that there is no current, public schools. >> reporter: the biggest news out of the news conference? schools will be open tuesday with a reentry planned for students and staff. >> for example, our principles will be having faculty meetings in the morning as staff come in, to make sure everybody has got common information. >> reporter: on monday, the high schools were deserted after mark conrad made the decision to close all 17 of nashua schools, leaving more than 11,000 students at home. threat to a school administrator which conrad said threatened specific acts of violence to students and staff and nashua's two high schools. >> it was very specific in terms of naming the two high schools by name, where the action would occur. it would -- it was a specific to today's date, saying today is the date that harm would be done to students.

the means by which students would be armed. >> reporter: state police and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms helped police sweep the school with dogs. they found nothing. no word from law enforcement on who did this and why. now, counselors will be available for students tomorrow and the superintendent felt the need to defend his decision to close the schools. he said it was the specificity of that threat that made him do it and the last time nashua closed any schools due to a threat was a decade ago. live in actual -- live in nashua, paula, back to you. six american nato soldiers killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan today. martin. >> this is one of the deadliest attacks so far this year. it happened just outside of bagram airfield, the biggest us military facility in afghanistan.

bomber took his motorcycle, he rammed it into a group laden with explosives into a patrol near a village in afghanistan, six americans were killed, two other nato soldiers were injured in that attack. the taliban at this hour is claiming responsibility for that attack. coalition deaths in afghanistan have been declining as the us slowly withdraws its forces there. >> thanks. making tonight, massachusetts police are searching for a mother who they say took off with her two kids. of. the search has been going on all day. lakeville with the latest. those children? >> reporter: paula, stephen kerrigan, the father of these children, is deeply concerned about their safety. he says he tells me tonight he is actually in panic mode. this is not the first time. his ex-girlfriend has taken the kids -- this is the first time she's taken them away this long without a trace. >> bring the kids back. >> reporter: a father reaching

children, eden rose and five- year-old stephen, jr. went missing on sunday when their mother, valerie mcgrath, left with them and never returned. >> it's unfair. i don't know where they could be. it's a scary thought that you don't know where they could be. no one knows. family doesn't know. i don't know. >> reporter: police say they do have concerns for the children 's safety and have issued a warrant out for valerie's arrest for minor kidnapping. stephen, who has sole custody of the kids, says he allowed the kids to meet with their mother only part of the day to celebrate stephen junior's birthday. she was supposed to return by 5 pm on sunday. that never happened. >> i'm just scared for their safety, to tell you the truth. >> reporter: stephen, along with police, happens searching all day. eden rose never went to school today and police are searching for her 2002 land rover discovery, license plate number 847 zz2.

i don't know why she hasn't called anyone to let them know that they are safe and she should bring the children back and she can deal with her own consequences after. the important part is the safety of the children. >> reporter: anyone with information on those two missing children or the location of valerie mcgrath is asked to contact police. paul burton, wbz news. >> thank you. most christmas carols mentions no. most christmas movies have snow. but this will be a christmas without snow. santa will be fine in a tank top because tonight we're talking about record warmth on the way. let's check in with eric fisher. how warm are we talking? >> it goes on and on. outside chance a couple towns could hit 70 degrees by christmas eve. that's like memorial day. quite an exceptional pattern. this afternoon, temperatures are not cold. low 50s for many, 40s north and

way out up the lawrence river valley. and rain showers starting to move in from the west. most of those arrive tomorrow morning. here is our hour by hour. temperatures in the 40s for most towns all night long. slight chance of overnight shower but mostly starting to pick up tomorrow morning. grab the rain jacket before leaving the house. and then midday on, a batch of heavier rainfall and more steady showers will move through. highs way up into the 50s all across the region. very quickly that rain will move out. a look at the trend for this week, keep in mind average night would be in the 20s. average day in the 30s. high of 68 on christmas eve and 60 on christmas itself, a ton of records being set this week. the full rundown in a few. two teens plead not guilty to charges they had a man. elvira sanchez waves to her family as she entered the courtroom today. police say she was riding in a woods on friday. according to authorities the

when the jeep hit a man who was walking in somerville and that victim was seriously injured and is still in the hospital. sanchez is now free on personal recognizance. woods was held on $500 bail. next month. a third person has been charged in connection with the numerous from a worcester armory. tyrone james was trying to sell james will be charged with lying to investigators and having one of the stolen weapons in his possession. investigators say army reservist james morales broke into the artery and stole 16 weapons last month. there is more trouble for chipotle. the centers for disease control has now linked the restaurant to another e. coli outbreak. this one in three states. five people in kansas, north dakota and oklahoma say they got sick after eating -- meeting at chipotle. health officials trying to figure out whether it's a

most recent outbreak. the restaurant has been under fire after 53 people got sick in october with e. coli. then more recently in massachusetts, with dozens of dc students coming down with the number of virus after eating at the cleveland circle location. >> it was mayhem, very intentional. a strip of road notorious for wild fun, it becomes the scene of a horrible crash. a woman plows right into people on the vegas strip. police say she did it on purpose. that scene was described as just horrific. one person is dead. dozens more are injured. tonight there are many questions about why the woman people. chris martinez of cbs has the story. >> reporter: the las vegas strip is open and back to normal after a night of chaos. police say surveillance video shows 24-year-old lakisha holloway with a three-year-old in her car plowing into crowds on the sidewalk. >> video conference we believe

i do not it -- i do not believe it to be an act of terrorism. >> reporter: 32-year-old jessica valenzuela from arizona died in the crash. dozens more were injured. >> we are going to start off by filing one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon. >> reporter: the car was going as fast as 30 to 40 miles per hour when it first plowed into pedestrians on this sidewalk. they say it later slammed into another crowd just down the street. >> looks like she wasn't even trying to stop. she was looking straight forward. >> she accelerated and kept mowing everyone down. >> reporter: she sped away before parking at the hotel to alert a valet. >> she had ran over some individuals on las vegas boulevard. and requested the valet parker to call 911. >> reporter: the woman had recently moved to the area from oregon and was living in her car. officers are still investigating a possible motive.

vegas. >> alma tonight, a childhood friend of the san bernardino shooters has now been ordered to be held without bail. enrique marquez appeared in court tonight. investigators say marquez gave two semi automatic rifles to the shooters . 14 people were killed when the couple opened fire at an office holiday party earlier in the month. a french police officer is free tonight after being questioned for 12 hours about a fake bomb hidden in a bathroom of an air france plane. the device forced the paris bound flight to make an emergency landing in kenya. no one was hurt. tonight, one person is out of the race to the white house. lindsey graham dropped out of the race today. the south carolina senator posted a video on youtube announcing his decision. if you're scared of heights, this next story may not be for you. dozens of people trapped high in the air today at seaworld in orlando. this is the sky tower,

it took two hours before the ride finally descended. good news is that no one was hurt. i'm sure more than a few were queasy. plagued by injuries, the patriots are getting help from a veteran. there are reports the team is adding running back steven jackson to the roster. of course it comes a day after the patriots clinched a first- round bye in the playoffs with a big win over tennessee. steve burton is here with all of this tonight. >> thank you very much. the pass never stand pat. improve. with their top two running backs out to the season, why not add some depth? the pass will sign former rams running back steven jackson for the rest of the season. the 32-year-old has been out of go. one of the best backs in the league for many years, his production declines last few years. the stretch run. and the pats have a lot of

they beat the titans yesterday, 33-16. tom brady threw two touchdowns. the defense keeps making plays. the best one coming right here. chandler jones hit marcus mariota. big recovery in the end zone for a touchdown. the pet scan top seed with a win over the jets in the meadowlands next sunday. behind the scenes stuff you cannot see anywhere else on wbz, start your sunday morning with patriots game day at 11:30. the fifth quarter postgame show is also here on wbz. coming up at 6:00, we'll show you bill belichick's speech to his team after the game. back to you. straightahead hear from homeless to the white house. the inspirational story of a choir's amazing journey all the

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a musical honor most people could never imagine. >> a choir hand-picked to perform at the white house. what makes this so special, all of the voices your about to hear belong to people who are homeless. >> visitors at the lincoln memorial in washington got a surprise on monday. >> [singing] >> reporter: a holiday concert from the atlanta homework choir. jennifer slatman became emotional when she found out what makes it unique. >> i'm moved. i have tears in my eyes because clearly this is what the season is all about. >> reporter: all the members of the choir are homeless, but still filled with hope. >> the crowd loves us. i loved it. god loves us. >> [singing] >> reporter: the choir performed its biggest show ever at the white house. director newnan start of the

>> it's going to be an awesome christmas. the guys are smiling so hard. >> reporter: and so are you. >> i am! >> reporter: the obama family is on vacation for the holidays but the choir sang here during a staff party. members say it was the opportunity of a lifetime. >> it wasn't that long ago, marvin cohen's view was from inside a prison cell. this be reminds him he got a second chance. >> who is to say within the next 10 years, i'll be somewhere running for congress or something. >> reporter: you never know. >> it's like a sign to never give up on yourself. >> reporter: realizing that is the best christmas gift he could ever receive. cbs news, the white house. >> reporter: it is a battle of the seasons at once he -- one ski resort. warm temperatures not making it easy to make snow. they fired at the snow

the trails, but whatever be short-lived. near 70. snowmaking. i don't think you can actually do it. they are in the mood -- >> they are trying. going to be melting away. i think we're in danger -- >> there's nothing that i say here. i want all the ski areas to do well here. this is going to be -- >> two years in a row. last year at least was a little colder. more opportunities to make snow. no opportunity this month. pretty drastic stuff. take a look at what we have going on for this evening. this is the scene. not skiing, but snapdragons. at the south end, rory send this picture in today. this week, more and more blooms are going to start to show up across southern new england. it will be the warmest ever recorded in the boston area at this point. i would say it is near a certainty.

is this going to be the warmest december on record? 52 in boston, 45 in worcester, nashua at 49, more mild air off to the south and west. plenty of 40s and 50s. that's going to be the case all week long. the milder air as we come in on gusty winds all day today, slowly those winds subsiding, much calmer tomorrow morning. the wind will start to pick up again out of the south tomorrow afternoon. some gusty winds in particular southeastern massachusetts, as guests coming out of the south- cloudy, slight chance of the 40s overnight. tomorrow, 59 in plymouth, 57 in boston, manchester near 50. another day that is way up above average. of rain. move through this week, holiday shopping -- holiday shopping plans or travel, the showers start moving. then we'll see another batch of showers as steadier rainfall across the region from lunch time until dinnertime tomorrow

moving pretty quick but a fairly wet second half of the day in particular. then as we had her wednesday, fog and clouds, really a damp overcast day but the rain holds off until late. as we head into wednesday afternoon, steady, heavy rainfall, good downpour, they will move through each wednesday night. next few days, we've got the showers tomorrow, temperatures well up into the 50s. a lot of fog and heavy rain late on wednesday, still in the 50s and then look at christmas eve at 68 degrees. a huge surge of warm air moving up the east coast. we will not be alone. we're talking millions of people are going to have their warmest christmas eve ever recorded. a forecast of 68 during the day, 64 at night, a few showers, gusty southwest winds. if the golf course is open, you'll have the opportunity. this is the oldest. all records that will be set on christmas eve alone. be high?

minimum, we'll set the record for the most 50 degree days in the month of december. our 17th on thursday. as we look out toward humidity, highest winter dew point ever said is likely going to occur. the latest measurable snowfall at worcester is also going to fall on christmas eve. for us. there's the list of 50 do -- 50 degree days. today is number 14. more to come after that. how about our christmas day forecast? looks beautiful outside, it's going to feel strange but if kids get a new bike, they can raise their scooter, we'll be into the 50s around 50 degrees. certainly no snow. and a note on top of this, winter solstice is tonight. it is our darkest day of the daylight. super bowl sunday, over an hour more. total daylight. accuweather seven-day forecast, for the weekend, rain is likely on saturday, but no snow around, near 50 on sunday,

trend, david and paul, above average temperatures are here through new year's day. so you have your work cut out. >> great point about the warm weather gift. nothing worse than getting a bicycle and not able to use it for four months. >> the kids will be able to use it. >> don't forget to submit your protections for our snowfall contest. how much snow will we see at logan airport this wednesday -- this winter? the closest guess could win you season passes. you have until new year's eve cbsboston.com. today is the busiest day for the u.s. postal service. they expect to deliver more than 30 million packages on today alone. today is the last day to send your packages by priority mail to make sure they arrive in you have until wednesday, though, to send them express. makeover.

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yesterday, crews were there taking down the goalposts, all in preparation for the winter classic that will be played at gillette stadium. where crews have started turning the field into a hockey rink. the bruins taking on the montreal canadiens on new year's day. we just learned that grammy award winner singer-songwriter nate bruce, american authors and the boston pops will be among the performers at the classic, it will be the seventh game since the event started in 2008. governor baker helped spread christmas cheer today ringing the bell at the salvation army downtown. each year the red kettle raises millions of dollars to help children and families all across the state. so far they have raised just over $2 million but they still need your help. their goal this year is $3.4 million. holiday season is so often beautiful but it does spawn so

that helped university of kansas get into the record books. the record-setting performance game. the guinness book of world records counted 3473 fans wearing those holiday sweaters. that smashed the previous record of just under 1200 set in the uk last year which proves once again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. >> then someone says, nice ugly sweater. and i didn't know that it was. >> is that for a party? gas savings are really adding up. how much extra cash you have in your wallet this year.

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following breaking news here at 5:30. investigators say there is no existing credible threat to the city schools. classes will resume tomorrow with extra security as a precaution after closing today. police searching for a woman who may have kidnapped her own kids. 47-year-old valerie mcgrath does not have custody of the seven-year-old girl or five- year-old boy. investigators say the woman

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