so they built the canal from providence to worcester, and all of a sudden that opens up worcester to heartland of massachusetts. i think one of the real strong messages to come out of the canal area and to give you insight into the england mindset, worcester was a hamlet village kind of. it had merchants in town. d.than her all three ian ad in newspapers. and he put in big bold letters, by the canal. and what that told everybody who saw that ad, it was fresh because it had just gotten off the vote in providence. it took a day and a half, two days to get up to two worcester, that was fresh molasses, fresh green. you think about proctor and gamble in marketing, nathan was way ahead of everybody. it is just -- it just transmitted this wonderful marketing concept to this new republic, this new section here in the center, the heart of the commonwealth here in worcester. so that is an important story to talk about the value of the canals. the way people see things differently and try new things. the top at we have over here -- top hat we have over here, inside the silk lining is this wonde

so they built the canal from providence to worcester, and all of a sudden that opens up worcester to the heartland of massachusetts. i think one of the real strong messages to come out of the canal area and to give you insight into the england mindset, worcester was a hamlet village kind of. it didn't have a lot of people. it had one merchant in town. nathan herd. and he put an ad in all three newspapers. and he put in big bold letters, by the canal. and what that told everybody who saw that ad, it was fresh because it had just gotten off the vote in providence. it took a day and a half, two days to get up to two worcester, that was fresh molasses, fresh green. you think about proctor and gamble in marketing, nathan was way ahead of everybody. it is just -- it just transmitted this wonderful marketing concept to this new republic, this new section here in the center, the heart of the commonwealth here in worcester. so that is an important story to talk about the value of the canals. the way people see things differently and try new things. the top at we have over here -- top hat we h

so they built the canal from providence to worcester, and all of a sudden that opens up worcester to the heartland of massachusetts. i think one of the real strong messages to come out of the canal area and to give you insight into the england mindset, worcester was a hamlet village kind of. it didn't have a lot of people. it had merchants in town. nathan herd. and he put an ad in all three newspapers. he said that he had bought the contents of the first boat sight unseen. and he put in big bold letters, by the canal. and what that told everybody who saw that ad, it was fresh because it had just gotten off the vote in providence. -- the boat in providence. it took a day and a half, two days to get up to two worcester, that was fresh molasses, fresh green. you think about proctor and gamble in marketing, nathan was way ahead of everybody. and he would do that period ically throughout the left of the canal. it just transmitted this wonderful marketing concept to this new republic, this new section here in the center, the heart of the commonwealth here in worcester. so that is an import

printed in worcester. it was printed in 1775 because you didn't want an almanac, it's like getting a calendar in february. you want to have it from the first day. this almanac was printed in 1775 and was advertised in the newspaper. one of the fibers things about it is it's very early in the american story of the united states. this is during the revolution has started. about an election and conquered has -- the battle of lexington and concord ha has just happened and there's an eyewitness account of that battle. these would have their daily forecasts and horoscope outlined here in this wonderful graphics when you're full moon would be and various, often they would have astrological material as well. but in the back you can't get about local events, things that didn't happen. sometimes poetry, what we have here are directions for preserving the health of soldiers in the camps. something that would be a very timely piece of information for somebody to have in early 1776. here is another worcester in print f

worcester 23, bedford 28. so it's in those locations where we do have some work to go to dislodge that cold air. and that's a slow process this time of year. radar right now showing a mixture of just about everything that's possible in the atmosphere. snow, sleet, freezing rain, cats and dogs living together. it's one of those mornings out there. so this ribbon here, this pink ribbon showing the mixed precipitation does eventually move to the north and up across southern new hampshire by later this morning and more so this afternoon. and it will wind down as some drizzle as well as freezing drizzle. on the maps at this time, low pressure passing well to our north and west. this is responsible for this storm. and what a storm. and for more on the storm, here is meteorologist bri eggers. good morning, bri. >> bri: good morning, j.r. we're back at it, right. a lot of people are asking on twitter, why are we not seeing all snow with this one. last winter we had the fluff factor in place and lots of cold air in pla

worcester 31. jaffrey at 23. traveling again it's still somewhat poor right now with sleet and freezing rain and then transitioning over to rain middle part of the day before ending as drizzle for the remainder of the day, as well as this evening. with temperatures this afternoon middle and upper 30s. there may be pockets of freezing drizzle returning to boston, late this evening and overnight on the. we'll have a complete rundown on the storm today at noon. >> i like that idea. >> makes they think of the wiz. ease on down the road. >> there's more of "the today show" straight ahead. have a great morning. take it easy out there. we'll see you back here for 7 news at noon. it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, 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

we continue now with you look at the history of worcester. ♪ ms.agne: mechanics hall was built in 1857 by the worcester county mechanics association which continues to own and operate it today. 1842 as aned in educational organization reminiscent of similar organizations that were in europe with the burgeoning of the industrial revolution. the europeans, primarily in britain, established mechanics associations to teach skilled labor. the term "mechanic" means somebody that works with her hands. to be a member you had to be recommended by someone or some sort of authority. you had to be morally upright. you had to be a hard worker. you had to be industrious and to reflect the characteristics that the mechanics believed would bring this community and the country into the future. they built mechanics hall to showre and to be the trade of the industry of worcester. it's a remarkable building. when it opened in 1857 everything was american made which was pretty astounding because prior to that time many skilled laborers had to be brought from europe. it

worcester at 38 worcester at 38. fitchburg at 39 fitchburg at 39. hanging continue to 40s from beverly down to boston. south shore, cape and islands temperatures will continue to drop here especially these early morning clouds actually erode to sunshine. temperatures 30s to lower 40s. there goes the clouds. we have this nice, bright morning we are going to tap into here, especially once we hit the late morning, the afternoon. by lunchtime temperature-wise lower 40s. a very slow warm-up here. even as you head home from work, 30s book on that. a 5 to 10-degree warm-up that's it throughout course of our wednesday. 42 to 46 are your highs. brighter and cooler and more seasonable highs. a little bit above average. i will break down that morning commute and right now speaking to commute, julie, back to you for a check of the roads. >> julie: shiri, things looking good this early hour. start with a live look at the pike where things are wide open. we will have more live pictures from you and those drive times coming up in just a few minutes. >>> we begin w

so hill in different parts of worcester. take a listen. >> there was a busy day and driveways and especially after last one i think everyone was a little bit nervous. >> jessica: taking a live look here at webster street, you could see this is the road here, you can see slush but getting down to some of the pavement now and looks like people are driving close to normal speeds, so things are starting to ease up a little bit, but, of course, we are going to be following this all day long, going to have crews out and we will have an update on conditions on the fox25 news tonight at five and six. for now live here in worcester, >> sara: snowy mess on the roads in lowell this morning and where you find catherine parrotta, she is live on central street monitoring conditions there. good morning, catherine. >> catherine: a little bit of sleet mixed in and feels like it is really turned over mostly sleet at this point. i wanted to give you look here at central street, this is the road we have been showing you all morning, conditions

we have seen a number fog out here on the roads -- plows on the roads in worcester. the city of worcester has 300 plows on call for us and a parking ban that will help them get get some of the roads cleared. one other thing we know they are banking on that will are banking on that will get the roads cleared in time that a lot of people are off from hoping the commute is not buzzer. we have seen them out here in full force this morning and they are certainly going to be

sleet predominantly through worcester and snow in portions of northeastern worcester county. we have seen freezing rain here and southern new hampshire and deeper shades of blue, and accumulating snow up in this area. a couple of reports that have come in into southern new hampshire of two to two and a half inches from hampton falls north-westward to concord, new hampshire. while this mixing continues this morning, shiri. temperatures are a big problem even after the snow ends. >> resulting from ice which is a bigger concern the snow. fashion alsely confident. but ice is tough to navigate. the boston area switch over to plain ol' rain with above freezing temperatures between 8:00 and 10:00 lingering icy spods into the afternoon and where we are looking at a few hundreds of an inch of ice and looking at the worst travel conditions and worst roadways until possibly 7:00 this evening. how long the weather advisory will go, boston, plymouth, new bedford into the 40s. hyannis at 50 degrees. but wherever we have 30s, my word of warning is the warm-up stalls out at all, we are facin

same thing in worcester. the purple really taking over the area because the mix something starting to happen. the air coming in off the ocean changing things over. much of central newspaper concord, 3 inches. vermont had snow. and up to 3 to 6 inches up in the ski areas to the north. this is where the sleet is, and notice the temperatures slowly rising but still below freezing even as rain moves in along 128. takes you 9:30 this morning. the freezing rain becomes a big problem back through western mass and southern vermont and new hampshire late in the morning and into the early afternoon. but if you like snow and sleet totals, here you go, two and a half inches concord. haverhill after two inches. drake cut over an inch. lexington at an inch and braintree at $.03 of an inch. something interesting to note. what it does do is give boston its first taste of snow and closing in on the same amount of snow we had for december last year despite all the warm temperatures. pretty amaze pretty amazing to look at how t

live at south station. worcester. crews clearing out a little bit of snow that was already sticking. fox25 jessica reyes is on webster street in worcester for us this morning. it opened about an hour ago. >> jessica: lock at the sign, see there, they are covered in ice melt and spoke about an hour ago and says that they have had quite a bit of ice melt and biggest concerns is it is so hill and he when roads ice up it is a bit of a problem here went inside the store a couple of hours ago. said couple of shovels and things like that. they have had a couple of customers here today this morning, some last minute shoppers, but really the big rush was yesterday. now, the roads here, they have been a bit slippery, been getting a bit better but look at what they have to say. >> sold awful lot of ice melt especially driveways and especially after last winter i think everyone was a little bit nervous. >> jessica: look at webster street in worcester and last conditions are not as bad as they were earlier this morning around 5:00

report from worcester from the "worcester daily news" a coating of sleet in the worcester union station. and pete said that in worcester. and new hampshire, and getting into this area plain ol' snow. in salem, new hampshire, talking about sleet and this is where those ground crews come into play. president estimate from our storm tracker radar does a very good job but snow into southern new hampshire. sleet in salem, new hampshire from that report from keith and i appreciate that into southern vermont. there is snow out there and still happening. the snow that will be shovelable will be in these areas and mix with sleet. keep in mind when i show you the snow totals that the snow, sleet combination. see that mixing working northward, 7:00, in all this or northward, 7:00, in all this oring an area or peach area changing the rain down in here and snow farther to the north. will be most treacherous. temperatures at or below freezing from 10:00 north and to the west of worcester. the. potential for ice out there. snow totals are just -- they look weak, but don't focus just on that. remember

worcester's claim on the american revolution. a master of knuckle push-ups and a mysterious herd of horses. ted reinstein tells us more. "who knew?" on "chronicle" at 7:30. looking at that. businesses hoping to get a boost from holiday shoppers today. but be careful where you park. sera: the crackdown at malls as police try to make sure handicapped spots aren't being abused. doug: and the community in in a crash. how a group of parents plan to honor the athlete killed in a car crash. as we head to break. sera: a beautiful look at the common with all those christmas lights. i have my christmas tree but i haven't actually decorated it doug: you have time. beautiful. stay tuned.

worcester. 28 in nashua. if you're headed out first thing, grab a coat. as you go through the day today, low to mid 50's in spots. sunshine. full sunshine tomorrow. upper 50's, maybe flirting with 60 degrees in a few locations. if you're headed out to gillette tomorrow night for the 4:25 game the pats are taking on the eagles. 50 degrees. i always say it. go, pats! although that's a tough one for me because i do like the eagles too. all right. just throwing it out there. but i like the pats. we are waiting for snow. but we have none to date at this point. on average we should have 1.8 in worcester last year we had 7.5 inches of snow. today. and go, pats! antoinette: there you go. all right, danielle. pats." antoinette: that was an extra. if you're still hungry after something to do with what you ate. that can actually make you hungrier. bread. a recent survey found that people who ate two or more servings a day were 40 percent more likely to become overweight or obese over a five-year period. juicing may be a

back through worcester county, worcester, 53. douglas, 52. milford, at 54. essex county, north shore, beverly 54 and lynn at 55 degrees. now look, lots of sunshine through wednesday as well. ists going to be a real nice day, slightly cooler air will be in place for your wednesday afternoon. here's your seven day forecast, point out for -- thing i wanted to point out is windy, 59 degrees to start the day, but windy conditions make it feel cooler. wind advisory 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and gusts to 50 miles per hour possible. your weekend always in few. pay close attention to this. what a dropoff in temperatures. 38 degrees saturday for a high and i'm expecting flurries too. >> the pats are back atop the a.f.c., but there are fans with some concerns. the injuries continue to pile up. i'll have the latest from foxborough and a decision from major league baseball on pete will he or won't >> 27-6 patriots win in houston, highlighted by the return of rob gronkowski, but powered by a defensive effort that was largely unheralded. if you cannot score against the pats,

worcester, 47. same idea, a lot of clouds and fog and that that going up into the upper 50's, keene new hampshire, where it's 48 degrees right now. under cloudy skies, still no rain, but your temperature rising in to the 50's tonight as well, so it will be a rising trend tonight. something you don't see a lot at night, but it can happen especially with a front heading our way. sunshine by mid to late morning a couple showers farther north you go in new england. most of us seeing plenty of sunshine through the day tomorrow. as far as your high temperatures, tomorrow, take it to the south and west of boston, brockton, 58. walpole, 58 and sciate, 59. plymouth, 58 degrees. up to the north shore, temperatures generally going to be in the 50's as well, from ipswich to salisbury to happen ton. the high temperatures likely to happen in the first part of the dave and drop a bit in the afternoon, despite the sunshine. this takes you through wednesday, with all kinds of sunshine, one more time and you'll see i

learn about worcester, and other aties on our tour c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all beacon, every weekend on c-span 3. coming up next, leaders of the naacp, the human rights campaign, and the hispanic heritage foundation, among others, talk about the importance of including diverse perspectives in the historic preservation field. they highlight a number of historic sites. this panel was part of the annual cost forward preservation conference hosted by the national trust for historic preservation.

a large area of pink, boston, fitchburg, worcester, nashua. those locations will have the snow and sleet and freezing rain rain. worcester fitchburg and nashua, city of boston a cold rain late tomorrow morning through the afternoon and then it all winds down as drizzle and freezing drizzle early tomorrow afternoon afternoon. so the evening commute better than the morning commute. how much snow? snow. metrowest, worcester hills, route 2 corridor, then that will transition over to some sleet and freezing rain so there will be an icy coating on top of the snow. it will be tough to move around as well. heavy, wet snow before it transitions over to that sleet and freezing rain. chris? our turn . >> anchor: over across the coastline we do expect warm air to manufacture in off the ocean but inland that warmer air is moving a lot. 7 how to 10,000 feet up a big push of women air working on in and that overruns the cold air that's down near the surface and essentially what happens is you get your snow it fall through the atmosphere, hits that warm layer

worcester. 36 in boston. still in the 20's though along the south shore. as we go through the next 12 hours, say, in worcester, temperatures will bump up into the upper 40's by lunchtime. and low to even mid 50's, i think, through the afternoon. so your high temperatures will be anywhere from the low 50's to upper 50's today. but big changes are coming. we'll talk about the cooldown and when we could see our next chance for rain ahead. frank and karen. frank: thanks a lot, danielle. now. after a shooting in south boston. it happened around 8:00 last night on old colony avenue. police are still investigating. karen: a stabbing in london is being treated as a terrorist incident. the man in this video was subdued by police with a stun gun after they say he stabbed in east london. the suspect reportedly yelled "this is for syria" before the attack. one man was seriously hurt but is expected to recover. two others have minor injuries. frank: president obama will deliver a rare speech from the oval office tonight.

. >> then, delivery danger here in worcester. police trying to stop attacks on delivery drivers. >> the patriots may need to call a doctor. tom brady feeling under the weather? now questionable for sunday's game. >> also, the force is strong in new england. >> it was really awesome. >> i decided to take my son. >> the night team live at the theatre where thousands are revisiting a galaxy far, far away. >> and puppy problems solved for local man battling cancer. the holiday help he got from a juror generous generous police officer. tonight at 11:00, a stolen car and a serious crash ends with a teen in trouble in somerville. >> tonight, the person hit by the stolen car is in the hospital with serious injuries. >> the two teens they were custody and susan tran is in somerville with how the victim is doing tonight. >> reporter: that victim is expected to survive but the two teens face a host of charges. police say not only were they in a stolen car, but they raced off trying to avoid police and in doing so, they hit that man and seri

a worcester cemetery. fox25 michael henrich is live at hope cemetery in worcester where investigators are worried a cult could be behind the missing bones. michael? >> michael: police telling cities and towns to look at ceremony to make sure what happened here at hope cemetery there. investigators believe these grave robings could be part of some larger religious practice and the people that did this might have been planning it for months. people with loved ones buried in on edge. >> both of my parents are here. if they go after my parents, i will go after them. so they need to knock it off. >> michael: police say they have once again discovered human remains stolen from a mausoleum. this time possibly three skeletal remains gone. worcester police sergeant says the crime was planned well in advance cutting locks in may and

worcester is above the freezing mark. northern worcester county some 20's showing up. the winds have settled down. just enough wind to give you a little bit of a wind chill. it feels like it is 27 now in worcester. make sure you're bundled up as you head outside this morning. skies are clear. high pressure is nosing in and this is going to dom notice our weather all weekend long. a lot of showing through the weekend. the sun is up at 6: 5. looking for highs today in the mid and upper 40's at the coast. lower 40's over the interior today. good looking friday weather-wise. getz even lets get you out to trodse. olessa: so far so good. a live look at the pike. eastbound moving into the distance, traffic getting by without any problems. as you travel into town, construction just about cleared at the zakim 93 south. that road work picking up on 95 northbound and 128 and by 128 and 95. pike looks good. one last construction zone clearing at 128 south passing by route 3. so far trains and buses starting the morning on schedule. emily: four people missing after a fire tears thr

we'll go past records in worcester and boston. going for 68 degrees in worcester and 70 in boston, you can see why. look at this. we're already at 65 in plymouth. it is 51 boston, 47 in worcester. warmer air is pushing in slowly. it is going to take its time but by lunchtime i expect most of us to be back in the 60's. the reason, we have pretty strong winds in the south and west now although northern areas under a northern wind. that's why we're cooler. you're eventually going to get the southwest wind. warm up nicely. i think in order to get to the 70's today we're going to have to see a couple of breabs of sun. if we see them, we'll hit 70. if not, we may stay in the upper 60's. notice it is indicating some breaks in the clouds. it is a mostly cloudy day for the most part. a couple of showers maybe in the afternoon near the cape and islands. otherwise we start to clear out by tonight. we're still going to have to introduce fog once again in the forecast. overnight tonight dropping into the 40's and 50's in most locations. tomorr

that's banking reimagined. >> gene: congratulations boston and worcester. what snow? exactly. 2015 holds record for least amount of snow on record. get that going for you. >> do have that going for you and know snow in december. >> have it up there, that's fine higher elevation. >> not that i want to spoil anyone to the no snow and normal to get a foot in worcester. last summer there was nothing. >> not liking that. >> here is what we have. i don't have any snow on radar but a little bit of freezing drizzle out toward the connecticut river valley this morning, out toward the berkshires and having tough time climbing the worcester hills but don't be surprised in central mass if we get one or two icy spots here, so far so good, it is just the clouds that we are morning, here is look at current conditions, 29 in worcester, 26 in leominster, 19 in hollis, 22 , so obviously it is cold. this is falling as liquid and hits the ground at these kind of temperatures that's where we get the ice forming, 25 in natick, you will be fine, rain doesn't arrive until you're above freezi

killed six worcester firefighters. at 6:13 tonight firefighters will ring a bell to mark the exact time the original call came in. following the deadly fire in many of the procedures and policies. >> sara: today hillary clinton will be back campaigning to the granite state. in just a few hours she will anybody manchester for event there. fox25 sharman sacchetti will be on the trail and will bring you any updates from the events all morning long and tonight as well on the fox25 news at five and six. >> daniel: lawmakers discuss a bill of the illegal smoking age across the state at 21iers old. nearly 60 state reps and senators have already signed on to the bill. several dozen cities and towns across massachusetts have already raised the smoking age and boston is considering it as well. but the new bill would enforce it on a state level. >> sara: massachusetts governor and mbta official rolling out their plans to keep trains moving this winter. they say the mbta is much better prepared this year to handle the snow. they u

worcester up to fitchburg. not dense fog or anything that will be terrible to navigate and you will want to be aware of it. spots like randolph a lot of this will be in the form of mist and damp. 47 in boston. 48 in marshfield. 46 in bridgewater. we have a sprinkle or two passing on through. same in holden, fitchburg up to pepperell and amherst, new hampshire. damp this morning in the low to mid-40s. 40s will do it now at 7 a.m. expecting patchy fog and drizzle on the map. at noontime 51 degrees and mostly cloudy. if we are lucky enough to see a couple of breaks in the clouds noontime today and 3 p.m. 53 degrees. more fog in the picture. as you head home from work, the foggy situation probably will be a little more wide will be a little more widespread than it is this morning. i am going to show you when the showers really peak, when to plan around downpours coming up in just a couple of minutes. now julie grauert with live drive time traffic. where are the problem spots now. >> julie: problem spots around rout

worcester into 35 worcester into 35. lows tonight, though, this is why i am concerned, because i have lawrence at 32. framingham, 33. just a degree above freezing. so if it ends up being a little cooler, what do you know. we have ice there as well. the seven-day forecast. tomorrow's high gets to 46 degrees and after early showers we clear on out. friday, partly cloudy and friday, partly cloudy and thrust and 41. 40 over the weekend, breezy and back to you guys. >> sarah: all right, shiri. the best stocking stuffier ever ever. >>> how the local woman is paying back her brother who got her a winning lotto ticket for christmas. >>> new at 7:00, before the patriots take on the doll tins over the weekend. new concern of the equipment on the new report r john kasich's an impatient rascal. paces, pushes. but, unlike some, his state is now booming. unlike some, john kasich has proven he can do the job. brought back jobs from mexico and china. keep us safe, make us boom. because he's done it before. only an impatient rascal can b

showers in worcester county southern new hampshire. through 8:00 or 9:00 this morning we have a risk of a few showers across the area. breaks in sunshine this afternoon could push temperatures into the upper 50's. looking good to start your weekend. 60 on saturday with partly sunny skies. that doesn't sound like december. antoinette: time for a little eye-popping video. olessa: a florida man doesn't just talk his way out of a ticket. he sings it. you are o.s.u. so beautiful can you believe it to me olessa: the man, who is a gospel singer, was pulled over in orlando yesterday for not wearing his seatbelt. the officer asked where he was going, and he told her to the church. so she asked him to sing for her, and he did. as a reward, she let him off the hook. the man says singing always antoinette: and gets him out of trouble. olessa: and this is proof that everyone loves a good magic trick. an amateur magician tried out his skills on an orangutan at the zoo in barcelona. a little slight of hand and he makes a chestnut in a cup vanish. the

also 57 in worcester. i'm going for a high of 63 so if that happens, we're going to break some records. christmas day not looking so bad either. lots of sunshine and 54. doug and sera. sera: thanks, danielle. more stories happening right now. doug: police are investigating what sparked this fiery scene in hurst, texas. this was the aftermath of a fuel truck explosion. burning fuel ran down both sides of the highway saturday and into the highway closed for hours. the driver was killed. the fuel truck was the only vehicle involved in the crash. a hotel was evacuated for a time. sera: the f.b.i. is investigating a major security breach at computer company juniper networks. the u.s. defense department, justice department, treasury, and several big companies rely on juniper networks' products. it's not clear what, if any, classified information could be affected. the breach is believed to be the work of a foreign government because of the sophistication involved. doug: perhaps you've heard, the new star wars mo

to worcester county 20s here as well. fitchburg leominster with a couple 30s. 29 in northbridge right now. then in the southwest, new hampshire, also in the 20s here. what i'm watching is some showers heading our way. a couple of those sprinkles getting here early enough could cause some icy the spots in parts of the southern new england. we'll talk about when that will arrive and take a timeline you through the afternoon with the heaviest rain. >>> stay up to date on that storm track with the fox 25 weather app. it's free to download to your apple or android devices. >>> packages swiped from the hall of a local condo complex. people living there say they were stolen and they have it on camera. fox 25's jim morelli is live in south boston where he spoke to victims of that theft. jim? >> reporter: elizabeth, this is the you busiest time of year for package delivery companies apparently that's creating some opportunities for thieves, at least that's what they're telling you us here in south boston. holiday season in south b

worcester. >> anchor: following two breaking store he's here at 5:30 5:30. first, police arrest a man accused of leaving a suspicious device in boston's financial distribute. he is charged with planting a hoax device near a homeland security vehicle. that device causing tense moments this morning. the bomb squad eventually detonated that package . >> anchor: we're also following breaking news in the california terror case. the f.b.i. now calling that shooting an act of terror. the mass shooting in san bernadino killed 14 people and injured more than a dozen others others. >>> investigators say one of the suspects killed pledged her allegiance to isis or facebook of adam williams is here with the very latest. >> anchor: facebook is company cooperating with federal investigators with this information. the social media site says tashfeen malik posted her praise of isis just before she and her on his co-workers. officials say malik posted the pledge under a different name and the attack may have been inspired by isis. that shooting left 14 people dead, more than

the fire started around 8:00 here in worcester last night. and when those crews showed up here they found the whole home was already filled with smoke. now, these two victims, we understand they were unconscious when crews got here last night, they did cpr on two of them and doctors did pronounce them dead once they got to the hospital. now, crews have not determined a cause yet but we know investigators will be out here later this morning in just a couple of hours trying to figure that out. for now live here in worcester, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> sara: updating now breaking news right now out of france. a kindergarten teacher in paris has been stabbed by a hooded man claiming allegiance to isis. the teacher was stabbed in the side and the throat by a man with a box cutter. the teacher was alone prepping for class when the man came into the classroom. the reporter said this is a warning. dieveryone is another name for isis. we are told the teacher's wounds now, this all comes 1 month after 130 people were killed by terrorists in pari

you're going out to the west in worcester county, 54 worcester. 53 for you in fitchburg. to the north shore, temperatures will be in the 50's, ipswich at 52 degrees, nice for december. i'm sure you're liking this, out on cape cod, 50's attorneys for sampson well. but it gets even warmer by this upcoming weekend. friday, clouds over us, they'll break up again in the afternoon and sunshine to end the day and stays that way for much of your weekend. this is your view in the seven-day forecast. 59 degrees saturday and 61 sunday. significance of that is we're chasing a couple of records. now, the records on saturday don't seem obtainable to me. 68 boston, 67 concord. 69 providence. just seems too warm. even that 63 in worcester, i do not think we'll get on saturday, but sundays just happen to be lower. just luck of the draw here and i think sunday we have a chance at hitting those records, forecasting 61 for boston, so it's only a couple of degrees cooler than the record, which by the way was set in 1984. we'll see if we get to that. stays warm on sunday ahead of the next cold

mid-30s in the worcester hills, low 40s in worcester, temperatures not moving all that much for the weekend. tomorrow we will be similar just with less wind. winter officially arriving on monday. won't feel like it next week. temperatures in the 50s if not lower 60s by christmas eve. >>> still ahead this morning on 7 news today in new england. things are heating up on the ice. the bruins taking on the penguins, highlights up in 7 sports. >>> a team effort, how the manager of a basketball team >>> good saturday morning to you, the patriots have played in 2015 without as many as prvo players, but the one they can't afford to be without, tom brady missing friday his first practice because of an illness. and gronk also missing for a third straight day he is still doubtful for sunday. the surprise addition to the practice on friday, devon mccordy still recovering from that ankle strain listed as questionable, but a longshot to play this weekend. the bra bruins visiting fitchburg. bruins up 2-1. they tied at two, with the best powerplay in the league, and pounding it. then in the third, fratching

holding at 50 in boston and the 40's in worcester and southern new hampshire. that is all about to change. the winds are so strong now in the south and west. all of this wind shift will be happening in places in the north. we'll see a southerly wind and that is why we're going warm up in the 70's perfectly 70 in boston. 68 in worcester. that means we are talking about record warmth for christmas eve, both in worcester and boston. tonight we're in the mid 50's and for christmas day, forecast looks pretty warm and dry. good morning, jeff. jeff: good morning. nice ride for most people this morning, except for the wet road conditions. traffic volume is much lighter than usual but it is building up. still no more than 15 minutes between braintree and downtown boston. we have one situation to the south that has traffic down to one lane on 24 northbound. traffic is slow from route 140 up toward that scene. a very nice ride. 10 minutes between braintree and downtown boston. that is going to stay quiet throughout the morning. randy: this morning assessing the damage aft

human mains were stolen from the mausoleum in hope cemetery in worcester. some of the remains are 100 years old. >> it's kind of a terrible thing to have your family violated like that. >> there is certainly, like an organized cult out there. >> police say a cult or even a religious group is behind this. wlern had the -- learn had the the locks had been cut in the mausoleum in may but this happened in september. >> they put everything back real methodical, looked like nothing was done. >> just last week, we told you about this 32-year-old, who hartford police found five human remains in his apartment, three documents, and two children's one as young as 15 days hold from a mausoleum from hooten that are we did a face time interview with the hartford police chief. >> there were bones used, sticks, branches, feathers, that sort of thing. it's sensoria or babaloo. >> sounds like voodoo or witchcraft. >> reporter: tonight, worcester police tell fox 25 they are putting a lot of resources into this and they will be going around looking for any surveillance video,

they're begin to go dry it out west of worcester. we're still looking at showers from northern worcester county head up into the monadnock region of new hampshire. brief heavy downpours coming to boston up toward malden as well. south of town from around scituate back toward hanson, bridgewater and taunton. we're looking at a brief, heavy downpour. these are racing eastward. that i be exiting between 7:00 and 8:00 this morning. another hour or two of some showers. then we get into this dryer air behind had frontal boundary. the winds are really going to pick up. you're going on notice that throughout the day. they'll clear it out though. clouds still linger being through 9:00 this morning but notice lots of sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures holding fairly steady so we will hover in the 50's to around 60 degrees right on into the afternoon. but those winds are going to be strong. could see gusts 40-50 miles per hour. so wind advisories up until about 6:00 this evening. overnight the winds settle down and temperatures fall back i

worcester county, merrimack valley in the lower 30's. worcester is 34. orange 34. lawrence 35. closer to the freezing mark here. fortunately no fog this performing. not overly concerned with slick spots but we do have a lot clouds out there this morning and high pressure to our south some of this cloud cover. some sunshine coming in mid to late morning. we should be in the low to mid 40's by lunchtime. notice the clouds somewhat persistent through lunchtime with some breaks of sunshine. a little bit of sunshine today. temperatures in the 40's. average high this time of year is 43. i think we get to 47 today in boston. let's get you out to the roads this morning. good morning, olessa. olessa: good morning. still watching the overnight construction which is picking up now. let's get over to the maps. construction just about gone 93 south at the zakim and south of there, the expressway by the south bay mall. road work picking up route 3 northbound into the braintree split and 93 northbound approaching 128. construction on 128 should be gone shortly. the pike looks good route nine

police looking to find suspect responsible for deadly stabbing of worcester woman. ["the first noel" plays] farms, we wish you and your family a merry christmas and happy hanukkah. and we mean that, 100%. if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all >> julie: mass shooting that we know the shooters were married and one of them likely knew many of the victims because he worked with them. what we learned overnight about the guns used in the attack. >> blair: welcome back and good morning, it is thursday, december 3rd, i'm blair miller. >> julie: i'm julie grauert. shiri spear joining us now. fog is gone. peek of sunshine. >> shiri: a little bit. >> julie: what's next? >> shiri: sun is teasing us today a

live in worcester, jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> julie: happening today a worcester man will face a judge charged with killing a mom of three. louise melendez was arrested on friday for the stabbing death of sharise hill. hill was found earlier this thus month with several stab wounds. brutal attack was caught on surveillance camera. >> sara: today is the third anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. it was three years ago adam lanza killed his mother at the house and went to the school where he killed 20 first graders and six adults before killing himself. the school was demolished and newtown will hold interfaith service to remember the victims. today people in boston will pay tribute to the sandy hook victims by unveiling a new gun control billboard. for years this massive billboard overlooked the mass pike by fenway park and it counted the number of people killed by guns. it was taken down after the garage was sold. the speaker of the house in boston's police commissioner will be on hand when the new billboard is unveiled across from the hynes convention center disag

at 10:00 in worcester, 31 degrees. i will show you your town at midnight tonight when we come back. >>> dozens of people are waking up in rhode island when they should have been much further north. new at 5:00, hue strange smell on board prompted an emergency landing for a flight full of folks. pond but he wasn't here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. r zero due at signing, p p zero down, zero deposit, r and zero first r r months payment ttt on a new jetta >>> 4:44 right now. meteorologist shiri spear here and the rain showers continue. it is very fun. very light stuff from boston back to the worcester area. north of the pike, and that's where we will have to have our eyes peeled for couple of icy spots. no ice on the roads in sou

worcester 58 degrees. by tomorrow, we'll be at 50 i think in boston and the upper 40's in worcester. so about 10 degrees difference. we're still running above normal though. we will take it. you will notice it when you step outside the door. here is the reason why. we have a back-door cold front that is slowly working its way down into our area. right now, the cool air is up through northern new england, but it is mild across most of southern new england. and that is really where we're going to stay through the day today. as you look, i do want to talk about something that is happening this morning. there has been some patchy fog out there especially in fitchburg, in nashua where visibilities are now down to about three miles. and so because of that, the temperatures this morning are starting out cooler up through the merrimack valley and, say, through orange where you can see you're starting at 31 degrees. but in the 50's in boston to plymouth down to the cape as well as nantucket. so it depends on where

worcester at 42. cloudy skies with our weather system off to our west. as they keep passing to our west, they're going to put us on the warm side of the event. so we'll talk about raindrops until further notice. most of the day rain-free. then we'll have showers arriving 8:00, 9:00 tonight. steady rain overnight tonight. gone by tomorrow morning's commute. so we have a storm system affecting us for the next day, day and a half. not one commute affected by the rain drops. just rain overnight tonight, shift. then there will be rain out there tonight. 40s and 50s across the northeast. rain does warm up as we work through the day. 40s and 50s this afternoon. look at tonight. 56 to 62. are you kidding me? whoa! 7 on 7 forecast, tomorrow mix of clouds and sunshine. 60 tomorrow morning, into the 50s tomorrow afternoon. i have found some cold air for you if you're looking for it. as christa says, we're not looking for it, bro. saturday and sunday, mostly sunny skies, high temps this >> time now for fast traff

temperatures right now, if insist boston. worcester. this is warm for this time of year. per hour. earlier today, even some to 40, but that's not the case anymore. the winds have died out. 37 on average overnight and invariably cloudy. generally a mild night for december, anyway. during the day tomorrow, a lot of surf. 48 degrees on average. there aren't likely to be many towns that hit 50. a few could, and the actual high temperature over boston maybe realized at midnight with the 50 degrees might not get any warmer than that when the sun's up tomorrow. in southern new hampshire. west to worcester county, to be in the 40s here too. worcester to boylston and southborough at 42 degrees and 40s are everywhere tomorrow rather than the 50s near 60 degrees or over 60 degrees we saw in boston today for high temperatures. tomorrow you saw the clouds thursday the clouds take over again showers becoming more numerous after lunchtime on thursday. most of us stay dry through lunch on thursday. we start to see heavier rain move in and steadier rain

out in worcester county as well. we do have some fog out in the worcester area where visibility is down to 1/3 of a mile. you can see a scattering of light showers in worcester county an part s of connecticut. everything is moving from south to north. we're looking at scattered light showers. pockets of drizzle. a disturbance coming on this morning. we have some patchy drizzle until around 9:00 this morning and by lunchtime any showers are drying up. clouds begin to break for a little bit of sunshine as we get into the afternoon. the temperatures respond. 40's this morning, reach to about 50 degrees by 10:00 this morning. this afternoon looking for a high of 58. let's get you out to the roads now. good morning, olessa. olessa: good morning, everyone. we had some overnight construction here on the eastbound side. that is picked up and all lanes are open. 39 south, still watching the road work at the zakim bridge. once again over by bryant avenue and the braintree split. construction by route 37 on 93 north into the br

out in worcester we're 4 des. over the next 12 hours there will be a slow tick up in the temperatures despite all the cloud cover throughout the day. should be right around 50 degrees at noontime. we'll spend the afternoon in the 50's despite the clouds. the temperatures are going to warm up. now to the north there's actually been a little bit of snow across far northern maine. warmer air though is surging north ward out ahead of this storm system. low pressure here tracking to our west up through the great lakes. that is going to send the warmth in our direction. you can see it's in the upper 50's right now. near 60 in d.c. they're going to hit 70 today. it is already in the upper 60's, close to 70 down in tennessee. this is that warm air mass that will surge north ward ahead of the storm system. even with the clouds, we're only up in the mid even upper 50's late in the day. cooler up near the new hampshire border but throughout the day nothing more than a spot shower or some drizzle. still off to the west. start