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much moren this story. >> reporter: liz cooper is outraged at what she had to go through to pump breast milk for her baby in an airport. shooy is travelling on business and she is calling out the airline which she says is out of touch with the needs of modern moms. this is where united airlines sent liz cooper to pump breast milk for her on. >> it was an area for dogs to relieve themselves with a red hydrant. i was horrified. you know, that is where dogs go to the bathroom. not where breast feeding moms pump their milk their baby is going to eat. >> reporter: cooper says the only other option united gave her was a bathroom. >> bathrooms aren't sanitary. if you wouldn't eat a sandwich there you not going to pump breast milk for your baby. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: united won't let her into its club lowing
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because she is not a member. >> next to a gate. thank got god no one was coming on or off. >> reporter: she tweeted out to united who -- >> reporter: united released a statement saying: >> reporter: but cooper says this should be a teachable moment, not just for the airlines but for all public facilities. >> there are a lot of women in this world that breast feed. i'm not the only one. >> reporter: while unite and dulles were not prepared for cooper logan airport says it is. massport has private nursing stations in every terminal. live in the control room, i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> people in lawrence on the lookout for a coyote of the
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you can see the coyote wandering around someone's front lawn. police recommend keeping cats and small dogs inside. if you see it call animal control. a truck crashes into a house smashing into the front porch. crews worked to make sure the house was safe. police are trying to figure out what caused the crash. they don't believe the driver was drunk. crews in boston work to get a water main break under control. it happened in the north end on salem and prince streets. no one had to be evacuated. >> quick thinking by a retired police officer and his dog leads to the arrest of two suspects in north province. the suss expect crashed through the -- suspect crashed into the retiree's home. >> ran up the street to the intersection and he saw the north providence police. he changed his direction, ran back this way where i tackled him.
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>> there you go. hart says remy got a peace of -- piece of steak for his good police work. >> it defines marriage being between a man and a woman and saying the supreme court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage is lawful. protestors plan to attend the vote to fight against the measure. in indiana city passes an anti-discrimination ordinance aiming to protect people against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. the ordnance allows people to file a complaint to a attorney if they feel scries named against. they'll then decide if a warning or fine needs to be issued. >> california governor signs a bill allowing terminally ill patients to die.
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year and her mother says the bill brings mother to her daughter's death. >> boy, what a close call for a florida man who had a wild encounter with a bear. the man was just walking his dog yesterday in the neighborhood like he always do. he came face to face with the bear. the bear killed the man's dog then took a swipe at him before he was able to get away safely. >> in a way, it was lucky it was me. i'm 65 and i'm still in good shape. if it had been one of my eldery neighbors that let their dogs out at this time of night, it would have been a different story because me. >> local authorities have set up traps hoping to catch someone else. >> a-month-old little girl from west virginia has her life ahead of her thanks to the officer and good samaritan who jumped into action. both happened to be in the right place at the right time. this is baby kensley may.
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today she is doing fine. her mom and dad breathing a sigh of relief thanking the police and firefighters who saved the 9-month-old girl's life. she was' riot riding in the car whether she came unresponsive. her grandmother pulled into the median. the officer began c.p.r.revising the little girl within minutes. >> it was amazing how fast the baby came back. the eyes came back. the baby became responsive. started tracking our fingers. >> reporter: during the moments an emt also stopped to help. brody channel was return from a fallen firefighters memorial service. fire officials used social media to track hip down. channel is a firefighter emt in arkansas. his father a fallen firefighter who died in the line of duty was being remembered at the memorial service. >> it was meant to be. the right play, right time situation where, you know, i can assist the officer in what he was doing. >> reporter: the parents
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are grateful for the heroic actions of the two men who saved their little girl. the parents say doctors except kensley to make a full recovery: checking news now, a dutch cargo freighter sinks after it collides with a gas tanker. >> all passengers were rescued. oil did leak into the ocean. the ship was resting on a sand bank but not stable. officials are working to limit the environmental damage. >> one person is badly hurt after an explosion in the nursing home in the netherlands. witnesses say the intensity was so great it left debris scattered in the streets. the other three escaped unharmed. not clear what caused the explosion. >> researchers working in indonesia have discovered a new species of mammal. it's called the how long nosed rat. exserts say it has -- experts say this rat
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features a large rink nose and it has large ears and long white front teeth. >> from yuck to duties. a rescued possum is the latest edition to a zoo in sydney. the animal's caretaker is playing the part of mother carrying the possum in a make shift pouch. the goal is to release the little animal back into the wild. how cute is that? >> he is cute but when he gets holder and hiss at you in the garage -- >> not at fun. >> that is a little bit of a different story. you said cute, possum -- i don't know. >> when they're quiet and young. >> at 4:30, meet the runners who went the extra mile to help a man who was down and out in a race. >> just ahead all new at 5:00 mcdonalds lovers getting a treat from the restaurant. the new change to the menu that has fans buzzing. >> a big win for a factory worker hitting the power ball jackpot and helping out her family with the
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>> sometimes you need a little help going the extra mile and crossing the finish line. a minnesota man was running out of steam. >> you might imagine. when he couldn't do it on his own he had help when he needed it most. it's a photo that has inspired thousands in just a day's time. including one of the runners. that guy on the right, who helped 75-year-old rickey clayman cross the finish line. >> about 50 feet we saw the man go down in the middle of the street. >> reporter: matt says he was less than a mile from the finish line what he saw clayman fall.
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to need help so get to the finish. >> reporter: he along with a pennsylvania man by the name of justin ran to help him up. >> these two guys picked me up and walked me to the finish line. >> he said we get there before five hours? >> i said i think we will. >> reporter: they sure did. all crossing the finish line at four hours 50 and 53 seconds opinion all three perfect strangers but all three sharing a common bond. >> there is a little bit of camaraderie as you are running on marathon day especially when you get to 24 and 25 mile point. >> the act of kindness that i've received blows my mind. >> reporter: clayman has been running and coaching runners for more than 50 years. at 75 he completed 38 marathons. he is lest with a bruised hip after his fall yesterday but x rays show nothing is broken. he is back at the track. >> we'll go around reverse about three slow lapse.
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>> reporter: back coaching today albeit using a walker. while bruises will heal he is leaving a lasting impact on those who ran with us. >> he could have had us put him on the side but he was adamant about getting to the finish line which was' pretty cool. >> clayman has run many twin cities marathons in the past including one in marathon two and a half hours, it's good to see the sportsmanship, too. they could have left him there. >> have you done a marathon. >> i haven't. like. >> i do distances but the longest is 15 so i can't imagine -- even at that point you know, you have the wobbly jello legs. >> going up to that -- it i love that. >> i love to see that, too. >> one ever the most common cancers for men is one of the most treatable and there is new technology that cuts down on the prostrate cancer for man. >> there is a cooling trend. >> coming up at 5:00 a young
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>> absolutely beautiful day outside. the sun shining, you walk ooh you feel i can handle the fall if it's going to be like this, very nice today. >> it was windy and chilly then you walk outside and you get surprise thinking maybe summer is not completely gone. >> in the not at all. no, we've more warm weather for tomorrow and make next week as well. we get storminess and silent.
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made is to 35. 34 lunenburg. millis at 37. wrentham 43. same in waltham, today. temperatures came backifiesly but we haven't seen a freeze. the difference between a frost and a freeze is a couple of grees. time, really. temperatures close to 32 for a frost. freeze is below 32 for several hours. this is where you wipe out the gardens and nuke the lawn and make the dormant or at least take care of that, what is that crab grass. my old lawn is full of it. yeah, the freeze will take care of that biz and wipe out the growing season but the frost, you can survive. some of the plants may be able to survive that if the temperatures are 34, 35. don't see that any time soon. we made it back up to 70 or near that at least. in some towns and cities today. s. along the coastline, boston in particular not so much with the sea breeze. cooling us off. water temperature at 58 so
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that is a new feature that we'll watch out for when the wind turns offer the water now a days it's not humid or warm. it's cool. so as we go through november as the temperature keeps cooling that will keep us pinned down if the wind is onshore from the north to south shore and over the cape and the islands. we've seen it peak, now it's declining. 66 worcester as well. clouds on the march. they'll move in later tonight. tomorrow of these already moving in and these will pass by without anything really under them. you don't see any rain. no green blobs, nothing, we do have the radar on so they'll go by and keep our temperature from fall down near freezing, so worries there. 70 tomorrow for a high temperature and thursday subtract 10 degrees, much cooler. i don't expect worcester to make it to 60. in the upper 50s along route 2 as well. southern new hampshire, southwestern new hampshire, as well. the foliage is coming on. i mean over the last three days it has come on a lot
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stronger than it has over the last two weeks. low color across most of new england but moderate color working down the spine of the great mountains. -- green mountains. the warm-up during the afternoons helps push the color out to the leaves, too. 44-53. a calm and variables wind. if you didn't have any cold and you just had that change of the seasons, shorter days, then your colors would be dull and the leafs would drop and be mostly dead. the color is what is key this time of year. i'm sorry, the cold is what is key for the color. warmer tomorrow. few morning clouds otherwise runny, 67-73. there is your 7 on 7 forecast. oh, there is a drop on it. my, my, on friday maybe a couple of showers in here in the afternoon. saturday, sunday the setup is nice and sennable. the temperatures -- seasonable. the temperatures not bad but sunday we spike them after a cooler start. no big storms in sight. see you at 5:00.
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>> looks good. thank you so much. pete. see you later on. get a check of the drive home. >> thanks very much. we're checking is that northbound expressway ride left lane blocked off by the multicar crash. traffic rolling back on to route 3 northbound. back for a big delay there in braintree and southbound on the expressway it has been adding to the already heavy volume we've had leaving the city so about a 36 minute ride. southbound on route 3, the expressway down to this spot. down around the furnace brook parkway. over at the mass pike eastbound very heavily congested right around the alton off-ramp. this stays slow going up to the expressway. our pike westbound ride, typically tied up out in the you newton area. no accidents or breakdowns as well out by 128 or heading for 495. route 93 northbound, this is how it stays on 93 northbound from town or 128. i'm joe stapleton, 7 news.
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prostate cancer is one of men. detented early. there is a new technology giving doctors a helping disease. it starts with a blood test checking a man's levels of a specific antigen or p.s.a. when the that is high they need a biopsy. the problem is doctors use ultrasound and it doesn't find the cancer but experts in washington, d.c. are using a new system that ultrasound. it's making a big difference. >> we don't want to biopsy everyone unnecessarily so if is the key. we don't want to do too many unnecessary biopsies and when we do them we want them to be as accurate as possible. >> reporter: this method is helpful for men diagnosed the disease. that is because they would normally need regular biopsies to keep tabs on the
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more accurate view. researchers say technology has two purposes here. diagnosis and dedeckion. >> the author of the twilight seer cease doing role reversal. >> check us out on facebook, log in and seven -- search for 7 news. >> for the latest news, weather and sports tap the 7 news app. it's free and just search
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who is it that's got the foreign policy experience to deal with what has become an increasingly complicated world at a time when america needs to emerge and restore its leadership? no one really has that experience, except for maybe one. john kasich's for us. new day independent media committee, inc. is responsible for the content of this
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>> phi h twilight fans have something new to look forward to. a new version of the series has the main characters playing a role reversal, edward and bella have become edith and beau. author says the storyline is the same and hopes to attract new readers 10 years after the original was published. >> a throughback tuesday for chris pratt. pratt shared this picture with the caption saying before selfies this is when 13 looked like. the joint project show cases social media accounts of 8th graders to see what teenagers are up to. >> a little different i'm sure. >> a fresh start for the
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former freshman. will smith says he is planning to go on a world tour next summer with d.j.jazzy jeff. he shocked fans with new music making a remyxto owe phi fiesta,." >> fans of the film trilogy may remember when one ever the character walked into the diner to buy a pepsi. the bottle is a collectible, pepsi is only planning about making 6,000. >> what makes you happy? >> what makes me happy? >> farrell had children ask him that. he is publishing happy, the book. he released an adorable
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video teasing the back. it gives the song's message another message that he hopes will grow. every time that read happy hashtag is used a book will be donated to a child by the nonprofit first book. >> i hope you smile when you hear the song. >> i've heard it quite a bit. >> you have it happy. >> i heartpea with the kids. >> much more to come in the next 90 minutes. >> i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> a tractor trailer side swipes several cars in boston. a driver taken into custody. >> aaron hernandez back in court to witness his defense team wants to keep off the stand in his upcoming double murder. >> the feds trying to figure out what caused a cargo ship to sink in the bahamas as family members hold out for a miracle. >> we'd never intentionally target a protected medical facility. >> reporter: a top u.s. commander admitting to mistakes following the deadly strike on a hospital
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in afghanistan. >> bright day today, clouds approaching for tomorrow but it will be warmer than we're transing a cooldown. >> kim: dropping the call. the call the nfl is admitting may not have been the right one. >> a big win. >> i keep going to sleep and waking up with the same beautiful dream so -- i'm starting to real identifies this might be real. >> the michigan power ball win coming forward to claim her prize. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> prosecutors laying out their case against iran hernandez. the state has a key witness they want to take the stand. alexander bradley claims he was there the night hernandez allegedly shot two men in the south end. >> prosecutors say hernandez left bradley for dead to try to keep him quiet. dan hausle has more. >> reporter: quite surprising testimony today that came out of the grand
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