and 20s. storm tracker meteorologist shiri spear have the timeline when the temps will rise. shiri, i got in the car this morning and i was literally cold. >> shiri: grab mittens if you can because uncomfortable. 17 in norwood. 4 in orange. 18 in keene. lower 20s in bedford, beverly and plymouth. boston at 30 degrees. usually the city center is a little warmer. that is the case. the freezing temperatures down to the cape. so future cast have temperatures going down by a couple more degrees by 6:00 this morning. teens and 20s will do it for you here for most of the morning commute. the warm-up starts between 7 and 8 a.m. and it does take us into the lower 40s by about lunchtime today. we stick with mostly sunny skies. and there will be a couple of clouds around north and west of boston into the afternoon. 5 p.m. for the drive home from work i am sorry to say, but mostly in the 30s. our warm-up will be kind of limitlower 40s. 40 to 44, 45 for the high today after a freezing start to the day. sun and afternooned scattered clouds. i will widen the scope if you are doing any traveling today coming up. here is julie with a check of the roads. >> julie: shiri, all over the roads for you today. right now at 4:02. nobody has left for thanksgiving quite yet, so roads are moving along nicely. pike wide open from framingham through the weston tolls and owned a handful of cars out through brighton. 24 minutes from the pike from 495 to mass avenue. eight minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 21 minutes on 93 south from 49 5 to the leverett connector. we begin with breaking news now. turkish fighter jets shut down a russian warplane. it violated turkish airspace and ignored several warnings before they shut it down. the pilots ejected and may have been captured on the ground. last month turkish jets shot down an unidentified drone that violated turkey's airspace. we will bring you more information as it comes in. a worldwide travel alert issued just days before the busiest travel times of the year. state department issued an alert saying al qaeda, isis and other terror groups are planning attacks use planning attacks using a wide variety of weapons. authorities are work of copycat attack groups or individuals not affiliated with terrorist organizations. the alert says extremists have targeted sporting events, theatres, open markets and aviation concerns. a security expert tells fox25 for. >> i don't think people should cancel their trips, but thing they should be very much aware of the situations in different parts of the world right now. don't take anything for granted granted. if you see anything unusual your gut instinct and tell somebody. >> daniel: the alert stays into effect until after february. after the attacks at paris, they reminded the public you are always at the state of readiness. expected to be the busiest travel day on the road for the thanksgiving holiday, 700,000 drivers hit highways for expected this year. the possible public transportation is great to avoid the hassle. on thanksgiving, the t will run on a sunday scheduled and extra silver line service for anyone heading to logan. mass dot expects the heaviest volume today, tomorrow and sunday. and, of course, stay with us all morning. julie and shiri will be tracking weather and traffic all morning long and julie will be back this afternoon on our news at 5 p.m. following what is expected to be a very busy day on the roads. the new england patriots will be hitting the road this weekend, and they are headed to denver with a perfect weather. pats hosting buffalo last night pats hosting buffalo last night, and you have james white in the fox25 touchdown countdown. white with a 20-yard catch right before halftime to put new england up 10-3. tom brady hits danny amendola and the pass gets the pats down to the 6-yard line. amendola was injured later in the game and the job was done. james white scores again. rumbles home from six yards thought made it 20-10. pats go on to win 20-13. they are 10-0. fox25's bryan salmond has reaction from foxborough. >>reporter: entering the game with the buffalo bills who would step up to the new england patriots offensively. james white two interceptions and ran the ball twice. he scored once in the air and once on the ground and good enough for the fooits improve to 10-0 for the season. >> it felt good. any time -- anything i can do to help this team with a scoring touchdown, blocking, doing whatever it takes. >> not only did you score your first, but you got two. that's nice. >> felt good. like i said guys were down, people had to step up. i wanted to be one of those guy i wanted to be one of those guys. >> nice touchdown run. broke graham's tackle there down the 10-yard line, 8-yard down. james has been a dependable player and came forward with big plays last week against the giants and had him today. so, you know, we need everybody every week. >>reporter: up next for the new england patriots are the denver broncos in denver. it was supposed to be tom brady versus peyton manning. oswalt will be from for peyton manning who is injured. bryan salmond, fox25 sports. new this morning a state trooper is recovering after being being hit by a car in gillette stadium. he was at his traffic post when a suspected drunk driver hit or miss hit him just before midnight. he was taken to the hospital blue be okay. police arrested the driver under the influence. french president francois hollande arrives in washington to discuss the fight on isis with president obama. he twoons create a coalition to go after the terror group and asking the u.s. and russia to put differences aside to help. president obama has made it clear he is again sending more u.s. troops syria. the white house says it is unlikely the president also end their meeting with a solid agreement. after washington, president francois hollande's next stop is in russia to meet with president vladimir putin. french authorities are workinging to determine if a device found in suburb south of parvis a suicide vest. it has bolts and the same type of explosives in the paris attacks. it turned up in a garbage can last night in the same neighborhood police attached suspected terrorist salah suspected terrorist salah abdelsalem. 4:0 7 right now. brussels remains at the highest terror threat level this morning as leaders warn of an imminent attack. people across the city has been on lockdown for days. everyone has been told to avoid public places. the streets of belgium's capital practically empty as armored forces patrol. the subway system and schools that brussels expected to reopen tomorrow. new this morning, fire at a three-family home on lexington treat? east boston. -- -- lexington street in east boston. work being done in the third work being done in the third-floor bathroom. two fire fighters were taken to mats general to be checked out. one has a shoulder injury. the damage is about $200,000 and at least three people are out of their home. a baby sitter charged in a brutal attack on a toddler is now at a psychiatric hospital in worcester. 21-year-old abigail hanna has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. fox25 was in court when hanna made her first appearance after being arrested on friday. sky koltion said she suffers from hallucinations and suicidal. she kidnapped a girl, shade her head, burned her with cigarettes and left her in a wooded area. a couple found the child. parents. hanna likely suffers from a severe mental illness. >> to do a senseless crime that has senseless circumstances and the defendant herself is actually unaware of the charges actually unaware of the >> daniel: according to court documents obtained by fox25, anna admitted that the albers home. she is due back in court next month. the murder trial of a danvers teenages is on hold. evidence in the phillip chism a jury was shown an image of chism with blood on his hands and jeans outside the bathroom where she was raped and murder. he bought a movie ticket with ritzer's credit card. they testified about human blood on his clothes and the box cutter. a judge gave them the week off urging them not to talk about the trial during thanksgiving. new details on the death of a woman found burned on train tracks in bridgewater. julian and shannon squires were arraigned for misleading police arraigned for misleading police. they lied about seeing ashley bortner. they are being held on bail and are due back in court next month. we track traffic and weather every ten minutes and a look at those drive times. right now 14 minutes on the pike from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. here is meteorologist shiri spear. shish kabob >> shiri: we have your travel plans covered if you were heading out at in all new england, pretty decent shape. clear skies right now. a lot of teens and 20s on the map. traveler in new york need to be cautious of snow showers. we will show you the extent and how far into new england they push. the location of the homes in this business make them targets for thieves. and next, dozens of animals lost in a devastating fire. >> now they have a home. story we brought you as it was what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. a paxton animal worker reads the names of the dogs and cats that died in the fire. a rally around the sweet pea shelter for a vigil. people donating supplies to rebuild the shelter. fire broke out and killed 14 dogs and 39 cats. four dogs and two cats survived the fire and the dogs are in rough shape. >> now they have a home but it is in heaven but we would rather see them there. >> each of us grab a dog that we know and cuddled with them, dried them off. >> daniel: the shelter is still looking for a missing cat still looking for a missing surviving pets to leave the vet in about a month. investigators say the fire was accidental. to help the shelter, you can go to our web site at myfoxboston.com. this morning 450,000 cars are under recall for defect that could spark a fire. the recall includes ford fusion the recall includes ford fusions and mercury milans. they can get a crack in the fuel tank that could lead to a fire. right now no reports of any fires related to the defect. dealer also fix it no cost to the customer. google launched google compare. it helps whom buyers get the best loan by comparing mortgages. right now it is only available in california, but google hopes to expand to other states. the green line extension is supposed to connect boston with somerville and medford before but overruns put the project in safety. possibility of ballooning costs years ago. >> if you see these documents that your investigation turns up, you realize it shouldn't come as a surprise. >> those documents warn the state of project overreturns as early as 2011. investigate i have reporter kerry kavanaugh discovered the red flags inside this report what happened can be done to get the project back on track. you can see that tonight on the fox25 news at 10 o'clock. it is 4:16. good tuesday morning. usually we track those drive times as you are headed into the city because that is where the majority of the volume is; however, things are changing because it is that thanksgiving holiday and i will be sure to keep an eye on drive times headed in the opposite direction should they become a problem. expressway looks good right now. pike moving along at a decent pace. as you can see if you were heading out tore thanksgiving there are would be a great time to leave. would you beat the traffic. 12 minutes on 24 from 106 to 128. 495 to the leverett connector. nine minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining now and as far as people headed out for the holidays, weather is not going to slow them down. >> definitely not locally. an easy travel day ahead. you low temperatures. the fact that we are waking but low-average temperatures and a cold afternoon. thank goodness it is not as breezy as yesterday. when you were caught by the wind, it was so bitter. today although cold, we have temperatures that will fax at 4 temperatures that will fax at 44 in boston. 40 in meredith, new hampshire. 43 in syracuse, new york. we have a couple of these snow showers that will be coming off the lakes into areas like new york today. i don't expect they will have much of an extent into new england. maybe burlington gets one or two snowflakes but the clouds will actually arrive to a certain degree today. right now we are watching those snow showers. they say safely away zooming in locally and a clear set-up that is conducive to these chilly mornings and exactly what we have in place. 30 in boston. you are really the exception. one of the only 30s in the map aside from the cape. we have a 13-mile-per-hour breeze coming in from the west and any breeze on top of these kind of temperatures obviously going to create a wind chill. fix the map to see lower 40s into the afternoon, but it is going to be smooth sailing. lots and lots of sunshine here. only 23 degrees right now worcester, and we are still losing heat. so we have got nice sunshine, and we do have a decent temperature jump from 6 a.m. at 21 degrees. 28 degrees here at 8 a.m., and then into the afternoon we end up probably in the upper 30s here. futurecast there does bring in scattered clouds this afternoon. way more so in central and northern new england. northern vermont could get a couple of those snow flakes. luckily we will stay dry and mostly sunny from boston tomorrow morning, get ready for another round as chilly 20s as you wake up. we have high pressure driving so going to keep the winds calm. it is going to bring us lots and lots of sunshine here. cool weather continues for one more day on wednesday. then things start to warm-up as we head to thanksgiving. a switch in the air direction. but with it comes more moisture and that will boil down to a little bit of cloud cover here for thanksgiving. no rain yet. so high temperatures locally today. i have got 44 from plymouth to boston to beverly over to lawrence and fitchburg. 41 in worcester and 43 in nashua. 43 in provincetown 45 on the vineyard and nice beautiful sunny icons. just remember scattered clouds north and west of boston. tonight, mostly clear. boston back to freezing at 32. we have the burbs back in the 20s, folks. you will have to dress tomorrow morning exactly like do you this morning. if you can find some gloves to put on. your finger tips are going to middle 40 s. 45 in boston. 42 in worcester here. it is going to be nice and bright, there is your thanksgiving warm-up with high of 66 degrees. 61 on friday and you will see temperatures crashing down and that is actually because a system comes through, and on the weekend. 43 degrees. not too shabby with sun and scattered clouds. mostly sunny tomorrow. and if we have travel plans on wednesday, remember you will be waking up to 20s here, and then during the afternoon, i have temperatures that are going to make it into the 40s. really across the northeast. it is going to be the quietest weather day. everywhere. a few more thursday clouds followed by friday night into saturday morning. rain will clear on out from saturday afternoon into sunday and by monday, we will have to watch another rainmaker. back to you, guys. a whale spotted struggling offshore. coming up, why animal experts are worried they will be back on the beach again today. and a kiss from the pope the miraculous recovery doctors 4:23 right now. from his new orleans has arrested the man you anniversary this surveillance video dragging a woman to his truck. he is accused of shooting and nearly killing a medical student who ran in to help save that woman he was trying to kidnap. yurik cane is facing kidnapping and attempted murder charges. the student shot is still recovering in the hospital. his family says he remains in guarded condition. in florida, two people are dead in what police are calling a murder-suicide. a woman was at the hospital visiting her mother suffering from amendments disease when her stepfather took out a gun and shot her before turning the gun on himself. she died in the hospital's emergency room. police are investigating why the man shot himself and his stepdaughter. travelers are spending more time on the tarmac than 20 years ago. according to new detail from the , ground delays are more on the rise. people are spending 23 minutes and 22 seconds on the ground before takeoff that marks the longest it has been since the government began tracking taxi time in 1995. a new report says massachusetts could do more to keep back-seat passengers safe. the governor's highway safety association says the state among more than 30 states with weak rear passenger seat belt laws. in 2013, 900 people above the age of 8 were killed across the country when they were ride country when they were riding in back seats unrestrained. experts say states should consider stricter laws. now 4:25. a local high school student is giving back this thanksgiving week. handed out hundreds of coats, hats and gloves to students at the john d. o'brian school in roxbury. she has been holding this drive over the past few years after seeing her fellow students in need. >> it started when i was looking at my friends and different people throughout the school and they were wearing clothes that were either hand-me-downs or wearing clothes that were more than once within a week. julie kelsey is an athlete and straight a student. she is going to college next year, but hopes to continue the coat drive. trying to spread the word to stop drinking and driving and it is working. showed this photo of a baby girl in her mother's trooper hat. take a look at that. and you can see the caption under the photo reads, for anyone who just planning to have a few beers and driving home after, look at this little girl. she will grow up without a mother. that baby's mother was a trooper killed by a drunk driver. police have shared the post more than 9,000 times. wow. well, parents of a little girl with inoperable brain cancer say the pope granted them a miracle. in september pope francis visited philadelphia and kissed 1-year-old gianna's head. months later her tumor has shrunk. two scans show the difference in the tumor side. the scan on the left was august before the pope's kiss and on the right, right at the end of guyana's parent are calling it divine intervention. >> last year was about living in honor of her, now this year we get to live with her. another sign, the man holding pope up is the body guard. his name is dominico giani. dominic is giani's older brother's name. two stretches of highways are named among the worst bottlenecks of country. the long-time works to clear out the congestion. speaking of traffic. for thanksgiving drivers. developing now at 4:30, travelers on heightened alert ahead of the holidays. the worldwide warning issued for anyone getting on a plane over the next few months. hundreds of thousands are