announcer: this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. emily: thank you for joining us. erika: here are some of the big stories making headlines. a lakeville mother accused of kidnapping her two children in court. police spotted her at a mcdonald' s drive-through. emily: sentencing day for a friend of the boston marathon

gun that later killed and m.i.t. police officer. t riders. in the new year. emily: first, the lakeville mother in court accused of kidnapping her children. reid: she is arraigned on two counts of endangering a child, two counts of kidnapping a family member. a suicide note was found in her land rover. a 24 foot long hose and a plastic bag was found in the rental car that she was found in with her children last night. valerie mcgrath shuffled into the lakeville police station last night, 24 hours after she is accused of kidnapping her children.

seat -- steven and eden sat in s would see them again. steve: my main concern was to grab them and hold them. read: steve the children. he allowed his girlfriend to spend a few hours with them. she never returned. police were looking for the kids in their mother' s land rover. they got word she rented this white chevy. a troopers potted -- a trooper spotted the car at this mcdonald' s drive-through. it is not clear where she was headed with the kids. steve: it is an overwhelming filming -- feeling that they are back with me. reid: this is the

desperate mother who feared for the children' s safety, according to attorneys, saying steve has many condition -- many convictions of physical abuse against valerie mcgrath. she also faces a separate charge , unrelated charges of larceny see -- larceny and a suspended license. two counts of reckless endangerment of a trout and two counts of kidnapping of a family member. -- endangerment of a child and two counts of kidnapping a family member. emily: a construction worker hospitalized after getting hit by falling concrete. he was working on the inside of a warehouse when part of a concrete wall collapsed, crushing him. he was alert and conscious when he was taken by hospital -- taken by helicopter to a boston hospital.

scene of this crash. responded this morning. a friend of the boston marathon bombers is being sentenced for loaning a gun to the pair that was later used to kill and m.i.t. police officer. talk is he which is live outside with more. todd : the government is recommending a reduced sentence because he cooperated with the government, testified against his friends during the marathon bombing trial. the most significant charge he pleaded guilty to is the handgun he gave to dzhokhar tsarnaev, who used it to kill sean collier. tsarnaev claimed he was going to

due to silva' s cooperation, his testimony cut across the defense argument that tamerlan tsarnaev and that joe dzhokhar tsarnaev -- testimony was that it was an important piece of evidence refuting his defense narrative. the prosecution is asking for no from the regular sentencing years in federal prison. the hearing is going on now. keep you posted.

emily: public schools in nashua, new hampshire, back open after a threat forced them to close yesterday. the threat was directed at students at the city' s two high schools. investigations turned up nothing. the investigation does continue. new this noon. a new hampshire man is under arrest, accused of firing a gun at his son. police in deering say last night, andrew liles got into an argument with his son. things escalated and then liles reportedly grabbed a handgun and fired several rounds in the direction of his son' s vehicle in the yard. no one was hurt, but liles faces several charges, including reckless conduct with a deadly

also new, this roxbury mother and daughter arrested in new hampshire, accused of shoplifting with an 8-year-old boy the same day the mom was arraigned on prior shoplifting charges. salem police say they were spotted taking several items from kohl' s, then walking to the changing rooms where they removed the items from the packaging and left the store. adelaida jordan is being held on bail. her daughter was released on bail. a crane that toppled onto a home in plymouth, splitting the roof, removed overnight. the foreman family had hired a crane operator to trim the trees around their lisa avenue home, but as it was lifting one of those trees, it toppled over. 17-year-old rebecca was in the kitchen when it happened. rebecca: it sounded like a tree falling on the floor. when i looked on the ceiling, i found damage. erika: three other cranes were brought into right to toppled one, but osha said it was unsafe. larger cranes were brought in to do the job. rain pushing across the area. we could have record temperatures for christmas.

we are jumping up. those are mid-60' s. we have the warm air in place now. temperatures are in the upper 50' s, close to us xd south of boston. looser, 50 degrees. boston holding at 50 with the rain. back to orange, a northerly wind. we have been seeing these periods of rain. light showers across a good portion of the area. a break in the action in cape cod. south of boston, stretched along the expressway here down towards dedham and foxboro. we have a few areas where the rain is coming down heavier. to the south, this is the rain that is going to list into our direction. you are not seeing a whole lot on the cake.

as we get deeper into the afternoon, that rain expands. it will shut off quickly towards 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. mild temperatures with us the next few days. we will break down the christmas forecast. emily: new details on a fare for t riders. 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 we might see a fare hike?

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. the clash between donald trump and hillary clinton intensifying this noon. overnight, the gop presidential remark against his democratic rival. now as bazi kanani reports clinton is firing back. bazi: donald trump unleashed his clinton. using a sexually derogatory term by barack obama. >> she she lost. bazi: criticizing hillary clinton for taking a bathroom break.

that sparked his fury. >> isis is using him on the video to recruit. it turned out to be a lie. donald trump is calling on clinton to apologize for the claim. bazi: a poll shows half americans say they would be president. he may need to take aim at senator ted cruz, catching up, just four points behind tromp. they did say the degrading language humiliates all women.

met with the judges. he was convicted in the 2013 murder of colleen ritzer. he faces life in prison, but could be eligible for parole after 15 years because he was a juvenile at the time. the hunt for a wealthy teen on five. track cam down. emily: several new illnesses being linked to chipotle mexican restaurant. what makes these new cases different from the others. raining now, but another round on the way. the timeline on that and the record highs in the forecast ahead. erika: a new study hoping to serve as a wake-up call for americans. the signs of cardiac arrest it

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plea. he faces life in prison, but his attorneys say he' s already suffered enough. >> the manhunt for this wealthy teen on the run from the law intensifies. elizabeth hur has the reward now being offered for information leading to his capture. elizabeth: they are on the lookout for ethan couch and his mother. sources say it is assumed ethan may try to change his appearance. >> we keep in the back of our mind that they may not be truthful with us. >> it is believed ethan is on the run with his mother tonya, processable he in her ford pickup truck. -- possibly in her ford pickup

>> anyone offering support to charged as well. >> couch was 16 when he killed four people driving drunk. he was sentenced to probation using the affluenza defense, a condition caused by wealthy upbringing preventing him from recognizing right from wrong. he vanished after skipping his probation hearing. >> i think it was the trigger that sent him running, once the video surfaced. >> we are doing this for you. we are going to find ethan and we are going to bring him back. >> the marshals said tips are coming in across the country and around the world. ethan is still on the run. there is a $5,000 reward being offered in this case.

the centers for disease control say it' s looking into five 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. >> the crowd going ballistic in florida after last night' s successful launch then landing of a space-x spacecraft. the unmanned rocket blasted off into space before returning to earth. that' s the first time that' s ever happened meaning the rocket could be reused, making future flights cheaper. erika: a rare sight expected high in the sky this christmas, a full moon. it will peak around 6:00 a.m. eastern time so you may be able to see it. this will be the last full moon of the year.

christmas day was back in 1977 and the next won' t happen for another 19 years. cindy: not going to need to be bundled up. that is for sure. really warm weather heading into christmas. we have had the rain most of the day, despite the fact we have had a drab day. the rain totals since midnight, up to 2/10 of an inch, haven' t had that in the cape. get. we have been so dry. 10.5 inches. we need the rain. we have it coming down, but lightly. we are not

you can notice these darker greens hugging 495. a little overall, the intensity of the side. s. boston, 51. look at taunton and new bedford. 50' s. forecasts. in. if you had out this afternoon, expect the rain through about 6:00 this evening. very rapidly, the rain will shut off. it is mild, but on the damp side.

north. some of it will fill in. not only this wet weather, but the mild air. 2:00 this afternoon, here is the heavier batch of rain. lighter rain elsewhere. rain. by about 5:00, evening commute weather. especially from boston southward. the rain is shifting offshore. by 8:00 tonight, i think it is winding down. skies may attempt to clear out early tonight. if you' re going to travel tonight and tomorrow morning, fog may impact you. temperatures hold in the 40' s. it does not get chilly tomorrow

s. move up from the south. this is the leading edge of that record warmth. christmas eve, the warmest of the bunch as we head into the s. the rain does not come in until the afternoon hours. south. after 2:00, it starts to come in and there could be downpours through the overnight of wednesday. this will shift off thursday. on christmas eve, we will have clouds in place, but the warm air coming up from the south will allow temperatures to jump into the mid-60' s around boston. that would beat the record set back in 1996. worcester, your record is upper 50' s. warm temperatures give way to

temperatures through christmas looking at above average readings area and erika: the sentence is time already served for stefan silva. kill sean collier. served. he was key in the trial of dzhokhar government. 5. emily: a new study shows cardiac arrest isn' erika: and many people ignore the warnings researchers at cedars-sinai heart institute of los angeles say half of middle-aged patients they followed, who suffered cardiac arrest, had warnings signs like chest pain and shortness of breath up to a month before. but few sought medical help which could mean the difference between life and death. in fact, experts say by the time a 911 call is made, it'

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