not the case in boston, though, right now. 39 in boston. 41 in marshfield. these numbers provide some rainfall along the coastline. it is freezing rain. just on and north and west of 495. at this time. a closer view of that. essentially, from newburyport. stretching right down that 495 stretch. back in close to methuen. and lowell and lawrence. we have some freezing rain. temperatures in the low 20's. just on the other side of the merrimack valley. st up into southern new hampshire. leominster through northern worcester county, seeing some freezing rain and sleet also. back edge of the precipitation, almost with us. the steadiest will be over with in the next one to two however, as we go through the afternoon, still tapers off to just some spotty drizzle. and spotty freezing drizzle. this is where most of the issues are going to be. merrimack valley, into now, that cold air will drain back south later this afternoon and into the early i do expect icy spots and refreeze even closer to the boston area. wind direction has been everything with this storm system.

that's when boston will birthday. emily: a precious moment for a six-month-old in his first visit with santa. the indiana boy was snoozing when he met saint nick so santa went along with it and took some great photos. randy is snoozing too. the images have been viewed millions of times online. do not wake a baby, whatever you do. randy: santa got into itment. cindy: the perfect christmas card. so cute. olessa: thank you, guys. good morning, everyone. here is the expressway by the gas tank northbound side moving away. a slow ride here. heavy in both directions. let's check the rest of your trip as you make your way south we're watching an accident just coming in 128 north by route 28. delays back to route 37. heavy on 95 out of sharon. 24 slow from brockton. a crash just cleared by route 123. still watching an accident route 3 northbound by union street. delays back to 228. expressway 30-35 braintree to boston. eastbound on the pike you're about 25-30, 495 to 128 and then 93 south is heavy as well. it's about a 35-minu

it's 45 degrees in boston right now. put it in perspective, that is warmer than when we should be during the afternoon, i am tracking a couple showers, a up could he will sprinkles right now. southern new hampshire, east side of milford, a little sprinkle on the north side of nashua. we have steadier rain that is coming out of the lower connecticut river valley, anywhere from munson stretching back toward bell cher town, these are sliding east, we'll course of the morning much a little piece of energy in the upper levels of our atmosphere swinging through this morning, showers will be done by midday. the sun should break out and temperatures come into the 50s this afternoon. so let's time things out. a few spotty shower that will linger into 10-11:00 a.m., by noontime still a lot of clouds around but we get breaks of sunshine, that will start temperatures into the 50s. it will be quiet weather for your evening commute. i do expect clouds to fill back in tonight, i'm tracking more rain tomorrow. skirting by the cape and i

boston at 30 degrees we haven't been this cold in the city of boston in about a month or so. you have to go back into the end of november before you find an end to this cold. react 24 setting the table for a wintery mess on the way late tonight and tomorrow morning. but again with a lack of significant arctic air there is no significant snow in this forecast but again it's the give it credit it deserve. your storm time line 3:00 tomorrow morning, patches of snow then flips over to the sleet and rain in the city of boston around 7:00 or 8:00 but still continuing as slept and freeing rain down 95 through foxboro west up through woonsocket then up into the city of worcester and fitchburg, snow sleet and freezing rain for several hours tomorrow morning. and the evening as we work into the afternoon hours tomorrow, i'm still thinking we'll have pockets of freezing drizzle and freezing rain going on. merrimac valley, new hampshire sea coast a real tough travel day basically west of 128 certainly 495, route 2, southern new hampshire around metro boston as well for a short time tomor

boston is not freezing. areas north of the mass pike, we have towns and cities sprinkled in there at 32 39 at 8 a.m. 42 at noontime and middle 40s for highs in and around the boston area. hot spots are going to come out of southeastern massachusetts. i have plymouth at 46 degrees. same in bridgewater. foxborough, 46. 47 from mare vard to mattapoisett to wareham. that sounds good and you can compare it to what we have in central massachusetts with worcester and athol all stuck in the middle 30s. a 10-degree temperature range from southeastern massachusetts to northwestern mass and southwestern new hampshire this afternoon. that is at 38 degrees. fitchburg and manchester at 40. lawrence and portsmouth at 41. boston, 43. plymouth, 46. hyannis 47 and nantucket 50 degrees. these are midnight temperatures and boston at 34. we have the burbs back into the lower 30s. almost what you feel now is going to be exactly what you have at midnight tonight. tomorrow's shy going to be up most of the day 99% of the day is goin

but we expect in the next couple of hours boston police will bring him down here to boston eventually to be arraigned as jonathan said in court here in boston. we are told a last known address of his is in lawrence general hospital. so it is possible that he had some issues that put him into the hospital and now he is going to be charged with placing that hoax device. boston police just left this area a police station. they are expected to go up to lawrence and then bring him back so that would put him coming in the next couple of hours. live in boston, dan hausle, 7 news. >> anchor: we're also following breaking news out of brockton where a school threat has let led to an arrest. let's go to elizabeth noreika . >> reporter: kim, police in high school student. they say that student hacked a classmate's facebook page and posted a threat there. the sorely media threat mentioned bombs and a plan to shoot up brockton high school. the bomb squad was brought in to check things out and at this time officials say there is no credible threat. police were able to find the student using an ip ad

boston 45. worcester at 44. it's mild because of clouds, and again, this is our weather system for the next hour, hour raindrops. one batch now in metro boston. about an her and a half ago it was impressive. this has weakened significantly. so other than some sprinkles for a few minutes, i think that's about it. on the maps it's technically a cool front moving through new england that's responsible for the clouds and the showers. we don't have any cool air. look at boston. 45. here's the front in western new england, and buffalo 45. i think we can handle that. even up across southern canada, no arctic air. canada 40 degrees early december this time of day. 55 to 60 this afternoon, a nice mild day. boston at 59. fitchburg 55. hyannis at 55. tonight mostly cloudy. still mild overnight tonight. lows only 42 to 46. normal high is 43. tomorrow morning clouds. and i think there could be a couple fan showers on cape cod tomorrow morning. i think for metro boston a dry morning tomorrow. and like today, developing sunshi

the real feel is 10 degrees in worcester right now. 22 in boston, 17 in lawrence. so you certainly want to be bundled up as you step outside, the storm itself is lifting that extends back to the midwest, but for us it's this bulk of moisture coming through from the morning until the early afternoon for most of is. so hour by hour that rain line going to be lifting over the south coast over the next hour or so, south shore and the city of boston by the time we get to 7:30 and 8:00, 34 degrees, still cold in the 20s from manchester to worcester, it is going to be that sloppy, crusty mess with areas of sleet continuing to fall, at least from merrimack valley until late morning and as early as early afternoon particularly when you get north of manchester and then back to keene. the afternoon, it's plain old rain but it's a cold rain, temperatures only around 40 degrees, the evening commute will be much drier, with just a couple leftover showers, so a couple isolated outages may occur with the sleet changing over to pockets of freezing rain, along the berkshires and a f

boston sitting at 32 degrees. it's really the only spot at the freezing mark right now outside of that 20 from the cape to the north shore, southern new hampshire. out in the western part of the state as well. the skies though are still mainly clear. but you can see to the south a few rain drops sneaking in to southwestern connecticut. these are focused back toward new york city. this is the area that is going to be lifting on in this morning. so it's kind of a race to see this precipitation moves on in. it will take a while to get in here though. we'll come out of the 20's into the 30's this morning. make sneak in a few peeks of sunshine as the sun comes up at 6:53 but by 9:00 this morning, the clouds are thickening up. i think that rain arrives after lunchtime in the boston area. and by then, we should be at or above 40 degrees but it will be a different story west of the worcester area. by late morning as we get a few rain drops in here, they'll be calling into surfaces that are so at or below freezing so it co

lingering in and around boston. mostly cloudy to start off the day, but the best chance of rain will come to town after about 1:00 this afternoon. it would just be spot showers in boston, much better chance you will see some of the steady rain form toward the cape and up as high as plymouth, 52 right now in hyannis, hovering right there, low to mid-40s. 50s. 50s, don't want to short you any for the rest of the day but then the rain possibly as early as 10:00 this morning is going to push back into place. so let's time this out. future cast as we head toward late-morning, we have a couple of those showers. it is not a constant rain over the southeast, but it is going to be patchy showers forming here in time for lunch but 4:00 p.m. still favoring areas south of boston but just want to high as mass pike as you head home from work and slight chance get shower outside 495 and mostly looking inside 495 along the coastline, down to the south shore and the cape, that's truly where we are going to have the better chance and

he is expected to be arraigned here in boston at some point today. we are live in boston, nichole jacobs wbz this morning. >>> 5:07, a connecticut man will be in court today in a strange crime, he is i can't us coulded of stealing skeletal remains from a cemetery. more on this one, good morning, susie. >> reporter: good morning, chris, this man told police he stole the remains to use them called santoria, he showed the remains of the five people he took. >> so i visited there once a week or so. >> family is buried at the cemetery at wooster. >> very disturbing, you know, i mean what would you do with body parts like that, you know. or old skeletons. >> 32-year-old is scheduled to appear in a connecticut courtroom monday, he is accused of stealing the remains of three adults and two children, he cooperated with them taking them back to his hartford apartment to show them where he kept the stolen remains, he told police he planned to use them to practice a religion. >> we see this rarely in hartford, when we do it's generally with animals, very remains

celts lose. >>> and the indy car race in boston's seaport will official boston's seaport will officially going to happen. the indianapolis business journal say the organizers of the boston grand prix have signed a letter of intent. the mbta, mass dot and mass convention authority signed the document. the race will take place labor day weekend on streets near the boston and exhibition center. >>> 4:47 and look at the roads where things are moving along nicely because it is so early still. the expressway is wide open. pike looks good through the weston tolls into the allston-brighton area. an issue we will have out there is fog. can't see the leverett connector. a pair of head lights to ensure it is still there and be careful for low visibility this morning. live drive times. 14 minutes on route 1 from 128 21 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. 24 minutes on 128 from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. station storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us and we have a little bit of fog and ice on the roads to deal with as well. >> shiri: we do not in the boston ar

. >>> jim smith is live in boston. officials say yes there will be extra security but this will still be a fun night. the mayor in boston police are walking a fine line tonight. you want to make everyone aware of the world situation but at the same time they don't want to do needlessly alarm people.>> reporter: security is a big part of first night preparations just the same.>> [ muffled audio ] >> workgroups are setting up stages in tracking and ice sculptures with a big first night celebration. these days safeguarding against terrorism is crucial but city leaders still want everybody to enjoy >> we have the christmas tree lighting in boston commons. we had thousands of people that came out. that was after a couple events that we have had around the country. , and enjoy the city of boston. >> reporter: boston police will be out in force, some of them undercover joined by other agencies too. >> there are no known credible threats to the transit system. we are not anticipating any issues. were ready for anything and pre

we have lighter showers moving through boston. south of town, a band of some downpours right now just passed through scituate. now back to marshfield and clint only. this is racing eastward quickly. it will be wet as you're heading outside this morning. all this rain is is coming in with a front. it's the leading edge of dryer air. we'll see the rain end a about 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. the clouds break for some sunshine by 10:00 a.m. but the winds do ramp up. by lunchtime sustained winds around 20 miles per hour gusting 40-50 through the afternoon. so wind advisories up until 6:00 this evening. temperatures though feeling nice on this december day. we'll hover close to 60 during the afternoon. let's get out to the roads. they are wet and still a little fog out there this morning. olessa: that means a few problem if you're heading south of town. we just cleared an accident on the expressway by neponset circle. another crash now 128 south right at the braintree split so if you're heading that way expect some delays getting into t

however, mid 50' s in boston and point south and east. becausof that, honestly, temperatures are going to warm up through the afternoon. in fact, as we get toward 2:00, upper 50' s, low 60' s through the day in boston. we' re going to be your 60 in worcester. if we hit 60 degrees, we will tie the record high temperature. in boston, i don' t think we will necessarily break the high temperature of 65 degrees. it is a dry and warm and mild christmas day for you. a big change coming in the forecast will stop there is going to be chances for much-needed rain and a chance for our first wintry mix come all coming up. randy: breaking overnight, police say there will be charges after a disturbing report of a baby tossed in a river. antoinette: the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is live in haverhill with what we' re now learning todd: it all started when two women reported seeing a baby thrown into the merrimack river by a man on the comeau bridge. this morning, the two women are facing charges. 43-year-old holly fowler and her daughter 23-year-old

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by about 2:00 to 4:00 we're boston. high temperatures will be anywhere from the upper 40's to low to mid 50's for the day today. with full sunshine, thanks to high pressure. but big changes are coming. there's chances for rain in the seven-day forecast as well as a cooldown. we'll talk all about it ahead. antoinette. antoinette: danielle, thank you. breaking overnight. isis militants confirming the california rampage shooters were supporters of the terror group. the group made this announcement for the first time this morning, on their official radio station. investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism. frank: right now convicted murderer aaron hernandez is being held in segregated prison unit. "5 investigates" learning that he's been separated from other inmates after guards say they found a shank inside his prison cell in shirley. the former patriots tight end is serving a life sentence for murdering odin lloyd in 2013. antoinette: the man accused of planting a hoax device in boston is now behind bars. police sa

4 studios in boston, this is wbz "this morning". >> hey, good friday morning, i'm bree sison in for kathryn >> and i'm chris mckinnon, tgif. the weekend is here. >> i feel antsy, for christmas, for everything. >> yeah, big week. >> going to christmas week, right? and actually, we're going to keep the trend here with warmer temperatures as we get in to next week. now, over this weekend, it will feel more winter like with cooler temperatures on the way. we're starting off with warm temperatures and actually low convict, had that rain that moved through and fog has settled in boston. visibility half a mile or less, satellite picture shows overcast conditions. we have some drizzle with the fog that has settled in as well, but no heavy rain, all the showers have moved out. however, there's a little bit of a low pressure system that's going to help to reinforce more rain chances, primarily along the eastern coast line as long as the south coast in your hour by hour forecast, once we get through this morning, through this afternoon, you'll see spotty showers will linger here in the forecas

city of boston with rain. then as we work later this afternoon and this evening, we could have a little patchy freezing madriding, poor travel conditions much of the day as well as much of southern new hampshire. we'll keep you updated throughout the day on 7news. >> nancy: j.r., thank you. thank you for joining us. i'm nancy chen. we'll be back here at 9:00. stay safe out there. 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 is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. go to registertovotema.com. it's that easy. done. i just registered. that was easy. not getting your best sleep? could be you've got the wrong bed. enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. find the lowest prices of the season, going on now. save $600 on the #1 rated i8

this time it's boston north and west roughly or boston to norwood. areas north and west, because below that as you're going to see temperatures are mile enough to avoid the icing situation. but we're still, upper 20's to around 30. from boston on up through the merrimack valley into southern new hampshire and southern maine. this is a main chunk of development to the north and that's what's going to come through later on tonight. we can have any mr. drizzle. i doesn't take much when temperatures are below 32 and the surface is not treated. but the steadier rains come by the end of thmorning

or in boston. talk to me about some benefits of going to school close to home. >> first, boston has a great infrastructure because of the number of colleges, universities. it is a city that is built to accommodate the college student and the college-going process. there is a culture to it. there is transportation. cultural aspects to the city. student discounts that college students can get. infrastructure that supports it. the second thing is that boston is really a hub city. it is not just boston but it's access to worcester, other and all throughout the the third thing they would say is that it really has a support system for what i would call professional internship opportunities and other experiences and then the fourth thing is that... a very recent data point that came out through the census. 71% of the adult employed here in boston are between the ages of 18 and 34. so this is a great city to graduate and begin a career. >> okay. twof wrap things up. for people watching right now, who might

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in boston, john atwater, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: the man shot and killed outside a boston bar on thanksgiving morning will be laid to rest today. funeral services will be held for jepthe chery. the 29-year-old mbta conductor was struck and killed during a shootout between two other people outside the bar "who's on first." that's in the fenway area. one of those suspects has been arrested but has not been charged in chery's death. police have not yet named the second suspect. right now northeastern university is asking for help to find a missing student. the family of 21-year-old dennis njorage, of worcester, last heard from him on november 29. the school says the student's i.d. last registered in the system at a gym on november 28. frank: a saugus man is in custody accused in two bank robberies. stoneham police arrested this man, john truglia, yesterday identify him. he's accused of robbing a bank in stoneham last month and another in quincy nearly two weeks later. truglia is expected in court on monday. antoinette: appe

of course with boston being boston, it didn't take long for everyone wants to know, why he has struggled 2-7 so much in the post season. >> i think i was just saving all my post season wins for the red sox. [ laughter ] i think you guys will enjoy them. [applause] i know good things will happen to me in okts. i know times will change -- october. i know times will change. uh know i can throw the baseball the way i do in the regular season in the playoffs. hopefully it is in 2016. >> well he has had a bit of a history with david. i asked him if would be in any problems. he said none whatsoever. all right let's move on to the patriots. here is another one for you. collins looking better. as for the patriots overall, quite a laundry list of players we do know they are both out. collins coming back. has practiced all week long. could play this sunday. with hightower listed as questionable, the line backing crew is thin. >> [ indiscernible ] to play, then it becomes a football decision. if the player is not cleared by the medical don't play then there is no decision to make. that is it, he doe

bomb scare. a raped here in boston municipal court today. and that is where we are live this morning nichole jacobs. >>> it is 6:07 right now on monday morning, new this morning police investigating a serious motorcycle crash in door chester, the accident happened on galavan boulevard. >>> a hartford man will be in a connecticut he why caused of stealing skeletal remains, susie steimle with a possible motive. >> good morning, chris, this man told police that he stole these remains to practice the religion santoria, he had no secretes about it, he showed police where they could find the remains of the five people he took. >> so i visited there once a week or so. the hope cemetery in wooster, he finds the news unsettling. >> very disturbing. you know, i mean what would you do with body parts like that? , you know. or old skeletons. >> 32-year-old amador medina is scheduled to appear in a connecticut courtroom on monday, accused of stealing remains, police say he cooperated with them. taking them back to his hartford apartment to show them wher

. boston. this is wbz "this morning". >>> good morning to you, 5:00, i'm chris mckinnon. >> and i'm bree sison filling in december 18. 17? 18? >> 18. i saw it. >> it is friday. >> it is friday! [ laughter ] >> so i was hoping it was still the 17th, give me one day to get ready for this, pamela. >> yes, i'm a little behind. [ laughter ] >>> well, time's ticking. so get to it, here! >> get to the internet, bree. >> and if you're planning on going shopping this weekend, blustery conditions hopefully getting you more in the mood for this season, it will feel much colder, temperatures anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees colder. for this morning, starting off mild, we have some low visibility because of dense fog that have settled in to the region, one mile or less in boston, half a mile or less in p town, nantucket or half a mile or less, we'll keep you posted on that information. satellite radar picture will show no heavy rain, there are showers still to our south and this low pressure system will track

know. >> but ha is a good idea. our daily talker cbs boston. we do love hearing from you. >> happy new year to our viewers out there this morning, i don't know if they will be up watching us tomorrow morning. >> you can dvr us. don't want to mess up. >> crews in time's square making sure they don't drop the ball on this one this year. >> three, two, one. happy new year's. >> all right, there was just a test yesterday crews were practicing the count down, they flipped the switch and everything went off without a hitch. >> the ball weighs 12,000 pounds, beasts 32000 led lights and -- beasts 32000 led lights. huge crowds. >> i know, crowd of three, i was just thinking if one of those things didn't go somebody would be in big trouble. >> glad they did a practice try. >>> 6:53, a closer look at what is coming up on cbs this morning. >>> good morning to you chris bill cosby's lawyer about the charges. >>> and fighting fake olive oil in italy, one sip at a time. we'll preview a 60 minutes report on the mafia's food fraud city, the news is back in 7:00

in boston and kind of mist to go along with the fog, steadiest showers south of boston but cape dries out by 10:00 a.m., clearing in 30s tonight and for tomorrow we are going to have to watch out for flurries and perhaps even isolated snow squall for friday night and this is big picture and showers south of boston south shore down to the cape and not heavy rain and temperatures above freezing but we had overnight rain in some of the icy spots right now like portsmouth, new hampshire, a lot of the main roads tweeted here and back roads still possibly having a little bit of ice visibility in portsmouth, new hampshire and we have fog out that way as well, and 9:00 a.m. above freezing and temps in the middle 30s and the afternoon we will get to up to 40 , boston itself 35 this hour we got clouds, we got fog and i don't know how much to show you as far as radar goes and when it gets very misty like this, sneak right under the radar beam and over the next couple hours, we warm it up to 37 by 9:00 a.m. into the afternoon, how about middle 40s and if you want a little bit warmer, how about pl

they are hoping if anyone has more information they will reach out to boston police. susie steimle wbz news. >> susie thank you very much for the update. let's get a live look at the city of boston to see how things are going there, can't be much because of all the moisture, it is just wet out there, the worse of this storm has moved out, and now bracing for falling temperatures. >> that is right, we'll take a live look at andover where we are seeing a winter emission, this is the 93 right now, you can see a little sleet turning over to rain in that area. eric fisher is live in fitch berg on what we can expect from the rest of this storm, hi there, eric. >> reporter: hey there chris and kathryn, good afternoon, this is a warmup to winter, showing you what is upcoming for the season, we've got a widespread 2-4 inches of snow fall, sleet that is compacted all of that, treacherous driving conditions, the good news, if you are going to have a storm you want to do it during vacation week, a lot of kids not in school, a lot of people in vacation limiting some of the traffic

boston police arrested two men from dorchester and one from south boston. they believe the three men were stealing packages from people's police searched one man matching a witness description and found items in the shopping bag items. they found the other two men shortly after. >> gene: police arrested a salem, new hampshire man accused of string of car break-ins. 39-year-old henry shuman matched looking for. they caught him after seeing man ducking down cars at apartment complex on oak ridge avenue. shuman faces 12 counts of theft and will be back in court next month. >> gene: police trying to track down suspects. police shared these surveillance images and hoping someone recognizes the men, cars and trucks you see in the photos. >> sara: state wildlife official say four day deer hunt in the blue hills reservation was a success. they say it helped trim the deer population and will keep the forest healthy. the state to cancel the hunt. they claim the state had the wrong numbers about the deer population, but wildlife officials say the hunt was necessary. >

boston police along with f.b.i. are on alert after someone phoned in threat to 911 dispatchers in new york city about violence in boston. elizabeth police say threat is not specific. but despite that patrols will be stepped up in areas where large crowds will be gather right here in copley square. you can see ice blocks have brought in ahead of first night celebrations at the end of this week. >> as crews prepare for first night festivities in copley square boston police and the f.b.i. are investigating anonymous threats. the call came into a 911 dispatcher in new york and police say the threats were not specific and lack credibility. people in town not too worried. i actually feel because boston has had so much go on recently it is safer. lot of times you hear there are always threats for something. i mean if you will youed and listened to every single thing you would never leave your house. i think everybody more concerned, more aware you need to continue on with your plans with your family. absolutely. city like

the 40th first night for boston the 40th first night for boston. and this is going to be a gray one. they are expecting a lot -- a great one. they are expecting a lot of people on that stage as preparations continue tampa they will have live music, again, going through noon going through the rest of 2015. they will finish out the year. a lot you need to know if you square for you in year's eve, first night. good news. the mbta will stop collecting fares and they will run until 2 a.m. most line also run on a modified weekday schedule so you will want to take a look at the line that most concerns your travel plans. your travel plans. driving, regular street parking meter rules are in effect, so feed the meter. the parade from here at copley down boylston to the common starts at 6 a.m. and two fireworks displays to know about. a family friendly fireworks show on the common at 7, and then the main event over the harbor at midnight. boston mayor marty walsh is encouraging people to come in for a fun but safe night. >> come out and, again, enjoy the city

kobe bryant's final trip to boston. >> from lower marion high school, playing his final game in boston, number 24, kobe bryant scbrirks --! [applause] >> a little bit of both. here we go lakers only won five games all year. celtics running end up isiah thomas. celts were down five. second half how about this from marcus smart. watch the follow. man that the hurts just watching. 86-80 lakers. avery bradley a big reason. aggressive on d. 24e7b-102 then the big basket of the night. and he comes up with that. i would have not been chanting kobe. let's hope those were laker fans. only l.a.'s sixth win of the season. >>> patriots geared up for the dolphins a win means they are the top seed in the afc entering the playoffs. they have to figure out a way to get it done no matter who is on the field. no word on whether julian edelman will suit up. going to be a grind with this team but nothing is ever easy in the nfl. >> you got to compete no matter who is out there do the best you can do and see how it shakes out at the end of 16 games you wish it would be perfect. you win 50-0 every week no o

this afternoon 43 in boston and beverly, 46 in plymouth. 34 in boston but back to freezing point in beverly, portsmouth and lawrence, plymouth at 33, hyannis at 37 and we are even below freezing in bedford, touchdown, worcester 30 . tomorrow we will warm it back up to about 30 with on and off clouds and slight chance for a flurry or snow squall and then over the weekend both days close to 40 , going to be breezy and partly sunny, a little bit brighter here into your sunday but i know some of you looking forward to hockey here, winter classic tomorrow afternoon at gillette, it will be chilly and partly cloudy but yes, it will be dry. eye out for snow showers and yes, flurries, wake up to the 20s. high only 34 and seems pretty chilly on tuesday as well when we wake up to the teens and that's probably going to be the coldest morning of the winter so far looking at tuesday morning. back to you guys. >> julie: horrific discovery for passengers on cruise ship, terrifying scene they discovered on way to dinner. >>> julie: no surprise this dance video one of the top clips >> catherine: marco rubio

boston at 38. clouds will hang tight for a while this morning but we anticipate some breaks of sunshine developing today. seasonal today holding in the 40's with the light southerly wind. look at that. 50's, they are back tomorrow. a little drizzle in the morning and then it brightens up. upper 50's and partly sunny skies here on sunday. randy? have? the company put the toy up for auction. randy: that is fantastic. olessa: you put googly eyes on tight end it is cute. this dog here know what is time it is and hates it. we're talking about bath time of course. harvey the dog. there. randy: no, i'm not going to do that. olessa: that is exactly what my dogs do. it doesn't matter what size they are. they become impossible to move you know. randy: they run for cover. emily: very cute. glen dougherty being remembered. a new focus on this raging fire months ago in webster. if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lowe

when we stand for an average temperature in boston is 46.2 degrees. in boston is about 41. we are well above that with 10 days to go and more weather in. southwest wind at 14. 37 in boston, the wind getting stronger as the day goes on and could gust to 45 miles an hour in southeastern massachusetts where there' s a wind advisory until this evening. almost 50 in cincinnati. rmass working in. these showers do not catch up with us until tonight. high class this morning may allow for filtered sunshine, a pretty sunrise after 7:00 a.m. upper 20' s through merrimack. at freezing in worcester. cold in new bedford at 27. 40' s on cape cod. lunchtime around 50 degrees but up. warmest on cape cod through the day today. dry today. could be some showers coming in after midnight and the predawn hours tomorrow. nothing heavy. overnight low temperatures in the 40' s. some 30' s and our far northwest suburbs. today, nothing more than a few showers. a couple showers in the morning and maybe a break. overnight tuesday night into first thing wednesday morning we catch a break. a another round

south shore in the mid 30's as boston at 39. notice on your 12-hour forecast, we have going to see temperatures hold in the 30's here until 8:00, 9:00 this the 40's and by lunchtime temperatures close to 45 degrees. loads of sunshine today as well. the skies have generally cleared out. we're not looking at any cloud cover this morning. you can see the storm that gave us all of that wind. on the wake of it, we're looking at high pressure building in. a massive sprawling area of high pressure looking to dominate our weather this weekend. we may see winds come up to just over 10 miles per hour during the afternoon but that is about it. great shape today. loads of sunshine. 46 the high in boston. massachusetts. notice a couple of clouds may develop this afternoon. mostly sunny today. mostly clear tonight and tomorrow sunshine continues as well. so we're in great shape here. just a little chilly to start tomorrow morning. temperatures in most areas below freezing. 50 by afternoon. if you're headed down to fox -- foxborough for the pa

i had just arrived in boston. i think i had been here two to three years and boston latin academy, the school for me was very overwhelming, having only spoken english for two years or so and it gave me an opportunity to learn more and connect with the culture that i had left republic. and so the tag programs allowed me to really make life-long friends. some of my bestest friends are from there, it allowed me to learn about the culture itself and connect with other cultures beyond just my own, my little island. it gave us an opportunity to learn really valuable leadership skills, a lot of us. public speaking right now is something i probably wouldn't have done before. so it is really a life changing program for me and the association came out of an idea that we wanted to support and everybody else. >> i love it. [laughs] >> where do i sign the check. money is going to help that. there are also other benefactors as well, right. hispanic writers week. >> this is the second year that the tag association is putting eve

cindy: it's 39 degrees in boston. we have light drizzle and areas of fog throughout a good portion of the area now. look at the radar. the bulk of the activity in the berkshires but will be trending through the morning hours. showers developing here through 8:00. our chance for rain going up by noon time into the afternoon. it's a steady rainfall. on the lighter side, though and the rain chances go down heading into the evening hours and a damp wednesday with clearing tomorrow. it will be on the windy side and cool it down with bright sunshine on friday. randy? randy: flooding in southeast india is causing a major disruption at this airport that had to shut down. you see high water on the run way and the monsoon rains are close to breaking a nearly 100-year-old record. months worth of rain fell yesterday alone. emily: 5:25. olessa is back with your wednesday eye poppers. olessa: an adorable little girl learned the lesson the hardaway. never pet a squirrel. >> the squirrel went to the hallway and into the open door. i

closer to boston a trace. seven-day forecast does feature temperatures dropping below freezing after the tuesday night into wednesday. we could still be dealing with slippery spots. upper 40s by new year's eve. when you are ringing in the new year by 40 degrees, boston and 30 in the suburbs and bringing temperatures back down as we head into the forecast. >>> they're beautiful to look at but there's one popular holiday decoration to that could make your family sick. >> next half hour, how the new proposal by the irs changes how people donate to charities and how it could cripple fund-raising. suffolk downs could [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like kinda talking about. the kitchen is light and bright,new. [agent] hi...welcome i'm maggie.melanie.maggie. so nice to meet you. [mother] this is brendan. [agent] hey brendan. living room. [dad] hey. [mother] hey sweetie. [dad] sorry about that. what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it so great?i think we found it. [agent] hey brend

downtown boston we are down 31. lexington at 26. 25 wayland and a little bit of light freezing mist out there and we do have that to coat the cars. you need the ice scraper getting ready for the commute. a lot of the secondary roads slippery as well. main roads doing okay. second 'roads that haven't been treated as well and some of the sidewalks and driveways out there. slip sliding in. ran do feel down to 24. over to dighton above the freezing mark. this will change over the next hour or two. take a being look at the what to expect on new year's eve in a bit. >> nick emmons is joining us with a closer look at the conditions. he is in lawrence right now and how are things looking out there? >> reporter: looking pretty slushy out here. again as you said we're in lawrence on 28 south. nice slow and go here on this road. temperatures at about 23 degrees. according to our car so icy conditions here. everyone appears to be making their way around safely. we've seen plows coming in and out. people shoveling off the sidewa

in the boston area. again it's after midnight, when we see the snow move in continuing for several hours before we see temperatures begin allow for that icy mix to rain. temperatures tomorrow will be much of an improvement today. that's why we expect the wintry mix. getting into the 30s north and west. 30s and 50s southeast. as we see the warmer air move in. we'll see the flip from snow to rain. it's this storm system we're tracking. low pressure bringing in a good amount of snow and ice to parts of chicago. flipping over to rain and rain down through the atlanta region. high pressure to the north keeping us cold for the day. so, expecting clouds to stay several hours. after midnight moving west to early tomorrow. if you have to head out by 5:00, snow from boston, points north, further south we're starting to see the milder air work in and allow for the icy mix. boston area at 7:00. coast. it's still snowing in the merrimack valley. north shore. by mid morning we'll see transition from snow to ice throug

in boston forecasting a high of 60. the record there though is 68 degrees so even though we're not going to break any records today, we're still running well above where we should be this 51 degrees in boston right now. 52 on the cape. 54 on nantucket. but there is some cold air up there especially near concord, keene and orange. you're holding in the 30's this morning. and you can even be waking up to some patchy fog out there so be aware of that. we do have a little bit of a wind out of the west today. that wind is going to feel anywhere from about 10-15 miles an hour sustained right now. folks. so that means our temperatures are going to warm up really nicely. so we're going to 60 degrees in boston, 60 in taunton. 58 degrees in worcester. and the mid 50's up through the merrimack valley. i will say iforts going to be a mix of sun and clouds with more sunshine i think but more clouds are going to work their way in as we head through the afternoon. and really into the evening. you see a couple of clouds already trying

northbound heading into boston from the split, the braintree split into boston just under 20 minutes. 93 southbound we have some delays beginning in methuen and over 128 your crawl lane. . >> christa: all right. good morning, everyone. just seconds away from 6:15 now. kind of nice in some areas and sprinkles in others. >> okay. we can deal with it. last winter, it was intense. it also got a slow start. so even though we're going near 60, it can still not end well. >> jeremy: well, it's not going to end like that, that's the good news. i mean, i caution to give seasonal forecasts, but i can stand up here with great authority and say we're not amounts of snow this upcoming winter. much cooler today, though, and again tomorrow. back the reality. 40s. a lot of clouds out there. might even be a couple sprinkles around metro boston. i think the highest chance of the raindrops today will be on the cape. overall the pattern is a mild pattern. you'll see that in the seven-day forecast. upper 30s at this time. the city at 38. worcester 44. plymouth 45. we've had colder mornings this fall and ea

six metro boston cities are joining forces to help address economic development. the greater boston regional economic compact will help not only identify regional issues, but hopefully solve them as well. the cities involved will meet once a week, they will also decide if they want to hire someone who works full time on the regional economic compact team. >> tonight, we are learning more about the sudden dismissal of swampscott high school's principal, as of right now, students and parents have more questions than answers as to why he was abruptly put on administrative leave but as fox 25's heather hegedus refrees, state police and beverly police went to the principal's home to investigate. >> according to this beverly police document we obtained, the principal is being investigated by both beverly and state police. but for what, remains the big question tonight. >> somebody has to -- whatever the principal did. >> the mystery over what happened at swampscott high's principal continues and it seems to be becoming a distraction for some students. >> a lot of people have had just like, a lot o

west of boston. there's a lot of low-level moisture trapped in the lowest 500,000 feet of the atmosphere we have had patch fog out there so far. we have freezing rain advisory essentially from boston to braintree points north and west until 3:00 in the morning. expecting freezing drizzle and freezing rain and any untreated surfaces. the ice will glaze over and certainly will need the ice morning and in the evening. the radar is quiet but we have a patchy freezing mess out there at this time. take a look to the west of us, upstate new york to pennsylvania, some showers -blossoming. there will be steadier shower activity that works in tonight. most of this after about 9:00 or 10:00 tonight and if temperatures are still below freezing, which they will be especially north and west of boston, it will fall as a period of some freezing rain so we'll have to keep that in mind, as well. and i think the shower activity tapers off fairly quickly tomorrow. could have lingering showers until 7:00, 8:00 in the mor

right now i'm going for a high of 63 in boston. that would break the record but before we get to that record warmth, we want to talk about today because today is a big day. the pats are playing the tennessee titans. it will be cold if you're headed out to gillette. i know myself, i'll be watching home. doug and sera. will be the feet. thank you very much. a-plus takes us to leicester high school and a young woman who lost her mom at age of six and moved from family member to family member. sera: but she isn't letting an unstable home life hold her back from succeeding. the eyeopener's antoinette antonio introduces us to molly murphy. molly: childhood is the period of life that is most taken advantage of. antoinette: molly murphy had to grow up quickly-- molly: the earth shook the day my mother's soul departed my life. antoinette: --losing her mother to cervical cancer. molly: accepting death at the age of six is not an easy task. antoinette: she describes the life-altering moment in her heading off to school next year, she's had to

the pike wide open, all green boston. south of town, route 24, route 3 all looking fine so far this morning. the expressway, the braintree split into boston just nine minutes. let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to the expressway, the split to the tunnel, just ten minutes. all green, no delays to tell you about. into town on the pike from 128, 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 11 minutes. so far the "t" is on time. back to you. >> sarah: rights now the case against a convicted killer heading back to court. attorneys for philip chism morning. there is a hearing on a separate charge less than 24 hours after chism was found guilty of murdering his teacher. >> christa: the 16 year old is also accused of attacking a department of youth services worker, and yesterday just an outpouring of emotion has the verdict was read. here's 7's victoria warren. vicki? >> victoria: after the verdict yesterday, we heard from colleen ritzer's family for the very first time. today philip chism's juv