after derry had to cancel their parade due to rain yesterday, organizers in salem invited those participants in derry' s parade to join them in salem. high school bands, veterans, snow men, and polar bears all lined up at 12:30 this afternoon and marched from main street to salem high school. adam: a great time in salem. santa claus stopped in boston today. saint nick arrived at boston common in a med-flight helicopter this afternoon. he was checking on the city as it' s getting ready for christmas. the 50-foot christmas tree arrived, and on thursday it' ll be lit up for the rest of the season. josh: christmas is a month away. i say some areas yes, some areas no. i just don' t know which ones yet. it is cold. i will tell you about that, coming up. adam: and ahead in sports. the patriots play the broncos in primetime tonight, but they' ll be missing some key players. jason king has a preview in sports. stephanie: now to our u-local hot shot. darby the dog from east wakefield is ready for christmas. thanks to kayla and seth for sending this adorable picture to us. you can submit your pictures and video, a

vo/ impressionable young minds who are promised money, women and if they die in battle glory /s/s/ paul salem :33 3 "s"sit makekesense to take kiki with thth when they're little to brainwash them completely d to produce citizens who believe in that." :39/josh map/ isis still holds large areas of land in syria and iraq where junior jihadis are used to cover adult losses from recent clashes and turkey's border to ththnorth has beenen tightened making it even harder for *adult* isis recruits to get through (source cnn) (oct. 2015)/vo/ terror experts say that's one of *many* reasons why children are now being recruited in record numbers /bridge/ often these children are kidnapped, others are taken from their homes with the family's permission as long as the families are aid off leavin the child to fht for a cause they often can't comprehend. the age of 15 is a war crime under international law. but terror experts say the law is immaterial to establishing their caliphate./sot/paul salem - 1:42 if you get a fighghr and he's very yoyog , if h hcan survive for a few years , then he will be with you f

heather: a body found washed ashore on children' s island in salem has been identified as 57-year-old philip o' sullivan of marblehead. a lobsterman made the discovery yesterday afternoon. the essex county district attorney' s office says no foul play is suspected. jury selection resumes tomorrow in the murder trial. eight jurors have been chosen to sit on that jury. the prosecution and defense teams back at salem superior court tomorrow. chisholm is accused of murdering someone a few years ago. a curry college student will be arraigned tomorrow charged with , illegally possessing a gun, ammunition, and drugs in his dorm room. the college says tips from students led them to darius last friday. he has been suspended from the school. ed: new information on that egypt. investigators say new evidence it was an inside job. they believe isis recruited someone with access to the airport to plant a bomb. 224 people were killed in the crash. the bodies of some of the wounds. device. san francisco now, and 21 people are looking for a new place to tire store spread to an apartment building in sa

the eyeopener' s todd kazakiewich is live in salem with what to expect today. time: good morning. more testimony from the cleaning crew supervisor who described for the jury the bloody aftermath in the danvers high school bathroom where chism allegedly killed colleen ritzer. surveillance video shows colleen ritzer walking out of her philip chism is seen in the video checking to make sure the her in. they say he was in the bathroom for 11 minutes before he walking out. his hand appears to be bloy. prosecutors say he returned minutes later with a recycling bin, then dumped ritzer' s body behind the school. chism showed no reaction to the court. but he did talk to the judge after refusing to come into the courtroom on tuesday. >> do you want to give up the right to be present to confront and see the witnesses and see the cross examination? >> no. >> do you want to be present? todd: after some delays, the defense says chism is competent to stand trial. the trial resumes later this morning in salem. live, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: new details are c

jean: investigators say an unemployed man from salem was living in his mother' s basement, and using a computer to target girls around the globe. investigators say 33-year-old brian powell first appeared on the radar of the new hampshire internet crimes against children task force in june. salem police were tipped off leading to monday' s house on lou avenue investigators say he was unemployed, living in the basement, and using the website omegle to find 8 and 9-year-old girls and entice them into nudity and lewd acts while he recorded chats and camera sessions. x -- >> it appears he originally engaged them in chat and disgused himself as someone the would open up to whether he disguised himself as a like aged girl he was certainly representing himself as someone he is not. jean the website says its for : users over 18 looking for new friends and cautions to keeps videos clean. investigators say powell' s victims are from around the world one ip address in the united kingdom they say at this point its not clear if any are local. powell' s mother spoke to us off camera saying she did

emily: the appearance comes after a sudden decision delayed the eye' s sera congi is in salem with what to expect. sera: he underwent a mental health evaluation and we should learn the results at a hearing this morning. chism' s trial was stopped last month after he started exhibited odd behavior like banging his head against the table and floor of his holding cell. prosecutors say the teenager is faking those symptoms, but the judge ordered a full evaluation. chism is accused of killing danver high school math teacher colleen ritzer two years ago. today' competent to stand trial is scheduled for 9:30. >> this morning a new effort to fight the opioid crisis. there will be a new media campaign. the governor says stigma is one reason why addicts are not seeking treatment. two people died in new bedford just since friday, both under 30 years old. the situation is so bad it new hampshire that the government wants lawmakers to come back for a special session, focusing on how to deal with the opiate crisis. emily: turning an act of vandalism into a positive message here at this burlington mos

they say he was in a car with s sla salem two days before the attackss and police also saying that the ringleader visited the terrorist just hours before the attack happened. oafs killed in a police raid last week. >>> metro services partially re-opening today four days after the closed -- it was closed down because of security measures. armed soldiers are continuing to guard the stations as the country is still on a high level alert after terror threats. >>> the race for the white house turning into a family affair for drump. for the first time his wife joined him on stage during a rally in south carolina last night. three of his children and her parents were also there. unlike trump himself, they've chosen to stay mostly out of the spotlight. >> isn't he the best? [ cheering ] >> he would be the best president ever. [ cheering ] >> we love you! >> reporter: trump also called an impersonator he spotted in a crowd on stage and complimented the guy on his bid, calling it a big beautiful head of hair. >>> while the patriots preparing for their next sunday night match-up right here on 7 n

s./sot/ paul salem "the initial waves of bombings that the russians have done in syria have targeted mostly the anti-assad opposition much more than isis//i think it will press putin to take the fight more directly to isis in syria."/vo/ overall , victims of isis number in the thousands from the islamic state's violent brutality. but the potential isis bombing of a russianan passenger jet is different. cause the crash victims were *nowhere* near isis strongholds in syria or iraq. /sot salem/ "it is the first major act of international terrorism by isis that goes beyond the war-zones that they're involved in."/vo/ senator john mccain says the fight should have been taken to isis long *before* this jet went down.. whether isis was or wasn't behind it./sot/ mccaca "well it doesn't change the dynamics as far as i'm concerned because i've been warning about it.//hopefully this president will no longer call them the jv and realize that this is a serious threat." /bridge/ terror experts say *if* isis did this, it may *actually* smooth over what has been a strained relationship between russia and t

s./sot/ paul salem "the initial waves of bombings that the russians have done in syria have targeted mostly the anti-assad opposition much more than isis//i think it will press putin to take the fight more directly to isis in syria."/vo/ overall , victims of isis number in the thousands from the islamic state's violent brutality. but the potential isis bombing of a russian passenger jet is different. because the crash victims were *nowhere* near isis strongholds in syria or iraq. /sot salem/ "it is the first major act of international terrorism by isis that goes beyond the war-zones that they're involved in."/vo/ senator john mccain says the fight should have been taken to isis long *before* this jet went down.. whether isis was or wasn't behind it./sot/ mccain "well it doesn't change the dynamics as far as i'm concerned because i've been warning about it.//hopefully this president will no longer call them the jv and realize that this is a serious threat." /bridge/ terror experts say *if* isis did this, it may *actually* smooth over what has been a strained relationship between russia and t

right now, let's go to salem with 7's victoria warren. what did the judge have to say about that today? >> reporter: well, christa, judge ruled phillip chism mentally competent. and the details of that competency evaluation, they are sealed. now there are a lot of questions about what this delay could do when it comes to picking a fair and impartial jury. no hearing, no discussion, and no objections. the judge ruled phillip chism is confident... competent to continue standing trial. accused of murdering his math teacher colleen ritzer. >> the court finds that mr. chism has the ability to consult with his attorney with a reasonable degree of understanding. trial was abruptly halted in the middle of jury selection. after the defendant's attorney said he was seen lying on the floor repeatedly banging his head on the floor. the judge ordered chism committed for 20 days. prosecutors suspected chism was putting on a show to manipulate the courts. that prompted defense attorneys to once again, ask for a change of venue. >> these comments that ar

. >> and the way we think of salem s that wealthy people were accused of witches, homeless 5-year-oldere accused to be witches. this is not an incident where all the victim rrs female. we have five male witches, and we didn't burn the witches, we hang them. there was so much encrusted myth and so much misunderstanding here that i felt it was important to dispel. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific. on c-span's "q&a." >> next, c-span's ongoing series congressional freshman profiles with members who have served in the u.s. military. democratic congressman society moulton represents the sixth district of massachusetts. he's a former marine who did four tours in the iraq war and worked directly with general david petraeus. the harvard graduate talks about his decision to serb and his goals as a new member of congress. this is 20 minutes. host: you're one of several freshman members who are veterans. is that a -- is there a camaraderie between you and other veterans? representative moulton: yes. i've gotten to know several representatives across the aisle because we share that expe

salem police officers are looking a bit rough after not shaving this month. it' s all to support the boston marathon cause of one of their own, officer joey defeudis. he is training for his first marathon, in memory of the woman he calls his best friend. his mother.

celebrity but where one isis member dies there's honor which likely was jihadi john's s mber one objective.sot/salem :52 "these fighters thrive on the e idea of matyrdom.. in a sense they have a great pension plan that heaven 40 virgins a wonderful life and for many of these people matyrdom is what they seek" 1:06/vo/ the death of a sadistic killer like jihadi john according to terror experts would just be a temporary nuisancebecause like so many other leaders of terrorists organizations in ththpast thth the u.s. has killed there's always *more* jihadists willing to take their place/sot/2:47 salem "so far, no lack of candidates to be suicide bombers or to be media beheaders as gruesome as that is. but this ain't over" 2:56/vo/on capital hill, im jeff barnd. 3 3 this week on full measure an account of workplace discrimination that will likely startle you. one woman's story y unds like something out of the last ntury. t the biggest surprise may be that it didn't happen in private business it happened inside a federal agency that should be setting the standard for fair treatment.in 2010, at age 27, ali

low 60's manchester salem in to nashua. it is a good day for holiday decorating. here's the forecast for you. by noontime, mix of sun and clouds. 5:00 tonight mostly cloudy. still mild with highs in the 50's. clearing and cooler on saturday. temperatures in the 40's on sunday with sun. next week we keep the 40's around. it is a one-day thing today. hopefully you can enjoy it somehow. maybe shopping. sean: then back to normal. hayley: yup. sean: got it. the granite state is getting into the holiday spirit. the tree will be lit at 6:00 this evening followed by a fire works show at 10:00. always a fun pent it kicks off at 4:00 this afternoon. manchester mayor will be at the lake massabesic tree lighting ceremony. the rink at strawberry bank is set to open for the season. the celebration will include the lighting of an 18-foot-tall christmas tree in the center of the strawberry banke campus. they are also encouraged to bring a donation for the new hampshire food bank all season long. >>> still to come, an australia zoo has a new baby to talk about. when makes the monke

colleen ritzer walk down the hall into a bathroom shortly after phillip chism follows her. 7's steve cooper live in salem where the video was played today in court. steve. >> adam, up until today we heard a lot about what phillip chism was up to inside danvers high school on the day that colleen ritzer was murdered but today jurors actually saw him in action on video. >> do you recognize that to be colleen ritzer? >> yes. >> reporter: for the first time we're seeing surveillance video from danvers high school from october of 2013. when then 14-year-old phillip chism follows his math teacher colleen ritzer into a second floor girls bathroom where he raped, strangled and stabbed the 24-year-old to death. the video shows chism carrying white gloves before putting them on. with a hood over his head, he follows ritzer into the bathroom. prosecutors say chism emerged 11 minutes later only after a female student walked in and quickly left. the video then shows chism walking down the hall and out the door where carolyn quickly was waiting to pick up her daughter saw a boy changing in the bushes leaving a pile of

s. about 32 in salem and nashua. tomorrow looks like a great day. more sunshine, warm temperatures. but the forecast does not look great as we get into the rest of the work week. i will show it all to you coming up. adam: to commitment 2016 now. hillary clinton has some old friends hitting the campaign trail in new hampshire for her this weekend. the ' arkansas travelers' are a group of dedicated supporters who came from ' the natural state' to ' the granite state' for the first time back in 1992 for bill clinton. they are credited with helping pull him out of a tailspin after the gennifer flowers scandal, and they came back and campaigned for hillary in ' 08 when she won a big comeback victory. in this cycle they' re here again, vouching for hillary' s character. >> you know, this thing about lack of trust? we' ve known her personally for 40 years. everyone here can say i' d trust her with my life. adam: today the travelers canvassed neighborhoods in dover and somersworth. they' re wrapping up the day with a house party in nashua. tomorrow, clinton will file her paperwork to be add

cindy: up into the 70' s yesterday. 77 in salem. you get the idea. what about today? your record for this date is 70. the record high in boston is 73. i think we will get there if not surpass it. look out west. denver, 34 this morning. el paso, 42. the jet stream is in a high amplitude flow right now. the big ridge in the east. that' s why the temperature extremes. the jet stream is going to settle down. right now it is warm out the door, lower 60' s right now. 62 in boston on the cape.most of the shower activity is southeast of nantucket. then there is a break in the action before we run into more rain. this is the leading edge of cooler air. a strong push of southwesterly wind. notice the winds will be close to 20 miles per hour all day long, but that is a warm wind. i think the temperature will surge to about 70 in marshfield. the warmest readings from boston north and west, lower and middle 70' s for highs today. could be a couple of showers on the south coast. sunshine by early afternoon up to the merrimack valley. into the evening hours, the showers are drying u

sean: in "cook' s corner," ever s beauty supply store in salem. police say 44-year-old douglas banks brandished a knife to the teller and demanded money. police later arrested the man without any conflicts and later located the money. thanks has been charged with robbery. new this noon a massachusetts , teen accused of murdering his teacher has been deemed competent to stand trial. philip chism' s murder trial was stopped after he started exhibiting strange behavior. in addition to refusing to enter the courtroom, he was also banging his head on a wall, a table, and the floor of his holding cell. a dramatic rescue caught on camera. a plane in trouble, the pilot and passenger on board saved from a crash landing thanks to a good old-fashioned parachute. abc' s scott goldberg has the story. scott: it was the scene out of a movie. >> plane down, man down. scott: a parachute carrying a plane to the ground. making an emergency letting not -- making an emergency landing on the road. onlookers calling 911. scott: officials say the aircraft of develop prob

newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich live in salem. todd: that video shows the crime, premeditation, and also shows what he did after the murder. despite all the drama, he was present this morning when the jury saw this footage. moments ago, the jury saw this survived video showing colleen risk. seconds behind, wearing a hood o ie is philip chisholm. he was back in the courtroom for the first time since refusing to yesterday. the jury was not present when he was sworn in for a colloquy with the judge. that was the issue that ended the trial early on tuesday. >> do you want to give up that right to be present and be here to confront, see the witnesses, and see the cross examination? >> no. >> do you want to be present? >> yes. during the trial? >> yes. todd: with that about-face, the issue was resolved. later in the morning, testimony resumed in the case. the jury saw the recycling bin that prosecutors say chism used to move colleen ritzer' s body to the woods outside danvers high school after he allegedly raped and murdered her in a sc

s body. jorge is in salem with what we can expect tomorrow. reporter: just in case there is a repeat performance tomorrow, the judge has ordered technicians to install a live video feed from the courtroom into the holding cell. after a late morning break, philip chism told his attorney he was about to explode. back to the courtroom. >> i cannot take it. i do not want to hurt anybody. reporter: the judge tried to talk to chism himself. >> he was lying on the floor with his eyes closed. reporter: earlier, the accused killer sat quietly through testimony, listening to peggie ritzer' s identifying her daughters photo. >> how old was she? >> 24 at the time. reporter: prosecutors trying to prove philip chism killed his math teacher at denver' s high in a fit of rage. could have happened was she was in a car accident. body in the woods. investigators showed photo of her body. that is when the recess was called and philip chism refused to leave his holding cell. >> he is very stressed. never mind a 16-year-old. he does not want to come out because he

let' s get to newscenter 5' s sera congi she' s live at the courthouse in salem. sarah: the court was taking a morning recess. when that concluded, we learned about the very strange behavior of philip chism in his holding cell, refusing to come back in his courtroom so the trial could resume. his attorney explained his odd behavior. attorney: he was shaking, twitching, mumbling. he said he' s about to explode and he doesn' t want to hurt anyone. reporter: this same thing happened to a lesser degree during jury selection. that prompted a psychological evaluation in which chism was trial. the judge now says he wants to speak to chism personally. earlier this morning, there were a few witnesses on the stand, s mother. >> she wanted to be a teacher preschool. stand in the murder trial of her daughters accused killer. philip chisholm was 14 or' s old when prosecutors say he killed and rate his 20 -- was 14 years old when prosecutors say he killed and raped his 24-year-old teacher in the high school bathroom. >> she kept something jar where she would write something goo

that means jury selection will resume first thing tomorrow morning. 7's dan hausle is live in salem now with details on today's decision. >> well, it was some pretty startling reports about phillip chism that brought this trial to a grinding halt a couple of weeks ago but now it does look like the trial is going to go forward though some adjust ams for this defendant. >> reporter: phillip chism stared and listened and barely responding to his lawyers before the judge declared the 16-year-old competent to stand school teacher colleen ritzer. >> the court finds that mr. chism has sufficient present ability to consult with his attorney, with a reasonable degree of rational understanding. selection was stopped because defense lawyers said chism was his padded cell and sometimes spoke of hearing voices. chism's lawyers now asked to move his trial because the jury pool might be tainted by news reports of those actions. >> these comments that have been reported are gratuitous and inflammatory materials that increases the risk of prejudice of mr. chism. >> reporter: chism's lawyers also complai

wind should be calm for your thursday. 40's up north, 50s from concord to man kearse, salem 52. looking ahead here, we'll have rain showers late tomorrow, early friday, then clearing out. over the weekend some cooler temperatures, highs only in the 40's, that's why we have the chance for some of that snow coming through on sunday. in terms of the timing looks like it would be in the morning and then otherwise just a cloudy day with a few scattered showers,2whether they be snow or rain, really depend on your elevation. but looks like we will have them even lingering into the afternoon and evening next week, for holiday travel everything looks good so far. >> the manchester monarchs on education day, kevin was there and we'll go to u.n.h. football [sfx:] all candidates' voices talking over one another my dad carried mail on his back. they called him "john the mailman" and they loved him because he looked out for everyone in those neighborhoods. i learned something from my father, do your best to look out for other people. we turned ohio around and we created jobs and cut taxes and

history with a certain amount of respectful distance per salem town has embraced the history in a somewhat commercialized way. more so since the 1970's when bewitched films of their and it was possible to confronted his history which nobody really wanted to talk about for some time. and a salem town as it was then, salem today, has become the best place to buy a broomstick or vampire fangs. kind of witchcraft central. brian: pick a which moment. -- witch moment. you were there when on the swirling the stuff went around, give us a moment. diabolicalis event a that stacy: 50 people confessed midway through the crisis where confessions were very frequent. and different ways and adding elaborate details. a greater number of accused witches from the neighboring communities, not often salem, will tell about how they attend a diabolical sabbath in the same village minister. a large banquet table. discover the menu and discuss some of the feast and how they arrived at it by various aerial means. some people say they've flown on sticks some carried on the devil's shoulders. most people's light with our neighbors or children or friends. ritual

wmur' s mike cronin talked to investigators in salem. mike: police say the man was driving more than 90 miles an hour in an area where there are several homes could salem police say the driver sped past an officer on main street near hampstead road. the officer tried to pull the car over to quickly lost sight of it. the driver of the 1997 lexus went off the road, hit several trees, and crashed just down the road. he was thrown out of the car and found unconscious on the ground. he was taken in the hospital, then flown to a boston hospital with life-threatening injuries. police had to close that stretch of the road for several hours. several residents, multifamily residence within the area. this vehicle could easily end up in someone' s bedroom, living room, kitchen. we' re pretty lucky at this point that it was only the driver that was affected by this. mike: the driver' s name has not been released. police are still investigate whether alcohol and drugs played any role in the crash. my cronin, wmur news 9. stephanie: thank you, mike. th

s. from manchester to salem, you are looking about a 21 minute ride. 293 is looking smooth. everything right now looks great on 101, 111, the spalding, and on 95. this report is brought to you by minuteman health. join the revolution. i' m deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: state police say they have seized thousands of doses of illegal drugs during a single arrest in manchester. erin: ray brewer is life outside the courthouse for us this morning. this all stemmed from an attempt to get a drivers license. ray: that' s right. the suspect, who is from the dominican republic, was trying to obtain a manchester man' s identity to get a drivers license and a title and registration for vehicles. state police say they seized more than $56,000 in cash and 55 fingers of heroin and tw bricks of cocaine. o there were also individually packaged packets of cocaine. individual doses of heroin. the street value of all the $40,000. this man was the man responsible. sotto perez has been charged with identity theft, possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute, and being a felon in

s. today a lot of areas shy of 40. nashua and salem touching 40 briefly. folks up in to the 30's today after a cold start to the afternoon. you can see how future cast hints at at least anywhere from boston south the chance of a couple of flurries coming on shore with the on shore flow. for us, it will be clouds and mixing with sunshine through the afternoon before going partly cloudy to mostly clear later on tonight. start, sunshine tomorrow adding clouds through the day. maybe a couple of showers in western and northern areas. as you'll notice, the shower activity cop continues to come at us. still a couple more showers to be had on wednesday. shouldn't be an all day situation. through thursday morning. then the clearing comes through and sets up fair skies for the end of the week and likely in to next weekend. a warming trend as well. a lot of areas up in to the 40's by the time we get toward the weekend. temperatures today in the mid to upper 30's for most. lower 30's up north. light wind and a chilly afternoon before again tonight with mostly clear ski

fox25's catherine parrotta is live outside of salem superior court where testimony gets under way at 9 a.m., catherine s&p. >>reporter: good morning, sara. yesterday was a brutal day inside that courtroom when it came to testimony and today is not expected to be any easy not expected to be any easier. as you mentioned the mother of colleen ritzer is expected to take the stand. this coming one this coming one day after the ritzer family was in the court room listening to the horrifying details coming out in opening statements. >> when 14-year-old phillip chis m arrived at danvers high school, he had in his possession a blue sweat. shirt with a hood, gloves, a mask, a box cutter, and a terrible purpose. >>reporter: premeditated murder the picture the prosecution painted in the opening statements and the details are brutal. prosecutors say then 14-year-old phillip chism followed his teacher colleen rit year? into a high school bathroom where he raped her and cut her throat several times with a box cutter. >> major artery >> major arteries were cut and the defendant cut so deep that it ni

a body is found in salem, it was discovered washed up on children' s island by a lobsterman. police are trying to determine the victim' s identity. there were no sounds of foul play. -- signs of foul play. pam: police arrest a suspect in connection with a brighton murder. 25-year-old gammada musa is charged in the shooting death of 30-year-old desmond joseph. the incident happened two weeks ago on telford street where officers discovered the body of joseph with multiple gunshot wounds. authorities acted on several anonymous tips. musa will be arraigned on monday. bob: taking a live look at the boston skyline on a saturday night. it is feeling a bit more like november. stormteam 5' s mike wankum joins us with a quick look at the forecast. mike. in a we went down to 69 degrees, been going down. low temperatures for the day, our average high temperature for the year. cooling airflow in behind this front. a few scattered showers near nantucket. skies will clear tonight and that means something that we have not seen for a while. temperatures dropping into the 30' s in many locatio

prosecution wrapping up its case with disturbing testimony from the medical examiner. 7's steve cooper is live at salem district court with what jurors heard today. >> reporter: so 36 witnesses over 7 days of testimony here and prosecutors rested their case this afternoon but not before jurors in this trial had to listen to some pretty gruesome testimony from the medical examiner. surveillance video captures colleen ritzer on the left with fellow math teacher and friends a giaquenta wearing similar clothes all part of dress like your friend day for spirit week at danvers high back in 2013. minutes later, prosecutors say ritzer was savagely murdered by one her students and 14-year-old phillip chisolm. on the stand and wiping tears away she testified she had seen a boy in ritzer's classroom after school but only later identify him from the security . >>> who did you red sox ago that person as? >>> did you recognize him as the opinion you saw in colleen's classroom that afternoon? >> reporter: the medical examiner spent two hours in the on the stand describing in gruesome detail the cause of death . >>> h

. >> anchor: right off the bat his legal team said he did it. 7's steve cooper live outside of salem superior court with all of the details. steve? >> anchor: liz, this was as you can imagine just such a difficult day for a calling. family and friends sat in the courtroom for several hours here today and listened as detail how their daughter was savagely murdered. >> anchor: jurors deciding the fate after used killer phillip chisolm who is years old back in october of 2013 hen he was charg charged with the mud and rape of his danvers high math teacher comen ritzer would see the box cutter prosecutors say he used to stab the 24-year-old victim 16 times before toughing her body behind the school in the woods. >>> the defendant spent the next 30 minutes in the woods. discarding evidence, doing what he wanted and ultimately . >>> phillip chisolm killed colleen ritzer and did unspeak . >> reporter: in her opening statement she said her client . >>> the answer is he was severely mentally ill. he had been suffering from a psychotic disorder since the age of 10. >> anchor: chisolm stared str

salem. reid: graphic testimony describing the moment colleen ritzer' s body was found buried beneath a pile of leaves and debris. we also heard from a former student who was one of the last to see the young math teacher alive. one of the last things colleen ritzer ever heard was a glowing compliment from one of her freshman students. i was telling her how she was such a nice person, said the 16-year-old junior who also told jurors today that she was with her 24-year-old math teacher after school along with philip chisholm, whom she testified looked angry. he did not seem really happy. he did not seem like he wanted to be here. he did not seem like he was in a good mood. minutes later prosecutor say chism followed his teacher into a bathroom where he raped, strangled and slashed her throat. he then put her body into this recycling bin and push it into the wind behind -- the woods behind denver high school. another student with nist chism with the container. -- another student witnessed chism with the container. along with these bloody socks and gloves, all of which chism was wearing. this no

colleen ritzer was his math teacher at danvers high school. 7's steve cooper live outside the courthouse in salem now. >> another pretty difficult day for the ritzer family but up until now prosecutors have basically been explained to the jurors what phillip chism had been up to on the day colleen ritzer was murdered inside danvers high. but today through surveillance video, the jury saw him in action do you recognize that to be ms. ritzer? >> yes. >> reporter: her killer following right behind, chilling images captured in this of 2013. that's when one of her students, phillip chism, then 14, followed her into a girl's bathroom wearing white gloves and a hoody. prosecutors say in 11 minutes after school, he raped, strangled and stabbed her to death. what follows is video of chism walking down the hall, down the stairs, carrying what appeared to be clothing, then out the school door. but that's where carolyn quickly, sitting in her minivan, noticed a boy in the bushes changing and hiding the clothes. >> for the first time chism in a barely audible voice was in the judge. yesterday the court said h

salem, mass, at 77. virtually everybody in the 70's. boston hit 76. you see high temperatures today even out west in pitsburg, indianapolis, we're also 76. we know we have one more very warm day ahead. this. high today in boston was 76. the high temperature was 21 degrees above the average nor time of year. the overall temperatures for november, five days young or five days old. le we're over nine degrees warmer than normal. the warmest november ever. we still have a long way to go. tomorrow, certainly not going to kang that. even tonight, look at orange mass, 22 warmer than last night. now, in boston, almost the summer feel the night at 64 degrees. dewpoint at the boardline and feels u mid to some of us. the wind is out of the southwest. see how 60's are union for everywhere. the wind direction are is everywhere out of the south and southwest. near record warmth today. but tomorrow's record is 73. right now, forecasting 73 but in my cut, i really believe it is going to be higher than. we are going to prac the record base am thinking where we going to

temperatures tomorrow, we'll check out southern new hampshire this time, concord, laconia in the 50's, manchester, 57, salem at 55 degrees. so you get the idea. rain and wind coming our way tomorrow evening into tomorrow night, getting out of here on wednesday, but i also promised you a look at this, because this is offshore and the question has been, is there a connection to the tropical storm named kate. there is not. this is ours up heir, city leaders is down in the bahamas. 45-mile-per-hour winds and forecast to take a turn out into the ocean away from us. tuesday afternoon and into wednesday afternoon, so it's missing bermuda, going to the west of it and missing us by a long shot, while our storm system rolls on by. they are not connected, there's a possibility it could tap into the moisture. doesn't look like that's going to be the case much seven-day forecast, your weekend always in view. rainshowers chances come in here, thursday afternoon with a front coming on by and saturday with another front coming on by. that chance for showers. the drier of the two days looks to be on sunday, but of course, w

newscenter 5's jack harper is live at the courthouse in salem. jack: the ritzer family were back in court, too, think of what they were thinking as they were watching their daughter walking for the last time. >> colleen ritzer leaving the classroom she loved for the last time. philip chism right behind. checking the hallway apparently to see if anyone was around. all clear, he pulls up his hood and follows the young math teacher's path. another camera, 2:54. she enters the lady's bathroom. 2:55, he follows. moments later, another student looks in, catches a glimpse of someone, turns and leaves, not noticing anything wrong. after 11 minutes, chism leaves. colleen ritzer does not. other cameras show the teen leaving the school. >> he's now going stairwell from 4-2 to 4-1, correct? >> yes. >> prosecutors say he would be back in minutes, with this recycled container which he allegedly used to move the body. >> i saw a boy who was crouched. he was looking around. like he was looking to see if anyone was looking at him. >> that was around 3:20. it woul

fox 25's christine mccarthy live they rockingham mall in salem, new hampshire, for us, with a look at the deals shoppers are already taking advantage of, christine. >> the reporter: well, we're finally inside the doors, the doors just opening up minutes ago, so shoppers are inside the mall now and they're starting to pour in to the big department stores. they're going to macy's, sears, were there for about three hours before this hour right now, because they opened up first and they'll remain open for 31 hours straight. a lot of associates coming in and getting double pay, getting holiday pay, since they come in here, be a part of the excitement, there is a frenzy here among some shoppers, picking up those electronics, picking up crock pots, a lot of home appliances at jcpenney where we just were and then of course, a lot of merchandise, clothing at victoria's secret is where one of the biggest lines is right now, and we did speak with a manager over at jcpenney about an hour ago and he tells us about 60% of his shoppers come from across the state line, because, of course, massachuset

colleen ritzer in that barrel then carried her outside to dispose of her body. 7's steve cooper is following the trial in salem and brings us up to date. steve? >>> kim, really just more disturbing pictures for the ritz ritzer family to sit in the courtroom and watch and also prosecutors say shows fill i in inchisolm going to the movies just hours after his math teacher had been murdered. >>> this is our box office area. >> reporter: just hours after prosecutors say first ilchisolm savagely murdered his mast teacher surveyance video played at the trial shows the accuse killer, then 14, buying a movie ticket at a danvers theater. the manager of the theater test testified chisolm used colleen ritzer's credit card to purchase the ticket. >>> it's lists the type of credit card then the name. >>> what is the name? >>> the name is ritzer, colleen. >> reporter: there was more surveyance video presented by prosecutors including these im images of chisolm seen at the bj bj's in danvers not reasonable three hours after prosecutors say he raped, strangled and stabbed ritzer to death in a second floor girl's bathroom insi

fox 25's bob ward in salem for us tonight. bob, thanks. >> elizabeth: right now, people are pouring in to the dcu center in worcester to see donald trump in person. they have want to see what the republican presidential candidate is going to say next. sharman sachetti is there before the events kicks off in less than hand hour. >> the reporter: donald trump seth to show up around 7:00 p.m. for a campaign rally at the dcu center. this arena seats just under 15,000 people. trump has made controversial comments regarding the syrian refugee crisis, last night suggesting on fox news that mosques ought to be closed as a new poll shows he continues to hold on to his lead in new hampshire. the poll taken shows before the paris attacks, show trump solidifying hi position in new hampshire ahead of the g.o.p. p.a.c. with 20 if i have% of likely primary voters choosing him, but while some like ben carson appear to be losing steam in new hampshire, marco rubio's numbers are on the rise. he's tying carson at 13%. 7:00 p.m. tonight. we'll br

fox25's catherine parrotta is live outside superior court in salem where colleen ritzer's mother will testify against the teenager accused of killing her daughter this morning, catherine. >>reporter: good morning, daniel. this will come on the second day of testimony for this trial. yesterday was just brutal. today not expected to be any easy easier with, as you mentioned, the mother of colleen ritzer expected to take the stand today and this will be the first time we are hearing from a member of the ritzer family since the colleen ritzer's murder. colleen ritzer's family was in the court room and they were listening to some of the brutal details in the opening statements and in the start of the testimony yesterday. prosecutors say the murder was premeditated with then 14-year-old phillip chism following colleen ritzer into a bathroom where he raped her and cut her throat with a box cutter multiple times before heaving her body covered with leaves in the wood. he did it before an opening statement about his state of mind at the time. >> a 14-year-old boy, well >> a 14-year-old boy, we

let's cloak in again with fox 25's christine mccarthy, live at the rockingham mall in salem for us tonight. christine? >> the reporter: yeah, we're here in jcpenney, because that is the very first store that opened up here at the mall. in fact the rest of the mall isn't open but will open in the next half-hour. this store opened at 3:00 p.m. and there were some shoppers who were outside for well before that, as early as noon or perhaps before that, missing their thanksgiving dinner to make sure they got deals. take a look at the lines, you can see quite a few of them did get deals. a lot of clothing, home appliances, crock pots, we're told those are the big deals, crock pots and pots and pans. all sorts of suffocating here. of course, -- all sorts of stuff here. at 6:00 p.m., shoppers will be making their way to other stores, but in salem, new hampshire, because it's so close to the massachusetts state line, a manager here tells us about 60% of the shoppers come from massachusetts because, of course, those massachusetts blue laws prohibiting certain stores from selling to shoppers on thank

s across the state. even a few southern communities may touch 60 tomorrow, like manchester, salem, plaistow and possibly portsmouth seabrook. then once we get to tuesday, that's where things again to change. you start to see these clouds in southern new england, they begin to build in and there may even be a few scattered showers by the evening commute for those of you who commute along 93 or route 3 from manchester southward. but as we get into the overnight tuesday into wednesday, that's when it looks like well have more showers moving in. so the best chances for rain as we go through the week will be on wednesday and thursday, even friday as well. tomorrow completely dry. only the southern areas have to worry about a few scattered showers tuesday in the afternoon. tonight it's cold, teens north, state. a couple of third. 31 by daybreak tomorrow in manchester. so tomorrow, sunny, bright, a fall beauty about 57 degrees for the high temperature. and it looks like we'll start out cold but recover nicely to about 52 at lunch time, not a bad time to be out enjoying a quick walk. but then it gets cold quick

lawyers say -- for the 16-year-old say that he is having a hard time handling the fox25's catherine parrotta live outside salem super i don't remember court where there is a hearing with the judge at 8:30 this morning. good morning, catherine. >>reporter: good morning, gene, 8:30. a little ahead of scheduled. normally testimony doesn't resume until 9:00. a judge will meet with both sides at 8:30. he asked that the jury be here at court and ready to go for testimony to resume at 10:15, but, of course, everything right is now hinging on phillip chism's mental health evaluation. >> she kept a jar she would write something good for the day. something she started doing that summer, and she was -- she would just pick one thing and put it in her jar that she was trying to keep. >>reporter: maintaining her composure, peggy told the jury about her daughter colleen, how she lived and home and talked about her with her mother. how her family knew something was wrong when she didn't return from work. disturbing testimony and evidence. they saw ritzer's classroom and the blood splattered bathroom and recycle and recycling

s. look at that. salem 68. that was one of the warmest temperatures in the state. derry 66. 65 in auburn and in dover. even as far north as gorham and in berwin. temperatures were in the low 60's there. we didn't break a record in concord, but we came oh, so close. we reached 64 degrees yesterday afternoon and came very close to the 65 degrees which was set back in 1976. we only needed one more degree to at least tie the record, but regardless it was a one warm yesterday. uncharacteristically warm for this time in november for sure. here is the thing though, it's pretty easy to spot where the cold front is this morning and it's right across the central part of the state. the cold air coming down behind the frontal boundary, already, it feels much colder in whitefield and berlin. temperatures won't warm up much more than you've got right now basically. 46 in lalona, the warmest temperature we have all day m manchester, 54, will continue to slide downward throughout the rest of the afternoon. not much of a temperature bump as we go through the rest of the day here. he

salem police officers are looking a bit rough after not shaving this month. it' s all to support the boston marathon cause of one of their own, officer joey defeudis. he is training for his first marathon, in memory of the woman he calls his best friend. his mother. joey: everything kind of came in the form of a tidal wave. my mother was diagnosed with aml, a form of leukemia. it was six months of probably the most intense highs and lows you can imagine. i got two choices. i could either sit there and feel sorry for myself, but i only mother more -- i owe my mother more. i want to raise money. i want to make a difference. in november, we have -- we were able to raise another good chunk of the money to . we hope that this is the straw that breaks the camel' s back. due to my efforts and the efforts of everybody else raising money as we speak, i would like to see a cure for this. i would like to have to see nobody go through this. she is with me 24/7. i' m constantly thinking about her. i owe her my life. running the marathon and doing what i' m doing is the very lea

s deb davidson. deb: good morning. hampshire. from manchester to salem is about a 21-minute ride. like you just said, if you are heading into boston, 93 south is a very tough ride. we are seeing heavy volume and delays down to sullivan square. this report is being brought to you by minuteman health. affordable health insurance is here. join the revolution. minuteman health. from the wzid traffic network, i' m deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. erin: right now, firefighters are on the scene of a fire in hampton that broke out just before 5:00 a.m. you can see the smoke from our hampton beach skycam. injuries. sean: france launched more airstrikes in retaliation for 129 people. washington to tell us about the latest meeting. nikoe le: secretary kerry met with the french president. >> don' t mistake what these attacks represent. this is not a clash of civilizations. these terrorists have declared war. nikole: the french president said his country is now at war authorities identified the suspected mastermind of the attacks and the terror group is now setting its sights on the u.s. in a new v