used to crazy things. Just a little bit. The sun is finally up. Little different waking up to that chill. Temperatures out of the 20s. Were finally getting into the 30s. 40s, thats where were headed today. It will seem colder with the wind. We clear out. Were gonna drop below freezing in a lot of locations. Freeze warning for the city of boston as well as the cape. We start to improve tomorrow and get back into the 60s to the middle part of the week. Today is going to be one of those chilly blustery days you probably want to plan some activities inside. Lot of folks heading to charles, outside apple picking. At least it will be mostly dry. Year. In boston but through metro west this is typically the first time we see a frost. Get ready