>>> we have much more still the news at 6 starts now. >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 6 starts right now. >> we want to get right away to breaking news at 6 dorchester police say a fight over a parking spot led to a shooting. >> louisa moller is live in dorchester. so what have you learned so far? >> reporter: well a short time ago this block had all the signs of a crime scene. in fact, we believe the victim's vehicle a silver nissan altima is down block and we saw police tow away the suspect car a black bmw. nightingale street blocked by crime scene tape after shooting over a parking spot. >> they found a 34-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. >> reporter: police say the victim was shot once by a 27- >> we have located the black bmw you will around 9 nightingale and had information he run into 9. >> reporter: officers swept the building but were unsuccessful. continues. as police and the community are left in disbelove. >> this -- disbelief. >> there's way too many guns and when people are shooting over a parking spot we have a problem. >>

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. wbz news starts right now. >>> more on break news we have been following a school bus accident in framingham here's a picture if skyeye over the scene near edgell and lyman road they took 10 student to the hospital but we are told they are minor injuries and bumps and bruises. also breaking tonight state health officials confirming now a case of the zika virus here in massachusetts. the patient had traveled to an area where the virus is the virus and it cannot be transmitted from person to person. >> this is a developing story at 5:30, two man arrested after shootings and stabbings in brookleen but police say the search for suspects is not over. investigators say the whole thing started with an armed home invasion. >> it spilled out into the streets of brookline. chantee lans is live where two men are in custody in the hospital tonight. >> reporter: two suspects recover at beth israel hospital. one of them pled not guilty to five felonies. stab wound and 18-year-old face as judge from his hosp

that they are underdogs against the patriots come sunday. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 6 starts right now. >>> washington, d.c. the mid- atlantic new york all about to get hit. >> but the weekend storm is it's a big storm and it's going to be a big story. this is what happened around washington last night when only an inch of snow fell. they can't handle this. eric has been tracking the storm from the start and it's going to get worse for dc. >> not a good scene but the small events always end up having a bigger impact because everything closes down and that's the case late this week. here's storm system we are watching. tornado warnings out around jackson, mississippi and we have the snowfall mock up eastern seaboard. ice storm in north carolina as well. by friday evening the snow is falling in dc and by saturday morning it's up into new york and just gets up into southern new england and the storm starts to pivot its way off toward the east and out to sea. we have a small window to bring a possibility of accumulating snowfall around here. so the latest spots today,

boston wb ask. news tarts -- live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts row now. >>> our eye on the storm as a block buster system barrels down on the mid-atlantic and it has prived to be deadly. carolinas traffic moving at a slow crawl in tennessee cars sliding off the roads. entire states paralyzed by the storm. >> people as far south as >> by the time the snow stops the nation's capital could see two feet or possibly more. that. millions of people are under a blizzard warning and new england is therein on the northern thing for more on that let's check back with eric. developing storm system. big shield of snow from mississippi and alabama. some first snow in pa and new jersey a cold area of high pressure to the north a perfet set up tore a perfect storm that will bring impacts around here. we have seen the storm from last night starting to transfer energy down towards the coastline. so this is the one that takes over tonight and into tomorrow morning. notice all the moisture coming off the gulf stream is going to get tossed back in the dc core dore and that's where the big the b

the news at 6 starts right now. >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 6 starts right now. >> breaking news. a chemical explosion at a plant in north andover sends four people to the hospital. at least one of those people was seriously hurt. >> this happened in north andover at the dow chemical plant on willow street not far from 125 we gem with ken macleod live at scene. >> reporter: we are expecting a news conference in a minute to come and we will take that live when it happens. down here and see they are getting set for a long night at the dow chemical plant and sealed the street off on willow street. aid small industrial park. let's go -- it's a small industrial park. let's go back to what happened. it's powerful blast at the dow chemical plant. apparently, triggered by the chemical trimethylaluminium. we don't have specifics on how it went down. but the, plosion was powerful enough -- explosion was powerful enough that sparked a chemical fire and injured four workers. three of those workers were rushed to lawrence hospital and med flighted to boston hospital's tw

. >> reporter: in boston wbz news. >> congratulations to the families. >> happy -- happy new year and they started with january 1st type day of weather. >> but they will want to be bundled up when they leave. >> cold air is on the way. it will be mainly the first part of next week when we are hit hard. we will add a little cooler air for tomorrow. just one look at december here this is just remarkable extraordinary and it's crazy stuff because hook at all the all in the double digits across the northeast boston more than 10 above average for the temperatures and that's phenomenal. now reality has set in and it's january and we will have cold weather. average highs in january right around 37 to 36. much of the month. and looks like as we go through the month, we gain more daylight and gain 50 minutes of daylight as we go through january. and the average snow in boston for january 13.3 inches. a little snow is falling right now. in some locations. we will see that shortly. 39 in boston right now. and after getting up to lower 40s in many spots it's been rather cloudy this afternoon afte

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >> now at 5:30, slick streets on the south shore. the road in the afternoon's snow squall. >> route 3 is the big problem spot. a lot of backups and we have seen basically standstill as far as the highway goes. >> and cars off the road with the flashers on. for most of us though even those of us not on route 3 right now suffering through this. we are going to notice the cold. eric is back with details. >> let's look at the a wintry outlook here on the monday evening. we are getting back into the swing of things after the holidays and greeted very much so by winter weather. we have had the snow on the south shore and now moving its way down towards the cape this evening few heavier bands mixed in here and since it's cold enough it's stacking up looking at sandwich and plymouth pretty decent rates into born and over the canal snowflakes flying many of the weather watchers on came cod has been reporting the snow in the air and over 3 that's a problem spot. crossing the bridge over on route 6 as well. it's going to be

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >>> following break news at 5:30. boston police officers shot in the line of duty tonight. the suspected gunman is in custody. the veteran officer was with the drug unit and is expected to be okay. >> paula ebben is here with a closer look at what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: the injured officer is at boston medical center where doctors are treating him for a serious leg injury. it was just before 10:30 this morning and the other officers were trying to pull over 27- year-old grant headley. his driver's license was suspended and police say that he is a known drug dealer in thearea. officers boxed him in on mount bowdoin teares and -- terrace and headley opened fire he and officers were able to tackle headley he's ran away. so the injured officer is expected to survive and headly face as young on monday. >> coming up here on wbz news at 6a. trauma surgeon talks about the tool that may have saved the david. >>> investigators are still inside the north andover dow chemical facility trying to figure out exac

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >>> breaking news at 5:30. marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev motion for a new trial must be -- has been denied and he has to pay restitution to victims and survivors he is ordered to pay more than $100 million to 49 survivors and the massachusetts victim compensation fund. he has opinion sentenced to death three pipe killed in the 20 -- people were killed in the injured in also tonight a nor'easter is headed our way and in january that is-- injured. >> also-- >>> also tonight a nor'easter is headed our way and that could affect what you wear and what you bring. eric is back with details. eric. >> all about the timeline. a fast moving nor'easter so it arrives overnight tonight and is gone by afternoon tomorrow. it had limit the impact a little bit. timing rise after midnight tonight and rain and wet snow will end between 11 a.m. a 2 p.m. and what's falling it's rain for the coast and southeastern massachusetts and a flip to wet snow for a time tomorrow morning inland and then the strongest wind gusts is across t

>>> live from the chapel 4 studios -- channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >>> breaking news at 5:30. you've been seeing pictures of a four-- seeing the pictures of a four alarm fire burning in mattapan they have been battling the smoke and flames pouring out of the roof of the home and we talked to julie loncich and we know there's a dental office on the first floor and second floor is a residence. the pope john paul ii school is on lock down. it's a fire that just is stubborn. flames shooting up every once in a while when it looks like it's under control and it's something we will continue to watch for you. >> and julyy -- julie mentioned rescued from the building and they he were treated and wound up taking them to the hospital. we don't have word on their injuries but as we get more we will bring it to you. >>> in the meantime, cold air well. >> yeah. eric is back with us now. and a big change and you are looking at what's heading our way tomorrow night. >> we had the warmth and cold and tomorrow the snow will work et cetera way in and that could im-- its way in and

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. wbz news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, we are feeling the freeze and of course, closely tracking a major storm that is headed for the east coast. >> this is the nor'easter that will definitely hit some major cities. the question of course, tonight, does it hit us? eric fisher has his eye on the storm for us. >> eric, it will be a close call. >> we are right on the edge. last couple. we are feeling that tonight, teens and some low 20s. cold air across the northeast, and cold will not be a problem for this particular storm. in the short-term, we still have the wind also. gusting to 30 miles per hour. providence town, gusting to 35. expect another cold morning. tomorrow. air temperatures in the low end of the day, not as harsh. then we'll turn our attention to the storm system. the energy is moving ashore across the pacific northwest and like any good recipe, pick up some ingredients along the way. that energy will leave the coast. and tropical moisture, and really starts t

why her insurance company won't could have it. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston wbz news at 6 starts now. >> dozens of suspect dangerous morning raid on one of the boston area's biggest gangs and in the middle one of the suspects slipped away. tonight 56 people are charged with a long list of crimes. >> federal prosecutors say they are part of the ms-13 gangch the core mantra translated in english is kill, rape, control. they almgdly recruited new members at low -- allegedly recruited new members from local high schools connecteded to five murders. beth germano is live with more. >> reporter: this is where some of the gang members were arraigned this afternoon charged with the most brutal crimes. officials say they have 37 of the 56 in custody and making a the influence. morning. machetes and guns. officials say the weapons of choice for members of ms-13 to carry out the most brutal crimes largely fueled by drug >> in order to be a full member

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >> breaking news at 5:306789 brookline police searching for two people responsible for a violent crime spree. three victims found shot or stabbed in two different locations. two of them were thrown out of a car right on a bessy street. >> also breaking this evening documents unsealed in the boston marathon bombing case. dzhokhar tsarnaev claims the client was denied a lawyer immediately after the arrest even though he asked for a lawyer several times. >> and boston police are hoping video will help them find who >>> pizza and prostitution? the owner of a popular pizza shop is trying to con-- is acuveesed of trying to convince a teenage girl to sell herself and may have done it before. >> he bragged two other girls paid their way through college by sleeping with married men as bree sison shows us he is facing charges. >> reporter: there's help wanted sign outfront at liberty pizza in wayland. but prosecutors say the owner propositioned a different employment for a young woman. 65-year-old mike giakoumakis is accus

join the fight >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >>> tonight at 5:30 we have our eye on the storm a major weather system that's expected to hit the east coast. everybody here wants to know exactly how much snow will fall and we are getting a better sense of the timing and track of the storm. >> let's check back in with eric and i know it's clearer focus this afternoon. >> it is certainly. we are getting closer and usually a process as you work closer to the onset of a storm system and the weather service posted the winter storm watches off to the south. major mid atlantic snowstorm blizzard watch is. >> he text for washington d -- is in effect for washington dc where the brunt will be and the energy is making its way out of the rockies and heading towards the gulf coast. heading farther south and east near the gulf of mexico and then it will move up the eastern seaboard and really wrap up becoming mature storm system and historic in the mid atlantic and we are right on the edge. but a higher confidence this won't be a major storm system for us

wbz news. could it ever be lights out for favorite landmark in boston. why this sign is up in the air tonight. >>> and i am kate live in denver and the big game is days away but they are gearing up inside mile high and we will go behind the scenes to see what goes in to making the big game. >>> in colorado no snow to be found but around here we will track how close it comes to new england, coming out. dear fellow citizen, i know how it feels to save for retirement and college - times two. i get that it can be overwhelming, m living it. but i always tell people - saving' s not that complicated. you just have to work with what you have. if you have a question about saving, ask me. sincerely, alex payne. the iconic boston sign is losing the landlord. >>> katie is live to decide who gets to decide if it stays or goes. more than the boston landscape and its future is in question. >> at the signature piece of austin. >>reporter: this has broken through the boston skyline in sale, meaning the buyer will decide if the science stays or goes. >> when you go to bos

we are live in boston nicole jacobs wbz news. >>> also breaking right now at noon, general electric may be moving to boston. the globe reports ge plans to relocate the global headquarters to the hub of form. a formal-- hub. a formal announcement is expected tom. they are based in fairfield connecticut with 800 employees. no word on the exact new location. turning to the weather this is a live look in boston and you can tell by the cameras shaking, there's a lot of wind going on. >> that's for sure. temperatures right now only in the 20s in many spots but feels colder with the wind chill out there. big question how long is this going to stick around danielle. >> reporter: you know the-- >> you note wind will subside tonight but it's quite howling out there. most of these are on the cape but right at the coastline as well. cambridge is gut gusting 54 and we have a gust of 50 in rockport so we started to see numbers will continue to climb. isolated to scattered here in far eastern massachusetts through the remainder of the afternoon. we are gusting to 47 miles per hour at logan airport rig

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. wbz news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> a boston officer gunned down on duty. >> i am at 33 mount bowdoin terrace. >> a dangerous drug dealer and career criminal. the safety of those behind the badge. >> officers lay their lives on the line every day and this job has not gotten easier. >> and that officer is suffering from a gun shot wound to the leg. >> now he is expected to recover. our live team coverage begins with julie live at boston medical center. julie. >> reporter: lisa, david, that officer whose name is being withheld is in fair condition. he's expected to be okay. thanks in large part to a newly issued department tourniquet. >> i'm at 33 mount bowdoin terrace, shot. >> the nine-year decorated veteran police officer was chasing down a dangerous drug dealer, a felon, when he was shot in the leg. >> unprovoked, again, our officers not having their weapons out, from what i understand. >> members of the drug unit had cornered up in a car on mount bowdoin terrace in dorchester. >> at fir

. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. wbz news at noon starts right >> brookline police arrested two people involved in a double shooting and stabbing. >> this violence played out on busy streets in brookline yesterday afternoon. chantee lans is live and you have new information how this started. >> reporter: that's right chris. good afternoon. the police chief just announcing here at headquarters this all started from an armed home invasion. brookline police confirming the bloody clothing belonging to two men thrown out of a moving car on harvard street are the suspects in a shooting and stack on wednesday. police say 27-year-old antonio brown junior from cambridge and 18-year-old cari wilcox were riding in the ford focus before an armed home invasion of a third floor apartment at 198 st. paul street. police confirmed the man shot inside the apartment was the renter. he is not been arrested. detectives continue to search >> the two driver of the car and the subject that walked away from the car. >> reporter: and the police chief

. >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at noon starts right now. >> we begin with breaking news at noon a deadly police shooting in lynn. gunpointing it at an osar bill shields is live with the latest. what can you tell. >> reporter: this happened about 8 this morning and this is an active scene. you will see the investigators from the essex county da office is here along with state police and the local police. this started really as a routine and there's no such thing as routine traffic stop they tried to pull over the dark car on corner and well, that driver apparently started to shoot at police. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> shots fired. >> shots fired. >> shots fired. >> i got the gun. >> reporter: judging from the markers on the street, it was a virtual shootout. source indicate a lynn police officer tried to pull over a man in this dark colored car. he apparently pulled a gun and started to shoot. cop returned fire killing the suspect. western avenue in a rest --happening on western avenue in a residential area. >> how many did you hear? >> 7 or 8. >> report

. >>> live from the channel studios in boston, wbz news >>> we begin with breaking news, school threats, more than a dozen schools are involved right now. >>> we have a look at the confirmed threats right now all the way down to plymouth. susie is live in arlington where police spoke about a threat there. >>> police say they believe all of these threats are connected often threats to schools are false. there takes a level of severity, a call came in said a backpack would explode and any remaining students would be shot. 11 a.m. commonwealth. the chief recognizes how frustrating these are for paramount safety is. based upon the threat not knowing it is going on throughout the commonwealth. >> they are costly it is resources being spent, for students, it is an emotional cost. >>> it is scary. >> knowing this happened to us on friday the same thing happened to ac, i don't know, just kind of wondering what the whole thing is. >>> whoever did this, chief ryan says he can't wait to meet you. >> those who are responsible for these threats are committing felonies disrupting learning throughout

. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at >> we begin with breaking news right now at noon. tom brady injured. good afternoon i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. number 12 has a sprained ankle. adam schefter reports heunderwent a ym-- a mry. that's a latest in a spring of injuries. >> i've had worst so you know, i've had plenty worst injuries than this one. believe me i will be doing everything i can to be out there and there's nothing else that's a priority other than you know getting to feel like i am 100%. >> the patriots are off this week and the tam's first play- saturday. then. also breaking this wall street. sharply. board dow down 432 points and we should know this comes after a plunge -- note this comes after a plunge in chinese markets and china two main exchanges halted training because the losses were so extreme. >> over to campaign 2016 now. bill clinton hitting the campaign trail for the first time this year. the former president is in new hampshire stomping for his wife hillary. moments ac he -- ago he spoke with supporter in nashua keeping a

live in boston, wbz news. >> thank you. >>> tonight worcester police are trying to figure out if a man hit by a freight train was already dead before he was struck. the body of hector ramos was found owned the tracks sunday night. police say they have lots of questions about the death which lead them to believe ramos may be the victim of a crime. it's late at night, on the train tracks, no one is supposed to be on the tracks as most people know. again, given the condition of the night, darkness, location, just not sure. >> so, police are awaiting autopsy results to determine how ramos was killed. >>> skyeye over the fire at a quincy plant. it's finally out after burning more than 24 hours. workers brought in a crane to remove concrete slabs so they could get better access to the fire. five workers were hurt when the explosion and fire started yesterday afternoon. investigators say there is no threat to the environment and despite the fire, the sewage plant is functioning. >>> one year ago the winter we will never forget got started. the first blizzards of 2015. the storm delivered dama

need to live independently in the setting of your choice. . >>> this portion of wbz news is brought to you by east boston savings bank. >>> today nasa is giving us an incredible new view of saturn showing the ring planet which is 10 times the diameter of earth, so large the spacecraft had to take the picture for more than a million and a half miles away to get the whole thing in the frame. pretty cool. all right let's talk about back here on earth in boston, dealing with snow tonight. >>> yeah the clouds are going to thicken up, snow and mixed with a little bit of rain at first in boston, give a little lee way. moderate to heavy bursts of snow when that starts to pile on the roadways get a little slick north and west of boston, that's the accumlation map. tomorrow and windy gusts to 45 miles per hour. >>> thank you very much that will do it for us. see you tomorrow morning at 4:30. >>> have a great day! you got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. what this campaign is about is to demand

. >> live from the chapel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at noon starts right now. >>> we start with breaking news felon accused of shooting a boston police officer face as judge and acts out in the middle of court. the officer is at whom recovering. gooda noon i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. today we are learning the shooting could have been worse. chantee lans is live with details coming to light chantee. >> reporter: kathryn and chris good afternoon the shooting suspect gave an outburst in the middle of court after the judge set bail at 1 million dollars. dozens of boston police line upand fill the seats in support of fellow officer kurt stokinger a drug unit cop shot in the leg in dorchester friday in the line of duty. >> gps thank you. >> reporter: an outburst about the accused shooter 27-year-old grant headley a convicted drug dealer in dorchester. he is not seen acourt approved to stand in the hallway. grief after the judge's decision to side with the assistant district attorney's bond. this as new details emerge. the prosecutor says police unsuccessfully tried to arresthi

. >>> live from the channel 4studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >>> we begin with breaking news right now at noon. >>> reports of an act active shooter of the naval center. they tweeted out a report of a shooter in building number 26. cbs los angeles reports three shots were reported outside of that building everyone was advised to run, hide, or fight. anyone who was not emergency personnel is being asked to stay away from the area we'll update as soon as you more information comes into the newsroom. >>> more breaking news, sky high over the scene where there is a major water main break, christina is live with the very latest, what can you tell us. >> a lot of water all around me we're at the intersection of river street you can see chunks of the pavement jetting out of the road and water spewing over it. police on the scene as well as the national grid crew we're told there is a possibility of a gas leak in addition to this odor of gas, the utility crews driving by and down the road, more water just pulling down. this intersection is closed to traffic. police are telling m

. >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. wbz news at 11:00 starts right now. >> we begin with breaking news from iraq, several americans are missing tonight, possibly kidnapped in baghdad. good evening, everyone. three american contractors were kidnapped by around malitias, several workers are missing, but happened to them. for the latest on this breaking story, watch wbz news tomorrow morning at 4:30, or go ahead and check out cbs boston.com overnight. . >>> now, to our other top story, snow and it's coming down at a pretty good clip tonight, especially south of boston. this is what it looked like in hingham. some areas could see 3 or more inches of snow before this ends. >> that means it could be a messy commute in some areas, there be fewer cars on the road because of the martin luther king, jr. holiday. meteorologist barry burbank is here to tell us which spots will get the most. >> winter is kicking in, ken, no question about that, we do have snow across the region and a winter weather advisory by the national weather service. 1

. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston wbz news at noon starts now. >> this noon uncovering why a principal stepped down last month. i team investigation reveals ed rozmiarek quit after being caught in a opline sting. >> a police report indicates that he was trying to chat with a young girl online. susie steimle is live with more details. susie what can you tell us? >> reporter: kathryn as you might imagine this is a distraction at swampscott high school since ed rozmiarek left his position when parents and students were wondering why he left the position. now they have heard about the investigation, parents say that they can't help but be disappointed. >> very surprised. >> yeah. >> very sad. what was he thinking. >> reporter: that's the reaction maureen schultz had to the news her son's principal left his job after being caught carrying out-appropriate conversations online with what despite disappointing news schultz says the school has handled the scandal well. >> i think the school handled it perfect. very up-to-date with us a keep us informed and they let us know what's goi

. >> live, from the channel 4 stewsos in boston wbz news at noon starts now. year to you let's look live this noontime. you can see a mix of sun and clouds and just poked our heads outside and we saw the clouds are building back in out to the west danielle says they will move this way i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. today may be nice but 2016 will usher in cold air danielle is here to explain all that. what are we talking about. >> monday and tuesday you guys temperatures are not going to get out of the 20s. and the wind chills are going to be a shock as we head into monday and tuesday morning. right now not too bad. temperatures 41 above average for the first day of the new year. wind out of the west at 15 miles per hour and that breeze is making it feel colder. so the real feel in the city is 33 degrees. and despite the fact we have managed lower 40s from taunton to providence. 35 in worcester and upper 30s to keen. the clouds will build back in and have done so along central off to the west we have lake- effect snow band setting up. these are going to actually try to make

bills and now a local company is coming to the rescue. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 6 starts right now. stories on the patriots rob gronkowski treated at the hospital. >> i feel i need to apologize to everyone. >> chandler jones saying sorry for what happened outside the foxboro police department over the weekend. the question is how will either incident affect this week answered play-off game against the chiefs. >> we have team coverage of both breaking stories for you but let's start with sports director steve burton live at the. >> two big stories involving two key players and let's start with grofng because he missed practice. adam schefter reports he had to be taken to the hospital to get the knee checked on and including an injection. this was gronk at yesterday's practice. having his arm wrapped. he also missed all of tuesday's practice but the team is optimistic he will play on saturday. but will he be near 100%? time will tell.

. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at >> firefighters putting it on the line may day call goes out house fire. crews springing into action attempting a dramatic rescue. the flames began early this morning in saugus. hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. firefighters from several communities called in to fight the fire. nicole jacobs is live with more on battle fire crews faced. >> reporter: the scene here is still very active. several hours after the fire began and, of course, you can still see smoke hovering around the essex street home this was a three alarm blaze that left three fire fight wears close call. it was before dawn just after 5 a.m. thick black smoke billowing above route 1 in saugus seen for miles but a closer look revealed intense flames that forced three out of the essex amid the fierce flames. >> firefighters on scene saved the lives of my men. >> reporter: multiple fire crews ran in to attack the blade when trouble shot back. >> firefighters way tacking the fire and got overwhelmed by fire and heat and a call for a may day came in for one of the firef

>>> live, from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 11:00, starts right now. >> live look at the city, after a warm, wet day and the city actually hit a new high temperature for the day. >> but driving rain was the rule across most of the area this afternoon, causing flash flooding in some spots. some dramatic changes are in store for tomorrow, with the return to winter, kind of, sort of. good evening. >> we should see close to a 30-degree drop in temperature by tomorrow. here's barry to give you the details. >> it's going to fall overnight, tumbling temperatures, still 52 degrees right now, the air is relatively moist, humidity 60%, southwest whipped, that's the warm weather wind direction, we saw that today. falling in the 40s in worcester county. a front is moving through the connecticut river valley. on the west side of that front, the wind is picking up from the west, and the cold air will rush in quickly. so by dawn, 30-32, and near and west of boston, perhaps mid-30s, close to the city and down to the cape, but it will feel like the low to middle 20s when you head to s

>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 11 starts right now. >> breaking right now at 11, a driver rescued hours after getting trapped inside a cement truck that was surrounded by live wires. >> we are live and the driver was freed about an hour ago. >> reporter: hi, lisa and dave. it's safe to say there's plenty of work to be done here. this entire neighborhood is still without power. as you can see, below powerlines and one of the utility polls suspended in the air there. they have to replace the pole completely. the cement truck driver thankfully okay and uninjured. it is safe to say this could if you take a look at this video around 6:00 the cement truck was driving down the street and struck low wires when the wires came down as well as that utility pole. those were live wires that landed on the truck trapping the driver in the cab for several hours. crews had to come to the scene and shut down power and work to free the driver. we can say thankfully the driver was freed about a half an hour ago. the work still continues and employees tell me it'll be continuin

. >> live from the the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at >> right now or focus -- our focus son kansas city. >> bill belichick side stepping questions about chandler jones and his weekend trip to the hospital. this noon we are getting answers about jones' emergency good afternoon i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. today is the last time we will hear from the patriots before the divisional playoff game. susie steimle is live at gillette with more on what coach belichick is saying about jones. susie. >> reporter: well, kathryn if you ask coach belichick about the upcoming game the kansas city chiefs he will say the team is excited and ready to go. as far as chandler jones or any negative news story about any of his players don't expect to hear much. if you seen patriots coach bill belichick talk to the press you know he is not a fan of talking about black eyes. be it his own or one on the organizations. >> i covered this. >> reporter: belichick was about the most recent player to make news off the field, chandler jones. the boston globe reported the defensive end was hos

. >> live from the studios in boston wbz news starts right now. >> we are keeping a close eye on the sky as are many of you in some places as we see in fitchburg there are snow showers tonight. and if you heading out bundle up. >> it had get colder the beginning of the next week let's check in with meteorologist barry burbank happy new year and how's the first weekend of 2016. >> happy new year to you liam and everybody out there. it looks seasonal as we get into the weekend but we have the snow falling in some coming down at a pretty good clip. looking at the latest radar we will zoom into northern worcester couldn'ty where heavier snow showers moved out of gardner and past minister and -- past westminster. there's nothing more than a coating in a few location. not much on the north show -- north shore and a little to the south. a few snowflakes and flurries and a few snow showers maybe an isolated snow squall but 38 tomorrow and 42 on sunday. so not bad. this weekend we are watching the first true arctic blast of the season arriving sunday night. that may produce ocean effect snow

. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at noon starts right now. >>> wouldn't put on one guy or it was just in the end we came up short. >> that's patriots head coach bill belichick talking about the tough who is and look ahead. i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. the team got back to gillette around 1:30. die-hard fans were waiting in the cold for them to welcome the team back home. after that difficult loss in denver. now the team begins the process of moving forward. bill shields is live for us in foxboro where the clocker clean out is about to begin bill. >> reporter: in about 15 minutes and i am sure they want to move forward. the players and coaches. more than anybody right now because that game well, it was ugly at certain points and you know when you look back at it it's amazing tom brady could walk away he was hit so many times but i think coach belichick and in addressing the as much in positive manner as you hope for. >> it was a very can he competitive game and came down to a couple plays and they made one or two more than we did. so, that's how i

. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at noon starts right now. >> right now at noon we are watching and waiting. washington, d.c. on alert as millions along the east coast storm you can see a live image of the white house right now. doesn't look like there's snow yet but it's coming soon right now 23 states has some type of winter watch or warning good afternoon i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon this could be one of the biggest storms in history depending where you are. danielle niles is tracking it and joins us with the latest. >> could be a top three storm for dc as the snow hones in on the nation's capital. we have winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings all the way from portions of alabama louisiana, england. red shading from dc to philly to baltimore to long island to new york city and newark included, are the blizzard warnings. for us here in southern new england we have a winter storm watch that will likely be upgraded to a warning by this evening for the south croft bristol plight south county and cape -- plymouth county and cape and isl

. >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston wbz news at noon starts right now. >> breaking news right now at noon a boston police officer shot in the leg in dorchester. >> that officer was rushed to boston medical center and is spec to be okay. -- secretariesed to be -- is expected to be okay and asuspect is in custody. we will begin with beth germano where commissioner william evans is about to speak at some pointbeth. >> reporter: he is inside the hospital with the the officer who is being cared for here. boston mayor walsh arrived a short time ago we expect them to give us a update on what happens here. we know the officer was shot in the leg and undercover officer who was chasing a suspect. we don't know more details than that which we are hoping to hear from the commissioner he. but they are personal difficult press conferences for the commissioner when any of his officers are shot in the line of duty. the commissioner ironically was just in washington, d.c. invited by the president to take part in a round table on the issue of guns and proposals. he was before a committee on bea

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. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at noon starts right now. >> developing right now at noon vandalism at the boston pb luck library. someone -- public library. in the front. crews spent morning cleaning it up i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. library workers say it's something they haven't seen in years. susie steimle is live with much hi. >> reporter: good afternoon kathryn and chris. city crews were quick to start working on this but if you take a closer look, you can see the outline of that graffiti. tagged overnight. and now police are searching for the suspect. it's a place in the city people often stop to stair at. but wednesday onlookers were not admiring the architecture but gawking in disgusts. >> it's bold. >> frustrating. and sad. >> welcome to boston we are nothing sacrate. this library is a monument records around midnight boston police got a call that the public library had been defaced with spray paint. first thing wednesday morning the city's self-proclaimed graffiti busters and museum >> i got a text this morning that sent me a picture

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>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 11 starts right now. >> live at 11 in foxboro looking at gillette. excitement, worry and rain drops. we're tracking gronk's every >> who gets snow and rain and will it affect the game? . >> our storm is getting the act together off the mid atlantic coastline becoming a stronger system and lightning. it's a sure sign the nor'easter is working its way there. a couple reports coming in of some spotty freezing drizzle around nashville and lunanburg and temperatures near freezing and reaching into southern new hampshire. as the initial batch moves in, icy areas developing here through 5:00 a.m. use caution if you have to head out. we'll watch the rain expand from south to north and it'll be coming down heavily. the rain will start to cool things down and we bring in wet snowfall and especially into northern worcester county and more snow than this model is showing and all of it is moving out after 2:00 p.m. and maybe a a coating to an inch between 495 and 128. the sloppy wet snow and mainly massachusetts. all travel issues are for the

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >> breaking news now at 5:30 a raging truck fire causing some major problems on 495 in milford. there is good news. emergency crews just reopened the northbound lanes here at exit 20. and one southbound lane is opened. there are still the significant delays there if you can avoid the area, state police are telling us no injuries. >>> also tonight three saugus firefighters battling a blaze trapped inside a burning home. it was a fire fighter from another city who risked his life to save them. everyone escaped unharmed. >> baby bella's mother back in court charged with helping her boyfriend get rid of her daughter's body. investigators say rachelle bond continued to collect money from girl was dead. >>> this man accused of terrorizing a harvehill woman following her home after a road gun in her face. when police went to arrest the man they found something disturbing in the home. >> he is behind bars and ken macleod is live. >> reporter: i spoke to the victim of the incident on the phone and she said she was too fri

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston wbz news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> cities around the world on high alert, the threat of terrorism casting a shadow on new year's eve from germany to new york city and even boston. security is tight to make sure people celebrating are safe. >> and we are taking you live to first night in boston where thousands are packing into the heart of the city to count down to midnight and the fireworks overboston harbor. >> and in times square tonight more than 6,000 police officers are on duty armed checking the air for radiation and using bomb sniffing dogs as we look at these live pictures of the entertainment, those police officers protecting people at the nation's biggest new year's eve party. of our first night celebration. >> we begin live in boston tonight. >> reporter: hi, guys, crowds are growing here at the square, first night in full swing as you can see. we are less than an hour away from 2016 and while many are not celebrating publicly due to terror threats accident not the case here. a much quiet new year's eve in brussels in belgium

>>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz-tv news at 11:00 starts right now. >> we begin with breaking new information on the search for two men involved in a double brookline. police just recovered the getaway part -- car. >> they are hoping that clue leads them to the suspects. we are live in brookline with the first calls for help. ken? >> reporter: right now guys, police are scouring this apartment building where it all began here on st. paul street. number 9, which is up on the third floor. as you mentioned they've also recovered the white ford focus seen peeling out of here just before noon today. >> tonight investigators tracked it down with new york plates near northeastern. they believe it is the same car captured by a brookline surveillance camera during today's mayhem. >> it makes me very nervous. i was in panic mode. they were summoned to one night -- 198 st. paul street where they found a man who had been shot and stabbed along with other signs of struggle in the building. >> reporter: just minutes later, a few blocks away witnesses on apartment street -- spotted

live outside boston medical center, wbz news. >>> a live pictures of the city evening. by tomorrow afternoon, heavy rain will be upon us and also unusually warm. barry burbank has his eye on the storm. this is an odd one for january? >> it is. we won't have a snowstorm anywhere including some of the highest mountains in northern new england, all rain and quite a lot of it. in fact one to 2 inches most likely, a few rumbles of thunder, strong winds expected, especially on the coastal plains and higher hilltops gusts up 30 maybe 60 in some places in southeastern massachusetts and record one. 56 tomorrow in boston, that in 2000. off. a little missed here and there and not going to be any freezing a temperatures will not go down tonight. in worcester county middle 30s later tonight the temperature rising up at -- a little drizzle overnight mostly rain during the day. the rest of my forecast about the storm and what changes are ahead are going to be like in a few minutes. >>> a developing story from worcester are police are examining broken pieces from a vehicle to track dow

in boston paul burton wbz news. >>> a lawrence man will be in court today. accused of dragging a state trooper during a traffic stop police say the driver took off on i-93 south yesterday morning while the trooper had his arm in the car. the trooper was not hurt. >>> this morning a teen is in critical condition after a shooting in everett. police are searching for the shooter. the victim was found early sunday morning under the tileson street overpass. middlesex district attorney's coves investigating. >>> campaign 2016, a big boost for hillary clinton as she returns to new hampshire. bill clinton will be at rallies today the former president is hoping to boost his wife's prospect before the primary on february 9th. >>> domed trum sp coming to mass -- donald trump is coming to massachusetts today. he will be at u mass poll tonight and groups including black lives matter say they will protest trump's appearance. >>> today is the dead behind for presidential candidates to commonwealth. the primary is march 1st. secretary galvan randomly he chose the order the

in boston bill shields wbz news. >> and we have to mention a former wdz -- wbz producer casey sherman is a coproducer and said meeting with them was moving. >> amazing to see the trailor and it's awesome. >>> massachusetts lended out the snow melter. >> a convoy of mass dos dot trucks left for washington, d.c. sending loaders and snow melter to dc. the nation's capital is digging out from close to 2 feet of snow and we don't need the melter. sun and warm temperatures are getting the job done. >> you know they are not going to need it very soon either. they have warming temperatures and we lost half of the blizzard that's gone and it will continue over the next few days. all that snow is gone by wednesday. all of it in the dc area. if you can imagine that with the warm temperatures on the east coast. 45 degrees in boston today. and no snow left after the 6 inches that fell over weekend. look at january, and running was the cold week and after that, well we are back to the old tricks running well above that normal number and right now 41 in boston. 40 in lawrence hyannis at 39. worceste

in boston christina hager wbz news. >> by the late afternoon you could have taken your bike to work if you wanted to because it did feel so warm didn't have the multiple layers we needed yesterday. >> i will admit last night eric you said 40 was going to feel good today and i was not convinced but it felt great. >> ever skeptical. i appreciate that that's a great quality in a scientist good healthy kepttism i walk to the gym in shorts today and thought there's something not right but this about -- skepticism. i walk to the gym in shorts today and thought there's something not right about this. it's balancing out the last couple cold days. right now, still not bad. aid great winter evening. 32 in plymouth nashua at 30 worcester at 31 and more within theory map across the northeast nothing too harsh and nothing tarrably mild either. we got clear skies up in and the story nest is -- storminess is along the west coast. right now outside san diego, there are tornadoes warnings which is not something you see in southern california. it was expected the storm prediction center in norman oklaho

reporting live in downtown boston, chante lands wbz news. >> thank you. >>> a new potential search for the data recorders of the el faro cargo ship. federal investigators say they found most of the wreckage but they still need the crucial piece of evidence. bree is here with a closer look at new information uncovered by 60 minutes. hi. >> reporter: good morning. scott pelley talked to the lead investigators reconstructing the ship's sinking during hurricane joaquin last october, of some of the 33 crew members lost at sea. the ntsb release new video of the el faro in the final resting place in the bermuda triangle. looking for the data recorder investigators were astonished to find the top of the ship the bridge sheered off. >> just to see the violence of the sea and the winds that it would have had to occur to cause that kind of-- shock, to cause that kind of an event. >> because certainly there >> yes. >> reporter: 33 people died on the ship several with ties too now england some are suing the el faro owner. they left for puerto rico and the captain intended to steer around hurricane