north of the city into middlesex county 38 in lawrence right now. clear skies with the temperature dropping to near freezing overnight tonight. but everybody rebounding into the 40s by lunchtime that's because will you be starting the day with sunshine. you will have sunshine right through lunchtime. future cast takes to you over new england. any clouds that are around early in the morning to the north those move out and it will be sunny for you as tomorrow night we'll be clear. high temperatures tomorrow are going to rebound nicely. from the 20s and 30s we just talked about that we have outside right now getting up to about 50 degrees. natick at 52 norwood at 53 tomorrow afternoon. into the south and west of boston, same idea. 53 brockton at 51 . tomorrow as well. back here twovter temperatures are warming up to near 50. 51 douglas and bellingham at 52 . then finally to the north middlesex county lowell at 52 into southern new hampshire nashua at 51. ipswich getting up to 50 tomorrow afternoon. cape cod will be one of the cooler spots seeing mostly

for hazardous travel conditions, western middlesex counties, central worcester county back in through greenfield, keene, new hampshire, host of new hampshire -- most of new hampshire in fact, that's because the temperatures will be at or slietdly -- slightly below freezing, not nearly as cold tonight, mid 30s in boston, still around 40 in the cape, those 32 degree readings north and west of boston that we may tomorrow it's back in the 40s we go, be a little bit warmer than today, the sun back out, heading in to midnight, temperatures around 32 degrees at midnight, and then falling in to the 20s overnight, the wind chill in the 20s, winter classic at gillette, friday 1:00 p.m., the weekend a little bit chilly, upper 30s and that's normal for this time of the year, could be a flurry or two, especially on sunday and then much colder on monday but we rebound again in the 30s by tuesday, traffic and weather together, chris. >> thank you very much, danielle. >>> take a look south of town, stop and go on the vesway -- expressway, route 24 is a speed limit ride at this time, to the north the

overnight for some hazardous travel conditions in these areas, western middlesex county, central and northern worcester county in through most of southern new hampshire, be mindful of the slick spots, because the temperatures dip right around freezing from bedford to worcester back towards the [ indiscernible ] region, 31 manchester tonight, but most of the rest of us from boston to the cape will stay above freezing, high temperatures tomorrow with the sun breaking out do top out above average running in the middle to even upper 40s a little bit breezy so as we ring in the new year, temperatures will dip back to probably right around 32 degrees at midnight as the ball drops, wind chills will be in the 20s, so it could be much colder this time of the year, but you certainly want to be bundled up, new year's day 40 degrees and that includes for the winter classic at gillette, 1:00 p.m., temperature right around 40 and west wind around seven, 14 miles per hour, check out the accuweather forecast, chilly in the upper 30s, blend of sun and clouds, could be a couple snow flurries on sunday,

todd: new at 5:30 -- heroin overdoses hitting a record in middlesex county. the new data focusing on the opioid crisis. a donation jar swiped in lowell. the surveillance video police want you to see. three airlines taking action against those popular hoverboards. the concerns tied to recent praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders emily: 5: 25 on your friday morning. starting off mild. cindy: dense fog out there. visibility under a quarter mile up in beverley now on the north shore. visibility near zero in spots. 1/3 of a mile in boston and 1/3 of a mile in worcester. you get the idea. look at those temperatures. 55-60 once again on this december day. we'll be up around 60 on saturday. it is the warmer weekend day. we're going to cool off a little bit on sunday, especially

rain advisory with those temperatures around freezing, we may get a couple slick spots, western middlesex county, central and worcester county, from new hampshire to tonight until 3:00 tomorrow, this moisture comes in pink showing up here, may be a couple spots that see slippery travel. otherwise, scattered rain showers that end early tomorrow morning, the skies chaer out which mean -- clear out which means awesome stuff as we ring in the new year, quiet, maybe a couple mountain showers in the green mountains and white mountains, great news for ski country, first day of 2016 is looking fantastic too with a nice blend of sun and clouds and temperatures that will be up around 40 degrees, for new year's eve, at midnight, we're going to drop back in the 30s, wind chills in the 20s, accuweather seven day, the weekend looking good, seasonable but a couple flurries around only in the upper 20s on monday but then rebound in the 30s by tuesday. guys back to you. >> thank you very much, danielle. >>> we got our first batch of winter this year, but many people are still having problems thanks to last winte

of rain to the north and west of boston. 1- 3 and going to northwestern county and up towards middlesex county and southern new hampshire right to the coast line and up to 3- 6 inches of rain. travel on tuesday and the worst in the morning hours should be fair in the afternoon as the roadways for a lot of us are just wet by then. could get a few showers late on wednesday into early thursday and by new year' s eve in the s eve temperatures at midnight running close to 40 . >> all right, looking a little more seasonal there. tom brady making a little girl' s christmas wish come true. the pats are spending time with hayley stewart before the team left for new york earlier today. now this 8- year- old from maine is battling cancer. she said it was her dream to meet the nfl super star and you can see from the photos big smiles there during the meeting. big smiles on both their faces and what a great thing to take time to do that with her. >> reporter: coming up next in 7 sports, injuries continuing to dominate the 2015 headlines for the patriots. the latest news ahead and the bruins can move into f

. >>> middlesex county has already had more fatal heroin overdoses than any year on record. this is according to the globe, 131 people die from heroin so far this year, up 27% from 2014. there were only 33 heroin related deaths two years ago, that is 300% increase. governor bicker has promised to focus on new ways of stopping addiction especially among veteran. >>> chipotle is now apologizing for a norovirus out break that made 150 boston college students sick, many ate at the cleveland circle restaurant, the company ceo says he is dopily sorry and promises to improve food safety at all the restaurant locations,. >>> it is 4:54 right now, the headline, the paper is moving downtown, the globe is in talks to lease a space at 353 state street starting in january of 2017, the ceo says it put the paper and journalists in a prime location near city hall and corporate headquarters, printing operations would move to tauton, the globe has been located in dorchester for 60 years. >>> matt damon played and mit janitor, now damon will deliver the commencement address at mit next june, b

let me show "live storm tracker exactly where they're located generally from the middlesex county back you through worcester county at this point we will focus in on a couple spots. none of this is heavy. you can bet there are going to be some sprinkles underneath that. then off to the north of there it's the sudbury area there's some darker green spots and zoom right down. some of the roadways being affected here i will take you hour by hour when this rain will affect us during the day tomorrow into tomorrow night in just a you few minutes. a person was truck by a car early tonight. the victim was taken to south shore hospital and the showing the boom of a bucket truck into a you house. you can see the landed right on the top of that home. no one was hurt. closed today. there were few factors that caused such -- which is highly unusual and i think the superintendents have been trained over time that the more specifics you have you in a threat the greater the cause for concern. >> reporter: counsellors will on hand tomorrow at schools to work for students who are nervous and police als

. >> reporter: puppies being carried to quarantine in a middlesex county isolation ailer getting intensive dical care. >> i'vadinspected animal pet shops for 30 years. this is probably the worst. >> reporter: the dogs removed from the fancy pup store in woodbridge was closed earlier today. nearby we founde pet shop owner rocko garudo. he also owns this car dealership. animal control took three more dogs from his home that were his pe rsonal pets. >> they said, look, we don't want a puppy store here. we don't want any puppy store here in woodbridge. >> reporter: but woodbridge officials say it's just garudo's pet store. the other pet store in town is fine, no violations there. they heard complaints from customers. >> they were just saying it >> reporter: six of the remaining dogs will be quarantined for the next two weeks. these dogs are expected to get healthy ag tn and be put up for adoption here at the woodbridge animal shelter. ruto, who has been arrested before over his care of animals, says he's worn down in the battle over these and many before them. >> financially i can't afford it.

kevin roper appeared in middlesex county court charges to be thrown out. that question was denied as the -- request was denied as the judge awaits the grand jury's findings today. comedian james mcnair died in the wreck. >>> fugitive real estate heir robert durst will head to the west coast to face a murder trial. he has agreed to be extradited from louisiana to los angeles. he's charged with killing his friend and spokesperson susan berman 15 years ago. prosecutors say he did it to keep berman from speaking to investigators looking into the disappearance of his first wife. >> you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans. >> here we go, we're going to have ourselves a morning where we find fog is going to be our issue. as you see right here from the fort lee new jersey side of the george washington bridge, that's heather's house,s george washington bridge, and we can't really see it. that's the fort lee side. your visibility right there is less than a tenth of a mile visibility as you come across the bridge. bet

the irony here is that business is booming at this middlesex county ice skating rink becau people like to skate in warm weather. live in edison, brian thompson, news 4 new york. >>> and you can download news 4 new york app to track the temperatures on the go. >>> we're g ting to the mess on the upper east side. traffic still closed off after all of those bricks fell off of a high rise. officials in fact just gave an update on the cleanup. news 4's brynn gingras is there with the details. >> reporter: and the tedious ick is going on right now. it is a slow process. it's a dangerous process. and for that reason, first avenue is going to have to remain closed, wait for it, until monday. i know that's not a date many people want it hear, but that is when it is the case according to officials. that's about a week from when they first came raining down those bricks on 64th and 1st avenue. what caused the collapse? late this afternoon, city inspectors said they believe it's the ties which fast p en them to the fast sad cade. a resin cent recent inspection had deemed it safe. businesses are cl

will be close to the freezing mark, so it's really here, central northern worcester county, middlesex county, southern new hampshire where the highest impact will be. so as we head foot evening, still pockets of freezing drizzle that could make things slick into tomorrow night. in terms of expected snow fall a coat to go a couple inches, not a lot in terms of total snow. it 2-4 across northern massachusetts, new hampshire, central new hampshire with the storm holding on to the snow longer before succumbing to the ice. east slopes of the berkshires, central massachusetts and southwestern new hampshire quarter inch, you can start to bring down some limbs and create some power outages so that is another aspect we'll be tracking tomorrow. to break it down, quick sleet to rain here across the cape islands, south shore, brief storm to ice, boston area and along the coastline down to providence, snow to ice and then some rain late in the interior, farther north and west all snow and ice, breaking it down, we talk bad that warmer air, if you look at precipitation types, if it's all above freezing yo

still tracking some showers the heaviest in middlesex county into the merrimack valley around lowell fringes. i'll show you exactly where these are falling and the cold air coming in behind them tomorrow. >>> a popular high school student stabbed on halloween. coming up the young man facing charges more than a month later. >> a local father sentenced drunk driving crash. up next the emotional words he said about his son in court today. >> we continue to monitor breaking news in california. two suspects are dead in the wake of today's mass shooting in san bernardino. 14 were killed. it's the holidays. and of course, everyone wants to get online at once. to watch things. buy things. but slow internet makes it hard. that's why it's time to get fios. wifi available. with speeds from and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, we'll give you all the premium movie channels for a year. plus, 400 dollars back. so go online or call now. >>> updating breaking news in san bernardino, california, 14 peopl

the middlesex county prosecutor sending a stern letter to perth amboy officials saying several issues were not reporting including gun possession and a knife assault. the school district has not returned our calls for comment. >>> an update in an apparent road rage shooting. the nypd releasing new surveillance images of the two men they're looking for. the man in the hat is the suspected gunman. the one in the hoodie is considered a person of interest. police say they were involved in a car accident in the meat packing district last week. the suspected gunman tried to shot him during a struggle. the victim survived. >>> a mother p queens seriously hurt after she and her two children were hit in the street by a cement truck. it happened than as the truck was turning to 55th avenue. police say the truck hit the family hard. the mother taking the brunt of the impact. no charges filed against the driver. the brakes on the truck are now being tested. children were not seriously hurt. >>> happening tomorrow first responders to the september 11th terror attacks could find out if health benef

>> reporter: this is the tom menino mall here in middlesex county in new jersey. a fire inside the mall. maybe near the victoria secret store is where the fire was described. now, they have completely evacuated the menlo park mall as a precaution. you can see all the shoppers have been evacuated out into the parking lot. a lot of the employees without jackets in this cold weather. but again, small fire at tom menino mall. the mall has been completely evacuated. live in chopper 2, joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >>> thank you. otis livingston when we come back with a scare on the sidelines. with sports. piano music. i'm glad you finally made it, dad. you have to experience this city. that's what you always say. you were right about the food. hi john. hey kevin. spent the day with an astronaut. one more. it's beautiful, isn't it? how about a baseball game next time? done! done. book priceless experiences around the globe with... >>> an important week for the jets and giants. otis has more. >> a scoreboard watching time. they don't control their own destiny so both the gia

clouds and there's a little fog in morris county toward middlesex, somerset, huntington county, that's why the dense fog advisory for a few hours. and there could be a pop-up shower but most of the day is cloudy. and shower or a little rain for tonight. and then a few showers closer to midnight. after midnight, that's gone. and tomorrow, sunshine and skies clear out and it's going to be gorgeous. well, we say good-bye to 2015 which has been a warm summer of winter but looking at 43 degrees at midnight tomorrow night. and 45 with sunshine on new year's day. 49 today. some rain early this evening. and then after midnight, that's gone. and cloudy overnight, and 45. tomorrow, sunshine, a great end to the year. 51 degrees and at night, about 43 at midnight. and looking at sunshine into the first weekend of the new year. and we're looking at temperatures that are going to be in the 40s, 45 degrees on friday, 43 degrees by sunday. and then you see next week, temperatures around 40, 43, that's still warmer than normal for this time of the year. there's two days left in the new year. wednesday

the third recent chase in middlesex county where a shaken reversed. >>> kids in nashua will head back to school this morning after the entire district was shut down. serious threat was e-mailed to the high schools. fox25 was there as the buildings were swept by bomb-sniffing dogs. nothing was found, but the superintendent tells fox25 there is a reason multiple police agencies and even the fbi were called in. >> one of them was -- highly unusual and i think superintendents have been train superintendents have been trained over time that the more specifics you have on a threat the greater the cause for concern. >> daniel: the district is taking steps this morning to make sure students are comfortable before returning to class. there will be counselors on hand as well as extra police officers. the investigation into that threat is ongoing. >>> today the woman accused of driving into a crowd on the las vegas strip will be charged with murder. latisha holloway is being held without bail and on sued sigh watch. she intentionally hit dozens of people near a planet hollywood. in a police repo

northern worcester county, middlesex county and parts of new hampshire like hollis and new hampshire and travelling along 93. a few showers right now but we are anticipating to see improvements as we head on through the morning hours. the clouds are going to stick around though, and we will be dealing with areas of fog too, but, boy, take a look at these temperatures ranging from the mid-40s in places like keene to the mid-60s for plymouth. the warm fronts that pushed northward right acorrect me if i'm wrong the southeast. the winds are gusty down here that will be the story. it will start to feel a little bit muggy as it gets mild and these showers begin to exit. as we head into the morning hours, few breaks in the cloud cover. not ruling out the risk of a shower as a weak cold front comes through. best chances southeast throughout afternoon. look at that 3:00 we are looking into the mid- to upper 60s. record highs effective for the day today. we will talk more about those records coming up in just a few a check of the traffic now with julie grauert. >> julie: sarah, things looking

. >>> quite the holiday hub-bub in middlesex county, new jersey. police say a seven-year-old girl in old bridge called 911 because she accidentally knocked over her elf on the shelf. see according to the popular children's book the magic of christmas goes away if somebody touches the elf. so she -- she called 911 and told the operator that she well she men to call her damaged the operator says the girl panic when she touched the elf. the police officer who showed up says i'm not mad but honey don't call 911 again for something like that. >> he battled cancer and survived now one local kid is facing another battle but thanks to his school he's getting a whole lot of help. last year 11-year-old jack ibbitson battled through osteo sarcoma. due to the chemo and other complications doctors will have to amputate jack's leg. his family classmates at belmont hills elementary school held a jump a thon all day to raise money for jack' prosthetic leg and other medical bills. our cameras were there as jack's surgery is scheduled for december 30th even though t

couple accidents on the new jersey turnpike in middlesex county this morning.d past exit nine, the outer drive is completely blocked and then approaching 8a for jamesburg in the inner drive the right lane is out of commission. you're really swerving around all these accidents this morning. david. >> all right, on the big board storm tracker6 live double scan shows us that we have mainly rain across the region right now. all that blue continuing to push farther and farther north into the poconos. there is some steady rain around the center of the region highlighted in yellow so be careful that of. double scan technology shows us what looks like snow. this is really double scan technology view showing even precipitation across most of the region and as we know from radar this is all rain but check out this over to the east of reading and berks county, a little bit of sleet still falling down in here as is highlighted by that different pixelation. we're something more of that in the poconos so a little sleet pellet possible out there right now in some of those nor

when we look into the middlesex county southern new hampshire, the farther southeast you go the more chance you'll stay in the upper 60s. high temperature average 68 degrees for christmas eve but december 24th. the records stands at 61 in boston. we will have no problem breaking that first thing in the morning, just a matter of how far that goes. the real bonafide cold air arrives next week and may coincide with the arrival of another storm system. that would be a wintery mix. what i'm forecast are for tuesday before it changes to rain. >> a lot of interest in that weather as far as what is going danny amendola it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer. announcer: one c

and morris county to warren county, somerset, middlesex and down toward trenton, here. debbie duhaime was talking about speeds reduced too along the new jersey turnpike. springs and rain showers along that into the evening. the east wind comes in and the wave from the south. and you will see after midnight, those are gone and then tomorrow morning, we should have a beautiful sunrise and sunshine during the day for the last day of 2015. today, by 3:00, looking at low 50s, upper 40s to low 40s to the north. i think these temperatures might be on the computer model, cooler by a couple degrees and you will see to the south and west, here comes the rain, 7:00, 8:00 tonight, if you're out tonight, you will need the rain gear. and tomorrow, back into the upper 40s and low 50s again. temperatures way warmer than normal. new year's eve tomorrow even, when the ball drop, no matter where you are, mild for this time of the year. going into 2016 like we left 2015, warmer than normal. skies. sunset, tonight the early rain and then clearing skies and sunshine tomorrow. looking at beau

emily: staggering new numbers on the opioid crisis in middlesex county. the region has had more fatal overdoses of heroin than any that as of 27% from last year. the city of lowell is logging one fatal overdose every week. antoinette: the role of santa. emily: a little boy gets a new hand and a close call for people walking on the sidewalk. look at that. the near disaster caught on camera. antoinette: hover board fires [barks] are those... you there... stormtroopers! halt! turn here. go go! follow them! bb-8! beep, beep! this way! where'd they go? they went that way! r that way, they went that way! i can't believe that worked! of course it worked! kevin: good morning, everybody. the big story is all about the dense fog all over the place. you can' t even read the exit signs at a lot of roadways. the fog is low, but the temperatures are going to be up there. cindy: they have been up there all night long. we are starting out above 43. the fog is going to be with us through midmorning. temperatures jump up to near 60 we will do that again tomorrow. we will c

the rain down around monmouth county into middlesex county. a slight sprinkle. a couple of snow flurries for sullivan, orange, newberg, dutchess. warren county, into morris county, you have some snowflakes flying around as well. hour by hour, this is for new york city. new york city, 7:00 p.m., i don't see too much out there. 40 degrees. 9:00 p.m., 38 degrees. i know it's above freezing but you can still have sleet mixed in. 11:30 p.m., 35 degrees. wintry mix. 3:00 a.m., 40 degrees. this will be just rain. by 6:00 a.m., 45 degrees. some of that rain could be heavy. i'm talking a lot of rain, 1, 2, even more than that. icing will be a problem north of the city. please keep that in mind. back to you. >> it's winter, right? >>> travelers are seeing delays at airports thanks to stormy weather in the midwest. the biggest problems at chicago o'hare. airlines canceled 250 flights because of icing. parts of the country are cleaning up from deadly tornadoes over the past several days. we'll have more on the twisters coming up in just a few minutes. >>> and where ever you

this is the third recent case in middlesex county where a shaken baby diagnosis has been challenged. >> catherine: kids in nashua will head back to school this morning after the entire district was shut down. this all started sunday when a serious threat was e-mailed to the high school. fox25 was there as the buildings were swept by bomb sniffing dogs nothing was found but the superintendent tells fox25 there's a reason multiple police agencies and even the fbi were called in. >> one of the them was specificity of the threat which is highly unusual and i think superintendents have been trained over time that the more specific you have in a threat the greater the cause of the concern. >> catherine: district is taking steps making sure kids are comfortable going to class and counselors on hand as well as extra police and ongoing. accused of driving into the crowd on las vegas strip will be charged with murder. lakeisha holloway is held without bail and on suicide watch. holloway intentionally hit dozens of people near the planet hollywood on sunday night. she claims she was stressed ou

more than 350 students and advisers from schools across middlesex county are expected to attend. >> there is concern over a data breech at v tech. that's a hong kong company that makes electronic learning the breech affected the learning lodge app store. it may have exposed photos of parents and kids and chat logs. officials say the e-mail address names and passwords of adults along with the birth dates of kids have been exposed. >> it is 6:54 right now. time for a closer look at what's coming up at 7:00 on cbs this morning. >> let's check in with nora o'donnell. good morning, nora. >> good morning chris and katherine. charlie's interview with hillary clinton. her plan to take on isis and bashar al alasad. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you right at 7:00. >> up next, a dog gets put on a different plane than his owner and wait until you hear where >>> it is bad enough when an airline loses your bag, but imagine if your luggage was your dog. >> a man flying from dallas to mississippi found out that his corgi was missing. american airlines mistakenly put bethany on a flight to ha

. >> reporter: this is the third recent middlesex county case where a shaken baby diagnosis has been reversed. carney also represented nathan wilson, who has been accused of killing his six month-old son in the family's home in malden. last year the charges were dropped against wilson. the state medical examiner's office changed its ruling. >> in august, irish was set free after spending more than two years in jail. she had been charged with shaking a cambridge infant to death but the case was dropped when the m.e.s office amended its findings to include the possibility that the baby died of natural causes. she is still facing murder charges in a statement to fox 25 tonight the middlesex d.a.'s office says the medical examiner remained firm that the infant died of blunt force trauma. live in our newsroom, ted daniel, fox 25 news. >>> a frightening robbery photos of this exeter, new hampshire, store. police say the suspect in the orange mask on the right came into the exeter market this afternoon armed with a handgun and demandsed cash. the man is about 5'6" was able to get away. no o

kevin roper appeared in middlesex county court asking for criminal charges to be thrown out. that request was denied. comedian james mcnair died in the wreck last year on the new jersey turnpike. >>> new at noon, the nba is lending its name and its stars to an advertising campaign against gun violence. this will feature mvp stephen curry and others discussing how gun violence affects them personally. the public service announcement is set to start running during nba games on christmas day. >>> the nfl is backing out of a relationship between football and brain disease. the league gave the national institutes of health a $30 million research grant three years ago. the study will look at the ability to diagnose a condition known as cte in living patients. an espn report says the nfl has now pulled its funding. meanwhile, congress has announced plans for a broad review of concussions. >>> a school lunch lady fired for giving a free meal to a hungry child. now parents are coming to her defense. darlene bodien says the idaho middle school teacher told her she did not have money to

as nbc's brian thompson discovered, santa will be making a stop at izzy's home in middlesex county. >stockings in the living rom. >> it was an emergency. i was very nervous. >> reporter: somehow one of the elves on a shelf ended up on the floor while mom was sleeping. izzy making a desperate call to 911. >> hello. >> it's isabella. >> hi isabella. why are you calling 911? >> reporter: suddenly the little girl panicked. >> don't come to my house! >> reporter: her elf was in trouble. >> i was trying to call my bad but -- an accident. >> you can just say you made a mistake. >> reporter: she tells me now she was throwing a ball and accidentally hit her elf. police came to the door worried that she was in real trouble. mom, lynn anne, awoke from sleep to see her daughter trying to shoo the cop away. >> she was hysterical crying and panicking. >> i didn't want to get in trouble. >> reporter: the officer radioed headquarters. >> go ahead. >> isabella apologized because her elf on the shelf. she won't call 911 again. >> reporter: police are their own christmas cheer to hand out are understand

the third recent chase in middlesex county where shaken challenged. gave a gun to one of the boston marathon bomber also be sentenced in federal court. stephen silva was convicted on gun and weapons charges. during the trial of tsarnaev, he testified that he let tsarnaev borrow a handgun two months before the terrorist attacks. that handgun was used to kill mit police officer sean collier days after the marathon >>> fire fighters in westport are trying to determine the fire that killed a little boy. caleb nardilillo died saturday night. the fire trapped him inside the second-floor bedroom. his mother and his 7-year-old sister, bella are in the hospital being treated for burns and smoke inhalation. >>> a lowell family is thanking their 84-year-old neighbor this morning for saving them from an early morning fire. julie feely noticed the first flames before sunrise. she called 911 and ran across the street, woke up the family and all able to get out and >> my grandchildren are putting me on facebook and my neighbors are calling me heroes and people calling me. oh, my lord. >> reporter: you don'

the third recent chase in middlesex county where a shaken baby diagnosis has been challenged. >>> kids in nashua will head back to school of a the entire district was shut down. it all happened sunday when a serious threat was e-mailed to the high school. nothing was found, but superintendent tells fox25 there is a reason nothing was found. there is a reason multiple agencies and the fbi were called in. >> one of them was the specificity of the threat which is highly unusual, and -- and i think the superintendents have been trained over time that the more specific you have on a threat, the greater the cause of concern. >> the district is taking steps students are comfortable returning to class. there will be counselors on hand as well as extra police. the investigation into that threat is ongoing. >>> 6:35 this morning. the woman accused of driving in a crowd on at las vegas strip will be charged with murder. likisha holloway is being held without bail and on a suicide watch. prosecutors say holloway i think tension alley hit dozens of people. in a police report, holloway claims she wa

the middlesex county prosecutor sent a letter to perth amboy school officials saying several crimes were either not reported in a timely manner or not the actions include gun possession and a knife assault. the school district has not commented. >>> new this morning, the navy will award purple hearts to six service members who were killed or wounded in an attack earlier this year in tennessee. four preens and is marines and a sailor were killed when a gunman opened fire on a recruiting station in chattanooga and a nearby naval facility. the fbi confirms it was motivated by a foreign terrorist group and that allows the military to award the medals. >>> well happening today, atlantic city's long-term future is on the agenda in the new jersey state house. lawmakers are voting on a financial aid package for the town. they're also going to consider a plan to ask rotors to a-- vote terse approve two -- voters to approve two new casinos in northern new jersey. four of the town's 12 casinos closed last year. >>> 6:44. coming up next and let's check robin roberts. >> oh my goodness. >> pretty pin

to the north and west of boston, here in middlesex county, 46 lowell. essex county, 43 ipswich. nashua, 46 degrees and to the west in worcester county, 43 in rutland and in worcester. 43 northboro and 45 for you in air for high temperatures. futurecast through thursday now. some clouds starting to show up hand they really start to thicken up during the morning hours thursday. first sprinkles through lunchtime and heavier rain poised to move in during the evening hours thursday, and we certainly have that in our forecast. the wind through the evening, but the fog and rain is gone for now. that rain comes back on thursday, you're going to see that in the seven-day forecast, so it takes you through the sunshine of tomorrow and into the rain expected thursday, late in the day, and into the evening. now by friday, a mixture of clouds and sun, temperatures like today, will be on the mild side to start and fall during the afternoon. cold air roaring in this weekend, always in view, showing you a big change in the weather coming, it will be windy both days, but coldest on saturday. only

some to the north shore and middlesex counties. lowell seeing that. some of the heaviest rain seen on live storm tracker radar in the mansfield area and then cape cod, in the plymouth and carver areas, heavy downpour, heavy rain and downpours moving on through. this is where the bourne bridge, the canal, white island shores and buzzard's bay as well. a i'll keep tracking where the heaviest rain is and where the icing is occurring. >> mark: when rain and snow move into our area, don't forget, get the forecast on the fox 25 weather app. severe weather alerts, free to down load on any apple or android device. we continue to follow the breaks news from the boston red sox. you heard it first on fox 25. red sox aren'tway wasting time improving the pitching staff. reportedly agreeing to terms with david price. it's a seven year deal worth a whopping $217 million. break it down, $31 million a season. our sports director, tom leyden will have much more on this at 6:00 p.m. >> vanessa: now to the ford murder trial of accused teen killer, phillip chism. the defe

>> police estimate milford stole a few hundred dollars and being held on $75,000 bail at the middlesex county correctional facility. >>> 4:39 still to come why convicted football coach jerry sandusky is getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state of pennsylvania: also this morning, two of new yorks strongest bring into action what they did that may have saved some lives from young children. >>> hi, why are you calling 911? >> don't come to my house. don't. >> the reason a little girl thought she had to dial 911 and how the community rallied to give her a christmas surprise. >>> consider me your little elf on the shelf. all right i take the rain gear, t-shirts by lunch? you've got to be kidding me. no i'm not. it's one of those kind of days. light jacket tonight with records talking about traffic up. piano music. i'm glad you finally made it, dad. you have to experience this city. that's what you always say. you were right about the food. hi john. hey kevin. spent the day with an astronaut. one more. it's beautiful, isn't it? how about a baseball game next time? done! done. book pr

right -- somerset, middlesex county, monmouth and ocean. nyack upper 50s really quick by cloudy day, rain late in the day. weather then heather. that fog is kind of messing things up out there. >> everything looks terrible. let's go right over to our maps. i can tell you that long island railroad, new timetables in effect for today. you have jfk air train suspended until 2 p.m. for maintenance. new jersey transit is doing okay. metro north no major problems. subway service on or close to schedule. police activity and then the belt parkway near leffert's vehicle, overturned vehicle cleared. new jersey turnpike has speeds down because of the fog. and then our street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> today marks three years since. for the first time middle and newtown will note the day's significance and remarks over -- parents at lower grade schools will be offered talking points on how to discuss the shootings with their children. flags will fly at half-staff in honor of the 20 children and six adults who were killed three years ago. there i

kevin roper appeared in middlesex county court asking for criminal charges to be thrown out. that request denied as the judge waits for the grand jury's findings today. the wreck last year on the jersey turnpike. >>> happening today, the nfl is expected to hear giant's wide receiver odell beckham junior's appeal of his suspension. beckham received a 1-game ban for his actions in sunday's loss to carolina when he picked up three personal foul penalties. part of his explanation is beckham claimed the panthers tried to intimidate him before the game with a baseball bat. the nfl has banned teams from bringing nongame-related foreign objects on to the field. >>> 5:14. meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> well, we've got fog. here we go, there is the jersey shore at asbury park, and so you get outside the city, outside manhattan, and brooklyn and queens and hudson county in new jersey, and you get into this fog really quick. it's the center, you know, of our viewing area, the urban areas, not really seeing so much of this fog. you get right outside t

in middlesex county prosecutor sent a letter to perth amboy school officials saying several crimes were either not reported in timely manner or not reported at all. the actions include gun possession and a knife assault. school district has not commented. >>> happening today, one of the men involved in a highly controversial police shooting death receives a promotion. nypd officer kenneth boss is being elevated to detective. four officers acquitted in the 1999 shooting of amadou diallo. the unarmed african immigrant was shot to death in vestibule of his bronx building as he reached for what turned out to be his wallet. boss is the only one of those officers still with the nypd. >>> 5 4:00 36 and happening today, congress is expected to extend the health benefits for 9/11 first responders when they pass the zadroga act. the measure for more than $8 billion has been included in the year end tax and spending bill. the act aims rather to provide money for the victims' compensation fund through 2021. the world trade center health program will also be renewed until 2090. >>> and with that you

we will pump mild air into the somerset and middlesex county, heavier rain pushing through and raining in the city. dave just told me. we have more rain in the hudson valley. on and off. periods of heavy rain today and then overnight tonight, dense fog and more rain tomorrow. i think more of the area has a chance of seeing some heavy rain tomorrow. i know, timing not the best with a busy travel day in the works for many. standing record high is 63. and we're going to go for, well, let's see, 72. breaking by almost 10. and mild for christmas day. >> thank you so much. >>> our next newscast is at noon. we're always on at cbsnewyork.com. have a great day. kids don't stay little forever. so help them get the opportunity they need. you can open a ny 529 account with just $25. and you may get tax benefits if you pay income tax in new york state. someday you'll look back and be glad you got started. ny's 529 college savings program. the right time is right now. >> i grabbed my rifle. there were live bullets in >> announcer: a shootout in

another report to see what's at least two reports in northern essex county over through northern middlesex county and southern new hampshire upwards of three inches and portions of new hampshire as well and here is some rain falling and creeping northward and freezing air and you see sleet here in the boston area that changeover occurs and go from sleet to freezing rain. that's the way it progresses because sleep deeper layer of cold air and as the layer becomes smaller, it doesn't have time to refreeze on the way down and snowflake melts into a rain drop and doesn't have time to freeze into a ice pellet and becomes a glaze of ice and cons to the west gone from snow to sleet most locations and progress to freezing rain and really, shiri, that's the biggest problem with the storm system going forward. >> shiri: absolutely. what we have in boston over the coming hours, we have a look at ipswich, sleet and freezing rain that actually hang tight for the next couple of hours, so straight through the end of the morning here we will have to conditions out there. hey, check out what is expected in boston

that's the area of yellow over middlesex county towards staten island. toncern for slippery cond ions. we'll track it through the rest of the morning, let you know when that changeover can be expected expected. lots of changes on the commute. > more and more problems popping up now orange county, putnam, west chester. orange, two separate accidents on the new york state throughway. one northbound and one southbound fter ulster. both causing delays. a couple of problems on the taconic. one southbound before the west chester/putnam line and one approaching route 100. delays. take it easy out there. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >>> lauren, thank you very much. commuters north of the city, as lauren said, they're seeing the worst of this winter storm. "today in new york's" katherine creag has been in nyack. kat, where do w e stand? >> reporter: it is raining on us in nyack. anyone walking round parking lots. this parking lot where we are and maybe the train stations as well. when we get to the throughway, you'll see the slush go up and slushy in the parking lot because it was

right now visibility is taking a hit for monmouth and ocean county into middlesex county and pockets of fog for long island. we will see more of this. the dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. pockets of fog for the island as well. in the island of manhattan yesterday, 67, and smashing the old record of 64, and many people actually said smashing weather. unless they own a ski resort or have a snow removal business. jfk at 70 yesterday. new record for newark at 68, and even bridgeport a balmy 61, that's a new record. 63 your high, and look, we hang on to the heat. the extra lift in the atmosphere will enhance the chance for a shower. diving into the futurecast, and a little bit of hit-and-miss shower activity this morning, but tonight we will see pockets of heavier rain pushing through. watch what happens by 11:00. a line of showers with embedded thunderstorms, and that will persist through tuesday morning. relatively quiet for the remainder of the week. from 63 today to 47 on friday, big slide during the course of the week. we don't want any slipping and sliding, we want you there on t

she was being held on $75,000 bail at the middlesex county correctional facility. >>> 70 degrees right now let's your forecast crazy john. >> that's just to say it, 70 degrees. now it's interesting as we watch the skies andrea. see more clouds filling in right now that will be the order of the day. you'll see little break and then clouds fill in and a little bit more rain. mild here and mild around the area, 68 in madison and 66 for the jersey shore, little cooler out for long island. 74 just one degree shy of the all-time record high for the month, we could hit it definitely smashing records. we did that at midnight, the old record is 63. so you'll see these clouds filling in in the city with our cameras in the city but also light rain to the west and farther to the west there is a front we have to deal with so there's the possibility of an and then 64 tomorrow. >>> all right john, thanks so much. i'm andrea grymes we're back with another local update in about 25 minutes. kids don't stay little forever. it's never too early or too late to save for college. you can open a ny 529 accoun

fog the issue morris, warren, middlesex county. dense fog advisory until about 10:00 a.m. seeing some issues with visibility west of the city. out across the city and long island, visibility pretty decent, same thing in connecticut. hudson valley, fog has been patchy in nation. month monticello down to a quarter of a mile. so upper 30s to around 40. further north and west, some areas flirting with the freezing mark. and because of that, with residual moisture on the roadways, there could be patches of black ice. meantime a lot of cloud. some thin spots here and there, but for the most part clouds will rule the roost today and eventually the moisture coming out of the southeast will start to head in our direction for tonight. so the way it looks on future tracker, notice we're cloudy pretty much throughout the day. could be a couple kup el couple sprinkles. rain moves in tonight and then pushes east of us and we'll start to see the skies clear out tomorrow and it should be a pretty decent day. so morning fog giving way to showers moving in tonight. look for the rain to move

county. let's head to the west. into somerset and middlesex, you got that line of showers pushing through right there. and many or the the north. every now and then, a hint of pink. and parts could see freezing rain. the odds are low. do we need it? absolutely? the deficit for the year, you know, we talk about the extremes, so warm but y as well. 9.69 inches below normal. we will make up on that today with the, it's 52. and breezy at times and then the position and more rain, 48. and then more rain tomorrow. parts of the area .50 to an inch-plus. so that will help. and it's the duration of the event means that a lot will soak in and help us out. mild wednesday, cooler thursday. seasonal into the weekend and warmer sunday into monday. it's wet now. and that means it's slow, right? >>> if you are traveling this morning, an accident blocking a southbound lane on the taconic parkway. just flashing light us this the area. and jersey city, closed southbound at manhattan avenue. for now, stick with kennedy boulevard. a live look now inbound brooklyn

i know bob is getting up in middlesex county. watches every morning. you talk about a faithful 43 wind out of the west at 6 miles an hour. it's cool in liberty. 36. we have 43 in chattam. 37 in spring lake. your day today above normal. normal is 47. it will feel like 50. ten-year extremes. sun is up at 7:04. some clouds to mark your morning skies, and mostly sunny skies and 4:28. your sunset time as we prepare to say so long to autumn. winter only 17 days away. through monday, we have this big ridge of high pressure in control. so numbers are going to ease on up into the mid 50s by sunday and we stay dry. so great for family fun or getting chores done, but the flip side is, the deficit now running a deficit of over 9 you know, as noted, feels great. saturday really comfortable. 51. maybe some football this weekend, there you go. 56 on sunday. super for a little game in town and staying in the low a foos for your monday as well. let's save you some time with alex. >> we have an accident to discuss here blocking a lane. so that's something that may affec

heaviest south of i-80 in new jersey into parts of middlesex, monmouth and ocean county, long island, brushing new york city. into the first part of the evening commute then things get quieter in terms of rain intensity but damp tomorrow. cloudy, cool, the rain steadier south and east in the afternoon hours. tomorrow night lingering showers and drizzle around. will the northwest suburbs be spared rain? friday will the showers stay offshore? close call there. how about a few snowflakes before we talk about warmth. that is coming up in the seven- day forecast in the next half hour. >>> before we move on, we want to go to shannon sohn t. breaking news in newark. a janitor's union marching on west market street. >> about a thousand are spilling out of essex county community college here where they just took a strike authorization vote. they are heading east on west market street toward university place. they just did the strike authorization vote and they are expected to march throughout the streets of newark along with politicians for about 7,000 of workers, the contracts expire in two w