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"eyeopener." emily: bill cosby's wife forced to answer questions in his sex assault scandal. the showdown happening today in a massachusetts courtroom. a teenager dies violently in the confrontation causing confusion at the crime scene. criminal case in attleboro. what police say they found when they revived a man knocked out by chemicals. randy: new details on an accused mass-shooter. the job police say he worked in between killings. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's
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randy: 6:00 a.m. on this monday morning. also on the eye this morning. we're kicking off a series on fun new workout ideas. later this half hour, erika shows us the bollywood dance class that's really burning calories. emily: looking good. randy: she has a spring in her step there. good morning. thank you for joining us. emily: and i'm emily riemer with cindy fitzgibbon. what a glorious weekend we had. cindy: a lot of us had spring fever over the weekend. emily: what a way to end vacation week. cindy: heading back to school and back to work and back to reality today. out at the bus stop this morning , you may want a jacket. temperatures either side of the freezing mark out there but clouds are breaking. lots of sunshine as the kids are afternoon. you'll notice that temperature only around 40 degrees. after the 60-degree weather we had on saturday. certainly more seasonal. you can see the clouds across now. we have the last of the showers that impacted the south coast, overnight. these are exiting now off shore
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giving us a northerly wind draining down some of that colder air from canada. so although we are sitting at 34 degrees in boston right now and closer 240 on the cape, we've worcester. some 20's orange to keene. beverly you're 29 as well. so temperatures falling a little bit this morning with those sunshine. by noontime upper 30's topping out right around 40 degrees this afternoon with a light northerly wind. at about 5-10 miles per hour. of the week. we've got some storminess coming in midweek. more on that just ahead. let's get you out to the roads this morning. at least they're dry as we head back to work and school. olessa: yes, they are. that volume is starting to pick up just a bit. here's a live look at route 1 in saugus. southbound here moving to the top of the screen. let's get to the maps and see the rest of your ride. south of town just cleared a car fire here. this is 95 northbound side by mechanic street in sharon. we had one lane closed but that is all cleared. the expressway is heavy also slow into the braintree split and then once you get there a half-hour from braintree to boston. the pike east still only about
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495 to 128. and then a little bit of volume 93 south out of methuen. down through andover looking good through wilmington passing 128 and then more delays approaching the leverett connector. trains and buses still running on schedule. emily, randy. randy: thank you. bill cosby's wife is preparing to face some tough questions in massachusetts. emily: that's despite some last-minute moves to stop this appearance. the eyeopener's frank holland is live in springfield with what we can expect today. frank: camille cosby is expected to answer questions under oath right here at the springfield marriott in the suit that accuses her husband of sexually assaulting seven women decades ago. something her lawyer fought hard to prevent from happening. all weekend, lawyers for the 71-year-old fought to try and postpone this deposition. this is civil lawsuit. the alleged victims claim bill cosby defamed them by denying their sex assault allegations. but his wife's lawyers argue she has had no involvement in the facts or allegations involved in the case. writing in an emergency motion late saturday night, lawyers
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would serve, quote, "no purpose other than to harass and embarrass her." the judge denied that motion ruling that the deposition will go forward at 9:30 this morning. we'll be here and bring you information as we get it. live in springfield, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. randy: breaking overnight, a 16-year-old has died after he was stabbed in dorchester. it happened yesterday afternoon at columbia road and devon street. police responded to a call for a person shot but found the boy had been stabbed. he was taken to boston medical center where he died late sunday night. one person is in custody, but no formal charges have been filed. right now an elementary school in millis is shut down closed for the next two days because of air quality concerns. the superintendent alerted parents test results found concerns in two parts of the clyde brown elementary school building. a safety team will now meet with state officials to determine what happens next.
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man is preparing to face a judge today, accused of running a meth lab out of his home. the bust happening during a well-being check. police arrested robert acheson sunday after a case worker found him passed out in his apartment on knight avenue. firefighters say fumes from a chemical spill knocked him out. he was alert and sitting outside when police arrived and allegedly became agitated when they tried to get inside to lock up. that's when officers found the lab. >> it's extremely volatile, the products involved. if the so-called cooker doesn't know what he's doing, it could cause a tumultuous explosion. emily: the street was shut down, and two other homes were evacuated as police spent hours yesterday removing evidence. the man accused of setting off a shelter-in-place order last week at u-mass amherst will go before a judge today. police say 19-year-old william mckeown attacked a student inside a dorm on thursday night. witnesses reported seeing a gun, so police issued the campus-wide alert.
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friday. investigators are still searching for a second suspect. randy: grief and confusion as we learn new details about a man accused of going on a random shooting rampage. in just hours that suspect will face a judge for the first time. the eyeopener's erika tarantal is tracking developments including the link to a popular rideshare service. erika: that's right. that accused shooter is an uber driver and former insurance adjuster who police say had no criminal history. in fact, those who know 45-year-old jason dalton describe him as a family man, a father of two, who never showed signs of violence. but police saying he was behind that hours-long rampage saturday that left six innocent people dead and two hurt. the victims apparently chosen at random, shot in three separate locations. now investigators are working to determine whether dalton accepted at least one fare during the rampage.
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before it all began. >> we were kind of driving through medians, driving through lawns, speeding along. and then finally once he came to a stop, i jumped out of the car and ran away. erika: dalton was arrested early sunday when he was spotted by an officer driving out of a bar parking lot. a semi-automatic handgun was found in his car. randy: this week prosecutors will ask a court to send a notorious murder suspect back to prison. michael skakel was convicted in the 1975 murder of his greenwich, connecticut, neighbor martha moxley in 2002. but he was set free in 2013 after a judge ordered a new trial saying his lawyer should have argued his brother could have been responsible for the crime. skakel is the nephew of ethel kennedy. emily: today, governor charlie baker will be at the white house. baker and other governors will have a private meeting with the president this morning. he's in washington taking part in winter meetings of the national governors' association.
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by a news conference. commitment 2016. a new poll gives donald trump a commanding lead in massachusetts. trump has 50% in the new emerson college poll. that's 34 points ahead of marco rubio, 37 points ahead of john kasich. on the democratic side, a dead heat. hillary clinton and bernie sanders each have 46%. massachusetts votes on super tuesday, march 1. sanders will be headed to massachusetts today. he'll hold a rally at u-mass amherst. sanders arrived in south a prominent african-american church. democrats in that state hold their primary on saturday. hillary clinton is scheduled to attend fundraisers in california today. most of the remaining republican field is converging on las vegas today. donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, and ben carson will all campaign there. that's ahead of tomorrow's the latest polls show trump ahead of rubio and cruz in that state with john kasich and ben
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digits. randy: the red sox are expecting some new arrivals at spring training today. but one sox slugger isn't exactly giving fans what they want to see. sportscenter5's mike lynch is in fort myers with the team. mike: hi, everybody. good morning from jet blue park. yesterday was a very eventful morning. the panda bear pablo sandoval arrived in camp. he opened a lot of eyes. when last seen last fall, we were all under the impression that he was ordered to lose some weight. when we asked him about that, that kind of surprised him. >> i don't weigh in at all. i just do my work. i do everything i can out there. i don't weigh-in at all off season. i just try to get better. being in a better position. like i say, being an athlete. mike: did anybody from the team talk to you about weight or ask you to lose weight? >> no, nobody from the team. mike: folks are still awaiting the arrival of big papi david ortiz not scheduled to be here
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that's the story from fort myers. i'm mike lynch, sportscenter 5. randy: lynchie will be at spring training through thursday with live reports every night starting on newscenter 5 at 4:30 p.m. emily: it is 6:10 right now. pope francis making a plea to randy: the practice he wants to see suspended for an entire year. level in years, but how long experts weigh in on what drivers should expect. emily: dancing your way to erika shows us the class making fitness fun. cindy? cindy: and it is going to be a little bit colder today than what the weekend was all about. but there are two storms in the forecast this week. the double dose of messy weather coming for the middle of the week ahead. first take a look at the temperatures as you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. we are still above the freezing mark in boston and plymouth. but have just dropped below that
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>> good morning, "eyeopener." randy: all right. good morning to everyone at optim in sturbridge. they make a pretty high-tech product that's fighting crime and saving lives. emily: doug meehan has made in mass tonight on newscenter 5 at 7:00. check it out.
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wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section of our website. olessa: we want more weather like this past weekend. cindy: by april, you'll be in luck. when it's actually spring. 60 degrees on saturday. olessa: unbelievable snibd not happening today. but we have this. that's the moon. it's about to set. it is the full snow moon. it will be coming back up. the fact that we can see it is the indication that the clouds are breaking across the area. look at the temperatures this weekend. officially 60 in boston. some of the suburbs got higher than that. 53 yesterday. that is not happening today. notice our winds now. they're light. there won't be a lot of wind today but it's coming out of the north. that northerly wind is draining down this air from quebec where it's only in the single digits right now so you get the idea. that colder air working on in as high pressure noses in. the skies will be clearing out. the storm brought a few hundredths of an inch of rain to
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now it is exiting. those clouds are still lingering. you can see where the clouds are starting to break up a little bit more. northern woos ster county, southern new hampshire. we are in the upper 20's to the lower 30's. 34 right now in boston. mid to upper 30's from the south shore down to the cape. temperatures hold pretty close to 40 degrees this afternoon under lots of sunshine. and that light northerly wind at about 5-10. now tonight we're mainly clear. lows. a cold start tomorrow morning. but we start out with some sunshine. more of a northeastly wind. that is going to bring in clouds off the ocean and then thicker clouds by tomorrow evening coming up from the south. by midnight some snow spreading in to the area. i think it will quickly change over to rain near the coast and south of boston but it may linger a little bit longer before turning to ice south ward of 495. tuesday night into wednesday morning, a little coating of snow to change over to rain here right along the coastline. this is just the first system coming on in. this one is the weaker of the two. the second storm system coming
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to come in wednesday night into thursday morning. and that one is loaded with moisture. because it's tracking to our west, we're going to see rain out of this one. that rain gets very heavy here as we head toward wednesday night and the first half of thursday. so thursday morning's commute is going to feature some downpours likely some poor drainage flooding, ponding of the water on the roads. it looks very wet on thursday. one, maybe two inches of rain. in addition to that we'll have strong southerly winds. that will push the temperatures up into the 50's on thursday but we could gust over 50 miles per hour. wild weather coming in here for the middle of the week. and then it does get quieter and colder next weekend. olessa: thank you, cindy. so far a quiet start on the roads. southbound side in saugus move to go the top of the screen. you can see the traffic getting by with just a little bit of volume starting to build. let's see the rest of your ride as you head south of town watching one accident early this morning. this crash right here route 3 nowfned by bergen park way. you have delays approaching the braintree split. once you get there, it's going to be about a half-hour trip up
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the pike is still quiet this morning. 15-minute ride 495 to 128. 93 south still looks good out of methuen. a little bit of volume does pick up near concord street and down to spot pond. more delays approaching the leverett connector. trains and buses still on schedule. randy. randy: thank you. 18 people are now confirmed dead after a cyclone strikes fiji. this is aftermath of that deadly storm this weekend. authorities are still having trouble communicating with some islands, one of which suffered the worst damage. more than 6,000 people across fiji are now staying in emergency shelters. pope francis issuing a call to all catholic leaders asking them to place a one-year moratorium on the death penalty. these are government leaders he's addressing here. during his sunday audience in proposed they suspend the practice during the holy year of that push for forgiveness runs through november. pope francis also appealed to
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consider working to eliminate the death penalty. emily: your economy headlines this monday. asian stocks were mostly higher overnight as investors keep an eye on meetings this week on the global economy. right now u.s. stock futures are higher. this week investors will be watching for new data on home sales. gas prices are now at their lowest level in more than seven years. a new lundberg survey finds a gallon of regular is now selling on average for $1.77. that's the lowest price since december 19, 2008, when it was roughly $1.66 per gallon. but the survey also says prices should start heading back up soon. new this morning. not much rivals the joy of a bollywood dance number. but it may also bring some energy and fun into your fitness routine. randy: erika is back with how you can learn some moves and get fit at the same time. erika: i volunteered actually.
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it's a little embarrassing. i'm not that coordinated. the music gets you moving. the choreography just makes you smile. inspired by the movie industry in india comes a fitness class called bolly-x. if you've ever seen a bollywood movie, you know a requirement is a scene like this-- well, minus one uncoordinated news reporter. i'm so bad. the shame. luckily this is a "no judgment" zone. >> i started off feeling really inhibited. i just started coming out having more fun with it, and with bolly-x that's the whole aspect of it. that it's so much fun, you don't realize this is an exercise class. >> i love that dance has brought people who would never go to the gym into the gym. they don't even realize they're burning all these calories. erika: long-time bolly-xers report results.
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the class very easily. the steps are very simple. it's high intensity. around boston, slots that used to draw five people now draw up party. singing and shouting the songs. it literally just clears your mind. it's amazing. erika: it was doing the feet and the hands that had me. we picked the best parts. that class was at the dance complex in cambridge. classes are also offered in a host of other spots including somerville, boston, braintree, brookline and more. check it out. randy: thank you, erika. tomorrow morning, hitting the treadmill in a whole new way. erika is going to be checking out a class that can add to your winter running routine. emily: the president and first lady have had a lot of special guests but never any like this woman. the 106-year-old who got them moving.
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a house party near bridgewater state university ends in dozens of arrests. the bust that had people diving out of windows. emily: left with no time to react. the mishap landing one woman in the path of a speeding train. doug? doug: the naacp getting involved in the racial tensions at boston latin school. the demand they're making this
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cindy: 6:24 now on your monday morning as we head back to work and school. these are live pictures over worcester where there are clouds from the overnight binning to break apart. the sun is up around 6:30 this morning. we're going to see a lot of it today. you can see the last of those showers that move through the south coast and the cape. they are exiting, and the temperatures are starting out the other side of freezing. it's a little colder north and west of town. upper 20's. 31 right now worcester. 34 in boston. close to the 40's on the cape. we will see those skies clear out. sunny and more seasonal today. not those 50's and 60's from the weekend. we're near 40 today. the sun will be fading tomorrow as the clouds come in. a little burst of snow changing to ice and rain early wednesday could make it a little bit slippery for the wednesday
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randy randy: a pair of twins from california beat the odds. they're millionaires after following some unusual advice from their mom. it all started when lisa toton spotted a yellow lady bug on her windshield. she took that as a sign. so she stopped at a convenience store to pick up lottery tickets for her and her twin sister. they've been buying them together for years, carefully following their mother's advice to find a store with a light out. they found one and bought a ticket. and they hit a $6 million jackpot. >> you think like angels will be singing and all this cool stuff is going to happen. randy: the twins are going to split the winnings 60/40. the twin who bought the ticket getting 60 percent. how fair is that?
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6:25 this morning. time for your monday eyepoppers. olessa: and this one really speaks to me for a couple of reasons. you want a snack but you just can't make it happen. this dog certainly gets an "a" for effort spinning that chair as he tries to snag the delicious items just out of his reach. so close. but the spinning chair just keeps foiling his plans. emily: poor guy. olessa: so close. maybe next time. president: show me that. olessa: busting a move with the president. mr. obama and first lady michelle hosted 106-year-old virginia mclauren yesterday. and she taught them a few things about moving. mclauren has always wanted to visit the white house. she was invited to take part in black history month celebrations. i mean that's a secret to staying young, i guess. let me do my moves. randy: very cute. getting married at 35,000 feet. how the midair wedding made dreams come true for more than
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and new this morning. the feds ordering a cleanup of the charles river. the concern that could
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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: under fire over her husband's sex scandal. bill cosby's wife faces critical questioning.
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that couldn't stop this high-profile proceeding. kelley: alcohol, stolen highway signs, and safety hazards. the wild party that will land dozens of people in court. emily: an uber driver due in court charged in a deadly and random shooting spree. the big question investigators still need to answer. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: 6:30 monday morning. looking out across the waterfront here. a nice sky. always a fantastic weekend. good morning. i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily riemer along with cindy and olessa. tough to get back into the routine this monday after that weekend. cindy: you're back at it. kind of back to reality temperaturewise. so, yeah, you're going to need the jacket. the winter one not the spring one. clouds breaking out there this morning. we're pretty close to freezing mark out at the bus stop. getting off the bus this afternoon just around 40 degrees
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expected today. we had a storm pass by to our south overnight. it did bring a little bit of rain, the south coast, the cape and the islands. that is now off shore. those clouds are in the process of breaking up. high pressure is nosing in clearing us out. colder air is being drawn down out of quebec. look at the temperatures in the single digits. it won't be as warm as its was over the weekend. 31 worcester. 34 in boston. closer to 40 on the cape. look at the 20's showing up. orange back to keene. beverly you're 29 degrees right now. so we will see those temperatures hold fairly steady the next few hours. notice by lunchtime upper 30's topping out with the sunshine right around 40 degrees in most areas today. average high this time of year though is around 40 degrees. so it is is seasonal today. today is the brightest day of the week. we have stormy weather coming in midweek. we'll talk more about that coming up. let's get you out to the roads and see how we're looking out there. getting busy. olessa: here's a check by allston/brighton. that's eastbound moving to the top of the screen. no frob premiers in this area here.
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south of town. watching pretty heavy delays split. there's also a crash on route 3 northbound by burgen park way. once you get past that accident 30-35 on the expressway braintree to boston. complaints. 128. and then 93 southbound looks good out of methuen. concord street. it will be stop-and-go down to the leverett connector. schedule. randy: breaking overnight. a 16-year-old found stabbed on a it happened sunday afternoon at columbia road and devon street in dorchester. police say one person is custody, but no formal charges have been filed. right now bill cosby's wife is preparing to answer tough questions in massachusetts. seven women are suing the comedian for defamation claiming he sexually assaulted them decades ago. lawyers for camille cosby have been fighting to prevent her from being deposed in the civil suit. the uber driver accused of shooting eight people at random
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michigan, is due in court today. six of those victims died. police have not released a motive for the shootings. emily: this morning dozens of people are facing charges accused in an underage drinking party that got out of control. the eye's kelley tuthill is live outside brockton district court where some of them will go before a judge today. kelley: 41 people arrested in total. with that many involved, we're only expecting to see a handful here in court this morning. the party took place overnight saturday at this home on maple ave. it's just a few blocks from bridgewater state university. officers arrived and immediately called campus police for backup as people started climbing out first-story windows. inside, officers found a large amount of alcohol and several safety hazards. >> the place is always a mess. it's always a mess. there's beer cans and bottles. what you're looking at right there right now is the norm. they actually cleaned it up a little bit. kelley: the building commissioner deemed the house unsafe to live in because of the lack of smoke and carbon
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charges stemming from the party include underage drinking, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace. live in brockton, kelley tuthill, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: right now investigators are trying to figure out exactly how this car wound up in the path of an amtrak train in andover. the driver walking away without a scratch. but she says there was no warning. cora harder was midway across the tracks yesterday morning when she says the gate in front of her suddenly came down. the train barreling toward her at 60 miles per hour. that left her no time to react. >> i looked at the signals. they were not flashing. i didn't even have time to get out of the car. the train just, boom! emily: the mbta is now investigating if there was a malfunction on the tracks. randy: new this morning there are new calls for the head of a prestigious boston school to step down. the eyeopener's doug meehan is live at boston latin with how the naacp is now getting involved.
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group wants the headmaster here fired over how the school handled a series of racially charged incidents. the local chapter of the naacp held a five-hour meeting yesterday to review a new report that found the administration handled all incidents appropriately with the exception of a 2014 threat. one student called another a racial slur and referenced lynching. speaking about lynne mooney teta, boston naacp president michael curry tells "the globe," "we no longer have faith that she can act in a way that is in the best interest of the students at boston latin particularly when it comes to safety." a spokesman for boston public schools says the superintendent plans to meet with the naacp to discuss their concerns. we're live in boston, doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. the federal government is ordering a cleanup of the charles river. new regulations this year will require the 260 communities that
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watershed to help remove some of the phosphorous that washes into it every year. environmental advocates say it will help reduce flooding, droughts, and pollution. but taxpayers are concerned they will foot much of the bill. a troubling new report on diversity in entertainment. emily: the findings that could add to public outcry ahead of the oscars. and a wedding celebrates more than the love of a couple. the mid-air ceremony celebrating the bond between mother and daughter. randy: and ahead in news to go, espn reporter erin andrews goes to court today. how she says a hotel made her
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provided by luna. olessa: good morning. welcome back to the "eyeopener." a live look outside. here is route 1 in saugus. the southbound side heading to the top of the screen. those delays are in full force as that rush hour picks up for our monday morning. luckily, no major issues to report. cindy, some sunshine out there. cindy: you're going to need the sunglasses. solar glare all day long. the wind is more from the north. no 50's and 60's today like you saw over the weekend. certainly going to be more seasonal. highs around 40 degrees under the sunshine this afternoon. temperatures are going to be going up toward the middle of the week.
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with some stormy weather. a little snow changing to ice and rain for the wednesday morning commute looks like heavy downpours for that thursday morning commute. >> the youtube tube videos were up before we even landed. emily: a washington couple's wedding photos going viral this morning. love was in the air for the newlyweds as they said "i do," 35,000 feet up. kristy and jim larsen wanted to make the ceremony memorable for kristy's mother who is dying of cancer. kristy is a flight attendant for alaska airlines, and her mother has always wanted to see where she works. she also wanted to travel to see where kristy lived. her third wish, to see kristy marry the man she loves. so the couple made all three wishes come true, all at once. >> my mother is the world to me. anything to make my mom happy. emily: the couple said the mid-flight wedding is something many people, including them, will never forget. randy: bill cosby's wife under oath in her husband's sex scandal. the questions headed her way
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her attorneys. and a new bill could protect animals and pet owners. the new idea hitting the state house. as we look out across the area, the sunrise here on this monday we're living in a very
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emily: it is 6:43. the "eyeopener" team ready with
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we're following developments from that shooting spree in michigan. randy: cindy is here with the forecast after a fantastic week. people were swimming in maine. how nice was that. emily: that's a little much. cindy: here's a reality check for you. average high is 40 this time of year. that's about where we're headed this afternoon. so back to reality but look at the temperatures after a little dip down tomorrow. we are jumping back into the 50's here by thursday but that will come in with a wind-swept soaking rain. 31 in worcester. 34 in boston. we are in the upper 20's beverly back to orange. we're at 26. notice from plymouth down to hyannis this morning, we're in the mid and upper 30's. skies are clearing out now. we had a little bit of rain through parts of the south coast, cape and the islands overnight. that is now exiting. as that storm pulls out we'll have a northerly wind with high pressure nosing in. yeah, it will become sunni today, but temperatures hold either side of 40 degrees which
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tonight we fall back into the teens and 20's, but the skies are mainly clear. we'll start out with sunshine tomorrow. a little more of a northeastly wind. that will first bring in clouds off the ocean. then more clouds come from the south and notice tomorrow evening into tomorrow night, we get a little burst of snow in here. this is is going to mix with and change to ice outside of 495. not expecting a lot. a coating to a couple of inches before that changeover. closer into boston i think it's just a coating of snow with a quick changeover to rain but a little bit messy here tuesday night into wednesday. and then notice temperatures on wednesday getting up into the lower 40's. that's just a system we're watching. the second one behind it will be loaded with moisture. that will bring in heavy rain, strong winds, could even be thunder with this. the timing on that wednesday night into the thursday morning commute. i guess peel take the dry weather out there this morning. let's get you out to the roads and see how we're looking out there. olessa: things got messy. a live look from sky 5. this is 128 by route 24.
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overturned truck here and two lanes are closed. a senior messy situation here for your commute. we'll keep you posted on that and let you know what happens. let's get over to the maps once again. i'll show you where that is going on 128. if you're traveling past route 24 on the northbound side, that's where that going on. we're also watching an accident route 3 north by bergen park way. beyond that just normal volume here 30-35 on the expressway. braintree to boston. the pike about 25 minutes 495 to 128 and more delays on 93 south mostly concord street down to the leverett connector. trains and buses doing okay. randy, emily. emily: thank you. the wife of bill cosby heads to court today to testify under oath. randy: the eyeopener's frank holland is live in springfield with what to expect. frank? frank: camille cosby is expected to answer questions under oath related to a civil suit against her famous comedian husband. that will be at the springfield marriott later on this morning. her attorneys fought all weekend to postpone the deposition for
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the alleged victims claim bill sexually assaulted them. his wife's lawyers say she had no involvement in the facts or allegations. they wrote an emergency motion on saturday night saying the deposition would serve, quote, "no purpose other than to harrass and embarrass her." the judge denied that motion. camille cosby's deposition is expected to start at 9:30. in springfield, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. kelley: 41 people arrested in total. with that many involved, we're only expected to see a handful here in court this morning. the party took place overnight saturday at this home on maple ave. it's just a few blocks from bridgewater state university. officers arrived and immediately called campus police for backup as people started climbing out first-story windows. inside, officers found a large amount of alcohol and several safety hazards. charges stemming from the party include underage drinking, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace. we're expecting at least some of the folks to be arraigned here at court a little bit later this
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tuthill, wcvb, newscenter 5. doug: boston leaders of the naacp want the head master here at boston latin school fired. after holding a five-hour meeting yesterday the board decided that lynne moony teta did not do enough to protect students in a series of racially charged incidents. they did find that the administration handled other incidents appropriately, that is with the exception of a 2014 threat. in that case one student called another a racial slur and referenced a lynching. the superintendent plans to meet with the civil rights group. we're live here in boston, doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: the uber driver accused in the shooting rampage in kalamazoo michigan over the weekend set to face a judge this morning. six people were killed and two others hurt in the hours-long spree. police say 45-year-old jason dalton opened fire at random in three locations. they say prior to this, he had no criminal history. neighbors describing the father of two as a family man who loved cars. investigators are now trying to determine whether dalton picked
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rampage. he was arrested when police spotted him pulling out of a bar parking lot. a semi-automatic handgun was found in his car. emily: breaking overnight a 16-year old is dead after he was stabbed in the chest in dorchester. right now, police say they have one person in custody, but that person has not been formally charged. the stabbing happened yesterday afternoon on columbia ave and devon street. the boy was taken to boston medical center where he died sunday night. randy: the man accused of setting off a shelter-in-place order last week at u-mass amherst will go before a judge today. police say 19-year-old william mckeown attacked a student inside a dorm on thursday night. witnesses reported seeing a gun, so police issued the campus-wide alert. mckeown surrendered on friday. investigators are still searching for a second suspect. emily: the cause of this raging fire in new hampshire is under
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flames destroyed the old abandoned building in goffstown yesterday. twelve towns responded to the three-alarm fire. there were several explosions inside. a neighboring restaurant was evacuated. it suffered smoke damage. randy: a sixteen-year-old is facing sexual assault and robbery charges in lawrence. police say he attacked the victim on rowe street early yesterday morning. he is now in custody. emily: a new bill targeting puppy mills in boston will be introduced today. city councilor matt o'mally wants to stop pet stores from selling dogs, cats, and other animals that they purchase from commercial breeders. o'mally says the vast majority of animals sold in pet stores come from large-scale breeding facilities, and many do not care randy: two people are expected in court today in connection with the discovery of a gun in a baby's bassinet. boston police officers, executing a search warrant, found the semi-automatic tucked under a pink blanket saturday. they also found heroin and cocaine in the dorchester home. pedro valdez and lasonia gathers
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if a lawsuit stemming from the sandy hook school massacre moves forward. lawyers for the company that made the rifle used to kill 20 students and six staff members are asking the judge to dismiss the suit. the parent company of bushmaster firearms says it's protected by a 2005 federal law that shields gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of products. families of victims say they're suing under an exception to the law. randy: some of the victims of the san bernardino shooting are taking action against apple for refusing to unlock the shooter's cellphone. those victims are expected to file a legal brief in support of the government's demand for apple to create a so-called "back-door" to hack its own devices. a lawyer for those victims tells reuters that they have a right to the information in the phone if it helps them learn why they were targeted. emily: a megabus explodes on a highway in illinois.
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it was carrying 40 passengers yesterday headed to minneapolis just minutes befority rupted in flames. everyone managed to get off the bus before the explosion. the cause of that fire is unknown. randy: sports reporter and "dancing with the stars" host erin andrews heads to the courtroom today. andrews is suing a nashville hotel for negligence in a 2008 incident. she claims the marriott at vanderbilt university allowed another guest to rig peepholes to her room and film her changing. the man involved was arrested in 2009 and pleaded guilty. emily: a new study set to be released today is finding a significant lack of diversity in hollywood. researchers at the university of southern california say their findings show that films and t.v. shows produced by major media companies are, quote, "whitewashed." the study points out that women, minorities, and lgbt people are essentially "invisible." ten major media companies
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a failing grade. randy: a new play is set to premiere in boston this week, based on the tragic fire at the coconut grove nightclub. nearly 500 people died and hundreds of others suffered serious injuries during the inferno in 1942, marking one of the most traumatic events in boston's history. perrformances will begin wednesday at the boston center for the arts plaza theatre. emily: the celtics playing out in denver last night, dominating over the nuggets. isaiah thomas taking the lead with a team high 22 points. denver at halftime rallied in the third, but that fizzled out quickly. marcus smart coming off the bench with a steal. jae crowder takes it in for the dunk. celtics beat denver 121-101. they're in minnesota tonight. the red sox are expecting some new arrivals at spring training today, and sportscenter 5's mike lynch is right there with them. look for his live reports every night starting on newscenter 5 at 4:30 p.m. and right here on
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thursday. randy: we want to know your good news. send us your video and pictures of people making a difference in your community. you can share them on the wcvb facebook page or e-mail them to u-local at wcvb.com. we'll share them here each night on newscenter 5 at 7:00. if we use a story you send us, we'll send you a channel 5 hat. so little something in return. emily: olessa, we have a mess right there. here on 128. this is in randolph. you can see this overturned truck here with two lanes shut down. this is on northbound side of 128 and as you can see there are only left lane is getting by at this point. sky 5 over the scene for us. here is the back-up getting into is that accident scene. bumper-to-bumper ride for you all the way back to expressway. you want to plan accordingly if you're heading toward that accident scene. this is all happening on 128 northbound side by route 24. and just the right lane. the left lane is squeezing by.
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route 3 north by bergen park way. expressway 30-35 braintree to boston. the pike now about 25 minutes 495 to 128. and then delays on 93 south picking up near wilmington at 125. going to stay heavy all the way down to the leverett connector. the trains and the buses are running on schedule. a little bit of sun glary out there this morning. cindy: nice sunshine out there right now. this is a live look over boston. it is a quiet start to the week but it's going to get more active and more complicated as the week wears on. 34 degrees in boston right now but notice that wind is more out of the north this morning. it's going to bring down some colder air. it won't be as warm as it was over the weekend. 31 worcester. 20's showing up around orange. we're in the upper 30's on the cape. the temperatures don't change a whole lot today despite the sunshine we're going to have throughout the day. it's only in the upper 30's by lunchtime. and we'll hold around 40 degrees so just seasonal here through the afternoon with the light winds out of the north at 5-10. we have high pressure nosing out of canada. that's clearing us out giving us the sunshine. we'll stay clear tonight.
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teens and 20's by tomorrow morning. we'll start out with sunshine tomorrow but first we bring in clouds off the ocean. then more clouds start to come in from the south late in the afternoon. and look at this by midnight, some snow spreading in tomorrow night. this is going to be with us through the wednesday morning commute but that snow is going to quickly change over to rain inside of 495. outside of 495 we might get a coating to a couple of inches of snow. then a change to some freezing rain. that is one system coming at us. but there is another one behind it. and this second one is going to come in wednesday night into thursday. and that one is loaded with moisture. so as we go through wednesday, we are going to see this next system approach so that by wednesday night into thursday we're getting a slug of heavier rain as this storm goes to our west. the temperatures surge up. strong southerly winds could gust over 50 miles per hour. we're talking about one to maybe two inches of rain with this system. it will wind down later thursday. look at those temperatures. in the mid 50's on thursday. and then behind that system,
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slowly turning coldary as we get into next weekend. the spring-like fling we had. it is just that. a fling. temperatures trending down the next couple of days. emily: 65 on thursday. cindy: well, no. emily: thanks, cindy.
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good morning, america. donald trump on a roll. >> we won with everything. tall people, short people, fat people, skinny people. just won. >> the gop front-runner celebrates big back-to-back wins now all eyes on the nevada, the next vote casts tomorrow. can marco rubio and ted cruz stop his momentum. the uber driver accuseded of killing six people. reportedly picking up fares during the rampage. now those passengers are speaking out. >> we were driving through median sfls and uber is responding to the attack. amazing escape.

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