as you can see expressway slow from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road and 128 sluggish starting right after dedham and continuing through needham to the pike and 128 southbound average speeds 8 miles per hour as you head through lexington. this is what i mean by soggy and fog and he tough to make out through brighton. the pike from 495 to mass ave. 32 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and almost an hour and 20 minutes on 128 south from tolls. remember, you can always get the forecast on our fox25 weather app. it has severe weather alerts, live radar and 7-day forecast. free to download on any apple or android device. >> daniel: you may in the recognize this man's face but you probably have heard of his daughter. this is "baby doe's" father. police arrested him for shoplifting in dorchester. police officers say he actually brought up his daughter during the arrest. fox25 jessica reyes is in dorchester outside the store where police arrest him. good morning, jessica. >> jessica: good morning, karl i can't is biological father of bella bond. he was arre

things slow on the expressway from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. want to let you know route 1 southbound partially blocked at city square because of an accident. otherwise though take a look at route 1 in saugus. this is usually jammed as you approach lynn fells parkway and we will take it. hopefully it stays like this through 10:00 a.m. here are live drive times, 18 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 33 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 32 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: there's now a two part investigation into this house fire in milton this morning. firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked the fire >> sara: and they also want to know why a six-year-old girl was home all alone when this fire broke out. fox25 jessica reyes is live in milton this morning where firefighters are still on scene at this hour. jess? >> jessica: good morning, sara, they are still out here the duplex here at hudson street and look at the window, you can see stocking

expressway southbound right near furnace brook parkway in quincy. usually we see the northbound traffic during the morning commute and however, we are accident. 93 south slows woburn and into somerville. relatively light examine manageable and 19 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. still at hour on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 45 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. daniel and sara, back to you. >> daniel: we are following some heartbreaking news out of lynn this morning. overnight. flames sparked around 1:00 on home. crews got two people out but couldn't head into the building to get the others. fox25 michael henrich is live in lynn where emotional situation during our 6:00 hour, michael. >> michael: daniel, it is difficult to talk about because they are in the business of savings lives is examine while valent efforts were able to save two lives, there were four lost here and weighs heave on them. they are still busy, hard at work here since the last report we did see fire fighters and other crews able to remove the four

expressway also jammed from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. here are live drive times, 20 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 31 minutes braintree split to the pike, 33 minutes on 93 south from route 60 in malden to rutherford ave. back to you. >> gene: we are updating breaking news in whitman this morning where a child has been hit by a car on washington street. the fire department just telling fox25 the crash happened around 6:45 this morning. brockton enterprise reporting an 11-year-old girl was crossing the street to get on her school bus. the driver of the car did stop. hospital and injuries are unknown right now. we are working to get more information right now as well. >> sara: also this morning police in littleton are searching for a man chased a teenager home while sheeves walking her dog. they say he harassed her while banging on her front door and the teen is sharing her story only on fox25. jessica reyes is live in littleton where the man's identity still a mystery, jess. >> jessica: it is, sara. him down this morning teenage

things have been slow on the expressway which is what we are used to from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road and there's live look and there's the rain that shirley was telling us would start to fall, see those wet roadways, so that will contribute to a slower drive time than usual. here are live drive times, 32 minutes on the pike mass ave and braintree split to the pike and nearly an hour and ten minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. to join us now and, shiri, 100% chance of rain. >> shiri: it is happening. >> julie: you're getting rain then. >> shiri: it is happening, it is happening right now, rain and fog in the picture, story through the afternoon so that's going to be the biggest weather threat. i'm going to put lightning on the map here and isolated flash of lightning and rumble of thunder, no widespread thunderstorms are expected, certainly nothing severe, but you could see just how much moisture we will be pumping into the area today. so that's going to help fuel the clouds and yes, the showers to the next many hours. just want to poin

a little bit slug nish medford as you approach somerville, expressway jammed from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. here are live drive times, 13 minutes route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 33 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 30 minutes on 99 as you head from route 60 to rutherford avenue. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us now and grab that umbrella as heading out the door you will see rain out there. >> shiri: absolutely. this morning it is in the form of drizzle and fog developed and really expanded especially into central and western massachusetts but this even the biggest weather threat heavy rain and that very same fog, even more areas impacted and even worse visibility. you don't see much green on the map but especially south of boston we got a couple spots for the south shore, over to providence, rhode island, southcoast, we are picking up drizzle. 44 from portsmouth to lawrence to boston and plymouth and this and boston terror with clouds right now a little bit misty and damp out there, but by 1:00 p.m. we got a more widespr

to be contending with, especially down the southcoast, cape and islands and still from furnace brook parkway to columbia road and volume remains heavy and steady. >> daniel: kyla campbell in and, kyla, president outlined several steps. >> kyla: yes, first said congress should make sure mobile home on the no-fly list able to buy a gun. >> what could possibly be the argument? this is a matter of national court. >> kyla: house republicans blocked the no-fly list last week and shot it down on thursday and needs to make it harder for people to buy powerful assault weapons used in san bernardino last week. republicans were quick to criticize the president's speech republican special candidate marco rubio said more gun control laws would make modifference. he also said no-fly lists are imperfect. he said americans journalists are on the list and late ted kennedy was on no fly lift when kyla campbell, fox25 news. >> julie: investigators looking into the background of 35 from san bernardino shooting to see when she may have radicallized her husband syed farook and looking to see if the couple receive

things slow on prey from the furnace brook parkway to columbia road and pretty typical from the weekday commute and 93 south similar story average speeds of 16 miles per hour. traffic flow manageable and slow on leverett connector receipt now and 26 minutes route 128 to the tobin and almost 50 minutes 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and 41 minutes 128 from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. meteorologist sarah wroblewski joining us now and i like the tweet about highs typically 40 to 50 -- 40 to 45 degree range saying for today. >> julie: >> sarah: you got it. temperatures ten to 15 above average and step outside doesn't feel like it and temperatures below freezing and areas of fog changing visibility and where we do temperatures below freezing, there's still the possibility of some patchy black ice, take it easy when you step out this morning. anticipating another mild day. we will see some of that sunshine burn away some of those clouds and more clouds come in tonight and tomorrow because an ocean storm i'm tracking could bring the risk of showers in the form of rain.

the car was heading north on the meadow brook parkway on saturday night when someone hurled a brick off this overpass in windshield striking the driver in the shoulder and blasting his passenger with shards of glass. senior state police investigator tom hughes >> truck passenger was there and 22-year-old male had damage and the operator of the vehicle was a 21-year-old male and he received a bruise to his right shoulder >> reporter: we obtained this photo of the brick where it landed inside the car. today investigators showed us piles of them just steps away from the overpass. a pedestrian overpass used students from nearby kellenburg memorial high school where the bricks are stockpiled with other supplies by the school's landscapers. investigators say it's apparently not the first time broken bricks were found along the roadside and on the ledge of the overpass. this afternoon the meadow brook was shut down so a highway worker in a bucket truck could left. >> this could have been anyone's mom, dad, sister and brother out there. we'd like to find out who did and it make an arrest. >> re

expressway jammed from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. average speeds about 32 miles per hour on 128 in northbound as you head from dedham up into needham and then up to the pike. here are live drive times, up to 44 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, like i mentioned though the accident on the tobin has cleared. 37 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the from 495 to the leverett connector. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us now only giving us five to ten degree warm-up today, so it is going to feel like winter once again. >> shiri: boston 40 and basically 40 all day itself and wind 7 miles per hour and not terribly windy right now, breeze you get on top of the cooler temperatures making it feel like the 30s right now. so there's a look at your wind at or under 10 miles per hour evader where except the cape and islands with the breeze right now sustained winds in the teens, and it is doing this to the wind chills, take a peek at the map before you head out because it feels like it is 2

we have a heads-up for those who drive through west spring brook parkway. crews will be diverting traffic all the way to spring brook and then all the way to white plains. >>> just how close we are to the release of a prostate cancer vaccine. the big steps that are now being taken. that's next. six inches, but a $250,000 medical bill. >>> chipotle believes the norovirus caused the latest sick scare. the company says the incident is isolated and not related to an e. coli outbreak that forced chipotle to close nearly 40 of its restaurants in seattle. >>> we have an update this evening on the kit napping of two students at the university of rochester. six students were arraigned today. this is not a random incident, though there's been no clear explanation of a motive. they were reported missing saturday evening. both of them are seniors from illinois. the two were forcibly restrained and repeatedly beaten for nearly four of the suspects being held without bail. >>> we are one step closer to seeing a vaccine for prostate cancer. the vaccine is reportedly near

expressway itself jammed from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. also want to draw your attention to the pike, very slow conditions as you head from the allston-brighton tolls actually backed up all the way past 128 average speeds of 12 miles per hour and you can see very slow going through the brighton area, 46 minutes on the pike from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. 33 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 48 minutes on 128 from peabody down to the weston tolls. gene and heather, back to you. >> gene: we have breaking news right now, all morning we have been out in milton working to learn more about a person found burned to death overnight. catherine parrotta along blue hills parkway where the scene is >> catherine: standing on milton side on blue hills parkway, mattapan you see behind me and as you mentioned area where discovery was made, it is in a wooded area where you see fenced in there, between mbta station and home and photographer actually went over there just a short time ago and shot the video now

expressway, speed limit ride from furnace brook parkway into the city. pike looks good from framingham through the tolls and the alston-brighton areas. 11 minutes on from 1 to 128. 23 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. 9 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. >>> stormtracker meteorologist sarah wroblewski joining us now and chilly and have to watch out for a few raindrops on the cape, right? >> sarah: yes, tracking a few showers and a return for cooler weather. yesterday not so bad for december as we reached the mid- to upper 60s in many spots. average high this time of year around 44 degrees. in fact, average low in the morning typically below freezing so that is not uncommon, but we have been stretch today. we see temperatures back to where they should be. it won't last too long. want to point out sunrise, 7:00 this morning. your sunset continues at 4:11. similar to yesterday. our weather headlines, temperatures back to normal, tracking some showers, and then as we head toward the weekend. boy, are we in f

the northbound lanes will shut down between sprain brook parkway and crane road from 9:30 to 3:30. certain intersections will remain open to local traffic. you'll have to do a work around. >> you can get on some local roads through that area as well. >>> coming up next, the hit broadway show "hamilton" hitting the road. where it's headed next. >>> and later, would you like to go whale watching? you may not have to go very far away. where you can see some amazing sights. >>> plus, weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. you're watching "today in new welcome, to the simply orange tour. this is our plant. these are our workers. and this, is upper management. but what you won't find around here, is any freezing, flavoring, or concentrating. which brings us to our end product. simply orange. honestly simple. that's just the night watchman. >>> good morning. welcome back. 6:44 on a wednesday morning. temperatures are generally in the low 40s in the city. it's been a little chillier in some of the suburbs early on. another quiet weather day heading our way. kind of a mixed sky once again

you can see expressway typically slow from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. we are seeing slow conditions starting on 128 northbound as you head through needham and approach the pike. pike itself as you could see we have some red on the map, that's right as you approach the allston-brighton area, both eastbound and westbound. as you could see very heavy volume, low visibility and slow going on the pike through brighton in both directions. here are those live drive times. 33 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 55 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 37 minutes on 128 northbound from university avenue in westwood to the weston tolls. >> sara: julie, you remember you can always get the forecast on fox25 weather app. it has severe weather alerts, live radar and 7-day forecast. it is free to download on any apple or android device. >> gene: in few hours jury will go to scene where philip chism murdered crisis. >> catherine: they will be hearing testimony this morning which will resume in about an hour and also mention

morning until 3:30 in the afternoon the northbound lanes will be shut down between the sprain brook parkway and crane road. >>> health officials believe norovirus is what sickened 80 boston college students who ate at a chipotle restaurant. that location ordered to shut inspectors found cooked chicken kept at too low a temperature. a worker showing sign of illness. experts say the illnesses from this restaurant not linked to the e. coli outbreak at chipotle restaurants that sickened people in nine states. >>> an officer's wife in florida was caught on camera allegedly stealing presents from her neighbor's porch. the woman snatches boxes and take off. police identified her as the wife of a haines city police officer. the neighbor she was stealing from happened to be another police officer and his wife. the packages were holiday gifts for their toddler. >> the fact that she is a cop's wife is shocking. the fact that she stole from another cop's wife is shocking. here's the word. we're watching the porch pirates, and you'll spend christmas in our jail. you won't need any presents. >> she is no

expressway jammed from furnace brook parkway as well as as you approach the braintree split. here are live drive times. an hour right now on route 3 from 228 to the split, 21 minutes on 24 from 106 to 128. thankfully we have dropped down to 26 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for columbia road. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear ginning us. we have been able to kind of watch this ebb and flow with the rain making way out and now we got wind that are coming on in. >> sara: winds takeover lunchtime in the afternoon and wrapping up in a jeff and out of here for the most part by 8:00 later for the cape and afternoon those will be 50 miles per hour, going to be noticeable, might be minor isolated damage but no widespread damage anticipated, just a very blustery afternoon and then we got more thursday rain in the works. those downpours will favor southeastern massachusetts but for right now southeastern massachusetts really my wet spot as the front is yet to push on through as it does it is going to drag away the showers but we got t

>>reporter: that's right, along the meadow brook parkway, you know this happened at 8:00 on saturday night, the day after christmas. no arrests so far, but state police say they have made this case a top priority. >> it's outrageous. i don't know how we stop things like that. >>reporter: drivers say this is unthinkable. the car was headed on the street when someone threw a brick from this overpass. it crashed through the windshield striking the driver on the shoulder and blasting through his windshield with shards of glass. >> the front passenger was a 22-year-old female. she had damage to the corner of her eye from the glass. and the operator received a bruise to his shoulder. >>reporter: investigators obtained footage of the brick. a pedestrian overpass used by students from nearby can henburg memorial high school. by other supplies by the school's landscapers. and investigators say it's apparently not the first time. broken bricks were found along the roadside and along the edge of the overpass. this afternoon, the bridge was shut down so a highway worker in a truck could clear th

expressway furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. seeing average speeds about 23 miles per hour as united states head on 128 northbound through needham. 93 south still sluggish through trouble through lexington. here is live look at the zakim bridge pretty typical backups on the leverett connect and her over to live drive times, 47 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 36 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and 39 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: this morning there's mystery surrounding local high school principal. he was put on administrative leave and official are not saying why. catherine parrotta live outside swampscott high school where parents say they need answers. good morning, catherine. >> catherine: i just spoke with a student and parent camera why the principal has been put on leave, parent as well haven't received any additional information, and i also called swampscott police department and didn't have any knowledge of the situati

expressway average speeds furnace brook parkway to columbia road and slow on the pike eastbound as you head to the weston tolls and then bumper-to-bumper through brighton. here are live drive times. 52 minutes on the pike from 495 to the mass ave. i didn't say you were going to get break on drive times, just we don't have active accident investigation right now. 35 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel, 35 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. >> gene: families in central massachusetts are keeping a close eye on the graves of loved ones this morning after three more sets of remains were reported missing. fox25 michael henrich at the hope cemetary in worcester with what investigators think is behind all of this. >> go near my parents i will go after them so they need to knock it off. >> michael: they have once again discovered human remains stolen from a mausoleum. possibly three skeletal remains gone and the crime was planned well in advance. cutting the locks in may, stealing the roughly 100-year-old bones in september. >> we b

expressway still giving us trouble from furnace brook parkway to columbia road, wet roads slowing things down. here are live drive times 28 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 26 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and 29 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. local mom led away in cuffs and today she will face kidnapping charges for running off with her two kids on her son's birthday. it is a story we have been following since it beganun folding yesterday afternoon. fox25 jessica reyes is in lakeville this morning where them home safe and sound. >> jessica: steven carrigan still sick to his st. onge hours after getting children back. police say his ex-girlfriend, valerie mcgrath, took him sunday night. >> i'm still worried. knots in my stomach and finally subsided a little bit and it is just overwhelming feeling. >> jessica: mcgrath was supposed to bring stevie and eden back and lakeville police department spent much of the day monday searching for older model land rover and mcgrath rented a different car monday afternoon. state police f

slow furnace brook parkway to columbia road. to slow you down as you approach the pike. expect delays through the weston tolls as well. you could see still bumper-to-bumper through brighton. here are live drive times, 11 minutes on 24 from 106 to 128. that's not an issue. 93 south at about an hour and 15 minutes, that's one of the better drive times we have seen on 93 said. 36 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us now so we checked the fog off the list, we got winds coming in now. >> shiri: exactly. it is one of the transition days in the morning all about the fog, as we get into the afternoon we are going to see a couple of snowflakes, couple of rain drops popped, this is not going to be a lot of wet weather, talking flurries and sprinkles in couple towns later today, but the wind turn into really big story later on. they will be real gusty as we get toward the late afternoon and evening and we got a ton of sunshine friday, straight into monday which means your weeken

average speeds 9 miles per hour on the expressway as you head from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. slummish on pike eastbound through weston tolls also through the brighton area. that usually starts to lighten right between now and 9:30. here are live drive times, 38 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. 34 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. a little over an hour on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. meteorologist sarah wroblewski joining us thou. what do we have to deal with? >> sarah: dealing with sunshine, i think we can handle that, mild conditions in very cloudy start to the day, damp roadways too but boy, step outside, nearly 50 in boston, normally in the lower 40s for this time of year and average temperature in the morning below freezing. so yes, we will take that for this time of year. also wanted to point out sunset 4:11 and tomorrow we start to see the sunset later and later. so temperature trend will be going up as we head through the rest of the week and into the weekend, we will be tracking highs close to 60 near record

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your drive time hovering around 30 minutes from furnace brook parkway to the exit to the pike parkway to the exit to the pike. >>> shiri? >> shiri: i had a similar forecast many days this week where temperatures don't move very much. 45 to 50 degrees outside with fog on the way home. some showers 45 to 50 degrees. i will show you what time we get a little bit warmer coming up next. >>> well, we picture the royal family turns out to be a big deal. coming up new at 7:00, the released by kate and william. >>> the young man battling cancer is the victim of a scam. how the local police officer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. after 12:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for $1.99. john kasich's an impatient rascal. paces, pushes. but, unlike some, his state is now booming. unlike some, john kasich has proven he can do the job. brought back jobs from mexico and china. keep us safe, make us boom. because he's done it before. only an impatient rascal can bring america back. new day for america is this advertising. dunkin's new sweet bla

things also slowing down on the expressway as you head from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. >>> here are those live drive times. look at this. i thought we would finish at 42 minutes. up to 51 on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 21 minutes on 93 south from the cloverleaf to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >>> more skeletal remains are missing from a worcester cemetery. a tsar we told you that five sets of bones vanished days ago and now police say another grave has been hit. fox25's michael henrich is live where other.cemetery lilive where other.cemeteries say to take a close look around. >> reporter: they want other emcemetery emcemeteries in sounds to look around and mike shower what not happen anywhere at all. the grave robings can the patch the ultra religious practices and those who did it could be planning it for months. people with loved ones pureied in hope cemetery in worcester are on edge. >> i have both move parents here. if they go after my parents, i will go after them so they need to knock it off. >> reporter: police say they have once again dis

this is a live look at the meadow brook parkway at maric road in nassau county. we're going to tell you when the next round of rain arrives. that happens a little later today. >> good morning, i'm ken rosato. >> thank you for joining us. i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. today is wednesday december 23rd. >> you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. here's meteorologist bill evans in the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> here we go, we're looking for some visibility. we have it in manhattan, we have it in brooklyn, parts of queens and we don't have it here down the jersey shore. that's asbury park. the beach is there so i'm told. it's 54 degrees. that's going to be your 5:30 temperature. 54 from long branch. sayreville 53. it should be at about 32 for this hour of the day. there are your visibilities, 3/10 of a mile white plains, 3/10jfk, down the shore, zero at belmar and our meters and our cameras right there, 3/10 long island. bridgeport reporting a 9-mile visibility. that's nice if you've got to head to the airport in new haven or

expressway, of course, sluggish as you head from furnace brook parkway past freeport street, gas tank and up to columbia road here are live drive times, 11 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split, 12 minutes 224 from 126 to 128, 20 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to columbia road. storm tracker meteorologist us about the spring and winter how it feels, at least. december. no hint of cooldown really either. what i have today highs going up to 54 and mid to upper 50s tomorrow and wednesday and then we actually bring in the 60s and upper 60s at that for christmas eve day on thursday and warmest and wet weather and not like going to be 57 and sunshine and above average temperatures straight into the holiday here, 39 in boston right now, feels like 30 because breeze we have 17 miles per hour and lower 40s and 11:00 a.m. 47 and 50 by 1:00 this afternoon and temperatures end up peaking in lower 50s in boston as clouds grow thicker and wind grow stronger and warm and breezy today, we are going coming into play but don't have very much in way of wet weather until we hit tom

. >> julie: track traffic and weather every ten minutes and expressway northbound from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. shiri? >> shiri: tracking near temperature highs and past temperature highs for the day tomorrow, so i will show you what time the warm-up begins and how long it is expected to last coming up. >> catherine: 7:40 and discussion about star wars lands a teen in trouble with police. the threats he made to another fan that could lead to serious jail time. >> gene: act of kindness right before the holidays lost lunch lady a job they loved. next why the employer is standing firm and why she says she would do it all over again. >> catherine: >> gene: time for phyl your stocking and couple days left and 8:00 give you the fox25 morning news of the day and take the word of the day, head over to the facebook page, click on contest link and enter the word. you have until 9:00 this morning to enter. today's word of the day is praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. c

julie: still watching lingering fog and drive time reasonable this time of the 11 minutes furnace brook parkway to columbia road. >> sarah: coming up i will show what you to expect for visibility in your area and how high temperatures will be this afternoon. >> gene: coming up at 9:00. dozens of cell phones all bought at once and why there's cause for alarm. >>> gene: coming up next sergeant bowe bergdahl tells his story for the first time in a popular podcast. >> gene: making sure there's something under the tree for hundreds of cape ann kids and this week's fire department segment. >> fire department we have 79 employees total and i would say the best part of the job is by far guys and gals i get to work with here. they do fundraising all the time the latest one is here in town folks that have been homeless due to job losses and other issues that come up in lives and it is all family. it is making sure these kids get a good christmas and they should. >> collect catch from local stores. stand out front, collect money, go to the well spring house, find out what is there lacking and we go and bu

the driver killed and a pass sen gerp injured after veering off of the med droe brook parkway. the road conditions were very ippery. onkee is telling us how unpredict anl the weather has been. >> we need the snow. >> and, again, as we've been saying all morning, if you are heading out this morning, the give yourself a lot of extra time. if you are opting ford t he trains or the bus, no problems on new jersey transit. kerry and michael, back to you. >>> lori, thank you. dusting off the winter driving skills. thd.e weather. >> 6:34. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, they say we need the sleet. >> no. >> i haven't heard that in quite some time. >> that's one opinion. the other way may be true. the first time out is always tricky. i worked in rochester, new yorkh where they get tons of snow. the very first snow of the season people had r ctions like, what? takes time to get used to. the good news is temperatures ever continuing to rise. noset dealing with snow cover. even where it's icy it's getting better. temperature above free hazing. bah ck on to 34. wallpack 31. n

things also slow on the expressway pretty typical there though from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. you could see the volume remain steady and heavy past the gas tank. here are those live drive times and thankfully 93 south starting to get a little bit faster, term down to 86 minutes and less than an hour and a half. 24 minutes route 1 from 128 to the tobin and 47 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us. shiri, outside the studios in dedham i will see a little sunshine. didn't expect that with heavy fog earlier today. >> shiri: fog lifted and prime time going to be the nicest time of the day. once we get into the afternoon clouds will thicken up a little bit and that's when we will have a chance locally for a few flurries but wind right here, this is going to be the big weather story as we go through the day, so right now looking nice and quiet, early morning showers away from the cape, the fog has lifted from northeastern massachusetts in the sea coast and right now we are left with 49

93 south because of the traffic flow as you head through medford expressway slow from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road and as you pass the gas tank not a lot of room between those cars. here are live drive times. 48 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 38 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to exit for the pike and 51 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: following breaking news in cambridge. public schools looking into a possible threat and posted on website more than an hour ago. police are received anonymous e-mail that bomb placed in cambridge middle school. schools are still open right now and staff and students are told the report is normal and we are touch in cambridge public schools and update you as soon as we learn more about this story. >> sara: massachusetts marine expected to spend the next decade in prison for killing a man that he thought was a woman. the crime in philippines has set off protest in the country and set up potential rift between our government and theirs. the newsroom with the l

expressway from the split into boston over half an hour. broken-down vehicle just after furnace brook parkway. we have a disabled truck. north of town, from 495 all the way into boston on route 93, you're crawling. route 1 you're slow through saugus and then you're stop and go. framingham crawling on the pike. then you're slow and go on pike into boston. the expressway the split to the tunnel around half an hour. into town from the pike on 12822 minutes. 128 to the zakim bridge 33 minutes and so far the "t" is on time. back to you, guys. you. breaking news from overnight involving the commuter rail passengers stranded for hours on board a train. it didn't even reach its destination until nearly 1:00 a.m. >> sarah: this is the latest headache for commuters. 7's nicole oliverio live in kingston with more on this story. nicole? >> nicole: you can imagine how passengers. they say the train got dark, and dark having no idea what was going on when they were on that commuter rail last night. the mbta blames those severe delays on mechanical problems. the mbta saying it was the commuter line trail, t

furnace brook parkway is closed right now. it's not causing any delays. it should reopen soon. that's just a construction soon. then 95 northbound in canton, off ramp to 128 is closed. that's causing some delays there. take a look at those drive times. the expressway, the split to the tunnel just a ten-minute ride into boston. into town on the pike from 128, into town on 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge 11 minutes, and the "t" looks good so far. back to you, guys. >> christa: get to some breaking news from overnight. a motorcyclist is dead after a serious crash that happened in dorchester just before midnight when the motorcycle collided with a car. the rider pronounced dead at the hospital after being taken there with very serious injuries. the driver of the car suffered minor injuries. >> jadiann: and president obama addressing the nation last night after last week's terror attacks in california. he vowed to defeat isis and any other group pledging attack to the united states. >> christa: but not everybody is really on the same board with the president's plan the fight

. >>> road work shutting down part the northbound lanes will be closed between the sprain brook parkway and crane road. it will run from 9:30 to 3:30. first avenue still closed near the high rise building thats lo the hundreds of bricks monday night. it fell from a facade that's undergoing repair as the violation. they have ordered some xhangs at the site in the mid' 60s. >>> tonight, passing sprinkle or two, 48. tomorrow, sun and clouds, 58. friday, partly cloudy. temperatures still on the rise. 59 for a high. saturday, 60 degrees, mix of sun and clouds. coming up on the "today" show, with kathie lee and hoda. how to handle some sticky social situations that always pop up sometimes, we all need a little help. today, you helped her plant a garden, and you want to be there to help her with all her tomorrows. if you're trying to quit smoking, you may need a little help. medications to help you stop smoking... including nicotine patches, gum and other medicines, are available to medicaid members. call your doctor today to get the help you need to quit smoking... so you can always be there

long island, nassau county connector exit 42 southern state parkway traffic slow between meadow brook to exit 18 and hemp stead accident. eastbound side an accident and that has been cleared away by eagle avenue. camera a lot of problems. this is cross island parkway in queens northbound traffic jammed to white stone throgs neck bridge. traffic slow because of an accident by bell. spotty problems, a lot of problems this morning. tunnel. good news holland tunnel no problem so far. other camera here's what i'm seeing tough to see because of the rain and weather. right here traffic flashing light it is something by the turnpike eastern spur route 3 eastern spur. traffic tough to see but i see traffic moving fine. everyone is held up here at this connector. george washington brj an issue here on upper level here its off to the side here blocking two lanes past toll plaza. 40 minute delay upper level. lower level right now about 20 to 30 minutes. trains fine so far this morning. street cleaning rules are in effect. ben and teresa. >> anna is here with a look at entertainment. >> starting o

bring in ines rosales see what's going on with the chute this morning. affect aing sprain brook and cross county parkway so if you're traveling southbound use sprain brook as an alternate pass and saw mill although you have delays moving better. longnassau county l.i.e. eastbound another investigation that is eastbound two lanes blocked by glen cove road. cameras late running construction left this mess for you off the new jersey turnpike just cleared away that construction. this is coming off interchange 13 the toll plaza there traffic jammed only the exiting delay and jar city turnpike main line both of late running construction easing out because of this hov lanes are suspended. trains they have problems this morning. new jersey transit a delay and metro are park an trenton and then you have a police investigators with metro-north a ten to 15g minute delay on the new haven had line. greg and rosanna. morning police in queens are searching for a man who slashed a young girl just 16 years old as she was walking to school. >> tacked by a man wearing a surgical mask. we have voles video of this. there's

this is the northern state parkway right near the meadow brook. then we just have a more foggy situation here on the l.i.e., and then the southern state parkway so very foggy if you're traveling through long island. lets go over to a webcam and show you how the subways look. subway service running on or close to schedule. new jersey transit, metro north, long island railroad doing fine. your best bet is to leave the car at home. rules in effect for today. >>> thank you. 4:56. today a judge will issue a verdict in the trial against a nassau county police officer accused of attacking a man during a traffic stop. officer vincent lojudice is accused of howell. it shows the officer punching and kneeing the 20-year-old more than a dozen times. the defense attorney says the use of force was reasonable because howell reached for his glove box making the officer fear for his life. the charges were later dropped. >>> ice tea drinkers more than a million bottles of sweet leaf tea are being pulled from store shelves. it has received reports of glass fragments

parkway that directions. you can see the police activity as police look for one suspect. now we understand that two suspects in custody already but the third may have run into tibbitz brook park which runs along side the northbound sawmill river parkway. this was a pursuit that originated in the bronx. officers from the 50th precincts pursuing a vehicle that may have hit another police car, and this then it there was a crash and then a foot pursuit. we understand that slot -- shots were fired. three suspects involved, two possibly injured but there is the search on for the third individual. there is an nypd helicopter up above. there was a level one mobilization called as police continue to search for the suspects. in the meantime traffic a complete mess. the sawmill northbound at a complete standstill. it is closed southbound as well at exit 4, so you're going to want to avoid this area for sure, but the urgent matter at hand is the search for that suspect involved in a police pursuit, and then a crash that took place. we understand there was a police involved shooting as well. that is the latest for now in yonkers, marcus solis channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> quite a sce

southern state parkway expect delays as you approach meadow brook accident blocking a lane. also an accident on staten island expressway blocking a lane here eastbound by clove road. off to shoulder but you have traffic backed up. you can see from pretty much 440 towards verrazano bridge. cameras show you l.i. te. that accident by south oyster bay road. cleared away so all lanes reopened but you have traffic slow as for the washington bridge. on cross bronx by jerome avenue leaving 60men delay upper level inbound. lower level 40 minutes. 495 foggy there but backed up there 45 minute delay. holland tunnel 15, and new jersey transit i just saw this. idea to write it down in and out of penn station am electrical problem. hoboken train there they have a 15 minute delay because of speed restriction. new york waterway cross honoring hoboken stop. back to you. >> thank you very much. arsonist guy setting fires all over queens on the loose and he's been very busy. rtle reportedly he hits construction sites and he's done it at least 7 times. surveillance video has been released of a

expressway already bumper to bumper between furnish brook and the mall, 128 to stoughton, 128 southbound, 38 and the split, heavy north from bergden parkway and the split. >>> breaking news right now from the vatican, officials say pope francis approved the miracle needed to make mother teresa a saint. the vatican says a woman's prayers to mother teresa helped her tuz -- husband come out of a coma, possible he will cannonize her during the first week of september. fire, she's okay. >> but more is involved, nicole jacobs is there on the scene with this investigation, think coal? >> reporter: the big headline, that 8-year-old little girl is okay, but the department of family and families is investigating after she was left home alone at this home and that's when the fire began, we'll get you right to some video this morning of those flames really shooting from the building, you can see just how intense the fire was, fire crews right now say the fire began on the first floor of building, in the kitchen area, there was a tenant on the second floor as well, that tenant as well as get out okay. when fire crew arrived, we're told that little gir

bumper to bumper between furnace brook and the south bay mall, 128 southbound hangs out between 37 and the split, route 3 north looks sluggish between burg and parkway in the split. chris and bree? >>> 5:48, the force awakens and "star wars" fans couldn't be happier. >>> and department of families looking in to a house fire in milton, here are your top stories this friday morning. >> reporter: good morning, i'm nicole jacobs live in milton where the the department of children and families is investigating after an 8-year-old little girl was left home alone, and that's when a we'll get you right to some video from overnight, again, dcf is investigating, we've learned the fire began on the first floor kitchen area of this building, the police chief says the little girl ran out of the home to the comfort of neighbors, all of this while we're told her mother was at the grocery store, back here live, you can see firefighters remain on the scene more than 12 hours after the blaze, the good news here everyone did make it out okay, of course, they're still investigating this situation, we'll continue to keep you updated on any new developments. live in milt

parkway. we are hearing a pedestrian was struck near wakefield avenue north of the bronx westchester border. right now delays are stretching back to the spring brook park way. also rubber necking delays on the northbound side. taking a check of weather. today rain becomes a little heavier afternoon. 57 the high. tonight, rain tapers off. about 50 degrees. tomorrow, mild and cloudy, high of 51. windy, partly sunny, 42 is the high on saturday. >>> it's thirsty thursday. you want to check out what we've got for you in bobbie's buzz. >> bobbie thomas has the travel goodies to keep you comfortable and stress free. >> she surely do. >> let's get on board. on the airplane. >> oh, we're on the plane. >> these are some of my best secrets. i never can find my bag. these palm i.d.s. this is just my favorite color of course. they snap on to your luggage. they also look great on wine glasses to remember which one is >> so smart. >> they can't be very costly, right? >> no, they're like $5. two different colors at bed bath and beyond. but pom-cheese.com you can find the best colors. and alex is going to model. what i love about these, they were so popular for wo

brook, delia goncalves, wusa9. >>> we now know the name of a cyclist killed in an accident in montgomery county, frank lawrence towers of rockville, around veers mill road and turkey brank parkwaye man -- branch parkway, the man driving the toyota four runner is juan orliana of sandy spring, he did stay at the crash scene, determining whether or not he'll face any charges in this. >>> a woman in critical condition this morning following a crash in a whole foods parking garage. this accident happened at the whole foods store on clarendon boulevard, the fire department said the driver suffered some sort of medical emergency behind the wheel, her car crashed in to at least four other cars before it slammed in a pillar. one other driver suffered minor injuries. >>> and this story we reported a couple of months ago, police confirming now two wood bridge 17-year-olds found dead inside a mini van back in october died in a murder/suicide, indya davis stabbed lyle ferringer br taking her -- before taking her own life, ferringer a senior at gar-field high school. >>> nikki burdine at the live desk, the so-called affluenza teen and his mother taken in to custody in mexico, ethan couch and

parkway at the county line. near exit 4 in yonkers that nissan crashed. police arrested one person but a second suspect climbed through the window and ran into tibbets brook park. police say there was a confrontation and an nypd the suspect. as we said it started with that chase. it ended with the suspect's car actually traveling in the wrong direction at one point. >> at some point nypd lost contact and for whatever reason, whether they saw other police vehicles ahead, they made a u-turn and came southbound in the northbound lane colliding with several other civilian vehicles. >> reporter: now investigators have not yet had a chance to speak with the officers direct witnesses to the shooting itself. no weapons have been recovered. the nypd still searching the park for possible weapons. as it stands, this case remains under investigation by the nypd, the westchester county police and because of the fatality the westchester county district attorney's office. live in yonkers, marcus solis channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. we're ahead above the scene so check in with shannon sohn in news copter 7. she is above the sawmill, which is still closed at thi

live look in brook.(.ecl) lynn where there's an accident blocking two lanes on the eastbound side of the belt parkway. and delays back to pennsylvania avenue. and queen, late-running construction until 8:00 that has two the lanes blocked on the westbound side of the l.i.e. heavy back to queens. and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. and today is a gridlock alert day. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. and if you are traveling to the airport, so far, everything is on or close to schedule at jfk, laguardia and newark liberty. >>> new charges expected to be the filed against a prisoner who escaped last night. >> he was captured early this morning. andrea grymes has more live from tribeca. >> reporter: chris mary, police have identified -- chris and mary, police have identified the escaped prisoner as a 20- year-old. i want to get to video we just shot moments ago because police quickly escorted him out of the first precinct station house here in tribeca into a waiting squad car to go to central booking. he had his head down and a police officer in the backseat