>> sarah: 5:45 live look over boston. sun not up but time now you feed for everything to start you day off right. >> christa: know and go. we have wren clair with us this morning. welcome. i'll get your name right eventually. >> wren: thanks, christa. we're off to some varied temperatures. winds further inland as well as western mass. also looking at clear skies. varied temperatures expected. that's what we're seeing. much more mild temperatures near the cape. 46 in ptown. around our seasonable lows, in the low 40s. we'll warm up nicely today. trending cooler than yesterday. mostly clear skies now with plenty of sunshine headed our way for your thursday forecast. a mixture of sun and clouds as we head into the afternoon. still leaning toward the sunny side. tomorrow we have a different scenario. by tomorrow arab -- afternoon we see this cold front push through new england. as it does so, our winds do rev up. we're looking at wind gusts 30, h. pushes into new england, as well. temperatures drop for us as we head into tomor

early voting in boston yesterday. more than 2,000 reader voters cast their ballots at the city hall plaza location alone. the warm weather credited with the record turnout. this was the first year for early voting in the commonwealth. tomorrow is the final day to vote early. >> testimony continues today in the sentencing retrial of a convicted killer hoping to avoid the death penalty. gary sampson back in federal court years after his initial thrown out. the prosecution painting sampson as a merciless man who outsmarted his victims. the defense saying he's been struggling with a lifetime of traumatic brain injury. right now the mbta launching a new campaign to keep passengers safe. the t along with the coalition of advocate groups will try to drive home the message that sexual assault will not be tolerated. the campaign will encourage passengers to report incidents of sexual harassment. the t working with the boston center for independent living. >> cancer drugs with a serious side effect. the risk for which doctors w

in boston. the leader of the revolution at this point is dr. joseph warren. he is basically unknown today. that's too bad. he is my focus character for the first part of this book into the second book. he is, in my mind, the guy that should be remembered. the names we all know john hancock, samuel adams, john adams in april 1775 right as gauge is about to seize these weapons in concord they are outside of boston not in boston. he's in boston controlling protests, not quite yet a full on revolution but the reaction to british oppression in boston. after the first shots, hancock and the two adamses go to philadelphia for continental congress and warns the guy in charge. he becomes defacto governor from the revolutionary side. warren is the guy that sends these two men -- so when he sees the british boston common, preparing to go to concord to seize these weapons, at first he sees indications throughout the town that this may be happening. so he sends the man on the left, william dawes, as precauti

wind chill is 22 in boston right now. it's all because of the wind, but it will be diminishing through the day, just a gradual process, still gusting to 30 miles per hour right now. upper 20s in little bit above the past few mornings. clear skies, just a few scattered clouds. back to the west we've got rain, sleet, snow, freezing rain. this is going to be our next disturbance working our direction and will have an impact on thanksgiving. your traveling for today is going to be quiet, chilly wind, 30 this morning, sunrise at 6:45. the wind will gradually clear and quiet for the ride home. temperatures in the upper 30s and thanksgiving day will feature a little bit of light snow and maybe a shower or two, high temperatures in the upper 30s. i'll take you through the hour-by-hour forecast through thanksgiving in a few minutes. >>> good morning. watching the mass. pike this morning, things have calmed down against last night. if you're heading out soon, you will be fine heading east or west right now. it's just 30 minutes fro

early stages in boston. i have to confession. i've terrorismed to persuade him that the revolution didn't end when the british evacuated boston. it continued thereafter, the entire story is not the entire story there were that happened that happened in the american revolution, which seems to be a revelation to him, but mining this ore, he is elling it us an extraordinary story, a new story about what you would think is the one day of the american revelation april 19th, 1775, we would already have done all of the research on. we haven't. there's a lot more to be done. now i'm going to plug us for just a moment. this is the first program in a whole series of programs that relate to the theme of artillery in the american revolution. october 1st we're going to open an exhibition called boom. artillery was essential to the revolution, and washington was disparate to have a final artillery service, and his alexanderer, he developed it from a germ instate that was admired by both of french and the bridge, and they

it's not even thanksgiving yet and we had snow on the ground in the boston area. 35 boston. those are your temperatures for dinner this evening. hopefully you don't have an outdoor soccer game or field hockey going on. worcester, 36. wind gusts, miles per hour, those aren't temperatures, temperatures are already saw are colder than that. the wind advisories continue through 10:00 p.m. to the north and wells. 10:00 p.m. to the southeast. through 6:00 p.m. to the north and west, unless that gets extended by the national weather service, something we'll be watching and it makes it feel so cold. 60 in worcester. 24 in boston are your the berkshires, we're already showing that happen. it will be clearing, if not clear already in your town, eastern massachusetts tonight, and you're going to have sunshine through the day tomorrow. nice looking day coming up. temperatures in metro west, 41 ashland to natick. 42 in concord. staying in the 30's in much of worcester county tomorrow. seven-day forecast shows the storm threat for thursday. it's so cold in the morning, that when the first

the mayor says there is no specific threat to the boston area. >>> and a campus scare at boston university. police in the s.w.a.t. team swarm the school when a caller said they were barricaded with guns a fourth floor of the library. the building was evacuated. some classes were even canceled. but the incident turned out to be a hoax. police are still trying to figure out who made that call. >>> a high school football star charged with attacking a girl on cape cod pleaded not guilty as at arraignment friday. prosecutors say john allen grabbed the 14 year old and tried to strangle her as she walked to a bus stop in bourne last week. organization saying the zika virus is no longer an international public health emergency. this means on a global level the spread is under control. zika is spread by mostly infected mosquitos and can cause birth defects in children. the organization says it will work to fight the disease as well as prevent it. right now there is no vaccine or even medicine to treat zika. >>> a fire drill came with its own drama in santa clara california. the foam covg streets an

heading into boston you're fine. south 24 still okay. into boston. eastbound on the pike 15 minutes, 495 to 128. 93 southa little volume out of methuen. trains and buses doing okay. emily: we're following breaking details overnight from waltham. a person hit and killed on 128 south late last night. state police say that person was hit by several vehicles while walking in one of the southbound lanes. that accident forcing three lanes of traffic to be shut down. the name of the victi there's no indication as to why that person was walking on the highway. randy: at this hour, drivers are being warned to beware of a major highway disruption that will start tonight. emily: antoinette antonio is live in needham with the impact and what you need to know. antoinette? antoinette: this could be a huge mess this weekend as crews tear down the old highland avenue bridge here. they're shutting down the highway to do that. that means detours. a look from sky 5 at the area the new highland ave. bridge is in place. most of the old bridge is down except for the secti

for dimasi's plane brought him to boston logan. he arrived in a wheelchair and was emotional as he talked about his plans. >> a trying and difficult experience for me. and i am looking forward to just being reuniteded with my family, friends, looking forward to regaining my health. >> julie: dimasi was kickbacks for steering software contracts in massachusetts. a judge granted a compassionate release six years into his eight-year sentence. he will be under house arrest. >>> made case to spare his life in boston federal court. sampson at builted to killing three people during a crime spree in 2001. sampson's older brother showed family photos of the killer and talked about sampson's struggle in school as child. the trial will resume monday after the thanksgiving holiday. >>> transit police are investigating how one of their own officers got hurt at the suffolk down t station. we are hearing the officer may have broken his arm. t police say he was not hit by a train but the injury did delay blue line commuters. >>> 4:08. a community

every year, the province sends a tree to boston as a thank you for boston's help during 1917 halifax explosion. the city will light the tree thursday, december 4th. >> kevin: another picture of that beautiful sunset in boston today. hope you enjoyed it. not going to see one tomorrow. probably not sunday either. and the reasons are these clouds. the clouds coming from the east, and also, some from the west, but first things first, this is the one that keeps playing rope, pick your game. the clouds taking over the area through the morning tomorrow. meteorologist jason brewer will be here watching that for you and then there's this storm. this one has got the rain and eventually some snow with it. the cold front part of the system is this here and that's the leading edge. ahead of it, there's warmth. there's severe weather along the front and in indiana, severe thunderstorms. the cold air comes blowing in and look at the snow falling here. had nearly 20 inches northwest of duluth, minnesota, not sure where that is. and yourself quite a blizzard going on. that storm system is moving into

. >>> this is boston's only news at 7:00. fox25 morning news. >> gene: how you doing, everybody, hope your morning off to fantastic start, we appreciate you hanging out with us, i'm gene lavanchy. >> sara: i'm sara underwood. we will waking up to freezing temps and wind chill making it feel even fox25 shiri spear in the stormtracker weather center with the town feeling winter like. >> shiri: winter like as we head toward thanksgiving, so right now 30s in boston and down into the 20s in bedford and worcester and keene, new hampshire, so it is cold out there this morning, we got a little bit of cloud cover mixing with sun as sun comes up, check out winds, these are sustained, 18 miles per hour in worcester, 15 miles per hour in boston, i have had gusts in the city up to morning and unfortunately that's going to be an ongoing trend and even though telling you lowell gets up to 41?, going to feel more like 31? this afternoon under the mostly sunny skies. let's send you over to julie grauert now with live drive time traffic after

boston 38 degrees. on the south shore and the cape, we're in the low to mid 30's as well, but the bulk of the rainfall this morning is going to be north and west of you. what we're waiting for is some of this to cross pennsylvania to move in. this will come in or around lunchtime and bring warmer air. we will have a slow climb through the 40's as we get into the afternoon. by 5:00, it's up around 50 degrees. this evening we're going to be in the low to mid 50's. high temperatures happening after sunset today. and you can see that rain spreading in around the lunch hour. heavy at times into the afternoon and especially the evening hours along and south of the pike, downpours possible for that evening commute. we will likely see around an inch of rain. this will shift out overnight. there could be fog overnight as but again tomorrow, heavy rain coming in in the afternoon. another impact weather day for that heavy rain. this gets started around or after lunchtime. so it's going to be later in the day. we'r

of boston, primarily. we're waiting for the next batch of rain in eastern pennsylvania right now to move on in, and that will come with warmer air so the temperatures climb slowly through the 40s this afternoon. and look at that by 6:00 tonight it does warm up but it takes all day. and the steadiest rain starts to come in around or just after concern is for the commute, downpours at that time, could make things tough for traveling this evening. let's focus in on the morning commute, say good morning to olessa, watching issues out there this morning. >> we're watching a problem in lynn, thank you. first here's what's going on. we have a crew on the scene. there is for a police shooting, so if you are heading in that direction plan accordingly. the road is closed, shepherd to commercial street, and we'll have more live from the scene in just a few minutes. aside from that we're watching the delays building into andover, and as you travel the pike so far we're in good shape. 15 minutes eastbound, 495 to 128.

>>live from the channel studios in boston, this is wbz -- the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz this morning. >>> i'm chris mckinnon. >>and i'm kate merrill. it is wednesday, the fina the calendars tomorrow, danielle, and tomorrow's going to feel like the beginning of fall. >>it's not going to feel like december, that's for sure. we're going to be about 10 degrees above average. we have fog out there this morning up and down the connecticut river. a dense fog has been issued for visibility a quarter of a mile unless until 9:00 a.m. this morning. you'll see rapidly changing conditions this morning. marsh field. nonetheless fog is really the only thing holding you back this morning. 44 in boston, but 50ss taunton, 37 in manchester, 39 in keene. clouds will be filling back in and a limited sunshine once the sun comes up. notice showers extending into central portions of pennsylvania arriving midday and early afternoon. even though it's dry now you want have the umbrella or rain development another evening commute feet trying to think downpours -- umbrella or rain coat.

forward to specialized treatment in boston. he served five years of an eight-year prison sentence for corruption charges. >> it was a summer with very little rain. could that mean a winter with less snow? storm team 5 talking with a weather guru. a rescue as an elephant gets trapped. quick thinking that got him t zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. this black friday at the volkswagen >> this is a question a lot of us would like answered. >> how much snow are we going to get? our weather expert judah cohen weather winter. he the director of fasting at atmosphere and environmental research. by studying the snow cover in sigh beeria, he estimates 75 inches in boston. that's about 30 inches above normal. he says climate change could be a factor. >> the warm arctic decreases the ice, but also makes more moisture available. we get these snow blitzes. that's where we get the more severe weather episodes. >> he said we could see cold sn

mainly clear skies over boston right now. but down in southeastern massachusetts we have got the cloud cover basically from plymouth out to the cape. these clouds are not going to last the entire day as the high pressure noses in. readings in the 40s, otherwise 39 in boston. 20s in northern worcester county and we are going to see the clouds exit so notice how bright it is. some late day clouds may fill in, but overall it's a quiet weather day today with the temperatures coming up by your lunch hour to near 50. and we'll top out in the lower 50s this afternoon. with a southwesterly wind developing at 10 to 15 miles per hour this afternoon, and that southwesterly wind will keep us in the 40s overnight, and so it's a mild start tomorrow and we watch this frontal boundary drop in a the winds pick up and the temperatures drop. colder weather settling in as temperatures drop into the 40s in the afternoon. it's an impact weather day for the gusty winds. notice they are close to 30 miles per hour right on into the evening and that i

noontime dry in boston. drying out in half an hour in boston. we are done with those batch of showers. next round comes in between 1 and 2 p.m. not as heavy or widespread because the tail end falls apart. dealing with scattered showers from mid to late afternoon. for wet travels. it doesn't look like we will see a ton of downpours out there, and kevin lemanowicz will start tracking them for you right here on fox25 starting at 4 p.m. just so everybody knows exactly what they are going to encounter this afternoon huge range in temperature from 65 to 68 in plymouth and providence, rhode island. 59 in boston and beverly. 59 in worcester, but we only have 55 in nashua and 54 in portsmouth, new hampshire. if your town or c the list, pull up the fox25 weather app. not just the highs but the hour-by-hour breakdown. for the day tomorrow it is going to be cooler and highs teetering around the 50-degree mark. we start with clouds and clear them out. we have wind that we will be talking a lot about tomorrow and the wind gust could be anywhere from 15 to 30

>> oh, it is boston university. police department. l. work to. boston boston police. and you probably have some. you i can there no device sore person cause harm. that's threat. whatever it is. not val let at the will be going painstakingly through that building. sometime we do 2 or 3 times to make sure we didn't miss anything. to make sure whatever was threatened that they either addressed that threat and nit gate or they prove it was not credible threat. information so far has been hard obviously police have a bigger concern right now whatever that may be. but because you are dealing with a college atmosphere lot of students and lot of concerned paren as you pointed out what point will more information sort of come out so this is can explain to people here's what's dealing with and maybe calm the fears. of those parents who have kids at bu? >> we work with a college universities this is big challenge. you want to get information that's out that's accurate you to give. however, within 15 minutes situation like this does change. you want issue alert saying, still on g

we're 54 in boston right now. 57 in manchester. i am tracking a little bit of rn , light showers for the most part, not a huge issue this morning not going to slow you down all that much, a few showers generally light traveling along 93 and stretching along route 125. a for more back over to harvard along 110. mainly north of manchester up near concord. you'll need the wipers that's the first batch but more wet weather back to the west across new york and pennsylvania. notice the motion of it although, kind of moving off to the east northeast so a lot of the steady rain is going to miss us to the north. we'll get into some scattered showers through the remainder of the afternoon and southern new england. between now and mid to late morning chance of a shower generally north of boston. then you know downpours fill in across vermont new hampshire and early afternoon, pockets of rain fill in between 1 and 2:00 for boston, metro west, steady rain through southern new hampshire, worcester county. takes a little longer from the south sho

and what will it be in boston through the day? temperatures will slowly go up and we'll be just a little bit higher than yesterday when i think boston maxes out around 48 early this afternoon. and periodically there will be mist and rain falling but no heavy downpours, but enough to make it damp. we have the temperatures off to the north and west, 21 degrees in mount washington. there has been snow up there at the sum its and there will continue to be snowshoers in the mountains over the weekend. many ski areas are open, by the way, have been a few in the last several days, but many more are opening up today. so check with your favorite ski resort, but many unlimited basis, but there are trails open for your skiing pleasure. those are the temperatures across the northeast. the highs will be mostly in the upper 40s around boston, low to middle 40s in central mass. and the national highs will be like this, 30s and 40s grass the great -- across the great lakes and even the 80s in florida. 82 in orlando today. not much weak low -- not

. >> questions from a crime scene in boston. what police need to know about what they call a domestic attack. >> a string of crimes in quincy, some targeting a mosque. the security that couldn't stop the suspect. >> new names in the running for the president-elect's ca major post. it's on the eye for this wednesday morning. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. >> state's attorney general is reviewing a website that provides babysitters and adult caregivers. >> that's coming up in minutes. first we want to get to cindy. >> after a soaker yesterday, morning. 52 degrees with a light southerly wind. notice fog in worcester right now. visibility a quarter of a mile there. half a mile in lawrence. the fog is going to slow you down in spots this morning. only in the 40s towards worcester and orange. otherwise, low and mid 50s. also, a couple of patches of mist and drizzle. nothing heavy. but you may encounter that this morning. storm from yesterday out. with a westerly wind, it's going to help to dry us out. by lunchtime, we'

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boston will make it out of this with .2 inches of rain. the further north the higher the rainfall totals, quarter to half an inch of rain into southern new hampshire and we are looking into trace amounts up to a 10th over southeastern mast and that's where it is going to be warmest because it stays driest for longer. 54 degrees in boston. no measurable rain as of yet. i wouldn't be shocked to see especially between 6 and 7:00 a shower passed across the boston be excluded for this morning rain chance here. there is a chance kind of in between. we have 50s to start. we have upper 60s, close to 60 to end and afternoon that your rain chance also go up again because we got this stalled-out front along it. we are seeing these showers again rated throughout the day in southern new hampshire. very cool, wet. warm we are more breaks in the clouds south of the city. it is kind of tough. a tale of two completely different areas. that 7 a.m. shower i was mentioning between now and 8 a.m., get ready for passing rain along and north of the mass pike. by

emily: also breaking, a deadly crash in east boston. boston e.m.s. confirming one person was killed in the single-car crash along the mcclellan highway. it happened just before 11:00 last night. that car landing on its roof. no word yet on how this happened or whether there were any other victims. colombia. a charter plane crashed there. 81 people onboard including members of a brazilian soccer team. investigators say prior to the crash in rio negro, the plane declared an emergency due to an electrical failure. there are reports this morning of just five survivors. of the 81 people onboard, 72 were passengers, nine crew members. emily: investigators in ohio are searching for a motive after a campus attack. ohio state university campus. he then jumped out of the car with a butcher knife. artan was shot dead by a campus police officer. investigators are looking into a facebook post by artan just moments before the attack. he'd posted, "i can't take it anymore" in reference to the treatment of muslims on campus. police are investigating if this was a te

we hit 70 in boston. today will be mi going to be that warm and we are tracking a couple of showers. 54 in boston right now, 56 in worcester, lower 50s down over cape cod. a little cooler to the north. that's kind of the theme today, the farther north you go the cooler it gets. 48 in manchester, 45 in con ford. a couple of scattered showers. not a big issue but you'll 1. a quick sprinkle and there are a couple more on the way. so you'll need the wipers on there. a few more showers from new hampshire back south of manchester through nashua and right along the mass new hampshire border and a couple more light in rochester. there's another area of rain you notice back through western new york and pennsylvania. see the motion though of all of it kind of off to the east, n to pass to the north. we'll get some showers but most of it is going to be wrapping up by the time we get to the evening commute. so let's time things out. the next couple of hours you may get a shower, boston, metro west points north little

four boston police officers are hurt overnight. randy: what triggers the violence in dorchester, that's ahead this morning. but first cindy is busyti head into the holidays. >> right. >> and try to pull up the travel delays because there are none and that is great news, so many people are up early-this day before thanksgiving, going to be doing some traveling and that's a great thing. you can see that we have clear skies in boston. >> absolutely. but you look at the middle of the country, and it is a different story. you can see the strip of rain from chicago down through the gulf coast and up towards minneapolis, and that is snow, and that's what we're watching here as we get into the day tomorrow, that whole system is pressure, which is really dominating the northeast so from the canada border down through the mid atlantic states, quiet weather, mainly clear skies, there are some ocean effect clouds on the mid and outer cape, and not the case in boston at all with the clear skies. it is chilly. the temperature running at 33 in to

boston common. the protest that erupted against the president-elect. >>> three local men headed out on a boat for election day and haven't been seen since. the ongoing search to bring them home safely. >>> good morning on this thursday morning, november to 10. hope your morning is off to a great start, i am gene lavanchy. >> sara: i am sara underwood. 30s and 40s as you get out today. break out your sweater, puffy jacket. meteorologist shiri spear says it is cool but actually not in the fox25 stormtracker weather center with a bright and seasonably day ahead. >> getting ready to tackle. grabbing the same jacket this morning. we have more 30s and 40s on the map. warm spot southeastern massachusetts where we have cloud cover. dipping all the way down to 29 in fitchburg. so a couple of outliars this morning. the winds are a little more active at the coast and down to the cape as well, so a breeze on top of that. coming up in a little while for your hour-by-hour forecast is in melrose and temperatures h

boston 58, 59 in bedford today. upper 50s for many of us. 44 downtown, the suburbs may dip briefly into the upper 30s in a couple of spots. the wind about 5 to ten miles per hour. and the west-northwest breeze will continue for tomorrow. highs will be middle to upper 50s for most of us. end of the week is around 60 degrees. saturday we start with a little bit of sun and then the clouds will win out. sunday it looks mainly cloudy and there'll likely be some showers around that may end with a couple of snowflakes sunday night bringing us a cool-down. we're in the 40s for the start of next week. >>> there are it crews working inside the tunnal in both directions on the pike this morning. we're also checking out the entire way. 35 minutes from 495 over to the tunnal. and matthew t. is making it easier to plan any commute around massachusetts by launching their new website. all you do is enter where you're leaving from, heading to and a time and a day. you choose any special need you might have like traveling with a whee

>>we have a lot of colleges in boston. >>that's true. we have a lot of colleges in boston. it's very cold here in the winter. >>we've had some really sad losses in the sports world good party. >>exactly. still ahead this morning, gift cards becoming a go-to holiday gift, but do people want them? >>> plus saying thank you to servicemen and women, what some restaurants are doing today to give back. >>> what better day than veteran's day to open new affordable housing for our vets. why this type of housing is crucial to bring to south boston most of us are running in the 40s right now. eric says 48 degrees with clear skies. i like the picture he posted honoring our veterans. he said "thank you veterans for all that have served," with the american flag taken yesterday afternoon. the flags will be blowing about. we're going to have the >>> it's 5:40 right now. the special deals in service of men and women in honor of veteran's day. >>and what investors are hoping for from donald trump's presidency. jill wagner joins us with today's money watch. good morning, jill. >> reporter: g

>>> a massive police response in boston university. please received a phone call making threats to the campus. authorities took er shut down, evacuated and searched. spirit please -- >> the caller remained on the line with police close to 10 minutes. we have life team coverage for you this noon. live on the scene at bu.>> it started with a call to bu police at about 8:30 am this morning. a man seine handguns, explosive and hostage on the fourth floor real deal. they evacuated the building, shutdown area only to find it was a hoax.>> students warned to stay way from the library at boston university. as heavily armed teams the police responded to what they thought was an active shooter. >> the call came from a male individual stating that he was barricaded inside room for 20 on the fourth floor. he mentioned the room a short time later the was another call that he had just shot a hostage inside that room.>> police a dispatcher engaged what they described as a male with an accent for 10 minutes. heightening the alarm.>> the last year or t

boston will see a low around 30 degrees. on thanksgiving, watching a chance for light snowfall and maybe spotty, freezing drizzle. the best spot would be in northern worcester county and northern and we'd mainly be talking about rain showers in southeastern massachusetts as temperatures would be too warm to talk about snowfall. and friday morning a chance for freezing drizzle. >>> keep an eye on the holiday forecast any time with the cbs boston weather app. it's free in the google or apple app stores. >>> five children killed in a horrific school bus crash and crashed on purpose. liam martin is here with the story. >> reporter: federal investigators now on that scene of the deadly wreck. the driver in custody, facing homicide charges and something he said to the kids right before the crash suggests this was no accident. a tow truck hauled away the wreckage of the school bus that carried 35 woodmore elementary it killed one boy and four girls. >> jasmine ma teen lost one of her three children on the bus. the mother made serio

. >>> and live from the channel 4studios in boston it is wbz news this morning. >>> good morning everybody everybody! i'm kate merrill. >>> concerns about some coastal flooding out there. >> because of that supermoon niles. >> it is about the king tides. a coastal flood advisories is up and down the coastline from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. coastal residents we have you on alert for minor coastal floodings that will likely be widespread, if you live in these areas if you flooded last time during high tides cycles, vulnerable shore roads and even basements will flood late morning 48 in boston, widespread 40s out the door, 50s when you comeback to cape cod. we have cooler readings, keen at 29. rain going to be moving in during the day today there have been a couple showers along the south coast a touch of light rain from the outer cape right now what happens during the day is the rain fills in particularly from late morning through the afternoon so see how it gets steadier? your evening commute will downpours that may result in urban or low-lying flooding have the wet gear with you temperatures ri

boston superintendent dr. tommy chang telling the herald that the mattahunt elementary school would be transformed into an early learning center. he presented the proposal to the school committee last night. back in 2012 the school was labeled an underperforming school by the state, and it has been under review since september. >> and comedian bill cosby was back in court for a pretrial hearing as his lawyer tries to get the sexual assault case against him thrown out. the lawyer says that the comedian's eyesight has deteriorated to the point that he cannot identify his accusers in photographs or otherwise. to help with his defense caused the lawyer, is also trying to get a felony charge dismissed before the trial next june. >> and a big settlement for hulk hogan ending a fight with gawker. company reaching an agreement. hogan sued gawker after it posted a sex tape of him. gawker filed for bankruptcy after that judgment, shut down the website, and sold the assets to univision. randy: on the verge of logging 2 b

for today's highs, we're hitting a high of 48 degrees in boston, marshfield and boston. massachusetts, that's where we see a few upper 30's on the board. that's something we'll see as we head into tomorrow as well. seven-day forecast, we're drying out into your sunday. monday, brighter. we start to see things warming up. but with that warm-up we're seeing some showers heading our way. we actually have a system moving in from the west helping to bring that warmth in from the south initially with a warm front, but eventually that cold front pushes through, brings those showers into the area. we'll be tracking that from thursday. and, yes, thursday is the first day of december, and look at that, we are seeing temperatures well into the 50's, doug. so a very strange pattern as we're kicking off the next mo month. doug: i love how you dropped in dessert in your forecast. thank you, kelly ann. programs -- perhaps many of you are busy putting up the christmas tree. i met a local man whose family has been in the business for >> my family's been selling christmas over 60 years. d

boston 41 degrees here. at 3 p.m., the windy conditions continue into the evening hours and i will show you when they finally let up and where in new england we get substantial snow accumulation here. julie is back with live drive time traffic. >> things are back on the roads because so early. watch out for slippery spots because of the weather. the pike looks good. 93 south and route 1 are clear. live drive times. single digits on the 11 minutes on 128 northbound from westwood to the weston tolls. >>> a northborough family has been forced from their home after a suv plowed right through the front. fox25's jessica reyes live at the scene this morning. jess, this actually started with a police chase. >> it did, daniel. not too far from here, it came to northborough on hudson street and ended here at this house. you can see it is all boarded up. the suv crashed into this house early yesterday morning while the family was sleeping and now they can't liver will for months. photos from early yesterday morning and

on the show today, two programs doing great things with the youth of boston. and then we will professional body-builder who works with our seniors, keeping them fit and strong. but up first, the 75th anniversary of the formation of the famed tuskegee airmen. they were the first african-american military aviators in the united states armed force, called into action during world war ii. the primary mission of those fighter pilots was to protect american bombers in the skies. at first, many questioned could succeed as aviators. but they proved to be so good at their job that by the end of the war, their services were in high demand by white bomber pilots. while serving in a segregated military, these brave and historic pilots and their support teams fought farb itch abroad and racism at home. i recently had the honor of participating in the celebration of the tuskegee airmen at umass-boston. among the airmen honored that the event were fighter pilots george hardy both men served in world war ii,, korea, and vietnam. charles mcgee hold it is u.s. air force record

to the city of boston. a search for a new location is underway. reebok becoming the latest big sneaker company to move to a new facility in boston, joining converse and new balance, plus, g.e. is moving into the seaport. to the city of boston. they made -- when they talked to me about it, they were open to a lot of different places. >> the reporter: there are approximately 950 employees here at reebok's world headquarters in canton. reebok says 650 of those employees will move to its new location if boston and that leaves around 300 workers, half will transfer out-of-state, the other half, about 150 workers, are expected to lose their jobs. in canton, chris flanagan, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: get ready, big changes are coming to our forecast after a few days of mild weather here in the city of boston and all over our area. tonight, kevin is talking about a big cooldown that's on the way. >> kevin: sure is. it's not going to happen right away, but we're seeing cooler temperatures as is typical at night. i've

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we hit 70 in boston. of boston right now, a little light area of rain that's left over this is going or off the coastline in the next 15 minutes or so. some showers stretching along route 3, these will push off the coast in the next 25 minutes or so. and north of boston a couple light showers and a few sprinkles. that is about it. that this is batch 1ha right now. another batch coming back through central new york right now and northern pennsylvania. notice the motion off to the east, northeast. so a lot of the steady rain will pass off to our north. we will just see a little batch of rain generally north and west. plenty of dry times today. there maybe some sun here and there. 11 app mainly dry, rain north of manchester and concord. manchester fills back in around look what happens 2:00 raining again in boston but a brief batch that comes in and goes out pretty quickly. notice who's removed down to the cape and islands. comes through quickly. the evening commute should be mh a shower or 2 around and part

57 in boston. particularly for the cape and islands where we'll see gusts up to 40. the wind advisory that stays in effect until 1:00 a.m. overnight tonight because the wind is going to stay strong. clear and chilly, 25 to 30 in the suburbs. 34 downtown boston. highs tomorrow in the upper 40s, low 50s, that is about it. a cooler an average day, but at least the sun will be out saturday and sunday. 57 for a norwood, 58 in fits burg. plenty of sunshine, a beautiful sunday. clear and chilly, 44 degrees, the wind will not be an issue. 60 on monday. it looks like a pleasant start next week and then the next area of low pressure will come and bring a chance of rain tuesday and temperatures in the mid 50s traffic and weather twinsky this morning. >>> police have shut down one lane on route 20 saying a water main break has made a mess. police are on the scene and the water department is responding as well. you'll want to avoid this area on route 20 for right now, kate. >>> 700 custodians at harvard say the

moving across the zakim bridge in boston. still dark at this hour, but we're going to have a nice, more pleasant sunrise this morning. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm randy price. emily: i'm emily riemer along with cindy and olessa this morning. feels pretty cold in some spots. cindy: yeah. emily: but it's a wide range. cindy: definitely milder on the cape this morning. temperatures here running in the 40's. elsewhere, it's cold. 20's and 30's. you see our sunrise this morning at 6:25. average high this time of year we're going to be a little bit below that today. you can see it's only 25 in orange. 37 in boston. there are those 40's on the cape. look at the winds. they're gusting 20, 30 miles per hour. and that wind has brought in some clouds. you can see them moving across the cape this morning. they're associated with a big storm offshore that's moving away. high pressure's nosing in. elsewhere, skies are clear. these clouds in the cape may linger through about lunchtime or so before they kind of slowly dissipa

now in boston. normally we hit the lowest on november 4th. the latest has been on december 6th and last year october 19th, so we're a little bit behind schedule compared to la nonetheless, it feels like a different season this morning. look at the snow still flying in spots, mainly flurries from boston to brighton stretching west. acton. up to new hampshire, some snow flying out there. roast of the roads are okay, but it may be slick in a few spots. you can see the counterclockwise spin, the big today, high pressure will be building in behind t the flurries come to an end this morning. then it's about the wind. the sun will be breaking out today in spots and temperatures struggle to get out of the 30s this afternoon. tomorrow looks like a beautiful day. the wind won't be as strong meant most of us will be gusting -- the wind won't be as strong. >>> most of us will be gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. overnight decrease 25 to 30 in the suburbs, about 32 in downtown boston. high temperature tomorrow re

boston. inland as well. you might allow for extra time for your travel this morning. we track some of those showers onto the coast for later this morning and afternoon. right now we're mainly dry. we have clouds stuck in place. a few showers trying to make its way toward the cape and island. we'll be watching that throughout the day. temperatures getting out of the 30's and into the 40's as we head into the afternoon. doug and antoinette, i'll have a look at the track of the rainfall and what's expected as we see a warm-up later this week. doug: thank you. now more on that breaking news. the world reacting this morning to the death of antoinette: castro's brother, raul castro, announcing his brother's death last night, saying that he will be cremated this morning. fidel castro, one of the longest serving heads of state of cuba. he was a self-appointed president for life. banning free speech, freedom of assembly as well as a free press. he is responsible for thousands of executions and incarce

boston itself at 36. it is frosty to kick things off. duxbury at 35 and dealing a couple more clouds hugging the coast and island. will keep things a little milder. we go up to 48 degrees at noon clouds. running very bright. 50 at 3 p.m. break down who is in the low and mid-50s and who will be close to 70 coming up in ten minutes. back over to you, catherine, for live drive time traffic. >> reporter: a look at how the roads are doing south of the city no real problems on the expressway. also route 3 moving along just fine. moving up just a.bit, the pike, no big problems there either. that is good. deconstruction work continues. here is a look at the zakim bridge, leverett connector, volume still light. the drive times for you on the pike, 25 minutes, route 9. 17 minutes, route 16. showing that you are jammed up. will take you eight minutes there. >>> a 4-year-old remains hospitalized being hit by a car while trick or treating. the lowell sun reports that at boy had a serious if not life-threatening head injury. it happened on marshal str

and maybe a couple of sprinkles in boston. farther northwest of the i-95 corridor it'll be cloudy central mass. there may be a few breaks of sun in the afternoon. as a developing storm is offshore it could be changing to snow on sunday. lower 50s southeast, lower 40s in parts of worcester county. mid 30s to low 40s for lows tomorrow. and highs tomorrow should be for 7 days looking ahead cooler weather sunday as it tries to become partly sunny with a few breaks of sun and a chance of a snow flurry, but the wind will get gustier. finally we have a sunny day monday and rain developing by tuesday and more rain coming in wednesday afternoon. you get the idea it's kind of unsettling and gloomy the next several days, brianna. >>barry, thank you. >>> lege the roads. zakham bridge, lever connector, volume is starting to build out there. you can see it's filling in there in the back left side of your screen. no major issues to report. >>> a family's last-ditch to try solve a cold case. >>> a state trooper involved in a crash. a crash on

boston. a witness describes the chaotic scene. >> the guy that got shot, he had to come out to the street. he was right over there. and he kent on saying he couldn't breathe, he couldn't breathe. so the girl said, stay with us, stay with us. is still going on. >> jennifer: and this morning the investigation continues. police are still searching for the two suspects. in the newsroom, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: all right, jen, thank you. happening today, the driver accused of hitting and dragging a billerica police officer is due in court. according to the "globe," 28-year-old eric overland turned himself in to police on saturday one day after this alleged assault and battery. this all started when two officers were investigating some investigators say one of the officers approached the car. that's when the suspect threw a needle on the floor, put the car in reverse, and then struck the officer. he was dragged roughly 15 feet, but he's said to be recovering. >> sa

a teenager hit by a car in boston. the new details we're learning overnight. >> polling information toss dollars out in the city o who's behind this. >> and world series champions. the cubs have finally done it after a century-long title drought. what a game. a nail-biter for both sides. >> still celebrating in chicago. >> they had a rain delay as hampshire. showers in northern worcester county stretching towards 495. showers a little bit more widespread across southern new hampshire this morning. there's not a lot of wind, but the temperatures are mild. we're running in the 50s in most spots. 50 for boston, 57 in worcester right now. there's a front draped across our area. there will be a difference today in the temperatures. notice the in the 50s. to the south, around 70. the farther north you are, the cooler it is. through the morning hours, the bulk of shower activity is north of the pike through about lunchtime. once we get into the afternoon hours, notice a period of showers coming through. so there will be some

what two u mass boston and now sideline ford the next game. >> a boston marathon movie set to debut. the emotional reaction it's receiving from some of the people who saw it first. >>> we're seeing dry skies for your friday. but our next frontal system pushes from the west. bringing some wet weather for the weekend. i'll time it out for you after the break. and we're bintroducing you to a couple of class abilities. they are working to bring different types of students together. who says i shouldn't have my doctor.y day? my dentist. definitely my wife. hey wait. we have better bubbles. make sparkling water at home and drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. denny's knows the holidays should be shared with friends and family. except denny's all-new holiday pancakes. you won't want to share those with anybody. >> we continue to follow the developing situation at boston university. there's some sort of emergency situation. bu sending out an alert to avoid the area. we have crew working the scene now. we don't have a lot of informationment. but i appears to be at library. they have a

boston again trump rally and grew into thousand marching on boston common. it was created the boston socialist students a self-described movement for the 99%. >> trump has said hideous things ability women and immigrants about people of color. al o we want to build a united movement to press back against what we think is going to be his repressive agenda. >> i personally do not agree with the outcome of the election. and want to make sure that whatever happens our country stays united. roads were closed as the protest which continue to grow marched up beacon street and back to the statehouse. rally was peaceful. we have adequate resources to deal with the crowd. and they were cooperative. boston police estimate they grew to 4,000 people. thrp not any arrests. in boston, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >>> so in addition to the president-elect's white house meeting today trump will also receive another briefing today as he moves forward in his new position. let's check in with sarah for what. they will meet in oval office later on this morning.

boston is 42. it is a dry start, but it looks like more rain today to our south and west primarily after lunchtime. we go through the morning, the fog burns off, a lot of clouds. temperatur around 50 at lunchtime. it's after lunchtime that we start to see that steadier rain get in here. but temperatures in the 50s down on cape cod today. so it's another mild one. we'll watch the showers start to by midafternoon, 3:00, 4:00, this is the heavier rain getting into worcester. once again, it is shifting toward boston for that evening commute. so it looks like another tough evening commute. get you out to the morning commute, though. that fog will slow folks down. oles: this stretch of the expressway here looking ok. here's a look by the o'neill tunnel. the rest of the overnight construction just about expressway north into the o'neill tunnel. that picked up. so did the project on 93 north by route 24. route 3 looks good. no no problems from sharon. 128 is quiet. the pike, 15 minutes eastbound 495 to 128