>> breaking news. amtrak problems causing trouble for commuters. we are talking about major delays. >> passengers are still being diverted to other stations.

starting with victoria warren. live at back bay station with the very latest. >> reporter: all of the folks on the framingham and worcester train, they came here. you take a live look here. the trains are now just sitting here. the passengers were told to get off and get on to an orange line train. but given the crowds and the delays, that was easier said than done. massive crowds, cramming platforms. >> reporter: pouring offer commuter trains in the hopes of getting a coveted spot on already crowded orange line trains. >> oh, thousands. at least a thousand off of our train. >> reporter: david perry snapped these pictures. domino effect from a signal problem an an amtrak line that pretty much kept almost all commuter trains from getting all the way to south station. >>. i was trying to get to south station. i'm just going to walk. the orange line is a complete mess.

waited. i waited for the train for about 40 minutes. then it came. and i would say at least 40-45 minutes. >> reporter: painfulfully slow commute again. >> this one is not even on the state. this one is on the feds. this is amtrak. infrastructure in this country. nothing has been maintained: it is all falling apart. >> reporter: some passengers were trying to find something positive about their experience. they said they felt communication through the "t" alerts was helpful as they were just stuck on these platforms, waiting for trains. this afternoon, amtrak continues to try to fix the problem. it is not fixed yet. which means it could be a messy evening commute. >> reporter: south station looking like a ghost town

no trains going in or out. our coverage continuing now with dan hausle. >> reporter: well, the worst of the morning commute is over. the concern is quickly turning to what the evening commute is going to look like with keolis who operates the commuter rail saying they ever no idea when this problem will be fixed. the big board inside south station there shows that most of the amtrak trains do seem to be coming and going on time. you look a the commuter rail lines. they all say info to follow. amtrak says the problem is with their main electronic switching. of all trains coming in and out of south station. they say they have an electronic problem. they are using manual switching and that leads to problems. keolis says they don't know when this problem is going to be fixed. >> it was really a tough morning for people to commute. they have let us know loud and clear they are frustrated. we share their frustration.

situation, we will inform our passengers. but right now, i'm, you know, telling everybody, you know, until this is fixed, they need to be aware a that there could be issues this afternoon. >> reporter: the warning now is expect you won't have your commuter rail coming in and out of south station. if they can't let you know, they say stay tuned to their alerts and to 7 news. we are live at south station, dan hausle, 7 news. >> dan, thank you. stay with 7 on air and on-line for the latest updates on the "t." log on to our web site whdh.com or our 7 news mobile and tablet app. revere police officer rushed to the hospital after crashing his cruiser in chelsea. the officer was chasing another car when the accident happened. jennifer eagan is live with the latest in chelsea. jen? >> reporter: sar remarks this police chase did start in revere. the officer was checking on a

obviously, things continued on here into chelsea with the officer in pursuit. that officer has serious injuries. and is at mgh. he is expected to be okay. we spoke with one of the men who helped pull him out of the cruiser. >> we just heard, like, a loud roar. like a car racing. >> reporter: a revere officer crashed while chasing a suspect down marginal street in chelsea. >> when we saw the honda civic take the turn and basically, almost gave away. spun out. caught himself. >> reporter: the revere officer lost control of his cruiser. >> hit the first pole. then right when it hit it, it still had momentum. it hit the second pole. >> reporter: francesca ortiz was working nearby at a business. he and his partner raced to the cruiser. the two telephone poles the officer hit hanging over the street. >> right when we got close enough, the cop opened the door. fell out. someone help me. someone help me.

let's get him out of here. we thought the pole was coming down any second. that is when other pedestrians helped us out, too. we picked him up. grabbed his legs. walked him out of there. >> reporter: ortiz says people covered the office we are their coats to help keep him warm. >> he wasn't doing good. he wasn't talking as much. he said "help me. help me." we got him out. he was bleeding. heading his ribs. he couldn't walk either. report tt cruiser's air bags deployed. it lost a front tire. ortiz is hoping the officer is okay. >> at the moment, it is safety. you know? >> reporter: so again that, suspect has not been caught. police say that person is in a white sedan, possibly a honda. he was last seen heading into east boston. police are searching for that suspect. we are live from chelsea, jennifer eagan, 7 news. >> sarah: colder day. definitely need that winter gear. the sunshine will prevail. you will still be feeling the chill. let's send it over to chris lambert with more on the

>> chris: good afternoon. temperatures running cooler than this time yesterday afternoon. yesterday, we had a lot of sunshine. we have a bit of a breeze out there. 33 in boston. 27 in worcester right now. the wind, 10-15 miles an hour. that is dropping the windchill factor down to 17 in worcester. and 24 in the city of boston. there is not going to be a lot of movement temperature-wise for the rest of the day. tons of sunshine. wall to wall here. in the city of boston. out through worcester. some scattered clouds offshore. the best chance of a few clouds backing in later this afternoon. would be along the coastline. maybe even passing snow shower late day if not into this evening down across the cape and the islands. again, the temperatures not moving that much more. you may squeak out another degree or two. overall i do expect temperatures to hold into the mid-0's. cool and breezy today. but 40's to near 50 23s over the weekend. mainly dry, though. could have a couple of rain and snow showers around friday night. we will talk more on that and the potential midweek storm coming up. >> nancy: a state senator at the center o'. >> a federal investigation. the f.b.i. raiding brian

and we are in canton with more on the allegations against him. >> reporter: wednesday night, the f.b.i. and i.r.s. continued to take boxes out of state senator brian joyce's canton law offers. officials raided the place that morning as part of a federal investigation into the lawmaker. >> not just the tip of the iceberg. it is an iceberg. >> reporter: state watchdog groups have had their eyes on the senator for quite some time. >> there was some allegations of pressuring people to give business to his law firm. taking goods and services, particularly dry-cleaning. >> reporter: on the state level, the office of campaign and political finance launched an investigation into the senator and found he used campaign funds to pay for graduation party at his home and to lease a car for two years. they say he remedied those issues by making a donation to a charity or reimbursing the money. now as feds step in, the governor says it's worth a

>> all of us in public life take the fact that we have to play by the rules seriously. i was troubled by some of the issues that were raised previously. with respect to the senator's relationship to some of the folks in his district. report tt state republican chair is demanding that joyce step down. in canton, 7 news. >> sarah: crews investigating a deadly fire in plymouth. a 64-year-old man died when flames through a three-story home last night. firefighters were unable to rescue the man. this is the state's eighth fire fatality in less than a month. a house in brookline goes up in flames. the two-alarm fire started on the second floor of this home on orchard road. there are no reported injuries. the mother who lived inside a house of squalor in blackstone will face murder charges. a judge is refusing to dismiss two murder charges against erika murray. she is charged in the deaths of two newborns whose bodies

september of 2014. murray's lawyers claim that autopsies did not prove the babies were alive when they were born. police say the body of a third baby was also inside that house. >> sarah: now to a shift in the race for the white house. for the first time in months, donald trump isn't leading the pack in a national poll. ted cruz is at the top of a new poll by nbc news. cruz has 28% of the vote. trump is in second with 26%. marco rubio and john kasich tied with 17. and ben carson with 10%. on the democratic side, a national quinnipiac poll out today is good news for bernie sanders. it finds sanders would win the election in november in a match-up with any of the g.o.p. candidates. the closest republican contender is ohio governor john kasich. he trails sanders 45% to 41%. >> nancy: a former supreme court justice is disagreeing with republicans on replacing justice antonin scalia.

president obama to fill the vacant seat and quickly. o'connor was appointed by ronald reagan broke with republicans who say they president's nominee. name the next justice. president obama is making a historic trip to cuba next month. the white house is expected to announce the president's trip officially later on today. it is all part of a larger tour of latin america. back in 2014, cuban president raul castro and president obama announced they would normalize relations after 50 years of broken ties. the last sitting u.s. president to visit cuba was calvin coolidge back in 1928. coming up, a big winner. we are learning more about who claimed that billion-dollar powerball jackpot in florida. >> nancy: one local family left with a bad connection with their cell phone carrier.

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>> chris: 12:14 on this thursday afternoon. heading out to lunch. overall, not a bad winter day. temperatures in the lower 30's. through boston up through reading. boxford checking in at 32 degrees. tyngsborough, 29. 29 in lowell as well. sterling coming in at 30. generally, across the board, we are running in the up 20er's and low 30's north and west of boston. mid-30's south of the city from attleboro to dighton to west wareham. checking in at 36. across the cape, running into the mid-30's. closer to 40 here in bourne. that bourne temperature may be a few degrees a little bit on

the bottom line, though, it is a cold day versus what we saw yesterday. by ten degrees on average. these numbers instead of being in the mid-40's, running into the mid-30's. it does feel cooler outside. just like yesterday, we have a ton of sunshine in place. some more clouds to the north and east here. coming offer the gulf of maine. and then sliding back down the coastline of maine. we may, indeed, get a few clouds to mix in with the sunshine here this afternoon. along the coastline, the best opportunity of a passing flurry or snow shower as well. maybe close to the coast. especially down through the cape. outer cape tonight, into very early tomorrow morning, some cloud around. again that, passing snow shower not out of the question for you folks. mainly clear overnight tonight. into tomorrow morning. for much of the commonwealth. and it almost looks like i'm showing you a blank map by tomorrow morning. that is because the forecast models no longer picking up on snow or clouds. at least for the morning and then in the afternoon, clouds will advance on in. thicken up. we will get some scattered snow showers in here overnight

you note the trend here. even into saturday morning. up. that is because the warm air starts arriving just in time for the weekend. this cold shot across new england and back into buffalo, new york is short-lived. 62 in kansas city. we are not going to hit 62. some of the mild air will start to head in toward new england just in time for the upper 20's in the worcester hills. afternoon. cape cod snow shower. otherwise, upper single digits in the colder suburbs. tomorrow, sunshine to increasing clouds. we the winds tomorrow lighter. then they pick back up on saturday. over to danielle. danielle? >> danielle: tomorrow night, as we head into saturday, you pick up. saturday morning, around 6:00 a.m. they are out of the south. they are gusting around 0 miles per hour. so these are really not much compared to the winds we are dealing with on tuesday. but definitely, a little breezy.

morning, get out and enjoy the mild temperatures this weekend. heading into lunchtime, the winds dying down a little. it is staying breezy throughout the day on saturday. the good news: temperatures this weekend are not going to be near as cool as they were last weekend. february temperatures are pretty close to where they should be for this month. look at that. warmest temperature, 60 degrees. the good news: no comparison to last year. no major snowfall expected for the weekend. we are keeping an eye on the possibility of a storm for next week. >> chris: there is going to be a weak storm that tries to work in here sunday night into monday. we may catch a couple of snow showers out of that first thing monday morning. the bigger storm would be this

into wednesday. we will keep an eye on. that plenty of time to iron out the details. giving you a heads-up on the bigger storm system that could be coming to new england. in terms of the next several days, though, nuisance-type suffer the. especially friday night with the scattered snow showers. >> nancy: a coast guard ships toed around in rough seas. off the coast of the cape. officials say the boat is specifically designed for chatham waters. still ahead, dying up trouble. solve it 7 stepping in when a woman's new cell phone wouldn't work. get her a refund. >> sarah: freshly grated wood on top of your pasta?

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>> nancy: a local mother huck hung up after trying to surprise her daughter for christmas. she bought her daughter a cell phone. when she opened it, it would not turn on. >> sarah: she reached out to

>> chris: when it comes do christmas shopping for her four children, christine goes in with a game plan. >> we always try every christmas to get one big thing for each of the kids. >> kris: the big gift was an iphone. >> not being able to afford the newest iphone, i went and tried to get a refurbished iphone. you know, which we have done in the past and never had a problem with. >> kris: she got the phone through boost mobile's web site in november. placed it under the tree. and waited for her daughter to open it christmas morning. >> she was very excited, obviously. >> kris: that excitement quickly faded. >> she plugged it. in nothing came up. battery, nothing. just blank. we tried a different charger. we tried a different outlet. still nothing. >> kris: christine says boost mobile informed her of their 14-day return policy and said there was nothing they could do. >> my daughter kept saying, am i going to get my phone? it was heartbreaking.

the phone to a store, she got bad news. a strip had been placed over the positive water damage indicator. to make it look like everything was okay. >> they said that it is unfixable. a water-damaged phone was unfixable. >> kris: christine went back to boost mobile and got the same response. >> it was like hitting a brick wall when i talked to somebody. i had seen a couple of episodes that you guys help people out. wanted to see if this is for real. >> kris: a day later, christine received a phone call from sprint. the representative told her she could get a new cell phone for her daughter. >> i said thank god i called solve it 7. >> kris: boost mobile provided us with a statement. our customers are our number whatever we can do to help them resolve any issues they may have. we are so happy we were able

concerns to our satisfaction. we appreciate whdh.com whdh tv bringing this to our attention. fortunately, we were able to case. maybe we can do the same for you. if off problem, we want to give us a call. or send us an e-mail. at whdh.com. in the newsroom, kris anderson, 7 news. >> sarah: next at 7: a hospital in l.a. paying ransom. what they were desperate to get back. >> nancy: then the hunt is on for highly dangerous radioactive material in iraq

>> they have been playing the 0 years. it just worked out this time around. >> good secret-keeper. huh? much more to come on 7 news. including another check of the forecast. hey, chris. >> chris: a lot of sunshine that we have right now will eventually transition to some clouds as we get into friday evening. and the weekend forecast looking milder. we will take a look ahead. >> nancy: two breaking stories this afternoon. a revere police officer taken to the hospital after chasing a suspect into chelsea. also breaking: a nightmare for

no trains coming into south station. crews work to try to get

>> nancy: breaking news affecting commuters. amtrak with problems this morning. thousands left waiting on the platform for trains that never came. if you are traveling in or out of boston, the effects are lingering. the problems may reach into the evening commute. victoria warren has the latest from back bay station. >> reporter: massive crowds cramming platforms. >> people are a little frazzled. >> reporter: cramming escalators. pouring offer diverted commuter trains in the hopes of getting a coveted spot on

trains. >> oh, thousands. at least a thousand off of our train. >> reporter: david perry snapped these pictures at back bay. the domino effect from a signal problem on an amtrak line that pretty much kept almost all commuter trains from getting all the way to >> yeah. i was trying to get to south i'm going to walk. the orange line is a complete mess. >> we kind of crammed on and waited. >> reporter: health camp... heather camp expected delays but this was excessive. >> i waited for the train for about 40 minutes. then it came. i would say at least 40-45 minutes. >> this one is not even on the state. this one is amtrak. this one is on the feds. so it's a sign of the crumbling infrastructure in this country. nothing has been maintained. it is all falling apart. >> nancy: that was vicker to you warren reporting. stay with 7 on-line and on air for the latest updates on the "t."

and our 7 news mobile and tablet apps. breaking news from the campaign trail. fighting words from republican front-runner donald trump. he is now taking on the pope. pope francis said today that trump is not christian if he calls for the deportation of undocumented immigrants. and pledges to build a wall between the united states and mexico. the pope is wrapping up a trip to mexico. donald trump, just release this response saying if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, which, as everyone knows, is isis' ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. because this would not have happened. isis would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our talk and no-action politicians. so trump went on to say the mexican government used the pope's visit to mexico to speak badly of him because they nt to continue to rip

he also says the religious leader questioning a person's faith is disgraceful. >> nancy: also breaking: a revere police officer rushed to the hospital after crashing his cruiser in chelsea. the officer was chasing another car when this accident happened. jennifer eagan joins us now live from chelsea with the very latest. >> reporter: nancy, that suspect got away. witnesses told us as the officer was chasing the suspect around the bend in the road here on marginal street, he hit this telephone pole you see leaning over the street and lost a tire. he continued on and crashed into this second telephone pole. now, the front end of the cruiser is just mangled. workers nearby heard and saw it all happen. they ran over to help that officer. >> right when we got close enough, the cop opened the door, fell out. someone help me. someone help me. we were like, let's get him out of here.

copping down any second. other pedestrians helped us out, too. we picked him up. grabbed his legs. we walked him out of there. report that the witness told us that people put their coats on the officer to keep him warm. revere police say the officer was seriously injured. he was taken to mgh. he is expected to be okay. this began in revere over on park avenue. the officer was checking on a suspicious person in a car. then it continued on here to chelsea. police say the suspect is in a white sedan. again, still on the loose. police are searching for the suspect. jennifer eagan, 7 news. >> sarah: we are feeling the chill out there today. a lot of sun. you still need your winter gear: let's send it over the chris lambert with more. >> chris: trying to get that sunshine to get to work, sarah. we are not that far off the morning low in the city of boston. we hit 29 this morning. 23 in norwood. temperatures right now, we have gone four whole degrees in 29-33 in boston. though some of the suburbs like norwood have fared better with the sunshine.

the breeze is out of the northwest here. at 15 miles an hour. you dress for the windchill factor. feels like 17 in worcester right now. 24 in the city of boston. so cool day overall. but not abnormally cold. not like last sunday. most of the clouds off to the north and east of us. may have a couple of these clouds later on this afternoon. the best chance for a snow shower would be down across the cape this evening. tomorrow, seasonable. back up into the upper 30's. the winter... a couple of scattered rain showers and snow showers friday into saturday morning. otherwise, over the weekend, temperatures in the 40's to near 50. >> sarah: a new poll shows ted cruz leading the g.o.p. field for the first time, pulling ahead of donald trump by two points. nationwide.

dueling candidates. questions in south carolina and was his usual self. >> do you have the temperament to be president? >> my biggest strength... jeb bush would disagree. >> look, jeb bush... jeb is a sad case. okay? it is sad. >> there you go again! >> sarah: a national poll puts new numbers from the "wall street journal" and nbc puts rival ted cruz ahead with 28% to trump's 26%. >> look, it feels fantastic. what we are really seeing, we are seeing that old reagan coalition come together. >> sarah: rubio rounding out the top three of the latest poll with 17%. at the town hall meeting he was at, he had quick answers when asked about calling ted cruz a liar. >> well, i said he has been lying because if you say something that isn't true and you say it over and over again and you know it is not true, there is no other word for it.

elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america! soip jeb bush is behind in the polls and is looking to saturday's primary. >> she is a very good governor. she is a great person. >> sarah: donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will attend a town hall on cnn tonight. meanwhile, the democrats are focusing on their caucus in nevada and have a town hall tonight on ms-nbc. >> nancy: iraq searching for potentially deadly radioactive material stolen late last year. its disappearance has raised fear it is material could fall into the hands of isis fighters. >> reporter: it's a nightmare scenario. isis packing radioactive material into explosives. making a so-called dirty bomb. now a key ingredient used by the oil industry to check for leaks in pipes has vanishled

an iraqi government document seen by nbc news confirms that a highly dangerous radioactive material was stolen from a storage facility linked to weatherford oil company in november. u.s.-based weatherford oil told nbc news "we do not own, operate, or control sources of irriddium 192 or the bunker where it is stored. a different company held the material." nbc news has not been able to reach them for comment. >> we are not seen any indication the material in question has been acquired by any terrorist groups in the region. but obviously, we continue to take these reports very seriously. >> reporter: the state department said there is no evidence that isis which holds mosul in northern iraq but no territory in shiite-dominated basra pulled off the theft. >> at this point, the iraqis don't know who did. security sources told reuters news agency it looked like an

no broken locks or signs of forced entry. nbc news, london. >> nancy: a hospital in los angeles paying ransom to hackers who disabled the computer network there. officials with hollywood presbyterian medical center say it paid the ransom because it was in the best interest of the hospital. these officials paid 40-bit coins, about $17,000. the f.b.i. right now working to identify those hackers. >> sarah: police in wisconsin recover two giant teddy bears stolen from a local store. dash cam video captured the incident. police stopped the woman's car and found the bears and stolen chocolates from a drugstore. she was arrested, but it is not clear if she faces any a man in florida took a joyride in a backhoe. police say it started when the man dumped boulders on a roadway. he then allegedly drove up and down the bridge for an hour and a half, damaging the road

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>> sarah: you know what i just realized? we have 30 days until the official start of spring. nice. we have been counting down for a while now. after christmas, everyone is looking forward to spring. >> chris: i feel like after thanksgiving, everybody is like, all right, how is the winter going to be? are we on to spring yet? yesterday on a day where we have total sunshine, having that sun set at 5:20 and some daylight lingering, almost a half hour after that is fantastic. you know we are just turning the corner of the winter. we really haven't battled much of the wickednd that we did last winter. 33 in boston right now. a cool day overall. temperatures this afternoon running about ten degrees cooler than this time yesterday. so that's the story. the cool air and a bit of a breeze combined. to give us that winter chill. all in all, mid-30's. on a february day. with a lot of sunshine. we have dealt with a lot worse, haven't we? all right.

north and east of us. some clouds may skirt the coastline late in the day. the best chance for an isolated snow shower or two this evening. would be down across the cape. a bit of a breeze at times. gusting close to 20 miles an hour. we will keep that through the afternoon. and then this evening, those winds will diminish a bit. tomorrow, the winds will be lighter. only about 5-10 miles an hour. the best chance to pick up on some scattered snow showers. perhaps a few sleet pellets. then eventually, some rain-drops would be overnight friday into first thing on saturday. the weekend overall, featuring mainly dry weather. although i can't completely rule out a passing sprinkle or brief shower on saturdayitte. a little breezy on saturday as well. colder conditions through the day. overnight tonight, it is cold. upper single digits in a lot of suburbs. should reach the upper teens to near 20 in the city of boston. with lighter winds. we start off friday with the sunshine. more clouds in the afternoon. but it is dry. right through the evening commute. right through dinnertime, it is dry on friday. going to be friday, closer to midnight. some scattered snow showers

some warm air tries to sneak in overnight on friday. some sleet pellets and some rain-drops mixed. in now, despite the cold front passing through, there is not a lot of cold air behind this front. in fact, it will turn milder saturday into sunday. temperatures running into the upper 40's to near 50 degrees for the weekend. all in all, we will take it. after that cold blast of air. record-setting cold we had last weekend. 29-35 this afternoon. the forecast for tonight: again, a cold night. clear skies. cape cod snow showers. temperatures across the cape, close to 20. otherwise, upper single digits notice suburbs. upper teens in the city of boston. sunshine to increasing clouds tomorrow. tomorrow is a seasonable day. temperatures running into the middle to uper 30's. pretty much right on the averages for this time of year. scattered snow showers across northern new england. on saturday, ski forecast temperature-wise, a lot more tolerable than last weekend. a bit of a breeze on saturday. for more on that wind, over to danielle. >> danielle: thanks, >> chris:. you mentioned the winds

tomorrow into saturday, they will start to pick up. the winds out of the south gusting anywhere from 30-40 miles per hour. they are dying down a bit as we head into lunchtime. they are certainly staying breezy throughout the day. on your saturday. now, the good news, we are not going to be dealing with those frigid cold temperatures we had last weekend. windchills won't really be an issue out there. so far, in february, our average temperature is right around average. just above 30 degrees. we have seen our warmest temperature this february at 65 degrees. and our coldest temp dhur february at nine below. i'm sure you remember, we saw that last weekend. in comparison to last year, our snowfall so in the season is much less. we had 96.3 inches by this time last season. we have only seen 25.3 in boston. so yes, that means 71 inches fewer this year. i don't think too many of us are complaining about that. no major storms as we head into the weekend. maybe next week. huh, chris? >> chris: yeah. looks like tuesday night into

it is not a lock that this will be all snow. as the storm tracks up the coastline, we will have to watch that track closely. the cold air is limited. this may be, indeed, more of a rain event. closer to the coastline. we will keep an eye on it. plenty of time to watch it. certainly, last year at this time, many towns had 30-40 inches on the ground. we had very little melting. and that's really the change from this winter versus last. we get a little bit of snow. this winter, you get the warm-up. it melts away. you get a couple of days of winter-like weather. no wasn'ter-like weather with 50-degree readings on sunday. >> nancy: thank you. rob gron kowske and his family and friends will host the inaugural gronk gala at the mercedes-benz dealership in burlington april 14. all proceeds will benefit the gronk nation youth foundation which supports local sports programs. and gronk is a busy one.

tomorrow. 2 5rx00 fans will be taking a three-day cruise from miami to gronk's island which he says is his private island in the bahamas. tom brady's family's ski vacation in montana features another pair of famous faces. tom and gisele spent time with ben affleck and jennifer garner. affleck and garner are currently separated. last summer, it was reported that brady and affleck flew to vegas together on a private plane. coming up, a cheesy situation. why that parmesan may not be exactly what you think it is. >> sarah: ever want to drive

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a major cheese company, they may have lied to you. >> nancy: this is disturbing. they sell 100% apartment chan cheese, they say. but invtigators say it is not pure at all. here is kim khazei. s no secret that americans love their cheese. ask seinfeld's george costanza. an f.d.a. investigation raisings the question what is in the cheese you are eating. in 2013, the agency targeted castle cheese, saying what the company labeled as 100 parmesan was actually a blend of cheaper cheeses and cellulose, an organic filler which can be defrooifd wood pulp. the f.d.a. blasted the company in a letter saying "your products do not contain any parmesan cheese." the company took corrective action but ultimately, ended up filing for bankruptcy. experts say some companies go too far to desteve public. >> they are trying to do things we don't notice.

money. >> reporter: the food fraud initiative tracks cases of mislabeling. top chefs say most people don't have the pal lath to this is a problem with labeling. what we are being sold or marketed. >> reporter: possible contributing factor: the former f.d.a. commissioner david kessler say the f.d.a. focuses on ensuring food safety, not floout advertising. >> we can't forget that there are people, there are companies who cheat the system. >> reporter: that may be grating news to fans of 100% parmesan cheese. >> nancy: the president of castle cheese could face up to a year in prison for the lying to the public about the cheese. >> chris: the weekend forecast look milder.

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>> nancy: now oprah is opening up her closet to everyone. oprah fans will be able to get their hands on some of her high-fashion items. starting march 1, oprah will be auctioning off more than 250 of her items on ebay. those jeans look... are those acid-washed? >> sarah: they looked 80's, kind of. james bond fans, here is the

now off chance to drive like 007. the aston martin used notice latest bond movie is up for sale now. it will go up for auction later today. as one of ten items going up for sale. christie's auction house guarantees the car is road-worthy. it is expected to sell for more than $2 million. say good-bye to the banker in this new monopoly game. hasbro is showing off a new version called monopoly ultimate banking game. it eliminates the game's signature paymer money as well as the banker position. players can scan special bank cards on the handheld banking unit. >> sarah: later enjoy that glass of wine. it is not that early. it is 1:00. today is national drink wine day.

health benefits. moderate drinkers have a low risk for liver disease, type ii diabetes and heart attack. it is healthy. >> red wine or white wine? >> red. pinot noire. >> i'm a whatever kind of girl. >> chris: wine day, come on. wring it on. wine for all of us after lunch, right? not a bad day outside. a little bit cooler and breezier than we were yesterday. standard cold here for february. this will be a cold night. 9-18 for the lows. coldest in the suburbs. 18-20 in the city of boston. friday kinning off the weekend, on the good side. near 50 over the weekend. >> nancy: all right, thank you. >> sarah: have a great afterno they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million

out of their homes. how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works for wall street because it's riggedt by wall street. and that's the problem. as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people. sanders: i'm bernie sanders,

>> shawn: so the money you've been spending like water, that's, uh--that's the money that sami stole from the dimeras, right? has the right to pay them back for everything they've done to her? >> shawn: look, i don't think it was right that she dragged you into it. but, hey, you know, you've got some mad money now, and what could go wrong with stealing from the dimeras? >> belle: they don't know. >> shawn: did it--did it ever cross your mind that you would be putting our family, our daughter, in their sights? the dimeras, they are t picky about how they exact revenge. >> belle: do you hear yourself right now? i mean, maybe, maybe i would listen to what you had to say about this particular issue if you hadn't judged everything that i've said and done for the last two years. >> shawn: okay. [stutters] oh, i'm sorry, am i supposed to just not care that you