grafton furniture is a shining example. started in 1964 by esteban grafton, the custom manufacturing company makes everything from sofas, chairs, to tables. steve: this one's 154" by 96". lemonis: his son steve now runs the business and designs most of the furniture and is 50/50 partners with his wife, mary. their son, also steve, is there to learn the business and keep it going for another generation. but when the economy turned in 2009, so did the company's fortunes. steve: the market was soft. finances were really bad. lemonis: when business slowed, the company and the family began piling up debt to keep the doors open. today, with limited funds, they work in an outdated facility that's strangling production. third-generation businesses have a high fail rate, and without some dramatic changes, the future of this business is in serious doubt. hopefully, i can get a deal done and have lots of reasons to come back to miami, including making some money. my first impression of grafton furniture is that i like what i see. i li

lemonis: grafton furniture was finally heading in the right direction.erful partnership for the future. steve: awesome. lemonis: but shortly after we finished the first episode, esteban, the patriarch, the heart and soul of this business, passed away. today, i'm heading back to miami to check in on the grafton family and see the progress that they're making. -hey. -steve: hey, marcus. what's going on? lemonis: so, let's take a tour through the whole factory. steve: to the left, up here, we made our little break room for the guys, and so we named it abuelos café. when i inaugurated abuelos café, i made a speech that this room is here because of my dad, and we stock it for them, free of charge. -lemonis: from him. -steve: from him. lemonis: it's actually the first time i've seen you -since he passed. -steve: i know. lemonis: as you walk through the warehouse, you feel this void of esteban. he was quite a character. he had sort of a personality larger than life, and you feel his absence. does it feel weird that he's gone? steven: yeah, yeah. lemonis: how ha

worcester grafton leicester auburn just checking into auburn gloria tells us it's snowing lightly out that way. temperatures marginal for relations right now but as the snow falls and evaporates on the way down some of it will evaporate cool off the air and temperatures will drop. snow started to break out around barry and the quabbin reservoir which is backyard that snow shield to the south were seeing snow here martha's vineyard getting some snow right down here but over to nantucket looks like a mix is now happening checking to see some ground out there as well. the progression tonight is for that rain snow like to make it through boston around midnight northward to 495 new hampshire border by about 2 o'clock in here in northern worcester county for the morning commute that's the one area i am concerned that the b towns that is still at or below freezing even as the rain moves in. that can customize on the good news is with a bit of snow 1 to 3 inches back there a slushy and in boston southeastward on the ground already the ice would be a quest on top of that rather than just bas d

brighton with east seeing some of that snowfall right now going out to the western millbury auburn grafton sutton just a southeast of worcester but the southern part of downtown was to getting into some of that snow right now this mixing that looks like temperatures just to warm going to see some of that look like rain on radar the computer all the radar operator goes in and does a computer calculation algorithm figure out where the snow the rain the mixing is happening right now has some trouble sometimes distinguishing when temperatures are marginal like that.most of it if not all of his no-fault melting when it gets down to ground level going to northwood with them all pull to the south of reagan the action around plymouth harwich and northwood on the national seashore rain a tug out positive and you're right now reported from winchendon via twitter thanks for the report likes flying in winchendon in light lori's for you out there in worcester.snow was certainly flying in worcester just coming down lightly the snow continued to take over the area tonight mixing happening to boston north

gas prices continue to fall. .58 is the average.r apple and grafton, that guess is that 1:45 to go to our website andnd click on the traffic tab. they when you click on that you will seeaf cheaper gas prices for sure. waning christie come over to you. >> northeast i have family business everything in a fire and they credit their dog for help them make it out alive. unfortunately there. did not pick kevin freeman has more on the sweet story of survival.s this is all that remains of the art will family's two-story in lafayette township. it was destroyed when flames ripped through the home saturday morning. their dog sensed early on that something was wrong. spec sheso is not a burglar, so when she barks i opened my eyes and i thought it was my eyes not in focus. >> his wife was at work at his three sons of fallen asleep at thatt and a a first-floor bedroom while watching television. is 11 -year-old daughter was asleep in her bedroom upstairs. >> right back. >> right back at the place out p and i said we need to get out of the house of the house on fire. the boys are into a detachedta ga

is coming down pretty northern medina county in portions of summit county, ridgefield, brunswick, grafton overkill broadview heights with some whiteout conditions at times it should be out of here in the next 30 minutes -- one hour . it is starting to wind down,it painesville sees a steady snow band currently . there will be about 12 hours to have time weather clipper after 2:00 a.m. sparky lane snow showers . about one -- 3 inches some of us can could see just a candy coating and lake enhancementmeca . with lake effect friday into saturday along with arctic air . high temperatures in the teens and overnight lows single digitsmp with the windchill factor it will feel betweenen minus five and minus 10 degrees below zero . we should be back to normal next weekld. he was abused to the point that he could barely barely walk but a risky group is not given up giving up on the people and forever home is brittany harris tells us he is very deserving. still cannot believe anybody could that anybody could be so cruel to thisis pit bull named walter abandoned by his ownerbu and a veterinarian's offi

grafton, wellington and medina county west of medina around lodi we are seeing a steadier snow and we've got a lot of moisture. temperatures are falling 29 and we will not fall too much tonight and can you see what's colder air advancing this way. a lot of snow out there and in cleveland 4 to 8 inches and heavier stuff shifting east by morning as the wind turns west and 4:00 in the morning snowbelt getting hammered pretty good. i would expect school closings tomorrow morning, bad morning drive and the areas that i have us dropping down to 27 in cleveland west wind 15 to 30 and 4 to 8 cuyahoga county and here is 10:00 tomorrow morning with snow showers around and heavier stuff east of cleveland and lake squalls set up and lake-effect and how things set up and latest future view model cuyahoga county 2 to 4 and more than that and higher terrain of the snowbelt and and that is through the day tomorrow. 7 owe the weather scale and morning commute forecast mid 20s and wind-driven snow and 6 inches or less in cleveland and below zero and wind chill thursday and friday 22 and snow showers aroun

grafton, places like that. that impacted demographics like women, registered independents. janet: so you would tell hillary clinton to exploit that going forward? t know why she stopped going after him on guns especially in new hampshire. that was a folder ability she began to exploit but in the last weekend, you had this antagonistic approach by bill clinton and others , older women trying to hearken younger women to wake up. i think that backfired. ed 4 in 10 republican voters : didn' t make up their mind until the last couple of days. do you think this trend will continue? janet: places where it will be that high like closed primaries where you have entrenched registered democrats. lower. decides late. janet: in new hampshire according to exit polls, terrorism and were front and center. not immigration. well that change as you move further south? the issues republicans and democrats. there are social issues in play on the democratic side. for republicans, terrorism and national security are very important. immigration in our polling was the third biggest among republican

, a man grabbed a 21- year-old student and sexually assaulted her on the ground on hay street and grafton avenue. he is described mid-20s, 5'9" tall, curly hair and a beard there is no description of tuesday's attacker but as we take it back out here again, police are warning people, especially female students to be aware of their surroundings. >>> federal prosecutors one former state senator leland yee sentenced to eight years in prison for his political corruption conviction. >> last july, he pleaded guilty to racketeering as part of a plea deal. was arrested and 2014 during an organized crime probe that led to the arrest of gang leader is accused of soliciting of accepting bribes in exchange for providing help to import weapons and ammunition into the u.s. he is set to be sentenced on wednesday. >>> it's starting to dry out around the bay area but you can still see some of those big clouds hanging overhead. a live picture here across the bay towards san francisco. >> quite a difference from the thunder and lightning and rain we saw earlier this morning. we caught that lightning strike

grafton, moving into northridge. even to the so , when you go to new hampshire, there have been some tremendous downpours in the region. look at some of these guest. -- gusts. some localized damage is starting to come in. we will have some trees down in the few hours. there you go in in. more reports are coming in as we go through this. 6:00 p.m. tonight, the back edges around worcester, but the entire coastline all involved. we get 7:00 p.m., the heaviest action is moving off of the cape , off of the south shore. it is still affecting the cape and the island. and it is a done deal by 9:00, 10:00 p.m. tonight. this is the temperature difference. hartford is 40 degrees warmer. boston is 30 degrees warmer. yes we have raindrops on city camp to be sure. 52, warm degrees. it is everywhere now. it took quite a while to get to the connecticut river valley and also the more valley. but it is warm everywhere, and there is a lot of melting by tomorrow morning, the work this front is way off shore. we are comparatively tranqui

meantime for your evening, if you're going out and about no snow to worry about but we've got areas of grafton, overland, vermilion, chatham, strongsville you're right in between. let's zoom into downtown akron, lake township, alliance, lewisville, canton beginning to dry out a little bit now as that wave continues to move toward the north and east. like. millersburg wooster, ravenna, dover new philly, but then you move north and west and it is cold in fremont. 35 in norwalk, closer to the lakeshore in the force. once again we've got wait for this low to move over cleveland and then by us. and then the cold air begins to settle in. and that will occur. let's take you hour by hour. let's show you that as we head through overnight, here we go. chief land 33, beginning to see a transition. this is at 1:15 a.m. tonight. akron still some rain, same for canton, but elyria, sandusky, snows. school closings potentially lorain county, erie, huron, back west towards the lake erie islands. you've got a better than 50% chance for some school delays lesser amounts as you head toward the east because the sn

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erin: in other news this a grafton man is facing charges after state police say he was clocked going 105 miles per hour on intestate 93. a trooper says he spotted 26-year-old tyler murch speeding through holderness on saturday night. it took the trooper three miles to catch up to the car and stop it. murch is now charged with sean: a purple heart is being returned today to the family of a new hampshire war hero. eugene victor call was killed in world war two' s battle of the bulge back in 1945. recently, the vermont group purple hearts reunited got a call from a man in massachusetts who said he found call' s purple heart, along with some other medals and personal items. the purple heart will be returned to his family this afternoon during a special ceremony at the newport veterans club. erin: let the celebrating begin. broncos fans are in high spirits north carolina in super bowl 50. we' ll have highlights from the big game. sean: plus, it' s a picture that has a lot of people talking. can you tell which of these three ladies is the mom? kevin: snow continues to lift northward. wind

across the board and expected to continue where we have the deeper shading framingham, hopkinton, grafton over to areas right now like auburn, spencer, charlton, southbridge, webster, that's where we have steadier light snow right now, and show you how long it end up being in a few. back to you. >> daniel: 9:15. more drones registered than regular planes and faa -- jacqueline fell live in washington this morning and agency hit a milestone last drone operators? >> reporter: ed markey sent letter to the agency asking them what do they do with close calls near massachusetts airports. reporting live in washington, jacqueline fell, fox25 news. >> julie: untruly passenger forces flight to make unscheduled stop. voice video posted on social media and appears to show a person being arrested and removed by the plane by police. removed from the plane rather by police. alaska airlines 769 was diverted to denver last night and short time later the flight continued on to san diego and land at 2:00 this morning. with airbags that can't explode. mercedes benz 700,000 bags send metal fragments and daimle

pulled over this man speeding more than 30 miles per hour over the speed 26-year-old tyler murch from grafton, new hampshire, was clocked going 105 miles per hour down i-93 in holderness. murch was arrested and charged with reckless driving. doug: people will gather again today to say their final goodbyes to former providence mayor buddy cianci. cianci is lying in repose at city hall right now outside the office he occupied for more than 21 years. he died late last month at age 74. cianci was the city's longest-serving mayor but was forced from office twice due to felonies. a funeral service will be held tomorrow. confirmation on an alarming mid- air emergency. antoinette: what investigators now say caused this huge hole in the side of a jetliner. frank? frank: a new wrinkle in the government's warning about a popular tax scam. the change the i.r.s. is making that could make it easier to get scammed. danielle: sunny today but don't get use to it. i'm tracking a series of storms, just how much snow we' pwhat would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably

this man speeding more than 30 miles per hour over the speed limit. 26-year-old tyler murch from grafton, new hampshire, was down i-93 in holderness. murch was arrested and charged with reckless driving. doug: a substantial grant for worcester public schools to help reduce suspension rates. the $400,000 grant is from the "health foundation" of central massachusetts. it will help schools implement a program that addresses the underlying trauma such as poverty-related stress that causes some students to act out. the program will take an educational approach that aims to de-escalate issues in the classroom. antoinette: an underground electrical fire is being blamed for yesterday morning's evacuations in charlestown. high levels of carbon monoxide were discovered in one of the units at 2 bolton place. everyone evacuated safely. doug: people will gather again today to say their final goodbyes to former providence mayor buddy cianci. cianci is lying in repose at city hall right now outside the office he occupied for more than 21 years. he died late last month at age 74. cianci was the city's l

visibility into the bad but flurries on the map in north grafton to leominster and chelmsford. looking at a mostly dry situation in boston. don't be surprise if you had see one or two flurries. temperatures in the teens. 24 in duxbury. 31 in sandwich right now and your best chance of snow coastline. mostly cloudy and dry this afternoon with temperatures getting to around 30 at 3 p.m. and we will take a look at the wednesday snow coming up in just minutes. >>> now over to julie grauert with live drive time traffic and a nice quiet start to your morning commute. >> julie: still quiet not in the 6:15, 6:30. pike looking good through framingham throughout allston/brighton tolls. route 1 clear. where it rose a little bit wet, but not problematic. your live drive times. 13 minutes from route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 22 minutes from 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 23 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peace body to the weston tolls. i will be watching the drive times all morning. gene and sara. >> gene: updating breaking news. reports say eight people are dead in a head

lemonis: if he can't do the job, you fire him. ...there may not be a next generation of grafton furnitureyour grandfather was here. now your father is here.

if that's where it is indeed it's almost exactly there we have two different areas one here over grafton and another one back here to the east out over the water so i wouldn't even doubt we have a funnel cloud out there north east of the coasts and take all this off of here for you go back and get the root of the watches and the warning filled make it a little easier to see and write e im here we have a little bit of a gap in the green area and then another sort of gap right in there so those are the two areas right now that we're most concerned with about the possible tornadoes and they are working their way to the north and the isa for watching us from again red hill village or mention zeller downpour back river southern newport news you're out of the woods for now the twin attic cellar possible traumatic cell has moved to the north. i also like the fact that this is again in terms of the rotation n goes from being broad about seven miles long which is more of a straight line wind damage type of this scenario to being tied or wrapped up and then it goes back to being elongated again as

take a look at this national grid truck crashed into a guardrail on george hill road in grafton. so even creating problems for the guys trying to restore power for all of us. >> blair: sadly the storm caused a tragedy in canton. a little girl hit by a tree that fell. >> heather: it happened in canton, that 6-year-old was playing in her yard in the snow when this happened. fox 25 stephanie coueignoux is live in canton this morning. and i know that canton emergency responders have a warning for people in light of all of this. >> reporter: well, the sun is up and the sky is clear, but they're urging everyone just to be very careful if you're headed you're going to work, if you're going shopping, wherever you are. and this is why. taking a look right here behind me. this storm has passed. but you can see that very heavy snow weighing down these branches. and this really continues to be a danger this morning. the it was during yesterday's snowstorm when that tragedy happened. >> she was running out. she was like, oh, daddy, let's go make a snow man. >> reporter: 6-year-old kailey keny