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>> firefighters putting it on the line may day call goes out house fire. crews springing into action attempting a dramatic rescue. the flames began early this morning in saugus. hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. firefighters from several communities called in to fight the fire. nicole jacobs is live with more on battle fire crews faced. >> reporter: the scene here is still very active. several hours after the fire began and, of course, you can still see smoke hovering around the essex street home this was a three alarm blaze that left three fire fight wears close call. it was before dawn just after 5 a.m. thick black smoke billowing above route 1 in saugus seen for miles but a closer look revealed intense flames that forced three out of the essex

amid the fierce flames. >> firefighters on scene saved the lives of my men. >> reporter: multiple fire crews ran in to attack the blade when trouble shot back. >> firefighters way tacking the fire and got overwhelmed by fire and heat and a call for a may day came in for one of the firefighters. >> reporter: the malden fire chief said the conditions were potentially dire creating heart stopping moments for those working to control the three alarm blaze saugus fire chief describes the intense rescue. >> luckily the fire captain in fr saugus was at the bot o stairance pulled two guys out and lieutenant from malden the front window. >> reporter: all made it out safely three firefighters had head and back injuries and minor ear and neck burns. a cause still under investigation but hearts so grateful to see another day. taking a live look here at 240 epic street firefighters were

the home and we are told they might be fighting hot spots here for sometime well into the afternoon. as for a cause of the fire, that is still under investigation. i should add the three people who were inside the home at the time of the fire were able to make it out safely. live in saugus nicole jacobs wbz news. ines essex the barn is under investigation after it caught on fire. firefighters were called to the scene on pickerring street after 7 this morning. this is skyeye over the scene earlier this morning where police tell us the building now has significant damage. had beenly no one was inside at the time of the fire. >> reporter: now at-- now at noon bella bonds mother walks into court look down with her hair covering her face, rachelle bond has been charged with helping to dispose of her daughter body. what you tell us susie. >> reporter: i can tell you the

bond as woman in and out of homelessness on drug binges and even celebrating with friends and family in the weeks after her daughter's death. the defense painting a different picture of a mother who loved her daughter very much and it was controlled by her daughter's killer. with her head down and hair covering her face, rachelle bond entered pleas of not guilty to charges of accessory after the fact and larceny tied to her daughter's murder. larceny charges new after a grand jury indictment alleging bond continued to collect money from the state on behalf of her daughter when she knew she was dead. >> the defendant knowingly and intentionally knowing mr. mccarthy to have killed her daughter and knowingly intentionally aided him in concealing the crime from discovery. >> reporter: bella bond was first introduced to the world on a billboard as baby doe after her body washed-up on june.

is charged with the murder. police say he believed the at bedtime. >> she told police she knew immediately her daughter was dead and went to hold her but mr. mccarthy prevented her from seeing her daughter and told did. >> reporter: police believed bond helped him dispose of the body and cover up the crime for three months while police and people around the world try to identify the toddler. >> we dispute the fact that sheassisted mr. mccarthy in anyway and. >> reporter: the attorney tried to prevent the facts from being read allowed in open court. she thinks the publicity the case has received will prevent her shrined from -- client from getting a fair trial. >> we didn't contest bail we have no reason to have a long statement of the of the facts and i see no reason for it. >> reporter: bond was ordered held on 1 million dollars cash

is due at superior court facing murder charges on monday. susie steimle wbz news. >> thanks very much for the update this noon. now to the race to rescue several swans stuck in the ice animal control officers and animal rescue league rushed to fond lake where they saw swans trapped in frozen water but the good news is they saved all of the birds. also we are slowly starting to warm up. the frigid air for the most part moved out but it's nice and clear. a live look at boston right now you can see nice feel and compared to yesterday things are look up. let's check the forecast with danielle what's going on. >> it's amazing what a little less wind and a few degrees will do for the mind set. feels nice today and temperatures is 41 degrees in boston and it's not the teens and 20s like we were talking about yesterday. there's a breeze the wind from the southwest at 13 miles per hour right now. not as gusty as yesterday but

now currently it's 40 in nashua and colder across the interior over 25 keene and 23 in springfield where we started in the single digits. 34 in worcester but once we get the wind going the mix down the temperatures and we should warm up in southwest new hampshire as well. light -- satellite is quiet a few puffy clouds in western vermont and new hampshire and that's it. for the ride home clear and quiet and temperatures dropping back into the mid-30s sunset at 4:27 and a clear sky overnight temperatures in the mid-20s. outlying subs, you in the teens and back into the lower 40s whoa go again tomorrow mostly sunny a pleasant winter day. it's gobbing a quiet end to the week and we get -- it's going to be a quiet end to the week i am tracking a storm for especially sunday more details in a couple minutes. >> thanks very much. this just in we know the identity of a man's body along i-290 in auburn yesterday morning. the worcester county district

laroach from oxford was found dead at bottom of a steep e bankment police say laroach exited a car in the breakdown lane the night before an an saw op at this -- autopsy will be performed. nuclear weapons experts are trying to big out if north korea really did test a hydrogen bomb. the moving that is the united nations holding a emergency session kenneth craig reports. >> reporter: north korea made the announcement on state tv claiming the first ever test of a miniaturized hydrogen bomb was perfect success. the blast that registered as a 5.1 magnitude quake triggered international condemnation including china one of the few allies. south korea called the test a threat to the peace and stability of the world. and an statement the white housesaid the u.s. will respond appropriately to any north korean provocations. >> if it was hydrogen bomb that will demonstrate a technological leap forward for

if they are on the the verge of militariation they are close to putting it on a warhead and deploy it well beyond the korean peninsula. >> reporter: diplomats here quickly scheduled an emergency closed-door meeting discuss the developments. >> this is profoundly for regional security. >> reporter: japan mobilized reconnaissance planes to test for radiation. analysts say it could take weeks to determine exactly what happened. kenneth craig cbs news united nations. the judge in the gary lee sampson case stepped down 11 years ago sampson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death for a carjack and killing three men. the sentence was overturned on appeal three years ago. prosecutors have asked the judge mark wool to have step aid side -- step aside previously and declined and now he is removing his case citing his workload.

she was forced to fire her gun at a man trying to rob her. the 65-year-old manchester grandmother was on the way home from work when she noticed she was followed. the car stayed behind her all the way to her apartment complex. when she started to walk to her door, she says a man snuck up from behind and tried to grab her. >> i just boom. and i just shot and i got him i guess up in the area here. >> did he fall to the ground. >> right away. >> the man she shot was taken to the hospital by friends. he is facing charges of attempted robbery. now at noon, red sox and boston globe owner john henry apologizing for the delivery issues with the paper in a letter last night henry said in part we recognize that you let you down. he goes onto say many of the people who support journalism in the region have been slapped in the face trying to get daily newspapers. globe is bringing back the old distributor the company will

bring costs down. the globe says this should quickly restore service apparently the new distributor software plotted roots that quit. the patriots will try to rest up and heal bumps and bruises tom brady hurt his ankle but he doesn't seem worried. >> better. tape was a couple days ago. mentally i am ready to go. you know physically you want to feel your best and think you have to work as hard as you can to do the right things to get to that point. so, that's where i feel like i am at. >> good to hear that. brady and pats will be on the practice field a half-hour from now. the power ball jackpot just went up. it is worth 500 million dollars. >> here's the thing the odds may not be in your favor but there is a way to improve your chances. lottery official say pooling

raises the odds slightly but they recommend you put down rules in writing before splitting the prize before tonight's big drawing we will have the numbers here on the wbz news at 11. let's start pooling now kathryn increase the chances. >> you feel lucky. >> all right. hopefully someone wins hopefully it's us. coming up a scary situation a baby girl found crying in a cold car outside the wrentham outlets why she left girl behind. >> the loge calal grove -- local grocery store making a recall. >> a mess you never want to see

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welcome back rhode island mother facing charges. police say she left her baby in a cold car while shopping at thewrentham outlet. >> this happened while the temperatures why in the-- were in the 20s. 8-month-old was in cold mini cooper in a handicapped spaceoutside the necky store. a passer-by sought baby crying -- nike store. a passer-by saw the baby crying

the little girl's father spoke exclusively to wbz. baby. >> it was cold and she didn't want to take the baby outside because it was really cold. >> we should note the becamey is okay and the mother didn't doing says the father. the department of children and families has been notified. >> a new turn in the sexual assault case against bill cosby. the comedian's wife will not testify against her husband today. because a massachusetts judge granted and emergency motion delaying camille cosby from taking the stand in springfield giving her lawyers time to appeal an earlier ruling in the case. incredible video out of california of mud. look at this. just flowing through a backyard. this is not a good situation. here. inside the home. this week california has been hit hard with a series of storms coming in off the pacific so,what a scene.

home. >> it does. >> look at. the weather. >> no. >> you should. >> el nino you hear that the buzz word this season and we have had the storms coming in off the pacific and mild air that's coming back and we get the shoves cold air like yesterday but doesn't stick >> teems. >> up and downs and it's beautiful. chris said it earlier add a few degrees and compared to where we were yesterday and it feels spring like. that maybe a little stretch but you get the idea. it's 41 in boston right now. beautiful look out over the charles river. where there is literally a cloudless sky. 34 in worcester and a little cooler keene at 27 degrees right now. that's where the wind has not kicked up all that much once it does we will mix up the sustained wind right now is between 5 and 15 miles per hour

wind direction. so yes it's a little active and it creates a real feel. the wind chill 34 in boston right now. 25 in worcester and a lot of spots in the lower 30s it canly on the cape and islands. boston hour by hour through the remainder of the afternoon we may come up in an additional degree in the next hour and notice we cool through the 30s through the evening with clear skies overhead and a few clouds back up in the crown of main a -- maine and few in ten central new york and -- central new york and that's it. there's a dome of high pressure providing us with the the quiet stretch for the remainder of the day today and again tonight and tomorrow looks like another beautiful winder day and -- winter day and tomorrow low level moisture moving in so any early sunshine will be replaced with overcast skies on friday. and here we go on saturday. a warm front approaching the region. with it there's not a ton of moisture but there will be clouds. saturday will be mostly cloudy.

just a little bit of a wintry mix as we head into saturday morning. it canly across the interior. it would be light and it would be brief and then by sunday, the stronger storm comes in but notice, it's well up in eastern canada so we drag in warm air and there's areas of rain and gusty wind at the coast looks like it's going to be soggy on sunday. so for that reason, i think weekend. overnight tonight, dropping back to 26 in boston. so not as cold as this morning. right around 20 maybe shy of that in the suburbs will dip into the teens overnight. by the way if you missed the iss flyby we have had it after thepast couple mornings we have it 569:07 tomorrow afternoon clear skies and perfect for traveling from the west and off to the northeast very bright visible for 4 or 5 minutes tomorrow. bus stop forecast chilly kids need to be bundled up by the end of the day 40 degrees and heavy coat for sure and plenty of sunshine again tomorrow.

during the afternoon but the than today too. so that makes a difference high temperatures tomorrow low to mid-40s from plymouth to taunton to the cape. we stay above average through the weekend. sunday may be conservative. some of us may be in the 50s and dry up and cool off for the start of next week kathryn. >> thanks you. new at noon a. criminal investigation is underway into an ilness at chip poll tay federal authorities subpoenaed a large number of documents from the chain due to a neuro-- noro vieous outbreak and dozen -- norovirus outbreak and dozens were also sickened other placer. wegmans is recalling more than a thousand pounds of chicken. it was sent to stores without inspection. the department of agriculture says the untested chicken products were made on sunday and they were shipped to stores here in massachusetts also new

they have the code estimated or p7567 ep side the usda mark so take note. return the chicken to the store for a full refund. check your fridge and freezer. >> and if you need the numbers they are on our website. still ahead, jennifer lawrence getting real. >> the interesting way she spends thanks giving and how massachusetts fits into her

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new at noon he puts-- they announce the woman of the year kerry washington who will be in cambridge later this month for a parade and a roast washington currently stars in hit drama scandal. love her. the bay state could soon be home to two more celebrities. >> if jennifer lawrence has her way she tells glamour she and her best friend want to move to the vineyard and grow old together. in fact she calls it her life plan and j law says the idea came up when they spent thanksgiving on the island with diane sawyer.

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coming up on the the wbz news at the 5. one teacher is showing what it takes to keep up with his students. >> his school spirit is gone viral. [ music ] >> video shows ron clark from atattempting the do it like me challenge they nail the choreography and the so if you can't do it like me but he can do it. he k look at that. >> proof is op the camera. >> i was so impressed i looked it up and they made another viral video 8 years ago. >> oh. >> about-- and it was cool. >> getting after it. >> coordinateed bunch. >> yeah they are -- coordinated bunch. >> yeah they are very good. >> sunshine today and tomorrow and we should come up around 40 a light wintry mix sunday is soggy but we should be up near 50. >> thanks very much. that's it for us today at noon.

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