well. a big sth of rainfall that was just paltry. falmouth picked up and got into the act and heavy rain poured down there. 1.5. almost 2 inches in hingham. the trade yept was tight on the south shore -- gradient was tight on the south shore. we still have this leftover moisture like we normally do with coastal storms and this one no exception. a little patch of drizzle holding on now on the south shore and also the canal. this is also something we watch for in these coastal storms and nor easters too. when we have these areas of precipitation that hold on across parts of central new hampshire or even through western mass, they kind of just hold here until the storm pulls away. they never really shifted down. this is probably of we were missing, the second part of the storm system. nonetheless the next one gearing up. this one not a big one but it promise to see bring us more wet

the afternoon and early evening. a seasonable weekend. we're back in the 50s and we quiet down the pattern once again. will we warm it up? details ahead. using our interactive radar on our website and 7 news mobile and tablet apps. also on 7 tense moments aboard an mbta tuesday when a man pulls out a hatchet and threatens to hurt himself. boston police officers who were able to help defuse the situation. how they did it and how they got the man help. reporter: there was some resurfacing work here at columbia road at dudley street. you might be able to see some of the orange cones there. the situation got dicey on a "t" bus coming through this situation. a dorchester business

man snapped these pictures of the empty bus parked in the construction zone now surrounded by boston police and mbta officers. moments earlier at&t officials say a man pulled out a small axe and threated to hurt himself. police say the king-thinking bus driver pulled over in this construction zone where several boston officers were working a detail, jumped out and called for help. one or two officers got on the bus and when the officers learned the troubled man was a veteran, one officer said thank you for your service. police say the simple words of appreciation, calm the man down. they agreed to put down the axe and come off the bus on his own. the driver and when i passengers okay. the man with the axe taken to the hospital for evaluation. the businessman who took these pictures credits the detail officers for actions.

>> it's because it could have been worse. so now it's safe, so the guy's alive and nobody got hurt so it's a good thing. reporter: a live in dorchester, dan hausle, 7 news. new york banning boston based draft kids. the state attorney general saying it's illegal gambling. brandon gunnoe is in the news room. reporter: they are saying their site features games of skill and this decision caught them offguard. the sights came under scrutiny when it was revealed some employees may have gained access to insider data to win money. she says the sites are a new industry which her office is taking an independent look at.

>> for me it's about ensuring a level playing field for participants and ensuring that consumer are protected. we want fair advertising, fair disclosures and i don't want to see people losing their homes or young people getting addicted. reporter: the sites have already been banned in nevada. draft kings say they are still going to take bets from new yorkers while they pursue all legal options. now to the race for the white house. why does she keep interrupting everybody. >> what a generous man you are. the gloves coming off again lifetime night. today the candidates were back on the campaign trail touting the performances i'm including donald trump who was in new hampshire. byron barnett caught up with him. reporter: a stand it go o for donald trump in new hampshire. at last night's debate,

trump was talking like a winner. >> eight people on the stage and one by one by one they are disappearing, disappearing. it's a beautiful thing to watch as they go out. reporter: the republican candidates spent much of their time on stage last night arguing their positions on national security and immigration. trump was forced to defend his plan to deport up documented immigrants while other candidates say it couldn't be done. jeb bush was in iowa veterans. he critiqued his own performance in the debate. >> i thought it was fine. i did well, talked about issues that were born to people. we started talking about whose the person who can beat hillary clinton. reporter: marco rubio was also bounce. reporter: ben carson now under secret service protection. today carson was back in frowpt of a big crowd at a christian college in virginia, not talking about the debate,

instead discussing his faith and values. >> isn't that part of the problem with our society today, people want to force their beliefs on everybody else. reporter: trump who will also soon be getting secret service protection was join bid two of his sons in manchester. >> we're really proud of him and psyched to be here. reporter: so the presidential race continues to heat up here in new hampshire with the first in the nation primary now just three months away. tomorrow two more g.o.p. hopefuls will be filing their papers here, lindsey graham and rick santorum. in manchester, new hampshire, i'm byron barnett, 7 news. new detail tonight about the plane that crash mood an ohio apartment building. the ntsb just updated this investigation. they say they have recovered the cockpit recorder and are hoping it can provide more clues into this deadly descent. ryan schulteis is here with the latest.

reporter: investigators are sifting through the wreckage as they try to figure out why this plane went down. authorities say that die. nobody was in the building at the time and no one else on the grouped there was hurt. today the ntsb uncovered recorder. it has been shipped to washington to be analyzed for any clues as to what happened. >> oh, my god. reporter: paige was snap chatting with a neighbor when the plane went down. she caught the moment of impact on the camera. the ntsb will be looking into their conditions to see if that impacted the plane's ability to land. >> there was a previous flight that landed just before this flight landed. so there were conditions, instrumented conditions that were capable of being landed. reporter: they also say the

was veering on descent to the airport before it crashed. in the news room, ryan schulteis, 7 news. school threats at the university of missouri causing fear on pulse. security has been stepped up after the 19-year-old is accused making terroristic threats. officials say there's no immediate threat but fear has pushed some students and faculty away from campus. >> a lot of fear. a lot of people moving around. a lot of different threats going on from campus, people in shock. >> i don't know if you've been on campus but it's like a ghosttown. the whole place is just empty. >> parks is expected to appear in court tomorrow. a special day for men and women who served this country. president obama honoring our nation's veterans in virginia today. he stopped by arlington national cemetery as he always does, and just like every year the president laid a wreath

at the tomb of the unknown soldier. tributes took place at the national world war ii memorial and the vietnam veterans memorial wall. the gloomy weather didn't stop from their veteran parade this morning. the roads were filled with local veterans, town staff and other groups. to falmouth now. one veteran receiving the silver star on his 70th birthday. congressman presenting the award for his exceptional service in vietnam. third highest military an emotional ceremony for the men and women who served this country at the state house today. recognizing their 7's victoria warren was salutes. reporter: a day of remembrance, a day of honoring our veterans.

reporter: governor charlie baker joining dozens of veteran for an emotional ceremony. god bless america reporter: recognizing service and sacrifice. roses presented to gold star families who lost a loved one in the service. >> but we should never forget those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and never came home. reporter: a sal -- solitaire place setting for those missing in action. governor baker says it's important not just on veterans day. >> we should all say it a lot, every day, as often as we possibly can. reporter: governor baker says when telling our veterans thank you, he wants those veterans to understand that we are a grateful nation. live from the state house, victoria warren,

congressman seth molta hosting a first of its kind. each speaker had ten minutes to speak about their memories. the congressman said he was inspired to host the event after reading about a author with ptsd. we will be sharing some of the stories a little later in the show. the new england patriots preparing for a giant task. they are making a run for 9-0. but they will have to take down new york and the patriots know that the giants can never be counted on, especially given the past. 7's alex corddry is live with what the team is saying about a familiar foe. alex? reporter: yes, the patriots playing against a former nemesis.

the lifetime time they were up for the task so we'll see if we can do it again at metlife stadium on sunday. >> they always played us pretty tough. so we're expected for them to bring their best. reporter: giving tom brady a good reason to not want to take a trip down memory lane. >> i would much rather win them than losses. it's a totally different team. reporter: tom coughlin and eli manning are still on the opposite sideline did you tell the d-line that used to terrorize brady is no where to be found. >> you don't plan for certain scenarios and all of a sudden they happen. you have to figure out what to do when you're under fire. it's just constant

sure everybody's on the same page and we're all working in the same direction. >> they are continuing to hold off. brady and the patriots are destroying opponents with the league's high-scoring offense. >> that's great. i don't think anybody's really focused on that or focused on the giants, not some mid mid-season report card. give me an f. give me a c plus. it doesn't matter. reporter: the only mark bill belichick wants is a w for the win column. the giants are tied with the eagles for the most takeaways in the league, 13 interceptions and seven fumbles. alex corddry, 7 news. locked and loaded, a couple criminals pick the wrong house to try to break into. how an he willerly woman let them know they

messed with the wrong person. how a pennsylvania man playing a game on-line helped police save a woman and sees a big weapon right here in massachusetts. plus a man collecting what didn't belong to him. the unholy crime at a church in florida. a warning for people using certain on-line dating sites. the plot that's captured the attention of boston police. an easton boy who got a special gift from bono now has the chance to play with them in paris. we have details coming up at 6:00. it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, we'll give you all the premium

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with eight pieces of delicious, original recipe chicken. it's finger lickin' good. an elderly woman fires back when intruders break into her home. so here's the deal, they kicked in her front deal. >> she grabbed a weapon to protect herself and her home. sheldon fox has the story from miami. reporter: don't blame 88-year-old arlene for being inhospitable. >> if and when you have a minute, we'd love to hear your story. reporter: her story is simple. a burglar try to see kick her door down, so she grabs her .25 caliber pistol and blasts at her front door from the inside. problem solved. >> when was this? >> last night.

>> i saw the police but i didn't know what was going on. >> he never made it in says a responding miami cop. police showing up after she called 911 to tell them of an attempted break-in at her house. neighbors were taken outcome. she's got a gun. she has the press hence mine, to take that beretta, piston hamilton hers, and shoot at them and spook them off. whoever wanted in bolted gunshot. cops say the bullet never went through the door or this would have ended with an attempted burglary and death investigation. no bad guys found in the area to question or arrest. running. from a quick-thinking, quick-trigger lady whose defenseless. >> you have to, have you to protect yourself.

not say a word about any of this. police say they checked all of the hospitals in the area just in case to see if that burglar or burglars could be laid up somewhere. no dice. we're in miami, sheldon fox, 7 news. next on 7, another grandmother fights back. see what happens when a woman wakes up to find three bold burglars in her home. wow. here. >> wow. grandma's on a rage. in the meantime we have more showers coming back to the picture. that's ahead. then ahead at 5:30

cloudy out there. don't be looking for much in the way of clearing tonight or tomorrow. we have another weather system closing in quickly and the sun is too weak to burp through all those clouds. dew point reading 47 in town. it might be time for me to change that dew point to a wind chill. all right. so it's time to switch up. storm system pulling away. a mighty one too.

it never really merged with hurricane kate, now hurricane kate. so we never really had a blockbuster on our hands. we still had quite a bit of rain on the south shore and so across parts of central new hampshire and out on route 2. it was in between that we really feel like we lost out on some water here. from andover to natick all the way down into places like dighton and rehoboth and providence too. there's a big gap. right now we just have drizzle. not much of anything happening right now. a lot of fading out. this was an abandoned area of rain that just kind of sat here and some totals were up towards an inch and then out through the cape. you see it on the south shore. boston picked up about a half an inch, not bad, but them this big gap here and it's not like it didn't rain. this is generally a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch. it should be color-coded. it's not.

and another stripe here. if we were to do that in this case, it would have been nasty. it would have been like close to a foot and a half on the cape and then the south shore the same and boston picking up six and maybe one or two north and west of the city. it would have been really tough to forecast. but we're take note of this pause wee me we're going to have these in the winter. clouds, they are with us tomorrow. we're hand in hand with this one and then it looks like our rain sweeps in quickly in the afternoon but it's not an intense rain, not like steady. it will be spotty as we go through the evening hours and them into the overnight and wraps up quickly before we get into friday morning. friday is looking pretty good. our temperatures start off in the 40s tomorrow morning, even upper 30s and then rise slowly into the 50s and that's it tomorrow thank fought fact we don't see any sunshine. on friday we get into the upper 50s as we

bring in some wind. they are bringing colder air to start saturday and sunday 57. monday looks good, close to 60. maybe a sea breeze and low 60s as we gear up for another rainstorm by the middle or end of next week. see you at 5:30. and we continue to honor our service members as we celebrate veterans day. >> viewers have been sharing photos with us and we have a few we'd like to share with you right now. student at the sacred heart school in bradford colored flags to show their support during an annual veterans day assembly. >> this picture of paul deployed right now in afghanistan. >> this is frank tedesco who served in world war ii as a b-24 pilot in the u.s. army air corps. that is like a classic vintage, gorgeous picture. we have a full gallery of pictures coming into our website, and you can see that at whdh.com. i have my grandfather

from world war ii and a photo of him with my grandmother. check it out on there as well. maybe you might see a resemblance. thanks to all our vets and of course our vets' families today. an officer helping a runner cross a finish line. the small gesture that helped a man achieve his goal. dunkin' donuts hoping to spread a little joy after another coffee cup controversy. we'll talk about how it

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