>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." doug: two people found dead in this milford home. 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 standoff. 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: and a good morning to you. we have another hour of the "eyeopener" underway right now. it's 8:00. i'm antoinette antonio. doug: and i'm doug meehan. saturday, december 26. happy day after christmas. boxing day.

going to have to start to unbox maybe the window scrape every. mike: close the windows. the last couple of days we've been sitting there with the windows open during the day. now we'll talk about chilly temperatures coming in. not so much today. it will be a slow process but i think by the time we get to monday and tuesday, you'll go, oh, winter is back. it is back up to the north. we're seeing a lot of temperatures into the 20's this morning. you head head to nantucket. it's 50 degrees. this is the cool air trying to blow over top of us. it's not a big surge of it. it will give up for tomorrow back up into the 50's but monday and tuesday is when the real cold starts to move in. you see the satellite picture. those clouds out there just thinning out as we speak. we'll deal with basically sunny skies this morning. but we are watching some rain down here to the south. that will be moving in after midnight tonight. it will be warm enough. it will be in the form of rain. so today you get to enjoy some sunshine. notice temperature. it bumps up maybe a couple of degrees at best. it just isn't going to warm up that much. tomorrow we do get back up into the mid 50's.

chance of some wintery mix tuesday morning. i'll have the timeline and the arrival of any snow. all that coming up in a few minutes. 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 information this morning. good morning, frank. frank: 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 as 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? you. after police say he caused a

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 locked down his neighborhood 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 maneuvering fire trucks around 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 man's house.

bang. john: on a beautiful christmas day, (shot) the neighborhood shook as police shot tear gas in and echoes of difficult 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 why he staged a christmas day and this morning firefighters are still trying to determine exactly what sparked this fire. the man who lives here is facing in everett, john atwater, wcvb, newscenter 5. incident at the mall in concord, 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.

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. the ride was part of a free dinner put on by the city's elks lodge. also in maine, two suspicious deaths are under investigation right now. the bodies were found in an s.u.v. yesterday morning on a dirt road right outside augusta. the victims are identified as 35-year-old eric williams and 26-year-old bonnie royer. investigators say one of the victims called 9-1-1. but when officers got there, they found the couple dead. 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

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, but residents and former 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

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. in quincy when he arrived home 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 she is, i am. antoinette: the american foundation of suicide prevention headquarters is located on wall street, which is why he chose that starting point. doug: if you can get one family to maybe talk about it over the dinner table it's well worth

antoinette: awareness. 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: warm enough for rain tomorrow but cold enough for snow on tuesday morning. i'll show you who is most likely

antoinette: good morning. it's 8 8:11. 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

the flames broke out. >> it's just a place where people look for peace. people look look for solutions and people communicate 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 could rise after last night's storms. barbara williamson lost her home >> i don't even know how i'm alive. 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. wow. antoinette: really tough for

here we're dealing with a cooldown which i've actually decided i'm looking forward to. mike: it was a little hot, wasn't it? antoinette: i've just been informed that the birds had a field day on my car. they haven't flown south yet. mike: throw soap on it because there's rain tomorrow: it will wash it off. the birds haven't left yet. why leave when the weather is like this. look at thisment 18 times during the month of december so far, we have been above the 50-degree mark. that is unprecedented. the other thing is the month is normal. we only had one day where the average. that was on the first day of the month. i've never seen a month that has had that much red in it. how does it stack up to the record? the record right now for the warmest december on record is 41 degrees. look at this. we're running six degrees above that right now. i do have colder temperatures coming in once we get to monday. but i don't think it will be enough to really throw it off. i think we'll go down as the

we're going to smash the record. today is cooler than yesterday. terms. we were into the 60's the last couple of days. when i talk about 50's, that seems a lot cooler. the cool air coming in. along the boundary line there's scattered showers down on the south coast overnight. that's all pretty much gone. we see a few showers out into parts of pennsylvania as well. there's that sky that we're talking about. overcast out there. you get to enjoy sunshine today. 43 degrees. winds out of the north at 3 miles per hour. they will slowly inch their way around to east later on this noon but remaining on the light side. it's not a bad day. if this was a typical december, we'd be talking about what a great day it would be with high temperatures near 50 degrees. where the skies cleared away overnight last night, you can see how the temperatures dropped. clear skies. lack of clouds. i tends to get chillier. it's 3 in jaffrey. 30 degrees in keene. areas that kept the clouds ras night still holding on to mid 40's. close to 50. in fact, nantucket right now is

that cloud cover overnight is a big factor when you start to talk about the temperatures. that will be important to us tonight. so today we've got partly sunny skies. steady temperature. about 46-52 degrees. tonight the clouds are coming back in. why these clouds important? because if the skies would clear away and we drop down and then we started throwing rain on top of it, we'd have issues. in this case i think our low temperature tonight is 38-42 degrees. it may be inching up as we head through the wroafer night hours. after midnight tonight, some downpours do seem likely into the forecast. 4:00 you see the cloud cover that's across the area. once we get to about 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning you start to see scattered showers breaking out. this time tomorrow, rain across the area. and there could be the occasional downpour. the rain threat will really stay strongest until about 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning. after that, i think it's gray skies and a hit-or-miss shower or two. not a big event we're talking about. let's talk about what happens when it does stay cold overnight. that's going to happen on tuesday. what happens on tuesday is we've got the cold air in place.

and it looks like the morning commute could feature a little bit of snow or perhaps a bit of ice. here's what i'm looking at. around 8:00 in the morning, not much. half inch to an inch of snow is possible. and then as we start to head towards later into the day, you'll notice how we get just a little bit more but not much. this is a one- to three-inch snowstorm is what it's looking like ate this point. behind it the skies clear away and we get temperatures back up into the 40's. tuesday morning it's going to be a little bit of a slow commute out there but it is vacation week so i don't think there will be a whole lot of travel. do keep that in mind. tomorrow morning it's just rain we'll be talking about. antoinette? antoinette: mike, thank you. it's 8:16. 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: good morning again, doug and antoinette. 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. that group controls large parts

syrian capital. 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 just one room was damaged. clinton lived in the home as a child before moving to hot springs. there's another candidate in the race for president. john mcafee is running under the libertarian party. 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 might want to consider a powerball ticket. the estimated jackpot for tonight's drawing is now up to a 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? antoinette: all right, frank, thank you.

sweet emotion to his hometown. aerosmith's steven tyler, a longtime marshfield resident, joined the town's police chief and went shopping for the local food pantry. the picture showing tyler holding up bags of groceries was posted to the police department's facebook page. i thought about singing there. i better spare all of 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.

marshmallows for the hands. thank you for putting out fires and saving people. firefighters loved the treats and invited the kids in for a tour of the trucks before they left. i'm sure it made their christmas day. antoinette: those kids are so cute. 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

with nothing more than a boston postmark to indicate its origin. inside-- a note and $200 in cash. blessed me beyond my wildest dreams. i hope that this will help you and your family to have a very merry christmas." 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

somebody else. antoinette: isn't that just a best christmas gift, being able to pay it forward and helping someone else out. doug: she knows working with that w.i.i.c. program how family s are struggling. she felt the generosity of someone so she want to make sure that somebody else felt it as well. a great story. still ahead this morning, we are introducing you to the oldest woman in the bay state. 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. the sun is up. a few thin clouds out there but not too bad. we are cooling down though. i know. it might be a shock to the system. 44 degrees outside right now at 8:21.

mike: we get to enjoy sunshine today. temperatures in the 30's and 40's out there. then toaf to talk about some rain for tomorrow. the other big story. we'll be talking about snow tuesday morning. there's that rain tomorrow morning. it will be a morning event. we watch this storm system out here over the central plains. that will lift its way north ward. the air will be cold enough in place that that's why i'm talking about some snow. how the timeline on that. as it moves through, it will be monday sunshine. monday night some clouds and then tuesday morning that's when

tuesday afternoon probably changes to rain at the coast and a mix inland. we clear things away with another chance of some rain on thursday. doug and antoinette. antoinette: mike, thank you. special when you've seen 110 of them. doug: a walpole woman recently and she shared her "secret" with our kelley tuthill. 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.

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 wishes-- >> 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

doug: to be applauded. antoinette: she's absolutely adorable. what a treasure. doug: a lot of spunk. absolutely 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 returning to politics. doug: a beautiful morning out there. sun shining reflecting off the water there. it will probably eventually freeze over at some point. at some point. mike wankum standing by with the

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>> 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. police try to figure out why the antoinette: a phone call from outer space? an "out of this world" mistake getting plenty of attention this morning. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." doug: good morning, everybody. happy saturday. the day after christmas. hopefully everybody had a wonderful time. antoinette: we're recovering. doug: boxes and tinsel everywhere. i'm doug meehan. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio. we've got mike wankum in for daniellement. mike: you got me this sweater? no way. antoinette: maybe some returns. doug: love the gift cards. snoik let me show you what's going on out there right now. if you look down through new york, pennsylvania, new jersey, you see a few scattered showers down here. what happens now?

we have the dry air flowing in. we have this coming through. i think this is going to stay to the south of us and basically we end up with a partly sunny day today, but there is more rain to talk about especially as you head down here to the south. this will get a little more organized and tomorrow it's going to be a very wet morning. today is dry out there. temperatures, you can see the many spots. spring neeld down to 2. temperatures hitting the freezing mark. still with the clow cover overnight last night, that's why temperatures down to the south are still into the upper 40's. so today it looks like this. kind of partly cloudy skies to partly sunny skies. up around 50 degrees for a high temperature. then mostly cloudy skies. rain coming in after midnight tonight. then we start to talk about a system out in the midwest that may give us a chance for some snow tuesday morning. the snow. all that in a few minutes. doug and antoinette. 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

investigators say foul play is not suspected. doug: right now an incident at the mall in concord, new hampshire, is under it started with an alarm call last night. the glass door at the bon ton department store shattered. the public. 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: 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. frank: investigators are still trying to figure out how and why this started. 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

but it didn't end there. >> a lot of flash and a lot bang. 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: frank, thank you. 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

granite state primary. bush has been trailing badly in recent polls. 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 officially declared doubtful for 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,

but the cornerback matchup that everyone is looking forward to 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 60 combined tackles and two interceptions for the young pro-bowler, but the patriots 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 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 team. >> 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.

doug: grong saying all the right things there. 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's 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." doug: how did that lady not think it was a prank call. antoinette: i'm just wondering. he works on the international phone. doug: you don't want to be hitting the wrong numbers and all of a sudden something really bad happens. he's safe and everybody is doing okay right now. a vulnerable security target across the northeast. what's being done to keep you

and raging wildfires in australia. the destruction as these flames force thousands from their

it's 8:40. and time for some of the stories making economic headlines this saturday. antoinette: frank is back with a 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. social media having some fun. 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. but holiday sales for 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

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, explosives, each one carrying a radiation detector. 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

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 majority of amtrak's passengers. congressman lynch: if the terrorists were trying to disrupt and, quote, terrorize,

those individuals. 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. karen: like on the train in 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

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: the mild weather and the occasional rainstorm that we've had has really helped us out in a drought situation. still a quarter inch dry for the month of december. we made good headway. for the year we're running about 10 inches dry but holding steady at that point. now we're starting to talk about rain coming in again. that's going to help us out as we talk about tonight's forecast. and then possibly wintery weather as we head towards tuesday morning. cool air in place right now. this little boundary line, there's rain down to the south there right up along it. that means as it bubbles its way north ward, it drags warm air with it. we'll be talking about the threat of some rain after midnight tonight. looking over the city you can see that thin layer of clouds.

partly sunny day today. not going to be the chris cal clear blue sky. there could be enough sunshine flowing flew the filtered cloud cover that it could be a pretty decent day. winds are out north at 3 miles an hour. not much of a breeze to speak of. the temperatures right now are looking into the 30's and 40's across area. as you look across the merrimack valley i do think we'll be seeing temperatures climbing up nicely into the 50-degree range. in the boston area we should be close to the 50-degree mark. again plenty of sunshine over the next 12 hours. we get to enjoy. as you look down along the south coast, started out fairly warm this morning. the temperatures not going to climb that much more. as we head toward 8:00 tonight you start to see the clouds rolling in. that's because we have some rain to talk about into the forecast. speeblging of which, how much rain are we talking about on in whole thing? generally about a half inch of rain at most. so it's not going to be a big drop for us but welcome rain we get. it doesn't come in until after midnight. if you have evening plans you don't need to take the umbrella with you.

will be some showers and tomorrow morning is looking very wet at this time. let's show you what's going to happen. today basically filtered tonight. and then we have that chance for some rain after midnight. about. let me break it down for you and show you what's going to happen. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. a lot of clouds. a few scattered showers around. but i think once we get to around 7:00 to 10:00 in the morning, this is when we'll see our heaviest rain. the afternoon overcast. could be a stray shower or two but i think the bulk of the rain is tomorrow morning. check out that temperature. once had whole system goes through and we start to clear things off, you see what happens. the cold temperature comes in for monday. only about 38 degrees for a high temperature. so monday is fine. it's sunny. but monday night we start to see some clouds coming in. this is monday night at 11:00. as we head towards the early hours of tuesday morning, watch what happens. here comes some mixed precipitation around k-89 in the morning. it may change over to a bit of snow as well. it's going to be off and on all the way through the morning commute. that's why i say tuesday morning will be a little unsettled.

afternoon, warmer air tries to work its way in. we'll see mixing going on probably looking at more or less rain along the coast and the south coastal areas but still 38 degrees and that mixture going on. how much snow are we talking about? this is what one of our computer models is looking at. it's the one i tend to agree with most of the time in the winter. it's saying it's a one- to three-inch snowfall mixed with ice out there as well inland so do be cautious about that. after that, we do clear out on wednesday and by thursday we have another chance of rain but that one looks more like rain. a few degrees warmer. so rain tomorrow morning. that will slow you down. tuesday morning, the wintery mix. not a lot but i think it will be slowing the traffic down considerably as we talk about the forecast then. doug and antoinette. doug: something to look forward to, i think. 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

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 the implications are 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.

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 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: none? patrick: no. janet: but would the former governor say no if asked to be on the short list. definitively saying right now his only priority is building his new business at bain. janet wu, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: and there was a long pause before the answer to that question. doug: the smile came up a little bit. your top stories next. doug: including a wild christmas day scene in an everett including gunshots, tear gas, and flames.

doug: a check of the stories we're tracking right now. a milford couple is dead, found two other people who live in the

poisoning. that home has now been 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 it's not clear what caused the fire. no one was hurt. 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. antoinette: a christmas tragedy 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 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. antoinette: it could make some post-christmas wishes come true and then some. 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

at 11:00. frank: make my christmas wish come through because i asked santa for $256 million. just not enough. doug: don't play. we'll play. antoinette: hello! doug: there's a store nearby, but i will go. antoinette: we can't win if we don't play. doug: that's right. mike: i remember when i won mine back-- no, no, no. nothing. mike: speaking of numbers. maybe we should play these numbers and see what happens. today. today you get to enjoy sunshine. tomorrow it's really wet in the morning and then it's gray into the afternoon. it gets cold on monday. winter. sets us up for a wintery mix on tuesday. it's school vacation week. a lot of people are off. i don't think it will be a big travel problem. we'll see what happens. doug: is this a shoveling event.

you want to. in my case, just wait and let the neighbor do it. antoinette: that phoenix weather you brought with you can only last for so long. doug: i'd better find my shoveling gloves. thank you very much for joining us on this saturday morning. antoinette: you can always watch the latest newscast on our mobile apps. tomorrow morning 5:00 a.m. take a look from jamaica pond.