emily: people missing after a fire in lynn. randy: a housekeeper is a fraud. how one man said she scammed tim out of big money -- him out of big money. emily: evidence being called into question. >> you are watching wcvb , fox' s news leader. -- boston' s news leader.

our camera rolling as the roof collapses on this home in lan. -- lynn. antoinette is on the scene. i' m emily riemer. randy: i' m randy price. cindy: the winds have settled down, but the temperatures have come down a little bit. we are about 10-20 degrees cooler. it was around 50 yesterday morning. 33, worcester. fitchburg, just below freezing. south of boston, upper 20' s. we are running in the mid-to-upper 30' s on cape cod. the temperatures will respond to the sunshine today. light winds, mostly sunny skies.

worcester county, a little bit cooler. the hilly terrain, the coolest today. mid and upper 40' s today on cape cod. the weekend looks great. let' s get you up to the roads. how are we doing, olessa? olessa: the volume is picking up. let' s check out the rest of your ride. 24 is heavy out of boston. 20 minutes from braintree into boston. 93 south, some volume into wilmington. trains and buses still on schedule. emily: thank you. four people missing after a fire tears through a house in lynn. a lot of challenges for crews

randy: antoinette antonio is at the scene. antoinette: a lot of challenges indeed. firefighters being very cautious . they will not be able to determine any fatalities until they are able to enter this home. listen to what happened as we were interviewing the district fire chief. . the roof came crashing down with firefighters just feet away. two women were rescued from this s, the other an 18-year-old.

the district fire chief said this one has been tough to fight. >> it was a heavily involved fire when our crews arrived. it was a narrow escape in a tight, congested area. it was a difficult fire to fight. antoinette: the home was completely gutted by flames. we are unsure of the number of people who lived here. the red cross is currently assisting 19 people who were displaced. we are not sure if all of those multiunit home. for this morning. newscenter 5. randy: thanks for the update. remembering the 14 victims of the shooting rampage in san bernardino, california. thousands of people lighted candles in honor of those whose lives were cut short.

tracking the overnight -- erika is tracking the overnight developments. erika: we know the couple responsible had an arsenal of firearms. s home, thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe on -- bombs. as a potential act of terror. the fbi said syed farook communicated with extremists, but no one significant. neighbors were suspicious because they had been working in their garage at late hours. >> it was unspeakable, the carnage that we were seeing and the pure panic on the faces of those individuals still in need and needing to be safe.

age from 26 to 60. officials say the attack could have also been motivated by religious extremism and a personal vendetta. among the 21 survivors injured in the shooting is hampshire. she was shot three times in the leg. parents' home after hearing the news. >> they are encouraged. it will be a long road to recovery, but they are thrilled she is alive. erika: she is an employee of the san bernardino county health department. randy: boston police are pushing for vigilance in the wake of the shooting in san bernardino. thousands attended the holiday lights tree lighting with an

the police commissioner pointed out that it is what you don' t see that is critical. >> monitoring social media, working with our partners. we are involved in monitoring travel in and out of the state and out of the country. information sharing. randy: lone wolves are a big concern for law enforcement the u.s. senate has voted against expanding background checks purchasing guns. it called for checks for all purchases made online and at gun shows. right now, they are only required for her juices -- purchases from licensed dealers. this same proposal was rejected after the sandy hook massacre in newtown, connecticut. emily: police are confirming a threat to brockton high school. police are working with the

no word on any extra security. classes are scheduled as normal. a woman has life-threatening injuries after she was hit by a car in boston. this happened last night at the intersection of commonwealth ave and agganis way. she was taken to beth israel and the driver did stay at the scene. randy: a no go on a key witness for the defense of philip chism. todd: emily, randy, good morning. jurors had the day off yesterday. there was a hearing on whether the defense could call another medical expert witness to the stand. the judge decided no. the defense team want to do draw similarities between the teen' s brain and that of a person with schizophrenia. the prosecution argued that it would have been a "bomb" and

since the doctor never diagnosed philip chism with schizophrenia. reporting live outside superior court, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: thank you. the man accused of stealing weapons from the worcester armory will be facing a judge today. james morales is accused of breaking into the facility last month and dealing 16 -- stealing 16 guns. a judge is considering dropping the most serious charge against another person, a woman involved in the case. that charge, unlawful possession of a machine gun. the judge will decide next week to drop that charge. emily: commitment 2016. a trio of republicans campaign in the granite state today. former new york

senator lindsey graham both have events in lebanon and keene. new troubles on the campaign trail for ben carson. speaking before the republican jewish coalition, he struggled with the pronunciation of hamas. ben carson: the challenge is the split between fontana -- fatah and hamas. hamas rules the gaza strip. foreign-policy issues has been polls. troubles in front of the same group. donald trump: i' m leaving for time. [bu ooing] donald trump: who is the wiseguy?

boos when he struggled on a question about jerusalem. randy: gun control has become a central topic of clinton' s campaign after a series of mass shootings in recent months. the democrat front runner also spoke about small businesses and women' s issues. emily: the former singer of the stone temple pilots has been found dead. scott weiland died in his sleep. he was 48 years old. there is no cause of death. substance abuse. shootings in san bernardino have some people thinking about their personal safety in the workplace. randy: an expert weighs in on what you can do to save yourself. a big decision for gaming in the baystate. the face-off between the city of boston and wynn resorts. emily: shopping smarter. three ways retailers can make

erika: four people are missing after a fire in lynn. our cameras rolling when parts of this roof collapsed. two people were pulled from the fire on bruce place. those were revived on the way to the hospital. antoinette is on the scene and morning long.

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>> good morning to you, to the ladies of notre dame academy. showing some school spirit with costumes. emily: we would love to see your wake-up call. shoot it and go to our website. upload to the u local section. randy: this weekend is good for everything.

get those tickets know what you are going to get. cindy: a little cooler today, but less wind than yesterday. temperatures are going to be seasonal today. we are about 50' weekend. average high this time of year is 45 degrees. we are going to be closer to that number today. more seasonal today. we are well into the 50' sunday. lifting to our north. warmer than average temperatures seaboard. we sell this a lot in november. month of december. some 20' fitchburg. bedford. 33, worcester. upper 30' s on cape cod this

the winds much, much lighter this morning. they come up just a tick this afternoon, maybe about 10-12 miles per hour. we have that storm from yesterday that did stir all the wind moving out over the canadian maritime. this is going to dominate our weather all weekend long. temperatures coming up out through the worcester hills. a couple clouds this afternoon. mostly sunny today. mostly clear overnight. we will do it again tomorrow. a little chilly overnight. 22 around 30 degrees. by sunday, the high is shifting eastward. around 50 coming up . by sunday, mid 50' s.

for the patriots game, it looks like great weather. it should still be around 50 degrees. the temperature slowly falls through the 40' s in that game. the only thing we are watching for rain potential is a storm developing off the mid-atlantic coast line. it is trending a little little farther offshore, though it does have the potential to bring rain if it comes close enough. if we were to get any rain, it would be late tuesday into wednesday. right now, just a chance of a little rain. enjoy your weekend. emily: absolutely, get outdoors. olessa: it is a quiet start out there this morning. you can see just a few more headlights out there this morning. still an accident-free ride. we are watching one disabled car on route 3 traveling southbound. we had some overnight construction that picked up a

that -- no problems on the pike. if you are traveling north , problem free ride. approaching spot pond, you have some delays down to the leverett connector. we are watching some minor southbound delays on the red line. randy: taking steps to stay safe on the job following the shooting rampage in and bernadino has a lot of us -- san bernardino has a lot of us thinking. safety. t stop this type of thing from happening because you don' t know from where it is going to come or how it is going to come. you can know how you are going to react, no what you are going to do. many companies are

emily: investors are thinking -- keeping an eye out for the jobs report this week. asian stocks were lower this morning. futures are higher on wall street after the dow lost 252 points. another win for steve wynn ' s push to build a casino in everett. a suit by the city of boston to prevent the building of the casino. mayor marty walsh said it would only add to traffic problems. randy: staples will sell some assets to aid in its takeover of office depot. staples says it will sell office depot assets of up to $1.25

emily: buyer beware this holiday season. randy: stores have new ways to get you to spend more money this holiday season. research shows that rude salespeople can cause customers with low self-esteem to spend more money. pop music playing in the stores is designed to make you happy and feel festive and by like crazy on impulse. lesser-known music will be less of a distraction. putting items on the middle shelf at eye level is a way to get more money out of your wallet. that appeals to you more. emily: when i see it, i go, i need that. i need that chocolate. randy: i don' t know about the rude salesperson. emily: still ahead, a castle within your probably civil

erika: new m.i.t. students. a housekeeper accused of scamming an older man out of thousands of dollars. this morning, he tells us why he was so willing to help her. we continue to follow breaking news out of lynn. four

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cindy: this guys have cleared out in boston, the winds have died down. a few 20' s on the map. otherwise, a lot of spots near freezing this morning. we will see mostly sunny skies throughout the day. temperatures coming up to seasonal levels in the mid and upper 40' s today. we will warm it up over your weekend. 50 in the afternoon. sunshine, mid-to-upper 50' s on sunday. filling more like november than early december. emily: thank you, cindy. olessa is back with your morning i poppers. olessa: a seven bedroom castle in the south of france back on the market for the first time in

that castle was originally built in the 1300s and has five because the drawings sandblasted on the walls. the murals are classified as historic documents. it was last on the market in 1950. emily: we will have to get our money together. olessa: this little guy looks a little lost. the bird lives in the south and usually migrates to tropical climates. it is pretty. because it has been so warm, why am i going to go to florida? emily: i could just stay here and enjoy all the city has to offer. randy: thank you both. a health alert on high cholesterol. the easy fix americans are not using. we have just learned that four people are dead in the city of lynn.

>> now, a newscenter 5 eyeopener. emily: new developments just coming in from the scene of a fire in lynn. randy: how one man says a

emily: hundreds of drunk driving cases on hold in the baystate. evidence being called into question. >> you are watching wcvb, boston' s news leader. randy: monday morning -- friday morning, 6:30. we are watching traffic moving. good morning, thank you for joining us. i' m randy price. emily: i' m emily riemer. tgif. cindy: we made it. it is going to be a beautiful day and a fabulous weekend. look at the predawn sky. that looks like a postcard to me. it almost looks fake. it is not, but it does. it is so beautiful out there. the skies have cleared out in boston after yesterday. we had some cloud cover around. we had those winds with us, as well. things are quieting down.

changing, my clicker is not working, but we have clear skies cool temperatures. 32 degrees at the bus stop this morning. this afternoon. we are running barely below the freezing mark. s south of town. today. sunshine, light winds, we are in great shape. at 4:12. a good-looking day overall. let' s get you out to the roads. olessa: we are doing ok, but we are getting a little bit easier. in. we are watching a few problems spots north of town. we have a crash on route 2. another crash on 93 south.

pikesville looks good this morning. as you travel south, not too bad on 95 or 24. expressway live. most of the trains and buses are on schedule. -- randy: we' news. four people are dead in lynn after a house fire. latest? antoinette: that press conference just wrapped up. you see the lynn the fire chief and the fire marshal. -- scene. four people did die and as many as 19 people were living inside that home. earlier this morning one part of

interviewing the district fire chief. you see there and you hear some very tense moments as that roof came down. firefighters yelling, including one we heard yell, "we' re ok." the area was cordoned off and they knew that part of the home was going to come down, so no one was hurt in that incident. as for what happened when firefighters arrived here, very intense flames they dealt with, but they were able to rescue two women from that home. one woman in her 60' s and 118-year-old. they were revived on their way to the hospital. the fire marshal told us they are still looking into the cause of this fire, the origination of the fire. as many as 19 people lived in the home. they are also looking into

no word on whether anyone will be charged. four people confirmed dead in this fire on bruce place in lynn. emily: antoinette, thank you. other stories we are tracking right now. thousands attended a vigil last night for the victims of the shooting rampage in san bernardino. 21 others were injured when a couple opened fire at a center for developmental disabilities. randy: jurors returned today in the trial of philip chism. he is accused of killing his math teacher, colleen retzer. emily: the man accused of stealing weapons from the charges today. of stealing 16 guns. six are still missing. s being called a con artist.

alleged -- erika erika: the housekeeper pretended to have a brain tumor to get the money. her attorney says she never asked for the money, claiming it was all gifts. >> she duped me with her stories and that is why i gave her money. she was a fraud. erika: the prosecutor say she flew to florida, using money he gave her. $60,000 in her account has been frozen and she is being held on bail. emily: thank you. a push for a permanent tribute to the six firefighters who lost their lives 16 years ago in worcester. firefighters have been collecting letters, shrine pieces, and other things sent to them. the hope is to create a small museum to honor the fallen. randy: more than 500 drunk

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emily: we are following breaking news out of lynn this morning. randy: four people are confirmed dead after an overnight fire. antoinette has new information. emily: first, cindy is here with the forecast.

un-december-like. cindy: it is december. we are going to be a little closer to normal today, but we will be warmer over the weekend. a lot of people are loving this, except for snow lovers. last year, we had 2.5 inches by this point. we had had 7.5 inches in worcester. the jet stream is going to be lifting to the north once again. it as we go into the weekend. the temperatures seasonal levels today, but they are coming up to around 50 on saturday. november. clear skies in boston right now. we have cooled down a little bit overnight. the wind is going to stay light throughout the day.

over the next 12 hours, the temperatures hold in the 30' s. we will see a few clouds . we climb into the 40' s this afternoon. we are going to see light wind overall. the wind out of the west, 6-12 miles per hour. high pressure is building in in the wake of that. after a chilly night tonight with morning low temperatures in the upper 20' s and lower 30' s, we recover to about 50 in the afternoon. sunshine, mid 50' s on sunday. let' s get you back out to the road. olessa: we are watching a couple of issues. this stretch looks ok. let' s check out the trip to the west of town. one lane is closed. if you are traveling 93 south, a crash blocks a lane.

start to back in -- backup approaching the everett connector. 93 is looking ok -- 95, rather. little delay into 128. your trip on the expressway, almost randy: thank you. four people are dead after a fire in lynn. emily: antoinette antonio is live at the scene. antoinette: we just spoke with last couple of minutes. he said the fire is like nothing with the fire department. for people were killed in the people. the roof collapsing with firefighters 30 braintree into boston. fire in lynn. away. the home was fully engulfed when

they had to weigh whether to throw water on the fire or rescue those screaming inside. they rescued a 60-year-old woman and an 18-year-old woman, who were revived on their way to the hospital. as for the home, the 2.5 story home is completely gutted. the fire department confirms that as many as 19 people were living in that home when the fire broke out. four people killed in that fire. antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: the fbi treating the mass shooting in california as a potential act of terror. the military rifles and handguns that syed farook and his wife used to kill 14 people were legally bought. they say the couple had an arsenal, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and a dozen pipe bombs in their homes. his communications with

suspicions. they rented the getaway vehicle before the rampage and destroyed cell phone and computer data, all of that shows preplanning. todd: testimony resumes in the philip chism trial , following a hearing yesterday. at that hearing, the judge decided to block a request from the defense to put on more medical expert testimony. the defense had wanted to put a doctor on the witness stand who would draw similarities from scans of the teen' s brain to brain scans of a person with schizophrenia. prosecutors argued that that evidence could mislead the jury because the doctor never actually diagnosed philip chism with schizophrenia. his defense strategy is that he was insane when he raped and murdered his high school math

reporting live, wcvb, newscenter 5. randy: an attack in egypt. 12 people are dead, five others hurt after three men on motorcycles through molotov cocktails into a nightclub. emily: the former singer of the stone temple pilots has been found dead. scott weiland died in his sleep according to a statement on his facebook page. he was 48 years old. no cause of death, but he did abuse. police are confirming a threat to brockton high school posted three bombs in the school. the person behind that threat. no word on any extra security. classes are scheduled as normal. randy: the funeral is today for the melrose native killed at the planned parenthood in colorado springs.

school in 1989. the funeral will be held in colorado springs. emily: senate republicans have passed legislation to cripple the president' s health care law. they want to stop taxpayer money from funding planned parenthood. democrats say the bill would deny coverage to millions of americans who gained it from that law. randy: big win for steve wyn n' s push to build a casino in everett. the judge said the state gaming commission acted appropriately in awarding him a casino license. the city of boston has claimed that the casino would add nearby charlestown. randy: a warning -- emily: a warning on hoverboards. the state fire marshal said overcharging the lithium battery can cause the board to overheat

always handle those devices with care. randy: new research shows that half of the amount of americans who need to lower their cholesterol are not doing that and taking the appropriate steps. the centers for disease control says many people who could benefit from cholesterol-lowering drugs are not taking them. the drugs are recommended for people with heart disease, high cholesterol. emily: a restaurant offering free rides to patrons to make sure they get home safely this holiday season. the owner is offering free uber and taxi rides home for customers to celebrate a little too much this holiday season. they will also serve free soda to designated drivers. randy: using frequent flyer miles, the celtics took on the kings in mexico city. the celtics made good on that

isaiah thomas knocking down 21 points. the ref gets a stare down and he got tossed. the celtics win 114-97. emily: an incredible end to the green bay-detroit game. aaron rodgers scrambling with no time on the clock, so he heaves up a hail mary into the hands of richard rogers for the touchdown. the packers came from 20 down to get this win over the lions. randy: the super bowl halftime show has a headliner. coldplay is going to be performing at super bowl 50. they have not been burning up the charts much lately, but they are releasing a new album today. the super bowl will be in santa clara, california. >> 3, 2, 1! emily: boston' s official christmas tree is shining

you saw the lighting on channel 5 last night. this spruce is a yearly gift from nova scotia to thank boston for relief efforts after a major explosion in 1917. the state house lights it' s minoru for hanukkah -- menorah for hanukkah on monday. [laughter] randy: no ordinary marriage proposal. traffic stop with the police officer. the officer pulled a couple' s car over. as they were on their way to thanksgiving dinner. he popped the question and the officer' s body camera. emily: we are so happy. i get out. -- hug it out.

let' s check the west -- rest of the ride. this is route 2 eastbound. back to concord street. southbound. as you travel west on the expressway, as well. also, watching some minor delays line. this weekend. cindy: look at the clear sky the wind has settled down. 38 degrees, right now. the wind is under 10 miles per hour. wind chills are running near the freezing mark at the coast and feeling like -- the storm that stirred the wind yesterday

this is a huge area of high pressure building in. we are starting out barely above freezing. mid-30' s in the cape. temperatures hold in the mid 30' s through about 8:00. by lunchtime, 45 degrees. we will be in the lower 40' s looking for highs today in the mid-to-upper 40' s. typical high this year is about 45 degrees. tonight, we are down through the upper 20' s and around freezing. notice the high shifting eastward as we get into sunday. we will have a mild, southwesterly wind. mid-to-upper 50' s on sunday. it would not shock me if a few towns nudged toward 50 degrees. by kickoff, the temperature should be about 50 degrees for the patriots down at gillette. sunshine in the lower 50' s.

we will watch a storm moving up the coast. there is the potential for us to see a little bit of rain tuesday night into wednesday. we are talking rain snow. has not been your year so far. but enjoy the weekend. [laughter] randy: pretty good for us.

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