>> despite the immense loss we're forced to endure we will carry on. we have night team coverage. plus a sudden scare on the sidewalk. a wall collapses nearly hitting a child. the night team talks to woman caught under the rubble. mild temperatures are out and cooler air is dropping in. just how long does it stick around? >> then, the race for the white house takes center stage in sin city. is anyone gaining ground on donald trump? also another day, athe huge blow to the patriots. who's the next man up now that la gr raet blount is side lined for season. which charge ud customer files a crash complaint with a hotel. 7 news at 11 starts now. tonight on seven, nine hours, over two days, to convict a killer. the defendant phillip chisholm is guilty. the night team covering the possible punishment and emotional reaction. we will not allow colleen's

remembered. to the verdict in a teacher's murder. >> she was murdered two years ago. tonight colleen ritzer killer brought to justice phillip chisholm 14 years when he was arrested could face the rest of his life in prison. it took the jury nine hours to find chisholm guilty of first degree murder. rape and armed robbery he was found not guilties on second rape charge. we have night team coverage of guilty verdict chisholm's possible sentence and the a motional reaction from colleen ritzer's family. let's get started with night team kimberly bookman in salem where verdict came down early this evening. >> yeah, kim you know this was a case. in fact judge said these jurors may never be the same. they had to listen to more than 50 witnesses, they looked at 140 pieces of evidence and 4 o'clock this afternoon they said they had reached a verdict. >> the defendant phillip chisholm is guilty. nine hours after jurors got the

teenager phillip chisholm guilty first degree murder in death of his mile teachermoment belong to colleen ritzer and her family. we can't bring her back, but we can provide some sense of justice for her family. ritzer's mother sat in front row and a cried. chisholm's mother was across the aisle doubled over. but the 16-year-old just looked forward showing no emotion at all. >> guilty. the jury said teen was also guilty of armed robbery. and one count of rape but not guilty on another. chisholm was 14 when he stabbed and raped ritzer in high school bathroom and used a recycling bin to move her body into the woods. prosecutors used school surveillance video of some of these actions to prove its case. >> no family should have to go through the horrific, horrific life that they had to go through with the murder of her daughter. defense admitted teen committed crime unsuccessfully argue he was mentally ill at the time. his mother left court with

daughter's favorite quote, there's something good in every day. >> despite the immense loss we're forced to endure we will carry on into do our very best to find the good in every day. >> and because of chisholm's age he could have parole in 15 to 25 years. reporting live from salem, kimberly bookman, 7 news night team. the guilty verdict moving colleen ritzer's families to tears family says they will strong and honor their daughter lasing legacy. brandon gunnoe continues our coverage live in danvers from people who knew and loved colleen ritzer. brandon. adam, every parent i spoke to today said they were glued to television waiting to hear the verdict and the family of colleen ritzer making a very public promise. >> after a verdict was reached family of kohl reason literatureser expressed how they were feeling. this guilty verdict while the beginning of justice for colleen is certainly no cause for celebration as there can never

committed. the remaining is tremendous and painful absence in our lives one that sadly can nevada been replaced parents of young bright high school math teacher said they wanted to thank everyone for their support and they will continue to share their daughter's story to help others. have been a number of individuals in addition to our family and friends who provided a shoulder to cry on, a cappive favorites quotes there something good in every day. colleen never gave up and neither will we. we will not allow colleen's remembered. in statement school superintendent said we know colleen's message. no matter what happens in life, be good to people. being good is a wonderful legacy to leave behind. we'll live on in the hearts and loved her. my heart breaks for that family that lost their daughter. and my prayers are with them. certainly not jumping for joy,

it doesn't bring her back. >> a lot of people also said you know this is tragedy for chisholm his and family as well. live in danvers, brandon gunnoe, 7 news night team. as soon as verdict came downs we sent outbreaking news alerts online. you can track latest with this case including chisholm's sentence on www.whdh.com and the 7 news mobile and tablet apps. we have breaking news tonight in nashville. a plane has skidded off the runway at the nashville airport. eight people are hurt. that is southwest airlines flight came in from houston. rolled on to the grass while taxiing to the gate. wrong. now, before the night team, a sidewalk scare caught on camera. a wooden wall whisked by winds on a crash course for a child. the night team covering a close call in malden. >> and tonight we're hearing from a woman caught under the

john could cows live in malden with what she and her son are saying about the sidewalk scare. >> kim when we spoke to this victim she was still in pain. her son believes she's lucky to be alive. >> she has a brace around her leg and her arm in sling after this temporary wall fell on her and several others tuesday afternoon in malden. her son isaiah rushed to his 54-year-old mother's side. >> i saw my mom on the floor. like she's not responsive. and like i was trying to talk her, she was opening her eyes i kept saying her name. she was taken to the hospital. her shoulder her right side of heifer back and her knee. two-year-old child in a stroller was also trapped beneath clapgsed construction barrier his mother was injured police say little boy was fine. i think carriage actually helped keep the baby out of harm's way.

have played a role in knocking the wall down. >> you hear a loud crash. we looked out the window, we saw that the you know the wood structure had come down. security cameras at the jewelry store caught that crash. he ran to help. >> you know, it's not that heavy, but you know, just the way it fell, who knows what could have happened. she certainly knows what could and did happen as her family now helps her recover. she's was woman that provides for us and like i said she's going to off her feet for couple of days or weeks. >> now because no construction workers were injured here this will not be an osha investigation. live in malden john cuoco, 7 news night team. >> the race for white house putting a spotlight on terror. >> radical islamic terrorism. the actual threat which is radical islamic terrorism. from isis. >> the focus of republican debate tonight foreign policy. candidates all talking terror. tonight in las vegas.

also on agenda illegal immigration, north korea. there were some fireworks in vegas tonight. tim caputo joins us with some of the key moments from the debate. national security concerns are certainly an important topic these days this was first republican debate since that terrorist attack in san bernardino, california tonight nine candidates on stage had strong opinions on how to keep the country safe. >> to tonight debate topic was foreign policy. first question was to republican front runner donald trump on his idea to ban all muslim coming to the u.s. we're not talking about isolation. we're talking about security. we're not talking about religion we're talking about security. governor bush one several candidates on stage in las vegas tonight who questioned trumping muslim ban. this is not a serious proposal. jeb and trump sparring several times during the debate. you said in september 30th that isis was not >> am i talking or you talking jeb >> i'm talking right now. you can go back ben car so

people weren't so politically correct. people are worried about somebody's going oh to say i'm islam phobic or what have you. this is craziness. because we are at war. that's why i ask congress declare the war. senator marco rubio and ted crew agreed by immigration policies namely with senator cruz would allow those currentsly in country illegally to get citizenship. does ted cruz out rule senator cruz i never supported legalizationdo you rule it out i never supported legalization i do not intent to support legalization. when trump was complained he was being attacked too much jeb bush pounced lead to one final exchange >> this is tough business i did know you're tough guy, jeb. we need leader that is real tough. you're never going to be president by insulting your way >> i'm at 42 and you're 3. >> sdrt matter >> so far i'm doing better. >> also governor chris christie on rise in new hampshire called for no fly zone over sir reand

jet that violates that no fly zone. senator rand paul that would inciting world war 3. live in newsroom tim caputo. donald trump has maintained his lead for months now. some candidates are right on his heels. so did anyone make up ground tonight? political editor andy hiller joins with us hiller instinct. dump on trump yes there was some of that but even more attempts to mess up marco rubio. both did better than survive they won. and they weren't the only winners. trump is always alleges outrageous but tonight he was relatively reserved. in complete control of his rhetoric. people like what i say he said and nothing he said in this debate should change that. marco rubio as usual was smooth but he was challenged in this debate more than in any other he never flinched. he showed that he could take the heat and not melt under pressure. texas senator ted cruz was winner too.

slick but not in this debate. cruz true conservative but perhaps because we're at war with isis he didn't sound radical or extreme right wing. trump rubino and cruz dominated the debate. but there was room for a big loser. jeb bush tried but once again fell short. he attacked trump calling him a chaos candidate who would chaos president. but trump brushed him aside. later, bush tried again, with the same result. this was at last debate of the year and as one the moderators said it was at christmas dinner debate. since millions of voters will be talking about it during the holidays. for three or four of republicans that could mean a merry christmas. but for the rest, it may be time to go home for the holidays and stay there. live in newsroom i'm andy hiller, that's my instinct. >> all right. other news tonight the patriots get gronk back but lose another key player tonight. it's a blount the blow to the team as running back la garret

with another offensive weapon down and out who next man up for play off push? our sports director joe amorosino here. done for season patriots have lost their top two running backs to injuries. depth at the position will really be tested now. think about t blount's season comes to an end after suffering a hip injury in sunday's win. now on pat's back up running back brandon and a james white to carry the load. the patriots have also signed former bronco second round milk ball to their practice squad. patriots are 27th in rushing jardz yards out of 32. nfl teams in losing blount will make running the ball even more difficult. they will miss blount the rest of the way. no doubt about it. the news on blount comes on the same day the patriots lose to defensive tackle dominique for season. team first round pick from last year. reporting live in newsroom, joe amorosino, 7 news night team. we're following more news tonight. los angeles school leaders

session tomorrow after a major scare today. schools in both los angeles and new york receiving similar terror threats. but dealing with them in very different ways. night team's ryan schulteis joins us with different responses and how investigators learned about these threats. >> kim we're learning tonight both of those threats were hoaxes according to officials. we're also hearing from boston officials about an internet problem this morning. they say that was not connected at all to those threats. >> early this morning the nation second largest school district was shut down. los angeles public schools say they got a credible threat. they say it wasn't no school due to a bomb threat. so it's very scary. >> and investigators say the threat came through email a person claiming to be high school senior ready with an army to attack schools with guns and bombs. >> los angeles is j u.s. about 65 miles from san bernardino where 14 people were gunned down in terror attack less than two weeks ago.

the neighboring san bernardino, i think what has happened in the nation. i think what happened internationally. i as superintendent am not going to take the chance with life of a student. police chief stood by superintendent in public, privately law enforcement officials say they advised against closing the schools. saying it was premature and bad move. each school was swept. district is huge. 710 square miles, more than thousand campus and more than 700 thousand students around the same time new york city schools also got a threat. it was same ip address and some same wording. but early on police thought it was a hoax. >> this is not a credible threat. not something that we are concerned with. what we would be concerned with is overreacting. here in boston bps did get hit with cyber attack that shut down system's internet for about 20 minutes. they say it wasn't connected to threats emailed to school district in l.a. and new york. at this time we have no reason to think there are any threats towards boston or our schools any of our agencies.

teacher and city worker and residents to know our city is safe and our schools are safe. >> and the mayor says that throughout year they do tend to get cyber tax. city is safe. we're live here in boston, ryan schulteis. also from the 98 team operator of the run away red line train is now suspended without pay and could be fired. david vazquez got off train last week to fix signal problem when train left without him. investigators say he used a train microphone cord to tie down the throttle and did not sell the hand break his attorney says all he wants is fair and thorough investigation into what happened. irj that he would tie a rope around the throttle system or brake system and get off the train to get under the train to to go alley switch. just sounds preposterous. mr. vazquez did everything he could do to deal with that situation running to nearest station and injured himself in process. mbta's general manager will decide whether operator will

up next tonight checking in the hard way. an unhappy guest registers a complaint a hotel by turning it into a drive-through. cool area temperatures on tap just brief visit with that coming up next. who working for sweet treat? jeremy reiner has just the thing check it out in tonight's

an oklahoma hotel customer filing a crash complaint with at front desk. two workers diving out of way of this customer truck police say credit card had been declined at the hotel he was upset how co-worker treated him. no one was injured driver is being held on $1 million bond. now, seven weather with

a mild december, heck yes it has been average temperatures so far 46.6. i imagine that will bump up even more tomorrow. so we're just totally topping this list of top 10 mildest decembers on record. and it's because of days like today. highs today in 60s in most spots. 57 for bedford. score for are norwood that happened in wee hours of this morning. you have to either be up late or up very early to enjoy that. nevertheless mild all day. with temperatures crawling closer to where we're at right now. 50 degrees in boston. 44 in worcester. and continue to see those temperatures drop tonight with partly cloudy skies and also with those winds dying down. right now gusting between 20, 25 miles per hour. but nothing like earlier today. we had some gusts between 40 and 50 miles per hour. overnight tonight, the evening wind dying down. 36 to 42 for our lows. then into tomorrow, cooler temperatures on tap. but lighter winds. so shouldn't be all that bad sunshine except for near the canal and also for cape cod

there. then we turn our attention toward this storm system as you can see, running through upper plains, upper midwest. that is on its way in to us. but just as it has been through last couple of systems we're on warm side of it. we get mild air pumping in. that means just rain in forecast for us. it looking less and less likely like we will have a white christmas. because the temperatures are mild for christmas. though, we do get a visit of more typical winter-like weather. as we get into this weekend. not with snow but with cold. it's just only here for a visit though. blustery with those gusty winds. highs topping out in the low 40s. but then look what happens, we turn the calendar to winter and have a great night. all right you too, bri. okay you know it's christmas and holidays and winter because we have our holiday helping here at 7 news time year we within up favorite holiday recipes all for good cause. tonight jeremy reiner making

sweeten up any holiday meal. here he is with holiday helping. welcome to my home. my wife and daughter. the holidays they can a stressful time whether you're hosting a party or fending off rebellion. galaxy far, far away. so we have a recipe that we think you'll enjoy. we love it. it's apple dumplings. let's do it. okay first thing first we're going to peel this apple. we live out here in apple country. we love to find anything that has n apple in its recipe, don't we? yes. so now we're going to chop up apple you can slice it up into eighths or use this little device right here. super slick. now, we are going to take the crescent rolls. this is where i mid your help little lady. we're going to roll apple up into the crescent roll. just put that apple to bed tuck it in up and put in greased pan. good night apple.

a little bit. drop that in there. just let that melt. go ahead and just pour that in. now in terms of stirring in, just a brief stir. right on the heels of the sugar you're going to go ahead and add vanilla extract in there. now let's go ahead and take it home, right? >> right on top of the apple dumplings. just spread it on there. take lemon lime soda and pour it around the edge >> last but not least we have to add some cinnamon. into oven for 40 minutes at 350. now time to serve it up. reiner. we serve it allah mode. this is a super simple recipe we absolutely love. we hope you enjoy have a great holiday season and thank you for supporting projects bread. dig in. ahhh emma. >> beautiful family there. and a really good looking recipe too. it does look good i like it. you want to make donation to

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sports with joe amorosino. patriots in first place with a three games to go. they have a clear path to the top seed in afc and first round behind play-offs come behind with it only thing that can stop patriots now injuries. more injuries. the latest victim running back la garret blounts done for season after suffer hip injury in sunday win. along with deion lewis patriots have lost their top two running backs. today, they signed former bronco monte ball to practice squad. patriots backing running back james white knows him well. >> it's good. he's a good player. and good to have him around. a roommate of mine in college. down hill runner going to run hard. good to have another back. >> more injuries on defense as well for a second straight year. dominique easily is headed to injured reserve. former first round pick done for season with hip injury he started just one game but

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