looks like the dance moves from oh oh oh! you know, it does! [ laughter ] that's my favorite story of the morning, hand down. >> that will get you up and going on this wednesday morning, your top stories, weather and traffic ahead on wbz "this morning ". >> the news at 5:00 starts now. philip chism heading back to court one day after he's found guilty of the murder and rape of his teacher. people caught underneath telling their story. the war of words between candidates and the biggest issue their fought over. >> this is wbz "this morning". >> good morning, to you, it's 5:00, i'm chris mckinnon. >> and i'm kathryn hauser, thank you for being here with us on this wednesday, december 16th, it feels a little more like it

had 60s yesterday, but more seasonable yesterday, pamela. >> so funny to see the map, yesterday, the map was yellow. >> back to blue, back to winter-like temperatures right here, this is where we should be this time of year, reality setting in, 34 degrees, fichberg waking up to 47 degrees, 43 boston, norwood as well, you might want the heavy winter coat, comparing things to yesterday or the last couple days, we're running anywhere from 15 to 20 degrees colder in many locations, 17 degrees in boston, 18 in taunton, a 12 degree temperature change in chatham, clouds along the coast, mostly clear skies, farther inland to worcester county. we keep the mainly sunny skies around through the lunch hour, 44 degrees that high temperature, average high should be 41 this time of year, right on target where we should be at this point in the season. southeastern clouds, that's what we expect too. few clouds along the coast. now in the forecast we had some

especially for tomorrow, we'll have the hour by hour timing coming up in just a bit. traffic and weather together, robi? good morning, pamela, the mid week commute is underway, pretty quiet as expected live look over the expressway, moderate to heavy quincy to boston, moving along, the rest of the major routes from the south looking good, quick check of the north map, see a lot of green out there, 93 southbound, smooth ride from andover, the medford stretch, peabody and 495, speed limit rides, chris and kathryn? >> 5:02, philip chism due back in court today, one day after a jury found him guilty of the murder and rape of his math teacher, colleen ritzer. chism will be in court today as a juvenile to face charges in an assault on department of youth services worker while awaiting trial in the ritzer case. >> meanwhile her family is speaking out for the first time

louisa live with more. >> reporter: well, the saga just doesn't seem to end, that's of course, chism back in court today as you said on an attempted murder charge for assaulting the department of youth services employee. and this is after a very emotional day in court when he was found guilty of murdering a beloved danvers high school teacher. >> guilty, deliberate premeditation, and extreme atrocity with cruelty. >> reporter: 16-year-old philip chism appeared expressionless, found guilty of first degree murder, behind him, the mother of colleen in tears. p eggy ritzer was able to express herself after more than a month of disturbing testimony regarding the brutal death of her daughter, colleen. >> one of her favorite quotes, was there is something good in everyday.

a well loved math teacher, she stalked by philip chism, strangled and stabbed. also the rape in a high school woman's bathroom, armed robbery for stealing her underwear. >> these jurors have given this case everything they have. >> reporter: the jury ultimately not buying the defense's argument that he was in the throes of mental illness when he murdered ritzer. the family saying the legacy not over. >> we will not allow her death to define how she's remembered. >> reporter: regarding that hearing today, prosecutors say chism was in the youth detention facility in 2014 when he followed a worker in to a locker room, beat and choked her and in the ritzer case, he now faces a life sentence with the possibility of parole. we're live this danvers, louisa

there's a sense of relief this morning, danvers residents have been watching the trial closely and were relieved when the verdict came quickly, most say they're pleased with the verdict and hope the town and ritzer family can heal. more than two years after the crime, many say it's still hard to understand. >> they put it behind them, i think it's good for the parents, and of the, of her and maybe put it behind them now. i think it's good for all of us. >> just terrible, you know, i'm just glad it's over with, you know, and, um, to be honest with you, i hope he never gets out. >> the school released a statement saying they hope with this verdict the community can heal. and remember, colleen's message of being good to people. the judge set a hearing for next week to discuss chism's sentencing, stay with wbz on air and online for the latest on the case. new this morning a bad crash in wakefield, emergency responders rush to the scene of 128 south, just after 1:00 a.m.

paramedics took them both to the hospital, the vehicle then caught fire, state police are now investigating. in other news, brewster police for an armed man, holding up the brewster market, holding up the clerk and threatening the owner's mother, new bedford detectives want to know if he committed a similar crime there. wild winds collapse a wall in malden right on the street, fell on several people walking by, including a mom and her toddler. nicole jacobs is live in malden this morning with a closer look at what happened. nicole? >> reporter: chris, kathryn, where that wall collapsed, it's all cleaned up now and if you take a look now, this wooden beam is all that's left of the wall, there were no serious injuries rewards -- with regards

surveillance video captures the story. >> so heavy, unbelievable, i wouldn't wish it on anybody >> reporter: five people walking just outside a construction area, a chinese plywood shielded debris. >> like, i could've died and i'm started crying a little bit. >> reporter: but as the wind blew, that barrier toppled, several were trapped including a mother and her toddler. maureen finn was there too. >> i want to thank the people that lifted it off of us, that guy that dragged me out of it >> reporter: good samaritans rushed in to help. >> we didn't know what happened, we just ran out there and saw people underneath, heard a baby crying, trying to lift it out and get the people from underneath. >> reporter: city building inspectors are now looking in to it, how a casual stroll turned in to an urgent rescue. everyone who was briefly trapped and treated at the hospital is expected to make a full

we're live in malden, nicole jacobs, wbz "this morning". 5:07 right now, the mbta taking formal steps to fire the operator of the runaway train on the red line, david vasquez will be fired after he serves the 30 day unpaid suspension that was handed down yesterday. sources tell wbz that last thursday, vasquez wrapped a phone cord around the train's throttle. when he got out of the train to fix a signal problem and then forgot to set the hand brake. that's not what he tell the union. >> as far as wrapping it around, no, he doesn't admit to that in me. >> without the hand brake, the red line train took off, rolling through three stations before other employees cut the power to the system and stopped it. more than half a dozen people recovering after this nashville. the southwest airlines boeing 737 was arriving from houston when it slid right off the

thing you know, we're skidding off the road and i'm looking at the wing and it looks as if we're about to topple over. and then we stopped in the ditch, and then, i don't know, the fun part, at least i got to slide down the little slide. >> you wonder, what happened? did we hit somebody, did we hit a plane, a truck? what did we do? >> there were 133 passengers and five crew members on board, eight suffered minor injury this morning the faa still trying to figure out what went wrong. over to campaign 2016, the gloves came off at the republican presidential debate last night, the final debate of the year, bree's here with a closer look at the clashes, good morning. >> good morning, kathryn, the previous four debates went largely to script, we knew what to expect. but this debate focused on security and had a fearful tone. some takeaways of the night, the candidates agree that political correctness is bad and with few exceptions, they believe the u.s. needs to deploy troops to syria and iraq.

on stage at the venetian hotel in las vegas focused on national the first topic? donald trump's call to ban states. trump says he's extend it to refugees already here. >> if obama has brought some to they're going. they're gone. >> it will push the muslim world, arab world away with us when we need to engage with them. he's a chaos candidate, he'd be a chaos president. >> reporter: cruz locking horns with rubio in immigration issue. >> supported a 500% increase in the number of h1bs in this country, and supported the doubling number of the green cards. >> like the fireman and the arsonist have the same record because they're both at the scene of the fire. >> reporter: rand paul requested the temperament after a nnlz political scandal.

judgment of someone who might want world war three, someone who might shut down a bridge because they don't like their friends. >> reporter: and fiorina quoted thatcher when laying out plans for isis. you want something talked about, ask a man. if you want something done, ask a woman. there are two debates for the gop candidates before the iowa caucus. meanwhile, hillary clinton also taking on the issue of terrorism, the democratic front runner pitched her plan to fight isis yesterday, it includes a closer look at the social media postings of visa applicants, clinton, sanders, and malley debate in new hampshire. in los angeles, an e-mail threatening a shooting was a hoax. that e-mail was sent to the school board monday night, referencing assault rifles and other guns, and implying explosive devices, the superintendent closed down the

police searched every school campus. new york city schools also received a similar threat but did not shut down. all eyes on the federal reserve today, expected to raise its key interest rate for the first time in a decade, many see the possible move as a sign of a stronger economy, we're going to have a live report from the new york stock exchange and how the move can impact the markets, coming up in our money watch report in 30 minutes. update on key injuries for the pats. >> and also safety, getting in the holiday spirit, the shopping spree he treated kids to. plus, james and the cavs at the garden and the celtics take the top team in the eastern conference, good morning, pamela. good morning, we have some chilly temperatures a little bit of a shock to the system as you head out the door to the bus stop, temperatures in the mid 30s to start off the day, after school at least we'll have a bright sky, lots of sunshine, temperatures more seasonable in the 40s, tracking rain and a little bit of a warm up for tomorrow, the details in just a

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what's the one place to travel next year? >> there's a lot on my list, could be closer to home, tri vago announced province town to stay, calling it a memorable

england city made the top 50 list, bar harbor, maine, coming up at number six, boston, newport and rhode island made the list, 21 and 22, there we go, save all my money and stay in downtown boston. >> well, done like a day trip. >> it sound cool. >> more time there. >> yeah, anything on the outer cape, just like a little more secluded, the whole cape is gorgeous. >> when it's warmer too. >> there you go! it is nice to go down when everything is shut down, hunkered down for the winter. >> yeah, not too crowded. feels more like it should out there, pamela. temperatures much cooler compared to this time yesterday, running anywhere from 15 to 20 degrees cooler in some spots, but want to show you a school visit, the world tour continues with the wbz weather team and danielle niles visited, first

video, there we go, danielle's talk here, awesome. from martha jones school in westwood, their motto is work hard, be your best self, do the right thing. and danielle told them it wasn't going to snow this christmas, so they all wanted to know he, would it snow next christmas, that's a really long-term forecast, and i don't know if we're that good! [ laughter ] but we'll go with eh, we'll see. we'll have to wait and see. [ laughter ] 50/50. temperatures running colder in all spots, 43 boston, 37 worcester, 38 nashua, 34 taunton and comparing things to yesterday, running colder in all locations. hour by hour forecast, temperatures will stay in the 40s, for the rest of this afternoon here in boston, at least. 40 degrees 8:00 a.m., we fall there, and going back to the mid 40s, by 40, 43 degrees by noon, and by 1:00 44 degrees, with full sunshine thankfully, it

temperatures again, much colder compared to last several days, 37 degrees [ indiscernible ] and 47 plymouth more of a breeze to come off the colder ocean water, giving the potential of clouds off the coast line, especially southeastern coast, cape and islands, back in the 30s, 39 boston, another chilly start to the day as we head in to thursday, but the clouds move in and the rain chances return to the forecast by tomorrow. hour by hour want to show you the timing here, 9:00 a.m. starting it off with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies, noon, abundant sunshine, keeping the theme here with the mostly clear skies through 5:00 p.m., clouds increase overnight as our next system pushes through, we could see a sprinkle or two but it looks to stay relatively dry in the atmosphere, and that's so we don't expect any heavy rain going in to thursday afternoon, still looking dry, afternoon shower at best, but then the

intensity, couple downs, and heavy showers all the way through friday morning, projected rainfall totals here anywhere from quarter of an inch to half an inch, widespread, boston 0.41 inches of rain, not bad, beneficial that's for sure, we could definitely use the showers here and by this weekend, clearing things out just in time, although we will become cool once again with temperatures very seasonable, but at least we will have sunshine nice and dry, expect a few flurries, day by day, 53 degrees by thursday, scattered by evening, friday 51, sunday 41 and back to 40s and 50s for the start to next week. traffic and weather together, robi! so everyday, my 8-year-old son wears a [ indiscernible ] hat and he gets off the bus, grabs my iphone, and siri, when is it going to snow? so heart breaking! [ laughter ] danielle tells the kids it

>> pretty much, we aren't popular at this time. >> i wouldn't go to any schools. >> maybe flurries saturday, saturday, maybe flurries. that's all we can give you. >> confetti only, i think. >> i think so. [ laughter ] still quiet, out there on the routes, let's check the ride from the north to 93, 93 southbound, light to moderate woburn in boston, the low rest of the major routes are trouble free, quick check of the south map, busy quincy to boston, 24 north looks okay from brock that's been terrible all week, route three north and 95 north are speed limit rides. some injury updates for the patriots and mostly bad news. >> taking on the cavs, have your morning sports. >> well, good morning, everyone, yesterday was another statement

the statement, 89-77 the final, cavs took over in the 4th quarter, on the break, lebron had a 24 point, 16 in the third. cavs [ indiscernible ] love had a big night, here in the fourth, raining in the three, 84-72, cavaliers topped, 89-77. to the patriots, multiple reports say blount is done for the season, for the hip injury, got hurt during sunday night's win in houston, alongside monte to the squad. and more bad news, dominique easeleeyy this houston, as mccordy who left with an injury, but

limp, taking part in his own charity event you healthy, you okay? >> i'm not going to stop. >> reporter: shopping, everything okay? >> yeah, i'll be all right, i'll be good. >> reporter: there we go, and he along with more than a dozen of his teammates went with 50 children in need at the bass pro shops, each kid got a chance to pick out what they wanted, with some assistance from some of their heroes, and it was a great night all the way around, i'm steve burton, back to you. >> those injuries. >> yeah, i though, right? crazy, i don't know any more. >> get them off the list! coming up next, a girl's special christmas wish. >> how the community was able to help her achieve her goals to

welcome back, 5:25 right now, a little girl from wilmington asked for money for keep the cash. >> instead her plan to buy toys she could give to children's story. >> 8-year-old kyly wrote to elf on a shelf, hoping he could write to santa, for $600, after her parents posted her letter online, she received thousands of dollar. she donated two checks one to

and the other to boston children's hospital. a gofundme page with her letter to the elf raised more than $5,100. she received a warm welcome at both the wilmington fire department and during her first trip to boston children's hospital. she hopes her efforts will inspire others to do good this holiday season. >> i just that this kind of passes on, so a lot of people in the world can still be happy. >> we should all be happy, right? her parents say they couldn't be prouder, of course. she received a certificate from children's hospital for her work. chris and kathryn back to you. >> all right, thank you very much, bree, what a great story here. heading in to the holiday, all right. still to come in our next half hour, a warning from police. >> the disturbing phone scam claiming to be connected to isis. local city.

convicted in one of the most evil crimes ever seen around here. what we can do now to honor the

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right now at 5:30, philip chism heading back to court this morning, one day after he's found guilty in the murder and rape of his math teacher. a local author's laptop stolen from his car, his plea this morning to get it back, the important images from the marathon bombing. sparks fly at the republican presidential debate, the war of words and the biggest issues they fought over. from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz "this morning". >> good morning, it is 5:30 right now on this wednesday, i'm kathryn hauser. >> and i'm chris mckinnon, wednesday as you mentioned, december 16, we are saying wednesday a few times because pamela just said, i don't even

you just wait, we'll let you know in just a moment. [ laughter ] >> hump day. >> yeah, halfway through the fantastic. temperatures, a little bit on the cool side. >> it is, i know, yesterday was 60s, is that a typo on the map? what's going on? shockingly warm yesterday, shockingly cold to start off your morning today. live look at the boston common here, a beautiful, trees decorated for the christmas season, finally starting to feel more like the season, with temperatures becoming more normal for this time of the year. average high should be 41 and we're still a little bit above it in some spots, but temps will stay in the mid 40s for this afternoon. starting off in the 30s, and 40s for us here, 34 degrees, worcester 47, heavy winter coat necessary as you head out the door, running from five to 15 degrees colder up to 25 degrees colder in some locations, boston and worcester, 17 degrees colder

the clouds hanging around the coastline here, mostly clear farther inland and it looks like we'll keep the sunshine around, 44 degrees at high temperature, warm up on the way for tomorrow, but also tracking some rain, i'll have the hour by hour forecast, traffic and weather together now, robi. pamela, crash on the expressway, these are not happy drivers, multicar accident on the northbound side, near morrissey boulevard, total traffic network tells me at least the right lane is blocked, to make a bumper to bumper grid, also to the south, 128 southbound heavy and slow between the slit, only problem reported now, 93 southbound slow between 495 and dasham road. taking our top stories, the final republican presidential debate of the year, senators

heated exchange over u.s. military, intervention, government spying on americans, communications and also immigration, and front runner donald trump definite -- defended his call to temporarily ban muslims, calling it a security measure, he promise he won't run as an independent if he loses the nominations. a guilty verdict in the philip chism trial, a jury rejected the defense claims that the danvers teenager is legally insane when he killed his high school math teacher colleen ritzer. the jury also convicted him of aggravated rape and robbery because he was 14 years old at the time of the crime, he'll be sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole. and that verdict brings some closure for colleen ritzer's family. >> this morning, our jon keller looks at how we can help her family honor her memory. >> reporter: good morning. it's everyone's worst nightmare. a beloved friend or family member brutally murdered in a random act of inexplicable violence. and as little as we can say to

colleen ritzer other than we're horrified and heart broken by what happened to her. in theory, her killer who was 14 when he committed the crime teenage 31. we can only hope judge david lowy exercises his authority to put him behind bars for life by imposing concurrent sentences, the ritzer family deserves prospect of having to relive right hand agony years from now in a possible parole process. i don't have much interest right now in trying to understand what compelled this murderer to descend in to savagery. the prison psychologists can work on that while the rest of us direct our understanding and compassion toward the victim's survivors. but the case does leave unanswered questions. could this criminals derangement have been better identified and treated to neutralize the threat he posed? what did his adult overseers and peers know? when did they know it and what

what more can we do to protect the innocent from the predators among us? the ritzer family has established a scholarship in colleen's memory for high school seniors from andover and danvers high, pursuing a career in teaching. go online at colleenritzerscholarship.com to learn more, donate and perhaps help something good come out of one of our community's most evil crimes ever. in other news this morning, a warning about a disturbing phone scam, lancaster police tell us a person claiming to be a member of isis is harassing homeowners in the area, threatening to burn down their homes. police posted this morning on their facebook page, they say the caller has the california area code, if anyone calls you asking for personal information, hang up and call police. a local author pleading for information about his stolen

author of "boston strong" he was in dorchester when someone grabbed his computer, the laptop had notes from the book and pictures of marathon survivor. >> some of those pictures, the only place i had them saved was the laptop, unfortunately, i lost some of those, some of the notes from the interviews we did, some of it backed up but not all of it. >> wedge's offered up to $1,000 reward with now questions asked. are you having trouble getting out of bed in the morning? you may not be alone. the national sleep foundation says 60% of the americans struggle to wake up, a lot of people hit the snooze button and wake up slowly, but researchers say that's a bad idea, they argue it cheats you out of much needed extra minutes of deep sleep. >> i love the snooze button. >> you're a snoozer i get up social media. >> i hit snooze twice, 20 minutes! [ laughter ] >> 20 minutes of sleep that you

all right, straight ahead, a big decision from the feds. >> the change expected to make in interest rates and how it could impact you directly. a barrier wall collapses and now those who were trapped are speaking out. hear from them, coming up. and it's time to take a look at some of the weather watcher reports, lots of folks up and at them now, 30s and 40s according to jennifer methuen, 36 degrees charles in milton reporting 43 degrees, stay cool with sunshine, but rain on the way

welcome back, 5 enclose:40 on your now. >> plus a big decision, jill wagner from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, chris and kathryn it is decision day for the federal reserve, this afternoon, the feds expected to announce it is raising short-term interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis. further rate hikes to be gradual. congressional leaders reached a deal on a $1.1 trillion spending deal, funding the government until 2016, tax brakes to expire and the cadillac tax on some employer health plans. and a record number of people are expected to travel

december 23 to january 3, aaa estimates the 100.5 million americans will take a trip, 104% more than last year, the reason for that is the drop in the price of gas, 90% of people will be travelling by car, chris and kathryn, you guys going anywhere? >> i'll be one of them, in the car. >> i'll be going about seven miles up the road to my parents' house. >> easy commute. >> that's so nice though, you live close to where your parents live? >> yeah, not too far outside of the city that's pretty good. >> and jill, you and i have the long island connection. >> reporter: that's right! well, for me it's still close, kathryn, i'll be driving home to long island? >> your direction. >> reporter: come say hi! [ laughter ] >> thank you very much, jill, we'll see you tomorrow morning. coming up, a check of your traffic and weather together. plus a look at today's top story, the latest gop presidential debate, who threw the biggest jabs and the issues taking center stage.

today on another violent charge, i'm louisa moller with the latest on one day he was found guilty of murdering a beloved high school teacher. yesterday in florida, in bermuda shorts, and christmas is next week? almost no shot to waking up to it? let us know.

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oh, boy, no snowflakes in sight right now, but last year, massachusetts city and town spent at least $325 million to clear all the snow and ice. >> that's the most in more than a decade, more than a mile, more than $90,000, the winter across the city $8 million, more than eight times the budget, part of the problem? no farms ran out of room tors -- forcing officials. >> remember that one giant snow pile. >> wasn't it july 14 or something that it melted? that was the official dailt, they were taking bets? >> something like that. >> pamela, okay, i'm a little nervous, remember, last christmas it was really warm on christmas day, we had like, not a lot of snow, and then all of a sudden we got blasted. >> and then wham. yeah. [ laughter ] >> please do not repeat this. >> no, it doesn't look like it

>> it's on you. >> thankfully -- on me? it takes a team to put the weather together! b, we have el nino coming for us. >> i love it, science. >> it is science. and el nino will actually keep us warm throughout the rest of this month, and it's looking like we will actually stay milder in to january and february. even if we get those little snow makers, they will more likely be a little bit of a mix instead of that fluffy snow. so. if you want more information, we did our winter weather special this weekend, cbsboston.com, so far we've been extremely spoiled, 11 days the running tally, 60 plus degrees in december. and the 16 day record set back in 1953 may actually get broken these next few days, more 50s in the way, not for today, we take a step back to reality, temperatures in the high, 43 in

and running colder, much colder in all places compared to this time yesterday, 17 degrees colder in boston, heavy coat necessary as you head out the door, hour by hour forecast, we hold in the low to mid 40s for this afternoon, 44 degrees by 2:00, full sunshine ahead, unless you're along the coast, the cape, the islands, you might see a few clouds passing your way as we get a little bit of a northeast breeze coming off the colder ocean water coming off the clouds, overnight tonight, drizzle, overcast conditions, 34 degrees, our next system moves in tonight and in to tomorrow, giving us widespread rain especially for tomorrow evening. hour by hour, want to go through the next 24 hours, 48 hours or so, this afternoon, we're mostly sunny. a few passing clouds here, especially in western parts of massachusetts, overnight, becoming overcast, areas of drizzle for that thursday morning commute, areas of patchy fog as well, reducing your visibility. isolated showers likely afternoon on thursday. by 7:00 p.m.

ramps up in intensity and coverage here. and we will be talking about some beneficial rain as we head in to friday morning. looking like a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain in some of those isolated spots. seven-day forecast we go up to 53 degrees on thursday with the rain moving in by evening, friday, 51, saturday and sunday back to average high temperatures, but much cooler with sunshine highs in the low 40s. robi. pamela, that earlier accident on the expressway is really messing up the morning commute, the multicar crash is on the northbound side near morrissey boulevard, the right lane is blocked, the bumper to bumper back up is already to the brain tree split, that's an estimated 15 minute delay but could get worse, 128 south sluggish from route 37 up to the braintree split and 24 north, bogged down between avon and

93, that's over the andover stretch, chris and kathryn? >> thank you. strong winds collapse a wall on to walking in malden. plus, philip chism returns to court after a jury found him guilty. here are your top stories. >> reporter: i'm louisa moller, live outside danvers high school after an emotional day in court, philip chism was found guilty of murdering beloved high school teacher colleen ritzer, also aggravated rape and armed robbery. he's also going to be back in court today on another charge, a charge of attempted murder of a department of youth services employee, we're going to have a lot more coming up at 6:00, for now i'm louisa moller, live outside danvers high school, wbz "this morning". i'm nicole jacobs, in malden, where several people are recovering this morning after a wall collapsed trapping them underneath.

afternoon along pleasant street, strong gust of winds toppled that barrier and all caught on surveillance video, good samaritans rushed in to rescue those who were trapped including a mother and her 2-year-old child, city building instructor continued to investigate the situation coming up at 6:00, hear from some of those who were trapped. in malden, nicole jacobs, wbz "this morning". the fifth gop debate takes a different tone from previous meetings, nine candidates talked terrorism and national security in las vegas last night. senator cruz and marco rubio got in a heated exchange over immigration and integration, donald trump defended his call to temporarily ban muslim from entering the united states and promised he won't run as an independent if he loses the nomination. coming up, carly fiorina's explanation for why a woman would make a better president. in baltimore, jurors will

trial of william porter, the first of six officers to stand trial in the death of freddie gray who died while in police custody, yesterday the jury's first full day of deliberations happened, jurors told the judge they were deadlocked, but the judge told them to keep happening. hottest toys, swag way slapped with a class action lawsuit over their exploding hoverboards. according to the daily mail, the man who filed the lawsuit says the hoverboard he bought for his kids suddenly caught fire in his home. he's now asking for punitive damages that could run to millions of dollars. and it's 5:51 right now, time for our daily talker, nine days left until christmas, and don't blame pamela! but there's no snow in the forecast. [ laughter ] >> and not only is there a slim chance of a white christmas, the temperatures feel more like spring than winter, what's going on, robi's here, he's going to find out if people miss all this snow, hey, robi.

i'm not 10 below, kathryn, but i want snow, it just feels weird people throwing -- frisbee in shorts. are you jealous of the people in utah, digging out six inches of snow that fell on wednesday, we're drinking iced coffee instead of hot. national weather service says this is the warmest december on record so far, not going to show file video from last winter, that's too depressing. so are you missing the snow? are you hoping your dreams of a white christmas are going to come true? let's see what the folks out there on our various social media platforms are saying about this one. marie on facebook says she's not interested in a shovelling christmas, but i would love for the temperature to drop a little bit so at least it feels like christmas time in new england, instead of florida.

yes, i'm missing the snow like i'm missing not having the flu. all right, john. comment on our twitter, facebook, you don't want to the miss out, more comments at 6:00. i love that movie, robi, the miser brothers! [ laughter ] gq just released its list of the worst people of 2015 in our state, is well represented. >> coming in at number 20, former red sox pitcher kurt shilling, earning a top among controversial media posts. and nantucket meghan trainor clocked in at 24, calling her songs so feminist. okay. >> well, we're not on that list, we're winning. >> we got that on. still to come, the bruins spreading lots of holiday cheer. >> the field trip they took to

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nice story, a surprise children's hospital. >> greeted by players of the boston bruins, trading in skates for holiday gear, stacks of toys, for kids across the city. >> it was super cool. >> reporter: were you >> i was super surprised. i didn't know any of this was ever going to happen to me.

mean to you? >> it means the world that they would come to the hospital and just visit all the kids. >> what a great reaction there, the entire bruins team was there for that delivery which has been a tradition for the team for years. christmas tree hat? have to say. such a nice thing to do. >> yeah, nice to see how happy the kids are. keep it right here on wbz "this morning", your top stories

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