on christmas ee. we're talking about record high temperature s likely on christmas eve going up into the mid 60's and by christmas day, it is warm this the mid fifty but drying out by then. we're going to time out that rain for you hour bu by hour today it is a eyeopener continues. emily: a mother, accused of kidnapping her children. but a stop at the drive-thru brought the case to the end. randy: a crane brought in to remove another crane after disaster strikes. the tree-trimming mishap that could have killed a teenage girl. emily: presidential frontrunners, facing off. the comment on isis, setting off a nasty fight. it's on the eye for this tuesday morning. randy: now at 5:00 a.m. -- these beautiful babies are safe this morning, thanks to one

his quick moves to save them from a fire, a story first on 5 good morning, i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily riemer with cindy fitzgibbon. . we're starting our first official day of winter in the 50's. cindy: feels like it is spring outside. winter financially arrived overnight just before midnight. here we are, first morning of winter. average high is 39 this time of year. we should be in the mid 20's. look at these temperatures waking up in the lower 50's now. boston, beverley, marshfield mid 50's on the cape. west of town, 40's showing up from lawrence back to worcester. 34 one of the colder spots in nashua, but everybody is above freezing. off to the south, this whole area of rain is working in our direction and we're going to start to get in on some showers by 8:00 this morning and then that rain expands through your

if you're going to be heading out around noontime, most of us dealing with the rain with off and on rain here as we go through the afternoon. a lot of that is shifting offshore, so we will start to dry things off. temperatures in the lower 50's now by 9:00 a.m. the rain is falling and we will slowly pick up despite the rain into the mid 50's this afternoon. thanks to that southerly wind. if you think this is mild wait until you see the christmas ee forecast. more on that coming up. now if you're heading out you have dry roads. olessa: a live look at the zakim. no problem in both directions. no complaints this morning. just overnight construction in the final stages 93 south at the zakele and by the south bay mall -- zakim and by the south bay mall and once again by 95 and great plains avenue. so far it is a quiet start as you travel down from new

trains and buses starting the morning on schedule. >> they are both excited about going home and i am too. emily: right now these children are back home and safe after a statewide search and 24 anxious hours for their father. this morning, their mother is behind bars and preparing to face a judge. randy: the eyeopener's reid lamberty is live in lakeville with the quick catch that saved the day. reid? reid: that quick catch courtesy of an alert state trooper. right now, valerie mcgrath is locked up here at the lakeville police department. 5-year-old steven and his 7-year-old sister eden were buckled up and heading home with he has sole custody of the kids but let his ex-girlfriend take them on sunday because it was steven's birthday. she never came back setting off a frantic search. last night around 6:00 p.m., a

mcgrath's rented white chevy in the drive thru of a mcdonald's in raynham. she was arrested the kids returned to their relieved father. >> it is just an overwhelming feeling. now we have christmas coming up. it is going to be a great christmas. reid:it's not clear where mcgrath may have been headed with the kids. she's being held on $10,000 bail. she'll be arraigned in wareham district court later this morning. emily: breaking overnight, a major mess is still being cleaned up in plymouth. this is new video this morning as crews work to remove a toppled crane that crushed a home splitting the roof. a young girl inside when it happened. she's ok but this morning the investigation into how this happened is just getting underway. the foreman had hired a crane to trim the trees around their lisa avenue home. but as it was lifting one of

17-year-old rebecca was in the kitchen when it happened. >> it sounded like a tree had fallen on the floor. when i looked up at the ceiling, i saw damage. brought in to right the toppled one but osha quickly said that was unsafe. larger cranes were needed to do the job. randy: sentencing will be handed down today for the man who loaned a gun to the boston marathon bombers. stephen silva pleaded guilty to drug and gun charges. during the marathon attack trial, he told the court he gave a gun to dzhokhar tsarnaev two months before the bombings. prosecutors say that gun was later used to murder mit police officer sean collier days after the attack. all police officers in methuen will soon be wearing body cameras. last night, the city council voted to approve funding to extend a pilot program launched back in june. newscenter 5 went along with

the department will now begin the process of training officers on how to use and wear the cameras. the program is expected to be in place in february. right now, schools in nashua are getting ready to reopen. a threatening email forced all the city's schools to shut down yesterday. police say it was detailed and directed at students at the district's two high schools. a day long search at those schools turned up nothing. there have been no arrests but the investigation continues. >> donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit! and it turned out to be a lie. she is a liar. emily: this morning the war of words is escalating between donald trump and hillary clinton. right now neither front-runner is giving an inch. the eye's erika tarantal is here with the latest skirmish.

claim by hillary clinton that islam -- isis is using that to recruit more radicals. trump used a vulgar term when referring to hillary clinton's loss in 2008 to president obama. for her part, clinton is refusing to apologize for isis remarks, standing by them. >> she was favored to win and she got [beep] -- she lost. i know where she went. disgusting. i don't want to talk about it. no, it is too disgusting. >> these comments are being aired across the middle east and isis is pointing to them on social media. >> clinton has yet to directly respond to trump's comments last night but she won't back down from calling trump out. emily? emily: thank you. as for the rest of the pack several gop hopefuls are in new hampshire today. chris christie has a stop in portsmouth this morning. marco rubio and jeb bush will be

events in berlin, littleton and lancaster. >> whatever is going on in state government these days, that belongs to us. randy: newscenter5 goes one-on-one with governor charlie baker and the man he replaced. criticizing each other over two big issues. newscenter5's janet wu, governor baker says his administration took an honest look into governor deval patrick's time in office. the two, in disagreement over the major underestimation of the green line extension plan. the two governors also exchanged >> you have to ask the people in charge the question. long time. the estimate originally came from your administration. >> and the estimate was sound. >> is he right? >> i do not believe the estimates we

previous administration were sound. and by the way, i don't think anybody working on the current project does either. >> the two governors also exchanged shots over the department of children and families. baker saying patrick disagreed that there were systematic issues with the agency. but baker admits he did hire the same woman to fix the agency that patrick suggested. emily: there will be no charges in the jailhouse death of a texas woman. sandra bland was arrested last summer after making an improper lane change. the traffic stop was captured on a cruiser dashcam. she was charged with assault after things quickly escalated. bland couldn't make bail and was found hanging in her jail cell. a grand jury did not indict anyone at the jail over her treatment. but they'll return next month to consider charges against the arresting officer. a new york city police detective has been identified as one of the six americans killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan. detective joseph lemm was serving with the u.s. air national guard. the attack happened in a village

largest u.s. military facility in afghanistan. the attacker rammed a motorcycle loaded with explosives into a patrol unit. randy: new information on the woman accused of plowing into people on a las vegas sidewalk. emily: the circumstances that may have pushed her over the edge. and more trouble for chipotle after two disease outbreaks. the new safety concern at the food chain. randy: new this morning, healthy foods, that can hurt your weight loss plans. three choices, that can make you eat more. erika? erika: breaking overnight, crews are removing the crane that smashed into a home in plymouth. a crane was brought in to lift the other crane from the home on lisa avenue. it fell yesterday during tree trimming. a teenager inside the house was not hurt. cindy? cindy: watching the radar closely. not a lot happening now. some off and on rain today. the impact it'll have on your commute, and when it dries out, ahead.

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>> we are the players and coaches. wishing everybody a happy holiday. >> good morning eyeopener! randy: good morning to you. score boston now in psits 20th season providing ice, equipment and instruction to inner city boys and girls. how cool is it to hang out there on the bruins' home ice at the garden. emily: show us the great programs in your community by recording a wake up call. just go to the front page of wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section.

cindy: exactly. we have to get some cold air in here. not happening the next couple of days. we do, though, have some rain on the doorsteps. grab the umbrella as you're heading out this morning. look at these temperatures. this is where we stand for the month. so far less than 10 days to go. 45.7 degrees. warmer than any other december on record for boston. i think we will hold that rank right through the end of the month. look at the jet stream here as we head through christmas eve. north. a slew of records likely to be set on christmas eve. quickly here as temperatures them. look at the average by then. upper 30's. above that here through christmas day. this morning out the door, this is the first official morning of winter. wirpt solstice just before midnight. we have lower 50's on the cape.

30's for nashua and orange. worcester now is 47. notice over the next 12 hours, we're going to bring in some rain by 8:00 this morning in the worcester area and off and on rain throughout the day and despite that in the 50's. here are your high temperatures by this dwranch. with the rain this drops coming down, lower 50's. tpwhost the mid 50's. if we're dealing really with a lot of cloud cover out there, you can see rain off to our south. that southerly flow is going the push temperatures up even though this rain starts to work on in here. let me time it in here. by 8:00 looking at a few showers. if you have plans to head out on your lunch hour, plan on some wet weather. there could be a brief downpour. by 5:00 this afternoon, the bulk of the wet weather is starting

we'll tend to dry it out for the evening commute. as the skies try to clear out that is going to allow fog to fill in. not a huge rain event but we're way behind so we'll take anything we can get. upper 30's up ther 40's. very mild through the overnight. another mild day tomorrow. rain returns late in the day. we'll start the morning dry. this front is the leading edge of that record warm air that will be knocking on the door here first thing on thursday morning and then as the day wears on. in terms of the rain tomorrow, again, it is dry during the morning hours and i think into the early afternoon, the i think the rain holds off until 2:00 or 3:00. it is with us with heavier downpours overnight wednesday night and then dry out on christmas eve. look at these high temperatures. just have to show you the records.

look at the forecast. record warmth for you on christmas eve. 10 degrees cooler. mid 50's on christmas day and still near 50. a little more active over the weekend. rain and not snow. start on the roads. a live look for you on the pike. there it is eastbound heading to the bottom of the screen and so ways. let's see the rest of your ride. all of that overnight construction out of the way. not going to sbumpe any of that . 93 south at the zakim, the road work picked up early. 93 by route 128 and once again by 95. all clear and you're in good shape on the pike. 93 south looks good. trains and buses on schedule. randy? randy: right now the woman charged with running down a crowd of people outside a las vegas casino is behind bars and on suicide watch.

facing murder charges. one person was killed and dozens more were injured in the crash. police say holloway was homeless, out of money and sleeping in her car with her 3-year-old daughter. it's unclear why she allegedly drove into the crowd. but police say surveillance footage shows she did it on purpose. emily: new trouble right now for chipotle. the centers for disease control say they are looking into 5 more cases of food-borne illness linked to the mexican food chain. the cdc says the recent cases appear to have been caused by a different bacteria, than the e-coli outbreak. those cases are also unrelated to the norovirus outbreak at a chipotle in boston. new cases have popped up in oklahoma, kansas, and north dakota. economic headlines this tuesday, asian stocks mostly flat overnight as investors wait for more signs of potential economic growth in china. right now u.s. stock futures are lower. wall street will be watching for new data on home sales

randy: dramatic rescue first on news center 5. two infants saved from a burning home in medford. this morning they are holding their babies tight. smoke filled their second floor unit yesterday. the result of an electrical spark in the basement caused the fire while carlos was at work at the time. the twins still inside. officer paul was the first to rush in and carry the twins out. the father arrived just in time to see his babies brought to safety. >> thank you so much for that. >> he is a hero to you? >> yes. >> everyone made it out safely. miracle. we all try to snack healthy. emily: we try. emily: but nutritionists say some smart options might like cold cereal. water content. that keeps us fuller,

or fruit. that snack alone is not going to fill you up, but fructose and glucose won't trigger insulin production. so trade in the fruit medley for two eggs. and finally yogurt. the non-fat, flavored variety isn't likely to do it. experts say pick plain, greek yogurt instead and control your own sweeteners like honey. randy: some subblets that you may not think about. emily: or just stick with cheese-it ts. randy: a cruise ship that'll never float, but is completely recyclable. emily: it's ahead in eyepoppers. erika? t riders could soon be paying more. the rate hike on the table and why the governor is hesitant. millions of people ride each year but critics say security isn't good enough. 5 investigates with a look at what's being done on our rail system. plus, life-saving surgery performed on an unusual tumor. the procedure, that may have

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tomorrow morning is dry and then we'll see the rain taper off for christmas eve. look at those temperatures. record warmth expected with highs in mid 60's on christmas eve. emily? emily: thank you. it is time for eye poppers. olessa back with us now. project that took a lot of work check it out. it's a cruise ship entirely made 10 feet high and 30 feet impressive yet but it's all for charity. once the builders break it down they'll serve it up as 75,000 meals to feed the hungry. far good cause. looking for a really unique wedding venue? how about getting married in the middle of the indian ocean? this unique site is right off the coast of the 4 seasons resort maldives. it features a glass-bottomed aisle and rescued sea turtles swimming underneath. who needs guests when you have sea turtles. you only get to bring about 16 guests.

just a guess. emily: that's one way to limit your guest list. we should dell danielle about that. she is getting married. randy: the warm december is having a downside for some people. the health issue that would have beened by cooler temperatures and the state of new hampshire is taking a new step in the opioid crisis. the unusual prescription. citycam across the skyline on

randy: breaking overnight. around the clock effort after a

the close call for the teenager inside. >> hiking the pricor riding the t. why the rider could feel the impact. >> a desperate search ends with huge relief. the quick catch that landed a mother in cuffs. emily: talk about catching some air. cindy: 5:30 on this tuesday morning. take a live look at south station commuters maybe just starting off their morning. another warm day. good morning. randy: it is going to be an unusual holiday season. cindy: sure is. it doesn't feel like christmas at all. the next few days are going to be even warmer.

morning, it is a lighter jacket. make sure it is waterproof rain gear this morning. temperatures. it is officially winter. the solstice was overnight. 52 boston. 54 hyannis. mid 40's in worcester. mark. a lot of clouds this morning. starting to see a couple of showers around the south coast and the berkshires. this is going to be filling in this morning as we watch this area of rain to our south and west pivot in our direction. we are going the break into a few showers here through 8:00 this morning but look how much more widespread the rain gets. if you plan to be out around lunchtime, plan on wet weather across much of the area. it may take time to catch up with you on the cape. it will start to shift offshore for the evening commute. wet at times through the day.

mid 50's throughout the day. this is just our first round of rain. another one coming later tomorrow that should exit on christmas eve. off and on wet weather in the forecast here. let's get you out to the roads now. olessa: good shape along the pike as you can see a very quiet start. let's go to the maps and see the rest of your ride. two left lanes closed. right now no delays. eastbound on the pike, still in good shape. no problems south of town, express ray. 10-15 braintree into boston. trains and schedules on schedule. emily: breaking overnight. a crew was trimming trees

crushed into a home. a teen was inside the home at the time but was not hurt. randy: a woman is in custody after taking off with two children. mcgrath is due in court today. emily: right now schools in nashua are getting ready to reopen. a threatening email forced all the city's schools to shut down on monday. police say it was detailed and directed at students at the district's two high schools. a day long search at those schools turned up nothing. randy: new this morning, we have new details on a fare hike that riders. kazakiewich is live in boston with the new numbers. todd? todd: we're talking about a potentially significant fare hikes, potentially 10% coming in 2016. at a meeting yesterday, the t's fiscal control board voted to

by up to 10%, not just next july but every two years going forward. the t hasn't formally submitted a rate hike proposal but this certainly gives riders an idea of where the cash-strapped agency is headed. just yesterday, governor baker told our janet wu he's not sold on the idea of fare hikes. yet. >> is it possible in year two of your administration we might see a fare hike? >> i'm not going to comment on that because the fiscal management board still has a lot of work to do on that. >> the vote by the t board came shortly after transportation officials revealed nearly a quarter of mbta employees will make more than $100,000 this year. that includes overtime and pay raises. an audit on that has now been requested. emily: todd, thank you. 5 investigates looking into potential terrorist targets in our region and the status of security. experts say the rail system is often overlooked. 5 investigates met up with armed homeland security officers making an unannounced visit at south station. they're part of what's called a viper team, working with amtrak

looking for suspicious behavior and explosives. their periodic operations are one method of protection, but analysts say our rail system is highly vunerable. the entire amtrak system encompasses more than 21,000 miles of unprotected tracks. the rail line between boston and washington dc, the northeast corridor, carries the majority of amtrak's passengers. >> if the terrorists were trying to disrupt and "terrorize" that would be a prime target of those individuals. emily: at south station, there aren't baggage checks for amtrak passengers. they don't have to show id to board, just a ticket. amtrak says it teams up with local police to help with security. randy: right now, a woman accused of murdering a baby is out on bail. the eye's erika tarantal joins us with the revision that let her go free. erika: that revision coming from the state medical examiner's office.

a year that office has revised a finding of shaken baby syndrome. pallavi macharla was charged with killing a neighbor's baby girl in burlington last year. but last week, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on the 6-month-old revised her ruling. that allowed macharla to be released on bail. prosecutors are still pursuing murder charges against her. earlier this year prosecutors dropped murder charges against nanny aisling brady mccarthy after the medical examiner's office revised their finding that the cambridge child in her care died of abuse. randy? randy: a health issue made worse by the warm winter. emily: why some people would actually get some relief from the cold if it ever came and a man traveling from haiti to boston for some life-saving surgery. the result when a tumor was removed from his face. randy: a announcement that could

olessa: good morning. welcome back to eye opener. construction. two lanes still shut down and not causing delays right now but expect the volume to start building if it is not out of cindy? cindy: tracking showers that are going to be moving on in this morning with the steady rain developing this afternoon. starting out close to 50. we'll get up into the mid 50's

another round of showers coming in as when he had through the day tomorrow with temperatures jumping up into the mid 60's here. record warmth expected by christmas eve. emily: a haitian man is heading home from boston, after life-saving surgery. a team at mass eye and ear removed a huge, life-threatening tumor from rony nelson's face. the hospital brought rony to boston, and donated the transformative surgery. the results better than imagined. >> you look different. even his mom can believe -- when he accepteds a picture to his mom. much, much better. emily: well, they say a smile is worth a thousand words and you can see rony is very excited about the results here. he'll be home with his family in haiti for christmas, and will continue his follow up care in boston via teleconference.

hours after police say she kidnapped her children. the search that followed and the sudden end at the drive-through. and barbershops closing down. this guy says he is making up for what the city likes. the mission behind him and -- lacks and we're looking at a

emily: the eyeopener team ready with your news to go following charges against a mother in lakeville, possible fare hikes for the mbta and new controversy between presidential frontrunners. randy: up on the wall now, cindy has charted the next 12 hours. unbelievable. cindy: we have been above average pretty much all month long and we're to go through this last week or so well above average as well. mid 50's today. 50's tomorrow and a look at christmas eve. jumping up into the mid 60's. still in the 50's on christmas day and i think the mid 60's will be setting records. 61 in boston. we should be smashing those come christmas eve. certainly some warm stuff heading into the holiday. out the door this morning, lots

47 in worcester. cold pocket in orange now, 34 degrees now. we are going to watch a few showers break out this morning. have the wet weather gear with door. light rain by midday. during the afternoon, the the rain continues. high temperatures this afternoon sneak up into the mid and upper 50's top south shore and down southerly wind. you can see off to the west, once you get west of springfield as well. this rain extends to the south and west and this is what is going to be working in our direction. a few showers developing this morning, by 8:00 and a few of us looking at the wet weather but by noontime most of us are looking at rain across the area afternoon, could see a brief by 5:00, 6:00, your commute home, the rain is going to start to shift out.

developing. past 2:00 this afternoon, more rain working in. another round of rain late in the day tomorrow and then dry out on christmas eve with record warm temperatures on the way. how are the roads looking? olessa: still doing ok. a live look at route 1. let's see the rest of your ride. two lanes closed near route 60. they just picked up that project. no delays yet. 3993 looks good . only about 15 minutes 495-128. boston. trains and buses on schedule. randy: a mother faces a judge children. is live in lakeville with the lucky break for police. reid: that mother is being held here at the police department

relieved to his children are safely back with him. >> my main concern was do grab them and hold them for a minute and say let's get going. reid: he has custody of 5-year-old stephen and 7-year-old eden. he allowed their mother to take them sunday for a few hours and she never returned setting off a statewide search. a state trooper, alert trooper at that, spotted the car in a rental car in a mebbed's drive through. mcgrath will be arraigned later this morning. >> new in this morning we are learning just how steep t fare hikes could be in 2016. on monday a policy change with

that allows a 10% increase every two years. they have not submitted a proposal to raise fares in july. officials revealed nearly a quarter of t employees earned more than there 100,000 emily: donald trump on the attack, using a vuglar term to describe hillary clinton's primary loss to president obama as she refuses to apologize for saying isis is using trump's comments on islam to recruit. >> she was favored to win and she got [beep]. she lost. >> it is farcical to suggest from donald trump of all people that hillary clinton should apologize to him. emily: at a rally last night trump also said it was disgusting that clinton took a bathroom break during saturday's debate. the clint campaign says the democratic frontrunner won't back down interest calling trump out.

frontrunner hillary clinton. in a campaign speech in iowa today, clinton plans to call for a dramatic increase in federal spending to find a cure for alzheimer's disease. the brain disease is the only cause of death ranked in america's top 10 that cannot be cured, prevented or slowed. breaking overnight. a toppled crane is off a house in plymouth. worked to remove the train. a teenage girl was inside the home at the time but no one was hurt. schools are preparing to open in nashua, new hampshire, after a threat closed them down yesterday. police say the threat was detailed and directed at students at the district's two high schools. a day-long search of the schools turned up nothing. there have been no arrests, but the investigation, which includes the fbi, continues.

today for the danvers teenager, convicted in the murder and rape of his high school math teacher. lawyers for philip chism will meet with prosecutors and the judge to discuss the teen's sentence. chism was convicted last week in the 2013 death of colleen ritzer. the 16-year-old faces life in prison, but could be eligible for parole after 15, because he was a juvenile at the time. a life-saving overdose drug is now even more widely available in new hampshire. governor maggie hassan announced yesterday that the state has written a universal prescription, for anyone looking to purchase narcan. the drug can reverse the effects of an overdose, if administered within a certain time frame. now, anyone can buy the drug through a rite aid pharmacist under this new error. emily: 11 barbershops have been shut down by lowell city inspectors, over a slew of violations. the crackdown follows complaints made to city leaders and police. some shops were shut down for failure to stay up-date on business licenses.

the city has more than 30 barber shops. emily: space-x has launched its first rocket in a comeback mission. the private space company's unmanned rocket deployed 11-satellites last night from florida. and for the first time, space-x managed to land the rocket back on earth after the flight. the company took a six-month hiatus after an unmanned craft blew up after takeoff to the international space station destroying two tons of nasa cargo. randy: a new luxury condo is in the works in south boston. the 250-foot tower would feature a nautical design, overlooking boston harbor. the cronin group wants to build 110 condos, and 12,000 feet of retail space along seaport boulevard. a proposal was filed with city officials yesterday. it faces review by the boston redevelopment authority and

emily: facebook photos are getting an upgrade. the social network updated its ios app, with support for apple's live photos. the app records the second before and after a photo is taken. once the photo is uploaded to facebook, anyone with a device running ios 9 can view it as a 2-second clip. randy: chelsea clinton says she is expecting her second child. the daughter of hillary and bill clinton posted this image to social media yesterday, saying her daughter charlotte will become a big sister next summer. clinton and her husband say they are very excited about their growing family. hillary responded via twitter, saying she could not be happier. emily: a warm winter may be bad, if you suffer from allergies. and scientists believe it's the new normal. experts say without a weed-killing freeze, plants like ragweed continue to send pollen into the air. mold spores also cause problems if they don't go dormant with cold temperatures. as temperatures have crept up over the last couple of years, pollen cycles have lasted longer and longer. randy: the national football league is still trying to get

suspension reinstated. the league filed a court brief yesterday, claiming it had every right to suspend brady for 4 games. the players union argues nfl commissioner roger goodell overstepped his authority. a hearing on the league's appeal will be heard in march. emily: number 26 is going up at fenway park. the red sox announcing yesterday they will finally retire wade boggs' number. boggs spent 11 years in boston, leading the majors in hits, doubles, batting average, and on-base percentage. he won 5 batting titles, and appeared in 8 all-star games with the sox. he finished his career with the yankees and rays, before being inducted into the hall of fame. randy: a farewell at the garden to former celtic kevin garnett. this will likely be the last time he visits the garden as a player and the c's fans sent him off with a standing ovation. that was easy for them, after they beat the minnesota timberwolves. kelly olynyk starting for the first time, and he led the way

c's win 113-99. emily: a stamp on the night for the utah jazz. alec burks drives to the hoop for an impressive slam dunk last night against the phoenix suns. he seems to just hover in the air reaching for the rim. the big move came with just about 2 minutes to play, to rally the crowd. the jazz win, 110:89. a british man trying to spread christmas cheer in tokyo by running around in a decorated tree. yes, he dresses up in this costume and runs through japan's capital, where he lives. it took him two months to make this, and 99 batteries to keep it powered up. he says there are no decorations in some parts of the city so this is how he spreads christmas cheer. randy: kind of an interesting character. emily: the understatement of the day. randy: keeping it fun. that's for sure. emily: we're smiling, right? cindy: we are. if that was the goal, mission accomplished.

this is soldier's field road. a little bit hard to see there. ps a truck that shouldn't be on the road way on the eastbound side. taking out one lane. crews are on the scene. it is going to cause a little bit of a headache for you. let's check out the rest of the ride again. that is the only issue we have going on at this point. besides that, just some volume starting to build. 93 southbound as you make your athrough here northbound out of methuen as well. eastbound on the pike, in good shape. as you head south of town, no real concerns here. expressway about 20 minutes braintree into boston and trains and buses on schedule. cindy, i cannot believe it is the first day of winter. cindy: doesn't feel like it or look like it either. a lot of green grass out there. temperatures, 52 degrees. wind under 10 miles per hour out of the south. that is keeping the temperatures up across the area.

that are running mostly in the low to mid 50's across a good portion of the area. mid 40's out in worcester. a few spots in the 30's from orange. low temperatures for most. a little bit milder on the south shore with that southerly flow, we could jump up into the upper 50's despite all the klauk and some rain. you can see a couple of showers breaking out along the cape. the leading edge of this area of rain working ahead of a frontal boundary. this front is going to press that rain on into our area. hours, it is going to get you can see a few showers here. by lunchtime, most of us are underneath the rain. generally light but during the afternoon, there might be one or through. the bulk of the rain is going to shift down shore and overnight will dry it out for a time but that may allow fog to develop

we need some rain. rain. drying out overnight are areas of fog and tomorrow morning starts dry. another round of rain looks like it is going to come in in the afternoon. more rain comes on in continuing through the overnight hours wednesday night into thursday. the rain ends on thursday and will dry out for christmas eve. look at those temperatures. mid 60's record highs for christmas eve. dry for christmas day and still in the mid 50's. this warm pattern sticking around m randy: new information on the driver accused of running down a

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