let's focus on what's happening across the islands. these pulses of rain coming off low pressure. again, not a lot of wet weather around boston up to the north shore, up into northern new hampshire. it's been spotty. it's been misty. it's really not even enough to make a puddle in some cases. but going through the night tonight here we are, the first wave of the heaviest rain will be right near midnight, then that breaks up in the early morning hours. we get a little bit of a wave moves in about 7:00 and 9:00 tomorrow morning and goes through the day. tomorrow is essentially washed out with these pulses of rain rippling through here. our temperatures now a little chilly. lawrence and worcester, just above freezing. just the lowest lows of the atmosphere are cold. boston. we'll check those temperatures and how they go up and down in

also tonight breaking news out of new hampshire, firefighters running into trouble as flames transform a bedford home into an inferno. there were no hydrants close to the home so water which means the fire quickly spread. jonathan hall is live. reporter: they are still fighting the fire. we're being kept about a quarter mile al way as the crow flies. you can see those two hydrants there. they've been busy. a fire truck left here not too long ago as they shuttle water close to the scene. you need a constant supply of water to fight a big fire like this one and that's proved to be a challenge. sky 7 over a raging house fire in bedford, new hampshire where people made it out >> i haven't spoke to them but i'm sure it's a them. reporter: the 6200 square foot

the smoke and the attic and flames shooting through the roof. it was quite the challenge for about 60 firemen. >> very difficult once it gets in to suppress those fire conditions. reporter: an even bigger challenge, no hydrants. pumpers and tankers from a dozen nearby towns had to drive about a mile to these hydrants to shuttle water to the cul-de-sac. they put the water in a pool and a single engine scene. no firefighters are in the building. operations. the investigation into the cause is under way cooperating. it is cool. it is not windy and there's some light rain hampshire. in bedford, i'm jonathan the red sox just made a major signing, a free agent.

reporter: a guy at the top their wish list this season, lefty david pryce. 217 million, quick math, $31 million a year. the red sox have just paid for a left handed pitchen 30 years old. that will take him to age 37. the red sox get the guy they are going after this offseason, that is david price, the big lefty. we'll have much more on this over the next hour here on 7 news. joe amorosino, 7 news. more breaking news at gillette stadium. reporter: just recently the patriots releasing a statement on the stout us of rob gran gran's right knee confirming it is just a bone bruise. week to week he is not expected to miss any extended period of time. the all-pro tight-end responding to a claim he's being unfairly targeted for offensive pass interference, a

gronkowski more than any other player in the nfl this year. >> that's gronk. he's a big guy. we just got to go out there and play. reporter: rob gronkowski may be injured but he made his presence felt tuesday, responding to a tweak, a claim defensive back malcolm butler is being strictly ball. tight. they are calling what they see. you know, like i say, we can't control what they call. we just have to go out there and execute the reporter: something the pats must find a way to do and avoiding back to back defeats for the first time since 2012. >> for us to get the loss right now. we get the taste of how defeat feels and everybody in this locker

i think everybody is going to do what it takes to make sure we don't taste that taste again. >> try to get out there and get another w, but it's not going to be easy. that's why we have to put in the work this week. reporter: bronx -- gronk will certainly be questionable at best. reporting live outside of gillette stadium, 7 news. this evening two teenagers charged in connection with the murder of a vietnam veteran. the man was shot twice on saturday night. byron barnett is live in new bedford right now. just the older teen, the 18-year-old just appeared in court. >> they were both in court but the 16-year-old's in juvenile court and we don't have that. as we said, this is a gut-wrenching ordeal for

bedford as they sat in the courtroom and listened to the terrible details of his alleged killer. here's some courtroom video, the son and daughter of the 66-year-old from new bedford left the courtroom in tears as the gruesome murder were revealed. police say he was a taxi driver in retirement and police say that on saturday night he picked up mills and a 16-year-old he was with. police say that mills had them drive them to a parking lot in bedford where he shot them. he's a retired veterans agent, a vietnam veteran and was very well known around the area as an advocate for veterans. here's what the prosecutor had so say. >> the defendant shot him from behind once in

he got out of the car, your honor, from where he was seated directly behind him, the defendant went to the driver's side door where the window was partially lowered. he placed his hands on the window, the location where this defendant' fingerprints were recovered. he then shot again from while he was standing outside of the car. reporter: authorities say that mills has a long criminal history and that he was supposed to be in dys custody, department of youth services custody, until he was 21 but they say he took off from the facility in november. he has been ordered sent to bridgewater state hospital for competency evaluation. the 16-year-old was arraigned earlier in juvenile court. that's the latest live from new bedford, byron barnett, 7 news. attorneys for the danvers teenager defense.

history of mental illness. steve cooper live in salem tonight with a look at today's reporter: eight separate witnesses were called to the stand today at the chism murder trial. that included family friends, relatives and several students from danvers high school all called to the stand by the defense. >> here's my beloved grandson. reporter: the defense calls philip chism's grandfather to the stand as they begin to build their case that the 16-year-old accused killer was insane when he murdered his math teacher inside danvers high two years ago. >> he was very quiet kid, very, very quiet, and a beautiful soul. reporter: chism's grandfather testifying both his wife and one of his daughters suffered from psychological issues over the years but when pressed by prosecutors he couldn't remember the last time he saw chism prior

>> how long had it been grandson? >> quite a while. jersey high school students were called to the stand as were friends of chism's mother when they were living in tennessee before the family moved to danvers without dad. >> did you notice any change in philip's behavior or trouble with philip's behavior before the move to massachusetts? >> i didn't notice anything. reporter: but under cross-examination, sabrina carter, whose son was best friends with chism in tennessee, testified chism and his mother weren't always close. >> for a while it was hateful how philip treated his mother. >> there was a time where my husband addressed it with him, that if he was going to stay around and come around, he had to be respectful to her. reporter: jurors will listen to testimony in the morning and then under heavy security, they will be taken over to danvers high school which is the scene

we're live in salem turning now to the fight against isis, the u.s. military announcing new plans to step up the there. the pentagon isn't saying how many people will be part of this new wave but the troops are expected to be on the ground playing a very active role. >> these special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture isil leaders. >> the newly-deployed troops will add to the less than 50 forces sent to northern syria last month. also on 7, chicago mayor rahm emanuel taking action after a deadly police shooting. forced to resign, the mayor also announcing the creation of what he's calling a police accountability task force.

here with the latest. reporter: governor deval patrick who was born in chicago will be serving as a senior adviser to the task force. calls their chicago police superintendent gary mccarthy's resignation have been constant. >> the public trust in the department has been shaken. >> i formally asked for his resignation. he has become an issue rather than dealing with the issue. reporter: earlier tuesday in an interview with a local nation, mccarthy defended his actions. >> i didn't have the authority to do what people thought i should have done. reporter: but also admit aid press release said mcdonald fired at him after he lunged at them was wrong. mccarthy said in the 14 months since the shooting he never

the feds had taken over the investigation. mccarthy's dismissal comes the morning after van dyke was released on bond to prepare his defense. in the news room, elizabeth noreika, 7 news. still to come tonight trackdown, the charges a swom facing after posting that photo of her dog on facebook. then at 5:30 taking the case to court, a teacher tackling discrimination at his former school. an anonymous e-mail leading to a scare at several schools in cambridge. and then in just one bedford found guilty in a death overseas. how long he will now stay behind bars. a robbery in new hampshire takes a

thief threatens to ignite the situation. we have knows stories and much more. hope you stay with 7

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>> it's the facebook post that quickly made headlines around the world and tonight police charged katie brown with animal cruelty, a misdemeanor. she's accused of putting up this picture on social media showing her dog muzzled with duct tape, this is what happens when you don't shut up. >> imagine taking that off and duct tape sticks to fur. that's got to be terrible. >> the fact it did go as far and wide that it did, shows how much those actions aren't going to be tolerated by the public in general. >> two places the 45-year-old frequents. police in florida received more than 1200 e-mails and phone calls forcing the department to bring in extra staff. authorities notified

where they found her and she admitted to duct taping the dog. >> to see my neighbor do something like that to those dogs, i was taken back by it. >> you could tell the dogs not fond of staying over there and as soon as she called the dog's name, they would run away. >> despite the public anger, police say the dogs were not removed from her care because animal control found the dogs to be very well cared for and there were no signs of injury to brown's muzzle, not even detechable hair loss. >> she could still face a fine, however. she will be back in court next week in north carolina. ahead at 5:30, hot wheels, a kid claims his hover board call fire and he's got the video to prove it. parts of oklahoma iced

speed limit frozen in time. >> that comes after the storm ahead of it, more rain.

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now 7 weather with chief meteorologist pete bouchard. our showers will be tapering late tonight and we get a little bit of a break before we talk about the second wave moving in tomorrow and that will become steadier late in the day and possibly heavier too in some spots. milder air for some. we're not sharing the warmth here everywhere in the viewing area. it's the first day of winter, meteorologically speaking. get on the band wagon. astronomically, we talk about it starting on the 21st and going into mid march. wow, that's a long stretch. isn't it. for folks saying, well, slow start but remember winter's long here in new england. we have february, march still al head. i think the back end of winter may be a little more interesting so to speak than the front end being december and into january. for of i'm seeing, it's very mild for the beginning of this month. we've had moderate rain

focus in on that. low pressure is to the south of the islands right now. the closer we are to low pressure the better your chances for getting a good dose of rain. elsewhere, where you see the warmth is where it will stay through the course of the storm. where it's cold and raw it doesn't look like we'll budge these temperatures tomorrow. this low pulls away and another wave of low pressure comes in for tomorrow. i think that one's more significant and more wide-spread rain too. so tonight's showers taper off tomorrow. the rain begins and then looks like it wants to fizzle but i'm still confident we'll have some moderate rain at times into the evening hours. that is one of the models that's kind of the outliar here. once it passes it will crank up across northern new england. then it taps into some cold. for us in southern new

it's a return to sunshine on thursday. high temperatures tomorrow, there they are in the 40s to near 50. 53 in plymouth. about 51 in providence and much earn 50s out to the cape. there's your wamth. 40s nashua. highs thursday, this is a little bit of a misnomer here. in the afternoon they will start falling. as that low intensifies across northern new england we'll fall back into the 30s and upper 30s by evening. 47 to 33 tonight with occasional rain, tapering off. sounds like a convoluted forecast, i know. once we get past this, it's going to cool down for a little bit. above normal for the weekend. warmup and it's quiet. no major storms either. see you at 5:30.

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there's another 60 minutes of 7 news ahead. i'm ryan schulteis. >> i'm kim khazei. called to court. why one man is suing the school for discrimination. plus a rhode island police officer known for job. how protests cost the popular officer his badge. what one man said he refused to do to help him. breaking news first here at 5:30, the red sox with a major signing result mal reports announcing the red sox have agreed to a deal with pitcher david price. >> the deal is reportedly a seven year contract worth more than $200 million. joe amorosino joins us

>> the red sox leaving nothing to chance here going after the top pitcher on this year's free agent market and paying lefty david price $31 million a year for the next seven years. that is correct, 7 years, $217 million in total. the 30-year-old price went 18 and 5 last season with a league best 2.45 era. he's a cy young award winner and the five-time all-star. his record in the post season where he is two and seven with a 5.12 era. his team's gone one in seven in those games. the red sox land this year's most so the after free agent pitcher david price, seven years, $217 million. joe amorosino, 7 news. also on 7 a career conflict at a catholic