munich. a german security official says islamic state extremists planned to blow themselves up at locations across munich last night. police urge everyone to stay vigilant. 5 on the opioid crisis, stunning numbers from 2015 are still being tabulated. the resolve to fight back is growing. karen anderson is here with the story. karne: state police alone responded to more than 350 suspected heroin deaths in 2015. that does not include many of the state' s major cities. >> those numbers are miniscule to the amount of people who are actually suffering. karen: the firefighter knows the pain behind the numbers. >> lost a family member. mothers, fathers, siblings, children. karen: for doherty, it' s personal. back in may, 5 investigates profiled the firefighter' s teaming up with substance abuse experts, visitinhomes in riviere, where they have responded to heroin overdoses. >> we know we' re doing something right and in 2016 we will do more of what we' re doing. karen: in 2015, massachusetts state police responded to 755 suspected heroin overdoses across the state. the average victim, 36

weighing in on the safety of the city's high rise buildings. randy: despite terror threats, munich's new year's eve bash went off without a hitch. what triggered the alarm on "the eye." randy: and now at 5:00 a.m., happy new year. the fireworks here in the city of boston as new england rings in 2016. good morning to you. erika: and i'm erika tarantal. emily is off today. olessa is off because hopefully a lot of people have the day off. cindy is here. cindy: happy new year, everyone. we're actually seeing a little bit of cloud cover out here this morning, which blanketed us overnight, so it isn't as chilly to start off the new year. you can see the 16 there indicating the brand new year. temperatures running in the 30s. boston is 38. notice the camera shaking a little bit. winds out of the west/southwest close to 10 miles per hour. not a lot of wind but enough to make it feel like it's in the 20's out of worcester and just below freezing in boston. if you are heading out the door, you'll want to dress warmly. at the freezing mark is where we sit in worcester on the thermometer. upper 30's

him join isil overseas. >> in munich, germany, police warned of a serious attack. they've been tipped off to five to seven suicide bombers. with the main train station and another the primary targets. despite the war, thousands rang in the new year with fireworks in munich's downtown. keep parisians from celebrating in public. there too the public fireworks display was canceled replaced by a performance at the arc detory om just before midnight. the terror attacks left 130 people dead. >> new year's eve celebrations went on as scheduled in dubai despite a fire that engulfed one of the top hotels. it was a frightening scene as flames shot out of the skyscraper. abc's alex mar adequate has the details. >> reporter: a towering inferno. one of dubai's most famous luxury hotels consumed by flames. >> yes, i can see a lot of debris coming down from the building and it's getting bigger and bigger. >> reporter: the fire started on the 20th floor of this 63-story hotel, and was visible from all around. the roar of the fire heard in video shot by eyewitnesses. it was just under three hours befo

up in a ditch. investigating the motive. munich shut down two train stations on new year's eve after intelligence warned of a specific threat involving isis suicide bombers. a top german official calling the situation there in europe, terror threat. phil lipof, wcvb, newscenter 5. karen: investigators say isis is behind the new year's eve terror threat that forced the evacuation of two train stations in munich. a german security official says islamic state extremists planned to blow themselves up at locations across munich thursday night. police no longer believe an attack is imminent but urge everyone to stay vigilant. doug: commitment 2016. donald trump making his latest appearance in a terror group's recruiting video. al qaeda's somali affiliate al-shabaab's latest video features a brief clip of the republican candidate calling for the "complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." this comes amid recent accusations from hillary clinton that trump's statements were being used by terrorists for recruitment. the road to the white house runs through the bay state today. d

. french authorities say they are investigating the motive. munich shut down two train stations on new year' s eve after intelligence warned of a specific attack involving isis suicide bombers. phil: a top german official calls the situation in europe a general permanent terror threat. jc anger and disbelief in west : bridgewater tonight. a cemetery that has been a target of vandals in the past, is hit again. as newscenter 5' reports, dozens of gravestones and monuments are damaged. >> the oldest stone in here was broken in half it' s from 1751. that' s our oldest section right there. john this is the fifth time : vandals have targeted the pleasant hill cemetery. hitting 33 stones. >> it' s very tragic. i don' t know what else to say. john the damage is throughout : the cemetery. hit or miss. these are the graves of allison westerlund' s grand parents and their parents. >> it' s devastating. it' s awful. i don' t know how any one could do something like this even when i just pulled in and saw them all down, it' s unbelievable. >> i now have to contact the living relatives, if there are

wounded the attacker. munich shut down two train stations after a warning of a suicide bombers. here in london there were no incidents. but one top german official calling it a permanent general terrorist threat. >>> also breaking tonight, a terror group featuring donald trump, using his call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. as a recruitment tool. here's jim avila. heed. >> reporter: it's not from isis, from the muslim extremist terrorist group, al shabaab, has been using donald trump's famous the video is entitled the path to paradise. trump's words are sandwiched between the recorded words of a u.s.-born cleric, killed in a strike four years ago. he says the west will eventually turn on its citizens, and uses trump's words to prove that. and hillary clinton said that would happen, but until tonight, there had been so evidence of that. >>> now, to the flood warnings stretching from texas to illinois. the overthrowing mississippi river, threatening homes and businesses south of st. louis. flood waters start to recede. but the worst is yet to come. here's indra petersons. >> repo

investigating the motive. munich shut down two train stations on new year' s eve after intelligence warned of a phil: a top german official calls the situation in europe a general permanent terror threat. jc anger and disbelief in west a cemetery that has been a target of vandals in the past, is hit again. as newscenter 5' s jack harper reports, dozens of gravestones and monuments are damaged. >> the oldest stone in here was broken in half it' s from 1751. that' s our oldest section right there. john this is the fifth time pleasant hill cemetery. >> it' i don' john the damage is throughout : the cemetery. hit or miss. these are the graves of allison westerlund' s grand parents and s awful. t know how any one could do something like this even when i just pulled in and saw them s unbelievable. relatives, if there are any, and for the ones who have none i have no idea what we are going to do. john lauren delaney and other historic cemetery. s personal her great grandmothers >> i am glad my mother is no longer with us she would be standing here crying her eyes out right now. john: if you know anyth

behind the new year' s eve terror threat that forced the evacuation of two train stations in munich. a german security official says islamic state extremists planned to blow themselves up at there are no longer any concrete indications of an attack. anchor: year' the victim, 24-year-old aaron gant was shot on grinnell street near pleasant street just after 7:00 last night. he was rushed to st. luke' s hospital, but they were unable jc: right now, three people, from serious injuries after a crash involving two all-terrain vehicles. one of the victims had to have his leg amputated. s juli mcdonald is live in fitchburg. juli: i just got off the phone with the police department. less they heard, the youngest victim in this atv crash was in stable condition. everyone is alive but they' still recovering from serious injuries. s a tragedy. enjoy new year' s eve and just unfortunate. reporter: a tragic end to the year for families in fitchburg -- two men and two young boys were badly hurt in an atv crash on ashburnham hill road. night. neighbors in the densely wooded area could see emergency l

evacuation of two train stations in munich. a german security official says islamic state extremists planned to blow themselves up at locations around munich thursday night. police no longer believe an attack is imminent but urge everyone to stay vigilant. doug: commitment 2016. donald trump making his latest appearance in a terror group's recruiting video. al qaeda's somali affiliate al-shabaab's latest video features a brief clip of the republican candidate calling for the "complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." this comes amid recent accusations from hillary clinton that trump's statements were the road to the white house runs through the bay state today. democratic candidate bernie sanders is holding two events here. the first at u-mass amherst at 1:00. then he'll head to north high school in worcester for a rally the republican front-runner will week. trump will speak at the tsongas center in lowell at 7:30 monday night. more fuel for the clinton campaign. the democratic front-runner has raised $55 million in the fourth quarter topping her $100-million goal. i

munich train stations just hours before midnight, this, after getting tips from another current. it was believed five to seven suicide bombers were planning an attack. nothing happened and the two stations have reopened. >>> that fire in a dubai skyskyper didn't stop the city's celebration. inside the hotel when it went up in flames. abc's alex marquardt has the details. >> reporter: a towering inferno. one of dubai's most famous luxury hotels consumed by flames. >> yes, i can see a lot of debris coming down from the building and it's getting bigger and bigger. >> reporter: the fire started on the 20th floor of this 63-story hotel, and was visible from all around. the roar of the fire heard in video shot by eyewitnesses. it was just under three hours before dubai was to hold its famous new year's fireworks show, starting nearby at the world's tallest building. >> it kind of caused chaos here, some people ran, some people were screaming, not knowing what was going on. >> reporter: hundreds of people were evacuated from the hotel, and remarkably, fewer than 20 were injured, according to o

out terrorism. >>> munich, germany, new year's eve celebrations were scaled back because of worry about terror. they evacuated two munich train stations after getting what they thought was a very creditable tip from france. nothing happened, nothing was found and the two stations have now reopened. >>> back here in the united states, rochester, new york, canceled its new year's alleged isis sympathizer. he planned to attack a popular restaurant and bar. officials say he hoped to impress isis. >>> the floodwaters are starting to recede in missouri and southern illinois. and you wouldn't know it by looking at the devastation, at least 22 people have drowned, most of them motorists. hundreds of roads are closed including part of an interstate. home homes and businesses are under water with hundreds of people displaced. >>> affluenza mom tonya couch is spending the new year in los angeles in jail on a $1 million bond. she was returned to the u.s. from mexico yesterday. her attorney said couch didn't violate any texas laws when she left the state with her son, ethan couch remains in cu

new year' s eve -- on new year' s eve in munich. events did go on as planned with no sign of that threat. after heightened security for first night celebrations and that continues for the first ever event held today. >> we are live with the plans for first day. >> people coming here to enjoy first day can expect to see a lot of officers and k-9 units. there will also be a lot of measures they will not be able to see. the goal is to make the start of 2016 just as safe as the end of 2015. >> thousands filled this square new year' s eve. >> some in the crowd with feelings of apprehension. >> being more aware of surroundings and the people around you. >> i have to be out there and visible. >> police responding to those concerns with a large police presence. the commissioner saying there is security you could see and many measures they could not see. >> we have resources around and >> we are security all over the place. >> police were cautious, alarms and keeping a close eye on copley. safety was a concern but it did not stop the good times. and worrying -- if it is going to happen it

level and cancered their new year's eve fireworks and then they did in brussels. the same night munich evacuated and shut down two of its train stations after warnings of a specific attack involving isis suicide bombers. beyond europe, the global fears reinforced in israel, hardly new to violence and terror. after a gunman seen here in this surveillance video opened fire in central tel aviv spraying a cafe with bullets as people ran for cover. two were killed and seven wounded. the attacker is a young arab-israeli man believed to be mentally unstable. it's not known what his motive was. israeli authorities have launched a massive manhunt for him. europe or beyond it's clear that the world has gotten off to a nervous start in this new year. dan. >> that is absolutely correct. alex, thank you. with america jittery about both isis and the seemingly endless string of mass shootings president obama is about to wade deeply into the debate over guns, this time he wants to bypass congress and use executive action to make it more difficult for the mentally ill and for criminals to get firearms.