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WFXT FOX 25 News At 4 October 20, 2016

Orange. Carmen is leading the rally, they represent more 2456en,000 mbta transit workers. The mbta is looking into outsourcing the jobs for quite some time now, they recently approved privatizing the money room. Marty walsh and a dozen other city state and lawmakers are expected to join the group in support. Developing at 4 00, the feds in Attorney Generals Office will take over the investigation of the former Gloucester Police chief. Earlier this month, fox 25 reported lenar accused of destroying evidence have been do with his relationship with two women. The attorney said they turned the case over to the u. S. Attorney general maw rah healy. City officials required the chief and reversed course and let him retire. A local soldier who served three tours in iraq and a. F. C. Died on a hunting trip in maine. And today there was a very special goodbye for the hero, in weymouth with todays touching tribute. Robert . Vanessa, this Staff Sergeant served three tours in the middle east, two in iraq and two times in afghanistan, he died last weekend, at the age of 36. Today was about making his family proud. This gives you the goosebumps watching that. A procession led by state police with some streets lined with firefighters. Too emotional, to see so many people for the lor quay boy. Strangers also lined the way home for u. S. Army Staff Sergeant Sean Christopher oconnell, a 36 yearold Massachusetts National guardsman who served in Operation Iraqi freedom in 2003, Operation Enduring freedom in 2010, and again in 2014. Last weekend, while on a i cant hing trip up into maine with his brother and friend, his fellow soldiers say, he died from some sort of medical issue. As being his teams backbone, especially when the challenges of overseas duty became overwhelming. Everything, all the values the army preached he had it. He had a couple extra things that were, you know, that most people dont have and he made that, making people laugh and making tough situations, you know, in a positive way, you know. And today is procession lasted about three hours. It started up in maine. Straight ahead at 5 00, show you what sky fox captured as it made its way from massachusetts, excuse me,fro maine into massachusettsma, we will show you that part of the story at 5 00. Live in weymouth, robert goulston, fox 25 news. Donald trump is coming under fire, this time for refusing to promise that he would concede if he loses the election. Today the republican clarified his stance. I will totally accept the historic president ial election if i win. The third and final debate is over. And reporter sneef thans has more on what may happen after the race is called. Bottom line we will win. Donald trump is doubling down. Promising to accept the results of the november 8th election under one condition. I will totally accept the results of this great and historic president ial election if i win. At wednesdays debate it was this, that left many observers stunned. Do you make the same commitment you will absolutely, sir, you will absolutely accept the results of this election . I will look at it at the time. Im not looking at anything now. On thursday, trumps cam page manager kellyann conway tried to clarify the comments. Lerespect the results of the what the Election Results are. The move will put many down ballot republicans in close races in a tight spot. Arizona senator john mckaine, a former nominee himself, released a statement saying, in part, in every previous election the loser congratulations the winner and calls them my president. Thats not just the republican way or the democratic way it is the american way. Trump said, he wants to leave all options on the table. Of course i would accept a clear would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge, in the case of a questionable result. With less than 3 weeks to go, trump appears content to finish his campaign on his terms. In washington, im steve nans. Meantime Hillary Clinton got support from the white house in New Hampshire today, Vice President biden spoke at rally in New Hampshirewa this afternoon, and he criticized trump in his reluctance to saying and doing, is genuinely a threat to the democratic process that is based on trust. Biden spent the past few days in new england, he was in boston yesterday talking about white houses Cancer Research initiative. There are no more debates but both clinton and trump will be in the same room again tonight. The president ial candidates will be seated one chair apart at a Charity Dinner in new york city. Cardinal timothy doelan, the arch bishop of new york, will be president ial nominees have made jokes about themselves and each other in the room. Not sure though that is going to happen tonight. Fox 25s coverage of the debate also continues right now online, on the web site we have the full transcript of the debate and the top five moments fox 25 will follow the election every step of the way for the next 18 days. And on Election Night we will be live in new york at the Campaign Headquarters for both candidate, we will also be on top of all the local races including the race for the u. S. Senate . One of the states top leaders said he will vote to legalize Recreational Marijuana use in massachusetts, Stan Rosenberg said he will vote yes on ballot question 4 next month. The question will allow the sale of marijuana at state licensed stores. Senator rosenberg said he believes the measure will pass. Governor charlie baker, robert deleo and marty walsh are all opposed to question 4. It has been a perfect fall day jos spot here. The pond in stoneham, the heat is gone and its pretty cool and crisp out there. Fox 25s chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz back from a muchdeserved vey decision and watching the next weather event. You are tracking rain i hear . Rain is on the way. We stayed fairly mild, a good 20 degrees cooler than yesterday in a lot of spots. This is the rain we are talking about. It came through as a cold front, it would be showers during the day tomorrow. What you cant tell from here is a whole bunch of tropical moisture to the south, that is get involved in the system. If it does, there will be heavier rains that comes an we have to watch it develop through the even, and you know how tropical systems are. This is rain closer to us, live Storm Tracker radar, you will see heavier rain is here in southwest to concord and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church north of there along 93 for the evening commute, and a couple showers back here in western massachusetts, all that moving north and not toward worcester and boston, at least not yet. As the evening progresses we get more moisture to stream in from the south, a few showers start to develop. The front is here, you see the increase in showers here as the winds continue to blow in the water from the south. Whether or not we get some tropical . Thats what this is here coming on in and that will determine how heavy the rain will be tomorrow. We will talk more about that and, yeah, talking snowflakes for the weekend as well. It is hard to look at the citgo signnd a not think of the red sox and fenway park in boston. For decades is it is a beloved landmark but its future is uncertain. Tonight there is an effort to make sure the sign never relationship with the sit go sign. She is a bus driver at kenmore square, and for 2 year, shes worked right under that giant red triangle. How can i put it . Like the creepy best friend, he is a creep but he is your best friend, he grew on me. Its ugly, but i dont want it to leave. Members of the Boston Landmark Commission dont want it to leave either. They are now in the process of designating the sign as an official landmark. Thereby protecng Commission Member lynn smiley told fox 25 they are trying to find out which aspects of the sign are most important. From the color, to the height, to its positioning on top of 660 beacon street. It cant be etched in stone with the ongoing development, she told us. How do we protect the sign and still allow for growth . Boston university is selling the building to a Real Estate Company called related deal and right now, related deal is not discussing its plans. Mayor marty walsh wants the citgo sign to stay the way it is. I think its sad to get rid of the icons around the, and the community loses its identity, that is as much a family park and kenmore squares identity as anything else. Lenny grew up in southie. I have any red sox pictures without it in the background. It feels like home when you come over the bridge and see it off the pike. Its you know where you are, could be cld you are like, oh, i know where i am. Thats true, right . The Landmark Commission has not scheduled another meeting to discus the future of the sign. Lynn who is spear heading the efforts to perez eive it said official landmark status is months away. Police are make ag public push to grab a group of men who broke into a local landmark. Quincy Police Released the picture of four sus seconds in the u. S. S. Alem. They broke into the historic ship on october. Steel only twoway radio, the salem was built in quinnty and it is now a mu zem. Quincy Police Posted the pictures and wrote, lets catch these guys. Two officers shot last week were saved thanks to donated blood. We will take you to the the blood drive held today in their honor. And out of the game, still to come, two uconn Football Players are suspended because of what happened at a traffic stop in connecticut. We are tracking some rain moving through new england right now and more to come through plus cold air, thats on the way. The governor is mao behind a billion dollars expansion at Childrens Hospital. But, many people are not because it would destroy a garden. Next at 4 00 the protest held to uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. When it served her purpose, ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. Would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump . Oh absolutely, i would do that. But she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. To keep something she values. I know. Kelly ayotte. The politician. Looking out for herself. Independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. New at 4 00, a 1 billion expansion from boston Childrens Hospital could add dozens of beds but could also dry a popular landmark. Mark joins us more on what is happening at this hour. Vanessa welch, right now the Public Health council is holding a final hearing on plans to build a giant tower at the children case hospital, they need more space to meet the need of international and out of states patients that need to be seen, but a group of people say there is no need to put it on top of a garden where sick friends and family go to find comfort in the garden. They marched to washington street where the hearing is set council to delay a decision so the hospital can study alternative plans. Supporters of the garden say there are options that would cost 100 million less and still include the garden. Proponents this is where parents come to find a private corner where they can have privacy to collect their thought, to grieve, none of that will be possible in any of the other green space provided. Opponents of the hospital expansion also fear it would lead to Higher Health care costs hospital disputes that and has committed to it committed to not pass additional costs on to local patients. Our Christine Mccarthy is live at the hearing and she will have a live update on the vote at 5 00. In the control room,mark, fox 25 news. A New Hampshire han was hit and killed as he walked on a highway. James demerit was wearing dark clothing and walking in the middle of route 3, a van struck him wednesday night at midnight the scene. Police say they will not press charges against the driver. Iraqi commanders say special forces have captured a key town just east of mozul. The massive military operations started earlier this week. It is expected to take months to regain control of mosul from the ter your group. More than 1 Million People live in the region, refugee groups say at least 5,000 people have lost their homes in the first few days of fighting. Happening to electric is expected to take a big step toward a big step near the sport district, they want to build a 3 building complex on the fort point channel. The group is meeting next hour and a 200 million project involves construction of a 12story building and venrations to two warehouses which which are currently empty. G. E. Will also need approval from the citys zoning board. The philippines have been hit by a second typhoon in less than a week. More than 60,000 people have hall of fama made landfall yesterday. Several landslides and floods have been report and the bbc reports at least four deaths there. The fie toon equivalent to a category 4 hurricane hit just days earlier. Federal forecasters are expecting laanyoneya to influence weather conditions this year. The National Weather Service Released its u. S. Winter outlook today. Meteorologists are forecasting a dryer, warmer winter in the south, with wetter and cooler conditions to the north. So, what about new england . Well, they say we fall equal chance category, giving us an equal chance for above near or below average temperatures and for precipitation. Huh . Yeah. Fortunately, kevin is here to explain that. What does it mean. It the forecast i wish i could give you every day and you would be okay with that. Equal chance. And, basically it is what it mean, sa Sarah Wroblewski donated a coin, flip a coin and below normal. They are basically telling you nothing. I will show you the map, the other parts of the country say thif there is a higher chance for it being, for instance, these are the temperature, warmer to southwestern part of the country. Basically the whole south. But here north, the only place they put above normal chance is in maine, no where else, everyone else has an equal chance. Precipitation the same way. Going to be dryer here in the south and wetter here in the north, based on that la ne . A pattern but here in new england the coin flipping what it means is basically nothing. You need to watch us every night to get the forecast day by day, because im not telling you anything. This is the rain chance to west and the cold front pushing our way. Two things to watch for. This front coming across but also there is tropical moisture coming up from the south. Whether or not that clips new england or stays to the east is still a big question, and we use our computer models to figure that out. There is still some question as to which one will be right with it, but i will tell you the one model keeps it off shore. We will watch it closely. Widow no there are showers around right now. That is going to the north through Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and concord, New Hampshire, you can see yellow and orange on the live Storm Tracker radar coming down hard in some spots but moving off to the northeast. Not toward worcester or boston and not southeastern New Hampshire, either. Couple showers back here in the berkshires and into southwest New Hampshire and southeastern vermont as well. Futurecast, you will see there will be a few showers that they are going to try to get together tonight, from our cell, we will start to drift nor to the south, the one that was north of us, brought warm air back to the south, cooler today but still mild and that front goes back to the north during tomorrow. So tomorrow will be a mild and stickyish day around here. When say mild, temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s are still possible, but with the lack of sun, mostly going to stay in the 60s. There are the rain showers, at any time during the day tomorrow. Not everyone gets one. But the risk is there. All day long. Then what happens from there is this front will come across eventually. Whether or not this heaviest rain stays out over the ocean or comes in and clips eastern massachusetts, that is the tropical part of this. You know very well we have to watch the tropical systems hourbyhour, let alone by day by day, to see how they do and how they will interact with systems that normally come in through the area. So, our futurecast data shows the high asterisk of heavy i have rain is in eastern massachusetts from phthalate tomorrow and into tomorrow night and first thing saturday morning. Overnight tonight, temperatures will be showers, a shower threat in worcester going and boston, notice the temperatures rising a bit overnight. That is because the front is coming north wand and coming through us, that is bringing the shower threat with us and also bringing mild, muggy air, into the area. High temperatures will be in the low 70s and upper 60s across the area, if you get low 70s you have to hope for a little sun to poke out. It is not looking likely in most locations. Then there is this. We get a break saturday morning, another batch of showers starts to wheel on in here on saturday. But look at the green turning to blue over here. Down saturday night it starts to snow through the Green Mountains into the White Mountains into the berkshires, is it possible to see snow even into the worc

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