fracking -- tracking our weekend nor'easter mit-atlantic to be crippled. >> a broughtal attack outi'd a dunkin donuts. where a police tracked down the suspect. >> a taxi burst into flames. look at this with a passenger trapped inside. the video and rescue. >> saved by a patriots player we are hearing from the woman rescued by linebacker darius fleming. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >>it's 6:00 right now i am catherine hauser.

>> i am chris mckinnon thursday january 21st danielle niles is here ants big question on everybody's mine the impact of the weekend storm. >> i think one of the biggest is from flight delays because of the impact of the mid- atlantic. for us at home it's not a block buster storm in terms of snow but we get residual delays so we are talking about the storm ramping up during the day tomorrow across the southeast moving north and that is saturday at 2 a.m. and even heading into saturday morning we are doing just fine snow arrives for us from south to north during the late afternoon and evening on saturday. and we will continue to ramp up the height of the storm for us comes saturday night. and then it wraps up by the time we get to sunday morning. until then we are pretty quiet. temperatures right now 15 in worcester. 22 boston and there's breeze out there so the real feel is running in the single digits and teens. and sunrise coming up at 7:08 this morning through the midday lunch still blustery feel. that's been the story all week. wind gusting occasionally 20 to 30 miles per hour today.

we will be dry and cold though as we head into the evening commute and no weather related issues temperatures in the mid- 20s sunset at 4:43. more details on the weekend storm and i will talk about the coastal concerns in a couple minutes. traffic and weather together robi. >> reporter: we are keeping-eye on accidents north and -- an eye on accidents north and west one in wilmington 93 southbound near route 125 the backup is to 495. another bumper to bumper stretch on 93 south between redding and stoneham. and then an accident to the west in natickk the right lane is blocked -- natick and the expressway is noshly heavy and that's jammed from columbia road to the braintree split i think it's about a 20 minute delay there right now. chris and kathryn. >> thanks very much. danielle said it a warning for airline travelers ahead of the weekend storm. >> many carriers telling

flights before the snow arrives. nicole jacobs is live at logan airport with more on that good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that is big travel weekend for patriots fans heading to denver for that afc championship. but anyone travel to or from anywhere along the east coast, the big question is just how early you can get out 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, philadelphia and new york. it will put a halt to travel plans for many as delays and cancellations have proven to be a ripple down effect. the mid-atlantic is expected to bear the brunt blizzard watches are on the books by the end of it the area could have feet as opposed to mere inches. airlines are take note of the track of the storm hoping to

american airlines southwest and delta all issuing waivers to passengers unwilling to take the chance of flying between friday and sunday. taking a live look here at the delta counter check in counter they are one of the airlines offering the travel waivers from friday to sunday. if any -- it's anyone's guess what this might mean for travel but certainly everyone bracing for whatever it brings. nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> thanks very much. we are staying on top of that for -- and remember you can get the latest weather conditions including updates on this weekend's storm as it moves up the eastern seaboard with the cbs boston weather app in the google and apple app stores. new this morning police in milton say one person is in custody accused of attacking a man outside the dunkin donuts 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. also this morning, police investigating a deadly crash in framingham. a 25-year-old man was hit and killed crossing route the. 9. police say he was in the crosswalk and the driver did stop. no word on any charges. incredible video to show you this morning. look at this. a taxi cab bursting in flames in quincy. the driver manned to escape -- managed to escape and helped a pang jer struggling in-- passenger struggling inside the cab a nearby witness captured this video on the scene as crews rushed to put the flames out. an elderly woman was riding in the back seat and needed help getting out of the car. >> his only concern was her safety. and he was pretty heroic and took care of her needs before anything else and got her inside the building. so, she was very grateful to him. >> and thank goodness. fortunately nobody was hurt. in other news a patriots

player getting praise for a play off the field. he saved a stranger trapped in a car after a crash. now she is speaking out for the first time. susie steimle is live at gillette stadium with what she is saying. good morning. >> reporter: good morning kathryn. believe it or not, darius fleming caught some flak for the story gossip sites like tmz insinuated he might have made this up and that's why the woman he he rescued is speaking up to make sure he gets the recognition he deserves. with the instinct of an athlete darius fleming knew he couldn't hess state. >> the the smoke started to freak me out and so i was look i can't like tell the lady i will be right back you know. it was like get her out of here right now. >> reporter: on his way home from practice last thursday fleming 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. >> i am 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 he, the important things in life and they value the right things and i think you hit it on the head. it really speaks to their character. >> reporter: now this woman was not hurt in that accident butfleming pulling her out got hurt in the right calf and had to get 22 stipes and went onto

live in foxboro, susie steimle wbz this morning. 6:07. fleming and the pats preparing for the afc championship game against the broncos. here's first prize they will play for. the lamar hunt trophy on display in denver. the team that wins gets the trophy and also gets to head to super bowl 50 in santa clara. pats leave for denver tomorrow. >> and coach belichick wants to get there early so the team is rested and ready to g patriots hit the practice field yesterday for the first time since saturday's win. they practiced indoors as you can see and in sweats. on sunday, brady will go head to head with peyton manning for a 17th time. it certainly has been a great rivalry over the years. and brady says he enjoyed being part of it. >> i think playing someone 17 times is pretty cool so especially someone as great as him and to play against you know those peyton manning led

60 minutes and you will be in for a tough game. >> wbz we will start you off with a live two-hour edition of patriots gam day at noon -- game day at noon. and kick off and then the 5th quarter show. to campaign 2016 and growing lead in the race for president in new hampshire. donald trump up more than 20 pints over ted cruz -- points over ted cruz. battling it out. and bill clinton is hoping his appearance in new hampshire yesterday will help hillary clinton's campaign. polls show bernie sand wears big lead over cline -- sanders with a big lead over clinton. homeland security could require visa reqeermts. new rules would apply to anyone who visit iran iraq sue dan or syria in the last five years and european travelers were dual nationalities with one of the condition tries. governor baker gives the

he says there will be a lot of positives baker says many of the topics will be ones spoke about like the opioid addiction crisis but he will highlight bipartisan he ever from the past year like overhauls of the mpb -- mbta and he will details of the budget proposal that will be released next week. you can watch the state of the commonwealth right here on wbz starting at 7 cl-30 -- 7:30. mark wahlberg is back in massachusetts. >> his meeting with governor baker and whether the pair discussed wall wahlberg's request for a pardon. >> the future of cell phone use behind the wheel in the state is up for debate today. the changes massachusetts lawmakers are taking a closer look at. >> and did you leave your boat on the side of the road? police need help to haul in the owner. >> good morning danielle. >> good morning. we are talking about temperatures right around 30

obviously all eyes on the storm. areas of snow develop late on saturday and pull out quickly on sunday morning. we will talk about the hour by hour forecast how much to expect in the and the coastal concerns and until than it's been quiet. live look over the city of boston right now. another chilly start.

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it is so cold in minnesota that people are literally freezing their pants off. a man in minneapolis is leaving frozen jeans all over town and he says he soaks the pants in water and sculpts them as they freeze and it takes less than 30 minutes. a sign of how cold it is out there. >> i don't know why i find this so funny. >> i was going to say don't spill on yourself because you walk outside and bam. >> a bad day right there. freeing the pants off. >> oh gosh. >> i didn't think it was cold enough here it would happen the last few days. >> no. >> the nearly as cold as what they experience i think it's hilarious too. how creative i love it. imagine driving by that. hey guys it's all about the storm this weekend of the we are talking about major concerns in the mid atlantic in terms of significant snow.

for us on the first flakes will arrive and develop on saturday late afternoon and this evening from south to north. the peak of the snow and wind comes in saturday night especially in southeastern massachusetts. keep the islands peak wind gusts saturday night into early on sunday. and it will all be winding down as it exits the region on sunday morning. and the high tide on sunday at 11 a.m. may be a concern particularly from the south shore back near sandwich and cape cod canal. 15 in worcester. 16 in nashua and 22 in boston. another cold start and bit of a wind and that wind is making it feel colder. the real feel is 5 degrees inworcester and teens for the rest of us. you have to be bendeled up as you step out. skies and clouds overnight cleared out. a few on the south coast a island. dressing for wind chills that will be in the teens, even through the afternoon because the wind again is going to be

that's what's giving us the blustery brisk feel. tonight, clear and blustery too. we drop back into the teens. so the wind chill tonight will be in the single digits. as we wake up for tomorrow morning's commute. during the afternoon tomorrow it won't be as wendy as the past several days. we will get some of the high thin wispy clouds that increase during the second half of the day. high temperatures will be up around 30 tomorrow. so where is our storm? it's going to be developing out along the gulf coast can and we have got snow from nebraska back down to areas of ice in arkansas so this is going to dive south develop into the storm center and intensify today. what's happens is it picks up moisture from the gulf of mexico. notice the shield of snow expands northward during the day tomorrow. into dc by late tomorrow into new york city by early on saturday morning. for us we are still dry and snow arrives from south to north and late afternoon and evening. and we may get mixing that goes on in the outer cape and nantucket depending on track.

be tapering off gradually from the mid atlantic to new england. over 48 hours out and we have wiggle room in terms of snowfall amounts. the early estimates putting a low impact event with little if anything over the border in new hampshire northern massachusetts and it's going to be a sharp cut off. and that's the trick here to figure out where exactly we are going to see the ramp down pretty rapidly in terms of snowfall amounts. could be a few inches from boston to the providence stretch. and the highest risk still of 6or potentially more inches is south coast and we may get less in the outer cape and nantucket. wind gusts projections 40 to 50 miles per hour. south shore to the cape there may be gusts isolated as high as 50 or 60 miles per hour on the cape. timeline overnight on saturday into sunday morning. and that will cause coastal concerns. minor coastal flooding significant beach erosion and sun comes out by sunday afternoon and it's quiet heading into the start of next

have a school visit to tell you about woburn this is mel came white -- mel come white -- malcolm white elementary school. i want to mention a happy belated birthday to the super special nurse kathy and wish them luck on minute million marathon. apparently they are trying to read a million minutes by the end of the school year. >> reporter: good job. that's a few minutes. accident north of the city slowing things down on this thursday morning commute. danielle the crash is in wilmington 93 southbound before 125 a bumper to bumper backup to 495. that's close to a 20 minute delay up there. route 3 southbound sluggish between 495 and 129. the south expressway is jammed east milton square to columbia road a 15 minute delay and 128 southbound hangs up between logan express and the split. and we have an accident up natick route 9 eastbound the right lane is blocked there. chris and cathen.

>> thanks very much. 5:-- kathryn. >> thanks very much. crews working to fix a water main break in salem live video right now skyeye over the scene on route 1a near riverview street we will look on the ground and that could cause some traffic problems in the area you can see the crews working there. water main break is impacting water service in south salem. do you recognize this boat? the harbor master says someone dumped it on the side of route 6 but the former owner a few minutes earlier here she towed the boat past a couple police officer who took note of the description and they are look for a older model mercury or toyota maroon or other dark color with a trailer hitch. on way to work well he, count people 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

phone only if you use hands free technology. the bill would make it illegal to program a gps while driving. the mbta is using the word brutal to describe cuts coming to the greenline expansion. head of the agency fiscal control board says the project rather should be stripped down to the bear minimum. to reduce the expected price tag of nearly 3 billion dollars. otherwise the extension could be scrapped altogether when the board makes a final decision in may. mark wahlberg had another high-profile meeting in massachusetts. he met with governor baker yesterday for what aides would call a friendly talk. wahl berk has been in town to -- wahlberg has about in -- movie. the boston police officer at finish line and played a key role in the hunt for tsarnaev brothers. on your thursday morning hook, line and sinker.

>> the penalty a star on wicked tuna is facing following a guilty plea. >> plus this could be a huge change for the college admissions process. the reforels being pushed by

welcome back. 6:24 on your thursday morning water cries he is in flint michigan keeps getting worse. governor rick snyder is the target of class action lawsuits amid a financial emergency the state switched flint's water resource to save money. residents quickly complained about the taste and look of the water. the suits claim experts told officials the water was highly corrode and full of lead but nothing was done. star in the reality show wicked tuna has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. paul hebert of gloucester was charged last summer with

accepting 400,000 dollars of government benefits while claiming to be disabled and unable to work. during that time he was fishing on the show. in court yesterday, he agreed to pay more than $53,000 in restitution and is set to be sentenced in may. a possible change in college admissions. a harvard study is pushing reforms to look at student as a whole instead of a list of achievements and test scores. the report offers specific recommendations to change the admissions process including prioritizing quality not quantity on activities. it suggests pick a s.a.t. and a.c.t. optional and finally stop students from overloading on a.p. classes. >> a 3-year-old girl with lieu keenly yeah getting the ride of her life. more than 75 police cars from across the state showed up at her door yesterday.

picked up geena and her brother logan who is also her bone marrow donor. at tewksbury headquarters they were sworn in as members of the force. that's nice thing. >> yeah brave little girl and donor. >> i am thinking of their reaction 75 police cars show up that must have been col. lots more in the next half- hour including the mile high ticket price for afc championship. >> and we will check in with dan roche in denver. >> it could be a second day with no school in de-- it to. teachers walking -- detroit. teachers walking off the job.

right now at 6:30 eyeing a nor'easter. airlines telling travelers to plan ahead. danielle is cracking the-- tracking the storm. >> from defense to offense a patriots playerup pg into action to rescue a woman. she is telling the story about the big save in then a dropped the ball. new details about a mistake by referees ahead of the patriots

chiefs playoff game. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> welcome back it's 6:30 i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser all ice on a weekend nor -- eyes on a weekend nor'easter. >> baltimore and washington, d.c. and look at this the nation's capital got a taste of what's coming last night. snow bringing the evening rush hour to a standstill there. even causing problems for the presidential motorcade instead of a short helicopter ride to the white house he was stuck in traffic for more than an hour but the snow is not part of what's to come. >> danielle niles is track it all and what we can expect to see. >> the impact at home is not anything like what we see down through the mid-atlantic where we are talking about historic snowfall. what i am concerned about at the coastline this weekend is with a couple things. number one a full moon this

weekend. so the tides are going to be astronomically high as it is. combined with an onshore wind and building seas, and we are talking about beach erosion which is likely up and down eastern massachusetts. and, minor coastal flooding. saturday high is 11:02 so either side may get flooding and erosion. and wind is going to shift to the north by the time we get to sunday morning. and there will likely be flooding particularly from scituate and hall back towards marshfield and sandwich into the cape cod canal. we will talk more about the storm in a little bit. 15 in worcester. 22 boston and it's cold. another chilly start with the boston. the skies aside from a few clouds on vineyard and nantucket staying clear staying mostly sunny and upper 20s to lunchtime but the real feel is in the teens with the wind gusting occasionally over 20 miles per hour clear and dry blustery through the ride home. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: not too bad out there right now.

anywhere from the southeast expressway as usual bumper to bumper from east milton square to columbia road about a 15 minute ride in sharon we have a disabled vehicle 95 northbound just after route 1 that's not causing significant delays. to the north with a hive look over 93 that accident 93 southbound in wilmington by 125 is cleared. so right now 93 southbound is heavy pockets wilmington to woburn and medford and leverett connector. >> thanks very much. 6:32. flying out of boston this weekend you may want to look at your plans. >> the nor'easter moving in airlines telling passengers to think ahead. nicole jacobs is live inside logan airport. make it easier on travelers to rearrange things. >> reporter: they are and this might be the calm before the storm at logan and airports really up and down east coast.

as everyone braces for this gnar easter the affected areas are from north carolina to new york but what this means for airport is cancellations and delays. and, of course, that ripple down effect. airlines are doing their due diligence to make it as easy as possible for passengers offering travel wavers between- - waivers twoon friday and sunday as we take another -- between friday and sunday as we take another live look. the airlines one of the airlines offering those travel travel waivers. big suggestion is that you consult with the airline and contact airline before you head to the airport this weekend for sure. live at logan nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> thanks very much nicole. police are investigating threats at another local high school. this time in methuen official evacuated 2,000 student yesterday and took them to nearby lemry schools. -- elementary school.

bomb sniffing dogs inspected backpacks but found nothing. -like threats at more than a dozen schools on tuesday this threat was emailed to high school staffer. a patriots player getting praise for play off the field. he saved a stranger trapped inside a car after a crash. now, that woman is speaking out for the first time about this. susie steimle is live with what she is saying and the player got a little flak on this one. >> reporter: he did. he heard some negative things on gossip sites who thought he made it up to get attention. and that's why the woman involved in the crash said i will talk to the press to make sure we set the record straight because he deserves credit for what he did. and that's what his teammates say he is the kind of guy who would go out of his way to help a stranger that's what he did last thursday after practice. he was driving home and saw a car on side of the road smoking so -- so he stopped to see ifcohelp and realized a woman was trapped inside the car.

window and pulled her out safely. here's how both of them describeed -- described the whole incident. >> 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 he would kick the window open for me and he did after a couple attempts. >> started kicking it and kicking it with the right leg and it didn't break right away i wasn't sure it was but the third kick it broke and that's it. >> reporter: and after all that, this woman didn't end up being hurt. fleming was and ended up getting 22 stitches in his right calf after helping her out of the car and kicking in the window. and then went onto play the chiefs on saturday. he he is doing fine and getting -- he is doing fine and getting credit for the nice act last thursday. glad the gossip sites have been silenced. live in foxboro susie sometime neil thanks very much. -- steimle,.

the average ticket price for the afc championship game is 800 dollars. that's because two future hall of famers are going to be facing each other for the final time potentially. this proves brady and manning matchup never gets old. the pats wants to make sure they are ready and practiced indoors yesterday. brady had another great season and it looks -- he looks like he is in peak form. manning is injured this year and struggling with his arm strength. but coach bill belichick says manning is a serious threat. >> there's is not a player off our team i have more respect for than peyton manning. his preparation and consistency and skills, i would never underestimate him under any circumstances. >> all right. with more on manning and how broncos are getting ready we go to dan wr -- roche in denver. >> reporter: respect something that doesn't get use as much when it come to the two teams

we have had some trash talking early on. but when you look and listen to the two quarterbacks at that position, plenty of respect from both. now 39-year-old peyton manning will face tom bready in sunday's title show. the 17th meeting between the two greats and manning appreciates what number 12 brings to the table. >> when i look across you know at the patriots and see tom brady is the quarterback i know how hard he worked as well toon play as well as he has over the course of his career with the success he had and team success i just have a lot of respect. >> reporter: many more matchups and we have several days to do that but school to see 39-year- old manning and 38-year-old brady toe to toe onemore time. sports. >> and wbz is your official patriots station on sunday. we will start you off with a live two-hour edition of patriots game day at noon kick off at 3 and that's followed by

on both wbz and my tv38. state police confirming the refs for the patriots chiefs game left some footballs and hotel. police say that a hyatt employee called them and a trooper had to drive the footballs down to foxboro. the footballs to be used by the kickers only arrived a hour before the gamech ironically the embearaing mistake happened two days before the anniversary of deflategate scandal. boston mayor walsh wants to fight rising rents with tax bears -- tax breaks. he is considering incentives for property own aers who charges below market rents for tenants. details are being worked out including what 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. stock markets worldwide taking a beating and today investors will look at europe

whether to keep interest rates steady. dow jones ended down 250 points yesterday. at one point it was down 550 points. oil prices are partly to blame and they are at the lowest point in 13 years. also asian markets fell today as oil prices continued to decline. 6:39 on your thursday morning. time for our daily talker. this morning hundreds of teachers in detroit were threatening to call out sick again. yesterday dozens of schools had to close when the educators didn't show up. >> the teachers are protesting deplorable physical conditions in school buildings. but many are questioning whether the move helps or hurts students. robi is here to explain good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 85 of the 100 schools were forced to close yesterday. cnn reports a little while ago teachers are expected back on the job today. it was a massive teacher sick out that is expected not to happen again keeping the

outside voices and freezing temps to call attention to the plight. here some of the things going on there. floorboards coming up in the classrooms. moldy ceilings falling down. mice running around and some buildings mushrooms on the wall. sick out meant 45,000 kids forced to stay home and that equals 91% of detroit's public schools having to close. teachers upset about pay cuts and district 515 million in the red and schools being are by a state manager. bills proposed to spend 700 million over the next decade and the mayor says teachers frustrations are legitimate and the solution is not to send kids home. is the right move by teachers to force action here? katie says no teacher bough take such action lightly let alone this many teachers they need to fix the schools immediately. and a viewer post a futile

effort since there's no money to fix the schools in previously bankrupt detroit. number of ways to comment and thanks to everybody who chimed insofar website twitter or facebook comment all day long and share in the conversation. chris kathryn. >> we appreciate it thank you very much. police investigating a late night attack. right outside a local dunkin donuts. >> and a taxi on fire. the dramatic video in a race to rescue a woman trapped inside. >> and a push to keep you and your family safe on the the slopes. a message all skiers need to hear this morning. >> coming up prelude to a monster storm where in dc crippled by light snow before the weekend's expecteded blizzard. plus how one retail icon's business strategy could affect the future of department stores the more real news coming up on

it's 6:44. ski slopes will be glad for whatever snow we might get this weekend even a little bit. >> and they are doing what they can to keep the sport safe and family friendly. at waw shoeset -- wachuset they approach kid to quiz them about the code. it's rules to keep skiers safe. >> part is creating the safety message treating that safety culture. if we get the kids to do it you are creating your own group of smart independent skiers that know the safe way to ski.

>> key points of the code ski in control at all times, don't stop in the middle of the trail. give way to skiers in front of you and follow rules for lifts. ski lifts can be kind of. >> you told me. >> we had a couple close calls and you stand in behind and everybody went oh and i fell and i knew it was bad. >> she what couple mishaps. >> my problem with the control i go fast and i am like okay all right slow it down. >> tough do what tough do to stop. >> pizza stop you are doing the pizza stop. >> yeah why not. >> it works. >> all right we have to go. >> are you hungry. >> i am actually. >> that's why he commented on that. the storm of the weekend we are not going to see the brunt of this. we have blizzard watches up for dc and baltimore a new york city and newark new jersey all of long island and winter storm warnings through the carolinas back down through south carolina and kentucky and

tennessee. it's a major and significant impact in the areas. we will talk more about the storm in second. let's start with what's going on right now. 15 in worcester and 9 in keene and 22 in boston. another cold start and the wind is active and that adds the bite. roll feel five degrees in worcester and 10 in boston. the skies have cleared out. we had a few clouds overnight. a few scattered clouds left over on the vineyard in nantucket but otherwise we are in for bright sunshine. grab the shade as you head out the door. today's highs come up to around 30. but with wind factoreded in which will gust occasionally over 20 miles per hour it will feel like the teens. we drop back into the teens tonight and add the wind real feel in the single digits. tomorrow the wind won't be as strong the past few days. so we will be up around 30 and feel better. we do get late day clouds that will increase during the second half of the day tomorrow. where is the storm receipt now?

yesterday out of the rockies and today parts of kansas and back to the missouri valley. it's going to tap the gulf of mexico. already areas of rain blossoming through alabama georgia and florida panhandle. threat for severe weather there today, the snow shield blossoms into the north side tomorrow. coming into dc during the late afternoon and new york city by the predawn on saturday. for us, we are quiet on saturday morning. may plans you have through the course of early afternoon the snow arrives from south to north late afternoon into the evening. we may get making of the outer cape of nantucket depend on track. the storm passes well south and east of nantucket and wrap up heading into early on sunday. we are over 48 hours out low impact event for most of northern massachusetts. it's going to be a sharp cut off a few inches possible still boston and prove did he and the highest risk of 6 or more isalong south coast and mention

the winds 45 to 55 miles per hour on the cape. strongest wind saturday into sunday morning. beach erosion. the sun may come out and it's a quieter start to next week. 40s on tuesday. traffic and weather together. usual spots. let's look live over the exhe was -- expressway jammed road. 24 northbound stop and go stoughton to 128 about 10 minutes delay. to the north 93 southbound parking who the from wilmington into the leverett connector a 25 minute journey right now. >> thanks very much. 6:48. checking top stories we are now hearing from the woman rescued from a car crash one week ago today by patriots linebacker darius flemming. >> she doesn't want her identity revealed but says fleming rushed in in to help her when -- in to help her when she was trapped in her vehicle. >> i tried to kick open the

passenger side window when i saw someone approach and he gestured he would kick the window open and he did after a couple attempts. >> the good thing is she was not hurt. fleming needed 22 stitches on his calf and he went onto play last saturday night against the chiefs if police in milton say one person is in custody accused of atabbing a a man outside dungin donuts last night on granite avenue. the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police found the suspect at a nearby gas station. a taxi cab that burst into flames and the driver managed to escape and then held the passenger who was trapped trapped inside. we told a elderly woman was in the back seat needing help to get out. fortunately no one was hurt. a warning for airline travelers ahead of the weekend storm. many carriers tell passengers to change their flights before the snow arrives. delta southwest and american are among the airlines allowing you to make the switch without

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buffalo bills organization is making history. team hired the nfl's first full- time female assistant coach. katherine smith is the special teams quality control coach and spent last 12 seasons working for the new york jets before that she was a student manager for st. john's men's basketball team. the celtics take on the raptors in toronto and it was a close one. fourth quarter they trail by two when bradley ties it at 105. and in the fourth toronto now up 1. ross wide open for the three and he drains it. that puts the raptors up 4 and they win 115-109 second straight loss for the green. two bay state women will compete on the next season of sir viver. >> # nd season pits brain

bracco will be in the brain and julia sokolowsky will compete for the beauty tribe. season kicks off february 17th here on wbz. >> what tribe would i be in? >> can -- i won't say. brains and beauty. >> that's very nice of you kathryn. hying through her teeth. 6:54 time for a look at what he on cbs this morning. >> charlie rose good morning. >> good morning. ahead on cbs this morning if you dote nated money to back politicians or help veterans the people you want to help may never see a dime. cbs news investigates. and melody hobson on what macy'sdiscount option means for department stores. news is back in the morning.

one local company senning a little care package to -- sending a little care package topeyton manning. >> sons of liberty spirit says since broncos would lose they thought peyton would need cheering up and sent him whiskey to enjoy when he is forced to watch the super bowl at home. the company reached out to three dissill ris in denver to make a whys -- distillerys in

but they are waiting to hear back. >> they should send a box of tissues. >> maybe we could. and the cbs station in denver challenging us to a contest to see who has bet are fans but we want to help prove it with our battle of the fans. go to cbs boston facebook and look for the photos on out top and like it or share it to show we can spread our photo further than theirs. >> pats nation. >> go pats. >> looking towards the weekend we will keep you posted on the exact track of the storm heading into saturday. >> sound good. c pp s this morning is next on wb-z. cbs this morning is next on wb-