>> this is 7 news at noon. >> jadiann: breaking news at noon. a teenage driver slams through a home in foxboro. police say nobody was hurt, but the damage is quite extensive. >> christa: right now crews are on the scene trying to figure out exactly what cause this driver to lose control in the first place. let's head live to foxboro. here you see steve cooper on the scene. >> reporter: some dramatic moments here this morning that unfolded just before 7:00. look behind us here. you can see the damage done and really what's left behind.

house that's now been covered up with the blue tarp. you see all the damage left behind here. the area is off-limits. right now. this afternoon, the home owner is talking about his early-morning wake-up call. >> i thought... >> reporter: describing the loud boom around 7:00. after this s.u.v. barreled into their home here in foxboro. leaving a gaping hole in the family room, shredding the christmas tree. >> my wife had gotten up before me. i was just getting up. i hadn't even gotten dressed yet. i looked out. and there was no front of the house. >> reporter: emergency responders say a 16-year-old boy operating the chevy tahoe lost control and smashed into the house before damaging a parked car in the driveway. no one was hurt, including the >> his parents came on scene taken home by his parents. he was not injured. >> reporter: the damage

so much so, the house is uninhabitable right now. >> the back porch is okay. we will get them to get their belongings. they can't go back in the house until it's been repaired. >> reporter: harry is thankful everyone is okay. they are concerned about their holiday plans. >> we were supposed to have 15 over for christmas. doesn't look like that now, that is for sure. >> reporter: the building inspectors keeping an eye on all of. this they have to figure out where they go from here. as for the investigation, police still looking into the cause. why that teen lost control and left the roadway. smashing into the house. that is one thing they are looking at right now. the investigation here is ongoing this afternoon. we are live in foxboro, steve cooper, 7 news. >> christa: also breaking an eggs under way in milton after

when a kitchen went up in flames. this little eight-year-old girl, luckily, made it out >> jadiann: we have just learned where the mother was at the time of the fire. with more on the investigation. >> reporter: yeah. in addition to that little girl, there was a woman in the second-floor apartment as well at restoration company is here button up this property. looking into the case. department of children and families. the story yesterday was that the mom went food-shopping and left her child home. but now a new story is emerging. the mother of a young girl left home alone when fire broke out in her house returned to hudson street today but wouldn't say a word about what happened. >> i just spoke with the fire marshal's office. it is accidental in nature. so we are happy with that. >> reporter: the fire ripped thursday afternoon. heavily damaging the back decks. and when milton fire arrived, they got a surprise.

standing outside with a neighbor. she had gotten out safely on her own. >> the mother went to pick up the two-year-old daughters which were a street away. you know, in reality, you know, she shot next-door to grab the kids. it all transpired in that period of time. it was caused by an issue with the stove. we believe it got into the vent from the stove and you know, spread into the wall. and the attic. >> reporter: at family list upstairs. now they are removing belongings days before christmas. a woman ran outside from the second floor after hearing her smoke detector go off and she called her fiance. >> she was crying. she said that the house is on fire. i left work and came straight here. >> reporter: luckily, nobody was hurt here in the close

homeless, looking for places to stay. the windows boarded up. damage is extensive. the fire chief says this will not be a knock-down. not a total loss. jonathan hall, 7 news. >> christa: breaking news on the run-away red line train. attorneys for the driver david vasquez plan to appeal. he was fired from the m.b.t.a. this week. he was supposed to be on a train that left braintree station last week. that unmanned train then traveled without a driver for roughly nine minutes through several stops and dozens of passengers were onboard at the time. "t" employees f cut power to the train and stopped it. luckily no, one was hurt. again, the driver appealing that decision to fire him fbs. when we get more information, we will pass it along to you. >> jadiann: now turning to your weather. button up this weekend. the cold is coming. blustery conditions headed our way. for more on the forecast, let's get over to jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: right.

plymouth at 51. hyannis, 53. rook off to our west. some cool air. jaffrey and orange in the lower 40's. we have a weather system still close by to generate clouds and periods of rain. most of it focused on the south coast and the cape. buzzards bay. there are a couple of sprinkles and brief showers that will march across metro-boston throughout the afternoon. it is not a big deal. i don't think it is the kind of rain we saw last evening. but this afternoon, mostly cloudy skies. holding on to the mild air with temperatures between 46-51. most of the steady, rain, again, will be closer to the canal and out on the cape. here is the cold air. buffalo right now, at 35. toronto, 36. pittsburgh, 32. this will sweep in late tonight and tomorrow. for a change, colder than normal for saturday. we will talk about your weekend forecast coming up. >> christa: all schools closed in north brookfield due to a geyser of water shooting into the air. police say a drunk driver crashed into a fire hydrant

nick emmons is live on the scene. nick, for a while, that town was without water, it sounds like. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. what a way to wake up in the morning. you can't take a shower. you can't use your sink for anything. that drunk driver came down south main street and then came out of control, barreling into the fire hydrant that was here. this one is a new one. they replaced it this morning. it was really a mess. thousands of gallons of water were spraying into the air. a broken fire hydrant shooting thousands of gallons of water into the sky. the town of north brookfield forced to shut down the water supply to fix the damage. >> obviously, you are worried about your townspeople. if off fire, they have to fill up somewhere else. you are disrupting their fire safety. people in town waking up to no water pressure. >> we got home around midnight. and there was a geyser. you can't cook. you can't wash dishes.

care of everything. they pulled an all-nighter. we appreciate. that reporth at local schools, empty buses and parking lots. no water means no classes. >> i called the superintendent early in the morning. and told her, i said, look, i'm not ready to turn this back on and guarantee that you will have the water that you should have in school. >> we are planning to do our gingerbread house that we haven't gotten to yet today. >> reporter: a drunk driver is amy dodge was spotted on the behind the wheel of a damaged car mamping the description of the one that took out the hydrant. she was arrested. according to the police report, at one point, she told an officers, "do you think you can do this because you are a cop?" while being booked, she said she was too drunk and it's the vodka that always gets me. she is now facing drunk driving charges for the second time. and back out here live again, this is a look at the knew hi

in the old one, when it was sheared, did not have the ability to stop the flow of water. that made it difficult for crews to shut off the water. they had to shut off water to hydrant. we are told that this newer one, if the same thing were to off. possibly elimb may thing this whole mess that happened today. live from north brookfield, 7 news. >> jadiann: today president obama meets the families of the victims of the san bernardino terror attacks. this comes one day after a neighbor of the shooters was arrested and charged in connection to the attacks. nancy chen joins us now with more. >> reporter: sar remarks enrique marquez told investigators he had no prior among the of the terror attacks, but the f.b.i. says he bought the guns years ago and those guns were used to murder 14 people. just weeks after the mass shooting in san bernardino, federal charges have been filed against 24-year-old enrique marquez. the friend and former next-door neighbor of syed farook. investigators say in late

attack a college where both had been students with pipe bombs and guns. the f.b.i. says they also talked about talking pipe bombs... tubbing pipe bombs into traffic. the assault rifles were used in the san bernardino shooting. marquez and farook continued to plan terror attacks by going to firing ranges. the two reportedly stopped plotting together in late 2012 after some unrelated terror california. yesterday the president talked about the national threat situation at the counterterrorism center. >> we cannot give in to fear or change how we live our lives. want. that is the only leverage that they ever. >> reporter: president obama and the first lady will meet privately with families. the president has reassured americans that the government

attacks in the works. nancy chen, 7 news. >> sarah: the latest on the celebrity wife slammed by lebron james and then car rid out on a stretcher. a little later, danielle serving up a delicious holiday

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>> christa: for those of us who procrastinate, we are getting dangerously close to it is on the graphic for the 7-day forecast. >> sarah: pretty scary to see that in the 7-day forecast. weekend? >> jeremy: it will be cold for a change. some cold weather headed our

rain showers, though. not snowflakes. it is cold this weekend. we warm it right back up as we work into next week and quite warm for christmas eve. radar right now showing a few isolated showers. metro south. and again, they are hit and miss south of the pike. north of town, i think you will have a cloudy afternoon with a few sprinkles. around the metro, there is one right there. that will work up across metro boston for a short time. most of the steady rain this and the islands. the weather system yesterday that brought us all the rain, about half an inch of rain, beneficial rain, it is a little farther away today. you folks on the cape and the islands are still relatively close to that weather system. that is why i think you have the highest chance of a few showers. then here in metro-boston, again, the showers on and off throughout the afternoon. as well as the evening commutes. and early this evening. then things will wind down toward midnight tonight. how much rain is on the way? a tenth of an inch of rain or less around the metro. then working out on the cape and the islands, a quarter of

would not be a bad thing to pick up some rain. we are running ten inches below normal for the year. i'm not rooting for ten inches of rain. we don't want that kind of rainfall. we are not going to get that. we will close the books on 2015 on the dry note. mild this afternoon. upper 40's to around 50 degrees. for tonight, an evening rain shower or two. clearing skies. it does turn colder late tonight thanks to northwesterly winds scraping in the cold air. for more on the cold headed this way, here is danielle. >> danielle: thanks. hard to believe our temperatures have been above average for almost every day except for one this month. they have been ten degrees, almost ten degrees above where they should be this time of that is going to change, though, as we head into tomorrow. is moving in. for your saturday, expect blustery conditions. cold, windy, even some snow flurries possible out towards then as we head into sunday, high pressure moves over us. it's still chilly. but not as windy for your sunday.

are heading out tomorrow like blustery out there. more sunshine. if you are heading to the pats game on sunday, expect the low 40's. bring the coat. and for the rest of your forecast, as we head into christmas, we are warming right back up. j.r.? >> jeremy: yes. thank you, danielle. clouds and sunshine for the next couple of days. the cold air today is in the great lake states. some unsettled weather out west. if you are bouncing out of town today to start your holiday week, no powerful storms. no major issues. really, the next few days here in new england, travel conditions will be okay. essentially, dry weather after the shower threat winds down this evening. sunday, mostly sunny skies. here comes the mild air. monday, upper 40's. tuesday, wednesday, mid-50's. christmas eve, whoa sdlchlt what's going on? mid-60's thursday afternoon. >> christa: still ahead, a risky ride caught on camera. now police are searching for the driver of the s.u.v. here in massachusetts.

>> sarah: the big debut of star wars already setting records. night alone. and that's just here in the united states. >> christa: we were part of. night. for you. >> jeremy: right. let's hear from the fans at the show-case cinema in

>> no spoilers. tell me what you thought. >> oh, it was unbelievable. it was awesome. >> jeremy: some of the big kids felt like little kids. like a sci-fi time machine. >> it is like 1977 again. awesome. >> jeremy: and the real kids? >> i like all the action. >> jeremy: the lobby had the feel of an amusement park ride. many people we spoke with were ready to get in line again. . >> we are going to see it again. absolutely. we have to go again. >> yes. i already have tickets. tomorrow. twice. >> jeremy: this fan spent 18 hours sitting through the first six movies during the movie marathon. starting with episode one, at he says it was the perfect way to do it. >> the closer you get to episode 7, the more sort of jazzed you become. you get your second wind after return of the jeddy. by the time the force awakens started, i was very much wide and on point.

it was just fantastic. >> the best one... better than the original six. >> what? >> i'm a big fan of the extended universe. there is a lot of extended universe stuff in that movie. it's really exciting. really exciting. >> jeremy: amazing. you know, my opinion is that, you know, the charisma we saw with the original trilogy, it was back in this new one. you know? >> christa: right. with some of the old characters being brought as part of the story line. that was amazing. i felt like it was return of the jeddy, a little built of star wars, the matrix in there, too. >> sarah: you loved the new female lead character. >> christa: she was so strong and vulnerable. sump a great actress. i thought she was great. >> jeremy: and the ships were awesome. right. >> sarah: today's holiday helping comes from our newest 7 news member, danielle gersh. whipping up a treat to feed your family.

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>> sarah: welcome back. here at 7 news, we are whipping up our favorite holiday recipes. >> christa: guess what? 's today is danielle's turn. >> danielle: i brought some in but it's all gone. today i'm going to show you how to make a perfect addition to any holiday breakfast. it is my mom's been a bah unanimous that bread. here is my holiday helping. hi, everyone. welcome to our home. this is my dog sebastian. we are so excite for our first winter here in boston. and we are going to make my mom's famous banana bread today. a family tradition in our house. she always makes it during the holidays. we are from california, and the second it starts to get cold, even though it doesn't get that cold there, she starts to bake the banana bread.

tradition to boston? let's head to the kitchen. we are going to mix our sugar, eggs, banana and oil. before we do that, we are going to mash up the be unanimous that is. the riper the bananas, the better it tastes. now, i'm going to crack the eggs. we will add our oil. add the sugar. whisk it all together. the be unanimous that is are starting to loosen up. i prefer to do this in two separate bowls. one with dry ingredients. one with wet ingredients. we will combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and some salt. time to add everything together, and then you get to add your chocolate chips. you can use peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, butter scotch chips. anything you want. pour the batter into a buttered and floured loaf pan. now the bread is ready to go. all you do, bake it in the oven at 350 degrees. for about 35 minutes. the bread is done. we have let it cool. one final touch. powdered sugar. product. thank you so much for joining

thank you for supporting project bread. happy holidays. >> christa: look how perfectly sebastian is sitting there. is he always that well-behaved? >> danielle: no. he tries. >> sarah: go to whdh.com. click on project bread. find out more about donations to this charity. >> christa: tonight, at 11:00, check out elizabeth's holiday helping. in massachusetts with a powerful name. from the star wars franchise. >> jeremy: and for the showers. forecast up next. >> christa: we are following you. a teen slamming into a home in foxboro, leaving behind quite a path of damage there.

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>> christa: breaking news. a teenage driver slams through a home in foxboro. they say nobody was hurt. the damage is quite extensive. crews are on the scene trying to figure out exactly what caused the crash. let's go to steve cooper with this report from foxboro. >> reporter: i thought it was an explosion. the home endescribing the loud boom he and his wife woke up to around 7:00 after this s.u.v. barreled into their home here in foxboro. leaving a gaping hole in the family room, shredding the christmas tree. >> my wife had gotten up

i was just getting up. i hadn't gotten dressed yet. all of a sudden, i looked out. there was no front of the house. >> reporter: a 16-year-old boy operating the chevy tahoe lost control, smashed into the house, before damaging a parked car in the driveway. no one was hurt, including the teen driver. >> his parents came on scene and he was taken by his parents. he was not injured. >> reporter: the damage extensive so. much so, the house is uninhabitable right now. >> the back portion is okay. we are going to get them in to get their belongings. house until it's been repaired. >> reporter: harry is thankful everyone o'is okay but concerned about holiday plans. >> we were supposed to have 15 over for christmas. doesn't look like that now. that is for sure. >> reporter: the house has been patched up now. at least temporarily. a lot of work needs to be done

into the house. when that will happen, that is unclear. police are trying to piece everything together here to figure out why that teenager left the roadway and crashed into the house here. so that part of the investigation is ongoing right now. we are live in foxboro this afternoon, steve cooper, 7 news. >> christa: also breaking: an investigation under way in milton after a child was apparently left home alone when a kitchen went up in flames. this eight-year-old girl managed to make it out safely. >> sarah: we are learning where the mother was at the time of this fire. jonathan hall has the latest on the investigation now. >> reporter: the mother of a young girl left home alone when fire broke out in her house returned to hudson street today but wouldn't say a word about what happened. marshal's office. it is accidental in nature. we are happy with that. >> reporter: the three-alarm fire heavily damaged the back decks. when milton fire arrived, they got a surprise. an eight-year-old girl

she had gotten out safely on her own. >> the mother went to pick up a two-year-old daughter a street away. you know, in reality, she shot next-door to grab the kids and it all transpired in that period of time. >> reporter: the mom had turned on a stove in the kitchen to do some cooking and then went out. something went wrong wit. >> it was caused by an issue with the stove. we believe it got into the vent from the stove. and you know, spread into the wall. the floor and the attic. >> reporter: woman ran outside from the second floor after hearing her smoke detector go say. >> she was crying. she said that the house was on fire. i left work and then came straight here. >> reporter: luckily, nobody was hurt here in the close

>> sarah: breaking news on the lawyers for david vasquez say they are appealing. vasquez was fired from the m.b.t.a. this week. vasquez was supposed to be on a train that left braintree station last week. that unmanned train then traveled withouts a driver for dozens of passengers were onboard. "t" employ easy cut power to the train and stop it. thankfully, no one was hurt. again, that red line driver appealing the decision to fire him. we will bring you more information as soon as we get it. >> christa: turning to the weather. looks like we have some cold weather on the way. just in time for the weekend. >> jeremy: right now boston at 48. plymouth, 51. hyannis, 5. worcester hills, southwest new hampshire, the numbers in the lower 40's. you will be in and out of the light rain shower activity around the metro with some

cape and the islands. have the best chance of seeing afternoon. as we are right on the edge of this weather system, which will continue to peel out of here this evening, and more so overnight tonight, temps between 46-51. again, a few showers around the 95 corridor. around the metro. and then eventually, it does turn colder for the weekend. current temps, western new york and western pennsylvania, low to middle 0's. this charges into new england tonight. we will talk more about that coming up. >> sarah: happening today: all schools are closed in north brookfield due to a geyser of water shooting in the air. a drunk driver caused this major mess. nick emmons has the latest. >> reporter: broken fire hydrant shooting thousands of gallons of water into the sky. the town of north brookfield forced to shut down the water supply to fix the damage. >> obviously, you are worried about your townspeople. if off fire, they have to try to fill up somewhere else. i mean, you are disrupting

>> reporter: people in town pressure. >> we got home around midnight. and there was a geyser. you can't cook. you can't wash dishes. >> looks like they are taking care of everything. they are pulling an all-nighter. we appreciate that. >> reporter: at local schools, empty parking lots and empty buses. no water means no classes. >> i called the superintendent early in the morning. i said look, i'm not going to be ready to turn this back on and guarantee you that you will have the water you should have in school. >> we are going to do some last-minute christmas things. we are doing our gingerbread house today. >> reporter: amy dodge was arrested after she was spotted on the side of the road off route 67 behind the wheel of a damaged car matching the description of the one that took out the hydrant. according to the police report, at one point, she told an officer "do you think you can do this because you are a cop?" while being booked, she said she was too drunk. and "it's the vodka that always gets me." she is now facing drunk

time. we are told this new hydrant here if something similar were to happen it to, it would actually seal itself off. possibly avoiding the same mess that happened today. in north brookfield, nick emmons, 7 news. >> christa: this woman is shaken after someone fired a shot into her home. and now police are trying to figure out where that bullet came from. and who pulled the trigger. here is nicole oliverio with the story. >> reporter: carol startled when she heard a loud bang at she looked around. but at first, didn't see any damage. >> i heard a huge noise. and i didn't look up at the window. for whatever reason. because i didn't think it was there. >> reporter: but the noise was the sound of a bullet fired from a rifle. the bullet apparently shattered her kitchen window. ricocheted off her cabinet, smashing a picture frame near the phone she was using just

>> it is hard to explain. it was like all of a sudden, i couldn't feel anything. i was just so stunned. then i knew there had to be a so i kept looking. and then i found the bullet. her son. gun clubs. one in stoughton. the other in easton. they believe the bullet came from one of those two places. >> both clubs are over a mile away. these rounds travel for miles. >> reporter: the house has they have a collection to prove it. had enough. >> the one that came through the window and almost got my mother was the straw that broke the camel's back. >> reporter: stoughton police are investigating. they are actually looking at footage from both clubs to see if the shots came from there. >> sarah: crews make a risky rescue in maine after a car ends up dangling over a ledge. officials say the driver

guardrail and landed on a rock ledge 60 feet in the air. it took three hours and more than two dozen firefighters to rescue the driver. he wasn't seriously hurt. a pedestrian was injured in whitman after being hit by a car. officials say a 68-year-old man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. but is expected to be okay. several people are hurt after an out-of-control transit bus crashes into a home out in western massachusetts. it happened in cheshire. the bus collided with an s.u.v. before crashing into the house. at least one person suffered serious injuries. state police are still investigating why the two vehicles collided. >> christa: now on just one station: a rivalry rescue in brookline. a starbucks worker finds a dunkin' donuts employee in distress and moves in to make a save. report@starbucks and dunkin' donuts practically side by side in brookline. would be enemies. when you work at 4:00 in the morning, you share a somewhat

friday morning, derek was on his way to his job at dunk's. >> i was using my inhaler. two blocks go by. it is like, i can't even breathe. collapsed. >> the doctor said i had pneumonia. while i was asleep, the fluid had built up in my lungs. so when i lifted up to go get up, it all went inside my lungs. >> reporter: the man ran over to help. >> he said it was really hard to breathe. he had used up his inhaler. >> he knew something was wrong. he came over. he was like, are you all right? i don't have any air left. i couldn't say anything. i'm like, waving at him. i guess he called the police. >> three cop cars showed up. one of the guys had medical training of some sort. he had his own mini oxygen tank. he gave derek oxygen.

ambulance to arrive. >> god only knows. it was 4:00 in the morning. >> i know everybody is like starbucks, dunkin', we don't get along. it was just another guy walking to work in the morning. why wouldn't you want to help? >> christa: a mother is suing chipotle because she says her son contractsed norovirus after he had eaten at the restaurant. 136 people who ate at the chipotle contracted that same illness. >> sarah: boston is set to raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes. the decision is drawing mixed reviews. . >> what this really does is acknowledge it is real danger of tobacco products. and acknowledges that there is no safe dose or use of tobacco.

leg, come back here and then go to a store and you can't buy a cigarette or a cigar because supposedly, your judgment is not good enough. >> sarah: the new regulation will apply to flavored tobacco and ecigarettes. this takes effect february 15. >> christa: hours before the latest star wars movie premiered, a jedi was born right here in winchester. look at this little baby. so precious. he has a unique and timely middle name. his parents are talking about their decision to use the force when they chose it. >> he is the bay state's newest jeddy. all 7 pounds, 11 ounces of him. light saner to cut the umbilical cord. remember. >> it went really, really

yup. >> christa: this youngling's middle name is jedi. ryker jedi gracie came into the world the day star wars opened in boston. and nationwide. >> it comes out tonight. it is all over the place. why not? >> christa: proud mom and dad woburn. delivery at winchester hospital. the original star wars came out 38 years ago when disco was hot and men wore bell bottoms. denise and jim hadn't even been born themselves. >> my three older brothers were into star wars. so it is kind of one of those things where i'm into it as well. >> christa: they are looking forward to seeing the new film eventually. dad want to see it as soon as next week. his wife says, hey, let's rest up a little bit. maybe in two weeks instead.

a little busy. up in the middle of the night. >> christa: i love that name. a powerful and cool name. >> sarah: still ahead, a dangerous drive. take a look. caught on camera. children holding on to the roof of a van while riding through a houston neighborhood. mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps like this one that lets you choose a

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>> sarah: welcome back. christmas eve is already in the 7-day forecast. hard to believe. >> christa: i know snow is on the wishlist. i don't know if that is going to be a reality. oh, well, right? >> jeremy: you know what? hop in the car and go to the tug hill plateau region of new york this afternoon. they are going to get lake-effect snow today. also south of buffalo. for us, just cold weather headed this way for the weekend. a few rain showers this afternoon. before the cold air arrives. here are those rain-drops. not snowflakes on the doppler radar. you notice here around the metro, see how this is kind of hit-and-miss. nothing widespread. that is how the radar will look for the majority of the afternoon. there is some steady rain blossoming in southern connecticut, rhode island. the fa farther south you are, you will see some steadier rain. a weather system that is just passing through southern new england and mostly off-shore for the remainder of the afternoon. as we put a little timeline here into motion, you do notice a couple of showers. a burst of rain around the metro. and south shore. the south coast. and then it moves out of here

how much rain with this weather system? yesterday we picked up a third rain. because we are a little farther away from the weather system. a tenth of an inch of rain. this is how much rain we are still below normal. about 10-12 inches below normal. prichtation, i should say. for the entire year. we are not going to make that weeks. it is going to go in the books, 2015, as a dry year. temps right now, 4's to around 50. for tonight, a couple of showers this evening. clearing skies late tonight. here comes the cold air. here is danielle. >> danielle: hasn't been feeling like december soer fa. one day of below-average temperatures. in fact, temperatures are running ten degrees above average. that is going to change, weekend. high pressure starting to move in as we head into tomorrow. that is going to bring with it the cool air and those blustery windy conditions. not ruling out a snow flurry

here in boston, we are dealing with the chilly conditions. as we head into your sunday, we are clearing out. more sunshine. staying chilly. if you are doing the last-minute christmas shopping like me, you are going to need the coat all weekend long. for tomorrow, upper 30's. sunday, into the low 40's. pats game on sunday, temperatures going to be on the cool side. but this is actually where we should be this time of year. so 41 degrees around kickoff. into the upper 0's as we head into the end of the game. and then we have another warm-up on the way for christmas. j.r., talk more about that. >> jeremy: yes. things will warm up. this cold shot of air today states. just passing through southern new england. winter making a cameo. not going to stick around. good for holiday traveling, though. we don't have any big snowstorms on the table really anywhere across the eastern half of the u.s. if you are flying out of new england this weekend, you are fine. as we look over the next couple of days, again, travel conditions on the ground into early next week, stormle-free. with a warming trend. there you go.

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>> christa: we are about ready to close the books for the week. >> sarah: we cannot believe next week is christmas. >> jeremy: i know. exactly. where is it going? it is going out the front door. hey, clouds for the afternoon. a few isolated showers. near 50. windy conditions tomorrow. tomorrow is actually, prepare yourself. the cold afternoon. temps tomorrow afternoon, upper 30's. close to where we should be this time of year. the wind will make it feel like 30. sunday, less wind. chilly. good for that patriots game. go pats. >> christa: okay. all right. that will do it for us. have a fantastic weekend.

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