That bans texting while driving, and any cellphone use for those under 18. But thats where it ends. You can still dial and talk. Four and a half years ago when i was six months pregnant, my dad was killed by a woman programming her g. P. S. Emily stein who lost her father to a distracted driver testified the texts ban is unenforceable and wants lawmakers to update the law. Bill banning handheld cellphone use has been proposed for years on beacon hill, but so far nothing has passed and we found public support. Going handsfree, it would be safer by everybody. Talk, text, anything. It shouldnt be done during while youre driving. We asked the Transportation Committee chairman, senator tom mcgee, who told Us Technology has changed enough so that he believes this legislation could pass. It just makes sense to get this legislation done. And when that ban was first proposed, some five years ago, well, there were some concerns about costs and availability, of all those handsfree devices. Well, there is one persons opinion that does matter a lot and thats the governor and we asked him all about this issue and he wants to hear from one group of people. Find out who that is coming up at 6 00 p. M. Live, sharman sachetti, fox 25 news. Elizabeth for more details about distracted driving laws across the country. As youll see from the map, most states allow drivers to talk on their phones. Those are the states that are in gray there. The 13 states in green include vermont, New Hampshire and connecticut, they require drivers to be handsfree. And the states in blue have partial bans on distracted driving. Mark right now, theres a massive search to find any sign of life for the crew on board the doomed ship the el faro. That ship sank in the bahamas while sailing into Hurricane Joaquin and so far, only one body has been recovered and just within the past hour, the coast guard posted these pictures of the debris field in the atlantic. We do expect to learn more about the investigation when the ntsb holds a News Conference at 9 00 p. M. Tonight. Two men from massachusetts were on that cargo ship and tonight, the heartbroken families of jeffrey and keith grinch are waiting and holding out hope. Bob ward is live in winthrop where friends will hold a vigil for griffin tonight. Mark thats right, mark and i did speak to katie griffin, she is the wife of one of the victims. She is just devastated. She told me she wants everyone to know how much she appreciates what everyone is doing tonight by holding this vigil for her husband. She says shes holding out hope, but knows that time is running down. For katie griffin, there is no end in sight to her agony. Pregnant with twins, katie is desperate for word of her husband keith, a crew member on board the doomed ship el faro. The coast guard has located a debris field, including pieces of a life boat and life rafts. There is no sign of the el faro. And no sign of the 33 people aboard the ship. You have family that are with you that are helping you through this. The reporter i spoke to katie grinch over the phone today and is in fort meyers florida and did not want her voice recorded. Katie told me she is clinging to hope, but the hope is fading. I think about people who get to know how their loved ones died. I may never know what happened to him. I ask for your optimism, for your hope, for your support. To jeff, keith. At Mass Maritime Academy in buzzards bay a morning moment of preflexion reflection for two members on board the el faro. Keith, a married father of three young children, ages 3, 5 and 7 and in a Statement Released through mass maritime, jeffs family said this, the family would like to thank everyone for their love and support during this difficult time. He is the center of our world. Please, continue to pray with el faro and for their families. And so the agonizing wait continues. The candlelight vigil of keith grinch begins here in winthrop at 6 30 p. M. Were right across the street from where keith lived and spent part of his childhood. Bob ward, fox 25. Mark as the situation grows grim, we are looking into the ships inspection record. Elizabeth federal investigators are also on the scene in vermont tonight, looking into the derailment of an amtrak train. Seven people were hurt when rocks fell on to the tracks in northfield. Amtrak says crews are out now working to pull the cars back up and get them back on to the rails. The companys c. E. O. Says the tracks should be back in working order soon. Well, we dont have a real estimate because we dont know the situation were going to really face bringing them up out of the kind of the embankment thats really there, but we expect its a matter of days and maybe a week. Elizabeth amtrak is now running buses between st. Albons and springfield, massachusetts, until the tracks are repaired. Mark also tonight the narrow streets of the north end of boston turned into rivers of break. Crews working all day to repair streets. This is a very popular spot for going out to dinner. Tonight and ted what a mess for the local businesses. Some had several feet of water in their basements this morning. The reporter a big mess, and its been ongoing all day. I did speak with a representative from boston water and sewer and he tells me the pipe is now fixed, and the water done yet. They obviously had to dig a pretty big hole to get to the pipe and right now theyre in the process of trying to fill it in and repair it right now. It all happened here at the intersection of prince and salem. Take a look at this. Long after the pipe ruptured around 6 00 a. M. This morning. You can see the water shooting up about 20 feet in the air. It took only about a half an hour to stop the flow, but that was long enough to cause some big problems for some of the surrounding businesses and homes. A lot of flooded basements, some places had as much as four feet of water and the cleanup continues. The water was shooting up like ten feet up in the air and then it was just like a river. You know, the water was just like crazy. It was like South Carolina. It was just like a river. Back to a live picture now. Boston water and sewer tells me that they do not know what exactly caused the water main to rupture. But they say there has been construction in the area, and a lot of times, when theres construction, the vibration and the pounding, that causes these old pipes to break. This one here was installed way back in 1932. So the water is running again, going to have to fill in that hole, a paver is here on standby, but this could go on for several more hours. Reporting live in the north end, ted daniel, fox 25 news. Elizabeth well, with the exception of the north end, it really was a beautiful fall day out there in boston and were looking at a nice stretch, even right now, a gorgeous shot right there, but chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz says there is some rain coming our way this kevin there is and even in the north end, elizabeth, as long as you were looking up it you just didnt want to be in the water and thats the way it was all over new england. Look at providence at 70. Norwood, 69. These are the major reporting stations, you can bet there were a few towns in between or around norwood that did hit 70 degrees. Many more tomorrow that get into the 70s, low 70s especially. Worcester, 65 this evening. Under sunny skies, it is just gorgeous out there, no doubt about it. Dropping to 50 under mostly cloudy skies. A few clouds work in ahead of a front coming our way. Boston is at 59 because of a light breeze that kicked in off the water with a sea breeze, but overstaying in the 50s right through the night, so a coolish night tonight, a few more clouds tomorrow. Its going to warm up and ill talk about when the timeline is for the next chance of rain too. Mark we have new details about a worcester toddler found dead. The worcester telegram found the citys inspector ordered to treatment the apartment for bugs in july and loose outlets and baseboards. Both are dangerous to a child. An autopsy is still pending. Mark an arrest in the deadly shooting of a brockton man, charged with murder, arm robbery and drug possession. Police say garnner shot and killed a 27yearold man on rodney street. The victims name was matt tangerlini. Elizabeth lights and sirens on the campus of Bridgewater State university, but it was all just a drill. University police tell us they were testing the response to an active shooter situation. Staff were asked to think about what they would do in that scenario. Emergency response drills are held at the university every six months. Mark president barack obama will travel to roseburg, oregon, friday to meet with the families of victims from last weeks shooting. Nine people were killed and nine others were hurt at umpquat Community College. Elizabeth a Pennsylvania Community in lockdown after a man reportedly pulled a gun on another man. No one was hurt at the Community College in philadelphia. Two nearby Public Schools were also placed on lockdown. One teen was taken into custody. On monday, philadelphia area colleges and universities increased security after an f. B. I. Warning about an online posting threatening violence. The top u. S. Commander in afghanistan now telling congress, he thinks president obama should revise the troop withdrawal plan. Nearly 10,000 u. S. Troops are in afghanistan right now. The current plan is cut that is to cut that to 1,000 troops by the end of the year. Pentagon says its given new options to president obama since conditions have changed since those cuts were approved in 2014. In the past, when flexibility has been requested of him, he took it under serious consideration and made his decision. He provided flexibility this year. Mark the speech comes days after a u. S. Airstrike killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders clinic. General campbell called that strike a mistake. Requested by Afghan Forces reportedly under taliban fire. Aaron hernandez is back in court. Mark why the convicted killers defense team wants a judge to throw out a search warrant that led police to a war involved with a double murder in bostons south end. Plus, the damming testimony revealed by prosecutors. Arming themselves against a heroin epidemic. We think its absolutely necessary. Up on the overdosing reversal drug. Elizabeth major changes coming to airports across the country. The new plan to step up security screening. Mark but first, her husband died in the cockpit of a bostonbound plane. As far as we knew in perfect health, when he left yesterday, he seemed perfectly fine. Mark healthwise, he seemed fine, but looking back why that pilots wife says its almost as if her husband knew it would be the last time he would be home. What he did before taking its not about hugging trees. Its not about being wasteful either. You just gotta find that balance. Where taking care of yourself takes care of more than just yourself. Lease an mkz hybrid for 299 a month introducing longhorn s Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. Perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. Plus, an appetizer, or a dessert. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You can t fake steak. Leadership isnt given. Its earned. Realized. Accomplished. Won. Leadership isnt given. Hes an amazing, amazing person. Mark a wife of an American Airlines pilot who died on his way to boston says it hasnt hit her yet. She feels like her husband is still off at work. Elizabeth as she slowly comes to grips with his death, shes recounting the man he was and the man shell remember. Word of pilot michael johnstons door. The threshold, two police officers. We have some news for you. And then just told me that he had passed on his way to innight and was pronounced dead with they got to the ground. And i just kind of sat there and didnt say anything. It was i didnt even know how to say anything. The reporter when his wife bj speaks of him, its still in the present tense. Hes an amaze, amazing person. The reporter she admits, his death doesnt seem real. As a pilot, johnston leaves on sundays and returns on wednesdays. She says it just feels like hes weve all been together just comforting each other, and its kind of a surreal, you know, you just feel like you just feel numb. The reporter johnston had a double bypass in 2006. He was under biannual examination to ensure he was fit to fly. Recently, he lost ten pounds and told his wife he felt in top form. Went to his familys, to his moms house and was staying with his brothers and sisters before he went off on his flight. He felt fine. As far as i knew, he was doing great. The coroner told her he is almost certain michael died of a heart attack. B. J. Knows the grief will soon flood in, but finds solace in knowing her husband was living his dream. His mom told me years ago that when he was a little boy, about four years old, watching the airplanes take off and he says, im going to fly me one of them some day. And he did. Elizabeth bj says her husbands body may be released to her tomorrow as the family makes burial arrangements. New at 5 00 p. M. Now, a United Airlines flight from houston to San Francisco making an Emergency Landing in new mexico after, again, the copilot passes out. The plane landed safely in albuquerque, just before 8 30 a. M. This morning. That copilot was able to walk off the plane and was taken to the hospital. No word on his condition tonight. Mark house of representatives is set to pass major new Security Standards tonight for the nations airports and airline employees. Right now, nearly a million employees dont have to go through a security screening when they go to work. Surveillance video highlighted the security gaps with a former delta employee walked through a terminal allegedly carrying a bagful of guns. Still, congress is not requiring 100 screening of employees. A lot of airports arent going to be able to afford that. If they can do employee inspections, randomize those and its just as effective, thats better for everybody. Mark the legislation requires airports to reduce the numbers of entry points for employees and also create a plan for random screenings. The u. S. Attorney general says shes working to end the mystery surrounding how often police use count deaths while in custody or how often police open fire. Right now, the Justice Department is studying how to define and record those deaths. A report is due within the next six months. Out there. All kinds of sunshine. 70 degrees. Well do even better. Coming up tomorrow. Futurecast shows, yeah, there are a couple of clouds that will drip on in here tonight a front pushing our way and develop some clouds, but i expect it to be mostly clear in most towns overnight and into the Early Morning hours when those clouds become more prominent, so lets keep it clear all night long in worcester. Temperature all the way down into the 40s one more time, bottoming out around 47 degrees. Towns around worcester, especially to the northwest getting into the lower 40s tonight. A couple clouds around middlesex, 46 degrees. A few towns getting lower than that in and around the Middlesex County area, especially toward the New Hampshire border. Cape cod, in the 50s all night long. Steady to 51 degrees first thing in the morning under clear skies. Lets pick futurecast up from there 8 00 a. M. In the morning. Youll notice some clouds around through lunchtime, but even into the afternoon, but what you will not see is the green blotches that denote rainshower activity. That will stay close to the front and off to the west but the front for us will come through dry. Most of the energy with this front in the atmosphere is going to our north as it swings through new england, plus a very dry atmosphere right now, so i dont expect anything in the way of a shower threat with this front coming on through and that will lead us in to thursday. So lets talk first about tomorrows high temperature. It is going to be a mild one for october. 71 in somerville, arlington will be 72, braintree at 72 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Even back here into worcester county, i expect many towns hitting 70 degrees or better. Fitchburg, 72. Southbridge, 71 degrees for a high temperature. Tomorrow afternoon, out to cape cod of course with the winds off the water, even with a southerly wind, your temperatures will be a little cooler, but still 68 in barnstable. 66 dennis and 65 for you in chatham. Nice looking day. Coming up. Now to thursday. Thursday is looking just fine as well, but you see the front will have gone by, brought in some cooler air despite it coming in dry and then well be waiting for the next front to arrive, so thursday is looking fine to me. A couple clouds mixed in with the sun but a nice looking day. Its friday when the next chance of rain i spoke about earlier in the newscast when thats coming along. It are get into western new england after the morning drive it looks like or toward the tailend anyway for whoever is driving in the burlington vermont area, for instance into southern vernin upon the and makes its way into southern new england and central new england during the early afternoon hours. Theres a cold front coming on through, and for now it looks like most of the rain will be to the north around the area of low pressure, the actual storm through. That front will come through friday night. Cool us back down again for saturday, but overall, temperatures and this should be thursday, will be a little lower on thursday, around 61 boston and 59 in sandwich. But youll see in the sevenday forecast, of a thursdays cooldown for a day, right back to warmer temperatures on friday, because even though the rain is approaching, it is going to come with milder air streaming in from the south but after that front look what happens on saturday, one more time, we cool it back off before the next batch of clouds start to arrive on sunday. Sunday looks like a dry day to me, but i am forecasting more clouds to be in the area, so 61 degrees on saturday, with full sunshine after a very cool start and on sunday, 64 degrees with clouds mixing in and i want to caution you, a few of these mornings, saturday in particular, will bottom out in the up are 30s in and around the boston area. We may have to entertain the thought of 40s farther to the north and wells. No advisories right now, just something im thinking about and ill keep you posted on. La