. >> christa: the plainville teenager accused of encouraging her friend to commit suicide is headed back to court today for a pretrial hearing. michelle carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter. by the way, this is her first hearing since a judge ruled that information she gave to investigators can be used against her. >> sarah: then boston police are searching for suspects after a group of people stole thousands of dollars worth of iphones from the apple store on took ten iphones from a display table and then took off. >> christa: and the trend of donating jewelry to the salvation army continues this holiday season. a total of six rings have been dropped into those red kettles over the past few days. >> sarah: we always hear amazing stories of giving this time of year. wren, how is the weather looking today? >> wren: mother nature has been giving us some rain and a lot of it. about an inch of rain in worces bedford closer to an inch quarter. here in boston an inch of rain, as well. this is definitely needed rainfall for us. when you add it up, a lot of us walking away with about

pretrial hearing will be held today in the case against the plainville teenager accused of encouraging her friend to commit suicide. michelle carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter. a judge recently ruled carter's statements to investigators and information from her cell phone ? >>> good morning, everybody. it's 7:30, thursday morning, december 1st, 2016. that's how we start the month of december. we light the christmas tree. it's 25 days until christmas. we have plaza. nice and warm this morning. get outside and visit us. >> a balmy start to december. inside studio 1a, a check of the headlines. the toll from the raging wild fires from tennessee is growing. seven people have died and 700 buildings have been damaged or destroyed around gatlinburg. >>> the recount of presidential ballots begins today. donald trump won wisconsin by fewer than 23,000 votes but is expected to emerge the winner after the recount. the president-elect is headed to indiana and ohio state, to kick off what they're calling a thank you victory tour. >>> and golf's biggest star is making his return today t

also the case against that plainville teenager accused of encouraging her friend to commit suicide will be back in court today, for a pretrial hearing. michelle carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter. earlier this month the judge ruled the 20-year-old's statements from investigators and information from her cell phone can be used in court. >> sarah: reading police have identified the man wanted for 14 break-ins. the 24-year-old targeted retail stores as well as the reading public library. >>> the police chief in dighton is off the job this morning. at an emergency meeting wednesday, selectmen voted to suspend chief anton roderick without pay indefinitely. officials say he used the department clothing allowance to buy women's clothing for his girlfriend. roderick was charged in court this week with larceny and making false statements to police. >> christa: now to the latest in president-elect donald trump's transition. today he plans to travel to indiana for a major business announcement. on the campaign trail, the president-elect promed company carrier in indiana. now the compa

. >>> the lawyer for the plainville woman charged with sending text messages encouraging a teenager to kill himself blame the tragedy on classmate took the same drug in 2014. carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter. the defense claims the drug has been linked to suicidal behavior in other teens. >>> new at 5:00, a trial date is set in the case of rochelle bond, the mother of the murdered toddler once known as baby doe. bond's attorneys appeared for a status hearing this afternoon. she'll be in court herself january 17th in preparation for the trial that begins in february. prosecutors say she conspired to they believe her boyfriend, michael mccarthy, killed the child by punching her in the chest and stomach. her body was discovered near deer island last year. >>> brad cass ler is accused of driving into the west newton restaurant and killing two in march. his lawyers set a court date for december 19th. he's also facing a wrongful death lawsuit from family members of one of the victims. charged in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. police in claremont, new hampshire says mnique hi

. >>> a plainville woman accused of encouraging to kill her boyfriend via texting has setback in her case. he wanted to hire an expert to describe antidepressants. time of conrad roy's death both were taking an anti-des press saint that gave them suicidal thoughts. roy was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning and carter is facing manslaughter charges. >>> convicted shoe womaner richard reid is asking a federal judge to declare him bankrupt. he is serving a life sentence trying to set off a bomb in his boot. the flight was diverted to boston and reid was arrested in a letter to the court, reid writes, i will not now or ever be able to pay a fine if a a declaration of bankruptcy be in my favor. prosecutors have two weeks to respond to his request. >>> city of boston is looking to free up parking and doing it by jacking up prices at meters. five streets in the back bay $1.50 to $3.75. the seaport will jump as high as $40 an hour due to demand. and people who park in the area are not happy about it. >> park your car for two hours, and it cost -- more than a sandwich, right. >> the int

. >>> a plainville woman accused of encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself via text is dealing with a setback in her case. michelle carter asked for funds to hire an expert to explain antidepressants in trial and was denied by a judge. the 20-year-old said at the time of conrad lloyd's death both were taking antidepressants that gave them suicidal thoughts. monoxide poisoning. carter is facing manslaughter charges. >>> a fund raiser in lawrence to help the.victims of the fire. it was started by a malfunctioning electrical equipment. two local radio stations plan to collect money for the victims at a mcdonald's restaurant on broadway and lawrence. that event gets under way at 10 a.m. >>> convicted shoe bomber richard reid is asking a fede bankrupt. reid is serving a life sentence for trying to set off a shoe bomb in his boot. the flight was diverted to boston and reid was arrested and he was fined $256,000 in a motion to the court, reid rights, i hearby request as i am not now nor little ever be able to pay this fine, a declaration of bankruptcy be entered in my favor. prosecutors ha

plainville woman accusing. at the time of conrad roy's death both were taking antidepressants which she says carter facing manslaughter charges. >> sara: bill calling for new safety requirements on duck boat now on governor baker's desk. legislation would require and safety equipment and including blind spot cameras and serving and it would add extra staff >> gene: new this morning boston police school system looking to save money and lead to drastically different start times. according to the globe the district wants to spread out start times between 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 and allow buses to make 3 runs instead of 2 and it could mean children from the same family could be headed to school hours apart. the district has not finalized when schools will be changing start times. >>> gene: parents in student policies. motor prevented petition to the board last night and policy in question allows all students to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. parents say the policy does not protect the privacy of all