>> the heroes who dashed into this burning home to get a woman out. >> donald trump's new target in new hampshire tonight. >> a helpless grandfather trapped in this wreck, the quick thinking by his young grand sons to save his life. heather: right now, our first winter storm of the season is moving in massachusetts. j.c.: it's bringing snow, sleet, and rain and the timing is bad news for the honoring commute. harvey leonard is here with what to expect. heather: it's a bit of an adjustment we have to make. we are set to get the storm. it is going to be a mix. it won't be big snow amounts but tricky for that morning commute. temperatures right now, let's check around the region. 31 in boston, right around freezing, along the south shore to the cape and in the 20's north and west. the ocean water temperature is 47. so as the winds become more easterly, low levels will warm along the co-and warmer air coming in at higher levels. before that can happen, we have

effect until 1:00, until 7:00 tomorrow evening far to the north and west with an icing potential. radar is picking up some snow. most is not reaching the ground. it is reaching the ground now in north adams in albany, new york and moving eastward. notice you go from snow to ice to rain and that will be the progression here. so let's give you an idea of the timeline. notice it overspreads the region around 1:00. this is a narrow band of light to very light snow. it picks up in intensity. this is all sleet. than we are snow during the course of the morning commute and that could be tricky in itself. by the end of the morning commute, then in boston we're shifting over to rain, but well north and west there could actually be an icing problem of freezing rain afterwards. i could see anywhere from snow and sleet around the boston area, a coating to an inch to the south and perhaps two to five inches maximum north of route 2 to southern new hampshire and southern

up in morning new england. this area could have the icing situation later tomorrow afternoon. a tricky end to this storm, also, i'll be discussing that in a little while. j.c. and phil. j.c.: the first test for the t, the shiny new equipment are supposed to keep train's running. jorge quiroga is live in boston and jorge, some riders are not jorge: certainly not nearly as upbeat as transportation officials are saying they are ready for anything this winter will bring. skeptical riders say actions speak louder than words. at south station, anxious passengers tracking the first winter storm. >> they promise to have it, they say they have it all set. i don't have the confidence. jorge: skeptics here by the trainload after last winter's total breakdown. >> it was a nightmare last year. jorge: transportation officials trying to instill some confidence.

to prepare for the winter. i anticipate that work will be put to good use starting tonight. jorge: new anti-icing machines will be making passes before the first snowflake it falls dousing third rails on the red, blue, and orange labors to keep trains running. new this winter, out of a single location to monitor locations and manager changes. >> this will be a test for us to make sure the systems work. jorge: storms will be prioritized one through five with five being the most severe. >> everybody knows what they need to do. none of that was in place last year. jorge: riders hoping those in charge have their act together this year. >> i have no faith at all. >> it can't get any worse than last year. >> it was awful. we're hoping that trains are on schedule and that hopefully we can all make it to work on time. jorge: even though this first storm is not supposed to be very severe, t and commuter

going to grade performance after last winter's failures, minus. live from south station, jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5. j.c.: the eyeopener will have you covered beginning at 4:30 cindy fitzgibbon and olessa stepanova to keep you up to date on the storm and traffic conditions. if you can't be in front of the tv, stay one step ahead of the storm with the free mobile app. you can get the latest forecast, live radar, closings and delays, a free app. phil: take a look at these pictures. here hearing about the heroes who run into the flames to get a woman out. wcvb newscenter 5's mayor mayor is live with the daring rescue. mary. mary: a woman who lived on the first floor here is fighting for her life at this hour. she has a fighting chance thanks to the police officers who risked their own lives to save her. >> they didn't hesitate.

mary: neighbors are talking about the fire that ravaged this apartment house on granite street and the police officers that rushed into the flames to make sure tenants were out. three officers sounded the alarm, two of them pulled an elderly woman from the first floor unit. >> i saw them take the person out of the house and i saw them perform c.p.r. on her. >> they just rushed right in there, no hesitation at all. it was really good to see that. you know how they just do that to save other people. >> luckily they came across her within 10 feet of the door and they were able to get her out. it was difficult on their end and they did a real nice job getting her out. mary: investigators are still pinpointing the cause, but the webster chief says it's not surprising that the old building was quickly engulfed. >> we refer to the shingles as gasoline shingles or siding, petroleum products and also on top, we had a propane tank that

that didn't help. mary: this building now has been condemned. the seven people living in the four apartment units here have lost everything. those two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation and going to be ok. live in webster, i'm mary saladna, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: breaking news, the so-called aflewensa teen is behind bars. they have been caught in mexico outside a popular resort. he made national news back in 2013 after being sentenced to probation for a dunk driving crash that killed four people. his attorneys claimed he suffered from aflewensa, a condition that stems from having wealthy privileged parents who never set limits. the 18-year-old had been wanted for violating his probation. j.c.: a few days from first night activities, boston deals with and dismiss as a terror threat, a threat described as nonspecific was called into new york city's 911 system this morning.

boston, but soon security agents realized the caller had said bosnia, not boston. with terror attacks in san bernardino and paris fresh in everyone's mind, first night security preparations have been underway for weeks. >> we have been talking about first night for a while now and those conversations will continue right up through first night and into first night. j.c.: as in past years, security preparations will be adjusted to meet any hint of a threat. in commitment 2016 tonight, donald trump is back in new hampshire targeting anyone in his path. phil: the republican frontrunner taking his feud up a notch with the local newspaper. john is live in addition washington, john. john: the editorial gave donald trump an opening to criticize the newspaper and also chris christie. donald trump: i remember when this was a big paper. look at the size of this thing. if they cut it down anymore,

john: a front page editorial comparing donald trump to biff from back to the future prompted insults. the editor who endorsed chris christie is getting revenge after trump refused to appear at a newspaperbacked forum. donald trump: this guy, his name is joel mcquaid. he is a low life, i'm telling you. john: trump dismisses the influence of the state's largest newspaper as he maintains his lead and used his advantage to fire a warning shot to hillary clinton. donald trump: she says, oh, we trump. it's her worst nightmare. john: that's as far as he went with clinton after stepping up attacks against her and her husband over the weekend. the candidate mostly covered familiar ground. interrupted once by a man who was escorted out, his poll numbers remain strong as he makes more campaign stops after the holidays, he knows he needs to translate that support into votes.

thank you. john: as donald trump tries to secure those votes, we'll see a lot of him over the next few weeks. the campaign announced a stop right near the new hampshire border. live in addition washington tonight, john add water, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: trump is not the only presidential hopeful campaigning this week. hillary clinton has two stops in the granite state tomorrow. she'll host a town hall style meeting at portsmith south church around noon-time and appearing at an event in berlin tuesday night. on the g.o.p. side, jeb bush holds an event tomorrow night. new hampshire's first in the nation primary is six weeks from tomorrow. j.c.: right now, maleden police are looking for the driver of the s.u.v. involved in a deadly hit and run. police a 71-year-old was in a crosswalk when she was hit and killed last night. witnesses say the driver hesitated but left the scene. police found the s.u.v. believed to be involved this

a witness heard a loud bang and saw something fly several feet in the air. >> just took off really fast. i thought he lost something, i thought something fell off the truck. then i realized, i got out of the car and i realized it was a person on the ground. j.c.: the district attorney's office says chen was feet from her home when she was killed. phil: no charges against the two cleveland police officers involved in the death of a 12-year-old boy. a grand jury has decided not to indict. the officer shot tamir rice when he was holding a pellet gun. prosecutors are calling this a perfect storm. the prosecutor in charge defending a cleveland grand jury's decision not to file charges against officers indeed the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. >> given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal

phil: at that moment irwas shot outside a recreational center by a rookie officer. among the mistakes, while the 911 caller indicated tamir was probably a child playing with a toy, the information was not given to the officers. at 5'7" tall, 170 pounds, they didn't realize he was a child. the family is reacting to the decision saying they are saddened and disappointing showing surveillance video that the boy was shot in less than one second accusing the prosecutor of manipulating the grand jury process. the department of justice has been monitoring this investigation and will continue with an independent review. >> next on newscenter 5. j.c.: two boys being called live savers after this violent crash. harvey: big snow for northern new england and the wintry mix set to move in here. phil: the hottest holiday gift

>> you're watching wcvb newscenter 5 at 11:00. j.c.: two new hampshire boys are being called life savers. their grandfather trapped in a truck after a crash. the young boys in the back seat, what they did next may have prevented tragedy. the 64-year-old somehow lost control of his truck on this road. the truck careend 25 yards in the woods after hitting several trees and rocks. temple was hurt and trapped. his 8 and 5-year-old grandsons managed to escape and ran to a nearby home for help. >> i heard them knocking on the door. i went out there and his face was all blood and hands were all blood. they were saying, what's the matter? my papa, you got to help him. his head is bleeding and he needs help. >> ray and his son called 911 and followed the boys to the crash scene. >> how are you doing, he was able to communicate and stuff. the first question he asked was

>> they freed temple from the manglinged wreck. >> they were shaken up but they responded in the appropriate manner and got help on the scene which was as fast as they could. >> the boy's courageous trek through the woods and over a creek likely saved their grandfather's life. >> he was bleeding profusely from the head. his knees were stuck. he couldn't move at all. those kids, they were little. they did a great job. j.c.: the grandfather is hospitalized with serious injuries. his grandsons have a few bumps and bruises but back home with their parents. phil: one of the season's hottest toys landing dozens of people in the hospital. hover boards considered a fire hazard are linked to as many as 70 injury reports. most are minor scrapes and bruises, some injuries go as far as broken bones and concussion. if you have one, doctors say take precautions. >> if you're going to use one of these boards, you have to wear a helmet and wear padding on your elbows and knees and wear wrist guards.

safety commission is expecting the number of wipeout injuries to grow in addition to the wipeouts, they are investigating 21 fires involving those hover boards, those fires are linked to overcharging of the board's batteries. j.c.: folks in texas and parts of the midwest are trying to put their lives together following a devastating weekend of severe weather. in texas, 11 people were killed by a line of tornadoes that barreled through an area near dallas. that same storm triggered flash floods in missouri and illinois where 15 people were killed. it's estimated the wind from one of the twisters may have reached 200 miles an hour. phil: new england's famous football field is now a hockey rink. take a look. gillette stadium will host the bruins and canadiens on friday afternoon. you can see the rink is assembled and the field has been basically transformed. today's work focused on tomorrow's weather. >> outside of what you see, we're in pretty good shape. we're getting ready for the weather like i said, trying to lock up a lot of the stuff down

tomorrow will be a little bit messy in the morning. once we get through that, we're going to start to get the decor around the rink. we'll see if mother nature stays with the real snow or if we have to put down some hollywood snow. phil: i don't know about the hollywood stuff, the nhl will also host the first-ever outdoor women's classic featuring the boston pride before the alumni game on thursday. j.c.: why do you need the hollywood stuff when you have the real stuff. the snow is falling in addition washington, new hampshire, lightly, but it's there. phil: harvey, you're talking about a real mix and mess for tomorrow morning. harvey: it is snowing in addition with a, new hampshire, most of the area is not snowing yet and most of the area, we got to get the low levels to get a little moisture. that will start to happen after midnight in a widespread sense, morning. the period of snow is not that long, 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., south to north, we're going to

that's over the interior to sleet and then rain along the coast because the coast will warm the quickest in the low levels of the atmosphere, all of us will gradually warm in higher levels of the atmosphere. here is boston right now at 31 degrees for now. the air is fairly dry. notice the wind direction is now come around to the east northeast. i'm pointing that out because that direction is off the ocean. because of all of the warm weather we've had, the ocean is mild, milder than it would be normally. it's 47 degrees for the ocean water temperature, which means starting in a few hours, that's the coastline. there will be sleet there, too, after a brief snow, but then it will go to straight rain. the farther back of the coast you go, then the cold air and in. and it's snow, sleet, and freezing rain when you get to that 495 belt north and west. the battle is on between the

sought out of eastern canada and all of that warmth that has caused the severe weather and our temperatures to reach the 60's, christmas eve and christmas day. that's still there. in-between the two, that's where we get the storm. notice the snow that is breaking out and this color is showing you the sleet and freezing rain and then to the rain. so that is the progression. it isn't going to be a straight snowstorm. here is some of the snow that is finally reaching the ground in the southern new hampshire and all will move eastward. that first little tongue of snow around midnight or 1:00 a.m. and more widespread shortly after that. however, look how quickly the sleet area comes in. i think there is going to be more sleet than snow during the morning commute tomorrow. that may make roads rather slippery. please keep that in mind. it doesn't accumulate as readily as the snow, but can make things even more slippery. then as we get deeper into the morning commute, we'll see the rain line move from cape cod up toward boston and the north

north and west. so the first part of the day that will have the roughest conditions. by the evening commute, precipitation is pretty much a done deal except for a little bit of drizzle left over. this is not just a snow accumulation, this is snow and sleet. this is the potential anywhere from about an inch to maybe two or three when you go boston to the west and to the north a little bit. go to the south of boston, i think it's just a coating to an inch of snow and possibly really more sleet than the snow. get to route 2 and points northward, minimum two to maximum five, especially in southern new hampshire of snow and sleet and then work your way from concord, new hampshire, to portland, maine, a four-inch band. tomorrow afternoon, what's left of the precipitation could be freezing rain around that 495 belt and to the north and to the west. as for the ski areas to the north, they finally make out well with over six inches of snow. that is going to be appreciated follow.

christmas week into new year's with skiing, you'll be able to do that. tomorrow, the snow will be transitioning to sleet over the more than commute, rain on the coast. there may be some freezing drizzle tomorrow night as the coastline. thursday leading into new year's eve, not a problem, temperatures will be in the 40's. there will be some rain where it could be a little icy, far new year's eve, temperatures will start out in the 30's dropping from 40 into the 30's and then possibly down a little bit lower late on new year's eve. new year's day looks seasonally cold and breezy, same thing as we start the weekend and some very cold air will likely move in later next weekend and monday of next week. and cindy and mike will take you through this early tomorrow, so stay with them. that will be the trickiest part of the storm. j.c. and phil. j.c.: finally starting to feel normal around here. it feels so bizarre.

j.c.: a new year's tradition in times square.

phil: times square visitors kict off the festivities with the annual good riddance day. j.c.: never heard of it. 100 people lined up to place bad memories into a portable shredder.

of their worst fears. phil: i'll throw yesterday's game in there. j.c.: the overtime part. mike l.: which is something the patriots are keeping their eyes on now.

>> now sportscenter 5 with mike wankum. mike l.: we're on to miami, we paid attention to harvey's dodge. we hear from the coach. bill: when i was asked after the game, was there confusion on the play, i don't think there was any confusion. he came over to me after the toss and said, you know, you right? yeah, exactly, i thought that was our best opportunity, that's how we did it. didn't like the way it worked

right decision for our team at that time. mike l.: tom brady made his final appearance of the season with jim gray, 6-7 as a starter in miami, he is on to the dolphins. tom: it's all hands on deck this week against miami because we got to win this game. we have been fighting all advantage. we have an opportunity to get that this week. we have to put it all on the line and do whatever it takes to feel good and get ready to go down there and play at a place we had a tough time to play in miami. they're banged up, too. year. mike l.: all eyes on the broncos right now, 17-17, final seconds of regulation. 45 yards to win the game, he couldn't miss any wider. so they're headed to overtime. what does it mean? well, the patriots can clinch home field throughout the playoffs if they win against the miami dolphins or

if the patriots lose and cincinnati wins this game tonight and wins, cincinnati is the number one seed. if the patriots lose to the miami dolphins and denver wins this game and beats san diego, denver is the number one seed. the patriots win either way with miami, they're in, those are the other scenarios going on. a lot of balls still in the air juggling around. sad news from the world of professional basketball today. meadow lark lemon, a free wheeling crown prince of basketball for nearly five decades, had people laughing and smiling most of his career played with the harlem globetrotters, inducted to the basketball hall of fame a dozen years ago, he passed away in arizona, he was 83 years old. the yankees sent four minor leagues for aroldis chapman who can bring the heat. he throws it at 104 miles an hour, 116 strikeouts in 66 innings last year, but he has a temper. david x-raychy was seen leaving the garden with the right arm in a sling.

against the senators on this collision here just inside the offensive zone. he is week to week, not day to day, and taking you to san antonio, before the spurs game, there was a bat loose. the san antonio mascot is a coyote, he happened to have a batman costume and a butterfly net. in 1:13 he trapped the bat with the batman costume on. you can't make that stuff up. it actually really happened. there you go. from gotham, there we have it. that's what bat men do, catch bats? j.c.: that's not easy. phil: with the costume, that's very impressive. j.c.: i don't know what that's all about. finally, i did enjoy a warm christmas. it was abnormal, i like it normal. harvey: it will be normally slippery tomorrow morning, that's the real deal. it's a combination of snow transitioning to sleet and even some freezing rain over inland areas.

rain. the morning commute will be

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