south of 25, 20' s down through the south shore. it' s below freezing everywhere, and although there are clear skies in boston, there are a couple snow showers. there is a cold front pressing through this morning with some passing clouds, and as it does, it opens the door to let in colder air. those 40' s we had yesterday are not happening today. temperatures will be coming out only near the reasoning mark -- the freezing mark and holding through the afternoon. either side of the freezing mark, the windchill all day long holds in the teens and 20' s. a colder thursday ahead. let' s get you out to the roads. olessa: good morning. a little bit of overnight construction. here it is, good in both directions. let' s see the rest of your trip. some construction that will be of there another project. no problems on the pico route 9. -- on the pike our route 9. randy: stories we are following right now -- one person is dead after a fire tears through a home in plymouth. a couple in their 60' s who lived in his home tell us the wife was out when the fire started. investigators are not identifying who died, but they say it appears the flame started in the garage. emily: a fair haven in critical condition after crashing his truck and icy waters. police responded yesterday afternoon. nobody else was inside. randy: one of two men charged with stealing bones from this graveyard in worcester is expected to be arraigned today. police arrested him earlier this month during a drug investigation. remains there that he and another suspects are accused of stealing. emily: right now, a state senator under fire. federal agents hauling evidence out of his office late into the night. focused on allegations of campaign cash. randy: we have lawmakers in session today. todd: good morning. the big question -- will we see brian joyce here at this date e statehouse? there' s no sign of him. fbi agents methodically comb through his logs, collecting bags of evidence, including electronics. the fbi and irs continue to investigate. last month, he agreed to pay nearly $5,000 for using campaign money to throw a graduation party for his son. the state ethics commission is investigating thousands of owner of the store says he he received over the course of the decade. > > the issues raised here were troubling to begin with. the voters ultimately get to make the call on whether someone is allowed to serve or not. todd: the district includes parts of 10 different communities. his attorney says they have been cooperating with the investigation, and that joyce believes he has done nothing wrong. emily: thank you. commitment 2016. a new national poll shows hillary clinton barely ahead of bernie sanders, but that is not the case here in massachusetts. sanders leads 49% to 42% among likely democratic voters, according to a public policy polling survey. the massachusetts primary is on the republican candidates have a push in south carolina today, two days before the gop primary as a new poll shows a slip at the top. "the wall street journal" shows donald trump down two percentage points, trying to make up ground, threatening to sue cruz over this at. -- this ad. it features trump admitting he is pro-choice. last night he was accused of hiding from his past. >> i will continue focusing on issues and record, and just saying liar is not a response when you want to run away. emily: marco rubio, who received a big endorsement yesterday from nikki haley, also attended the town hall, as well as dr. ben carson. trump, jeb bush, and john kasich will take part of the second round in the town hall. randy: one very hot topic on the campaign trail, the announcement we will get details and just hours. erika is here with the criticism already pouring in. erika: the most vocal criticism is coming from marco rubio, whose parents are cuban immigrants, and ted cruz, whose father fled the nation. president obama will be the first sitting president to set in cuba in nearly 70 years. he' s working to normalize relations; and disease every opened and a deal to restore commercial air travel was signed this week. but he has yet to push through the economic embargo. he says it stands to bring change. opponents argue that human needs to demonstrate a major political shift. >> it' s not just a communist dictatorship, it is an anti-american communist dictatorship. >> the cuban government remains as oppressive as ever, but now they have access to billions of dollars of resources. erika: the visit is expected to happen next month. white house officials said it would include meeting with political dissidents and not happen until conditions were right. plan. randy: harvard university is getting slapped with a lawsuit. emily: the accusations that the school didn' t l dismissed a female law student who asked for help. randy: the fbi trying to take a bite out of apple' s security. how the company is fighting back, and the repercussions it could have for everyone. cindy: another quiet day, but it will be 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before 5:00. a new hampshire teacher is facing charges, accused of assaulting a student outside a classroom. she' s now on administrative leave. manchester police say she knocked a piece of candy out of an unruly student' s hand. the student was scratched. a teacher' s aide reported it to the principal. emily: a harvard grad is taking action against the university after she says they ignored her report of sexual assault and harassment. she says she was sexually assaulted by her boyfriend over her last two years. she reported the incidents, but says the ex continue to retaliate. her lawsuit claims she found more than a dozen complaints all unnoticed,. she was forced to live in the same dorm is her accused attacker. >> harvard has an institutional culture of ignoring and islands and people like me. we are treated as if we are problems rather than people. emily: s he eventually obtained a court order for her protection. harvard said it does not comment on any pending litigation. 4:41. the university of texas finally complying with a new state law. randy: guns will soon be allowed on their campuses. and turkeys attack -- sort of. colder colors tay. yesterday was the mid-40' s and beautiful. i thought to myself and felt it' ll be here before you know it. winter' s still here, absolutely, and we have temperatures that are running for the month. this is what i wanted to show you -- temperatures are running absolutely normal for the month of february, which is incredible, because the month started so warm. wherever those 50' s and 60' s? and last week, it got so much colder. the past two days have been above the average. we average all the numbers together and it comes out normal. it' s been an up and down month for sure. typically in february, we get just under a foot of snow. we have had just over a foot at this point. nowhere near what we picked up last february alone, which was nearly 65 inches. in 2014 we had close to two feet. interesting that snowfall has been above the average. nonetheless, we are watching a couple snow showers here. apart, associated with a frontal boundary that will be cruising through. as it comes through, it will open the door to this. the single digits, teens. while we' re sitting at the freezing mark in boston, once the winds shift, the temperatures will have a hard time climbing. not expecting a big temperature rise today. 25 in worcester, to the south in the lower 30' s, but most of us are below freezing to start out, and the high temperatures hold in the upper 20' s and lower 30' s. temperatures won' t climb that much, but we will see a good amount of sunshine mixing with clouds. the wind will be active -- at 3:00, windchill values holding in the teens and 20' s. definitely a cold or feeling day. a lot of us are seeing sunshine. 3:00 this afternoon, some clouds over the ocean. these are ocean effect clouds and snow showers developing as we get to the evening and into the overnight, although most of us are looking at a dry day, there will be a few ocean effect snow showers late this afternoon. we' re not expecting any accumulation at all. the skies will clear out overnight. cold, single digits, a lot of teens, 20' s down toward the cape. a cold start tomorrow, high-pressure shifting toward us, which will give us time to watch this next system crews in. -- cruise in. brighter skies through lunchtime tomorrow, and then the clouds come through in the early evening hours. but friday, we will watch a little bit of rain or snow come in. as the system approaches, it pushes in a warm, frontal boundary. a little bit of light snow or rain, minimal accumulation, under an inch. and once the warm front lifts up on saturday, this will approach with a southerly wind, and the close to 50 on saturday. by sunday, still up near 50 degrees, a nice-looking weekend with warmer temperatures. then as we head toward early next week, we will be watching the temperatures dropped toward the middle of the week and a storm threat. more on that, coming up. right now it could go either way with rain or snow. emily: fingers crossed for rain. thank you. olessa: a fairly quiet start on the roads. this is a live look at the pike. eastbound is moving to the top of the screen. there' s the roadwork we are watching. it should be picking up in the next 20 minutes or so. same story north of town. that project should be clearing by the next 15 minutes. then you are good to go on the pike, an issue free start south of town. the expressway is quiet, trains and buses on schedule. randy: thank you. that while seen on the orange line of the t. they say they will now physically expected bolts and rivets that secure panels to the sides of trains. one of those panels fell off and caused smoke to fill the station. passengers had to kick out the windows to escape the train. in the past, they had just done visual inspections. emily: a major legal battle brewing, with an impact on all iphone users. apple is refusing to comply with the fbi to create software that will unlock the phone of a terrorist. the fbi says the phone likely holds key information, but they can' t crack the code. apple says the software will put the privacy of all users at risk. >> once you have a backdoor key, it doesn' t know whether the person using it is a good guy or bad guy. emily: many iphone users show signs of supporting apple last night. the legal tug-of-war could soon had to the supreme court. randy: asian stocks posted strong gains today. the price of oil rebounded. stock futures on wall street are slightly higher the day after the dow gained 1.6% to close. comcast is giving customers a small break after a massive outage earlier this week. the company will credit customers about $2 on the next bill. cable and on demand were down for 90 minutes on monday. emily: proposed changes to springfield' s casino plan are now approved. the city council held a hearing last night on changes aimed at meeting certain concerns from property owners near the site of the mgm proposal. negotiated conditions included plans to add new sidewalks, awnings, and lighting. stories. allowed at the university of texas-austin. it was approved by reluctant university president.a a new law allows concealed handgun license holders to bring starting august 1. randy: incredible video making the rounds online. those are tumbleweeds taking over a town in australia. it' s summer there now, and the dry conditions have contributed to this. high as the roof. they say it' s not a fire risk. >> you are going to believe this, but i have a carrier being >> [laughter] emily: a new jersey mail carrier surrounded by wild turkeys. that was his boss calling 911 for help. the carrier says the turkeys couldn' he eventually got the turkeys to scatter, but says he will proceed with extra caution. randy: [laughter] they can be very aggressive. emily: a pennsylvania dog out of -- randy: the rescue efforts to save the dog. randy: 4:54. emily: a deadly fire under investigation in plymouth. one person was killed after getting trapped inside. a couple in their 60' s lives at this home. witnesses say the wife was out it is not clear right now who died in the fire. investigators say the flames likely start in the garage. sky5 over norton where police are investigating a deadly accident. police say one employee was hit and killed by a delivery truck in the warehouse parking lot. the truck was driven by a subcontractor which delivers furniture. randy: a murder suspect is being held without bail, accused of shooting a man in the head outside a randolph barn. he' court. police say he shot and killed a man who was performing at the city limits 11. he is also accused of assaulting a police officer. and the attorney for bill cosby has some questions for the comedian' s. insurance company -- the comedian' s insurance company. it' s over how they handled claims of her sexual misconduct in the past. accusing him of rape. emily: state auditors say their office is launching into a new investigation. the agency has been under fire after a series of high-profile deaths. they report the scope of the audit is undetermined, but the goal is to provide better practices. the last au dit was checking them against the sex offender registry. randy: a superintendent is cleared of charges that he broke into a student' s home. he was charged with breaking and entering after going inside the home of a high school student who had spent several months in florida and was trying to reenroll. in his testimony, the judge directed and not guilty verdict. emily: a state prison guard is behind bars. he' s suspended without pay from he' s charged with dealing drugs. prosecutors say he sold heroin four times to an undercover state trooper. he also had drugs on him during his arrest. randy: the world health organization is asking for $56 million to help combat the growing zika virus, linked to severe birth defects. it has spread to nearly 30 countries. they say it would fast-track the vaccine. emily: pope francis is back at the vatican after wrapping up the five-day trip to mexico. he spoke at a mass yesterday, 800 yards from the border with texas. he called on governments worldwide to open their hearts to migrants and refugees, but stop short of calling on the u.s. to open its borders. randy: a missing dog attract 50 feet underground -- dog attract 50 feet underground has been rescued. hole, and here he is being pulled to the surface by rescuers. they sent the chief down, hoax him up to harness and pushed. he' s in good shape. you can see he' s pretty happy. emily: you shouldn' t be down in a hole. cindy: minus signs on the map this morning. this is the difference between out the door yesterday and now. it' s a little colder in all areas and we will need to dress more warmly. winds are back. they will be gusting out of the northwest, sustained at 15-20, gusting higher. that will hold all day long even though temperatures will sneak up to the 30' s. a cold front crossing the area. it ushers in colder temperatures, and not just here. s. 40' s back through chicago, and still some heat over the deep storminess across the country is west coast. we will see some minor disturbances work through. friday night into saturday, there might be a little bit of light, winter snow. low impact. that' s a warm front pushing in, and we jump into near 50 on on sunday. sunday looks a little bit brighter, and as we head toward is down. as we head into that time period of wednesday and thursday, we will be watching a storm loaded deep south. from this point it is unclear what track it will take up the eastern seaboard. would be a colder solution. but if it attracts right along the coat -- if it tracks along the coastline, that would mean we will have to watch it. either way, it turns little stormy by the middle of next week, but the warm-ups before them. we will break down the colder temperatures right now, as the eye-opener continues. >> now -- randy: a deadly fire investigation. the struggle for firefighters. emily: a new hampshire teacher accused of assaulting a student. club police say she slept out of a child' s hand. randy: president obama making an historic trip to cuba. >> you' re watching wcvb, boston' s news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5' s eyeopener. emily: 5:00 a.m. also on the eye, you could say that they may be relieved to see these cylinders. they will be -- we'