Stop clicking around book direct at hilton. Com for the lowest price anywhere online. Delta is proud to be the official Airline Partner of the grammy awards. Sfx metal melting. Sfx metal pouring. Oh sfx electric buzzing. Yeah hiya sfx engine fires. Sfx engine revs. Ooh, yeah woo woo music one more time sfx engine revs eyewitness wbz news boston happening now. And the snow and ice turning to rain. Tonight, this wild weather is sparking big problems from fires to bursting pipes. And breaking now, a newton hotel evacuating. Hundreds of guests have been forced out of their rooms after a big water pipe burst. And a big thaw tomorrow could actually make things worse. But the right now, the issue is treacherous roads and snow out there. Eric is tracking it all. Eric . We had our snow first, 1 to 3 inches of it. Now were in the icy phase of this. And freezing rain has been the Biggest Issue over the last couple of hours. That line has moved its way all the way up to the New Hampshire border tu
Snow and rain. The radar is clearing out now, but that could all change by tonights commute. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Im randy price. Emily and im emily riemer. Cindy, the upside is some warm temperatures on the way, right . Cindy we sure are. Were waiting for that thermometer to pick up and melt all the ice out there this morning. Its like a skating rink out there really. Although you saw the radar quieting down, the damage is done. It will remain slippery with that icy glaze north and west of boston through about 9 00 this morning. Until the temperatures come up above freezing mark. You can see south of boston right now, it is up to 50 degrees in plymouth. Were in the 40s on the cape but from boston to beverly were at freezing. As you head to the north and west temperature s are in the 20s right now from bedford to lawrence. You can see up toward nashua as well. Just a little bit of pink showing up. We have light freezing rainfalling with the temperature of 25 in keene
Few hours here north and west of boss top. Thats why we have this Winter Weather advisory through 9 00 this morning. That icy glaze from freezing rain literally making travel hazardous this morning. There is a huge difference in temperature depending on where you are. Look south of boston. It is in the 40s to near 50 degrees. From the city of boston on north and west we are at or below the freezing mark and that is a problem. We have seen things dry out a little bit so were not seeing much additional precipitation right now until we get out into northern worcester county, Southern New Hampshire with patchy light freezing rain. With temperatures below freezing it is very icy out there right now. You can see the radar is beginning to quiet down but there is more moisture down to the south. Theres also warmer air. As we go through the day, the temperatures will come up. In fact upper 40s to near 50 by noontime. And in the 50s this afternoon looking for a high of about 55 in boston. Even 5
Emily and im emily riemer. Cindy, we look at the pictures, the snow and the ice. Some place s are in the 50s right now. Cindy south of boston it is 50 degrees right now. Well all be up in the 50s eventually today. But the concern is the word eventually because right now we still have icing problems north and west of the city of boston from the freezing rain we had overnight. Its created an icy glaze. I expect hazardous travel to continue north and west of boston through about 8 00 or 9 00 this. You can see why. Temperature in town has jumped up to 35 degrees. Notice south of boston its near 50 degrees. I wanted to go in tighter. Marshfield 52. 53 in taunton. As far north as nooraniwood it is 49 degrees but north and west of the city, notice all the 20s locked in tight here around the merrimack valerie up to nashua. Back along northern parts of Worcester County its all in the 20s and a thousand feet up at the airport in worcester where this measurement is taken its 42. At ground level a
Plus wicked weather causes havoc around the u. S. And a creature from the depths of the polar vortex. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im dara brown. The battle lines have been drawn between democrats and republicans over who should fill the Supreme Court justice position after antonin scu nrksantonins skalias call. The republicans should not allow it to happen. On the other side of the aisle, democratics are holding true that its president obamas responsibility. For the president this boils down to something simple, doing his job and we expect the senate the white house ads that the president will not announce a nominee until Congress Returns from break next week and does not plan to make a recess appointment, at least for the time being. Tracie potts joins us from washington. Reporter we have to find out who the president is considering. But the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. But whoever the nominee is, republicans