right now at 6:00, the popular items being swiped from homes this holiday season, and a clue that could track down at least one christmas grinch. the friend who gave the marathon bombers the gun used to kill an m.i.t. officer is free this morning, his message to the family of sean collier and how collier's family is responding. and a boston chipotle said to reopen this week after a norovirus outbreak, the steps safe. >> from the channel 4 studios in morning" . . good morning, it is 6:00 right now, great to have you with us, i'm kathryn hauser >> and i'm chris mckinnon, it's wednesday, december 23, we want to get a check of our weather this morning with danielle and

>> yes, there's a little bit of fog and it's locally thick, you guys so hearing from a lot of people on twitter, it's thick like pea soup out there but it is in spots, localized obviously so be aware of changing visibility, dense fog advisory, shaded in gray until 10:00 a.m. this morning, which means visibility quarter of a mile or less at times. and we have that from taunton to thu bedford, plymouth to hyannis and orange and keene, look at logan airport doing well, temperature wise, 49 degrees a warm start southwest wind variable all morning long just like yesterday, mid 30s, worcester and 45 to near 50 on the cape and island, besides the fog though, not contending with much else, just a few clouds, and think wet weather holds off until late in the day, so lunch time clouds still some patchy fog, 52 degrees, and around 50s for the ride home with scattered

to the evening commute, the rain's going to fall hard tonight, time it out, get you on the roads, traffic and weather together, kathryn. thank you, danielle, we are continuing to monitor two accidents, route 24 authority in stoughton after route 139, expect some stop and go there, volume building, this is at exit 19 harrison boulevard and then north of town let's get a check there, a crash on the ramp to route 3 northbound in burlington, see extra restrictions there, keep that in mind. new this morning, firefighters in milton, new hampshire are asking people to help out a family that lost their home just days before christmas, this fire happened last night on pine street, the family of four including twins, a boy and a girl in kindergarten lost everything. the fire department is asking for donations and anything from toys to clothes to money can republic, the red cross helping stay. 6:02, a real life grinch caught on surveillance cameras stealing christmas decorations

>> and that thief targeting a popular light display, police are hoping someone will recognize him, our susie steimle is live in lynn, and susie, that homeowner is talking this morning, not happy about this. >> reporter: she's not, chris, and i'm just going to recognize the police behind me, nothing's wrong, no sort of crime scene to be recognized but officers just pulling someone over up ahead of us, but this homeowner has told us she's hoping this will not ruin her holiday season, she's trying to stay in good spirits but still a tough thing to happen during the holiday season, and unfortunately, it's not just her this is happening to, police in lynn say this is happening everywhere. a modern-day grinch. >> just stole it, didn't care. >> reporter: sneaking on to people's porches, stealing the hottest holiday decoration. >> when i saw the lights come on, except for that spotlight. >> reporter: police say the red and green spotlights are being stolen across the state, sandy is the latest victim. >> creeped out actually.

be on camera but she showed us what her camera captured, the thief in action. he's uncoiling their cords and taking her lights for himself. >> dumb. if you wanted it that bad, could've knocked on the door and just asked. >> reporter: perhaps it's because his heart's two sizes too small, but she can't understand why anyone would steal something you can buy at a strip mall. >> unbelievable! like, why would you steal something you can buy at walmart? you know? and he was like a 35, 40-year-old man driving a new car, like give me a break. >> reporter: and if you do recognize the man in that video, lynn police are hoping to hear from you, if you want a second look, it's on our website and on lynn police's facebook as well. "this morning ". >> susie, thank you very much, this morning. the chipotle restaurant in cleveland circle likely reopen by the end of this week, but they'll have to pass a follow up inspection first.

earlier this month in order to clean up, 148 people who ate there got sick with norovirus, all the employees tested for the norovirus and workers not allowed to return until their tests come back negative, the city says one manager has been dismissed. the homeless woman accused of driving her car on to a crowded sidewalk in the las vegas strip is expected to make her first court appearance today. lakeisha holloway is charged with murder in sunday's crash that killed one person and injured dozens, her lawyer says she'll plead not guilty. holloway also faces child abuse charges her 3-year-old daughters in the car at the time of the incident, the child was not hurt. disturbing new information on the local mother charged with kidnapping her own two children. prosecutors say a suicide thoet -- note was found in valerie mcgrath's car, they say she planned on killing herself and the children, mcgrath took the kids from the father's home on

mcgrath behind bars on $50,000 bond. after 17 months in prison, the young man who gave a gun to the marathon bombing brothers is spending his first day as a free man, that gun was used to kill m.i.t. officer sean collier and for that, stephen silva tells us he's sorry. our nicole jacobs is live in cambridge this morning, with new reaction. good morning, nicole. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. this is where m.i.t. officer sean collier is remembered after he was shot and killed by the tsarnaev brothers. the gun handed to them was from silva. stephen silva as you mentioned, this morning he's apologizing. >> i apologize to any people or families i caused harm too, i'm deeply sorry for that. >> reporter: under those words 22-year-old stephen silva is a free man. >> i had no idea what tsarnaev's intentions were with the firearms. >> reporter: the firearm at the center of this case, the one used to kill m.i.t. officer sean

tsarnaev brothers by silva. >> i definitely would like to give my deepest condolence to the collier family, i'm very upset that the firearm was used to kill him. >> reporter: in federal court tuesday, judge mark wolff sentenced the former drug trafficker to 17 months in prison, exactly the time he's already served during dzhokhar tsarnaev's trial, he cooperated >> glad this happened. >> reporter: but city leaders see the magnitude of his involvement, hoping the idea of turning his life around proves true. >> we hoped to see him pulled to greater punishment but hopefully he learned his lesson. >> reporter: and now with parent remorse, silva walks out of federal court, apologizing and looking ahead. >> i just want folks to know we're human, we all make mistakes but anyone can change. >> reporter: sean collier 's brother released this statement to wbz regarding silva's release, he says i believe in

happy holidays to everyone and enjoy time with your family, it is precious. that's the very latest from cambridge this morning, nicole jacobs, wbz "this morning ". >> nicole thank you very much. 6:08 right now on your wednesday morning the state's highest court will decide if aaron hernandez's cell phone can be used as evidence in the second murder trial, the trial spoed to start in january but a judge delayed -- that start date after a herg, the former player accused of killing two men in boston back m 2012 -- in 2012, already serving a sentence for the murder of lloyd. now facing charges, 35-year-old james reppucci high on meth and claimed to be a mass port employee, visiting a winthrop apartment complex to check the windows, accused of trying to talk his way in to one apartment and walk right in to another. >> i asked where his name tag was, he said is it was in the

it and come back, he did not. >> a guy just walked in on me, i was doing something, i forgot, i turned and he said he was from mass port no, mass port didn't put our windows in. >> reppucci was being booked, surveillance video shows him grabbing a bottle of window cleaner and apparently spraying it at officers, facing assault charges. investigators looking in to the cause of this big fire that badly damaged a vacant building in boston. the fire broke out yesterday morning at the old apartment of conservation and recreation building on western avenue, the damage from the fire is estimated at a quarter million dollars. we're learning more about the history of this building that was first constructed in 1899. that was the headquarters of the speedway which was a long track designed for horse drawn carriages and bicycles, the seedway was demoll -- speedway demolished in 50s, dcr hoog for

thank you for being with us this morning, massachusetts population growth is outpacing the entire northeast. >> why the numbers could be good for the state. plus taking a closer look at a key ingredient in e. cigarettes, the new push when it comes to liquid nicotine. plane, it's santa? good morning, danielle. hey, good morning, chris and good morning everybody, areas of fog, localized out there, just be aware of that, a lot of today, i'm tracking some showers, let you know when they arrive and take you through christmas, coming up.

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well, it's a little too early to be looking for santa claus, but he's spotted, something else in the skies all the way from vegas o northern -- to northern california, dozens of people saw a streak of light that looked like a shooting star and poefed -- posted videos on social media, they say it was the lights of a reentry from a rocket, pretty cool, what is that? >> too fast to be a shooting star, too long lived there. >> definitely gets your attention seeing that. what's getting our attention

>> oh, the mild weather, the non-christmas feeling temperatures! >> it really is, we're coming in to the 60s, 70 tomorrow, the question in some spots. >> these kids will be loving not having to bundle up going to school. >> maybe the fall jacket, the rain coat, couple showers moving in, the bus stop forecast here, temperatures in the 40s to start with some areas of fog, and there may be a shower along the south coast cape and islands as we head in to the evening hours, so, end of school, maybe an isolated shower or two, temperatures running in the 50s, speaking of 50s we have now tied, tied the record for number of 50 plus degree days in december, back in 1953, we also had 16 days as well, going to add more to this list over the next several days, i keep saying almost 60, we did briefly touch 60 yesterday afternoon, it is 49 degrees, at logan airport right now, 40 lawrence, running in the

like yesterday, cooler spots, 48 though in taunton, 49 providence, low to mid 40s on the cape, dense fog in spots, be aware of that, obviously, in between some of these reporting stations you can see some stars, through the thin clouds, depends on where you are, but it is locally thick from the vineyard back to taunton, plymouth, lawrence reporting a mile of visibility right now, the fog is in place, and besides that, it it's a dry start. now the clouds are in place as well, those come out ahead of showers that are advancing well to our south, that's why they take time to come in to the region, some showers break out as early as late afternoon along the south coast and cape, those will move north so it's pockets of light rain, for your evening drive, maybe a little bit of drizzle as well, after the evening commute, the heaviest rain fills in, pour for a brief period here, late this evening and overnight tonight, tomorrow morning, a leftover shower or

then the sun breaks out we go 65 to 70 degrees, remarkable warmth for christmas eve, a gusty breeze, going to be nearby on christmas day so we're still mild up in the low 60s for some of us and it looks like a nice day with the blend of sun and clouds, high pressure trying to nose its way in here, we'll keep any showers out of the region on christmas day but some of them may try to skirt back in here as we head in the upcoming weekend. so highs today, topping out in the 50s, it's a gradual rise just like during the day yesterday, 65 to 70 tomorrow, look at that, we may come in to low 70s in a couple spots, a lot of it depends on how much sunshine we can get out but i think we'll do that no problem, particularly north and west of boston, 68 in the city, this is crushing old records, the old record to beat in boston 61 degrees, look at this, christmas day itself, still the lower 60s in metro west, the sun back out turn cooler as we head in the weekend, couple showers around, may get mild again on sunday, and then feeling more like winter, at least a little bit for the start of next week.

much, check the roads for you this morning, an earlier accident in stoughton now cleared but earlier delays on 24 northbound, not bad the expressway filling in this morning as you're heading up towards milton on the brake from milton granite avenue to columbia road, north of town 93 is slow through woburn and again from mystic avenue down to the lever connector. massachusetts is growing and that could be good news when it come to our political crowd, bill galvin says if the population trends continue, we have a good chance of keeping our current nine seats in the house after the next census. we've lost seats in three of the last four reapportionments in last year's, in the last five years, massachusetts population outpaces all states in the northeast. the massachusetts junior senator malkey wants to take a

nicotine, the main ingredient in e-cigarettes, asking the federal trade commission to investigate are liquid nicotine, using brand names like trix and swedish fish to advertise, it can be deadly if accidentally eaten. well, a last minute holiday sale for pet owners, plus, the world's largest food company is changing its recipe. >> listening to the pet sale, and the government is reporting big gains for obamacare, hena daniels is live for us at the new york stock exchange for today's money watch, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys, the 2016 enrollment for obamacare is outpacing the last year, the department of health and human services says more than 8 million people have insurance exchange. that doesn't include sign ups in 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

cage-free eggs, the world's largest food maker says it will use nearly 20 million pound of cage free eggs every year in all their products including toll house cookies and haagen-dazs ice cream, hoping to reach the goal by 2020, their rivals general mills made the same pledge last month. still looking for the perfect gift for your pet? pet smart is created its own holiday to help. today, it's national fetch day. the pet supply chain is offering special discounts on online orders that can be picked up in store today or tomorrow, offering everything from toys to treats to pet food. chris and kathryn? >> that is good to know. >> yeah, that is good to know. don't forget about the pets. tucker has a stocking. >> it's always nice to watch them kind of look at the basket. we don't wrap anything but i'm always like there's your basket of toys! join. [ laughter ] >> nice. thank you very much, hena. a "star wars" fanatic taking his love of the force way too far. >> ahead, the online spoiler

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. 6:23 on your wednesday morning, nfl is denying allegations it backed out of funding for a concussion study, reporting that the nfl backed out of plans to fund that haij study and the decision delayed the research by months but the league says that's not true. b.u. tells us 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 still aifb 'a' -- alive, right now it can only be diagnosed after death. a major security breach at one of the nation's busiest airnts -- airports, a man jumped

>> 33 terminal eight, what we have is a male. >> roger that. gate 32, terminal a. >> investigators now scouring the footage hoping that they can identify this person, airport officials are also scrambling to make sure their fences are secure during one of the busiest travel seasons of the year. another embarrassment for the secret service an agent had his gun, badge, and handcuffs stolen from his car. it happened near the white house, the agent parked his car and when he came, he found his window open, the agency will, the agent will likely face disciplinary charges. a "star wars" fan taking his passion way too far, and now he's facing charges. prosecutors say 18-year-old arthur roy tlaebt threaten -- threatened to shoot a boy online for sharing the plot to the new "star wars: the force awakens" movie, he took a picture with the gun and says it

convicted. an ups driver off the job after this video surfaced of him kicking dozens of packages off his delivery truck in hawaii. ups says they've contacted the rightful owners of these packages and have taken quote corrective action with the employee. 6:25 right now, santa's pretty busy these days, but he did find the time to visit the night. about 100 kids and their families got a chance to meet the big guy himself at an event made possible by chelsea police and the salvation army. the kids were full of smiles, couple little ones a little scared of santa but the event was a gift for parents too. >> it means a lot to me, especially to make my kids happy, and some people, we, you know, we work hard, sometimes it's not enough money to buy gifts. >> i wanted to open a present so bad, and i'm glad to meet santa

>> what a great thing, the party was such a success, families hope the tradition will return every year. well, we all remember the use you blink signs, now mass-dot is getting in the holiday spirit, may have seen the new electronic signs like this one that reads texting will get you on the naughty list, we found this one this morning, it says don't be a grinch, drive safely, mass-dot says you'll be seeing more messages like these ones over the next few days as people hit the roads for christmas. >> make me laugh when i see them, kind of funny. a lot more coming up in our next half hour, the war of words between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> what trump is now saying about controversial comments and the new poll about a potential trump presidency. also ahead, the local university taking a stand against skinny models in the u.s., it's our daily talker. and as we head to break, four things you might want to know as you head out the door today.

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right now at 6:30, the family of sean collier reacting this morning after the man who gave the marathon bombers the gun used to kill the mit police officer is released from prison. and it's lights out in lynn a thief caught on camera stealing a popular christmas display, police are hoping you can help track him down. this is jon keller, one thing to try to protect your client, but you won't believe the lengths one defense lawyer went to try to keep justice from being done. coming up, on wbz "this morning". >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz "this morning" . . >> hi there, thanks so much for joining us this morning, 6:30 right now i'm chris mckinnon. >> and i'm kathryn hauser, great

saying this is christmas eve eve, somebody on twitter was like wait a minute, don't confuse me. but no, the day before christmas eve. just so we're clear. wasn't trying to scare anybody. >> yeah, the countdown continues, you still have time, still have time to get things done, the only thing you'll have to conend -- contend with are areas of low fog, until spots until 10:00 a.m. this morning, areas of fog that will reduce the visibility to a quarter of a mile or less. and it is widespread, current visibility is quarter of a mile in dense fog from province town to nantucket, quarter of mile in taunton, keene, orange and springfield, logan airport doing fine with 10 miles visibility, 49 degrees in the city too, 46 worcester, a lot of us running in the 40s but cooler readings north and west of town and aside from the fog the clouds are in place, but it's dry to start the day. hour by hour notice most of the afternoon spent dry too, any fog should lift by late morning but there may be some patches around

sign of warmer air pushing in, temperatures in the 50s, couple of showers by late afternoon, and some steadier pockets of light rain around for the evening commute, although the heaviest rain waits until after 10:00 p.m. to come in, record warmth on the way, traffic and weather together, chris. checking the roads for you this morning, especially stop and go between adams street and columbia road, delays there and 24 north still seeing residual delays from an earlier accident down in stoughton, north of town, bogged down from the medford stretch also volume on route 16 and route nine as you head in to town from the west. the mass pike though, the bright spot this morning, you are a speed limit ride all the way from 495 in to boston. >> all right, that's pretty good, you rarely see that. well a real life grinch caught on surveillance cameras stealing christmas decorations right off the homeowner's porch. >> that thief targeting a popular light display and police are hoping someone will recognize him.

lynn with an interview with that homeowner, good morning, susie. >> reporter: good morning, chris, and kathryn, they're calling him a modern-day grinch around lynn and police are really hoping you can help them out and take a look at this surveillance video and see if you recognize this man. you can clearly see him walking up on to a homeowner's porch and uncoiling these lights, then taking them for himself. you might also be familiar with the light display that he's stealing in this video, it's a popular one, a new one this year, it's a laser light display that casts green and red little dots on to your house, they're popular with homeowners but police say they're popular with thieves too. they've been swiped from homes all across the state, we spoke with this homeowner who caught the thief on camera, here's what she had to say. >> it's unbelievable, like, why would you steal something you can buy at walmart? you know? and he was like a 35 to

car like, give me a break. >> reporter: so if you do recognize the man in the video, take a sxekd look at it, see if looking again helps you out on our website also on lynn police's facebook page, they're hoping to hear from you. live in lynn, susie steimle, wbz "this morning ". >> susie, thank you very much, 6:34 right now. the young man who gave a gun to the boston marathon bombers is spending his first day as a free man. that gun was used to kill mit officer sean collier, new this morning, collier's family is reacting, nicole jacobs is live for us in cambridge with more on this story, good morning, nicole. >> reporter: good morning to you, kathryn, m.i.t. officer sean collier is remembered here on campus this memorial in his honor, his life was taken by the tsarnaev brothers, many argue that situation may have been different had the gun not been supplied by stephen silva. nonetheless, the 22-year-old walked out of federal court

sentenced him to 17 months in prison which was the time served for the former drug trafficker. the gun that tsarnaev used to kill collier came from silva months earlier. this morning he's apologizing and says he had no idea or knowledge of the brothers' plan to kill and bomb the marathon. >> horrible tragedy what happened that day, and certainly, i mean, there's no comfort for the families here today, i can tell you that. >> definitely like to give my deepest condolence to the collier family, i'm very upset ha trarm was use -- that the firearm was used to kill him. >> reporter: sean collier's brother released this statement on silva's release it reads i believe in the u.s. justice system just as sean did, happy holidays to everyone and enjoy time with your families. it is precious. that is the very latest from cambridge this morning, nicole jacobs, wbz "this morning". >> nicole thank you very much. 6:35 right now on your wednesday morning, colleen ritzer's family and friends will be allowed to wear pink to her

in court yesterday the judge ruled ritzer's family can wear the pink, when he's sentenced for the math teacher's murder. chism's lawyer requested everyone except family be barred from wearing pink to maintain quote fair and even justice, the judge denied that request but did rule that prosecutors and law enforcement will not be allowed to wear the color during the sentencing. that request by chism's lawyer is turning a few heads, and this morning, our jon keller explain why he thinks it crossed the line. >> reporter: good morning, i'm sure the attorney for the teenager convicted last week in the horrific rape and murder of danvers high school teacher colleen ritzer thinks she was doing her job by asking the judge to bar spectators at next month's sentencing hearing from wearing pink. colleen's favorite color, has become a symbol of grief and solidarity with her family. but the lawyer got it wrong. big time.

in the aaron hernandez trial ordered his victim's grieving mother not to cry in court during the proceedings for fear of influencing the jury. understandable. but a jury isn't going to sentence this convicted murderer. that will be handled by an lowe. and contrary to the defense lawyer's claim that the sentencing is quote no place for displays of any particular sentiment or emotion, end quote. that's precisely what a sentencing hearing is for. there will be emotional victim impact statements about the grievous loss suffered by colleen's loved ones and the community. and just as the judge will and should take in to account the age of the killer and any other mitigating circumstances, so too, should he factor in the atrocity of the crime, and the damage done. the state called the defense's

here's hoping a sea of pink is on hand to see justice done. your feedback is welcome, e-mail me at keller@wbz.com or reach out on twitter at @kelleratlarge. just about 6:38 right now, national grid will have to pay more than $1 million pour safety violations, the state department of public utilities tells the cape cod times the fine is the largest they've ever handed down against a local natural gas distributor. it covers 20 pipeline safety violations, national grid says it will not contest the order. a construction worker is in the hospital this morning after a 600 pound concrete wall collapsed on his head! he was working at a construction site on shoeman avenue in stoughton, emergency responders tell us the 36-year-old man was conscious and alert when paramedics flew him to the hospital, investigators don't know what caused that wall to collapse. 6:38, time to check in on campaign 2016, according to a

half of the country says it would be embarrassed to have donald trump as president, 23% of voters surveyed said they'd be proud while 24% responded neither way. the war of words between the front runners in the race for president is getting nasty at a campaign event on monday, 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 2008, clinton sidestepped the issue yesterday but said trump is cheapening the race. >> it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way in to the presidency. >> on twitter last night, trump denied the word he used was vulgar, he says it means she was beaten badly. 6:39 on your wednesday morning, time for your daily talker, harvard researchers are taking on fashion models. >> they're calling for a ban on dangerously thin model from

the experts from the harvard school of public health say that ban could help prevent eating disorders like anorexia in young women. they want osha to set regulations, prohibiting models under a healthy bmi. just last week france, known for its fashion industry, passed a law requiring models to provide a medical certificate about their overall health. agencies and fashion houses that don't comply could face an $81,000 fine, and imprisonment. some of our viewers writing in this morning, we appreciate it, jon on twitter asks who is going to tell companies whom they can use for advertising their goods? and from our website, some of the runway models looked like sickness on parade. not sexy, appealing, excuse me, appealing nor realistic. but in need of a bunch of groceries. comment on our website, daily talker, do that through cbsboston.com also tweet us with #wbztalker or post it to it our facebook page >> and we appreciate all those comments every morning.

chipotle trying to get back to business this week. >> the steps being taken right now to keep customers safe after a norovirus outbreak. >> and who needs rudolph, dancer or prancer? a massachusetts-based robotics company is putting a whole new spin on pulling santa's sleigh, good morning, danielle. weather watchers checking in with temperatures in the 40s, some points north of town, 37 in methuen and tracking rain, when it arrives ask take you -- and take you through christmas, next. >> more fall out for donald trump for comments against hillary clinton, how she's fighting back and the tsa changes rules for body scanners, what that means for holiday travellers, more real news coming up on cbs this morning,

forget dasher and dancer and prancer, boston die ma'amic -- dynamics giving santa a new way to pull the sleigh. >> big dogs and we showed you video of them before but never quite this festive. we're not sure though how rudolph feels about them leading the team. >> hey, don't take my word for it for me, robots. they look pretty cool though, they do. >> yeah, very cool. >> zoomed out they look headless, don't they? the zoomed out view, they have reindeers on their head, that's pretty cool.

the warmth the next couple days, above 10 degrees what we are in the afternoon this time of year, chilly, nashua to keene running in the 30s right now, 40s for the rest of us and areas of fog, that's the biggest thing as you're stepping out this morning that we're contending with, quarter mile visibility right now in taunton, bedford and plymouth, keene quarter mile visibility, be aware of changing spots, radar is quiet, it's a dry start, we don't have to worry about any wet weather but showers advancing through the mid atlantic, this wet weather is going to work north ward up the eastern seaboard today and we'll get in to some of this moisture later on this afternoon, in fact by 4:30, south coast gets in to a couple showers examine then pockets of light rain around for the evening commute, new tonight, not going to slow you down all that much but certainly need the wipers in many spots, the steadiest rainfalls in overnight, tomorrow morning,

early portion of the morning commute, i know a lot of people have tomorrow off, then the sun breaks out, we have 65 to 70 breaks records, up and down the eastern seaboard tomorrow ahead of this cold front, gusty southwest breeze too, going to be a little bit humid, you'll feel it during the day tomorrow. by friday, christmas day itself, the front's nearby, we're still fairly warm, should be in the low 60s in some spots, a dry day, high pressure building in, some showers may start to return as we head in to the upcoming weekend, highs today, gradually rise, just like yesterday, in to the low to mid 50s, and look at that, we stay in the 50s overnight tonight, in fact temperatures will gratd -- gradually rise after midnight, breezy and warm, 68 degrees the old record is 61, we have no problem breaking that in the city of boston and in a lot of cities here in southern new england, christmas morning itself, mid 50s so a mild start and we're going to rise up to around 60 in the city itself,

christmas day and then we do turn a little bit cooler this weekend, there will be some showers around, there are signs we can come back in to the mild air, briefly on sunday before colder air comes in for the start of next week, we'll have to watch a chance for some showers that may come in as we head in the day tuesday, snowfall contest, you have just over a week to enter! how much snow do you think is going to fall at logan airport by the time the season is done? the closest guess gets season passes next year, submit your guesses on cbsboston.com, kathryn. thank you very much, danielle, an accident an route one south revere beach parkway, use caution there if you can. south of town there's an accident on the expressway, granite avenue that's making a bad situation worse there, you're slow from east milton road this morning. and checking our top stories

cleveland circle will likely reopen by the end of the week. >> but they'll have to pass a follow up inspection first, the city closed its location earlier this month, and ordered it to be cleaned up after more than 140 people who ate there got sick with norovirus. all of the employees have been tested for the norovirus, they will not be allowed to return to work after those tests come back negative, the city says one manager has been dismissed. new this morning, a plea for help from some new hampshire firefighters, they're asking for donations for milton families who lost their home, just days before christmas. this intense fire as you can see tore through the home on pine street last night, the family of four including twins, a boy and a girl in kindergarten were not hurt, if you want to donate check out our website, cbsboston.com. the man who supplied the weapon used to kill m.i.t. officer sean collier is a free man, stephen silva walked out of federal court yesterday after a

served which was 17 months. silva says he regrets giving the gun to the tsarnaev brothers, federal prosecutors recommended the light sentence because they say silva was helpful to their investigation. in lynn, a holiday heist all caught on camera, someone stole christmas, christmas light projector from a house near fry park, the homeowner tells us it won't ruin the holiday but the projector will be hard to replace since most stores can't keep them in stock. police say projectors like this one are being stolen from homes all across the state. just ahead, the patriots pro bowl picks revealed and there are a few new comers. plus the bruins blew it! their winning streak cut short, see how it all ended. and the president on [ indiscernible ] the big shot he made on the golf

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one rewards program. president obama really getting in to the swing of things during his holiday vacation. >> yeah, take a look at this, while golfing in hawaii yesterday, the commander in chief sank a chip shot from 40 feet out, the president drops his golf club in celebration, waved to the small crowd that was gathered.

the nfl announced their pro bowl selections last night, and seven patriots made the cut. no surprise, tom brady was named to his 11th pro bowl, malcolm butler and jamie collins both made it for the first time, steven and rob gronk were both nominated for the fourth time, jeremy also made the first pro bowl team and special teams captain matthew slater is a pro bowler for a fifth time. however, pats fans are loping players never -- hoping player never make it to hawaii, it's one week before the super bowl. and the jets on sunday, wbz has you covered from start to finish beginning with patriots game day at 11:30, kickoff is at 1:00 immediately followed by the post game show. trying to keep it going against the st. louis blues at the garden last night, scoreless in the third, when blues vladimir scores, his league high 22nd goal of the season, making

defensive breakdown in the neutral zone here and robby to straight game, he beats to glove side for the seventh, be here for 2-0 blues, that would be your final, 2-0, blues. okay, 6:53, time for a closer look what's coming up on cbs this morning. >> checking in with nora o'donnell. >> good morning, the donald trump latest comment he made about sxhint -- hillary clinton and how she's fighting back, and how playing rugby is a famous conductor, the news back in the morning, see you at 7:00. >> and we'll be watching, nora thank you very much. coming up next, a stocking stuffer you need to buy today,

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the warmth, 65 to 70, it is going to be remarkable, later on today, showers that come in, steady rain during the evening and night, and the weekend we do turn a little bit cooler but still well above average, couple showers around this weekend, christmas day should be up around 60. >> what is going on with this weather? >> el nino near, record warm december. >> it's just, i keep saying, it doesn't feel like christmassy. >> getting that mind, got to get out there. [ laughter ] >> thanks for joining us this morning, cbs this morning is next here on wbz, we'll see you back here for an update in 25 minutes. >> have a great morning, everybody. 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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