that starts back in burlington. the backup coming back down to route 9 in wellesley. northbound traffic has been heavy as well back into the dedham area. both ways there in the center of the screen on that expressway ride. more than a 40 minute commute down into braintree. route 93 north and south on the right there on the zakim bridge dealing with delays here in the city but leaving town up into medford and storrow drive to the left. i'm joe stapleton, 7 news. also on 7, a trouble after threatening to kill his teacher. the incident has parents on edge because they say no one knew. >> kelli o'hara is live with what happened. reporter: good afternoon. that teen brought a ten inch knife to school police tell us and told his classmates he wanted to kill his teacher. >> it's scary, you know.

it's scary especially nowadays. >> it's kind of shocking of you read it. scary especially on school property. >> parents in rockland reacting to this, a knife police say that was brought on the school property by a middle school student. >> a statement that he wanted to harm one of the teachers there. >> kill a teacher. >> yeah, basically wanted to kill a teacher. so at that point felt it was appropriate. reporter: back on november 10th a 13-year-old boy brought into knife to the school parking lot and said he wanted to hurt his teacher. another child saw and herd the teen's alleged threats who told his parents who then called police. they took these threats very seriously. parents we spoke to say say they didn't take it seriously enough because they weren't informed about it. >> i'm surprised. something like that should be made aware to the parents. >> i wasn't pleased.

it was nerve-racking to think your kids are here and something like that goes on and you don't even get a call. >> i think we should know something about that, especially if it property. reporter: the school's superintendent told us they notify parents on a case by case basis, and because this happened in the school parking lot, that's why they didn't tell they are cooperating with the police. as for that boy, he's this week. kelli o'hara, 7 news. a framingham woman facing charges for allegedly using her children to help her shop lift. christine taylor pleaded guilty to shoplifting $250 worth of merchandise in the natick mall. police say her four young which i know were used to help her hide items in a baby stroller a jury found owen la brie guilty of using a purity to lure the girl that. required him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

the incident was set to happen just before he was set to graduate school last year. officials in maine shy someone has died from eee. they did say the person was at least 65 years old and died in october. it is the first death cause bid eee ever in the -- caused by eee maine. mayor walsh and other city leaders meeting today to share coming winter. last year we saw close to ten feet of snow crowding the streets, making getting around difficult, if not impossible. this year new equipment and better plans will problems heavy snowfall can cause. the mayor speaking today about the new snowblowers the city has bought that will help keep the streets clear. >> these new snowblowers will be giving us the

ability not to be pushing snow but be along. as far as the cost efficiency, it's going to be saving money long-term. >> officials discuss their plans for keeping the homeless and elderly populations of the city safer this winter and said that even though there is a higher snow budget this year, they are hoping, as are we all, not to have to use that extra money. i'm adam williams, 7 news. students at brandeis university staging a sit-in at the school's administrative center. the sit-in began after several hundred students said the administration has failed to address concerns over racial inequality. several mbta board members want to make fares more fair. right now students and senior citizens can get a reduced fare but everyone else pays the

same price. now some mbta board members want to change that. they are considering a price structure that would vary on how much a person makes. >> if you can't get from point a to paint b, you're out of luck. i don't have a problem with that. >> i think they should be even. >> if should be even. >> it should be even across the board? >> yes. even if they make more, they can't necessarily afford a hike-up. >> board members will vote in february. new details on new orleans, police arresting a man they say was caught on camera shooting a medical student. now police say he could be charged with attempted murder. if convicted, he faces life behind bars. this morning the man police say shot a helpless unarmed good samaritan in this video is in jail. the cold-blooded gunman

who fired at tulane medical student peter gold was taken into custody after federal marshals raided the house. >> i couldn't be more proud that we not only caught him quickly but it was done without incident and no one got hurt. >> not a shot fired. >> not a shot fired. reporter: police say his girlfriend is being charged as an accessory. according to authorities cane made a full confession saying he was the one seen dragging a woman down the street and told them he was the one who turned his gun on peter gold, shoot him once in the stomach and shooting him a second time and third time but the gun jammed, likely sparing his life. >> it looked like -- >> he was going to kill him, there's no question. the guy that did this is a cold-blooded killer and i would call it domestic terrorism. >> tulane university released a statement praising gold for his courage when he tried to

dragged in that video. sharks cause a frenzy in a florida beach. you can see sharks swimming close to the shore splashing violently. experts say sharks were after bait fish. no one was hurt. wow, a scary scene out side of a wwe recruiting center in florida. a man threatening employees and eventually charging at police. this frightening scene happening in august but police just released this video. his disturbing actions leaving a disturbing encounter in the park lot. officers say they had no choice but to pull the trigger. reporter: newly-released video shows the disturbing incident back in august, 29-year-old armando can be seen howling,

giving obscene gestures. police arrived with guns of their own. >> instead he turns around, appears to pick something up off the ground and appears to be charging again. he's going down. reporter: officers didn't use a taser but did shoot and critically injure the man. it happened just a few weeks after a judge granted an injunction after he was documented repeatedly trespassing, threatening employees and smearing human feces on the property. >> i guess they are going to lock when he up for the rest of my entire life. reporter: he expressed the desire for a female wrestler and to join the team. >> i don't need no guns because --

he now faces several charges including aggravate add assault, resisting an officer with violence and trespassing. he is due in court in february. a little boy's ipad snatched at mcdonald's. police trying to track down the man behind this cruel crime. and we are staying on top of the breaking news in wellesley. sky 7 hd over a truck crash there. that is backing up traffic for miles on 128 north. complete coverage of the

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caught on camera a young boy is just devastated of his ipad is suddenly smashed at a south florida mcdonald's. a man stealing it when the seven-year-old walked away. he says he was saying hello to a classmate when he made the move. >> daniel knox has a closer look. i got distracted. reporter: most seven-year-olds

love their ipads. most seven-year-olds get distracted pretty easily as well. when he left his ipad on a table to play with a friend, he didn't realize there was a man nearby playing a different game. >> i put it down and then somebody grabbed it and stole it. >> he was in the restaurant with my sister that day, and she went to the counter to order the food. he was at the table. he saw another classmate, he turned his head to wave at the other classmate, and when he did, that someone came and took the ipad from him. reporter: it happened november mcdonald's. as you can see, he put the table down on the table near the playground, he leaves it there. that's when the thief leaves with the ipad. >> when he saw the boy left the ipad unattended and like a real winner, he got up and stole the ipad.

reporter: investigateers say the thief may have been watching the little boy, waiting for an opportunity to steal his pricey device. surveillance video to see if somebody can help us id the man. man. we're hoping somebody in the community who might help us id him will come forward in the information. >> danielle knox, 7 news. sunset, it's time. beautiful sky out there now all aglow. mostly clear sky. a big temp drop tonight like last night except our temps will be two or three degrees warmer. we're staying on top of breaking news out of wellesley. sky 7 hd over a box truck crash in wellesley there. that is backing up north. it's a hectic holiday ride and 7 news hawses covered in the ground and in the air.

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just a few days away from thanksgiving. everyone watching the forecast very carefully. so far looks excellent. beautiful night out there. >> very clear, crisp night. look at the moon, wow. looks like -- what was it called when we had the eclipse? the blood moon. it looks blood moon-ish. >> people are going to need it as they head out and hit the roads. >> a hill haze in front of that moon. our temperature today made it to 43 degrees in post. that was it, yeah, that was it. another cold day below normal.

it's not a trend. we do have that warming trend as we go through the holiday. sharply colder for the weekend as a front crosses bringing us back to temperatures like this. yeah, overall the month has been warm. this is a semi cold spell within that warm pattern which is still averaging about five degrees above normal. a few of these do make it to get in front of our moonlight but nothing too big. tomorrow like today a struggle to get into those mid 40s. we start off in the teens and 20s. 43 in worcester. out of the 30s at least. what we're seeing is a sea breeze. your warmest temperatures will be through lowell and framingham and lowell too. it looks like through cape cod with a breeze off the water we still make those upper 40s. tomorrow starts bright and it looks like these clouds will start to sneak up on us as we go into thursday. thanksgiving day, does

i'm pretty confident, it will. they overtake the commonwealth by 3:00 or 4:00. so you're sitting down to dinner, looks like it goes behind the clouds. but we stay dry. start bright and finish tomorrow. 54 on thursday, milder day, with sun in the background and brightest early part of the day. the second part of the day looks mostly cloudy and a temperature trend is up as we go into degrees. it will be easy to get there and feel mild of you come out. temperatures on saturday inarm. 45, 46. normal highs 49 this thursday, friday, not like that. thanksgiving itself, we talked about those clouds creeping up on us, about 37 to start. there may be a few rays

as you go through noontime and 3:00. should be pretty much overcast by the evening. mainly clear, 1 to 31 degrees. the temperature is two or three degrees warmer than last night. 44 to 48. winds turn overshore. that's your seven on seven forecast. into the holiday weekend we go. sunday. that is a dropoff next week with a storm brewing. looks like we'll get a little milder. hopefully cross your fingers, we get some water out of that one. here's joe stapleton roads. reporter: route 128 northbound right by route 9 in wellesley, that's where we have that box truck hit the jersey barrier several hours ago, 2:30 this afternoon. they've been out here trying to clear the scene. taking a look to at our maps here, route 128 southbound coming down

through newton and waltham looking at more than an hour and 15 minutes to go from route three down to route nine. this was all set up by an earlier crash right by route 290. a little closer to home the mass pike west-bound, a lot of brake lights. again clearing route 495. i'm joe stapleton, 7 news. in today's health cast, childhood leukemia, it's two words parents dread. >> a woman found out her daughter was the youngest ever. >> she was diagnosed six weeks before she was supposed to be born. >> she weighed two pounds under weight. to her parents that was the least of the worries. >> she had brain bleed. her white cells were shooting up way higher than what normal is.

determine the cause of her high blood cell count so her parents took her to the st. louis children' hospital for a second opinion. >> everything was coming back negative. reporter: but after two weeks the doctors came to a conclusion and told parents the one word they never wanted to hear. >> she weighed three pounds at the time so that made her the youngest and the smallest to fer been diagnosed with this type of cancer. it only accounts for 1% of all childhood cancers. reporter: a string of chemo appointments began along with exploratory surgery around her stomach that removed her spleen. >> she's going to be on penicillin for the rest of her life. reporter: doctors said she would need a bone marrow transplant in order to live but chefs grossly under weight for the procedure. it wasn't until october that they found a

hope. her mother says once the procedure is complete, it will begin a whole new jersey. chris anderson, 7 news. is there anything

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night. she spoke about her album and her favorite artists including frank ocean and rihanna. the iconic dress worn by judy garland in the wizard of oz sold for $1.5 yesterday. it is only one of two dorothy costumes. >> when you buy something like that do you put it in a frame and hang it on the wall? >> you couldn't wear it. maybe you want to wear it. >> $1.5 million, i don't think so. 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. breaking news, holiday travel troubles starting early. problems backing up. wanted for murder. police identify the man they say killed a woman and left her burned body in a bridgewater train track. crowds become a bigger part of the picture over the next few days but also the

temperatures still warming up. it cannot be tolerated. it must be destroyed and we must do it together. >> the president of france welcomed to the white house, an open discussion on how to beat isis. >> everyone's confused and very angry. reporter: the patriots overcome injuries and some questionable calls to secure a perfect ten but it's not the win everyone is talking about today. right now we'll begin with breaking news. drivers dealing with some big backups out there tonight. live pictures over route 128 north where an accident has left to a major traffic problem there. state police are warning drivers right now that it will take hours to clear up that scene. >> boy, what a headache. we begin tonight with a closer look at the crash that's causing all this trouble on a busy travel day. >> something you don't want to see when you're trying to get on the road. sky 7 hd over the keep now in wellesley. you can see all the