the family inside called the fire crews around 12:30 to report smoke. >> the response time was about 4-5 minutes. we got here. there was light smoke in the roof line in the house. >> reporter: but the crews got more than they bargained for in a concealed space in the attic. >> they opened the roof and it fell on them. >> reporter: more than 50 firefighters sped to the scene the roof. on top of that, water. >> this is a rural area, there's no municipal hydrants. we have to carry in the water. >> reporter: thankfully, everyone escaped unharmed. there's a displaced family of three and the home valued at destroyed. is completely lost. >> reporter: so, you can see

we have seen water shooting up through the home poo ten usually for -- potentially for hot spots and i did speak with one neighbor who said this is a freak situation that happened to a good family. we are talking about a family of three, parents and a son. i spoke with the son who said began. suspicious. up. cold and rainy out there today. >> kind of lousy and we are wondering how long it's going to stick around. forecast. we have had some precipitation on the radar, that's the first time we have seen that in a while. just freezing rain, cold and raw. the rain is moving up the south coast, the cape and the islands. we have the heavier rainfall

temperature wise, we are in the low to mid 30s here. i think we will stay close to 33, 34 avoiding ice tonight. areas of rain chilly, most towns stay inning the 30s, but avoiding the ice. if you are heading north, it will be a little bit colder and they will be dealing with the freezing rain. tomorrow morning, spotty showers and bris l. it's damp outside, but not steady, heavy rain. that's going to start filling in around noon again. another wet day. by the end of this tomorrow night, we are going to see 50s. up. on thursday, we will see the sun, but a lot of wind. >> remember, you can get the weather app.

just search the google or apple app stores. well, first tom brady, and now the nfl targeting rob gronkowski. conspiracy they arists are -- theorists are looking at it. he has now been called for five offensive pass interference calls, more than all of the rest of his career combined. he feels like he is being targeted. this morning on the talk show, they talked with the harold's jeff howell who said they are targeting him.

if he initiates contact on his own, the refs throw the flag. it's hard for the players to know what is interference and what's not. >> yeah, we have to make the plays and try not to leave it in the ref's hands. >> reporter: so, there you have it. the bottom line, just another situation for the patriots. the patriots just released a statement saying the gronkowski family is releasing a statement. he sustained a bruised right knee. his status will be reviewed on a week to week basis. there's no time table for him to return which will be determined in the day and hours before the game. any statements before that

that's from the gronkowski family. back to you. >> dan, i want to ask you to hang on because i want to hear your reaction. the globe is now reporting, the owner of the red sox, they are reporting that the sox are signing david price, the star pitcher who is a former cy young winner. they are signing him for 7 years and $217 million. that's more than $30 million a year. >> not a surprise, david, remember last year they lost jon lester when they could have had him. it looked like that might have been the biggest mistake they made and now they felt like three last place finishes in the last four years. they got a closer. they know david price, brought him to detroit and now david

yes, they had to pay a lot. it's $31 million basically per season, not a surprise, this is what david wanted. he went after him. the question was did price want to play in boston? he had a couple of incidents with ortiz, but they will smooth it out with that money. david price is the one they wanted. now, if this report is true from the globe, it's what they wanted. good news for red sox fans, going out and getting that much of an ace and getting it done before the winter meetings start next week. >> yeah, this deal with bring him through the age of 37. huge deal. thank you so much dan roche. speaking of the cbs scene, be sure to catch patriots all

anywhere else. the pats host the eagles and lisa? well, for the first time we are hearing from the family of the danvers student who is accused of killing the teacher. >> reporter: phillip chism's defense brought out the people closest to his past. >> he is by beloved grandson. >> reporter: the family who supports the 16-year-old etch as he stands trial in the horrific murder of his deeper. his grandfather explained how his aunt had mental illness. >> she had a nervous break down. >> reporter: and then another

family member. his best friend took the stand and then the teenagers from danvers took the stand saying they observed chism changing, quieting down. >> he started to quiet down a little bit, not talking as much. >> did mrs. ritzer talk to him >> yes. >> reporter: tomorrow, the jury ventures out of this chows to the crime scene, danvers high school and then to the movie theater the seen after the murder and finally where the

>> a supreme court ruling issued after car nighive lawyers say that 15 of his convictions are now in question and because of that, he should get a new trial. they are saying that they in boston. well, the fbi raided a home this morning. this was the scene on washington street. driveway. the officials are telling us it's part of a federal investigation that does not involve terrorism. chicago's mayor has fired the police commissioner a week

police officers shooting and killing a black teenager. here's more. >> reporter: chicago mayor rob emanuel held a late morning news conference to announce department. changes that start with the police chief. >> this morning, i formally >> reporter: mccarthy's dismissal comes after the video of the shooting last week, 13 months later when van dieke was charged with first degree murder. emanuel said mccarter could no longer lead the department. >> now it's time for fresh leadership for the challenges our city is now facing. >> reporter: the mayor also

patrick will serve as the senior adviser. he once ran the civil rights area. more oversight was called for. >> the mayor calling for a special task force is kind of like the fox watching the hen house. >> reporter: emanuel says he takes responsibility for how the case was handled and causes his latest action a work in progress. >> now, the mayor also wants police officers in chicago to wear body cameras. the officer who shot mcdonald, jason van dieke is free after posting bond last night. well, the police in manchester, new hampshire are look for a rather bold thief.

last night and started pouring lighter fluid on the blocked booth. well, a replica of the ship that brought the pilgrims to massachusetts nearly 400 years ago is on the move tonight. this afternoon, it left in plymouth and passed through the cape cod canal. it's on the way to the sea port for repairs. the trip could take 3-6 days, maybe on the later end. well, still ahead, #b abynames. tonight, the former owner tells us how he loved them and how the situation got out of hand. one woman says a hoverboard

dozens of super cute cats are searching for new home from the holidays. a salisbury man was hording the cats. >> the cats are in remarkably good health and need new homes. >> it's the most catastrophe we have ever taken in at once.

sheltered by the rescue society. they came from this mobile home in salisbury where don owned them all. >> reporter: were you able to take care of so many cat ?'s. >> all of them, i took care of all of them. >> reporter: but when the rescue society went in -- >> it was unbelievablely bad. it was pull of cats, pheces and urine. >> it got so bad, i thought i was going to be arrested. >> reporter: they are still working on getting all of the cats. >> do you want to go on the scale? >> they were actually in relatively good shape for where they came there.

have been spade and neuters. >> they all received their rabies vaccines. >> reporter: as early as tomorrow, some of them will be ready for adoption. >> they are mostly beautiful and friendly and healthy for the most part, so really i think most of these cats can get a home by the holidays. >> well, that's the good news. the salisbury police chief says he doesn't plan to file charges against don because there was no crime committed. he is getting help fixing up his house. go to our website for a link to the story. >> i have to say the gentleman didn't seem like he wanted to harm them. >> no, they were all in good shape. what a gray day this was.

>> a great day to sleep in. not everybody has that luxury, of course, but if you were it would be a great day for it. we have had a warm fall,' cement, october, november, warm all across new england. it's been a pretty easy stretch to take. we may be paying for its in the beginning of december. a big sprawling storm center right on up to here in new england and that rain has been moving in spore ratically. we have the rain mainly on the coast and the islands. zooming in closer here and the steadier rain has been moving

pouring over toward martha's vineyard. it's not causing major issues, it's just ugly. just a little bit above freezing north and west of boston, we are going to stay steady all night long, maybe dropping a degree, but you will have to move up into northern new hampshire and maine to see the freezing temperatures. we will have this one batch moving through. a little bit of mist and showers around. i think the rain will thicken back up and move back in tomorrow afternoon and evening. what we have now is kind of what we are looking at through wednesday. a wet stretch and cool temperature. thursday, the drier air will punch its way in and the sun returns as we head into sunday morning. notice, if you are toward the

be in the 50s tomorrow afternoon, but mainly stay inning the low 40s, that's as warm as we get through the day. total rainfall on the side of one inch here. not causing flooding or major issues here. the steadier rain is expected for tomorrow eching, that will probably be the slowest of all of the commutes. as this moves into maine, it looks like we are going to see of maine. that's where i will be watching for the good accumulating snowfall. the wind gusts will be over 30 miles per hour on thursday and throughout the day and night. we may see wind advisories posted because of that.

blustery friday. the weekend looks good. into the 50s on sunday. it should be glornlings. back to you. >> thank you. it's december first, but it's never too early to look toward the warmer weather. the red sox announcing that the tickets go on sale this saturday. we are 125 days before opening day and of course the big news is they just signed david price to a 7 year, $217 million contract. well, a live look outside tonight. here's something surprising, a new survey ranks massachusetts as the safest state in the country. let me say that again, massachusetts is the safest state in the country to drive in. >> what? >> would you ever have guessed that? >> no.

>> it looked at the number of deadly crashes, seat belt use and roads. we came out on top of the others. the five most dangerous states for drivers, montana, north dakota, mississippi, vibrio vulnificus -- oklahoma. jackson tops the list of baby names for the third year in a row followed by adem and liam. check out this trend, there's been a spike in names on filters on instagram. there are nearly half a billion active instagram users.

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budget cuts have dimmed a holiday tradition on cape cod, town officials say the lights and the decorations are just too expensive, they cost more than $50,000 in each location, so, instead, they are focusing their holiday efforts on the parks and the community buildings. look at this, the white house getting into the holiday spirits, the first dogs bo and sunny helped with the committee. i'm not sure how much of a help they were, but they are cute. david? well, lisa, we showed you this yesterday. he is the sleeping boy with santa who actually stole our hearts.

over the weekend, the family took baby zeke to see santa. santa said no, no, no, don't wake him, i will hold him like that. they have been viewed 30 million times, have more than 32,000 likes and the family is overwhelmed. amazing. there have been people saying they were having a bad day and they went home and opened up facebook. >> the family went back to the mall to tell santa about the response and guess what, zeke was asleep again. well, still to come, making demands before the debate. >> what the republican front

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