>> breaking news a police officer shotted and killed. the suspect is now dead after hours long stand off in washington state. gas set to start flowing today through a controversial pipeline in west rocksbury despite months of protest. trouble on the track. an mbta commuter trail and the car colliding d morning commute. >> good thursday morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm sarah french. we will have those stories and more in a few moments. it's a good thursday morning the rain plaguing us the last couple of day is moving out. >> let's send it over to ren claire with more on that. >> it was good to see the rain. it wasn't such a plague. we had -- we do have a drought. and that helped chip away at it. still significant drought out

actually already we're losing cloud cover especially to our southwest. drier air pushing in. the showers scooting out of here they are moving at the fast pace too. frontal system to the north at this point. northeast. rear night we're predominantly dry. further to the northwest and couple further to the east across the atlantic. but here we're looking at dry skies. we will keep it that way through the rest of the day here. temperatures are pretty mild. they've been varied this morning. low-to-mid that's where nashua is right now. to the southeast temperature warmer close to 60 degrees in hyannis. as we welcome the month of december and starting out meteorological winter. it doesn't feel like winter with the sunshine and temperatures in the mid 50s. this will take the temperatures down a notch in terms how it feels. we lack at breezier day today. gusting up to 25 miles per hour.

enjoy the temperature as cool air greets us soon. lowell police responding to police of a school bus crash over on mammoth road. there's few details right now. it appears there were only minor if any injuries. that appears to be good news. we have a crew on the way to scene. we'll bring you updates as we continue to get information into the 7news room. >> we're following more breaking news today. a washington state polic accused of killing him. he was responding to domestic call when shot. nancy chin is live in our control room with the breaking details. officials say that suspects shot just a few hours ago after that 11-hour stand off inside the home. police were able to get the homeowner and her two children out of the house safely. they this officer was shot multiple times while responding to domestic violence call there wednesday evening.

at a local hospital. >> we suffered a great loss. i think the community has suffered a great loss. and then i don't know how to put that into words. the procession of law enforcement officers then escorted officer's body from the hospital to the medical examiner's office. and officers say they have found multiple weapons inside that home. in the control room, nancy chin. 7news "today in new england." we're following more breaking news. here locally wrongton police searching for two suspect on the run after they led police on a chase overnight. started when an officer pulled over the vehicle and the driver sped off. during that pursuit the suspect's vehicle and cruiser collided so the driver and passenger jumped out of their car and ran off. the officer suffer minor injured in the crash. commuter rail crashes into a parked car near the west street station tracks. the fire chief tweeting out this photo of the scene. you can see the car has been

no injuries have been reported. also on 7 a mother murdered. her son is charged. a relative she said knew something was wrong and begged a neighbor to call 911. jennifer eagan is live in brockton where that teen, jen, is set to face a judge later today. that 18-year-old suspect will go before a judge here sometime later today. neighbors describe a very disturbing scene. they say this teenager sitting outside the home after the attack. investigators are still trying to figure out a motive. >> i knew it was something bad. only because she's whaling. and screaming and she did say 911. 911. mare yann dialled 911. she just grabbed my hand and started pulling me towards the house. at this point in time i know it was to get her daughter out of the house.

44-year-old she had been stabbed to dealt. her son france has been charged in attack. moneroa walked up around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. not yet realizing what was going on. >> he came lunging through the kitchen at the door where we were standing. and i just pulled the grand mother out of there. i said you're not going in. i just kept pulling her away. firefighter were on scene first. they went into the house then held down outside until police arrived. they recovered a knife. they don't know yet a motive. >> mother/son relationship for it to end this way. it's terrible. it's tragic. we need to find out what happened. >> neighbors say they never noticed any issues at the home at all. he faces two charges, homicide and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. live in brockton. jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." right now crews are trying to cleanup the mess left behind

break in worst's chinatown. when the water receded there were even more problems for firefighters. victoria warren has more from the scene. >> big black smoke billowing into the air. manhole fires burning under ground. streets flooded in chinatown after a massive water main break. carbon monoxide levels hitting dangerous level. the alarm went off. >> more than 100 people evacuated. it was hard to underground fire would spread. typically what manhole fires they travel in sequence. it just started popping down the street. all started when 20-inch pipe burst spewing thousands of gallons of water shutting down several businesses. just oo precautionary method. there were 3-4 feet of water in basement. we want to make sure everything is clean and proper before we open it. the all-day event snarled traffic and eventually crew pulled out and replaced the

case of ageing infrastructure and said even though the problem is fixed. it will take much longer for things to be business as usual in chinatown. a lot of the business will be closed for quite sometime. there's a lot of water in the basement. inspectional services have to give the all clear before businesses are allowed to reopen. crews continue to work on the street. they've got most streets open. but there are still lane closures. in chinatown. victoria warren. 7news "today in new england." a mosque in rhode island hit with threatening letter. the handwrite sing in the same is form and the stamp is even from california. one member there said the letter addressed to quote the children of satan and describes what their future could look like. >> the new president-elect will more things what hitler did to the jewss. this is really alarming. you are concerned about your

kids, your family. the mosque is given the letter to fbi to investigate. happening today the west rocksbury pipeline is set to start transmitting gas despite two years of protest. on monday walsh and other city officials sent letters to the company that owns the pipeline accusing them of breaking their promise to share safety plan. the security plan is posted outside the quarries entrance. redding police break-s ins over the last two months. this 24-year-old targeted retail stores as well as the redding public library. he's now facing several charges in connection with the break-ins. this teen will be back in court for pretrial hearing. michelle carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter. earlier this month the judge ruled the 20-year-old statements to investigators as well as information from her cell phone

and the police chief in diton is off the job this morning. at morning meeting they voted to suspend him without pay indefinitely. officials say he used an apartment clothing allowance and brought women's clothing for his girlfriend. he was charged in court this week with larceny and making false statements to police. to the latest in president-elect drum oop transition. he will travel to indiana for big business announcement. the president-elect promised to conditioning company carrier in indiana. now the company has closed the deal to keep close to 1,000 jobs in the u.s. the company initially planned to close one of the indiana plants and take 1400 jobs to mexico. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren weighing in on the president-elect's choice for his cabinet. talking to anderson cooper warren said the president-elect is going back on his campaign trail promises on who he would

americans are sick of is a government that works for those at the top. i think trump tapped into the anger. now donald trump is doing 180 degrees on it. he's putting wall street insider exactly the jobs where he criticized wall street insiders before. >> and another familiar face rumored to be in the running for the position sarah palin reported considered for the still ahead this morning on 7news at 9:00. dangerous rescue caught on camera as new england police officers risked their lives. to try and save a man from the burning car. it's a big day for all those fantasy football leagues. what you need to know before you let your line up in this week's fantasy fixer. mete logical winter starts today. what does that mean for your weekend forecast. that's ahead. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. at least around city hall. when boston winter is going to

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>> 9:13. city hall plaza said to get a new look in time for holiday season. boston winter will debut tomorrow. it will feature a large ice skating loop and giant nutcracker. boston winter will be open 7 days a week. it will be pretty you know what the cool part where you get coffee in the morning. we could ice skate. you can ice skate. >> i will watch you while i sip on the coffee. >> all this hinges on the potential of actually cold weather and some snow which we just haven't been seeing. i feel like i'm being duped here. we're in meteorological winter starting today. we're talking rainfall, mid 50s. definitely not feeling like winter out here. this is what we saw yesterday.

more than an inch in bedford. here's a look at where we are at. actually precip wise we fall short. en though we had wed end we still have a drought. and we still had a deficit in the month of november. definitely not hitting our average rainfall totals which are close to around 4 inch. here's a look at part of the reason we still have the february we were above our precip values. every other month we've been well below average precip values. you can see that so far for the year of 2016 we're still looking at rain deficit of 10 inches. we have a ways to go. we could chip away at that in the month of december. most likely we end the year with still that drought. you can see today we're already losing those showers. this system tracks further to the northeast. bringing even some snow to

sunny sky. we ride out the work week with breezy weather. mild temperatures. we see the sunshine. you can see breaks in cloud cover. a little bit more cloud cover as you head to our northwest. many we see peeks of sunshine throughout the day today. temperature wise a mixed bag. we start with warm front stretched out to the south making for much warmer temperatures to the southeast. still about 60 degrees in hyan temperature have warmed from the low 40s. we have varied temperatures today. highs well above our average highs. we talk about highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. 56 degrees milton. 57 in quincy. 58 degrees as you head further to the cape as well as the island close to 60 degrees out that way. comfortable forecast. our really only thing to watch out for are the breezy conditions. light to heavy jacket good idea. i will choose a light jacket.

common tree lighting. we couldn't ask for better forecast. we talk about 48 degrees at 6:00 tonight. which is above our average highs for this time of year. we stay dry. we stay breezy. but mild temperatures stick around even into tomorrow as well. lows tonight mid-to-upper 30s. we stay breezy with winds still out of the west today into tonight. winds up to around 20 miles per hour. wind gust up to 25 miles per hour. by tomorrow temperatures are still well above average. we have slight chance for drizzle and then you can see we gradually cool off saturday we're around our average high still some sunshine. by sunday below average high. into monday chilly with potential for quick wintery mix. the latest award for the red sox legend. >> and a man trapped inside his burning car as police rush in to

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>> come on. let's go. everybody get away from car. risky rescue for those in connecticut. one man was trapped inside that burning car. >> such intense video when you see it there. that's when officers jump into action and helped save the man's live. let's go to nancy chin live in

the officers pulled this man in the nick of time right after this fiery crash. the whole thing was caught on camera. get out of the car. officers rushing in to help after a man crashed his car into trees in connecticut. range rover was off the side of the roadway into the woods. it hit trees. the driver was p front seat. >> i can't. come on. come out through the back seat. the car was on fire driver trapped inside. the officer moved in with fire extinguishers in hand. instincts kicked in knowing they only had moments to react. >> let's go. let's go. there was only one way to get the driver out.

tailgate. we grabbed him from his arm. shoulder. they did it just in the nick of time. when we were pulling him out. i could look at his feet and i saw a red glow from underneath the firewall. >> it was organized chaos. where we all realized what was going on. >> after all of that luckily theman only had minor injuries in the newsroom nancy chin. 7news "today in new england." still ahead several pop stars go missing. we'll tell you who was it on the practice field yesterday. >> then at 9:30 police are looking for suspects the sneaky crime they were able to pull off in uxbridge.

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>> another top honor for former sox slugger david ortiz. named the league's top designated hitter again. he takes home the edgar martinez outstanding dh of the year award. eight l time he won that award. he had a 319 average and 38 home runs in his final season. patriots fan are hoping some big name player will be back on the practice field today. several offensive stars set out that right knee injury. julian edelman didn't practice as he deals with foot issue. rob grownkowski recovering from a back injury. bennett didn't practice due to shoulder and angle injuries. welcome to fantasy fixer. i'm jadiann thompson here with tray dare. some fanty leagues are on the verge of play off.

that was amazing. but man they lost gronc in that. big price to pay out there. we're winding down. if you play two-week league. maybe definitely a big match-up for gronc not to happen. someone will have to pick up the slack. got to look to run game. especially with the defense. one of the better defense in league. they are not consistent enough to stop the run. steady all year. probably the most consistent player. not a good match-up last the pats honor the bunch from the first championship. cool there. i guess if you could rewind the rams would want the offense back. >> their offense is abysmal. remember the greatest offenses in nfl history that's not even close to the case. got a rookie quarterback. 31 in the league in offense. scored ten or fewer points.

dynamic guy in the past. not quite the same. afc west may be the best division in football. one team getting a break this weekend. would have to be chargers. good match-up playing the bucks the terrel williams got a good quarterback. something you want to look for in terms of fantasy football. three straight game of touchdown. >> go set your line up. >> still ahead on 7news. police searching for suspect after a group how they managed to walk off with thousands of dollars worth of iphones. >> we've seen a soggy stretch of weather. when can you expect some sunshine. that answer ahead. a medicine mix up at black stone elementary. a nurse is accused of giving the wrong medication.

>> breaking news a stand off over and suspect dead. police say he killed an officer in the line of duty. >> senior center employee with a job and facing jobs >> residents across the south waking up to more severe damage today after tornadoes touched down in multiple states. welcome back on this thursday morning everyone. i'm sarah i'm kris anderson. we've been needing rain and we had our fair share over the last couple of day. >> this morning was no fun driving in. it's all. it's gone. you got it. you got it. we're looking at plenty of sunshine. we did see some periods of heavy rainfall early this morning. that pulled out quickly. this frontal system is moving quickly. further to northwest and in its place we talk about breezy conditions out of the west. wind gust around 25 miles per hour.

hour. and in its place we talk about plenty of sunshine actually. right now we really cleared out the cloud cover nicely. we have a few extra clouds further to northwest. again here in boston currently mostly sunny skies. that's what we see flew the majority of your day. temperature are pretty varied still since this morning. we started out close to 60 degrees to southeast across the cape and island and the low 45 degrees in nashua. 50 in boston. with very mild temperature for the first day of december. we have cool weather. more seasonable conditions headed our way. we'll have that later. we're following breaking news out of washington state. officials have confirmed the man suspected of fatally shooting an officer last night has been shot and killed by police after an 11-hour stand off inside a home in tacoma. that officer was shot multiple times while responding to

wednesday. he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. a brockton police still searching for two suspect on the run after they led police on a chase overnight. started when an officer pulled over the vehicle and the driver took off during that pursuit the suspect vehicle and cruiser collided so the driver and passengered jump out of the vehicle and ran off. that officer suffered minor injuries >> also on 7 a town employee off the job and facing alarming charges. st with missing meal at senior center. nicole oliverio has more from c carver and how authorities were tipped off. when chef david wasn't serving up food he had ordered workers there become suspicious. the prime rib was kind of what started the investigation. prime rib was ordered and never served and it wasn't there. police say that wasn't all. >> buffalo chicken wings something they don't serve.

they haven't served. it's an item that comes up as being order and an item not there. investigators say surveillance video captured the boy using his key after hours loading food from the council on age and the towns a food pantry into his car with help from his girlfriend and her daughter. at the suspect's home in plymouth -- >> no comment. i don't know how you got the i can't talk about anything. >> the agency's mission is to serve the elderly. members surprised to hear about what happened. >> i've known him since he started working here. >> it's a big deal because it's a violation of public trust. also this morning a sheriff's deputy is recovering after cruiser crash in rockland. another driver and a deputy were also hurt. investigator say the deputy had his lights and siren on when he crashed into the side of a car

instead of pulling over. >> we don't know if the radio was up or whatever distraction may have been going on at the time. we know lights and sirens were on. the two pulled over and stopped. police say the driver of the other car is still in serious condition. >> two suspect are on the run after police say they robbed a store in uckbrikge. they told more than $1,000 in cash from two separate cash years. police belie distract the cashiers and then take the money. they are reviewing the surveillance video to try to identify them. boston police are searching for suspect after a group of people took thousands of dollars worth of iphones from the apple store on boylston street. happened 6:30 tuesday night. investigator say four of those suspect went inside and took ten iphones from the display table and then ran off. police believe it's similar to

natick. 7 people were caught on camera taking 13,000 worth of iphones from the display cases. a plastic bag ban is making its way to city counsel for a vote in ordinance would ban single use mras plastic bags. >> i think we have an opportunity to do something something absolutely impactful. helps the environment. helps small businesses and offers an incentive by encouraging to consumers for the five cent refund when you bring reusable bag. the proposal handed to committee and full hearing before a vote. a medicine mix up causing a scare at black stone elementary school. 7-year-old madison young said that she hurt her elbow during

ritalin. the nurse immediately called poison control. apparently another girl is giving ritalin at the school. she thought that madison was little girl. >> because they looked alike >> school principal said it's an honest mistake and won't face disciplinary action. . must pay $24,000 after two people were killed when a circus tent collapsed last year. osha said the company ignored several store warning from the national weather service. we also have some few details about the sunken cargo ship is el faro. they plan to release the transcript of the noises picked

>> for the second day tornado tearing through the southern united states leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. nancy chin is live in our control room with the look at the damage. sarah, at least five people are dead after more than a dozen tornadoes touched down throughout the region and now people this morning are being forced to pick up the pieces. devastating scenes across the southeast. at least three tordo three people. jackson county experience some of the worst damage. strong winds knocked down industries and power lines and turned buildings into ruins. one resident had a large tree collapse on his house. but given the sheer destruction around him he said it could have been worse. >> i still got a roof over my head. >> in georgia three suspected tornadoes touched down in the atlanta area. no one was hurt but residented described a terrifying

everything was just flying everywhere. its bad. >> really dark up there. it was like the wind was just like everything was just flying. the whole door just shook. two people killed in tennessee where weather officials say a tornado touched down in polk county. that state is already reeling from deadly wildfire. wednesday rain provided relief. but not enough to off set the region's worst drought in nearly a decade. >> today the national weather see state surveying the damage. in the control room, nancy chin. 7news "today in new england." wild weather causing some damage across parts of the south. flames that took over the tennessee resort town of gotlanberg earlier this week have dissipated. there's a bit of good news there. heart breaking video coming out. amid the crumbled building. resident on the road to rebuilding. three more bodies found on wednesday bringing the death toll up to 7. the fires in the great smokey

700 homes and businesses. ? ? dolly parton and miley cyrus and contestant on the voice sending support to tennen the. dolly partons partially hit by the fires. >> she made an announcement she would help. >> we want to provide a h to those who have lost everything in tire. we want to make sure the foundation provides 1,000 a month to all those families that have lost their homes in the fires until they get back up on their feet. you can donate to cause by going to dolly parton's web site. >> it's a season of giving. the trend of donating jewelry continues as we get closer to the holidays. coming to a dangerous end in new england. live streamed video appears to show the moment leading up to

>> we've seen a good deal of rain through the last couple of days. where do we stand in terms of drought. that answer, ahead. we heard this (growling noise) growling sound coming from our basement and our heating unit was blowing cold air.

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the trend of donating jewelry to salvation army is continuing this season.

witensville dropped four rings off. two diamond rings were donated. >> i think that's so special this time of year hearing the story. i covered a story where a women donated a cross necklace. >> never get to find out. such a cool idea. as we head into today. we're looking at actually unseasonably warm temperatures. we will not conditions and we're going to with looking at dry skies. quick recap from yesterday. we got an inch of rain in boston and more than an inch in rain in bedford. some report of close to 3 inch of rain with the two rounds that we did have. so pretty impressiven though it was wet end to month of november. 2016. we actually still look at deficit and definitely still a drought in place in new england. precip values for the month

half inches. our average rainfall for the month of november is close to 4 inch of rain. we didn't see that. despite the wet end to month. we're still a little bit behind. we're very behind for the year of 2016 in terms of average totals. definitely a drought if place. you can see really only february and october those are the only two months we've seen above average precipitation value. you can see every other month fell short in terms of rainfall. for 2016 our deficit is still upwards of 10 we need a lot more rain. i definitely did help we saw the two rounds of heavy rainfall. today that system that brought us rain yesterday through last night into early this morning scoots off further to northeast. in its place we look at quiet conditions. it's breezy behind this front. some wind gust up to around 25 miles possible. breezy conditions from the west. right now on satellite and radar showers pushed off further to the east as well as our northeast. we talk about sunny skies right now.

throughout most of southern new england. more cloud cover out that way across the berkshires. we have again quiet condition. temperature wise it's hard to believe we talk about the first day of mete logical winter here. we're at 50 degrees here in boston. 53 in plymouth. 60 degrees almost across the cape and islands. cooler air further to northwest as warm front set up further to the south this morning. really delineating different temperatures to the north verses to south. we're working that out as we head into the afternoo highs in the mid 50s in rowel as well as middleton. milford and the low-to-mid 50s. framingham in the mid 50s as well. you can see taunton in the upper 50s. we are talking about temperatures closer to 60 degrees. very unseasonable for this time of year. how unseasonable. we're about ten degree physician not more above our average highs. get outside and enjoy the sunshine warm air. as we head into the end of your work week we're still above average tomorrow.

we're back into the mid 40s and low 40s by sunday. today will be really one of the nicest days that we'll see here through the next couple of days. despite the breezy conditions you just neat a light jacket. high mid-to-upper 50s for us. >> tree lighting perfect temperatures. upper 40s. breezy into tonight. wind gust up to 25 miles per hour and winds from the west. partly cloudy skies into with lows in the upper 30s to low 30s for typical cool spot but you can see for friday we talk about temperature well above average. we have the chance for a little bit of drizzle and then we fall off into the low 40s by sunday and take a look at your monday forecast. highs in up thor 30s by that time we could look at winter worry mix. >> slight chance for that through the start of the work week. >> caught on camera. dangerous drive in rhode island. a driver allegedly speeding and streaming the whole thing

his car. now officers are asking some questions. nancy chen is live in the newsroom with all the details. he was driving faster than 100 miles per hour. he streamed wild ride wednesday morning through rhode island on facebook live. you can see him here weaving in and out of traffic. nearly hitting several cars. police say he then spun out of control hitting a dump truck before crashing into a jersey barrier. rescue crews had to pull t traffic there backed up for at least two hours. as of this morning the driver still listed in critical condition. no word yet if he will face any charges. in the newsroom, nancy chin. 7news "today in new england." a frightening scene on the roads in maine. snowplow catching on fire. flamed poured from the vehicle. employee tried to use a fire extinguisher but the flames were too intense. fire crews came in and that volunteer fire department put

firefighters in kansas city rescue a man who fell into 10-foot trench. the walls gave in. he was waste deep in dirt and took more than two hours for crews to pull him out. the man is expected to be okay. you wouldn't want to see this in your bathroom. >> how many of us had nightmares about this? >> me. i always have to turn on the light because of this. i shouldn't watch this story. >> remember this. a man in south africari the inside of his toilet. the big snake eventually went back into the sewer system. >> oh, gosh. this is terrifying. >> it's like -- no thank you. >> coming up next at 9:00. you fill up your car. and empty your wallet. hank investigates some high-tech hackers. >> police using unique

they commit a crime. we'll be right back. quilted northern works so well people can forget their bathroom experience. but these birds see all and forget nothing.

>> slide and steal at the pumps.

treating their way to credit card information. you don't realize it's happening until you get the bill in mail. hank investigates these credit card crimes. >> reporter: he thought he was only buying gas at this quincy pump. but on this man's credit card there were charges for tuxedo, jewelry and furniture. joe wants to hide his identity. but listen to this. how much did they charg account? >> $1,000. >> $1,000. >> we just called the police and everything. that's what we are supposed to do. how did it happen. >> look here inside the very pump that joe used police found this computer cable, criminals had attached it to the credit card reader. that transmitted joe's credit card data to bad guys who downloaded it to their computers. >> it may me angry. expert show how they pry open

often using a pump further from the surveillance camera then they install the cables. >> you unplug it from one side of the other. plug your unit in. they close up the pump and wait for the next victim. >> and then it will read whatever this reads. and take the information >> and take the information. >> the gas station get paid but your credit card info is swipped. >> and when would the gas station learn about it? >> gas sta >> may never know >> no. >> detective told us the computer assisted crooks are fast. these can be put on within minutes. and their schemes pay off. >> a loft money is lost quickly before they realize it. >> we have learned the so-called gas pump skimming is on the rise in massachusetts. they are really everywhere you have to watch out. now the state is pushing gas stations to protect their pumps

like these. and asking customers to watch out. >> it was surprising to me there was so many. >> and here's how you can protect yourself. if there's a seal on the pump make sure it's not broken. if you use a credit card pay inside. orren use cash. in the newsroom. hank phillipi ryan. >> coming up next here on 7news. a musical form of punishment. where you will have to listen to the band nickel back if you get into trouble with the strange. we also have some strange weather here today for the start

>> island native taking the stage with the prince and the

the concert celebrated the 50th independence anniversary of barbado. prince harry on a 15-day tour of the caribbean countries. >> nice time of year to be in the caribbean. cold weather here. >> road trip. >> net flicks unveiling a new future when on the go. streaming company will allow user to download shows to watch without having to use the internet. i don't have net flicks. >> you have to get onboard. download feature free by all net flicks take those long flights or maybe road trips. >> a canadian town serving up musical punishment for some. this for drunk driver. officers say they will play music from the band nickel back. whenever they pull over someone for being drunk behind the wheel. the town said they will issue a heavy fine as well. i don't really understand this. because i use to low nickel back. >> do you still love nickel back. that wouldn't be punishment. we all been listening all morning.

over and over again. >> he's been singing all morning. as we head into today plenty of sunshine. it's a breezy day. winds from the west gusting up to 25 miles per hour. take a look at the temperatures. this is first day of december we talk about temperatures mid-to-upper 50. great night for the boston common tree lighting. temperature in the upper 40. breezy. but we're dry and we're well above our average temperatures. comfortable conditions. lows into tonight mid-to-upper 30s. we keep the breezy with partly cloudy skies. take a look at the next couple of days here. above average today tomorrow. we have slight chance for drizzle tomorrow and then temperature really start to fall off. enjoy the mild temperatures. both today and tomorrow. because next week will feel cool and we're looking at slight chance for wintery mix. >> perfect timing. you can come over after work today and help me put up my christmas lights >> okay. we'll see about that. >> i need someone to get on the roof. >> just an idea. >> more of today show coming up straight ahead.

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? this morning on "take's take," natalie portman on her new movie getting oscar buzz. and find out why photos of selena gomez are the talk of the internet. and counting down to christmas with your must-have holiday checklist and a performance to put you in the spirit, coming up now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thursday morning, december 1st, 2016. look at that tree. >> she's a beauty. >> everything about it, is curves, the lines. >> you know. you covered it. 94 feet. >> i saw it in the ground in