a big story it's 5:30, officials say that a veteran red line train conductor made multiple errors to take off without anyone behind the controls. the train passed four different stations before finally coasting to a stop and one time going at least 40 miles per hour. it took passengers on board to kick in the door to the conductor's cab -- cabin to find out it was not manned. >> and gronkowski and edelman were back on the field today. the patriots lost two games with them out. >> and investigators scouring a lake in san bernardino where they believe that the mass shooters may have thrown evidence.

hard drive. 5:30. this is disturbing video from inside a boston uber. the driver said he was attacked customers a ride. and we've seen this a lot. uber drivers attacked for refusing a ride. >> and the passengers, the driver said, were going after him because of his religion. when he told them to get out, he said they attacked him. bill shields has more. bill? >> reporter: it's unclear if this was based on a hate crime or whether or not this was simply a drunk acting out. but regardless, the video is very disturbing. abdul drives for uber because he feels it's safer. early this morning on stewart street, he picked up a group of people, five men and a woman,

polite except one named andrew. >> you know, he was a very bad man. and i'm sorry. disrespectful. i can't take you. you can please get out? >> reporter: even the passenger in the front seat tries to get him. seconds later as the others were trying to calm down andrew, he attacked. andrew. >> this isn't good. >> reporter: andrew has the beard and gray sweater. and then he starts kicking abdul's minivan. you must have been fighting because you got a group of guys here. >> yeah. one guy was threatening, one guy. this is andrew. >> reporter: abdul is originally from bangladesh and came here to raise his children as americans. >> i have two kids. and i love this country.

good to me, and i like it. but i am concerned, very concerned now. >> reporter: uber has identified the passenger and he will no longer be allowed to outside their platform. as for police, no charges yet. david? >> bill, thank you. developing news out of california. investigators want to know how a medical helicopter crashed 135 miles northwest of l.a. all four people including the patient, pilot, flight nurse, and paramedic died. crews reported heavy rain and fog when the plane went down. a fire in downtown l.a. flames start inside a commercial building after 5:00, firefighters ordered off the roof just before it collapsed. the good news is no one was injured. crews are cleaning up from a damaging tornado in washington state. you can see it clearly with the twister touching down in the city of battle ground outside

it was only to the ground for 30 seconds, but that's all it took for trees to snap in half. the 100-mile per hour winds blew out windows and doors. no one hurt, but it's just the latest storm that has slammed the pacific northwest in a week. >> it looks like the wizard of oz out here. there was debris everywhere, trees flying down the road. >> heavy rain flooded parts of the state with 18" in spots and as much as 3 feet of snow forecast for parts of northern california. and in the race for the white house, frontrunner donald trump is verbally sparring with ted cruz. he told the crowd at the private event he isn't worried about trump or ben carson and that, quote, gravity would bring both candidates down. a new poll find that is 58% of americans disagree with donald trump's plan to ban muslims

>> does trump have an you'll -- ulterior motive for running? jeb bush is leading the charge, and we're check the facts on the campaign conspiracy. >> reporter: it's a theme he's been pushing for days, and during our interview, bush doubled down on his claims that trump is a sort of political pro -- trojan horse. do you really believe he is out to help clinton? >> i don't know how else to describe it. he's motivated for some reason but it's not to win the presidency. he's not a serious person. he's not a serious candidate. we're living in serious times and the proposals are unserious. >> reporter: the proposals that bill and hillary attended trump's wedding and ivanka is

>> he was a democrat not that long ago and supported hillary clinton and thought clinton would be a good negotiator with iran. >> reporter: that would be quite the conspiracy and make the manchurian candidate look like child's play. >> winning the primary would guarantee that hillary clinton would be elected president. >> reporter: there is some truth in his claims that trump's proposals are as much hot air as fresh air, and repeatedly floating an unsubstantiated conspiracy without a shred of evidence just doesn't pass the truth test. i'm jon keller at law, wbz news. >> thank you, and you can watch the entire interview on keller at large on sunday morning at 8:30 on wbz news. still to come tonight, we're seen it before, a toddler with scissors decides to take a

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we've all had a bad haircut that made us want to cry. >> but one little girl has us beat, and her tearful explanation as to why she has cut her own hair has gone viral. >> i want to know how to -- >> but you don't know how, so when we don't know how, we shouldn't cut it, should we? >> we shouldn't, but i was just practicing today. >> so she was just practicing. >> aw.

hairdresser when she gets older. her dad tells hershey can practice again when she is bigger, but she is worried that she won't have scissors, and you can't see this in the picture but it looks good. it's one of those business in the front and party in the back. >> like a mullet? >> yes, and you can see on the side, she has the long layer in the back. >> a trend setter. and two girls get the surprise of a lifetime from santa claus. >> the christmas wish was for their fort -- father to come home from afghanistan. take a look. oh, with an audience, too. the heartwarming reunion happened at a clarkseville, tennessee mall, all planned by the girl's mother who wanted to do something special. he was gone for nine months. >> what a wonderful story, and it was predicated on them asking for santa to return. if they had asked for a pony,

and in the spirit of the holiday, some montreal canadiens are trading in their hockey sticks for a microphone. >> and they are just letting it go. & let it go, let it go && can't hold it back anymore. && let it go. turn away and slam the door &. >> oh, officially the worst rendition ever. the entire team took turns singing the lyrics to "let it go" proving for the most part they cannot sing and as they found out -- >> hey, he was all right. >> the bruins beat them the other night. i think the bruins can do a better job singing. >> i am sure. >> after all of that christmas shopping, money can be tight. >> but the phantom gourmet shows we can still get good food on a budget. >> reporter: this is a far cry from the big city steakhouses

happens to serve one of the region's best $20 steak cooked in a 70-year-old broiler. >> we use salt and drawn butter over it. but the broiler works. >>reporter: it's part candy store, part soda shop, and part bakery where new york-style bagels are made the right way. >> we are cheaper than anyone else. after 3:00, bagels 3 for $1. bagel cream cheese, $1 all day long. you can't beat the pricing. >> reporter: coney island hot dogs in worcester has been serving up great value and a top secret sauce since the 1920s. >> it's a family place, a proper place, a landmark. you combine it, and it makes for a wonderful experience. >> reporter: to help stretch your dining dollar at restaurants, remember the two

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one of your son or daughter's favorite toys could put security at risk. >> we're talking about wi-fi

holiday including "hello barbie." we learned just how much data about your family these dolls can collect. >> what kind of riding habit are you going to wear? >> pink. >> reporter: 6-year-old charlotte with "hello barbie" that asks and answers questions but charlotte and her mom aren't the only ones with access to the conversations. >> a lot of the data that the child is providing is going outside your home to a server, stored and processed. >> reporter: hello barbie is part of a new generation of toys that are wi-fi enabled. that means that they can be hacked. the toys send information to the manufacturer's server where it's stored leaving your information at the mercy of their security. we asked these computer security experts from worcester polytechnic to take a closer look. >> this particular devices it's kid safe and internet check marked. >> reporter: what does that mean in.

that is completely marketing. >> reporter: already, hackers exposed a major data preach with the vtech inner tab tablets. >> the server got hacked and they found a treasure trove of data. >> one single attack lets you in, and for example, this device might be now a recording device in your home and hanging out with your child all day up loading the information to who knows where. >> reporter: as for hello barbie, the campaign calls this the worst toy. >> to think that corporations are listening to the conversations in private moments and figuring how to monetize that is beyond creepy. >> reporter: it might leave parents longing for the days of simpler toys. >> you have to be extremely aware of what your kids are buying. >> think about someone actually

to get into our family info is crazy. >> reporter: it's not a trend going anywhere. so if you decided to get one, be careful what information your child shares at least until security catches up to the technology. >> fun. >> reporter: i reached out to the makers of the toys, and neither responded. according to the website, hello barbie has started a program to try and improve security. wbz news for the i-team. >> i think there is something to be side for regular toys like -- >> legos? >> and sometimes, they just want a piece of cardboard. >> or the box. that's what my son wants. eric? i said going in the commercial break i think it's silly that we haven't had any

an unusual winter, wouldn't you say? >> oh, yeah. are you -- >> i was laughing a bit. i'm going to bring my own white christmas. so far this winter, 0.0 in the city of boston, and that happens. but no snow through the end of december, that has only helped four times, so whether falling from the sky or off my suit, i assure that you we'll see something before this month is done. it's a boom or bust month, sometimes, we have big storms, and sometimes, not so much. we have a very quiet month here. and taking a look at the temperatures, 54 in boston, and 56 in providence, and it's been cooler across new hampshire where the fog is holding on throughout much of the day, and towards the mid-atlantic, temperatures at 63, and the cherry blossoms are coming out in washington, d.c. that's how warm it's been. the pacific storms are lined

and we are all above freezing tonight, 37 to 44, and a few clouds and fog particularly into new hampshire tonight. if you're traveling, you want low beams out there. high temps tomorrow, way up in the 50s and 60 degrees for south eastern massachusetts and cooler across southwest new hampshire, and 53 in joffrey, and the snow is not so much on our minds to start through the weekend. saturday night, this is where clouds will start to increase on us again, and we will have a blanket of clouds moving in from the west, and as we head into the day on sunday, the clouds will lay across southern new england. so it's a rare second half of the weekend, and overtime, we will get areas of showers and spotty drizzle. sowarm air in place on saturday, a back door cool front from the north, and we'll see highs 48 to 55 during sunday, and that will feel cooler especially with the clouds, but the average high is 42 in boston, and we will be way above that mark.

tomorrow and 60 degrees and the clouds filling in on saturday night and staying in the 40s and another night with winter moths which many of you have been commenting on this past few weeks, and next week, spotty clouds and drizzle and temperatures in the low 50s. we will start monday with the cooler air in place. the vast majority of monday, cool and drizzly, and then the warm front will slowly move through so as we head into the overnight hours especially in the evening until midnight, that's when we'll see the high temperatures and we will see the best chance of rain. when you look at the temperature trend, monday's high, 11:59:00 p.m., and friday's high will be in the morning and it will be early on, and then cooler air will start to rush in. here's a look at the full accu- weather 7-day forecast, temps above average through it, and the next storm is another wet one on thursday, and then on friday, the rain will come to an end, and friday will bring in the colder air. so by next weekend, it will feel like winter.

>> i have to save this guy from himself. [laughter] >> better? >> yes, much better. >> i don't know. there we go. >> i might wear if for the christmas crawl tomorrow. >> a tag on this? "spencer gifts." okay. [laughter] >> $19.99 on this beauty. if you like it, i'll tell you where to get it. i think it's a nice fashion statement. we need snow one way or the other. >> i think your phone is ringing off the hook, eric. >> and i'm changing before the 6:00. scott pelley might not love that. >> or he might love it. thank you. a once-orphaned siberian tiger, cinderella, was released into the wild two years ago and was recently spotted with two young cubs. a fairytale ending for the beautiful cat. and ringing in the holidays with a routine. up next, the bellmen that get in the groove to get you in the spirit. >> and coming up new at 6:00,

case that will not be fired. the governor is defending the decision and also ahead. >> how did they stop the run away train? we'll take you in the control

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texas golf house hotel put on a performance every night during the holidays. dressed up as toy soldiers, they boogie down their countdown to christmas dance. they're pretty good. >> encore. like, that was excellent. >> that was very good. the news at 6:00 starts right now. now at 6:00, stopping the run away train. we'll take you inside the mbta's control center to show how workers avoided a disaster. emergency? the safety systems in place and why they didn't help this time. >> and another chance for 60 tomorrow, a storm by monday. we will have the timeline. >> and a beautiful performance. a young violinist returns to children's hospital to perform

life and her incredible talent. a red line driver who wroak -- broke rules on the job. >> now, the driver, david vasquez, violented multiple safety procedures according to the governor. a source tells wbz that a rubber cord was wrapped around the controller used to accelerate the train. vasquez faces a hearing on monday and could be fired. we have team coverage and begin with beth germano live at the mbta's control center. beth? >> reporter: it was here that the call came in one minute after the train started moving. dispatchers here are given a lot of credit. but sources say this was the case of tampering and operator error. this is the mbta operations control center where the call