rain before then ler thursday into friday. we'll break down the timing of the rain coming up late today and tonight. that's right now as the "eyeopener" continues. > now on newscenter 5's emily: closing arguments are just hours away in the murder trial of philip chism. what to expect today as the jury prepares to decide his fate. erika: tough questions today for the man at the center of a runway train fiasco on the red line. we set the stage ahead of his emily: questions surround a deadly house fire in worcester. the challenges for firefighters. erika: gronk returns to the field helping new england break their losing streak. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." emily: also on the eye: a new way to fly with a hefty price tag. the view unlike any other. just how much it will cost. we'll share that with you a little bit later.

i'm emily riemer. erika: thanks for starting your day right here. i'm erika tarantal. randy is is off. cindy is here. air. cindy: we are. it doesn't feel like december. out the door this morning, we're 40's. average high this time of year is 42. now. so 46 in boston. plymouth as well. some upper 40's on the cape. you can see the trade-off though. a lot of clouds were in place for your sunday. they're out there on this monday morning. we're going to have cloud cover all day long. looking at a little bit of winter here across far northern maine where the snow is flying. this is a frontal boundary lifting north ward pulling the cold out as low pressure spins to our west. this is going to throw some rain in our direction this evening. out ahead of it today, it will be mild. despite the clouds, the temperatures slowly picking up. by 9:00 a.m., upper 40's. 50 degrees by about 11:00 this morning. we'll spend the afternoon in the 50's. can't rule out a spot shower

most of the day is dry as temperatures come up late day into the mid and upper 50's. notice hoe a spot shower or morning. otherwise just the cloud cover here throughout the day. i think it's after the evening commute that some showers approach with the steadier rain coming in overnight. in terms of rainfall on your commuting today, it doesn't look like we get any big impact until after the evening commute. good news there. let's get your morning commute started out the door. kevin: thank you very much. morning. traffic not really picking up quite yet but downtown we're looking pretty good over the zakim bridge. all the overnight work crews have picked up including 93 in somerville as well as the tobin bridge and inside the sumner tunnel. we're dealing with one incident here up to the north on 128 south. manchester-by-the-sea. we've got a crash working at school street. two lanes are blocked. just the breakdown lane is getting by. we are seeing delays getting by that. once you do get beyond that, you're looking pretty good right down through the 93 cloverleaf. route 3, 93, 95 okay. new hampshire down 93 it

to get from 495 right down to the lower deck. the rest of the south not too bad yet. the expressway is looking good braintree to boston. erika, emily. emily: thank you. right now jurors are just hours away from deciding the fate of the teenager accused of raping and murdering his teacher. erika: all eyes will be on the courthouse in salem today. the eyeopener's sera congi is there to set the stage. sera: erika and emily, closing arguments are scheduled for today. then after the jury will begin deliberating on whether the danvers teenager is guilty of murder. the trial began in october for philip chism. prosecutors allege he murdered danvers high school math teacher colleen ritzer two years ago. bathroom. her body was found in the woods outside the school. chism was 14 years old at the time. jurors will have to decide on these three charges-- first degree murder, aggravated rape, and armed robbery. now during opening arguments

killed ritzer. they have built an insanity defense claiming that he is severely mentally ill. chism faces life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years. live in salem, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: right now we are awaiting new developments in the case of a runaway red line train that put passengers at risk. the eyeopener's juli mcdonald is live in boston with what's at stake for the worker involved today. juli: that's right, emily and erika. the operator who was supposed to be at the controls of that runaway red line train faces a disciplinary hearing today. as "5 investigates" was first to report, the employee involved is this man-- david vazquez. we've also learned he did not follow several safety procedures including setting the brake before stepping out of the operator's cab. the train traveled from braintree to quincy thursday morning only stopping when the "t" cut power to the third rail. 50 passengers were on board. no one was hurt. we'll be following today's

it. live in boston this morning, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: right now. firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in worcester that killed an elderly brother and sister. the flames broke out around 8:00 last night on burncoat street. neighbors say the siblings lived in the single-family home for decades. firefighters say the fire spread quickly. by the time they arrived on scene, most of the damage had already been done. we're still waiting to learn the names of the victims. right now a 90-year-old man is in the hospital after being hit by a car in revere. it happened on malden street we're told the victim has serious injuries. the driver of the car stayed on the scene and was also taken to the hospital. connecticut and the nation will mark a somber anniversary today. it was three years ago that a gunman opened fire at sandy hook elementary school killing 20 children and six educators. fresh in everyone's minds, the faces of the lives lost. this is the first time the anniversary has fallen on a

school will mark the tragedy with moments of silence. but lower grade schools will just try to keep the day as normal as possible for students giving parents the option of discussion the tragedy with their children. today massachusetts leaders will mark the anniversary by unveiling a new gun-control billboard. it's being sponsored by "stop handgun violence." that's the same group behind attention-grabbing billboards overlooking the mass pike near fenway park. that billboard came down after the parking garage under it was sold. the new one will be located across the from the hynes convention center. today bernie sanders will hit the campaign trail in new hampshire. sanders: it is an insurgency campaign that is taking on all emily: the democrat spent sunday in iowa making at least four stops in the critical battleground state. the iowa caucus is just seven weeks ago. on the republican side, ben

threat to leave the g.o.p. if the party engages in what he calls "back-room deals." carson: if that is the case then i'm out of here. emily: the republican front-runners will meet in another debate tomorrow night in las vegas. three democratic candidates will debate in new hampshire. abc news and channel 5 will have live coverage beginning at 8:00 p.m. the death of the city's police chief. david provencher died last night after suffering respiratory arrest at st. luke's hospital. he was 59 years old and a survivor of throat cancer. new bedford mayor jon mitchell called provencher an outstanding police chief and a great man. "5 on the opioid crisis" and new help for a community struggling with addiction. a second health clinic is now open in charlestown. 25 people have overdosed in charlestown this year. three of them died. and "the globe" reports hepatitis c, often an indicator of drug use, is higher in charlestown than any other

emily: a big change may be coming this week for tobacco laws in boston. this thursday a vote is set on a proposal to raise the age to buy tobacco products to 21. mayor marty walsh is backing the proposal, saying he hopes it can discourage young people from taking up smoking. if it passes, the new rule would go into effect early next year. a similar bill is in the works on beacon hill right now also looking to increase the statewide age to 21. tom brady and rob gronkowski reunited on the field down in houston last night. that helped the patriots clinch a spot in the play-off. after gronk missed last week's game with a sprained and bruised right knee, gronk a major boost to the ailing offense helping to get the team back on track. the patriots dominated this one. with just 14 seconds to go in the half, brady throws up a jump ball and gronkowski get his 10th touchdown catch of the year making it look easy. 17-6 patriots at the half and no looking back from there. the tight end happy to get back to work. gronk: everything just worked out. throughout the last two weeks,

everything was feeling great so just overall just worked out very, very good. brady: offense football is always trust and anticipation. certainly there's nobody that i trust more than gronk. erika: the patriots beat the texans 27-6, but there was another key injury. legarrette blount left the game with a hip injury no word on the extent of the problem emily: right now. an intense search is underway after a northeastern student vanishes without a trace. erika: his family's desperate plea for answers. flames rip through an apartment building in southbridge. more than a dozen families without a home. what firefighters credit with preventing tragedy. emily: new action from amazon centered on hoverboards. the move just made in the name of safety. cindy? cindy: and we're waking up to a lot of clouds. but i think the rain for the most part is going to hold off until later today. the full timeline is ahead. first, take a look at these temperatures as you're getting ready to head out the door on a monday morning. it is another mild start.

46 degrees boston and plymouth

>> hi, i'm not with you this morning but i want to show you some wonderful people who are here tonight in the boston convention center honoring our fallen heroes post 9/11 here in massachusetts and their families who are with us. good morning, "eyeopener." emily: good morning to you. we are so proud to pay tribute to our gold star families as boston's community leader. there were more than 1,200 people on hand at this event friday night. randy says it was one of the nicest and most moving events he's taken part in. erika: an amazing crowd. nice to see randy. show us what makes you proud in your community by recording a wake-up call. then post it by going to the front page of wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section of our website.

kevin: good morning, everybody. erika: good morning to you. kevin: it's not even friday yet and we're getting all whacky here. emily: monday morning. i told kevin he had to say something funny. now he felt the pressure. kevin: i have nothing to say. emily: all right. you have stuff to say. cindy: the weather has been kind of funny very undecember-like. these are live pictures this morning from memorial drive. we've got the cloud cover in place this morning but fog not an issue. you may encounter a patch or two of drizzle. you may want to do one of these with the wipers this morning. just briefly use it. we do have the risk of a little bit of patchy drizzle or a spot shower in the forecast today. but i think the bulk of the steadier rain will hold off until after the evening commute. so the steadiest rain comes in overnight. at that time could hear a little bit of thunder as well. we have rain on the way but this morning it is is just cloudy and on the mild side. look at these temperatures. upper 40's on the cape. low 40's worcester. low 40's up toward nashua as well.

the temperature s are going to pick up pretty slowly. we should come up to around 50 degrees by late morning. and then spend the afternoon in the 50's. but all the while, the clouds are going nowhere. really that's all we have out there this morning. there is a little bit of wintery precipitation up across northern maine where there's some snow flying this morning. but you have to head far to the west to get into that steady shield of rain. it's coming ahead of this frontal system. low pressure passing to our west. it is just spinning up a ton of mild air. it is in the low 60's right now. cincinatti to charleston. you can see pittsburgh in the lower 50's. that's the air mass that works on in so despite the clouds all day long, notice how the temperatures do come up into the mid and even some upper 50's. cooler across southern new hampshire today. and you can see through the morning hours, just a patch or two of drizzle. and then just cloud cover throughout the day. notice for your evening commute 6:00 p.m. rain is still off to the west. i think showers advance eastward. by about 8:00 you should be raining in worcester this evening. then overnight widespread rain embedded downpours.

by about 5:00 tomorrow morning, the steadiest rain is shifting off shore. we'll find quick clearing behind it. in terms fsz rainfall looks like a widespread half an inch of rain. perhaps less farther to the north and the temperatures will actually hold steady or rise aing bit overnight through the 50's. and that's where they stay tomorrow. clearing skies. gusty winds. temperatures coming again into the 50's throughout the day. and those winds are going to be quite active as this storm starts to pull away and really we are going to see some improvements tomorrow. so in terms of the temperatures, still holding on to those reading into the 50's tomorrow but it's a little deceiving because the winds are going to be gusting up over 20 even close to 30 miles an hour throughout the morning hours and then as we go through the day, winds get stronger. could see gusts over 40 out through the worcester hills. that brings in cooler air for the middle of the week. and then another rain event coming. it looks like later thursday and friday. behind that one, yeah, there's some cooler air waiting behind that one. blustery by next weekend. i spy december on saturday. it's finally going to feel like it.

overnight rains tonight and the temperatures mild, no chance of early morning freezing? cindy: nothing like that. the roads will be wet for tomorrow morning. kevin: roads are dry right now. could be a little bit different story later tonight but a live shot at route 1 here in saugus. looking pretty good so far coming down through that stretch. we've got a little company up by the jug handle lights in peabody. overall a fairly nice ride down to the tobin bridge. we've been keeping an eye on the crash on 128 south manchester-by-the-sea. a crash which school street as two lanes block. just the breakdown lanes getting by. you do have some slowdowns. getting by that should be in the process of clearing. it's been out there for quite a while. routes 3, 93, 95, nice ride new hampshire down to 128 and beyond. downtown pick up all the overnight work crews. the expressway so far so good. you're getting a little busy. still a 10-minute ride split up to the o'neill tunnel. no troubles on routes 3, 24, 95. you're looking good out to the west. if you're starting the morning with the trains, all lines are running on time. emily. emily: sounds good, kevin. thank you.

student. dennis njoroge hasn't been seen for two weeks. this morning family and friends are pleading for help and hoping for clues. they spent sunday handing out flyers at northeastern university and at other areas around boston. njoroge was home in worcester for thanksgiving. his older sister talked to him just as he returned to campus. both she and her mom are understandably concerned. >> i am concerned because we used to talk almost every two days, either through texts or phone calls. >> i do love him so much. i love him so much. mike: the family also set up this facebook page to help with their search. they say it's not like him not to be in contact. anyone with any information is asked to call northeastern university police. flames rip through an apartment building in southbridge. this morning 15 families now have to find someplace else to stay. the good news-- no one was seriously hurt when this fire broke out sunday morning. the fire at the rosemeade complex quickly grew to four

neighboring communities were this building was just rebuilt after it was damaged in the june 2011 tornado. new fire alarms were installed. the building was up to code. something firefighters credit with helping avoid tragedy. were taken to the hospital for minor injuries. monday. overnight. all eyes will be on the federal reserve which is expected to decide wednesday on whether to first time since the financial crisis. right now stock futures are higher. online retail giant amazon is pulling some types of hoverboards after reports of several of them bursting into flames. amazon says it will no longer carry boards made by swagway until safety reviews of the products are complete. the problem may be connected to boards that use lithium batteries which can sometimes burst into flames. emily: want to avoid the snack lines at the movie theater? there's an app for that.

including a.m.c. and regalare rolling out mobile apps that allow you to pre-order popcorn on your phone before you arrive. station and head to your seat. delivery for theaters with reserved seating. erika: stress is a given during the holidays. but there are some healthy snacks that may take the edge off. maybe not movie popcorn. oatmeal with berries. the oats have b vitamins to berries pack a big dose of vitamin c to keep stress away. during the day, snack on whole grain crackers with nut butter. the carbs in the crackers and the protein in the nuts stabilize your blood sugar which is key to keeping calm. and finally, consider some salmon sushi with brown rice. experts say fatty fish is key to protecting your heart from stress-induced diseases which is key this time of year. emily: the return of a tradition christmas bell is now hanging downtown. a similar bell was part of the city's decorations for years but

this year an effort to replace this piece of the past was lead by h.c. media, which built a new bell with the help of students at whittier regional vo-tech high school. the bell was hoisted into place and lit for the first time saturday night. it also has a speaker inside that plays holiday music. stealing packages from doorsteps is becoming more and more common. one homeowner's unique approach to the problem ahead in eyepoppers. erika? erika: new at 5:30. arrested for speeding two times in less than a week. the familiar face seen by the the driver. a family mourning the loss of a loved one killed outside the business he loved. how he is being remembered this morning. the mother of a little boy killed at sandy hook with a new mission. her fight for gun control and keeping schools and children

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emily and erika. emily: cindy, thank you. just about 5:25 now. and time for your monday eyepoppers. erika: or maybe we should say poopers. don't get to say that often on television. we're just being accurate. a las vegas man got tired for delivery packages disappearing from his door step. so, he left a very special package for the thieves. a very smelly package, courtesy of his dog. eric bardo says he deliberately left police out of the picture. eric: i didn't want to call them and say somebody stole a box of poop off my porch. erika: after the video was posted, some people on social media said they have thought about doing the same thing but never went through with it. emily: there you go. and how about this for a seat with a view? the newest thing in luxury aviation may just be the sky deck. just ride your own special elevator to the top of your airplane and enjoy a 360-degree view of your trip. the inventor says he came up with the idea to deal with

of course, you will have to shell out up to $25 million depending on what kind of plane you have. or depending on whether or not you have a plane. so maybe not for all of us. erika: we'll see how many takers. cindy: christmas is coming. emily: beautiful view. still ahead this morning, success for a gun buyback program in central mass. erika: the number of unwanted weapons now off the streets. new data showing red line commuters are seeing red. the discouraging report ahead of a critical mbta meeting. emily: take a live look here at the city from our camera on memorial drive. a nice shot to start your day. it's 5:26 right now.

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"eyeopener." emily: new this morning. concern over the red line's performance. the new data showing numerous issues on the tracks adding up to frustrations for riders. erika: a beloved husband and grandfather killed by a driver who was allegedly under the influence. his family's heartbreak this morning. >> i can picture dom running through the halls. emily: she lost her son in one of the deadliest. this mother's mission three years after the unimaginable. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: good monday morning. a live look there at the skyline. it's beautiful start to the day. cloudy. another mild one. i'm erika tarantal. emily: and i'm emily realer along with cindy. kevin in for olessa stepanova this morning. we just continue to have these mild temperatures. we keep saying this but it's true. it keeps happening. cindy: we're about eight degrees above average for the month so far. just crazy. this is coming off november that

when reality settles in, you're going to ask what happened? emily: we're going to cry. cindy: absolutely. typically our high temperature is in the lower 40's. you can see out the door it's in the mid and upper 40's in most areas. looking at lawrence at 46. same deal as beverly. worcester in the lower 40's. boston 46. you head to the south shore and the cape we're in the upper 40's as well. it is a mild start but the trade-off here a lot of cloud cover. you can see up to the north a little bit of snow flying across far northern maine. around here can't rule out a patch or two of drizzle. you may briefly need the wipers this morning. probably a good idea to have an umbrella with you today. the bulk of the steadier rain is far to our west. as this low tracks up through the great lakes, it will spill a lot of warm air ahead of it. temperatures will be picking up from the 40's this morning. should reach about 50 degrees late morning. we'll spend the afternoon in the 50's with a lot of cloud cover. but nothing more than a patch or two of drizzle this morning. and can't rule out a spot shower throughout the day but the bulk of the steady rain comes in

we are going to see widespread rainfall overnight with a chance of some thunder rolling in. so the heavy rain comes in during the overnight hours so minimal impact here throughout the day in terms of the rain. but overnight into tomorrow morning, that rain will impact you if you're hitting roads. if you're headed out there now, let's see what you're dealing with, kevin. kevin: dry roads too looking pretty good out there. the volume starting to pick up in some areas. not too bad yet here. route 1 on the saugus stretch heading down towards the tobin bridge. i'm getting initial reports of a possible utility pole down in chelsea at the intersection of broadway and williams street. you may want to keep that in mind if you're headed there. up to the north good news here on 128 southbound. cleared out earlier crash by school street. the volume now moving well all the way down in towards that woburn area. no troubles yet on 93 coming down through 495 as well as route 3 in chelmsford. out to the west, mass pike still a nice ride. framingham to boston take you about 23 minutes. this time of the morning. south of town, route 3 not bad yet.

some volume as well as 93 north approaching the expressway. and if you're taking the trains all lines are operating on schedule. erika. erika: kevin, thank so much. now to the stories we're tracking right now on the eye. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire in worcester. an elderly brother and sister were killed when flames broke out in their home on burncoat street last night. closing arguments are set for this morning in the trial of the danvers teenager charged with raping and murdering teacher colleen ritzer. lawyers for phillip chism claim he was insane at the time. and a disciplinary hearing is set for today for the mbta operator involved in last week's "5 investigates" has learned david vazquez ignored several safety procedures. emily: and new this morning, that's not the only trouble for the eyeopener's juli mcdonald is live in boston with the new numbers that may concern commuters. juli: emily and erika, people who take the red line that it's ranked as one of the mbta's worst performing subway lines.

picture. just last week the red line reported delays due to disabled trains on monday, tuesday, and thursday along with delays because of signal problems. the mbta has set an on-time performance goal of 75%. but new data shows the red line has fallen short of that goal nearly half the time during rush hours from september through this month. only the orange line fared worse. the mbta's financial review board meets today. among the topics-- how to improve service on the struggling transit system. live in boston this morning, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: right now the man accused of killing a stoughton business owner is preparing to head to court. the family of 71-year-old joseph brady mourning the loss of the beloved husband, father and grandfather. brady ran a christmas tree lot along route 27. he was run down friday night just steps away from the business he owned for 45 years.

michael burns of taunton, now facing several charges. police say he was driving under the influence of drugs. brady's wife linda heard the crash. linda: i'm going to be a curse to that man. i'm going to curse him the rest of my life. he's the love of my life and he's gone. i have nothing. i've got my family, thank god for that. emily: linda say her husband was an avid car enthusiast, inducted in the new england hall of fame for antique racers. he leaves behind 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. erika: also preparing to head to court right now, the lynn man charged with shooting and killing two people in revere. michael deleon is accused of murdering a 66-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman in a home thursday night. police say a third person who was shot gave them deleon's name before losing consciousness. they believe the shooting was drug-related. new this morning. hundreds of guns are off the streets in central massachusetts. an annual gun buyback program in several communities netted 271

weekend. organizers tell "the telegram" it was one of the most successful programs they've ever done. the buyback allowed people to trade in weapons for supermarket gift cards. emily: a new hampshire man is under arrest this morning, accused of trying to burn down his mother's home while she was in it. 27-year-old justin kane was arrested in salem last night. police say he had an argument with his mother and then poured gasoline on the rear deck of her home and set it on fire. officers arrested him at his father's house. his mother was not hurt. a manchester man is under arrest again, picked up for speeding twice by the same state trooper. police say joel figueroa was clocked going 86 miles per hour yesterday on 93 in bow. he was already facing a reckless operation charge for driving 107 on the same stretch of road in hooksett. he's due in court next month. erika: it's now 5:36. her son was one of 20 children killed three years ago today. emily: the mother taking action

vandals target two mosques in southern california. the hate crime investigation just getting underway. erika: and ahead in news to go, a major traffic backup all because of a mudslide. the bumper-to-bumper nightmare

kevin: good morning, everybody. welcome back to the "eyeopener." i'm kevin brennan in for olessa stepanova this morning. checking your roadways.

earlier troubles we had up on 128 manchester-by-the-sea, that crash has cleared away. volume picking up south of town here on the expressway. now nice mild morning this morning, cindy. what can we expect the rest of the day. cindy: 46 now under the clouds. despite those clouds, temperatures pick up into the 50's this afternoon. probably a good idea to have an umbrella. could be a spot shower or drizzle today. steady rain comes in overnight. gets out of here first thing tomorrow. 50's again tomorrow and it does cool down midweek with an additional rain event coming later thursday into friday. >> the first year we're going to put up a christmas tree. it's still very personal. a lot of memories so we're trying to create new memories now. emily: a mother's grief of a young life lost. and today she will not be alone. it is now three years since 26 children and educators were shot and killed at sandy hook elementary. today will be a day of mourning in newtown, connecticut. dylan hockley was one of those

he would be nine years old now, enjoying the fourth grade. instead his mother has dedicated her life to stopping school violence. >> teaching kids how to learn is fine. but someone who might be at risk such as drastic changes in behavior, drastic changes in actions. emily: hockley and other families founded sandy hook promise to educate and empower parents and schools. erika: it's now 5:41. los angeles with olympic concerns that are all too familiar. the cost overruns leaving some leaders in the city of angels with questions. also president obama making a visit to the pentagon. the focus of the field trip. and taylor swift with an early christmas present to fans. the pop star's big announcement. and a live look from memorial drive this morning. it's another nice start. 48 degrees here in needham. it will stay mild. cindy is back. kevin is back.

erika: the time is now 5:44. a live look there from memorial drive. pretty sparkling picture there this morning. still dark out. cindy: pretty warm. emily: clouds though. cindy: it will be a cloudy and mild monday. emily: we're familiar with that word. cindy: warm and dry. take a look at the rainfall deficit behind us here. i'm kind of blocking it. we're down more than 10 inches in boston and nine inches in the worcester area. so we need some rain.

than a half an inch. it looks like here through tomorrow morning. but most of the daylight hours today are dry. the rain is coming in mostly overnight. so it's probably a good idea to have an umbrella with you today. can't rule out a spot shower or patchy drizzle. the steadier rain holds off until after the evening commute. overnight when that rain comes down, can't rule out a rumble of thunder as the system is a mild one all wound up here west of st. louis, low pressure is going to track through the great lakes. that will feed some mild air in our direction. there is a cold side to this storm right now with some snow flying across far northern maine. but the warm air is going to push that out. we're talking about rain around here. this morning though just the clouds and underneath those clouds it's a mild start. low to mid 40's right now. average high this time of year is 42. so another mild start out the door. 46 boston, beverly, plymouth as well. upper 40's on the cape. we'll see those temperatures kind of slowly pick up this morning. by lunchtime lower 50's. a lot of clouds around. sun celts at 4:12.

the temperatures climb very slowly here throughout the day. so there you see on the timeline not a lot lot happening throughout the day. rain is still to our west by 6:00 a.m. showers pushing into worcester county by 8:00 this evening. overnight see the downpours in here. midnight during the overnight hours through the predawn hours is when we see our steadiest rain. by 5:00 p.m. the last of it getting ready to exit the coastline and clearing follows tomorrow. temperatures holding in the 50's tomorrow. wednesday. looks like a bright sunny day with lighter winds as well. let's get you back out to the roads right now. how are we looking out there. kevin: busy out here especially south of town. the expressway filling in quickly now. almost 30 minutes already from braintree right up to the o'neill tunnel. let's go to the maps. a little bit further south we've got slowdowns here on route 3. brake lights down by 228. then again up after union street. overall about 12 minutes now to get out of rockland on up towards the expressway. 93 north slow approaching route 37 and on the expressway there in the braintree split.

that lower end of 128 a nice ride from dedham on up towards the mass pike. up north 93 south getting busy through that 495 stretch. then not too bad. a little more company by 128. upper end of 128 is looking good from lynnfield right down into lexington. out to the west, mass pike so far so good through framingham and natick on in through west newton. if you're taking the trains this morning, all lines operating on schedule. emily, erika. erika: thanks, kevin. lawyers are making their final pitch to jurors deciding the philip chism murder trial. the eyeopener's sera conji is live at the courthouse in salem. good morning, s.e.r.a. sera: good morning. the prosecution and defense will present closing arguments today and soon after the jury will begin deliberations in this trial. 16-year-old philip chism is being tried as an adult. he's accused of murdering and raping danvers high school math teacher colleen ritzer two yearsing a. during opening statements chism's attorneys admitted in open court that he killed her. but they claim he was suffering

they've built a case for ainsanity defense. jurors will have to decide on three charges-- first degree murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery. live this morning in salem, sera congi, wcvb beings newscenter 5. juli: we are expecting to learn more today about the red line train carrying 50 people and how it traveled more than four stops without an operator thursday morning. david virginias kez faces a disciplinary hearing today. "5 investigates" was the first to report that he stepped off the train without setting the brakes and it kept moving. transportation secretary stephanie pollack say wedging or restricting the position of the throttle on the train is a prohibited act. if it happened, it would subject the operator to termination. the mbta had to cut power to the third rail to stop that train. none of those passengers on board was hurt. stay with us though as we continue to learn more about this hearing. live in boston, julie mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5.

searching for answers after a deadly fire in worcester, the flames broke out around 8:00 last night on burncoat street. fire officials say an elderly man in his sister died in the fire. by the time firefighters got to the house, most of the damage had already been done. we're still waiting to learn the names of the victims. erika: right now a 90-year-old man is in the hospital after being hit by a car in revere. it happened on malden street just after 7:00 last night. we're told the victim has serious injuries. the driver of the car stayed on the scene and was also taken to the hospital. emily: new questions about the screening process that allowed one of the san bernardino shooters into the country. tashfeen malik underwent a federal background check. but investigators don't always examine social media posts. "the new york times" says she had posted about jihad and wanting to be a part of it. malik and her husband, syed farook, killed 14 people in that mass shooting on december 2. the f.b.i. and local police are investigating acts of vandalism at two different california mosques as hate crimes. a device that looked like a hand grenade was left in the driveway

a plastic replica. another mosque was spray painted with the phrase "jesus is the way." these are the latest in a handful of incidents at mosques across the country since the san bernardino shootings. erika: organizers of the los angeles bid for the 2024 summer games are raising some red flags. city budget analysts are concerned about the costs surrounding the redevelopment of a city railyard. olympic organizers are hoping to transform the area into the athlete's village for the games. city officials fear the costs of the land and the cleanup could soar to $2 billion. that's double the initial estimate. l.a. took over the u.s. bid after boston balked at hosting the games. emily: closing arguments are set for today in the trial of the first police officer charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. william porter is accused of manslaughter for not paying attention to gray as he sat handcuffed and shackled in the back of a baltimore police van back in april. gray suffered a spinal injury and died a week later.

25 years in prison. erika: right now a desperate search is on for a missing college student. dennis njoroge hasn't been seen for two weeks. this morning family and friends are pleading for help and hoping for clues. they spent sunday handing out flyers around northeastern university's boston campus. anyone with any information is asked to call northeastern university police. emily: president obama will visit the pentagon today to review the military campaign against isis with national security advisers. it is his first visit since attacks in san bernardino and paris. the white house says there will be no major policy shifts coming out of this meeting. they're calling this an update" for him. erika: new bedford is mourning the death of the city's police chief. david provencher died last night after suffering respiratory arrest at st. luke's hospital. he was 59 years old and a survivor of throat cancer. new bedford's mayor called provencher an outstanding police

a sterling man is facing indecent exposure charges in new hampshire. rochester police arrested gary jenke at a walmart yesterday morning. police say they had been called to the same store for two similar complaints. he is due in court this morning. emily: mud and rocks slide on to a major highway in the san francisco area tying up traffic for miles. the slide came down just before 6:00 last night. there were no injuries reported. erika: a faneuil hall fixture is closing its doors. the ames plow tavern is shutting down after a 40-year run. the pub opened in 1976 and will pour its final draft on new year's eve. the bar's facebook page did not explain the reason behind the shutdown. emily: the patriots clinch a playoff berth after dominating the texans. rob gronkowski giving the pats' ailing offense a major boost. with just 14 seconds to go in the half, brady throws up a jump ball and gronk gets his 10th touchdown catch of the year making it look easy. the patriots beat the texans 27-6, but there was another key injury. legarrette blount left the game

no word on the extent of the problem. erika: a bay state woman is hoping to change the fur industry. she's making fur neck muffs, leg warmers, hats and purses from road kill. petite mort furs says it offers the fur industry an alternative to wild fur trapping and large-scale fur farms. they use the fur from animals accidentally killed on roadways. christmas is coming early for taylor swift fans. starting on december 20, apple will exclusively stream her "1989 world tour live concert." it features swift's november show in australia, including backstage footage and rehearsals. swift announced the news on twitter on sunday, her 26th birthday, and she posted a trailer. emily: check this out. a five-week-old polar bear catching a few zzz's. the columbus zoo and aquarium released this video of the cub tossing and turning in a specially made crib. the zoo staff says she has started trying to stand up on

ready for her next meal. they have been monitoring her progress around the clock. she's really cute. erika: so cute. adorable. sometimes i look at my baby just like that. i was just looking at her. cindy: technology is amazing. erika: it allows you to be a good mom. looking at your little girl all right. here we are almost halfway through the month of december. so far, eight degrees above normal. it has been such a mild month. different. we're starting out at 46. average high this time of year should be about 42. got the clod cover though. that's the trade off with a light southeastly wind. temperatures run inning the upper 40's from the south shore to the cape. beverly 46. lower 40's in worcester this morning. you can see the cloud cover out

there may be a patch or two of drizzle out there this morning. other than that, we are waiting for the storm center to get a little closer to us. that is going to bring in steadier rain but that happens i think after the evening commute. so most of the day is dry. and out ahead of that storm look at these temperatures. 50's, 60's. that's what is streaming in our direction. throughout the day despite the clouds we're coming up into the mid and upper 50's. cooler across southern new hampshire and throughout most of the day can't rule out a patch of drizzle or a spot shower. notice it's mainly dry through 6:00 p.m. thereafter showers spread into worcester by about 8:00 this evening and then overnight heavier rain comes in. there will likely be downpours. can't even rule out a rumble of thunder. first thing tomorrow morning though the showers exit. then we are clearing it on out. in terms of the rainfall here, notice i'm expecting on average about a half an inch of rainfall. widespread across the area. and the temperatures are going to start out tomorrow in the upper 50's. they'll hold pretty steady throughout the day. what you're going to notice tomorrow though is the winds, they are going to be gusting in the morning over 20 miles per hour.

afternoon, wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour so definitely that wind is going to make temperatures in the 50's feel a little bit colder. we're back down into the 40's with sunshine on wednesday. and then that looks like more rain comes in later thursday into friday. behind that storm, look what happens next weekend. reality starting to settle in. blustery and only near 40 degrees next weekend. kevin brennan, it will actually imagine that. kevin: great! i don't think anybody is is complaining except for the skiers out there. hey, we've got a live shot here of route 1 in saugus. the southbound delays you already see get heavy here. that's because we have a crash a little bit further down right on the revere border. let's show you what i'm talking about. the crash itself right here by lynne street just before route 60 and delays are pushing back in to that saugus stretch early on this morning. upper end of 128 not too bad. 93 slowdowns by 128 down towards montvale avenue. dascomb road.

in chelmsford. no troubles to the west. south of town route 3 getting busy. the expressway 30 minutes braintree to boston. erika, emily. emily: kevin, thanks. right now. ben carson with a message for erika: his promise ahead of flames rip through an apartment building is southbridge. what firefighters are crediting with preventing tragedy. emily: hoverboard concerns have amazon taking new steps to protect consumers. the new move from the retailer. erika: and a live look this morning at 5:56. that's the skyline. it's a beautiful morning. another mild start to the week. how long this warmth lasts when

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