>> from boston's news leader this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. ed: here are the stories that are happening right now. police are still searching for valerie mcgrath and her children. she was supposed to return the children to the father who has

police are concerned for the children's safety. heather: nashua, new hampshire schools will be open tomorrow. the threat that lead officials to close the district today is no longer credible. ed: when he played here he wore number 26 and the red sox will retire wade boggs next may. he hit 3010 hits in his career. he went into the hall of fame wearing a red sox cap. he will be the 10th player to have his number retired. heather:it has been a year since duvall patrick left office and he broke his silence talking about his life and defending his record. ed: and he told janet wu whether he would be consider be vice president of the united states. reporter: it has been almost a year since he walked down these stairs. >> i have more private time which is great. i have to go through security at the airports. reporter: patrick is raising money for a new investment fund to grow businesses with financial and social goals.

when we asked if he feels responsibility for the failure since his departure. his predecessor never mentioned patrick's name, but the implication is unquestionable. >> after a year in office it is probably time for the governor to take responsibility for solutions. i wish him well. >> do you feel get you should have left the agencies in better shape than you did? >> i feel after stewarding the commonwealth in the worst recession in living memory to a 25-year high in employment that we did a lot to make the commonwealth stronger. reporter: he was dismayed when the t system failed. >> not surprised in the sense that it is an old system. in need of investment. you know we knew that. you know we tried to make thank you investments in the system. >> you got a big tax hike to help you out with that as well.

into affect. >> he missed his political life only a little. >> there are muttering of hillary clinton possibly putting you on the short list for vp if she gets the nomination. any interest whatsoever if that opportunity came up? >> no. >> none? >> no. reporter: would he say no if asked to be on the short list? he says right now his only priority is building his new business. janet wu, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: why do i think she should have asked diane patrick that question and not duvall patrick. heather:there is an important reason for that one. when he left office it was shortly after that year when all of the snowstorms started. >> yes, and then we had tons of snow. we have not had any snow this year so far, folks. the reason why is our temperatures have been so mild in the month of december. this is going to continue as we work our way into the holidays.

50 in boston. 52 degrees in boston excuse me. 54 in taunton and 54 on the cape as well. we will keep the clouds and bring in fog overnight. but notice the overnight temperatures are holding in the 50s on the south coast and the cape. it is a mild night for sure for pretty much everybody. the reason is the strong winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 miles an hour. a couple showers pushing their way into western mass, southern vermont. but there is more from where that comes from. you can see it back here. it is a cold front. this is going to bring in a good chance for rain. we'll timeout the rain and talk about the warm up that follows. heather? heather:a man hit by a stolen jeep in somerville remains hospitalized. he is expected to survive. the two people police say were in the vehicle appeared in court today. the judge revoked bail for 18-year-old arthur woods.

released on his own recognizance. police caught up with the pair as they allegedly ran from the scene on friday. ed: they are expected to unanimously approve funding for police body cameras tonight and if it doesn't pass they will be the first in the state to wear cameras on duty. the officers tried out three different styles before disiegd the chest box was the best. the cameras will cost $272,000 over a five-year period if approved. heather:more than a quarter of the people living in boston were not born in the united states. they say the number of foreign born residents jumped by 20% between 2000 and 2014. half of boston's foreign born residents are now u.s. citizens. the do minute kin -- dough minute kin republic is the main origin. ed: 2016 is the year of the monkey, but it could be the year to adopt a rabbit. the spca is hosting adopt a

of surrenders. more than a hundred rabbits are looking for forever homes and you can adopt them on january 16th and 17th. they will be available at locations in boston and on the cape. it is 5:36 in the evening and the pike again in both directions. this is out of boston as you head toward newton. everybody is moving freely. let's hit the update button and hit the drive times around the area. south. it is still a half hour. city. slow at the tolls as well. but that's flirting with 40 minutes. 495 has gotten slow by the pike. the pike is 290 and that's running about a seven-minute ride. that's what traffic looks like at 5:36. the texas teen is now on the run.

played in his disappearance as they try to track him down. ed: and a powerful mudslide caught on camera as it takes china. heather:and a lottery scandal that began in iowa is now spreading across the country.

>> you're watching newscenter 5 at 5:30. ed: the manhunt is intensifying for a texas teen whose defense spared him jail time in a crash. there is a reward for him. his name is ethan couch and his mother who police believe is with him. reporter: this video posted on twitter shows ethan couch at a party standing near a beer pong table, although he is not seen drinking. according to authorities it may have prompted the texas teenager to skip his probation hearing and turn into a wanted fugitive. >> i believe he felt the other shoe was getting ready to drop. reporter: his mother, tonya, declared a missing person, now officially a part of this investigation. pictures of her pick up truck just released with investigators believing she is with ethan which could land her in jail. >> if we can find out if she

we will file criminal cases against her. reporter: he was 15 when he killed people driving drunk. his daughters said he was too spoiled to know the consequences of his actions. couch got probation. >> granted he is not a major drug lord or a kingpin, but theng about it. think about it. four dead bodies and they went for probation. >> i have never in my law enforcement career and that is 35 years now seen a case that sparked such outrage. >> couch turned 19 in january and they had begun the process of moving this case into adult court even before couch vanished. >> we obviously feel he needs to be in adult court where they are holding him accountable for his actions. >> they cannot give specific details, but they are urging couch to surrender saying they will find him one way or another. heather:nearly a hundred people are missing after a landslide in southeastern

it shows some of the landslide's aftermath. three buildings in an industrial park came crushing down by the mountain of mud. the missing people were in the buildings. hundreds of emergency workers are digging through the debris right now. look at that. more than two dozen people including an 8-year-old boy were taken to a local hospital for treatment. what a shame. heather: in his annual christmas greeting to the vat vatican pope francis asked bureaucrats to be more honest and humble. francis is battling the flu and called it a catalog of virtues he would like to see them adopt. it is far more positive than last year's address when he blasted the cardinals and bishops to achieve power and wealth and accused them of living double lives suffering a spiritual alzheimer's. ed: boy scouts jump into action after a bear attack. heather: what they did as their leader was being grabbed by the animal and dragged away.

discover this guy hiding in the dark? where he was found catching a ride to the united states. >> not interested in that. we are entering a wet and warm pattern.

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aircrafts and airports. it is from a half a powbd to -- half a pound to 55 pounds. the drone owners will have to register on an f.a.a. website. it costs $5 and will be waived for the first 30 days. ed: a lottery scandal is growing and reaching new england. a computer expert is convicted of stealing one big jackpot and under investigation in dozens of other states. reporter: he is the lottery industry insider already convicted of rigging one iowa drawing jism we the jury find the defendant guilty of fraud. reporter: the 52-year-old, a former security director working for the multi state lottery association may have made his own luck more than once. essentially stealing jackpots from the millions of hopeful players around the country. according to investigators he installed secret software on the machines that randomly generate the winning lotto numbers so he would know the

they say tipton may have had access to lottery games and as many as 37 states. >> we are looking into any jackpots that can be associated with eddie tipton. reporter: tipton's attorney says there has been no evidence that mr. tipton did anything to tamper with any of the computers. that assertion is based upon pure speculation and fanciful theories. this video shows tipton in 2010 making his first big mistake. purchasing a winning ticket worth $16.5 million. collect it, investigators uncovered the scam. this year a jury con vehicle -- convicting and sentencing tipton to prison. he is currently out on bail pending appeal. ed: he is due back in january, but it mentions new england. they run lotteries in every new england state except massachusetts, and they say thisy have examined their internal processes and are confident that the games are safe and secure going forward from here. heather: a stowaway cobra is

who was around it. it is safe at the bronx zoo after it was found roaming the ship. the ship believes that it picked up the cobra where it was native to southeast asia. it is highly venomous. they called in the zoo, i bet they did, to help catch the snake. ed: did you say the bronx zoo? i thought it was yankee stadium. i am looking over the radar. the bronx zoo at yankee stadium. >> it is snowing in seattle and snowing in canada. >> i am not the weird one here. hello! et et you are so the weird one here. that is true. we welcome you to official winter, astronomical winter begins tonight at 11:48. heather: it does president feel feel -- it doesn't feel

>> we haven't seen snow yet as we enter this period of winter. we are waiting for it, but our average state is 6.3 inches. last year we had 8.5 inches of snow. in boston we had 2.9 inches of snow last year. and just so you know, the latest snowfall on record for the first snow i should say is actually christmas eve in worcester and in boston it is right after the new year. so we have to see. we need a 10th of an inch of snow and it looks like worcester may set a new record because look at these temperatures. it is on the way up from the week and thursday is christmas eve. and we are going near record warmth in boston and in worcester. our average high temperature should be around 39 degrees and obviously we are running well above that. and even tonight as things start to settle out with mostly cloud eye skies we are only fall into the 40s, the upper 40s in the boston area. we have a couple of showers starting to make their way

mass and western connecticut. some of these could come across later on this evening. we will be cloudy and we have some fog developing overnight. and then we watch this area of low pressure and this cold front. this is going to be our next weather maker. it will be bringing us rain beginning as early as tomorrow morning. rain chances are on the way up. especially i think tomorrow afternoon. we will be dry on wednesday morning. but then wednesday night into christmas eve morning it will be another period of wet weather. so let's time out the showers tomorrow. at 5:00, cloudy skies and maybe one or two showers around. but notice by about 8:00 or so, more showers are on the doorstep. they are going to start to become more widespread. that will be say after lunchtime. and they are filling in and the ride home from work will be western points east. it may be the cape and the

more showers and we warm up into the low 50s and mid50s in boston. it is the south shore whereas concord new hampshire may stay in the upper 40s and low 50s for the highs. and then behind the system we will watch more chances for rain beginning on wednesday night and into thursday. another warm front will lift. the rain is here and it continues through the evening and into the overnight. and that brings in really warm air for christmas eve. the record high temperatures for boston is 61 for christmas eve. we will break worcester's record too and even christmas day we will be sunny with temperatures in the upper 50s and the low 50s and the 40s as we head toward next weekend. heather?

hit, unbelievable. as expected "star wars" "the force awakens" smashed the box office records in the opening weekend. it urned $238 million in north america alone. and $517 million worldwide. emily reamer has more. reporter: the force is strong with moviegoers. "star wars" "the force awakens" shattering all kinds of records in the opening weekend. >> it was an 11 on a 10 scale. it felt like the original trilogy all over again. reporter: in los angeles the movie theaters were adding shows to keep up with the demand. meaning plenty of tickets were available, but fans still waited in line. >> why wait in line? it is "star wars." reporter: this group got a surprise visit as seen in this video. >> i just wanted to pop by. i was in the area.

most anticipated pre-quel and fandango is reporting most ticket sales on its site before opening night. so who watched? 58% male and 71% adults. >> the force is strong in my family. reporter: and 20% families. >> it is amazing. >> i have spent 20 hours watching the past six movies and i can't believe after that -- after thawl that i was not prepared for it. i have to watch it again and again and again. reporter: wcvb newscenter 5. heather:that's exactly what they were hoping she would say. ed: she spent 20 hours watching the previous ones? >> my son is watching them. i know a lot of you are too. a boy scout leader grabbed by a bear. ed: and the scouts jump into action. next, the her heroic moves

and then at 6:00 -- >> that's the bottom line. reporter: a vulnerable security target here and throughout the northeast. 5 investigates safety on the rails and what is being done. ed: an incredible rescue and video of the twin babies and their m months saved from the burning home. how two hero police officers got them all out alive. heather:and you have to see this story. a man from haiti suffering from a large and potentially deadly tumor. new at 6:00, how the boston

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heather:boy scouts step up to help save their leader from a bear attack. ed: they use their survival skills to get the bear away from the man. doug has that story tonight. reporter: what should have been a simple adventure for three boy scouts turn into a terrifying lesson in survival. >> we have a gentleman in the cave with a bear. he has been injured by the bear. reporter: 50-year-old troop leader was exploring a cave in these new jersey woods on sunday afternoon when he was attacked inside by a black bear. >> be advised that the victim -- we have the victim now yelling out. reporter: the bear was already -- >> the bear was already inside. it was his den or home. reporter: the boy scouts between 10 and 12 years old were outside of the cave and heard their scout leaders screaming. jumping into action and calling 9-1-1 and trying to

using snacks, trail mix and bananas. >> he is bleeding from his neck and his arms and his head. reporter: and then starting a fire smoking the bear out of the cave a rescue helicopter finding the group by tracking the smoke from the air taking the leader to the hospital for treatment. >> i'm sure there is training and they were actually able to implement the life of their own scout master. i can't praise them enough. reporter: wcvb newscenter 5. ed: as we continue at 6:00 the threats that shutdown an entire local school district. heather:newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. ed: only newscenter 5 on the scene of a daring rescue. >> he had both infants. ed: the infant twins safe because of these two police officers. heather: a mother on the run accused of kidnapping her children. what you should look out for. ed: a vulnerable security target in the southeast.

rails and what's being done. >> get ready for a wet and warm holiday week. the time line on the rain and when we could see record high temps. heather:and the tribute to a red sox legend. >> this is wcvb news newscenter 5 at 6:00. ed: finding a mother who is wanted for kidnapping her two children. heather:their mom didn't return the kids after a visitation. rhondella richardson is live where she spoke with the children's father. rhondella? reporter: yeah, i'm told that a month ago the mother put a scare in the dad when she returned the children nearly four hours late. bus of that there were -- because of that there were no scheduled visits. but sunday was the 5-year-old's birthday and dad agreed to a dinner. he hasn't seen them in 27 hours. >> don't know where she is. she is not answering anybody. reporter: this lakeville father believes his ex-wife even turned off her cell phone. 47-year-old valerie mcgrath is accused of kidnapping their