right now at noon, fedex customers fire use, thousands of delivery late for christmas day, what the company is doing to try and make things right. and it was all a hoax, haverhill police say a mother and died about seeing a baby thrown off a bridge, so why did they make the story up. david. chris, 63 in norwood, 60 in worcester, tracking another warm one, we are also tracking some other changes in the weather, coming. and christmas at the

for peace on earth. a fedex nightmare on this christmas day, thanks so much for joining us this noontime. thousands of packages didn't reach their destinations in time to make it under the tree and right now many are scrambling. julie is live at one of the fedex shipping centers in boston where people can go and pick their delayed packages up, julie. >> reporter: well hopefully, chris, at least for the next hour or so customers can try their hand at the local fedex express stores, already so many have taken to social media giant. >> a few unhappy customers spent part of their christmas morning at the local fedex wanting to know where their packages were, some were lucky enough to leave with boxes in toe. nationwide thousands had to explain to loved ones why santa will be delayed this year, the shipping giant is open

everything possible to get shipments delivered. fedex blames this week's severe weather for the delays, and says heavier than planned last minute shipping volumes didn't help. the company says some of its employees have actually volunteered to work on christmas day, try to get it all sorted out. by the way, rival ups also experienced some minor delays but nothing like fedex. we are live in south boston, wbz news. for updating this noontime. after shattering records on christmas eve, we are in for another warm one out there today as we take a live look over the city of of boston, some areas up towards 60, let's check with dave epstein with a first look at the forecast. chris, absolutely amazing, it feels like april out there. get outside, enjoy this weather. if you didn't get out yesterday, it's another day,

at 90 yesterday, but hey, it's noontime so we'll go up another couple degrees, the record in boston is 65. i don't think we are going to get to 66 degrees in the city of boston. but nonetheless still warm. look at this fitchburg you are at 61. worcester 60. and even all of the cape in the 60s, it is glorious out, it feels wonderful. a lot of sunshine, saw a lot of of folks running today, some folks in shorts, it's just something we don't get on christmas day, but i have winter back in the forecast, i have snow in the forecast, definitely want to stay tuned, chris. >> thank you very much, we'll check in with you in 15 minute. a haverhill mother and daughter facing charges accused of sending police on a wild goose chase. the two lied about seeing a man throwing a baby off a bridge setting off a major search effort on christmas eve, nichole jacobs has a closer look. >> reporter: the police chief says this is the type of call they had to confirm either way

but in the end, they determined it was one big lie. the merrimack river on christmas day is calm, just hours after a serious call that brought search crews out by the dozens, haverhill fire chief jack piro addressed the media. >> we did every report from a woman in her daughter that witnessed this, we are not sure how credible that report is. >> reporter: a report from 42- year-old holly fowler and her 23-year-old daughter christine, from their apartment building both living next to the river at 190 washington street, a man they say walking i can't lock the bridge in haverhill with a baby carriage and a baby in toe, they reported hearing crying and then witnessing the unthinkable. >> that someone had thrown a baby off the bridge into the water. >> reporter: massachusetts state police haverhill police and fire, along with dive teams and a chopper searched the waters looking for a baby, or so they thought.

are the times you hope it's a hoax. >> reporter: after interviewing the fowlers the untruth was revealed, a made up story, the actual caller is still in jail but the accomplice posted bail for a tale told on christmas eve far from the spirit of the season. the mother and daughter are expected to be arraigned monday. in haverhill, nichole jacobs wbz knew. hundreds of people spent christmas morning without power, a car crash on north montello street took down power lines. national grid crews are working on. a christmas tragedy in nigeria, more than a hundred people killed when a gas tanker truck ignited, people lined up to fill their cooking gas cylinders much the fire rained for hours. police in charlotte, north

feud led to a deadly shooting inside a mall. confronted the shooter, that is when investigators say the 18- year-old pointed the gun at the officer, the officer shot and killed the teenager, no one else was hurt. bolton police hope a sketch will help catch a man wanted in some armed home invasion, around 1:00 wednesday morning two men forced their way into a camper on century road and robbed the person inside. victims suffered non-life threatening injuries, investigators think the crime is isolated. a 77-year-old tewkewbury woman is recovering this christmas as a car hit last night, police say the driver did stop at the scene and the woman is expected to be okay. pope francis delivered his christmas day message this morning calling for prayers to

>> pope francis condemned brutal acts of terrorism, and prayed for an end to war and human suffering. he also offered hope. the grace of god can convert hearts and offer mankind a way out of humanly in soluble situations. >> tens of thousands of square. >> he is -- his influence and who he is and his role in the catholic church to bring our attention to the things that attention to. >> pilgrims had to go through entering. >> part of life right now. so i would rather know that we are safe here. >> the pope also spoke of those who are closest to his heart, the poor and the disadvantaged. >> at the community members are taking the pope's message to heart, the catholic charities sees over 200,000 homeless on christmas day. >> this is a revolutionary

is not only spirit or religious message but political program to change the world. >> france ace devotion to the poor is contagious, the number of volunteers is up, not only among catholics but also among non-catholics an even nonbelievers. and in bethlehem worshippers made their way to the church on this christmas despite the winner sunshine, festivities were low key this violence. thank you so much for joining us this christmas noontime, coming up, unusually warm temperatures blamed for wild weather, tornadoes touching down in california. plus lawsuit the online

glad a big oops from outer state. jeffrey robinson stationed in spain. we want to wish our friends and family merry christmas and happy new year in fox borrow,

welcome back, at least 14 people are now confirmed kid answer string of severe storm down south, take a look at this. and new storms just slammed california, don champion has the details. >> on this holiday of giving, some people in north earn california are taking stock of of tornadoes. blender. >> cell phone video captured the twisters roaring through el dorado county and mod he toe. >> we've been here for 45

anything like this before happen. >> by churchill saw a tree crash down on his neighbor's car, a child was instead. >> the kid say hey mom, stop, just barely hit the car. >> the rare tornadoes in california come as people in the midwest and south continue cleaning up after an outbreak of deadly tornadoes there this week, pastor barry reynold whose church was among hundreds of structures destroyed in mississippi called it a test from god. >> he is testing our faith, how strong we are going to be. >> at this red cross shelter, donations of food, clothing, and even christmas gifts have poured in. >> i have not seen this kind of generosity in a single county anywhere i have worked. >> neighbors determined to keep the giving spirit alive in the face of so much loss. don champion, cbs news. and another storm developing in the southern plains is forecast to bring heavy rain and blizzard conditions this weekend and we

possibility of snow here next >> yeah, maybe next week. that storm is going to bring rain to us tomorrow night and sunday. it's hard -- you know, it will to process my brain. >> we have to get through the >> exactly. what a day, it doesn't take much to get through it. let's go to the headlines and first take a look at boston, it really is just amazing outside, i walked the dog this morning after we got off the air early. it feels like april. it messes with your head a little bit because you feel like, hey, i went to be doing spring time stuff, winter is going to get here. or fortunately, a lot of you like it. spring feeling today, there is some trees in bloom much by the way if your plants are doing weird things, the plants will be fine. done worry about them. warm weather or wet weather coming in late tomorrow night into sunday, we may be shoveling here tuesday.

call, i don't want to say definitely going to be shoveling, it is a possibility, it is not a remote possibility either. 59 in boston, 63 in norwood, if it does snow the ground is fairly warm, it is not going to stick around very long. temperatures in the of 0s, falling back to the 50s even though by 9:00 it will still be comfortable out there. tomorrow the clouds increase, temperatures in the 40s with easterly wind across the area. and that is the first sign of some rain that is moving in for tomorrow night. so here we go hour by hour you can see beautiful weather, high pressure building, that is our cooler weather, here comes a slug of rain, it comes in for sunday. by sunday afternoon once again we are back in the warm air. so we've gotten a slug of rain in the morning, temperatures going in the 50s to near 60, it's probably our last really really warm day for why while. this cold front comes through sunday night. and then we turn colder, so storm -- we'll call it storm

rain and then the question is, what happens thereafter, the possibility of a wintery event, we are going to have another storm system, snow in northern new england, is this -- new england, is this high does the low bring warm air in, and if you get snow, like northern new england could be quite a bit, could be had 9, 9, 6, 7, 8 inches something like that. but nonetheless, we are looking at some wintery weather. let's look at the seven day forecast. temperatures today at of 0 at least and then as we head for tomorrow there is the rain comes in tomorrow night, sunday is another warm day, possibility of wintery mass tuesday morning. >> even though it's not a white christmas we should soak up this 60-degree day. take a look at this, this morning a glimpse of a rare christmas day full moon, the

won't debate -- 1977. the full moon reached its week after 96:00 this morning. arraign bow of of color in the grocery store could make for a fun side dish this take on cauliflower. >> today is the day is going to be a purple cauliflower, is this cool or what, you have orange cauliflower, purple cauliflower. i like the purple cauliflower, the texture is incredible, the color is beautiful, beautiful salad or side dish, pretty impressive. let's talk about selection, when you buy them, you want to make sure the purple is nice and purple, you see how beautiful it is, free from any greening whatsoever, check the bottom, free from any browning, when you bring them home, simply store them in the

days at the very most. loaded with nutritional value, what a beautiful salad, don't over cook, percent he believe la he the purple, some of the color will bleed out and you lose the color, not so much the flavor but the color. always remember to eat fresh beautiful. >> beautiful. right? all right much this is a funny one on this christmas day, an astronaut living on the international space station made a mistake, british astronaut tim peek he is on the right, he made the call from space but he accidentally dialed the wrong number. i guess they done have cell phones up there with numbers saved in them. a short time later he tweeted i would like to apologize to the lady i called by mistake, he earth. accidental wrong number. she has no control over, after the break why janet jackson says she has to postpone her

stop for boston. and here is a look at what is caught on our website cbsboston.com, right now go ahead, take a look on this

welcome back, new developments on the on going battle over fantasy sports sites, draft kings is now suing the state of illinois claiming the state could end up destroying a legitimate industry, yesterday illinois became the latest state to out law daily fantasy sports sites, new york and nevada have similar beens in place. massachusetts says it will not been the sites but is considering new regulations. well janet jackson announced her world tour is now on hold, the singer's unbreakable tour was scheduled night jackson posted a message on her facebook page saying she has to have surgery soon and will need to postpone the tour until the spring, she promises to reschedule date and asks fans to hold on to their tickets, no word on what type of surgery she is having.

palin gave birth to sailor grace on wednesday. a new movie hoping to clean up this christmas weekend, "joy" arrives in theaters today, as danielle nottingham reports it is inspiring the dreamer in all of us. >> general i i remember lawrence is juggling divorce, three young kids and a series of dead end jobs, dope inside is a drive to reinvent. >> this person has given up life and all of they are dreams for her entire life and taking care of everybody so is she weak? >> the story based loosely on the real single mom who brought the miracle mop into millions of households, finding the determination and optimism to bring they are of. >> walk out, i know people will walk out they'll feel 'em powered, more courageous at

there and go how can i keep going. >> the film reunites lawrence with costars from silver linings play book. robert dinero is her skeptical father. >> it could have been handled better. >> which is why ultimately she takes control of her own destiny. >> she has been pushed and told no thousands of times and keeps going. >> the bonus is it's not hollywood's version of chasing your dreams it's l real thing, cbs news los angeles. fans of the forest taking their love of "star wars" to a whole new level, christmas service from a galaxy far far away. shout out to my sister in massachusetts, i love you with all my heart, sister, happy

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religion, and then there are these people who turned their religion like "star wars," the pastor dressed as hans solo and he says there are a lot of same layerities between the biblical christmas story and "star wars" epic. there you go. complete with dancing storm troopers as well. let's talk about the weather today, this is crazy. >> absolutely, a friend of mine was testing, i'm hearing frogs, i seen frogs hopping around, everybody has to go back to bed, we'll take a quick check at the seven day forecast of 3 today, worcester is tied at record temperature, boston at tomorrow much cooler, mainly dry, rain at night into sunday morning, sunday afternoon is going to be balmy again, tuesday. >> keep an eye on that.

merry christmas to my family, waiting for you guys to