>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." antoinette: a suspect under arrest after a deadly crash. where the victim was headed when he was struck and killed. danielle: still relatively warm this morning. but changes are on the way. when we could see some rain. frank: and controversy surrounding the new global pact to fight climate change. the local reaction to the agreement. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." to you. so glad you're with us. 6:00 sunday, december 13. i'm antoinette antonio. we have danielle vollmar standing by with a look at our

danielle: , frank, antoinette, we can't really complain with this weather. temperatures are starting in the 50's in a lot of spots this morning. during the 6:00 hour. it is 50 degrees in boston. 55 on the vineyard. 54 on nantucket. 49 in worcester. and the upper 30's in concord. that's actually the cool spot on the map. but really not many places below the freezing mark which is where we should be this time of year. and as we go through the day today, notice the temperatures will stay pretty steady, in the upper 40's, low 50's. a lot of clouds, and those winds will be out of the north and east shifting to the east at about 5-15. so anywhere from 48 in worcester to 50 in boston. even 55 degrees will be our high on nantucket. here comes that back-door cold clouds. this morning. but a big batch of showers out to the west. direction. i'll have the complete timeline and tell you how much to expect where you live ahead. antoinette.

a taunton man will be in court tomorrow. 33-year-old michael burns is accused of driving under the influence in stoughton. 71-year-old joseph brady was hit trying to cross park street friday night. police say burns did remain on the scene where he was tested for drugs. "the enterprise" reports the accident happened right by the christmas tree lot that joseph brady has owned for the past 45 years. michael burns is expected to face more charges. we now know the identity of a pedestrian killed in lynn. state police say 26-year-old miguel del-rosario was not walking in the crosswalk on the lynnway when he was struck. he was taken to an area hospital where he died. the driver of the car that hit him, matthew reppucci of new hampshire, did stay on the scene. he's been charged with driving with a suspended license. frank: a deadly rollover under investigation in exeter, new hampshire, right now. one person was killed when the car crashed into the guardrails, then flipped over yesterday afternoon. debris scattered everywhere.

the highway shut down, backing up traffic for several hours. witnesses describing the scene say they'd never seen anything like it before. >> we just heard this huge crash and we looked out the window. we saw smoke. frank: police say just one car was involved in the crash. state police are still trying to figure out what caused the accident. the philip chism murder trial will be handed over to the jury this week. closing arguments are expected to be heard tomorrow. they were postponed last week because one of chism's lawyers was sick. the defense claims chism was insane when he killed danvers high teacher colleen ritzer inside the school two years ago. prosecutors say he's faking mental illness. antoinette: right now, world-wide reaction to a global pact on climate change. some 200 nations signing on but not without controversy. people around the world both praising and protesting the deal. our juli mcdonald has a closer

local reaction. juli: people in nearly every country on the planet are celebrating an historic milestone-- a global pact to reduce the devastating effects of climate change. it's been in the works for 20 intense talks outside paris, world leaders came to a consensus. john kerry: we've reached an agreement here that is the climate change agreement ever juli: the 31-page deal goes into effect in 2020. its goal is to limit the warming of the earth to less than 3.6 degrees fahrenheit. each country has to come up with their own plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and will have to publicly report them. president obama: we may not live to see the full realization of our achievements but that's okay. what matters is that today we can be more confident that this planet is going to be in better shape for the next generation. juli: but the deal isn't legally binding. much of it is voluntary, and there's no way to punish countries that don't comply.

in boston to spread their message to stop fossil fuel infrastructure and rapidly invest in renewable resources. >> there's no reason to believe they're going to hold those commitments. unless they do it, we're done. that's it. we are essentially causing our own extinction. juli: that protest and march from the common to the state house were both peaceful events. at one point the protesters were blocking traffic. police were called in but no arrests were made. in boston, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. frank: commitment 2016 now. once fierce foes, now clear allies. former g.o.p. presidential nominee mitt romney appearing at a campaign rally for his former g.o.p. opponent arizona senator john mccain. mccain is running for his sixth term, but the talk quickly turned to the presidential race. romney would not pick a favorite from the g.o.p. field, but senator mccain had an idea. romney: there are a number of

i think it would be terrific for i mean, there's jeb bush or chris christie or marco rubio. lindsey graham, carly fiorina. the list goes on and on. there are a number of people running that i think are qualified that would be terrific presidents. we're going to see how this works out. >> i'm having the "draft romney" campaign. frank: the former bay state governor has said he is not a candidate and will not be making another run for president. on the democratic side, bernie sanders spending part the weekend in iowa, a state where he is trailing behind hillary clinton in the polls. yesterday, he took part in a forum on racial justice and prison reform, then held a town hall in dubuque. the senator will kick off a two-day swing through new hampshire tomorrow. his stops include nashua, hollis, rochester, and hampton. antoinette: a growing holiday tradition at the veterans cemetery down on cape cod. volunteers placing wreaths on the graves of those who served. thousands of wreaths laid down yesterday to honor past sacrifice. it's a tribute growing nationwide.

the story from bourne. sera: it's a holiday mission requiring hundreds. volunteers lay wreaths for thousands of war veterans at the national cemetery in bourne. rick ezersky: something i've always wanted to do. sera: rick ezersky is here to honor his father and mother, both buried here. rick ezersky: i think it's just fantastic to see the people that remember those that fought. a o, say, can you see a a sera: a special ceremony marks the annual event. every wreath is donated. capt. dennis mills: to remember that we are one nation with one flag. sera: but there are not enough wreaths for the over 58,000 veterans who rest here-- second largest behind arlington cemetery. captain: i would love, i would love to have 58,000 wreaths here. sera: organizers hope to get 5,000 wreaths for the ceremony. thanks to a last-minute donation, they surpassed that goal. captain: it was 4,383 as of

call. that pushed us up to over 6,000. sera: it's too late to contribute for this holiday season, but donations made now will go towards next christmas. john: my grandfather was a world war i veteran. sera: it's an act of respect family members like john balkley say these veterans have earned. john: to remember those who sacrificed for our freedom. rick: to remember and continue loving and thank these people for what they've done for this country. sera: in bourne, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. frank: the vatican announces details of the pope's upcoming trip to mexico. the five-day trip will take place in february and include an open-air mass near the u.s. border that is expected to attract the faithful from both countries. boston's cardinal sean o'malley will join pope francis on the final day of his journey. he was among those who insisted

antoinette: on the way this morning, a smash-and-grab at a major museum. frank: the questions surrounding those stolen gems. and what we know about the suspected thief. antoinette: wild weather around the country from destructive tornadoes to snow storms. danielle: and the unusually warm weather in our area. it continues. but don't get too use to it. the changes i'm tracking and

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frank: it's 6:12. welcome back. wild weather in texas yesterday. residents say they spotted two funnel clouds in lindale. no one was injured, but officials estimate the twisters damaged about 50 homes and other

the threat for severe weather not over yet in texas or in neighboring oklahoma. meanwhile out west, rain is hampering efforts to clean up after a rare tornado touched down in battleground washington. on thursday, swept through a mostly residential part of the city tearing off roofs and ripping out massive trees. it could taken weeks and even months for some people to clean up. antoinette: denver, colorado seeing some snow yesterday. about six inches to eight inches fell up in mountains which caused some heavy traffic along i-70. the snow did taper off overnight, and it should be sunny and dry for today's a taste of winter in southern california. there has been rain, hail, and snow. and the breezy conditions are making it feel even colder than it is. >> i think it's really cold. >> it's freezing. i'm not used to it. us cali people are not used to this weather.

surf also causing extensive damage along the coast in ventura. nature's destructive force. wooden support beams on the side of the structure snapping sending chunks of splintered debris washing up on shore. antoinette. it's in the 60's. that's the taste of winter? antoinette: just saying. they're like, "oh, it's so cold. i have my snow jacket on." danielle: i feel we're like them. we're not getting this taste. antoinette: except shorts and flip flops for us. danielle: that is very true. all that weather that we've been talking about especially the stuff you were talking about in texas is headed in our direction. it's a very strong cold front, an area of low pressure. you can see a lot of showers and even thunderstorms at this hour. anywhere from minnesota all the way back down to dallas, texas. and this storm system is extensive. all of this is what is headed in our direction. right now though, we're under the influence of a back-door

our temperatures down today and also bringing in a lot of clouds. you can see it here on our satellite and radar. so the big story is this. yesterday we were in the 60's in boston, upper 50's in worcester. today we're only going to make it into the 50's in boston and upper 40's in worcester so it's about a 10-degree temperature difference. however, just to give you some perspective, we should be running around 42 degrees this time of year so i think we'll take 50 degrees and 48 degrees. as you look outside right now, not much to see just yet. when that sun does come up, you're going to see a lot of clouds out there. 50 degrees currently in boston. the winds are out of the north at about five miles an hour. they will be shifting though to the north and east later today. so we're starting out the morning in the 30's in concord. that's actually the cool spot on the map. 40's in worcester. low to even mid 50's now on nantucket as well as block island. so obviously it's pretty warm day.

going to warm up or stay really in the upper 40's to low 50's with a lot of cloud cover around. that's really the story today. the big difference from yesterday, of course, is not only the temperature drop but the more clouds in the forecast. in terms of high temperatures, this is the map today. low 50's so pretty much everybody. a few upper 40's too. then tonight we'll drop back into the 30's and 40's but a pretty mild night because that wind is turn to go the south and east. and tomorrow temperatures actually warm back up a couple of degrees warmer out ahead of this warm front. of course with that comes some rain. looks like a very slow chance of drizzle in the morning to early afternoon. once we get past, say, dinner time, the rain chances really bump up. they continue early tuesday morning. so here's that future cast. that cold front working its way down farther to the south today for us. cloud cover around for monday morning. maybe some patchy drizzle but here comes those showers. they really come through, i think, overnight into early tuesday but by tuesday morning

turn windy behind this storm system. so in terms of what we're talking about here, i do want to give you the timing on this once again on monday. and break it down for you. notice by lunchtime just maybe a couple of showers around but it's once we get towards, say, midnight, notice when you have yellows and oranges on the map, we'll see gusty downpours. rainfall rates in excess of about half an inch to an inch. notice by 6:00 most of this rain is gone and then behind it the big story is this. we're going to start to clear things out slowly. but it's going to take its time. we're going to watch these winds really pick up. they're going to turn and crank out of the north and west through the afternoon so even though i have a high of 58 degrees, it will actually be falling through the afternoon. 58 will be your high in the morning hours and then we'll we'll be back in the 40's wednesday and by next weekend we'll be back in the 30's. holidays. frank and antoinette. antoinette: it was about time, i

time right now is 6:17. stories we're following on the eyeopener right now. frank: police in ohio say they've arrested a thief who stole more than $80,000 worth of jewels from a museum display. check out the surveillance video. cleveland police say the suspect casually strolled into the cleveland natural history museum last week, smashed the case, nabbing the sapphires on display. he then slipped out through a service door. the suspect is the lab tech and physics teacher at nearby john carroll university. he has been put on administrative leave as police try to figure out where those jewels are now. they've arrested two men with syrian passports and are now investigating their possible ties to terrorist organizations. police in geneva say they found traces of potential bomb-making chemicals in their car. the two men are being investigated for possibly making and transporting explosives and toxic gases. security is high right now around geneva amid a terrorism alert and a hunt for at least four suspects believed to be

administrators at a middle school in georgia are apologizing to a family after a teacher asked their muslim daughter if she had a bomb in her backpack. the 13-year-old daughter, who wears a hijab, was stopped and asked what she had in her backpack. when she didn't immediately respond, the teacher asked her if she had a bomb in the bag. the teenager said the teacher called her to the hallway and admitted the joke went too far. frank: a close call for one driver in california. take a look at this. the driver of this s.u.v. walked away from this scene with just a scratch. firefighters say the man was driving in san jose when a metal ramp fell off of a truck and crashed right through his windshield. the driver was able to pull off to the side of the road safely and get out of the car. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: good morning, everyone. the only way patriot tight end rob gronkowski would have a chance to play in houston tonight is if he made the trip to houston.

chance. he remains questionable for the game tonight, but the patriots believe his chances of playing are 50-50. gronk suffered a bone bruise and sprain to his right knee against the broncos. the patriots lost that game and lost the eagles' game which gronk couldn't play. that gives you an idea just how valuable he is. 24 hours after a double overtime thriller against the warriors, the celtics battled hard in charlotte last night. jared sullinger serving up an old-fashioned hook shot. hornets' jeremy lamb, nice off the inbound pass. late in the game the celtics go on the break. isiah thomas will give it up to evan turner who will give it back. the celtics beat the hornets 98-93. bruins home against florida. they get two goals from brian spooner and a solid outing from tuukka rask. they win 3-1. they're 8-1-2 in their last 11 games. the globe's chris gaspar is on sportscenter 5 o.t. tonight. he'll be talking b's, c's, sox and patriots. that's sports. have a great day.

the new hampshire marine mammal rescue released "oregano" the seal yesterday. "oregano" was rescued in rye back in october. he spent the last two months at the national marine life center. he was suffering from seal pox when he was rescued. hundreds came out to cheer him on as he returned to the atlantic. frank: looks like he's ready to get back there. antoinette: he was. frank: still to come this morning, an urgent plea for a former police dog going viral. antoinette: the dog is in need of a new home. the social media effort underway to help him get adopted before it's too late. and the search for bargains online.

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danielle: welcome back. i'm meteorologist danielle vollmar. this morning starting out really mild with temperatures in the 40's and 50's across the area. right now 50 degrees in boston. 49 worcester. the coolest spot is actually nashua at 41 degrees but still very mild for the middle of december. the whole month itself has been mile. yesterday was 60 degrees. today we're going up to 51 degrees. so it's a little cooler than yesterday but still well above average. we should be around 42 degrees. we'll be close to average by wednesday. frank and antoinette.

this morning we've got a warning for all of us procrastinators who haven't finished our holiday shopping yet. frank: before you click your way to the checkout, abc's gloria causing some big holiday headaches. gloria: this holiday season, beware of scammers online waiting for you. shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook feed for ugg boots, over 80% off. mindy: great deal. gloria: too great. those boots never arrived. the online retailer apparently a fake. mindy: when i got my confirmation email, it just didn't look legitimate. gloria: mindy, an avid online shopper who works in i.t., was out $83. experts warn it could have been worse. more money or even her identity. mary power: clicking that link puts you in danger. it also puts your family and friends in danger. gloria: all of that can happen with just one click. gloria: what should you be looking for? safe sites have an "s" with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors.

extensive privacy policies. facebook quickly investigated telling abc news it has blocked this website from placing future ads. as for mindy hayes, she's working on getting her money back. mindy: it's hard to know really who you can and can't buy from online. gloria: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. antoinette: okay. a lot of us are liking the mild temperatures but if winter sports are your thing, the season is off to a rough start. frank: the efforts underway to make the best of a tough situation on the slopes. and the ongoing investigation into the runaway red line train. the next step for investigators, and the action that's set to get underway against the driver. antoinette: a live look over the zakim bridge this morning. traffic, of course, moving along nice and smoothly at 6:26 on a sunday morning. we're back with more of new

>> now on newscenter 5's antoinette: an arrest after a deadly crash. the charges the driver is facing and the victim who was just trying to get to his christmas tree lot. frank: authorities zero in on a suspect wanted for firebombing a mosque. the new information on the attack. antoinette: and the warm temperatures taking a toll on winter sports. how local ski areas are trying to make the best out of the unseasonable conditions. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." frank: it's 6:30 on this sunday

thanks for waking up with us. i'm frank holland. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio along with danielle vollmar. we're talking about those unseasonable conditions, speaking of which, 51 degrees right now. but we're kind of staying right around there. antoinette: our temperatures won't budge that much through the day today. you know, it is mild pretty much everywhere you look across new england. for this time of year. so we will take that. the coldest temperature on our map locally is 38 degrees in concord so it is not that cold at all. 49 in worcester. 47 in fitchburg. and you see in boston, it is 50 degrees. 55 right now on the scrin yard and 54 on nantucket. now as we go through the next 12 hours, say, up to the merrimack valley, temperatures will warm up, i think, into the upper 40's, maybe low 50's. lots of clouds today. that's the big difference. the other big difference obviously is those temperatures will be about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday because, remember, we were at 60 degrees in boston.

degrees, i think, today. a lot more clouds. those winds will be shifting from the north and east to the east at about 5-10. they're associated right now with this back-door cold front that is backing in and bringing us some clouds. trying to bring us a little bit of shower activity although the air is so dry it's really not making it to the ground. but there's a big batch of rain. you can see this from basically minneapolis all the way down to dallas, texas. direction. so i'll have the timeline on the rain and then talk about the cooldown that follows. frank and antoinette. antoinette: danielle, thank you. 6:32. stories we're following right now on the eyeopener. frank: a taunton man will be in court tomorrow in connection to crash that killed a pedestrian. 33-year-old michael burns is accused of driving under the influence of drugs in stoughton. 71-year-old joseph brady was hit and killed trying to cross park street friday night. burns is expected to face more charges. antoinette: leaders from nearly 200 nations have adopted the first global pact to fight

the paris agreement calls on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution, but there are no sanctions on nations that do not. people around the world are both praising and protesting the deal. frank: closing arguments in the philip chism murder trial will be heard tomorrow. they were postponed last week because one of chism's lawyers was sick. chism is charged with first-degree murder for killing danvers high school teacher colleen ritzer inside the school two years ago. antoinette: a shooting investigation underway in brockton right now. 21-year-old edward andrews was found unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound on haverhill street just after midnight saturday. he was taken to an area hospital where he died. investigators are piecing together clues and searching for a suspect. this is the city's ninth homicide this year. anyone with information is asked to call police. the lynn man charged with shooting and killing two people in revere thursday night is expected to face a judge

michael deleon will be arraigned on two counts of murder for the deaths of peter pitari and christy johnson. police say a third person who was shot gave them deleon's name before losing consciousness. it's believed the shooting was drug-related. frank: new hampshire state wrong way down interstate 89. 26-year-old sean list is charged with drunk driving and reckless conduct. multiple drivers reported that point narrowly missing a tractor trailer. police had to use spike strips the train operator who was supposed to be behind the controls of the mbta's runaway train faces a disciplinary hearing tomorrow. braintree station on thursday morning. it rumbled through four stations unmanned before transit workers stopped it by cutting power to the rails. about 50 people were on board at the time. "5 investigates" finding the operator did not follow several procedures. those actions could cost him his

the investigation is ongoing. antoinette: one man is in custody after a california mosque is set on fire. the 23-year-old is accused of arson and a hate crime. those inside the mosque thought it was fire bombed. is this a hate crime? that's what police in coachella, california, want to know after the lobby of this mosque went up in flames friday when eyewitnesses say a firebomb was thrown at the front door. >> a commercial structure fire on scene. antoinette: authorities say it was an intentional act. ray brewster, security guard for mosque: there's this huge plume of smoke. mushroom cloud. antoinette: and they have arrested this man, 23-year-old carl dial, on suspicion of arson. the situation could have been worse. all of them fled to safety as the lobby burned. the islamic society of the coachella valley mosque is just 75 miles from san bernardino. the fire-- one of several incidents that officials are investigating as possible backlashes to those terrorist shootings. in all, there have been three

and harrassment at mosques this year than last says the council on american-islamic relations. in philadelphia, surveillance video captured a pig's head being thrown at a mosque. threatening voice mails left at a mosque in st. louis. voice mail: come my way and i'll (bleep) you all. cut your (bleep) head off. antoinette: and in phoenix, arizona, windows shattered at this islamic community center. reymundo nour, acting imam for mosque: all we want to do is to be left alone to worship as we worship. antoinette: for now the mosque in california is doubling security. frank: nearlry two weeks after attack, the investigation covering new ground. of items from a lake after receiving a tip that the two shooters had visited the area left four people dead and 21 wounded. authorities would not specify what the items were. they believe the couple may have gone to the lake to dump evidence after the shooting. monday marks the the third

school massacre. 26 people were killed at the elementary school in newtown, connecticut. tomorrow will be the first time the anniversary falls on a school day. there will be no organized public remembrances for that solemn anniversary. antoinette: congressman bill keating, "on the record," over the fight to ban people on the no-fly list from being able to purchase guns. keating says the objections to the bill don't make sense. >> the real issue is the gun lobby. we have to stand up to that gun lobby. this is something that i know the american public has strong feelings about in terms of changing particularly on the terror watch list issue. antoinette: keating also talks about the investigation into the california shooting rampage. watch "on the record" this morning at 11:00 right here on channel 5. and then catch "matter of fact" with fernando espuelas. this week's guest-- republican presidential candidate lindsey graham. frank: final good-byes today for a korean war vet. his funeral comes 65 years after

action. full honors and a horse-drawn carriage brought him from this waltham church to his final resting place. in 1950, army sergeant robert dakin was 22. his parents are deceased. only one sister is living. but other relatives joined neighbors. a great nephew remembers. >> the news in 1950 that he was missing in action had a lot of my grandparents and aunts to hope that one day their only son and brother would return home. louise his mother never gave up hope, and that hope has been fulfilled today. frank: dakin was identified through d.n.a. analysis. more than 7,800 americans are still unaccounted for from the korean war. still to come this morning, a massive fire at a mental health clinic. antoinette: the deaths and the people who are still missing. hundreds of babies may have been exposed to a dangerous disease. the concern and the steps that must be taken to keep the

and a lack of snow is putting a damper on local ski areas. the effort to get people on the slopes. danielle: a warm start to your sunday. the changes i'm tracking and the

antoinette: a deadly fire overseas in russia. 21 people died when a fire swept through a home for people suffering from mental illness. 51 other patients were rescued. investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire at the facility. california medical specialists scrambling this weekend after word that hundreds of babies could be at risk for a dangerous disease. the santa clara valley medical center said a nurse tested positive for tuberculosis. 350 infants who may have been antoinette: medical specialists are recommending all babies born at the hospital this fall get antibiotics for 6 to 9 months. frank: it's a pretty rough start to the season at local ski areas. even making snow is next to impossible! wachusett mountain they're

situation. >> we're just trying to make the most of it. juli: the staff and the customers at wachusett mountain are dreaming of a white christmas. they've been open since the day after thanksgiving and are still relying on snow made that week. today's temperatures in the 50's are way too mild for making snow. ideal conditions are between 15 and 22 degrees with low humidity. jeff crowley: it's to the point now where we're actually making snow the night before a rain. normally you wouldn't do that; but it's just been such a mild year, we take every opportunity to get out there. juli: even though temperatures are too high for great snow making, spirits are high regardless. skiers and snowboarders told newscenter 5 they're just happy to be on the mountain in their gear. lincoln waterhouse: my first run of the season and i'm happy. how can you not be happy? it's 50 degrees. we have music. we have snow. life is good. >> i mean, the snow is soft. it's beautiful weather. >> it's amazing, honestly, what they can do without the cold weather. i'm really impressed. juli: to make up for the lack of snow, wachusett is looking to drum up some business in other ways. today they hosted an outdoor concert featuring g. love and the aldous collins band. >> i love g. love. i love wachusett.

i hope they do this all year. i'm up here at least three days a week. it's early season. that's what happens. juli: right now wachusett is open on the weekends-- fridays, saturdays and sundays-- but once we see a good stretch of those ideal conditions between 15-22 degrees, they can open about a trail a night. by day. at wachusett, julie mcdonald, >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist danielle vollmar. antoinette: you've got to admit the ski area are pretty fun even if you're not frolicking in all the snow. danielle: they were having a blast yesterday. these warm temperatures though. 50 degrees right now. danielle: look at the shot right now. the sun is coming up. it's a mild start. you know, you can step outside the door. you don't even need a winter coat or anything. just a light jacket as temperatures this morning are starting in the 50's in a lot of

yesterday's high 60 degrees. so this month of december has been a warm one, folks. and it is going to continue through today and even the workweek so it's cloudy and cooler today because of that back-door cold front. but it won't say cold because upper 40's. we should be in the low 40's this time of year. we're well above where we should be. much-needed rain coming for us on monday. it looks like really monday night now into early tuesday morning is when the heavy rain will come through. although monday morning there could still be some drizzle around. that mild temperature trend is going to continue. so starting out this morning, the cool spot on the map, all the way up in concord, new hampshire, at 38 degrees. 50 right now in boston. mid 50's right now on nantucket. so obviously today, it's going to be a warm day. we're not going to warm up all that much. in fact, temperatures really hold steady, i think, in the upper 40's, low 50's through the

as we have a lot of clouds and those winds are coming out of the north and east. again those winds coming really off the water bringing in low-level clouds. then tonight, the winds shift to the south and east. so we don't drop back that much. only in the 30's through the merrimack valley. 40 in worcester. mid 40's in boston. now we have a lot of clouds right now. that's associated with that back-door cold front. but my biggest concern is actually out towards the west. you see a lot of showers and thunderstorms from minneapolis now all the way back to texas to dallas. this storm system is headed in our direction. we could really use that rain because we're down over ten inches for the year in boston. monday morning a low chance of maybe some drizzle around. some shower activity, i think, could be around in the afternoon. but it's really through the night hours that we see the heaviest rain come through. and let me show you this on the future cast because what happens is we have a lot of clouds today.

but tomorrow morning patchy drizzle. and then here comes the heavier rain overnight monday and by tuesday morning it's really clearing out of here. behind it, we're actually gooding to turn windy and cooler. so half an inch to an inch of rain looks likely from this system. that will then taper off on tuesday. notice tuesday. high temperature of 58 but i think falling temperatures because that's going to happen in the morning hours. watch what happens. these winds start to turn from south and west to the north and west. they start to blow. these are the wind gusts upwards of 30-40 miles an hour in terms of wind gusts. and then we drop back into the 40's by wednesday. we'll see a lot more sunshine too on wednesday. then temperatures hold really i think in the 40's through the remainder of the workweek. we see another chance for some rain coming thursday afternoon into friday. and then by saturday, we're back to where we should be for this time of year.

game day for the patriots and it's a win-win. either gronk plays or the texans have wasted time game-planning for him. gronk did make the trip to houston with the team but is still listed as questionable so it'll be a game-time decision whether he plays. he only missed one game with a bone bruise and sprain to his right knee. kickoff is at 8:30. frank: the celtics coming off their loss to the warriors friday with a much better night in charlotte. 24 hours after that double-overtime thriller, the celtics jared sullinger serving up an old fashioned hook shot. hornets' jeremy lamb nice off the inbound pass. late in the game isaiah thomas gives it up to evan turner who gives it back, and the celtics go on to beat the hornets 98-93. bruins back at home against the florida panthers. another solid outing at the garden. they get two goals from ryan spooner. this one in the second period. b's on the power play. bergeron feeds him and spooner snaps one off from the dot. 2-0 bruins.

rask, and the b's win, 3-1. here's a question. what's in a name? a number of local town and landmarks have some unique monikers, but how did they get them? antoinette: this morning, chronicle's ted reinstein introduces us to one duck tour guide who spells out those names in detail to his passengers. ted: "what's in a name?" is the name of the game at boston duck tours. is a minute man. >> i was asleep in the house in massachusetts when paul revere comes ridings through town to let us know the british troops are on the move. they're by concord. i said, "paul, it's 10:30 at night.

detail on these entertaining >> the back bay was the bay at is all filled-in land. i was all charles river at high this was the back section of the city. directly to the sea. vinci code right in here. and the stories, you can really start to put together how things are happening. ted: boston gets its name from the towns the puritans came from in lincolnshire county england. as for bean town? >> i'm giving away one of the on sundays there was only one thing you could do and that was go to church. the women couldn't cook on sunday either because that was considered work. so they would come up with dishes that could be put by the stove to heat slowly over hours from saturday night into sunday afternoon. one of those favorite dishes was beans. and some people say that this is why the benches in the churches

but we don't know that for sure. antoinette: tomorrow on "chronicle," two strangers agree to dance together for a life-changing charity. what they couldn't have predicted-- how their lives would change. "dance with me" tomorrow night at 7:30 on "chronicle." you've got to love those duck tours. they have great, interesting facts and a lot of even more amazing jokes. frank: everyone of those drivers is a character. antoinette: they are. ahead this morning, a pedestrian killed in stoughton. frank: where he was headed when he was hit, and the charges that driver is now facing. plus you still have time to get some great deals on your holiday shopping. when you could see prices near

antoinette: 6:54. a taunton man will be in court tomorrow in connection to crash 33-year old michael burns is accused of driving under the influence of drugs. he's accused of hitting 71-year-old joseph brady as he was trying to cross park street in stoughton friday night. "the enterprise" reports brady was headed to the christmas tree lot across the street, which he's owned for the past 45 years. frank: a car crashed into the guardrails and flipped over yesterday afternoon.

guardrails were smashed on both sides of route 101. that highway was shut down backing up traffic for several hours. the crash is still under investigation. antoinette: monday marks the the third anniversary of the sandy hook school massacre. 20 children and six teachers were killed at the elementary school in newtown, connecticut. tomorrow will be the first time the anniversary falls on a school day. there will be no organized public remembrances for the solemn anniversary. frank: the vatican announces details of the pope's upcoming trip to mexico. the five-day trip will take place in february and include an open-air mass near the u.s. border. that service is expected to attract the faithful from both countries. boston's cardinal sean o'malley will join the pope on the final day of his journey. he was among those who insisted the pope go to the border. day chance to get some great deals tomorrow. the year. monday with price points identical to black friday deals. ebay to describe its best

over the years. antoinette: the story of a retired police dog looking for a new home has gone viral. frank: last week, buster's owner left him with the new york city animal control in brooklyn. the eight-year-old german shepherd had been with his owner almost all his life. the two served together in the police department until his owner retired. he says he can no longer care for the dog because of "personal problems" so buster is looking for a new home. antoinette: i hope someone goes over there and adopts him. it's hard when it's an older dog, eight years old. you know what? he deserves a good home. danielle: all dogs deserve a good home. they give unconditional love. love dogs. i want to talk about the weather because it's still mild today although not as warm as yesterday. boston. today holding in the 50's now. really it's going to stay steady through the afternoon. cloudy skies. rain is coming for monday. it looks like rain monday night will be the heaviest although

monday so you might want to grab an umbrella. just in case. still mild. upper 50's to start the day on tuesday but those winds turn to the north and west and it gets colder through the day so we'll feel the difference by midweek. antoinette: winter had to rear its ugly head sometime, right? frank: sooner or later. you can watch the latest newscenter 5 newscast right now or anytime on the wcvb mobile app.