>> this is 7 news at noon. >> christa: the man police say was behind a suspicious suitcase planted in the financial district last week going before a judge today. that package setting the city on high alert. police had to shut down streets and then the they exploded the suitcase. right now, the 50-year-old suspect is still behind bars. >> jadiann: that bail is set at $50,000. tim has the very latest outside the courthouse. tim? >> reporter: prosecutors say this suspect has a fairly long

crimes. while no explosives were found in that suitcase left by that s.u.v., today the judge still set a relatively high bail. prosecutors say james derepentigny admitted he placed the suitcase next to a homeland security s.u.v. the 50-year-old suspect gave an odd explanation to boston police. >> when the officers asked him more about the bag. he indicated he did place it at that location, to help homeland security. when he was asked further, at that time, he asked for a lawyer. and the interview ended. >> reporter: investigators believe this is derepentigny, captured by camera on boston's atlantic avenue. he hurried away from the s.u.v. after leaving the suitcase by the left rear wheel. the bomb squad blew it up as a precaution. the intentional explosion rattled workers in the financial district. even after it was discovered there were no explosives inside the suitcase. prosecutors say derepentigny told family and friends his

police were looking for him. he was arrested in lawrence after several people who knew him called 911. >> no comment. no comment. >> reporter: derepentigny didn't say anything in court. the judge set bail at $50,000. derepentigny has a few ongoing cases up in lawrence. as for this case today, they set the next court date as january 4. he will likely spend most of that time between now and then behind bars with the $50,000 bail. we are live from boston, 7 news. >> jadiann: now turning to your weather. sunny skies and relatively mild temperatures to kick off the workweek. let's get straight over to jeremy reiner for more on that. >> jeremy: 52 right now in boston. beverly at 53. on the cape and the islands, temps running in the low to mid-50's. and a nice day. much like yesterday. mix of clouds and sunshine. the clouds were rather thick this morning. they thinned out. so for the afternoon, a fair amount of sunshine. and looking good.

temps between 53 and 58. boston around 56. salisbury, at 55. attleboro, 57. into the worcester hills, temperatures in the middle and upper 50's. fitchburg, 54. there is a cool front on the way for overnight tonight. and tomorrow. but again, cool front. not arctic front. not a bitter blast of air. where we should be this time of year. breezy. cloudy skies. temperatures tomorrow running in the low to mid-40's. we will talk more about the forecast for the week in a few minutes. >> christa: thank you. some breaking news. attorney general loretta lynch announcing a federal civil rights investigation of the chicago police department. let's go to kris anderson. he has more of the details for us right now. kris? >> reporter: big developments this noon, christa. the investigation will search for patterns now of unconstitutional policing practices, all throughout chicago's police force. this, of course, comes a few weeks after the city released video showing a white chicago police officer shooting black teenager laquan mcdonald 16 times. the officer involved here,

charged with first-degree murder in this case. and the city's police a result. f the attorney general says level of trust between law enforcement and the minority communities that they serve. >> the department of justice has opened an investigation into whether the chicago police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of violation of the constitution or federal law. specifically, we will examine a number of issues related to department's use of force, including its use of deadly force. >> reporter: that investigation will be conducted by the justice division. that is the latest live here at the breaking news desk, kris anderson, 7 news. >> jadiann: all right. thank you, kris. a new photo of the accused killers behind the terror attack in california now released. a photo was taken at o'hare international airport over the summer. syed farook and tashfeen malik

malik looks directly into the camera. her husband stands behind her. meantime, president obama vows to defeat isis and any other group pledging to attack the united states. not everyone is onboard with the president's plan. jay gray has the details. >> our focus today is supporting the victims and their families. >> reporter: today we are hearing from county officials and learning more now from survivors of the deadly attack. >>. >> it was so terrifying to all of us. >> reporter: the f.b.i. will updates its investigation later today after agents carried out a weekend raid at the home of syed farook's childhood friend enrique marquez. marquez is not considered a suspect but years ago reportedly bought the assault rifles used by farook and his wife tashfeen malik in the attack. >> isil does not speak for

they are thugs and killers. >> reporter: sunday night from the oval office, president obama outlined his plan to threat. a plan that includes stepped-up air strikes, strengthening the cocoalition organization and continuing to train and arm syrian and iraqi rebels. his call for stronger gun laws. a key, he says, to saving lives. as the nation continues to mourn the 14 lost in southern california. there is a citywide memorial to the victims scheduled for later this evening here. jay gray, nbc news, san bernardino. >> christa: we are learning more today about tashfeen malik's past. investigators are looking at her upbringing in pakistan right now. from the home where she once earned a pharmacy degree, there is no hint that tashfeen gun-wielding terrorist. investigators in pakistan have

there is no link, said the interior minister, between her and extremists in pakistan. malik was private and religious. her pakistani identity card has one of her few public photographs. reports say she destroyed without a veil. at college, she was devoutly muslim but no supporter of violence. the university spokesman is adamant malik was not radicalized there. >> a radical approach, there is nothing like that. pakistan is shocked. "i can't believe it. she must have been influenced by someone." malik pledged allegiance to the leader of isis on facebook just before the massacre. it seems that no one suspected it. >> she was like the girl next-door. sweet, innocent, kind. the kind that is always smiling. you know, nice to you. you would never guess that that girl would have ties to isis. >> reporter: there is no

even knew who she was. meantime, the father of her husband syed farook is speaking out for the first time. he says that his son was shy who later became obsessed over israel's fate. he says that farook wanted to create an islamic state. much like the leader of isis. >> jadiann: senator elizabeth warren is weighing in on the deadly attack in california. she says gun control laws must be updated. >> there are things we could do right now. right now it is legal in the united states for someone in a terrorist watchlist to buy a gun. and we should change the laws on. that that makes no sense at all. that does not make anyone in america any safer. >> jadiann: warren says the u.s. needs a clear set of objectives in the middle east. >> christa: today officials reemphasize the need for help from the public. byron barnett joins us with the latest on. this byron?

exhaustive investigation. they have interviewed dozens of witnesses, followed leads in four different states. but still four years latter, the case remains unsolved. today authorities are putting out a timeline of events, hoping it will jog someone's memory. jack and jerry mcgee found dead in their andover home december 14, 2011. their lexus s.u.v. was also found torched on prince street in boston's north end. now the essex d.a. thanksgiving and the andover police chief are putting out new information, hoping it will lead to new clues that will solve this case. >> someone out there knows something. we are asking you to search your memory and your conscience, pick up the phone, and call us. >> reporter: the d.a. released a timeline of events leading up to the double murder. on december 13, 2011, jack mcgee went to a construction site in reading where his company was building homes. the d.a. says jack spoke to his son about picking up construction materials in boston. >> a long-time employ ye of

and assisted jack in cleaning out his chevy pick-up truck so that john could use the truck to pick up materials. jack reportedly left the site around 3:00 p.m. >> reporter: the d.a. says jerry was at home when her daughter called about havinger havey baby-sit the grandkids. he says holly thought she heard her father in the background during that call. the d.a. says jack's son was in the basement office at the home and left around 4:30 p.m. in his father's pick-up truck. the next morning, holly found her parents dead in their homes. >> understandably, the community was and continues to be concerned about the circumstances surrounding this shocking event. at the time of the murders, the circumstances were such that we believed there was no further threat to public safety . we believe that this is still the case. >> reporter: the family put out a statement today saying "we miss jack and jerry very much. not a day goes by without us thinking about how blessed we were to have had them in our lives."

crime are still out there and they need to be brought to justice. please help us solve this crime." that is the latest live here in andover, byron barnett, 7 news. >> jadiann: thank you, byron. than today: the final witness on the stand of the philip chism murder trial. chism is accused of killing colleen ritzer back in 2013. on friday, the psychiatrist richard dudley testified chism suffered from psychosis, a severe mental disorder. victoria warren is live for us outside the courthouse with the details on today's testimony. >> reporter: yeah. that last witness on the stand right now. her testimony comes on the heels of an intense cross-examination of dr. dudley. he is the star witness who has said that philip chism continues to hear voices. prosecutors asked him if chism has ever shown any remorse.

caused. >> reporter: you can hear the disdain as she repeats dr. richard dudley's words back to him. dudley is the star witness for the defense of teen murder suspect philip chism. dudley says chism can't be held criminally responsible for the death of colleen ritzer because he was in the throes of psychosis and hearing voices. >> had that been treated, he wouldn't have caused the difficulty that is he has caused. >> is that how he describes them, difficulties, dr. dudley? >> it is pretty hard for him to talk about that. report tt prosecution getting the dock to admit that philip chism made different statements about the voices. the doctor told jurors that chism's statements were all over the place and contrary to what his own counselor documented after his arrest. >> she was seeing philip chism almost every day. november of 2013, december of 2013.

she never observed anything she believes was consistent with him hearing voices, did she? >> my memory is that her main impression that he had trauma-related difficulties. a psychotic process. >> reporter: prosecutors have said they believe philip chism is manipulative and at times, pretending to have certain psychological symptoms. after the defense finishes with this last witness, prosecutors will get a chance to call rebuttal witnesses. then there will be closing arguments. the jury will likely get this case at some point this week. live in salem, victoria warren, 7 news. >> christa: coming up at noon, a disturbing discovery. how it may be linked to some missing remains from worcester. jad patriots can't get the job done on sunday.

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>> christa: rumor has it's gorgeous day. i see evidence of this from social media. >> jadiann: i was out. but it was a little while ago. even early, it was really nice. so let's hope it stays that way for a little while, jeremy. mostly sunny skies. temperatures are heading for the mid and upper 50's. much cooler tomorrow and wednesday. but again, using the word "cooler" versus bitter cold. if you are a fan of snow, if you don't have cold in the forecast, you are not going to have snow in the forecast either. temps early this morning, you could make the case that this was chilly for a couple of

down into the 20's and 30's. the city had a low of 37. new bedford at 26. right now, 40's and 50's. we don't have any arctic air anywhere across the northeast. and here as we start december, very similar to november. off to a warm start here in the month of december. normal. it looks to stay mild through the middle of december. reason being, this is an el nino winter. they start slow. el nino, typically, there is mild air across north america. this looks to be the case for, i would say, the next one to perhaps two weeks. temperatures, again, today mid and upper 50's. here is your normal at 44. tuesday, a back-up here. down into the low 40's. wednesday, middle 40's. thursday, we start another recovery. temperatures on thursday heading into the low's. for more on today's forecast, here is danielle. >> reporter: the weekend is over. it is still quite nice out there. mostly, in the low to mid-50's right now. still in the 40's up in orange and jaffrey.

as we head into tonight, you will notice those winds picking up a little bit. as we head into 7:00 p.m. it will stay breezy through the overnight hours. the winds die down tomorrow morning. part of the reason for that, we have a front that will move through as we head into the overnight hours tonight. now, behind this front, all the cool air. i won't be bitter cold as j.r. said. it will be more average for this time of year. notice tomorrow morning, we have some showers. south. not ruling out a shower. as we head into your tuesday. for today, again, the nice weather from the weekend continues. we are in the mid to upper 50's. we are staying above average. we will see the clouds and then the sunshine peek through this afternoon. those light winds pick up as we head into tonight and the temperatures drop down to 32-37. your 7 on 7 forecast. again, above average today. tomorrow, we are dropping into the 40's. not ruling out a chance for a shower on the cape tomorrow. thursday.

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>> christa: a good samaritan jumping into action in memphis. >> jadiann: a quick-thinking bus driver scares off two would-be car-jackers. it's all caught on camera.

two men trying to car-jack a woman saturday morning at an exxon gas station in tennessee. >> they had, it appeared to be a gun up to the lady. swrad police haven't confirmed whether these men were armed. you can't tell from the surveillance video. chuck white says that's what he saw. when the bus he was riding on just happened to pull up next to the men. >> she actually, let out a scream. that woman was being robbed. >> jadiann: video shows the men trying to break into an exxon employee's car first. but it was locked. then they ran up to this woman pumping gas. police say the woman's car was a manual and the robbers couldn't drive a stick-shift.

that she was there at the right place at the right time. and that she reacted as well as she did. >> she is great. she really is. it is really special. that is the reason why i hope she gets some recognition from this. >> christa: up next, a look at the pats sunday match-up. they lose their second

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returned for a touchdown. philadelphia also scored on a blocked punt and a punt return. the pats tried to rally late in the game. they ran out of time. they lost it 5-28. after the game, brady made no excuses at all for the loss. >> i'm the person that throws it the most. i have to make good decisions with the ball. and you know, if i turn the ball over twice, i mean, i don't think we have the chance to win many games. that is what it comes down to. >> christa: this was the first time the eagles had ever beaten brady. he was 4-0 in his previous four games against philly. sunday marked the first time the eagles had ever intercepted brady. now the pats go to houston. they will take on the texans sunday night. kickoff at 8:30. watch the game right here on 7-nbc. >> jadiann: that 99-yard touchdown got me. >> christa: oh, my goodness. so many moments, actually. when you see brady do this, it is not good. >> jadiann: you consumed a bag

i ate a whole pizza. a suspicious suitcase left on chaos. now the man responsible faces a judge. >> jeremy: sunshine for the afternoon. a nice mild afternoon. forecast for the week up next. >> christa: an amazing announcement from a former president about his battle with cancer. >> jadiann: a big night in paris. u2 returned to the city of lights. winter is hard on your nose. from first sniffles to endless runny noses. puffs plus lotion is soft. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better so you can face winter happily. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. and try puffs softpack today. bosh. when i was sidelined with blood clots in m it was serious. game plan. ent with xarelto . hey guys! y,inally, somebody iok up to... ...besides arnie. lto is proven to treat lp reduce the risk o

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streets. they did a controlled explosion of the suitcase. right now the 50-year-old suspect is still behind bars. >> jadiann: his bail is set at $50,000. tim caputo has the very latest for us. >> reporter: prosecutors say james derepentigny admitted he placed the suspicious suitcase next to a homeland security s.u.v. the 50-year-old suspect gave an odd explanation to boston police. >> when the officers asked him more about the bag, he indicated he did place it at that location to, in his words, help homeland security. when he was asked further, at that time, he asked for a lawyer and the interview ended. >> reporter: investigators believe this is derepentigny captured by a camera on atlantic avenue. he allegedly hurried away from the s.u.v. after leaving the suitcase by the left rear wheel. the bomb squad blew it up as a precaution. the intentional explosion rattled workers in the financial district. even after it was discovered there were no explosives

prosecutors say derepentigny told family and friends his picture was on the news and police were looking for him. he was arrested in lawrence after several people who knew him called 911. >> no comment. no comment. >> reporter: derepentigny didn't say anything in court. the judge set bail at $50,000. prosecutors say derepentigny has a long criminal history including several convictions for violent crimes, including violating restraining orders. in boston, 7 news. >> jadiann: my gosh. sunny skies. no complaints from the news >> jeremy: right. love here. this is from one of our ron johnson. good guy. takes some great pictures. he took this within the last hour. the trees. a few high-thin clouds out there. nothing significant. those were thicker clouds this morning.

temps at this time, low 50's. the city at 52. hyannis, 54. normal high is 44. been there, done that. shows are the thick clouds. southern new england. we have a nice afternoon a fair amount of sunshine. and barely a breeze. year. you can get through a december day without that, you are doing all right. there is a cool front. this will lead to slightly cooler weather for tomorrow. where we should be this time of year. 40's with a lot of clouds. we will talk more about that in a few minutes. >> christa: attorney general loretta lynch announcing a federal civil rights investigation of the police department in chicago. here is kris ander son. he has been delving into the story for us. developments here. the investigation will search now for patterns of unconstitutional policing practices throughout the entire chicago police force. this comes, of course, a few weeks after this video was released.

police officer shooting black teenager laquan mcdonald 16 times. that officer involved has been charged with first-degree and the city's police superintendent has resigned. the attorney general says this situation... situations like this impact the level of trust between lawmakers... law communities they serve. >> the department of justice whether the chicago police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the constitution or federal law. specifically, we will examine a number of issues related to the chicago police department's use of force, including its use of deadly force. >> reporter: the investigation will be conducted by the justice department's civil rights division. >> jadiann: thank you, kris. a new photo of the accused killers behind the terror attack in california. chicago at o'hare international airport over the summer. tashfeen malik and syed farook

customs. meantime, president obama vows to defeat isis and any other group pledging to attack the united states, but not everyone is onboard with the president's plan. jay gray has more details. >> our focus today is supporting the vicks ... victims and their families. >> reporter: today we are hearing from county officials and learning more now from survivors of the deadly attack. >> the thought that we are going to go, we are going to die right now, was so terrifying to all of us. >> reporter: the f.b.i. will also update its investigation here later today after agents carried out a weekend raid at the home of syed farook's childhood friend enrique marquez. marquez is not considered a suspect, but years ago, rifles used by farook and his wife tashfeen malik in the attacks. >> isil does not speak for islam. they are thugs and killers. >> reporter: sunday night from the oval office, president

combat what he calls an evolving terror threat. a plan that includes stepped-up air strikes, targeting the terror organization, and continuing to train and arm syrian and iraqi rebels. the president also reiterated his call for stronger gun laws. a key, he says, to saving lives. as the nation continues to mourn the 14 lost in southern california. there is a citywide memorial to the victims scheduled for later this evening here. jay gray, nbc news, san >> jadiann: little boy is home as his baby-sitter faces alarming allegations. police say it happened on wednesday at an apartment complex on ledgewood boulevard. neighbors in the area say they are concerned about their own children. >> i never want my child to be with someone that i don't know

but for those types of charges, in fact, i, to put hands on a little kid for who knows what reason, that is just sad. >> reporter: the little boy is expected to make a full recovery. >> christa: investigators trying to figure out what sparked this home fire in lynn that turned deadly. they spent the weekend looking through the rubble of the home. it is a three-family and four people were killed there last friday. they are also asking anybody with pictures or maybe video that was taken moments before the flames broke out to come forward because they could help figure out the cause. a man in court in connecticut today. discovery. the 32-year-old is accused of staeing the remains of five bodies from a cemetery in worcester. a tip led police to a home in connecticut in hartford saying the man had skeletal remains. over the weekend, a woman also noticed a mausoleum at hope cemetery that looked like it had been broken into. according to police, he said

includes animal sacrifice and using bones as medicine. a neighborhood in swansey on high alert last night following an hours-long police police were told to stay inside, lock their doors after police say a man with a gun was making threats. investigators say this happened after the 24-year-old, a moo reen, got into a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend and later turned the gun on himself. >> jadiann: polices in california have arrested a mother who buried a newborn alive. it is not clear what charges the mother is facing today. the infant is alive. >> christa: a man going to great heights in order to evade police in australia. the man scaled a crane and then started doing circus stunts. police below... people below were watching with high anxiety.

for hours. but police weren't too impressed with his heart-stopping stunts. here is nancy chen with more. a night on the town that ended high above it. as most people were climbing into bed, this man decided to climb something less comfortable. dangling in the sky, swinging from side to side. the 21-year-old showed no fear. using parts of the frame-like monkey bars, terrified last residents squeamishly watched on. police say the man was out with friends when he became separated from the group. somehow he ended up up here. for hours under... he sat perched in this spot, refusing to comply with negotiators. specialized police were sent up. he eventually decided to come down. sliding down the cables. after more than six hours, he landed in their hands.

he rezifsed arrest before being carted off the construction site. >> there is an element of danger. >> christa: once again, police are unsure why he went up there in the first place. regardless, he is facing several charges. including the possession of dangerous drugs. >> jadiann: happening today: a ceremony will be held in hawaii to mark the 74th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. japanese warplanes attacked the military base there on this day in 1941. 2,400 americans were killed. 1,200 others were injured. the u.s. entered world war ii following the attack. >> christa: president jimmy carter is cancer-free. this is three months after the disease had spread to his brain. at his church. carter has been undergoing treatment with a new drug that cancer cells.

continue to receive regular therapy treatments to help his cancer stay in remission. >> i went this week. they didn't find any cancer at all. so i have good news. (applause) they developed a new drug. >> christa: he will continue to receive that therapy treatment, as i mentioned. >> jadiann: you can buy a t-shirt to support the martin richard foundation. he was the youngest victim of in 2013. he was eight years old. some of the shirts have the peace bridge logo. some have the name of the team's charitable running

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>> christa: 12:44. we can't wait to get outside. here. lunchtime. way overdue. >> jeremy: you guys want to leave? we will cover for you. we got your back. sunny and mild through the afternoon. temps heading for the 50's this afternoon. wednesday. but cooler meaning where we should be this time of year. after highs in the 40's. no snow. no bitter cold. although i'm sure for some of you, no snow, you are bitter about. that right? you want some holiday snow. i can respect. that i can understand that. month of december, about four to five degrees above normal. the average high right here, at 44. the average low, 32. the jet stream is not going to allow for any significant shots of cold bitter air to come out of the northern provinces of canada or the arctic circle. right now, the city at 52. watertown, new york at 40 degrees. upper 50's today. low 40's tomorrow. and again, the normal high was 44.

then thursday, the numbers will start to climb. back into the low 50's. jet stream, it looks like this. again, it is not allowing that arctic air up here to slow south. i don't think it's going to change over the next 7-10 days. what you see is what you get. yes, eventually, that will rearrange itself. speaking of the sunshine, going down today, for more on today's weather, here is danielle. >> reporter: mostly in the low really pleasant out there. we are hanging on to these one more day. then we are cooling down. as we head into tomorrow. tonight, the winds start to the south. they are getting up to 20 miles per hour. staying a little breezy through the overnight hours. they die down later tomorrow morning. part of the reason for these strong winds, we have this front that moves in overnight tonight into tomorrow. set in. again, not bitter cold.

then notice tomorrow, 11:00 south. we could see some showers on the cape. i think we are going to be dealing with the clouds in the boston area. and then that is moving out as we head into wednesday afternoon. today, we are staying mild, temperatures above average. in the low to upper 50's. staying cloudy and then the sunshine peeks through later on this afternoon. the winds pick up as we head into tonight. overnight temperatures, in the low to upper 0's. ... upper 30's. then, today we are in the upper 70's. tomorrow, dropping down to the 40's. average this time of year, about 44. we are pretty much where we should be. 57, your high today. staying above average. tomorrow, though, we are cooling down. 42, the high temperature. mid-40's on wednesday. a slight chance for a shower on thursday. back to the 50's. >> christa: all right, danielle. thank you. coming up, we are headed to the aquarium for who did it better. oh, look.

are those hip-waders? a fun story.

>> christa: monday afternoon. time for who did it better. >> jadiann: we have to make a mention, before he was injured, dion lewis and i took own a wild challenge at the new england aquarium. such a fun experience. and you need to pay close attention. you get to decide who did it better. a few days after he dominated the dolphins in early november, patriots running back dion lewis and i made a splash at the new england aquarium. how do you feel about today? >> i'm ready to go. >> jadiann: the challenge? work with the marine mammals and have them show off their tricks. recently, you defeated the dolphins. how do you feel about a fur seal in. >> a little scarier than a dolphin. >> jadiann: we will see what we can do. want to get started? bring your game.

what's with that, dude? >> my secret weapon. >> jadiann: seals may be offended. we also got a quick lesson from trainers who work with the mammals every day. >> go ahead and take your hand away. she should mimic that sound. >> i'm ready to go. >> jadiann: then it was into the water with my parter in. you want to do some tricks? good girl! >> jadiann: made a little bit of a noise. talk?

it better! sierra? let's go! good girl! we nailed it. dion worked with ursula, a fur seal. >> here we go. ready? >> jadiann: i think she may that day. we were doing our best. >> christa: should we let the viewers in on the secret here?

ursula and her ticks with... >> jadiann: the twitter poll. we will see what happens there. we haven't asked the folks behind the who did et better poll. we will get approval. we will see. otherwise, vote at whdh.com. vote now. the results are out tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. >> christa: okay. up next on 7:00: eva longoria at the center o'. >> a new comedy premiering tonight. we will give you sneak peek.

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new comedy tonight starring eva lon gore yeah. >> jadiann: it is about the behind the scenes antics at a latin soap opera. it already has us laughing. check this out. the theatrics off camera can sometimes rival the action on camera in the world of latin soap operas. >> they tend to be a little bit big. grander than life. >> everything looks polished and beautiful. it is a mess behind the scenes. >> jadiann: that workplace is eva longoria's new playground in the comedy. >> i play a star of a spanish soap that we are behind the scenes of.

quirky ensemble of coworkers. >> all these different personalities is what makes coming to work so much fun. >> action! >> jadiann: the cast hopes the passion for latin soaps translates into fans for comedy about one. you can catch the premiere tonight at 10:00 after the voice right here on 7-nbc. then get caught up on all the day's top stories from the night team. on 7 news at 11:00. >> christa: still wondering where we can get the wind-blown affect for our hair as well. ... effect for our hair as well. >> jeremy: big fan of yours. boston at 54. bedford, 51. this afternoon, middle and upper 50's. >> jadiann: thank you for joining us at noon. >> christa: have a great