first at 6:00 a tire tragedy in salem, new hampshire. 22-year-old sears employee was working on a tire when it exploded. it also injured a customer. they are trying to figure out how this could happen. brandon gunnoe is live in salem with the latest. >> 21-year-old male not conscious but breathing. >> is there only one patient >> there's two. that's part of 911 call after

explode killing him. the tire -- they were feeling up a tire and it exploded. it happened just before 8:00 this morning amount rocking ma'am park mall. 22-year-old employees fixing a large truck tire on an industrial tire changer when it exploded. investigators trying to figure out if problem with the equipment or if it was overinflated or a defect in the tire. detectives have been there isn't it happened. they will go through theers and check the machinery. they will figure out exactly what happened. at this time we're not 100% sure. the auto worker pronounced dead a short time later. the customers throne to hospital with serious head injury. sears released this statement first and foremost are thoughts and prayers are with the family p of the soeshg and we send our deepest condolences to them. we send our thoughts and concern to our customer injured in this

obviously not shipping you expect to happen at 7:45 in the morning. you just kiss your kids before you go to bed and it's terrible time of year a week before christmas for it to happen. understandably the sears has been close throughout the rest of the day. osha has been called in to investigation. brandon gunnoe. 7 news. also on 7 a dangerous discovery of citywide gas leak in cane, new hampshire. the leak caused by a power outage this morning amount local plant. while the issue at the plant is now fixed company officials say homes in that area may have a high level of carbon monoxide. >> officials have to check 1200 houses for any toxic gas leak and police are recommending that

open their windows and call the fire department. the race for the white house taking center stage in n 1/2 to might. the top democratic candidate set for a saturday showdown in the granite state. what was expected to be fairly routine debate now has some added intrigue. john cocoa live in manchester with what's going on right now. john? >> you have to believe this controversy adds just tonight debate with computer-related controversy for the democrats. if far >> overnight a deal. the democratic party agreed to give bernie sanders campaign access once again to a database of potential voters. this after a firestorm of controversy. sanders facing question about why one of hits staffers took advantage of a computer glitch in the democratic national committee data files to access hillary clinton's verbalest. the staffer was fired. i didn't download any voter file data. the sander's campaign sued the

own voter files. outraged sander supporter signed online commission say i they reverse course and accusing the party of denying a clinton win. a consistent accusation from team sander. dnc pushed back. if the clint campaign had access sander campaign data inappropriately. sander supporter and the sander campaign would expect to react in the same way which i would do. they gave into sander's demand before the two sides appear in court friday night. the campaign agreed to cooperate with the parties investigation and that quote we are glad that all parties are moving forward and the candidates and the party can refocus on engaging voters them. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your

the question now will clinton attack him for this breech. the democratic front runner acting like the nominee already. >> as president i would work with responsible gun owners. >> for now we will have to see how this plays out tonight here in new hampshire. john cocoa, 7news. new at 6:00 a disturbing discovery inside the bathroom of a dorchester school. police finding a paint ball gun friday inside a toilet tank initially mistaken for a real gun by school officials. now officers say it did not have the federally required orange tip on it. and the owner of the paint ball gun has been taken into custody charged with illegal possession of a firearm. 7news now turning to the weather. we are feeling a winter chill today. some communities believe it or notten saw some snow. but it doesn't look like you will need that winter coat for too long. bri has a check of your forecast. more like where we should be for this time of year.

right now in the low-to-mid 30s. it's a chilly one for us especially with that breeze still kicking out of the west between 10 and 20 miles per hour. the winds stay cranking all through the night tonight. and that takes the windchill reading down quite a bit. it feels like 19 in worcester. feels like the mid 20s. down to norwood. saw definitely bundle up if you are headed out this evening. lake-effect snow machine still cranking and we see the flake make their way into the western part of the state. it doesn't look like they will get further than that. mainly clear tonight. cool and breezy mid 20s for the coldest spot. tomorrow the sunshine lighter winds but still a bit of breeze and cool once again but that's it for winter preview. we start the temp boost next week. more on that in a few minutes the patriots tuning up before the match-up with tennessee. tom brady not on the practice field friday. the quarterback listed as

a lot at stake here. the top spot in the afc is on the line. the pats may be ready for crash with the titans. a lot of people wondering how brady is feeling. he was under the weather. >> if the patriots don't secure the top spot it will easy to point to injuries as why. in securing top spot they won't have look further than the performance of tom brady. the latest high profile name. cbs reporting the pat's quarterback is feeling better and new england not concerned with brady's ability to start the game. edelman will not play. he's back at practice but still limited recovering from a broken foot. the team's second best linebacker hightower expected to be back as well. we're following more news today.

these pictures as they look for three men who stole a van and a motorcycle last week. detective said the robbers stole a van near condo complex in salem then loaded a stolen motorcycle into the back of that van. police now asking the public for help in identifying the suspect. a man in a sticky situation. police arrested robert dubesk for vandalizing a car last night. detective found video footage of the 24-year-old buying nachos at local convenient store. police say his facial injury happened in unrelated incident. he will appear in court monday. a dangerous drive leaves to a major crash in saugus critically injury several passengers. happened early this morning. two cars collided after a man lost control of his car and drove into oncoming traffic.

fence, ended up on someone's lawn. the accident is under investigation. a truck slams into a utiltity poll. happened after midnight. take a look. you can see the heavy damage. the driver was found in the woods nearby. he was transported to milford hospital. no word on his condition. families coming together in west bridgewater for a good cause. a free party for military families in the area. people were able to honor their loved one and also have a good time. and the woman who organized the event said she wanted to provide families with the good distraction during the holiday season. >> it's hard to think about the holiday and go through the holidays without somebody there. and you know the holidays are emotionally straining anyway. as youous as they are at the same. bring them together other people that got go through what they do.

friend after the tragedy helped her cope with all the difficult times. a little girl from waymouth paying it forward this holiday season. 9-year-old girl told her friend and family he didn't want toys for her birthday. instead she asked for presents that she could donate to kids who really need them. this morning she dropped off several boxes of toys at the waymouth police department. they will all be donated to toys for tots. really nice to see that. the young kid. usually you think about what you want for christmas. she's thinking about others. absolutely. coming your way next on 7news. tragedy in tennessee. a group of teen targeted by a gunman. the brave has the entire city calling one of the victims a hero. 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

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could do to protect his friends. a tennessee community a 15-year-old high school football player dead after he was randomly targeted in a shooting. police say dobson diad hero. >> after he jumped on top of three girls to shield them >> police say the man who fired the shot that killed dobson 23-year-old brandon perry was killed later that night at different scene. detective say the shooter had gang ties. we really do plea with the community to step up and to stop the acts? >> that dream was cut short. his brother shocked at what happened. when i found him on the porch. and i picked him up. he was laying in my hands dead. dozen coming to light candles to remember the star

many describing the teen as a good kid and a football fanatic. . >> it was good to know he was going to protect other. it's sad because he had to give up his own life for it. police made one arrest in connection to the shootings. a 20-year-old christopher basset has been charged with being convicted felon in possession of firearm. the coldest day all month. but the cold not sticking around very long. in fact shorts and flip-flops may be appropriate as we head into christmas. the forecast is coming up. coming up next 7 sports tom brady seems to be okay. and all indications he will be taking the first nap on sunday. plus something happening for the first time in two decades over matthew's arena. it's a sellout and a very unique double header.

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this is what it should feel like for this time of year. what is normal. todays pretty normal. look at worcester topping out at 33 degrees. to add insult to injury we had to breeze to add the windchill. surprisingly so we're still stuck with only one day below average today. another orange box and the reason why is because we

afternoon high. the low fairly mild for this time of year. 36 degrees for worst. more orange boxes as we get into next week. another tent booth in store for us. current temperatures in the low-to-mid 30s. 30 degrees in worcester. you can throw that information out the door. the breeze is doing that. out of the west about ten to 20 miles per hour. because this is what it feels like. as you step outside tonight. 19 in worcester. 26 in boston. norwood as well. definitely keep those winter coats handy. not only for tonight but for tomorrow. lake-effect snow machines still cranking pretty good and as we take a closer look you see the snowflakes are trying to creep into the western half of the state and into connecticut. but these are just flurries. i don't expect anything tonight. because we have dry air in place. flakes are done with us for the day. we did have a couple of areas that did see flakes and flurries today. but we're still waiting for that first official measurable snowfall.

an inch. worcester the latest for december 24th. that record in serious jeopardy as we head into the next week. mainly clear overnight tonight. stays fairly breezy as welt. how breezy it is will determine how cold it gets. we talked about the cloud cover. the breeze can also do that kind of mixes things up. if the breeze dies down those temperature will drop further. mostly sunny storm and still a bit breezy not as windy as today. here's a look at highs for tomorrow. again typical for this time of year. 40 degrees for boston. right where we should be as we round the corner into the second half of december. pat's game tomorrow you will definitely want to wear all the parka gear you can. we've had this dip in the jet stream bringing the cold this

look what happened as we any storms that could head in the direction. they will bring us rain if anything. slight chance monday. slight chance of isolated showers on tuesday. more likely late on wednesday and overnight wednesday into thursday. winter is coming. it's not winter yet. forecast. more rain possible overnight. wow those temperatures # 3 for christmas eve we could break some records. >> after missing practice with an illness. sounds like tom brady is feeling better. taking the cautious route. report indicating he will miss a fifth straight game recovering from a broken toot. the titleans are 3-and-10 heading off four of last five. the last time they came out

they were knocked off by the eagles. don't expect new england to make the same mistake. the motivation of staying on top of afc is enough despite all the injuries. they got good pass rush. they bring it every game. their defense they got a lot of sound players out there. they pass and they play f. we have to be ready when it comes to hitting when they come. >> the pats are covered tomorrow on sports extra. we will be in the house to breakdown the game. the week that was in boston sports. not often conference team visit major. a game so rare, in fact it marks

have hosted the number-one ranked team in the oldest arena in the world. first half of men's hooks double header the original boston gardens. the spartans playing first true road game of the year. michigan state looking like the top ranked team early on. denzel valentine. alley-oop. getting to the elbow. knock it down a jumper. game even at 17 apiece. husky only down nine at the break. in the second half the spartans really starting to get things clicking. northeastern can't slow them down. michigan state winning 78-58 in front of first sellout crowd of matthews arena in 20 years. >> it was a specific, specific day for our university our men's basketball program.

men's hockey program. to really show case athletic here and be a focal point. at least for weekend. northeastern has good basketball team. they will get in that tournament in my humble opinion. it was great to play in front of a raucous crowd. i think your players got to learn how to do that. and so i guess we did something that most don't do. we went on the road and played a quality team and found a way to win. i'm pleased with that. after building momentum with double overtime thriller in a big road win at charlotte celtics in a slump. later set back loss at the garden. falling to tenth in the eastern conference standings. celtics are in need of spark. two days of practice from minnesota on monday.

some changes to the line-up. we may have to. it's one of the things that we have talked about if we will talk about our depth being positive we should utilize it. we'll see. you know we'll see what we think is best. not only for this particular game but more so as we move forward. on the ice david closer to return of game action. headed to providence. he hasn't played since halloween thanks to fractured left foot. >> cavaliers point guard set to make season debut sunday against philadelphia in his first game since injuring his knee in the nba final. >> thank you. 7news at 6:00 will be right

>> the force has awakened. safe to safe the box office has as well. the new "star wars" movie is breaking record taking an estimated 250 million dollars worldwide on friday. >> that's no surprise there. this was huge and you will go

>> people were doing that today. and christmas shopping i'm sure. >> priorities, priorities. that's 7news at 6:00. i'm nancy chen.