next. on 7news at 6. >> now at 7, an arrest made after a two year-old disappears from her home, and found miles away beaten and naked. >> and stepped up security for tonight's football at beltway. >> and on high alert of terrorist attacks. >> and what this means for the weekend. >> first at 6, a former

accused of injuries a hamilton girl. >> and that baby-sitter is facing serious charges. >> reporter: this woman is facing a number of serious charges and being held without bail. >> very shocking. >> neighbors in thomasville cannot believe that a woman abducted a two year-old from her home in hamilton. >> our hearts are with the family and the girl. >> reporter: hours later found alive miles from her home on a rural road on ipswich, with her head shared and cigarette burns on her body. >> her head was down and

her and brought her into the car. >> she was alert but had a big contusion in her head, a big red mark and looked like someone had chopped her hair off or shaved her head. >> reporter: and now the baby-sitter is arrested. people in hamilton were thinking what happened here. >> i have grandchildren and this is a worse fear we all have. >> this is nothing you ever imagine happening here. >> the suspect attented nearby gordon college, and one that attended that college knew the suspect and says there is more to this story. >> something is wrong, we are praying for her and it's

obviously an ugly situation. >> the child is united with her family. >> it's a countdown to fenway park and they are stepping up the game. officers are added to all venue events in the city, trying to make sure that what happened in paris doesn't happen here. more from fenway. >> reporter: yeah the game tonight is kicking off at 7:30. an hour and a half, and lots of excited people, and players on the field warming up. the game is sold out, but it's what is happening off the field that has us all talking. no bags and extra police on control, bc versus notre dame, bringing in more than just fans here at fenway. boston authorities stepping up

>> i am nervous but what can you do. >> reporter: bc told 7news that they were upping the events all weekend wrong. and welcomed out here and the people were glad they were. >> anything to keep people safe. absolutely. >> i'm happy about it, that's what they are there for, here to protect us and i hope they do. >> you just have to do it, that's today's day and age, better to be safe than sorry. upping the security. >> reporter: back out here live on the field at fenway, you can go go -- warming up for the big game. reporting live from fenway. >> thank you. we are following breaking news from chicago, firefighters on

iconic john hancock building. flames shot from an apartment from the 50th floor this afternoon. we are told that at least five people are injured in that floor. the flames are out but firefighters doing floor-by-floor searches. >> now in the capital of terror, authorities in belgium with the wake of the terror in paris. >> the government has raised the threat level to the nation, and in particular to this city, to number 4. that is the highest because what they said was imminent serious and concrete threat. >> we have some information about possible terrorist attacks and certainly in brussels. >> the authorities went as far

multiple attacks in brussels paris. they have closed down the entire subway system for the weekend. and closed down shopping centers and swimming pool, you name it. >> i definitely don't like it and it's not comfortable to face military in your neighborhood like for the time being. it's serious that's for sure. >> i think it's stupid, you let the terrorists win and can't do anything, paralyzed by fear. >> and the authorities are not saying whether this threat is linked to the last known alive member of that attack last

and he is possibly here in brussels. of course in the meantime no one knows how this high state of security will continue. this doesn't look like the quiet brussels the home of many officials and nato. >> an al-qaeda linked group takes credit for the tragedy in mauli. with 21 people killed. there was one american known to die in the attack, born in western massachusetts and grew up in new jersey, and hillary clinton says that an advisory

>> and the weather feeling like november, and what does this weekend. >> yeah, feeling more like november and what it means for winter around the great lakes where 16 to 18 inches have fallen in the suburbs around chicago. and what does that mean for us, and that storm system taking a sharp turn to it the -- to the northeast and could bring a chance of showers tomorrow, it could be rain rather than snow. with the temperatures 39 for worcester and 41 for boston. into tomorrow fairly mild and above average once again. but after the showers move through tomorrow night, cold air

works behind that front. >> following more news today, a dog in weston is recovering at home after impaled by a stick. poor guy, jake was hiking with his owners and when he came back he had a hole in his chest, veterinarians removed a four-inch stick. >> full recovery, he is one lucky dog, if that stick had gone higher, and could have gone into his heart, the fact that had went into his tissue he's lucky. >> jake's owners say that the worse part of this recovery is that the energetic pooch is anxious to go outside. >> and for an accident in

victim taken to the hospital with serious life-threatening injuries. damage. >> and in hyde park on river street, unclear how the firefighters were injured or the extent of their injuries. officials say they will be okay, the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> a man from worcester is arrested after evidence found in his house. and investigators say in the past week he's met up with eight different people from dating gunpoint. >> now to the race for the white house, presidential hopeful, chris christie back on pack, and arrived this morning to speak to

a packed town hall meeting. on his flight to boston yesterday a passenger had to be removed. officials say that the plane was on the run way when the passenger started taking pictures of flight attendants. today christie spoke briefly about what happened. >> i am thrilled to be in the stratum this morning, if you read or heard about my journey to get here. that's not just a line. i am really happy to be here. >> a spokesperson for christie says that the passenger did not pose a threat, but the flight was delayed for four hours after the passenger was removed. >> big headache for everyone involved. >> everyone on that plane, four hours and not happy with that person and the situation. >> definitely, coming your way next on 7news, students at a local middle school bullied because of the color of their hair. you have to listen to this, and now parents are outraged.

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red-headed student, targeted at a melrose school, kicked and beaten because of their hair color. >> it's something that was betrayed in south park, and now parents want it take part in kick a ginger day. >> this episode of southpark hit too close to home to some middle schoolers. ryan constantino's red hair is more prominent in the summer. and he and his friend, in the show, and no child with red hair was spared. >> some people were like bleeding, had nose bleeds. and had marks even on this face. >> by the time that mom, cindy constantino got to school, alex

>> he was literally limping out of the school door. >> while the school sent home a note and said that kicking a student is assault, and it was clearly an agreeing egregious act and surprised that the school didn't call her. >> to pick someone with the hair color. >> the bumps and bruises will heal, but what more for parents the pain that the kids are not able to show. >> my child is not happy, i don't want my child harmed. some of these things can do long-term damage. >> school said that the kids were that attacking other students have been disciplined. >> showers in our forecast tomorrow, where they will fall and how much rain we are

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park. you see this picture sent into 7news courtesy of genie. and this is crews putting out flames. we have a crew on the way now and get the details as they come into the news room. >> now 7 weather. >> not a bad night for football at fenway. 42 in boston right now, light winds and dry conditions and clouds thickening as we move through the evening hours and overnight tonight. pretty seasonal day, high 50 and 49 in boston. and currently 39 for worcester and bedford, these temperatures will not be free-falling because of the clouds moving in. and this means mostly cloudy day tomorrow, with a few showers expected.

dumping snowfall around the great lakes and midwest. and think, this probably is heading towards us, but fortunately overnight it takes a sharp turn and takes the snow with it. and for tomorrow not completely dry, as we get into the evening hours that the system moves off to the north and pulls up this moisture from the sought. best chance for that steady rainfall is south of the cape and the islands. how much rainfall are we expecting? not much across the board and maybe an inch to the southwest, cape cod and the islands as that moisture passes off in the ocean. rain chances our best chance for that. and 30% on monday and dry for the rest of the week for us. and looking good for

thanksgiving travel as well. temperatures are dropping and colder air behind that front, monday and tuesday and feel like heading into the winter months. check out the travel weather for next wednesday, headed into a big hub, chicago and detroit and atlanta, looks to be a quiet travel day for the thanksgiving holiday. and for us mild temperatures and as well as on friday, close to 60 . >> now time for 7 sports. >> boston college last played a game in fenway park in 1956, eagles lost 7-0. and 59 years later they are hosting bc in their backyard.

the red sox releasing this video, and notre dame brings a neutral typesetting, and now invading the oldest ballpark in america. and they get to use the red sox clubhouse and at the request of david ortiz, hunter jr. gets to use papi's locker. and army/navy is the oldest rivalry in college football and that goes to notre dame. and this rivalry known simply as the game. and the crimson with a win and share the ivy league title with dartmouth and penn.

pitch and catch and even at 7. and second quarter and moseley stepping up and connecting with the freshman. 14-7 crimson. harvard running away with it. and harvard winning it 38-19, crimson winning a third straight ivy league title first time in history. patriots and bills getting set for the most anticipated monday night football in 2015. edelman is out and coleman. and maybe getting good news with three upgraded to questionable. jones a new addition to the report but wishes that jamie collins could be out there on the field with him.

>> jamie is a great friend of mine, and he's a great leader and mostly a tremendous footbal player. we know that. and tough not having him on the field right now. but the biggest thing is stepping up and we appreciate the next guy stepping up and that's what we do. >> we have the patriots and the bills covered tomorrow night, we sit down witha patriot's legend, troy brown and his new book. celtics without smart in the next two games, not traveling to brooklyn or atlanta. we are a week into the college basketball season and already we have a new team atop the polls, number one north carolina is upset on the road at northern iowa. that's sports. >> breaking news, a large fire

currently burning at hyde park as you look at the scene. where crews are working to put out this heavy fire. now. you see a lot of smoke. and learning that the fire is now being fueled by a gas line. obviously a lot of concerning issues there, this is hyde park.

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viola. nightly news begins now. good evening. we begin tonight with harrowing new details from inside that hotel in mali in west africa where al qaeda linked terrorists killed 20 people, including an american on friday. exactly one week after the devastating massacre in paris. dozens more were held hostages inside the radisson blue hotel and some are sharing their terrifying stories of survival with nbc news for the first time. islamic extremes armed with rifles and grenades storming the hotel and screaming religious epithets. we are in mali tonight and tells us what happened through the eyes of one american. >> reporter: in the

halls of the hotel a hunt for a gang of killers. men who had gone from room to room shouting allahu akbar. and from the moment the gunmen stormed the hotel. this man from florida saw it all. >> a group of four or five men came from across the street, started shooting. took out the guards. they shot at us. we ran back inside. at which time i fell. >> reporter: but managed to crawl away. some guests barricaded doors, terry hid from the hostage takers under a breakfast table. >> i heard three terrorists coming in. they were standing right next to me. they never seen me. the shell casing were hitting me under the table. i knew i was going to become a victim. because all they had to do was look down. >> reporter: were they speaking? >> they were in a low whisper. two males, one female. >> reporter: security stormed the hotel, two jihadis were killed. they're bodies carried

rescuers saving close to 150 terrified guests. helped by two u.s. secretary agency. another american from maryland didn't make it out. she was one of 22 killed. she worked for the peace corp. >> people loved her. she made a real difference. it's a great loss. >> reporter: where terry kemp was hiding a fire set by the jihadists blocked him from his rescuers. >> they couldn't get in because of the heat and smoke. i didn't want to open the door until they yelled. >> reporter: the siege lasted an hour. but he says it seemed like days. what's the first thing you're going to do when you get back to florida? >> i'm going to hug my wife, my two sons and my two grand babies. >> reporter: two jihadi groups have claimed responsibility, including one linked to al qaeda. there are fears three of the gunmen may still be on the loose. tonight, we're confined to our hotel

under a state of emergency. brussels is a city on edge art after the belgian raised his terror threat to the highest level and warned of an imminent threat. nbc's ron mott is in brussels and has our report. >> reporter: armed soldiers armored vehicle. streets cleared of tourists. the government raised the terror alert in brussels to its highest level. signaling an imminent attack. fearing a paris style attack in brussels. the prime minister said we recommend the population to respect the measures. he urged people to avoid gathering in large numbers, stadiums, shopping malls, mass trants ordered shut down. we must remain calm he cautioned. we take the situation seriously and will

continue a to do that over the next couple hours. meanwhile, the intense manhunt for a suspected terror accomplice last seen crossing the border into belgium last sat continues. the molenbeek district. the uncertainty of what's coming next meant les take home pay for this waiter. >> life is like that. that's it. if it had to be like that to save our life, so it's better to be like that. >> reporter: still, defiance. this group sang its opposition to daesh. a name isis considered a put down. carol wasn't going to let terror take her satd night aware. >> it's bad to see the city like this.

few friends the u.s. embassy urged all americans to stay home. the prime minister said the security situation will be reviewed again. new threats tonight from isis, releasing yet another propaganda video. the fourth in as many days following the attacks in paris. this comes as more suspects have been arrested for their alleged connection to the attacks. nbc's bill neely is in paris with late details. >> reporter: under arrest in turkey today, three men suspected of links to isis. police believe one of them, a belgium, skirted the locations of the paris massacres. across europe, police are hunting for accomplices of the terror gang. french police are still trying to identify the suicide bomber who detonated stormed. these new images from inside, show the damage of bombs, grenades and thousands of bullets. abdelhamid abaaoud was

before police say he took the metro to escape the massacre as he directed on the ground. today, trips guarded key sites like the eiffel tower. in a new video isis threatens france again, threats they're learning to live with. the capitals of three european countries are now on high alert. paris, brussels, and rome which was directly threatened by isis this week. paris began its weekend in defiant mood. a week after the attacks. but for dennis, who survived the attack at a concert, everything has changed. >> definitely my life won't be the same. there will be before november. as there was for you people in new york city there was a before and after 11th of september. >> reporter: like america after 9/11, france is hitting its aircraft carrier close to syria, tripling france's

france's coordinating attacks with russia which has more than 60 war planes bombing isis daily. from russian warships, cruise missiles were launched. more than 100 aimed at isis in eastern syria. russia and the west, divided so often, united here in a common fight. and united also at the un security council which has just passed a french resolution. calling on all countries to confront isis. remember, all five permanent members of the security council have had citizens who have been killed by isis in the last year. isis, it calls a global threat. a group that is hunted now on the streets across europe. jose. bill neely in paris, thank you. twice this week alone president obama has made pointed remarks on terror attacks that have taken the lives of so many innocent people, including americans. in malaysia, the president said the

siege in mali stiffens his administration's resolve against terrorism. >> we will stand with the people of mali as they work to rid their country of terrorists and strengthen their democracy. with allies and partners the united states will be relentless against those who target our citizens. we will continue to root out terrorist networks. we will not allow these killers to have a safe haven. >> president obama in kuala lumpur late friday. donald trump attempted to clarify comments he made foonbc news in iowa about implementing a data base system to track muslims in the united states. hallie jackson is on the campaign trail with more on how fallout from the attacks on paris is changing the conversation here. >> reporter: donald trump now trying to set the record straight facing fallout after he refused to rule out a data base tracking muslims. >> i would certainly implement that. absolutely. >> reporter: today,

pausing to kick out a profiter. here. throw him out. trump'sclaring claire clarifying. base. and more surveillance. >> i want surveillance of certain mosques, okay, if that's okay. you know what? we've had it before again. >> reporter: ben carson agrees. >> i would be in favor of monitoring a mosque or any church or any organization where there was a lot of radicalization. >> reporter: the candidates' comments coming a week after the attacks in paris put a new focus on national security. chris christie in new hampshire, highlighting his tough stance. >> i am concerned about widows and orphans. the widows and orphans i'm concerned about are the widows and orphans that live in my space. the widows and orphans of september 11th. >> reporter: one voter

wanted hear from marco rubio about it. >> one of them is a killer, you've got a huge problem. >> reporter: that's a huge issue for brenda >> we believe in opening doors to in need. but you have to do that in a cautious manner. >> reporter: hillary clinton reminding the u.s. vets refugees strictly. >> we don't want to enhance the recruitment of isis and the others by going to shut our borders because that validates them. >> i think that the effort to close our borders and turn this into a nation of fear and barbed wire is going to fail. >> reporter: the syrian refugee debate has been a hot topic on the trail. a couple of campaigns had to cancel events today after a snowstorm overnight. the first real one of the season here in des moines, jose.

probably not the last. >> hallie jackson, thank you very much. much more on the political fallout in paris tomorrow mourng on meet the press. how do we defeat isis? tonight, 22 million americans are under winter storm warnings and advisories across the midwest which broke records this morning with more to come. mike seidel has more from the hard hit suburbs of chicago. >> the midwest slammed with heavy snow. from secretary of dakota to illinois. more than a foot in some areas. >> these bushes have fallen completely down. >> ice and wet snow blanketed roadways creating dangerous conditions causing multiple accidents. in the suburbs of chicago near white out

the semi overturned. outside des moines firefighters had to rescue a woman whose suv slid off the road and into a creek. plows out in full force this morning. removing the snow nearly as quickly as it was falling. >> with the temperature falling in the single digs we want to make sure to get on the pavement and get a healthy amount of salt down before it freezes. >> reporter: in iowa stadium it was barely recognizable. i keep seeing truck trying to get the snow out of the field. here in chicago, air travellers stranded. canceled at omare 'hare and midway. wild weather the region knows all to well. to have this much. but here it is. welcome to chicago. >> arriving sooner

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been to a lot of school concerts to see our children perform the principle is usually in the crowd cheering for the kids. in one school, the principal wasn't just cheering. he was getting a whole new perspective. >> reporter: in the the strings section there's a new student on the viola. like the rest of the class, he plucks away. can't always follow the music and occasionally slips up. >> sometimes he hits the wrong note and it sounds funny. >> reporter: in the sea of fifth graders he stands out because principal. >> i don't know if seriously, when i started coming to every class i think people started to think i was serious. >> reporter: he was an athlete growing up and never picked up an instrument. this year decided it's never too late. >> i teach him like i kids.

sometimes i remember this is my boss and my principal. >> reporter: for the kids, it was kind of strange at first. >> i was nervous. at first he was like, hard for him to pick it up. then he got the hang of it. >> reporter: they said they were better than you. >> i would agree. some of them take private lessons i know who to sit by. >> reporter: it turns out mr. day isn't the only one learning something. >> it shows them at any age you can pick up something first. you may not be good at first. >> reporter: like members of any good orchestra they quickly learn to work together. >> he's like one of us. he's a cool principal. >> reporter: when they gave their first concert, like the other students, mr. day invited his father. >> he looked up at me and we waved at each other like he was back in fifth great. >> reporter: a father's pride matched only by that of the students at his son's side. >> he did good for my ears.

>> i give an a. >> reporter: kristin daulgran, nbc news. a school cool principal indeed. that's nbc news for this saturday. thank you for the privilege of your time. for all of us here at nbc news.