windchill is not a factor. that does help. trend. it's above average. there is a chance we could make sunday. take a look at a couple of in a few minutes. david and lisa, over to you. >> thanks. you can get purchase weather any time current the cbs weather app. >> president obama gets personal. >> every time i think about those kids i get mad. >> announcing new exec you thighs actions to reduce gun violence. >> maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence. >> president obama says he had enough and he is no longer reforms.

harder for guns to end up in the wrong hands. >> reporter: the president announced expanding background checks and hire more personnel, better tracking of lost guns and he broke down discussing the youngest victims. >> when i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> reporter: an uncharacteristically emotional moment from president obama reflecting on the sandy hook massacre and a string of other mass shootings saying those are the reasons he is no longer willing to wait for congress to implement gun control. >> the gun lobby may behold holding congress hostage but they do not need to hold americans hostage the requires dealers to be licensed. he called on congress to increase funding for mental health care, gun safety technology and hiring more background checkers and atf

getting money out of republican controlled congress may be tough. many of them say the president power. >> what he is basically doing, ignoring the legalities. >> reporter: barbara and andy parker who lost their daughter gunned down on live television say they encouraged but will fight for more. narrowed. they aren't closed completely. we have work to do. i like what i see from the package that he is offering. >> reporter: the nra today dismissed the president's announcement as political rhetoric. >> the latest cbs news poll shows 51% of americans believe gun laws should be more strict down 7 points since last fall. almost 90% of americans support universal background checks. >> thank you. according to the centers for disease control massachusetts has the fewest gun deaths per capita. >> the family of one local

plan doesn't go far enough. our christina hager is live in the back bay with that story. >> reporter: the head of stop handgun violence, which relocated its massive billboard that can be seen on boylston, the head of that organization traveled to washington, d.c. to see the president take these actions. today i spoke to a boston woman who says she is hoping for much more. >> we need much more to happen. >> reporter: mary franklin says she applauds the step president obama has taken but in her heart, over which she wears her murdered husband's picture, it's not enough. >> investigating in under served communities where the crimes like this that happen, you know, happen on a constant basis, almost everyday. >> melvin franklin gunned down in boston in 1997. a minister and father of three.

new fatal shooting, those painful memories come rushing back. she said more background checks will help but she wishes obama had focused on the casualties from daily street violence instead of bass shootings. >> there must be resources sewn into the communities to look at why the problem exists. big step. however, i think it's out of his control. anything that he wants to do action. >> marty walsh traveled to washington for the announcement. massachusetts has some of the tightest controls in the country. he said the new executive order will prevent illegally owned guns from crossing into the state. >> online sales are a bigger issue. there is potential for outside terrorist organizations and other people to come in and buy guns. >> reporter: wall says even though homicides hit a 16 year

plagues boston and 70% of the crimes in the city involve guns from out of state. in boston, christina hager, with wbz news. >> thank you. at 5:30 a closer look how the new measures would impact mental health care and the president's plan to stop the mentally ill from getting guns. that is tonight at 5:30. developing news overseas. one u.s. service member has been killed in afghanistan. let's go to paula ebben in the satellite cerne. >> reporter: these soldiers were working when gunfire broke out. one was killed and two others wounded. a medical helicopter responded to help the soldiers and was hit by mortar fire while it was on the ground but it was able to take off. military spokesman offered his condolences to the families of

president obama announced last year that u.s. troops will remain at current levels in 2016, david? >> paula, thank you. all new at 5:00 a manchester woman defending herself against a would be robber shooting him as he says he tried to grab her. the 65-year-old woman says the man followed her from a convenience store to an apartment complex. when he went for her, she pulled out the gun she was carrying. the suspect survived and is under arrest. in other news, another day, another problem. a commuter rail train derailed in and dover before the morning rush. that left passengers facing delays. tonight riders want answers. jim smith is live in andover with the latest. jim? >> reporter: lisa, talk about bad timing, one day after the nbta was discussing possible fare increases, they have a bad day at the office.

from the north paid the price. maintenance crews hammering away at the commuter rail track in lawrence, a short distance way from a disabled train. the train derailed this morning clogging the line for hours. around 1:00 p.m. it was back up right and slowly rolling away. done. damage to the morning commute reputation. >> this is the second failure between lawrence and andover this year. i think they could be better prepared. >> commuters had to be bussed between lawrence and the andover stop where they were able to get back on board for the trip into boston. this after one day after the t unveiled a plan to raise fares. >> accidents happen. there is nothing they can do about a derailment.

isn't what i want when i am standing out in 8 degrees. >> reporter: the commuter rail operator says the derailment was caused by a track failure of some kind. the nbta late today had an update. >> i want people to understand being prepared for winter does not mean there will be no service disruption whatsoever. cold weather makes tracks brittle and they are more likely to experience problems. >> reporter: tonight the line through andover is back open and, yes, truth be told, cold weather does create track problems in transit systems but these days the nbta is under microscope and everybody has a low threshold. >> jim, thank you. developing news tonight. police are investigating a suspicious death off 290 in auburn. a man's body was found. sources say there was reports that someone was thrown from a car or pushed down an embankment. we will bring you updates when we get them.

terrible scare when a car being towed broke free and hit them. the bmw was under tow behind a flatbed wrecker when the car came lose, crossed park avenue and hit the small bus. there were two kids on board. they are both okay but that wasn't the end of it. a salon. yeah, very scary. i thought it would hit me. luckily i'm fine. i'm shaky. >> police say it's likely the towing company will be cited for not properly securing the car before it broke loose. scary moments for passengers when the plane went washington. take a look. officials say the united flight was taking off for denver when it took an odd turned. that's how it was described, then hit a snowbank. none of the 166 passengers nor seven crew members were hurt. the runway is open tonight. a school will reopen tomorrow after a natural gas leak forced kids and staff out

somebody smelled the gas at the start of the school day. emergency crews were called right away and students were bussed to another school for the rest of the day. tower night's drawing is worth $450 million. the third biggest jackpot ever. if you choose to take the lump sum you would walk away with about $206 million. that's after you pay the federal taxes. however, lisa, i did more research because i am convinced i will win and i want to start the planning process. 206 million then the 5% massachusetts sales tax and you are down to 192 million. if you think you can live on that, go for it. >> i hope you didn't spend too much time researching that. a heart-stopping moment caught on camera. >> hi, sweetheart. are you okay? come here. i know. come here. >> a little girl found a alone

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now at 5:00 dramatic video of the moment a police officer found an abducted 3-year-old girl. police were searching for her for hours. >> when the officer found the carjacking victim, it was caught on camera. an albuquerque police officer rushes to the rescue and finds the missing child. >> hi, sweetheart. are you okay. come here. i know. >> little caraline leon alcocar, there she was early sunday morning sitting on a curb in a parking lot. >> hi, baby girl. >> unharmed but cold. >> i have the heat on full blast. >> he took caraline back to her family. >> this is a horrible act. we had a great out come with little caraline being found unharmed. >> police are searching for the man who stole the car with caraline inside. her mom was refilling water jugs next to the car when the

police are searching every inch of the car for clues. >> see if we can find dna or fingerprints that we may have missed that night in the cold and craziness of trying to find the young girl. >> the man stole the car around 8:30 saturday night, ditched it nearby. officer tanner found caroline just after 1:00 a.m. >> the only thing, the cherry on top would be getting this guy in handcuffs. >> police have a description of the man and what little caraline could tell them. now they are putting out a plea to the public to find the man behind the wheel of this car. >> someone knows who this guy is. he talked to someone, he got freaked out. someone can recognize him. come forward. help us catch this guy. >> officer tanner says he doesn't consider himself a hero finding caraline. he was just doing his job. >> we beg to differ. seems like a hero to me. developing tonight the

teenager agreed to be sent back to texas. she and her son ethan fled after video of him surfaced of him at a party after a deadly car crash. ethan is currently fighting extradition from mexico. now to an unusual sight in australia. what appears to be an extremely flash of ball lightning. like a firework without the extras. we turn to eric. have we seen that here? >> around here i have never seen a report locally in new england. it's rare. there never was video of it happening. there were stories but not something that you see every day. >> how do we know it's not aliens. >> it could be. i wouldn't rule it out. >> sending a message. >> they have the poisonous animals.

>> it's about the cool weather. cold as a matter of fact. this morning in the single digits. tough to get out of bed. two degrees to start the day. worcester down to 3. boston down to 8. many of you reporting sea smoke on the area water bodies seeing the steam rising off the water because the air is cold and water unfrozen. 26 in boston. coldest high temps since early march. i would say, do you know how many days we had colder than today last year, 21. so, it can get colder for sure. the if you are looking for the bright side, the earliest sunset december 9th. least amount of daylight was on the solstice the 27th. today the latest sunrise at 7:14. we completed the winter trifecta. letter all systems go for brightest parts of the day in

big area of arctic high pressure set up shop in the east and cleared out the skies. lots of sinking air. beautiful sunset tonight from meg. the wind is starting to diminish. that makes a big difference tonight. temperatures 5 to 12 for most of the suburbs. 14 in the city. clear skies. without a lot of wind, easier to take. cold tomorrow morning out the door. we will do a great job of rebounding. compared to today, well into the 30 phs. lunchtime 40 during the afternoon. 30s toward the evening. not a lot of wind and with all the sun it will feel good. by lunchtime and during the afternoon. looking for a high of 42 in plymouth. boston 41. worcester 36 degrees. a little melting snow for some of you who saw flakes the last 24 hours. toward the end of the week, quiet conditions. high pressure will be dominating the weather. thursday the mildest day. well into the 40s. friday a change in wind

we will bring in cloud cover. the wind starts to turn off the ocean. that will keep temps near 40 and chillier with less sunshine. for the weekend, we are tracking two systems. the first is weak. it arrives late friday into saturday. it will be just enough cold air so there is the potential of freezing drizzle. sleet or mix in the interior. mainly outside of 495, something that we will monitor through the week. too warm for the boston area south and east. it would be rain. the next storm system, this west. that is a warm storm track for us. although it may be more powerful storm, if it gets more warm air. the bottom line sunday's storm is looking like mainly rain. here is the albuquerque seven day. saturday. sunday, if the storm goes far enough west, well into the 50s. record high 56. we may be in the ballpark to end the weekend.

we have video for you. snow removal at its finest. a squirrel caught on camera crossing a wire piled with snow. each step the critter clears the way making for great video. they should hire him for the t. >> genius. >> send two down the tracks, no delays. doesn't cost anything. >> a wild coyote found itself in a precarious situation. new hampshire fish and wildlife sent this picture. the plastic jar is on its head. they are looking for the animal to help it out. if you spot it, let them know. it could be in trouble. >> time is of the essence. patriots valuable recovery time. they don't play until the 16th. they hope the weekend off will give tom brady time to heal. a lot of people have to heal. >> a lot do. by the way, the coyote, it

out there. after all the questions that surrounded the patriots on the last game, i think we can take a breath and enjoy the bye week that the pats earned. they will fine tune everything. remember they lost the last four out of six. this isn't a secret. they need to get healthy from tom brady to julian edelman. the extra time is needed. >> concerns about mr. brady coming back strong. >> i don't have concerns about anybody coming back strong. they are doing what they need to do to get the end goal done. so, i believe everybody ready will be ready. >> confidence in your quarterback coming back strong? >> yeah, you know, tom is one of the greatest quarterbacks that ever played the game. that's a guy that is hard not to have confidence in.

we will have patriots all access. saturday night the steelers and bengals at 8:15. we will update the play-off picture sunday with patriots game day. at 6:00 we will hear the message that bill belichick gave to the time. i haven't seen david wade in a couple of weeks so basically david wade how are you doing. >> doing well. we didn't mention the coyote bad. can't eat, can't drink. >> i just wanted a road runner to go by and go beep beep. >> levan, happy new year. the red sox have a fresh face on the way. it's not a player. it's tessie, the little sister of wally the green monster. sox released tessie teasing wally.

she will greet fans later this month during the winter weekend. >> was wally lonely? >> apparently. did did he know about the sister? did he just find out. >> jerry springer thing. >> we will find out about that. still to come, advice from mark zuckerberg. >> why he said there is a good reason to be the neared. >> three's company, rare identical triplets ready to

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this epidemic of gun violence knows no boundaries. hillary clinton has what it takes to stand up to the republicans and the gun lobby. we need to close the loopholes and support universal background checks. how many people

before we actually act... before we come together as a nation? i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. a milestone in one family. three identical triplets are home in texas. addison, kinsley and savannah were born december 1st about ten weeks early. after spending the holidays in the hospital, they are in their own cribs at home and mom and dad admit through their happiness that they are outnumbered. >> and will be for a while. 2016 and with the new year comes the resolutions. what you want to change may depend on where you live. in vermont the most popular resolution is to, quote, enjoy life to the fullest.

popular resolution is to lose weight. that's me. in massachusetts, live a healthier life-style which is kind of like losing weight which may or may not be surprising considering wallet hub named boston the 31st best city for an active lifestyle. hard to believe considering we run in freezing temperatures. this is video of people training for the marathon last year in the snow. scottsdale, arizona, named the most active in the u.s. lisa? >> where the weather is friendly. thank you, david. more than gun control. still to come, how president obama's new executive order could improve care for the mentally ill. plus, a family divided. the new hampshire home becoming a political battlefield. >> new details about what tom brady does and does not eat to keep himself in hall of fame