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 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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

. 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

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

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i mean to put it in perspective, we are 45 degrees in boston, that is warmer than we should be during the after into. humidity has gone up, wind from the south at 6 miles per hour. we are tracking a couple showers, generally light, they are not going to slow you down on the roads, maybe wipers on, maybe a couple showers through manchester, back edge coming through new boston stretching south to milford, brooklyn and new hampshire. 2994-95 interchange, light shower coming through, down through dover and medfield, these are going to push to 128 in a couple minutes, back down along the south coast of bit toll county. couple showers this morning, they are out of here right around or just before lunch time. sun breaks out, we come into the mid to upper 50s this afternoon, light southwest breeze and a mild evening, temperatures in the upper 40s for the ride home. >>> traffic and weather together. >>> the expressway, we have a disabled vehicle, north 3 northbound brain tree split, there stow ton 949 north bump tore bumper. let's check the north now. 93 southbound has two stop and two pockets

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

and more like 24 degrees in boston. now as we go through the next 12 hours, here's what happens. to back off through the afternoon. so that should make it feel even better outside. although temperaturewise still feeling with the winds like the low to mid 30's in boston. a couple of flurries around the area especially on cape ann and out in western mass. this is still associated with lake-effect snows coming off ontario, but the big story today is high pressure building on in. we're going to see a lot more sunshine today and then big changes on the horizon. you see this warm front, area of low pressure. we'll talk about when the rain arrives coming up. doug and sera. doug: danielle, thank you. breaking news. a bomb scare has forced an air france flight headed to paris to land in kenya. sera: the pilots aboard flight 463 requested the emergency landing after a suspicious device was found in the plane's bathroom. the plane had taken off from an island in the indian ocean. it did land safely in mombasa, and everyone was eva

braintree into boston half hour. trains and buses doing ok. that massachusetts ban on texting and driving does not go far enough. now 5 investigates is looking into helping the commonwealth solve the problem. tom lost his daughter to a distracted driver in 2012. he is testifying -- is testifying in support of the bill that would bann all handheld cell phones behind the wheel. in connecticut, 16,000 tickets were issued for distracted driving inone year. compare that to the same number in fives years for texting and driving in the commonwealth. >> if we can improve safety and reduces distractions, i think it is a good thing. randy: governor baker said he would consider any legislation that comes to his desk. [sirens] emily: a wild police chase comes showing a carjacker speeding the wrong way up a wrong way street -- a one way street. the suspect shoots at the cruz appeared the chase ends when the suspect tries to drive around the barricade. -- the suspect shoots at the cruiser. police shot the suspect. he died. no one

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

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. >

good shape 39 south into boston. -- 93 south into boston. trains and buses on time. emily: republican front runner donald trump is headed for new hampshire today. he'll pick up a police union endorsement in portsmouth. the trip comes as he continues to defend his proposal to ban all muslim immigration to the united states. trump claims he is simply saying what people are thinking. >> i'm bringing a situation to the forefront that nobody is talking about and nobody wants to do anything about it. antoinette: trump also said he doesn't think the united states needs help from other muslim-majority nations to defeat isis. this morning boxing legend muhammad ali is taking some swings at trump. ali is calling on fellow muslims to stand up to those who use islam to advance their own personal agenda. he says quote the ruthless violence of so-called islamic jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion. ali is calling on american what islam really is about. antoinette: on the democratic side a new poll shows hillary clinton still trailing rival bernie sanders in new h

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

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

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

hanging continue to 40s from beverly down to boston. south shore, cape and islands temperatures will continue to drop here especially these early morning clouds actually erode to sunshine. temperatures 30s to lower 40s. there goes the clouds. we have this nice, bright morning we are going to tap into here, especially once we hit the late morning, the afternoon. by lunchtime temperature-wise lower 40s. a very slow warm-up here. even as you head home from work, 30s book on that. a 5 to 10-degree warm-up that's it throughout course of our wednesday. 42 to 46 are your highs. brighter and cooler and more seasonable highs. a little bit above average. i will break down that morning commute and right now speaking to commute, julie, back to you for a check of the roads. >> julie: shiri, things looking good this early hour. start with a live look at the pike where things are wide open. we will have more live pictures from you and those drive times coming up in just a few minutes. >>> we begin with breaking news in wakefield where overnight a car

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

. >>> also, breaking overnight, crews battling this fierce fire in boston, we're live on the scene with the latest. >>> schools in nashua, new hampshire back open this morning, the extra security in place one day after a threat forced the entire district to cancel class. >>> and a train collapses right on a home, the overnight efforts to clean up the mess and the >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz "this morning". >> good morning to you, coming up on 5:01, i'm chris mckinnon. >> and i'm kathryn hauser, thank you for being with us, it is december 22, you're going to need your umbrella, not the snow gear not the mittens but the umbrella. >> yeah, just a bit unsettled, tracking through, unmoving, 52 degrees in boston right now, the humidity is 27% the winds from the southwest at nine miles per hour right now, really warm start to the day, mid 50s from taunton back down cooler west and north of boston, nashua, to keene sitting in at 36, 37 degrees right now, the clouds are in mraigs -- place and the showers not too far away, advancing across western new york, just coming in

not at issue in boston. once the disturbing crosses the area this morning, we are in much better shape this afternoon. have the number with you for the next few hours. after 9:00, the shower threat diminishes. a few tracer sunshine as we get into the afternoon. not going to clear out completely but starting out in the upper 40' s it is not going to take much sunshine to push us into the mid and upper 50' s today. the sun up at 7:02. high temperatures in the upper 50' s. so, it is going to turn into a warm afternoon. right now a couple of damp roads to contend with. olessa: good morning. this camera shot not seeing any of that dampness but some by am 93 southbound. you can see those headlight starting to build those rush-hour delays. let' s see the rest of your ride. 24 stop and go on a brockton. there is a crash on the expressway, northbound one lane is closed. east bound on the pike, 15 minutes. 495 to 128. 93 south, delays on a missed doing. trains and buses on schedule heard emily: a search for answers af

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

still in the city of boston until about 1:00. it will be a little bit later this afternoon, worcester hills and southern new hampshire for a mixture of snow, sleet, freezing rain leading to the poor travel. temperatures boston safely above 32. we're at 36. plymouth at 36. but over here worcester hills, merrimack valley, this is where the cold air is stuck. and it's going to be stuck for a couple more hours. and so the challenge is getting that rain to take over from the sleet and the freezing rain. and again sleet, those little ball bearings of ice, if you will, make that sound like ping, ping, ping, ping. that's the sleet going on. and then freezing rain, it's cloud. but then the surface of the earth is below 32. and so it freezes on contact. that's the concern. that's real treacherous when you have the freezing rain. sleet changing over to rain right now around the metro. rain on the south shore, as well as much of southeast mass. the doppler radar backs that up. it's been fighting back and forth here, even in the areas where w

gusting over 20 now in boston. temperatures have drop food the 30's and, of course, the wind and the cold are going to next 18 to 24 hour. cold air for the great lakes now ready to move in. by the time you are waking up tomorrow morning or heading out. upper 20's low 30's but only part of the story bass you have 10 to 20 miles per hour with higher gust and the 30's most of the day tomorrow. stead where i winds at 15 to 30. gusts higher than that. so we are going to be talking windchills in the 20's tomorrow and heen the teens by the time we get to late tomorrow afternoon, early saturday evening. the feel of winter starting to settle in. i will let you know, phil? ed: thanks. commitment 2016 now. controversy hitting the bernie sand's campaign. they are take a hard-line. reid? reid: it has been blocked by the democratic national committee from a crucial democratic data base this provides access. the campaign, in turn, filed a on the eve of the mu hampshire democratic debate. internal war fir among the democrats. indi

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

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

no problems into boston for you. if you're heading south of town you're in good shape on 24 out of brockton. 59 from sharon no problems. expressway is about 15 minutes right now from braintree to boston. the pike, 495 to 128, 15-20 at most and then as you travel 93 southbound, no problems to report at this time once again no construction onno accidents to report. trains and buses starting the morning on schedule. i'm olessa stepanova. that's a look at your traffic. emily: a manchester, new hampshire, teenager getting surprised with some man saved a life. doug: your feel-good story of the morning. 17-year-old desmond powell stopped a man from committing suicide. last night powell thought he was leading the pledge of allegiance at a school committee meeting, but he was really getting rewarded for that good deed. he says he was walking home last month when he heard a man on the granite street bridge say he was going to jump. powell says he told him to stop and think about his family. he then brought the man to dunkin do

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

what went wrong and what the it. >>> will you get your boston globe? you are a home delivery customer you have to wonder. some haven't received it for three days. subscribers say they can't get through the representatives. >> they are not happy. john keller has a closer look to what it means for the newspaper's future. >> in the latest statement released a couple of hours ago globe management apologizes again for the service disruption. claims that 95% of globe subscribers got their paper today. hard to believe given the volume of complaints we have been receiving and for some that didn't, patience is wearing thin. >> they will have to win back >> it is not just the three days of no globe on the store step that has steve michaels steaming, it is the frustration of getting answers. >> when i finally got through to the automated attendant, it told me that wait to talk to a real person was in excess of an hour. >> the globe is blamed the foulup on a change of home delivery providers but they declined the interview request. well. >> and this media expert s

tomorrow, boston making that changeover. but even though we change over, sleet slick on the roads as well, travel through the morning drive, 9:00 a.m. coastal areas of rain. notice by midday, too, we've ail made that transition over to rain except for southern new england back into southern new hampshire, managed down the end date nashua, berk tears, still contending with some pockets of freezing rain and sleet, travel will return into early afternoon, just leftover rain showers evening drive, snow fall expected, little if anything on the south coast, you will see flakes washed away, sloppy coat to go 2 inches, for most of us eastern massachusetts, including the city of boston, a sloppy inch for making that change over, 2- 4 inches along and outside 495, higher totals get north of northern new england which is great for ski country. temperatures in the mid 40s on wednesday. mostly cloudy, there will be rain that arrives wednesday late even. new year's eve festivities looking good, first day of the new year a flurry or two, m

. >>> also breaking, the boston public health commission claiming it was norovirus linked to a chipotle restaurant that made almost 80 college students sick. paul burton is life outside cleveland circle. >> reporter: there were concerns that it was e. coli making people sick but the department of public health confirmed it was the norovirus that has made so many boston college students sick. investigators say the restaurant is closed down for the duration until they clean the whole thing out. cleaned out now. tonight, many boston college work crews inside chipotle are busy scrubbing down the restaurant as the boston public health commission confirmed the illness that has sickened so many people, mostly bc students, is the norovirus. something i had not held before, and vomiting. >> reporter: boston college teenager -- student jim fox associate are chipotle and got sick.