. >> it's all for a great reason and we want to help make your trip easier with ken mcleod among the mass pick. ken, it seems pretty good right now. >> reporter: yeah, david, honestly, this is the best that framingham pike has been all afternoon and i agree with you that the mad scramble is on the wane. if you were driving or flying sledding. knowing that the westbound pike was off and on ugly to sturbridge, travelers gassed up and took a deep breath. >> good music, getting the tunes out early for christmas and good conversation, keeping our heads cool and stop when we feel like. >> reporter: state troopers were trying to struggle with the tsunami of traffic and the sense of humor is a good thing. enjoyed every moment of it. >> reporter: there were stretches of calm as things got off to a hectic start this morning with the security line at terminal abacking up past the ticket counter. >> we didn't know how long the lines for security would be, and it was difficult to figure out where it started. >> reporter: back on the pike, the rush hour was going strong by 2:00 p.m. >> we had some

ken mcleod is live along the pike in framingham with the latest on the commute. ken? >> reporter: david, we drove out of at 2:30 this afternoon in the pre-thanksgiving rush hour that was already well underway. as you can see behind me, it's touch and go in framingham and it was up and down for most of the afternoon. as you mentioned earlier, david, plenty of folks are gassing up for what they expect to be a long, long haul. a sluggish snake of thanksgiving travelers. >> i thought i would just make it through. food is the only thing keeping me going. >> reporter: at logan airport, state troopers are trying to head off terminal gridlock. >> i'm trying to get out. >> it's crazy. it's out of control. >> reporter: inside, the holiday crowd ebbed and flowed after getting off to a rough start. the security lines this morning backed up past the ticket counter. >> i am here two hour flight departs. i'm feeling okay. we'll see when i get close are to the front. >> reporter: others say it's just part of the deal. >> no anxiety. we are like three hours early so no drama here. >>

. >>> a boston charter school is investigating as ken mcleod reports, boston police can't get involved in the case. >>> a school dealing with very dark allegations regarding a 6- year-old boy sexually molesting other boys on the school bus in graphic fashion if the victims going to bring a gun to school and shoot them and theiparents. they are concerned the boston school is sweeping this under the rug. we have taken this matter seriously. due to the ages of the party involved there can be no criminal investigation instead detectives provide family cose the vail of secrecy on social media, the charter school says this is a highly sensitive matter we ask the school community to respect the privacy of students and families and allow the school to handle this appropriately. the trouble is no one is sure exactly what that means as the 6-year-old suspended or still riding that bus? even though this is a charter school the bus the run by the boston public school where this. in hyde park. >>> a school bus driver in tennessee arrested charged in a crash that killed 5 young students, police say