treatment corps graduate. welcome. justice for vets by the way advocating for something called a veterans treatment court. that s something we ll look at, but let s start with the new public service announcement that was just created to help educate the public about this. and you might recognize a number of familiar faces. a decade of war has taken an unprecedented toll on our men and women in uniform. most veterans return to our communities as leaders. but everyone s journey home is not the same. hundreds of thousands of our veterans are suffering from the trauma of war. without assistance, the downward spiral can be quick and destructive. it doesn t have to be this way. at justice for vets we believe that every veteran should have the opportunity for treatment and restoration. justice for vets is the only national organization dedicated to the expansion of veterans treatment courts. veterans treatment courts held the veterans accountable for action. by provi
worcester area. stormtracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz continues to track it all for us tonight. they re on the southshore. there s some coming through this area, as well, through bristol county moving toward plymouth county but yes, most of the focus is on worcester county right now into southern new hampshire. you re gonna find a lot of yellow and orange. around paxton, you ll see the red here. paxton road getting the torrential rain right now. there s princeton along two-a. you re seeing heavier rain here, too. look at orange showing up and darker spots of orange right back in here, too. it stretches back here to peterson and clearing on the backedge of it here. it s gonna fly on through here just after midnight tonight. southern new hampshire and manchester about to get a heavy downpour coming through your town. we ll track these and time out showers for tomorrow and when you can see some snowflakes. malini basu broke a story in 10:00 and live in weymouth
fox25 storm tracker meteorologist shiri spear is here with windy conditions and even, get ready, some flurries to start your weekend. good morning, shiri. shiri: hey, good morning, you guys. late night flurries tonight. i don t expect them time pact everybody mostly north and west of boston. we start off dry and partly cloudy with 53 in boston. 47 in beverly. 49 in norwood. lower 50s out to fitchburg. nashua, new hampshire 45 degrees. 54 hyannis. 40s and 50s. and temperatures are pretty much upper 40s consistently at 7:00. this is your best bet for sunshine. the morning hours featuring partly sunny skies and then for the afternoon, the clouds end up thickening back up from the northwest to the southeast. at noontime, i have got temperatures in the upper 50s. during the afternoon close to 60, but we don t quite break it 60, but we don t quite break it. and notice we also have to null a couple of spot showers obviously this will be all rain because highs in the mid- to upper
and economists warn the economic effects will be felt quickly if $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts begin to take effect next year. at this rate, it looks like lawmakers will celebrate new year s eve at work if not resolving the fiscal cliff, at least trying to avoid the blame. darren gersh, nbr, washington. susie: going over the fiscal cliff will not only have an impact on the national level, it will also hit states and eventually cities. if lawmakers fail to reach a deal before january 1, the cliff s across the board spending cuts and tax increases will impact how much money states get from the federal government. ruben ramirez reports from washington. reporter: we all know the numbers. failing to reach a deal by january 1 will result in $109 billion in automatic cuts to federal spending. and while that s a big number, what matters most to states and municipalities is the small print, detailing just where those cuts will happen. and standard & po