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expressway start to go build a little bit of volume. 10-15 braintree to boston. looking good on the pike this morning.

we're about 10 degrees warmer than that now in boston. it's 42 worcester. you can see some mid 40's on the cape. and look at your 12-hour

emily: but for some people around boston it' s a real life story of ruin. george christin and his daughter audrey watched last night' s debut but they already know how it ends. george lost much of his retirement fund to madoff' s scheme. he says richard dreyfuss' character is spot on. >> absolutely ruthless. at the same time, very personable.

these are lifting northward toward boston. a good idea to have an umbrella. there could be a spot shower this morning. winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. there' s a little bit of fog on the cape and also nantucket. look at these temperatures. it is so warm outside. 54 in boston. 53 in worcester. all the way up to poor stir, new hampshire.

so it is that wind that has prompted this blizzard warning here south of boston all the way down through the cape and the islands. this is through 7:00 this evening. outside of that, most of us under a winter storm warning. that goes through early tomorrow morning. stronger winds.

once you get around boston, probably 1-3 inches and the amounts drop off the further west you go. things will quiet down as we dry out tomorrow afternoon. it looks nice on saturday, around 40 degrees.

right now a sandwich woman is being held on bail accused of dragging a woman under her car through boston. xaianying zhou hid her face in court yesterday. she pleaded not guilty. police want her blood tested for alcohol and drugs in yesterday's crash. emily: a weymouth firefighter is suspended without pay over a facebook post about narcan. on his personal page, veteran firefighter mark carron called and suggested letting addicts die. he's now been suspended for ninety days. right now police are investigating a hoax threat involving a massachusetts congresswoman. randy: the eye's doug meehan is live in melrose with the scare on her front lawn. doug: randy, emily. police here in melrose still trying to figure out how this all happened. congresswoman katherine clark says she looked outside sunday

south of boston, there is a winter storm watch up. randy? randy: starting today a familiar face is coming to newscenter 5. maria stephanos joins the team. she' ll join ed harding to anchor

boston fire fighters going door to door in charlestown on bolton place checking homes after high levels of carbon monoxide were found in one apartment. firefighters on the scene say no one was hurt. the checks are being made as a precaution. antoinette: a massive tree limb breaks under the weight of the

it has been extended for the north shore for boston for

boston 6.4 officially at logan. 5.5 in the worcester area. that storm continues to pull out.