right now at 6:00, chism facing charges in another case after jurors find him guilty in the murder of colleen ritzer. windy weather blowing down a wall, when it collapsed. >> a war of words, presidential candidates, all the highlights from the gop debate. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz "this morning" . . >> good morning, it is wednesday, december 16, thanks kathryn hauser. >> and i'm chris mckinnon, as you step outside this morning, you will feel a little chill in the air compared to the last time. >> it's back!

>> taking a break. >> here's reality, 30s, 40s, where you should be this time of year, these are actually near average high temperatures at this time, we'll click back in the upper 30s and lower 30s for some, before the morning is over with. 41 degrees boston, 43 norwood, 35 degrees fitchburg, the same for worcester, you want that heavy coat, a bit of a shock to the system, running nine degrees colder than yesterday, compared to boston, 16 degrees colder, nine degrees for nashua, satellite picture, clouds along the coastline, mostly clear skies farther inland and that's the theme for the rest of today, mostly cloudy, especially along the southeastern coastline, a light breeze off the ocean but then farther inland, mostly sunny, hour by hour, no rain heading our way, mostly sunny especially inland, temperatures in the upper 30s or lower 40s for the duration of that hour by hour forecast in to this evening. warmer temperatures on the way tomorrow, and i'm tracking a

hour timing coming up this just a bit. traffic and weather together, now, robi? pamela, that earlier crash in the expressway still topping our traffic news, multi-car crash on the expressway on morrissey boulevard, that's clear now but the bumper to bumper is the braintree split, hanging up between union and the split, 24 north heavy avon up to 128. to the north, two heavy pockets now on 93 southbound, your stop and go in the andover stretch, and you're going to get bogged down again between 128 and montville avenue, chris and kathryn? a bad crash in wakefield, emergency crews rush to the scene on 128 southbound just after 1:00 a.m. a car crashed, ejecting the two people inside, paramedics took them both to the hospital, the vehicle then caught fire.

philip chism due back in court today facing charges in another case, just a day after the jury found him guilty of the teacher, colleen ritzer. ritzer's parents spoke out for the first time yesterday, vowing alive. >> and the teen convicted of her murder will face attempted murder charges in another case. louisa moller is live in danvers morning, louisa. >> reporter: good morning, chris and kathryn, that this 2014 when prosecutors say chism was at a youth detention facility and followed a worker in to a locker room before choking and beating her. and of course, a very emotional day in court yesterday when a jury found chism guilty of murdering and raping colleen ritzer. >> guilty, deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity with cruelty. >> reporter: 16-year-old philip

he learned a jury found him guilty of first degree murder. behind him, the mother of colleen ritzer in tears, finally on tuesday, peggy ritzer was able to express herself after more than a month of disturbing testimony regarding the brutal death of her daughter, colleen. >> one of colleen's favorite quotes was there is something good in everyday. >> reporter: colleen ritzer was a well loved 24-year-old math teacher at danvers high school. when in october of 2013 she was stalked by then 14-year-old chism, strangled and stabbed, also finding chism guilty of the aggravated rape of ritz in a bathroom and stealing her underwear. >> giving this case everything they have >> reporter: not buying the defense's argument that chism was in the throes of mental illness when he murdered ritzer, a painful experience nearing its end, but colleen's family vowing her legacy is not over.

we will not allow her death to define how she's remembered. >> reporter: now, in the ritzer case, chism will get life in prison with the possibility of parole. we're live in danvers, louisa moller, wbz "this morning" back to you. >> louisa thank you. and a judge set a hearing for next week to discuss the sentencing, stay with wbz both on air and online for the latest in this case. a man arrested in a violent armed robbery due in court this morning, we showed you the surveillance video of the incident yesterday morning, detectives say michael schlesinger held up the brewster farms market pointing a gun at the clerk and threatening the owner's mother, now bedford wants to know if he committed a similar crime in that city. high winds blamed for this sudden collapse in malden, all caught on camera, fell on several pedestrians including a mother and her toddler, this morning, some of those victims are talking about this frightening incident, nicole jacobs is live for us, in malden with their story, good morning,

>> reporter: good morning to you, kathryn, those pedestrians were walking right here along the sidewalk here, you can see it's all cleaned up now, but this wooden beam here is all that's left of that temporary wall that collapsed, no major injuries here, but certainly it created quite a square. on pleasant street in malden, surveillance video captures the story. >> it was so heavy, unbelievable. i wouldn't wish it on anybody. >> reporter: five people walking just outside a construction area, a chinese restaurant where metal and plywood shielded debris. >> she was like, i did, i could've died, i'm like, i understand she started crying a little bit. >> reporter: but as the wind blew, that barrier toppled, several were trapped including a hoeth -- mother and her toddler. maureen finn was there too. >> i want to thank the people that, lifted it off of us, that dragged me out of it. >> reporter: good samaritans

>> we ran out there, saw a baby underneath, heard a baby crying and trying to get people from underneath. >> reporter: city building inspector are now looking in to it. how a casual stroll turned in to an urgent rescue. those who were briefly trapped and treated at the hospital are expected to make a full recovery. we're live in malden, nicole jacobs, wbz "this morning". >> nicole, thank you very much. 6:07 on your wednesday morning, new this morning, defense secretary ash carter is president obama asked him to head to the country to try and find way to destroy isis. carter will meet with his commanders and iraqi leaders and sending more attack helicopters and troops to fight the islamic state. the gloves coming off as republican presidential candidates face off in their final debate of the year, bree's good morning. >> good morning, the four

script, we kind of knew what was coming, but this debate focused on security and had a more fearful tone, i political correctness is bad and with few exceptions they believe the u.s. needs to deploy troop to syria and iraq. at the venetian in las vegas for security, banning muslim it frts united states, his statements defended, and refugees already here. >> if obama has brought some to this country, they are leaving, they're going, they're gone. >> it will push the muslim world, the arab world away from us at a time when we need to he engage with them. he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president. >> reporter: ted cruz leading trump in two iowa polls locked horns with marco rubio over immigration issues.

increase in the number of h1bs and the number of green cards. >> for marco to suggest sug our records the same, it's like suggesting the fireman and the arsonist are the same because they're both at the scene of the fire. >> reporter: the temperament at the new jersey political scandal. >> i think when we think of the judgment of someone for world war three, someone who might shut down a bridge because they toent like their friends. >> reporter: and if i raina -- fiorina quoted thatcher to play out her plans. >> if you want something talked about, ask a man, if you want something done, ask a woman. >> reporter: two gop debates before the iowa caucuses on february 1. hillary clinton meanwhile is talking about the issue of terrorism as well, the democrat front runner pitched her plan to beat isis yesterday, a closer look at the social media postings of visa applicants, clinton, sanders and martin

manchester on saturday night. all eye on the federal reserve today, the central bank is 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, mortgage rates will rise, but savings accounts will see more returns. in anticipation of the move, wall street saw across the board gains, bank stocks rose as traders awaited the feds next move. something to celebrate in the new year, massachusetts residents will pay less income tax. governor charlie baker says it met all the requirements to have a rate go down, by 500th of a percent, the cut is a sign the economy remains strong. >> every a little bit helps. coming up on wbz "this morning", scary moments as a plane rolls off the runway. >> landing that i ditch, this morning hearing from the passengers on board. and new information on a threat that shut down the entire los angeles public school

prepared if it happened here? and james corden taking karaoke in a whole new direction. [ laughter ] and temperatures starting off colder compared to the last mornings here in the 30s, the heavy coat at the bus stop, but later today and high temperatures top off in the mid 40s, seasonable, actually for this time of the year. here's a live look at boston commons where we have beautiful christmas lights, when we could forecast. 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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carpool karaoke is a staple of the late late show with james corden. >> and the guys from one direction climbed in to the suv. baby, you light up my world like nobody else! the way that you break your head gets me overwhelmed! [ music ] . [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> it's like so much, he's a pretty good voice, he can carry it. we've got to do this. we need our own carpool karaoke. >> seriously.

happens like, when danielle and i run for a coffee run. >> blast the music! crank it up. >> how slowly can we pull up in the parking lot before the bosses see us, like, jamming out in the car? it's not -- [ laughter ] and we don't, yeah! >> still drinking her coffee. >> i do that on star drive, by myself though. >> i do it by myself, at least they have company. >> you were rocking out this morning, you said. >> i was. >> i was listening to christmas music. >> i know, you were like, were you liz -- listening to christmas music? >> yeah, in the weather too, why not? 'tis the season, feeling more like christmas all of a sudden, since temperatures are finally cooler, but before we get to the forecast, want to show you some weather school video here, danielle niles visited the first graders here at martha jones school, they are hyped about weather in westwood, their motto, work hard, be your best

that motto. and she said there wasn't going to be snow on christmas this year and their question was, how about next christmas? well, it's a little too far, too far away in the extended forecast, but. christmas. this year, not looking so good because of el nino and if you are interested in our winter weather forecast, we have all of that information from our winter special that aired last weekend on cbsboston.com with the temperature, 41 degrees, wind from the north at nine miles per hour, keeping the temperatures slightly cooler here, 32 degrees in keene, 37 nashua, a bit of a shock to the system as you head out, temperatures running anywhere from five to 20 degrees colder and almost all locations. nine degrees difference there in boston here and taunton, 19 degrees colder compared to this time yesterday, hour by hour forecast, we stay in the 40s for the rest of the day, average high is 41 degrees, right around normal for this afternoon, 1:00 p.m. reaching 44 degrees

other locations in the mid to low 40s, plymouth, p town, 44 degrees, overnight, drizzle back in, overcast conditions, temperatures falling to near freezing as well. hour by hour forecast, want to show you what's heading our way later today, 9:00 a.m. start here with the mix of sun and clouds and clear skies, mostly sunny skies expected once we get through this afternoon, especially inland, a light breeze coming off the ocean here from the northeast, we do expect some clouds to settle in from the south shore to the cape and islands, nothing falling from those clouds though, 5:00 p.m., very pleasant, dry, chilly temperatures, and then tonight, that's when we'll see some overcast conditions as well as some areas of drizzle, though not expecting any heavy shower activity, the showers really ramp up in intensity and coverage after 7:00 p.m. on thursday it looks like we could see anywhere from a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain through friday morning. here's that seven-day forecast,

though there's that chance of rain, 51 on friday, drying off, saturday and sunday, right around normal, high temperatures in 40s, chance for sunny on friday, by the way. pamela, good news for expressway drivers, that earlier accident has been cleared the multi-car crash on the northbound side near morrissey boulevard, the right lane closed, that was open, you can see it moving along, the bumper to bumper back up half an hour to an estimated 18 minute delay from south hampton to braintree, also from the south, jane brockton, union street, 128 crawls from the split, from the north, 93 southbound two stop and go pockets between river road and daskham road, once you hit woburn, inch along the connector, also a bumper to bumper between 495 and treble

schools will be back open today in los angeles, the fbi says an e-mail threatening a shooting was all a hoax. the e-mail sent to the school board monday night referencing assault rifles and other guns and implying explosive devices, hours later the superintendent closed down the entire district and police searched every school, about 900 schools. new york city schools received a close. meanwhile there were no threats against schools here in boston, institute has 57,000 students in its public school system, mayor marty walsh says boston would be ready if a threat materialized. >> if there was a credible concern that our kids' safety was, was jeopardized, we action. >> and a 20 minute outage yesterday at city hall caused by

threats in new york and los angeles. half a dozen people stirring after had this plane went off the run yaing, arriving from houston came to a stop in a grassy ditch. >> we landed and then next thing you know, we're getting off the road and i'm looking at the wing and it looks as if we're about to topple over, and then we stop in the ditch, and then i don't know, the fun part i got to slide down the slide. >> what happened did we hit somebody, hit a pine, a truck, what did we do? >> nobody was seriously injured, 133 passengers and five crew members on board, eight suffered minor injuries. thank you for being here with us, just ahead, google has just revealed the top searches of 2015, we'll share them with you. also coming up, a boston college professor finding success around the world, the invention that is a big hit. and a local 8-year-old girl turning a christmas wish in to

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blap welcome back, 6:24 right now, rhode island officials plan to offer a subpoena for tomorrower pitcher schilling for testifying against the $75 million deal with schilling's video game company 38 studios, the previous expired after a constable not able to give it, he lives this massachusetts, a hearing january 14. only about two weeks left in 2015, start to go see the top lists, today it's google's top searches of the year, number one, lamar odom followed by movies jurassic world, and

and rhonda rousey the top five. you probably have lillian vernon to have, the businesswoman who founded the catalog that bears her name, lillian vernon die ted age of 88, she foupded her business at 1951 after fleeing to the united states after nazi controlled germany. an invention by a professor is a hit all over the world, dragon wood, combines dragon and goblin fantasy games it takes a lot less time to learn and is less violent than most fantasy games, it is a ready sold more than 20,000 copies since the summer when it was first release jood that is really cool. >> local connection there. >> exactly. 6:25 right now, a little girl from wilmington asked for

>> instead to guy buy toys she could give to kids at children's hospital, bree with the story. >> kylie plowman wrote to elf on the shelf hoping he could talk to santa for giving her $600, but after posting the letter she received more, donating to the fire department and the other to boston's children's hospital. a gofundme page with kylie's letter to her elf raised more than $5,100. she received a warm welcome at both the wilmington fire department and her first trip to children's hospital, inspiring to do good to others this holiday season. >> i just hope that this kind of passs passes on so that a lot of happy.

they couldn't be prouder. kylie received a certificate hard work. chris and kathryn back to you. >> thank you very much, bree, great story this morning. 6:27 on your wednesday morning, lots more ahead on our top hour, including your daily cold? despite last year's brutal winter, some new englanders are actually dreaming of snow. >> and a plan to charge massachusetts customers big deductibles for ice dam damage,

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right now 6:30, another case against philip chism the charges he'll face in court today after being found guilty of killing his math teacher. new steps to fire the operator of that runaway redline train, the latest on the investigation. some of the hottest holiday gifts had year, but drones are more than just fun and games, the state agency considering

>> from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz "this morning". >> good morning, we're coming up on 6:31 on your wednesday morning, i'm chris mckinnon. >> and i'm kathryn hauser, thank you for being with us, we appreciate it on this wednesday, moving right along for the week. >> yes we are. >> and it feels more like december. >> appropriate. >> there you go. [ laughter ] back to reality, as you head out the door, temperatures in the 30s and 40s, here's a picture of what you're going to see as you head out, gorgeous sky there, a few clouds still in place, yes, and the clouds look to rule the forecast along the coast, the southeastern coastline's cape and island later today thanks to a nice northeast breeze coming off the ocean. for now we have mostly clear skies inland, temperatures dipped in the 30s, 35 degrees, worcester fitchburg, 38 lawrence, 43 for our friends in plymouth, comparing to things yesterday, cooler in boston, 16 degrees colder in worcester, satellite radar picture shows

around boston or southeastern massachusetts and we have mostly clear skies inland, same deal this afternoon, with mostly clear skies inland and a few clouds in southeastern mass, 44 degrees for the high temperature, by that one shower, not too bad, yup, colder than normal, this is where we should be this time of year. warmer temps on the way and rain chance too, i'll have that hour by hour timing later on, traffic and weather together, robi. pamela, focus ond that expressway accident, ha has cleared let's look at the backup to the north, live look at 93 in -- somerville, 93 over to andover, that painful ride going to take you at least an hour, also to the north, route one southbound bumper to bumper between the jug head handle, between 495 and treble cove, checking the southeast, from the split up to south bay mall,

to brockton, half hour delay, and route three hangs up between route 18 and the split. chris and kathryn? robi, thank you. a day after a jury found him guilty of the murder and rape of his math teacher colleen ritzer, philip chism is due back in court today to face charges in another case. >> that as colleen ritzer's family speaks out for the first time, louisa moller is live in danvers this morning with their reaction, good morning, louisa. >> reporter: good morning, chris, kathryn, this time, philip chism facing an attempted murder charge because prosecutor say back in 2014 he was in a youth detention facility when they say he followed a worker in to a locker room, choked and beat her, this of course, after a very, very emotional day in court yesterday where a jury found him guilty of first degree murder for the killing of colleen ritzer. now the jury found that he deliberately and cruelly

then strangled and stabbed her. they also found him guilty of aggravated rape and robbery for taking her underwear, ritzer's mother very emotional, broke in to tears at their decision and the family vowing not to forget their loved one. >> colleen never gave up and neither will we. we will not allow colleen's death to define how she's remembered. >> reporter: now, adults who are convicted of first degree murder will get life without parole in prison, but because of a supreme court hearing, youths must have the possibility of parole, there will be a sentencing hearing for chism on january 22, louisa moller, wbz "this morning" back to you. 6:34, that verdict brings closure for ritzer's family and our jon keller looks at how we can help her family honor her memory. >> reporter: good morning.

a beloved friend or family member brutally murdered in a random act of inexplicable violence. and there's little we can say to comfort the loved ones of colleen ritzer other than we're horrified and heartbroken by what happened to her. in theory, her killer who was 14 when he committed the crime could be eligible for parole by age 31. we can only hope judge david lowy exercises his authority to effectively put him behind bars for life by imposing concurrent sentences, the ritzer family deserves justice and the relief from having to relive the agony parole process. i don't have much interest right now in trying to understand what compelled this murderer to descend in to such savagery. the prison psychologists with work on that while the rest of us direct our understanding and compassion toward the victim's survivors. but the case does leave

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? what more can we do to protect among us? the ritzer family has established a scholarship in colleen's memory for high school seniors from andover and danvers teaching. go online at colleenritzerscholarship.com to do more donate and perhaps something good will come out of our community's most evil crimes ever. 6:36 right now, the mbta taking formal steps to fire the operator of that runaway red line train, according to his union, david vasquez will be fired after he serves the 30 day unpaid suspension handed down yesterday, sources tell wbz that vasquez wrapped a phone cord

he got out to fix a signal and forgot to set the hand brake, but that's not what he tells the union. >> wrapping it around, no, he doesn't admit to that in the conversations he's had with me. >> without the hand brake, the redline train took off, rolling through four stations before other team employees cut the power to the third rail and stopped it. high winds blamed for the sudden collapse of this wall in malden, you see it happening right there, it tell on several pedestrians including a mother and her toddler and this morning, some of those victims are talking about this frightening incident, nicole jacobs is live in malden with their story this morning. >> reporter: chris, kathryn this is where a very casual midday stroll turned in to something dangerous when that wall came toppling down, all caught on video, let's take a look here, happened yesterday afternoon, again, a strong gust of wind caused that wall to come

people, caught on tape here, good samaritans rushed in to rescue those who were trapped including a mother and her toddler. >> we didn't know what happened, we ran out there and saw some people underneath, heard a baby crying, trying to lift it up and get people from underneath. >> i want to thank the people who lifted it off of us, that guy that dragged me out of it. >> reporter: the mother was taken to the hospital and treated, miraculously that child was not injured, those others who were trapped briefly under this wall are all expected to make a full recovery in the meantime though, the building inspector is still looking in to this situation as to what caused that wall to collapse, of course, outside of the wind. we're live in malden, nicole jacobs, wbz "this morning ". >> nicole, thank you very much. this morning, a warning about a disturbing phone scam, police tell us a person claiming to be a member of isis is harassing homeowners in the

even threatening to burn down right hand homes. police posted this warning on their facebook page, they say the caller has a california area code, if anyone calls you asking for personal information, hang up and call police. the state department of transportation is considering using drones, the herald reports of unmanned asias -- aircrafts could be used to tackle inspections under bridge and tunnels, on the cape and planning to study how they can make a difference in everyday use. homeowners who suffered storm damage this winter are getting a break. according to the globe the massachusetts division of insurance has rejected a proposal by mafre to force homeowners to pay a large deductible for any damage caused by ice dams that deductible as much as $10,000 and the insurance company would've been the ones to decide whether ice

it is time now for our daily talker. nine days left until christmas and don't blame pamela, but there's no snow in the forecast. >> there's a lot of shopping in the forecast. >> that's true. [ laughter ] >> not only is there a slim chance of a white christmas, the temperatures feel more like spring than winter, robi's going to find out if people miss the snow or whether there are some heat misers out there. >> i'm not 10 below, but it feels weird, people going on shorts on december 16, what's the warm weather doing to your christmas spirit, are you jealous of those people out in utah, digging out from six inches to two feet of snow that fell on monday? while they shovel and plow, what are we up to? strolling around in light jackets, drinking iced coffee instead of hot coffee, the national weather service says this is the warmest winter on file, not showing the video from last time, too painful, are you hoping your dreams of white christmas will come true,

far, not a lot of people missing it. steve on facebook says snow? it's a four letter word that ought to be bleeped. i'll check with the fcc on that one, steve. and from cbsboston.com, our website, i'm missing snow about as much as i'm missing mosquitos but get the snow blowers because the snow is coming, how do you like that amateur meteorologist, pamela? [ laughter ] even though the show sending soon, you can comment all day long. >> we were bleeping out your snows. >> every time i dropped the 'f' bomb, yeah! [ laughter ] just a dangerous drive overnight. >> two people hurt, the vehicle bursting in to names and state police investigating. and an arrest at an armed robbery a family market, now police are taking a closer look at the suspects. good morning, pamela.

last night's debate and his strategy to fight isis. plus, children poisoned by lead from toxic tap water in flint, michigan how the city is responding. more news on cbs this morning,

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system as you head out, it will continue to be rather chilly all afternoon, with temperatures only in the mid 40s, 44 degrees 1:00 by your hour by hour forecast, plenty of sunshine, passing clouds later this afternoon, highs today in the low to mid 40s across the board. overnight tonight, some areas of drizzle, becoming overcast and 34 degrees with areas of prezing drizzle, potentially in the berkshires because temperatures below freezing we'll monitor the situation. here's the hour by hour forecast today, starting off 9:00 a.m. this morning, few clouds passing by, farther inland you go, that's where we expect mostly sunny skies, a breeze coming off the cooler ocean water, south coast, the cape and islands expecting to see slightly more cloud coverage and throughout this evening, the drizzle, overcast conditions for that commute, thursday afternoon, an isolated shower chance but mainly dry.

pockets of rain will start to push in, increasing in coverage and intensity. projected rainfall, looking like anywhere from a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain in a lot of locations here, boston just under a quarter of an inch of rainfall the latest protected rainfall forecast model just comes in, so you're getting the latest update here, here's the seven-day forecast, we continue in to thursday morning, watch out for areas of freezing drizzle in the berkshires, other wez, it's going to be a dry start and temperatures increase, fridays 51, saturdays back to cooler temperatures, chance for a flurry or two, mostly dry in to sunday, tons of sunshine and high temperatures, both days this weekend in the lower 40s. traffic and weather together, robi. pamela, just hearing about an accident south of boston, let's take a look at the map, the crash down in rainham, 24 northbound before route 44, the shoulder blocked down there,

also to the south, the expressway jammed from the split to southway mall, a 15 minute drive, 18 to the split, 24 north crawls avon to 128 and 95, stop and go near ponsit street. and 93 southbound still a mess from wilmington to boston, almost an hour ride there, 128 south, heavy from peabody to woburn, 25 minutes to get through that stretch. chris and kathryn? robi, thank you, 6:48, checking top stories on this wednesday morning, two people injured in an early morning crash in wakefield. >> their car crashed, both ejected then their car caught on fire, 128 south just after 1:00 this morning, state police now investigating. the man accused of a violent armed robbery on the cape expect nd court today. detectives say michael slesinger held up the brewster market,

if he committed a similar crime in their city. a guilty verdict in the philip chism trial, rejecting the claim he was legally insane when he killed his high school math teacher, colleen ritzer. the jury also convicted him of aggravated rape and robbery because chism was 14 years old at the time of the crime, sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole. nine republican presidential hopefuls just faced off in their final debate of the year, senator ted cruz and marco rubio got in to a heated exchange of u.s. military intervention, government spying on americans and immigration. trump defended his call to temporarily ban muslims from entering the u.s. calling it a quote security measure. 6:49, more bad news for the pats, the player out for the season. and the celtics trying to keep up with lebron james and the cavaliers in the garden. plus, bringing smiles to

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three pointer 84-72 the final, caves 89 celtics 77. blount is done for the season for the season, he got hurt during the win in houston. but to add to depth to the team, signing former broncos monte ball to the practice squad yesterday, he's 5'10'', 215 pounds was cut during training camp. a surprise, patients were greated by the broeuts bruins, traded in skates, check them out, bags for more than 600 kids, at hospitals across the >> it was super cool. surprised? >> i was super surprised. i didn't know any of this was ever going l to happen to me >> reporter: what does this mean to you? >> it means the world that they would come to the hospital and just visit all the kids. right? the entire bruins team was on hand for yesterday's delivery,

the team pour years. >> and decked out, ready to go. >> i know, he love their hats, they've got the holiday gear going on, i love that. >> 6:54 on your wednesday morning, 7:00 on cbs this morning. >> let's check in with gayle king, good morning, gayle. >> good morning to you, ahead on cbs this morning, we'll talk with presidential candidate and new jersey governor chris christie and his performance in yesterday's debate, and tyson, her unique perspective on age and gender and race, the news is back in the morning with you, 7:00 on the dot. >> thanks, up next, marky mark and the funky bunch may have broken up years ago but this one pop wants to get the good

forget about chasing sticks. >> disco dog and his good vibration are taking the web by storm. [ music ] >> look at this boston terrier go, busting a move when he hears the marky mark song, since posting the video more than

>> the face, the smile! [ laughter ] oh, great! i wish my dog would do that. got to play a little marky mark. he's got short legs. that's all right. we'll see. [ laughter ] >> too much of a snob to do that! [ laughter ] well, you want to bundle up if you head out, take the dog for a walk, heading to work, to school, a little bit of a shock to the system and today we're actually going to be right around the average high of 41, with sunshine especially inland. >> not bad, thank you very much, pamela, cbs this morning is next on wbz we'll see you back here in 25 minute.