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>> thank god for that. five month old lauren happily in her daddy' s arms, she and her twin brother luan, blissfully unaware of the chaos this morning. >> visibility was quite poor. sera: a fire that started in the basement of this medford home created thick smoke throughout. a mother and her twin babies were in the second-floor apartment. officer paul giordano one of the first to arrive. >> i ran upstairs to the second floor, a female handed me two infants, there was smoke coming from the upstairs apartment. i ran downstairs. >> he came down the stairs and had both infants. one and one arm and one in the other, mother and twins were checked out by emt' s on scene, the babies' father who rushed home from work, thankful to the officer who helped get them out, a happy ending for this family. right before these little ones celebrated first christmas.

they were able to get some belongings out of their apartment. it is unclear if or when they will be able to return. in medford, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. doug: lakeville police asking for your help looking for an suv driven by a woman and with two children inside. it' s a 2002 land rover discovery , brown or tan in color with mass registration 847zz2. police say it may be operated by 47-year-old valerie mcgrath, and she should have two children with her, a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. police won' t say why they' re looking for the vehicle. >> i' m suspending my campaign for president. i want to thank everyone who has taken the journey with me. he' s honored me with your support. emily: also breaking at noon. republican presidential candidate lindsey graham ends his campaign. the south carolina senator made the announcement in this youtube video. he said he' s run a campaign we

s security. and breaking overseas. u.s. officials say american soldiers are among a group of six killed in a suicide attack near bagram airfield in afghanistan. three other troops also wounded in the attack. in an email to the associated press, the taliban claimed responsibility. >> just tell your children every minute that you can that you love them. just show them love. doug: a heartbreaking search for answers in westport. a 4-year-old boy was killed when flames tore through his home. we' ve learned that the fire department had been to the house a number of times for compliance violations. caleb nardolillo was killed in the fire late saturday on mount pleasant street. his mother melody and sister bella made it out but were badly hurt. believe it or not, back in november 1952, a mother and eight children were also killed

the victim' s granddaughter returned to the site yesterday to grave for this family. >> my grandmother cannot be here so i came to offer solace. how does that happen? the same circumstance happening twice, it is unbelievable. the talk -- doug: fire officials say right now it looks like the fire started in the kitchen ceiling. emily: all schools in nashua, new hampshire are closed today after a threat of violence. newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich spoke with the superintendent windows schools could reopen. todd: police are trying to figure out who sent the threat, and if it is credible. school officials aren' t taking any chances. nashua high school south and 16 other schools in nashua are closed. >> we made the decision last night to err on the side of caution, based on the fact it was a very specific threat to and it noted today as the specific date that the action would occur, along with the means for how students would be harmed. todd the threat was emailed in.

received it sunday morning. >> what struck me and what' s different from other threats that we may have seen over time, was the specificity of it. todd nashua police sent it the : bomb squad to check both high schools, but nothing suspicious was found. at the same time, an investigation was launched by nashua police, who also informed the fbi. >> we worked on it yesterday, trying to determine if there' s any credibility to the threat, and the source of the threat. we' ll continue doing that today. >> absent any new information, because the threat was specific to today, we believe our schools will be safe to open tomorrow. tile there are more than 11,000 : students in the district. the superintendent says students up this day at some point. in nashville, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. doug: new at noon, take a look. world in framingham this morning, as gusty winds blew over a light pole. it landed on a car and an suv. the driver of the suv was inside

but was not hurt. some dogs in the other car were also not injured. this happened in front of the petsmart store. emily: it is windy out and also warm for this time of year. doug: first day of winter tonight. cindy: 11:48 p.m. is the winter solstice. what winter? about 50 degrees already. but these winds are transporting in warmer air. take a look at the temperatures. at or above 50 degrees across a good portion of southeastern massachusetts. look at the south shore, marshfield 52. 53 in taunton. myth 50' s on the islands. north and west of the city, some 40' s. average high temperature is about 39 degrees. much warmer than it was over the weekend. high-pressure to our east. wind on the backside of this high. and a lot of brain creeping in

this does not get here until tomorrow. we are not going to see any wet weather until late tonight or first thing tomorrow. you could see gusts 45-50 miles per hour along the coast so there is wind advisory until 5:00 this afternoon. once the sun goes down we start to go the other way. if you have plans this evening, windy and dry with upper 40' s and near 50 degrees. christmas eve thursday , near record highs possible. we break down the holiday forecast in a bit. in my talk thank you. -- emily: thank you. some scary moments in brookline this morning. a school bus driver and a student were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after this crash. 4 students were on board the bus when it crashed into a pole on chestnut hill avenue. doug: right now, boston police are searching for a shooter in jamaica plain. shots were fired last night at 37 round hill road. one person was treated for non

emily: a memorial is growing for the teen killed in a shooting in roxbury. police say the victim, 17-year-old d' andre king-settles, died after being shot on annunciation road friday afternoon. this happened on a playground right behind boston police headquarters. anyone with information about who may have pulled the trigger is asked to contact the boston police. right now, a new bedford man is due in court over disturbing discoveries inside this home. police charged danny santos with animal cruelty over the weekend, after they say they found dead animals on his property. they removed malnourished dogs and cats from the home on bream street. they were there as part of a hit and run investigation. they were looking for at the address. doug: a third person is under arrest, expected in court today in connection with the break-in at the army reserve armory in worcester. tyrone james of dorchester is accused of helping to broker the sale of the stolen guns. james walker morales, the former

brought them to james the day after the robbery. 16 weapons were taken from the armory last month. new details coming on a wild and deadly crash on the las vegas strip. one killed and dozens were pedestrians. the driver is now being charged. emily: abc has the latest. terrifying hit and run on the busy las vegas strip. >> some lady jumped the curb and her car and went through people. >> a woman driving this is my veered outside the paris hotel and museum. >> going 30-40, crushing people. >> people were bouncing off the car. the hospital.

witnesses tried running inside the vehicle to stop the driver. >> it looked like she was not even trying to stop the car. she had her hands on the wheel and was looking straightforward. >> police caught up to the woman moments later. >> we have the driver in custody. >> this is an intentional act. >> the timer in the vehicle was unharmed but several people remain hospitalized. >> why? why did this happen? what really happened? >> investigators are looking over surveillance footage of along the las vegas strip to get a better understanding of what happened. they say this is not a case of terrorism. abc news, los angeles. doug: prosecutors say an air france passenger is now being held by police after allegedly forcing an emergency landing with a bomb scare. that plane was supposed to land in paris but was diverted to kenya. authorities say a fake explosive, rigged with cardboard and sheets of paper, burst in the bathroom during the overnight flight.

s ceo says this is the 4th bomb hoax in recent weeks. nobody was hurt. emily: the man accused of buying the guns used in the san bernardino shooting is due in court today. enrique marquez is expected to enter a plea to three charges. buying the two rifles used in the terror attack. the judge will determine whether to hold him on bond pending trial. prosecutors are asking for no bail. they say he is a flight risk. doug: war of words. donald trump going after hillary clinton. s debate. emily: not a fan of gift cards? the websites where you can trade them in for cash. cindy: tracking strong winds today, perhaps record high by christmas eve. also some rain that could impact holiday travel. erika: a big mistake at miss universe. the wrong winner crowned.

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a seven-year-old eden and a five-year-old boy steven. a brown or tan land rover discovery with massachusetts plates 847zz2. if you have any information, contact lakeville police. doug: back to that breaking news in commitment 2016. republican senator lindsey graham announces he' s dropping out of the race for president. and there' s a new battle brewing between hillary clinton and donald trump. emily: abc' s megan hughes has more on the war of words. >> donald trump has kept fact checkers busy, from claims muslims celebrated in new jersey after 9/11 to tweets sharing debunked murder statistics. today, trump told matt lauer he wants an apology from the democratic front runner for unsubstantiated statements. >> she should apologize. >> the demand stem from the

s becoming isis' s best recruiter. they are going to people showing video of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. >> clinton campaign unable to prove such a video exists. her communications director. >> she did not have a particular video and mine but he' s being used on social media. >> bernie sanders said he was sorry for his campaign of clinton' s voter database. >> i apologize. >> on the gop side, lindsey s out. that never my commitment. new hampshire, marco rubio in rochester. >> i want us to be the greatest mankind. >> the new hampshire primary is 50 days away. trump has a sizable lead on the republican side with cruz,

abc news, washington. emily: some politicians trying to boost salvation army donations. ringing the bell at a red kettle in downtown crossing right now. state leaders are trying to help the salvation army boost donations, which are lower than expected this year. boston mayor marty walsh will take over the kettle tomorrow and house speaker robert deleo on wednesday. doug: with the holiday this s a good chance you' re going to get a gift card. but what if you don' t want it? $130 billion are expected to be loaded onto gift cards this but if yours doesn' t suit you, you can turn it into cash. websites like raise.com and giftcards.com. will buy your unwanted cards but it usually isn' t for the same amount. experts say if you' re planning to swap, do it soon. >> the gift card will not expire until five years from the day of time to use it to you might get

doug: and to avoid giving a gift card that somebody might not want, consider bank cards. they work like a pre-paid credit card and can be used almost anywhere. most of those holiday cards and packages mailed last week are arriving today. the postal service says today is its busiest delivery day of the year. if you haven' t already put those holiday gifts in the mail, today is the deadline for shipping priority mail and wednesday is the last day you can ship priority mail express. emily: everyone is looking for christmas presents. it does not feel like december. cindy: i know. it is 50 degrees outside. the wind is strong. 50 degrees and december. that this month. emily: are we setting records? i think the temperatures get week. every day this month except the average temperatures. if you take all the highs and all the lows and average them

if you look at all the decembers going back to the late 1800s, the warmest was 2006 at 41 degrees. we are more than five degrees above that with 10 days in the month. we are likely going to go down as the warmest december on record. look at the jet stream a big ridge of warmth in the east. record highs likely by christmas eve. around 60 in worcester and boston. forecasting low to mid 60' s so likely setting records for warmth thursday and records for the month by the month' s end. a warm pattern continues. low to mid 50' s here. plymouth down the cape, mid 40' s and worcester. 43 in orange. the average high this time of year typically is in the upper 30' s to around 40 degrees. 50 in beverly. the reason we' ve been warming up by the winds. sustained winds 25 miles per

35 through the afternoon. along the coastline from kate and -- cape anne to cape cod, we could see a gust from 45-50 miles per hour, enough to do damage. there' s a wind advisory until 5:00 this afternoon. southwesterly winds on the backside of high-pressure that brought us sunshine yesterday. now that is to our east it is bringing clouds. a frontal system to the west, boundary. we stay dry the rest of we had filtered sunshine this morning and clouds thicken up through the afternoon. mild with dry. lot of clouds through the overnight. by tomorrow morning when the sun

7:00 in the morning, that is when we see showers worked in. temperatures in the 40' s overnight. a few suburbs could drop into the upper 30' s. the frontal system does push through slowly during the day tomorrow. with it coming through we are talking about a few showers but i' m not expecting all-day rain. temperatures getting into the mid-50' s with the southwesterly wind tomorrow. and we could hold on to study rain around lunchtime. a few additional showers during the afternoon and evening. night and in the first part of your wednesday. wednesday, see the warm front to this will push towards us to the it' warm temperatures. it' to allow warm temperatures come looking for temperatures in the s.

christmas day does look dry. a little cooler with temperatures in the 50' s but right through next week and are talking about above average temperatures 50 degrees. warm weather not going away anytime soon. emily: thank you. the new year just around the corner. experts say there are some things you may not want to buy in 2016. think twice about picking up a selfie stick. they were huge this year, but they' re now also banned in some popular spots including disney world. another growing trend, fitness gear for work. designers are jumping on so-called athleisure wear but career counselors say don' t believe the hype. this does not fly at the office. another one that' s now wowing retail analysts, smart water bottles. the gadgets recommend how much $60 you should drink based on how much you' re moving. experts point out for free, you can just keep a glass of water at your desk. doug: if you need a gadget to tell you when to drink -- emily: you'

, around the world. doug: the talk show host that everybody is talking about. plus, a would-be robber gets much more than he asked for. fists flying as a customer and clerk go after him. but the warning from police

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doug: a daring customer takes on an attempted robber at a gas station in florida. emily: take a look. the armed man tried to hold up the store but the good samaritan stepped in then the clerk jumped in, too. the pair managed to wrestle the crook to the ground, and wait until police arrived. police say they' re glad the suspect was caught but say it' s not a good idea to attack an armed robber. this is the story everyone is talking about today. doug: cringe worthy. a painfully awkward moment at the miss universe competition last night. the pageant' s host, steve harvey, announces the wrong winner. miss colombia was originally but it turns out it was actually >> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is colombia.

doug: whoops. miss colombia. not upset, and was happy with how far she came. worse than he does. there' friday! oops, it is monday.