>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. wbz news at 11:00 starts right now. breaking here at 11:00, severe storms striking the southside, deadly tornadoes causing chaos this christmas week tore -- for millions. that same system bringing heavy downpours our way and brining the rain, record warmth. >> i'm kate merril. >> and i'm david wade, you could wake up to 70 degree temperatures, let's go to eric. >> yeah, in to our christmas eve, a system in to our country, all wrapped up and out ahead of it, tracking the severe storm this evening, a lot of warm air in the eastern seaboard, the dc area up to 70 degrees and that warmer air is punching in to new england awe speak. looking at our live doppler

warm air, the downpours that you see, been some lightning strikes here along loeung eye -- long island sound, taking a look at the rain all here, very soggy out there, but the real tropical downpours, i mean, this is like a late spring set up, moving their way in to the south coast, the islands and cape cod, pouring rain, fall river in bedford and continuing to move its way north and northeast over the next couple hours, a lot of rain over the short amount of time, right behind it, the warmth 60 and westerly, washing north ward as we move through, hour by hour, the downpours through 3:00 and rumbles of thunder, notice tomorrow morning, already in the 60s when you wake up, clouds around southern ham, going -- new hampshire, going l to take a little bit longer, till we get to the warm air, the sun the temps, up around 70 degrees, crushing the record, finally that cooler, relatively cooler

gatherings, a high temp near 70s, the previous record, 61 not even a chance, still warm for christmas day, take a look at that coming up in a few minutes. >> all right, eric thank you. new video capturing dozens of deadly tornadoes touched down this mississippi, at left five -- least five are dead and the threat is par from over, how dangerous the situation is, liam? >> unusual weather is creating dangerous conditions across the south, dozens of home are damaged or destroyed and rescue teams are now going door to door in the search for survivors. >> i can see the rain. >> reporter: a large tornado plowed through -- northern mississippi wednesday afternoon, near the town of clarksdale, on the ground for 10 minutes, damaging homes and blowing a tractor trailer off the road. the storm near como, correcting house and buildings.

missouri, the storm pelted the area with hail, witnesses in hyland, arkansas, say storms there rolled in without warning. >> snapped off a pine tree by my trurks and i -- my truck and just slammed and thought lord, just let me survive this. >> reporter: and this polk county arkansas, an 18-year-old woman died after a tree fell on her house. >> i went to my daughter's house, get up, we might have to go somewhere, thinking it might be like tornado or something, scared me to death. and i just, it was like, just right there, i don't know how it, i mean, i didn't even get a limb in my yard. >> reporter: forecasters say the risk for long track tornadoes continues through the night the threat diminishes thursday. and that nasty weather across the nation is also making a mess of the holiday getaway with more than 5,300 flight delays, and more than 400 cancellations, kate? >> all right, liam we will track these tornado and damage right through the night for the latest on the storms and our record setting forecast, watch wbz

new at 11:00, u.s. marshals uncovering cash worth $1 million, to the brim, by an ex state executive, live in dartmouth with the story, julie loncich? >> reporter: david, the feds always knew this former pol sigs was hide be money -- politician was hiding monday yirks -- money, just didn't know how much. the feds found more than $1 million stashed away in former state rep jon george's state deposit boxes, 20s, 30s, 100s were filled to the rim in new bedford and new haven. last july the 68-year-old former dartmouth selectsman was embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars, a federal judge ordered him to pay $2 million in

u.s. marshals were finally able to execute search warrants at the bank, always believing the former politician was hiding money, had he just -- they just didn't know how much. george is currently serving a 70 month prison term, live in dartmouth, julie loncich back to you. two people recovering after a crash in drake that sent one of the drivers crashing this to a home, on old meadow road, one of the drivers got wedged under the porch, both were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the cleveland circle chipotle is ready to reopen tomorrow after a clean bill of health from city inspectors. more than 140 people most of them bc students got sick from norovirus after eating there two weeks ago. inspect kwors say -- inspectors say the restaurant has been cleaned and disinfected and new procedures should prevent a similar outbreak but some customers are not sure they will ever return.

just going to el pollo instead. >> now that they're getting a clean bill of health, will you be back? >> no, no, but good luck to them. >> the manager was fired for telling a sick worker to stay until the end of the shift. two men shot earlier during an argument in jamaica plain, one man was shot in the shoulder, the other shot in the leg, it happened at the gromly heath housing, no arrests to a report. a disturbing arrest, the stockpile of weapons police found inside a man's home, here's the stash here. officers searched daniel parastairs property after he made some sort of threat, they ended up finding 100 guns and ammunition, now facing several charges for having those weapons without a license. right now, shrewsbury police are searching for a suspect after a 12-year-old girl's frightening encounter with a flasher, it happened inside a

shopping with her mothers when a man followed her and exposed himself not once but three times. >> she was freaked out but honestly, she was very good about being able remember what he was wearing, what he looked like. >> police are reviewing surveillance video to try to match the girl's description with the flasher. to campaign 2016 now, and tonight, donald trump is topping a new poll as we head in to the holiday, the new cnn poll shows trump with more support than his closest three rivals combined. this as he defends his recent use of a rude slur when talking about hillary clinton. well, tonight, police are searching for a serial bank robber on the run, security cameras captured several of his crimes all throughout ham -- new hampshire and vermont, investigators say sometimes he hold up banks wearing women's clothing and a wig. >> we don't want to see anybody get hurt and the quicker we get him off the street the safer everybody else will be.

police want to hear from you. they're offering $5,000 pour information leading to his arrest. there's just one shopping day left to check off that christmas list, and if you've procrastinated this year, you're in good company. wbz's katie brace is live where shoppers scoured the shelves, katie? >> reporter: that they did, kate and the final shoppers have finally left for the day, now today was really the last big full day of shopping before christmas. and we found the parking lot packed, the stores packed and last minute shoppers had something more to worry about. rain poured instead of snow coming down, but christmas was in the air. >> i am going for christmas. >> reporter: that is what she wanted her uncle anthony to know as he hit the stores. >> traffic a little bit usually worse, but get better deals. >> reporter: deals and busy schedules for last minute shoppers scouring the shelves at

>> the people gotten so far, no hearts were left. >> reporter: what's the hardest part? >> trying to find something that i think really shows that i put thought in to the gifts. >> reporter: the search was about picking the perfect present. >> about four hours now, i've got two things. >> reporter: four hours, two things? what's the hardest part? >> being too picky. >> one more bag in there and we got one hiding, i can't talk about it. >> reporter: he work this christmas, this was his opportunity to spend time with his wife and two stepdaughters. helped pick out gifts. >> it's kind of easy, they help. >> reporter: for many spending time together became the best present of all. what's the best thing about christmas? >> i get to be with my family. >> reporter: and the folks with the outlet mall say it really has been consistently busy this holiday season though they expect tomorrow morning to really be packed as people get those final, final last minute

6:00 for christmas eve. reporting live in rentham, katie brace. those shoppers spent a lot of money and that's our number of the night, $882, that's how much money the average american season. >> i'm thinking i'm under this year. >> that's good! >> i'm hoping. >> i'm hoping i am too, i'm over. >> still ahead, picking up the pieces. >> a local family learns not all is lost after a fire burns through their home, what they found hidden in the rubble. and a taco shop turns the tables on two robbers, how their attempted tip-off actually made the restaurant money we wish you a merry christmas! >> plus, fighting cancer with christmas carols how a local team fought it with song and -- soccer. >> we saw these temperatures on the 4th of july, incredible

>> you found it? oh my god! a new hampshire family left picking up the pieces after fire burned through their home, and our cameras captured the very moment they found their wedding bands in the rubble. wbz's louisa moller shows us the surprise. >> you found it! oh my god! >> reporter: as our camera was rolling, jennifer learned a friend had found her wedding band buried underneath soot, dirt and debris. that friend also found the wedding band belonging to jennifer's husband. >> together. they were survived! a little black and charcoaled. >> reporter: just one example of the generosity that's poured in since tuesday night when their milton, new hampshire home went up in flames. in it, the christmas presents for the couple's first grade

thankfully, the family was not home at the time. >> just gone. it was out, but it was smothering and just heavy smoke and you couldn't identify anything. >> reporter: but it didn't take long for goodwill to ignite. when lieutenant josh byron and the department turned to facebook for help. >> turned in to this huge, viral thing and our post has reached almost 30,000 people and as you can see, the outpouring of support is unbelievable. >> reporter: it turned in to a steady stream of presents for the twins, and donation pledges from across the state and beyond. >> yeah. >> thank you so much! >> reporter: for the family, it's beyond imagination. >> for the way they stepped up for us, it's unbelievable, you know, it's here, no matter what, the outcome. >> reporter: and those stories of community just kept coming, we heard one neighbor actually broke in to a window here to

the cause of the fire still undetermined. in milton, new hampshire, i'm louisa moller, wbz news. new details in the real life grinch caught stealing decorations in lynn, police tell us he had a change of heart after seeing himself on tv, he turned himself in explaining his antics were part of a prank, the homeowner decided not to express charges. a taco shop turns the tables on two robbers caught ransacking the restaurant, the owners actually created a commercial out of the surveillance video, you can see the suspects take the cash register and bolt for the door, the taco shop added subtitles and narrated the men must have been searching for their tacos. another funny truth, the register was empty. surprise! [ laughter ] >> nacho ordinary robbery. it was bad. >> oh! turning our attention to the weather, we're talking so warm tomorrow, eric.

[ laughter ] >> ugh, every night, every with the bad jokes. take a look at this beautiful picture from rob at neville light house, a fitting picture of what is late april type of set up, record that's going to fall tomorrow, set the record for most days over 50 degrees in the month of december, tied at 16 by midnight, down goes that one, all it takes is one minute in the new day to do that, our warmest december on record, a five degree lead over first place and our lead will actually grow throughout the rest of the week with more warmth on the way, exceptional times here in the northeast. 49 in boston, the warm front is just moving up along the south coast right now, new york's up to 64, philly at 70 right now, the dc area and richmond, that's the area that's moving our way and the radar that looks very much like spring, also, thunderstorms racing across the ohio and tennessee valleys, and looking at the heavy rainfall moving on through here in southern new england, so this

it's been raining all night for many areas but as this moves its way farther north ward, especially for the southeastern part of the state, we'll pick up some hefty rain totals, maybe even thunder out there, new bedford all seeing downpours, mashapee, a wild night and temperatures rising, the downpours moving their way out to the east over the next several hours by tomorrow morning, maybe a lingering shower or two, a lot of clouds and it will be humid outside, and then we'll break in some smins and mid -- sunshine and midday, considering it's december, at this point it's going to be weird, strange, no way around it, just have to embrace it and roll with it. as we head to the evening, the skies start clearing out and start to roll back the temps, low 60s in the morning, already broken the record, 70 in the afternoon, and then as we head toward the evening, in the 60s eventually we fall back in the 50s before midnight.

boston, 71 bedford and lawrence cooler in hyannis, average high for tampa, florida, this time of year. that's how crazy our temperatures are going for us. then we head in to christmas day. and high pressure builds in and this is going to protect us and keep thing fairly quiet, no travel issues in the northeast, not as warm, but still way above the average, temperatures will be in the 50s throughout the day, not too much wind, and parts of southeastern massachusetts could still reach 60 degrees during the afternoon. then we head to the weekend, all right, whole different set of things, 40s on saturday, some showers start to develop. sunday we could set another record high in the low 60s again, a couple chance of showers, then we start to bring in some arctic air for the north on monday, that's going to set up a chance for our first wintry storm of the season, all over the map in the next few days, this weekend, 40s on saturday with a few showers, sunday a high of 61 and then on our accuweather seven day, you see that colder air arriving on monday, and it's tuesday that we're watching, this is the type of storm system that could start

to a mix zp eventual -- and eventually rain, still too far out for the details, kate and david, still beginning to show. >> my ice rink will not be set up this weekend. >> not yet but good news, next week looks colder for your rink and the winter classic. when was the last time someone knocked on your door and starting carolling? >> a woman going through a tough time got the surprise of song from young women examine it wasn't -- and it wasn't just for kicks. >> reporter: with christmas closer than a penalty kick, you wouldn't blame a soccer mom like jill if she dropped off her daughter cassie at a game for last minute shopping. truth is, for jill, the best gift is wrapped in chin pads and a pink cotton t-shirt. >> this is my first time at my diagnosed. >> reporter: in october, jill breast cancer. about a week ago, jill began chemo, christmas spirit might be tough to come by this year.

>> reporter: and this is where jill's daughter's soccer team comes in, the newly named team jill. >> it means a lot that my team loves my mom and supports my mom. >> reporter: on monday night, support was team jill taking a bus to jill's home in draken. >> i see the bus and one of them say move the bus and all of them are carolling we wish you a merry christmas, a merry christmas. >> reporter: they did all the hits joets rudolph -- rudolph the red nosed reindeer, you'll go down this history! that means a lot to me, that's what christmas is all about. >> reporter: and tonight, this story got a stocking stuffer. team jill xwaif her -- gave her her a big hug and then got the championship, the victory photo has jill right there in front, having herself a merry little christmas.

makes me stronger, makes me want to fight hard to get better. >> the team and jill's friends started a gofundme page for jill's family, we put a link on our website, cbsboston.com they've already raised about $10,000 for her and the young women on this team, so sweet. >> and it's good for them too, good for them, good for the family and it's good karma, it all comes back around >> and their voices are pretty good. >> yeah, not bad! well, hear from the newest patriot as the team gets ready to meet the rival jets. >> plus a big win for the

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big changes tonight watch again as the drone actually falls from the sky and right there, barely misses the skier during a race in italy tonight the international ski federation banning the camera drones telling us the drone operator was actually breaking the rules at the time. >> it wasn't even distracted at all, unbelievable! >> almost the agony of defeat, whatever the commercial is when the skier goes flying down. celtics are pretty hot right now and they're winning, let's go to steve burton for a look at sports. >> the commercial 100 years ago, [ laughter ] >> from the 70s. >> i remember it. celtics are playing unbelievable basketball on the road, 15-6 in the last 21 road games tonight they get it done

they get to the christmas break, finally kelly olynyk for the dunk, from the start, check out the sweep behind the back pass, game at league, sees a 47-40 at the half, and had he just pound it on the in the third, crowder kicks it off to sulinger -- sullinger it won't fall, getting it done and they're loving it, opening up a 20 point lead in the third and then a 3rd quarter rally from charlotte, the loose ball here, step back, 19 points, 12 board for his third straight double double, celtics lead wire to wire, win this one 102-89 play at detroit on saturday. pats are back on the practice field getting ready for sunday's game the jets minus gronkowski, reporting that he was attending the funeral of a close family friend who passed away last week, julian edelman

steven jackson with his new teammates, giving the pats near depth at running back and after signature out on the sidelines all season waiting for a team to call, he is thrilled to not yuft be -- just be playing but for a contender. >> it's exciting, couldn't ask for a better christmas gift, just looking forward to, you know, the team to get better and continuing to learn the way of the patriots. >> your head spinning a little? >> not too much, i think initially when the phone call happened, it was surreal but now i've settled down and playing football, doing what i love. they're already a championship team and i did just need depth to the chart and coming here to be the best for the organization i can be. >> we'll get the patriots weekend started friday night, all access at 7:00, see it here on wbz, and we've got you covered from start to finish on sunday, game day getting things kicked off, starting at

show and it's all here on wbz. giants receive beckham jr. will not play this week after the one game suspension was upheld by the league, he upheld the punishment handed down for his helmet to helmet shot on panthers, fined $26,000 plus different offenses in that game. the harvard basketball team is spending their christmas break in hawaii, facing auburn [ indiscernible ] having his own dunk party for clemson, 11 at the half, freshman, double figures, meanwhile, mccormie, one of his own, advances championship game christmas night playing either oklahoma or hawaii. and up next, well, we'll keep tabs on santa, that's what they're supposed to say, i'm going to xwif give -- give it

>> you can keep tabs on santa too, don't worry about it because he's about to start his big trip, steve. >> we'll keep tab on steve, how about that, we'll be right back. 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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