yes, it is, good morning, everybody. 5:00. we made it, just in the nick of time. we made it, and reready to go. the 3-hour tour. we are glad you are with us. until 8:00, in case you wake up later, but we love our early birds. >> look who is here. >> glad to be here. >> it's chilly outside. >> but during the day it's not going to warm up much.

>> this afternoon with the wind and it's blustery, and it may have a flurry. crazy weather out there. 34degrees as we get to the next hour here, and these are boston temperatures, and some of you are lower 30s. i was 32 when i left the house this morning. we are supposed to be up near 40. many places teens and 20s. not really getting warm at all. more in the way of developing sunshine this afternoon. temperatures up to 38 degrees, and here's the other thing we have to contend with during the day today. the winds, the winds are gusting up to 18 or 20 to 25 miles an hour in the open spaces, and it will make you feel a lot colder. windchills in down in the 20s this winter. if will feel like winter as

shopping and getting ready for christmas. >> thank you, dave. we begin with breaking news now. the national democratic committee has reached an agreement with the bernie sanders campaign over the data breech that led to a lawsuit. the dnc denied bernie sanders to the data base after they found a breech in the list of hillary clinton voters. the sanders' campaign considered the data base so crucial to fund raising, they sued the dnc to be allowed back in, and bernie sanders himself learned from the breech, not from his own stares, but from his own chair. 24 hours after it happened.

campaign is fights back. his campaign sued the national democratic campaign after they were blocked from accessing a key data base. >> when we have to people come to call, we can't general rate phone numbers to do that. >> reporter: the dnc was charged with sabotage saying it could cost more than $600,000 a day in donations. it started with a 45 minute computer glitch that allowed sanders' staffers to look at the data from the hillary clinton campaign.

>> reporter: he was fired, and the dnc said four different users viewed the data from four different states, and they saved the data. >> it does not retain any day tax and they don't want any of the disa to. we are running a clean campaign. the clinton campaign says it's a breech of security. a stolen jeep was involved somerville. police say the 18-year-old driver was trying to get away from officers when he hit the man on mystic avenue under 93. median. his injuries are serious, but

a family gunned down trying to cross the street. the father trying to push a stroller down the street lost his life. >> my heard goes out to them. the with the holidays nearby, that's the last thing you want to hear. >> reporter: a sad story from lowell. three people hit by a car, including a 3-year-old girl. police say a 9-month-old girl was also hit along with the girls' father. neighbors found a grim scene with a stroller in the road. >> we heard the lady screaming, and when we came out, she was sitting on the ground, next to the guy, and the baby was still in the carriage. we heard the baby cry a few minute the, and then the baby stopped. >> reporter: the mother was not struck, but the father was thrown to the pavement.

the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. the 2-year-old was also transported with nonlife threatening injuries to a children's hospital in boston. >> all the of a sudden you hear people get on the gas drive down the street like maniacs. it's a matter of time before anyone backs out here and get hits by somebody. >> reporter: the driver was not hurt. he did stop and remain on the scene and speak with police. as of now, he's not facing any continues. the fired operator of a runaway red line train is not fight. david vazquez was fired earlier this week. he wrapped a cord around the

to stop before he made the switch. police are also searching for two men who robbed a pizza delivery than wooster. two men in masked held the man up and took his money. police say this is the sixth time this has happened in recent weeks. they think the thieves are luring the drivers to abandoned buildings with the intention of robbing them. this woman is wanted in a series of bank robberies. she may have hit three different banks in three days. the latest heist was on friday. each time she hands the teller a note, demands cash, and then takes off. we are following a goning story this morning, president obama is son -- is on his way

he is beginning i had i have -- beginning his vacation on a somber note after meeting with the families of the victims of the san bernardino shooting. >> we are tonighting to work at every level to make sure there's no slip of information sharing among agencies. >> the president said he will leave it all on the field in his last year in office accident patrolling to pass gun control legislation and close guantanamo bay.

rated nine man in the drug industry has resigned. he raised the cancer drug -- brady has played 109 games straight. he was not the only player who didn't suit up yesterday. more on that in sport in the next half an hour. if you were out doing your last-minute shopping today, why not pick up something to help families in need as well? if you can make it to the c park donation, you can hand your donation to the valet and

we all know parking at the ball year. coming up, we will tell you what had this driver so frustrated he didn't even bother to look for a spot. getting your packages in the mail is the first step, but how do you make sure they get to their destination in one piece? we will have tips on tracking. stay with us. closed captioning is brought to

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[music] most people are doing more of their holiday shopping online this year, and plenty of us have gifts to get in the mail ourselves. in today's tech minute we explain how a few apps can can help you keep track of all those packages. take a look. >> reporter: if you have a gmail account, one of the easiest ways to track your

google will scour for e-mail to search for tracking numbers and give you a list of everything on its way. you can click the clink to go to the carriers detailed page, and there's apps that let you track all in one place. this is a well-designed dash board on parcel, and all you do is name the package, and you can track up to three packages for free or pay 1.99 for unlimited numbers of packages. >> thank you, sharon. it's 5:14 on this saturday morning, and i almost said sunday and i'm rushing the weekend. >> rushing? >> speaking of rushing, look

>> you're making me do selfies with your phone. >> it is my fault. i will take full blame. >> you do. >> now 100%. >> on air? >> i'm good with that. i'm accepting that. in the case of any issues, good call. >> it's cooler out there this morning. >> it's not horrible, but it's been so nice, we are spoiled. >> boston has been at freezing once, and the weekend is looking good too. >> today and tomorrow are mild, and then it's cool. unfortunately those of you who make your living or part of your living plowing and things like that we just don't have the snow this year. i feel really badly. i'm a skier, and it's not fun not having natural snow, but the other side of the coin, boy is it easy to get around. 13 days with 50 or better, and

and wednesday. you can probably put that maybe number 1 here by the end of next week. it's amazing how many days have been at 50 or warmer. briefly like winter, cold, flurries around, and an active pattern ahead. it's not terribly snowy, but there's bouts of rain. we are still 10 inches below normal roughly in terms of rain fall. we had a drought this year. it's good we are ending the ground unfrozen with the rain, and it helps to add water to the grown. the record ride for santa here. could be 60 at 7:00 on christmas eve night. amazing. there's snow around. great lake stuff, lake effects stuff, and you can see here, this is probably one or two feet of snow, and some of the flurries could this morning, you may see a flurry, but that's about it. look at the wind.

hour, and with the colder it temperatures and the winds continuing overnight tonight it will feel like the 20s, so quite chilly, and here we go with the hour-by-hour weather. here's tomorrow, 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon, and notice mostly sunny skies, and a few clouds banked off to the west, and that's about it. really not much going on over the weekend, and it's the last full weekend of shopping before christmas, and that's good news that the roads are dry. hour-by-hour today, 34 degrees around 6:00, and only in the upper 30s and so the ground will not freeze up with the temperatures, but it will certainly be chilly and one of the colder days we have had this fall. winter arriving on tuesday. temperatures. without the winds, feeling better across the area.

day forecast, and there's a lot on here. temperature in the 40s for today and tomorrow, and there's a pats' game tomorrow, don't forget about that. and then look what happens monday, 51. maybe 60s for christmas eve with a few showers around, and it was warm last year and i don't know if you remember, but it was warm on christmas as well. 51 or 52 degrees, and temperatures will not be seasonal. >> i can't believe, 64. >> it's going to feel muggy, believe it or not? >> really? >> absolutely. have you gotten your cards in the mail yet? kensington palace released this picture of the royal family. 2.5-year-old george will head

everyone was wished a merry christmas from the royal family. what a cute picture! the father who took a tradition too far, and why he of all people should have known better.

5:21. look at this. a target employee driven to revenge. look at this video of a driver crashing into a target, full of holiday shoppers, but the drama does not end there. watch as he tries to crawl out the car window. there he is. you can see he stumbles and ends up stuck in the shopping cart, and it was in missouri. police noticed his bright, red target shirt right away, and it turns out he's a disgruntled employee who was in on leave or

u.s. marshals just released a picture of ethan couch. investigators said he was too spoiled for prison after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. he skipped out on his probation, and now investigators want to know if his mother helped him escape. a dangerous driver was caught looking at lights with kids on the roof. a neighbor in texas captured the risky ride. you can see three kids clinging to the car as it cruises down the road. what is he thinking? the north pole elves must be busy right now, and that's why he was seen at wal-mart. is today your birthday? let's see who you share with it.

i'm sorry, that's baseball great. basketball. what a feeling, jennifer beals of flash dance is 52. hope it's a great birthday today if it's your birthday. we will be right back.

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we all know what santa claus looks like on christmas eve, decked now the a big red suit, but would you recognize him in his street clothes? >> little sophia walked right up to the stranger in wal-mart and asked if he was santa, and along. i love that! saturday. much more ahead in the next half an hour of news.

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thanks for being with us. i have to fix my hair there and i just noticed it. i'm kerry connolly here with dave. dave is here. >> pamela has the weekend off. you have me for two days. >> lucky me. you better behave. >> i will. it's cooler. >> it is cool. >> chilly, temperature in the 30s, lower 30s, and not that bad. the wind this afternoon , if you're running store-to-store, if you're fairly close, you don't need the jacket. it will feel briefly like winter. cold. i put flurries in there. there may be flurries in a couple of places, but as we get into next week, it looks like bouts of shower activity.

week, and record high temperature on christmas eve, probably in jeopardy. if you want to go citying today, there's man-made snow. go support the ski areas, especially if you're a die hard skier. temperatures only in the lower 30s, and you need the winter gear on those slopes on the man- made snow. >> dave, thank you so much. there's top stories, and there's been an agreement between the bernie sanders' campaign and the national committee over the breech that led to a lawsuit. the dnc was denying sanders access to an important data base after information about hillary clinton supporter was exposed. the sanders campaign said they would lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in daily donations without it. the democrats swear off in a national televised tonight from new hampshire. a father and his two young

while crossing the street in lowell. the dad, 9-month-old, and 2- year-old were taken to the hospital. the injuries were not injured life threatening. the driver did stop and there's now an investigation. there's new charges in the baby forrally known as baby doe. michael mccarthy has been charged with first-degree murder and michelle bond accessory after the fact, and she's accused of collecting state benefits for her daughter even though she knew she was dead. bella bond was not identified for months after her body washed ashore. a rude awakening for a family forced from their ohm after a teenage drive slammed into their home. as katie brace reports, it's amazing there were no serious injuries. christmas was not supposed to look like this.

>> not good. kind of ruins tradition. >> harold weedman and his wife were ready for their family gathering this morning until -- explosion. >> reporter: this morning around 7:00 -- >> i looked out and there was no front of the house. >> reporter: a 16-year-old drove across the street, hitting the weedman's car and stopping in their living room. he drove a chevy tahoe. he was not hurt, and neither was harry or his wife. so many keepsakes are beyond saving. they are staying with the relatives. their home of 40 years was deemed uninhabitable. >> it's a mess. >> reporter: weedman is not clear what caused the crash, but the teen did give him something. >> not really a conversation. he just got out and said he was sorry, that's all. >> reporter: police are still

have been filed yet. katie brace, wbz this morning. a board is considering the future of who's on 1st bar. a 29-year-old man was shot and killed outside of the bar on thanksgiving morning. city records show there's been numerous assaults, shootings, and stabbings outside of the bar for years. we are told a decision could come as early as next week. well, someone asks you a question, and it doesn't doesn't sound right, do you answer anyway? apparently plenty of voters taking a telephone survey do would you support a bombing agraba? >> the problem, agraba doesn't actually exist. it's a fictional place.

on the death of the former pilots. the coroner ruled that scott wayland died from an accidental drug and alcohol overdose, and the medical examiner revealed heart disaster and other problems linked to his long history of drug abuse that contributed to his death. he was 48 years old. a it's man will spend more than 48 years in prison for destroying a million dollar car. it was this video on youtube that may have been his undoing. the driver bought this 2006 bagadi for over $1 million, and he drove it into the lagoon. what he didn't know, a stranger who happened to be admiring the

off the road. the driver pled guilty to insurance fraud. parishioners fighting to save their church are going to court now. the group from saint francis will ask for an emergency stay pending their new appeal to the highest court in the country. for more than 10 years, the parishioners have been having a vigil to keep the archdiocesing from selling off the church. pope francis will cannonnize mother teresa because he says she did perform a second miracle. >> reporter: mother teresa will soon be saint teresa after pope francis said she cured a worshiper's illness. it happened in 2008 when a brazilian man with brain tumors

this is the second of two required miracles recognized by the vatican. in 1998 a worshiper's stomach cancer went away after praying to her. >> you have to try to be in her presence. >> reporter: for most of her career she cared for the sick and the poor in india. the pope has waved the 5-year waiting period, fast tracking her canonization. >> the canonization is expected to take place at the vatican in september 2016. the hat trick that caps off a big win.

>> kerry, we have a day like september. we haven't had many of these. temperatures around 38, and with the winds gusting, the temperatures will be in the 20s. speaking of the month, let's look at our trivia question. so, kerry, when was the last time boston didn't even record a trace of snow in december. c1999.

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good morning, everyone. big story in foxboro on friday. a couple of players not practicing. tom brady for one, missing with illness, and he's questionable for tomorrow's game against the titans, but you know brady in all of his power. he will do everything he can to play. rob gronkowski, we are told no matter to worry. he was listed as probable for the game, but both are expected to play. bolden and white, not an ideal

has to deal with. like most things, you won't hear bill belichick making excuses. >> it's certainly not ideal, but can we do it? given our offense, you know, we have versatility and a way of dealing with things, but, you know, we played the majority of the game with two, and there's no way to have 3 of everything, and that's impossible. >> reporter: also the receiver position with julian recovering from his ankle injury, and they played off waivers this week, playing for atlanta, and hankerson has been productive, something that bill belichick took notice of. >> he's been a good player, and yeah, he was available, so it's not that frequent you see players available at this time of the year and. >> this is is a totally different system.

down and be on top of your stuff. the most important thing, know what you're doing. know what you have to learn and what you're doing and know how to get back to the locker room, you know, and just learn how everything is done. >> reporter: we will kick things off tomorrow morning with patriots' game day at 11:30. our 5th quarter postgame show is on my tv 38 as soon as the game is over. bruins and pittsburgh down a goal. frank got his third of the year, tied 1-1 after the 1st period, and then the bruins have the lead. the persistence in front of the net for his second of the night, yep the hat trick for the kid out of umass. his 3-goal hat trick performance, first in the, leading the bruins to the 6-3 win. as for the celtics, great

he was acquired in the rondo trade a year ago this weekend. the celtics by 6, and in the 4th quarter, on the break, turner with the long alley-oop with the nice reverse jam, and boston up by 4, and then another big night for isaiah thomas. he would get fouled. the 4-point play, boston up 79- 77. they just couldn't pull away, and paul millsap gives the lead they would never relinquish in the 4th. 109-101 is the final. college football with patrick toles, the fifth year senior announcing he's transferring to boston college. it could be great for the staff. i'm dan roche, wbz sports. >> thank you so much.

>> you like that? >> i'm always prepared. ugh! your hands are freezing! >> they are always freezing! it is is a lot cooler out there this morning, and it's shocking because we have been so spoiled. >> we have been spoiled, and and if you don't like the cold weather, which, it it's december, folks, but it will warm back up again. >> in the 50s. and it's the 60s. i pulled something from the garden. it's growing, and it's not even protected. it's crazy. >> you and your garden. >> a lot of folks still have kale going and onions and parsley. it's awesome. this afternoon, temperatures in the 30s, and as kerry eluded to, it will be chilly across the area, but it has not been this month. all the way back to the 1st, and that's the one day boston had a freeze. 32degrees, and this morning,

i think tomorrow morning boston should be below freezing, and that's the second time, but look at all of this mild air, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday, it will all be above normal, and then the week after that, it looks like more warm weather after the cold snap. this month could very well end up as the warmest december on record, and now, i don't like the term ever because it's only on record and the records go back to the late 1800s. it could have been warmer than this in 1612. we don't know. 1996, 61, there's the record. i think lower to middle 60s, and i don't think the record is going to go, but other christmas eves, 1999 back to 1900, 1957 in the 50s. there's been other christmas eves where the weather has been quite warm, and this is one of them. no doubt about it.

flurries especially west of the reservoir to berkshire. the low pressure is pushing in, and look at the lake effect. the great lakes are not even remotely frozen over. it's producing the lake effect, and. so snow showers could just make it into the area. you look up and see a quick flake, and where it's really going to accumulate is east of the great lakes because of the air, rushing over the water, pulls the moisture and just deposits it there. 1-2feet you will see in the watertown area and the suburbs. winds will be gusty this afternoon, gusting over 20 miles an hour that puts the windchills down in the 20s. windchills going down, and

going down, let's look at that 7-day forecast, and then the trivia answer. here we go, temperatures over the next 5-7 days, in the 60s, and then kerry, i asked you a question, we haven't had any snow at all. >> why are you asking me? you're asking the viewers. >> you're here. >> i don't like the pressure. >> they can't answer me, and you're about to answer me. that's why i asked you. get with it. what's your answer? >> see what i mean? all right, i'm going with d. >> you're right. >> i am? >> so glad you asked me. [ applause ] >> wow, 1999? >> last year we had .3, and there's been a bunch of years with a trace. it means not measurable, but it falls to the ground. 1999. >> that was the year we partied in 1999, right? >> like it was 1999. >> thank you, dave. a little girl loses her

coming up, how one state trooper saved the day.

a polar bear rescued off the side of interstate 495. the rescue made the state trooper into a hero. he helped reunite a little girl

road. ken macleod with more. >> reporter: his name is polar, poley for short, and no matter what emma is doing, the bear gets a front row seat. >> she's very loyal to him. >> reporter: the family was cruising down the road with the windows down, and you can guess what happened. >> emma started to scream hysterically, and i said what is wrong, and she said he is overboard. >> i asked if it was an emergency, and i was embarrassed to say it's not an emergency, my daughter lost her lovey. >> reporter: mom admits she would have understood if the troopers declined the rescue. >> reporter: trooper mather hunted the bear down in traffic as darkness spell and snagged it off the rumble strip by the left-hand lane. >> i don't know if it was a

>> reporter: what did he get for his efforts? a happy reunion photo and handwritten note from emma. >> we wanted to thank him for the least we could do for saving the polar bear. >> reporter: the trooper didn't want to talk about his good deed, and neither did a shy emma, but words are not always needed. >> absolutely, always a happy ending. >> reporter: ken macleod, wbz news. a look at what everyone seems to be getting into the weekend.

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