now at 11:00, looking at live pictures of boston. tonight it's a city without hats, gloves, sleds or snowmen. good evening. i'm paul la evans. >> i'm david wade. a christmas that's not white. it may feel more like july 4th the high july 4th was 72. the high christmas eve, maybe a few ticks lower than that. eric fisher, this is odd. >> yes. it's like the beauty of new england weather. it's so interesting. certainly going to be an unusual christmas holiday for us. even today, nobody noticed it

hit 60, two from the record high. still 56 in the city. there's colder air developing. 39 manchester, 40s metro west. with the clearing, we're developing more fog. dense fog advisories out here across new hampshire until 10:00 tomorrow morning. travel with caution. we head into the day tomorrow. that fog will be expanding. more clouds by midday. rain starts to move in by the afternoon. it becomes heavier tomorrow evening. temperatures in the 50s again. er rands tomorrow night, going to be a wet go until thursday morning when we start to break into the warmth. hundreds of records set across the eastern united states. that includes here we have a chance of 70 on christmas eve. we'll take a full look at your holiday forecast coming up. tonight after 17 months in the federal prison t the young man that gave a gun to the boston marathon bombers is free. that gun was used to kill mit police officer sean collier. for that, stephen tells us he's

we are live with louisa with more tonight. >> reporter: he told reporters he wants to turn his life around and seek education. for some, that's not sufficient for the family of the fallen that is of course officer sean collier honored and remembered here. >> i have no idea what intentions were with the firearm. i apologize to families i caused harm to. >> reporter: stephen expressed remorse when he walked out of boston court a freeman. >> horrible tragedy that happened that day. no comfort for families here today. >> reporter: on monday, a judge sentenced him to 17 months behind bars, time he already served for providing the gun

he helped tsarnaev during their trial. he maintained he had no thong of tsarnaev -- he had no knowledge of tsarnaev's plot to bomb the marathon. now he says his plan is to turn his life around, stop dealing drugs. his older brother told reporters he's happy to have him home. leaving leaders like bill every every -- bill evans hoping this is the right move. >> hopefully he learned his lesson. >> reporter: neither the collier family nor mit police department commented on the release today. wbz news, back to you. >> thank you. disturbing information tonight. a local mother charged with kidnapping her two children. prosecutors found a suicide note

she planned to kill herself and kids. she took the kids from their father's home sunday. they were found unharmed yesterday. mcgraph is behind bars on $50,000 bond. new at 11:00, cameras capture a grinch stealing decorations off a homeowner's porch. julie spoke exclusively to the victim tonight. she's live in lynne where the grinch came back for seconds. julie? >> reporter: paw paula, this person is trying not to let it get to them. they're expense hiv and according to police an easy target. >> unbelievable. why would you buy something you -- would you steal something you can buy at wal-mart. >> sandy has become the latest

she may be camera shy, but her own surveillance cameras captured the thief in action, a modern day grinch in business casual. >> if you wanted it that bad, could have knocked on the door and asked. >> reporter: he struck after midnight. he cased the home first. >> we were creeped out. >> reporter: police say thieves have been stealing star shower shows across the states. >> it's lousy. what are you going to do? >> will you get another one? >> no. i'd like it back. i'm not getting another one >> reporter: it hasn't ruined her christmas. she won't give this scrooge satisfaction. >> i could see if he did it for kids or something you know. just to steal someone's stuff is not right. >> reporter: if you think you know who the guy is in the surveillance video you can view on lynne's facebook page and our website, give police a call.

>> julie, thanks. richard's family will wear pink to her killer's sentencing next month. he'll learn his fate for killing and raping the high school teacher january 29th. the judge set that date at a hearing today. he ruled richard's family could wear her favorite color in court to oppose. the state's highest court will decide if aaron hernandez cell murder trial. it was supposed to start in january. the judge moved it out today. he's accused of killing two men in boston in 2012 he's already serving a life sentence for murder of of odin lloyd leah martin explains explains the scam that got this man in trouble. >> 35-year-old james allegedly high on meth knocked on this

>> he was masked. he wanted to look at my windows. >> the request didn't initially strike her as odd. they do help reduce jet noise by installing better windows. >> i asked for his name tag. he said in the truck. he said he would get it and come back. he did not. >> he went across the hall and did not bother knocking. >> a guy walked in on me. i was doing something. i turned. he said he was from mass port. i said no. >> housing called police that complex. when they tried to book him, he grabbed the bottle of win dex and tried to spray the officers in the face. >> officers were injured in the booking process.

>> he is faced with multiple charges. he didn't get away with much. >> he took a note pad. nothing was written on it. that's kind of strange. >> tonight police officials tell us this is not the first time he's been in trouble. he was arrested on similar charges and faces drugs and and weapons charges. >> thank you. chipotle restaurant if in cleveland circle will like are youly reopen by the end of the week. the city closed earlier this month and ordered clean after more than 140 people that ate there became sick with nowhere norovirus. getting nasty at a campaign event. donald trump mocked hillary clinton for running to the restroom during a commercial break during saturday's debate. trump used a vulgar term. clinton side stepped the issue today but said trump is

>> it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are. why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. >> tonight on twitter, trump denied that the word he used was vulgar. badly. a new poll shows that 50% of those surveyed would be quote, embarrassed if trump became president. we're learning b about a major security breach at one of the nation's biggest airports. investigators reveal aid man jumped a -- revealed a man jumped at fence at jfk and made it on the tarmac. >> what we have is a male. >> roger that. gate 32, terminal 8. >> investigators are scouring footage hoping to identify that person. airport officials are scouring to make sure fences are secure during a busy travel season.

secret service. an agent had gun, badge, handcuffs stolen from his car near the white house after the agent parked and returned minutes late tore find his window open the agent will likely face disciplinary charges the homeless woman that drove her car onto the sidewalk has been charged with murder. it killed one and injured dozens. holloway faces child abuse charges. her 3-year-old daughter was in the car at the time. that child was not hurt. court marshal charges started for beau bergdahl. he walk add way from his post in afghanistan. the taliban held him five years before his release as part of a prisoner swap for five detainees in guantanamo bay. when we come back, costly commute. workers pocket big bucks as you're asked to ride the rail.

spent that has some outraged tonight. a delivery driver caught going postal. whapswhat ups wants you to know tonight. tonight's number, 75. that's the percent of americans that wait until the last weekeek to finish christmas shopping edia save on thousands of last

the holidays are here. don't forget you can order on target.com and pick up in store the same day. i ordered this today. it's for you. boop! barbie! a new tie! order by december 24th 6pm. you'll be paying more to ride the t. >> the battle over cutting costs is just beginning. john keller gets us closer tonight to rider anger. over a cash starved system where employees are making a bundle. >> first context. many workers work hard and earn

but with the system hemorrhaging red ink, news of absenteeism and big pay check padding isn't sitting well with paying customers. >> i think it says there's gross capital missed expenditures. >> it's shocking. >> it was shocking to our team. we wanted to put it out. >> the long suffering customers are sharing the outrage over damming new reports of out of control absenteeism among some of the nation's best paid transit workers running a faltering system. >> it seems as if the mbta is viewed by a significant number of employees as just a gravy train. is that true? >> we've got to do better job for rider, got to get employees back to work. >> don't ask one of the employees raking in 300 grand a year to work harder. he's averaging more than 50

>> how is that possible? >> we're looking into that now. we've got an audit underway. that's overtime, back pay in there. the most important question is whether the public is getting their money's worth. >> few seem to think so with fair hikes looming. >> i'm going to be thinking, somebody's overtime. >> they're talking about doing a 10% increase on fares. something is not right. >> well, it will all come out in the wash when public hearings start next month. that will be interesting. >> there should be pressure on them to prove they're spending wisely. >> mr. shorts sleeve indicated he hopes the public will keep complaining and keep up the heat. he hopes to turn on what he describes as a more abundant system that could go either way. the heat could reflect on baker administration if treads on. >> people have to get to work.

>> they've got to afford to get to work too. >> john can he recall, thank you so much. speaking of getting to work, now delivery driver doesn't have that problem. he's off the job after this video surfaced of him kicking dozens of packages off his truck in hawaii. ups contacted the rightful owners of pack ams and have taken quote, corrective -- packages and have taken, quote, corrective action. backlash on a teenager who is facing charges after threatening to shoot someone for spoiling the "star wars" movie. he post had the on facebook. he faces 20 years in prison if convicted. >> can't do that. >> no. let's talk to eric about the weather. i can't believe the december we're having. >> we started talking how close the temperature at christmas is close to 4th of july. 2015 has been quite the year.

the whole year to this point, this is the week we go to exactly average. if you put all cold beginning of the year and warmth in the second half. that's how averages are made extremes. this has been a year that's seen large extremes. now 15 days 50 plus in december. midnight we go to number 16. we tie the record. on christmas eve, we easily break that record. look at the month. i can't get over how exactly this looks alike to february. one week in february above average. one day this month below average. this is going on and on. nashville 41. more 40s develop. breaks in cloud cover. that allows us to cool off a little bit. keep in mind if low temperature is 45, it's 8 degrees above average for the high not just the low. very mild in the east. chicago now well above freezing. areas of dense fog, here in new hampshire especially. if you're traveling, low beam

rain today scooting out to the east. next round gathering across the south eastern states that will move up the eastern seaboard and arrive here tomorrow afternoon. in the morning, mostly cloudy skies, areas of dense fog and temperatures in the 40s. by midday, still raw. 50 degrees, lots of clouds. patchy drizzle starts to develop. in the afternoon, it breaks out. temperatures start rising. if you have a lot of plans shopping. a few of us may have a few hinges to pick up. weather -- few things to pick up. weather is not that cooperative. take a look hour by hour. heavier rain moving in throughout the evening. throughout the night, downpours. it feels tropical outside. humidity will be rising. rain tapers off for christmas day. we break into really warm air. tomorrow evening, temperatures through the 50s, way above average. on christmas eve, the warm front is north.

we'll get sunshine. if we see enough sun, could see 70s across the area. that has happened before. on christmas day, high pressure will build in. we stay mild. it will be dry before the next round of storms move in this weekend. record high you bet. 68 the forecast temperature on christmas eve. i think we're going to break that at midnight. could be 61 at mid night. we'll be already above the mark. few showers, gusty southwest winds. christmas day is going to be weird. absolutely. going to be comfortable? sure. travel, no issues. upper 50s to around 60. mix of sun and clouds, bizarre day. it comes around to what does this mean for seasonal snowfall? look at top ten warmest can decembers, all of them below average. if you put them together, average snow of 26 inches. another sign we're in for below average year for snow. here's your seven day. few showers saturday. sunday, way up in the 50s. we may set another record high

then arctic shot, david and paula, we keep winter going. >> we'll embrace the weirdness. we love it. >> thanks eric. new at 11:00, spreading christmas cheer in chelsea. police department and salvation army teaming up to give gifts to 100 kids. >> it's a tradition where everyone gets something. >> santa is pretty busy these days. he found time to visit the chelsea police station bringing early christmas to about 100 kids and their families. >> i wanted to open a present so bad. i'm glad to meet santa because i never saw him before.

because i always wanted to see santa. >> have a very merry christmas. merry christmas. >> it's a joint effort by chelsea police and salvation army. just the thing for families trying to make ends meet. >> it means a lot to me, especially to make my kids happy. we work hard, and sometimes it's not enough money to buy gifts. >> an event like this means so much for these kids and their families. it's a two way street. people behind this effort also get a gift, a dose of christmas spirit. >> to see their face light up, their smile. you can't -- nothing we can do better for that to happen. makes us feel good. >> this is the greatest joy we can experience, especially this time of year. it's great. >> in chelsea, jim smith, wbz news. i don't think there's anything better in the world than seeing a kid's face when they see santa claus. >> and santa there really enjoyed that experience. he had a better time than they

>> great job by chelsea police department. up next in sports, new help for patriots running game. >> bruins feeling blue tonight

it certainly doesn't feel like hockey weather. wasn't the bruins' night. >> bruins had a chance to leap fog to first place. no leapfrogging. >> they have been good.

they were cooled off tonight. it's the bruins first lost in regulation since december 7th. allen was terrific for st. louis. allen makes the stop. finished with 32 saves on the night. plenty physicality in this one. second period check out scotty. beautiful and clean shoulder to shoulder. the game was scoreless after 40 minutes of action. what a hit n. the third, he's not going to miss. >> league high 27th goal of the season. 1-0 st. louis. break down in the neutral zone. robby sneaks in for his seventh of the year. 2-0. that would be the final. on the other side, second loss in 16 games as they head to christmas break. >> played good hockey, had a

got a lot of points. so yeah, trending in the right direction still a long ways to go. >> maybe a little bit of a wake up call to guys to say listen, if we're not going to get our noses dirty, we're not going to win games. at the same time, i like the direction our team has taken the last month and a half. we should take advantage of that. take three day, get rest, hopefully come back and be as hungry as we have been last while. >> done a good job, no question. now to football. seven patriots made the cut. game takes place one week before the super bowl is played. first of all, no surprise here. tom brady was named to his 11th pro bowl. how about butler and collins being in for the first time? gronkowski nominated a fourth time.

team. matthew slater is pro bowler for a fifth time. patriots signed stephen johnson to a contract. he took part in first practice inside the team's bubble. wearing number 39 hopes to bolster the banged up running game that lost two to injuries. the team is happy to have him on board. >> definitely man. feel part of the league. a lot of guys come and go. some go. you know, it's great to have faces i seen growing up playing. i am loving the locker room. >> for more on jackson and preview of patriots all attack sees this friday night at 7:00 on wbz. we'll have you covered sunday start to finish 11:30, kick off at 1:00 followed by fifth quarter post game show. that's sports for now.

president obama is really getting into the swing of things on his holiday vacation. >> check this out. he's golfing in hawaii today. he sinks a chip shot 40 feet out. the president drops his club in celebration walks to the small crowd and walks off. >> got to be able to chip and putt.

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