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side o the truck hauling 100,000 pounds of crushed cement broke away from the rig. the driver said he couldn't believe his eyes when he looked in the mirror and saw the wheels literally rolling as crow the road. >> i happened to look over and just saw one come off and the other come off. one hit another direct and that changed the direction. that is why it went over to the other side of the ride. >> reporter: the other tire cascading across the median strip bouncing off an s.u.v. towing a camper. causing the camper to roll over. >> very frightening. the tires are heavy. they do a lot of damage. they would kill people. >> reporter: traffic on both sides much -- of 495 still. the run away tires inspected as well. a little rattled by all this
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gian says he is thankful everyone is okay. >> helpless, stick to the stomach, yes, what can you do? >> reporter: again emergency sponsor say it's incredible nobody was hurt especially when you look at the damage done to the camper itself. peter carroll was the one driving the s.u.v. wife was in the car as well. he is telling a terrifying story about what was that like watching this wheel come barreling across the road. going to hear from him coming up at 6:00. live in lawrence tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> breaking news. a judge upholding the conviction against a new hampshire prep school student accused of rape. ryan schulteis has more. >> reporter: the judge upholding the charge that olen labri luring a student. in august the jury found labrie not guilty of the most serious charges.
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number of miss demeanors but labrie will most likely have to face another trial. he face as sentence this could raining from probation up to 11 years in prison. he will be able to petition the court to be removed from the sex offender list 15 years after the end of the sentence. >> defense attorneys in the baby doe case asking for a second opinion to determine bella bond's cause of death. the girl's mother and boyfriend charged with the girl's mother were in court as the judge granted the request for another autopsy. within drop. >> reporter: remember how the first autopsy did not determine howelly how bella bond was killed. her mother said that her boyfriend punched bella repeatedly in the stomach and the shown that a second autopsy will confirm or deny that depending on who you are talking to.
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defendant will be held without bail. >> reporter: mccarty make his first court appearance since the arraignment after being charged with murder for the bond. a stark contrast to his appearance aent mo ago. also in court 40-year-old rochelle bond. >> disgusted. >> reporter: baby bother's biological father finds it difficult to look at mccarty but is here for actually met. >> this is all justice for bella from here on out. >> reporter: in court a judge agreed to allow a second autopsy. the mother's defense attorney wants another one to prove that mccarthy punched bella repeatedly in the stomach. bella's remains were found in a trash bag washed up on a beach in june. it took three months to identify her. the break in the case came after bond allegedly told a friend that mckathy killed her.
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he thinks it was a great tragedy. but he is not responsible. >> reporter: mccarthy and bond are due back in court on november 19. this time it's going to be a probably cause hearing. brandon gunnoe, 7 news. >> a big shift from the american cancer society. the organization now saying women should start getting mammograms later and skip routine breast checks by doctors. board. the american cancer society has released new screening guidelines for breast cancer >> by age 45 all women should start regular screening every year. >> reporter: the acs recommends annual mammograms of the start at age 45 with the option to start them at age 40 if they want. at age 55 women can get them of other year.
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clarify which women may benefit most from mammography. >> there are qualifications and i think that makes it more complicated. it's not the simple one recommends we had in the past. >> reporter: the new guidelines no longer recommend doctors perform clinical brevity exams. >> the live saving potential of early detection really is found in regular mammography. that is the test that can find a cancer before anybody can feel it. before the clinician can feel it or before the patient can feel it. >> reporter: the guidelines are only for women with an average risk of developing breast cancer. those without a strong family history. the they also leave room for woman and their doctors to make individual decisions about screening. recommendations decisions do not affect insurance. breast cancer is diagnosed
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>> chloe kardashian posted a statement thinking everyone for their prayers. the message is a day after odom was found to a medical center in las vegas. family says he continues to make progress and is even talking and beginning to eat. chloe, odom's estranged wife thanked all of the supporters saying under their hospital care amazing incredible strides have been made. you could never be prepared for an experience like this but without the outpouring of live and endless prayers lamar has received, and the strength i was given great my loved once, it would have been difficult to endure i. odom was found unresponsive in a nevada brothel last week. he had drugs in his system. he woke up on friday. chloe has been at odom's side since he was admitted to the hospital in las vegas. >> new video out of russia allegedly showing a fighter jet's close encounter with what seems to be a drawn. they say the incident happened over syria.
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u.s. and russia signed an agreement designed to limit collisions between airplanes and drones. jim webb announcing today that he is out of the race and won't be running for the democratic presidential bid any more. he only had a small fraction of support in polls. wen said that he is frustrated with the democratsic party's leadership and is not sure what party he belongs to. >> i fully accept my views on many issues are not compatible with the power structure and nominating basis the democratic party. if i'm in a room full of democrats, they think i'm a republic, if i'm in a room full of democrats they think i'm a democrat. >> webb hasn't ruled out runs as an independent saying he will meet with supporters in the coming weeks. a new poll shows hillary clinton pull away from the pack. this is the first poll since the debate last week.
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way with 49% of the support. bernie sanders drops to 29% and joe biden still getting 15% of the support. biden is yet, has yet to make an official announcement about his political intentions but he did fuel speculation yesterday calling a meeting at his home in delaware. >> on the republican side, a new poll is showing that donald trump is still on top. the latest nbc/"wall street journal" survey shows that trump is in front with 25%, that is up from last month. in second ben carson with 22%. third place marco rubio with 13%. >> there is more news. the lowell man accused of attacking and injuring police officers facing a judge. he appeared in court earlier today. a judge ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation. he will be be back in court next month. attack happened last night when he smashed the side
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things got worse when police got. there he started fighting with the officers and even threw one of them down a flight of stairs. the officers were taken to the hospital but are expected to be okay. he faces several charges including assault and battery. a quincy plan is on the run tonight accused of robbing a bank in maryland. police say an arrest warrant has been issued for joseph carrier, he is accused of robbing bank of america last week. police believe he is travelling with his wife. the couple is also accused of robberies here in massachusetts and in florida. >> new at 5:00 now, today marks 20 years since boston university hockey player travis roy slammed head first into the boards paralyzing him from the neck down. that happened 11 seconds into his first college hockey game. those 11 seconds have defined him not for what he can't do but everything he has been able to accomplish. dan hausle live in boston where roy is being honored. dan. >> reporter: anybody who knows travis roy is
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had a great hockey career. here at b.u. then in the nhl but 20 years after that accident that changed his life, he says he has gotten the wisdom to know that his more. it's a heart-breaking moment to look back on. promising b.u. hockey player crashed into the boards paralyzed from the neck down. >> how are you? >> reporter: he is marking the an verse of the day in a years ago. >> 20 years later, raised a lot of money to help out a lot of individuals. funned a lot of research. there is just a lot of good that is happened. >> reporter: travis invited young hockey players to join him for the debut of life. the mayor declared this travis roy day and the bruins signed travis roy to a one-day contract. the coach saw great things in him. >> i believed he was going
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to be successful in whatever he did. he found another career. >> reporter: now travel sis a motivational speaker and his foundation raised more than $7 million to help others who are papalized. >> what he able to do over these past 20 years and where we've been able to bring the foundization a testament to him as a person. >> reporter: -- his greatest hope in the next 20 years is to be forced to find another job. >> i like to see the travis roy foundation go out of business. independence is possible in the next 20 years for people that are paralyzed. i want to get there as soon as we can. >> reporter: the big event is tonight here at the b.u. a cocktail party and fund-raiser. this day they'll raise $1 million for the travis roy foundation. and paralysis research. live in boston, dan hausle, 7 news. >> mbta commuters can cast their vote to resign, green, orange and red line cars.
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voting can be done but the mbta website. the green line is expected to have the newest vehicles on the tracks by 2017. voting ends on november 3. find a link on whdh.com. still to come refusing to apologize, a driver who swerved in a couple on a motorcycle explaining his actions why he won't say story. >> flames tear through a building in new bedford. why investigators say this looks suspicious. >> a reheth man suspected in a violent case of road rage in custody. we're hearing the dramatic call for help from a. >> the aledged victim blaming a popular social media app. those stories and more ahead
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>> a motorcyclist is run off the road in rural texas. we showed you the shocking video yesterday. now we're hearing from the driver of the car who swerved in the biker. the man say as bug is to blame. >> many aren't buying it after hearing his reaction after the wreck. shocking video shows the crash. watch the white car, it swerves just as a motorcycle is trying to pass. clipping the front wheel and throwing the two riders. >> what were you doing? when you hit them? >> i don't care. >> i got it on video. >> almost as stunning as pictures the words of the
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man behind the wheel. >> you dit him? >> i don't care. >> 68-year-old william crumm was in court today. he has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon but now says he is sorry and that his erratic driver was the result of an insect bite. >> i felt this tremendous swinging in lie left leg and i thought it was a wasp or something. and i didn't know. i immediately went like this. i was driving with my left hand. and i immediately went back the other way. >> reporter: eric sanders doesn't buy the story and crumb. >> he mitt me on purpose. i do not care what he said or what his explanation is. >> reporter: he admits he crossed the double yellow but says it was legal because traffic was moving at a slow pace. he was scraped and bruised in the crash. girl friend sustained critical arm and leg
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i. c. u. but is listed in serious condition. >> wild to see there. a police spokesperson says that the accident right now remains under investigation. >> next on 7 the force awakening, some issues for movie ticket sales sites. what happened minutes after wars" trailer. tickets. got to work on that. our forecast is looking a little cooler for tomorrow. >> then at 5:30 the director of the c.i.a. targeted by a school. security concerns. >> news is always happening. get caught up whenever you want wherever you want to stream many live events on the app throughout the day. >> halloween is right around the corner and many of us have already bought the candy. >> guilty of that. maybe you are reaching into - the candy bowl now. you maybe surprised how hard you have to work for the calories to come off. >> the details tomorrow
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who has the plan for jobs? jeb. tax cuts for the middle class. eliminates special loopholes. an explosion in growth and new jobs. jeb: cut taxes. grow america. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. >> welcome back, as we look live over down town boston, some high clouds, but if you went outside earlier, you might have said it felt balmy compared to temperatures we had yesterday and for most of the weekend. feeling almost like early winter. >> i should have paid more
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wore a winter coat and not needed. things a lot warmer today. >> you were -- i'm 20 feet away from you. you didn't -- >> i know. >> no disrespect. >> no, well, you know, a lot of folks don't listen. you walk through the newsroom, i know you were just on, what is it going to do tomorrow? i get it. the people that want to watch and want to pay attention i have a forecast for you. up and down temperatures over the next couple of days. no storms are brewing then quick moving weather systems with friends that go by, drop temperatures and will move back up and drop again. hold on tight. going to be quite the ride. 65 in boston for a high. 69 in norwood. 64 in nashua. it is mild today and still holding in the 60s a beautiful evening. amidst the high clouds adam was talking about. without any rain by the way. the radar is silent. cold is pooling across hudson bay and quebec. we'll watch this because i think occasionally the jabs of cold will come down and hit us but they don't
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establish like a beach front here or a total lockdown pattern of cold going into november. i'll tell you that right now. each time we bring the cole down it pulls away, rain shower activity. there is some back through toronto and buff row but this as it heads eastbound i think will fade. so i'm not worried about any renegade showers like we saw last night with the batch of moderate to heavy rain that went through the sea coast of new hampshire. now tomorrow, we might have a sprinkle. there is a front to the south through hartford and back into new york city late day. it bobs and weaves and occasionally that may touch off a sprinkle, but i'm more concerned about the cloud which will tighten up late day and we might see fog form through the afternoon or late day into the evening, too. through cape ann, down through the south shore. but nonetheless, we make upper 50s, don't be fooled by the temperatures. they seem o's k. they're near seasonable but late in the day as the east wind becomes established, low cloudiness moves, in these numbers will sink back
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to the low 50s and mid-50s even back through attleboro, 6 early before we fall back once again. then the warmth front lets by and everything is grand. on thursday southwest winds. you are back into the 60s if not maybe touching 70 across southeast mass. a cool front will close it off. as far as risks for rain, 30% between wednesdayance third and friday and sat look dry. speaking of rain, i'm going to get back up on my soap box and talk about the drought situation. four of the last ten months have been above normal precipitation. just a little bit above normal, too. the rest 6 out of 10 have been below normal. so this speaks for itself when we talk about being half a foot of, below normal for rainfall. precipitation i should say because that takes into account snow melt. mostly cloudy. quick shower late. about 48-53 and tomorrow mostly cloudy. cooler, few sprinkle, fog late. 56-64.
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by the way, two of the months were january and february of this year. where we were a little bit above normal with that amazing snow and that amazing winter. some have other words for it. friday, saturday, temperatures in the middle and upper 50s but brightest in the seven-day forecast. see you at 5:30. >> can't say the words on tv. monday night football ratings spiked during half time. >> it wasn't the game that em- wanted to see. it was the trailer for "star wars," the force awakens. >> nothing will stand in our way. i will finish when you started. >> the film premiers december 18. tickets went on sale on movie tickets.com, they crashed due to the high demand. julian edelman getting in on the "star wars" hype. he tweeted this spoof of the
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poster. it features tom brady, the gronk, jamie collins ant and the coach with the title "star pats." >> i wonder fer he did that. >> looks good great ahead on 7, dramatic moments on stage in arizona. the surprising scene that landed an actor in the hospital. >> what archaeologists are trying to find on the
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>> as always great to see you on a tuesday, there is another hour of news ahead. i'm adam williams. >> i'mless lirks 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> now at 5:30, alarming
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attacks, minutes apart in the north end. police on the hunt for dangerous robbers on the run. >> a new bedford home consumed by flames. firefighters believe this could be the work of an arsonist. >> a real feel in the wild west 37 an actor shot during a reep actment. >> a heart warming moment months in the making. >> 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> we start with breaking news. a judge upholds the conviction of the new hampshire prep school student accused of raining a fellow student. >> the defense wanted to overtern a felony charge and keep lab re-out of jail. decision. >> reporter: the judge upholding the charge that labry lured an underage girl to a sexual encounter by a computer. in august the jury found labri not guilty of the most serious charges, but this
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