Yeah we are in the 40s, so mild start out the door this morning, temperature is 46 degrees in boston and the average high is typically in year. Southwest breeze at 409 miles and hour, we are all running in the 40s, 43 wooster and nashua. Temperatures are uniform because we have clouds in place, dont expect a whole lot of sunshine. But, the good news is i think we stay mainly dry, there may be a couple patches of fog or drizzle, despite the clouds we do manage to come out of the 40s for rush hour, low 50s by southeast breeze, cloudy and mild, 54 for the ride home, approaching from west to east. I am going to time it out hour by hour, good morning robi. Far, we do have an accident north of the city, lets take a look at the map. Up by manchester. Total Traffic Network tells me two lanes are blocked up there. Only the breakdown lane is getting by right now. So occ obviously well keep an eye on that one. Bree, kathryn. Closing arguments are expected today in the case of the scan veries teen charged with killing his math teacher. And jurors could have the case by the end of the day. Good morning, louise is a. Reporter kathryn, closing arguments will be black and white, defense expected to say their client was in the throws of a psychotic outbreak. After several grueling weeks in court and repeated views of video, jurors are finally expected to decide whether 16 yearold philip chism was criminally insane when he followed his math teacher Colleen Ritzer into a bathroom and was raped and killed. Intended to keep his fingerprints from being detectable would suggest he was aware of the wrongful necessary. But the defense told a different story of a young man who suffered from sigh cosis since age ten, the trial postponed as questions were competency. He does have a fantasy life and that he might choose to retreat to that. Like the trial which the 24yearolds death including how her body was outcome sure to be emotional and dramatic. Ritzers family has worn her favorite color, pink. Prosecutors have said in the past that philip chism famed mental illness, that might be Something Else we hear today. Thank you. Today the redline operator whose train took off without him faces a disciplinary hearing, wbz found out a rubber cord was wrapped around the lot he will control. Lot he will control. The mbta Operations Center heard about the train within a minute, they brought the train to a halt. There is no question that i am sure that 9 minute duration felt like and hour to them. Wbz has learned the driver of that train, David Vazquez around a lot he will control, he flipped a bypass switch and forgot to remove the cord, the train barreled past four stops with 50 passengers on board. We are confident that this was and isolated incident where a single individual appears to have made multiple errors. Today the governor will honor two employees who worked to stop the train while the operator could be fired. In any way wedging or restricting the movement would be a prohibited act that would subject the operator to termination. Officials say theyve given verbal and written reminders to operators that they cant wrap anything around the accelerate rate i dont remember. This morning investigators are looking into a house fire firefighters responded to the house on burncoat street last night. Its a shame at this time of sea son that a loss of life sadness. It was a shock, we saw them going into the house, you could tell when the smoke was coming out it wasnt good. The state fire marshal says they believe the fire started on the first floor, possibly in the living room. Fire investigators are searching for the cause of a fire at an apartment complex, these flames broke out around 9 00 at the roast immediate apartment rose immediate mead rosemeade. Pats get much needed offense, but the return of Ron Gronkowski and the spike, absolutely. Houston. Highlights and post game reaction. Well good morning everyone, the patriots havent lost three games in a row since 2002. Thanks to the defense, patriots a beat the texans. We knew ron was going to play, he played well. Patriots second drive of the game, takes it inside the ten touchdown of the game. Into the half we go, brady, he finds brady from a yard out, four catches, 8. 7 yards and a touchdown, pats led 176 in the half. Welcome back gronk, and finishing touch, james white from two yards out. Patriots win 276, brady spoke of his allpro tight end. He made a great game to start the game. Im proud of him. You know, he is obviously a part of what we do. Its great to have him out there. He is a great player, great teammate. Blocking, you know, past protecting. Obviously in the past game, Short Intermediate deep, good matchups, its great there. So the patriots control their own destiny, theyll be the top seed come playoff time. First up the Tennessee Titans next sunday right here at gillette stadium, im steve burton, guys, back to you. Shooting raising questions about the use of deadly force, Surveillance Video shows the moment two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies fired multiple shots at his mother questions the police. Appears that this young man crawled to his death, he was shot again and again and again. Deputies fired 33 rounds, robertson was pronounced dead at the scene, local civil rights leaders are calling from an independent investigation. Today flags across connecticut will fly at half staff to mark the three Year Anniversary of the School Shooting in town. School Officials Say they will try to make today as normal as possible for students. This is the first time anniversary falls on a weekday. Three years after the tragedy of sandy hook, boston will unveil a new billboard to honor the victims. The billboard will highlight massachusetts gun laws and ask congress to take action, again 20 children and six adults were Wooster Police touts the successful gun buy back, turned in 225 firearms including 50 replica pellet guns, police handed out gift cards for up to 75, this is the 14th year for woosters gun buy back program. A new roll Shows Growing support for texas senator ted cruz, 10 points is ahead of donald trump. And on the democratic side a new nbc news wall street journal poll finds Hillary Clinton would beat cruz and trump in a general election matchup but lose to marco rubio, showing ben carson who is in fourth place,. Meanwhile vermont senator Bernie Sanders will be in new college students, he will be at afternoon. Coming up, the suspect in a deadly car crash heads to court today. What the suspect had in his system at the time of the accident. The vote this week on weather to raise the age requirement for buying tobacco in boston. Good morning bree, temperatures in the 40s out the door right now, so mild start and despite the clouds today, we come into the 50s this afternoon, another mild one, im tracking areas of rain, ill let you know when rain phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. You dont look a day over 70. Am i right . R jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, you stay young forever. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. You make me feel so young. Its what you do. You make me feel welcome back, it is 5 14 right now, a lot of people taking advantage of the warm weather over the weekend. Yeah, and to make it extra special they wore holiday costumes, 150 people road from arlington through harvard square, finally on to the hat shell and the annual jingle ride, they stopped and sang Christmas Carols along the way. I was just thinking, does anybody still do caroling, you know how you used to go caroling through a neighborhood. This is a merry bunch. Yeah, on bikes. I like the santa hats, the snowflake. The aunt letters, very cute. Very cute. It kind of felt bizarre this weekend, it was pretty mild. It felt more like they should have been wearing halloween costumes. We were in the 50th, we hit 60s in some spots. Now if you didnt get a chance to see our wbz eye on weather special, i want to give you an outlook on snow fall forecast here for the season, okay. So first of all, when you put the numbers on here, the first thing you notice it is not nearly going to be as bad as last year particularly along the south coast, cape and islands, either side of average in and around the city of boston, typical clastic winter, wooster county ends up with a little more snow fall compared to everybody else. That is what we are thinking boston 40 inches, gives usa little bit of leeway, and it looks like right now the tail end of winter, lets say the end of january and february where we start to see a shock of colder air coming in. You can see the full forecast there. In the meantime 40s out the door this morning, mild, 46 degrees in boston, above what our average High Temperature is at this time of year. Clouds are in place, it will be overcast, there may be breaks here or there but i think they will be few and far between, there is a slow risk we could see a couple patches of drizzle and fog. Our neighbors to the north, maine right now, central and Eastern Maine dealing with ice and snow, that is actually warm front that is lifting northward. We are waiting on this rain that is to our west coming through indiana, kentucky and tennessee, this rain is going to approach by this evening. Today is dry even though 8 00 p. M. Rain moving in pretty quickly. They continue overnight but tomorrow morning they are gone. The wind is going to be quite gusty, 3040 Miles Per Hour, but it will still be mild. High temperatures tomorrow around 60. Wednesday new area of pressure building in, so highs will be in the mid 40s, a noticeable change as we head too the middle part of the week. Notice through the evening between 7 008 309 00, overnight tonight, steadiest along the coast, most of us might end up with halfinch of rain, sun breaks out quickly. Temperatures today do come into the 50s despite the clouds. Its gradual process, temperatures continue to rise overnight. Tomorrow gusty wind, much cooler on wednesday. And then another round of rain head into the weekend. Traffic and weather together, robi. With the mild weather and rain coming, i cleaned the leaves. From the gutters. That is one of the scariest things, i had my 12yearold son holding the bottom of the ladder. My name is on the ladder with a leaf blower blowing the leaves out of the gutter. That is not smart. He was fine though, right . You are not watching, are you, earl, probably still lying in the back yard. Not very busy, we do have an accident north of boston, manchester by the sea, is 928 south bound at school street, exit 15, two lanes are blocked, only the breakdown lane is getting by right now, but its early so we are not seeing significant backup yet. Hopefully they get that cleared soon. Bree, kathryn. Thank you very much. Crash is heading to court today, 33yearold mike at burns was high on drugs when he hit and killed a man on friday. The victim 71yearold Joseph Bradley was hit by trying to get to his roadside stand where he was selling christmas jobs, he has been doing that job for over 40 years,. That man was my life, you know, my husband is a gentle and kind man and he took him back. The driver is from tauton and being held on 30,000 bail. A 27yearold man will be in courted to charged with torching his parents home, yesterday. Fire crews smelled gasoline when they responded to the scene. Kanes Mother Told Police he this morning a new step in fighting the states opioid epidemic, the globe reports the Health Department just closed a loophole that limited the Access Medical residents to a database. The debate over raising the legal age to buy cigarettes in boston taking center stage this week, the citys board of health stepped up on to raise the age to buy tobacco product from 18 to 11. Many retails oppose the move saying there are better ways to discourage smoking, there is a similar bill pending. Another news this morning going to college at the university of maine will be cheaper for students living in massachusetts and other the globe reports qualifying students will get the same tuition and fees at umaine, a student from massachusetts would pay the in state u mass and amherst price of 14,000 instead of 29,000. Thieves steal christmas light from a watertown home not once but twice. Friends are making sure the Christmas Spirit isnt lost. A holiday event for local welcome back, a christmas grinch steals holiday lights from a watertown home. Neighbors replaced the stolen decorations and then some. Katie grace has a closer look. Candy canes appear to sparkle more. Everybody got together and watertown strong. Thieves stole the original decorations. They struck first a week ago and came back for the rest on friday, january net clark owns the home. I had an empty feeling, it was empty. Her story spread and others felt empty, too. I was so upset. The family is awesome. They give a lot and they deserve it. Friends and friends of friends decided to surprise gathered donated decorations. This afternoon i heard a it commotion and i thought they were taking my joseph and my mary and my jesus. The commotion was not santa. Today when i came out and i saw what they were doing, i was just overwhelmed. All i did was cry. Ron who is a family friend admits he orchestrated this. He proudly sports what looks like a tattoo. The grinch had a heart that grew, and that is me. Or perhaps is perfect. I love each and everyone of you. Rons second tattoo is of the snow miser who loves santa clause, proving the Christmas Spirit prevails, Katie Bryce Wbz this morning. With a wild coincidence, he had a the grinch on his arm. And hopped on to a fire truck to waive to the crowd on commercial street, hello kitty and minions were on hand. This is the 45th year for the event. Very cool, love it. I love big santa entrances. That is a special kind of hydraulics. There is santa. Still to come, the pats back to their winning ways. Yes. And gronk gets back on the field, what he has to say about the win over texas. The mall giving children the christmas memory. Bree good morning and good morning everybody, we are tracking rain through indiana, kentucky, tennessee, the rain is moving in later on this evening, and the mild temperatures that follow it as well, coming up, stay with us. There are over 15,000 ways always fresh with that signature smooth taste. We take pride in every cup, but only one is your coffee, your dunkin. Catch holidaycookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with Dunkin Donuts holiday cookieflavored coffees. After 12 00 p. M. , enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for 1. 99. Right now at 5 30, closing arguments expected today in the philip chism murder trial. Ron gronkowski gets back on the field, what number 879 has a christmas memory they will never forget. A special holiday gift. Good morning, it is 5 30 on the dot. Straight up. I know, we are on time. Now we are going to get off time here for just a second. Danielle had a little bit of thing to do with her man. That is what happens when there is warm weather in december. Its like around vacation or i just left a graphic open, pressed play and the graphic didnt work. We are run running in the 40s out the door. The temperature is 46 in boston right now, that is warmer than what we should be, the wind is from the southeast light at 5 running in the whos as you 40s when you step out this morning. Clouds are going to be with us from start to finish, i am going to take you through hour by hour forecast, notice temperatures slowly rise into the 50s, this will be the 10th day this month since weve had 50 degrees plus weather. And then rain moves in generally between 89 00 p. M. , temperatures will stay steady and rise through the 50s overnight tonight. A a lot of this rain is going to fall heaviest after midnight, ending up with half an inch. Rain pushes out quickly, the sun will be breaking out tomorrow afternoon. Lets get you on the road, traffic and weather together. Good morning danielle, still no major backups but we do have a crash north of boston, the accident is up in manchester by the sea. 128 southbound at school street, exit 15. But not seeing any slow downs there. And to the north, 93 southbound busy, andover but its moving. Then checking the south with lets check the mass pike which is unusually busy, moderate to heavy volumes inbound and outbound on the pike, we just checked route 2, route 9 they are clear. Chris, bree and kathryn. 5 32 right now, checking top stories on this monday, the pats get back to their winning ways, beat the texans 276, we needed this. Almost missed a playoff spot. Satisfying to come out here and get this win. Come back down, get on the winning track again. And we should note, blunt injured his hip and didnt return, we should know more closing arguments are expected today in the trial of the teen accused of raping and murdering his math teacher, philip chisms lawyer said his client was criminally insane. The people of danvers just came together for a special concert in Colleen Ritzers honor. All of the money. Ticket sales went to the scholarship founded in her honor. High School Students say its been a challenging year. I know she was a nice, and her students really loved her. Holiday and christmastime, to benefit her fund is something that will carry her legacy for many years ago to come. Ritzer scholarship will help students who want to study in college. Pope francis is heading to mexico, the vatican confirms the pope will make a six day trip to mexico in february, the pope plans to make a statement about immigrant rights and a stop along the mexican, u. S. Border. Shaun omalley told the website he will join the pope during his final day in mexico. Its a keepsake so many parents love, a picture with santa. But for some that is an emotional experience, this time around santa couldnt help but cheer up himself. Susie steimle shows us why. And head to the mall. But for some family the effort involved in seeing santa often isnt worth the wait. My youngest son has autism and cannot wait in line. And has a tough time with noise and crowds. That is why pam started bringing her son to caring santas, its a Program Designed to give kids with a special needs alone time with santa minus the stress. The elevator is off, the music is off and there arent crowds,. But not here, here they come back as his helpers. Sometimes being a volunteer is a messy job. Brett can tell you firsthand how lines and crowds can be for kids. At 16 he is a little too old to be sitting on santas lap but keep other kids calm. Im helping kids create ornaments, drawings, all that while they wait for santa. Kids with disables sometimes dont get the special treasured moments because of the challenges kids face. Its no surprise that milestones can be emotional for parents, but this one struck a cord with santa, too. A lot of them are special needs so its a special feeling. What does it feel like for you . Its emotional. Its an event in keeping with what the Holiday Season is about, one that brings more than a twinkle to the eye of old st. Nick. Getting one of the children to smile, its more than any gift. In burlington, Susie Steimle well i love that story. Susie made santa cry. Susie made me cry, too. That was so nice. Love seeing santa be so involved. Great time of year. Still ahead. Still need to do your Holiday Shopping. How many other americans are procrastinating this year. After a grueling and gruesome trial, closing arguments expected in the murder case of philip chism. Its okay, kathryn, i was emotional over here, too. Checking our weather watchers, temperatures running in the 40s out the door, across the board, a mild start, on our way to 50s this afternoon, ill let you know when rain arrives, if you want to join weather watchessers watchers, we. A lot of americans putting off their Holiday Shopping. Im hiding my face here. Its a big decision this week. The Federal Reserve. Todays money watch, good morning, hannah. Good morning, ladies, happy monday much the Federal Reserve is expected to raise its near 0 Interest Rate for the first time in nine years, boosting it to a quarter percent and increase it for the next few years, the hike means more roars would pay more. Apple music and taylor swift has put away their bad blood, apple will exclusively debut the world tour live movie on december 20th giving fans the behind the scenes look at her tour, the 26yearold made the announcement on her birthday. Today is green monday or what shoppers call cyber monday two, Many Americans are wrapping up their Holiday Shopping a new poll finds 36 of shoppers have yet to begin making a dent in their gift giving list that is up from 6 last night, despite the late start, most procrastinators arent feeling stressed about this. Im not stressed. Im amazed by that, cool, calm, collected. I will figure it out, always do. You do. Coming up, weve got a together, plus a look at today top stories. How many cards, letters, packages the Postal Service will process today. I see you have awakened, but has the force inside of you, some star wars fans are intense right now outside a theater in their chewbacca jammies, what would you camp out overnight for, we want to know . Its our daily talker, look at that one see. After 12 00 p. M. , enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for 1. 99. America runs on dunkin. Its getting harder for me to stay in my home, but i really dont want to go anywhere else. I could use some help taking medications, using the stairs, or getting washed and dressed. But where can i turn . Woman were massoptions, a free resource for elders, caregivers, and individuals we link you to the services you need to live independently in the setting of your choice. Call 18444226277. Holiday mailing rush is on today marks the Postal Service busiest mailing and shipping city of the year. Also expected to be the busiest mailing day online with more than 7 million customers, delivering 600 million packages this Holiday Season. Here is a trick. What . Become good friends with your mailman because he will bring packages for me, he will take them out for me, you know, sorted the boxes online, he is great, thanks john. Appreciate you so much. Thats actually a good thing do do. Now you know. Check of our forecast, skies, we cant complain. Isnt your mailman on twitter, too. He says good morning to everybody. That is fantastic. Yes, really mild for the month of dose so far. Kind of nice to give them a little break from the crazy winter from last year, 45 degrees, kids at the bus stop, its a fall jacket type of day, i do think most of the day will be spent dry, there may be an isolated shower or passing drizzle, so you will be fine for the ride home from school as well, 46 in boston right now, same in lawrence, most of us running in the lower to middle 40s, upper 40s in the cape. Mild and uniform start to the day, those clouds are going to be with us. Temperatures do gradually rise coming into the low to mid 050s, this is the 10th day weve had 50degree plus temperatures. A couple spots may sneak into the low 60s, but most of us 55 to near 60 in the southeastern part of the state. Our neighbors to the north, central and Eastern Maine, areas of snow and freezing rain that is lifting north. We are waiting on the rain that is across indiana, illinois and kentucky, it doesnt arrive until this evening, the evening drive should be dry between 8 009 00, areas of rain move in, heavily overnight tonight. But tomorrow morning 9 00 a. M. The rain is begun. So the early part of the commute they feature a couple Early Morning shower, tomorrow what you are going to notice is the wind, temperatures up near 60, wind gusts 3040 Miles Per Hour, the wind dies down coming off the ocean, it will be a quiet, dry day on wednesday but cooler, temperatures will be in the mid 40s, so hour by hour, a peak or two of sunshine, notice between 8 009 00, areas of steady rain. A couple downpours south of mass pike, areas of rain continue, 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning the sun is breaking out in central massachusetts, inside of had 995 still areas of rain. 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning it is wrapping up. Tomorrow should be mostly dry today. How much rain are we talking . The green indicates half an inch. Notice along south of pike some indicates a little over than a halfinch of rain, by the way overnight tonight, the temperatures are actually going to steadily rise, we are going to be in the mid to upper 50s tomorrow morning, coming up by a couple degrees, 60 degrees, wind gusts 30409 Miles Per Hour, wednesday much cooler, sunshine, mid 40s, another round of rain develops on thursday, could linger into in the 50s. Dry in the lower 40s this weekend. Danielle, good news that accident in manchester by the sea, checking the ride from the south with a live look over the expressway, northbound already bump tore bumper from Furnace Brook to south bay mall. From the north, one reported backup right now, 93 southbound at the andover stretch between river road and 495. Redline operator whose train took off without him faces a hearing. Plus closing arguments expected today in the philip chism murder trial. Here are your top stories on this monday morning. Philip chisms attorneys have mounted an insanity defense, they will double down on their claim that their clients was in the throws of math teacher into a bathroom before raping and murdering her. The prosecution says there is a level of premeditation meaning he knew exactly what he was doing. 6 00. Thank you. A man is due in court this morning charged in a double murder in revere, a third person shot inside the house on wade street was seriously wound the, police have not revealed a motive for the shooting. The operator will face a discipline narrow hearing today, operator David Vazquez violated multiple safety procedures, a rubber cord was wrapped around the throttle controls. That run away train rolled on for 9 minutes before power was cut and came to a stop. Vazquez could be fire glad a New Hampshire teen faces charges for allegedly driving on 93, he clocked joseph brown at 107 Miles Per Hour yesterday morning. The trooper managed to bull brown over and placed him under arrest. He will be in court next month. Two suspected terrorists with fake syrian passports are under arrest in switzerland, police found bomb making chemicals in the car. Police in geneva have been high alert. High level of alert. A second wave of Syrian Refugees arrived in canada over the weekend, volunteers and government officials welcomed them, 160 people came to montreal. Churches sponsored many of the refugees much the canadian government says they will accept 25,000 syrians by the end of february. Game losing street betting the texans 276, clenching a playoff spot. Glad to see him back. Turn to our daily talker, maybe you heard there is a star wars movie, coming out this week, the world premier with the cast is tonight but fans have to wait until thursday. There are a few robi is here. Kathryn i will admit i am a bat man freak, i even have a tattoo of the cape crusader, i did not camp out to see the movie premier in 1989, there are star wars fans in tents outside theaters and some have been there for days. There are grownups waving around light sabers, womens in their 30s wearing star wars onsies, fans sporting tattoos they must not have jobs in some physical axeee far far away. One couple plans to get married in line, there they are in the middle, the would be bride has been here in line since december 5th, the hub bow just flew in, so we asked what dedication by the way, we want to know is there anything you would wait in line like this for, what would you sleep out on the sidewalk for . Do you have any onsies, that kind of thick. Lets check out excepts now. Marie wrote i would never wait in line for a movie when i could just wait for it to come out on dvd. People are so crazy about this stuff. Im guessing marie does not have the princess lea costume on as we speak. Number of ways to except on the those fans are hard core. Hard core. The only thing i would wait in line like that for was oprah if you were guaranteed to get a car. A new car, there you go. Only way i would do that. They are not getting a car they are getting a movie. Still to come a local home level. The christmas light display at clorox 2 weve turned removing stains into a science. Now pretreat with clorox 2 watch stains disappear right before your eyes. Remove 4 times more stains plenty of people decorate displays are more elaborate than others. This is in salem, New Hampshire. Has quite the setup, a replica of londons big ben clock tower and a musical sound track. The time and effort. It is. A plus. Thats cool. I like when the whole neighborhood gets in it. And then its a competition. I love this time of year. 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