. right now at 4:30, ross returns putting the pats on a winning track. plus what tom brady thinks about having number 87 back on the field. a redline operator job could be on the line today, the disciplinary action he is facing. wrapping up the case against philip chism, what to expect in court today.

right now, great to have you here, i'm kathryn hauser. and i'm bree sison, monday morning already here, like the last full week before christmas. that's true, if you have things to do this is the week to do. >> i have so much to do. danielle niles we had a lot to do outside. >> i know, right, we have to do the wrapping and all that good stuff. the good news here, i'm tracking rain but the steadiest rain is going to hold off until late this evening and overnight tonight. southeast breeze right now in the city of boston, 5 miles per hour, the temperature is 46 degrees and most of us are in the 40s right now as you are stepping out this morning. 492 in wooster, but the clouds are in place but these clouds will be with us from start to finish, there may be a touch of patchy fog. sunrise coming up at 7:05,

is gradually rising temperatures, mostly cloudy skies, low 50s for lunch time, light wind from the southeast, 54 for the ride home. rain will be approaching and the steadiest rain arrives on the commute home. i am going to time out the rain hour by hour in a couple minute. patriots get back to their winning ways and some get the much needed defense. patriots clinched a playoff spot, we were almost nervous right? >> steve burton has the highlights. >> good morning, everyone, the patriots they haven't lost three games in a row since 205, patriots bet the texans by a score of 27-6, tom brady had himself a good game, gronk played well.

game, ron gronkowski gets the defense setting up the first touchdown of the game. brady, he finds brady from a yard out. four catches, 8.7 yards and a touchdown, pats led 17-6 in the half. finishing touch, gaines white from two yards out. after the game, brady spoke about the return of his all-pro tight end. >> he made a great play to start the game. he is a huge in flounce on what we do offensively, he really toughed it out. i'm proud of him. you know, he is obviously a big part of what we do. it is great to have him out there. great player, great teammate. blocking, you know, past protecting, obviously pass game, short intermediate deep, good matchup.

>> sort patriots control their own test knee -- destiny. tennessee titans next sunday right here at gillette stadium, steve burton, guys, back to you. 4:33 right now, the redline operator whose train took off without him will face a disciplinary hearing today, operator david vazquez violated multiple safety procedures, a rubber cord was wrapped around the lot he will controls, the train rolled on for 9 minutes before power was cut and it came to a stop. and two mbta employees who helped stop that run away train will be given a governor citation for their efforts. looking into a deadly house fire in wooster, firefighters

found an elderly man and woman inside. paramedics rushed the couple to died. >> it was a shock, we saw them going into the house and you could tell when the smoke was coming out it wasn't good. >> the state fire marshal thinks the fire started on the first floor possibly in the living room. closing arguments are expected to get under way this morning in the philip chism murder trial and jurors could day. chism's lawyer says his client has a history of psychiatric problems and was criminally insane of the murder. the prosecution argues chism has been faking insanity and knew what he was doing. the holiday season is

paul burton explains money from ticket sales will benefit the beloved teacher's foundation. >> danvers high school auditorium transformed into a full blown holiday pop concert. this is a great time and we get to do some good with it. >> this year's concert will benefit the colleen e receipt general memorial scholarship fund. >> colleen was a wonderful example of the ideal of teaching and caring for her students. >> 17-year-old danielle scott gale said it's been a and staff. >> i know she was really a nice compassionate person and her students really loved her. >> holiday and christmastime was so important to colleen, a concert is something that will carry her legacy. >> this is a difficult time for

community with the closing arguments happening this -- week. >> it's nice to do this kind of stuff. and i keep her memory alive. >> what she has meant to this community and legacy especially for students who want to go on and study education in college, her fund benefits those students. >> paul burton wbz news. today flags across connecticut will fly at half staff to mark the three anniversary of the school shooting in knew town, 20 children and six adults were school. this is the first time the anniversary falls on a weekday. the three years after the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school gun control advocates in boston will unveil

highlight massachusetts gun action. it is 43:79 right now, campaign 2016 new poles in the race for the presidential nomination ted cruz is beginning on trump, don champion has the details. >> the gloves have finally come off in the battle between donald trump and his new top rival ted cruz. >> i don't think he is qualified to be president. >> hours after referring to cruz as a maniac, trump took to twitter expressing disappointment for questioning his judgment. cruz jokingly responded by posting a video of the song maniac from the hit movie 80s flash dance, showing cruz ahead of the billionaire in the key

register politics poll shows cruz 10 points ahead as unpresidented 21 points since last october. >> he is making the constituencies. >> cruz has become a target for marco rubio who is third place. >> he talks tough on some of carpet bomb isis, the only budget he voted for is a budget that cut defense spending. >> a new nbc news wall street journal finds hillary clinton would chons cruz and trump in a matchup but lose to rubio. don champion cbs news. pope francis is coming to mexico. the vatican confirms the pope will make a six day trip in mexico in february rarely, the

on immigrant rights, cardinal shaun o'malley told the website press that he will join the pope. it is 4:39, coming up this morning, a grinch trying to steal christmas twice, watertown neighborhood fought back and stepped up to light one family's home. and taylor swift giving fans an early christmas present. new england college trying to lure massachusetts students with cheaper tuition, we'll

only 11 days until christmas, i haven't started shopping, for those of you who haven't finished shopping you are not alone. >> taylor swift is singing a new tune. those stories and some intertrade news in money watch, good morning, hannah. good morning, ladies, happy monday, the federal reserve is expected to raise 0 interest rate for the first time in 9 years, experts predict the rate percent. the hike means more interest for safers but borrowers would

it seems apple music and taylor swift have put aside their bad blood, she tweeted that apple will day bow the 19899 world tour live movie on december 20th, giving fans the behind the scenes look of her tour, the 26-year-old made the announcement on her birthday. a new poll finds 36% of shoppers have yet to begin making a dent in their gift giving list, that is up 6% from last year. consumer report says despite the late start procrastinators are not feeling stressed about it. >> i can't believe you haven't started. >> you have to remember i ship most of my stuff to other people, prime will give me one day turn around, it's fine, i got all day. >> stress for her. >> thanks so much, check in with you in the next hour. >> i have my list of things to do. >> look at you.

i'll take you up on that. here is a check of your weather, here is monday. >> organization is key, via few big ticket items i still have to get, this is the weekend, thankfully the weather is going to be good today. 40s this morning, mild start, 46 degrees in boston, the temperature is above what our average high should be this time of the year, there are clouds in place but we are dry right now, and i do think a lot of the day today is going to be spent dry aside from an isolated patch of drizzle, most of us waiting on this rain to the west, look at the spin there. areas of snow on the back side of it from parts of nebraska back down to kansas, this is also responsible for severe weather in the southern plains this weekend. for us the rain is going to take time to advance into southern new england, even

you. 8:00 p.m. we get lighter showers coming state. the steadiest and heaviest rainfall is late this evening after 10:00 p.m., overnight tonight and it's done by tomorrow morning, there may be a little bit of rain in the early part of the commute, the sun breaks out tomorrow, gusts between 30-40 miles per hour, tomorrow afternoon. and new area of high pressure builds in, wednesday looks quieter, we'll have a blended sun and clouds, dry for the middle part of the week. getting you closer to the time, in the the areas of rain coming west to east. isolated rumble of thunder can't be ruled out, most of it period. a.m. we are starting to dry out,

eastern massachusetts inside of 495 if you are an early morning commuter still dealing with pockets of rain, ending pretty quickly and drying out, temperatures will be up again around 60 degrees. today gradual process but we do manage 50s again this afternoon, mild one 10-15 be. the 50s, temperatures may slowly rise and highs tomorrow will be just shy of 60 in many communities. the sun will be out, temperatures in the mid 40s, areas of rain developing on thursday, that is the other wet period this week. we have a turn and it will be colder for the weekend, temperatures around 40, ladies back to you. >> thank you very much. a christmas grinch steals lights from a watertown

>> neighbors have replaced the stolen decorations and then some. >> the candy canes might appear to sparkle more, the lights glim her a little lighter. >> everybody got together and watertown strong. >> thieves stole the decorations, they struck first a week ago and came back on friday. >> i had an empty feeling, it was empty. >> her story spread and others felt empty, too. >> i was so upset. the family is awesome. >> they give a lot and they deserve it. >> friends and friends of friends decided to you are prize clark, they bought and gathered donated decorations. >> i heard a commotion and i thought they were taking my joseph and my mary and my jesus. >> the commotion was not santa but pretty close. they were who clark calls her decorating angels. today when i came out and i saw what they were doing, i was just overwhelmed.

>> ron who is a family friend admits he orchestrated this. >> the grinch have a heart? or perhaps it's perfect. >> i love each and everyone of you. >> ron's second tattoo is of the snow micer who loves santa clause proving the christmas spirit prevails. i had more on the patriots win over texas. we are going to hear from pats injury. a miniature horse shot in the leg, how the community is

4:52 our top stories, closing arguments are expected today in the trial of a teen charged with raping and murdering his math teacher. philip chism's lawyer said he was insane. the prosecution argued philip chism is faking insanity and knew what he was doing.

train took off without him will face a disciplinary hearing today, david vazquez violated multiple safety procedures, a rubber cord was wrapped around the lot he will control, the run away train rolled on for 99 minutes before it came to a stop. the pats snap a two game losing streak bitting the texans 20-6. the game marked ron gronkowski's first game back. >> it was sat fewing coming out here to get that win. that's all we wanted to do, come back out, get on the winning track again. >> not such great news though, blunt injured his hip in the first half and didn't return. we should know more about his injury later today. 4:53, the suspect in the deadly car crash heads to court today, 33-year-old mike at

hit and killed a man friday night. 71-year-old joseph gray dee was hit while trying to get to his roadside stand where he was selling christmas trees. his wife remembers him as a family man and a hard worker. >> that man was my life, you know, my husband a gentle and kind man and he took him from me and i won't get him back. >> burns is from tauton, he is being held on $30,000 bail. a lynn man is in court charged with double murder, a third person shot inside the house on thursday night was seriously wounded. police haven't revealed a motive for that shooting. also in court today, a new hampshire man accused of setting his parents' house on fire, justin cains -- cain yesterday.

started the fire after an argument. this morning, a new step in fighting the state's opioid epidemic, the health department closed a loophole that limited the access to medical records that the -- to the state database that keeps track of prescriptions for controlled substances, doctors use that database to make sure someone hadn't been prescribe glad strangers are helping a miniature horse who was shot in the leg, december 1stsomeone shot the horse named max. online donations topping $11,000 will send the horse to a clinic in new hampshire for surgery, max's owner said if the horse couldn't get a prosthetic leg he would be put down. going to college at the cheaper. the school plans to slack tuition boost revenue and

will get the same tuition and fees at umaine as they would at their home's state flag ship. paying the in state price of about $14,000 instead of umaine's out of state rate of nearly $29,000. >> anything that brings the cost of education down. >> true. count down to star wars is on, the force will awaken this week and holiday details coming 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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the force officially awakens tonight as the next chapter in the star wars saga premiers in los angeles. more than is 100 thans are already waiting in line -- fans are already waiting in line. some of those people have been in line for 12 days already. they are hope to go get a glimpse of the film stars and get their own tickets for thursday's public debut. >> isn't that crazy. >> 12 days. would you ever wait in line for something? >> it doesn't -- that doesn't look fun to me. >> the buzz for star wars has been all year long. >> that's true. top stories, traffic and weather on wbz this morning. 5:00, closing arguments

chism murder trial.