tv Newscenter 5 Eyeopener ABC December 24, 2015 6:00am-7:00am EST
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>> now, news center five eyeopener. randy: storms hitting the southern part of the country. antoinette: $1 million stashed away in the hiding place and the link to her state representative in prison. randy: holiday cards than from new hampshire prisons and the suspicions causing a legal battle. >> you are watching wcvb , boston' s news later. good morning, this is newton centre 5 eyeopener. antoinette: also some heavy rain swept through straining this car
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randy: yes, it is a very warm christmas eve. danielle: we don' t need jackets print we are going for 70' s this afternoon. christmas eve, 70 degrees? it feels more like florida up here today. we have a warm front that is crossing the region currently and we had heavy rain pushed through overnight and some and bedded thunderstorms. now we are just socked in with clouds in eastern massachusetts and seeing some breaks in the cloud deck the farther west you go to a is some fog to deal with this morning. if you are headed outcome of his ability is down to half a mile in worcester and about 3/4 of a mile on nantucket. the fog should burn off in the next couple of hours or so. by lunchtime, we clear out a
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be the south coast and the cape. the warm air is up and down the eastern seaboard but there is colder air out to the west which will eventually get here. the 12 hour timeline in boston shows it will warm up into the mid-60' s by 9:00, upper 60' s through the afternoon, so it is a warm afternoon but big changes are coming and we will talk about that coming up. jeff: it' s a good ride for most travelers this morning. it' s a holiday for most people so that means traffic will be light. it is busier than earlier today' s but the southeast expressway is moving well into the city. there is one trouble spot toward the south with a work crew at route 24 on the northbound side in the vicinity of route 44. the top end of 140 is tied up. slow volume there. elsewhere, the expressway is
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braintree and downtown and 93 southbound is clear. all around 128 looks just fine. damage from extreme weather across the country. you are looking at new video from mississippi where a tornado or through a busy highway area knocking down a tractor-trailer in its path. the death from these storms rose overnight in antoinette: we have new information as it comes in. >> at least eight people are dead in the southern part of the country. three people were killed and seven-year-old boy in this funnel cloud was on the ground homes and claiming lives. 60 mile per hour wins brought down this tree killing an 18-year-old. streets flooded in alabama and christmas.
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somehow someway. i cannot see it right now. but i will, i promise. >> the crews are now searching for survivors. rescuers say there are still several people unaccounted for. we will bring of the latest information as it comes in. now, a chipotle in boston is prepare he to reopen today after an illness force it to shut down. nearly 150 people were sickened in a nora virus outbreak. brighton this morning. how customers are reacting to the clean bill of health. >> the workers are getting ready to get back to work. the doors are set to open a little later this morning. that would be more than two weeks after the cleveland circle location was closed, about 140 people, most of the boston college students became sick after eating here and city inspectors or the entire but loyal customers said they
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>> i love chip blake. i' m not sure if i will go back. >> i have a feeling this will not be at for them. >> the employee who came to work with the nora virus was fired as was the manager who asked that worker to finish his shift. this has been a tough year for this company. more than 50 cup butter -- customers have gotten sick with e. coli at a dozen locations across the country. chipotle is changing the way it prepares food. antoinette: thank you. a woman is suffering serious injuries after she was struck i occur in holliston. . the 57-year-old was struck around 5:00 p.m. along washington street the driver from florida state on the scene. no word this morning on any charges. randy: u.s. marshals are tying a stash of cash found in
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dartmouth who is doing time for embezzlement. john george attempted to hide $1 million in cash and the bills were found tied in small on those and stuffed into oversight safety deposit boxes. the 69-year-old is currently serving a six-year prison' s sentence and he was ordered to pay nearly $700,000 in restitution but claimed under oath that he had less than $190,000 in assets. the death of a teenage prisoners under investigation. the 18-year-old found hanging in his cell at the essex county facility last night. after he was awaiting trial in armed robbery and other charges. state prison system is facing a lawsuit over holiday cards. prison officials banned cards and drawings after finding restriction drugs smuggled underneath stamps or stickers. they were smeared between layers of crayon drawings. the aclu is suing on behalf of
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son sent him a thanks giving card. >> security is tantamount for us and trying to keep contraband out of the prison is a major priority on a daily basis. whatever methods we can use to keep that from coming inside, will take those steps. antoinette: the aclu says the state went to party claims there are no documented cases of drugs being smuggled in that way. a man please call armed and dangerous is on the loose, charged in bank robberies across state lines. matthew martin was supposed to be sentenced for three robberies in vermont but never showed up in court. in the past few weeks, police crimes in new hampshire. police are offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest. randy: donations come in for a westport boy killed in a fire investigators are trying to identify the cause of the fire that killed the four-year-old.
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overdrive. >> we have been asking for monetary donations and gift cards that we are also asking for new clothing. we put sizes on the facebook page. >> we all could be there. we' re thankful we are not randy: gifts and new items can be dropped off and on westport fire station and they will be given to the family for christmas. donald trump could be headed for lowell next month. january 4. he drew a crowd of more than burrow back in october. busiest shopping days of the year, black lives matter and they try to close an airport. this was minneapolis and the
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mall of america to protest last s fatal shooting of a black suspect by away police officer. from the mall, protest moot -- moved to the airport. 15 protesters were arrested on various charges. if you stayed at a hyatt hotel, you might want to keep your eye and a credit card statement because the chain found that processes customer payments. this raises the possibility that hackers have obtained credit card numbers or other sensitive information. the hyatt has hired security experts to investigate. randy: you heard this before, holiday stress can have an impact on your health. antoinette: we have some simple ways to protect your heart from the tension. plus, a wonderful holiday tradition in wakefield could soon come to an end, the mission volunteers hope a new generation will keep up.
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china as a firefighter falls from a burning building and have the escape went wrong just ahead. >> at least eight people are dead after storms at the southern part of the country. tornadoes and rain are to blame and rescues are still searching for several people missing. danielle: nothing like that here, record warmth today and how warm it will get and the outlook for christmas just that i had.
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>> good morning eyeopener. randy: good morning to you and thank you so much, hillside elementary. they are taking part in coats for kids. antoinette: they understand the spirit of the holiday and we love their version of the pullman you can record your own wake-up call by going to the first page of our website. it' s the holidays because you would not know it by the weather. danielle: not at all. if you want to golf, go golfing today. it will be in the 70' s.
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it has been so mild. you might be the one to break out shorts and a t-shirt today. we are going for record high temperatures. 68 degrees is forecast in worcester and 70 in boston and we could go above in some spots. we can break the old record set back in 1996. the reason we have this warm frontal boundary slowly lifting to the north and we are watching the cold front that will bring in another round of potentially afternoon. i think the south coast and cape will see that. there have been light rain showers reported in some locations. otherwise, most of us are this morning. as we go through the day, we keep the clouds around and maybe a few breaks by lunchtime. atmosphere. toward the afternoon, the best chance for those hit or miss
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and the cape and the islands and we start to clear out later tonight. i think we will introduce fog back into the forecast overnight. here comes the warm front. we are already in the 60' s in plymouth and a record high in providence of 65 degrees. in the 40' s back through concorde. you still have a north wind but the wind behind us warm front are really pumping out of the south and west and are kind of gusty on the cape. we expect breezy conditions through the afternoon. mostly cloudy skies today with hit or miss showers and some fog tonight and upper 40' s and low 50' s for overnight lows and for christmas day, we are warming things into the upper 50' s and low 60' s. it looks like a dry forecast for christmas.
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chance for rain saturday. it looks like saturday afternoon into early sunday we will see showers. it will be a chilly rain with s but s. weather pattern and we get cold mix next week. randy: well, it is winter. antoinette: it' s hard to believe. jeff: we' good ride for travelers this morning. that' s the southeast expressway pass columbia road and this is much better than usual. it' s less than 15 minutes between braintree and boston. one problem is route 24. this is the work crew in the left-hand traveling doing bridgework around route 44 which has traffic slow back to 140. it looks like even some slow traffic on 144 in itself.
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there that long. light volume everywhere. a speed limit ride up the expressway. randy: thank you for a dramatic firefighter is forced to jump out of a building that is burning. this fire on the second floor. he was lowering the hose his suit caught fire and he attempted to slide in a pipe and it broke and sent him crashing to the ground causing only minor injuries. antoinette: staples is fighting back as the federal trade commission tries to block its merger with rival office depot the framingham-based chain says the fcc is overstating how fiercely the two companies compete saying there is plenty of other competition in the marketplace. the federal agency won an
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asian markets flipped overnight after a surge thanks to plunging oil prices. wall street will be watching for the jobs report them as final day of trading before the holiday and stock futures are now lower. more important. says there are seven secrets to fighting off heart failure. managing blood pressure and cholesterol, reducing blood sugar, getting physically active, eating healthy -- that will be top -- losing weight, and not smoking. those are life' s simple seven on the goal is to avoid risk factors before you have to deal with the impact. the spirit of christmas is celebrated in a unique and very generous way. this is wakefield where gifts are being delivered throughout the town by sled. antoinette: this is a holiday
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s also a labor of love and they may need some new blood to keep the tradition going. it' s a sight to behold. a local running club provides the reindeer pulling santa all over town delivering gifts to children in need. they have 10 stops in five miles and 95 kids each sho ed for each other. >> it' s the best part of christmas. there is nothing like it. you see the looks on their faces. >> we will go down a street where it' s quiet and the music is playing and you will see a little kid in the window who looks out. it just makes the night. >> you can see it in the children' s eyes but after 25 years, many members of the team feel it' s time to retire. they are hoping some younger neighbors will pick up the reins and keep his holiday tradition going. if there are younger reindeer out there
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>> may be santa claus can pull for a while. >> there is amazement in the kids eyes. antoinette: thank you. students in weymouth want to make sure everyone gets a holiday greeting this year, the special message they are delivering. randy: a new report raising concerns about runaway trains and allegations of rigged controls just ahead. antoinette: a reunion with a wedding dress and the link to the steps to return a gallon that was swept up in a tornado. a lunch lady fired for what she thought was a good deed in the
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cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. danielle: welcome back. we had heavy rain push through late last night and the first thing this morning. we just have some hit or miss showers around. we have temperatures in the 50' s and 60' s with impressive rain totals.
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it looks like we will break a record in worcester for the latest in snowfall setback in 1923 and christmas eve. no snow for worcester today, just hit or miss showers in the average snowfall today is about 6.9 inches. there could be some beginning of next week. randy: we want to bring up the live radar. we are keeping a close eye on this guy this morning. santa claus took off from the north pole overnight. norad is tracking the jolly old elf as he delivers presence across the globe and santa claus has just pulled away from russia. i think he was delivering gifts toolessa' s distant relatives. we will follow santa claus all morning long as he makes his way through all the neighborhoods. time for some eye-popping video. antoinette: we begin with an impressive holiday display in california.
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who doesn' t know that music? the homeowners is a big star wars fan. i' m not sure how much the neighbors like this. he used 200,000 lights and he has done a before. he says people come from all over to watch. randy: pretty amazing stuff here. students in weymouth were all over the school building miming to the mariah carey song on a mission to make sure everyone great job. gesture. randy: a world war ii veteran is forget and how neighbors are
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>> now, a new center 5 eyeopener. randy: deadly storms sweep the south and the new video and the frantic rescues. antoinette: a popular restaurant gets the greenlight to reopen and why some customers say they are not sold. >> a driver fired over a one-way train and the new claims this could happen again. randy: and the wedding dress lost in a tornado, the amazing discovery months later that led to a remarkable reunion. on the eye... >> you are watching wcvb, boston' s news leader. this is news center 5 eyeopener. randy: it is christmas eve and he is on his way and we are keeping an eye on this guy making his way around the world.
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he is in the area of the marshall islands so he' s getting a little closer. good morning and thank you for joining us. antoinette: we' ve got a big issue. danielle is concerned how center is going to land here without snow. randy: if they does the marshall islands, there won' t be snow there, he can handle it. danielle: he will do a nice water landing. he will probably be wearing shorts and a t-shirt in our area because we are about record high temperatures for christmas eve after we saw around of rain moved to late last night into today. we still have a couple of hit or miss showers around and some low-level clouds. visibility is down to about half a mile in worcester and about 3/4 of a mile on nantucket. there will be fog and patchy drizzle this morning and you are
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miles per hour on the cape. it' s associated with the warm front lifting through and you already. 40' through the merrimack valley and southern new hampshire. through the next 12 hours, s s by 10:00 in boston. low 70' s through the afternoon but big changes are in the forecast will talk about that coming up. jeff: the roads are a bit damp but it' s a nice ride this morning. most people have today off for the holiday in the turnpike is moving well. only one trouble spot to talk about at 24 northbound were there is a work crew dealing with a road condition by route 44 and traffic is slow as the
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watch for that slow volume area. speed. randy: thank you. antoinette: we are tracking new information. >> we are following new details on storms in the south as a people are confirmed dead. this is video from clarksdale, mississippi with three dead in that state including a young boy. 2 debts have been reported in mississippi. the chipotle in boston will gave the beacon street location a clean bill of health 150 people came down with an oral virus after eating there. under investigation. he was found hanging in his cell at the essex county correctional facility last night.
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randy: a new report raising concerns once again about more runaway trains. antoinette: we go live in braintree with new information. >> we are now learning that accelerator tampering which was responsible for runaway train pulling out of braintree station two weeks ago was not the first time mb ta operators have been controls. two other operators have been disciplined for the process and in 2011, another red line driver throttle. 1999 on the blueline. a passenger wrote a letter. for the incident to eggs ago, the pulmonary investigation reveals the operator tied down man'
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not set when the train was here at braintree station. when he stepped off the train to deal with a signal failure, the train took off without him blowing through four stops with more than 50 passengers on board. he has since been fired. randy: thank you. police in salem, massachusetts are trying to track down to christmas these. a man and woman stole presence intended for toys for tots. they walked into the sex offender registry board last week without identification and made off with $1000 worth of presence. police are asking in with information to come forward. boston police continue to investigate double shooting in the jamaica plain' s neighborhood at the boston housing authority complex on center street. two male victims are in their 30' s and 40' s and one was shot in the shoulder and the other in the thigh and they were found
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both are expected to survive and the police commissioner says it does not look like the shooting is gang related. antoinette: police confiscated more than 100 firearms in a raid in warren. a 45-year-old was arrested at tuesday. comments about police and officers seized firearms and of rounds of ammunition. a jogger' s injured after being winter street last night. the driver hit a utility pole. it snapped causing power outages in that area. the victim was a hanover woman and was taken to the hospital. no word on her condition. police are investigating what caused the driver to go across the road. >> there was no breaking so we are trying to figure out how fast the vehicle was going. it does not appear it was speeding but there was no
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antoinette: the driver of the card was treated and released is not been charged. the investigation is ongoing. randy: there is new trouble to report from takata. antoinette: the latest tragedy linked to the airbag maker. randy: a man goes out of his way to reunite a woman with her long lost wedding dress. antoinette: bad news for a boston-based fantasy sports
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jeff: welcome back. i am keeping an i on traffic. many people are also traffic is light this morning. slow traffic on route 24 but it is a nice ride everywhere else. danielle: we got through some rain last night and early this morning and still a couple of showers around parts of the area this morning. there is also some fog out there so be careful if you are driving. that fog should burn off by later this morning. 70 degrees for christmas eve day
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randy: a wedding dress was lost but then found and quite the story it turned out to be at an illinois woman has been reunited with down that disappeared in a nato. -- in a tornado. a farmer found the dress and through a post on facebook and a former tracked down the owner. >> my son is texting and he said i think your dresses online. he said is that nato could sure -- he said it was that nato page. randy: the farmer returned the dress but not until he cleaned it. antoinette: a boston chipotle is getting back in business after a chain is doing to prevent future trouble. concerns about rate controls on
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randy: we are ready with news to go and we are tracking storms across the country and new moves at a typically in boston and concerns about train tampering. antoinette: we have been tracking the movements of santa claus . he does not need snow to land could will have a water landing. it' s so warm but i think a lot of people like the warm forecast. we had some rain move through last tonight. there was impressive totals. this is from the thunderstorm that moved through and we have a low chance for showers today. a couple more should develop later this afternoon. the best chances the south coast
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we are dry for christmas day and rain chances saturday afternoon into sunday morning. we have a warm frontal boundary and that is triggering some drizzle and low-level clouds this morning and warming up our temperatures. we will watch the cold front come across the region. visibility has been reduced to about1/4 of a mile in some locations in the fog should burn up although it will take longer on the south coast and the cape. toward lunchtime, couple of breaks in the cloud deck and that should allow temperatures to warm up nicely. a couple of showers around 3:00 p.m. and clearing out toward this evening. temperatures right now or in the 60' s but we are warming up into the 70' s in many locations. jeff: the roads are fine and traffic is light and it' s a good ride around boston. it' s still dark but it' s only 10 minutes between braintree and
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one problem is to the south with the work crew on 24 northbound around route before which is traffic slow from 140. the rest of the overall commute is in good shape with light volume and the speed limit on 93 looks good and the mbta is on time. randy: severe weather has torn across the southern part of the country. antoinette: we are tracking new details. >> just a few showers here but storms are deadly in the country' s midsection. killed as a dangerous system swept through. officials are searching for some still missing overnight. tornadoes were touching down in indiana and mississippi. in arkansas, an 18-year-old blew into a house. rescued.
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storm system spawned several tornadoes damaging homes from texas to alabama. >> chipotle is at the center of a nora virus outbreak and could reopen as early as this morning. that' s more than two weeks after the cleveland circle location was closed after about 140 college students, became sick after eating here. city inspectors say the restaurant has been disinfected s making changes to the way it appears food. -- it prepares food. >> we are learning that accelerate or tampering was led to an unmanned runaway train pulling out of braintree station two weeks ago was not the first time mbta operators have tampered with panel controls. two othert operators have been disciplined over the past few years. the parliamentary investigation
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tied down the throttle bus overwriting the dead man' s switch. the train took up without him blowing through four stops with more than 50 passengers on board. he has since been fired. antoinette: belgian authorities say they have arrested a ninth suspect linked to the deadly paris terror attacks. federal authorities say belgian born citizen who had been in contact with the suspected ringleader' s cousin was arrested on tuesday. he is thing held on charges of taking part in a terrorist group and terrorist murders. randy: a woman is suffering serious injuries after she was struck by a car in holliston. the 57-year-old was struck at 5:00 p.m. along washington street in the driver did stay at the scene. we have not heard of any charges being filed. antoinette: a man police call armed and dangerous is on the loose, charged in bank robberies across state lines. matthew martin was supposed to be sentenced for three robberies
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up to court. police believe he carried out more crimes in new hampshire. police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. randy: we told you about this man who appears to have stolen christmas lights. he had a change of heart and a change of story after seeing our story. officers say the man went to police after seeing himself on television stealing lights and a projector for my home. he said he took them as a joke and returned them and police are not charging him. antoinette: a rescue in south austin as two men are rescued from the chilly waters in the broadway bridge yesterday. the first man was pulled out by first responders with a second man was able to climb out on a ladder. both men appeared to be unhurt but there are taken to a hospital to be checked out. 1 randy: the hyatt hotel chain is confirming it found malicious software on their computer system that processes customer payments.
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hackers may have obtained credit card numbers or other sensitive personal data. the hyatt has hired -- security experts to investigate. antoinette: more trouble for draft kings and band dual. illinois has become the third state to ban daily fantasy sports gambling. the state' s attorney general says the sites are clearly games of chance or skill both of which are banned under state law. last month, new york and nevada both used to similar reasoning to ban the online site. no comment yet from either company. randy: another death has been linked to another takata airbag explosion and it' s the 81. the death of a pennsylvania teenager five moscow was caused by an airbag explosion during a minor accident. they are expanding the recall to include hundreds of thousands of mazda, honda, and subaru vehicles. 19 million american vehicles containing the airbags have been recalled.
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in idaho was out of a job after she says she gave away a meal. the school let her go saying she stole from the cafeteria. she says she served lunch to a child who did not have any money. the school says there have been other instances regarding her. the school released a statement saying, in the spirit of the holidays, they are offering her job back. the beatles hit streaming music sites around the world. their songs are hitting the web after midnight this morning. 17 beatles albums are going online including "a hard days night," abbey road, and the greatest hits collection. randy: a one-game suspension is upheld for a dell beckham junior. the decision came down yesterday in nfl issued the suspension after he was flagged three times
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dustups with the panthers defender josh norman. he admitted his poor sportsmanship. antoinette: the celtics took on last night. they pulled out 25 assists. 102-89 was the final score. randy: it may not feel like a good winter is in the air in the stadium is a sure sign. preparations are underway for the january 1 game. it will probably be cooler by then. the bruins will take on the rival montreal canadiens. antoinette: this started out as a wellness check for a retired california veteran but this ended with an outpouring of christmas cheer. the neighbors of herman perry got worried when they did not see the 94-year-old world war ii veteran for several days.
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he lives alone so his neighbors got a christmas tree, lights, mistletoe, and candy and brought it over to his apartment. he says this is a christmas that he will never forget. that is what the holiday season is all about. 1 randy: grade for them and him. antoinette: an indiana woman just got the christmas surprise of a lifetime. randy: her son came back from serving at an air force base in pearl harbor. that was not the only reason to celebrate. >> when did you get here? >> huh? randy: what is it? you' re going to see. the grandma got to show off her new granddaughter. her son and daughter-in-law kept the early adoption a secret.
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it was a moment of pure joy for this lucky grandma. antoinette: you cap does in suspense. --you cap us in suspense. randy: it was a baby and she was probably expecting it at some point. that was a happy face. jeff: it' s a nice ride out there this morning with light volume and the roads are a little damp. traffic is in good shape. if you' re heading out, we have a trouble spot toward the west. we have a jackknifed tractor-trailer on eastbound' s out of the side of route 84 toward exit one. troubles on route 24 continues with a crash around route 27 and the slope volume before that toward route 44 because of a work crew. those are your trouble spots come everybody have a good christmas. it' s a good ride this morning for most people.
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danielle: it feels like that, we will warm into the upper 60' s and low 70' s shattering records in boston and worcester today. already in the 60' s along parts of the south shore and cape and islands and the warm trend will continue into the weekend. even on saturday when we cool off, we' re still running about 10 degrees above what we should be. you can thank the worm from this morning trading dusty winds and low level clouds especially for the cape and islands. 60 degree weather already, 50 in boston and 40' s and worcester. for the day today, 70 degrees and 55 tonight and christmas day dry, 61 degrees. we have this system to the west that will bring in another dose of rain but that will hold off until saturday. where much cooler saturday but the rain showers will come through in the afternoon. we could see that rain which
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