>> good morning. it is wednesday, november 23. i'm emily riemer. >> i'm randy price. we're following breaking news on the eyeopener. four police officers are hospitalized. the injuries and the confrontation. >> a vigil for a woman beaten to death in lowell. the d more charges could be coming. >> new numbers on the opioid crisis in massachusetts. the early impact of a new rule that is helping with the problems of addiction. >> we'll get to those stories. first, good morning to cindy. we're off to another chilly start this morning. >> it's been a cold week. no changes in that department. 20s and 30s on the map this morning. there's still wind in spots. so windchill still a factor as you're heading out. feels like it's in the teens in

there's a cold start. patchy clouds this morning, but those thin out. loads of sunshine for you today. it's a quiet weather day. by noon, lower 40s. things will be changing. clear skies over the northeast with high pressure in control. if you're doing travel in the northeast, you're ok. but there's a storm system to our west. you can see rain and snow, both heading in your direction for thanksgiving day. we'll break down the get you to the roads. good morning, olessa. >> good morning, everyone. live look starting things off. pike by allston/brighton eastbound to the top of the screen. so far, traffic is fairly light. let's get to the maps. so far no issues. south of town much of the same. pleasant ride along 128. the overnight construction, 93 north by route 24, pike looks good.

schedule. >> the breaking news we've been following in boston. four police officers there injured overnight in a violent confrontation. >> let's get to the eyeopener's antoinette antonio in dorchester right now. antoinette? >> what a scary situation this was for those four police officers. two of them were actually dragged by the suspect's car. two of them were nearly hit by that vehicle. all of this starting with a call to this area of this dorchester bar that call came in around 12:30 for reports of a person who had a gun near dublin house on stoughton street. police found a car matching the description they were given, but as they were investigating, that car suddenly took off, dragging two of the officers and nearly hitting those other two officers. four police officers were taken to the hospital, suffering from nonlife-threatening injuries. as for that suspect, they got

is that the vehicle is a silver chevy with connecticut plates. police say that there are surveillance cameras in this area and right now they are reviewing that surveillance video in hopes of hoping with their investigation. but the suspect, for now, is still on the loose. we're live in dorchester this morning, antoinette antonio, wcvb newscenter 5. >> thank you. also breaking overnight, detroit police making an arrest in connection with the shooting of a wayne state university campus police officer. that officer may have been responding to a 911 call man who was harassing people in the neighborhood. the officer just got out of surgery after being shot in the head. the man under arrest is believed to be a person of interest in last night's shooting. >> loved ones gather in lowell to remember a woman beaten to death outside an apartment complex. right now, one woman is behind bars and prosecutors aren't ruling out more arrests. amarilis huertas-perez was arraigned yesterday. she's accused of hitting

with a bottle of liquor during a fight. four others were involved in the attack but have not been identified. family members of the victim want justice. >> i'll be more happy when they get the rest of the cowards that did this to my mother. it hurts me so much that they had no heart. >> investigators say huertas-perez left the scene with at least one other person in a stolen black acura s.u.v. that acura crashed into a home the d.a.'s office says the investigation is far from over. >> new this morning, data shows homicides in boston have gone up dramatically, they have risen 20% over 2015. 40 homicides in the city so far this year. community leaders tell the herald the trend is tied to an increase in gang activity. the report finds so-called hot

bowdoin-geneva neighborhood. >> a new push in massachusetts to get funding from congress. senator ed markey will hold an event today calling for the passage of opioid funding during congress's lame duck session. he'll be joined by healthcare experts in boston. the push comes as we learn the impact of new rules on prescription monitoring. daily searches of a prescription database have more than quadruple after rules requiring doctors check before prescribing opioids with a abuse. the rules were put into place on october 15. since then, doctors searched an average of 28,423 times per weekday. in july, that number was just below 5,000. >> president-elect donald trump is in florida this morning. his plane landed last night. he will be spending thanksgiving at his home in palm beach, florida. some cabinet positions have been filled. others are still open.

>> one insider says trump offered dr. ben carson secretary of housing and urban development. last week a spokesperson for dr. carson said he didn't have the experience to run a big department. there are reports that former democratic congressman could be considered harold ford could could department of transportation. mitt romney talked to our sister station. >> it's encouraging that president-elect donald trump is reaching out to mitt romney. he would likely gain easy confirmation into the united states senate. >> trump's advisers are split between romney, rudy giuliani, and a third alternative. >> thank you. the department of homeland security urging vigilance during the holiday season. in new york city police are stepping up security for the popular thanksgiving day parade.

clear message to law enforcement agencies. the celebrations could be targeted by international terrorists or homegrown extremists. yesterday new york police arrested this man. prosecutors say he talked of a tiny square attack similar to the truck attack in nice, france, over the summer. >> homecoming for a disgraced politician. the message from former house speaker sal dimasi to the judge who released him from prison. another busy holiday travel day. mind before heading out. cindy? >> weather not an issue today. but a dusting of snow for your holiday tomorrow. when that turns to rain and how long wet weather will stick around. >> we consider to monitor the breaking news out of boston. four officers hurt after a driver races towards them. it happened in dorchester overnight outside the dublin house.

>> sal dimasi back home this morning. the former speaker of the massachusetts house of representatives was released early from prison. he has been battling several cancers. he arrived at logan yesterday afternoon talking to reporters. the 71-year-old has been fighting neck, tongue, and prostate cancer in a north carolina prison. he expressed gratitude for his early release granted by a judge. >> i just want to say how happy i am and grateful and thankful that i'm home in boston with my family. i'm a fighter.

forward to specialized treatment in boston. he served five years of an eight-year prison sentence for corruption charges. >> it was a summer with very little rain. could that mean a winter with less snow? storm team 5 talking with a weather guru. a rescue as an elephant gets trapped. quick thinking that got him t

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>> this is a question a lot of us would like answered. >> how much snow are we going to get? our weather expert judah cohen

weather winter. he the director of fasting at atmosphere and environmental research. by studying the snow cover in sigh beeria, he estimates 75 inches in boston. that's about 30 inches above normal. he says climate change could be a factor. >> the warm arctic decreases the ice, but also makes more moisture available. we get these snow blitzes. that's where we get the more severe weather episodes. >> he said we could see cold snaps like when we set a record of 9-below in boston on valentine's day. >> pretty much right on. >> so buckle up? >> we had such a mild winter last winter. and the one before -- [multiple speakers]. >> we are on the cusp of the holiday around here. >> sure are. >> great shape weatherwise in

the purple near minneapolis, that's a winter weather advisory. that storm system is working in our direction. there is some moisture. it will lose a lot of its punch. but some of this will be here by tomorrow morning. today, we've got a big area of high pressure just to our west, still some wind out there. but the skies are mainly clear. just a few patches of clouds. we're 34 in boston. 28 in worcester. windchills are feeling a little bit cooler. so out the door, dress for teens and 20s. very wintry as it has been the past couple of days. the winds are going to diminish with time today. they are around 15, 20 miles per hour this morning. notice by 4:00 they are down to 10 miles per hour. and lots of sunshine today. so it's a pretty quiet weather day overall.

into the low-to-mid 40s, may touch 46 in taunton. that's warmer than the past few days. 44 in boston today. so not bad at all. tonight we'll get clouds. so the temperatures don't drop too dramatically. 20s to around the freezing mark, just cold enough that we're a little concerned with wintry precipitation. notice how the clouds fill in through about 5:00, 6:00 a.m. thereafter we'll watch moisture from especially from the pike north that we're talking about snow. in the morning the area lifts northward. not seeing as much in southeastern massachusetts, but a little bit of light snow mix mixing with rain in the coastline. there's area to our west that may come in tomorrow evening. so the possibility is there for a dusting of snow, especially

northward. over route 2 into northwesternmost massachusetts, southern vermont, we could see a coating up to an inch. just enough to maybe things slippery tomorrow. if you're heading to the football games, could be flurries, drizzle through midday. in the afternoon, kind of cool and a damp. -- damp. tomorrow evening into friday, we're going to kind of get a renewed period o on friday near the freezing mark, as we get rain going back thursday night into friday morning, some of that could be freezing on contact. so there could be a little bit of an icy glaze on friday morning. if you're doing black friday shopping, keep that in mind. damp weather off and on on friday. periods of rain into the afternoon and evening hours. we will see areas of rain into early saturday. we should dry things out, a few breaks of sunshine on sunday.

flurries. there's a storm redeveloping off our coast. more on that coming up. overall, temperatures start to warm up. cold stretch. but we may warm up. >> thank you. the roads are pretty quiet. we are expecting another busy travel day. a live look at the zakim bridge and the lever connector. you can see the southbound side a little bit of volume this morning. let's get to the maps. so far so good. not seeing problems as you make your way into boston. south also in good shape 24, construction 93 north by route 24. 128 is fine. north of town, no problems on 93 south out of methuen to the lever connector. so far, the trains and buses expected to start on schedule. >> if you're getting ready to hit the roads, get ready for company out there. >> olessa has been telling you it's all about when you start that getaway. so today obviously expected to be one of the big ones on the

doug, how is it looking? it's still early. >> good morning, emily, randy. yeah, not too bad out here. we're on the mass pike. we're westbound just passing or just about to pass the westboro rest area. folks familiar with this area know where we are. the only thing you've got to worry about right now is wind. really that's what cindy mentioned. just a windy day out here. it's wide open, so if you've got to get to grandma's house, go now. today is expected to be the biggest one on the roadways. that doesn't mean you're not out of the woods. aaa is predicting a more than 5% increase in travel this holiday season. most of that out here on the roads. today, the busiest travel times -- keep this in mind -- between 1:00 in the afternoon and 5:00 tonight. so if you can start early or late, you might be better off.

pike. that's 128, 495, 84 interchanges. but open tolling, that should make things a little less this year. at least that's what we're crossing our fingers for. we'll be keeping you updated on the conditions and we'll be providing some tips for you. it will be travel tips. i've got nothing when it comes to turkey. we're live on the mass pike, doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. >> thank you. federal auto to cut down on distracted driving. they are calling for driver mode on phones that block certain features while the user is behind the wheel. it would work similar to airplane mode. the guidelines will call on manufacturers to design a system that limits functionality in a moving car but only for the driver. >> a recall for sienna minivans made by toyota. toyota says the sliding doors

2016 are included in this recall. toyota will be repairing the doors for free, of course. that company said it will notify owners about the fix by mid january. asian stocks higher as investors share joy in the dow's record closing. u.s. stock futures are higher. investors on wall street will be watching to see how the markets close after the dow passed 19,000 for the first time ever. >> you're trending display this bucket that sparked the ice bucket challenge. it will become a permanent part of the exhibit. the challenge took off once pete frates, a baseball player with the disease got involved. raised $115 million for the a.l.s. association and helped scientists discover a gene linked to the disease. >> laurie and val.

16-year-old won the mirror ball trophy on "dancing with the stars." she and partner val remain on the high end of the leaderboard much of this season. >> an elephant rescue. a team pulled the elephant out of the man made trough. the team was doing a tour when they noticed the animal's legs sticking up through the water. the big effort to rope that pull him to safety. >> out there protecting them and saving one every now and then. store owner takes down an armed suspect. >> all of this captured on surveillance. the dramatic scene and how it finally came to an end. that is ahead in "news to go" this morning. >> new on the eyeopener at 5:00, all of the flavor with less fat.

>> we're following breaking news in your early "news to go." >> four boston police officers are recovering and a suspect is on the run after a violent confrontation in dorchester. police were called to the morning for reports of a person with a gun. as officers approached the car, the driver then floored it, dragging two of the officers, nearly striking the others. none of the officers were seriously hurt, but the suspect did get away. our antoinette antonio is at the scene this morning. antoinette will have an update for us in minutes at 5:00. the hearing to suppress evidence against this man accused of assaulting a 5-year-old fitchburg boy who was later found dead has been suspended now.

alberto sierra allegedly made to a jail informant were not relevant to those charges. the information led to the discovery of jeremiah oliver's body in 2013 along the highway in sterling. sierra told oliver's mother told him she harmed the child and put the child in a suitcase. >> a school bus driver on leave after reports a student was sexually assaulted on his bus. investigators say the who attends the boston renaissance charter public school was repeatedly assaulted by a 6-year-old. the mother of the victim tells the globe her son is supposed to sit in the front of the bus next to the driver. she says he is developmentally delayed. >> seriously children are in critical condition as a school bus driver in chattanooga, tennessee, faces five counterparts of vehicular homicide. five children were killed in the

police say 24-year-old driver was speeding. the investigator says they will be reviewing the two cameras set up in that bus. >> a series of bad choices in florida. police say this man left a club drunk, then fell out of his moving pickup truck, the back wheels running over his legs. the truck then plowed into a nearby house. the man staggered away from the scene, turning himself in a few days later. >> a california convenience store owneres would-be robber. surveillance showing the man walking into the store, pulling out a gun, demanding cash. the store owner grabs him from behind and trying to wrestle him to the ground. the struggle ends outside when the gunman gets free and takes off. the owner says he decided not to chase the gunman when the suspect pulled out a second gun. >> the bruins were skating high against the blues before losing defenseman. he left in the second period

bruins couldn't score more goals. they lose 4-2. there's no word on the possible injury. >> everybody getting ready the holiday. >> yeah. >> nice weather to go with >> well -- [laughter] >> not awful weather. >> not bad. today is going to be a really nice day. but we've been running so chilly. since sun that trend of cool weather is going to carry us through the holiday. we've got high pressure nosing in for today. if you're doing traveling across the northeast, you're fine. want to show you the airport delays. there are none in the northeast. if you're up early, going to catch an early flight, you're ok in the northeast. across the country, so far we're not looking at any airport delays. but there's a system in the middle of the country. and there's a likelihood we could get weather delays north

that way. notice rain from chicago down to st. louis back into eastern texas. we are watching the system because this is going to make a run toward us as we get into the day tomorrow. so we've got mainly clear skies now. we'll have a good amount of sunshine here throughout the day. watch the system approach. but through the evening hours it is dry. during the overnight hours, clouds increase. tomorrow morning we've got cold air in place and a strip of light moisture moving in. there could be a of the city of boston tomorrow morning. most of the day is cloudy. there could be drizzle. this low pressure will redevelop to our south and that will start showers tomorrow evening. it looks wet at times friday. if you're doing shopping on black friday, it does look like there will be rain at times. cold enough to see patches of freezing and glazing. rain saturday as well.

sunday, we'll watch the system redevelop offshore. heavier snow in the northern maine. more details as the eyeopener continues. >> now on newscenter 5 eyeopener. >> boston police dragged by a car outside a bar. and the call starting this chaos. >> a campus police officer attacked in michigan. the case getting his attention when he was shot in the head. >> arriving in florida as cabinet speculation grows. the third runner for secretary of state, on the eye. >> we're learning those boston police officers are ok after that wild scene in dorchester. we will have a live report on that confrontation for you in a minute. >> all right. it's a busy travel day as we look at the massachusetts