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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." antoinette: breaking overnight. for the first time isis confirms the california rampage was an act of terrorism. the new information coming in overnight. frank: and the man accused of planting a hoax device in boston is behind bars. the tips that helped detectives track him down. danielle: and a frosty start to your saturday. when you'll be able to ditch that jacket. the warm-up i'm tracking right now. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." antoinette: here we go at 6:00 on this saturday, december 5. good morning to you. i'm antoinette antonio. frank: and i'm frank holland. you know, i heard you girls talking earlier about the possibilities of 60's. danielle is here with a little bit more about that possible warm-up. hey, danielle. danielle: good morning, frank
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that warm-up is not just a possibility. it's on its way. it's going to happen although this morning when you step outside the door right now, weir starting off on the chillier side so be aware of that. take a look at these temperatures right now. in the 20's. 28 degrees in bedford. 26 nashua. 20 jaffrey. as we go through the next 12 hours in the merrimack valley, take a look. 40's. i think we will squeak in to the low 50's through the afternoon with a lot of sunshine. it will be warmer down along the cape and the islands as well this morning. and into the afternoon, upper 40's to even low 50's. lots of sunshine there as well. our high temperatures today 49 really to 55. and then we are watching our next system which is out to the west. there is going to be a chance of rain in that seven-day forecast. we'll talk about when ahead. antoinette and frank. a ups facility in southern california evacuated after a
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the suspect in the california shooting rampage. the package, addressed to the home of syed farook. the bomb squad was called in and determined the package was safe and sent from a, quote, "reputable vendor." breaking overnight isis militants confirming the california rampage shooters were supporters of the terror group. the group made this announcement for the first time this morning, on their official radio station. the fbi is already investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism. admitting that the couple flew under the raid radar. frank: the eyeopener's mary saladna is following the developments. time the face of tashfeen malik, the young mother who became a killer. ever since the surprising female shooter in the bullet-riddled get-away car, authorities have been unraveling the mystery of how and why a
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that he was our brother and he how could he leave his only child and how could the mother do this? but moved to saudi arabia with her parents when she was four. she returned to pakistan to attend college. her marriage to syed farook last year came after she met him on a matrimonial website. malik gave an address in this pakistani town when she applied for her american finance visa in 2014-- an address, abc news has discovered, does not exist. and now officials are questioning whether she was the one who radicalized her husband. yet the f.b.i. confirming the couple was not on any terrorist watch list. expert lanny marcus says it's a case of home-grown terrorists flying beneath the radar made harder to catch because the plotters were husband and wife. lanny marcus: if they're able to talk with one another in the confines of their own home and they haven't done anything
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before they do an attack. mary: syed farook's family says they never saw this attack coming. they describe malik as a quiet, devout muslim housewife. farook's brothers say they never even saw her face because she always wore a burqua. i'm mary saladna. wcvb, newscenter 5. frank: a rare look inside the couple's apartment, where they lived with their six-month-old daughter. the owner prying open doors to let reporters in after the f.b.i. tore through the place. several crews were allowed inside but abc's matt gutman, one of the first inside. reporter: holes have been punched through the doors. we can see a door that's been ripped in half next to this bathroom. a tremendous mess here. frank: the only evidence of a double life inventory lists of items removed. an s.d. card and dozens of boxes of ammunition. investigators also removing 12 pipe bombs. a u.p.s. driver in the neighborhood says in the past month, he's delivered an unusually large load of packages
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antoinette: "the new york times," in a historic move, uses its front page to call for greater gun regulation in the wake of recent mass shootings. today's piece is the first page-1 editorial for "the times" since 1920. the publisher says he wants to deliver a strong and visible statement about gun control. the editorial suggests drastically reducing the number of firearms and eliminating some categories of weapons. frank: new trouble for aaron "5 investigates" learning that he's now in a segregated prison unit after guards say they found a shank inside his prison cell in shirley. that's a home-made knife. the former patriots' tight end is serving a life sentence for murdering odin lloyd in 2013. he also faces trial for a double murder in boston in 2012. it's unclear how long he will be in segregation. right now the man accused of planting a hoax device in boston is behind bars.
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surveillance image to track him down. and he's well-known to police. our john atwater has the story from boston. john: were you trying to scare people? no explanation from james derepentigny as police lead him away. this surveillance camera image prompted a tip that led police to derepentigny walking around the streets of lawrence. officer harold rogers: he walked across the street right in front of me. the suspect fitting the description to a t. i took him in custody at gunpoint. john: earlier in the day 30 miles south in boston, the bag police say he dropped next to a homeland security s.u.v. shut down part of the city. (loud noise) police safely detonated the bag, and video allegedly showed him placing it and walking away causing concern on atlantic avenue and worry for the officer who ultimately took him down. officer: when i heard "bomb," i didn't know if he would have any additional weapons on him or possibly an i.e.d. on himself. john: turns out he wasn't armed, and that bag didn't have a bomb. but the police commissioner said caution dictated his
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>> commissioner: given what's going on, unfortunately around the country, better safe than john: that man was brought from lawrence to boston last night. he is being charged with in boston, john atwater, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: the man shot and killed outside a boston bar on thanksgiving morning will be laid to rest today. funeral services will be held for jepthe chery. the 29-year-old mbta conductor was struck and killed during a shootout between two other people outside the bar "who's on first." one of those suspects has been arrested but has not been charged in chery's death. police have not yet named the second suspect. right now northeastern university is asking for help to find a missing student. the family of 21-year-old dennis njorage, of worcester, last heard from him on november 29. the school says the student's i.d. last registered in the system at a gym on november 28. frank: a saugus man is in custody accused in two bank
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stoneham police arrested this man, john truglia, yesterday after using bank surveillance to identify him. he's accused of robbing a bank in stoneham last month and another in quincy nearly two weeks later. truglia is expected in court on monday. antoinette: appeal denied for parishioners of a shuttered scituate church. the state's highest court denied a request to review a ruling that determined a group of roman catholic parishioners were trespassing. the archdiocese closed st. frances cabrini 11 years ago, and parishioners stayed ever since. they say they will look at other legal options. only on 5. boston's police commissioner with a message for the local muslim community. frank: "5 investigates" with the efforts to stop potential backlash around boston and a close call for passengers on a plane in india. the runway encounter as the plane was attempting to land. danielle: a cold morning but we will see a weekend warm-up.
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my stop & shop. frank: 6:12. welcome back. boston's police commissioner of support to hundreds in the muslim community following antoinette: "5 investigates" karen anderson was the only t.v. reporter invited inside the service at the mosque in roxbury. commissioner: we're very much aware of the possible backlash against the islamic community. i just want to let you know that we won't tolerate that obviously, and we'll work as closely with you to make sure that that doesn't happen. karen: applause again and again for boston police commissioner william evans for more than 1,000 muslims at their friday prayer service. with the promise, a request. commissioner: we'll be there for you, but you also have to be there for us.
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make sure this city is safe, our country is safe, and we all work together so nobody out there is getting hurt. karen: the commissioner spoke at an interfaith service organized to reassure the muslim community feeling pressure following the california shooting and paris attacks. other faiths also sending a unified message. >> we all stick together with you. you are our brothers and sisters. >> i hurt. my heart hurts and i'm disgusted viscerally when i see expressions of islam-phobia or racism. >> we have a responsibility now to be there when they're feeling alone. karen: the director of the roxbury mosque encouraging the community to stand against violence. he says that's not what islam is about. those who attack others are criminals, not part of their
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>> the boston we're about sticking together and standing together. we know that violence has no race, no religion, no creed. we have to work together to bring about a more peaceful, loving, and healthy community. karen: boston also stands out from other parts of the country according to the muslim leaders. for every one recent hate message, the mosque has received about 30 messages of support. karen anderson, 5 investigates. >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist danielle vollmar. antoinette: very chilly start out there this morning if you're heading outside but good things to come, danielle. danielle: that's right. with a little sunshine, a westerly breeze, we're going to warm up into the low 50's today to mid 50's. 60's by maybe tomorrow. in some spots. antoinette: you promise. danielle: i'm going to go out to a limb there and say i think some areas may touch 60 degrees tomorrow. that is the temperature trend. it is on the way up. notice we're in the 50's today, tomorrow, monday, and then we finally fall back into the 40's on tuesday. our average high temperature
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around 45 degrees. so well above normal. about 10 degrees above normal. the month of december's has started off on a warm trend. and that will be the case as we head through the weekend and into the beginning of next week. right now though, it is cool outside to start. if you're headed out the door right this second, grab a winter coat. we're warming up over the weekend. we're watching a potential ocean storm on tuesday that could bring this rain. right now it looks like the best chance for the rain includes the south coast, the cape and the islands. but as this comes a little closer, a lot more people could system. second. first let's talk about those temperatures in the 20's through kien, orange, concord. 30's in lawrence. 40 right now in boston. nantucket. for today we're going to warm up into the upper 40's, even low 50's to even a few mid 50's on the map. the winds will be out of the west at about 5-10.
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not only today but also for tomorrow as high pressure really dominates our weather. of next week. then we watch this cold front and area of low pressure that will eventually get here and bring us that chance for rain on tuesday. so the big story this week end, high pressure. the winds around it turn to go the south and west tomorrow. that will bring in warmer air. that's why i think tomorrow is actually the warmest day pretty much all week long. we're talking upper 50's, maybe 60 in some spots. and then tonight we drop back into the 20's and 30's because of the clear skies. but tomorrow we're going to warm back up into the mid 50's and even a few upper 50, i do think, for high temperatures. so the big story is sunshine and warmth over the weekend. that means if you are headed out on sunday to gillette stadium, they're playing the philadelphia eagles. 50 degrees at 4:25 kick-off. temperatures will be falling
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obviously some will have already set with that game begins. as we head towards monday and tuesday that storm i'm talking about on tuesday develops off the coast. we'll watch this track very carefully. right now the model is going back and forthwith this one. it looks like it will graze our coastline and that means that the cape, the islands really seeing the brunt of this system so how much rain are we talking about? right now not looking for all that much. maybe a tenth of an inch to two tenths to maybe even a half an inch on nantucket showing you that the heaviest rain combines the farther south you go. the heaviest rains will be off our coastline and over the atlantic ocean behind that, mid 40's. we start to warm right back up next weekend beings back to near 50 degrees on frye fry. antoinette and frank. danielle. thank you. time right now is 6:17. a check of the stories we're following right now. frank: a close call for passengers on a runway in india. struck a herd of wild boar after landing on a runway in india.
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nobody on board was seriously hurt. you can see passengers evacuating the tipped jet. damage to the plane is being assessed. antoinette: the melrose-native, killed in an attack at a planned parenthood in colorado, is laid to rest. hundreds packed a colorado springs church yesterday to say goodbye to officer garrett swasey. he was gunned down responding to a call last friday. the governor praised the campus police officer for sacrificing his life for others in the shooting and told swasey's two children that colorado is a much better place because of their father. frank: a humpback whale that had been trapped in cape cod bay is now free. crews from the center for coastal studies in provincetown disentangled the endangered whale yesterday. the whale then swam out of the bay. experts expect the animal to be okay. antoinette: this is something you can't make up. a man named bud weisser was
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brewery. the 19-year-old was cited for trespassing and resisting arrest. police were called to the st. louis brewery after security officers told weisser to leave a restricted area and he refused. it's unclear how weisser got inside in the first place. frank: a heck of a show between the bruins and the flames. but the flames come out on top. the clubs traded goals throughout the first and second period. 3-3 in the third when brad marchand gets slashed by former bruin dougie hamilton. marchand scores on a penalty shot. but the flames tie it up before the end, and we go to o.t. the flames find the back of the net. 5-4 the final. the b's' are in vancouver to take on the canucks tonight. antoinette: meet the newest member of the boston red sox. the team introduced david price yesterday at fenway park. he signed a seven-year $217
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earlier this week. the 30-year-old left-hander said he is looking forward to all his new city has to offer. price will wear number 24. an unexpected danger linked to one of the most-wanted gifts of the holiday season. hoverboards -- accused of starting fires, frank: including one in somerville. kelley tuthill has more on how you can protect your family. kelley: the hover board is the hottest toy of the holiday season. >> they're selling. they're going off the shelves. >> it's on fire. kelley: but in some cases they're going up in flames. check out this video from alabama. >> i came down the sidewalk not even probably 100 feet and it exploded. boom. kelley: in louisiana a house burned down after a 12-year-old's hover board ignited while charging. >> it was like a fire work. like he just lit a fire work and you see sparks just flying. before i could yell "the house is on fire" just the middle part of the board that goes in
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into flames. kelley: a viewer in somerville sent wcvb pictures of her son's charred hoverboard which caught fire on the second day he used it. have you had troubles like that. >> we have had no issues whatsoever. kelley: at the new rover 360 store in the square one mall, julie risotto says it comes down to quality. her boards are expensive. >> this is $1,000 board. kelley: but rosotto says you're paying for a design that includes a rubber covering over the lithium ion battery and bigger, sturdier wheels. >> it's a quality design. because of that, they're not going to catch on fire. kelley: still the consumer product safety commission has received eight reports over the past three months of hover board- related injuries that sent users to an e.r. the truth is, these are fun, i admit. the key is to make sure you buy the proper safety equipment and a quality board to make sure your kids have fun and are safe this holiday season.
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newscenter 5. kelley. i was waiting for her to start going through the cones and, you know, being all sassy with it. frank: sassy a the hover board. good for kelley. i don't think i could stand up on one for two seconds. antoinette: make sure if you're planning to travel with your airlines. frank: and some airlines have banned them due to potential safety issues. antoinette: on the way this morning, a high school choir delivering some holiday cheer. frank: the unique way the group is performing this season-- why their show may be tough to top. and ebay is following facebook's lead. the new policy for new parents that may be catching on. antoinette: we know it's early on your saturday morning. you want to sleep in. look at the pay-off when you wake up this early. gorgeous sunrise happening in winthrop right now. time is 6:22.
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danielle: welcome back. i'm meteorologist danielle vollmar. taking a look at local live radar right now, you can see all is quiet. temperatures this morning are starting in the 20's and 30's in most spots. so if you are headed out the door, grab a coat. it is is 40 though right now in boston. and today we are going to warm up as we go through the day with some sunshine. we'll be in the 50's by 1:00. upper 40's by 5:00. and then that sun is setting at 4:11 today.
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way up not only for sunday but also monday we're still in the 50's. even though we start out in the upper 30's and 40, watch what happens through the day. we'll watch as temperatures climb into the mid to lower 50's for high temperatures. then we're watching the next system on tuesday. it looks like it's going to be an ocean storm providing just a couple of showers really for the cape and the islands at this key. if it comes a little closer, the latest model bringing it slightly closer, more areas could be affect ed with some rain. we could really use the rain. down over nine inches for the year. antoinette and frank. antoinette: dna danielle vollmar a high school choir in minnesota is putting on quite the show this holiday season. frank: it's called "america's tallest singing christmas tree"and here's why-- the choir puts on the show while standing in a tree that measures
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if you're up there, i mean, i would be nervous. it all works out. antoinette: boston mayor marty walsh says he won't back down in his fight against a casino in revere. frank: his response to a legal loss for the city. a high school freshman is accused of posting violent threats on facebook. how the unsettling case played out. antoinette: and let's go back to that beautiful live picture we morning. a gorgeous sunrise. it is a clear day on tap. lots of sunshine. cold now. but we are warming up. some of my competitors plan to reduce the use the next few years. r for dinner tonight? . rtwo trusted perdue brands of chicken raised with
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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." frank: breaking overnight, isis confirming the couple behind the california shooting rampage supported the terror group. the message the militants issued this morning. danielle: a frosty start to your saturday. when the temperatures will feel more like october than december. antoinette: convicted football star aaron hernandez moved to a segregated prison unit. what guards claim they found in his cell. frank: a high school freshman accused of making threats against his school. the disturbing allegations and how investigators tracked him down. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader.
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"eyeopener." frank: it's 6:30 on this saturday morning. i'm frank fran. antonio along with danielle vollmar. it is such a gorgeous start to the morning. danielle: it's a beautiful sunrise. it is cold out there though. this is in winthrop. if you are headed out the door first thing, grab a coat. don't let that gorgeous sunrise fool you. in the 20's in a lot of spots. 23 orange, 24 springfield. 28 degrees in keene. 33 in lawrence. but also 40 degrees so far in boston. we're only on the way up as we go through the day today. there is a little bit of a wind out there this morning. making it feel like the 20's and low 30's in boston right now. those winds out of the west at about 5-10 will eventually warm us up through the afternoon. so we're talking upper 40's by about lunchtime. by about 2:00 to 4:00 we're
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boston. high temperatures will be anywhere from the upper 40's to low to mid 50's for the day today. with full sunshine, thanks to high pressure. but big changes are coming. there's chances for rain in the seven-day forecast as well as a cooldown. we'll talk all about it ahead. antoinette. antoinette: danielle, thank you. breaking overnight. isis militants confirming the california rampage shooters were supporters of the terror group. the group made this announcement for the first time this morning, on their official radio station. investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism. frank: right now convicted murderer aaron hernandez is being held in segregated prison unit. "5 investigates" learning that he's been separated from other inmates after guards say they found a shank inside his prison cell in shirley. the former patriots tight end is serving a life sentence for murdering odin lloyd in 2013. antoinette: the man accused of planting a hoax device in boston is now behind bars. police say surveillance images
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derepentigny in lawrence. he's accused of dropping a bag next to a homeland security s.u.v. and walking away. there was no threat, but it prompted the area to be shut down. frank: boston police continue to investigate a serious accident involving a pedestrian on summer street. it happened around 7:30 last night down the street from the convention center. police say the driver of the car did stop. no word on any charges. antoinette: in brocktona high school freshman is accused of posting violent threats on facebook. and police say he did it by hacking another student's account. our sera congi shows us how the unsettling case played out. sera: the facebook post read, "me and my cousins are planning to plant three bombs and shoot up the school." the threat made tuesday by a 15-year-old brockton high school student who hacked another student's facebook page. david ricard: it's crazy. it's unbelievable what's going on. with everything that's going on around the world and all that.
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down, but others captured a screen shot. it wasn't until thursday when a parent and student reported the threat to school officials. brockton police traced the post's i.p. address to a cell phone and found the alleged hacker. david ricard: they acted very quickly. sera: the superintendent released a statement saying, "we informed parents as soon as we had a handle on the situation and added extra police presence and more administrators at the school even though our training indicated it was not a credible threat. this is the reality of what we deal with in the world today." sera: this is the fifth threat made against the high school in last eight months. in brockton, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: cambridge students dealing with increased security at school after another anonymous threat. officers patrolled buildings and restricted some access, after the threat of gun violence. school officials refused to reveal the specific threats but say safety is the top concern. >> if people do not feel safe,
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learn. safety is the bottom live. so we take everything very seriously, and we assume that something is a a credible threat unless we know otherwise. antoinette: the threats started right after the terror attacks in paris. this is the third such incident this week. frank: no bail for the man charged with stealing weapons at an army reserve center in worcester. james walker-morales appeared in yesterday. he was arrested in new york on november 18, days after being accused of stealing 16 guns from the facility. several of the weapons have still not been found. a dorchester woman is also charged in the case. the woman whose body was found in a burning car in worcester has been identified. firefighters found 35-year-old marie martin of webster after they doused the flames. thomas hogan is charged with witness intimidation and misleading investigators. he has been identified as a suspect in martin's death but so
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antoinette: right now firefighters are looking for anyone who witnessed what happened before a deadly fire in lynn. the fire tore through the home on bruce place early yesterday morning. four people were killed. survivors say they could hear the victims trapped on the second floor but couldn't help. firefighters battled a wall of flames to save two people. >> they went back in. they were able to get the second victim out. it was absolutely amazing. i've been a firefighter in lynne for 32 years. it was one of the most spectacular rescues i've seen. antoinette: at least seventeen people inside the home managed to escape. frank: new details released in the philip chism murder trial. his attorney says chism told a psychiatrist that he is an anime voices telling him he is a ninja. the defense made the comments away from the jury yesterday after the judge barred the psychiatrist from repeating them on the stand. chism's lawyers claim he was insane at the time he murdered
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ritzer. antoinette: one fisherman is dead, two others rescued after a boat sinks off the coast of gloucester. david sutherland and two of his crew members were out 40 miles at sea in brutal conditions. the crew of a nearby fishing boat tried to help out. but a wave hit "the orin-c" and it began taking on water. that's when the coast guard was called to take the tow. as the boat continued to sink, "the orin c" crew abandoned ship. only two came out alive. >> anybody that loses their life in this community, whether we know them or not, we're going to take it hard because we know what that is. antoinette: the body of the 48-year-old victim has been recovered. frank: a new hampshire mother is facing charges accused of crashing her truck after an overdose. her children in the car. police say emmy-lee mcneil and her husband had taken drugs before getting in the car with their kids in northwood. they crashed on a dark road.
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her husband ran to a neighbor for help who happened to be a former deputy fire chief. he found the woman slumped over the wheel and called 9-1-1. >> it wasn't anything i was ready for right at that moment. you know, i mean, you just felt like you had to take care of business. frank: firefighters gave mcneil narcan. she's expected to be okay and is due in court on wednesday. her husband may also be charged. the children are now staying with relatives. newscenter5 on the opioid crisis. police in plymouth have launched a new program to help addicts. officers will go door-to-door of people who have been treated for an overdose within 24 hours of their release from the hospital. they and a substance-abuse counselor will offer the person a chance to go to an inpatient facility for help. plymouth police say 20 people have died in the town this year from overdose. antoinette: commitment 2016. republican candidates continue to campaign through new
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manchester today. host town halls in keene and plymouth. the issue of gun control is back in the spotlight following recent mass shootings. about the president talking about gun control. hopefuls are rallying their supporters on the issue of gun control. >> we need bomb control. because these people are building bombs. >> it's not a gun-control issue. this is not about gun control. antoinette: making his case for second amendment gun rights, ted cruz is scheduled to visit a gun range this weekend saying you don't get rid of the bad guys by getting rid of guns. and while republican candidates are fighting gun-control measures, democrats are pushing for them. >> if you're too dangerous to fly in america, you are too dangerous to buy a gun in america. antoinette: yesterday the senate defeated a measure that would have prevented anyone on the f.b.i.'s terror watch no-fly list from walking into a gun
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donald trump says his campaign actually benefits from these acts of mass violence. trump: sadly, every time-- every single time there's a tragedy, my poll numbers go up because they feel that i am going to take care of them. they feel they want strength. antoinette: in a new cnn poll taken before wednesday's shooting, trump is at his strongest levels ever-- 20 points ahead of his nearest rival ted cruz who saw the biggest gains, quadrupling his poll numbers from 4% in october to 16% now. republican ben carson also dropped eight points, but the biggest loser may be jeb bush who is now off the leaderboard down to just 3% support. frank: the city of boston suffering a big loss in the casino battle in everett. but mayor marty walsh isn't backing down. walsh's lawsuit to stop steve wynn's $1.7 billion casino was denied on all 10 claims. he and city attorneys argue it
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for nearby communities. boston spent more than a million dollars to sue, claiming the gaming commission acted improperly to award wynn the license. but mayor walsh says it's worth it. mayor: i've been asked questions about spending money on this and losing. the money we're spending is about the residents of the city. the residents of charlestown. >> i think protecting the city and the voters and the residents of boston, you can't put a price on that. frank: mayor walsh says a solution to the traffic problem the casino could cause is just as big of an issue for wynn as it is for the people of everett and charlestown. still to come this morning, new trouble for the chicago police department. antoinette: a potentially key piece of evidence in a controversial shooting is what it means for the investigation. and sales are down after an e-coli scare for chipolte. the impact after the outbreak. danielle: a cold start this morning, but we will see a major warm-up.
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frank: welcome back. it's 6:45. now for a look at your economic headlines. a boost on wall street following the november jobs report. more than 210,000 jobs were added last month, helping to
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yesterday at 17,847. the nasdaq also up 104 points. and the s&p 500 gained 42 points. sales at chipotle are down due to a growing e-coli outbreak. people in nine states have been sickened. most of the 52 people infected say they ate at a chipotle the week before getting sick. chipotle says sales have plummeted by 22% in the last few weeks. it's unclear what ingredient is to blame. chipotle says it is tightening food safety standards. internet giant e-bay joins a growing number of companies offering increased parental leave to employees. e-bay will offer new moms 24 weeks of full pay. 12 weeks for new dads, also at full pay. the benefits go into effect at the start of the new year and apply to all hourly and salaried employees who work at least 20 several tech companies, like facebook and amazon, have revamped their policies to retain good workers. in the week ahead. the november retail sales report
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gauge of inflation. both are expected to be positive and could contribute to the fed raising interest rates. >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist danielle vollmar. antoinette: we don't have windows here in the newscenter 5 studio, but thank goodness for the magic of television. look at that. a gorgeous sunrise outside. danielle: i know. i can't get over it. it's just beautiful. however, if you do step outside it's a little chilly to start out the day but we will be warming up. you see all that sunshine. we're going to have tons of sunshine through the afternoon, a westerly breeze. temperatures bump up 25 degrees to 30 degrees warmer than where they start this morning. norwood starting out 25 this morning. bedford at 27. and i'm forecasting them to warm into the mid 50's for highs today. the other thing is lots of sunshine through the weekend into the beginning of next week. our next rain chance is holding offful tuesday.
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more of an ocean storm so that would only really impact southeastern mass. however, we're going to have to watch the track very carefully on that one. any rain would be welcome though because you can see this. this area in tan here is actually an area under a moderate drought. we're down over nine inches for the year in boston. and over 8.5 inches for the year in worcester. we're looking for that rain. it is coming from this area of low pressure and cold front, but it's slow-moving so it takes its time getting here. for now, it's all about high pressure and high pressure is going to give us a lot of sunshine. today, tomorrow, and even into monday. now you can see on satellite ran radar, really no clouds around. starting though in the 20's in keene, in concord, in orange. 33 right now in worcester. 40 degrees in boston. mid 30's along the cape and the low 40's on nantucket. for today, we're going to warm up into the low 50's along parts of the north shore like 51 des
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how about through the merrimack valley? 52 degrees bedford seeing 52 degrees and your next three days in bedford, low 50's today. mid to upper 50's tomorrow. high, thin clouds. so it's a warm forecast over the next three days. really it's a warm forecast everywhere. upper 40's in worcester to the low 50's in st. louis blues bury and uxbridge. 5 in boston. about 5 new bedford. 51 in plymouth. and the cape and the islands also checking in at 49. 50 in barnstable. 50 on nantucket. high pressure dominates. we see a southwest wind tomorrow. that will actually bring in milder air tomorrow afternoon. tonight is still a chilly night though. so if you're headed out and about tonight, you want to grab a coat. we're dropping back in the 20's in the merrimack valley. mid 30's in boston: tomorrow we warm up into the low to mid 50's in most spots. i think a lot of areas may reach
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flirt with the near 60-degree mark so if you're doing something like, for instance, this weekend tomorrow heading to gillette to see the pats take on the philadelphia eagles a 4:25, 350 degrees at kick-off. it will be dropping into the 40's though. make sure you grab a jacket. also today i know there's a lot of football going on locally. this is super bowl at gillette. looking really good. temperatures in the 40's this morning. warming up into the 50's by afternoon. and by nighttime falling into the 30's. 50's also on monday. our next chance of rain coming from that system on tuesday looks to be confined to the cape and the islands. then we warm up by the end of the week. frank. frank: thanks a lot, danielle. a little sports action now. the flames come out on top over the bruins in calgary. the clubs traded goals throughout the first and second period. 3-3 in the third when brad marchand gets slashed by former bruin dougie hamilton. marchand scores on a penalty shot. but the flames tie it up before
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net. 5-4 the final. the b's are in vancouver to take on the canucks tonight. antoinette: the red sox have their ace in hand. pitcher david price getting a feel for his new team at fenway park. the sox put $217 million on the line to make it happen. and that mean's david price will need to prove he can pitch a lot better in the playoffs than his 2-7 playoff record indicates. >> i think i was just saving all my first-season wins for the red sox. i think you guys will enjoy those. antoinette: price will wear number 24. we weather enjoy it if he's saving all his post-season wins for us. frank: absolutely. good luck to him. speaking of big money. a suspected treasure trove found in colombia. the country's president says the wreckage of a long-lost spanish gold ship was found off the coast. it sunk more than 300 years ago in a british attack while
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and stones. no word on if the cargo remains on the ship. i'm sure a lot of us would like to know that. antoinette: a new move from porsche. frank: the company plans to offer an all-electric performance car. porsche hopes to have a four-door model out by the end of the decade. they boast the car will be able to go more than 300 miles on a single charge. parent company volkswagen has approved development of the vehicle that was originally unveiled as a concept car. antoinette: good. because i was hoping when i got my next porsche, that it would be fuel efficient. frank: who doesn't want to charge up their porsche? obvious choice. all right. coming up this morning,
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antoinette: breaking overnight. a u.p.s. facility in southern california is evacuated after a driver noticed a package sent to the suspect in the california shooting rampage. the package, addressed to the home of syed farook. the bomb squad was called in and determined the package was safe. frank: also breaking. isis has confirmed the california shooting suspects were supporters of the terror group. isis made this announcement for the first time this morning on their official radio station. the f.b.i. is already investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism.
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and his wife tashfeen malik flew under the radar, not on any terror watch list, when they killed 14 people and injured 21 others. antoinette: convicted murderer aaron hernandez is being held in a segregated prison unit. "5 investigates" learning he's been separated from other inmates after guards say they found a shank inside his prison cell in shirley. the former patriots tight end is serving a life sentence for murdering odin lloyd in 2013. frank: the man accused of planting a hoax device in boston is now behind bars. police say surveillance images and a tip led them to james derepentigny in lawrence. he's accused of dropping a bag next to a homeland security s.u.v. and walking away. there was no threat, but it prompted the area to be shut down. antoinette: accusations of tampering with evidence after new surveillance video is released from a deadly police shooting in chicago. officials released the video from a burger king yesterday, but it was missing the time
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shot 16 times by officer jason van dyke. that officer is now charged with murder. police were seen inside the burger king immediately following last year's shooting. but county prosecutors said an investigation had ruled out tampering, and the burger king surveillance system often failed. frank: northeastern university is asking for help to find this missing student. the family of 21-year-old dennis njorage, of worcester, last heard from him on november 29. the school says the student's i.d. last registered in the system at a gym on november 28th. antoinette: 34 degrees outside, dna we can get through this little cold stretch. danielle: low to mid 50's. not that bad considering this time of year we should be in the mid 40's. we're running at least 10 degrees above normal. by tomorrow we could be running about 15 degrees above normal in the upper 50. maybe some spots could see 60 degrees.
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it will be a chilly start again tomorrow morning. upper 30's on monday to start the day. low 50's throw throughout the afternoon. a chance for showers coming on tuesday. mainly confined to the cape and the islands at this point. weil have to watch that system very carefully. antoinette: i want to head to those spots where you're going to see 60. danielle: that's all you care about. antoinette: i can't hear anything else. frank: all right. you can watch the latest newscenter 5 newscast right now
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