. >>> cerberus capital taking a big stake in avon.rivate equity firm has struck a deal to buy 80% of avon's north american business. it's also going to assume a 17% stake in the entire company. shares of avon did move higher after the news only to end the day with a fractional move. morgan brennan has more on the deal that involves one of the best-known cosmetics companies globally. >> reporter: ding dong investors calling. today's $600 million deal with cerberus capital management is a far cry from the nearly $11 billion offer avon rejected from cody three years ago. it speaks to just how much the cosmetics company has been struggling. particularly in north america. avon started nearly 130 years ago, recruiting women to sell perfume door to door. the company expanded and flourished for generations as women welcomed avon ladies into their homes, making the catchphrase "ding dong, avon calling" famous. but that's changed. analysts say increased competition from e-commerce, kushsy headwinds and poor managerial decisions have all contrib

bill shields his life in avon. -- is a live in avon. >> reporter: on new year's day two years ago on this quiet street in avon, two guys showed up at the home of davie watkinson's parents posing as probation officers. no one ever heard from him after that. now his remains have been identified in upton.>> mr. robinson was a son and a father of a couple children. >> reporter: jamie robertson had been missing for two years until this weekend. here in upton, a hunter found his remains in the woods. detectives didn't take long to figure out who it was. >> we literally went from having a human skull and some bones along with a few other items that were found in the woods the day after christmas, to an identification of homicide within 72 hours. >> reporter: on new year's day 2014, two man posing as probation officers took robertson from his parent's -- parents' home in avon. they soon caught him and charged him with kidnapping. a fourth man was allegedly involved as well letting these handcuffs. >> there's mixed emotions between sadness and relief. now they know what happened. >> reporter:

live in avon, doug meehan,, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: thanks, doug. the so-called affluenza teenager and his mother are expected to return to the u.s. today to face charges. and now we' re learning it was a pizza order that led police to ethan couch at a resort in mexico. he and his mother were arrested there monday after couch violated probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash. couch avoided jail time when the defense argued he was coddled into irresponsibility by his bar could be decided today. city leaders are expected to vote this morning on whether to revoke the liquor license at who' s on first. an mbta conductor was shot and killed outside the bar thanksgiving morning. police have made an arrest in the case. randy: the top u.s. commander in afghanistan may be looking for more u.s. troops on the ground there. army general john campbell says the planned troop reduction in 2017 should be put off as long as possible. he called the current mission to train afghan forces and conduct anti-terror raids vital. last week, six u.s. airmen

betty: lindsey rupp on avon. on the markets now, which are hovering near the highs of the session on the back of this jobs report better than estimated. matt miller has more. matt: you and lindsey are talking about avon which is mainly a beauty supply -- that is what the avon lady sells you. alta is a $10 billion stock that distributes beauty supplies. it had better than expected earnings, sales, and outlook. as a result, it is up without even having activist investors, in an request it reject a hostile bid. it is up almost 11% now. barnes & noble is the other story. company that missed sales estimates, missed earnings estimates. it had sluggish internet sales, especially over the holiday season. it has had an issue with the declining sales of the nook? remember that? betty: a rubber that. it is still out barnes & noble's the. -- though. matt: it is just not selling as well. norfolk southern is an interesting story. we have been covering this closely. canadian pacific wanted to take them out. norfolk southern's c

he went missing in avon. and late last night his father concerned that us that remains are in fact those of his son. remains were found in the woods in upton by a hunter on sunday. robertson was last seen at his parents home on new year's day when two men dressed as police officers came to the house for a proposed probation-related drug test. robertson was on probation for breaking and entering. four men have been charged with four men have been charged with.his disappearance. they are accused of dressing up as police officers that day. those two took robertson to james feeney of dedham who masterminded a kidnapping. michael showner a former dedham police officer, he is charged with providing them with his badge and handcuffs for the kidnapping. the charges of all four of them will be upgraded now that the remains will be found. coming up in the next half hour at 6:00, more on the searches that robertson's family has orchestrated. live in avon, jessica reyes, >>> back to that breaking news ham i willton where

avon with the latest on this case. >> well, the d.a. said though today that the remains were that of of the 38-year-old avon man. many questions weren't answered as to whether how he died and also when the four men charged in connection with this kidnapping will be charged with this murder. >> we determined that the remains found in the woods were those of james j robinson, have been missing since taken from his parents home in avon by two men on new year's day of 2014. >> reporter: nearly two years since jamie robinson was kidnapped, investigators announced today his remains were found by a hunter late last week in the woods, 50 miles from his home. >> a hunter called up to report what appeared to be a human skull that was found in the woods. a search was continued and there were bones and other clothing that were found in the area. >> the family had always thought the worst may have happened to him and there was a general belief that he may have been dumped in a wooded area. the 38-year-old was taken on new year's day by two men posin

avon pointed to actions that it has taken to drive groekt.hares were nearly 6% higher to $4.22. >>> amgen and merck are teaming up to conduct two clinical trials. the tests will evaluate a class of drugs that uses the body's immune system to fight cancer. amgen rose more than 4% to 161.43. merck was 2% higher to 53.64. >>> well, forget drones, for now anyway. amazon wants to deliver your packages the old-fashioned way. by truck. but they won't be using any old trucking company to get your packages where they need to go. morgan brennan takes a look at the company's new venture into the delivery game. >> reporter: amazon is going the extra mile, unveiling its new trucking fleet at an event in chicago earlier today. a fleet of thousands of branded semi trucks that will be used to haul goods between the e-commerce giant's warehouses, fulfillment centers and sorting hubs. the trailers or containers attached to the vehicles will be owned by amazon and transported by third-party operators that own their own tractors. the trucks will deliver orders a

jessica reyes is live in avon, and jess, police have already made one arrest in this case. >> reporter: that's right, julie. they have actually made four arrests in this case over the past couple of years. robertson went missing from his parents home in 2014 or new year's day, but late last night his father did tell us that the remains found in upton over the weekend were in fact his. those remains were found on sunday in the woods by a hunter. robertson, as i said, he was last seen at his parent home new year's day in 2014 when two men dress as police officers came to his house for a supposed probation drug test. he was on probation for an incident that happened in dedham. four men have been charged in his disappearance. alfred richie of canton and scott morrison of norfolk were accused of showing up dressed they took to james feeney of dedham who planned the kidnapping. michael shoner a former dedham police officer is charged with providing them with the badge and handcuffs for the kidnapping. the charges against all four will likely be upgraded now that his remains have been found a

avon will also name two independent directors and a new chairman will be chosen by cerberus. avon is trying to fend off the activist investor which called for cost cutting and a new ceo. checking in on avon we're up some, wow, 13.25% reaction in frankfurt trade. >> aig is ramping up it's stock buy back plan to a total of 4.3 billion. it's under activist investors pushing the company to cut costs and consider splitting into separate businesses. they already bought back nearly $10 billion in stock this year. aig shares in germany up 2.5%. >> we're going to go to break here but still to come on the program it's going to cost you more to stream on pandora and other online radio stations from your favorite artists. if you want to hear katy perry and the like, music industry is looking for more cash. we'll get you more after this short break. no matter how fast the markets change, at t. rowe price, our disciplined investment approach remains. we ask questions here. look for risks there. and search for opportunity everywhere. global markets may be uncertain. but you can feel confide

we saw avon up by some 7% in after hours trade. a little lower this morning on these reports that potentially we could be looking at a deal but the business is interesting. it's an old business. a very household name type business and it's a business where you rely on the marketing of women essentially. women marketing directly to women. >> i don't think it works anymore. the door to door selling. people or women used to come in and try to sell to their friends or colleagues. we have all the online offers. you go to the stores. they have much better offerings than what the women can sell you. they're okay but they're not top notch. they're not a specially budge and they're in between and don't have the edge anymore. >> i still get my lipstick this way. >> does anything exist like this for men? >> tupperware. >> this was popular in the 70s and 80s. >> i get my lipstick this way but not my tupperware. >> you know, men selling directly to men. >> i don't think that exists. >> no, no. >> hike protein powder and stuff like that. >> no,

again, speculation is not true that oprah winfrey has taken a stake in avon products.lier today the stock had run up as high as 16%, 17% on some speculation that probabossibly winfrey had taken a stake, but a spokesperson representing oprah winfrey tells cnbc that it is not true, that oprah winfrey is not taking a stake in avon products. the shares reacting during the course of this afternoon's session. back over to you guys. >> dom, remember those days when oprah had her show still on on the major networks and she had oprah's favorite things. now it's oprah's favorite stocks. remember what happened with weight watchers when oprah announced her investment. it's up 60% in the past month alone. >> she's already made a lot of money on her stake in weight watchers, but, yes, of course, this is the thing, but, again, it just kind of goes to show you that when you have that kind of information out there or speculation about a company or somebody's involvement, everyone is thinking perhaps there is a weight watchers type move for the stock. again, a lot of these stories you h

we visited to the family of james robertson at their avon home. they were kind and polite and could not talk about their son's we'll continue to stay in touch with the district attorney's office to see if the suspects face any additional charges. >>> the truck of a missing hudson new hampshire man was found. the 44-year-old man vanished monday last scene wearing a new england patriots jersey. call police if you know where he is. >>> and the parents of an 18 that was killed last month when the gunman opened fire on a car in a traffic jam. schwartz was spending time after graduating. >>> two people are recovering after being hit by a plow. police told us a privately contacted plow struck a man and woman in a parking lot. the victims were 29 years old. police say they were taken to a nearby hospital. the drive ever has not been charged. >>> and a drone near an air canada plane tried to land tuesday afternoon. runway crews saw the drone 800 feet in the air. drones cannot go above 400 feet and not within five miles of 0 an airport. >>> and about 10,000

avon up 11%. we are a few minutes away from the close.bring in oliver who covers the stock markets for us. where do we go from here? i know we are waiting for the fed but what do we read into this? >> today is interesting. i was a bit dismissive this morning went stocks started to fall. it kind of felt like some losses were eminent because the market was expecting one outcome. this wasn't even a binary event. on hundred percent of economists were saying the -- 100% of economists were saying this was going to happen. to have some kind of tell risk event that goes in the opposite direction --mario draghi didn't come through with what everyone was expecting. when you have that kind of crowded trade, you expect things to get into a whirlwind. but when you look at what happened it's interesting. you have the euro and the dollar spike. however he wanted to bonds and stocks. treasuries tenure up. stocks down 1.5%. if you look at what's happening in terms of those losing together, stocks bonds is little less than one fit of the time moving in opp

we're live from avon with an update. todd: behind me is his home. the last place they saw him alive. family and investigators want to the four people charged in his kidnapping death. >> within 72 hours, they found a skull in the woods, which led to us a homicide investigation. >> mystery solved almost exactly two years after the fact. jamie robertson, a 37-year-old father of two, disappeared new year's day 2014. he was kidnapped from his parent's home in avon by two men constables, who a probation related drug activist. his parents told us last month they had a premonition that their father was murdered. they found a skull and worked the scene into the night. eventually bones and clothing were also found. at a press conference this morning, the worcester and norfolk d.a. explained how the remains were identified. >> yesterday, using dental records and other evidence, which determined that the remains found were those of james j. robertson. >> four men have been connection with the kidnapping. at the press conference today michael said it's too soon

the avon father of two was kidnapped new year's day 2014. presumed dead police believe his body may have been disposed of in the dude. >> stranger things have happened. >> police have asked those participating in the hunt to be on alert to anything that could lead to jamie robertson. investigation, clothing may be a possibility. there is no specific evidence linking jamie to the blue hills but investigators acknowledge that hunters are helpful in finding missing people. >> it's more likely an area where you might find the body. kidnapping is the charge. his family says justice will be served with murder charges. >> that's the last time we saw him. >> all four men charged in connection with the disappearance of robertson will be back in court later in december. one of the men charged with a -- was a police officer. >> take a look at this video. a man is charged in an alleged case of road rage. the couple and you can hear her yelling tell police they were leaving a restaurant when matthew freeman began yelling when they pulled off they say he

fox25 jessica reyes is live in avon with the new details. jess, moments ago we learned police are planning a news conference in just over an hour >> jessica: that's right. upton police department going to be meeting about remains found in the town of upton over the weekend and father of james robertson, man he has been working for two years, he did confirm to us last night those remains learned are unfortunately those of his son. his remains were found sunday by a hunt and her. news year's day men came to his house for supposed probation-related drug test. robertson was on probation for breaking and entering this dedham. alfred ricci of canton and scott morrison of norfolk are accused of showing up dressed up as police officers that day. prosecutors say those two took robertson to james feeny of dedham that masterminded the entire kidnapping. police officer, he is charged with providing him with his badge and handcuffs for the kidnapping. now, most charges against all four, they are likely going to be upgraded now that those remains and just

today investigators confirmed that the remains are that of an avon man. we look at what began as a new year's day kidnapping. a lucky day in the woods gives closure to what a family always feared. investigators say james robertson left his home on new year's day. two men claimed they were there for a drug test. they were dressed as constables. >> i saw them walk up the street. >> reporter: they said it's a daily heartache. they would remind hunters of their son's case hoping someone p turns up a close. >> they hope to get lucky. >> reporter: the d.a. then examined all missing person's cases. the state medical examiner used dental records to identify the man. four men were charged in his kidnapping including former dedham police officer, who was accused to provide equipment to james fini the alleged girlfriend of robert. investigators would not speculate as to what happened now that james has been found. we visited briefly with the family of james robertson at their avon home. they were very kind and polite and simply could not talk about their son's case.

the 37-year-old father of two was kidnapped from his parent's home in avon on new year's day 2014. four men have been charged in connection with that kidnapping, but prosecutors say it's too early to say if and when homicide charges will be filed. >> we have to follow the evidence and the evidence is still actively being gathered and continuing to work. >> prosecutors are not commenting on a motive. the medical examiner is working >> new at 6:00, a fire truck catches fire inside the firehouse. the fire start on the engine compartment of ladder 28 and flames rolled out of the grill and up to the windshield. the truck was towed out where the fire was knocked down. the building sustained significant smoke damage. the chief says the station will not be used until it is fully cleaned up. >> boston hosts the oldest first night celebration in the country. but there are some new changes this year. newscenter 5 is life in the square. one thing that's not changing, 4 high security. >> not at all. crowds will fill the square. you can see preparations are under way. they are carving out one of

investigators confirm the remains found in upton are those of a missing man from avon. nearly two years after james robertson was kidnapped, finally, some closure. for his family. police say robertson was taken from his home after men posed >> this past saturday on december 26, at 2:26 in the afternoon, a hunter called upton police to report what appeared to be a human skull that was found in the woods yesterday using dental records and other evidence, it was determined that the remains found in the woods were those of james j. robertson. he has been missing since being taken from his parents' home in avon by two men on new year's day of 2014. >> nancy: in total, four men have been charged with the kidnapping now. >> sarah: boston's licensing board confirms there will be no violation against who's on first. the fenway-area bar came into question after a shooting outside the bar on thanksgiving. an innocent bystander was killed in the shooting. the bar has been involved with several incidents in recent years. also on 7: a dangerous drive involving the secret service. thi

. >>> right now at 6:30, a search underway for a new clues in the disappearance in an avon man. for a u.s. marine. a setback in his efforts to collect toys for kids in need and people on social media are coming to his defense. that's our daily talker. >> and they are back, winter moths invading new england. danielle will have a closer look at the invasive insects. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning, it is 6:30, i'm chris mackinnon. >> and i'm katherine houser. it's a holiday for danielle. it's here. december 1. and it's going to be kind of an unsettled start to the month. after such a warm stretch through autumn, right? we're going to get periods of rain the next couple days. this morning, look at this over the city of boston. we only have a few clouds. so enjoy the sunshine. we are starting to see a little bit of that light come over the sunrise coming up over 20 minutes from now and we'll get a little bit out the door before wet weather moves in. we have a freezing rain advisory that is up for western massachusetts and northwest connec

. >> one of our generous partners, avon is back this year, ahrensia ricketts is here. >> who did you bring with you? >> i brought my granddaughter zoe. >> this year, avon is proud to donate $200,000 worth of these gorgeous holiday bears to needy children this holiday season. >> that's beautiful. >> do you love your bear, zoe? is it soft? >> um, yes. >> what's her name? >> rosie. >> that's a good name. merry christmas. >> are you with me, zoe? >> you can donate too. our toy drive runs through december 22nd. hoda.com. >> and our viewer erer found regis. >> oh! >> tomorrow amy poehler will be with us. >> and not sure wha buy? to make you money.

>> this year, avon is proud to donate $200,000 worth of these gorgeous holiday bears to needy children this holiday season. >> that's beautiful. >> do you love your bear, zoe? is it soft? >> um, yes. >> what's her name? >> rosie. >> that's a good name. merry christmas. >> are you with me, zoe? >> you can donate too. our toy drive runs through december 22nd. check it out on klg

avon is in the news.avon's chairman is expected to speak by phone to the head of activist investor barrington capitol. which has demanded management changes and also cost cutting. last week it was reported that avon is in talks to sell its north american business to cubris capital. it would approve the sale. they've been criticized for capitalizing on the strategy to use brick and mortar investors. they're down half a percent or so. >> susan, the cop 21 conference enters its final week in paris as ministers try to thrash out a deal on tackling climate change. the 48 page document showed delegates are far from united on an agreement. meanwhile, u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon warned that time was running out on securing a deal urging ministers to look beyond their national interests and act now. >>> climate change does not respect national boundaries. it impacts all throughout the world, therefore, we have to have a global vision, global solidarity. the sea level is rising, global temperatures are warmi

the first one is 80% of avon's north american business. united operating on autopilot. ceo Óscar muÑoz. finally microsoft, joint venture. a jointly joint entity with chinese partner to accelerate windows 10 operating system. stock to watch today. >> nicole: coming up in sports last night was abby wambach's last game and she knew it was time to retire. >> i played 70 minutes and we weren't able to score a goal, okay, you know what, it is time to go. >> nicole: in baseball the white sox picked up a big name in a seven-man deal. find out who went where. that's coming up next. why did this world leader take it on the chin, wait for it. oh, we will have that story. check u.s. stock market futures. fed rate raise and right now 54 points for dow, s&p futures up 6 and nasdaq up 19. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news ♪ ♪ opinions. there's no shortage in this world. who do you trust? whose analysis is accurate? how do you make sense of it all? a simple, unbiased stock score consolidated from the opinions of independent analysts... is that too

it' s 15 eight. 24 is slow out of avon. root three looks ok. we' re watching some problems on the orange line. there are moderate delays. buses are replacing trains. erica: talk about the ultimate scare. surveillance video captured the moment. he refused to give up his cash. it hardly seems like a fair fight. doug: he knew what to do. take a look. he is filling up a bag with cash from the register. that' or did he hurled a slipper. --. he hurled a slipper. store. the suspect fired that weapon. >> he did shoot. outside the parking lot. doug: the owner was not seriously hurt. he his own that store for 17 before. he is not considering upgrading security. he said he was not scared then and he' s not scared now. he' s got one slipper left. once he' s out, maybe. erica: the manna standing his ground now. the market giving back all of its big gains from wednesday. asian stocks are down as oil prices continue to fall. us stock futures also down right now. a step forward for the casino project. the gaming condition says the establish its own commission.

and will take a 17% stake in avon.ssany that makes mayonnaise says it can keep the products name. they will change the label to -- satisfyorers consumers. you can get more business days at bloomberg.com. stocks well off session lows but still firmly in the red following the best three-day rally since october. julie hyman has today's spider sector report. julie: let's start with oracle. the company coming out with numbers saying that their cloud-based revenue is up by 26%. loud revenue still a small proportion of the company's overall revenue. other parts of the company's business declined in terms of sales. to illustrate what i'm talking about, look at my bloomberg terminal here. service,software as a in other words, cloud here and infrastructure and service here. software have overall revenue. this serves to show is you are looking at cloud revenue at oracle, even though it is a quickly growing area, it represents a small portion of the business. are looking at accenture. the company's profit missing estimates but rev

robertson in the woods, two men posing as probation officers took robertson from his parents' home in avon, he was never seen or heard from again. >> kind of a mixed emotions between the sadness and some relief i think that they now know what happen to their son. >> police charged two men and a third with kidnapping and a fourth as an accessory. police have not filed any murder charges at this time. >>> people in worcester are fired up after this week's winter storm, people in the to clear streets. yesterday some roads still covered in snow and ice froze over, this fire truck was damaged when it started sid skidding sideways on the ice, the worcester city manager sent out this letter to the community saying we made a judgment call that turned out to be the wrong one, as a result many of the city streets were not in the condition our taxpayers have the right to expect. >>> 5:36 on thursday morning, still ahead, one airline makes flying in coach a little more lex your use. >>> using emojis in your passwords, why it might be a good idea. >>> plus it's new year's eve and a lot of people will b

for now live in avon, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> daniel: new at seven, four secret service agents involved in head-on collision in wakefield, new hampshire. police say this happened on route 16 around 7:30 last night. the two cars were driving on opposite sides of the road when one crossed the double yellow line and hit the vehicle with the secret service agents inside they were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the driver of the other car died at the scene. it is unclear this morning who the agents were assigned to. >> sara: two people are recovering this morning after a plow hit them in tyngsborough. police tell us privately contracted plow hit a man and woman in the parking lot at the peasant lane mall. the victims are both 29 years old. police say they were taken to a nearby hospital and are expected to be okay. >> daniel: and a car and a plow nearly crash intoe each other in andover ending with man pulling a gun on car driver. michael mccullom accused of pulling the gun and behind bars this morning. police say he and the plow driver got out of their vehicles and bega

avon in talks to sell its north american business.ury convict as former massey ceo, that is an energy story. univision postpones its ipo, the company citing lackluster recent performance of media company stocks. so they have to postpone the ipo. got to wait until the time is right. cheryl: big news. that is rare to postpone an eye poe in the market. coming up gop candidates reacting to the mass shootings in california. >> if a developmental center in san bernardino is a target, any place in america is now a target. cheryl: that was chris christie. we'll have more reaction and live reports from san bernardino with the latest on the hunt for a motive. also, we're looking at markets. investors really focus on latest jobs report. could seal the deal for higher interest rate on everything from your car payment to your mortgage. checking u.s. stock index futures as we go to break. look at dow, nasdaq, zap, higher by before the report. you're watching "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ but what if you could see

the bumper to bumper is the braintree split, hanging up between union and the split, 24 north heavy avon up to 128. to the north, two heavy pockets now on 93 southbound, your stop and go in the andover stretch, and you're going to get bogged down again between 128 and montville avenue, chris and kathryn? >>> a bad crash in wakefield, emergency crews rush to the scene on 128 southbound just after 1:00 a.m. a car crashed, ejecting the two people inside, paramedics took them both to the hospital, the vehicle then caught fire. >>> philip chism due back in court today facing charges in another case, just a day after the jury found him guilty of the teacher, colleen ritzer. ritzer's parents spoke out for the first time yesterday, vowing alive. >> and the teen convicted of her murder will face attempted murder charges in another case. louisa moller is live in danvers morning, louisa. >> reporter: good morning, chris and kathryn, that this 2014 when prosecutors say chism was at a youth detention facility and followed a worker in to a locker room before choking and beating her. and of course, a v

then on the southbound side, down in avon, a disabled car blocking the left lane. also to the south, 128 and slow tune 7 and the green tree split. >>> thank you very much. it is now 5 # 3-0 2:00 a.m. right now--it is now 5:32 a.m. a threat of gun violence against some cambridge schools. >> schools will be open today but stepped up security. sue sigh is live out--sue see is live out there. >> reporter: good morning, marmots and students should be aware that they will see more security property comes in- -protocols in place as a result of this gun violence threat overnight. parents, staff members, and students will all be require today walk in through the front doorable so that the security people see them and physically escort them into the school one at a time. people feel safe. it is beleed this is link today tuesday. on tuesday, cambridge schools heard a bomb threat, also via e- mail, police believe it was tuesday, there was no bomb found if any of the schools, five were searched and there did not turn out to be any credible threat on tuesday. misbelieve it is li

. >>> closure for an avon family looking for their missing son, james robertson disappeared almost exactly two years ago, his family tells wbz state police found his body over the weekend, in a wooded area in upton, last month police asked hunters to hook for traces in the blue hills reservation but didn't find anything, four men charged with his disappearance, thinking those men pretended to be police officer and then kidnapped him on new year's day in 2014. >>> trying to find someone who lost a lot of money on the south over a large envelope to officers stuffed with cash. they found it at a restaurant in the derby street shops, but so far, no one has come forward to claim it. something similar happened last march, a man left an envelope filled with cash on the counter after a year no one had claimed it, the police gave the cash to a college student who first found it. >>> coming up on wbz "this morning", a spectacular sight in rhode island. >> the pictures you'll want to see for yourself! >>> what a year it's been for tom brady, unparalleled success, unprecedented attacks. coming up, my

robertson was last seen at his parents' home in avon on new year's day, 2014 pen two men dressed as police officers came to him hoes for a probation to him hoes for a probation-related drug test. four men have been charged in his disappearance. alfred richie and scott morrison of norfolk are accused of showing up as police officers that day. those two took robertson to james feeney of dedham who whole kidnapping. michael showner a former dedh >>> new this morning canada. a coastal city in british columbia 85 miles northeast of seattle. the quake was a magnitude of 4 the quake was a magnitude of 4.9. no knowledge of tsunamis and no reports of any damage so far. >>> a earthquake hit southern california. it jarred some residents you go no incidents or injuries. >>> a plow hit two people in kingsboro -- tyngsborough. the plow hit a man and a woman. they were taken to a nearby hospital and they are expected to be okay. the driver has not been charged the driver has not been charged. >>> a car and plow nearly crash into each other in and over. pulling that gun. he and the plow driver got out of

. >> julie: this avon man has now his home hopes deer hunters will be key to finding closure and asking hunters flooding blue hills reservation to keep eye out for james robertson and michael henrich is live at blue hills with look at why police the woods. >> michael: good morning, julie. they want the hunter to look for specific clues, articles of clothing that the may have belonged to missing man. right now hunters are in the woods and hunting for deer and authorities have their way they are also hunting for justice. >> he had happy walk, beautiful smile, he loved his kids. >> michael: jenny and david robertson do their best to remember the good times with their son jamie. jamie was 37 when he was lured away from avon home on new year's day last year. >> it is a daily heartache. >> while investigators determined jamie is dead his body was not been found. now jamie's parent hope that his during a deer hunt. staff at blue hills reservation are handing out these flyers to hunters today urging them to be on the lookout for jamie's remains and clothing. >> we believe at this time body has

, route 3 doesn't look too bad, coming from avon, 95 looks like you're hung up between norwood and 128. chris and kathryn? very much. >>> 6:46 right now, checking top stories, rob gronkowski says soon as possible. >> updating his progress to fan. >> i'm just week to week, i'll be working hard to get back out on the field as soon as possible, and when i'm 100%, feeling $100%, feeling good, cleared by all the doctor, the team, that's when i'll be back. >> a lot of patriots nation winced when he took a nasty hit to the loss against the broncos, the patriots and gronkowski say it's not a tear but a bone bruise/sprain of his right knee. >>> the father of bella bond has been arrested, joe amoroso is worth of items including a band saw in dor chester, he's her biological father but never met the girl before she was allegedly killed by her mother's boyfriend. >>> the family of a veteran had to be escorted as prosecutors went over the details of his death, prosecutors say 18-year-old alexander mills and a 16-year-old friend got in to his cab as passengers then lured him to a park where mills sh

randy: investigators to not know if they will be able to file homicide charges in the death of an avon man. james robertson' s remains were parents home two years ago and had been missing since. four men are charged in connection with the kidnapping but it is not clear if there will be charges in his death. erika: a home in new hampshire is destroyed after a huge fire. the flames started in the garage and spread growing into a three alarm fire.no one was home at the time. firefighters say water issues made for a difficult fight. randy: dramatic video overnight as a stork flooding continues to ravage parts of missouri. a house racing down a swollen river. smashing into a bridge. floodwater from the mississippi and is to be terry' s has now -- and it' s tributaries has failed 9 levees. boston, number 24, kobe bryant! erika: kobe last night had he missed his three-point into a five-point game.the lakers win 112-104. kobe was taking it all in, returning to wave to fans. the celtics gave him apie piece if of the parquet floor. randy: he' s been suspended. in tuesday' s games, he offended on

they had police involved in avon, connecticut because police thought they may live there.s massive hunt for her and making sure the dog was okay and apparently they thought the doc was fine. >> first of all don't do it, second don't post it on facebook. police say they were swamped with calls. understandable. >> we love our dogs. >> we'll be right back. >>> with the holidays just around the corner it's that time of year, when we're stretching trying to think of clever gift ideas. how bay gift for your car? dick debartolo from gizwiz.biz. >> the show is called the specialty equipment manufacturers association, making gadgets for cars and vans and trucks. all of these are going to be great stocking stuffers. the first one, though, not till february. but this got a lot of press at the show. won a lot of awards. it's called voyo. there's a little port under your dashboard. this will plug in there. and it can turn an old car into a smart car. it has contact with many systems on your car and it can do things like when you walk away from your car an app will lock your doors. when

.>>> the search is over, nearly 2 years after an avon man disappeared. someone walking in the woods found his body. exactly what happened, that remains a mystery. we are live tonight in a fun.>> reporter: still a lot of unanswered questions with this one. it was two years ago on new year's day, talk of men posing as probation officers showed up on this quiet street in a. they went into the robertsons -- jamie robertsons parents house and took him away. he was not heard from for two years. now they have found his remains and upton.>> he was a son and a brother and a father with a couple of children. >> jamie robertson had been missing for two years until this weekend >> here and upton, a hunter found his remains in the woods. detectives didn't take long to having a human skull & bones, along with a few other items that were found in the woods the day after christmas, to an identification both on the site of the victim -- identification of a homicide victim in 2 days. >>> they took him from his parents' home in a. another man, a police officer was allegedl

also breaking, officials are confirming the remains of this missing avon man have been found in upton. a hunter, stumbling across the newscenter5' s todd kazakiewich is live in upton. with the latest break in the case. todd: there are still a lot of questions in this case, we now know jamie robertson is dead, but police don' t know how he died, nor do they know if the 4 people charged in connection with his kidnapping are also responsible for his death. at a press conference late this morning here in upton, worcester , district attorney joe early and norfolk da michael morrissey that human remains found saturday in the woods here in upton are those of james robertson, age 37, who was home s day 2014. investigators say he was kidnapped from the home by men who said they were taking him for a probation-related drug test. four men have been charged in connection with the kidnapping. this past saturday, a man hunting in the woods near mendon street here in upton found a then launched an investigation. monday. human remains were found, as well as clothing. yesterday, using dental records a

james robinson was taken from the avon home by two men who said he was needed for a probation-related drug test. the men said they were constables and had a document with robertson's photo on it. four men have been charged in connection with the kidnapping including a former dedham police officer. he's accused of providing a badge, handcuffs and other items to the suspects. right now, only robertson's family is confirming that his remains were found by that hunter this weekend. we're waiting for comment from randy: doug, thank you. two people are hurt after being hit by a snow plow in tyngsboro. happened yesterday, in a restaurant parking lot on the man and woman are both expected to recover. was operating the plow. that person did stay on the scene. a drive-by shooting in mattapan were both in state custody. the department of youth services tells the herald both teens were they were shot on willmore street yesterday morning, one injuries, but the other is expected to survive. police are now looking for a black acura seen leaving the area. erika: the future of a boston bar could be de

steady rains through brockton and avon. it's still spotty north of boston and in the city too it hits and moves. i think it will get a little steadier through the course of this evening. that fog lifts up tonight and grows and after midnight it may be shut off. look at this at 3:00 in the morning. by morning at 8:00 or 9:00 it's still in a little bit of a lull and we start to break up some of the rain, but another wave coming into low pressure means we'll renew the rain for the evening and it could come down moderately as a new low pressure system starts to arise. the map. it looks like it will intensify across northern new england. tap some cold and bring snow down to the mountains so it is more significant. for us on thursday it means falling temperatures and a lot of wind too. all told i'm still optimistic of about as close to an inch of rain. some places only get about a half an inch, an inch will be the top most limit on this weather system as we continue this relatively dry pattern. 49 for a high in boston, upper 40s

. >>> closure for an avon family looking for their son, james robertson disappeared almost exactly two years ago, his family tells wbz state police weekend in a wooded area in upton, police asked deer hunters to look for any traces of robertson in the blue hill reservation but didn't find anything, four men charged with his disappearance, police believe those men pretended to be police officers and then kidnapped robertson on new year's day in 2014. >>> 4:40 on your wednesday morning, straight ahead an international manhunt now over. >> we're learning new details about how authorities finally tracked down the so-called affluenza teen and how pizza played a role. >>> plus the eye team investigating a mess by homeowners devastated by last winter snow, people claimed being dropd by their -- dropped by their insurance companies, one man saying the system is rigged against them. >>> starbucks, holiday beverages, which one is the favorite here in new england, >>> it is 4:43 right now, we all have our favorites, which starbucks drink the most popular >> and twitter will be cracking down, jill

closure for a local family, investigators confirm the remains found upton are of a missing man from avon. it comes nearly two years after he was kidnapped from his home. >> four men have been charged with his abduction.