Half an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain. There might be a couple of rumbles of thunder. There are thunder storms down long island and thats tied to a warm front and humid air here in england. So out on those roadways overnight tonight, that might be a slow go over a few hours with this steady rainfall. This will sweep up through the south shore city of boston through midnight and 3 00 a. M. And then it winds down at 4 00 tomorrow morning and at that time, i think most cities and towns will have upwards of an inch of rain and it will be warm tomorrow morning with temperatures near 60 degrees and through the day tomorrow, close to 70, the record is 61. Thats easily going byebye with temperatures in the upper 60s. Christmas day, still warm. A lot of clouds over the next few days. We have it easy because this breaking news confirming at tornados touch down across the state of mississippi and tonight, many people across the south are bracing for another round of strong storms. Man you can see the wedged tornado, the cone shaped tornado on the ground there. Reporter a tornado rips through clarks dale, mississippi this afternoon. People throughout the south and midwest on edge. Man oh, my gosh. Reporter with numerous tornado watches and warnings in at least ten states. Man that is tornado damage if ive ever seen it. Reporter early this morning in arkansas, soaking rains and high winds pushed a tree on to a house with five people inside killing an 18yearold woman and trapping an 18 month old girl who was rushed to the hospital. Woman you only hear about these stories, you dont expect you to be in them. Reporter they say this highly unusual december weather pattern is a result of several factors coming together. Juicy air which weve got. The entire month, you combine those two with a digging jet stream and you get severe thunder storms and a tornado threat. Reporter the system brought dark low lying clouds, heavy rain, and winds making it a tough time for travellers. And hail reported in more than a handful of states like arkansas and missouri effecting air travel in some cities. A 12yearold was a victim of a creepy crime. She says a man exposed himself to her daughter several times while they were out shopping. Susan is now with more on this. Very disturbing here. Reporter vey disturbing. Not only that, it was the middle of the afternoon and it was a crowded shopping area and this mom says this man not only flashed her daughter once, but three times. Christmas tree shops turn into a horrifying experience for a young girl and her mom. Woman he had lifted up his shirt and then lifted down his pants. Reporter tracy was shopping with her 12yearold daughter monday afternoon when she says a man in his mid 40s followed her daughter around the store and exposed himself not once but three times. Woman she got nervous and stepped over and he moved over and done it again. Reporter she said the store was crowded with holiday shoppers. She was within feet of her daughter the entire time but didnt see what was happening and it wasnt until after they left she said something. Woman i was sick to my stomach and was in shock. Reporter police are reviewing Surveillance Video and shes confident theyll find this guy. She wants other parents to know to be on high alert. Parents are aware of whats going on and more cautious of being careful with their kids. Reporter and mom says shes forward some and providing police with good details. If you have information for police, youre urged to give them a call. And were following breaking news in draket. Close call for a family when a car slammed into their house tonight. There it is. These people say they were shaken out of their beds. Nick is there with more on the accident and the shape of this family. Reporter yes, thats right, kim. Definitely some frightening moments for the family that lives in this home right here. I want to show you some of the damage right here. The porch suffering extensive damage when the car slams into the front of the home. Woman i was in bed, my son was upstairs, i ran on the porch reporter a close call for laura and her family. A car barrels into their home. Woman they took three or four people in an ambulance. Reporter she said its not the first time its been a close call. Woman theres been so many accidents on the street. They need to have a four way stop sign. Reporter an inspector came to check out the damage and the family will be able to stay at the home. The front porch got the worst of it but it could make it difficult for family visiting the holidays. Woman i have a brother who is handicapped and were going to have a hard time getting him in the house. Reporter back out here live again. You can see the damage to the front of the home but the family will be able to stay here overnight. There is a crack in the foundation though. This busy street is old meadow road. Cars have been coming up and down and you have to at least think that rain may have played a factor in tonights crash. Also from the night team, a chipotle restaurant closed for weeks after a nora virus is expected to be back in business this week. Tim is live with the very latest on this reporter chipotle was shut down earlier this month but this morning they got the okay, they got 9 clean bill of health. The big question now is will customers want to return . A final once over by Inspectional Services and now the Cleveland Circle chipotle is ready to owe reopen. Man its in good shape. Its clear of all product. The employees and everyone in there has been cleared by the Public Health commission. Reporter this closed sign has been posted on the front door for two weeks. After 150 people got the nora virus. The virus stemmed from an employee who showed up to work sick. Man clearly here what mentioned he was sick, and he was told to stay until the end of the shift. Bad mistakes, serious consequences. Reporter that boss has been fired by chipotle and the remaining employees were checked to make sure theyre healthy and retrained on policies as recently as last night. The entire restaurant has been cleaned from top to bottom but former customers have mixed feelings about returning. Man probably in the near future ill come, but not right away. Man i dont think ill go back i think its too much for me. Id be afraid to eat there. Reporter Inspectional Services say they gave employees a pop quiz last night about the policies and procedures and everyone passed with flying colors. They wanted to impart on them, the most important thing, if youre sick, stay home. Officials make a big bust investigating a former state representative. Of small bundles of cash in safe deposit boxes. Many boxes were filled to the brim. He was convicted and sentenced on federal embezzlement charges earlier this year. He stole money from a bus company that he controlled. Police make a dangerous discovery. They found more than one hundred guns and rounds of ammunition in the home. The owner of the guns in court today. He was making threatening comments against police. He had 103 guns registered to him but he did not have a license to carry after a dui conviction and he never turned into the weapons as ordered. Hes been held through the holiday without bail. A man in court linked to an expansive drug link in maine. Hes one of two dozen suspects arrested in connection to this case. Bedroom after arresting him. Heroin, cocaine. Hes being held on high bail. A real life grinch caught on camera stealing Christmas Lights has now found the spirit of the season. So he turned himself in to police and he says hes sorry for causing so much holiday heart break. Brandon is in lynn standing in front of the beautiful light display to talk about this very nice family. Reporter it is gorgeous, thats right, kim. This man stole this laser light beam. It projects all those beautiful Christmas Lights like you can see but theyre back up on the house because the man felt bad police. A real life grinch caught on camera. This is home Surveillance Video of a man stealing someones Christmas Lights. Woman he took the laser light beam, and he took an outlet. Reporter it happened at a house in lynn. You can see the suspect come on cord, start to unwind a string of lights and then take off. Woman it was the next day that i saw some of the lights were on and my spotlight wasnt on and i went outside and it was missing. Reporter but tonight, the laser light beam is back up and running projecting lights back on to the house. Thats because when the man saw himself on the news, people he knew recognized him and start d calling. He had a change of heart and turned himself in. Man last night, someone came into the station and turned all the stuff that was stolen in. I gave him credit for turning himself in. He does not have a criminal record and he seems to be an up standing citizen. Reporter the man said it was a prank and apologized. The home owners didnt want to press charges. Woman i forgive him, its christmas. Reporter the couple said seeing the man on their porch certainly made them uncomfortable but again, decided to spread christmas cheer and not press any charges. Like i said, nice family. Feeling the holiday spirit. Absolutely. Still ahead tonight, the bet of a lifetime. A woman from massachusetts, with 100,000 worth of reasons. The faceoff just days away and were getting a new look tonight at Gillette Stadium as it prepares to host some hockey. We need cold weather around these parts for hockey. Not happening this weekend but it will next week. Forecast coming up. Were serving up our final holiday helping. Were introduced to a special how do you reimagine banking . You start with this. Then you make it. Nothing like this. You make a capital one caf\. Someplace more relaxed. With free wifi and banking advice. And checking accounts with no minimums. Then you design a toprated mobile app that makes banking as easy as this. Thats banking reimagined. A woman made a small bet and its turning out big. She turned 5 into six figures. Reporter you might say 26yearold boston native is lucky. A testament for her love to boston and her sports team tattooed on her hips or a move to Las Vegas Made her a good gambler. Whatever the case, she cashed in big time. Winning more than 100,000 ona 5 card on the mobile site. Woman i actually called william hill and they told me i won and i collapsed onthe floor at work. Reporter the odds were against her, 20 thousand to 1 but she was on the right side of the spread in 14 games. Her boyfriend helping her place her bet on her cell phone. Woman i had the app open i want the patriots to win, what button do i press . I told him which teams i wanted pick them. It couldnt happen at a better time. We literally picked up from boston, we had no jobs at the time, we decided to do it and then i totalled my car, it was just a nightmare and then it is he its just like a blessing. Its a christmas miracle. She said shed like to put that money towards maybe making some wedding plans . Following more news tonight, people on the west noticing something unusual streaking across the sky. A fire ball across california and nevada. Some thought it was a shooting star, others thought it was santas sleigh. The big question is how is santa landing on the roof without snow . I think we had this last year. Hes a jolly, fat man, he can adapt. Raining cats and dogs and reindeer, especially through southeast mass. Metro boston, steady rain and then it backs off towards orange. And then you get into some showers and thunder storms. Long island. This is moving north. You may hear a few rumbles of thunder after midnight in southeast mass. This is matter part of a massive weather system thats leading to Severe Weather in the south now blasting through the ohio river valley. This wont bother us but this is loaded with a lot of moisture this is a storm youd find in march as opposed to december. The rainfall numbers are going up to an inch of rain. Boston 3 4 of an inch of rain. By the time it winds down, most cities in town about an inch of rain. 4762. Its a warm font and there it is, temps in the 60s at this time. And that warm air is surging north. Record warmth on the way for tomorrow. Mostly cloudy skies. Very little in the way of rain. Sprinkles early in the day and very late in the day. Temps between 6570. Unreal. Normal high is 39. Pittsburgh at 67. The record is 61. Are were going to get there. You will also smash that, mid 60s. Rare but here you go. Tomorrow. Dew point up near 60 degrees. Mild and cloudy, a few peeks of sun and there may be a couple of isolated rain showers but nothing significant. Christmas day, a lot of clouds, a few peeks of sun, still warm on friday, near 60. The weekend, we are mild and then here comes the cold front sunday into monday. Monday is a chilly day and then another warm front comes at us next week. This time, the cold air wins and that results in a messy situation. A messy storm. I think were going to start snow tuesday morning. I dont know if id say plowable storm but it is possible. Until then, enjoy the mild air. You too, jr. Here at 7 new, were whipping up favorite holiday recipes for such a good cause. Adam williams is going to show us how to make a cookie thats special to his hometown for this time of the year. Man welcome back to our home and happy holidays. This year, im going to be making christmas cookies from my home state of new mexico. Lets get inside, warm up and start the cooking. Were in the kitchen with very basic cookie making ingredients. Well start by adding the baking powder and salt to the flour thats already been sifted. Now were going to mix up these ingredients. In a separate bowl, were going to mix up the shortening, the sugar and the special ingredient. Here goes the shortening. And next we have our sugar. What are good cookies without a lot of good sugar and now the seeds which i freshly ground life easier but this is going to give it the nice licorice taste. The eggs go in next, one at a time and this is interesting because im not good at cracking eggs but no shells. The next step is adding our flour mixture just a little bit at a time. Its the white wine last. We wrap the dough in plastic so it doesnt dry out, now its time to chill out. Were going to put it in the refrigerator for 12 hours. Now comes the fun part or the hard part for some of us. Were going to roll them out and make the cookies. I use a hot airballoon. Here we go. You have to use up every mill mooert you have here to make more and more. Were going to dunk them in cinnamon and sugar. First batch into the oven for from the state of new mexico to your home, hopefully you enjoy these as much as i do. Hopefully if you do the balloons, they bring your celebrations to new heights. Happy holidays. Actually, adam is getting his holiday started a little early. Maybe hes watching. Merry christmas and shamus was such a good boy. He was the best. Im just kidding, adam. That was good and i hope you enjoyed all the holiday helpings. If youd like the recipes, theyre there for the taking. Just make a small donation and click on project bread. Dont go anywhere, sports is next. This is the best block of all. Its like candy cane lane. I know. Oohhh. Oh, holiday ferris wheel. I kind of love it. Look at those reindeer. Jeffrey, youre awfully quiet back there. I was just thinking. And head back to the dealership . That is so jeffrey. Soooo jeffrey. So jeffrey. Oh. 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Jeb bush i dont know if thats saturday morning, or sunday morning. Donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. If im president , ill be a commanderinchief, not an agitatorinchief or a dividerinchief. That i will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety. Announcer right to rise usa is responsible for the if youre shopping for the patriots, how about a running back with 8 career running back seasons. Hes got a lot of miles but the pats are hoping theres enough left in his tank to get in the playoffs. Working out every day and jogging. This time of year, jackson says cant ask for more than that. Man its exciting. Couldnt ask for a better christmas gift. Just looking forward to continue to get better and learn the way of the pach triots. This team is already a Championship Team and im just coming here to be the best running back to the organization i can be. After hearing this afternoon, the league upholding the star giants wide receiver one game suspension, he issued an apology for his meltdown that led to his ban. The green team looking to build off mondays win hoping for their second win and as many visits to charlotte this month and kelly providing us with the highlight of the night. Lets check it out. Sitting out monday with back spasms and channelling his inner tom brady. He finishes with a big slam, selfled. They really poured things on in the third. The ko has got his back and look at the big fellahs get up and at the end. Ollink had a team high 20 and jeremy lynn tried to jay crowder also chipping in with 19 including this jumper to beat the shock clock in the fourth quarter. Theyre off until saturday night in detroit. Falcons on the fourth and 1, matt johnson makes the most of 40 yard touchdown, but it goes down as our play of the day any way. Harvard advances to the championship game out in hawaii. 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