we do have some changeups in the 8 day forecast. alyx: we begin with 2016 there s commitment 2016 news, donald trump stopped his closest rivals in their tracks friday, with a high-profile endorsement that surprised almost everyone. on the democratic side, the candidates are down the wire in south carolina. cbs weijia jiang has more from the white house. weijia: former gop presidential candidate chris christie endorsed donald trump, saying he s the only one who can defeat the democrats. alyx: as you can see from that footage, and effort to get you that story later on. donald trump said it s too early to say whether he d consider christie for a running mate. the caucuses are over, but their economic effect is lingering at least for one southside business. smitty s tenderloin shop on army post road has sent packages of their famous tenderloins to customers in 32 states in the past month. all because they were featured on several national tv networks including fox news, nbc, a
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our week. good morning. i m emily riemer. randy: and i m randy price. we re tracking every angle of the storm. we re out there this morning as things start to happen. our reporters, videographers and meteorologists are covering every angle for you. cindy is leading our coverage for the timing. cindy: a few of you are going to see this storm working in here over the course of the morning hours. it will ramp up quickly. not just snow but wind. that has prompted blizzard warnings south of boston the winds could get up to 65 miles per hour. elsewhere it is a winter storm warning until 7:00 tomorrow morning. that combination of heavy snow and sustained winds of 30 miles per hour. north and west once you get into southern new hampshire and west of worcester it is a winter weather advisory. the winds won t be as strong. take a look at the raid rar right now. we are snowing on nantucket and the vineyard. notice too it s having a hard time kind of lifting north ward. that will be the
randy: and i m randy price. we re tracking every angle of the storm. we re out there this morning as things start to happen. our reporters, videographers, and meterologists are covering every angle. first to the timing of things cindy is leading our coverage. cindy: good morning to you both. we have not just snow with this particular storm but also very strong winds prompting coastal flooding concerns and also power outage concerns. so a lot to watch with this system. already the winds are gusting over 40 miles per hour along the coastline. it is those strong winds combined with the heavy, wet snow that has prompted blizzard warnings until 7:00 tonight south of boston. elsewhere, winter storm warnings for the heavy snow and also winds sustained close to 30 miles per hour. the storm is still very far away from us. in fact about 500 miles away. typically a storm would not be impacting us. this one very large. you can see already the outer bands of snow all the way up to the cap
brockton and marshfield. plus, olessa is watching the the roads for you. erika: but first a live look at the radar right now. cindy and danielle are both tracking the storm. where we ve seen the snow pickup first, this is wrapped up out of the ocean. it s a large storm, the center of it is still 400 miles away from us. it is a powerful storm, and it s not like friday in the sense that we are just talking about the heavy snow. cindy: strong wind, coastal flooding concerns, and potential for some additional power outages. one thing we have going for us today, even though the wind is strong temperatures are much colder than they were on friday. we are running in the teens and 20 s, for the nature of the snow, much more powdery and fluffier than the heavy, wet, pasty snow we had on friday. this bright blue color, this band on 495, we have another one on the cape. this banding has been happening this morning, we had a persistent band over the d, that was able to produce mo
a lot of gusty wind out there. let s head over to marshfield. coverage. re there. jack: we have had a day of whiteout conditions and all of a sudden in the last hour, the snow is back. heavy snow at that. but so far, so far so good. it went over the seawall a few hours before high tide. yes, it does get pretty flooded over here. it blocks off that area. jack: 45 minutes after high tide and you can see that the flooding was not that bad. now we are concerned with the incredible snow and wind. the snow is sideways. with the astronomical high tide, you have to expect it. the windblown snow was not taking was not sticking. last year, all the damage that was caught. jack: the next high tide is around 11:00 tonight. they don t think it will be as high as today. i am jack harper. ed: take a look at these pictures from nantucket. water spilling into neighborhoods shutting down several streets with nearly a foot of water. and our live team coverage continues now with nicol
still a little bit of flurry activity across the area and a band of snow lifting out of connecticut right now through the worcester area. so out this way, a few flakes falling right now. not going to amount to much more than a coating here and there but it had make for slippery conditions. you can see the temperatures are running in the teens in most areas to the low to mid 20 s as you head from plymouth down to the cape. 29 in hyannis. we ll watch that band of snow pivot through the morning hours and dissipate. one thing to keep in mind this morning is you want to watch for slick spots. anything that is untreated is going to be slippery. any additional snow showers could briefly coat things up a little bit this morning. i think as we go through the day we hang on to a lot of clouds. there could be ocean-effect snow showers near the coastline. other than that, we re looking at dry conditions with a lot of cloud cover today. temperatures come out of the teens this morning into
the eye for this tuesday morning. you re watching wcvb, boston s news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5 s eyeopener. erika: breaking overnight. the first votes counted in the new hampshire primary. and those results could be a foreshadowing of what s to come. good morning. thanks so much for being here with us. i m erika tarantal. randy: and i m randy price. we re live in the granite state this morning as polls open. emily riemer and kelley tuthill are tracking all of the developments asoters make their voices heard. emily has more on the votes already cast. good morning, emily. emily: we just heard the shout, the polls are open. the line formed there had streamed right now. sit really anyone s game right now. three very small town did welcome voters at midnight. on the democratic side bernie sanders took two of those three towns. hillary clinton took millsfield. two of three towns among g.o.p. voters. ted cruz took the other there. these only amount to a handf
this is newscenter 5 s eyeopener. erika: breaking overnight. the first votes counted in the new hampshire primary. and those results could be a foreshadowing of what s to come. good morning. thanks for being here with us. i m erika tarantal. randy: and i m randy price. we re live in the granite state this morning as polls open. emily riemer and kelley tuthill are tracking all the developments as the voters make their voices heard. emily has more on the votes already cast. good morning, emily. emily: good morning, randy. yes, this location opens opens in just a little while. it s still anyone s game though right now. three small towns did cast their votes at midnight. let s look at the democratic side. bernie sanders came out on top in two of those three towns. hillary clinton took one. two of three towns and ted cruz took the other. these amount to only a handful of votes but it could be the start of some momentum for the candidates so much more is ahead. first i check to c
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