i mean, that's what makes it a close game when we play them. >> by the way wbz has you it started with patriot game day at is 1:30 -- 11:30. >>> went to the patriots eagle game a couple weeks ago, one woman had a sign all i want for christmas is a healthy gronk. >>> well some fans taking their love of "star wars" to a whole new galaxy. >>> the christmas service that >>> there are "star wars" fans who treat the movie like a religion and then there are folks who turn their religion into "star wars." >> the pastor dressed up like hans solo, there are a lot of similarities between the biblical christmas story and the "star wars" epic. >> chewbacca in the manager, something i like to see. >>> from the big pageant mistake to last minute shopping. >>> you sent out all your cars, continue yell, how did you do? >> i haven't got your card. >> look how festive we are. >> he may need the shorts, the flip flops. >> how does that happen. >> who will not host ms. universe again, survey says steve harvey. >> a woman is accused of plowing down hundreds of pedestrians. >> triggering an intense search. a

. >> a boston medical center program trying to break the cycle and show people a way out. wbz's jim armstrong has the story. >> thomas and kendall have known a lot of pain in their 24 years. that's part of why they've been friends for more than a decade. the aspiring rappers shared something that could have ended their lives. >> in the parking lot and like the shooter was literally right there. if he wanted to kill me, he could have done that. >> instead, he changed them. someone sprayed bullets into the crowd sending both men to the er at the boston medical center. at just about the lowest point in their young lives. >> that's the greatest opportunity to break a cycle. >> it's at that point, advocates from bmc's violence intervention advocacy program showed up at their bedsides, offered to stay by their sides. >> i'm an aunt, i'm a cousin, >> each victim turned survivor gets a mentor. someone who survived the streets themselves to guide the way. >> we're in the community trying to make it better than it is now. >> how much is that going to be out of your paycheck? >> basically,

we want to remind you now by the way, our wbz eye on winter previews this saturday at 7:00 p.m., how to save money this winter, give you tips on the boston marathon, snowflakes like you've never seen them before plus of course, how much snow will fall this winter, our predictions saturday, 7:30, traffic and weather together, robi. >>> having a traffic special, the winter traffic special. >> i know, we need to get that. [ laughter ] >> let's get working for that, a lot of demand, i'm sure, a crash north of boston, danielle, lin field, that's a busy stretch but no major back ups there just yet. 93 southbound, bumper to bumper pockets, wilmington to stoneham, peabody to revere, the south the expressway was bad early and it's still bad, you're jammed from the split up to columbia road, that's about a 35 minute ride right now. looks like you're hanging up between 129, route three not bad, from inaudible naub up to the split, 24 northbound heavy from brockton to 128 but no bumper to bumper action there. chris and kathryn? >>> 6:48, checking our top stories on this wednesday morning, one ma

way in. jim armstrong wbz news. >>> we also learned to night the connecticut is going to be the first ban giving gun permits to people who are on the no fly list issuing an executive order cross reference government wash lists when they run background checks on anyone applying for a firearms permit. >>> 66 years a he went off to war, corporeal robert deacon, police escorted deacon's was lost in the korean war but remains were not identified until recently. he will be buried with full military honors on saturday, there are still more than 7800 americans who are unaccounted for from the korean war. >>> such a nice and respectful tribute the way they did that. >> a lot of people will be there on saturday. >>> the patriots they need a win. >>> and they really need this guy back. up next how gronkowski returns to practice but will he be on the field sunday night. >>> no homework for the holidays why kids and teachers to forget about class during christmas vacation. >>> temperatures in the 60th, more of it to come and one more on-the-job training for president does not work. benghazi, beheadings, pari

reporter: if you recognize the man in that surveillance video which is also, by the way, in lynn, julie loncich, wbz "this morning". >>> 4:33, the homeless woman accused of driving her car on a crowd sidewalk in las vegas expected o make her first court appearance today, lakeisha charged with murder in the crash, killed one person and injured dozens more, her lawyer says she'll plead not guilty, holloway facing child abuse charges, the child was not hurt but was in the car. >>> disturbing information in the local mother charged with kidnapping her own two children, prosecutors say a sue nied -- suicide note was found in valerie mcgrath's car, they say she planned on killing herself and her children, she took the kids from their father's home on sunday, luckily found unharmed, mcgrath is behind bars on $50,000 bond. >>> after 17 months in a federal prison, the young man who gave a gun to the boston marathon bombers is spending his first used to kill m.i.t. professor collier and for that, stephen silva tells us he's sorry. louisa moller gives the reaction. >> i didn't know, i apologize to anyone i cau

unconscious people, a woman in her 60s and an 18-year-old girl, each woman revived on her way to the hospital, wbz has a crew on the scene, live updates beginning at 5:00 a.m. >> quite a fire there. >>> also new information and new pictures released on the shooting rampage in california, as horrific as this was, it could've been worse. hunl arse -- huge arsenal of weapons police say farook and his wife had more weapons. >> and the potential of terrorism. farook was in contact on social media with known islamic extremists and at that time fbi has been watching. the arsenal in the couple's home included 6,700 bullets and a dozen pipe bombs, informed one of the 24 wounded is a woman from new hampshire, cbs's chris martinez has the latest from california. >> reporter: remembering the victims killeded in san bernardino, the focus turned to what motivated syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik to execute mass murder. >> we are in so much shock. >> reporter: sara and her husband were related to the suspects killed in the police. >> i cannot imagine my brother or my sister with this, they were happily ma

was making its way down the these dispatchers were stop it. sources tell wbz tv that the operator tampered with the controls, wrapping a rubber telephone cord around an accelerator that puts the train in motion. >> no question that i'm sure the 9-minute duration felt like an hour to them during that particular time. >> reporter: dispatchers cut power to different sections of the track and ordering trains in the same path to move ahead, a 10-minute window before the run away train reached the nearest one. >> the fact that it wasn't make anything station stops, the decision was made by the dispatchers, otherwise, it would have been diminished. >> reporter: the conductor stepped outside to avoid a this was taken by a passenger. sources say that vasquez had forgotten to remove the cord. if the investigation shows that the operator committed a violation, he will be terminated. i'm beth beth germano, wbz news. lisa? >>> thank you, beth, and we spoke with a passenger who was actually on the train. >> reporter: lisa, imagine you know nothing. you were trying to contac

of people were talks, what do you think is our daily you, there are a couple ways to write in, on our website, twitter, wbz talker, robi is reading those examines. >> can you imagine. >> like -- no. yes, i mean much she had done her whole victory walk. >> celebrating. >> it was bad. >> that was rough. >> it was awkward to say the least. >> not a good monday morning for a couple people. >>> a check of your forecast had this morning. >> good morning, guys. >>> it's all about the warm, temperatures are climbing into the 50s today and staying that way. winter begins solstice at 11:48 tonight. the first full day of winter tomorrow. no winter cold with most of us above 50 for the entire week, even 60s by the time we get to christmas eve with record breaking warm. currently it's 37 in the city of boston, there are suburbs that are in the 20s, nashua down to tauton, 45 in falmouth and chattam right now. so mild start right there. real feel temperatures right now are running in the 20s for most of us that is what you want to dress for. there are clouds in place, but the clouds are thin enough that we are going to s

could be. >> reporter: by the way, trump himself returns to the granite state for a big rally with the new england's policemen association this thursday. jim armstrong, wbz news. >> thank you, jim. >>> tonight congress is making it tougher for some people to enter the united states. today the house passed a bill for spruces as for anyone -- visas for anyone who has been in iraq or syria the past five years. officers who rushed in after the terror attack in san bernardino came together to tell their story and for the first time we're hearing that at least one child witnessed that shooting that killed 14 people at a holiday party. one police officer describes how he worked to keep that little boy calm. >> there was a female there with a small child, an 8-year- old little boy, that was just terrified, just shivering almost to the point like shaking like a leaf and i said what i said. i meant what i said. i said it for them just to kind of call down and relax, that we were going to do everything we can to get him out of that building safely. >> we also learned the center where the attack took place won't reopen until at least next month. >>> the california b

way out of the basement. live in fenway, kate merrill, wbz news . >>> and that price contract is the richest in red sox history. $160 million. that was the previous record contract. the player, manny ramirez. the first time since the -- game . >> i am thankful it is nothing serious. >> coming up, what he says about when we may see him back on the field. >>> all new at 11 o'clock, lm bonds father has been arrested. austin police telling wbz that he was arrested on shoplifting charges outside of the home depot at the south bay shopping center. he never met his daughter but he says he was trying to establish a relationship with her when she was allegedly murdered by her mother's boyfriend. >>> in bedford, and veteran working as a cab driver murdered and prosecutors say his killers were two teenagers. gene armstrong is live in new bedford with information. >> reporter: this was a guy that was beloved in the city. he came back from vietnam to work in the veterans affairs office to help people, just like himself. but when he retired, he started he like to meet new people but cannot believe that one of his passengers

severe weather threat is shifting east today. ( danielle niles/meteorologis t, wbz-tv) "there will be a risk of tornadoes all the way across the southeast. damaging wind gusts with these clusters that develop and continue right up into the afternoon and early evening." survivors of wednesday's storms say they're grateful for what they still have. (david harbin/holly springs, ms) "i'm gonna sit in my nice house tonight and think about that. there's people that are not going to go home. they're not going to have a house to go to." but the same areas could see more severe storms on christmas. ((patrick walker)) record warm temperatures are following in the wake of the storms. new york city could see record- breaking highs in the mid-70s this christmas eve./// ((patrick walker)) > metro police are on the scene of a shooting... here is a live look at the location near north pecos and owens. we have calls into police, but all they can tell us at this point is this is a shooting investigation. no word on if anyone was shot or injured. we will bring you the latest as soon as we know more. ((patrick walker)) > metro police a

(sot - danielle niles/meteorologist, wbz-tv) "there will be a risk of tornadoes all the way across the southeast. damaging wiwi gusts with these clustersrsthat develop nd continue right upup into the afternoon and early evening."spring-like temperatures fueled the rare winter tornadoes. in much of the east, the only frozen precipitation to fall was hail. behind the storms, record-smashing warm weather arrived. it was in the low-70s in new york this christmas eve - that's normal for may. and meant bare elbows and knees.. instead of snowboards and skis. more seasonable temperatures are expected by new year's. omar villafranca, cbs news. 3 and the bad weather could d have implications on christmas morning across the country. fedex says delays in air traffic is causing them to adjust deliveries, and they say some packages may be delivered on christmas day. 3 if you're scrambling to scratch off everyone on your shopping list, you're in a good company. many shoppers in sioux city waited until today to look for presents. our jetske wauran spoke with shoppers at the southern hills mall. 3 last

wrecking houses and out- ((eric fisher/chief meteorologist, wbz)) "several tornados spread out over a wide area, some all the way up into illinois, iowa, the eastern part of indiana." drivers could barely make their way along highway 412, in southern missouri. the storm pelted the area with hail. witnesses in highland, arkansas say storms there rolled in without warning: ((pastor mike stanley/friendship baptist church)) "it snapped off a pine tree by my truck and i just slammed my seatbelt on and thought lord just let me survive this." and in pope county, arkansas.... an 18 year old woman died after a tree fell on her house. forecasters say the risk for long- tracked tornados continues through the night: ((eric fisher/chief meteorologist, wbz)) "just urging vigilance for everybody who is in the severe weather threat area, nighttime tornados very dangerous." the threat diminishes thursday. the focus then turns to record-high temperatures expected on the east coast. we have ashley conroy here in for sherry... let's get a check on this christmas eve weather. here's a live look from our strat cam -- you can't see it

long. 60 degrees friday and saturday, sunday 54, more warm on the way, eventually winter will return so tune in tomorrow night for the wbz winter preview prediction for how much snow will fall starting tomorrow night at 7:30, traffic and weather together. >>> will you be tailgating before the special? >> maybe. >> yeah. >> wearing bermuda shorts, stuff like that. can you even watch that, you will have to dvr. >> i will have to record it, i will be in bed. >> i will be dvring it. >>> no major slow downs out there right now on this friday morning, we do have a car fire in bridgewater, 24th northbound exit 15, total traffic network says the car fire down there, there is no backups there yet. >>> the pats getting ready to >>> updates from both sides, steve burton has more on your morning sport. >>> good morning everyone, the pats take on the texans sunday night in houston. the texans they have the most athletic streak in the leaning on defense live league on jj watts, gronk on the practice field yesterday for the first time. he wore a big brace, bill bill chick, after gronk got hurt, he said he wouldn't play until he was is

wbz is the only place for the press conferences live. by the way, the golden state warriors are now 24 and 1. they lost tonight. we'll have highlights of the season later on in sports. i think the celtics should get out. >> they should be like we're 28 and a half this year. >> i don't think that will fly. by the way, katie's not going to make a prediction on the game tomorrow. >> no. i was saying -- [laughter] -- i'm not going to do that. well, still to come -- nearly 200 countries aimed at fighting climate change. >> but not everyone is celebrating. why hundreds took to the streets of boston after the deal was signed. >> and donald trump's controversial comments continue to get criticism and boost his poll numbers. coming up, we'll look at new country. >>> and the polar express makes a stop in boston on its way to the north pole. >> and nothing like today. back door coming down and it's going to be cloudy and cooler. but will there be any rain? my forecast is just a few minutes away. catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin

wbz this morning. >>> breaking news overnight, investigation under way after cafe inulin. >> take a look at the scene there, you can see at least building, right now. >>> police say 53-year-old mark inside his house. moments later, his home went up in flames, investigators say that fire was accidental. >>> hundreds of local bank customers hit up a hacker, quincy credit union telling victims thieves targeted their account, 670 account with hit and still trying to figure out skimmers on atm's,. >>> new detail this is morning in the gardner museum art heist, we've learned the fbi searched sufficient downs -- sufficient folk downs in september. 13 piece were stolen from the museum in 1990. >>> a developing story in texas, rescue crews are sifting through debris looking for any survivors after a weekend of tornadoes, ef-4 twister struck garland reducing more than is 00 homes to rubble. -- 100 homes to rubble. the unusual weather pattern is now blanketing parts of texas and oklahoma with snow that could be as deep as 15 inches. >>> incredible video this morning of a massive wildfire fire is now 795% contai

glitches, i'm sure the t is hoping that this is all out of the way and the rest of the winter is going to be perfectly reporting live i'm bill shields wbz news. >>> busses got stuck in the slush on chain done street in the back bay. >> we hope you and/or before the temp drop because the freezing weather is going to make that weather harder, ken they are pros in fitchburg with this weather. >> they are but with temperature 23ish now refreeze is likely to be a problem tonight making these hilly streets and sidewalks in fitchburg tricky. plowing seemed to get off to a sporadic start this morning only to make a mid afternoon come back. we caught up with mail carrier patricia park on 12-mile route all on foot. >> it's tough walking, i have cleats on the bottom of my rubbers so it makes it easier. first one, it's a doozy. >> reporter: not in volume but because of the sleet and freezing rain. triggering dozens of spinouts all sorts of adventure on the steep streets of fitchburg. julian struggled to get out of his driveway. >> it wasn't a good idea. i think if i get it up there i'm staying home. >> reporter: plow drivers were at it all night an

by the way, rival ups also experienced some minor delays but nothing like fedex. we are live in south boston, wbz news. >>> for updating this noontime. after shattering records on christmas eve, we are in for another warm one out there today as we take a live look over the city of of boston, some areas up towards 60, let's check with dave epstein with a first look at the forecast. >>> chris, absolutely amazing, it feels like april out there. get outside, enjoy this weather. if you didn't get out yesterday, it's another day, at 90 yesterday, but hey, it's noontime so we'll go up another couple degrees, the record in boston is 65. i don't think we are going to get to 66 degrees in the city of boston. but nonetheless still warm. look at this fitchburg you are at 61. worcester 60. and even all of the cape in the 60s, it is glorious out, it feels wonderful. a lot of sunshine, saw a lot of of folks running today, some folks in shorts, it's just something we don't get on christmas day, but i have winter back in the forecast, i have snow in the forecast, definitely want to stay tuned, chris. >> thank you

way a football season is. we're going to do everything that we can to play our very best this weekend. >>> and wbz is the home for the patriots. catch the pace game day right here on wbz. and turn on patriots fifth quarter after the game. >>> we thank you for being with u they are not sea birds but dozens of turtles are headed out >>> and a close call at logan between a plane and something . >>> developing right now. european police spoiled another in turkey. suspected isis militants believed to be planning suicide attacks. both turkish nationals are being arrested. >>> two men arrested in belgium, according to police, were planning a paris-style attack in belgium. they were planning on attacking during new year's eve. >>> the f.a.a. and state police investigating a close call at logan. the crew of an air canada jet reported seeing a drone on christmas day as the aircraft was coming in for a landing. the flight landed safely. that drone was flying about 800 feet off the ground, two miles from the runway. federal law prohibit drones from flying five miles near an airport >>> now to a very special 50 sea turtle

wbz's katie brace. katie? >> reporter: the fbi was looking for this armed robber the way up to the east coast. well, he is now under arrest, but police did not catch him until he robbed this store in brewster. there is one customer the family at brewster farms country market would like to forget. >> no. he's like my mind everything, i'm scared to death. >> reporter: but pat tell family and law enforcement from several -- the patel family and law enforcement from several states are indebted to the brewster community for remembering the guy in the surveillance video. saumil patel's father was the man behind the cash register. >> he is like everything is fine now that he's arrested. >> reporter: here you can see him run up and tap the armed robber. >> i see the gun and he's like go back otherwise i shoot you and i go in the back and he just run out. >> reporter: police posted images to social media. >> members of our community were brave enough to come forward. >> reporter: thank to community tips officers arrested 27-year-old michael to other photos, the fbi investigating him for over a dozen ar

wbz this morning. it is been a dreary couple of day to start the month. we have showers working its way along the east coast. >> the rain is almost done for us here. take a look at our radar tonight, heavier showers is moving across the northern part of massachusetts. just entering 95 is going to be a wet drive for the next hour or so. >> stretching down into haifl right now and hearing that rain coming down from the rooftops and maybe helping you fall asleep in a little while here. >> we are seeing some elements of heavy rain. we are not looking at the lightning though and showers will start to taper off as we head through tomorrow morning. a low impact commute when it comes to weather. last night, it is not a huge totals here. we need the rainfall absolutely. we need a little bit more. it is already so gray outside. mile in boston. it is spotty in nature but there are pockets of dry spots. >> temperatures wise, we are seeing warmer air start to punch its way inland. the line is about boston to south and east and close to 60 degrees right now. that's as far as the warm air will get. >>

wbz news. >>> 7 women from massachusetts are among the accusers. they have filed a civil suit claiming that in various ways he drugged them and sexually assaulted them. crosby counter sued for defamation and arguing that they are trying to get money from him and damage his reputation. we will have continuing coverage of bill cosby's sexual assault charge and have the latest update on the air and online. >>> in the san bernardino shooters has been indicted on gun charges and that he planned to carry out other terror attacks. this is enough evidence for enrique to go to trial. he planned to do another attack in 2012 but abandoned them. >>> this is new, the faa is investigating what caused an a landing. there was nothing found. >>> a douglas boy is being 10-year-old braden's quick action saved two lines. jim armstrong has the story. >> pretty crazy day, right? >> you saved his life? >> yes. >> a bit bashful but brayden wilcox's bravery was anything but. >> how does it feel. >> good. >> mom and dad at work and their son sleeping in during school vacation and that's when brayden heard something. >> it was like

ways. >> reporter: well, win or lose join us after the game for the patriots 5th quarter show right here on wbz, the only place you can see both bill belichick and tom brady press conferences live as soon as the game ends here in houston. that's it for houston for now with the patriots and texans going at it in a huge game, but now back to the cbs team where you have some good news for the patriots fans already, right? >> you got that right. >>> bengals hosting the for pittsburgh. from there things getting worse for the bengals. quarterback andy dalton suffered a fracture in his throwing hand possibly while making this tackle after throwing an interception, didn't return and it's unclear how long he will be out. so the steelers never look back. william gay with a pick six. steeler roll to a 33-21 over cincinnati. how often do we ever root for pittsburgh? we do so today. that is the story, big game tonight. we'll see if the patriots can get it done. guys, back to you in the studio. >> they can get it done, confidence. >>> spreading holiday cheer on two wheels. >> coming up the jingle ride makes

wrecking houses and out-buildings. (( eric fisher/chief meteorologist, wbz)) "several tornados spread out over a wide area, some all the way up into illinois, iowa, the eastern part of indiana." (nats wipers) drivers could barely make their way along highway 412, in southern missouri. the storm pelted the area with hail. witnesses in highland, arkansas say storms there rolled in stanley/friends hip baptist church)) "it snapped off a pine tree by my truck and i just slammed my seatbelt on and thought lord just let me survive this." and in pope county, arkansas.... an 18 year old woman died after a tree fell on her house. the threat diminishes thursday. the focus then turns to record-high temperatures expected on the east coast. omar villafranca, cbs news. ((patrick walker)) there have also been several storm- related deaths in mississippi, and at least 2 reported deaths in tennessee./// toss to weather we have ashley in for sherry this morning -- this hour -- that's right -- we have our annual norad santa tracker -- and while it's early now -- santa starts making his way over on the other side of the world. santa is making

wbz, thank you. the temperature on wall street reached 50 degrees today, eight above average, but stocks went the, way. the dow fell 367 points, the second straight triple-digit loss. oil is dragging the market down. crude lost 22 cents today to close at $34.73 a barrel. for folks who work in the oil patch, manuel bojorquez tells us the boom has gone bust. >> reporter: with the price of gas dropping below $2 a gallon here in houston, peyton gregory is saving money at the pump. but low oil prices also cost her, her job. she was laid off from the hiring department of an oil services firm 10 months ago. >> it takes two months of part-time work to equal two weeks of pay for what i was receiving in my full-time job. >> reporter: so paying bills for you right now is...? >> it's stressful. texas has lost 60,000 to 70,000 oil and gas-related jobs in the last 15 months, sending the state's unemployment rate slightly higher at a time when the national rate is declining. parts of the state are still pumping oil, but tobias read, c.e.o. of swift worldwide resources, which expliez labor to the oil industry, says w

wbz knew the. >> jim, thank you. >>> as we continue to track this in wither weather, you can track the storm headed our way on the boston weather app. belgium police say they have thwarted a paris style attack in bruise he will is, authorities say the men were set to target police and soldiers in popular areas on new year's eve. but no weapons or explosives, officials do say this plot was not related to the november terror attacks in paris at that killed is 130 people. >>> new and dramatic video tonight of the devastation caused by tornadoes in texas, this is aerial footage of the town of garland taken by a drone, can you see homes ripped to pieces there, the national weather service said it was an ef-4 tornado that killed four people hitting the towns up to 200 miles and hour, greg an president has declared a disaster. this emotional video showing the moment a man realizes his dog is still alive days after the man digging furiously in the rubble after hearing his dog's lucy's whim pers and able to pull her to safety. >>> a man says he captured a tornado on his cell phone, the national weather service has not yet confir

wbz. he joins us now. eric, where are these storms headed next? >> reporter: jeff, this whole huge storm system starting to move its way off toward the north and east. we have heavy snow and ice in the upper midwest. all this moving into the northeast tomorrow. christmas eve getting their first winter storm of the season, a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow that will cause travel issues out the door tomorrow morning before all this finally moves off to the north and east and out to sea as we head into late tomorrow evening. so across the north east, new york city actually a punch into the warmer air, above 50 degrees, but the boston area across new england and interior parts of new york state, a wintry mix that's going to cause quite a few travel issues. now, the lingering thing, even after this whole storm system moves off shore, we have river flooding that's reaching historic levels. take a look at the scenes we've been tracking around the mississippi valley in particular. we've had very heavy rain in that basin. so the river flood warnings are out across a broad area. some of these crest will be at record levels as we head into the next coupl

wbz news. liam. >> thank you, jim. >>> a 77-year-old woman is recovering after she was hit by a car on her way home from church on main street in tewkesbury. police are investigating. the victim's injuries are not considered life threatening is the good news. >>> let's take a live look not really feeling like boston, temperatures here pretty much the same as miami beach. >> pamela gardiner joins us with the record breaking warmth this evening. is the warmth going to stick around? >> it will. christmas day will be about 9 degrees colder than today technically but still very soupy out there and it looks like the warm weather will stay at least through the weekend before we get a huge cold snap. i'll get to all that in a second. today's high temperatures definitely shattered some records, the high in boston 69 degrees, the previous record 61 in 1996. wooster had 65 degrees, previous record itself if 7 degrees set the same year. temperature -- 57 degrees set in the same year. temperatures down in the 40s, 50s and 60s depending where you are, 58 degrees in boston, but the fog is soupy, visibility plymouth and 3/4-mile or l

way this time. >> the patriots have a chance to clinch home field, it's a wrap up with the season, the pats face the miami dolphins right here on wbz next sunday at is, count down to sickoff with game day at is 11:30 and wrap it up with fifth quarter post game show right after the game on my tv 38. >>> the world wide search for half a billion dollars worth of stolen artwork comes right back to boston. >>> hundreds of bank accounts in massachusetts hacked, how the thieves got access to customers' accounts. >> danielle. weather watches, great to see so many reports coming in, temperatures on the chilly side, 20s to low 30s, 29 degrees with sunshine, fitchburg, personally excited to get some winter precip, i don't know if everyone agrees with that, i will take you through the hour by hour time >>> welcome back, the fbi has run-down tips on the gardner heights art mist rear, one of the most intriguing took them to suffolk downs, after getting a tip that the art was hidden there. agents spent a whole day focusing on the barns and a section of the grandstand that had been closed down since around the time of the robbery, they found nothi

wbz news. >> ken thank you. >>> the driver david vazquez gets an annual salary of $6000, earned more than 6000. >>> tonight we are tracking heavy rain headed our way, right now it's mostly overcast for your drive home, later on tonight the skies will really open up, eric fisher is tracking it all for us, we're just not used to a the love rain. >>> we haven't seen much at all, it's been very dry. again it's overnight rain event so lowering the impact a bit. visible down below .25-mile. then we are going to start to introduce that rain as we head into the overnight, right now pushing through new york state and eastern pennsylvania, arriving here between 8:00 and 9:00 this evening. hour by hour watching that leading in of the downpour, we'll be in and out of these showers and down pours through the overnight, beneficial rain for us, maybe even a crack ever thunder or two but i don't think there will be too much of that going on, the shoulders will start wrapping up, we'll see warm temperatures out the get, temps that will rise to 60 degrees just after midnight. we'll still be close to 60 in mostly cases tomorrow morning, then we'll hold in the 50s th

wbz news. >> julie is making it rain. >> where did she get that hundred. >> going to be in my card this year. >>> a massive cleanup effort is under way in the south. >> deadly storms ripped through several states, destroying homes and changing lives forever. >>> bah, humbugh, i don't like it so i'm calling out some of >>> hi, reid from massachusetts, i would like to give a holiday greeting in christmas warming to my family back home in millis beautiful wife allison, my dog casper, cat esmirelda. >>> . it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer. >>> devastating tornadoes including an ef 3 ripped through the south, tonight there is a state of emergency in mississippi, at least is 11 people were killed in last night's storms, the twisters destroye

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wbz accuweather pamela gardner spent the day checking out the conditions. >> finally the sky opened up and coated new england with our first snow fall. >> we've been waiting since way before thanksgiving and this is awesome out here today. >> have you been awaiting. >> yes, yes, this one -- it's snowing. >> oh, god i love skiing so i wait all year for this. >> finally had three inches of fresh snow and a little bit of sleet mixed in, thankfully a jump start to the season and temperatures will be cold enough for the rest of this week into next weekend that they'll be able to make a whole bunch more. >> we will be making snow every possible second and the temperatures this week are ideal, we are going to be weekend. and that is real high night. >> el nino winter doesn't phase the mountain enthusiast. >> take with you get, thank god for snow making that is what keeps us going i think now because of the late start, we look forward to having it last long in to the spring. pamela gardener wbz news. >>> we expose insurance companies adding insult to injury, after thousands of massachusetts homeowners filed claims last winder, many of them are now finding a new hassle, the