Toward the east and steady toward the east and steadiest rain up across worcester and barre and leominster and goes into londonderry, new boston, rindge getting in on those showers and tracks along the mass New Hampshire border. Starting to get into that lighter, moderate rain and headed for natick. Within minutes your rainfall rate will pick up. Boston 57 degrees getting a little bit of a break and across southeastern massachusetts. Temps are in the 60s here. It is 62 degrees in hanover. 61 in duxbury. 60 in wareham and sandwich. Really warm start to the day, but after these rain showers come to answered, we will find that the winds pick up and temperatures drop a little bit. Right now at about 57 degrees in boston temps take a little dip and 57 degrees in boston by noontime today. Look at these winds west at about 20 Miles Per Hour. Some Even Stronger gusts than that. At 3 p. M. Today, we start to see more clouds pop up at 58 that the is warmest i think you will be this afternoon in the city and we are all the way back to 50 degrees at 7 00 this evening. Winds will then start to weak winds will then start to weaken a little bit and we will look at the windy spots now and where we will get some of the strongest gusts this afternoon coming up. Now julie, back to you for a check on the roads. Shiri, start with the pike where you are moving along nicely. To brighton. 91 south, route 1, wide open and the pike again. A little bit foggy out there. Live drive times. 24 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. 9 minutes on the expressway president braintree split to the pike. 22 minutes from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. A 5yearold is left alone on a school van for nearly an hour, and this morning the driver is telling fox25 it was just a huge mistake. Julie but police are deciding if he should be charged. Jessica reyes has that driver drivers emotional apology on jess. Reporter good morning, julie. That little boy is 5 years old and left all alone on the school van yesterday afternoon. We spoke to that driver only on fox25 here last night. That boy we know was left all alone on that school van when he healeded to daycare yesterday morning. He was picked up from his house by a private hired bus driver and he fell asleep on that bus. The driver never doubled checked to make sure everybody got off safely. And a woman was passing by and saw the little girl and called 911. Our crew spoke to that bus driver. He is a single father of two and he feels terrible about the whole thing. One mistake. The little boy fell down to sleep, and i looked back and i that you that went to school and i looked back and i saw that happened. I feel so sorry about that. Reporter that little boy was by himself for a total of 45 minutes. Coming up in the next hour, we bus driver may face. Live in lawrence, jessica reyes, fox25 morning news. This morning the attorney for the driver who lost control of a red line train says his client is sick because all of the stress surrounding the incident. According to the globe david vasquezs lawyer said vasquez missed a disciplinary hearing because his doctor told him too. He was operating a red line train for quincy when he got out to flip a switch and as fox25 reported did not secure the brake sending the train several miles with no one at the controls. At the hearing the attorney said my client has a good long record with the mbta doing his best to drive as safely as possible. It is horrible this guy is under an immense amount of stress. He cares deep will he about people and cares deeply about the passenger and the accusation is very difficult for him. Meanwhile, questions are being raised of how the mbta updated information about that runaway train. No, we dont have anything on that. Whats going on. Michael fox25 gaining between braintree and Transit Police where Braintree Police tell Transit Police about the incident. They say it was protocol and they learned about it a minute later. The other big question, why the public was not given informs until three and a half hours after the incident. One of the incidents we can look at in the investigation communicated with the broader public in a different way. Michael a full report on the investigation is expected out within the next week or two, and fox 25 will stay top of every new development. It is now 4 35. This morning, jurors return to the courtnow salem weighing the future of phillip chism. He is the teenager accused of raping and killing his math school. Fox25 Catherine Parrotta is live in court with the legal argue. Catherine . Reporter well, the jury will need to weigh all of the evidence they have heard over of the past couple of weeks in this trial and deliberation also resume around 9 00 this this afternoon if, of course, they dont come back with a verdict before that point, but phillip chisms fate in the hands of the jury and the jury got the case around 12 45, that, of course, coming after Closing Argument from both sides each painting a very different picture of 16yearold guilt lip chism. One on trial for murdering and rape raping his math teacher Colleen Ritzer in 2014. Chisms case making the defense one last time that chism was mentally ill the day he committed those crimes. The prosecution say no evidence of Mental Illness was found playing the Surveillance Video from Danvers High School video from Danvers High School. It is a deliberate premedication. Phillip chism a kind, smart 14yearold committed these terrible acts when he was in the throes of a serious Mental Illness. Reporter the jury can find guilty and can find him not guilty with lack of criminal responsibility which is the insanity defense. When it comes to deliberations it is impossible to predict how long it will take because very adviseized. And we spoke with he said one charge could lead to a lengthy deliberation process. We will hear about that and hear from him coming up in the next hour. Live in salem, Catherine Parrotta, fox25 morning news. Julie when the jurors reach a verdict fox25 will alert it on our news app and bring you live coverage right here on the air. Tonight the republican president ial candidates will have their final debate of 2015, nine candidates will on the main stage in las vegas. Front runner donald trump will be in the center and flanked by ted cruz and ben carson. The first time trump is questioned by his rics vals of his calls to ban muslims from entering the u. S. Support among republicans. Nationally holds a large lead over cruz and carson. The u. S. Government has test new procedures of screening the social activity of foreigner ace plying for u. S. Visas. The wife in the shooting in california talked about supporting isis on his facebook page. She sent two private messages saying she hoped to join the fight for isis one day. She sent the message before pushing for a visa to the United States. And a new push against radicalize people. New steps to knock those terrorists offline. The bill will require president obama to order an evaluation of how social media is used to radicalize people. Six months to Counter Terrorist use of social media. A Massachusetts School for for students with disabilities is now under investigation. Abuse allegations at the Service Community school, a Public School in holyoke. A Nonprofit Group released a report saying students were punched and restrained for long periods of time. Le school has hired a new principal. A plan to eliminate toll booths from the mass pike is facing opposition. Electronic tolling is on the bridge. They plan to get rid of toll takers. Anyone without an ezpass will face a sur parage for the pay by play system. Some state representatives are worried this will force drivers to get an ezpass which they say is an intrusion of privacy. Today a mother and her teenaged son is heading to court. Both are accused of attacking their neighbor as he looked at a christmas tree. John serafus was looking at his tree when his neighbors attacked him and the teen came he opened the scissors that caused me to have defensive wounds on my hands, cuts on three of my fingers. Julie the victim said there was an oncoming dispute of cleaning up after a dog. This morning, a suspected child rapist has been added to the states most wanted list. 75yearold john monroe was arrested in fall river in september on several charges connected to the alleged rape of a girl under the age of 10. Monroe was supposed to wear a gps bracelet and removed it in october and disappeared. His car was later found in hull. Neighbors say a brother and store died in a worcester fire were very close. 85yearold mary grace and her brother 71yearold nicholas were killed sunday night in a fire at their burncoat street home. Station was there as investigators returned to the scene yesterday morning. We are told both siblings had a hard time walking. Neighbors say it seemed like they stayed with each other until the very end. No word on the cause of the fire. This morning, an the death of a woman hit by a Commuter Rail train in ashland Commuter Rail train in ashland. It happened around 5 30 in the area of Cherry Street and chilton avenue. A woman in her 50s were trespassing and walking illegally on the tracks when she was hit. Police are investigating. We track traffic and weather every ten minutes. Live drive times. Right knew very reasonable 24 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. Here is shiri with your forecast. Shiri and the winds the winds will fire up as we get into the afternoon in particular. 15mileperhour in worcester sustained. 17 in hyannis and provincetown 17 in hyannis and provincetown. What we will find into the afternoon check out these winds gusting even under done. The potential of some 40, even 50mileperhour gusts. I will tell you how long that threat will exist and when we trade the wet for the windy next. A wellknown local Sandwich Shop sunday investigation this morning. Coming up at 5 oclock, the weekly scam the owners are accused of running that allegedly made them millions. Packages get under the tree in the new dead introducing kisses deluxe chocolates. With a wholeroasted hazelnut, delicate crisps, and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, they re twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. 4 44. Meteorologist shiri spear here, and here come the last of the showers now. You can see arriving in spots like watertown, newton, waltham and needham, and goes all the way back into central massachusetts, southern New Hampshire. Just plan on a wet drive this morning. Fox25 investigates have learned a woman held for years in the stabbing death of her today, and she may be set free. Steven reid was killed in Jamaica Plain in 2003. They found his wife sara navarro covered in blood. She was arrested but found mentally incompetent to stand trial. She has spent 12 years in a treatment center. No word if she is competent get justice. Police atime heals. Maybe it does but it is not healing for us because we are back in the same position. Julie a judge will hold a bench trial to determine if she is guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity. Looked into criminals found not guilty by reason of insanity. 164 men and women have been committed for Mental Illness. 85 of them are back in the community. This morning Leominster Police are warning of a disturbing phone scare. A caller claims to be from isis and threatens the person fbi is reminding people never to gift out personal information on the phone. Police are warning people about counterfeit bills. The money looks like a real 1 the money looks like a real 100 bill but say it feels wax 100 bill but say it feels waxy, and if you look closely at your screen, you can see it says for Motion Picture use only. Police believe a couple is trying to pass out the fake bills. The king is coming back to boston. Tonight lebron james and the Cleveland Cavaliers this face the celtics. The cavs have the best record in the eastern conference. The Boston Bruins have a lot of practice playing catchup. The bs fell behind to the lowly edmonton oiler. The puck pass talbert in the second. Brad marchand will rifle the shot home from the right circle being tied at 2. Head into overtime. The new 3 on 3 format not fall 32 and have three overtime losses this year. Michael they came back and got a point. Not bad. Pete rose will not be reinstated to the game, but he may have a shot getting into cooperstown. Rob manfred will not lift rose rob manfred will not lift roses lifetime ban because he believes he still bets on baseball, but he says his hall of fame eligibility is a different issue different issue. The hall has the ability to decide if he will be on the ballot in the future. That has not been the case up until now. It is 4 47. Good morning, everyone. Overall volume is light right now. The issue some spots is foggy conditions. Take you over to the pike, you take you over to the pike, you. You can see traffic moving along fine, but look at that hazy, foggy conditions and roads are a little bit wet right now. Here are your live drive times here are your live drive times. 23 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. Nine minutes on expressway from the braintree split to the pike. Connector. Fox25 shiri spear joining us and we cant expect the fog to burn off throughout the morning, right . Shiri yeah, we will tap into the fog and the showers for about the next three hours and then start to dry out. You know pretty scene in boston right now. Not the worst of the wet weather but moving in here within minutes. Showers that will wrap up around 7 00 this morning. This afternoon, the issue becomes wind. We will see gusts as high as 50 Miles Per Hour. And then more thursday rain that i am going to talk to you about. This is the big picture right now. These are the showers that are shifting toward the east, and you can see very close to boston right now, right along the mass pike, nearing 128. So i want you to be ready for this wet weather and it comes with fog and some reduced visibility. But once this front makes its way across the area, the winds pick up. Temperatures take a little bit of the dip this morning. We are starting off really, really warm and going to get cooler around 7, 8 00 this morning. Gearing up for that wet weather. Southeastern massachusetts, i think you are in decent shape if you were leaving any time soon because you are my dry spot now. In and out so quickly because every by 7 a. M. By noontime, we are brightening up. Partly to mostly sunny. Just remember it will be breezy and the winds will gust as high. Yes 50 Miles Per Hour this afternoon and we will pull out a couple nor clouds as we travel through the afternoon. It turns loud to it turns partly cloudy again. Brightest spot of the someday right there at lunchtime driving phloem work and we have more clouds of no consequence. And not going to pull in any additional showers. Right now 59 degrees in boston right now 59 degrees in boston. You know winds are coming in at zero, but i am getting wind reports, 50 Miles Per Hour right now in boston. 15 to 20 for the cape. So i am wondering if this is either an error or if the winds are hopefully going to pick up, i would expect to see a wind report on that gauge in the next hour. 57 degrees at 6 a. M. Goodbye, rain. 55. That is that dip in the about. We get back into the upper 50s through the middle of the day. Lunchtime looking nice and bright and partly cloudy by 4 p. M. Temperatures start to sag again because this afternoon, this is how we recover. I cant say high temperatures because 60 in boston before you even woke up this morning. 56 in afternoon in the city. 57 in lawrence and norwood. 52 in worcester. 55 in manchester, New Hampshire. 56 in hyannis and 58 in new tonight we will be back to the 30s and the 40s. So it will be a cool not necessarily freezing but cool start especially by comparison. When you wake up tomorrow morning. High temperatures tomorrow only head into the middle 40s. So it is going to be cool, especially because that means you have got about a 5 to 10 you have got about a 5 to 10degree warmup tomorrow. Really not really impressive temperatures for wednesday. Still about average. Thursday at 52 degrees. The afternoon and evening wraps up early on any. I am only going to keep a slight chance of a lingering shower in your friday forecast shower in your friday forecast. Looking chillier, 38, breezy with flurries by saturday and sunday. Partly sunny and 45. Back to you, guys. A new warning for prepingt women this morning. Still for pregnant women this morning. Still ahead on the fox25 morning news, the prescription that doctors are take increasing the risk of autism in children. Incredible video as a pick incredible video as a pickup truck there it is, lo welcome back, everyone. Good news for holiday traveler good news for holiday travelers. Gas prices are lowest than they have been for a long time. The average price for a gallon of unleaded is 2. 07, but dozens of stations where gas is below 2 buck. Traveling by road is much more affordable. But travelers taking to the sky not all good news. Air flights have been going up 3, 4 . Would you think they would go down because but the airlines are not passing along those savings generally to consumers. Julie gas prices are expected to drop even further into the new year especially continue. Travel. The nations leading airlines are more punctual than ever before. The Transportation Department says 87 of flights on the top time in october. This was the Third Straight month where more than 80 of flights arrived on time. These are the best numbers we have seen in 21 years. Delta, hawaii and Alaskan Airlines have the best ratings airlines have the best ratings. Spirit airline was the only one with an ontime rating below 8 . Still consumer complaints get this rose 32 . And they were on time. This Holiday Season the United StatesPostal Service hopes to deliver 15 and a half billion cards and letters and 1600 million packages and the deadline to get all of it out on time for christmas is fast approaching. Fed ex needs packages by tomorrow for standard ground delivery. Ups needs packages by this friday, and firstclass mail has a deadline of this saturday. If you were running late, you can pay more at all three carrier car i dont remembers to ship on the 23rd in time for christmas. This morning, experts are predicting that the bay less money than anticipated. According to the globe, state budget analysts estimate the pain ridge casino produced 150 million this year. It was initially estimated to be 100 million more than that. The rival twin river casino in rhode island generated more than expected. Worry that the new massachusetts casino just 11 miles away will hurt their bottom line. Bill cosby is taking legal action against some of the women accused him of raping them. He is countersuing seven of those women. His attorney said cosby never drugged or sexually assaulted the women listed in that lawsuit. Cosby said the fal se opportunistic has caused him to suffer loss of jobs and mortification. But the tru yes have voted to revoke his degree saying it brought lasting discredit upon himself and inconsistent with cosby has denied all the accusations from dozens of women and he has not been charged with a crime. The stress of the dmv seems to be more than one woman in florida can handle. Michael whoa. The 31yearold is asked to leave and you can see she didnt agree. When she refuses a highway trooper gets involved and she fights with him as he wrestled her to the ground and on the ground she keeps going. Wow. I expected this video to be shorter. I thought we would run out my goodness she was persistent my goodness she was persistent. She left the dmv in handcuffs and she was let go on bond. Look at this video south of oklahoma this morning. Two women managed to just barely escape being plowed down by a truck when it slammed into the lobby of a hotel. The man in the truck was talk the man in the truck was talking to police just outside before and he got in the truck and barrelled through the the whole thing was over a billing dispute. The credit card was declined and he was forced to pay cash. He was held on 1 million bond he was held on 1 million rainy and really warm meteorologist shiri spear will show us how much warmer it is here compared to other hot spots. A lawrence driver is apologizing for leaving a