>> this is 7 news at noon. >> christa: breaking news at noon today. investigators at a building in everett right now looking for clues to see if a fire was deliberately set. they have been at the scene for several hours so far this morning. >> jadiann: cheryl fiandaca is live with what we know. >> reporter: investigators are in everett right now. these are pictures from sky 7.

we know that the state fire marshal is looking into whether a car fire is a case of arson. right now we do not believe there are any reports of injuries. but you can see crews near the billing and near a vehicle. looking for clues in this case. we have crew on the way to the scene. we will bring you the very latest as we get it. i'm cheryl fiandaca, 7 news. >> christa: also breaking right now... >> as you defend and build your country, today is a reminder that the united states keeps our commitments. >> christa: president obama making a major announcement about the future of u.s. troops serving right now in afghanistan. the president says the u.s. will keep 6,500 troops in the country. >> jadiann: yeah: the deployment will last through 2017. nancy chen joins us now with more on the breaking story. >> reporter: jadiann, that is major turnaround for president obama. he originally pledged to bring the u.s. military mission in afghanistan to an end next year. president obama now saying he will keep nearly 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan through

most of next year. that decision comes as the taliban has made recent gains in the country and military officials have also just requested more support to push them back. a short time ago, the president addressed the american people and acknowledged america's wariness. >> afghan forces are still not as strong as they need to be. as you are well aware, i do not support the idea of endless war. i have repeatedly argued against marching into open-ended military conflicts that do not serve our security interests. yet, given what's at stake in afghanistan and the opportunity for a stable and committed ally in partner with us in preventing the emergence of future threats, and the fact that we have an international coalition, i'm firmly convinced that is we should make this extra effort. >> troop levels will be brought down to 5,500 when the president leaves office in

president obama's successor to decide how to proceed. >> christa: a local university has revoked one of comedian bill cosby's honorary degrees. the board of trustees at tufts university has voted to take away his doctor of arts degree and another award. he was given that degree back in 2000. this is just the latest now in a string of revoked degrees at colleges across the country. the comedian has been accused women now. >> jadiann: turning to the weather now. a relatively warm week so far. we are in for a cool week. jeremy. >> jeremy: that is correct. right now, 57 in boston. 57 is a popular number at this time. fitchburg, 57. jaffrey, at 52. mostly sunny skies. a great fall day. with lots of sunshine. not as windy as yesterday. temps this afternoon a little bit cooler than yesterday. these numbers actually, where we should be this time of

year. upper 50's and low 60's. the city this afternoon, around 60. big rick can, 61. nashua at 59. tomorrow morning, clouds. a few sprinkles tomorrow morning. still relatively mild tomorrow. with temperatures into the middle 60's. but there is much colder air headed our way for the end of the weekend. with temperatures on saturday mid-50's. temperatures on sunday, only in the 40's. >> christa: a southbridge teacher in trouble with the law today. he is accused of sharing inappropriate images with a student. officers say the 21-year-old was taking explicit pictures of himself and ed ising them to a teenager. today that teacher faced a judge. let's go live to jennifer eagan outside the courthouse in dudley. that teacher arrived to face a judge earlier. >> reporter: christa, he was raigned earlier this morning, too. police say the student was in this teacher's classroom and that this all started over facebook. prosecutors say the 22-year-old joseph zuniga

himself to one of his students two separate times. police say it began last fall when the former english teacher friended a 16-year-old student on facebook. then used messenger to send the graphic pictures to the boy. >> a teacher is put in a position of trust. it's sickening to even hear allegations like this. >> reporter: zuniga sent other graphic images to the boy last year and sent the pictures again this past august. >> to the best of our knowledge, the student had never communicated back to the teacher. never said anything. just remained silent. there was never a response. >> reporter: school resource officer overheard students talking about the pictures in the hallway. officials in southbridge moved quickly and fired him. after his arraignment today, he posted bail. he hid his face and his family she'lled him as he left court: the judge set conditions for zuniga's bail. they include staying away from southbridge high school, the

and not using social media. >> jadiann: more news today. the trial of a danvers teenager accused of raping and killing his teacher is now on hold. the judge will decide if phillip chism should undergo a psychological evaluation which could last up to 20 days. jury selection has been suspended for now. this week, a psychologist says she saw the 16 yearly banging his head on the floor and he refused to come out of his cell on wednesday. chism is accused of killing a high school teacher back in 2013. he faces life in prison if convicted. >> christa: three people from westport are behind bars now, charged in a horrible case of animal cruelty. police say their home was filled with fleas and animal waste. officials came across two deceased dogs. one in a trash bag. the other in a closet. along with the dead lizard. a 17-year-old is also facing the same charges in the case.

>> jadiann: dozens of families are back in their homes after a gas line ruptured and forced them toe advantage wait in medfield. the gas company says the crew hid the line with a piece of heavy equipment. and static electricity sparked the fire on wednesday. the flames were so intense, they melted the power lines above. >> the flames were catching the wires. the wires that were across the street. they were on fire. so those have all come down. >> just a massive ball of fire. >> the gas line is now fixed. crews from the gas company went home to relight everyone's appliances last night. >> christa: now the race for the white house this afternoon. it is mother of glen doherty is among those angered by a new anti-hillary clinton ad that features the victims of the benghazi attack. a political action committee paid for the 30-second ad that shows the grave of christopher stephens, u.s. ambassador. it shows pictures of doherty

and the two other americans killed during that attack in 2012. doherty's mother telling the "washington post" she think it is ad is horrifying. christopher stephens' mother says she would sue if she could. pro-choice demonstrators planning to attend donald trump's campaign rally in tyngsborough. trump will speak with supporters at tyngsborough high school coming up tomorrow night. this is his second time campaigning here in massachusetts. you may remember he attended a fund-raiser at car dealer ernie boch jr.'s house in august. >> jadiann: two-time basketball champion and reality tv star lamar odom is continuing to fight her his lifer in a las vegas hospital. this is after being found unconscious two days ago at a nevada brothel. and now we are learning new details about his condition. >> he is like, almost not breathing. >> jadiann: employees called 911 in a panic. >> he has blood coming out of

his nose. white stuff coming out of his mouth. >> jadiann: odom was found in a v.i.p. suite, on the bed, fully clothed, still unresponsive. it took four men to carry him to the ambulance. the situation is being treated as a drug overdose. two days later, odom's condition hasn't improved. odom has suffered brain damage and one stroke. he is in a coma hooked up to a ventilator and doctors found various drugs in his system. inside a local medical center, odom is surrounded by those closest to him. including estranged wife khloe and other kardashian family members who rushed to be by his side. kobe bryant is said to have left the game early to be with odom. and to have stayed since. other friends and acquaintances stopped by as well, including the reverend jesse jackson. >> khloe was there. and two of his close friends. i was able to go in and see him and hold hands and say a

prayer. >> jadiann: the hash tag prayers for lamar is trending on social media. it seems drugs were, indeed, a factor. >> moving forward, doctors will not know the extent of brain damage until odom wakes up, if he does. meanwhile, the sheriff says she is cubbing her own investigation. >> christa: a parole board says oscar pistorius will be released from prison and moved to house arrest now. the board canceled its initial decision to go ahead and release him back in august. pistorius served nearly a year of a five-year sentence for manslaughter for killing his girlfriend. >> jadiann: coming up, a big surprise during an interview with a skunk? a freak-out during an on-air prank. >> christa: a local student buys google.com.

what a steal. >> jeremy: the forecast for the weekend. looks cold. that is coming up next. >> jadiann: why the f.b.i. has joined in on the draftkings investigation. >> christa: don't forget, if you see breaking news or off story idea, we would love to hear from you here at 7:00. give us a call any time. the 7 news tip line is

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>> christa: welcome back. some news anchors in alaska getting quite the surprise during an interview. >> they get scared. if they feel threatened. >> ooh! ooh! >> christa: they didn't know the animal handler had strategically put a water gun in his hand. he pulled off the ultimate prank.

was better. i think he jumped six feet off that chair. >> jadiann: that was great. i don't think i would have been that well-behaved if someone did that to me. >> christa: there are some pranksters around here. >> jeremy: you know who would do that? adam williams would do that. nice all day. lots of sunshine this afternoon. windy and mild tomorrow. and we are going to hold on to the wind this weekend. i think that wind becomes a cold wind. the jet stream will look like this. now, you might be saying, well, is that it? is the party over? not usually. in the month of october, you find some wild swings where you go from one season to the next in a couple of days. there are signs by the middle of next week, we snap right out of that cold shot of air. temperatures next wednesday, heading to the upper 60's. you will see the cold temps this weekend. you will feel the cold temps

that is not winter starting. compared to yesterday at this time, the numbers are running about 5-10 degrees cooler than yesterday afternoon. current temperature, in the upper 50's. the city right now at 57. bedford, 57. mostly sunny skies. all sorts of dry air. a great fall afternoon. temps between 59 and 63. westerly breeze. four to five miles per hour. tonight, clouds on the increase. a few sprinkles after midnight. lows only 45-50. this morning, it was cold. down in the 0's. tomorrow morning, upper 40's. through the day tomorrow, morning clouds and some sprinkles. partly sunny skies through the afternoon. a little more wind around tomorrow. so again, even though you see the 65, that wind is sometimes going to mask the mild feel to the air. once you get into fall and certainly, winter. and spring. now on to weekend. saturday is a little cool. temperatures on saturday, in the 50's. with a continuation of the wind that will be from the northwest. and yet another front, a cold front is going to come blahing into the northeast saturday afternoon.

little bit of purple and pink showing up on the weather map here. those are snow showers. if you are headed for northern new england, there may be a lot of color in the trees in lower elevations. the ridge-tops, a little bit of snow. likely on top of those peaks. this is from one of my twitter friends here. you can see here. this is yesterday afternoon. out of the cumberland reservoir. a fair amount of sunshine. even some clouds. look at that color. we will have that here in southern new england. temperatures this weekend, cooling down. quite cold up north. snow flurries. northern new england. on sunday afternoon. your 7 on 7 forecast, the cold conditions will also apply for the head of the charles this saturday and sunday. more so sunday than saturday. temperatures on sunday, upper 40's. >> christa: new details now in a controversy surrounding a boston-based on-line fantasy football company. new reports now that the

department are investigating draftkings and similar web sites. >> jadiann: this comes after several complaints of problems with the bomb lar site. nancy chen here with the new details. >> reporter: that is story we have been following very closely. investigators want to determine if web sites such as draftkings and fanduel violate federal law. the "wall street journal" reports agents from boston's f.b.i. office have been contacting people who played fantasy sports on draftkings. those agents are asking them about their experiences with the web site. those drafts can kings and fanduel gained the attention of investigators after an employee admitted to releasing sensitive information about the site's biggest contest. that same emproi ye won $350,000 in a contest on fanduel. this is during week three of the n.f.l. season. fanduel and draftkings have been working on each other's sites. the attorney general's office

is talking with both companies to help protect players. >> jadiann: still ahead, a local student stumbles on the deal of a lifetime. with google.

>> jadiann: well, have you ever found a deal on-line that

can you believe it? spending $12 to buy one of the most popular web sites in the world. this is exactly what one grad student was able to do. >> reporter: it may have only been for a minute. but it's a memory babson college student won't soon forget. becoming the proud owner of the most popular web site in the world. google.com. >> in one minute, >> reporter: the computer whiz is a former google employee. he said he constantly keeps up with the company. he noticed the domain was available when he was teing the web site registration services. the price? only $12. curiosity took over and he decided to buy. >> i expected it to stop at some point but it never stopped. >> reporter: his purchase went through. the student received an e-mail with the virtual keys to the

kingdom. google was quick to catch the glitch. revobing the admin rights. then a week later, they wrote to him, offering him a reward. >> he says google insisted he keep the money. he asked that the money be donated to a charity in india. while his stint as the owner of google.com may have been short-lived, the memory will last a lifetime. >> it is a fun memory. i'm happy with that. >> christa: big night for the ymca of greater boston. cheryl fiandaca serving as the mistress of ceremonies for the organization's annual gala last night. more than 300 of boston's business and civic leaders coming together for the annual dream together party. the goal this year is to raise $550,000 to support the program. >> jadiann: that's awesome.

they do so many good things for the kids. >> christa: nicely done. >> jadiann: up next, dole fresh vegetables issuing a recall in 13 states. including massachusetts. who's toughest on spending? fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. billions in pork, vetoed. eight budgets, balanced. and tax cuts every single year. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. are you still waiting to change your bath tub? not any more. when i finally did it, it changed everything! only bath fitter can give you the new tub you've been waiting for, in as little as one day. with their unique tub over tub process. isn't that amazing! bath fitter will measure and make you a new custom bathtub that they install right over your existing one, without tearing out your old tub. what an innovative idea! and every bath fitter installation is backed by their lifetime warranty, plus, 30 years of experience.

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salmonella. the greens were distributed in 13 states, including massachusetts and connecticut. they have a best buy date of october 15. no illnesses so far have been reported. if you would like further information on this, more details to help you out, we recall on our web site. whdh.com. breakfast at mcdonald's, apparently, people are lovin' it. more are thinking about eating at the golden arches. 46% of people who eat out for breakfast say they are likely next meal. that is a 7% increase from >> jadiann: much more to come on 7 news. including remember the connecticut aunt who sued her young nephew all over a hug? well, she is breaking her silence and telling her side of the story now. >> jeremy: lots of sunshine for the afternoon. a nice fall day. weekend forecast. that is up next. >> christa: we are tracking breaking news at this hour. a car fire under

investigation. fire officials on the scene right now. they are trying to figure out exactly what started it. >> jadiann: officials say that 5,500 u.s. troops will be staying in afghanistan after the year 2016. why the president is moving away from his original plans to bring most of them home by

>> christa: we are following breaking news. investigators still in a building in everett, looking for clues. to see if the fire was intentionally set. and they have been at that scene for several hours already. >> jadiann: steve cooper live for us on the scene right now with breaking details. steve? >> reporter: arson investigators now believe that what happened here early this morning was, in fact, set. an arson here.

and the investigation is onright now. into why all this happened in the first place. we are talking about autumn avenue in everett. all this unfolding just after 5:00 this morning. officials say they want to know who torched the car in a driveway. then tried to set a two-family home on fire here in the city. again, neighbors say they woke up to what sounded like a loud explosion. then they saw flames copping from the driveway. no one was hurt here. someone set a ford fusion on fire and then tried to set a house on fire using gasoline. two small children, we are told, live up on the second the landlords of this property. one resident described waking up to the smell of smoke and then seeing huge flames out the window. >> yeah. i ran to wake up my cousin, grab the phone. >> reporter: what did it look like when you looked out? >> at first, it was a big ball of yellow fire coming out of the windows.

was the orange, yellow flames in all the windows. here this morning. the car is still in the driveway. arson investigators have come they say they are now trying to track down whoever is responsible for all this. again, the good news for people who live around here and the people that were inside the house is that nobody was hurt here. some pretty harrowing moments for those residents, for sure. afternoon, steve cooper, 7 news. >> christa: all right, steve. thank you. also breaking... >> as you defend and build reminder that the united states keeps our commitments. making a key announcement now about the future of u.s. troops serving in afghanistan. the president says the u.s. intends to keep 5,500 troops right there. >> jadiann: that deployment will last through late, 2017. >> reporter: that is major turnaround for president obama

who originally pledged to bring the u.s. military mission in afghanistan to an end next year. president obama announcing he will keep nearly 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan through most of next year. that decision comes as the taliban has made recent gains in the country and military officials have also requested more support to push them back. now, a short time ago, the president addressed the american people and acknowledged the country's weariness. >> afghan forces are still not as strong as they need to be. as you are well aware, i do endless war. i have repeatedly argued against marching into military conflict that is do not serve our security intres. afghanistan and the opportunity for a stable and committed ally that can partner with us in prevenning the emergence of future

coalition, i am firmly convinced that we should make this extra effort. >> jadiann: troop levels will be brought down to 5,500 when the president leaves office in 2017. then it will be up to the president's successor to decide how to proceed. >> jadiann: we have had a warm week so far. a lot of fall-like temperatures. we talked about the plummet in store. >> jeremy: yeah. it is headed our way for the end of the weekend. even this morning cold for a few hours this morning. boston had a low of 47. bedford, 34. now the numbers have jumped into the upper 50's. lots of sunshine. the city around 57. nor woo, 58. worcester at 62. high pressure is with us. all sorts of dry air across the northeast. we will have lots of sunshine. way over here. this is our leading edge of the next weather system. there could be sprinkles early tomorrow.

day. temps between 59-63 today. about where we should be this time of year. boston, around 60. salisbury, at 60. for the weekend, much colder. we will talk about that in a few minutes. >> christa: a southbridge teacher in trouble with the law. accused of sharing inappropriate images with a student. officers say the 21-year-old was taking pictures of himself and then sending them to a teenager. and today that teechler faced a judge. prosecutors say joseph zuniga admits he sent nude photos of himself to one of his students at southbridge high school two separate times. police say it began last fall when the former english teacher friended a 16-year-old student on facebook. then used facebook messenger to send graphic pictures to the boy. >> the teacher is put in a position of trust. and it's sickening to even hear allegations like this.

sent other images to the boy last year. and sent the pictures again this past august. >> to the best of our knowledge, the student never communicated back to the teacher. never said anything. just remained silent. there was never a response. >> reporter: a school resource officer overheard the students talking about the pictures in the hallway. zuniga was arefersed yesterday. school officials moved quickly and fired him. after his arraignment today, zuniga posted bail. he hid his face. and his family shielded him as he left court. the judge set conditions for zuniga's bail. they include staying away from the victim, southbridge high school and not using social media. >> jadiann: right now governor charlie baker tackling the war on drugs. today the governor unveiled a new bill aimed at reducing the alarming rate of opioid abuse. jonathan hall is at the news conference. he joins us with more on this critical bill. jonathan? >> reporter: hey, jadiann, governor baker said he knows

are controversial. he says they are the right thing to do. especially in mind of the fact state have tripled over the past few years. the governor came to the podium on crutches and he outlined a couple of the provisions. if passed, the bill would empower doctors and other medical professionals to involuntary last... involuntarily commit addicts for up to 72 hours if they are a danger to themselves or others. only judges can commit people with addiction issues as it stands now. baker also thinks doctors should prescribe first-time patients a 72-hour smile of painkillers no more. >> i'm a health care guy. i have lots of friends and lots of colleagues in the health care world. i am astonished by the casual nature and the casual attitude they find when i talk to them. about these medications and

that has got to change. >> reporter: the bill calls for a number of changes. including education for public school coaches and parents. it would end the practice of sending female addicts to the women's prison at mci framingham. he says there is funding in place to change that practice which has been going on for 28 years. the governor set up a panel to study these issues. in june, they came up with a list of more than 60 recommendations. live at the statehouse, i'm jonathan hall, 7 news. >> reporter: you can see mickey mouse curtains and colorful toys in the worcester apartment home. it is where 22-year-old chantal nguyen lived with her five-year-old son. >> he seemed pretty happy.

staff at the school noticed he was bruising and limping. they called an ambulance to take him to a local hospital. the department of children and families was notified and took custody of the boy who according to court paperwork had significant trauma to his entire body, including his head, face, arms, legs, buttocks and lower back. when police confronted the mom, they say she admitted she saw the pruzs but couldn't tell them. she never reported it. while this neighbor says he never heard or saw anything suspicious, other witnesses told detectives the boy had bruises at different times. and was in severe pain from these injuries. he could not walk and had to be carried up and down the stairs. the mother blamed her male roommate for causing the black and blue marks. but because she allowed the roommate to be around the child and baby-sit and didn't protect her son, they arrested the mom for allowing her child to get hurt. kimberly bookman, 7 news.

>> jadiann: boston police released more details in a 1992 cold case murder they recently solved. low that bruce was found dead in her south end home 23 years ago. investigators hadn't been able to find her killer until this january. a d.n.a. sample found at the crime scene matched up with a sample found in boston. >> christa: more news now. john kerry is set to head to the middle east after a night u.s.-israeli... israeli-palestinian tensions to a boiling point. palestinian man running through a security checkpoint with a knife on wednesday. hours after that, another knife attack. an israeli woman hurt. a flynnion attacker dead. israel is now calling up additional security forces and sealing off parts of palestinian neighborhoods.

palestinians have died in the aknacks recent weeks. >> reporter: it's been almost one week since spencer stone was stabbed outside a nightclub in sacramento. witnesses say stone got into a fight while trying to defend a woman he didn't even know. as he threw punches, one man came from behind and stabbed him several times on the side. >> we still are reviewing a lot of video from the area and we are hoping that that will prove positive for the case. >> reporter: police released new pictures that capture the get-away car. stabbing. the footage was taken an hour before the crime occurred. >> the photo depicts a 2009 and 2012 dark-colored toyota camry. we believe our suspects are

white t-shirts and blue jeans. >> reporter: detectives haven't identified the two suspects. >> we have a huge outpouring by the community with these tips. >> reporter: stone remains in good condition. spencer stone and two friends were hailed as heroes after they stopped a terror attack on a train in paris back in august. >> christa: the aunt who sued her 12-year-old nephew for thousands of dollars, breaking her silence. what is she saying about this? afternoon. a cold blast headed for new

it is almost 1:00. we are at 12:45 right now. a pretty chilly fall day. >> christa: you know, i actually. not exactly the take your lunch outside type of day. >> jeremy: i mean, you are not going to nantasket to work on the sun tan. maybe you are. i shouldn't be so judgey like. that lots of sunshine right now. it is invigorating. great fall day. look at the color showing up in the trees. near the zakim and the lower right-hand corner. we are approaching peak here for the foliage in metro-boston. it is running behind schedule. a nice fall day today. looks good out there. if you are doing yard work. a little more wind out there

tomorrow. still mild. temperatures tomorrow like today, in the 60's. for the end of the weekend, high temps on sunday only in compared to yesterday at this time, the numbers about 5-10 degrees cooler than where we upper 50's. boston, 57. norwood, 58. orange at 53. one of the differences, though, even though it is a little bit cooler, there is less wind. you get into fall and certainly, winter and spring, if you can go through a day outside without wind bothering you, you are doing all right. that is the situation right now. high pressure is with us. dry air. light wind. lots of sunshine. a little bit cooler than yesterday afternoon. these numbers, this is where we should be this time of year. the city at 60. lakeville this afternoon, 62. north of town, cape ann, new hampshire seacoast, the numbers in the upper 50's to below 60. again, foliage reports, they are like snowfall reports. they will vary from neighborhood to neighborhood. if off neighborhood with a lot

does, if off neighborhood with a lo of oak trees, they are still green as can be. they won't change their their colors. out on the cape and the islands, chatham at 59. lots of sunshine. for tonight, clouds on the increase. a few sprinkles after midnight. not as cold tonight. clouds and sprinkles. upper 40's to around 50. tomorrow, we start with clouds and some sprinkles through the morning hours. nothing significant. some sun in the afternoon. a developing-for-southwesterly breeze. still breezy on saturday afternoon. cooler on saturday. only in the upper 50's. then a cold blast of air comes into new england saturday night and more so on sunday. head of the charles this weekend. a lot of folks in metro-boston, along the river charles, featuring windy conditions. that wind will be from the northwest both saturday and sunday. and sunday is cold. high temps on sunday, only in the upper 40's. is that it? is the party over? i don't think so.

next wednesday, for example, look at that. 70's in the afternoon. >> christa: my goodness. mother nature cannot make up her mind, it seems. a new york woman whose recent lawsuit sparked so much talk and criticism is now setting the record straight. >> jadiann: yeah. she had suld her own nephew over a hug. there is always another side to the story. >> reporter: oh, yes, jadiann. it has been all over the headlines in social media. the woman dubbed the worst aunt in the world for suing her nephew after she broke her but now that woman says the lawsuit was for insurance reasons and that there is a whole other side to the story. jennifer connell briefly became one of most hated women in the country this week after for knocking her to the ground. she described it as a forceful greeting by an eight-year-old. social media described her as the worst aunt in the world. >> it was sort of heartbreaking and really

painful, but alsost, like, walking into a film of someone else's life and i hadn't been briefed. north an interview on the today show, there was another side of the story. >> she would never do anything to hurt the family or myself. she loves us. >> reporter: connell says she named her nephew in the lawsuit because as she understood it, in connecticut, an individual has to be the defendant and a home owner's insurance case. >> because sean and i had this fall together, i was informed that we had... sean had to be named. i would never... i was never comfortable with that. it was explained to me that it was a technicality. >> reporter: sean says in the aftermath, people said things they didn't know. >> what do you want people to know about your aunt? >> that i love her and she loves me. >> reporter: in the end, jurors took about 40 minutes to deliberate on tuesday

favor. >> jadiann: coming up, the bruins look to get in the win column as they face off against the avalanche. >> christa: wild moments in

>> jadiann: we are excited about this sunday night football game on nbc. that is the deflate-gate rematch between the pats and colts. fast couple of players to watch on the pats side. >> tom brady extremely motivated for this game. julian edelman pretty much unstoppable against cowboys. this is a bad match-up for the colts defense. either of the pats receivers, start them.

>> jadiann: andrew luck may not be back from that shoulder injury. how much of a boost could that bring if he is back? >> i don't really know right now. that offense isn't putting fear into anybody right now. two straight wins with hasselbeck. luck probably going to be back on sunday night. i'm not liking the matchup with the receivers. johnson had a big game one week ago. i don't think there is any chance he could do that again against patriots. >> jadiann: then that surprise win with the browns against baltimore. are you putting your money on the browns? >> that is a big nope. the broncos, the best defense in the n.f.l.

go set your lineup. >> jadiann: the toronto blue jays had a wild win over texas. bautista had a three-run homer in the 7th. the benches were cleared twice. fans threw things on the field. toronto won that game 6-3. the blue jays will take on the royals in the alcs. kansas city beat houston last night 7-2. to win the series three games to two. game one of the alcs will be in kansas city tomorrow night. >> christa: all right. here is the guy who has been to the rodeo a few times. the super bowl. we have details next. >> jeremy: even sitting there, he is just crushing it. one last look at the forecast

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>> jadiann: breaking news right now. the trial of a danvers teenager accused of raping and killing his teacher is officially on hold. a judge just releasing a major ruling moments ago. >> christa: victoria warren is on the phone with the breaking >> reporter: yeah yeah. the judge ordered that fill lyme chism be sent to a hospital in worcester for evaluation so that doctors can tell whether or not he is mentally competent to stand

what the judge is ruling... this just got handed down. part of this had to do with security. philip chism has to be held in an adult locked unit and does not have any access to any portion of the hospital that is not secure. he won't be able to leave for any reason. victoria warren, 7 news. >> christa: all right, thank you so much. of course, this follows some, you know, strange behavior they were witnessing from philip chism. apparently, banging his head on the floor of his cell. that led up to this evaluation that we are seeing. >> jadiann: right. and then wednesday, he didn't come out of his cell. we will continue to follow