police and going as far as putting on the ttical vest and positioning himself nearby with a gun. he's a danger, under. >> he was arrested here at his home on walnut street after police responded to a domestic violence call. it was there that officers discovered a 40 caliber weapon along with a fully loaded nine round magazine clip. >> was that gun identified. >> yelp. >> what was it identified to be? >> a smith and wes on, 40 caliber. >> his attorney says his client is a war veteran who fought in afghanistan receiving a purple heart. he says the 31-year-old is suffering from ptsd and is wrestling with alcohol issues. >> he was hit with a roadside ie did for which he received a purple heart. he suffered a traumatic brain injury. he suffered suffers from ptsd and is being treated. >> he would hold him without bail. his family left the courthouse without comment. >> what about the threat that he said he wanted to shoot up police officers? >> you know, i mean, he says he

they say he did. i think there are oftentimes people say stupid things this that they don't mean. >> while he remains behind bars, prosecutors say they're investigating all it. defense attorney says he's not happy with the judge's decision today and plans to appeal her ruling and take it to the superior court next week. we're live in framingham steve cooper, 7news. >> a dangerous drive in whitman. a teenage girl hit by a car while trying to board a school bus. police say she has minor injuries and is expected to be okay. 7's very tried, but they couldn't say at school this morning. the high school student too upset as she saw a fellow student get hit by a car as she was cross to go get on the school bus. >> once the bus started to stop, i noticed that a car was not slowing

walking and i tried to grab her, but it was just -- it hit her side mostly, but it was a really hard hit. she was going very fast. >> jessica said the bus had its lights flashing and the stop sign was out. she rushed to help the 15-year-old who landed at her feet. >> once i saw her on the ground i got my stuff and i asked her if anything was hurt or if she could move. she said her leg hurt and her arm hurt. she was just talking just right back to me. she was aware of what was going on. >> jessica's mother heard her help. she talked to the driver who hit the girl. burnell says the woman claimed to be an ex bus driver. >> she was a mess and she was like she seen the lights were on, she said but she was just so close that she couldn't like come to a sudden stop or slam her brakes on. fast. >> the teen is a junior at whitman-hanson regional high school. she was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries to her arm and leg.

but relieved the girl is expected to be okay. >> police say they're investigating. it's unclear if the driver is going to be cited or face any charges. in whitman, nicole. >> police are looking for a thief who stole a snow blower out of someone usa yard. you can see him actually trying to move the machine. police say he later walked off with it. police are asking anyone with information to go ahead and give them a call. >> we're getting a new look at image of el faro the cargo ship that sank during hurricane joaquin. family members of the victims on board were also given an update on the ntsb's investigation, but they are still looking for answers to find some closure. >> our families often wondered and it flashes in your mind what if -- what it move been like. certainly that's one of the most troubling things is we try to find closure.

el faro died when the ship veered off course into the hurricane. >> three of those people on board the cargo ship were from massachusetts. winthrop native keith griffin. and marriott wright. >> we are following more news teed. today. authorities are look forego a texas teenager accused of violating his probation after a high profile court battle. ethan couch made national news when he was only sentenced to probation for a drunk driving crash that killed four people. the teen's attorney claimed suffered from -- the family has plenty of money and i think this was planned and i believe that they plan to get away and i believe that they're going to run far and try to hide. i just don't think, i'll be happy to be wrong. if he's hiding somewhere locally. >> now, couch could face jail time if he's found in violation of his parole. >> a teenage exchange student from china assaulted and the attack was

police say the student was groped and slashed in the face by an attacker while walk to go school wednesday morning. it happened in queens and authorities have released surveillance video from before and after that attack to help catch the suspect. >> out of nowhere a random brutal attack that leaves a teenager discard for life. police released this surveillance video which shows the suspect running away after slashing a 16-year-old girl with a box cutter. it happened in queens new york when the girl was on her way to school around 8:30 in the morning, but she never made it to class. >> we have a young lady walking to school. she's an asian female, she's 16 years old. as she's walking east on 13th avenue near 147th street she's a accosted from behind with an individual with a hood up. he's wearing a surgical mask and has surgical gloves on. she's slashed in her face twice. once from her ear to the middle of her throat and the other part of the face as well. she's at the the hospital now, long island jewish.

wounds. it's not life-threatening, but it came out of nowhere. >> there were traces of blood at the scene, sources say after the attack the girl ran home and called 911. her neighbor had no idea what happened. >> her whole face was red. you could see her eyes and her nose and her mouth. >> she's an exchange student from china. take a closer look at the suspect. he was last seen running from the scene wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and gloves on his hands. >> we're living in a crazy world and nobody is immune to this stuff. i don't think anybody can say that it can't happen here, but it doesn't usually happen here. >> police say the exchange student had only been in the u.s. for about eight months. both her brother and sister were by her side. >> after a deadly shooting in california. the intention showdown was caught on video right here. we'll freeze that video right before it happens. police were responding to a disturbance call and that's when

with a knife. the officer says that man lunged at him and that's when he shot the suspect -- that's when they shot the suspect six times killing him. >> suspect making quite a withdrawal in illinois, the surveillance video shows an suv back back into a convenience store window, shattering the glass, the two men get out of the car and steal the atm that was inside. they dragged that atm up and into their car. police are still searching for the suspects. >> a good samaritan shot to death trying to attempt to stop a robbery. you can see him buying a lottery ticket. that's when two men storm in with guns. the victim charges one of the suspects grabbing his gun and the other suspect shoots him to death. that father can't believe what happened to his only son. >> he was a good kid and he didn't leave. he was always telling what he was doing and what he doing. he came up here to get a ticket. a dam lottery ticket. that's what he came up for. i've done seen so many things played again and never thought it would happen to me.

police recovered a gun at the scene. they're still searching for those two suspects. >> a con man who lost his daughter during the sandy hook shooting is now a grammy nominee after losing his daughter three years ago jimmy green channeled his grief into song lyrics. he called the album a beautiful life to spread her message of love. he received two grammy award nominations earlier this month, but making the album, green says, wasn't easy. >> i remember writing some of these lyrics with a face full of tears. it was very very emotional and it was draining to do at times. >> green says his son isaiah has also found comfort through music after his sister passed away. he plans to follow isolated showers musician. >> still ahead, the special gift from an anonymous donor that has a nice ring to it.

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officials with the salvation army in miami are used to getting generous donations, especially around the holidays, but this year they got something extra special in one of those red kettles and this year that donation has a nice ring to it. some big bling as bells ring. >> and i was shocked that someone put in the kettle a bunch of bills wrapped around something. >> the salvation army receiving an anonymous voice mail, the caller saying she left a special gift inside a red kettle bucket inside a miami supermarket. >> i didn't know if it was a ring or a gold coin or whatever, but it

beautiful diamond ring. >> yes, a diamond ring appraised at $3,000 dropped into this bucket by an anonymous donor and it's not the first time. >> we would like to know this person. to thank her personally, but as you can tell, all of the past six years we've been receiving very good, inspiring news from her. >> the ring was wrapped in a $20 bill, along with a handwritten note that reads. there are so many that need help. keep doing good. >> over the years, that salvation army in miami has been given pricy donations like this emerald and diamond necklace that was donated last november. the same measure terrible i couldn't say woman who calls in manslaughter and leaves heartfelt notes keeps giving donations. >> all we can do is thank her from the bottom of our heart and wish her well for being so kind to help us help others. >> red kettle donations are used to provide clothing, food and holiday gifts to those in need.

9-year-old cancer survivor beating the odds for a big win on the ice. several hours taper off overnight tonight and a colder weekend forecast ahead. >> head on 7news at 5:00. a drivers education teacher in a whole lot of trouble. why police say they arrested him behind the wheel. >> plus "the force awakens" across the silver screen. why security is being bumped up ahead of tonight. >> mayber your resolution is to save more money. you. what you might want to wait to buy in the morning new year. >> we'll share with you tonight on

a 9-year-old cancer survivor scoring big during the chicago blackhawks game last night. now, during the second intermission madison dempsey, there she is right

pucks contest wearing a t-shirt that said five years cancer free. guess what, she made the goal from the goal line. she got a second start to win $500. not to shall by and so awesome to be able to celebrate being cancer free for five years. >> to hit the shot, got it right in there, love that. >> she has great form too. >> she's a cutie, and $500. that's nothing to frown upon. >> it was cold outside last night. i'm going to admit it felt a little bit like december. today it warmed up and we got some rain with it. >> kind of spring-ish, right, chris. >> april, october, anyway you split it, it does not feel like december. a little bit of spring in the step temperature wise. the city of boston, points south, we have the rain to death with and we could use the rainfall you go back all the way to january 1st of last year and even despite all that was snow we had in february you melt it down into liquid form and we're running behind precipitation wise about 10" from worcester out

much of the new england only picking up 5% of what we typically see on average precipitation wise. here is a radar of wall of green. back through the south shore as well, cape and the islands, once in a while some yellows begin to go mix on in. back through rhode island, down to con. this is embedded heavier rain. back through bridge port, con, down into new york city as well. you note the movement. it's all moving off to the northeast. we're in it, staying in it, the wetted weather that is, over the next several hours. there's a back edge to it just west of new york city, so i do expect this to start taper off between 10:00 a.m. tonight. >> so far it's not impressive, about two tenths of an inch of rainfall we'll continue to add on top over that over the next hours and any localized heavy rain not doing any favors to the evening commute, that's for for sure. >> visibility, locally dense out in worcester. bedford seeing a visibility of 1 mile. visibility is reduced as well

and there's that spring like 52 in boston right now. 54 down in marshfield. 40 degrees. so we have this mild weather trying to work in right along the coast line and south of the mass pike as we speak. with that is the rainfall now we go into the overnight hours tonight past midnight. we start to dry things out and then we watch for another quick moving system tomorrow to ride ride along this front. although i don't expect such rainy this evening. >> look at this saturday morning. cold air rushing in over the great lakes. lake effect snow kicking in and feet of it down wind of lake ontario and lake erie and some favorite spots one or 2 feet of snow. a couple of these snow showers like toll make their way into the mountains of vermont. there may be a renegade in our in

closer to the boston metro area on saturday. that is it, though. that's the closest thing for any snow for christmas i see the pattern does favor mild air once again by the time we get into next week. so rainfall totals again, close to .5" expected in the city of boston. localized higher amount down through southeastern mass could pick up about 1" of rainfall back into buzzard bay. temperatures not moving much tonight. we'll hold the temperatures mid 40s in the city of boston. maybe a few upper 30s north and west and holding closer to 30 degrees down in southeastern mass where it will be the warmest tomorrow. temperatures running mid 50 to say lower 40s. isolated showers or otherwise a cloudy day. seasonable weather, just in time for the winter solstice on monday the mild air returns and sticks with it through the week. >> all right. so we just saw krista talk about the forecast and the rain moving in. let's get a check of the roads now. a wet one.

you work your way down towards the coastal roadways. we'll start on the expressway southbound down to -- you can see the reflection of lights, certainly acuff ride. more than an hour commute now on route 93 from downtown boston. right now toward the braintree merge of route 128. making your way along route 93 brake lights toward the camera. coming up towards medford and eventually up toward 128 and it's been slow going. headlights are heading southbound dealing with delays on the expressway. as you can take a look. a lot of brake lights in both directions. right up into the city and along route 120 ought out through the newton area. northbound making your way up towards route 20 in walt -- >> scientists say a new blood test

actually saved lives. >> it's still early but very promising news. >> chances of surviving ovarian cancer are excellent if it's detected at an early stage. the problem sits rarely caught early. there either aren't any symptoms or they're incredibly vague like blowing and abdominal pain. there is a blood test that tests for it called ca125, but experts recommend against it, because it's never been shown to lower the death rate and has too many false positives. >> now for the first time a major study of more than 200,000 women in the uk has found screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial and can save lives. the researchers used ca125 in a new way. it's a mathematical calculation that accounted for risk factors like the patient's age and then tracked how ca125 levels changed over time. they found the test helped reduce the number of women dying from the disease by about 20%. >> now, you won't see this blood test in your doctor's office any time soon.

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a blockbuster hit from the '90s is coming back to theaters. terminator ii will be remastered for a worldwide release next year. the film doesn't have a release date yet. next year will be the 25th anniversary of the film which won four oscars. >> beyonce may soon be suing her dad over the ownership of the destiny's child band. she's exclusively learned her father owns the rights to her name and music and she wants them back. the 34-year-old singer fired her ago. >> something strange in the neighborhood. the fan site planet ghost busters sharing this notice photo from the upcoming film. cast. it was shot right here in boston over the summer. you can see them ready to go in their ghost fighting outfits.

>> tonight you'll see how president obama fared living in the great outdoors. a special episode of running wild with bear grylls runs deep in the lass can wilderness. they do their best avoiding bears and other wildlife in the northwest, probably eating some bugs too. that's what they like to do on that show. that special airs tonight at 10:00 right here on nbc. >> i wonder how close the secret service was, hiding behind a bush. you know, they have to be close to him. >> that was probably the hardest part about filming it, trying not to get the -- exactly. >> much more to come in the next 90 minutes. >> 7news at five starts right now. >> rain and fog settling in for the evening commute. when we dry out and i look at the weekend forecast ahead. >> breaking news. a friend of the san bernardino shooters arrested. the criminal charges expected to be filed. >> and today president obama talking about security around the holidays as changes are implemented at popular tourist sites. >> also tonight a tough less ton

why police say he never should have been behind the wheel. >> and as -- it's the day "star wars" fans have been waiting for. why you might want to leave the light sabers at home if you're heading to the theater tonight. >> 7news at 5:00 starts now. >> five at 5:00. a slick situation out there tonight. most people dealing with a wet evening commute. you see is very clearly in the radar there. the rain not expected to taper off until later tonight. >> you're headed out for holiday shopping have that rain gear handy. >> meteorologist chris lambert here with a check of the forecast. >> keep that umbrella handy on stand by. we're going to use that tonight. no question about that. you can see the radar all green from the city of boston up through southern new hampshire. stretching around and back into con, it's all working through and continuing to increase that rain as we go through the evening commute. even a couple of thunderstorms