janet: ironically it is just across the street from the tree lighting ceremony. but her message is far from celebratory. it is grim. the issue is becoming the center of her campaign. secretary clinton: what will it take for congress to overcome lobby and do something as sensible as making sure that people on the terrorist watch list cannot buy weapons? janet: while the shootings -- shooters in san bernardino were not only terrorist watchlist,

secretary clinton: muslims are just as heartbroken about this is anybody else. we have to fight them in the air. we have to fight them in cyberspace. janet: this londonderry woman who is seen gun violence in her family says this one issue alone is enough reason for her to support clinton. >> we finally have a candidate running for president talking about trying to enact actual change. secretary clinton: no matter what motivation these killers, these murderers had, we can say one thing for certain. they should not of been able to do this. janet: clinton is very quick to tout her credentials in dealing with violence, reminding everyone she was a senator in new york on 9/11. in way clinton do in boston for a fundraiser within the hour. janet wu, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: republican front-runner donald trump also talked about

he called it terrorism and criticize president obama. mr. trump: we had another event that probably was related -- the one yesterday -- it always happens. probably was. when i heard about it, i figured maybe not, but it turns out probably was related. radical islamic terrorism, and i' ll tell you what. we have a president that refuses to use the term. he refuses to say it. there' s something going on with him that we don' t know about. senator marco rubio also talked at that event today, calling the facts "concerning." senator rubio: our thoughts, our prayers are with those impacted by the attacks. we do not know all of the facts yet, but we certainly have learned some facts that are concerning and we honor mines in the aftermath of what we see happening in the world and we begin with that acknowledgment and the understanding we live in

one i grew up in, the world you grew up in, the world we had not long ago. heather: senator ted cruz also the events, worried that the mass shooting may be an act of what he is calling islam and terrorism. phil: 34 degrees in needham right now and really the temperature is not so bad today. it' s the winds. heather: they are pretty strong. s very breezy. eventually they will die down, but not until midnight tonight. miles lower. at the cape, close to 30 miles per hour. a few places over 40 miles per hour today. these guys are clearing. that wind is ushering in dry air. look at that. there' heading mountains. good news for skiers.

going on out there. through 9:00, this will start to drop off as we head toward midnight. we still have a breezy day. there. bundle up tomorrow morning. it will feel like the 20' s even of the air temperature will be in the 30' s. i will have a detail a head. phil: the 12th or the woman accused in the 2010 death of her son. her husband took the stands saying that he saw his wife trying to resuscitate the boy and heard her saying she was going to "do a lot of time for this." she pleaded not guilty and claims her husband is the one responsible for the boy felt death. heather: new tonight, stolen presence meant for underprivileged kids in new hampshire.

thousands of gift cards and toys from operation santa. the thefts happened over things giving weekend. police are looking to charge another man, too. phil: a 10,000 dollar donation is going to help fight opiod overdoses on cape cod. the money from the lydon paul lorusso charitable foundation will be use to buy narcan for cape law enforcement officers. this is the second donation of $10,000 from the group. cape law enforcement says narcan is literally helping them save lives. vermont is taking new steps to deal with rising case-loads linked to the opiod crisis. the state is hiring 35 new social workers, support personnel, and a new judge to help its overwhelmed child protection system. the number of children in state custody increased by 40% in just the last two years. 80% of those cases involve young children and opiod abuse.

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>> you are watching newscenter 5. heather: a police officer stepped in to save a child fell birthday after mom was caught shoplifting. the woman said she' d taken items to make a cake for her daughter. the officer returned the items and then bought them for the woman' s of this little girl could have a cake. >> you are overwhelmed. it is certainly one of the more

seen, i have personally seen here at the store. >> i can only speak for the officers i work with, and i suspect i am speaking for most officers out there, that we came into this job for the right reasons, to do the right thing at the right time. heather: the officer says he did not want extra attention for what he did. he just didn' t want the child to suffer for the actions of her mom. phil: if you use uber, it could sooner be easier to find your driver. color-coded technology. it is called spot. it lets writers choose a color and then a light bar will glow the same color. ube r says that will allow them to identify vehicles more easily in crowded places and in the tonight, they flip the switch and boston commons.

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heather: disgraced olympian oscar pistorius facing at least 15 years in jail. this today after he was convicted of murder. >> this is a human tragedy of shakespearean in proportions. reporter: in a packed courtroom, the judge declares us to boost or he is count one is set aside and replaced with the following. guilty of murder -- reporter: overturning a conviction of manslaughter. on the strength of him knowing that a person might have been fatally injured. >> you must foresee the possibility you would kill the person inside the cubicle and that is what happened areas -- that is what happened. reporter: following a

guilty for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he fired into the bathroom door, killing her, after he says he mistook her for an intruder. >> it is so improbable. there is a clear indication of his mendacity. reporter: after serving 10 months of his sentence, he was moved it to his own home and pedroia. the minimum sentence is 15 years. sentencing is set for early next year. phil: m -- an american woman convicted of treason in peru and sentenced to 20-years in prison has returned to the united states. lori berenson is now 46-years-old. she left lima this morning carrying her 6-year-old son. berenson dropped out of mit and was convicted of conspiring with a leftist rebel group in 1996. she spent 3-years of her sentence in a frigid,

health suffered. she say she hopes to become a social worker in new york city. a tiger tail, continuing to play out in nebraska. a woman bitten by a big cat there at the omaha zoo has pleaded not guilty to trespassing charges. prosecutors say jacqueline eide pled not guilty. she is recovering from a severe wound to her hand. heather: instagram has put out its list of top 100 locations where pictures were taken. disneyland on top. central park was rounding up the top three. one spot in massachusetts made the list -- to let stadium -- gillette stadium, at 95. the list is based on the geo-tag used when you upload pictures. mike: every time i tweet a

heather: you can save. mike: 45 degrees. west-northwest. that has been the issue. we have had cool temperatures and the wind as well. if you were up this morning, look at the temperatures. what hasn' t happened to the temperatures? they have been flat all day. trying to come up with a little bit of sunshine, but then just gave up. tomorrow we will have temperatures pretty much in the 40' s. these guys are pretty much clear, but as you look to the north, there is a lot of snow that way. this is the same system that gave is the rain yesterday and we need the rain. as far as boston is concerned we are running almost 9.5 inches below normal and worcester is running a good eight inches -plus. this is a dry area.

the area that has the worst drought, the western part of the united states. exceptionally dry conditions. with el nio in place, it looks like we may get some rain. that will be welcome news. there is that wins. when we factor the wind and the temperature together, we get the wind chill index. how does it feel? 37 degrees. it' s going to be on the chilly side. we factor the wind into that, and it feels like it' s in the 20' s. high temperatures will rebound nicely. for december, these are not bad numbers we are talking about. worcester, 43 degrees for a high temperature. we start the low freezing. we allow the temperatures to warm up into the lower 40' s. as we look to the south shore , same thing. sunshine all day. we tap things off into the mid-40' s.

we are dealing with, or that cooler. all over the kit, temperatures s. that storm system, a snow maker of to the north, moving on out. here is what happens over the high pressure moves in. days. the weather will stay relatively dry. bit. let me show you what happens over the next seven days. for tomorrow, much cooler temperatures. look at that. by saturday, we are up around 50 degrees. saturday, 56 degrees. it does not feel like football weather, but the patriots are playing. an evening game, by the way, at 4:25 in the afternoon. sunset is that 4:11. our next chance -- and i do know what to put too much emphasis on this because it' s only a chance

we have the computer models saying where this is going to go. one of our more reliable computer model say this is going to head off shore. we do need the moisture. rain would be welcome, but that is not snow, it' s rain and it is december. heather? heather: tonight is the night for holiday lights. phil: boston' s christmas tree on the common will be lit up in a special event you can see right here on channel 5. shayna seymour is live with a preview. how' s it going out there. night. it sounds pretty good as well if studio. show what. sure to be an amazing show. what great performances we have. and of course, we have the

49-foot white spruce behind me. anthony and jc are getting ready. there' s still plenty of time to join us. heather: what does it smell like down there? did we lose her? aw. rats. don' t you love the smell of a fresh christmas tree? phil: right. heather: it is going to sparkle down there tonight, too, which is terrific. santa claus, getting down on the floor to help a little boy with autism get comfortable. erin deely says her son brayden knows all about santa, but can be shy so santa decided to go -- this is fantastic -- decided to go the extra step. it took about 20 minutes of playing, but brayden eventually warmed up to santa, even giving him a high-five. this was part of a special caring santa event for kids with special needs. that' s wonderful. phil: exactly right. heather: a framingham mother spent more than a year battling cancer

life. phil: the impact she hoped to have through sharing her story. heather: then at 6:00 -- a new hampshire native of among the survivors of that california shooting rampage. what her family is saying about her injuries. is stealing yourself. heather: and the dangers of

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phil: a young framingham mother spent more than a year battling breast cancer, often with brutal honesty and humor. heather: she lost that battle, just this week. advice. >> we are mothers. we put ourselves last. reporter: she was not too concerned about a lump in her breast. youngest. it did not go away. then she received the frightening news.

reporter: she had triple negative stage three breast cancer, a diagnosis she shared publicly on facebook, posting her first chemo selfie, writing "i am showing off the id in -- infuses to attack this tumor." this is happening to me. say it can happen. reporter: the post, the first many would write, sharing her battle with the disease, updating and revealing that the cancer spread to her brain, writing "we were supposed to be done." she had surgery in october, but her prognosis was not good. she'

>> cancer is going to win. your mommy is going to die. that is the hardest part for me it affects the girls. reporter: alexa one of her story to be a reminder to other young moms to take nothing for granted. >> be present in the moment when strawberries. be happy about that. reporter: there is a fund set up in her name through the jimmy fund. it will support her doctor as she looks for new treatments. we have that information on our website. emily riemer, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: just an unbelievably touching story. what a remarkable story. heather: she just lost her battle this week, but because

taken those recent trips, they will have good memories. phil: and it could help someone else and if i sooner. wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts now. the discoveries inside the california shooters' home and the similarity to the marathon attacks. mike: the winds were howling. i will show you when temperatures warm back into the 50' s. heather: the hottest toy of the holiday season, but are hoverboards say for your child? phil: new ways to make sure your packages arrived. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. heather: new details revealed about the san bernardino shooters and their incredible arsenal of weapons. phil: incuding metal pipe bombs similar to the ones the tsarnev brothers used after the marathon bombings. heather: this as the number of people injured grows to 21. among them, this new hampshire native. one of the shooters reportedly

extremists under fbi scrutiny. phil: newscenter 5' s john atwater is tracking all the day' s developments. john? janet: -- john: investigators are trying to determine whether the suspect became radicalized. michael was the father of six inside that conference room when the two killers opened fire. >> there are six kids who lost their father. rene is a stay-at-home mom, so they have also lost all of their financial support. janet: syed farook stormed the holiday luncheon with his wife shortly after he left. >> 20 minutes later shooting began. >> the suspects fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles. john: police entering to uncover what prompted the vicious attack. they know that syed farook