I’m still getting my head round 5.5 but it looks like now instead of importing throw use ErrorObservable.
// import { _throw } from 'rxjs/observable/throw';
import { ErrorObservable } from 'rxjs/observable/ErrorObservable';
ErrorObservable.create('error');
From this guide it looks like it has to be _throw to avoid a keyword clash (the rest of the video is good for getting started with 5.5)