right now at 6:00, stepping up security at new year's eve celebrations around the world and the one city canceling a big event over terror concerns. here in boston preparations are in full spring for the first night celebrations what you need to know before heading into the city. sexual assault. not as cold as yesterday but we are still talking about a couple areas of patchy black

midnight tonight. good morning to you, it is new year as eve and guess what, australia, ringing in the new year -- new zealand already ringing in the new year. this is a live look at fireworks celebration going on there right now and soon enough just about 18 hours we'll be doing the same thing. >> 2015, how about that. good morning thanks for being here with us, i'm kathryn hauser. and i'm chris mckinnon, thank good necessary we have continue yell in this morning to let us know -- danielle in this morning to let us know what to expect for the day. i know it's a grammy start and there may be a couple areas of black ice, i want to show you the temperatures at 32 degrees, so it's 32 in portsmouth, same in lawrence, fitchburg, orange, much milder

there are still some pockets of drizzle and light showers south of town through the south shore and back down into providence, these will continue to slide east, a lingering showering or two mid to late morning there. visibility is reduced in spots, one mile visibility in bedford, same in lawrence about 1.5 at who begun airport. watch for patchy fog, cape shower ends, real feel in the 30s. the sun does break out and we'll be partly cloudy, 38 for the ride home. windchills in the 20s at we'll talk about the traffic and weather together. this is a live look at the tolls right now on the mass pike, not a lot of trouble right now on the roadways and for you out there. there is a crash on expressway south by freeport street, police are on scene, look out

we are also seeing minor delays on route the. new this morning search is on for two bank robbers that terrorized customers in franklin, this happened wednesday morning inside the middle sex savings bank at the franklin village shopping center, the two suspects wore hoods and masks, they ordered everyone, even several children to hit the floor, the two got away with cash from the tellers, police are loor be for a dark colored volkswagen sedan. breaking news to tell you about, belgium police arrested a 10th suspect connected to the deadly terror why talks in paris. the belgium man is being charged with terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terror group. prosecutors say about 10 cell phones received in that search are being examined. two more terror arrests this week forcing brussels to cancel its new year's eve fireworks, two people arrested

an attack during the first testifyities, paris canceling its fireworks display, and france's defense minister is urging everyone to stay vigilant, 60,000 police and troops were deployed across the country in preparation for the holiday. security is being stepped up here in the u.s. add well, 6000 police officers -- 60,000 safest place in the world when the ball drops did and here in boston security is a top priority during the city's first night celebrations, some officers will be undercover pro i can iting the crowd. they are to the going to stop the fun, first night is different this year. good morning, nicole. >> reporter: good morning to you kathryn, it's certainly a festive time of year, we can reflect on the year past and look forward to the year to come and set those new year's resolutions, of course either way you look at it it's all about the celebration and

celebration here tonight. you can see the sculptures, one big part of this celebration. another big part the security. >> the count down on new year's eve can only mean one thing. blocks of ice. >> first night and all of its fun is upon us. sculptures. >> it's an annual celebration in boston where for some purpose. >> 80 years old and still doing it, i do it for the kids. >> ice sculpture leo takes part in the icy genius. >> they are really cool. >> thousands flock to see. >> i want to see the ice sculptures come through, i hear they are on their way. >> just as in years past security is a top pry orth. >> we will have plenty of officers out there, we'll have, you know, bomb dogs, we'll have everything possible that we can.

plan aimed at keeping the celebrations safe as we usher in 2016. taking a live look here, i guess you can consider this the calm before the storm of crowds later to come tonight, the stage is all set, one thing that is new this year, of course everything is free. that's a new addition for everyone coming out tonight. they also want to make sure that if you see something, you say something. that will help them keep the event safe. we are live in boston nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> nicole thank you very much. wbz is the host of boston, more than a dozen ice sculptures will be on display at 1:00. they are in several places across the city including nathaniel hall, sea port and coppley scare, you can take in the family show on boston common at 7:00.

boston harbor at midnight. it is 6:06, bill cosby out on bill this morning officially charged in a sex assault case. many of cosby's accusers i can't lauding the first criminal charges again him, but his defense team is fighting back. bree is here with a closer look. >> cosby's attorney is calling this i can't laud prosecution based on a civil deposition that wasn't supposed to see the light of day. 50 women have made allegations but this is the first criminal charge. bill cosby's mug shot is not the smiling actor and comedian known to the world, the blind 78-year-old needed help as he left a pennsylvania courthouse free on $1 billion bail. inside -- $1 million bail. inside he was accused of giving pills and wine to a temple university employee in 2004. >> rendered her unable to move

>> until this week, prosecutors charges. but the statute of limitations changed course. armed with recently unsealed civil court documents in which cosby admitted giving quaaludes to women for sex. a deposition that mr. cosby was induced frankly into participating in by being told by this district attorneys office that there would be no criminal charges over a decade ago. >> allegations concerning other women including several in new england have nothing to do with this case, a woman who says cosby attacked her in 200 l 9 hopes the pennsylvania case will encourage prosecutors in california to charge him there, too. >> this has gone on long enough, it's time bill cosby was held accountable for his crimes. >> cosby did not enter a plea on those charges. his next court date in pennsylvania is january 14th. the statute of little taxes for

many other cases but several civil suits are moving forward including one brought by seven women in springfield federal court. it is 6:09 on thursday morning. the "affluenza" teen is still in mexico but his mother is now in los angeles, ordered his mother tonya couch on a plane to los angeles last night. police in mexico arrested the 18-year-old and his mother on monday after one of them used a cell phone to call for pizza. couch is on probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident. police in new hampshire are looking for a driver that may have witnessed a deadly crash involving four secret service agents working for held had. police say an unlicensed driver may have been trying to pass a car on route 16 in wakefield when he crossed the center line and crashed head on into the agent's vehicle, that driver

his car were injured, to board on their conditions. the secret service agents suffered serious injuries but they were wearing seat belts which likely saved their live. airline passengers say how important it is to have their seat belt on, that jet diverted to calgary where emergency crews took 21 passengers including three children off the plane, many were complaining of neck and back injuries, doctors say they will be okay. passengers described the frightening situation. >> we felt like we were dying, lie you see in the movies where they all go up to the ceiling, everything went to the ceiling that wasn't anchored. >> air cab da is working to accommodate passengers. the faa is investigating another emergency landing closer to home, passengers on a flight from orlando to bangor, maine smelled something burning.

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they put an orange cone in their parking lot after tuesday's storm, by the way selfie got one inch of snow. >> do you think it was a joke? no. >> probably not. >> that is kind of soon, my good necessary, they don't mess around. all right, let's get a live look at the ice sculptures, it is new year's eve, we are counting down the hours here, these are beautiful, they are so cool to look at.

a dozen of them, myrtle the turtle, sea port as well, take a look around the city if you are heading in today. >> such detail. >> it's cool to see them it it. and it is going to be cold enough where they are going to last, continue yell. so we are going to come into the 40s today briefly. but, we are going to fall back into the 30s this evening. so this morning, we are above the freezing mark in the city of boston, a lot of clouds, patchy fog, too. drizzle and mist out there as early to late morning, blended with clouds during the day today, high temperatures in the 40s, currently the only spot i'm concerned with a little bit of patchy black ice is north of boston where we are right around that 32-degree mark, places like orange and nashua and portsmouth, could see a couple spots that are a little bit slick. it's not the main roads or anything like that. the sidewalks, driveways so watch your step this morning. there is colder air to our

going to work in our direction over the weekend, not a whole lot going on, leftover sprinkle, light rain shower south of boston. this will come to an end and we are done. low pressure pulling away, the sun breaking out, here is the map just after midnight bringing in the new year, a little bit on the chilly side, as long as you are bundle l up, no problems at all, new year as day looks fantastic, a nice blend of sun and clouds, breezy. lake effect know showers and mountain snow showers will continue tomorrow and right on into the weekend, snow squalls saturday night into sunday morning in northern new england. for us it's a blend of sun and clouds, we may get a late day flurry. so highed to do manage to come into low to mid 40s, 40s already on the cape we'll come up with by a few more degrees, through new year as eve at least later this evening, if

around 40, but we quickly cool through the 30s, midnight when the ball drops 32 degrees, but you have to factor in the wind. that is going to be about 8-16 miles per hour. so not all that strong. but lucernely notice this breeze and -- you will notice that breeze. real feel at midnight is running in the 20s, you dress in layers, you cover up the exposed, you will be just fine. overnight tonight we do drop back into the 20s, right around freezing in boston, this is the time of year we get melts during the day, watch for a few icy patches early tomorrow morning, we will be up around 40s in the afternoon, by the way, ski country is loving this pattern now with colder air getting natural snow. notice over a foot possible in parts of western new york lake effect and northern vernon and

topping out over 6 inches. accuweather forecast, snow showers possible on monday. particularly in the cape and the islands with ocean effect, highs don't get out the 20s on monday and tuesday, only mid- 30s by wednesday. traffic and weather together. thank you, dan gel. the expressway starting to fill in a little bit and not helping matters. the crash is on the southbound side just be aware of rubber necking delays in that area. otherwise it's really not a bad right out there. this is a live look from 93 south at our camera at the square. a new trend in password protection just add emojis, british researchers have come.with a system that would require users to draw a shape, they say the system prevents all hacking, a british banking company already introduced

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the lakers bet the celtics last night 1129-104, the lakers it's their 6th win of the year. >> playing his final game in boston, number 24 kobe bryant. >> a nice ovation from the celtics fans, kobe went out and couldn't make a shot. his legs just aren't there anymore after missing first shots he, mostly from point blank range, he saved his best for last. lakers purple and gold. jae crowder with the three to end the half. boston was down by two. celtics found themselves out by 10. marcus smart out of nowhere. and the hard fall. what a play.

into the 9th. the boston got within 2, bradley who kicks the pocket, goes the distance. celtics going to pull off a come back, who is going to make the big shot? you guessed it. kobe from 25 feet away, the 3 point dagger, lakers win 112- 104 the final. felt great to get booed, it's like, you know, the recognition at the top of the game and then as soon as i touched the ball they booed us. i'm home. you know, it felt great. >> brad mar chard is going to miss the consider-marchand is going to miss the winter classic, you can see brad goes low, sends the guy head first to thitis, he will miss friday's game at gillette said stum. patriots a cold day at practice, it won't be that cold

chance of showers. if they win it if they they have two seed, how important is it to get that top seed? >> i think it's better to win this game than to lose this game, you always love to play at home because of communication and so forth. those games, you know, whoever wins in the playoffs is the team that plays the best on that day not whether home or away, it's going to be the team who play the best. i think this game is really important for us because, you know, it's a great goal for us to be the number one seed. >> and we will see if they can get it done. steve burton, guys, over to you. all right it is 6:25, lots more coming up. the search this morning for two bank rob hers who tear -- robbers who terrorized local kids. a story that every parent and child needs to hear.

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right now at 6:30, the search for two bank robbers who who terrorized children. thousands ordered to evacuate as the mississippi river spills over. and the count down is on, the changes to this year as first night celebrations in boston. good morning, coming up on 6:30 right now, thanks for being us with, i'm chris mckinnon. i'm kathryn hauser, happy new year's eve. you know, it's chilly outside but it's kind of how it should be.

problems, couple icy spots this morning, not a big issue, it's not as cold as we were yesterday. there are a couple spots sitting right around 32 degrees though, guys, that we are just watching right now. fitchburg, orange, both right portsmouth, new hampshire 394. same in norwood and in the 40s when you get south of town back down to the cape. route 2 corridor, new hampshires, a little bit slick in spots, sidewalks and driveways especially. otherwise we've already had big cloud cover developing, south of boston to the cape, we any fog out there which is patchy not all that will burn off, it will be kind of a gloomy start out there, but the sun does break out and it turns into a not bad afternoon, a little bit of breeze making it feel like

for your ride home, sunset at 4:21, fall to 32 at midnight tonight, taking a look at the real feel and take you through weather together, chris. >> thank you very much, danielle. let's take a look at the maps right now, we are seeing a few small delays out there, you can see as you head towards 128 on route 2 there, south of boston we are seeing a little bit of slow down on the expressway right now north of town not too many problems. the search is on for two bank robbers that terrorized customers in franklin, it happened wednesday morning inside the middlesex savings bank at the franklin village shopping center, ordered everyone even several children to hit the floor, the two got away with cash from the tellers. right now police are looking for a dark colored volkswagen

security is top priority for boston's first night celebration. >> first night is different this year, let's get to nicole jacobs. hi, nicole. >> reporter: hi there, chris and kathryn. one of the things that is new this year all the events are free, one thing that is free is taking a look at all of the sculpture sculptures. this is where the parade will be if you will, take a look at video now, we know that the sculptures are one the biggest attractions and it brings out people from all ages, thousands are expected to flock to downtown boston, but certainly that means security is a top priority for the city as well. >> we'll have plenty of officers out there. we'll have, you know, bomb dogs, we'll have everything possible that we can. >> reporter: certainly the hope is that the weather will hold off. a lot of the sculptures we are

inside because the weather kind of prohibited them being outside. but, officers are urging people to really keep this a family, fun, friendly environment, they are hoping that if you see something you say something. we are live in boston, nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> good reminder this morning. wbz is the proud media sponsor of first night. more than a dozen sculptures will be on display at 1:00 this afternoon, if you can't stay for the midnight fireworks there is family show on the boston common at 7:00. and then the big fireworks show gets going on at midnight over boston harbor. a douglas boy being hail adhere row, he made emergency workers really proud. bree is here with a story that all parents need to hear.

runs a program called safe, in their public schools each year. in that program they teach kids what to do in an emergency like say a boning carbon monoxide detector, one young man paid close attention and he put that knowledge to good news. >> bray done wilcox feels good yesterday morning. every 5 seconds. >> bray done ran to the basement of his home to check on the carbon monoxide detector which was in full alert. i woke up my brother and then we went outside and then we department. >> i guess you could say he saved my life today because if he didn't wake me up or we were still sleeping then the carbon monoxide would probably get into our system. >> i'm still feeling pretty sick to my stomach over the whole thing.

carbon monoxide poise anding killed two people and sent two others to the hospital. >> bray done woke up, woke his brother up and got out of the building. >> dad is taking no chances. >> i've recently purchased three new carbon monoxide deto be are. >> just today. >> correct. >> the fire chief tells us they feel they caught the carbon monoxide on its way up from the furnace in the basement. had bradon ignored the alarm differently. it is a good happening. >> knowing what to do. webster police officers who rescued two people from a burning home are now telling their stories. >> my first initial thought was that i was going to die. >> couldn't breath. couldn't -- it was the scariest life.

crew to the scene. and neighbors told them a 65- year-old woman was trapped inside. >> the trio had to take turns slowly pulling her out. each battling the heat and smoke for a few seconds at a time, that is when they heard another woman stumbling done the stairs, they don't want to call themselves heros. >> i don't like to use that word i think anybody in this police department would have done the same exact thing. >> still good work, all victims are recovering,. people in worcester are fired up after this week's winter storm, people in the community say that the city was slow to clear the treats, take a look yesterday, roads were still covered in snow and ice and frozen over. take a look at the damage from a fire truck when it started skidding sideways on the ice, the worcester city manager sent this letter out to the community saying we made a judgment call that turned out to be the wrong one, many of

the condition the taxpayers have a right to expect. it is 6:37, caught fire and caused injury, but this morning a her board is costing one his job. a priest reprimanded for riding a her board in church. the mighty mississippi living up to its name, the threat to people in the south. good morning everybody, checking in with weather watchers, temperatures running right around the freezing mark in spots where there might be a touch of black ice this morning, 32 degrees says frank, clouds and fog and mist as well, happy new year frank, it's all weather watchers, if you want to join in head on over to our website to sign up

welcome back, 6:40 on thursday morning, we are talking about record flooding forcing evaluations in missouri. >> water from the mississippi river and its contributor 's

can't stop it. >> it's water but if there is enough of it you and do anything. >> so mandatory evacuations are under way, some people say they would rather stay, i get that to a point, this is remarkable, this is historic levels for some of those rivers, there is nowhere to go, people are taking videos and pictures, look at the destruction have and the problem is it takes awhile to recede much this is going to take some time, rough start to the new year. bummer. here though just a couple patches of ice this morning which is good news, we don't haven't to talk about much slick travel this morning, and in a few communities around freezing still, we have temperatures right at 32, there may be some slick surfaces on anything untreated, 92 from

boston bedford sitting at that freezing mark. keep a close eye on the car thermometer, it's around 32 degrees, you may see a couple slick spots, teens, 20s, north and west cold air going to come back into the mix this weekend. so, yes, it's a gloomy start, we get to go, clouds, mix of drizzle still. in fact breaks of sunshine already emerging in central massachusetts, sun comes out and we come up into the low 40s this afternoon. here is the map as we ring in the new year, no weather related issues, we will do just fine ringing in that new year with the ball drop at midnight. maybe a couple flurries tomorrow, evening and night. here comes the cold front, saturday late in the day, getting some snow showers and squalls, welcome news for ski country, temperatures dropping even more as we head into the

we may get a snow shower late on sunday, chilly breeze with partial clearing here, sun comes out, had 43, windchills in the 30s this afternoon be as we take you hour by hour through the rest of the day, if you are out early for family fireworks, earlier celebrations, temperatures will be cooling through the upper 30s. by 8:00 p.m. we are 36 degrees. and around 392 at midnight. but -- 32 at midnight. so midnight real feel, this is what you want to dress for temperatures that will feel like they are in the low to mid- 20s, cover up the exposed skin, you will be just fine. partly cloudy tonight, 32 downtown. in that melting, refreeze process, there may be a few slick spots tomorrow early, a nice blend of sun and clouds, heading north still talking about school vacation, heading into the weekend, cold

squalls add 43-6 inches by the time -- 3-6 inches. look at that though for monday and tuesday, highs only in the 20s, we get some ocean effect snow showers on monday and back up to the 30s, plenty of sunshine for the middle part of the week, traffic and weather together. thank you for the update. it is 6:44 on thursday morning, two earlier accidents north of town have been cleared but we have been getting reports of cars off the road, so remember it is slippery in certain areas. danielle was talking about this, too. if you are heading into town for boston's first night, take the t, it is going to be operating on a rush hour schedule after 3:00 p.m., it is go to be be free after 8:00. >> safe way to get to and from your destination. checking top stories this morning, first night preparations are under way in boston. >> ice sculptures taking

temperatures overnight to create master pieces. all the events are free. security is being stepped up this year in light of the recent threats, so police stress there is no threat against boston. but several threats are forcing changes to new year's eve celebrations planned around the world, brussels and paris both canceled fire work shows, france deployed 60,000 troops for tonight, new york city is putting 6000 officers in the crowd at time's square. bill cosby is out on $1 million bail, the 78-year-old comedian was arraigned yesterday in a pennsylvania court on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman in his home in 2004. it's the first time cosby has been charged with sexual misconduct. cosby's attorney says he will be exonerated, he will be back in court on january 14th. a friend of the san bernardino attack facing terror

charged with planning attacks in 2011 and 2012. he is being held without bail until his arraignment january of. this morning police are trying to piece together what happen to a man kidnapped nearly two years ago whose remains were found in uptown over the weekend, a hunter found the remains of jamie robertson in the woods, two men posing as probation officers took robertson from his parent's home in avon, he was never seen or heard from again. >> kind of a mixed emotions between the sadness and some relief that they now know what happen to their son. >> police charged the two men and a third with kidnapping. and a fourth person as an accessory, police have not filed any murder charges at this time. right now police in new hampshire are looking for a driver who may have witnessed the deadly crash involving four

licensed driver may have been trying to pass the car when he crossed center line, two passengers in his car were also injured, no word on their conditions this morning. as for the secret service agents they suffered serious injuries but they were wearing seat belts which officials say likely saved their live. severe turbulence forcing an air canada yet jet to make an emergency landing, emergency crews took 21 passengers off the plane. many complaining of neck and back injuries, doctors say they are going to be okay. passengers though describe that frightening situation. >> honestly we felt like we were dying, like you see in the is where they go up to the ceiling everything went up to the ceiling that wasn't anchored. >> the airline is launching a full investigation. a priest ordered off the pulpit after riding a her board in church, that priest gave a

gliding in and out of the pews trying to never gees the crowd. if admirer putin now you can smell like him. a new men's fragrance hit the leader's number one. and make no mistake which leader they are talking about, putin's profile is on the side. a mixture just like putin himself. >> what does it smell like? okay. >> citrus and pine. as we get ready to ridge in the new year, some are thinking about the changes they'll make. >> we want to know what is your new year's resolution, it's our daily talker. if you don't want little ones staying up till midnight

welcome back, listen up parents, netflix is trying to help you out, if you want your kids to go to bed before midnight, you can stream videos of new year's count down from around the world, it's a little trick but netflix surveyed parents and found most want their kids to go to bed early. there you go.

clearly parents working at netflix. new year's eve is a time to start fresh, new. >> for many of us it's making new year's resolutions, 45% usually make resolutions, but only 8% of us will actually i can't chief our goals. so we wanted to know what you think, do you make a resolution or is it unnecessary? >> and david on facebook says going to try to watch more of all right. >> love that. >> that david wade? know. >> but ha is a good idea. our daily talker cbs boston. we do love hearing from you. >> happy new year to our viewers out there this morning, i don't know if they will be up watching us tomorrow morning. >> you can dvr us.

don't want to mess up. >> crews in time's square making sure they don't drop the ball on this one this year. >> three, two, one. happy new year's. >> all right, there was just a test yesterday crews were practicing the count down, they flipped the switch and everything went off without a hitch. >> the ball weighs 12,000 pounds, beasts 32000 led lights and -- beasts 32000 led lights. huge crowds. >> i know, crowd of three, i was just thinking if one of those things didn't go somebody would be in big trouble. >> glad they did a practice try. 6:53, a closer look at what is coming up on cbs this morning. good morning to you chris

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a local nursing home using an interesting therapy technique for residents. lamas. >> yeah, not something you see every day. the first thing you see are two lamb as, they roam the halls regularly, the residents love the animals which can reduce their anxiety and increase participation. >> if it works, it works. >> what a great idea. >> random lama walking by, puts a smile on your face. >> therapy lambs. just a couple icy patches north of boston, we are in that time of year, we get a melting and refreeze, the sun is going to break out so i know it's a gloomy start, turning not into

right, windchills in the 20s, that is what you want to dress for, a beautiful start to 2016, tomorrow sunshine around 40, in the upper 30s this weekend which is normal, could see a flurry and only in the 20s for the highs to next week. i feel like we haven't seen the sun in so long. >> thank you very much, continue yell, cbs this morning is ex -- next. we'll see you right back here in 25 minutes. find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories.

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