drizzily and still a chance of a spotty shower overnight but the steadier rain has broken up the moves east of the southshore where i take to you braintree there, the southshore plaza. looking good for shoppers tonight, back toward rentham, as well. watch out for patchy fog, drizzle overnight and back here around worcester, 33 degrees. you know there are some of the pockets that are at 32 and some light icing out there overnight into early tomorrow morning. so watch out for that well north and west, in the 30s to kick off our black friday but i am timing out the next storm for the weekend and where it will be tracking in just a little bit. >> the mall has been packed for hours and some of the stores will be open for well over 24 hours. >> that's right. and one of the stores, j.c. penney's, they actually opened

afternoon. some of the shoppers they talked to told us that they ate their turk quickly and cut it short so they could get over here and find a deal. >> reporter: 45 registers constantly ring up deals at j.c. penney at the rockingham mall in salem, new hampshire. dozens of workers this thanksgiving cater to what seems like a never ending line of customers. >> we must have let in in the first 15 minutes well over 1,000 customers. >> repor double pay but opening up at 3:00 p.m. has its sacrifices. >> we have our own thanksgiving dinner going until the back, turkeys, all the fixings. >> i had all the people at my house, rushed them out the door, come on, i gotta go shopping. >> we put together a bunch of care packages to take home and high tailed it up here to the mall records massachusetts blue laws prevent in-state shopping on the holiday so many of these customers have traveled north

50% off at express, and at forever 21, hundreds off microsoft laptops. some stocking up on bargain appliances. >> pillows and jewelry, and sheets and towels. >> and just how much will you be savings. >> a lot, like 60%. >> reporter: while critics of thanksgiving day retail argue the holiday should be reserved for family and relaxation, these shoppers insist they've found a balance. >> my daughter and i love to do this and it's the tradition that we srt and we're gonna keep doing it. >> and the black thursday shopping as some are calling it is over and j.c. penney will not close their doors until

>> well, for the second day in a row, new england patriots football tom brady missed practice. tom, this is so unusual for number 12. >> yeah, reason for concern but you gotta hope this is just some conservative maintenance for brady. he rarely misses practice at all. the truth is here no indication he was injured in the last game. likely goes back to that hit right there against the irony is he's named alc defensive player of the week. matthew shrader is out with a foot injury. tom brady has not missed a game due to injury sings 2008. we will stay on top of this story for you.

a house fire. it happened before 9:00 this morning. one of the people in the house told us there was a clothing rack that caught on fire. the man tried to put it out using a small fire extinguisher but the flames spread too quickly. >> it's never a good time to have a fire but around the holidays it's always just a little bit more tragic. >> that is the truth. crews say one of the people who lived there had to be treated for smoke inhalation at the hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> a saugus man alive tonight thanks to the kindness of his neighbors. michael henrik caught up with one of the heroes who ran right into a burning home. >> reporter: on thanksgiving morning, plywood covered the windows and doors, the melted siding hung not far below the charred roof on this midland avenue home in saugus. larry applegate not only noticed the fire wednesday afternoon, he knew the man in his 80s who

i knew he would need help getting out. >> applegate says he did not think about the risk in that moment. apple gates tried multiple times to lift his neighbor out but started to think he might not be able to. >> he says that's when a second neighbor ran down the hill and together they saved the man's life. >> i thought about i don't know if i can get him but one more

believe the fire started on the deck on the side of the house and there's minor smoke and water damage on the inside but crews say no one was hurt. an emotional moment before one of the thanksgiving day football games. fox 25's robert ghoul tonight has attributed marlborough and hudson for massachusetts thomas clardy and his family. >> they march on the to the field before the marlborou trooper thomas clardy's wife and six children who all live in hudson stood together. trooper clardy was killed last

last year during a traffic stop. his family says they always found a way to get the day off to be with him. >> he thought it was a sign that he was maybe looking down wishing that he was here to see support from everybody. >> reporter: clardy's 4-year-old son noah was in charge of the coin toss. >> youth jim murphy came up with the idea to do the tribute and talk to today's game. >> we're one family and go by that, to take care of each other during all times. marlborough, robert ghoulton, fox 25 news. >> the politics calling for a union tonight. there's a new push for a recount

the parade, the turkey, the sides, the football and the country's current president. 43% said they couldn't wait to talk about it. former green party candidate jill stein was likely one of them. >> for us to be able to trust our votes and know that our votes count and that they're accurate is just a basic principle of democracy. >> reporter: stein launched a

recount in still too close to call michigan, plus in pennsylvania and wisconsin where trump won. she and many other liberals believe there may have been voting irregularitys and want the results audited. the campaign has already raised more than $2 million. >> the fact that it basically funded itself overnight creates an incredible hunger out there among the american people to start creating an election system that we can believe in. today to our troops. he made 9 phone calls this morning to service members who are currently deployed and gave an address on what will be his final thanksgiving as commander in chief. in a video message, obama called for americans to be united following a divisive campaign season. an american soldier has been killed in an explosion in northern syria. troops are in the region as part of a multinational coalition fighting isis. government officials have not yet released his name or who's behind the explosive device that

dorchester man accused of trying to run down four officers with his car is due in court. 34-year-old vincent weeks is facing charges after investigators say he directed two dragged two officers down the street and hit two more officers with his car. the officers were hospitalized and released. a man died after he drove his car on the wrong side of the highway in plainville. this was the scene on 495 around 2:00 a.m. since that story broke on fox 25 morning news, we lanes was from norten. he died after crashing into an oncoming car. state police tell us the driver of the other car, a 21-year-old barnstable woman, was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. we're working to get the latest on her condition. new information about the pilot program designed to help curb the rising opioid problem. straight ahead, the major milestone achieved in the fight

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are calling a problem for police. >> the international association of chief of police hopes president-elect's trump's administration can put a stop to it. >> wednesday night 40 emergency vehicles accompanied the body of officer collin rose from a detroit hospital to the medical examiner's office. after he became the 59th officer to guy from a gunshot wound in the u.s. this year. rose was shot in the head while working his job at the wayne state university police force trying to handcuff a suspect >> he just shot him. we heard one shot and looked and he's an officer down and shot him twice. >> reporter: the 15 deaths mark a staggering 74% increase of gunshot deaths of police officers since last year. a total of 131 officers have died in the line of duty this year.

we're hoping that a real good look by the president election and his team by putting together a national criminal justice commission might be one of the answers we need to look at a holistic approach for once. >> reporter: the iacp also reports there have been 20 ambush police killings this year, the most since 1975. benjamin was one of the 20 killed while sitting in his patrol car. a suspect arrested in that case

it happened during a football game in louisville. [ sound of gunfire ] >> part of the shooting at the park was caught on video. police say it happened in the middle of an annual thanksgiving day flag youth football game. people heard gunshots and then called police. what exactly caused that shooting. >> when officers did arrive, they located two black males that apparently had been shot and had been fatally wounded and >> authorities say 30 people went to the hospital have non-life-threatening injuries and as of right now no one is in custody. >> all right, hope had you a great thanksgiving, i've been

producing this, moving east and so is the rain. so the leftover showers still there around province town and wells sleet. but the rest of southern new england beginning to dry up. lemonner you're at 34 and 32 in a few spots in new hampshire so one or two more degrees and you've got icing problems in many of those locations. high temperatures tomorrow going to be similar to today in southern new hampshire with upper 40s in hampton and lower

on a few more compared to what we had today. mid- and upper 40s around boston and dedham tomorrow. lots of clouds. the overall trend will be to keep it overcast, although a few peeks of sun certainly possible closer to 50 and i think this is where you'll see the better chance for a few peeks of sun. the southshore to the cape and the ocean out of the east and southeast. so water temperatures in the throw middle 50s and that's what you'll get as far as your air temperatures tomorrow, as well. so a chance of rain tomorrow it's high because we have light rain around and drizzle. but not a washout. on saturday and sunday, watch what's happening here. our rain chance is going down. this track of the storm may

storm far offshore so at one on saturday, this low is developing and we'll see a bit of an increase of the winds and possibly a flurry on the backside of it as it does move away but also maine getting in on the brunt of this storm so your seven-day forecast with your weekend us a in view. on saturday morning, in t the upper 40s and just a spot shower out there. sunday looks like we could get a little colder behind that low. breezier, as well. and on monday we're starting out cool and ending up in the mid- and upper 40. we're gonna keep it dry. that's the one day in the seven-day that looks dry. by tuesday afternoon here come our next weather maker and after that we'll be watching to see how many waves of low pressure come through. you'll see temperatures generally 50 to 54 there

and with the risks of rain each day. >> boston is making sure the homeless get a warm meal this thanksgiving. they teamed up with the pine street inn to serve more than 2000 meals. mayor walsh, senate president rosenberg and aaron mikowitz carved some of the 83 turkeys. >> we're day. we're really focused on our homeless population today in the city of boston. more than 900 people live in permanent housing. tonight many are hoping narcan can stop the troubling

is authorities new hampshire are helping opioid addictses get on a safe path to recovery this thanksgiving. it's a story we first told but earlier in the week. and today manchester fire department announced that the 800th person has now passed through their safe station. the stations have been designated as safe environments of people looking for help and treatment. the 800th person came through, by the way, just before 11:00 this morning.

post it notes stuck in every single locker at somerville high school. an act of kindness a history teacher shared with the world on youtube. >> tonight fox 25's jason law introduces us to one of the people who inspired these kind acts. >> a dozen students here at sommerville high school wanted to do something inspirational before the thanksgiving holiday. they left a mark on every locker inside the school. and it all started with a post it. >> blue, red, yellow. >> i've never seen a whole school wide event like sticking post its all over the wall. >> this week they spent five

>> mix of emotions, anger, frustration, happiness. they had a heart or friendly phrase, you your voice. >> and she hopes the younger students make the post-it note campaign an annual tradition. >> jason law, fox 25 news. >> pretty cool gesture for the high school kids. >> it's nice for them to encourage each other like that. >> hopefully the tradition will carry on for them. >> absolutely. tom lyden is back us with. high school football fans, they

>> no. and we're going to rerack the the show. we just did at 10:30, butch stearns and i take you through 18 games of high school football highlights from today. settle in and enjoy some great plays from around the region. couple of sports notes from today, the lions beat the vikings today, the cowboys beat washington today. the bruins lost to ottawa and these two over here did not get the burgundy memo. but happy thanksgiving, nonetheless. you look sharp every day. >> northern worcester hills, southwestern new hampshire. watch out for that if you're heading out early tomorrow. otherwise, our rain chance, it's gonna be out there with us,

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have you played the games, eaten the turkey, now it's time to settle in and watch the highlights. tom lyden, butch stearns with you, thank you so much for joining us. >> high school games. >> i tried to convince butch to use the tablet but he is from the bill belichick spot, he is going paper, i am going new age. we'll see how it goes over the course of the next half-hour. >> in westwood. >> yes, dramatic game, wild comeback, helped to win the lead title. the lefty jack barrett going to