chopper, we when to a spokes person who tell us there were shots fired in the area outside, patrols were sent there to check it out, officers have yet to find anything, again this is outside mci shirley, spots were possibly update. we are following this breaking news out of charlotte, north carolina as well, one person is dead along with a gunman responsible for a shooting at a mall. there are reports the shooting was the result of a fire, we are continuing to monitor this story and bring you updates as we get them. and another big story of the day, cleanup continuing tonight after deadly tornadoes ripped through the south. at least is 1 people are dead, many -- 11 people are dead. many more are injured. also tonight, the story that every win is talking about, it feels like the beginning of summer, late spring out there, tonight is christmas eve. we are breaking all kinds ever records when it comes to the weather department. but this is a far different

you, it is looking a lot more like christmas out there, snow covering the grass and the roads in des moines making for a slow holiday commute in iowa. won't look like anything like that around here, at least tomorrow, will it pamela, gardner. no, far from it, it will feel more like the easter season versus the christmas season, we'll take what we can get. soon we have changes in the seven day forecast. here is satellite and radar picture, no snow in , snow is pushing through iowa, pushing into -- show you that the clouds are still in place, reports of fog especially along the south coast, cape and islands. temperatures are in the big story today, hit the record high, 69 degrees, the record. previously 61 set in 196, worcester also broke a record, the old one 57 degrees also set in 1976 so far 65 degrees for the high temperature,

warm, close to 70 from lawrence to tse ton, boston down to 66, we are in the 50s from falmouth to chattam. if you are heading out to church services you won't need a heavy coast, 56 degrees by 11:00 p.m. and clearing overnight tonight. christmas day, yes. we will be in the 60s once again. but then big changes in your seven day forecast when we track our first potential winter storm in just a bit. >> thanks so much pamela. last minute travelers are hitting the roads, taking to the skies to get to their families by tomorrow. >> airports are busy, it seems right now the weather not causing too many problems, marly hall has the latest from new york's la guardia airport. >> the lines are trying passengers patience. >> headed to new york for the holidays only to find out canceled. >> the flight status board show multiple flight cancellations, according to flight wear.com,

canceled nationwide along with thousands of delays. >> so i have had to reschedule for tomorrow morning, it's an inconvenience to me. >> atlanta has the most delays, there were also plenty of airports in washington d.c. and here in new york. >> storms on wednesday backed up flights at la guardia airport, as the skies cleared so did the runways, it was smooth sailing for this family in connecticut who were headed to miami. >> so far it's been great, airport has been quiet i think we beat the rush of travelers. >> the plane is delayed, it's delayed you hang out and wait. >> others who have connecting flights are taking it in stride. >> yeah, we try to go with the flow. if not we have lots of cross word puzzles. >> there is good news for the 911 million people driving for to the nair destinations, 2 bucks for gas.

facing several charges accused of smashing into the back deck of a home, 27 lindsey simon early this morning saying she was driving drunk when she lost control, crash food a house. officers say she ran after the crash, police did catch up with her say she was also driving with a suspended license. disgraced ex penn state coach jerry san dust key is getting a bonus from the state of pennsylvania sending him a check for $211,000 for back pension payments. sandusky was convicted of sex abuse back in judge 2012. so his conviction will not affect his pension. sandusky's normal pension payments resume in january. many mothers have become much more conscious of dangerous chemicals in all of their childrens products, many

>> marketed as being flame free of harmful -- that may. >> google orbit baby and virtual celebrity sighting, the stroller system cost as much as twice as others, most who buy it aren't trying to keep up with the kardashians. >> the first car seat company that told you there were no bad flame retardants in the foam. >> her children's boutique only sought items free of known toxic chemicals, something or quit is known for. its website claims all fabrics and foams are below detection limits of best known chemicals. except, that is exactly what a little known study from the ecology center found in an orbit this year. >> the concern it's associated with cancer, it's similar to neurotoxin, it's just not a good chemical.

instrumental in getting them banned from pajamas in the .70s. >> her reaction we told her another form has been deteched in car seats. >> i was surprised but not that surprised because manufacturers can't even find out what is in their products i think orbit actually means well but they just don't know what is in their products. >> orbit declined an interview but said orbit baby requires our suppliers to follow a standard that prohibits flame retardants it says it does its own testing at independent a credited laboratory, when we asked if any of orbits own testing found any of the concerns chemicals in question, orbit had no comment. it turns out the ecology center wasn't the first third party to notify orbit of its car seat. >> i was so devastated to see that it said yes. >> after customers told their orbit tested positive, she had

with another car seat she carries. it tested positive. we pulled it off all of our floors. >> orbit bought back her stuff, orbit's website still claimed the products did not contain it. >> it's important to know that orbit is not alone, the ecology center found concerning flame retards ands of 795% of the car seats -- .75% of the car seats tested. the bigger issue is companies don't disclose which retardants they use to fly with the law, many argue they shouldn't be required at all. >> by the time fire reaches the cab where the children are, having flame retardants underneath the child isn't going to make a difference. >> blum says parents should limit the time, never use the car seat as a stroller sleep. never let the infant sleep in the car seat outside of the car. and has removed some of those claims we mentioned from its website. if you are concerned about the foam in your car seat, any car

program that will test it for julie watts. story caused a national out cry and now lunch lady who was fired forgiving a student in need of free meals has been offered her job back. she was terminated after she gave a tray of food to a 12- year-old student, the school says employees must follow proper procedures because it puts their funding at risk. now it has offered boden her job back in the spirit of the holidays but she has not yet accept glad ladies, we do do just about anything for the perfect hair, would you use bubble wrap? show and tell. he is bringing a lot of smiles to people in massachusetts this year. i love grumpy cat. they are not lost, santa's

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we are talking secret santa. >> it could be hard to find that perfect gift for your coworker or friend, your gift had something to do with cats, 59 least one particular cat, time magazine teamed up with google to find the most popular secret santa, it was grump pee cat gifts and more strange in new hampshire they are giving out laser metal puzzles. he is an actual cat. >> grumpy cat is she, my brother got me the third grumpy cat today.

always frowning and it's natural. >> and owner makes millions off of. >> families in one massachusetts neighborhood don't have to worry about their presents. >> dartmouth police have arrested the grinch. take a look. >> awesome. the video filmed like episode of cops, showing the officers catching the grinch red handed, found guilty of trying to steal christmas and serving out probation at santa's village. >> the grinch didn't put up much of a fight. you got me. >> well he was caught. >> the video was funny, it's 4 minutes long at cbsboston.com you can find the whole thing will. he win wants to look good for all of the holiday celebrations, i foe you are particularly interested. >> i am, ladies you can get that perfect curl with bible wrap, check it out, a beautiful blond.

you take bubble wrap, cut out foot long squares, roll it into a tube, you roll the tubes into your hair, you twist and you secure them with a hairy elastic and bobbie pins, you got the perfect rural. there is still time to try this because, you know, it's christmas eve and you can get this thing going for christmas morning. we are doing the show together tomorrow. >> i think it's hysterical you went through all of that. >> i did, yeah. followed along with the video. you should do this tonight and come in tomorrow, do the show. >> i know what i look like with curly hair. >> not good? >> not good. still to come, fighting cancer with christmas carols, teens using their voices and soccer skill. 18,000 set to retire in the next few years, finding their replacement not so easy, one major airline is exploring a controversial solution to that problem, story is tonight over on the wbz news at 10 on my tv

tonight we are keeping a close eye on this. santa, he is continuing his journey to deliver presents to families across the world, and right now he is in spain, get this, he is delivered almost 4 billion gifts. then santa tracker headquarters is packed full of volunteers as they keep a close eye on santa's on the move. well when was the last time started caroling. >> there is a dracut woman who is going through a rough time. she got a surprise song from young women. >> with christmas closer than a

blame a soccer mom like jill mcman us if she dropped off her daughter cass see at a game for last minute shopping. truth is, for jill, the best gift is wrapped in shin pads and a pink cotton tee shirt. >> this is the tires time at my daughter's game. >> jill was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, christmas spirit might be tough to come by this year. >> merry christmas from team jill. >> and this is where jill's daughter's soccer team comes in the annually named team jill. >> it means a lot that my team loves my mom and supports my mom. >> on monday night support was team jill taking a bus to jail's home in dracut. >> i see the bus and one of the parents say move that bus and all of them are caroling. >> we wish you a merry christmas, we wish you a merry christmas. >> they did all the hits. >> rudolph the red nosed reindeer, you'll go down in

>> they were singing this for me and my family, to me that means more than anything, that is what christmas is all about. >> tonight this story got a little stocking stuffer. team jill gave her a big hug and then went out and captured the indoor league championship. the victory photo has jill right there in the front having herself a merry little christmas. >> it makes me feel good. it makes me stronger, it makes me want to fight hard to get better. >> david wade reporting. the team and jill's friends started a gofundme page for jill's family, we have a link to that on our website cbsboston.com. and these stories all the time in sports where a team rallying around someone, wins, they just win, it is that good will. >> and of course you know, we were watching them play indoor soccer, for once they could play outdoor. >> my goodness, temperatures

locations did hit 70 degrees in boston, official high was 6- we are keeping another record say here. not only were they 60 plus, close to 70 degrees, but we have 50-degree plus days in december, we've broken that record, 17 days this year, the old record 16 days set in 1953. and we are still keeping track of those 60 plus degree days this month, more warm is on the in just a minute. highs today in boston, the official high 69 degrees, the old record 61 setback in 1996, the average for this time of year should be 39 degrees, we are well above it and we are still rather warm at this hour in boston, 66 degrees. 59 degrees falmouth, 69 degrees falmouth. warm will stick around through christmas day as well. in comparing those temperatures

warmer in boston, 18 degrees warmer in nashua. feels good out there but we have areas of fog developing and that is going to lead to some travel troubles, if you are along the south coast, cape and islands, dense fog advisory until friday. current visibility half a mile or less there in the outer cape and nantucket, we are good with the visibility, once we get farther in land, fog could still settle in, overnight santa clause doesn't have a bad forecast, temperatures are going to be very warm, need an used latte as opposed to hot coffee, still holding in the 50s through tomorrow morning. overnight low officially 47 degrees with areas of patchy fog under partly cloudy sky, southwest wind that was gusting all afternoon subsides as we get into the overnight hours here. lows tonight in the 40s or 50s to the south and east. colder temperatures once you

west, man chest inner in -- manchester in the 30s. boston 60 degrees on the dot. and this is just below the warmest christmas on record which is 65 degrees setback in 1889. hour by hour forecast as we go through the next couple days, i want to show you there are no travel troubles here, nothing falling from the sky friday or even saturday, unless we see a brief sprinkle, high pressure in control, but warm front moves in late saturday into early sunday, giving us another potential breaking warm day on sunday, this cold front is going to give us quite the arctic blast in your seven day forecast. big changes from monday, tuesday into wednesday. and this' when we are tracking the potential of our first winter storm of the season, still some question on whether or not we are going to see more snow or more sleet or more rain out of this particular event. so stay tuned, we'll keep you posted. >> hard to know if it's going

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right now in alaska, the roads are snowing and traffic can be heavy. >> imagine the surprise when one of santa as elfs walked up the center lane with arraign deer in toe. >> merry christmas. >> that's right, we're all stuck in traffic.

>> that elf bringing a little bit of christmas magic to and otherwise unpleasant situation, kind of cheering people upsetting in traffic. >> love it. much more still ahead. news at 6:00 starts right now. we start with breaking news tonight at 6:00, a lockdown at state prison in shirley, state troopers are investigating reports of a single gunshot fired outside the prison. they are also investigating that a man was running away from the scene on foot, so far they have yet to find a victim or the shooter and they don't know if the man was potentially a hunter. now at 6:00, this is a christmas eve for the record books, boston and worcester having the warmest ever in recorded history, that is not the only record broken. good evening i'm liam martin.

like central florida, you could even say right now, pamela gardner is tracking the forecast and how warm are we talking now? extremely warm. the average high this time of year should be 39 degrees, put that in perspective here. boston we had 69 degrees, the record 61 degrees setback in 1996. just shattering that one. same for worcester, too, we reached 65 degrees this afternoon, the old record 57, also set in 1996. temperatures still running rather warm here, 65 boston, 67 norwood, a tad cooler on the cape and islands there. dense fog on the outer cape, under half mile or less here, but overnight we expect some areas of heavy fog, partly cloudy sky and temperatures hold warm for santa clause, we are going to be in the 60s and upper 50s by midnight. on way to high of 60 degrees on

near be a record high of 65 i think that will still stand