we turn colder for the weekend. a blustery feel on saturday. temperatures struggle to 40 degrees but the weather looks good for the patriots game on sunday. we'll blake down the hour-by-hour timeline for today right now as the "eyeopener" continues. >> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." emily: breaking overnight. new frustration for dozens of commuters stuck on a train for hours. the problem leading to a nightmare on the rails. erika: a second day of jury deliberations in the philip chism murder trial. the issue jurors are focusing on right now. emily: commitment 2016. all eyes on these two presidential candidates as the g.o.p.'s top contenders hit the debate stage. the key things to look for tonight. it's on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: also on the eye. step aside, ted.

the dog loving marky mark and the funky bunch. emily: that brings back memories. erika: good morning. i'm erika tarantal. emily: i'm emily riemer with cindy fitzgibbon and doug meehan is here. eats back in boston and on wcvb. glad to have you. doug: i was out the pike saying i'll work for food. i'm just happy in the script it just didn't say dancing doug. it said dancing doug. it's a pleasure to be here. i'm incredibly excited and blessed. it's unbelievable. it's an out of body experience but so happy to be here. emily: glad to have you. erika: nice to see you. cindy: i'm sure a lot of people at home feel the same way. olessa: and he brought the warm weather. doug: warmer here than where i was. cindy: while you were sleeping look what happened to the temperatures. they came up overnight climbing through the 50's. at 2:00 a.m. it was 61 degrees in boston. it is 60 right now. we've already topped a record

day. lower 60's in plymouth all the way down to the cape. still have a little bit of fog here cape cod up to cape ann where the visibility running near a mile to two miles in spots. that fog is going to be scoured out with the last of the showers rolling on through. you can see the back edge now pulling out of the berkshires. we're looking at showers out through worcester county closing in on the boston area. these are all moving from west to east. i give them another couple of hours. they are going to be out of here. they're coming in with a frontal boundary much this is the leading edge of dryer air. eventually cooler air as well but that won't bother us today. we will see the clouds break with some sunshine. by mid to late morning bright sunshine. look at the winds. they are ramping up and staying out of the west near 20 miles per hour. could see gusts 40-50 miles per hour today. a wind advisory is up into this evening. we're talking about high temperatures today holding about where they are in the upper 50's to around 60 degrees so it is a warm one coming up for today but the roads turning out a little bit wet. let's get you out there. olessa: good morning.

construction so that's a bit of good news for you. heading over to the maps let's see what's going on right now. so far a quiet start. all the overnight construction knocked out. you're in good shape this morning. no problems getting into boston. south of town everyone geeing by at speed limit. budget in a little extra time because the roads are wet this morning. not the best visibility in some plays. eastbound on the pike, route 9 you're good to go. 93 south also wide open. so far trains and buses starting the morning on schedule. erika: thanks so much. breaking overnight. rails. passengers stranded for hours taking to twitter to beg for help. emily: it is just the latest headache for the "t." the eyeopener's juli mcdonald is live in braintree with what we've learned. good morning, juli. juli: good morning. the commuter rail train pulled out of south station last night on time. but then it broke down between braintree and south weymouth leaving passengers stranded. this is video in overnight as the kingston-bound train finally pulled in to its final destination two hours late. it had to wait on the tracks for

passengers could reboard another train. asking for help and answers from peter posting this photo of the situation on the train on twitter tweeting that it was the commuter rail telling passengers this was a "mechanical failure." but not being more specific. we did speak to some passengers night. frustrated but just relieved to finally be home. live outside south station in downtown boston, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: right now. the death of a woman hit by a commuter rail train is under investigation. the 50-year-old was struck by the train in ashland around 5:00 last night. she was pronounced dead at the scene. shuttle buses were used during rush hour. service was back to normal before the end of the night. deliberations continue this morning in the philip chism murder trial. the eye's sera congi is live

to consider. sera? sera: emily, during the trial, lawyers for the danvers teenager admitted to the jury that he committed a crime, that he killed his high school teacher two years ago. but the jury will have to decide on two different versions of why. the prosecution says chism planned the stabbing and assault of colleen ritzer and knew what he was doing. but the defense says chism was hallucinating and having a psychotic episode and did things afterward that a sane person wouldn't do. >> philip chism arrived at danvers high school that morning with everything he needed to do what he wanted to do. >> after leaving ms. ritzer's body in the woods, he enters the school with probably blood on his pants. he's covered with blood on his pants. he's barefoot.

it makes no sense. sera: chism faces four charges including first degree murder and aggravated rape. at stake-- whether chism goes to a state psychiatric hospital or an adult prison. the jury deliberated for three hours yesterday. they'll start again today at 9:00. live at the salem courthouse, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: so what happens if chism is found insane? "5 investigates" is revealing people walking free after using the defense. the new calls to change the law coming up in our next half hour. erika: right now the stage is set for a showdown. two candidates will face a critical test in just hours. the eyeopener's doug meehan is here with what is likely to be a heated battle. doug: there will be twelve candidates on the stage in las vegas tonight, but the spotlight will be especially bright on two of them-- donald trump and ted cruz. while trump still holds a commanding lead in many national polls, two recent surveys give cruz an edge in the early caucus state of iowa. last night in nevada, trump acknowledged it will be a challenging night on the cnn

this will not like an evening in do we agree? watch-- new jersey governor chris christie. up to the main stage tonight. the first votes will be cast in this presidential race in just six weeks. erika? erika: hard to believe. thanks, doug. on the democratic side, vermont senator bernie sanders says he's in good shape to pull off a major political upset. yesterday sanders admitted to a new hampshire audience that it's difficult to compete with hillary clinton's money and organization. but in a one-on-one interview with newscenter 5's janet wu, sanders said he's tapping into the same voter angst that republican donald trump is. sanders: the fact that people are tired of establishment politics and tired of establishment economics, want real change, want leadership prepared to stand up to the billionaire class, that is going to give us the edge and lead us to victory. erika: the most recent new hampshire poll puts sanders ten points ahead of clinton.

expected to announce a new terror threat alert system tomorrow. the alerts put in place after 9/11 used color codes, but intelligence leaders say the country needs more specific warnings. the new bulletins will reportedly provide a short summary of the threat including the region, infrastructure being targeted, and action being taken. threat potential will also be characterized as "elevated" or "imminent." f.b.i. agents think a maryland man wanted to use isis money to launch an attack in the u.s. mohamed elshinawy lives outside baltimore but was born in egypt. f.b.i. agents say he had extensive contact with isis overseas and received almost $9,000 from them. he claims he was just trying to scam the terror group out of some money, but agents don't believe him. they think he was in the early stages of planning a domestic attack. erika: we're learning more about troubling facebook posts from one of the killers behind the california shooting rampage. f.b.i. agents say tashfeen malik sent at least two private messages pledging her support of islamic jihad. the messages were posted before

they were recovered by agents looking into whether malik and her husband had contact with foreign terror organizations before killing 14 people in san a new poll shows most americans now think mass shootings are here to stay. "the wall street journal"/nbc news poll shows 71 percent of respondents think such gun violence is a permanent, regular occurrence. another question showed 52 percent fear recent shootings will lead to excessive gun control while 44 percent think the government won't do enough to restrict access to guns. emily: the suspect in a deadly shooting will go before a judge today. brahden hill is accused of gunning down edward andrews in brockton on saturday. the victim was found on haverhill street. state police say they arrested hill at his father's home in dorchester. erika: 5:09 right now. wahlburgers on a mission to beef up business. get it? the plan to expand the local

new this morning. a manchester teen applauded for his heroic actions. his kindness being rewarded this morning. erika: are you still shopping for loved ones? the little tricks that will make the holiday shopping hassle a bit easier. cindy? cindy: and it is an incredibly warm start for this time of year but the wind-- that is picking up. wind advisory up. we'll talk about how strong the wind gusts get later today. first take a look at what you can expect when you head out the door this morning. in addition to the warm temperatures you do have rain right now. boston, worcester, nashua. not for long.

>> good morning, "eyeopener." emily: just a little motivation on a tuesday morning.

westwood. erika: you can always include your workouts in your wake-up call. just go to the front page of wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section of our website. olessa: if you don't like to workout, you can include your dessert. cindy: or your breakfast. olessa: your potato chips. whatever. cindy: recommend wearing shorts if you're doing it this morning. you know, it feels like summertime. emily: i'm having flashbacks to july as i walked in the door today. cindy: normally in june we have temperatures in the 60's. right now that is what it is like. so far we've touched 60 in worcester and 61 in boston. you can see that's not too far off from the record. already have exceeded the record high down in providence today as we're sitting currently at 63. it is 62 in plymouth. 61 hyannis. north of boston, up through the merrimack valley, there is still some lingering cooler air. the mid 40's for december is still pretty warm but not as

we are going to push that cooler air out. looking at still lingering fog here through the merrimack valley, the cape ann as well, beverly, right now has visibility of a mile. we've got some fog on cape cod as well. visibility between one and two miles there. also still tracking some showers so it's kind of a damp and muggy start this morning. the dew point temperatures are up near 60 degrees as well. you see showers on the lighter side here through the north shore. a few more moderate downpours here as you get from boston down toward norwood and back into millis. 495 stretching into northern rhode island and just south of the worcester area back toward north bridge. we're looking at a couple of showers. these are racing rapidly toward the east. i suspect they'll be off shore by about 7:00 this morning. they're coming in with this frontal boundary. what is going to happen is an area of low pressure is going to develop. as that strengthens, the winds are really going to pick up this afternoon. they're going to tap in to some of this, yeah, cooler air. 30's, 40's, but it is far to the west.

pretty balmy day as the temperatures hold in the upper 50's, close to 60 degrees here right through the afternoon. today. those winds pick up. gusts 40-50 miles per hour through the afternoon. around 20 miles per hour starting at lunchtime. sunshine. today. notice the winds are gusting 30, 40, maybe even close to 50 miles per hour right on into this evening. it will be overnight before the winds settle down. partly cloudy skies. we'll drop back into the 30's to around 40 degrees by the time you're heading out the door tomorrow morning. tomorrow. the winds will be light. temperatures will be cooler. a break in the action as temperatures come up into the mid 40's with some sunshine. another round of rain coming in on thursday. not in the morning hours but during the afternoon. a system pretty similar to what we're going through right now moves across the area with a good slug of rain. perhaps a half an inch to an inch of rain behind this one, yeah, reality settles in. it is.

like it on saturday. a blustery feel with gusty winds and sunshine near 40. a colder weekend but by early next week looks like we're warming it up once again. if you're hoping for a white christmas not this year. olessa: this weekend it will feel like christmas is actually coming. cindy: it will. olessa: a quiet start on the roads this morning. no condition instruction to worry about. you can see green across the map indicating that it is a very pleasant start. no problems into boston for you. if you're heading south of town you're in good shape on 24 out of brockton. 59 from sharon no problems. expressway is about 15 minutes right now from braintree to boston. the pike, 495 to 128, 15-20 at most and then as you travel 93 southbound, no problems to report at this time once again no construction onno accidents to report. trains and buses starting the morning on schedule. i'm olessa stepanova. that's a look at your traffic. emily: a manchester, new hampshire, teenager getting surprised with some

man saved a life. doug: your feel-good story of the morning. 17-year-old desmond powell stopped a man from committing suicide. last night powell thought he was leading the pledge of allegiance at a school committee meeting, but he was really getting rewarded for that good deed. he says he was walking home last month when he heard a man on the granite street bridge say he was going to jump. powell says he told him to stop and think about his family. he then brought the man to dunkin donuts, gave him money for food, and called police to give him a ride home. >> just like being a popular person who everybody knows and likes. he works extremely hard. he does not let that go to his head. he's not prideful at all. he is just a wonderful person. >> i want to help anybody who is in trouble. he really needed the guidance. i was just there to help him. doug: powell is on the football team at west high school. he's also a navy junior reserve officer training corps cadet.

great officer. emily: impressive young man. doug, thank you. erika? erika: emily, doug, thanks. 5:18 now. the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade tomorrow. that had asian investors a little jittery, but stocks still ended mostly higher there. u.s. stock futures are up right now. the dow gained 103 points yesterday to close at 17,358. a warning to twitter users over a possible hack. the company reached out to users of what it calls a small number of accounts claiming a group may have stolen personal information. twitter thinks that group might be associated with a government though it's not clear which one. the company claims there's no indication that sensitive data was compromised. this is the first such warning from the social media site. new plans for the popular restaurant wahlburgers. the family-namesake burger joint says it's adding up to 150 new locations in the next five years. wahlburgers currently has its flagship spot in hingham and locations in boston, lynnfield,

new restaurants will soon open in manhattan, orlando, philadelphia, and las vegas. emily: last-minute shopping is rarely fun. but there are a few strategies to help you save a little if you're not done just yet. first, if you're using plastic, pick the right card. does a store card offer special discounts? will you get cash back on a big purchase? second, always start your search online. no matter where you're going, check the company's website for coupons before you buy. and know the rules. whether you're shopping online or in the store, check for price-matching policies that could help you save even more money at the checkout. we have more money-savers right now on wcvb.com and our mobile news apps. erika: it's becoming an annual holiday event in boston. shop with a cop. 100 police officers took 100 boston kids shopping last night at the target in south bay center. the program is meant to help form connections between young people and officers.

still ahead, this dog has some serious moves. erika: and the winter accessory keeping babies warm and on trend. both ahead in eyepoppers. doug? doug: new at 5:30, a child left alone inside a van that was supposed to take him to school. the fallout for the driver this morning. former congresswoman gabby giffords making a couple of stops in the granite state. the cause bringing here to new hampshire. and talk about road rage. a driver rams a truck right into a hotel lobby. the argument before that crash caught on camera all new in our

cindy: it's about 5:24 here on your tuesday morning. it feels like the middle of june not the middle of december here. temperatures overnight bumping up over 60 degrees. 57 as you're stepping out right now. incredibly warm for had time of year. there are still showers moving through the area. these will exit very quickly this morning. clouds break for sunshine. temperatures hold steady throughout the day but those winds really pick up out of the west. could see gusts over 40 miles per hour. less wind. cooler tomorrow but with sunshine. rain returns by thursday afternoon. emily. emily: cindy, thank you. 5:24 this morning. time for eyepoppers. olessa back with us now. what do we have? olessa: kids grow up so fast or at least a "beard beanie" makes it look that way. the clever hat comes with a "beard" attached to keep baby's cheeks warm in the winter. the wool blend is the perfect substitute for some real

nasty. emily: crazy. olessa: i'm glad you agree. very bizarre. up. is there any other way to dance to marky mark and the funky bunch? this dog perfectly bops to the beat from mark wahlberg's rapping days. i don't know what's happening there. there's got to be some kind of trick there. emily: i don't know. he's like light on his feet. very cute. sad and upsetting. okay. erika. erika: thanks, guys. only on 5, telling his side of the story. the message from the operator of that run-away train on the red line. now free after committing sometimes unspeakable crimes. "5 investigates" on why some want to reform the insanity defense. and the commute underway. this is a live look out at worcester this morning. 51 degrees. what a mild start.

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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." emily: breaking overnight. stranded on the the tracks. the nightmare commute home and the explanation from the mbta. juli: new claims about the runaway red line train. only on 5, why the operator under fire says people aren't hearing the whole story. erika: plus wild video as a truck smashes through a building. and police say it all started with a hotel bill. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: it's about 5:30 on this tuesday morning. a live look out at worcester. it's still warm. there's only ten days until christmas. good morning, everyone.

emily: and i'm emily riemer along with olessa and cindy this morning. you may recognize this face. we are welcoming doug meehan to the "eyeopener" family this morning. doug: so much joy in this building. it all starts right here. but i was on vacation for three years in phoenix, arizona. somebody told me about this awful winter you guys had here last year. emily: you thought, yes, that's where i'm going. doug: i walk out the door this morning. cindy: what is everyone complaining about? doug: 60 degrees. cindy: you're thinking am i still in phoenix. doug: i knew i wasn't. great to be here. emily: thank you for bringing the warm weather. cindy: exactly. this is what it is typically like when you step out in the middle of june with temperatures in upper 50's to around 60 degrees. a couple of hours the temperature was up to 61 so it is a balmy start.

we have the last of the showers working on through. got heavier downpours right now in northern worcester county and a downpour that just came through the boston area right now from quincy down towards places like foxborough, walpole looking at these heavier showers rolling on through. these are moving through from west to east pretty quickly. i think they're going to be winding down in next hour-and-a-half or so. by 7:00 i think the bulk of this is pushing off shore. they're coming in with a frontal boundary. this is the leading edge of dryer air. it will eventually bring in cooler air. you'll notice the winds picking up by lunchtime sustained winds up to 20 miles per hour. there could be gusts through the afternoon. 40-50 miles an hour so a wind advisory is in effect. the temperatures hold steady throughout the day. we'll keep it in the 50's to near 60 degree s with sunshiny merging. it's a windy and warm mid-december day on the way. let's get you out to the roads right now though because they are wet. we have the overnight rain. rainfall in a few spots out there. olessa: we're seeing some of the

early morning accident. expressway northbound neponset street is where we have that crash. it's partially blocking one lane. we'll see those delays starting to pick up. right now you're about 10-15 braintree to boston. east bound on the pike not too bad this morning. it's about a 15-minute trip 495 out to 128. so far so good 93 south. a little bit of volume out of methuen and once again as you approach spot pond. trains and buses still running on schedule. emily: thank you. we're following breaking news overnight on the eye. the mbta is blaming a mechanical failure after a commuter rail train to kingston got stuck on the tracks. the train from south station finally rolled into the station after midnight two hours late. right now brewster police are searching for the man in this surveillance video. they say he robbed a clerk at the brewster farms market at gunpoint sunday night. and the stage is set for these men to go head-to-head on the debate stage. donald trump and ted cruz are neck and neck in two recent iowa polls heightening expectations

red line train is telling his side of the story. david vasquez denying the charges against him. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is live at south station with the interview you'll see only on 5. juli? juli: david vasquez did not yesterday. but newscenter 5 caught up with his attorney. he says the veteran "t" driver did not rig the controls before the train took off last week. investigators have been looking into whether vasquez wrapped a cord around the throttle and forgot to set emergency brakes before leaving the train to manually flip a switch to bypass signal problems. his lawyer points the finger at aging equipment. >> you're talking about a system and tracks that have problems on them and outages and tracks that would require for the train to continue at the particular point it was at to actually disable safety systems. juli: the train traveled four stops without vasquez last week. vasquez has been off the job

the outcome of yesterday's hearing. live in braintree, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: the insanity defense in massachusetts in the spotlight as the jury continues deliberating philip chism's fate. the eyeopener's doug meehan is here with some surprising information "5 investigates" uncovered. doug? doug: erika. "5 investigates" is finding people who admit to committing violent crimes are going free. attorneys for chism have already admitted he killed his danvers high school math teacher, so the question for the jury is whether or not to find him not guilty by reason of insanity. but investigative reporter mike beaudet finding some surprising information about those verdicts. ten years of data shows that the majority of people found not guilty by reason of insanity have been released, even some charged with murder. that includes people like angela vasquez, who was charged in the poisoning deaths of her two children in 2007. suffolk county d.a. dan conley says these kinds of cases have

decade. conley believes massachusetts should consider adopting a new kind of verdict called guilty but mentally ill. it would require defendants to go back to prison if doctors later determine they're no longer insane. >> eventually some of these folks will get out. they can quite possibly commit some very, very serious crimes going forward. >> this is very, very disturbing because these defendants have committed some of the most vicious murders, you know, you have ever seen. doug: not everyone agrees. one expert telling "5 investigates" that other states allow the release of those found not guilty by reason of insanity but, unlike massachusetts, require them to be monitored. in any case the insanity defense is rarely used; and when it is, it's usually unsuccesful. emily. emily: doug, thank you. a little boy left alone in a van that was supposed to bring him to school. now the driver could lose his license and face criminal charges. police say the driver made his

on prospect street in lawrence, leaving the van locked and unattended. there had been only four kids on the bus, but the driver somehow missed a five-year-old boy, sleeping in the back. a passerby saw the child and called 911. >> by mass law he's supposed to conduct an inspection at the end of his route to make-- to just avoid this circumstance. he obviously did that the do that. emily: police think the boy was alone for less than an hour. he attends a charter school and is driven there by nunez his parents not lawrence public police have no prior complaints against the company. erika: new this morning, drivers new surcharge if they don't have an e-z pass. the department of transportation electronic tolling which is already operational on the tobin it's set for the mass pike next october. some state lawmakers say drivers should not be forced to pay

pass. a truck crashes right into a hotel lobby, and police say it was intentional. what investigators say set the driver off. emily: and ahead in news to go, a school with a new idea to protect students from violence.

cindy:olessa: good morning. welcome back to the "eyeopener." so far we're in pretty good shape here. we're watching this one crash on the shoulder on the expressway north by neponset circle.

braintree to boston. cindy, a little bit of rain out there this morning. bit of fog. really the big thing you're there. 57 degrees in boston currently. a very warm start. winds are going to pick up today. they're going to dry us out. the showers taper off by 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. the sun emerges but the winds could gust to 50 miles per hour this afternoon. cooler tomorrow but with less wind. another round of rain is coming in on thursday. erika. erika: thanks so much. caught on camera. his pickup truck right through a hotel in oklahoma. take a look as two employees jump for their lives. oklahoma police say it was no accident. police say the driver did it on the hotel over his bill. an officer was actually there trying to calm him down when it happened. nobody was hurt. an argument between a michigan coffee shop worker and a customer gets heated when the worker throws hot coffee in his face.

when he asked an employee to toss out his old coffee. she refused but did try to hand him a fresh cup. as he drove off, the male employee attacked. the customer did come back to continue the argument. he says the employee was irate. breaking overnight. passengers stuck on a commuter train for hours. the outrage spilling onto social media. also bill cosby taking new action against his alleged victims. the legal move after months of accusations. star wars mania hits the red carpet. the big premiere in hollywood. and take a live look here. good morning to our friends in the city of worcester. dark there now. i seems like your traffic is moving along nicely. always nice to see at this early hour. it is 5:41. news to go is right after the

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record in the providence area during the wroafer night hours and early this morning. 63 currently. lower 60's on cape cod. marshfield as warm as 64. it is a little bit cooler to the north. once you get north of the pike, merrimack valley, southern new hampshire, northern worcester county a lot of spots in the mid to upper 40's. cooler being a relative term. the average high is 41. a mild start for you. still tracking showers coming on through. the steadiest, heaviest showers are here through northern worcester county. these are lifting up into southern new hampshire. this will all be getting out of here very quickly. i think between 7:00 and 8:00 this morning we're drying it out. as this front presses in, we are going to see the winds shift to the west. it will bring in dryer air. cooler air is back through the west. throughout the day the temperatures hold fairly steady. we're going to hover in the upper 50's to near 60 degrees throughout the afternoon. clouds though beginning to break after 9:00 or 10:00 the morning and a lot of sunshine here through the afternoon. but the winds are going to houle out of the west gusting 30 miles per hour even into this evening it will take until the overnight

down and there is the wind advisory. you could see gusts up to 50 miles per hour. less wind tomorrow. but a good amount of sunshine. it is a cooler day. more seasonal in the mid 40's. it looks like a dry day. a break in the action before more rain returns on thursday afternoon. speaking of rain, the roads are wet out there, olessa. olessa: we're watching an early morning accident. the good news is is all the overnight construction was a nonfactor for you because of the weather. 24 some delays already building also on route 3 from weymouth into braintree. there's an accident on the expressway by neponset circle northbound. expect some delays. right now you're about 15 minutes braintree to boston. ride. 495 out to 128 issue free. 93 south volume already building out of methuen. it stays stop-and-go down to andover and once again as you pond. trains and buses operating on schedule. emily: thank you. breaking overnight. a terrible commute for rail passengers. erika: the eye's juli mcdonald is live in boston with how they

juli: yes, emily. a frustrating commute home for mbta riders on the kingston/plymouth line. they got home two hours late after that train broke down. the commuter rail train took off from south station on time last night; but after stopping in braintree, the train then broke down on the way to south weymouth. passengers were stuck waiting until another train could push them to the next station where they had to get off and reboard a working train. a number of those riders vented their frustrations on social media. peter posted a photo saying the train was dead in its tracks. the mbta says "a mechanical but they did not give further details. live outside south station, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. sera: jurors in salem return to deliberations this morning in the trial of a danvers teenager. 16-year-old philip chism is school teacher colleen ritzer two years ago. his lawyers admit chism committed the crime, but they say he suffers from severe mental illness. the prosecution argues the teenager acted with

faking mental illness symptoms. the jury's verdict would decide whether chism goes to prison or a psychiatric hospital. deliberations ran for three hours yesterday. the jury returns this morning at 9:00 a.m. live at the salem courthouse, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. doug: the stage is set for the last republican debate of 2015. nine candidates will line up in prime-time on cnn, but all eyes may be on these two men. donald trump and ted cruz are neck and neck in two recent polls in the battleground state of iowa though trump still holds a commanding lead in most national polls. another note. new jersey governor chris christie moves up to the main stage tonight thanks to his climb in the polls. >> i wanted my dad to walk me down the aisle. emily: raw emotions in a new hampshire courtroom as a drunk driver is sentenced for causing a deadly crash. michael dixson pleaded guilty to hitting and killing kevin o'donnell back in may.

motorcycle with his daughter. erika: 34 islamic nations are signing on to form a new coalition to fight terrorism. the coalition will be based in saudi arabia. officials there calling muslim extremism a disease. west steps up its war against isis. emily: former congresswoman gabby giffords will be in new hampshire today to discuss ways to reduce gun violence. giffords was shot in the head in 2011 during an event in arizona. she will be joined by her husband, mark kelly, and granite state leaders to announce a new bipartisan state coalition to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. erika: all staff at boston public school buildings will now undergo active-shooter training. the school system announcing it's expanding training to include teachers, custodians, and cafeteria workers. the district launched active-shooter training under the guidance of boston police last year to help schools be better prepared during a crisis. emily: a school district in indiana is considering arming some teachers.

trained teacher in each school in west clark. some members of the school board trained teacher access to a safeguarded weapon on campus would make shooters think twice. indiana allows school boards to make decisions about guns. erika: a holyoke public school that specializes in caring for special ed students is now accused of abusing them. the local d.a. is opening an investigation of the peck full services community school. last week we told you about an independent report claiming students were restrained and physically abused there. parents of peck students are being asked to come forward with any information. emily: this accused child sex predator is on the run. police say john munroe cut off his ankle bracelet and fled. the 75-year-old is from fall river. his car was found in hull. munroe is charged with raping a girl under the age of ten. anyone with information is asked to call police. erika: boston university is revoking its honorary degree to bill cosby. the college says sexual assault

his own sworn deposition testimony-- drove its decision. meantime, cosby is counter-suing seven of those woman who accused him of drugging and raping them. the suit in massachusetts federal court accuses the women of character assassination. emily: the state's first casino will likely make less money than originally anticipated. budget analysts had originally predicted plainridge park casino would make $262 million in total revenue, but that's been revised to $160 million. island, however, is expected to make more money than expected. analysts thought plainridge would hurt its revenue since they're only 11 miles apart. erika: the "t" is putting the brakes on late night service. the control board that oversees the mbta asked staff yesterday to begin the process of eliminating the pilot program. both late night bus and train service would be cut at an estimated savings of up to $14 million. a final vote is expected early next year. emily: a first-of-its-kind bill in seattle.

unanimously to allow uber and lyft drivers to unionize. the outcome of the vote in seattle could influence cities around the country. the companies, however, are not pleased. a spokesman for lyft says unionization would threaten privacy of drivers and impose additional costs on passengers. the measure will likely be challenged in court. erika: there's controversy surrounding a study linking anti-depressants to autism. the study found women who took anti-depressants in the last six months of pregnancy were 87 percent more likely to have a child later diagnosed with autism. but many doctors say there are flaws in the study and fear it emily: today is the last day to sign up for health insurance on obamacare exchanges if you want coverage on january 1. this is the third year people will be able to buy federally subsidized health care on government-sponsored exchange there was an extension last year, but it's not clear if that will be the case this year. emily: a veteran nba referee is

confrontation with rajon rondo. bill kennedy told yahoo sports he's proud of his job and his sexuality. the comments came after the former celtic directed a gay slur at him during a game. rondo has since tweeted an apology, saying, "my actions during the game were out of frustration and emotion, period! they absolutely do not reflect my feelings toward the lgbt community. i did not mean to offend or disrespect anyone." emily: edmonton up early 2-0. mar charred helps the b's tie it up with less than five minutes to go. we head into overtime. just 40 seconds later though, the oilers score and 3-2 is the final. the b's are at home tomorrow night against the penguins. erika: a suburban philadelphia

curriculum. "the philadelphia inquirer" reported students said the novel made them feel uncomfortable because of its use of a racial slur. some call the move censorship, but friends central school says it just wanted to listen to students. the book will remain in the school library. emily: storm troopers walking the red carpet at the star wars premiere! r2d2 and c3po were there too along with all the other stars. "star wars: the force awakens" comes out everywhere on friday. cindy, your kids are excited about this. magnitude. my seven-year-old is like can i go see that after school on friday? we are awakening this morning to some warm temperatures. 52 degrees in boston right now. rain is coming down but the winds are in the process of shifting around. that is going to bring in dryer air. it's kind of a muggy feel this morning. lower 60's plymouth to the cape. we've already set a record high temperature for the day down in providence in the lower 60's. we were in the lower 60's about 2:00 or 3:00 this morning in

40's, 50's back to the north and west. they're begin to go dry it out west of worcester. we're still looking at showers from northern worcester county head up into the monadnock region of new hampshire. brief heavy downpours coming to boston up toward malden as well. south of town from around scituate back toward hanson, bridgewater and taunton. we're looking at a brief, heavy downpour. these are racing eastward. that i be exiting between 7:00 and 8:00 this morning. another hour or two of some showers. then we get into this dryer air behind had frontal boundary. the winds are really going to pick up. you're going on notice that throughout the day. they'll clear it out though. clouds still linger being through 9:00 this morning but notice lots of sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures holding fairly steady so we will hover in the 50's to around 60 degrees right on into the afternoon. but those winds are going to be strong. could see gusts 40-50 miles per hour. so wind advisories up until about 6:00 this evening. overnight the winds settle down and temperatures fall back into the 0's to around 40 degrees. high pressure nosing in tomorrow

in the action. less wind, sunshine, mid 40's. pretty seasonal. we head into thursday. it looks like another round of rain coming in not in the morning. comes in the afternoon as the system comes up from the south and develops right on top us. could see close to another three quarters of an inch or inch of rain out of this one. then behind it, wow, it looks like december is settling in. finally this weekend a blustery feel on saturday. temperatures near 40 with sunshine. back up around 50 degrees by early next week. let's get you out to the roads right now. this rain causing some trouble out there, olessa. olessa: a few problem spots especially south of town. just cleared an accident the expressway northbound by neponset circle. 128 south at the braintree split will be a slow ride as you travel northbound there on 93 and also on route 3 from weymouth into braintree. the expressway also now heavy about a half-hour braintree to boston. more delays eastbound on the pike. 15-20 now 495 to 128. and then 93 south the volume out of methuen do you down to wilmington

concord street to spot pond. more delays approaching the leverett connector. trains and buses still on schedule. erika, emily. emily: olessa, thank you. commitment 2016. bernie sanders one on one. erika: the message from the democrat as he campaigns in new hampshire. a manchester teenager saves a life. the acknowledgement he is getting this morning. take a live look here at our camera out in the city of worcester. still dark there. the sunrise still a ways away but it is balmy this morning. 50 degrees at our studios here in needham. just absolutely unbelievable. cindy is tracking that warm-up. another hour of the "eyeopener"