emily: a mother is suing chipotle. she says the food landed her son in the hospital. erica: the man accused of giving guns to the san bernardino shooters goes to court. emily: bernie sanders admits to some questionable behavior. it' s on the eye for this friday morning. >> you are watching wcvb. good morning. erica: lebron james crashes into

man. that is some force behind that. good morning. happy friday. emily: mike is in for cindy this morning. the fog seems to be clearing. mike: when we came in, the visibility was down. now it' s showing up. at least it' s a mile or two now. there are pockets around keen. it is improving and that is good news. the roadways are west -- wet. we' ve got gray skies across the area and some drizzle. it' s so light you can' t even see it on radar. the main rainmaker is up the coast. there is that cold front. can see what' s happening down in the carolinas. this is mostly going to be offshore. it' s close enough that we could get some scattered showers coming in late this morning. this threat will stay with us

tonight, it will diminish. the sky will clear away and it that is something we have not it smiled out there. -- off. we are going to head up right back up today. we have a little bit of fog and drizzle out there. temperatures are climbing to 50 degrees. it will turn partly cloudy tonight. it will be chillier this weekend. minutes. olessa: it' s getting as he and wet out there. this is a live look at the expressway. accident at 93 south. this is going to slow down into disabled car.

northbound on 24, there are some delays outside of avon. the expressway is about 30. we are looking at some delays on the orange line. there are some problems they are having on that track. everything else is running on schedule. emily: breaking overnight, defense secretary ash carter is in afghanistan right now. he' s there to assess security concerns and reports of increasing violence. the visit comes as carter' s top commanders in the region are worried that foreign fighters from syria are joining with afghans who have aligned with isis. carter is on a week long visit to the region. he spent the last two days in iraq. also breaking right now, pope francis has approved a miracle performed by the late mother teresa. that clears the way for her to become a saint. her first miracle was already approved, and she was beatified in 2003 by pope john paul ii. reuters reports francis is likely to hold a canonization ceremony in september to coincide with the anniversary of

erica: right now, the popular restaurant linked to more than 100 boston college students getting sick is facing new the eyeopener' s sera congi is live in cleveland circle with her fight against chipotle. the city shut down the popular restaurant. sera: her son became very sick. they have been linked to the year. it sickened nearly 140 boston college students. a sick employee at the restaurant was the source. a lawsuit against the restaurant alleges the chain was negligent and caused the 16-year-old brookline way to become so sick he was taken to the hospital. the lawyer says the number of

it does not specify any monetary damages. the chain' s founder released a statement. he was sorry for everything and pledged to improve the food safety procedures. emily: right now, the friend and neighbor of the san bernardino shooters is being held on -- without bail. doug is tracking the developments. doug: he was disheveled but calm and showed no emotion as he swiveled in his chair in federal court he is charged with conspiring with terrorists and illegally buying two of the assault rifles used during the attack are in the fbi says he called to tell them that the shooters it used his guns. they persuaded marquez to convert to islam eight years ago and they first plan to use the weapons and pipe bombs to attack

president obama reiterated that the threat of 12 -- lone wolf terrorist be remains real. >> these people probably did not fit a profile before. they were employed and then all of a sudden this happens. doug: obama will meet privately with the victims families. after that, he is headed to christmas vacation in hawaii. erica: boston could save millions of dollars by closing schools that are not filled in firing some teachers. the mayor request of the audit last year. it could save $2.2 million. only of some teachers are let go. if they stay on, the savings would only be about $700,000.

also new this friday, a deal to bring an indycar race to boston seaport could get a big boost as early as today. the globe reports promoters plan to sign a letter of intent with four state agencies. that will set a timetable for planning the event. and tickets could go on sale as soon as next week. emily: right now, this house fire is under investigation, and this morning we' ve learned a 6-year-old girl was home alone as the home went up in flames. milton firefighters tell us her mother was at the store when the three alarm fire started on hudson street last night. the girl managed to get out. nobody was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. the good news, the home is not a total loss. a boston bar faces another licensing hearing. the bar has appeared before the licensing board at least eight times over public safety concerns. 29-year-old was shot outside the bar thanksgiving morning. he was caught in the middle of a gunfight. his mother will be at the

sanders campaign is under fire. the dnc accusing the campaign of improperly accessing confidential voting information campaign. the sand' s campaign admits a low-level staffer had viewed the information, but blames a software vendor. the incident. martin o' malley hit the debate hampshire. you can watch it live, right here on wcvb channel 5. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. emily: ted cruz is on the policy. he stumbled on fox news when shown a clip from 2013. fail. i wanted to pass. bill to pass. pass.

>> you said the bill. >> what it does not mean is i support of the other aspects of the bill, which was a terrible bill. emily: the issue is a path to citizenship. yesterday, marco rubio responded. >> he is not told the truth about his position in the past. emily: they are both fighting to be seen as the alternative to donald trump. a new poll shows tropic comfortable lead in new hampshire. he has 26% of the vote. that is more than double second-place marco rubio with 12%. bernie sanders is clinging to a lead there. he has 48% and hillary clinton has 46%. erica: a store clerk gets resourceful.

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>> good morning eyeopener. >> good morning eyeopener. emily: we' ve got some serious creativity. we' re all familiar with it. it' s time to get going. thank you so much for that. erica: you can do a wake-up call. just go to the front page of wcvb.com and uploaded to the u local section. it' s like nails on the chalkboard. mike: i looked up the record. i said it was very warm and i was wondering how warm. it was 59 degrees/year. the records for those days are in the 60' s.

we may have record high temperatures for christmas. i hope you did not get a sled. you were really going to need a bicycle. there is some snow atop mount washington. that is not much snow. it' s pretty barren up on top of the mountain. this is home of the strongest winds in the world. let' s talk about what' s going on up there right now. they have a temperature of 30 degrees. for them, that is really mild for this time of year. if you travel to southern new mild. we have low 50' s at this hour. would be happy about it. we are not going to warm up much today. cool air is moving in. it will take a while. it' s only going to be around for re looking at record highs possible as we had

down along this front , there is a new wave of moisture and it' s tracking to the northeast. it looks like most of this is going to push offshore. it will give us a chance for some showers. the high temperatures today will look like this. they are not much different than it current temperatures. we will dip a few degrees and then come back up. saturday' s high in worcester, only into the 30' s. it' s going to be windy on saturday as well. this is some cold stuff. you' ll have to bundle up for the weekend, that monday we are back in two the 50' s again. i do think we will see a good chance of some showers. look for some rain and don' t look for clearing skies. if we can get any of that together, it depends on how the storm back does us.

we have clearing skies and it' s going to get chilly. we haven' t seen her that cold for a while. but me break it down for you. we have showers coming in. that is what i mean. it' s going to be the southeastern part of the state. you see that bubble, the focus is more offshore than anything else. this will move through. saturday and sunday, the windchill will be on the very chilly side. look for those to be in the teens and 20' s. it will be chilly on sunday. look at the warmth we are talking about. christmas eve, 50 degrees. christmas day could be even warmer. it gets you in the holiday spirit, doesn' t it? we talked about last year. we know what happened after that. emily: let' s not talk about that. thank you. it' s a busy start.

wet. s get over to the maps. north, we' crash on 93 south. one later still closed. it stays heavy down to spot pond. it' s 15 eight. 24 is slow out of avon. root three looks ok. we' re watching some problems on the orange line. there are moderate delays. buses are replacing trains. erica: talk about the ultimate scare. surveillance video captured the moment. he refused to give up his cash. it hardly seems like a fair fight. doug: he knew what to do. take a look. he is filling up a bag with cash from the register. that'

or did he hurled a slipper. --. he hurled a slipper. store. the suspect fired that weapon. >> he did shoot. outside the parking lot. doug: the owner was not seriously hurt. he his own that store for 17 before. he is not considering upgrading security. he said he was not scared then and he' s not scared now. he' s got one slipper left. once he' s out, maybe. erica: the manna standing his ground now. the market giving back all of its big gains from wednesday. asian stocks are down as oil prices continue to fall. us stock futures also down right now.

a step forward for the casino project. the gaming condition says the establish its own commission. it is allowed to do that. the tribal council will make all project decisions. they received federal approval reservation. emily: it is that time of year when people get sick. a big part of avoiding a cold is knowing the facts. here are some myths. the flu shot does not mean you will be immune. it covers about 80% of flu viruses. it' s better safe than sorry. avoid covering your mouth with your hand. that' s how you spread germs. try to cough into your elbow. don' t starve of fever. drink more fluids.

intake to boost your immune system. that would' ve been a good to know 10 years ago when we were all getting sick here. that. the most graceful latest band a layover and a viral impression of a superstar is ahead. doug: the move is causing take him out of office. a woman is nearly hit in her home by a straight bullet. the move it may have saved her

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mike: we have a little system coming up. we have some big changes coming this week in. check out the windchill index during the day. were going to see the windchill in the teens and 20' s most of the weekend. it does warm up as we head toward next week. we will flirt with record heat by christmas.

to the ashen -- action. lebron james crashed into the woman while hustling for a ball last night. the seat flipped back, lebron landing on top of her. ellie harvey, the wife of pga champion jason day, was taken out on a stretcher. espn reports she' s being held at the hospital overnight, but is expected to be ok. we are back with eye poppers. erica: most of us just sit around in the airport. this is what happens when the ballet has a five-hour layover. isn' t that lovely? they are from santa barbara. they were stuck at the denver airport. they put on an unforgettable show. here come the rowley bags. people walk by like there' s nothing going on.

this is her rendition of adele' s hit song. she recorded this as a present for her mom' s birthday. she' s got that cardboard guitar. my mom quickly shut it off and told me never to do it in. it' s cute when you' re that age. emily: did you have a cardboard the tar? -- guitar? erica: a baby has a timely name. do you see something wrong with this video? the bad decision that has police launching a search this morning. take a live look here at the boston skyline. this is from our camera on memorial drive in cambridge. it' s already close to 50 degrees

: now on the eye-opener. emily: boston students of gotten sick. woman nearly shot in rome home -- her own home. the danger of family says is lurking up the road. courtside action it to the extreme. the scare for a fan after a close encounter with king james. >> you are watching you cvp, austin' s news leader. -- wcvb, boston' s news leader. to write in. that would really be some good news.

erica: happy friday. randy is off. mike: thank you very much. i will be here all week. a shameless plug for the weekend. we get pictures like this that come in. you will not believe it, that' s the way they start. visibility is improving. that' s something to look forward to. we had visibility' s way down spots. it' s getting better and that afternoon. sunshine. in this case, we' gray skies. the main rainmaker is gone. a new area of rain travel up along that. i' ve got showers in the forecast. you will see as we go through

offshore. nantucket will likely see rain. southeastern massachusetts, a good chance. inland, you probably won' t see any rain today. the skies will clear tonight. that is something we will look forward to. otherwise, it' s incredibly mild. it looks like a mild day. we will see things time a couple of degrees. we are still into the 50' s. things will warm up. we have a few showers this afternoon. the roadways are a little wet. olessa: we' got lots of delays on the expressway. camera lens. they are watching an accident on the expressway. red. give yourself extra time. south.

if you' re traveling south of town, 24 has a little bit of volume. you' ve got that heavy volume approaching that crashed near the mall. we are still watching some delays on the orange line. now they are minor to moderate. there are delays in the red line as well. emily: we' re following breaking news. erica: we are tracking information as it comes in. doug: the pope is just approved a second miracle attributed to mother teresa. ash carter has arrived in afghanistan. he will review security. right now, a fire is under investigation in milton. a six-year-old girl was home alone with the flames broke out.

i could not believe it was happening. emily: an investigation is under way for a close call. a bullet flew into the home of an elderly woman and her son. it struck the spot the woman had been standing in. erica: we are live. frank: the family is upset. something has to change after the 82-year-old was nearly struck by a stray bullet. this nearby one in easton. she lives with her son' s family did the houses in between both of the ranges. she had just hung up the phone and moved away when a wallet is by and shattered a picture frame. -- bullet whizzed by and shattered a picture frame. ve got a right to

my mother not being afraid of getting shot. frank: the house has been hit by stray bullets before. we reached out to the rifle ranges, no one was available to comment. emily: thank you. a second suspect in a home invasion is behind bars. he turned himself into quincy police. he was doing court today. breaking into a home in tying up a pregnant woman. the other suspect was caught after the attack. controversy. the mayor posted the name and address of more than 8000 people who signed petitions seeking to have him recalled. it' s meant to intimidate his opponents. he tells the eel tribune he encouraged people to search the

-- improper hiring practices. erica: you will need to be 21 to buy cigarettes in boston. e-cigarettes are also included. admission will also jump to 21. the change takes effect that worry 15. -- february 15. emily: the goal is to stop violence after five shootings in that neighborhood. the commissioner says violence is down in the city from year-to-year. people willing to pay some big bucks to see adele sing live. erica: the price of resale tickets is unbelievable after tour sold out. this baby has been inspired by a galaxy far far away.

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olessa:olessa: this is a live look outside the expressway. we have a very slow ride. if you' re heading that way, give yourself some extra drivetime. we' re looking at some delays on the red line. mike: give had some drizzle and the heavy rain is over. there is a new batch down the coast at once to slide in here. we are going to keep a chance in the southeastern part today. it will be as much as we saw yesterday. it' s chilly with highs only around 40 degrees. the windchill tomorrow will have a point. warm weather is coming next week . look at the heat wave. emily: if you want to get your hands on tickets to adele, you' ll have to shell out thousands of dollars. tickets went on sale yesterday and they sold out within an hour. sites like craigslist have tickets priced at $7,000.

plenty of star wars fans are seen the new movie. the force is with this family. meet this baby. he joins mom, dad, and brother. they are all star wars fans. the name just seemed natural. they are still getting used to that powerful name. >> i keep forgetting that name. emily: oh yes. it' s different. that' s good. the family' s doctor says the baby was born in movie fashion. he is looking great. erica: a new feature could make disney world safer for families. the first, what cars and guns have in common. a police officer saved the

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doug is tracking breaking news from the vatican. first, mike has the forecast. mike: these are the high temperatures so far this month. it is almost already. the first day of the month was a little bit low average. the month is running incredibly warm. it' s 48 degrees at this hour. that was a daytime high, it would be above average. i don' t take the temperature will go anywhere. it' s a mostly cloudy day. there may be some showers over the cape. we do clear things out eventually. the temperatures will be dropping in most locations. the wind will pick up tonight. the wind will be howling tomorrow. the windchill will make it feel like it' s in the teens and 20' s. this is what i am watching now. this is lifting its way northward.

s close enough that everyone may see some rain. morning. the focus is offshore. we may get a few of the showers working its way into the southeastern part of the state. the rest of the day. s only 40. squalls. tomorrow is a much nicer day. the wind won' t be a strong. the heat is on for next week. we will talk about that in a few minutes. the traffic lights look like christmas lights on the road. olessa: this is a live look outside. we are moving to the top of the screen. it' s a very slow ride. let' s go to the maps. i will show you what is going on. give yourself that extra travel time. it' s

route three looks ok this morning. 495 to 128, it' s looking better. delays are back into their. we' re watching some red line problems this morning. the orange line had delays. there are moderate northbound delays for the red line. emily: we' re following several breaking stories. this is why. a water main break on south main street is leading to little or no water pressure in town. a car hit a fire hydrant. no word on when service will be restored. erica: breaking overnight, defense secretary ash carter is in afghanistan right now. he' s there to assess security concerns and reports of increasing violence. the visit comes as carter' s top commanders in the region are worried that foreign fighters from syria are joining with

isis. a major move involving mother teresa. emily: doug is here with the new distinction. doug: pope francis has signed off on the second miracle needed to make mother teresa a saint area and her first miracle was already approved. she was beatified in 2003 by pope john paul ii. reuters reports francis is likely to hold a canonization ceremony in september to coincide with the anniversary of her death. sera: a lawsuit has been filed over the big outbreak at each of lay here in new brighton. a mother is suing the chain after her son got violently ill. 140 people contracted a virus after eating at the cleveland circle chipotle. it stems from a sick employee at the restaurant. the mother has filed a lawsuit on behalf of her 16-year-old son.

the lawyer says the number of possible cases in such a short never seen before. s deeply sorry for it and has pledged to improve food safety procedures. lucky to be alive and angry after she was nearly hit by a stray bullet. >> it hit this right here. it went across and hit here. it ended up on the floor. frank: she had just hung up her phone in the kitchen when a 30 caliber let smashed through the window. it landed two feet from where she was standing. the houses in between a rifle club and one in easton. the stray bullet came from one of them. we reached out to the rifle

emily: a friend and neighbor of the san bernardino shooters is being held without bond on terrorism charges. he made his first appearance in court yesterday. he is charged with conspiring with terrorists and buying illegally to assault rifles. president obama will be in san bernardino, meeting with victims of the families. erica: american led airstrikes have taken out 180 isis fighters. some 300 militants have targeted for kurdish positions since wednesday. dennis hastert may be delayed. he has been hospitalized since suffering a stroke. he will be sentenced in february after pleading guilty to invading bank laws. his condition will likely delay sentencing.

decision. democrats hit the debate stage tomorrow. they will be in new hampshire. you can watch that live here. a coverage starts at 8:00. emily: a deal to bring in indy car race is getting a boost today. tickets could go on sale as soon as next week area --. erica: a man was crossing the street when he was hit by a car. you can see significant damage to the vehicle. no charges have been filed. emily: an investigation is underway after a six-year-old was home alone when a house one up in flames. milton firefighters tell us her mother was at the store when the three alarm fire started on hudson street last night. the girl managed to get out. nobody was hurt. erica: a mother hopes to score a

he was cut from the freshman basketball team. they offered him a different position, sitting during the bench during home games. the mother wants him to be included in practice as well. she just wants them to feel welcome. emily: denzer are killing as many people as cars. new numbers for the cdc shows death by automobile is down significantly. gun deaths have increased slowly. gun homicide rates have actually suicide. suicide accounts for two out of three gun desperate police are searching for the driver of this van. a neighbor captured this video. children were on top of it. giving the kids a better view of christmas lights. he could face several charges.

a deputy is running across traffic and leaping into a tractor trailer to bring it to a stop. the driver was unresponsive. the driver was taken to the hospital and is expected to be ok. disney world is beefing up security. they plan to place medical -- metal detectors at front gates. they are planning all visitors over 14 from wearing costumes. they will not say if the new steps are in response to any specific threat. emily: new details on the first night celebration. it is the 40th anniversary and everything will be free. events include the parade, show, and performances. the celebrations will continue into new year' s day. a basketball fan got too close to the action. lebron james crashed into the woman while hustling for a ball last night. the seat flipped back, lebron landing on top of her.

champion jason day, was taken out on a stretcher. espn reports she' s being held at the hospital overnight, but is expected to be ok. emily: merry christmas from the duke and duchess of cambridge. this new photo of the royal family was released with princess charlotte and prince george. the photo was taken in late over. they announced that prince george will start attending preschool next month or it --. erica: they grow up so fast. both kids looked at the camera and smiled at the same time. emily: they probably took 9000 photos. erica: thank you guys. olessa: this is the southbound side. you can see the heavy delays. there is a little bit of moisture on the road. let' s go to the maps. we are watching this crash

south of town, the 24 is slow. the pike is in p good shape. 93 south is heavy. we had an accident i-4 95. we are still watching some delays on the red line this morning. they are moderate northbound and everything else is on schedule. mike: we' ve got another batch of raonic at the coast. i think we will see some scattered showers over the southeastern part of the state. the skies do clear. it will be chilly this weekend. there is enough with his servants for there to be some isolated flurries on saturday. sunday is nicer. wind will settle down. will be 40 degrees. most of us are not going to see it. we will all see this chill.

it' s. 40 ve got plenty of sunshine going on. decent. we will have clear skies for a 1:00 kickoff. it looks good for the patriots. monday, the pattern changes. there will be cool air in place. that is going to set us up for a showers. thursday , christmas eve, mostly cloudy skies and 60 degrees. here are the records for christmas day. we' ll be flirting with highs. as we talked about earlier, last year it was 59 degrees on christmas and we know what

emily: why are you even saying that? erica: this is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. mike: it does look warm. it looks warm even after christmas. we have a very mild weather pattern right now.

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