announcer: now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- antoinette: breaking overnight, former cuban leader fidel castro dies. the reaction right now from around the world. doug: a woman hit by a car on a busy street. her injuries and the investigation into the violent crash. antoinette: vandalism at a local church. the search for a suspect right now. announcer: you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. doug: breaking overnight, former cuban leader dying at age 90. antoinette: big secelebrations little miami. hundreds of people in the

thank you so much for joining us. it is 5:00 on this saturday, november 26. i'm antoinette antonio. doug: i'm doug meehan. we will have more on fidel castro in just a moment. first, driving down 128, i'm like this. am i still on 128? kelly ann: it is difficult driving. that's reducing visibility significantly. it was a rough drive into work this morning. if you're still heading onto the roads, still pretty rough, especially if you move inland. lawrence is seeing only 1/2 mile visibility at this point. that's what we're seeing in spots so you have to watch out for that as we travel this morning, even through sunrise. still looking to see some of that fog stick around. it's not until later this morning we'll see that fog lift. in its place, check all these clouds and spotty showers. we have mainly a cloudy but dry sky overhead.

concern, but there are showers in the pipeline. this first batch is making its way toward the cape and islands and we have this next batch to the west which will be skirting by later this morning and afternoon. it's a patchy shower chance for much of today, something that mainly will affect our coastline as we head into the afternoon and evening especially. temperatures out there right now are looking relatively mild along the coastline with 40 in boston, 44 in plymouth, a few more 30's as we move inland, and as we tonight, it's yet another cooldown before our next warm-up heads our way later this week. doug and antoinette? doug: kelly ann, thank you. as we mentioned at the top of the hour, breaking news. the world reacting to the death of former cuban president fidel castro. antoinette: castro's brother, raul, announcing his brother's death, saying he will be cremated this morning. he was one of the longest serving heads of state in cuba.

president for life. he is responsible for thousands of executions and incarcerations of political opponents. castro was 90 years old. doug: castro taking power on january 1, new year's day, back in 1959, overthrowing a dictatorship that had been power for a quarter of a century. promising cuba's citizens a new future. on april 16, 1961, castro declares cuba a socialist state. what would pigs, washington's ban on all cuban imports, and decades later the fall of the soviet union crippling the country's economy. he would reign for 49 years, formally resigning on february 19, 2008, giving power to his brother, raul. his resignation coming after he underwent intestinal surgery tied to unknown health issues. he would not be seen in public for four years.

in march, president obama became the first sitting u.s. president to visit the nation in nearly 70 years. he ended more than 50 years of tensions. fidel castro, a critic of these recent changes. castro commenting on president obama's historic trip to the country earlier this year, saying in a letter to state media, quote, we don't need the empire to give us any presents. president obama did notee visit, however, he did meet several times with raul castro. doug: news of castro's death triggering celebrations on the streets of miami overnight. well, this was little havana, people waving flags, dancing, and as you know, miami as a huge cuban population. continuing coverage of this

morning america" and count on the wcvb app for the latest information. you can join us. longtime cuban leader fidel castro dead at the age of 90. antoinette: other stories, a serious crash in framingham sending a ped industrial -- pedestrian to the hospital. the eye's julie loncich has more on what happened. reporter: police say the 50-year-old woman had left the walgreens when she attempted to cross busyou just before 6:00. police say the framingham woman had an armful of groceries when she was hit by this honda accord. >> first thing i noticed. we were trying to figure out what was going. then i realized there was a person on the ground. reporter: the victim was conscious but rushed to u-mass memorial, where doctors determined she sustained a skull fractures. her injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

when it's red, a lot. it's sad. it's sad to hear. reporter: the driver remained on scene. he is cooperative. police saying it does not appear he will face charges. the victim's name is being withheld. antoinette: an investigation underway after a rock outside a school in harvard, massachusetts, has been vandalized. that rock at the broomfield school was covered sexist and homophobic slurs. this was discovered yesterday morning. according to the "lowell sun," one of the swastikas is covering the star of david. administrators plan to take action, intensifying efforts to include tolerance in their curriculum. doug: st. anthony's shrine is act for help to catch a vandal suspect. this is the suspect. it's believed he vandalized the

equipment and keys. the crime happening early yesterday morning between 4:00 and 6:00. anybody with information is asked to contact boston police. antoinette: it was a crime caught on camera. this morning, police in newton charged this man who robbed a gas station last week. matthew skinner walked into police headquarters yesterday, turning himself in. the surveillance video you're watching shows him storming into that gulf station armed with a long gun. nobody was hurt. morning to the death of a young man in a wrong-way crash on thanksgiving morning. state police say james keating was going north in the southbound lanes of 495 in plainville when he hit an s.u.v. the 22-year-old from norton died. he was a football player. childhood friends are remembering the young man they knew so well. >> he always had a smile on his face. he was always having fun. i couldn't say anything bad if i

antoinette: the other driver, a woman from barnstable, was taken to rhode island hospital with serious injuries. doug: big additions to president-elect donald trump's inner circle, announcing two more names to the administration. donald mcgahn is named white house counsel. he'll help separate trump's duties as president from his global business, trump telling the "new york times" he can do both. trump naming k.t. advisor, serving as a former aide to henry kissinger. this is amid trump team division, split between mitt romney and rudy giuliani as secretary of state. giuliani saying he wouldn't discuss the selection. jill stein getting her wish, a recount in wisconsin. the green party candidate made the request after raising more than $5 million. her campaign says it plans to file for recounts in

pennsylvania is monday. hillary clinton is behind in those three states by a combined 103,000 votes. antoinette: new details about several red flags ignored, all of them centered around that driver who was behind the wheel in a fatal school bus crash in tennessee. police say johnthony walker was speeding when he crashed the bus, killing six children earlier this week. both students and administrators had raised concerns about him in the weeks before that crash. records released by about his erratic driving. one student writing earlier this month, quote, we need seat belts. the 24-year-old facing several charges of vehicular homicide. doug: 5:09. a sigh of relief from patriots nation. tom brady returning to the practice field on friday. he missed practice two days following that win in san francisco. while he was back out there

200th win. coach belichick says brady will be listed on that injury report tomorrow. antoinette: everyone's emotions hangs on whatever tom brady does. doug: two things. any more pie? is tom brady playing. a special request for jetblue. antoinette: state lawmakers asking the company to make their planes more quiet. the response coming from the airline. doug: also, an abducted mother reunited with her family and this morning we're hearing from that family as the search for kelly ann: cloudy today with a chance of showers for some, but sunshine moves in later this weekend. i'll let you know when plus the chance of rain throughout the rest of the week. antoinette: if you are just joining us, we are following breaking news out of cuba this morning. former leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. his brother making that announcement on state tv in the overnight hours. we'll bring you the latest

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antoinette: 5:13. we are staying on top of the breaking news out of cuba. the nation's longtime former leader fidel castro is dead. his brother making the announcement on cuban state

fidel castro had been in poor health for years. he was 90 years old. more on his life and legacy coming up in our next half hour. prosecutors in paris say they have foiled a terror attack planned for as early as next week. five men have been arrested, four found with handguns and automatic rifles in their possession. investigators say their orders were coming from isis and they had just set up a livestreaming account suggesting an imminent attack. doug: this morning we're hearing from the sister of a california mom weeks ago. the 34-year-old reportedly kidnapped and released on thanksgiving. sherri papini reuniting with her family in the hospital last night. police say she was kidnapped while jogging earlier this month and released by her captors. her family is grateful to have her back. >> i've seen her, and it was a very joyous reunion, and we were just very, very excited to see one another. doug: police say they don't know

investigators are looking for the two women that they're calling suspects. announcer: now your stormteam 5 forecast with meteorologist kelly ann cicalese. kelly ann: antoinette: it is 40 degrees outside. driving in it was foggy. kelly ann: it was. it's going to stick around for much of this morning even as we start to see sunrise. definitely allow for extra time for travel although we're not seeing much falling from the skies. doug: head to the mall today. antoinette: i was going to kelly ann: the mall was crowded yesterday. i have a feeling some will leak over tonight. we're in the 40's along the coastline. a few 30's inland. later this afternoon, we will see more milder air head our way, more so into the forecast tomorrow and throughout the rest of the work week as well. we're on a warming trend. here's a look at what's going on overhead. we have clouds that are stuck in place holding in that moisture, which we are seeing in the form of fog right now for much of our

reduced, and that's something you'll need to watch for especially for some inland locations as we move throughout the morning forecast. showers, as you can see, mainly down to our south. we have the first track which is just barely approaching the cape and islands at this point will be pushing north and east ward within the next hour or two in a weakened form. mainly a light drizzle. we also have some streaks of rain as we move out to our west, though. and so that will be approaching as we move through the forecast this morning and afternoon. there's more from. it actually stretches well through western new york and so that's why we do have that shower chance mainly going to affect some of our southern locations and as we move onto the coastline this afternoon. temperatures are going to inch toward the 40's today. not a huge warm-up, but it's relatively mild as we do climb out of the 0 30 for early this morning. notice how clouds are stubborn. we're not seeing much in the way of sunshine today. we'll have to wait for that until tomorrow afternoon.

trend as well. here's a look at that. clouds locked in for this morning. notice how we start to see the signs of some of that rain that was off to the west right now moving toward some western portions of massachusetts by 10:00 a.m. so that's moving in in the form of a very cool rain and even the chance of flurries mixing with that, especially for the berkshires and some of the highest mountains. as that pushes eastward, notice it moves in in a weakened form. we're calling for a spot shower or two, not concentrated onto the cape and islands. a lot of us missing out on that, getting stuck in on those clouds and the dampness in the air. that continues through this evening. watch for spot showers. nothing looking to be heavy or persistent. we move through the night. things are drying out and eventually as we move toward your sunday forecast, we start to see the clouds clearing out as well. they're pushing off the coast, allowing that sunshine to break back through into our area, hinting at some changes as we move throughout the work week

forecast. we're drying out into your sunday, monday things are brightening. temperatures are inching toward the mid to upper 40's. eventually we're pulling into the 50's, though, as we move toward the middle of the workweek. here's a look at the rest of the seven-day. showers by tuesday evening. again for wednesday and thursday. more shower chances moving through. so we have a good threat of rain moving in for the middle of this workweek. doug and antoinette, notice how relatively warm. into the low to mid 50's through much of next week. antoinette: all right, kelly ann. thank you. time right now 5:18. other stories we're tracking on the eyeopener, state lawmakers with a special request for jetblue airlines. doug: this is over noise complaints. asking jetblue to install older plane with noise reducing equipment. the hope is it will make their descent into logan less

request was made. jetblue will respond after a full review. other airlines have made changes. antoinette: a warning for patients of a massachusetts hospital. personal information of more than 1700 patients at berkshire medical center have been compromised. the information was on thumb drives found and recovered from a former employee of an outside service vendor. that vendor based in delaware says there's no indication the information was misused. the information did social security numbers or insurance information. doug: right now, a police officer in san francisco is recovering after he was attacked with a skateboard and this is no joke. the officer is a critical condition with a traumatic head injury. the suspect was arrested and according to police has a lengthy criminal history. the police chief saying in a statement that his thoughts and prayers are with that officer's family. he's a husband and a father of two. announcer: now here's josh brogadir with sportscenter 5

two losses at the garden. close games, both of them. bruins and flames. b's not the start they wanted. sam bennett with a rush to the net. his fifth goal of the season. 1-0 flames in the first. bruins haven't been able to score many goals of late, but there's a commotion in front. david pasternak going to get his 12th goal of the season ties it 11-in the third. bruins with a chance. back to t alex chiasson past anton khudobin. 2-1 final. bruins lose their third straight and four of five. celtics hosting the spurs. close game in the fourth quarter. kawhi leonard the spin through the parking lot for two. spurs lead 100-94. then later in the fourth, isaiah thomas from the corner. he's been the m.v.p. of this team i think.

the d wasn't there at the very end. spurs perfect on the road at 9-0 win it 109-103. brady back on the field yesterday after missing two straight practices. patriots/jets on sunday. i'm josh brogadir. have a great day. doug: all right, josh. thank you. surprise to nobody. boston traffic can be a nightmare. antoinette: you don't say. doug: no. antoinette: we know some spots are worse than others. the areas making the nation's list for the worst bottleneck areas. and w that breaking news out of cuba this morning. if you are just joining us, fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. the self-appointed president banning free speech, freedom of

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kelly ann: we're seeing most of us holding onto the upper 30's the big story is, of course, that fog which is dense in spots for your morning travel. temperatures in downtown boston, 40 degrees. we are mainly dry with the heavy clouds in place, though, and that cloud deck sticks around bringing coastal showers as we head into the afternoon. temperatures mainly in the 40's. but, doug and antoinette, in the short-term, we will be seeing highs in the 50's for the middle of the workweek. antoinette: all right, kelly

thousands of people who california on 93 every day -- who travel on 93 every day know the traffic be be awful. doug: massachusetts has three of the worst bottlenecks. the worst of them is on 93 from the zakim bridge through the o'neill tunnel. hello, big dig. to the mass pike, the stretch of 93 between milton and quincy also made and the third locale is a trouble spot along the mass pike going through the ford channel tunnel. antoinette: i wonder why they call it expressway. there's nothing express about it. doug: 5:25. we continue to follow breaking news from cuba. fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. antoinette: castro's brother making the announcement.

morning, on air, online, and on our mobile app. doug: live pictures from cuba right now. celebration in -- excuse me. of miami. celebration in the streets in little havana. we'll have more of that. >> this is an editorial by wcvb channel 5's president and general manager, bill fine. >> after all the election turmoil, it's understandable that many people across the countre thanksgiving weekend. political discussions and clashing ideologies have proven to be very thorny subjects this fall. it's a recipe for difficulty around the dining room table and perhaps continuing over leftovers all weekend long. is your family among those declaring politics off-limits for discussion this weekend? if so, look at the bright side. that could mean extra helpings of football and time for so many other topics. favorite family stories, holiday movies, theater, and hit shows

okay, maybe not "hamilton." there is another way to look at this turbulent autumn. maybe thanksgiving comes at just the right time this year. many voted for president-elect trump to express unease and anger over how they see the nation. others voted just as passionately against him because of his unprecedented style of leadership and how he may change the nation. neither side can predict the future. but amidst the angst, perhaps we are indeed fortunate to also have these few days where we can all take a collective breath and that still bind us all regardless of party and persuasion. whether or not your family chooses to engage in this steady stream of political dialogue currently engulfing america or take a break and find safer ground to share, we can all give thanks we live in a country where the freedom to choose our path is enshrined.

announcer: now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- antoinette: breaking news this morning. cuba's former president dies at the age of 90. the breaking details coming in overnight on fidel castro's death. kelly ann: it's a cloudy start to your weekend, but sunshine is on the way. plus the next chance of rain moving in this week. doug: how about the snow? how much will we get this winter? a big question answered by a weather guru. antoinette: and on the big screen, the movie reviews this morning from the real-life

boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. antoinette: breaking overnight, cuba's former president fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. that announcement coming overnight from his brother, the current leader of cuba. getting mixed reaction around the world. much more coverage. first we want to welcome you in. it is 5:31 on your saturday. i'm antoinette antonio. doug: i'm doug meehan. kelly ann's along with us as us this morning. kelly ann: absolutely. it's dense in spots. you want to definitely allow extra time with that travel. we are talking about 128, it is -- antoinette: you could not see a thing. doug: got lost on your way in today. antoinette: i almost got lost. kelly ann: here's a look at what we're seeing this morning as part of our visibility. it is significantly reduced in spots. patchy, as i mentioned. that's why we're seeing worcester 10 mile visibility.

mile through the north shore for this morning. so that's what we're watching for, the morning hours outside of that rain chance, which at this point is looking scant for this afternoon. here's a look at that. we have clouds locked in place, mainly dry this morning. it's just that fog we're watching. we do have a few showers in the pipeline to our south. the first batch mainly missing us. just barely tracking by for the cape and islands as we head into the later morning forecast. then we have resl out to the west which is following the track that will mainly skirt by just to our south. so through connecticut, rhode island, and mainly through the south shore and cape we'll be seeing some of those showers tracking through. so i will have an updated look at that shower track and what's expected as temperatures warm up later this week, doug and antoinette. antoinette: kelly ann, thank you. now to that breaking overnight. longtime cuban leader fidel castro is dead at 90. doug: castro known for ruling with an iron fist under a socialist regime.

his brother, current president raul castro, making the announcement overnight on cuban state television from his office. raul castro saying that his brother died at 10:29 last night and will be cremated this morning. fidel castro born in cuba but fled to mexico as a young man only to return in 1956. he led a guerrilla war to take over that country and castro promised democracy but went on socialist, something he never made an apology for. here's a clip from 1993 interview with abc's diane sawyer. >> i am not a frayed to say i'm a communist. i am honored to be a communist. doug: in 2006, castro temporarily handed over some of his power to his younger brother raul.

antoinette: news of the death triggering celebrations in the streets of miami overnight. this was the scene in little havana well into the early morning hours. people filling the streets there waving cuban flags, banging pans, and dancing. over his nearly half a century reign as cuba's leader, there were more than 600 assassination attempts on castro, alleged to have plotted to kill him in a variet o suit with fatal botulism and blowing him up during a speech. he is responsible for thousands of executions and incarcerations of his political opponents. continuing coverage of this morning's breaking news as it develops here on the eyeopener followed by "good morning america," and you can also count on the wcvb app for the latest information, and if you are just joining us this morning, longtime cuban leader fidel castro has passed away at the age of 90.

we're following. a woman is recovering after she was hit by a car on a busy route 9. antoinette: it happened around 6:00 last night in framingham. that 50-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the driver did stay at the scene. no charges have been filed. doug: signs of hate in harvard, massachusetts. a rock outside the broomfield school was covered with swastikas as well as racist, sexist and homophobic slurs. according to the lowell sun, one of those swastikas is covering th a report was filed with the police. antoinette: a roxbury man accused of driving twice the legal alcohol limit when he slammed into a state police cruiser. this was the scene on 93 south on the boston milton line yesterday morning. the state trooper inside the cruiser was taken to the hospital with neck and back injuries but is expected to be okay. the driver has been identified as reginald pyarm, held on $5,000 bail.

police officers went before a judge. as todd kazakiewich explains, the suspect says it's all a big mix-up. reporter: 34-year-old vincent weaks of dorchester showing little reaction during his arraignment for injuring four boston police officers with a car. >> he ran over four cops. reporter: the incident happened early wednesday morning on stoughton street in dorchester. police were responding to a call about a person with a gun. ak car matching the description. officers approached, ordered him out. he refuses and reaches for the shifter to put the car in drive. officers reach for the shifter too and the keys. >> the officers were reaching in the car. reporter: weaks allegedly drives into two other officers while he's escaping. all four officers are recovering from minor injuries.

>> indicates he was at home when the incident allegedly occurred. so it could not be him. reporter: despite the claim that this is a mistaken identity case, some of the strongest evidence comes from weaks' own sister, who heard about what happened here on stoughton street early wednesday morning, and she went to police telling detectives she represented the involved and she rented it for him. he's being h bail for this case and held without bail regarding alleged probation violations on drug and assault charges. todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. doug: todd, thank you. another case of a car being used to assault a boston police officer. this happened at around 3:00 yesterday. officers were called to the report of a domestic disturbance in dorchester. police say a man was in that car talking to a woman standing on

car, the man put it into gear and took off. one of those officers was struck rolling onto the hood. the suspect, whose name has not been released, was arrested after crashing his car on i-93 north near exit 16. the officer was taken to the hospital to get checked out. he's since been released. >> you can't ignore it. we will not let you build this pipeline. antoinette: standing in solidarity, protestors chained themselves to demanding they pull their investment in the dakota access pipeline. they are a primary lender on that project. hundreds of demonstrators have been facing off with police in north dakota. three were arrested at a rally in boston. they lived through the horrors of the boston marathon bombing. now local heroes are seeing themselves portrayed themselves on the screen for the first time. doug: mary saladna has early

day" movie. >> a million people watch the boston marathon. >> are you behaving yourself? reporter: the early critical review for "patriots day" are positive, but it's the opinion of the people who lived the bombing and the aftermath that wahlberg has always cared most about. >> i think mark wahlberg, the director, i think they went to great lengths to reporter: watertown police sergeant jeffery pugliese is portrayed by j.k. simmons. >> i think he got me down pretty good. he was shadowing me and trying to get my mannerisms down, my speech patterns. reporter: pugliese played a critical role in the shootout. he came face to face with tamerlan tsarnaev. >> we were exchanging gunfire. he's missing me, i'm hitting

and it's afterwards, you go back and look at that house, and you see all the bullet holes. reporter: pugliese says the filmmakers got the watertown scene right. it was explosive and violent. he says other events were depicted faithfully. was it hard to watch all that again? >> honestly, it brought back a lot of ot reporter: boston police commissioner is also giving the film respect. >> every inch of this city is getting searched. we're shutting it down. reporter: mary saladna, wcvb newscenter 5. doug: "patriots day" opens in selected cities, including boston, on december 21st. it will be shown nationwide on january 13th. and if you haven't seen that 2 1/2-minute trailer that's out right now, even just the trailer itself is emotional. antoinette: a must watch. doug: it gives you chills and a

shifting gears, the wallet feeling a little lighter after black friday shopping? antoinette: well, you're in luck. kind of. doug: sort of. antoinette: just how much tonight's powerball jackpot is wor worth. doug: winter's on the way, but how much snow can we expect? we'll let you know what our weather guru says. speaking of weather gurus. kelly ann: the sunshine is coming later this weekend, but temperatures are staying cool. the timeline on when we warm back up into the 50's. morning. former cuban leader fidel castro has passed away at the age of 90.

announ we continue to follow breaking news. cuba's longtime leader fidel castro has died. raul castro making that announcement overnight. fidel castro has been in poor health for years. he was 90 years old. continuing coverage all morning long for you here on the eyeopener. right now, costa rica is rebounding from tropical storm otto. at least four people were killed by that storm. it brought torrential rains and powerful winds after making landfall. when it was a hurricane, otto

america. at least six people have been reported missing. antoinette: okay. it's a question that everyone wants answered. how much snow are we going to get this winter? our weather guru, judah cohen, already sees the signals for severe winter weather. cohen is the director of seasonal forecasting at the atmospheric and environmental research in lexington. by studying the snow cover in siberia among the other factors, he estimates we'll see in boston this season. it's about 30 inches above normal. cohen says climate change could be a factor. >> the warm arctic decreases the ice, but also makes more moisture available, and we get these snow blitzes across siberia. that's where we get these more severe winter weather episodes. i think it's all connected. antoinette: that's not all. he says we could also see outbreaks of those severe cold

on valentine's day? doug: i've got a tip for you. never leave your valentine's day flowers in the car when it's that cold. they die. i thought you keep them in the fridge. he kept in the car. antoinette: the fridge is not 9 below. doug: i opened the box. there were black dead roses. antoinette: it's the thought that counts. doug: guess what? no, it's not. antoinette: you can take that up kelly ann: it's not the cold this morning we're worried about. it's the fog. we're not seeing much in the way of rainfall. but we're not in the clear with travel this morning as we are seeing some very dense fog in spots. that's reducing our visibility quite a bit. so high travel impact for early this morning, mainly before that sun rises. as we move through the morning, we'll see fog give way to shower chances, mainly along the coastline, especially as we move down toward the cape and the

especially where we see the main shower track moving through late this morning. heading into the afternoon and evening, it's mainly dry and cloudy. low travel impacts expected. don't be surprised if you run into a sprinkle or two. that's the nature of the beast as we move through the forecast today as we do hold on to those very thick clouds for much of the forecast this afternoon. here's a look at that visibility, which you can see is significantly reduced in spots because of that fog. 3/4 of a mile in boston, below 1/2 mile visibility as we move through b lawrence and move out into western portions of massachusetts and that's where that visibility is below 1/4 of a mile. just to put that into perspective, that's the kind of travel where as you're on the roadways, you really can't see what's ahead of you. you especially want to make sure as you're moving through this morning that you do not put on those high beams. that makes things more difficult as far as that foggy travel. so our satellite and radar imagery not showing much. clouds pushing through the area. the showers mainly tracking to

cape and islands. that's going to be tracking through on that northeasterly shore. and we're watching more showers moving in from the west this afternoon. temperatures right now are quite a bit warmer on the coast. we're in the upper 30's to lower 40's. 39 in boston. you move inland, that's where temperatures right now are even below freezing. pittsfield at 31 degrees for this morning. we will start to climb into the 40's this afternoon, but the problem is yet again tonight a big cooldown is heading our way. an s freezing in spots as we head into tomorrow morning. here's those high temperatures this afternoon. boston should be able to to hit just about 48 degrees this afternoon. that's the case for much of the coastline and moving out toward the cape. as you move inland, temperatures are going to struggle to get out of the low to mid 40's. so 43 degrees in worcester. a few upper 30's as we move out through western massachusetts this afternoon. seven-day forecast includes temperatures struggling to get

the rest of the workweek. new shower chances moving in on tuesday. that sticks around for wednesday and thursday. so, yeah, we could use the rain, but the good news is that that rain moves in with warmer temperatures as well. so we finally get out of the 40's and we're actually in the 50's as we kick off the month of december, doug and antoinette. antoinette: 50's. all right! 5:49. stories we're tracking right now -- the case against the gunman in the south carolina shooting rampage will move forward. doug: a fed that dylann roof is competent to stand trial. roof is accused of killing nine people inside a historically black church in charleston in the summer of 2015. the judge delaying the trial over questions about roof's mental health. jury selection is set to resume on monday. roof could face the death penalty. antoinette: $20,000 is on the table for information leading to the arrest of two prison escapees. the men escaped from a california prison on wednesday. it's believed they're still in the san francisco bay area.

doug: guns flying off the shelves of this new jersey business on black friday. the owner says he was well prepared, stocking up over fears of a hillary clinton presidential victory despite the fact clinton said she would not take guns out of the hands of americans. instead, she was an advocate on tighter regulation. well, many of you busy this weekend putting up the christmas tree. for those of you who like the real thing, you've got to pick it out first. so i recently met up with a local man whose family has been in the tree businesso make a good choice. >> my family's been selling christmas over 60 years. doug: nino lambert and his family business of the same name is ready for all of santa's helpers that will be descending upon their 10 locations around the state. and they're prepared for it. a seemingly endless amount of trees stand at the ready. just to give you an idea of how many trees we're talking about,

canada. the wreaths are ready as well. they're already waist deep in them. nearly a dozen trees already sold before that thanksgiving turkey even hit the table. >> it was pretty funny. they came in with the santa hats and reindeer antlers. doug: getting a bad tree is not fun. nino has tips for finding the perfect tannenbaum. make sure it's a fresh fraser fir that's flexible. >> you want to take the branch and bend doug: if you're looking to buy early, make sure that newly cut base sees water asap. in three hours, the sap can seal it shut. >> even if you're not going to put it up, put it in a big bucket of water. it's going to soak up over a gallon. doug: as far as fake or real? is there really a choice? >> i don't know what you're thinking. you walk in the house and smell it.

doug: in short, to keep christmas real, keep the tree real as well. yeah. keep the real, people. antoinette: i'm guilty. i use a fake tree. i don't even do a green one. i do a fake white christmas tree. it's obviously fake. doug: but now you have the young one there. antoinette: who can eat it. i may not even put the tree up. doug: you heard nino say -- antoinette: he's 8 months old. doug: it might be a good idea to buy that powerball ticket. antoinette: tonight's jackpot continues to grow. it's gone up to $403 million. that's the cash value of just nearly $244 million. doug: that's all? antoinette: good luck if you get one. doug: yeah. i forgot. i have to go buy one today. it's tonight. antoinette: tonight. go get yours. doug: i'll thinking about the tree. i'm going to buy you a little bush. you can put it in the corner.

like pine. antoinette: a festive site at downtown crossing if you don't have a real christmas tree. doug: the stars attending the holiday celebration and we're also following breaking news from cuba where the country's

kelly ann: as you're heading out the door this morning, we're

south and west. here's a look at what's going on overhead. clouds are plentiful, but the rain will mainly be early this morning. we do have our first batch approaching the cape and islands this morning. we'll be watching more showers later this afternoon. notice how it mainly confines itself to the far coast. that's what we'll be watching today. doug and antoinette, by tomorrow we're breaking out in sunshine. antoinette: all right, kelly ann. thank you. festive cheer brightening up boston's downtown cr kicking off the holiday season with black friday deals and the official tree lighting. plenty of popular faces taking the stage including foxboro native jojo. patriots martellus bennett, mayor marty walsh also on hand and a special appearance by santa himself. you can watch the boston's official tree lighting right here on channel 5. j.c. monahan and anthony everett host holiday lights thursday at

antoinette: yes, they do. doug: it smells great. president-elect's cabinet taking form. antoinette: the continued controversy surrounding that new team. doug: we'll continue to bring you the very latest on breaking news from cuba. former president fidel castro has died. castro's brother and current president making that announcement overnight. antoinette: this is a live look from miami this morning. this is little havana. people have been gathering in the streets through the overnight hours in your time 5:57. we'll be r emerge restored. fortified. replenished. emerge everyday with emergen-c packed with b vitamins, antioxidants, electrolytes plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. why not feel this good everyday? emerge and see. it's just a cough.

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announcer: now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- antoinette: breaking overnight, former cuban leader fidel castro dies. the reaction right now from doug: a woman hit by a car on a busy street. her injuries and the investigation into the violent crash. antoinette: vandalism at a local church. the items destroyed and the search for a suspect right now. announcer: you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. doug: breaking overnight, former cuban leader fidel castro dying at the age of 90. castro, one of the longest serving leaders of that country.