training and certainly i think it's a tough -- it begins with a slippery slope. >> reporter: the reason, the university is citing the recent terror attacks at paris and last week's mass shooting in california where 14 people were killed during an office christmas party. the school has more than 60 police officers. administrators won't say, though, how many will be armed with tactical rifles. >> i think if it was boston police i would feel more comfortable about it. i don't know. >> i think as law enforcement officials are fine to have some semiautomatic weapons, it's not the same as students or teachers walking around with handguns. >> there are other ways to apprehend people rather than using semiautomatic weapons that are meant to kill people. it feels scary with what's going on in the country. >> now, the school has said the safety of their students is obviously their highest priority, and that all of their officers are highly trained. coming up at 5:30, we hope to have reaction from boston police. on northeastern's campus this afternoon. kelli o'hara, 7news.

accused of stealing nearly $10,000 from a cash register at target. 18-year-old isa mendez pleaded not guilty to pocketing money from the registers at the stoughton target. police say she would charge customers full price but take half of the money for herself. mendez was released and back in court next month. an apartment building is up in flames. fire crews were on the scene of a fire at a six-unit apartment building. the heavy fire began this morning and firefighters were able to keep it contained to the top floor of the three-story building. none of the people inside were hurt. but one firefighter was injured while putting out the flames. >> there was one firefighter with a shoulder injury. we're hoping it's minor bust at the hospital now. six people were home at the time. they were all evacuated safely. we had a great job by the firefighters, impressive interior attack. >> fire officials are still working to determine the cause of the fire. the cofounder of the outdoor brand the north face has died.

hypothermia in a kayaking accident in chile. tompkins was an avid conservationist. he and his wife moved to chile 20 years ago to concentrate on environmental projects. he was 72 years old. caught on camera, an expectant mother injured after a bar brawl with another woman in pittsburgh. the two women started yelling at each other when the soon-to-be mother punches the other woman in the face. >> reporter: surveillance video shows two women arguing in a bar in a pennsylvania nightclub. witnesses say the women were fighting about facebook posts. one of the women, who was five months pregnant, leans in to yell in the face of the other who pumps her and the two begin fighting. the scene is violent. both women are kicked in the stomach. >> that's my child and it's not even here yet to defend itself. >> i've got bruises on my side. i got stitches in my shoulder, cuts on my face. >> reporter: the pregnant woman says during the fight she was also stabbed. the club's manager says the video proved that did not happen during the incident despite what police say.

would be blood on the floor. there would have been blood on neither. >> the manager also says the expectant mother refused to stop fighting pointing to the video where she was being held back by security. the other woman has been charged in the attack on her mother and unborn baby. >> the mother was taken to the hospital after the fight and says her baby is okay. [ screaming ] >> it got out of hand pretty quickly, getting physical because of the election of a new town marshal. the former marshal there says he was wrongly fired. a motion passed to hire a new marshal and then that happened. >> things got a little out of hand. i just tried to ask a simple question as to why we terminated the town marshal in october. >> eventually this fight was broken up. then police showed up. a new town board takes over in 2016.

believed to have stolen some pricey gems. police say this man is a person of interest in the theft. more than $80,000 worth of gems were stolen from the cleveland museum of natural history last week. police are hoping someone can we're following more news today. police in rodchester new york working for a third straight day at the scene of a violent kidnapping of two college students. court document show the pair from university of rodchester were taken to a house where they were punched and beaten with objects for more than 40 hours. one ever the students shot in the leg, a police s.w.a.t. team stormed the house to make the arrest. >> this is a very unusual case. i mean, we are talking some serious charges here. 23 years doing this job, i mean, it was -- i can only imagine if it was one of my children. >> so six suspects have pled not guilty in connection with the abduction. police have not yet released a motive behind the kidnapping and violence that followed. a thief caught in the act,

police say this woman, seen stealing packages from her neighbor's doorsteps, is actually the wife of a florida police officer. investigators say the woman targeted another police officer and his wife. >> reporter: she's trying her best to hide now but the camera is rolling again on dana hager. friday night she didn't show that kind of shame when cameras caught her helping herself to boxes left outside a neighbor's front door. inside them, santa's loot, met for a florida cop's 2-year-old little girl. >> it's disgusting. >> reporter: danny thomas heads the central florida's wives group and -- hoping someone would recognize the woman and it did. >> asking for help. the irony hager is a cop's wife too. >> we don't get this wrong. it's horrible for one human being to steal from another human being as it is. but the fact that this was a law

that they lived in the same neighborhood, i would assume would have some type of understanding that they are law enforcement as well would steal from them as we are blue line family, and so passionate about that. so that was very disappointing to us. >> reporter: at her first court appearance in the case tuesday, reality started soaking in for the accused toddler toy porch pirate who a day before held a study day. >> you still have your job there? >> i probably will not, no. >> hager's bond is set at $7500 on that theft charge. she faces another judge for a probation violation related to a separate theft at a kohl's. a car driving off the road and right into the woods, an ohio driver says she swerved to avoid a deer and somehow her car ended new a tree. you can see where the car got stuck there. the tow truck was able to pull it down and the driver was flown to the hospital with a leg injury. a bus sent crashing into a building in atlanta. police say an ambulance driver transported a patient, fell

light and slammed into that bus. building. in critical condition and at least 10 others were sent to the hospital. the ambulance driver was cited for running a red light. >> also on 7, he's just 18 months in federal prison on dog-fighting charges but now pittsburgh steelers quarterback michael vick is fighting for animal protection laws. >> i want to remind you from the philadelphia area, he's no longer an eagle, he's a stearal, mr. mike vic. >> reporter: proposed laws usually don't attract this much attention but michael vick's visit toach pennsylvania inside support of legislation known as the hot dog bill draws a crowd. >> i know that i'm an unlikely advocate. i was part of the problem when i was at my lowest. i made the decision to make change. >> reporter: vic was convicted of running a dog-fighting ring back in 2007. now he's throwing his support behind am measure that would give police officers authority to rescue dogs and cats from vehicles when the temperature gets too hot without facing liability. >> it's not talked about enough.

reiterate that, we don't take time to pay attention to the care of animals. >> before appearing in harrisburg, vick talked to children about animal welfare and urged them to avoid the mistakes that he made that led to his time in jail. beach-goers in florida making an odd discovery on the sand. thousands of cans and bricks of coffee washed ashore. the coast guard says a ship on its way to puerto rico this past weekend lost some cargo containers in rough seas. they're now looking into what other items besides that coffee that could be floating out at sea. an act of kindness going a long way in california. >> ahead on 7news, how one police chief helped change a homeless family's life. and coming up at 5:00, dramatic new details about the couple behind the san bernardino shooting. the fbi revealing when the couple was radicalized. and the man suspected of tying up a pregnant mom during a home invasion in quincy now facing a judge. what attorneys say he was looking for in that house. and we are following breaking news. major league baseball announcing

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>> my kids are my life. erin helped me provide for my kids. >> reporter: the chief even invited the family's two girls to walk in the christmas parade last week. >> he got him into the parade with marysville pd. they walked with the police

about it. and they've always wanted to be in a parade and got their wish. >> and little did they know this chief also got his gift in honor of his compassionate wife whole lost just months ago. >> i was glad my children could be a part of it and a sense of pride to do this selfless act to help other people out. >> the chief and the rest of the department also adopt several families around the holidays each year to buy trees, presents and help with food. >> coming up, take a look at the forecast. for us, even though temperatures have come down a little bit the last couple of days, we'll warm right back up and see some rain ahead, as well. >> and ahead at 5:00, donald trump not backing down. what other candidates are now saying about his controversial ban on muslims that are entering the u.s. >> and we'll have a preview

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into those things? >> yeah. but imagine the view. >> i think i'd have my eyes closed so i wouldn't even get to enjoy the view. >> you wouldn't do it? i don't think i would. >> what a spectacular sunrise picture that would be overlooking that. 43 degrees in the city of boston right now. wind out of the south at 8 miles per hour. dewpoint in the lower 40s. overnight tonight. 43 a common number. 40 from beverly to boston down through plymouth, bedford,

consistent across the board. >> we'll start the day off with patchy fog, some patchy drizzle as well, maybe even a passing shower or two. a murky start but by the afternoon i expect any of the done with. we'll dry out and get partial breaks of sun in here and that's when temperatures warm into the mid- to upper 50s once again. so back into the 40s which is seasonal the time of year for the last couple of days but we're back above the averages for the next several days. could be a couple of showers cape but i expect some breaks in the sky there in the afternoon. and temperatures on friday once again. so thursday, tomorrow early, a few showers out there, certainly drizzle. not expecting a whole lot of rain. under a .10 of an inch of rain

same case on friday. most of us dry. could be a couple of showers across the cape and saturday and sunday looking mainly dry. if there's a front close by on sunday there may be one or two sprinkles out there along the front. mostly cloudy skies. patchy drizzle and fog forming late. 39 to 45, these numbers holding steady this evening, it may indeed climb a little bit first thing in the morning,close to sunrise and we'll jump in the mid- to upper 50s for the afternoon and it will be a dry and mild afternoon. a lot of action going on in the pacific. huge ocean storm that's gonna crash into the pacific northwest here over the next 24 hours or so. eventually energy from the pacific ocean will work its way all the way across the country and give us our best opportunity for a widespread heavier rain and that will be on monday into monday night. temperatures very late on monday into monday night will spike up into the mid-50s to near 60 degrees. how about this weekend, saturday right now gonna look at that as the warmer of the two days. coming in from the north-northeast on sunday.

new england, we may hold the 40s across new hampshire and 60s back into connecticut. we'll call it fits in the 50s here throughout most of the commonwealth. >> thank you so much, chris. see you later on into the afternoon here. let's get a check of the drive home. here's joe stapleton with a check of the roads. >> thanks, ryan. checking on the pike westbound. we had a jackknifed tractor/trailer a little while back right by route 9 and framingham area. we've been jammed up on the pike westbound back to route 128. looks like they have it straightened out right now, tow truck will hopefully pull this out of the way relatively soon. tight traffic south of the city, making the way on to the expressway, about a 50 minute ride on to the braintree split and at the top of the screen to the left, you can see the pike westbound rolling back to route 128. making your way southbound on the expressway, plenty of company here but no accidents ahead.

dealing with a bit of a delay, as well and heading up to route 1 northbound, also plenty of company by the lynnfield parkway in saugus but after this it ownerships on route 128. joe stapleton, 7news. in today's healthcast, researchers say a flavoring chemical found in electronic cigarettes is being linked to respiratory diseases. >> it's called popcorn lung which weakens the respiratory system. around 75% of e cigarettes contains the dangerous chemical and researchers found two related chemical compounds in many of the flavors which could pose other threats. new government reports show that the causes of fatalities are changing. over the past year there's been cancer, the flu, diabetes and respiratory problems. deaths from accidental injuries, strokes and suicides have largely increased. the report also notes that the life expectancy of americans has remained consistent. whatever studying more than 1,000 americans research shows most adults don't seek medical attention they have the flu.

almost twice as likely to call a doctor when their children have the flu rather than calling for themselves. more than half of the people surveyed choose not to get flu shots. story ahead in the buzz, fans hungry for more hunger games may have just received an early christmas present.

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>> topping the buzz, let the hunger games continue. >> fans will have the chance to enjoy the hunger games saga once again. lions announcing today that there will be several hunger games prequels featuring marina battles. jennifer lawrence will not appear in those prequels. no news on when filming will start. >> there are harry potter theme parks in florida and japan and the new park is expected to open next april. >> many of you thought rob low was the star but now he's getting his own star on the walk of fame.

this one. there's no word on when it will be released. >> everything gets rebooted these days, right? i know. makes everything kind of interesting, right? much more to come in the next 90 minutes. >> 7news at 5:00 starts right now. >> breaking news. >> major league baseball playing it safe and new safety measures on the table. protestors storming city hall in chicago as the mayor pogzs for the police shooting of an unarmed teen. >> and one man facing a young after tying up a pregnant woman in quincy. the search for another suspect is underway. >> reporter: new details on the terror attack in california. the fbi saying the two shooters were radicalized longer than originally thought and their plot to kill was strategically planned. >> temperatures into the 40s. that's seasonable for this time of year but the 50s to near 60, they do return in the

>> and the pats gearing up as they try to get back to their winning ways in houston. >> breaking news first at 5:00, protestors storm city hall in chicago. they want the mayor there out. it happened as the mayor apologized for the police shooting of an unarmed teen. >> right now police were out on the streets trying to calm things down. >> elizabeth noreika joins us with the details. >> yeah, before the meeting several groups of protestors joined forces at city hall chanting and calling for the mayor's resignation and other groups have staged marches and sit-ins around the city. these protests center around the deadly police shooting of 17-year-old mcdonald back in 2014 and other cases of alleged police brutality in the city. this video of mcdonald's shooting was released last month prompting protests and the resignation of chicago's police chief and today the mayor spoke