Transcripts For WCVB Newscenter 5 Eyeopener 20151226

For those of you keeping score. Antoinette i learn something new everyday. Doug mike wankum came in this morning and told us all about it. Mike its a big thing in england but here its a day to go shopping and pick up a few items on sale. Its a very thin overcast were talking about but i am watching several things. Down to the south you see mild air and rain and a storm system over the midwest. This is all going to be coming in here for tomorrow. If you want dry weather, enjoy today because the wet weather will be moving back in. Stepping outside this morning, got temperatures in the 30s and 40s. We actually were into the 50s just a couple of hours ago. Theyve dropped off just a little bit. Heres what will happen today. Basically clear skies across the area. Late in the day though the clouds start to roll in. This is 8 00 tonight. After midnight it looks like well see rain moving in to the forecast. Temperatures will not budge much today. Theyre holding flat. So well go with some mostly cloudy skies this morning. Turning partly cloudy skies as we head to the afternoon but notice the temperatures. Theyre just holding steady. Mostly cloudy skies as we finish so weve got rain tomorrow. Ill timeline the arrival of that and maybe snow on tuesday. All those details coming up. Antoinette and doug. Antoinette mike, thank you. Right now two people are dead and two others hospitalized after a Christmas Day Tragedy Strikes a milford neighborhood. Doug the eyeopeners Frank Holland is tracking new information this morning. Frank, good morning. Frank doug morning, doug and antoinette. Right now we know those two survivors are okay after being treated for Carbon Monoxide poisoning at milford hospital. Police say the call came in just before 2 00 yesterday afternoon. A couple found dead in the bedroom of their Prospect Heights home. Board of health. Neighbors describe the victims there were always a lot of people over there. Barbecues. Frank right now the names of the victims are not being the District Attorneys Office is handling the case. But foul play is not suspected. Doug . You. Tense and wild scene in an gunshots. And a huge fire inside that house. Newscenter 5s john atwater was there as it all unfolded. John it took five long hours of officer hands up. Hands up. Locked down his neighborhood emerged from his home. Officer he was arguing with officers and resisting when he came out. John police knew he was armed so they moved in to take him down. Officer he was armed and ultimately found with three firearms his body. John just when the tension eased, another threat flared up. Neighbor a lot of flash and a lot of bang. The house was on fire. John as police dragged 53yearold mark lavoine to a cruiser, his summer street home erupted in flames. Firefighters scrambled to fight the new danger maneuvering fire trucks around swat vehicles to tame the raging inferno. Neighbor its kind of unbelievable. John neighbors first called police just before noon reporting gunshots inside the bang. John on a beautiful Christmas Day, shot the neighborhood shook as police shot tear gas in and echoes of difficult negotiations filled the streets. Officer he refused to talk to our officers. John finally more than five hours in, police had their man but not a clear understanding of why he staged a Christmas Day standoff. And this morning firefighter s are still trying to determine exactly what sparked this fire. The man who lives here is facing several charges. In everett, john atwater, wcvb, newscenter 5. Incident at the mall in concord, New Hampshire, is under investigation. Alarm at the Steeplegate Mall last night, they found part of Bon Ton Department store. Responded. But they say there is no danger theyre releasing limited information at this point, but well keep you posted. Doug right now seven people are hurt after a car slammed into a hayride in maine. You can see the car involved had massachusetts license plates. We have no other information about the driver. One of the victims was seriously hurt when they were pinned under the trailer. 15 people were on the hayride at the time of the crash. The ride was part of a free dinner put on by the citys elks lodge. Also in maine, two suspicious deaths are under investigation right now. The bodies were found in an s. U. V. Yesterday morning on a dirt road right outside augusta. The victims are identified as 35yearold Eric Williams and 26yearold bonnie royer. Investigators say one of the victims called 911. But when officers got there, they found the couple dead. Antoinette this Morning Police in vermont are trying to track down a reallife christmas grinch. Someone stole ten walkers and a christmas dinner for 30 from a Senior Housing facility in pittsford. Residents woke up Christmas Morning to find everything gone, even the christmas cookies. Puzzles, christmas c. D. s, and the tv also gone. But neighbors werent about to let the thieves spoil the and donations poured in. Im very rarely at a loss for words, and i am completely humbled by the unbelievable amount of support from the community. Antoinette in fact, so much food was donated, the facility should be covered for meals into next week. State Police Released a statement saying, unfortunately for you, mr. Grinch, christmas has been saved by the amazing community. Doug growing concerns this morning about drug deals being conducted inside a home for veterans in boston. The New England Center and home for veterans has a zero tolerance for drugs, but residents and former employees tell the globe they believe at least 20percent of the 300 people who stay at the center are looking to buy or sell drugs. Two months ago, three residents reportedly died of opioid overdoses. The president of the center says theyre working hard to keep drugs out of the facility, including working with boston police. To raise awareness of suicide. Antoinette sean butler walked more than 220 miles from new yorks wall street to quincy in memory of his mother who took her own life 20 years ago. His family and friends met him in quincy when he arrived home last night. Butler says he felt his mother ann with him the whole way. Butler i talked to her through joy. I talked through tears. My mom was a powerhouse of joy, love. Everything she is i am. Everything. Everything she is, i am. Antoinette the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention headquarters is located on wall street, which is why he chose that starting point. Doug if even just one person is helped, some light goes off somewhere. Antoinette really made a difference. How about another holiday story for you. It was an extra special christmas for one Leominster Doug what she received from a secret santa and how shes using that gift to pay it forward. Cleaning up down south. The wet and wild christmas for some, and the communities banding together to get through the holiday mike we got used to the 60s. Now its the 40s and the 30s and a chance of snow or mix Tuesday Morning. Ill have the timeline on its arrival. soft music p [voiceover] weve spent a lifetime mastering the senses, r so you can get the most out of life. Praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, and effective leader. Building a future to believe in. Sanders im Bernie Sanders antoinette good morning. Its 5 10. Welcome back. Right right now federal investigators are calling a Christmas Day fire at a texas mosque suspicious. Investigators rummaged through the rubble at the Islamic Society of greater houston yesterday. Meantime, muslims who call the religious mosque home were forced to hold friday night prayers at a banquet hall. Some 200 people were praying inside the center an hour before the flames broke out. Its just a place where people look for peace. People look look for solutions and people come in contact with god. Its really sad. Antoinette no one was injured in the fire. Doug this morning flooding is still causing a major mess in the south. And another tornado touchdown is confirmed this time in alabama. In that state and in georgia, floodwaters triggered forced 14 people are dead in at least three states, but that number could rise after last nights storms. Barbara williamson lost her home in bellevue, mississippi. I dont even know how im alive. Its a miracle. Thats what it is. A christmas miracle because we was right here in that. Doug but the spirit of the season was still there. Ravaged communities came together offering support, clothing, and shelter to help people get through the holiday. Antoinette but here, my goodness. Weve been having such good weather, it makes almost feel guilty for everything that is happening Everything Else in the country. Mike now it is going to change. Doug it is january. Mike when i talk about it cooling down, it will be back to where its supposed to be. This has been way out of whack. Let me show you the High Temperatures for the month of december. Not just once or twice do we get above the 50degree mark. 18 times. That is a record. Were running 11 degrees above normal. I dont think youre ever going to find in fact, were smashing the records at this another december in your lifetime that is as warm as what weve got just gone. Yesterday 62 degrees. Weve started to cool things down now. 46 degrees out there. Winds out of the north at 9 miles an hourisherring in a new wave of cooler air. I really dont want to call it cold because its cool. The mild air has been pushed down to the south. That leading edge, add a few showers along it. You can overnight last night we had a few rain showers but its pretty much dissipated. The skies are trying to clear away. This is a very thin overcast were talking about. I think really today is not a bad day. Its just a lot cooler than it has been but you get to enjoy some sunshine today. Right now weve readings pretty much inthoo the 40s out there. We were into the 50s just a couple of hours ago. Do keep in mind 46 degrees the High Temperature in boston. About 38 for a high. Were supposed to dprop down to 25 overnight. We havent been anywhere close to that lately so were going to get things back to where theyre supposed ton this time of year but to get there, weve also got some rain to talk about. First off this afternoon, cloud cover starts moving in. Midnight. You start to see showers off to the west. Overnight, tomorrow morning, yes, tomorrow morning is going to be a slow one out there because weve got rain out there morning. Probably staying heavy through about 9 00. And then after that, just kind of scattered showers. The temperatures arent bad tomorrow either. Rain. Were not talking about snow in this one. This is a rain event going on. On one one we clear skies out. Enjoyed it lately. On tuesday, the us tus morning we might have a mix. Sunny. Steady temperatures. About 4652 degrees. Then rain after midnight tonight with an occasional downpour. 38472. I think were going to hit that pretty early and then well start to see our temperature maybe even climb a little bit into the overnight hours as this system works its way through. So High Temperatures tomorrow will look like this. Into the 50s again. About 52 degrees for High Temperature in worcester. Starting off into the 40s and again look for those showers especially as we start to talk about the Morning Hours. Just kind of lighter stuff as we head through the afternoon. So let me break it all down for happening. Today were topping it off with sunshine in there about 48 degrees for a High Temperature this afternoon. Coming in. As i pointed out, it will be heaviest into the Morning Hours and then just scattered showers into the afternoon. Morning. But still 56 degrees. Not bad for this time of year. Now monday we have a in system coming in. But notice the temperatures. Theyre much cooler. Monday day is fine. Monday night we start to see some clouds. You see this . This is Tuesday Morning. The area. Looks like right now well get enough warm air surging in that whatever strts off as rain or snow in the morning will be changing over to rain in the afternoon. So kind of a messy mix into the morning and then well get that changing over to that rain in the afternoon. Heres what one of our computer models is showing for snowfall totals. Its not impressive but sit going to be our first snow of the season. Well keep you posted. After this system goes through, were talking about temperatures into the 40s and a chance of more rain as we start to head well talk more about that new years eve forecast coming up in a few min. Doug and antoinette. Antoinette thank you, mike. Now to some of the stories were tracking right now on the eye. Doug Frank Holland is following information as it comes in. Frank a powerful rebel commander in syria is dead, killed just a month before peace talks with the syrian government. Government Officials Say the syrian army is responsible for the airstrike that killed zahran allouch. He led a powerful group that is backed by saudi arabia and controls large parts of the damascus suburbs. A fire that damaged former president bill clintons childhood home is being called arson. The flames broke out friday at the Clinton Birthplace National Historic Site in hope, arkansas. The fire was put out quickly and just one room was damaged. Clinton lived in the home as a child before moving to hot theres another candidate in the race for president. John mcafee is running under the libertarian party. The 70yearold is best known for his computer antivirus software. Mcafee originally planned to run status quo. And if you didnt get everything you wanted for christmas, you might want to consider a powerball ticket. The estimated jackpot for tonights drawing is now up to a 255 million. Nobody has hit the jackpot since november 4, and there hasnt been a jackpot this high since september. You can catch the winning numbers tonight on newscenter 5 at 11 00. Antoinette . Antoinette were all going in on tickets, guys, all right . A rock legend bringing a little Sweet Emotion to his hometown. You know what im you know who im talking about here. Aerosmiths steven tyler, a joined the towns police chief and went shopping for the local food pantry. The picture showing Tyler Holding up bags of groceries was posted to the Police Departments facebook page. That was nice of them. Doug really a man of the people. Isnt he . Antoinette all right. We know all about working on the holidays. Doug yes, we do. And so do the people who keep all of us safe. Wanted to do Something Special for newton firefighters who have to work on christmas. So they trekked to the Commonwealth Ave fire station armed with an arsenal of holiday treats. Fiveyearold levi and sixyearold jordan tell newscenter 5 they also had a message for the men and women who keep them safe. What did you bring . It looks like. I brought crispy treats. Snowmen. Theres pretzels for arms and marshmallows for the hands. Thank you for putting out fires and saving people. Doug firefighters loved the treats and invited the kids in for a tour of the trucks before they left. Antoinette cute. Doug ill bet you those firefighters loved every second of that. Antoinette great lesson to teach the kiddos. Doug awesome. Antoinette a secret santa surprising a mother in leominster this christmas with a special delivery just in time for the holiday. Doug but the spirit of the season didnt end there. She made a big decision to share her good fortune. Sintia come on. Open your presents. Adopted daughter shania celebrated Christmas Morning like no other. Sure, there were the usual presents under the tree, but its a gift without ribbons or bows that shines the brightest of all. Sintia this is the letter. Doug an anonymous letter addressed to this mother of four with nothing more than a boston postmark to indicate its origin. Inside a note and 200 in cash. Sintia dear friend, god has blessed me beyond my wildest dreams. I hope that this will help you and your family to have a very merry christmas. Doug overwhelmed by the generosity of this secret santa, sintia keeps asking herself the same question. John sintia has worked for the wiic program here in leominster for the past 18 years. When she received her christmas miracle, the first thing she thought of was someone else. She knew she had to pay it forward literally. After giving a 50 bill each to her two grown children and buying gifts with 50 more, she 80 jars of baby food for a fitchburg threeyearold whose father had fallen on hard times child would go hungry this christmas. Sintia we brought it to the house. They were so happy. I felt good doing something for somebody else. Doug sintia says she may never know who granted this christmas miracle; however, she does have a message sintia whoever did it, i want to say thank you. They did bless us and bless somebody else. Doug let me tell you what. That family was so jeb russ with their time. We knock od the door at 9 00 a. M. She was still in bed sleeping. Let me put on a little lipstick and ill be ready to go. She invited us into her shoam. Antoinette im glad she let you talk to her because it was such a great story. Doug so gracious. Still ahead this morning, we are introducing you to the oldest woman in the state. Antoinette meet 110yearold alice fisher. What she says is the secret to living so long. Doug ahead at 5 30, sitting Deval Patrick talks about his political future. Antoinette and a live look outside this morning. Check out the Christmas Lights on the common. Theyre still out there. You know, new years just a few days away now. With the holiday over. 5 21, 46 degrees outside. Were cooling down. Announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. Right to rise usa is responsible mike technically this time of year we see temperatures in the upper 20s right now. Instead were seeing temperatures pretty much into the mid 40s out there. Not a bad way to start the day. The temperatures wont be warming up too much as we head through the afternoon. Tomorrow, rain. This is the way the map looks this time tomorrow morning. A lot of water out there but notice the snow is way up in the north. There is a storm system building out over the central plains. The map tomorrow night looks like this. Were going to keep a very close eye out whats going on out there to the west. That area will be pushing its way into this direction. As it does so, we may actually have snow to talk about as we get into Tuesday Morning. So for today, about 50 degrees. Basically some sunny skies and then clouds coming in later tonight. Rain after midnight. We head for tomorrow, weve got rain in the morning. Just a few showers in the afternoon. Monday is fine but look at the high. Only 38 degrees. And then on tuesday, heres where we get that chance of seeing some snow in here. Most of it will happen in the morning. Well actually switch it over to rain as we head through the afternoon. Tuesday morning and some muchneeded snow up to the north as well. After that, temperatures warm into the 40s. New years eve looking like we may see a little bit of rain or perhaps a bit of mix inland. Doesnt look like a big event come inning our direction. Doug and antoinette. Antoinette mike, thank you. Christmas is certainly extra special when youve seen 110 of them. Doug a walpole woman recently celebrated a very big birthday, and she shared her secret with our kelley tuthill. Alice oh, those were the good days. Kelley alice fisher has seen them all good times and bad. She was born on december 23, 1905, making her 110 years old. They say youre the oldest person in massachusetts. Alice who me . Kelley you. Alice i think the lord has forgotten me. Kelley but no one here in walpole has forgotten alice. Her great grandson celebrated the milestone along with alices great great granddaughters. Great grandson she keeps going. Shes happy. Things are good for her. Kelley she loves the patriots. Great grandson she loves the patriots, always talking about them. Kelley thats why pat, the patriot surprised alice with a number 110 jersey signed by owner robert kraft. President obama sent well wishes avid reader, expert knitter. Kelley along with congrats from the state house. Her former bosss son told the crowd she was an amazing bookkeeper well into her 80s. There were no computers or excel spreadsheets. She did everything by hand meticulous, accurate, and just done. Kelley and that hard work, alice says, is the key to her longevity. Whats your advice to young people . Alice work hard. Enjoy yourself. Happy birthday to you a a tuthill, wcvb, newscenter 5. Antoinette i love her reaction. Me . Im the oldest western . Doug that cant be right. Antoinette no way. Doug god bless her. What a spirit. I think thats what keeps her young is her spirit. Millions of people ride each year, but critics say security isnt good enough. Antoinette ahead at 5 30, 5 investigates with a look at whats being done on our rail system. Plus, we go oneonone with Deval Patrick. He shares his thoughts on returning to politics. Doug lets head on outside for a look at the city. Its dark and early out there grab another cup. Share with you. Its the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. So hurry and get verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus, with a 2year agreement, and all the premium movie channels for a year. So go online or call now for this great offer. What if the sweet stevia leaf was discovered. Before the sugarcane. After people were enjoying truvia in their coffee and Everything Else. Sugar would come along and go, hey, im sweet too. Sure, sugar, youre very sweet, but weve already got sweetness minus calorieness. It would be kinda awkward. Truvia. Life with less sugar is just as sweet. soft music p [voiceover] weve spent a lifetime mastering the senses, r so you can get the most out of life. Now on newscenter 5s eyeopener. Mike were in for a warm weekend at least for december, but i am tracking changes on the way in the form of some wintery weather. A lot of flash, a lot of bang, and now the house is on fire. Doug an everett home erupts in flames after an intense standoff. The neighborhood in shock as police try to figure out why the suspect set it ablaze. Antoinette a phone call from outer space . An out of this world mistake getting plenty of attention this morning. Youre watching wcvb, bostons news leader. Good morning this is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Doug good morning. Happy saturday, the day after christmas. I hope you had a wonderful one. Im doug meehan. Antoinette and im antoinette in for danielle this morning. And, gosh, it will be so freezing. Compared to the last few days, okay. Doug bundle up. Mike we were talking about this earlier. You enjoyed yesterday a bit more even though it was cooler but the sun was out. Antoinette the sun was out and its nice. Mike the sun angle is so much low this time of year. Right now theres a little, thin overdeck out there. That will be working its way through here this morning. This afternoon we get more sunshine in here but dont get too used to it because i have a new deck of clouds coming in as we head towards the oon. Theres a lot of disturbance to the west. Ill be talking about wintery weather this forecast. That doesnt happen until tuesday. Before we get to it, weve got rain. Tomorrow morning it looks like it will be raining steadily. The temperatures right now. Were talking about 40s and a few 30s showing up out there. Overall really nice. If those were daytime highs those would be way above normal for this time of year. The 40s seem cool to us. We have the clearing skies going on. Watch how that cloud cover starts moving in here as we tonight. After midnight, we do get the rain coming in here. So High Temperatures are not going to budge much. Maybe up a couple of degrees today. Theyll hold pretty steady as we head through the day today. What happens . Partly cloudy skies this morning. This afternoon partly sunny skies. About 48 degrees for a High Temperature. Mostly cloudy skies to finish off the day. Then we start to talk about the cold air coming in. You see, tomorrow is warm enough im talking about rain. But then on monday, High Temperature 38. Tuesday only 38. And a little storm system coming through here monday night into tuesday. Looks like we could see wintery mix on Tuesday Morning. Ill have much more details on what you can expect on tuesday. All that coming up in a few moments. Doug mike, thank you. Now to the stories were following right now on the eye. Antoinette a milford couple is dead, found in their home on Christmas Day. Two other people were taken out of the Prospect Heights duplex and treated for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Not suspected. Doug right now an incident at the mall in concord, New Hampshire, is under investigation. It started with an alarm call last night. Thats when police found part of the glass door at the Bon Ton Department door shattered. Police say there is no danger to the public. Antoinette seven people are hurt after a car slammed into a hayride in maine. This is a picture from the scene in waterville. The car involved has massachusetts plates, but we have no information on the driver. Doug damage reports are coming in after a powerful earthquake strikes parts of pakistan and afghanistan. Dozens of people are injured mostly by falling debris. The 6. 2 magnitude quake was centered near the afghanistan border. Right now an everett man is in custody after setting off a wild Christmas Day scene in his neighborhood. Antoinette the eyeopeners Frank Holland with the dramatic video. Frank . Frank antoinette and doug, investigators are still trying to figure out how and why this started. When 53yearold mark lavoine emerged from his summer street home after five long hours of coaxing by police. Police say he was arguing with officers as he did, and they moved fast to take him down. But it didnt end there. A lot of flash and a lot bang. Yeah, the house was on fire. Unbelievable. Frank its not clear why lavoines house exploded in flames, but the fire just devoured the home. Firefighters scrambled and no one was hurt. Lavoine is facing a number of charges this morning. Doug . Doug all righty, frank, thank you. A mother and daughter are facing Assault Charges after being arrested on Christmas Morning. Barnstable police say it started when officers showed up at their home to take leah sylvia into custody for a stabbing. Thats when her mother, roxanne, allegedly fought with police and hit one officer with a frying pan. Both women were arrested and are due in court on monday. Former Florida Governor jeb bush is getting ready for a big ad blitz. The herald reports the g. O. P. Hopeful has reserved more than 14 million in ad time in both New Hampshire and massachusetts. That includes two super bowl spots right before the crucial Granite State primary. Bush has been trailing badly in recent polls. Here in the bay state 2016 could be the biggest year for ballot questions in 15 years. Six petitions are eligible to go before voters in november including legalizing marijuana, expanded gambling and raising the cap on charter schools. They still need approval from lawmakers to make it on the ballot. With new years eve less than a week away, more americans may be feeling good about leaving 2015 behind. A new Associated Press poll finds the most important events to americans this past year were mass shootings, including the ones in california, south thats followed by the paris isis. The survey finds only 17 believe this past year was better for the United States than the one before. Doug one thing people in massachusetts are optimistic about the patriots if the team can get past all the injuries. Yesterday, Julian Edelman was officially declared doubtful for sundays game. Danny amendola and seven others they also made a few roster moves. The pats cut tight end Asante Cleveland and, in his place, they picked up defensive back troy hill. But the cornerback matchup that everyone is looking forward to has to be the veteran darelle revis versus the student Malcolm Butler. Stats dont tell the full story when it comes to defense, but Malcolm Butler looks pretty good next to Darrelle Revis this season. 60 combined tackles and two interceptions for the young probowler, but the patriots will have a tough time with revis on the other side of the football. But lets be real. The jets will also have their hands full with a healthy gronk. Injury, hes exploded for 141 yards and two touchdowns. Couldnt cover him. It doesnt matter. We have to mix it up. We have to play our game. Its not about gronk. Its about us trying to beat the team. The whole year theyve had a very solid defense. They were very solid the last time we played them. Very competitive. Very toughment theyre physical. Weve got to expect that again. Theyre a very solid unit. We have to be prepared. Things. The patriots beat the jets by a foxboro and have beaten their afc east rivals 8 of the last 9 kickoff for tomorrow showdown is at 1 00 p. M. Antoinette a wrong number all the way from the International Space station. British astronaut tim peeke has only been on board for a few weeks, so hes still getting used to the equipment. He says he misdialed when he tweeting id like to apologize to the lady i just called by mistake saying, hello is this planet earth . Not a prank call. Just a wrong number. Oh, my goodness. Could you imagine. Shes like what . Excuse me. Youre calling from where . Doug im just glad they didnt call collect. Will you accept the call from space . No, thanks. A vulnerable security target across the northeast. Antoinette 5 investigates whats being done to keep you safe on the rails. And raging wildfires in australia. The destruction as these flames force thousands from their homes, doug take a look at this. A Police Officer on patrol in louisiana forced to flee his car as an owl takes over. Who . P the energy that lights up your world. But we do. And the cleanerburning natural gas we produce r r generates more of our p. Helping dramatically reduce americas emissions. R isnt as simple as just flipping a switch. Doug welcome back. The time is 5 41. And time for some of the stories making economic headlines this saturday. Antoinette frank is back with a disappointing people for some christmas, frank. Frank doug and antoinette, i think disappointment is probably putting it lightly. Many people expecting presents handled by fedex to arrive or fedex says Severe Weather caused the delays. Say just how many packages are the hashtag fedexfail was trending on twitter yesterday. U. P. S. Had a similar problem in 2013, but not this year. Holiday sales are up in the bay state this year. Deep discounts and big sales that began last month are expected to continue at least until new years. There is good news and bad news. A 6. 5 percent sales increase originally projected for momandpop stores turned out to be too optimistic. But holiday sales for massachusetts still appear to be higher the National Average of 3. 7 percent. In the week ahead, wall street will likely be relatively quiet during the final week of the year. The rise in Interest Rates is expected to give a boost to Frank Holland, wcvb, newscenter five. Doug all righty, frank, thank you. 5 investigates looking into potential terrorists targets. Recent attacks in california and paris have everyone talking about security in Public Places and with transportation. Throughout the northeast overlooked . Heres Investigative Reporter karen anderson. Karen its just before sunrise already a reminder of the threat of terrorism. Armed Homeland Security Police Officers are here making an unannounced inspection. Theyre part of a t. S. A. V. I. P. R. Team which stands for visual intermodal prevention and response. Working with Amtrak Police and their bombsniffing dogs, looking for suspicious behavior, explosives, each one carrying a radiation detector. How likely is it that there will be a terrorist attack here in the United States on a train . Sean burke we have to expect it. You know, thats the bottom line. Karen sean burke is head of the center for resilient studies at northeastern and a former Homeland Security official. Train attacks are happening overseas. He says theres nothing in place to guarantee it wont happen here. Sean burke Passenger Rail populated areas. A system that is vulnerable really, you know, from the beginning of its trip to the end of its trip. Karen theres proof of that vulnerability right here at south station. Open access everywhere. No bag checks for these passengers. They wont have to present an i. D. , just a ticket before they board. The entire amtrak system encompasses more than 21,000 miles of unprotected tracks. And the rail line between boston and washington, d. C. , the northeast corridor, carries the majority of amtraks passengers. Congressman lynch if the terrorists were trying to disrupt and, quote, terrorize, that would be a prime target of those individuals. Karen congressman steven lynch terrorist attacks on trains since 9 11. Congressman when you see the rail attacks in france or russia or japan or spain or britain, that should be a message to us. Times as many people ride the rail system as fly in airplanes every year nationwide. Experts say if you try to install the same type of airportstyle security and screening in train stations, it would bring the entire rail system to a screeching halt. But in the meantime solutions may not be easy. Sean burke we need our Security Officials to be frank, our Homeland Security, our first responders. Theyre not always going to be able to keep us safe. Karen like on the train in france this summer when it took the courageous acts of three american passengers to subdue an armed terrorist. Sean burke they are the first line of defense. Its everyday citizens who are inevitably going to be the first responders. Karen amtrak partners with dozens of Law Enforcement agencies and even employs two of their own intelligence analysts. Now congressman lynch tells us hes planning to host a Rail Security summit in boston early next year. Karen anderson, 5 now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist mike wankum. Mike well, we know its been warm for the month of december. These numbers are amazing. On record. Number one right now 2006. Youll see the average temperature was 41 degrees. Notice how the separation between first and second or first and third. A degree. Now. We have the warmest december on record by almost six degrees. This is Pretty Amazing stuff so even though ive got Cool Temperatures coming in, im pretty confident this is going to go down as one of the warmest decembers on record. I think were going to smash all of the previous numbers. 46 degrees right now. The wind is out of the north at just about nine miles per hour. Its relatively mild morning out there. We have had a new wave of cool air come through. Kind of displacing all of our warm, mild air down to the south. Along this leading edge there have been a few scattered showers overnight. Most of those off shore. The south coast can pick up a few sprinkles out of the whole what were waiting for now is the cloud cover to thin out thats out there. Here are your temperatures as you step outside. Where the skies have cleared away a little bit more, keys down to 34. Jaffrey 39. Fitchburg at 37. Get into the city though and Still Holding on to 46. Look throughout much of the south shore toward the cape were seeing readings very close to the 50degree mark. That cloud cover acts like a blanket overnight. It kept us very warm. Now that that cloud cover is thinning out thats why the temperatures will start dropping off. I think your temperatures today are going to hold pretty steady all day today. May go up a couple of degrees but not by much. Heres what the map looks like at 4 00 this afternoon. After a day of sunshine, the cloud cover rolls back in. And that sets us up for some rain after midnight tonight. I will point out, it is going to be in the form of rain because the temperature s are going to be too warm to talk about any snow or ice. However on Tuesday Morning, we may be talking about a wintery mix into the Morning Hours. 3 00 in the morning some showers start to break off to the west. By this time tomorrow morning it that threat will carry until 9 00 or 10 00 in the morning. After that, hitormiss showers tomorrow. Temperatures wont be bad. I think without the sunshine it will feel a little bit worse tomorrow than what it did today. Again just scattered showers. Monday by the way we do get back into plenty of sunshine on about. Let me show you what is going to happen. Monday into tuesday. Tomorrow you talked about rain in the morning and showers in the afternoon and 54 degrees but then as we get towards monday it there. Weve got a new system coming in from the wevment heres what will happen. As we head through the overnight hours we start to get a wintery mix going on. This is 8 00 Tuesday Morning were talking about the wintery mix here perhaps turning into a little bit of snow. Then as the day goes on, the warm air tries to work its way in. Especially near the coast. It will change over to rain. Not a big event. Remember, weve had nothing to talk about so far. How much snow are we talking about . This is our computer models. I thrill it has the right trend. Not much around here. As you look toward the north we on. In ski country they may be getting muchneeded snow up in that area. As far as our concern, i would say Tuesday Morning the commute will be on the slow side. After that, i do have moisture coming in again on thursday. That would be new years eve but this time it looks like it will be warm enough, probably rain at the coast. Maybe a little bit of mix as we look inland but overall a bit warmer. Watch out for Tuesday Morning and watch out for the rain tomorrow morning. Doug and antoinette. Antoinette we will watch out. Thank you. Time now is 5 49. Some of the other stories were following right now. Doug dramatic video in from australia where fires have now destroyed more than 100 homes. The wildfire tore through a coastline area popular with tourists. The threat is slightly eased today because of cooler weather, but officials warn the fire could burn for several weeks. There are no reports of any injuries. Antoinette a christmas tragedy in california. Three children and their mother are dead after their mobile home caught fire on Christmas Morning. It happened in big bear lake. The father was outside at the time but couldnt get to his family because of the extent of months old. Doug a lot of cleaning up to do bridge collapses. The truck that tried to drive weight limit. That bridge was built in 1880. No one was hurt. As the first family celebrates christmas in hawaii. President obama and first lady spent part of their day with Service Members and their families at the Marine Corps Base there. The president told them that americans dont take the work they do to keep the country safe for granted. A Close Encounter with wildlife for a louisiana Police Officer. It was supposed to be a routine overnight patrol for officer Lance Benjamin until he was assaulted by an owl. It flew into his vehicle through an open window and began pecking at his head, scratching his back, and even slapped him a few times with his wings. Officer benjamins defensive driving training was put to good use. I tried to keep control of my car. Avoided some trees. Finally i was able to stop the get out. Car. Officer benjamin rolled down the passenger side window, and the owl flew out after about 45 minutes. The officer received a tetanus antibiotics and returned to work the rest of his shift. Antoinette 45 minutes doug yeah. Computer. Antoinette he was surfing. Doug still ahead this morning, we are going oneonone with Deval Patrick. Antoinette the former governor reflects on the time since hes been out of office and shares his thoughts on possibly returning to politics. Doug on beacon hill right now. Well give you a live look outside. Christmas lights out. A couple people out and about. Dry roads out there for now. Mike wankum says eventually that announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. 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Snow is january 3. Do we have more snow to talk about before january 3 . I think we do. Today as you step outside youre looking at readings in the 40s. We have the rain tomorrow morning. Then we watch this system out over the central plains. Its going to start moving this way. Looks like late monday night near Tuesday Morning we will be talking about some snow into this forecast. That lifts its way to this area. By the way it does look like it will be warm enough that it will probably start as snow and change over to mix or ice as we head through the afternoon. Tuesday is not looking very pleasant. Monday and sunday dont look bad. Temperaturewise it will be 54 degrees. Down the road, we have more sunshine and temperatures back into the 40s. Doug and antoinette. Doug thank you, mike. Its been almost a year since Deval Patrick left office. Last week, the former governor broke his months of silence, talking about his new life and defending his record. Antoinette he also told newscenter 5s janet wu whether hed consider being vice janet its been almost a year since he walked down these stairs. Deval patrick i have more i now have to go through security at the airports. Theres some downsides. laughs Janet Patrick is now raising money for a new Investment Fund at bain capitol to grow businesses with financial and he was surprised when asked if he feels any responsibilities the mbta since his departure. His predecessor has never mentioned patricks name, but the implications are unquestionable. Its probably time for the governor to take responsibility well. Janet do you feel any guilt that you should have left the agencies in better shape than you did . Patrick i feel that after stewarding the commonwealth through the worse recession in living memory to a 25year high in employment that we did a lot to make the commonwealth stronger. Janet patrick said he was dismayed when the t system failed last winter but not its an old system in need of investments and you know, we knew that. And you know, we tried to make new investments in the system. Janet and you got a big tax hike to help you with that as well. Patrick we got a big tax hike at the end in the last few months. Janet patrick said he misses political life but only a little. Theres very loud mutterings about Hillary Clinton possibly putting you on the short list for v. P. If she gets the nomination. Any interest if that opportunity ever came up . Patrick no. Janet none . Patrick no. But would the former governor say no if asked to be on the short list. He doesnt answer that definitively saying right now his only priority is building his new business at bain. Janet wu, wcvb, newscenter 5. Antoinette we will see what happens. Ahead at 6 00, shes 110 years young. Doug youll meet the bay states oldest resident and one of the patriots most loyal fans. 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