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last night, triggering an intense search. >> i am david wade. the ordeal came to an end at a we're live in lakeville with new details. julie?>> reporter: tonight, this mother, valley be -- valerie mcgrath is in custody. their father. going home. kerrigan knows he is lucky. >> you can't explained that. i am still worried. i have not seen the stomach.>> reporter: police say his ex- girlfriend kidnapped their children. a reunion at a mcdonald's 15 minutes from home. >> that is a surprise. i am glad it wasn't another state or far away.>> the children's mother, valerie mcgrath, was arrested going through the drive-through in

she rented after ditching her land rover which was spotted in swansea. >> she still loves the kids. i was praying she wasn't going to do anything to harm them.>> reporter: the woman picked up her son and daughter from their father's home sunday after five- year-olds birthday party and never returned. stevie and even were confused by the attention but were unharmed and ready to go home. kerrigan says christmas morning cannot come soon enough.>> it's great to know they are safe and back with me. >> reporter: mcgrath is being held on $10,000 cash bail. she is do before a judge tomorrow on account of domestic kidnapping. live in lakeville, wbz news. new at 11, a crane crashing into a home in plymouth. a worker trying to take down a tree at 4:30. suddenly the crane sliced through the roof and the second

the fire chief says they will need a second crane to pull the first one out. the good news is no one was hurt. we are minutes away from the start of winter. it's feeling more like spring out there. warmer temperatures showers this christmas week. let's get to eric fisher. we are going to set some records with this forecast.>> november showers bring december flowers. that's how it goes, right? it's the 50s and most area's. it is the third mildest night of the week if you can imagine that. tracking more showers stretching towards the northeast. tomorrow morning we went to the 40s. we're looking at a few showers developing during the morning hours. most of our rainfall tomorrow between midday and lunch and dinner time, four-5:00, downpours will move through very quickly and are gone by the evening. temperatures in the 50s

we look towards wednesday. numerous record highs across detroit. widespread records close to 70 in boston, topping 70 in new york. in dc, this is not going to be just a close call, it is way above average for this time of year. christmas, near 60. we will take a full look at the forecast coming up in a few minutes. breaking news tonight on the war on -- in the war on terror. a new york city police american troops killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan. the taliban claiming responsibility for this. let's get to leah martin. >> that detective was a 15 year veteran of the new york city police department. national guard. children. today's attack is the deadliest on coalition forces since the summer.>> the nato forces were

with afghan soldiers when a motorcyclist raced through the crowd and detonated a suicide vest. airfield, the military's afghanistan. the pentagon has warned that gaining strength, seizing control of helmand province. >> the insurgency is resilient. we have several thousand fewer combine forces.>> reporter: declining is the us slowly draws down its troop levels. 20 troops and two civilians have been killed so far this we saw aybar was shot in the week. there three years ago to help that resurgent has prompted the company -- country to

now 11, schools in nashua, new hampshire will reopen after a threat to harm students and staff forced the district to cancel classes today. let's get to jim smith. on hand.>> reporter: yes, paula, extra police will be on duty here at nashua high school south and throughout nashua. on monday, there was no school. that provided a real challenge for parents.>> there are no words to describe how reprehensible i think that person is.>> reporter: choice words from lisa toronto, directed at whoever made the threat to force schools to close monday. she had to take her son to work with her. she thinks closing the school was a good decision. >> he came to work with me today and there was not a lot more we could do.>> it through

i have to say. the safety of our kids is so important. >> reporter: the threat was directed at two public high schools. the decision was made to close every school.>> if we close school an hour other schools we would've had a higher level of absenteeism and anxiety in the community. this way we could say every child is safe. this cancellation has given law enforcement the extra time to conduct extensive safety checks of all of nashua schools and determined that no threats were devices of any kind were found.>> reporter: page flemings daughter is in pre-kay. when threats of violence close down a school system. yet. possibility, i would rather her be home with me or a family member than risk it and go to school. >> reporter: besides the extra

of this. meanwhile, a federal, state, and local investigation is underway. no arrests yet. jim smith, wbz news. drove her car into a crowd of people on the vegas strip will be charged with murder. the crash killed one person and injured dozens more. police say lakisha holloway did it on purpose. she had been living in the car daughter, who was also in the vehicle at the time. a motive is not known. the california man who bought the assault rifles his friends used in the san bernardino shooting is locked up with no bail tonight. a judge ruled he is a danger to the community. marquez is charged with conspiring to provide support to terrorist. an 11 year standoff tonight at a church may soon be over. parishioners say they will leave st. francis kabini --

files to hear their case. they were given 90 days to file a petition. parishioners have held vigil since the diseas ordered church closed in 2004. a medford police officer the twins were sleeping in their crib when smoke-filled their apartment.>> kate merrill shows us they are safe tonight takes to a brave and quick thinking police officer.>> reporter: twin five months old luon and lauren are fast asleep on their aunts couch. their mom and dad could not be more relieved.>> i am good because nothing happened to tough -- tough day for mom and baby's, but she is thankful they are all alive. >> my baby is okay. i'm okay. >> reporter: the three were home around 8:00 monday morning the babies were still sleeping

thankfully, that's when net medford -- medford police showed up.>> -- with the medford fire department tied up at another fire, police officers called -- paul gerra dano got there first. >> the female was up on the second floor holding infants. lack smoke in the hallway. >> reporter: carlos olivera was at work when he got the frantic call from his wife. home, his new babies and his safe. you. >> reporter: four days before christmas and this family knows medford police gave them the only gift that matters. in medford, kate merrill, wbz now. >> those faces, priceless.

>> incredible video coming up next. this landing is one for the history books and the future of space travel. and out of this world the steak at the miss universe pageant. the new apology tonight. a one-on-one interview with gov. charlie baker.>> what is your worst nightmare? >> this is my worst nightmare. gas prices have fallen below two dollars per gallon. prices dropping for cents in massachusetts last week, at the

history was made with this remarkable site in florida. the launchpad. this spacex rocket roared into space to deploy 11 small

minutes later. for the first time ever, landed vertically. a similar attempt in june failed when the rocket exploded as it tried to land. you see the sheer joy there. and i expected -- unexpected thrill for visitors on a ride at seaworld. a ride broke down and stranded them in the air. it took two hours to lower it to the ground. lindsey graham is out. today he ended his campaign for he did not say who he would whether the front runner, donald trump, could defeat like there will be another clinton on the campaign trail. today, chelsea clinton and her husband announce they are hillary clinton said she was very excited in a tweet. charlie baker is nearing the end of his first year in office and his poll numbers suggests

seeing so far. jon keller sat down with the governor for a one-on-one interview this evening. what is the secret to his success?>> reporter: remarkable self discipline, among other things. after his win narrowly last year, he has ends -- resisted the impulse to indulge in partisanship or their national ambitions. how hard this baker resists? take a look.>> you have the highest approval rating of any governor in the country. why?>> we tried pretty hard to live up to some of the key commitments we made to people when we ran. the biggest one that we were going to work across party lines and focus on getting stuff done. >> reporter: that's baker's story and he's sticking to it. >> would you vote for donald

have a long way to go.>> reporter: you don't want to answer, but wouldn't real leadership the taking a position? >> i think we have a long way to go, john.>> you think he is going to fold?>> i think there's no way to tell.>> reporter: if he is the nominee, you will consider voting for him? that is what you lead me to understand. >> there's a lot of room and time and opportunity for candidates to make their case.>> reporter: would a trump nomination be risky? >> we have a long way to go.>> reporter: do you have an open mind towards trump? >> there are a lot of things he says that i find ridiculous. i will continue to say that.>> reporter: what are you afraid of? >> nothing. most voters don't want me to participate in presidential politics at all. that's not why they elected me.>> reporter: you can't say i didn't try.

another thing -->> i asked baker about shots that were taken, and he wouldn't talk about it. zero controversy coming out of this particular governor.>> does he not want to be pinned down to the idea that he would not vote for the idea of republicans -- not voting for the republican?>> he just doesn't want to talk about it at all. >> hence the poll numbers. tonight, miss universe organizers are apologizing for an embarrassing mistake. this happened last night when steve harvey announced that ms. columbia was the winner when it should of been miss philippines. harvey brains -- blames the error on incorrect information on cue card. it's a mistake. everybody makes mistakes.>> it would be like fisher saying it was going to snow on christmas

want white christmas, you are in luck. snowstorms for the next five days. you know the truth though. it will continue to be warm. 45.7 is our average temperature, way ahead of the base for the warmest december on record. our average will go up this week, extremely where -- rare when you are in the final stages of december. it is the mirror image of last february. a lot of people have been saying we will pay for this later. maybe we are needed. this year is exactly average. it was so cold in the spring and winter. now we are right in the middle. current temperatures, 52 in boston. a very mild night, mild air to the south and west. we will be staying in the 50s in many towns throughout the night. you might feel a sprinkle. most of it is not reaching the ground. this area by the ohio river will be moving north and east. a couple of showers out the door in the morning.

we will see more areas of rain, breezy out of the southwest. temperatures well into the 50s. in the evening, rain will come to an end. we will see gusty southwest winds and still very mild. in terms of temperatures, 58, 59 in new bedford. an average day. it's upper 30s. watch. we have the one arriving tomorrow, mostly during the afternoon. that's the first round. it's moving really quickly. it's gone in the evening. fog feels and afterwards. very foggy. on wednesday, a low cloud ceiling, very damp outside. wednesday afternoon and evening, heavy rain moves in. rainfall moves north and east it's gone by thursday. thursday is where we turn up the heat. forecast.

jacksonville. we will likely see over 100 highs set in the east this week. i believe it will be involved in the party on christmas eve. the warmest was in 1996, we are currently forecasting 68 degrees. you can't use the garage as an extra refrigerator if you are having everyone over. it will be mild and humid outside. right now we're at 1450 degree days in december. then we get to christmas day. if you have the new bike, had outside. brights guys way above average and near record highs. we will track rain saturday with temperatures in the 40s. sunday. i know this has been the common refrain, but still no snow

to make it all the way -- we can make it all the way through winter.>> people are angry right now at me. this is a game changer, gillette crews getting ready. the bruins face-off against the canadiens new year's day.>> it might be a challenge with these temperatures. the patriots pick up a key player. kevin garnet back in boston. the special moment he shared

a reunion tonight. >> kevin garnett back in time. -- town. most people hoped he would play. >> most people did, but he didn't that's just it. that is kevin garnett. he made his final appearance in boston, but he didn't play because he played yesterday. they have a rule they don't play their second game in back- to-back night. fans got a special moment at the end. fans were chanting kg all night long. sullinger and johnson were also out. r. j. hunter nails one from half court in the first quarter at the buzzer.

so folk had six players in double figures. butler had a points, 12 assists. kg got to enjoy some genotype. the crowd lost their minds. after the game, he talked about being back in boston. >> nice reaction. >> the appreciation that ought not only the city but the massachusetts area, they give me unconditional love. i'm very appreciative. i definitely heard all the chance. they met everything. i would like to say that minnesota made me a young man. i grew up when i came to boston. i applied it in my boston situation. i have great memories. >> gino at the end of the game? >> that was like the cherry on top for me. my team was like, what is this?

i appreciate that. >> what did you think of their chanting?>> i really wanted them to stop that. i didn't know if they were going to put me in. but it was cool. appreciation, unconditional appreciation is overwhelming. >> any last words? >> i just want to say thank you for all the appreciation. i will see you guys later. let me out of here. appreciate it, boston.>> you have to love kg. steven jackson has taken over with blunt and jackson -- and another player out for the year. he has yet to play this season. beckham was suspended for one day after crazy antics

he drew three personal fouls for unnecessary roughness. he is planning to appeal. that is pathetic. the red sox announce they will retire wade boggs on may 26 next season. the hall of famer won five titles and was an eight time all-star during his years in boston. he wore number 26 and will now switch to brady's number, number 12. that sports for now. up next, sharing the spirit of the season. a little girl and her gift to make the so much merry christmas. -- this a much merry christmas

[ bark ] there it is! [ gasps ] oh no! look, the sky's awake! that. was. epic!

a third graver -- greater gave up all of her christmas presents this year. last month. asked -- gifts, she asked if are tots. -- toys for tots. she may do it again next year need help. she told us they she wants to change the world. >> done. up next, another look at the forecast.>> we'll

in 15 minutes, here comes >> in the weather geek world we start winter on december one. you are late.>> i am not starting winter until april.

weather this week.