driver in the first place. if you were hurrying home for your turkey and pumpkin pie, today is not alone. the busiest travel day of the year. a live report from logan airport. donald trump's transition team continues to come together. the new information overnight about some of the top positions, and why we might not hear much from the president-elect over the next few days. and good morning, everybody. happy day before thanksgiving. we appreciate you being with us this morning on this wednesday morning, it is november 23. i am gene lavanchy. >> sara: a and i am sara underwood. nature is pretty much cooperating for any of you who have to do that last-minute turkey day shopping. check in with shiri spear who says plan for a cold and mostly clear sky. >> shiri: starting off close to freezing. first stop here will be breezy and cold this morning. we have got 33 in boston and ipswich and lawrence, down to norwood. 32 in brockton. temperatures in the upper 20s in central massachusetts. temperatures upper 20s and around freezing in new

31 in plymouth. 34 in the vineyard. couple of clouds. and hour-by-hour forecast in somerville and this will apply to most of you. 7 a.m., temperatures at 33 degrees. 37 at 9 a.m. we get into the afternoon and talking low and mid-40s. we are talking a lot of sunshine today, but there is the clouds starting to creep in this weekend. eventually leading to both rain and snow chances here for your thanksgiving. and an hour-by-hour coming up. check traffic and weather every ten minutes. julie grauert is here with live drive time traffic. >> start with this graphic that shows the kind of graphic we are anticipating for today. from 9 until 10 a.m. heading out the do are without any issues. this afternoon around 3 p.m. when you are hitting massive gridlock. traveling on thanksgiving day you should be fine. expressway looking good. 128 no issues. north of the pike 93 south and

eastbound to mass avenue. 17 minutes on the expressway. 2 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. back to you. updating breaking news now in dorchester. a big scare for four boston police officers as a car hits and drags two of them and narrowly misses two others. >> gene: all four taken to the hospital. the food news is they will all be okay. our jess yes, sir live in dorchester. police are still searching for the >> reporter: they are, gene. checking an area off of columbia road on draper street a mile from here. all started around 12:30 right outside of this car. you can see on stoughton street. police are coming here for an actual report of a person sitting outside here in a car with a gun, but when the officers approached that car, that driver took off dragging the officers with him. now the driver, he came just inches of hitting two more officers as he sped away from here.

columbia road and you can see there was a pretty big response here at the time last night. all four officers were taken here to the hospital but the superintendent does say thankfully all of them are expected to be okay. >> the four officers that went to the hospital subsequent to the injuries are nonlife-threatening which we are thankful for that considering what is going on in the world across united states right now >> reporter: as we speak, the search for the suspect is under way and near draper street just about a mile from where all this started on stoughton. the description of the car is a bit vague, but they believe it is a gray or silver chevy. live in dorchester, i am jessica reyes, fox25 news. new this morning, three people are okay after they were able to get out of this house on hall street in jamaica plain that caught fire just after 3:00 this morning.

tell us another person on the second floor. right now it looks like the fire started on the second floor at the back of that house. investigators tell us it is too early to know the cause. new this morning a disturbing trend in the city. homicides up 20% in boston. new numbers from the boston herald show the city had 40 homicides this year compared to 33 during the same stretch last year. boston police have also reported a 54% uptick in shootings in october and november. the community activistha the recent surge on gang violence and witnesses who are reluctant to come forward. massachusetts on the move is expected to be a busy day on the roads, rails and in the air as millions of americans rush to get to the thanksgiving table. our catherine parrotta live at logan wrairpt it appears to be a busy morning, but pretty calm right now though. >> reporter: pretty manageable for the time being. logan airport.

mass dot officials anticipate a million people will fly in and out of logan during this thanksgiving period and these early birds you see behind me are trying to beat the rush. >> going to my sister's house to see all the baby. >> we travel with family and get out of the cold and enjoy sunshine for a cup of days. >> reporter: the reasons may vary but the travelers have something in common, they are tall taking to the skies the day before thanksgiving the busiest travel day before thanksgiving? >> it is for me. >> reporter: what are you expecting today? >> i was expecting more delays and crowds. but it ain't too bad so far. >> reporter: that could change. mass dot officials expect a million passengers to fly in and out of logan. nationwide, 27 million are expected to take to the skies between november 18 and 29. it seems everyone has a strategy for getting to their destinations in time for the turkey and pumpkin pie. >> early flights. >> stay focused.

>> you want to have extra time traveling over the river and through the woods by car. mass d.o.t. heavy traffic and check the live drive time cameras online and be flexible. here in logan, there will be an extra silver line on mbta and tsa has increased staffing to prepare for the higher volume as travelers look forward to get through the line into their holiday plan. >> they know they are busy and people are moving as quickly and doing >> reporter: the good news is, i keep checking the board and no delays. the weather is cold but noing that will impede your weather progress if you were taking to the skies. we will continue to have live reports from logan all morning long. reporting from logan airport, catherine parrotta, fox25 morning news. this morning we are getting a clear picture of the people to make up donald trump's cabinet. mitt romney is favored for

mattis as secretary of defense. south carolina governor nikki haley has been offered job as ambassador to the united nations and ben carson has been considered for the department of urban development. romney and haley had opposed trump. during a sit-down interview with the "new york times" he asked of republican that did not campaign for him. ayotte said she would love a job he said no thank you. she narrowly lost a bid. after the election she was briefly rumored as head of the department of defense. mr. trump arrived in palm beach to spend thanksgiving at miss miro lago club. the staff said that mr. trump will not be performing business while in florida. supporters of hillary clinton are advising her to fight the results of the link.

in michigan and pennsylvania thinking that some voting machines have been hacked. they have no proof this happened but say that clinton performed better in counties with paper ballots instead of electronic machines. the deadline to challenge results in those states is friday. a tennessee communion is getting an outpouring of support from the entire country as they deal with the death of five young children in a school bus parents, teachers and students released killed and six others who were hurt. doctors and nurses say one of the most difficult tasks they had was reunited kids with their parents because many of the kids were so young they didn't know their parents' full name or they were hurt so pad they were unable to communicate their own name. the ntsb towed the bus and the bus driver has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. a parent of one of the victims

the brakes on purpose making all the kids hit their heads. may be time to spend the money to get monitors on all school buses after allegations of sexual assault on students on a bus. the renaissance charter school failed to notify parents of repeated incidents involving a 6-year-old boy. fox25 learned because of budget cuts, just 37% of all boston public school bus trips have an adult monitor reserved for students needs. >> do you think it is time to re-examine it? if we will look into that. the issue at the renaissance goes deeper than bus monitors. a sad situation what is going on in the school. failed to notify the department of elementary and secondary education within 48 hour which is required of all charters. this beak's cold snap is hare hard for a woman living in south boston. she has been without heat for

electrical surge in her apartment building fried components of her furnace, fridge and stove. eversource replaced her oven and of to pay for a new fridge but she has no idea when she will get the heat back. >> candles everywhere and lights to burn more heat into the house. with my medical condit makes it ten times worse. >> gene: when burton called eversource they said her claim had not been processed yet. they said they have not fixed her furnace because it is too old and offered to put her up in a hotel until the situation is rectified. sal dimasi is almost back home for the first time in five years. his plane brought him to logan. he arrived in a wheelchair and he was emotional talking about

experience for me, and i am looking forward to just being reunited with my family my community and friends and looking forward to regaining my health, being taken care of by my own doctors. >> sara: dimasi was convicted in 2011 for taking $65,000 in kick backs for steering software contracts to massachusetts. a judge granted a a judge granted a compassionate release five years into a eight-year sentence as he deals with baltimores with cancer. he will be under house arrest for six months. checking traffic and weather every ten minutes. things moving along at a decent click. 22 minutes in andover to the zakim bridge. shiri. keeping a close eye across the nation. minneapolis, chicago, solution, indianapolis, upper midwest. the pacific northwest dealing

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21-year-old sophia liwinsky and just garaged from williams college. she was in north dakota when things turned violent. sophia was hurt when police threw a concussion grenade to the unarmed protesters and her arm was pretty much blown off. police say the protesters did it to themselves by blowing up their own explosives. they found a small propane canister and believe that is what hurt it is not true. >> threw it and it exploded while it hit her forearm. many witnesses and they have shrapnel -- the sheriff's office said they did it to themselves, brought their own bomb. that is ridiculous. >> daniel: sophia is in serious condition at a hospital. her father said she will have to go through 20 surgeries

her hand her family already raised close to $300,000 in one day. in the newsroom, daniel miller, fox25 news. we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. good morning, everyone, i was just talking to one of my sources who say yesterday, volume and traffic on the pike eastbound to 84 in sturbridge was up to two hours. that is going to be what you are seeing later this afternoon. right now, things are looking good on route 1 and 93 south. pike is moving along fine still early. people that might not be getting to work packing up their kids and family are the to head out for thanksgiving celebration. expressway moving along without issue. 13 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 19 minutes on the expressway. 23 minutes on 93 south from andover to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. shiri just tweeted out, looking good today but you expect say the same thing for tomorrow. >> shiri: tomorrow things get dicey.

this is it. temperatures in the low to mid-40s. mostly sunny skies. a little breezy here this morning and the winds end up this afternoon. of course we do end up starting off with temperatures in the 20s and 30s right now and definitely a chill in the air. check out your forecast and hop down to plymouth this morning. 31 degrees is the temperature right now. because it is a little breezy and we have wind chills running in the 20s and even the teens. slow warm-up as well. through 8 a.m., hold temperatures steady. noon and highs in the middle 40s with nice clear skies across the the area. thanksgiving, can't promise the same forecast. start at 10 a.m. for football games. temperatures will be close to freezing. slight risk for freezing drill or a little bit of light snow. it is not for everybody. it is going to be widely scattered and that same story through 1:00 in the afternoon very slow to get this whole thing started.

warm enough to see drizzle, replace that chance for snow, but 5 p.m. for dinner time light and scattered both rain and snow showers. snow primarily for inland towns and city and the snow fall forecast is almost nothing out there. not how much snow we are getting because stays under an inch. it could make for some slippery travel this morning. tomorrow's high temperatures do crack the lower 40s. spots like worcester. keene new hampshire stuck in the 30s and keep risk for light snow in the forecast. it futurecast. slow to get started. 7 a.m. and looking mostly dry. futurecast undoing the chance doctor a little sprinkle in the form of freezing drizzle and a little bit of patchy snow. and i want you to be alert of the chance of some slippery roads from first in the morning. we have that steadier precipitation that ends up working in late afternoon and evening and will have implications for your friday

freezing temperatures in the morning. and we could be looking at icy spots here for black friday shoppers here early on friday. high temperatures in the 40s straight throughout weekend. a chance for rain and snow over the wokeend. does look very minor and keep in mind that the winds will really start firing up on sunday. back to you, sara. a local mayor continues to face scrutiny over his spending. coming up, why his wardrobe

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a water slide where a summer will be taken down. the kansas city water park announced it will apply for position to demolish the world's tallest water slide when the investigation into the boy's death is complete. the boy was riding the slide with two women in august when he broke his neck. the women also suffered from broken bones. surveillance cameras capture a florida man as he is run over by his own truck. police say he was so drunk that he fell out the closed door -- take a closer look.

truck at the top.right of screen. you can see people run toward him hoping to stop him from driving dunk. he falls out to get hit by the back wheels. the truck crashed into a nearby home and the man ran away from the scene and he turned himself into police and facing felony charges. the fbi is teaming up with california police to catch a man tampering with restaurant food. police say the video shows the suspect spreading an unknown substance on a -- bar. a is it-year-old boy was sent to the hospital after he freight that bar over the weekend and investigators are trying to figure out what that substance was. >> we are trying pare down the parameters of what to test for in the lab because right now it could be anything. >> this is the second time the town has dealt with food tampering in two weeks.

food at grocery store last week. the spokesperson for vice president joe biden says he is not interested in being the chair of the democratic national committee. the idea of biden running for the position has been gaining popularity as they begin to announce their candidacy. his spokesperson says that the former -- or soon to be former vice president plans to continue to work on moving the party forward. the next person to challenge governor charlie baker could be the mayor of newton. mayor seti warren plans to run against the republican governor in 2018. two sources say they have already been asked for a campaign contribution. the democrat had held office since 200and earlier said he would not seek reelection. seti reportedly hired a former advisor to governor deval patrick. if you use store brand alo

and wal-mart do not contain real aloe but chemicals that imitate the real thing. the company that makes the product for target and walt stand by their product saying they are use organic aloe in their gels. here is what we are dealing with for thanksgiving. some very light and widely scattered rain and snow showers. less than an inch of accumulation. i will break down where you should be ready for slippery and this goes well beyond black friday deals. coming up, the airline says it is working on offering flights free of charge. and something is now

four boston police officers are at the hospital after a drive took off dragging him behind them. what they were trying to pull him over for in the first place. more than 1,000 animals removed from a local farm. why local farmers are being hit with bills close to $48,000. the flip phone is back with a new twist. coming up, how apple may be making a big change while keeping the touchscreen that good morning, everybody. wednesday, november 23, a day before thanksgiving. sure a lot of folks have a lot of errands they want to take care of today. >> sara: the roads are busy and the weather is fine for it. you will need sunglasses today, shiri. >> shiri: sunglasses, weather, sweatshirts. stay warm and deal with the sunshine. it could be worse. a little bit of wind. 23-mile-per-hour gusts currently in fitchburg. 26-mile-per-hour in boston.

feeling like the teens and 20s as you get up this morning similar to what you felt yesterday morning. the forecast for the boston area today. i am going with 34 degrees at 8 o'clock this morning. mostly sunny skies. although it is breezy out there now, the winds end up relaxing. low to mid-40s. 38 degrees again by 7:00 this evening. clouds just starting to increase. we will show you what it means for your travel plans on thanksgiving and where you need to be ready for wet and where you need to be ready for wintry weather. i am back live drive time traffic this morning and a look at some of those -- should i call it hot spots or slow spots. >> need to change the graphics. it is going to be cool, slow and a pain. pike eastbound at 8 4 in sturbridge. 128 and route 3 in burlington and from the braintree split to hingham all going to be hot spots and slow spots today. expressway southbound right now off to the shoulder off of victory road.

looking good on route 1 and 93 south. the tamaras we are watching as the morning commute unfolds. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound. 23 minutes on the expressway. 23 minutes on 128 southbound approaching the weston tolls. back. updating breaking news in dorchester. a big scare for four boston police officers as a car hits and drags two of them and narrowly misses two others. >> gene: all four were taken to the hospital. going to be okay. jess, police are searching for the driver responsible. >> reporter: they are, gene. they are searching for a car they believe it to be either gray or silver. they think that it may be a heavy chevy and may have connecticut plates. this all started around 11:30 behind me here. police were called here for a guy sitting in a car with a gun. when the two officers went up to the car, the guy apparently hit the gas and drug two of

street. he came an instant from hitting two more. all around 12:30 at stoughton street and columbia road and a huge response after this happened. all four officers were take to the hospital and thankfully they are very lucky and all of them are expected to be okay in happen in a matter of seconds. the driver ended up get being okay and seen driving down columbia road. the description for that car, a gray or silver chevy, probably plates. the police superintendent. we spoke with them earlier and said given the circumstances we are lucky to be okay and in that situation. we will hear from them in about a half-our. live in dorchester, fox25. a horrific case of child neglect reported in connecticut. three children age 3, 5 and 6 were found wearing diapers and unable to speak. turned herself into connecticut state police

another suspect nicholas emory has been arrested in arizona. police tell us they were legally responsible for the children. the kids were found in a home in danielson connecticut. police say they were underweight, had missing teeth and rarely left the house. there were never enrolled in school. the mayor of brockton is under scrutiny for using money for his personal use. he sent 30 flower baskets worth $2300 to funerals in the last year. those bought with taxpayer money from a flower shop owned by a city councillor. reports show he spent $500 on suits to attend those funerals. the city council demanded that he pay back the money. carpenter ordered a full review of all of his expense reports and those results are expected next week. barnstable is doing 3 m and other companies that make fire extinguishing systems. the town claims that the

the town wants the company to pay for the treatment, monitoring of the water systems. nearly one month ago a suv hit a boston fire engine an sent it careening into a row of parked car in the back bay. now fox25 investigates learns there is not enough insurance money to pay for the damage. work for the ride-sharing company lyft. because they didn't have a passenger in the car was not picking up one. the insuranc $25,000. we learned that the damage could be over $100,000 for the cars and the fire truck. the owners of the cars tell us that they are looking for all of their options and the city said the fire truck will be scraped. the owners of some of the 1400 animals rescued from a westport farm have been ordered to pay up. the aspca have been taken care of the animals and their vet bills for the summer. one those owner is basing nearly 48,000 in animal care

not made by saturday, the animals will be officially turned over to the a spa. a $900 dhi washington stolen from a pet shop will be returned. learned about the missing dodge yesterday. the shop owner tells union leader found the. you y in amesbury. a 17-year-old girl allegedly took the dog from the store. the little buy it is in good spirits anther happy he was brought back safe. they do not plan to face charges. >> bruins an not talk about getting beat by the blues. zdeno chara left the game with an undisclosed injury. david bacchus playing against former mates in solution and fittingly. the bruins take the 1-0 lead. and in the second, prunes shorthanded when come to make moore comes up with terrific effort. and takes it the other way. his shorty puts the bruins in

impressive couple of minutes in the second period. gets the equalizer and the go-ahead goal as the blues beat the bruins at the garden 4-2. a local man is shocked while hanging christmas lights outside of his home. coming up, the dangerous mistake that he made that landed him in the hospital. and there is ?? ?? ?? with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance.

we check traffic and weather together every ten minutes. >> sara: julie, the expressway is getting busy. >> julie: starting to pick up slightly. northbound is the heavier spot than southbound. around 1:00 this afternoon when i expect southbound to start picking up, an it will stay steady and heavy with thanksgiving traffic through the evening. 22 minutes northbound from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. shiri, at least people have to be dealing with any headache situation as far as thewe >> shiri: nice and bright and beautiful. the best day weather-wise. into thursday, light snow, rain, even a little freezing drizzle. friday more rain. saturday a mix. it is turning into a very unsettled pattern. i am here to walk you through it hour by hour coming up in ten. apple may be working on blinging back the flip phone. the company received a patent for a flexible display device. the display in the patent

can fold in half. not known if it can move into the new iphone. they give a glimpse into the company's future product. the ceo of irish airline ryan air plan to offer free flights within next decade. officials say they keep air fare slow by using money from shared profits at airport retailers to offset prices. they bring in money for offsetting fees for bringing in large items or maybe a baby on board. ryan air ticket costs year. the ice bucket challenge movement inspired by a beverly man battling als is now being offered in the nation's capitol. this is the bucket that started the fund raising campaign and will be on display in the smithsonian in the giving to america. the campaign by pete frates raised millions for ark ls. frates' mom said it symbolizes

world. never give up hope and keep fighting. >> sara: the goal of the smithsonian's exhibit is how philanthropy has shaped our country. new at 7:00, we go into the lab to see how using spinach to fight terrorism and has nothing to do with pop eye's. and a woman accused of killing another woman not

y26moy ykny right now at 6:44. we are looking at sun rising over the city of boston. a look at the back bay. temperatures are cold, 28 in

this hour. travel-wise, smooth sailing by tomorrow morning. could be a different story. we will let you know if you will have to watch out for snow and ice on the road in about five minutes. breaking news in dorchester. four police officers taken to the hospital following a frightening confrontation with a suspect. a live look at stowton street in dorchester where this all happened. police were called there about a person in a car with a gun when they arrived. the driver hit the gas dragging two officers and just police are searching for that driver. also breaking right now. the associated press citing sources that north carolina governor nikki haley has been picked to be the next ambassador to the united nations. haley is the first woman that president-elect trump pick for his administration. at logan airport. a very busy day coming and going for the thanksgiving holiday. the lines are getting long and no big problems to report over at logan and expected to be a

drive times and when traffic will be heaviest for the commute today coming up in five minutes. gene, a lowell mother remembered as police make an arrest in her case that follows an emotional day in court an new information about a possible connection to a hit-and-run crash miles away. our michael henrich live in lowell this morning and michael, the woman's family said the charges filed in the case is just not enough. >> reporter: well, a vigil held last night at the manchester apartments where the moth o focused on her life, but also on the frustration that family and friends feel that the one suspect arrested was charged with assault and not murder. an emotional vigil capped off a difficult day for the family of 44-year-old gloribel orengo. >> she was a lovable person. and it hurts. [crying] >> reporter: orengo's family and friends express utter dismay at the lack of a record

in her first court appearance. group of people beat orengo to death outside a apartment at the westminster apartments saturday night. >> knowing that she should be charged with murder and the other kids that are still on the run rop report prosecutors say perez hit orengo over the head twice with a full liquor bottle. orengo's adult son with special needs saw it all >> he is traumatized. he can't sleep at night. he seen the crime scene on the news he points to the parallel. right there. mommy died right there. >> reporter: state police told fox25 that a black suv crashed into a northborough home after a high-speed chase. prosecutors now say after the beating, j you can etos-perez hopped into the passenger seat of a stolen suv, led police on a high speed chase and crashed

the driver ran away from the scene. perez is due back in court on december 19, and pros cuteers say charges could be upgraded at some point. at this point, no other arrests have been made. live in lowell, michael henrich, fox25 news. hampshire college will no longer be flying flags on its campus after a flag flap. school leaders say students lowered the american flag to half-staff after the election. the flag was later found burned on replaced the flag and now decided not to fly american flags at all on campus. >> the tough thing here is trying to maintain two competing ideas at once. >> gene: intense backlash over the decision and forced the school to block comments on its facebook until next week because the staff is on thanksgiving break. the football field at lawrence high school that was trashed is now ready for the annual thanksgiving day game

skyfox flew over veterans memorial stadium to check out the new turf. the field was damaged during a brazilian festival. shards of glass were buried in the artificial surf making it unusable. the city's insurance paid for most of the repairs. yikes, this video always makes me so nervous. the consumer product safety commission releasing its nu demonstration. they say be safe this thanksgiving especially when frying the bird. tips, don't overfill the pot. use pot handles at all time because the sides can get dangerously hot. i am so excited to eat tomorrow. wishing we had a fried turkey at our house. >> gene: no frozen turkey in there. that is pretty basic. >> sara: that is pretty

i feel confident sharing my tips. certainly nothing like that. >> sara: that's what is so scary. >> shiri: cold out there when you go to fry your turkey and possibly a little bit wet. not a whole lot of wet weather but the threat of slippery travel on thanksgiving. not as the sun is coming up probably later in the morning. we will be watching inland towns and cities areas north of the mass pike with snow mixing in. black friday, black ice possible for inland towns and cities and tracking saturday showers. of course today, t nice clear skies. quiet weather. cool and breezy to start. problem travel is upper midwest and we have both rain and snow in the forecast and that system is what slides in here for tomorrow. 33 degrees is the temperature right now. in boston, wind chill 22 going be too breezy morning. high temperatures cracking the low to mid-40s as we get into the afternoon and evening

clouds will cut -- come back into play. highs today 44 hyannis and plymouth and boston and bedford up to nashua, new hampshire. a little cooler in worcester at only 38 39 degrees. we jump ahead to thanksgiving and will be tracking patchy drizzle over the cape and islands and getting into the boston area, south shore parts of the north shore along the coastline, it is possible we will get a little bit of a slippery mix. most of you see it come in as mostly drizzle but north and west of that west of that into central mass, the merrimack valerie, southern new hampshire, looking at minor snow accumulation under an inch and a patchy coating for most of you. starting out tomorrow morning. temperatures are right there. we are so close to freezing so any light rain or light snow up ahead of this main batch that you see in vermont is going to arrive and give us the potential for icy travel conditions. nothing widespraet at 8 a.m. and probably a little more

temperature wise in the lower 40s from boston down to southeastern mass and anything out there is going to be drizzle where you have the 30s on the map and continue with the threat with snow mixing in but obviously the main association will come in later in the day. seven-day forecast with weekend always in view. a slight risk of rain and snow an better chance to deal with change over to rain into your friday. friday, 45 degrees. saturday and sunday tracking both days. looks like the heavier stuff will go through the coast. right now doesn't look like major accumulation. julie is up with live drive time traffic. >> things are moving along nicely on route 3 south of town. significant different story around 1 or 2. we have a tendency to get jammed from the braintree split to around the hingham area. 24, 95 looking good. as we approach the 7:00 hour, things relatively light on the expressway. people's schedules are a

preparing for the thanksgiving holiday. and we are not seeing our routine delays as of yet. 11 minutes on 24. 20 minutes on.the expressway from braintree up to columbia road. back to you. a man putting up christmas lights gets shocked with 20,000 volts of electricity and miraculously survives. this morning he is getting treatment but not out of the woods just yet. our daniel miller joins us. doctors are really concerned. >> daniel: they are, s that electricity. bill deroach was putting up christmas flights front of his home in merrimack, new hampshire when he was severely shot. he was using this metal pole. bill's wife only spoke to fox25 about chapped. karen leclaire says her husband was trying to get to the top of the tree and decorate it when he hit a live pyre. she was in the kitchen, heard an explosion, saw smoke, and found her husband on the ground. >> i was slapping his face

me as his eyes were rolling back in his head. >> daniel: karen believes that the wind took the 20-foot pole enough to hit the live wire. the electricity went through his body. the electrical shock was so intense that hands and feet were burned and burned the socks off of his feet. they can't believe he is still alive and working to find out how bad the damage is. they are running tests to figure out the best plan for treatment. in the newsroom this mornin four people are dead after a rare outbreak of asthma in melbourne, australia. victims of monday's asthma thunderstorm. the rare phenomenon happens when humid and rain -- humidity and rain breaks up pollen making it small enough to get stuck in the lungs. 1900 emergency calls were made. as that storm hit, the city deployed 60 other ambulances and still did not have enough blacks to respond to.

facing abuse charges. pitt was accused of being abu stove his son on board a private flight. angelina jolie filed for divorce the next day. seeking custody of the couple's six children. they also cleared pitt of all charges. toyota is recalling their sierra minivans. latches on the doors that cause them to open when the car is moving. it no word if anyone has been hurt by this problem. toyota says it will notify owners of this recall in january. 25 stranded sea turtles have been rescued from the chilly waters off of cape cod. the wellfleet bay wildlife sanctuary said rescuers found ten sea turtles on eastham beaches and younger turtles struggle when the water temperature drops.

mass audubon says it rescued 600 turtles last year. a dramatic rescue of an elephant stuck in a ditch filled with water. two people spotted the animals looking for poachers in the instagram back we national park. it took a group of rescuers with ropes and a tractor to pull the animal out of that hole. a new sign had drivers scratching their heads in dartmouth. a contractor installed this mis. printed sign last week that read "cod cape "cape cod." crews took it down as soon as it was brought to their attention. mass do, it said sorry, workers are responsible for double checking the signs in for any errors before they go up. >> gene: have to find out if there is any traffic over bridge sagamore and bridge bourne. a new game you can play. >> sara: you made a good point earlier that the sign could be worth something. >> gene: could be worth some

researchers say they may have unearthed massachusetts's original settlement. a new initiative in new hampshire to fight drug abuse.

through the weekend. >> catherine: holiday travel rush is here and whether you're at the airport or on the road, the route to grandmother's house is going to be crowded. >> gene: driver that drug 2 officers down the road and why they say the suspect could be armed and dangerous. >> put it in salad and la where spinach leaves are being engineered to detect bombs. this is fox25's only news at 7:00, fox25 news. >> gene: 7:00 and good morning, everybody, wednesday, november 23rd, hope your day before thanksgiving warning is going well. >> holiday rush is definitely here as everybody heads home for