Close attention to a chilling confession tape. It is his first interview with Mass State Police after a multistate crime spree that killed three people in the summer of 2001. Gary sampson, just under arrest, talking to investigators in vermont, where he was arrested. And throughout the interviewer, sampson is cold and matter of fact. He even asks his interrogators, you are probably wondering if i have any remorse. I dont know. 69yearold Phillip Sampson pulled a knife on him, led limb to a sued area and tied him to a tree and slashed him. Sampson also admitted to killing johnson rizzo, his body found in the woods of abbington. Sampson said i tied him to a tree and gagged him, slit his throat. It was premeditated. Jonathan rizzos entire family took the stand, telling the jury now a federal agent, said i cried myself to sleep for months. He was a role model, superstar, the man i wanted to be. And johns father said, i fight off images of what happened to him, how scared he was, somehow, i failed to protect him. He was a regular kid, a good kid, did a lot of good things and he had a lot of promise and i think they should know, people should just know that. The reporter the government has now called all of its witnesses will resume. When sampsons defense will start calling people to the stand. Now, coming up at 6 00 p. M. , ill tell you about a very touching memory that jonathan rizzos mother shared with this jury. For now, live in south boston, bob ward, fox 25 news. Vanessa developing tonight, an unexpected twist from president elect donald trump. He will reportedly interview former Massachusetts Governor mitt romney for a key cabinet post. Fox 25s Elizabeth Hopkins joins us now and lily, theres been a two. The reporter when donald trump won the republican president ial nomination, mitt romney called him a con man and a fraud and during the campaign, president elect said romney choked like a dog during the 2012 president ial race, but now, sources say trump is considering romney for the job of secretary of state. Both men have agreed to meet this weekend. Were told theyre calling this a healing meeting. They plan to discuss how to govern the meeting moving forward. Several other famous faces are candidates, for secretary of state, including former new york speaker of the house, newt gingrich, nikki haley, the Current Governor of south carolina, and john bolton, the former u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Right now, the president elect is scheduled to hold his first facetoface feet r meeting with a foreign leader. Japanese Prime Minister awi is due at trump tower at this hour. The Prime Minister says he wants to build trust with the president elect. During the campaign, trump said allies like japan should pay more for u. S. Military protection. Trump is also opposed to a new and ten other nations. Trump advisers say there will not be any policy decisions made tonight. Those will have to wait until after the inauguration. In the newsroom, Elizabeth Hopkins, fox 25 news. Mark developing tonight, a man has been arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap a girl walking to her bus stop in bourne. 18yearold john allen is charged with attempted aggravated kidnapping. Last thursday, ellen grabbed a 14yearold girl from behind, throwing her to the ground. Someone was able to stop him he is due in court tom. Former House Speaker sal demassey will be getting out of federal prison early, he should be home just before thanksgiving, which is two years earlier than planned. The 71yearold is serving time for public corruption. Today, a judge ruled his deteriorating health warrants an early release. Fox 25s crystal haynes is live in the state house in boston now, with reaction from lawmakers. Crystal . The reporter well, the former House Speaker will be home for the holidays, and its really getting praise from it was obviously the right decision. The reporter current House Speaker, robert deleo praised a federal judges decision to release former House Speaker, sal demassey from prison. Roughly two years early because of his deteriorating health. I think the timing is great in terms of a couple of days before thanksgiving, so that he can spend some time with his family, but most importantly, i hope as time goes on, improves as well. The reporter the 71yearold is in remission from both throat and prostate cancer, but treatments have left him unable to swallow solid food. In his 69page decision, judge mark wolf wrote, the cancers that demassey developed while serving his sentence are now part of his history, and characteristics. And weigh in favor of reducing his sentence. Demassey has served about five of an eightyear sentence for corruption, after receiving burlington software company. U. S. Attorney carmen ortiz recommended demasseys sentence be reduced to time served, but wolf did acknowledge the severity of did he macys ables, demasseys actions, saying demassey committed very serious crimes, those crimes had victims. Governor Charlie Baker tells me, he accepts the judges decision. I think hes put in the time and hes been part of this case from beginning, and i believe that his decision on this is one the reporter wolf ordered demassey released to his wife debra next tuesday and will be under house arrest at their home here in melrose for the next six months. Now, we did reach out to the demasseys and sal demasseys lawyer and have not heard back yet. Coming up at 6 00 p. M. , the judges warning to other politicians and why local sheriffs say, this decision is actually good for the prison system. Reporting in boston, crystal haynes, fox 25 news. Demasseys fall from public service. In june of 2011, he was convicted on multiple crimes, including extortion, then less than six months later, he was sentenced to eight years in president promising o. In april, of 2012, he receives his first cancer diagnose sills, sparking years of issues and treatments. And then, just today, a judge ordered his compassionate release from jail, complete details of demasseys time in prison is on our web site, fox25boston. Com. Vanessa an evidence scandal at a local Police Department caused more than 100 cases to be interim chief of police in braintree is talking about scandal that cost officers their jobs. Fox 25s Robert Goulston live for us in braintree now with a firsttime look at the new way evidence will be kept at the department. The reporter vanessa, when police seize evidence, there are strict rooms on how they have to handle and store it until trial. Well, here earlier this year, they uncovered a big problem with how that was being done. The new chief says he is made. We have to scrutiny and we will willingly do it, if people trust us we can do the right thing, then we will recover rapidly. The reporter interim chief is sitting down with fox 25 news with his plan to revamp how braintree p. D. Handles evidence. To date, 116 criminal cases have been thrown out after an audit of the Evidence Room earlier this year found drugs, guns and cash missing. Dismissed because the evidence is compromised, the potential is you put a dangerous person back on the street. The reporter the former chief, who retired early amid the scandal, ordered the audit after concerns surfaced. The evidence officer at the time took her own life after being questioned by former state police major, bruce gordon, whose private company was ordered to do the audit. We own it, lets move has designated more than one evidence officer and requiring more evidence entry training. The new chief wants to set the bar higher and use advanced tracking software. I should have 100 accurate inventory. The reporter the chief also wants to relocate the Evidence Room to the p. D. s lower level, which is surrounded by concrete. This is a secure section of the building. If you try to get in here, youll be discovered. The reporter the evidence tracking software alone will run about 300,000. But the chief says, in this line to get it right. We owe it constitutionally to people to make sure we have integrity in investigations. There is no other standard. It has to be the best. The reporter and evidence handling issues are not exclusive to the braintree Police Department. We did talk to that former state police major, who does these audit across the state and he tells us, that you might not be surprised by what he found. We are live in braintree. Robert goulston, fox 25 news. Mark a is finally behind bars tonight, months after police say he shot and killed a man in mattapan. In court today, we Learned Police used cellphone records to connect julian trosh to crime. He has weapons and drug convictions dating back to 2008 when he was a juvenile. A man was killed during a cookout on historia street in june and his brother dwayne was also shot but he survived. The jeremiah oliv back to court, 5yearold fitchburg boy missing for months until his body was found stuffed in a suitcase on side of i190. Alberto sierra is charged with reckless endangerment, the boyfriend of jeremiahs mother. The prosecution wants to block vanessa a malfunctioning a. T. M. Sent hazmat teams to a bank in newton at the bank of america on walnut street before firefighters say it appears the battery inside the a. T. M. Malfunctioned and caused some sort of an odd death of robert. Robert odor. Its our Standard Practice to take in a meter that reads a variety of gases and other flammable materials. That meter alerted the crews to a high level of hydrogen sulfide, just inside the door to the bank, and so we evacuated the bank as a precaution. Vanessa no one was injured. The road was reopened around 1 00 p. M. That was sliced in half by a Commuter Rail train. Amazingly, the two people inside were able to walk away. It happened late last night on oak island road in revernin. Police say the driver was involved in a crash before they tried to beat the train. The driver has been called to court and is facing multiple charges. Vanessa racist graffiti has been removed from a bathroom at attleboro high school. The principal tells fox 25 the student found the messages in a third floor boys bathroom tuesday. Slur, saying the Klu Klux Klan will handle all africanamericans as well as go donald trump. School leaders are now looking at video from a Security Camera outside the bathroom in hopes of identifying the student responsible. Police are hoping a new clue could bring a break in the local joggers murder. Mark at 5 30 p. M. Tonight, now the new nugget about the investigation is bringing hope to people who live near the crime scene in princeton. Kevin skies continue to clear out tonight, but i want to talk about how a storm way out here bringin our weather this weekend. . . Why do banks treat you and your money like this . They nickel and dime you with fees and minimum balances. Capital one wont do that. And built a Checking Account thats free of all that nonsense. No fees. No minimums. No gotchas. At capital one, your money stays your money. Vanessa the u. S. Mass boston Mens Soccer Team is playing this weekend for the first time in the programs history in the sweet 16. Mark but what should be a happy time for the team is turning ugly, now that the team is being accused of dirty Chris Flanagan found out this isnt the first time the team is in hot water. The reporter last year, the team made headlines about a twitter statement about concussions. Now more trouble for the Team Following last weekends ncaa tournament game. Umass boston in black uniforms, advanced to the sweet 16 on sunday, in a physical game. There were more than 50 fouls called, including this one, kicked the ball into his opponents face, the referee immediately issuing a red card, meaning that umass playfair was thrown out of the game and suspended for the next one. The referee did not call this one. Again, no penalty was called. But there was here. Late in the game, check out umasss number 77, williamson, he appears to in the face for no apparent reason. Then, grabs a player around the neck and throws him to ground. The referee, in green shirt, immediately issues a red card. Williams is thrown out of the game, but not before head butting that referee. You can see the referee hunched over in pain and staggers out of view. I played soccer most of my life and seeing Something Like that, seeing someone head butt a referee, thats unacceptable. The reporter we reached out to u. S. Mass boston on this incident. They would not go on cameras, players on the field sunday were unacceptable, and could not be condoned in any way. We have taken appropriate disciplinary action toward the players involved in this incident and weve met with all players on the team to convey the gravity of the situation and our response. Again, umass boston will have two players suspended for saturdays playoff game against tufts. In the control room, Chris Flanagan, fox 25 news. Mark governor Charlie Baker tweeted about it this afternoon, new laws are now in effect to protect pets in protection if they break a car window to rescue a trapped pet. Local animal control officers will also be able to Issue Citations when they find pets being kept in unhealthy or dangerous conditions. Fines will range from 50 to 300. City of boston takes a big step towards reducing the speed limit across most of the city. Last night, city councilors voted to lower the limit from 30 to 25. The change would impact any road where there isnt already a sign with a speed limit on it. It can be enforced. Kevin one of those clouds to go away day, took a while for many of you i realize. The sun will be back tomorrow, this time for certain, because were already seeing the clearing skies out there. That storm offshore kept the clouds tough especially in eastern massachusetts. Clearing, much of the area, the last of the clouds out here on cape cod and perhaps a little bit on cape anne as well right now hand to show you cape cod, picture sent in to us via twitter, that cape cod weather is the guy to follow. You want to see pictures like this. Theres a sun breaking out there, shower chances the clearing already happening out there. We can look forward to more of that coming tomorrow. Your temperatures out there for dinnertime, 53 boston, but into 40s out in Worcester County. 50s down here into cape cod as well, and temperatures tonight out there in Worcester County will be dropping down through the 40s and it to the 30s by morning, but theres the important part, clear skies throughout. Youre waking up to sunshine and a rebound in temperatures back 60s. Tomorrow is a mild day. It will be mild again on saturday. This stretches all the way back here. So you can see them off to the north and well. This is all ahead of our next storm system. Our next storm system is way out to the well. Youve got to slide this way to find it. This is it where the winds are coming from the south, thats the warm air direction, so this is where the warm air sits right now. In fact, maybe some record warmth this to the midwest ahead of this storm, but as the storm comes toward us, its got this part of it too. Theres snow in backid snowing in denver right now, for instance, its snowing up here in to the dakotas as well, so this whole storm coming toward us has both of those parts. The direction that main storm wants to go is up this way. That seems to be good for us, right . That would take most of it away from us, but the front is going to drag through our area, its definitely going to cool us down and change raindrops to sleet and potentially snowflakes too and the problem is that front isnt in a hurry to get out of here and may allow another storm our area. The way it looks right now, we are dry the next couple of days. Thats almost certain. On sunday though, thats when change comes. Lets look at that more closely. It will get windy and colder and have a 70 chance for showers to come on in. Initially, theres not a ton of moisture with this front. That means you get less precipitation. However, as the front comes across, you receive the green changing over to the pink and eventually to the blue and white, thats a mix to snow. Much of the snow will stay in the high elevations of the mountains into the berkshes however, some of this is going to come into southern new england, so there will be mixing happening, as the cold air comes on through. Now, that cold front sits offshore, allowing another storm to form along. Thats the indications of another storm right along that front to our south. This whole system spinning over the top of us, with the cold air. Can produce a little bit more snow activity for us sunday into monday. And thats something that still has to be ironed out, see how fast this front is going to come on through. Thats why we have some snow conditions and cold temperatures, only 45 degrees for a high on monday. And thats not even talking about the storm after that, which is not associated with this one, that looks to bring some rain for thanksgiving, something well be tackling as the evening goes on. Vanessa federal investigators say the barrier around the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo did not meet proper standards, but investigators say the zoos Disaster Response team was right to kill a 17yearold gorilla after a 3yearold boy climbed into the exhibit in may. They say the boy was lifethreatening danger. The zoo has now raised the barrier. Wildfires are threatening hundreds of homes in north carolina. This is a look at the flames north of charlotte. The flames have been growing during the past ten days. So far, the fire has not damaged any homes, but residents fear the fire will continue getting closer to them. Fire is on the other side of the mountain. The rain will come, when it comes. The real rain. Vanessa so far, evacuations injuries have been reported. Mark surprising trend when it comes to School Suspensions vanessa we are now hearing from witnesses to this deadly explosion in illinois. The blast ha