as well. >> thato look forward to. that's what's making news in america. >> stay randy: 4:30. bracing for what could be a tough commute. erika: and i'm erika right now at 4:00:00:30: passengers out in the cold. the issue jamming service, and the potential trouble this morning. randy: hopes dashed, two years after a man disappears. the sad discovery, that may have started with a kidnapping plot. erika: a close call over boston. the object that could have caused big trouble for a flight, on the eye. randy: dealing with a bunch of ice out there. good morning. cindy: notice the radar is pretty quiet.

patches of drizzle. it is below freezing so anything that is falling will freeze on contact. temperatures in the 20's this morning. 25 boston and 23 worcester. the cape is closer to 40. a lot of crouk out there this morning. the clouds will hang with -- a lot of cloud cover this morning. the clouds will hang with us most of the day. today will be a dry day. we start out in the 20's the clouds this morning. reaching that freezing mark by mostly cloudy skies. mixed 40's down on cape cod. during the daylight hours, primarily dry. in the overnight hours, notice the rain coming in. thkeds start as a little touch of freezing rain. we'll talk more about that coming up in just a bit. let's get out to the roads.

olessa: yep. you want to be careful. the smaller streets might be a bit tricky. let's see your trip as you travel into boston. no construction to contend with but just be careful on those roads. south of town, no problem s along the pike. so far a quiet start as you travel down from new hampshire. erika: for a smoother ride after emergency repairs turned the ride home into a nightmare. reporter: here on the red line the concern is cold and potential icey conditions. that triggers severe delays on tuesday.

different problem. it was not weather-related. this loose metal grate in a tunnel was the issue, not the weather. train service was shut down between bowdoin and maverick station while crews made repairs. hundreds of blue line passengers has to wait for the 45 emergency shuttle buses sent by the t. many of them were already packed when they arrived to pick up passengers. >> you pay all of this money and they increase the rates every year or every other year and this is what you get. reporter: it took about an hour for bus service to catch up with demand. blue line service is expected to run normally today. we'll be watching conditions here and bring you updates as we get them. erika: other stories we're following.

involving secret service agents. a car crossed a center line and hit them head on. the two passengers were taken to the hospital as were the secret service agents. it is not clear whether they have serious injuries . randy: water from torrential rain caused part s of two highways to shut down in illinois. erika: the so-called affluenza and his mother are expected to return to the u.s. today to face charges. and now we're learning it was a pizza order that led police to ethan couch at a resort in he and his mother were arrested there monday after couch violated probation, for killing four people in a drunk driving crash. couch avoided jail time when the defense argued he was coddled

rich parents. right now a family is reeling from a grizzly discovery of one of their loved ones. randy: doug? reporter: almost two years to the day that he vanished, family members say the search is over after his remains were found in the woods in upton. james robinson was taken from the avon home by two men who said he was needed for a probation-related drug test. the men said they were constables and had a document with robertson's photo on it. four men have been charged in connection with the kidnapping including a former dedham police officer. he's accused of providing a badge, handcuffs and other items to the suspects. right now, only robertson's family is confirming that his remains were found by that hunter this weekend. we're waiting for comment from

randy: doug, thank you. two people are hurt after being hit by a snow plow in tyngsboro. happened yesterday, in a restaurant parking lot on the man and woman are both expected to recover. was operating the plow. that person did stay on the scene. a drive-by shooting in mattapan were both in state custody. the department of youth services tells the herald both teens were they were shot on willmore street yesterday morning, one injuries, but the other is expected to survive. police are now looking for a black acura seen leaving the area. erika: the future of a boston bar could be decided. police have made an arrest in the case a rockland mother who's

home. but this morning, there's a community effort to help maureen . o'haire. yesterday her home went up in flames. it's the house she once shared with her son, marine lance corporal walter o'haire. he was killed in iraq in 2007. o'haire has also lost her husband, mother, and another son. this morning, she's thankful no one else was lost to the fire. >> they're just things, just things. i have my kids, and my life, and i'll firgure something out. the family recover what they the red cross and other agencies are also providing assistance. firefighters say the fire may have been electrical. randy: 4:37. airport. erika: a grieving mother talking about a fire that killed her young son. randy: twitter cracking down on certain behavior.

erika: carrie fisher's latest tweet going viral. cindy: a lot of clouds around today.

erika: it is 4:40. we're hearing a pilot's close call over boston. that air canada flight landed safely after a drone buzzed dangerously close to jet. pilots in boston worry there is no way to talk to drone operators and technology is

>> as they get the ability to fly higher, that is where you start running into bigger issues. erika: they are restricted to flying above 400 feet and within five miles of airport s. this one was only two miles out and 800 feet.

>> we knew they were rejoicing. ski resorts happy to have some snow. at pat's peak in henniker, new hampshire, skiers were feeling a bit rusty were thrilled to hit the slopes. the two cleveland police officers involved in the -- the people that were rejoicing yesterday. some kids too got some winter gear, some gifts from santa. the snow stopped. the rain came. the temperatures dropped. live we have been in the 20's most of the night. whatever is not treated is very slippery. watch your steps out the door. there is a little bit more rain coming tonight. i say rain because that is what it is going to be for most of the area. however northern worcester county and southern new

a as a touch of freezing rain. this goes into effect this evening at 7:00 p.m. and is in effect until a.m. tomorrow morning. the radar now is pretty quiet. what you can't see here is a patch or two of mist that you may encounter. mist falling in temperatures in the 20's. it is going to freeze on contact. be careful out there. 25 in boston now. it is dry in the city. the wind is close to 10 miles per hour. not a lot of wind but enough to make it feel like it is in the teens now from boston to worcester and the north shore as well. the actual temperatures are running in the mid 30's. around 40 on the cape but notice lower 20's in the worcester area. lower 20's in southern new hampshire. boston is 25 degrees now. notice the temperatures struggle to reach the freezing mark by 10:00 this morning. temperature also hold in the

notice all the cloud cover throughout the day. there is no real forcing mechanism to dry us out. we may see a glimpse or two of sunshine. that will be the extent of it. this is going to bring in that rounds of rain tonight. high temperatures today in the mid 30's. that is it from the worcester hills to the merrimack valley. a little bit of melting happening today. during the daylight hours, it is mainly dry. up until this evening, the evening commutes looks dry as well. overnight, 10:00, 11:00, seeing rain come in from the south. as mentioned, to the north, may be just cold enough for a touch of that freezing drizzle. notice what happens by 6:00 tomorrow morning.

we'll dry things out tomorrow. you may to use a little caution tomorrow morning. once a system gets out of here, big area of high pressure nosing in from the west. that sets us up for quiet weher to start the new year. we'll start to clear out our skies tomorrow stand you have plans for new year's eve, it does not look like we have weather worries. should be around 40 in the evening hours an temperatures falling through the 30's as we wring in the new year mainly dry and cooling down through the weekend. no storms in the forecast. olessa: so far it is a fairly quiet start but you do want to be careful out there. temperatures are cold. anything that may have fallen or is still untreated is going to be slippery. you can see shine on the road way on the zakele m.

zakim. so far it is a quiet start. no construction to contend with. south of town, good shape. no real troubles just yet if you're traveling the pike or route nine. we're expecting the trains and buses to start the morning on schedule. randy? randy: thank you. two cleveland police officers involved in the shooting death of this boy will face a review. the mayor says it'll happen regardless of a grand jury's decision not to press charges in the shooting of tamir rice. he also says the city council will seek negligent homicide charges under city law. 12-year-old rice was shot last year while holding a pellet gun. >> i want it to be safe for me and my kids. i wanted a better life.

about her pain and heartbreak after escaping a fire that killed her 4-year-old son. in hours investigators will be back on the scene trying to figure out what sparked the fire. melody nardolillo talking to newscenter 5 yesterday from her hospital bed. it was on december 19 that flames swept through the family's home. nardolillo says she tried to get to her son, caleb, but the flames and smoke were too much. his teacher brought a gift he made to the hospital a heartbreaking reminder of the young life tragically taken. >> where is the pain? >> my neck, my break, my heart, my soul. erika: nardolillo is out of the hospital this morning. she says she was planning on moving out of the house after learning of electrical violations. the building inspector has not returned our calls about interaction with the landlord concerning those past

randy: twitter is cracking down amid calls for the social media site to take a harder line on threats and abusive behavior. twitter revised it's rules of conduct to emphasize that those kinds of tweets are prohibited. the policy says twitter will not tolerate behavior that harasses, intimidates or uses fear to silence another user's voice. erika: on the democratic side. hillary clinton is wrapping up her day in new hampshire, where the first primary will be held in 6 weeks. clinton hosted town halls in portsmouth and ber-lin. she discussed opioid addiction, equal pay for women and challenged gun owners to take the lead on more gun control. >> it is really time for gun owners to form a different organization that will do more on gun safety and do more on gun responsibility and stand up for the safety of our children and

erika: her husband, former president bill clinton will make his first campaign stop in new hampshire on monday. the latest polls put clinton neck and neck with bernie sanders in the granite state. topping economic headlines this morning, wall street will be watching for new home sales data today. right now stock futures are down. asian markets were mixed overnight in light pre-holiday trading. randy: and the housing market keeps recovering from the recession. according to an analysis by moody's analytics, single-family house prices in about 40% of 400 metro areas are now at or above their pre-recession peak. that's up from 30% a year ago. overall, home prices are still 12% below peak, but moody's expects prices to keep climbing. locally, there are new signs that home prices are soaring well beyond boston. the median price of a single family home was $340,000 for the first 11 months of this year. that's up 2.3%.

cities that don't traditionally benefit from economic boosts like lynn, new bedford, and fall river also saw a jump in prices. erika: now a look at the top trending stories on social media this morning. randy: a former glee star is arrested on child porn charges. 33-year-old mark salling was handcuffed yesterday, after a warrant was served at his home in los angeles. an ex-girlfriend allegedly tipped off police. salling is best known for starring in the musical comedy-drama which ended its run this year. erika: carrie fisher is responding to movie goers, who were apparently surprised to see she doesn't look like this anymore. the original princess leia reprises her role in the new movie, star wars, the force awakens. she put out a tweet saying, in part, quote please stop debating whether or not i aged well unfortunately it hurts all three of my feelings. my body hasn't aged as well as i have. randy: these photos are getting

facebook. they show what appears to be a light, shining inside an abandoned hospital in new orleans. a nurse, who works at a hospital directly across from this building, snapped the photo. the new orleans advocate reports it's two two-by-fours, wrapped in lights. we don't know why. an apology for a jolting wake-up call. erika: the mistake that annoyed some commerce.

erika: the time now s now 4:55. time for your early news to go. randy: t riders are hoping for a better day after a nightmare commute home yesterday. a loose metal grate in a tunnel was the issue, not the weather. it shut down blue line service between bowdoin and maverick stations while crews made repairs. hundreds of blue line passengers has to wait in the cold for emergency shuttle buses. blue line service is expected to run normally today. erika: new this morning, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan began stan said the troop reduction should be put off as long as possible. last week six u.s. airmen were killed by a suicide bomber. randy: tufts health plan is apologizing for an accidental wake-up call. the insurer sent a robocall to

and 5:00 in the morning. the call, reminding patients to get their flu shots, was supposed to go out between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m, tufts calls it an unfortunate mistake. erika: a judge will not drop murder charges against a friend of former patriot aaron hernandez. the motion was rejected yesterday. an indictment charges carlos ortiz with one count of murder for the 2013 killing of odin lloyd. hernandez is serving life in prison for lloyd's murder. ortiz and another friend, ernest wallace have pleaded not guilty. randy: revere police are looking for this man, vicheth so, in connection to a double murder earlier this month. he's a second suspect in the deaths of peter pitari and cristy johnson. the victims were shot inside an apartment; a third person was wounded but survived. another suspect was arrested the day after the killings. a big night for the jimmy hayes erika: down at the garden. the dorchester native had his first career hat trick, helping the b's snag a 7-3 win over ottawa. next up for the team, the winter

gillette stadium. randy: and the philadelphia eagles have fired head coach chip kelly, with one game remaining. the eagles went 26 and 21 in three years. they're 6-9 this year. the cover of the philadelphia daily news called him a dead duck. that's a reference to when he coached in oregon. meet the newest member of the kennedy clan. congressman joe kennedy the third announcing the birth of his daughter eleanor on twitter. he and wife lauren shared this picture of ellie thanking everyone for their love and support. she is resting very quietly near this photo. erika: she is beautiful. they are tired when they first arrive. cindy: yes, they are. too bad they don't sleep at night. this is the first little tastor winter that we had around here.

the sleet in there. that was the big issue yesterday. it was very slippery yesterday morning. the highest totals coming out of southern new hampshire. concorde had 1.8 and boston officially just under one inch and that is not the latest we have seen our first measurable snow this season. that was back on january 3 in 2000. certainly late. in fact the fifth latest on record that we have gotten measurable snow. at this point last year we had almost three inches. we got a little taste of it yesterday. not expecting more snow today. you can see showers up near the canadian border. there is a little system off to the west and emily: to the south. this is going to be somewhat problematic for us overnight as we're getting another round of rain coming in.

tonight.