up and over stationery front to rain at times. look at these numbers only in the 40's and lower 50's to it is cool, it's raw and there are strong winds along the coastline at times gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. we have some coastal flooding earlier this afternoon with high tide likely see minor coastal flooding tomorrow afternoon between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. with coastal flooding mine pockets of it during high tide for tomorrow afternoon. overnight all a raw weekend. the wetter of the two days tomorrow. especially in the morning hours we'll talk more about the forecast and we finally see sunshine again coming up . >> anchor: we are talking more about the other system that's affecting us today aids rain and strong winds have left a lot of people on the coast trying to protect their property. the surf is rough, high tide in march are field for example reached about 11 feet kicking up flooding. people could be seen puffing out their boats in the marina but many of the home owners are boat owners i should say are hoping that walk even stays on its path away from the coast. >> anchor: we're watching track to see which way it will veer.

hopefully it will go out to sea. all we have to worry about is high tide and wind . it's beautiful. it's very different from what i am used to . >> anchor: that gentleman i have sitting for a bachelor party from texas taking it in stride but it's serious down there for people. a section of marshfield is getting more protection than it had in past storm because there is a new 12 foot high wall there built by dpw. you can track rain at whdh.com and on the 7 news mo boil app. we'll also post updates on face book and twitter . >> anchor: following breaking into us from swampscott where the school kiss strict decided the football team will forfeit its next game following an investigation. the teams sophomore players were found on the 50 yard line doing exercising with upper-class men directing the drills. team members told school leaders the incident was a tradition and no one was forced to do that. school leaders decided to forfeit this saturday's game though against saugus and students involved could face even further punishment. >> anchor: flags at half staff

at hanscom air force base today honoring heroes. that's because two of the six u.s. airmen killed in a plane crash in afghanistan were from that base. 7's byron barnett is there for us now. >> reporter: this is a is the tires time anyone has been killed in action who was stationed here at the hanscom air force base. so as you can imagine, it was a very, very sad day here. they were incredible airmen who served their country voluntarily and lost their lives protecting this great nation . >> reporter: a somber day in bedford where flags were lowered to half staff for two airmen who are among those killed when their plane went down in jalalabad, afghanistan . this is a devastating day for the u.s. air force and for hand come air force base. our hearts are heavy with sorrow as we grief with and for the families of these brave airmen . >> reporter: the superhercules aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from jalalabad air field

all 11 people on board were killed including six u.s. airmen airmen. outside of airport heavy execute after the tragedy. no word on the cause of the crash. the deceased airmen were members of the 66th security force squadron here at hanscom. their mission? to assist with security operations around the globe. base commander says the 130 members of the squadron are being offered counseling . we have a wing man problem where we take care of our own so we are looking at the needs of each and every airmen whether they work in the security force or anywhere on that installation. >> reporter: they were about a month away from the end of their tour . i and hopeful people move as quick as they can to notify families and move as quick as they can to bring them back home home. >> reporter: now the base commander says he expects the names of the doe ceased airmen will be released tomorrow. he says that 13 other members of the squadron are still deployed in afghanistan. that's the story live in bedford

' byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: to the campus massacre in oregon. students in class when a gunman opened fire yesterday are talk talking about that horrifying encounter. this as we learned more about the man who shot and killed nine people. brandon gunnoe is here with the latest today. >> reporter: we still don't have a motive but law enforcement officials say the gunman left a multi page note at the shooting scene spouting what they call "a philosophy of hate. he is in a classroom . >> reporter: students who made it out alive after a mass shooting in southern oregon describe the horror . i heard one gunshot and then i looked over outside and people were running a way from the building very to get out of here. there is people running a woman kneed to go . we heard a popping sound and at first we thought it was an engine backfiring . >> reporter: it was no engine. police say chris harper mercer came to the school with six guns fully loaded along with body armor and ammunition.

nine people were killed and nine others seriously hurt. these families are living through the nightmare in the most personal way possible. 13 investigators seize 7 more guns when they searched the shooter's apartment. all the helps with had been legally purchased either by the shooter himself or family members. but that didn't stop president obama from calling for increased gun control. fired up, he called these massacres commonplace in the u.s u.s. the report something routine, my response here at this podium ends up being routine. the conversation in the aftermath of it, we have become number to this . >> reporter: this is far from routine for the gunman's father . shocked is all i can say. >> reporter: the sheriff just released the ages of the nine killed. they range from 18 to 67. in the control room, brandon gunnoe, 7 news. >> anchor: 7 news now in lowell with details on some troubling tickets.

students accused of messages words of hate shortly after a black student was elected class president. 7's dan hausle is in lowell to tell us exactly what is going on there. dan? what's being done about it? students are all surprised about think because they had a black high school president before, latino high school president so this is rather surprising but these comments are causing a lot of soul searching. i am disappointed like i was sad and my heartbroken . >> reporter: just elected school president couldn't believe it bill a target for rac racist at the messages between classmates. there was an on-line called to impeach him. one at the read rule out blacks and # make lhs great again. he said he confronted one classmate who wrote aboutlying him. i was like, did you really say that you are going to lynch me? he was like yeah i was just pray playing around. i was like that's not even a joking word. lynching is if the a word you use every day .

investigators say the rac racist tents started in a private group but soon everybody in school was reading them. it's sad since obviously we are so diverse and that's like the big thing that we're proud to be at this school . it's ignorant, ignorance at its best. most of the people here aren't like that. it was just like six kids . this incident is heartbreak heartbreaking . >> reporter: school officials say six students have been suspended but they are hoping student body can learn from this. i think we'll come out of it better than we are now. it's one more lesson, one more teaching moment. >> reporter: as school president he has that hope too . yes, we might have failed right now but we're going to get through this and once this is over, we're going to be remember remembered as one of the best classes that ever graduated lowell high. >> reporter: police say they are investigating but they don't think right now this rises to the level of something requiring school officials say they would like to bring together the tent tenters and families. anje said he would like to hear

what classmates were thinking. live in lowell, dan hausle, 7 news . >> anchor: sky 7 over jamaica plain earlier where a school was evacuated after a hazardous materials spill. the bilingual month story school of boston was in session when materials spilled and gave off a bad smell. cleanup crews went to the situation, got it under control somebody quickly. no students or teachers became sick and everyone was allowed . >> anchor: up next young cheerleaders trying to cheer up >> anchor: their teammate's mother has cancer and those girls are hoping a viral video can help the family threw a tough time . >> anchor: now that school is back in session we're also bringing back our 7 news class a app with the help of christa delcamp and you. do you know a student between 6 and 12 grades doing something outstanding in school sports or community? if you do, you should nominate

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>> anchor: cheerleaders in rockland with a big show of support if a teammate. that ten-year-old girl's mother is battling breast cancer . cheerleader are not just keeping up friends spirits but they are raising awareness and money to help her mom. 7's janet wu with their story from rockland. young cheerleaders with a lot of spirit and a lot of heart. we're from rockland and we

got the bulldog pride . >> reporter: they cheer for the old colony football league but their coached urged them to make a video for something bigger . to help people that have cancer . we practiced a lot to make sure it was good . they got to practice, tow them to wear ping and we just did it. they are doing the whip and nene dance to whip out cancer . when she cold told me about when i would do the dance i was excited . they are personally motivated . my mom has breast cancer so that is cool we got to do that. it's been sad because my mom has been sick in the hospital. jelly o'brien is overwhelmed . it touched my heart so much much. through this happening you find out that the people in your life are really there for you. the love, the support. it's overwhelming. to say the least. the girls are also selling these bracelets to raise money for the o'brien family.

video, the girls hope that they will be moved to donate to any breast cancer patient or organization that has personal meaning to them . they are calling out rivals rivals. >> reporter: these girls are challenge. news.. >> anchor: so hard for anyone to deal with a cancer diagnosis but these young third and fourth . you put love around a horrible situation and it's so comforting. we see it works. object of course breast cancer awareness month and on sunday we'll be out there for making strides against bran at the esplanade so hopefully we'll . >> reporter: temperature in the 50's but a good morning for a walk outside as we do expect then. when it ends in the latest track on joaquin coming up . >> reporter: coming up in 7 sports patriots getting a rare weekend off.

tom brady speaking out on what has been best three game start to his career thus far and the celtics about a month away from tipping off 2015. nothing better then a road trip for some team bonding. sports is next. >> reporter: so many of us lifetime. expense . >> reporter: they they are it's for yourself orchids we have tips to save you thousands. we'll have the story begining a

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>> reporter: acombination of northeasterly wind and some rain out there giving thaws raw feel to the air. esty much all afternoon long and that continues this evening, some light rain, even across out outer route 2 up into southern of boston. we've had heaviest rain totals today one to two inches of it back through buzzard waters bay over to the cape and islands, about a half inch in taunton and only a tenth of an inch of rain in boston out through worcester but enough to keep it wet and enough to keep the roads spray out there on the roads. it looks like that will be the trend overnight tonight as more showers continue to lift into southern new england up and over a front that is stuck to the south of us. obviously we're on the colder side that front only 51 in boston right now. 44 degrees in worcester. we have those strong winds that are gusting over 30 miles per hour at the coastline even close to 40 for parts of the cape and islands and that's out of the north-northeast. that on shore wind has created issues along the coastline with some minor coastal floodingp

rain chance over the weekend. highest tomorrow especially in the morning hours. thinking sunday mainly a dry day day. as we begin to wedge some dryer air in place from the north. huge area of high pressure to the north of us and then we have the stream of moisture along the coastline to the south of us and this is going continue a big problem, especially down through the carolinas with some flooding rains because there is a tropical connection of a lot of tropical miss tour getting pulled back into the carolinas upper level low spinning back to the southwest of them and that's going to produce a lot of rain and tremendous of rain north carolina, south carolina perhaps 10 to 15 informs of rain over the weekend in some towns here. here is hurricane joaquin right now close to san salvador ilan. winds 125 miles per hour and the track of the latest one from the national hurricane center dozen keep it off the east bound here over the next several days by hundred miles away. however, the separate system down through the carolina coastline will create the flooding rains and for us, it's that area of high pressure to

produce those strong east northeasterly winds. we've had minor coval flooding this afternoon. we'll likely see that again during tomorrow afternoon's high tide around 4 or 4:30. give it a few hours either side of that and a coastal advise are we from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on saturday for spots of mine coastal flooding for east and northeast facing shorelines and gusty winds continuing tonight into tomorrow morning. so there is a wind advisory in place down through southern bristol, southern plymouth count county as well as the cape and islands. periods of rain tonight, coastal wind 46 to 52. those temperatures not moving much. he may even kick on in the house house. 47 to 54 tomorrow. temperatures not moving much again. upper 40's in the worcester hills, low 50's in the city of boston. if you are joining us making strides breast cancer walk on sunday down in the hatch shell does look okay for it mainly dry little bit on the cooler side, lower 50's but hey it's for a great cause. get out there and walk, right? sunday overall the better of the two weekend days transitions out of clouds and out of the cool weather for the time question

get into the middle part of next returning by midweek into late week. guys? >> reporter: after spending a week at the team's traying facility in waltham celts head across the pond are a pair of exhibition gail. we have more on the business trip brad stevens is calling a small piece of the puzzle. >> anchor: celtics take training camp on road for a week-long trip to europe . playing against somebody else. a playing against another opponent. somewhat real game and just try . >> reporter: facing off two of the top european club in any plan and madrid while preparing . we're all we got out there. we don't know too much out there and we go out there and one and i think that will help us in the . most of these celtics players haven't played more than half an nba season with each other and some haven't played together at all.

as a great cans to band and . getting to travel somewhere where we rely on hanging out with one another and everyone doesn't have their families and friends over there. it's hanging out with your teammates and coaching staff . >> reporter: for david lee these games will give him a chance it see how he americans . continuing the day by day build on what we have already put in and coach can give us kind of a blue print on what he wants to have happen on the court but it's up to the players to take that and run with it . this business strip will give them an opportunity to do just that. in waltham, alex corddry, 7 sports. >> reporter: do we have a big year ahead of us. i thought we had a training can't, everyone came in good shape and we have done well in the game so far so we want to carry that over and just have a good start and just build . >> reporter: after failing to qualify last year for the first time in 8 seasons under claude julien the bruins are ready to

rather than the rule. cam neely optimistic the b's will get things back on track. i see us really improving throughout the course of the year. i do with the group that we have that's new and the group that's returning i think i am excited to see us get going in the regular season. but am really believing that we are going to improve as the season goes along. >> reporter: the patriots head of the by peek one of 7 un undefeated teams remaining in the nfl opening the year 3 and 0 0. the ninth time in franchise history and fifth time since bill belichick took over as head coach in 2000 and pats can put a lot of stock in their offense as to why they are still perfect. led by the afc's offensive play of the month tom brady the patriots offense tops the league in total yards per game and is second in points to only the arizona cardinals. despite throwing for over 1,100 yards and nine touchdowns in three dominating wins brady says he is far from a finish probable probable. a lot of things i always

want improve on so i watch players around the league get my position and see that things that they do really well and always trying to become a better layer for our team. a lot of those things are personal and i constantly work on my mechanics. >> reporter: henry owens getting the call tonight in the onner of the red sox time series of the year. that's sports . >> anchor: tre, thanks so much . >> anchor: 7 news will be right

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