chronicle' s anthony everett takes us to the bay cove human services program in dorchester. anthony: bake oh' s day program ago and now has 20 seven participants. having structure during the day has allowed some who are hardened by the street to make changes when your sole focus is survival. >> many people use coming year as a mechanism to stay sober. if they get here 8:00 and a morning and do not leave until 2:00 in the afternoon, that is a six-hour window where potentially they will not be using anything. and that' s very helpful. anthony: four people a day in massachusetts die from opioid overdoses. providing addiction treatment has never been more paramount. these chronic drug users are doing very well and the methadone program. but each day, each hour can be a struggle. >> you know, it is a real serious thing and i know there are a lot of people out there, they' re going through and went through the same, similar things i just hope we start seeing more a code -- more bay coves. anthony: it may take others longer to get clean. but without help, there is no hope. >> we wan

they live with one of the re not s anthony everett reports on the invisible killer stalking members of the boston fire department. >> these are the faces of dozens of boston firefighters. none of whom died while fighting a fire, but all of them died from the ravages of the in boston, occupational cancer among firefighters is added epidemic level. >> is that 2.5 times higher than among the general population. >> i was diagnosed with s day of last year, 2014. >> mark matthews, a firefighter since 1982 is the son of one of firefighters in boston. matthews firehouse for use, and you, letter seven. -- four years, engine seven, letter seven. he has months if he is lucky. his granddaughter. >> she keeps me going. antoinette: tonight anthony looks into the boston fire department' s promising efforts to curb cancer cases. lobbies for his fellow firefighters. tonight at 7:30 p.m. in case you are wondering, there christmas. phil: many americans choosing to skip the malls and do it all online this year. your score the next deals. anotinette: then new at six a story you' ll see only on 5. efforts t

the quincy program is part of a special report i' m hosting with anthony everett tonight on chronicle. join us for coming to grips with gun violence on chronicle at seven thirty. a change in insurance policy also changing the way breast cancer is diagnosed. winter is hard on your nose. r from first sniffles to endless runny noses. puffs plus lotion is soft. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better pso you can face winter happily. t a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. p and try puffs softpack today. jc: three-dimensional mammograms. most boston hospitals offer them routinely to all women, saying the new technology saves more lives than traditional mammograms. but now, a major insurance company is telling customers, it won' t pay for the more advanced screenings. what advice would experts give patients? >> i think it would be a step backwards in both technology and standard of care. j.c.: dr. michael misialek can' t imagine relying on 2-d catch. >> it' s very similar to a catscan in the sense that multiple slices or images of the breast are taken and individually can

monahan and anthony everett helped mayor marty walsh the spruce is a yearly gift from nova scotia, to thank boston for relief efforts after an explosion in the state house beautiful last night. the statehouse lights its menorah for hanukkah on monday. emily: looks great. it is going to be really windy. cindy: the winds did pick up but have been settling down through the overnight. not nearly as windy today. we're on day four in the month of december. so far each and every day has had a high temperature above average. today we're closer to average, which is now about that degrees. look what happened what happens over the weekend. back in the 50's. maybe a few upper 50's on sunday. overall a milder pattern is taking hold once again as the jet stream will be lifting up to the north here. much of the eastern seaboard is going to be experiencing some above average temperatures. cooler side of high pressure. our storm that brought all of that wind pulling away. high pressure is flowing inform a light flow of air. you can see the absence really any storminess across the country. you can see

monahan and anthony everett helped mayor marty walsh light the tree. the spruce is a yearly gift from nova scotia, to thank boston for relief efforts after an explosion in 1917. the state house lights its menorah for hanukkah on monday. >> are you kidding me? oh, my god! emily: i love it. randy: a marnle proposal here. an iowa man set up a police traffic stop with a police officer. here is how it went down. the officer pulled the couple's car over as they were on their way to thanksgiving dinner. all so jeff could pop the question. the whole thing caught on the officer's body camera. everybody was pretty excited about that. cindy: i love it. happy ending. a great story story. 39 degrees this morning in boston. the skies are clear and the where they were yesterday. only around 10 miles per hour. 32 now. at the freeding mark in bedford. lower nirts worcester. upper 20's south of boston, around the taunton area. it is a chilly start. the storm that stirred up those winds yesterday, it is moving maritimes now and in its wake, nose on in. this is a massive,