and ben carson getting amajor network to cave to their demands demands. >> anchor: we start with break breaking news. lamar odom is out of a cola. the former basketball and really tv star is hospitalized in las vegas. as you might know by now, he was found unresponsive tuesday in a nevada brothel . his estranged wife chloe kardashian has been at his side. susan tran here with the latest . ryan and elizabeth all of this information coming from e on-line. the network reporting that odom actually opened his eyes today and was able to communicate. he said his first words and even gave a thumb's up to chloe kardashian who has been by his hospital bedside. now reports also say that odom is now breathing on his own. today is the first time since he was rushed to the hospital that he is showing actual signs of improvement. now we checked into the brothel last saturday and h is surveillance of him that shows him arriving at the love ranch.

now the emt's had to rush odom to a las vegas hospital where he was hooked up it a ventilator and in critical condition. and once again, almost arodom words. that's the very latest live in the newsroom, susan tran, 7 news. >> anchor: we're following breaking news out of arlington where police are searching for a bank robber. workers say the man in the surveillance photographs walked into the winchester savings bank with a gun and demanded money. it all happened around 1:30 this afternoon. schools in that area we're were told to keep students in place just as i precaution. that lock down has since been lived. state police helicopters joined the except for that robber. but so far, they haven't been able to find him. more breaking news, a watermain break shutting down water service in manchester-by-the-sea this afternoon. sky 7 over the scene at the intersection of school and central streets. police are are being drivers to avoid the downtown area right now as crews work to repair that break. now to the big pats show down this week. two teams with something to

discussing it. the patriots and colts set for deflategate. fans, yes, at home raise your . >> anchor: the team isn't talking about the past but while they won't discuss deflategate as a motivator they made it clear they want their winning streak to continue. 7 news now with big story coverage of sunday's big rivalry match and we begin with alex alex? hey, guys. chuck keeps telling us andrew luck is getting better and better every day. but the colts keep ling him as questionable on the injury report. now that does not matter to bill belichick and company bass they say unless a player is out, they prepare as if he is good to go. whoever is out there, whatever the situation, we will be ready . despite the uncertainty at the quarterback position for the colts this week, andrew club's questionable status is something the patriots are paying much attention to. i don't even care what's on the injury report.

until the guy is every hitly out then that's okay. if he is not, then to me we got . you think as long as luck is healthy he will play sunday night it. still remains to be seen of for malcom butler one thing he learn learned in life it's all better to be over prepared. just like one time i went to mr. kraft a get to the party. everybody had on, you know, summer looking clothes, like flip-flops, shorts and i came with a suit. i overdress. i overprepare. you can never go wrong . maybe that's why belichick belichick's teams never seem to be outstarted because they are always ready for the unknown, including all that comes with playing sunday night football. late night games, you get the rush, think about the game to educate. great. you know belichick has his guys folk thus week because there hasn't been a game like this, this year with all the

. well, this is a heated rivalry, the colts don't have the best record against new england and they will be hoping to learn some lessons from the past. trey daerr now live in is saying. tre? elizabeth, coming to you live from indianapolis as we begin our coverage here. the patriots set to arrive tomorrow. preparations here today and you would really like to think that indy going drastically change its approach this time an. andrew luck 0 and 4 in his career against the patriots in the last time these two teams shared a field together, the colts were in the out run off the field in the afc title game. i certainly will take a look at that game. we'll take a look at the 3 or 4 previous imgames. we'll see what hurt us and we'll go to work on fakes those things. after getting annihilated in their last four meetings against the patriots giving up an average of 47 points per game

in those four blowouts colts head coach chuck pagano is bracing for another tough battle sunday night and it all begins . he does a great job of managing that offense and he is flawless right now. 121 quarterback grading, 11 touchdowns, no picks, playing at a high, high level patriots are especially effective on the ground rushing for 177 yards or more in the last three wins over the colts. the last . i feel good about our run defense. you know, right now. probably better than any point we're playing around defense. this team is not faced their team . we get a friendly remighter each week every year that you know what you did before doesn't matter so i don't think we even think about the last couple of games or any of that . try as they may, it will be hard for the patriots to ignore recent dominance over the colts. pats resorting to an old cliche to keep them on the right track

. anyone can be stopped. er has great players on every team as a team we just have to focus, prepare our week, make sure we're ready and anything can happen on sunday. >> reporter: chuck can talk all thee wants but the fats are there. colts cannot stop new england's ground game and pagao also allud alluding to brady being mom storm this year. that could be a major mismatch with indy's past defense ranking 28th in the nflp recording live in downtown indianapolis, trey daerr, 7 news . >> anchor: patriots fans hoping light a little fire under some of their favorites players and now they can do just that thanks it a company making prayer candles. down hausle to get reaction. dan, what's going on? well, the players having a lot of fun with this. the game applied on sunday so now you have this item that allows schools to say a prayer for favorite players.

you can find in the pro shop associated with the patriots. from puzzles to puppy toys, cocky cutters to cookout tools. there are even patriot tooth brushes and a patriots rubber ducky. but look at what else we found on-line. patriot prayer candle with the angelic images of gronk, julian edelman and tom brady. pats teammates didn't know what to make for this end net find . prayer candles with gronk, julian or tom . no comment on that one. i never even seen anything like that before. it will bright on the room up . >> reporter: rob ninkovich suggested it might be fine for patriot faithful but not necessarily someone looking for religious inspiration i don't think they are angels but i don't think that will be a good one . tom can have that halo . gronk and . running back garret blunt thinks fans already agree brady

is the most prayer worthy of the three there is jesus the man themselves . while jesus had his apostles blunt oncer did why there is no more candles tore teammates. that's crazy. where is deion? this isn't right. wants candles for everyone. i didn't see indication of nfl licensing for those candles so you any want to manufacture in quickly before this deal melts away. live in foxboro, 7 dan hausle, 7 >> anchor: joins us here for day after tomorrow. we get things started with our 7 on the sidelines show at :30 before football night in america followed by kickoff at 6:00 and coverage, interviews with the players and coaches right after the game. new details in a what caused a fire in groton.

fire fighters say the most likely cause was a propane torching used near. last night's fire destroyed a 3 300-year-old building on the property . >> anchor: 7 news now turning to your forecast. a cool, crisp fall afternoon. the sun out there today and we are bracing for a big temperature drop. the temperatures expected to plunge this weekend. and this morning some areas seeing severe weather. this is hail falling in wareham. meteorologist bri eggers here with a look at how cold it is going to get. bree? >> reporter: at thy interesting with severe thunderstorms not typical for this time of year but it can happen and it did happen along the south coast and also for cape cod and the islands. but we were able to clear out for the afternoon. for the most part, partly cloudy skies out there, showers staying well to the west of us. those storms push through with the first cold front. now we turn our attention to a reinforcement of that colder air air. the cold gets colder as we head into this weekend. that front looks to be dry for us and doesn't arrive until tomorrow morning.

overnight tonight not that bad. it will be chilly, part low cloudy, mid 30's to upper 40's the closer you get to the city of boston and tomorrow it will be breezy and colder temperatures, 48 to 56 and that is not as low as those temperatures go. we'll get to that extended forecast plus talk about the head of the charles forecast coming up in just a little bit. hillary clinton's long time staffer testifying before closed doors before the house select benghazi committee. the meeting comes ahead of clinton's holly anticipated public hearing about benghazi next week. clinton and her allies say the investigation is politically motivate. but according to the most recent polls clinton has increased her lead. today the former secretary of state is up in new hampshire and that is where we find 7's jonathan hall live in nashua with more on her campaign stop john? millionary is here at nashua community college speak speaking to young democrats and also some other party leaders who were active in politics here

in this city. earlier she was out west a little bit further in keane. hillary clinton presses flesh for votes in new hampshire the vice chair of he residential campaign appeared in washington behind closed doors before a special house panel investigating the deadly attack in benghazi libya. she is not suspected of any time and some democrats say she knows nothing about ben goody and should not be a part of this . the question also becomes whether this is a taxpayer fund funded effort to derail the candidacy of hilary clinton. >> anchor: hilary clinton said thity is like an arm of republican national committee. state senator molly kelly introduced the candidate in keane today . how about the debate? and celebrated hillary clinton's performance of the presidential debate in vegas of a new bcc

news poll showed she won. 56% of democrats cracked said she did better than her four challengers, bernie sanders had 33% the former first lady and secretary of state held a town hall meeting in keene state college where students asked her about mammoth student loans which seem so daunting to them. >> reporter: this is a big deal to me because too many people are being held back because of this debt mrs. clinton addressed a whole hot of issues, more than 15 people got to ask questions of her but not the media. we were kept back. she did say that she advocates instant background checks for people who want to buy guns. the big issue up here in new hampshire. live in nashua, jonathan hall, 7 news . >> anchor: republican front-runner donald trump will be in massachusetts again tonight. he will be speaking to support supporters at a rally in tyngsboro. today a cnbc caving to threats made by trump and his republican rival ben carson. the net work agreeing to a time limit for the next republican

debate. the debate will be capped at two hours including commercials. the new format will also include opening and closing statements. the move comes after the candidates threatened to pull out of the debate if their demands weren't met. >> anchor: still to come today, wild weather out west to show you a quick but torrential downpour leading to massive mud slides in southern cal camp. cars, trucks, roads, even homes covered in the muck . >> anchor: also ahead, sweet revenge. the teams may not be talking about deflategate but a bakery in indianapolis trying to drive a business with their scandalous sweets . >> anchor: then at 5:30, boston based draft kings and fan dual shut down by gambling officials in having as, what the attorney general is saying about the move. >> anchor: attorneys in the phillip chisolm back in district court. what prosecutors want as the teen-ager undergoes evaluation . then ahead here in just one hour, cameras capturing a wild crash out in worcester when a car comes flying through the front door of a lick store.

we have those stories and a lot more. stick with us here on 7 news.

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>> anchor: roads swept away by wild weather in california. torrential rains leading to flash-flooding and triggering mud slides.

several major highways had to be shut down because of the damage . today a cleanup operation is just getting started. let's get to ryan schulteis with a closer look at what's left behind. ryan is p storm was quick, but what was left behind was just absolutely devastating. take a look at video right here first responders say it was the most dangerous weather they have seen in some time. a day of muck covered clean cleanup. after a night of sheer panic. as mud slides in parts of southern calfornia cut off highways . it was just like a freight train coming through your house. it really was. it was loud. it was really loud . cars, tractor trailers, saying inning down the inter nightmare. always we saw was just a mountain of boulders and dirt and stuff coming right for us and it pretty much lifted my car . the storm struck with little warning as much as five inches of pounding rain in an hour for some areas and marble

sized hail. too much water too quickly. hopefully it stops . it's whining up . triggered mud slides . >> reporter: that just wiped some of these cars off the road here . hillsides crumble into roadways swallowing dozens of cars and even homes. the big dig out is under way to free trapped vehicles on that highway. the quick moving system gone, but leaving plenty of damage behind. no one was seriously injured in the mud slides or flooding of the area could see more showers this afternoon. in the newsroom, ryan schulteis, 7 news . up next on 7 news, students in florida ask to mca life or death decision. the hole work assignment that had some parents pretty upset . it's dry weather in the forecast but it is cold weather. looking for a freeze watch for sunday and probably monday morning. . also ahead at 5:30, shots at an orange line t stop spent people running during the morning's commute . just a reminder news is always happening and you can get caught up wherever you are,

>> anchor: some political babies take old media by store. that must be mr. sander. many instagramers using the #, there it is, bobby for bernie to support the presidential candidate. infants wearing wigs, onies, even glasses like this little

guy. look at the eyebrows there looking just like the too. looks like just him . little girl. sometimes you can't tell. sending . >> anchor: cool weather could coulding in this week . >> reporter: going to need to wear more than just the tie all the babies out there of all of us are. we have to graduate interest that fall jacket to winter coat. not now though. fairly nice in the city of boston. 60 degrees. winds are pulling a touch. however, you saw dew point there dry air all weekend long. it is dry. we might need to change that to wind chill because we are talking about quit a chill in the air for this weekend. right around 60 for most locations and again as i mention mentioned those winds are die down of they were pretty feisty throughout the day today after the passage of a cold front and i bring this up because we're going to see those winds packing a punch really all weekend long. season of transition, it's pretty typical for this time of year.

upstate knock and three to the connecticut rivervilly but we don't have anything here in metrowest. we stay dry overnight tonight. another cold front charges through tomorrow morning and behind this a reinforcement of that cold air as i mentioned before, the cold just gets cold colder so we run you through the time line here with that front passing through tomorrow morning morning. a cold blast behind it. you can see some of these colors that we're all too familiar with here. the white meaning snow even that darker purple. lake effect snow expecting that and also some snow in northern new england. so as far as the snow map goes because it is worth mentioning we will be seeing it in areas surrounding the bay state but not here at home. might be some flurries if you get up to the berkshires to do some leave peeping but it will just be very picturesque and i don't think any of it is stick sticking around. cold temperatures though that forecast. tomorrow not all that bad. close to freezing for norwood. closer to 50 for boston. it's the chill that sets in

tomorrow afternoon and then just keeps dropping with the temperatures through this weekend. right around 55 for highs tomorrow, worcester a bit cooler 48 degrees, 54 for plymouth and sandwiches 55 tomorrow pretty popular number there in those mid 50's. the freeze watches on though as you can see all of the areas here shaded in purple really just it isn't going to miss any of us as we get into sunday and especially monday as those temperatures drop even farther so i don't think that this sensitive plans making it much now. pretty typical for the suburban spots but as you get into the city we're a little early for this first freeze. it is on the way though and how about these highs for sunday. yes, our high temperatures look like our lows for tomorrow morning doesn't it? upper 40's, close to 50. but this cold blast doesn't stay with us for very long into next week. we'll looking for that mild air to make a return and it does become much more seasonable. so check out that rebound there. 48 for a high on monday with a chilly breeze. tuesday back to 60. see you in a bit.

>> anchor: indianapolis coats fans are already giving tom brady a rude welcome with show down treats and indy bakery baked these cookies with bride oh's courtroom sketch dub the tom brady monster cookie. huh. well, another cocky features a that either cell phone. remember that if and to top it all the bakery is also selling a deflated football cake. colts fans were also tagging swings at toll y in indy. of course not the real td 12 but form. the lucky fan to bust brady open got free tickets to the game. brutal, right? don't forget 7 news will help you get ready for sunday night's show down in indianapolis. our pregame show 7 on the sidelines begins sunday at 6:30 followed by football night in america. the game starts at 8:30. it's only way they can beat brady, right? exactly. still ahead at 6:00 tonight, a police chase comes it a crashing conclusion in a braintree family family's yard. today a person allegedly

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