randy: it's 4:30. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. it's tuesday, january 26. i'm randy price erika: thanks for being early with us. i'm erika tarantal. emily is off. stories we're following right now on the eyeopener. fire at a water plant in quincy. the hours-long battle. and why firefighters have had a tough time getting to the flames. randy: passengers trapped as a bus slams into a building. the rescue in rhode island. and what may have caused that crash. erika: trouble for the red line. the new report highlighting a gaping problem. randy: the walk from the car to the building this morning, pretty nice in the parking locality, danielle. danielle: that's right. good morning. temperatures already in the 30's and 20's across the area. much warmer than the past couple

we're going to see us warm up very nicely. nantucket already checking in this morning at 40 degrees. one of the reasons why, you're going to feel these winds today out of the south and west. as we go through the afternoon they really ramp up. anywhere from about 10-20 miles an hour. we're going to see mostly cloudy skies today. but look at these temperatures this afternoon. upper 40's in boston. low 50's on the south shore, the cape, and the islands. we will take that. of course, there's one caveat to this. we could have a couple of hit-or-miss rain showers around. right now this morning it's just a mostly cloudy start out there. but we are watching this area you see. a couple of showers developing here. system. it's a warm front that will lift through the region as we head through the afternoon today. starting out this morning, out in western mass, you have to be careful especially in the berkshires. it could touch off a couple of patchy areas of freezing drizzle hour. afternoon. we keep the clouds around.

then more showers fire up by the cape and the islands as we head towards this evening and into the overnight. so as we go through the day today, really enjoy it. temperature s are going to warm up nicely. we'll see the upper 40's for highs. now let's turn our attention to the roads. good morning, kevin. kevin: thank you, danielle. we're off to a decent start early on here. mass pike pretty much wide open. we'll pick up the work crews overnight in the west newton stretch and in brighton. still picking up crews between the allston/brighton and route 93. let's go to the maps. we do have a minor trouble spot here up in woburn. it's 128 northbound picking up a minor crash by route 38. traffic seems to be getting by without any other troubles. routes 3, 93, 95 okay from new hampshire. if you're coming 93 southbound you've got those overnight work crews here out of somerville. that ex-tentdz right into the o'neill tunnel right in towards mass avenue. we also have work crews inside the callahan taking out a lane until 5:00 a.m. erika, good morning. erika: good morning, k.b. thanks. stories we're following right

a wild ride is under investigation in warwick, rhode island, after a public transit bus slams into a building. it happened around 7:15 last night on route 1. the bus hit a utility pole, then swerved across four lanes into an auto-parts store. nobody was seriously hurt. investigators are now looking into a possible medical episode. randy: police are looking for boston over a parking spot fight. this happened on nightingale street in dorchester yesterday. neighbors say two people got into a fight after one of them parked in a shoveled-out spot. the victim is expected to survive. investigators say the suspect is known to police but hasn't been arrested at this point. erika: investigators are trying to figure out exactly what sparked a stubborn fire at a quincy water treatment plant. firefighters staying through the night battling flames that have lasted more than 15 hours. randy: the eyeopener's doug meehan is live at the scene with the exhausting efforts. doug? doug: randy, erika, good morning, yes.

yesterday afternoon but was reignited later in the day and has yet to be extinguished. firefighters saying the flames are burning 100 feet below ground inside a massive duct system. and it's been a tough fight. that large underground space below the plant filled with water making it very difficult to get below. >> we can't get in to see whether it's isolated to one area, whether it's more spansive. we don't know. doug: it's not clear what triggered the blast, but one worker believes it may be connected to a fan that was on during routine maintenance. five employees spent the night in the hospital, treated for smoke inhalation. wastewater treatment was diverted to deer island while this situation is being handled. that's in a northerly direction from here. if we get any updates, we'll be sure to bring them to you live. live in quincy, doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. randy: right now red line riders

another morning of delays on the rails. the eye's sera congi is live in boston with the new report adding insult to injury. sera: randy, the delays this week caused by track work on the longfellow bridge. but a new report is shining a light on some chronic problems adding to daily frustration for commuters. officials say the mbta is now behind on about $1.5 billion in upgrades or fixes for red line trains, tracks, and signals. as we've reported, the line's on-time performance struggled to beat 75% last year. and that's not the only problem this new report is exposing. ridership on the mbta is up about 6% since 2008. but ridership on the red line specifically is up nearly 15%. the report found from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 on weekdays many stations attract more riders than the line can handle. the good news-- data shows the "t" did break down less often

time last year. live in downtown boston, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. randy: the "t" is spending more money to get the green line extension back on track. the agency approved contracts with three firms yesterday of up to $6 million. the firms will redesign the plan, which seeks to extend service to medford and somerville, and chip away at the $3 billion price tag. last month, the "t" cut ties with other firms after the $2 billion estimate ballooned. erika: commitment 2016. republican presidential front-runner donald trump is threatening to boycott thursday's fox news debate. after a highly-publicized altercation with moderator megyn kelley, trump has threatened to hold his own town hall event instead. that's as he ramps up efforts in new hampshire just two weeks from the primary there. less than two weeks really. he targeted opponents in farmington last night taking aim

being in the pocket of big money donors. the billionaire businessman telling the crowd that the same greed that made him wealthy will make this country strong. trump: my whole life has been about taking. now what am i going to do? i'm going to take and i'm going to be greedy for the united states of america. erika: trump will campaign in iowa tonight. randy: in the race between the democrats, a new poll shows hillary clinton's lead shrinking in iowa. with the caucuses less than a week away, clinton is just six points ahead of bernie sanders. martin o'malley trails far behind. the candidates all appeared at a town hall meeting with undecided voters in des moines last night. newscenter 5's phil lipof will be reporting live in iowa for the lead-up to the caucuses beginning thursday on newscenter 5 at 4:30 p.m. new concerns for women as a dangerous virus continues to spread. erika: the startling request from some governments to stop the outbreak. plus this.

i don't want to see anybody else get hurt like that. erika: an electronic cigarette explodes in a man's pocket. the injuries this morning. and the demand now for answers. randy: a match to remember. why a local wrestler says his first loss is actually a win. danielle: a mild warm-up today, but there is a chance for a spot shower or two. who could see that and the next

>> it was a win-win in my book actually. he won. i won. randy: a norton wrestling champ undefeated no more. answering the call to make another wrestler's wish come true. erika: and the match turned out to be a memorable one for both athletes. norton co-captain deven schuko stepped up to the challenge, taking on dighton-rehoboth legend andy howland. howland, who has special needs, had been looking forward to competing with top-ranked and he ended up winning! fanfare, but it was something to be remembered for those who were there. >> devon has natural respect for any wrestler such as andy. and i think devon just proved

do the right thing. erika: a recording of the match was posted on facebook and has since gone viral. really nice story. randy: win-win. erika: yeah. new fallout over those controversial planned parenthood videos. randy: the charges against the group that secretly recorded the meetings. looking for a "cool" place to

erika: welcome back. remember this? how could you forget! january 26 of 2015 was the beginning of our snow blitz. this was worcester one year ago in the aftermath of that storm. 24.6 inches was recorded at logan airport, making it one of the top 10 biggest snowstorms on record in boston. randy: as we've been watching what happened in the mid atlantic, we're thinking we've been there. danielle: been there done that. almost a year ago that been there done that. we didn't get as much snow this weekend as parts of the mid atlantic did. our snowfall to date is 11.4 inches so far in worcester. you saw that video last year.

they were up to 20.1 inches of snow. but on normal average we should be around 30.9 inches of snow in worcester. remember last season was 119 inches there and 105 inches in boston. obviously that was the sixth largest snowstorm we've seen in boston of all time. let's talk about what is going on right now and for this week. we are talking about the chance for some rain showers today. obviously in the form of rain as temperatures warm up especially this afternoon and this evening for the south coast and southeastern mass. we're dry tomorrow. but notice i put in a chance for some snow showers come thursday night into friday. and this is from a potential ocean storm. we're going to talk more about that one in just a second. let's talk about today first. we have this area of low pressure here you see. a cold front. you see some showers already out ahead of this associated with the warm frontal boundary. so this morning there could be one or two patchy areas of drizzle especially here in western mass near the berkshires. because we're right around freezing, it could be in the

please be careful out in western mass. other than that, we're waking up to some clouds and temperatures aren't so bad this morning. we're in the upper 20's in worcester. 30 in boston. but look at the cape. 37 in hyannis. 40 degrees right now on nantucket. let's see. as we go through the next 12 hours, say, on the south coast and the cape, we're going to warm up into the upper 40's and low 50's today. so you folks that got the most snow this weekend definitely a good day for some melting to happen as we reach 49 in boston, nantucket. the other thing you're going to notice today is those winds are going to be gusty out of the south and west at about 10-20 miles an hour. so here we go. here's that chance for that patchy drizzle this morning. but as we go through the afternoon, we're cloudy. here is that second chance for some showers, i think. it could be a little sooner than 9:00. i think we could see some around boston, say, 3:00 to 5:00, but by 9:00 they're at the cape and the islands. then they exit the region. we dry out for wednesday.

tomorrow we're back into the 40's and then we're watching that potential ocean storm. so let's talk all about this in the seven-day forecast. we're 41 degrees on wednesday. we're still breezy and kiehler. once we get towards thursday and friday, that's where we're going to watch that chance for snow showers or maybe even flurries if this doesn't link up at all. there's an upper disturbance that will move through. there's that ocean storm so we have to watch the timing. we're going to have to see if they actually link up. right now it looks like models are indicating they won't. however, he could see still see a couple of showers and flurries around because of that other disturbance up to the north. this track is going to be very critical. a shift in the models could mean we potentially see accumulating snow. right now it looks like just flurries or light snow showers we're looking at. either way, it's very progressive. it goes by quickly. this weekend looks pretty good. kevin: get the warm weather today and wash some of the snow away to prepare for more snow. the new england way.

area roadways, danielle. thank you very much. downtown they're picking up the work crews on 93 coming out of somerville and heading towards that zakim bridge. the callahan tunnel still has the left lane blocked inside. that should be out of the way before you get there if you're just leaving the house right now. a couple trouble spots early on. let's go on the maps. one of them is up in woburn. 128 northbound we've got a truck that went off the road here. off to the right. sounds like he's just in the break-down lane but traffic seems to be getting by without any trouble at all. no trouble on the upper end of 93, route 3, or 95 new hampshire. our other trouble spot, this one we could watch for the morning. southbound on the expressway we have a jack-knifed tractor trailer taking out the right lane and the breakdown lane. it's on the southbound side. as that traffic starts to heat up, you may be able to see it from the northbound side. that could real he jam things up here early on. that's your traffic. erika, back to you. erika: kevin, thank you. a criminal investigation in michigan over flint's growing water crisis. the state's top prosecutor is now expressing outrage that

the contaminated water. the attorney general's office says it may take steps to stop billing. high levels of lead have been detected in flint's water ever since officials switched from the municipal system to a local river to save money. the water has been unsafe for nearly two years. randy: it's 10 minutes before 5:00. new concern for health officials that the dangerous zika virus is spreading to north america. now south american governments are asking women to avoid pregnancy. the mosquito-borne virus is linked to birth defects and it's traveled to 21 countries and territories since may. the countries asking women to abstain from having kids. in el salvador, women are asked to avoid pregnancy until 2018. >> he was burned so badly, it was down into his flesh. erika: a new hampshire mother demanding answers after her son was injured by an electronic cigarette.

exploding in his pocket. matthew gilson suffered burns down his hands and legs. his recovery expected to take months. you can see the smoke here captured on surveillance where gilson works. he was taken to mass general with second- and third-degree burns. his mother admitting it could have been worse. >> if my grandson had been here and he had picked that up, it would have killed him. it would have killed him. erika: gilson's case is now under investigation. it comes just about a week after a somersworth, new hampshire, teen says he was burned when his e-cigarette exploded. randy: a look at your economy now. asian stocks plunge this morning, after a renewed slump in oil prices. that's keeping investors around the world on edge. the dow fell 208 points yesterday to close at 15,885. right now, stock futures are also down sharply at this hour. erika: cell phone giant sprint is chopping more jobs as it tries to cut costs and turn

the wireless provider notified employees at six customer service centers yesterday that it would be closing the stores or reducing staff there. sprint has cut 2,500 jobs since last fall. that's about 8% of its workforce. randy: trending stories now. the anti-abortion group that filmed planned parenthood employees allegedly discussing selling human organs has been indicted. a houston grand jury charged the center for medical progress with "tampering with a governmental record" although it's unclear which record was supposedly tampered with. the activists say the undercover videos showed planned parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue, a charge the organization denies. erika: evacuations in effect along the california coastline. here is why. take a look at this home dangling over a cliff in pacifica. part of the coast has crumbled there over the years, threatening several homes and businesses. randy: feeling adventurous? here's an air b-n-b listing for

right in the heart of the city. a group of roommates built an igloo in their yard and welcomed guests. it looks kind of cozy inside. the men say they spent three hours during the storm putting it together. unfortunately, air b-n-b removed the post but not before it went viral. erika: i bet people would stay there. i mean come on. it's an adventure. randy: inexpensive for new york. erika: a deal finally. all right. it is now 4:53. a violent outburst inside a court room. randy: the attack after a guilty then new on the eyeopener at a community coming together for a fallen hingham marine. the special tribute planned

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randy: good morning tuesday morning 4:55. we have your early news to go. erika: a second suspect goes to trial today in the murder of a stoneham army veteran. joseph puopolo was shot and killed more than two years ago. police say he was a bystander when a drug deal turned violent. jessie williams of medford will face murder charges today. another suspect, eugene tate, was sentenced in november to life in prison. a murder trial is set to get underway in salem today. cheng sun is one of two suspects accused of killing the owner of a chinese restaurant in ipswich five years ago. police say tony woo was beaten to death during an attempted robbery at the majestic dragon. randy: a whitman man is out on bail this morning after a case of road rage. police say bruce o'brien fired three shots at a plow driver in plymouth over the weekend. o'brien was trying to pass the plow but says the driver tried to run him off the road. so he claims he fired warning shots at the ground.

yesterday and surrendered his gun to police. a prosecutor attacked in a new mexico courtroom. surveillance captures a defendant shoving the prosecutor to the ground yesterday and punching him. the man had just been convicted of sexual assault. other deputies jumped into action to tackle the man. he could now face new charges. erika: the bruins head home tonight after an exciting win over the philadelphia flyers. the b's got on the board early with a power play goal from patrice bergeron. brad marchand added one of his own during a power play later in the first. but it's 2-2 with less than two minutes in the third. brett connolly with the tip in. b's win, 3-2. they take on the ducks tonight at 7:00. the celtics take on the wizards in washington, d.c. the wizards try to work some magic after the weather kept them from playing for five days. but they were no match for isaiah thomas. he had 23 points on the night, as the c's cruised to their third straight win. 116-91 the final. they host the denver nuggets tomorrow night.

you know what i mean? we're the best anyway regardless of whether we win or lose. >> i don't regret it at all. randy: no regrets from a confident patriots' fan over his latest ink. burke o'connell got the super bowl 50 champs tattoo on friday before the patriots loss in denver. the artist behind the tattoo says he went along with the plan because he has faith in the patriots, some of whom he's worked on. erika: that's a die-hard fan. i'm sure there's a way to change the 0 to a 1 next year. weekend. we cheer them on every year. let's talk about the weather though this morning. we're starting out with temperatures in the 20's and 30's. we're actually in for a pretty mild day overall. now. 41 on nantucket. as we go through the next 12 hours in boston, we're going to see these temperatures bump up

and near 50 degrees if not above in spots by the afternoon. one of the reasons why is we're going to have a gusty wind out of the south and west at about 10-20 miles an hour. that's associated with this area of low pressure you see here. already bringing in some rain showers and some freezing rain into parts of central new york. all of this is headed in our direction. so there could be a couple of hit-or-miss showers as we head through the afternoon and evening although we have a lot of dry air above us so not everyone is going to see that rain. but we're dry on wednesday. and then thursday and friday, we bump up the chance for some flurries or even some snow showers from an approaching system. let me show you this on the future cast. reinforcing shot of cold air comes in wednesday night into thursday. that sets up for next our system. we'll have this clipper system diving down. then we're watching this ocean storm. right now it looks like they're not going to link up so that would mean less in terms of snow, talking about maybe some flurries if anything at all. but if they were to link up, we