to take to make some changes. >> i am the mayor. as i said the other day i own it. i take responsibility for what happened, because it happened on my watch. and if we're going to fix, it i want to you understand it's my responsibility with you. but if we're also going to begin the healing process, the first step in that journey is my step and i'm sorry. >> mayor manual has appointed a task force to look into the police department. chicago native and former massachusetts governor deval patrick is on it. the department of justice has also launched a civil rights investigation into the chicago pd. elizabeth noreika, 7news. and in worcester, police say there are more remains missing

investigators discovered skeletal remains from taken from the mausoleum and now they believe someone broke into yet another building. a connecticut man is facing charges in the first case. he told police that he's a santa ria police and stole the bones for a healing ceremony. >> and breaking news from major league baseball. the league recommending more safety measures at ballparks. this comes after some fans were injured by broken bats and foul balls. >> the goal here is to protect fans at all 30 major league ballparks. dan hausle live at fenway to tell us more about what's happening. >> a lot of fans are looking for the best seats possible and for many of those fans, those seats are right here next to the dugouts, right next to the field. but those can be also the most dangerous seats so now the league and red sox adding extra protection. >> reporter: just months after sox phantommia carpenter suffered horrific injuries by a flying bat at fenway park, the

baseball are announcing to increase the protective netting country. >> anything that make us a little safer here, i'm for. i'm for. >> reporter: baseball's division released this statement... the red sox say they're still vealgt different design changes to offer more protection but the attorney says he understands the seats she and her son were sitting in when she was hurt will now be covered by the increased netting. the attorney adding to the extent that the catastrophe that ms. carpenter and her son suffered was a stimulus to provide additional netting, at least something good will have come out of her injuries and suffering.

are also looking at doing a better job letting fans know when they buy their tickets, whether their seats will be the high protective netting or not. it appears fans unhappy with the extra protection will be in the minority. >> i hate to lose the great views you get without the netting but how many times do you have to have an incident where maybe it's the right thing to do. so i think it's problem time. >> and they'll be making clear they see this as a true effort not just to add extra netting but make it clear to the fans when they're not behind the netting, what they need to do to protect themselves. dan hausle, 7news. we're now learning the two shooters in the california terror attack were radicalized at least two years ago. fbi officials say the shooter spent at least a year planning the rampage while making financial plans for their family after their deaths. 7's ryan schulteis joins us now >> investigators are now looking into the time leading up to the shooting and now say the couple prepared for and discussed going through with that attack for

>> reporter: a week after the deadly attack here, law enforcement sources say there are indications syed farook was planning an attack on a california target. >> reporter: three years before agents say he and his wife tashfeen malique and her husband killed 21 inside the regional center time that time would indicate they were radicalized before they even met. >> as early as the end of 2013 they were talking about each other about jihad and martyr.com before they became engaged and lived together in the united states. >> reporter: investigators continue to pour through documentation and other evidence found inside their home and say the couple had been practicing at shooting ranges and likely plotting their attack for more than a year. >> we're also working very hard to understand whether there was anybody else involved with assisting them, with supporting them and equipping them. >> reporter: that part of the investigation focuses now on a number of people witnesses saw entering in farook's garage months prior to the attack. federal officials are looking into a $28,000 loan the

attack which may have been used to take care of their daughter after the couple died. ryan schulteis, 7news. and new information on the paris terror attacks. french authorities say they've identified the third shooter at the bataclan concert hall. cnn affiliates in france report this is his picture. his name, fued muhammad agawd, 21 years old, investigators say he blew himself up during the attacks last month. reports indicate he traveled to syria and close to one of the jihad are you kreuters in france. investigators say he was known to french terrorist services and had a police record. new york city fired up as they rally against presidential candidate donald trump, this comes following trump's announcement that the u.s. should ban muslims political leaders across the country continue to condemn his comments republicans. but trump isn't showing any signs of backing down. >> stand together -- >> reporter: democrats rally against donald trump in new york. >> if you see bigotry say something.

something. >> reporter: but trump got a warm welcome from the audience of ab's live with kelly and michael where trump defended a temporary ban on muslims entering the u.s. he claimed the arsenal of the san bernardino killers was known by a lot of people, who did not tell police. a charge not made by investigators. >> look at what went on in paris. we are going to have tremendous problems. it's getting worse and worse and those problems are coming from a certain sector. >> reporter: president obama says no one should face discrimination. >> regardless of what they look like or where they come from orb what their last name is or what faith they practice... >> i just want to say that i think trump is 100% right. >> reporter: but conservatives back a ban on muslims. >> i couldn't get one critical call about donald trump. >> okay there's damage. that's what i was saying. the party's gotta figure out how to recover the message and if he's not -- he or the party is not capable of doing, that then

it's going to be a very tough sell. >> g.o.p. insiders say they fear trump's road to the nomination looks smooth. also on 7, a man accused of a brutal break-in in quincy. police say that guy tied up a pregnant mother inside her own home, and the woman's room. she's the one who called for help. 7's jonathan hall live in quincy with more on the suspect who faced a judge today. jonathan. it seems this is a safe the police do not believe this was any sort of a random crime. happened right there in that home and investigators believe the family was targeted. they believe the two suspects knew this pregnant woman and her husband kept a whole lot of cash there. >> a 22-year-old revere man in invasion. >> where are you hiding? >> i'm in my room. >> you're in your room? i locked the door. >> you locked the door? i think they're hurting her.

quincy girl hiding in her bedroom called 911 tuesday as her stepmom was restrained, according to a prosecutor. >> you took a roll of clear tape from the kitchen, wrapped the sweater around her head and taped it to her head. the suspect then wrapped both of her wrist together about the tape, as well. >> reporter: kevin murphy and a masked man, unknown to police, allegedly broke into a rear door and got away with at least 40,000 cash. alan ang told police it's money from his bakery and quincy center and spoke to us briefly about the crime involving his daughter. >> she's doing okay. >> it was very, very scary. >> reporter: quincy police arrived at the home in time to see murphy right in front of the house, he ran and police chased him to this apartment building just up the road. officers handcuffed him out back. >> murphy insisted to police he didn't have a gun but a police dog named major found one, accord to investigators, right here in this hole, a stolen 40 caliber glock.

at $100,000 cash and denied murphy's request to stay hidden from view. his lawyer says he's not the type to kidnap people. >> there are no violent offenses to this nature in his past. >> police say they found a roll of clear tape on murphy and he apparently has not rolled on his leaned partner in crime. police have the cell phone of mr. murphy and plan to go through it and hope that will lead them to the masked man. 7news. news this evening. this from boston college. bc has now stopped the use of all self service food at its dining halls like salad bars. the goal is to suspect to spread norovirus. bc says more than 120 students are sick, all of them ate at the cleveland circle chipolte restaurant over the last the restaurant is closed. you can see they're scrubbing everything down. city health inspectors say a

chipolte. the patriots getting back to basics as they prepare for a prime time game in houston. it's unfamiliar territory for the team as they come off their second straight loss. now the pats have another tough task against the texans. sports director joe amorosino joins us now with more on the big game. joe. >> sunday's game is huge on many levels. the patriots lose two straight, sitting in third place in the afc, need to stop the bleeding. and with a win, they would clinch their 7th straight division crown and remain in prime position for a first round bye in the play-offs. the last and only time the patriots lost three games in a row during the bill shepherd chick/tom brady era was a long time ago, way back on october 13th, 2002 when brady threw three interceptions in an ugly home loss to the green bay packers. the pats have no interest in a repeat on sunday night. 7's alex corddry is reporting live in foxboro with more on a patriots team that's hungry to get back in the win column. alex. >> hey, joe.

champs trying to bounce back from their first back-to-back losses in three years. but the offensive woes are worrisome, especially looking at the remainder of the schedule here, taking on teams that are fighting for their play-off lives, and that starts this sunday night in houston, take on the texans. >> i think all of our quality of lose games. >> reporter: it's no secret tom brady hates losing. he hasn't done a whole lot of it during his 15 seasons with the patriots. and even now without a star tight end and number one receiver, brady isn't making any excuses. >> obviously when you lose good players it doesn't help at all but still gotta figure out a way to have protection and store points. >> reporter: brady says the offense hasn't been able to get in a rhythm in the last two games. >> i don't know, does he talk about dancing? i can't dance. >> reporter: but hopeful liam dole la and receivers have the right moves to help the patriots find their winning groove.

you know -- you know, whatever it is, return the ball, pass the ball ... >> reporter: and protect brady, the o line gave up 13 hits and 4 sacks last sunday. things don't get any easier this week preparing for the most-feared pass rusher in the league, j.j. watt but the pressure hasn't made him wilt. >> it's good. so brady knows the patriots' offense needs to produce on sunday night but it will be no easy task. bill shepherd chick reminding everyone today that houston's defense is right near the top of most major categories. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7news. and you can catch all the action right here on 7 nbc sunday night when the pats take on the texans and be sure to join us before the game for 7 on the sidelines. >> and there's much more straight ahead on 7news at 5:00. >> including a scary story for holiday shoppers. one woman thought she was heading home with an ipad. but quickly realized she got a piece of jufng.

woman injured after going blow for blow in a bar brawl in pittsburgh and the wild scene is caught on camera. >> then, a police officer's wife under investigation. neighbors say they caught her stealing packages from their door steps. >> and then in just one hour, a fight over a boyfriend takes a frightening turn in plainville. in fact, police are now involved. >> and a good samaritan warming up hearts around boston, helping people who are stuck out in the cold. those stories and more kong up on 7news. >> quick reminder, if you see something you think needs investigating, tell hank. our investigator reporter hank phillippi ryan wants to hear your tips. you can reach her one of two ways, give her a call at 855-247-hank. or send her an email at tell hank at mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity

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>> an present problem in portland oregon when a woman buys an ipad as a gift. what did she get? the big chunk of metal. how's that? well, everybody was surprised by it. >> we're talking obviously the woman who bought it, the store, even apple. >> as shoppers walk home with their treasures there's a word of warning.

where's the ipad. >> reporter: marilyn bought an ipad as a gift for her sister but this is what they found inside. a piece of metal duct taped to the inside of the box. it was sealed and even felt like the real thing. >> probably the piece of metal was just the right weight to feel like the ipad air 2. >> reporter: marilyn says her sister spoke with customer service and apple and was told it must have happened at the factory before it was shipped. they returned it and managers quickly made it right. >> they were as shocked as i was, i don't think they'd seen this before. >> the manager of the store said immediately, you know, these thieves are get so good that they can seal the things back up. this box was absolutely sealed. >> reporter: it was done so well, she thinks some type of professional theft ring is behind it and believes she won't be the only one to open up an unexpected surprise this holiday season. >> i advise people don't take it for granted, even if it looks like it's factory sealed, open it up at the store. >> a spokesperson from the store

any other issues quite like this one. store officials are planning to now launch an investigation. up next, wild weather shutting down a major highway in the northwest, mud and uprooted trees sliding everywhere. >> and another storm getting ready to slam into the pacific midwest. meantime, temps for us back to the made side in the next couple details ahead. and then coming up at 5:30, a town hall meeting in indiana takes a violent turn. >> that's tough to watch. all right, we want you to remember news is always happening. so if you want to get caught up wherever you are, whenever you want, use our ipad app to stream our newscast, see breaking news and many live

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some wild weather in the northwest. rain causing still more mudslides in oregon. this is salem, the state's capital, the highway there just covered. crews have been working throughout the day to clear the debris. >> and all the rain is causing serious flooding, too. look at the high water levels in that area.

hundreds of homes and telling residents to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. that's kind of hard to get your holiday shopping done. >> meantime, we're great. >> yeah, beautiful shot over downtown boston. i guess it wasn't clear skies but no rain today at least. >> right, and i think it's only going to get better. chris lambert is here with your forecast. >> this is average. it's hard to believe yeah, a cool day and we're finally december. we're bouncing back to the made side. far this month. running almost 6 degrees above the average so far this december. the average for today's date, 44 temperature. it looks like we'll be well above that by a good 10 to at times close to 15 degrees over the next several days. looks like it'll stay mild here throughout the seven-day forecast. 43 right now in plymouth. 44 boston, 41 in worcester. these numbers not going down all that much adam was mentioning

the day with the cloud cover overnight and the winds out of the south it's not going to allow these temperatures to drop off all that much and we may indeed save a little bit of patchy fog and patchy drizzle formulate overnight after midnight tonight. this batch of light showers through the ohio valley, that has to swing on through as you get into tomorrow morning, wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of passing brief showers for tomorrow on the lighter side. in its wake for the afternoon, the temperatures you see in the 50s from new york city back to buffalo, new york down into pittsburgh, that will be with us. so we do expect those temperatures to once again jump up into the mid- to upper 50s. so the lack of cold air, the true cold air from canada, that will continue on this seven-day forecast ahead of us. 4:00 in the morning, you can see a little bit of patchy drizzle out there, a lot more low clouds and patchy fog. and this will continue through about 8:00, 9:00 in the morning. we do start off a little bit on the damp side but in the afternoon it's mild and dry once again with temperatures running into the mid- to upper 50s. low clouds on friday morning,

of showers down near the cape. that should be it. breaks friday afternoon and friday afternoon close to 60 degrees. temperature steady overnight, upper 30s and low 40s. rising to near 50 degrees across the south coast of new england down through buzzard's bay. >> look at this this afternoon. temperatures fairly warm. a lot of 50s to the southwest the story has been all of these storm crashing into the pacific northwest. about 24 hours away from another storm. this is a fair storm here taking up a lot of open waters in the ocean. northwest. country, back into the great lakes and eventually trailing moisture into new england not

looking at monday and monday night the best chance of widespread heavier rain across our area but the temperatures staying warm in the 50s and 60s, even into early next week. >> all right, chris, "time" magazine revealing this year's person of the year. >> a winner finds herself in pretty exclusive company. german chancellor agala merkel has been named "time" magazine's person of the year. she opened her nation's borders to the hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees and for how she handled the greek debt crois. the changes lore is only the fourth woman to receive the award. still ahead on 7news at 5:30, controversy at northeastern university. how the school is taking action to protect its students. >> and breaking news at 6:00, more remains missing from another cemetery in worcester.

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the. >> as always, greats having you with us. another hour of 7news is still ahead. >> 7news at 5:30 starts right now. >> reporter: campus controversy. northeastern university taking action in the the name of safety, but some say they're going too far. >> caught on camera, what sparked an argument that led to this bar brawl. >> a couple of seasonable days in a row and that put temperatures in the mid-40s but the 50 to near 60 is back in the forecast ahead. >> and how these cute puppies to help lead the fight against cancer. the.