here is a live look in natick. the weather team is tracking the storm. >> and we are watching the rain snow line closely as it makes southeastward progress. we have updated snow timeline and amounts. >> complete coverage of campaign 2016. we have exclusive poll numbers from new hampshire and the highlights from the democratic debate and candidates getting an endorsement from governor charlie baker. >> from the channel 4 stowedos in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning a very snowy friday february 5th i am kathryn houser. >> -- hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. break out the hats a gloves and winter jackets. >> need the snow boots as well natick. clip. >> and the weather team has been in all morning tracking the storm. we begin with danielle niles. that snow has moved in. >> yeah the rain snow line making southeast progress. closely. we will give you a look at what's going on. west as well. there's time to go here before through the afternoon. zooming in on can't radar the rain snow line temperatures fall

this is the mass pike in natick. danielle niles and pamela gardner is up next with the (buzzer) hey, you're a lucky guy. you'll probably win the jackpot. (bell) you know, luck doesn't play any role in slot machines. the odds of winning are the same every time you play. (buzzer) if you lose money, just keep playing. you'll win it back. (bell) don't chase your losses. set a limit on the time and money you want to spend. learn more about gambling and how to keep it fun. visit the gamesense info center at the plainridge park casino. (buzzer) yo >>> 4:53 eye on the storm coverage for you. you are looking at mobile 4 as it moves through newton. road are wet and we are hearing the rain is beginning to turn over to snow. even as you make your way toward the city. danielle and pam will are track -- pamela are tracking the storm and will have the latest numbers. >>> boston public schools are close because of the storm and that's good for crews cleaning several schools. boston health commission was notified after 50 students an

live in natick, michael henrich live in natick, michael henrich, fox25 morning news. >>> logan airport reminding people to check with their airlines this morning. we will monitor that for you and alert to you any changes with the weather right here on our air, and you can stay up to date all day with the fox25 weather app. closings and delays are updating on this app. and at the bottom of your screen all morning. shiri and sarah will be back with a check of the forecast coming up in just a few minutes coming up in just a few minutes. >>> 4:37 right now. today nine presidential candidates will be on the campaign trail until new hampshire that includes both democrats. last night bernie sanders and hillary clinton faced off in their final debate before tuesday's primary. there were some fiery exchanges on the stage at unh. the candidates battled over reforms. they also spared over which candidate will be able to deliver the promises they are making on the campaign trail. >> secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent, i hope, ordinary americans and by the way, who are

on left is own michael henrich in natick around 4:00 a.m., getting soaked then. on the right that's michael about an hour ago, covered in snow. we want to go live to michael right now where you're still covered in snow. it is coming down, michael. >> michael: salt in the wound. this isn't snow. salted in the wound. it is an interesting morning and certainly has progressed from the rain to the little bit of mix at 4:30 and then boom, it has been snow ever since and we are showing you how not only displaying actual snow on grass here and used to be grass here and natick service plaza on also seeing how much it has been sticking on the pike itself and send out in the snow event out on roads, and 3,000 crews on the commonwealth and weston to the new york border down to 40 miles per hour and doing the smart thing and slow down, leave extra room, all the common sense advice in snow storms, really holds true. we looking at snow now, jackson? i think sara wanted a name for this. i decided to call him kevin lemanowicz. it is national weather person's day after all. keep e

look outside, this is natick. mass pike you can see the snow is falling and it's definitely moving our way. >> and it is sticking too. you can see the ground looks more white now. changing minute by minute here. let's check the forecast. danielle you have been a busy woman this morning. >> the conditions you are going to -- are going to deteriorate. it will come down hard enough and the conditions will go downhill on the roads. here's live radar we have been tracking the rain snow line. temperatures 32 in worcester. 37 in boston. and we have 35 to the lower 40s in the the cape where colder air will take longer zooming into the rain snow line right now. coming over the station. in through fenway park. boston logan airport will see some wet snowflakes mix in. but it's now into alwayston and brighton and extends up along 93. in in southern now ham sheer from chester to derry and nashua. more rain drops the closer you get to the coast. wet flakes will mix in and when the the precipitation comes down harder we are seei

for now live on natick service plaza off the mass pike. michael henrich, fox25 news. >> gene: school delays and closings started to roll. in jessica reyes live in andover they made the call from keeping kids home from school where they made the call keeping home jessica reyes. >> jessica: kids will not be going to school at two schools, snow picking up and coming down a little bit heavier now and look at the median in the middle of the road there, traffic starting to accumulate here. the roads are still very wet as well. so certainly going to be a messy morning commuted. people see are driving through at a pretty normal clip right now, so now is probably going to be just about the best time to head out if you do have to head out this morning. going to be out here with another look what you can do in the 30 minutes. for now live in andover center, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> gene: live look right now at fox25 driving camera and right now we are on the expressway going through quincy east milton square area, and hov lane is closed this

live in natick, michael henrich live in natick, michael henrich, fox25 news. >>> we track traffic and minutes. within the last two minutes, we have learned that hov lanes on route 93 will be closed during the morning commute per mass dot because of that snow that we just saw in michael's live shot, and now shiri will tell us a lit bit more about that. >> the heavy snow will cause some problems on the roadway. between heavy snow and heavy rain in the south east, we have real bad conditions on the roadway at 8:00, at noontime today. 3 p.m., we will still be cleaning up, and by 6 p.m., we will have a great handle on the travel situation. we have an hour-by-hour look at the rain, the snow, and several other items including that weekend forecast in just minutes. >>> 5:12 this morning. living in the lap of luxury while collecting the benefits from the state. a local businessman accused of getting food stamps while how is that even possible still ahead. >>> plus a disgusting situation on the south shore where an entire town sewage line is broken again. the work being done all we live in a pi

a live look in natick. normal volume on the northbound side heading away. let' s go to the maps. route 9 still closed in both directions by the natick mall, so heading in that direction, some down power lines are shutting down the road. anticipate some problems. the pike looks good, 15 minutes route 2, eastbound side, one lane shutdown. 93 south, about 35 minutes from concord street to the leverett connector purity volume on between for picking up out of avon 95 is out, and rob 3 from weymouth into braintree, almost a half hour. trains and buses doing ok, emily. emily: all right, let' s a thank you to apple is making new moves in its policy battle with the fbi. there are reports that the tech company has already begun the process of upgrading it' s s security to make it impossible for the government, or even apple, to break in to a locked iphone. that is one step beyond the tech giant' s refusal to unlock the iphone of one of the san bernadino terrorists. ceo tim cook speaking exclusively to abc' s david muir. tim cook: the only way we would know is to write a piece of software t

in natick, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. pam: right now investigators are working to find the cause of an early morning fire that tore through a mill in fall river. the flames broke out at about 3:00 this morning at the sagamore mill. someone passing by called 911. the building collapsed soon after firefighters arrived. firefighters say no one was inside the mill and no one was hurt in the fire. the fire marshal' s office tells newscenter 5 it is too soon to say how the fire started. taunton police say a child hit by a car today is expected to survive. it happened this afternoon on bunker drive. the driver stayed on the scene. police say this appears to have been an accident. reid: let' s call this spring in >> look at these temperatures. we will part of may. we hit 60 degrees today great most of the readings are in the upper 50' s. where is the cold air? over the cape. ocean temperatures in the low 40' s right now. a cooling breeze down towards the cape. what else is going on? a weak front coming in from the west. we are se

and take a look at the mass pike here in natick. we are at the rest area. we are safely off the road for those concerned about how close we are. we are in the rest area parking lot here. we get a good view of how things are going and, of course things are going and, of course, things are running smoothly. we will have to keep a close eye on it for a handful of reasons. of course, we are worried about it freezing over during that changeover period. we are worried about the conditions and slushiness of the road. i did get a tweet back. i asked a couple questions on mass dot for twitter and they tweeted back to me that crews are chemically treating the roadways across the state where appropriate. we, of course, know that rain will play a factor on how effective different treatments are. mass dot did confirm that where appropriate they are chemically more details which areas that specifically means, and, of course, as things change over, we will let you know in natick as soon as possible. for now reporting live, michael henrich, fox25 news. >> julie just mentio

in natick, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. pam: one of two people killed in a fire in groton last month has been identified. 66-year-old douglas palmisano died january 28 when a fire broke out at his home on whiley road. identity has yet to be released. still no word on what caused the fire. massive flames erupting this morning at a mill in fall river. the fire so intense the building collapsed. the sagamore mill was vacant. no one was hurt. firefighters are investigating whether the fire is suspicious. reid: right now, a child is recovering after being hit by a car in taunton. police say the child was hit on paul bunker drive earlier today. the child suffered non-life threatening injuries. police say it appears to be an accident. the driver did remain on scene. week. temperatures climbing near 60 boston. -- enjoying this beautiful weather. mike: we have a 48 degree and weather. last week. was nine below zero. today we hit 60. it was even more dramatic out towards worcester. today topping off at 55. we' ve got a very weak fron

all lanes closed on route 9 westbound and by the natick mall. power lines went down earlier traffic being diverted onto route 30. >> thanks very much. >>> on your thursday morning 6:19 grief counselors will be on hand this morning after a high school senior was killed in a crash on her way to school. her younger brother is now in critical condition. it happened along route 62 in the central massachusetts town of barre. just 5 miles from quabbin roaming nall high school. the school opened two hours late yesterday because officials were worried about icy roads. after 9 yesterday morning 17- year-old brittany murch was driving her 15-year-old brother griffin to school when she lost control of the car and hit a tree. when rescuers got to the scene it was too late to save brittany but they cut griffin from the wreckage. >> it's very tough for anyone who either has to go through this or for those who responded. as a father myself mike heart >> i am still in shock. over it. i wish i could word it better. it's like a dream a bad dream. >> griffin is tre

nearby natick mall lost power , albeit briefly. heather: take a look at the damage in lancaster, pennsylvania. the national weather service confirming this afternoon that a tornado touched down here. at least 8 people are dead tonight after storms slammed the mid-atlantic. ed: the rain has cleared out , and that is making way for some spring like temperatures this afternoon. heather: but the cold will return. here is storm team 5' s mike wankum. mike: amazing temperatures, but the price we paid for it -- were you wakened by the thunder and lightning last night? reports around our area, damaged trees. it wind advisory until 7:00, although the winds are dying off as you speak. there are sprinkles out there. it' s not much. they are here or there. what that could represent is the beginning of the cool air coming in. we had high temperatures in the 60' s. you know that will not last long. it is all courtesy of these winds. they will go to the west to usher in those cooler temperatures. i will sell you the next opportunity for rain and

this is on route 9 in natick. it is closed at speen street in both directions because of downed power lines and traffic is being detoured to route 30. something to keep in mind if you're taking route 9 this morning. the pike no issues to tell you about heading into boston. route 93, you're slow and go from 495 into 128. route 1 not looking bad. the expressway slow drive from braintree to boston. that drive already nearly half an hour. route 3, no issues. 24 and 59 looking good. but you'll want to be careful of debris on the roads. and you'll want to be very slow out there. let's take a look at these drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. 25b9s minutes on the expressway into town on the pike from 128, no delays there. 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 26 minutes. if you're taking the "t" on the commuter rail, we do have delays on the framingham-worcester line, and if you're taking the "t" on the blue line, back to you guys. >> christa: breaking overnight, people in

sera: firefighters rushed to this east central street house in natick around 7:30 this morning, a smoky blaze first spotted and reported by a fire lieutenant on his way to work. >> we came outside and we seen, some smoke coming out the roof down the block. >> there was a lot of smoke, we didn' t see a lot of flames, but the fire department reacted

this is in natick. a 73-year-old woman killed after being rescued from the flames. the state fire marshal is fire. kelli o'hara is live with what we know right now. kelli? >> we are told an off-duty fire lieutenant on his way to work here this morning, spotted the smoke and flames and called 9 11. crews were here immediately. but by then, it was too late. >> it's horrible. >> it was a lot of smoke. we didn't see flames. there was a lot of smoke. >> fire tearing through the second floor of this natick home early saturday morning. the smoke and flames so intense, it claimed the life of the woman living inside. the state fire marshal says a 73-year-old passed away hours after firefighters rescued her. tress on the front lawn. her east central street home. firefighters believe flames sparked in the victim's bedroom. the only person home at the time. >> whether it is elderly, young, you know, that is somebody's relative. you know that, could be somebody's mom, sister, and daughter. it could be anybody. you know what i mean in it is horrible. >> we are told there were no

. >> reporter: hearing about a situation in natick route 9 shut down both directions at natick mall. fire department tweeted that out. reports of two accidents one crash is down in weymouth route 3 northbound at route 18. and the other crash also on route 3 northbound in plymouth. it's right near the exit for route 44 west. whoa understand they had a wicked storm down there right before that accident happened. chris kathryn. >> thanks for the update. >>> the mother of baby bella the little girl whose body washed up on deer island will be back in court today. rachel bond pleaded not guilty to accessory after the fact and other charges in the death of her daughter. boyfriend michael mccarthy killed the girl and they believe bond held dispose of the body. >>> a cambridge police office hears been cited accused hitting a cyclist. it was his car and take off. ryan calinan is on administrative leave from the department. mrs. say the wilmington resident was off doubty at the time of the accident and driving his personal car. the victim was treated and released from the hospital. >>> over to

and route 9 in natick was closed from the mall for most of the morning commute after winds blew down power lines in that section. >> tonight the cleanup continues bill shields is live in canton which was hard hit. bill. you can see the crews in back of me are still at work. came down. it took a line and three utility poles with it. so, they are taking 9 or 10 before this neighborhood in canton gets power back. >> big loud knows with thunder and lightning and a big bang and you see the ground rumble. >> reporter: it was a violent area. here in canton crews worked all day trying to restore power to a neighborhood after a tree blew down. taking with it two utility poles. when police arrived, they had to run for cover when a third pole came down. >> just heard a cracking and turned sought thing coming down and -- saw the thing coming down and myself and sergeant turned turn and ran and we were out of the way. >> reporter: route 9 in natick the storm took down power lines across the roadway. forcing crews to close down >> this is a little bigger. usually don't see poles down. lightning hi

this is in natick and detours in place and we won't be able to take route 9 in the area of natick until they get the power lines picked and up cleaned up. things slowing down on 128 northbound dedham through needham up to the pike and average speed 14 miles per hour. 93 south average speed even slower than that, 7 miles per hour heading from woburn through medford and into somerville and route 1 in saugus, bumper-to-bumper as led to route-run parkway. 37 minutes to the pike and hour 93 south 495 to the leverett connector. 26 minutes on 128 northbound westwood to the weston tolls. same-sex sara and gene, back to you. >> sara: catherine parrotta spoke with family that had a tree fall on their house and you have been monitoring since the sun came up. >> catherine: staying out of the camera because zoom on to the porch and a lot of family members on porch and disbelief about the situation right on doorstep there, they are all asleep when the tree toppled over in the middle of the night. you could see that's the end result. they are taking it all in stride saying you have to get somebody out

michael henrich is in natick along the pike. jessica reyes is in andover and drive times. >> gene: stormtracker weather center a busy place. sarah wroblewski and shiri spear are updating the snow totals as a team this morning. corridor. >> shiri: as expected between 5 and 6, boston made that boston, boston, north shore. you are a winter storm warning until 3:00 in afternoon. we have heavy rain over southeastern mass with temperatures upper 30s, lower 40s. 35 in boston with snow. not sticking as well from worcester up to fitchburg where temperatures are closer to or just below freezing. rain-snow line through bridgewater. halifax, marshfield. getting reports mixing in. snow in the boston area and andover and lawrence have this blip of rain, northeastern massachusetts aside from cape anne have already made that change and will continue to do so. by 9 a.m., we have that way to the cape cod canal. where we have the snow, pockets of heavy snow from the cape and islands. you will see snowflakes sneak you will see snowflakes sneaking i

route 9 still closed at speen street in natick. that's because power lines came down earlier this morning in the high winds. live look at pike through brighton, things looking so much lighter there than last time we checked in on the live shot. over to your live drive time, 36 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 26 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 33 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now, and shiri, we have some warmer temperatures tomorrow. >> shiri: big changes clouds breaking apart now through about the middle of the day, then this afternoon threw in couple more sprinkles and couple more of strong wind gusts. so as beautiful as it looks right now, it is not going to last us all day long. gardner picking up 3.9 inches of rain over two inches springfield to southwick, almost two inches in ashburnham and lunenburg, hopkinton coming in 1.57 inches of rain, so i mean the storm that came through were powerful for several reasons.

earlier no snow now to the report coming in angie handful flakes from natick.1 to 3 inches north and west of tracking snow hour by hour through all these newscast. >> breaking news at six fox 25 confirmed embattled massachusetts senator brian joyce will not run for reelection. this decision comes in the middle of an fbi investigation. fox 25's sharman sacchetti joins us with what she's learned five. >> .>> reporter: brian joyce decide not to run for reelection but he still not stepping down for public office. even amid a federal investigation and ongoing questions about whether not he can be an effective senator for his district tonight however senate president stanley rosenberg is praising joyce someone he chose for leadership roles including on the committee on government transparency. in a statement rosenberg is saying that during joyce's more than 20 years in public office he helped secure funding for school buildings protected elderly but joyce's time in office has been littered with scandal. six days ago we first wrote the story about the fbi raid at senator joyce's kent law of

earlier no snow now to the report coming in angie handful flakes from natick.1 to 3 inches north and west of

olessa: volume picking up 93 natick, some downed power lines on route 9. closed in both directions and traffic is being detoured onto route 30. on the pike, north of town, 93 looks good, volume as you approach the leverett connector. 20 minutes braintree into boston. trains and buses on schedule. emily: a tree has smashed into a hell -- into a home. click the people who live here are just waking up and getting their first look at the damage. a local tree company just it was only then, when they opened the door, the people really got a look at the mess in their front yard. i want to give you a look at a miss in cambridge this morning. a huge tree snapped, came crashing down on cars. those cars were parked and no one was hurt. you can see the huge tree that did fall and the impact it had on those cars. just crushing the rear window of that car. i' m going to give you a closer look in dorchester. front lot -- for now, live on milne avenue. >> a new investigation into brian joyce could lead to him to resign just two days after he there is an investigation into

a live look in natick where snow has been falling for a few hours. now let's check in with danielle to find out more. >> the intensity of snow is ramping up. reduced visibility and tracking the rain snow lune south of boston and continues to make southeast progress. plymouth through stretching back down not into new bedford or wareham but over the next hour moving south and eastward near the cape cod canal. deeper blues is where it's coming down hatter. 495 east of 495 and when you make the change over to snow, it is the big wet fat flakes road conditions will deteriorate over the next several hours as well. the rain snow lune pressing to middle cape by 9 and outer cape by 11 a.m. taking a little longer on nantucket a widespread 4 to 8 inches with snow tapering off by the time we get to the early evening. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: thanks. several accidents washing in needham one vehicle lost control 128 north about the highland avenue. cars are off the road to the right and left in dorchester. disabled plow is blocking the center lan

downed wires leading to big backups in natick. busy route 9 reopened just nearby natick mall actually lost power briefly. >> take a look at this picture. that is a tree, a massive tree, smashing right into a home. this happened in concord. >> also, this large tree falling on a house in west street early this morning. no one inside was hurt. right now, power is still out for some in canton, after this utility pole comes tumbling down, narrowly missing two police officers. reporter: let me show you that tree that caused all the problems and brought down the power lines. there it is. and the crew here, includes still the two officers that were almost injured. the tree limbs and debris all over the street. the least of the problem for the officers working the detail. >> we heard a crack. i looked to my side. we both just turned and ran. reporter: this transformer nearly fell on two canton cops. when a big pine tree came down, a tree limb fell on power lines in the end, two utility poles broke. during repair, late morning, a third pole

sera: a fire in natick takes a deadly turn. the big challenges for firefighters who tried to save the victim. frank: presidential picks. in two key states make their choices. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." doug: it's talked about a hunk of burning love. a race to the altar takes an unexpected detour. one boston's couple unforgettable wedding day. that is also ahead. that is the story of the morning. you'll be talking about it later. sera: it does have a happy ending. great, great couple. just a bit. first we'll check in with danielle vollmar to talk about this great weekend. a lot of marathon runners out there training. danielle: yesterday couldn't be a better training run although there was a gusty wind. that always hurts when you're running. it can push you along. we have gusty winds this morning although they're beginning to back down just a touch right now. it's a mild start out there, folks. we're start inning the low to mid 40's and even upper 40's now and

the 59-year-old has been a firefighter in natick since 1986. he'll be arraigned tomorrow. >>> a defense motion to limit the number of victim impact statements against the convicted teenaged killer is denied. phillip chism's attorneys made the request late this afternoon, just hours before he's expected to be sentenced in the murder of popular math teacher colleen ritzer. prosecutors want chism to serve at least 50 years for the crime. patrol for juvenile offenders. >>> and the garden at children's hospital has given generations treatment. there are now plans to expand the hospital, and that means the protea garden will soon be gone. but not if some people can stop it. katherine birch up is live in boston, and up at a meeting with people who want the garden to be saved. >> yeah, many saying hospital executives fail to look at any alternative sites for the expansion and now state officials are joining the chorus of questions asking boston children's to provide independent cost analysis of the project and of the destruction of the prouty garden. >

. >> when it hits home it hits hard and just the support network in natick it's huge. >> reporter: his trainer and wife came up with the idea. >> blue is one of his favorite colors and orange fits the red hair and we put those together. >> wanted something that would just you know speak to him and let him know we are all thinking of him. >> reporter: all four young men -- for young man teaching others,000 persevere. >> how-- what to do to keep it going gone and think if i keep my legs moving it will get rid of it. >> working with the trainer and working hard. >> and he smiled that entire stronger than adults. >> it's true. and you know everybody in natick loves to see him with a smile. >> and we will root him on you can see it's beautiful day outside. >> beautiful. and much to my neighbor's reloof i took down. >> i christmas decorations-- relief i took down the christmas decorations. >> no way. >> i am that guy. >> wow. >> it was so beautiful i couldn't deal with it anymore. >> i am not going to argue my christmas tree was up until january 21st i think this year. so it was a real tree

in the 60 degree sun line the cleanup begins crews dealt with down trees across the region but in natick they have this. >> this is a little bigger than normal. usually don't see poles and wires down. >> reporter: mother nature snapped a telephone pole in two leaving power lines draped across the roadway like ropes. shutting down this busy section this is something you could ordinary never do and i am walking down the middle of what usually is a bessy route 9. it's been -- busy route 9 closed like this since 2:30 in the morning. >> traffic 55 miles an hour you can't on the road when the guys are work in the middle so it's easier to reroute the traffic and get them away from the danger so our guys and the public is safe. >> reporter: drivers were forced to loop around the mall finding creative ways to get to work. >> i am going to be late for the meeting that i am going to. i am trying a get to worcester. so it's just i shouldn't have come this way. >> reporter: the be in-- >> the back way to the mall is not too bad and then the macy's closed off and then you have to go in the parking lot

a road closure route 9 at speen street in natick. highly traveled part of the morning commute and closed because we have downed power lines. seek at in the route right now until it reopens. shifting north of the pike. things starting to slow down through the cloverleaf and through woburn and medford. volume is moderate at 6:03. live drive times. 13 minutes from 128 to the tobin. 26 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 23 minutes on 128 and from route 1 in peabody. gene and sara, back to you. >>> all right, julie, bolts of lightning brightening the night sky as the crew made its way to the south shore this morning. as the storm moves away, thousands of people are waking up without power. fox25's michael henrich continues our team coverage in marsh field where the whole town was in the dark in the early hours of the morning, michael. you have been without crews, lights back on. >> reporter: still a decent percentage of this town that doesn't have power. right outside the marshfield police department spoke to someone

: right now a 76-year-old man is in the hospital with serious injuries after he was hit by a car in natick. it happened at mill street and ranger road. police say the 19-year-old driver did stay on the scene and has not been charged. the victim was airlifted to umass memorial medical center in he was hit. right now the woman arrested in a wild chase is preparing to head to court. this morning police are still searching for her alleged partner in crime. police arrested jacqueline murphy yesterday after a stolen car chase led to a crash in saugus. the man with her, michael gouthro, took off. both were already wanted for attacking a revere police officer with a hypodermic needle on thursday, before leading police on a chase there. >> she was this big, beautiful woman, with a big, gold heart. emily: "5 investigates" uncovering a major break in a 22-year-old cold case. a mother found murdered in boston now has a name. this morning, we're hearing from that woman's daughter who has waited decades for answers. but there are still questions. milagros "millie" alvarado was last seen walking in fitch

sera: a fire in natick takes a deadly turn. the big challenges for firefighters who tried to save the winners and losers as voters in two key states make their choices. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." doug: going to the chapel. a race to the altar takes an unexpected detour. one boston's couple unforgettable wedding day. that is also ahead. yes, a wedding day involving a burnt car. we'll explain. sera: i think that is actually our favorite story of the day. there's a happy ending to it. doug: wait until you meet this couple. good morning, everybody. sera: some people were in shorts and flip flops yesterday. lots of runners. danielle: you never know what you're going to see in boston when it hits 60 degrees. it won't be as warm as that today. but still the 50's. we'll take it. it is february 21. just a calendar check for you. it's currently 49 degrees right now in boston. 50 in marshfield. 40 on the cape. 44 on the vineyard. now as we go through the next 12 hours,

sera: a fire in natick takes a deadly turn. the victim. frank: presidential picks. the winners and losers as voters in two key states make their choices. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." doug: a race to the altar takes an unexpected detour. one boston's couple unforgettable wedding day. that is also ahead. sera: such a great story. they have a story to tell. doug: i guess they do for the rest of their lives. good morning, everybody. happy sunday. i'm doug meehan. sera: and i'm sera congi. danielle vollmar is here with another great day on tap. danielle: if you liked yesterday? do you want to repeat it today. doug: yes, please. danielle: a little bit cooler. we're in the 50's. we're already in the 50's this morning if you can believe that. it's 50 in boston. 50 in beverly. 49 in bed ford 467894 in worcester. as we go through the next 12 hours, say, in and around the dip back i think into the upper 30's but then warm back up into the mid 40's for high temperatures today. up through the merrimack valley to

in natick downed power line shutdown parliament of route 9. and in marshfield a tree blocked the road at one point nearly the entire town was without power. back in dorchester they are thankful cleanup is the only thing they are dealing with. >> very lucky. very, very lucky. >> saying the tree fell in a way to make the damage minimal. >> god just take away the tree. and drop it in the middle. and nobody got hurt. >> nobody got hurt. >>> very, very thankful for that this morning. and now they've got the tree removed the next step is going to be to have the damage to the home. but this family said all of that is something they can handle. live this morning in dorchester. victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >>> you heard vicki mention power outages here. closer look. there were thousands of them across the state this morning. people had lost power and more than 7,000 ever worth customers without power as well. if you see damage from the storm take video or a picture and show it if you can do this safely senditto7@whdh.com and we will p

temperatures there, but look at how close by, 43 in marlboro, 50 in hopkinton, 50 many milton, 51 in natick and 47 in boston, 49 in lynn, so we got really stark contrast between the temperatures across northern massachusetts and even the worcester and boston areas. current conditions, hello 50 over southeastern massachusetts and comes with a little bit of drizzle moving toward the cape and islands right now so a little stint here of dry weather is going to be winding down. so 44 right now in boston, but we still got 20s and 30s off to the north. 50 at noon time, 52 at 3:00 p.m. as the winds start to increase we are going to pull back the downpours and the wind here for the evening commute. i got a high wind warning that's going into effect along the coastline starting at 1:00 today, but coming up i'm going to break down specifically what time i'm expecting some damaging winds to come through that's in julie, let's get back over to you for live drive time traffic this morning. >> julie: volume starting to lighten up, slow spot on 93 somerville. pike looking all right, we have an accident eas

a two alarm fire happening in natick. this one on east central street. do have calls out to learn more and if anyone is hurt. we'll have updates this morning. >> heather: 8:15. there is a change to one of the perks many enjoy online shopping. to collect sales tax. as justice justice skin gray reports, it's being met with mixed reactions from retailers. >> reporter: she prize herself on keeping prices low. >> they're 100% the same as the internet. and they asked if i could waive sales tax for them if they bought it in my store instead of online. >> reporter: they have an unfair advantage. >> i can't compete with that. it's the law to collect sales tax. >> reporter: making it the law online retailers too. it is expected to revisit the issue this year. represents internet companies like facebook and pay pal that oppose a nationwide internet sales tax. >> 18 of the top 20 retailers collect tax for every single state. >> reporter: he argues, most retailers already charge sales tax, even amazon does in about half of all states. >> but it's the small businesses

the blizzard conditions did not extend back to metro west. in natick. brought down trees and knocked out power onto the area. no widespread power problems can wurd this storm thankfully. -- occurred with this storm thankfully. >>> boston not doing too bad today. mayor marty walsh telling us there should be school tomorrow in the city. he also reminded people that the snow wasn't enough to warrant space savers so don't put those out. mayor saying those items will get tossed it on. >> more on the mbta saying there was largely no issues today. crews are working through the night trying to make sure that the tracks and trains are good for tomorrow when thousands of people will be heading back to work and school. just before 5:00 we spoke with the general manager on the phone. >> beer going to keep staff in overnight throughout the night. we're going on to on do what we call our cold car work. where we'll be running trains all night long. we'll also have a number trains stored in the tunnels features of the trains to make sure that the trains functioning tomorrow morning. >>> we will be m

one close to natick right now. where we track the steady rain to the west of us, back through western massachusetts, now entering western connecticut, this all has to slide on through. the spotty showers across eastern massachusetts turning to steadier rain as we work through the afternoon. especially by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. temperatures? we are going up throughout the day. we are going from 40's now in the city of boston to 50's and upper 50's by this evening. we will talk more on the forecast and we could see a little bit of snow in the forecast as well coming up. >> kris: also this noon, new details in the death of a toddler from roxbury. we are learning that the department of children and families was in contact with theboys boy's care provider the hospital in respiratory distress. 7's victoria warren live in roxbury with the very latest. >> reporter: yeah. and police are at the house once again. but they have not provided an update on their investigation. the mayor, though, is weighing in, saying h

natick at four inches. we have three or so inches in souks very. and about three inches in surely. boston logan airport, 4.7 inches. it increases as you go through the south shore. six in south plymouth and most of the cape is up around 7-10 storm, it almost looks like a hurricane. general lower visibility with region. in the cold and fluffy snow that we are getting, it can still pile up. that will go on between now and midnight before it comes to an end. it is study is along the north shore and south shore. here you can see we get to just past midnight. most of it is done. this misses so we don' t have to worry about the second storm. these should be the final amounts. 5-9 inches in boston. in the cape ann, lesser amounts but i have to let you know that the incredible bitter cold will move in this weekend. it will be the coldest we have seen so far and even boston could be below zero early sunday that would be pretty cold stuff indeed. so there is the deal. if we get more snow showers, i don' t expect big accumulations until after midnight. >> now, sportscenter 5 one minute drill.

security ported his efforts in walterboro but auburn and natick both have between january 23 and 26. contact natick police. >> police say the man in this photo is wanted in relation to a theft at the market basket on milton road. if you know this person or have any information about what happened today, call rochester new at five child a woman recovering from injuries after this violent crash in leicester. police a woman lost control over car around 9 o'clock this morning and slammed into this telephone pole on stafford street. the poll snapped and crews are working right now to replace it. police tell us the woman is expected to be okay. >> store moved on but the cleanup is still underway in marshfield. take a look at the huge waves. damaged along the wall right here the seawall the storm left flooding and lots of damage that used to lead to the beach there now smashed on the rocks below instead. of emotion. >> now your local forecast. it's astounding we talked a lot about it yesterday that thing was re-hundred 400 miles offshore and it was still powerful enough to do that kind of d

metrowest have this one out here to natick in framingham probably clipping portion of wayland as well. and that snow is going to continue to rotate on through this evening. little piece of energy in the atmosphere the backside of the extra snow that will continue to move northward tonight. not when equipped with the snow places like waltham was asked about on twitter as well i would expect it to be done until probably midnight for waltham. and then we'll watch the ocean effect snow band doctor set up now totally wins there was telling me she seen the winship from the northeast to the north and those northerly winds are going to kick those bands right across cape cod and portions of the south shore overnight in first in the morning. may give a little extra snow to those areas here. new snow totals coming in orleans nines of snow to kate if you not familiar with that situated six inches with women at five and half in the north shore salem up to 4.2 inches of snow. again neighboring towns only a couple of inches really just depends with that band has set up today. and you're part of the

in natick, kelli o'hara, 7 news night taement. >> new tonight: heavy police presence on the mass. eave bridge in boston. police received a call that someone was going to jump off the bridge. when crews arrived and searched the area, they learned it was a hoax. an alarming attack at the university of new hampshire. police in durham arresting two students accused of stabbing a classmate. matthew gibbons and eric denning were arrested this morning and are being held on bail. the victim was treated for his wounds and is in stable condition. to your forecast. a spring tease across massachusetts today. temperatures rising into the upper 50's. but will it stick around? we will check the forecast. >> even 60 degrees, liz. it was incredible. we did make it there. in boston, bedford as well. 61 in norwood. about 20 degrees above our normal high for this time of year. you remember this day last year. it was just 20 degrees as a high. quite a difference. even from last weekend. current temperatures, right around 50 for most spots. we are 49 in the city. 41 in bedford. 49 in worcester as well.

natick nine inches of snow. just got a report at boston logan 6.8 inches snow for the storm. pepperell 9.7. still snowing down through fors of the cape and islands even near the canal. back edge will move off the south shore. manufacture across the cape over the next couple of hours. metro boston just clouds and then they will start to break a apart over the next few hours. temperatures at this time upper 20's, low 30's and again as steve cooper talked about if you can try to dislodge that lush and light ice because it will freeze up solid overnight tonight. tomorrow. traveling this evening main roads are fair but it will be neighborhood streets that cause the problem out there so just keep that in mind. then as woe work through tomorrow morning rapidly improv improving conditions with a threat of more snow early next week. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> head to head bat es, heating up on the campaign trail trail. the candidates taking shots in trading jabs . >>> when you win in the state of iowa your opponents juan to tear you up . >>> the stage is set for the new

so heaviest rainfall along marlboro and 495 and pike enterchange and natick and framingham and towards boston heavier rainfall along the expressway. and into randolph and weymouth and braintree plight and wet spring like day. we will make a run at 60 in few towns before things wrap up tonight and that's g's going toget us close to record territory we may able to tie in worcester and boston. stronger gusts above 30 miles per hour. plymouth one of the peak gust up to 36 and the winds will continue tonight out of the south southeast some of the strongest winds could reach 45 miles per hour and it will be with us until early tomorrow morning. and as we head towards tomorrow morning, it switches more southwesterly and the peak gusts will die down a little bit so less of a story by the time you wake up tomorrow. in terms of the rain heaviestover the next few hours and more showerery for the rest of the night. in and out of rain showers and clouds very mild feel and still showers tomorrow morning especially for the southeastern part of the state. by the afternoon, working in at especially wes

pike a little slow from framingham through natick and start to approach the weston tolls. visibility in this shot is better than we have seen but roads are slick and slippery out there this morning. live drive times. 19 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 47 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 40 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. and shiri, because of that snow that fell yesterday, and then what came after it that is leading to those tough >> absolutely. ice on some roadways, slush on others. it is just make it is just making for this incredibly sloppy drive into work. dangerous drive into work for many spots. drive in new hampshire took the cake with 3 inches. north reading, metheun, chelsea north reading, metheun, chelsea, all with one or two inches of snow. now all this warm air working its way into the area. that is bumping up these morning temperatures, and that will help eat away at the icy threat as we travel through the morning commute. it is going to be last to get down to the ground in sp

out toward carver, back toward franklin up through natick. brief downpours and gusty winds. but these gusty winds not as strong as what we saw a few hours ago. here's the back edge of it, close to 495. this will not last all this long. and we'll close out the morning commute on the dry side and begin it for a lot of folks, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. on the dry side. look at these winds gusting to 83mph, 600 feet up atop of blue hill. dracut a gust of 66. peak gusts 2:00 until 3:00 a.m. a lot of tree branches and some yard debris in the roads. careful on some of the side streets. there have been a lot of tree branches knocked down, so you may run into some obstacles on the way the work. more on the forecast as "today in new england" stars right now. >> sarah: breaking news first at 5:00, spring-like storms bringing down trees and knocking down power. what you can expect as you start your day. >> christa: and 7news traffic tracker out there on the conditions you're facing as you get a live look at a dark and wet roadway right there. >> sarah: also breaking overnight, virginia under

the yellow pockets indicates the heavier rain moving through natick approaching weymouth and braintree and south of town, move dense, the 95 corridor, this two weeks up through southeast mass and catches up with you on the south shore. on and off rain this evening and we'll have that continuing overnight tonight. there's more rain down the eastern seaboard and this is the same storm that led to severe weather last night through portions of the gulf coast and it's doing it again right now through the middle atlantic states. i'm not concerned about severe weather but there will be leftover wind energy from the storm. at midnight tonight, some scattered showers around metro boston but this yellow and

emily: and downed wires leading to big backups and problems in natick. busy route 9 still shut down right now as crews work to clear the road. now. this is worcester. shrewsbury street is partially closed and drivers are asked to take alternate routes. the worst may be over. but the wind and a few showers expected to linger in spots today. erika: cindy, you' re tracking what' s still to come today. cindy: erika: the biggest th will be nothing like what we saw overn and there is a warning tonight until 7:00 p.m. the winds are shifting from the south and they are gusting and a lot of spots around 30 miles per hour. overnight, during the time of those intense thunderstorms, we had wind gusts of close to 70 miles per hour in boston and we had a gust of 83 miles per hour. incredible wind gusts which are offshore now. there has been a break in the but there is a little bit more energy to the west. rain is entering the western part of the state and the storm to the west. cold air will wrap in on the in the mid-50' s in boston. as the cold air starts to work in