this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. phil: here are these stories happening right now. the man who gave the boston marathon bomber the gun that killed officer sean collier is a free man. stephen silva has been locked up for 70 months. he apologized as he left court. heather: the mother who choked off with her children, prosecutors say, went to kill them and herself. phil: the chipotle linked into a noravirus outbreak could reopen. the final inspection before can reopen has been scheduled for june tomorrow morning. two arrests related to a cold case murder. heather: ed harding is it with more.

suspects were arrested this morning. they are being held without bail at this hour. the bristol county district attorney, thomas quinn, was in court to handle the arraignments personally. he says that they are responsible for the murder of joseph dugan back in 2010. quinn says the murder seem to set off acts of retaliation. state police investigators got a break back in march when bates' uncle made statements man. phil? phil: an addiction outreach and recovery program, modeled on successful programs from right here in the bay state. police are partnering with an organization that helps the

help turn in their drugs without facing charges. have rather than a war on drugs. the war on drugs is hard to win. >> do not look at the possible victim of disease. phil: they also adopted the method of reaching out to customers off arrested drug dealers to offer them the program. heather: it is wet out there harvey, and we have more to get through? harvey: yes, springlike rains and the last of the rains are exiting keep an eye boston. still a way to go at the south. you see that. that will move across the gate and the islands in the next hour or two and then it will be

by 7:00, pretty much done everywhere. the skies may try to brighten a little bit -- not brighton, but clear little bit. there will also be areas of fog around. if you see any sunshine, it will be very brief tomorrow. another round of rain promises to be heavier. look of the temperatures. up around 60 degrees in places. incredible. it' s going to be a milder night. tomorrow we will be in the 50' s, actually a few degrees cooler than today. wait until you see what is in store for christmas eve and christmas day. that' s coming up. phil: thanks. i roxbury woman and her mother caught shoplifting with a six-year-old boy. this is surveillance video. it shows two women taking several items from kohl' s. salem police say the two then

where they remove the items and left the store. >> he was with her during the process. then she told him along and has him with her while he is committing the crime. it' s certainly not the best parenting or anything we would recommend parents do with their children and is certainly not something that since the proper message. phil: jordan is being held on bail. cruz has been released. both have been ordered to stay away from salem stores. heather: green communities are getting more than 3 million dollars in grants and they must agree to reduce energy by 3%. governor charlie banker says that the savings can go to education and safety. phil: taking a look at the drive times. let' s look at the where the heavy drive times are. building from mass

three, farther north, upper deck to route one to the 8, 30 minutes. out west on the pike -- 128 south looks pretty heavy across the mass pike. this is down 10 minutes from -- this is down 10 minutes from 20 minutes ago. what to get on 495 that stretch between mass pike and tonight he looks to be about 40 minutes. we have more arrests to tell you about connected to isis. heather: this is happening in bosnia. phil: and health experts only for legislation. heather: plus dogs in the airport. and their job is to make sure everyone stays calm.

>> you are watching newscenter 5 at 5:30 p.m. phil: a major terror boston to tell you about overnight. arrested in bosnia accused of ties to isis.

police say they found evidence confirming those links during today' s searches. troops in the west bank are gearing up for christmas festivities. today palestinian troops completed final security preparations and were seen sweeping areas with bomb-sniffing dogs. no direct threats have been made but an uptick in violence and , unrest in the region prompted the extra caution. thousands are expected to visit the west bank city of bethlehem. heather: there are new calls to regulate the weight of models who work the fashion runways across the world. france passed a law to ban excessively thin models and now public health experts want the u.s. to do the same. newscenter 5' s emily reimer has more. emily: they are the opinion me of glamour, the models that defined style and beauty, but the fashion industry is under fire from critics who say most models are dangerously thin. >> the model industry often

explicitly so, to maintain extremely thin frames. emily: public health experts and eating disorder professionals say it encourages problem like body dysmorphia and eating disorders. they write "runway models are by definition and professional necessity starving to death." they write that they should have a standard working bmi. france passed a law requiring a doctor' s note to breathe move -- to prove they were healthy. >> they want to be what they see in fashion magazines. emily: a model who makes it big on the international scene typically has a bmi of 14, two points below the world health

naturally skinny. you are at great risk at any time of the day for cardiac arrest. emily: emily riemer, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: after an enormous opening weekend, the new "star wars" heather: link to a death threat. heather:what heather: -- heather: phil: what sent one man under the edge. a community coming together to make sure everyone has a gift under the tree. harvey: parts of the country are

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heather: new trouble tonight for chipotle. the centers for disease control say it' s 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. phil: a montana teen is behind bars tonight after threatening to shoot a facebook friend for posting details about the new "star wars" movie. police say 18-year-old arthur roy sent the friend a picture of himself with a gun and threatened to shoot the boy at school. roy became angry when he read

an online conversation. the threat prompted a montana high school to go into lockdown after students really thought roy might follow through. heather: the grinch tried to still christmas in connecticut, but he only brought out the spirit of giving. these bikes are among hundreds of toys that new haven high school students donated to underprivileged kids. the students had planned on selling these bikes. when they learned what happened, they decided to give them away. >> when i heard about it, i would not like the way i would feel. >> i don' t like having kids pulled down on christmas. heather: the collection is still going on by the way until all of the stolen toys are fully replaced. phil: it'

especially on the roads. we are enjoying warm temperatures here, but many other parts of the country are experiencing snow and other severe weather. a wet and soggy start for a busy holiday travel week. more than 100 million travelers are expected to hit the road, the most ever. and severe weather is not helping at all. fog may have led to chain reaction crashes on interstate 49 in arkansas, killing at least three people. in parts of the west, it is slow going in the snow. so much so, washington state rescue teams have been searching for a missing hikers sense thursday. >> he could be in a tarp, just waiting for us. phil: this narrowly missed jamie harwood. chest but i was panicking area

phil: delays on wednesday. harvey: a potential for severe weather later in the day. even chicago will be looking at wind, rain. heat in the northeast. 47 degrees. 72 tuesday in new york city. we are not far at all from new york city. and we' re still at 59 degrees in needham. harvey: absolutely. you can see the western part of type weather. right, let' is going on. let' s look at the temperatures even now from boston to the gulf coast. it is very mild. and yet it is colder across the northern plains. jet stream. it' s

that should be the warmest day, thursday, and the stretch. how about this? will this be the warmest december ever? i think it' s a great shot of happening. boston averaged 41 degrees -- really, since records have been kept, which is the late 1800s. look at this. we know we have mild weather coming through christmas. there' s not that much time left and really only one or two dubbed days -- or one or two days likely at the end of the year. it looks like it will be the warmest december on record. it might make it by a significant margin. a band of rain going around today and has given a quarter of an inch in much of the region. still raining though on the cape . that will take another hour or so to clear. there is another band developing along the gulf coast. this is out ahead of even warmer, more tropical air and this will come flying up the

tomorrow and tomorrow night. we could pick up an inch or more of rain in spots. this will be much more potent than the rain we have been that will be the record warmth. here comes the rain moving late tomorrow. oh, yeah, it does not look like it can be avoided. it is certainly mild enough now. it is 60 in some spots, and the springlike, rainy weather we have been experiencing. the skies clear, and as that happens, they may drop into the 40' s, 50' s. do watch for areas of fog because of all of the moisture hang around the ground level. we will make it into the 50' s. notice what happens. the winds will turn into the east. it may be a few degrees warmer and then the wet weather will start arriving.

that wet weather, that is when we turn incredibly warm. i think this may be underdone, especially if we do get breaks of sun, which we may, thursday afternoon. checking out the next seven days, i want to show you this record warm we' re talking about -- it looks like the records will be broken if not shattered. worcester' s record -- i am predicting 70 for boston. we have a high around 60 christmas -- cooler than average. chillier by saturday. heather? heather: the opioid crisis in massachusetts is compounding another problem, homelessness. but now, some addicts are getting a chance to work on both struggles at the same time. chronicle' s anthony everett takes us to the bay cove human services program in dorchester. anthony: bake oh' s day program

ago and now has 20 seven participants. having structure during the day has allowed some who are hardened by the street to make changes when your sole focus is survival. >> many people use coming year as a mechanism to stay sober. if they get here 8:00 and a morning and do not leave until 2:00 in the afternoon, that is a six-hour window where potentially they will not be using anything. and that' s very helpful. anthony: four people a day in massachusetts die from opioid overdoses. providing addiction treatment has never been more paramount. these chronic drug users are doing very well and the methadone program. but each day, each hour can be a struggle. >> you know, it is a real serious thing and i know there are a lot of people out there, they' re going through and went through the same, similar things

i just hope we start seeing more a code -- more bay coves. anthony: it may take others longer to get clean. but without help, there is no hope. >> we want to make treatment available, because we do not know -- if they can' t get into treatment again, we do not know when they will next be ready to seek a treatment option. heather: and tonight on "chronicle," he is known as dr. jim. dr. james o' connell cares for homeless patients on street medicine. that is tonight on "chronicle." all right, taking some of the stress out of holiday travel. phil: is it as easy as a four-legged friend? next, the program that' s putting dogs in busy airports to help you relax a little. ed: i'

new at 6:00, five investigates a concorde clerk suspended because of h work happens. plus -- >> we are doing audits. the mbta taking a hard look at worker overtime as a fair right comes down the track. families forced to give up their christmas trees, fake and real. why they say it is not about santa. it is about safety. and we have shown you video of

heather: we all know traveling during the holidays can be stressful, but there is a new program and it is offering up a chance to help you relax with the help of a furry friend. phil: newscenter 5' s erika tarantal has a closer look at -- closer look. >> is wonderful. just fabulous. reporter: and you program designed to have a positive effect on anyone traveling this holiday season. from the little to the very large, the professionally trained come for dogs walking the terminals of dulles international are part of the united pause program. the purpose -- to address stress and anxiety for holiday travelers. the program was introduced last year in a few airports in this year expanded to additional airports.

reporter: they are headed to san francisco for christmas. getting a chance to bet the pups was a bright spot for this five-year-old after a flight was delayed three hours. the dogs walk the terminal during a morning and afternoon shift and will do so wednesday. robert carlton spotted his favorite read while waiting for a flight out west. >> we had a golden we lost last year. it was really special to talk to the golden. reporter: erica tarantella, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: what a great idea. the program is running in seven u.s. cities -- boston is not one of them. heather: aw. it is genius. newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. >> now on newscenter 5 --

the gun they used to kill a cop set him free. heather: five investigates a gets results. harvey: heavier rain on the way. i have the timeline. we do here about the record warm that will follow. ed: families forced to toss their christmas trees. who is cracking down on their holiday spirit and why? >> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. heather: time served. the man who loaned a gun used by the boston marathon bombers to kill a police officer in jail. stephen silva is spending his first night as a free man after 17 months behind bars. ed: and he is apologizing. reporter: his brother collapsed in the courtroom when he heard

released to his family for christmas.