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

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

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

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

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

here is what boston police have confirmed so far. three-year-old taken to boston medical center after suffering some sort of trauma. have not learned what sort of traumatic event that was last night. do know the call came in around 9:40. we have also learned by looking at property this is three family home and some of the neighbors who i spoke with within the last the apartments at very least is vacant and did not know the family that might be involved in this particular situation. so we wait. i reached out to boston police this morning, trying to learn more for you to see what happened to this child and how child doing this morning as soon as we learn of update bring it to you live. michael henrich, fox25 news. >> gene: candidates making one final push to gain support. fox25 blair miller in des moines to give indication what might happen. >> bair: constant ads for the candidate and all comes to end later on tonight and we have been here in demain this weekend and many of the candidate will end up tonight, all of them hoping for cele

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

live in east boston. jennifer eagan. 7news "today in new england." >>> happening now the recent freeze the temperatures mean more pipe problems across the area pipes have continued to burst. >>> still a problem here this morning. in fact, yesterday one hotel in newton had to be evacuated when water started pouring into the basement. victoria warren has more on this story. >> reporter: a newton hotel evacuated, guests told to leave. >>> we were in the room. we heard announcement over the fire alarm there was a evacuation procedure going on and we're to leave the room and come down to ballroom. >> most of us came down just as we are that's why we're blankets on. >> this wasn't by design. >> jacket and luggage upstairs at newton crown plaza. 250 people told to wait things out in the hotel's ballroom after a massive water main break flooded the basement with four feet of water. i guess there was an issue in a little flooding that went on. they didn't want it to reach the electrical box. we don't want the powe

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

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 city of boston is taking a new approach to combat racism concerns at the boston latin school. they are telling parents to administration and bring their racial sensitivity complaints. directly to the district office the office is investigating help how the headmaster treated the children. emily: a local pd is helping doctors learn more about a birth defect. randy: the irs is already dealing with double this tax season and the error that could cause issues for some returns. emily: pretty unpleasant ramerica's heroes have a message. if you've fought... pyou know picking a commander in chief is no small thing. you're looking for smarts... and guts. we looked at each candidate... we studied their record... we know... looked them over... we checked them out... there's only one. jeb bush. he's got a plan. he'll keep us safe. r he's a president - a commander in chief. jeb bush. best prepared to be commander in chief. right to rise usa is responsible for the content olessa: good morning. so far, we are doing ok in both directions on the roads are a little wet this morning but we are i

hits boston. a rally held here and in cities across the country showing support for the phone giant. 7's kris anderson back now with what people are saying. kris? >> kris: some people aren't happy. the rally outside the apple store on boylston street wasn't a big rally. only about 12 people participated, but they did have a clear message for federal investigators. >> it's not just about our civil liberties. people gathered outside the apple store on boylston street tuesday to show support for the tech company. similar rallies were held across the u.s. to show support as apple refuses to help the government unlock an encrypted iphone. >> people are extremely concerned about what the f.b.i. is asking apple to do. phone. >> kris: the phone belonged to syed farook, a shooter in san bernardino. >> kris: last week a federal judge ordered apple to create software to access the pass code of the locked phone. the company refused. facebook mark zuckerberg support's apple's stance. >> i don't think requiring

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

boston tomorrow morning around 11. norwood at 4. worcester at 5. then through the day tomorrow it's a cold day. it's not too bad. mostly sunny sky, clouds show up throughout the afternoon. keep the wind chills in the upper teens. temperatures tomorrow between 24-28. then here comes the arctic hammer on saturday with hours. maybe a random snow shower with the arctic front blasting through. and that 20 is deceiving because i don't think that happens after 8:00. if we're going to be near 20 degrees it will be for a couple of house early otherwise as the arctic beast is charging through a cold blast of air takes hold. the numbers go down. here we are at 4:00 pm on saturday. numbers are in the deeps. 7:00 pm single numbers, 11:00 around 2:00 and we've also displayed the wind chill because the cold and wind working against you. it'll feel like 12 below saturday night. i know it's valentine's day and coming at us. keep your plans. we've breaking news back to you. >> ryan: take you out to woburn. the president conference on the arrest of the man. >> i'm pl

flynn served as mayor of boston from 1984 to 1993. he was later appointed united states ambassador to the vat dahn by president clinton. he was well liked an respected. we talked to a neighbor who says the former mayor was behind the wheel. >> i heard a loud bang then i looked out the back and i saw there was a large hole in one of the buildings. it was clear that there had been an accident. so i went outside and chicked to make sure everyone was okay. the mayor was being attended to. the most important thing is that he was uninjured. talking to people and had his wits about him. >> reporter: this incident right now the large hole in the basement of the building has been boarded up. the people who live there tell us they're in the allowed to stay there because it may not be safe. that is the story from south boston tonight, elizabeth norieka, 7 news. >> kim: to a weather alert. a frigid feel as an arctic front make its may in new england. hats and gloves an absolute must very soon as the temperatures continue to drop. you probably don

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

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

the child was taken to boston med cat center. right now no word on the child's condition. >>> a facebook post is sparking anger and investigation. the post was allegedly made by a weymouth fire fighter and talks about the life-saving overdose drug narcan. as fox25 reported, area police and fire departments are beefing up supplies of narcan to save lives. the worst drug ever to be created. they use and then in the hospital and out in hours. you use, you should lose. hundreds of people have shared screen shot of the post online. we are not releasing the fire fighter's name until we verify that he wrote it. the mayor said he is aware of the post and the town will investigate. >>> 4:04. today, primary season official today, primary season officially kicks off with the eye caucuses, although we have unseasonably warm weather here, a blizzard could impact voters in iowa tonight. fox25's blair miller is in des moines where candidates are making one final push for support. >> reporter: after months and months of trying to find out who ha

now we are going to warm up into the upper 30's in boston. we will look for a mix of sun and clouds today. tonight it will be clear. temperatures drop back into the 20's and 30's and maybe a few teens in some locations. and then tomorrow we are sunny yet again. look at these temperatures warming back into the low to even mid 40's so we should really start to melt that snow tomorrow. however, that is is just in time for our next two systems so here's the one, here's the other. here comes this first one. may even start as early as overnight sunday into first thing monday morning. it will continue through monday. of course, this track still not necessarily certain, although this model trying to bring snow as far back as western massachusetts. and then this second low will develop. depending on how this one goes about, this influence this one. obviously the highest amounts are going to be in southeastern massachusetts as you can see on this map. of course, a shift in the track could take those totals farther off shore or a shift this way could br

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

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

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

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

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

and that problem will remain in boston for about the next hour. you can see those storms hanging tight across eastern massachusetts. in the next hour, it is going here. i do want to highlight where we have those threats going on. we have a severe thunderstorm watch -- stretch all the way down to the cape until 5 a.m. even though we are not seeing severe thunderstorms there yet, the potential is there. we are prime. and i am expecting that the warming -- the warnings that it is happening now will roll down to the cape and islands. the severe thunderstorm warning will go until 4:30 this morning in and around the boston area down into southeastern massachusetts. these storms are nasty, and one of the big reasons why are the winds attaching to -- attached to them. the peak wind gusts, reports from the national weather service this morning. in milton, 83-mile-per-hour gusts. hill. you know what that is? that is hurricane force wind gusts. miles per hour. chestnut hill, 61 hours. those obviously enough to take down trees, cause power outages and why we

and good news here in east boston. residents here the 200 without power for hours now have power and it is being sourceed by the generator but we are told eversource crews still have work to do. it was bad timing. >> severe frustration. >> reporter: as if there's any good time to be without heat in subzero lows. >> probably packing up and going to a hotel unfortunately. turning water on so my pipes don't freeze and packing up and going to a hotel. >> reporter: 200 rest den in the east boston -- residents in the east boston neighborhood foressed to -- forced to power through frustration was no electricity which means no heat. >> he has a heart problem and he is 87 years old and he is cold. >> reporter: wilma is cold and ofalternatives to keep warm. >> i could overright the pilot on the stove and heat hot water and make tea and i had soup and i had to open the refrigerator. >> reporter: it was manhole explosions we are told that brought eversource crews here. they worked for hours trying to repair electrical equipment an

my heart belongs to boston, but it is the fire and the police and the emt's that boston working every day and every night. reporter: flynn who is 76 coaches special needs youth in baseball and soccer and says he can't wait to get back to work. reporting live in south boston, w scr -- wcvb newscenter 5. ed: tonight remembering a teacher killed in a freak accident. she was killed on friday by the manhole cover that flew through her windshield. john atwater is live right now where, john, a wake is being held. reporter: it is, ed. this was such a bizarre crash that shocked so many people. hundreds of people are here inside this church remembering the teacher's life. earlier this afternoon hundreds were waiting outside until they were moved into the basement of the parish to stay warm. she was a dedicated art teacher and an incredible athlete. the crash stunned everyone who few her. her funeral will beheld in the morning. john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. heather:facing a 6th dui charge. police were looking for the truck that the 41-year-old was driving after a report of a truck rear ending

mayor ray boston. mayor flynn says he was coming home after working out yesterday and was trying to park at the time of the crash. no one else was hurt. but he says he has a concussion and building inspectors are making sure the damage to the home is structurally okay. >>> the two presidential hopefuls on the democratic side battled it out last night. hillary clinton attacked sanders' proposal saying it was unrealistic and sanders says big ambitions are courageous. >> i have been very specific about where i would raise the money, how much it would cost and how i would move this agenda forward. >> and let us 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 and 13 other states will head to the polls. >>> massachusetts leaders taking new action in the opioid crisis. society the first in the nation set of dental education core competenceies for the prevention and management of prescription drug mis

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

close to it in boston at 28 miles per hour. that's adding to windchill factor windchill factor feels like 24 degrees in boston. feeling like 12 in worcester. this what you dress for. it's a colder winter day. near seasonal levels. a couple of degrees shy of it. we'll have that wind with us throughout the day. even early this evening a cold breeze as temperature fall off and we'll watch the temperature fall back not obviously through that's in store over next 36 hours. once we get beyond tomorrow afternoon the second half of the low-to-mid 50s on sunday. the cold weather not lasting that long. more on that 7-day forecast, ahead. >>> all right. let's sent it over to danielle gersh with traffic. >> happy friday to you. here's a look at expressway still a driveway. let's go to maps from braintree to boston that drive about 25 minutes you're starting to really slowdown around granite avenue. route 324, 95, no major issues to tell you about. south of town. the pike from framingham, eastbound into boston. you're starting to slowdown f

only one of them is from boston. dzhokhar tsarnaev is being held at the federal supermax prison in colorado while he appeals his death sentence. leaves one man dead and two others recovering from gunshot wounds. police say they shot and killed a man yesterday morning after he pointed a gun right at them. the injured suspects were not shot by police. investigators believe those two suspects were shot inside a home on devon street. the third suspect took off from that scene, and that's when officers confronted him. >> nobody likes to take a life; but if you're going to point a gun at one of our officers in the way he did, obviously we're going to protect ourselves. doug: the original shooting on devon street is still under investigation this morning. antoinette: a judge has granted a convicted killer a new trial. joseph cousin was sentenced to life in prison for killing 10-year-old trina persad in a roxbury park in 2002. "the globe" reporting that cousin's lawyer had a conflict of interest while defending him during hi

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

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

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

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

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

. >> 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

he left boston university with the dream. relationship with boston university. in 1960 four, after he was nominated for the nobel peace prize, dr. king realizes he has to get to safety, so between the nomination and before accepting university. he went to atlanta, drove them back because of the fear of what could be done to the papers. dr. king and you he was living history -- new he was living history and wanted to get them to say it. he had a long relationship and when he trusted. >> i felt this university was designed for having this paper and to give them the kind of attention that will give this collection includes many, many lenders from many sources from individuals expressing support of my movement and the civil rights struggle and individuals expressed with disapproval. >> in the boxes, you will find drafts of speeches from famous people of the time kerry notes, many, many notes. you can track his train of. you can see how he developed. the school papers are very rich resources to study. the biographies you have read . early in the years, the fbi kept c

boston e.m.s. confirms they took one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. it appears clothes belonging to the victim are still in the street. right now there is also a car waiting to be towed away from the scene. boston police are not releasing many more details here. they're also investigating here and in chinatown at the corner of harrison and neyland street. police have that intersection blocked off while they are collecting evidence from a pedestrian accident there. boston e.m.s. tells us a person was taken to the hospital from that scene with non-life-threatening injuries. state police are helping out in but a much more serious accident here in dorchester along columbia road. again, a pedestrian taken to the hospital with serious injuries. boston police are investigating. we're live in dorchester this morning, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: jen, thank you. 5:03. developing right now, investigators on scene overnight at a home in roxbury after a thre

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

live in boston, doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: right now the body of late supreme court justice antonin scalia is back home in virginia. but as friends and family mourn, controversy over what happens now is growing. is tracking developments. erika: we're getting new information this morning about how scalia died. meantime, the white house appears to be pushing back against calls to put a hold on replacing him on the bench. republicans say the president should not nominate a successor in his final year in office. but abc news reports the president will likely nominate someone who has won the praise of the g.o.p. in the past. merrick garland, the chief judge of the d.c. circuit court of jane kelly, confirmed unanimously by the senate as circuit court judge in 2013. and sri srinivasan, who served under the bush administration. no official autopsy was performed, but it is believed justice scalia died of natural causes possibly a heart attack while he slept at a resort in west texas. he was 79 years old. york's disgraced former

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

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

. >> boston police were -- windshield. >> boston police responded to a shooting near stanwood and laredo streets. they saw two men leaving one what gun who the wound and the other a gun. osers told the armed man to

look at boston 43. beverly 44. 48 out the door right now in marshfield so kids at the bus a lighter jacket or just a sweat shirt this morning. it is breezy and mild. but getting off the bus this afternoon, there could be a few spot showers around with temperatures in the 50's. you can see on the satellite this morning, a few clouds beginning to enter the berkshires right now. behind these clouds a little narrow ribbon of showers coming out ahead of a cold front. it's going to bring in colder temperatures for tomorrow but today we're going to bump up into those 50's pretty quickly here by late morning. notice at lunchtime into the early afternoon that's kind of the window where we could see a few showers but they're going to be hit or miss. notice it will take until about lunchtime that they get into the worcester area. from here on, they're really falling apart. so i would say hit or miss with these showers. best window of seeing them between 11:00 this morning to 3:00 this afternoon. really just enough

devin street, a troubling area for boston police. earlier this month, boston police shot and killed an armed man in an unrelated incident there. so the teenage suspect, we are going to learn more about him when he appears before a judge here at dorchester district court later today. he is going to be in adult court due to the nature of the crime. and his arraignment is scheduled to happen this afternoon. victoria warren, 7 news. clearing out an attleboro home. residents forced to evacuate the area after a disturbing discovery. of the house. they showed up after word of an overdose. we are learning. a dangerous situation here, brandon. >> reporter: very dangerous, kris. we are still waiting on his arraignment here at attleboro district court. police brought him here early this morning a few minutes before 9:00. but it started on sunday when police in attleboro were called to the home just before 1:00 for a possible drug overdose. now, as the man was being taken to the hospital, police discovered a meth lab inside his home. one wrong m

the boston bruins paying tribute to some of boston's bravest. dic donohue, the retired mbta transit police officer wounded in the watertown shootout, dropped the ceremonial puck; but he and others being honored downplay any talk of heroism. arlington police officer mike hogan saved a man in cardiac arrest last year, and three years ago he rescued an elderly woman from her burning home. but he says he was just happy to be at last night's game for his son. >> it's nice for me because my son is a huge hockey fan so to be able to include him in tonight is everything. >> are you proud of him tonight? >> yeah, i'm very proud of him. emily: sean says he wants to play for the bruins; but if that's doesn't work out, he might just follow in dad's a hoverboard blamed for a disaster in chelmsford. and a safe place to shoot heroin. the idea causing an uproar in new york. plus a bold move to prevent breast cancer. the decision more and more women are making. approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. p

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