right now at 4:30, the popular item being swiped this holiday season and the clue that could track down at least one christmas grinch. the friend who gave the marathon bombers a gun that was used to kill an m.i.t. officer is free this morning. and a chipotle set to open after a norovirus outbreak, the steps being taken to keep customers safe. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz "this morning". >> good morning, it is 4:30 right now, nice and early, i'm kathryn hauser

thanks so much for joining us this wednesday, december 23. hey, we had a lot of rain yesterday, and it looks like we have another batch coming in today, danielle. >> yeah, not until the evening hours, that's the good news, what we contend with is the fog, from philadelphia to new york city, an advisory in the shaded area, until 10:00 a.m. for localized areas of visibility less than a quarter of a mile, just be aware of rapidly changing conditions out there, currently in the city of boston, but notice some of the suburbs, taunton, a quarter of a mile to plymouth, right over the cape and islands as well, it is a mild start as well, temperatures, depending on where you are, pretty warm, 52 in boston, this will be the 16th day for the month we had 50 degrees or greater and that ties a record, light northwest wind at three miles per hour, cooler areas though, just like yesterday.

when you come from falmouth back to providence and beside the fog, we have clouds, where there's not fog, peeks of sunshine, otherwise the fog with scattered showers arriving late afternoon in to the evening, it will rain hard overnight tonight and record warmth on the way for tomorrow, you guys, for christmas eve, all minutes. a real life grinch caught on surveillance cameras stealing christmas decorations right off a homeowner's porch, that thief display. >> police are hoping someone will recognize him, wbz julie loncich spoke exclusively to the victim. >> reporter: hassle free, [ indiscernible ] and an easy target. >> why would you steal something you can buy at walmart? he was like, a 35 to 40-year-old man, give me a break

become the latest laser light victim. >> he stole it, didn't care. >> reporter: may be camera shy but it was her camera that saw the thief in action, a modern day grinch in business casual. >> just dumb. if you wanted it that bad, could've knocked on the door and just asked. >> reporter: he struck after midnight and police say he had cased the homes first. >> we were creeped out actually >> reporter: police say thieves have been stealing the star shower show in cities and town a-- across the states. >> just lousy, what are you going to do. >> reporter: get another one? >> no, i'd like it back, but i'm not going it get another one. >> reporter: not exactly ruining sandy's christmas, she won't give the satisfaction. >> i can see if he did it for his kids, or something, but just to steal someone's stuff, not right. >> reporter: if you recognize the man in that surveillance video which is also, by the way,

in lynn, julie loncich, wbz "this morning". 4:33, the homeless woman accused of driving her car on a crowd sidewalk in las vegas expected o make her first court appearance today, lakeisha charged with murder in the crash, killed one person and injured dozens more, her lawyer says she'll plead not guilty, holloway facing child abuse charges, the child was not hurt but was in the car. disturbing information in the local mother charged with kidnapping her own two children, prosecutors say a sue nied -- suicide note was found in valerie mcgrath's car, they say she planned on killing herself and her children, she took the kids from their father's home on sunday, luckily found unharmed, mcgrath is behind bars on $50,000 bond. after 17 months in a federal prison, the young man who gave a gun to the boston marathon bombers is spending his first

used to kill m.i.t. professor collier and for that, stephen silva tells us he's sorry. louisa moller gives the reaction. >> i didn't know, i apologize to anyone i caused harm to, i'm deeply sorry for that. >> reporter: remorse when he walked out of boston court a free man, they say they terrorized him, not fully accepting his penance. >> currently, no comfrt for the families, i'll tell you that. >> reporter: 17 months behind bars, time the 22-year-old has serve is -- served for providing tsarnaev the gun that killed officer collier. during the trial, still maintaining to the day he had no knowledge of tsarnaev's plot to bomb the boston marathon. >> what he did, i don't support it, any terrorism or violence at all, it's just sad, a close friend chose to do that with his

>> reporter: now his plan is to turn his life around, get a degree, stop dealing drugs, his older brother said he's happy to have him home. >> good kid, glad this happened. >> reporter: leaving it commissioner bob evans hoping his release is the right move. >> we all like to see them held to the greater punishment, but hopefully he learned his lesson. >> reporter: neither the collier family nor the m.i.t. police department wanted to comment on silva's release. in cambridge, i'm louisa moller, wbz "this morning". in other news this morning, colleen ritzer's family and friends will be allowed to wear pink to her killer's sentencing next month, the judge ruled they can wear her favorite color and philip chism is charged january 29 for the math teacher's murder, chism's lawyers ordered that everyone be ordered not to wear pink to keep it just, but

color, will be allowed to wear the color during snens -- sentencing. 4:36, deciding if aaron hernandez's cell phone can be used as evidence in his second murder trial, starting in january, but a judge delayed it yesterday until the high court rules on the evidence, the former patriots player is accused of killing two men in boston back in 2012, he's already serving the life sentence for the murder of lloyd. a man police described as a mass port imposter is now facing charges, 35-year-old james rapucci was high on meth and visited an apartment complex to check the windows, trying to talk his way in an apartment and walk right in to another. >> i asked where his name tag was, he said it was in the truck, he would go down and get it and come back, he did not. >> the guy just walked in on me, i was doing something, i forgot,

mass port and i said no, mass port didn't put our windows in. >> while he was being booked, surveillance video shows him grabbing a bottle of window cleaner and spraying at officers, facing assault and battery with other charges as well. looking in to the cause of this big fire that badly damaged a vacant building yesterday morning, on western avenue, the damage from the five is estimated at a quarter million dollars, we're learning more about the history of the building first constructed in 1899, it was the headquarters of the speedway, a long track designed just for horse-drawn carriages and bicycle, it was demolished in the 50s, the headquarters has had various uses over yaerts, dcr has been looking at ways to redevelop the historic spot. the chipotle restaurant in cleveland circle will likely reopen by the epd -- end of the week, the city closed it earlier

ordered it to be cleaned, after 148 people got sick with norovirus, all the employees tested for the norovirus, and workers will not be allowed to return until their tests come back negative. the city says one manager has been dismissed. over to campaign 2016 now, according to a new university poll, half of the country would be embarrassed to have donald trump as president, 23% of the voters surveyed said they'd be proud while 24% responded neither. the war of words between the front runners of the race for president getting nasty at a campaign event, donald trump mocked hillary clinton for running to the restroom during a commercial break during saturday's democratic debate, then trump used a vulgar term to describe how clinton lost to barack obama in wait, clinton side stepped the issue yesterday but said trump is cheapening the race. >> it's important to stand up to

why we shouldn't let anyone bully his way in the presidency. >> on twitter last night, trump denied the word he used was vulgar, he said it means she was beaten badly. it is just about 4:40 right now, coming up on wbz "this morning", a special christmas delivery in chelsea. >> santa claus comes early and he put a big smile on kids' faces. plus, mass d.o.t. has a message for drivers as they head out to the holidays. and how about waking up to this under your christmas tree, the huge jackpot up for grabs. catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. after 12:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for $1.99.

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>> reporter: the 2016 involvement for the healthcare program, obamacare, says more than 8 million people signed up vun jay the federal exchange, that doesn't include sign ups and states with their own exchanges, this is the third obamacare open enrollment and more young people are participating. the final deadline for obtaining 2016 coverage is january 31. nestle is the latest food company pledging to use cage-free eggs. the world's largest food maker says it will use nearly 20 million pounds of cage-free eggs every year in all their products, including toll house cookie dough and ice cream. rival general mills made that same pledge last month. and we're learning that twitter filed a patent for drones that would be controlled by tweets, the messaging enabled unmanned aerial vehicle could transmit and record videos, it

that means a bunch of people trying to control the same drone, chances are the faa won't go for this, chris and kathryn. >> it would be a mess. too many cooks in the kitchen, too many pilots for the drone, thank you very much. we'll see you next hour. hey, if you're just heading out or about to get in your car, get to work, sound the fog horn, you're going to see some fog. >> yeah, definitely some areas of fog this morning, but i'm just wondering, danielle, it is still super warm out there. >> over 50 right now, so actually, you guys, this is a tie for a record set back in 1953 for the number of 50 degree or more days, 60 we're going to bump up that in the next few days, temperatures well above average by 0 -- 30 degrees in some spots, 52 in the city of boston right now, similar to yesterday, where it depends on where you are. we do have cooler readings north and west of town, 36 nashua, 31

but in the 40s to lower 50s from falmouth to chatham, 51 taunton, 50 wooft ever -- worcester as well, you mention the fog and it is thick, quarter mile from plymouth to new bedford to orange, to concord, logan airport doing just fine right now. and we're dry out there too, that's the good news, no weather related issue besides the fog for the morning commute. what we're waiting on though is rain to our south, notice it's just advancing back up and through the mid atlantic right now, this rain will continue through and it will arrive to us when we get to the evening hours, most of the afternoon will be spent dry, maybe a couple showers along the south coast to develop early to mid afternoon, and then some steadier light rain comes in for the evening drive, not all that heavy just yet but it will advance in, from southwestern, northeast during the evening hours, so overnight tonight, it's going to rain, rain hard in

up tomorrow morning, it's just a couple leftover showers, 6:00 a.m. those clear out, sunt breaks out -- the sun break out and we come up 65 to 70, ahead of the cold front, cool down just a bit on christmas day, week area of high pressure is going to build in, that will keep any wet weather to our south and west, christmas day itself will be dry with some of those high thin clouds that will work m in, some shower will come back in the weekend, do manage to come in the 50s, cooler north and west of town, it's a gradual process but most of us lower to middle 50s for highs today, look at these highs tomorrow, breaking records across southern new england, 70, 70 in norwood, 68 boston, lower 70s here, merrimack valley in through southern new hampshire, 60s on the cape and island, christmas day still running 60 to 65 a

to worcester county in southwestern new hampshire, couple showers, turning cooler as we head to the start of next week, want to remind you guys by the way, snowfall contest, submit your prediction on how much snow you think will fall in logan airport, season passes to [ indiscernible ] next season, get it at cbsboston.com. 4:48 right now, spreading christmas cheer in chelsea, the police department and salvation kids. >> as jim smith reports, it's a something. >> ho ho ho, merry christmas, everybody! >> reporter: santa is pretty busy these days but he did find time to visit the chelsea police station tuesday night, bringing an early christmas to about 100 kids and their families. >> good. >> i wanted to open up presents

santa because i never saw him before. >> hi! >> it was exciting to see santa because i always wanted to see santa. >> have a very, merry christmas. merry christmas! merry christmas! >> reporter: it's a joint effort by chelsea police and the salvation army. just the thing for families trying to make ends meet. >> one more. >> 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. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: an event like this means so much for these kids and their families, and it's a two-way street, the people behind this effort also get a gift, a dose of the christmas spirit. >> just to see the face light up, nothing we could do better for something like that to happen, makes us feel good. this is the greatest joy we can experience, especially this time of year, it's really great. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: in chelsea, jim smith, wbz news. >> love that story.

use you blink the sign, d.o.t. is getting in the holiday spirit, you may have seen them while you're driving, the new electronic signs that said texting will get you on the naughty list and this one this morning, don't be a grinch, drive safely, mass-dot says you'll be seeing messages like this over the next few days as people hit the roads for the holidays. i love that. a little humor in there. >> exactly, but still a great message to be safe on the roads. 4:50 right now, a "star wars" fanatic taking his love for the force too far. >> landing him in court. and the busiest airports just ahead of the holiday, the security breach that has

4:53 right now, chebing -- checking top stories, a holiday heist, someone stealing a christmas light projector from a house near hyde park, telling julie loncich, this won't dampen their holiday spirits but it will be hard to replace, most stores can't keep the projectors in stock. police say projectors like this are being stolen from homes across the state. the man who supplied the weapon used to kill m.i.t. police officer collier is spending his first day as a free man, stephen silva walked out of court after a judge sentenced him to time served, 17 months behind bars, silva says he

tsarnaev brothers and says he's a changed man. a lloyd man is facing charges accused of threatening a firefighter with a knife, officers arrested sean le favre, a string of fires near garnet and appleton streets, they say he approached them. police say they found the man and the knife nearby. a construction worker is in the hospital this morning after a 600 pound concrete wall kos lapse -- collapsed on him, on his head, working on a site in shoeman avenue in stoughton, the man was conscious and alert when police flew him to the hospital, to collapse. backing out of funding a university. espn's outside the lines says the nfl backed out of plans to fund that major study and that the decision delayed the

league says that's not true. b.u. says the funding is coming from the national institutes of health, the study will look for ways to diagnose the degenerative brain disease cte while a patient is alive, right now it can only be diagnosed after death. we're learning more about a major security breach, one of the nation's busiest airports, investigators revealing a man jumped the fence at jfk then made it on to the tarmac. >> the location, 32, 33 of terminal a, what we have is a male. >> roger that. take 32, terminal a. >> investigators now scouring footage hoping they identify the person, airport officials now scrambling to make sure the fence are secure during one of the busiest travel seasons. a "star wars" fan takes his passion a bit too far, and now he's facing some charges. prosecutors say 18-year-old arthur royce threatened to shoot a boy online for sharing the

movie, court papers say he posted a photo online posing with a gun saying it has a hair trigger, the teen face up to 24 years in prison if convicted. a special gift for children who probably won't get to spend christmas at home. members of the boston [ indiscernible ] gave a special concert at children's hospital, under the direction of conductor keith lockhart, also joining them is former receiver brown, 'twas the night before christmas. who needs rudolph, dancer and prancer. >> a massachusetts based company putting a spin on santa's

forget dasher, dancer, prancer and vixen, getting a thu way -- new way to pull santa's sled. >> big dogs, we showed you video of them before, but not quite as festive as these ones, not sure how the real rudolph would feel about them leading his team. >> that is so cool, kind of creepy too at the same time. that's amazing. >> yeah, it's cool, it's crazy, that they can come up with a robot that can move, climb hills, go up stairs. >> and reindeer-like with the legs. your top stories, weather

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