Our Homeland Security agencies are on the case. President obama speaking from the white house trying o to reassure the American Public that in the wake of terror attacks and abroad, travelers should be he safest at holidays. Travelers are working overtime and we are continually monitoring threats at home and abroad. Reporter state and local leaders also addressing concerns, Governor Charlie Baker says the bay state is safe. There is no credible threat thats been discovered with respect certainly in massachusetts and the rest of america. While were making sure the streets are safe, were patrolling the local neighborhoods. Reporter and Boston Police commissioner William Evans their families. [ inaudible ] again, things running smoothly as people are heading out of town for thanksgiving. Again the tsa saying this could be the biggest Holiday Season ever so theyre warning people if you still have to fly tonight, give yourself at least two hours of time to get here a little bit early. Nick
Its colder air but north and west of us. You see quiet conditions across new england. Weve had low clouds and patchy fog. A murky start. That will take time to have the sunshine peek through but once it does, lower to middle 60s. Light showers the second half of the weekend, then it dries out. The first half, we feature more clouds and light showers. Not a lot of moisture with this front but it will feature a cooler weekend. A better chance for more rain midweek next week. That on the sevenday forecast ahead. Nancy time for fast track traffic. How are things going out there, Danielle Gersh . Danielle good morning, things looking pretty good. The zakim bridge and leverett connector wide open. The roads will be more congested in the later hours of your morning. Route 1, no problems, wide open, all green. 93 looking good as well. Lets go to the pike. Were fine all the way to 495, the expressway from the split into boston, a wide open ride. Lets take a look at those drive times. The expres
If thats not warm enough, tomorrow lower 60s as clouds break for sun. More on the weekend forecast ahead. Jadiann you may be heading out to the familys house. Lets check in with Danielle Gersh. Danielle happy thanksgiving to you. Th zakim bridge, leverett connector, not too many people on the road. Everyones sleeping or enjoy the day off work, getting the turkey ready. You can see the roads pretty much wide open heading into town on route 1. All green on 93, no problems to tell you about there. Theres go to the pike from 495 to 128, no problems, wide open through framingham. The split into boston on the expressway is even a nice ride. Your dive times heading out the door, the expressway the split to the tunnel is just a 10 minute ride into town on the pike from 128, thats a 12 minute ride. South on 93 from 128 to the zakim bridge. The t is on a sunday schedule. Jadiann one person killed when shots rang out outside the whos on first bar on yawkey way. Nancy two others were injured. Poli
Traffic again at a standstill on route 128. Look at all those up for miles. State Police Warning people right now. They expect lanes will hours. Frustration and the delays for all the evening. Were going to keep you effect your travels throughout the evening. For now im live in the news room. You have to imagine some people are leaving a little early for the for more on how this accident is impacting roads across the Greater Boston area, lets check in with joe stapleton. Taking a look at route 128 southbound on the lefthand side of the screen there from burlington all the way down to route, bairlg moving the whole way down. Those headlights are caught there down past route 9. Were kind of stuck in this Holding Position here all the way back into burlington. Back towards those maps again getting a look right now at 128, also down through the milton area, the expressway has been rough going through braintree as well. We have been dealing with delays across the section of the state. The o
A busy day on the roads. Outside, not too bad. The zakim bridge, traffic flowing nicely over the leverett connector. North of town, heading south on route 1, wide open. No problems south on 93, no problems there either. The expressway, all green as we head into your morning commute. No problems yet. Southoftown we have a minor problem to tell you about. The off ramp is closed. If youre heading north on route 95 to 128 so we have minor backup there. Your drive times this morning, the expressway split to 10, a 10 minute drive, on the pike, 12 minutes and south on 93 from 128, 11 minutes. Jadiann thank you so much. Theres breaking news right now in turkey. Officials in the country say they shot down a russian war plane. Christa the plane flew over the country and the pilots ignored warnings to leave the area. According to the Russian Defense ministry the plane was in a Bombing Mission in syria and did not violate air space. The pilots used parachutes to get out of the plane. Jadiann trave