you don' t want to leave home without the umbrella. we are going to timeout those showers for you hour-by-hour. randy: breaking news. cape cod. people including a state trooper emily: looking for love and finding harm. the new trend putting online daters into dangerous situations and the warning from police. randy: fantasy sports companies are fighting back. the new move and new message to customers. >> you are watching wcvb, boston' s news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. emily: also on the eye the boston pops known for bringing music to our ears. erika shows us the physical way they gear up for those big performances.

stamina. good morning. i am emily riemer. randy: i' m randy price with cindy fitzgibbon. november. it is not going to be as rall today. cover. boston, 46. we are at 49 right now. overhead. shocked to find wanted to passes of lingering drizzle. a dry start to this morning for the most part. off to the west, another round of showers coming into our direction. through the morning hours, you are ok. a couple of showers moving in. they become a little more numerous as we head toward the evening hour. your ride home will feature some

temperatures come out of the 40' s this morning, into the low 50' s by midday. showers coming in this afternoon. tim just getting a little higher. -- temperatures getting a little higher. holding to near 50 degrees. it looks like another day that you don' t want to leave home without that wet weather gear. olessa: a live look outside. the expressway on the southbound side, heading to the bottom of the screen. traffic fairly light. let' s get over to the map. construction is clearing right now. as you travel 93 right here by route 24. no problems north of town. trains and buses are starting the morning on schedule here it -- on schedule. emily: breaking overnight two people injured including a state trooper after a violent crash on the cape. and police say what the driver did made this situation even more dangerous. randy: the eyeopener'

s sera congi is live in barnstable with what we know right now. sera: this incident involved a wrong way driver. it played out on route 60. the injuries were minor. state police say this happened last night around 11:30. the damage that was done to the front of a cruiser. reports first came in of a wrong way driver heading east on the westbound side of route six. in response to cruisers trying to slow down traffic ahead of the driver, between exit seven and eight. he ended up hitting one of the cruisers. the trooper was taken to cape cod hospital, released with minor injuries. state police say the wrong way driver is an elderly man with medical issues. he is being evaluated. right now, an investigation is underway to determine if any charges will be filed. live, sera congi. emily: right now police are

putting out an alert about an online trap. and it' s targeting people hoping to connect with what could be that perfect match. the eyeopener' s antoinette antonio is live in boston with the dangerous scheme. antoinette? antoinette: this is something to think about if you use an online dating app. police say the victims think they' re meeting a date only to end up robbed at gunpoint. this has happened six times in the last five weeks always in , mattapan and dorchester. police are not saying which dating apps or sites the victims used or if those victims are men or women. but they do say the armed suspect is always a man. a boston matchmaker tells us the victims likely fell for fake profiles made with stock photos. >> it is sad, because there are a lot of wonderful people out there who are dying for a relationship. they blow all caution to the wind.

antoinette: boston police say online daters should always arrange to meet in a public location. another tip for you if the , person won' t skype or use a webcam to talk to you be wary. live outside, internet antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: right now a man is facing charges accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a community fundraiser in westport. police say patrick kane altered $5000 in checks then deposited them in his own account. they also say kane has been running other fundraisers around the area for several years under business names, including community efforts. police are investigating whether others might have also been involved. >> i am not afraid. i am here. my voice is going to be heard this time. randy: a sex assault survivor speaking out against her attacker' s attempt to get off new hampshire' s sex offender registry. the eye' s erika tarantal is here

with the bitter fight underway -- underway. erika: we are protecting that woman' s identity. the attacker has been allowed by the courts to go by john doe. he pleaded guilty to sex assault in 1987. now he' s suing the state because he wants to qualify for public housing but can' t because he' s on the sex offender registry. and the law might be on his side. in february the new hampshire supreme court ruled that offenders convicted prior to 1994 before lifetime restrictions were enacted can apply to have their names removed. it doesn' t make sense to the woman hurt nearly 30 years ago. >> when you are a murderer, you don' t become not a murderer anymore. he is a sex offender. he doesn' t get to be not a sex offender anymore. emily: the coalition against domestic and sexual violence says the process is not regulated enough. what do you think? should people convicted of sex assault be able to remove their names from the registry? vote in our now poll on the wcvb facebook page. emily? emily: this morning there are

after its revealed that a -- after it is revealed that a convicted felon accused of dragging two boston police officers used to drive for the ride share service. surveillance video from sunday shows the legs of a boston police officer sticking out of the car allegedly driven by bryant gilbert. uber admits an initial background check missed gilbert' s six license suspensions and a record that includes drug possession. a current uber driver tells newscenter 5 there are issues. >> the uber driver is really easy. risky for some customer. >> if he were to be vetted as a boston cab driver is vetted, that would never happen. emily: gilbert was fired only after uber beefed up its background checks. a state lawmaker is impressed with airbnb' s willingness to work with the community but says there' s still work to be done on regulation. state representative aaron michlewitz introduced a bill back in january to tax the

and homes. but yesterday airbnb released a compact saying it will work with cities on collecting certain taxes and preventing the rentals from hurting the availability of long-term housing. randy: two more republicans are adding their names to the first-in-the-nation primary. senator lindsey graham will file in concord, new hampshire, at 9:00 this morning. senator ted cruz will file at 9:45 then hold a rally outside the state house. fan-duel is telling customers in new york to keep playing despite a prosecutor' s orders. new york' s attorney general recently called fan duel and draft kings illegal gambling , ordering the fantasy sports sites to stop selling in that state. draft kings is also promising to fight to stay in business there. massachusetts is looking into the companies too. but the attorney general says the decision in new york won' t affect the outcome of her

>> anybody looking at this knowledge is it is a form of gambling. just because it is gambling, doesn' t make it illegal. we play the stock market. randy: boston-based draft kings and fan duel argue it' s a game of strategy, not chance. emily: they say they took birth control and still got pregnant. randy: the lawsuit just filed by these moms and just how much they are demanding. a new idea falling from the apple tree. the talks happening with u.s. banks that could give you a new payment option. emily: the boston pops spilling its secrets this morning. the key moves that help them light up the stage. erika? erika: breaking overnight a state trooper one of two people hurt in a wrong-way crash on the cape. it happened late last night on route 6 in barnstable. we' re told there are minor injuries. cindy? cindy: we are starting out drive. more showers moving in today. when the winds pick up again. and outlook for your weekend just ahead. take a look at the temperatures. everybody in the 40' s right now.

randy: all right. how about that with some energy. everett high school' s crimson tide very pumped up this morning. they' re getting a high 5 from our mike lynch tonight at 6:00. emily: including an emotional moment you really won' t want to

miss. desk starting out drive. this afternoon. the winds are going to be gusty. you will notice that. they' re going to bring in some colder temperatures. s on the map. our system. the great lakes. and west. the bulk of the system is going in that direction. we are going to get a few showers from the cold front as it approaches. arrives. we are going to get the showers this afternoon. had yesterday. hour. s. it might be one or two patches of drizzle. most of us are dry.

a little closer to 50 degrees on the south shore and the cape. by lunchtime, temperatures do not change a lot. the showers move in around lunchtime. there will be a few showers for your ride home today. winds turning around to the south south east. lower 50' s, austin. near 50 -- lower 50' s, boston. near 50 down in the cape. showers coming in after we get toward 9:00 to 10:00. may be out there. for the ride home today. they are not terribly heavy. as you go through the evening hours, we will hang on to a few showers. after midnight, the showers start to clear out. one or two inches on cape cod. generally a quarter of an inch or less.

temperatures dropping back into the 40' s. tomorrow, it is going to be a milder day. we will get back some sunshine. it is that gusty wind that is coming behind the battery, reinforcing cold front drops us down friday night. went shift -- winds shift bringing us colder air for your weekend. by the afternoon, we skip -- by the afternoon, we could see gusts over 30 miles per hour. back into the low 50' s on sunday. a more comfortable date to be outdoors this weekend. and nice warming trend in the forecast. olessa, how are we looking on the roads? olessa: we are in pretty good shape. let' s get over to the mass and check out the rest of the trip.

this is on 128 southbound at 14. re doing ok. not seeing any problems there. re traveling south. also, approaching the is a come -- the zakim. emily: a major lawsuit over a birth control mix-up. more than a hundred women are suing for the total cost of raising a child including education claiming they got pregnant because of a packaging mistake. the issue did prompt an fda recall in 2011 because a week of placebo pills were in the wrong spot and labeled incorrectly. the women say this left them without adequate contraception. the pills were made by qualitest a subsidiary of endo pharmaceuticals. asian stocks are mixed as investors eye weak oil prices and the prospect of a federal reserve rate hike. fed leaders are expected to speak today and could give hints on when that hike could happen. u.s. stock futures are mixed ahead of that speech and the release of weekly jobless data. yesterday major u.s. benchmarks

ended lower with the dow losing 56 points. randy: apple is thinking of new ways for people to ditch their wallets. it' s reportedly in talks with u.s. banks to develop a payment service that would let people send each other cash from their phones. the plan is similar to paypal' s venmo, an app that lets people pitch-in on things like rent payments and restaurant checks. emily: a plan to allow boston area bars to stay open past 2:00 a.m. is being sidelined by the lawmaker who introduced it. state senator william brownsberger tells the globe it' s just not the right time for extended nightlife. he thinks the idea needs more study. that bill would have allowed bars and restaurants within mbta service areas to set their own closing hours with local permission. randy: knew this morning, -- new kick off their holiday season in this morning how to work out orchestra. erika is back now with how they performances.

, precision, depending on the instrument tolls on different muscle groups and when you' re talking sometimes 3 shows a day making music is truly a physical feat. he compares this to this. >> injuries are similar to those in the baseball pitchers. rotation relief. injuries. conductors who have had to have rotator cuff surgery. mostly to keep the muscles in my shoulder from binding up. erika: he says massage therapy helps. he says warm-ups are crucial. staying fit in general helps. >> i am a coach on the side and that does help. your lungs are expanding and contracting so fast.

erika: there is a special regiment. >> i can take you through what i do. it starts with the feet. and then just. that usually leads to. erika: and then you get a carrot. >> and then we get a carrot . [laughter] erika: holiday pops begin december 2. randy: tomorrow on the eyeopener train like a ballerina. dancers from the boston ballet show us the cross training that makes for power and poise. emily? emily: dunkin donuts could get a business boost because of its holiday cups. the canton-based chain has cups with wreaths holly and the word joy. that' s in contrast to the plain red starbucks cups that some people see as a slight to christmas. a faith based group in north carolina is now urging people to

starbucks. randy: a sky diver left hanging. emily: how he was able to break free from a plane thousands of feet in the air. erika? erika: new at 5:30 , helping veterans buy their first home. the new program in massachusetts. a dog back with his family this morning. the mission to get him out of a tight spot. an unsettling find in a bag of grapes. the reaction from the produce

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we are going to be close today with temperatures in the lower 50' s. starting out with the clouds but dry. off to the west, there are showers. those are working in our direction. showers in the forecast this afternoon. there will be a gusty wind and breezy and colder start to your weekend. randy? randy: time for eyepoppers. olessa, what do you have for us? olessa: a thrill-seeker got more than he bargained for in peru. look closely. that' s a sky-diver dangling from a plane 10,000 feet in the air. the leg of his jumpsuit somehow got stuck after he jumped , leaving him hanging for 30 minutes. he eventually cut the suit and landed safely. how he had the state of mind to do that after thing going for 30 minutes? how about a room with 360 degrees of waterfront views? s sydney harbor. the spontaneity suite is actually two 20-foot shipping

it has floor-to ceiling windows , a jacuzzi, a roof top terrorists -- a roof top terrace and room service. it only rents for one night at a time at a cost of $25,000. emily: a local couple with proof they are the perfect match. a wife' s life-saving gift. these protests on the campus of the university of missouri are spreading to the bay state. the demonstration planned today in boston.

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driver is accused of making just before impact. emily: wintry weather hitting parts of the country. and that system is headed here. cindy has the timeline. randy: protests in missouri now spreading to massachusetts. the move planned today as outrage grows. emily: and a desperate dog in a very tight spot. >> you made it buddy. good boy. emily: the team effort that brought this lucky pup out of the ground and home to his family. it is on the eye. s news leader. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. randy: thursday morning. 5:30. a live look across the zakim bridge. life changing every 10 minutes. lights look red white and blue. patriotic for our veterans. good morning, i' emily: i' m emily riemer with

cindy: it is not going to be perfect. but after yesterday' s role windy day. a little it better. -- a little bit better. it is mostly dry under the clouds. rain for the ride home. right now, 41 in worcester. 46 in boston. you can see there are a lot of clouds overhead. don' t be shocked if you encounter one or two patches of drizzle, especially west of the worcester area. most of us are dry now. by noontime today, a couple of showers will be on the lighter side. they become more numerous this afternoon before the ride home today here at -- today. temperatures coming up by noontime into the lower 50' s. the winds turned to the south southeast.

in the merrimack valley, we may struggle to reach 50 degrees. let' s get you out to the roads here it a little trouble north of town. olessa: an accident early this morning. looking ok behind me. that volume is picking up. less get over to the maps. a crash on 128, this is southbound. expect a little bit of debris on the roadway. route nine, all of our construction picked up nice and early. your trip on the expressway about 10 minutes into boston. trains and buses on schedule. randy: breaking overnight, two are injured after a wrong-way police say a driver going the wrong way slammed into a cruiser in barnstable. that driver was not hurt. police say he does have medical issues that may have contributed to the crash. emily: right now boston police are warning online daters about a dangerous scheme. there have been six incidents in

person thought they were meeting a date, only to be robbed at no arrests in this case. randy: right now we are watching for new fallout from these protests after hours of closed-door meetings at the and this morning there is word , those demonstrations are spreading here to massachusetts. emily: the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is live at boston college with the action planned today. todd? todd: we are seeing it on campuses across the country. and today there is a facebook movement to get students here at b.c. to wear black today to stand in solidarity with students in missouri. students have been protesting on that campus for days calling for better treatment of black students. many have refused to go to class. the missouri university system' s board met for 3 hours last night in emergency session following several high profile resignations. no announcement was made. that tense situation took a

chilling turn yesterday, when a student at another missouri school was arrested charged with threatening to shoot black students and faculty at mizzou. hunter park will face a judge today on charges of making a terrorist threat. so far, protests have spread to new york state, yale and smith college in western mass. reporting live, -- reporting live in newton, todd. coverage on our veterans. there are nearly 400,000 vets in massachusetts, many of them, serving in iraq and afghanistan. t always end the fight. since the war on terror began 14 years ago, prescriptions for addictive pain medicines given skyrocketed. one study shows illicit drug use has more than doubled. five investigates. veterans who struggled with addiction at home. both say their drug use began while serving in iraq.

pain. we went from being one of the most respected people as a service member to "hard-core criminal" or a junkie. now. help others. inpatient program at the v.a., and hopes to become a peer counselor. emily: new this morning, the state is making it easier for veterans to buy their first homes. operation welcome home will help qualified borrowers get up to 100% financing on a single-family home or condo. the mass-housing agency says it developed the plan because some federal loans for vets are difficult to get in the bay state. >> there is nothing to say. she is my hero. emily: a plymouth woman giving a life-saving gift to her husband. he was going through a serious health crisis. and she turned out to be one of the few who could save him. last april, both of brad white'

the blue. he desperately needed a brad has a big family, even a fraternal twin but his wife meghan turned out to be his perfect match. doctors at mass general performed the surgery. couple is back at home, recovering. >> i can' to all of this. it is truly amazing. >> i think it will bring us a lot closer. emily: it will still be a few weeks before they can get back to work. but the couple is just focusing on what they are thankful for. randy: a new move in the fight against isis. emily: the plan to drive them out of a key city in iraq, and how the u.s. is getting involved. plus, a missing dog found in a tight hole. the intense rescue effort, and the happy reunion. randy: and ahead in news to go , getting these cars out of

>> a live look outside. a quite start here. not seeing any accidents here. all of our overnight construction is gone. cindy, the roads are dry. cindy: another round of showers coming this afternoon. we are starting out in the mid 40' s. only climbing into the mid-50' s today. showers come in this afternoon and -- sunshine on your friday but a gusty wind will usher in

chillier temperatures for your weekend. >> you made it, buddy. good boy. randy: this is the happy ending to a big scare for a taunton family. their dog fell 25 feet down a well, and stayed there overnight. the rescue required a ladder, and a lot of patience from firefighters. here they are hoisting 2-year-old buddy out of a foot of water. he fell in the well on monday, but didn' t make a lot of noise, so no one knew where he was. it wasn' t until the next day that the kids figured out what was wrong and then they called the firefighters and the rescue started. >> i started talking to the dog. i was saying it was ok, buddy. that happened to be his name. randy: a firefighter got cut up in the tricky rescue, but he' s going to be ok. and buddy is just fine. emily: breaking news, a state trooper injured in wrong-way crash on the cape.

sera congi with the details we are learning overnight. also, an alarming find in a bag of grapes. the message from the produce company after a spider is discovered. security cameras capture the moment a house explodes. the latest in the investigation. cindy: -- taking a live look at the city.

randy: good morning. 5:43. the eyeopener team ready with your news to go in barnstable, boston, and boston college. emily: and erika' s in studio with how the law could help a new hampshire sex offender get what he wants. also severe weather making its way through the midwest. multiple tornadoes were reported in iowa, as strong winds and heavy rains battered much of the region. that system headed our way tackle -- our way? our way. not much reading room. it is already heading in our direction. not just a couple of tornadoes but reports of 10 yesterday. wind and hail on the backside of that snow. they got there first snow of the season in denver. a band of showers heading in our direction. the main area of low pressure

we' ll see a cold front push through with a line of showers. generally a quarter of an inch in most areas. right now, it is cloudy. it is dry out the door. 46 degrees in boston. the winds have called it down. temperatures, 41 in worcester. 45, from lawrence to beverly. temperatures pretty uniform this morning. don' t expect a big climb. it is only around 50 degrees. the winds five to 15 miles per hour. the showers arrive around lunchtime and are here through the afternoon. we will see those showers come to an end after midnight. some partial clearing. that leads to sunshine coming up on friday. temperature near 64. it will feel colder with the wind.

it is a breezy or and colder start. let' s get you back out to the roads. olessa: a few problem spots. this looks good moving south. let' s get over to the maps. we are watching some -- and disabled truck. a crash cleared away on 128 southbound. looking good if you travel 128 south. eastbound on the pike, still only 15 minutes from 145 to 128. one lane is blocked so far route three looks ok. expressway -- the trains and buses are on schedule. randy: breaking news on cape cod this morning. emily: the eye' s sera congi is live in barnstable with the mistake that hurt a driver, and a state trooper. sera? sera: this was a wrong way driver crash. this happened last night.

the injuries were minor. take a look at this video. state police say it happened around 11:30 did the damage that was done to the front of this state police cruiser. reports came in of a wrong way driver heading east. in response, cruisers started to slow down traffic ahead of the driver. between exit seven and eight, the driver ended up hitting one of those cruisers. the trooper was hurt. he was taken to the hospital released with minor injuries. please say the driver was an elderly man with ongoing medical issues. at this point, the crash is under investigation to see if any charges are warranted. live on the cape, sera congi. >> you could be the target for a dangerous -- the victims of this game think they' re going to meet

on a date only to get robbed at gunpoint. this is happened six times in the last five weeks in mattapan and dorchester. police have not said which dating apps or websites these victims used. they do say the armed suspect is always a man. police say online daters should always arrange to meet that person in a public location. live in boston, antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. erika: there' s a fight in new hampshire right now led by a sex assault victim determined to keep her attacker, who is suing to get off the sex offender registry, on it. >> this is a grown man that hurt a child for 10 years, over and over again. emily: the woman' s attacker, who pleaded guilty in the late 80' s, -- in the late 1980' s wants off the registry in part to qualify for public housing. offenders convicted before 1994 can apply to have their names removed but victim' s advocacy groups say the process isn' t regulated enough. saying a handful of offenders

have already been removed from the registry without hearings or victims having a say. todd, out to you. tolerance at mizzou are spreading across the country. students here at bc are being urged to wear black today to stand in solidarity with students in missouri. they have in protesting on that campus for days, calling for better treatment of black students. the missouri university system' s board met for three hours last night in emergency session resignations. in addition to the call to wear black today here at bc, there' s a facebook movement to rally around noontime here on the bc campus. reporting live, todd cascade which, newscenter 5. emily: fan-duel is telling playing despite new york' s company and its rival, draft kings illegal gambling. he ordered the fantasy sports state. draft kings is also promising to fight to stay in business there.

massachusetts is looking into the companies as well. randy: a suspect is dead after a shootout in baltimore. police say two officers came across a man with a gun in the street last night. they say the man then shot at the officers, hitting one in the leg. one of the officers fired back, and killed the suspect. the injured officer is expected to be ok. emily: a key battle is underway in northern iraq for control of a mountain town overrun by isis last year. more than 7,000 kurdish fighters are closing in on sinjar. the town is on a strategic supply line. those fighters are being backed by a u.s. led air campaign. randy: police have made an arrest in an alleged laser wabc' s newscopter was over elizabeth, new jersey yesterday when the pilot and reporter say it happened. police made the arrest a short time later. a similar attack on another news helicopter also happened last night, this one in brooklyn. emily: one person is dead and

condition after a home explodes in new jersey. this duplex in the town of elizabeth was leveled yesterday morning. the mayor says it was a gas explosion on the second floor. and investigators are now looking into whether someone inside the house may have been illegally tapping into a natural gas line. cars are slowly being removed from a gaping hole that opened up in a mississippi parking lot. the ground caved in on saturday night, swallowing at least 12 vehicles. an expert says the 30-foot hole is likely the result of a drain collapsing, because of new construction in the area. incredibly, nobody was hurt. randy: student loan debt now, likely means later-than-expected retirement. a new study says the average student loan debt of $35,000 can cost graduates nearly $700,000 in lost retirement savings over 50 years. that means retirement won' t about the age 75. -- won'

t happen until about the age 75. experts say modifying loans or cutting expenses can help build a better savings. emily: the university of president today. marty meehan will be inaugurated at 3:00 at the edward m. kennedy institute, on the campus of umass boston. as part of his inauguration, meehan has set a goal of raising $1 million for scholarships and financial aid. randy: a move to crack down on a powerful painkiller in new hampshire could lead to a greater back log at the state forensics lab. lawmakers there are considering putting penalties for fentanyl on par with those for heroin. the increased focus on fentanyl could add to the load of testing samples for court cases. the lab takes in about 750 samples a month, but has the resources to test only about 500. emily: former boston sportscaster bob lobel is suing a newton golf course, claiming discrimination. lobel says the woodland golf club is wrongly denying his right to use a specialized golf cart for the disabled. he is seeking a quarter million dollars in damages. woodland' s manager says lobel can still play the course but cannot use his cart in the

concerns, or on the greens, because it tears them up. randy: the celtics' two game winning streak is over. evan turner had 20 points, but he was the only bright spot against the pacers. the c' s got only 4 out of 23 three-pointers. paul george turned up the heat for indiana, scoring 26 for the night. the pacers win it, 102-91 the final. emily: a pennsylvania woman says she found a black widow spider in her grapes. she says her family bought the organic grapes last week from a bj' s wholesale club and found the spider when they got home. welch' s organic grapes says they' ve had the problem before because they do not use pesticides. towns across america are green lighting betterments replacing white blobs -- white balls with green ones. one family took it further adding decorative lights with a green tinge. the project started with a veterans group, and support from

wal mart to let vets know people support them. green is the color of hope and well-being. randy: newscenter 5 is proud to be a sponsor. -- be a sponsor with home base, an organization that does work with veterans. emily: last night, we asked you to donate during an hour long special, hosted by our own randy price. you gave more than $100,000, and we' re still counting. and you can still give. the phone lines are closed, but you can text "veterans" to 9199. or log on to home base dot org slash donate. randy: we want to thank everybody for just -- for participating. cindy: we do not have this nice weather yesterday for veterans day. the high cancer was below the average. it has been kind of a war -- the high temperature was below average. it is been kind of a warm month. it will swing a cold front through our area this afternoon and evening with a round of showers.

it is going to be another great day. 46 in boston. some upper 40' s for you in the cape. the winds are shifting down to the south southeast today. dry through late morning. as a get toward lunchtime, there will be showers. temperatures only pinup up into the lower 50' s today. low 50' s, boston and marshfield, down to the cape. notice by lunchtime, it is wanted to showers. any of us will not see them. -- it is one or two showers. many of us will not see them. these scattered showers are with us through 11:00 tonight before they shut off. we will see our low temperatures get down only in the 40' s. that is our springboard tomorrow. it is going to be a springboard -- is going to be a mild day tomorrow. a shot of colder air drops

rain may change to snow in the higher elevations. around here, we are talking about a wind shifting in. colder weather coming in by saturday. i want to show you the wind gusts. gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour pretty much all day long. that wind is only settling down slightly on saturday. cooling off the temperatures on your weekend. lots of sunshine. we should be back into the lower 60' s around here by the middle of next week. let' s get you up to the roads. olessa: so far we are doing ok. let' s get over to the maps. we are watching a couple of problem spots. if your traveling north of town, a disabled truck by 495. there is a crash on the northbound side of 495. once you get down -- which it looks good this morning. we are watching a crash on 128

southbound. trains and buses still on schedule. randy? randy: right now, police in westport investigating a fundraising scam. emily: the arrest just made and new this morning, the boston pops and fitness? these music all-stars have some serious secrets. what they know that can help all randy: all right, we are under way for this thursday morning. beautiful skyline. you are watching new england' s eye-opener.

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