traffic together alstraight ahead on wbz this morning. right now. >> right now at 5 a snowy start. how long the snow showers stick around in your hour by hour forecast. >> a local student back inmassachusetts after being imprisoned in iran. >> a local man among 12 missing marines in hawaii. the search underway this morning as the coast guard vows to find answers. >> and rivalry renewed. it will be tom brady and patriots taking on peyton manning and the the broncos in denver -- and the broncos in denver. a closer look at the afc championship game. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you it's 5:00 i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. many of us will be waking up noticing there's a decent

pike. main roads if they are treated pretty smooth but secondary roads you have to look out for. head out. >> lot of people have the day off because of martin luther king junior day but those heading into work you will want to make sure to take it slow. let's check in with pamela gardner in for danielle niles >> it is. all of it will be out of here after 8 a.m. and the rest of the day will just be dealing with the cold and windy conditions. current radar picture want to zoom you into particular locations like boston at this time moderate snow to heavy snow burst just about to take off. outside 128 right now, but allowing for an additional quick 1 to 3 inches of snow depending on where the heaviest snow and the heaviest band at this point in time towards bedford and through medfield and moving towards sharon and will continue to give you low visibility traveling on road 128 that's where we will have

the next 20 minutes or so. and as we head to the south we have new snow showers moving through fall river and new bedford and just a local at fall river. all locations in that town experiencing some moderate snowfall. winter weather advisory continues until 10 a.m. for the counties in purple and that includes downtown boston travel is going to be slick for next few hours. hour by hour forecast we get all this out of here and by 11 a.m., we will start to see burst of sunshine a few flurries may linger in the forecast. however, it's going to be the cold that you notice temperatures staying in the 20s and the wind really picks up from the west. dangerous wind chills on the tomorrow. we will go through the numbers in just a few minutes. now. >> reporter: bad news is the snow sek sped to last through most of the -- expected to last through most of the morning commute but we expect fewer cars because of the holiday. not hearing about any accidents out there yet. pike.

you can see they are starting to come by on the westbound side as we speak. no reports of problems on thepike. south map shows lots green. expressway light volume but it's moving right along. take a look at north same deal 93 looks good coming from andover and the rest of the routes from the south are trouble free. >> thanks very much. we start with a developing story this morning. the search is on for three americans believed to be kidnapped in iraq. >> an arab newschannel reported they were on their way to baghdad international airport when they were kidnapped by militias. u.s. embassy in baghdad confirmed several americans are missing. we will stay on top of this and bring you updates when they come in. a 30-year-old student from hingham is back this morning after being imprisoned in eye ran for 40 days. the release is as the iranian government freed four other americans. >> it was part of a separate negotiation brokered by secretary of state john kerry.

morning with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. a relieved family this morning to have their son home after being held for 40 days. apart from that his release was that prisoner swap and, of course, that caused the u.s. and iran to act. for 40 days he was held hostage in tehran and in the country taking part in a 4 month intensive language program at tehran university. >> we are very excite and happy to hear matt's voice today. >> reporter: but finally his mother is at peace her 30-year- old son was released from an iranian prison. >> we are thrilled he is out of iran. >> reporter: and now back at home. he he a-- he arrive at boston logan airport and prior to his return her mold mother said. >> we are looking forward to see him. >> reporter: and four other americans were released. the u.s. freed two eye rapeian

federal detention center in houston. >> once again we are seeing what's possible with strong american diplomacy. >> reporter: though his release appears to be apart from theprisoner swap his mother is relieved. >> we are happy about that and excited he is out of the country. >> reporter: a total of 7 iranian prisoners were released. as for the americans who fall under the prisoner swap, three will make their way back to the u.s. although one has choseen to stay in iran. nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> thank you for the update it's 5:05. this morning new video as the coast guard searches for 12 marines including a hingham native that went missing on thursday when two helicopterrers they were in crashed into each other. coast guard says they have no intention of calling off the search. they found debris from the helicopters off oahu. christopher orlando was on board.

in hawaii. new england road to the super bowl will be going through denver. the broncos beat pittsburgh steelers yesterday and that means the afc championship game will feature a familiar rivalry. tom brady against peyton manning. susie sometimeel is live at gillette stadium with what fans are saying about the big matchup next weekend. good morning susie. >> reporter: good morning chris. most pats fans are feeling pretty confident going into the afc ham piionship and think they can take on denver fine. although last night they werecheering for a different team hoping for another outcome. only the playoffs can turn football foes into friends. patriots fans crowd into the keen to cheer on. >> pittsburgh. >> cheering for pittsburgh but at the stage you try to hope for the best opponent you can and pittsburgh won they come to us play in gillette and that helps but it's okay i think patriots can handle it either way.

home game against the steelers rather than facing broncos for the afc championship. tom preyedy and peyton man will go face-off again in denver. >> well, it will be the broncos versus the patriots and we will enjoy this one tonight. and i think you knew the answer was coming and to quote bill belichick we will be onto new- land and i will talk about them on wednesday. >> reporter: just like this the alliance between new england and pittsburgh is over. >> we were -- we were cheering for pittsburgh. >> yeah wanted another home game. >> reporter: what was that like pulling for pittsburgh. >> felt weird but i was willing to do it for 24 hours. >> reporter: all right so now it's the pats versus broncos and the air cardinals will take on the panthers. all teams hoping to make it to the super bowl in february. live in foxboro susie sometime neil a snowy scene there thanks very much. boston police are looking for a suspect who shot a man in

the suspect fired shots on faceston street three bulletshate 30-year-old man standing in a doorway and he is expected tosurvive. police are not sure if it was a random incident or if the victim was being targeted. a chelsea woman is recovering this morning after she was brutally attacked and robbed while walking home from work and today police are looking for three men who beat her. this happened on lynn street extension around 9:30 saturday night. she isth victim is in her 20s and told police the men jumped her and kicked her and slashed her and took her belongings. it's 5: 08. this morning police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a former police officer. police were at the home of 294 forest street where the alleged murder-suicide took place. this morning neighbors and retired waltham police officer confirmed to wbz the people living inside the home were former waltham police officer

jeannin knee for something-- januarynin knee for something like that to happen this way is never heard of. >> you never know the situation it could be something between you know something happened to push him so far. >> waltham police are handling the -- handing the case over to the middlesex district torn's office. they have not officially the case. police in auburn are trying to find out who shot out the windows of several cars. now about 20 people on rockland sumner and boys streets called to report their windows were shattered. gun. a pennsylvania woman will face a judge in new hampshire next month after state police clocked her going more than 100 miles an hour on 93. troopers pulled over kala and she is charged with reckless driving. hillary clinton and bernie

sanders is leading in new hampshire and tied with clinton in iowa. sanders just released details on his health care plan but clinton says we have the affordable care act. >> you are talking about health care, the details really matter. and therefore we have been raising questions about the 9 bills he introduced over 20 years as to how they would work and what would be the impact on people's health care he didn't like that. >> i made the affordable care act along with jim clyburn a piece of legislation. i voted for it. but right now what we have to deal with is the fact that 29 million people still have no health insurance. >> a new poll gives clinton a 25 point lead over sanders nationwide. 5:10. today stewed antes cross the state are being asked to give their time in honor of a man who what dream. project 351 # is the state initial any of to send a group

service to honor dr. martin luther king's legacy. students are nominated by a teacher and this weekend our own lisa hughes was with the governor at samuel hall he's launched the program. >> dr. king talked about the rnlgencey of now in that same peach-- the urgenceies of -- speech. habit forming okay. we talk about that a lot. good habits are habit forming. >> students also recited dr. king's i have a dream speech and dr. king was born on january 15th but his memory is celebrated on the third monday of january. coming up, sean penn opening up exclusively to cbs news about the controversial interview with el chapo. >> why the actor wanted to meet with the drug lord and how he thinks the article turned out. >> and an update on aaron hernandez double murder case when a judge could seat new trial date. good morning pamela.

winter weather advisory in effect until 10 a.m. for a good part of the area here. how long the snow sticks around and when the cold and wind will

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a snowy start to the workweek. a lot of people have off but if you are going into work today, keep an eye to the sky. snow is falling across the

>> here's a live look along route 53 in norwell from photographer pat guiler out there this morning. and you can see it's coming down but the roads look to be okay. >> exactly. if it has not been treated it could be slick but coming down at good clip. >> that's it. >> pamela geb us the update here. >> okay so still dealing with the snow for the next couple hours snowfall reports are coming in from the national weather service and rockland 4 inch freetown 3.8. and lexington 1.6 and lynn under an inch and a half of snowfall enough that this is going to make for some tricky travel this morning. if you are out and about, most of the heavy snow showers are right around 495 or eastward. from cape anne to cape cod we are dealing with this snow and downtown boston as well. cambridge summer ssh -- soller -- somerville and marble head

we are getting heavier snow bands and one snow band in particular moving across 128 will allow for some quick accumulation as well as some low visibility. maybe a gust of wind as we take local looks and road views. bedford to lexington and the snow band continues to march eastward. cape anne as we head to the north is switch a man chest erin gloucester and the snow showers will continue to give you guys an additional 1 to 2 inches of accusing lame -- accumulation. winter weather advisory until 10 a.m. after that it will brighten up in the sky a bit. all the heavy snow out of here accumulation over with but we will is have an isolated flor grit forecast. cold and wind will-- flurry in the forecast. cold and wind winds will stick around. higher elevation to the north dealing with height accumulation but that's great news for the skiers head hing

the north. we have some lingering flurries dry. no additional snow accumulation out of that. and notice the temperatures. we click back into the low 20s and upper tunes by 5. colder air funneling in overnight into tuesday morning and we have some lower teens for the actual even worse. current temperatures right now 27 boston. notice these are our high temperatures for the day. we are going to get worse overnight as lows dip into the lower teens and we have single digit numbers reported too into tomorrow morning. manchester portland 9 and 19 in hyannis and nantucket 23. new bedford 16 and the real feel forecast as the winds stay strong from the west with gusts potentially up to 40 miles per hour, it will actually feel like below zero in many locations through tuesday 7 a.m. kids at the bus stop as they return to school you will want

are waiting at the bus stop. day forecast. it will stick around. tuesday deceiving sunshine wind chill values around zero with full sun ahead wednesday, thursday and into friday. chance for snow friday into saturday and sunday. and this system questionable with the timing of the track at this point in time. keep it in your mind here because it could either mean heavy snowfall or it could mean traffic and weather together. >> reporter: reports of our first accident of the morning right now. this one is south of the city down in sharon 95 southbound just after route 1 total traffic network is telling me right now that it's a rollover down there also to the south. 93 northbound bumper to bumper from derby street in hingham up to union street in braintree. let's look at the mass pike because we are hearing reports from the state police that the

40 miles per hour from stoushage from boston and to the new york border on the westbound side so take it slow and other major routes will have to reduce speed limits as well. 5:19. this week a judge is expected to set a new trial date for former patriots star aaron hernandez. he is accused of killing two men outside a boston nightclub in 2012. he pleaded not guilty and the trial is the latest in the case was expected to start this month but a judge delayed it due to a battle over evidence in the case. hernandez is serving a life lloyd. the mayor is going to deliver the second state of the city address tomorrow night. he is going to focus on his economic plans which help bring ge to the hub as well as his data driven approach to government. the globe reports the protesters upset with the way the mayor is handling boston public schools will also be there even though the mayor approved a 13.5 million dollar increase in the budget.

state of the city address tomorrow night here on wbz that's at 7:30. sean penn is defending his interview with el chapo saying he wanted to start a broader drugs. charlie rose's interview with penn aired last night on 60 minutes. penn calls him sea of experimental journalist and says he arranged a meeting with el chapo through a connection with kate del castillo. and says that the mexican government had a score to settle with the drug lord. >> they were clearly very humiliated by the notion that someone found him before they did but no one found them before he did we are not smarter than the dea or mexican intelligence. we had a contact upon which we were able to facilitate an invitation. >> penn says he believes his rolling stone article failed to achieve his goals. it's 5:20 right now we appreciate you being here. up next the afc championship

meet a familiar rival. >> another brady-manning matchup is on the way. steve burton has a closer look at their history.

welcome back. afc championship game is set and the pats will be heading to denver. >> go pats. steve burton has more on morning sports. >> well good morning. you note pats took care of business -- know the pats took care of business saturday and yesterday they could relax and sit by the tv and watch. who would they play next denver or pittsburgh if pittsburgh won the steelers would come here. but the flight is booked they are head to the mile high city because pittsburgh couldn't get it done. pick this up late in the fourth. steelers cling to a 1 point lead but not the football. to a ussiant lose it and cj anderson from a yard out. after the two point conversion they have a lead with 3 minutes left in the game. steelers last chance 4th and 5. roethlisberger is sacked. that's it.

manning and brady one more time with the winner going to the super bowl. >> well, our defense is just been outstanding all season and led us to this point. let's make that clear and different guys step up at different times all season. but you have to be a good team to win these playoff games and tough win as a team and so, defense did a great job holding them and offensively we did just enough to win. >> fumbles so there it is pay bonkos -- broncos. brady and manning for the 17th time. wbz has it all. pats continue to drive for five. what a script you couldn't have written it better as two future hall of famers go at it with the winner advancing to super bowl a 50* in the balance. that's sports steve burton now over to you. >> hashtag drive for five. >> go pats. >> go pats. we are getting the first look at a super fan who got the red carpet treatment at

>> special 8-year-old dorian murray from westerly suffers from a rare pediatric cancer and his dying wish to become famous so robert kraft invited dorian and his family to the game and they got to ride in a stretch limo. there's the red carpet and he got the full star treatment. just so nice and the gronk jersey. >> yeah look at the shades he looks fantastic. >> he had a entourage. coming up in the next half- hour police in one community searching for suspects who beat a dog. >> office aers are calling the crime an isolated incident. >> plus, how a new bill up for debate on beacon hill could strengthen the privacy of your health records. >> good morning. there. and heaviest snow bands are moving towards boston at this time. light accumulation with a spot. coming up. here's a live look outside.

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right now at 5:30 the snow continues to pile up. how long this snow will stick around in your hour by hour forecast. >> a local student back here in massachusetts this morning. after being imprisoned in iran the role john kerry played in his refleece a local man among 12 missing marines in hawaii. the search underway this morning as the coast guard vows to find answers. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning everybody. great to have you with us on a snowy monday. i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. pamela gardner in for danielle niles. people have the day off because martin luther king day. >> relax and enjoy the beauty of the snowflakes. >> right. >> less cars on the road which is a good thing. >> if tough travel out there, this is going to last for the next couple hours.

get to where you need to go. we will look live and local looks at radar. heaviest snow where it's starting to move in to downtown boston at this time and most of the snow concentrated around the coastline. temperatures in the upper 20s and so we are dealing with some light and informy snow allowing for slightly higher snow totalsthan if we had temperatures around freezing. boston came brag -- cambridge and all of the heavier snow is piling up and pushing towards the airport and we are awaiting the latest information with how much snow the airport has recorded. so far newton and watertown getting a heavy snow burst but heaviest snow pushing out. woburn get a down burst of snow and you could experience a gusty wind in the snow squalls as well. the heaviest snow will move out of boston within the next 20 to 40 minutes and this is a quick moving system. to west in the beer shiers we are -- berk-- berkshires we are getting light snow. most accumulation will wrap up

there's still a winter weather advisory in effect until 10 a.m. for counties in purple of the travel is hazardous for the next few hours. hour by hour timing as we go through the morning 8 a.m. the heaviest snow bands are out of here he. we will see -- of here. we will see a few snowflakes falling from the sky but temperatures will be the main story this afternoon as we see partly cloudy skies windy conditions and high of 27 degrees. we are hitting that right now. temperatures had fall into the teens tonight and then dangerous wind chills for tuesday morning. we will go through all of those numbers coming up in the 7-day forecast. traffic and weather together robi. >> reporter: pamela state police urging drivers to keep their speeds down on the mass pike. let's look live over the pike in brighton. speed limit is lowered to 40 miles per hour on the pike eastbound from sturbridge to alton brighton tolls and to the south we are see a bumper to bumper right on route 3 northbound between from hingham up to braintree most likely due

and as we look at the north map we don't have major slow downs but you see lot of yellow on the major routes out there. speeds are reduced but we are not seeing heavy volume out there right now. chris there 5:33-- 5:33. checking our top store yeas hingham student is home after spending 40 days in an iran young prison 30-year-old matthew trevithick was studying language at tehran university when he was jailed. official gave no reason. globe reports john kerry personally pressed for his release. four other americans were we lease -- released in prisoner swap. the coast guard is searching for 12 marines including one from hingham. they were traveling in two helicopters off the hawaiian coast when they collided and crashed on thursday. crews found debris off oahu christopher orlando from hingham is a flight crew chief who is on board the coast guard says they have no intention of

right now police are trying to track down suspects who beat a dog in rutland. two men took a stick and hit the dog saturday afternoon. this was on maple avenue. the men ran off when the owner rap outside to rest -- ran outside to rest cute dog. police believe it was -- rescue the dog. police believe it was a isolated incident and the dog was targeted. a new bill could strengthen the privacy of your medical reports to make sure health care information is not shared with other members on the same insurance plan. that way young people could keep records confidential from parents. supporters say this would allow young people who are victims of abuse to seek help without fear their abuser or parent will find out. it's 5:34 and in other news the massachusetts bar association is starting a free legal assistance program to help fight the opioid crisis. the program offers health topeople seek court order substance abuse treatment for a friend or family member. norfolk county residents can contact the help line to be put in touch with volunteers

including going to court. the help line is the first of its kind here in massachusetts. hundreds of people are answering the call to help a police officer whose house burned down in royalston. bill chapman and his faply lost their home last wednesday morning -- family lost their home last wednesday morning. in less than week a gofundme page raised more than 47,000 dollars for officer chapman and his family. he grew up in the area and is well-known for training bloodhounds. we are getting a first look at the new pace car for the boston marathon. acura team up with the baa to design it. artists put the finishing touches on the pant job yesterday. the marathon is -- paint job yesterday. the marathon is april 18th and wbz is a proud sponsor. >> that's cool car. >> cool looking yeah. still aid ahead-- still ahead, look ditching textbooks.

defeated kansas city on saturday but sunday night they didn't get the oon the they were hoping for, for the next round. >> reporter: it's polite to say please. >> school is giving up on the word to teach kids without the word please, it's supposed to help with discipline but not everyone is convinced. we want to know what you think.

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it is 5:38 on your monday morning. getting some digital help with homework many websites and apps

they be helping too much. >> this morning we are looking at how parents can monitor technology their children are using. >> reporter: lauren grubs uses textbooks but more often she is using websites and apps. >> i rely on them heavily actually because if i need help that's the go to thing i go to. >> reporter: when it comes to homework help the most popular sites include grammarly which finds and creates gramor mistax and spark notes to find studyguides for literature. experts say they can relieve pressure. >> homework demands are going up and so many kids may be feeling stressed by the amount of homework they have. >> reporter: there are concerns homework stress can tempt kids have the programs do the work for them. some sites and apps provide complete answers which doesn't help in the long run. >> they are depriving themselves of the opportunity for interaction and learning if they use a app to get it right and never learn what they

>> reporter: educators suggest parents monitor homework closely to make sure their child is focused and not cheating and consider brushing up on subjects to be more helpful and ask teachers to recommend appropriate sites. >> the world's libraries are opened to us. >> reporter: professor harris scooper -- cooper sees the trend continuing to grow. >> a touch of a button that can bring us knowledge from anywhere in the world no matter where we are and that's a pretty amazing and very positive thing. >> a poll of students in 2014 found high schoolers reported spending about 3 1/2 hours on homework every night which was up from the previous survey. massachusetts wants to improve the preschooling. more than a dozen cities and towns are sharing in a half million dollar grant to design a high quality program for kids between 3 and 5. the department of early education and care will help look at risk factors like poverty and homelessness and providing more preschool education. it's 5:40 and if you haven't looked outside yet it's snowing.

>> and a look at the top stories including the latest presidential debate democratic candidates facing off. biggest issues taking center stage. >> reporter: and a local man held captive for 40 days in iran is back at home in massachusetts. coming up, his release as well as four other americans. >> time to look at the weather watchers for us and we are getting lots of snow reports. anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of snow depending on where you live. james in fitchburg has 3 inches inches of snow. and 2 inches of snow from our friend kathy in worcester and if you want to be a weather

in good morning thanks for waking up with us. that is live look in norwell. a pretty sight and you can see the snow coming down. people waving up with this image and just keep in mind if the roads have not been treated it can be slick out there and give yourself he extra time to clean off the car. >> route 53 and this is a -- that's a major roadway and yeah you can see the snow is sticking out there for sure. but the good news pamela is that this is a quick hitting storm so it will be out of here soon right. >> yes it will. the next couple hours things will taper off and move out. moving offshore. and the rest of the day, dealing with the cold and wind.

snow totals so far coming in 4 hanover. plymouth reporting 3.1 inches of snow. south weymouth 3 new bedford ubd 3 inches -- under 3 inches of snow. the total will update. over the eastern half of massachusetts from cape anne to cape cod a in between. downtown boston heavier snow showers at this time. cambridge somerville medford north shore and we will zoom in and give you road views. anywhere downtown you are experience low advice it and quick snow accumulation that will make travel tricky if you are trying to head into the city at this time. next couple hours, this will let up and move out. south shore we go scituate and moderate snow moving through taunton and middleboro and lakeville but the last little bit of snow is moving through worcester county right now. the berkshires getting a few

stay in the higher elevations. a few flurries may make their way into the forecast later today. but not like what we experienced overnight or for this morning. winter weather advisory continues until 10 a.m. for the areas in purple here. this scoters areas -- skirts areas inside 495. 6 a.m. we get the latest updated information with the forecast models, 10 a.m., and everything is offshore. we are good to go. temperatures in the 20s and we start to see temperatures falling into the low 20s and upper teens by 4 p.m. and then the wind really starts to kick in. couple passing flurries in between as well and tuesday morning no additional snow accumulation but it will be slick and it will be dangerous with the wind chill temperatures. current temps in the upper 20s and mid-20s for some and hour by hour forecast, you see here in boston, our temperatures are not going to change much at all. if at all actually. as we get the latest numbers in here. 27 degrees still for noon for 1. and then the highs again we

falling into the upper teens for some and low teens elsewhere and even some single digits for the lows wind chill making it feel much worse as we go through the real feel temperature forecast this evening, and into tuesday morning, you see single digits. geerting close to zero and below zero -- getting close to zero and below zero. 7 a.m. below in bedford. 3 below in fitchburg and we have a wind advisory that's been issued. this goes into effect 5 pp tonight to 6 -- 5 p.m. tonightto 6 p.m. tuesday. wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour at times. forecast wind gusts throughout the rest of the next 24 hours or so into tomorrow morning, miles per hour. and then pushing 50 miles per hour later on tuesday on the cape. even here in boston we will get pretty decent wind gusts between 35 and up to 45 miles per hour at times. you.

feeling more like zero with the wind chill. wednesday 29 and thursday 28 and our next system moves in friday into saturday and next sunday. this could either completely miss us or give us decent snow accumulation. too early to put on any totals or track of this. we will keep you updated throughout the whole week. traffic and weather together robi. >> reporter: pretty messy and a lot of the major routes getting word of an accident south of the city now. let's look at the map down inia car off the road 24 northbound just before 44. that's exit 13 not hearing about any lane closure or backup there yet. also route 3 northbound bumper to bumer from derby steed in hingham to union street in braintree because of the snowy conditions and state police have lowered the speed limit on the mass pike to 40 miles per hour eastbound from sturbridge to the tolls and westbound to the new york border. >> thanks. for the patriotsedth road to the super bowl goes through denver. >> a hingham man is back in

here are top stories in this -- on this monday morning. >> reporter: i am nicole jacobs live with more on the hingham man freed from a iranian prison. matt t revithick he was in a 4 month intensive language program in tehran and he is known for humanitarian efforts and spent time in turkey and afghanistan. it's unclear exactly yes was taken prisoner in iran but again he arrived at boston logan airport last night and is now a home with his family. wbz did speak with his mother prior to his return. hear from her coming up at 6. nicole jacobs wbz this morning. this morning three american released from an iranian prison is waking up in germany a fourth decide to stay in iran. they were part of a prison exchange for 7 iranians and iranian americans held in the

americans will be back here in the u.s. >> reporter: good morning i am susie steimle live at gillette stadium where it was a great weekend for the patriots defeating the chiefs on saturday and 27-20 and a number of the fans hung around to continue to watch the playoffs even cheering for the steelers here in foxboro last night. that simply because they were hoping for a home game against the steelers. that didn't work out in their favor and instead they will be take on the broncos and despite the fact they have to go on the road, and they have had trouble there before, most pats fans say they are feeling confident about the rest of the playoffs. hear what peyton manning had to say coming up at 6:00. live in foxboro susie steimle wbz this morning. >> thank you. a pair of very unusual tornadoes ripped through central florida killing 2 people and injuring 5. one twister touched down yesterday morning in man tee county -- manatee county and another touched down minutes later in sarasota county.

close the skyway bridge in tampa. the democrats sparred over health care and gun control in last night's debate. bernie sanders released details what the universal health care plan before the debate hillary clinton said we need to focus on strengthening it's fordable care act and they got into it over gun control with clinton bringing up sanders soft record on gun control. sanders says he has a d minus rating with the nra. investigative journalism drama about boston globe reporting on the clergy sex abuse scandal racks up awards spotlight won best picture prize at last night's critics choice awards other winners included b rie larson and leonardo dicaprio best actor honors for the revenant. it's 35:51 on your -- it's 5:51 on your monday morning time for our daily talker. from the time we are learned to talk we are taught please. >> but a school in north

not say please as controversial new way to discipline students. robi is here with more. >> reporter: the concept is called no nonsense nurturing. teachers are told that students shouldn't be praised for simply doing what they are expected to do and students are only praised when they exceed expectations or go above and beyond. our cbs sister station in charlotte visited a first grade class at drew it's hls academy where teachers are applying the method. one of the reason they are told not to say please is because it gives the students the option to disobey. they are urged not to say thank you. now no nonsees nurturing cofound-- know no nonsees nurturing teachers are taught to use short precise sentence when giving instruction and educators actually receive scripted directions. now there are critics the teacher from lawrence massachusetts who underwent the training commented on the

made her and others talk like robots. she said c3po had more personality than she and her colleagues were allowed to have. okay let's look at some of the comments coming in on the social media platform tony poaf on facebook that's called manners. using please and thank you it should be used. and sandy wrote it's been proven people respond better when please and thank you are saidlike we need to cut down on manners more. this is more dumbing down for our kids. number of ways to comment website twitter facebook. we will read more at 6. >> thanks very much. still to come a. different kind of presidential race in the nation's capital. >> why some giant bobbleheads

welcome back. washington nation ago fans getting a -- national fans to run as president. president's tryouts yesterday in the form of a 40 yard dash from center field to first base. and contestants wore huge i don't know if you call them masks like headdresss 6 president including george washington lincoln and roosevelt. thomas jefferson wanna be found the pressure to be too much. he needed a little help getting up there.

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