>> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb newscenter five note 5 at noon. emily: first at noon, breaking news. two teenagers arrested in the murder of this new bedford cab driver. erika: let' s get right to newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich. he' s live in new bedford where one of those suspects just faced a judge. todd? todd: one is a 16-year-old

the other is an 18-year-old identified as alexander mills. they were both arrested in connection with a 66-year-old taxi driver who was shot during an apparent armed robbery. he drove for bluebird cabs. the taxi and from the gas station where he picked up a far e shortly before he was found dead. he was a well loved father and vietnam veteran. we expect to learn more about how police tracked down the teenagers and the exact charges they are facing. erika: more breaking news. the defense secretary confirming the u.s. will expand special ops forces in iraq to help fight isis militants. ash carter says that, over time, teams will be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather

leaders. but he did not offer troop numbers, saying only that operations will be done in cooperation with the iraqi government. emily: new this noon, additional security in cambridge after a school bomb threat. police say an anonymous email stated a bomb was placed in a middle school. five buildings impacted by the threat were checked out. nothing was found. all cambridge schools remained open despite the threat. erika: lawyers for boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev back in court today. they' re asking for a new trial, citing a supreme court ruling that they say puts some of his convictions in jeopardy. newscenter 5' s kelley tuthill is live outside federal court. kelley? kelley: a lot of complicated legal arguments. the focus is on whether or not the boston bombers should get a new penalty phase. dzhokhar tsarnaev was not in court for this motion. he remains behind bars at the

at issue is whether the death penalty should be reconsidered. the judge did not make any immediate decisions. another big issue was about restitution for the victims of the bombings. at a minimum, he could be ordered to pay $25 quarterly to a fund. no rulings today. emily: the defense getting its turn in the trial of a danvers teen charged with murder. philip chism' s attorneys now getting a chance to lay out their case. newscenter 5' s sera congi is live in salem this noon. sera? sera: his attorneys are building

took him as a child. was very quiet and a beautiful soul. sera: a grandfather giving jurors a glimpse into philip chism as a child, saying the boy was well behaved and respectful. how chism' s grandmother and aunt both suffered from mental illness. a family friend from tennesee became emotional talking about the financial stuggles of chism family. claudia rodriguez testified they would stay with her family. philip was a normal kid, but was angry over the prospect of moving to massachussetts. >> he got angry with his mom. i tried to talk about moving but he wouldn' i was very up front.

about moving. but he was receptive. sera: and several former danvers high school classmates told the court the chism was at first outgoing when the school year started, but became withdrawn in the weeks before math teacher colleen ritzer was killed. >> i knew him as a very excited person. very outgoing. talking to us a lot. getting to know us. and then all of a sudden he just got quiet and changed completely. sera: as his friends and loved ones took the stand, he did not appear to have any reaction. he was facing forward and looking down slightly as he had done throughout the trial so far. jurors have been dismissed for the day. erika: to the weather now. live radar shows rain creeping toward the boston area. cindy, it' ll be sticking around for a bit. cindy: it is indeed. we are just getting started with this rain.

s going to continue off and on for the next couple of days. look at the temperatures north and west of 495. just 33 in orange. outside of 495, very patchy light areas of rain and drizzle. we had some freezing rain for a time. temperatures will continue to climb through the afternoon. steadier rain south of the island and another batch south of here. you can see that coming in here by 2:00 or 3:00. we will get some steadier rain. that fills in for the drive tonight.

re just getting started and temperatures will hold steady. we have lower 40' s in boston. we will hold in the mid-40' s through the overnight hours. rain comes tomorrow. erika: new this noon, manchester, new hampshire police are searching for a man who threatened a clerk with lighter fluid. the clerk says this masked man walked up to the window at speedway gas overnight and began pouring the fluid on the booth, threatening to light it if she didn' t empty the register. she did handing over a pile of cash before the suspect took he' s still on the run this noon. spend up to 12 years behind bars for the murder of a transgender woman in the philippines. overnight private first class joseph scott pemberton was convicted of strangling the woman and leaving her body in a hotel room last fall. witnesses say the two left together after meeting in a bar. a probable cause hearing is scheduled for today for one of four people accused in a grisly marshfield murder. police say mark o' brien of south

september 16 murder of robert mckenna, after he and the others broke into the victim' s home. o' brien has pleaded not guilty and has been held without bail since his arraignment. right now, a second person is facing charges in that weapons theft from the worcester armory. this is ashley bigsby. police say a cell phone photo shows her holding one of the stolen handguns. another picture shows what appears to be a stolen assault rifle. police used to the photos to track bigsby to a dochester apartment. she' s due in court thursday, charged with lying to the fbi. former army reservist james walker morales is accused of stealing those weapons and trying to sell them. investigators have recovered all 6 stolen assault rifles, but they' re still looking for 6 of the 10 stolen pistols. the fbi is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to those guns. erika: the u.s. considering deploying more special ops

is considering to address terror concerns as he wraps up his trip to paris. >> world leaders gathered in friends. climate change and terrorism. would dedicate some of our focus right now to combating climate change even as we work to protect our people and go after terrorist networks. climate change affects all of us. >> businesses and governments pledged a $20 billion investment in clean energy. pope francis traveling back from africa urged even greater action. saying, we are at the limits. i would say we are at the limits of suicide. world leaders were meeting in paris. in beijing, the smog was so thick, it was 45 times the odd

-- times beyond safe levels. paris still reeling from the terrorist attacks just two weeks ago. the fight against isis was as much a part of the discussion is the environment. president obama hinting at a possible diplomatic breakthrough with russia in regards to syria. and in meetings with world leaders including russia and turkey, the u.s. is hopeful a unified front may be developing. emily: commitment 2016. several more presidential candidates visiting new hampshire today. new jersey governor chris christie has 5 stops today, including one in londonderry and a drug recovery roundtable event in concord later this afternoon. also in the granite state today, donald trump. the republican front-runner will hold a rally tonight in

the trip comes as trump considers charging cnn for his appearance in the next debate, saying he' s the reason for the network' s boost in ratings. trump added he' d donate the money to help veterans. erika: a new report says the t should have foreseen massive problems with the green line extension. erika: a new report shedding new light into a downed air asia flight. the two factors being blamed for bringing that plane down. emily: severe weather moving from west to east. who' s most at risk, after snow, rain and flooding slammed several states. cindy: the rain is just getting started. erika: are landlines a thing of the past? revealing new statistics from

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emily: technical failure and pilot error are now being blamed flight. a new report cites a system ultimately the pilot' s incorrect response that resulted in the crash. all 162 people on board where killed when the flight crashed into the java sea last night on its way from singapore from indonesia. right now an investigation is underway after a newly-elected mayor in alaska is found dead.

was found at his home yesterday. police won' t comment on the manner of death, despite rumors of an assault. but they say there is no evidence of forced entry at the 70-year-old' s home. erika: chicago' s mayor announces a new task force on police accountability. and he' s calling on former massachusetts gov. deval patrick for help. patrick will help advise the group, which will review the city' s current training and oversight of police officers. police officer, charged with murdering a teenager, is free on bond. last year' s shooting death of laquan mcdonald. the black teenager was shot 16 times while walking away from officers. more potential jurors being questioned today in the trial of the first of six baltimore police officers charged in the murder of freddie gray. officer william porter is accused of failing to get medical help for gray during several stops after gray' s

gray died of a severe spinal injury suffered while in police custody. his death sparked days of rioting in baltimore. emily: that winter storm that but instead of snow and ice, s threatening to bring flooding to several states. overnight snowfall making for miserable minnesota mishaps. throughout the night, cars roads. many drivers needing to be rescued. >> most of the traffic kind of piled up. emily: this car losing control, slamming into the median. plows working non-stop to head off more scenes like these: vehicles sliding into ditches, semi trucks jackknifing. at minneapolis international airport, planes getting de-iced. in south dakota, drivers unable to get traction. >> it' s going to get worse before it gets better. emily: in kansas, heavy ice-filled branches came crashing on top of cars. throughout the night trying to restore power.

state of emergency for another 29 days in all 77 counties. >> look how big these pieces of ice are. emily: power lines snapping and collapsing after ice weighs them down. just an inch of ice forming on a hundred foot span adds an extra 250 pounds to the power line, resulting in this. >> oh it' emily: ice falling, nearly nailing that pickup. more snow is on the way today as states farther south work to recover from a weekend of icy weather and flooding that left at least 14 people dead. s not snow, ice or flooding, but severe air pollution that' s plaguing china. school has been canceled and residents told to stay indoors as authorities issue an orange alert. s second highest hazard level. more than 2,000 factories have also been ordered to suspend work in order to ease the

cindy: we have the cold in place right on cue. morning. they actually closed down a portion of i-89 in vermont because of the ice. we' re just getting started with rainfall. there is steadier rain hav south of new york city. we get a break on wednesday. and then round two comes. the storm is spread out. there is snow in minneapolis and the dakotas. everything has been on the

we will get between half an inch and an inch of rain fall with the heaviest amounts down on the cape and the islands. we could use this rainfall. our deficit is close to nine and a half inches in boston and a half inches in the worcester area. 43 degrees in boston. that' s warmer than we were all day yesterday. warmest right now from the south shore out to the cape. mid 40' s here. north and west of boston, we have cold air stuck in our valley locations. that' s why the temperatures are still near the freezing mark in

nashua and orange. we will see everything transition to a very light as the temperatures only come up in the s north and west of s in boston south and eastward. rain will get steadier from the pike southward. by the evening commute, that is spreading across most of the area. we will see steady rain overnight as well. closer to sunrise, there will be a lull. the roads will be wet from overnight rain, but not a lot happening tomorrow morning. we get the second round of rain in the afternoon. 30' s to the north and west. 40' s along the coast line.

we will get closer to 50 degrees tomorrow. behind this, colder air will work in. look what happens tomorrow evening into thursday morning. we are talking about snow in ski country. the heaviest amounts could exceed six inches through parts of northern maine. around here, we had rain. -- we have rain. bit more widespread. it could get heavy overnight. afternoon. sunshine back in full force

the first weekend of december is warming trend. erika: today is world aids day. organizers say it' s a chance to unite in the battle against hiv show support for those living with it and remember those who have died. an estimated 34 million people have the virus and more than 35 the world health organization began observing the day in 1988, just 4 years after hiv was first identified. emily: have a cell phone? you' re hardly alone. the cdc says nearly half of u.s. homes use only cell phones, not landlines. to put it in perspective, 12 years ago, only 3% of households had cell phones. now only 8% still have just landlines. experts predict more than half of u.s. homes will be wireless within the next year. apple is reportedly making yet another change to its iphone.

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erika: the internet is going gaga this noon for a baby who can give a mad face on demand. >> show me a man face -- mad face. emily: that' s little emani, a cute baby girl trying to be grumpy. but let' s be honest, she really just makes us smile. the video is going viral, getting millions of shares on social media. she is so cute. erika: take a look at this sweet moment captured on camera in indiana. this 6-month-old boy fell asleep

t disappoint, cuddling up with the baby for some great photos. the images have already been viewed millions of times online. santa knows better than to wake a sleeping child. cindy: we have spotty light rain across most of the area. erika: that' s newscenter 5 at