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 mid50 s in boston. As the cold air starts to work in this afternoon, the temperatures will drop and we will be down to the 40 s in worcester by midafternoon. The clouds will fill back in a few showers will develop midtoLate Afternoon around the evening commute. We are down in the 40 s this evening and then the temperatures drop overnight area erika the biggest problem overnight, downed trees. Many, like this one in walpole, toppled onto homes and cars. Newscenter 5 s Juli Mcdonald is live in dorchester with the damage there, juli . What a difference a few hours makes. When this dorchester family woke up this morning, they couldn t leave their house after this clipped their roof and then fell across their porch and onto the sidewalk. Most people might consider themselves unlucky to be dealing with this kind of storm damage on their property. But ronald henry tells newscenter 5, the way this tree fell by his dorchester home overnight was literally an answer to his prayers. I was praying. And as i finished praying i said, god protect us tonight and then i heard bong. And when i heard it i said god, thank you. Nine people live in the twofamily on milton ave. Henry s stepson was sleeping in that corner room right when it happened. A big blast. Really loud. I can t be upset. I m alive. Everybody is ok. Less than a mile away in mattapan, another family is counting their blessings. This father woke up to bring his son to school and discovered get there. Even last night when i was at work, the wind was shaking everything. The wind was crazy. I had a feeling Something Like that was going to happen but i never thought it d be my car. More smashed cars in cambridge overnight as well. Thankfully, no one was inside when trees came crashing down by callender and dodge streets, crushing the car s frame and shattering windows. To make matters worse, that mattapan man you just saw, that was his mother s car he was borrowing. A bit of a headache to deal with today, but again he s just glad none of his loved ones were in the backseat when it happened. Emily take a look at this image from norfolk. Fire crews called to a home on stacey road after lightning hit this tree. Fortunately, we re told no one was hurt. Posted a slideshow of storm d like to see your photos, too. You can upload those online or through our free wcvb mobile apps. Erika the midatlantic getting slammed by similar weather overnight. Strong wind and rain, even tornadoes leading to several deaths. Storms also being blamed for this coast guard ship flipping in new york overnight. Bazi kanani is tracking the National Severe weather outbreak. Heartbreak today and the heart of waverly, in southern virginia. Everything on main street is down. Four people were killed including a toddler when a. Survivors are still shaken like Timothy Williams who got caught in the home in his car. Off the ground. Went out. Across the south and east. Barn and damaged dozens more buildings in lancaster, pennsylvania. You could hear debris and noises and the lights were out, of course. In the midwest, frightening snowstorm with white out conditions and slick roads leading dozens of illinois drivers in a ditch. In the northeast, blinding rain , downed power lines, and toppled trees. The wind was trying up to knock over a semion new york city s George Washington bridge and sea overturned a coast guard vessel that went out to rescue this fishing boat. Those five coast guard members swam safely back to shore. This is virginia , after declaring a state of emergency, the governor will assess the damage and the cleanup efforts. Emily new this noon, a major lawsuit against Boston Children s hospital following a bitter custody battle between a teenage patient, her family, doctors and the state. Newscenter 5 s sera congi is live at the state house to these folks are from connecticut and filed the lawsuit against children s hospital along with the four doctors who cared for just enough. She is now 17 years old and return to massachusetts along with her family to announce their lawsuit. Three years ago, she was taken to the er a children s and doctors claimed her symptoms were psychosomatic. Her parents wanted to take her to tufts. At that point, the hospital contacted dcs accusing the parents of child abuse and she was there for 18 months. I am very angry and i don t understand how this happened and i really don t want this to happen ever again to any other family. Justina suffers from mitochondrial disease. She is doing much better. Children s hospital released a statement but would not comment they say they look forward to the opportunity to send the medical decisions they made an point out that they are not responsible for making decisions about custody, that is up to dcs. Emily new this noon, a Salem Police Officer is due in court today, accused of purchasing oxycodone pills from a dealer in lynn. Matthew scialdone, a fouryear veteran of the force, was offduty at the time. He s been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Also new, a chelsea man under arrest for driving drunk with a child in his car. A witness took amadeo reyes keys and removed the child from the car after reyes pulled into a bar parking lot in everett. Reyes is charged with operating under the influence and child the boy was released to his mother and dcf has been notified. Erika the mother of the toddler known for months as baby doe after her body was found on deer island due in court today. Rachelle bond is being held on 1,000,000 bail, indicted as an accessory after the fact to bella bond t come forward because she was under the control of her boyfriend, michael mccarthy, who has been charged with the girl s murder. Erika also due in court, a blackstone mother accused in a house of horrors. Erika murray faces nine charges including two counts of murder after the remains of three infants were found in heaps of trash and filth in her home. That home has since been demolished. Erika state lawmakers are bracing for a first day of tough questions. The first day back at work after fbi agents raided state senator brian jobless s law offices. Prosecutors are looking into his involvement in a massive solar college. He recently represented them and the company that installed solar panels at the same time he Energy Clean Energy projects. A grand jury has been convened and is it tourney will not comment on the project, calling his client the victim of a media circus. Erika in commitment 2016, donald trump locked in yet another war of words on the campaign trail. This latest battle with former gop nominee and Massachusetts Governor mitt romney who said there might be a bombshell somewhere in trump s tax returns, which have not been released. Four years ago, romney asked for theater he s not as wealthy as he was or is not hang the taxes we expect them to pay or perhaps he has not been giving money to the vets and disabled like he says. Erika four years ago, romney asked for and received trump s endorsement for president. Overnight, trump fired back at romney on twitter, saying, mitt romney, who totally blew an election that should have been won and whose tax returns made him look like a fool, is now playing tough guy. When mitt romney asked me for my endorsement last time around, he was so awkward and goofy that we not win. He went on to call romney one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of republican emily right now, a billion dollar casino project is on hold wynn resorts says the project could be delayed up to a year after the city of somerville filed an appeal of an environmental permit granted for part of the project. That means no groundbreaking in april and a hiring freeze impacting as many as 4,000 somerville s mayor is standing firm. Mayor curtatone says he s been we are fighting for the the most vulnerable residents. We will get this project started as soon as possible and we will get this amazing project done. Emily mayor curtatone says he s been asking to see a traffic worrying about the impact of 18,000 extra cars a day on local roads. Erika uber is hinting it could leave boston over a proposed this week, boston commissioner said he see the Rideshare Company fingerprint its drivers like the city is doing with taxi drivers. House speaker robert deleo says he d consider that as part of legislation in the works on beacon hill. Uber s boston general manager called that process ineffective and told wgbh the company has been forced to exit certain markets because of similar regulations. Isis going after social media sites, it s threats to the heads of facebook and twitter. Emily the family of the accused kalamazoo shooter speaking out, what they re revealing about the days before the deadly shooting spree. Erika and a first for mt. Washington, cindy it s springlike out there but the winter chill will return and how long it lasts before it warms up. Erika and a first for mt. Washington, what this man was able to do for t theyre one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown goldman sachs. Just settled with authorities and millions how does wall street get away with it . Millions in Campaign Contributions and speaking fees. Our economy works for wall street because its riggedt by wall street. And thats the problem. As long as washington is bought and paid for, we cant build an economy that works for people. Sanders im bernie sanders, emily a new twist in the war on terror, isis is going after social media sites. A video purportedly made by isis supporters threatens Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg and twitter ceo jack dorsey. S in response to growing efforts by both and remove posts that incite violence and promote terror. Erika president obama hinting the only way we would know is that would be the software we think it s bad news to write and we would never write it and have never written it it that is was at stake here. Emily legal experts is taking the case to lawmakers could be tough and apple has until tomorrow to respond to the erika president obama hinting this noon he may tap a republican to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. He s reportedly considering Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to replace the late Antonin Scalia who died suddenly this month. But, Senate Republicans are Still Standing firm, threatening to block anyone the president. To block anyone the president nominates even someone from their own party. Today Senate Democrats plan to challenge their republican counterparts to consider the president s eventual nominee. The family of the accused kalamazoo gunman speaking out this noon. They re expressing sympathy for victims of the seemingly random attack and, as Elizabeth Hur reports, they re also revealing new details about jason dalton in the days leading up to the shootings. I first want to express the families of her shock and sympathy for theictims. The s wife and the first time. A fairly gregarious wellknown in the community, wellliked and there was nothing this would occur. The married father of two its before the shooting and now he s in jail facing six counts of murder. Everybody else, why . The motive is a mystery to his family but according to the attorney coming in the days sensed a change in his behavior. He has been acting different the last couple of days and his wife asked him and he said he was tired. Just his demeanor, he seemed to be depressed and down which is not a normal character. On the day of the shooting, errands. The attorney revealed that after the first shooting telling his family that his chevy needed to switch cars. And he headed act out with his parents car. The attorney denied reports that the family was having financial troubles at the time of his arrest. They stress the families is emily passengers aboard this cruise ship rocked by rough seas are now suing. The lawsuit accuses Royal Caribbean of negligence for its decision to sail into the atlantic earlier this month despite warnings of an impeding winter storm. Passengers say they were tossed around, some knocked unconscious. They also claim there was insufficient medical services to deal with the emergency. Some stunning Images Released by the european southern observatory. These are pictures of the entire Milky Way Galaxy taken by a highpowered telescope and they re more than just impressive. Experts say it s actually the sharpest map of the milky way to date. Erika a first for the northeast s tallest peak, professional cyclist and native new Englander Tim Johnson has become the first person ever to ride a bicycle up the mountain during winter. And he made great time. Johnson completed the 7. 6 mile ride in just one hour, 40 minutes and 48 seconds. Time. Cindy i don t think that would be possible last winter. They said a record high on Mount Washington today at 42. We almost set a record overnight as well. It was warm overnight and it felt tropical out there. The record high for today in boston is 65 degrees. At 3 00 this morning, it was 63 degrees. Worcester came within a few degrees overnight so it was not only wild with the storms but it was also quite warm and we are this warmer air. You can see the plume of moisture working all the way up here from the south. We got the tropical moisture working in with their storm system. The system is still spinning to the west and you can see the circulation through the ohio valley. There is a lot of snow back there. That s the cold air working its way here. We have been warm through the s now, the cold air will slowly move in here. The temperatures will be changing. This is the last of the warm air with mid50 s back into worcester and 59 in springfield. In pittsfield, 43 degrees. We ve got sunshine out there for now. We ve got the wind coming up out of the south. They are strong out there come out of the south at 22 Miles Per Hour and gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour in spot on the southwesterly wind could hit 40 or 50. We have a wind advisory from 7 00 27 00 this evening. During the thunderstorms last night, we pulled down wins more than 60 Miles Per Hour and close to 80. That s why such widespread damage. The blue squares represent damage reports from the wind and when you add them up into connecticut, almost 200 reports of damage from the wind. S pretty impressive and there was some flooding in the western part of the state or it we had more significant rainfall there but there were spots in Worcester County like gardner had more than 3. 5 is of rain. Inches of rain. That has now shifting offshore and we clouds and showers starting to move into the west. This is associated with the colder air so is that works in, we will see the clouds return and by mid to Late Afternoon and this evening as the temperature falls, there will be a few hit nothing widespread. By 3 00 p. M. , a few showers will western massachusetts and those during the evening commute. There may be some showers developing as temperatures fall s and overnight, the showers wind down and the temperatures drop by tomorrow morning, it s clear. The highs will not be getting out of the 30 s tomorrow. It s fairly short lived. It will be here until Early Saturday Morning in the area of High Pressure will be to the south and then we hit the warmer side. It s a chilly friday in addition to the temperatures in the 30 s, the wind will still be active tomorrow. The windchill will be the teens and 20 s during the way. Cold stuff saturday and it s bright and by sunday, it turns milder in the afternoon. These are the temperatures. 50 s sunday afternoon and the next chance for showers will be monday and it will be just a few showers with temperatures in the 50 s. We are turning the corner from february to march with warmer temperatures and much calmer the world a president has to grapple with. Imagine. Thats the job. She can get it done. Securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons. Standing up against the abuse of women. Protecting social security. National guard. Million children. The presidency is the toughest job in the world real difference for you. Im Hillary Clinton and i Emily Mcdonald s is hoping to attract more customers with new breakfast options. Erika the fast food chain is testing out some lowercalorie foods in california including breakfast bowls varying from 250 to 460 calories. The golden arches will also begin using lowercalorie greek smoothies. I will take the hashbrowns. I m hungry. Erika we have to go to california. Cindy much quieter the rest of the afternoon and the clouds will fill back in with some spot showers but colder overnight and coal through saturday and warm on sunday. Erika that s newscenter 5 at noon. Keep up with breaking news all welcome to movie week. We ve got some of the most fanatical movie buffs in the country playing our game today, hoping to create their own hollywood endings. Will someone ride off into the sunset with 1 million . We re about to find out on who wants to be a millionaire. [dramatic music] i m chris harrison. Thank you, welcome to the show. Are you guys ready for movie week . [cheers and applause] it s been a great one. And we have a returning contestant who comes from a family of diehard movie fans. Please welcome back, from astoria, new york, miss joni gallagher. [cheers and applause] joni, welcome back. Thank you