the 28-year-old mother reportedly pledged to isis the attack. her and her husband killed 14 people and injured almost two dozen more wednesday when they attacked the holiday party. >> so far we have in indication these killers are part of an part of a cell. >> cameras got the first look since investigators finished processing it but it offered little insight into their motive. >> inside half eaten food laid near toys and child's bedding. >> they seemed like they were very happy. . he seemed so nice and sincere. >> the fbi says it knows who

attack but they are not under arrest. back to you. >> tonight we are hearing from the family of a new hampshire woman that was one of the 2021 people wounded in the attacks -- 21 people wounded in the attacks. the 32-year-old is originally from new hampshire. he was shot several times in the leg and her arm. coming up at 5:30 you will hear from her pastor. >> this couple is drug some strong parallels between what happened in san bernardino and the boston marathon bombing. jim armstrong joins me now. there seems to be some striking similarities between two pairs. >> the more we learn about california the more true that becomes. in both cases you are dealing with close family members where it seems one person took the lead in radicalizing the other. in the marathon bombing case he

in san bernardino it is look more like it was the wife who was the first person to radicalize and who made may have brought her husband along with her. in both case you also have suspects who traveled abroad to hot beds of radicalization. we are hearing something similar may have happened with him. in both case it also appears the internet played a big role in connecting these terrorists to the larger ideals of a bigger organization. look at the weapons themselves. the pipe bombs are almost identical to the brother's pipe bombs that were logged at police in watertown.

have a pair of attackers that put a lot of thought into their initial attacks but refused to plea afterwards rather going back home. for the brothers we learned it was probably going to be new york city where they were trying to head with that cab driver. with the couple it ended up being a fire fight in front of their house a short time later. >> perhaps most disturbing in both case attacks taken out right within their own community. >> exactly. >> thank you so much. we will have much more coming up on this story. that is ahead in just minutes. also breaking here at 5:00, in an explosive situation in downtown boston, a suspicious suitcase blown to bits by the bomb squad. a short time ago police arrested this man here who they believed may have dropped the suitcase and then simply walked away.

in a popular part of busy downtown boston. you can see the dramatic pictures here. a bomb robot, a bomb technician called to the scene. police have spent hours searching for this person of interest. late this afternoon word of an arrest. now to beth who is live in austin with the latest. beth? >> this was quick work for the police. within an hour they took him into custody. now ill -- it was one of their officers who first spotted the suitcase. he went back inside, checked the video, didn't like what he saw and immediately called boston police. it was an eerie sight on atlantic avenue. this photograph taken by a

the object of concern. >> once it is in your backyard, expect to happen. it can definitely set you off a little bit scomble specially as little bit. >> police say the camera caught this man -- set you off a little bit. >> police say this man placed the suitcase by the vehicle and took off. >> it was a pain staking operation for some two hours. in motion. police finally made the decision to perform a controlled detonation. >> we neutralized it by detonating it. it turned out that there was some wires and a power source in there but nothing explosives. >> a scene that brought the area to a standstill. employees at nearby james hook lobster pushed way back. >> we cleared out and went outside. they kept pushing us further

we had to wait it out. >> a little nervous at that point? >> yeah. we didn't want anything to happen. >> now police want to know the intentions of this man. >> we all on a little bit of heightened alert because of what happened in san bernardino yesterday. people have a right to be concerned. >> they said since it looked like the case was deliberately placed there it was better to be safe than sorry. now it seems it was all a hoax. back to you. >> thank you. we have more breaking news tonight. brockton police investigating a threat that was made toward the high school there. the school says a student posted a threat on facebook tuesday and then quickly deleted it. other students had taken screen shots of it and brought it to the attention of school officials. the school says the threat level

the student has been banned from school while police finish their investigation. we bring you live pictures from inside the park. we expect them to officially introduce him. he is the highest paid pitcher in major league history. we will bring you that happens. a traffic fire in lynn. four people killed in a raging house fire. daring rescue. tim smith is live in lynn with the latest on that part of the city. >> there isn't much left here. if you take a look behind me you can see serious damage to the roof and the top floor. solid evidence of how bad this fire was when firefighters got here. it was a life and death struggle. >> oh my god! their house is on fire! >> a nightmare in lynn. flames consume an apartment building with about 20 people inside around 1:00 a.m.

despite frantic efforts by firefighters, four people on the second floor were killed. young men living on the first safety. tonight they are back at the moment. fire. then he was knocking on my door. he all got out. when we got out it was too late. i was a lot of black smoke inside. we couldn't do nothing for the people on the second floor. >> she escaped her third floor apartment with her mom, dad and younger brother. >> we heard it. and he opened it. we just run out of the house. >> the dangerlingered. at one point the roof collapsed while our morning crew was interviewing a fire chief. collapse. with four people killed, the

people on the same floor were saved. >> it was absolutely amazing. i have been a firefighter for 32 years, it was one of the most spectacular rescues i have seen. those guys did a fantastic job. >> back here in lynn tonight the names of the four victims have not been released yet. the cause still under investigation. just a few minutes ago breaking news on this story, state fire marshals office is putting out an appeal to the public for help. they want to talk to anybody who saw anything here just before 4:00 a.m. they have particular interest in anybody who have taken any cellphone video. that is an indication that this investigation is wide open. back to you. >> scary scene. thank you. a compelling testimony in the murder trial today. as a mental health security for the defense took the stand.

his mental state when he was -- teacher. at one point telling the jury he thought he was an a ninja. today the judge said he expects the jury to start deliberating sometime next week. >> the suspect james just appeared in court in time. he was arrested in new york last month charged with stealing 16 high powered weapons. authorities have now recovered ten of the 16. some pistols are still out there, still missing. reward. turning to weather now. what a nice way to tend week on this friday. the city. the even better news is this weekend is going to be gorgeous. even nicer. lets check in with barry. everybody. now.

a lot of cloud cover started coming in this afternoon. the cloud cover rolled in. we have the 40s. the cloud cover should disappear tonight. it is pretty much overcast except if perhaps down over the islands. this area of cloud cover should all disappear and we will end up with a very, very nice weekend. lot of clear sky here. there is a little bit of high therein -- -- cloud -- [ indiscernible ] the weekend forecast is looking just sweet. 52 for a high tomorrow with plenty of sunshine. not too much wind out there, just a slight breeze. up to 58 in some locations on sunday. still a lot of sunshine and just a little breeze out of the southwest. more on the weekend weather and a look at next week too.

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we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. following breaking news out of fenway park. it means the team has signed someone that is good. the $217 million price expecting to see him officially introduced this afternoon. number 24. he will wear which is what ramirez used to wear. as soon as he 's out to speak we -- come touts speak we will -- comes out to speak we will be taking you there live. as lowell cal police departments step up their training they also want you know there are things you do to

physical you are caught in one of these terrifying situations. >> now they are also training the public. >> you can run, you can hide, you fight. >> the officers walked me through an active shooter training in a workplace. your first option is to leave but if you can't get out, step two, barricade. i run into an office and slam the door. now that i am in hear what do -- hear hear here -- here, what do i do? >> he says it is time to fight back. >> we want you to try overwhelm the threat.

throwing things to keep the shooter off-balance. >> if you have an opportunity throw a book, throw a laptop. >> don't be a sitting duck in a group. situation like these are rare but police want you be prepared. >> and the one thing the police officers stressed to us is that people shouldn't be paranoid. back to you. >> all right. thank you. such a heavy burden we all carry with us these days. >> that was really frightening to watch but such good information. best way to lighten things sun to talk to larry. >> it should be sunny just about all weekend. >> it will be 60 this weekend. feels almost like spring.

>> we will be listening to david prices in a few minutes. >> we will do weather and might have to jump in and interrupt you. >> i don't mind that a bit. >> lets look at the fab fridays. the last five fridays have been unbelievable. we come to this friday and this friday not quite that good. not that bad through midday when we had all the sunshine. clouds rolled in this afternoon. we did make it out kind of nice today. it got up to 48. that a little bit above the average. the current number in boston hasn't gone down that much. it is 46. it is still cloudy out there for the most part. the wind is out of the west at 12 miles an hour. there won't be much wind out there. it falls down to the upper 30s in the city. maybe down 36 for a low in the city. these will be your overnight lows. many areas getting down to the

in some of the urban centers mostly low and middle 30s. highs tomorrow should be around 50-52. that is not bad. that will be about 7 degrees above the average for the day. we had all the cloud cover but that will all disappear tonight. we will end up having a nice clear weekend. you can see hardly a cloud out there through all of tomorrow. high pressure really building overall of the region. sunday morning, same thing, clear sky. the kick off temperature around 54? not bad at all for december. down 44 as we get closer to the end of the game. it will be starting to cool off in the evening hours. this big pressure center here is controlling our weather for the entire weekend. not much is going on from coast to coast. there is a system way out west

for the next one to two weeks the overall pattern still face -- favors above average temperatures. don't see any snow unless there's a remarkable change. right now to me it is looking pretty good. here is my seven day forecast. 52 tomorrow. 58 on sunday. not all that much cooler on monday. then the clouds start to roll in late monday. probably some showers in southeastern massachusetts on tuesday. another batch of rain could come in late on thursday into friday. that is the forecast for now. >> all right. thank you. we are giving you a live look inside fenway park where the owners are about to price. let's listen in. >> really work very closely our

working hand in hand on this. we had individuals that provided a lot of analytical information. we had individuals a great booklet with a lot of thoughts. a monumental decision for an organization which to me is so significant to be in a spot in which you can bring one of the best pitchers in baseball. he will make us so much better in so many ways. what david brings to us is a plus in so many ways. so -- before i introduce some other family members that are

officially to you, the new pitcher for the boston red sox, david price. david? [ -- . >> um thank you. you guys made it easy for me. this is a -- this is a place that has winning in their history. i definitely think they have winning in their future. we are extremely young and that is what i want to be apart of. i want to be apart of a team that is as young as we are and that can stay young the way we can to be around those guys to help them. to be apart of something like this -- the passion from the fans and the community is --

in their blood and not just with the red sox. obviously with what the patriots are capable of doing, the bruins, celtics. this is a place that wins and a place that expects to win. that is what i want to be apart of. i am very thankful for it. i am thankful for my family to be able to make it out for this. i am excited. i am happy to be a red sox. i am ready to help this city win so thank you. >> thank you, david. there are a few members of the price family here and i am not going to drone -- introduce all of them because there is a lot. i do want to first acknowledge david's parents, if they will please stand.

and we have some special presentation to tiffany and to debbie here from the boston red sox organization. also if the rest of the price extended family could please stand, we appreciate it. they are all here. before we take some questions it is the appropriate way we have to make sure you are properly attired. no offense, you look great but you will look even better here as john and tom would like to make a presentation to you of your new jersey number and boston red sox -- [ indiscernible ] >> we listen to david price there saying that the team made it easy for him because it is a team with a history and a future of winning. they also made it easy by giving

now this is the photo opinion moment -- moment as he holds up his new uniform. big smile there from david price. of course red sox fans hoping for big things from him. >> he tweeted he loved boston already a little earlier in the day after talking about his official check earlier in the day. siting the patriots, the celtics, and bruins, he said this is a place that wins, is used to winning and expects to win. you can feel he knows that about boston. >> we will have much more on this and your news of the day

jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism.

that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of

check out this scene sky eye. rescuers wither were trying to help -- were trying to help a whale tangled up in a net. the map dates back to the 1600s. it described new england's coast. well the library noticed it was in an ad. fortunately that map is now back there. they are asking students to

they said they have seen a surge serge of people using segways and -- surge of people using segways and roller skates. if they are caught they will get a fine. please stay with us, the news at 5:30 starts right now. we begin with breaking news here at 5:30. the mass shootings in san bernardino, california now being investigated officially as an act of terrorism. they said the woman involved in the attack may have spear headed the whole thing. she even went on social media to pledge her support for isis >> they announced late this afternoon it is not clear that they had any direct contact with that group.