warmer than average temperatures sunday tmonday with another chance of rain on tuesday. we have drizzle out there this morning and the time line on today as the eyeopener continues. >> now on the eyeopener. emily: rob gronkowski speaking out for the first time since the tough hit. his message for fans eager to see him back on the field. randy: the chisholm trial moved outside the courtroom. the trip planned for jurors as the defense continues its case. emily: donald trump standing by controversial comments on 9/11. the evidence he's pointing to now on the eye for this wednesday morning. >> you're watching wcvb boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. randy: at 5:00 a.m., good morning to you. foggy in spots this morning but drying up just a little bit. we do have more rain that will be here in a matter of hours. good morning to you, i'm randy price.

along with cindy. we see it marching this way. cindy: only part of what is coming. it will be a wet day. you want your umbrella this morning but fortunately not as chilly as it was yesterday morning and we notice we have the temperatures now running in the upper 30's to around 40 degrees. worcester into boston and upper 30's on the north shore but plymouth to the cape, mid 40's to 50 degrees so quite a difference depending on where you are this morning. wherever you are, you are seeing this white-gray coloring showing up indicating there is fog and it is reducing visibility a bit and a mile up but the area in the berkshires that will be working on in here as we get deeper in the morning hours, but behind that there is another area of rain to our south and this will work on in as we get towards lunchtime and in the afternoon. as we step you through the time line notice by 8:00 this morning, yes, there will be a few showers around but look how the steady rain fills in by lunchtime. your lunch hour today likely to

showers and areas of rain continuing through the evening commute. so rain at times, that's the story today. notice how the temperatures do come up. by late morning we're in the mid to upper 40's and actually making a run towards 50 degrees this afternoon. boston on south to the north and west so we'll hold it in the low to mid 40's. it will be a wet one. the fog likely to slow you down this morning as well. olessa, good morning. olessa: it's not a pleasant work and a live look behind me. the construction knocked out because of the weather. let's get to the maps and check the rides. a couple projects remain. south of town some construction, 108 northbound to route 135 and once again by great plains avenue. traveling out of new hampshire you're in good shape and the trains and buses are starting on schedule. i'm olessa stepanova. that's a look at your traffic. rob: can't wait to be back with my teammates.

his silence after this close call in sunday night's game with the broncos. the message from the pats tight end, surprise for patriots nation. randy: at gillette stadium with gronk's video statement. antoinette: it's rare you hear from a patriots player talking about one of their injuries or even one of their own teammate's injuries. gronk was pretty open in that one-minute video statement he released last night. it was the first time we've heard from him since he suffered that injury against denver. rob: i want to say thank to you my friends and family and to all the fans for their support the last two days. i'm thankful that it's nothing serious. i love playing the game of football. whenever it's taken away from you, definitely get a feeling that you appreciate the game so much. antoinette: there was less than three minutes to go in sunday's game when the tight end was injured in this hit. the patriots saying gronk

sprain of his right knee. he was up and walking on his own after the game. patriots fans are breathing a sigh of relief that the injury wasn't more serious after the team's offense has suffered several blows this season. we're live at gillette stadium, antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: antoinette, thank you. a major signing deal for the red sox. the team announcing free agent pitcher david price has agreed to the richest deal ever for a pitcher. seven years, $217 million. price may not end up in a red sox uniform that long. he's able to opt out after three years. price is a five-time all-star and 2012 cy young winner. randy: 5:04 this wednesday morning. the father of bella bond will be in court in a matter of hours, facing charges for shoplifting allegedly from a home depot store in boston. police say employees at the south based store stopped

was trying to leave with a cart products. police say when he was arrested amoroso asked if they knew who he was. amoroso never met his daughter before she died. bella bond was buried on saturday. the murder trial of phillip chisholm continuing today outside the courtroom, todd kazakiewich at a denver high school where jurors will visit player today. todd: good morning. denver's high school is the location where phillip chism allegedly murdered colleen ritzer here and dragged her body to a garbage container. it shocked the community. today's view is the first presentation by the defense showing chism suffered from an undiagnosed illness. a former classmate testified on the dramatic change in the defendant's behavior. >> i knew him as a very excited

to us a lot and getting to know us and then all of a sudden he just got quiet and changed completely. todd: chisholm's grandfather took the stand in a day filled with emotional testimony and explained the teen's grandmother and aunt suffer from mental illness. today the students at danvers high school will have a half day in order to accommodate the jury view in the building and around the grounds. we will tell you they'll go to the bathroom where colleen ritzer was allegedly murdered. reporting live, todd kazakiewich, news center 5. emily: firefighter are trying to determine what caused the fire in exeter, new hampshire, the flames that broke out around 6:00 on oak street. we're told the home is 150 years old. the family who lived here was able to escape unharmed. a firefighter was injured after cutting his hand on a piece of glass. it's believed the fire started in the back of the home where

>> i know. i know. emily: a family demanding justice after a vietnam vet is gunned down and robbed. police in new bedford arresting two teenagers in his murder. police say donald depina was shot execution style saturday night after giving the pair a ride in his cab. police were able to track down the 18-year-old and 16-year-old with a video trail. the prosecutors say the 66-year-old vietnam vet gave them a ride to a local park even though they did not have enough money to cover the fare. his family, not surprised by his generosity. >> it's unbelievable what they did to him. the worst part is that they were trying to rob him, they could have just asked him for the money and he probably would have gave it to them. emily: depina's wallet was stolen after the murder and one of the suspect tried to use the credit cards at several local businesses. randy: a new challenge for deval patrick and the announcement comes less than 24

the shooting death of a chicago teenager at the hands of the police in that city. the eyeopener's erika tarantal with the job taking him to his hometown. erika: he has been tapped to advise a panel following the shooting of laquan mcdonald. he was killed last year but charges just brought against the officer accused of murder last night. patrick says, quote, i hope i can offer the mayor and his task force some guidance and feedback on the important work they now undertake. this morning, the illinois attorney general is calling on the u.s. justice department to review the entire chicago police force and chicago mayor rahm emanuel has fired the city's top cop garry mccarthy as for the officer charged in mcdonald's death, he's free on bail this morning. randy? randy: is the t ready for whatever this winter will bring? that will be the subject of a meeting this morning in boston. governor baker will be there and the focus will be on the

winter's mbta meltdown. the t has taken new steps to avoid the disaster including new snow removal equipment and enhanced winter notification efforts. new this morning, a new review shows many of you are paying more for home insurance and it is unwarranted. this investigation by the state attorney general's office shows that mapfire u.s.a. and safety insurance hiked rates with a heavy emphasis on last winter. however, the a.g. review shows mapfire should have lowered rates this year and safety's increase should have been no higher than 3%. the globe reports the average increase is about $100. emily: commitment 2016, republican presidential candidate donald trump hits the campaign trail in new hampshire and not doing anything to put an end to the controversy surrounding him this time. about a thousand people attended last night's event in waterville valley. trusm is not as fiery as he has been in the past but wasn't apologizing for recent comments he made about witnessing

the 9/11 attacks. donald: you notice what's happening in new jersey, they're now saying a lot of people saying it did take place in new jersey, right? i wasn't going to apologize. emily: chris christie who recently won the endorsement of the region's largest newspaper said trump is just wrong. many voters told us last night trump won them over. the u.s. confirms it is sending more forces to the middle east to fight isis. defense secretary ash carter told congress yesterday a new force of special operations agents will deploy in the isis strong holds of iraq and syria. carter says the special opposite force will be special enough -- flexible enough to perform special igs missions and didn't specify how many would be sent but said there will be more than 50. randy: a judge will decide whether dzhokhar tsarnaev will get a new trial. the lawyer for tsarnaev made the argument in court and said there was no way a boston jury

the team wants a new trial at a different location. tsarnaev was not present for yesterday's hearing. he's awaiting the death penalty in a colorado prison. a new hampshire gas station clerk confronted with an unusual weapon. emily: one suspect's plan of attack and the threat he made before taking off. plus, diners at some boston restaurants are paying more for service. the new fee showing up on some checks. randy: staying within budget can be a challenge during the holidays but three tricks can help you save while still satisfying everyone on your list. cindy? cindy: and temperatures creeping up close to 50 degrees today but the tradeoff, some more wet weather and the time line on what to expect showers and a look to the weekend. take a look, we have rain coming down in the western part of the state. grab your umbrella as you head

>> good morning, eyeopener, this is the team at boston parks and recreation and can't wait to see you on holiday lights at boston commons. happy holidays. randy: all right. you, too. good morning. i bet none of them went up and put the lights on this tree, maybe just the managers? emily: we'll see. can't wait for that show tomorrow night. watch it here on channel 5. holiday lights.

p.m. always a nice kind of kickoff to the season, right? randy: it's such a spectacular tree. emily: everyone will be looking at you. cindy: glad it's happening tomorrow night instead of tonight because we're in better shape come tomorrow night. you'll need your umbrella this morning. local live radar showing a couple showers. after the berkshires, outside of that, not a lot falling from the sky this morning. we have patch areas of drizzle but quite a bit of fog. wherever you see the white and the gray showing you where there is fog. it's pretty widespread but notice visibility in most spots a mile or two and we're not seeing the dense fog but it's out there. drizzle and fog around right now and transitions to a steadier rain by lunchtime and we'll see rain at times off and on through the afternoon, the evening right on into tonight. it will be a wet day overall. in terms of how much rain falls, though, not a whole lot.

most areas yesterday and only looking at an additional half an inch or so throughout the day today and tonight. by tomorrow morning, not adding too much rainfall. we could use a lot more and our deficit for the year is more than nine inches and more than eight in worcester and we can use any rain we get. the area to the south i'm watching is coming in around lunchtime or in the afternoon but out ahead of it, the areas of showers filling in in the western part of new england and will transition eastward. 39 in worcester and 39 in boston and even across southern new hampshire. everybody is safely above the freezing mark and no one is concerned. upper 40's on the cape now and temperatures will keep climbing gradually by noon time and most of us running in the upper 40's to near 50 degrees where we'll be this afternoon as we have hears of -- areas of rain. the warmer temperatures with the southwesterly wind, boston staying in the 40's north and west of town. there you see the showers from

to worcester county by 8:00 this morning and thereafter a steadier rain widespread by lunchtime. the lunch hour will be wet and light rain showers through the afternoon and will impact your evening commute and overnight see a slow, drying trend especially after midnight. temperatures are holding mostly in the 40's and the colder pockets far north and west will drop in the 30's and tomorrow we're staying in the 40's but tomorrow our winds shift to the west as our storm starts to pull away and will bring in drier air and some brightening in the afternoon but cold enough for lingering areas of snow far across northern new england before high pressure settles in on friday. ski country likely will see snow out of this and heaviest amounts more than six inches possible across far northern maine and getting snow in ski country. want to show you the winds. in the morning hours they'll be gusting perhaps close to 20 miles per hour but during the afternoon, look at the winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. a blustery feel tomorrow with

and brings in a chill friday to start the weekend but tomorrow, sunshine and low 50's here by sunday. the first weekend in september looks fantastic. olessa: the weather is not the best for the morning commute so give yourself extra travel time. a live look. there's the pike, eastbound moving to the bottom of the screen and overnight construction has just been picked up in this stretch. let's get to the maps and check the ride. all the roadwork is gone and we didn't have a lot of work because of the weather. construction picked up by route 109 and by great plains avenue. pike looks good, route 9 out of framingham to boston and so far it's a quiet start as well on 93 south, route 3 and route 1 checking ok this morning. trains and buses starting off on schedule. randy: right now new hampshire police are looking for this masked man who robbed a gas station clerk last week using fluid.

the cashier's booth and threatened to set fire to it if he wasn't given cash and took the cash and took off. emily: some boston restaurants are hitting customers with a new charge called a hospitality fee. the two restaurants jamaica plains says it's to bridge the front of the house to the kitchen. at tres gatos, people are pagan extra 3% on the bill and all of it going to back of the house chefs and employees and on average make 2 1/2 times less than bartenders and servers. >> just seeing the difference between what the front of the house takes in versus what we take in and the hours that go into that created take little tension which is terrible for restaurants. emily: owners say attracting and retaining good kitchen staff is a growing problem and see it as a small step towards keeping good workers. randy: yahoo! thinking of selling its core internet business. the company's board of directors meeting this week to discuss whether to sell as the company continues to see

yahoo! is the world's third most visited website behind google and facebook. news of the potential sell caused yahoo! stocks to surge. asian stocks reporting weaknesses in economic data and growth in australia. stock futures are up on wall street and the dow closing higher yesterday, going up 168 points. new data from the f.b.i. shows more background checks performed on americans buying guns on black friday than ever before. more than 185,000 requests were made on black friday and that's a 5% increase from last year. emily: it's hard to keep spending under control during the holidays but a few reminder can help save your budget. first, don't force yourself to everyone. remember, it really is the thought that counts. second, don't stress over holiday tipping. etiquette experts say you should stick to the usual rules when it comes to people who provide regular services.

often, don't underestimate the power of a smaller tip matched with a handwritten note. finally, use your smart phone. apps like shop kick and red laser can save you money and facebook can send you deals from companies you like and check your notifications tab. randy: and good luck. two students are learning whatnot to do when an animal breaks into the school building. emily: a pretty adorable reaction to a squirrel invasion is ahead. erika? erika: new at 5:30, back pain can be caused by foods. the culprit leading to aches and soreness. new hampshire about to reach a grim milestone in the opiods tries, the unsettling record and the help becoming less effective. plus, a woman says an infection was caused by a common

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emily: 5:24 on wednesday morning. cindy: it's 39 degrees in boston. we have light drizzle and areas of fog throughout a good portion of the area now. look at the radar. the bulk of the activity in the berkshires but will be trending through the morning hours. showers developing here through 8:00. our chance for rain going up by noon time into the afternoon. it's a steady rainfall. on the lighter side, though and the rain chances go down heading into the evening hours and a damp wednesday with

clearing tomorrow. it will be on the windy side and cool it down with bright sunshine on friday. randy? randy: flooding in southeast india is causing a major disruption at this airport that had to shut down. you see high water on the run way and the monsoon rains are close to breaking a nearly 100-year-old record. months worth of rain fell yesterday alone. emily: 5:25. olessa is back with your wednesday eye poppers. olessa: an adorable little girl learned the lesson the hardaway. never pet a squirrel. >> the squirrel went to the hallway and into the open door. i never should have pet that squirrel. >> you did. >> i feeded it and pet it. what? olessa: this is in california. the squirrel got in the school and ran up a teacher's leg and bit her and went into another classroom and bit the little girl trying to be friendly. both the teacher and student were checked out and will be fine.

day, folks, do not pet squirrels. and who says the storm troopers are the bad guys? the soldiers are seen here helping put up a family christmas tree. the images were posted to facebook and have been liked more than 700,000 times. looks like these action figures got the approval of darth vader. i keep seeing the darth vader tree, i guess, that's popular right now. i don't know because i didn't know if that's "star wars" or "star trek" and i know i'll pay for that. randy: oh, boy. you'll be hearing from people now. patriots tight end rob gronkowski weighing in on when he'll return to the field. his comments and the news pretty surprising. a video message from a player. and mark zuckerberg and his wife making a special birth announcement with a massive pledge they're making to create a better world for their daughter and so many others. and we're looking at the charles river here, the bridge in the distance, in is new

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randy: a violent crash in wareham and what police say the driver did wrong on the eye this wednesday morning. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. randy: 5:30 wednesday morning. a beautiful morning here as we look at the charles river and the bridge in the distance. i'm randy price. emily: it's foggy out there. and picturesque. cindy: it's kind of damp this morning and will transition to wetter by lunchtime so make sure you have the wet weather gear with you heading out the door. 39 degrees now worcester into boston. lots of 30's and upper 30's northern worcester county on to the north shore and notice as you travel south of boston from plymouth to the cape we're in the mid 40's. wherever you see the white and gray coloring is where we have

visibility is couple miles in boston. it's not terribly dense but the fog is out there and so too are showers out across western massachusetts. these are transitioning eastward and will be moving in to the morning hours and we get to lunchtime and it's this area of rain that will be working up through the afternoon. you see that here on futurecast. a few showers around by 8:00 a.m. rain becomes steadier by lunchtime and then as we go to the afternoon to the evening commute there will be showers around as temperatures kind of come up slowly, mid to upper 40's by lunchtime but near 50 this afternoon with that southwesterly wind i think the warmer temperatures will be in southeastern massachusetts, staying in the 40's likely north and west of town. a damp wednesday overall with the roads wet as well. how are we doing out there? olessa: we're watching one accident this morning and a live look at the pike by austin brighton and eastbound moving to the bottom of the screen. let's get to the maps and check your ride traveling south of town, watching one crash southbound route 24 and

much and right after 128 so if you're traveling north, expect a little volume there as well. the expressway looks good for now. the pike and route 9 are quiet, at least at this time as you travel southbound 95 to the connector, everybody getting by and trains and buses on schedule. emily: jurors from the phillip chism trial will visit the high school. students at danvers high school will have a half day so the jurors can tour the bathroom and school where the event took place. randy: bella bond's father will be in trial for allegedly shoplifting. amoroso never met his daughter before she died. emily: former massachusetts governor deval patrick is getting involved in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. patrick, a chicago native has been tapped to advise a

the department's actions. randy: right now a new message from the patriots fan favorite rob gronkowski. gronk is talking about the injury he sustained sunday and about when he might be back on the field. emily: antoinette antonio is live at gillette stadium with this video that came unexpectedly. antoinette: it was. and in that video clip rob gronkowski thanking his family and friends and fans for all the support he's received ever since he got that injury on he also talked about when you could see him back in action. rob: when i'm 100% feeling good, cleared by all the doctors and the team, that's when i'll be back and there's no timetable for that. i'll just be working hard and trying to get 100% as soon as possible. i can promise you that. i'll be definitely going hard in the rehab. antoinette: this injury sunday looked worse than it actually

gronk suffering from a bad knee bruise as well as a knee sprain. the patriots take on the eagles this sunday here at gillette stadium. live in foxboro, this morning, antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: thank you. troubling new numbers out of new hampshire this morning and the eye's erika tarantal is here with the end of your statistics with a month still to go. erika: the numbers are grim, new hampshire is expected to set a record for drug death this is year and have been 295 opiod related deaths in 2015. that number is expected to hit more than 350 by year's end. 183 of those overdoses involved fentanyl. there were 326 last year despite efforts to save lives with narcan training. this problem is growing. >> and the disturbing part is the amount of narcan we have to give these patients is increasing which means the

mixed with, if it's fentanyl, is becoming more pure. erika: there are 80 expected drug overdoses pending toxicology results. randy? randy: a wareham man is charged with driving drunk in this crash. mark giberson is accused of hitting a parked car and then a man standing in a parking lotto of onset avenue. the victim is at the boston hospital with serious injuries. giberson was arrested at the scene. wareham police tell us he was license. more charges are pending. emily: a man is suing a local catholic school saying he was denied employment because he's gay. matt barrett was hired to run the food services but when he filled out the paperwork the job offer was rescinded. >> you put husband down for your emergency contact. and i said well, that's what he is, he's my husband and they said oh, no, it's not contrary to the catholic teachings.

>> employers in the common law aren't allowed to restrict employment to members of the religion. emily: barrett's attorney countered that's only true if the employ only hires and religion. right now the f.b.i. is investigating inside this norwood home. yesterday agents executed a search warrant at the washington street property. the f.b.i. did not elaborate on what they were looking for, only saying it's connected to an ongoing investigation. randy: back pain can actually start in the kitchen. emily: and the food one doctor says causes those aches and pains. harvard university is changing the titles of some administrators. the term now being dropped because of possible racial implications. randy: ahead in news to go, a woman claims an infection was caused by a common accessory

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expressway. you see the delays picking up early on the northbound side and a 20 minute right from braintree to boston and so far not seeing many accidents. we can see the raindrops on the camera lens, cindy. now. there are some more organized showers in the western part of the state but these are moving eastward and it will be a wet day overall. the steadiest rain comes midday today into the afternoon and

to near 50 today, though. blustery as we dry it out tomorrow with a gusty wind and look at the sunshine friday through the weekend. randy? randy: very nice. thank you, cindy. health alert. the back pain you might be experiencing might have nothing to do with heavy lifting. doctors say actually certain back pain. certain foods can cause inflammation in your back. >> the culprits could be the typical white bread, the sugars, the pastas and sodas and caffeines. randy: eating a balanced diet that includes seasonal produce is recommended and doctors say after about three weeks on that diet you should feel improvement. emily: the red sox getting a new ace. the massive deal with david price. and a warning in pawtucket, rhode island, accused of a holiday scam. and facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg making two big announcements, the generous donation from the new dad and his wife.

from our photographer in cambridge this morning. you see the fog there. do keep an eye out for that and

emily: 5:43 this morning. the eyeopener team ready with your news to go in foxboro and danvers. randy: and erika is here in the new role deval patrick will

department. radar. you have to use the umbrella later on. the showers in the western part of the state will be moving on in. there this morning as well. the steadiest rain comes in around midday and then off and on rain at times right through the evening hours into tonight. so overall, kind of a damp wednesday ahead. you see down the coast here, down through the appalachians. yeah, this is the area of rain that will be working on in as we get to lunchtime and into the afternoon. this morning still a band of showers in western new england. you can see it's making steady progress eastward so the rain will be filling in here this morning. you see the bulk of the area right now from worcester eastward is mainly dry but we have fog out there this morning and visibility is down to a mile or two in most spots and less than that on the islands now. there is fog to contend with. notice the temperatures safely above the freezing mark and not concerned with the icing.

40's from plymouth to the cape and there will be changes in the merrimac valley and hold it in the mid 40's while areas south of boston are in the mid 50's and watch the fog and drizzle transition to rain degrees in boston. a little cooler north and west of town. you see the showers filling in this morning, steady rain by lunchtime and then during the afternoon, notice the heavy downpours here locally and there might be a few to our west and then the showers diminish in the overnight hours and we'll start a little damp on thursday morning as then as the storm pulls away, the wind kick up and bring in drier air and we'll see a good amount of sunshine on friday and we're drying out through the end of the week and a blustery day with the wind and mid 40's under the sunshine on friday. goat to the roads now watching trouble south of town, olessa? olessa: yes, i'll show you that in a second. here it is, the northbound side moving to the top of the screen

let's get to the maps and check your ride traveling south. the accident at 24 southbound right after route 128 to the northbound side of course picking up the stop and stare volume. the expressways from braintree to boston and the pike looks good, 15 minutes or so 495 to 128 and then 93 south already building that volume out of masuin and to wilmington and trains and buses on schedule. ellily and randy? randy: gronk says thank to you pats fans days after the injury on the field. emily: antoinette antonio is in foxboro with this video message. antoinette: in that message, gronk giving his injury report and assuring pats nation he'll be back as soon as he is 100%. rob: thankful it's nothing serious and love playing the game of football. antoinette: it's the first time we heard from him since the painful injury in the final minutes of play against denver

-- on sunday. the patriots saying gronk suffered a bone bruise and sprain of his right knee. in the one-minute video gronk says he's already working hard to make sure he gets back on the field. live at gillette this morning, antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: a major signing deal for the red sox, the team announcing free agent pitcher david price has agreed to the richest deal ever for a pitcher. seven year, with $217 million. but price may not end up in a red sox uniform that long and able to sign him. he is a five-all-star and 2012 winner. todd: today the jury will leave the courtroom and go on a view at danvers high school and will see the bathroom where he allegedly murdered his math teacher colleen ritzer and see the wooded area where he allegedly dumped her body. the view comes as the defense

chism's attorneys said he admitted to committing the crime but he is mentally ill he's trying to convince the jury. they'll have half a day of classes in order to accommodate the view. wcvb news 5. emily: deval patrick will advice his hometown of chicago as the city reviews its police department. a five member panel is looking at the actions of the department in the wake of the police killing of laquan mcdonald. the teenager was shot 16 times as he walked away from officers holding a knife. the police superintendent has been fired in the wake of the shooting. patrick says in part, quote, i hope i can offer the mayor and his task force some guidance and feedback on the important work they now undertake. in the meantime the officer charged with murder for killing mcdonald is free on bail this morning. emily? emily: the u.s. confirms it is sending more forces to the middle east to fight isis. the defense secretary ash carter told congress yesterday a new force of special operations agents will deploy

iraq and syria. carter says the special ops force will be flexible enough to perform multiple missions and didn't specify how many will be sent, only saying there will be more than 50. randy: the father of bella bond is behind bars, charged with stealing from a home depot. joseph amoroso is expected in court today. boston police say the employees stopped amoroso as he was trying to leave the south boeheim depot store yesterday. his cart filled with about $600 of merchandise for which he did not pay. police say when he was arrested, amoroso asked if they knew who he was. emily: a raucous debate in dispensery. three voted to oppose an application for a facility there. the chairman claiming he didn't see any benefit for the town. the company seeking the license had letters of supports in nearby millis and framingham. randy: is the t ready for what will come this winter? that will be the subject of a meeting this morning in south

the focus will be on the lessons learned from last winter's meltdown. the t has taken new steps to avoid disaster this year, including new snow removal equipment and enhanced winter notification efforts. emily: workers will hold a rally today at wal-mart in quincy in their push for change at the superstore. this protest is part of a national grassroots campaign happening throughout december called are you with us? and employees and supporters want to highlight the negative impact of wal-mart on american workers and including what they say is low pay and insufficient benefits. randy: harvard university administrators are changing the title of so-called house masters amid racial concerns from students and some students say the term is associated with slave owners. the master of harvard's 12 undergraduate houses have now unanimously agreed to change the titles. administrators will meet to select a different name. buyer beware. police are searching for a package thief in pawtucket,

camera here at this home shows the person stealing items from the front steps. this was monday morning. police say if you're going to order items, especially this time of year, make sure someone is at home or have them shipped to a more secure location. emily: sky 5 over bedford, new hampshire, where firefighters from a dozen communities tried to save this million dollar home. everyone made it out safely but it is a total loss. smoke from the five alarm fire could be seen for miles. investigators say it started in the attic and may have been burning for some time before anyone noticed. randy: new information about the man accused of killing three people in a shooting at planned parenthood in colorado. he has a history of alleged violence against women. at least two of three ex-wives of robert louis dear have accused him of physical abuse. in 1992, dear was arrested for sexual violence and never convicted. police who know dear say he's an angry man prone to outbursts of violence. a fiery crash lands an arizona

police chasing the man accused of copycatting the highway shootings in phoenix, arizona with a slingshot and say he was driving a stolen car during the crash when he did crash yesterday in mesa. he's expected to face several charges. a warning for drivers this dash cam video out of kentucky shows a deer running into the path of a police cruiser. police say the officer did the right thing, applying his brakes and steering away from the deer in a controlled manner. you see the deer does get back up and runs back into the woods. that officer was not hurt. randy: a kentucky woman says that a hair tie caused an infection on her wrist. audree kopp said she noticed a small, red lump on her wrist and thought it was a bug bite. she went to the hospital when it continued to get worse, she says doctors told her it was an infection caused by bacteria in her hair elastic. kopp wants to warn other women to be careful when keeping these hair elastics on your wrist. emily: the 76ers make history

they won their first game of the season last night, snapping a historic 28-game slide. they're now 1-18 this season after beating the lakers. the last time the sixers won was march 25 in denver. >> normally what happens with me is my mind would always drift to the game. always. and i find myself sitting there the mind wouldn't drift towards the game anymore. emily: the lakers great kobe bryant describing the moment he realized it was time to retire. you can catch the rest of his exclusive interview with robin roberts after the eyeopener on g.m.a. randy: former cincinnati bengals player devin stills says his daughter leah is cancer free now. leah captured the hearts of millions in her cancer battle last year at the age of 4. in march her cancer was declared in remission and still says new medical tests taken last week show no signs of the cancer in her body. emily: a special birth

c.e.o. mark zuckerberg and his wife. the couple pledged nearly all their wealth to pledge to make america a better place written in a letter to their daughter and they want to fight disease and improve education and build strong communities. the couple is worth an estimated $45 billion. randy: the time of year the holiday pops concert kicking off today. the events are drawing celebrity guests around the country. this is from last year. governor baker conducting guest conductor and one of the pop shows. always nice. lucky to narrate with him a couple times. it's always a great crowd. emily: no pressure. they're so talented, right. randy: the orchestra makes it great. emily: do they need a conductor in situations like that? they are such professionals

anyway. cindy: we've had damp weather. the highest rain totals coming out of the cape where we've had a half inch of rain. worcester into boston, not even that. it's damp as it has been and we haven't seen too much rain and need it. our deficits in boston over 9 1/2 inches and 8 1/2 in worcester and we could use some more and we'll have another wet, damp day but by tomorrow morning we're looking at an additional half inch of rain if that. we're not talking about heavy rain but just gray out there and damp and fog as well with 39 degrees in boston. for the moment the wind are light and they're out of the west-northwest and will shift to the southwest and push the temperatures up. lots of 30's now from the pike on northward. mid to upper 40's plymouth down to the cape right now. the bulk of the showers around western massachusetts but these, they're moving eastward and will be filling in this morning and this is one area of showers and there's another area of rain down the coast and this will be working in our direction as well.

transitioned to a steady rain by noon time and we'll see areas of rain by 5:00 as well. the southwesterly wind will push our temperatures in the lower 50's today in southeastern massachusetts, north shore, merrimac valley and worcester staying in the boston this afternoon. you see those showers filling in this morning but notice the steady rain around lunchtime. light nowers off and on this afternoon into this evening but overnight we'll start to dry things out and will see the skies begin to clear out tomorrow. low temperatures in the 30's and 40's and tomorrow the storm is pulling away with colder air on the back side and we'll see more in the way of sun shine heading to friday. you'll notice the wind with temperatures in the upper 40's and a blustery feel. the winds could gust over 40 miles per hour. friday is looking at sunshine but it's a cooler start to the weekend as the jet stream will be to our south but look what happens on sunday. we'll get the pattern change again and talking about milder

returning on sunday. lower 50's and lots of sunshine and right around 50 degrees to start early next week and warmer air on the way. let's get you to the roads right now. olessa: watching problem spots. a live look at the expressway by the gas tank and slow around the northbound side and typically doesn't get that heavy this early. budget in the travel time and get to the maps and check the ride making your way south and watching the accident on 24. it's a southbound crash after 12 and if you're heading northbound those delays are starting back in brockton and slow ride out of sharon and route 3 to braintree and your trip on the expressway is more like 25 minutes braintree to boston. the pike 15, 495 to 128 and 93 south is heavy to the connector. randy: families sharing their

it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform and getting eight million kids covered. now, it's about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on insurance companies to bring down drug prices. i'm not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. i'm not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare and throw it away.