at boston street. boston e.m.s. transported the woman to boston medical center. court today, facing several living conditions in worcester. prosecutors say sheyla montalvo and natasha riley-murphy lived in the squalid home on king street with their children, ages 6, 5, and 3. police say the home is infested with mice, animal feces, and garbage. the women were also arrested on multiple drug charges. randy: world health leaders are preparing to hold an emergency meeting to search for ways to stop the spread of the zika virus. the mosquito-born illness is and central america. least 30 people infected in more than 11 states. all of them got the virus outside the country. emily: right now a young child is in the hospital, and boston police are trying to figure out what happened. all of this unfolding on alpine street in the city's roxbury neighborhood. the eyeopener's kelley tuthill is there with what we know at this hour. kelley: emily, a police officer remains at the scene and crime scene-- tape still up at the home as

the child was taken to boston medical center. right now there's no word on the child's condition. >> julie: today primary season officially kicks off with the iowa caucuses when while we have unseasonably warm weather blizzard could affect the caucus and candidates are making a final push. >> bair: who has the edge in the presidential race tonight we should finally know when the caucuses begin and candidate most of them are spread across the state with town hall meetings and chris christie getting started first at 7:30 and rest will follow suit and caucuses start at 7:00 tonight, local 8:00 in boston and party officials tell me they think they will start to have some results within two hours of everything starting tonight. volunteers for the campaigns are also making last minute calls to residents here urging them to show up at caucus precinct and be part of the process. but there's also a big wild card to all of this. there's a storm approaching this way, big winter storm. there's already a blizzard watch for the area, and i hav

inspections under way on boston highways after a manhole crashes into a car in a boston tunnel and kills the driver. state crews out checking every manhole and great. we have those stories and much you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ news.. >> reporter: canned day on both sides have something to prove. the republicans are fighting to take down trump. hillary clinton is trying to restore confidence in her campaign . >> anchor: one now being talked about in political sir else is how much hilary clinton and jeb bush have in common. 7's jadiann thompson has more . >> reporter: well, hilary clinton and jeb bush may have some hop sit ideas when it comes to key issues this campaign both working toward the same thing they once seemed like un unbeatable nomination shoe ins but today hilary clinton and jeb bush are both fighting to prove they can win in south carolina. bush praying for a little help from above . >>> i believe in

braintree to boston. the pike about 25 minutes 495 to 128 and more delays on 93 south mostly concord street down to the leverett connector. trains and buses doing okay. randy, emily. emily: thank you. the wife of bill cosby heads to court today to testify under oath. randy: the eyeopener's frank holland is live in springfield with what to expect. frank? frank: camille cosby is expected to answer questions under oath related to a civil suit against her famous comedian husband. that will be at the springfield marriott later on this morning. her attorneys fought all weekend to postpone the deposition for the alleged victims claim bill sexually assaulted them. his wife's lawyers say she had no involvement in the facts or allegations. they wrote an emergency motion on saturday night saying the deposition would serve, quote, "no purpose other than to harrass and embarrass her." the judge denied that motion. camille cosby's deposition is expected to start at 9:30. in springfield, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter

boston as you know is 53 percent people of color. and as you like to say my friend, if you are not related to a latino, if you're not latino you will be related to one very soon. >> alberto: exactly. and you are 52 percent. >> so the demographics are changing and i'm proud to say as a member of the alliance that they are leading by example. their board of directors is very gender and racially diverse and i am going to be working with jesse and others to help the membership also become even more diverse. be. that's awesome. so now jesse, how does this differ from the great work that you are doing the business roundtable? how do you add to that? you might know that that's a great question. we are different in two our members are individuals not businesses. business is a member of the chamber, individual business alliance. and as for the second reason that we do not exist to advance business interests, we exist to policy. now we would argue that those two things are one in the same, that progressive public policy like equal pay for incr

before boston. mayor flynn says he was coming home after working out yesterday was trying to park when the crash happened. no one else was hurt and he says he suffered a concussion and will undergo some medical testing. >>> massachusetts leaders taking new action on the state's opioid crisis. >> today we are pleased to announce along with the mass dental society the first in the nation set of dental education core competenceies for the prevention of and management of prescription drug misuse. >> this program will send hundreds of local dental program that will teach them how to prevent and manage prescription drug misuse. >>> bernie sanders and hillary clinton facing off for the first time since sanders big win in new hampshire. the two presidential hopefuls battled it out in a debate last night. clinton attacked sanders' proposal saying they are unrealistic and sanders says big ambitions are courageous. >> i've been very specific about where i would raise the money, how much it would cost and how i

boston to braintree on the expressway. south of town is doing okay as well and as you travel the pike west about 15 minutes to 198. there was an accident involving an overturned you will find some residual delays and then as you travel good shape. the trains and buss are back on schedule. phil? phil: rhondella richardson is live for us now. rhondella? reporter: between friday and today, this is how brockton snowfall has piled up. the snow starts and stops, but the wind has been a consistent pain and a lot of blowing of the snow as the temperature dips. you will have black ice. be careful because it is beneath some of the snow. >> digging out is a chore. >> this is fluffy. it is not that bad. this is quite a bit to cover here. >> driving is a challenge, but emergency managers are thrilled there are no power outages like during friday's storm. >> they just finished getting people connected at 4:00, 5:00 yesterday. we convinced the national grid to keep those crews here in the city. they are on stand by right >> 180 pieces of

boston. in a statement released to the herald, flynn says he passed out behind the wheel yesterday, while driving home from the gym. the 76-year-old suffered a concussion. nobody else was hurt. no charges have been filed. phil: new at 5:30, two women are facing charges after this dog s a dog at all. police in new hampshire are animal cruelty they' ve ever seen. abandoned apartment in londonderry. police say they were working on a tip from a landlord. the dog was neglected for so long, it was blind, deaf, and could barely walk. >> the fur on the dog' s feet was lifted up and pulled into its claws and wrapped around. it was walking basically on its bones. phil: the dog is recovering, now staying with a foster family. two women had rented the apartment but its not clear if they were living there. they turned themselves in to police. jc: also new, a new hampshire man is under arrest, accused of stealing a car from a massachusetts park and ride and using it to rob a bank. police say richard burns

about 56 in boston. and close to the 50 degrees with a gusty southwesterly breeze for you on the south coast and the cape today. through about 10:00 this morning it's dry out toward the berkshires we'll start to see those showers reaching the worcester area by about lunchtime. and then as this whole area of showers presses toward the coast, it does fall apart a this afternoon, especially down along the south coast and the cape you could catch a brief passing shower. those will be moving on out and the skies clear back out tonight. we'll fall back into the 20's to near the freezing mark by tomorrow morning. still colder out the door tomorrow. high pressure briefly settling on in. then we watch this next storm system. this will approach as we get into wednesday morning. and that's when we are going to see more widespread showers coming in across the area on wednesday. you can break things down for you here on your search-day forecast. tomorrow not as warm in the 40's but a good amount of sunshine. it's tue

in boston right now it's coming down hard right to the boston area to the north shore yellow and here along and shared drive inland area all heavy rain coming to boston proper north which is the vacancy southeast southwood over to quincy area south with through milton thing that is quincy right along the shoreline down to the braintree split it gets a little lesser have to go through all that the southeast expressway to get to and from the braintree split into the city' extends westward toward roslyn dedham west roxbury seeing some of that heavy rain right now we're seeing this out here to the metrowest area through framingham and into looks like the westborough area getting heavy rain route 30 that runs from the mass pike and route nine as well. and then to the west of there. worcester county. typically that's because ground temperatures are at or below freezing and what the computer does doppler radar storm tracker takes those temperatures and consideration gives us that colorations we can sell the potential for some icy spots. however looking at the temperatures around the area doe

. >> i love boston. boston is the most awesome city in the world. >> reporter: okay. >> and i would not live anywhere else and i will take the winter. >> reporter: okay. >> i don't like it but i will take the winter. >> reporter: and he definitely has a good spirit. parents although kids will be out parents will still have to go to work and they will be commuting in the weather. reporting live, chantee lans chris and cathen. >> thanks very much. >>> and as we mentioned, boston public schools are one of hundreds of school systems closed due to the storm and that's good for the city becausecrews are trying to clean several schools there. the boston health commission was notified after 50 students and staff at three schools got sick with some stomach illness. health officials are could be the norovirus. >>> the presidential candidates getting the message out in new hampshire with four days to gountil the primary. last night two democratic candidates faced off in another debate weija jiang is on the campaign

icy conditions north and west of boston, even in the city of boston. but temperatures are going to surge this morning, so if you can kick back, have that extra cup of coffee before getting out the door and warming up the car, so evening rain tapering off tonight. wind subsides, as well. >> sarah: thanks, chris. >> kris: stay with us. >> kris: rain and slush colting the -- coating the roads `and sidewalks. icy conditions causing some spin-outs. >> sarah: plus a sudden spike in temperatures raising the risk of pipe problems and flooding. >> christa: political battle. george w. bush fights for his brother as donald trump lashes the campaign intensifying. >> sarah: performers setting the grammys on fire, from the big winners to the stinging speeches. taylor swift firing back at kanye west. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> kris: good morning to you. it's 6:00 on this tuesday morning. thank for joining us. i'm kris anderson in for christa. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. if you're trying to get you car out, you have to scrape it. yours is in an ice co

look south of boston. we are running near 50 degrees right now. boston just jumped up to 43. the warmth is coming. we're all going to climb into the 50's here by this afternoon. but heavy rain moves in for the evening commute. there will be gusty winds. and even some rumbles of thunder so it turns pretty wild here for the evening commute as well. we dry it out tomorrow. still mild in the 40's. cooling it off on thursday. emily. emily: cindy, thank you. just about 6:25. olessa is back with this olessa: this invention is one that's tidying up those lazy offices. self-parking office chairs from nissan. with a single clap, these futuristic chairs magically tuck themselves back into their spots. they're tracked by motion cameras on the walls, and also controlled by wi-fi. but they're not for sale. this is just a stunt to promote the company's intelligent assist parking technology. how about this? broadway for a boston-area couple. >> i can't live life without olessa: an extra special valentine's day for devon and wilson. wayne brady and the cast of onstage for a surprise and total

boston is at 5 above we are 5 below in taunton. skies are clear allowing temperatures to really cool off but what a rebound by later on especially heading into the day tomorrow. daley planner frigid start clouds increase, 22 by lunchtime. and then areas of snow are going to approach as we head into the ride home. going lift through the region. tonight and into early tomorrow morning. winter weather advisories from 4 p.m. today until after midnight. we will breakdown the timeline with snow and rain in a couple minutes. kathryn back to you. >> thanks. >>> breaking news overnight, the bitter cold temperatures causing issues for firefighters in worcester. they say cold and ice slowed them down as they battled flames at three-decker home on preston streets. fire fightered pulled out one resident if the first floor who was not injured but the icy conditions hurt their efforts to put out the three alarm fire quickly. >> everything is slower. you have to walk slower because your footing is all iced up underneath you. getting the lines in p

worcester at 56. 47 in boston. that roaring wind yesterday afternoon and last evening just in time for the evening commute with the downpours coming in, and brockton picking up about an inch and a half of rain, close to an inch of rain in the city of boston. that rain over and done with. now off to the east of us. in its wake drying, and temperatures enter the 30s. so there is some patchy black ice this morning. watch as you step out the door this morning. clouds around and maybe a passing flurry. overall i do expect partly to mostly sunny skies this afternoon and not all that cold for this time of year. temperatures running into the mid-40s. more on the weekend forecast coming up. >> christa: let's go to fast track traffic. i get to say hi to danielle for the first time this morning. how you doing? >> danielle: hi, christa. we missed you the last couple days. you can see traffic on the braintree split starting to slow down. let's go to the maps from braintree to boston. not too bad. it's slow and go. south of town

this year, most number of 50 degree days in boston. 31 is all we are sitting at in worcester. 39 in boston. a cooler day. it looks really nice out there. blue sky. loads of sunshine. even though we have 39, it does not feel like it. the wind sustained at or above 20 miles per hour. gusts above 30 miles per hour from boston until plymouth on the coast. what it feels like out there is still just the teens in the worcester area. it feels like seven in pittsfield. towards lawrence, 20 seven is what it feels like. it feels like the 30' s on the cape with temperatures closer to to the west, there has been lake-effect snow -- that will not bother us. we have really quiet weather with mainly clear skies. cold air is still pouring in. temperatures will top out where they are now. if you' re going to head out this evening, look at the windchill. it feels like be 20' s now. by 6:00 this evening, it will feel like the teens, even in boston. we are looking at lowe' s in the s on cape cod. pressure is in control. saturday. sunday, a more southwesterly wind will take hold so that the temperatures will ta

boston area through 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. this is a major atlantic storm that we are lucky much of it stayed offshore a woman we've seen high winds and periods of low visibility all day and bands of snow that have come through the city. snow is expected to taper off some time around midnight. the storm did not call for a parking ban in the city of boston but our department of public work has been busy with as many as 500 vehicles out in the roads. they did a good job here pre pretreated the roads this morning for the commute in. we also want to make sure that the conditions that we have held up all day and will be able to stay on top of the storm. currently our focus is on conditions. we ask people to stay off the road as much as possible so our done. we are also confident the boston we have boston public school plow contractors cleaning our parking lots. the custodians are clearing sidewalks in front of entrances and around the schools. the bus contractors working overnight to be ready for the morning ride

shiri. >> shiri: still raining from boston southward. thankfully they are not severe thunderstorms, but the flash of lightning not out of the question in the next hour. so muggy and so warm out there with upper 50s now 57 at 7 a.m. and start to break apart. when the wind and the rain comes back this afternoon next. >>> an e-mail alert has been sent to students this morning. coming up at 6:30, the local college campus where police are searching for a serial flasher. >>> plus his law office was raided by the fbi just days ago. new at 6:00, the new twist into the embattled state senator. we're living in a very competitive global economy, and if we are going to succeed, we need the best-educated workforce in the world. we should be making public colleges and universities tuition-free. we're going to pay for it with a tax on wall street speculation. the taxpayers of this country bailed out wall street. it is time for them to start helping the middle class of this country. i'm bernie sanders >>> 6:13. meteorologist shiri spear here and the rai

just over 6 in boston and much of the boston metro area. out through 495, a lot of 5s and 6s of that dry, easy-to-move snow showing up. 19 in boston this morning. 16 in worcester. a couple patchy flurries still around. nothing to write home about as we have continuing improvements in the weather forecast as we go throughout the day. some scattered flurries this morning. watching snow showers down through the mid atlantic. sort of a vigorous system. a couple of them will be sort of working through and getting close to southern new england. that will likely trigger off a couple scattered snow showers in here for wednesday. it does look like a few of these bursts of snow may be heavy enough to locally drop a coating to an inch or so of snow. that on wednesday. no pride spread storms in the forecast, but not completely dry either. all right. about? bitter cold air. likely some of the coldest air we've seen so far moving in just in times for valentine's day weekend. 28 to 34 today. mostly cloudy tonight. particularly cold. temperatures close to

we are confident that the boston public schools will be we have boston public school contracts. the custodians are clearing the entrances around the school. the bus contractors are working overnight for the morning ride and they will be operating on a normal schedule. boston center for youth and families opened their doors this morning from 7:30 to 6:00 p.m. this evening. that's for kids 7 years old and older. 800 families made use of these facilities and we are on pace to beat that number today. the bo is sten public library system closed as of 5:00 today, but libraries will re-open for normal business hours. we do have on going safety concerns and we would like people to be aware. the high winds resulted in a number of fall entries and tree limbs and we know how dangerous that can be particularly in some of the surrounding towns of boston. there were two tragedies over the weekend and we want people to be careful when you are out clearing your yard. clearing the public spaces. ever source has responded to sporadic power outages. housing and building experts are on hand to answ

south boston. the 76-year-old says he was driving home from the gym and blacked out before crashing into the basement wall of a home on flint place. friends boarded up the hole, but they may have to stay somewhere else as the building suffered structural damage. >> sarah: also on 7, community concerns raised in east boston. parents coming out to hear the city's plans to deal with gang violence and its impact on school kids. >> nancy: that meeting was held last night at east boston high. mayor walsh pledging to protect people who live in that area. >> i know the last few months have been very nervous in the neighborhood. >> nancy: mayor walsh acknowledging to a crowd of more than 100 concerned parents and community members in east boston that gang violence is a problem. since september, there have been several murders in east boston, including three teenagers. there was also a shooting in broad daylight at the maverick "t" stop back in january. just two weeks ago federal authorities arrested dozens

remember, in and around boston and south of boston not really happening until after noontime today. friday shower at the coast or cape. dry over the weekend with highs in the 40s. hope you join because next week monday into tuesday we are looking into ocean storm and another chance of snow. back to you guys. >>> dirt bikes and atvs found on city streets. still coming your way that morning, the huge group police busted and even more dangerous discovery once they started searching. >>> plus, a toddler running wild in a courthouse waiting room. i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with (coughing) coughing disrupts everyone's life. delsym's advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. all night... or all day. >>> this morning severe weather including tornadoes have moved into the south. in alabama, the storm damaged several homes and the federal correction at facility. only minor inju

we are at 45 degrees in boston. we are at 43 in woburn. 42 in boxford. 43 in waltham. 40 in framingham and wayland. some of the cooler temperature readings in the boston area. worcester waking up to 42. so is leominster. 40 in new ipswich. nashua at 34 degrees. there are some pockets here that are a little bit cooler and i think generally speaking less stress for the 40s right now. 55 degrees by noontime with increasing clouds. the threat for a spot shower at 3 p.m. in and around the boston you 60 degrees and 45 at 7:00 this evening. shower threat will then be focused across southeastern massachusetts, including the cape. not sure where we will have that better chance of getting one or two showers out of today one or two showers out of today's system. this week, a chance of rain and heavy rain coming up. and julie grauert. >> julie: nice and light from framingham through newton to the allston-brighton area. route 1 moving along fine. very dark. a live look at the zakim bridge and nothing slowing you down on the brid

boston. in a statement released to "the herald," flynn says he passed out behind the wheel yesterday, while driving home from the gym. the 76-year-old suffered a concussion. nobody else was hurt. no charges have been filed. emily: right now two women are facing charges after this dog barely tell it' s a dog at all. police in new hampshire are calling it the worst case of animal cruelty they' ve ever seen. this dog was found in an abandoned apartment in londonderry. police say they were working on a tip from a landlord. this dog was neglected for so long, it was blind, deaf, and >> fur was lifted up then pulled into its claaw ws. emily: the dog is recovering, now staying with a foster family. jada demas and jennifer moscardini turned turned themselves in yesterday, expected in court this morning. randy: new developments out of syria this morning. secretary of state john kerry says there is agreement on a temporary truce. diplomats had been hoping to secure a full-fledged cease-fire but fell sh

the boston archdiocese. overnight, actor liev schreiber, who plays former "globe" publisher marty baron, said he was immediately drawn to the part. >> when tom sent me the script, i called him immediatel. i said this is such an amazing piece and so timely and so important that we remember what an asset this is to our society and our culture and our democracy. doug: in addition to the cast, some of "the globe" reporters profiled in the film were on stage for the big moment. "spotlight" also won for best original screenplay. how do you like them apples? we're live in boston. doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: doug, thanks. oscars host chris rock also making headlines this morning. his no-holds-barred takedown of diversity in hollywood. already a fighter. the issues she survived and the rare procedure she needs right here in boston. mercedes-benz under scrutiny from the federal government. the suspicions aimed at the luxury car maker. cindy: we've got another warm february day ahead but there is the chance

braintree into boston. eastbound on the pike is still at 20. 93 south does not look too bad. that is that about 45 minutes. emily: thank you. breaking overnight, donald trump is now 3 for 3 taking a decisive win in the nevada caucuses. the race for second was tight with marco rubio jumping over ted cruz in just the past few hours. randy: new video in overnight as severe storms slam the gulf coast. trees toppled and homes seriously damaged in pensacola, florida. at least three people were killed by the same storms in louisiana and mississippi. emily: and right now this driver is facing charges. you can see him falling flat on his face during a sobriety test in weymouth. police say thomas mohan was drunk and on drugs when he hit a pick-up truck and seriously injured a man on a sidewalk on washington street yesterday. randy: right now parents and community leaders are calling on the feds to investigate one of boston' s top schools. emily: the eyeopener' s doug meehan is live at boston latin with the new plan o

at boston street. boston e.m.s. transported the woman to boston medical center. emily: right now we are hoping to get new answers in last may's deadly crash involving an amtrak train. today investigators are expected to release evidence that could explain why the train was it derailed near philadelphia. it reached 106 miles an hour before the engineer activated the emergency brakes. eight people were killed and more than 200 were injured in the crash. new this morning. the mbta is dealing with a slew of problems with its new commuter rail locomotives. "the globe" reports two of the trains had such problems with frozen engines and overheating that they had to be sent back to a pennsylvania facility for tests. the 40 new locomotives started running in 2014 at a cost of about $222 million. the mbta is now working with manufacturers to fix at least nine defects. but the "t" says the new engines are more reliable than the old ones and have been decreasing delays. randy: right now four staff members are under arrest charged in connection with an abuse scandal at a priv

the boston area, but very hit or miss style, so not going to rain all afternoon in boston, probably see a couple possing showers as we go by 6:00 p.m. all the rain right here, plymouth southward, rest of the area dry. so couple damp roadways but no longer raining for the evening commute. future cast here by tomorrow morning, we got high pressure rolling in, it is going to clear us out, mostly sunny skies, other than some high clouds which come into play tomorrow, stays nice and quiet, but then late tuesday night, see flash of pink here northern worcester hills and southern new hampshire, and that's the little bit of wintery mix that could give us coating in those spots, changes over to rain, heavy rain at times during the during the afternoon. 7-day forecast, 58 , goes to 45 tomorrow with the quiet weather in play, 36 on wednesday with breezy and wet conditions through at least early afternoon and then we start to dry out. friday we will have to watch a storm system to the south, slight chance of snow, better chance as we look toward sunday. back to you guys. >> gene: 8:21. drug kin

minus five will be a record for boston. it looks like the coldest in over a decade in boston. high temperatures might fail to make 10 degrees in boston on sunday. i will let you know when it modifies, the storm that will follow it, and which areas tonight will get snow. >> take the latest stormteam 5 forecast with you wherever you go. download it for iphone or android. heather: sky 5 over breaking news in lowell, a hit and run involving 15-year-old. the teen was riding his bike on lawrence street when he was hit late this afternoon. going. vehicle. injuries. anyone with information is asked to call police. more about the victim of this deadly crash. a loose manhole cover smashed caitlin clavette' s car on 93 south this morning. the crash forcing massdot crews out to perform emergency inspections of boston' s newscenter five' s jack harper is live with more on the teacher killed. >> right now those investigators and inspectors are moving on two fronts, inspecting to see it doesn' t happen again, investigating to see what went wrong. this is the car, a small honda. here is the m

thinking 6 in the city of boston. as you head out on the outer route 2 corridor, fitchburg, 5 to 8 inches. south of town, 4 to 5 inches in the upper cape and east of hyannis, out toward brewster and chatham, 1 to 3 inches of snow. chris lambert, your turn. >> chris: j.r., good morning. sleep deprivation is a tough thing this time of day, right? fair travel conditions through about 5:00, 6:00 out there worcester, fitchburg. we do have rain. you have to slow down for some of the wet weather we have right now, but the big difference is once we flip over to snow, which we're beginning to see snow mixing in as close as natick, out through worcester, once you transition over to snow and that snow becomes heavy, road conditions going downhill quick between 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. by 9:00 we're dealing with poor travel conditions, boston metro area down through metro west and beginning to creep in to the south shore here. give it a couple hours. once you flip over to heavy snow, down from plymouth through taunton, late morning thro

emily: this morning former boston mayor ray flynn is resting at his south boston home. he had surgery to implant a defibrillator. flynn underwent the operation after crashing his car into a neighbor's house last week. according to a family spokesman, doctors believe that flynn may have suffered a condition known as "aborted sudden cardiac arrest" before the crash. that irregular heart rhythm may have caused him to pass out behind the wheel. the coast guard will be holding a public hearing on the loss of the "el faro" this week. the first session of the public focus on the condition of the ship before it sank in hurricane joaquin. this is separate from the ntsb investigation. two people from massachusetts were among the 33 who died when the ship sank in october. randy: right now a man is under arrest charged with assaulting a medical worker and threatening to "blow up" brockton hospital. 21-year-old saud alonize claims to be a saudi arabian national. police say he was at the hospital because he was hurt in an earlier fight. they also say he was drunk and demanded to talk

feels like 26 in boston. 25 in norwood. the breeze stays with us and there's not a lot of movement temperature-wise. we hold mid to upper 30s this afternoon. a couple towns in southeastern mass close to 40 degrees. with the gusty wind, wind-chill factors will go down into the 20s throughout the day. air temperature 20 tonight in boston. lower to middle teens in a lot of the suburbs. nice bounce-back temperature-wise by sunday afternoon. more on that seven-day forecast ahead. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. happy friday. here's a look at the expressway. that driving starting to slow down. let's go to the maps. from braintree to boston expressway northbound, that drive about 15 minutes. south of town, route 3 and 95 looking good, but we have an accident on route 24. this is in avon northbound at harrison boulevard. no major delays from this accident as you can see there. framingham into boston, as well as route 9 this morning looking good. heading into town from the n

even in metro boston. i think the wind chills will be around 15-20 below zero, here are the temperatures on saturday. teens in the afternoon. near 0 by late saturday night. below 0, even in the city of boston sunday morning with a wind chill around 25 below. let you know how long this arctic air plans on sticking around. >> kim: the family of a one-year-old girl who died in cambridge in the care of a nanny filed a lawsuit. the girl's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against ashley brady mccarty five months after prosecutors dropped murder charge against the nanny. baby in 2013 when the little girl had some bleeding in her brain. a medical examiner first determined the death a homicide but changed the ruling saying the cause of death could not be determined. brady mccarty was deported in september. she back in ireland now. >> ryan: families of whitey bulger's victims could be close to striking a deal with the feds but it comes with a catch. brandon gunnoe is live with all those details. >> reporter: u

emily: a violent night in boston. the shooting and stabbing leaving several people hurt. >> you' ve got something to say. say it. randy: the democrat debate. the comment leading to a heated exchange in the presidential race this friday morning. >> you are watching wcvb, boston' s newsletter. good morning. this is newscenter 5' s eyeopener. emily: this is the weather radar that shows us where is snowing. the green is the rain that could all of that expected to make its way in. for many of us it could be plowing in a number of communities. randy: first, let' s get a closer look at what we are dealing with. cindy, danielle, and olessa are tracking it. cindy: it' s not so much right now, but the next few hours as people get on the road. bad timing here as we watch the rain changeover. take a closer look at the winter storm warning, because it is out till 3:00 this afternoon. just getting started with this storm, carrying into the afternoon. s. north shore through boston out to the cape, over the interior. we are watching

you said it 56 days until the boston marathon kicks off. hopefully the weather will cooperate on the day of the marathon as well. now this morning out the door, not too bad. temperatures 36 in boston. we are 40 in taunt ob and shy of -- taunton and shy of 40 in falmouth. upper 20s in keene and a bit of a real feel because the wind is blowing so the real feel is 29 in boston. not that bad given the fact it's late february. any showers overnight they are done. so we are in for a dry start to the week today. and any clouds this morning will depart giving way to plenty of is sunshine today. a big area of high pressure is is building into the north. tomorrow, we are turning our there's a couple things to watch. we will break it down tuesday onshore winds. clouds increase pretty quickly tomorrow morning it turns overcast for much of the the day but we stay dry and i can't rule out an isolated flurry but it won't be a big day. tomorrow night the wave of low pressure goes by so areas of rain fill in but they will start as a brief period of snow and

with temperatures close to zero in boston. and then outside of the city of boston, widespread. below zero in a lot of the suburbs. >> sarah: all right. b.c. celebrating another bean pot today. the eagles beat b.u. in the tournament final in a game that featured, of course, the power outage. >> christa: look at this. the tv links around the rink went out during the first period. they delayed play for a half hour. the rest of the arena not affected, though. the game was scoreless to regulation. overtime did not last long at did it? >> he scores! just like that. ends the night! >> alex tuck scored to give eagles the 1-0 win. this is b.c.'s sixth bean pot championship in the past 7 seasons. >> christa: get ready for an action-packed summer at fenway. dead and company will perform two shows in july for fenway's 2016 concert series. tickets for the show go on sale next thursday. and you know, james taylor, pearl jam, billy joel also at fenway over the summer as well. >> sarah: should be fun. coming up, pippin is in boston. and the stars are trying to teach me a few tricks. we will go

into a home in south boston. mayor flynn says this happened on his way home from working out yesterday. no one else was hurt. flynn says he suffered a concussion and will undergo medical testing. >>> the two presidential hopefuls on the democratic side battling it out in a debate last night. hillary clinton attacked sanders proposals saying they wereunrealistic and sanders says big ambitions are courageous. >> i've been very specific about where i would raise the money and how much it would cost and how i would move this agenda forward. >> let's be clear that every proposal that i have introduced has been paid for. >> this is the last democratic debate before super tuesday when voters in massachusetts >>> republican presidential candidates are crisscrossing south carolina. 8 days before the primary there. all of them chasing for donald trump with a chance to take him on in person saturday night on the debate. watch that tomorrow live at 9. jon keller will have an alsis immediately after the wbz news at 11. >>> br

here's your 12-hour timeline in boston. wind chill values running 35 below zero this morning and even through the day still feeling like below zero even though our air temperature should go above the zero mark. there's a chance for some snow this morning. we're already seeing it on the cape. chances for snow on monday night and chances for rain coming on tuesday all from this system you see. so the snow spreads in about 8:00 on monday flips over to all rain as warm temperatures come on through. we could see an inch to an inch-and-a-half when all is said and done of rain. karen: thanks, danielle. an attentive postal worker is credited with saving a man's life. doug: he sensed something was wrong on his daily route. and as newscenter 5's sera congi explains, he was right. sera: tom belzano takes pride in knowing the people he serves on his mail route. tom: i feel like i know everybody out here. sera: so when one braintree resident broke his routine, balzano took notice. tom: i see him once or twice a month, but he would alway

momentarily in boston. moderate to heavy rain is falling around worcester. lots of rhode island getting it as well as eastern connecticut. so i want to take you out in time to show that you as we get to 7:00, heavy rain bands are in boston. along i-95 and points west so you've got to be prepared for heavy downpours over the next several hours. late tonight it shifts to the south shore and the cape and as far as tomorrow morning's commute is concerned it won't be as

boston e.m.s. says the boy, who is about four years old, was walking along blue hill avenue just after the 3:00. he was taken to boston medical center center to be checked out. top stories. a chelmsford boy is okay after a hoverboard caught fire inside his family's home. the teen was on board when it began sparking last night. while he was not hurt, the fire did do some damage to the home. firefighters used an extinguisher to put out those flames. because of the smoke in the house, the family stayed somewhere else last night. a cambridge police officer is on administrative leave after police say he hit a young woman with his truck and then kept on going. police say she was riding her bike near broadway and portland street in cambridge. the officer was off duty at the time. the woman was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >> christa: new this morning a movie studio reportedly staining the shoot-out with the marathon bombers. residents in watertown are now being asked permissio

we are 64 in boston -- 63 in boston so number 2 for the most in a winter meteorological winter december, january and february. number one for 60 plus, 5 days break the old record of 29 days in 1932 and 33. we dropped to 53 in worester. wonts the clouds moving in and keeps temperatures down. lower 60-- worcester. once the clouds move in and 64 in norwood and a little cooler relative, 50 to 55 a but doppler radar you can see the area of rain just starting to push into central massachusetts right now. so the leading edge is stretching from townsend to leominster and princeton and into paxton and it gets a little heavier the deeper greens in yellow. stretching to barre and downpour that is come in and this should week weaken but will than quick period of rain between now and late afternoon. this is a cold front that marks the leading edge of cooler air. so behind it, we are going see temperatures drop as we head into the day tomorrow. so hour by hour, between now and3 p.m. notice the band of rain extending from southern new hampshire and metro west and into boston. leftover scattered shower

right now boston looks like it is getting solid three inches of snow out toward worcester and boston up the coat as well coating to one to three and to the north and west this is where we get the sharp cutoff which means pretty tricky in and of itself, merry merrimac valley and coating to an inch and saturday and sunday partly cloudy, temps in the 40s, bigger storm in the works for tuesday with potential of more snow. back to you guys. >> julie: if you were hoping to the super bowl and there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. a nation that defends our people and our values, but no longer c

hour in boston. well. 56, boston. but 60 in norwood. really, really warm up ahead of that front. 56 in plymouth. 58 in lawrence. 51 in lawrence. 55 manchester, new hampshire. these are temperatures i expect to see in mid-april, not february. normal to get highs in the lower 40s. tonight, 20s and 30s are back. fall to freezing overnight. you hit these by the time the sun comes up tomorrow morning. those will be the morning commute temperatures and then for the afternoon, 43 in boston and plymouth tomorrow. 46 in lawrence. 43 in worcester. forecast, you get high, thin clouds working in but we see a nice quiet day. it is not until the overnight hours here wednesday night -- excuse me tuesday night into wednesday morning and frozen things at 7 a.m. that we have the potential of initially this rain moving in as a little bit of an icy mixture far north and west of new hampshire. merrimack valley, we will have to watch over a couple of slippery spots early on wednesday and so warm again that we get mainly just rain. perhaps a couple of snow fl

doug: boston leaders of the naacp want the head master here at boston latin school fired. after holding a five-hour meeting yesterday the board decided that lynne moony teta did not do enough to protect students in a series of racially charged incidents. they did find that the administration handled other incidents appropriately, that is in that case one student called another a racial slur and referenced a lynching. the superintendent plans to meet with the civil rights group. we're live here in boston, doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: the uber driver accused in the shooting rampage in kalamazoo michigan over the weekend set to face a judge this morning. six people were killed and two others hurt in the hours-long spree. police say 45-year-old jason dalton opened fire at random in three locations. they say prior to this, he had no criminal history. neighbors describing the father of two as a family man who loved cars. investigators are now trying to determine whether dalton picked up uber fares during the rampage. he was arrested when police spotted him pulling out

green tree to boston, 30 to 35 minutes. -- braintree to boston, 30 to 35 minutes. randy: what you' re seeing really depends on where you are. emily: stormteam 5 meteorologist a.j. burnett is live in worcester >> we have seen conditions rapidly deteriorate on the sidewalks in the roadways. there is a slushy coating on the sidewalk. it does not look like much, but if you went to bed last night and said it is raining, 40 degrees, you woke up this morning, saw the snow, said not a big deal, conditions are starting to change now, with the intensity of the snow coming down. we will ramp this up. we are expecting about four to eight inches of snow. happy anniversary, 38 years ago today, this is when the blizzard of 1978 formed. >> the snow is falling here. look down boylston street. the roadways are wet. they have been treated since the a light level of slush starting to accumulate. boston schools are closed. there is no snow emergency declared in the city. emily: we are watching the roads in the state very carefully. randy: nicole, how' s it going? >> it is the hub of co

by 8:00 this morning, we have outside of boston. so boston at about 7 degrees. the burbs, sorry guys, still below zero. you climb out of that territory by 9:00. noontime comes along. temperatures warming into the teens. in come those clouds. and here comes that evening commute i was mentioning with the risk for some snow. we have highs today at 24 to 30 degrees. a cold, sunny start and snow starts by the evening commute. i will show what you kind of minor accumulations for the rain coming up. over to julie grauert with live drive time traffic this morning you. >> julie: shiri, good morning. quiet at 6 a.m. in the morning. expressway moving along fine. that red icon that popped up on the map. not on the expressway but on one of the side streets in boston. 128 northbound and southbound look good. 93 south, route 1 moving along fine and some of the wind we are dealing with, and this is what the camera is bouncing around, volume and traffic approaching the zakim bridge is still reasonable. 20 minutes on 23 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 22 minutes on 128

from 42 tomorrow in boston to 5 from 42 tomorrow in boston to 53 on sunday.n boston. 51 in worcester. 53 in concord, new hampshire. even 46 in hyannis. we have a fantastic warm-up that keeps going into early next week. a high of 56 degrees on monday with a chance for a few spot showers. not a washout, but a lot of clouds and a few raindrops out there. tuesday, 48 degrees and dry, and more rain wednesday into thursday. back over to you. >> sara: all right, shiri. >>> parents say it is holy ground. fighting to keep open an old park outside of a hospital before bulldozers knock it down down. >>> a town employee caught on a business owner. about i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (husband) we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here? (husband) i heard that. switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and dow

kathryn hauser wbz news. >>> this is one of the things that makes boston boston. >> one lawmaker wants to see less of it. jaywalking. >> and they have done it again. what it took to create a music video that's out of this world. >> and we want to give you a live look outside. drop. when we could see near record eric is back in a few minutes. >> it's a epidemic claiming lives every day we go to hospitals to see what they are >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now. >> we have two breaking stories at 5:30. an arrest in a hit-and-run in woburn yesterday. police take tyson delgado in custody in dorchester today. a business assaulting a police officer and then they say he drove off hitting a 65-year-old man in a crosswalk. >>> also breaking former boston mayor ray flynn is okay but was involved in car accident. he was driving near his home in south boston and he was taken to the hospital as precaution -- as a precaution but he is okay. >>> don't walk this way. massachusetts lawmakers say the message is straight on. pedestrian cut the jaywalking. it's a huge

danielle: yesterday it was 60 degrees in boston. compared to last sunday though, boston. one. believe it or not, we warmed up quite a bit. what a difference a week makes. i'll tell you that much. and we are in for another mild day today. into the 50's in boston. although you notice the temperature trend is on the way down monday and tuesday and then back up on wednesday to where we should be this time of year. now the colder air is going to come in from this cold front triggering a couple of snow showers up in northern new england. but what we're really concerned with is actually this area of low pressure down to the south. it has a bit of moisture with it. it looks like later on this evening through the overnight hours, there could be a chance for some rain maybe turn to go a mix at that time tail end for the south coast, the cape and the islands. we'll talk more about that in just a second. first though right now this morning, really we're looking at pretty much mostly clear skies to start. i think we'll see a lot of sunshine this morning. then more clouds will build in from