Randy cindy, good morning. It is brutal out there for a lot of us. Cindy march 6 was the last time it was nine degrees in boston. Thats where were sitting right now. Skies are clear. The wind is very active out of the northwest so it does feel like it is below zero in both boston and worcester. Feeling as cold as 11 below right now in orange. You definitely need to bundle up this morning. Look at the wind chills throughout the Morning Hours. Through 8 00 this morning, those wind chills are going to be running sub zero. They only recover into the teens by this afternoon. Now notice the actual temperatures are in the Single Digits until you get down on the cape. Thats where were run inning the 20s this morning. That is also where we do have some bands of oceaneffect snow that are ongoing from plymouth down to bourne, falmouth over to hyannis and up towards provincetown as well. In this area this morning, these snow bands are going to be persistent through about midday or so. Then they will be tapering off. A Winter Weather advisory here until about 10 00 this morning for the reduced visibility and slipper erodes. Down this way. The rest of us sunshine all day long but it does very little to warm us up. Highs only in the 20s this afternoon. Lets get you out to the roads right now. Youll need time to warm up that car this morning. Olessa absolutely. A live look outside to start things off. A check of the zakim bridge which looks good right now. No problemsality the leverett connector. Lets see the rest of your ride. If youre heading into town, so far no major complaints but there is some construction 93 south at the zakim bridge. Also watching some roadwork on the expressway northbound by the south bay mall. Problem free ride so far south of town. Youre looking good on 24, 95, route 3. But it may be a bit slick down that bay. Well. More construction 128 north over by route 9. No problems north of town. Were expecting the trains and the buss to start the morning on schedule. Emily thank you. President obama is preparing to take new action on gun control. Be front and center for the controversial announcement. Can expect to hear today. Erika bostons mayor will be in washington today as the president announces that executive action aimed at curbing gun violence. That includes expanding background checks to deal with the socalled gun show loophole with more checks at shows and online. The f. B. I. Would hire more than 200 examiners to process those checks. The white house also plans to ask congress for 500 million to improve Mental Health care. Boston mayor marty walsh, frustrated by gun violence in the city, tweeted the country cannot wait for congress to act. Anticipation of this announcement is already fueling gun sales. This North Attleboro gun shop owner says gun control is a delicate balance of freedom and safety. Its an infringement on our freedom, yes, but in this day and age things are really getting out of hand with this terrorism stuff. Erika meantime, many republicans are already attacking what they call dangerous executive overreach. The president s announcement is is at 11 40 this morning. You can watch it right here on on wcvb. Com and of course our mobile news app. Randy. Randy other stories were following right now. A worcester man is held without bail charged with beating his girlfriends threeyearold son. The child hurt so badly he needed surgery. Police say it happened on december 30 or 31. 23yearold Johnny Sanchez will be back in court on friday for a dangerousness hearing. Emily cleanup is underway after a water main break in south boston. This is video in overnight from the area of h and east 5th streets. The water is off but you can see there was definitely damage done to the road. Randy a person is suffering serious injuries after being police tell us the victim was hit at the corner of albion and salem streets last night. The driver did stay at the scene and has not been charged. No word on the victims condition at this hour. Emily right now the mbta is fares for everyone who rides the one as high as 10 . The eyeopeners doug meehan is break down what we know. Doug good morning, emily. No matter how you slice it, people are going to pay more to take the t to and from work this year. The question is how much more. Lets break it down for you. Here are the numbers. One proposal calls for a systemwide hike on average of 6. 7 percent; the other, an average of 9. 8 percent. But the big story here is the price of monthly passes. Under the first option, bus and subway passes would spike 7. 50. The more severe option means a 9. 50 jump. All of this is designed to reduce the mbtas projected 242 million operating deficit. Reduce not close. The proposed fare hikes come as many who take the t every day continue to complain about service interruptions. The states transportation secretary says the goal here is to improve service, and theyre looking at other options in addition to fare hikes. The next step for the proposals in july. Were live at j. F. K. Station this morning. Doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. Randy right now a dangerous mistake under investigation in cambridge. A little boy left alone on an empty school van. Our Todd Kazakiewich is live this morning with the demand from that boys mother. Todd . Todd randy, good morning. This incident happened yesterday morning here outside the Peabody School here in cambridge. The boys mother says shes not sure how long her son was left alone in a van but what we do know is that the driver was running 40 minutes late analogiedly left the van to escort another student to class. The boys mother tells newscenter 5 somebody saw her son in the van and got help. The door was unlocked, and the engine wasnt on. He could have had a severe asthma attack. Hes five years old. He doesnt know how to treat his asthma. Todd the School Called the boys mother nearly two hours later when he finally arrived at sources tell newscenter 5 there are a number of safety complaints against dracut and wakefieldbased s. P. And r. Transportation. Our calls to them went unanswered. The school says the district is working with the company to figure out what went wrong. The boy is expected to be okay. Live in cambridge, Todd Kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. Emily commitment 2016. Donald trump hit the campaign trail in lowell ahead of his visit to New Hampshire today. The republican frontrunner taking direct aim at hillary clinton. Trump spoke yesterday at the tsongas center. Outside hundreds protested trumps proposal to ban muslims from entering the country. At the rally, trump promised to have mexico pay for a wall that would stem the flow of illegal immigration into the u. S. Trump also launched attacks against the obama administrations policies in iran. Trump people are tired and are sick of the stupidity that were seeing coming out of washington. Emily even tom brady made it he raved about the quarterback after spotting a supporter wearing a tshirt with trump and brady on it together. Randy former president bill clinton stumps for his wife hillary in New Hampshire. He spoke to a packed house at Exeter Town Hall last night after stops in nashua and manchester. Clinton says broadbased prosperity is one of the major challenges facing the country and the next president. Clinton if everyone has a job and something to look forward to in the morning, it reduces the tensions and increases the hope in a country. Her twoday rivertoriver tour of iowa today. Former president clinton will join her there. Of Whitey Bulger pleading guilty to charges. Randy why her sister says its time to let her go. Changes coming this year to the streets of new york. The modern kiosks replacing payphones. Cindy some of the coldest temperatures weve had in many months around here. My timeline on when it warms up again. Emily a sheep finally captured after going on the lamb for seven years. The new look for sheila. Randy good morning. Its 4 41. Whitey bulgers longtime girlfriend is expected to plead guilty to contempt. Emily Catherine Greig has been refusing to tell a federal grand jury whether other people helped bulger during his 16 years on the run. At a hearing yesterday, greigs attorney told the judge she will instead plead guilty. Greig is already serving an eightyear sentence for conspiracy to harbor a fugitive and identity fraud. Her twin sister says she should time. Shes been in there for enough times. I mean longer than one of the guys that killed. You want her to come home. Yes, i want her home where emily relatives of some of bulgers victims say they believe greig could have help authorities find money he is suspected of stashing. 4 42. A controversial bill being pushed in New Hampshire. Randy why one lawmaker wants to lower the drinking age. Cemetery vandals strike again in West Bridgewater. The changes the caretaker is randy snow continued early this morning along the south shore. This is video in overnight from plymouth. You can see some light flakes falling there. And that is moving off shore this morning. Issue were dealing with. These temperatures behind us were trying to block out. Cindy worcester three degrees so far. Thats the coldest weve been since february when it was seven below zero. It has been a while since weve dealt with this cold. It will be with us all day long. Make sure youre bundled up out the door. Take a look at some of those kingston to plymouth. The area that got up over two inches at least so far. It is still snowing in a locality of these areas. Inch. Halifax about an inch of snow and scituate a half an inch as well. This is all oceaneffect snow. Its been very, very localized. From eastern Plymouth County down toward the canal, this is where the bulls eye between 24 inches of snow accumulating here outside of that, you get on to parts of the cape. One to maybe up to two inches. You get away from the coastline here and many of us saw a coating yesterday. Were not expecting any additional snow at all. What we are all going to see is this cold weather. Coldest since february for many of us. Wind chills will stay below zero until 9 00 this morning. But it is a shortlived cold snap. By tomorrow afternoon, its actually going to be back over 40 degrees. Get through today and youll be in much better shape. Seven degrees right now in beverly. Single digits back into worcester county. Four in orange. Three in worcester. Nine right now in boston. You get down towards taunton to plymouth. Thats where were in double digit territory with 20s on the cape right now. Thats where that wind is Still Producing oceaneffect snow bands but also giving us a wind chill so it does feel like it is below zero right now from worcester to boston on north. Wind chills are running in the Single Digits on the south shore and the cape this morning. And notice the forecast wind chills here through about 8 00 a. M. Theyre below zero in many areas including boston. You need to dress for wind chills that will be running sub zero and even by noontime, this is what it is going to feel like either side of 10 degrees so youre going to want to bundle up throughout the day. We get into the afternoon and wind chills will get no higher than the teen. The sun will be out. This is satellite and radar composite. Outside of southeastern massachusetts the skies are completely clear. So sunshine from the getgo here but across parts of the south shore and the cape, you can see these snow bands are persisting right now from plymouth do bourne down to falmouth and edgartown. These extend eastward toward the mid cape around hyannis as well. Notice on future cast theyre going to linger through the Morning Hours up until about lunchtime or so and then as the winds begin to subtly shift to the northwest, they will die down but this Winter Weather advisory is up until at least about 10 00 this morning. High temperatures this afternoon as mentioned getting into the 20s with some sunshine. However, that wind chill is going to make it feel colder. Well fall back into the teens to around 20 decks so not as cold tonight but still pretty chilly start. And then well watch this area that will allow a milder southwesterly wind to start to move on in. Thats why i say by tomorrow afternoon, notice the temperature coming up into the lower 40s. Southwesterly wind could even push us into the mid 40s on the cape. Cooler through the worcester hills but much improved compared to today. Notice all the sunshine here through thursday. Clouds will be moving in on friday. And notice your weekend looks a little unsettled but also notice those temperatures are close to 40 degrees. We could see a mix on saturday transitioning to rain. It looks pretty light with perhaps a heavier rain coming in on sunday. This one. More wet than white. Olessa not during weekday. Olessa it is cold. Thank you, cindy. Yes, you need to warm up those cars before you head out the door. Its a quiet start. A live look outside at the pike. This is by Allston Brighton eastbound move to go theto of the screen. Were looking good in both directions. Lets go to the maps and check the rest of your ride. Overnight construction is in place this morning if youre traveling 93 south approaching the zakim and also on the expressway north by the south bay mall. No problems 95, 24, route looking good as well. There is construction 128 north right over by route 9. No issues north of town and so far were expecting the trains and the buses to start the morning on schedule. Emily. Emily thank you. Right now. An urgent warning in massachusetts over this batch of heroin. Its called hollywood heroin, a potent brand of the drug and police say its already killed several people. The batch is ravaging western mass and quickly moving east. The worcester District Attorney says five people have died from the drug, in just two days. As bad as this batch is, officials are quick to point out that theres no good heroin. We attach that its a bad batch but that would indicate that theres a good batch, right . Ive never seen a good batch of her wain. Heroin kills. Emily a suspected drug dealer is being held on halfamillion dollars bail in springfield after police there seized 9,000 bags of hollywood heroin. Considering new steps to solve a delivery disaster. Thousands of subscribers havent received a newspaper in over a week. And there have been lots of other delays in getting the paper. The globe is reportedly contemplating bringing in a Second Company to help the new west coast distributor it hired to take over home delivery. Over the weekend reporters and editors volunteered to deliver the sunday paper themselves. Emily a look at economic headlines. Asian markets are muted this morning after plunging yesterday. On wall street stocks had the worst start of the year since 1932. The dow dropped 276 points to 17,148. Right now, stock futures are down. The Justice Department has slapped volkswagen with a lawsuit over its emissionscheating software. The lawsuit claims v. W. Illegally installed the Program Designed to trick federal emissions tests. Nearly 600,000 vehicles were sold in the u. S. With the software. That could lead to billions of dollars in fines against the violations. Randy right now a state representative in New Hampshire is trying to lower the drinking age to 18. The seabrook rep. Filed a bill that would allow 18 to20yearolds to drink anywhere as long as they were accompanied by someone over the age of 21, but they could not consume hard liquor. He says the bill would help prevent underage kids from drinking irresponsibly. Emily a check of your trending stories now. You dont see many pay phones these days but they could all be gone soon in new york city. Theyre getting replaced by wifi kiosks this year. The Fiber Optic Network will offer other free services, including cell phone charging, and free calls within the u. S. The 200million project is expected to bring in 500 million for the city from digital ads. Randy a new york girl badly burned in an arson is getting treatment in boston. Eightyearold safyre terry made International Headlines when her Christmas Card wish went viral. She received more than a million including one from the obama safyre was burned over 75 percent of her body in the 2013 fire that claimed the lives of her father and three younger siblings. Shell have another procedure today. Emily a runaway sheep who missed seven years of haircuts is looking fresh this morning. Sheila the sheep was tracked down last week after she escaped from an australia farm. Once caught, she was finally sheared. You can see the difference. Sheila is now almost 50 pounds lighter than before the chop. Randy and feeling so much better. Getting difficult to do anything with that hair. Emily still ahead this morning, a College Basketball game ends in triple overtime. Randy the dramatic moments on the court for the topranked teams. Then new on the eyeopener at 5 00, avoid fitness mistakes. The mistakes that can derail your weightloss resolutions, ahead. Emily and next week newscenter 5 launches two new newscasts. A fastpaced look at all the big news at 4 30 p. M. And more it all starts next monday right randy good morning. It is 4 55. Time for your early news to go. Emily today president obama is taking executive action on gun control. Checks for people buying guns at shows and online. Under the order, the f. B. I. Examiners to process those checks. The white house is also asking congress for 500 million to improve Mental Health care. Boston mayor marty walsh will washington, d. C. , this morning for the announcement. Randy a Mental Health evaluation is extended for this babysitter charged with kidnapping a hamilton toddler. A court psychologist testified yesterday that Abigail Hanna illness. Hanna is charged with kidnapping a twoyearold girl, beating her, and leaving her on the side of the road in november. The girl was picked up by a couple and is doing okay. Emily bill cos