randy: a critical day for a chipotle restaurant in boston, where more than 100 people got sick. the action today that could decide its future. emily: the campaign clash getting worse. hillary clinton answers back to donald trump' s rant against her. her remarks, and how bernie sanders is getting involved. rubble in china. the survival story, coming days it' s on the eye for this >> you' boston' s news leader. this is newscenter 5' s eyeopener. emily: 6:00 a.m.. also on the eye this morning -- this streak across the sky caused a lot of curiosity in california. but now we know what it is.

later. good morning. i' m emily riemer. randy: and i' m randy price with cindy fitzgibbon. another mild start. cindy: you close your eyes and you would swear it is not december outside. the pattern all month long and we' re going to show you what it looks like in boston. the fog is not reducing visibility. it is reducing visibility, down to about a third of a mile in south shore and parts of the cape. visibility could drop below one quarter of a mile. the fog is out there and it may slow you down. 49 in boston right now. a couple of spots in the 30' s, orange. we have a lot of clouds above

cannot completely rule out a glimpse briefly of sunshine this morning. showers are creeping up the coastline and they' re going to come at us late in the day. mostly cloudy with temperatures around 50 degrees about lunchtime. by 6:00, we have some showers around. 3:00 this afternoon there could be a couple of showers along the south coast and the cape. very light rain starts to settle in. the rain intensity is going to ramp up during the overnight hours. let' s get you out to the roads. you. some areas of dense fog. heavy delays on the express. about 15, 20 minutes to get from braintree up to the tunnel.

we' re dealing with a crash taking out one lane at 139. delays almost back to 124 and that brockton stretch. stilson slowdowns getting onto the expressway. coming down. in it again and pockets. 128 south there is a crash clearing on the ramp. if you are taking the trains, they are running on time, including the subway line and the computer rail. randy: thank you. right now chipotle is getting ready for a big move, trying to reopen a restaurant that made more than 100 people sick. emily: the eyeopener' s antoinette antonio is live in boston with the steps being taken this morning. antoinette: an inspection is happening today. if everything comes back clean, chipotle could reopen by the end

workers have been cleaning from top to bottom after a norovirus outbreak. most of them, boston college students, after eating at the location. the mother of one of those victims is now suing chipotle. health officials said an employee was sick at the restaurant and that may have caused the outbreak of norovirus. chipotle issued a statement last night saying, " we have been working to be sure the restaurant is safe to open." representative say the entire place has been disinfected. a second test of the nora virus has come back negative. we will keep you posted with what happens with today' s inspection. randy: thank you.

attorney general is issuing a warning to gun dealers across the state. "the globe" reports, since the mass shootings in san bernardino and colorado, maura healey' s office has investigated several dealers suspected of selling banned weapons. and she' s warning all licensed dealers to obey state laws. those laws were tightened last year, but have long been some of the toughest in the country. emily: right now police are investigating an armed robbery in brighton. it happened in the 200 block of lake street last night. police tell newscenter 5 that one person was robbed, and the suspect or suspects got away. no one was hurt. right now the man who loaned a gun to the boston marathon bombers is free and apologizing. stephen silva walked free yesterday for the first time in a year and a half. he admitted to lending his gun to dzhokhar tsarnaev, which was later used to murder m.i.t. police officer sean collier. the 22-year-old silva was a close friend to tsarnaev at the time.

silva apologized for his role in the crime. >> i would like to give my deepest condolences. it is just sad a close friend chose to do that with his life. emily: silva' s cooperation with prosecutors proved key in the marathon bombing trial. his testimony helped undermine the defense case that tsarnaev' s older brother tamerlan was the driving force behind the attack. for that, he received a lesser sentence. >> we shouldn' t let anyone bully his way into the presidency. randy: hillary clinton fighting back in her war of words with donald trump. despite outcry, the republican front-runner is not backing down. the eyeopener' s erika tarantal is here with details in overnight. erika: donald trump took to twitter to explain his use of a vulgar term, that means a sexually degrading act, to describe clinton' s primary loss in 2008. the gop front-runner insisting it was not vulgar and he simply meant she was beaten badly in the race. not responding specifically to

emphasized the importance of standing up to bullies. fellow democratic candidate bernie sanders was more direct, describing trump as clearly upset and poking fun at him for calling it disgusting that clinton took a bathroom break during the last debate. >> i don' t know what his relationship with women has been in his life. he has discovered that women go to the bathroom. >> i think there is a lot of women that are insulting to other women and to men out there. erika: the latest national poll still has trump leading the gop with 28% of the vote. but quinnipiac university says six in 10 women voters now say they would be embarrassed to have trump as president. emily: thank you. 5 investigates getting results this morning. a court clerk magistrate is off the job after 5 investigates tracked her work habits. ann colicchio was one of the highest earning court clerks in the state. sources tell our kathy curran she' s been suspended for 30 days

investigation. 5 investigates tracked the work habits of the concord district court clerk magistrate for 26 days and found the clerk at the courthouse on average only two hours and 23 minutes a day. while court was in session in concord, our investigation found the clerk miles and miles away in lowell. colicchio told us she was using earned time to deal with family health issues, but after our investigation, the state trial court launched a review. we reached out to both her and her lawyer, but did not receive any response. randy: prosecutors say a lakeville mother accused of kidnapping her two children planned to kill them. in court yesterday, prosecutors claimed that valerie mcgrath was so distraught over losing custody of her children that she planned to kill them, and then herself. she failed to return them to their father' s home on sunday, causing a search that finally ended monday night. mcgrath was ordered held on $50,000 bail. convicted killer aaron hernandez

one of the jurors who voted guilty was biased against him. hernandez' defense says a juror in the odin lloyd murder case may have known hernandez was implicated in two other murders. information about the double-murder case was excluded from the lloyd trial. hernandez' lawyers want to question the juror. no decision on the request yet from the judge. emily: right now an ayer man charged in a deadly hit-and-run in worcester is preparing to face a judge. daniel depew will be arraigned on several charges, including drunk driving. police say he hit gina and george burdick as they unloaded groceries from their car in september. depew is being held without bail. 5 on the opioid crisis. more than a dozen people are under arrest this morning, charged in a massive heroin bust in maine. we' re talking about nearly 18 pounds of the drug, worth $3.2 million. these suspects, including 34-year-old brian aquino from lynn, are facing aggravated trafficking charges.

heroin. randy: dangers on the road for drivers in new hampshire. emily: the objects getting hurled at moving cars. and it' s a find recovery crews did not expect to make. the miracle they uncovered, days after a deadly landslide. randy: new this morning. holiday shopping is winding down, but stores want to lure you back in. the big items getting marked down after christmas. cindy? cindy: we' re off to a foggy start this morning. we do have rain on the way later today and record warmth for christmas eve. take a look at the temperatures. near 50 in boston.

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>> come visit me through christmas eve at the burlington mall. good morning, eye opener. randy: thank you, santa. we are going to be on our best behavior. we promise. >> he has a lot of work to do tomorrow. you can record a wake-up call. randy: >> we' re dealing with -- cindy: we have the fog. this month is going down in the record books. the records go back to the late 1800s in boston. we are running five degrees above the warmest december on

ics going down as the warmest december on record. more rain for the end of the day. light rain by the evening commute. even a rumble at thunder. maybe half an inch to an inch of rain. more than nine inch deficit in worcester. with have some fog out there this morning. wherever you see the white, visibility is down. we do have a dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. you could encounter an area of dense fog. temperatures kind of average, teens and 20' s. we mostly in the 40' s to near 50, boston. a few pockets of 30' s and norwood, orange.

the fog will be with us through this morning. cloudy skies will be dry. the wind turns to the east. s end. temperatures holding fairly steady. showers around 6:00 this evening. this is the leading page of -- leading edge of warmer temperatures. 60' s near the carolinas. today, lower 50' s with the rain coming in. there could be some showers by 3:00 this afternoon along the south coast. overnight we have some downpours. we are drying it out tomorrow. temperatures are going to surge overnight. around 60 degrees first thing

a high of 70 in boston tomorrow. cooler on the cape, lower 60' s for you. easily smashing records for the day. we' re still going to keep it on the warm side for christmas day. both days are looking dry. more sunshine on christmas day thing christmas eve. a few showers saturday and sunday. it gets a bit cooler next week. randy: we like it except for the skiers. cindy: last year was 59 on christmas. randy: my kids were almost crying. do not worry. kevin: we are looking pretty good overall. we are dealing with some dense fog in a lot of areas. a live shot of the mass shot.

framingham. a live shot of brighton. further south we have some troubles on 24 northbound because of a crash. residual delays out of brockton. 93. a little busy into the split. heavy from granite up to columbia road. a good ride. emily: thank you. incredible video out of china this morning. a 19-year-old is pulled from the rubble of a landslide alive, more than 60 hours after being trapped. the migrant worker was conscious but weak when he was rescued earlier this morning. he told rescuers he had been trying to get out of his room when the building collapsed. and take a look at this. a thief caught on camera running from police jumps off an

police in ohio say the man had been switching price tags on coats at macy' s. when he got caught, he ran. so take a look again. he was running down the up escalator he runs into a police officer coming up. the officer tried to catch him by his legs, but couldn' t grab on. the suspect was not seriously hurt, but he' s now facing misdemeanor threat charges. right now police in londonderry, new hampshire, are looking for the person who' s been throwing full bottles of water at moving cars. one time, it was caught on video by a dash cam. take a look. you can hear the thump as three bottles hit the car and bounce off. five cars in two days have been hit by full water bottles. police ask anyone with information to give them a call. randy: a check of your economic headlines. asian stocks rallied overnight in light trading, following gains on wall street yesterday. the dow rose 165 points tuesday. right now, stock futures are up.

for a report on new home sales. as the number of orders amazon fills every year goes up, the company is looking for ways to cut delivery costs. right now, u.p.s. delivers most of their packages. but "the wall street journal" reports amazon is looking to take control of those logistics. it' s already using its own trucks, drivers, and couriers for the final leg of an order' s trip. and the company is now considering leasing cargo planes and building its own freight operations. emily: they' re a big part of the holiday season, those post-christmas shopping deals. but experts say some items can be a bigger steal than others. first, electronics. expect deep discounts from the big retailers on things like tv' s and laptops, especially since the new versions are usually unveiled in january. if you need a winter coat cold-weather clothing is often , slashed after the holidays so retailers can make way for spring inventory. and finally, the post-christmas rush might be a good time to

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emily: more than 100 people sick. the move today that may let a troubled boston restaurant reopen its doors. >> thieves putting the grange. -- thieves caught on camera putting the grinch in the holiday season. the warning going out to festive homeowners. emily: and she' s the little girl who survived a fire and touched hearts worldwide. how her christmas wish is now reaching the white house. on the eye. >> you' re watching wcvb, boston' s news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5' s eyeopener. randy: 6:30 wednesday morning as our right along the greenway in downtown boston. >> there you go.

emily: and i' m emily riemer along with cindy and kevin. you guys are tracking some fog. cindy: these warm temperatures continue. evidence coming in from joann in oxford. that is a lilac blooming. it is december. likely going down in the books as the warmest on record. it should be teens and 20' s on a december morning. you see the white showing the fog. down to about one third of a mile visibility. other spots, one quarter of a mile. or less a dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. we will cloud over again by noon time. lower 50' s. temperatures are not going to

5:00 p.m., pockets of rain. this' ll start to get in this afternoon. about 5:00, 6:00 when the bulk of the rain moves in. the intensity ramps up overnight. let' s get you out to the roads. kevin: some areas more dense than others. rude route one -- further south, we have a crash by 16 at the revere beach parkway. let' s go to the maps. here is the crash down by route 16. 128 wide open down to lexington.

the roosevelt circle, medford, about 16 minutes down into the boston area. earlier problems on 24 have cleared away. delays from brockton up to the randolph area. the expressway heavy at adams street. taking the trains, red lines reporting some minor delays. emily: thank you. now to some of the stories we' re tracking right now on the eye. randy: erika is following information as it comes in. erika: the chipotle restaurant in cleveland circle will make a push to reopen today. city inspectors will be on site later this morning. more than 150 people got sick from the norovirus after eating at that location. right now boston police are searching for an armed robber. the crime happened in the 200 block of lake street in brighton last night. one person was robbed, and the suspect or suspects got away. luckily no one was hurt.

hit-and-run in worcester is expected to face a judge. police say he hit people as they unloaded groceries from their car. randy: right now a warning to homeowners, as police try and track down holiday thieves. they are after a very specific type of decoration. emily: the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is live in dorchester with the target. todd: thieves are after the newly popular laser lights. they hit the house behind me in dorchester. since they' re sold out in many stores, crooks are helping themselves. the lights shine through a projector, making holiday decorating easier, and less time consuming than hanging lights. quintino centeio caught a grinch on surveillance in dorchester, stealing his pricy laser display. another was captured in lynn, unplugging the lights, and

>> unfortunate you have people, they have no spirit of christmas. todd: police are warning homeowners to keep their projectors in a safe place. as for centeio, he says he' ll pay the thief cash, no questions asked, if the projector is returned. live in dorchester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: thank you. dozens of families are outraged this morning after being told to get rid of their christmas trees. those families are homeless, living in temporary housing at this hotel in danvers. state inspectors recently told them they had to get rid of the christmas trees and decorations in their rooms, calling them a fire hazard. >> they knocked on my door. i was in the room with my children. he looked at my tree and said, that has to go.

he tree cannot go." randy: parents say this won' t still lost. the state department of housing deeply about residents' safety, and this is a matter of clutter. a maine high school teacher will be allowed to keep a pink hello kitty christmas tree in her classroom. bangor high school officials originally ordered catherine gordon to remove the tree, saying it had no educational value. s removal went viral. the principal reversed his decision yesterday. he said the tree can stay because it highlights the nature of holiday celebration. spreading family cheer to rush hour. emily: the celebration making one commute much more fun. and you might remember this little girl. she asked for christmas cards after being badly burned in a fire. now, some very special people have answered the call. randy: and ahead in news to go, more twins than ever are being born in the u.s.

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emily: he started doing this three years ago to break the monotony. he realized collections went up while he put on a show. the salvation army says he' s in first place in that area for collections. randy: christmas comes early for commuters in wales. six workers on a rush-hour train car staged a holiday party last week. looks like they' re having a great time. on the way into work, the commuters hung paper chains, laid cloths, and brought smoked salmon and sausage. they say they spend so much time together traveling to work, they figured they' d celebrate something fun. big day for the boston chipotle that made dozens of people sick. the action that could make or break the restaurant. and a mysterious death in florida. the warning signs before a woman was removed from a hospital. plus -- chelsea police are bringing an early christmas to kids who

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the search for thieves targeting holiday directions. emily: cindy has your forecast. a little that of fog for the morning commute. cindy: we' re so used to it. christmas eve, 70. incredible. that is never happened before. 61 was the warmest. 57 that year in worcester. we' re going to smash those records tomorrow. we do have a dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. the fog is widespread. all around visibility is down and he may drop lower. 49 as you are stepping out in boston. lower 40' s along the south shore. orange is running in the 30'

temperatures are going to hold steady. low 50' s this afternoon as the wind turns easterly. there maybe a glimpse of sunshine through midmorning before clouds take over. rain is going to be moving in from the south. these are going to be creeping in by 3:00 this afternoon a couple of showers. 5:00, 6:00, there will be light rain around. it becomes heavier overnight with some downpours and maybe a rumble of thunder. wet roads early tomorrow morning but the rain is done.lower 50' s overnight to around 60 by tomorrow morning. 70 degrees and a lot of clouds, very warm on christmas eve.

kevin: the traffic is lighter than normal. we can expect that this week. delays begin at east milton square. about 25 minutes to get out of the split up to the o' neill tunnel. further south we are looking good on route 3. no problems onto the expressway. 93 ok. 24, still some volume up towards 93.there was an. earlier crash 128 slowdowns. mass pike, no problems at all. 22 minutes from framingham into the tunnel. minor crash down on 16. 93 on the brakes in medford. emily: thank you. a boston chipotle will undergo inspection today after an outbreak forced it to shut down. emily: the eye' s antoinette

the new steps for the location. antoinette: the outcome of the inspection. it could reopen by the end of this week. inspectors will be here later this week for the inspection. workers have been disinfecting from top to bottom after a new norovirus outbreak. students suffered nausea and vomiting. the mother of one of the victims is now suing chipotle. representatives say the entire establishment has been disinfected. a second round of samples taken has tested negative for norovirus. we will keep you updated after today' s inspection. todd:

thieves stole lights from this house in dorchester. the lights shine through a projector. thieves have been caught on surveillance stealing the lights in dorchester and in ly nn. police are urging people to keep the projectors in a safe place. live in dorchester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. erika: democrats are responding to donald trump' s use of a sexually suggestive term to describe hillary clinton' s primary defeat in 2008. >> it is the mark of a man who i believe has no respect for women whatsoever. erika: clinton herself emphasized the importance of standing up to bullies. this as trump takes to twitter to defend himself, insisting the term was not vulgar, saying it means "beaten badly." he also retweeted the comment of a political analyst saying it' s a "commonplace ny way of saying

trump still leads among gop voters, but a new poll shows six in 10 women say they' d be embarrassed to have him as president. randy: iraqi forces say they' re making progress as they try to recapture the iraqi city of ramadi from isis. the key city fell to the terror group in may. a u.s. military spokesperson says the recapture by government troops is inevitable, but it will be a tough fight. still, american advisers are still in place outside ramadi at an air base that serves as a training site. emily: police are investigating an armed robbery in brighton. it happened in the 200 block of lake street last night. police tell newscenter 5 that one person was robbed, and the suspect or suspects got away. no one was hurt. randy: the man who loaned a gun to the boston marathon bombers is free and apologizing. stephen silva was released yesterday for the first time in a year and a half. he admitted to lending his gun to dzhokhar tsarnaev, which was later used to murder m.i.t. police officer sean collier.

convicted of murdering his high school teacher understood exactly what was going on during his trial. those comments from the judge in the case who ruled phillip chism confident for that trial. chism will be sentenced on january 29th for the murder of colleen ritzer. because he was a juvenile at the time, chism can' t be sentenced to life without parole. randy: the woman charged with murder in a las vegas crash will make her first court appearance today. lakeisha holloway was charged with murder yesterday, hit-and-run, and child abuse. police say she intentionally drove up onto a sidewalk, plowing into a crowd, all with her young daughter in the car. one person was killed. emily: a woman is dead after she was forcibly removed from a hospital. police say the 57-year-old collapsed on monday. she was pronounced dead.

new york real estate heir and suspected murderer robert durst will head back to los angeles to face charges. prosecutors say he killed a friend to stop her from cooperating with an investigation into the 1982 disappearance of durst' s wife. durst was arrested months ago in new orleans on weapons charges. randy: twin birth rates hit a new high in the u.s. last year, nearly four million babies were born and 135,000 of them were twins. that' s about one in every 29 babies. in 1980, that ratio was only one in 53. experts believe the increase is due in part to the number of women waiting to have children. they say women in their 30' s are more likely to have twins than younger women. emily: an animal scare at the airport in myrtle beach. surveillance images capture a coyote running through the baggage terminal. airport staff say they have no idea how it got in. animal control was called, and they wrangled the coyote in

the animal had to be euthanized. randy: pro bowl selections have been announced, and seven patriots are on the list. tom brady was chosen for the 11th time in his career, and rob gronkowski for the fourth. malcom butler and chandler jones made the cut for the first time in their careers. stephen gostkowski, jamie collins, and matthew slater will join them for the january 31st game in honolulu. emily: the bruins get shut out at the garden for the first time all season. they gave up two third-period goals last night against the st. louis blues. 2-0 the final. they' re now off until after christmas, when they take on the buffalo sabres saturday night. >> for the holidays home, sweet, home emily: that was great.

were treated to a little holiday cheer from rene rancourt. he' s the voice of the national anthem for the b' s. and he spread his christmas wishes through the crowd, who came ready to celebrate. not too bad. local police are getting into the holiday spirit. randy: santa stopped by the chelsea police department to pass out toys. chelsea pd teamed up with the salvation army yesterday to provide gifts to 100 children, who otherwise wouldn' t have gotten a christmas present. all of the goodies were bought personally by police officers and staff. >> we want to reach out to the community. this way here, it is not just the children but the parents as well. we wish we could do this every day. randy: this is the second year ve done it. this morning. kevin: we' re starting with some dense fog. downtown way of lighter than

downtown traffic looking good. still some slowdowns. river road -- the tobin bridge, a nice writing from chelsea -- a nice ride in from chelsea. rote 93 heavy from medford down to the lower deck. no problems on the mass pike. the lane shift by route 9. a little slow at the top. the expressway, about 23 minutes from braintree up to the o' neill tunnel. granted avenue. morning. cindy: you got it.

49 degrees with a light wind. we are talking about the warmth and the humidity. fog is widespread this morning. there may be spots for the visibility drops under one quarter of a mile. 46 in worcester. lower 40' s on the south shore. the fog is going to hang with us for the morning hours. by 5:00 p.m., some of this rain is going to start to work in. this is the leading edge of record warm temperatures. notice by 3:00 this afternoon, lower 50' s. 11:00 tonight, we are inching those temperatures up. the temperatures climb overnight as the rain comes in.

is on the lighter side. we are going to see that rain exit quickly tomorrow morning. a lot of clouds and record warm temperatures. back to around 60 on christmas day. notice the temperatures a little