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WCVB Newscenter 5 Eyeopener October 3, 2015

A cold and wet day ahead of us. Flooding and erosion concerns along the south shore especially during the next tie hyde. Antoinette weve got some more of that wet weather heading our way, danielle. This cool, raw feeling is sticking around for a little while. Danielle antoinette and frank, this weekend unfortunately looks to be cool and raw pretty much all weekend lock. Were going to start to tend to dry out as we head towards tomorrow. I do want to talk about that Coastal Flood Advisory. Those same areas that saw the minor splashover yesterday could see it yet again today. Were looking at the high tide come inning the 4 00 hour. From 3 00 to 6 00 all the east coast is under that minor coastal advisory. As we go through saturday, that high tide is coming at 5 06 and watching a high tide on monday as well. Thats because we have strong northeast winds pulling in a lot of moisture. There are showers out there to contend with this morning. We definitely are socked in with the clouds and unfortunately those clouds arent budging any time soon. Hours, heres what happens. Notice by 1 00, things are less lessening in terms of showers. South and east of the mass pike there still could be some around especially through the afternoon. But it is not a washout of a day. Temperatures starting in the 40s in Worcester County and only warming into the upper 40s. But well talk about the warmup thats ahead as well as have the latest update on Hurricane Joaquin. Antoinette and frank. Antoinette thank you. Breaking news overnight. Worcester police shut down a crowd gathered outside a popular frank hundreds of students from all over the state in worcester for the i love College Party tour. Police stepped in when students began resisting a Security Guards request for them to get in line. Witnesses say people were pushing, trying to get into the police with a loudspeaker called on the crowd to break up and move on, but few people left. Soon after witnesses say the police started firing pepper spray. They were just spraying, spraying everybody. They said we need an organized crowd. Once they were pepper spraying, i just closed my eyes and ran. Everyones eyes were burning. They were screaming, my eyes, my eyes. Antoinette several people were treated on the scene, and a few others were taken into custody. No official word from police. The Party Promoter says the venue was not at capacity inside. The trouble was all outside. Antoinette also following breaking news out of afghanistan. Doctors without borders says nine members of its staff are dead and 30 missing after their hospital was bombed. The hospital in the norther city of kunduz. Afghan leaders say 1015 terrorists were hiding in the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Northern City of kunduz area. U. S. Forces confirm the air strikes and that they may have damage. Take a look at some of the first from that scene. Doctors without borders said its Trauma Center was hit several times and was badly damaged. U. S. Forces in afghanistan say the incident is under investigation. Frank flags are flying at halfstaff at Hanscom Air Force base in bedford. Two airmen deployed from the base were killed in a military transport plane crash in afghanistan. Our Reid Lamberty was at the base last night where there was both a feeling of sadness and pride. Reid 14 people were killed in the crash in afghanistan, two of whom called hanscom home. Col. Michael vogel its incredibly devastating times for the men and women of Hanscom Air Force base. Reid flags on the air force base in bedford have been lowered at half staff. The airmen killed were members of the 66th Security Forces squadron. Base commander colonel Michael Vogel knew both airmen. Col. Vogel they were incredible airmen. They served their country voluntarily and lost their lives protecting this great nation. Reid the Defense Department says engine failure likely caused the c130 transport plane to crash at jalalabad airport enemy fire was the cause. Not be released until 24 hours after all families have been notified. The hanscom airmen were among 130 Security Force troops at this base, all of whom are now working with heavy hearts. Col. Vogel we will remain steadfast in the calling that we have to protect this nation, and they will continue to do their job. Reid neither of the airmen is a have lived here for the past 15 months. They were four months into a sixmonth deployment. Col. Vogel the individuals who perished in this incident were serving their nation with great dedication and distinction. We will forever be in their debt. Reid names of the deceased u. S. Military members who died in that crash, including the two from hanscom, could be released as early as today. In bedford, im Reid Lamberty, wcvb, newscenter 5. Antoinette right now, new information about the gunman behind a campus massacre in oregon. The 26year old is said to have left behind a document that glorified mass killings, and weve learned he was enrolled as a student in that class where he opened fire. All this as the small Oregon Community learns the names of the nine killed and the hero who stepped forward. Our mary saladna has more. Mary a chilling new portrait is emerging of 26yearold chris harpermercer. He had only lasted a month in Army Basic Training back in 2008, discharged for failing to meet minimum standards. He lived about two miles from the campus he attacked. Federal agents found seven weapons inside his apartment. A neighbor says she watched him get rid of his belongings the day before the massacre. I saw him wednesday throwing out clothes in the dumpster. Mary mercer was also heavily armed when he opened fire six guns, a flak jacket and extra ammunition found at the scene. The jacket had steel plates along with five magazines. Mary the gunmans myspace page lists organized religion as one of his dislikes. Witnesses say he demanded to know his victims religion before he shot them. Among the nine people who died was 18yearold Rebecka Carnes who just started classes monday and 19yearold lucero alcaraz. She dreamed of being a nurse or a pediatrician. Treven anspach, the son of a local firefighter, and larry levine, an assistant professor of english at the school. And then theres chris mintz, the military vet and young father turned student, turned hero because of his actions yesterday. Mintz rushed the gunman, took seven bullets to his legs and stomach trying to tackle him. Trying to block the door to keep the gunman from coming in. He was shot three times, hit the floor. He looked up at the gunman and said, its my sons birthday today. Mary but the gunman kept shooting mintz anyway. From his hospital bed, mintz told abc news, i just hope that everyone else is okay. Im just worried about everyone else. A gofundme page for chris mintz is breaking records. In a matter of hours, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for this hometown hero. Hell have a long road to recovery, but he will survive. Im mary saladna, wcvb, newscenter 5. Antoinette were now hearing from a family that truly understands the horror of the oregon shootings. Their child, killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting three years ago. Michele gay moved her family from newtown, connecticut, to sudbury following the massacre. Her sevenyearold daughter josephine was fatally shot on that december day at sandy hook. Michele says the focus needs to be on the families of the oregon victims. Those very early days for us were about grieving, putting your feet on the ground. Very basic things that everybody takes for granted as a part of normal everyday life. Those things are now an enormous challenge for those families because theyre broken. Antoinette michele launched a National Organization called safe and sound promoting school safety. Frank a staggering statistic this morning. A new report finding that Domestic Violence has killed 334 people in massachusetts over the last decade. The nonprofit jane doe uncovered that Domestic Violence accounted for 14 percent of all homicide deaths in the state from 2003 to 2012. The authors say the report is the first examination of Domestic Violence homicides over a long period of time. Its intended to raise awareness and urge for more resources. Antoinette right now, a former Roman Catholic priest who spent more than a decade behind bars for raping an altar boy is free. Prosecutors withdrew a request to have Ronald Paquin civilly committed indefinitely as a sexually dangerous person. Neither expert who examined him found him, quote, sexually dangerous, which is required under state law for civil commitment. 72yearold paquin pleaded guilty in december 2002 to child rape charges for molesting a boy between 1989 and 1992 while assigned to a haverhill church. He was released last night. A tense standoff with an armed man inside a police department. Frank the effort police made to end it peacefully. And as powerful Hurricane Joaquin churns off the coast of the bahamas, the intense search underway to find a cargo ship and its crew that is now lost at sea. Antoinette and more heavy rain falling to our south. The massive flooding its causing and just how long before that storm moves out. Danielle and i am tracking more showers for our area. When we could see some clearing. My outlook for the rest of the weekend. Frank and we are following breaking news overnight in worcester. Police use pepper spray to break up a rowdy crowd in front of a party spot. We will continue to follow the new information coming in this maxx your thing at t. J. Maxx r with better brands, p at prices that work for you. Make each day a little better. Antoinette good morning. 8 13. Welcome back. Residents in South Carolina are dealing with heavy rain and flooding right now. The wet weather relentless. Its expected to last through the weekend. Flooded roadways presenting some challenges for drivers. Cars stalling in the high water. The heaviest rains will likely come in several rounds through monday. Governor nikki haley declaring a state of emergency. Governor this will be an historic rainfall event that we have never seen before in South Carolina. Antoinette meteorologists say rainfall totals across some areas could reach ten to twelve inches and as much as 15 to 18 inches of rain in some of South Carolinas lowcountry. Concern in new jersey right now. This was the scene at high tide yesterday. A noreaster soaked the state, dumping several inches of rain up and down the jersey shore. Frank right now, the u. S. Coast guard is searching for a cargo ship with 28 americans on board. Overnight, the coast guard was forced it to recall planes and helicopters searching the water off the bahamas for a disabled cargo ship with 33 crew members, including 28 americans. The el faro was caught in the storm as Hurricane Joaquin battered the bahamas. The vessel lost power near crooked island. And take a look here. Dramatic images as the coast guard rescues a dozen people from another cargo ship as it took on water north of haiti. Joaquin is a powerful category 3 hurricane. It continues to track away from the east coast. But there is some major flooding up and down the eastern seaboard. Antoinette earlier this week it was really uncertain which direction joaquin was going to goment looking good this morning though for us at least. Danielle looking good indeed. You know, one of the models was taking it out to sea. You never want to discount that model. Thats great news for the east coast because its getting out of here and moving to the north and eve. However, the ba hams have been dealing unfortunately with this storm for the last couple of days. It has barely moved. But now it is taking off with speed to the north and east at 13 Miles Per Hour. This is the latest update as of 8 00. It still has winds of 125 but continuing to move away from the bahamas which is great news for those folks down there. Now here is the track. Notice it accelerates and it gets close to us. By late monday night into early tuesday morning. But as it does, its a category one hurricane. Notice its a large distance away from our coast. So the only concern we may have with this one is maybe some dangerous rip currents and some high surf. Other than that closer to home were looking at showers this morning. And unfortunately they just wont leave us. We have them from, say, manchester down to worcester all the way across to boston. Starting to dry out a little bit cape. Clouds. I expect some lowlevel fog to develop today. As well as more patchy drizzle afternoon. Here is the reason. Its this stationary front. Were on the cooler side of it. So were cool and raw as well. We have a strong northeast wind too which is building up that surf. So we are watching during times of high tide. Ill get to that in just a second. First today for the rest of the afternoon, best chances for the showers are actually going to shift to the south of the mass pike. Any shower that does get going will be windswept showers because those winds are very strong. You see that camera shaking here over boston. You see the rain drops on the lens so it is raining in boston. I love. Im getting a lot of response on twitter and facebook. Continue to send me your pictures. I love to see them. 50 degrees in boston. The winds out of the north and east at 17 Miles Per Hour so they are very strong. Temperatures only in the low 50s and upper 40s. These are the highs for today. So its another cool, chilly, raw day. The other thing with this obviously is the winds continue to be strong. The winds are sustained in hour. Gusts over 35 to even 45 on the cape and islands. And that is why youre under a wind advisory until 3 00 p. M. There. Be aware of that. A lot of rain that can loosen the soil a bit and the trees can easily topple over. The other thing with this wind coming out of the north and east, were watching high tide at 4 06 today. There could be minor snrashover. Thats why Coastal Flood Advisory is in effect until 6 00 p. M. Be aware of that. The same spots that saw it yesterday probably will see it again today. Tonight temperatures drop into the 40s, maybe a couple of 30s out there. Its a cold one. Then tomorrow we rebound back into maybe the mid to upper 50s down along the south shore. Still the mid 50s in boston. Its cloudy still, maybe some breaks of sun the farther north and west you go. But there still could be showers unfortunately around. Let me show you this on the future cast here on sunday. Notice the best bet for the showers and drizzle mainly confined to the east coast of massachusetts. Other than that, were finally drying out on monday, seeing more breaks of sun. With some sunshine. Temperatures respond into the low 60s on monday. Upper 60s tuesday. And by wednesday, were going to welcome in 70 degrees. Antoinette . And frank . Frank thanks a lot, danielle. Time right now is 8 18. Here are some of the stories we are following right now. Antoinette a suspect is in custody this morning after a tense standoff in colorado. Police in arvada spent nearly four hours last night negotiating with a man who barricaded himself inside the lobby of their own headquarters. Officials say the man was armed with a knife and a gun. The suspect surrendered peacefully, and no one was hurt. Frank right now, rescuers are searching frantically in guatemala where a devastating people near guatemala city. The death toll expected to rise. Officials say more than 600 are still missing. The massive tide of mud and rock rolled in after torrential rains thursday night. Officials say many people did not heed evacuation warnings. Antoinette an alleged marijuanagrowing operation officers seized equipment and 78 plants said to be worth 100,000. 47yearold Richard Blais is charged with illegally growing the plants at his home. Police say an anonymous tip led them to blais. Frank a bad night for henry owens with the red sox and Cleveland Indians in the final series of the year for both teams. David ortiz, back in the lineup last night, continued his hot hitting streak with his 37th homer of the year in the fourth inning. But that wasnt enough. Cleveland held on to the lead. Sox losing this one 82. The sox have just two games left mound today. Its Opening Weekend at the topsfield fair, and what bigger way to kick it off than the annual new england giant pumpkin contest . Antoinette check this out. Gary vincent from plainville, connecticut, taking home the top prize. His pumpkin tipping the scales at a whopping 1,992 and a half pounds the pumpkin, which vincent nicknamed hightower, came pretty close to breaking the 2,000pound record set three years ago. All of the this years pumpkins will be on display at the fair through october 12. Just shy of eight pounds to go for that record, man. Frank pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pies, pumpkin lattes. Putting everybody to work making pumpkin everything. Antoinette well see about that. A student aces his college boards. Frank a perfect score on his s. A. T. s and thats not all. His other major achievement and who he says is his biggest motivator. Rebuilding the mortgage process. The new federal law will take danielle welcome back. Im meteorologist danielle vollmar. Tracking some showers and Cool Temperatures out there today. Be ready for that. Grab the umbrella this morning especially. You can see it behind me on our local live radar. There are showers in Southern New Hampshire, back to Worcester County, back down along boston, the south shore and cape getting a little break right now but all there. Also watching

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