in maryland ending in a fiery wreck. why first responders are calling . >> anchor: a jaw dropping show down in texas. what happens after a shopper spots an 800 poundal gate in the parking lot. we'll find. it's going to be the best that we'll see this week. >> anchor: a man from lynn called to court. the 44-year-old is accused of stageling a woman to death. police say it happened last . >> anchor: as you saw there, that was a courtroom. the man did face a judge today. 7's steve cooper live in lynn to tell us exactly what happened and more about the charges he is facing. steve? >> anchor: right, so kim, investigators spent hours here overnight in the first floor apartment after making the grim discovery late sunday night and they also made a startling discovery as well. that's with are they found the suspect say nag bed watching a football game on tv. she didn't deserve it . >> reporter: shocked sassiness

hearing about the mud of their neighbor, 55-year-old donna cucc cuccinata pictured with her boyfriend charged with her murder . a not guilty plea to enter on your behalf . >> reporter: james woodbury face a judge after prosecutors say he told a friend sunday night he harmed his girlfriend. that friend called police who not only found the victim dead inside her four terrace apartment, they found woodbury on a bed waving a football game on tv . they worry about force entry in that apartment and they were able to see her deceased on the floor and the defendant was also present in that apartment in the back bedroom waving television at time . >> anchor: since 2012 woodbury has been arrested six times for domestic violence. in 2012 she wrote in court documents that woodbury tried to stage el her and punched her in the face, off and on abuse that went on for 18 months she wrote. neighbors say it was senseless . it's sad. i'm sad. i mean, i have been up all night

crying. . >> reporter: after the arraignment woodbury's attorney . is he remorseful for anything that happened . i'm not going to try him in the hallway of the lynn district court. he denies causing any death. >> reporter: the last time he was arrested back in may prosecutors wanted him held without bail after a dangerous dangerousness hearing but he was let go give by the judgep tonight he is being held without bail and he returns to court next month. live in lynn tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: state police say the truck that take a dead leplunge into the charles river a couple recall. two people died when the truck dove right off the bridge into the water on saturday. police are still investigating what caused that crash. they say the driver ran a red light then sideswiped another vehicle before crashing through the barrier on the bridge. >> anchor: new england leaders meeting in boston. they are talking about the war on drugs. political and business leaders

talk about the region's opioid addiction problem specifically. governor charlie baker there is senator ed marquis and new hampshire governor maggie has an all there to attend. governor baker believes that this problem needs to be taken more sees yourly. there seems continue a lot more appetite to engage the discussion. i have never seen an issue that has more negative momentum than this one does and it will require an enormous amount of offest to kind of break that trajectory. >> anchor: many at the forum believe the focus the fight should be on both treatment and education. >> anchor: a disturbing act of vandalism in derry, new hampshire where a veteran said he is being ested. last year barry parked his van in a canned happened spot. he said he found it spray paper papered with dog feces smeared on it a couple days later with a rental van parked in the same spot and again the van was spray painted. the vandals also apparently tank. he and his wife say they believe they are being targeted but don't know why.

going to come out to in the morning, you know. yeah. especially now that we're getting ready to get our car back. you know, are we going to be able to park it here? or are we going to have to park it someplace elsewhere they can't find it? a go fund me page has been set town help that couple pay for repairs. police have stepped up security and are looking for those vandals . >> anchor: we're following more news today. there is a massive manhunt for a gunman who attacked a judge in texas over the weekend. distribute judge is recovering from serious injuries. investigators say someone shot at her four times right outside her home. she wasn't directly hit by a bullet but she was hurt by shrapnel and broken glass. torts are now looking through hundreds of felony cases over which she presided trying to identify who might want her dead dead. if you thought about someone being very upset with a judge, she is not the type judge you would think. >> anchor: the attack has

promised judges in texas to meet with law enforcement today. they are talking about their new security concerns. >> anchor: two officers in louisiana arrested for shooting and killing a six-year-old boy during a police chase appearing in court today. derek staffer and for us gene house i don't remember are being held on $1 million bail. a funeral for the boy was killed in that chase was held today. a six-year-old jeremy martas was killed after a police chase involving his father and an autopsy shows the boy was shot five times in the head and chest chest. his father was seriously wounded wounded. body camera footage from one of their arrest. the two officers haven't told investigators why they were try trying to pull that father over. p . >> anchor: taking a luck at news across country a firry wreck in maryland. police say at least four people including a child were killed when a church van and two other vehicles collided. first responders say it was a horrible sight when they arrived arrived. a horrifying scene after a

church van killing four and injuring 14 others just north eat of washington dc. fire officials there overnight and high yachtville, truck may have rear-ended a passenger vehicle before losing control and crossing into oncoming traffic. the van then hit the truck setting the truck on fire. first we thought it was a house on fire because the flames were about the height of that . >> anchor: neighbors nearby said they tried to save victims by pulling them out of the van some desperately using their own water to help put out the fire . somebody came out of their house with a hoes and they were . >> anchor: authorities say six children and adults were transported to area hospitals. four adults and four children in critical condition. any time you deal with children and fatalities and serious injuries it does affect fire fighters and medics an police officers

. >> anchor: fire officials are saying the children in the van range from four to ten years old old. they are not however releasing any names at this point. >> anchor: staff members on a cruise ship in florida are accused of discriminating against a man who later fell overboard and died. cell phone video shows bernardo alves hanging on to the side of the ship before hitting the water on friday. royal his lawyer says staff members made anti-gay remarks against the couple and a fight broke out eventually leading to him falling overboard . there was an altercation in the room involving royal caribbean security heave fell overboard and royal caribbean was right there on the scene as he fell in. >> anchor: there is no word yet if his husband has filed a lawsuit against the cruise line . >> anchor: now turning to the race for the white house. democrat hilary clinton has officially filed her paperwork for the primary in new hampshire hampshire. it comes as her poll numbers continue to climb. he is now just one point behind bernie sanders in new hampshire. so what might this mean for the presidential candidate?

hiller instinct. hilary clinton is no strang stranger to the secretary of state's office in new hampshire. same spot. my fourth time. >> reporter: the first time was 1991 for her husband's first campaign. in 1995 she visited as first lady. she was back for the third time in 2007, for her first campaign. i am running for president . >> reporter: when she announced in april, she was the instant front-runner but then see stumbled. thanks it a strong debate performance and even stronger appearance before the congressional benghazi committee and joe bide indeed siding not to run, hillary is dominating house. average all of the national polls and she is beating vermont senator bernie sanders 55 to 33, more than 20%age points. in iowa she has a similar lead, 54 to 30. and in new hampshire she is now

just a point behind sanders after trailing by 15 just a few weeks ago. mrs. clinton, how does it feel once again to be inof th thable? well, that's not how it feels. i they i have to spend a lot of time and effort leaving out and talking about why this election is important . if she wouldn't say she is inevitable, her supporters certainly would. how confident are you that hillary clinton is going to get the democratic nomination? very confident. >> reporter: what would she have to do to not get it? i can't imagine. >> reporter: if she says in she is getting it? she is getting it . >> reporter: what would she do to not get the nomination? i can't think of anything to be honest with you . >> reporter: poll tell you where a campaign stands the a particular point in time. times can change which is why there is no sure bet in politics politics. hillary clinton winning the democratic no nay for president is about as close as you can get

to a sure thing. that's my instinct. it. still ahead on 7 news a surprising encounter in texas. an 800 pound alligator with a whole lot of muscle. >> anchor: then breaking news in mansfield. into a car. why police are calling it intentional . >> anchor: also breaking patriots running back deion lewis out for the season. we have details on how the patriots plan to make up for the big loss.

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>> anchor: a dangerous disturb an phone shoppers in texas. thisal gate made its way too a home heap oh parring lot. this jaw droppingen counter had some people running. >> anchor: i bet. even when pros stepped in this gate was not going to cooperate. jonathan hall with the story. a texasal gate hunter and an officer team up to try to tie up a giant 12 and a half foot, 800 pound, 50-year-old alligator. his eyes are covered up, but the capture still a challenge . >> anchor: we tried to do a front catch with him where you hold the jaws and get him taped of he was so big and his jaws were too big for my hands that couldn't get my hands to fit

around his mouth . witnesses say this big get was close to people . >> anchor: we tried several different attempts on how to catch hill. finley, we thought we had him wore out enough where we might be able to put two people on the back of him and hole his mouth that way and kind of outway him which clearly did not work . >> anchor: thal gate was so big they named it god silla. once its snout was ought wrapped up an legs tied up, it took a forklift from a nearby home depot to load him up . >> anchor: he still has some fight in him. obviously he just did a couple no death roll or anything like that. we were all ale to get off tail. finally, i was able to catch him by the jaws and get him taped safely. then god zipa was loaded into a pickup truck and taken way. a scary situation that has this dental assistant by day lucky to still have her life. are you crazy? >> anchor: everyone always thinks that. i don't think so. i just love the animals. >> reporter: jonathan hall, 7 news. >> anchor: i'm glad you do.

wet here in the short term. long term it will dry out once again. but we have some wind and rain in the forecast. that's ahead. >> anchor: a story you saw first on . high school student rushed to the hospital after a dangerous exposure to acid fuels. what veriors say caused that hazardous conditions. >> anchor: and on just one station, surveillance cameras capturing a driver dragging police officers in boston. we have the latest on the

>> anchor: 56 in town now of we have 49 in norwood, about 50 in bedford and 48 in worcester. so the temperatures falling quickly as we go through the evening. not enough cloudiness right now to kind of put a cap on that cooling process. not now at least. by morning there will be enough

cloudiness. here comes the rain. right? well, yeah. it's coming in. it is november, we're supposed to get these weather systems roll through. we start the morning off in the 30's to near 40's and downtown about 45, 40's on cape cod then we get the jump and the bump in the afternoon. not much of one but one that will bring us at least to near normal or above into the mid 50's and then we'll cool off as we go into the evening. once that rain sets in the evening those temperatures will level right off in those low 50's and feels kind of raw. full head of team coming out of this weather system it. shoots that rain right up into the dc area. right along the health beltway then up into new jersey here and then we have this little weather system i guess you could say of it's a tropical storm actually. it's kate and she is moving northwest and that northeast. not to interfere with this weather system, but you know they may share a little moisture channel here so it looks like we'll get a healthy dose of rain in here too. this is that 3:00 in the afternoon starting to move up on to the pike and then pushing up on to the north shore and up

into southern new hampshire as we go through the evening. some moderate rain possible only on tuesday night and very early on wednesday. the track of this weather system is a coastal storm that means it hugs the coastline so as its name suggests the winds will be strongest right along the water water's edge out through the cape and islands too. we could see gusts well over 30 to 40 miles per hour. for that reason, we have a wind advisory all the way into wednesday afternoon and wednesday evening. i use juiced up one of the model showing only about a quarter inch to a half inch. i thought do you know what? this has some good rain coming our way so this model shows at least an inch of rain for many of us. i think between 3/4 to an inch of rain is possible out of this weather system. so a clear start, clouds roll in 34 to 46 tomorrow in the 50's a few late showers after a cloudy and perhaps some bright spots in the overcast. a little sun tomorrow. late week we start to warm it up once again but that shut down by the weekend. a come one coming up but it's dry.

see you at 6:00. >> anchor: so it's monday which means it's time for who did it better . >> anchor: jadiann thompson headed to boston's engine four for a fire fighter challenge. so now we need to you vote and let us know who who did it better. things are hing up this week as we head to boston fire's engine four in beacon hill. i don't know if you have seen this guy, but this is chris land landon from hgtv . my pleasure. i will do it this week . >> reporter: no, i got you on this one. the challenge? slide down the firehouse pole and put on the bunker gear worn by boston fire fighters . what makes you think you can do it better . i have a height advantage today . >> reporter: i am a little bit afraid of this so we'll see what happens. since chris had the height advantage i decided to level the playing field . i would put these over here here. >> reporter: hey, chris, . did i tell you i'm said of heights? he is already wiping sweat

off of his brow. it's kind of scared for him. three, two, one, go. >> reporter: hurry, get your boots. . i need my boots. >> reporter: a feel a little bit bad but i am afraid he would . >> reporter: i have to put suspenders on before the coat. i got this. time. >> reporter: while i made my way upstairs, chris got his revenge. try to put on the boots now now. three, two, one. fire! that was really good. >> reporter: who put this stuff in my shoe? the first bear foot fire fighter . >> reporter: you said you didn't do anything . i said i didn't move anything. new she is in the quick .

let's go. let's save some lives . it's backwards. not done yet . >> reporter: stop. i think boston is in safe hands with us. >> reporter: they are not. in the fend it took chris a total of 54 seconds to complete the challenge. i finished in just 38 seconds. a great competition. i am still shaking. you went to like run it off. i teal like i can run this off. >> anchor: all right. don't forget to submit your vote vote. all you have to do is head to our web site whdh.com and we'll have your resus tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. >> anchor: a very good monday evening, everybody. i'm adam williams with a look at breaking news coming up at 6:00 of a driver facing charges after a deadly rollover in mansfield of here is the scene. police call it a scene of road rage. also breaking patriots running back deion lewis is out for the season with a torn acl. how the pats will try to replace his production. and a story you saw first on 7. 25 students rushed to the

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that blake shelton and gwenstefa gwenstefani . there is blake that is very. sasquach . handsome . i didn't think he could get a girl as hot as her to be honest . look at him for crying out loud . >> reporter: to taunt his favorite target . all right, all right, you beat me . >> anchor: two hours of live performances tonight followed by blind spot and stay up with us for all of the day's news on 7 news at 11:00 . >> anchor: state right there right now because another 30 minutes of 7 news is ahead. 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> reporter: breaking news. police say one person is dead after a case of road rage in mansfield. also breaking patriots running back deion lewis out for the season. the teammates that will now have to step into the spotlight. then a story you saw first on 7.

a chemical scare in boston sends more than 20 students to the hospital. two local police officers dragged about a suspect. >> anchor: we do begin with breaking news at 6:00. investigators saw a case of road rage turned deadly in mansfield a person was killed when a truck flipped over near 495. a driver is accused of slamming into the utility truck intentionally . >> anchor: police say the suspect had been drinking and after the accident he took off. 7's kelly o'hara live in foxboro with more for us. kelly? that alleged drunk driver under arrest, being held at the state police barracks right behind me but tonight a family is without their loved one after this deadly wreck. 145 >> anchor: debris on the side of the highway. the result of a deadly accident that state police say is the

result of road rage.