Extremely well especially the copilot who landed the plane with 154 people onboard. I think the airlines needs to be commended. I think whatever happened in know. That copilot did a great job i got to tell you. All of our lives was in his hands at that point. Reporter at this point the name of that deceased pilot is not being released. The airline is not specifying a cause of death simply saying that he had an illness of some type. Jim smith wbz news. Also developing tonight an amtrak passenger train derails in vermont. At least two cars went off the tracks injuring some passengers but things could have been much worse. Paula evan is following the latest elements. Reporter a hundred people were onboard Amtrak Vermonter before it crashed just before noon today. This northfield outside of month peel year. Investigators say the train hit some rocks that fell onto the tracks from a ledge above sending a locomotive and Passenger Car over an embankment. Three other cars went off the tracks b
Draining in the cold air from the north. Most of the precipitation is done, spotting, freezing cautious tonight. Advisories stay in place until at most until midnight much all freezing up with temps in the 20s, fog out there, and that tonight. In terms of the lows, stops about the can alley, everyone else below that mark, travel with caution, same idea for tomorrow morning, taking a look at the rest of the week in a few minute. Breaking news on the mbta shutting down because a metal great came loose and hanging from the ceiling, while the mbta fixes this emergency, busing passengers, this is the third branch of the mbta having storm. Jim shields is live, bill. Hoping this is not a harbinger of things to come, one or two inches here and there, a problem on the redline here, this afternoon you had a problem on the green line. Then this evening that ceiling, a little piece of a great gave way on the blue line from bode in over to maverick, it was not a great day for the t. You gotta wonde
Drizzle but a little glaze of ice and many of you have been sending info tows and reports and noting the changing conditions, i want to make sure everyone treats that as a treacherous situation. Also we have pockets of fog, locally pretty dense right now, boston down to half mile visibility, fog will be an issue before drier air works in again. Here are your headlines, that flash freeze with sub freezing temps quickly moving to the south, earlier on today becoming ice as we head through this evening and overnight, well linger into tomorrow mornings commute. Some melting tomorrow, getting into the 30s, whos in the southern part of the state, milder on thursday so an opportunity to get some of of this ice out of the way, we can imagine that that weve started winter in and out of this freeze cycle until everything dries out, well take a full look at new years eve forecast, the weekend coming up the snow and the sleet have stopped, the roads are slick, temperatures are dropping, causing sp
And determined at this point to end things peacefully, there is more gun fire in the back, we will certainly stay on top of this and bring you more as events warrant. Jim smith wbz. Jim thank you, well so you again at 6 00. It has been a christmas for the books. Record temperatures yesterday and today, look at that. Another beautiful fall like dare i say spring like day, these guys are playing tennis in their shorts and short sleeves, it was so warm the city of brewster had to cancel gardner. Maybe later this week, this next coming week as we get into wednesday. Long Term Forecast models are showing a couple winter storms and colder temperatures, we are talking 30s and tos for highs, have a pleasant even and temperatures were gorgeous for christmas, 57 degrees in boston, 51 norwood, and we tied a record High Temperature in worcester, 60 degrees the old record still stands, 1964, boston 62 degrees, we just got shy, we were just shy of that record. Of 5 dries setback in 1889, but it is t
After years of accusations, this is the first time he has been formally charged. Prosecutors say cosby drugged and attacked a woman 12 years ago at his pennsylvania home. We are in elkins park pennsylvania. Reporter the arraignment happened in this door behind me. Mr. Cosby walked in just like anybody else except there were dozens of reporters and photographers waiting for him as he was escorted in by two attorneys to face the charges against him. Bill cosby left a pennsylvania courthouse wednesday afternoon after his arraignment on charges of felony sexual so. Bail was set at 1 million. The 78yearold comedian is charged with aggravated indecent assault against a university. That his alma mater. These charges stem from a Sexual Assault that took place on an evening in early 2004 at mr. Cosbys home. Reporter this is the first accusations by more than 50 women. The allegations in this complaint echo claims made by other accusers. On the evening in question, mr. Cosby urged her to take pi