of the alleged crimes and that caused some emotional reactions in court. the evidence is clear that a psychotic disorder. >> doing something so awful does not make you crazy. >> final thoughts for jurors to take into deliberations after alternates were picked at random from an old fashioned wooden barrel leaving philip chism's fate in the hands of four women and eight men. >> most likely early onset schizophrenia from the time he was young. >> chism's defense attorney denise not even disputing he raped and killed his 249-year- old math teacher colleen ritzer saying he was in the throws of psychosis set off by the stress of moving. >> unfortunately the move to massachusetts was catastrophic for philip.

>> -- entire support system. >> replaying the indisputable video of chism. chism appearing at attention, ritzer's mother with her head hanging. >> i am not going to stand here and tell you there is nothing wrong with philip chism. how could i? but i am going to submit that there is overwhelming evidence in this doubt. >> reporter: jurors have their work cut out. 140 exhibits of evidence in the room with them as they deliberate, and this is the jury verdict slip, it outlines four charges, a list of options for each if they consider murder in the first degree, two charges of rape and armed robbery, back at it tomorrow morning. paula, back to you. when the verdict is

you live, stay with wbz for continuing coverage. now at 6:00, two workers phrased for stopping that run away train while the t debates the punishment for the driver whos mistake put passengers in finger. ken mcloud is live in cost on, ken. >> liam, train driver david vazquez did not amend his hearing in front of the personnel board, his attorney said the stress of the last several days have taken its toll, but it was all smiles for a pair of t workers right over at the statehouse. >> cameras clicked as the governor signed off on comment cases this morning for redline dispatcher lee saunders and supervisor mark mcneil. >> i hope the public understands that the system worked, we had several breakdowns in the normal operating procedures and we

>> while this pair got a pat on the back, steering the tracks ahead and bringing the train to a stop, david vazquez was having his missteps dissected by the t personnel board. >> so the disciplinary process remains under way and we are not at liberty to discuss it, we'll let you know as soon as there is a conclusion to that process. >> vazquez rig add cord around the train throttle and failed to set the brake before getting off in braintree to bypass a broken signal, the train took off carting 50 passengers on an express ride through four stations, an adventure put to a stop by these two guys. >> the t gets a lot of criticism, when we have employees that do their jobs and do it well and exceed job expectations i think it should be acknowledged. >> some critics deencourages drivers to invent shortcuts to stay on schedule. >> i'm waiting eagerly for the report of the investigations

most importantly we'll know what changes if any need to be made going forward so we do >> reporter: neither of those two t worker whose got a statehouse at a boy wanted to talk about it publicly, train suspended or even fired. live in downtown boston tonight, ken mcloud wbz news. >> ken thank you. the driver david vazquez gets an annual salary of $6000, earned more than 6000. tonight we are tracking heavy rain headed our way, right now it's mostly overcast for your drive home, later on tonight the skies will really open up, eric fisher is tracking it all for us, we're just not used to a the love rain. we haven't seen much at all, it's been very dry. again it's overnight rain event so lowering the impact a bit.

visible down below .25-mile. then we are going to start to introduce that rain as we head into the overnight, right now pushing through new york state and eastern pennsylvania, arriving here between 8:00 and 9:00 this evening. hour by hour watching that leading in of the downpour, we'll be in and out of these showers and down pours through the overnight, beneficial rain for us, maybe even a crack ever thunder or two but i don't think there will be too much of that going on, the shoulders will start wrapping up, we'll see warm temperatures out the get, temps that will rise to 60 degrees just after midnight. we'll still be close to 60 in mostly cases tomorrow morning, then we'll hold in the 50s through tomorrow afternoon. the thing about tomorrow, the wind. we'll have the latest on that in a few minutes, paula. >> thank. dr. pat i can scene in a wooster courtroom as the mother of a murdered woman began

>> you guys -- are you kidding me? >> ma'am. >> for killing my son you are giving him a bill. >> the mother thought the accused killer was going to be grabbed bail, he was not. >> louise mendez rivas stabbed month. today marks three years since the shooting in new town connecticut the town did not this is the first time that that anniversary has 20 first graders and staff members were shot and killed. antigun violence advocates used this anniversary to reveal a new bill board, replacing the one that used to sit along the mass pike, the billboard is designed to honor the victims of gun violence while showing you can put sensible and effective laws in place. >> as this billboard makes clear, standing together as a

nation a way forward to peace and to safety. >> tougher legislation is across this country the better off we are. >> that billboard is on the parking garage at 50 dalton street, the group stop handgun violence will display messages for the next few year. boston university is revoking bill cosby's honorary degree, across the country colleges have been revoking cosby's degrees for months, bu resisted until today, cosby's own statement in a deposition about the treatment of women drove the decision. cosby was given and honorary doctor rate last year, today cosby counter sued several women, cosby accuses those women of trying to make money by making false accusations. well a return to form and return to the wind column for the new england patriots. coming up, one the you are

exclusive look inside the locker room celebration. seasons greetings, two women collecting cards for soldiers over seas. and it start weekend a pair of rings, to night the

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>> may god's happen ever protection be upon you, merry christmas. >> reporter: and send all of these holiday letters and cards more than 300,000 of them to soldiers serving over seas. >> the fact that we've received car from all 50 states in four counties is insane. >> insane. >> reporter: both run their own nonprofits, but they are teaming up together for their mission holiday cards campaign, for them it's personal. lauren's brother george and emily's husband scott spencer are both currently serving our country. >> he is my whole life,. >> it gets lonely, and especially around the holidays, it's nice to know that there is a country that stands behind you and wants to send you love. >> reporter: both emily and lauren are overwhelmed, they need to read all of the letters and mailed out by wednesday. >> 310.

small donations to ship these things over. >> they need volunteers. >> we are able to collect all of these thoughts and prayers and well wishes for military families like ours, it is very powerful. >> in norwood i'm paul burton. you see how anxious people are to help and they want to send those good will messages, it's great it. it doesn't feel like christmas even though people are sending off christmas well wishes. first precipitation we've had in how long, we've had a little bit. not at all, we had huge rainfall deficits, we haven't seen know or rain either, any rain we can get is a good thing, picking more up on thursday, but certainly warm enough where it has been all rainfall and no snowflakes this month, strong 'em nino has a lot to do with that. out there tonight 48 in boston, 58 in new bedford, mildest air in southeastern massachusetts,

of warm air moving its way northward, warmest temperatures will be while we all sleep. visibility, actually improve a little bit late tonight, but if you are traveling this evening, low beam travel certainly we'll have a high impact, storm system we are tracking, you can toward detroit, barely any snow, just a few flakes falling wisconsin. watching these downpours that are approaching the hudson valley moving into our neck of the woods between 8:00-the tonight. hour by hour seeing down pours moving in from west to east, in and out of these showers throughout much of the night, notice our midnight temperatures upper 50s to near 60, warmest temps between it 9:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. tomorrow commute still a few lingering showers and louds, very mild, we'll slowly start to dry out, tomorrow afternoon

going to make it feel chillier than temperatures will indicate. forecast overnight we might even set a record high temperature for the day in the middle of the night in hartford connecticut, the record is 60 for the state i think we'll fall short in boston and wooster. tomorrow story, the main headline region wide most of these gusts 35-45 miles per hour out of the west, but gusts as high as 50 miles per hour. winds will increase. showers ending very mild, upper 50s out the door. it's gusty but we see increasing winds heading toward lunch time, partly cloudy skies, lower 50s by the evening but that lend will make it feel cooler outside. then as we head towards wednesday things will calm down, high pressure will build in. it will feel more like december outside, we'll stay in the 40s, as we head into thursday, here is that next storm system, we'll pick up more rain and

talking about rain deficits, 10 inches in wooster, 11 inches for the year in boston, so stormy pattern is a god thing for us, we don't want to be too dry, dry winter winds cause havoc on slubs and plant life across the landscape. accuweather seven day, weekend shows up, highs in the 30s, windy, even snow flurries possible on saturday. snow falcon test is under way where you get to guess how much snow the city of boston will pick up, go to boston.cbslocal.com/contest, no snow december, you already have one month out of the day liam and paula. >> i have a lot of calculations still to go before i give you myo firm prediction. a lot -- my firm prediction. patriots had a win last night. >> they needed it for seating, they got it.

paula, liam and i are in an argument. how many fans actually wanted time in to play that game. don't raise your hand, everybody was like make sure he is safe, gronk played and he played well. gronk wore a brace on that right knee, his impact was in fit with brady scrambling for a 45-yard bane, people were feeling this is going to be all right. with the pats on the goal line, get the ball to 89.9 is alway the best play for catching. 87 yards and every bit of it was worth it. >> just felt good to be back out on the field, i mean putting the pads on for the first time in two weeks, little back getting back into it at first, but just felt good to be back out there playing football again. >> there is nobody i trust more than gronk, he is just great player, great teammate. blocking, you know, pass

protect tab, and obviously a good matchup. >> more pats earlier in the week, johnson was sign today a two year deal. well folks johnson can play, the former tampa bay buccaneer played 42 of 50 defense i maps, defense. >> i came in for a trial on sunday and monday they said they were going to keep me and i wasn't sure the role that they were going to have me play, whatever it is that they wanted me to do, pie job was just to come in and fit that role. >> now the win didn't come without a price, four players got injured, the broadcast didn't catch it, you see the patriots safety come up after the play, nfl network rappaport is reporting it is a sprained ankle. then there is blunt, he left last night's game with a left hip injury, he walked under his

no word yet on the severity of this injury. well it's been since two weeks now since the pats have had a victoree, finally we have an all access -- victory, finale with an all access pass to the locker room. >> we won. how is that? it's a good win. good win. >> yeah, it was awesome. >> thank you. >> congratulations, that was a good job, good job all week. we had a god week, came down here, played, got contributions from all three phases, a lot of guys stepped up. just gotta grinding it out, every day, every week, all right. going to have to play like this, we are going to play better than this going forward, congratulations tonight, goodwin. >> cleveland cavaliers tomorrow

teams saw each other, smith and crowder. crowder says he is hoping smith does the right thing. >> i hope he apologies tomorrow, i hope it wasn't intentional. but if he doesn't, we'll play ball. >> that was -- that was telling. bruins are at home tonight taking on the edmonton oilers. >> find out at 10:00 what we are feuding about. cbs evening news is coming up at 6:30. scott, good evening. good evening, paula and i will am, great to be with you in boston, we are going to have a look at the amazing race for the republican nomination, the lineup has changed again and the latest polling ted cruz has surged ahead of donald trump. we'll try to explain how all of this is happening and we'll have the rest of the world news for you coming up on the cbs

scott, thank you. up next, last call for a

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