>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: breaking news right now. busy stretch of highway. the wrong-way crash jamming traffic in burlington. emily: a teenager hit by a stray bullet inside his own home. the trend neighbors fear could put more innocent people at risk. randy: president obama just hours from his last state of the union address. the key points of his speech tonight. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: at 6:00 a.m., also on the eye this morning. look at the guy in the black

he's got something to hide. the smuggling operation that had a pet store owner laughing at him. it's ahead in eyepoppers. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily riemer with cindy fitgibbon. we're talking about snow, but the timing of this is what is important, right. cindy: a coating to a couple of inches in most spots coming in for the evening commute. it's not a lot of snow but it is the timing. we may see some heavier bursts or snow squalls developing. those could quickly cover the roads with snow, make things very slippery and reduce the visibility so a heads-up. afternoon. that snow is racing toward us from the west. out ahead of i, the skies are clear to partly cloudy. we'll see a little sunshine as it comes up at 7:12 this very cold though. 15 in worcester. 17 beverly. teens all the way down to the cape. boston now 22 degrees. by this afternoon, a light southerly wind will nudge those temperatures up mid 30's north and west of town.

notice lower 40's on the south shore and the cape. so in southeastern massachusetts initially, this could be a little bit of rain. by 3:00 this afternoon a couple of rain and snow showers breaking out. but by 5:00 p.m. notice how everything is filling in rapidly. darker blues starting to show up along and north of the pike by 5:00 p.m. that is indicating that potential for some heavier snow squalls and those will be with us from about 8:00 this evening all the way up until 11:00 p.m. as this moves west to east along the coastline. initially at the coast rain ending as a little bit of snow. that will keep the amounts under an inch in most areas. from the pike on north ward up to a couple of inches of snow are possible. again the timing with this is critical. so that is for your evening commute. the morning commute not so fun either. olessa: good morning. we've been watch inning problem since about 4:30 this morning. 128 northbound in burlington right by route 3 an accident involving a wrong-way driver. once again this happened at about 4:30. at this point only the right lane is squeezing through.

those delays northbound bumper to bumper at this point. doug meehan is on the scene for us live with some pictures to show you. doug. doug: olessa, yeah, this is just a mess from your morning commute. if you're headed up 128 on the northbound side you normally try to get up on route 3, expect major, major delays. this has been ongoing, as you mentioned, since about 4:30 when state police got the car. two cars involved. one headed the wrong way, headed southbound on the northbound lane of 128. there are some serious injuries involved. they were taken from the scene to area hospitals. no word on their conditions just yet. they've got everybody pushing over to the right-hand side squeezing down to one lane. and the traffic has been building all morning long. state police recon on the scene trying to reconstruct that accident. when we have more information out, we'll send it along to you. we're live alongside 128 here in burlington. doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5.

in addition to that, of course, we're watching other problems this morning. 93 southbound there's a crash by 128. disabled car there blocking a lane as well. the pike eastbound doesn't look too bad. another accident taking out lane. 128 south right near the braintree split. expect heavy delays there. 24 slow as well. that volume on the expressway almost 25 minutes braintree to boston. trains and buses are running on schedule. back to you guys. emily: breaking news overseas right now. turkish media reporting that at least ten people are dead and wounded after an explosion rocked the city of istanbul. this is video just into the news room. it happened in an historic part of the city, popular with tourists. we do not yet know what caused that explosion. we'll bring you more as we get it. right now a high school student is in the hospital after he was hit by a stray bullet just standing in his own kitchen. randy: let's get right to the eyeopener's sera congi. she's in brockton with the new information coming in overnight. sera: randy-emily, that teenager is at boston medical center.

he was an innocent victim hit by a bullet in the back while he was simply trying to get a drink of water inside his home. you can see the video, the bullet piercing the wall of the housing complex hitting the boy in the back and passing right through him. the hail of gunfire outside the complex on pine grove drive and it also hit several cars leaving residents stunned and shaken. >> one of the bullets richocheted off the hood of this vehicle, came in, hit the visor, went in, straight in, and broke right through the window. the bullet was in the back seat of my truck. separate scenes taped off last night. they're still looking for the shooters. neighbors tell us this used to be a quiet area, but drugs and gangs have increased violence

live in brockton, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: right now president obama is getting ready to deliver his final state of the union address. the white house already promising this will be a very different speech. the eye's erika tarantal is here with what to watch tonight. erika: that's right. expect a different tone, more of a legacy speech by the president, talking about progress made over his last seven years in office and, yes, looking forward too. the economic recovery, the affordable care act, and legalization of same-sex marriage among the topics president obama will discuss along with foreign policy. he'll also frame the choice facing americans in deciding on his successor. president: what i want to focus on in this state of the union address is not just the remarkable progress we've made, not just what i want to get done all need to do together in the years to come. erika: his speech comes just a week after announcing his executive action on gun control. a number of special guests will, of course, attend; but one chair

box will be left empty in honor of victims of gun violence. emily: you can watch the state of the union right here on newscenter 5 or streaming on our mobile news apps. that's tonight at 9:00. randy: a dedham man who admitted to raping and murdering a hyde park woman could actually become a free man. "5 investigates" mike beaudet spoke with the victim's daughter on the eve of gerald craffey's parole hearing. courtney stenstrom was eight years old when her mother corinne flynn was killed in their hyde park home in 1991. flynn had m.s. and walked with a cane. five years later craffey admitted to the crime and was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder with the chance of parole in 15 years. today will be craffey's second appearance before the parole board. >> there is no way that someone like this could be rehabilitated. i would be very worried if he was just out in the general public.

won't be getting out of prison right away. he must also serve time for aggravated rape, but the victim's family worries craffey will be that much closer to freedom. emily: new surveillance video shows a father's desperate plea for help as his mattapan home erupts in flames, his son trapped inside. right now that victim is in critical condition. flames tore through the wooden frame breaking through the roof. officials saying it was dental equipment in an office on the first floor that sparked the massive fire. take a look at this surveillance video again from a nearby gas station. the homeowner running out in a cloud of smoke asking for help to save his son. firefighters were able to pull him out and revive him. >> it was a very difficult situation. >> my heart is crying for the family because now you have folks who are homeless now. emily: a firefighter also injured when he fell through a portion of the compromised floor, but he is expected to be

randy: we now know what caused this massive fire on the grounds of sturbridge's historic publick house. the state fire marshal says a lit cigarette left in a planter sparked the flames that consumed a motor lodge. the damage is estimated to be about a million dollars. right now the trial of a teenager charged with causing right now brigham and women's hospital is investigating a privacy breach involving about a thousand patients. unauthorized person gained access to an employee's email account. that account included patient information but did not include financial data. patients are being notified, and the hospital is reviewing security procedures. emily: 5 on the opioid crisis. new numbers this morning on the drug epidemic in new hampshire. the state medical examiner says there were 385 drug-related deaths in the state last year. the majority of those deaths involved opioids, heroin, or fentanyl. even more staggering-- 72-percent of the deaths that

also included fentanyl. three million dollars worth of opioids off the street this morning. the huge stash of heroin, fentanyl, and 20,000 in cash was found inside a tewksbury apartment after a lengthy investigation led to a search warrant. a tewksbury man and a lawrence woman are charged with running a major drug operation. they are both being held on high bail. randy: a historic win in the college football championship. number 2 alabama outlasted number 1 clemson to win its fourth national title in the last seven seasons. the crimson tide became only the second team since 1936 to accomplish that. alabama hit clemson with a barrage of big plays, including this 95-yard touchdown off a kickoff return. 45-40 the final. emily: what a game. randy: as the mbta struggles with whether to pursue the green line extension, there's a new proposal for the trolleys.

upgrade the line regardless of expansion. a medway firefighter stops what could have been a day care disaster. the silent killer he detected while dropping off his girls. randy: and new this morning, skip juice, cut calories. other ways to watch your olessa. olessa: randy, we're following breaking news. only one lane of 128 northbound is open after a wrong-way crash near route 3 on the burlington-lexington line. two people are in critical condition this morning. our doug meehan is on the scene. we'll have updates all morning. cindy: we'll be watching snow breaking out maybe embedded squalls for the evening commute. things could get slippery later on. the full timeline for that and another storm coming in for the weekend. more on that ahead. first, take a look at the temperatures as you're getting ready to head out the door right now. just 15 degrees in worcester. 22 in boston.

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>> good morning, "eyeopener." randy: good morning to you. a very special wake-up call this six years after the devastating earthquake there, proof that the spirit of rutland teenager britney gengel lives on in the orphanage created in her name. emily: the "be like brit"

there, and it's always inspiring to see how far they've come. a great wake-up call. thank you for that. olessa: we have major problems on the roads this morning. emily: for once not the weather. olessa: but later this afternoon cindy: this afternoon and evening. about 3:00 this afternoon, just a heads-up. we're going to see the road conditions quickly deteriorate. this is the potential for snow squalls. that's a brief burst of heavier snow which can quickly coat those roads with snow and reduce the visibility as well. we're watching a fast-moving system that doesn't have a ton of moisture with it. but it does have a lot of energy. that's why we could get into some of these snow squalls moving through the area and they're racing toward us this morning. i think it will be after that 3:00 this afternoon before they start to get going. right now the skies are mainly clear. just a few patchy clouds. wow, it is cold out there. look at the readings. mostly in the teens running in

beverly 17, worcester 15. plymouth down to the cape and the teens. 22 in boss top. notice the winds are light. that's nice after yesterday, right? the winds are going to stay light today but they're going to turn around to the south. that southerly component of the wind is actually going to push those temperatures up into the lower 40's here in southeastern massachusetts. we'll be close to 40 in boston and colder to the north and west. low to mid 30's here. so north of boston, west of boston, this is where we are going to see the most intense snow from the get-go. initially maybe warm enough for rain to be mixed in here in southeastern massachusetts. notice the time stamp here 3:00. not too much happening just yet. but look how quickly things fill in by 5:00 p.m. that's why rapidly deteriorating conditions developing here by about 5:00 this evening so bad timing with the evening commute. notice out through worcester county by 8:00 p.m. this darker blue. this is indicating those heavier snow band potentials. this will be working eastward toward the coastline through 11:00 tonight. so initially at the coast rain

so there will be a brief accumulation of snow, i think, right near the coastline generally under an inch. once you get north and west of boston out along the pike, a coating to a couple of inches of snow. some of the snow squalls could produce locally up to about three inches of snow. we're down in the 20's tonight. our storm system first thing tomorrow pulling away from us, east. that will bring in strong winds, lots of cold. winds gusting 40-50 miles per hour. the wind chills get no high he than the teens. less wind, cold, dry through the end of the week but look at this on friday a system approaching from the west by the evening hours. it's going to develop a new low to the south. and this storm system is going to be working toward us. the exact track of this is uncertain but there's limited cold air with this. so i think it will be a messy mix coming at with us some potential impacts here on that patriots game. the play-off game down at gillette on saturday. that does get colder behind it by martin luther king day on monday. let's get you back out to the roads.

olessa: big problems at the lexington-burlington line. you can see the active investigation at this point. this this is the northbound side of 128 by route 3. what happened was about 4:0 this morning a car was traveling in the northbound lanes but head inning the wrong direction. to cars involved. two people taken to the hospital after this accident. as you can see the reconstruction team on the scene continuing to work on this. let's take live pictures from the scene right now. here's what the back-up looks like getting into that accident. pretty much a parking lot here on the northbound side of 128 getting toward that crash by route 3. all traffic is being pushed into the right lane so three three lanes are shut down. massive delays almost back to route 2 at this point. the southbound side picking up the stop-and-stare volume as well. just a bit. because in addition we have a very busy commute and a couple other problems. there's the accident you just saw. we have a disailed car blocking the lane 93 south at 128. crash on 495 southbound by 93 has a lane out. no problems west of town.

northbound at the braintree split. randy. randy: a medway firefighter happened to be in the right place at the right time. his quick thinking saving lives. lieutenant matt anzivino is a 15-year veteran with the department. his instincts quickly taking over when he noticed a strange odor as he was dropping off his daughters at the "back to basics" day care. he immediately had the christ episcopal church and school evacuated. sure enough. fire crews found high levels of carbon monoxide in the building traced to a malfunctioning oil burner. >> the levels on the first floor where the day care was weren't as high as it was in the basement. so when the crews went in, they heard the carbon monoxide detector sounding. when i had checked it earlier, it wasn't sounding. randy: everything is okay now. the boiler has been repaired, and the day care should be open again this morning. emily: economic headlines. investors still on edge overseas.

amid lingering economic worries before posting some gains. on wall street stocks finished slightly higher yesterday after mounting a last-minute comeback, snapping a three-day losing streak. right now, stock futures are higher. the mbta is now considering completely replacing the entire green line fleet over the next ten years. it's a proposal that would cost the "t" roughly a billion dollars. the mbta hoping to avoid another catastrophe on the rails. in just a few months, we'll find out whether the "t" will scrap or scale back the green line extension, which is among the agency's most costly rail projects ever. if you're looking for a health boost but don't want to diet, randy: never. emily: who does? some simple swaps could be the calorie-cutting solution. randy: start in the morning. skip the juice and go for the whole fruit instead. a glass of orange juice comes in at 122 calorie; the actual orange, only 69. you may not want to go meatless, but think about going halfway. replacing some of the ground

chopped mushrooms can save you calories. and this one is simple but worth remembering. many people confuse thirst for hunger so have a glass of water before your meal. you'll probably eat less. emily: good to know snand most of us are so dehydrated. emily: you were on the campaign for a while to drink more water. randy: key-- "for a while." emily: okay. still ahead, a shipping container becoming the perfect concert venue. randy: it's ahead in eyepoppers. erika? erika: we're following breaking news in turkey. a deadly explosion rocking a popular tourist destination there. at least ten people are dead. new at 6:30, and a store clerk responds in kind when a robber pulls out a knife. what happened when the attacker lost his weapon. and congressman seth moulton is bringing a special guest to the state of the union address. the nine-year-old who's been

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cindy: 6:24 now on your tuesday morning. clear to partly cloudy skies. we'll see a little sunshine this morning but look at that off to the west. that snow is heading our way. it comes in after about 3:00 this afternoon, and it will impact the evening commute. notice temperatures coming up above freezing. so boston down toward the south shore and the cape, this will start as some rain but end as snow. under an inch accumulation expected there. but along and north of the pike up to a couple of inches of snow. it's not the amount. it's the timing. it may get very slippery as we head toward this evening. tomorrow blustery and cold. teens. less wind but still cold with randy. olessa is back with eyepoppers for this tuesday morning. hopkinton is going viral for his incredible voice. take a listen.

olessa: david mullins, jr., posted this clip to his facebook page. he says he just got a new shipping container for storage, and naturally he just had to take advantage of the echo while it was still empty. his beautiful rendition has been heard more than 800,000 times. the acoustics as a shipping container is perfect. randy: we would have to close the door for us though. olessa: caught on camera, a snake swiped from an oregon pet store. the thief tried to be sneaky and creative to get out of the store unnoticed. also stupid. his bright idea? stuffing the stolen snake down his pants. the store owner says the thief is really lucky it wasn't feeding day. randy: what's going on in your pants? emily: anywhere elsement. randy: there are so many good jokes that we just can't do on a

use your imagination. olessa: this is family programming. emily, save us, please. emily: all right. still ahead this morning, this is great news. a major milestone in the recovery of an injured hockey player. the progress denna laing has made since falling at the winter classic. we do continue to follow this breaking news. you're looking live at route 128 northbound. this is at the burlington-lexington line just one lane is getting by after a wrong-way crash here at exit 3.

>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: chaos and violence in a local store. >> he said, "gimme money, gimme money." randy: but what the clerk did next took this robbery to another level. emily: a stray bullet flies right into a family's kitchen. sera: the high school student caught in the crossfire and the message from police. randy: and a hockey player proves her tremendous strength off the ice. >> say hello. >> hello. randy: and that's not all denna laing has to say this morning. on the eye. emily: and we're following breaking news right now in burlington. a wrong-way crash snarling traffic on 128 right now. doug meehan is on the scene, and olessa is watching the impact. and we'll get to all of that in just a moment. good morning, i'm emily riemer. randy: and i'm randy price with cindy and olessa.

impact the evening commute. we have snow coming in, and the timing not great for the evening commute. this morning, no big issues. it is cold. kids are going to want to bundle up at the bus stop. a little sunshine. lots of teens and 20's at the bus stop this morning. just clouds as t kids are getting off the bus this afternoon but this is what we're tracking. not a huge storm by any stretch, but it's very potent. it has a lot of energy with it. so as it comes in not just snow showers breaking out but the potential for heavier squalls. some bursts of snow. where the snow could come down hard like a thunderstorm we get in the summertime. right now though the skies are mainly clear. 15 worcester. 17 beverly. teens all the way down to the cape. 22 right now in boston. by this afternoon we're coming massachusetts. west. so initially by about 3:00 this afternoon, this could start as a few rain showers here in southeastern massachusetts. but notice by 5:00 p.m. along and north of the pike, that snow breaks out very quickly, and intense bands of snow working

coastline during the evening hours. this all winds down after midnight. as mentioned the amounts aren't all that impressive. it looks like less than an inch near the coast and into southeastern massachusetts but a couple inches possible here to the north. let's get you back out to the roadways right now and update you on the tough situation in burlington. olessa: that's right. at the lexington-burlington line, a live from sky 5. the crews are on the scene working on this situation here. early morning accident involving a wrong-way driver. heading south in the northbound lanes on 128. this is right over by route 3. doug meehan is live on the scene with the very latest. doug. doug: we're just hearing from state police telling us that only one lane is going to be open at least for another hour here on the northbound side of 128. just before you get to route 3 to the burlington stretch. this is going to be a maddening commute. we had, as you mentioned, a wrong way driver about 4:30 this morning headed southbound on the northbound lanes. critical injuries. two people taken to the hospital.

two different vehicles involved or possibly a passenger in one of those vehicles. now the northbound traffic has just been building since 4:30 this morning. once they got down to one lane. the southbound side trying to get past route 3 and past this accident as you would imagine. that volume also building this morning. reconstruction crews there trying to figure out exactly what happened in those early morning hours. morning. doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. olessa. olessa: thank you, doug. of course that accident will be a problem for anyone heading both ways. as doug was just saying on 128 that crash is northbound but the southbound side stop-and-stare delays building very quickly. in addition to that crash we're watching 495 south at 93 an accident there is blocking one lane. 93 stays heavy all the way down to the leverett connector. about 25 minutes on the pike now, 495 out to 128. and then you've got pretty heavy delays with route 3 approaching the braintree split where there's another accident taking

expressway now about 30 minutes braintree to boston. but the trains and the buses are doing okay. emily. emily: thank you. also breaking on the eye. at least ten people are believed to be dead 15 others hurt after an explosion in turkey. this plaft happened in an historic tourist section of istanbul. no word on what caused it at this point. a high school student is in the hospital after a stray bullet came through his brockton home and hit him as he stood in his kitchen. several cars were also hit in the pine grove drive complex. president obama is preparing to give his final state of the union address. tonight's speech is expected to focus less on policy goals and more on larger issues like who will replace him. randy: right now police are searching for this robber who attacked a clerk with a knife. the entire battle captured on surveillance. and that was just the start. live outside the store in fall river where that clerk fought back. todd: he certainly did, randy.

5 that he feared for his life. so he grabbed the weapon he keeps hidden in case of such an attack. take a look at the video. it's quite dramatic. this whole thing happened on sunday morning. you can see the suspect rush in with a large knife sunday morning and jump the counter. but the store owner grabs a large knife of his own. the fight lasts several seconds, each coming dangerously close to cutting the other. at one point, the attacker loses his knife and begins throwing cans. the clerk admits he was scared but says he fought back to save himself. >> he said, "give me money, give me money." i was so scared. i thought he wanted to kill me that's why i do it. todd: the owner chased the suspect out, throwing the knife and $300 at him. the suspect only leaving behind the bike he arrived on. the store owner, who did not want to be identified, says he's owned this place for three years and has never dealt with such a violent attack. reporting live in fall river,

newscenter 5. randy: the state gaming commission will hold a public hearing today on regulating fantasy sports websites. boston-based draftkings and new york-based fan duel have been under fire for months. critics, including new york's attorney general, claim they're gambling, they're illegal and should be shutdown. the companies claim they're actually games of skill. in a highly anticipated memo, gaming chairman stephen crosby says a new state body should be created to regulate the online gaming industry. he also recommended limiting entries from so-called professional players, disclosing the odds players face in each game, and possible background checks for operators. emily: an injured hockey player continues her remarkable recovery. randy: the new accomplishment of a woman severely hurt in the winter classic. and a hospital room takes on new life for an injured secret service agent. the very important use for the space. emily: we continue to follow breaking news.

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olessa: good morning. following breaking news here on the lexington-burlington line. this is 128 sky 5 over the scene of a crash that happened about 4:30 this morning. this is the northbound side of 128 by route 3 before route. only the right lane is squeezing by at this point. heavy delays back to the route. all of this because of an accident involving a car head inning the wrong direction on 128. we'll bring you more information on it as it develops. cindy: we're going to be watching this right here. that snow is headed our way for the evening commute. this is going to get started after 3:00 this afternoon. it may be warm enough in southeastern massachusetts that it mixes with rain initially. but snow squalls a potential. reduced visibility and snow-covered roads this meaning. this all winds down just around midnight. it's a bluster a cold day tomorrow. wind chills no higher than the teens. emily. emily: cindy, thank you. new details in the recovery of the professional hockey player injured at the women's winter classic at gillette. denna laing able to speak for

devastating injury. >> say hello. >> hello. i'm back. emily: the marblehead woman shared the video yesterday on twitter. she went head first into the boards during the new year's eve game, now unable to move her arms or legs. her long-term recovery is still unclear. randy: the secret service agent seriously injured in a new hampshire car crash is now married. garrett fitzgerald married his fiance, joan, on saturday at mass general where he is recovering from a spinal cord injury. fitzgerald was part of hillary clinton's detail when the car he was in was hit by an unlicensed driver in december. the wedding was planned for march, but the couple decided to move the ceremony up. emily: a good sign for the patriots ahead of their playoff game this saturday. and a republican boycotting the next debate. and a mess at the burlington-lexington line. this is 128 north. doug meehan is there.

the eyeopener team ready with fall river. plus erika has a preview of the president's state of the union tonight. emily: and doug meehan is following breaking news in burlington. he's on the scene of a wrong-way

right now. we'll get to that. first though cindy here with your forecast. there's snow on the way. cindy: the evening commute i think will be impacted. we haven't had much practice driving in the snow. not this season anyway. this is one of the latest we've seen our first inch of snowfall on record in boston. we've had officially nine-tenths of an inch not quite to the one-inch mark yet. the latest we've done that in the past years since the 1800's, you can see the top five. right now we're topped for the fourth spot in that place. look like we will get over that inch mark by tonight as we are looking for rain to end the snow in the boston area. as you get along and north of the pike it's a coating to a couple of inches of snow in the forecast this evening into tonight. not a lot of snow but it is the timing that is really going to snarl things up. there could be more intense snow calls. it's a brief burst of heavy snow. that will quickly cover the roads and reduce the visibility. just a heads-up. it makes it dicey here. after 3:00 this afternoon you can see the snow coming at us right now.

to partly cloudy. we have sunshine for a while this morning. starting out in the teens. worcester 15. beverly 17. teens all the way down the cape. boston right now is 22. by this afternoon with a light southerly wind, we'll be at 40 in southeastern massachusetts. this is where we could start as a little bit of rain here. by 3:00 things just getting started. notice quickly things fill in. very suddenly by 5:00 p.m. that's why the evening commute will suddenly get tricky around here with heavier snow bands and squalls working from west to east right toward the coastline through about 11:00 tonight and then overnight they wind down. the storm pulls away tomorrow but intensifying. so the winds could be gusting over 40 miles per hour. wind chills all detail long tomorrow getting no higher than the teens. very blustery on your wednesday. we'll get back sunshine though. cold on thursday. let's get you back up to burlington and get the latest on that situation there. olessa: we've been watching this all morning line. this is sky 5 over the scene of an accident that happened at about 4:30 this morning involving a wrong way driver.

128 right by route 3. someone was driving southbound right there. you can see the heavy back-up getting into that accident. back to route 2a at this point on the northbound side. doug meehan is on the scene live. he's got the very latest. doug. doug: hi, olessa. this is an investigation that is well over two hours old on the northbound side. folks trying to get to route 3 are getting squeezed over to the breakdown lane. we've got a very serious crash involving two vehicles. as you mentioned, one of them at about 4:0 this morning headed southbound on the northbound lanes. two people taken to the hospital where critical injuries. no word on whether or not it's the person in the second car or whether it was a passenger and a driver in the first car. we drove by that earlier. it was just an awful, awful scene. so is, by the way, the morning commute in both directions on 128. this is normally a very busy and

it's going to be even worse today. give yourself plenty of extra time or in some cases if you can work at home, do so. we're live in burlington. doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. olessa: doug, thank you. that's right. once again sky 5 over that accident scene. let's get to the maps because in addition to this crash we're watching a couple other problem spots. this is the one we've been talking about all morning long. north of there another accident 495 south by 93. heavy delays now eastbound on the pike almost a half-hour 495 to 128. and then still watching the accident route 3 north at the braintree split where a lane is is closed. beyond that the expressway is 25 braintree to boston. trains and buses are running on schedule. randy: we've been monitoring breaking news overseas. turkish media reporting at least ten people are dead and others wounded after an explosion rocked the city of istanbul. it happened in an historic part of the city popular with tourists. we do not yet know what caused that explosion. we'll bring you more as we get it.

is recovering in the hospital right now. emily: the eyeopener's sera congi is live in brockton where police are still looking for the shooters. sera? sera: emily, the teenager was shot in the back while inside his home. he was an innocent victim. take a look at the video. you can see the bullet hole in the wall of the housing complex here on pine grove drive. the gun fire also hit several cars. the teen boy was getting a drink of water when he was hit in the back. he is now at boston medical center and is expected to survive. neighbors say that drugs and gang activity recently have increased the amount of violence here in what was once a quiet neighborhood. that's the latest from brockton. live in brockton, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: right now president obama is ready to deliver his final state of the union address already giving a preview of what to expect tonight. anticipate more of a legacy speech, the president highlighting his achievements, the economic recovery, the affordable care act, and legalization of same-sex marriage.

frame the choice facing americans in deciding on his successor. this address comes just a week after the president announced his executive action on gun control. one chair in the first lady's box will be left empty in honor of victims of gun violence. a nine-year-old syrian refugee who lost his arms in a bombing will be congressman seth moulton's special guest at the state of the union. ahmad and his father have been staying in massachusetts for medical care with help from the group nuday syria. the blast that injured the boy also killed three of his siblings. ahmad also sent the president a letter last year asking him to help syrian refugees, especially children. you can watch the state of the union right here on newscenter 5 or streaming on our mobile news apps. that's tonight at 9:00. todd: this morning police in suspect who held up this when that happened, the owner of the convenience store pulled out

dramatic video. the incident happened on sunday morning. you can see the suspect rushing in with a large knife and jumping the counter. that's when the startled store owner grabs a large knife of his own. the fight lasts several seconds. amazingly neither man connects with the other. at one point the attacker's knife falls out of his hands so he begins throwing cans. the owner chased the suspect out, throwing the knife and $300 at him. reporting live in fall river, todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: new overnight. a family of four is dead after a ohio. the blast shook nearby homes around 8:30 last night. first responders saw flames got to the scene. the bodies of a mother and her two daughters, 8 and 12, were found on the first floor near the father was found near the back of the house. randy: the man accused in the murder of bella bond is being

michael mccarthy was arraigned yesterday in the death of the child once known as baby doe. mccarthy was the boyfriend of bella's mother, who is charged as an accessory. bella's body was found on deer island in june. emily: a brockton boy is in a coma after falling through an icy pond while playing with friends. the 12-year-old was one of two boys pulled from the frigid pond on saturday. our partners at "the brockton enterprise" report c.j. thompson was taken to intensive care at tufts medical center. he was submerged several minutes longer than a nine-year-old boy who is recovering at home. randy: not this morning but green line service will be disrupted for much of this week between park and haymarket stations. the temporary suspensions will begin at 8:45 on most nights this week. additional work on the government center platform and track will be completed during the closures. the government center station is slated to reopen this spring. republican presidential candidate rand paul says he will boycott the next g.o.p. debate put on by fox business news. he and fellow candidate carly fiorina were pushed from the

debate in south carolina. paul tells cnn a second-tier debate at 6:00 p.m. is, quote, "something we can't accept." emily: two third-period goals against the bruins makes the difference in new york. the only goal for the b's came from jimmy hayes last night midway through the second period against the rangers. and that would stick through the end. just seconds into the third, the rangers score and they score again with under 2:00 to play. 2-1 the final. randy: 6:53. a historic win in the college football championship. number 2 alabama outlasted number 1 clemson to win its fourth national title in the last seven seasons. the crimson tide became only the second team since 1936 to accomplish that. alabama hit clemson with a barrage of big plays, including this 95-yard touchdown off a kickoff return. 45-40 the final. emily: a good sign for the patriots. julian edelman participating in practice yesterday ahead of the

the chiefs this saturday. he hasn't played since november 15 when he broke a bone in his foot. edelman underwent surgery and says he's ready to go full throttle. he is likely to play on saturday. randy: a reminder this morning don't miss the drawing for this record $1.4 billion powerball jackpot. you can see it live right here tomorrow night on newscenter 5 at 11:00. emily: tributes from around the world continue to pour in for david bowie. including from this little guy at the cincinnati zoo. the baby penguin was born on january 8, which was bowie's birthday. and get this. the zoo named him david bowie before news of the singer's death. little bowie will make his public debut in the spring. randy: very sweet. all right. let's check on the problems on the roads this morning. olessa: 128 burlington-lexington line. we've been watching this since 4:30 this morning where there was an accident on the northbound side of the roadway here with a car driving southbound in the wrong direction. you can see the back-up very heavy. this is the northbound side of

that stretch is all the way back to route 2a. of course the southbound side picking up those rubber-necking delays. that volume starting back at 4 and 225. let's get over to the maps. once again that accident happened about 4:30 this morning on the northbound side of 128 right by route 3 so if you're head inning this general direction give yourself a ton of extra travel time. at this point the two right lanes and the shoulder are getting by. two left lanes are still closed. north watching an accident 495 south by 93. the pike 25 minutes 495 to 128. we've still got an accident route 3 north at the braintree split. heavy delays back into weymouth. expressway right now about 30 minutes braintree to boston. trains and buses doing okay. cindy, we're expecting weather problem for this evening's commute. cindy: look at this morning though. a beautiful sunrise at 7:12. you can see just a few clouds out there right now. it's cold though. 22 in boston. light southerly wind today will push the temperatures up over 40 degrees in southeastern massachusetts. colder to the north and west. as we watch this system race

valley, it's likely going to allow snow to develop after 3:00 this afternoon. with those warmer temperatures could start out as a little bit of rain in southeastern massachusetts. notice how things spill in very quickly by 5:00 p.m. so bad timing for the evening commute. some heavier snow squalls may develop especially around worcester county by 7:00 or 8:00 tonight. those will be pushing toward boston thereafter. this should all be winding down around midnight. we're not looking for a lot of snow. a coat to go a couple of inches along and north of the pike. less where we have that rain to start out but it is the timing that will make things happen. this storms intensifies to our east tomorrow. it will be a blustery cold day. wind gusts 40-50 miles per hour. wind chills no higher than the teens. then it's quiet heading into thursday and we'll be watching a new storm starting to develop on friday. this one will likely have a coastal component that is going to push up the coast on saturday. it's going to likely make for messy weather here on saturday. marginally cold air in place. i think we're going to be dealing with mixed precipitation and talk about bad timing.

here on saturday down at gillette for the afc play-off game. it looks like it could be messy with some rain mixed with snow ending as snow down there. we'll be watching that in the days ahead. be careful this evening. snow squalls. emily: messy commute. make sure to tune in to newscenter 5 at 4:30.

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