fisher who is live for us in fitchburg, eric, nice location. >> reporter: good morning, kathryn and chris, a lot going on out there this morning, we got you ready for the day, all things will change because it is location dependent, we are set up in fitchburg in close proximity to a little caffeine, take a look at some of the scenes earlier as we look back around midnight, shrewsbury, coating the ground, first flakes of the season. perfect with a little bit of snow and ice coming done. then as we look forward to the rest of the day, it is going to be more ice than snow, how unusual is this to get other first snow fall arriving at this point in the season just before new year's eve, a stretch of 60s and 90s, in worcester this is the latest first measurable snow fall on record, previously the record had been december 24th, we bet it by five days. the latest on record in boston was 2000 we waited until january 13th to get a measurable snow fall. so this will end up being the fifth latest, really a wide range there from the 1800s to the 50s to the 90s to now -- 70s. to now. sleet count

fisher. over there? >> reporter: what we are seeing here is a lot of sleet mixing in with snow fall, it has a coming down, the sleet is icy pellets, you can probably hear pinging off my jacket and off the windows in your house, take time to get outdoors, we understand that. it is not so nice in fitchburg, everything coated in sleet and snow, continuing as we head through the morning. taking a look at temperatures, even though it's cold at the surface, we will warmer air over our head that is melting our snow make flakes and refreezing, that is why we have all the sleet. 2 in orange, keene is at it 1, for most of the interior 4995 and north, that cold air is going to stay locked in most of the day keeping us in sleet and freezing rain. biggest impact on your commute is going to this morning, boston in particular, as the day goes on, we will start to see warmer temperatures and rain. things will improve toward lunch time and beyond. farther north and west in places like fitchburg, along 495, places farther

eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station, wbz. he joins us now. eric, where are these storms headed next? >> reporter: jeff, this whole huge storm system starting to move its way off toward the north and east. tonight, we're watching heavy midwest. all this moving into the northeast tomorrow. places that were 70 degrees on christmas eve now getting their first winter storm of the season, a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow that will cause travel issues out the door tomorrow morning before all this finally moves off to the north and east and out to sea as we head into late tomorrow evening. so across the northeast, new york city will actually a punch into the warmer air, above 50 degrees, but tf boston area across n england and interior parts of new york statat a wiwiry mix that's going g cause quite a few travel issues. now, the lingering thing, even after this whole storm system moves off shore, we have riverh flooding that's reaching historic levels. take a look at the scenes we've been tracking around the mississippi valley in particular. we

i'm meteorologist eric fisher for "cbs news". well, the severe weather has crippled travel plans for more than 500 flights today are already cancelled so far. yesterday, nearly 2900 flights were grounded him almost 4900 were delayed. 1,400 of those delays were out of chicago o'hare airport. frustrated travelers look for alternate plans. protesters are looking to not charge a cleveland police officer in the death of a 11-year-old boy. demonstrators marched down the streets. 100 more gathered in new york city. >> reporter: an ohio grand jury decided not to run an indictment in the police shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. >> the death of tamir rice was unfortunate and regrettable. it was not by the law that binds it a crime. >> reporter: officer timothy remain on relieved duty. >> if there is a violation of the policies and procedures. >> reporter: the officers say they were fearful when they arrived at a recreation center outside cleveland in 2014, a witness called 911 reporting a guy with a pistol and adding the weapon was

let's check with eric fisher again on this unbelievable christmas weather. >> i sound like a broken record. all week long we have talked about these temperatures being way above normal. it was wild again today. it will be about 70 degrees by tomorrow afternoon. there will be plenty of rain before that. it will be passing through all late tonight and wrapping up early tomorrow morning. that's when we will break into the exceptional stuff. dc's at 68 right now, 60s in st. louis, 60 in chicago. all across the east is warm air. then we will see breaks a sunshine, up to 70 in the afternoon, falling to 60 at night. it's by far the warmest christmas eve anyone alive here has gone through. the 70 degree temperatures of only happened seven times in boston during december. that's in a 144 year history. that's a rare occurrence. we will still be 60 degrees on christmas. that won't be much of a cooldown. it will be a lot like fourth of july, a high of 72 and low of 62, almost the same thing tomorrow. we will have a full look at the forecast which includes snow coming up in a little bit work -- bit. >>

i'm meteorologist eric fisher for "cbs news". well, the severe weather has crippled travel plans for thousands of people. more than 500 flights today are already cancelled so far. yesterday, nearly 2900 flights were grounded him almost 4900 were delayed. 1,400 of those delays were out of chicago o'hare airport. frustrated travelers look for alternate plans. protesters are looking to not charge a cleveland police officer in the death of a 11-year-old boy. demonstrators marched down the streets. 100 more gathered in new york city. >> reporter: an ohio grand jury decided not to run an indictment in the police shooting death of >> the death of tamir rice was unfortunate and regrettable. it was not by the law that binds it a crime. >> reporter: officer timothy loehman and greg garback will remain on relieved duty. >> if there is a violation of the policies and procedures. >> reporter: the officers say they were fearful when they arrived at a recreation center outside cleveland in 2014, a witness called 911 reporting a guy with a pisto

wrecking houses and out- ((eric fisher/chief meteorologist, wbz)) "several tornados spread out over a wide area, some all the way up into illinois, iowa, the eastern part of indiana." drivers could barely make their way along highway 412, in southern missouri. the storm pelted the area with hail. witnesses in highland, arkansas say storms there rolled in without warning: ((pastor mike stanley/friendship baptist church)) "it snapped off a pine tree by my truck and i just slammed my seatbelt on and thought lord just let me survive this." and in pope county, arkansas.... an 18 year old woman died after a tree fell on her house. forecasters say the risk for long- tracked tornados continues through the night: ((eric fisher/chief meteorologist, wbz)) "just urging vigilance for everybody who is in the severe weather threat area, nighttime tornados very dangerous." the threat diminishes thursday. the focus then turns to record-high temperatures expected on the east coast. we have ashley conroy here in for sherry... let's get a check on this christmas eve weather. here's a live look from our s

eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station, wbz. he joins us now. eric, where are these storms headed next? >> reporter: jeff, this whole huge storm system starting to move its way off toward the north and east. we have heavy snow and ice in the upper midwest. all this moving into the northeast tomorrow. places that were 70 degrees on christmas eve getting their first winter storm of the season, a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow that will cause travel issues out the door tomorrow morning before all this finally moves off to the north and east and out to sea as we head into late tomorrow evening. york city actually a punch into the warmer air, above 50 degrees, but the boston area across new england and interior parts of new york state, a wintry mix that's going to cause quite a few travel issues. now, the lingering thing, even after this whole storm system moves off shore, we have river flooding that's reaching historic levels. take a look at the scenes we've been tracking around the mississippi valley in particular. we've had very heavy rain i

eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz is tracking the storm. eric? >> reporter: a very violent evening of storms and humid air mass. you see the storms racing off f e north and east. that storm motion at 60 miles per hour at times. they are moving very fast. several tornadoes spread out, some all the way up into illinois, eastern partrtof iowa, indiana, including the town of santa claus had a tornado warning earlier. but the strongest tornado is in northern mississippi, violent storms with damage reports coming in right t w. we've seen trees snapped off, tractor trailers flipped and there are still several on the ground. northeastward. tornado watches from eastern iowa to the gulf coast. a long night ahead of us, so urging vigilance everybody for everybody in the severe weather threat area. nighttime tornadoes, very dangerous. this is covering a very large region, not just tornadoes but the threat of damaging wind gusts racing off toward the east. the good news here, is as wewe head into tomorrow, the threat will go down. the story will be the record

eric fisher is chief meteorologist at wbz. eric, what's ahead for that part of the country? >> elaine, several more storms lined up yet again. a parade of storms moving into the pacific northwest continues. one right now, one behind it for monday and tuesday, another weaker system into thursday. this means a lot of rain for lowlands. ten wettest decembers on record list. plenty of snow when it gets to elevation, 1 to 3 feet of snowfall from the cascades, intermountain west, sierra the next few days. a white christmas. the west is where you want to be. it is essentially a lock. in the east a 0% chance. and this is the reason why. a big surge of warmth moving eastbound. really culminating on christmas eve. what is warmth in late december? 60s, 70s, 80s on the eastern sea board. boston near 70, new york over 70, d.c. nearing 80. elaine, dozens of records are expected to be set this week. >> incredible. eric fisher, thank you so much. >>> at least two people are dead including a child after an avalanche in norway. it happened in svalvard, one of the northernmost settlements in t

i'm meteorologist eric fisher for "cbs news." >>> well, the severe weather has crippled travel plans for thousands of people. more than 500 flights today are already cancelled so far. yesterday, nearly 2900 flights were grounded. almost 4900 were delayed. more than 1,400 of those delays were out of chicago o'hare international airport. frustrated travelers look for alternate plans. protesters are voicing outrage following a decision not to charge a cleveland police officer. demonstrators marched down the streets in cleveland last night. about 100 morallied in new york city a. grand jury chose not to indict the officer who shot and killed tamir rice last year. we have reaction. >> reporter: an ohio grand jury decided not to return an indictment in the fatal shooting >> the death of tamir rice was an absolute tragedy. it was horrible, unfortunate and regrettable. but it was not by the law that binds this crime. >> reporter: officer timothy loehmann and greg garmback were on restricted duty. >> there is potential discipline if there is a violation of our policies and procedures. >> repo

eric fisher is tracking the wind threat that caused this. but we begin with ken mccloud in mold in at the scene. >> reporter: liam for several months the front of this building has been boarded up as inside. that was no big deal until today when a 35-foot section of it as tall as that support beam snapped off and tumbled on to this sidewalk. watch the top of your screen as the surveillance camera on a neighboring store captured the temporary construction wall crashing on to the sidewalk shaking the entire block. >> one of the guys thought it was actually a car hitting that structure, it's been up for nine months it shouldn't just >> reporter: there was a gusty lunch time wind when the barrier was somehow overturned by it, peeled off this restaurant. it came down pretty good, it was really windy today and it came up and over. it just crashed. >> reporter: five pedestrians were in harm's way when the wall failed and near by good samaritans con veried their disbelief into a rescue effort. >> we kind of ran out there and we saw some people in ne

let's bring in eric fisher. eric, the flooding is already pat bad. how much worse is it going to get? >> what we're watching it a widespread area of eight- to 14-inch rainfall just over the last seven days alone and that is creating the huge situations we are seeing. all the rivers that feed into the misreaching at least major flooding if not record flooding and a lot of these crests, the highest at least several decades. what we're watching as the water feeds into the mississippi river in st. louis, cresting on thursday, at 44 feet. so 14 feet more to rise. the arkansas river at little rock will be cresting on friday at 26 feet, very high water levels. now, the good news here is that as we look over the next seven days, a much drier pattern is going to set up all across this region. it won't stop the flooding that's expected here, jim, but least tonight exacerbate the problem any more. >> axelrod: eric fisher, thank you. garland, texas, has begun to or destroyed nearly 800 hoamedz there. tonight, david begnaud has a heartbreaking reminder that prope

eric fisher is live in fitch berg on what we can expect from the rest of this storm, hi there, eric. >> reporter: hey there chris and kathryn, good afternoon, this is a warmup to winter, showing you what is upcoming for the season, we've got a widespread 2-4 inches of snow fall, sleet that is compacted all of that, treacherous driving conditions, the good news, if you are going to have a storm you want to do it during vacation week, a lot of kids not in school, a lot of people in vacation limiting some of the traffic on the roads. been slow and a lot of accidents. let's talk where this ranks, we had a long wait to see any snow fall in the area, boston this is the fifth latest first measurable snow, i know that is mouthful, had you to to wait to get .10 of inch. .9 so we didn't get an inch of snow fall but measurable snow fall, this is the latest on record in worcester going back for quite a long time there, so we are looking at a pretty significant wait for some of this snow, the latest if you are wondering in boston is january 13th in 2000. seasonal snow falls, most of them below av

meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says the winter weather is moving across the country. >> we have been watching this parade of storms moving into the west over these last couple of weeks and this storm has more cold air to work with and seeing much more widespread snowfall and spread into the plains monday through wednesday and producing snowfall there. every western state picking up snow with this particular snow. even the mountains outside of los angeles and southern california, eventually that snow moving into nebraska by tuesday. that's where winter is living. it's not in the east. high temperatures on sunday, besting some longstanding records. some of those have stood over a hundred years. a few more records are possible today, especially from the d.c. area reaching up toward the eastern great lakes and we are tracking gusty rain showers. there is a change coming. the end of this week, colder air working its way east and fell like winter in places where it i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. >>> nearly 200 nations came together this weekend to approve a gl

eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz is tracking the storm. eric? >> reporter: norah, i've been watching very violent storms moving across the southeast. there are three confirmed dead, many homes damaged on the cusp of christmas eve, and the storms are moving as fast as 60 miles per hour, and now the threats starting to move towards tennessee and parts of kentucky. numerous tornado reports, over a dozen, the largest most violent across northern mississippi and tracking their way to the national area. that will ba i zone to watch during the overnight. in the louisville area, through mississippi, parts of alabama. it's these night time tornadoes that are dangerous, sometimes people are in are you teens, not paying attentions or not receiving warnings or not seeing vigilance overnight. the good news is that as we head past tonight, hopefully everyone heeding these warnings, tomorrow the storm threat is lower, and, norah, the storm will become the record heat all up and down the easterneaboard. >> o'donnell: all right, eric fisher. thank you so much. a

eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at wbz, our cbs station in boston. eric, what's in store? >> reporter: scott, unbelievable warmth here in the east as we head into the weekend, certainly feeling like spring. i've seen reports of dandelions blooming and cher blossomings coming out. the ohio valley and the great lakes up to 30 degrees above the average for mid-december. these will be record highs for tomorrow, 70 in indianapolis, on sunday, the warmth moves towards the east coast and further into the great lakes philly 68, that would be a record, and near 80 in montgomery, alabama. ahead of all this we have another storm system developing. that should bring severe weathers in the plains, in wind damage, could see a couple of tornadoes during the day tomorrow. that storm system moving east with heavy rain but mostly rain, scott, and very little snow yet again. >> pelley: eric fisher in balmy boston. eric, thanks very much. daniel holtsclaw was a college football star but when his dreams of the nfl didn't work out, he joined the oklahoma city police. now he could be spending th

. >>> more now on the forecast from chief meteorologist eric fisher of our cbs boston station wbz. even with all of this activity the storms aren't done yet. >> certainly not. very powerful winter storm here. jeff all sorts of weather hazards from blizzard conditions eastern new mexico and west texas, flooding in between, a tornado watch is in effect to the east, and more flash flood watches farther east than that. so everything in a very sloppy storm system. we've already seen some destructive storms with this. we'll be tracking it north and eastward through tonight. by tomorrow evening all the wintry mess across the upper midwest including chicago, davenport, des moines, heavy rain on the eastern end of the storm. tuesday by the morning we've got our first winter storm in the northeast. many folks seeing snow and ice for the first time this season. it took quite a while. finally it all winds down on tuesday evening. in terms of the snow, a swath of very significant snow totals here. around kansas reaching up toward the twin cities and into parts of wisconsin into that snow on new

fisher in eric, thanks very much. daniel holtsclaw was a college football star but when his dreams of the nfl didn't work out, he joined the oklahoma city police. now he could be spending the rest of his life in prison. he sexually assaulted a series of women until one brave victim said enough. here's manuel bojorquez. >> janie ligins was the first to come forward after she was sexually assaulted last year. >> i like to think that he was going to shoot me he was going to kill me. he did things to me that no police officer would co. >> the defendant is guilty of the crime of sexual battery. >> the 29-year-old sobbed uncontrolly last night as he was convicted of first degree rape and sodomy. prosecutors say he targeted 13 african american women in the poorest parts of oklahoma city over a six-month period. in some cases he specifically outstanding arrest warrants. all 13 women testified. this woman said she was arrested and taken to a hospital to detox where he sexually assaulted her. >> i was scared. i felt like i had

let's bring in eric fisher, chief meteorologist at cbs station in boston, wbz. eric, dozens of records being set today. >> jim, it is about as strange as it can get on christmas eve out there. look at these temperatures: burlington, vermont hit 68, beating the old record by 16 degrees today. warmest december day ever recorded. also the warmest december day ever recorded in norfolk, virginia. same story in albany, new york. even at midnight tonight, when santa might be visiting a few homes on the eastern seaboard, still 62 in new york, 69 in charlotte, jacksonville at 69. just tremendous warmth everywhere you look. more record highs expected as we head into christmas day, especially across the southeast, widespread 70s and 80s, well up above the norm for this time of the year. but we're also focusing on the next storm developing this weekend in the southern plains. this will bring blizzard conditions to parts of the southern plains, very heavy rain, a chance of severe weather on the eastern end of it. new mexico, west texas, western parts of oklahoma, also very h

winter begins on monday, so let's bring in chief meteorologist eric fisher from eric, what's the weekend look like? >> well, scott, for a lot of people who have been maybe missing the holiday spirit because it's been so warm outside, we have a shot of real winter air moving ins across the great lakes into the northeast this weekend, finally average, a normal year you might not notice, but the highs in the 20ss and 30ss might have a bite to them. could see over a foot in the south towns of buffalo. the biggest snow totals, here, scott, the tug hill plateau where they haven't seen much so far. >> pelley: and how is the holiday shaping up? >> the cold is not sticking around. we have another big change as we head into christmas week, another ridge in the jet stream starts to build. this is going to create widespread farmth,15 to 25-degree above average. it looks like 60ss, even 70s are possible. if you're wondering is this going to change as we head into the new year? >> noaa updated their outlook, and cool air in the south. but it won't be warm the entire time. >> pelley: eric fisher, wbz,

let's bring in wbz's chief meteorologist eric fisher. eric, we will start you in the northwest, which is still getting slammed by the storms. what is happening with that system? >> jeff, this storm has a lot more cold air to work with, so we are seeing a lot more snow all across the inner mountain west over the next 48 hours and eventually that energy spins out into the plains. so as we head into tuesday and wednesday, slowly moving up into nebraska, parts of south dakota and every state in the west picking up some much needed snow fall. every state all the way until the plains picking up fresh snow over the next 48 hours. now the east, totally different story: a feel of spring, long-standing record high temperatures: in detroit that record was set back in 1881; baltimore hit 72 today. more record highs possible tomorrow, especially in this little wedge of warm air in the east. also some rainy travel to kick off the week. there is a change coming, as we get toward the middle and later stages of this week, colder air working its way farth

let's bring in chief meteorologist eric fisher. we're going to start in the northwest which is getting slammed by storms. what is happening with that system? >> jeff this storm has a lot more cold air to work with. we're seeing more snow all across the intermountain west over the next 48 hours and eventually that energy spins out into the plains. as we head into tuesday and wednesday, snow moving up into nebraska, parts of south dakota. all told every state in the west picking up much-needed snowfall here. every state all the way until the plains picking up fresh snow the east, totally different story. a feel of spring, longstanding record high temperatures. detroit, record set in 1881, baltimore hit 72 today. more record highs possible tomorrow. especially in this little wedge of warm air in the east. also rainy travel to kick off the week. there is a change coming toward the middle and later stages of this week. colder air working its way farther east. for some who haven't felt much of it, a feel of winter in the air. >> eric fis

. >> repororr: more on the forecast from chief meteorologist eric fisher. wbz. all of these activities the storms are not done yet. jeff. across the board. flooding in between, a tornado more flash flood watches further sloppy storm system we've already seen destructive storms like this, tracking it north and eastward throughout the night. all the wintery month across the midwest, chicago, davenport, eastern part of the storm, tuesday morning, first winter storm in the northeast. many folks seeing snow and ice for the first time this season, it took quite a while and finally it all winds town to finally it all winds down often in terms of snow, quite significant, wisconsin, snow on the northern end coming across new england ski area finally getting some of their first snow of the season. heavy heavy rainfall in n eas that have already seen their wettest year on record. glor: eric fisher thank you. the iraqi army is claiming a major victory over i.s.i.s. after weeks of fighting in the western city ever ramadi. debora patta reports. >> iraqi soldiers push to retak

winter begins on monday, so let's bring in chief meteorologist eric fisher from our cbs station wbz in boston. eric, what's the weekend look like? >> well, scott, for a lot of people who have been maybe missing the holiday spirit because it's been so warm outside, we have a shot of real winter air moving in across the great lakes into the northeast this weekend. finally average, a normal year in the 20s and 30s are going to have a little bite to them, this time around, because it's been so warm. cold enough to get the lake effect snow machine going, as we just heard from jericka. could see over a foot in the south towns of buffalo. the biggest snow totals, here, scott, the tug hill plateau where they haven't seen much so far. >> pelley: and how is the holiday shaping up? >> well, the cold-- it is not sticking around. we have another big change headed our way as we head into christmas week, another ridge in the jet stream starts to build. this is going to create widespread warmth, 15 to 25- degrees above average. it looks like numerous record highs, lots of 60s, even some 70s are possib