developing news investigators will be back at the site of a chemical plant explosion in north andover. what they expect to find. >> the search is on for the suspect in an apparent case of road rage on south shore. >> two new terror arrests in two states. how officials say they are linked to isis and the new plan to get silicone valley involved in the fight against islamic extremist. >> and we are tracking soaking rain on the way for a sunday. i will let you know what time it arrives and how much to expect. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> 6 on are friday morning good morning. i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon it's

8th whoa made it through the workweek. >> we accomplished something. >> a lot going on this week. now over to the weather with danielle. >> happy friday to you. we have a lot of different temperatures out the door. teens, 20s and 30s and 40s you guys it's 17 inia 12 in keene. # 1 in chatham a real feel with a light wind off the ocean. 23 in boston. 9 in nashua radar scoops required. the wind drag in the moisture and one batch came in to worcester county and another area of clouds filling in and that will expand across southern new england. the planner turns mostly cloudy the sun any of it out this morning will fade away u upthrough 40 lunchtime and spotty drizzle possible heading into the late afternoon and evening at the coastline. tomorrow, we may start with a little bit of a wintry mix across the interior. with light freezing drizzle up into the 40s mostly cloudy but mostly dry and areas of rain

temperatures up into the 50s. hour by hour forecast is coming up. let's go on the roads. traffic and weather togetherrobi. >> reporter: big of the slow downs are to the south and earlier crash on 128 southbound still causing problems. the crash was in braintree before the split. the bumper to bummer back up is to route 28 about a 14ment delay. northbound expressway boggs down and to the north look live over the bridge wove a disabled car on 9 # northbound on the bridge. and it's blocking the right lane. the good news is the flatbed tow truck just showed up so hopefully that's cleared soon. 93 southbound has two slow pockets between 495 and dak dash couple and 128. 6:02 investigators will be back on the scene of a chemical explosion in north andover. several workers were seriously injured. >> reporter: investigators-- >> investigators say they were

nicole jacobs is live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you chris and kathryn. at last check investigators were unable to get into the lab where the explosion happened because of the condition of the bidding. but perhaps that will all change this morning when they return at 10 a.m. it was thursday around 2:30 in the afternoon a blast could be heard for miles. >> i heard a loud boom and the house shook a little bit and my dog barked went crazy and i went looked out my back window. >> reporter: the look revealed the dow chemical plant in north andover. >> it was a chemical that was reactive to water and for some reason that will come out as part of the investigation, this chemical reacted with water which resulted in the explosion. >> reporter: four workers from the plant were critically injured. taken to lawrence general. three of them then flown to boston hospitals. >> what the patient has was blast injuries from the pressure of the explosion as well as chemical on their

to and burns as well. >> reporter: this was a similar scene to 2013 when another explosion killed employee carlos amerral. >> it was a different type of chemical and it was a different type of operation that resulted in that incident. >> reporter: but still so many questions as this investigation continues. dow cheep chal plant official released the state our thraws and prayers are with family friends and colleagues during this difficult time an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the incident. again we are told investigators should arrive back at the plant this morning at 10 a.m. of course, trying to confirm exactly what may have caused this explosion. we are live in north andover nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> thanks very much. 6:04 right now. the search is on for the suspect in a stabbing on the south shore. susie steimle is live in brain stree this morning and police

and police say it may have start as a case of road rage. >> reporter: that's right kathryn. they say this started as some kind of a fight in an intersection near south shore plaza. now, one man is in the hospital with stab wounds and the other took off. >> scariest thing i ever seen. >> reporter: zan sheehan and his friend josh ledger saw flashing lights and ran over with a camera to capture the scene. >> that's him on the ground. >> we heard him scream. >> reporter: a randolph man was stabbed several times after an apparent road rage incident. >> someone said that he was actually like walking in the street with blood covered all over him so he went to the grass and people was warming him up and the first couple police cars showed up. >> reporter: thursdaya noon near granite and forbes road, outside south shore plaza, two drivers got into some kind of an altercation. the van pulled over and the driver of a honda was stabbed and the other man took off. moments later police began their investigation.

everything off and looking up and down the streets. >> reporter: stabbing victim was conscious in the hospital. police interviewed him last night in hopes they will track down a suspect soon. active investigation. they spent a lot of time last night on the scene trying to pick up evidence that might help them track down that suspect's car. live in braintree, susie steimle wbz this morning. >> thanks very much. we are following breaking news right now. a police officer ambushed while philadelphia. investigators say that the gunman fired 13 shots at close range late last night at least 3 bullets hit officer jesse shattering his bones. amazingly he was able to shoot back. the suspended gunman is under arrest. officer harnett is in the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to survive. developing overnight, two terror arrests here in the the u.s. both with alleged ties to isis.

at that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the suspects will be arraigned in federal courts. the department of justice says both arrests came out of the same multistate probe. they are iraqi refugees living in sacramento and houston. but cbs news reports the pair might have been connected in some way. court documents reveal the 23- year-old sacramento suspect communicated over social media with an unnamed individual living in texas back in 2013. in one exchange the two allegedly discussed training and fighting overseas. the texas person eye dent night as individual one writes i need to learn from your weapon and the sacramento -- expertise. and the sax ramo suspect says if you arrive and i am still there i will train you a criminal complaint unsealed thursday accuses the sacramento man of traveling to syria from the u.s. and back again after fighting alongside a terror organization then lying to investigators about that trip.

citizen originally came to the u.s. as a refugee in 2012. >> this is an individual committed to going back home and as an iraqi to fight what he perceived as corrupt and authoritarian regimes. >> reporter: law enforce man official accuse a houston suspect of providing material support to isis. the 24-year-old texas man entered the u.s. as an iraqi refugee in 2009 but was granted permanent resident status in 2011. the white house wants silicone valley to help in the fight against isis. today attorney general loretta lynch and fbi director and director of national intelligence will meet with internet companies. chris back to you. >> thanks very much. more breaking news in the terror attacks. officials are releasing details this morning about evidence found in a brussels apartment. investigators found handmade belts that could be used to

materials to make explosives and the fingerprints of the fugitive were found there. prosecutors believe this apartment served as a bomb factory for the pairs attacks. and this -- pairs attacks. and this morning -- paris attacks. and police are investigating after a man tried to attack a police station on the firstanniversary of the charlie hebdo attacks he had a meat cleaver and wearing a fake explosive vests. office aers shot and killed him and they are trying to determine if he is part of a terror cell. the u.s. navy is keeping a close eye on north korea after the country claimed successful detonating a hydrogen bomb. the commander of the u.s. fleet based in japan says the navy has ships in the area of the korean peninsula and is monitoring the situation closely. chinese stocks on a roller coaster overnight. but managed to regain some of the ground it lost. it's been the worst start for the u.s. stock market.

the week. the nasdaq fell 146 points both called a correction. previous highs. a rare move president obama took to the airwaves for a live town haul meeting to answer questions about -- town hall meeting to answer questions about gun control. he took executive action to expand background checks and make it easier for the fbi to complete checks efficientlych the president said during the cnn special that he is committed to the second amendment but wants to make sure guns are in the hands of responsible owners. >> if we combine gun safety with sensible background checks and other steps, we are not going to eliminate gun violence but we will lessen it. >> boston police commissioner bill evans was invited to that event. meanwhile the president wrote in "the new york times" an op ed he won't vote for candidate who doesn't support common sense gun reform.

replica guns off the streets of boston. new legislation on beacon hill would require bb guns, pellet guns and air rifles to be plugged and also labeled with orange stripes. so you can tell that they are not real. still ahead this morning a. secret service agent left paralyzed after a crash in new hampshire. >> his fiancee is speaking out. her inspiring message just months before their wedding. >> and donald trump on the attack. the new ad he unleashes against hillary and how he is hoping to campaign. >> and first, how high tomorrow's power ball jackpot is up to now. plus the lucky states in the country in where massachusetts stacks up. good morning danielle. >> reporter: good morning -- everybody. happy friday a little chill out the door for some of us. up around 40 degrees by the time we get to early afternoon. the clouds win out today i am tracking the threat for drizzle and a steady rain heavy rain on sunday. we will time it out together when we come back as you take a

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>> lump sum you know 428 million. no big deal. there is a 17% chance that no one will win the big jackpot prize so if that happens, the jackpot could jump to 1 billion yep billion with a b dollars. >> like dr. evil when you said that one billion dollars. >> it turns out some states are luckier than others. paced on past power ball jackpots, the states where poem have won the most are pennsylvania, followed by indiana, louisiana, florida and missouri. here in massachusetts, we have had 3 winners. >> danielle what do you say we have kathryn go on a road trip and buy power ball tickets down in pennsylvania. >> sound good. that's what we will do. >> you know my volunteerism you put me out there any time. >> you are a good person. >> you were saying chris, we are due number 4 in massachusetts to be this weekend. so,. >> let's do it. >> good luck to everybody. we will see what happens. by the way, we have wet weather on the way for the weekend as well.

it's going to be a soaking rain too with significant rain a few rumble of thunder maybe possible isolated. rain is heavy at times. and the heaviest rain comes in on sunday afternoon to early evening. mainly between a half an inch and an inch and a half but likely higher tote nals heavier bands. we need mid-50s to break the record and may get there in some communities. wide range in temperatures out the door right now by the way. depending on where you are. we have got teens and 20s and 40s. and singeling digits 11 in in boston. look at the wide range in southeastern massachusetts from 18 in taunton to 39 and 41 in marshfield. so will is a within off the ocean water temperatures in the 40s dragging in milder air. low 40s from providencetown to chatham and nantucket as well. there's been clouds in place. clouds will win out today. so with that wind coming in off the ocean it drags in some of

and the wet weather is well to the south and west though. so for us, it's a little bit of drizzle that may develop after the evening commute tonight and into the morning hours tomorrow. and anything that does develop again drizzle should be very light but all it takes is just a touch of freezing drizzle to slickent roads. we may get he that in a couple spots mainly outside 495 early tomorrow morning. otherwise i say tomorrow is the pick of the weekend because it will be mostly dry but it's not going to be a pretty day. a lot of clouds will be around. sunday, the rain moves in and rains hard. and it wraps up by sunday evening. monday will feature a cooling temperature. we will fall through the 30s on monday. so that's something to prep for after being so mild on sunday afternoon. hour by hour, couple of isolated showers possible tomorrow. early tomorrow morning, there may be a few slick spots if that freezing drizzle develops but it would be mainly the route 2 corridor outside of 495. and sunday morning, 7 a.m., mainly dry but rain approaching. moving in from west to east by late morning.

downpours rumble of thunder possible and most of us end up with that half an inch to a inch and half but it's a good soaking rain on the way. today's highs lower 40s and it's tomorrow that we jump into the mid-40s and some -- in some spots and by the time we get to sunday, it's regard warmth and some spots close to 60. it's going to be a gusty wind too. the wend may gust to 40 to 50 miles an hour sunday afternoon. falling temperatures on monday and we bring a chance of snow in by wednesday. had a blast yesterday by the way with the 5th graders at the sheehan school in westwood. they were smart and had a ton ofenergy and knew a lot about the weather. have a great rest of the school year. traffic and weather together. i think they were hoping for a couple snow days. >> reporter: you show them the dvd. >> yeah we showed them accu- weathe>> reporter: we have to show that to the viewers. >> it has trivia and ever. >> funny and educational and shows the weather team i like it.

north and south of the city right now danielle. causing problems latest we will look at right now from skyeye 4. 93 south bund before montvale avenue the two right lanes are blocked. bumper to bumper backup is route 129 in wilmington and that's about a 15 minute backup right now. check the south map earlier crash in braintree 128 southbound before the split left a residual backup to route 38, 10 minute delay. expressway northbound is bumper to bumper between granite and savein hill taking 8 minutes and route 3 northbound between union street and the plight. chris. >> thanks very much. 6:19 right now. to campaign 2016. a crowd of people lining up to see donald trump in vermont. his event yesterday comes as the gop front-runner is launching a new attack ad against hillary clinton. >> he is using bill clinton's past to attack her presidential campaign. jon keller looks at trump's new strategy.

>> reporter: what are sexting former congressman anthony weiner and alleged serial molester bill cosby doing in a presidential campaign ad? >> and human rights are women's rights. >> reporter: they costar in a new trump web ad mobbing hillary's core asset her advocacy for women. and trump once again uses the checkered past of former president bill clinton as a weapon against her. >> women's rights are human rights and. >> i don't have a response. >> reporter: campaigning in iowa, bill clinton refused to engage with trump a strategy his wife has already endorsed. >> i am going to let him live in his alternative reality and i am not going to respond. >> reporter: but it was hillary who toned trump earlier by telling an iowa newspaper he had "a penchent for sex. >> i hit her back and talked about her husband and the abuse of women and tremendous abuse it's tremendous abuse.

a tactic that excites gop voteers who abhoosh both clintons and helps trump diminish his republican challengers by pretenning a showdown is underway and like it or loathe it trump is once again showing how adept he is and exploding tabloid sensibility for political purpose. >> once and for all let's keep fighting for opportunity and dignity. >> reporter: your feedback is welcomed on this via e-may at keller@wbz.com or at tweeter at keller at large. coming up the celtics hitting the road without the head coach. >> patriots enjoying a first round bye for the playoffs. gronk sharing his big plans for the weekend. stay with us.

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welcome back. 6:24. patriots resting up during the bye week before making another playoff push. >> plus the cell extake on the bulls without the head coach. dan roche explains. >> celtics were in chicago without the head coach. brad stevens flew to indiana to be with a former butler player andrew smith who is battling cancer. assistant filling in for stevens on the bench after falters on wednesday against detroit the green looked good out of the gate with a 10-point first halflead but things went down from fr will. there. 18 boards. rose 18 celts louse for the second night in row 101-92. tom preyedy and patriots had another walk through yesterday. number 12 looking even more comfortable jogging than a couple days ago with the pats ennoig joying the bye rob

tv. >> i always have been a fan of football and watched nfl and it's great to sit back and whenever i can this year you sit back and enjoy the games and you know pop a little sports drink you know not no pop or soda. and lay back and watch the games and it's cool to see how the games go down and enjoy them. >> no pop or soda for gronk. one of the nfl note the broncos announce that peyton manning will start at quarterback in the divisional playoff game next sunday many no surprise manning getting the nod over osweiler though a condition ver tv station says osweiler has a strain in the knee as well. dan roche wbz sports. a lot more in the next half- hour. investigators are heading back to the site of a chemical plant explosion. what they will look for today. >> plus we have bad news for renters in the boston area. >> also developing overnight a wild fire burning out of control.

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several workers hurt in an explosion at a chemical plant. what investigators are hoping to learn when they go back to the site today. >> two terror arrests in two separate states. the link officials say the suspects have to isis. >> and a secret service agent paralyzed in crash vowing to walk again. his fiancee's inspiring message months before the wedding. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz this morning. >> good morning. it's 6:30. welcome back i am chris mckennon. >> and i am kathryn hauser happy friday. we are gearing up for the weekend coming around. >> we are almost there. >> hmm there. and hey it's not -- we are almost there. >> hey i not going to be as nice as the past couple days we have rain on way. so if tough pick saturday is the pick but this is not a bad start right? a little cloud cover adding decoration to the sky this

sun not up, up at 7:13 officially this morning. we get blue skies and color poking over the horizon adding to some of the color. this morning bus stop forecast heavy coat sunrise 7:13, temperatures in the 20s on average. there are spots in the teens. we will be near 40 by the end of school and 18 this taunton right now. 31 in the city of boston. 16 in nashua and 40s on the cape. there's a bit of a real feel deeping where you are. nashua at 26. and it's been gusty 30 miles per hour at times. look at clouds filling in now in eastern massachusetts. so, these are going to expand westward here through the day and they will win out at times through the course of the afternoon. so 30s at the coast, and temperatures rising through the 20s and near 40 with variable cloud cover through the midday lunch but we should stay dry. patchy drizzle should hold off until after the evening commute. traffic and weather together how is it looking. >> reporter: good news on the

93 south bund before mountvale avenue two right lanes were closed but state police have everything off to the breakdown lane and that's great and we are seeing residual backups between montvale and route 129. creating a delay of 10 minute. 93 southbound heavy and slow between medford square and the connector. now the south with a quick peek at the map. earlier crash on 128 cleared. so nice and smooth now between southbound. he is expressway northbound backed up between adams street and saven hill a 10ment backup several workers critically injured in a chemical plant explosion in north andover. and this is not the if first incident at this site. >> investigators will be back out there today in just a few hours our nicole jacobs is live with what the investigators are hoping to learn this morning. hi nicole. >> reporter: hi chris good

dow chemical plant is closed this morning. this is as far as we can g investigators are spec to be back at the plant -- expected to be back at the plant today. we were told yesterday they were unable to get inside the actual laboratory because of the conditions of the bidding but hopefully they can do that this morning when they return. the blast happened yesterday afternoon at the dow chemical plant. officials believe it was the result of a chemical reacting with water four people were critically injured three flown to boston hospital. another explosion happened in 2013 but the fire marshal says the two incidents were not related. >> twais a -- it was a different chemical and operation that resulted in that incident. >> reporter: so they are hoping to further confirm the exact cause of this explosion. again, they are expected to return here this morning at 10 a.m. live in north andover nicole jacobs wbz this morning.

update this morning. 6:33 right now. police are searching for the suspect in an apparent road rage incident on the south shore. susie sometimeel is live in braintree -- steimle is live in braintree with the details. >> reporter: good morning. this incident happened in a very public place. police are calling it some kind of an incident of road rage. two men got into a fight at an intersection near south shore plaza. they then drove bound the road a little ways before both pulling over. that's when one ended up with stab wounds and the other took off. we talked to a couple of witnesses last night who say that they saw bystanders helping the man who was bleeding profusely from several stab wounds to the upper body. we heard from two young men who ran out of the barnes and noble park lot to see the whole scene unfolding. >> we heard him screaming. >> he said he was actually like walking in the street with blood covered all over him. so he went to the grass and

the first couple police cars. >> reporter: the victim of the stabbing was awake and talking last night. police calling this a very active and open investigation. they spent a considerable amount of time on the scene trying to gather evidence they are hoping will help them track down the suspect's car. live in braintree, susie steimle wbz this morning. and state police arrest a man they say led them on a chase from dennis all the way to middleboro. officers say the man threatened to harm others and police thought he was armed. once he came to a stop they found a fake handgun inside the car. secret service agent determined to walk after a crash this new hampshire that left him paralyzed. now his fiancee is speaking out about the journey. bree is here with more. >> reporter: good morning. this couple has been together for nine years. and they are planning a wedding in march. a week and half ago joan lyall

>> it was garrett on the other end telling me there was an accident and i was the best he loved me. >> reporter: joan lyall fiancee was in a accident and she was hours away. >> and i knew i needed to get there as fast as i could. >> reporter: garrett fitzgerald a secret service agent on the job for only months was one of four agents seriously injured when another car hit them head on in new hampshire. >> i fell in love with him for his eyes and smile and i see him in the hospital room cohave said so many things and i walked in and he says hey babe i knew we would find way too get through this. >> reporter: garrett suffered a serious spinal cord injury for below the shoulders. >> he is regaining every day doing a little more and moving exciting. and you know, little victories. >> reporter: that march wed something still on although it might be delayed.

it will be her dream come true. chris back to you. >> thanks very much for the update this morning. 6:37 right now on your friday morning. for the first time ever the average boston rent is now more than 2,000 dollars a month. that's according to the boston business journal. rents are up-over 5% over last year make it the 4th most expensive in the country behind new york san francisco and san jose. it -- it cost a lot to gib her but we getting the education we pay for. education week is out with the quality counts report and massachusetts is at number one. meaning kids here are getting the best education in the country. the reports report ranks states on student achievement and how well schools prepare students to succeed. it's 6:37. time for our daily talker on this friday. we are still talking about power ball. if you actually defy the odds and won, would you want your identity to be remain private. >> you might be surprised to

robi is here with more on this one. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you wint lotsry in massachusetts regulations say your name becomes a matter of public record. what happens if you hit the power ball jackpot? the website gives this advice. you should probably lawyer up. here are happy faces of people of who have won cash prizes. the fine print says your name city anton you live in image and the amount of you want becomes a matter of public record. mass state lottery has the right to plaster ug your mug to publicize the winners. power ball regulations is different. some states have laws requiring the lottery to release the name of winners and the city they live in but only if someonerequest it. certainly states are period of anonymity to the winners so they can take their time to get used to the new rich lifestyle. the website involves you to

laws 6 your -- of your state and shield you through the pesky news mediaee ask would you go out and be public or want to be anonymous someone who wouldn't give their name on web sight says anonymous otherwise friends and relatives and others wanting money would be after me like fleas on a dog. and on facebook mike says i get the whole idea of announcing the winner's name to show trance apparent sigh but when you have -- news stories every 5 seconds when there's a big jackpot isn't that enough. mike goes by the name news critic on facebook and twitter. all right. you can comment on our story and dealy talker and go to the website twitter or facebook. not just during the morning show but comment all day long. chris and kathryn. >> it's fun to dream. >> yes. >> i think about that what if. coming up remember the explosion at rhode island beach? the new details causing concern this morning. >> plus, two men arrested in the united states, how officials say they are linked to isis.

and a shovel or two last winter. up next the real cost of the severe weather. good morning danielle. >> good morning kathryn and everybody. checking in with weather watchers great to see so many reports. everybody is up and getting the day going. happy friday. shawn says 24 and ashland we have had clouds moving in and i am tracking wet weather for the weekend. i will let you know when ran

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6:43 on your friday morning. hey. look at that. we have seen some wild weather acrosses country lately and experts say last year there were 10 weather disasters that caused a billion dollars or more in damage. >> among them record breaking snowfall but despite all that winter weather 2015 was the second warmest year on record in the u.s. that's funny to think watching this video night wild. we are dealing with some crazy weather patterns out there. >> we haven't had significant snowfall but. >> it's all right. >> to the trip down memory lane. >> we did. why not. >> see the sido -- video. >> overthe heads it's like memories of last winter.

not snowfall. we will drag in warm air and be in the 50s by sunday. we will talk about that in a second. in concord, 20 degrees right now. in braintree at 31 and wednesdayy elementary school in boston sitting at 31 as well. -- quincy elementary school in boston sitting at 31 as well. teens in taunton but depends where you are in the the 20s from new hampshire sea coast. 31 in boston. 43 marshfield and 20 and teens from taunton and new bedford. depends on the wind direction. ocean temperatures in the 40s. 43 in providence town. and low 40s on nantucket. the deck of low clouds has been filling in too. we may get sunshine this morning and then the clouds will tend to fill in and win out during the day today. we'll also have some late day cirrus clouds coming in from the southwest. so clouds in all different directions but we should stay mostly dry so a lot of dry air in place. so as the atmosphere starts to get saturated today, we may get

light drizzle that develops after the evening commute tonight into tomorrow morning. doesn't look abe a whole lot but a few spots where temperatures right around freezing tonight and early tomorrow morning. techly in the suburbs and outside boston north and west of the city. just watch out for a couple slick spots tomorrow morning. keep a close eye on the car thermometer it's a borderline event and tonight look like a big deal but it's something to watch. rest of the saturday is fine but sunday the rain moves in and rains hard sunday afternoon wrapping up during the evening and ending as a little bit of snow in northern new england for the mountains and colder air comes in as we head into the day on monday. so cold start to next week. here's hour by hour. zoomed in closer notice a couple green blips on the radar. so maybe an isolated shower or patch or two of drizzle during the day tomorrow. and it's tomorrow night that we get a few showers to fill in. sunday morning 7 a.m. still dry in eastern massachusetts but the rain fills in from west to east deep

and it will rain hard and an isolated thunderstorm out not out of the question. and sunday evening the rain will wap up -- wrap up and taper off in intensity. how many rain will fall. for most us the blues indicate a half inch to an inch and a half and that's where most of us will end and there may be local higher amounts. high temperatures today, right around 40 degrees just over that in the city. tonight the patchy drizzle because we will be around 30 in the suburbs will have to watch for a couple slick spots. mostly cloudy and isolated shower tomorrow. and then the soing -- soaking rain on sunday. falling temperatures on monday through the 30s and clouds increase on tuesday and we will bring a chance of snow in doesn't look like major storm but light snow on wednesday cold upper 30s on thursday. what's the latest. >> reporter: we have what few crashes this morning. but overall it has not been that bad of a commute for friday. so look at the north map 93 southbound now bumper to bumper from montvale to route 62 after an earlier accident.

medford to boston on 93 south bund will take about the same amount of time. to the south really the only bumper to bumper ride is the expressway northbound jammedded from adams to savein hill 10 minute ride there. chris. >> thanks very much. it's 6:47. we will check top stories this morning. investigators will be back at the site of a chemical explosion in north andover. >> four people from dow chemical were seriously hurt. we are told employees were working with a volatile chemical yesterday afternoon when it reacted with water causing the explosion. that chemical is used to make l.e.d. lights. a deadly accident happened at same plant in 2013 but the state fire marshal says the two incidents are not related. and this morning braintree police are investigating a possible road rage incident. expressway. good samaritans rushed to help randolph. police took another car from the scene but the suspect's

arrested two men in two states both they say have ties to the islamic state militants. a man in california is accused of traveling to syria to fight with terrorists and lying to investigators about it. a second man in texas has been indicted on trying to provide material support to extremists. this wild fire burning in western australia is out of control right now. three people are missing 4 firefighters have been hurt and 95 homes were destroyed. investigators think lightning strikes sparked the flames on wednesday. in boston. nbc announcing it will pull affiliation with whdh channel 7. the network will launch a new station nbc baston on january 1st, 2017. the new nbc station will air over the air on channel 60 which is currently telemundo. so that means nbc programming will no longer air on channel

affiliate for 20 years sun beam television which owns whdh is taking this to court. the playoffs start this weekend but never too early to start talking super bowl. coldplay won't be alone when they take the stage. >> they will be beyond by a special guest. to the halftime stage and you can see the halftime show and hopfully the pats and super bowl 50 here on wbz on february 7th. that will be here before you know it. >> it will and that moons we are getting towards the end of winter which is great. >> i like that optimism. you remember the explosion on a rhode island beach? we have. >> he due tales causing concerns. >> and in the "healthwatch" the dessert that could calm the nagging cough. >> and trying to lose weight? how tacos could actually do the

good morning once again 6:52. a warning from investigators looking into the explosion at a crowded roadland" beach last sum-- rhode island beach last summer they believe it was cause by hydrogen that built up around a croweded coast guard cable and say that kind cable may be buried under beaches harbors and waterways in 12 states. but the coast guard can't say for sure without digging all of the suspected locations. when it comes to soothing a

and lemon and go for chocolate a british doctor says people are sore throat got better faster with chocolate medicine and they think the sickness coats the throat and prevents the urge to cough. previous studies prove it's better than codine when it comes to throat care. and chocolate sound good to you? listen to scientists in texas designed a new 30 day cleanse routine all around tacos. but don't expect to get all your meals at taco bell. the recipes are vegan and full of healthy super foods. you really have to love tacos because you are on the menu for three meals a day every single day. >> that's a lot of tacos. it does change your life taco lens. it's 6:5 #. time for a close being look at when's coming up on cbs this morning. >> let's check in with nora o'donnell good morning. >> good morning chris and kathryn. ahead on cbs this morning major garrett visits the ted cruz bus and talks with the presidential

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