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our bob halloran is live out west with the tough task ahead. bob? bob: that's right. we are here in denver. for the patriots. just 2-6 over the years here in denver. here. in fact, the game two months ago here is the primary reason why we're back here again because if the patriots had managed to pull that came out in overtime, then this game would be being played foxborough. still stinging. just a little bit. denver pulled off an overtime win in that november matchup. but some things are notably different this time around. the pats were playing hurt. without edelman and amendola. and gronk and dont'a hightower left the game early with injuries. but don't forget manning wasn't at center for the broncos that time. he sure will be tonight and gronk will be on the lookout for low hits. gronk: just part of the game. we're not doing anything out there. it's just part of the game. just got to be aware of it. maybe just got to step up my game a little bit. got. bob: and to be clear, the broncos acknowledged this week that the best way to bring gronk down is to take him out at

our bob halloran is live out bob? bob that's right. we're here at mile high stadium, site of many horrors for the patriots over the years. they do tend to struggle out here. game two months ago is is pretty much the reason why we're here today. if the patriots had won that game in november, they'd be the number-one seed and this championship game would be at gillette stadium in foxborough instead. so, yes, that is a wound that still stings. denver pulled off an overtime win in that november matchup. but some things are notably different this time around. without edelman and amendola. they'll have both of those guys this time. left the game early with injuries. but don't forget manning wasn't at center for the broncos that time. he sure will be tonight and gronk will be on the lookout for low hits. gronk: just part of the game. we're not doing anything illegal out there. it's just part of the game. just got to be aware of it. maybe just got to step up my game a little bit. maybe throw jukes. i don't know how many jukes i've got. bob: lo

our bob halloran is back with family. bob? bob: you're right about that, doug. he's just a regular person outside of gillette stadium and in this case mile high stadium. there have certainly been bumps in the road this season for tb12 and his supermodel wife gisele bundchen. you may recall the couple put up with plenty of reports that their marriage was on the rocks over the deflategate saga. the father of three, considered one of the best quarterbacks of all time, put to the test under incredible stress and pressure from the league. but the patriots are now back in another afc championship game under his leadership. brady telling reporters family is a big part of his life. it's about a lot of give-and-take, and getting to this point in the game takes a lot of support. so how does being a dad change his preparation for the big game? brady: it's a lot different. our daughter is not sleeping at night. you're up. you know, it's just part of being a parent, you know, yeah, there's a lot less time to recover if you miss nights of sleep. bob: brady adding that his kid

sportscenter 5's bob halloran is live at gillette with the five things that you need to know. reporter: well, this list is dominated by injuries. players listed as questionable for tomorrow's game, including rob gronkowski, who is being treated for knee and back injuries. all indications are that he will suit up tomorrow. but it's a safe bet he will not be 100%. chandler jones, as you mentioned, he practiced all week. but how will his focus be after a week of questions stemming from that bizarre incident where he was hospitalized after taking synthetic marijuana? julian edelman's return is number three. he keeps releasing hype videos on youtube. he says he's going to leave it all out on the field, but he also hasn't played in two months. and how about those chiefs? they've won 11 straight games, a strong running game, a steady quarterback in alex smith and the guy some call gronk light, travis kelce. but they do have a significant injury concern. star wide receiver jeremy maclin suffered a high ankle sprain in their playoff win over houston and he has not practiced all week. a

bob halloran, a couple of problems for gronk, huh? back. rob gronkowski listed as questionable for the patriots' game tomorrow against the kansas city chiefs. he was once again limited at practice today. the issues are both the knee that he injured in week 12 and the back that has cropped up this week, after missing practice tuesday and being limited wednesday. gronk was absent from practice against yesterday. that's the first we learned that he also has a bad back. expect gronk to play. but are the patriots at their best heading into tomorrow's game? >> they're good at all levels. they got a good scheme. put a lot of pressure on you. if you don't handle it, they take advantage of it. team. they've been playing well. we're excited for them to come into foxborough. present, on this week. and it's a new week. reporter: the patriots actually as questionable for tomorrow's game. sports. reporting sportscenter 5. >> another patriots player still making news, only on 5, the foxborough police chief tonight on the bizarre incident at jones. sarah i

bob: brady the elder sounds a lot like brady the younger. bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. mike: tom brady has matured over the years. tom brady used to look like the beav. heather: we are not laughing at you. ed: how many times has he been compared to jerry mathers as the beaver? heather: i love the bangs. how far he has come. [laughter] harvey: the puberty expression was awesome. it heather: conjures up a lot of images, doesn' t it?

bob halloran is here with highlights. bob: in their home away from home and front of three times as many of their own fans fighting a bitter rival, they came up with their worst game at the worst time. here is what the home of the patriots look like today with 67,000 fans filling all the seats and standing room only areas. bruins and canadians, ready to go. looking for his duration from the champion patriots. it is montreal' s big day. redirected home, 3-1 montre al. they handled the ice conditions better than the bruins. bruins only goal of the game here, matt belesky. the local kid did great. >> probably the most special. a lot of friends and family here tonight. yeah. bruins, joint stadium,. new year' s day. >> we did not obviously deserve to win and we have to push this aside and unfortunately it was on a big stage like this, and you would like to have your team give a better performance, but we didn' t. bob: they did not. jc: a wedding gift that might spark a new beginning. how a local couple is turning phil: there'

live in denver, bob halloran, wcvb, sportscenter 5. randy: bob, thank you. you may have noticed this during the game. microsoft is saying don't blame them for those tablet problems. the tablets on the patriots sidelines stopped working during the first half. coaches were not able to show players real-time photos of what was happening. last night microsoft says the problem was not with its tablets but with the network. the problem was fixed after 20 minutes. erika: it is 6:07 right now. new this morning. today governor baker will unveil new plans to deal with chronic unemployment in massachusetts. it's part of his upcoming budget proposal. last year, the governor created a task force to look at the issue of why some groups are having a tough time getting jobs in the state. the results are also expected to be announced today. commitment 2016. the republican race heads back to new hampshire today. chris christie, john kasich, and front-runner donald trump all trump ramped up efforts in iowa yesterday ahead of early voting there in just one week. he kicked off e

bob halloran reporting live saturday night and all day. >> corporal christopher orlando, a 2010 graduate of the high school is among the missing. he and others went down with two helicopters that collided last week off hawaii. searchers had to deal with extremely active seas and they were unable to find any of the men. >> this is a sad time for this town. and for the military families in town. to witness this. a young man, in the prime of his life, serving the country honorably as a marine. terrible. heartbreak in his voice. >> the town now flying the orlando's family has asked for privacy. >> commitment 2016. our coverage shows there is a new look at the g.o.p. race in new hampshire. trump is holding on to his strong lead, 20 points ahead of the number two candidate. trump has the lead. the poll in our sister station -- he's up two more points from the poll last month,ed cruz is gaining support, up to 14% and there is also a tie in third place, both jeb bush and rubio sit at 10% on this particular poll. trump was on the campaign trail today. he was joined by sarah palin in tulsa. endors

from gillette stadium, bob halloran, wcvb "sportscenter" 5. heathen: also, foxborough police releasing their report on what happened. john continues our live team coverage at the police station. john? john: that police report only aides to the mystery of what happened here early sunday morning. it says that chandler jones walked here to the police department without his shirt on, at one point even kneeling on the ground and one officer said it appeared as if he was praying. like this man was trying to surrender wrote one officer in a report. without provocation the individual abruptly got down on behind his head. he arrived from his home right across the street subbed morning. the officer said he quickly announced who he was, saying i'm chandler jones and said he was told to come to the politician. as paramedics helped him they said he was polite and cooperated. they also indicated in the report that chandler jones was not being arrested. he said it was evident that mr. jones was desperately seeking our assistance and had not committed any cri

mike lynch and bob halloran will have live reports from denver, beginning saturday night and all day sunday. emily: scientists say they now have solid evidence that a ninth planet does exist in our solar system. big as neptune and far enough away to take 10,000 to 20,000 years to circle the sun. the planet hasn' t actually been seen yet. two scientists say they' ve used computer modeling and mathematics to determine that it is there. they expect a telescope sighting within 5 years. randy: next on the agenda is coming up with a name. the new pluto. cindy: 23 degrees in boston. a bit. not as windy out of the northwest. about 12 miles per hour. lots of lower 20' s up the coast. we will see temperatures climbed to near 30 degrees this afternoon. mostly sunny skies. somewhat of a wind chill. pretty quiet tomorrow. you can see the energy here. this is diving towards the gulf coast. there is going to be severe weather in the southeast. by tomorrow morning, ice in the carolinas. by saturday morning, it really explodes coming off the north carolina coast line. this storm will be added speed -

bob halloran, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: right now, a teacher is off the job as police and school administrators investigate some troubling allegations. newscenter 5' s jack harper is live in west boyston with what we know tonight. jack: outside the police station and we do not know a lot from the investigators. we know according to parents, the teachers at the high school, a special ed teacher, sent a very inappropriate message to one of the students. we are told he is a senior. students. loved. that is the word they are using the charge. >> we need to get the facts. we do know what they are yet. my son adores them. we don' t know what happened. we should let the police knew what they are supposed to do and investigate. jack: we are told this message you know as well as everyone else, especially the d.a., if it and they will find it. i' new hampshire arrest a man on dui charges. 30-year-old jesse dennis was not only drunk and high, but say he had materials to make meth inside his car. 5 on the opioid crisis -- an alarmi

in denver, bob halloran, wcvb, sportscenter 5. erika: starting today riders will get to sound off on proposed fare hikes on the mbta. the first public hearing will be held tonight in lynn. the cost of riding the "t" is expected to jump as much as 10-percent this coming july. the most expensive scenario could generate more than $49 million for the cash-strapped agency. a second hearing will be held tomorrow in brockton. a texas student suffers an asthma attack in class. randy: why another student was suspended for coming to the rescue. a terrifying fall down an alaska mountain. the remarkable video of a skier's survival. cindy: i'm tracking some temperature changes. my timeline on a warm-up that is coming and when we'll cool back down plus the next chance for a erika: and a reub i can's cube solved in record time. randy: powerful earthquake leaves damage behind this the 7.1 magnitude quake struck early yesterday morning, about 160 miles southwest of anchorage. four homes were damaged in an explosion caused by a gas leak resulting f

. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: back to work for the patriots getting ready for the , bengals or the texans or the chiefs. let' s just say an opponent to be named later. mostly, the patriots need to work on themselves 2-and-4 down the stretch this year while in their last six in six trips to the super bowl they were a combined 33 and they usually go three. in hot. this year, not. >> i think we are still confident in who we are as a s just about execution. we need to talk about what we need to do differently, what has happened, what has not happened. saturday. just try to figure out what your weaknesses are, try to make those weaknesses not as weak and become a better player. b ob: tom coughlin held his exit news conference today nice things to say about his time with the giants. nice things to say about eli manning and many of his players, and this to say about today' s players in general. >> how tough are we? we have lost a little bit of that. i' ve got a toothache, i' m out of the game. you' ve got what? a st

i' ll have another update tonight >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: against the dublin team with nothing to play for, a dolphin team with a coaching staff that will not be around last year in the g.m. that was fired last night. the patriots laid the proverbial egg. strange day. most peculiar. the patriots put tom brady in harms way. rolling up on his ankle. the game. narrow escape. yards in the first half. why keep him out there? to parker. patriots open of the third quarter with this. i shorted it turns into a longer. james white gets through the secondary. at the six. the patriots would capitalize. stephen jackson only 2.5 yards zone to tie the game 10-10. the dolphins of the few guys with some deep shots. that is burning with the late cheap shot on brady -- that is vernon. tie gave in to the fourth quarter and this one is up for grabs. and look who grabs it. great catch by devonte a parker. the dolphins in scoring position in a convert. to cameron. miami had a 17-10 lead. the patriots had no answer. the patriot offense anemic. to not. they los

. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: let' s see. some of the things tom brady is better at than cam newton. 900 more passing yards a higher , quarterback rating, more but touchdowns, and fewer interceptions. but it' s the dab master who gets named to the ap all pro first team. brady getting just three of 50 votes. but congratulations to the kowski twins, gron and gost-kowksi. straight year on being perfect in extra points. linebacker jamie collins was named to the second team. >> work wise, you do a little time off, working on yourself. it' s always fun to prepare. and i can' t wait. >> you always want to be fresh with the plays, make sure you are on the same page as everyone else. re getting the mental prep that you can. night' the steelers. his throwing hand in week 14 against? the steelers. the bengals who haven' t won a , playoff game in 25 years, turn to aj mccarron making his first , post-season start. the patriots play the bengals if they win saturday and we all remember last year' s on to cincinnati moment after the kansas c

. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: the celtics and their four game winning streak are home tonight against orlando. the magic have lost 7 in a row and they' ve lost 9 in a row in boston. so as magic acts go, they' re asking you to pick a card and then guessing what it is on their 52nd try. did we pick your card? no. they are tops in the east and the turnovers are tops in the entire nba. what you' re looking at is a game against orlando back in november when they lost big. i am telling you orlando was bad -- but brad stevens sees it differently. >> really athletic, really athletic, and i said when we were there, i thought they were really rolling and i still think they are going to be a team that they have had a tough little stretch. everyone is going to have ups and downs times. but this is a team that is super athletic with a bunch of young guys. bob: and a four-game win streak playing smooth as butter. they forced nearly 21 turnovers per game. that is how you turn defense into offense and that is how you win gam

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one of those, our bob halloran was there and he begins our live breaking news coverage at gillette stadium. bob: there was no expectation or announcement that chandler jones would speak to the media today but he was at practice today as he has been all week and right after practice, the media is allowed in for 45 minutes. at the 43: 30 mark, chandler jones suddenly appeared and walked to his locker. he waited for the media to get into place and then he apologized. >> i made a pretty stupid mistake this weekend. right now my main focus is becoming the best player i can be and helping the team and

bob halloran, wcvb, sportscenter 5. antoinette: remember how people were so worried about yesterday's game. doug: where i was at yesterday, there was two minutes left in the game and people were still worried that maybe it might not happen but it did. the cardinals beat the packers 26-20. just for people looking for updates there. caught on camera. a car crashes through a convenience store. antoinette: the near miss and the other emergency triggered by that crash. frank? frank: a car crash victim is recovering after he was stuck out in the cold for hours. the reason it took rescuers so long to find him. mike? mike: tracking colder temperatures and snow moving in. a breakdown of the wintry mix on here in the city, parking is hard to find. seems like everyone drives. rand those who do should switch to geico r because you could save hundreds on car insurance. ah, perfect. x evening, sir. hello! here's the keys. p and, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. p hm, wouldn't mind some of that beef wellington... p to see how much you co

bob halloran is here with that. bob: it is their home away from home. the bruins were in front of three times as many of their own fans, facing a bitter rival, and the bruins came up with what head coach claude julien called their worst game at the worst time. here' s what the home of the patriots looked like today with 67,000 fans filling all the seats and the standing room only. bruins and canadiens ready to go holliston native mike condon' s goalie mask reminding him to do his job. tuukka rask also looking for inspiration from the champion patriots. but it' s montreal' s big day max pacioretty bats a puck out of the air and brendan gallagher re-directs it home. montreal the much better team today cruises to an easy 5-1 win the local kid making 27 saves, i had a lot of friends and family here tonight. i don' t think you could scripted any better. >> we did not deserve to win and we have to kind of push this aside. it' s unfortunate that it was on a big stage like this. you would like your team to give a better performance, but we didn' t. ask -- >> no

mike lynch and bob halloran will get you ready for gametime live in the mile high city beginning tomorrow night. a wild scene in cambridge after a car lands right in a swimming pool. it happened at a condo complex on using away. was trying to park and he says a mat got wedged under the pedal and he lost control. the car when about 100 feet at a high speed before slamming into the pool. luckily, no one was hurt. that crash under investigation. boston firefighters responding to a second alarm fire at an auto body shop. officials investigating the cause right now. they say the fire started in a room in the middle of the building at dna auto group. the shop. no one was hurt. a man declared dead after a hawaii. corporal christopher orlando was last week' s crash. a five-day search turned up no sign of the marines. corporal orlando was a 2010 graduate of having a high -- of hingham high and was 23 years old. the senate voted to pass a new destroy the -- a new distracted it would be illegal to enter information by hand into a gps as you are driving or two talk talk on a cell phone. the campaign

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i met meteorologist -- i am >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. ed: tom brady put down his grass-fed organic steak cooked in coconut oil and topped off with himalayan pink salt over quinoa and trotted out to practice again today. the patriots taking it easy today. brady getting ready to start his 33rd -- rob gronkowski probably plans on parking in front of the tv. >> it' s a great time to sit back and enjoy the games. you know, pop a little sports drink. a little pop or soda, lay back, watch some games. it' s always cool to see what the game is all about and just enjoy them. >> you get your bums and bruises. we take care of the bumps and bruises and take advantage of this week and watch the teams play. peyton manning. they want to focus more on the good he did leaving an inspiring the broncos victory on sunday, instead of focusing on the guy who threw 17 interceptions in the first nine games. brad stevens will not be courtside in chicago. he was flown to indiana to visit a former player at that were university. andrea smith is battling non-hodgkin

mike lynch and bob halloran will be reporting live from denver beginning saturday night and all day sunday. emily: right now, governor charlie baker is getting ready of the commonwealth address. newscenter 5' s janet wu is live at the state house where she s speech, janet? janet: governor baker is prepping for his very first state of the state and knows that tone as well as content are important. he made only one public stop today, speaking to a group of few hints about what his priorities or 2016 would be. as a republican governor working with the democratic legislature, his very first thank you will go to them. some things that are very important to us that we have talked about with respect to energy and addiction and education, and i also think we speak at the same time to the massachusetts, and to make our case for them about the things we plan to focus on. janet: would you say this first year was a good year for you? >> i care more about whether it was a good year for the home -- commonwealth. janet: baker will talk about the economic stability that massachusetts has seen during his f

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mike lynch and bob halloran will be reporting live from denver beginning saturday night and all day sunday. right now, a deadly fire is under investigation on the south shore. flames broke out on edith holmes drive in scituate late last s kelley tuthill is on the scene with what we know new information this noon. kelley: we learned the victim of the fire has been identified as a 42-year-old, sean gorman, who lived in the home behind me with his mother. you can see the conditions they were living in. debris over the yard. insight, knowledge better. she was not home -- inside, not much better. she was not home at the time. this fire is not considered suspicious at this time. flames broke out at 7:45 p.m. firefighters did not get inside because there is so much clutter. neighbors say a warning has been issued at the home for years. firefighters found him lying in his bed. they broke through a window to try to rescue him. he was pronounced dead at south shore hospital. we tried to talk to the town administrator. she would only make a brief comment on the fire, giving details and expressing sym

mike lynch and bob halloran will have live reports beginning saturday night. emily: a check of your economy this morning. asian stocks mostly in the red after surrendering early gains today. that' s following big swings on wall street yesterday. the dow plummeted 249 points to close at 15,766. right now the dow futures are down. major airlines are preparing for that massive snowstorm that' s headed for the northeast and mid-atlantic. american, southwest and delta are among the top airlines to passengers flying this weekend. american includes customers flying today. the airlines will decide later today if flights will be canceled. randy: a pay boost for walmart employees. the retail giant says more than 1 million of its u.s. employees will receive a raise next month. anybody who started before january of this year will be paid $10 an hour. critics say the raise is just a publicity stunt. unions and workers are lobbying for $15 an hour. emily: your trending stories this morning. the buffalo bills make nfl history. the team has hired the league' s first ever full

bob halloran, wcvb "sportscenter" 5. >> we checked in with christopher, who played peter brady on "the brady bunch." i was not playing ball at bill belichick's house. that's all i have to say on the matter. >> here's the story >> keep going. >> as far as i can go. >> coming up new at 7:00, using d.n.a. from dogs to learn more about human diseases. the research happening right now in massachusetts and how you and your pet can get involved. >> new at 11:00 tonight, a high together to make this teen's dream senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... fundraising in california two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino... and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleans. over the last 3 years, rubio has missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. politics first: that's the rubio way. right to rise usa is responsible for the >> an update on the breaking beacon. the victims were pedestrians and according to police the driver street, hit several other cars before colliding with another car

reid: live in denver with mike lynch and bob halloran. at 6:40, it' s abc world news. >> coming up, the epic storm killing nearly two dozen people. now untangling the travel mess. donald trump surging past ted cruz in the latest poll in iowa. reid: taking a beautiful shot 6.1 inches of snow is what the final snow totals will be for boston. we were both talking about how just the difference from a little ways, 45-50 miles. from nothing to over a foot of snow. that is why it is such a forecasting chose. -- challenge. everywhere. coupled with that, with those hurricane force gusts of wind. mike: this was a big storm and most of it stayed from new york city to billy and d. -- and philly and d.c. tomorrow, a lot like today. i do want to caution you with in the morning and the temperatures in teens and 20' s there should -- there could be black ice out there. we start to warm up on tuesday. tuesday i got showers in the forecast. it is not an all-day rain. most of it will be in the afternoon. we cool down on wednesday the cold air hits us on tue

jc: we begin with bob halloran, live in gillette stadium. reporter: chandler jones and the patriots strategize and planned this out. here is how it went down today. after practice, in which he did participate, the media is given 45 minutes of the patriot locker room. with under two minutes remaining, jones went to his locker, stood before the cameras, and answer just a few questions. >> why do you feel the need to apologize? >> i need to apologize to everyone. but right now, like i said, i made a mistake and each and this game with kansas city. reporter: that interview lasted jones did address the issue and time ran out, he was not asked to respond to a barrage of questions and offered no details. will play ed, patriots. jc: he spoke shortly after police released the incident report early sunday morning. john atwater is live outside the police department without part of the story. reporter: this police report reveals that when chandler jones came over here to the police department half naked early sunday morning, he actually went to the back

. >> now sports center 5 with bob halloran. >> when you see the hits tom brady took, the 300-pound man ambivalent to the destruction he caused rolling over brady's ankle and he is con torting in ways only a gum -- gumby doll the mri does not lie. brady gets away with a sprain and he has two weeks to recover. he took the hit and was taped up and stayed in the game. afterwards he admitted that he was pretty sore. today he he said i've had worse injuries before. no biggie. >> i'm doing all right. i'm doing all right. we will see how this week goes. there will be some treatment and as always a lot of guys are banged up. it is part of football season. i will just work hard to get the right treatment and i have always dealt with injury. i am confident that i know how to deal with injuries. i will try to go and believe me there is -- i will be doing everything i can to be out there. there is nothing else in my life that is a priority at this point other than getting to feel like i'm 100%. >> so it is a good thing the patriots got the first round of the patriots two weeks to heal. they will ho

halloran reports. >> the numbers don' t lie to you can stack the numbers up against anybody in the nba. reporter: isaiah thomas is playing like an all-star in a was to the an all-star for himself and for the celtics. >> i just work so hard and i feel like i deserve it. not just the individual success but as a team like we have been winning lately. >> we all want him to make it because we see what he does every single day and how hard he works and he definitely deserves to be awarded the all-star game. reporter: to an all-star certainly would mean a lot to isaiah thomas and he would be >> that is why he is where he is. other than physical ability, obviously, and with his explosion off the floor, but the reason he is where he is it because of his work ethic. >> my first couple years, i always, i will always have a chip on my shoulder about that. i mean, because teams passed me not once but twice. mike: ugly incident last night here that is dennis white a man and a red jersey, he gets hit right here. as he goes to the bench, which would lead us to the linesman, don henderson. that is a ch

mike lynch and bob halloran will get you ready for game time live in the mile high city beginning tonight at 11:00. antoinette: i just hope they brought a few extra dozen with them to denver for extra, extra luck. doug: for all the haters, right? antoinette: hospitals can be a scary place for kids, but one college student is working to change that. doug: ahead this morning his invention bringing superheroes into their rooms and gives them super powers. antoinette: and we have a a live look from logan airport this morning. there you see the ticket counter it's not too busy right now as we pan through the airport. a lot of people changing their flights ahead of this big blizzard that is pounding the mid atlantic right now. we'll check in with cindy and danielle right after the break you like being r you should want yourr banking to be too. stop into td bank andr we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ >> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." cindy: a powerful storm moving right up the east coast. i'

. >> now, sportscenter 5, with bob halloran. >> this is not the gronk party bus. this is the patriots leaving on a business trip. and if they take care of business, they'll have one more road trip to make. now, as we lead into a sound bite from bronco defensive back derek wolfe, just imagine how bill belichick would feel if one of his players said this about the broncos. >> they're in your way? >> they're always in my way to get what i want. it's naturally going to create a hate. a lot of respect. a ton of respect for the whole organization. tom brady is a great player. bill belichick is a great coach. great staff over there. i've >> you just hate them? >> i just hate them, yeah. >> he circled right back to hating them. patriots fans are likely to get on him, much the same way they got on brandon marshall and all he said was rob gronkowski gets 98% of the time. >> i didn't think they would blow up like that. i definitely wasn't aware that all the patriots fans would be in my twitter and calling me, you know, all kind of explicit names and, i'm sorry, i'm the names

mike lynch and bob halloran will get you ready for game time live in the mile high city beginning tonight at 11:00. antoinette: how does one go about becoming a cookie mama? doug: show up with some cookies. antoinette: i like that title. doug: you have to be a mama though. antoinette: hospitals can be a scary place for kids, but one college student is working to change that. doug: ahead this morning his invention bringing superheroes into their rooms and gives them super powers. antoinette: and we take a live look from logan airport this morning. a few people there. you know what? it doesn't look all too bad. a lot of flights have been canceled. a lot of people already changing their plans way ahead of this storm which, for us looks not to be too bad. cindy and danielle are both here >> this is an editorial by wcvb-tv channel 5 president and general manager bill fine. bill fine: any person may apply for a "city of boston job; however, the selected applicant must be a resident of boston on the first day of employment." so reads the requirement on the city of boston website. application of

bob halloran joining us live with what this mean for the patriots playoff picture. bob: if you think the patriots did everything possible to win this game, you can' t believe the patriots are going very far in the playoffs. if you think the patriots were more willing than usual to accept defeat, then what was this about? brady out there taking big shots. rolling up on brady' s ankle. it resulted in brady having his right ankle taped up. this one was cheap. narrow escapes for brady. sck in -- patriots lose 20-10. tehy hey still might end up with the number one seed. >> always have to get better. this would give us a chance to evaluate where we are at. see the things we need to do better to win these games. and it' s. obviously a tough sport and you see where we' re at after 16 games. bob: more about brady' s rough day coming up later and sports. heather: crews on the scene of a fire in walham. it broke out at a laundromat and reached three alarms. kelli: everything is under the chief said this was a tough one to put out. broke out around 3:00 at a laundromat. one to

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bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. phil: thank you. it is 38 degrees right now. j.c.: that is better than yesterday. harvey: better than what we will probably see. j.c.: we know you are watching a storm up the coast. what does that mean? harvey: a variety of things depending on location. it will begin after midnight tonight and and before noon tomorrow. the reason is primarily because it may be freezing drizzle later the other reason is for the worcester hills and the berkshires especially, those are the places that have the best chance to get a few inches of heavy wet snow out of this. what we are talking about is the storm that will be going up the coast very quickly over the next 18 hours or so. around midnight, the rain is approaching. wee hours of the morning, it is moving in. this is heavy rain and that is a mix from the worcester hills to the berkshires. that is the story into tomorrow morning. it continues that way into midmorning. cold air late in the storm might make this move east somewhat before the heavy precipitation exit. s. it may end as a mix in

bob halloran is here with what we know right now. robert? bob: we know gronkkowski was limited again at practice today's deals with knee and back issue. we know that gronk and chan ler jones are two of 12 listed as game. take a look at video of gronk from wednesday when he was also limited in practice. at that point, we only knew he was being bothered by the knee he in jord in week 12. where we, he missed practice and we learned the back is lass concern t. these are surprises because gronk was not on any injury report. season. but it is playoff time. >> kind of creates this, creates this snowball effect, and the game is out of hand, you know, just what happened last week in houseton. you know, before you know it, they got 7-point lead on opening kickoff inch then you feel like, man, we bt to start getting back to this game and you know, you don't want to be down in a 14-0 quarter. and coming up later in sports, who else is questionable for tomorrow's game. ed? >> mob, only on 5, tonight, for the first time, we're hearing from the foxboro pol

bob halloran joins us now. >> bill belichick refused to say anything about his quarterback's condition during his conference call. no surprise there. but look at this shot from brady's post game press conference, holding on to the wall as he limped back to the locker room. we know he suffered a sprained ankle from that hit by the dolphins lineman. an mri did not show any breaks or fractures, and brady took plenty of other big hits the rest of the way before he was pulled from the game with under two minutes reinmaing. morning brady said don't worry. he will be ready for the playoffs. >> i've had worse. i've had plenty of worse injuries than this one. i will work hard to get the right treatment and, you know, i always dealt with injuries. i am very confident that i know how to deal with injuries, and i will try to go -- believe me, i will do everything i can to be out there. there is nothing else in my life that is a priority at this point other than getting to feel like i am 100%. phil: brady has two weeks to heal before the patriots take the field on saturday january 16th. they will p

of course mike lynch and bob halloran will get you ready for the game live in the mile high city beginning tomorrow night. >> boston based daily fantasy sports site draft kings is adopting rule changes suggested by the state's attorney general. the site will publicly identify its most highly experienced players. draft kings will also ban third party software that enables players to quickly set up hundreds of lineups. those changes late last year and also recommended setting 21 as the minimum playing age, something draft kings and other fantasy sites oppose. >> commitment 2016 now on the trail in new hampshire. the gloves coming off in the presidential candidates on the democrats' side. the one thing hillary clinton did not do during her stops today --? >> hillary clinton headlined a town hall style event here in rochester, new hampshire. now, despite the recent surge by her rival bernie sanders, she never mentioned him by name. >> join me in welcoming our next president of the united states, hillary clinton! >> welcomed by the new hampshire senator jean shaheen before a crowd of 500 in roc

our bob halloran is here with more on that. robert? it. cake. thought. one thought they had this week was to call tom brady cry baby. to call im a cry prady and said gronkowski pushes off on almost every play f. today, proof these guys will take just about anything after peyton manning led through practice. he dropped the hate bomb. >> you are in the way. they are always in my way. >> they are always in my way to get what i want. this is naturally going to create hate. bob. all right, wolfe reaffirmed he hates them. you will hear more from him later in sports. plus went we'll quantify how much julian edelman means to the offense. spoil are alert, it is a lot. heather: a grateful somerville couple, the reunited with their stolen dogs tonight. >> how the oscars where making changes. >> the snow edging closer. r energy supply rates keep going up and down. p at eversource, we don't like it any more than you do. t it doesn't mean more money for us. it means that the market price p of the energy we buy for you has changed. p so we're working with partners acro

. >> now, sportscenter five with bob halloran. bob: the nhl all-star weekend in nashville. music city is hockey town for a few days. patrice bergeron wearing black and gold. p.k. subban is wearing a younger marriott and w -- a jaromir jagr wig. you pretty much looks like that without the mask on. second time participating in the shooting accuracy, patrice bergeron gets the bass and shoot it up the place. but he is a deserving all-star with a world of respect around the league and he will represent us well in the game tonight. finishing off a home and home series with the orlando magic. that will be tonight at 6:00 p.m. in orlando. that is sports. a eat day. doug: having a shot at chewbacca. the stars shining in hollywood last night for the 22nd annual screen actors guild awards. antoinette: the movie "spotlight" won the night' s top honor, best ensemble in a film. it tells the story of the pulitzer prize-winning "boston globe" investigation that uncovered the clergy sex abuse scandal in the catholic church. also among last night's win ners, rhode island native viola davis,

. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: really, dolphins? you couldn't wait one more day. on the eve of the final game of their season the dolphins fired the general manager so the dolphins will host the patriots today with an enter i am head coach and no g.m. maybe the patriots will be able to take advantage of the dolphins in turmoil but winning in miami is is never easy. brady is 6-7 there. belichick 7-8. with the patriots. they both lost their last two in miami. in purely inside football terms today's no game is slam dunk. >> i think this game is really important for us because, you know, it's a great goal for us to be the number one seed. the off-season work with the whole organization. only one team gets the number one seed. it's great if you're that team because it means you've done things better than anybody else over the course of the season bob: celtics home against the nets. bradley rings it in with a hip contusion. he left the game and did not return. that didn't help the celtics. isiah thomas leading the way 24 points and 6 assists. lee's only bucket of the ga

. >> now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: celtics sure are playing good basketball against bad teams. the c's have won five in a row and eight of their last ten. of those eight wins, seven have come under sub-.500 teams. it's almost like they're a boxer picking easy opponents to pad their record. look, there's floyd mayweather. thomas. jarryd sullinger leading the way early. nine of his 11 points coming in the first quarter. here's an alley-oop to johnson. celtics had seven guys in double figures last night. johnson not among them. he had five. thomas racing to beat the buzzer. gives the celtics an eight-point lead at the half. then it is evan turner racing to beat the buzzer. he floats one home at the third quarter runs out. celtics' bench outscores the starters 62-51. they outscore orlando 113-94. c's tied with atlanta. for fourth place in the east. 18-year-old rockland, massachusetts native megan kahng playing in her first lead. opening round of the pure silk bahamas lpga classic. that's sports. doug: a belmont woman