we do have pockets of fog in southern new hampshire and southern maine, so be aware of that. there could be locally dense pockets. i don' t think it will be as widespread as it was last night. temperatures in the 40' s well to the north and west. still in the 50' s across a good deal of our area as we start our friday evening. overnight lows not low by december standards. another mild day tomorrow. clouds should exit and allow for clear skies tonight and sunshine on saturday. it looks like a nice day, very pleasant. starting out mild and moving up to around 60 in spots. there will be some changes on sunday, especially on monday. j.c.: tragedy in north reading, a woman is killed after her car crashes into a home. the accident happened this morning when the weather was very foggy. newscenter 5' s reid lamberty spoke with investigators. >> under the cover of dense fog and early morning darkness, there was no mistaking what happened. >> i was in my kitchen and was about to head toward the door. i heard a horrible sound and new it had impacted the house. >> and right into the fron

start christmas eve with a lot of clouds and dense fog, northern mass, southern new hampshire and southern maine. i'm not sure if we'll get much in the way of sunshine tomorrow but fine we don't we'll still be very warm. >> this is just one computer model estimate of rainfall. a swath why you to the west of boston. a half an inch to an inch closer to boston. that's an estimate, but again, these heavy downpours could be slightly shifted in location and could be even localized amounts of two inches, would not shock me. look at this. this is city cam. can't see much. of course, it's dark but you know when it's clear ow. can't see virtually any of that now because of the dense fog that's moving in. the wind is right off the water. it's 48 degrees. just about a matching dew point means the air is saturated in the lower part of the afternoon. so what about this warmth? it's only 48 in boston. right now we have an easterly wind. but tomorrow the wind will shift behind that rain and the warm front, and that will usher in the warmth that's down the coast like the 72 carolina. late tonight towards tomorro

i think the snow is up the new southern maine. we're changing over to rain in morning. sleet will hang on through mid to late morning before it changes over to rain here into the afternoon. outside of 495, freezing rain may be a concern into the afternoon and that means we are seeing out on the roads right now. let's get you back out there to doug meehan who is driving around this morning very slowly. that is key, doug, right? good morning. doug: you've got it, cindy. hey, we're just coming up on to one of probably many situations on the roadways. you have a tractor trailer and a four wheel drive jeep that got into it. we're making our way towards route 2 through the lexington stretch. as you can see, a picture tells the story of the conditions out here. the roads along 128 are really a mess compared to route 3 up in billerica where we just came from. the slush, the snow it's all starting to accumulate. this isn't something that we have driven through before but nonetheless, if the plows don't come through and you just got the cars driving through, it starts to make tho

upper new hampshire, southern maine, cape cod, there are areas with poor visibility. there are areas -- and it is possible, not everywhere, but in pockets around the region there may be fog warming overnight, ground fog where you might look up and see stars, but down there we shatter the old record of 61 degrees. 65 degrees at 6 p.m. christmas eve here in boston. 62 in worcester. mild everywhere until you get to new hampshire and portsmouth and it' s a little bit cooler up there. as we go through the night, it will be about 57 in boston around midnight. tomorrow morning, 50. distant areas could be in the 30' s. as for his tomorrow is concerned, at least upper 50' s. i would not be surprised if it reaches the 60' s. most rainfall will be to the south, but there will be clouds. a touch of rain might make the caper the islands. much more and a winter storm for next week coming up. phil: the mild weather center a break for last minute christmas shoppers. our sera congi has been keeping an eye on the folks who like to take it down to the wire. she joins us live in wrentham

. >> reporter: if you need emergency medical care in southern maine don't be surprised when edna mitchell shows up. an 87-year-old great grand mother edna mitchell is maine's olds emt and ambulance driver. >> basically when the pager goes off i'm ready. all i have to tell them is liberty 202 is responding. >> i imagine you hear, she can't do this, what are you thinking, the surprise factor is huge. >> a couple of years ago, i went on a call and one of my swimming friends said, a woman in new hampshire was in an accident and some old woman helped them. so i know who they were talking about. >> a volunteer for the liberty fire department, mitchell covers 400 miles of coastal maine handling nearly 100 calls a year. nearly 4,000 calls in 37 years on the job. >> that is a lot of pressure. >> it is but you know i feel kind of dedicated to it. >> mitchell is a pioneer. her interest in emergency medical care goes back to world war ii, a time when women in jobs like emt or firefighter were rare. >> what got you interested in being an emt? >> well, during world war ii, my mother and father took a f

visibility is still low in new hampshire, southern maine, the cape, and the islands. the aware of that. widespread. and on throughout the area. most of the rain will stay south, coast or the island. stay south of us. the further southwest you tomorrow. midnight mass tonight, 50' s. look how mild christmas day will start. during the day, it will at least get in the upper degrees weather on christmas day. we do have changes on the way. we will look at that in a minute. erika: harvey, thank you. a record setting christmas eve, lots of people enjoying the temperatures while they finish their list' s. sera congi has that story for us. sera: a lot of people are finding it hard to get into the christmas spirit. the only cold you will find this was received is at the ice rink. >> the ice is softer than usual. at sera: shoppers hit the stores in springlike weather. >> everyone seems happy. it is all good. sera: wearing santa hats instead of winter hats, shoppers were >> it is a different kind of festive, but everyone is in a good mood. sera: as for the kids excited for santa a

taking us to 8:30 and most of it heavy rain into southern new hampshire and southern maine and offshore here to our south. it doesn't end there, though, i'll show you the seven-day forecast. there's a risk for showers on friday. still the clouds that are in there is just up in the air right now as to whether or not we get any of the showers to come on in. look at the big change coming up on saturday into sunday. your weekend is always in view and this time pay close attention because it's dropping fast. 36 degrees with wind and the potential for snow flurries on saturday. wouldn't that be fun. haven't seen many of those, at least not in december. i want to go back to thursday for a moment because we talked about how there will be rain coming in during the day on thursday but thursday into friday is when it gets a little trickier. that same front sits offshore evening and more rain along the front and clips southern new england. something we'll be tracking closely for a second punch of rain before that cold on friday. >> a test for the first half of the celtics. all the highlights from t

look at the parts of southern maine and southern new hampshire and parts of northern massachusetts. we have fog and some of it is dense. most of the rest of the region is fog free. there could be some that forms overnight into early tomorrow morning. but i wouldn't expect it to be as wide spread or as listening lasting into the morning about shall, but see that visibility reduction half mile, quarter mile, a quarter mile that is dense fog. and i know that was real shall hue for many of you earlier today. but then, high temperatures tomorrow today, the help of afternoon sun. 58 boston. 60 plymouth. 61 providence. be reached or he eclipsed on saturday. yes, i am a calling for saturday the very mild day. this the milder of the two weekend days and the nicer because it with will have more sunshine than sunday will. i i basically see sunday as the dry day. these are high temperatures every day so far this month. when see you it in red. it meaps it is above average. you take the month so far and hold. it is averaging over 7 degrees above the average. that is pretty big stuff in terms of w

the cape and north of boston and southern new hampshire and southern maine. 9 rest of the area is foggy too, but those are the areas with the most dense fog. quarter mile visibility for worcester and providence. a half mile from boston to plymouth and hyannis. dense fog advisory until midnight. let's give you an idea of the time line of those as they move eastward. getting into the birkshires and then spregd east quickly with the heaviest activity likely to be across rhode island and the cape where thunder. this will be gone by tomorrow morning's commute and dryer air will start to come in. and then we will have to deal the temperatures will be

that is moving northeast up through southern maine and lighter showers down through the south coast and out on to the cape. showers, rain showers, look at the numbers. middle and upper 50s, yeah, no longer i'm sure the city is at 57. norwood at 60. worcester 54 but you had does that count? rain fades away over the next couple of hours. lows between 43-50. now for tomorrow, cloudy skies for the morning. morning commute is fine but you will need the rain gear with another storm system moving across the northeast. rain will come at us mid afternoon tomorrow. so it's a little later in the day tomorrow and also it has more moisture it's spending sometime this evening in the gulf of mexico loading up on moisture. that is into new england come afternoon with a burst of steedier rain. that will take us up until about midnight. most towns with the next batch of rain on the way probably an additional inch of rain. this afternoon's rain most towns about a third to a half inch of rain. on top of that tomorrow afternoon, more rain on the way. about an inch or so. but mild. temperatures between 53-58

from boston on up through the merrimack valley into southern new hampshire and southern maine. this is a main chunk of development to the north and that's what's going to come through later on tonight. we can have any mr. drizzle. i doesn't take much when temperatures are below 32 and the surface is not treated. but the steadier rains come by the end of thmorning

this takes you to eastern new hampshire, and into southern maine. you see kennebunk, ossipee new hampshire and farmington and gilford. there's some snow sewing up, see the -- showing up in there, rainshowers on the seacoast, portsmouth, new hampshire. this is snow flying at stratham and out southeastern vermont and points west of there. heavier snow and steadier snow falling in northern maine today from the same storm system that caused us the rain to come through our area, on the back side, it's cold, so it's snowing, as that storm intensifies, but there is the wind and temperature today too. only in the 40's right now, but you factor in the wind gusts, which are not as strong as they will be later, but they're ramping up and it gives awe windchill, what it feels like in most places. that will get worse as the night goes on. you'll see here with futurecast, this storm is pulling away and we're going to be clear, but clear skies at night, can mean cold temperatures, even the snow coming to the end to the north. we'll talk about how strong the winds

new hampshire or southern maine this could be a slight chance of a touch of freezing drizzle early tomorrow. ground is not really that cold because the air has not been that cold now you can see clouds are here. a couple of the areas of drisle already starting to show just off the coast. as well as down to fair haven, another bank or area of drizzle around listening island all of that is heading mort. now more significant rain is developing from atlanta on up to cincinnati that is going to continue to blossom and move in our direction. that will be more significant rain and that could doe he coincide with the evening commute tomorrow. it will be damp at time early commute but halfier rain possible for the evening commute. all as this storm moving across the area. late tomorrow noon tomorrow night. now friday will be a cool day however, there is some cold air that is finally going to be rushing in here and saturday will feel look the winter day. windy, blusty, chilly. but it is not going to last. i can tell that you. here is a closer look now at future cast. s

the south and perhaps two to five inches maximum north of route 2 to southern new hampshire and southern maine and ski country farther up in morning new england. this area could have the icing situation later tomorrow morning into tomorrow afternoon. a tricky end to this storm, also, i'll be discussing that in a little while. j.c. and phil. j.c.: the first test for the t, the shiny new equipment are supposed to keep train's running. jorge quiroga is live in boston and jorge, some riders are not that optimistic? jorge: certainly not nearly as upbeat as transportation officials are saying they are ready for anything this winter will bring. skeptical riders say actions speak louder than words. at south station, anxious passengers tracking the first winter storm. >> they promise to have it, i don't have the confidence. jorge: skeptics here by the trainload after last winter's total breakdown. year. jorge: transportation officials trying to instill some confidence. >> we have done a ton of work to prepare for the winter. i anticipate that work will be put to good use starting tonight. jorge: new an

tomorrow from southern maine all way up into western maine. and much of central and northern new hampshire. so a lull in the morning for you there we are and should last until about 8:00 a.m. then the second batch of rain starts to move our way. this a warm weather center a couple different entity and small low pressure with it tomorrow evening as we go through the evening hours i think this will be affecting evening drive this batch of rain there might even be a couple downpours involved and a wraps up tomorrow night. on backside of this colder air coming down. we'll talk about that and windy thursday forecast and temperatures going all over the >> following breaking news tonight, because rob john could you key just released a new video talking about his injury from sunday for the first time. and gronk is also get attention for something he tweeted today. night team tim caputo at gillette stadium with details on all of that. in that video gronkowski appears to number good spirits groppi gronk so par for course. he sees vows to work hard to re

most of us will stay dry, temperatures in the 40s, from southern maine back down to the south coast, 47 in the city of boston, we are mostly dry. i can't rule out of a couple matches of drizzle, there may be an isolated shower or two, we rise into the 50s, despite the clouds it is going to be another mild day. isolated shower, it is between 8:00-9:00 p.m. pockets fill in, sted he in times overnight tonight, so predawn inside of 995 still areas of rain, they pretty wrap up by 6:00 a.m., temperatures will be in the 50s out the door at this time tomorrow. we'll talk much more about how much rain to expect, let's get on the roads, traffic and weather together. >>> a lot of problems on route 1, route 1 southbound we had an earlier crash at lynn street, that is cleared right now, the left lane taken up but that is clear now, now we are seeing a bumper to bumper delay. 93 south bob is a mess, into take you at least 23 minutes. let's check the south ride, 24 north backed up from 128 into avon and the expressway. that is a 16 minute ride right there, bree and kathryn. >> thank you very much.

the worst of it is in areas north of boston into southern maine, down to about one third of a mile. while we were sleeping last night, we had temperatures that were rising -- we had a high of 50 degrees around midnight and temperatures this morning were on the mild side -- he will hold steady through the day and as the wind picks up we could see gusts exceeding 40 miles per hour. they will bring in drier air, so some sunshine today taking us right to the upcoming weekend. it is mild at 55 in plymouth and people off to the north and west will go down to 39. pick up, and they will dry is out with the last of the showers lifting as far north as the plymouth area. clouds will break for sunshine through the afternoon, and the wind on the backside of the system is pulling in cooler air. 35 in detroit and that air mass is working in, battling this developing sunshine. that results in temperatures holding steady through the day. as we go through the afternoon we will hold onto the lower 50' s in southeastern massachusetts. then those wins ramp-up, over 20 by lunchtime. those wind gusts last

temperatures off as when he had toward parts of the north shore, merrimack valley and up into southern maine. it is only in the 40's there. you should be in the mid 50's around boston but 60's possible to the south. the record high in boston is lower 60's. back around 60 on monday. rain coming in during the evening and overnight hours. could be some downpours behind it. cooling offer again to the 50's. kevin: cooling off to the 50's in the end of december here. out there. let's take a look at this live shot here. mass pike in brighton. good thing it is a friday morning. home. looking frett good here. -- pretty good here. you won't have much volume to deal with. stretch. car fire being worked on at 104 and bridgewater. if you're headed northbound, you may get a brief curiosity delay. to the south, routes 395 and the expressway in good shape here. no troubles up to the north on route 3, 93, afternoon in near the 128. emily? emily: right now a former oklahoma police officer is facing a 200-year prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual assault charges. daniel holtzclaw sobbed in court

whole lot colder this time of the year, generally running in the 30s, doesn't matter whether from southern maine, portland sitting at 32 to providence at 37, 39 chatham, pretty uniform because we've had a deck of clouds, no wet weather to worry about today, these clouds may tend to to peeks of sunshine, overall the clouds win, keep that in mind, a couple showers, bless you, chris as we head in to tomorrow morning, low pressure departing high pressure a weak area building in. as we head in to overnight tonight, there may be a sprinkle or two, tomorrow morning, i think it's more of a nuisance than i think a couple of rain showers around for the morning commute, these will push off shore by late morning, sun breaks out we go in the mid 50s tomorrow afternoon. so mild end to the week, friday we'll see morning clouds and then breaks of sunshine we go 55 to 60 on friday, and then a cold front comes in but behind it, we still get in to milder air, this weekend is looking fantastic, with the blend of sun and clouds i think there will be more clouds on sunday but the mild air is going to win out both aft

. >> if you need emergency medical care in southern maine, don't be surprised when edna mitchell showsservice. >> an 87-year-old great grandmother, edna mitchell is maine's oldest emt and ambulance driver. >> basically, when the pager goes off, i'm ready. all i have to do is tell them i'm responding. >> i imagine somebody might look at you and say, she can't do this, what are they thinking? and you're like a force of nature. clearly. the surprise factor with you is huge. >> well, a couple of years ago i went on a call, and one of my swimming friends said, my friend in new hampshire said they were in an accident and some old woman helped them and i know who they were talking about. >> a volunteer for the liberty fire department, mitchell covers some 400 square miles of coastal maine, handling more than 100 calls a year. that's nearly 4,000 calls in 37 years on the job. that's a lot of pressure. >> it is, but i feel kind of dedicated to it. >> david schuster is park with more of today's news right now. >> tony, in the war against i.s.i.l, forces with air support, iraqi troops are closing

. >> pretty good numbers across southern portions of maine to new hampshire, we thank all the weather watchers they've been with us from the get go giving snow fall goes, 7.5 inches in south maine from heidi up there, 5 inches in bell month. temple 3, right near 3-4 inches near the border in southern new hampshire, farther south into massachusetts closer to the mass pike around an inch or so. but it's just that freezing drizzle right now, all the heavy precipitation has gone out to sea. what about the forecast. >>> barry i have to ask you, we've been talking about our season forecast, we put out our personal numbers, what is the guessed. >> 94-point l 8. >> 494.8. so about and -- 44.9. >> 32.4, the whole team put our our numbers, two more days to sign up for your guess. get a free pass, if you win year. >>> taking a look at our changes heading into the next couple days a lot of clouds out rain showers, right now it looks like mostly rainfall, have to keep a close eye on it, still a chance pockets of freezing rain, then on new year's eve we start to dry out, increasing sunshine, no wea

the area in terms of temperature, so eastern parts of the state up toward the sea coast, southern new hampshire, maine, 459-55, cooler and more clouds, slight chance of a shower on sunday, once you move from wooster southbound, western massachusetts, down to connecticut highs 55-60 plus new york city, if you have a weekend trick they'll be locked into the warner temperatures. saturday is going to be the pick, the brightest day, most widespread warm, sunday more clouds still above average, next storm system to watch on monday, still start cool, by the evening starting to bring rain, thunderstorms on monday evening, a late temperature spike, accuweather seven day, high temp of 61, monday evening. behind it wind, warm, mild air 60 again by wednesday. so when will winter show up, winter preview is saturday at 7:30, hope you can join us on channel 4 the whole team will be here and it will show up eventually, i upon is. >> all right, eric, thank you. >>> frustrations boil over an uber driver goes after a cab driver, a close call for pedestrians in london. >>> and an epic shot, a permanent place in his schoo

that is a precision machining business in southern maine. he told me that the uncertainty surrounding section 179 and whether or not it was even going to be there has hindered his ability to make business decisions. the high-tech equipment that he needs requires months of lead time. for a small business like patrick's, it's very risky to increase spending, to expand and create new jobs when the deductibility of those investments remains unknown until the very end of the year. for business planning, business information that is vital to have at the beginning of the year, not at the end. in uncertainty has a direct impact on hiring decisions. let me give you another example of what the small business expensing provisions can mean. maine has become well-known for its high-quality craft beers. dan cleband founded the maine beer company with his brother in 2009. in six short years, his business has added more than 20 good-paying jobs with generous health and retirement benefits, and they want to add even more. dan noted that his company's busines

. >> reporter: more than two weeks after the the attack southern calorie mains on edge.mall during a fight between two teenagers, someone heard a loud noise and mistakenly thought it was a gunshot. extra officers are visible at los angeles international airport and security is very much on the mind of travelers like ari slawson. >> you think about what will happen next and where will it be and there is so many people at airports right now, you just never know and it is pretty scary. >> reporter: on friday hundreds of officers practiced to responding to a paris style terror strike that targeted several locations. lapd chief charlie beck. >> we are all constantly in fear and in preparation for the the day when we have to protect this city against multiple attacks. >> reporter: still after meeting with the victims and first responders in san bernardino the the president made a plea for some perspective. >> even as we are vigilant about preventing terrorist attacks from happening, we have to remind ourselves of the overwhelming good that exists out there. >> reporter: carter

southern main, a lot of rain at the ski resorts last night was not what they wanted.in the middle east, not quite as crazy a warmth. and this produced significant snows over the last couple of days, montana picked up snow. this is areas of northern utah. winter is full blast -- you'll be shoveling later tonight areas of south dakota, north dakota and minnesota. right now in denver three inches on the ground and the wind is howling and the high will only be 25. it is winter in a few spots, just not many areas east of the mississippi. new york city, you're looking at warm conditions returning next week. a limb cooldown this upcoming weekend. there's no signs of any snow in the east right through christmas. sorry, kids. you're watching "morning joe." what? wow... yeah! okay... guys, i'll be writing a new language for machines so planes, trains, even hospitals can work better. oh! sorry, i was trying to put it away... got it on the cake. so you're going to work on a train? not on a train...on "trains"! you're not gonna develop stuff anymore? no i am... do you know what ge

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maine seeing the highest snow totals. looking at the breakdown, snow totals in southern new england, northern new york, northern vermont, new hampshire. maine could see a couple areas. up around a foot of total snow. looking at that ice, power outages out there in upstate new york, western massachusetts and perhaps even in central new england. all things to consider, a multihazard type of storm we are also keeping an eye on the water rising. as this whole storm heads out to sea, leaving numerous floods in the mississippi valley, many reaching record crests over the next 48 hours. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for "cbs news." >>> well, the severe weather has crippled travel plans for thousands of people. more than 500 flights today are already cancelled so far. yesterday, nearly 2900 flights were grounded. almost 4900 were delayed. more than 1,400 of those delays were out of chicago o'hare international airport. frustrated travelers look for alternate plans. protesters are voicing outrage following a decision not to charge a cleveland police officer. demonstrators marched down the streets in cleveland last night. about 100 m

it will be very, very mild from maine to florida the southern tip of miami in the 80s and 90s. same thing for tampa and orlando. all these areas could break records. will not, charlotte, charleston, we virginia. in philadelphia, possibly a new record high. 6 to ten day outlook shows the great lakes all the cold continues to be bottled up out west. eva i know how disappointing that is for you. >> i am not complaining. >>> sports the stars align in dallas that's bad news for the flyers. the sixers give their new coach a contract and they lose again. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: ret brown has one of the worst winning percentages in nba history. the sixers believe he could the rebuild. brown has won only 38 games in 3 seasons. the question is why does he want to stay here? he believes they will be contenders in just a few years. >> why wouldn't i want to see this threw? we have started something extremely difficult, but it's going to end up extremely special. >> let's hope so, nothing special about this team, last night against detroit down 24 in the first. okafor trying to

may get a chance with the lake effect snow in upstate new york but you have to go to northern maine, southernada to get best chance for white christmas. not happening this year, you can keep those short sleeves around for christmas day even into next week even. temperatures staying on the mild side. 45 degrees today. chilly day with the sunshine tonight, not as cold, a few more cloud, 36 with the low temperature and here's that extended forecast, still dry on monday, winter officially arrives 11:48 monday night, high of 56 degrees, 60 on tuesday a few showers, better chance for showers wednesday in the mid 60's, 70 with sunshine for christmas eve day, christmas day, cooler at 58 but that is still way above average and then saturday we are back in the mid 50's, more cloud with chance of some showers, back to you. >>> 8:50. lets check on those roads with ann one last time. >> good morning, happy holidays. looking at vine street expressway right at ben franklin bridge. ben franklin bridge at the top of the screen, vine street expressway in the middle. ben franklin bridge in perfect shape, in fac

southern rebel held town. the new offensive focuses on a strategic location on the main road connecting the capitol to the southernof dara. syrian rebels say the assault was supported by the heaviest russian aerial bombing campaign so far in the south. and it's part of the government's first major offense nif southern syria since russia joined the fight at the end of september. the syrian observatory for human rights says moscow's strikes on syria have killed more than 2,300 so far. 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were children. russia has denied that its air campaign in support of assad's government is hitting civilians. hashem ahelbarra has been following the story and sent us this report from turkey. >> reporter: it all started with intense air strikes by russian fighter jets paving the way for government troops to advance towards the town, which is an opposition strong hold. the rebels say that despite the losses, they are regrouping, and they are planning to launch a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. the town and the whole area is very crucial for the gov

cold enough there could be light snow or freezing rain if you're traveling to western maine or southernaryland. no travel troubles. planning out your day hour by hour. we'll be to the mid and upper 40s but temperatures will be falling throughout the course of the day and rain becoming more and more likely after lunchtime and it will be a rainy evening and back down to the chilly low 40s with the raindrops tonight. seven-day forecast coming up in ten minutes. here is kim mccormick. >> watch for delays as you approach the key bridge. on 95 north of the occoquan, things are nice. we've got residual delays at federal triangle and if you're on 66 moorking toward the beltway, you're moving along so far at posted speeds. >>> 5:41. it's been a block buster opening for the new "star wars" movie. the new record was just shatderred. shatderred. >>> the state government is it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $7

we found them in the rural heart land of southern india, in the state of tamal nadu. >> the main issue when we talk about trafficking, we can call it as a bonded labor, it all start because they have to pay an amount to get the job. >> sindu used to work for a subcontractor in kuwait. now she advocates on behalf of migrant laborers. over the last eight years she's interviewed hundreds of contract workers in iraq and afghanistan. >> that will make you work anywhere. doesn't matter it's a war zone, doesn't matter if you are going given good food or conditions. men are ready to sacrifice. >> a village of several thousand people,en several hours from the closest airport. locals estimate that 70 to 80% of the men have worked in afghanistan. >> you may get 500 rupees a month. the agents promise you to get $800 a month. i would consider moving there to get a job. >> we went to a tea shop and word spread we were looking for people who had worked on bases. it turned out this man serving tea, had worked in afghanistan, for supreme , working for nato. >> whether they made it to afghanistan or not

southern new hampshire and further north will be the main area of concern. the rain will start to fill back in as we head through afternoon and evening, but notice the temperatures also start to jump up. a few 50s on the board. we will look at the winds following the rain coming up in >> thank you. >>> lawyers for the marathon bomber are trying to get him a few trial. they are saying that just days after the sentencing, a law concerning violent crimes were over-ly broad and they are saying that tainted the sentence. they are saying that he didn't get a fair trial because they could about get a fair jury in boston. >>> phillip chism's character was on trial today in the murder trial. chism's former classmates and teammate were called to the stand as well as his family. >> he is my beloved grandson. very, very quiet and a beautiful soul. explained how chism's aunt and grandmother had mental illness. >> she had shock treatment. >> reporter: then a tearful family friend described the break up of chism's family in tn tennessee and florida. >> but she did struggle

notice the band of showers scooting over central and eastern maine and clip southern parts of the merrimack valley including manchester. those rain showers are moving out and some colder air begins to build in from the west. the focus here will be on heavy lake-effect snows. not necessarily in buffalo but just off to the north and east. there are some bands out here in central and western new york that could pick up between one and two feet of snow this weekend. relatively cold air over relatively warm waters of the yeah, classic november, early december pattern setting up shop. around here, we get that december feel back in the air. already the case in the great north woods. same story in the heart of the lakes region. slightly above that in the upper valley. 40' s is still holding on from concord points south and southeast. as we advance through tonight and tomorrow, we will cool down lower to mid 20' s north and upper 20' s to 30 in southern new hampshire with flurries developing late in the north country. we have got a lot of cold air on the map. no question. seasonably so. building and

southern new england. there are actually snow across far northern maine this morning. underneath those clouds can't rule out a patch or two of drizzle. there is a little fog out in the worcester area where it's sitting at 42. 47 in boston. notice over the next 12 hours here we're going to see those temperatures come up. by lunchtime, lower 50's. by 5:00 p.m. it's in the mid 50's with a lot of cloud cover throughout the day. it looks as though we're going to see the steadier rain hold off. notice by about the evening shower activity is here to the west. that will start to spill into worcester county around 8:00 this evening and then by midnight, most of us are raining. could be a rumble of thunder with some downpours overnight. first thing tomorrow morning though the rain is exiting the coast. we will dry out quickly tomorrow but the winds are going to be super active tomorrow. could see gusts 0-40 miles per hour. 50's today and tomorrow. wednesday. all right. a busy morning on the roads snerch certainly is. especially here on the upper end delays off the 95 ramp in pea

southern rebel held town. the new offensive focuses on a strategic location on the main road from damascus to southern cities. syrian rebels say that the assault was sported by the bombing campaign so far in the south. it's part of the government's first major offensive since russia joined the fight at the end of september. meanwhile, syrian observatory for human rights said that moscow strikes have killed more than 230 people so far. 792 of the dead, that's more than a third, were civilians. 180 were children. russia has denied its air campaign in support of assad's government is hitting civilians. hashem ahelbarra has been following the story and sends us this report in turkey. >> it all started with intense airstrikes by russian fighter jets paving the way for government troops to advance against opposition strongholds. the rebels say despite the losses they're regrouping, and they're planning towards a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. the area is crucial for the government and the rebels because it's on a strategic route that connected sanaa and damascus. it would provide.

main topics. typhoon melor, tracking across southern luzon the last several days. now it is lingering toward the west of manila, continuing to bring the heavy rainfall. gusty winds near the coastal areas as it drifts farther there towards the west. now, it is just going to continue to linger off there. you can see the past track, it made its initial landfall monday morning. let's go to video we have coming out of the area. it shows the damage that has been taking place out here. severe flooding, cutting off roadways, leaving most of this area in the dark as far as area. at least one casualty has been reported at this time. but as i mentioned, there are many rural communities still cut off. what we are going to be looking at over the next several days is getting more news out of that region. hopefully there is not more reports of casualty. really an incredible feat taken by the philippine government ahead of this storm system after rapidly intensifying about 24 hours before it made landfall. evacuating some 700,000 people out there. as our storm does continue to lin

now this the new offensive focuses on the strategic location on the main road collecting damascus to the southern cities. the assault was supported by the heavy russian aerial campaign so far in the south. it's part of the government's first major offensive in southern syria since russia joined the fight in september. >>> well, the observatory for human rights say that russia's strikes on syria hav, 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were children. russia denied its air campaign is hitting carefullan. ash har quaraishi has been following the story and sent this report from turkey. the rebels say that despite the losses, they're regrouping, and they're planning towards a counter offensive to push the government troops out of the area. for the rebels it has been a platform from where they could easily send weapons and fighters. so they provide a boost to the opposition. this is where he has always been concerned about rebel groups. now, there are different factions operating there. the al-qaeda affiliated al nusra front. but there are factions affiliated with the syrian army. s

southern rebel held town. the new offensive focuses on a strategic location on the main road connecting the capitol and the governmentong hold, damascus, to the southern city. syrian rebels say the assault was supported by the heaviest russian aerial bombing campaign so far in the south. it's part of the government's offensive since russian joined the fight in september. >>> moscow's strikes on syria have killed more than 2,300 people so far. 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, of which 180 were children. russia has denied its air campaign is hitting civilians. hashem ahelbarra has been following the story and join us live from turkey. first of all, tell us what is the latest that we know about this attack on the town, and why is this particular town so key? >> reporter: barbara, the syrian government backed by russian fighter jets managed to advance towards areas in the town. the air strikes started since yesterday, the rebels told us they have been battered by the russians, and that they were forced to pull out, that the syrian government took advantage, and sent troops inside the town. but that the

it's the main military base for the southern afghanistan, for nato and also for afghan forces.to this residential compound, residential for the afghan military any has to cross a couple of checkpoints to get in there. it's now a big question how come nine taliban fighters, if we believe there are nine, with that much gun and ammunition could enter through this compound and take hostage the family member of the afghan security forces. >>> a 19-year-old palestinian man has been shot dead during a raid by the israeli army in the west bank. residents say he was amongst a group of protesters demonstrating against soldiers as they arrived to arrest two men at a refugees camp in bethlehem. clashes have erupted since his funeral. from west jerusalem here is stefanie dekker. >> reporter: the confrontations that ensued in bethlehem between the israeli army and palestinian youth followed the funeral of the 19-year-old. this is a young man who was killed in an overnight raid by the israeli army in a refugees camp close to bethlehem following his funeral 10s of palestinians marched towards

to the south, what is most most notable you can see the main highway that cuts across the southern portion of the map it looks like highway 11. to the right or the east of highway 11 you have a neighborhood. it's the largest neighborhood in ramada. and the iraq you security forces have seized it and they have secured it. we estimate there are no longer any enemy operating inside that neighborhood although they are continuing to reduce minds, obstacles, those type of things. in red is what the enemy still controls. i'm going to show you a video shortly and it will be a tank operating in the neighborhood. thus a neighborhood to the south. so that is a rollup of what romani looks like. i expect to get questions about talk more about it. i don't want to spend to much time the opener here. i do want to say one thing. i sat down had breakfast with joe this morning and he said and he reminded me of something that i think is notable, hope you'll take note of. these recent successes of romani come nine years almost to the day, an army captain named travis, a major megan and the specialist vincent w