right now at 4:30, an 8-year-old girl left home alone escapes a house fire. this morning, child services is on the case. a wbz exclusive, the caped clerk held up, the robberies all up and down the east coast. and the first lawsuit filed in the norovirus outbreak at a chipotle in boston. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz "this morning". >> hey, good friday morning, i'm bree sison in for kathryn

>> and i'm chris mckinnon, tgif. the weekend is here. >> i feel antsy, for christmas, for everything. >> yeah, big week. >> going to christmas week, right? and actually, we're going to keep the trend here with warmer temperatures as we get in to next week. now, over this weekend, it will feel more winter like with cooler temperatures on the way. we're starting off with warm temperatures and actually low convict, had that rain that moved through and fog has settled in boston. visibility half a mile or less, satellite picture shows overcast conditions. we have some drizzle with the fog that has settled in as well, but no heavy rain, all the showers have moved out. however, there's a little bit of a low pressure system that's going to help to reinforce more rain chances, primarily along the eastern coast line as long as the south coast in your hour by hour forecast, once we get through this morning, through this afternoon, you'll see spotty showers will linger here in the forecast, farther inland to fitchburg, by today,

falling in the mid 40s. coming up in just a bit, your weekend outlook, chance of flurries, colder temperature and a sneak peek that christmas eve forecast. back to you. >> all right, clear skies for santa we're hoping, thank you so much, pamela. breaking news from the vatican, pope francis just approved the miracle immediate -- needed to make mother teresa a saint. helping a woman's husband come out of a coma. it's possible the pope will cannonize mother teresa during her holy year of mercy, taking place during the second week of september. a child left home alone escapes a fire, the 8-year-old girl is okay. >> but this morning, the department of child and family services is involved you can see the flames shooting from the hudson home around 4:00 yesterday afternoon, the fire began in the first floor kitsch can -- kitchen, the girl was with neighbors, the girl's

while she went to the store, the 8-year-old was not hurt, a firefighter suffered a minor shoulder injury. a special hearing on the who's on first bar near fenway park, a 29-year-old man was shot and killed, since 2001, the bar's owner has appeared before the city's licensing board at least eight times to talk about public safety concerns. city records show there have been assaults, stabbings, and shootings both in and outside the bar over those years. the fbi arrests the armed robber who terrorized a clerk in brewster, and he's wanted in a dozen hits like this one up and down the east coast. and this morning, the victim in that frightening robbery on the cape is talking exclusively to our katie brace. >> reporter: there's one he would like to forget.

>> reporter: but the patel family is indebted to the brewster community for remembering this man, patel is the father behind the register. >> after he was arrested he felt like, everything was right. >> reporter: sonny patel was working in the back, you can see him run up and tap the armed robber 1905 go back, and i shoot you and i just go back and he just went out. >> reporter: posting images to social media. to come forward. >> reporter: thanks to community tips officers arrested 27-year-old sletzinger, after comparing him to other photos, the fbi is investigating him for more than a dozen armed robberies in four states. >> even more satisfying when you're able to help wrap up cases for other communities that have been preyed upon for the least month. >> reporter: sletzinger's family has a home in harwich, finding these stolen guns, they saw the blue hat in this

hats in other images. the patels bought the store a year and a half ago, and after this they're staying. >> we like the community. >> reporter: the fbi says is they're looking to see if the man they called the serial armed robber is related to other crimes, katie brace, wbz "this morning". this morning an arrest in connection with a terror attack in san bernardino, california. the fbi arrested enrique marquez, a friend and neighbor of one of the shooters, provided material support to terrorists, a violation and fraud. he and syed farook planned but abandoned several terrorist plots including an attack on a shooting. today, president obama will travel to san bernardino to meet with the victim's families and survivors of the shooting. yesterday, the president met with his national security team, he then tried to reassure

threat of an attack during the holiday. >> at this moment, our intelligent and counterterrorism officials do not have any specific and credible information about an attack on the homeland. that said, we have to be vigilant. >> reporter: and terror concerns leading disneyworld to boost its security and add metal detectors. universal and seaworld will also scan visitor and disney banning toy guns at all the parks. campaign 2016, ben carson canceling a trip to israel and africa over security concerns, carson was supposed to visit nigeria, kenya, and zambia at the end of the month. and then head to israel before the iowa -- caucus, meanwhile donald trump picks up a new fan, putin. of standing personality, he said he's work with putin to improve u.s. relations saying the two

new this morning, a big set back for bernie sanders after his campaign accessed hillary clinton's confidential voter information, because of a software error, suspending the sanders campaign from accessing its voter database, that database is helpful for campaign because it's full of information about voters nationwide, the team says they've fired the staffer and called the behavior unacceptable. the three candidates for the democrat nomination will meet tomorrow for the third debate, hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley meeting in manchester. a mother suing chipotle because of the outbreak in cleveland circle, her children -- son one of the 53 people who got sick, saying the restaurant needs to be put under a microscope so it doesn't happen again.

pending legal actions but quote, generally speaking however, in incidents like this, it is our aim to work with customers to see that these issue are resolved, end quote. the restaurant remains closed this morning. the city of boston raising the age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. the change takes effect in february, boston joins 85 other communities in massachusetts that increased the age for buying tobacco products. the state legislature is considering a similar proposal. an independent audit of boston public schools set to come out today and it could prove to be controversial. the globe reports the audit shows the district could save millions every year by closing some school that are less than 68% full, and by firing some teachers. the district could then move students to better schools, and the money saved could go towards better education and support services. coming up on wbz "this morning", star wars fans out in full force. >> that's right, we caught up with them at the premiere last

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. welcome back, 4:42 on your friday morning. gatorade getting a makeover and socks that will be on everybody's holiday wish lists. >> these socks are cool, the gillette razor community trying to protect its technology, jill wagner -- join us from the new york stock exchange, good morning. >> it's a battle of the blades, gillette suing online razor seller shave cloth, it's selling products that infringe on their technology, like a coded blade found on certain gillette products. gillette says it owns all rights to the pantent. gatorade going to get healthier, an organic version of the neon colored sports drink next year, gatorade not commented on what ingredients

comes after quote consumer interest. star wars the force awakens officially opened today, it's estimated will, star wars will make $225 million its opening weekend and take in $5 billion in merchandise sales by next december, the merchandising is more than just toys, disney licensed star wars characters to go on to fruit! and if you're planning a thet fliks -- netflix marathon this holiday season, here's something to keep you warm, a step by step do it yourself project for netflix socks, they detect when you start snoozing and send a signal to your tv automatically pausing your show. chris and bree? start again? you're in that light sleep and you don't know what's going on. >> that would be the worse if you have to get up out of bed and turn it on. >> i don't know, i'm going to stick with don't watch important stuff before bedtime. >> there you go. plan for everything.

thank you very much. another look. >> take a look at the special holiday lighting display up in the boston public library, it's a one of a kind installation projected on the iconic building, catch the lights of boston now through sunday on the dartmouth street library. love it >> it's creepy, look so cool. >> boston is such a great place to be this time of year, pamela but it sure hasn't felt like boston at christmas time. oh my goodness, we've been so warm for the entire month of december and look at christmas eve forecast here, 62 degrees, here, during the day. at night, santa's riding around the sled there, 60 degrees, showers expected as well and by christmas day, we could actually have a cooldown. now, this is still several days away, forecast models in agreement that we will be warm, it is a big question, when will we see the rain and how cold will we get by christmas? doesn't look like we'll get cold enough for snow, that's for sure.

morning, half a mile or less in boston, one and one quarter of a mile or less there in plymouth and that fog will be dense at times locally in some areas but nothing widespread expected. satellite radar picture will show us the clouds are overhead and this is primarily because of the fog, we have a secondary low pressure system that's to our south. this is going to march along the coast line giving us a little bit of an extra punch in the rain chance today. here's the hour by hour timing, 7:00 a.m. starting here, overcast conditions, becoming partly sunny, once you get farther to the north and west but lingering shower chances. right along the eastern coastline as well as the cape, islands, and south coast too. showers still hang around through 7:00 p.m. today. otherwise, mostly clear skies farther inland. and overnight tonight, kind of chill write, temperatures dipping to the freezing hark and some below freezing, we do expect frosty conditions to start off saturday but saturday afternoon through the evening we

higher elevation, good news for the ski resorts. temperatures right now, 40s, 50s, mild start to the day. 47 in boston, hour by hour forecast we stay in the upper 40s or lower 50s for the rest of the afternoon. average high, 40 degrees and we will be at least five to 10 degrees above it or even exceeding that here, highs elsewhere, low 50s, mid 50s farther to the south and east on the cape and island, most around the freezing mark, again, a frosty start to your saturday is expected and it's going to be a very blustery wintry kind of day with a high of 39, the wind gusting from the west, giving us just a raw feel, sunday 40 degrees a little bit better, not as much of a wind and we have some sunshine. so, monday, 41 degree, that's our first day of winter there, 50s for tuesday, wednesday, and yes, christmas eve going with

[ star wars music ] >> the wait is over, after years of anticipation and months of hype! a movie shrouded in secrecy finally premieres, the force awakens blasted last night, here in boston to see the movie. >> so what did they think? our jim armstrong has the first review and don't worry, won't be spilling it for anyone. >> reporter: how was it? >> unbelievable! >> reporter: as the 7:00 p.m. showing at the latest star wars movie clears out, it's been awakened, that no banter fodder. >> i would see it 1,000 times more after this. >> reporter: this is a movie that promised to move even the most emotionless jedi. >> it lived up to what everybody expected. >> you got to see it. just see it. you have to see it. >> reporter: among the first people to see this latest installment in the star wars

>> giant star wars fan, i've been waiting for such a long time. >> reporter: about 350 hardcore devotees showed up about 3:00 thursday morning to watch the marathon of all movie marathons, every sar war -- star war film in order for about 15 hours, all of it building up to episode seven. >> i've grown up with star wars, i don't remember a time without star wars in my life. >> reporter: those are legit pj pants. >> young for a storm trooper! >> definitely transcend a regular movie experience. >> reporter: last night of course was just one example of how much pent-up demand there is to see this new star wars film, you can expect crowded theaters for the foreseeable future, jim armstrong, wbz "this morning". this is a peek at chris's future child, no, really, zuckerberg's baby getting in the

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it is 4:51 our top stories this morning, an 8-year-old girl left home alone in milton escaped unharmed when her house caught on fire. right now the department of child and families is investigating, you can see the flames here shooting from the home on hudson street. the girl was with neighbors when firefighters arrived. investigators say the girl's mother left her daughter home while she ran to the store. the owner of who's on first bar near fenway park could have his license suspended after a special hearing in front of the city's licensing board today. on thanksgiving morning, a 29-year-old man was shot and killed just outside the war -- bar, city records show there's been assaults, stabbings and shootings outside the bar in the years.

robber wanted in connection with a dozen crimes, this surveillance video shows michael sletzinger robbing the brewster farms convenience store earlier this week. police say they seized stolen guns as well as the hats he wore during the crimes at his family's home in harwich. a catholic school pulled a job from a gay man, in academy in milton, when he listed his husband as the emergency contact, the offer was pulled, he sued and in his favor, there will be another hearing to see what damages he'll receive. exeter xool -- school officials say all dances are canceling, it's getting too provocative, he's decided to cancel all schools for the foreseeable future. >> not a couple kids, the five of you don't come to a dance,

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the boston proposed a course around the center during the weekend. a rink in charlestown has reopened, a gift from the nhl which makes a mark in cities ha host the winter classic. dozens of players from the boys and girl club showed off their shots on the newly paved surface, this year's winter classic between the bruin and canadiens will take place at gillette stadium. during last night's cavs game against the thunder in cleveland, james was trying to save the ball when he crashed in to the woman in the stands, turns out it was pro golfer jason day's wife ellie. emergency crews carried her out on a stretcher wearing a neck brace, she's said to be all right. after the game, james tweeted, ellie day, i hope you're doing okay, my apologies, hope you get back to a game soon, love lj. thousands of adele fans race

goodbye to your chance to see her. [ music ] >> fans in boston tried 1,000 times to get highly coveted tickets to her concert here next fall, tickets went on sale yesterday morning and sold out within an hour many took to twitter venting their frustrations, some tickets on stub hub already listed for around $10,000, that's rolling in the deep right there. [ laughter ] >> $1,000? >> no, love you, but no. i can't do it. >> get your black out, the adele concert. how's this for a coffee perk? >> the new blend that aims to keep your caffeine buzz going

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