cut power while telling a train ahead of it not to stop at stations and keep moving. but there was a problem . as we were killing secretaries underneath the train behind, it kept, the momentum kept carrying it. this is what i was afraid of fir the train. it kept carrying it to live sections bus we couldn't kill them all otherwise we would have put this dead in the water. it was just really tricky but thank god for everybody involved . >> anchor: there were still tense moments as a t worker on the phone watched the powerless driverless train still cruise . we said is that train still move because woe thought we before north quincy. he said it's still moving. i was like oh. then lee said to me, he goes you want to kill b 15. . >> anchor: s a backup crews put triggers on tracks to make the brakes kick in and they flipped a switch to send the train off the main track into the maintenance yard in dorchester. but finally, the are run away train did stop. investigation.

that anybody would create a situation like this. >> anchor: at home that night mcneil didn't even have anyone to tell about what happened because his fiance say was out with friends . he is my hero every day. i don't feel i am a here i feel we did the best we could. we got dealt a bad hand and we just did the best you can with it and i'm just so thrilled that everybody was safe and it all worked out well . >> anchor: the drivers case was scheduled to governor before labor relations council today. the general manager of the t saying that he would get a report from them and he would decide what discipline if any is called for. . >> anchor: 7 news now turning to your weather. some december downpours moving in this evening. the rain is expected to last throughout the night. let's get right over to pete bouchard here with more on the forecast. pete, dos this mean we'll be los losing the warm weather? p . >> anchor: we will eventually it's a slow slide, not a big drop off. this weather system is not power powerful enough to tap into any

any across central canada. the rain is pretty much park across new york right now but moving swiftly to the east so our drizzle and mist will transition over to steady rain later on this evening and then night. moderate downpours and then that's it. and then it moves away. one last leg of it between 4:00 and 5:00 but by 6:00 and 6:00 we're back to some clearing and a swift return to the mild air. our temperatures will rise through the night tonight and get right close to 60 by morning the don't see it now, but the 50's are close by and here we are already close to 60 in new bedford. 52 chatham, 47 in nashua. 57 in pittsfield so it's the inevitable mr. anderson and that temperature up in watertown could be ours first thing in the morning too. dense fog though has been an issue and it will be for the next couple of hours. this too is fleeting as this rain moves in an the winds stir. we'll get rid of the fog. there is your rain and then by morning mild around 60 degrees. the highs will be in the morning morning. want to stress that so in the

but we'll still be in the 50's so mild day, then we luck ahead to maybe a little bit of a shift in the part are that would bring more december like weather our way. we'll see if it's permanent though coming up. >> anchor: also on 7, a five five-year-old boy left alone on a bus in lawrence and the driver is now facing some serious charges. let's go out to kelly o'hara. she is live in lawrence. kelly, how did that happen? well, that's what the police chief wants to know. he wants to know how and why something like this could happen. i left alone on the bus . >> reporter: the lawrence police chief outraged over an incident in his city where a little boy was left alone on a bus . i can tell you we received a 911 call about a child left alone on a school bus. or a transportation van i should call it that. we think maybe about a half hour 45 minutes he was asleep . the chief says they got a 9 911 call from somebody on prospect street reporting this a five-year-old was all along on the side of the road. the chief said luckily he wasn't

could have been very scary situation if he was left alone considering the temperature and the fact that he didn't know where he was. could have been worse, yeah. he is safe, we're happy he . >> reporter: police tell 7 news the bus company doesn't serve public schools, it was one school system. now that driver facing a lot of serious charges from recklessen dangerment of a child to even fayure to do a proper inspection of a bus and he may even lose his license and the chief added he asked him not to drive any more kids to school. in lawrence tonight, kelly o'hara, 7 news . >> anchor: deliberations under way in the fill i chism murder trial. the jury will now decide the faith of the teen-ager who is accused of murdering h high school mathitier. steve cooper is live with more on closing arguments and the coop? >> anchor: there is a wait here because this jury spent three

no very intertonight, they went home for the day keep in mine the defense claims that phillip chism murdered his math teacher but wasn't seen at the time. prosecutors say there was no mental illness here. phillip chimp's actions took a wonderful person from this world. >> reporter: while denise an admits he did it in her closing argument she toll the jury phillip chism was insane two years ago hen he strangled and . the evidence is clear that phillip chism suffered from a psychotic disorder most like low early onset schizophrenia reviewing testimony of several expert witnesses she call to the stan, regan explained that his move to massachusetts from tennessee at the beginning of the school year in 2013 may have . unfortunately the move to massachusetts was catastrophic .

>> reporter: grip a box cutter prosecutors say chism used in the gruesome attack, they explained there is simply no evidence she was suffering from any psychoic attack . phillip knew right from wrong and could choose right from wrong. he did it repeatedly over the course of that afternoon . >> reporter: prosecutors asking jurors to hold the teen accountable for his actions . you find the defendant guilty for the intentional and purposeful and knowing robbery, rapes and murder of colleen ritz ritzer . >> reporter: so with more than 50 witnesses take the stand in this tile and more than 140 pieces of evidence introduced at the trial as well, the deliberations will resume first thing tomorrow morning. live in salem tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: two fire fighters are hurt while battling flames at a home in roxbury. investigators say the fire fighters fell down a staircase

everyone inside made it out safely but authorities say there was a big problem for crews there. we had the obstacles of all that clutter made it difficult so we needed a lot of companies to start moving that stuff out of the way. i that contracted to the fire fighter injuries . >> anchor: but those fire fighters are expected to be okay okay. and investigators right to you believe an electrical problem sparked the flames. the patriots become on track after losing two straight. the pats,000 back to their winning ways believing out houston texas and forry clinging a layoff spot. their dominant having story may have cost the team a few more players. joe amorsino joins us now with updates on the team . it was desperate ties for patriots after a pair of blown 14 point leads that led to a rare two game losing streak but rob green could you sky's presence heals all wounds and with gronk back on the field the patriots are back on top. putting pads on for the first time if two weeks. you are looking to get back into

to be back out there playing football again. his right knee wasn't a problem which meant rob grokowski could be a major pain for the texans instead . he comes down with it. touchdown patriots! no decoy tonight . he is a huge just influence on what we do offensively and he really toughed it out. i'm proud of him . he has to be smart about it it. which we were as an organization myself. you know, just rehabbed really hard. every felt good so i was good to go . >> reporter: gronk caught four passes and a score in more importantly gave tom brady some much needed piece of mind . offensive football is always trust an anticipation an certainly there is nobody that i trust more than gronk so he is just a great player . so is houston's jj watt but the patriots neutralize his pass rubber . i think they did a good job i give them a lot of credit i of the they coached better than us

>> reporter: and pressure the quarterback better too keeping houston out of the end zone and snapping their own two game los losing streak. we ned a win every week. that's what our goal is every week. focus on our opponent that week and get the win that week. it feels good to be back on track on that winning side . with that win and losses from the bengals and broncos the patriots are now a game up on ci cincy for the number one seed with three games to go. reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorsino, 7 news . >> anchor: joe, thank you and there is much more ahead on 7 news at 0 clock . >> anchor: wait until you see a huge holiday like display in lester and neighbors fond of the decorations making sure no one pull the plug on this elaborate display. tomorrow the force is with . 7, are you ready for the force awakens? toll meet local artists that

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>> anchor: holiday light display shining bright all thank to the people who live h that community with more than 100 lights and decorations that attracts as you can imagine a lot of people . >> anchor: some neighbors actually stepped in in a major way to make sure it sticks an. 7's kelly o'hara has that story . it brought tears to my eyes that's for sure. just some within being so generous like that .

is no grinch who stole christmas because here in the small town in worcester county, people have pulled together to save a christmas display . just totally shocked me . >> anchor: scott and at the niece received so many visitors to their home this year where they ly display 196 blow up christmas decorations. that traffic and safety have become a bit of an issue. they had to get a police details an that doesn't run cheap . we had about 3,500 people down here last night and it was an emergency vehicle couldn't get up and down the street . >> anchor: the couple was willing to pay on their own until their neighbors and some people that they never even met called the town and offered to foot the bill. so the lights could stay on and the smiles this holiday season can stay bright. it's christmas spirit, you know? this touches a lot of people and in return they gave back to us . >> anchor: in addition to the family putting up all of these amazing holiday inflatibles they also donate money to secret

in alsoer it, kelly o'hara, 7 news . >> anchor: beautiful and good time of year to get out there better to walk by all that . >> anchor: you are not shiver . the opposite a warm surge of air coming in overnight along with the showers. . >> reporter: coming up next in sports we're talking about patriots, rob gronkowski's return but how about that patriots defense, six sacks against houston. why did it click for them on this game and this day? that's next in 7 sports. pholiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place.

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>> anchor: so we're shaking things up a little bit. we have rain overnight and then the gusty winds tomorrow. this is a bit of a change too. it's been so calm and quiet recently. warmth will slowly fade. it may revisit us on thursday but it looks long term like we may be going to cooler times. although that may also be brief. 48 if boston now. same in bedford. 47 in worcester. 50's, any 50's anner 50's not far off from buzzard arbay of a lot lot of soupy air out there and fog is dense in spots and boston between a quarter mile and half mile the worcester is around a quarter mile. same with providence. but a lot of the fog will be lifting. it doesn't luck like it will be a big issue. too. close to 60 degrees. this is wild for this time of

between taunton and new bed for. i, no, i didn't think about it. i didn't think about bringing back the friz factor that. would have been silly. dewpoints though in the upper 40's elsewhere and those will be rising too. it will feel a little sticky tomorrow morning. dense fog advisory is up. this fog will peel away with the arrival of the rain here in the next couple of hours already knocking on the door of the berkshires. still a ways off from boston. we'll give it until 9:00 before it starts knocking on our door. worcester earlier. embedded in this rain maybe a couple of downpours but nothing too significant. passes off into the early morning hours and this does not look like a big issue for the morning ride. by then i think we'll just have some wind and we'll be clearing the sky out. but the temperatures tell the ale. our dew points will rise in tandem into the 50's but by morning low 60's and then that slide going through the afternoon but it's not dramatic. this time of year we can go from near 60 into the 40's or 30's by evening. i think we may make 40's by overnight tomorrow night but not

so much of the day is mild but mildest in the morning hours. wind orry up tuesday, some guts easily making it over 30 miles per hour and because it's been so still lately, the trees haven't been tested here in a while so we might have some isolated power outages tomorrow with some limbs coming down but 30, 35, even 40 miles per hour not out of the question tomorrow across the entire area. the dip in the jet stream brings the colder air into the region for the weekend. this is a temporary shot of cold air. we will resume a warm pattern christmas week rest assured. that is definite too. confidence runs high in this warm spell and in this forecast and in this forecast stir. see you tonight. >> reporter: would you hard prey to find a bigger difference maker in the nfl than rob grokowski. when is on the field it's fight an day for patriots offense. with gronk back in the in houston it's no coincidence the

the win column. grokowski making up for lost time after missing last woke's game with a knee injury hauling in four passes for 87 yards and a touchdown despite playing a scaled down number of snaps. no need to rush him though since his health heading down the stretch is the number one priority and it sounds like he had enough of fielding questions all right. let's talk about the game. i played. just work hard to get back out there. just missed my teammates and i just want to talk about the game. emotional, physical, statistical, i mean, the guy is unbelievable and he means so much to this football team. not just his production which that goes unquestioned but just mentally his competitive nature, his child like joy, he is such a great teammate and we love having him. >> anchor: devin mccourty the latest in a long line of

leaving last night in the third quarter in houston but the news isen cowering for the patriots safety. mccourty has a sprained ankle but according to reports it will not end his season. with and without him the patriots defense smothered brian and the texans holding houston to a measly 189 yards of total offense ragging up 6 sacks with a rehintless pass rush. they each had two sacks. it's kind of performance this front 7 is capable of and they got plenty of props from tom brady. absolutely i think as pat of complimentary football you have to play to your strengths anner is how defense the last four or five weeks has been incredible field. usually you don't think about that but our defense has done such a great job on the short field and the muffed punt on the couple of fork down stops so

great job . >> anchor: the ben gallons lost to the steelers and lost andy dalton it a broken thumb. his outlook not much clearer a day later here. head coach marvin lewis conif ing that his quarterback will not have surgery. he will stay in the cast and is considered week to week when asked if dalton would be back in tile for the post season, lewis joked that the bengals haven't made the playoffs yet and that's not really a joke. but bruins winners of three of their last four get back at it tonight at the garden hosting the oilers a team even hotter than they are. edmonton is going for a sixth straight win. a streak that started when they bet beat the bruins that shoot the san francisco giants really trying to keep their streak of championships rolling. reportedly agreeing to a six year, $130 million dollar deal with johnnie quaid oh. san francisco added seven a five year, $90 million contract and according to reports his deal

pete rose's hall of fame chances may have finally run out. mlb commissioner rob man fred rejecting the all-time bid for reinstatement up holding rose's permanent ban for betting on bail. manfred saying rose showed no evidence of changing. rose's adpigs he still gamble on baseball no doubt making the decision a little easier. and the celtics set to host lebron james and the cavs tomorrow night at the garden. that's sports . >> anchor: thanks so much, joe.

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>> anchor: coming you tonight on "nightly news" we'll dig inside new poll numbers that show trump and cruz leading the gop pack in iowa. we'll tell but social media clues that could flag the female san bernadino terrorist before she entered the u.s. and details of the study ing a pregnant mom mom's use of anti-depressants to a child's higher risk of a at the whenny see you tonight. >> anchor: thank you so much for joining us on this foggy mon mon. ' ryan schulteis . >> anchor: i'm kim khazeiment doesn't forget the voice tonight the end of the show and adele is on at 10:00 then we'll be back here for 7 news at 11:00 and we

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