ju and 7-year-old edith. yesterday she picked up the children at their settlers drive home where they lived with their father. >> i want my children back home safe. i don't know where they are. reporter: lakeville police are asking the public to be on the lookout for the mother and children driving in a brown or tan colored land rover. it has a massachusetts license plate number 8470-- 847zz2. they are concerned about their safety. >> shooy is sick -- she is sick of not having her kids. she was living here for a longtime, and then he came back and kind of took over the house and took the kids. >> nice children. they do a good job as parents. >> she was just supposed to ep could the kids until they get the order. i let her take the kids for his birthday with her sister. reporter: this father has no idea why there is still no amber alert. >> i am not sure yet. >> have you asked for one?

last night and today. it is still up in the air. reporter: he really wants that amber alert to get his children back safe, but in doing what he can he went to the court to file a complaint for contempt heard in the morning. police are getting tips, but nothing concrete. rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: now video you will see only on 5 tonight. a baby boy and his twin sister rescued from their burning home by two medford police officers. the hero is telling us how they got the infants and their mother to safety. he is live in medford. reporter: the two officers were on the scene arriving before firefighters and were told immediately that there were babies inside the home that at the time was consumed by smoke and fire. they didn't hesitate. no matter how you say it, christmas arrived early for carlos olivera. >> i thank god for them. reporter: two real life

and blankets. the twins rescued from their medford home which was on fire and choking smoke rising from the basement. >> there is a fire and two infant children upstairs. reporter: he raced inside to the apartment. >> a female handing me two infants and there was smoke coming from the upstairs apartment. >> he had both infants, one in one arm and one in the other walking out with the children. reporter: those babies and their mother were all treated by paramedics at the scene. none was hurt. carlos rushed home from work haqing sure all was well with his family. >> she handed them to me and that was it. reporter: he then thanked the man who helped make it happen. >> hello. reporter: before going back to his children, appreciating the true meaning of this holiday week. >> thank god. it is a holiday miracle. could have been worse. reporter: it certainly could have been. one firefighter was treated and released in the hospital after suffering a fall during

in the meantime for carlos, his wife and infant twins, they are staying nearby with family. live in medford, reid lamberty, wcvb newscenter 5. heather:as the church continues in the cause of a fire that killed a little boy, newscenter 5 learned the fire department had been to that home a number of times for compliance violations. 4-year-old caleb was killed in that fire late on saturday on mount pleasant street. his mother, melody and sister vela made it out, but badly hurt. melody is hospitalized and said to be in good condition. bella has been released. it looks like the fire started in the kitchen ceiling. ed: students will return to class in nashua tomorrow. this after a threat closed all city schools today. let's get to newscenter 5's breaking news desk with more on what they uncovered. reporter: ed, a thorough search of all schools found no bombs, weapons or credible threats. that's why the schools will re-open tomorrow. we are learning more about the

school administrator on sunday. the superintendent said it was very specific. >> it was specific in terms of naming the two high schools. it was specific to today's date saying today is the day that harm would be done to students, and it was specific to citing the means by which students would be harmed. >> police are not revealing how students may have been harmed, but bomb-sniffing dogs schools. police have made no arrests and say the fbi continues to investigate. students will notice more police on hand when the classes get back underway tomorrow. wcvb newscenter 5. ed: tom brady and the nfl are back in the news, but legal posturing. the nl said an appeals court must reverse the lower court decision not to appeal the decision. they filed their response to brady's claims late today. they say if the suspension isn't reinstated the court would be ignoring what they

brady tack part in the scheme to de plate footballs. the nfl's appeal will be heard after the super bowl on march 3rd. heather:the driver of this car was a no show in court. a warrant has been issued for ronald jaris. he was initially arrested over the weekend charged with fleaing the scene of an accident. two passengers and the driver of a second car were seriously hurt. ed: searchers found the body of a missing rock port woman. susan nielsen was found and an autopsy is being performed to determine how she died. heather:5 investigates looking into potential terrorist targets. recent attacks in california and paris have everyone now talking about security in public places and with transportation. ed: is one vulnerable right here and throughout the northeast, and is it over looked? here is karen anderson tonight. reporter: it is just before sunrise at south station in boston. already a reminder of the

homeland security police officers are here making an unannounced inspection. they are part of a tsa viper team that stands for visual intermodal response. working with amtrak police and their bomb-sniffing dogs and looking for suspicious behavior, explosives. each one carrying a radiation detector. >> how likely is it there will be a terrorist attack here in the united states on a train. >> we have to expect it. that's the bottom line. >> he is the head of the center for for resilience studies and a former homeland security official. the train attacks are happening oversea. and he says there is nothing in place to guarantee it won't happen here. >> passenger rail systems are designed to be open. specifically put in densly populated areas. a system that is vulnerable really from the beginning of the trip to the end of the trip. >> there is proof of that vulnerability right here at south station. open access

no bad checks for these passengers and they won't have to present an id. just a ticket before they board. the entire amtrak system encompasses 21,000 miles of unprotected tracks. the rail line between boston and washington, d.c., the northeast corridor carries the majority of amtrak's passengers. >> the terrorists were trying to disrupt and, quote, terrorize, that would be a prime target of those individuals. >> he has studied many of the terrorist attacks on trains since 9/11. >> when you see the rail attacks in france or russia or japan or spain or britain, that should be a message to us. >> it is estimated five times as many people ride the rail system as fly in airplanes every year nationwide. and if you try to install the same type of airport style security and screenings in the

the entire rail system to a screeching halt. >> in the meantime solutions may not be easy. >> we need our security officials to be frank with the homeland security or the first responders. they are not always going to be able to keep us safe. >> like on the train in france this summer when it took the courageous act of three american passengers to subdue an armed terrorist. defense. it is everyday citizens who are inevitably going to be the first responders. >> amtrak police partners with dozens of law enforcement agencies and has two of their own intelligence analysts. now congressman lynch is planning to host a rail early next year. karen anderson, 5 investigates. heather:big changes could be come together seaport. the two popular bars that would come down even if condo tower goes up. >> a massive tumor disfigured this man.

sending him home with a whole new life. >> we are entering a wet and warm pattern. the time line on the much needed rain and how warm we will get. ed: and the red sox are making news tonight in december. get ready to honor another all

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>> you're watching newscenter 5 at 6:00. ed: gusty winds over a light pole and landed on a car in front of pets mart. some dogs in another car were also uninjured. heather: one boston storefront could look quite different. he wants to build a tower where two very popular restaurants, the whiskey priest and atlantic beer garden currently sit. the idea is to build a 22-story glass condo that would look out over boston harbor. the building would hold 110

two floors of retail space. if the plans are approved construction could start within two years. ed: federal regulators rejecting one and a outer qaer billion dollars in contracts. it was an attempt to ease ma knob plea fears as it tries to acquire the rival office depot. they are eke soing to -- they are seeking to block the deal even though it would throttle competition. heather: gas prices at their lowest level in years. down another 4 cents a gallon to an average of two bucks. that's a penniless than the national average. this is the first time it has dropped below $2 a gallon. ed: it was $28 when i filled up today. heather: it just seems wrong. you drive down the street and it is still $2.29 a gallon. ed: i saw it for $3.49 a gallon at one place. a warm start to the workweek.

>> dare i say hotter? as we get closer to christmas. the records we could break. plus -- ed: tonight he is thanking his doctors forgiving him a future. the boston team that removed a massive tumor that was both

heather:we want to give you an update here. police are looking for these two children and their mother did not return with them after a visit. we can tell you now that these missing kids have been found safe. we have not gotten word where the mother is, but these children have been found safe. ed: this is new at 6:00. a little girl who lost the device that helps her hear got to thank the doctor who recovered it. a big hug from 3-year-old roshean morgan. morgan who is deaf is from ireland and lost her cochlear implant last year on a plane

dr. holt found it after the pilot alerted passengers that it was missing. turns out dr. holt is a researcher at children's hospital which is where morgan was treated. today she had a special message for the medical team. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. ho-ho-ho. >> ho-ho-ho. ed: isn't that the sweetest message? morgan and her family will spend the holidays with her family before they head home to ireland. heather:that's great and so is this. saving ronnie. a man had a life-threatening tumor who is now heading home for christmas. reporter: ronnie nelson's tumor was so big that he was dizzy as it compressed his airway. eating was a struggle too. socially the 21-year-old was struggling at home in haiti where he lives with his

brothers. >> there used to be shame because people used to make fun. reporter: doctors in haiti tried to remove the benign tumor a decade ago, but it grew back. >> it tripled the size of his jaw. reporter: doctors agreed to bring ronnie to boston and donate surgery. >> got him here and it takes a lot of effort, particularly financial effort. reporter: a team of surgeons removed the massive tumor jie. we basically took from one angle of his jaw to the other angle of his jaw including his lower teeth. reporter: the second part of the surgery involved reconstruction. >> it involved taking bone from his leg and kind of contouring it to a titanium plate that would replace his jaw. reporter: he has captured the hearts of the medical team with his enthusiastic response to the surgery. >> he sat up and gave us a thumbs up. reporter: they call these the

>> he look different. even his mom can't believe it when you send a picture to his mom. >> ronnie will be home with his family for christmas and will continue his follow-up care via tele conferencing. kelley tuthill, wcvb newscenter 5. heather:he looks terrific. now he can focus on the beautiful smile he has. and he must have been sore when he wok up and yet must have felt so much better. ed: it is like we have hatian weather. >> everybody is talking about how it feels like florida here. that will not change. if you like florida weather you are in for a good week ahead. if you like the snow unfortunately it is not coming to southern new england. here is why. we have been so warm this month of december above 9 degrees above normal for the month and today was no exception. 52 degrees was our high temperature. we are waiting for the white stuff.

already have about 6.3 inches. last year we had 2.9 inches in boston and 8.5 inches in worcester. so far we have had none yet. so here is what's happening this week. the big story is the chances for rain, and also the mild temperatures. we are on the way up this week. obviously christmas eve we will be flirting with record high temperatures and probably surpassing them. we may even be pushing near 70 degrees in some spots. we should be running around 39 degrees this time of year. right now it is 51 degrees in boston. it is in the 40s in worcester and concord. mid50s on nantucket and the vineyard. over the next 12 hours the temperatures hold steady in the upper 40s. the winds will begin to back down out of the south and west. they were very gusty through the afternoon today. for tonight 30s and 40s. a couple of showers pushing into western mass and if these hold together would be in the worcester area and southern

hour or so. but the big story is this cold front that you can see out to the west this. is going to lift through the region tomorrow. this will bring us rain. and then we watch another system you can see out here bringing us another chance for rain beginning wednesday night into thursday. we are entering a wet pattern. tuesday morning rain chans are are -- rain ns chas are up. we are dry on wednesday morning and then back up on thursday. the time line for the rain looks like this. starting out with some clouds. the showers are on our doorstep by about 8:00 or so. they start to fill in by say lunchtime and 1:00, 2:00 so everybody is under them. and they will continue through the evening. notice a heavier band may move through southeastern mass say the ride home from work. and then by 8:00 we are done with the showers. now it is in the form of rain because the temperatures are so warm. they are warming to the mid50s and the upper 50s along parts of the south shore

if you think that is warm look ahead to what happens. here comes thursday, christmas eve and this is a day i am talking about where we could see record high temperatures. i am forecasting a high of 66 degrees in boston. and the record is 61. 63 is my forecast. the record is 57. we should surpass the records and some areas may hit 70 degrees if we get a few breaks of sunshine. christmas day though is dry. and it is still warm in the upper 50s. i'm meteorologist danielle vomar. >> now sports center 5 with bob. >> number 26 is going up on the 26th of may. the red sox are crying out for attention today and in the days leading up to the day they announce they will finally retire wade boggs' number. there is no good reason it was retired wearing a red sox captain years ago. during the 11 years he spent in boston boggs was the best get a hitter in baseball.

on base percentage. he won five batting titles and went to eight allstar games with the red sox and finished with the yankees and rays. boggs says having his number retired is the highest honor an athlete can receive and he will be the 10th retired by the red sox. he was also superstition. super stishes. he ate chicken before every game. and he liked to take bp and run in the outfield at the exact same time every night, and he drew the hebrew word for "life" before each at bat. steven jackson, bill belichick, aka you sly old devil says he will not comment on any players not on the patriots. he tweeted this photo of himself with the words "i'm back" and his official twitter account identifies him as new england patriots running back. so he is a patriot. belichick was just waiting for the ink to dry.

left unsigned all year. there are questions regarding how good he still is. he was real good. running for over 11,000 yards in nine years with the rams and two with the falcons. he also had a year in josh mcdaniel's offense when they were both with the rams. breaking with normal protocol the nfl has decided to do the right thing. they suspended beckham. he had several altercations with josh norman. you can see him smashing his helmet into norman's several times. the last one drew the one-game suspension. it was an absolute dirty play. t-wolves at the garden could be kevin garnett's last trip back. >> every time i go to boston i have that feeling, the sent mep tall -- the sentimental feeling. there are a lot of things, but all good. that's what you want all good.

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ed: you are looking at a picture of the kids that were found. their mom is accused of kidnapping these children. there is no ibd -- indication as to where she is, but the children have been found and are safe. we have a crew in lakeville. we are gathering information and will be there all night. heather: in the meantime we will send it on to "world news." do you like what you see in the next couple hours? >> warm and rain on the way.