police warning of an imminent terror attack. jc: 2 train stations are being evacuated. people are being asked not to gather in crowds. phil: in boston, first night festivities are happening all night downtown. it will be capped off by fireworks at midnight. jc: security is tight in boston. and in new york city, you are looking live at times square. from boston to new york city to europe, security is beefed up worldwide for new years celebrations. phil: newscenter 5' s aixa diaz takes a closer look at what' s being done to keep people safe. aixa: at the five-year-old u.s. citizen is accused of pledging allegiance to isis and planning an attack at a new york restaurant tonight. he was planning to kill people when they arrested him wednesday. according to the criminal complaint, he had been in contact with an isis member in syria, who encouraged him to

s safest places in the country. aixa: they are stepping up security after the terror bernardino. >> from what it was a year ago or two years ago. aixa: security says it knows of no specific and credible intelligence of a terror plot. other major cities rang in 2016. s eve fireworks amid terror concerns. they arrested two men in connection with an alleged plot in brussels. paris canceled it fireworks show celebration. in washington, aixa diaz, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: thanks. really cold temperatures in

his tonight going to be one of them? mike: no, tonight will be milder. you go back in the history books and when you see a mild night like this, it tends to be a year where we have not seen that much snow. temperate. that' s because of the sunshine today. we had clouds this afternoon, but by 3:00 a.m., were talking about clear skies. here is your weekend. looking fairly clear. temperatures on the cool side. tomorrow we top off at 40 degrees. that is still a bald average for this time of year. over the weekend, we watch new pockets of cold air. then we could see some days when the high does not get to freezing. i will talk about that timeline in a few moments. jc: thank you. well new at 5:30 tonight, we are , learning more about the man killed in a crash with secret service agents in new hampshire. s kelley tuthill

arrested here in massachusetts. reporter: police arrested bruce danforth december 2 in this parking lot. >> there was an altercation with two women in one of our shopping centers. someone observed him shooting up hair when. reporter: officers saw danforth holding hypertonic needles as two women rolled up their sleeves, preparing for an injection. all three were arrested for heroin possession. danforth, who lived in also be, had a lengthy criminal history. he was supposed to appear in court december 4. when he did not show, a war it was issued for his arrest.

the agent' s car head-on. were injured including his girlfriend who was arrested with him earlier this month. m kelley tuthill, wcvb newscenter 5. shootings, austan is ending to the 15 with less -- boston is ending 20 15 jc: the so-called affluenza teen remains in a mexico jail tonight. u.s. s next for her and the u.s. jc: caught on camera, a man pulled from a burning car. the good samaritan who saved him. phil: several air canada passengers hurt when severe

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>> you are watching newscenter 5 at 5:30. jc: the mother of the affluenza teen is now back in the u.s. tonya couch has been formally charged with helping her son flee the country. abc' s brandi hitt reports ethan couch remains in mexico tonight after being granted a temporary stay. brandi: tonya couch handcuffed and back on u.s. soil. >> what were you thinking, tonya? brandi: the mother of the so-called affluenza teen in jail, charged with aiding the

a parent who has a son who is the most hated boy in america? brandi: after a delay in his deportation, ethan couch was escorted to another attention center where he could go to a higher immigration court. authorities believe that the pair fled after couch may have violated his probation sentence. the teenager killed four people in a drunk driving crash. prosecutors -- his lawyers successfully argued he was too spoiled to know right from wrong. he even misspelled his name and only paid cash. hotel employees found this gone in their room and when ethan to get back, the pair left, moving into this shabby apartment. they were spotted here, ethan' s

jc: if --brandi: if found guilty of helping her son debate police, she faces prison. abc news. phil: fire crews rescue an arizona team from a chimney. when they arrived on the scene , they lowered a rope to the 13-year-old boy and asked him to wrap his arms around it. they were able to pull him to safety he did not suffer any injuries. the teen' s reason for being in the chimney is not yet known. caught on camera -- a quick thinking firefighter pulls a man from a car. take a look. the vehicle hit a utility pole causing the fire. with no time to put on protective gear, the firefighter pulled the victim to safety. no word on that person' s condition. the firefighter was not injured. phil: the u.s. army needs you. jc: the different request from the military tonight. what they need volunteers to do for 3 weeks. phil: first night festivities underway right now in boston. one of the biggest attractions?

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jc: more than 100 people homeless after flames tear through a condo complex in connecticut. the fire was sparked this morning. an entire section of the building collapsed. crews managed to get everyone out safely. a shelter has been set up to help displaced residents. the department of justice is launching a criminal investigation against bluebell creameries for its role in a listeria outbreak. the doj wants to know how much they knew about the outbreak and how quickly they responded through the texas company, one of the biggest ice cream brands in the u.s., recalled all products in april because of listeria contamination. it began shipping again in phil: august. for customers the software giant says it plans to inform users of email and file-storage services, if it believes the accounts were hacked by government agencies. microsoft previously offered

without providing information on the suspected hackers. the new policy mirrors that of facebook and google. also the deadline is today to , receive a refund for mobile cramming. if your cell phone provider is sprint or verizon this may be your last chance to cash in on part of the $158 million refund. cramming involves sending unsolicited services that are included as an extra fee on monthly bills. for information on how to sign up, if you were a victim visit , wcvb.com or our mobile app. apple is now facing a class action lawsuit over its latest software update. the lawsuit claims the tech giant' s ios 9 software update made iphone 4s phones slow, buggy and subject to crashes.

compatible with the iphone 4s, and would make the phones faster and more responsive. the suit is seeking 5 million dollars in damages. no comment tonight from apple. jc: a study will be run out of army ' s natick labs and if you' re interested, you have to be willing to go without eating anything except ready to eat meals for three weeks. water and coffee are the only exceptions. i have tasted those meals. it' s kind of like microwave meals. pictures being shared today, capturing the joys and challenges of the first family during 2015. several feature president obama and first lady obama. history captured with each shutter click. phil: they are one of the biggest attractions of first night. talking about the ice sculptures. the masterpieces take artists hours to create. newscenter 5' s frank holland caught up with one local

final touches this afternoon. reporter: a fitting site around this ice sculpture of father time. >> i love to do it. reporter: by sundown, baby new year will sit to the right of this frozen embodiment of 2015. >> it will be the face of old man winter or father time. it will be something different, the new year. reporter: it' s all about the details. hours in the cold to produce something like this. >> i do not mind the cold. once you get busy, you forget about the cold. i just enjoy it. i hope they enjoy the effort that goes into creating it.

frank holland, wcvb newscenter 5 . jc: i don' t know how they do it. they carve them out, light them up, right, mike? phil: and temperatures are above freezing. mike: once they start melting, they have a nice sheen. what they have to do it quick. otherwise they melt too fast. i have something that you will have to go to canada to see. this is from edmonton, alberta -- this took two months to constructs. the castle was finally finished. it stretches over an acre. they can go through tunnels, ride frozen slides, explore caves. it will stay open until, well, it melts. with our weather, it would melt pretty quick. but that is canada. it will stay colder. i think this is a fascinating statistic. when you go from number five to

degree, 2/10 of a degree at most. look at this. we lived through it. we know how mild december is bent. so far, boston has not had one inch of snow. we are supposed to have about 10 engines of snow on the ground. how late can we go before we get one inch of snow? i plotted it out the last few years. what is interesting, if you go back to this 1 -- january 16, 2012 -- that was also the year we only had nine inches of snow for the entire year. typically you see the statistics and its arts to point to the fact that we may not have that -- and it starts to point to the fact that we may not have that much snow. 42 degrees. winds out of the west-northwest. a little wind chill index. you see the clouds trying to break up. they were clear this afternoon

-- they were clear this afternoon for a wild. then the clouds came in from the west. there' s a little breeze out there. it may make it feel chillier out there. generally, upper 20' s to low 30' s. most of us will drop below the freezing mark tonight. tomorrow, i temperatures will look like this, right around 40 degrees. some places will be in the 30' s, but still close to normal or a couple degrees above normal. high pressure is in control. a new shot of cold air way up into in canada will try to slip in as we talk about sunday' s forecast. let me break it down for you. tomorrow, 42 degrees. saturday, only 38 degrees for a high temperature. those winds will be out of the west of 15, maybe 20 miles per hour.

, eventually dying down on sunday. sunday we have a shot of cold air. there' s not much moisture to work with. there could be a flurry or two that develops out of it. then a monday, this has more potential. you see what happens, the wind shifts to a northeast direction. you get this ocean effect snow. the most likely candidate -- kate benz, cape cod. -- just keep that in mind on monday, that' s the possibility out there. we start the new year, really cold temperatures. tuesday is 32. but then look at this. the weather pattern changes again. the mild air starts flowing back in here, and look what happens. we are now into january and we are talking about high temperatures in the mid 40' s. that'

it will be cold, but only for 48 hours. jc: mike, thank you. this is an incredible site captured by the hubble space telescope. nasa released to this photo of two galaxies converging into one. eventually that new galaxy will become stable. the new galaxy is located about 230 million light-years from earth and the hercules cancellation -- i and the hercules constellation. phil: the united states postal service unveils its new set of 2016 stamps. animals top the lineup as well as space exploration. and a nod to star trek. four stamps honor the original tv show' s 50th anniversary, with trekkie icons. great stories back to back there. real galaxy is so far away. also --

also, the annual list of banned words has been released. jc: the top ones we' re not supposed to say "so." presser. break the internet. these are words banished for misuse, overuse, and general uselessness. phil: they also throw in tone. i think it is ok in a sentence. but when they say "so?" jc: is that what your teenager does? nearly two dozen passengers hurt when their flight hits severe heavy turbulence. phil: have you heard about this? the new photos tonight that show what happened inside the air canada plane during the frightening moments. jc: then new at 6:00: deadly fall. a umass student plunging off scaffolding at a new york hotel. phil: also, caught on camera, a terrifying drive. an andover man shares his scary encounter with some flying ice. plus, the boston restaurant

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jc: an abnormal smell forced an allegaint air flight to make an island. the plane traveling from orlando to maine landed safely at t.f. afternoon. all 157 passengers and crew members got off safely. the faa is investigating. we' re learning more tonight about what happened when an air

phil: at least 20 passengers were hurt before that plan was able to make a safe, emergency landing. newscenter 5' s erika tarantal with more. erika: new photos from inside that air canada flight that was forced to diverge goes of turbulence. >> we are told that there are for serious injuries. erika: this taken by a passenger showing oxygen masks deployed and belongings littering the floor. >> it was like a roller coaster. the plane was going down in that way that flames go down and lots of screaming. >> one of the seats. erika: passengers escorted on stretchers and with net braces after the unscheduled stop in

-- with net braces after the unscheduled stop in calgary. passengers were transported to hospital. >> none of the injuries were life-threatening in any manner. erika: they were headed to shanghai -- from shanghai to toronto. erika tarantal, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: as we move on, security is tight in boston as security preparations are underway. jc: newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. phil: stopping one terror threat. jc: making first night go as planned. mike: a warm 2015 gives way to a new year' s chill. you want to see my timeline on how this weather will affect you. phil: big money burger.

s news leader, 6:00. jc: breaking news from germany tonight, a terror threat is shutting-down train stations in munich. phil: police there say they have indications of an imminent attack. two busy train stations are being evacuated right now. people are also being asked not to gather in crowds. jc: we continue to follow breaking news out of dubai. nearly engulf a luxury hotel skyscraper. phil: several people injured. newscenter 5' s reid lamberty is live at the breaking news desk. reid: despite the massive inferno that engulfed that nearby hotel, celebrations of the world' s tallest building still went on as planned. the fire at the luxury five-star hotel caused nearly a dozen injuries. people had gathered in anticipation of the new year' s eve celebration.

pack the city for the fireworks show. they got this show that led up to it. it was confined to the outside tower. it spread quickly and encompassed 20 floors. it was contained within 30 minutes as people low ran for help. -- as people below ran' s. a witness recalls the moments the fire started. >> i was on the balcony, kind of watching. i had taken a photo of the building before the fire. you could hear people laughing. the music was playing. right now it is kind of silent. you don' t hear anything.