the steady rain is in south shore, southcoast and sneaking down to the cape and look at 32 readings in bedford, portsmouth, new hampshire, nashua, new hampshire and orange, and those are the spots where we are concerned about lingering icy spots on the road, we are so close to freezing and a lot of surrounding towns as well and take it slow and 9:00 a.m. all above freezing and showers are done. so the end time to showers, likely showers end in the next two hours for southeastern massachusetts by noon time, clouds are breaking up, we have temperatures in the lower 40s. during the afternoon, a lot of 30s on the map again by 5:00 p.m. and again, this is the againing of cooldown leading into new year's eve and couple patchy clouds, 58 to 46 this afternoon, showers anding for at 10:00 this morning and 8:00 a.m. most of us are going to be

for the afternoon and those new new year's eve town by town temperatures in a couple of minutes. julie grauert up now with live drive time traffic. julie, have to watch the fog and potential for ice though in the next few. >> julie: you're right. i have seen the fog come in and out of the traffic cameras. the slowest i have seen has been on the expressway, but even now traffic flow changed now from red to orange, average speeds 17 miles per hour. 93 south route 1 looking good. as you could see route 1 in saugus wide open. this is usually jampacked as you approach richfeld parkway. 14 minutes route 1 from 128 on the tobin, ten minutes brant split to the pike and 22 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. back to you. >> sara: all right. so thousands of people will be in boston tonight to ring in 2016. >> catherine: police say they are ready for those big crowds. they are stepping up security to make sure everyone has a safe new year. fox25 michael henrich is live at copley square where you just got

program, michael. >> michael: that's right, catherine. i have been perusing it over the last several minutes. even got you an extra copy, that's how good of friend i am to you here. i know a lot of people are excited about first night here, fortieth first night here at copley square. they are still getting their preparations underway. i want to show you the ice sculpture once again. he didn't walk away on live tv this time. i'm pretty sure he will stay here the whole report and continue to work. there will be a large police presence here throughout the day as all of the law enforcement agencies across the city and region aim to keep all the revellers safe on this new year's eve. as you first heard, boston police commissioner evans says in a live studio interview on fox25 morning news yesterday, the city believes it has a good security plan in place. he says to expect uniformed and undercover officers saturating the streets and "t" stations and for bomb sniffing dog to be working as well, and i spoke just a few minutes ago as i

the first night celebration and he says he does not have any worries about the security plan either. >> the security situation, boston police, they have a -- they are more experienced and they get it and so we have -- we will have no problems with security this evening. and i think it is just going to be a nice show. >> michael: and the director went into some of the things he is most excited about. also helpful information that's not only in this program but that we will tell you about in the next report in 30 minutes about if you're coming here what you need to know about parking, the "t," the actual festivities, all of that again coming up in 30 minutes. for now reporting live in copley square, michael henrich, fox25 news. >> sara: and times square is ready to party tonight. new york city officials promised the big apple will be one of the safest places to ring in 2016. here is what it looks like right now. these are live pictures from new

quiet compared to tonight's streets around times square are closed this morning to set up barricades and police checkpoints. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to see the annual ball drop alongside 5,000 police officers. sara: we do have some breaking news overseas right now about the investigation into the paris terror attacks. belgian prosecutors say a tenth suspect has been arrested this morning. the man was born in belgium and in his 20s. police arrested him in the same neighborhood of brussels where lived. prosecutors say they are investigating numerous cell phones that were found during the seven. the suspect will appear before a judge within the next five days. sara: and also overseas, brussels has canceled its new year's eve five works display because of threats of extremist attack. the mayor of belgium's capital made the decision after meeting with law enforcement and decided it is just not worth the risk.

last year's festivities and the mayor says there's no way to check everyone. >> catherine: bill cosby is out on $1 million bail this morning and here is his mugshot after charged with assault. he was charged for a crime that took place a decade ago. what has chaned since the charges first made. >> reporter: after years of denial claims it was consensual bill cosby for the first time faces federal charges for the alleged assault of a pennsylvania woman. the charges coming after andrea constand, a former temple university employee, accused cosby of drugging, then assaulting her in 2004 when she visited the man she considered a friend and mentor at his pennsylvania home. >> mr. cosby made two sexual advances at her that were rejected. on the evening in question

pills that he provided to her and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move, respond to his advances. >> reporter: though constand came forward in 2005, the district attorney at the time did not file charges. that same year constand sued cosby. the comedian then settling for an undisclosed amount. legal documents in that case were unsealed for the first time this past july and the deposition made public. in it cosby admits giving women quaaludes but never without their knowledge. that deposition and other evidence unsealed in the civil case paved the way for a new district attorney to reinvestigate the allegations. >> what we know is pills were provided. we then go to the reaction of the victim. you know, frozen, paralyzed, unable to -- unable to move. >> reporter: constand was the first woman publicly come

since then 50 women have alleged similar sexual assaults over a period of four decades. most involving the use of drugs. >> catherine: cosby maintains he is innocent. he faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. the comedian lives in western massachusetts and several of his accusers are from new england. christina ruly of windham, new hampshire claims the comedian drugged and assaulted her in 1965. she calls the arrest a significant day for her. seven other women have filed a federal lawsuit against cosby in massachusetts. their attorney tells fox25 the criminal case will provide evidence to support their civil suit. catherine: a popular streaming service says it will keep every episode of the cosby show available for customers to watch. hulu will not remove the show from the play list. several networks have stopped showing reruns of any program featuring cosby. netflix and amazon prime do not stream the cosby show but offer other ways to watch it. >> sara: new this morning the

to avoid going to prison is now back in the u.s. 18-year-old ethan couch and his mom were arrested earlier this week. u.s. marshall brought her into the airport in los angeles earlier this morning. her son filed a motion to remain in mexico for a few more days. new surveillance video shows the pair casually shopping before they were arrested. couch fled to mexico after violating his probation. he was convicted of killing four people in drunk driving crash but only received probation because he said he was spoiled by his rich parents. >> catherine: happening today a man who drove a car into a pond in hamilton will be in court. this was breaking on the fox25 morning news yesterday. our cameras were there as james chase walked out of a hamilton police station. police say he was drunk, speeding and did not have headlights on when the car plunged into the water. chase was not hurt and the car was pulled from the pond a short time later. roads in the area were slick when that crash happened. catherine: happening this morning the police on the cape

yarmouth man that was reported missing 11 days ago. william fleming's family was last known to be driving a pickup truck. they found the truck secluded eight days later and have been aggressively searching the area ever since. >> sara: more than 100 people on board a flight to maine are rhode island. the pilot of an allegiant airlines plane from bangor was forced to make an emergency night. some passengers say they smelled smoke in the cabin before the flight was diverted. >> girls sitting in the back and they said it was really really hot and smelled like smoke behind their seats. >> sara: firefighters were waiting for the plane when it touched down. the passengers have been rebooked on another flight which leaves in a few hours at 11:00 this morning. >> catherine: new this morning federal investigators say the mbta is not properly maintaining the subway and trolley tracks and it is becoming a big safety

fox25 jessica reyes has a look at new point for commuters especially as we gear up another winter, jess. >> jessica: that's right. the report was done by the federal transit administration. it cites a number of maintenance problems and the named the oak grove by name for not having enough services for disabled riders and many of them have not much has changed since last winters. with the worst of winter still ahead, a brand-new report is out saying the "t" still has a long way to go on a number of safety issues. >> i don't see any difference. i mean, the summer, the last few weeks. they are having always a problem everyday. >> jessica: the report was done by the federal transit administration and it found a number of problems with the mbta specifically its maintenance plan and service providers with disabilities. riders we spoke to say they are nervous ahead of the next few months.

the train will come. >> jessica: among the problem, the mbta lacks maintenance plans for subway and trolley tracks, the ride which is the door-to-door service it uses for disabled riders and boston harbor cruises which operates the ferry boats. mentioned by name in the report saying it is not accessible at all for disabled drivers right now. >> used to be a thin ramp or space to get over to the elevator. probably struggled to get over to the elevator and on and off of it. >> jessica: the mbta says it will be extremely expensive is the fiction everything in order to get it back up to par. coming up in the next half hour how much they say all of that could cost. live in malden, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> shiri: 35 with a couple

a close eye on the icy spots next. >> catherine: back and forth between brave mom and intruder and what she was able to do to get them to runaway.

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good samaritan that helped her family after a car accident. maria lost control of her car on interstate 495. the car skidded off the road and crashed into a tree. a nursing student saw the accident and stopped to help. she called 911 and kept children calm. >> i'm freaking out and i have the kids in the back and trying to calm the kids down and having another person who understands because she is a mom is really like -- really just amazing what she did for me. >> catherine: she used facebook to find the woman and plan to reunite in the coming days. to beeping sound yesterday morning. he said he knew it was the carbon monoxide alarm because of state-funded fire safety program that he did at school.

the only other person at home and braden ran into wake him up and get out of the house. >> saved my life. >> sara: josh said he heard the beeping and went back to sleep before braden came to wake him up and planning to recommend braden for an award with the state for his bravery. sara: chief tells us firefighters smelled smoke and found the engine compartment on fire. they quickly moved the truck outside so the station was not damaged. >> just a bad time of the year for one thing and we have wanted to make sure we didn't lose station, guys did awesome job getting vehicles out and putting the fire out. >> >> sara: the department is still trying to determine what the truck caught fire.

remind you modified commuter rail service for new year's eve celebrations. i tweeted it out so you can see how it will affect you. quiet morning, many people are sleeping in to prepare for big plans tonight. average speeds on the expressway 57 miles per hour. we never see that at 7:00 a.m. on a weekday unless it is a holiday. pavement wet and also encounter ice out there and live drive times, 24 minutes pike and ten minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and 21 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. fox25 storm tracker shiri spear joining us and hello to dry weather for the new year's reveler. >> shiri: boston looks dreary and 35

visibility mile and a half, so we have fog issues here and dry by 8:00 a.m. in boston and kind of mist to go along with the fog, steadiest showers south of boston but cape dries out by 10:00 a.m., clearing in 30s tonight and for tomorrow we are going to have to watch out for flurries and perhaps even isolated snow squall for friday night and this is big picture and showers south of boston south shore down to the cape and not heavy rain and temperatures above freezing but we had overnight rain in some of the icy spots right now like portsmouth, new hampshire, a lot of the main roads tweeted here and back roads still possibly having a little bit of ice visibility in portsmouth, new hampshire and we have fog out that way as well, and 9:00 a.m. above freezing and temps in the middle 30s and the afternoon we will get to up to 40 , boston itself 35

this hour we got clouds, we got fog and i don't know how much to show you as far as radar goes and when it gets very misty like this, sneak right under the radar beam and over the next couple hours, we warm it up to 37 by 9:00 a.m. into the afternoon, how about middle 40s and if you want a little bit warmer, how about plymouth at 40 right now with showers and fog this afternoon we got mid to upper 40s for southeastern massachusetts. that's going to be my hot spot, things get the cooler and cooler as you go northward, but see by noon time look at that turn around, we got sun and clouds mixing together through the afternoon, so let's call it partly sunny and even here at midnight tonight, any clouds that we have not producing any rain or any snow, go way up into northern new england to find anything radar tonight and even tomorrow morning starting out dry, i think the clouds a little under done here, going to keep us partly cloudy and i wanted to freeze thing at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow because you could see that we have a couple snowflakes out there. this is not going to be a

this is going to be incredibly hit or miss, couple communities impacted snow squalls, quick burst of snow, that's something to be aware of for friday night plans. this afternoon though 43 boston, 47 hyannis and new bedford and worcester 38 , 40 from fitchburg to nashua over to portsmouth, new hampshire. these are midnight temperatures tonight and boston at 34, beverly freezing at 32, norwood 30, chatham 36, so going to be right around the freezing point tonight, so not bitter cold, not too windy, so wind chill not going to be an issue and for tomorrow we get up back 40 and we will continue with partly cloudy conditions and like i said, slight chance of a flurry and snow squall and coming up take town by town look at the weekend weather. back to you.

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jeb bush making multi-million dollar gamble. presidential candidate decided to pull ads which were to run in iowa and south carolina next month and instead he is sending dozens of staff members to the four states which hold the first primaries next year. this includes new hampshire where a new wave of volunteers will begin heading streets on january 8th. sara and julie, over to you. >> sara: it is new year's eve and let's look at 2015 top viral stories, and these are adorable. first up a fabulous taylor swift fan. seven-year-old dylan went viral this year, even got to meet taylor swift back stage at tour stop in kansas city and check them out. they had what i would call an epic dance-off. >> julie: is taylor swift a

come true? >> sara: she is the best. >> catherine: and taylor has a little aretha. take a look. big spirit. section-year-old routine was social media. >> sara: everybody talking. it is the dress, blue and black or white and gold. >> julie: this helps side by side but if you look at this screen. >> sara: always looked blue and black. shiri, what did you see? >> shiri: white and gold. really the same dress? scattered clouds left at midnight, i tell you how we get

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complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> sara: it is a foggy wet morning out there and clouds are clearing for the final night as 2015 as you take a look at live pictures of the city.

new year's eve, i'm sara underwood. >> catherine: i'm catherine parrotta. can you believe the year went by so fast? tracking rain and fog this morning, but clear first night forecast, shiri. >> shiri: i could say the thing about the first forecast. no icy concerns, boston 35 , no more than a little mist and wayland attion , framingham 32, same in lowell and haverhill and boxford and newbury. so because we did have some overnight showers passing

untreated sidewalks or roadways up in southern new hampshire, townsend area of leominster and that's where we have potential for some slipping and sliding 44 at thee p.m. and 7:00 this evening, 36 keeping it dry, keeping it mostly clear overnight tonight and midnight forecast in minutes but julie grauert with live drive time traffic and

here are the live drive minutes on the pike weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel, 12 minutes on 95 from 495 to 128 and 11 minutes on 128 from university avenue in westwood to the weston tolls. back to you. >> sara: head into boston to celebrate the new year, you don't have to wait very long. >> michael: skeleton looks fantastic and continuing the preparations on copley square, mean hub first night here in boston and since last report they took the covering off of that bear and, shiri, tells us the temperature and see a little bit of the water dripping off there, melting off so hope all of these things hold off through

sculptures work really hard on things and the director of first night told me about an hour ago, the biggest thing he wants people to know when they come here is that they should take the "t". mbta is going to stop collecting fairs at 8:00 p.m. and run until 2:00 a.m., so partiers, revellers will be able to get home safely there. most lines will run a modified weekday schedule so you want to check to make sure you keep an eye on that. if you are driving regular street parking meter rules are in effect. when it comes to the party, live music kick off in just about four and a half hours. 12:00 a parade starts from here at copley, go down boylston to the boston common at 6:00 p.m. and then that's when the first of two fireworks displays and

director really excited for this year, first year this particular organization taken over the festivities, buttons and every part of this event free. >> excited, family friendly atmosphere, going to maintain the traditions as well as a lot of new stuff to be able to see. >> michael: director in participation and boston police department security plan and in studio interview yesterday that they are very confident in that security and go over that in greater detail coming up in about 30 minutes and stay with us on that. for now reporting live on new year's eve at copley square i'm michael henrich, fox25 news. >> sara: all right, michael.

bilk ebill cosby now officially been charged with felony assault actor and comedian out on $1 million bail yesterday. he was charged yesterday filed by this woman andrea constand. she was the first woman to come forward and accuse cosby of sexual assault. 50 women have accused him over a period of decades. preliminary hearing is set for january 14th. cobb bees lives in the western massachusetts town of shelburne falls. neighbors know him for years trying to understand what has happened to the entertainer. >> all the allegations doesn't seem like the person they are talking about. >> awful. i feel sorry for the women. >> sara: cosby first moved to shelburne falls in the 1970's

classes at umass amherst. >> catherine: 18-year-old ethan couch and his mother arrested earlier this week. u.s. marshall brought her into the airport in los angeles around 3:00 this morning. her son filed a motion to remain in mexico for a few more days. new surveillance video shows the pair casually shopping before they were arrested. couch fled to mexico after violating his probation and convicted of killing four people in a drunk driving crash but only received probation because he said he was spoiled by his rich parents. agents protecting hillary clinton. they were driving in wakefield, new hampshire monday when another car crossed the double yellow line and slammed into them. police believe the driver of that car 45-year-old bruce dan forth passed another car before the crash. dan forth was killed on the scene. police say he should not have been behind the wheel. >> mr. dan forth did not possess a valid driver's license at the

mr. dan forth was known to us and extensive criminal history. >> sara: investigators are waiting for toxicology report from dan forth's toxicology. state police are also looking for the car that was passed or anyone else who may have seen what caused the crash. >> sara: local mom shaken up after a man nearly broke into her home while she was inside with her little boy. he tried to bust through the ac unit. it happened west broadway in boston when she was getting two-year-old ready for bed and heard the man trying to come into the window she fought back. >> sara: >>i looked outside and saw a guy and testimony point pushing in and same time i'm pushing it out toward him. >> sara: >> catherine: she says the man eventually walked away and police have someone in custody this morning. >> sara: new report this morning says the mbta is putting

maintain trains and tracks. fox25 jessica reyes is live at oak grove station in malden, and jess, that's one of the "t" stops mentioned imagine report. >> jessica: it was, sara. the report mentions several as well. this report was done by the federal agency, the federal transit administration and it found a number of issues specifically the mbta's maintenance plan and service provider with disabilities. the mbta says it will cost more than $7 billion to get up to speed at this point and we have spoken to riders the past couple riders at oak grove station this morning. many of them say they are a bit concerned about the next few months, especially after last winter. >> i don't see any difference. i mean the summer. you know, the last few weeks, always having a problem everyday. >> >> jessica: and among the

report, they say the mbta maintenance plans for trolley tracks, the ride was door-to-door service use for disabled riders and boston harbor cruisers which operates the ferry boats. coming up in 30 minutes, hearing from riders at oak grove station here this morning who say service for disabled riders here is very serious problem. for now live in malden, jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> sara: ice is building for stadium. ray bourque and cam nealy will suit up for the b's and should be a great event and just a preview of what's to come on new year's day. as expected the breaking bruins without brad marchand for the big game. he was hit for three game suspension for illegal check against ottawa. there was no penalty called on

this is marchand's fourth suspense during the nhl career. >> catherine: lakeer great kobe bryant takes the court for the long time. >> number 24 kobe bryant. >> catherine: great moment there. as for the game the celtics trailed much of the night but watch the hustle for marcus smart. nice slam but ouch, that had to hurt and steal with easy bucket and this is the moment that will be remembered. kobe bryant deep three to put the game away. there you have it right there. garden crowd was cheering bryant's name after that shot. celtics 112 to 104. >> shiri: if you're heading

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>> catherine: enrique marquez planned terror attacks with san bernardino shooters 2011 and 2012 and never carried them out and as of this morning, marquez had not entered a plea. >> sara: video of what they discovered is pretty graphic. matt davis and family are heading to dinner on board the carnival when they saw dripping from elevator and crew member died while doing electrical work davis and his family were horrified. >> blood coming down like a sheet and not stopping, it was a real life scene of the shining. >> sara: crew member's death is under investigation. carnival has offered to pay for family. >> sara: strong turbulence make emergency landing in

are hurt. air canada flight was on way to toronto when it hit. 21 people got hurt including three children. many suffered neck and back injuries. the plane was able to land safely. >> julie: route 3 south of town moving along fine from 228 in rockland. pass route 18 into weymouth and braintree. those major roadways that feed on 128 moving along at decent clip. talking about 24 and 95. expressway has seen the highest volume of the morning but overall things have been light. you could see a lot of space between those cars as you head past the gas tank. here are live drive times. ten minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split. 12 minutes on 24 from 106 to 128 11 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to columbia road. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us, and i like your

dress for the 30s tonight in mass and new hampshire and pretty good for new england, many new englanders have memories seared into their minds much colder evenings. terms in the lower 30s, clearing skies, even right now this is storm system that brought us the overnight rain and freezing rain, it is going to be pulling away from us and as it does, rain pulls away to the cape by 10:00 this morning, lots of breaks in the clouds, flurries, snow showers, all expected to stay off to the north and our west today, so by 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. you could see good-bye rain, hello some breaks in the clouds. so on and off clouds, straight through the afternoon. you could see we never quite let go of that cloud cover. in fact, latest future cast bringing a couple of flurries out toward say keene and manchester, new hampshire this afternoon. i don't expect very much to come of that but we will deal with partly cloudy skies here at midnight tonight, temperatures

right now 35 in boston, rain showers have ended, might catch a little bit of patchy drizzle still in and around the boston area. but the main rain is gone and see we brighten up nicely by late-morning. 37 by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 41. we get up to about 43, 44 this afternoon before we start cooling down this evening. hot spots are going to come here out of southeastern massachusetts. we got today 47 in wareham, mattapoisett, new bedford, 47 in taunton, 44 in brockton, 46 in braintree versus how about a look now at central massachusetts where it is going to be almost 10 cooler. upper 30s, that's it for the warm-up today in worcester, northborough, rutland, 37 . chill in the air including spots like say keene, new hampshire at 38 . fitchburg up to manchester 40, 43 in boston this afternoon. 46 in plymouth, 47 hyannis and

are midnight temperatures though boston just above freezing. we got all the burbs back into the lower 30s, so we are going to want to bring the winter gear, dress warmly and you don't have to dress for any kind of sub-zero wind chills or anything , pretty typical if not a degree or two time of the year. and notice that for tomorrow i got flurries in there and even risk for late night snow squall which is just a quick brief burst of snow, no snowfall maps needed and for the winter classic tomorrow at gillette at 1:00 p.m., chilly and partly cloudy, temperature will be 39 and on and off clouds will continue into the weekend as well. a little bit breezy, wake up weather in the 20s both days whether we look at saturday or sunday i think picked sunday here just because it is going to be a touch brighter but you could see 40 in boston on saturday versus 41 on sunday, same thing in plymouth, beverly 40 both days, middle 30s in

upper 30s in nashua and we got more lower 40s for the cape and islands, so decent weekend, just a cooler weekend than what we have had lately. monday is going to be the chilliest day of the 7-day forecast and again, watch out for couple snow showers and flurries but tuesday to wednesday brightens up, stays kind of normal for this time of the clear in the upper 30s and lower 40s. back to you guys. >> sara: severe floods continue across the midwest. crews in central illinois searching flood waters right now for two 18-year-old boys who haven't seen since monday. they may have to wait for water to go down before they search. this is a house you see floating down the river as it slams into the bridge. this morning entire interstate has been closed in both flooding. far.

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>> catherine: complex office space, housing and retail stores details about the tower are still being worked out. the proposal will need approval to move forward. >> sara: man risks his life to retrieve his drone. it landed in middle of frozen pond and walked out on the ice to get it back after a few steps in he fell right through the surface. the fire chief tells us the man went in up to his knees but was able to get out on his own. firefighters recommend flying drones in fields and other open

dangerous situations like this. sara: indianapolis business journal says the organizers of the boston grand prix have signed a letter of intent. the mbta mass dot and massachusetts convention authority have also signed this document. the race will take place labor day weekend on streets near the boston convention and exhibition center. >> catherine: worcester city manager admits the city should have prepared better for the week's snow. city didn't have enough dpw crews and plows in place to prepare for the amount of freezing rain the storm brought. as a result many of the streets were covered in slush and ice and to fix the problem crews were salting the roads all day yesterday. >> catherine: driving around without clearing windshield and whole thing covered in snow except for a small hole right in

wellesley police posted photo on facebook to remind people how important it is to clear the snow and ice from your car. >> sara: three webster police officers honored for rescuing woman from massive fire on granite street on monday. they all rushed inside a burning building right here to save the 83-year-old woman known as miss ely. >> when dropped to the groundhog went into the hallway and see apartment. >> sara: during the ceremony he thought he was going to die inside the home. victim taken to the hospital in critical condition. still no word on what caused the fire. >> sara: preparations underway for new year's eve in boston. coming up what event planners told us about the fun planned for kids of all ages.

this christmas story isn't the bad guy. >> shiri: showers coming to an end now and slight risk of drizzle through 10:00 this morning. more wet weather tomorrow in the form o when senior povertyt republicans and some democratsp came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security." as president, i will do everything i can to extend the solvency of social security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them. i'm bernie sanders,

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complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> catherine: good morning, thursday, december 31st, last day of the month and last day of the year. i'm catherine parrotta. >> sara: cold morning to ring in the new year. fox25 storm tracker meteorologist shiri spear is here with your new year's eve forecast. >> shiri: for new year's eve day forecast we still got clouds, fog and a little bit of drizzle south of plymouth right now in and around the boston area might see a little bit misty and damp, but significant showers no longer popping up on radar and there are a couple icy spots possibly in bedford,

all the main roads treated and overnight rain and freezing rain and sidewalks could be slippery, perhaps the back roads, but by 10:00 a.m., 39 in boston, we got partly cloudy skies developing so the clouds keep breaking up and by noon time today it will be partly sunny with temps in the lower 40s and then for the afternoon you can see the 30s are back on the map. we might get up to 40 temporarily but lots of 30s out there by 5:00 p.m., a little more cloud cover the further north you go today and we are going to be nice and quiet as we ring in the new year. afternoon 38 to 46, partly sunny skies. i had show what you to expect at midnight next. julie grauert at live drive time traffic. julie, what does it look like there? >> julie: speaking of nice and quiet that's what we have seen on the roads. average speed 65 miles per hour. that's unheard of during the weekday morning commute unless it is a holiday. moving north of town route 193 south moving along fine. here are your -- is live look at route 1 in saugus, usually

over to those live drive time, 13 minutes route 1 from 128 to the tobin. ten minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and 23 minutes 93 south to the leverett connector. catherine and sara, back to you. >> catherine: 8:02 here, but take a look, this is the scene live in sydney right now. beautiful fireworks. happy new year in australia, city ringing in 2716. >> sara: what a gorgeous shot that is. >> catherine: hours from now thousands to turn up at copley square and common. >> sara: michael henrich live at copley square where security will be tight to ring in 2016, michael. >> michael: absolutely. it will be a mix of security you can see and security measures you won't necessarily see as these are about to fly-by me, thought we were about to have a youtube moment. show you this moment, ice sculpture continuing the

at copley square. this is the fortieth first night in boston and this year it will be a little bit different, but security will be as around up as it has been in the past couple of years as you first heard in an video interview, live video with commission plymouth -- police commissioner evans they believe they have a good security plan with police officers but also a slew of undercover police officers and bomb-sniffing dogs that folks will notice out and about here at copley square and throughout boylston on the way over to the common. we spoke this morning to the director of first night who was confident in the security plan as well. >> a lot of undercover officers out there and hidden assets and very confident and always encourage the public like any event if they see something out

say something. >> michael: and that was commissioner evans detailing part of the plan there and encouraging folks to be vinyl lent. that is a common theme among city leaders about security when it comes to first night here on this new year's eve. more about the actual event here and what's the program, i will take it through the entire timeline and hear from that director of first night in the next half hour in our next live report. for now live at copley square, michael henrich, fox25 news. >> sara: big apple will be one of the places celebrating. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to see the annual ball drop alongside 5,000 police officers. sara: we have breaking news about the investigation into the paris terror attack.

suspect been arrested this morning. the man was born in belgium in 20s and police arrested him in the same neighborhood of brussels where some of the paris attackers lived. prosecutors are investigating numerous cell phones found during the seven and suspect will appear before a judge within the next five days. sara: also overseas brussels has canceled its new year's eve fireworks display because of threats of an extremist attack. the mayor of belgium's capital made a decision after meeting with law enforcement and decided it is just not worth the risk. 100,000 people turned up for festivities and mayor said there's no way to check everyone. catherine: bill cosby is out on $1 million bail this morning. here is his mugshot after officially charged with sexual assault. the comedian was arrested in pennsylvania for a crime that allegedly took place a decade ago. deb ferric described what

first made. >> reporter: bill cosby for the first time faces charges for the alleged sexual assault of a pennsylvania woman. the charges coming after andrea constant, a former temple university employee accused cosby of drugging, then assaulting her in 2004 when she visited the man she considered a friend and mentor to his pennsylvania home. >> mr. cosby made two sexual advances at her that were rejected. in the evening come question mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move, respond to his advances. >> reporter: though constand came forward in 2005, the district attorney at the time did not file charges. cosby.

undisclosed amount. documents in the case were unsealed first time in july and in it admits giving women quaaludes but never without the knowledge. that deposition and other evidence unsealed in the civil case paved the away for a new district attorney to reinvestigate the allegations. >> what we know pills were provided. then go to the reaction of the victim. frozen, paralyzed, unable to -- unable to move. >> reporter: constand was first woman to publicly come forward accusing cosby. since then 50 women have alleged similar sexual assault over a period of four decades, most involving the use of drugs. >> catherine: cosby maintains esinnocent and faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. >> sara: new this morning mother of texas teen who goes to mexico to avoid going to prison is now back in the u.s. ethan couch were arrested

marshaled brought her into the airport in los angeles earlier this morning. her son filed a motion to remain in mexico for a few more days. new surveillance video shows the pair casually shopping before they were arrested. couch fled to mexico after violating his probation. he was convicted of killing four people in drunk driving crash but only received probation because he said he was spoiled by his rich parents. >> catherine: happening today a man who drove a car into a pond in hamilton expected to be in court. this was breaking on fox25 morning news yesterday. our cameras were there as james chase walked out of the hamilton police station. police say he was drunk, speeding and did not have headlights on when the car plunged into the water. chase was not hurt and the car was pulled from the pond a short time later. roads in the area were slick when that crash happened. >> sara: pilot of allegiant airlines plane from sanford,

make an emergency landing at tf green airport last night. some smelled smoke in the cabins before diverted. >> my girls were in the back and they said it was really really hot by the seats. >> sara: passengers have been rebooked on another flight which leaves at 11:00 this morning. >> catherine: new this morning federal investigators say the mbta is not properly maintaining subway and trolley tracks and becoming a big safety issue. fox25 jessica reyes has a look at the new report from the oak grove stop. >> jessica: right now we are here at the oak grove station. this is one of the stations specifically named in the report because the agency says it has several issues with maintenance and service for disabled riders. spoke to several passengers here these morning, many say they are concerned about the next few months of upcoming winter. with the worst of winter still ahead, a brand-new report is out

way to go on a number of safety issues. >> i don't see any difference. summer, last few weeks, they are always having a problem everyday >> jessica: report was done by the federal transit administration and found a number of problems with the mbta specifically its maintenance plan and service providers with disabilities. riders we spoke to say they are nervous ahead of the next few months. train will come. >> jessica: among the problems, mbta maintenance for subway and trolley tracks, ride for disabled riders and boston harbor cruisers which operates ferry boats. malden report mentioned by name and not accessible at all for disabled riders right now. >> space to get over to the elevator.

it. >> jessica: mbta says it will be exorbitantly expensive and how much all of that could cost. jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> julie: check traffic and weather every ten months. 12 minutes on the pike eastbound weston tolls into boston. shiri? above freezing, 36 right now in boston, 36 at 9:00 a.m. and by 10:00 a.m. 38 . i will show you how high we are going and where we stand at midnight next. >> sara: >> catherine: woman wages battle with robber trying to break in through

how social media >> catherine: maria lost control of car on interstate 495 and car skidded off the road and crashed into a tree. nursing student saw the accident

she called 911 and kept fenway's children calm. >> having another person that understands because she is a mom is really like -- is just really amazing what she did for me. >> fenway used facebook to find the woman and planned to reunite in the coming days. >> sara: local ten-year-old used lowsons at school to save his brother during a carbon monoxide scare at his house. woke up to beeping sound yesterday morning. he said he knew it was the carbon monoxide alarm because of a state-funded fire safety program that he completed at school. his 15-year-old brother josh was the only other person at home and braden ran to wake him up and get him out of the house. >> saved my life i guess you could say. i'm proud of him for doing that. >> josh says he heard the beeping but was half asleep and went back to bed before braden came running in. planning to recommend braden for

bravery. sara: acton firefighters battle a dangerous situation inside their own station. one of their fire trucks caught fire. the chief tells us firefighters smelled smoke and then found the engine compartment on fire. they quickly removed the truck outside so the station was not damaged. >> just a bad time of the year for one thing and we have -- we the station. guy awesome job of getting vehicles out and putting the fire out. >> sara: the department is still trying to determine why didn't catch fire. >> julie: pike along fine framingham into the weston tolls expressway moving along at decent clip, average speeds 57 miles per hour. live look at the expressway and you could see a lot of space between those cars as head past the gas tank. live drive times, 23 minutes on

ten minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. shiri spear joining us now and people can look forward to dry evening tonight if out celebrating. >> shiri: back behind the camera here we have a little bit of clearing in dedham and boston area looking a little bit brighter perhaps, but still got a lot of lingering clouds. look at that just updated, we visibility, right now 37 , fog has lifted in boston, we will just have to keep an eye on southeastern massachusetts as we continue to clear out and cape by 10:00 this morning, nice and drops. so clearing and 30s tonight and for friday night we will have to watch for some flurries and possibly a quick little burst of snow, otherwise known as snow squall, would not be widespread, only impact one or two cities. very tough to forecast and see the ingredients tomorrow night

this is all i got for the wet weather now, drizzle sagging down toward the cape, south shore a little bit damp out there but clouds beginning to break apart, so this is the start of our improvements, 37 in boston and we got improved visibility as you can see and 38 at 10:00. so by noon time 42. we get up to about 43, 44 this afternoon but look at how much brighter it turns. shed so many of the clouds we fitchburg 32. here is the deal, still at freezing although don't have any freezing rain coming down now. it happened overnight. so any sidewalks, maybe steps or back roads that went untreated, there could be a couple lingering spots out there as you're still at freezing and here mix of sun and scattered this afternoon, one of the hot spots will come out of plymouth this afternoon now at 39 with clouds faulk. we stay partly cloudy this

. so here is future cast to take you hour-by-hour through the clearing skies. by noon time looking world of different, sunshine really poking itself through, most of the cloud cover by noon time. afternoon features sun and scattered clouds by midnight, they are dry and only snowflakes on radar, through northern new england, so decent new year's eve. considering i don't have very strong winds. don't have super low temperatures and going to be very tolerable and as you wake up tomorrow morning, we will have freezing temperatures but at least we will start with brighter set-up than we have this morning examine during the day i think the clouds a little under done and keep us partly cloudy and this burst of snow here, that would be one of the snow squalls i was mentioning, possibly a couple flurries mexed in as well. this afternoon 43 boston and beverly, 46 in plymouth, 47 in hyannis, lower 40s bedford lawrence up into southern new hampshire. areas like keene, orange and

afternoon and these are midnight temperatures bringing boston back down to about 34 of suburbs in the lower 30s, so i think that's pretty good. you know, we have had a lot of new year's eve where temperatures have been in the teens with sub-zero wind chills not at all the case this year. and tomorrow we are back up to about 40 , partly sunny skies ongoing and just be on the lookout for a few of those flurries, especially during the nighttime. saturday breezy and 40 and breakdown of the weekend temperatures. lots of upper 30s in southern new hampshire, about 40 both days and beverly and boston and plymouth and 35 both days in worcester, but it will stay a little bit milder down across the cape and islands with a little bit of a breeze in place and more monday snow showers and flurries. back to you guys. >> sara: all right, shiri. check this out. this is an ice castle that is now open in canada, and you could actually go inside.

it is a frozen attraction in edmonton and took two months and 38 million leader of water to build this. workers created all the icicles on their own by sprinkle water over middle racks and inside the castle visitors can crawl through tunnels, ride down frozen slides and explore the caves. >> catherine: beautiful but i hope boston doesn't look like that in a couple months. disturbing discovery made on cruise ship that looks like it came straight from a horror movie. plus the days of long contracts are over.

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verizon and sprint stopped the practice in august. t mobile ended more than two years ago. instead of contracts customers will now pay full price for new phones and have a lower monthly fee. sara: look at new stamps available in 2016. some have animals, others planets and also a set of four star trek stamps to honor the tv's show. >> catherine: people watching new star wars movie and

to look the same. >> julie: says youth and beauty are not accomplishments. >> catherine: thought poor dog suffered some sort of burn. >> julie: hamming it up. >> julie: you have to lock closely and impressed he was able to sit still long enough for a photo. >> catherine: get ham off to eat it at some point. >> julie: pups are hungry. impressive but his face is not burned, he is okay and probably full now after eating the ham off the face here. did you see that on your feed. >> shiri: dog with ham on his

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left out there. visibility vastly improved in boston the last hour but still hanging on to fog in beverly and fitchburg and plymouth and new bedford. in fact, we got a little bit of dense fog just developed in the last hour from portsmouth, new hampshire to nashua, keene and down through orange. so it is going to be a little gloomy in couple spots right now only place though where i'm getting some actual echos coming back on radar would be down toward marion and safely drizzling 30s to lower 40s and boston 37 and warm-up just kicking off and freezing in millis and framingham and lowell and potential of couple slippery spots out there, townsend national both at 37 and worcester 37 and partly sunny through the afternoon and go to

after 3:00 p.m. shiri, average speeds 55 miles per hour. pike similar story moving along nicely from framingham through the weston tolls into the allston-brighton area. wide open through brighton, a little bit of lingering fog though. 13 minutes pike from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel and 13 minutes on 95 from 495 to 28 and 11 minutes 128 northbound from university avenue to the weston tolls. sara and catherine, back to you. >> catherine: things kick off before 2016 actually gets here and what you need to know if heading in for first night, michael. >> michael: you need to know you're going to have a good time, first night director's message to the public here this morning. he handed me this program here and there's a lot it had look

starting at noon page prepared right now, live music will start at copley square on that stage. again, that's starting at noon and they will have live music 2015. as far as logistics are concerned, the director of first night told me this morning the biggest change for people is that there's no button, so a completely free family friendly event he wants to encourage everybody to take the "t" and mbta has a couple especially things going on. won't collect fares after 8:00 p.m. and run until 2:00 a.m. and modified weekday schedule on most lines. so you want to check that out once you get off the green line to where you're going from here in copley square. all that said, the festivities don't include just live music. at 6:00 p.m. parade to copley square down boylston to the boston and 7:00 first of two fireworks shows go off. that's over at the common, said

because start time so the little ones can get to bed after the 7:00 fireworks show and big fireworks show at midnight over the harbor. here is director of first night. speaking to us earlier about the excitement of the day. we are really excited and going to be a family friendly atmosphere, going to be -- maintain the traditions as well as a lot of new stuff people get ready to see. >> michael: boston police plan on keeping everybody safe. michael henrich, fox25 news. >> sara: following dozens of allegation bill cosby has been officially been charged with felony sexual assault. actor and comedian out on $1 million bail this morning. he was charged with three counts yesterday stemming from 2005

she was the first woman to come forward and accuse cosby of sexual assault. 50 women have accused cosby of similar crimes over four decades preliminary hearing is held january 14th. he has lived in massachusetts and his neighbors are trying to understand. >> doesn't sound like the person everybody has known for decades. >> awful. i feel sorry for the women. >> sara: cosby first moved to shelburne falls in 1970s when he was taking graduate classes at umass amherst. >> catherine: mother of texas teenager who fled to mexico to avoid going to prison is now back in the u.s. 18-year-old ethan couch and mother were arrested earlier this week. u.s. marshall brought her into the airport in los angeles around 3:00 this morning. her son filed motion to remain in mexico for a few more days.

pair casually shopping before they were arrested. couch fled to mexico after violating his probation. he was convicted of killing four people in a drunk driving crash but only received probation because he said he was spoiled by his rich parents. >> sara: police trying to determine what killed four service agents. former secretary of state hillary clinton. they were driving in wakefield, new hampshire monday when another car crossed the double yellow line and slammed into them. police believe the driver of that car, 45-year-old bruce dan forth, had just passed another car before the crash. dan forth was killed on scene. police say he should not have been behind the wheel. >> many dapforth did not possess a valid driver's license. he was known to us and extensive criminal history. >> sara: investigators are waiting for a toxicology report

the two passenger in this car were seriously hurt. state police also looking for the car that was passed or anyone else who may have seen what caused this crash. >> catherine: local mom shaken up after a man broke into her home while she was inside with the little boy. man tried to get in by busting through the ac unit. happened at home in west broadway in boston and getting two-year-old ready for bed. when she heard the man trying to come in through the window, she fought back. >>i looked out the shade and saw a guy and he was screaming and at this point he was pushing at the same time i'm pushing it out toward him. >> catherine: she says the man eventually walked away. police have someone in custody this morning. >> sara: new report says mbta putting safety at risk by failing to maintain trains and

jessica reyes is live. >> jessica: and federal transit administration and found a number of issues with the mbta, specifically maintenance plan and service provider with disabilities. the mbta says it could cost more than $7 billion to get back up to speed, and we have spoken to riders here at oak grove over the past couple of hours, and they say they are a bit concerned for the next few months this winter. >> i don't see any difference. i mean the summer, you know, the last few weeks, they are always having a problem everyday. >> jessica: mbta lacks maintenance plans for subway and trolley tracks. ride which is the door-to-door service uses for disabled riders and boston harbor cruises which is the company that operates the mbta ferry boats. coming up in 30 minutes, hearing from passengers here at oak grove.

riders here at this station is serious issue. live in malden, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> sara: report shows boston has had fewer murders its size. 80% resulted in convictions. that's 10% more than the national average. sara: governor charlie baker preparing for the first state of the commonwealth address. it will be thursday january 21st. he is expected to talk about his priorities for 2016 including addressing the opioid crisis and, of course, the budget. >> catherine: rumored indy car race in seaport will officially happen. the organizers of the boston grand prix have signed letter of intent and mbta, mass dot and massachusetts convention

document. the race will take place labor day weekend on the streets near the boston convention and exhibition center. >> sara: ice is ready and anticipation building for tomorrow's winter classic between the bruins and canadians at gillette stadium. today familiar faces for both teams will hit the ice for the winter classic alumni game. ray bourque and cam neely will suit up for the b's. it should be a great event and should be a preview what's to come on new year's day. as expected the bruins will be without brad marchand. marchand hit for three game suspension illegal check against ottawa. the league says it was dangerous and it was low. this is marchand's fourth suspension during his nhl career. >> julie: 21 minute commute 93

to the zakim bridge. shiri? >> shiri: holding 30s in westwood, hampton beach and worcester for those firework events and show what you the

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as of this morning marquez had not offered a plea. >> sara: straight out of a horror movie. video what they discovered was pretty graphic. matt davis is his family were heading to dinner when they saw flow the blood. electrical worker died while doing work on elevator. davis is his family were horrified. >> blood coming down like a sheet and not stopping. it was a real life scene of the sheening. >> sara: the crew member's death is under investigation. carnival has offered to pay for counseling services for davis and family. >> sara: passengers say turbulence were awful and 21

suffered neck and back injuries. plane was able to land safely. >> catherine: surveillance video captures two girls reunioning a display. every year the homeowner dressed up like the grinch. entire community shows up and poses for pictures with him. things ended early this year. two girls unplugged some of the lights and take too long to reprogram the display. >> with what happened i can't. >> catherine: they have apologize. >> julie: maersk alabama roads that lead to 128 also look good. talking about 24 and 95. expressway still pretty light out there. not seeing the major backups like we do during the weekday morning commute. it is a holiday.

here are live drive times. nine minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split. 11 minutes on 24 from 106 to 128, eight minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to columbia road. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us, and shiri, we have seen the fog burn off from the early hours where it was really thick and soupy, and now looking a lot better. >> sara: looks a lot better and still going to have to keep an eye on foggy situation between ten and 11 and i expect that the fog even there is going to mix on out, this system pushing away from us, dragging the fog, the cloud, showers, all the way from boston right now. so we do have the improvements we can look forward to. in fact, see here at noon time today, brightens up pretty nicely, right? further north you go more clouds you will find again into northern mass, southern new hampshire, but even there's partly sunny later today. we will stick with the mix of clear skies and scattered clouds that take us right to midnight

temperaturewise 30s. i don't have very strong winds, don't have very cold temperatures. this is going to be a totally average, if not above average temperaturewise midnight for new year's eve. so i like the way it is shaping up. just got to get through a little bit of lingering fog, not in boston, visibility jumped up, 37 right now, and see here comes the sunshine for the middle of the day. noon time 42 by 2:00 p.m. 43 , and then we start to slide lower 40s by 4:00 p.m. and 30s again in boston by 6:00 this evening, just keep that in mind if you're going to be out before midnight tonight, we are really dressing for the 30s this evening, high temperatures this afternoon end up being mildest massachusetts with 47 from new bedford to mattapoisett to wareham, 47 carver, 44 in brockton, 42 in walpole, i got temperatures out toward central massachusetts that will probably be the coolest of all. worcester, northborough,

stuck in the upper 30s for your high temperature. so clearly it is going to be cooler as you go inland, keene 48 , 40 farve to manchester, new hampshire, and lawrence and low 40s in boston and we got all of these mid-40s we get to enjoy over southeastern mass, even 50 nantucket, these are midnight temperatures, boston down to 34 trees, but all the suburbs are back to freezing. new year's eve you're probably going to want mittens and want a folks. not going to be sub-zero, not tomorrow back up to 40 and much of the day will feature just on and off clouds here for friday, but we will have to watch out for a couple of flurries, and during the evening and overnight hours, even the potential for isolated snow squall, which is a quick burst of snow. don't expect that to impact many spots but where it does we could end up with slippery conditions. hey, those of you looking forward to winter classic 1:00 p.m. and chilly, partly

over the weekend i got a lot of lower 40s, couple spots end up stuck in the 30s like worcester, nashua and orange, but i think lower 40s pretty typical if not this time of the year and 34 on monday when more flurries and snow showers, tuesday morning you will wake up to the teens, even around the boston area we only get up to 34 , a little more sunshine though for your tuesday and wednesday forecast. back to you guys. >> sara: all right, shiri. severe floods continue across the midwest this morning. crews in central illinois are searching flood waters right now for two 18-year-old boys who haven't been seen since monday. officials say finding them will be difficult and they may have to wait for water levels to go down to get a better look at the area. seven people have died in illinois since flooding began last week. sara: take look at this scene in missouri. that's a house right there you see floating down the river. watch as it slams into the bridge.

has been closed in both directions because of the flooding. 24 people have been killed so far. police say most of the people who died tried to drive through high fast moving water. >> catherine: a man falls ice-skating. new gadget he was trying to retrieve that almost led to icy rescue. >> julie: and coming up new at 9:00, one of the busiest uber

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>> sara: littleton man risks his life to retrieve his drone. landed in middle of pond and walked out on to the ice to get it back and few steps he fell right through the surface and fire chief tells us the man went into his knees but was able to get out on his own. firefighters recommend flying drones in fields and other open areas to avoid getting into a dangerous situation. >> catherine: worcester city manager admits the city should have done a better job to prepare for this week's snow. posted on city's official twitter account. says the city didn't have enough dpw crews or plows in place to prepare for the amount of freezing rain the storm brought and as a result many of the streets covered in slush and ice to fix the problem crews in worcester were salting the roads all day yesterday. the driver of this minivan slapped with a citation in wellesley. you could easily see why he was driving around without clearing

the whole thing is covered in snow, except for the small hole in front of the steering wheel. wellesley police posted it on facebook to remind people how important it is to clear the snow and ice from the car. >> sara: three worcester police officers honored for risking lives to save 83-year-old woman from a fire. they rescued the woman from a massive fire on granite street monday and all rushed inside the burning building to save the 83-year-old woman known as miss ellie. >> as soon as opened it got hit with smoke and heat and dropped to the ground. when i dropped to the ground, all the smoke went out into the hallway and see her five or 10 feet into the apartment. >> sara: during yesterday's ceremony officer said he thought that home. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, fire.

want families to know before they celebrate. >> sara: jeb bush in key move in key states and why it could signal end to his campaign. >> shiri: portsmouth with dense fog, same in nashua, keene and orange.