in the 40's, watch what happens. by 7:00 tomorrow morning it's actually in the upper 40's around boston. even warming up to the north and west. it hits the 50s easily tomorrow afternoon. two reasons? number one, a blanket of clouds tonight that stops the temperature from falling much. number two, the winds are coming out of the west-southwest the clouds will thicken and you have have damp weather around the morning commute. skies should brighten in the midday and afternoon hours. we'll let you know about even warmer times to come. >> closing arguments in the philip chism murder trial will be heard on friday. the final witnesses in the case took the stand today. julie mcdonald was inside the courtroom. reporter: prosecutors continued their argument that he has fake

repsychologist testified about her examination of philip chism. several tests over three hours that contained some 900 questions. to protect the confidentiality of the testing tools used to treat mentally ill patients the 15 minutes. >> when the media, family and the public were allowed back in. the doctor discussed her report, but determined chism may have been exaggerating as a plea for help. >> tests are specifically of mental illness, were both positive for mental illness. >> the doctor discussed his findings after 13 hours with chism. have been showing signs of distress or disturbance neither distinguish right from wrong. >> my opinion is that the date of the alleged offense, mr. chism was not suffering from a mental disease or defect. >> and before the

morning, philip chism waived his tomorrow for the conference. he told the judge he did have a decision. >> in salem, newscenter 5. a former counselor now admits he sexually assaulted a teenage boy. he said in august 2012, he, spareded -- spent the night at his home and sexually assaulted him. the guilty plea will send him to prison for two to six years. >> the victim and the mother both speaking out. >> after i hard time pressing people. i do not believe in god anymore. i don't go to church. i still can't deal with it. >> he's going to prison here but he'll be in my mind judged on a much stronger level, more important level. >> he's also expected to plead guilty to similar charges. he's due in court next week. >> streets closed off in new

in a downtown building. maine helped battle the fire on market street which damaged a restaurant. no one was injured. the area has reopened and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> the supreme court is taking up a familiar case. affirmative action. >> up next, a live report from the nation's capitol. the testimony today. >> changes to the federal crash test system. the new measures added to keep us safe on the road. >> a hoverboard bursts into flames at the mall. shoppers describe the frightening scene. >> let's take a live look. look at the taillights. the taillights going into boston are already backed up even before you get to the tolls. so stand by. be on notice for that let's take a look at the drive times. hit the click and we're go down south upper deck to 120, still moving, 24 miles per hour. first leg of the turnpike is slow.

almost an hour, if you're taking

>> affirmative action at nation's highest court. >> they take up the case of a white woman suing the university of texas at austin. live from washington. reporter: the supreme court is now considering whether race should be playing a role in college admissions. >> hopefully this case will end racial classifications and preferences in admissions at the university of texas. reporter: abigail applied in 2008 and didn't get accepted. she says she was denied admission because she's white. >> for most americans, i don't believe they should be treated differently based on their race. reporter: tuesday, supreme court revisited the university of texas, a case that was first before the court back in 2012. the arguments focused on whether the school has compelling reasons to consider race among

applicants. reporter: the school argues minority enrollment plumb letted at top universities in california and mish after they ended the consideration of race. >> the use of race and ethnicity in the holistic admissions process is narrow, is constitutional and is in the best interest of our state and nation. reporter: this supreme court decision could impact not just the university of texas but colleges nationwide. >> i think that's the reason why the court brought in t up again. you need something in its finality. has recused herself because of her past involvement in this case as solicitor general. live in washington, newscenter 5. >> the national transportation safety board is changing crash test ratings standards. the test dumbly will be "smarter."

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a corrupt system by taking its money. r i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message. join us for real change. >> some good news for a change from volkswagen. the carmaker says the problem with carbon dioxide emissions affects fewer cars than first started. federal food safety experts now say an e coli outbreak last month may not have been linked to chicken salad. it sickened 19 people and led costco to voluntarily recall salad packages but the bacteria was not found on the tests done on salad ingredients that came from a california farm. >> a startling new study about

the number of children diagnosed has soared by 43% in less than a decade the study was done at george washington university and found more than 10% of u.s. children have adhd. roughly 5.8 million between five and 17. the research focused on cases reported by parents between 2003 and 2011. the question is, do more kids have it now than in the past or are more simply being diagnosed? >> in girls, we're recognizing they may not be hyperactive but adhd. also teens can have this. we used to it was only something in very young children. more children with health insurance are getting seen, which is a good thing and in school for special services sometimes theye need the label. inability to focus, hyperactivity, always fidgeting. see your doctor and they can

>> also on the health alert some promising numbers from a new report suggests more babies are getting a healthy start. >>. reporter: a nation is only as healthy as its babies. infant mortality is often considered a good indicator of a nation's overall health. low. the national center for health statistics finding that the infant mortality rate dropped 2.3% between 2013 and 2014. it's a cause for celebration. >> but still too many babies are dying, congenital malformations top the list of reasons for infant deaths followed by low birth rate and maternal complications. another concern, sudden infant death syndrome and even though more american babies are surviving, more than 23,000 >> fortunately, there are things expectant mothers and their

the risk low. >> need proper nutrition and have access to prenatal supplements and care, combined with proper sleeping practices for babies can go a long way in keeping these little ones safe. >> here's some video you don't see every day. if you would like a cup of gentlemen on the beachhead to florida because there are about hundreds of cafe coffee cans and vacuum packed coffee bricks have washed ashore on florida's space coast. it probably came from a bar. they lay-up uppered several containers last weekend. the coast guard says as many as 25 large containers may have fullen overboard. the coffee was scooped up by delighted beachcombers. >> whatever floats your boat. >> got coffee for a week. it works. >> how about this. mild weather at the time of the year when we have the earliest

at 4:11 but it gets better starting tomorrow. 4:12. you're saying wait a minute. this is not the shortest day of the year. the problem is, even though we start to gain a little in the afternoons we're still losing on the morning side by more we're gaining on the afternoon side. the days are getting shorter but the sunset starts to be a little later and later around christmas and by the beginning of february it's at least till 5:00ened getting better and better from there. >> temperatures are certainly getting better. if you're rooting for mild air as opposed to cold air across much ouchbts. these are like the early returns. it's not election day in the weather world but in terms of high temperatures so far these are some of the reports that have come in. others will follow suit but you can see how mild it is. kansas city, in the 60's. chicago in the 50s. that's the mild air that's moving our way and we'll clearly be on the mild side of the jet stream for next number of days. the overall pattern, even beyond that. so even though we're only in the 40's right now we've got a cloud

so that prevents the temperatures from falling very much tonight. in fact, they may even inch up a bit toward dawn. however, because the air is getting moisture in the lower levels there could be a little or a shower or two around the time of the commute so please keep that in mind but things will get afternoon. even if we don't get much sun we'll still shoot well into the 50s as the wind shifts to the south. so it's this mild wedge of air for tomorrow afternoon, but even more so on friday afternoon, when we get the benefit of some additional sunshine so you've got lots of mild weather coming up in the days ahead. cloud cover, yes, as i mentioned, a little damp weather to start the day in spots early tomorrow and then just a little bit of brightening around the afternoon. clouds will sock in friday morning but by friday afternoon, more brightening. in fact, more brightening on friday for the areas around boston north and west. the cape may lock in clouds but

afternoon than we'll experience on thursday afternoon. so that means a good chance of reaching 60 degrees on friday. check out the next seven days. it's all mild stuff. it's a question of how warm and will we break any records? around 60 on friday, around 60 on saturday. wouldn't be surprised if some spots edge above 60. sunday is a little tricky because there may be a backdoor cold front as the wind switches northeast but that's not a guarantee. if it stays north we'll be in the 60's breaking records on sunday. monday is the day that looks weather at that time. the way that works out is we have a front approaching from the west so monday afternoon, monday night, that's the best chance of getting the wet weather in here. windy and mild and then we chill out a little bit after that. maybe a little more than i'm showing. i might be a little optimistic saying 50 on tuesday. it might be restricted to the 40's but then it turns milder again on wednesday. not really cold is going to be coming in even after the warm and wet weather on monday.

closer to normal and then probably go up again a little more in the middle to latter portion of next week a. change may be on the way beyond that but we'll talk more about that in the days ahead. >> take a look at these images. unprecedented vatican. look at the images flashing the buildings. the climate initiative features the illuminating display. featuring animals. look at the lion looking back. animals, overcrowded city centers, depictions of pollution, it's all in afternoon effort to get people to talk about climate change and ways to solve it and it coincides with the second week of the climate change conference which is going on right now in paris. >> with her accomplished career, gloria lawson knows how hard it is for women to reach the corner larson is doing something to help in her position as the first female president of the university. level

it should be. >> even now in 2015, when women hold half the professional jobs in the u.s., they barely crack a corner office. making up 5% of fortune 500 c.e.o.s. as the president of a prominent business school -- >> we wanted to look directly at how do you attract, retain and help develop women in any industry sector that you might think about. but largely geared to the business world. >> what better way to start than to sign up the powerhouse betsy meyers as director. an entrepreneur and scholar, meyers served as an advise or to both it is clinton and obama. >> imagine a world will women no longer make up a small percentage of corporate america. >> in 2014, bently partnered with then governor duval patrick to begin the corporate challenge. the a call to action to the private sector.

of the first to sign on, a worldwide software company based in france with u.s. headquarters. dep by dean is vice president and general council. >> there was a recipe, we would all be following it. i think no one has found the path to do it, so you do what you can. >> the hope is, working with students and corporations, progress will happen one step at a time. >> tonight on chronicle, career women share their biggest mistakes and looking for a job in one local industry encourages women to apply, plus the correspondent from good morning america joins us live from the massachusetts congress for women at 7:3 on "chronicles." >> merkel has been chosen the time person of the year. her selection was announced this morning. merkel was honored for helping to preserve and promote europe despite economic turmoil. she was also praised for being a principled manager and diplomat.

included donnell trumpd, and the c.e.o. of uber. facebook is revealing tonight how the world looked on the social media site in 2015. the hottest topic of the year hasn't happened, which is the 2016 presidential election. the campaigns demanded a lot of attention. the paris attacks and syrian refugee crisis followed. ed shape, taylor shift and kanye west top entertainers. the walking dead and the daily show. i don't see newscenter 5 on the list. the top movie is one that hasn't even hit theaters yet and you know what it is. >> star wars. >> it has to be. >> all the toys, all you see. >> frightening video. another dangerous fire involving a hoverboard. how stunned shoppers reacted when flames sparked in the shopping mall. >> coming up tonight at 6:00, police at northeastern getting a new type of

what we're learning about the weapons. >> it's that little bit of pain that's still there, that this injustice is going on. >> the mother of the local man killed in ben gazi talking about a bill honoring her son. getting help in boston. more from the doctors helping the little girl burned in a tragic fire whose story went viral because of her one wish.

>> it is one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. >> tonight there is even more reason to be concerned about the hoverboards. take a look at the video. one of them catching fire. witnesses say the board just exploded at a shopping outlet in washington state. employees rushed over to put out the flames. no one was hurt but it did leave shoppers turned. >> they are staring, like what just happened and why did it happen. for no apparent reason it just

built and sold that board but the incident is one of several reported fires over the past few months. some fires are being blamed on lithium ion batteries that may overhit if they are charged too long. >> this could be one of the most expensive toys a buyer spent $21,500, $21,500 on this glass character. popular toys. it was only meant to appear in company videos, never to be sold because of her popularity. the company put her up for action and donated the proceeds that helps deliver toys to at risk kids. it has a good bottom line. $21,500. >> they are about this big, i don't get it but the kids seem to love it. >> we're parents. we're not supposed to get it. >> news newscenter 5

>> a startling new discovery. >> the skeletal remains from a cemetery. even greater than first thought. >> the major safety changes coming to fenway and new reaction tonight from the two women seriously hurt there by bats and baseball. on the way. what it means for your weekend plans. >> her christmas card wish has gone viral. the effort to treat a little girl in boston after a family tragedy. tragedy. changes on the way to make fans safer at fenway park. >> major league baseball is issuing new requirements across the league. we're hearing from two of the women who were seriously hurt by bats and baseballs during red sox games. let's get to john atwear. john? >> these women who were hurt are applauding these changes and

in fan safety. >> stephanie suffered a concussion when a foul ball hit her between the eyes. this was her in july. tonight by phone she says she's surprised the changes are happening so quickly. >> good for them stepping up and doing the right thing. >> tanya suffered more serious injuries this summer when a broken bat flew into the stands. paramedics rushed her from the seat on the third base line. that statement her lawyer says to the extent that the catastrophe was a stimulus to provide additional netting, at least something good will have come out of her injuries and her suffering. the new netting will protect the seat they were sitting in. the league has recommended all teams make the changes for 2016 season. season. >> to know in december they are already taking steps, i'm impressed and glad for the red sox because it's a smarts move. don't wait until it's a worse injury.