ed: breaking news, phillip chism found guilty of first-degree rder and aggravated rape in the killing of his teacher. jc: germs rejected his insanity defense. we have live team coverage. reporter: there was overwhelming evidence, including video which showed him coming to and going from the murder scene. it took the jury 10 hours to reach their decision. >> charge of the defendant, phillip chism, with murder in the first degree, find the not guilty. >> guilty, deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity. reporter: philip chish sm guilty. during deliberations the jury asked for a video player, presumably to watch again the states most important evidence, chism following his victim into the bathroom where she was murdered.

charging with aggravated rape. so say all members of the jury? reporter: he is also guilty of second charge of aggravated assault in the woods outside the defendant. defendant guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. reporter: the jury was told earlier for that rape charge to stand victim would have to be alive. a status hearing planned for next week, then after the holidays, sentencing. because he is a juvenile the sentence is life with a chance of parole. the rape charge carries life with parole. so when the sentencing hearing happens the judge has credible leeway. he could make these executive or

jc: a quick recap of the charges, phillip chism found guilty of first-degree murder, the jury deciding the crime was premeditated and not the result of a mental break. ed: chism was found guilty of raping the teacher what not in the woods. the jurors believe she was already dead. he was also found guilty of armed robbery. the most he can be sentenced to his life with the possibility of parole after 15-20 years. jc: we are standing by for a news conference. ed: the right now, we go to read landon. you were in that room, and emotions are running high. incredible. from the moment the officer came into the court and said we have tense.

a lot of different people, notably about seven courtroom officers and some other cops guarding phillip chism. seven standing behind him and throughout the courtroom. it filled up very quickly and colleen retzer' s mother was visibly upset in anticipation of the verdict about to be read. take a look at some video we got from inside the courtroom. this is of the parents bowing their head during the reading of the second charge, the charge on which phillip chism was not guilty, the aggravated rape in the woods. as jack explained earlier, the jury believes that she had been dead at that time when phillip chism violated her. on the other side of the courtroom, there was the same reaction from phillip chism' s mother, about her head, crying, being consoled by two women. after court, as she

throughout this entire process, she left court and walked past the cameras, saying nothing. she has not said a word since the trial began, and she remains at the s the same here today. we have not heard from calling retzer' s parents. but we are being told that they will have a news conference scheduled for less than 30 minutes with the district attorney at the da' s office. he will be speaking about the case and hopefully, s family will finally break their silence, giving us an idea of how they feel. a bittersweet day at best. convicted the teenager, the 16-year-old, of murder. that is the latest here. we will give you an update at

ed: we will be carrying that live. we could hear from the da around 5:30 and will have it for you live. if you have to step away, fire up our free mobile app. jc: breaking news. the operator of that runaway train has been suspended. ed: but he hasn' t been fired yet. we tracked down the driver, and he is live. john? reporter: that driver returned home just about an hour ago, but still tonight he is not talking about the allegations against him. david vas quez back home tonight after a disciplinary hearing, where the lawyer says they suspended him for 30 days after his red line train travel for stops without him. >> can we talk about your actions? reporter: he is reporting all questions to his lawyer.

before stepping off of it, but the t is squarely focused on his actions and weather emergency brakes were engaged before he left the train. >> it was pretty stressful watching the lines on the screen move, knowing there is no power underneath that train. reporter: this is one of the workers who helped to safely stop the train. he says workers are always ready to step in when there is an emergency. >> this happens all the time. think the public doesn' t know about. we are always behind the scenes, working to resolve the problem. s suspended for 30 days. no determination at this point about possible termination. ed: breaking in baltimore, jurors are deadlocked in the trial of a police officer charged in the death of freddie gray while in custody, but the judge has instructed them to keep working. the officer will be charged with

the jury informed the judge they liberated for about nine hours. police are on standby around the city in the event of a verdict. a mother and baby caught under a construction wall. this scary moment was caught on camera. the mother was hurt but the baby was safe. we are live with more on how this happened. reporter: wind was part of the problem but construction material are also being closely looked at. around noon around this japanese restaurant, a plywood wall collapsed. lok ok at surveillance from the business next door, seconds after several people walked by. the temporary construction wall crashes to the ground, trumping five people underneath. >> this construction barrier had apparently blown over from the wind. reporter: you can see a firefighter helping a mother with a stroller, her baby dressed in red. the mother suffered minor

the owner of the jewelry store next door along with more than a dozen good samaritans lifted the wall off the track to victims. >> it was falling apart as we were trying to lift it. reporter: the baby stroller predicted the child from serious injury. >> there was another woman who looked like she had fallen. reporter: wind gusts all afternoon made it necessary to quickly haul away all debris, even the last while standing still blowing is taken down. >> we heard a crash. >> i was kind of scared that this was happening. reporter: the japanese restaurant is under construction. osha was on the scene most of the afternoon. the sidewalk just reopen. ed: if you don' t mind a little story. it' s so warm,

s spring. jc: that' having abnormal temperatures. harvey: i' m waiting for the leaves to start growing. this is amazing. let' s talk about first things first, those winds really gusting, but now take a look at these, this trend will continue. the 60' s in the wee hours of the down gradually. the course of the night. through the ortiz. -- the 40' s. they will diminish a little bit to import the chillier air. decidedly cooler then today tomorrow. a good deal of sun, shoreline. we will see the skies clear, but

northeast, we may get some clouds. overall, looks like a great day. jc: threats shut down los angeles. thousands of kids cap tome. officials say they acted out of an abundance of cautions. and a similar threat in new york city were a hoax. there were no threats, but there were it incidents that officia had officials on guard. reporter: the mayor held a press conference today to calm nerves. the threats came in around 1:00 new york. issue raise concerns. >> this morning we experienced a short but widespread outage. it affected all of our agencies, including boston public schools. it lasted about 20 minutes. reporter: but the mayor was

it was simply cyber vandalism. >> ddos attack, computers used to send traffic to city hall ip addresses. didn' t hesitate to defend the decision to set down schools, will new york quickly discounted decision an overreaction. >> we always take these sort of threat seriously, but at this time, there are absolutely no threats. >> we are on top of things. the city is safe. everyone has to remain calm. what happened in california, in paris is getting everyone on edge. reporter: the police commission says threats were sent to five massachusetts school in november, 2014. the threats also came from overseas. right now boston schools are expanding their active school training, but parents are still worried.

t they have metal detectors in the schools? sometimes, crazy people come with guns and knives. >> reporter: this mother said she is glad the threats aren' t real. the commissioner reemphasized that they are getting constant updates from federal and l.a. officials on the investigation. we will have more at 6:00. ed: let' s take it to watertown, where one person is dead following an accident just before noon. it' s not clear what went wrong but he was taken to the hospital. police are investigating. jc: tonight, the republican candidates will face off for the final time in 2015. this debate is happening in las vegas and things could get heated after a bump in the polls for ted cruz. reporter: ted cruz has the

tonight he will be center stage next to donald trump, and the fireworks are expected. i t' s t' s a brand-new republican race. senator ted cruz is seeing a surge in the polls, that connect with donald trump. behind closed doors, questioning if he is fit to be president and audio obtained by "the new york times. >> it is also a question of judgment. reporter: trump is fighting back. >> you look at the way he deals with the senate, like a little bit of a maniac. reporter: among the nine candidates on cnn' s main debate stage, cruz is now next to trump with ben carson. >> it' s the very fluid contest . >> he plays to that and he plays well to that. reporter: terrorism is expected to be a hot topic, with tribes

>> a total incomplete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. reporter: a new poll shows 59% of republicans support a ban on muslims. 38% think it is wrong. but among all adults the numbers shift, with 60% thinking it is the wrong thing to do. with the iowa caucuses less than seven weeks away, candidates will likely be feisty than we had ever seen. ed: by 8:30 maybe these people will be home. the traffic trying to leave town is in getting anywhere. those at the taillights of the traffic going through town. let me hit the update button and checked the numbers. we start down south, 40 minutes. going on 45 minutes from the core of the city.

495. the pike to 290 is moving ok, but it is a little slower than it would be this time of day. jc: it developments a connection to one of the most wanted gifts of the holiday season. ed: several fires linked to the hover board. now, new investigation. we can jc: -- jc: we continue to follow the phillip chism murder trial, guilty of aggravated rape. you will see a news conference

ed: phillip chism found guilty of murdering his teacher two years ago. we are standing by for a news conference from the district attorney' s office, and when that happens we will bring it to you live. jc: scenes like this, hover board catching fire, have caught the eye of several product safety investigators. there have been at least 11 reports of it bursting into flames, and they want to know why. especially with the hover board being such a hot christmas item. the incidents have been blamed on faulty batteries and clogs. one online merchant is no longer selling them. ed: i don' t want to get into a philosophical discussion but it feels like the calendar is shifting. this feels like september or october. harvey: there was a period of time around 4:00 a.m. where it was warmer in boston at 4:00 a.m. than july 4. ed: oh, boy. harvey: you are right, things are upside down. let' s show you what' s been

obviously this is incredible stuff. we did break records down in providence. boston reached 61 while you were sleeping, even though it was close to 60 again early this afternoon. the overall warm pattern looks like it wants to stick. friday night into early sunday morning, that is a little blip in the warm weather pattern. here is rainfall. some of it was appreciable. southeastern capes could probably get some, but about little over half an inch in pittsburgh. we could use it. still very dry for the year, 10 inches below average in boston worcester. around boston, it has been a windy morning. 53 degrees. the wind is still busy at 13, earlier today.

cool. in december, when it starts to drop, i would usually use the word colder not cooler. but because even this cooler air isn' t that called, in using that word. in the 40' s, still low 50' s around the shoreline. the wind is still gusty, but we had some gusts up to over 40 miles per hour earlier today. the wind is going to become more northwest the northerly. that will bring chilly air down from canada, so it will drop down close to freezing, but still stay above freezing along the shoreline. tomorrow' s temperatures will reach the 40' s, but not near 60. the brees will be out of the north and then out of the northeast, eventually bringing low clouds, are probably not till tomorrow. after having a few hours of sunshine we have a patchwork sky with a lot of instability around

when you see that with cold air moving in they would be snow showers. mainly clear tomorrow morning, and then later on in the day, some ocean clouds start to come in. eventually those clouds will thicken, just a touch of drizzle on thursday, but most of the rain in the next system holds off until later thursday, then thursday night as the system moves through. again, it will be rain. here' s a look at the next seven days. for tomorrow, a cooler day in the 40' s. better idea about thursday and how this will break down. we get a system coming across our region into thursday night. that will be our rainy period. leftover clouds on friday as we turn cooler. friday night, saturday, saturday night, early sunday will be seasonably cold, but we will be s by

as i alluded to, all the indicators are still for temperatures far above normal as we get to christmas eve and christmas day. ed: a trio of astronauts launched into space, now living on board the international space station. the first official british astronaut to visit the iss and the first to explore space and more than two decades. there had been other u.k. astronauts, but they either had u.s. citizenship or were privately funded. we are standing by for a news conference on the phillip chism trial, found guilty of killing his teacher. jc: new research on autism. breaking down what actors are saying about -- what doctors are saying about mothers who take antidepressants. ed: the school principal whose letter is going viral. his words that are reminding us all how important it is to

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pregnancy and an increased risk of autism disorders. looking at a quebec registry, researchers found this increased risk was most pronounced in women taking these antidepressant drugs later in pregnancy, but how much does this risk really go up? for women in their second and third trimester' s, the risk of autism doubles, but doctors responding to the study are quick to point out that even in these pregnancies, less than two in 100 kids end up with autism spectrum disorders. for women who are pregnant who need the treatment, skipping meds can put both them and their babies at risk. better information on the risk of antidepressants may emerge from a large ongoing study of children in finland. the results may be available the next few years. ed: we are expecting around 5:30 a press conference from the district attorney' s office and their reaction to the phillip

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