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WBZ WBZ News October 22, 2015

Friend might do something vie lend and harm himself. Over the past month, the police say the student had made comments on social media postings references past school shootings. This time he said he was going to shoot up the school the next day. At this point it was something critical that she actually thought was serious enough that could possibly happen. The officers searched the boys parents homes. In one they found tactical gear, gott clothing and fake weapons and they also found live ammunition and the officers are unsure how the teen got the bullets. We dont believe at any point there was an imminent danger to somebody at the school. This girl possibly saved that childs life. Reporter the officers arrested the boy sunday night. Since he was in custody they wait food r the police to finish the investigation before notifying parents. This parent took it as reminder to talk to his two teen. Always know where youre going and always be aware of what is going on around you. Not been in school since monday. He is currently undergoing a mental evaluation and he faces three charges, including threatening to commit murder. Wbz news. Thank you. The House Freedom caucus says it will support congressman paul ryan for house speaker, all but guaranteeing now that hell get that job. Ryan said last night he would only run if all major republican groups support him. This is the same group that bane tore resign. Were follow twog developing stories tonight. First, a woman pinned around train at the haymarket t. Station and rushed to the hospital. Shall weiss conscious, but there is no word yet on how badly she is injured. The Orange Line Service is suspended between North Station and back bay. The t. Officials are urging the passengers to use the green line . That area and the shuttle buss are running. Also developing, new trouble in the big dig tunnel system. Officials say there is a wide spread problem with cracked construction nuts. The crews are now inspecting 100,000 of them. They hold up the lights take weigh at least 100 pounds and the Officials Say theyre not in danger of falling. They insist they know that because they actually had someone hang off one of the lights and it stayed in place. Tonight the stunned parents are reacting after a cheerleading instructor is charged with raping a young girl he was coaching. Were live at the gym where he worked. Ken . Reporter the truth is tonight that not many parent whose brought their daughters here wanted to talk about the incident or the coach who is quoted in the Police Report as telling his young victim that no matter how things turned out, he wouldnt regret his action. Well, he might feel differently tonight in jail. As some young cheerleader wanna bees araved for their gym session tonight, some moms were just learning the news. Shock, surprise. And obviously youre concerned for your childs safety. Reporter theyre talking about the arrest of the 26year old nick johnson, a coach at the full house allstars cheerleading gym on charges he sexually assaulted a 14year old girl who trained here. I just try not to make any judgments until i have all of the pieces, which i dont have. Reporter the police say it began with texts between the pair and the teen admits sending her coach a topless photo, but the prosecutors say it escalated when johnson secretly drove the girl here to his brockton apartment where a sexual encounter. Some parents wont be back. Are you going to keep your oh daughter coming here . I dont think so. Not anymore. Reporter but many parents either stayed silent or defended the gym, which fired arrest. No employees would talk to us. I leave her there often for hours under their supervision heartedly. Reporter even though the victim says she told only one friend, it was her parent whose went to police. As moms delivered their little cheerleaders to practice tonight, some hope their youngsters own good judgment would defend them. I dont know all of the details of the story but im just hoping that she is going to make the right decisions. Reporter on the day police first questioned johnson about the assault, they say he drove his pickup truck off the road and then spent several days in the hospital. When he got out, he was arrested and arraigned. His bail set at 50,000 cash. Life in West Bridgewater tonight, ken mcleod, wbz news. Thank you. A father is being held on 200,000 cash bail. Randall lynch pleading not guilty to charges he beat and starved his 7yearold son. In july jack was found unresponsive weighing only 38 pounds. Tonight he remains in a Long Term Care facility. Lynch will be back in court next month. Speeding drivers are taking a toll that puts toll booth employees an other drivers in danger. And tonight were there for the new effort to make them slow down. Our kate merit is kate merrill is out with state troopers and they say this could save lives. Reporter lisa, thats why the dept of transportation and state police are doing something about it. The speed limit here at the toll on the pike is 15 miles per hour, but all you have to do is watch, people more than double that, and that is a real safety concern for the toll workers in the booth. It is not the sight any driver wants to see, but if you use the mass pike, there is a crack down going on right now. He said he caught me at 25 and the limit is 15. Reporter Massachusetts State Police and the department of transportation are on a mission. To slow down. Speed trap. They say this is a campaign to save lives from police to signs, the message is everywhere. The danger is do the toll collector whose are watching in between at certain times. Reporter in the memory of the toll worker who was killed this summer as he worked the tolls in auburn, they are trying to remind drivers that the speed limit here at this toll booth at the airport is 15 miles per hour, but what theyre finding is most people here go at least 30. I didnt realize it was 15, and thats a little crazy slow. Reporter most drivers admit to us they dont really think of toll speed and safety. I didnt even know there was a speeding limit going through there, so oh technically i guess i agree with the campaign because people should know and it is ignorance that might have gotten somebody killed. Reporter thats why the troopers are here flagging down dozens of drivers, not to make money, they say, but to make an impression. People are pretty positive. They just dont realize it is 15. So when we do tell them that, theyre a little surprised. Just Pay Attention to the posted signs and just have a little conversation with them. You can see the signs are posted a the toll booth pont warning people to slow down. The problem, of course, the easy pass lanes. Those are the ones that people get going fast. Troopers have hundreded issues of citations, tickets and warnings, and in most cases theyre going easy ton drivers because they simply want to get the message across. Kate merrill, wbz news. Thank you. Tonight the state Gaming Commission says lit take a look at whether the state should be making new laws for Fantasy Sports web sites like boston based draft kings and fan deal, and they are studying the issue and will make recommendations to lawmakers as well. She also told me that draft kings hiring her former boss and prison seesor Martha Coakley doesnt change a thing in the case. Is it at all awkward to have side . Not at all. Not at all. We havent spoken about this. We wont speak about this. My focus is on the company and the companys conduct and thats what were reviewing. Thats what were learning more about. Heely told me state ethics phone call from coakley as she is now a consultant. Joe biden says he will not run for president , but he will keep working for the country. While i will not be a candidate,ly not be silenced. Jon keller is here with a look at the reason yes he wont run. Jon . Reporter he ran unsuccessfully twice before, but he knew how tough a task it could be. Alanguage with coming to grips with the death of his son and the low guess call challenges of a late start, and he hinted at another reason for his decision, disgust at what our political culture has become. Unfortunately i believe were out of time, the time necessary to mount a Winning Campaign for the nomination. Reporter and with that an end to months of speculation and to a potential challenge hilly clinton preferred the avoid. She praised bid inn a written statement echoed by her daughter chelsea during a visit to cambridge. Reporter i know that his record of service will only continue in the future. Four more years of this kind of pitch battle may be more than this country can take. We have to change it. Reporter but is bidens parting plea realistic . It is clear he is clearly a great guy and served with distinction. Reporter jeb bush was gracious but others were not. Gindl tweeted they are left with a socialist or a candidate under fbi investigation and the gop front runner said i would rather run against hillary because her railroad is so bad. I dont think you should look at republicans as our enemies. Reporter but for the candidates who remain in the race, bitter partisanship is a given. I obviously have strong disagreements with the republicans on every issue. I am as mad as hell and im not going to take this anymore reporter and 40 years after the Movie Network captured public anger and aleation, our polarized political culture has dont just finish last, they dont even enter. And that toxic environment likely be on display tomorrow when clinton testifies before a House Committee investigating her handling of the benghazi fiasco. I suspect whatever regret biden feels about taking a pass on this campaign may fade as the ugliness of it continues to unfold. Lisa . Well cover that hearing tomorrow, jon. Thank you. Biden says he ran out of time to launch a campaign and that brings us to our number of the night, 111. It is 111 days until the New Hampshire voter goss to the polls in the nations first president ial primary. Tomorrow mark twos years since Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer were murdered. Her friends and family are hoping you can help honor her memory with an act of kindness tomorrow. And Jennifer Burger of and over and riser were friends since kindergarten. She is calling for random acts of kindness throughout the day. She says it will help those who were close to her get through a very tough day. If we can bring a little bit of good out in a bad day, then the world is a little better place. Reporter she is asking people to share their abouts of kindness in colleens honor on facebook and twitter as well. No better tribute. A local High School Teen making history. Their huge win that puts them in the record books. And you can really hear the engines purr. The Discovery One woman made in her car. And lisa, the temperatures tomorrow up around 70, so feeling more like may or early september, and then we take a nose dive what that means for our weekend, and, of course, a look ahead to the pats and jets on sunday. Dr. Marshall with the drastic price spike for epipens. What is driving costs through the roof . Just moments away. [ duck quacking and wind whistling ] [ clacking ] hey, jim. Hey, doug. Okay. The new turbodown jacket tested tough in the pacific northwest. Dear fellow citizen, your home is your castle. But sometimes the castle needs a new roof or kitchen. I can show you how to borrow money for it and not break the budget. If you have a question about how a home equity line of credit could work for you, ask me. I can help. Sincerely jose gomez the Field Hockey Team has a lot to celebrate. The raiders havent lost a game in an incredible six and a half years. And they became the Winningest Team in all of america. [ cheering ] reporter if there had been any doubt, the raiders quickly erased it with a goal and another one, and so on. It was 30 within the first 10 minutes, 60 at the half. [ cheering ] reporter and that led to a celebration 2,404 days in the making, 154 straight wins, a new national record. Congratulations reporter the coach donohue has been a constant here for 30 years and she called generations of players down to the field to celebrate. It is very, very nice for them to be there for these girls. To know how have they done it all these years with all of these different player . Hard work. Of the game. It allowed them wednesday the now eclipse the former record jersey. Do you want to go down with the new jersey team as well . Oh, yeah. Awesome game. Reporter and barring that, what is next for these girl . They have one more regular season game, and then they head into the playoffs. It is ingle elimination. They will be seeking their seventh straight state title. There david and lisa . Something tells me theyre going to get it, too. Thank you. Do you think there is any incredible. Great day, too. All you need is that and the video with the girls wearing their tank tops. It was warm enough for that. Seriously. We hit 71 in taunton. 61 in boston. The average is 60, so it actually ended up being a little bit of an above average day today. We were cooler in northeastern warmth across the nation. 86 for high today in st. Louis. Little rock, dallas as well. 79 in nashville. Now, we wont get that warm. We were 78 in philly. We will come in the low 70s for many of us during the day. Right now it is 55. We have only cooled back a bit. It has been creeping up with the moisture coming in off the ocean. Notice it doesnt really matter where you go from Southern Maine back to the south coast, were generally in the lower to middle 50s now because of the clouds that are out there and a couple of showers too. Theyre generally to our north. I cant rule out an isolated sprinkle. Western massachusetts, and in the berkshires. Overall, though, it is going to be a mostly dry next 24 hours showers, though. This front came through is stalling and it is going to tomorrow. So where does that put us . On the warmer side thats why we come into the 70s. Breaks of sunshine come out. New york. These will slide east. I dont even think it is worth having the umbrella tomorrow. You can pop the hood up briefly. It is not going to sley you down for your evening commute. Behind it the wind shifts around, we drag in that chilly air mass for friday. Youll notice the difference. Well be about 20 degrees cooler. The weekend starts off on a good note. Sunshine to start. Increasing clouds, but there will be the high, thin, whysy ones. Filtered sunshine by saturday evening. As we head into sunday. As we head into sunday. . Ecl thats when the next front comes in with another round of scattered showers. Gillette stadium here. Pats and jets. Sun and clouds. There will be a risk for a shower and as that front comes in, obviously the timing is chris call here, but it does not look like a washout by any means. Maybe towards tailgating and the beginning part of the game. The temperature around 60 degrees. The wind is going to shift out of the northwest at 10 to 18 miles per hour. The wind is gradually subsiding. Upper 40s in the coolest suburbs. Tomorrow it is a fall jacket kind of morning, but if your kids fight you every morning, they can get away with it. Look at that. 68 to the lower 70s by the end of school tomorrow. In fact, a lot of communities end up right around 70 degrees. An above average day for sure. A lot of clouds around and peeks of sunshine here and there. Lower 70s from the south shore, a middle to upper 70s. By friday, were about 20 degrees cooler. Back up to normal on sunday with a couple of the showers coming in. And that is the start of next week. No big heavy rainstorms. The next chaps of showers comes in on wednesday. Thank you. And for the millions of people with allergies, and epipen can really be a lifesaver. It is a simple device that suddenly became more expensive even for those with insurance. We take a look at why the price of something so critical has gone up so much. Every bite Dillon Frazier takes needs to be watched closely. The 9yearold has severe food eller ghees. If we didnt have an epipen with us and he had a reaction, it could be deathly for him. Reporter and a Strategic Plan to make sure an epipen is always near dillon. Backpack, classroom, the cafeteria, i carry one. My husband carries one. We have one in our sports bag. Reporter the epipens are an ingentable form of a drug which can quickly reverse an alargic reaction. It is a must. How expensive has it been . It has gone up significantly turnover past u few years. Reporter a twin pack has gone from around 60 to more than 400 over the past 10 years. And the bigger issue across most medications in general now. Reporter the professor todd brown teaches at the Northeastern School of pharmacy. Pharmaceutical companies have really changed the way they price medications. It used to be related to the impact of the medication and now it is really changed to essentially how much they can get for a medication. Reporter this is only happening in the united states. Those same epipen which is cost about 400 here go for about 85 in france. It doesnt make any sense. There is no federal regulation on how high drug price cans go. We have prohibited the government from negotiating prices with drug producers by law, which is a crazy thing to have done. Having this item is absolutely critical. Reporter and he works in the emergency room and he is concerned some families may be forced to cut back. These event cans progress at a very rapid pace, sometimes as quickly as 20 minutes. Under those circumstances, having an epipen would be absolutely life saving. Reporter she is lucky her insurance cover as majority of the cost but her copays are i had friend who had to pay 1,000 for all of the epipens. And pay she will because the stakes are that high. There marshall, wbz news. In a statement, the neverrer of epipens tells us it has given free epipens to more than 60,000 schools and it gives families that qualify financial help paying for device. For more information on how to get that help, you go to our web site, cbsboston. Com. Patrice burgeon is celebrating a big first. And steve burton has the details coming up next in for the girl scout meeting. Ok for the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . stop shop just dropped prices on thousands more items. Which makes the checkou

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