breaking news, a threat shuts down the entire los angeles school district, a massive search of nearly thousand schools is under way and the fbi is called in. and it feels almost like spring out there, temperatures up around 60 but the gusty wind bringing big changes when cooler air moves in. and learning his fate, the conductor of a run away redline train goes through the mbta disciplinary board. and honoring a staple in the community, the sweet way brookline is saying good-bye to

sweetness to their neighborhood . breaking news right now at noon, the entire los angeles school district, the nation's second largest is closed because of a threat. good afternoon i'm chris mckinnon. and i'm cath ridge hauser, that threat forced them to shut down more than 900 schools. this morning they ordered the school busses back to the yard because of this threat. right now authorities will only say the threat was received electronically. chris martinez reports from los angeles. >> we are closing all district campuses today due to a threat that has come. >> calls like this one went out to parents in los angeles this morning as authorities closed down the entire los angeles unified school district over an unspecified electronic threat made to "many schools." >> some of the details talked about backpacks, talked about other packages. >> police are investigating the

further details, officials said they are taking the precaution based on recent terror attacks in san san bernardino and over seas. >> i as superintendent am not going to take the chance with the life of a student. >> the superintendent ordered authorities to inspect every school by the end of the day. >> i want every school searched to make sure that it is safe for children and safe for staff to be there on wednesday. >> students who were already at school were supervised until they were picked up. >> we need the cooperation of the whole los angeles today. >> the shut down affects about 6 40,000 students, more than 1000 schools, chris martinez cbs news los angeles. >> and with more than the 00 campuses this shut down is a massive undertaking involving more than half a million kids.

we are joined by our security analyst former boston police commissioner ed davis, we have been mentioning, this is a huge task to take on, how would like this? >> well, kathryn, it's hard to say because each one of these cases are individual in nature. there is no doubt in my mind that this has evolved because san bernardino happens so close to la. but there are hundreds of threat that come into our nation's schools and public buildings every single day across the nation, they are taken in the contest of what the threat is and right now people are afraid, so they are reacting in a way that that maybe a little too cautious. i don't want to criticize officials out there. i certainly think they are doing exactly think they are doing what they have to do,

this incident happened to them, an incident that happened in new york that was discounted. you know, this has to be taken in the context of how people feel across the nation right now. it's really troubling. >> and davis, thank you very much we appreciate your expertise on this topic, thank you very much. >> thank you, chris. now to a developing story this noon, the driver of that run away redline train is meeting right now with the mbta leadership for a disciplinary hearing. sources are keling wbz he could know his fate by the end of the day if he is going to lose his job. david vazquez is accused of tampering with a switch on a redline train. when he got out to fix a signal issue the train kept going with passengers on board. meanwhile at the mbta operations center worker had minutes to stop the train before it could have collided with another trolley. lee saunders got that call, he started kill the power on the tracks but the train's moment

he was able to stop the train, in 15 years he has never experienced anything like this. >> we deal with thousands of calls a day and it's all kinds of different scenarios and situations, you know. sometimes it's just gun fire or someone with a knife that's on the platform. never never a train moving on its own with no operator. >> meanwhile, vazquez's lawyer says his client is a worker with a spotless record who is beloved bypass injuries. he says there is still a lot of conclusions are drawn. >> right now the mbta says the mechanical problem caused a commuter rail line delay that left passengers stuck for several hours, now according to the t, a train on the kingston plymouth line broke down around 10:30 last night, the t said attempts to fix the train didn't work, passengers complained on twitter that they were left in the dark, riders

and made it to their final stops before, that is more than a two hour delay. >> we've had a lot of news go on. let's take a break and check the weather. the rain has moved out, the sun is shining but you may notice the camera doing a little shimmy shake. >> that is the wind out there. also by the way, temperatures reached a high, right, danielle of -- >> 61. >> 61. >> overnight. >> december 15th, 61 degrees. >> it's the new october, i'm it willing you -- telling you. remarkable warm this morning, record for today 66, providence, rhode island hit it overnight. is 1 of the 15 days of the month we've had -- 11 of the 15 days of the month we had 50 degrees plus temperatures. so it's been a mild stretch. boston right now is running in the upper as. 58 degrees, humidity is down, up this morning with the showers that came through, now that westerly wind, it is gusty out there, shimmy shake with

20 miles per hour at logan airport, numerous gusts higher than that. it is keeping us still mild 57 nashua, same in lawrence. 60 in tauton, 60 in providence up from 50 just beautiful out there if you can hold on to your hat. gusts shy of 40 miles per hour. numerous gusts, it doesn't matter where you go over 30 miles per hour, there may be a few gusts as high as 40 miles per hour this afternoon, skies have cleared out, tonight that wind with will gradually subside, wind advisories to 6:00 p.m. 30s in the suburbs tonight. i'm tracking another round of rain for thursday, i'm going to have more details coming up in a couple minutes. developing right now at noon, deliberations still under way in salem for the philip chism murder trial. >> jurors are debating the future the danvers teenager, his lawyers say he was in a the throws of psychosis when at the age of 14 he brutally raped and murdered his math teacher, 24-

the prosecution claims it was a carefully planned crime with chism even using gloves and an extra bag to get rid of bloody clothing. of course stay with wbz when a verdict is announced, we will bring it to you live on air and online at cbsboston.com. on cape cod police searching for an armed robber, surveillance video showing the they washing into the brewster farms country market pointing a gun at the cashier, and threatening the owners ' moth -- owner's mother. tension is high on the campus of dean college after reports of two sexual assaults over the weekend, just came after -- just after the campus police was disbanded, the private liberal arts college got rid of the department in favor of a private security firm. that happened because they wanted to unionize. >> it's very simple, it's union busting, we wanted to unionize,

>> yes. she canned us all immediately. >> the college says the security firm called team ops already provides security for patriots, officials say the security detail is highly train glad tonight the republican presidential hopefuls will face off and what is expected to be a fiery debate, nine candidates will be on the stage in las vegas for the fifth and final debate of the year, donald trump will take center stage with senator ted cruz right next to him. a recent polls shows cruz has a ten point lead in iowa. coming up, remembering a candy shop icon, the life and legacy of a 01-year-old legacy. biggest premiers of all kind. from the streets to shopping, boston's police take

breaking news to tell you about right now at noon, a pedestrian hit by a car in watertown, this happening at the corner of adams and mount auburn street, you are taking a live look from sky eye over the

israel hospital. you. investigating again pedestrian hit in watertown at adams and mount auburn street. other news this noon, ultimate ride along for kids in boston cruising the toy aisles with boston police called shop with a cop. 330 kids arrived at the dorchester target with a police escort last night. then they picked out a gift with first responders, the kids absolutely loved it and police commissioner evans says it's a highlight for the officers, too. >> we take for granted, you know, that santa comes down the tree for everybody and they don't. you know, this is the way our officers can see a lot of these kids. >> public and private donations picked up most of the costs, organizers choose kids from every boston neighborhood. >> they were having a lot of fun, merry christmas to all. a woman who became a fixture in brookline is being

>> when ethel wise dye add the is 01 years old she was still shop. >> reporter: we are all so busy, with you one store. >> the only place in boston that sells this kind of stuff. particular. begin. >> taught so many here in brookline to slow down. >> she was just this wonderful old lady who really really shared her passion for what she was doing. >> she was nice and fair and very kind about everything. >> nobody like her. >> which is why this weekend so many took a moment to stop to legacy ethel wise leaves behind. >> she was one of a kind, this girl was one of a kind, you don't see her anymore. >> ethel passed away at the age

days running the toy and candy store she and her husband opened in 1939 where she worked until the last of her day, cbs news paid her a visit a few months ago. >> it is a wonderful place to be, you can see people all the time and you can wave to them and say hi. >> since her passing, hundreds have come to say hi one final time. >> i think the thing that was most important to my mother's life is you always do the best you can. you live by the golden rule. >> i have known nobody that touched me the way that ethel >> as it turns out, ethel wasn't selling stuff, she was selling an idea, what if we all said hello, smiled, what if we all just slowed down. >> i think she will always be >> great story. >> i no he that is a great story, heartwarming. what a difference a couple hours makes today, it's like

morning was damp, dreary, now sunny, now the wind is kicking up, it's beautiful. i mean, if you have a hat on you have to hold on to it, look at that camera. >> the shimmy shake, we call that all the time. >> it's the latest dance craze. >> i think it's fantastic. that camera having a tough time staying steady, rainfall totals from wbz weather watchers and reports, yarmouth picking up inch of rain, so the highest totals tapering off the farther north you go, we could use a little bit of rain. and it was an unusual december morning, average highs 41, average low temperatures 34, look at our temperatures just after midnight we are at 55 her 60 degrees just after 3:00 a.m., now we are in the 50s to near 60s still, but it's that wind, check out the current

in some spots, it is windy out there and some gusts may top out over 40 miles per hour through the reminder of the afternoon, that is why the wind advisory is up, until of p.m. for all south in new england. a couple pockets of damage from winds this afternoon. 60 in new bedford. 60 in the vineyard, lunch time beautiful. back to the west, that is where things start to change a little bit, 40s in buffalo, new york, there is change on the move. then we drop into the 30s and east, dropping into the 30s overnight tonight. but the storm is departing. by the way, central and northern maine dealing with snow, so there is colder air but we have been on the mild side of things and that continues.tomorrow you will feel the difference, the wind will die down, it won't be

day overall, high pressure out of eastern canada. a couple clouds tomorrow evening, thursday we come back into some of the mild air, with that come some clouds and shower, i don't think the morning commute is an issue. thursday afternoon, different story, steadier rain moves in and it will fall at times steadily and heavily through thursday afternoon, evening, a little action, look at this friday morning another wave of low pressure along this front, it means pockets of rain friday morning and then gradually we get partial clearing for the second half of the day on friday. owe night tonight quiet conditions though, 40 in boston, again low 30s is the normal, it will be cooler than we've been, but still 34, 35, 36 in the suburbs not too bad. 44 in boston. the average high again 429, 993 for most of us, so we are going to end up above average again

difference because we've been so mild, 48 in plymouth, accuweather seven day forecast around 50 to end the week once that rain comes through friday, mainly dry. saturday. chilly, temperatures around 40 week. by the way, i want to let you know about our snow falcon test, we do it every year when we want you to take a guess how much snow you think is going to fall for the entire season. whoever guesses is going to win season passes for the next ski season, enter on our website for more details -- watch what you say. >> that was really good. >> thank you very much, danielle. well in the city not too far away. >> we take you to the star wars premier and find out about the early reviews to the movie. hot on our website

welcome back, we are talking months, maybe even years for some fans, the aunt paying. >> for him, right?

the release of the new star wars film, stars of the "the force awakens" hit the carpet last night, this is the first time in a decade we've seen a new star wars movie and fans cheered on the new characters as well as the old favorites, harrison ford says he is glad he has a chance to be apart of it. >> people have been anticipating this film for a long time and that is a good thing. we had a really good script and jj is a director i have really admired, have for a long time, i was pleased to do that. >> "the force awakens" broken >> sounds good. hans solo says it's great, we want to know. early reviews are in, let's take a look at this, rebecca says story, characters, design, had you more # star wars fans this is the movie you are looking for. another tweeted this review out, star wars "the force

kickoff i would rank it number three in the series, that is out of seven so far. how about this last review. not going to say much until i see it again but rest assured is the best star wars movie since 19883 maybe 1980. to kathryn it appears the film is living up to all the hype. howard stern is saying this week could be his last broadcast. stern signed a deal for another five years, he joined the company in 20049 under his current contract, stern earns an estimated $80 million a year, no word on what the new contracts will be worth, that's a lot of money. >> a lot of money. still ahead, the ultimate view for a sox fan, advantage point for the ballpark and how

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. coming up today at 5:00, we are continuing to closely monitor the philip chism trial, the jury is in day two of deliberations, if there is a verdict we will bring it now on

cbsboston.com, we will have the latest for you in the courtroom today at 5:00. there is a if you way to take in fenway park. >> brand new $50 million expansion, also a renovation including a new wing overlooking fenway inside of that a special fenway suite that has a terrace overlooking the park. along with other exclusive sox memorabilia, but this type of fandom will cost you a pretty penny. a thousand bucks a night. there. >> $50 million renovation though. >> it looks cool. >> if you are a bible fan you are sure to love it. it literally feels more like october, it feel the like spring, the wind is really gusty, besides that, get outside and enjoy it, tomorrow much cooler, less wind, another bring the umbrella.

>> that will do it for today at