right now, donald trump heading to new hampshire, what the republican frontrunner is threaten to go do amide the backlash of his controversial muslim proposal. concerning allegations of abuse at a massachusetts investigation over what they are accused of of doing to students. campus police carrying assault weapons, the policy that has boston police alarmed. good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., great to have you with

better get out and start doing your christmas shopping, because it is only two weeks away. >> plenty of time, kathryn. her. speaking. >> okay. tools. >> uh-huh, this will motivate you, the weather. 55-60 the next several days. if you like the mild stretch. i mean to put it in perspective, we are 45 degrees in boston, that is warmer than we should be during the after into. humidity has gone up, wind from the south at 6 miles per hour. we are tracking a couple showers, generally light, they are not going to slow you down on the roads, maybe wipers on, maybe a couple showers through manchester, back edge coming through new boston stretching south to milford, brooklyn and new hampshire.

2994-95 interchange, light shower coming through, down through dover and medfield, these are going to push to 128 in a couple minutes, back down along the south coast of bit toll county. couple showers this morning, they are out of here right around or just before lunch time. sun breaks out, we come into the mid to upper 50s this afternoon, light southwest breeze and a mild evening, temperatures in the upper 40s for the ride home. traffic and weather together. the expressway, we have a disabled vehicle, north 3 northbound brain tree split, there stow ton 949 north bump tore bumper. let's check the north now. 93 southbound has two stop and two pockets in andover between river road and 133 between 128 and park street.

donald trump will be back in new hampshire sheared to amide backlash over his controversial proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. trump will attempt a campaign rally. >> the controversy has the republican frontrunner wavering on a fledge he made earlier this year, susie steimle with the details. >> chris, back in september donald trump signed a loyalty pledge to the gop saying that he would not run as an independent, now he is saying he might have to if this backlash continues. donald trump continues to offend an international audience as he defends his position on temporarily banning muslims from entering the united states. >> it's not about religion, this is about safety. >> students in turkey organized a protest against his comments. online, facebook ceo mark

for muslims on his website. ali encouraged muslims to stand up to trump. even president obama made a subtle jab. >> our freedom is bound up with the freedom of others regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice. >> the backlash has the republican frontrunner considering a run as an independent but only if he is forced to. >> if i'm treated fairly i would never do it. if i'm not treated fairly i will never do it. with some voters. >> he is the only one acknowledging there is a serious problem that needs to be analyzed. >> isreali prime minister has criticized trump's comments, he is still scheduled to visit israel at the end of the month. live in the satellite center, susie steimle wbz this morning. a woman hit and killed by a redline strain this morning,

the scene and they are recovering shall part of the redline was shut down for several hours after the woman was hit. not clear whether how or why she ended on the track. a piece of equipment malfunctioned shocking the firefighters. police are investigating a deadly shooting in dorchester, a man was shot and killed around 9:30 last night. right now no arrests have been made. 6:05. disturbing allegations of physical and emotional abuse at a school in western massachusetts, students in 99th-8th grade. bree is here now with this investigation. >> more than just being young, these kids are in a special program because they've experienced trauma in their lives. many have witnessed violence or are victims of sexual assault, now report from disability law center said their school may have further traumatized them.

april with a complaint from inside the peck school. and staff members. the report highlighting what they call a pattern of abuse and neglect. improper practices and unsafe conditions. which includes allegations of students being thrown to the floor and slapped, slammed into walls, pulled out of chairs, staff tackling students to the ground and in one instance times. one woman wanted to remain anonymous but said this about her time at the peck school. >> was literally dragged to an intervention room, kids were locked in the closet, and they were shut off the lights. >> the school officials say they made changes including a shakeup in school leadership and are finding outside experts to develop procedures for using restraints, they remain concerned about the program

abuse and they want a detailed plan from the schools by january. kathryn back to you. two 15-year-old girls will be in court accused of handcuffing a classmate and pointing a gun at her head, police say the girl who was attacked thought it was real. it happened at a house party last month and witnesses tell police it started over a fight over a boy, the names of the suspects are not being released. 6:07, also this morning northeastern university plans to arm campus police with high powered assault weapons. nichole jacobs is live on campus, nichole, boston police are the ones that aren't too thrilled about this. >> reporter: they are not, chris. it seems like they would have simply like today have been maybe even the decision. but instead they were left out of that situation. northeastern is right in the city of boston.

putting itself in an arena now drawing mixed opinions. >> as long as it's a last resort i think i would feel safe. >> reporter: campus police adding semiautomatic rifles after recent scenarios of active shooters on college campuses. >> in what situation they will use it. >> reporter: accord to go campus police the high powered weapons would only come into play during a threat. >> i generally don't think having more guns solves anything although i would them. >> reporter: wbz security analyst and former boston police commissioner tells us when fighting threats of this caliber police should be on a level playing field with the gunman. >> university police officer or local police officer to go on a suicide mission if they are going after someone with a rifle. >> reporter: boston police releasing a statement reading,

hear certain campus police departments within city neighborhoods make decisions like this without including the boston police. mayor marty walsh says he is concerned about this plan as well. slope. similar weapons they will only use them in moments of threats. we are live in boston nichole jacobs wbz this morning. and arming officers at northeastern is topic of our daily talker, join the conversation at boston.cbslocal.com, tweet us with the # wbz talker, ro bi will have comments coming up. mill berry police are investigating a hit list, the incident involved two stints but other than that the school isn't saying much. school officials said the incident has been addressed and

boston base draft kings and fan dual will meet with gambling regulators in massachusetts part of the day forum. massachusetts attorney general mara heelly has proposed her plan calls for new rules including age and advertising restrictions. 6:10 right now, coming unon wbz this morning using christmas to cover up a crime. what police say was inside massachusetts man. difference, you might know first aide, do you know what to do when someone is having an emotional breakdown, where to get skills that may save a live. sweet street one company is bringing back. i'm tracking a couple showers around this morning and mild temperatures as the sun breaks out, we are coming into the 50s today and we are going to stay mild for several days

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they are focusing on the little things that matter to customers. one of the snacks making a come back, if you don't know pastry waffle is a classic dutch cookie. they are good. >> i learned something today, i had no idea what it was, now i know. it looks good. >> it is delicious. >> gotta have that on my plate. it's so random. >> totally. >> a little snack can go a long way, take the edge off of the hunger. tracking a couple showers this morning, temperature right now in boston, it's 45 degrees. 459 degrees. what month are we in again? temperature right now is warmer than the average high for this time of the year 994 in wooster -- 4 in wooster.

sprinkles, back down to to you either side of 128 as well down in norwood where we have a light shower going through. stretching back up near buzzards bay, between now and late morning we get into a couple these showers a piece of upper level energy swinging through. vermont back into the berkshires, these will pass into northern massachusetts, 10:00 a.m. southern new hampshire, back down to fitch berg, the sun breaks out, we come into the 50s, now the clouds will be stubborn at times, they fill back in overnight tonight. i'm tracking another round of showers tomorrow. notice spotty showers inside of 128 tomorrow morning for your commute from the south shore back down to the cape. the cape and islands steady rain tomorrow morning, outer cape between early to mid morning tomorrow.

sun breaks out, we come into the 50s to near 60 tomorrow afternoon, here is the deal with the weekend, there is going to an front over us, it is the leading edge trying to battle back. we will be on the milder side but the question is for sundays personally, where does that front set up, maybe into eastern massachusetts that would keep us cooler and we keep the warm, the 60s in the berkshires and back through connecticut. we may see some 40s if that front can stay down closer to the coastline on sunday, we'll keep you posted on that. we go 55-60 today much that is about 10-15 degrees more above average for this time of the year. 45 in boston, upper 30s in the chilies suburbs, either side of 60 degrees tomorrow, early morning showers on cape cod. and when we actually see the sun break out, 55-60, another area of rain on monday will be steady in the afternoon and gone by tuesday.

well above average in the 50s. traffic and weather together. danielle, a breakdown north of the city causing problems right now. taking a live look over route 1, the broken down car is route 1 before route 60, the left lane is blocked, the stop and go back up is to walnut street. 939 southbound bumper to bumper andover, let's check the map, the expressway is jammed mall to the split. u crawl between brockton and randolph, 95 north stop and go to 28. chris and kathryn. it is 6:17 right now. mental health is a tricky thing to assess and a person's well- being seems like a gray area. >> no one wants to live with the regret of wishing they'd done something with a person who is struggling, propose add look at training to let you know when to step in. how men economy times after

i wish i reallied or i wish i had known, it's impossible to know exactly what someone is thinking. mental health first aid, churches, schools and every day citizens are trying to pick up the subtle crews of someone in trouble. when you are physically hurt a 111 operator can talk you through first aid until medical help arrives. but when faced with someone having an emotional crisis would you know what to do. >> people are afraid, people don't know how to handle it, what they should do or they are worried what that will mean. >> social worker cath lin to faculty. their superintendent says the staff wanted to be proactive and have yet another tool to help them serve families. >> our ultimate goal is to have struggling with social, emotional issues of any type it can interfere with that process.

in which we can really focus on our students and their well- being. >> i'm concerned about you. >> through exercises like role playing, the 8 hour training gives them signs to look for. coordinated on a national level, the program can be taylored to adults orchids and within the last seven years has taught thousands about early intervention. >> we walk them through how to assess, how to approach somebody that they think is having mental health issues, so they actually leave with a nice tool kit how to handle those scenarios. >> cath lin says her job is getting busier as more groups recognize the need for emotional well-being. >> i think the mental health first aid does a great job of informing people and desigmatising and handing with mental health problems and mental illness. >> mental health first aid is

psychologists or dispensing medication, it's a chance for every day citizens for learning techniques to get their loved ones help. chris and kathryn back to you. 6:20 right now on thursday morning, boston college basketball players who got sick at chipotle back in action. how they performed in their first game back. and seven puppies making history, meet the first ever test tube dogs, how scientists

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dedicated to martin richard, details of the design are still being worked out. they are hope to go open the bark up in 2017. the boston college mens basketball team may not be sick anymore but their fans may not be feeling well after last night's game. some of the players got sick from the norovirus outbreak linked to the chipotle in cleveland circle. they are cleared to play but the eagles fell to the friars 56-61, some fans seemed to know this would happen. >> when i read about that in the paper yesterday, i said oh, gees it's going to be a run away from providence. >> i didn't even know if the game was going to go on. >> i think it's an excuse. no, it is what it is. i feel bad for the kids. i feel bad for the school. >> meantime, boston college is trying to control the norovirus outbreak on campus, the school is closing salad bars on campus and giving students special

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right now at 6:30, donald trump threaten to go break a promise as he heads to new hampshire today. and controversy over a plan at northeastern university to arm its police officers, a closer look at the idea and what you're saying about it.

had to ban texting while driving, why handheld cell phone conversations are going to have to be next. good morning to you, it is 6:30, thanks so much for being us with, i'm chris mckinnon. and i'm kathryn hauser. we are going to get a check with the weather with danielle niles. right on through the weekend, start of next week, only thing to watch this morning a couple showers they are light, more of a nuisance much as you are heading out, look at a shot from christopher columbus, beautiful with the wreath and the blue lights up and this is the scene across southern new england, nice festive look, and temperature wise we are in the 40s, so it is a mild start, the kids may want the umbrella or the rain

everyone is going to see a shower and we will come into the 50s, 45 in boston a couple spritzes either side. chester new hampshire, we have a couple showers when you get outside of 128, 495 belt, mansfield back up to franklin, light shower activity up near plymouth as well. a shower or two generally light, light south, southeast wind and most of these showers will be done before lunch time. breaks of sunshine 55 degrees for lunch hour topping off at 55-60, mild conditions through the evening drive, sunset at 4:19:11. tracking another round of showers tomorrow, hour by hour forecast coming un. what is the latest. danielle before we get the roads, severe delays on the

of a disabled train, they weren't specific where that disabled train is, both directions on the redline, we'll get more information for you coming up soon. earlier breakdown causing big backups route 1 north of the city. disi believe add -- disabled car was blocking the left lane, bumper to bumper backup is route 60 past 95. 93 south bound jammed. to the south expressway north crawls from the split to south bay mall. stop and go from randolph back to brockton. 95 north that looks heavy to 128. chris and kathryn. donald trump takes his campaign to new hampshire. >> and the republican frontrunner could break a promise he made over his plan to prevent muslims from entering the u.s. susie steimle

tough talk from trump. >> good morning, kathryn. that is right, donald trump could be going back on a promises he made in september he would not run as an independent, as republican leaders speak out against him he might not have a choice. this most recent controversial comment about beening muslims temporarily from the united states sparked international backlash. students in turkey organized a protest against him. in great britain a petition is circulating suggesting trump be banned from that country. several have all publicly opposed this comment. trump maintains he doesn't want to run as an independent but threatens he will if he is forced to. >> if i'm treated fairly i would never do it, if i'm not treated fairly i might well do it. i think it's highly unlikely unless they break the pledge to me. >> trump is the only candidate

police benevolent association today where he will be campaigning, that group says they will either endorse trump or stay out of the race. line in the satellite center susie steimle. thank you very much. we are learning much more about the fbi director james comey testified that sayed farook and tashfeen malik were radicalized two years ago, way before the two met and before the rise of isis. >> as early as the end of 2013 they were talking to each other by jihad and mar dire come before they became and engaged and married and lived in the united states. >> the radicalization cbs news learned the fbi is. other news this morning

remains go missing from hope cemetery in wooster, police say the thieves are using the skeletons in religious ceremonies, police have been checking all the mausoleums in the city, police say medina told them he is a santoria priest. officers believe the locks were cut back in may but the bones september. closing arguments expected tomorrow in the trial of a danvers teenagers charged with murdering his math teacher. in court yesterday a prosecution witness attacked philip chisms insanity defense. psycho analyzed surveillance video, he claims every chacks chism took was methodical. chism's actions were that of someone trying to humiliated and dominate a victim.

university announcing plans to arm campus police with high powered assault rifles, but some people are not happy about it including boston police. nichole jacobs is live with us on campus. >> reporter: it's a decision boston police say they simply would have liked to be part of especially since northeastern is right in the middle of the city. the school's new security plan comes right after multiple scary, deadly, threatening school campus situations where an active shooter was on campus. this across the country of course at northeast in, campus police save the rifles would not be used on a day-to-day basis but only when there is an active threat. here is wbz security analysts and former boston police commissioner ed davis. >> it really asking an officer whether he is a university police officer or a local

suicide mission if they are going after someone with a rifle. >> reporter: boston university and mit we've learned also have access to similar weapons, of course they also say they will only use them in emergency situations. we are live in boston, nichole jacobs, wbz this morning. >> nichole, thank you. and northeastern's plan is our daily talker today, we want to know what do you think about the idea? robi is here with a closer look at the proposal and reaction. >> hi kathryn, boston would have liked to have been included in the discussion since the university is within city limits, but nu police insist they are not going off half cocked, 20 nu officers out of 65 on the force are undergoing training to use semiautomatic rifles, they have to pass a physical, undergo training each month with the state police.

for the fire power. they told the globe watch cnn there are things that are happening around the country that cause us to pay attention. nu campus is a half mile away from the headquarters officers can respond faster. a minister told the globe he could understand if a remote campus is doing this. so, here is what some of our viewers are talking northeastern arm willing themselves here, this is from our website i can see the need for armed officers, but i don't see the need to arm them with these guns that can spray a room with 100 rounds of ammunition in 5 seconds. more than likely they would be looking to take out one or two crazy gun men. >> and ricky on facebook says, be armed but don't kill innocent people who are doing

especially when some are doing a protest. >> thanks for comments, number of ways to do on our website, twitter and facebook you can comment all day long. 6:39 right now, lawmakers in massachusetts are moving closer to a been on the use of handheld cell phones while driving, earlier this week they held a hearing on one bill that would raise fines. >> lawmakers on the transportation committee tell the globe they expect the bill to get final consideration early next year. jon keller gives us his take. >> freedom is not free, and while it's meant as a reference to the sacrifices made by members of our military it applies to each of you in our every day lives as well. consider the damage we do to ourselves and each other by using handheld cell phones

accord to go the national safety council, 27% of car crashes are tied to driver distraction from cell phone use, some involving texting, but most resulting from simply phone. that is several hundred thousand crashes we're talking deaths. and the true meaning of those numbers was apparent at the statehouse as lawmakers heard of norwood who lost his daughter to injuries sustained when she was hit by a distracted driver texting behind the wheel. we already banned that in this state although enforcement is proven difficult. we probably have to go ahead and ban handheld conversations as well because even after years of horror stories and official warnings, too many of us still cannot be bothered to exercise the minimal amount of care and patience needed to either enable hands free cell phone use or postpone our

just a minute. i'm sure some will protest this invasion of their privacy after all, a person's car is their castle, right? but when that attitude translates into reckless disregard for public safety, well no it isn't. like they say, freedom isn't free. your feedback is welcome, e- mail me at keller at wbztv.com or keller at large. 6:41 on thursday morning, just a ahead, a deadly situation on the d deadline. >> also ahead, the next step in the fantasy sports debate, the big meeting taking place in

it is 6:94 right now, take a look at what is behind us, this is after a series of damage,. they have been getting pummeled, there is a big river of air, jet stream turn the the storm. it has allowed for a ton of rain to dump in a short period of time, flooding landslides, power outages, falling rocks and debris kept sliding into the road, severe flooding around seattle in three different counties and some parts of the state entire neighborhoods are under water. here at home we are dealing

and it's mild. temperatures running in the 40s, weather sitting at 49 degrees, it is 47 at the carlton elementary school in salem. concord at 45 degrees. that is warmer than we typically are in the afternoon normally at this time of year. couple spring he wills out there, more of a nuisance, not going to slow you down, east of 93 in southern new hampshire, baring ton and farther south you go into massachusetts. medfield and sharon crossing 95 these are going to slide east in the next 20 minutes, next brockton you will get a couple sprinkles over you, worth having the umbrella on stand by or pop up the hood briefly. anything that comes through is pretty light. additional showers coming into the berkshires right now, upper level energy that needs to swing through, between now and let's say 10:00 a.m., there may

south coast until midday much then the sun breaks we come into the 50s today. it's going to be quite mild, the clouds will fill back in overnight tonight. and tomorrow we are going to get skirted by an area of low pressure that may bring a couple showers to the cape tomorrow morning, especially, otherwise the sun breaks out again, we come 55-60 tomorrow afternoon as well. what about the weekend? there is going to an front right over us, dividing line between cooler air east he were canada, this is a battle zone between that there will be a lot of clouds around especially on sunday, the question becomes where does this front set up, if we can get the wind to turn on shore we are going to be cooler at the immediate coastline and northern massachusetts on sunday. cooler is relative, of course, i'm thinking 40s for highs. 50s and 60s the farther southwest.

north well into the 60s and approach record highs. exactly where that front sets up, upper east, 10-15 degrees above the normal for this time of year, light south, southwest breeze this afternoon, 60 either side of that from plymouth to tauton, tonight becoming cloudy, upper 30s, 46 downtown, 55-60 through the weekend, next round of rain comes in on monday, especially late in the day cools us off a bit, still in the 50s on tuesday and wednesday. friendly reminder wbz winter preview is two days away much telling you how to save money this winter, training tips for the boston marathon, snowflakes like you've never seen them before and prediction on how much snow is going to fall. hope you can tune in saturday evening at 7:30, traffic and weather together. danielle the mbta severe lanes because of a disabled

we are hearing about a crash south of boston right now, the accident is down in north, 95 northbound before 295 total traffic network says the left lane is blocked, let's go to the south map right now if we can. yes, in the middle screen 20 northbound back to brockton probably a 45 minute ride. the expressway northbound from the brain tree split up to columbia road 35 minutes there. and let's check the north ride there has got at that be 93 southbound in the mid of of the screen, that is packed from andover all the way down to medford into the connector there. that is going to be 45 minutes to and hour right there. also route is 1 southbound looks jammed from pbd down to revere is another nasty ride. >> thank you very much.

our top stories on thursday morning, an investigation into into a school in western mass reveals disturbing allegations of physical and emotional abuse. >> students answer special program at the peck school were subjected to unnecessary restraint, body slamming and more. they removed the principal and said it's consulting experts on further reforms. less are not identifying the woman hit and killed by a woman hit by a redline train, two firefighters hurt at the scene are recovering, it happened wednesday evening at the downtown crossing station, a piece of equipment malfunctioned shocking firefighters with electricity. boston based draft kings and fan dual are meeting with regulators part of a day long forum at the heinz convention center. massachusetts attorney general regulating calling for new rules including age and advertising restrictions.

the changes you will see at fenway and what some fans are staying about it. plus the bruins taking on

6:52 right now, the red sox taking new steps to protect fans. major league baseball encouraging all of its teams to do something after several fans

the sox said they plan to expand the netting from the home plate all the way out to the dugouts. one victim that was hurt at fenway says it's about time. >> all it takes is a parent to take a second, and in that one second a ball could come in at them. >> the red sox are reaching out to the ticket holders most affected by the plan changes. a busy night in sports beth the bees and the celtics in action, the bruins north of the border taking on the montreal canadians. take a look at this, breaks to the shorthand, goal tying the game up. it only got better from there. bees win 3-19, they snap a seven game losing streak. now to the gardens, bulls second quarter, turner with a steal here.

celtics up 8 in the 99th. turner to david lee who finishes. lee was fired up about this when celtics win their second. taking the undefeated golden state warriors tomorrow. >> 360-degree dunk that was cool. >> that was good. well it is 6:54 right now,. let's check in with charlie rose. good morning, chris and kathryn. ahead on cbs we are in san bernardino with evidence that terrorists shared extremist views long before they married, plus we take you to the sky to find out how new laser christmas displays can be a dang tore pilots. the news is back in the morning, see you at 7 owe glock what made police change their tune and not give one man a

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california man is lucky he has a good voice. >> he managed to sing his way out a ticket when he got pulled over for not wearing a seat belt. >> grab a selfie stick and it was action. you are so beautiful to me. >> okay. he is a gospel singer.

apieced, they asked him to prove it and it worked, the three officers let him go without the ticket. >> i wonder if he put the word seat belt. >> i think if i got pulled over and got a ticket. >> noise violation. so 55-60 for the next several days, not feeling like -- a bear on at boat -- on a boat. >> hey, we are trying to get into the holiday spirit, christmas spirit even though it feels like fall. >> thanks, danielle.