country that he is working closely with his national security team to keep our country safe this holiday season season. two major developments in the investigation and aftermath of the san bernardino shooting. federal prosecutors have just filed terrorism charges against enrique marquez, the friend and former neighbor of syed rizwan farook, one of the attackers. the charges license plate number based partly on allegations that marquez purchased two of the rifles used in the december 2 attack that left 14 people dead. >> if he is telling investigators that he purchased these weapons, because he felt that if syed rizwan farook did, it would draw attention or he couldn't pass the background check, he is essentially a straw purchaser. >> the reporter: marquez told investigators, he had no prior knowledge of the attack, but admitted to purchasing the two ar-15's and plotting a 2012 attack with farook that they did not carry out. meanwhile, president obama spent the morning with his national security team at the national counterterrorism center. >> good morning everybody. >> the reporter: he received an update on the san bernardino investigation, and told there is no specific or credible information about an attack but urged vigilance. >> anyone trying to harm americans need to know that we're strong and that we're resilient. that we will not be terrorized. we've prevailed over much greater threats than this. we will prevail again. >> and tomorrow, the commander-in-chief will travel to san to san to san bend to meet privately with the family. >> 31-year-old daniel mctolt at this told his brother if -- mcnulty told his brother if any officers tried to arrest him, he will kill as many as possible. whether the suspect showed up, he was wearing a military style vest and attacked two people strangling one of them. he is being held tonight without bail. >> mark: tonight, ten dcf workers are off the job. the state agency fired them for not getting social work licenses required by a new state law. 87% of the state's nearly 2500 workers are currents live licensed. that's something governor baker tells us he wants to address as the department gets overhauled 67. >> well, i certainly think any time we have an opportunity to credential the folks who are serving some of our most vulnerable populations, that's important and it's something obviously, we'll continue to do and continue to work to improve on until we get north of, you know, 90, 95%. >> mark: state lawmakers pass add new licensing requirement last year after the death of a fitchburg boy. >> vanessa: tonight, some day care operators who help low income families say money from the state is taking longer to get into their bank accounts. a child care provider who contacted fox 25 investigates says she depends on the state to pick up the bills for many of her clients who can't pay on their own. but she says the checks are arriving later than normal. in our control room now to explain why pinpointing the source of this problem has been difficult. >> some blame delays rolling out a new computer system to handle those payments, the state insists, it's still getting the money out on time, and the holdup could be happening somewhere else in the process, but not everyone is satisfied with those answers. from babies to growing boys and girls. >> these are precious little people that we take care of every day. >> this woman has her handful, running a day care out of her house in central massachusetts. she doesn't want to be identified, but says, she's recently racked up late fees and overdraft charges, waiting on thousands of dollars in reimbursement from the state. >> our life insurance was almost cancelled, because the money wasn't there. >> in the last year, how many times has the money come in late? >> i would say ten months out of 12, at least. >> at least later than she's used to in her 15 years running she's among many providers who get referrals from kids unlimited in charlton who has a contract with the state to help out 200 families in need through the department of early education an care. >> providing nutritious meals for my day care along with my family is becoming a struggle, when you don't know when you're going to get paid. >> kids unlimited insists, it's not holding up the money, but acknowledged some billing has to go through yet another outside agency before the state can process the payments that child care providers are depending on. in a statement, the department of early education and care said, it is paying all submitted invoices on time, typically within ten business days of receipt, which is substantially quicker than the 45 days required under state policy. despite those answers, this woman says all the red tape is making it hard for her to stay in the black. >> we live paycheck to paycheck. we're not wealthy people. >> and today, the state acknowledged it has not been able to roll out a new payment year. for now, the process is still essentially handled on paper. that could change early next year. eric rasmussen, fox 25 news. >> mark: the board of health just voted to change the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city of boston. mayor marty walsh is backing the 21. the switch has already been made in dozens of other communities, and lawmakers are considering a bill to change the age at a statewide level. >> vanessa: a traffic nightmare in charlestown after this truck rollover the the truck tipped on its side around 7:00 a.m. this morning, blocking all but one college. the crash caused significant delays on rutherford avenue. no word yet on the cause or injuries to the driver. >> mark: an slough smashes into a building in taunton, leaving this huge hole behind on cohasset street. fox 25 spoke up with someone who spoke with the driver, just seconds after the crash. >> he was trying to avoid another car, and he hit the gas instead of the break. -- of the brake and ran through abandoned and the 79-year-old driver is doing ok. >> vanessa: a 15-year-old girl has minor injuries after being hit by a car while heading out for school. it happened on washington street in whitman. the girl was crossing the street to get to her bus. the driver did stop. >> today the body of a new hampshire army ranger returns to new england. corporal andrew aimesbury of stratford died this month during a live fire training accident. the funeral is set for saturday and all flags will fly at half-staff in the granite state on saturday. >> vanessa: new hampshire's first in the nation primary is set for february 9th, 2016. secretary of state bill gardener set the date today. he has exclusive power to decide the date and must make it at least seven days prior to any other similar contest. experts say the decision was widely expected given the lack of pressure from other states. the iowa caucuses are set for february w. -- february 1. happening right now, "star wars" fans are lined up at theaters the newest "star wars" movie. >> mark: right now, the big crowds are also having police very busy, as you can imagine. robert goulston is live in braintree where the first >> the reporter: mark, the lines are starting to fill up here and some of these people bought tickets months ago and there are strict policies, there's a costume policy. some "star wars" fans like to come in full costume, but police have been working with a lot of the theaters to make sure there are no problems. "star wars" fans are beside themselves, with excitement. >> first thing i wanted to be when i was little was r2d2 and then i changed to a dolphin. >> nothing will stand in our way. >> is what kyle said when he woke up this morning. >> this morning, i woke up at the normal time, 6:00 a.m. and instead of going to work, i came here instead. security concern for police, because of the huge crowds expected. braintree p.d. plans to be very visible. >> so people when they come, they see the marked cruiser, the police are there, the bad guys know that as well. >> in boston, police met with management and pushed them to hire extra security. >> hope these guys know what they're doing and i'm sure they do. >> amc theaters are strict lynn forcing rules like no carrying or displaying weapons of any kind, real or toy and making sure people know there is no wearing a mask or hood that obscures the face. some theaters are also not allowing face paint, kyle is confident he will get a good seat and that everyone will be safe. >> i think that it's going to be just a theater full of nerd who wants to watch "star wars" ." >> and at this theater in braintree, you are allowed to bring your light saber in, as long as you have you turn it off before the movie starts. lets, crowds will be a big problem and that means traffic, so police say, to make sure that movie, to be ready for that, to have patience. in braintree here, hall of the costs are being covered by the theater and also across the street at the south shore plaza. >> vanessa: the first "star wars" movie opened in 1977, and it was a big year for movie fans releases. >> mark: star was was number one at the box office and here are some of the other movies in the top 20 in 1977. annie hall, saturday night fever, chosen counters of the third kind. smoky and the bandit, and yes, the hockey movie, that all others are judged by, slap shot. police say a local morissette a bad examine. >> vanessa: what she's accused of doing inside her home. >> mark: and what police discovered at a popular fishing port that left one man in >> vanessa: it m to a happy home in these modern times? it's a housewife who's in control of the finances. actually, any wife, husband, or human person can use progressive's name your price tool to take control of their budget. and while the men do the hard work of making money, she can get all the car insurance options her little heart desires. or the women might do the hard work of making money. 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the these packages being stolen, just yards away from her home. >> everyone calls him blue eyes, because he had the most beautiful blue eyes. >> it was our first thanksgiving without him, we're really not, you know, looking forward to the first christmas without him. >> but jude david wanted to honor her father who died from cancer last august. >> he was very down to earth man and always wore flannel shirts. so i actually snuck one out of her closet, you know, after he had passed, she kind of locked >> she sent the shirt to texas where a seamstress created this memorial pillow for her mother, but it never made it under the tree. it was stolen among other packages delivered to jude's home on december 4. >> they probably saw packages being delivered to my mailbox. and they weren't selective, they stole all of our mail and all of the packages. >> her family now suffering another loss. >> that memorial shirt, you know, my dad's shirt, doesn't mean anything to anyone. it means everything to our family. the. >> jude tells me local police are investigating, and in the meantime, her community has rallied around her family, helping her to search for the pillow. one woman in nearby hampton, new hampshire, offering to make another pillow, just in time for christmas. >> it turned in to a good story, that there's so many kind people out there, that do care and you know, they are in the spirit of giving, and the good outweighs the bad. items in the packages that were stolen in epping, new hampshire, police hope they're able to track those high temperatures through pawn shops or other resale places in order to find this precious pillow. reporting in epping, crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: more arrests expected after a drug raid in new hampshire. it happened yesterday in a chilton home and that home was near several schools. police say they found evidence of meth and heroin sales at 21 chestnut street. the woman who lives there, christine patton, was arrested for marijuana possession. she's already made bail and due back in court in february. there were small children home during the search. the division of children, youth and families was notified. all new at 6:00 p.m., one person is in custody after around investigation into heroin abuse in the port of new bedford. several fishing ships looking for evidence of drugs. in the end. one person was arrested and some drugs were seize. person's name. >> mark: this man is in custody in brewster on robbery charges more than a dozen armed robberies in several states. he was arrested tuesday, accused of robbing the brewster farmers market at gunpoint. now police say he's a suspect in a new bedford robbery rand could be connected to robberies in pennsylvania. in fact, the f.b.i. is also involved. >> kevin: seeing heavy rain across the area, all around the boston area and across the southwest, moving northeastward across the south shore right in to plymouth, northeast of the border with wareham and into the down of plymouth and route 3, between plymouth and cape cod getting heavy rain. same with you 3a along the beaches, so heavy rain in that part of the world. around the blue hills, randolph and quincy area, seeing moderate rain heavier a few minutes ago. heavy rain coming your way. this takes you to metro west. the massachusetts turnpike, i-90 running through framingham and back through southborough and heavy rain too. we'll zip on down with live storm tracker and there's new york avenue getting some of that, valley road, you're in the heavy rain and oak hill road back here getting heavy rain along route 30 and oak hill. to the northeast, north shore, there's heavy rain here. this was just over woburn and wakefield, now pushed off to the northeast of there, just out of wake field, but right along 95 and route 1 in this part of the world, lynnfield getting some of this heavy rain. yellow and orange as we focus in gown here. broad street and route 1, along with pine street, right in the heart of that heavy rain. the deeper orange showing up on live storm tracker radar. the seacoast of new hampshire, newburyport, massachusetts, getting heavy rain right now, along 95 and off toward the coastline. zip down into there and find some of the heaviest rain and you can see the different shades of orange in they're, getting hit hard around plum island, salisbury beach, 1a, heavy rain the main thoroughway up to the beach. atlantic avenue getting heavy rain. next stop out to worcester county. southern worcester county, sutton to douglas, heavy rain just pushed off to the northeast. moving toward 495. this takes us into upton and some of the heavy rain, with live storm tracker radar, look at some of the spots. christian hill road and pearl street and taft street, you're getting into some of the heaviest rain an 140, run into it here as well in southern worcester county. concludes our tour of massachusetts, but look off to the west, there actually is a break in the action in the berkshires and western connecticut, that's going to continue to progress eastward. at the same time the heavy rain will move across cape cod. after midnight, this pushes on out of here, the last of the showers pushing on through and the next batch tomorrow. the front stalled offshore and more showers are likely to clip southeastern massachusetts during the day tomorrow as that front stalls there and wait for the rain to come up the coast. we'll see a couple of showers around tomorrow, north and west it gets colder saturday with some flurries and by sunday, the high temperature now expected to be about 43 degrees. at kickoff for the patriots, 40 degrees with sunny skies and a westerly breeze between 5 and 10 miles per hour, but again, getting mild, leading up to christmas eve and christmas day. >> the reporter: flooding issues so dangerous, drivers avoid this area whenever it rains. >> i'm not going to take the chance. >> the action city officials are taking along this major roadway to improve public safety. >> >> vanessa: but first, the father of a little girl killed in the sandy hook school shooting just got nominated for two grammy avilla wards for an album he wishes he never had to mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps like this one that lets you choose a time for us to call you. so instead of waiting on hold, we'll call you when things are just as wonderful... [phone ringing] but a little less crazy. we're doing experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other >> vanessa: defense secretary ash cartser's emails are being reviewed by the arm services committee, a day after it was revealed he used his personal email for work purposes. carter admits it happened for several months, when he took office. all while hillary clinton was under fire for the very same thing. both carter and senator john mccain, who chairs the armed services committee, stay carter should have known better. now his emails are being reviewed to make sure nothing sensitive was c.e.o. mosted. the pentagon is standing by carter, saying he did nothing wrong. >> mark: a pair of grammy nominations for an album the saxophonist jimmy green wrote the album, a beautiful life, as he grieved the death of his daughter anna killed in the sandy hook shooting. he said anna loved his music and would be proud of him for the award nominations. >> the thing that she embodied was love. she loved to sing and she loved a lot of the songs on the recording, like "maybe" from the musical annie and the prayer that i recorded was something i prayed with my kids every night bed. >> mark: well, anna's voice appears in the opening tracks of the album. the whole album was nominated for best jazz instrument loses a limb. the song "when i come home" received a nomination for best vocal. >> vanessa: the red cross is now preparing for more than just fires and floods. they're training for mass shootings. earlier this month, the red cross deployed mental health professionals to san bernardino, california, where 14 people were murdered in a terror attack. south carolina, after a gunman opened fire during a church prayer service. life sensed mental health professionals helped train volunteers for emole nasal spray support. >> mark: a park will be named after a marine killed if in an attack in the mass shooting in springfield, tennessee. he will be posthumously awarded the purple heart. the navy announced three other marines murdered in that attack will be awarded the purple heart as well. >> vanessa: the c.e.o. who jacked up the price of a live saving pill has been home for an unrelated crime. >> vanessa: this is new video within the last ten minute of martin shkreli after he posted a $5 million bail this afternoon. shkreli is facing security fraud charges from hedge funds he they say he took stock from a biotech company he started in pharmaceuticals. back in september he raised a drug price that fights hiv and cancer from $13 a pill to $750 a pill. >> mark: a public safety hazard, next at 6:00 p.m., the multimillion dollar project to fix a flooding that will affect traffic for at least a year. and cost taxpayers. plus -- >> the reporter: state legislators get involved in a thorny debate. are synthetic fields safe for kids to play on. >> the reporter: me very storms for the evening commute. this is the zakim bridge where it's raining. live pictures to show you have the wet roadways and how it's affecting traffic flow. clearly, it has slowed down out there. can't totally blame it on the weather, but i bet it's playing a part. where the rain is going as it the cold air coming in how do you reimagine "banking"? you start with this... then you make it... nothing like this. you make a capital one caf\. someplace more relaxed. with free wi-fi and banking advice... without all the "double talk." and checking accounts with no minimums... or fees. then you design a top-rated mobile app that makes banking as easy as this. that's banking reimagined. >> mark: we again this half-hour with a fox 8 live weather alert. as you can see, letter -- fox 25 weather alert. we continue to track rain across our area. i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is here now with the updated forecast. lingering into the morning hours, but heavy rain in and around the metro west area and southeastward toward cape cod and the south shore. takes you into newton and westin. try to get over there again and find it, closely, there's the orange that's happening in here, along route 30, the pine brook country club and young road. this again is the mass pike headed right through the westin tolls and the westin area. north shore, plenty of heavy rain, stretching from salisbury beach, southeastward toward cape ann. rockport, getting heavy rain. yellownd a orange showing up on the live storm tracker radar, where the heaviest rain is located and some of the roadways being affected in the downtown rockport area and along the coastline, include these right in the deeper orange along pink on hill road and ro avenue. north where into southern new hampshire. the seacoast getting heavy rain in batches. hampton beach, for instance, portsmouth has been in and out of it over the last couple of hours. worcester county, the city of worcester getting yellow showing up on live doppler radar as well, right in there, batch of yellow showing up along moore land green drive, torrey fort lane and north of 122 in the city of worcester. i'll keep tracking where the heaviest rain is and where it's tonight. >> mark: when you have wake up tomorrow morning, check shiri's updated forecast. the fox 25 morning news gets started at 4:00 a.m. >> vanessa: tonight, we're learning about a public safety mazzard in salem, massachusetts. every time it rains, the city suffers major flooding. it's slowing down emergency responses and hurting local businesses. fox 25's stephanie quinu reveals the extent of the project to fix it and as you're about to find out, it's going to affect traffic and cost taxpayers. >> we're here along canal street and take a look, you can see the rain already starting to pond here along the roads. it's a site people here in salem tell me they are all too familiar with. once it floods, emergency responders, they have can't get through, and businesses like this one, the wicked cup, they're left cleaning up the mess. this is what the wicked cup parking lot looked like just a few months ago. feet of water, that also flooded the store. the owner didn't want to go on camera, but told us chronic flooding along canal street has and now, she keeps her merchandise a foot off the ground. salem fire chief david codey says flooding along canal street is putting people's safety at risk. >> we always end up on canal street with cars floating in the water, so it's just impossible for us, or the police, to actually make it through. the street, which is just over a mile long, connects salem hospital, fire, and police as well as salem state university and dozens of businesses. >> well, i hate to say it, but we're used to, only because it's problem. >> a city spokesman told fox 25 they're working on a $32 million project, to improve the road, which includes leveling out the sloping street. another part of that plan, installing a storm water storage tank and pumping station under the university parking lot, large enough to hold four million gallons of water. right now, a sign warns drivers, the parking lot is a flood area. >> i avoid the area altogether when it rains. next spring and take 18 months, a wait, many say, is worth it. >> being able to pass is going to be great for us. it will get us to the other side of the city a lot quicker. >> now the city finished a drainage improvement project a year ago. the owner of the wicked cup told me she didn't see any improvements, but says this time, she hopes she will. in salem, stephanie quinu, fox 25 news. >> mark: a neighbor and friend of one of the san bernardino shooters is now under arrest. this is one of our top stories. 24-year-old enrique marquez was arrested today, he's been charged with counts of terrorism. investigators believe he bought the two rifles used in the attack that left 14 people dead. the f.b.i. has questioned marquez before, and he said, he knew nothing about their plan. ten department of children and family workers have been fired for not getting their mandated lie sinces. a state law passed in 2014 required that licensing after several tragic cases involving supervision. the workers will be allowed to apply for lower level dcf positions that do not require >> vanessa: also tonight, synthetic turf, soccer and high schools throughout new england are catching the attention now of three state lawmakers. the field contain tiny pieces of recycled tires and as fox 25's jim morelli shows us, the state lawmakers are demanding answers from the federal government about possible health effects. >> last spring, fox 25 found extraordinary high temperatures, wafting off the surface of synthetic athletic fields, but what's got some parents newly concerned -- the stuff pro the surface. -- below the surface. it's this. the recycled tire underlayment, known as crumb rubber. tracey stewart of medway works with a national group that's urging national federal regulators to look into whether crumb rubber could be harmful. >> parents need to look out for their own children and push legislators to get on board. >> this week, three massachusetts legislators did get on board, sending a letter to the consumer product safety commission, asking whether crumb one of the three -- representative jeffrey roy of franklin. >> it's a matter of public safety. >> >> the massachusetts lawmakers write, as children are coming into contact with this material on playground and artificial turf sports field, we asked that cpsc label this as a children's product. >> we should get this issued to the experts, have the scientists evaluate it, and have the scientists give us some guidelines on how to safely use these fields. >> the synthetic turf council and industry trade group tells fox 25 it welcomes more study of artificial turf fields but points out that dozens of studies have already shown no elevated health risk. yet the material safety data sheet from a company that supplied pleadway's crumb rubber, mentions potential health effects, including respiratory infections and abrasion to the eyes, with potentially severe damage. >> regardless of what does or doesn't happen in washington, the town of medway is actually weeks to address possible health concerns with these synthetic fields. the board of health will begin to post signs around the perimeter of the fields. it will advise, among other things, for users to make sure they wash the crumb rubber off their skin and clothing. in medway, jim morelli, news fox 25. >> vanessa: framingham vote letters have a plans to decide if their town should become a city. a pro-citigroup gathered enough signatures to put a ballot question to voters. the group want to create a charter commission to study other forms of government. that vote will happen in march. framingham has the largest population of any town in the state. >> mark: quincy police have arrested a second man who they believe broke into a home and tied up a pregnant woman. william macken was arrested in tomorrow morning. nearly two weeks ago, fox 25 brought you live breaking news coverage of the breaking coverage on president's lane. a pregnant woman was tied up and more than $40,000 in cash was stolen. one suspect was arrested near the scene. searching this video in hopes it will help them catch a cold hearted thief. the man in this video is wanted for stealing a snow blower on december 10 from a home on school street. if you have any information, call police: ra former m.i.t. professor and his son will spend nearly four years in prison, gabrielle and march cove bitway were sentencinged in federal court. they made false statements about a hedge fund they imagined. fees while that fund lots hundreds of millions of dollars. gabrielle bitram was the associate dean of the prestige prestigious sloan school of >> mark: think your holiday light display is the best on the block? these photos from groveland show what can happen whether you overload a socket. the cord is blamed for a fire on plain street last night. the fire was quickly put out, but firefighters say it is a good reminder to make sure your holiday displays use the proper equipment. right now the search continues in littleton for a man accused of following a teenage girl as she walk her dog. street. 19-year-old cassandra tells fox 25 the man asked her for directions and then kept following her, asking her how old she was and where she lived. things took a terrifying turn with he showed up at her home and tried to get in. >> he was banging on my window, my door. he was calling me all sorts of names and he wanted to get inside my house. i have looked out my window and he turned his high beams on so i couldn't see his license plate. >> cassandra issue ads the man was driving a white toyota rav4 and had an accent. police are looking for him and believe he did the same thing to another girl on taylor street. >> vanessa: fox 25 cares gave the hard working people 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plain ridge park. they generated money if stave coffers and two other casinos yet to be built, he's not worried. >> do you have concerns about whether or not the casinos could be sustainable in massachusetts? >> the answer to that question is no, i don't. >> in june, plainville slots fanfare, by july, it had logged revenues of $18.1 million. by september, that number had dropped to $12.6 million. and by november, down again, to $11.9 million. >> the revenues that have been paid to the community is in the millions. the tax revenues to the commonwealth has been in excess of $30 million. >> still, the dropping revenues for four straight months, means the state has had to drastically readjust the amount of money it expected to bring in, from $105 million, down to $64 million in november. with the mgm casino changing its design and wynn resorts just getting started, questions remain about the viability of casinos here. the revenues are lower than they were expected to be, true, but that doesn't mitigate the fact that there's been this enormous economic impact of the casino. >> and plain ridge park has futurecast out a statement dismissing any concerns, calling the results not unusual and saying there's always a falloff in activity after a new facility opens. >> do you ever envision at some having to bail out casinos? >> that wouldn't be up to me. that would be up to the legislature, and i can't imagine the legislature bailing out casinos. if businesses don't make it, they go down the drain. >> i did reach out to governor baker for a comment. a spokeswoman telling me only that the administration continues to track and monitor developments. in boston, sharman sachetti, fox 25 news. @ d americans are likely to keep enjoying a long list of tax breaks. the u.s. house of representatives approved a bill making a number of tax deductions permanent. that includes the earned income tax credit for lower income workers and the enhanced child tax credit. there are also tax breaks for teachers, real estate developers, even makers of hard apple cider. the plan would add $622 billion to the deficit, opponents say, congress should have found a way to pay for the cuts. >> i just don't think it's honest for us to go home and say, we cut your taxes, when our grandchildren are going to have to pay those bills with interest. >> the tax break extensions are before christmas. >> vanessa: massachusetts is adding more jobs, but the unemployment rate is also going up. in november, the jobless rate rose a tenth of a point. it's still under the national average. 5900 jobs were added in november, and overall, in 2015, more than 67,000 jobs have been created. a young man battling cancer, tries to get a dog, bouillottess all his -- but loses all his money instead. he was a victim of a scam. all new later on the fox 25 at 10:00 p.m., the way an officer came to the rescue after that family filed a police report. see the full story tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> kevin: still tracking heavy rain moving across during your morning commute. live storm tracker radar, to the north as well, northward to sudbury and the lincoln, seeing some heavy rain in here. zoom down and find those areas. route 117, heading through the towns and also on to concord road, over to wood mere, southward to morris road, that's is falling in the town of sudbury. north shore we go and finding still some heavy rain right, near manchester by the sea and the centerville area, so this is where the heaviest rain is falling, right in this part of town here. there's pine street, seeing some of that in the yellow and also, chewbaco road, to shrewsburyry, west bury, grafton, the heaviest rain is happening. let's move over to the east to grafton and along the massachusetts turnpike to the town of grafton. 140, seeing some of the heaviest rain and north of the pike too, there's some blotches of yellow showing up on live storm tracker on to westin street and old wheel lock road, as well as magnolia, heavy rain too. want to widen this up and show you what's happening to the back edge of the rain through western and central massachusetts now. what i've dorner is put a line on the back edge of this and i'll track this off to the northeast. it's been moving about 65 miles per hour. keeps up on that pace, the back by 7:30 p.m. and boston, just after 8:00 p.m. this evening. 8:12 p.m. specifically. plymouth at 8:30 p.m. and province town, 9:00 p.m. so the back edge is moving very quickly. doesn't mean all of the rain will end. but the steadiest and heaviest would come to an end. here's futurecast showing at 9. p, the last coming through boston, pushing offshore. clouds starting to actually break up during the early morning hours, but here's what's happening. the front coming through tonight, stalling to our south, allows rain to push along it and back into the area. during the middle of the day tomorrow especially in southeastern massachusetts, it keeps the clouds locked in as far north as boston and the north shore, during the middle part of the day. meanwhile, sun popping out off to the northwest especially 495, perhaps even as close in as 128 and the northern branch. this rain, comes in spurts, on cape cod and the islands. unfortunately, you have to deal with that during the day tomorrow and we'll clear it out tomorrow night and that's with the cold air starts to arrive. hour-by-hour tonight, rain in here, temperatures generally in the 40's, starting to drop toward the morning in worcester, into the lower 40's and boston, again, around 50 degrees and dropping into the upper 40's for tonight. highs tomorrow, will be about the same. in the 40's to around 50 degrees. 51 into braintree. 49 brockton and 51 in mattapoisett and 49 ipswich. southern new hampshire, nashua, 47 degrees tomorrow afternoon. there is the sunshine that pops out on saturday, but also, comes with a few clouds and as the wind comes blowing in with cold air, snow flurries start to pop up in the berkshires. make their way eastward in to worcester county, farther north you go, the more of these you will see, plenty of lake-effect in western new york an the streamers trying to blow into western new england. seven day forecast keeps your weekend in view. saturday and sunday, temperatures will be diving. more than temperatures, below freezing. about time. haven't had that in december in boston. 37 saturday. 43 sunday for your high temperatures, and saturday is the day you'll have strong winds and the potential for some snow flurries. sunday of course the game patriot and titans clash at 1:00 p.m. mostly sunny skies, rain and warmer temperatures on the way. no doubt, a green christmas this year. >> vanessa: a minnesota mom gets a chance to take a half-court shot to cut her kids' tuition in half. >> mark: and she cashed in. check this out. how about that. unconventional basketball. all that matters is it eventually went in. she even took the shot with her eyes closed. she got the chance to shoot from half-court, because her family raised the most money during a school fund raiser and she says, she also said a quick prayer before launching is in it into the hair. it's not how you start, it's how you finish. >> vanessa: that's right. good for her. >> the shot was great, the our first chance to hear from ball as he joins the patriots and helmets from the gal >> no player receives more pro bowl votes than tom brady, he finished just shy of 702,000, edging cam newton for the top spot by less than 500 votes. eight patriots among the top two in their position in fan voting, one third of the criteria for the pro bowl. monty ball on the practice field, trying to get used to the patriots playbook and lingo. he's a big man and that is what the patriot need, a beefy guy to fill the shoes of la garrett blount. >> they'll get better, and move on. patriot, you can't define it. >> leonard hankerson, a wide receiver from apartment, he was on the injured reserve with the falcons. a weird nfl rule let's you claim a guy that was released from now guy's ri list. so hankerson among the guys getting caught up. >> get the playbook down and everything, but there's always opportunities for new players, when they come in, come in and make an impact. just have to work hard and catch up, at a fast rate. >> all right. whatever david ortiz does this year, is going to be a big deal, so when he showed up at a stop and shop to surprise some shoppers being you can imagine how red sox fans reacted. or advertise popped into the stop and shop in deadham to unveil new additions to his big papi kitchen collection. among the offerings, new recipe for ortiz' fresh salsa, plus a new black bean salsa, home plate shaped tortilla chips and a snack pack that comes complete with tortilla chips and salsa. autographs as they got a holiday thrill as well. also tonight, holiday chair at fenway park. pablo sandoval provided 48 kids from mlb's r.b.i. program with a fantastic gift package as a reward. all 48 kids received a pair of new balance sneakers, socks, a backpack, a panda t-shirt and $100 gift card to target that they're going to use for holiday groceries for theirs families. >> to me, it means a lot, because not every kid in boston has hand an opportunity i have, like coming here today and getting presents from a player, so i appreciate it a lomo. >> nice touch by the panda. we are going to bite, it is "star wars" night and i want to show you what we found on the internet. in the spirit of the movie. nfl posted some fantasy helmets: that is the layup which makes all the sense in the world. i like the creativity, so i what do they do for new england. >> mark: drum roll, please. >> here you go. take a look. it is the new england jedis. of all 32 teams, i was impressed, i think that one makes the most sense. >> i a. >> vanessa: i agree. very clever. >> kevin: you're reaching way back there. >> you like this? don't mess with the fox 25 news team. such a geek. >> kevin: i'm going to see the movie tomorrow. >> vanessa: kevin, it's still raining out there. >> kevin: talking about my age as putting me as hans solo or harrison ford. seven day forecast, showers out there, still heavy rain out there we're tracking tonight. tomorrow, showers in southeastern massachusetts.

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