If you do, you need to take advantage of it. It is going to be absolutely beautiful today. Really, really nice. Sunshine and temperatures going to be above our average which is 63 for this time of year. Average low is 48. Notice in boston, were 52 right now but it is quite a bit cooler in the suburbs. As chilly as 38 in norwood right now. Notice worcester is 52. Weve got the mid 40s bedford to fitchburg. Nashua 46 degrees if youre heading out the door this morning. A little patch or two of fog especially out in the western half of the state. Not a big issue out there. You can see vis ibilityd around keene is running about a half a mile. Otherwise above any fog skies are clear. We are going to enjoy tons of sunshine today as High Pressure to our south gives us a mild southwesterly wind flow. So temperatures come up quickly this morning under lots of sunshine. Notice by 9 00 a. M. Were in the upper 50s, close to 60 degrees. By lunchtime, its close to 70. Well sneak up into the 70s this afternoon with lots of sunshine going for a high of 75 boston, 7 in worcester. As warm as 77 nashua to lawrence. Notice our cool spot today with that wind off the water. Upper 60s to near 70 on cape cod. But that too really really nice weatherwise. Lets get you out to the roads this morning. My guess is a lot of folks have the day off. Good morning. Olessa thats what its looking like. The pike by Allston Brighton no problems. Both directions quiet. Lets get over to the maps and check the rest of the ride which looks great this morning. No construction to contend with because of the holiday. Getting into boston problemfree ride for you right now south of town. Same story looking good on route 3, 24, 95 is issue. Nice and quiet ride as well on the pike and route 9 for you. If youre heading north of town thats a problemfree start as well. Trains and buses are expected to start the morning on schedule. The 10k is today. Expect closures. Randy thank you. Right now this overnight car fire is under investigation. The car burst into flames on 93 north on the ramp to route 16 in boston. Everyone got out okay. Its not clear how the flames started. The ramp was briefly closed, but the scene is now clear. Right now we are waiting for final word on a huge merger that will have a big impact on a local company. Emily the eyes jim lokay is live in hopkinton with the details were learning overnight. Jim emily, the markets will be open today on columbus day but before that at 7 00 a. M. Were expecting to hear about a merger between e. M. C. And Dell Computer. Thats expected later on today. That deal reportedly worth more than 53 billion. E. M. C. Is the Biggest Technology company in massachusetts. 9,700 people work for the company statewide. Neither company is talking about the deal yet. But it would create a Super Company worth an estimated 75 billion. As with all of these kinds of deals, there are certainly concerns about layoffs. There are no specifics on that at this point. Again, we are hoping to learn more as that deal is expected to become official at 7 00 a. M. A lot of people are asking why . Dell makes computers and e. M. C. Specializes in Cloud Computing which is what a lot of the Tech Companies are moving towards. Live in hopkinton, im jim lokay, wcvb, newscenter 5. Emily breaking overnight. Five nato troops are dead after a Helicopter Crash in afghanistan. A Security Guard says the chopper appeared to hit the cable of an observation balloon before it crashed landed at nato headquarters in kabul. British military Officials Say two of those killed were members of the Royal Air Force. The other casualties have not been identified. Breaking right now a Washington Post journalist detained in iran for more than a year has just been convicted of espionage. Jason razian reportedly faces 1020 years in prison, a judiciary Spokesman Says hell days. Right now investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that set several boats ablaze. At least two boats destroyed on mashpees little river. Smoke started rising off one boat yesterday morning, and it didnt take long for the fire to spread. Firefighters had a hard time getting to the fire. Driveway access along Riverside Road too narrow. The burning docks also made it tough for firefighters to reach the flames. Pretty bad. About as bad as it gets. Once these things get going its emily firefighters believe the fire was an accident. No one was hurt. Randy right now a man is in Critical Condition after he was texas. Police say it happened during a parking lot outside the cowboys stadium. The suspect was also hurt while attempting to get away. Hes charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The shooting happened about 90 minutes after the game ended, but many fans were still in the parking lot. The names of those involved and where theyre from hasnt been released. As for the game, no problem for the pats. This was just one of the highlights. Running back dion lewis dodging and weaving and getting it done. 306 the final. Tom brady feeling pretty good. Tom brady theyve got a good defense so it was a big win for us. Going on the road is is never easy. You know, certainly they got two of their key guys back. Theyre a good team. Im glad we got the win. Randy those injuries brady mentioned early in the First Quarter with a rib injury. Nate solder left with an elbow emily a trespasser may be to blame for a massive fire at an abandoned club in quincy. A. M. Sunday at the old sons of lebanon hall. The state fire marshal says inside the vacant building ignited the fire. The head of auburns Housing Authority is calling for changes in the law after the death of a child in a foster home. Twoyearold ava conwaycoxon died in a Subsidized Housing Development two months ago. Auburn officials have said they did not know one of the units was being used as a foster home. The chairman tells the telegram there should be a law requiring d. C. F. To notify housing authorities when foster homes are in their complexes. The hamilton man shot and killed by Beverly Police has now been identified. The essex county d. A. Confirms Christopher Whitmarsh died after a confrontation with police in beverly saturday afternoon. Police say he drove his vehicle into a Toyota Highlander and two police cruisers. The d. A. Would only say whitmarsh knew one of the occupants inside that highlander. Randy bostons mayor says he still wants to talk even though the city is suing the Company Behind a planned casino in everett. Wynn executives have said theyre frustrated by walshs legal maneuvers. But the mayor tells the herald hes just trying to protect neighboring communities that would be impacted by the casino resort. Wynn filed a countersuit last week accusing unnamed defendants of defaming the company. Commitment 2016. President obama says Hillary Clintons use of a private email server while she was secretary of state was a mistake. But he also said she did not damage national security. In an interview with 60 minutes, the president said all Public Officials must be more sensitive about how they handle information and personal data. How that controversy will figure in to tomorrow nights first democratic debate remains to be seen. Five candidates will be on the stage. But theres another big question mark this morning. The eyes Erika Tarantal is following developments. Erika that question whether Vice President joe biden will finally enter the race. He met with family in delaware over the weekend to weigh the decision. Cnn is hosting tomorrow nights debate and says theyll happily thats not expected. Front and center will be former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Shell try to win back support from independent voters. And shell be, for the first time, forced to directly take on her closest rival, vermont senator bernie sanders. As for biden, an announcement is expected any day. He wants to be president. He would think he would be a better president than Hillary Clinton. I still think the personal is weighing on him quite, quite a bit. That, to me, in the end will be the deciding factor. Erika tomorrows debate is the first of six for the democrats. Five candidates are in. Looking to steal some of the spotlight from clinton and sanders are three former governors martin omalley, lincoln chafee, and jim webb. All trailing by far, they have little to lose by attacking the frontrunners. Emily . Them erika, thank you. The mother of a massachusetts native lost at sea on a cargo ship says she is not angry. Randy why she says she understands the captains decision to set sail. And a new england native injured in a shark attack in hawaii. How strangers saved his life with part of a surfboard. Emily new this morning. Fall beers are just one pitfall for caloriecounters. Other seasonal dietbusters ahead. Erika . Breaking stories this morning. Five nato troops are dead after a Helicopter Crash in afghanistan. Two of those killed were members no word yet on the nationalities of the others. And a Washington Post reporter jailed in iran has just been convicted of espionage. Jason rezaian reportedly faces 10 to 20 years in prison. Cindy . Cindy and a Beautiful Day on the way for your columbus day, but the sunshine, the warmth, its not going to last. Our next chance for showers and much colder air ahead coming up. First take a look at what you can expect when you head out the door this morning. 40s and 50s out the door right now with mainly clear skies. The cool spot is nashua 46 air force band and singing well be in your area starting the 16th of october. Wed love for you to come out to one of our programs but for now good morning, eyeopener. Randy how about that for a wakeup call the u. S. Air force band kicks off their local tour on friday in andover. Theyre also making stops in everett, worcester, and well post all the information about the concerts on our website. All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Emily not a bad way to spend some time. Recording your own eyeopener just go to the front page of wcvb. Com and upload it in the ulocal section of our website. Olessa i think yesterday was one of the nicest days. Absolutely perfect. Cindy hard to top perfection. However, were going to try today. If you liked yesterday youll love today. We have one more Beautiful Day coming up. Temperatures a few degrees warmer than it was yesterday afternoon. Enjoy today. Weve got clouds. Maybe a shower in the forecast tomorrow. And then it will turn much cooler by the upcoming weekend. Now take a look at the jetstream. It is running right now to our north. That has put us in warm air. So temperatures running above the average. But look at the changes coming. As we get into the late week and weekend time period. A dip in the jetstream is going to bring in much cooler air. So youre going to notice in your sevenday forecast a big drop in the temperatures by the upcoming weekend. Were running in the lower 50s in boston. We have definitely cooler spots in the suburbs here. Worcester is 52 degrees this morning. And notice some cool pockets to the south. Norwood 38. Taunton 49. Lower 50s out the door on the cape this morning. Just a patch or two of fog. It will burn off very quickly. Were in great shape today. Notice to the south, this is where we are warming our closest area of rain. Unfortunately more rain for the carolinas over the weekend. And this is something well be watching for tomorrow. This is going to race by to our east. We have a front off to the west. Together going to gang up on us tomorrow. High pressure today keeping us nice and pleasant. Sunshine pretty much all day long. Cool by 8 00 a. M. Were in the lower 50s. By lunchtime 70 degrees. The lower 70s still by 5 00. Just a few clouds around. Look at these high temperatures. Average high is 63 in boston. Were going for 75. 7 worcester. As warm as 77 nashua to lawrence. Even taunton 74. Cool spot today with that southwesterly wind down along the south coast and the cape where it will only be near 70 degrees by this afternoon. Tonight though clouds are going to start to creep on in. By tomorrow morning this is what youre waking up to. Lots of clouds. One or two spot showers around. Temperatures overnight with more clouds in place going to be running in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Tomorrow still a warm day. Lots of lower 70s out there. But again were talking about more clouds tomorrow and just a couple of showers moving on in. Its really our best chance of seeing showers in the next few days. During the morning hours, i think the best chance is here in southeastern massachusetts. Then well watch that cold front approach from the west. But as it does so, a lot of the shower activity is drying up. Were not talking about widespread rain. Just the threat of a shower moving through during the afternoon. And then the skies clear out. Back to sunshine on wednesday but it will be cooler. And then lots of sunshine on thursday but only around 60 degrees. A more potent front is coming in on friday. With that showers around and behind it likely the coldest air we have seen in the season so far. With that frost is likely by sunday morning and high temperatures on sunday likely not even touching 50 degrees so much colder air is working in. Olessa im not ready to hear frost. Cindy but today will be so beautiful. Olessa we should focus on that. Ill do it every second. Thank you, cindy. Morning. A live look at the pike by Allston Brighton eastbound move to go theto of the screen and so far it is a problemfree trip. It is a holiday. Were hoping for light volume. Today were not seeing any of that overnight construction. Thats a nice way to start your monday if you are heading out the door you wont bump into any trouble into boston. South of town everyone gets by at the speed limit. A problemfree start on the pike and route 9 as well. So far so good awes travel down from New Hampshire. The trains and bus s are running on schedule. Randy. Randy this morning the mother of a massachusetts native lost at sea is sharing her pain and her grief. Mariette wright grew up in assonnet. She was serving on the el faro when it went down in the choppy waters stirred by hurricane joaquin. Her mother tells newscenter 5s jim lokay shes not angry but she does have questions. I believe if there was any way they could have prevented it, they would have. But the captain chose to ship out in that tropical storm. Jim are you mad at that captain for making the decision to go out to sea . No. In marine time youve been out in a dozen hurricanes. And this is just a tropical storm. We can make it. Randy the ntsb is still working to find the data recorder from the el faro, believed to be with the sunken vessel. A rhode island native is recovering after loosing his leg in a shark attack. Colin cook was surfing in hawaii friday when he was pulled off his board. Beachgoers rushed into the water, made a tourniquet from a surfboard leash, and saved his life. Cook moved to hawaii three years ago to build surfboards. Cooks friends say he has a long recovery ahead. Emily economic headlines this monday morning. Asian markets were higher overnight ahead of new trade data from china. Right now u. S. Stock futures are up but only slightly. Wall street will be watching for reports on inflation and Consumer Spending this week. There will be no boost in benefits for people who collect social security. Its only the third time thats happened in the last 40 years. Social security recipients, disabled veterans, and federal retirees usually see an average costofliving increase of four percent each year. But now lower gas prices mean lower inflation which is what the government uses to calculate any costofliving adjustments. The temperatures have been dipping lately. You might be craving some of those classic fall favorites. Own variety of culinary temptations. That will derail your Healthy Eating plans, seasonal coffee beverages are often packed with flavor along with extra calories. But you can lighten it up. Ask for a tall, with nonfat milk and no whip. Its tough not to crave warm comfort food when the fall chill hits. Instead of butter and cream in your mashed potatoes and casseroles, sub in low sodium to thicken your soups. With your sleep and hunger try starting the day off with a warm bowl of oatmeal. And those oktoberfest events, they dont help much. Emily could derail things. A first pitch with two National Icons on the mound. Randy and an explosion giving new meaning to the phrase still standing. Its ahead in eyepoppers. Erika . Erika then new at 5 30, s. U. V. Rolls into a crowd at an auction. The rescue few people would have had the strength to pull off. And an upsetting moment before the bad result when a pilot slammed the breaks. Antoinette . Antoinette a Technical Glitch causing problems from Southwest Airlines. What passengers need to do today cindy take a look at this video from tampa, florida. Its a water spout that moved on to shore turning into a tornado. It traveled across the bridge and ripped a tractortrailer to pieces. The tractor trailer was actually a u. S. Postal service mail truck. Letters flying everywhere. The twister also swept through a construction site and caused quite a scene in florida. Around here, things pretty quiet. We have a Beautiful Day shaping up for your columbus day. 52 degrees in boston. If youre getting ready to head out it is cooler in the suburbs. A few spots running in the upper 30s. Cool to start. Warming up nicely into the 70s this afternoon with lots of sunshine. Week. Were trending downward here through the workweek and coming up this weekend much cold every temperatures w