"eyeopener." doug: two people found dead in the christmas tragedy under investigation right now. antoinette: the swat team surrounds a home in everett for hours. the wild scene in that neighborhood and the difficult negotiations that ended the

mike: still mild this morning, but changes are on the way. when the temperatures drop and a storm moves in. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." antoinette: everyone recovered from christmas this morning? good morning to you. just after 6:00. i'm antoinette antonio. doug: and i'm doug meehan. saturday, december 26. if you have tensal and boxes laying around the house, get to it in a little bit. hang out with us for a while. we have changes in the weather. mike: first off you'll notice the cooler temperatures. not terribly cold for this time of year but cooler temperatures. i've got rain coming in late tonight. but the bum being of today is not looking bad. you step out this morning. you have temperatures into the 0's and 40's out there. some places close to the 50-degree mark so it's a very mild start to the day. we've got the cloud cover which is in here. it's a very thin overcast we're talking about. it's thinning out pretty quickly up here to the north. i think we'll get a fair amount

through the afternoon but it won't be like the last couple of days where highs have been in the 60's. today we'll settle for high temperatures about where they are right now. cool air is starting to flow in here. the mild air has been pushed down to the south. i'm watching this system out to the west because it's going to do a couple of things for us. one, it will be start to go bring rain in here. what happens? well, by 11:00 this morning we have plenty of sunshine sitting out there. as we head through the overnight hours there comes the cloud cover. as we we start to put rain in the forecast. for today it looks like the temperatures hold pretty flat. clouds this morning. sunshine this afternoon. we finish off if day with some cloud cover out there. then we start to talk about the cool temperatures coming in and this system off to our west. we could see snow tuesday morning. all the details on that coming up in a few moments. doug and antoinette. antoinette: mike, thank you. right now two people are dead and two others hospitalized after a christmas day tragedy strikes a milford neighborhood. doug: the eyeopener's frank holland is tracking new

good morning again, frank snong good morning again, doug and antoinette. right now we know those two survivors are okay after being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at milford hospital. police say the call came in just before 2:00 yesterday afternoon. a couple found dead in the bedroom of their prospect heights home. the duplex now condemned by the board of health. neighbors describe the victims and friendly and social. >> there were always a lot of people over there. they were having people over, barbecues. nice people. frank: right now the names of the victims are not being released. the district attorney's office is handling the case. but foul play is not suspected. doug? doug: all righty, frank, thank you. right now this man is in custody after police say he caused a tense and wild scene in an everett neighborhood. gunshots, tear gas, and a huge fire inside that house. newscenter 5's john atwater was there as it all unfolded. john: it took five long hours of coaxing. officer: hands up. hands up. john: but finally the man who

emerged from his home. officer: he was arguing with officers and resisting when he came out. john: police knew he was armed so they moved in to take him down. officer: he was armed and ultimately found with three firearms on his body. john: just when the tension eased, another threat flared up. neighbor: a lot of flash and a lot of bang. the house was on fire. john: as police dragged 53-year-old mark lavoine to a cruiser, his summer street home erupted in flames. firefighters scrambled to fight the new danger swat vehicles to tame the raging inferno. neighbor: it's kind of unbelievable. john: neighbors first called police just before noon reporting gunshots inside the neighbor: i heard this big, huge bang. john: on a beautiful christmas day, (shot) the neighborhood shook as police shot tear gas in and echoes of difficult negotiations filled the streets. officer: he refused to talk to our officers. john: finally more than five hours in, police had their man but not a clear understanding of

stand-off. and this morning firefighters are still trying to determine exactly what sparked this fire. the man who lives here is facing several charges. in everett, john atwater, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: right now an new hampshire, is under investigation. when police responded to an alarm at the steeplegate mall last night, they found part of the glass door shattered at the bon ton department store. both state and local police responded. but they say there is no danger to the public. they're releasing limited information at this point, but we'll keep you posted. doug: right now seven people are hurt after a car slammed into a hayride in maine. it happened in waterville. you can see the car involved had massachusetts license plates. we have no other information about the driver. one of the victims was seriously hurt when they were pinned under the trailer. 15 people were on the hayride at the time of the crash.

lodge. antoinette: this morning police in vermont are trying to track down a real-life christmas grinch. someone stole ten walkers and a christmas dinner for 30 from a senior housing facility in pittsford. residents woke up christmas morning to find everything gone, even the christmas cookies. puzzles, christmas c.d.'s, and the tv also gone. but neighbors weren't about to let the thieves spoil the holiday. and donations poured in. >> i'm very rarely at a loss for words, and i am completely humbled by the unbelievable amount of support from the community. antoinette: in fact, so much food was donated, the facility should be covered for meals into next week. state police released a statement saying, "unfortunately for you, mr. grinch, christmas has been saved by the amazing community." doug: growing concerns this morning about drug deals being conducted inside a home for veterans in boston. the new england center and home for veterans has a zero tolerance for drugs,

employees tell "the globe" they believe at least 20-percent of the 300 people who stay at the center are looking to buy or sell drugs. two months ago, three residents reportedly died of opioid overdoses. the president of the center says they're working hard to keep drugs out of the facility, including working with boston police. a quincy man takes major steps to raise awareness of suicide. antoinette: sean butler walked more than 220 miles from new york's wall street to quincy in memory of his mother who took her own life 20 years ago. his family and friends met him in quincy when he arrived home last night. butler says he felt his mother ann with him the whole way. butler: i talked to her through joy. i talked through tears. my mom was a powerhouse of joy, love. everything she is, i am. everything. everything she is, i am.

foundation of suicide prevention headquarters is located on wall street, which is why he chose that starting point. doug: very powerful moments personally during that walk. antoinette: it was an extra special christmas for one leominster mom. doug: what she received from a secret santa and how she's using that gift to pay it forward. antoinette: cleaning up down south. the wet and wild christmas for some, and the communities banding together to get through the holiday. mike: and that rain down south is headed up this way as we talk about tomorrow's forecast. you see that snow in the midwest?

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antoinette: good morning. 6:11. welcome back. right now federal investigators are calling a christmas day fire at a texas mosque suspicious. investigators rummaged through the rubble at the islamic society of greater houston yesterday. muslims who call the religious mosque home were forced to hold friday night prayers at a banquet hall. some 200 people were praying inside the center an hour before the flames broke out. >> it's just a place where people look for peace. people look look for solutions and people come in contact with god. it's really sad. antoinette: no one was injured in the fire. doug: this morning flooding is still causing a major mess in the south. and another tornado touchdown is confirmed-- this time in alabama. in that state and in georgia, floodwaters triggered forced evacuations on christmas day. 14 people are dead in at least three states, but that number could rise after last night's storms. barbara williamson lost her home in bellevue, mississippi.

it's a miracle. a christmas miracle because we was right here in that. doug: but the spirit of the season was still there. ravaged communities came together offering support, clothing, and shelter to help people get through the holiday. antoinette: a lot of rain still lingering down south. is that moving our way. midnight. the bulk of your day is fine today. we have to slowly transition out of this. mike: i know. i was looking at climate records and seeing how far south we have to live to have a christmas like that. we have to go to florida. if you look at december and compare it. just look at the statistics. normally the average temperature this time of the year is 35.7 degrees. so far for this month we're running at 46.6. what does that mean? it means we are so far out of statistical norm that it will be a long time before we see something like this again but the cool air is starting to move in. i think we're going to finish the month with relatively cool temperatures but it's a slow process. today in the 50's.

then we go for the 30 as we start to talk about the middle of the week. the cool air has started to flow its way in here. if you look carefully along the leading edge of cool air there were a few scattered showers. those have dissipated. the cloud cover we're talking about very thin. as you look at the last few moments you see how it's really thinning out. i think we'll see a fair amount of sunshine as we head through the day today. over the city right now it's 45 degrees. if you were with us early this morning, it was close to 50 but that northerly breeze is trying to usher in slightly cooler air. the other thing is the humidity is going down. i know it's unusual. but we had close to record high dew points the last couple of days. it has been muggy out there for december weather. well, the dry air is starting to move in. you'll notice that. until we start talking about the rain after midnight tonight. so right now, we're dealing with reading into the upper 30's in some spots, into the mid 40's. we're still looking at 50-51 as you look down towards the islands. very mild conditions as that cool air has not pushed its way far enough to the south. what will happen today?

partly sunny anyway. as we head towards 4:00 you see how the cloud cover is thick across the area. as the sunday goes down we won't be seeing the sun goes. as we head toward late, 3:00 in the morning, this whole area of rain is coming at us at 3:00. this time time tomorrow morning we'll be looking at showers and downpours. i don't think we'll have to worry about any rumble of thunder. tomorrow morning you early risers will be running into water out there. the rain will stay with us through 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning. after that just kind of break up into a few scattered showers of the by 2:00 in the afternoon we're looking at a lot of cloud cover but not looking at any extensive rain. temperatures tomorrow will once again climb into the 50's. that's it for the 50's by the way. we head towards monday and the skies clear away but the cooler temperatures start to move back in. here's what i mean. check it out in the search-day forecastment you'll see today 50, tomorrow 54 degrees. monday we have the sunshine in

and that sets us up for this. late monday night into tuesday morning, we start to see some mixed precipitation coming in. and then as the day goes on in the morning hours, it looks like a little bit of snow but as we continue into the day on tuesday , we're talking about rain moving in because it will be warm enough so the temperatures will modify enough is a i think the snow will change over to in vein. however, some places could get a couple of inches of snow out of it before it's all over with. that would be our first measurable snow of the season. we do have another chance of seeing some rain or ice on thursday. right now that's looking more like rain than anything else. doug and antoinette. antoinette: mike, thank you. 6:16. now to some of the stories we're tracking right now on the eye. doug: frank holland is following information as it comes in. frank: a powerful rebel commander in syria is dead, killed just a month before peace talks with the syrian government. government officials say the syrian army is responsible for the airstrike that killed zahran allouch. he led a powerful group that is backed by saudi arabia and

damascus suburbs. a fire that damaged former president bill clinton's childhood home is being called arson. the flames broke out friday at the clinton birthplace national historic site in hope, arkansas. the fire was put out quickly and clinton lived in the home as a child before moving to hot springs. race for president. john mcafee is running under the the 70-year-old is best known for his computer anti-virus software. mcafee originally planned to run under his own cyber party to, quote, disrupt the political status quo. and if you didn't get everything you wanted for christmas, you might want to consider a powerball ticket. the estimated jackpot for tonight's drawing is now up to a $255 million. nobody has hit the jackpot since november 4, and there hasn't been a jackpot this high since september. you can catch the winning numbers tonight on newscenter 5 at 11:00.

antoinette: frank, thank you. we know all about working on the holidays. doug: and so do the people who keep all of us safe. the lasser and platt families wanted to do something special for newton firefighters who have to work on christmas. so they trekked to the commonwealth ave fire station armed with an arsenal of holiday treats. five-year-old levi and six-year-old jordan tell newscenter 5 they also had a message for the men and women who keep them safe. >> what did you bring? >> i brought crispy treats. >> snowmen. there's pretzels for arms and marshmallows for the hands. thank you for putting out fires and saving people. doug: so proud of the treats too. firefighters loved the treats tour of the trucks before they left.

treats. a secret santa surprising a mother in leominster this christmas with a special delivery just in time for the holiday. doug: but the spirit of the season didn't end there. she made a big decision to share her good fortune. sintia: come on. open your presents. doug: sintia alvarez and her adopted daughter shania celebrated christmas morning like no other. sure, there were the usual presents under the tree, but it's a gift without ribbons or bows that shines the brightest of all. sintia: this is the letter. doug: an anonymous letter addressed to this mother of four with nothing more than a boston postmark to indicate its origin. inside-- a note and $200 in cash. sintia: "dear friend, god has blessed me beyond my wildest dreams. i hope that this will help you and your family to have a very merry christmas." doug: overwhelmed by the generosity of this secret santa, sintia keeps asking herself the same question. sintia: i said, why me? john: sintia has worked for the wiic program here in leominster for the past 18 years. when she received her christmas

thought of was someone else. she knew she had to pay it forward literally. after giving a $50 bill each to her two grown children and buying gifts with $50 more, she used the remaining money to buy 80 jars of baby food for a fitchburg three-year-old whose father had fallen on hard times and feared his special needs child would go hungry this christmas. sintia: we brought it to the house. they were so happy. i felt good doing something for somebody else. doug: sintia says she may never know who granted this christmas miracle; however, she does have a message for whoever it is. sintia: whoever did it, i want to say thank you. they did bless us and bless somebody else. antoinette: no idea who sent that. doug: her kids thought that maybe it was folks from her church. to begin with. but the church said no. she still has no idea who gave her the $200. antoinette: i hope they watched this story and realize what a great thing they did. too. so great. still ahead this morning, we are

antoinette: meet 110-year-old alice fisher. what she says is the secret to living so long. doug: ahead at 6:30, sitting down with the former governor. deval patrick talks about his political future. antoinette: a live look outside this morning at the state house on beacon hill. 6:21. 44 degrees right now and get ready. we are cooling down, folks. mike wankum has your forecast

mike: skies are clearing quite nicely. should be a beautiful sunrise this morning. a little bit on the cool side. the readings have dropped off into the 0's and 40's out there. then we start to talk about what is coming at us as far as tomorrow is concerned. tomorrow morning looks very wet. just a few showers in the afternoon. and the big story this week will be this. out over the central plains. it's pushing this way. it does mean we have a wintery mix coming in on tuesday. you may be concerned about how about about out of it. we haven't had any so far this year. we'll see a little bit of snow in the morning. your morning commute may be a little bit on the snowy side. that snow will be tapering off by about 11:00, 12:00 in boston and changing over to some rain. certainly to the north, that's where you're going to see most of your snow. the rest of the week warms up a little bit but we're not seeing the 60's like we've seen the last few days. doug and antoinette. antoinette: mike, thank you.

even when you've seen 110 of them. doug: a walpole woman recently celebrated a very big birthday, and she shared her "secret" with our kelley tuthill. x alice: oh, those were the good days. kelley: alice fisher has seen them all-- good times and bad. she was born on december 23, 1905, making her 110 years old. they say you're the oldest person in massachusetts. alice: who me? kelley: you. alice: i think the lord has forgotten me. kelley:: but no one here in walpole has forgotten alice. her great grandson celebrated the milestone along with alice's great great granddaughters. great grandson: she keeps going. she's happy. she loves life here. things are good for her. kelley: she loves the patriots. great grandson: she loves the patriots, always talking about them. kelley: that's why "pat, the patriot" surprised alice with a number 110 jersey signed by owner robert kraft. president obama sent well

>> avid reader, expert knitter. kelley: --along with congrats from the state house. her former boss's son told the crowd she was an amazing bookkeeper well into her 80's. >> there were no computers or excel spreadsheets. she did everything by hand-- meticulous, accurate, and just done. kelley: and that hard work, alice says, is the key to her longevity. what's your advice to young people? alice: work hard. enjoy yourself. a happy birthday to you a a kelley: in walpole, kelley tuthill, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: love that advice. what's your advice? oh, yes, work hard. doug: on engaged with kelley. she was into it and surprised she was the oldest. are you talking to me? i love it. i love it. i love it.

millions of people ride each year, but critics say security isn't good enough. antoinette: ahead at 6:30, "5 investigates" with a look at what's being done on our rail system. plus, we go one-on-one with deval patrick. he shares his thoughts on

>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." mike: we're in for a warm weekend, at least for december, but i am tracking changes on the way in the form of some wintery weather. >> a lot of flash, a lot of bang, and now the house is on fire. flames after an intense standoff. the neighborhood in shock as police try to figure out why the suspect set it ablaze. antoinette: a phone call from outer space? getting plenty of attention this morning. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener."

calling. morning, everybody. i'm doug meehan. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio. mike wankum is in this morning for danielle. he's talking about a big, big cooldown. mike: normally it will seem like sub zero to us all. the last couple of days have been amazing. if you walk out this morning, the skies have cleared away. it is cool. some spots into the 30's. boston 45. if this was a typical december day, these temperatures would still be above normal for our daytime highs so we're still mild. 50 degrees for high temperature temperature for today. forecast. tonight. here's what's happening on the satellite picture. it shows up as some cloud cover. i just walk outside. quickly out there. i'm looking at plenty of sunshine going on for today. we've got mild air and we've got south. it will try to lift its way in here. after midnight tonight, we're going to rain, not snow. this one is rain. it's tuesday morning that we'll be talking about some snow.

you'll notice by 4:00, there come the clouds and as i mentioned after midnight tonight is when the rain starts to move in to the forecast. today we'll chalk it off to some sunshine. about 48 for a high this afternoon but as the day goes on, the cloud cover thickens up. that's why i'm talking about that, it looks like cloud cover and then rain after midnight. this system on tuesday is coming in but it has colder air. it may start as snow tuesday morning. we'll have the timeline and the totals coming up in a few minutes. doug: mike, thank you. now to the stories we're following right now on the eye. antoinette: a milford couple is dead, found in their home on christmas day. two other people were taken out of the prospect heights duplex and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. investigators say foul play is not suspected. doug: right now an incident at the mall in concord, new hampshire, is under investigation. it started with an alarm call last night. that's when police found part of the glass door at the bon ton department store shattered.

the public. antoinette: seven people are hurt after a car slammed into a hayride in maine. this is a picture from the scene in waterville. the car involved has massachusetts plates, but we have no information on the driver. doug: damage reports are coming in after a powerful earthquake strikes parts of pakistan and afghanistan. dozens of people are injured mostly by falling debris. the 6.2 magnitude quake was centered near the afghanistan border. right now an everett man is in custody after setting off a wild christmas day scene in his neighborhood. antoinette: the eyeopener's frank holland with the dramatic video. trying to figure out how and why this started. take a look at this. newscenter 5 cameras were there when 53-year-old mark lavoine emerged from his summer street home after five long hours of coaxing by police. police say he was arguing with officers as he left the house, and they moved fast to take him down.

yeah, the house was on fire. >> unbelievable. frank: it's not clear why lavoine's house exploded in flames, but the fire just devoured the home. firefighters scrambled and no one was hurt. lavoine is facing a number of charges this morning. doug? doug: all righty, frank, thank you. a mother and daughter are facing assault charges after being arrested on christmas morning. barnstable police say it started when officers showed up at their home to take leah sylvia into custody for a stabbing. that's when her mother, roxanne, allegedly fought with police and hit one officer with a frying pan. both women were arrested and are due in court on monday. antoinette: commitment 2016. former florida governor jeb bush is getting ready for a big ad blitz. "the herald" reports the g.o.p. hopeful has reserved more than $14 million in ad time in both new hampshire and massachusetts. that includes two super bowl spots right before the crucial granite state primary.

recent polls. here in the bay state 2016 could be the biggest year for ballot questions in 15 years. six petitions are eligible to go before voters in november including legalizing marijuana, expanded gambling, and raising the cap on charter schools. they still need approval from lawmakers to make it on the ballot. with new year's eve less than a week away, more americans may be feeling good about leaving 2015 behind. a new associated press poll finds the most important events to americans this past year were mass shootings, including the ones in california, south carolina, and oregon. that's followed by the paris attacks and the atrocities by isis. the survey finds only 17% believe this past year was better for the united states than the one before. doug: one thing people in massachusetts are optimistic about-- the patriots if the team can get past all the injuries. yesterday, julian edelman was

sunday's game. danny amendola and seven others were listed as questionable. they also made a few roster moves. the pats cut tight end asante cleveland and, in his place, they picked up defensive back troy hill. but the cornerback matchup that everyone is looking forward to has to be the veteran darelle revis versus the student malcolm butler. stats don't tell the full story when it comes to defense, but malcolm butler looks pretty good next to darrelle revis this season. 60 combined tackles and two interceptions for the young pro-bowler, but the patriots will have a tough time with revis on the other side of the football. but let's be real. the jets will also have their hands full with a healthy gronk. in the two games since his knee injury, he's exploded for 141 yards and two touchdowns. >> couldn't cover him. it doesn't matter. we have to mix it up. we have to play our game. it's not about gronk. it's about us trying to beat the

>> the whole year they've had a very solid defense. they were very solid the last time we played them. very competitive. very tough. they're physical. we've got to expect that again. they're a very solid unit. we have to be prepared. doug: the patriots beat the jets by a touchdown earlier this year in foxboro and have beaten their afc east rivals 8 of the last 9 times. kick-off for tomorrow showdown is at 1:00 p.m. antoinette: a wrong number all the way from the international space station. british astronaut tim peeke has only been on board for a few weeks, so he's still getting used to the equipment. he says he misdialed when he tried to call home yesterday, tweeting: "i'd like to apologize to the lady i just called by mistake saying, 'hello, is this planet earth?' not a prank call. just a wrong number."

they have to do up there. antoinette: dial 0 first. doug: a vulnerable security target across the northeast. antoinette: "5 investigates" what's being done to keep you safe on the rails. and raging wildfires in australia. the destruction as these flames force thousands from their

doug: welcome back. the time is 6:40 on this saturday morning. and time for some of the stories making economic headlines this saturday. antoinette: frank is back for a dis disappointing christmas for some people. frank: disappointment is putting it lightly. many people expecting presents handled by fed-ex to arrive or be delivered by christmas are still waiting. fedex says severe weather caused the delays. the shipping company would not say just how many packages are late. the hashtag "fed-ex-fail" was trending on twitter yesterday. u.p.s. had a similar problem in 2013, but not this year. holiday sales are up in the bay state this year. deep discounts and big sales that began last month are expected to continue at least until new years. there is good news and bad news. a 6.5 percent sales increase originally projected for mom-and-pop stores turned out to be too optimistic.

massachusetts still appear to be higher the national average of 3.7 percent. in the week ahead, wall street will likely be relatively quiet during the final week of the year. the rise in interest rates is expected to give a boost to stocks in the financial sector. frank holland, wcvb, newscenter five. doug: "5 investigates" looking into potential terrorists targets. recent attacks in california and paris have everyone talking about security in public places and with transportation. antoinette: but is one vulnerability right here and throughout the northeast overlooked? here's investigative reporter karen anderson. karen: it's just before sunrise at south station in boston and already a reminder of the threat of terrorism. armed homeland security police officers are here making an unannounced inspection. they're part of a t.s.a. v.i.p.r. team which stands for visual intermodal prevention and response. working with amtrak police and their bomb-sniffing dogs, looking for suspicious behavior,

how likely is it that there will be a terrorist attack here in the united states on a train? sean burke: we have to expect it. you know, that's the bottom line. karen: sean burke is head of the center for resilient studies at northeastern and a former homeland security official. train attacks are happening overseas. he says there's nothing in place to guarantee it won't happen here. sean burke: passenger rail systems are designed to be open. specifically put in densely populated areas. a system that is vulnerable really, you know, from the beginning of its trip to the end of its trip. karen: there's proof of that vulnerability right here at south station. open access everywhere. no bag checks for these passengers. they won't have to present an i.d., just a ticket before they board. the entire amtrak system encompasses more than 21,000 miles of unprotected tracks. and the rail line between boston and washington, d.c., the northeast corridor, carries the

congressman lynch: if the terrorists were trying to that would be a prime target of karen: congressman steven lynch has studied many of the terrorist attacks on trains since 9/11. congressman: when you see the rail attacks in france or russia or japan or spain or britain, that should be a message to us. karen: it is estimated five times as many people ride the rail system as fly in airplanes every year nationwide. experts say if you try to install the same type of airport-style security and screening in train stations, it would bring the entire rail system to a screeching halt. but in the meantime solutions may not be easy. sean burke: we need our security officials to be frank, our homeland security, our first responders. they're not always going to be able to keep us safe.

france this summer when it took the courageous acts of three american passengers to subdue an armed terrorist. sean burke: they are the first line of defense. it's everyday citizens who are inevitably going to be the first responders. karen: amtrak partners with dozens of law enforcement agencies and even employs two of their own intelligence analysts. now congressman lynch tells us he's planning to host a rail security summit in boston early next year. karen anderson, "5 investigates." >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist mike wankum. mike: december, 2015, is going to go down in the record books. here are the high temperatures every day this month. we were above average except one. that was the very first day of the month. you'll notice we're running 11 degrees above normal. we've had 18 days, 18 times where we've actually been above the 50-degree mark for high temperatures. that also shatters a record. this will go down as one of the warmest decembers-- not one of

recorded. it's a little bit cooler this morning. you'll notice today not into the 60's. we'll be struggle to go get temperatures around the 50-degree mark. we've had the cloud cover overnight which is thinning out now. we're looking at basically sunny skies as we head for the day today. mostly sunny at best. as we look over the common right now, elimination from some of the holiday trees there. but 45 degrees. not bad. dew point at 32 degrees. north wind at 10 miles per hour out there right now. so what about right now? well, we have temperatures which have cooled out here to the west. that's because we had clearer skies out early, early this morning. these temperatures were allowed to drop off into the 30's. where the cloud cover hangses on especially as you look down through the cape and the islands, we're seeing readings into the upper 40's, close to 50 degrees but the temperatures today are not going to go very high. they're going to hold pretty flat most of the day today. still upper 40's, lower 50's. that's not bad. under partly sunny skies 46-52 for the high temperature. winds out of the north this morning and kind of go to an easterly direction as we talk about this afternoon. then tonight we have rain.

have any evening plans, no issues. it's after midnight probably 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning before we start to see anything showing up on radar. 38-42. you're saying that's getting close to the freezing mark. 38-42 will happen this evening. overnight the temperature will actually start to climb just a little bit. that's why it's going to be a rainy event. between now and 4:00, there comes cloud cover back in over the top of us. then we head towards about 3:00 in the morning you start to see showers out here to the west. they'll be marching their way across the state. as we head towards tomorrow morning at this time, downpours across the area. i think the rain, the steadiest rain will be from about, oh, 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning until we get to about 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning. you'll still see downpours showing up at 9:00 tomorrow morning. after that a lot of gray skies. maybe a hit-or-miss shower here or there. basically the afternoon remains on the dry side. you get to enjoy decent temperatures just not a lot of sunshine coming in your forecast for tomorrow.

but the big story this week i think is going to be or at least what everybody will be talking about will be happening on tuesday morning. you see what happens on monday. we've got breezy and cooler conditions but late monday night into early tuesday morning, this starts to come in. you see the cloud cover monday night. tuesday morning's commute we start to see mixed precipitation showing up. may change over to a little bit of snow early in the morning. then this warm air tries to work its way in which will change any of that snow or wintery mix especially at the coast and down to the south into a rain mixture going on. when you're all said and done on tuesday, yes, it will be wintery out there. the accumulation s are not looking that impressive. as i look at new updated computer models less and less into southern new england. most of the snow accumulation will be in northern new england. they could use it. ski resorts, snowmobiling. all of that going on. none of it has been happening because we haven't seen any snow. we do warm up on thursday. again we may be seeing wintery mix inland. at the coast it looks like a rain event.

a wintery mix. antoinette? doug: people will mowing their lawns. all right, mike, thank you. it's been almost a year since deval patrick left office. last week, the former governor broke his months of silence, talking about his new life and defending his record. antoinette: he also told newscenter 5's janet wu whether he'd consider being vice president of the united states. janet: it's been almost a year since he walked down these stairs. deval patrick: i have more private time which is great. i now have to go through security at the airports. there's some downsides. (laughs) janet: patrick is now raising money for a new investment fund at bain capital to grow businesses with financial and social goals. he was surprised when asked if he feels any responsibilities for the failures at d.c.f. or the mbta since his departure. his successor has never mentioned patrick's name, but

unquestionable. patrick: after a year in office, it's probably time for the governor to take responsibility for solutions and i wish him well. janet: do you feel any guilt that you should have left the agencies in better shape than you did? patrick: i feel that after stewarding the commonwealth through the worse recession in living memory to a 25-year high in employment that we did a lot to make the commonwealth stronger. janet: patrick said he was dismayed when the "t" system failed last winter. patrick: but not entirely surprised. it's an old system in need of investments and you know, we knew that. and you know, we tried to make new investments in the system. janet: and you got a big tax janet: and you got a big tax hike to help you with that as well. patrick: we got a big tax hike at the end which took effect in the last few months. janet: patrick said he misses political life but only a little. there's very loud mutterings about hillary clinton possibly putting you on the short list for v.p. if she gets the nomination. any interest if that opportunity ever came up?

patrick: no. janet: but would the former governor say no if asked to be on the short list. he doesn't answer that definitively saying right now his only priority is building his new business at bain. janet wu, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: no-- unless. doug: and the body language going on there. antoinette: okay. we'll update all your top stories next. doug: including a wild christmas day scene in an everett including gunshots, tear gas, and flames. how it all ended when we come

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doug: a check of the stories we're tracking right now. a milford couple is dead, found in their home on christmas day. two other people who live in the prospect heights duplex were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. that home has now been condemned. investigators do not suspect foul play. antoinette: an everett man is in custody after a wild standoff that had an entire neighborhood on edge. newscenter 5 cameras were there when 53-year-old mark lavoine emerged from his summer street home after five long hours of coaxing by police. but shortly after police wrestled him to the ground, his house erupted in flames. it's not clear what caused the fire. no one was hurt. police say lavoine was armed. they're still trying to figure out why he held them at bay. doug: seven people are injured right now after a car crashed into a hayride in maine. the ride was part of an elk's lodge event in waterville. the car involved in the crash had massachusetts plates, but we don't have any information on the driver yet.

in california. three children and their mother are dead after their mobile home caught fire on christmas morning. it happened in big bear lake. the father was outside at the time but couldn't get to his family because of the extent of the flames. the youngest victim was just six months old. dramatic video in from australia where fires have now destroyed more than 100 homes. the wildfire tore through a coastline area popular with tourists. the threat is slightly eased today because of cooler weather, but officials warn the fire could burn for several weeks. there are no reports of any injuries. doug: the presidential race is getting even more crowded. john mcafee is running under the libertarian party. the 70-year-old is best known for his computer anti-virus software. mcafee originally planned to run under his own cyber party to, quote, disrupt the political status quo. somebody is already doing that. antoinette: oh, yes. it could make some post-christmas wishes come true

the estimated jackpot for tonight's powerball drawing is now up to a $255 million. nobody has hit the jackpot since november 4, and there has not been a jackpot this high since september. you can catch the winning numbers tonight on newscenter 5 at 11:00. if we are not here tomorrow, you know where we went and what we won. doug: w much? $2 million? antoinette: our first weekend together here, right? frank: what is $255 divided by four? doug: a good vacation. mike: we've got rain coming in late tonight. today is fine. today is not a bad day. tonight after midnight pain comes in. tomorrow morning we'll be wet of course we won't be here. it will be raining tomorrow morning. afternoon. the other thing people will be morning.

not looking that impressive but we haven't seen anything. so tuesday morning, give yourself extra time. the commute will probably be on the slow side just because of that. after that, kind of in the 40's. antoinette: we will need it. nothing to worry about. power ball, baby. doug: we'll have the limo driver shovel us. thanks, mike. thank you for watching us this morning. we really appreciate it. antoinette: "good morning america" coming up next. we'll see you back here at 8:00