this is where we have downpours new bedford towards the canal and more heavy rain from fall connecticut. these batches downpours will be moving up. warm front moving north all day. 54 in fitchburg. 50s will punch into southern hours. night. so temperatures continue to march towards 60 by midnight. on and off showers and downpours. best chance for thunder and lightning is south coast and cape and island. and exceptionally warm in the 50s all day long for most towns. lingering showers to start the day and it will wrap up from west to east as we head into the afternoon. now after that, well here's the snow part a winter storm watch for parts of southeastern massachusetts south coast and cape and mart' vineyard beginning after midnight on thursday and last into friday morning and could slow down the commute a little bit. it doesn't look like huge snow totals but the plow trucks may have to head out on friday morning.

thisstorm what it means and a larger possibility for early next week coming up in a little while. david. >> we will see you then. now at 5 a boy saved from a fast moving fire in this chelsea apartment building. and two firefighters were hurt in that rescue. no one else was hurt in an incredible fact considering many people actually ignored the fire alarms. bree sison is live with a closer look at why they ignoreed the -- ignored the fires alarms. >> reporter: they say they hear the a-- fire alarms. >> reporter: a they say they hear them go off frequently and didn't make much of it. but you can see from the contractors on scene boarding up windows and such this was a very fast moving fire and all 24 apartments are now unliveable. >> this is continued to deteriorate all companies alert we removed a child trapped on the 4th floor. >> reporter: a child trapped above the fire made it down the stairwell with the help of fire fighters.

we first pulled up we sent crews and they were able to get him out and escort him out. >> my cat is up there. i am trying to get my cat. >> reporter: chelsea fire made an important save for linda bringing out her fluffy feline crystal. >> the fire spread quicker than the crews could control it. requiring 4 alarms to get enough manpower here in order to contain the fire. >> reporter: two firefighters got hurt. one with a back injury and the other taken to mass general with one broken wrist and the other sprained. crews say they worried about people staying in the eleanor avenue building and for good reason. >> the alarm goes off all the time here. that's to the point where we don't even listen to it or go out. but this time, we smelled the smoke. >> reporter: again, back here on scene you see the windows being boarded up particularly on the third and fourth floors. the deputy chief says they did identify the cause. it started on the third floor

used for some repairs. those apartments again unliveable. the red cross is assisting with the families without homes. bree sison. >> thank you. less than a week until the new hampshire primary and looks like two more republicans are dropping out. >> kentucky senator rand paul is ending his campaign to focus on run for reelection and cnn reporting rick sarton um will suspend his came payne by the end of the day. remember he won the iowa caucuss in 2012 this year he finished 11th. we have live team coverage from new hampshire with the candidates and voters less than a week to the primary and we want to start with christina hager live in derry. christina. >> reporter: well lisa democratic candidates bernie sanders spent the first part of this day in vermont until a late announced evening news conference scheduled for right now in concord. and hillary clinton said because he has such an edge in this state, some suggested she

>> i have to tell you i just could not ever skip new hampshire. >> reporter: hillary clinton shooting survivor gabby giffords by her side and packed schedule of selfies and babiesies -- babies saying just because sanders leads doesn't mean she is looking past new hampshire. >> the most important thing is to prevent the republicans from taking back the white house. >> reporter: her supporters setexpectation low. >> the rest of the country looks different. >> reporter: bernie sanders was not expected in the granite state until evening, he told cbs this morning his work is not done here. >> it appears we lost by 2/10 ofone percent and we will talk to the iowa state democratic officials but we are now focusing on new hampshire where we are working really really hard to try to win that primary.

here at the derry opera house for a democratic candidate's town hall event in a few hours. in derry new hampshire christina hager wbz news david back to you. >> thank you. on the republican side the winner the iowa caucus held several events. jim smith is live where ted cruz spoke to voters this afternoon. jim. >> reporter: that's correct and after that big victory in iowa, it is safe to say ted cruz is feeling even more feisty than usual. today he came here to new hampshire with a brand new challenge for donald trump. they call it retail politics up close and personal with voters another word is mob scene. ted cruz used the opportunity one-on-one debate. >> let's do a one-on-one debate you and me donald you can insult me all day long. and substance. >> reporter: at a town hall

himself to ronald reagan. >> 36 years ago the granite state saw the former governor of california coming to it with the media saying this guy can't win with all the media saying this guy is too far to the right and too conservative. >> thank you for coming out this morning. >> reporter: marco rubio banged a similar drum but he is the most electable republican. >> i will defeat whoever the democrats put up whether it's hillary or bernie sanders and they know this. that's why they attack me probably 4 times for every time they attack any or republican and don't want to run against me. >> reporter: and there's no rest for senators rubio and cruz. they both have campaign events in to the early evening up here in new hampshire. jim smith wbz news david. >> thank you and instead of campaigning in new hampshire donald trump is in arkansas and lal hold a rally in little rock. polls show trum wap big lead

while some voters picked the favorite candidate recall grit race others are undecided almost until the last-minute. and that's the block candidates are working to win over. paula ebbens continues our coverage in manchester. >> reporter: well, we are here at the red arrow in manchester. the new hampshire diner that yo must visit if you are a presidential candidate. there are markers going down the counter to show you where president obama sat, vice president al gore. hampshire to appeal to undecided voters. and the reason why you will see candidates throughout all of the diners is that they are infamous for making up their mind at the last-minute. the decor leans to the 50s and early 60s but voters here lean undecided. >> the field is vast and i doesn't know who i will go with. >> reporter: granite state

nation status seriously and reserve the right to change their minds. >> it was unusually probably looking to go with trump and very recently i changed my mind and looking at rubio now. >> i am not sure who i want to vote for i know i am a democrat and i am in between bernie and hillary. >> reporter: so, this is a time to pay attention. >> just keep my eyes and ears open and listen carefully this next week. >> reporter: and it's time when campaigns go for a full court press. >> beginning at about 5:00 dinner time until around 7:30 sometimes 8 the phone rings many times sometimes 12 times in 2 1/2 hours and it's all political. >> reporter: undecideed verdict can be the difference between win and losing and throughout week they will knock on doors phone calling coming to diners like this and there's the old joke about the new hampshire guy who said didn't vote for candidate because he only met

lisa it's important to meet with the voters and you never know when the one last handshake may get it done. paula ebben back to you. >> thank you. candidates have spent enough time there and starting tomorrow at 11, you will be able to see the results of a wbzumass poll we get closer to the primary and issues important to you. a developing story a little boy's mysterious death. detectives extremely tightlipped about how the 3- year-old boy died. investigators had been in and out of the boy's roxbury apartment since sunday night and bill shields tonight has new information about dcf's involvement with the family. >> he was a very happy vibrant young baby. >> reporter: kani whyte was 3 and emts took the boy away but i late-- he later died. >> i don't see how any concan can harm him. >> reporter: he was with him

department of children and families was involved with the family but a caseworker recently reported the child was clean and well fed. still, many are -- the mayor is concerned. >> this this case it's too premature to comment on the dcf involvement or lack of involvement but it's disturbing. >> reporter: the governor made dcf a priority yet another child died that was involved with that agency. >> as a pant my heart sinks on that stuff. -- as a parent, my heart simption on that stuff our view is to cooperate as fully and he's gressively as we can account -- as and aggressively as we can with the district attorney. >> reporter: in roxbury bill shields wbz news. >> today a guilty plea from whitey bull injure's gyring girl 23re7bd cath -- girl-- bulger's girlfriend.

tell investigators if anyone else helped them while they wouldn't run. sentences is scheduled for april. president obama made history in maryland for the first time since he was elected he visit a mosque in the u.s. >> we are one american family and when any part of the family feels second class or targeted it tears the fabric of our nation. >> the president addressed the crowd at the islamic society of baltimore speak out against bigotry and calling for people to reject indifference. he visited mosques in other countries but never the u.s. >> we have been talk about the zika virus and pregnant women but what about women planning to get preace than the. >> dr. mallika marshall breaks down what you-- get pregnant. >> dr. mallika marshall breaks down what you need to know.

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get pregnant after a caribbean or warm weather vacation a lot of them have concerns. what thud she know. >> reporter: so there's more information coming out all the time. so some of the recommendations are probably going to change as time goes on. but, i think it's pretty clear that if you are pregnant or you have plans to become pregnant in the near future you should avoid traveling to the high risk areas for zika virus. it's not worth the worry or risk even if you may have a baby moon or trip planned so stay at home or go someplace else. even if you are not planning on getting pregnant and you travel to one of these areas, either abstain from sex or use contraception because many pregnancies are unintentional and it's not worth taking the risk. >> but what if you've been to one of the areas where the risk is high and -- where the risk is high and you want to have a baby. >> reporter: it's important to talk to your doctor before you start trying to get pregnant but a you may have been

have been infect and not know it. virus stays in the the blood for week but we are not sure about other bodily fluid. you will build immunity but you may want to wait. so talk to your doctor before you get started. >> so big picture now with all the concern what do you recommend. >> reporter: okay so we are hoping to get detailed recommendation from the cdc. in the meantime, health officials in england are suggesting and this is because of that question of sexual contact that men who travel to zika areas use condoms for a month and if they have been infected with the virus they use condoms for 6 months those are not official recommendations from our health official here in the united states. that's what they are recommending in england and we hope to hear from the cdc soon. >> and you say in all likelihood we will get updated recommendations. >> absolutely. >> thanks as always. david. check out what was caught on camera. powerful storms moving across the south. you can see the tornadoes that touched down both in mississippi and in alabama.

and knocking out power and rising flood waters caught a lot of people off guard forcing emergency crews to perform more than a half dozen rescuesch the same stom system creating blizzard like conditions across the central plains. >> that is not the issue here. our issue in new england for tonight is rain. >> that's right. same storm system on the mild side. if you look at the radar, the rain is up in canada. again. so a lot of warm air here. you can see the line from the gulf of mexico on up to the crown of main and that's where still some snow holding on tonight. we are looking at temperatures and you can see whych the warm front has been moving northward tout to 54 in fitchburg and new hampshire over the next half our or so in the 50s. we will make a run at 60 in some towns tonight. so here's hour by hour and as we head through the evening adding a little bit each hour and by midnight near 59 which is the record high temperature for the states. we will see if we get that.

that could -- worcester's record is 57 and that could fall before the evening is done. scattered showers across southern new hampshire and 495 corridor. steady rain towards the cape and heavier rainfall approaching worcester. central massachusetts and along the pike is where you have the heavier downpours. this is moving off towards the east. it will spread towards franklin and southern half of 495 and metro wet west over the next hour -- west over the next hour or so. downpours will be with us throughout the rest of the night and a chance for a couple of rumbles of thunder and lightning. tomorrow morning, lingering showers in the eastern end of the state. especially towards the cape and islands. that's where the clouds will be thickest. by the afternoon working in sunshine and brightening skies for a short while. that's the story as we head through tomorrow. we are looking at the wind which is gusting out of the south. that continues tonight peak gusts at 30 to 45 miles per hour. shouldn't cause a lot of damage but it's muggy and warm and

the winds will calm down as we head into tomorrow morning. so for the commute still breezy but it won't be nearly as wendy as what we see at -- windy as what we are seeing at this time. lingering showers and warm start is another exacceptingally -- exceptionally mild day. parts of central massachusetts falling into the 40s. but other than that, it's way up above average. by the evening partly cloudy and 48. we turn our attention to a chance of snowfall as we head past midnight thursday night and into friday morning. the same front moving through tonight now gets a wave of low pressure along it and pushes the precipitation back into the region coinciding with friday morning's commute. from boston south and east this is where the highest risk of accumulating snow will be. the mix with rain towards the cape and islands. it will be here early afternoon before sliding out to sea. this is another on the edge situation and the most uncertainty is not-- is on the northwest side. it's a coating to two from the

providence and best chance of 2 to 4 south shore to the south coast buzzard bay and upper cape. for the outer cape nantucket a coating to 2 where rain cuts down on the the accumulations. moving towards the weekend we dry out and it's low to mid-40s and quiet conditions for saturday and sundaych the next system is next week. and an area of low pressure should be around for the primary day on tuesday. details still very unclear this far out. but it's a next thing to keep in your mind. accu-weather seven-day forecast, temperatures above average until next week but next week brings back wentry weather and a chance -- within theory weather and a chance for snow -- wintry weather and chance for snow. we are not saying bye to winter yet. >> we want to but can't. >> thank you. we are four days away from super bowl 50 and one lucky loser will be there to see the game in person. tom brugey loves to play the

he bought is second chance and entered the losing ticket no a drawing and that's when he got a letter in the mail. >> in writing congratulations you are the winner of a pro football biggest game of the year. >> it's real. >> this one will be my lifetime to go but not just to go but to be able to go with my son. >> how neat is that. on top of the the tickets the two get an all expenses paid stay in san francisco for the weekend and tickets to an nfl hall of fame luncheon. best of all, it's his birthday the day before the super bowl. how sweet. wbz by the way the only place to see super bowl 50 join us 6:30 sunday and wbz sports director steve burton is in san francisco for the game. we will take you there live starting tonight at 11.>> he to win that. >> it's almost like he lost twice because he lost the first and was in the loser's drawing and lost that and put it in for a second chants.

>> still to come, one city considering paying people to obey the law. >> and a passenger sucked out of a plane after an in-flight explosion. tonight veggors want to know how it -- investigators want to

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about is you know can we really make it. >> reporter: the plane was headed to a east african country when the blast happened. the plane was at a relatively low altitude and the aircraft held together so the pilot was able to land it. somali official found no evidence of criminal activity so far but the plane's pilot and aviation experts say the hole shows all the signs of terrorism. >> aid bomb. that hole -- it's a bomb. that hole is caused by a bomb and they will be able to tell and they probably know. >> reporter: he will shah bob controls part of the country and isis is expanding. authorities are saying tonight the passenger that was blown out of the plane was a 55-year- old man. we know that two other passengers suffered minor injuries but that's one of the things that sticks out when we did the story last night, it was said that no one was hurt. >> and it was frightening enough then. >> right. to hear one went missing and no one realize it. >> frightening. a jfk artifact that may be too good to be true. >> new information about this

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