neighbors say that home ignited in a matter of mites. byron barnett has more on that investigation. her the fire trucks coming, i looked out and could see smoke coming up from the top of the house . >> reporter: a fire take the lives of two people at this home in worcester . at first i thought maybe it was something at the church but then we realized it was the house across the street. >> anchor: according to neighbors, the two people killed were an elderly brother and sister who lived in the home for a long time. it is very heart breaking . >> anchor: the worcester deputy fire chief said the department was able to knock the flames down quickly and get the two out of the house, but . they remove the victims to give them a shot but unfortunately they succumbed to their injuries . >> reporter: this was a two alarm fire but that doesn't mean it wasn't dangerous. smoke is as fatal as the actual flame itself. you don't need a lot of fire to . >> anchor: in the daylight you can see some of the damage, how the fire burned right through the roof.

were found on the first floor of the house near bedrooms. in worcester, i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: also on 7, a lynn man refusing to show his face during his arraignment in kelsey district court today. 36 yearly michael dely i don't know is facing murder charges in connection to a triple shooting last thursday night. people who lit on wait street it revere described the scene as chaotic when they heard shots fired outside this first floor part. police found 66-year-old peter pitari and 35-year-old christy johnson, a mother of three, had been shot to death. john season's fiance say, 38 38-year-old bill quill also shot in the face and remains hospitalized in critical condition but is expected to . his big brother, he is a son, he lost the although of his life. he loved her so much. i know they loved each other. >> anchor: rezwan ferdaus ear police and state troopers identified him as the gunman through witness statements and surveillance video. police are still investigating that crime . >> anchor: a man facing a judge in stoughton accused of hitting

prosecutors say michael burns was on drugs when he hit an elderly man last week. burns had been delivering pizzas nearby before the crash. the accident happened in stoughton around 8:30 friday night. police say the 71-year-old victim was walking to his christmas tree lot on park treat at the time. joseph broad plea's wife said he sole the trees for the past 45 years. he a medical of nascar and new england auto racers hall of fame. >> anchor: a store clerk in connecticut fights back when a would be robber pulls out a knife. the clerk tells police the woman in this surveillance video right here walked into the store in bolton and demanded cash. that's when the clerk pulled out a gun and scared her off. can connect state police say the gun is legally register of the investigators now searching for that. would of a woman who posted a picture of a dog with duct tape over its muzzle appeared that north caroline a court today. katherine lemanski is charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals. defedder to represent her in that case. the picture of the dog as you can remember went viral and

did not take the animal from her saying it wasn't hurt when they investigated and appeared to be well cared for. she is due in court next month . >> anchor: warehouse goes up in flames in ohio early this morning. more than 70 fire fighters battle the flames for several hours. officials say the building is a total loss. no nobody was all right. luckily, the cause of the fire . >> anchor: california community is outraged after another police shooting they say they believe cross the line here. protestors have erupted there throughout the street after police gunned down nicholas robinson on saturday. officers fired 33 shots at robertson. police say robertson fired his gun in the air before the shooting and refused to put it down. he is handling the gun in an odd sort of way and he seems to be agitated. >> anchor: that shooting remains under investigation. a university of north texas student is dead after a police. officers say that student was bashing cars with an ax and swinging at police. the officer now on leave is under investigation.

to fire. it was in texas just blocks from a college campus that a university of north texas police officer came face to face with a student and an ax. school officials say when ryan mcmillan advanced toward the officer . all of a sudden i sit came to the door and heard pop pop . >> reporter: the officer fired his gun. by the time i opened the door i heard the second two shots and the guy was dead on the ground . witnesses say they heard four shots. i am upset, this is my front yard. this is my house . >> anchor: from mark braid ooh' advantage point . he could have tazered that boy . >> reporter: he said it didn't need to end this way . police were on the way. he could have done anything but kill him . >> reporter: what ended started minutes before a block away inside this parking garage . glass everywhere as more than a dozen car windows were smashed. the police department says it received calls of a person knocking out these one dose with an ax. the cell phone video shows what

with an ax in his right hand. a bizarre scene students say that ended tragically. in a statement the university's president called what happened a . >> anchor: a family serving for answers after their son is florida. police say 28-year-old cory alic alicott died after two cars collided at an intersection. investigators believe one of the drivers failed to stop at a red light. know the truth about what happened. cory was quite an enjoyable young man to have around. he loved life, he loved people. we just want to know what happened to our son. >> anchor: investigators say they are not sure at this point which driver entered the intersection first. a mudslide triggered by a storm moving through southern california shut down pats after major highway last night. authorities say it took over three hours before the road re reowed. the area has been dealing with

. >> anchor: santa and mrs. claus stepping up to help when a fire breaks out at an aquarium in utah. the couple was visiting aquarium when a small kitchen fire erupt erupted. santa and mrs. claus helped employees get out of the build building. out. i run the whole fire department and i've i'm the . we help walk everybody down and clear the upper floor with all of the employees and getting everybody out and safe . well, the tire didn't cause any power outages at the aquarium so all of the animals are doing just fine . >> anchor: one of the hottest gifts this holiday season is too hot to handle as retailers put the brakes on hover board. recent reports of fires associate with the boards prompted amazon to pull most of them from its web site and over overstock shelved them all to the of the fights are suggesting consumers check the ul label which shows it meets safety standardp an investigation is now under way . >> anchor: today is the busiest

over the course of the holiday season, 15.5 billion pieces of mail will be sent worldwide by the u.s. postal service. postal officials say they have already seen an increase in th thality of packages brought to post offices and are urging people to ship sooner rather than later. i had to grab some stamps earlier and i can attest to that. it was really busy . holiday cards have you been writing non-stop now just trying to get them out for the deadline deadline. today, maybe tomorrow . >> anchor: probably already too late but i'm trying. >> anchor: my hand is cramping. i think i have written 25. i owe you won . coming up a second cans. seaworld crew trying to help a dolphin . >> anchor: the voice finalist ready to rock the staple tonight of we get a closer look ahead . >> anchor: ahead at 5:00 could youing downpours to the force a awakens. today a local fan giving us a look at an incredible "star wars" collection . >> anchor: making a statement in a lone star statement. the pats came to play in houston but at what cost?

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>> anchor: welcome back. seaworld crews in sand ailing oh saving a dolphin in danger. that creature getting stuck in the mud at low tide. the wild rescue getting that . >> anchor: that's because officials were able to clean it water.. this dolphin is back in the ocean after getting a third chance at survival. . >> anchor: on thursday in a canal off san diego bay but workers hopped in the water an helped guide it to safety. then it followed food back into the canal saturday morning an ended up get stuck in thick mud.

we grand a log, big community of us, laid it out in the mud and the sand and we bellied up and got him on has belly until he was able to get some help . >> anchor: others called seaworld and life cards who wait waited through waste high mud . it will go on my top five most memorable rescues so far . >> anchor: to bring the wayward dolphin it a waiting truck "how amazings is that we all start and our hearts break for an animal like that. if we could do that for humans it would be a different world . doll tins spent the night the a seaworld tank as vets conducted several tests . once everything came become at normal it was returned to the ocean. just the third dolphin to be rescued by seaworld healthy enough to make a full recovery . there wasn't anything terribly wrong with him, just that he ended up in a bad spot and got himself into a jam. >> anchor: so far the dolphin hasn't been spotted again but officials at seaworld say they will be ready if it does make its way back into the bay . >> anchor: coming up, a decade

returned to the person who wrote it. why this was much more than a piece of paper . >> anchor: it's time to warm things up again of we go near 60 by morning and we watch the showers move through overnight. this is could up . >> anchor: fighting isis. president obama addressing the nation after talking strategy with the department of defense. his harsh words directed at that terror group . >> anchor: wild weather wreak wreaking havoc across the midwest. turn leapt twisters tearing up parts of texas . >> anchor: an mbta worker who helped stop a run away train speaking to 7 news. it's an interview you will see on just one station. p you are redecorating an don't know where to start . >> reporter: we have tips on how to get the best bank for your buck . >> reporter: we'll it will you the top places to spend money it your hole. we hope you can join us praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress

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taxes for the middle class, and new incentives for business to share profits with employees instead of just rewarding ceos. those at the top are doing just fine. it's your family that needs a raise. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. this is the best block of all. it's like candy cane lane. i know. oohhh. oh, holiday ferris wheel. i kind of love it. look at those reindeer. jeffrey, you're awfully quiet back there. i was just thinking... maybe it's time we finish this test drive and head back to the dealership? that is so jeffrey... soooo jeffrey... so jeffrey... oh. elves.. but we still need your signature. nthe volkswagen sign nthen drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, p p on a new passat nand othernselect models. >> anchor: you can call it a .

construction worers found a christmas wish letter in chip thee more than 70 years after it was written. so the builders decided to surprise its author with the . the top. it. took us a while to go through it and read it back slowly to find out what was in it and it was quite amazing actual i. >> anchor: the letter asked for a drum, a box of chalk, toy soldiers, slippers and a pencil box. merry christmas. what we tried to get you what you asked for christmas . how lovely. how lovely. thank you very, very much . >> anchor: the man loved the gesture but said he is going to wait to open the gifts until christmas day. what a simple christmas list he . >> anchor: that is amazing to at the he wrote that 70 years ago and someone can find that and go buy him the stuff . >> anchor: it's like made for the movies .

. >> anchor: i don't know what you have on your list, me, but man some nice weather . nice weather. maybe some they are mom terse and stuff like that. geeky stuff anyway. today's temperatures not as warm as yesterday. 49 for a high in boston, 55 in both norwood and plymouth. 57 on the vineyard now we sit in the fog around boston. our temperature 48 winthrop, 51 in waltham, we do have some warmth sneaking in and i think that's atritting to some of the fog. leing ton at 48. we're in the 40's through southern new hampshire. almost mid 40'sment it's raw up through green land, new hampshire, reading at 49. 45 sterling, 51 in auburn. fog has been thick and in fact it got a little thicker out through worcester according to weather spotters out there and temperatures in the middle 50's. here is some of the warmth. dewpoints are rising as well so that also adds a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere, dense fog advise orry goes through the night. this evening expiring after about 7:00 so we expect some of that fog to lift or at least to

temperatures rise and putt bag some of the cold that is through central mass an southern and a half and even there temperatures will rise be ingly into the 50's as the rain starts to move our way. not a lot of water, this is not a panacea or drought buster or anything like that i'm not say saying this is bing a bic ufor the morning commute either but it certainly will give us some wet weather through the course of the night and maybe even a couple of downpours too. can't rule that out as it rolls through. here we are in the tail end of it and it's seeing this might be the biggest burst of rain right before dunn but now that's even fizzling a little bit. a lot of high expectations for a good soaking out of this. each run stems to be tailed off just a little bit. tomorrow around 6:00 we should be inter"duets"ing a little bit of sunshine, go to bright weather and then some clouds should form through the course of the afternoon as our cool air comes in the mid and upper atmosphere. that's the key to tomorrow's forecast too. the sliding temperatures, it's on a sliding scale. we'll follow it back from the 60's and into the 50's. winds will crank too, wind are

that may be well over 30 miles per hour. here we are at 0 clock in morning. wind shifting to the west. gusts to 30 or better. then through the afternoon keep surging. they keep going 40 miles per hour, not out of the question either. there might be some power lines that go down in those big surges of wind but i think many of us will kept our power on. might be some small limbs that come dunn as well too. there are your temperatures early on in the morning and then that gentle drop through the afternoon of a few degrees. late into the weekend and weekend too little change in the pattern. it's brief and this is not a major change or shift that we would expect this time of year into the colder weather. so whatever you see on the 7 day forecast, keep in hyped that's brief this weekend. temperature in the 40's. see you at 5:00 . >> anchor: thanks, pete. see you then of let's get a check of the ride home. here is joe with an update . our first stop is here on route 93 northbound right on the is a imbridge a left lane break down putting of traffic back here on to the expressway.

though on that southbound ride to route 93 now moving all that badly this afternoon right down toward the expressway. some delays on that ride southbound into bin tree heading down it route 3 and route 128. 128 an continuing heavy out past the route 24 off a. after that spot not move took badly through the newton area making your way on route 1 northbound we have brake lights here though coming up through the saugus section getting by the lynn fellows parkway. after the spot gets heavy again up through the lynnfield area so we're looking at a 45 minute ride now from chelsea up into . joe staple ton, 7 news . >> anchor: in "healthcast" pet safety this holiday season. while you an your festive meals make your your four legged friends are not stuffing themselves as well. animals eating too much people food can sometimes make them sick. christa delcamp has more on some hidden holiday dangers for your pets. . >> reporter: we love to make them part of the family but it's important to remember some of what we enjoy can be dangerous if not deadly to them.

that put their heads on the tail or try to steal stuff then put them away while you eat . >> reporter: while a taste of turkey can be tolerated it never stops there . the skin, here is mashed potatoes. just clean up my whole plate . >> reporter: usually all the gets are sneaking fido some food too . >> reporter: if they are used to getting thing like that they don't know where their boundaries are . >> reporter: that's when gi problems like vomitting and diarrhea can start but depending on what they ingested it could be worse. art official sweet interns found in many baked goods can be dead deadly to dogs . the main problem is liver disease and it can cause death from liver disease. >> reporter: there is always a spike in calls to the pet poison hotline over the holidays, especially over dogs ingesting chocolate. bottom loon, just keep everything out of reach . there is not much you can trust your dog and cats with around the holiday tiles of you just have to have sense . >> reporter: christa delcamp, 7 news. >> anchor: well, some "star wars" fans in new york are getting to sweat it out in character.

saber fitness class in manhattan new york escan be seen practicing moves just like the light saber battles from the movies. now whatever your skill level is this group has one core philosophy once a jedi, all a jedi. "star wars" the force awakens premiers this friday. i don't know why that mix me laugh so much. it does. >> anchor: interesting way to work out i guess . >> anchor: sure, whatever makes it fun . >> anchor: that will work. >> anchor: coming up in the buzz . >> anchor: i would do it. why not? >> anchor: who did it better? there you go. good ideas . >> anchor: coming up a prime time performance the voice finale kicks off tonight and that's not the only event rock rocking 7 nbc this evening. anncr: when the attacks come here... ...the person behind this desk will have to protect your family. will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump? will he have voted to dramatically weaken counter-terrorism surveillance, like ted cruz? will he have skipped crucial national security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio?

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>> anchor: the moment of truth on the voice. the tour finalists on the voice will perform as par of a two day event . >> anchor: the country will then get to decide whose voice comes out on top. stephanie stanton has more on the finale y. >> reporter: the finalist journey started months ago with . when i think about that, it makes my head explode because it's like wow, i just somehow against all odds i am here.

teaming high school in arkansas. another team blake finalist is . if someone would have told me a year ago that i would be up on stage without a guitar like walking around and dancing around the saying knife to five i would have toll them they were crazy . team gwen wasn't pursuing music prior to the voice. the only pressure we have is to show the best vex ourselves tore america and make sure that we're exhibiting the kind of artist we want to be . >> reporter: show stopper might be the best description for team adam's jordan smith. last week somebody to love was his second i tunes number one performance of the season . i have been surrounded by incredible artists and this creative atmosphere really just motes that kind of success for us and it's been really special season. >> anchor: one that will end

stephanie stanton, nbc news, los angeles . >> anchor: it's also the night adele fans have been waiting for. >> anchor: that's right. tonight on nbc the pop star will take the stage in a one night only concert in new york city. the hour long shore was taped last month at radio city muse being hall and will showcase songs from her new album, 25 including the monster hit "hello "hello". see aunnoed she is coming to the u.s. and will be in boston in september. tickets go on sale this thursday 10:00 a.m. >> anchor: get in line. seriously. >> anchor: we have a jam pack night for you went want to miss that gets started at 8:00 with a two part season if i finale of the voice then stay tuned for all the top stories on 7 news at 11:00 great night of music. much more to come in the next 90 minutes. i'm jadiann thompson . >> anchor: i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at five o'clock starts right now. >> anchor: tonight an mbta

talking about the actions that likely saved many lives . >> anchor: the fate of an accused killer now in the hands of the jury. deliberations getting under way in the trial for a teenager accused of newing his teacher . >> anchor: the battle against isis is moving forward with force. president at the pentagon today updating america on the strategy to defeat the terror group . >> anchor: temperatures on the way up as the rain moves in . >> anchor: the patriots shake off a two game losing streak punching a ticket to the post season . >> anchor: a force with which to be wreck fond of a "star wars" fan showing off an impressive collection as we count down to the big premiere. >> anchor: tonight on just one station, two mbta employees praised for their heroic actions actions. they helped bring that run away red line train to a stop preing anyone from getting hurt. so investigators are still piecing together how that train took off without a driver at the controls . >> anchor: but the situation could have been so much worse if not for actions of toes two employeesment ton we are hearing from one of them.

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