, washington street closed between essex and kneeland street. volume heavy and steady 128 southbound through lexington. we haven't seen relief on 93 south or route 1. expressway slow going from the braintree split past freeport street and columbia road. live drive times, 42 minutes on the pike eastbound and 34 minutes on the expressway, about an hour on 93 south approaching the leverett connector. >> daniel: takeou following and major water main break flooded in part of downtown boston. >> julie: people and businesses will be impacted all day at least. >> jessica: see guy getting are trying to isolate exactly which pipe had the problem this morning and they do know they are dealing with a 20 inch main that busted this morning, and what they are going to have to do is go down and replace part of the main that broke and bubbling up from under the street and made the progress last hour and a half and you could see already getting down there, excavating, working to figure out exactly what they are dealing with. i can tell you a lot of from kneeland as they were water for couple hours thi

pipes running under the streets. kneeland street in chinatown under several inches of water. >> it's a little crazy and hectic. i come this way a lot. it puts a dent in plans for a lot of people. >> it got worse. all that water pouring underground caused electrical fires in at least three manholes, sending thick, toxic smoke into the air. >> the problem is migration. the smoke can migrate. and it brings the power into the building. that's a problem. >> reporter: it put a huge dent the best efforts to sweep out the cascading water. boston kitchen pizza was lucky. they were still able to serve some lunch to people who felt like stepping over fire hoses. >> we have 6 inches of water in the basement. the electricity and gas are fine. that's the only damage in the basement. we don't keep anything there. so it was god's blessing. >> reporter: as for the traffic, still a lot of restrictions and detours down here. washington street closed between kneeland and boylston. and kneeland is closed between tremont -- boston police will give us an update on the traffic conditions in a coupl

kneeland street at the intersection of washington right now. we're told that both of the streets are shut down at the moment, and police and fire on the scene trying to get that and then clear away the water somehow. let's get over to danielle gersh with a peek at the roadways. that's obviously going to cause some headaches if you're in the china town area. >> wren: absolutely, kris. for now it doesn't look like it's causing too much congestion. >> danielle: the expressway is whacked up. i'll tell you why in a second. but let's get to the maps and talk about that water main break. washington street and kneeland street is closed, as you just saw. no cars getting by. no word on when they're expected to reopen. on the e crash northbound. that's at columbia road. the left lane is blocked. there you just saw the traffic that's causing. also south of town on 495, we have a multi-vehicle crash northbound at route 105. so it's already really busy out there. the pike not looking too bad. north of town on route 2 and 3, you're in pretty good shape. 93 also not too bad. you're problem-free

right now. what you're looking at right now washington street meets kneeland street and several workers from boston, water, down there right now trying to figure out where exactly this is all coming from. we know earlier this morning they did have trouble identifying exactly which main was broken here. showed you, washington and lagrange, you can see the road is buckling here and boston water and sewer actually just told me that rooted is hollow and dangerous to be walking on quite bit of work and as this is all happening there's a lot of traffic issues we know kneeland street, very busy street in boston and 93 and come into the city. that is closed at harrison avenue. so that's going to be a problem for people and this street right here, beech streetls through street in chinatown, so it is a big mess and crews a lot of work ahead of them and going to be checking in with them, and 30 minutes. child asked neighbor to get help -- to give her help to get baby to stop crying. the neighbor called police saying officers later found a 3-year-old and 5-month-old in the home living in deplorable

kneeland and washington. we have a live look at back-up on route 1 south right now. this is from a crash at lynn street. heavy delays at a complete standstill back to the lynnfeld parkway. we have heavy delays in the cape car spun out on the bridge. expect delays in that area. >>> thank you very much. new overnight frustrated passengers stuck at logan airport after their flight was diverted. >>anna meiler is live at logan with the latest from there. >> reporter: kate, there were 167 southwest passengers waiting here for four to four and a half hours overnight trying to get back on their plane that was diverted here to logan airport. southwest tells us the flight from baltimore was unable to heavy fog, so the plane was diverted here. passengers tell us the plane landed around 12:30 this morning and say they waited for hours with no answer from southwesterly passengers say there was only one person here working the -- with no answers from southwest. some people were told they just had to wait here in line. i talked to one mom who said there should have been a plan in place. >>i've as

forced to shut down for the day. somehow three to 4 feet of water inside. this part of kneeland street and part of washington street are shut down for the foreseeable future. avoid this area if you can.>>> breaking right now at noon and charlotte police officer who shot and killed amount -- and man at an apartment complex should store surveillance video today's evidence. the family claims he was unarmed and waiting for his son to arrive home from school when this happened. the shooting led tonight of unrest in charlotte. >>> we are on the storm watch. as we take a live look outside over the city. heavy rains are we making their way into the >> that can make for a messy afternoon yet again and a long commute home. here's a first look at the accu weather forecast>> yesterday at afternoon he came down in buckets. just some left over dismal now and temperatures in the 40s but it will be held in place for most of the afternoon. here comes the next ripple of rain along and the next wave of disturbance. into the very first part of tomorrow morning. initially it will be liked. as we go

. >> reporter: traffic is still a mess down here. washington street closed between kneeland and boylston. boston police advising everybody if you don't need to be in the area, please stay away. or if you have to come in tot theater district, try to take public transportation if you can. live in chinatown, i'm david robichaud, wbz news. >>> if this isn't a quintessential massachusetts photograph, we don't know what is. a dunkin' donuts employee wading into the flood water to make sure that the customer gets his coffee. >> a large regular. >> >> most of the patriots marquee players missing from the no brady, no gronk, no edelman. we have a closer look. >>> i think we're starting to see a trend since tom brady hurt his knee against seattle. that was case today. >> reporter: the pats get ready for the rams and he hasn't missed any game time. as for rob gronkowski he left the game with the jets with a back injury and wasn't no julian edelman. and we'll check on him as the week goes on. the pats are looking to play their best football. >> it's the most meaningful football when it come

washington and kneeland street. there was three to four feet of water in some businesses. >>> that led to some businesses closing in food service. >> 12 to 15 restaurants have closed. >>> then it got worse. all the water seeped into manholes on kneeland electrical fires erupted. >> the fire was off a gas seal, it was migrate to go a lot of businesses. >> the reporter: that prompted evacuations, 125 people in all, most from the boston hostels. this man saw smoke too. his boston pizza kitchen saw smoke. for a couple of hours anyway, sending thick toxic smoke right at his restaurant. >> i've seen it before. a few years ago, we had the same issue. >> the reporter: manny works for service master. needless to say, they were very busy today. >> all the businesses right here, they're full of water. we're getting all the water out, it's affected everything and cleaning everything up for right now. >> the reporter: in order for the restaurants in the area that had to be closed because of the water main break to be open, boston's inspectional services department will have to go into basement and

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smoke on kneeland street in chinatown this morning. firefighters scrambling to the scene. buildings were being evacuated. >> i have come here from new zealand. and so, yeah it's been a long journey. injust got here yesterday on a red-eye flight. i was trying to get a bit of shut-eye. i'm being told to get out. >> reporter: the fires sparked by this water main break just after 5:00 this morning. sending thousands and thousands of gallons of water cascading down the street. the water seeping into the man holes which shortstopped out several electrical lines underground. through the morning, crews worked to douse the flames and deal with water in the basements of several buildings and also fix the water main itself. >> boston, out of all the major municipalities, actually, has a very low rate of water but we are constantly renovating, rehabilitatings, replacing mains. >> reporter: again, this is washington street and steward streets here in chinatown. the concern here is there is still a lot of water in a lot of basements and businesses here. the other issue was firefighters were going

water this morning near the area of washington and kneeland street. crews are on the scene. they say there's no time table for when everything will be fixed. ? it is wednesday, november 30th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning.? more real news ahead, including former defense secretary robert gates. the lon president-elect trump is in studio 57 for his first interview since the election. our "issues that matter" series looks at the challenges the trump administration face around the world. first, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> still thousands without power across alabama after that powerful storm system pounded the state. >> 150 homes and businesses have been destroyed. many of them look like this place here. leveled by the flames. >>> trump said he will have a business empire. >> during the campaign, donald trump repeatedly expressed a promise to keep american jobs and, for now at least, it looks like he meant what he said. >>> soccer team was supposed to play tonight what would have been the biggest match in its history. instead, today, they are planning a m

kneeland street near the intersection of washington. both of those streets had to be shut down. dighton town selectmen will meet today to discuss the fire chief's job. officials say that anton roderick used his gloating -- clothing allowance to purchase women's workout gear and altered the receipts to read menswear. officers believe he bought the items for someone else. a father appearing in court after twice in the same day. politician arrested stephen byrnes after he allegedly picked up his child drunk. later that day his older son >>> good morning. >> hi, everybody. it's 8:30. it's wednesday, november 30th. we're about to stick a fork in november actually. beautiful morning out on the az look at this. ? a little mood music. ? >> what's your name? >> mickey smith from louisiana. >> all right, mickey, thank you very much. merry christmas. >> he's right on theme. we've got the christmas tree lighting in rockefeller center, beautiful music just now and we're about to get a treat, the they have been here since the wee hours rehearsing. lots of big celebrity singers and song write