nstruction picked up on 3 south by the zakim bridge. south of town, route 3 looks good. 24 as well. 95, no problems. the pike is quiet. 93 lookingood out of methuen the lever connector. back to you. antoinette: talk about a sister aid of her choking baby sier. randy: miranda, two days old at the time, when her big sister noticed her choking. her face was changing colors. alise told the mother about what she learned and turned the baby over and patted her on the back. randy: the nurses gave the sixth grader her own stethoscope. miranda is one week old. she was born a month early but is doing fine. antoinette: good to hear this. to your economy. asian markets are up. wall street futur aremixed. the november jobs report is due out tomorrow morning. with a new commuter rail program. trains run through gillette adium and boston only on game days. the new program, trainsould run regularly between the two locations. if approved, the progr wou run for 11 months beginning in 2018. the t still has to sign off on the new stop. antoinette: forget t

here's a look at the zakim bridge. we watch a couple of incidents out there. let's head out town and look at the expressway in we have an accident. the left lane blocked from that incident. it's still slow from braintree to boston. but route 3 and 24 not too bad. 95 slowing down a little bit northbound. the pike fin and stop and go inside 128. we have an accident on route 2. this is eastbound at exit 41 and then 93 still stop and go pretty much inside of 128. and then route 1 not too bad. we have a breakdown northbound on 93. and that's at the zakim bridge. >> let's look at the drive times if you get ready to head tout door this morning. 22 minutes. 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128. 128 to zakim bridge. back to you guys >> let's get to breaking news out of milton this morning. where two people have died after this car crashed into a tree and then catches on fire. a third person, though did manage the dave that crash. >>> we want to get to jennifer eagan with more on this story. what's the latest? >> we're here along brush hill road in milton where thi

traveling across the zakim 128 looks good. so does the pike. we're watching what's left of road work near kendrick street. north of town, construction on 128 south. three lanes closed route 3a to 2a. expect the trains and buses on start on steadual. antoinette: it's the news patriots fans have been fear. rob gronkowski may not be returning to the field. gronk is set to have surgery on his back. randy: sera congi is at gillette stadium with reaction from the patriots. sera: from the family and the patriots gives us insight. they don't expt rob gronkowski will play the rest of the season. they'll make their final decision after this surgery. here's part of the statement. after a hit early in the jets' game, rob began to experience this forced him to leave the game and he did not return. this is the play in the first quarter of last sunday's game where gronk was slow to get up after taking a hit. he will undergo surgery to address his lower back injury. that surgery will be in los angeles. tom brady last night reacting. >> i've spoken to him a few

zakim bridge and lever connector picking up rush hour delays. 's touthbodide toward the bottom of the screen. you can see the mure on the lens and roadways. not the most pleasant start to the morning. so budget in extra travel ti. overall, not bad, kelly ann. >> the heaviest of the rainfall is shifting off the coast. we have fog and also some wind. we top out ith upper 50s. tomorrow 50 degrees, breezy conditions. this weekend we start to really feel t chill as the temperatures dp into the 40s. antoinette: an act oindns at a new hampshire toys "r" us store led to a chain reaction of generosity. it started when chelsea provencher and her 8-year-o daughter violet braved the black friday crowd so that violet the pair ran into trouble. they were $5 short. the cashier stepped in. sheila nelson paid the difference. >> amazing she was nice enoug to help out. >> it was an instinct. i like to do nice things for people. antoinette: rer provencher was so moved by nelson's kindness that he thenat $552 to help other customers who have trouble paying for their

and 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 11 minutes. the "t" and commuter rail both running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> kris: we're following breaking news. police are src was hit by a car in boston. investigators say four people took off after hitting the cruiser right near wentworth institute of technology. one suspect was taken into custody. the officer inside that cruiser was taken to the hospital, but he is expected to be okay. the day's other top stories this morning. an autopsy will be performed on a decapitated body discovered on the banks of the merrimack river in lawrence. police say a woman was out walking her dog yesterday afternoon when she found this body. cause of death. it seems likely now that the patriots' star tight end rob gronkowski is going to be out for the rest of the season. he is set to have surgery on a herniated digs, in his back today. the all-pro tight end suffered the injury early in sunday's win over the jets. gronk is expected to be out of action for at least eight weeks. >> christa: an armed robb

and you can see the zakim bridge here aned leverett. the leverett is filled in making your way into the city. the zakim is moving along okay. no delays in the north of town. heads up if you're taking the red line, moderate delays now due to a power problem at the elway station, so heads up if you're on the red line this morning. >>> breaks overnight, a police chase end with a crash in brockton and this morning officers people. >> anna has the latest for us from brockton. >>reporter: chris, police tell me they respondd to reports of shots fired on ford street around 12:30 this morning. when officers got there, they say they tried to pull over a toyota camry. that's when that car took off. police sped after the vehicle, chasing it through brockton. investigators tell me that chase ended with a crash. the cruiser colliding with the suspect vehicle after the driver stopped and parked it on pleasant street. both the driver and a passenger those two people, but they say they don't believe there is a risk to public safety at this point. that o

from 128 and 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, just 11 minutes. the "t" and commuter rail starting the morning on schedule. back to you, guys. >> sarah: happening today, a teen accused of murdering his own mother facing a judge. a relative says he new something was wrong and begged neighbor to call 911. >> christa: police begged the victim's son overnight. now he's being charged with murder. here's 7's jennifer eagan, she is live at the scene. >> jennifer: christa, the 18-year-old suspect will be heading here the brockton district court. neighbors say he was sitting at the home after the attack and investigators are still working on a motive. >> i knew it was something bad only because she was wailing and screaming and she did say 911, 911. >> jennifer: maryanne monteiro dialed 911 as a desperate grandmother pulled her toward her home on merritt avenue knew house, and at this point in time, i now know it was to get her daughter out of the house. >> jennifer: but it was too late. 44-year-old mania meneide had been stabbed to death. her son frantz p

you're looking live at zakim bridge traffic is leaving town slowly. let's say it's been around the neighborhood. ed: mass avenue to route three 1a ll tak27 minutes. if you're going 93 and noon court to have about 22 minutes. when you meet south is slow, headed into wellesley. 495, viewers of the dude off for 25 minutes. the storms are over across the southeaste part of the united states, leaving devastation in their wake. nichole: still ahead on newscenter 5 at 4, a look at the incredible damage, as residents return home, hoping to fin the uth pole. ed: what the legendary astronaut was doing down there, and why he had to be flown out lynchie: -- harvey: northern lead england some showers and flurries. chillier times are ahead. nichole: and we're following this breaking news. patriots tight end rob gronkowski out for weeks and set to undergo back surgery ed: right now, police identify the suspected bank robber, who held several people hostage inside of a jacksonville credit union today. deandre shuman is now in police custody. an initialall 911 cported

live look at zakim and thing moving over zakim and leverett connector just fine. live drive times, 35 minutes route 1 from 128 to the tobin and an hour on 93 south, 49 minutes on the pike eastbound as what a turn around. you're right. those blue skies out there, much different than the bus stop forecast you showed us than 5, 6:00 a.m. hours. >> shiri: gloom and doom and boston ended up with third inch of rain and inch in portsmouth, new hampshire, half inch in central mass and quarter inch in southeastern mass and we need it, under a drought. in fact, the new drought monitor comes out at 8:30 this morning. i don't think we will see much improvements because most rain kind of felt after they stopped collecting data on tuesday, but, of course, bring that to you when we have it. 47 now in portsmouth, new hampshire, and i quickly want to go up here just because we got a few lingering clouds, you're going to see that increasing sunshine, temperatures work their way back into the middle 50s here this afternoon as brightens up, but it does stay breezy. somewhere like ply

there is the tobin, the zakim and the lever connector. you can see the tobin starting to fill there on the left-hand south as you approach the o'neill tunnel. >>> 5:32 now. breaking overnight, a car slams into a campus police cruiser in boston. the officer was taken to the hospital to be checked out. a source tells wbz this crash happened shortly after police were called to investigate a report of shots fired near the ruggles "t" station. a short time later police found damaged vehicles on mcgrievey way. some appeared to have their windows shot out. police are trying to figure out if those scenes are connected. police investigating a shooting in dorchester, not far from a playground and a middle school. the shooting happened near devon and normandy streets. one person was taken to boston medical center. no word on their condition. >>> checking our other top story this morning, rob gronkowski set to have back surgery today and he'll likely miss the rest of the season. multiple reports say gronk has a herniated disk. it's still unclear if h

zakim bridge, leverett connector, southbound side toward the bottom of the screen. early morning volume starting to let's check travel times. ride on the expressway is almost 25 minutes braintree into boston, the busiest spot. as you travel eastbound on the pike, still only 15 minutes, 495 to 128. and heading north, 93 south, a patch of delays into andover and approaching spot pond. trains and buses running on schedule. antoinette: olessa, thank you. a brockton teenager held without mother. randy: and a driver crashing after a wild ride. antoinette: we take a live look outside over the city of boston. it is dark and we are down to 36 degrees. we're back after this. at fallon health moving forward with compassion. moving forward with care when you need it. moving forward with laughter and a healthy heart. moving forward with family. why move forward alone when we can move forward together. randy: ather tough break for the patriots. the surgery today for star rob gronkowski and just how long he could be out. >> a grim discovery in lawrence, a body found along the merr

minutes on the pike eastbound. 17 minutes on the expressway. 25 minutes on 93 south approaching the zakim bridge. back to you. >>> breaking news overnight from milton. two people are dead following a fiery crash. a car went off the road and hit a tree on rush hit road. that car then caught fire. two people were pronounced taken to boston medical center. state police are investigating why that car went off the road. also breaking this hour near two college campuses, a police cruiser involved in an overnight crash. >> sara: all happened near wentworth technical. our catherine parrotta is live in roxbury where a car collided with a wentworth police cruiser, catherine. >> reporter: right now we are pretty much on the campus of wentworth. northeastern down ruggles boston police department down ruggles street to give you an idea where in roxbury this is or where this cruiser was hit at the intersection with parker street that you see in the area behind me. the scene has been cleared. traffic is moving as it typically would. we are working to get more details about this. details are scares at th

a look at the drive time on 93 south. 29 minutes from 495 to the zakim bridge. >>> shir in the upper 40s to lower 50s. scattered clouds and gusty out there. a look at the wind chills and what to plan on the weekend just minutes away. >>> he may have lost a spot on the president-elect's, but new mmm... i can't believe it's so delicious. i can't believe it has 40% fewer calories than butter. i can't believe it's made with real, simple ingredients. i can't believe we're on a whale. i can't believe my role isn't bigger. able taste. >>> 4: a dorchester neighborhood is banding together trying to help a disabled veteran after he was the victim of a crime. take a look at what was left behind. this toyota venza propped up on cinderblocks all four tires gone. thieves likely targeted the car because the standard 20-inch tires are expensive. the neighborhood is trying to work out to help the victim even trying to raise enough money to cover the victim's to try to free up spaces. pretty soon the cost to park for an hour could top $4 in some spaces. jacqui heinrich reports the goal is to try to di

the drive time on 93 south with the 20-minute mark from 495 in andover is southbound to the zakim bridge. >>> shiri? >> shiri: currently in boston light rain at 49 degrees. 6 a.m. that time frame we are watching closely in boston because rain will turn a little bit heavier. i will show you how long the showers will last when i am back with new 10. experience to a new level. the new option that let's you watch a show on the go even if >>> meteorologist shiri spear here and tracking showers from uxbridge to franklin, walpole. steadier rain from preliminary nought down to the cape and islands, but a heavy batch of rain working its that by from western massachusetts. the timeline on when that passes through your town in less than five minutes. >> julie: all right, shiri. >>> for more than a year we reported on the opioid crisis both from the perspective of the victims and those who dedicated their life to fight the problem. this morning, fox25's heather hegedus reveals the state is encouraging nursing homes to carry narcan. >> reporter: not the type of place would you expect to see known for

zakim bridge and 93 south. just some light traffic into the tunnel, but no major slowdowns to tell you about this morning. >>> breaking news from overnight, a car slam noose a campus police cruiser in boston. and you can see the damage to the wentworth institute of technology vehicle. a source tells wbz this crash happened shortly after police were called to investigate a report of shots fired near the ruggles t station. a short time later grievey way. some had their windows shot out. police are now trying to find out if those scenes are connected. >>> also breaking overnight, a shooting in doorchester, not too far from a playground and a middle school. this happened at devon and normandy streets. one person was take tone boston medical center. no word on their condition. >>> patriot's ron gronkowski set to go to surgery. now the team says they expect him to miss the rest of the looking out for grong's best long-term interests. but what does this mean in the short term for the patriots? steve burton has the lat

look at driv from 495 in andover down to the zakim. shiri? >> shiri: temperatures generally running in 30s, a little chill in the air, still breezy when head home from work with temperature in the 40s and show you what time we hit the 50s in between there and which towns and cities coming up next. >> sara: big papi has new christmas sweater out but you may not want to wear it around the kids. [ bell clangs ] celebrate the holidays with delicious dunkin' coffee. stop by dunkin' donuts for two k-cup boxes for $15.99 or 3 pounds of packaged coffee for $19.99. this. is. everything. honey bunches of oats. it's all of this, this, this, and this. it's the mother of all cereals. it's that, and that, and all of that. it's the most cerealriffic cereal. in all of history. yeah, it's that good. honey bunches of oats. this. is. everything. visit a place where siblings become friends, parents become kids, grandfathers become wizards, little ones become big stars, and neighbors become family. ? great wolf lodge indoor water park resort. everybody in. visit

. >> a live look at the zakim bridge in boston where temperatures have already dropped more than 10 degrees since the afternoon high of 57 degrees on december 1st. sarah wroblewski has got the latest. >> i know. sitting down across the southeast and it's already temperatures 38 in worcester. 40s for the majority of the region. we still have a few clouds out there. it's because of these winds out of the west. still pretty gusty right now and will continue to be gusty overnight. and that's going to help clear up some of the clouds and allow for these temperatures to fall back into the 30s, 40s for the outer cape and again that wind's gonna make it feel colder tomorrow morning in the 20s and 30s. i'll show what you it will be like for this weekend as colder air arrives. >> a 13-year-old student has been charged with rape. police say the victim is a child in north reading and it was our jason law not the school who informed several parent beside this investigation. >> i might even -- i didn't hear about this. >> reporter: christina is the mother of an eighth-grader at fecto middle school and ha

. >> translator: it took place at zakim army base. few friends who were part of the case with me grabbed this one guy and i was actually the guard of the tent. and the other guys did what they did to him. and i just, i held a cocked gun towards him. and, in fact, i saw the incident and didn't prevent it. >> kirchbloom began his sentence under house arrest, but he then committed a robbery and was sentenced to an additional five years and sent to prison. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> translator: as someone who was addicted to drugs, one of my things was a need for excitement. and today, in essence, the only excitement that i get here is through religion, through the torah, which gives me the tools that i need for life outside. >> in the religious wing, he is shielded from the potential violence between jews and arabs that exist in other parts of the prison. but some inmates at rimonim have benefited from putting the conflicts of the outside world aside. >> translator: to resist someone because he is a jew, a muslim, a christian, it

a live look at the zakim bridge. you can see it is dark out there, of course, but a little hazy from the rain this is coming down. live drive times, 12 minutes from route 1 128 to the tobin. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. >>> meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. shiri, you are saying mainly light rain until 6:00 and dealing with a heavier between 6 and 7 a.m. >> shiri: that's what i am thinking. between 6 and 7 a.m. the heaviest rain. boston picking up third of an inch. half an inch in worcester and over that in orange and westfield. deep in mind western massachusetts already had the last batch of heavy rain come through and yet to pass totally across central and eastern massachusetts. it is losing a little steam as it goes and i wanted to time out the back end of this rain for you here. in worcester at about 7:00 this morning. showers should be finding down. providence, rhode island, 7:20. boston, 7:43 and plymouth at 8:05. by 8:00 this morning, everybody will be likely dry again. to

>>reporter: 5:02, a live look at the zakim right now. things picking up, but still free and clear into the city. all roads are wide open right now on your thursday morning, but it is wet outside on that. >>> breaking overnight, a police chase ends with a crash in brockton, and this morning officers are looking for two people. >> anna myler is live in brockton this morning with the very latest. anna. >>reporter: kate, police tell me they responded to reports of shots fired on ford street around 12:30 this morning. when officers got there, they say they tried to pull over a toyota camry. that's when that car took off. police sped after the vehicle, chasing it through brockton. chase ended with a crash. the cruiser colliding with the suspect vehicle after the driver stopped and parked it on pleasant street. both the driver and a passenger got out and ran. police are still looking for those two people, but they say they don't believe there is any risk to public safety at this point. that officer has minor injuries and is expected to be okay.

things still quiet out on 93 south for an easy 20-minute ride from 495 in andover to the zakim bridge. >>> shiri? >> shiri: wind chills at or below freezing. feels like 31 in boston and 23 in worcester and we will essentially stay there in the upper 20s, lower 30s for wind chills through 7 a.m. wind chills in the lower 40s in the afternoon. wait until you see how much colder it will get when i am back with you at 10. >>> ahead at 5:00, coming face a clerk at a local liquor store surprised with two masked men to put a gun right to his head. next how he was able to keep calm during the terrifying [ bell clangs ] celebrate the holidays with delicious dunkin' coffee. stop by dunkin' donuts for two k-cup boxes for $15.99 or 3 pounds of packaged coffee for $19.99. america runs on dunkin'. ?? why do banks treat you and youre money like this?19.99. n't do that. they've reimagined banking, and built a checking account that's free of all that nonsense. no fees. no minimums. no gotchas. at capital one, your money stays your money. ?? dylan: anybody can do parkour. our whole aim with the gym is t

the zakim bridge is moving along pretty okay. the lever connector is okay. and slow on 93 southbound basically from 495 to 128 and then again from spot pond straight on down through summerville. >>> breaking news in needham parked close to the tracks at the needham heights station. you can see it's flipped over there from this picture that was just sent from the fire chief there. no one was hurt, that's the good news. but the cause -- but this is causing some delays along the needham line this morning. so you want a heads up in that area. >>> we'll head back to "cbs this morning" next right here on wbz. we'll be back with another check on your traffic and weather together and your top stories in 30 minutes. ? >> my face will be spitting various forms of fruit. your job is to stand behind that glass and not flinch. do you think you're someone who is likely to flinch? >> uh-huh. whoa! what did you have for breakfast today? >> i had -- [ screaming ] whoa! >> i can't talk to you right now. i'm too scared! whoa! [ screaming ] >> that was a good flinch. it shows y

. >>> taking a live look at the zakim and tobin bridges right now. flowing as you'd expect, slowly but surely. we're seeing a couple of accidents elsewhere, route 3 south at exit 29 and 93 south in andover. that's backing up traffic to river road. >>> breaking overnight, shots fired near the rugles "t" station. a car fleeing the scene crashes into a campus police cruiser. scene. a wentworth officer was taken to the hospital for evaluation. >>> also breaking overnight, one person rushed to the hospital over a shooting in dorchester. this happened near devon and norm dlnd andy streets not far from a playground and a middle school. no word on the victim's condition. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with another update. ahead on "cbs this morning," members of the rockefeller family give their first tv interview about a public ? >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning.? coming up in this half hour, the shooting death of a star football player joe mcknight in suburban new orleans. the former nfl and college player was killed in what looks like a road rage incide