boston's most influential founding father.rand, outspoken voice for human rights and the rule of law. behind every voice stands a man, and behind every legend lies the truth. >> there is a misconception that the patriots from boston are a brotherhood of freedom fighters operating in lockstep. two of our founding fathers, sam and john adams, actual members of the same family, find themselves at odds over the growing revolution. while sam keeps the fervor of the rebellion boiling in the streets, john adams isn't sure that defying the king, act of treason, punishable by death, is a good idea. even after the boston massacre, john adams needs more convincing before committing to revolution. >> good god, a riot with this. >> the boston massacre becomes a huge propaganda effort for samuel adams and the sons of liberty. you've got an immediately famous engraving by paul revere. it is one of the most inaccurate pieces of propaganda ever produced by an american press. almost nothing in it is correct. >> early instance, colonies, power o

the sons of liberty weren't just in boston.d strewn throughout the original 1 13 colonies. >> i think you found yourp ar ararmy -- your army. >> if samuel adams is the sons of liberty's general, a silversmith worked up from poverty to a leader of men. legend relegates revere as a mere lookout who shouts from atop a horse. but paul revere is both a salesman and a strategist. a multitalented patriot who organizes tough men like ebenezer mcintosh into a force for liberty. >> as tensions escalate in boston, paul revere leads something of a guerrilla army, a band of rebels intent on threatening the king's tax collectors out of existence. >> revere recognized that you need to involve everyone in this. and that includes people from the streets. tough guys whom wouldn't mind getting their hands dirty if it came to that. >> you will hang for this! >> perhaps. but you won't be around to see it. you gentlemen have a choice -- swear on the holy bible that you resign your positions as the king's customs agents, or you can stick your heads i

boston at 39 degrees. there will be a chill in the air already with the 30s which is much cooler than it was yesterday. the wind on top of it makes it feel like it is december, my friends. at noontime, temperature-wise, upper 40s, close to 50 degrees. still sticking with mostly sunny skies. you can find inland towns and cities. a little more cloud cover here and it starts to become enhanced a little bit this we get clouds popping up mixing with the sunshine through the afternoon. 5 p.m. going to be dark already so the drive home from work. plan on lower 40s out there. temperatures dropping back into the upper 30s if you have any p.m. plans for your friday night and overnight, you can see northern zones like nashua or fitchburg or keene, new hampshire with a risk of a couple of flurries around. not a big deal overnight and i want you to be aware of it. how about 50 in boston, beverly, lawrence and portsmouth, new hampshire. 50 in plymouth and 52 in nor wood. my warm locatns eastern new hampshire and above-a

we're seeing wind speeds in boston of 16. so that's why even though our temperatures right now are starting to inch toward the upper 30's, it's still feeling like the 20's and lower 30's out there right now with the wind chills only 23 degrees in worcester, but as you move along the coastline, not quite as bad. low to mid 30's with wind chills satellite and radar looking dry overhead for right now. it will stay clear as we move into the afternoon as well. temperatures struggle to get out of the 40's. here's a look at our traffic with olessa. olessa: thank you, kelly ann. so far the roads are quiet this morning. a live look at the expressway. here's a look by the gas tank northbound heading to the top of the screen. you can see a little bit of that volume starting to build early this afternoon. let's go to the maps and check the rest of your ride. so far so good traveling into boston. south of town, no issues. the pike is quiet, 15 minutes eastbound 495 to 128. north of town, you're good to go as well. no problems at this poin

parking spots around boston. you will find a full list of seats that will see a parking increase by going to our web site at fox25boston.com. >>> british police looking for the suspect involved in a crazy road rage incident. watch this video capturing the tense moments after a fender-bender. heated words between the drivers quickly turns into a wrestling match, and one driver packed his vehicle into the other. the driver then smootches the other truck's window with a shovel before taking off. police say they have found the truck, but they still don't know the identity of the maryland high school are worried for their health after a fellow student pricked them with a needle. the student brought a device that has a sharp adjustable need.lele. often used for people with diabetes for blood testing. the student may have thought he was being funny but the victim says this is not a laughing matter. >> he really just kind of laughed. and i don't think he really >> sara: the student reportedly told the victim that the it

we're in boston and chinatown and boston on beacon hill as well. erika is tracking the donald trump victory tour kickoff. antoette: hurricane season is officially over. it was the first sson to be above normal since 2012. governnt scientists say 15 namedtorms made their way through the atlantic this year. we're talking about a little bit lights. meteorologist: this is nothing compared to last night. some ofs woke up to that in the middle of the night. randy: pounding. meteorologist: at this point, we're looking to see clearing just in time for the holiday lights. things are looking up. we have the rainfall still in spots. so we're not completely in the clear yet. we see the rain moving through, especially traveling down south where it's proved through providence and onto the cape a still hanng out for this morning. behind this, we have winds that are picking up and fog developing through much of the region as well. you can see that most of the rainfall is very light. that's making its way north and eastward through our area, especially from the mas

and 10 degrees cooler in boston. so you'll want to add on another layer, hats, mittens a good idea here today. temperature-wise, it will feel like the mid-20s in worcester. low 30s in jaffrey and plymouth, as well. cooler, but we're warming up temperatures above our average highs, and we're staying dry some plenty of sunshine fur us today. more cloud cover as we head of 91. most of us lean toward the sunny side of things. >> christa: thank you so much, wren. talk to gurr dwur about the problem spots on the roads this morning. >> danielle: it's slow out there. we're not seeing any major issues, but it's slow going for your friday morning commute. here's a look outside at the zakim bridge and leverett connector. let's go to the maps. we have one crash we're watching north of town in andover southbound on route 93 at 495. the rest of you drive on 93 not too bad until you pass over 128. disabled vehicle. and that's on the on ramp from everett avenue there. braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, that drive up t

holding onto the 40-degree mark in boston. for boston, the wind chill is down below freezing at 31 degrees. really chilly if you are heading out in worcester at 24 degrees right now. as we move the forecast ahead, the good news is, the sunny skies will stay overhead, and any signs of clouds mainly just staying to theest, but the problem is, the sunshine doesn't seem to warm us up. we have the westerly wind bringing in that chilly air, the temperatures will be struggle to even reach 50. mostly sunny skies as we get towards the weekend. let's look at what's going on with our traffic with olessa. olessa: the roads having quiet. a live look at the lever connector, southbound towards the bottom of the screen. and a bit of a delay building. let's go to the maps. still not seeing too many problems. 24 looks good out of brockton if you are traveling the expressway. your trip, 25 minutes, braintree into boston, and along the pike, only 15 from 49 to building delays out of methuen. and stop and go through wilmington and more volume appr

most from the boston hostile. >> second floor. >> boston pizza kitchen feet from where the manholes smolder for much of the morning yesterday and able to open for a short time. >> couple of hours and so that lunch rush. >> until another manhole exploded sending thick, toxic smoke right why behind the original problem and pipe 125 years old, originally installed in 1891. >> pipes have been in the ground for decades. maybe some of you in the century. >> jessica: crews gotten quite a bit of work done and still great deal of water ahead of them and washington behind me here but kneeland street live in boston, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> julie: shot shot and killed 38-year-old man and rescued 2 children that were in the house with him. take look at video hospital in tacoka overnight when officers carried the flag draped officer. fellow officers got him out of the house. >> new court documents ahead of aaron hernandez double-murder trial which is set to start in february and drive by in 2012 and not leaving anything to chance and any shred of evidence and names and credentials evidence. >>

randy: a boston enager. wanted for the murder of h mother in a deadly stabbing in her house. >> breaking overnight, an offir shot and killed, the standoff right now wit the suspect. randy: cleanup continug after this water main break in a bostonghborhood. flooding in the streets. on the eye for this thursday. >> als the eye, ather round of soaking rain. as you see o the radar. the hviest rain making its way out right now. >> we have rain and fog and things are starting to look up. >> it is certainly wmer >> it is, yeah. how about that, we' seeing the temperature right now near 50 degesthat's above the this time of year.rature for we're kicking off the month of december. a great morning to head out. we aatching the patchy fog. that's going to be a concern through the bus stop forecast, as well, the rain wi be moving off theoast that we're g out to school theythe kids ard should not need the umbrellas, especially for the you ase head into the rideome, bree but dry. temperaturesn the 50s, going feel wonderful.

boston has gotten safer. a harvard study says there was a 40% drop in injuries from 2009 to 2012. the study credits changes made by the city like expanded bike lanes and better signs. it says the more bikes that are on the roads, the more aware drivers become. activate a gas pipeline through several boston neighborhoods today. the globe reports the company will begin transmitting gas through the pipeline in west roxbury. residents have been protesting this for the last two years. the pipeline runs near a quarry where dynamite is regularly used. neighbors fear it's only a matter of time before an explosion will happen. the city also says spectra energy which runs that pipeline has not turned over crucial safety plans. >>> some life-saving lessons pay off 11-year-old elise from abregas has known for months she was getting a baby sister, so she paid extra attention in cpr and heimlich maneuver classes in school. and when 2-day-old miranda started choking on some formula, elise knew just what to do. >> is she's,

boston winter opens up tomorrow. it will include an ice skating loop, shops made to look like shal ets, food, massive decorations and, of course, a spot for santa. it will all open be -- it will all be open seven days a week. charges for certain activities, though. >> santa is everywhere, he's at the pops, he's at the plaza. he's all over the joint. hall plaza keep that little ice loop permanent or make it a roller skating loop? >> yes. >> it looks so cool >> i declare yes. >>> your top stories, weather and traffic are all ahead here on wbz. >>> we have breaking news right now at 5:00, a police chase ends with a crash in brockton. an officer injured and the search under way for two people. >>> a mother murdered in her home, her teenaged son is heading to court. with charges. the neighbor that says she helped save that teen's grandmother. >>> plus all public schools in palmer shut down today. the threat putting the school, parents and police on alert. >>> good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us, i'm chris m

blacks in boston lived in one part of town, whites in boston lived in another part of town. charlotte was another center of controversy. the federal courts ordered that black students be bused from black neighborhoods into white neighborhoods. black students be bused from black schools into white schools. in order to engineer integration. these policies sparked intense opposition. particularly in south boston, neighborhoods filled with white irish catholic bostonians. they objected to the appearance of black students in their schools. this is what it looked like. the buses had police escorts. the people in south boston lined the street and gathered at the school. as these buses came into their neighborhoods they threw rocks the buses and they threw bananas at the buses. they yelled racial slurs at the black students. who were, the courts were ordering attend their schools. in south boston, they did not want these black children coming into their neighborhoods. they objected, this is not fair, they argued. the opposition to busing and the seething racial hatred in boston at t

40 degrees in boston by 6:00 a.m. we're right around 40 right now and climbing to near 50 this afternoon. grab the shades as you head out the door. we've got some cooler air on the way for the weekend. we'll break down all the details together straight >>> breaking right now at 5:30, a campus police cruiser hit in boston. the question now is it connected to at least two other scenes. we've got the new details coming in overnight. >>> a decapitated body found along a river in lawrence. the concerns this morning that it could be a missing teen. >>> and rob gronkowski likely out for the season. the surgery set for today. plus what a former pats team doctor >>> welcome back, everyone. i'm breana pitts in for kate merrill this morning. >> happy friday, friend, i'm nick giovanni in for chris mckinnon. you know what? it's actually feeling like a friday and starting to feel like december, right, danielle? trending down? >> yes. for the upcoming weekend, cooling down, not the highs of 50s to near 60 like we had yesterday. 40 i

>> shiri: currently in boston light rain at 49 degrees. 6 a.m. that time frame we are watching closely in boston because rain will turn a little bit heavier. i will show you how long the showers will last when i am back with new 10. experience to a new level. the new option that let's you watch a show on the go even if >>> meteorologist shiri spear here and tracking showers from uxbridge to franklin, walpole. steadier rain from preliminary nought down to the cape and islands, but a heavy batch of rain working its that by from western massachusetts. the timeline on when that passes through your town in less than five minutes. >> julie: all right, shiri. >>> for more than a year we reported on the opioid crisis both from the perspective of the victims and those who dedicated their life to fight the problem. this morning, fox25's heather hegedus reveals the state is encouraging nursing homes to carry narcan. >> reporter: not the type of place would you expect to see known for its use of reviving heroin patient, but locked inside an emergency kit ins

in boston we picked up about a third this morning. we saw the rain move on out, but sunshine came out. and those temperatures, they were nice. 57 degrees, typically we're around 46. we take the above-average temperatures to start december again. are you thinking about the snow? i'm t record high is 71 in boston set in 2001 and didn't come close even though it felt nice out there. it's still mild and 30 in boston and new york city and we have clouds along the region and the temperatures dropped too much. back toot west, 30s and 40s and cooler weather is transported in on some breezy westerly winds over the next several days, and these winds follow that system that brought us that rain this morning. those winds over the lakes right now. great lakes region bringing a parts of new york. right now we've clouds and clear skies and temperatures in the 40s and 50s, but out fl in worcester county into connecticut, we have a few reports of lie rain over the next several hours. for the most part overnight it's mostly dry in most locations. we fa

boston at 49?, but we do have parts of southeastern mass right now in the 50s, in the 60s, check that fox25 weather app because we have got a huge range in temps. winds sustained 14 miles per hour but what you're going to find are winds increase today. now, as we look back on november through monday, we only had abou1. wednesday's rain and basically doubled what we already had so far today we are talking about a third of an inch of rain in boston and done with the showers in boston and whole system has scooted closer to the coastline here, getting into the dry, breezy conditions right now, and you can see through 8:00, 9:00 this morning, only lingering showers out across the outer cape and already brightening up. looks fantastic in boston right now. we got the partly sunny skies, but this is the 1 thing you of the kind of winds that we will be tracking today, 20, 30 miles per hour gusts coming out of the west. it is not going to do any damage but it is going to be a little bit pestering. hot spots

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boston, dry, 50? today. we got lower 50s up to lawrence, beverly, portsmouth, new hampshire, 50s going to the south shore and the cape as well. cool spot worcester at 44 and keene, new hampshire at 45. because of that slight risk for flurries today, you could see the little hint of a chance for showers today. that would be very late tonight, but monday i'm going to start that would be very light, very patchy, latest information i have been looking at this morning. still shows most of it falling apart before it ever gets to it and watch the weather maker for early monday morning just with light precipitation and 30s all weekend in worcester area and brighter and cooler and still got disturbance close on saturday afternoon and a little bit of cloud cover left. breezy today and tomorrow tracking wind gusts about invent to 30 miles per hour and again, tomorrow we are going to have to talk about some wind chills as we get into sunday forecast, cooler, brighter, below average temperatures. coats for kids drive jor

randy: there's a huge cleanup in boston's chinatown. the city is working to get everything back to normal after a water main break yesterday. the weather at this hour not helping that effort. the eyeopener's sera congi is there with the conditions right now. cleanup efforts under. there's the damage from the water main break and also the repair work from the underground fires. you can see ever source crews are monitoring that. they need to repair the wires and clean up after the fires. overnight. s been going on look at this video. they have been using heavy equipment to suck out debris from manholes. many after the water main rupture yesterday. there was this heavy stream of water down washington street. 3 feet of water was pumped from some basements of businesses last night. crews are bringing in industrial fans and dehumidifiers to help in the cleanup. >> you can't even put a dollar amount on the amount of losses these people endured. lines underground. that sparked fire, cutting power to parts of this neighborhood. a lot of the repa

one person was taken to boston medical center. no word on their condition. >>> also breaking overnight, a car slams into a campus police cruise irin boston, and we're -- cruiser in boston and we're getting new information from police. >> nicole jacobs live in roxbury for us. what have we learned so far, nicole? >>reporter: nick, of the three incidents that happened overnight that police are now investigating, we now know two of them are connected, and they all happened in a very close proximity of one another and a ry video this morning. boston police now confirm that a vehicle was speeding away from the area of the ruggles "t" station when that same vehicle crashed into a wentworth campus police cruiser. we know one person was taken into custody, three others reportedly ran away from the scene after that crash. then a short distance away on mcgrievey street more shots were fired where two vehicles were hit by bullets. we know the campus police officer who was inside the cruiser at the time of that crash was taken to the hospital

boston picking up third of an inch. half an inch in worcester and over that in orange and westfield. deep in mind western massachusetts already had the last batch of heavy rain come through and yet to pass totally across central and eastern massachusetts. it is losing a little steam as it goes and i wanted to time out the back end of this rain for you here. in worcester at about 7:00 this morning. showers should be finding down. providence, rhode island, 7:20. boston, 7:43 and plymouth at 8:05. by 8:00 this morning, everybody will be likely dry again. to portsmouth, new hampshire. 49 degrees right now. a milder rain. visibility is low because we have also got some fog out there this morning. showers will last us until 7 o'clock this morning. between 7 and 8, winding down. by 9 a.m., will have a ton of sun out there but start that low process of brightening up a little more sunshine in your afternoon forecast. now to plymouth end up being a warmer day. 10 degrees warmer in fact in plymouth than it is in portsmouth, new h

downtown boston, we're hoegd onto that 40 degrees. i have a feeling we will drop a degree or two towards sunrise. worcester at 35. low to mid 30's in the western locations of massachusetts. with those winds in place, it is feeling quite a bit cooler. wind chills down into the 20's. luckily, we're not tracking much overhead. lee -- as we lookhr much of our. we're seeing a storm system producing snow flurries, lake-effect snow and showers in new york. even though it's trying to push eastward into our area, we have mountains helping to block it. the berkshires could see a flurry or two for today, but east of that we're staying dry. high temperatures this afternoon will try to reach toward 50 along the coastline. even down toward the cape as well. as we move westward, inland locations in the 40's, 43 in worcester, even colder because of that wind in place. winds are picking up already for this morning. we're seeing occasional gusts up to 15 to 20 miles an hour as you're heading out right now. heading into the aften, the atmosphere. that's

the boston pops opening up their always best with the boston accent, too. especially that line, right? >> sarah: just gets you in the holiday spirit, wren. >> wren: i'm going to have to see that. i really hope kim as we head into today, we're dealing with showers. by 7:00, that's when this starts to scoot out of here. as we head into the mid-morning hours, we definitely dry out. we're seeing sunshine into the afternoon. things stay breezy today. wind gusts up to around 25mph. into tonight, if you're headed to the tree lighting, you are in luck. we're looking at dry skies. temperatures well above average, becausee' so by the time we're lighting the tree, we're looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. >> sarah: still another hour of "today in new england." next at 6:00, the clean-up continues after a water main break caused a big mess in chinatown. >> christa: and letters of hate targeting mosques across the u.s. one sent the a police of worship right here in new england. >> sarah: and a dangerous drive at more than 100mph. wild ride live on facebook.

the city of boston. take a look at this, we've got some sunshine, again, wouldn't be surprised to see a few scattered clouds out there. highs tomorrow above average in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. but, again, that wind making it feel a little cooler. feeling like the upper 30s to low 40s. but this is what it looks like for highs tomorrow. so if you have to get outside and decorate. tomorrow is not a bad day to do it. again, those winds will be dying down as we head through the evening hours. but because i want to point out, weekend, much cooler weather does arrive. upper 30s to low 40s for your saturday and then again on sunday. then we will see more sunshine. i'm expecting to see a few more clouds for the cape as the winds turn out of the west may lead to a few ocean effect snow showers or flurries i should say. saturday night doesn't look to amount to too much. you know what we've got going on this weekend. we'll be at natick for our coat drop off day, love for you to join us, temperatures in the

highs in the upper 50s in the boston area today. i will show you which spots hang on to those 60-degree readings when i am back with you in 10. julie grauert is live are drive-time traffic and a check on the commuter rail. >> julie: last time i checked with you delays on the needham because of a car on the track. that has changed. the 6:05 is cancelled because of the car on the tracks. they are telling all passengers that you need to board from needham center not needham heights. station, for example, the 6:40 train from needham heights out of needham center. we will continue to follow that throughout the morning. >>> new accident on the expressway near south hampton street. 6:32. that means things will start slowing down as we approach the 7:00 hour. 93 south route 1 moving along fine. 35 on the pike eastbound. 25 minutes on the expressway. 32 minutes on 128 south approaching the weston tolls. back to you. killing his own mother. police say 18-year-old frantz >> that run through neighborhoods and densely populated areas to be worry

holiday lights glowing on the boston common. nichole: boston's official christmas tree getting a spectacular reveal tonight, and you saw it live right here on channel 5. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [cheering and applauding] lit that tree! [cheering and applauding] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? >> tha is how you ride the christmas tree. pretty mild tem force a all the people w came out to see this. ed: every ti i hear that siharvey, that was the bruins' muschen ways kid. isn't the beginning of december the beginning of meteorological indeed. yoareo crect. december, january, february, the we f that meteorologicalaverage. winter. we have gotten off to a mild start. afterall, was 5p earlier today in boston. was 61 in plymouth. 62 new hon done, connecticut. much above average ta to start. now december had average. the average high to start the month is 46. this is for boston. by the of the month, 38. nine inches. of course,very mildly so it is hard anything so i have quite a bit more. and west.ngs are higher north sunsets are a little bit tter b

one person was take tone boston medical center. no word on their condition. >>> patriot's ron gronkowski set to go to surgery. now the team says they expect him to miss the rest of the looking out for grong's best long-term interests. but what does this mean in the short term for the patriots? steve burton has the latest. >>reporter: the pat's offense is at its best when grong plays at full power. his career has been hampered by injuries. he's facing his third back surgery since 2009. tom brady talked about the loss of his top target. >> i see him -- i've seen him the last few days so i've spoken to him a everyone is thinking about him. it's such a a physical sport. it's hard to see those go through injuries, he's had his fair share. he'll be as determined as ever to get back and get better as soon as possible. >> dr. thomas gill, the former patriot's female doctor says that grong's injury is to a dirveg that was already repaired in the past it, would make recovery even more difficult >> what happens is every time the vertebrae get

remember the boston massacre? you patriots head stones inside snowballs and through them at the soldiers. no wonder they fired on the mob. >> the chair recognizes the speaker to my left in the balcony. please. >> i think king george has been good to us, and i worry about what will happen to the patriots if they continue to defy him. >> here, here! >> the chair recognizes the speaker to my left on the floor. >> as a doctor, i worry about the well-being of the the world with this violence, but as a patriot, i believe we must continue with our fight until our voices are heard and the king takes us seriously. we must stand up against the king. >> here, here! >> the chair recognizes the speaker to my right on the balcony. >> my name is benjamin simpson. i say it is unfair that king and parliament say we can only buy british goods. i think i should be able to drink dutch tea if i like. >> the chair recognizes the speaker to my right on the floor. >> i consider myself a proud english subject. i did not partake in the pro

people stepped up in boston.hat day who ran a marathon, and then ran another two miles to a hospital to give blood. boston was a beautiful place on that terrible day. you-- i understand that you almost didn't make this movie. you weren't sure whether ultimated to be in it. what-- why were you on the fence about doing this? >> well, obviously, it's an exraemly sensitive subject. but, you know, there were three movies being talked about at various stages of development. and they were going to make movies. so i said i'm not going to let somebody else come into my town and handle it with the respect and sensitivity that because of the amount of violence and carnage it could be something that could become gratuitous and have people be. and peter berg who i did "loan survivor" with and "deep water horizon." and i said i'm going to tell the story and make it right and have people know what "boston strong" means and make my community proud. ( applause ) we also have, you know-- you look at what happened