breaking news right now at 4:30 a.m. an armed swat stand off in nor ton. a come--in morton. a teenager accused of trying to strangle a younger girl on his way to school. and the search for a serial baro why the f.b.i. is calling him the bandit. live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news this morning. good morning, i am kate merrill. >> and i am chris mckinnon. danielle miles is here. yes, temperature wise, we are in the 30s and 40s for many

colder in the north and west. key at 30-degrees. and 50 when you come back down to the cape and islands because we have had some clouds, you will notice them here on the satellite picture, clear skies elsewhere, but when you are down near the canal, and then back over cape cod, the low level clouds will stick with us at times today and then break apart and give way to sunshine. so the planner is going this way, clear skies and a bright and cool a.m., we are sunny and mild. 56 by lunch time. the wind is from the innovator today, and we it will be gusty on cape code, everybody -- and it will be gusty on cape code. nice start to the weekend, but i am tracking some changes for sunday, those are coming up. good morning, brianna. good morning, danielle. construction crews along the pike on the eastbound lanes,

-lanes are closed. that should wrap up around 5:00 a.m. and the rest of the ride is looking great. it is just around 30 minutes now. and now breaking overnight, an armed man barricades himself inside of a nor ton home and fires at police. no one was hurt an officers from several towns surrounded the home on john scott boulevard. at one point, the man said he had more than 500 rounds of ammunition and keith mullins surrendered. a new overnight, a firefighter is hurt battling a fire, flames broke out at the building on chandler street. the road was shut down for several hours. no other injuries were reported. the cause is still under investigation. a deadly disagreement in a boston neighborhood, boston police say an argument inside of a home on west cottage

doorway. the other man was taken in for questions. families are fed up with the violence. >> i don't know why people are like deciding to kill, instead of talking and resolving in other ways. people are losing their family members an it is pointless. >> the boston police say that the suspect and the victim are in their late 20s or early 30s. a cape cod teenager is due in they 18-year-old jon allen--say that 18-year-old john allen grab the the girl last week. police say that allen lives on the street where the alleged attack happened and that he and the victim didn't know each other. he was arrested yesterday. the f.b.i. is searching for a serial banking robber, dubbed the spelling bee bandit. he has robbed four massachusetts banks in the last

each time he writes the word robbery on a note, massachusetts it to the teller, and uses only one b in robbery. investigators are offering $1000 for information leading to his arrest. and now a driver is going to court after police say his car was hit by a commuter rail train and split in half, and then ran away. stunned witnesses called 9 # 1. >> a car--called 911. >> a car was just hit by a train. >> a train? >> the police say that the car pulled down and around the gates and some how the driver and a passenger got out of the wreckage and took off. moments earlier, witnesses say they rear ended another car and were driving away from that scene. >> they came over on the video and i can not believe it. >> it was major. very scary, especially when you have kids around. >> it took the police several

driver. so far, his name has not been released. deadly crash at a commuter rail station, it was near wellesley square last night. the accident caused delays on the wooster line. and three boston teenagers charged with a hate crime. police say that the 15-year-old girls harassed and assaulted a woman. the girls made fun of her then punched her. the teenagers are now odderred to stay a--ordered to stay away from one another and the victim. and now donald trump is reportedly thinking of mitt romney as secretary is of state. romney was very critical to have trump during the campaign. and we have learned that mr. trump has offered a new

he has asked michael flint of rhode island to be his security add viator. and now--advisor. and now hena daniels has more. >> reporter: general michael flinn would be involved in every foreign defense and policy division that president elect donald trump makes. the idea is already not sitting well some said that his remarks only re-enforce false narratives that the west is at war with all of us limb. --with all of islam. and flinn spoke this summer. mr. trump's latest cabinet pick followed his first face to face pete meteorologisting with a foreign leader since his

>> [ inaudible - low volume ] >> reporter: and more meetings with lawmakers favored for key administration posts, including south carolina governor nikki haley, she is reported in the running for secretary of state, despite critically criticizing trump. and some are saying that trump is open to picking forker rivals. among them mitt romney, who also had harsh words. >> trump is a fraud. >> reporter: mr. trump is going meet with romney in new jersey tomorrow. hena daniels, cbs news. and former house speaker is now getting out of prison earlier. his wife is breaking the good news in an e-mail that took hours to clear security. he served five years of his eight years sentence.

out early on compassionate release. and we were told that his health is fragile. >> he is on a purr rayed diet and we can get him a diet that is more filled with better things. >> he will be released on tuesday, confined to their melrose apartment and will allowed out only for medical apartments and to go morning, some solis for a family who lost a loved one in a crash. >> yes, and two police officers got their family back together with a momento. >> and a movie about the boston marathon bombing is getting a big response. >> and a price drop for amazon prime members, just in time for the holidays. >> the holiday season starts tomorrow right here in boston,

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coffer from the emissions heat cheating scandal. --cheating scandal. most think that the fed will raise interest rates next month. janet yellen testified yesterday that the surprising results of the presidential election has to the caninged the fed's position that the economy and job market are strong enough to handle another rate hike. if you have been thinking of signing up for amazon prime, today is the day to do it. amazon one day only from $99 to $79. it is to celebrate the launch of a new prime show. members get two-day shipping free an access to shows and movies. analysts think there are about 65 million prime members in the united states. and the new business casual, fruit of the loom has created a professional collection of

pajamas, is there a pinstripe suit, a corporate cowboy, and a country club look, which includes a fake sweater tied over the shoulders. they cost about $50 each. and i think, chris, you need to wear one of these pajamas to work one day. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: just to see if people notice. >> jill, he is already wearing one, you cannot really tell, because it looks like a suit. it is an actual pa jama suit. >> no, it is not, fe it is not that comfortable. >> thank you, jill. my favorite story from you, ever. you need to get that, immediately. >> well, hey, guess what is coming up around the corner. >> holidays: all right, danielle. >> secret santa. >> oh, that is over our limit. >> we will up it to $50? and there is no female version of that.

dresses--pa jama dresses. and now the drive,s the sunrise is really bright in the sky. and we have clear skies most lie right now. 43-degrees in boston right now. 49 in manchester and wooster. and teen is sitting at 30- degrees. and we are milder over cape coe now. low level clouds, they are here on the satellite. back down to the cape, the rest of us are enjoying the clear skies and we, too, on cape cod, will see some of the clouds start to break apart during the day today. back to the west, it is snowing, we look a look at the storm yesterday. it is now spreading east so snow from nebraska, south dakota, minnesota, it is all with a clash of much colder air

it. so this--coming in and the warmth ahead of it. and now this is going to bring us showers and then a pattern shift to the colder air for much of thanksgiving week. well, if you like the mild temperatures, we are going to 60 today in lawrence and bedfort. 59 in boston. 50s at the coastline. the wind is gusty at the came, 20, 30 miles per hour. i don't ever all, a very beautiful day by november- -overall, a very beautiful day 34 to 39 out there. 34 in downtown boston and then tomorrow, we start with sunshine. i am concerned with increasing clouds, particularity at the coastline, so watch what happens during the day, you notice the clouds in the cape, tend to back up towards us, particularly by the evening and then as the front is coming in, we get showers that will end and snow neighborings across

so for us, the clouds increase tomorrow night. it is saturday night into sunday that we get a chance for showers. so sunday morning, to midday, a band of showers and a lot of the rest of the day will be spent dry, but it looks like we have wet snow flakes on sunday. seven day forecast, brings us temperatures that are in the 40s on sunday. the wind is picking up, too. and we are staying in the 40s much of next week with a chance of some wet weather again by thanksgiving day. so the million dollar question is, what is this to be like? how much snow? how many storms this is we have the answer tonight--storms? we have the answer tonight, we have the winter weather forecast at 11:00 p.m. brianna. all right, danielle, light traffic here on the connector right now. no issues, though, getting to this point on 93 south. on 128 in bierling ton, the off ramp is closed here at the turnpike for some construction. you can see there is some slight back ups heading southbound is.

who--more than 1100 people who brought tickets to the grand prix race have gotten their money back. and more payments are coming the office has set up a hot line for people who bought tickets. kate. all right, that is good news, brianna, thank you. a priceless momento returned to a local family months after a teenager's death. two local police officers were determine today find the special neck find the special necklace. >> reporter: this is where aj robbins was killed. his family hoped to find one item that he was wearing at the time of the accident, this st. christopher medal. debbie lynch gave it to him to protect him when he graduated from high school. he was 18, he was a passenger in a car that crashed in august. the police say that the driver was drunk.

and mike lutes knows the family. did you think you were going to find it. >> , no it was just a last ditch chance to give it a shot. >> reporter: two months after the crash, he called luke ham berger. >> i know that he uses metal detection. >> reporter: and they went to work. >> we came across old things. >> reporter: after searching this area for two and a half hours, they were able to call it a day. but then three inches down, they found what they were looking for. >> it was a surprise. probably one of the best that i have had in this line of work. >> reporter: and then the officers gave it back to carol and then back to debbie. >> i was there when he was born, i watched it.

tieing him to that spot. >> reporter: thanks to the officers who would not give up. katie brace, wbz news. awesome. all right, ahead a field on problems. >> the plans to rename a high school athletic field and why some local people are not happy about it. >> lobster, it is what is for dinner, the challenge for

welcome back, 4:52 a.m. right now. a college student taking responsibility for a deadly drunk driving crash that killed his best friend. joseph agreed to plead guilty yesterday. police say that he was drunk when he crashed into a pole, killing his friend. craig sampson. >> and i hope that at our loss, that our loss, as painful as it is, can maybe prevent somebody else from having the same loss. >> he is going to serve three and a half years in jail and will lose his license for 15 years. a problem is brewing in quincy over the naming of a new athletic field. tomorrow the city is going to hold a ceremony to name the field. but some people are upset about that decision, that is because one family member, larry, was accused of molestation while

80s. the mayor is standing by the decision, though. >> i don't have any regrets, i think that, there is always going to be some folks that may not agree with some decisions. >> the naming of a field that is part and parcel of a high school, here in quincy, it is just not right. it is just absolutely not right. and that does not take away other members of his family did for the city. it does not at all. >> the mayor is not backing apple should not ruin an other wise good family. patriots day, the film about the boston marathon bombing got a standing o ovation as it--ovation as it closed out a film festival in los angeles. after the movie, mark wahlberg was joined on stage by a man

more. it was produced by cbs fillens and--films. and deacon and health, in talks to merge again, according to the boston globe, the talks involve executives at each hospital, there have beens between the two--been talks between the two in the past but they have fallen apart. four more cases of mumps have been confirmed the cases are connected to an outbreak last spring. and now today is massachusetts lobster day. and he wants everyone to celebrate by eating one. the lawmakers say that the lobster industry is important to the state's economy. last year they hauled in more than $48 million worth of lobster. well, i am going to ask you not

>> sorry about you, then. coming up next, a young girl is saying thank you to

welcome back, we rely on the police to keep us safe. >> and one little girl is thanks officers for doing their job. the police sergeant, steven, tweeted out this message last

mom called 911 when they came home to find their front door wide open. and then the young girl wrote the officer's a thank you note. >> she said thank you, i was so scared, and you made me feel much better. love, jessica. that makes me want to cry. so great. see, you teach your kids to write a thank you note when they are young. >> it is a skill that will come in handy for the rest of her life, for sure. all right, the bether and traffic is all straight starts right now. breaking news right now at 5:00 a.m., an armed stand up a in nor ton. shots fired at the police averages teenager on the case- -police. a teenager is facing charges this morning. and local people in dorchester are dead up with the violence--are fed up with the violence. live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz

>> and i am kate merrill. daniel, it is looking- -danielle, it is looking pretty good out there today. yes, temperatures are a little bit on the cool side this morning, just like yesterday, some 20s, 30s, and 40s on the map. 33 in norwood. 39 there lawrence back to up manchester. and 45 to 50 on the cape because we have had low level clouds. everyone else is clear, level clouds from plymouth county back down to the cape and islands. the clouds are with us for a lot of the morning hours and then will break apart a little bit in the afternoon. sunrise, 6:39 a.m. bright for everybody, the cape, clouds, upper 30s. 56 by lunch time. it is sunny and mild a beautiful november day. wind from the north about 5-15 miles per hour. clear and quiet on the cape, no