>> not the worst criminal on your list, right? >> yeah. >> sneaking around to popping up in random places. >> oh, the elf, the elf on the shelf. very cute. your top stories tracking ahead on wbz "this morning ". >> the news at 5:00 begins right now. a big investigation in boston, reports of burned body were live on the scene with the latest. dozens of boston college students left sick after eating at chipotle, the investigation if it's related to a nationwide outbreak. and the shooting in california, what the fbi says the couple was doing just days before the attack. >> from the channel 4 studios in this is wbz "this morning" . . >> good morning, it's 5:00, thanks for being with us, i'm chris mckinnon. >> and i'm kathryn hauser, tuesday december 8, not a bad

depends where you are, danielle in terms of the weather today; right? >> the cape and island getting a system of rain today, the rest of us should be mostly dry and the big rains and temperatures depending on where you are this morning too, 39 in boston, the dew points in the upper 20s, and the wind is out of the north now, at 13 miles per hour, so it's kicking up a little bit at logan airport, we're in the 40s though from taunton back down to the cape and then in the 20s across the far interior, 27 in keene, 24 springfield, vermont, 26 in concord, new hampshire, that's where the clouds are thinner, they do thicken up though in eastern massachusetts and areas of rain approaching the vineyard and nantucket with a couple sprinkles, the coastal storm passing east, pockets of rain to the cape and islands by later on this morning, until about early afternoon. so your planner goes this way, cape, showers, everybody else mainly dry, 40 on average but the sunrise coming up at 7:00 a.m. this morning, 43 by lunch time, no more 50s like we

cooler feel overall with a lot of clouds and tapering continues through lunch hour, and then a left over isolated shower for the ride home, with temperatures right around 40 degrees, tracking another front, we'll talk about it. good morning, quiet out there this morning, no major accidents or slowdowns, the expressway, there's the map, all right, fine. okay, fine. half laugh we'll start with the expressway, you can see moderate to heavy volume right now, quincy in to boston, the way is moving along, the major routes coming from the south, now we take a look at the north map, if you will, 93 southbound looks good out of and kwoefr -- andover, no problem in medford, boston, the channel is clear, route one coming from peabody, no trouble there, 495 looks like kathryn. >> thank you very much. with breaking news, reports of a burned body found in the

milton. >> nicole jacobs, live on the scene and nicole, not too much information being released. >> reporter: it's not, kathryn, i want to get you to the scene, somewhat clearing up, fire marshal representatives are clearing out the scene now. we did see them remove the body from that area down below, so we now know that for sure, there is a death investigation going on over to the right here, you can see state police still here on the scene as well, you see that cement wall there? this investigation is actually taking place below that wall, so underneath the roadway where we are right now, again, we are hearing reports that it was a burned body discovered in the early overnight hours, i should say, still very limited details that we're working with right now, we do know this is technically milton, milton and state police investigation and

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before the attack, bree is now here with the latest developments, good morning. >> kathryn, this picture shows farook and his wife, tashfeen malik at the chicago airport when they arrived as a newly engaged couple in july 2014, within 17 months they planned a terrorist attack for week. >> practiced shooting an ar-15 rifle, just days before the massacre last week, workers there remember him but never guessed his plans. >> it's devastating to people, to know that, this is where he might have prepared for those last days. >> reporter: authorities had since taken their security video. investigators say the rifles used in the attack were purchased legally by his childhood friend, marquez, who began mental health treatment at a hospital after the attack, he's not under arrest and is talking to the fbi.

farook at the san bernardino county health department. he says farook made comments that were critical of america. >> didn't want to be in the states, but campaign taxes were helping the war on islam. >> reporter: family members went to court in an attempt to gain custody of the company's 6-month-old baby, the baby left with their grandmother just before the shooting rampage and the girl is currently in the care of child protective services, chris back to you. >> bree, thank you for the update. controversial remark about muslims from donald trump, the gop front runner announced he wants to ban muslims tr -- from entering the country, telling a south carolina crowd the united states can't trust them. >> donald j. trump asking for a total and complete down of muslims of entering the states until our representatives can figure out what the

is going on. >> the crowd chanted "usa" after trump made that declaration, several protesters had to be removed from the campaign event. just about 5:09 an emotional moment in paris, still reeling from the terror attack, u2 welcomed back a special guest to the stage. >> they were robbed of the stage, and we want to welcome them to ours tonight, would you welcome the eagles of death metal. >> and that american band was in the middle of a show when gunman stormed the bataclan theater last month, this was their first performance since the deadly attack. police making a new appeal for information in a double murder nearly four years ago. jack and jerry mcgee were shot inside their andover home in 2011, their daughter and grandchildren found their bodies, the couple's lexus was found torched in the north end. authorities released new details about jack mcgee's movements the

now hoping someone who saw or heard something will come forward. today, in the chism murder trial, two witnesses are expected to take the stand for the prosecution, yesterday dr. richard dudley took the stand, he's a psychiatrist who says chism has been mental illness since he was 10 years old, he says chism hears an imagery voice in his head commanding him to do things. >> there was much more sense of having had an illness that had not been treated and had that been treated, he wouldn't have caused the difficulties he caused >> caused the difficulties he caused? >> yeah, to his family. >> the case could go to the jury by the end of the week. it is 5:10 right now, an arm

baechl could put a man in jail, mr. savage and his wife wanted to park at the seashore, a guard gave them 10 minutes to park at a spot they didn't have a permit for, when they came back the federal ranger asked for a license and then this happened. >> have a seat! >> oh! >> i told you to stay on the ground! >> the man is now charged with assaulting a federal officer, he says he bit the officer's hand out of survival, the national seashore and the u.s. attorney's office not commenting, the case heads to court in february. new details about the animal shelter that burnt to the ground in paxton, killing dozens of animals. the shelter failed an inspection three days before the fire. the surprise inspection at the sweet pea animal shelter found that kennels were too small and animals weren't separated. the town is now suspended the license, current owners can

just days before the fire and raised more than $130,000 to rebuild. 5:11 right now, looking past the loss to the eagles. >> why they're looking ahead to houston. and double feature for fans, got the highlights for you, good morning, danielle. good morning, kathryn and everybody, areas of rain, mainly on the cape and island, will be cooler overall, no more 50s, i am tracking another warming trend, let you know just how high the temperature will climb to the end of the week, we'll be right back. with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. after 12:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for $1.99.

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america runs on dunkin'. won't the real slim shady please stand up? >> open mike night. >> for the new england patriots, the annual karaoke fundraiser, raising money for the united way. and tom and his wife cecilia got in on the fun and sang just about everything, i should say, from eminem to taylor swift covers as well. it look like it was fun. >> they sounded like a good round. >> karaoke is always fun, it doesn't matter how good or bad you are, belt it out. >> do your thing, confidence is key.

>> own it, i like that. i would love to see danielle do her karaoke thing. >> maybe a weather song. >> a weather song? >> yeah, i'm competitive, i feel like chris would be too. >> yeah, [ laughter ] hey, you guys, so out the door this morning, not too bad depending on where you are, i'm thinking for the kids up in andover, want to introduce you to the kids that barry met last week, this was on friday, look at these fifth graders! high plain elementary school in andover, about 100 kids in their auditorium, the school, let's make it happen. love that. current fundraisers for the aspca and friends in need, a winter concert, lots going on and barry had a great time with you guys last week. i do not think you need the umbrella there today. the heavy coat, maybe the fall jacket as well with sunrise coming up at 7:00 a.m. this morning, temperature around 40,

50s across the region and 40s will do it today and showers in the cape, students along with south coast and cape cod will want the rain coat or the umbrella, 39 in boston, dew points in the upper 20s, winds from the north, 13 miles per hour right now, cool well north west of town, in the 20s, came back from springfield, vermont, 26 in concord, 40s from taunton back down to the cape and island, that's when it's thick, light rain skirting over, in nantucket, just a couple sprinkles, it will advance, just skirting by here with the big coastal storm, passing south and east of nantucket during the day today. so what does it mean for us? it will be a cooler day overall with an onshore wind, but aside from those cape showers, most of us will be dry today, can't rule out an isolated shower on the south shower, but most of us staying dry. may be stubborn clouds tomorrow across the interior, but it will be a dry day, pretty normal for

temperatures topping out in the mid 40s tomorrow, now, thursday, a front is going to approach, going to be fairly weak though, so we'll get some clouds, maybe a passing shower, but temperatures despite the clouds are still going to manage to come in to the 50s on thursday afternoon. so notice by mid to late morning, areas of rain advancing over the cape, maybe a sprinkle back to ducksbury or marshal, but cloudy, notice a stray shower possible south of boston as we head through the evening hours, not a big deal for your commute, 43 for your high, 32 in boston, mid 20s in the suburbs and highs tomorrow, back up, that's right around where we should be for this time of year, 50s to end the week though, stray shower possible on friday then a mainly dry weekend, a lot of clouds around but we'll be mild with temperatures 55 to 60 degrees on sunday, and then the next chance of any significant rain looks like it would come

monday, traffic and weather together, robi. >> kind of a blah weather week, i would say >> blah? >> yeah, nothing to get psyched out, nothing to be bummed out about, right down the middle. >> i feel like december's so far, you're either really in love with it or wishing, you know snow lovers. >> my 8-year-old is wanting to know when there's snow. >> our chances for a white christmas, not looking good. >> oh, debbie downer! members of the bz foam force reporting slowdowns, two left lanes are taken by a construction crew trying to get packed up as a result, bumper to bumper on 95 north between pondsit street and 98, woburn,

495 are trouble free right now. chris and kathryn? >> all right, robi, thank you very much. 5:19 right now, the celtic and bruins both in action last night. >> plus the pats moving past the lost to the eagles, with your sports. >> the patriots have to be hurting after losing to an eagles team that was embarrassed to its prior two games, sunday night's matchup, it can't come soon enough. >> you want to get back out there, great challenge in front of us, and like i said, take it one week at a time and we're, we want to go out there and have a good game on sunday. >> we got to move on, um, you know, we got a lot of football left, a lot of good teams on our schedule starting this week, we have to be able to move on and stay behind us joop and move on they will, led by nine in the 3rd quarter, bradley nails the three got fouled hit the free throw for three point play.

last night, he was downtown, had a game high, celtics win it, win it big, 111-93. bruins hosting the predators at the guard, second period, title one, on the fourth, play ball, his 10th of the year, bruins up 2-1 but nashville tied it up in the second, and beats gustafsson, they only had 17 shots on goal all night. and that would make it for sports, i'm steve burton over to you. taking a [ indiscernible ] to court. >> why she's refusing to back down for a fight over driving for uber. >> usually in these families, there's so much chaos and drama around the child with mental health issues, the siblings don't get heard.

5:24 right now, welcome back, the u.s. government says one in five kids have at least one diagnosable psychiatric condition. >> but it impacts their siblings, matter of the mind,

traditionally, healthcare is good reason. but we know that when there's an illness in a family, it impacts every member of the family. in the case of kids, admitted for psychiatric care, they can be flat out traumatized by the whole experience >> want some coffee? >> sure. >> reporter: routines are not always easy in the cummings new hampshire home. >> when mom go back and forth to the hospital, i would make my dinner and feel like i was living by myself. >> reporter: marsy cummings often felt lonely when her oelter sister charlotte was routinely hospitalized for mental health concerns, her mom rebecca turned to crisis mode. >> you're exhausted and then, kind of the last thing you think about is your other children. >> reporter: then they learned of a place they could work to be a family again.

where we hold the parent psychoeducational group. >> reporter: emily ruben found a support group five years ago and works with cambridge health alliance to meet the needs of all their kids. >> the goal to build resiliency and decrease trauma, primarily among siblings but also family members and also parental competency and confidence. >> reporter: the cummings learned from other families and similar situations and also found new ways to communicate. >> well, wednesday night kind of became our night to go together to the hospital. and that was the start of a new relationship for us. a very close relationship, we are, we were bonded, kind of, in our sadness and our, you know, we had to sort of reinvent things. >> reporter: the sibling support program is the brain child of emily ruben, a lecturer at u mass medical, they're

treat other kids, good thing to think about. >> bree thank you very much, we look forward to more matters of the mind. a grandmother facing charges for driving for uber, she wants her day in court. >> stephanie frond is excited because she dry for uber in portsmouth, it bans the ride sharing, offered a plea deal but she rejected it, told the herald she wants to go to trial and fight for uber because she believes in the company. 5:27 right now, still to come in our next half hour, hillary clinton picking up support in the state. >> her bid for the white house. this is jon keller, donald trump says he wants to keep all muslims from entering the u.s., his critic say he's now gone too far, my take coming up on wbz

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breaking news right now at 5:30, a big investigation in milton, reports of a burned body, we're live on the scene with the latest. dozens of boston college students left sick after eating at chipotle, the investigation underway to see if it's connected to a nationwide e. coli outbreak. and donald trump sparking

latest comments about muslim and the backlash it's causing. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz "this morning" . . >> good morning, so glad to have you with us on this tuesday, i'm kathryn hauser. >> and i'm chris mckinnon, december 8, tuesday, and it feels more seasonable >> yeah, no more 50s, #406r -- 40s will do it but you can't complain. >> the forecast is funny, it depends on where you are, the cape and islands, see some rain, rest of us mostly dry, 27 in keene, 38 in pittsburgh right thousand, so it is milder, than we were yesterday in some spots, 40 in norwood, and then the 40s in the cape and islands, south shore, 35 near plymouth, 50 in nantucket, far eastern

lot of sunshine, rain advancing over the cape and island right now, at least the islands, the nantucket seeing a couple sprinkles and some of that rain will skirt up over the pierre during the mid to late morning, have the umbrella with you on cape cod in the south coast, otherwise, temperatures right around 40, sunrise at 7:00 a.m., there will be showers in southeast massachusetts, couple them might sneak up to the south shore around midday, temperatures in the lower 40s and then staying mostly cloudy, with just an isolated shower for your ride home, sunset 4:11 and temperatures around 40, tracking another warming trend, traffic and weather together, high, robi. late clearing work crews contributing to the delays of the south of the city now, down in norwood, 95 northbound, a construction crew trying to get packed up but the two left lanes taken, bumper to bumper back up, also to the south expressway, northbound heads up between furnace road and columbia, 129 southbound, sluggish between 37 and the split.

up in acton on route 2 eastbound, this is at piper road, not hearing about any lane closures there or back ups yet, but that is a busy stretch we'll keep an eye on that one for you. >> robi, thank you very much. breaking news, reports of a burned body found in milton, there was a heavy police presence on blue hill avenue overnight, the body found under an overpass there and it may have come in as just a fire, we have nicole jacobs, she did confirm the investigation is up at 5:45. and 5:33, the chipotle in cleveland circle shut down today, 30 people including the bc's man's basketball team got sick, this could be art of a nationwide outbreak linked to chipotle in other states.

wants to keep muslims out of the united states, telling cnn trump wants to shut down the border, not just to muslim immigrants but to muslim tourists, trump says we cannot be victims to people who believe only in jihad, some including fellow republicans question whether the idea is even constitutional. >> and trump's comments drumming up a lot of controversy. >> our jon keller gives us his take on why trump has gone too far. >> good morning. yesterday was pearl harbor day, the 74th anniversary of the deadly japanese military attack on a u.s. naval base that ii. it was a date that will live in president franklin delano roosevelt. december 7, 2015 will live in infamy if enough of us allow our legitimate concerns of terrorism to override our common sense and decency, because that what has to happen for anyone to take

irresponsible call for a quote total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. tough luck, i guess for the thousands of patriotic american muslims serving their country on active military duty who won't be able to spend their leave at home. for the many u.s. businesses run by muslim executives and the doctors who won't be able to use their passports like other citizens. too bad also for the many businesses that rely on the spending of muslim tourists, one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry. but the stupidity and illegality of trump's mindness proposal are the least of its problems, its ugliness, what president roosevelt did three months after the pearl harbor attacks, approving the incarceration of more than 100,000 innocent japanese, including nearly 70,000 american citizens, along

italians in internment camps, even though we knew they posed no threat. jeb bush immediately called trump unhinged and that's an understatement. i think another adjective fits well also: un-american. talk back to me keller@wbz.com or via twitter @kelleratlarge. endorsements pouring in for hillary clinton in the state, close to 250 labor and grass [ indiscernible ] are supporting her, the list includes almost all the state democrats minus senator elizabeth warren, healy and the state treasurer and auditor, she won the primary of massachusetts back in 2008. straight ahead, netflix expanding its original content. >> how many shows the subscription service is hoping to make next year. 30 boston college students sick after eating chipotle over the weekend.

circle is temporarily closed but the question remains, is this part of the national e. coli outbreak at chipotles across the country? more details on that, coming up. good morning, everybody, checking in with our weather watchers, temperatures running in the 30s for most of us out the door, let's check in the city itself, 39 cambridge, a lot of clouds and tracking a little bit of rain, not for all of us that and a warm up all the details are straight ahead, stay with us.

welcome back, 5:39 right now, netflix looking to expand its original content.

brewing, jill wagner live for us at the new york stock exchange with today's money watch, good morning. >> good morning, billion dollar coffee deal brewing, keurig agreed to be sold inform a private equity company for a $14 billion, keurig facing increased competition and slumping sales, the headquarters will stay in vermont, no word on what's going to happen to the cost of the k cup. netflix making a big bet on orange programming, like orange is the new black and master of none, doubling the number of original shows from 16 to 31, that's according to broadcasting and cable. it includes feature films, kid shows, stand up specials and documentaries. and many american are getting ready for their holiday vacations, so a new intel survey asked about their pet peeves when it comes to technology and travel. low battery power, forgetting chargers, and bad wifi the list.

rather hear a crying baby while travelling than run out of power on their smartphones or tablets. i get that, because you can be distracted from the baby. chris and kathryn? >> we are so addicted to our devices. >> yeah, do not want to run out of battery, it does everything. thank you very much, jill we'll see you tomorrow morning, have a good one. a look at your traffic and weather together. top stories including details about the san bernardino shooters, the fbi details their movements in the days leading up to the attack. reports of a burned body discovered in milton, the latest in the investigation coming up. some little girls love getting baby dolls under the christmas tree, three sisters in texas got the real thing, wait till you see the reaction when they meet their baby brother for the first time, their parents didn't tell them about the your reaction, it's our daily

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welcome back, 5:44, this year's christmas decorations at the white house not only stunning but record breaking as well. >> there are 62 christmas trees, 70,000 trinkets and heights, and maybe the most spectacular, a 500 pound ginger bread house coated in dark chocolate, the icing alone weighs 25 pounds. >> wow! >> yeah. if that doesn't make you hungry this morning, dark chocolate

>> my brother got to go to the white house. >> i know! did he take lots of pictures? >> no, he didn't send any to me. >> you got to get on that. >> and left his swag bag at the white house. my mom was like, what is wrong with you? that's why i'm the favorite. [ laughter ] judge. >> oh, he's in so much trouble! it's interesting, because your brother in dc is not watching, you can say that. >> right, he'll find out through on. >> i will post had video, how about that one? >> there you go! [ laughter ] i have a little bit of a tough time by that ginger bread house, walk right by, take a piece, temperature right now in the city of austin is running in the upper 30s, 37 degrees at logan, the wind from the north, 13 miles per hour, occasionally 20 miles per hour along the coast, 35 degrees 25 degrees in

taunton back to the coast, 50s across southern new england, high in the 40s, satellite and radar shows the clouds in place and we've been tracking some rain, advancing through the vineyard and nantucket, generally light but notice the progression, generally from south to north, some of this fill in on the cape, south and east of nantucket, so what does it mean for the rest of us a cooler day today, but most of us will be dry, notice a couple showers may sneak up towards bristol, plymouth county, south shore, maybe one or two in the city of boston midday but the study its light rain, we'll be focused out over southern plymouth county over the cape and isolated shower around for the commute, no weather related cloud cover develop, high temperatures not in the 50s, again that north northeast wind, keeping us in the 40s today, pretty uniform too from southern

in the cape, couple degrees and that will do it today, overnight tonight, partly cloudy, the coldest suburbs dip in the 20s, mid 40s, that's pretty normal, seasonal for this time of year, clouds across the interior, closer you get to the coast, breaks in the sunshine and then by thursday, high pressure sliding east, a weak cold front coming in, that will bring clouds on thursday and there is a threat for brief passing shower thursday evening in to early on friday, but the front kfb die down over us and what we get is a warming trend as we head through the end of the week, so despite the clouds, coming in the 50s on thursday and friday, mainly dry but clouds sticking around for the weekend, 55 to 60 on saturday and sunday, next chance of rain comes in for the start of next week, traffic and weather, robi busy start? >> yeah, good news about that crash we told you about west of the city, the accident out in

that's a busy stretch but it look like that cleared up, no back ups out there right now. to the south, those delays we were seeing on 95 northbound and norwood have cleared out after a construction crew there, packed up 24 northbound is bumper to bumper, you crawl between 37 and the split the expressway hangs up a bit between granite avenue and free port, let's check it now, 93 southbound is sluggish in the methuane stretch, it looks like an accident on 93 southbound and woburn, your stop and go between commerce way and mong feld avenue. chris and kathryn? 548 right now, new details in the california mass shooting. but breaking news in milton, reports of the a burned body found, top details. >> reporter: good morning, i'm

milton line, where investigators are looking in to the death of a person touchdown just over this wall here, underneath a bridge there, i want to get you right to some video this morning, shot just a short time ago, i can tell you at this point, this is a milton police and state police investigation. we do know that the fire marshal was here on scene as well as state and local police, really trying to get some answers in to this death investigation, back here live i can also tell you we've put in several calls to milton police as well as state police, and we're waiting to hear back from them, we'll bring you that information as soon as we get it. live in milton, nicole jacobs, wbz "this morning". good morning, i'm susie steimle live where this chipotle is now closed after 30 boston college students got very sick after eating here over the weekend, a number of those were

unclear if this is linked to the e. coli outbreak that affected chipotles in nine other states. more than 50 people have been sick. the health department is investigating and we'll tell you what the chain had to say for itself, coming up at 6:00. for now live in cleveland circle, susie steimle, wbz "this morning". a lawrence man faced a judge accused of planting a hoax device in boston. police say james depetney left a suit kies next to homeland security on friday, all caught on surveillance cameras, the suitcase safely detonated by the bomb squad, no explosives found. a hartford man faced a connecticut judge in a strange crime for stealing skeletal remains from a worcester cemetery. amador medina told the court he for prayer.

children taken from a cemetery in worcester, heading back to worcester for charges in the case. the person who bought the rifles in last week's california terror attack is checked in to a hospital for mental health reasons. the fbi now says the couple who killed 14 people in san bernardino had been radicalized for some time, now investigators want to know when they radicalized, if they had any direct contact with isis, and where that might have happened. syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik were, went to target practice, just days before the shooting. coming up at 6:00 a.m., what farook told coworkers about his views on america. basketball star lebron james signs a major endorsement deal with nike, the cavs signed a lifetime contract after he stops playing, they signed off on the deal. >> i'm going with a lot of money, right? [ laughter ]

talker, children often find big surprises under the christmas tree, this might top them all. >> hopefully. three sisters in texas are used to getting baby dolls from santa, but this year they got the real thing, here's robi with this one. >> courtney and steve salstad are going to have a hard time topping their gift to their girls. the couple from dallas didn't tell the daughters they were going through the adoption process, they waited until it was finalized then put baby nathan under the tree, of course they were rolling on the whole thing with the new sisters got surprise of their young lives. >> that's your new baby brother. [ indiscernible ] >> yes, don't wet your pants, not sure why they didn't show baby nathan but posted a video of him in the facebook, the sign next to him reads my christmas wish list reads for my mom and

now the video went viral, viewed more than 60,000 times, perhaps the family was a little overwhelmed by all the attention because the video has now been removed from all social media, and the solstads have changed their privacy settings on their previously open facebook page. so anyway, not to have a buzz kill, but we ask you, what's your favorite christmas surprise? no doubt you can't top that one in dallas, texas. marie says on facebook, my happiest christmas to date was 2013 when my sweet granddaughter was born, she just turned 2 and she's a treasure. want to share your big christmas surprises with us, on facebook, twitter, share more coming up at 6:00 a.m. chris and kathryn? >> all right, robi, thank you very much. 5:53, still to come, causing mischief in homes across the state. >> and now police are warning

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the bourn police making an addition to their wanted list, the elf on the shelf. >> posting this on their facebook page saying it's wanted in a string of ginger bread house invasions, they say he's a specialist in covert surveillance and he's known to spread christmas cheer, the post has been shared more than 2,600 times on facebook and counting.

to make sure everybody is behaving. >> i was thinking, anchor on the shelf, could work out. >> pick me up on a shelf? yeah! [ laughter ] >> keep it right here, wbz "this morning", top stories straight ahead.

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