right now at 6:00, gronk's big return putting pats on a winning track. >> plus what tom brady thinks about having number 87 back on the field. the disciplinary hearing he is facing on a run away train. wrapping up the case against philip chism, what to

it is 6:00 a.m., good morning to you, i'm kathryn hauser. and i'm bree sison filling in for chris mckinnon, monday, december 149th, we are so close to christmas. >> where did 2016 go. >> 2016 -- get jag head of ourselves. >> i know. so really where did 2015 go. >> let's not speed it up too much. lots to do, right? weather cooperating for the most part, look at our temperatures, it don't matter where we are, we are 479 degrees in boston, just to put it in perspective, these temperatures are warmer than what we should typically be in the afternoon, clouds in place, there may be a couple patches of drizzle or fog that develops today, most of us won't see them. we are going to stay dry, cloudy and mild, we won't see a lot of it today, peak or two here or there but most of us

time, light southeast breeze, 354 -- 54 mild day. we are going to time out when it arrives and how long it will together. we have accidents north and south of the city to tell but right now much let's start with the north. north. the crash is on route 1 southbound at the revere walton line, the left lane is blocked, the backup is to route 99, only other slow down is 93 southbound between river road and 495. down in mansfield 95 northbound before 495, we are told that the left lane is blocked there. checking some other traffic problems to the south expressway between south hampton, brockton up to randolph, 128 southbound between 37 and the split. bree and kathryn. >> thank you so much. the patriots get back to

much needed offense by none other than rob gronkowski, mr. gronk there. the winner of the texans passed a clench to playoff spot. >> and sports director steve burton has highlight the and post game reaction. the patriots they haven't lost three games in a row since 2002. thanks to the defense, patriots bet the houston texas by a score of 27-6. we knew gronk was going to play, he not only played but played well. defense setting up the first touchdown of the game. into the half we go. brady, he finds number 87 from a yard out. four catches, 7 yards and a touchdown. pats led 17-6 at the half. welcome back gronk. in the finishing touch, games wide for two outs, after the game, by dee spoke of the

>> yeah, he made a great play to start the game. he a huge, just influence on what we do offensively, i know, he really toughed it out, i'm proud of him. had a big question op the catch, he is obviously a good part of what we do. great to have him out there. is he a great player. great teammate. blocking, you know, pass protecting, obviously in the short game, taking it deep. great player. >> patriots control their own destiny, three games left, if they win out they will be the top seed. tennessee titans next sunday at gillette stadium. guys, back to you. the redline operator whose train took off without him faces a disciplinary hearing, a rubber cord was wrapped around the throttle control and safety

aimed at preventing another incident from happening. >> the operations center heard about thursday's run away train within a minute of it leaving braintree station, they kill the power to the rail bringing that train to a halt. >> there is no question that that i'm sure that 99 minute duration felt like and hour to them daughter that go particular time. >> wbz has learned the driver of that train david vazquez wrapped a rubber telephone cord around an accelerator cord. he forgot to remove the cord, the train barreled past four stops. >> we are confident that this was an isolated incident where a single individual appears to have made multiple errors. today the governor will honor two employees who worked to stop the train while the operator could be fired. >> in any way wedging or

subject the operator to termination. >> officials say they have given verbal and written reminder toss operators that they can't wrap anything around the accelerators and they are requiring two technicians be present before performing a bypass maneuver. this morning investigators are looking into a deadly house fire in wooster, firefighters rushed to this house on burncoat street around 8:00 and found an elderly man and woman inside. the couple later died. >> it's a shame at this time of season loss of life a family has to go through sadness. we saw them going into the house, you could tell when the smoke was coming out that 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

the case by the end of the day. louisa maller. >> good morning, expect these closing arguments to be black and white, defense will say their client philip chism was insane when he raped and murdered colleen in 2013. >> after several grueling weeks in court and repeated use of this chilling surveillance video, jurors are finally expected to decide whether 16- year-old philip chism was criminally insane when he put on gloves and followed his math teacher colleen ritzer into a danvers high school bathroom where she was raped and murdered. last week the final witness for the prosecution emphatically argued no. >> the obscuring of his identity and the placing of the gloves if intended to keep his fingerprints from being

aware of the wrongful necessary. >> the defense the trial itself originally postponed as questions were raised about chism's competency. >> he does have a fantasy life and that he might choose to retreat to that when he is involved in stressful situations. >> the trial included gruesome pictures, including how her body was found posed in the woods in october of 2013, the outcome sure to be emotional and dramatic throughout her family has worn her favorite color, pink. philip chism's famed mental illness, this could be in the hands of a jury as early as today, live in salem, louise a molar thank you. mags across couldn't couldn't will fly at half staff to mark the three year anniversary of the school shooting in new town. sandy hook elementary school,

they'll try to make it as normal of a day for the students, this is the first time the anniversary falls on a weekday. three years after the tragedy, gun control advocates in boston will unveil a new billboard to honor the victims, highlighting massachusetts gun laws. a new pole in the republican presidential race shows growing support for texas senator ted cruz, the des moines register polls in iowa says cruz is up 10 points on donald trump. cruz gain add whopping 21 points since the last poll in october. but on the democratic side a new nbc news wall street journal poll finds hillary clinton will beat both cruz and trump in a general election matchup but lose to rubio. showing ben carson who is in fourth place nationally would

independent voter. vermont senator bernie sanders will be in nashua community college this afternoon. going to college at the university of maine will soon be cheaper for students living in massachusetts and other northeastern states. the school plans to slash tuition to boost revenue and enrollment, qualifying students will have the same tuition and fees at umaine as they would at their home state's flag ship university. paying $14,000 instead of out of state rate of $29,000. >> love it. >> i know. >> more great ideas like that. >> absolutely. coming up on wbz, dangerous weapons taken off the streets. >> a successful gun buy back program, we'll take a closer look at the weapons dropped out to police.

it could affect the mvpa service. santa and a local mall giving christmas kids a memory of a lifetime. temperatures in the east, we are going to stay mostly cloudy but rise into the 50s, another mild today, i will let

lots of people taking advantage of the warm weather over the weekend for a bike ride. make it extra special they wore holiday costumes. >> about 150 people road from arlington, and finally down to the annual jingle ride. they sang christmas carols. >> and they didn't like like mitchell lin men. speaking of non-winter like weather, a lot of us wondering, so when is winter really going to arrive? in case you missed it you had the weather special that yeah, we had this weekend, here is what we are thinking, a lot

our snow fall forecast, looking at these numbers we've had no snow so far, first of all, the first thing to take away, these had last year, particularly along the south coast that is where you are going to see the biggest difference, there is to the going to be that storm after storm after storm with a classic fluffy air. we think at least metro west, wooster county, kind of the more classic winter where that is where we see some of the highest snow falls. plus or minus five inches, either side of the average in the city of boston, lesser amounts in the cape and islands, it looks like it is more of a back loaded winter, end of january, february more cold shots that start to come in. because we've been so mild. temperatures are running in the 40s, it's 6:15 and it's 40 degrees. we are coming into the 50s

clouds are in place, friends to the north, northern eastern maine dealing with areas of freezing rain, we are waiting on rain back to the west coming through the ohio valley right now. this is the same system that was responsible for some severe weather over the weekend and. is some snow on the back side of it. we won't get into that one. on the mild side, areas of rain are going to advance in west to east. that does mean most of the day today is dry, no problems. between 8:00-9:00, rain moves in, here is the map tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., rain is done. a quick shot does come in, most of us end up with half an inch, in terms of rainfall total, the biggest thing you are going to notice behind this area of low pressure is the wind, gusts 30- 40 miles tomorrow, high pressure builds in wednesday, late on shore wind, sun and clouds noticeably cooler on wednesday. we go from 60 tomorrow to the mid 40s on wednesday afternoon.

with and hour by hour forecast. most of the evening commute is okay, between 8:00-10:00 p.m. we have rain that moves in. but the majority of the rainfalls overnight tonight into the predawn tomorrow, so by 5:00 a.m. there will still be areas of rain and showers in eastern massachusetts, but the sun will be breaking out, stray showers through 8:00 a.m. and the wind will be gusty, rain is done by early tomorrow morning, it shouldn't be any huge issues. we do rise through the 50s during the day today and more continuing to rise overnight tonight. tomorrow will be around 60 and much cooler on wednesday. thursday another round of rain comes in late in the day. may linger into the end of the week. 50s by thursday and friday, turning much cooler, dry this weekend only 40. danielle, two accidents north of boston slowing things

one crash is on route is southbound on the revere mall, near lend street, that is cleared but the bumper to bumper backup is walnut street, they say that the 10 minute delay but it looks like a lot more than that. wilmington, 93 southbound at 125 back up to river road, 20 minutes delay there. also stop and go in the middle of your screen, about 20 minute ride right now. expressway north between the split and south bay mall. 24 northbound now jammed from 128 back to brockton. bree and kathryn. >> thank you so much. it's a keepsake a lot of paints like to take their kids to see santa clause. >> for some it's on emotional experience, this time around santa count help but to tear up, susie steimle shows us why. >> it's that time of year ago

kids and head to the mall for a photo with a friend. the effort in seeing the mall at santa. >> my youngest son has autism and cannot wait in line. and has a tough time with noise and crowds. >> that is why pam started bringing her son to caring santa at the burlington mall, it's a program designed to give kids with a special needs alone time with santa minus the stress. >> the elevators are off and music is off. and there aren't crowds. and the children get as much time with santa as they want. >> as kids get older they tend to stop coming to the mall to visit santa, here they come back as his helpers. >> sometimes being a volunteer is a messy job. >> brett can tell you firsthand how frustrating lines and crowds can be. >> at 16 he is now a little too old to be sitting on santa's lap but he wanted to come back

>> here i'm helping out kids create ornaments, do drawings, all that while they wait to santa. >> parents with kids with disabilities sometimes done get treasured moments because of the challenges our kids face. >> milestones like these can be emotional for parents but this one struck a cord with santa, too. >> a lot of them are special needs so it's really a special -- a special feeling. >> with's it like for you? -- what's it like for you? it's emotional. >> it's an event keeping the holiday feeling, bringing more than a twinkle in the eye of old st. nick. >> it's more than any gift.

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appointments, grocery stores and more. the capital is planning a rally. a new step in fighting the state's opioid epidemics, the health department closed a loophole that limited the access medical residents had to the kit a base, that database keeps track of prescriptions for controlled substances,. the debate over raising the legal age to buy cigarettes in boston takes center stage this week, the city's board of health sets a vote thursday. mayor walsh proposed the person your to discourage young people from smoking, many retailers are saying there are better ways to discourage smoking, several bills call for raising the age state wide. people in wooster and 15

over nearly 300 weapons including a 103 rifles, 43 semiautomatic weapons and pellet guns, in exchange, the police handed out gift cards worth up to $75. pope francis is coming to mexico and boston's cardinal shaun o'malley will be with him. the pope plans to make a statement about immigrant rights at a stop along the u.s. mexican border, he will join the pope during his final day in mexico. 6:26 right now, strangers are helping a miniature horse shot in the leg, on december 1stsomeone shot the horse named max, near his owners home, online donations topping is $11,000. max's owner said if the horse

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right now at 6:30, closing arguments get under way in the philip chism murder trial,. and they are back, the patriots snap a two game losing street with the return of gronk, what the win means. the count down to star wars is on, the force will awaken this week, it started tonight in hollywood and fans have been camping out for days.

i'm bree sison filling in for chris mckinnon,. >> hopefully he is sleeping in. good morning, i'm kathryn hauser, it doesn't feel quite like what the day says on the calendar, it remains pretty mild. well i think by wednesday you are going to notice the difference because -- i know it's one of these stretches where it feels like it's warmer than the afternoon already this morning. it's widespread 40s, the city of boston, kids heading to the bus stop, the 40s, and you may want the fall jacket, overcast skies by the end of school. most of us will stay dry, temperatures in the 40s, from southern maine back down to the south coast, 47 in the city of boston, we are mostly dry. i can't rule out of a couple matches of drizzle, there may be an isolated shower or two,

we rise into the 50s, despite the clouds it is going to be another mild day. isolated shower, it is between 8:00-9:00 p.m. pockets fill in, sted he in times overnight tonight, so predawn inside of 995 still areas of rain, they pretty wrap up by 6:00 a.m., temperatures will be in the 50s out the door at this time tomorrow. we'll talk much more about how much rain to expect, let's get on the roads, traffic and weather together. a lot of problems on route 1, route 1 southbound we had an earlier crash at lynn street, that is cleared right now, the left lane taken up but that is clear now, now we are seeing a bumper to bumper delay. 93 south bob is a mess, into

take you at least 23 minutes. let's check the south ride, 24 north backed up from 128 into avon and the expressway. that is a 16 minute ride right there, bree and kathryn. >> thank you very much. closing arguments are expected this morning in case of a danvers teenager killed -- charged with killing his math teacher. >> and jurors could get the case by the end of the day. good morning, louisa. >> reporter: good morning, kathryn and bro, this has been a grueling and gruesome couple of weeks of trial and today we expect to hear the defense team of philip chism drive home his insanity defense, the prosecution just the opposite. the defense all along argued that chism was in the foes of psychosis. the prosecution has said that

suggests that he knew exactly what he was doing, surveillance video was in the school showed chism wearing gloves and tried to conceal his face with his hood, here is one witness the prosecution's final witness from last week. >> the obscuring of his identity in placing of the gloves if intended to keep his finger presents from being detectible would suggest that he was aware of the wrongful necessary. >> now the prosecution has said that chism has famed mental illness and this could be in the hands of the jury by the end of the day. we are live in salem, back to you guys. >> thank you very much louisa. it is 6:34, the people of danvers came together for a special concert in colleen ritzer's honor. all of the money from ticket

high school students say it's been a challenging year and spreading holiday cheer has been therapeutic. >> i know she was a nice, compassionate person. and her students really loved her. >> holiday and christmas time was so important to colleen, to have a concert like this and to benefit her fund is something that will carry her legacy for many years to come. >> the ritzer scholarship will help students who want to study education in college. the suspect in a deadly car crash heads to court, 33-year- old michael burns was high on drugs when he hit and killed a man friday night. 71-year-old joseph brady was hit while trying to get to his roadside stand where he was selling christmas trees. the job he has done for over 40 years, his wife remembers him as a family man and a hard worker. >> that man was my life, you know, my husband is a gentle

from me and i won't get him back. >> burns is from tauton and being held on $30,000 bail. a lynn man is due in court charged in a double murder in revere, a third person shot thursday night was seriously wounded, police have not revealed a motive. a new hampshire man accused of setting his parents house on fire, just justin kane, kind's mother told police he started the fire after an argument, firefighters contained the flames to the deck in the side of the home. >> also fire investigators searching for the cause of this fire in southbridge, flames broke out around 9:00 yesterday morning, this is at the rose immediate apartment plex.

a new hampshire teen faces charges for allegedly driving over a -- hundred dread miles and hour, clocking him at 107 the trooper managed to pull arrest. he will be in court next monday. a welcomed sight, it is good to see gronk back on the field, the pats tight end helping his teammates and a two game losing street. in case you missed it, oh, there you go, in case you missed it the pats bet the texans, dan roach is in houston with a key to the pats' win. >> certainly a big night for the patriots in houston sunday night. key take aways, offense nice to have ron gronkowski back. big plays when the patriots needed. on defense a dominating night from start to finish, six back

first downs, a big win for patriots, now back with the afc first spot with three games left to go all because the defense first, special teams offense follow and patriots get out of here with a victory. dan roach wbz sport. tom brady super model wife, she posted this picture on instagram, wearing a pair of patriots leggings, with the caption let's go pats. >> love the legs. maybe you heard there is a star wars movie coming out this week, the world premier with the cast tonight, fans have to wait until thursday. >> there are a few films that inspired this type of hard core dedication, daily talker today and robi is here with proof how big this movie is. >> i am a batman freak, i even

crusader, i did not camp out to see the movie premier in 1999 as we speak there are star wars fans in tents outside the theater, some have been there for days. there are grownups waving around light sabers, women in their 30s wearing star wars onsies, fans sporting tattoos of their favorite characters. now, they must not have jobs in the galaxy far far away, one couple plans to get married in line, the would be bride has been here since december 5th in line, the hub bee flew in. what dedication, right? we want to know is there anything you would wait in line for like this? what would you camp out for? are you obsessed with anything like these folks are obsessed with star wars. paul wrote, i slept on the

two nights so my daughters could see one direction, dad of the year right there, paul. and doe who may be a deer, female deer said i would stand in line for world peace, that would be an event i wouldn't miss for anything. i have never heard of the group world peace, i like the group world party myself, thanks for commenting, there are a number of ways you can. jump on our website, twitter, facebook, commenting all day long. >> love that idea,. >> i like the doe and deer. a -- dear. good news, neighbors have replaced the stolen decorations and then some. >> the candy canes might appear to sparkle more, the lights glimmer brighter. >> everybody just got together and watertown strong.

deck rations at 15 lyndon friday. 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 >> this afternoon i heard a commotion, i thought they were taking my joseph and mary and jesus,. >> the commotion was not santa, they are who clark calls her decorating angels. >> today i came out and saw what they were doing i was overwhelmed, all i did was cry. >> rob admits he orchestrated this, he proudly sports what looks like to be the grinch had a heart that grew, that's me. >> or perhaps it's perfect. >> i love each and everyone of you.

the snow miser who loves santa clause. ron has certainly proven that the christmas spirit prevails. in watertown katie bryce wbz this morning. >> that tattoo there you go. >> very original. ahead, a check of all the today's top stories. an investigation into a

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. take a look at this, a great turnout for the annual christmas parade, santa arrived by helicopter and hopped ton 0 a fire truck. there is wally, this is the 45th year of the north end christmas parade. >> that is a star studded christmas parade. >> look at that float. tug boat. >> yeah. love seeing it in style. >> they didn't have to bundle up, they didn't have to bring out the hot chocolate, you request pretty much walk outside and it was beautiful. the weekend ended up great, our mild stretch is going to

right now is in the upper 40s, checking in with live temperatures at the ford middle school, 48 right now, lexington high school sitting at 47, green wood elementary school in dorchester, kids with a fall in wooster, we are uniform because we have had a duck of clouds, overcast in fact for a lot of the day today. light south, southeast winds, clouds do come in to the low 50s, this will be the 10th day of the month that we've had 50- degree plus temperatures in the city of boston, low 60's, somewhere like norwood at 62, middle to upper 50s in the cape and islands, i do think a lot of the day is going to be spent dry, the bulk of the activity is well to our west.

so we don't have to worry about any wintery precipitation. indiana. so this rain will come in for us not until this evening, even the evening drive home shouldn't feature wet weather, maybe light shower, it's between 89:00-9:00 p.m. that rain arrives, it will fall steadily and heavy, tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., rain is pretty much done, isolated shower, it is going to be quite windy, the wind is going to come out of the west. gusting 30-40 miles and hour, you will notice the breeze but we are going to be mild, up around 60 to row. wednesday you will feel the difference much a little bit of cooler on shore winds, sun and clouds, mid 40s wednesday afternoon. playing things to you, between again 8:00-9:00 mock etis of

tonight downpours, even isolated thunderstorm early tomorrow morning, couple showers still with us during the predone and then the sun breaks out, winee, 60 degrees, much cooler on wednesday, thursday another round of rain comes in especially late in the day, 50s to end the week, much cooler but dry this weekend, traffic and weather together, how is it looking. danielle we've had a bunch of slow downs due to earlier accidents, another live look over route 1, earlier crash has route 1 southbound jammed between lynn street and i 95. 93 southbound struggling bumper to bumper stone and boston that is about 15 minute ride. 128 to often, 15 minute delay there. bree and kathryn. >> thank you very much. it is 6:48, our top stories

operator whose train took off without him. >> governor charlie operator david vazquez violated multiple safety procedures, which learned that a rubber cord was wrapped around a throttle control. vazquez could be fire glad investigators are looking into a deadly house fire in wooster. firefighters rush to the house on burncoat street around 8:00 and found an elderly man and woman inside. paramedics rushed the couple to the hospital where they later died much the state fire marshal thinks the fire started on the first floor possibly in the living room. closing arguments are expected today in the trial of the boy who raped and murdered his math teacher. the prosecution argues chism has been faking insanity and

jurors could begin deliberations later odd. the patriots snapped a two game losing streak betting the texans 27-6. the pats clenched a playoff first. the game marked ron gronkowski's come back. >> that's all we wanted to do, come back out, get on the winning track again. >> unfortunately though blunt injured his hip in the first half and didn't return. well did you know 11 days until christmas, the count down is on. >> the pressure is on. why you will find a lot of company if you are sending out your presents today. taylor swift giving fans an

is is 1 days till christmas the today mark the postal service's mailing shipping of the year, also expected to the busiest mailing deon line with more than 7 million customers to visit the website. delivering 600 million packages this holiday season. while many americans are wrapping up their holiday shopping, a new poll finds 36% of shoppers haven't started to

giving list, up 6% from last year, despite the late start most of them aren't stressed out about it. >> nope, sure it. taylor swift and apple music getting back together, the pop star tweeted to 67 million followers that apple will exclusively debut the 1989 december 20th giving fans a behind the scenes look of her tour, the 26-year-old made the announcement on her birthday. >> indeed. about that. it is 6:59, time for a closer look at what is coming up on cbs this morning,. rose. good morning, kathryn and bro, ahead on cbs this morning we'll talk with john dickerson about ted cruz. plus charlie dagget is on the front lines in iran. jane fonda reflects in her

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