go to cbsnews.com. . live, from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 11 starts right now. and we begin with breaking news at 11. human remains found in upton. found them in a wooded area this afternoon at menden street. for now, they're calling it an unintended death. for now, the police are now investigating. officer jack mcguire served 32 years in the department before he was killed 5 years ago in a shootout with robbery suspects. officer mcguire was responding to a call. he ran after them and there was

>> a candle light vigil was held in his memory. >>reporter: this christmas tree stands not far from the spot where officer jack mcguire lost his life. proof that he will never be forgotten. >> i want to say to everybody tonight this is really nice after 5 years. >>reporter: 5 years later, the community still grieves. joining people from several communities remembering mcguire at the very spot where he fell. he was murdered responding to a robbery at the department store february 6th, 2010. >> my father obviously died right here and we miss him tremendously. especially this time of year. he was my younger broth. >>reporter: he was devoted to his family and department.

it's a loss felt by everyone but also the former police chief now retired. >> that was the worst night of my life. i had been in the service for vietnam. and this was the worst night. >>reporter: those fellow officers gave him a salute passing by in a procession. his widow found a way to thank the community. >> incredible. i just can't believe how many people are here. and i'm so pleased and jack has got a big smile on his face. huge smile. >>reporter: and tonight family and friends also want to pay triblt to current police officers acknowledging the difficult job that they all have. live, jim smith with the news.

in dohrster -- doer chooseser -- -- chester -- -- >> heavy fire. showing in the front of of the building -- immediately struck a second alarm. it was occupied. everyone accounted for. everyone got out. but eventually escalated to a full out fire. >> investigators believe it was an accident. the damage estimated at 750,000 dollars. after a week without snow, we could finally see the first flakes this week. we've golten so used to 40s and 50s -- >> you're talking spoiled. >> okay. fine. spoiled. but you're talking snow. yeah. i think we've been spoiled by

period of time -- crazy stuff this year. and temperatures still above average for the highs -- 38. still 45 in boston. we'll be stuck there much of the night. the action still coming back for us tomorrow. back into the 50s again. really cold air. minnesota is 5 degrees. so cold air waiting in the wings. that cold air is going to dive in here and you'll feel it on monday. not tomorrow. what we have is rain coming in from the west. and our freezing rain advisories and winter advisories and storm advisories, into central vermont and northern portions of maine. and steady rain arriving here in the next few hours. how much snow will we disbhet my minutes. ken.

thank you very much. this father and daughter both suffer from multiple slohs sclerosis. paul has the story -- >>reporter: 34-year-old morgan says the family was opening up their gifts on christmas night when a fire broke out and destroyed their second story home. >> we have no clothing. ran out of the house with our clothes on our back. our house is a total loss -- all kitchen. >>reporter: the fire started on the second floor. to make matters worse, both morgan and her dad suffer from ms. >> my father's ms is really affecting his cognition which is why i think this started in the first place. i have a lot of physical, um -- limitations --

tragedy. >>reporter: some of morgan's friends started a go fund me their feet. goal. them. >> i'm really honored and flattered to have friends like that that want to help. >> morgan says she's grateful this christmas to everyone. she knows she has a rough road ahead. >> i'm trying to make the best of it. honestly i need a place to live. i can't live in this hotel forever. new tonight, police have oyfdz the man who sparked a 6-hour stand-up. mark levoin is now facing charges for that. police tackled him to the ground. moments later, his home went up

investigators say that fire was accidental. a new carbon monoxide incident. it 47-year-old and 42-year-old both died in a bedroom. they were both discovered before noon. the district attorney tells us 2 others in that duplex went to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. home invasion. police say when they showed up yesterday morning, they found the door pushed in. police went up stahoyrz find 3 men, one holding a bat and the other holding a bat. the police arrested these guys and they're expected to be in court on monday. a close call in peabody where a car crashed into a gas station.

hurt. police are still looking into the wreck. developing story out of chicago tonight. chicago police shot and killed two people. one a student and the second a mother of five. well, now police say the mother was accidentally hit. officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call around 4:30 when police say they came across it a combative person. an independent board will now review that shooting. a homeless family gets a evening. >> now it started when a family was asked to remove an artificial christmas tree from their room in a hotel. when a family found out, he invited them to move into had a home -- and get this, when they opened the door, they found

room with a 7-foot christmas tripleings. >> you got to love the story. patriots to win. dan roche. >> yeah. a win. and they clinch the top seat in the afkrfg c and home -- afc and home advantage. as for the jets, they come in with a 9 and 5 record and 4 game winning streak. the pats won the first meeting in october by 7 points and boomer can expect this to be another tough battle as well. >> this is a huge game for the jets. they can't lose. and they have played really well. this game will be close.

and ryan fitzpatrick has played well. the question is can he go toe to toe with brady? can they put pressure on brady and dpohrs those turninsofar as if they can, the jets can win this game -- jets and pats have won followed by our fifth quarter post game show. more on the pats. plus the bruins return after christmas break. more ahead. thanks. still to come, severe weather in many parts of the country. >> christmas eve is over, now comes the return -- the rush to get to the mall. and tom brady makes a christmas wish come true.

. new details tonight in a fast burning wildfire forcing dozens to be evacuated from

it's now 60 percent contained. it's now closed a highway -- now. investigators think a downed power line sparked the flames. we've been having wild weather across the country tonight. >> and new video tonight. more than a dozen people have been killed in severe weather in the south this season. latest. >> you can't live in it like this. >>reporter: kenya williams is both heartbroken and thankful. her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and its walls. but she has perspective. 10 mississippi residents were killed by the tornadoes -- 6 of them were neighbors. >> my 72 blind disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. so for him to come out with just

-- no broken bones, not severely hurt, didn't have to go into icu, i'm good with that. >>reporter: in northern alabama flash flooding was a threat all day. a twister struck birmingham. >> all of a sudden, the glass and windows broke out. >>reporter: thousands of victims in tennessee, arkansas and georgia spent their saturday cleaning up. >> that's not even part of my house. >> what williams found scattered and shredded everywhere was a lifetime of memories. >> they'll live within me forever. family times, thanksgiving, the christmas. >>reporter: williams told me her family plans to rebuild on this spot. they lost their house but this

it's the season -- shoppers looking to exchange and return gifts and put those gift cards to good use. consumer reports estimates 40 percent of americans will try to return or exchange a gift they don't like. and with christmas over, we have perhaps a new way for you to recycle your christmas tree. seems like goats -- yes goats -- will take them off your hands. they love the tree. the goats will eat anything including the needles. the hernandez says they rescued the animals -- got some as gifts. nothing goes to waste on their farms. >> make sure you get the ornaments off the trees. >> those, too. [laughter]. well usually those who don't receive any snow at all are receiving lots of it. el paso of all places in texas this afternoon causing

football game. >> let's go ahead and check in now with barbary. barry. guess what, we had another day above 50 degrees. look at all the red squares above average days in december. you just don't see days like this. and slightly below average was december 1st. this is day 19 of temperatures 50 degrees or higher in boston. that is record breaking in boston itself. and we'll have another one tomorrow. so just amazing. so in the top ten warmest decembers, how do we do with snowfall this season? well, in most cases, below average. so what is your guess on how much snow will be falling this winter? you have just a few more days to

and if you win, you win a free ski pass to the next ski season in 2016 and 2017. to enter, you get until december 31st as we bring in the new year. hoping for snow this week in all the ski areas. but here's the warm air and another thrust of it coming back at us tomorrow. well, into the 50s again -- not at the 70s but into the 50s. that. here's the cold air. separating us. we got some severe weather we saw in the newscast. tonight. watch the time stamp. as the rain comes in tonight, just rain. dropping just a tad tonight with the temperature.

moderate. and as we get deeper tomorrow morning tapering off. some rain and sunshine close to 60 near the pike. but a little bit chillier in the southern portions. then could be an isolated shower -- and the cold air flungz tomorrow night and temperatures into the 30s until monday morning and won't really rise much. mostly low to middle 30s. high cloudiness in the afternoon. and into the 20s monday night. all cold enough to support snow. we haven't had any yet. there were only 4 years that there was no snow through december 31st. we just won't make it this year. maybe a coating or two in south boston. close to the new hampshire border and a few spots could be

now, there's going to be a transition from this snow by tuesday morning. snow coming in by dawn and changes into rain along the coast. so there's going to be a transition unlike last year where every single storm was a powder storm. this time around, it's a mixed mess. increasing clouds and snow and sleet and rain on tuesday. just plain rain on tuesday. and the last day of 2015 will be not bad. mild 50. some sunshine. it's going to be cold at the beginning of 2016. all right barry. thanks. an 8-year old maine girl battling kabs got her christmas gift. >> as you can see, tom brady. she got a big hug from him. he heard her fight and love for the patriots.

and you can see by those big smiles, haley is loving it. love this story. good for her. the patriots are getting set to take on their old rival. and the bruins had a third period melt down with third

. well the bruins started off so well. >> oh -- >> we had great help. >> but come the third period, that was tough to watch. >> yeah. you felt good for the local kid -- >> yeah. >> bruins return. they began the night just one point behind first place montreal in atlantic division. number two draft pick -- michael fared well especially late. the 9th seed -- buried his 12th of the season. the b's add another one.

and 3-1 b's. it's a 3-2 game with eickle's comes in and his 10th. it's 4-3 saybers. now, he finishes -- buffalo wins it 6-3. bad night for the bees. big night for eickle. >> especially the third period, we had that game wrapped up. we should have played a lot tighter than we did. we definitely blew it there. we know that. but we have to win from this and be better tomorrow. >> at the end of the day, it's a huge win and it's a super nice way to start this next segment for us. just exciting to get a win and do it in the fashion that we did

>> he's like an 8 footer in that interview. [laughter] all right. picked up the third straight win. i see yea yeah thomas -- takes it -- isaiah thomas takes it to the hoops. up at the half. third quarter. johnson shows moves here. up 56-54. the pistons score in the fourth quarter but he puts the game all right. the patriots are only a 3 point favor for tomorrow's match-up in new jersey. chung and devon already ruled out for tomorrow.

-- one man playing well. he had a recovery for a touchdown against the titans. and the big defensive lineman showed well for the season. we sat down and asked him about facing the jets twice a year and the running back. >> we just looked forward to the competition. coming out and playing those guys. we already played them before. we just got to be prepared. >> next man up, seems like everybody's getting hurt. once one guy gets hurt, another one. what's jackson like? >> i actually played against stephen jackson when he was in atlantic. i remember the week. i haven't told him this yet. i remember the week we were getting prepared for that. everybody was warning you not to get out there by yourself.

-- he has his career -- he'll truck you. run you over. and keep rolling down the field. >> maybe we'll see him tomorrow. patriots game day tomorrow. pats kick off at 1. again, the only place to see tom brady and bella chick tomorrow. nice to have all those starters. yeah. the miami game would be meaningless. you go from there. >> yeah. rest them up. tough this year. thanks. a stuffed raccoon.

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. this little fella, very lucky tonight. >> the rat got caught in a storm drain. they called the firefighters who

and really quick, what should we expect for weather? >> another day of rain in the morning. great.

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