We do have a foggy situation right now, but no dense fog showing up. It will be foggy and damp this morning and for some of you it will be icy. Just plain rain down across the cape over to marian, new bedford and taunton. Marshfield. It doesnt look all this wet. Just that fine dmriz place. Temperaturewise in the 40s. Boston, 35 degrees. Okay there. But millis down to 32. Framingham and woburn and framingham over to haverhill. Pelham, New Hampshire. Those are in things to be careful in the back roads. We still have a couple of sprinkles around and we are possibly looking at icy spots that continue until 7 00 or 8 00. On average 33 degrees. Above freezing. By noontime, 40. It will be dry and the clouds will be breaking apart. Partial sun this afternoon at 4 partial sun this afternoon at 44 degrees and by 7 p. M. , 36 nice and quiet and stay nice and quiet into your plans. A look at that new years eve forecast. For you back to shiri for a check of the roads julie julie we want to remind folks that slick spots. Volume is light. Pike looking good. 93 south and pike moving along fine. A little foggy on the zakim bridge, but volume is very manageable. Your live drive times. 25 minutes on pike from 495 to mass avenue. 9 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 22 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. Well, on this new years eve, new york city is not the only place to party. At Copley Square, the Ice Sculptures are buzzer. Fox25 Michael Hendrick is live at Copley Square where thousand at Copley Square where thousands are expected to ring in 2016, michael . Good morning, catherine. That is the bottom line that the 40th first night here in boston at Copley Square. As i step aside, you can see the Ice Sculptures. No specific threat to the city, vigilance is key and what they are trying to get out with their message their messaging. First night here at Copley Square in Boston Common. Focused on keeping revelers safe. That n a live studio interview on fox25 yesterday, the city believes it has a good security plan in place. So expect uniformed and undercover officers to saturate the streets and t station. And for bomb sniffing jobs to be working as well. A lot of undercover officers and assets hitting the way, but i am confident and encourage like any event, if they see something out of the ordinary reporter preparations for todays fun continue this morning and will throughout the day as the revelers do start heading down to the city center here. We will continue to update you on the plan and give you helpful information about the timeline of these first night events in our report coming up at 5 30. So stay with us for that. For now i am reporting live on this new years eve in Copley Square, michael henrich, fox25 morning news. Of course times square is ready for the big party. New york city officials promise that the big apple will be one of safest places to ring in 20 of safest places to ring in 2015. Crews can set up barricades and police checkpoints. A Million People will gather in times square to see the annual ball drop alongside 5,000 police officers. Overseas, brussels have cancelled their new years eve fireworks display because of threats of an attack. The mayor of belgiums capital made the decision after meeting with law enforcement. Last years festivities and the mayor said no way to check anyone. New this morning the mbta sunday fire again for failing to properly maintain an aging rail system. Comes from a federal report that outlines how the t could have done better. Live at the oak grove station where Maintenance Work is commonplace. Jess . Reporter that investigation, julie, found a number of issues with the t, mainly with its Maintenance Plan and services for disabled riders. We are live at the oak grove station in malden and this station was named specifically in the report saying right now it is not accessible at all for disabled people. This all comes days after the first real winter storm test of the t. People are starting to wonder if they can avoid repeat approximating the night their we experienced last february. The report was done by the federal Transit Administration and a mbta spokesperson told the globe it will take more than 7 billion to get the mbta among the problems that the agency found is that the mbta lacked Maintenance Plan for sub lacked Maintenance Plan for subway and trolley tracks. The ride which is the door the ride which is the doortodoor service for disabled riders and Boston Harbor cruises which is the operator of the mbta ferry boats. Now the mbta starts running at oak grove, the orange line at 5 oak grove, the orange line at 5 15. In just about 45 minutes, we will be speaking to riders throughout the morning and hearing from them over the next couple of hours here on the fox25 morning news. For now we are live at oak grove in malden, jessica reyes, fox25 news. A new report shows boston has fewer murders and more convictions than other cities its size. Police reported 14 fewer homicides in the hub this year. Officers investigated 54 murders in 2014 and 40 in 2015. Of those cases, 80 resulted in conviction conviction. 10 more than the national average. And Governor Charlie Baker is preparing for his first state of the commonwealth address. It will be thursday, january 21. His priorities for 2016 including addressing the Opioid Crisis in our state, creating more jobs, and, of course, the budget. It is now 4 36. A local mom shaken up after a man nearly broken into her home while she was inside with her little boy. That man tried to get in by busting through the ac unit. It happened at her home in west broadway and boston getting her 2yearold ready for bed. She heard the man trying to come through the window, she fought back. I looked out and i saw a guy i looked out and i saw a guy. He was like, rahh he was pushing in my ac at the same time i was pushing it out toward him. Julie she said the man eventually walked away and police do have someone in custody this morning. A man that drove his car into a pond in hamilton will be in court. This is breaking on the fox25 morning news yesterday. Our cameras were there as james chase walked out of the Hamilton Police station. He was drunk, speeding stand not have headlights on when the chase was not hurt and the car was pulled from the pond a short time later. Roads in the a area were slick when the accident happened. Police on the cape are searching for a yarmouth man reported missing 11 days ago. William flemings family said he was last seen driving a pick he was last seen driving a pickup truck. They found it abeen a dodded eight days later and aggressively searching the area ever since. Update on charges in the san bernandino massacre. The friend accused of providing an assault weapon to one of the suspects has been indicted. Enrique marquez has been charged with lying in the attack that left 14 people dead. They say he planned terrorist attacks with syed farook in 20 attacks with syed farook in 2011 and 2012 but never carried them out. As of this morning marquez has not entered a plea. Bill cosby is out on 1 million bail. Was booked for Sexual Assault. He was arrested for a crime that allegedly happened a decade ago. Mr. Cosby is charged a aggravated indecent assault. Reporter bill cosby entered a Pennsylvania Court room and charged with three counts of charged with three counts offing a have a grated Sexual Assault and his bail was set at 1 million. Andrea constan was the first woman to come forward and charge cosby for Sexual Assault charge cosby for Sexual Assault. In a deposition, cosby admitted acquiring prescription quaiv ludes to give to women. Cosby said any sex or drug taking was consensual. Mr. Cosby urged mr. Cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine. The effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond to his advances and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her. Some 50 plus women have over a period of four decades. Attorney gloria al red are representing many of those women. Of many of my 29 clients who allege they are victims of bill cosby, seeing him criminally charged and having to face a trial is the best Christmas Present that they have ever received. Reporter cosbys lawyer released a statement saying the charges come as no surprise and are unjustified. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for january 14. I am mary maloney reporting. Julie cosby lives in western massachusetts and several of his accusers are from new england. A woman claims that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2005. Their attorneys tell fox25 that the criminal case will provide evidence to support their civil suit. A Popular Streaming Service will keep every episode of the watch. Hulu will not pull it from their playlist. Netflix and amazon prime do not stream the cosby show but have other ways to watch it. Track traffic and weather every ten minutes. A live look out of the zakim bridge. That fog is low and it is thick out there. So take it slow as you head out the door. Shiri. Shiri we have several towns and cities actually with fireworks displays tonight. If you were getting ready to head out to Boston Common late tonight, 7 p. M. , i have 37 degrees. Only a couple of clouds, guys. Describe and clear. 35 degrees. 35 at Hampton Beach at 8 p. M. At 10 00 in worcester, 31 degrees. I will show you your town at midnight tonight when we come back. Dozens of people are waking up in rhode island when they should have been much further north. New at 5 00, hue strange smell on board prompted an Emergency Landing for a flight full of folks. Pond but he wasnt heres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. R zero due at signing, p p zero down, zero deposit, r and zero first r r months payment ttt on a new jetta 4 44 right now. Meteorologist shiri spear here and the rain showers continue. It is very fun. Very light stuff from boston back to the worcester area. North of the pike, and thats where we will have to have our eyes peeled for couple of icy spots. No ice on the roads in southeastern massachusetts. Plain rain from the cape to the south coast. A littleton man risks his life to receive his drone. It landed in the middle of a on the ice to get it back. After a few steps he fell through the surface. The fire chief said the man went in to his knees and he was able to get it out on his own. The little thing on the ice is only a half inch thick. It is not safe. Stay off the ice. Catherine Fire Fighters recommend flying drones over fields and other open areas to avoid getting into a dangerous situation. Worcester city manager admits that the city should have done a better job preparing for the snow. Listed on the official twitter said the city did not have enough dpw and plows to deal with the freezing rain. Many of the streets were covered in slush and ice. To fix the problem, crews in worcester were salting the roads all day yesterday. The ice is ready and the anticipation is building for tomorrows winter classic between the bruins and canadians at gillette stadium. This afternoon familiar faces from both teams will hit the ice for the winter classic ray bourque and cam neely will be for the bs and just a preview for what is to come on new years day. The bruins are without brad marchand. Marchand hit with a threegame suspension for his illegal check against ottawa. No penalty called on the ice and the league says the hit was dangerous and low and marchand dangerous and low and marchands fourth suspension during his nhl career. He is the reason that banner number 18 is not hanging at the garden and listen as lakers kobe bryant enters the court for the final time. Number 24 kobe bryant. A lot of cheers and applause a lot of cheers and applause. Great moment. After the game celtics trailed much of the night but watch the hustle from marcus smart. He takes a hit. C wooz cut las lead to two late in the game and Avery Bradley with the steal and the easy bucket. However this is the moment that kobe bryant drills a deep 3 to put the game away. Look at kobe bryant. The crowd cheering bryant name. Celts lose. And the indy car race in bostons seaport will official bostons seaport will officially going to happen. The Indianapolis Business Journal say the organizers of the Boston Grand Prix have signed a letter of intent. The mbta, mass dot and Mass Convention authority signed the document. The race will take place Labor Day Weekend on streets near the boston and exhibition center. 4 47 and look at the roads where things are moving along nicely because it is so early still. The expressway is wide open. Pike looks good through the weston tolls into the allstonbrighton area. An issue we will have out there is fog. Cant see the leverett connector. A pair of head lights to ensure it is still there and be careful for low visibility this morning. Live drive times. 14 minutes on route 1 from 128 21 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. 24 minutes on 128 from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. Station Storm Tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us and we have a little bit of fog and ice on the roads to deal with as well. Shiri we do not in the boston area. No ice there but the suburbs north and west appear a few slippery spots. The untreated roads right now. This is a system that will be pushing aby a from us until about 7 a. M. And it is going to pull away any lingering rain showers by 10 00 this morning. We are dry and we get to tap into on and off clouds. The system to the north will stay to the north. So 10 00 this morning. As i mentioned, showers are out and look what is happening with these clouds beginning to break apart. It is not like we will bust out in full sunshine today but it will be bright from time to time. On and off clouds, especially after noontime today. You can see we are bright, every now and then and stays dry all the way through midnight and that means quiet plans. 34 degrees right now in boston itself. Visibility, yeah, down to one mile with the fog out there. Fog lingering through 9, 10 00 this morning before lifting for good. Though i dont expect we will have a lot of dense fog out there. Hey, this is your next couple of hours in boston. Temperatures kind of low here at 6 a. M. I expect that we are still going to be in the middle 30s at 6 00 this morning in the city. 37 at 8 a. M. By 10 a. M. 39 degrees and temperatures that will be in the low to mid40s this afternoon. Here is a look at high temperatures around town. If you were looking for hot spots going into southeastern massachusetts. Plymouth at 46. 47 in carver and bridgewater. Mattapoisett and new bedford. 48 49 degrees in taunton. You can compare that to the fact we have most of central massachusetts, north of worcester stuck in the 30s. It will only be 39 in worcester this afternoon. 38 in gardner and athol. Degrees. Same in norwood. Lawrence, 41 lawrence, 41. Portsmouth, 41. 40 on the nose in manchester, New Hampshire and up 050 degrees nantucket with partly cloudy skies. Continuing. These arent lows tonight. I need to fix the banner. These are midnight temperatures tonight. I adjusted it to get a feel for what you are going to have in your town and city if you plan on being out there to usher in the new year. 34 in boston. 30 for norwood. Worcester, 30. Manchester, New Hampshire 32. Hyannis, 37 degrees. So it is all 30s, my friends but also all dry out there, and for tomorrow, i have partly cloudy skies. I have got temperatures getting back up to 40 in and around the boston area, but i have also got some flurries expected. In fact the best chance for some flurries and even in isolated snow squall will be late friday night. So i think friday night we are going to have to watch out for a couple of slippery patches because of that snow. Into the weekend plan around 40 degrees both days in boston with partly cloudy skies conditions. 35 degrees both days in worcester. We go from 40 to 41 over the weekend in plymouth. 40 both days in beverly, saturday, 38. And so we are dressing for seasonable highs for this time of the year. Cools down next week. Only 34 your high on monday, and on tuesday. Back up to 4 on wednesday. Back to you, guys. Republican jeb bush is pulling ad spots from tv. Move could mea the era of cell phone contracts for user also end. At t is the last Major Carrier to offer contracts for customers. Verizon and sprint stopped the practice in august. Tmobile ended it two years ago. Instead of contracts, customers will pay full price and have a lower monthly fee. They can pay for you in phones in monthly assignments. Microsofts latest app is for those obsessed with selfie called microsoft selfie. It makes adjustments to pictures based on age, skin tone, lighting and other variables. 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Took two months and 38 million liters of water to build. Workers created all of the icicles on their own by sprinkling water over metal racks. Rise down frozen slides and explore secluded caves. Millions of people will be traveling for the new years. Times square may be the top spot, but new york city is not the major destination. Orlando, florida takes the top spot. New york city comes in second followed by la, tampa and new orleans. And second place isnt stopping crews from stopping crew from preparing for the festivities. Practice runs lifting and lowering that famous new years eve ball. Officials say thousands of officers will be stationed around the city to make sure everyone is safe. Our crews are ready for the new year. We are set up at copley place to report all day as we approach 2016. The extra security for first night and why the crowd is expected to be bigger than ever. A horrific discovery on a cruise ship. 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Catherine good morning on this last day of 2015. It is new years eve. Catherine parrotta in for gene lavanchy. Sara i am sara underwood. Weather is the big story. Everyone want to know what to wear when they head out tonight wear when they head out tonight. Storm tracker meteorologist on temperatures this morning,