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"eyeopener." doug: good morning, everybody. sunday morning, february 28. i'm doug meehan. karen: and i'm karen anderson in for antoinette antonio. we know she's watching this morning along with this little guy. this is why she's off. meet baby greyson, born yesterday morning. doug: she says everybody is healthy, feeling amazing. a little tuckered out. but still feeling great. and my goodness, what a good-looking young man he is. already! danielle: i got to see him yesterday, guys. he is even more handsome in person. just saying. he was born during the "eyeopener," too. he likes our show. i'm just telling you. our first fan. let's talk about what is behind me. can you see this? this is a gorgeous sunrise shot out there. this is over winthrop this morning. wow! take a look at these reds and pinks out there. please take a picture, tweet, facebook it to me. it's just a gorgeous shot. i do want to talk about these current temperatures though in the 30's. 38 in boston.

41 already on nantucket. so it's a mild start out there. we have a strong wind out of the south and west today. anywhere from 10-20 miles per hour sustained. and that's going to be a warming wind. so by lunchtime, upper 40's, low 50's by 2:00. maybe a few mid 50's in the forecast. having clouds around this morning but seeing a lot more sunshine through the afternoon. with these really warm temperatures. it's going to be a mild start to your workweek but of course with that comes a chance for some rain. doug? danielle: we have breaking news overnight. a home up in flames. two-alarm fire. this happening in marblehead. flames shooting from the upper floors of this willow road home. the owner was able to get his wife and two kids out of the house t good thing about this story is nobody was rossered right now law enforcement around the nation mourning the loss of a fallen officer. she was killed in a shooting karen: the eyeopener's frank

developments overnigh. frank? frank: doug and karen, that officer was shot and killed while responding to a domestic-violence call. more than a hundred patrol cars lined the roads outside a northern virginia hospital early this morning as a somber escort for the body. the prince william county police department identifying that officer as ashley guindon. she had just been sworn in to the department on friday and was on her very first shift on saturday when she was shot. two other officers were also shot and injured responding to that call. police say the suspect in the shooting was arrested. the attorney for the prince william county has authorized a capital murder charge, along with other counts, against the suspect. he has not been identified but police say he is a military he's expected to be arraigned tomorrow. karen: right now a pepperell teen is under arrest, accused of stabbing a 19-year-old man multiple times. it happened yesterday during a house party in dunstable. the victim was flown to beth israel in boston where he underwent emergency surgery. 18-year-old aaron fox allegedly

arrested. he is expected in court tomorrow, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. doug: right now, four men are under arrest in connection with breaking and entering in bedford. our juli mcdonald has more on the evidence that police say could tie these suspects to a series of crimes. >> he looked out his window and saw someone breaking in the window. juli: a bedford neighbor saved the day calling 911 as he witnesses a break-in on fletcher road. it all started just before noon friday. this black jeep pulled up with four men inside. >> the gentlemen got out, made an entry through the window, opened the front door. two other gentlemen got out of the car and entered the home. juli: fletcher road is practically across from the police station. officers responded within minutes. they arrested these four men from quincy in boston, but this case was far from over. inside the car police found a notebook that could link them to more than a dozen other crimes throughout new england--

communities. communities, they were juli: the suspects had tools with them but no weapons. they weren't able to steal anything this time, bedford police credit that neighbor and urge everyone if you see something, say something. >> if you see your neighborhood a thousand times and the pictures stay a same. when you come some nights if there's something you don't recognize or a dog in your yard unusual. bail. the fourth is still being held here. they will all be arraigned at concord district court on monday. in bedford, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. karen: commitment 2016, and a crucial victory for hillary clinton in the south carolina democratic primary. overwhelming support from black voters key as she defeated bernie sanders by a wide margin. clinton gaining delegates and momentum. bernie sanders insisting the nomination process is far from over. the senator whose only victory so far has been in new hampshire says his campaign is just

>> big win here in south carolina likely means a big win in those southern states on super tuesday. bernie sanders can continue to win some states but if he doesn't win decisively, it will be nearly impossible for him to catch up. karen: both candidates are looking ahead to the remaining races. all of the presidential hopefuls will be out on the trail today with campaign stops in several key states. massachusetts among those states and hillary clinton getting some help this weekend from senator ed markey. along with the american federation of teachers, he led a group of volunteers and supporters in lynn yesterday, knocking on doors and stumping for clinton. both clinton and sanders will be in massachusetts tomorrow. she has stops planned in springfield and boston. sanders also has a boston rally in the evening. doug: on the republican sides, rivals ted cruz and marco rubio stepping up the attacks against frontrunner donald trump and targeting his reluctance to release tax information. both cruz and rubio released summaries of their tax returns last night. cruz speculating that trump

exaggerations about his wealth or the support of left-leaning groups. trump says he has not released his tax filings because he is being audited and will do so once the process is complete. investor warren buffett says the united states's economy is in better shape than the presidential candidates make it seem. buffett releasing his annual letter to berkshire hathaway shareholders yesterday. the billionaire investor writing that any baby born in the country today will live better than their parents. he notes that the country needs to make sure it has a solid safety net to help people who today. the united food and commercial workers union contract with the supermarket chain expired at midnight, and a strike was expected today. but the union that represents stop & shop workers in connecticut decided to stay at the bargaining table and continue to negotiate. a company spokesman says they

reached. doug: right now confusion in maynard over a vital resource. residents are being told there's a high level of some chemicals in the water supply, but town leaders say it's not an urgent threat. newscenter 5's pam cross explains why residents are concerned. >> the drinking water in maynard is safe to drink. pam: maynard town leaders say t.t.h.m.'s were detected in one of four water samples in december. they're working with the state. >> we got that information sometime in january. we have 90 days to come up with a remediation plan. pam: tuesday this week the state said the town had ten days to notify residents. they posted a message on the maynard website friday and sent notices which should arrive this week. >> we're very upset. pam: nate markey and his wife laura, who are expecting their baby in days, saw a link to the town's message on facebook. it states pregnant women, infants, and women of child-bearing age may be more at risk to the effects of t.t.h.m.'s over time. >> there's been correlations to bladder cancer over long-term

in the first trimester, stillborn birth. some birth defects. pam: the standards is 80 parts ber billion. is 80 parts ber billion. in maynard it was 89. in other parts of the world, 100. but the couple wishes they knew about it earlier when the elevated levels were first detected. there's not a lot that we can do that changes how it affects us. and hopefully there won't be any impact. pam: the town used a reverse 911 call system to notify residents and businesses. maynard will begin flushing water lines to get rid of the organic build-up. they also plan to conduct their own water tests on monday. i'm pam cross, wcvb, newscenter 5. doug: pam, thank you very much. 6:09 on this sunday morning. hackers targeting a large university. karen: the data breach that could have an impact on 80,000 people. three middle school girls in florida are charged with trying to poison their teacher. what they allegedly put in her drink.

campus. the warning and the potentially lucky break for students. but along with it a chance of i'll have a timeline on the

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karen: to your health this morning. frank is back with the new medical concerns on a local college campus. frank: school officials are warning students of a mumps outbreak at saint anselm college in manchester, new hampshire. there are two confirmed cases and three pending. all of them are players on the men's hockey team. symptoms of the virus include fever, severe headache, sore throat, and vomiting. while nearly all college students are vaccinated for mumps, the vaccine is only 88 percent effective so it's still possible to get sick. any future cases are expected to be mild, but doctors want to be proactive to protect those who are more vulnerable on campus. >> we do want to prevent this from spreading to other individuals who may not being totally immune, people who may not be able to get the vaccine. that includes pregnant women or people compromised which can result in more serious infection. frank: some good news. saint a's students are now off campus for spring break. typically the mumps incubation is 25 days, so the school is in that window now which does help

i really hope nobody is spending their spring break with the mumps. karen: danielle and doug. doug: guys, thank you very much. hello. how about that? danielle: you have to soak this in. doug: it's great. even the birds are loving it. danielle: they're flying by right now. cue the birds. doug: they say it's good luck. danielle: that is very true. you know, it's a red sky. gorgeous sunrise. doug: should we take warning. danielle: we should take warning. if you look at that forecast there is a chance for some showers and some rain. beginning on monday. also on tuesday night in through wednesday heavy, steady rain. that rain could actually turn over to some snow at the tail end for you folks very far north and we have. we're going to talk more about that in just a second. with that rain on monday it's coming from this area of low pressure you see here and this cold front back here to the west. so all this activity headed in our direction. right now this morning, we are

there but it is a mild start for most locations. 3 degrees on the cape. 41 on nantucket. upper 30's in boston. low to mid 30's in and around worcester. one of the reasons why we have a persistent wind, you're going to feel it out there out of the south and west today. it's going to blow anywhere from 10-20 miles an hour through the afternoon. also notice we're going to hang on to the clouds until about lunchtime. then we'll start to see a lot more sunshine later today. that sunshine, that southwest wind really warms us up. so we're talking 52 degrees in worcester. 55 nashua. 55 boston. and in the mid 50's again on the north shore, south shore and even through the merrimack valley. now for tonight, it's a mix of clouds and clear skies. we're going for overnight lows in the upper 30's, low 40's. and then tomorrow we're going to do it all over again. notice most of us especially along the east coast of massachusetts are in the mid 50's. the only exception is from the interior up to lawrence in the

to have that frontal boundary come through. that will knock your temperatures back just a touch. obviously too bringing in some rain. so here is that timing. 8:00 in the morning. a couple of showers in southern vermont maybe through the berkshires. this missouri this moves to the east. by 11:00 inside 495 about near worcester. and then this moves towards boston, the south shore, the cape and the islands will be the last to get it around mid afternoon hours. then a secondary cold front comes through, but it's dry. it just brings in cooler air, slightly cooler air. we're still pretty mild though. then we're watching this system down to the south going to bring in some moisture from the gulf of mexico. so we are expecting a period of some steady rain on wednesday. basically tuesday night into wednesday. when all is said and done from this rain, we're talking about about an half an inch upwards of inch. it could flip over to some snow. then we're watching a system on frye fry. this i do want to point bought

it's a coastal low pressure system. not every model has this yet but i do want to bring to your attention that if it were to develop and come like this model is saying we could have a period of snow and maybe even some accumulating snow for you folks in southeastern mass because temperatures would be cold enough to support all snow h snow. that would be coming in friday afternoon into saturday. of course to fine-tune that part of the forecast for now let's enjoy the 50's. karen and doug. karen: thanks, danielle. the time now is 6:17. stories we're following right now. doug: three middle school girls in florida are now charged with trying to poison their teacher. police say one of the girls distracted the teacher while the other two put crushed red pepper in her soda. after taking a drink, the teacher began choking and experienced shortness of breath. police say the 12-year-olds were angry because one of them was disciplined by that teacher. karen: a cyber attack at the university of california, berkeley. the school says a hacker broke into a computer system storing

students, alumni, and employees. the university says there's no evidence that any information has been stolen. potential victims have been notified though, so they can watch for signs of possible misuse of their personal data. doug: the cannon mountain tramway is running again after being shut down for two weeks. 48 people were stranded about 40 feet in the air when the tram broke down on valentine's day. state inspectors say the malfunction that caused the breakdown is fixed and the tram is safe to ride. more than a thousand people went up and down the mountain yesterday. karen: more than a hundred pythons like these have now been caught in the florida everglades as part of the state's annual python challenge. the snake hunt drew more than a thousand people this year. the goal is to reduce the burmese python population in the everglades where the snakes are an invasive species. the largest python caught this year was 15 feet long, weighing in at 125 pounds. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob

the celtics fighting for home-court advantage, and finally home court is an advantage. home record was a game under .500. now they've won ten straight at home. their win over miami yesterday gives them a two-game lead over the heat for third place in the eastern conference. marcus smart with the pass to evan turner. turner tying the game at 28. turner with 14 points and nine assists. here is his alley-oop to jae crowder. the celtics trail by three at the break though. stays close most of the rest of the way but the celtics gradually move forward. marcus smart underhanded in a good way. celtics led by 5. and at last tied the game 82-82. from there celtics 22-7. the dunk and the c's win 101-89. if you hear anyone telling you the bruins are in tampa bay they're not. if they were in tampa bay, they'd be all wet. they're in tamp playing tampa bay later tonight. that's sports. doug: bob, thank you. it's a west coast trend come

with a fashion forward edge. karen: chronicle's shayna seymour introduces us to photographer mallory parkington who is bringing the glam to portsmouth, new hampshire. >> there's a huge market right now for this age group. and out west out in california, texas, it's huge. there are girls that really want to have this super model experience. shayna: we're talking hair, make-up, and of course. styling. this came from the warehouse with these shoes and look at this. this is gorgeous. shayna: mallory and her team fran chess a on hair, kristin on make-up are working to bring michaela is thrilled to step up her senior pik. >> i think this is amazing. i've never had like full make-up and hair and everything done

it's all just so fun for me. shayna: while upcoming high school seniors are mall ore's key, other women are quick to seek out the cover girl experience. >> the other market is the 30, 40 and sometimes 50, 60-year-olds that are coming in. they just want to capture their beauty. they're older. they love themselves, as they should, and some of them actually come in and don't even love themselves. that's why we're here. we're trying to make them feel, you know, beautiful. shayna: mallory strongly believes everyone should feel beautiful at least for a day. >> it wasn't until i had my daughter that i was like, yeah, i am beautiful. maybe it comes with age and a lot of people will say that. but looking beautiful and feeling beautiful, that means a lot of different things for a lot of different people. and for girls that i'm photographing, they really are looking for that beauty moment and that's what i'm trying to provide for them. everyone has an inner model inside. you know, sometimes it takes the hair and the make-up to really bring it out.

the camera, look at this. this is you. you're beautiful. karen: monday on "chronicle." beautiful by nature. that's the catch phrase on turks and caicos. ted reinstein hits the island fish fry, samples some ripsaw, and hangs with the local iguanas. plus can he conquer the kiteboard? traveling to turks and caicos on "chronicle" at 7:30. love it. doug: i went to revere beach the other day. karen: that was your assignment. doug: that was all we got. it's quiet this time of year. karen: a new and popular addition to a tennis tournament. doug: the extra help these shelter dogs are providing on the court. and also ahead, another oscar controversy. this one found inside those swank and expensive swag bags. how the gift has become an international debate. karen: what a morning! an unbelievable sunrise shot. take a picture of this. doug: i'm going to take a

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danielle: welcome back. vollmar. just take a look at that this morning. look at the bright reds and oranges in the sky. that sun is beautiful. picturesque. if you have a chance, tweet,

seeing where you live. now it will be in the 50's today feeling more like the end of march than the end of february. let's take a look and see just how long it is until spring. 21 days. 33 days until the red sox' home opener. 50 days until the boston marathon. not a bad day to be on the training run today. 113 days until summer but who's counting? let's talk about the high temperatures today. the mid 50's. it will be a mix of sun and clouds. it will be a breezy afternoon today. it's mild monday, tuesday, and even into wednesday. doug? doug: yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks. frida, mel, isabelle, and costela-- four shelter dogs rescued around sao paulo, brazil-- were trained as "ball dogs" for the brazil open tournament. their job? retrieve balls that went out of bounds, but they didn't like the "giving back" part of the job as much. they will be taking part in the awards ceremony today. just makes you feel good looking

tennis court. community leaders meet face to face with the mayor over racial tensions at a prestigious boston school. karen: the outcome and what is expected to happen next. and federal investigators looking for answers after a small plane crash at plymouth airport. frightening moments that led to the crash. doug: this is your perfect day moment. good air in. bad air out. that is a great way to start a sunday morning. we will continue on the eye

>> closed captioned funding provided by luna. >> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." danielle: get ready for a warm-up but there's a catch. my timeline for some rain and the snow that's a possibility by the end of the week. karen: the investigation into a small plane crash in plymouth. the injuries and what the pilot was doing just before the crash. doug: and the new controversy swirling around the oscars just hours before show time. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning!

"eyeopener." karen: good sunday morning, everyone. i'm karen anderson in today for antoinette. doug: and i'm doug meehan and a big happy birthday to g.g. one day old. danielle: and pretty good sunrise shot, right. doug: got a good vibe. danielle: we have a beautiful sunrise ongoing. temperatures are mild this morning in the 30's and 40's. let me show you this. look at that. it's just a beautiful shot this morning. and, hey, you know i mean you can go for a walk on those rock over there because later today it will feel more like a beach day out there as temperatures warm up into the 50's across the region. right now though 33 worcester. 38 norwood. 38 degrees in taunton but in boston it's about 38 degrees. as we go through the next 12 hours, notice what happens. by about lunchtime already in the upper 40's in boston. by 3:00 the lower 50's. and we're looking at more sunshine even though this morning we're hanging on to a

in and around worcester county, clouds hang around until lunchtime. notice by 3:00 though in the 50's there too. enjoy it. we should be feeling more like the lower 40's which right now and actually we feel more like the end of march instead of the end of february. here we go though. we have some clouds out there right now on radar. a couple snow showers up in northern new england. we're watching a system well out to the west here. a little bit of rain with this one. this is an area of low pressure and cold front headed in our direction. so we'll talk about the timeline on the showers coming up. karen. karen: thanks, danielle. breaking overnight. a home up in flames. firefighters on the scene of a two-alarm fire in marblehead. flames shooting from the upper floors of the willow road home. a father woke up to the smoke detector going off. he was able to get his wife and two kids out of the house. no one was hurt. doug: stories we're following right now tragedy in virginia a female police officer has been shot and killed while responding to a domestic-violence call.

been sworn in friday and was working her first day on the job. two other officers were also injured in the shooting. a suspect is in custody. karen: hillary clinton gaining a crucial victor in the south carolina democratic primary, defeating bernie sanders by a wide margin. both candidates now looking ahead to super tuesday. both will be campaigning here tomorrow with stops planned in boston. doug: right now, federal investigators looking for answers after a small plane crash at plymouth airport. the pilot at a boston hospital this morning. that plane coming to rest upside down. the eyeopener's frank holland is here to tell us how it happened. frank? frank: doug, witnesses descibing the frightening moments just before this plane crashed at the plymouth airport. they say the pilot was the only person onboard this fixed-wing plane. he was practicing a training maneuver called touch-and-go when something went wrong. the plane landing top down on a grassy area just feet from the runway.

women's hospital. witnesses say he appeared to have some type of head trauma. >> the wing hit the ground and then he nose dived. he cartwheeled a few times and then landed right on his back. frank: f.a.a. investigators spent several hours sifting through the wreck to try and figure out what caused the crash. the scene has been cleared. that plane is now being held at a hangar at the plymouth airport. this morning the investigation is still ongoing. doug? doug: another incident involving a small plane at a local airport. this one in chatham where a plane made a belly landing on the runway. the landing gear never deployed. the pilot and a passenger uninjured. karen: right now state police are investigating a deadly crash on 495 in norton. investigators say the driver of a toyota tacoma lost control in the northbound lanes, crossed the median, and hit a toyota yaris head on. the driver of that yaris was killed; a passenger suffered life-threatening injuries. the tacoma driver, a 41-year-old man from mashpee, was taken to a rhode island hospital.

right now state police are asking for the public's help to find a blue pick-up truck connected to this deadly crash in somerset. that pick-up was carrying file cabinets in its bed friday morning. at least one of them fell off. the victim in this crash swerved to avoid a file cabinet and lost control of his s.u.v. he was pronounced dead at the scene. witnesses reported seeing a blue pick-up truck stop on the side of the road near exit 3 shortly after the accident. doug: right now police are searching for a missing man in waltham. 66-year-old leonard quirk was last seen leaving his home on moody street the night of february 16. authorities say he was walking toward the charles river. quirk is around 5'6" and was last seen wearing jeans, a green coat, and a blue red sox hat. anyone with information is asked to call police. karen: a volunteer has been arrested and charged with stealing from a little girl who

on fire. eight-year-old safyre terry only wanted cards for christmas people around the world made her wish come true sending her more than a million letters. 41-year-old kimberly bradford, volunteered with the safyre's angels organization, is accused if stealing more than $1,300 in cash and gift cards. police in rotterdam, new york, say they found several bins full of mail at bradford's home. she's due in court next month. this morning charged with heroin trafficking. this is what police seized-- 300 grams of fentanyl laced with haverhill police, along with several other drug agencies, arrested 22-year-old christopher graciano-fernandez of lawrence in a mcdonald's parking lot yesterday. he will be arraigned tomorrow. doug: a special saturday meeting focusing on accusations of

boston latin high school. newscenter 5's sera congi was there as mayor walsh and community leaders talked about the tensions coming to light. sera: mayor marty walsh meeting with community leaders this morning about the allegations of racism at boston latin. the closed-door discussion held at the urban league in roxbury lasted about an lasted about an hour-and-a-half. darnell williams: it was very productive. it was very positive. it was a deep dive in terms of the issues. latin revealed alleged acts of racism within the school. a department investigation found administrators did not properly darnell williams: we also recognize-- and it was acknowledged in the meeting-- that the district as well as b.l.s. is ill equipped to handle sera: the head master at boston latin has apologized and pledged to do more, but she vows to keep her post despite continued calls for her resignation. darnell williams: we believe that it's still paramount that

of boston latin school is still on the table and is still being actively advanced. sera: in a letter, some local civil rights groups have formally asked u.s. attorney carmen ortiz to open an investigation. her office is reportedly reviewing the complaints. community leaders say the mayor's office would also launch a review. after the meeting, mayor walsh deferred comment to urban league leaders. darnell williams: do we have issues? yes, we have issues but i think that what we're showing is leadership and spiritual and moral guidance that we're going to get this thing fixed. sera: the group plans to meet again in another two to three in roxbury, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. karen: this morning a key figure in the george w. bush administration weighs in on donald trump's command of the polls. former bush chief of staff andy card says trump is hitting the right note with many voters. andy card: he's kind of telling where we're not happy, things are frustrating. so i'm excited by donald trump but a little afraid of him

deliver on what he is promising. karen: card also explains why he believes governors may make better presidents than c.e.o.'s. catch o.t.r. this morning at 11:00 right here on channel 5. doug: a new effort is underway to end a deep-seated problem on airplanes. karen: one senator says the seats are gradually getting smaller. his call to get passengers a much needed break. doug: they give police and doctors a view like no other. tiny scopes packing big power, and they're made in mass. frank: a new controversy surrounding the oscars. this time it's about a pricey gift inside those a-list swag bags. the luxury five-star trip that's causing an international debate and the calls for a boycott. danielle: warm and breezy today but i'm tracking a chance for rain.

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shape in the fiber aisle. karen: it's oscar sunday. the nominees getting ready for hollywood's biggest night and this one filled with controversy. we've heard about the "oscars so white," doug: but this morning the eye's frank holland has the new one about the gift bags. frank? frank: doug and karen,

controversies. the latest has the oscars in the middle of a middle east conflict. as if being a hollywood a-lister wasn't enough of a prize, this year's top nominees will pick up an oscar swag bag worth $200,000. >> guys, listen, everybody's gonna be interested in this. frank: including a $900 toilet paper dispenser, $300 of personalized m&ms, $3 chapstick, and the most expensive gift in the bag? >> surprise! frank: a $55,000 10-day all-expenses-paid trip to israel >> we're going to tell this story. we're going to tell it right. frank: all 25 of the acting and directing nominees and host chris rock will get the unofficial oscars gift. >> wooo, in your face neil armstrong. frank: israel's minister of tourism says the country is offering the trip hoping to boost struggling tourism numbers by tapping in to the stars' social media following. yariv levin, israel's minister of tourism: they will show how good it is here, how interesting it is here.

diversity the first controversy to spring up this awards season. the israel trip the new source of tension. omar barghouti, palestinian bds movement: we hope that a majority, a great majority of the nominees, will reject this israeli trip. frank: omar barghouti, who fronts the palestinian campaign to boycott israel, says accepting the trip plays into what he calls israel's propaganda. barghouti: we're asking hollywood figures as they did during the apartheid south africa era to not give their names for israel to whitewash its occupation and violation of human rights. yariv levin: i think that they're talking about the occupation or talking about boycotting israel because the current situation is something unfair. >> you should be careful. frank: a new chapter in a conflict lasting decades. a battle moving from the west bank to the red carpet in hollywood. mark rylance, up for best supporting actor for "bridge of spies," is a supporter of palestinian causes. rylance says he won't accept any gift; but most other nominees have been silent about the swag

all right here tonight. coverage of the 88th academy awards starts at 7:00. >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meteorologist danielle vollmar. doug: lots of folks like to bet on the oscars. we're betting on this morning's weather. karen: fabulous? danielle: look behind us, guys. i mean this is a beautiful shot here. winthrop, you can't get better than that. the reds, the oranges. red in the morning, sailors take warning, right? there will be a chance for rain. we'll talk about that. first let's talk about the mild air moving in for today. low 50's to mid 50's for highs today. mid 50, upper 50's for monday. 50 on tuesday and 49 on wednesday. can we beat that? all four days running about 10 degrees above where we should be we should be around 41 degrees this time of year. as you look over boston this morning, the sun beginning to come up. 38 degrees. you notice the camera shaking a bit because that wind is out of

hour now. it does create a bit of a wind chill this morning but later today, it's going to feel better because it's going to be a mild wind bringing in warmer air. as we go through the day, the winds keep up at about 10-15 miles an hour. we see more sun by about 2:00 in boston. temperaturewise 55 boston. 57 in waltham. 55 shirley. 56 in hudson. 53 in shrewsbury. worcester. as we go through the next couple of days, we still are in the upper 40's both monday and tuesday but notice there is some rain in the forecast for worcester on monday. pretty much for everybody. it's going to be a few hit-or-miss showers. we're going to time that out for you coming up too. the south shore seeing the mid 50's. 52 in plymouth. even 50 degrees in new bedford today. and the upper 40's on the cape and islands. still not that bad. so those showers on monday coming from this area of low pressure you see here. and a cold front.

so the timing looks like this. monday morning as early as 8:00 a couple of showers maybe in southern vermont. maybe through the berkshires but by 11:00 made its way into worcester, the merrimack valley. say about 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon boston could be seeing them. the south shore. the cape and the islands will be up next around 3:00. everything is gone by 8:00 at night. then we watch this second cold front behind it. now this one is going to be dry, just brings in a couple of clouds for tuesday but also kicks up those winds out of the north and west. so it brings down slightly cooler air. not cold though. and then we're watching our next system that is out to the west. this one is going to actually bring in some moisture from the gulf of mexico. so we are thinking about some heavy, steadier rain beginning overnight tuesday. this is at 8:00. so i think overnight tuesday into first thing wednesday we could see some rain here. so again night showers beginning on tuesday night. 50 degrees though as we head towards wednesday here comes that timing for that rain. notice i say mostly rain. here's why. i do think the rain showers will

we could see a half inch to an inch in total. but at the tail end of this, it's going to bring down some colder air. i think worcester and plymouth north and west of that could see a period of some light snow at the tail end. not looking for much in the way of accumulation. however, we get toward the end of the week and a couple models now indicating we could potentially se a coastal system this one has more of a punch to it. if it were to set up how it's projected to, we could see a period of snow beginning on friday afternoon and really lamping up friday night into saturday morning before clearing out of here saturday afternoon. it looks like there could be some accumulation if this were to all transpire especially southeastern mass. however, still several days out. a lot can change. just going to tell you winter is not over yet. doug. doug: danielle, thank you. the celtics fighting for home-court advantage, and finally home court is an advantage. back in january, the celtics' home record was a game under .500. now, they've won 10 straight at

yesterday gives them a two-game lead over the heat for third place in the eastern conference. turner with 14 points and nine assists. the c's beat the heat 101-89. karen: the denver broncos will reportedly be seeking out a new quarterback. "the denver post" is reporting announce his decision to retire some time this week. manning, who turns 40 next month, will be ending his career on a superbowl victory. doug: when public safety or someone's health is on the line, you need to use every tool. a sturbridge company is helping with a tiny scope that has extraordinary vision, made right here in mass. paul joyce: at 20 normal, you would never see any of these lines. doug: getting up close and personal with andrew jackson is pretty cool, but the technology being developed and the products that are made here is serious business. paul joyce: our focus is optics.

doug: paul joyce is c.e.o. of optim, the sturbridge company making products that essentially allow people to see where the human eye can't go. these precise scopes are used by doctors on the human body to detect disease and by security professionals all over the world to fight crime. paul joyce: we have a shipment of scopes that are going to actually the saudi royal guard. doug: their patented l.e.d. technology lets police illuminate the smallest of spaces with the brightest of light possible so that tiny video cameras can detect hidden criminal activity. so far optim scopes have helped locate hundreds of millions of dollars in cash, illegal drugs, and other contraband; and the emails are pouring in from those using them on the front lines. paul joyce: we just got one last week with a really cute picture of a dog sitting next to a whole pile of cocaine that was found in a car with our scopes. doug: you can find an optim scope at every u.s. border crossing in the country, a fact and a responsibility not lost on

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doug: we're following several one. tragedy in virginia. shot and killed while responding to a domestic-violence call. officer ashley guindon had just been sworn in friday and was working her first day on the job. two other officers were also injured in the shooting. a suspect is in custody. the district attorney has authorized a capital murder charge. karen: four men are under arrest in connection with a home invasion in bedford. the men charged with breaking and entering and destroying property. here's a look at their mistake. police say they also found a notebook they had with a list of other addresses throughout new england. that evidence suggesting they

of other break-ins. doug: right now, federal investigators looking for answers after a small plane crashed at plymouth airport. witnesses say the pilot was the only person on-board this fixed-wing plane. he was practicing a training manuever called a "touch and go landing" when something went wrong and he crashed upside down. he was med-flighted to brigham and women's hospital. karen: hillary clinton gaining a crucial victor in the south carolina democratic primary, defeating bernie sanders by a wide margin. overwhelming support from black voters was key as she gains both candidates now looking both will be campaigning here tomorrow with stops planned in boston. doug: school officials are warning students of a mumps outbreak at saint anselm college in manchester, new hampshire. the few confirmed cases all players on the men's hockey team. the mumps vaccine is only 88 percent effective so it's still possible to get sick. saint a's students are off campus for spring break right

risk factor. karen: new york senator chuck schumer wants to require the f.a.a. to establish standards for seats on commercial flights. the senator says airlines are now forcing passengers to sit on planes quote "like sardines." reports indicate that airlines have been slowly cutting down legroom and seat width. he said he will formally introduce an amendment for new guidelines today. frank: hear, hear! doug: do you need a little more leg room, frank? i need a little more girth for myself. but whatever. you can take the space where you take the space. and the weather. danielle: low to mid 50's for highs. it will be a bit of a gusty wind out there. but we'll take that. 55 though on monday. there's going to be a chance for a couple showers late morning into early afternoon. really hit-or-miss though. on tuesday night into wednesday, some heavier rain will come in. that heavy, steady rain could move over to a quick period of

west of worcester, the berkshires, southwest new hampshire. and then we turn colder watching this storm system for the weekend. doug: we're into march though. danielle: slowly there. doug: we're going to go to g.m.a. but before we do, let's look outside. karen: we want to say thank you to dave monjo for this beautiful shot this morning. sunrise.

good morning, america. >> thank you so much rkts south >> she's now got major momentum can bernie bounce back? as the republican mudslinging gets even nastier. >> he's flying around on hair force one. >> little mouth on him, bing, bing, bing. bing, bing, bing. >> all the headlines from an amazing race. breaking overnight -- in the line of duty, a police officer in virginia shot and killed on her first day on the job. two other officers wounded. what went wrong on that seemingly routine call? >> fantastic finish. >> bang, bang, oh, what a shot from curry!