look now at big stories tonight at ac 30, traffic a nightmare out there, this is a live look at mass pike headed westbound, all the brake lights you see are heading out of the city. commute. president obama trying to impress upon americans while terrorism is a real threat, there is no evidence that the u.s. is in eminent danger, the

safe in our country and that any terrorist who hurts americans will be hunted down. tonight the fbi says it has arrested a serial robber in brewster, he hit gas stations and convenience stores up and done the east coast. it doesn't feel like it but winter is coming and the state wants you to know it's ready to handle whatever mother nature throws our way. today mass dot gave us a visual, a way to see why the state is so confident. >> road crews rolled out their heavy equipment for a showcase, right now the state is stocked with 380,000 tons of salt. mass dot has more than 4000 pieces of equipment at the ready for winter's worse. >> one of the winters most teachable moments last year is that mother nature showed up late to the party, when she

>> our goal is to be ready for whatever is thrown at us. >> asking drivers to do their part, have your emergency kit in your car, don't forget that ice scraper. this event today is the latest effort to restore our confident in the state's ability to deal with winter. we haven't been exactly tested yet but is this campaign working. >> clearing the roads was really not the big issue last winter, not for the most part, there was some gambling at the city and town level at the road clearing, the confidence gap involves the mbta, the latest research by the polling group found 37% of us think the t is prepared to handle another bad winter, nearly half said flatly no it's not. when people were asked if the transit system overall has been improved since the snow yes.

if we do get hit again and the t performs well governor baker, legislative workers, will be carried through the streets on makeshift thrones like grateful commuters. but, you can flip that script if there is another melt down, it was bad enough the t got enough unprepared to manage the weather crisis last january and february, we hasn't seen anything like that in years, plowing it again after all the hype about planning and reform, that would be catastrophic for more than just commuters schedules. lisa i think the reason why we are seeing nearly weekly press conferences, i like to call them dog and pony shows where they talk about all their planning is they are desperately afraid of the consequences of a failure, and they want to reassure people and so they lay the groundwork, they are raising the bar.

with all the equipment and everything else. >> and the bottom line it will really hurt our economy if it happens again like last year. >> lisa, john, thank you. tonight a warning for women in littleton, this after a man approached a teenager walking a dog, that 19-year-old was approached by a man in a small white suv, officers say that man followed a girl back to her home and knocked on her dorks, police are investigating but there have been no other incidents it i point so far. native police are looking for so called super fans, officers say the two men walked into a native store, started browsing and quickly scooped up 22 tom brady jerseys and took off, according to police the jerseys are worth $2200, they were taken about three weeks ago, if you have any information about who these two men are you are asked to call the police. during the holiday shopping season it's tough to find a parking spot.

people illegally using handicap placards getting the spot closest to the store, ryan catches drivers in the act. we are off to a handicap enforcement today. can i take a quick police. >> bob williams knows all the telltale signs. >> face down on the dash, there is a yankee candle air freshener blocking the expiration date, i can't see the year which is so important. >> if i could take a look at your placard. >> it's my husband's, he is still in the store. >> listen as this driver is caught in a a lie. >> he will be out in a second. >> i hope so. >> i am going to call them -- >> he's not here, he's not here. >> where is he? >> he's home, you just said he is in the bathroom. >> why are you using your husband's if he is not here. >> the woman didn't have a good explanation. what about sun who needs this spot. >> i'm not on tv shoppers who depend on the placards.

down. >> abuse is really upsetting. police have busted 79300 drivers for illegal handicap parking since tackling the problem. dollar ticket. >> police have made it a priority writing 43900 tickets in the past three years. any. >> john riley found this guy. half old. >> using a temporary placard that expired in july of 2014. >> why do you keep using the one that is expired. >> waiting for the other one to come in. >> he tried to get a placard last march but the state rejected his request. >> accumulation of the last expired. his placard gets added to this stack at the police station. >> that is the real expiration date, one here, this is home made one. >> officer riley figured drivers would start getting the growing.

father was in the store when he was deceased. >> there is no reason you should be parking in the handicap spot. >> he has to be here with you. >> this woman told us she is a caregiver and her elderly client left while she shopped at costco. >> it's hard to believe. >> it's hard, what can i say. >> fine for that is 505- dollars. >> i will be honest with you ma'am, i don't believe you. >> toughen forcement appreciated by drivers who truly need the parking spot. >> they ought to be fined, they ought to be put in jail. >> well the weather now we said we wouldn't complain about the warm weather we have been enjoying. >> it's having a big impact, and eric, i guess it's supposed to cool off over the weekend, again, big impact from this. whenever there is something unusual in weather, one kind of extreme someone is going to take advantage of it and someone who is going to take a hit from that type of weather.

winners and losers, this is a winner for everybody, easiest one, energy bills, saying you haven't turned the heat on yet, haven't gone below freezing all month long. your health, this might be less intuitive, have you gone for more walks, have you opened the windows, well more fresh air, less time all inside together where we spread germs, no snow or ice to slip on, no issues for traffic out there either. construction, huge boom going on city of boston, they are still pave in maine the other day, that is unheard of in the month of december, so unbelievable there. and for all of us traveling hitting the roads, going to the airport, when you don't stress about snow or ice that is a good thing. on the other side, the ski industry, there is no snow anywhere outside of the ski area, some have closed down. you take a look at cold weather retail, a lot of extra inventories out there, they are

caterpillars could be taking down a lot of leaves. winter classic which is setting up after the patriots, they are sweating a little bit, when you see the 50s and 60s, if you have suggestions let me know on david over toy. >> they can wear basketball eric, thank you. breaking right now boston's board of health just voted to raise the lyle age to buy cigarettes arch other tobacco up to 21. the new rules could take effect in february rarely or march. well smiler i don't letter if you haven't seen last night's survivor finale yet. okay. winner of the competition and the million dollarss, cambridge firefighter jeremy collins. >> the winner of survivor second chance jeremy. >> christmas came early for collin and his wife val, she was pregnant with their third child. and she knows how well he had

they were actually together on survivor, playing for the money as a team and they are still playing as a team. making security changes, guests will have to go through metal detect toes, not letting anyone under 14 wear a costume, and stopped selling toy guns, universal and seaworld also have tighter security and will be using metal detect toes. the family christmas card that has just gone viral, some people say it takes creativity too far. the invention that will change the way you binge watch

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can a family photo on a christmas card go too far. >> there is no question that it has gone viral, take a look at the christmas card, the family

mouths, their hands appear to be bound by christmas lights, the sign says peace on earth, some people say this picture depicts abuse, but the family says it was all in fun, tape over their mouth because that is the only time the guys in the family get peace. >> ha ha, that is not that funny. >> swing and a miss. >> oh, well, better luck next year, folks. what happen to us all, you are having your binge watching if you are on the couch and suddenly you fall asleep . it's so nice when that happens. >> netflix has a solution for you, they are called smart socks, they detect when you fall asleep and pause what you are watching. my husband is going to put this on his christmas list right now, you won't see these in stores, netflix released a parts list and tutorial on how to make the socks. who can make a sock. >> do yourself a favor, don't make those socks and then brick them with you on your flight

>> good advice. this may be one of the funniest videos. >> a tiny penguin can't contain itself when it's tickled. take a look. >> the penguin appears to be belly laughing with joy, the trainers say they are excited to have caught the moment on camera, that is going to be that video that you have in the background when you are having a bad day you click on it. christmas. from homeless to the white knee. coming up to tonight on my tv 38, big crowds for "star wars" movie, but is "the force awakens" worth all the hype, first local fan reviews that is coming up tonight at 10:00. a wet evening across the

here, i like the comment from frank 43 degrees, dark, day, damp, dreary, dismall day,

a unique choir in atlanta is headed to sing at the white house for christmas. >> it's what the members don't have that separates them, they don't have homes, they do have plenty of hope. >> marvin coin says he only feels normal when he is singing. >> i feel myself change a lot, because coming in off the street it is like this is a sank to you airy.

>> do you remember the first night you spent on the street? >> yeah. bridge. and that was like one of the >> musical director donald asked him to join a new choir at his church three years ago, coin jumped at a chance to have shelter at least a few hours a week during practice, and then -- it. >> it came coming out of the brothers. >> all 19 members are homeless. and they pack a house during every performance, coin often thinks about their first concert when tears fell in the audience, no different this time. >> i had to like turn around, i was like oh, my god. >> you were crying, too. >> yeah, i was crying, too. you know, you are not outcasts. it feels like you really do belong.

president obama invited the men monday. the members say they found much more than their voices, they found something to believe in again, themselves. cbs news atlanta. >> wow, they sound amazing. >> fantastic trip to the white house coming up for them. for us it is going to cool off. >> i mean from gloomy to like much colder. it is going to feel -- it is going to be a normal weekend i think when we walk out the door on saturday you are going to say winter is finally here, coldest day of the season, before that we are talking about the rain, live radar, heaviest stuff moving from the south, it is not going to be with us for too long, but driving much needed rainfall, the bad part, it is just a mess on the roads, a lot of folks

here is a live look closer in, heavier rainfall moving through the manchester area, essex county, heavier elements that moving, we could hear thunder, see some lightning through the season, mainly toward nantucket and martha's vineyard, but a steady rainfall boston through manchester, lakeville, new bedford seeing heavy rain, this is the story for the next few hours, temperature wise we have the split basically from is 28 south and east, temperatures in the 50s, low to mid 40s both in the west, temperatures will stay almost all night long, looking hour by hour seeing that heavier rain moving up this evening, really coming down at a good clip, the best chance of that thunder toward the cape and islands, the last of it leaving the north shore, keeping the clouds and area of fog overnight, pretty gloomy conditions overall. notice those temps not really

about the same as what we have right now. so we head through the day tomorrow, some changes if you are living in the southeastern part of the state, boston, down towards the south shore, more clouds and a chance of a couple counties, you also have brighter skies, it's a little bit of a tradeoff, last of the showers will move away tomorrow night. it will be a dry commute tomorrow, we'll have temperatures in the 40s for most. midday, brighter, farther west you go. as we head into the afternoon, evening, a chance for a couple showers especially cape cod and nantucket. this weekend a different type of air mass moving in, a real taste of winter, lake effect of snow will be streaming off the great lakes, we'll get them here in southern new england, bitter windchill, it will feel like the teens and 20s outside, we haven't had to deal with this yet this season, we haven't had a day colder than had 4 if you can imagine that.

doing shopping on saturday, you definitely want the hat, the scarf, the whole winter attire, temperatures 35-40 degrees, closer to the lower 40s on sunday, less windy on sunday, brighter as well. now, both weekend days will hit freezing in boston, this stat blew me away, the least number of days at or below freezing on record, we are going to obliterate these records, saturday and sunday are the only days that should be touching the freezing mark, next week another surge of warm air moving up the east coast. highs near 50s, late showers on monday, also the winter solstice, tuesday and wednesday still showers, warmest of all late christmas eve and christmas morning, diff and lisa over to you. still to come, a retiring pilot sent off in style. then, new at 6:00, a catholic school guilty of discrimination, the man whose job offer was pulled because of who he put on his emergency

plus, the violent robbery suspect arrested this week week on cape cod, why the fbi has been scowerring the east cost for this guy -- scowerring the

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well this is a special sendoff for a retiring pilot making his final departure out of logan.

do this to honor veteran pilots who are hanging up their wings, you see the two fire trucks spouting the water up as the plane travels through, wish the pilot good luck and say thank you. we have much more still ahead, news at 6:00 starts right now. now at 6:00, a teenager charged with murdering a veteran, two weeks after he walked away from a group home. what the i team found when we asked how often it this happen. the coldest air of the month so far, even a chance for a couple snowflakes. why the fbi was hunting for a man arrested in a violent robbery. and the force finally awakens for "star wars" fans, the big screen binge giving movie goers an early trip to a galaxy far far away.

murdering a viet nam veteran days after he just walk admission way from a state run group home. tonight, the i team has learned this is far from an isolated incident. >> the department of youth services has 25 residential al facility its throughout the state. i team reporter ryan is here with a closer look at the surprising numbers uncovered. >> paula, when we learned the 18-year-old had escaped supervision and been missing for more than two weeks, we wanted to know how often that happens, the answer hundreds of times in the past few years. family members of donald walk admission way huddled and horrified about what they just heard inside the courtroom. >> donald was one terrific individual, how people can take the life of someone like this is beyond my imagine mission. >> 18-year-old alexander mills accused of the execution style murder of the viet nam vet and