the rain/snow line is right through the city of boston. stepping outside the studios, that's going back and forth between rain and snow. that will happen in the city and working down the south shore. snow established through metro west, worcester hills. and even in the city of boston, snow takes over. and once that happen, then the road conditions will begin to deteriorate through the morning hours. the amount of snow on the way, a large area of 5 to 8 inches of snow including the city of i think downtown boston and out toward j.p. and hyde park probably around six inches of snow and then either side of that will be a band of 4 to 5 inches of snow out toward fitchburg as well as orange and then the other direction down through the south coast and then out on to the cape, it's rain for the morning and then it flips over to snow by lunchtime in the afternoon out toward brewster and chatham. this will be a heavy wet snow. it's tough to shovel and plow and move around. so bend at the knees. >> sarah: thanks, j.r. we have much more storm force c

would only be used in case of an emergency like a that hearing gets underway right live outside boston city hall, diug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. randy: new this morning. passed his u.s. citizenship test his brother attacked the boston marathon. new records released to" "the boston globe" show the elder tsarnaev swore his allegiance to the united states at the federal building in boston. he also denied any links to terrorism. the released documents also include information about ibragim todashev. he was killed by an f.b.i. agent in florida while being questioned about tsarnaev. the documents show todashev applied for a green card twice and was denied, partly because of missing information about a road rage incident in boston. emily: commitment 2016. the countdown is on to super tuesday. and today, the campaign trail winds through massachusetts. republican john kasich will hold an event in plymouth tonight after a rally in springfield yesterday. democrat bernie sanders will be in milton and hillary clinton will hold an event in boston. both sides of the race turning their attention on donal

person, scheduled at -- we will be carried by local channels which is shall 58, comcast 293 and 29, boston city t.v. channel 24 and channel 13. to tell us more about the event we welcome dr. tommy chang, boston superintendent of schools. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> alberto: absolutely, this is important and unique. you're taking to the airwaves after the show. how did this get all started? how this idea kind of become to fruition? >> i would say the first thing i knew coming into boston it was super important to outreach. especially to restore ethnic communities. i am the son of an immigrant parents to the united states and i know that how important it is for immigrants to have a voice in our schools so we have engaged in many communities -- we will start at this very special and innovative event. >> alberto: for disclosure have to look at the camera and the people now, i will be moderating so you and i will do this roadshow again except it will be on live television.on the local access channels. but it is different. how do you kind of view this as being different and unique? b

live outside boston city hall, randy: new this morning. general electric plans to be a big player in the community when the company moves its world headquarters to boston. g.e. c.e.o. jeff immelt tells "the globe" they plan to focus their philanthropy on education and community health. that is also expected to include assistance to local high schools. but he wouldn't provide specifics. g.e. is expected to lay out many of its plans at an event in april. right now a new hampshire road is closed after a huge sinkhole opened up. this is at the intersection of merrymeeting lake and powder mill roads in new durham. the state department of transportation says the sinkhole was likely caused by a water main break. maintenance crews will be out this morning, working to fix the road. emily: investigators are trying to figure out why this small plane crashed at a plymouth airport. the pilot was the only person on board at the time of yesterday's crash. he was seriously injured. no word on his condition. he was practicing a training exercise called a "t

at boston city hall. randy: this morning 10,000 stop & shop workers may be preparing to walk off the job. the union voted to authorize a strike yesterday. they're at odds with the supermarket chain over health care, pensions, and wages. there is no date set for a strike, and both sides are still negotiating. the mbta will debate fare hikes at a meeting today ahead of a vote next week. that's as the agency is expected massive deficit. the "t" says it has cut its projected deficit by 43 percent. that allows for about $100 million to be put back into repairs and winter preps. the additional savings could make it more difficult to persuade critics to raise fares. the "t" has proposed raising fares by an average of 10%. emily: boston in the "spotlight" at the oscars. the movie about the push to expose a scandal in the catholic church pulling off an upset win. and it made a little history in the process. randy: the eyeopener's doug meehan is live in boston with that and the overnight reaction from hollywood. do

so outside the city of boston, but even the city of boston below zero, but this go around, you have to factor in the wind. i think that will add insult to injury as you head into sunday morning. 8 degrees in boston. 1 in worcester. don't want the play down the cold air this morning because it's cold. it feels cold outside. minus 8 the wind-chill factor in boston. minus 15 in worcester. we'll slowly lose a bit of a breeze. i do expect less wind this afternoon compared to what we have this morning. cold day overall. temperatures topping off in the lower to middle 20s that. bitter blast over the weekend followed by a warm-up and rain on tuesday afternoon. talk more on that forecast coming up. >> christa: new overnight, the elements as well as flames. freezing conditions turning water into ice. three people inside this house on perry avenue were able too get out safely. no one was hurt. and the red cross is helping them find a place the stay warm today. and let's go to fast track traffic with danielle gersh. danielle, nice day for the remote start if you have it. >> danielle: absolutely. l

made by the japanese manufacturer can be found in millions of vehicles by various automakers. >> boston city council weighing a surcharge on the tax bills of boston homeowners the 1% surcharge would go toward more funding for affordable housing and new green space in dorchester. the measure would cost the average homeowner about $23. it needs approval from the full council and then it would go to city voters. >> espn has cut ties with boston based draft kicks. the two companies had an agreement that espn would advertise the bail fantasy sports on its media platforms and that deal was made last june. ahead of recent controversy surrounding fantasy sports. several states are now banning fantasy sports fantasy sports and calling into question their legality. >> breaking news. the damaged royal caribbean cruise ship anthem of the seas is about to dock in new jersey and you're looking live. the ship carrying more than 4,500 passengers and 1,600 crew a seven day cruise to the sunday, in that major winter storm, hit by strong winds and waves as high as 30 feet. really tossed around. >> still ahead

but boston police and city counselors said the school never discussed this major policy change with its neighbors, boston police or city leaders. city counselors say this hearing was just to give northeastern a chance to share their plans with the city and they say that they are disappointed the school was a no show. >>> under state law they are allowed to do this. our permission but we're tagging about being a good neighbor and reef ago tout city government and the boston police department but the residents of these communities and their neighbors. >>> for a patrol force 20 out of 65 to carry tactical patrol rifles should be discussed first and foremost with the boston police department, with the students. >> reporter: northeastern says that this hearing was un unnecessary, that their main concern is crust to keep their campus and students safe. northeastern will now join boston university, m.i.t. and umass boston as police forces on campus that can have access to tactical rifles. live in boston, susan tran, 7 news . >> anchor: we are staying on top of breaking knew. er inandrews on st

now at 9 in the city of boston. 11 in norwood and minus one into the city of boston. so you take a look at forecast as we work through this afternoon. there are going to be some thin clouds that start to work on in this afternoon. these clouds thickening on up, and as we get into the mid-afternoon hours, temperatures running into the mid-20s. then only falling back into the upper teens. a little light snow overnight tonight across southeastern mass. i expect one to three inches there, and the city of boston, probably not a whole lot of snow out of this event. maybe a scattered coating to half an inch or an inch of snow, cold air moving on in. and as we get into next week, the focus is going to be on the retreating cold air and we will have pretty much an event going from snow to ice and over to rain on tuesday. more on that coming up. >> christa: all right, chris. back to our breaking news that we've been following basically all morning for you. here you see at the scene of this police-involved shooting that happened earlier today, it looks like a steady stream of off

this will include the city of boston and 4 to 5 inches closer look does reveal we have i would say probably around 6 in the city of boston when all said and done. 5-6 through concorde as well as redding and groveland and georgetown. beverly. that is area where you probably talk to maybe as much as five. the outer route 2 corridor. 4 to 5. jaffrey, city of worcester itself about 6 inches. south of the mass pike again 5 to 8 inches of snow then you approach route 44 plymouth over 4 to 5 inch. out on the cap near the canal 4 to 5 inches. from probably barnstable east toward brewster 1-3 inch of snow. heavy wet snow. poor for travel. they may lead to power disruption. here's your travel forecast. it's marginal now at best. as we work through the evening hour road conditions will improve. if you have travel plans i would keep them just allow extra time when you are out and about. >> it's been so warm. once the snow does taper off road crew should be able to get a good handle on the roads out there. late this afternoon the snow totals beginning to pour in. frame ingham has two. box furough has tw

coming down pretty intense, especially south of town some the snow total, boston plan on about six to seven inches of snow in the city of boston. more up on cape ann. merrimack valley about 5 to 9. metro west, worcester hills, about 5, 6 inches of snow, and then in southeast mass, right along the south shore, route 24 east through route 3. 9 to 12 inches of snow. and again, these snow totals will not be on the ground by noon. it won't be on the ground by 6:00 p.m. but tomorrow morning when it's all said and done, plan on close to a foot of snow in plymouth county. chris? >> chris: j.r., tons of water content in that last storm. this one a lighter, drier snow for a lot of us. coastal front going to be kicking in. looking at the temperature this morning seeing 30, 32, 34 degrees. it's not all that cold. it will be later this morning into this afternoon as that wind turns out of the north, cold,, a tir air draining in and temperatures this afternoon,'d say we're closer to 20 or 22 for maybe even a couple upper teens in some of the colder spots north and west. plymouth county, the cape and the islands, we will hold tempe

the city of boston north and south shore. worcester hills probably never going to be a storm that really overwhelmings you with snow. you will have that persistent snow all day in the worcester hills. southeast mass. you see reduced visibility. a third of mile in plymouth and provincetown. beverly having visibility reduced. this is where you find your steadier snow. hasn't reached nashua yet. but it's on the move. heading northwest. because of this storm gobs over moisture into southern new england. if this storm was situated closer to jersey coastline right now then our snowfall maps would be painting the picture of 1 to 2 feet even over 2 feet. your storm time line snowing right now. snow onnd off through the day as we work later into the day drier air starts to punch holes in snow. boston down through buzzard's bay narragansett bay. they continue to win the battle later on this evening and when it's all said and done by the time you are done shovelling probably around 5 to 9 inches of snow in the metro boston area. i think

showers working through this the city of boston and close to the city of boston. otherwise mostly cloudy this afternoon. temperatures holding steady into the 50s. time after 9:00, 10:00 tonight. this will transition over to snow by pre-dawn hours tomorrow. and the snow will be heavy at times and steady at times through the morning commute. so i do expect a slippery morning commute tomorrow, up to a few inches in the boston area, that's your latest weather. >>> we are catching up with supermodels to find out where they are now. >> this morning we are talking to rachel hunter. >> i have a major girl crush. rachel hunter began modeling 30 years ago. it was a trip back home that inspired her to create a new show that has her seeing beauty in a whole new light. that fresh face, sun kissed glow and beachy hair landed rachel hunter on the cover of countless and '90s. >> you were the first class of true supermodels. when you hear the word supermodel -- >> like a halloween costume. i don't know what it was. i think it was like thismerging moment that happened with fashion

the boston city council has proposed a law that would not only prevent that but extend to sales. >> this would outlaw the selling a purchase of puppies cats kittens dogs or rabbits from that stores in the city of boston it would also add up prohibition on the roadside sales of cats which sadly has happened with much more frequency than one would think pick animal advocates say the in these types of sales create issues that can run unexpected bills in the thousands of dollars. we've had people contact us they've gotten a sick puppy we've had people contact us for their puppies genetic issues. the sale of rabbits in boston has left shelters overrun with them. because really influx. more than 120 cities and towns across the country of law similar to the one on malley's proposed but not one of those areas is in massdot he would like to change that. it's unfair it's inhumane i want to make sure that austin is known for taking care of all of its residents including the four-legged once. >> o'malley hopes it will set a president for the rest of the state. rex will go wild level officials holdin

boston city schools close tomorrow. brockton city schools close. you can get updates on the cancellations and delays at wcvb.com. mike: we have snow to talk about tomorrow. it is coming in during the morning commute. here is how much snow we are talking about. in boston, about six. same through the south shore. eight inches but there could be some bands that set up that would give us a foot of snow p o mountains as you look towards the cape. this is part one. part two was on tuesday. it does not look like accumulation, a light dusting. and then we got a chance of light snow on wednesday and thursday but the cold coming later this week. get ready for that pay back. j.c.: i don' t feel likke e your pacing us. a lot to watch. we will be bac you like being r picture perfect. you should want yourr banking to be too. stop into td bank andr we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account video camera on the spot. now it's new hampshire's turn, and all america is watching to see who we choose in this d

of course, as we have been telling you since yesterday, the city of boston decided early on to close schools, because so there are community centers open for those folks who need daycare. the city of boston is prepping. as of right now, a cold and steady rain. randy: thank you. emily: we know flakes already started. we can see it headed this way. cindy: and it' s snowing mixed with raindrops here. that rain/snow line is creeping in, and that will be the challenge. snow-covered roads are completely different thing, so that is the challenge. we have a winter storm warning until 3:00 this afternoon. we are just getting started with this, and that is where we see the pink. down on the south coast and the cape, we have a winter weather advisory. we are expecting less snowfall this way, but it is the timing and not the amount. i think high impacts from the snow between 8:00 this morning still high impacts around noon. tough driving during the morning. dew heard kelly saying that it is raining and 37 degrees right now, north shore at the upper 30' s, 40' s on the outer cape, but that colder

boston or the north shore. dominantly a rain event for the city of boston. snowing for the last few hours in connecticut. i think that will help us out once the snow works up into massachusetts over the next one to three hours. again, this is only a narrow window of opportunity for this storm to be a winter storm because eventually the warm air does win out. right now boston at 37. plymouth at 36. worcester at 33.

63 degrees in the city of boston this morning. just two degrees shy of the record high for the day. same case in worcester. morning. still in the mid-50's. the city of boston. out through worcester as well. 63, nashua, new hampshire. very mild air still in place. temperature-wise through the rest of the day. gusty wind. we still have that. it is gusty. at times, 25-35 miles an hour from the city of boston out through bedford and across much of the area. we have some stronger wind gusts to contend with at times throughout the afternoon. nothing severe. but there are some showers across western massachusetts. the showers will continue to advance eastbound. i can't completely rule out some more rain-drops as we work throughout the day. it is nice outside right now. boston out to worcester. some of these scattered west. as we work mid to late afternoon. even continuing into early this evening. there may be some wet roads commute. for some towns. by tomorrow morning, all is quiet. nice and sunny for the morning commute on friday. into the friday afternoon commute as well. we are 55 degree

around metro boston the numbers are not as high but still a few more hours of snow to go but most communities including the city of boston between two and five inches of snow with an additional one to three inches of snow overnight tonight. which will wind down around 2:00 continuing and through evening hours. you can see on the dopler radar still across southern new england i wanted to swap the colors over to this green here because it really makes the steadier snow pop off the tv screen right there. this deeper shading of green along route 3, route 24 down along the south shore plymouth conte in particular is a band of steady snow just kind of meandering and wavering there for the last few hours so your numbers will continue to go up then you cross west of 24 and there is a break in the radar there so it's just back to flurries even up into fors of metro boston and another plume of some steadier snow, 95 north, valley even into s of southern new hampshire, nashua and manchester in particular all because of a huge storm way out here east southeast of new england but even though it's that far away it can still

minus 9 yesterday in the city of boston. you saw all those problems at logan airport because of the cold weather. this is the coldest reading in the city of boston since 1957. same case out of worcester at minus 16. 5 in boston right now. minus 2 in worcester. minus 7 in norwood. minus 6 in plymouth. it's a cold start. we have a winter weather advisory that goes into effect late this afternoon, likely seeing some light snow and mixed precipitation breaking out and then flipping over to rain. hard to believe that we're talking about rain after being so cold. it is cold outside this morning with temperatures starting off close to 0 degrees. it's bright but cold this morning. temps near 0. about 20 this afternoon. clouds increasing and then late afternoon into the evening hours, some light snow breaking out, going over to sleet, freezing rain and eventually over to plain old rain. more on that forecast ahead. >> sarah: all right. breaking overnight, a car crashes into a home in seekonk it appears a car plowed into a pick-up truc

that's the lowest temperature on record in the city of boston. it happened in february of 1934, which, oh by the way, was the coldest winter on record. >> and last winter also has a special distinction. >> it was number two. >> yes, eric told us that at 10:00. >> it was a bad one. >> it was. >>> braving the cold to catch big air. >> twists, turns, and a few wipeouts at fenway park. from dunkin' donuts. of espresso, milk, uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. something delicious is happening at dunkin'. come in today to get any sandwich for $2.99 after 12:00 p.m. . >>> celtics have been on fire going into all-star weekend and there's a couple of fun events this weekend. >> it's the cold and valentine's day don't do it to for you or the dunk competition or three point competition. >> a month ago the celtics record was 19-19, since then they are 13-4 for a season high, 9 games over .500 and you can thank thomas for a ton of that. they take part in the skills competition tomorrow and he'll be part of the game on sunday. a couple

boston. a slow go with many cities and towns between 5-7 inches of snow. the city of boston has gone ahead and closed schools for tomorrow in boston. probably a great idea because travel will be poor to say the least tomorrow morning across much of southern new england. lighter apples of snow down through -- amounts of snow but lighter meaning that the numbers aren't as high but it's a heavy wet snow. shovel, plow and travel on. also the concern of minor power disruptions because winds will be out of the northwest between 10-20 tomorrow. the northwest wind was blowing offshore so there is no concern of coastal flooding, that is the storm system we deal with tomorrow and for the weekend a mix of clouds and sunshine saturday and sunday. with this cold front trying to come into new england. there are signs that perhaps we deal with senator storm early next week but the thing about tomorrow is it's the toughest from about 5:00 am to 2:00 pm tomorrow and things wind down tomorrow afternoon. in terms of travel plans as of now i would keep them. i would allow ext

and closer to 40 in the city of boston. the city of boston during tomorrow morning's commute. the afternoon, we are not improving weather-wise here. this is going to be a drory day, for sure. on-shore winds, a lot of low-level moisture. scattered showers. you name it. we will throw it at you here in terms of the weather. the temperatures start to warm across the cape. down through southeastern massachusetts. afternoon. that is the leading indication that the warm air is going to surge in here for when this storm works into southern new this storm, the core of it, the area of low pressure itself is drifting off to the north and to the east here over the next couple of days. eventually, carving its path west of us. and because it tracks west of us, we get into the southerly wind which will crank in here wednesday night into thursday. that and some downpours, one to two inches of rain likely with the heaviest rain falling late tomorrow, tomorrow night into early thursday before tapering offer by about midmorning on thursday. an early thursday morning, between 3:00 and 9:00 p.m.,

boston city plaza has been called ugly and atrocious use of space. >> but now there's a new proposal who could make the concrete and brick area a go to destination that would be fun. >> reporter: we he will see about that. i heard visitors to the fine city take one look at that mayor walsh is hoping someone can transform the giant open space into something useful that will attract tourist as local company has plan to do that how about a year-round restaurant and ice skating rink. the anthem group which runs a bistro wants to build a 20,000 square food 500 seat eatery on the plaza called polar bear in the winter and city bistro the rest of the year. glass enclosed space would look out on a public skating rink that wouldn't rival rockefeller plaza but be like a frog respond. the mayor has been soliciting plans for a makeover since last year. a spokesperson for the anthem group says they want to make it the epicenter for culture, arts and events. anything is better than that huge brick and concrete ugly space right now. so, let's see what the ideas people have out there what would you d

boston through metro west. a lot of town picking up about 5, 6, 7, inches of snow. at no point was it overwhelming in the city of boston. once in a while you get the click conditions on the roadway. 25 in plymouth. it's cold this morning. couple of scattered snow failures out and about. nothing major to deal with this morning. there was scattered lighter snow through central new hampshire. don't think it will slow many folks down. this is slowing folks down, down through harrisburg in baltimore, maryland down into d.c. complex set up. bits and pieces swirling around from the ohio valley into the mid atlantic through ocean storm offshore. by the way that ocean storm is staying offshore but complexity of everything has to lift through new england. there's enough instability tomorrow to trigger scattered snow showers and few heavier snow squalls and you note the nature of this as you go from tomorrow morning into the afternoon it's in and out. it's scattered about. you watch in the afternoon. you see some of the darker blue beginning to show up. and some of these heavier snow squall. you could get a coating to a

boston. 27 in worcester right now. the wind, 10-15 miles an hour. that is dropping the windchill factor down to 17 in worcester. and 24 in the city of boston. there is not going to be a lot of movement temperature-wise for the rest of the day. tons of sunshine. wall to wall here. in the city of boston. out through worcester. some scattered clouds offshore. the best chance of a few clouds backing in later this afternoon. would be along the coastline. maybe even passing snow shower late day if not into this evening down across the cape and the islands. again, the temperatures not moving that much more. you may squeak out another degree or two. overall i do expect temperatures to hold into the mid-0's. cool and breezy today. but 40's to near 50 23s over the weekend. mainly dry, though. could have a couple of rain and snow showers around friday night. we will talk more on that and the potential midweek storm coming up. >> nancy: a state senator at the center o'. >> a federal investigation. the f.b.i. raiding brian and we are in canton with more on the allegations against him. >> reporter: wednesday night, the f.b.i. and i.r.s. continued to take

-- >>> this morning a boston city council will propose a ordinance to keep animals from upy mills. to prevent pet shops from selling animals from commercial bread breeders -- breeders. groups are lining up to support the ordinance. >>> tomorrow massachusetts will hold a hearing to address concerns about putting venomous snakes on an island. an official from the division of fisheries and wildlife says any fears the snakes will kill people are irrational. they want to preserve the endangered snakes and residents are worried they could attack hikers fishermen and hunters. >> gets your attention. when you say venomous snake. >>> gronk impose overboard. >>> rob gronkowski party cruise coming to an end and from the videos on board looks like everyone had a good time. >> the ship left on friday night for miami to the bahamas and stopped at private destination called gronk. three of his siblings and dad were on board. people posted videos and says gronk was twerking and dancing yep. and. >> did he have backup dancers. >> he he does. >> you know you made it when you have bac

how much the city of boston is paying workers. according to the boston globe, the city's payroll last year was $1.6 billion, yeah, billion, with a 'b'. a big chunk of it went to buying out unused sick and vacation time for retiring firefighters. and overtime for police officers, that topped $100,000. the highest paid city worker was a public school employee who settlement. >>> well, tom brady and other pats it stars -- pats stars may be in california but they'll be thinking of one of their youngest fans, the club in half his life fighting a rare tomorrow of cancer. a few months ago, he and his family learned it was no longer treatable. his story went viral on social media with strangers all over the world using #bestrong the boxing event starts at 11:30. wow. >>> well, gronkowski's antics can make the grumpiest fans smile, he may have met his match against a tiny internet sensation. we'll explain. >>> and [ indiscernible ] today, let's see who you share it with on this february 6, comedic actress kathy najimi, 59, i messed that up

low 20s in the city of boston. and the forecast for tomorrow, kicking off the weekend, a nice get the kiddos out on the sledding hills. should have fun with this one, temperatures running into the mid to upper 30s, light winds, a ski forecast coming up across northern new england, as well. the local hills doing well with this, blue hills, nashoba valley, wachusetts will do all right, all three areas. may even have some more snow late monday into tuesday. we'll have to watch that potential closely, as well. >> christa: all right, thanks. chris. >> sarah: four days before the new hampshire primary, hillary clinton and bernie sanders going their separate ways after their very first one on one debate. >> christa: let's head to manchester with 7's nancy chen. announcements. nancy? the day off. good morning to you. both big names expected out on the campaign trail for these candidates today as the attacks are getting more aggressive and this race is getting tighter. massachusetts of course coming he's expected to endorse

saying they simply can't afford to keep it going. >>> right now the boston city council is holding a public hearing on the plan to arm northeastern university police. school says officers need semiautomatic rifles in case of emergencies. boston police don't agree with that saying the use of firearms is not necessary. >>> a fake crime scene almost turned into a real thing in west bridge water. a mother dropping off her kids saw what she thought looked like a body in field. y see this and she called 911. you can see from the pictures it looks like something fliesshowed up and called for backup and reeled realize twad as mock crime scene for the teacher said she notified the police day shift but forgot to tell the overnight crew. >>> into yeah that is something -- yeah that's something you want to follow up on. >>> leaping into our hearts. >> we will introduce you to just one of a number of very special babies born on leap year. clear clar it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. most new wealth flows it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks

the decision to upgrade officer weapons came last year but the boston city council was to give from the public today before changes take effect. the school says it is a move to make campus safer for students and staff, but not everybody is happy about the idea. some say that northeastern does not need the rifles and boston police have said in the past of the weapons are not necessary. northeastern would join war than 60 campuses across the country with police forces that have rifles. -- join more than 60 campuses across the country with police forces that have rifles. they would only be used in an emergency, like a shooting attack. top honors. ahead at noon, "spotlight" winning big at the academy awards putting all eyes on boston and making history at the same time. a baby for a life spent almost what she needs now for a chance to survive. cindy record warmth in some : spots today on this last day of meteorological winter. when the feel of winter actually returns and tracking more rain p i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. an

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so instead of that being focused now the cape through it moved up to the city of boston. 5, 6, 7 inches of snow in the city. cape ann 2-5 inches of snow. groveland about 5, 6 inches. south of town the numbers will come down once you approach route 44. about 5, 6 inches of snow then probably about a 3 or 4 the 7 on 7 forecast, we will health the snow on saturday with temperatures in the upper 30s sunday middle 40s more melting to get room for, to make room for perhaps more snow early next week. see you at 4:30. >> ryan: let's get a check of the ride home with joe stapleton. >> getting a look at the northbound side of the expressway. southbound as well. northbound in great shape. the headlights southbound a tough ride here down at the split of route 3 and route 128. it has been averaging about a 49 minute ride down to the spot. downtown boston route 93, northbound and southbound moving along nicely. storrow drive heavier on the left hand side of the roadway. getting a look at the map. after this spot congested on route 93 northbound. out by commerce way in woburn. we had an earlier crash

. >> anchor: here in boston we've seen a little less snow than expected but much of the city still shut down. schools, businesses and some state offices, live pictures you can still see it coming down outside as we speak. we did just hear from the mayor of boston who plans to have schools open tomorrow. but we had a lot of snow we are seeing signs of the storm system is whining down of we have team 7 coverage tracking the storm we start with jeremy reiner with more on the forecast . >> reporter: nine inches of snow and yarmouthport, brewster 8 inches. new bedford about five inches of snow. millis four inches of snow. sudbury about four inch the of snow. danvers three inches of snow. pockets of snow out there at this time. some of it steady others just very light and fluffy with an additional one to three inches of snow, the snow and wind both fade away in unison just after midnight tonight but we'll have we'll have win as well doppler radar at this time showing the snow across southern new england and we've seen what the snow has been doing. when you boiling water ready to cook pasta an

plymouth and carver and through wareham, city of boston thinking right now between 5-7 inches of wet pasty heavy snow. lighter amounts the farther north you are but even up in the merrimack valley around 5 inches of snow. up in southern new england the sea coast 2-5 inches of snow and south of town because there will be a little more warm air at the front of the storm about 2-5 inches of snow. plymouth down to new bedford and on to the cape about 1-3 >> j.r.trick toe forecast but also tricky timeswise because of what the storm shows up starting begin 5:00 am and continuing. things will improve in the afternoon but we have those inches of that wet, slippery snow. you know the wet heavy snow can be more slippery than even a dry cold snow. watch what happens with the temperatures. the rain creeps in from the southeast and the cold air takes a while to chew in. temperatures dropping down to the 30s we've mid 30s outside of the city with this rain/snow line being the critical thing with all of this storm. it was so interesting last year with the cold air firmly in place, it was like you g

coastline, the city of boston, down through the cape, then these winds subside even farther overnight tonight. in fact, we are down to about 20-mile-per-hour gusts in the city of boston. and 30-35 down through the cape. much lighter winds waking up tomorrow. we won't have much of a wind inland tomorrow morning. occasionally, seeing a gust. maybe 10-15 miles an hour. notice the wind direction out of the northeast. could get still some lingering massachusetts. another part of the storm here that we haven't seen yet this cold air. we are not talking about the heavy wet cement-like snow metro-west. temperatures running 15-18 degrees. it is a lighter, drier snow. as j.r. mentioned. you brush it off. it is easier to deal with. the tradeoff for that is to deal with these cold windchill values as we do go out and clean out the driveway and the windchills running close to zero degrees in boston and through worcester. this will be the case through this evening. more to come, guys. forever, huh? hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm they've all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to

the controversial move and the meeting is set to begin at 5:00 tonight at city hall. boston police and some city councilors say northeastern police do not need these kinds of weapons. school officials say the rifles would only be used in emergency situations. >> carlos:. >> sarah: much more ahead on "today in new england." two people are struck in the street in worcester. what police know about the driver who left the scene. >> sarah: and heading back to port early again. what's causing that cruise ship damage in a storm earlier this morning that cut short its latest trip. >> sarah: and in thelight, the investigation into priest abuse takes home the oscar for best picture. we'll have the highlights from movie's biggest night. >> chris: beautiful spring weather yesterday. mild air continues into this monday morning. good morning, everyone. we track a line of showers to the west of us that. will give us a passing shower or two throughout the day. but once again, temperatures well into the 50s if not close to 60 degrees. take a look at the seven-day forecast coming up. >> danie

. >>> a boston city councillor wants to change the way pets are sold and set a precedents for the rest of the state. matt o'malley is calling it the puppy mill bill. the proposal would outlaw retail and roadside sales of these pets because many times the animals are bred quickly and without the proper care. >> it's unfair, it's unhumane i want to make sure boston is known for taking care of all of their residents including the four legged ones. o'malley hopes mayor marty walsh will sign it before it comes before him. >> apple is now calling for settle this heated debate on national security versus personal privacy. apple c.e.o. tim cook said what the f.b.i. is asking threaten everyone's civil liberty. the case is about one phone that could help them find other terrorists. both cook and comie have been invited to testify on capitol hill. >>> a dramatic rescue and an s.u.v. swallowed up in flames and miraculously an unlikely item came out in one piece. witnesses say this jeep was driving on a tennessee highway when it was sideswiped by another car hit a pole then burst into flames. a pas

lower to middle 30s in the city of boston. more clouds across the cape. even a cape cod snow shower later this afternoon into this evening. cold tonight for the rest of us. 9 in the colder suburbs. 18 to 20 in the city of boston. just a sprinkle on saturday. breezy on saturday, but temperatures overall in the upper 40s to near 50 over the weekend. a couple of early snow showers on monday. >> that's your latest weather. >>> coming up a new controversy over "the people versus o.j. family is blasting the actor david schwimmer. >>> the powerball jackpot winners dreading the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. i'm hillary clin

boston city council will hold a hearing on monday to discuss the decision to arm campus police officers with semiautomatic rifles. some councilmembers think the move is unnecessary they don't like the fact northeastern did not include the community in its decision. the school officials, however, say they did tell police by the and the rifles emergency situations. >> spring like conditions as we close out february likely boston will one of the one warmest winters on record average lower 40s so we're going to continue this warm trend as we head through the week we'll be back into the 50s tomorrow a slight cooldown on tuesday right back at it by wednesday before we see temperatures fall below. will push eastward but tonight it's going to be dry it's still mild out there 43 in boston we do have a cool spots in the 30s but under mainly clear skies while the winds out of the southwest it will keep temperatures on the milder side. but it is adding a child it does feel like the 30s in some spots. waking up tomorrow to the upper 30s. typical high for this time of year but it will be bright and d

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heather:the boston city council is holding a public hearing. it gets started in a little over a half an hour from now. they say they don't need the rifle. boston police officials have said in the past that the weapons are not necessary. the school says it is a move to try and make -- try to keep the campus safer for students and staff. unravel a deadly mystery. family members tell us that perez was a hard worker, a cook at a local restaurant who loves soccer. police are calling his death suspicious. heather:two people arrested and arraigned on a heroin bust. they appeared in court today for possession of heroin. police received a tip that a man was selling drugs at a motel 6 in tewksbury. hancock refused to stop for police when they initially pulled her over. ed: the fire that killed two people in their home this weekend has been ruled not suspicious. it happened late thursday night. the fire started in a living room and spread upstairs causing the second floor to collapse. investigators say the fire was probably caused by an electric space heat

transportation crews spent the day checking more than 500 other openings on the state highway system within boston city limits. making sure they are secure.

in the city of boston. close to 30 by the afternoon. monday night into tuesday, we will track some snow and ice in here. that will change over to rain during the day. tuesday into tuesday night. >> sarah: all right: still ahead, one mischievous dog making quite a scene in methuen. the german shepherd walking on to a highway. even shutting it down. popular jackets causing a stir at one boston college. why police are urging students slow. my friends said i should get expensive... who's that, jenny? no kate...turns out they have a deal that cost me even less than my slow service. and it's 100 megs ...i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. we're out of 2% then i thought, maybe other things could be better. i heard that. switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available. so you can send files up to 5x faster than cable, with capacity to handle all of your devices. now get something that only fios offers: 100 meg upload and download speeds plus tv and pho

transportation crews spent the day checking more than 500 other openings on the state highway system within boston city limits. making sure they are secure. morning as clavette headed southbound. police say the cover labeled boston drain came from a hole just at the tunnel exit. after it hit, the car continued out into the left lane of the expressway. eventually hitting a wall along the shoulder. we spoke with terry granahan who was in the rush hour traffic. >> the the state police were blocking us so no one would hit the manhole cover and there's steel i imagine if it hit the car it would have hate person it would do some serious damage. >> reporter: of course there are surveillance cameras all along the expressway and people are going through the footage particularly before this incident look for anything that might point to why that cover was not secured on the hole. in boston, christina hager wbz news paula david back to you. >> thank you. >>> early this morning the womanwas killed was likely on her way to work. >> she was a teacher in milton is live with more on her life and who she is beth. >> re

we have a winter storm warning in effect for tomorrow morning, city of boston down to the south coast and the cape. winter weather advisory, temperatures running in the low 50s. the city at 53. hard to believe we have a winter storm warning with you will a the leftover warm air from yesterday. here is the storm blossoming down through carolina and this scoot up the front offshore but close enough to us that we're talking about know on the way. because it's so warm right now, when the storm first gets into new england around midnight it'll take on the form of rain at midnight as well as the first parts of the overnight then flip over to a wet snow because 4:00 rain snow line does work down the south shore to the canal mid-morning tomorrow then out on the cape as we work through the morning hours, metro boston the purple shading that is snow and it'll be steady to occasionally steady snow happening before everything winds down. first in the worcester hills around noon, 1:00, city of boston 2:00, 3:00 and then not leaving the cape until 5:00, 6:00 p.m. 5-7 inches of snow up to the mass,

today's in slouch in terms of cold weather. 8 degrees in the city of boston. 0 in worcester. 1 in jaffrey, new hampshire. those are the air temperatures. you factor in the wind, which is blowing right now out of the west at about 14mph in the city of boston, and the wind-chill factors this morning are indeed below zero, minus 8 in boston, minus 14 in worcester and again the wind-chill values by sunday morning are going to feel about 20 degrees colder than what it feels outside this morning. so getting the kiddos ready for school, definitely need the winter gear and probably an indoor reset today as we only top off in the upper teens and lower 20s by lunchtime and then rise up to about 22 degrees as we work into the afternoon. so we have a lot of cold air ahead of us. what about any snow? looks like we could get a little snow breaking out overnight tonight say past 9:00, 10:00, southeastern mass. the best chance to pick up on a couple inches of snow will be the cape and the islandses from leading edge of the arctic air providing us with a couple scattered snow showers and squalls. widespre

the boston city council hearings at 5 tonight they are going to discuss northeastern university decision to arm its rifles. the school says that they need the rifles in case of an emergency. the boston police officials say it's not necessary. northeastern is one of more than 60 campus police forces that use rifles. >>> the mbta will anow is that they are making progress on the losses. the globe is reporting the t is cut deficit by 43% that is thanks to a decrease in overtime spending, materials and services and an increase in estate. but they say they need to raise fares to help address maintenance and service issues. >>> there will be a summit to regional rail system. congressman stephen lynch is hosting the event in boston. he is worried about rail safety amid budget cuts the governor and mayor walsh will be there. >>> there could be a strop at stop and shop the union workers in massachusetts just authorized a strike. if members in the the company can't a-- in the contract can't agree on a contract. for now the iewn crop and company agreed to continue negotiations into the week. >>> a

. >>> boston city council will discuss a controversial plan to give police at one university semiautomatic rifles. northeastern wants to arm some officers with the high-powered weapons. they think the move is unnecessary and upset that northeastern did not discuss the plan with local leaders ahead of time. school officials say they did not inform boston police. >>> we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. here a look at your live drive times south of boston. using 24 right now, a 12-minute drive from 16 to 128. shiri. >> shiri: check out these current wind chills. i know not that bad but actual temperature readings in the 40s temperature readings in the 40s. you probably should dress for 36 in boston. 3 in worcester. notice as we go hour by hour into the morning commute, we are not getting wind chills back to 40 degrees until 8 a.m. i will show you how mild and how wet it turns this afternoon next. >>> and diversity is a big talk of the oscars this morning. news, how chris rock handled the issue and the star of the movie clueless that is making all the news online. >>> plus

. >>> today a boston city council will propose an ordinance to keep pet stores from selling mills. city council matt o'malley selling dogs from commercial breeders and says large-scale breeders don't provide proper vet care. >>> a millis elementary school is shut down today because of poor air quality. the issue was found during test over the school vacation week. the clyde brown school will be closed today and tomorrow. meanwhile, the abigail adams middle school in weymouth is closed as crews work to repair area damage in a pipe work -- pipe burst rather last week. administrators hope to reopen tomorrow and say they will let parents know as soon as possible if they can't and students a framingham mccarthy elementary are relocated while work is underway to repair areas affect by a pipe burst last week. >>>ing by a rival in fort myers. david ortiz has reported to spring training. >> that's right he showed up at fenway south this morning the slugger's final go around. he announceded he plans to retire at the end of the season. the team's first full squad wednesday. >> third baseman p