they can we know we are tried and tr and we got this. just go to the facebook page. >> we bleed red, white and blue for the pats. >> so does joe. >> top stories and weather and traffic ahead on wbz. >> the news at 5 starts right now. >> at 5 a.m. track our weekend nor'easter going to cripple parts of the mid-atlantic and new york what it means for us. >> a taxi goes up in flames in quincy how the driver managed to escape and rescue a passenger trapped inside. >> a roadside rescue we are hearing from the woman saved by patriots linebacker darius fleming. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you it's 5 and i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser it's january 21st and everybody is

trying to peep for the nor'easter wondering what -- prepare for the nor'easter wondering what we are in for a blizzard watch for new york long island and new jersey as well. >> that blizzard watch is in effect in dc and baltimore and down that part of the country they got a taste of what's to come last night snow brought the evening rush to a standstill in the nation's capital and more snow is on the the way for them. >> what's going to happen with us that's what we want to know. what's the news with our territory. >> nothing like through new historic snowfall. for us the first flakes saturday afternoon and evening from south to north. the worst saturday night that's the peak of the snow and wind especially in southeastern massachusetts and it will be morning. high tide cycle on sunday morning may be a concern coming up around 11 a.m. and with the building seas whoa may be talking about beach erosion and minor coastal flooding.

we are still over 48 hours. so a little wiggle room. 16 in worcester right now. 23 in boston and teens and low 20s. winds are gusty out there. real feel is in the single digits and teens that's what you want to dress for and a few scattered clouds left over hugging the coastline to the cape and otherwise we are in for a lot sunshine today. rising through the 20s this morning. rise at 7:0 will. -- 7:08. miles per hour. we top out at 30 and clear and dry 25 as we head into the ride home. we will go hour by hour through the weekend coming up. let's go on the roads traffic and weather together good morning robi. >> reporter: good morning. quiet out there right now only hearing about one problem north of the city. look at the map a water main break in salem. what we are hearing is on 1a known as loring avenue near riverview street. police tell us this is going to impact traffic on route 1a in salem this morning. so heads up there.

that. 5:02. a warning for airline travelers ahead of the weekend storm. >> so many carriers are telling passengers to change flights now ahead of the snowstorm. nicole jacobs is live this morning and airlines just telling passengers to get ready because it's going tubes cancellations -- it's going to be cancellation. >> reporter: there will be but we know this is also a big travel weekend for patriots fans heading to denver for the afc championship. but the big question for anyone traveling to and from anywhere on the east coast is how early you can get ahead of the storm. we have been hearing about it for days now. a winter storm moving up the east coast sure to affect north carolina virginia and washington, d.c. and maryland and philadelphia and new york. it will put a halt to travel plans for many as delays and cancellations have proven to be

bear the brunt blizzard watches are on the books by the end of it the area could have feet as opposed to mere inches of snow. airlines are taking note of the track of the storm as well. hoping to lessen the blow of travel troubles. american airlines southwest and delta all issuing wavers to passengers un-- waivers to passengers unwilling to take the chance of -- chance flying between friday and sunday. >> reporter: we are-- and looking live at terminal a at the at the delta check in counter people are getting travel underway. delta is one of the airlines offering the waivers and they are taking note of 19 airports from boston all the way to the dc area. certainly offering those waivers for travels who are -- travelers traveling from friday to sunday. now back to you. >> thanks very much. remember you can get your latest weather including

any time on the go with the cbs boston weather app free in the apple and google app stores. new this morning, police in milton say one person is in custody accused of attacking a man outside a dunkin donuts. this happened last night on granite avenue. the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police say they found the suspect at a nearby gas station. this mork police are investigating -- morning police are investigating a deadly crash a 25-year-old man hit and killedcrossing route 9 in framingham. victim was walking in a crosswalk and the driver did stop. no word on if any charges will be filed. take a look at incrediblevideo a taxi cab breaks into flames and the driver manages to escape this and even helps save a passenger struggling inside. we will get you a closer he look at that a nearby -- get you a closer look at at that a nearby witness rushed in to help put out the flames. an elderly woman was in the

back seat and need help getting out of the car. >> his only concern was her safety. and he was pretty heroic e took care of her needs -- he took care of her needs before anything else and got her inside the building a and -- building and she was very grateful. >> incredible video. fortunately no one was hurt. 5:06. a patriots player getting praise for a play off the field. he saved a stranger trapped in a car after a crash. she is speaking out for the first time. susie steimle is live at gillette stadium with more on her story this morning. good morning, susie. >> reporter: good morning chris. darius flemming caught -- fleming caught a little flak gossip sites like tmz was insinuating he made the story up to get attention that's what made the victim or the woman the very many of the crash come forward to make sure that he got the recognition he dehe served. deserved. with the instinct of an athlete

darius fleming knew he couldn't hesitate. >> the mome smoke started to freak me out and i was leek ican't tell her i will be right back and get her out now. >> reporter: on the way home from practice last thursday he saw a woman trapped inside a smoking car. he stopped to help pull her out. >> there was smoke coming from the front as it was smashed in. and then i started to try to kick open the passenger side window when i saw someone approach and he gestured that you know he would kick the window open for me and he did after a couple attempts. >> reporter: the victim didn't want her identity revealed but she did want to make sure fleming was properly recognized. >> ever so grateful he was able to be there and pulled over and he was heroic in that way. >> reporter: she said she didn't know he was a patriots player at first she was overwhelmed by the scene. fleming's teammates say they expect nothing less of him calling him a hero on and off the field.

>> we have guys around here that understand you know, the important things in life and value the right things and i think you hit it on the head. it's really speaks to their character. >> reporter: this woman didn't have any injuries from the crash. but fleming on the other hand had to get 22 stitches to his right calf and still went on to play the chiefs on saturday. live from foxboro susie steimle. >> thanks very much. 5:08. state police are confirming the refs for the patriots chief games left the footballs and air gauges at a hyatt hotel. a trooper had to drive the balls to foxboro. they were only used by the kickers. this was first reported by sports hub scott stole being a but this mistake happened two days before the anniversary of the deflate gate scandal. >> let's talk about the afc championship. this is the first prize they

denver and the -- display in denver. and the team that win this is will head to super bowl 50 in santa clara. the patriots hit the practice field yesterday for the first time since the saturday win. >> and they will go head to head for the 17th time. brady says he is enjoyed being a part of this rivalry. >> i think playing someone 17 times is pretty cool so especially someone as great as him to play against you know the peyton manning led teams you have to play 60 minutes and you will be in for a tough game. >> wbz is the patriots station on sunday. we will get you started with a live two-hour edition of patriots game day at noon. kick off between the pats and broncos at 3:00 here on wbz and catch the 5 earth quarter post game show on wbz and my tv38 and cb is s station in denver actually believes broncos fans are better than pats fans so we need to set them straight with a battle of the fans contest

going on head over to the cb is s boston facebook page and look for the battle of the fans photo like it and share it and do what you can to show how much we care about the pats. >> they can believe all they want we note truth. >> exactly-- know the truth. >> exactly. governor baker will give his first state of the state and says there will be a lot of positives e says many topics will be ones he spoke on before like the state's opioid addiction crisis and will highlight bipartisan efforts from the past year like department children and families and he plans to detail elements of the budget proposal week. watch the state of the commonwealth tonight right here on wbz starting at 7:30. over to campaign 2016. a new look at the republican race for president in new latest poll shows donald trump with a growing lead over his closest challenger. cruz. jeb bush and marco rubio are

battling it for third place in the the state. bill clinton is hoping his appearance in new hampshire yesterday will help out his wife's campaign. recent polls show bernie sand wears lead over hillary clinton in big granite state. it's 5:11 on your thursday morning. coming up, changing the college admissions process. >> the new reforms educators at harvard are now suggesting. >> and safety on the slopes. how one local mountain is morning danielle. >> good morning chris. temperatures coming up around or just shy of 30. the weather is quiet until we track the weekend nor'easter. who will see how much the latest track and impact at the

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welcome back. scow slopes will be glad for whatever snow they might -- ski slopes had be glad for whatever snow they might see. >> and they want to keep the sport safe and family friendly. they approach kids to quiz them about the code. aest is rules in place at mountains around the country to keep skiers safe. >> part of it is creating the safety message and culture. if we get the kids to do it you are creating your own of group smart independent skiers that know the safe way to ski. >> so some key points of the code ski in control at all times.

give way to skiers in front of you and follow the rules for getting on and off lifts. >> so what's some good news here kathryn we are not going to get a ton of snow but that's bad for the slopes. >> that's true sound hike they will get a little bit but in terms of the east coast we are not going to bear the brunt of this. >> this is not going to be a northern new england snowstorm but it will be beautiful in northern new england. sun will shine and the slopes forecast cold and you have to be bundled up. concern. teens and low 20s with a few heading into sunday. so the brunt of the storm is going to be to the south new york city new jersey and back through the mid atlantic with the a crippling snowstorm here on the way. current temperatures right now 16 in worcester and 23 in boston and the wind not nearly as strong as it has been the past couple days. and it's one gust on the vineyard registering over 20 miles per hour. but any bit of a breeze adds that bite to the air feels like 7, 7 in worcester and teens for

a lot of the rest of the region and the wind chill will stay in the teens today. but any clouds we had overnight are tending to fizzle away here. so we are in to ar-- in for a lot of sunshine and looks beautiful in terms what have it locks like. real feel and teens coming up around or just shy of 30 degrees and the wind will gust occasionally between 20 and 30 miles per hour. that will be the case tonight too. so clear and blustery and dropping into the teens and the real feel in the single digits at times. not as windy tomorrow. that's the biggest difference. plenty ofshoin and a few late day clouds for tomorrow and up around 30. where is the storm right now? areas of snow and ice back through arkansas and missouri and nebraska and kansas and we will tap the gulf of mexico a chance severe weather for the gulf coast states and snow blossoms through ohio and later this afternoon and through the day tomorrow. by saturday morning, the snow is advancing in new york city. we are fine here at home while it's going to be battering

for us snow arrives from south to north late afternoon into the evening. the height of the storm is saturday night and the center passes south and east of nantucket with the snow on sunday morning wrapping up pretty quickly here. we may get mixing concerns when nantucket. so we still have wiggle room and we are over 24-- 48 hours out from this event i can tell you this looks like it's going to be a very sharp cut off so farther south here. if that is the case we will have to shift everything farther south. sharp cut off means a few inches and around the city of boston and little if anything north of that. highest risk still 6 or more inches is along the south coast. and back down near the cape cod canal. maybe a few inches in the outer cape and nantucket because of that mixing concern. wind gusts projections strongest winds come in saturday night and into early on sunday morning. places like plymouth to sandwich near cape cod bay with

sunday morning we may see gusts over 50 miles per hour. minor coastal flooding and beach erosion concerns as we head into the saturday nighttime frame for high tide and the sunday morning at len a.m. because of the astronomical little rebound in temperatures in the 40s by tuesday. and 30s on monday and wednesday. traffic and weather together what great visit by the way in woburn these are the kids at malcolm white elementary school barry had a blast 150 of them 3, 4, and 5th graders and they are at malcolm white school tigers and we want to wish student good luck on million minute marathon. they log minutes for reading and i think it's a fantastic thing to do. they want to put in million minutes by the end of the school year. >> reporter: seems like a lot. >> i think they can do it. >> reporter: looks like the picked the wrong weekend to go to new york to see bruce springsteen. >> we have been talking about this. leave early. >> reporter: i may have to leave after the show today. >> head down before the snow moves in.

>> reporter: can you write me a note. >> i will. >> reporter: thank you. no hassles right now on this thursday morning commute as it is underway. live look over the expressway right now. moderate to heavy volume braintree to boston but no reported backups. 128 southbound busy between route 37 and the split but the other major routes from the south look okay. quick check of the north map. 93 southbound we see increasing volume right now and moderate volume woburn to boston moving along. 1 south is smooth from peabody and no issues on route 3 south or 128 south. >> thank very much. police are investigating threats at another high school. this time in methuen. official evacuated the 2,000 students yesterday and took schools. bomb sniffing dogs inspected backpacks but found nothing. this threat was e-mailed to a high school staffer. students are sent home for the day. a possible change in college admissions. a harvard study is pushing reforms that would look at how

students as whole instead of a laundry list i've cheessments and test scores. the report -- achievements and test scores. the report chance to change admission prioritizing qualitynonquantity and suggest making the s.a.t. and a.c.t. optional to relieve undue pressure on students. and finally stop students from overloading on a.p. classes. that's dramatic changes there. interesting though. coming up the pats getting ready for denver and the afc ham piionship. >> what -- championship. >> what bill chick has to say about fating manning again. >> celtics taking it down to the wire to the raptors who came out on top.

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why it's -- it's 5:23 the seat battle the pats. >> steve burton has more in morning sports. >> good morning. you note average ticket price of somebody's afc game is 800 dollars because two future hall of famers may be facing each other for final time with a chance to go to super bowl 50 on the line brady versus manning never gets old. patriots practiced indoors yesterday but it looked more

like a walk through with the guys wearing sweats. the big topic when it comes to the pats and broncos this week is tom brady versus peyton manning. brady had another sensational season and looks in peak form but manning has been injured and struggling with his arm strength. bill belichick says there's no way to take number 18 lightly. >> there's no player off the team that i have more respect for than peyton manning and his preparation his consistency and skills, i would never ever underestimate him under any circumstances. >> reporter: time to shift our attention to denver and dan roche is there following the broncos all week and joins us live with more on manning. >> reporter: respect it's a word maybe doesn't get used as much in today's professional sports as it used to when it coms to the two -- comes to these two teams we have had trash talking but when you look and listen to the two

manning will face pay the brady and manning appreciates what number 12 brings to the table. >> when i look across you know at the new england patriots and see tom brady i know how hard he worked as well and to play as well as he has over the course of his career with the success he had and the team's success i have a lot of respect. >> reporter: and many more matchups to explore in the matchup. we have several days to do that. but pretty cool to see 39-year- old manning and 38-year-old brady going toe to toe one more time. for the broncos in englewood colorado dan roche. >> to basketball celtics taking on raptors. bradley hits the j tying it at 105 but later in the fourth, nice passing finds terrance wide open for 3. and he drains it. frames it. putting the raptors 4 and they win 115-109 anding the green

the second straight loss. hopefully cell licks bounce back that's sports for now steve burton guys over to you. still to come they say laughter is is the best medicine and that may be true. >> details on how cracking up can help you slim down. >> plus new details on the water crisis in michigan. the president now weighing in as the governor finds himself at the center of several lawsuits. good morning danielle. >> good morning chris. good morning everybody. plenty of sunshine in the forecast. another chilly one. winds will be gusty and temperatures only in the upper 20s later on this afternoon and, of course, it's all about the weekend storm. details on the weekend

right now at 5:30 tracking a major east coast storm the the impact felt at home. >> a taxi goes up in flames in quincy. how the driver managed to escape and rescue a passenger trapped inside. >> and we are hearing from the

by a patriots player. >> from channel 4 studios inboston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning everybody. welcome back i am kathryn houser -- hauser. it's chilly. >> it is. and only that but we are talking about the storm when will it hit and what are we going to get a lot of questions. >> so much going on. >> the mid-atlantic crippling effect and they will measure snow in feet and we have blizzard watches up and thankfully the impact will not be anything like that here at home. we will get skirted by the storm and until then it's quiet. >> i will get to the storm 16 in worcester 123 in -- 23 in boston but the wind is active so the real feel the wind chill is running in the teens and sunrise at 7:08 and a few clouds and mix in with the sunshine but it will be mainly sunny and blustery.

27 through the mid-day lunch hour gusts over 20 miles per hour will make it feel colder. cold and breezy for the ride home. sunset at 4:43 and temperatures in the mid-20s. so the storm itself is going to be developing during the day today and tomorrow. across the southeastern united states. snow from louisiana stretching back through west virginia by tomorrow morning. the snow for us doesn't arrive until saturday. and impact the snow -- in fact the snow will fall hard tomorrow night into saturday morning through philly and dc and baltimore. notice the rain closer to the coast and then snow advances in for us from south to north saturday late afternoon. height of the storm comes in saturday night for us here in southern new england. i will take you out through what i am thinking in terms of accumulation and coastal impact. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: pretty quiet right now with no major backups or accidents out there. but we have water main break north of the city. it's up in salem route 1a near riverview street north of the square total traffic network

says it impact the north and southbound sides of route 1a in the salem stretch by riverview street. so we will keep an eye on that one for you. kathryn. >> thanks very much. checking our top stories on this thursday morning, we are now hearing from a woman rescued from a car crash by patriots linebacker darius fleming. she doesn't want her identity revealed but says fleming rushed to help her last week when she was trapped in her car. >> i started to try to kick open the passenger side window when i saw someone approach and he gestured that you know he would kick the window open for me he and he did after a couple of attempts. >> luckily she is okay but his calf. and he went onto play last saturday night. a taxi cab burst into flames in quincy. look at the driver manages to escape and helped a passenger trapped inside. we are told an elderly woman

need help getting out the car. look at the intense smoke. no one was hurt. in redding police are investigating after an elderly man was struck and killed by a sidewalk plow. the-year-old jacob goldberg was hit walking near his home on monday. a man driving to the gym witnessed the crash and called 911e says the victim was walking in the road when the plow hit him. >> i see that he keeps walking and keeps walking into the street and across as he was going to cross 129 lowell street and i said to myself he is going to get hit the guy is going to get hit and then i didn't see him anymore. >> goldberg is survived by two adult children grandchildren and a wife of 6 decades. it's 5:43a star on the reality show wicked tuna plead guilty to fraud charges. paul hebert of gloucester was charged last sumer with accepting 400,000 dollars in government benefits while claiming to be disabled and unable to work.

on the show. in court yesterday, he agreed to pay more than $5300 in sentenced in may. on your way to work this morning, count the number of people you see using their phones behind the wheel. some state lawmakers want that number to go down dramatically and today the massachusetts senate will debate a bill that would allow you to use your phone only if you use hands free technology. the bill would also make it illegal to program a gps while driving. water crisis in flint, michigan keeps getting worse. governor snyder is now the target of several class action lawsuits. the lawsuits aexcuse him of appoint -- accuse him of appointing a man who tried to save money by switching to a dangerous water source. residents complained the taste and look was bad and the suit claims that experts told officials the water was highly corrode and full of lead but nothing was done. now the president is weighing in.

would be beside myself that my kids' health could be at risk. you can't shortchange basic service that is we provide to our people -- services that we proride to our people and we -- provide to our people and we as a government provide. >> he allowed for 5 million dollars in aid but the governor is asking for a disaster declaration. >> it's 5:35. 1.2 million walmart workers are getting a raise this year. the retail giant announced all store workers will make at least $10 an hour starting next month. the average full-time hourly wage is $13.38 a month. walmart says the move has spurred better customer service and increased sales. >> you know the saying laughter is is the best medicine a study is proving it could help you lose weight. researchers found that laughing can burn as many calories as the brisk walk. even a little snicker or

chuckle is burning something. laughing activates your internal obliques which are important if you want a six- pack and we will keep laughing of the if you need one more reason it can boost blood flow so we should have like we are always laughing we should 6 pack abs. >> i don't know if i have obliques. >> i like that. >> it's good. when you laugh hard sometimes we do in the office we laugh really hard and you get that oh i think i had an ab work out. >> i love that story. 5:36. still ahead, a closer look at yesterday's big drop on wall street. >> what investors are worried trading today. >> if you are traveling any time friday to sunday, you will want to listen up because the impending nor'easter could affect your plans. that story coming up. >> hundreds of teachers in detroit are poised to walk off row. they are upset about the deplorable conditions in the schools and recent pay cuts. thousands of kids are going to have to stay home again.

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>> safety prom fries volvo. >> and concerns about the market. hena daniels is live with today's money watch. hey hena. >> reporter: stocks on wall street are off to the worst start of a year ever. the slump continued yesterday as oil suffered the worst one- day drop since september. dow jones lost 249 points and that's after a late recovery. it had been down over 560 points. nasdaq slipped 5 points. volvo is promising a death proof car by 2020. the automaker pledges no one will be killed or seriously injured in a new volvo car or suv. by creating a self-driving car that will include technology like lane assist collision avoidance and pedestrian detection. one of the models the volvo xc90 had no u.s. fatalities in four years and guys i think you will like this story. sweet news shopping for snacks. cinnamon bun flavored orioles

have officially hit the market. the twist on the classic is the cinnamon cookie with a creamy icing flavored filling. so far reviews online seem to be good. one reviewer saying it tastes crunchy. chris and kathryn. >> sounds so good to me. >> you are not doing any help for my diet going on right now. >> reporter: we have the study before this. and i am on a diet too until sunday. sunday i am buying a bag. >> all right. i like how you think that's a good idea. >> thanks. too funny. >> they look i mean they sound delicious. >> we are getting them today. coming up we have a check of the traffic and weather together. and the day's top stories. >> and an out of this world discovery. did scientists really find a new planet in our solar system? >> reporter: athlete being recognized for what's called on act of heroism. hear from the woman pulled from a car crash by a new england

patriot coming up. >> good morning. checking in with weather watchers great to see so many people up early and givingobservings we appreciate them as always. check in south of boston char says 20 in melton and there's a bit of a wind out there and, of course, all eyes on the weekend nor'easter. i will breakdown all the details when key come back --

5:44. pluto lost the status as the 9th planet in the solar system. >> still hurts but scientists believe they found replacement. researchers at california institute of technology found evidence in the outer solar system of an object that could be a planet. scientists have not seen it but other evidence led them to conclude this is out there at this point it's being called planet 9. >> you were yep sit about pluto losing its status it's all right. >> now we have like a yeah planet 9. we haven't seen it done -- doesn't know how it looks. >> but it's there. >> we need to check the weather. danielle you are the most important person everybody wants to know what's going on with the snow how it will affect us. >> i have to say that the storm is going to be pretty significant like historic when we get back down to the mid atlantic. for us that is low potentially

moderate impact event when you get along the south coast but there's wiggle room in the track over the next 48 hours. currently, we are going to get to all the details in a second. 16 in worcester. 23 boston and what's going on right now is pretty must same as the last couple days a real feel and there's stale wind chill and that wind will gust hour. so 7 degrees what it feels like in worcester. 12 in boston and any scattered clouds from this morning have been kind of fizz ling away a few left over in the outer cape and then we are in for mostly sunny skies. playing through the real feel notice it stays in the teens right on through the afternoon. so that's what you want to dress for today. winds gusting at times 20 to 30 miles per hour. that wind will subside somewhat into the day tomorrow. not tonight clear and blustery. dropping back into the teens and tomorrow sunshine and a few late day clouds. but the first day this week there's not as windy and northwest about 5 to 15 miles per hour with the temperature around 30. where is our weekend storm? yesterday it was coming out of

the rockies and today, it's down across at least portions of the missouri valley so this is going to dive to the south. gulf of mexico moisture picked up by the storm center as it blossoms during the day today but especially dour the day tomorrow. threat for severe weather and the snow advances across southern ohio stretching through the mid at lant being evening. the snow coming in to dc, baltimore and new york city by early on saturday morning. for us we are dry. storms intensifying here coming off the coastline snow arrives from south to north. late saturday afternoon and evening and the height of the storm for us so to speak comes in on saturday night and sunday morning during the predawn. by sunday morning, notice well inland the snow is going to be tapering off and that happens pretty quickly from northwest to southeast on sunday morning.

this is looking like low impact it canly north of the mass pica sharp cut off on the northern extent where the snow comes down. little if anything over the mass new hampshire border a coating to an inch or so northern massachusetts but a few inches from boston to the providence corridor with the highest risk of 6 or more inch coming along the south coast. cape cod canal we may get mixing issues on the outer cape on nantucket that may hold our totals to a couple inches. if the storm were to track farther south we have to squeeze everything further south and that will be lesser totals along the south coast. weekend tides to watch. at the coastline, we will be saturday night at 11:02 p.m. and because of the full moon this is going to be an issue. minor flooding and beach erosion. sunday morning may be more of a concern let's say the plymouth duxbury areas. the sun comes out by sunday afternoon.

and we rebound a bit 40s on tuesday. traffic and weather together robi. >> reporter: danielle we are seeing the first significant slow downs of the morning commute. let's look at the expressway the northbound side heavy between the braintree split and columbia road. 128 southbound sluggish between logan express and the split. to the north, just hearing about a crash in wilmington. 93 southbound just before route 125 the cars are in the median. the backup to dascum road. 93 south head between -- heavy between 495 and 93. water main break impacting traffic both direction near 1a. >> thanks very much. it's 5:49 right now. a patriots player getting praise for a play off the field. >> plus a warning for airline travelers ahead of the weekend storm here are top stories on this thursday morning. >> reporter: good morning i am nicole jacobs live inside logan airport where passengers and

airlines are bracing for theweekend's nor east are we know the area -- nor'easter we know the areas are from north carolina to new york. but what it means for airports is cancellations and delays and, of course, the ripple down effect of that. airlines are doing their due diligence to make sure that it's as easy as possible for passengers offering travel waivers between friday and sunday. a live look here at the delta calendar -- count are i can tell you it could mean changes for patriots fans heading to denver. more on that coming up at 6. nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> reporter: good morning i am susie steimle live in foxboro war patriots player is reck. >> ied for something he did -- recognized for something great did he off the field. darius fleming last thursday on the way home from practice saw a car accident and pulled over to see if cohelp. there happened to be a woman trapped inside the smoking car. he couldn't help her get out that easily and had to kick in

safety. now this woman did end-- didn't end up having injuries but darius fleming had 22 stitches to the right calf and still went on to play the chiefs on saturday. you will hear from the woman and her story of the rescue coming up at 6. live in foxboro susie steimle wbz this morning. boston mayor marty walsh wants to fight rising rents with tax breaks. according to the globe walsh is considering incentives for property owners to charge below market rent to tenants. details are being worked out including what exactly would be considered below market. and what the break would be. but walsh says it's important to consider any measure that could prevent city residents from being priced out. 5:51. time for our daily talker. this morning, hundreds of teachers in detroit are once sick. yesterday, 85 schools had to show up. >> the teachers are protesting deplorable physical conditions

in school buildings. many are questioning whether this move helps or hurts students. here's robi with more. >> reporter: chris 85 of detroit's 100 schools were forced to close yesterday. parents forced to make last- minute day care plans a massive teacher sick out that is expected to happen again today. disgruntled detroit teachers used the outside voices in freezing temperatures to call attention to the plight of the schools. some of the problems they documented including floorboards coming up. moldy ceiling tiles falling down and they had video of mice classrooms. and also, 44,000 teachers schools are closed we can't show you the bathroom pictures that they posted they are to gross for morning tv. sick out meant that all the kid will have to stay home parents are going to have to make other plans and everything. teachers very upset about pay cuts 515 million in the red. that's what the school district

is. bills proposed to spend 700 million over the next decade to try to make up for it. detroit's mayor says teachers frustrations legitimate but he says the solution is not to send the kids home. what do you think? they are trying to make a point here. trying to make a stand but is it going to hurt the kids. kerry ann says they are getting attention to the issue. so the kids miss one day of school. not a tragedy especially if it helps the situation. but maurice says so when you are not happy with your work situation, you lie and act out to get your way? not a great example for the kids. number of ways to comment website twitter or facebook we will read more coming up at 6. >> thank you interesting talker. still to come, you can call hear true patriot. >> you will meet a woman who it can by the pats through the good times and the bad.

just love this story. talk about a lifelong fain fan. 99-year-old jo go guenard has been cheering for the team since they came into existence. >> she moved to foxboro 40 years before the team and she never missed the game but not because she has a crush on tom brady. >> i like them all i can't say i have a favorite. >> most of the girls like tom brady though.

i like what's his name gronk. i like him too. >> and get this jo has a custom patriots jersey the team gave her to celebrate what they call the attitude and the way she lives life. number 99jo guenard. >> i want to hang out with her. >> she likes gronk. >> she does and it's adorable. that's cute. keep it here to wb dish. morning. top stories are straight ahead -- wbz this morning. top stories are straight ahead. stay with us. at wegmans we believe the best way to help you is to provide choices that offer you the best prices ,

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