romeo and belichick, for never was a story of more woe than this, of belichick and his romeo. belichick and romeo crennel won rings patriots and also coached together in cleveland. wherefore art thou now, romeo? with the texans so while parting is such sweet sorrow they will be together again when it be ' morrow. paraphrasing a little bill shakespeare for you while bill belichick gets his team ready five of the texans coaches have worked with or played for belichick but crennel the texans defensive coordinator and belichick go back over 30 years. >> he does a great job. i love working with him. he has coached defensive teams, he has a lot of experience. bob h.: it feels like last night' s celtics warriors game is worth another look just an outstanding effort from the celtics taking the undefeated defending champions to double over-time kelly olynyk came up with a big effort of a season high 28 points but that wasn' t enough to get his coach to gush. >> he made plays, you know, and he did them against trayvon, center. that is what we need him to do. bob h.: the celtics will be

bill belichick it also show is seen the nfc east standings. they are still in a fight for their division title. >> having a shot at the division, we really expect them to come here hungry and ready to go. bob: the philadelphia eagles, the best team in the whole wide world, bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. lynchie: and every philadelphia eagle them tonight agrees with bob halloran. heather: that was a great way to do it. phil: don' t second check bill belichick. heather: you know what? it is a certain wit -- it is a smart way to do it. watching too much tv can train your brain. new reporting on how much is too much. that' s tonight at 11:00. we want you to watch. s. david: we are on the scene of breaking news and california. what we have learned about that couple. mystery of pages player is? lynchie: i don' t know. maybe gronk -- heather: maybe gronk will come out? that' s a good guess. phil: he can walk. heather: on crutches. mike: the wind will help anybody, push them right down the street. heather: but they will all be rleah: i just was th

bill belichick -- on first and 10, he rushed seven yards for the longest gain of the day. not the best game and the game went into overtime. they choose not to receive. they went and that is exactly what happened. after the game, coach belichick >> it is a competitive game here and could not make enough plays. it is a good job. >> coming up in sports, hear what tom brady to say about coach belichick. we will also hear from the carolina coach and the panthers sell to the falcons. the falcons would win and 1972, the miami dolphins would be popping the champagne again. >> we will take the imaginary one any day. >> coming up, they made us laugh, cry. we will have a look at the most final preparations in the times square ball. they replace and the gift of wonder. and these notes will be used as competitive -- confetti in times square. from the hilarious to the infamous, from the adorable to the infuriating, jeremy takes his delorean on a trip back through the viral stories. >> billion -- dylan shook it off he got to go to kansas city and had this. >> october 21 in 2015. >> the

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well, bill belichick, the issue that's causing him at hands. i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage belongings should they get damaged, [doorbell] uh, excuse me. delivery. hey. lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. have a good one. protect your belongings. let geico help you with renters insurance. andrew: the one thing about soccer that i like the most is when i put my uniform on, the age just leaves me. the ages leave all of us. we simply become kids again. i think all of us play for that very reason. it makes us the child we once were. the years just glide away, and i'm back to where i was. you are that little andy guy who used to be down in me, and i get to be that person all over again. my name is andrew, >>> our forecast is pretty good for the past game. >> yeah, we'll be dry. >> yeah, so excited about it. that they're going to go to ahead and beat the eagles. what about belichick today? what

an overtime gam dish gamble by patriots coach bill belichick does not pay off. taking it down the field after the pats chose to chick. -- i can. >> bill belichick in overtime never got their hants -- hands on the football. they lost 26-20, the final. the patriots down 17-6, they get back into the game. jeasmy collins turned it into six points and all of a sudden game the just after the two-minute warning, we have ourselves a 20-20 gargee going to overtime. coin toss. pats lose 26-20. >> you know, whatever coach zirksdze that's what the team does. we as players, we've just got to play better and i don't think that there's, you know, it wasn't like we were tracking it up and down the fold -- field, you know? not an easy decision and we have kfed in whatever coach decides. >> all we wanted to do was control the game. that's what we did through the game. they made plays, too, down the stretch but we've been playing good at home. >> more from and about the patriots later. phil: now the deadly storms still plaguing much of the nation. after tornadoes cut a tath -- pat

belichick loves the great highest possible compliment belichick can give a player. belichick calling him a disruptive defensive linemen in the same general category as lt, thank in large part to watt, detectives post the third ranked pass defense in the league. two wins in four of their last five games. 7's alec scourgery has more from foxboro on a patriots' team that's hoping to avoid their first three game losing streak in 13 years. >> think all of our quality of life sucks when you lose games. >> reporter: it's no secret tom brady hates losing. he hasn't done it whole lot of it door his 15 seasons with the patriots and even know without a star tightened and number one receiver brady isn't making any excuses. >> obviously when you lose good players it doesn't help at all but you still gotta figure out a way to have production and score points. >> reporter: brady says the offense hasn't been able to get into a rhythm the last two games. >> i don't know. is he talking about dancing >> reporter: but hopefully danny amendola and the receivers have the right moves to h

out on the practice field and any other questions you have to talk to coach belichick. >> reporter: so gronk didn't take any questions from report reporters, but we did ask coach belichick about grokowski. he says you guys are going to have to wait for the injury report and of course his appearance doesn't mean that we're going to see him on sunday night against the texans. more coming up later in the show show. alex corddry, 7 news . >>> you can call it some friend friendly fire between tom brady and former pats player vince wilfork ahead of sunday's game. after spending more then a degre degreed a as teammates, the two will finally hit the field on opposite sides. jonathan hall live in foxboro with more on what they are both saying about the big game. jonathan? >> reporter: well, they are talking on-line and it has been fascinating. vince wilfork spent 11 seasons playing here at foxboro with his old buddy, tom brady. now for the very first time they are lining up against each other and fans really looking forward to sunday night. it's been two years since the patriots and texans play

bill belichick loves hockey. today he was down on the ice, down on the ice as was rob gronkowski, but belichick says he's a huge fan of julian and the game of hockey. >> i think we probably have a lot in common just the way we coach and look at the team and things like that i don't know anything about about hockey, but simple game, put the puck in the net. >> you can tell that belichick was excited, right? look at this mask. you've got to love these masks these goalies are wearing for the game. you've got tom brady on there. rob gronkowski, julian edelman and steve. edelman was limited to practice, but i'll have a report on saturday. live outside gillette stadium, brian, "fox45 news". >> vanessa: you are going, you have tickets. sarah: i'll be bundled up preparing for temperatures in the 30s. it's going to be a fantastic day. a lot of folks heading out. i have to point out looking pretty good as we will be ringing in the new year around the mid 30s but watch out for icy patches when you wake up. fox45 your ch sty

kim: we almost got a full sentence out of bill belichick. he does not like the media very much. dana: part of that is true but he does not like to say much. kim: it has been witnessed every sunday. 5:37. speaking of the nfl, it is over. the panthers lose. they were on a 14-game winning streak but it has come to an end. how did it go wrong? we have answers coming your way. dana: they are getting ready for a big one in new york city. we will tell you how they are eating ready. how low are we going to go? we will let you know on this big show. we will be right back. >> baby, it's cold outside kim: that was a idina menzel, and yes it is cold outside in las vegas. we have been shown you live where the weather is the top story. dana: we don't get is cold in las vegas very often. thank goodness it is not snowing. that would create problems. >> by our standards. no problem in wisconsin. we do have one accident. not a huge problem. i am sort of dissatisfied with the camera angles available. it is where the 15 and 215 come together. both angles show us flashing lights, but we have no deta

bill belichick doubles down on his call to defer in overtime. how his players are reacting after a loss to the jets. >>> and taking the plunge strike out a.l.s. >> dozens taking to the cold water off gloucester today. what it means to the frates family to still are have the support of the community. >> announcer: this is a fox 25 storm tracker weather alert. >> taking a look at storm tracker radar we are in a storm tracker weather alert as the winter weather advisory has been issued for tomorrow night. you can see right there

-- sportscenter phil belichick make a video. here it is. >> i want to thank my fans. when football gets taken away i' m cleared and i will be there is no timetable. i will be working hard and trying to get 100% as soon as possible. i can promise you that and i will definitely be going hard. i appreciate the support will stop i cannot wait to be back with the teammates and i will >> you may see him around 7:00 tomorrow morning. the red sox made a deal with david price. he is the highest-paid pitcher in baseball. i do not need a calculator to tell you this averages out to 31 large this year. he played with the blue jays last year and 18-5 on the year. 225 strikeouts and here is the five-time all-star cy young winner. in postseason, and e.r.a. of 5.1 tuples the has 11 career starts. pretty good for a lefty. against the yankees, 31 career e.r.a. of 4.04. speaking of basketball, this is kobe bryant raised in philadelphia coming to philadelphia and they beat the lakers and the last time they won a basketball game, we had the snow shov

belichick. came off the ice, and it was a pleasure obviously to meet him. and some of the players stopped by after their practice, and our locker room. >> being in a building with a team you admire and watch all of the time, and i would tell you probably 90% of our players are big-time patriots fans and to be here in that venue is great. ciccolo and --bob: and mr. belichick was out there like mr. brian boitano. showing off some skating ability. he was much better at the end of the scape and by the start of the game, and of course, mr. belichick did not allow any of his players on the ice. cannot afford any more energies. more at 6:00. for now, reporting live, bob phil: all right, thanks, bob. here is your chance to get very rich. the powerball jackpot -- the 12 largest prize in the game' s history. the lump sum for the winner, if it is one winner, is $2.5 million. 292 million. saturday night. jc: that is a lot of dough. that would be a nice way to bring in 2016. phil: think of all of the things you could get before that. -- historic flooding in missouri. ph

bill belichick just could not resist. this is belichick early this morning before he flew down to florida with the patriots. the bruins head coach was at the patriots' practice yesterday. we did not see him skate that words or come to a screeching out there. >> it was enjoyable. in my book, it was unique and a and to spend some time with him on the ice on my terms where i looked a little better was nice. bob: the ice conditions were pretty good out there. temperatures were cold. as they warmed up, the ice softened a little bit and that is something the players may have to deal with tomorrow. we will have more on that in sports. bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. jc: this is what happens when people do not clear their cars of ice and snow. mike: mild for the day, but really tempered -- really chilly temperatures for the new year. jc: want to ring in the new year by chowing down on this burger? it' ll cost you. phil: why a cambridge restaurant >> you are watching newscenter 5 at 6:00. [captioning performed by the national c

it doesn't matter when you talk to belichick. in sports, slater shares belichick's thoughts and why the eagles could cause problems. >> all right, levan, when you start growling, i know you're serious. [ laughter ] you can help out with the toy drive. bring a nun wrapped toy before the game and you can find bins at the gates and pro shop. if you're not going to game, there's a bin at faneuil hall. >>> she took a pass on running for president. >> elizabeth warren could play a big role in the race. next, why she has yet to endorse a candidate. >>> plus the best view of pluto we have seen and why the spectacular images may just be the start. >>> and rob gronkowski -- cartoon character? the hollywood deal for the pats star. >> announcer: closed caption brought to you by luna. >> get beautiful new floor with luna's incredible 70% off sale. >>> the lynn building where four people died in a fire will be demolished. >> investigators still don't know what started yesterday's deadly fire in bruce place. a mother, sister, and her daughter w

up next, hear what bill belichick is saying about it today . chip great reopens and today will were very important customers there . >> anchor: cameras capture two robbery suspects on the run. auburn police now trying to track down the armed men. >> anchor: ahead in just one hour, a woman in herself entries left for dead. tonight, police are serving for a driver behind a deadly hit and run in malden. >> anchor: donald trump headed to new hampshire tonight and the attacks expected to continue. puffs knows winter... ...is hard on your nose there's the endless runny noses. the sneezes that just won't quit and of course, the biting cold of snow day play. that's why puffs is soft. puffs plus lotion tissues... ...are gentle on skin. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better. so you can get out and enjoy winter deserves puffs indeed. for softness that fits patriots fans still questioning whether coach belichick made the right call when the team called to kickoff . >> anchor: doesn't despair, new england can still lock up hole field adv

though belichick explained his decision. bill: we thought that was the best thing to do. >> what were your specific instructions to matthew? >> whatever coach decides, that is what the team does. we as players have to play better. the field. it' s not like it was an easy decision. we have confidence that whatever coach decides, we have to go out and do our job. mike: the decision was made long before they went out for the coin toss. no controversy as far as bill belichick is concerned. the patriots are in a must win situation against miami next week. phil: debit cards from quincy credit union, shut down until tomorrow. the credit union says it is due to fraudulent activity, and some customers have lost money. reid lamberty is live in quincy know. reid: the most important thing customers can and should do is thoroughly review it. bank employees on hand at the sunday afternoon at the quincy employees are scrambling to figure out why bank customers from their accounts. $500 disappear from her account last night hours after she

up 10 touchdown passes the past two games. it belichick' s reaction. touchdown passes on film. we' re just seeing those calls and turnovers. >> i would not agree with that statement. you should ask if i have ever shown any of our opponents missing a tackle. asking that. >> belichick does not like his players going rogue but he is happy to see jamie collins improving every day. it looks like collins is good to go sunday. nearly five weeks after coming down with a mystery illness, and we do not know when it was. >> i was feeling world. i do not want to talk about it. nobody wants to sit out and missed games. >> packers and lions last night. roger this. aaron rodgers to richard final play, hail mary, 61 yards. and the packers win. a lot of you have seen this play at some point today, but have you seen the cell phone video of some lions fans reaction? take a look at this. they cannot believe what their eyes just saw. could they he more shocked, disappointed, or depressed? the king of the jungle wants to cry in his beer right now. what an incredible ending to the game last night. i

alumni players weren't the only ones on the ice today, bill belichick and bruins coach claude julian had their own skate this morning as well. thanks to our friends at craft sports productions for this great of video, how cool is this, went are class similar goalie mask he goes with a full patriots game, of june i can't be edelman, hopefully the bees will be as tough to beat as the patriots are. so there you go, we have much more on the bruins and the patriots coming up in sports in a few moments. great day for the alumni winter classic. >> steve, thank. >>> it is the story of 2015 that many of us wish we could forget. >> the winter that just would not let up. coming back we are going to take look back at our biggest >>> plus changing their routine, why the patriots are heading south earlier than normal. >>> also a lock back at some of our favorite homes of the year. what would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably post a pic. text a friend. how about register to vote? really? you can. five minutes online and a massachusetts drivers license i

the only place seeing tom brady and belichick's press conference is line right after the game. and i am sure they're looking forward to watching steph curry and company and looking forward to pulling off an upset, a rocking crowd, and for now, live at the garden, dave and lisa, back to you. >> electric. dan, thank you. >>> and this was an unusual day from start to finish and very foggy, and it took the fog a few hours to burn off. it wasn't until 11:00 this morning that we actually saw the top of the prudential center, and we knew given the temperature this was a nice day, and boy are we in luck this weekend. let's check in with eric for >>> no thunder in the forecast. and we have temperature that is reached by the reach -- -- 58, and the calendar looks like it did in november, a really warm start to the month of december. taking a look at what we're watching for tonight. 49 in fitch burg, and keen, 45, but mild by december standards, and the low temperatures tonight, 37 to 42 in the suburbs, and 44 in downtown boston, and patchy fog developing into new hampshire over the main

>> a little bit, from coach belichick, we'll talk about that. u.n.h. hockey, we were at practice today, they have a jamie: celtics and bruins both play two games in two days after christmas, celtics won both of their, bruins lost both of their games. up next b's host ottawa lakers on wednesday night. in a conference call with the media today bill belichick stood by his teams decision to kick the football to start the overtime after the patriots won the coin toss. the captain seemed confused as to which way the patriots would kick the football, but coach belichick said that didn't matter because there was little or no wind on the field. college football today, the military bowl, look how cool those navy helmets are, played in annapolis, maryland. navy and pittsburgh second quarter, a touchdown catch by tyler, also had two rushing touchdowns in the first half. then it's a navy interception. clements with an interception in the end zone after the pitt wide receiver fell down on the play. and how about the third quarter touchdown run, 26 yards by d. brown.

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. >> joe: bill belichick has a way of convincing his layers the next team is the most dangerous team in the thifl. he has his hands full right now because the eagles are awful. next in 7 sports. you start with this... then you make it... nothing like this. you make a capital one caf\. someplace more relaxed. with free wi-fi and banking advice... without all the "double talk." and checking accounts with no minimums... or fees. then you design a top-rated mobile app that makes banking as easy as this. that's banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? just like football season... you got your big games... ...cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. that's my boy! fill your cart with everything you need this s eason, >>> and now time for 7 sports with joe amorosino. >> joe: he is stinky with praise when its comes to his own players but ask bill belichick about the opponent and he will turn them into a hall of famer. he's even finding way to make the eagles look like the 85 not an easy task. they are surrenderin

will bill belichick's choice come back to haunt the patriots. in reality it's a 50-50 proposition when you look at all the numbers. but today the pats were in the wrong 50%. things were going well. pats had tied up the score at 20. with less than two to play. tom brady and james white but they went to overtime and then this happened. >> heads. heads is the call. heads is the call. it is heads. we want to kick off. >> you are going to receive. >> where do you want to receive at? new england wins the toss they elected to kick. >> matthew slater just following orders. he was told to kick off and the jets did the one thing the pats could not let them do they cruised right down the field and scored the game winner are. if it pack rick to er-- fitzpatrick to erecdecker. >> reporter: a lot of confusion and surprise when the patriots decided to kick instead of receive in overtime but that notion was quickly quieted by head coach bill belichick in his post game press conference. >> i thought that was the best thing this do. there was wasn't any confusion

name them now, but they think belichick has the -- well problems with -- i won't even say. he is a great coach and they want to bring him down. some people on the show. listen, what do you think, jedediah and -- >> i actually thought the off duty cops carried their gun around. >> i want to like the idea and something is bothering me and i am thinking if you are off duty you are in an off duty mind-set so you may be drinking and living life. i fear they may jump into action would the -- without really being in a position to do so. maybe there is a chain of commands when these things happen. i want to love this idea and i can't really figure out why it is bothering me. i am a pro second amendment girl and i want more good guys on the scene, but something about this makes me uncomfortable. >> it seems like he can figure out what is wrong. >> first i do not trust a bunch of white cops in a place where a bunch of black men are running around. they will end up shooting one of the players by accident. we have enough brothers getting shot. you shot him, hey he is on the team. why d

but i will defend belichick on his decisiveness. he doesn't waiver in these situations and he didn't waiver today when asked again about yesterday's >> i thought that was our best opportunity that's why we did it. didn't like the way it worked out but to me that was the right decision. it seems like much ado about nothing for me. what are we doing here. if the coach thinks that's the best thing to do to win there's nobody that we trust more to decide that than win. it's hard to inspire your coach when you don't do much offensively all day. >> for all chapman is now a he acquired from the reds for four lower level chapman still under the cloud of a domestic violence incident that happened earlier this year. he joins dylan and andrew miller to give the yankees the best bullpen in baseball on paper. >>> classic view of the winter classic outdoor rink at gillette stadium. this view compliments of skyfox this morning. it will be cold enough for a game on new year's day. krejci was in a sling at practice today. claude says he is week to w

out on the practice field and any other questions you just have to talk to coach belichick . >>> the only question is whether rob gronkowski and julian edelman will be full speed playoff time. in recent weeks, the patriots will not the open teal on the field with a major injury concern . >>> we have to be ready for ebb ebb. nobody is 11% this time of year. they will be out there and they will be playing hard. >> reporter: texans defensive end jj watt regarded by many as the best hair in football in any position is dealing with a injured or not, he will certainly command a ton of attention from the pats . >>> everybody he gets a lot of double teams, line slide on his side . >>> dynamic. he is a great pass runner and never really gives up on a play and so that helps him out a lot . >>> for the position he plays, he is as disruptive as defensive lineman as i have seen in the league. you know, in the same general category as lt. >>> some high praise there from bill belichick chairing jj watt to lawrence taylor, a guy he considers to be the best defensive player he ever coached coached. t

otis livingston is here with more. >> bell belichick is usually the smartest guy in the stadium. it didn't work out. the jets went from needing to win and get some help to now controlling their own destiny in the final week of the regular season. it couldn't happen at a better time against a nicer team. the new england prints are seen as the goal standard but even the coach can make a mistake. >> they elected to kick. ball? my face lit up. i'm glad they did. >> reporter: in a move that left everyone shaking their heads, the coach and the patriots declined to take the ball at the start san fernando overtime. for the touchdown, the game is over. this happened. >> back right corner. he has it! touchdown! and the jetting have won it in overtime. >> reporter: ryan fitzpatrick and eric decker put this one in the books before tom brady would even step on the field in overtime. belichick didn't elaborate on why he decided to kick -- >> i thought it was the best thing to do. i think we all have confidence whatever the coach decide we have to do our -- decide we have to do our job. he's do

bill belichick danced around that one. >> no problem. no. >> yes. steven jackson. >> get your sunday start off on a high note as well with patriots game day at 11:30 right here on wbz and keep it right here followed by the patriots fifth quarter game show. >> bill check cracking a smile, how about that? >>> came became 2016. national security took center stage as the republicans wrapped up their presidential debate for 2015. one candidate took a clear swipe at the front runner. debate of 2015, jeb bush took swipe at donald trump, calling him a chaos candidate. >> you are a tough. >> you're real tough. >> let's see. i'm at 42 and you are in 3. i'm doing better. >> trump had been under fire for proposing that muslims be banned. >> i don't see any change. strength. that's what he has opinion running on. so i think it only -- it only helped him. >> freshman senators marco rubio and ted cruz are battling to be the trump at naative. >> does ted cruz rule out any -- >> i have never supported legalization ann do not intend to support legalization. >> chris

. >>> bill belichick turns comedian. >>> this will turn anyone into a lebron james fan. this teenager is now sharing where -->>> winter will show up this weekend, possibly snowflakes. there -- people are working harder than ever, but the everyday cost of perscriptions, child care, or even just buying groceries can be a stretch for too many families. hillary's plan: raise the minimum wage, get equal pay for women, cut taxes for the middle class, and new incentives for business to share profits with employees instead of just rewarding ceos. those at the top are doing just fine. it's your family that needs a raise. >>> the state has rejected an insurer's request to add the a deductible for ice dams. they wanted to charge homeowners up to $10,000 for repairs before the insurance would kick in. regulators said no. >>> alaska's lack of snow is causing on ski area to close. it is suspending operations until sunday. it seems as though for the time being, we will see that kind of thing. >> winter has started warm and then we will transition to a colder january and february. it's

despite clearly giving the jets the game, coach belichick claimed coach :08) (belichick) "we thought that was the best thing to do." the jets' offial twitter account siding with belichick on this one, tweeting the word "agreed" in response to that particular comment from coach. a british rower claimsto be the first person to w solo and across the ppific ocean froro north america to australia. the man spent more than 2- hundred days at sea after setting off from san francisco in june. he rowed more than 74-hundredd nauticicl miles and arrived in australia yesterday. his wife and two daughters were there to welcome him... achieve something on this scale is incredible really, and i can't... i haven't processed it yet." he said he was supposed to have landed in australia i i mid-october, but weather and sea conditions hampered his effort. and we're taking another look at ouou radar this momoning. anothh look at your forecast on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make

belichick said he loves the sport. i bet he loves this. usc in the holiday bowl with wisconsin. look at this. he makes a spectacular one-handed grab. fantastic play. and black monday may becoming earlier than expected to the nfl. now there are reports that the colts might have retained chuck pagano. they said no decision has been made yet. leon: that could be just the beginning. we will see what happens. maureen: looks like a nice evening ahead. doug: partly cloudy and 42 at the stroke of midnight. steeple have the updated forecast at 11:00 and colder days ahead might be ahead for the branding year. maureen: world news tonight is coming up next. leon: >>> breaking news tonight. the skyscraper inferno on new year's eve. the 63-story luxury hotel, engulfed in flames near the world's tallest building. and one of the most famous fireworks displays. >>> height alert on new year's eve. the home grown terror plot broken up by the fbi. the alleged isis supporter, planning to kill people celebrating the new year. >>> desperate situation. the death toll climbing. hundreds of homes and hig

. >> bill belichick speak out on the gronk injury. mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps like this one that lets you choose a time for us to call you. so instead of waiting on hold, we'll call you when things are just as wonderful... [phone rings] but a little less crazy. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. >>> just based on gronk's reaction i was afraid he was going to be out for the rest of the season. >> it's not usual that you see >> you did think it was over especially when he was slapping his hand on the ground. but it's good news it's not over. the good news on robert gronkowski, that trumps everything. when he took a hit low in the game after mri reports say it's just a strain, no major damage. he is likely to miss a few games and his stats will just be a pain status issue. and in the hallway of the his exam, today bill belichick still wasn't ready to give an analysis. >> look,

>> bill belichick was on the ice tonight. how about that? >> we will show you that. it' jamie: two championship coaches, on the ice together at gillette stadium. patriots coach bill belichick took a few turns with bruins coach claude julien not too bad at all, and he wore an nhl outdoor classic hat along with his signature hoodie. the bruins host the montreal canadiens, outdoors tomorrow pats. and by the way, check out the goalie mask for the bruins tuukka rask for the game. it features several prominent patriots tom brady, julien , edelman and gronk spiking the football. very cool. the tradition continues tonight the manchester monarchs host the greenville swamp rabbits at 7:30, with fireworks to follow. its the annual new years eve game at the verizon. >> we expect to have a solid crowd. we will provide a solid round of hockey and a fireworks show after. it' s a good way to do it. we are looking forward to it. >> time for one last hometown this student is managing more than just a busy schedule. >> amanda murray plays basketball, soccer, and lacrosse at bow high sc

entire history of bill belichick. here's bill belichick. coach: honestly, i don't even pay that much attention to them. i'm happy when they hit the quarterback. i'm happy when we tap him. don't get me wrong. that's all part of it, you know. when we score a touchdown,that's great. and the guy who scored it. that's great. but there are a lot of other components that lead to that as i don't think you want to bob: we'll have highlights and sportscenter 5 o.t. have a great day. sera: methuen first responders with a special mission this weekend. they headed to lawrence saturday after collecting hundreds of toys for children in need. volunteers helping unload the loot. helped out debbie's treasure debbie's treasure chest was founded by three children and provides clothes, supplies, and holiday gifts. doug: amazing that was started by kids. look at it grow. just awesome. sera: still ahead this morning. local police are paying it forward. doug: their special gift for a rhode island girl who fell victim to a theft and what she

entire history of bill belichick. here's bill belichick. coach: honestly, i don't even pay that much attention to them. i'm happy when they hit the quarterback. i'm happy when we tackle him. don't get me wrong. that's all part of it, you know. when we score a touchdown,that's great. and the guy who scored it. that's great. but there are a lot of other components that lead to that as well. i don't think you want to bob: we'll have highlights and reaction and further analysis on sportscenter 5 o.t. sera: still ahead this morning. local police are paying it doug: their special gift for a victim to a theft and what she plans to do now. sera: don't forget. newscenter 5 starts an hour earlier now on sunday evenings. get the latest breaking news and your storm team 5 forecast starting at 5:00. doug: taking a look outside right now. it kind of looks like december. the sun. the snow. it's a little chilly to start. if you're headed down to the patriots game, bundle up. it's only in the 30's really. if you're tailgating and what

the jets drove the ball down said belichick was banking on a defense and he understands why. >> it's hard to inspire your coach, you know, when you don't do much offensively all day. and, you know, our defense was doing a lot of good things in the fourth quarter. and, you know, it's gist hindsight is always 20-20 and just didn't work out our way this time. >> the patriots have a chance to clinch home field, it's a wrap up with the season, the pats face the miami dolphins right here on wbz next sunday at is, count down to sickoff with game day at is 11:30 and wrap it up with fifth quarter post game show right after the game on my tv 38. >>> the world wide search for half a billion dollars worth of stolen artwork comes right back to boston. >>> hundreds of bank accounts in massachusetts hacked, how the thieves got access to customers' accounts. >> danielle. weather watches, great to see so many reports coming in, temperatures on the chilly side, 20s to low 30s, 29 degrees with sunshine, fitchburg, personally excited to get some winter precip, i don't know if everyone agrees with that,

we'll have a talk with coach belichick. coming up, an anonymous donor with a surprise for a rhode island girl on christmas day, the thankful message from her parents. tom: you don't want to go anywhere, we have more coming up at 6:00, granite staters are preparing for that first accumulating snow this winter. what road crews are doing right now before the storm starts. and republican frontrunner donald trump firing back at the union leader tonight, why the papers publisher is saying the candidate's campaign is an on a dairy farm. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders josh: more than 500 people decided to jump into the icy waters in g

it puts the patriots on the pace any other bill belichick team in the entire history of bill belichick. here's bill belichick. >> honestly, i don't even pay that much attention to them. i'm happy when they hit the quarterback. i'm happy when we tap him. don't get me wrong. that's all part of, you know, a lot of other things that are going on too. when we score a touchdown that's great. there are a lot of other exoan theants lead to that as well. i don't think you want to overlook those. bob: we'll have highlights and sportscenter 5 o.t. sera: methuen first responders with a special mission this they headed to lawrence saturday after collecting hundreds of toys for children in need. volunteers helping unload the loot. this is the second year they've helped out debbie's treasure chest. debbie's treasure chest was founded by three children and provides clothes, supplies, and still ahead this morning. doug: their special gift for a rhode island girl who fell victim to a theft and what she plans to do now. sera: don't forget. newscenter 5 starts an hour earlier now on sunday evenings. get t

if you think bell belichick mentioned this to his offense, think again. >> the crazy thing about it, we haven't seen none of them touchdown passes on film. bill don't show all that, we just been seeing all them causing turnovers. we haven't seen all the take aways. reporter: full coverage on sports extra tomorrow night. celtics five-game road trip rolling on in san antonio. boston three games over .500 for the first time in two and a half years. looking to snap an eight-game slide against the spurs. celtics down by as many as 17. mounting a comeback in the isaiah thomas with the layup, 103-100. now a two-point game, under 10 seconds left, thomas kicking it out to bradley in the corner, but the three a no go. celtics fall 108-105. the bruins visiting the site of their last standity cup clincher in vancouver, brad marchand scores less than three minutes in. bruins skating to a lead after one. it's currently 3-0 in the second. the nl may own game days at gillette stadium, but today preps from around the state getting the chance to go out on top, with six high school state champions bein

team has had in the entire history of bill belichick. and the northeastern huskies and top-ranked michigan state spartans are selling out the matthews arena with a first time in two decades. look at the huskies off to a great start. tj williams goes to the whole, and midway through the first half, northeastern leads, 15-10. but that was the beginning of the end. the spartans wash denzel valentine hits the three to tie the game, and valentine had 17. you can state never looked back. matt costello with a big-time jam and the spartans cruise past the huskies of northeastern, 78-58. college football has more bowls than a goldfish convention. counting of the national championship game, there are a record 41 bowls this year, and the first half dozen played to get a -- played today. the first one is the air force reserve celebration bowl between north carolina a&t and the alcorn state braves. the fake field-goal worked for the braves. few minutes remaining, and the egg is of north carolina a&t win, 41-34. and here is the royal purple las vegas

in fact the pats have set a belichick record with 17 already down this year. which also means a lot of new faces in foxborough, something tom brady understands is a part of nfl life. >> it's just something that we've gotten used to. whoever comes and guess, you know, maybe you will see those guys again. but you always try to welcome the guys, about etithem up to speed, these guys can help you in, we have guys playing now that weren't here a month ago that are helping us win, every players and try to add certain player i think you know what your team is about if there are players that are available that can help your team you try to add them. >> the last time the patriots and jets played was a thursday night in october. quarterback ryan fitzpatrick through it it 95 yards, two touchdowns, fitzpatrick had a resurgence of this season tossing 10 touchdown passes, one interception over the last four games while leading the jets on a four game winning streak. >> obviously super bowl champs, had won the division however different. they've had a great year again this y

and a guy that bill belichick says is every bit as disruptive as -- left practice today. he plans on going after tom brady sunday night. >> i' m going to try. i mean, they come after me every week with everything in the book go ahead. come at me. up to get vantage of whatever you try and do. it' s my job to go after the quarterback. you can try to take advantage of whatever you want to take advantage of. bob: and here is big vince wilfork in the patriot uniform he wore for a decade but he' ll sunday. rode out of town after winning his second super bowl ring. strong bonds with his former ll be frenemies on sunday. >> those are friends of mine. i do look at it any different going into this game than i do any other game. but who knows. i might feel different sunday, but i' ve never been in this situation. >> we will have to see sunday, it' s different, but i talked to him a good amount. keep in touch with them. it will obviously be different on game day, seeing him on the but all of that goes away after the first kickoff. bob: it would be weird watching him sack tom brady. n

a fact evident when belichick declared we're on to cincinnati. following that blow out loss in kansas city. with belichick running the show his players know his teams haven't suffered a back-to-back loss since september of 2012. >> it felt like every team we face the best defensive line we're going to face. the best sendary, every time we watch film against a team i feel like we -- we see the positive things they do and i guess he has us making sure we respect our opponent. >> reporter: celt ricks once again taking on rondo and the sacramento kings in mexico city tonight as part of the knabe's global abe games, they play in front of a capacity crowd of over 22,000 fans. bruins on the road opening up a trip against the oilers. the former bruins general manager got the last laugh. edmonton snapping the bruins season high five-game winning streak but the b.'s managed to pick up at least one point for the 7th team in the last eight games. >> happy hope coming for the curries in charlotte. del curry honored by the son, son scored a game-high points. t

(belichick) "we thoug that was the best thing to do." the jets' official twitter account siding with belichick on this one, tweeting the word "agreed" in response to that particular comment from coach. a british rower claims to be the non-stop across the pacific ocean from nortt america to australia.. the man spent more than 2- hundred days at sea after setting off from san francisco in june. he rowed more than 74-hundred nautical miles and arrived in australili yesterday. his wife and two daughters were there to welcome him... "to be the first person to yet." he said he was supposed to have landed in australia in mid-october, but weather and sea conditions hamered his effort. it's coming up on toda in iowa.... the force is most definitely strong with this one. we'll tell you how much of a hit the new star wars movie was at here's a live lok at faster than any film in history. the film achieved the mark aater just 12 days in theaters. the seventh installment in the star wars series also set a record on chrisismas day.. witit nearly 50- m

some are calling it the belichick scandal for patriots coach bill belichick. >> well dwroirjts have , you do an entrance fee the next time you enter the national park. they decided the money was no longer cost-effective. >>> well, holiday shopping is not over. a lot of you plan to take advantage of some post christmas deals. the national retail federation says 66% say they'll shop this week. 47% say they'll go the store. another 43% say they'll shop online. >> don't forget. it's not too soon to take down your christmas tree. i know some who have. if you bought a real one it could be dry and turn into a fire hazard. we showed you how quickly it can burn up. the national fire council says you should recycle it. >>> the proposed change comes after a survey was conducted over the summer bety marine corps uniform board. final decisions are still pending but the marines' input will be taken into account. earlier this month they recognized lock and twist-hairstyles for women in the marine corps. >>> right now texas is dealinging with devastation. toerjds hit outside of dallas leaving a trail

after the game bill belichick said there was no confusion. so in the overtime it's fitzpatrick to decker, touchdown. the game winning touchdown, >> we knew it was going to be a 4th quarter game. so i thought we did a good job battling to the end. you know, we just didn't make enough plays to score enough points, but wish we'd have won it. it's a good football team and they got a lot of good players and they played pretty well. so we certainly had our chances. just didn't come away with it. >> coming up tonight we'll go one on one with special teams captain matthew slater and coming up in sports in a few minutes we'll take you around the nfl to see how the other teams fared in week 15. >>> some snow is actually in the forecast this week after taking december off. >> some. this is video from the assembly square mall in summerville this afternoon. maybe you were out and about because it wasn't really that cold, but we are now talking about some colder temperatures dreaded word snow. >> it's been so warm all this month we are talking some snow he

did bill belichick's decision in overtime bother you? maybe not. but if you're a red sox fan this will bother you. hour to the jets, nothing has changed. patriots are still in the drivers seat for the number one seed. tom brady still waiting to touch the ball in overtime and bill belichick's coin toss decision is hotly debated. you can easily make the case this was not as crazy of a decision as it felt like at the time. but this decision lead to a loss with tom brady in the sideline. today the quarterback gives further insight into the decision. >> i felt that was our best opportunity. that's why we did it. department like the way it worked. it was the right decision for our team at the time. i don't understand what the issue is. what should have happened that didn't happen or whatever? i don't know. >> if coach thins that's the best thing to help us do to make us win. there's nobody that we trust more to help us whip. he did what was best to help us win. it's hard to inspire your coach offensively all day. >> here are the odds of bill belichick's

well bill belichick maintains there was no confusion during the coins to, that is what he wanted and i doesn't regret it. >> i thought that was our best opportunity, that is why we did it. i didn't like the way it worked out, but i thought -- to me our team at that time. >> the pats already looking ahead their matchup with the dolphins will get started at 11:30, kickoff at 12:00, at 1:00, tune over to 5th game. >>> reports of peyton manning used performance enhancing drugs, this comes after an algia zero reporting. >>> thanks for being us with us, we've got l team coverage on our first wanter storm of the season. >>> well tell you what you can expect as you head out this morning. >>> this morning's weather may bring out your shovels and snow scrapers, we'll have a live report, what you could be up what would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably post a pic. text a friend. how about register to vote? really? you can. five minutes online and is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. go to registertovotema.com. it's tha