>> from boston' s news later, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at noon. police searching for the driver who hit a woman in a crosswalk and took off. doug: a mother and daughter face a story about a baby being thrown into a river on christmas eve, triggering a huge rescue response. erika: all quiet in boston but that is expected to change. the first winter storm of the season is quickly heading our

doug: cindy has been like a little squirrel working on her computers going back and forth. the pressure is on and is it changing a bit? i' aspect because we won' lot but it will change over to sleep and freezing rain. from a coding to a couple inches. northern worcester county , we could see more than a couple of inches. however that will change to sleet and ice and make things as slippery. it' s the timing on this during the commute tomorrow so that is the primary concern. snow begins around midnight and continues from south to north. that will change to sleet and ice and that mailing your over the inferior along the coastline

easterly wind coming off of 48 degree water temperatures likely will warm us to rain but there may be pockets of freezing rain linger into the afternoon tour were church car -- for chester county. 33 in boston, single digits and teens to our north and that is the cold air producing temperatures holding steady for the afternoon but my gosh by midnight snow begins. the full-time line is coming up. erika: state dot officials trying to avoid a repeat of last year' s tough winter on the t. newscenter 5' s reid lamberty is live in boston with plans for this year. reid? reid: not a lot of snow expected tonight but whatever falls will be a test of the mbta' s new storm incident management system. borrowing a page from the transportation department, the t will open a storm desk at which several people will literally be together in one room monitoring the storm and the effectiveness of the t. this past winter'

breaking snow amounts and the havoc it created on the transit system created an opportunity for improvement. new this year, the storm desk, from where everything will be managed. regular updates will be provided to both the public and the media. the storms will be categorized from tier 1 to tier 5, tier 5 being the most severe. and how they judge the level of the storm, how much snow is expected, how much snow is already on the ground, and how warm the temperature will be after the storm. tonight' s storm has been earmarked a tier one. stephanie pollack: this will be a test for us to make those systems work. we' ve already planned on doing an after incident download once the storm has passed, so we can go through what worked and what didn' t work so we can get better with each subsequent storm. reid: a few other improvements to mention.

tracks and a new de-icing system on the red line, very similar to the system used to de-ice airplanes will be used on the third rail and ensure that power is getting to the trains. outside the haymarket t-stop, reid lamberty, wcvb newscenter 5. erika: stay a step ahead this winter storm by tracking the weather in real time and sign up to get storm alerts on wcvb.com and our mobile apps. doug: right now. malden police searching for the driver wanted in a deadly hit and run. let' s get right to newscenter 5' s juli mcdonald who is live with new information, juli? juli: the middlesex district attorney' s office confirmed the 71-year-old woman killed in this crosswalk last night. police are looking for the driver who took off but they believe they found the dark suv that was involved. the hit and run happened around 8:00 last night.

say was in the crosswalk when she had. she was in a disabled and elderly housing district. we spoke to a resident who said he is unfortunately not surprised something tragic happened right here. he said until a year ago there was a speed bump here that was damaging cars traveling to quickly over it and it was removed. >> they see the light is green and they are stepping on their gas to make the light which makes it hazardous for anyone that might be crossing the street. juli: she was taken to melrose-wakefield hospital where she died from her injuries. i got off the home with malden police and they are not releasing any information but they are preparing paperwork to serve a warrant for the driver. if you have information or saw anything last night you are asked to call them. in malden, juli mcdonald, wcvb newscenter 5. doug: a driver is under arrest in lynn, accused of slamming into a coffee shop overnight. we' re told it started with a

vehicle stolen out of beverly. the driver ran off, but the suv kept going, crashing into the walnut street cafe. no one was hurt, but the driver is due in court today. to laconia, new hampshire, where a mother and infant were hit overnight. it happened on north main street. police say a driver was turning when he hit the woman and her baby carriage. the impact caused the three-month-old to fall out. fortunately, the baby suffered only minor injuries. erika: right now, a mother and daughter are facing a judge, accused of a costly hoax on christmas eve that put many s sera congi is live in haverhill with new details just revealed, sera? sera: we learned this morning the search that was launched based on a false report ended up costing $50,000 and involving responders. a mother and daughter accused of

a massive and costly search effort. it was christmas eve, the women called 911 from their balcony claiming a man through a baby over the, bridge and into the merrimack river. a helicopter and dive team were delployed. it turned out to be a hoax. 42-year-old holly fowler and her 23-year-old christine charged with making a false 911 call and obstructing a police investigation. the prosecutor told the judge there are indications of mental illness. >> i' m speaking with the police and there may be mental health issues in regards to both of them. sera: a mental health clinician met with both the mother and daughter this morning and now the judge has requested a psychiatrist come to court and meet with the mother. no bail has been determined. sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5.

was, camera. police are searching for two men who wrapped -- robbed the shell gas station tuesday morning. both suspects kickoff with a undisclosed amount of cash. erika: a charlton man accused in a case of road rage at the auburn mall. the man telling police he was having a bad day when he smashed another driver' s windshield with his bare fist after reportedly trying to run the other man and his two children off the road. the suspect has not yet been charged, but will be summoned to court. a tough ride for drivers on the mass pike in charlton this morning after this car carrier caught fire. it happened on the eastbound side, closing the right two lanes. the incident was cleared quickly, but caused some residual traffic backups. doug: utter destruction in texas. homes leveled and at least 11 people killed by a series of tornadoes. that' s just some of the devastation caused by a monster storm that' s marching across the country right now.

deadly system. lauren: twisters ripping through arkansas. this after a string of tornadoes blasted through a 40 mile swath of texas this weekend. carving a path as wide as a football field. police saying at least 11 were killed. >> that' s a tornado. lauren: the tornado bringing wind of up to 180 miles per hour. descending onto interstate 30 where eight were killed and hundreds of homes damaged. >> all this is gone. >> just grateful we are alive. lauren: in the midwest, historically heavy downpours producing flash flooding and killing at least 15. a state of emergency declared in missouri after floodwaters engulfed homes. swept away are these and shut down major highways.

lauren: in illinois, this creek claimed the lives of five -- five including two children. >> it makes us sick to our stomachs and it is sad. especially on a holiday weekend. lauren: in oklahoma, thousands without power and wind snapping power lines. ice covering broken trees. weather is having a big impact on travel with almost 690 flights canceled across the country today. as authorities survey the damage in texas, one tells abc news it could take months or years to rebuild what was destroyed. lauren lyster, abc news. erika: a tip in an infamous art heist led the fbi to the suffolk downs race track in east boston. the globe reports agents conducted a daylong search back in september. investigators checked out the barns and parts of the grandstand that have been closed for years. but they didn' t find anything. they were looking 13 masterpieces stolen from boston' s isabella stewart gardner museum in the 1990' s. quincy credit union customers are expecting their debit

they were shut down yesterday because of fraudulent activity, others were drained. the bank ceo says in all, at least 670 out of some 10,000 cards may have been compromised. there are now special precautions in place, including putting restrictions on debit card and atm use and blocking compromised cards. the bank thinks atm skimmers stole the information locally, then counterfeit cards were sold in new york. donald trump taking aim at another high-profile democrat. his new target as he heads to new hampshire today. doug: peyton manning firing back. the action the nfl star is threatening after implications he was part of an illegal doping ring. cindy: first snow of the season breaks out around midnight, tracking the transition to sleet, ice and rain. the impact on the tuesday morning commute. erika: trying to lose weight? you may want to skip the diet soda. why experts say it could actually have the opposite

who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer. get out of the past. get fios. >> you' doug: chicago' s mayor facing mounting pressure to resign following yet another police-involved shooting.

saturday when officers responding to a domestic call neighbor. the shooting is just the latest in a series of scandals s police force. mayor rahm emanuel is now asking the entire police department to review crisis training to prevent future tragedies. erika: the mother of one of the she says she' able to kill himself. the woman claims she had no idea her 20-year-old son had been earlier this year from syria. but she never took steps to bilal hadfi launched the first attack in paris last month, blowing himself up outside this soccer stadium. he was the only one killed. but near-simultaneous attacks killed 130 others throughout the city. doug: commitment 2016. donald trump heading to new hampshire tonight amid a new firestorm. the republican front-runner' s latest target: former president bill clinton. and as bazi kanani reports, his comments are not sitting well

bazi: donald trumps of attack against hillary clinton threatening bill s old scandals. tweeting this morning if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with his terrible record the women' wrong. trump is angry hillary clinton accused him of having a penchant for sexism. telling fox news her comment will backfire. s playing the women' s card left and right and women are more upset than anyone else including most men. bazi: but many think trump should beware. >> i think donald trump or any candidate on the other side of the isle would raise bill clinton as somehow a negative to their peril. bazi: while bernie sanders campaigns in nevada, calling for a government less influenced by billionaires, donald trump

sanders allies coming over to me because i' m lowering taxes. bernie sanders saying the attacks are likely to come back and hurt them at least now five weeks out from the primary, he is the dominant republican candidate. >> i think the only person i can bring donald trump done is donald trump. >> we are not sure if you will be flattered or disappointed by a new poll that shows he is tied with pope francis in second place as the most admired man in the world. in first place, by a wide margin, is president barack obama. bazi kanani, abc news washington. erika: peyton manning lashing out denying claims he obtained , performance-enhancing drugs. >> disgusted is how i feel. erika: the broncos qb now threatening to sue, calling the al jazeera report quote "completely fabricated, complete trash" and "garbage." the report is based on secret recordings made by a former intern at an indianapolis anti-aging institute. that intern now says the

others were made up. doug: firefighters in california making huge gains in the battle it' s now 75% contained. the fire broke out friday night north of ventura, when high winds brought down power lines ignited an oil field. at its peak, the flames closed a 15-mile stretch of a major six-lane freeway. crews hope to have the wildfire fully contained by tomorrow. here we go boston' s first ice , sculpture of the season making this year' s display: myrtle the turtle, the new england s most well-known creature. t don' t know her, myrtle is a 560 pound green sea turtle who lives in s four story giant ocean tank. i wonder if it' s ok that myrtle knows how much she ways.

fine because it' s finally chilly. cindy: it is. we are doing something we haven' t done all month. it' s not getting to 40 degrees. this has been an incredibly warm december and the coldest day. you have it for a winter storm. i show you this wide picture, if you are looking for snow, concorde, new hampshire on northward will bear the brunt of it across central and northern new england. a wide swath of more than six inches of snow and parts of maine could get over a foot. because we will see it initially changeover to sleet and freezing rain and icing may be a concern. the key to this is bad timing for the morning commute. so 6:00 tomorrow morning with snow.

arraignment into the afternoon -- rain into the afternoon. there will be precipitation changing forms as the day wears on. no precipitation out there today. morning. temperatures have gone nowhere. we started at 35 this morning. it has fallen a couple of wind. it has added a chill, wind chills in the teens and 20' s. quite a shock to the system after the warm weather we' ve had. the temperatures are stuck in the upper 20' s in or 70 this worcester county. it is the northerly wind draining down the cold air that has been locked in canada until recently. this will be key. high pressure to the north training the cold as the storm system pulls up. it is spinning through arkansas and snow on the backside. snow has changed to ice around chicago. severe weather out ahead of it.

what we will be tracking tonight. if you have things to do, clouds will increase with wind chills in the teens and 20' s. temperatures where they are between 30 and 35. thickening clouds during the evening. by midnight or after, that first initial burst of snow breaks out across the area. it will snow for several hours and by 6:00 tomorrow morning, notice south of boston the pink color indicating we are changing the snow over to a mix. sleet and eventually freezing rain. we will hand onto snow north of boston up to merrimack valley through midmorning. thereafter, rain taking over to the south with sleet and midday. finance time, inside a 495, easterly wind allows icing to linger over the interior. snow will not be all that

couple of inches in most spots into merrimack valley and southern new hampshire and far northern washington county. icing is a bigger concern because freezing rain may persist outside of 495 into the afternoon. while those easterly winds allows temperatures closer to the coast line to warm up to 40 degrees or higher. orange running and the lower 40' s right up to concorde, new hampshire. traveling tomorrow may be tricky into the afternoon. we get a break in the action on wednesday morning, another system is approaching wednesday afternoon. that will bring in some rain s. late in the day out into the overnight, rain could linger into thursday morning as well. partly cloudy skies expected our first night activity and temperatures not far from 40. overall new year' do not look like they will be impacted by whether. s completely different.

diet soda, thinking it' ll help us watch our weight. but new research shows that may be having the reverse effect. erika: researchers found people who fill up on diet drinks tend to eat more, and load up on high calorie foods like chips, cookies and ice cream. they say if you' re looking to lose weight, you should consider what you drink as part of your overall eating habits. doug: mixed news when it comes to children and asthma. the government says asthma rates have slowed after a decade-long increase, specifically in kids under 5. but rates are still high in children who live in lower-income areas of the u.s. experts blame environmental factors like pollution from factories in areas where many poor children live. erika: still ahead, remembering the clown prince of basketball. doug: a look back at the life of meadowlark lemon, the most

doug: we have sad news. fans around the world mourning the death of famed harlem globetrotter meadowlark lemon. in arizona. lemon played 24 seasons and more than 1,600 games with the globetrotters, entertaining millions of fans worldwide. the clown prince of basketball as he was known was arguably the most popular player for his tricks, slapstick comedy, and no-look, behind-the-back passes.

the country this noon. erika: no one won saturday' s drawing. that makes wednesday' s jackpot a whopping $300 million. that' s the highest prize since september, and the third largest if you' re lucky enough to win, the cash option is a mere $184 million. that' s all. doug: if you win you could have simply shovel your driveway. erika: tomorrow morning will b buzzed driving,

woman: craig. knock it off! sorry, mom. announcer: it could cost you around $10,000 in fines, rlegal fees, and increased insurance rates, rand that could set you back a few years. buzzed, busted, and broke