defaced. graffiti wrapping the boston landmark and the quick work to clean it newspaper we know the suicide. >> new england lawmakers go before a senate hearing look for action to stop the drug ep dem ic. >> temperatures in the 40s and burst of sunshine this afternoon. tracking more mild days in your forecast. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at noon starts right now. >> developing right now at noon vandalism at the boston pb luck library. someone -- public library.

in the front. crews spent morning cleaning it up i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. library workers say it's something they haven't seen in years. susie steimle is live with much hi. >> reporter: good afternoon kathryn and chris. city crews were quick to start working on this but if you take a closer look, you can see the outline of that graffiti. tagged overnight. and now police are searching for the suspect. it's a place in the city people often stop to stair at. but wednesday onlookers were not admiring the architecture but gawking in disgusts. >> it's bold. >> frustrating. and sad. >> welcome to boston we are nothing sacrate. this library is a monument records around midnight boston police got a call that the public library had been defaced with spray paint. first thing wednesday morning the city's self-proclaimed graffiti busters and museum

>> i got a text this morning that sent me a picture of this and ruined my coffee. >> reporter: it was gone in a little over an hour. thanks in large part to a careless criminal. >> the can of spray can't from the graffiti people what did-- that did it was in the trash. >> they left a can of metallic spray paint and that's nice of them to do so on back of the can it said what to use to fine. >> reporter: the message to whoever did it if you put your signature on a symbol of the sit they don't expect it to stick around for long. >> i think people care very much about how we respond to the challenges and that the building is kept one of the artifacts and cultural heritage for the city. >> reporter: police are working with nearby businesses to get their surveillance video hoping to get a better look at the suspect who was here around midnight. if you were in the area and

hoping to hear from you. live in copley square susie sometime neil thanks. breaking news right now a federal judge is releasing sealed documents from the boston marathon bombing trial. more than 600 court filings and exhibits in the case againstdzhokhar tsarnaev will go public including fbi dna reports. also developing this noon we are learning much more about an overnight deadly shooting in dorchester. police telling us a 19-year-old man was shot and killed at avenue. police say they are searching for suspects and they are asking anyone with information to give boston police a call. another developing story this noon. we now know who the woman was killed in an apparent murder- suicide in peabody. nicole jacobs is live and what victim. >> reporter: well chris, we are told that the victim in this case was originally from brazil had been here in the states for several years and they say she was a hard worker who cleaned

unfortunately, according to police, murdered by her ex- boyfriend. with daylight it's easy to see the neighborhood is like any other here. but what happened on winter street brings a chill to neighbors. >> nobody knows what happened. so, it's kind of questionable. >> reporter: it was just before 6:30 tuesday police received a call a relative concerned after speaking to another family member overseas. >> she was on the phone with a relative in brazil and that relative heard a commotion and altercation and the line went dead. >> reporter: just after hearing screams, essex county district attorney speaks of 51-year-old ella set ben viet hose was in the states for several years. >> -- benavides who was in the states for several years. >> nice lady and tragedy. tragedy all around. >> reporter: authorities arrive at the home found benavides

old det of self-inflicted stab wounds and he was the boyfriend until october. >> no history with the two individuals. no history at all. >> reporter: a murder-suicide they say. one catching many by surprise including the landlord. >> very nice lady. very nice woman. very hard working lady. >> reporter: but the phone call that led police hear heart breaking no it would be the last time family would hear her voice. and cleaning crews are now here at the home cleaning up from last night's crime. i can tell you we are told benavides lived here alone since her daughter moved out and married last fall. unfortunately everyone here is shocked at what happened. live in peabody nicole jacobs. >> thank you very much. a police officer recovering this noon after being hit during a traffic stop in norwood e pulled over a truck looking for someone wanted on several charges. the driver refused to get out

officer with the door or the mirror knocking him to the ground. a chic began and police had to use stop sticks to end it. two men were arrested. the officer suffered minor injuries. the fire marshal released the cause of a fire at a wednesdayy water treatment plant. mechanical failure of a industrial circulation fan created a chemical cloud which sparked an explosion that set off a for which lasted nearly 24 hours. the fire didn't affect the switching gears turning to the the weather out there. let's take a live look outside and you can see the sun well, out there. i promise you. cloud to deal with as well. but we are talking about temperatures up in the 40s. >> feels nice it does. gardner. >> good afternoon to you. locations. we have a couple areas in the 37 degrees.

40s on the cape and islandsthe snow melt continues. and we are tracking more mild temperatures in the coming days. this afternoon, we have reached our high temp for the day fully back to 0 by 3 -- 40 by 3 p.m. very comfortable overall. sat rad pictures shows a system pushed through bringing rain to the cape and islands. that's long gone. and now we have few flurries to the north and west. in the hour by hour forecast, notice we are mainly dry. and but maybe squeezing out a sprinkle or two before that evening commute comes to an end. in just a bit, more mild temperatures on the way. when we could see 50s and tracking the next chance for snow all in your 7-day back to you. >> we appreciate it. right now several new england lawmakers have just wrapped up testifying in front of a senate judiciary committee nation. >> but the fact is i believe -- nation. >> but the fact is i believe we are facing a pandemic it's

spreading to every state in the country including alaska and hawaii. >> senator went onto say the drug overdoses killed more people in new hampshire over accidents. new hampshire senator testified along with the vermont governor. manchester police chief is also expected to testify at the hearing. a flying tire blamed for a deadly crash on 128 in lexington. investigators say the tire flew off a pickup truck in the southbound lanes of 128 smashing into a toyota camry that was heading northbound. the car's driver was killed. >> i never in a thousand years would have guessed it was tire that flew across. chances of that happening are probably even less than getting that's pretty scary. >> you can't predict what's going to happen right? >> scary. >> 19-year-old woman was driving the pickup truck and it's registered to a man in harvehill and no charges have been filed. in south boston, state

officials say a 66-year-old man was crossing old colony avenue at gavin way when he was hit and killed. the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. police have not released the victim's name. over to campaign 2016 we are five days out from the iowa caucus, and this race is taking an unusual turn. weija jiang reports from des moines. >> reporter: donald trump is living up to the antiestablishment label and skipping thursday night's republican debate. >> let them have their debate and let's see how they do with the ratings. >> reporter: the brash businessman is pulling out because fox news refuses to replace megyn kelly. the network shot back saying capitulating violates all journalistic standards. iowa. >> reporter: senator ted cruz trump's closest rival accused donald of dodging him. >> apparently, megyn kelly is

>> reporter: on the democratic sanders is surging. >> what a turn out. >> reporter: tuesday night he had more than 14,000 people minnesota. >> people are sick and tired of establishment politics and and establishment economics. >> reporter: but hillary clinton says establishment is just another way of saying she can get things done. >> i am not just shouting slogans and not just engaging in rhetoric. >> reporter: because -- because i don't think you can get what we need done in the election or in the presidency unless you level with people. >> reporter: clinton is trailing sanders in the latest iowa poll released wednesday. weija jiang vbs news des moines -- cbs news des moines iowa. marine. crowds of people paying tribute to christopher orlando one of 12 marines killed when two helicopters crashed off the coast of hawaii. last night a police escort hingham. the streets filled with

knew orlando and his family and others moved to honor him because of his service and sacrifice. >> to see a young man have his life ended so abruptly, it's heart breaking. >> what can you say? i mean it's so hard and he is so young and he what whole life ahead of him. it's a terrible thing. a terrible, terrible thing. >> a family friend says a memorial is service will be held for orlando in hingham. for marathon bombing survivor to marathon runner. >> a woman who lost part of her leg in the 2013 bombing will take the course this year. adrienne haslet will run the race on her prosthetics. the image shows her with the running gear and the the boston marathon shirt and will use the run to raise money for a organization that provides pros thetic to amputees. >> the bold move -- prosthetics. the bold move by a high

ongoing debate in a district. >> a melter on the move. how boston is helping dc deal with the snow. you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health caret and child care so people canr actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what

welcome back a winning move from high school standout. he gives up his perfect record to make an oon the's dream come true. in 27 straight meets he has gone undefeated. >> that ended when he met andy howland last week and andy who has down syndrome was look for an opponent at the meet between three schools and norton's captain stepped up and it's a moment going viral. >> we shook hands and the ref blew the whistle and we locked up and he was a tough kid and hesnapped she down hopely i will get a rematch. >> andy took the match and left with a big smile. ear to ear. >> love that story. >> fantastic. >> i know. >> so sweet right. >> great move. >> weather is looking pretty good right now. >> >> the bad. we are getting bursts of sun. >> for the end of chan this is -- january this is fantastic. >> this is good. >> snow continues to melt and can't ask for anything better. we had a spring feel to the air.

although in the extended forecast we could be tracking 50s. i will show you that in a minute. the count down continues to all the spring activities though. pitchers and catchers 22 days away and 53 days until spring officially begins. and boston marathon 82 days. and we have great running weather out there. temperatures in the 40s and upper 30s this afternoon. worcester reporting 37. boston and taughton 42. lawrence 42 degrees. and there's a slight breeze out there and we have gusty winds in a couple locations. downtown boston in particular, it's sustained wind from the west at 9 miles per hour. making that temperature feel like 37 degrees as opposed to the technical temp of 42. wind gusts picked up this afternoon and between 25 and 30 miles p per hour in some locations here boston a gust of 20 but fitchburg up to 31 miles per hour. that's coming from the west. overnight tonight, dipping into the 20s and under a mostly clear skies. clouds will continue to break

might see a sprinkle squeeze out from many of the clouds later today but around very dry afternoon for us. tomorrow's high temperatures still comparable to what we already. low 40s upper 30s out there and we are tracking a couple systems as we get closer to the hour by hour forecast will start off tonight 10 p.m. and high pressure still the dominating force. we keep it overly clear into looking good easy morning commute in terms of weather. pressure. we will watch that to the north and west. this one could bring a brief chance for few flurries primarily in the higher elevations late thursday and into thursday night and early friday morning. 1 a.m. we pause it here and there's another system developing off at sea and that's going to stay away from us thankfully plus it's bringing in milder air too. we might squeeze out potential for a wintry mix on the cape scenario. you can see by the forecast model not spitting out too much

temperatures will be cold -- us. the mountains temperatures will be cold enough you will experience fresh powdery snow. and the weekend looking pretty warm too. here's snowfall potential for friday night. for the higher elevations notice one to three inches of snow and we will take it. 7-day forecast 41 degrees for thursday, friday 39 and looking ahead to the weekend, saturday the cooler of the two days sunday close to 50 degrees and monday 52. back to you. >> thanks very much. washington, d.c. gets back to work today after last weekend's storm dropped 2 feet there. skoals and government offices are opened today. dc metro restored all service but schedules will be modified. there's still snow to remove from the capital that's for sure and massachusetts is helping out. this morning mass d.o.t. sent crews with an 80 ton snow melter and five front end loaders. they will be there through the weekend. on the "healthwatch" this noon a push to make sure moms get the medical treatment that they need.

a government panel is recommending all women be screened for depression during pregnancy and after giving birth. experts say as many as 1 out of every 7 women suffer fromdepression begins in pregnancy and continues postpartum. there's a push to treat the seeka -- zika virus. president out bam -- obama is pushing for more research to treat the disease. it is linked to birth defect in children with mothers infected. the disease is in central and south america and spreading. u.s. official advised pregnant areas. refunds. united says customers who rebook. american will give refunds to note. starting time. the first debate last night starting school could be pushed back as late as 9 a.m.

right now the start time at the high schools are 7:40 and 7:50 in the morning. some studies show a later start time could give students more sleep and lower stress. but, students we spoke with conflicts with after-school being a nights agree we need more sleep but i don't think starting school later would help because then school would be pushed back and sports would be pushed back. so then you have to get your homework done until later and you wouldn't get anymore sleep than we do now. >> newton hopes to vote on the issue this spring and put changes into place by fall. this noon. still ahead call us the -- call it the oprah effect.

oprah can do it all lose and gaining at the same time. >> she is making waves with a tweet saying she lost 26 pounds while eating bread. oprah is following weight watchers. but says the plan allows her to eat bread every day. and after her tweet shares of the weight loss company went up 20%. oprah who owns 6 1/2 million shares of weight watchers stock

that's a lot of money in one day. things are not looking so great for apple. sales of the iphones are slowing down and will drop by more than 8% this year. still the company says it made 18.4 billion dollars in profits during the last quarter. from a smart phone to a smart atm. >> one bank trying to change the way you get cash. jp morgan chase is working on a machine to let you withdraw money without a debit card and you will use your smart phone. they will let customers cash checks and pay chase credit card bills and even your mortgage. thanks for being here with us this noon. a sweet surprise. >> what two parents found when they turned on the baby monitor.

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break news right now at noon. skyeye is live over harvard street if brookline where two people have been shot or stabbed. you can see the crime scene tape up here. the brookline fire department tells us two people who were at this location were hurt and another person was shot or stabbed nearby on st. paul street. >> a witness who works in the business on harvard street says she saw two men lying in the road and she believes they fell out of a car. three schools in the area right now are on lock disown. lock down we have crews -- lock staywith wbz for the latest.

and a little girl's adorable moment caught on camera by her parents. >> 2-year-old sutton was in the crib when her parents turned on the baby monitor and found her praying. >> thank you um, for my daddy and thank you for my mommy amen. >> amen. for more than a minute she said thank you for her mom and dad and several relatives and got the santa claus in as kneel a long prayer. >> one of my favorite stories of the day. >> that's cute. >> the other great story is the weather. it's gorgeous. >> we are taking it here. we have the 40s today and tomorrow for high temperatures. a few clouds right now but breaks of sun and slowly the sun will appear even brighter as the day progresses as the clouds move out. not bad enjoy. >> thank you very much. that's it for us today at noon.

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