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. right now at 4:30, the search for an armed robber on the run, police say he hit a country market and threatened the owners mother. bill cosby taking his accusers to court, local university now taking back the comedian's honor. jurors now deliberating the fate of philip chism, the final arguments made by each side in the case. good morning, it is 4:30
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and i'm chris mckinnon, thanks for joining us tuesday, >> but it is mild. >> yeah, we were saying that on the way in you didn't even need a jacket. >> unnerve wear a jacket. >> he never wears one. >> ha is true. >> what are you going to do january and february. >> he has a suit. look at the temperature in wooster, it is 60 degrees, we are just a couple degrees shy of the record, we already hit a record in providence rhode island, it is 699 in boston, we hit a high of 61 a few hours ago. 40s from lawrence to pittsburgh, 40 in portsmouth. i am tracking some rain showers out there so we have a couple more hours to go and they are light for the most part, but
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kings borrow, you will need the wipers intermittently, 44995 -- 495, paxton and the south side when you get back down to you can bridge all moving from west to east, we get some of these showers and dryer air comes in, wind advisories are are up for all the areas shaded in tan here, west wind gusts up to 50 miles per hours possible. so temperatures actually warmest there morning, gradually cool but 50s through the day as the sun breaks out by the time we get to mid to late important going right now police are searching for an armed robber following this frightening holdup in bruceer, the security video shows the man threatens the owner mother, the robber made off with a couple hundred dollars. bill cosby firing back against seven of the women accusing him of sexual assault, the counter suit filed in a
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>> and it comes on the same day boston university cut its ties with the actor. >> reporter: in 2014 it was and honor for both kill cosby and boston university, the actor getting and honorary degree, a year and a half later the u is taking it back. the school is making the move after dozens of women have come forward claiming the actor drugged and sexually assaulted them, the school president saying his treatment of women has brought significant and lasting discredit upon himself and inconsistent with the university's mission and values. students say it is the right call. >> i think it's consistent with what the university is trying to do in terms of sexual assault. >> bill cosby is firing back in a massachusetts court counter suing seven women who are suing
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ruining his reputation and engaged in a campaign to a assassinate. >> initial reaction it's purely a scare tactic. >> jennifer roman assistant district attorney tells us cosby's suit has likely one goal, fear. >> when he counter sues he is saying to them i have information about you too that i can say that you may not want public, i am going to to try to make you nervous and back off your claims against me. >> bu's case he can point to this and say this is how they have hurt my reputation. this case will take months if not longer though to see inside of a massachusetts' courtroom, at bu kate merle. 4:34, train service back on track after major delays in ash ashland, a commuter train hit and killed a woman, the woman
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the area of cherry street and till ton avenue. the driver of the run away redline train is waiting to find out if he will be fired, he was dealing with too much stress yesterday, his lawyer wasn't there either, vazquez is accused of wrapping a rubber cord around an accelerator control on the train, it passed through four stations before employees cut the power. it is 4:35 right now, jurors will be back in a salem courthouse this morning to decide if the teen ager who killed his math teacher was legally insane or guilty of murder. the eight men and four women got the case against philip chism yesterday after powerful closing arguments. jim smith takes a closer look at this case. >> so began hearing voices when he was ten years old. >> philip chism isn't mentally ill.
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insane teenager, the defense said it was mental illness. >> the evidence is clear that philip chism has suffered from a psychotic disorder, most likely early onset schizophrenia. >> but the prosecution says chism stalked his victims that day. >> there is not one single person in this courtroom who wants to believe that a 14-year- old boy could have done this and not be crazy. but doing something so awful does not make you crazy. >> chism's attorney admits he raped and killed ritzer but he heard voices in his head. >> philip chism committed these terrible acts while in the throws of a serious mental illness. >> haunting surveillance video and the box cutter used to slash ritzer's throat, the victim's mother in court barely able to look. >> i am not going to stand here and tell you there is nothing
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could i? but i am going to submit that there is overwhelming evidence in this case beyond any reasonable doubt that philip chism was not suffering from a mental disease >> and that jury is made up of eight men and four women over the course of this trial, they have heard testimony from literally dozens of witnesses, deliberations resume at 99:00 this morning. smith wbz this morning. >> stay with wbz when a verdict is announced, we will bring it to you live on the air and online at boston.cbslocal.com. this morning saudi arabia says it's joining forces with 394 is almost i can countries to fight terrorism, this as president obama visits the pentagon, he says isis has lost who percent of the land it once held in iraq. >> the point isolate i don't remembers cannot hide and our next message is simple, you are next.
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fight against isis, critics say the president's strategy doesn't go far enough. a new poll shows more americans are in favor of extending ground troops to fight isis, a poll showing had 2% of americans support the idea, that is is 11% more than last year. the army sergeant held by the taliban for five years will be court marshaled, beau bergdahl faces several charges including desertion, he was freed in exchange for five detainees. tonight the republican presidential candidates will meet in their final debate of the year. bree is here now. >> nine candidates will be on stage in las vegas facing the paris and san bernardino attack. on the eve of the fifth gop
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>> the other candidates should be thankful because i'm giving them a chance to make total fools of themselves in front of millions of people, but no, honestly, i'm doing a good job for the republican party, people are able to get their votes out. >> giving trump a commanding lead in the national race for the republican nomination, but an early iowa caucuses ted cruz is gaining ground, texas senator is focused on national security. >> the they gee is islamic terrorism and it's trying to destroy our country. >> cruz has taken pointed jabs at marco rubio his biggest challenger and becoming a trump alternative in the race. >> they don't score the debates but i always feel good about them. >> others in tonight as debate, carly fiorina, john kasich, rand paul and chris christie who is gaining support in new
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four can city kits in the under card debate. -- debate. their debate will be ahead of the primetime event later tonight. chris and kathryn back to you. >> bree, thank you very much. coming up on wbz the force is here. >> the new star wars film held its world premier overnight we are going to hear from the stars on the red carpet. and a community coming together to remember the woman who ran a brookline candy store for more than 75 years. getting a drone for the have to take soon if you own
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. it is 4:43 right now. fresh air from canada, which is on sale over seas, new rules going into effect for drone owner. and ride sharing drivers joining a union, jill wagner is live with today's money watch, good morning, jill. >> good morning chris and kathryn, seattle is the first city in the country to let uber and lyft drivers to unionize, uber and lyft are expected to
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most drivers do it as a side job to earn extra money and likely cause fairs to go up. >> if you have a drone or planning to get one, will you have to register it with the federal government, owners can register at the faa website, the faa says it now gets more than a hundred reports a month about drones that are flying near airplanes. and people in china are so desperate to get a breath of fresh air that they are willing to pay for it. sales of vitality air canistered clean canada air are spiking, they are cost 60 bucks each, beijing issued their first pollution red alert last week. >> i'm sick of the dogs, our office is contaminated, i feel like i need to get kathryn some fresh air so they can breath. >> fresh canada air solves everything. >> we are not that far from canada. >> that is true. >> thank you very much, jill.
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it is just damp, dreary but very mild, you would not think december, i mean we've been saying this over and over again, not the greatest day. >> just ten days. >> i know, i know, it doesn't feel like christmas. by the way, speaking of fresh canadian air we are going to get a batch tomorrow. >> i am going to open the windows in the office. >> yes, it is going to feel cooler by tomorrow. it's been remarkably warm for this time of the year, look at temperatures, it is 60 degrees in wooster, we just jumped to 59 in boston, high of 61 a couple hours ago. 69 record warm in providence, right? so when you get north of boston the temperatures are cooler, running in the middle to upper 40s, still mild for this time of year. there is a little bit of fog, some change invisibility in some of the showers, but also in the cape and islands, half mile visibility from the vineyard to nantucket over to chattam, too. but i am tracks these showers
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west to east, we still have a few hours to go before we get out of some of this. you will need the wipers on, mare he mack valley stretching down to 495, some of the deeper oranges and yellows, that is where we have heavier elements, south side of framingham, hocking ton as well, zoom out a bit, outside of wooster county, sutton, heavy downpour coming through. the activity does get lighter from paxton up to berry as well, between now to late morning the rain comes to an end, you can see snow back up into eastern canada. you will notice what happens, 6 had 9 in new york city right now. then we -- 649 in new york city right now. that is a sign of cooler air. it is going to come in with a gusting wind today. this is a wind gust forecast between 30-40 miles per hour starting at late morning and lingering right through the day.
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that we see a few gusts that top out near 50 miles per hour, we haven't had that many windy days this fall, the trees will be tested, there may be a couple isolated limb that come down, maybe a few pockets of outages, that wind is going to stay strong, that is why we have the wind advisory in effect. high pressure builds in. going to be a beautiful day, more like normal, temperatures in the mid 40s. on thursday, we start with clouds, next round of rain comes in. so by late morning on thursday a couple scattered shower, by the afternoon it's steadier rain and that will linger into thursday evening and night, area of low pressure develops, too. some of these showers may linger into friday. in the meantime, it's the warm today, warm and the wind. temperatures this afternoon this afternoon will cool into the upper 50s, overnight tonight back to near normal
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cooler suburbs skip into the 30s, high temperatures tomorrow mid to upper 40s for most of us, definitely a noticeable difference, it will be about 50 on thursday as the rain develops, on friday lingering showers possible, still in the 50s and winter returns for the weekend, feeling chilly with temperatures on 40 on saturday. >> good deal to do christmas shopping on friday. stars are out in full force for the world premier of the new star wars movie. >> some of the biggest names and newest faces just walked the red carpet in hollywood. >> nothing will stand in our way. >> star wars "the force awakens" had one of the largest premiers in hollywood history, no doubt this film is a force of nature. what was the best part for biggest stars? >> making a good movie that was eagerly anticipated with people that i enjoy working with.
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since the beginning. >> he looks just the same, young and handsome. on the inside time has moved on. >> the film has already raked in more than $50 million in advance ticket sales and is on pace to shatter more box office records. >> use the force and run. >> this complex is a perfect place for a premier, filmmakers unveiled the original star wars movie at this theater back in 1997. >> emily christianson was in the audience that summer. >> my nerd a claim to fame to see it here in 77. >> the buzz came by word of mouth not by twitter or internet. >> 40 years and an entire generation later, the $4 billion franchise is bigger than ever perhaps even in galaxies far far away. cbs news hollywood. >> just why ahead, boston police need your help.
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welcome back, the time is 45:29, checking our top stories, affrighted inning armed robbery all caught on camera, right now police in brewster are searching for this man seen in surveillance video, can you see him walk into bruceer farms country market point willing a gun at the cashier, he threatened the owners mother. the first full day of jury deliberations in the philip chism trial will start today, prosecutors say the danvers teenager raped and murdered his colleen ritzer, the defense claims he has psychiatric the time of the crime. the jury is made up of eight men and four women, they are going to resume deliberations at 9:00 this morning. a closer look at the state's overdose epidemic through the eyes of young
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see the new screening of the film following highs and lows of eight addicts op the cape. new campaign # state without stigma making people realize addiction is an illness not a choice. kicking off a two night celebration, this year he is the current head coach at the university of kentucky and inducted into the basketball hall of fame. during his tenure at u mass he brought the team to the ncaa tournament five times but his time at the school was not without controversy, the team's 1996 final four appearance was vacated due to ncaa violations. the woman who ran an iconic candy store ethel white died at the age of 101, hundreds have paid tribute to her leaving notes taped to the front of
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>> i think the thing that was most important to my mother's life is you always it the best you can. you live by the golden rule. >> i haven't known nobody that touched me. >> i think she will always be here. >> ethel's family tells us they aren't sure yet where what will become of the store. a missing cat has boston police asking for your help this morning, call i could is and adopted member of the boston swat team, she joined the ranks in 2013, quickly dubbed swat cat. there she is sitting on top of an armored vehicle used by the team. three weeks ago she disappeared from their base, they miss their coworker, anyone with information is asked to call police. 4:55, the ultimate ride along for kids in boston, cruising the aisles, boston with cops.
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last night then they picked out a gift with first responders, the kids of course loved it, who wouldn't? and police commissioner evans said it highlights for officers as well. >> we take for granted, you know, that santa comes down the tree for everybody and they don't, this is a way our officers can be santa to our kids. >> public and private donations pick up most of the cost, organizers choose kids from every boston neighborhood. i love that story. that is such a nice thing. through rain, hail, sleet and turkeys? >> up next a massachusetts mailman battling more than just the elements on his daily route, we'll show you. catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue 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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