>> anchor: lawyers for danvers teen accused of racing and killing his teacher back in court this afternoon. the prosecution asking the judge for their own expert to evaluate the mental health of phillip chisolm . >> anchor: john kuoco is live with more on what happened in court today . >> reporter: so we just fond out that phillip chisolm will have the face a competency expert. the judge heard arguments from both sides . you allowed the commonwealth to have an independent expert, why shouldn't the defendant have an independent expert? judge david weighing fairness of allowing the prosecution to have their own competency expert in the commonwealth's case against phillip chisolm. was in the in court friday is accused of raping an killing his teener in 2013. as of thursday, the 16-year-old 16-year-old's trial is now on hold while he spends 20 cases a worcester recovery hospital for

saw him banking his head on the into and he refused to come out of his cell. experts believe it's a proactive move . it allows her more evaluation and allows at any time in the proceeding and in particular talk about having as muchings in as possible understanding such claims should be given a thorough review . >> reporter: the defense would like the court to wait on making this kind of ruling . intrusion on the defendant is a process he has to go through . >> reporter: if convicted he faces life in prison. live in salem, john cuoco, 7 news . >> anchor: a t stop scarement police swarming the forest hills t station after they say shots were fired during the height of morning rush hour. two people were taken into custody leaving commuters shaken up. 7's victoria warren explains. >> reporter: a young man taken

outside a packed t station sends people run being for safety . one gunshot and six or seven shots . it all started inside the forest hills t station during rush hour. police say two groups started fighting when one person pulled out a gun. police say they didn't care who saw them or who got in their way. the t station with uni uniformed police officers on scene, cameras, it's unbelievable . a t cop started running out of the station and going over there . the suspects in their late teens, early 20's poured out on to washington street and opened fire. i give a lot of kudos to my officers for not firing into the traffic or crowds . no one was hurt a man and a woman arrested, one gun found. police continue searching for the other suspects and the other weapons . they just don't care about other people and about the safety of our patrons and employees and folks just trying to go to work or school . guns in the wrong hands .

>> reporter: two people arrested will go before a judge, transit police continue questioning others in jamaica plain, victoria warren, 7 news . police say a man is in the hospital after falling from a third story roof deck in mission hill. this was the even on hillside street just before 1:00 this morning. the man landed on the concrete below. paramedics say he suffered some serious injuries and was taken to brigham and women hospital. >> reporter: a boston based fantasy sport site is being threatened by nevada not happy with the way they and similar sites are doing business. adam william joins us with more on this ongoing investigation . nevada said the ban will happen until the sites apply for gambling licenses. trouble started when a draft kings employee released sensitive player information and then later won $350,000 on the site. the companies have been able to claim they are not gambling because they say fantasy sports are a game of skill, not chance. massachusetts attorney general

nevada's decision. we'll take a local it. that's a decision by a state gam gaming authority. so we'll as you know, we are paying attention to this issue, we met with the company, i continue to be of the view it's really important that consumer protections be in place and . >> anchor: f.b.i. also investigating the sites in several lawmakers are calling for congressional hearings. . >> anchor: new at 4:30, a health care data company is claiming they know the reason why this year's ice budget challenge was not as successful as it was last year. they said less than 15% of people who do nayed to the als association through last year's challenge are likely to give again. the ceo from the firm says that while viral fund-raising events can be lucrative, they don't last long. being a part of some broader movement and broader audience and belonging to that

is very, very powerful, however, it's very, very short term and these kind of campaigns typically peak and then they disappear . >> anchor: time donation numbers for the 2015 ice bucket challenge came in at about $1 million. last year it was $115 million. following more news today, the chef involved in the uconn food fight is speaking out and addressing the student who harassed a dining hall employee. superto the ground wrote a letter to the university's newspaper saying that he hopes the student learns from his mistake, but he says he isn't angry with the teen. the letter reads in part "i forgive luke, how would you like to have your dumbest mistake you ever made broadcast to the world world? i may be called naive, fool inor worse for thinking this way, but that is not my concern and in the end i just have to answer to " >> anchor: a large scaffolding

in texas ed trapping several workers in the wreckage. the incident took place in a construction. fire fighters continue to work at that scene. no word yet on what caused that collapse. the mother of the late air ryce is asking for an independent prosecutor to take over her son son's case. she is asking for the current prosecutor to step down. her request comes after the county prosecutor released two reports that found the officer who shot and killed the 12 12-year-old son that was justified in his actions. the family says that they want justice. since the senseless shooting of my son, i have had many sleepless nights and days, almost a year now, no justice, no peace. >> anchor: police say tamir was waving around what turned out to be an air gun when she was shot and kill last year . >> anchor: an 1-year-old girl who drew a stick figure sketch of a suspect is now being honored by police. the girl is now talking about

helped put a man behind bars. in a room full of police, 11 11-year-old rebecca depete was wearing hot pink. she didn't need a uniform to be honored for detectives wok of her own after a string of burglaries on her street. i was like i can draw a picture . >> anchor: she is talking about this picture of a stick figure sketch she drew after list came to her door and centralford a few months ago asking if she had seen anyone suspicious. she had. i did you a picture of him and it wasn't like the best picture it was just like a head, legs and like a hat after i thought about it in the morning i was like oh he will probably crumble it up and throw it out . >> anchor: instead, police took the doodle seriously . for us to be ale to take that sketch and then match it up with a suspect it was remark will . >> anchor: they matched it up to this man, pedro bruno who has since confessed to ten burglaries including the break in at their own home .

you did this and my daughter's drawing resolved the issue. it's why the 11-year-old got a standing ovation at a police a award ceremony in connecticut . like wow. leak you did that? i have to governor a lot of credit to my arteacher . a piece of paper and a pencil making the streets of centralford a little safer. maybe she is pat of our next generation of detectives. depete says she is not quite sure if she wants to be a accept artist when she grows up but police say thanks to her drawing, not only were they able to make an arrest, they were able to recover some of the items the suspect stole. >> anchor: john stamos appear charge. he is facing up to six months in jail. police arrested the grandfather star back in june shortly afterwards he checked himself into rehab for substance abuse. asking kids to choose who dies and who lives, the homework assignment that has parents furious and why school leaders say it was a signed in the first place .

prosthetics more affordable. how some students in with a ash state are doing just that with a little help from amazon . >> anchor: hillary in in a. the democrat presidential candidate cowering voters in the granite state . >> anchor: plus, patriots one day closer to their big game against endy. we'll have the latest live from foxboro all coming up at 5:00. >> reporter: you know those people that avoid getting sick? e% say it has less to do with their immune system than you think . >> reporter: we'll tell you seat habits to protect yourself.

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>> anchor: a life or death homework assignment making florida parents furious. kids were tasked with answering one problem . >> anchor: here it is. 15 people are on a sinking ship. only nine can kid on the life boat. the question: who lives and who dies? yeah, that's a hole work assignment for kids.

>> reporter: this mom is mad . >> anchor: it's racist in every form. she wants answers . has nothing to do with his tory. nothing to do with it and what is it teaching them? >> reporter: value orry wonders why her 11 yearly daughter was forced to make a choice. who lives and who dies on a lifeboat . who do you pick? why is one person better than the other? why do some get left out? check out the choices. there is 5 people but only nine can live. who would you get rid of? the white man or black man? the hispanic woman or pregnant woman. the rabbi or minister. barack obama or done atrump? how is she supposed to pick people based on what they are saying. to her, everybody matters. everybody should have a chance . >> anchor: according to valerie valerie's daughter students in her history class felt un uncontract 8 . i got kind of upset about it and everybody else in the classroom was like, wow, this is racist, this is racist . >> reporter: the school distribute claimed this was supposed it be a teal building exercise and was not meant to be race its.

a spokesperson said this school has a culturally diverse pop laws. the test brought up good debates on how to work together building relationships. they need to be careful with what teenes are putting out there . >> reporter: adam williams, 7 news . >> anchor: coming up, a famous gorilla celebrating a big birthday with a very special surprise . i am speechless. i love that video. we're talking graduating from the fall jacket to the winter coat. some much colder temperatures in store for this weekend. the forecast is next. >> anchor: all new at five:00 a shocking scene in california of cars caked in mud. crews digging out a major highway after a flash-flood hits hard . >> anchor: a mom to be left in the lurch when she said a company couldn't handle her baby registry returns.

>> anchor: a famous gorilla is now the mother of two kittens. koko who is fames for there ar aring sign language received the kittens as a birthday property. see signed the word cat followed by baby of the her trainers say that indicates they are now her adopted children. at one point she asked in sign language for one of the i can tense to be placed on her head. koko you silly. they did it too. luck at that. the cutest video. i don't know what it is about kittens or baby animals but every time i talk about them or talk to them, i get a baby voice going on . >> anchor: they are so small. i think it is. whenever talk to my cat i'm all like harvey come here. i don't know what it is but they are so cute. love seeing that . >> anchor: breakers say she watt a box of kittens for her birthday . >> anchor: hints . >> reporter: i might have to learn how to sign it like koko. apparently that worked for he. fantastic weather picture that we received on twitter today. beautiful fall colors and a

giraffe from the zoo. since we're on the animal theme pretty cute there, current temperatures right around 60 degrees and that really season seasonable for this time of year but we did have a front push through earlier this morning. it even brought some severe thunderstorms to cape cod and the islands as we work through the morning hours but now that front is gone, we're dry out there but we're seeing the feisty winds. those really kind of stay with us all weekend long with the temperatures dropping as we head through the weekend as well. you can see some showers and spot showers that are through upstate new york and albany but not even really making it through the connecticut river valley and with this next front, that is our next shot of that cold air, this really could be a blast of cold air. if you want to call it that because it's the coldest temperatures that we've seen so far. that is what is behind the next front. passing through tomorrow morning morning. those temperatures as you can see all of this dark blue here bleeding in from the north. now the good news here is it is not intense cold as you look around hudson bay.

settle in and stay for a while. it's not moving in. it's jut visiting like the in-laws do from time to time. as we head through future cast here you see the as this front passes through it does bring snow showers to northern new england for us here in the bay state and especially right around boston maybe a spot shower but it's really only about a 20% chance. yeah, we are talking about snow with this colder air and with this system passing through lake effect snow for sure it's just that we will not be seeing it here in the bay state because i know everybody gets a little nervous when you start to break out that word there and maps that look like this. but we're not in for those flakes yet. until perhaps you are in the berkshires you might see some flurries this weekend. but it won't be sticking. part low cloudy overnight tonight and it will be chilly but not as cold as it gets. this is not when the bottom drops out. mid to upper 30's to close to those mid to upper 40's as you get into the city city of boston and tomorrow partly cloudy. it will be breezy and those

generally speaking in the mid 50's, that looks to be a pretty popular thumb here for this forecast model. worcester 48 for a high tomorrow tomorrow. quincy 54. limb outat 57 degrees. so still about five to 7 degrees below normal for this time of year. freeze watch. that is in effect for tomorrow night into sunday morning and the temperatures get even colder into monday so very likely that we'll see it issued again as we get close tore monday. typical first breeze thoughite on time for suburbs. a little early for the city of boston and yes that freeze, it does include the city of boston so sensitive plants, you can bring them in but growing season coming to a close. head the charles this week will be chilly as i mentioned that cold blast out of here as we heath get into next week and those temperatures will be much more seasonable, beautiful fall colors as you head up to the mountains this weekend. again, you will just want to be sure to bundle up. hot apple side tastes beten when it's cold outside.

here is a look at the 7 on 7 forecast. upper 40's for highs on sunday and monday and then closer to 60 on tuesday. what a rebound. see you at 5:00 . thanks, brie. let's get a check of the friday drive home. we'll take a luck right now at that ride here on the expressway. event cominging down toward the bin tree split of route 3 and 1 128 still looking at close to a 52 minute ride to the right hand side. that's a southbound side of route 93. the expressway northbound will coming toward camera, not moving too badly from the braintree end but it does bog down around columbia road and heading over toward the o neil turn. mass pike westbound another tough afternoon. friday ride coming up toward exit 17 a very slow one and stays heavy all the way out past 18 and for the most part out toward route 495. other slow spots around the downtown area route 93 northbound dealing with a few ti tiups but after this crash route 6 0 being cleared away keeping things very slow. route 3 northbound still tough

joe staple ton, 7 news. >> anchor: a team of students at the university of washington is trying to make pros theic limbs a lot more affordable . they use desk-top computers video game controller and 3 d er to reinvent technology that allows amputees to gain some ability . there are other ways we can do this . >> reporter: when a team of students decided to transform technology inside prosthetic limbs, they first wept shopping . egg here was bought from amazon . they didn't spend all that much . $500. their task, crow can the a pros thesis much cheap are than . the robotic arms currently in use all cost between $30 and 60,000, sometimes even more . you basically slip it on . this 200 arm band was just what they needed. it was designed to control video games or power point presentations but by sending its signals through a cheap desk-top computer, the students figured out they could manipulate this

hand which they made using a 3 did principler . it can be programmed to any motion you can consistently make. they haven't invented a new technology but what they succeeded in doing it recreating a technology that's usually very expensive . it's a work in progress but students hope others will help advance the technology even further using a free on-line database . the idea is that we will release these designs to anybody that can download them and they would be able to make it themselves . they think an even better version is within reach. impressive stuff there, right? well, the lab manager said a uk company has already taken interest in the student's work. >> anchor: ahead, getting back to business. tracy morgan doing what he does best. more on his much anticipated

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>> anchor: it's been more than a career since interesty morgan with a left with a brain wery. this weekend the former snl cast member will be become on stage . >> anchor: she is hosting the show just a year half after that accident. mark barger reports. >> anchor: interesty morgan's emotional appearance at last . miss you guys so much. when got on stage it was . another wave of emotion is this weekend p yeah i'm back . >> reporter: when morgan comes back to hope the show that ignit

ignited his career. i will just say stop by, keep clapping . >> reporter: more been's return comes 16 months after a highway crash left him with a traumatic brain injury . to have him come back and especially after what he has been through, it's like, it's special on so many different levels . current snl cast member i'm grew up watching more been's an antics in studio 8 h . that bird is a liar . he will see familiar faces still around . so many of the people who work here have worked here for so many years that most people are his old co-workers, so it's people are really excited to have him back. it will be awesome . on monday night morgan tweet pictures of his first comedy club appearance. weekend update recalled seeing morgan in a similar venue just days before his accident . he reenacted planet of the apes for 45 minutes in the back of ay club so i can't wait to see him be funny again . >> reporter: a show with four deck kids of memorable homes .

it will be after i'm done with it . >> reporter: mark barger, nbc news . >> anchor: he is a funny guy. new more to come in the next 90 minutes . >> anchor: 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> anchor: patriots fans hoping to send a message this weekend. they are ready for revenge against the team that promised the deflategate investigation. looking to put it all in the past. if you are one of the people praying for a win, here is something to light your fire. we have live team coverage. also tonight, the search is on for a bank robber in arlington who put school . california. torrential rain triggering land slides. falling temperatures through the day today and some very chilly air on the way this weekend. hilary clinton making rounds in new hampshire as she ing in the polls. but today, one her top advisors facing tough questions her