in somerville. let's get started with john who's in everett right know. >> this 33 acre site is being prepped right now for the opening of a fifth star casino that's supposed to happen in 2018. but now as you say it's being delayed by this appeal, filed by the city of somerville. today wynn experts brought in politicians, labor leaders to conference which felt like a political rally. >> reporter: more pressure than a high stakes bet, one mayor's message to another. >> mayor curtatone, there's thousands of people that would come to your office if you need them to come. and if you want us all to come, we will come there and ask that you just cut it out. >> reporter: everett's mayor pressuring his counterpart across the mystic river in somerville to drop his opposition to the new 1.7 billion casino scheduled to open in 2018. 4,000 construction jobs are on hold as is the april ground breaking and several jobs fairs. we've had enough of them. we want to go to work. >> please stop doing this stuff to us.

somerville mayor curtatone reacting to today's developments. here's byron barnett with what >> a defiant somerville mayor came out firing back against the wynn casino team. he says it's not about the money. he says he's just doing his job of protecting the health and environment of somerville residents. >> reporter: somerville mayor joe curtatone says he's not backing down from the five environmental lawsuits the city has filed against the wynn casino. no amount of public harassment will keep me from doing my job and advocating for the health and well-being of the residents of our community. >> reporter: he says traffic is one of his major concerns and the casino will put 18,000 more cars on somerville streets, threatening the health of city residents. >> this is not about politics. this is not about steve wynn opinion i haven't even met the man and it's not about expanding gaming. this is about protecting the quality of life and the future of the people of my city. good quality of life and that this casino project should not negatively impact

but not too many they want to stay small, nimble and in somerville. >> there' of tech start ups here. that make it an exciting place to work. reporter: it' they' ve teamed with some larger business and continue to grow, not just in somerville but around the world. phil: it makes perfect sense. we could monitor your weather. we don' t want it to be 20 below. we want to be 45. harvey: controlling is another thing. let' s show you what' s going on in boston. the breeze is out of the south. let' s see less cold wind direction. right now the wind isn' clouds have moved in. they' re all those light southerly winds. i' m not sure of it' s going to reach the ground in this area. i am following this area, it may brush the cape in the islands. that is the best chance of getting steady snow before it pushes offshore. could there be some accumulation? wind yesterday afternoon. everything has quieted down. there it is. lots of bitter cold air is going to move in our direction. nine times has boston dropped it happened three times last winter. it would break the record for sunday which is minus thr

somerville's mayor announcing today that he is appealing an environmental permit for the casino. this could stall the opening of the $1.7 billion project for at least some six months. >>> a mother missing from has found with. judeist sales did show up to pick her son up from daycare monday. her car was recognized in connecticut today and police found the mother inside a mall unharmed. >>> a key conviction question for a kennedy cousin. michael skakel was found guilty of killing 15-year-old martha moxley back in 1975 but a connecticut court ordered a new trial saying skakel's attorney did not do his job. it's up to the state supreme court, 7 steve cooper in hartford with what happened in court today. >> michael ... >> reporter: scrambling to avoid the crush of cameras inside the halls of the connecticut supreme court, michael skakel left the hearing without comment. feet away dorothy moxley, the mother of the teen skakel was convicted of killing, had plenty to say. >> how do you think it went? well ill think maybe i've survived until now. >> reporter: it was a two-hour hearing bef

now it's somerville. plows. >> reporter: the -- please. >> reporter: the ground breakwas scheduled for april and now it could be years away. katie brace wbz this morning. >> and we caught with up governor bake here hopes this can be resolved quickly because people planned for work to -- backer -- baker hopes this can be resolved quickly because people planned for work. >> this is a surprise for folks and it's important to work quickly and hope to get other folks to work quickly whether to get it resolved so the project can get started. >> the state gaming commission estimates once it is opened the wynn he evert -- everett resort will generate tax develop new -- renew for the state. >>> 28-year-old ryan callinan is on administrative leave. the wilmington resident was off duty at the time of a accident and driving his personal car. the victim was treated and >>> today a public hearing will be held over the future of the garden at boston's children hospital. the hospital says they need to expand to help hund

volume starting to build on 93 south in the medford area as you approach somerville. usually by now we are jampacked by the cloverleaf and nice friday treat for the commute. things at furnace brook parkway right around granite avenue. volume remains steady past the gas tank. drive times 13 minutes route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 23 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 36 minutes 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. highs today will be in the 30s. >> shiri: take look at this, why can't we have sunshine with and 60s. we have that sunshine with all day temperatures in the 30s here so going to be cool and breezy today, 50s back by sunday and then as we head through the next seven days really we will have the chance not snow. only snow on map is across berkshires and couple flurries in northern new england too and we are shaping up nice and dry this friday morning, 34 and mostly cloudy in boston, but a lot of clouds are of high, thin variety, so not worried about the time of sunshine, so winds sust

the duffel's from somerville. it's got bailey's stuff in it-- and these. bed sheets. he's the one who hung those boys. ok, so he blamed them for bullying his son, and joshscaped. josh wasn't supposed to be out here in the first place. this trap was to protect himself. but this place isn't on any map. how did bailey's dad find it? i make a promise to watch after these boys. in many ways they're my own. then something like this happens. colonel, so you're saying josh was in his room the night that bailey hung himself? what is it with you people? i've already told agent morgan. was josh in his room? yes. 23 cadets sleep in that building. they're saying he wasn't there. they're lying. but that's against your code. did josh find bailey in the laundry room after that check? bailey was his responsibility. and who else was there? no one. are we finished? tucker calhoun liked to pick on bailey. was he there? no. josh didn't have enough points to go on the trip. why did you send him? he needed the challenge. tell me this-- d josh kill chris shelton in the woods? he was being ch

. >> and that's a warmup because straight ahead we will take you inside a somerville chocolatier getting serious love. you will see why it's named one of the best in the country. >> kills me. 45 minutes to the end of thenewscast and dinner and look at the weather watchers network we are in cold temperatures high today at 25 and brian belmont up to 19 and cut those in half this weekend. the forecast is on the way. >> tonight on the wbz news at 10 on my tv38 are you a fan of the godfather? a boston based auction house is selling must-have memorabilia. make an offer they can't refuse. data service on the cell phone. an ultra fast trial taking building a better bank starts with looking at something old, like this... so capital one built something new - caf\s. where you can unwind with free wi-fi and banking advice, without all the mumbo jumbo. free checking accounts. no minimums, fees or gimmicks. and a top-rated banking app that lets you handle your financial needs... right here. that's banking reimagined. >>> dressing in layers definitely requirement today for anyone spending any time outs

wnn-- wynn cleared a number of the water front but somerville is protesting one of the environmental permits with a lawsuit saying that the extra traffic is not only inconvenient but also unhealthy. >> the wynn casino project will put 18,000 extra cars per day 18,000 extra cars per day on local roadways pumping tons of exhaust into the air we breath. >> reporter: wment ynn said -- wynn says wheel they have never been motivateded to build the resort -- motivated to build the resort but the appeal by somerville's mayor leaves no choice but to shut down permanent building construction. they hoped to complete construction by late 2018. that is now all up in the air. paula and david. >>> developing news now a missing holbrook mom fond alive. she disappeared monday moments before she was supposed to pick up her son. bill shields is live with the >> reporter: we still don't know. in fact police have a lot of questions. there's no good explanation as to why judy sales left home. but there are a lot of relieved people around here that she is safe when cliff sales left there must have been a f

. >>> now at 5:30, a somerville man linked to a hospital hack in hot water, how investigators ship. >>> and a murder at a randolph bar. the accused shooter answering to a judge today. >>> and a mall brawl caught on camera when a case of shoplifting takes a dangerous turn. >>> and student debt brings u.s. marshals to a man's front door. >>> we are following breaking news right now. the fbi and irs are investigating state senator brian joyce. authorities say this is all part of a federal investigation. >> and tonight the governor is talking about that situation. let's get over to 7's adam >> all right, tonight the state governor is calling -- and the state g.o.p., i should say, the republican party of massachusetts, calling for senator joyce's resignation saying disregards the law, the milton democrat's law offices in canton were surrounded earlier today by federal a little. in january joyce agreed pay nearly $5,000 for using campaign found pay for his son's 2014 governor baker spoke about the case at the investigation just moments at the state house. >> i was concerned with some of the

convince him that what he's doing is wrong. >> reporter: somerville mayor joe kurtatone is proposing a new proposal for the casino that than six months. >> we going to cancel the ground breaking ceremony that was scheduled for this april. >> reporter: this had the feel of a political rally. >> when everett will be a powerful -- wynn everett will be a powerful economic union. >> we want to go to work. enough with the delays, enough with lawsuits. >> reporter: the mayor has warned people this will get ugly and wynn could get vicious. about that. >> we never go personal and vicious. this is all about our business, this is about bringing this resort to everett and we are tremendous operators. no, this is clearly not about that at all. >> and wynn everett's president told me he's happy to sit down with the mayor at anytime, has tried to reach out to him, but won't renegotiate the financial deal that somerville will get each and every year. went to arbitration and get $650,000, he wants more like $1.5 million. but again, he says it's about air quality, not about money. live in everett, jon

continues heavy along route 93 northbound as you can tell right up to the somerville area and making your way up into stoneham but after that you will be okay till route 128. 48 minute ride from downtown boston out to exit 13 in natick. joe stapleton, 7news. there is a new top dog in town. >> cj, a german short-haired pointer from california won best in show at 140th westminster dog show last night. the 3-year-old beat the best of the best including the german shepherd who was rumored favorite having won more than 100 previous competitions. >> but it was this large leanne burger that was the fan favorite of the night. dario spent his whole time in the ring trying to get treats from his handler's pocket. he wouldn't stop, and the the crowd at madison square garden seemed to absolutely love it. >> hungry. give me those treats, right. >> he's huge. >>> next, passengers taking on a nightmare flight, diverted in boston to manchester not once, but twice. >>> and a home goes up in flames in templeton. >>> and a deadly shooting outside a bar in randolph and the man police say is responsible

well getting up into somerville. you're looking good the rest of downtown. let's take a look at the maps. we are still picking up work crews inside the sumner tunnel. if you're leaving the airport and heading into boston. work crews being picked up both directions on the mass pike between route 93 and the allston/brighton tolls. farther west though, you're looking pretty good from framingham all the way into the city if that's your destination this morning. up to the north routes 3, 93, 95, a nice ride out of new hampshire. 9 take you a little over 20 minutes to get from 495 in andover right down to the lower deck. south of town much of the same. routes 3, 24, 95 okay getting up to 93. the expressway here wide open. take you about 11 minutes braintree up to the o'neill tunnel. if you're taking the trains all lines are starting the morning on time. emily. new this morning. the mbta is dealing with a slew of problems with its new "the globe" reports two of the trains had such problems with frozen engines and overheatin

you could see the traffic flow starting to back up slightly into the waltham area. somerville. do want to remind you still have closure on route 9 on speen street in natick and downed power lines came during the intense wind and rain and depour in place because right now those live look at brighton right now, pretty moderate through brighton 34 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 46 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. sara and gene, back to you. >> sara: all right, julie. incredible video from the south shore shows just how dangerous the situation was overnight. power lines smoking on wet road before repair crews arrived right around 5:00 a.m. fox25 michael henrich is following the progress in marshfield where at the height of the storm, michael, the entire town was in the dark. >> michael: yes. 12,000 or so eversource customers all in marshfield all without power as of 3:00 this morning. right now 2,000 customers, 2,000 homes, people waking up without electricity here at this hour. right now the rest of the town of

north of the pike 93 south very sluggish from woburn to somerville and route 1 in saugus, visibility low, it is rainy and foggy out there right now, so leave few extra minutes for your commute this morning. 28 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 47 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett southbound from route 1 in gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: all right, julie. inside 495 the roads aren't so bad, but outside 495 central mass different story. fox25 michael henrich continues the team coverage. he and photographer on the road right now on 190 northbound in sterling, michael. >> michael: good morning, gene that's right. if you look on the sides of your screen -- well actually on the center, somebody didn't clear the roof off. some of the snow and ice flying back under the car behind them. that was two cars up the ice was flying off of. on the sides of the roads you can see in the shoulders there's icing up, and some of. some of that is helping on the main roadways, and it is clear very clear massdot did treat material and bunch of the areas we have been driving around,

somerville' s mayor is standing firm, but so is when resorts. mayor curt and ato ne: we are fighting for some of the most vulnerable residents. this amazing project done. frank: mayor curtatone says he' s been asking to see a traffic mitigation plan for years. he is very concerned about the impact of 18,000 extra cars a day coming through his roads because of the casino. frank holland, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: this morning, uber is hinting it could leave boston over a proposed crackdown on drivers. this week, boston' s police commissioner said he' d like to see the rideshare company fingerprint its drivers like the city is doing with taxi drivers. massachusetts house speaker robert deleo says he' d consider that as part of legislation in the works on beacon hill. uber' s boston general manager called that process ineffective and told wgbh the company has been forced to exit certain markets because of similar regulations. emily: 6:10 this morning. an fbi investigation prompting changes at apple. randy: how the new moves are making things harder

let's bring in frank somerville. julie haener now and i tell you guys, some candidates left the caucus happy and some put an end to their entire campaign. >> a fascinating night all around. mike and keba thank you. the results are in. hillary clinton won the iowa caucus barely edging out bernie sanders. on the republican side ted cruz won several points ahead of donald trump and today the candidates are in new hampshire. and the victory last night for hillary clinton was the closest victory. hillary clinton is 18 points behind sanders when you average out the different polls. >> i am so thrilled to be coming to new hampshire after winning iowa. >> you all treat politics in new hampshire as we treat football in texas. you understand that there are millions of americans counting on each and every one of you. >> two debates scheduled ahead of the primary in new hampshire and the candidates are set to debate on thursday and the republicans on saturday night. brian, the race was taking place and fascinating on both sides.

(cheers and applause) >> sarah: somerville's mayor is not going to back down, he says. because this is a public health issue. >> no amount of political theater and public harassment from wynn will keep me, as the mayor of somerville from doing my job and volking for the health and well-being of the residents of our community. >> sarah: this could stall the months. >> anchor: the white house is considering a tropp fill the supreme court. this comes after the death of justice antonin scalia. senate minority leader harry reed, a democrat, met with the nevada governor to discuss the position on monday. brian sandoval is a former judge and state attorney general. reid says that experience makes him a great candidate for the bench. >> i know if he were picked, i would support the man. he is a good person. he has a great record. and he has been a tremendously good governor. in spite of having to deal with some very big problems there. >> anchor: well, this move could be seen as an attempt by the president to appease republicans who have said they want to wait until after the e

somerville's mayor is appealing new $1.7 billion casino. he says traffic and pollution issues are his major concerns. but the casino's president argues that a deal has already been signed. >> there is massive development going on right across the river, and why is it okay on that side of the river when it's not okay on this side of the river? >> sarah: somerville's mayor says he's not going to back down because he believes this is a public health issue. >> and no amount of political theater and public harassment from wynn will keep me as the mayor of somerville from doing my job and advocating for the health and well-being of the residents of our community. >> sarah: the casino is scheduled to open in 2018. but the appeal could stall the opening by at least six months. >> christa: happening today, the u.s. department of labor will release its weekly jobless claims. last weak's report saw the unemployed or the unemployment applications were down since november. experts say that indicates a healthy job market and that recent worries about the

bryant somerville has the latest on those fundraising efforts. 3 time has a showing us - what really matters and in three days time - matt hickey it's hard to understand that there's so many caring people out there knows exactly what that saying - means i really do appreciate it and i don't know how i can ever repay the people i'm very touched by their enthusiasm one week ago - hickey retired from the marietta police department after 34 years.the last four years have been with him ajax - right? a-j-a-x at the end of his service - hickey had the understanding that he could purchase ajax for 35-hundred dollars. but the day he retired they told him - no. because ajax is considered city property and valued at more than one-thousand dollars - hickey was told his partner - would be sold to the highest bidder at a city auction. so you might be wondering, if hickey retired this last week - why does he still have ajax? well, the marietta city council keep the dog and to care for it while they figure out a date fo

. >> gene: heavy volume woburn down into medford and somerville, average speed 11 miles per hour and route 1 starting to slow down as we are used to seeing as we head southbound through saugus. pike moving along at decent clip, a little bit of volume accumulating out of weston tolls expressway very slow though as you could see both north and where we see the heaviest volume 28 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 50 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: new details now on breaking story we have been following for you throughout the morning. two crime scenes in boston now connected one in dorchester and other one in chinatown. >> sara: woman was hit about i a car at one scene and appears dragged for miles. fox 25 jessica reyes is live on mass ave where this awful crash ended overnight. jess, you have new details from the state police. >> jessica:ia you, sara, minutes ago we heard back from state police, they have been piecing this together the last couple of hours, and they say the victim in this crash m

the mayor of somerville says he is looking out of well being of residents. he is very concerned about 18,000 additional cars passing through that community because of the casino. wynn says this is only a delay and plans are moving forward. randy: four people are dead after severe weather tears though parts of virginia. in waverly, a tornado is being blamed for killing at least three people including a toddler. several buildings sustained severe damage. emily: police are investigating a crash that killed a 17-year-old and critically injured her brother. it happened in barre as the teenagers were on their way to police say brittany murch of hubbardston lost control of her kia spectra and slammed into a tree on route 62. murch died at the scene her 15-year-old brother griffin was pulled from the wreckage. school had been delayed for two hours on wednesday because of icy roads. randy: the danvers teenager convicted of murdering his high school teacher is due back in court tomorrow. that' s when phillip chism will be sentenced for the 2013 murder of colleen ritze

construction of the $1.7 billion resort casino is now delayed for up to a year after the city of somerville while the s environmental permit. >> it will put 18,000 extra costs per day onto the local roadways. much of it is in neighborhoods where our most vulnerable populations are. sera: the resorts as they follow the process and the appeal comes at the 11th hour, in the end costing taxpayers. >> $55 million for every single month that it is delayed, and that is everything from the gaming taxes to the fees to our sera: it held a press conference with several union leaders, urging somerville to drop the appeal for the sake of the construction jobs. the mayor also made a public appeal. >> i gave joe a call and said, jo,e let' s move -- said, joe, let' s move forward and put people to work could be the work. >> no amount of political theater can keep me, as the mayor, from doing my job in advocating for the health and well-being of the residents of our community. sera: despite this latest hurdle, they say they are committed to seeing this through. harvey: ed: tonight, the driver who fell on hi

miles per hour as you approach the pike. 93 south still jammed from woburn down to medford into somerville and route 1 in saugus bumper-to-bumper as you approach lynn fells parkway. 49 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 36 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 33 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >> sara: unfinished business on the iowa caucus. >> gene: clinton 49.9 and sanders 49.5. bernie sanders has not conceded but has not stopped hillary clinton from declaring victory. >> as i stand here tonight breathing big sigh of relief. thank you, iowa. >> i think about what happened tonight. i think the people of iowa have sent a very profound message to the political establishment, to the economic establishment and, by the way, to the media establishment. [ cheering ] >> sara: on the republican side it was a party atmosphere on ted cruz's plane. they were popping champagne on the way into new hampshire. cruz told reporters he is feeling fabulous this morning. and the results were close but thomas sullivan clearly cruz on fern

frank somerville shared a picture with us with his three valentines. his wife, donna and daughters calle and sidney. >> and julie. julie haener and her valentine, her husband ryan. this is a perfect perfection from greece. >> and this is melissa with her valentine boyfriend jesse in our newsroom. one of the assignment editors. and misha and her boyfriend michael at a game. celebrating love and others that think it is another day. that is cool. keba, what do you expect? >> not a lot. >> what is a lot for you. >> maybe a dinner and a card. i'm big on cards. >>> all right. >>> that's it. >> happy valentine's day. >>> thank you. you too. >>> senator john mccain met with syrian refugees trying to make their way to western europe. >> senator mccain is parts of a congressional delegation traveling in the bullcans. the groups trying to flee from the military groups. speaking to migrants. senator mccain plans to go back to congress to ask for more aid because helping the refugees is refugees is expensive but money alone is not the solution. >> we also will do e

wynn resorts says the project could be delayed up to a year after the city of somerville filed an appeal of an environmental permit granted for part of the project. that means no groundbreaking in april and a hiring freeze impacting as many as 4,000 people. somerville' s mayor is standing firm but so is wynn. >> we are fighting for the >> we will get this started as soon as possible and get this project done. emily: mayor curtatone says he' s been asking to see a traffic mitigation plan for years worrying about the impact of 18,000 extra cars a day on local roads. a disturbing report just released on driver safety. randy: the trends aaa is drivers. emily: and apple says cracking iphone security would be like creating a cancer, the next move the tech giant is reportedly making to protect its users. cindy: it a severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5:00 . you can see the line of thunderstorms will be shifting what is going on? today we're going to run a slalom course. r not down the mountain, but up it... that's terrifying. ...in one of these. sweet r the chevy silverado offers a

that means no groundbreaking in april and a hiring freeze impacting as many as 4,000 somerville' s mayor is standing firm. mayor curtatone says he' s been >> we are fighting for the the most vulnerable residents. >> we will get this project started as soon as possible and we will get this amazing project done. emily: mayor curtatone says he' s been asking to see a traffic worrying about the impact of 18,000 extra cars a day on local roads. erika: uber is hinting it could leave boston over a proposed this week, boston' commissioner said he' see the rideshare company fingerprint its drivers like the city is doing with taxi drivers. house speaker robert deleo says he' d consider that as part of legislation in the works on beacon hill. uber' s boston general manager called that process ineffective and told wgbh the company has been forced to exit certain markets because of similar regulations. isis going after social media sites, it' s threats to the heads of facebook and twitter. emily: the family of the accused kalamazoo shooter speaking out, what they' re revealing about the days before t

. >>> and a somerville man met by authorities as he gets off a disney cruise ship. police say he's connected to a hack attack in boston. >>> and ahead in just one hour, stepping up the search for a missing man last seen in boston. where the investigation led mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps that lets you choose a so instead of we'll call you when things are just as wonderful... [phone ringing] but a little less crazy. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit not the other babe is back and pitchers and catchers report tomorrow. >> a lot of players already down there, sporting the short sleeves for us. >> yeah, we noticed. >> joins us with more on some other signs of spring, besides the short-sleeve shirt there. trey. >> yeah, i know you've got a heat wave back in boston. but it's close to 80 degrees as we kick off our 2016 spring training coverage, the red sox entering the year with a lot of chang

. >>> at 4:30, the fbi argue a -- airing a somerville man. officials say the suspect hacked into the children's hospital network two years ago. >> he was arrested this miami this morning. jonathan hall is live in boston with the details of his arrest. jonathan. >> yeah, ryan. this man apparently headed south least week without telling his family or his employer. he is now charged with conspiracy. the fbi says he's a hacker who caused big-time problems at a massachusetts residential treatment center, and here at children's hospital nearly two years ago. >>> a somerville man is in federal custody and facing a judge after being aired in miami disney cruise ship this morning. but they weren't tourists. the u.s. attorney said they were in a sailboat trying to escape to cuba. they got in trouble and were picked up by the cruise ship captain. sources confirm 31-year-old martin godsfeld's target was in boston, which been involved in the justina pelletier controversy in 2014. the connecticut team has been transferred to children's to be checked out. a

from san francisco across the bay with frank somerville and julie haener on more news of the day. >> here are some of the top stories we are following. breaking news out of concord. where crews are investigating a four car crash. >> that's right. it is happening off of highway 4 and bailey road. you can see here from the images from sky fox. actually this is a video that we wanted to show you from sky fox. a yellow suv. a yellow suv flipped over and here are the pictures from sky fox. several police cars and an ambulance and waiting to learn if there are injuries and the extent of any injuries associated with the crash. working to get more information. as soon as we learn anything new, we will let you know. again this is happening on highway 4 and bailey road. >> there is an investigators of the san francisco police department. >> this comes in the wake of the officer-involved shooting of mario woods. there will be policies and procedures investigated with the department and work with the department on ways to improve any police interaction with the public including an officer's use

. >>> tonight there's a new lawsuit trying to stop the everett casino not from boston but somerville. suit says the wynn resorts project is too big and will water front. somerville challenging the casino. >>> up next a bumpy flight. >> and it never got off the groundch the airport accident that put some travel plans on hold. >> a 10-year-old entrepreneur. north shore bow who -- boy who business. the republican debate tomorrowat 9. right after join lisa and i for wbz news at 11. (buzzer) hey, you're a lucky guy. you'll probably win the jackpot. any role in slot machines. the odds of winning are the same every time you play. (buzzer) if you lose money, just keep playing. you'll win it back. (bell) don't chase your losses. set a limit on the time and money you want to spend. learn more about gambling and how to keep it fun. visit the gamesense info center at the plainridge park casino. (buzzer) hey, you're a lucky guy. >>> a jetblue plane parked and waiting for take off was damaged when it was hit by a fueling van at logan this morning. a passenger told wbz the driver of the van had just

. >> shiri: steady and heavy woburn starts there and continues through medford and into somerville. pike moving along fine, starting to see volume increase right around the weston tolls, expressway jammed in the usual spot around the braintree split and then up to about neponset as pretty steady here as you can head past the gas tank. 44 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 31 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 32 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. moment of silence in new hampshire for a police officer who was killed in the line of duty in virginia. >> sara: ashley guindon is been sworn in hours before the shooting. fox25 catherine parrotta is live outside of her high school in merrimack, new hampshire where the news is really hitting the students hard there, catherine. >> catherine: yes, ashley guindon graduated from here 11 years ago. teachers and students are arriving for the day and they will be pausing for a moment during the school day to to remember ashley guindon killed in the

. >> reporter: the developer says they have no choice but to cancel the april ground somerville. they cleared hurdles in the banned to build a 1.7 billion dollar resort on the water front but somerville is protesting one of the environmental permits and filed a lawsuit. >> we want to be clear. worsening traffic is far more than just a simple nuisance. it is a serious health threat a collaborative study of pollution in our region contucketed but tufts university found breathing air with vehicle exyou have the increased the risk of cardiovascular disease. have never been more resolved or motivated to build the resort the appeal by the mayor leaves them no choice but to shut down permanent building construction. and wynn hoped to complete the project by late 2018. >> appreciate it thanks paula. >>> also breaking a police hit-and-run crash. investigators say that on sunday night this officers officer ryan callinan hit a bicyclist in kendall square and took off. he was off duty at the time. right now callinan is on administrative leave and the victim was treated and released at the ho

randy: somerville is suing over the proposed resort casino planned for neighboring everett. the city's mayor claims the steve wynn project ignored somerville's environmental and health concerns. namely the congestion and exhaust caused by thousands of additional cars. a wynn spokesman called the lawsuit a purely political move adding traffic concerns are this tuesday. u.s. markets are back open today after taking a break for presidents' day. right now, stock futures are higher. with no guidance from wall street being closed, asian markets rallied for a second day today. lobster products could soon become more affordable. the lobster industry is sending less of its catch to be processed in canada as the processing industry grows here in new england. more plants in maine allow fishermen to sell lobsters locally rather than exporting. that could ultimately save you money. randy: trending right now-- the grammy awards! and a big win for a local woman. nantucket's meghan trainor took home best new artist. the "all about that bass" singer was visibly excited, crying tears of joy.

coming out of the somerville stretch. that is causing some slowdowns early on this morning. let's quickly go to the maps here. you will see those slowdowns coming down on to 93 out of somerville swords the zakim bridge. work crews already in the process of picking up there. lane closure inside the callahan tunnel. good to know if you're heading on toward the airport early on this morning. work crews in the process of picking up on the mass pike. both directions between the airport and the allston/brighton tolls. emily: thank you. this morning flags are at half staff as a community prepares to pay tribute to a police officer, gunned down during her first shift. ashley guindon was killed in friends call new england home. the eyeopener's erika tarantal is here with the plans to honor her sacrifice. erika: randy, emily, good morning to you. officer guindon grew up in graduated from high school there. with a moment of silence in her memory. assigned to the pentagon is behind bars on murder charges. police say he shot and killed his wife, then opened fire on officer ashley guindon

mayor of somerville announcing today he is appealing an environmental permit for the casino. it could stall the opening of the $1.7 billion project for at least six months. everett's mayor joining forces with the ceo of wynn casinos and local union leaders who say that 400 jobs are on hold now because of this delay. and there's more breaking news, this out of holbrooke where a mom missing for nearly two days has been found. judith sales did not show up to pick up her son from daycare on monday and the family became alarmed. detectives say she was found in afternoon and just fine. its. >> michael skakel's fate now in the hands of connecticut's supreme court. they must decide whether or not to send him back to prison. here's a breakdown of the case. >> a long day here for the high court, and we can tell you that prosecutors, they want michael skakel back behind bars, they want him sent to prison in connection with of the murder of martha moxley. they came to hartford today to court. >> michael, how do you think it went? >> reporter: scrambling to avoid the crush of cameras at t

looking reasonable and slowest spot on weston tolls 93 south route 1, slow spot as you approach somerville on 93 south. over to live drive times, 16 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 33 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector, 24 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: starting this hour with breaking news at logan airport right now where a van has struck a plane full of people. this happening right now as mentioned involves a jetblue flight that was heading to florida. sky fox is live over the tarmac at logan right now. you could see the plane at the gate. flight 891 heading to tampa when passengers felt the impact as the van struck the plane on the tarmac. this is a picture a passenger tweeted as it was happening. they were parked at gate 11 when the plane was hit, moments later pilot got on the intercom to say they tweeted what she said and let's listen to that right now. >> underneath the airplane and luckily they got it stopped before they hit another airplane and aircraft damage, so we are going to

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener.tion between a wanted parolee and antioch police turned deadly today. tonight residents are speaking out. ktvu crime reporter henry lee joins us now live in the newsroom with the latest on what happened. henry. >> reporter: julie, the incident unfolded quite quickly. residents realized there was some kind of fight going on. what they didn't know until later was that it involved antioch police officers. >> i saw maybe three or four police officers. >> reporter: this is the buick where 37-year-old wanted parolee wendell had been sleeping before he scuffled with police and ended in his death. >> it's scary, way too close to home. >> reporter: police say he was a convicted felon who fought violently with officers. neighbors are just upset that he died while in police custody. >> the car that was in front of the white car didn't have his red and blues on. it had the bright lights on. if you are getting close enough to bright lights in your face, you are going to be startled. but i don't kno

. >> i told frank somerville in the newsroom, it's got to be one of my top five sporting events. i've seen a couple of giants world series. >> was it that great of a game, or just cool to be in that environment. >> when you have great defense, and not turnovers, i thought it was a good football game, and it was, you know, underdogs by six points come and beat the favorites. >> it was weird to see cam fall apart. >> it was almost sad. >> it wasn't right. >> i wasn't really a cam fan, peyton fan, but what happened? were you not prepared for the defense? too much maybe? >> i think so? >> you talk to the veterans, and all the experience, all the games, and now the spotlight is finally on cam newton, this younger panther team. >> i would say my big -- oh, for crying outloud. >> that's exactly what i'm looking at. way to go. >> that's dr. george. i met him from parker, colorado. he was diagnosed with a.l. 1st. in november the denver community rallied for him, got him out here, and another individual handed him two tickets and i sat next to him. >> so you didn't know him prior to this?

. >>> governor charlie baker wants to play peacemaker in somerville and the wyn n casino somerville and the wyn n casino. filed a motion to block construction of the 1.7 billion gaming resort. wynn has already put off ground wynn has already put off groundbreaking ceremony put for april. the governor fears that the state will lose money on construction jobs and gaming revenue as the dispute drags on. baker tells the herald, he hopes to have the mayors of somerville and everett and wynn executives sit down with state officials soon. >>> we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. 893 southbound from 495 to the zakim bridge, a 29-minute commute with average of 6 miles per hour. shiri. work and school, partly cloudy skies. temperature about 33 degrees heading in or out of boston now now. another degree. i am going to map out not just today's warm-up but a huge come back. >>> drunk driving laws in massachusetts could be changing changing. coming up, the new device that first-time offenders could install in their cars instead of losing their license. >>> but r but first, fire en

it will appeal about to any age they go for sale the somerville likely cause between why does it d cost so much. this is a brand-new house and thatnd is so friendly stuff that heating mostly $400 a yeardl is goingye to start them in. that's the way. live over in there. i don't know. i like myspace through. but you wouldn't have annoying neighbors.ut weather and traffic every eightminutes just ahead of road reopening delights trying to will take longer than expected what could be done soonke is home to denver's voice are sober we're about 15 minutes to the start of the fox 8 saint judede dream home ticket cell phone phone lines open at six and the number on your screen out of we're getting set to take off in sky fox this morning and givean you a pitts eye view of the city c and everything that's happening traffic wisea right now it's nothing. pit east 180 fifth has been cleared awayp don't forget the f cavaliers are in town that's why we bundle up in the winter.te when want to send it inside to scott has a look at a warm the warm up early presents tomorrow right now we have some reallye

this accident has been problematic as well at 93 south as you work your way into somerville. here live pictures of the accident on route 1 and you can see the two far northbound lanes blocked. we have a tow truck and several police cars on scene. over to your live drive times, 41 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 37 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us right now and light snow starting to fill in pretty quickly this morning. >> hopefully roads have been treated. beware because it is becoming in early and turn slippery, coating to two inches of snow expected today, more flurries in thursday forecasted and 20 to 25 below average and burst of moderate snow near spencer, worcester, southborough, stoughton as well moving up from brookline crossing the mass pike right now, so please be very careful. marshfield to bridgewater as well, down to providence, rhode island. so we got snow in the picture. most of it is going to be light and patchy today. there are going to be a coup

this is 93 south route 1 into somerville and lexington. expressway jampacked from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road as you could see, very slow, heavy volume past the gas tank. live drive time, 50 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 35 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 50 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. sara and gene, back to you. >> sara: all right, julie, the first votes have been passed in today's primary and midnight the nine registered voters in town of dixville notch made votes. john kasich earned three votes to two for donald trump. democrats vermont senator bernie sanders got all the votes and hillary clinton was shut out. the polls are now open at most the state is expecting a record turnout. catherine parrotta live in nashua, new hampshire where people were lining up outside a poling station even before voting began, catherine. >> >> catherine: polls opened and they don't close until 8:00 tonight. new searles elementary school in nashua,

olessa: 93 and somerville, traffic getting by. the rest of your ride, we had a spin out on 95 northbound near route one. northbound my columbia road, no hov lane. about 39 minutes from braintree to boston. north of town, 93, and down into wilmington, watching a crash here. traveling south, 93 stop and go to the leverett connector. trains and buses running on schedule. randy: the city of boston has been taking precautions getting ready for what could be a rough morning. emily: the eyeopener' s kelley tuthill is in copley square. kelley, what' s it like there right now? >> right now, it is starting to snow. it is a wet snow. the city has had the salting trucks out this morning, trying to make sure it does not turn ties and make a digit -- a dangerous situation. they are trying to keep these roads under control. it is too wet to pile up. the clouds will -- the plows will be ready, including the snowblowers. no snow emergency here. emily: breaking overnight, a gas leak has flames shooting out of a manhole on charles street in boston.

slow spot remains 93 south through woburn into medford and somerville. 128 northbound average speeds 15 miles per hour as you approach the pike, so that's been a little bit problematic. here is live look through brighton like gene mentioned, speed restriction has been lifted, but slow going eastbound through brighton on the pike. 51 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 34 minutes on the split to the pike. 50 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: julie, updating right now. three people rescued earlier this morning from a sinking tugboat in the harbor. new this half hour, this is a new picture of the raft used to rescue those men. just before 8:00 this morning we spoke with captain that saw tugboat going down, heard calls for help and recognized the voice as long time friend of his and then he pulled the men from the water and brought them to shore. cold water too. shiri tells us water temperature is frigid 42 . all the men in good shape but tugboat sank and details all morning and bring you video from the scene as soon as we

take you to 93 south, average speeds 9 miles per hour as you head through medford and into somerville. slow spot eastbound right after the weston tolls, that's where i found average speeds of 7 miles per hour. over to live look at peek through brighton, this is typical volume this time of the commute really started to lighten up after the accident and now it has slowed down once again. here are live drive times, 54 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 38 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. 43 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now with look at pretty dry commute so far, but things are changing throughout the day. >> shiri: so far is so good and have to go inland to bump into showers. those showers will involve a little bit of ice and even snow mixing in and no rain in southeastern massachusetts until late this afternoon and even tonight and gusts up around 35 miles per hour. not necessarily enough to do any kind of damage, but going to be a wind whipped rain here and warmer air and also come

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the furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. 93 south sluggish from woburn through medford into somerville. pike though still slow going through brighton area and live drive times 13 minutes on 24 from 106 to 128, hour on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. half hour on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. getting ready to head out the door. shiri, you may be dealing with way. >> shiri: snow on grass, sidewalk, coating up to two inches, that's basically it today. more flurries in your forecast tomorrow. below average when we hit the weekend. so there's a couple spots right now where you will pick up more likely dusting of snow out across the outer cape. see yarmouth over to chatham and deeper shading on the map and out as well into central massachusetts. mostly light snow as i mentioned, but it is coming down with temperatures in the 20s now, so there's the opportunity for it to stick where the roads haven't been treated. worcester 25 with snowflakes falling. we don't have an issue with wind today. winds are going to stay fairly light but the chance fo

that is leftover delays from earlier accident. 93 south still slow medford into somerville. pike moving along at decent clip and a little bit of delay, zakim bridge right now totally backed up because the lanes are closed on other side of the o'neill tunnel. here are live drive times, 18 minutes on route 1 from 128 to almost hour 15 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. 27 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now keeping a close shiri? >> shiri: wind chills friday morning before we find relief and recovery and light snow tonight and massachusetts and new hampshire saturday night and sunday morning and most dangerous and six degrees in worcester, 12 in boston, ten in norwood, eight in lawrence and will continue to slowly see the temperatures upward and sunshine right now in worcester, first still feels like it is 15 below temperatures here 11 at 11:00 a.m., by 1:00 p.m. 17 and we get up to about 19 in worcester today. , looking mighty fine out there and mostly sunny skies, but still feels like breeze

police say he's 6'2", weighs 265 pounds and last seen in somerville. manning has a cross tattoo on his back, a tribal tattoo on his arm and a grim reaper on his calf. officers say do not approach him if you see him. man something wanted for the murder of 36-year-old colleen russell. she was found dead in her broadway street home in malden having suffered sharp force injuries. call police if you know anything. >>> we are following more news out of chelsea. a body found at a home in the area of chestnut and cherry streets. we were there as police investigated the scene and working to learn more about the discovery and will bring it to you when we can. >> m.i.t. police are on the lookout for a suspect believed to be taking pictures of women in bathrooms. last night, a woman reported someone came into a bathroom and took a photo inside. that person ran off and m.i.t. police say they don't know if the suspect is a man or a woman. police say a key to way voiding becoming a victim of one of these scams is to alert and trust your instincts. >>> a road rain inc