>> from boston' this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. >> breaking news involving this alleged gunman in that mass shooting in california. president obama saying today it may have been terror-related. police have identified the two suspects as a married couple. >> they' re accused of fatally shooting 14 people at a san bernardino social center. but as lauren lyster reports, their motive still isn' t known. lauren: the end of yesterday'

s crime scene. this suv, the getaway car for the shooting suspects, the reminder of what took place. >> this is a very sad day for our community and country. lauren: two suspects stormed the inland regional center, killing 14. another 17 were injured. people like kevin ortiz are recovering from shots to the leg and arm. >> he sustained five gunshot wounds. unfortunately, he is in a lot of pain. lauren: another family member recounting the phone call her injured brother made. >> he just left the news that he had been shot. he had told my father that the

lauren: the suspects were killed in a shooting by police. >> a male in black clothing still firing rounds. lauren: the two dropped their six month old infant off with her mother, telling her they have a doctors appointment. >> i have absolutely no idea. i am in shock myself. lauren: all four guns used in the shooting were purchased legally, two by the shooters and two by another party. >> boston police are on heightened alert following the shooting, making public safety a top priority. newscenter 5' s reid lamberty is live in boston with reaction from the governor. reid? reid: governor baker making it clear that there is zero connection between what happened yesterday in california to anything here in massachusetts. with that said, the governor

multiple agencies are working to provide intelligence that would and would prevent a terror event or mass shooting here. the governor telling us that just before the acts in paris, there have been discussions between federal, state, and local law enforcement on a daily basis. those discussions meant to provide communications among agencies to better know what' s happening, and to better prepare for a number of different scenarios that we could face. those talks are ongoing as is the city and state. >> well, we stepped up presence after paris at any big event and as i said earlier that' s , going to continue to be the case at least through the new year, and certainly the level of conversation that' s going on between federal, state, and local law enforcement and security people is ongoing and constant.

pointing out massachusetts has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation those laws are , designed, in part, to prevent a terrible tragedy like we saw in california and paris. live outside the state house, reid lamberty wcvb newscenter 5. ,>> we will continue to track all developments in the san bernardino shootings, as they happen, on wcvb.com and our mobile apps. and on world news tonight at 6:30, david meurer will anchor a scene in san bernardino. >> breaking news involving the deadly terror attacks in paris, hungary now says a fugitive suspected in those attacks was in the budapest train station months before the siege and left with several men he recruited. salah abdeslam, the alleged ringleader, has been missing since november 13 when the attacks happened, and is now believed to be in syria. more than 130 people were killed in the paris attacks when gunmen and bombers launched coordinated attacks on restaurants, a

>> more breaking news, ashton carter expected to announce he is going to open all combat jobs to women. the policy change goes into effect april 1. historically, women have been excluded from certain frontline jobs. >> more breaking news, an arrest made in the fatal shooting of this man outside a bar near fenway park. dominique carpenter-grady of dorchester is now charged with firearm-related offenses. jephthe chery, an mbta conductor, was shot and killed near the bar who' s on first early thanksgiving morning. police say he was an innocent victim. right now, schools in cambridge are on alert again after yet another threat. an email threat was made against the middle school, the second just this week. schools are open, but police have increased their presence. investigators believe the same

>> we turn to the weather now, the rain is gone and so is this fog but not before it caused , major traffic issues on 93 this morning. now strong wind gusts are moving in. cindy, that could be an issue for tonight' s holiday lights tree lighting on the common. cindy: these are current gusts, we are gusting over 30. these winds will be with us for a while. they will continue to be gusting over 30 miles an hour through about 9:00 tonight and slowly during the overnight hours, the wind will subside. this storm is still strengthening and sitting over the state of maine. we have wind that is drying us out but producing snow over parts of new england, especially northern maine where they could see several inches. we have had one little disturbance come through that is

boston area. this is moving out, so we will be light -- clear tonight for holiday lights. the wind will be gusting and the 30' s now, and will stay in the 30' s through this evening. >> jurors have the day off in the murder trial of philip chism after touring the murder scene at danvers high school yesterday. they saw the bathroom where teacher colleen ritzer was raped and murdered, and the woods where her body was found. chism admits to the killing but claims he was insane at the time. yesterday, a child psychiatrist took the stand. the meeting today between the judge and trial teams is centered around another medical expert that the defense wants to call to the stand. >> new this noon, a rehoboth woman is on trial for the 2010 death of her toddler son. kimberly peno is accused of beating the boy after drinking and smoking crack cocaine. yesterday, her husband took the

trying to resuscitate the boy and heard her say she was going to, " do a lot of time for this." peno has pleaded not guilty and claims her husband is responsible for the boy' s death. also new, the new hampshire man charged with killing his parents before triggering a nationwide manhunt is sentenced. today, matthew dion pleaded guilty to arson and second-degree murder for 2014 then setting their house on he was caught months later in florida. dion was sentenced to 60 years to life in state prison. >> new today, an arlington woman faces a judge, accused of scamming an elderly woman out of more than $100,000. newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is live outside cambridge district court in medford with more on this. todd? todd: the arraignment happened a few months ago and that woman who is accused of scamming an 84-year-old out of 100,000

she was a waitress who befriended and was hired by the 84-year-old man. she talked him into saying for her loan for itt tech, as well as a $50,000 -- and $30,000. much of the money is still in her account, according to her attorney, however the account is frozen. when she was arrested she was giggling and laughing. wcvb five. >> commitment 2016, hillary right now, she' s attending an nashua. the women' s economic opportunity. the democratic front-runner is expected to pitch her plans for paid family leave before wrapping the day with a town

also in the granite state today, ohio governor john kasich. the republican candidate will hold a town hall meeting at a school in salem tonight. and tomorrow, he' ll visit an american legion post in manchester followed by town hall meetings in claremont and new london on saturday. >> the family of a winchester native killed in the benghazi terror attacks says it is still waiting for their promised death benefit payment. glen doherty was required to take out an insurance policy when he signed up to work as a security contractor for the diplomatic compound in libya. but after his death, his family was denied the payment because he was not married and had no children. the family has settled with the insurance company and the cia has agreed to change its policy but congress must still approve the new plan. >> today marks the 16th anniversary of the worcester six . the firefighters died while fighting the massive fire at the worcester cold storage warehouse. tonight the franklin street fire station will host a gathering. a bell will ring at 6:13, the

fire. the mass shooting out west triggering intensified debate over gun control. the president and presidential hopefuls weighing in this noon. >> the secret service in crisis? harsh words from lawmakers following a series of security lapses involving the government agency. cindy: i am tracking a period a strong wind gusts into this evening. a brief cooldown comes before a warm up this weekend. >> and new revelations about false-positive results on mammograms.

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>> you are watching newscenter 5 at noon. >> two army pilots are dead, killed in a helicopter crash near fort campbell in tennessee. they were on a routine training mission when the chopper went down around 7:00 last night, landing in a river. it' s not clear what caused the crash, and the pilots' identities have not been released. >> the secret service is once again under fire. a new congressional report calls it an agency in crisis, citing several security lapses and high profile embarrassment' s. lawmakers blame 2011 budget cuts, systemic mismanagement and

recent issues, including a prostitution scandal and security breaches involving the president and the white house. the report says more funding is needed, along with a larger staff and more focused mission. paralympian oscar pistorius has been convicted of murder. overnight, a south african court overturned his manslaughter conviction, saying there was a fundamental error in the previous judgement. the judge claims pistorius never offered an acceptable explanation for shooting his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp in , his home. he says he thought she was an intruder. >> european leaders warning today that the security situation in europe is complex and fragile following the paris terror attacks. and they say only a joint global response can help counter the threat posed by isis. u.s. secretary of state john kerry, who is attending a security conference in belgrade, said the islamic state can be defeated within months of a cease-fire between syria' s government and moderate rebels. but he said that would require both air and ground forces in

here in the u.s., the new york daily news taking a provocative today' god isn' t fixing this. that' s in response to yesterday' s mass shooting in california. lana zak reports. the political debate is once again intensifying over the issue of gun control. >> we are going to have to make sure we can take basic , not impossible but harder for weapons. lana: president obama urging action on gun control. politicians who send their thoughts and prayers that offer no action on gun control. the governor of connecticut pleaded this angry rebuke.

the new york daily news out with t fixing demanding more. in the general public, there is greater support for gun control. 88% of americans favor potential gun buyers. from donald trump, a moment of silence and praise for police saying the shooting could be good for his poll numbers. they have been considering executive action on gun control since october. lana zak, abc news, washington. now. it' s something we haven' t seen here yet. take a look at this snow at the top of the northeast' s tallest

this picture, snapped today by the mount washington observatory, shows gusty winds blowing and drifting the newly-fallen snow there. it is only a matter of time. >> there is some white and blue to our north. the ski areas are going, finally. cindy: there is going to be some accumulating snow in northern maine but nothing here. we are seeing the wind and it is starting to pick up. could see gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour, and that is going to knock the wind chill into the 30' s. be prepared for the southern feel of december -- sudden feel of december. still feeling like close to 40 warmer. in

miles per hour, 36 miles per hour in worcester. notice the clouds breaking for a little patch of blue here and there. 47 is the actual temperature at the dew point is 35 so the air is drying out, thanks to that westerly wind sustained at about 20 miles per hour. the actual temperatures are holding onto 50 in the cape . we were in the mid-50' s and boston this morning but the temperatures have been dropping. we have seen a couple of rain showers come through. live radar picking up on showers from nashua up through portsmouth, and a few just south of boston. we have drier air coming in on the westerly wind so the focus of any wet weather through the afternoon is of course going to be to our north, as the storms continue to spin away.

of snow for far northern maine into this evening. we will see that colder air continue to work in and the further west you go, the colder it gets. it is in the mid-20' s in minneapolis. we are going to cool it down as we had through this evening. our wind chills kobe falling into the 30' s and notice by 8:00 -- wind chills will be falling into the 30' s and notice by -- tomorrow we are going to see the wind slacking off, high-pressure nosing in so i expect a lot of sunshine and less wind, . we start the weekend pretty chilly on saturday morning but afternoon. the jet stream will be lifting to the north so warmer than

average high this time of year should only be in the mid 40' s, so a nice stretch coming into the weekend and next week. sunday, the patriots are playing at gillette. our next chance of seeing any wet weather. there will be a storm coming up the coast and this has the easter. right now the track is a little uncertain but if it comes close enough, we could get in on some wet weather from that system in the form of rain. we will keep an eye on it as we move into next week. >> we invite you to join newscenter 5 tonight for our annual holiday lights. s official tree lighting on the common, with the help from a mystery new england patriot, by the way, live right here on wcvb. the big show starts at 7:00. >> and health news that recall

is expanding to more than a dozen states. costco' s chicken salad made by california-based taylor farms pacific was pinpointed as the source. now, the fda is expanding its recall to thousands of other items like salad kits, vegetable trays and other prepared foods sold at stores including walmart, sam' s club, 7-eleven, and target. those products were distributed primarily in western states. >> a new study shows women who have had a false positive result s on their mammogram may be at a slightly higher risk for developing breast cancer. researchers combed over more than 2 million mammograms performed on women between 40 and 74-years-old. about 180,000 had false positives, meaning the test detected a tissue abnormality but additional tests did not support a cancer diagnosis. well, many went on to be diagnosed with breast cancer within the next decade. >> do you use uber? it could soon be easier to find your driver. the company is testing new color-coded technology in seattle.

within the uber app. windshield will glow with that color. ll allow riders vehicles in crowded places or in the dark. >> still ahead, it may not look like much, but this photo of a birthday cake is going viral. >> the special message the recipient is hoping it will spread. that'

>> today, we' re hearing from the woman who posted a photo of a birthday cake that' s going viral. >> lisa aldrich bought this cake in michigan over the weekend. she says she didn' t notice the writing until a store employee thanked her for not complaining to the cake decorator. turns out that employee, who did the decorating, is autistic and usually stocks shelves. aldrich says she posted the photo because she wants people to remember to be kind first, in any situation. >> i just thought it was instantly something that i felt happy about. i get all these messages from families who struggle. it just breaks my heart to think about all of the meanness that people have to indoor the cousin they are not just like everybody else. >> the post has been shared

world. >> cindy, it is going to be chilly. cindy: wind chills in the 30' s, overnight less wind, and more sunshine tomorrow. another warming trend coming this weekend. >> that does it for us.

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