local leaders are trying to reassu the public that they will be safe. >> i want the people to know entering the holidays that the combined resources are on the occasion. >> reporter: president obama speaking from the white house trying to reassure the american public that in the wake of attacks abroad, people should feel safe during the holidays. >> law enforcement professionals at every level are working overtime. they are continually monitors threats at home and abroad. >> reporter: travelers braving long lines today at logan airport more concerned with delays than terror. >> i try not to think about it. you know, i guess if i was going to europe, i would be. but i'm not really concerned about it right now. >> i'm not terribly concerned about it. we made a point to get here extra early today just to go through the lines, which are huge. leaders addressing concerns. bay state is safe.

>> there is no credible threat. it's been discovered with respect to certainly massachusetts and the rest of the country. >> reporter: boston mayor marty walsh reminding residents that officers are on alert. >> while we're making sure the streets are safe, we're also controlling the community neighborhoods. so i have great confidence in the boston police department and the way they handle it and certainly the challenges they have. >> back out here live at the jetblue terminal, you can see again those short lines. that's the good news if you are traveling tonight because it should be going pretty smoothly for you, if you still have to make your way here to logan. but the tsa is saying that if you do have to fly tonight, get here at least two hours early, just in case there are any added delays. that's the latest live in logan, nick emmons, 7news. let's fly out to the roads. are there any back-ups we should worry about? this shot looks good anyway. let's check in with joe stapleton. >> that's right.

westbound cruising along very nicely right near exit 17 out of the newton area. not moving badly out by 128 or 495. taking to the maps we do see some sluggish volume on the westbound side of the pike tight going out in the oxford area. auburn. nearby. the rest of the ride moving along nicely and downtown we have good news for you. 93 northbound and southbound bridge. no major hang-ups here on the up or down ramps. joe stapleton, 7news. and weather looking good for holiday travel, too. >> there are no signs of storms to get in your way, at least if you're traveling in new england. let's check the forecast with chief meteorologist pete bouchard. >> i have some cold temperatures already now to freezing in norwood, plymouth and hyannis. the vineyard, as well, 38 in beverly 42 in brnz.

a thin ribbon of clouds coming off man tax point and block island. they don't look like much but once we get a southeast wind, we'll continue to watch it grow, for one and then push it into southern new england for tomorrow. see how it goes coming up, and then spreading out as we go through tomorrow. not an entirely cloudy forecast. there will be a few rays of sun, but look at the temperatures, 40s turn to 30s and by morning we'll bounce it back into the lower 40s. peeks of sun, probably the brightest part of the day will be in the morning, then a mostly cloudy sky. there aren't any showers in the forecast for thanksgiving. but there may be some as we go into saturday. we'll take a look at the forecast ahead. >> all right, pete. 7news in worcester where police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who left an officer injured this morning. the victim was directing traffic at grafton and franklin streets. kelly o'hara is live in worcester with more on a search

that's going on tonight. tbhaz a scary situation. the officer was out here working as a car drove by and hit him and he was meat immediately rushed to the hospital. you can see reconstruction teams out on the roadway right there trying to figure out exactly what happened. we are told that a police officer is working construction detail right near downtown underneath i290 when a car drove by, hit him and just kept on going. we are told by people out here the officer radioed in for help and four minutes later he was taken to the hospital. all police will say officially about the accident is that he's a minor and he is home from the hospital safe and pound and will his family. reporting live in worcester, keli o'hare , a 7news. a judge sentenced owen lebri to one year in jail and register as a sex offender. a jury convicted lebri of an assault in concord

new hampshire. lebri is free while appealing. sky 7 over the scene of two fires today. a home caught fire this morning in sharon. crew its put the flames out pretty quickly but you can see damage to the roof there. thankfully no one was hurt. in lynn flames breaking out in a two-story building just before 10:30 this morning. smoke was just pouring out of that roof. the building is near the lynn english hig school. >> a long-time organizer of the annual st. patrick's day day parade has died. john hurley is a vocal opponent of gay groups marching in the parade of 1995. hurley's crusade to ban gays went to the u.s. supreme court which sided with him at the time. he was 85. three people facing charges in connection with hundreds of items allegedly marked for resale at a store in chinatown. investigators say the women were selling stolen goods at their store to discounted prices. police arrested them last night following a 10-month investigation. officers went into my 10 fashion with a search warrant in

recovered 5,000 items valued at more than $100,000. the patriots head west to play the broncos sound. a pursuit to perfection right here on nbc. it won't be the marque match-up that they had in mind when the season started. jonathan hall is live in foxboro tonight. >> peyton manning may be walking around in a cast these days, but the 8 and 2 broncos won last week without him and the banged-up patriots are taking nothing for granted. >> reporter: the pats injury list may be as long as your turkey day shopping list but is there hope? injured wide-out danny amendola participated in a non-contact practice today as they tried to get to 11 and 0 after getting a another w. >> mental tough seasons huge especially in the game of football and throughout life with. >> reporter: first number 33, running back dionne louis, who had been playing brilliantly hurt his knee and went down in week 9.

broke his foot. he's out for at least a month, if not longer. amendola sprained his knee monday night in the bills game and fellow wide receiver aaron dawson hurt his knee too. coach belichick does a tremendous job of making sure that the next man up is ready. and i'm sure the next man up will be ready. >> reporter: this new england/denver match-up is a little bit different this year. no brady/manning showdown as peyton is injured and some wonder if he will ever play again. >> there's nobody that has more respect for peyton than me. outside probably his parents and his brother. if anybody can appreciate what he's accomplished, it's me. >> reporter: meantime, prayers around the dinner table for quick healing as the team gets ready to celebrate thanksgiving tomorrow. >> so you're not, constituting? no. that's not my role. we gotta do our jobs well. and that's not my job. maybe his role is the

that would be my role when thanksgiving rolls around. the blockers up front, the big guys in front of brady, they've been hurt too. people are crediting bill shepherd chick with holding it all together. live in foxboro, i'm jonathan hall, 7news. the pats and broncos will be right here sunday night on nbc. we'll get you ready with a sideline special starting at 6:30. >> and we have our annual football feast here on 7news, highlights from high school football games across the area, annual tradition starts at 5:30 tomorrow night right here on channel 7. but if you miss it then, you can catch it on our other station 7news at 10:30 on cw56. coming up on 7news at 6:00. a bit of a treat for patients at children's hospital. some of their names pained on beams across the street, who

>> ironworkers painting the

names of children on to the beams on the building that is under construction across the street. they made the names so big that you can actually read them from patient rooms at children's hospital. >> and one of our coworkers here has really had quite a battle, so sending strength to nicholas and his family. tonight, community leaders coming together to serve a thanksgiving dinner at the local group headquarters. >> the groups are up to 300 people who participated in goodwill's job training and programs. mayor walsh thanked the program for its partnership with massachusetts and boston and the job training it provides for thousands of people in our area. he. this is an opportunity for us, regardless of what's going on in our life, to take a few minutes and think about the things that we're grateful for and i know that i'm grateful for the opportunity to be here this morning with all of you. >> the group also had a little fun with the party after the

showing off some moves and enjoying it thoroughly. everybody there. >> sky 7 showing drivers getting a sweet surprise at the allston brighton tolls this morning. dunkin' donuts and a local insurance company paid the fee for commuters driving through between 7:00 and 8:00 and drivers also got a gift card for free coffee. well, what a treat. happy thanksgiving, everybody. our forecast now is warming up for the next couple of days. okay, travel weather is fine. into the weekend, maybe a few showers. we'll check that. >> thanks. coming up next in be 7sports. yes, danny amendola was present for patriots practice today but that does not necessarily mean he is going to play on sunday night in denver.

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hopefully if you're getting out and about to travel, you're obviously giving yourself enough time because traffic out there can be a little tricky. at least it's not raining or snowing or et cetera. >> probably one of the reasons why it's actually cleared up is that the day has moved on.

pete, you were saying the only issue people have weather-wise was solar glare, because there was a lot of sun out there today. >> and there will be very little tomorrow thanks to the clouds that roll in. southeast breeze at 8 miles per hour sued keep us from bottoming out in the city, at least. but already in dedham it's 35, same in wellesey. flicks wayland, not as cold tonight and not nearly as cold as the last two mornings we've seen. o the southshore, duxbury is 38, compares to 35 in foxboro and 34 in attleboro out through cape cod, in the middle 30s, and already at freezing up near vineyard haven. 41 in nantucket right now. gobble, gobble, hoping yours is good tomorrow. our temperatures start off right around 40 degrees. so whatever we have in the 30s should jump a little bit be and climb maybe closer into the upper 30s. boston we really won't cool off all that much and tomorrow it's a nice setup around 40 in the

for the afternoon with limited sunshine. i see a lot of clouds only because this wind direction out of the southeast is notorious for making cloud cover and bringing it into southern new england. especially this time of year. maybe it's april, right, the sun can fry right through those clouds and we'd have a partly sunny day tomorrow. but the sun is way too week this time of year. way too much to ask of it. the front that's coming down from quebec has this. rain and snow. but don't worry, it's only doing that because the cold is catching up. once the front starts moving, showers are expected. although, in northern new england we might, might have some wet flakes going into late friday night and saturday morning. for that reason and the fact that we have a few showers across southern new england on saturday morning, the travel is fair. not poor, both thursday, friday and sunday look great, though, for traveling. dry roads, temperatures at least on thursday mild, but then into the weekend, we cool it down. friday looks pretty mild, too

for black friday. about 62 degrees. degrees. so it's back up again but the recent three days of cold weather have really kind of squashed that very warm november that we've had. clear start, clouds arrive late. wind. tomorrow the southeast wind present and accounted for 10 to 18 miles per hour. about 53 to 58 should do it under mainly cloudy skies. 7 on 7 forecast. early showers on saturday, although, some of those may drag their feet, they're a little sleepy and may last until noontime. off and on, no the a washout day. then brightening in the afternoon. sunday 45. cool start to next week and more wet weather coming. have a good night. two days after leaving the game with what's been reportinged as a sprained left knee, danny amendola made a surprising appearance on the field today but did not participate in the game. as of tonight it is unlikely he

will play on sundays night. bad news for tom brady who could be without three of his top weapons in a stadium that's been a house of horrors for the three-time super bowl mvp. in seven career starts in denver, brady has come out on top just twice. a big reason why the broncos are the only team brady has a losing record against. 7's alex corddry has more on sunday night's showdown in the mile high city. >> there's nobody that has more respect for peyton than me. >> reporter: sunday night won't be the tom brady/peyton manning quarterback dual with manning recovering from shoulder injuries. >> it's a great player. we have injuries at different times, and it just happens to be this week. they won last week with the guy that they had in there. >> reporter: 25-year-old brach oswhileer, he showed leadership with a win over the bears last week and is it turn the ball over, something manny's done in every game this season. >> he looks like he has complete

you see him check out some employees who probably have bad looks and get some other good plays against good luce looks. you can tell he's a smart quarterback. >> reporter: the young quarterback will be put to the test against the pats' defense that's allowed an nfl low 182 points this season. the broncos have allowed 183. >> they've got a solid team, good defense, so we gotta be mentally and physically prepared. >> reporter: bringing up the question how prepared is brady after taking several hits monday night, thanks to the bills' defensive line? i feel great. 100%. >> reporter: brady calling the broncos defense the best in the nfl. now, we know the pats have had a mismatch of gives and brady's has compensated for it. but the broncos down brush, will be an interesting match-up to see if they can keep him off brady. alex corddry, 7sports. and the broncos have had to deal with their fair number of

don't expect gary cu bi ack to feel bad for the patriots. the broncos head coach knows his defense will have their hands full with tom brady even though he's operating with a depleted arsenal. >> he loves to play. when i think of tom, i know every time i've ever been to new england to play against him, watch him come out of the locker room and jog to the field and, you know, his routine he goes through. you know one thing you're gonna get his best shot every week. great respect for him. patriots and broncos face off on sunday night right here on 7 nbc. we'll get you ready for kick-off with our 7 on the sidelines special beginning at 6:30. and we'll kick off a busy week annual football feast. join us at 5:30 for all the highlights and scores from the traditional thanksgiving day high school football games across eastern and central mass, and we'll serve up a second helping at 10:30 over on cw56.

on the break, steph curry making lou williams look silly. williams fights on the slick move giving curry an aim for the basket. the play of the day as the warriors become the first team in nba history to start a season at 16 and 0. and the celtics will try to bounce back from last night's loss in atlanta, hosting the wins 76ers at the garden tonight. while the bruins close out a brief two-game road trip out in detroit.

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kong up on nbc nightsly news, chicago bracing for potentially more protests tonight as we learn new details about the investigation into that chicago police officers know charged with murder. an nbc news investigation is one of the nation's largest airports and security lapses there where employees are able to pass through check points with win swipe of a badge, nobody checking their bag at all. and black friday, if you're waiting for that day to go out and make all of your purchases, is it really the best day to go shopping? we'll tell you where the deals are this holiday season, coming up on nbc nightly news. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth noreika in for kim

khazei. >> nice spending time for you on this day before thanksgiving. i'med a a williams. we hope you have a terrific evening. nbc nightly news comes up next. we'll see you back here for

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