walking outside it's amazing how a couple degree difference can can make it feel milder than it's been. >> absolutely. and it feels like we are in early march not earl late january. >> it's in the 40s so absolutely. it's a mild day. it's 42 in boston. there's bit of a breeze creating a real feel in the mid- 30s. but by january's standards it's not too bad. 41 in nashua. upper 30s from worcester to keene. 39 in concord new hampshire but most of us in eastern massachusetts in the lower 40s and i am tracking a couple showers out there. mainly along the south coast and cape. it's a light shower you may encounter from dartmouth and a couple of these are moving from west to east. generally light and you may want the umbrella on stand by a couple flakes trying to mix in on the backside that would not amount to a whole lot. there may be a wet flake between now and late morning. a couple degrees between now

back up into the low 40s. status quo today. it will be breezy and increasing sunshine. there may be an isolated flurry or sprinkle heading into the ride home. more on the forecast coming up. let's go on the roads with traffic and weather together good morning robi. >> reporter: quiet out there now as the midweek commute gets underway. let's look live at expressway. hopefully the hov lane no problems. yesterday opened more than 2 hours late. for now light volume northbound quincy to boston. no reported slow downs. the rest of the major routes from the south are trouble free. 93 south smooth from andover. route 1 south moving from peabody. >> thanks very much. we are following several breaking news stories for you this morning. we start in dorchester. a man was found shot to death. >> let's get to susie steimle who is live on the scene. police say this is a active investigation. >> reporter: it is kathryn. you can see now the scene is clear but this is where police have been canvassing the neighborhood since 1:40 this morning where we know a man was

street near the intersection of washington and dunbar. you saw a big truck go by because the road is opened now. but we have video for you of the scene that's been going on since around 1:40. they did close down the street here as they were investigatingmedical examiner was -- the medical examiner was on the scene. we caught up with homicide detectives and they were able to tell us a man was shot in the street outside on washington street overnight and it's an open and ongoing investigation. they will release more information later this morning. live in dorchester susie steimle wbz this morning. >> thank you for the update. new details on breaking news in norwood as well. a police officer hit during a traffic stop is being treated at the hospital right now. the good news is that he only suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay. the officer pulled over a truck several warrants. the driver refused to get out of the truck and took off

door or mirror knocking him to the ground. that's when a chase began. police had to use stop sticks to end it. two men were arrested. breaking news in mansfield police investigating a rollover crash there. one person ejected from the car. no word on how bad the injuries are. the attleboro sun chronicle reports the vehicle may have been going about 100 miles an hour when it hit part of the bridge. also developing this morning, police investigating what appears to be a murder- suicide at a home in peabody. the victim's family was a big help in the case. >> a long distance phone called helped lead police to the scene. nicole jacobs is live with more on what happened. >> reporter: good morning. we are told the victim in this case was actually on the phone with relatives when they realized something was going terribly wrong. at this point police have not identified that victim nor the man they believe is responsible for carrying out the murder- suicide.

residence in this neighborhood i should say are shocked and stunned by the violence. police tape surrounds the area >> really close. you wouldn't expect to be this close but i guess i don't know anything is possible now right. >> reporter: just before 6:30 it happened. relatives of the 51-year-old woman alerted a authorities-- authorities. >> she was on the phone with a relative in brazil and that relative heard a commotion and altercation and the line went dead. home in and found her stabbed to death. another man on scene dead of self-inflicted stab wounds. >> on the steps to the house it appears outside the home. >> a lot goes on anywhere now. it done matter where you live i don't think anymore. even the small towns have it now so its not good. >> reporter: motive is unclear.

boyfriend disgruntled over a break-up. police say there have been no previous calls to the residence related to domestic issue. we are live in peabody nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> thanks so much. the boston marathon bombing trial will be made public. a federal judge just ordered the release of more than 600 court filings and the exhibits in the case against dzhokhar tsarnaev including fbi interviews, search warrants and dna reports. 5:05. a stand off at a remote wildlife refuge in oregon is over. one person is dead several under arrest. shots were fired when federal and state authorities intercepted the armed group during a traffic stop. the group was apparently heading to a community meeting. one of the group members was shot and killed. another wounded. the leader of the grume ammon bundy and 7 others were arrested. the group took over the refuge on january 2nd as part of a dispute over the federal

it's unclear if anyone else is holed up in the refuge. two people killed three wounded in shooting at a homeless came in seattle. all of the victims lived at encampment known as the jungle. no arrests have been made and police are looking for two people of interest in the shooting. a flying tire is being blade for a deadly crash on 128 in lexington of the investigators say the tire flew off a pickup truck in the southbound lane of 128 and smashed into a camry heading north. that car's driver was killed. >> i never in a thousand years would have guessed it was a tire that flew across. the chances of that happening are probably even less than getting struck by lightning. that's pret they scary. >> you can't predict what's going to happen right? >> scary. >> right. >> the peckup truck was driven by a 19-year-old woman registered to a man in harvehail. so far no charges have been filed. final salute to a local marine. crowds of people many complete

pay tribute to a fallen hero. corporal christopher orlando was one of 12 marines killed when two helicopters crashed off the coast of hawaii. last night a police escort hingham and they found the streets filled with people some who knew him and others moved to action by his service and sacrifice. >> to see a young man have his life end so abruptly it's heart breaking. >> what do you say? it's just so hard and so young and all -- and he had his whole life ahead of him. it's a terrible thing. terrible, terrible thing. >> a family friend says the memorial service will be held in hingham in the near future. to campaign 2016 this morning. donald trump says he is going to skip tomorrow night's republican debate. the gop front-runner has a problem with fox news network and a moderator. don champion has more. >> reporter: the latest escalation in tensions came

press release tuesday. saying in part we learned from a secret back channel that the the ayatollah and putin intend to treat donald trump unfairly becomes president. republican presidential front- runner off. >> when they sent out the wise guy press release as while ago done by some pr person along bye. >> you call women you don't like fat pigs. >> reporter: trump has been at odds with fox news since the first gop debate answering rate host megyn kelly for allegedly questioning him unfairly. just yesterday the billionaire candidate took to instagram asking his followers if he should participate in yet another debate moderated by her. >> trump is not used to not controlling things but the truth is he doesn't get to control the media. >> reporter: in a statement the network says trump is still welcomed at thursday night's event and will be treated fairly.

being willing to defend his record. >> reporter: locked in tight battle for first place ted cruz is offering to debate trump one- on-one a. >> 90 minutes you and memono lincoln douglas style and if that scares you we will do a iowa town hall. >> reporter: with drump's absence 7 contenders will take part. the 7th of the campaign season. don champion, cbs news, new york. 5:09. high marks for the state's teachers. department of education released teacher evaluations for last year marking the first time all school systems using the same evaluation system. the vast majority of massachusetts teachers were professional status or tenure with rated as exempt larry or proficient. nearly 90% were exempt larry or proficient. 1% of the teachers received an unsatisfactory rating.

education this morning one of the first debates in newton over a proposal to start school later. school district committee members are considering starting as late as 9 in the morning. right now the start time at the high schools are 7:40 and 7:50. some students have shown that later start times could give students more sleep and less stress. the students we spoke to last night were concerned with conflicts at after school activities. >> i agree we need more sleep but i don't think starting school later would help because school would be pushed back later and sports would be pushed back and you have to get your homework done until later and you would not get anymore sleep than we do now. >> newton hopes to vote on the issue this spring and put changes in place by fall. thanks for being with us this morning. coming up, a special meeting for two people who defied the odds and survived a plane crash. >> a local pilot in his -- and his passenger get their chance

>> one local wrestler winning over new fans with his first loss. why he decided to sacrifice hisperfect record. danielle good morning. >> good morning. we have got clouds around and a couple showers this morning but coming into the 40s later this afternoon and that's where we are right now. i am tracking a little bit of a snow shower risk for the end of the week.

some of the best figure skaters spending time in boston. >> they were in town check out the world of the figure chatting -- skating championships. among those expected to compete ice dancing champions mya and alex who was born here in boston and says he and his the garden ice. >> i'm big boston sports fan and i am geek out with the banners strange my neck but it's going to be a great atmosphere and think the fans from all over the world will come into boston will love it. >> the world championships are march 28th through april 3rd.

will wear black and gold. >> i think i would geek out too. it's so cool. >> it is. >> very talented. i love figure skating and i am in awe because ice skate something not easy to do. >> don't you hold your breath because you are like oh they are going to fall. >> a little bit. we need to check the forecast and for the ice kateing rinks it's a good temperature. >> 43 in boston. it's a mild start you guys. we have dropped a degree we are 42 in the city but typically this time of the year we should be in the low 20s in the morning we are well above average out door. there's a breeze creating real feel that's cool are but by january standards this is not that bad. 29 the real feel one of the colder spots in worcester. i am tracking a couple rain showers because we are mild noconcern with icing. or freeze that happens after that a couple light rain showers you may want the umbrella. pop the hood up briefly.

and these extend into providence and a sprinkle may come through you and along the south coast of rhode island into southern bristol county. it's with a front we looked at yesterday and if you zoom out there's more moisture to the south and won't impact you that much this morning between now and let's say late morning there will be a chance of a shower. in fact let's go through the hour by hour. notice all the way from plymouth back to the cape a quick light shower through 7, 8, what is this? blue showing up on the mat. a wet snowflake or two may mix with the rain drops but wouldn't amount to anything and wouldn't have any impact. just don't be caught off guard. and through the afternoon it's increasing sunshine. not too bad. we stay in the low 40s today. and tomorrow we start with sunshine and the clouds build in. and that's ahead of the disturbance we talked about all week. one coming in from the great lakes, and another out over the ocean. notice they stay separate. so the concern was how quickly they would link up. it looks like most of the rain stays offshore. we may get a shower on the cape

and then there will be a chance of a brief snow shower mixed with at rain drop on friday afternoon or evening. doesn't look like a big impact here. but there will be a couple snow showers and flurries as the storm goes out to sea. high temperatures today 42. wait we are 42 right now. that's right we are not going up that much. we stay steady through the day. we may come down a couple hours. and come back up into the lower 40s. overnight tonight, mainly clear. and dropping into the 20s so we have had melting the past couple days that will continue today. a little refreeze in spots tonight. so watch for a few icy patches early tomorrow morning. otherwise, we get sunshine to start for thursday and then the clouds move in. high of 41 tomorrow afternoon and boston a another above average day. lower to middle 40s for a lot of metro west up 30ersin worcester hills. friday a chance of a snow shower brief in passing temperatures in the upper 30s and same for saturday. the weekend is looking good. intervals of sun and clouds and temperatures coolest on saturday and warming up into

50s to start next week could be a passing rain shower still in the 40s on tuesday. robi. now. no major backups or accidents to talk about. let's hope we keep that going. from the north with a live look over 93. southbound a spool right woburn to boston the route 3 clear and the rest of the major routes south expressway busy braintree to boston but moving along. route 3 northbound no problems coming up from hingham. 24 north and 95 north spreed limit rides right now. -- speed limit rides right now. more than 24 hours after it started the fire at a water treatment plan in conditionsy is out -- quincy is out. crews used a crane to remove slabs of concreel where the fire burned underground. five workers suffered minor injuries after an explosion inside the building on monday. state staples is reportedly cut kg -- staples is

jupes a the headquarter in framingham -- of jobs at the headquarters in framingham. they have been trying to merge with office depot but the government is blocking the deal. two men badly injured in a plane crash in june are thanking the people who rescued them. >> pilot ron gagnan and his passenger roger cross crashed into the woods near the hampton new hampshire airfield. the plane burst into flames and they were rushed to ports smith reason nall -- regional trauma staff. >> someone they just met come through the door they didn't know who i was what happened or what i was all about. my list of injuries were more than just facial injuries which was reported at the time i walked out of the hospital. >> he suffered 18 broken bones as well as burns to his body. again. >> glad they are doing okay. coming up next bad news for the black be a gold -- and gold. >> ducks put the bruins in

the all star break. that's next in the morning sports. >> and parting words peyton manning surprising midfield admission to coach belichick.

coming up on 5:23. an injury update on one of the pats big of the stars. >> the bruins take on ducks levan reid has morning sports. >> good morning everybody. and boston bruins winger wasdrafted by the ducks in 2006 and they were the mighty ducks the real duck dynasty this off season he signed with the bruins as a free agent and last night the bees were taking on the former team at garden. boston taking on anaheim and before the game, the head coach dropping the ceremonial first puck after picking up the 1,000 career win over the weekend. good start for the bees. 40 second in and he rips home the first goal of the season. 1-0 boston. whoever -- the ducks would score four unanswered goals. two in the first and two in the second and this is kevin capping it off with a slapper making it 4-1 anaheim. ducks beat them 6-2 sending the

star break on a losing note. by the way, he finished with two assistto football and surf tan and go to and not play football. 133 players have declined the pro bowl invitations and that includes 7 patriots players e think it's time to scrap the game. we hear at wbz can confirm that mayo has surgery on the injured pectoral and should be good to go come training camp whether he is with the team is another story. now there's been a ton of speculation that super bowl 50 is the final game of peyton manning's career when he was shaking hands with belichick he told bill, this might be my last rodeo. so it sure has been a pleasure. aa final pro basketball note celtics look for the fourth

that's sports this morning levan reid for wbz sports. a high school wrestler is credited to are a winning move getting -- giving up his winning record. >> this is andy who has down syndrome and has been wrestling for several years. last year he was against deven schuko who was-defeated in the last 27 matches but this went to andy. >> we shook hands and the ref blew the whistle and we locked up and he was tough kid and snapped me down. i will work hard and hopefully i will get a rematch. >> that rematch will have to come soon andy is 21 and has three meets left before the 22nd birthday which is when he becomes ineligible to compete. >> that's a lot about deven's character. >> classy move yeah. and you know what, andy is apretty good wrestler. still to come in the next half-hour, the latest on the

>> the new incentive investigators are using to try to get more tips about where the men are now hiding. >> reporter: an international phone call leads noise a gruesome scene. coming up, the late -- leads police to a gruesome scene. coming up, the latest on a murder-suicide investigation. >> this is jon keller. domed trum sp boycott -- donald trump says he is boycotting the next debate? i don't believe that for a second. >> good morning. tracking a couple rain showers. when you can get back down to the cape and islands and increasing sunshine today. we will stay in the 40s this afternoon. i will take you out to some snow showers through the end of the week as you take a live look at the skyline in boston. pretty quiet start. stay with us and wake up with us.

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took off. >> and developing this morning the investigation into an apparent murder suicide in peabodych the phone call that led police to the scene. >> and donald trump promising to boycott tomorrow night's gop debate. why jon keller thinks the presidential hopeful will end up on stage. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. good morning everybody. it's 5:30 right now i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. danielle is here to give us a peek outside. >> not too bad out this morning. you've been saying that. >> the dog walk was not too bad. a lighter jacket on this morning. it's in the low 40s right now which is 20 degrees above where we should be. >> that's different a couple degrees. >> that's it. it does make a difference you are right.

we are dry with increasing sunshine and uniformed in the 40s. the wind in the city of boston is from the west at 12 miles per hour. that creates a bit of a real feel running 3 # degrees but by january standards not too bad. look at this lower 40s for most of us here from southernmaine back to the cape and islands. a touch cooler when you get from worcester to keene in the upper 30s right now. there's a look at the satellite and radar. let's zoom into live radar where you see showers generally light. you want the umbrella if you don't want to get wet. all the way from bristol down to new bedford a couple light showers as well. and that will continue between now and late morning. the rest of us dry and sunrise at 7:03 a decreasing clouds increasing sunshine. we will be breezy this afternoon and staying in the lower 40s and wind may gust occasionally over 20 miles per hour and an isolated sprinkle or flurry can't be ruled out heading into the ride home. traffic and weather together how is it looking. >> reporter: well this is

the morning commute. let's look live over the expressway in dorchester. moderate volume braintree to boston but no backups 128 southbound heavy and slow now between route 37 and the split. and no issues on route 3 northbound right now. the map. 93 southbound you hang up in the andover stretch between 495 and 1 # 3. route 1 south smooth from danvers and kathryn. >> 5:# 2 right now -- 5:32 right now. we are following several breaking stories. police investigating a deadly shooting in dorchester. a man was found shot to death on dunbar avenue and washington street after 1:30 this morning. police say this is an active investigation so far. they haven't arrested a shooter. new details on breaking news in norwood a police oster- - officer hit during a traffic stop is being treated at a hospital. he suffered minor injuries. officer pulled over a truck

several warrantsch the driver refused to -- warrants. the driver refused to get off and took off hitting the officer with the door or mirror knock him to the ground a chase began and police had to use stop sticks to end it. two men were arrested. also breaking news in mansfield. police investigating a rollover crash there. one person was ejected. no word on how bad the injuries are. the attleboro sun chronicle reports the vehicle may have been going about 100 miles an hour when it crashed. investigating whether a man hit by a freight train was killed before he was hit. police found 74-year-old hector ramos' body on the tracks near lincoln and prescott streets sunday night. they are waiting for autopsy results to find out if he died before the train hit him. police in south boston are investigating a deadly accident. a 66-year-old man was hit and killed while crossing old colony avenue near gavin way last night. the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. they have not released the victim's name.

the reward for information leading to the capture of three escaped inmates in california. investigators now offering $200,000 to try to track down the three men. they broke out of an orange county jail over the weekend. they were gone 16 hours before prison official noticed. they were awaiting trial for violent crimes. but the cases were not connected. 5:34. over to campaign 2016 donald trump says he will skip the debate e has problem with fox news network and a moderator. move by trump. >> reporter: good morning. make. my analysis always sincere doesn't always turn out to be right. i know what you are thinking it's hard to believe, but it's true. in fact i predicted the donald trump boomlet would not survive the fall and said i would eat

with nice salad and caesar dressing that was not a tasty lunch. i now have another prediction to make. that might turn out to be wrong. but it's based on my experience with both politics and human nature. in spite of his promise last night to skip thursday night's nationally televised gop debate after a spat with the debate organizer fox news, donald trump will in fact be there. as we pointed out last night on the 11:00 news, almost immediately after canceling out of the debate in a huff, trump was softening the rhetoric. this leaves the door open for the network to back down a bit as well. watch for some conciliatory rhetoric and 11th hour decision by trump to show up at of after all. they get their astronomical ratings and he gets the new psycheled dominance through thursday at least.

except forgotten ted cruz. sorry ted, you you're playing checkers and trump is playing chess. i could be wrong and i am sure i will hear about it from you if i am but i learned my lesson about trump. everything he does is with a purpose. and yielding the debate to competitors doesn't advance his agenda. we are watching a master showman at work don't forget. for better or for worse. share your take on this with me by e mail at keller@wbztv. com or via twitter at keller at large. >> it's 5:36. still ahead, two madge airlines offering re-- major airlines offering refunds. >> the health scare causing concerns for travelers to certain countries. >> mascots like wally the green monster don't appear to upset anyone but some are controversial. tonight a local school district debates whether to get rid of the redman symbol. they have had it for decades and now some find it offensive. we want to know what you think.

welcome back. 5:39. museum of fine a arts celebrating a new addition to the collection. >> take a look. museum has acquired the first original piece by freda calo the first one painted by her ever sold in 1929 and museum will put it on display today that's a neat addition. >> that's cool and they have a lot of cool pieces. >> i never been. uber taking new steps to monitor the drivers. >> plus the health scare prompting two airlines to offer refunds.

new york stock exchange for today's money watch. >> reporter: good morning. two major airlines will refund passengers worrying about traveling to brazil and other virus. united says all customers can get refunds or rescheduled without a change fee. american says it will offer refunds to pregnant women as zika is linked to dangerous birth defects. uber is testing a program that lets -- that monitors drivers gps and their phones and that can measure small movements like sudden stops and accelerations. it's in response to complaints about drivers who speed or too heavy on brakes. weight watcher shares are soaring shooting up 20% after oprah winfrey tweeted she lost 26 pounds on the plan while eating bread every day. oprah joined weight watchers in october and owns 6 1/2 million

she made about 12 1/2 million dollars on paper. must be nice chris and catherine. >> that's a lot of money -- kathryn. >> that's a lot of money. >> making money. >> and she is eating bread. >> that's right. we will see you tomorrow morning. thanks very much. coming up a check of the traffic and weather together and a look at top stories. >> new concerns about who's watching the skies. new report questioning how air traffic controllers are trained. >> reporter: a fatal shooting overnight in dorchester. we will give you a closer look at the scene coming up on wbz this morning. >> and good morning. checking in with weather watchers. a lot of reports coming in which is great to see. a lot of temperatures mild around 40 degrees. jennifer says 40 in methuen with clouds and 5:30 a.m. in january i will take it. we are in 40s through the after nonand increasing sunshine. we will go out to the upcoming

welcome back. you having trouble sticking to the new year resolution if you are blame it on the brain. >> scientists at duke says bad habits leave lasting marks on your brain make it harder to give them up. the researchers can't say how

is started but suggest patience and perseverance. i want to be better person in 2016 like an overall goodness and you had a resolution too. >> so far so good. >> you are working on it. >> working on it. >> i just think it's one of the things that habits it takes they say at least 21 days or >> true. happen. >> yeah. >> became it on the brain. >> -- blame it on the brain. >> going well. it's mild. we are in the 40s out the door which is remarkable by january standards. we should be in the lower 20s this time of the year. it's 42 at logan airport and same in lawrence. 43 in taunton. there's a bit of a wind that will be active today but even with real feels in the 20s and 30es that is not too -- 30s that's not too bad. generally along the south coast a couple showers. no need to worry about refreeze that's going to happen quickly or anything like that. we will stay in the lower 40s. but you may want the umbrella

down back around to the islands as extending along the south coast and plymouth county. a quick shower coming through. all of that zooming the view out with a front that's pushing offshore over the next few hours. behind it, still clouds but then we will see increasing the the day today. and you will see it in the hour by hour forecast between now and let's say mid to late morning look at that. couple wet snowflakes may mix in with the rain drops and that pushes off the island. no need to worry about anything like that but a wet snowflake or two may mix in. look at by the afternoon the sun is out and the west wind may gust occasionally over 20 miles per hour today. making it feel a little cooler. tomorrow we start with sunshine beautiful start to the day. and the wind turns in from the south and we get an increase in clouds late in the day tomorrow. and temperatures once again should be around or over 40. and friday we have have a disturbance from the great lakes and moisture over the ocean. this is what we talked about

potential on friday. looks like right now the disturbances will stay separate though. they will try to interact and what that means for us, a stray snow shower or rain shower at the coastline on friday. doesn't look like a major impact or anything like that. in fact a low impact with a passing snow shower on friday afternoon. which is good news. low 40s here for highs in boston and we are in the the low 40s right now. so it's steady as she goes today. we may drop a couple degrees this morning and come back up into the lower 40s. 41 fitchburg upper he 30s this afternoon -- upper 30s this afternoon lower to middle 40s from plymouth to the cape. that means additional melting. we had some yesterday and we will do it again today and tonight we dip below the freezing mark so there may be a couple icy patches that result. mostly clear and coldest in the suburbs about 20 to 25 there and sunshine to start tomorrow. clouds will build in during the second half of the day. wind out of the south at 10 to 20 miles per hour and

accu-weather seven-day cooler to enter the week. chance of snow shower on friday. weekend looks great. partly sunny upper 30s on saturday and 10 degrees warmer on sunday. people like the warmth. starting next week we should be around 50 and a couple rain traffic and weather together. >> reporter: we have a vehicle on fire out in west bridges total traffic network says there's a box truck on fire 495 northbound after boston road. the truck is fully engulfed in the rest area so apparently it's off the roadway there. from the south 128 southbound is heavy and slow in the braintree stretch that boggs down between -- bogs down between 37 and the split. 93 southbound and the andover stretch that's a sluggish between 495 and 133. chris kathryn. >> thanks very much. 5:48. an apparent murder-suicide in peabody. >> a deadly shooting in dorchester.

>> reporter: good morning i am susie steimle live in dorchester where police have been investigating a fatal shooting that happened overnight. we want to get to the scene with a little more active. police cleared out now. but homicide detectives were here for several hours canvassing the neighborhood near washington and dunbar streets where we know a man was shot around 1:40 this morning. he was pronounced dead on the scene. the medical examiner was here a little earlier as well. we know that detectives were talking with neighbors trying to figure out what happened. at this point no arrests have been made. live in dore chest canner susie stipeel -- stipeel -- steimle wbz this morning. >> reporter: i am nicole jake sobs live in peabody where authorities are investigating a murder-suicide. we will get to video from yesterday evening when it happened. it happened at 11 winters street here in peabody. police arrived to find a 51- year-old woman dead of stab

dead of self-inflicted stab wounds. police say it was an international phone call with relatives that alerted them to the home. coming up at 6, more on the phone call and reaction from residents. live in peabody nicole jacobs wbz this morning. a local cabdriver credited for grabbing a gun out of a man's hand after he fired at a boton hotel it started when a taj employee tried to stop and drew flak from walk out with a drink e stormed outside and fired a gun and took off in cab. the driver said he took the weapon from flak after he fired it in the cab. he is being held on 30,000 dollars bail. the government says the fbi foiled a terror plot in wisconsin. investigators arrested 23-year- old sammy mohammad hamzed he is accused of trying to kill 30 people -- planning to kill 30 people. he was arrested trying to buy machine guns from undercover agents.

medical medical center in san or shooting. base was put on lock down as they searched each room. initial reports says there was a shooter at the building that houses barracks for wounded soldiers. after a full investigation the officials gave the all clear. a concerning new report finds there are not enough experienced air traffic controllers. a government watchdog says 13 air traffic towers across the can be try are not meeting minimum -- country are not meeting minimum staffingrequirements. hiring is closing the gap but they are not properly trained. jetblue is redesigning is. 130 planes to include more leg room and power outlet and gate to gate free wi-fi and a variety of new entertainment optioner. commuters. the best on time numbers of the december. between july and december, the

25%. it's 5:51 on your wednesday. time for our daily talker he. so what was your school mascot? chances are the tiger or patriot or eagle was not controversial. >> but a growing number of schools including two here in massachusetts are being pressured to change the massscots. here's robi with more -- mascots. here's robi request with more. >> reporter: people -- is here with more. >> reporter: am hers decide to do away with a mascot. at am hers the unofficial -- amherst-- now the trustees this week voted to get rid of lord jeff because the mascot was driving people apart. an ahum. >> i student group will pick a new mascot and tewksbury they called themselves redmen after complaints from local family

superintendent called for a forum tonight to see if people mascot. supporters of the redmen mascot launched a facebook page called redmen here to stay and want the tradition to continue and insist it's pride behind the logo and many plan to wear the shirts with the redmen logo on it tonight to the meeting. so, we want to know what you think about this mascot controversy suzanne says there's no such thing as a perfect person mascot et cetera. so many in the past have done things that are unacceptable today. if we never learn history, we are bound to repeat it. number of ways to comment website twitter or facebook. we will read more comments coming up at 6. chris and kathryn. >> thanks very much. still to come, the accidental competitor who entered a half marathon. >> her incredible and

an unexpected competitor leaves experiencing runers in a dust. >> a dog in alabama accidently joined a half marathon and fin initiated 7th play. she ran off to go to the bathroom and somehow ended up at starting line. she ran with the runners for all 13.1 miles. her 7th place finish was enough to get her her own medal.

>> i can't imagine running 13.1 miles. look at you. good for you. that must have been a funny surprise for the owner. definitely. morning. top stories isr straight ahead. -- top stories are straight