we have breaking news at 5:30. boston police are investigating a shooting at a t station in east boston. officers say the two men got in a fight on a train. one opened fire shooting the other.

was also hit. police are still looking for the gunman. the fbi is investigating bomb threats against more than a dozen schools in our state. most came in as automated phone calls and police say it was a hoax. you may remember there were similar threats on friday. tonight our eye is most definitely on the storm. we saw freezing temperatures, strong winds but the real action could arrive this weekend. we are watching the storm that is brewing and we are watching it closely. >> we don't know where it will hit the hardest. that is eric's job. parts of the east coast will get pounded. >> that's a guarantee. this week into saturday, the area where it's locked in, wind, snow, blizzard conditions philly, d.c., virginia, west virginia. these are spots if you have plans friday into saturday, think about what would you do as a different course of action.

it will exit the rockies into the day tomorrow. a pit stop by the gulf coast. picks up moisture from the gulf of mexico and then wraps up in the southeast. this is a lot different compared to the storms we saw last winter. those are developing at home offshore. we will get the mature later phase of the storm system. we had powerhouse level in the midalan particular. that's why the high confidence forecast there. saturday into sunday, the question is how close to the coastline will it wobble. wobble is the right term. little shakes will make a big difference. we are watching saturday into sunday. the entire northeast meg meg meg corridor affected. we have breaking news. the attorney general in texas just declared daily fantasy

he said that sites like the boston based draft kings and fan duel are taking illegal bets. texas is the latest to say it's gambling. police say he is an online impostor that put local women in danger. the details in this case are disturbing. investigators say the quincy man stole the victim's facebook web sites. >> reporter: thomas sheehan stared at the floor as prosecutors detailed his online. >> none of these women was aware or consented to the graphic and violent rape their behalf. >> reporter: it was groveland police acting on a trip that tracked his shire rad on collar space.com where he is charged

woman using pictures he pirated from her facebook page. >> solicited men to use dangerous weapons on the woman as part of the assault. >> i was worried that -- that they thought they did have permission from me. >> reporter: this chelsea woman is one of a dozen women that impersonated. she worked with him but haven't seen him since the late '80s. >> we all just want to stand up and smile at him, let him know that it's not just this one victim that we are all here together. >> it's important to note that no women were attacked and that prompted his defense attorney to paint it as fantasy. >> i would purport that it was roll play only. >> sheehan gave out the women's addresses. he set bail at 15 grand cash and ordered him to wear a gps bracelet and stay off the

ken mccloud, wbz news. for years sports teams have been the red men but that could be changing. there is a public forum to talk about the possibility much a new mascot. about 40 massachusetts high schools use native american names or symbols as mascots. officials at mgm spent the day looking at a site for a casino. this is the work underway on a $950 million project. mgm is developing 14 acres in downtown springfield hoping to revitalize an area damaged badly by the 2011 tornado. campaign 2016, two weeks before the iowa caucuses. the two leading republican candidates are in the middle of a war on words. donald trump and ted cruz attacking each other at every campaign stop. trump has three appearances in iowa and will unveil a special

rumor has it that it's former vice presidential candidate sarah palin and she will enforce him. cruz is on the road in man chester with six -- manchester. >> i am not interested in engaging in an insult fight. >> cruz is trailing trump in new hampshire. marco rubio is pulling in third place there. david, michigan's governor is expected to spell out plans to deal with a water crisis in flint during the state of the state address. in 2014 flint's water source was switched to save money but the water was corrosive and caused lead to leach from old pipes into homes. the president says the city needs more than an emergency declaration and bottled water. >> what happens after the filter is gone. we will still have the lead, the pipes, the poison, the

>> the mayor of flint, michigan, spent the day in washington trying to meet with officials. the president had to deny the declaration. that relief is only for natural explosions. it is that time of year to taxes. the government launched a new scammers. >> the irs is calling me? is this for real? >> this public service announcement will warm people about an irs scheme. the irs says if you get a call telling you if you don't pay immediately, just hang up. the agency says it never makes a call like that. taking the high out of addiction. >> coming up, the new treatment one new england state is using to make it impossible for

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i never thought of it as an asset. it's such a weird thing. new parents can have bags under their eyes because it's hard to get the baby to sleep. >> a french mother may have the magic touch and the answer. a french magazine shared this video showing the woman running her hands over the little girl's head and neck until the asleep. the entire clip runs about 90 seconds. wow. you see her massaging the baby's scalp and neck. massage. >> that was cute. easily that quickly. >> i think in that case it may technique. >> i have a thing that i do between their eyes. >> do they get bags under their eyes. >> it seems to work. >> i think every kid has something that works. a picture of a rescue cat has gone viral thanks to his resemblance to an actor.

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so, the combination is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. >> that's the stupidest combination i heard in my life. that's the kind of thing an luggage. >> the classic scene from space balls hasn't stopped people from using it asbestos parts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is number 5 on of 2015. others the word password.

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this advertise on average the coldest week of the season. when you factor in the cold we have on tap through this weekend, we get knocked back. all told a typical january at this point. 18 in worcester. 21 nashua. plymouth at 22. portland maine at 15. going well down to the deep south also, roanoke at 23 degrees. that is the factor for the developing storm later in the week. the strong gusts continue 30 to 40 miles per hour. it has been here since yesterday. wind advisories continue until 7:00 tonight. gusts peeking at 50 miles per hour. stays windy but not that high. cold frigid night. real feel in the sickle digits. winds out of the northwest and more wind tomorrow. not as strong as it has been but it will feel like the single digits in the morning. gusts 20 to 30, maybe 35 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon

increasing clouds during the afternoon and evening. sunset 4:42. adding a few degrees, high of 30 in boston. fitchburg 20. nan tackett 34. most towns below freezing. no major weather the next few days. it will be gusty out of the northwest on thursday. the one day where we say good- bye to the wind is friday. a calmer day for us as high pressure builds in. we will start to batch this developing storm system as we head to the weekend. so, goes very high confidence, strong system develops, toward the mid-atlantic states, goes that is locked in. what we are watching is the fact that we are on the northern edge of this storm. we are on the periphery. this is steven tyler conditions, living on the edge. looking at the snow line that will cut off in southern new england. does not appear to be a northern new england storm. the biggest snow totals in blue. potential stretching to southern new england and

develop during the day on saturday. letter to put an early kind of alert out there, can't do snow totals four days out. no skill in being able to do that. highest risk cape islands south shore. that's where you should have the crews on standby. moderate risk over two inches the mass pike including boston. much lower in southern new hampshire. most of new hampshire could get missed. we will watch the on shore winds with a full moon. coastal communities eyeing pockets of flooding and erosion. all eyes on the weekend storm. we will keep you updated here on and line. you can follow on twitter@eric

152nd third graders here. this school opened in 1951. the mascot is stripes the tiger. >> big crowd. >> barry takes on the huge classrooms. i think the schools call and say how many can you handle, barry says as many as you have. new tonight the popularity of drones is booming. that means the potential for mishaps. it caught the eye of the insurance industry. what you need to know before anybody in your family gets ready for take off tonight on wbz news at 11:00. some call it an addiction vaccine. it could be a game changer in the battle against opie yod addiction. one new england state is putting it to the test. >> reporter: sean lyman brings his family to a standing appointment at the doctor's office. every 28 days he is injected with a treatment drug that he

>> when you look back where you were two years ago. >> it makes me sick. literally sick. >> reporter: the 25-year-old vermont resident battled addiction for years. in and out of jail and rehab programs that haven't worked. now he is among a small but growing number of addicts embracing the drug vivitrol. >> see you in a month. >> reporter: users go through detox first then the monthly injections stops cravings and blocks the body's opie yod receptors so even if they try to get high, they don't feel it. >> you pit it to the test. >> i was angry that i didn't get high. the next day i was so thankful. >> reporter: for a month, the governor has been candid and outspoken about the state's heroin problem. he thinks this might be part of the solution. >> we are approving it in all of the treatment centers. we are building out treatment centers like mad in vermont.

that is a good place to do it. >> reporter: this prison begins a pilot program this month offering addicts the injection before they are released. the drugmaker believes vermont is the only state approving it for use statewide in treatment centers and eventually all prisons. let's start to provide treatment and medicines that can actually get people back to productive lives. >> reporter: in white river junction vermont, kenneth craig, wbz news. >> ncis fans know him as ducky. he played the medical examiner for years. now the actor has a new role. he is the author of a book called once a crooked man. >> knocked back on my heels by the whole thing that happened. absolutely i have a book that people are talking about that could be a best seller which makes me smile. >> you can see a brand-new episode tonight at 8:00 on wbz. music lovers get ready for

>> straight ahead, the legendary artist getting ready to play in massachusetts. >> then next at 6:00, breaking stories including two people shot on an mbta train. you will hear from someone that saw the entire terrifying

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this summer will be filed with great music. the red sox announced pearl jam is playing two shows august 5 and august 7th. sting and peter gabriel are touring together july 2nd. these two artists will perform their own songs and even other's hits. tickets to see billy joel at fenway in august go on sale friday. one more reason to look forward to the bank of americaer weather. we have much more still ahead. the news at 6:00 starts now. keeping an eye on the bitter cold. how far north the storm makes its way this weekend. >> two people shot at a busy mbta station. >> schools threatened across the state. the common thread connecting

it has everything you need to kick off. the ultimate tailgating spot. out. the bitter cold the worst we will see this week. now we are focused on the weekend because we could look season. >> there is still a lot to figure out. eric fisher is working on it. >> cold air leading up to it. we are watching the friends. four days from now the onset of any of the snowfall. in the short term, teens, low 20s. the winds continue to blow. lawrence 4. portland three below zero. the winds die down a little bit. gusting 20 to 35 miles per hour out of the west-northwest. tomorrow another breezy day. most of the gusts 20 to 30