that restricted thmovement of the ability to get into its brake position would in fact be prohibited act that would . >> reporter: the red line train left braintree thursday morning carrying passengers but no operator. the train blew through several stations before t staffering stopped it by cutting power to the third rail. t officials say the operator, 52 52-year-old david vasquez of canton, also failed to engage the second-hand brake when he got out of the cab. we do believe this was an isolated incident. one that likely required an individual to make multiple mistakes for this to take place. >> anchor: but friends defended the veteran t employee. he is a friend, yeah. i can't picture this guy doing something wrong. i mean, the equipment is old. they always try to blame the operator for everything. >> anchor: now, t officials say that vasquez has been interroad. he has been placed on paid administrative leave and the investigation is ongoing.

boston, i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: governor baker now focusing on keeping t riders safe. changes are already being made. john cuoco now live in boston with that part of the story. so whatever passengers saying, john? i spoke with a few passengers and they are happy knowing this that this has the attention of state . it's good there is such quick response to fake the problem . after thursday's run away train, t passengers put at ease knowing something is being done. it does make you feel a little bit better that somebody is looking into it . >> reporter: the mbt ais a'ing the use of the bypass procedure. they got the train moving yesterday. now a second senior mbta official must be present . to witness and insure the motor person is following all of the safety steps that are required . >> reporter: the mbta says they are reminding all employees in person and writing about prohibited as on trains. administrators do not believe tampering with the trains is a widespread practice . memory of folks at the t

happened on rapid transit system. >> anchor: governor baker doesn't think playing back a second operate would help in the future. doesn't justify dowling up. i don't know what the other operator would do . >> anchor: according to officials a second operate could have pulled the emergency brake had they known what was going on on. most likely that person, that particular second operate would not have realized there was even an incident going on until the train had passed quincy adams station. >> anchor: there was i meeting this morning with the federal transit administration looking into more safety recommendations recommendations. live at the statehouse, john cuoco, 7 news . >> anchor: there is more break breaking news tonight. police arrest a man after a double-murder in revere. the crime leaving neighbors pretty upset and nervous. steve cooper live there with what we know about the suspect. steve? >> reporter: all day long this was really a neighborhood that was on edge for so many hours today after those shots broke out last night here inside an apartment building and now late

this is a copy of the criminal complaint that led to the arrest of 36 yearly michael dely i don't know of lynn picked up by homicide detectives in quincy friday afternoon and booked on two counts of murder plus one count of armed assault with in intent to murder . he was like out of breath. he was like help, help . all of a sudden i heard five loud pops . >> reporter: residents in revere describing the chaotic scene thursday night when shots rang out inside a first floor apartment before the gunman bolted. that's where police found two victims, a 66 yearly man and a 35-year-old woman had been shot to death. a third shooting victim, a 38 38-year-old man, remains hospitalized in critical survive. we saw a man laying face up . through much of the day detectives could be seen coming and going from the crime scene. jittery neighbors shaken by the my friends and everybody close to the victim and they are not handling it very well. that's why some of them don't want to dom downstairs today . i left my property at 8:15.

minutes later i think. so i could have been over there. >> anchor: one of the things not in the criminal complaint is anything about a motive here. what goes beyond what happened in the shooting here, why the shots rang out in the first place but that appears to be information that we may learn when prosecutors present their case at the arraignment on monday morning. live in revere tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: and we are bringing you new information on these breaking news stories on air on-line at whdh.com and on the 7 news mobile app. you will also find updates on facebook and twitter . >> anchor: sad story to report out of new hampshire. the military investigating the death of an army ranger, 21 21-year-old corporal andrew amesbury of centralford, new georgia. he died after being rushed to the hospital. he was injured during a live fire exercise. a store scare in pelham, new hampshire hen someone drops off a rocket launcher. tic a look.

robert off at a gown shop last night. workers didn't know if it was explosive. plea called police. bomb squad checked the device and found it was not a threat. the person that dropped it off said they found it in a house which they are renovating. >> anchor: big news for the new england patriots. julian edelman returning to practice today. gronk back for a second day. edelman broke his left foot about a month ago but while will the pair play on sunday. that's the big question. alex corddry live at gillette stadium. alex? it is the big question now julian edelman is ruled out of sunday's game but certainly practice today is a good sign that things are headed in the direction.. >> reporter: always good to be out there with teammates and staff out there and put the . >> reporter: a welcome site as julian edelman world up next to rob gronkowski on friday. the pats number one receiver was jogging, skipping and there was

he had been working hard and we got a good staff in here. so wasn't necessarily a surprise. i like to be back as soon as i can but doing it safely and then smart . playing smart, while also trying to play tough. the patriots may have gronk back in the fold after missing just one game. he is listed as questionable for sunday night in houston. it feels good to be back just with my teammates. just mentally feels good to be back with them. out on the practice field and any other questions you have to . coach belichick was with stars at practice and he got to fun out there . me and gronk got a high fiv fiving thing that brady could never get that one time. >> reporter: now all jokes aside, it would be great for the patriots offense to have gronk back out there on sunday without grokowski and edelman this patriots offense has afternooned less than 25 points in the last two games. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7

you can say there has been friendly fire between tom brady and his old present vince wilfork on facebook. wilfork now plays for houston. brady posted a picture from last year's super bowl with a message in fact this is the picture about sunday. 7's jonathan hall live at gillette with the become and for jon? >> anchor: there sure is big vince wilfork is a big, big presence on the field literally. he spent 11 seasons here in foxboro alongside tom brady. now he has to face up against tom brady and fans are really looking forward to this show down on sunday night. it's been two years since the patriots and texans played a game and things have sure changed. now vince wilfork is playing for houston facing off against tom brady in a patriots offensive line which has been struggling . everybody hire loves him and we all expect him to play hard on sunday night so it will be fun . >> anchor: brady shared throw back thursday photo on facebook

great teammate and friend. take it easy on me this week, vince. wilfork wrote back. you will be okay looking forward to hitting you. i mean, seeing you my friend. >> anchor: he is a great teammate but it's a different year, he is on a different team and i will say hello after . >> reporter: they patriots pro shop where sales are brisk and hose are high, vince wilfork shirts are still for sale right next to tom brady's. this is the first time they are playing against him. that will be interesting . >> anchor: these two just got engaged at gillette today. she said yes and she loves vince too . i was hoping he would retire with us to be honest. >> anchor: it will be a bittersweet moment. just have to have him back . >> anchor: well, good luck to that couple. just how good will wilfork be? he only has six sack tackles through 12 gamesp one tackle every two games so maybe this week will be the week he takes a

live in foxboro, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> anchor: get ready for a sunday night show down here on 7 nbc at 6:30. catch our 7 on sideline pregame show. america. 8:30 is kickoff then after the news. woe always have the post game interviews and reporters out in texas so we'll get you caught up . >> anchor: exciting night. coming up, a girl helps put on a million day concert for her brain surgeon coming up at 6:00. that young patient now tumor free. hospital. >> anchor: we continue to watch breaking news on the run away red line train. a source close to the investigation tells 7 news the operate tied a chord around the throttle and didn't secure the brake before complying out of the cab.

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>> anchor: a sweet sound in boston today. a girl had to stop playing the violin because of a brain tumor. she and her fellow musicians came from vermont though today and she is once again performing a holiday concert . >> anchor: very special show at children's hospital. p 7's jadiann thompson has the story. it's been pretty tough . >> reporter: a remarkable performance for 9-year-old sophie fellows.

always be special. a holiday concert last year, she had to abruptly stop playing because of a headache. the next day, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. she didn't know if she would ever play again . i love playing violin. the day before her surgery, december 11, 2014, her fellow violinists, all of them from vermont, joined to the and finished their concert at boston children's hospital exactly one year later they came back. and her brain surgeon pediatric neurosurgeon even accompanied them on the piano. this time, sophie was playing the as a guest. not as a patient . i feel great. i don't feel sick at all. >> anchor: now sophie is ten and her tumor was not cans use. her parents say she is 90% back

live in the control room, jadiann thompson, 7 news night team . >> anchor: mild weather out there this afternoon of the we'll see it again tomorrow afternoon. a bit cooler on sunday. take a look at the numbers ahead ahead. >> anchor: . >> reporter: isaiah thomas and i are drawing up something big for this week's who did it better? see who did it better monday

>> anchor: there is a dense fog early this morning. once that did break, the temperatures roughed up and jump jumped up quickly of upper 50's to lower 60's out there this afternoon. still mild at this hour. 54 degrees in boston, 56 in plymouth. we've cooled to 42 in fitchburg and with the dew point levels into the 40's to near 50 and air temperatures cooling toward these dew point levels humidity jumping up close to 100%, we've already seen areas of dense fog start to form out there across a half. that will become more widespread this evening and overnight tonight and in terms of areas of fog redeveloping as those dew point levels and temperature go side by side in the winds light, not really enough to mix up the atmosphere. other than, that we just had patchy mid to high level clouds throughout the day. temperatures overnight tonight, coolest suburbs will be in the upper 30's but generally

into the mid 40's on average as that fog redevelops. so be careful of the reduced visibility tonight early fog tomorrow once again will peel away and get back to a mixture of sun and clouds and gone ben mild, 5 to 60 degrees. second half of the weekend changing things up a bit instead of the wind being out the southwest or out of the west we're going back to the east northeast and that means cooler temperatures north of that front 40's to near 50 degrees in many sunday afternoon. so you can see sunday afternoon and the upper 40's city of boston up through the merrimac valley. lower to middle 50's still possible through southern worcester county, black tone stone valley and down into bristol county but overall the theme is sunday being the cooler of the would weekend days and cloudier of the two weekend days and with an on shore flow maybe just enough moisture in place to rule out a past of drizzle. not much rain sunday. better chance of soaking rains comming in late monday into monday night especially monday night highlighting that as the best opportunity to get some

energy coming out of the rockies that will push eastbound in toward texas creating severe weather situations sunday morning out through texas over toward lose anna. not expecting severe weather here but this area of low pressure will bring us in that rain as we get into late monday, monday night, monday during the day itself patchy drizzle. patches possible. temperatures monday spending most of the time into the 40's to near 50 degrees. that 5 to 60 degree reading, that's not until late monday, more likely monday night temperatures will spike up and out. could get another round of rain coming in here thursday afternoon into friday morning. >> reporter: one day after rob grokowski returned to practice, julian edelman joining him on practice field today. practicing for the first time since breaking his left foot four weeks ago against the giants, 7's alex corddry has more from foxboro on brady's top two targets. good to be out there . >> anchor: julian back at

grokowski made his appearance stretching together and greeting each other with a high five. me and gronk got a high fiv fiving thing that brady just could never get that one time . >> reporter: jokes aside, it's encouraging to see him back in practice less than four weeks after breaking his left foot . been working hard and we have a good staff in here so it wasn't necessarily a surprise . but many people were surprised to see him back so quickly. it's hopefully a good sign to see him back for the playoffs at least. doing it safely and then smart and just trying to improve each day . >> anchor: the same goes for gronk. he is listed as questionable for sunday's game h houston . it feels good to be back just with my teammates. just mentally feels good to be back with them. out on the practice field. any other questions, you have to talk to coach belichick . grokowski didn't take any questions from reporters but he posted a video on twitter last week saying he will return to game action when he is 100%.

sports. >> reporter: patriots and texans kick it off sunday night right here on 7 nbc. we get you ready with our 7 on the sidelines pregame show starting at 6:30. obviously that's one the best teams that i have ever seen. certainly that i have ever coached against. obviously the way that they have started is incredible. stevens hoping his team can do something 23 others failed to accomplish this year. knock off the golden state warriors. the reigning champs a ridiculous 23 and 0 heading into tonight's show down at the garden and have won 27 straight regular season games dating back to last year. gold state may be down some ammo tonight when it comes to splash brothers clay someson suffering a sprained right ankle late in tuesday's win in indiana. a game time decision for tonight tonight's game with or without him david lee knows the celts have their work cut out for them

huge part of the nba over overall is confidence and those guys are as confident as you can be right now. other attention to detail is great but really just that confidence that comes from whip whipping a championship last year and going through the battle . the thing about us is every night we're focused. it's not, you know, even in the fourth quarter of a closed game i don't think anybody is thinking about if he lose the streak is over. let's figure out how to win this game. that's a mind set you have to develop and we have it. >> reporter: the red sox holiday caravan rolling along today begin wag stop at the shriner's hospital for children. a group of players including craig kim ball spreading holiday cheer to patients at local hospitals and nice introduction to boston for the team's new closer. i am happy to be here in boston. happy to come and do things like in this off season but excited to get on the field and get

>> anchor: trio epstein adding to the loaded lineup jay on hey ward to the cubs with an 8 year, $184 million dollar deal. that's sports. >> anchor: thank you . >> anchor: 7 news at 6:00 will

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>> anchor: a lot to tell but on "nightly news" in california the f.b.i. trying to account for the missing hours between the san bernadino terror massacre and the fatal shootout between the attackers and police. part of the answer might be the bottom of a lake. there is rare audio from inside a supreme court capturing what one justice said that elicited a gasp from the courtroom and the growing concern this season about the battery operated items we bring on planes, especially those hover boards and the risk of fire. it's all when we see you here tonight. thank you so much for joining cuts. . >> anchor: it's been nice spend time with you on a friday. we hop you come back tonight and 10:00 and 11:00.

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