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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." doug: a deadly explosion at a sears in new hampshire. the freak accident, and the investigation underway right now. sera: a showdown in new hampshire. democratic candidates take the debate stage for the third time. sparks flying as one presidential contender publicly apologizes. danielle: another chilly day for us, but the pattern changes this holiday week. sera: new england patriots getting ready to take on the the big question for everyone is >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." sera: good sunday morning, everyone. i'm sera congi in for
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doug: and i'm doug meehan, december 19. you're running out of days of shopping. happy to be joining the "eyeopener" this morning. sera: don't remind us. we want to welcome doug meehan to the weekend "eyeopener." so glad to have you here at wcvb. danielle is with us this morning to talk about the chilly temperatures behind you there, danielle. danielle: that's right, doug and sera. good morning to all of you out there. we are starting out in the 30's and 20's this morning in a lot of spots. it is 33 degrees right now in boston. 29 in worcester. 31 concord. so it's a chilly start out there plus you've got to factor in them yesterday. well, they're still sustained this morning at about 18 miles an hour in worcester, at about tublght. and it's making it feel like the teens in worcester, like 16 there, like 17 in pittsfield. and more like 24 degrees in boston. now as we go through the next 12 hours, here's what happens.
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to back off through the afternoon. so that should make it feel even better outside. although temperaturewise still feeling with the winds like the low to mid 30's in boston. a couple of flurries around the area especially on cape ann and out in western mass. this is still associated with lake-effect snows coming off ontario, but the big story today is high pressure building on in. we're going to see a lot more sunshine today and then big changes on the horizon. you see this warm front, area of low pressure. we'll talk about when the rain arrives coming up. doug and sera. doug: danielle, thank you. breaking news. a bomb scare has forced an air france flight headed to paris to land in kenya. sera: the pilots aboard flight 463 requested the emergency landing after a suspicious device was found in the plane's bathroom. the plane had taken off from an island in the indian ocean. it did land safely in mombasa, and everyone was evacuated.
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actually contain explosives. doug: we are learning more this morning about a deadly shooting in roxbury. police have identified the victim as teenager. 17-year-old d'andre king-settles died after being shot on annunciation road on friday. the shooting took place around 4:00 p.m. anyone with information is asked to contact the boston police. sera: the search will resume later this morning for this missing rockport woman. 56-year-old susan nilsson was last seen early saturday morning. police say they found her belongings on the dock and in the water near gloucester marine railways. the coast guard searched by air and sea yesterday. it is believed she may be walking near the gloucester marine railways on rocky neck. this morning after being seriously hurt in this head-on two cars collided around midnight friday, near the intersection of hamilton and seville streets. police say a 19-year-old driver initially took off from the he will be summonsed to court at two passengers in his car were hurt.
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seriously hurt. sera: osha investigators expected today at a new hampshire auto shop where an explosion took a man's life. it happened saturday morning at sears auto shop in salem. an employee, 22-year old justin almon, was in the process of filling a large truck tire on an industrial tire changer when it blew up. he suffered severe head injures and later died. >> the inflation may have been a the tire could handle. but that's pretty much all we know at this point. sera: a customer was also hurt. this morning he's being treated at a boston hospital for serious injuries. doug: a warning involving carbon monoxide for people in keene, new hampshire. liberty utilities customers are being warned about the possibility of elevated levels in their homes after an outage at a plant. that outage led to operational issues. three people were taken to local
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those within a two-mile radius of main street are urged to open their windows and check on their neighbors. sera: the democrats meet in before the first-in-the-nation primary with high stakes, some direct challenges. candidates bernie sanders and their fight over stolen voter doug: but plenty of tough back-and-forth on foreign policy newscenter 5's reid lamberty was there. reid: the night started with a mea culpa. sanders: this is not the type of campaign that we run. reid: bernie sanders acknowledged a former staffer exploited a computer glitch and stole hillary clinton's confidential voter files. clinton: i very much appreciate that comment, bernie. it really is important that we go forward. reid: with the data breach controversy quickly dispatched, the candidates segwayed to terrorism with sanders and clinton sparring over regime change in syria.
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too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. clinton: with all due respect, senator, you voted for regime change with respect to libya. reid: candidates also brawled over gun control, each with differing views. maryland governor martin o'malley calling his opponents flip-floppers. o'malley: we need common sense. little bit, martin. clinton: let's tell the truth, martin. reid: where they all agreed, their sharp criticism for republican frontrunner donald trump. clinton: he is becoming isis's best recruiter. o'malley: especially from someone as untried and as incompetent as donald trump. political analysts saying hillary clinton focused on foreign policy tonight because of a bigger picture and an eye on the general election. but they say don't overlook bernie sanders. it's a dog fight here in new hampshire. the primary here is 50 days away. in manchester, new hampshire,
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newscenter 5. doug: g.o.p. candidates also on the campaign trail this weekend in new hampshire. new jersey governor chris christie is among them. he and his family greeted supporters in manchester and exeter yesterday. christie focused most of his attention on national security, touting himself as a tested, seasoned leader. he also pointed to his upward movement in the latest polls saying that his momentum will only continue to grow. chris christie: we have been here more than any other candidate. we have spent more time in new hampshire meeting people recruiting volunteers, and i think you are seeing the results of that. poll, christie has advanced to the third spot. donald trump continues to hold a solid double-digit lead. off my chest. donald trump is a jerk. attacks on trump, slamming the front-runner during a town hall in contoocook. when asked if he would support trump if he's the nominee, bush said he intends to be the nominee, adding new hampshire
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on the trail in new hampshire today-- ohio governor john kasich and dr. ben carson. kasich will attend events in manchester, portsmouth, and rochester between today and tomorrow. carson will make five stops, including town hall meetings at keene state college and nashua community college along with a national security forum. sera: the man who loaned a gun to the boston marathon bombers will be sentenced this week. stephen silva has plead guilty to drug and gun charges. during the marathon attack trial, he told the court he gave the gun to dzhokhar tsarnaev two months before the bombings. prosecutors say the gun was later used to murder m.i.t. police officer sean collier days after the attack. a group of medway parents are calling for a high school sports field to be named in honor of an athlete killed in a car crash. 17-year-old maddie lamson was killed when her car hit a tree in franklin this fall. she was a beloved senior and three-sport athlete. three fathers recently submitted a petition to the school committee to get a field named
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"the globe" reports the committee will discuss it at the doug: tom brady remains questionable for today's game against the titans, but will likely play. sportscenter 5 is hearing the an illness forced him to miss practice friday. brady was sent home early, but point are that brady will play today. the patriots will also add a running back to their roster this afternoon. ahead in sports, bill belichick talks about that. can you believe it? it's the last weekend before christmas, and that means a parking crunch at shopping malls. sera: it has flown by, hasn't it? what police are doing to make sure handicapped parking is being used properly. doug: opening weekend for star wars. the movie shattering records at the box office. and the one country where fans will not be seeing it anytime soon. danielle: cold today, but you can expect something very different for christmas.
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contain some other candies, putting customers with allergies at risk. the 24-ounce dove chocolate snowflakes are sold only at walmart. anyone with allergy concerns should return the product to the store for a full refund. doug: mitsubishi also issuing a recall saying the mirage vehicle has an issue with wire corrosion. 25,000 mitsubishi mirages have been recalled. the model years affected are 2014 and 2015. the national highway traffic safety administration says the mirages have a design flaw, in which melting snow could soak through the driver's side floor carpet and corrode the wires. that could cause delays in the deployment of the frontal air bags. sera: a parking crackdown right now across massachusetts. police targeting drivers who park illegally in handicapped spots. doug: the move coming on one of the busiest holiday shopping weekends. newscenter5's juli mcdonald shows us what officers are doing. >> can i take a look at your placard, please, real quick. juli: burlington police officers
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shoppers parked in handicapped spots really need to be there. officer: this one expired september 28 of 2015, so i'll grab my ticket book and put a ticket on this one. juli: they've been patrolling the mall parking lot every weekend since black friday and have handed out $200 citations to more than 130 drivers for old placards or no placards at all. drivers using someone else's handicapped placard gets slapped with a civil violation. officer: this violation is a misuse violation so it carries with it a fine that is $505 along with the parking ticket there's also the potential loss of license. juli: sergeant mcdonough delivered one misuse citation in person. the woman was parked in the handicapped spot using her husband's placard. officer: if he's here, it's okay to be parking here; but if he's not, obviously that's an issue. juli: she claimed he was in the mall with their daughter. sergeant mcdonough asked for his cell number to find out. officer: you are? where is home? so you're not at the burlington mall. juli: robert scott has an valid placard. he told newscenter 5 it's discouraging that able-bodied
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needs. robert scott: this time of year parking is so tough they'll just grab any spot they can. they could care less about somebody that needs it. they're selfish. juli: sergeant mcdonough says they don't anticipate this problem going away even as the holiday shopping season winds down. they conducted this same patrol in march, actually issued even more citations during a random spring weekend. on the bright side though, he said they have noticed a decline in thefts and other car break-ins because of their increased presence. in burlington, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist danielle vollmar. doug: you know what else you don't notice? snowplows. so there's plenty of spots. danielle: there are plenty of spots. no snow. there is really no snow in the forecast. we'll turn milder as we work our way through the holiday week but this morning is actually very cold out there. in fact, it hasn't felt this
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month of december has been very, very warm. today's overnight low was actually 27 in worcester and 31 in boston. and we have to go all the way cold. our average though should be around 27 in boston so we're still running above normal there. even though it feels so cold outside. 33 degrees right now boston. 29 in worcester. 32 degrees in keene. but we still have pretty gusty winds out there especially in worcester and pittsfield and even on nantucket. you see wind gusts in excess of 30 miles an hour. that makes it feel even colder outside. you want to dress for those wind chill values so it's feeling more like 16 in worcester, like 17 degrees in pittsfield, and like 24 in boston so it's a cold one out there at this point but as we go through the day, those winds will begin to back down and they're going to turn out of the west. as they do so, it won't feel as
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remember yesterday those winds were sustained at about 20 to even 30 miles an hour. the other thing we're going to see is a lot of sunshine today. notice temperatures will warm up only into the upper 30's through the merrimack valley. 37 worcester. 40 in boston. and the low 40's on nantucket. now we do have a couple of isolated snow showers and flurries around especially if you live near cape ann, near gloucester. you see a little bit of flurry activity there for you folks as well as out in western mass, say, towards the berkshires and near pittsfield, williamstown and down to great bearing ton. all of this is associated with off ontario. so it's making it all the way towards our region because of those strong, gusty winds. now today high pressure is going to move on in. as it does, it's going to dominate our weather giving us lots of sunshine. and then we're watching this area of low pressure and warm front you see. changes. weather.
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much-needed rain. forecast. notice, by about lunchtime or things out. we'll see lots of sunshine all day long. and tonight overnight into first thing tomorrow, some clouds are going to filter on in. temperaturewise not as cold as this morning. but still the 20's and the 30's to start your day but notice that wind out of the south and west. that is going to kick up tomorrow. you're going to feel it anywhere from 10-20 but that's also a warming wind so take a look at the temperatures tomorrow. upper 40's in worcester. low to mid 50's in boston and points south and east. so it's a much milder day tomorrow, and there's more clouds around, too. looks like the showers though won't make it into our region at least for tomorrow. they'll go mainly north in northern new england, i think. but there will be more clouds around and breezy conditions. may actually need a wind southeastern mass.
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watch this cold front come on in. it swings through. it's going to bring some rain to our area beginning tuesday afternoon as well as the evening. and that brings us up to a very wet pattern in store over the next couple of days so wednesday and thursday, which is actually christmas eve, we're going to see more rain chances in the forecast, but of course with that comes the potential for some record warmth as i'm forecasting a high of 63 degrees in boston. those records should be around 61 degrees so we could potentially break records on christmas eve. dry and sunny. doug and sera. thank you. more stories happening right now. what sparked this fiery scene in hurst, texas. this was the aftermath of a fuel truck explosion. burning fuel ran down both sides of the highway saturday and into the highway closed for hours. the driver was killed. the fuel truck was the only
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time. sera: the f.b.i. is investigating a major security breach at computer company juniper networks. the u.s. defense department, justice department, treasury, and several big companies rely on juniper networks' products. it's not clear what, if any, classified information could be affected. the breach is believed to be the work of a foreign government because of the sophistication involved. doug: sera helmed with this story yesterday. the new star wars movie is heading for a box office record. "the force awakens" already took in a record-breaking $120.5 million for opening day on friday and $250 million globally. that number blasted the previous record held by the final harry potter movie. the film is playing in over 4,000 theaters in the u.s., the widest december release ever. disney projects the movie will rake in around $220 million for the weekend.
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more, seeing it again. star wars fans in china will now have to wait until next month to see "the force awakens." the reason is unclear, but china's government has chosen to hold the release date until 2016. some have speculated the nation may have already filled their foreign film quota for the year, pushing the star wars release into next year. the film hits chinese theaters january 9. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob. ment well, there's snow, white christmas for us here in new england this year. tom brady who was sleepy, grumpy and maybe dopey on friday is well today. gronk will play too. julian edelman still needing to confer with a doc will miss his fifth straight game. santa is not is only one with a that the of sacks this year. the patriots have 42. that is second behind denver. their sacks three fewer than the bills and dolphins combined. it puts the patriots on the pace
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any other bill belichick team in the entire history of bill belichick. here's bill belichick. >> honestly, i don't even pay that much attention to them. i'm happy when they hit the quarterback. i'm happy when we tap him. don't get me wrong. that's all part of, you know, a lot of other things that are going on too. when we score a touchdown that's great. there are a lot of other exoan theants lead to that as well. i don't think you want to overlook those. bob: we'll have highlights and sportscenter 5 o.t. sera: methuen first responders with a special mission this they headed to lawrence saturday after collecting hundreds of toys for children in need. volunteers helping unload the loot. this is the second year they've helped out debbie's treasure chest. debbie's treasure chest was founded by three children and provides clothes, supplies, and still ahead this morning.
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doug: their special gift for a rhode island girl who fell victim to a theft and what she plans to do now. sera: don't forget. newscenter 5 starts an hour earlier now on sunday evenings. get the latest breaking news and your storm team 5 forecast starting at 5:00. a live look this morning over the city of boston. still dark out there. i'll bet there are a lot of runners already out there. getting their morning run in. boy, they put a lot of us to don't they? it is chilly. danielle will talk a little bit
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danielle: hi there. welcome back. i'm meteorologist danielle vollmar. if you're headed out today for the pats' game, they're taking on the tennessee titans. 39 degrees at kick-off. it will be sunny today but cold out there. wind chill values will be in the low 30's. the month of december has been a warm one. we've been running above average even yesterday with practically right at average. today will be no different. as we look ahead to the holidays, christmas eve we're talking 63 degrees. christmas day 54 degrees and believe it or not, we could be christmas eve. boston. it is actually 61 degrees set back in 1996. the record in worcester is 57. last year near 59 degrees in boston. doug and sera. doug: danielle, thank you.
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from a young rhode island girl. sera: police are now trying to make sure she has a christmas to remember. 10-year-old mayra feliz says she chased a teenage boy down the street after she saw him taking her bike. when police came to write up the report, they realized it would be nearly impossible to track the thief down. so instead they pooled their money together and bought mayra a brand-new bicycle. >> i never had nobody do that to me. and this is my first time having somebody spend their money for me. i would do that for somebody and see the smile on their face, i would think i'm proud of myself. sera: yeah, you would. beautiful bike, too. love the purple. mayra now plans to find a way to pay it forward to someone else. what a lesson learned. doug: i was thinkin the exact same thing. absolutely right. still to come on the eyeopener this morning. a-plus takes us to leicester high school. sera: we'll introduce you to a student who is not letting an unstable home life hold her back from succeeding. and animal cruelty charges on
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what police found when they went to a home in new bedford. doug: let's go outside. it's sparkling with the lights. yeah, it's a little chilly out there. danielle is going to come back with your sunday forecast. we have so much more. stic anncr: when the attacks come here... ...the person behind this desk protect your family. will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump? will he have voted to dramatically weaken counter-terrorism surveillance, like ted cruz? will he have skipped crucial national security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio? 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. right to rise usa is responsible for the content
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and when we could see more rain. sera: a new bedford man under arrest accused of animal hoarding. what led police to the suspect, and the filth they found when they arrived at this home. doug: this man arrested for robbing a brewster grocery store may be a repeat offender. his possible ties to multiple armed robberies under investigation right now. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." sera: happy sunday, everyone. good morning. i'm sera congi in for antoinette. doug: and i'm doug meehan along with danielle. you've got chilly temperatures out there right now. danielle: i know. it hasn't felt this cold since the end of november, beginning of december. we've been pretty mild, unfortunately this morning is starting out on the chilly side but we will see a warm-up as we go through the workweek. want to talk about the temperatures right now. it is 30 degrees in norwood. 29 in worcester. 33 boston. upper 30's right now on the vineyard and nantucket. as we go through, say, the next
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coast and the cape, temperaturewise only warming up into the upper 30's and low 40's for the day today. we will see a lot of sunshine though. and that will be a different trend from yesterday where we had a lot of clouds around the area. the other big thing is the winds. they're still pretty gusty at this hour. gusting upwards of 33 miles an hour now in worcester. and up to about 33 miles an hour now on nantucket. these winds should back down through the day. it will make it feel a little better but this morning because of those winds, they're still getting a couple of lake-effect snow showers and flurries out in western mass as well as parts of the north shore near cape ann, seeing some light snow flurries. high pressure dominates today giving us a lot of sunshine and also we'll back down those winds but we are watching this warm front, area of low pressure. it's going to bring us some much-needed rain so i'll have the timeline on the rain and the chances for some record warmth ahead. sera and doug. doug: danielle, thank you. breaking news off the top this morning. an air france flight is forced
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to a bomb scare. sera: the pilots aboard flight 463 requested the emergency landing after a suspicious device was found in the plane's bathroom. the plane had taken off from an island in the indian ocean. it did land safely in mombasa, and everyone was evacuated. investigators are now working to confirm whether the package did actually contain explosives. more breaking news. the u.s. embassy is warning of a potential mall terror attack in tunisia. american citizens in the country are being warned to avoid a major shopping mall in the capital tunis. the city was already under a state of emergency following a suicide bomb attack on a bus last month. that followed an attack on a tunis museum and a beach hotel targeting foreign tourists. doug: also happening right now. police are investigating this head-on crash in saugus. three people were hurt. police say one of the drivers, a teen, intitially took off but was later found. sera: the search continues this morning for this missing rockport woman. 56-year-old susan nilsson was
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morning. police say they found her belongings on the dock and in the water near gloucester marine railways. doug: boston police say a deadly shooting friday in roxbury. 17-year-old d'andre king-settles died after being shot on annunciation road on friday. anyone with information is asked to contact the boston police. a boston public school student is facing charges after police say he brought a replica gun to class. police arrested the teenager on friday after recovering this fake gun from a toilet tank in a bathroom. they say several students reported seeing the suspect with the student, whose name has not been released, is facing several charges. sera: new this morning, nacho cheese and jalapeno peppers lead police in sturbridge to their suspect. police got a call that a car had been vandalized and covered with the cheese and peppers. the car owner had had an argument with a male acquaintance earlier. police say surveillance video at a nearby convenience store shows robert debusk purchasing the
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alleged crime happened. debusk was arrested a short time after and will be in court tomorrow. doug: the suspect arrested in an armed robbery in brewster now being eyed in more than a dozen armed robberies in several states. michael slet-zinger was arrested last week for the crime at brewster farms country market. "the globe" reports police later learned the f.b.i. was searching for a serial robber who fit his description and technique. right now, he's being held without bail and will be back in court tomorrow for a dangerousness hearing. sera: two years after this fire at haverhill building, investigators say they do not know the cause. the fire on main street sent people running into the street in the middle of the night. arson and improper disposal of smoking materials has not been fuled out. doug: a disturbing discovery at a new bedford home leads to animal cruelty charges. police finding dead animals and skeletal remains on the property. police also removing malnourished dogs and cats from the home.
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from new bedford. frank: 43-year-old danny santos arrested and charged with nine counts of animal cruelty. neighbor: i really am surprised that something like that happened. frank: new bedford police describe a disgusting scene inside of his home on green street. two dead cats along with several malnourished dogs were found inside, and police say feces was all over. neighbor: that's disturbing. it's awful to know that these animals that have absolutely no way of literally supporting themselves, that people are just-- they could care less. frank: behind this chain link fence police say they found the remains of seven dead chickens and three dead rabbits. eight living animals-- seven dogs and one cat-- also removed from the home. police came to the house around 3:00 on saturday morning while investigating an unrelated hit-and-run. when police approached the home, they heard dogs barking and saw what was apparently a house of squalor. neighbor: as far as i'm concerned, it never was a problem with too many animals. frank: next door neighbor teddy
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a long-time friend. teddy: he did have a lot of animals, pets. frank: morse-ramos saw the animals in cages but never witnessed the type of abuse his neighbor is now accused of. teddy: i can't believe that. he always seemed like a nice, sensible guy, a warm-hearted guy. frank: police say this is an ongoing investigation; and depending on what they find inside of that house, the person arrested could face additional charges. here in new bedford, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. doug: new this morning. dean college will eliminate its campus police force. the franklin school will start contracting public safety duties with the agency that handles security for the new england patriots. in response, "the sun chronicle" reports police have filed a complaint with the federal government. the officers contend the college fired them after they informed the school they were forming a union. sera: boston mayor marty walsh has once again set an annual record for fundraising. the first-term mayor has raised
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"the herald" reports that's a new record for annual campaign donations for an incumbent mayor and tops the $1.6 million he took in last year. the mayor will not face re-election for two more years. governor baker has launched a $30 million residential solar loan program. expansion of the renewable power source in massachusetts. the governor expects the program to deliver approximately $100 million in savings for residents doug: a key question for the new casino slated for everett is alcohol. by law, last call is 1:00 a.m. robert desalvio, president of wynn everett, says that issue is under discussion. >> there are communities that may not want it for neighbor bars and those kinds of things but you think about the way that the greater boston area is changing. international tourism, people expect to be out later. so i think there should be some consideration given, but i think this will be through an effort by the legislature and then
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local level in the city of everett. >> you are going to be a part of that fight. >> we'll be a part of that discussion, absolutely. doug: catch "on the record" this channel 5 followed by "matter of fact" with fernando espuelas. this week's guest is democratic caucus chair xavier beccera. still ahead, a bizarre appearance from a troubled former c.e.o. man now called the most hated in doug: she's a young woman who's had a difficult home life. but that's not keeping her from being a success at school. you'll meet our a-plus just ahead on newscenter 5. danielle: winter makes an sticking around for long.
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doug: welcome back. a massive amount of cocaine shipped from massachusetts is york city. police and federal agents made the bust in the bronx last week. you see it here-- 136 pounds of cocaine pressed in brick-shaped packages marked with brand names. the drugs seized are worth an two men from puerto rico were arrested. a major drug trafficking network. sera: a bizarre appearance from the man some are calling the
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martin shkreli appeared on a youtube livestream friday, less than 24 hours after he was bailed out of jail for $5 million. the 32-year-old resigned as c.e.o. of turing pharmaceuticals the company that blew up the price of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent. he was arrested thursday on fraud charges, unrelated to the but he didn't seem fazed during his livestream. >> i can't really talk about business or any allegations or anything like that. i can't answer any questions about that whatsoever. sera: shkreli has pleaded not guilty to frauding investors in a new company he tried to launch. he says the accusations are baseless. doug: a big move for a waltham-based bio-pharmaceutical company. tesaro incorporated was added to the nasdaq biotechnology index. that's effective upon market
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the index is designed to track performance including average daily trading volume. >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist danielle vollmar. danielle: it's a cold day again today, but temperatures are about to jump back up by tomorrow. in fact, today's high i'm going for is 38 degrees in worcester. tomorrow i'm going for 49 degrees. for today in boston, 42. by monday 52 so that's about 10-degree temperature jump-up. running well above where we should be this time of year. our average high temperature 40 degrees. you notice we're above it even today. even though it feels colder outside and then through the week, you're going to see temperatures really start to bump up. on christmas eve which is actually thursday we could be near record highs. right now though it is a chilly start out there. 33 degrees. it's those winds out of the west-southwest at 11 making it feel more like 24 degrees right now in boston. those winds are sustained about anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour now. in springfield up to 25 miles an hour now.
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so that is creating a wind chill which is what you dress for. so it feels more like 25 degrees on nantucket and like the teens in worcester. as well as pittsfield. so it's a cold start if you're headed out right now. you definitely want to bundle up. layer up if you're going for that morning run because it is cold. today's high temperatures warming into the upper 30's, low 40's in boston. as well as in worcester. low 40's along the south south shore. the winds out of the west at 10-15 this morning backing up to 5-10 through the afternoon so it won't feel as cold as it did yesterday afternoon. now we do have a couple of flurries around parts of the area. they were around cape ann, now exiting the region, moving over the ocean. the cape could get clipped with some of these especially the northern edge and then western mass seeing a couple of light flurries. this is all associated, believe it or not, with lake-effect snow coming off ontario still today. now high pressure is going to begin to build in through the afternoon.
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see a lot of sunshine today and why the winds will eventually back off. then we watch this warm front, this area of low pressure you see. this is our next big weather-maker although the first half of this may actually miss us as much as seeing some rain. but the milder air will work its way in by tomorrow. today on the future cast, you notice what happens. we start to clear the skies out by afternoon and then more clouds are going to work their way in later on overnight tonight into first thing tomorrow. tonight we drop back into the 20's through the merrimack valley. low 30 newscenter 5 boston. mid 30's on the cape and the islands. and then tomorrow those winds become brisk out of the south and west at 10-20. however, they're out of the south and west. that's a warming wind. we'll see high temperatures in the upper 40's in worcester, low to mid 50's along parts of boston and the south shore. so thank this warm front for the mild air lifting on in. a couple of showers especially i think in northern new england tomorrow afternoon and evening
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tuesday. it will bring most of us some showers. pretty light in nature though through tuesday afternoon and evening. and then we talk about milder air moving in through christmas. now i do want to talk about today because today it's a big game day down in gillette. if you're headed down there, the titans at 1:00. it will be about 38 degrees and bundle up. but you won't need to bundle up for long as we get near record highs on christmas eve. danielle. the time now is 5:48. doug: more stories happening right now. a los angeles police officer an e.r. when the man reached for his gun. the suspect was being treated other officers. witnesses say officers first tried to subdue the man with a sera: police in wisconsin are searching for the suspect in a investigators say the violence followed a dispute between a group of young men.
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shoppers running to safety. doug: the first family is waking president barack obama, first lady michelle, and daughters malia and sasha started their holiday vacation saturday. shortly after arriving, the president hit the golf course. the family will spend two weeks in the president's home state. a-plus takes us to leicester high school and a young woman and moved from family member to family member. unstable home life hold her back from succeeding. the eyeopener's antoinette antonio introduces us to molly murphy. molly: childhood is the period of life that is most taken advantage of. antoinette: molly murphy had to grow up quickly-- molly: the earth shook the day my mother's soul departed my life. antoinette: --losing her mother to cervical cancer. molly: accepting death at the age of six is not an easy task. antoinette: she describes the life-altering moment in her college essay; but before heading off to school next year, she's had to deal with life's
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of any teenager-- removing herself from an unstable home when she was only in the eighth grade. molly: i felt very lost and alone, so i stayed with my friend brittany. her parents just let me stay there every night because they knew my situation and they didn't want a 14-year-old in that situation. mom: i didn't even ask him. it was just like i knew what was happening after a while. brittany: it was just a sleepover. dad: the longest sleepover ever. antoinette: as she found a new home with the belanger family, who are now her legal guardians, she continued to excel in school. molly: the only thing that i had really control of is how i did in school. antoinette: a senior at leicester high school, molly ranks 14th in her class. she's also in the national honor society, the class president, and consistently making honor roll, never letting life's obstacles get in the way of her success. kathy warnken: she did it without drawing attention to herself.
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most teachers here probably don't know her story. antoinette: that is one of many reasons molly murphy of leicester high school deserves this a plus. antoinette antonio, wcvb, newscenter 5. doug: amazing, molly. molly is hoping to get into syracuse university where she wants to major in social work so she can help kids like herself. do you know an exceptional student worthy of an a-plus? submit a nomination right now at wcvb.com. just click "as seen on." we wish her all the best, college and beyond. sera: indeed. doug: getting into boston-area museums can be costly. sera: but in this morning's "chronicle," ted reinstein shows us how to avoid paying that admission fee. his tips are coming up next. newscenter 5 starts an hour get the latest breaking news and your storm team 5 forecast starting at 5:00. take a look at the common. all the ready for the holiday
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because turning on the lights, r isn't as simple as just flipping a switch. energy lives here. danielle: welcome back. i'm meteorologist danielle vollmar. starting out today with 20's. notice a couple of flurries now over the atlantic ocean. that's actually associated with lake-effect snow showers from
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now we're dry today. we're actually going to be dry pretty much all day monday. we turn milder. a couple showers though to our north in northern new england, i think. and then on tuesday we watch a cold front come through. this is going to bring us some rain especially tuesday afternoon and evening. so the rain chances are on the way up as well as the temperatures. so you see tuesday a medium chance. by wednesday and thursday there's high chances for rain. and we could really use that rain since we're down over ten inches for the year in boston and down over nine inches for the year in worcester. we're going to look for rain. we're also going to look for mild temperatures. could be near record-high doug. doug: danielle, thank you. check this out. runners in atlanta got some holiday-themed exercise this weekend. they donned their most hideous attire for the ugly sweater run. from tutu's to onsies, folks proudly displayed their christmas worst! i guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder in this case.
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that's awesome. admission to a boston area museum can cost $15 to $25. doug: but chronicle's ted reinstein says put away the wallet. he's found a way to get in for free. >> we charge admission most of us because we have to. reporter: the director of the m.i.t. museum where admission the last sunday of every month doesn't cost a penny. >> i think that's appreciated by folks in the community who would like to come. we always see a good crowd that day. it's a big thing. reporter: on the campus of the top-notch science and technology school, the m.i.t. museum offers a glimpse of creations by some of the world's greatest minds. >> we have a arm where the hands and the fingers move robotically. that was a student project here at m.i.t. reporter: several boston-area museums offer a free glimpse of art from good to bad. that's right. bad. somerville's museum of bad art
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ticket from the somerville theater. and museum's gallery at the brookline interactive group is always free. the museum of fine art is free every wednesday after 4:00 p.m. the m.f.a. also hosts free open house days on martin luther king day, memorial day, and several other times throughout the year. visitors can view more than 2500 pieces of art at the isabelle a stewart gardner museum for free on their birthday. admission always free for one group of people. anyone with the name isabella. a doctor dancing for somebody else's supper. an iron man ice cream man. worcester's claim on the american revolution. a master of knuckle push-ups and a mysterious herd of horses. ted reinstein tells us more. "who knew?" on "chronicle" at 7:30.
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looking at that. businesses hoping to get a boost from holiday shoppers today. but be careful where you park. sera: the crackdown at malls as police try to make sure handicapped spots aren't being abused. doug: and the community in in a crash. how a group of parents plan to honor the athlete killed in a car crash. as we head to break. sera: a beautiful look at the common with all those christmas lights. i have my christmas tree but i haven't actually decorated it doug: you have time. beautiful. stay tuned.
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