today, billerica memorial high school kicked off the third annual "billerica cells out" campaign, a 21 day phone " fast" that supports cancer research and cancer patients. >> 13 when i was clear and 11 when i was diagnosed. todd: freshman ian cadden was the first recipient of the donations when the effort began two years ago. he' s now cancer free, and giving up his phone to help others. >> i' m not really on my phone, a lot. i' m outside, shooting pucks outside all the time, so it feels kind of good to give up my phone. the idea to us, and we all just kind of rallied around ian of a kid he was, and it' s kind of just grown to help more people, just doing it for a good cause. the hockey team, but is open all over the past two years, they' raised $75,000, just by going >> it' s about your generation making the sacrifice, and it' s about all other generations willing to pay you for it. todd: even though participating phones for 21 days, they' ll have they' ll be out raising money that will go to dana farber and to a local cancer patient. the recipient wrote a letter of thanks, and that l

. >> sarah: students in billerica joining together for a great cause. details on how they are here's the truth -- some have proposed to cut social security for the elderly and disabled vets. i disagree. in fact, not only should we not cut benefits -- we should expand them. my plan for social security increases benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for low-income seniors. it will ensure that all seniors can retire with dignity and respect. i'm bernie sanders, >> sarah: 12:30 right now. we begin with breaking news. reports of an active shooter in san diego. it is believed to be happening at or near the naval medical center. of course, these details are >> christa: of course, police are also on the scene. kris anderson has been tracking this and has the latest. >> kris: here is whae we know now. the center spokesman wouldn't confirm there was an active shooter but does say authorities are responding to reports of gunshots there. here is a live look at that naval medical center in san diego where they were warning of a possible

students in billerica selling out. giving up one thing teens say they cannot live without. but good news here is that it is for a good cause. police department holding the phone. locking up cell phones for a few weeks. >> anchor: tarted two years ago. simple gestures. as kim tells us it has turned into something you larger. >> reporter: billerica high school students make a sacrifice teenagers can make. more than 50 students agreed to turn in their phones for 21 days. to raise money for cancer. >> one of the most amazing things you can ask of kids today, simply because they do not know what life is without it. >> reporter: selling out for a cause. started when billerica hockey team agreed to give up phones to raise money for a local seventh grader with leukemia. two years, $75,000 later. that boy is cancer free. freshman on jv hockey team. >> one of the fathers on the team thought it would be a great idea if we gave up our phones in order to raise money for ian. i thought it would be hard. my life line. you see every teenager uses it 24/7. even in your sleep. >> reporter: f

. >> daniel: close call for dog in billerica. mia's family hugging her a bit tighter after she had quite the scare yesterday. her owner, mike, tells fox25 the dog was chasing after a squirrel at vietnam veterans park when she ran out into a pond and went through the ice. firefighters went into rescue her. >> my heart was breaking to see her in there but glad she didn't go under. >> daniel: firefighters say mia's story is good reminder even though the temperatures may be cold, it is still not cold enough for water to be completely frozen over. >> catherine: 9:40 and track treasury every ten minutes, 495 to mass ave, take you 23 minutes on 93 from the braintree split to the pike ten minutes and 128 route 1 to the weston tolls that's going to be a 21 minute ride. shiri? >> shiri: who's ready for some football? we got patriots forecast right here, temperatures will be in the 30s for the game, upper 30s most likely and for tailgating you're going to have to dodge some rain drops, i have dry weather in place by kickoff, hour-by-hour lo

in billerica, fox 25 news. >>> this afternoon billerica police held a water rescue training exercise at the very same park where they saved hyatt dog this morning. it was scheduled ahead of that rescue. >>> an atm and overdraft fees are costing americans so much money that they've become a presidential campaign issue. jp morgan chase, bank of america and bells fargo made more than $6 billion last year in atm and overdraft fees. more than $5 billion came from overdraft fees alone. democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders are calling for changes to those systems. >>> you can potentially pack a gun on your next visit to the nation's capitol. that's the goal of republican lawmakers that would introduce a bill that would force the capital city to recognize concealed firearm permits from right now d.c. generally prohibits non-law enforcement people from carrying guns. the bill's supporters say allowing concealed weapons could save lives in a iraer attack. >> well, you have areas that be don't allow conceal carry permits, and you have weigh call victim zones, and the thugs, basically cr

among the communities affected, arlington, billerica, groton, kingston, lexington, newton, plymouth, taunton, tewksbury, and waltham. let' s get right to newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich live in arlington where the police chief just spoke. todd? todd: good afternoon. as you see behind, there are a number of police vehicles out front of arlington high school. police are searching the buildings. they brought in canines from other area departments. you can see there are some austin lease cruisers as well. the police chief here in arlington came out and asked wind to us the nature of the threat. >> the threat threatened backpacks. any surviving students exiting the building would he shot. -- be shot. given the nature of the threat decisions. we went into a shelter in place students. todd: schools in the visible here referred to that when he sent an to what happened. he said that while we do not feel there is a significant threat, given recent threats, we caution. that is the latest here in arlington. school has been dismissed. police are still on scene. reporting live in austin -- arling

lowell, billerica and nashua, 35 degrees. worcester gets up to 37. same in fitchburg. 38 in boston and framingham. but check out your temperatures for the vineyard and nantucket. getting all the way into the upper 40s down there. low temperatures tonight, though, this is where the concern comes in, not so much for boston or southeastern massachusetts. where we have lower 20s -- lower this its or upper 40s on the map. even worcester, possibly framingham and manchester. that's where as it moves in at first as rain. it could actually freeze up a little bit. but with highs tomorrow at 42 in boston upper 30s in worcester and nashua. even 40 in orange. clearly it's going to be warm rain. that change over is going to happen between 7 and 10:00 a.m. after that point, the roads are just going to, wet out there. 43 in plymouth, 46 in chatham. but it is going to be soak, wet. especially for the morning and midday. 7:00 tomorrow morning, there you have got all of that rain. and in spots heavy rain, especially down across southeastern massachusetts, out towards b

. >> jadiann: it was a race to the rescue for firefighters in billerica after a dog falls through the ice. >> ryan: deadly rife in dorchester. a new look at surveillance video from moments before the accident that killed a man crossing the street. >> jadiann: a stunt in cranston has one woman out an average of ninety people are killed by guns in this country every single day. it has to stop. president obama wants to make universal background checks the law of the land. and he wants to make sure gun manufacturers can finally be held accountable when their guns are used to kill our children. it's time to pick a side. either we stand with ...or we join the president... ...and stand up to them. i'm with him. please join us. i'm hillary clinton >> ryan: a passenger problem for a bus driver in cleveland, ohio when he was attacked by a man with a knife. the whole thing caught on camera. >> jadiann: the bus driver begging for passengers to call police but no one did anything to help. december 23, just after 6:00 in the evening. a heated conversation between driver and passenger about a bus ti

he was walking maia here at nonveterans park and billerica. we were right back by my car and she seen a squirrel and she ran down and went on the ice and she went right through. after trying to rescue maia himself, using a stick, called 9-1-1 and waited. he said those in its heartbreaking as he watched her struggle. she was panicking and i started to call her out and then i didn't want her to lose her energy so i started to calm her down and talk to her in a calm voice. he shared this photo of the rescue you could see a firefighter in wetsuit ready to get in the water and rescue maia. several other firefighters stood nearby. they had a rope ready just in or i assume that you know, to get the dog. as soon as mayor was on land, wrapped her up sweatshirt and took her home to warm up to the fire. following the best advice she closely monitored her temperature to make sure she did not have hypothermia. she has a kinda sweetest dog. as you can see from this deal she definitely back to jumping and playing and kissing. >> coming back here you can see

randy: a billerica woman has died after this crash in tewksbury. police say the 66-year-old crashed yesterday afternoon into a pile of rocks and a tree on shawsheen street. and no other vehicles were involved. police say it's unclear what caused the crash. several boston students are facing discipline amid concern over racism at schools. they are protesting how minority students are treated at the school. students have been disciplined for using threatening or racial erika: the bruins head into the all star break with an backup goalie jonas gustavsson was taken out in the first undisclosed illness. gustavsson does have a history of an abnormal heart rhythm. as for the game, the rest of the b's barely showed up. anaheim scores four goals in a row adding two more in the final minute. b's lose, 6-2. randy: marathon bombing survivor adrienne haslet-davis is returning to the marathon as a competitor the professional dancer lost a leg in the attack. she says she has begun training for the april 18 marathon. haslet-davis will run to raise money for the li

>> adam: a dog goes through thin ice, this is billerica. the race to get back on solid ground. those stories and a lot more wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. >> adam: a surprising stunt leading to the res igation of a city official in rhode island. it all surrounds the woman standing next to the director of senior services. this appears to be the woman we're talking about. who is actually not a woman. >> kim: there is speculation that was a public tisly stunt -- publicity stunt. it was a she that was a he. this bus driver at the center of the major scandal. reports say it was really a woman for this press conference at the cranton senior center. the stunt has led to the resignation of cranston's senior services director sue stenhouse. she cal

we have this area from billerica up to lowell. as well. it changes over to a bit of snow to the west. from clinton to the holden area you're seeing a little bit of light snow. the word here is light. this is not heavy. if you've got treated road surfaces around the spencer untreated surface you might want to be cautious. it might be slippery out there. that will be with us cold enough temperatures this morning. this afternoon we'll warm back up into the mid 40's many a little drizzle going on here this morning. then we start to talk about the real warmth coming in. that comes in later tonight. check out tomorrow's high temperature. record-setting near 56 degrees. there's also a cold spot behind it. we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. doug. doug: thanks, mike. stories we're following right now. a professional women's hockey player is suffering a severe spinal cord injury after slamming into the boards during the first-ever "women's winter classic" at gillette stadium. denna laing of marblehead cannot feel her legs after s

billerica at 5, lowell at 35, me that wan, 34 today. he is sex, 36. warms up closer to the coastline and those travelling into bon of. 39 in quincy. and 40s from dedham over to braintree. worcester going to warm up to 37. most cloudy skies staying planted in place. fitchburg 37. portsmouth new hampshire 45. upper 40s across the islands today. with a mix of sun and clouds. problem is tonight, check out these temperatures. even though we're in the upper 40s in southeastern mass. a lot of temperatures around 31 in framing haly or 29 in fitchburg, 28 in keen. it's going to be cold enough, initially as the rain moves in, to support a little bit of freezing rain. we do warm up because worcester works your way up to 37 for the high here tomorrow and 39 in nashua. obviously, it's going to be warm enough to see that change over to rain. i expect it to happen between 7 and 10:00 tomorrow morning. it's going to happen during the morning hours. 42 tomorrow in boston. 43 in plymouth. sunday is going to be your dryer day but cooler day too. timeline on that rain, m

in billerica schools were swept by police and deemed safe and other schools students were sent home early. >>> also police are looking for the man who shot two people in a busy mbta station in east boston. officers say a fight started on a blue line train one man was shot as he got off. both are expected to recover. terrified riders captured this on cell phone video the chaos. hear from one wednesday that's coming up at 5. >>> today, attorney general will announce a new plan to fight the opioid abuse by cracking down on illegal prescriptions and dispensing of opioidsch last week house law make airs proved a bill to limit the prescriptions to a 7- day supply. >>> melrose high school is closed today as students there mourn the death of a classmate. grief counselors will be available. officials say the person who was hit by a commuter train monday on venton street and was believed to be a student. the victim's name has not been released. >>> a quincy man is accused of impersonating women and begging men on sex sites to rape them. prosecutors say 45-year-old thomas sheehan you see here stole

those include arlington, billerica, groton and plymouth. round 2 for some after many experienced a similar situation on friday. we now know that the f.b.i. is involved in this investigation. steve cooper joins us live with more as police try to figure out who is responsible for this, steve. >> reporter: as you can imagine that was an unsettling day for students and staff at so many schools across the state including here in arlington where bomb sniffing dogs went through the high school this afternoon before the all clear was given. at this hour, the f.b.i. is now leading this investigation. >> it's weird how this just suddenly happened. >> reporter: emergency responders scrambling to arlington high school before 9:00 am after a chilling >> for a backpacks so explode in the school and that any surviving students exiting 9 building would be shot. >> reporter: it was a threat that first led to the evacuation of the school before classes were canceled for the rest of the day. >> we made the decision to evacuate from abundance of caution. we kn

more than a dozen schools in the region were dealing with bomb threats including arlington, billerica, groton and plymouth. just a few to speak of. all of those you see on the scene there. arlington high school evacuated before classes began. cancelling classes for the day. state police say 15 schools received threats today in the state of massachusetts. police inspected all the schools and the didn't find anything suspicious, that is the silver lining. jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: breaking news from the patriots. line backer mayo is done for the season. the team put him on injured reserve. joe amorosino with details on mayo. >> reporter: it's not as big of a blow as it would have been two years or a few years ago but losing mayo to injury will take, test the patriots' depth at line backer. playing mostly in a reserve role he racked up 49 tackles and a tack but with chandler jones getting nicked up against the chiefs the pats could be a bit shorthanded in their front 7 there. for the second time in three seasons the mace and bronco -- patriots and bronco also square off for the r

in billerica schools were kept and deemed save in other towns like arlington students are sent home earlier. police are looking to see if >>> mayor marty walsh says boosta -- boston is as stronging a it ever been as and -- and has a list to back up the claim e said homicides are at a 16--- he said homicides are at a 16 year low and you employment is down and the city end 2015 in the black despite the epic wint are but protest gathered outside symphony hall angry over cuts to education and plans to consolidate schools. >> instead of anity we see schools pitted against one another by adults. tonight, i am calling on everyone to come together to back all our children all our teachers and all our schools. >> the mayor was also applauded for his work in helping bring general electorate corporate head quarters to boston but some complained the tax breaks are getting -- they are getting will take money from struggling schools. >>> donald trump and sarah palin are hitting the campaign trailtogether today a day after the conservative threw her >> again are you ready to stomp for trump? i am here to

spots, taunton, scituate at 41 degrees, walpole, 47, which isn't too bad. merrimac today, lowell, billerica, methuen, nashua new hampshire, only 34, 35 degrees. so it is going to be a much cooler day by comparison out that way. 43 in hyannis with most cloudy skies. especially north of the pike, going to be a cloudy one out there. here's where my concerns come into play, anybody below that freezing point tonight, has the potential of a slippery travel here tomorrow. in particular those upper 20s in fitchburg, manchester new hampshire, keene, new hampshire, orange even into the worcester area. we have to watch ultimate out for a little bit of freezing rain but most of what we're dealing with, temperatures like this, 37 in worcester, 42 in boston, 46 in chatham. it's going to be warm enough for almost entirely rain for this one. second half of the weekend, it cools down. 7 a.m., when you're waking up again, lowell, worcester, north and west, a little bit of freezing rain. out to southwestern new a little bit of snow mixing in no more than an inch of snow. this is mostly just going to be rain.

arlington, billerica groton and plymouth among them. steve cooper has more as police try to figure out who is responsible. >> reporter: what a disruptive day this turned out to be here not just here at arlington high school but several other schools across the state bringing the bomb squad and specially trained dogs looking for devices. tonight as you mentioned federal agents are searching for a suspect. would do that. joke about. >> reporter: after the out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons following main office. >> the threat threatened for backpacks explode in the surviving students exiting the building would be shot. >> reporter: it was that threat that led to the school being evacuated before the superintendent cancelled classes for the rest of the day. >> we made the decision to caution. received threats around the state including newton north high and the groton dunstable middle school. that is on top of the 7 others that received threats last. >> there is probably a very low probability of there being anything serious but

state police say in all 15 threats came in arlington billerica groton and plymouth were among the communities affected. just last friday 7 other schools also received threats. the f.b.i. is now part of this investigation. officials say some of threats were made by phone, others through automated calls. in arlington police evacuated the high school this more than more thanes a precaution a chief there has a warning for whoever is responsible. those that are responsible for these threats are committing serious felonies disrupting learning in communities throughout this common wealth confidence they will be identified and prosecuted for the felonieser that they are committing. i look forward to meeting you. all 62s that receive threats investigators. >>> boston mayor marty walsh state of the city address. mare wash reflecting on last year in two stone saying city stronger than ever but also said more to do. kimberly bookman at symphony hall with more. in front of 2500 people the mayor said this job is his dream come true. and despite protesters outside he was positive, he was upbeat and he was p

end up being massachusetts but even at that losing 41 41 in amsburr and he ipswich and 42 methuen, billerica and nashua, new hampshire and mostly sunny skies, tomorrow though boston and points north and west going to struggle to warm up. happens wherever we got wind coming from the northeast, likely going to get stuck in the upper 30s there versus southeastern massachusetts where we still achieve low to mid-40s and many more clouds come around in friday forecast even as the day kicks off, 7:00 a.m., start the day with increasing clouds but keep it dry once we hit the afternoon with wind coming in off the water we got the moisture supply for drizzle to develop. so i'm not expecting anything widespread but patchy drizzle here for your friday afternoon and overnight it is not going to impact everybody. nor will it overnight but the problem is we are back to that freezing point boston to the north and west which means we bit of freezing drizzle. you can see and sleet and flurries mixing in south of boston and just a little patch drizzle early as you wake up on saturday and saturday lower 40s tra

worcester only lasts you through about 8:00 this morning, 8:29 billerica, framingham 9:15 and areas boston 10:14 but even saying it is going to end there at ten, struggle to get down to the ground in the first place, so somewhere like worcester see straight through ten, 11:00 this morning, couple flurries by lunchtime this afternoon, dry, partly cloudy temperatures, gets up to 30 and after morning clouds we do get to see a little sunshine later today. 31 boston, beverly, lawrence and plymouth today we got the coating of snow hyannis over to chatham and down to nantucket. nantucket 37 , 1 of the hot spots and stuck in the 20s have potential of seeing the little patchy coating this morning and by 11:00 or noon time today time you head home from work, quiet and dry and enjoy the friday and another dry die with rogue flurry and 7:00 a.m. to almost entirely rain showers and look at all the green on the map into the afternoon and pretty far north to find the mixing, so at 1:00 p.m. it is already coming to an end and between one and 4:00 in the afternoon, showers end on saturday and almost all ra

bit cooler, feel like january, even into the afternoon and andover, lawrence, haverhill at 34 , billerica only 36 in nashua, new hampshire 35. so worcester and boston both into the upper 30s, fitchburg 36, keene 36 , hyannis 44 and how about 48 nantucket. a few more breaks in the clouds further south you go today, but tonight i've not so worried about southeastern massachusetts where temperatures stay above freezing. my concern is going to be where you see some of the pops of upper 20s, fitchburg, manchester, keene, orange, brattleboro, vermont, it is going to be cold to see a little touch of ice on the roadways if you're out there early enough. but with temperatures in worcester tomorrow at 37 , nashua 39, 42 in boston, 40 in orange, obviously it is going to be warm enough for just rain, so make the switch to icing conditions to just rain. between about seven and 10:00 in the morning. now, i'm looking at seven for a it is just further north and west you go there could be a couple snowflakes mixing in in keene and brattleboro, vermont and going to have to keep a close eye on those locatio

in billerica the schools wereswept and deemed safe and police are looking to see if the threats can connected. >>> police are hooking for a a t station a fight start on a blue line train. one man was shot as he was getting off the train. a second man on the platform was also hit. both are expected to recover. terrified riders captured the chaos on cell phones. >>> a disturbing story actually right now the mbta taking steps to keep the morning commute on track and to avoid cold weather delays. nicole jacobs is live in east boston and are these efforts working? >> reporter: it's little too early to tell because t officials have been very clear to say that these issues the huge weather related issues come with prolonged cold snaps but nonetheless they headed out a couple hours again this morning ahead of the preor the regular scheduled routes i should say. let's look at this. our cameras did capture the trains in action making sure the cars and the tracks are in good standing or as good as possible for the very cold temperatures. efforts of getting ahead of the cold is not a guarantee. there wil

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the awesome kids from hajjar elementary in billerica doing a great job waking us up this and by the way they donated 125 toys to toys for tots over the well done. emily: get everyone together and make some noise in your own wake up call. just go to the front page of wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section of our website. the weather starting to feel like holidays are coming. and month too late, but that is ok cindy: we' re halfway through the month of january. the past couple of days have gotten your attention. overall, the month is running close to four degrees above normal. and as warm as it was in december. still warmer than average. out the door, it is not so bad. most spots are running in the 20' s. 21 worcester, 29 boston. there are clouds overhead and these are pretty much going to be with us all day long. they are associated with a warm front. but i am watching for tonight and saturday is this right here, the gulf of mexico. eastern seaboard. if you have plans, you should be dry. after midnight is mainly rain. higher elevations , there could be a couple of wet snowflakes.

low in boston tonight about 15 degrees. 12 in billerica. nine in worcester. down through southeastern mass and cape and island. the story also the wind not only today but over the next couple of day. right, danielle. >>> exactly right. as we head into the afternoon we're trading in the snow showers for the wind and then that wind will bring in that cold air. upper 20s today and then mid 20s tomorrow. but it will feel even colder than that. because of this wind. 6:00 those wester i will gust hour. >> along the cape and aland up to 50 miles per hour. day tomorrow. the winds aren't going to die wednesday. so because of that we have wind advisory in effect for cape and island until tomorrow at 6:00. and then i think as we head into tomorrow that will expand through southern new england as well. so because of those winds that means it will feel like this. like zero in boston overnight tonight. then for tomorrow, tomorrow morning dress for the systemem feeling like below zero in some spots. temperature still on colder side. important to have the cold air in place.

ism and a dog going through thin ice in billerica. the race to get it back on solid ground. >> christa: and we have class act because it's friday. and we're happy to bring along this story about a 17-year-old helping to lift the spirits of children in a local hospital. just in time for the pats' game. i think we can do it tomorrow. it will be cool out there but drying off by kickoff. temperatures in the upper 30s. take a look at that wet morning forecast ahead. >> nancy: good morning. here's a look at route 39 as you head into boston. up in andover on 93 southbound, we have a new accident at gaston roadblocking the left lane. expect some delays there. the expressway, volume building. so far the "t" is on time this morning. no way. savor an egg mcmuffin any time a fresh cracked egg, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. mcdonald's all day breakfast menu. >> christa: i know my kids had a couple days of indoor recess this week it's been is cold, but hopefully they can get out and get out some of that energy. >> nancy: it

crews from billerica and west bridgwater expected to be there in about seven hours, ready to get to work. this is the second time they have been called since 2010 after two back-to-back storms dumped 40 inches, the same group spent seven days in there digging out. after a relatively mild winter, the men tell me they are happy for the work. here in boston, it is a beautiful, clear day but frigid read if you are going out, bundle up. antoinette: good advice. thank you. this morning, the patriots are getting ready to lay it all on the line for another trip the super bowl. doug: and a big part of this will be an epic battle between some of the best quarterbacks in the game. our bob halloran is live in denver this morning with a look at a rivalry for the ages. bob: certainly, football is a team game. this game comes with a storyline of having two of the best quarterbacks of all time going head-to-head in tom brady and peyton manning had done it 16 times before. brady 11-5 in those matchups. we comes to the regular season stats, patriots fans have got to like the numbers. those favor manning s

today this afternoon, those temperatures will be more how long the showers stick billerica pond when a pup chased a squirrel on thin ice. mya was off the leash when she got into trouble at veterans memorial park. the ice broke and the owner called 911. he was going to jump in himself to get her out when firefighters arrived. they pulled the pit bull rottweiler mix out and she was checked out by the vet and she is back home and doing all right this morning. >> the pesky squirrels. i am telling you dogs are gone. >> gone. >> sometimes i am hike maybe you -- like maybe you can chime the tree because he goats nuts and jumps so high and it's like whoa. >> another chilly start and you have skiers forecast ive looking to hit the slopes. >> things are looking -- forecast for those look to hit the slopes. >> things are looking better. temperatures around freezing and bitter cold for monday. 16 dough grows the high temperature but -- degrees the high temperature. snow showers likely for saturday around freezing sunday dry 28 degrees and monday a little harsh with the wind but more snow showers

both at 31 degrees tomorrow afternoon.up here to the north of boston one ipswich haverhill it 31 in billerica 30 degrees back here into worcester county temperatures will be in the 20s gardner and northborough you'll be in the upper 20s as well. >> across southern new england we see a lot of clouds today drifting southward from the north snow showers up here in the queen mountains mostly in vermont. off to the west of lake effect snow's adding that as well. bottom line not going to find a storm from here all the way across the country to get affect us.this is the energy or the beginnings the storm system that promises to become a nor'easter for the east coast.pretty certain high confidence it's going be a nor'easter that's going to really devastate some areas particularly the mid-atlantic states. the question will be does that come far enough north to impact southern new england. and there was a spreading those computer models nothing to a lot i know that's not a very good forecast but remember work four days away from this even starting here in southern new england but everything looks like

north billerica over 30 inches. in fact 30 inches in gloucester and milton and west harwich, norwell, across eastern and central massachusetts, southeastern new hampshire as well. on the flipside today, i got the warmest of the day beacon tap pitch got more dry than wet towns and the wet weather we are going to see today is going to be wet, not snowy. and it is going to be breezy here. gusting from the southwest up around 40 miles per hour. you will notice the wind more so during the afternoon than the morning hours. even though we have a little bit of cloud cover passing through now, we do get the breaks in the clouds before they truly thicken up and start dragging that moisture into play. i am going to keep us partly sunny at 7 a.m. in boston at 34 39 at 9 a.m. then turninged now in afternoon then turninged now in afternoon. temperatures getting up to 46 in boston itself. and the chance of rain is going to be about 40% for any given town or city because showers will be so patchy out there. by 10:00 this morning, y

all the way to the twenty-eighth and ended up with 3 feet of snow in spots like lunenburg, north billerica, west harwhich, norwell, all 30 inches of snow. today ends up being the warmest day of the week though with flirting with 50 , we got a lot more dry than wet spots in the forecast today and got the breezy southwest winds. winds will gust around 40 miles per hour and might make it feel cooler within the 30s or 50s today, but also helping to transplant all the warm air from the south right here in new england. so as this disturbance moves on and rain showers and check out the forecast in boston with thickening clouds, 11:00 a.m. about 41 , 46 here at 1:00 this afternoon. afternoon temperatures will peak right around 46 but we do tap into those mostly cloudy skies and you could see those coming into play, especially by lunchtime to the north and west of boston, but even boston southeastern mass, we are still going to have a lot of high and thin clouds at lunchtime today, where you see the thicker clouds, better bet for a lonely shower here through the afternoon hours. best bet for evenin

ike says he was taking her on a walk with vietnam veterans park in billerica which he ran down to the ice. she seen a squirrel and she ran down on the ice and then she went right through. mike says maia started panicking fighting tree branches to get out while the fire department arrived within minutes, he says it felt like forever. down. >> my heart was breaking. but i'm just glad she did not go under. when help arrived firefighters on a wetsuit and got into the water while several others stood by with a rope. once my was pulled from the icy pond, mike immediately wrapped her in a sweatshirt and took her home. >> i heated up a blanket right away and i put her right near my fireplace. after some much-needed rest, maia is now back on her feet with more energy than ever. in fact our cameras had a hard time keeping up. >> mike says he wanted to share the story and thank the people who helped save his best friend. >> were also rate my family could not think them enough. >> it was just so great to meet maia and see just the energetic dog that he is for the firefighters who rescued her, the

take a look at this convoy of heavy equipment a mile long crews from billerica and west bridgewater (no audio). it. their people aren't used to that type of work. the hours. they don't have the proper equipment unfortunately. jorge: it's not their first time. the same crew from massachusetts was in washington d.c. in 2010 when the capital got walloped by two consecutive storms. they spent seven days helping to clear nation's capital out. of course, this is in charity. but mr. french says after a mild winter here, relatively speeging, the guys are ready to get to work and make some money. back here in the south end, the street crews have done their job. now it's time for residents to get out their plows and clear off their sidewalks. live from the south end, jorge quiroga, wcvb, unless. this morning, the patriots are getting ready to lay it all on the line for another trip the super bowl. doug: and a big part of this will be an epic battle between of the best quarterbacks in the game. our bob halloran is live in denver this morning with a look at a rivalry for the ages. hi again, bob.

massachusetts here are some of those reports by twitter responding here they are moderates know north of billerica .3 inches so far ryan said he's expecting three let's see how we do. head-to-head snowing in westford that's coming out out there like snow in milford being reported light snow one ellington from susie. reports this one is different not snow like drizzle in east freetown this comes from tom. one of our weather interns last semester so we rely on that report drizzle not snow in that area. his was expected this evening push on out of here start to clear out a lot of snow showers come on through with the backside of the system intensifying to our north it's going to blow some cold there into southern new england as it pushes away from us. you wake up you going to be waking up to some very cold conditions and blustery wind chills despite the sunshine temperatures tomorrow are going to be cold. how much snow as it pushes away. not looking at very much according to every single computer model we look at the only thing we have to watch for two things actually how quickly the storm intensifie

those delays stretching all the way back into billerica right now. a look at the live dry times. 40 minutes on the strike 495 to mass avenue. 27 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. and an hour and 28 minutes from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >>> meteorologist jason brewer telling us you are heading out bundle up because a short walk to the car will have you freezing. gusting 30, 40 miles per hour julie and will stay that way all day today. the bitter cold wind chills below zero in spots right now below zero in spots right now. it is not going to be as cold tomorrow, but still very brisk in the morning and we are watching a weekend nor'easter. i just got a new model for you and i will share that with you straight ahead. temperatures bitter cold. 15. with the wind is taking the heat away from our skins. at the bus office make sure the little ones have lots of layers on and covering up the exposed skin. windy conditions all day. wind advisory posted for most of southern new england. just 20, 30-mile-per-hour sustai

billerica students are sent home early in arlington. police are looking to see if they are connected. >>> unconscious man pulled from his burning home in scituate. fire breck out before 8 on clutter. the victim was rush to the hospital and later died. a local group is looking to stop an indy car race in its tracks. according to the globe, a group called the coalition against indy car boston delivered a 3- page letter to mayor walsh complaining that the race planned for the seaport district over labor day weekend would be crowded excessively loud and bad for business and are asking for meeting with city officials. the next newscast is at noon. stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the tough

from billerica, north redding, lynnfield and into the south and east, sudbury. north of the mass pike here, marlborough and into 495, light rain and in worcester, boylston, and holden, the temperatures are around the freezing mark and that is the deal. you can see split spots for the next few hours until we get this out of here. more snow showers moving into the berkshires and that is most of the snow, all of the snow, will stay to the north of us later this afternoon. the temperatures increasing into the mid-40s. drizzle and not bad. compared to what it could be this time of the year. overnight tonight, 38 degrees for the low. drizzle, fog, and some showers move in, too, and the rain coverage for tomorrow afternoon. the temperatures sore into the mid- and upper 50s. 54 degrees, boston. and taunton to norwood. tomorrow. if you have any planning to do with road trips or if you're travelling anywhere, be aware, we have a high wind watch. the gusts up to 60 miles an hour from the southeast. and this is sunday morning through sunday evening and along the coast line,

now to tell us more about the warmest day of the week. 3 feet of snow in lunenburg, northville, billerica, 30 in gloucester, west harwhich, norwell and all started today a year ago. today on flip side warmest day of the week, more dry than wet spots this afternoon and we are talking rain drops, not talking snowflakes here in the tuesday forecast and also going to get pretty breezy with southwest at 40 miles per hour and put edge on temperatures, could make it feel cooler and start out with partial sun before the clouds get really thick this afternoon and 9:00 a.m. 35 and 11:00 a.m. 44 and upper 40s for the afternoon but again we will see mostly cloudy and couple of showers and have mostly cloudy skies forming first just a spot shower out that way, there's the risk around the boston area, don't see much in future cast because there won't be very many showers and steady lighter rain midnight and out the of here and don't be surprised to see flurries on tail end of the whole thing and wednesday watch out for couple flurries as well, 48 in beverly and boston and 47 in spots like lawrence, 42

other accident in billerica. we are seeing a stop and go backup there to 495. kathryn. >> thanks you. >>> there's a visible police presence at all cambridge public schools today. after another threat. a bomb threat was emailedyesterday. the district says had's no evidence it's a credible threat but there will be adsecurity at all schools. this is the latest in a string of threats across the state. >>> the patriots will hold one last pram practice before heading out to denver. an hour ago coach belichick spoke about the game and importance of football security. >> a fine line. you try to it's nothing more than fundmentals and no play is good without fundamental it's impossible. that being said there's a lot of scheme things that come up you know over the course of a season teams keep building we build and opponents build and each week there's more to get ready for. stay with us sunday for a two hour edition of patriots game day. kick off at 3. right after the game don't forget to join us for the 5th quarter post game show live on wbz and on my tv38. >>> just ahe

this is right after 495 in the billerica area. here are those live drive times, 42 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 42 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and 48 minutes meteorologist shiri spear joining us now and, shiri, heading out the door, a little bit of cloudy start out there. >> shiri: cloud cover and point out temperature is 42 , we are seeing a pretty decent spread between the temperature and the dew point temperature and the bigger the gap between the two numbers, the dryer the air, so although you see a little hint perhaps this morning on radar of some precipitation over the boston area, just too dry to really get it down to the ground. we have had though, light showers that continue for the cape and islands this morning, this is front number one today, this is front number two and front number two is going to spill in some snowflakes this afternoon, only in the form of some flurries and there you have it through the morning hours, keeping a close eye on the cape and islands, rain no

so high temperature about 35 in billerica. 30 in boston. mid-40s down through the south shore, the cape and the islands. christa, the most rain that mid-morning to mid-afternoon. >> christa: it looks like a lot of it there, too, chris. thank you. the bomb squad will be at a plant in north andover this morn as they plan the detonate a tube of dangerous chemicals after four workers were critically injured in an explosion at the dow chemical plant. three of the four workers were thrown to boston hospitals. the fourth is being treated up in lawrence. police in braintree searching for the driver who stabbed man in an apparent case of road rage. they say both drivers got out of their vehicles on granite street and one stabbed the other several times. the suspect took off after this. we'r this epidemic of gun violence knows no boundaries. hillary clinton has what it takes to stand up to the republicans and the gun lobby. we need to close the loopholes and support universal background checks. how many people have to die before we actually act... be

why students in billerica are giving up their most treasured piece of technology all for a good cause. >> this 7news "today in new england." >> christa: i did a double take when i heard this story, kids giving up a cell phone. >> sarah: it's hard to believe. >> christa: take off your right arm almost, right? i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. would you give up your cell phone. >> chris: you'd stare at blank hands. where's my cell phone? if you're getting rid of them, why not? i don't know if i could go no phone all day long. 29 in boston. 33 in plymouth. 38 in hyannis. good morning, everyone. we have a quiet start to the day. patches of clear skies out there now. we'll hold some sunshine this morning. more clouds around this afternoon, and we'll increase the breeze, too, out of the south-southwest. mid to upper 40s this afternoon. isolated shower late in the day. and this evening can't rule that out, but overall looks like a quiet day ahead of us with a low threat of passing shower. dry wednesday, thursday, some snow showers working in thursday night into friday. mor

clear as well, this is on route 3 southbound as you approach 128 with delays stretching back into billerica. want to let you noy about a new accident on the pike eastbound, before route 30 in natick. over to live drive times, 45 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 31 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, but we are over an hour and a half right now on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: cold weather a concern for people that rely on the mbta sunglasses today they are trying something new to get people to work on time. fox25 catherine parrotta is live in quincy center talking with people that are bracing for the cold and the commute. catherine? >> catherine: good morning, sara. while the mbta did say they could to keep to trains running on time and we knew the frigid weather would be a test for the "t," and i have been keeping up with mbta on traffic alerts and tracking delays on orange line, minor delay there, minor green line d line delay, that's going westbound, and also this came into the inbox h