breaking news now at noon, the case is about to go to the jurors in the philip chism trial, we have the latest from court. honoring the heros that stopped the run away redline train, governor bakers' special into action. winter on hold, how long we can keep this streak of temperatures alive, i'll have the time line on temperature the and rainfall when it

breaking news right now at noon, the jury in the philip chism trial will soon begin deliberations, these are live pictures from inside the courtroom as the judge explains exactly what they need to do to reach a verdict. this morning both sides presented their closing teen charged with killing teacher colleen ritzer will be jurors. thank you for being here with us. our louisa moehller joins us live from the courtroom. >> reporter: kathryn, was philip chism aware what he was doing? was he legally insane when he murdered colleen ritzer or not? that is what the jury has to graph he will as they weigh a aggravated rape. >> philip chism, a kind, smart,

terrible acts when he was in the throws of a serious mental illness. >> set against the back drop of a horrific crime, that is the final image philip chism grew of her client acknowledging that he brutally murdered his high school math teacher in 2013 pointing to testimony from three psychiatrists who suggested he was insane. >> he found that it was consistent with philip having a psychotic disorder most likely onset schizophrenia. >> karen mcdougal painted a picture, she replayed the moment when philip followed ritzer into the bathroom where candidate. >> she is lying on her back and he is carving away at her neck, what was he trying to do?

he brought to school, all signs of sanity mcdougal argues. all while chism stared emotionless behind him colleen agony. >> had he a goal, a terrible terrible purpose. woods. >> reporter: now the jury has plenty of evidence to go over including the autopsy photos as well as that chilling video, we are live in salem, back to you. >> thank you very much. new at noon, governor charlie baker honoring the two mbta workers who stopped that run away redline train, they cut the power to stop the train that was rushing down the track thursday morning, governor baker welcomed the men to the statehouse today and phrased their actions in an extraordinary situation.

exemplary fashion, made a whole series of strategic decisions, executed them perfectly and dangerous circumstance. >> the governor went on to thank the workers on behalf of the taxpayers and of course the riders. meanwhile, the conductor of that redline train will face a disciplinary hearing today, wbz has learned, the driver, david vazquez wrapped a rubber telephone cord around a throttle cord, he stepped out of a train to flip a bypass switch and forgot to remove the cord. he could lose his job. >> in any way wedging or restricting the movement of the throttle would be a prohibited act that would subject the operator to termination.

latest throughout the day. this noon a rollover crash is under investigation. this happened along 993, the crash backed up traffic for miles. the driver was awake and alert hospital. turning our attention now to the weather, another mild one out there but gray, dreary out there for the most part, we are also tracking some tonight. danielle has it all for us. kathryn, there is a little bit of fog you can see it there in that shot, low clouds in some places, but it's a sign of the warm are air that is pushing in, we've been in the 40s, 47 in boston, really only common by a degree, we are in the 50s from tauton back down to the cape, here is current visibility notice boston half a mile visibility at logan airport, can you barely see in wooster, that is where the fog is thickest and extends back

dense fog in the cape and islands, too. there are breaks of sunshine back to the west, it's 70 degrees in buffalo, new york, so we get those breaks, it certainly warms up, now the rain is still back across ohio and just coming into west virginia now, so still several hours away. rest of the afternoon hour by hour looks mostly dry, still some areas of fog around, temperatures will gradually rise and continue to come into the 50s, can't rule out a couple isolated shower, manchester down back to the mass, new hampshire border, the steadier rain moves in and arrives from west to east. look at the temperature at 2:00 a.m., 60 degrees in boston, remarkable, the temperatures rise tonight, downpours along the south coast, a quick shot of rain, 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, leftover downpours and showers inside 495, behind that the sun breaks out, there is cooler air coming

comes in in a couple minute. the suspect in the deadly car crash heads to court today, police say 33-year-old michael burns was high on drugs when he hit and killed a man trying to cross 27, the victim joseph brady was hit while trying to get to his roadside stand where he was selling christmas trees, this is a 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 very gentle and kind man and he took him from me and i won't get him back. >> the driver burns is from tauton and being held on $30,000 bail. investigators are looking into a deadly house fire in wooster, firefighters rushed to the home on burncoat street and found an elderly man and woman inside. paramedics rushed the couple to the hospital where they later died.

of season that a loss of life a family has to go through, it's a kind of sadness, we saw him going into the house and you could tell when the smoke was coming out it wasn't good. >> the state fire marshals think the fire started on the first floor possibly in the living room. today flags across connecticut are flying at half staff to mark three year anniversary of the school shooting in new attorney, 20 children and six adults were killed three years ago. school officials will say they will try to make it as normal a day for students. this is the first time the anniversary falls on a weekday. over to campaign 2016, there is growing support for one republican hopeful. the des moines register bloomberg poll in iowa has texas senator ted cruz has 10 points ahead of donald trump, cruz has gained 21 points since the last poll in october. and then over to the democratic

street journal poll finds hillary clinton will beat both cruz and trump, but lose to rubio. the same poll shows carson who is in fourth place nationally would beat clinton with the help of independent voter. we want to update you on a story last week, strangers now helping a miniature horse shot in the leg, online donations have been pouring in topping $12,000. earlier this month this horse named max was shot, the money is being used to send max to a new hampshire clinic for surgery. today the patriots, if you missed this, they are officially in the playoffs, they clinched their postseason spot, 27-6 against the texans, we needed this. they managed to snap a two game losing streak. rob gronkowski he had a touch down, and was happy to be back

and get that win, that is all that matters with this team, that is all we wanted to do, come back out and get on the winning track again. >> not so good news here, there were more injuries, devin mccrory suffered an ankle sprain, but he is expected to be back for the playoffs, we are still wait to go learn more about blunt who injured his hip in the first half and didn't return. just a reminder the pats will face the tennessee titans this sunday in their last home game of the regular season and we've got the game for you right here on wbz, we are going to start off at is 11:30, kickoff at 9:00. to thedded by patriots this quarter on my tv 38. coming up, neighbors helping neighbors and not letting a grinch ruin the holidays for one woman. plus the hottest ticket in the garden. santa and helpers are making a memory to last a

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one neighborhood, last week thieves took many of the deck rations from this watertown home. on friday, they came back for more. this story quickly spread around the neighborhood and that is when the homeowners friend and they took action, you are prizing them with a brand new display. >> i was so upset, the family is awesome. family -- >> they give a lot and they deserve. >> today when i came out and i saw what they were doing, i was just overwhelmed. all i did was cry. >> how nice, right? the group gathered, donated decorations and bought new ones to make the display possible. it's a keepsake that many parents love this time of year, a picture with santa. but for some children with special needs it can be a difficult experience. susie steimle introduces us to one santa who goes above and beyond to make those kids feel comfortable. >> it's that time of year again, when parents dress up

for a photo with an old friend. but for some families the effort involved in seeing santa often isn't worth the wait. >> my youngest son has autism and cannot wait in line. and crowds. >> that's why pam started bringing her son to caring santa at the burlington mall, it's a program designed to give kids with special needs alone stress. >> the elevators are off, music is off, there aren't crowds, children get as much time with santa as they want. >> as kids get older they stop coming to the mall to visit his helpers. is a messy job. >> brett can tell you firsthand how frustrating lines and crowds can be for a kid with autism. >> it's a little -- >> 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, santa. >> parents of kids with disabilities sometimes don't get these special treasured moments because of the challenges that our kids face. >> it's no surprise that milestones like these can be emotional for parents, but this too. >> a lot of them are special needs so it's really a special -- special feeling. you? >> it's emotional. >> it's an event in keeping of what the holiday season is really about, one that brings more than a twinkle to the eye of old st. nick. >> we can just get one of the children to even smile, it's more than any gift. >> in burlington, susie steimle wbz news.

>> we are both like -- we are just watching it, tearing un. i know. >> i have to do the weather now. >> it's these heartwarming stories. >> it makes you feel good. so here is the thing, looking at the temperatures you are like is that a typo for buffalo, no, no 70 degrees. >> 90 in buffalo, new york. the sun is out there, it's a little bit gloomy out the door here, but keep in mind we are above average, 47 in boston right now, despite the clouds, a little bit of fog, a couple patches of drizzle. 53 in tauton, low 50s in the hour by hour through the rest of the afternoon and evening as well, notice each hour we pick up by a couple degrees and we are not stopping there, in fact overnight tonight temperatures will top out right around 60 degrees as the warm air pushes in, the skies are going to stay

drizzle have already started to develop, you may need the wipers on, not showing up on the radar slow level moisture in place, be mind full of changing visibility here, fog which is locally dense, back to the west is where the sun has broken out, new york and pennsylvania, just to our west. at the same time it's snowing in northern maine so there is well. that is back through ohio right now, so we still have several hours until it arrives which is great news, few patches of heavy. rain arrives west to east between 8-10:00 p.m. in a lot of spots. it comes during overnight, it's a quick progressive shot of rain, 30, sun is breaking out in some spots, i don't think there will be a whole lot of wet weather, maybe a few leftover shower, the thing you

the wind is going to whip around, tomorrow gusts 30-40 miles per hour, not just at the coastline, all across southern new england, it is going to be a windy day, temperatures up around 60, windy on wednesday. high pressure builds in, a shot of cool air comes in with it so you are going to feel the difference especially because we've been so mild, in the mid 40s wednesday afternoon. green showing up here, so remainder of the afternoon and evening, mist out there and fog, here we go downpours moving in between 8:00-10:00 p.m., can't rule out an isolated thunder. 3:00 a.m. still pockets of heavy elements in there. 495 still downpours and showers, just an isolated stray around. most of us will end up with .5- inch of rain or less. fall jackets tomorrow.

to your hats, it is going to be a windy one tomorrow. 45, sunshine on wednesday. on thursday. steadiest during the evening and night. normal this weekend, chilly, right around 40 looks dry. >> at least the weather is cooperating for postal workers, the holiday mailing rush is on, today is the postal service busiest shipping day of the year. it's also expected to be the busiest mailing day online with more than 7 million customers predicted to visit the agency's website. the post office expects to deliver 600 million packages this holiday season. and while many americans are wrapping up their holiday shopping, a new poll finds 36% of shoppers haven't even made a dent in their shopping list, the number of procrastinators up 6% compared to last year, but despite the late start, most say they are not stressed about it.

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we've got the cutest video you will see all day, a five week old polar bear napping. here it is, wait for it. >> that is how many of us might have felt climbing out of bed on a monday. the columbus zoo and aquarium released the video. she even has a stuffed animal to kid he will with. it's a little tongue, too, hanging out. i mean. >> she was dreaming of ice cream cone or something. >> maybe something polar per- like. >> i love that one. >> seriously, we could play this all day, keep it going. >> that's it. everyone have a good day. >> she's adorable. i just love that video. hey, so areas of fog,

>> still mild. be sure to join us for the