shooting and stabbing in brookline. erika: frightening moments onboard an american airlines the sudden symptoms overtaking passengers. on the eye for this thursday >> you are watching wcvb, boston' good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. >> she slowly wakes up and randy: talk about a wake up call. the unusual creature that curled up on a 99-year-old woman. it' s ahead in eyepoppers. the woman is alive. good morning. i am randy price. erika: and i' m erika tarantal. emily is off. the air looks cute, the clouds not so much. cindy: you' re walking out the door saying it is a whole lot colder this morning. take a look at the difference out the door, versus 24 hours ago. 20' s compared to 40' s. it is only around 20 right now in worcester. much milder yesterday morning. it is 22 degrees in beverly. as you head south of boston, on the vineyard as well, it is only 17 degrees. a much colder start but these re-freeze. in general, it is a quiet weather day. sun is up at 7:02. we are going to see lots of sunshine. we may see a few clouds work on in. low 40' s from florence -- from lawrence

found that could solve a shooting and stabbing in brookline. erika: frightening moments on board an american airlines flight. >> you are watching wcvb , boston' s news later, good morning, this is newscenter5 eyeopener. >> she slowly wakes up and realizes that there' s an animal randy: what nice nails you have. the unusual feature that curled up on a 99-year-old woman . -- the unusual chair. -- creature. i would be in orbit. good morning to you. erika: emily is offense in the is here. cindy: 20 degrees colder than this time yesterday with temperatures in the teens and 20' s. it is 27 degrees in boston so make sure the kids are bundled up. we will hang onto the sunshine getting off the bus this afternoon and lower 40' s once again. all day with winter coming to the south -- with the wins coming toward the south. right around 40 degrees at 5:00 p.m. there are spots in the western hills. today is quiet that there is a disturbance to the west and a storm coming out of florida loaded with moisture. the bulk of this is going off to snow showers in the area for friday. let' s get you out t

and the arrest this morning. randy: a new clue in a shooting in brookline. the evidence police hope will help crack the case. >> foul, discussed in place we are in. erika: a hingham man sharing his story. the disturbing details we' re hearing from the iranian captive for the first time. randy: we' re back to a little bit cooler weather. cindy: it is january, right tackle 27 -- right? 27 degrees. morning. we' ve got lower 20' s on the north shore as you get away from the coast line. places like bedford and back toward jaffrey, all in the teens. look at the teens showing up from norwood down for the cape as well. it is a colder start. the skies are clear. we' re going to hang on to a lot of sunshine. just after 7:00, we' re going to see mostly sunny skies. by noon time, we are in the upper 30' s, making a run in the lower 40' s in most areas. a very pleasant day today . we will start to see some clouds come in later today. this will veer off to the west and a storm producing severe weather over florida to our south. those two features may combine to bring a lot of clouds tomorrow and

5' s kelley tuthill is live in brookline with what you need to know before you join that office pool. you can see, people do lineup. the next couple of days. the issue is if you hit it big, you do not wait any issues with your winnings. marianne moore is back at brookline news & gifts checking the winnings from the 800 powerball tickets she purchased last week . >> everybody is in the pool. bus drivers, principles. >> i made 2 photocopies of every ticket. i put the copies on the board. with the number of tickets all. the actual tickets and another photocopy going to say. >> experts say if you want to create an office pool write a contract, simple terms of the pool, make sure everyone contributes equally, photocopy the tickets and make a list of those who opted out. don' t rely on verbal agreements, allow anyone to front money for someone else, trust interns to buy the tickets or run multiple pools. record breaking and the build up has brought in big bucks to the bay state. >> since the last jackpot, over in powerball sales in mass the $50 million -- in massachusetts alone, so the sta

number of crews responding at this point could three brookline schools on lockdown. we have seen a number of police cruisers and also an ambulance go by and a fire truck as well. this is a story we will continue to follow here newscenter 5 at newscenter 5. look for updates on the mobile at and our website as well. before we leave, lighter news. u.s. customs agents arrest an airline passenger, trying to smuggle live birds in his pants. the man was a passenger on a flight from cuba to florida. he was picked up at miami international airport earlier this month. customs agents say he was concealing six exotic birds in a and unrelated, but a stuffed cap in arizona was up there for days. it scampered down on its own. lighter news, we have breaking news in brookline and we will be following that all afternoon.

5's kelley tuthill is live dreaming in brookline. kell? reporter: ed, despite the incredibly small odds you know about, we can expect brisk sales throughout the state over the next two days. the 1.4 billion with a b is a record for any lottery jackpot and sure to grow higher. sales in the bay state were growing $23,000 a minute. 19 drawings with no winners means the bay state has been a big winner. that's $22 million have come into the coffers as a result of the excitement over the powerball. and again, you may have heard there was a two, $1 million in plymouth and one in boston, but we are waiting to find out who they are. and i know you were trying to figure this out, but if you won the $1.4 billion jackpot -- do you have your pen? the cash option will bring you in $868 million. think that's enough for us? i will buy a ticket now? >> divide it by two -- i am not sure. i have to work on that. reporter: the taxes it may not be enough. i will get a couple tickets. ed: here is the question we are posing to you. in october. the question is did they make the jackpot too hard to win? le

everybody's son and brother now. new this morning, two brookline police officers are joining a class action lawsuit accusing the town of racism. the complaint, filed yesterday, alleges there is a history of racial discrimination and retaliation on every level of town government. the globe reports the town, the board of selectman and several town officials are named in the suit. last night the selectman chair said they are working to address the concerns raised in the lawsuit. plan today. the fiscal year starts in july. right now the state is looking at a $635 million gap in this budget for the fiscal year. that is likely to mean cuts for state agencies across the board. erika: commitment 2016. a major twist in the republican presidential race. there's a major new twist in the republican race. front-runner donald trump says he will not attend tomorrow's debate on fox news. trump has been feuding with fox news anchor megyn kelly since the first debate last summer. kelly will be one of the moderators tomorrow. democrat bernie sanders will hold a meeting with the president today. the pri

of the hospital. erika: two men are still on the run after a violent home invasion in brookline. one of two suspects shot and stabbed in the melee was arraigned in his hospital bed yesterday. khari wilcox of cambridge is held on $750,000 bail. police say he and two others tried to rob a person at 198 saint paul street. that man was shot five times. everyone is expected to recover. a new report on the flint, michigan, water crisis shows state employees got clean water, while officials told residents the taps were fine. purified water coolers were brought into flint' s state office building during the crisis, according to thursday' s report. the public. protesters are calling for criminal charges against the governor. randy: two people are pretty lucky after their truck plunged over the edge of a freeway overpass in san diego. traffic continued to roll by as the truck exploded in flames. two people in the truck managed -- were not hurt. erika: caught on camera, a bank robber shut out by a determined bank manager. surveillance video from north carolina shows the masked robber trying to

would kill them. doug: we're hearing from the customers who helped a store clerk in brookline fight off an armed robber. it happened at the 7-11 on comm ave in the heart of the b.u. campus yesterday morning. police say the suspect got into an argument with the clerk, then attacked him with a box cutter. that's when the customers jumped police arrived. >> at that point they had already tumbled back towards the register. all i could do was grab the guy's legs. he was kicking and flailing. >> listen, buddy, you picked the wrong time to come into the 7/11, the wrong day. will be arraigned in court monday. antoinette: an 86-year-old braintree woman is recovering after crashing her s.u.v. right through the front of a weymouth dunkin' donuts. it happened yesterday at the no customers or workers were injured. figure out what caused the driver to crash. the city's building department is inspecting the building to see if it's structurally sound. facebook is cracking down on online gun sales. a new policy says individuals can't advertise or sell guns on the social networking site. licensed gun

expressway is slow. randy: police have found the car involved in a rash of violence in brookline yesterday. one man was shot into other were dumped out of the vehicle. police are looking for two suspects on the run. this man is incredible condition after police say he shot himself. daintily william is accused of mortar -- murdering his father line kidnapping his mother-in-law. coming up in the next hour come you can watch us any time on the wcvb mobile app. winter is hard on your nose. r from first sniffles to endless runny noses. puffs plus lotion is soft. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better pso you can face winter happily. t a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. p >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. oprah's secret meeting overnight. a private call with weight watchers members where she reveals that she was at her wit's end dealing with her weight. she says this time is different when it comes to dealing with food. remighting her fellow mens to never give up. >>> parenting alert this morning. the challenge that just landed a 14-year-old in the hospita