>> this is 7 news at noon. >> police searching for a mother and her two children. >> christa: right now they are asking that all of us be on the lookout. this mom is 47-year-old valerie mcgrath. she is with two children. a 7-year-old girl along with a five-year-old boy. police will not say what the relationship is between the woman and the kids.

the victim description. here is what it is. here is what you should be on the lookout for. a 2002 land rover discovery. it is a brownish tan color. the license plate on your screen right now, 847-zz 2. again. that is a massachusetts plate. right now lakeville police are searching for the vehicle. a mother, two missing children inside. we have a crew on the way to lakeville. of course, we will bring you more as we get et. >> jadiann: nashua, new hampshire schools shut down today after receiving a specific and violent threat. >> christa: really out of caution, the district closed. 12 elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools. let's go to steve cooper with the latest on what's happening there and the investigation. steve? >> reporter: right. so several agencies are now involved in this investigation. aside from nashua police here at headquarters, we now know the f.b.i. is involved. we know state police here in new hampshire are involved. and several other agencies as

so far, no arrests in connection with this threat. that has parents around here anxious for answers. >> we have never received a threat that, obviously, made the school system shut down. >> reporter: it is a first for the nashua, new hampshire school district. a shutdown of all the schools after a specific threat of violence was made through an e-mail an administrator. >> it was very specific to the date and how it would happen. >> we have received a detailed threat of violence, to harm students and staff. >> reporter: reverse 911 call notified parents that all schools were closed for the day. both high schools in the city were swept by specially trained dogs. >> we checked all the high schools last night. with some state and federal partners. brought in some dogs and were able to sweep the high schools. >> reporter: police foe kuing on who sent the threat. now they are working with the f.b.i. >> we have spoken with members of the f.b.i. to assist us. they have an office up in

they are assisting us. >> there are so many schools... kids are being killed. school shootings. what's going to happen to our kids here? are they safe in school? >> reporter: the closure brings mixed reaction from everyone in town. for the school superintendent, he says he would rather be cautious. >> in today's environment, if you are in a community that is saying a third-year student shouldn't come to school because we can't verify their safety, we knew that would raise the angst and concerns of both staff and parents and our other schools. >> reporter: we are now told there will be a 4:00 news conference here at police headquarters with nashua police with the school superintendent and also with a representative from the f.b.i.. no word right now on whether or not schools will reopen tomorrow. information that we should learn later on today. we are live in nashua this afternoon, steve cooper, 7 news. >> christa: more breaking news for you today. the presidential race is over for south carolina senator lindsey graham.

candidate announcing today he is suspending his campaign. his campaign team posted a video of his decision right here. graham has been polling near 0% and was not on the main stage in the last republican debate. >> jadiann: nato reports six foreign soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack near bagram airfield in afghanistan. afghan officials say the suicide bomber was on a motorcycle when he rammed his bike into a u.s.-afghan patrol. on twitter, a taliban responsibility for. this the deadliest attack on since august. >> now to las vegas. police there say the driver of a car deliberately crashed into a crowd of people on the sidewalk. sadly, killing one person, injuring so many more. as we go to kris anderson, kris, we do know that there was a young child in this car as well. right? >> kris: one person was killed in this incident.

the woman in her 20's, the driver intentionally drove her car on to the crowded sidewalks of the las vegas strip. plowing into dozens of people who are walking along that sidewalk. they say she had a three-year-old in the car. that child, again, was not hurt. the woman, though, left the scene of the accident, then drove to a hotel a few blocks away. police found the car there with a smashed windshield. and that's when they arrested this suspect. witnesses say the woman ignored people who were pounding on the windows, yelling at her to stop. >> we suddenly saw people flying in the air. the car hit them. it was like a bowling ball hitting pins. >> people were punching the window, trying to get the child out of the back seat. she accelerated again and just kept mowing everyone down. >> kris: this tragic ordeal happening in front of the planet hollywood hotel where the miss universe pageant was taking place inside. police believe the woman

she is expected in court later today. kris anderson, 7 news. >> jadiann: well, today is the first day of winter. if you can believe it. >> christa: officially ushers in tonight. wait until you get to christmas eve. we could be in for a record-breaker. is that right? breys if... a very windy day ahead of us. the wind advisory has been expanded. maybe you saw hit the morning. now it is for all coastal areas. ann, cape cod and martha's vineyard. that is through 5:00 p.m. for the potential for gusts. 40-50 miles per hour. current temperatures, though, right around 50 degrees. when you have an air temp that is 50 or higher, you don't factor in a windchill at all. we are not talking about a blustery wind like we had on saturday. mild air that is working in from the southwest. also comes with enough moisture to keep the cloud cover with us throughout this week. so windy today.

but also a couple of chances for some showers as we enter the middle of this week. you had it right. change of season. winter solstice. what does this mean for us? at 11:48 tonight, well, this is the shortest day of the year. tomorrow, very similar to. that then we start to gain our daylight hours back. some great news there. we will talk about that big warm-up coming up in a few minutes. >> jadiann: a new bedford man facing a judge charged with animal cruelty. police say they found dead animals in his home and in his yard. >> christa: these conditions so bad, they took away the other animals living there. here is nicole oliverio. she is live in new bedford with more. nicole? >> reporter: well, we can tell you david santos was just in court about an hour ago. according to prosecutors, they say that inside his home, they foundel is dead cats. they also say there were several dogs that appeared to be malnourished. when they looked in the backyard, they also found several dead chickens. along with rabbits.

nine felony counts of animal cruelty. his lawyer, however, says that police had no right to search his home to begin with. his lawyer says that this all began when police were looking for a car they believed was involved in a hit-and-run. that car was located at santos' apartment but didn't belong to santos himself. >> he's got no record. he's got no history. he is not a mean-spirited person. i mean, people have animals because they love animals. not because they want to be mean to animals. he has no history of anything. >> reporter: and santos' lawyer says he doesn't believe his client has mental illness. so he could offer no explanation for the malnourished animals or the skeletal remains found in that new bedford backyard. santos was allowed to leave on the $1,000 bail that he posted over the weekend. live in new bedford, 7 news. >> jadiann: a third suspect in the worcester armory heist is in custody, set to appear in court later today.

bigsby of dorchester. bigsby was arrested last month after one of the 19 stolen weapons were found in her possession. 32-year-old james morales of cambridge was charged with breaking into the armory and taking the weapons. he was tracked down in new york and arrested. the suspect in a hit-and-run crash in saugus is also heading to court today. three people were seriously injured in the crash on hamilton street on saturday. police say the 19-year-old driver of one of the vehicles took off. he was later arrested after police spoke with his father who agreed to bring in his son to surrender. >> christa: three more during sunday's game. it put a damper on the team's 12th win of the season. tennessee titans. that. the good news for the pats, though, they have now secured a first-round bye in the play-offs. victoria warren has the latest from gillette stadium. >> brady. tosses. end zone! gronkowski, touchdown,

>> reporter: a big win for the patriots. 33-16 over the titans. not without a cost. >> people are always dealing with some stuff. i mean, it is a long season. over the course of the season, you are always dealing with some type of adversity, i would say. >> reporter: hightower, patrick chung, and wide receiver danny amendola all left the game with injuries. >> unfortunately, when things like that happen, it really is, like, sad. like i said, you see the work they put in each and every day. >> reporter: rob gronkowski putting in the work while keeping his emotions in check. >> he was pumping me up before he loved seeing me go out there. that's what we did today. >> reporter: gronkowski honored the life of his close friend dana parento who passed away friday. >> i know he was up there watching. and definite will made that score for him. i mean, i know he was going crazy. knowing that it was dedicated

game yesterday, there were some quest about whether or not tom brady would play after the game, he was asked if he felt he was at 100%. go. that was clearly evident by the win. >> jadiann: the national hockey league taking over gillette stadium for the new they have started transforming the field. you can see there are some sort of protective gear there. first. no doubt, to protect that football field. a full ice rink will soon be there. boston bruins take on their archrival the canadiens. catch the big game right here on 7-nbc. the puck drops at 1:00 p.m. on january 1. >> christa: coming up today, joe amorosino showing us how to make a pulled pork that you are definitely going to lover.

the host of the miss universe pageant makes a shocking mistake. >> did you enjoy bundling up this weekend and feeling the winter chill in the air? well, it's gone. mild temperatures and possibly that is coming up in the forecast. >> christa: okay, thank you. lakeville. police releasing these pictures of 47-year-old valerie mcgrath. she is the mom who is missing with two children right now. a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. police will not say what the between the woman and the children. once again, we do have these pictures. you can take a look. also, you want to be on the lookout, they say, for a 2002 land rover with. 847-zz2. we'll be right back. sanders: over 2 million contributions have been made to the only campaign that rejects a corrupt campaign finance system. you can't level the playing field with wall street banks and billionaires by taking their money.

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it. of any day this year. >> jadiann: you said on christmas, right, we are supposed to have a full moon. extra light for rue doll ever. >> bri:. yeah. santa won't have trouble finding us. flip-flops. definitely a windy day out there. a wind advisory posted. north shore down through southeastern massachusetts. cape cod and for the vineyard also. miles per hour. you can see where the current temperatures are right now. very close to 50 degrees. if not at 50. beverly at 50. 45 in worcester. when the temperature is 50 and above, windchill is not a factor. plus, this wind is coming out of the southwest. not the blustery wind we dealt with earlier this weekend. now, clouds will be with us throughout the day today. that mild airs is pushing in enough moisture to keep the clouds with us all week long. highs generally topping out in

to the mid-50's. now, believe it or not, we did have a couple of orange boxes for above average days on this calendar. running 9.degrees above average. very likely this month will go down in history as the warmest december on record. you can see that mild air to the southwest. that is pushing in along with first round of rain at. rowe price for early tomorrow, and it looks like we get another chance for rain as we hit late into possibly early thursday morning as well. so we have that. you might want to bring the umbrella with you if you have last-minute errands to run. we are, again, talking about mild temps which means snowflakes. for more on that, danielle. >> danielle: lots of rain, heavy snow thanks to el nino. winter storms in effect from washington to idaho. northern california, too. so if you are traveling out mind.

day. we will call tomorrow and wednesday fair travel days. we could see some rain-drops and christmas eve day looks like a good one as well. what is up with the snow? we could see a record as we head into christmas eve day. for worcester. for their latest snowfall date. the previous one dates back to 1923. we still have to wait until mid-january for boston. we could see record warmth, too. in 2011, 2012, 2013. feeling more like december. this year, not so much. temperatures climbing into the 60's. above average. for more on that, bri, back to you. >> bri: big boost in temperatures for us. well into canada. we are looking for record highs for thursday.

worcester, 54. we are been setting records we might as well keep that the full cold moon. 100% full on early christmas morning. an hour before the moon sets. 99% full on christmas eve. along with rudolph and snow, santa should have no problem trying to find us. mild through the end of december. >> christa: up next, the host of the miss universe pageant making a huge mistake. see what happens to the final two contestants coming up. >> jadiann: in today's holiday helping, joe amorosino makes pulled pork that will have your mouth watering. lakeville. police releasing new pictures. we are sighing them here of 47-year-old valerie mcgrath, missing with two children. 5-year-old boy. we have a crew on the way.

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>> jadiann: a beauty pageant blunder has everybody talking this morning. >> christa: steve harvey wrong winner. oops. here is kris anderson. on that. moment everybody is talking about this morning. the mistake that forced miss colombia to turn over that coveted crown to miss philippines and it happened on live television. >> his universe 2015, is... >> kris: it's the crowning

for at the miss universe pageant. >> colombia! >> this is the unexpected moment from last night. >> i have to apologize. miss universe 2015 is philippines! >> kris: miss colombia forced to forfeit her crown on live television. after host steve harvey mistaken lip named colombia the winner. >>ly take responsibility for this. it was my mistake. >> kris: harvey took to twitter soon after calling it a terribly honest human mistake but quickly deleting the post after misspelling philippines and colombia. he later replaced it, writing "i feel terrible." the miss universe organization told nbc news overnight, "unfortunately, a live telecast means that human error can come into play." on-line, the response to the mix-up was swift. harvey instantly coming under

as for the new winner and runner-up, both beauty queens remain congenial back-stage. although a bit dazed by the incident. >> kris: you see the shock in their eyes o. yaif jordan from the united states, by the way, came in third. that is second runner-up. one... just wanted to confuse you a little more. >> jadiann: oh, my goodness. day. moving on. we have a party holiday helping. our sports director joe amorosino serving a pork sandwich that will knock your socks off. >> christa: in our next half hour, the harrowing story of a boy scout leader who had a run-in with a bear in new

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winter tail-gate. >> joe: this year we are making pulled pork with carolina pig sauce. the combination of smoke, heat, and sweet is amazing. and the real work was done a few weeks ago. this is pig day, 2015. we do it every year with my boy bobby g. bobby, it is all about the smoke and temperature. tell the people how it's done. >> yeah. what we are doing here, joe, we are seasoning some pork shoulder. it is called pork butt. that is the cut. it is actually the shoulder. and youley it on the smoke here for eight hours. >> joe: why is this better than somewhere else? >> there is something about pork fat and hickory smoke. and this vinegar sauce. it drives people wild. >> joe: we are back in the kitchen now. we are going to finish this in the oven. it will go for about four hours at 275. it will be a slow-cooking process. this is going to allow this pig butt to really fall apart. now, while that's finishing in the oven, we will go ahead and make our vinegar-based sauce.

vinegar. next we are going to add our salt. reese doing a nice job. dump it right in there, my man. get it all in. good job. now it is time for the heat. we start with the red pepper flakes. we will follow that up with cayenne pepper. you put the sweet in there. that brings it all together. how does that smell? >> really good. really good. >> joe: the pork is ready. we will pull it apart. chop it down. this is absolutely falling apart on its own. now i'll just finish it with a little bit of the sauce. and you can always add more to taste. inspired by bobby g. here at our house, we serve it with homemade cole slaw and baked beans. go ahead and dig. in thank you for supporting project bread. >> happy holidays. >> christa: i feel like i want to move into his neighborhood. if that is how they eat over there. i love that. >> jadiann: an excellent chef. that is for sure.

click on project bread. on how to donate to the charity. >> christa: coming up tonight, we will head to the kitchen for a christmas classic. ryan schulteis sharing a holiday cookie recipe that may be a hit at your next party. >> jadiann: looks good. a lot of butter. brey >> bri: how does christmas on the beach sound? forecast next. >> christa: in nashua, new hampshire, a violent threat shuts down the school system. >> sarah: a boy scout leader gets in a battle with a bear. >> christa: 47-year-old valerie mcgrath, a missing woman with two children. a 7-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy. they are looking for a land rover discovery.

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by taking their money. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. >> christa: police are searching for a mother and two young children. >> sarah: the mother is lakeville. here is a picture of her. she is with two children. a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. here is a picture of all three of them. police won't say what the relationship is between the woman and these children. they did release a vehicle description. a land rover discovery. a brownish tan color.

here, 47-zz-2. again, massachusetts license plate. lakeville police are searching for the vehicle. a mother, two missing children are inside. we have a crew on the way. we will bring you the latest developments as soon as we get them. >> christa: all nashua, new hampshire schools shut down today after receiving a specific and violent threat. that threat was directed at two high schools. stoip district closed its 12 three middle schools and two high schools. steve cooper has the latest. >> reporter: we have never received a threat that obviously, made the school systems shut down. a first for a nashua, new hampshire school district. a shutdown of all the schools after a specific threat of violence was made through an e-mail to an administrator. >> it was very specific to the date and how it would happen. threat of violence to harm

an automated call to parents, school officials announced all schools were being closed for the day on monday. specially trained dogs overnight. >> we checked all the schools last night. with some state and federal partners. brought in some dogs. we were able to sweep the high schools. working with the f.b.i. >> we have spoken with members of the f.b.i. to assist us. they have an office up in bedford. they are assisting us. >> kids being killed. school shootings. i mean, what's going to happen to our kids here? you know? are they safe in school? report tt closure bringsing in town. the school superintendent says he would rather be cautious. >> in today's environment, if you are in a community that is saying a student shouldn't come to school because we can't verify their safety, we

of both staff and parents. >> reporter: they are foe kuing on the i.p. address of the e-mail sent to that nashua all this as their investigation here continues. in nashua, steve cooper, 7 >> christa: more breaking news right now. in the race for the white house. it is now officially over for south carolina senator lindsey graham. the republican candidate announcing today he is suspending his campaign. his team posting a video of his decision. graham has been polling near 0% and was not on the main stage in the last republican debate. also breaking: overseas nato reporting six foreign soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack near bagram airfield in afghanistan. afghan officials say the suicide bomber was on a motorcycle when he rammed his bike into a joint u.s.-afghan on twitter, the taliban claimed responsibility. point. on foreign troops in afghanistan since august.

driver of a car deliberately drove into a crowd on the sidewalk, killing one person. kris anderson is following this story. he has more now from our control room. >> kris: sar remarks terrifying moments here. one person was killed. a woman in her 20's intentionally drove her car up on to the crowded sidewalks right there on the las vegas strip. plowing down dozens of people who were simply out walking. she had a three-year-old in the car with her. that child was not hurt. the woman, though, left the scene and drove to a hotel a few blocks away. police found the car with a smashed windshield. that is when they arrested this woman. witnesses say she ignored people pounding on the window, yelling at her to stop. >> people were punching the window, trying to get the child out of the back seat.

mowing everyone down. >> kris: police say there are no warning signs or no signs at all. that this is an act of terrorism. they do believe the woman recently moved to the las vegas area. she is expected in court later today. >> christa: we spligt a record on our hands come christmas eve, bri. >> bri: i don't know. feels more like fall. we get the last few hours of fall until 11:48 tonight. very windy out there. these are your wind gusts. generally, between 25-35 miles per hour. that is why there is a wind advisory that is posted for the north shore, cape ann, down through cape cod and also southeastern massachusetts and martha's vineyard. through 5:00 p.m. for the potential for gusts between 40-50 miles per hour. that could down some small tree branches and make for minor power disruption. something to keep an eye on for this afternoon.

very mild. that is why we don't have to talk about a windchill factor at this point. winds out of the southwest. 50 degrees in boston. 51 in norwood. we will climb into the that is just the beginning of keeping the cloud cover with us. maybe some sunshine here and there. highs generally, in the upper 40's to mid-50's. today. and then mid to upper 60's for christmas eve. we will cover that warm day ahead of us coming up in a few minutes. >> sarah: a man from new bedford charged with animal cruelty. police arrested danny santos after a hit-and-run crash led them to his house on saturday. once there, they found severely malnourished animals inside the home. they also found the remains of cats, rabbits and chickens. 7 sick dogs and a cat were taken from his home. >> christa: a family from westport devastated by fire. a little boy killed. his mother and sister burned when their house suddenly goes up in flames.

shows us, investigators are looking into whether this home even had working smoke detectors. a great grandfather tries catch his breath. heart-broken, he learned the fire at this westport home killed his four-year-old great grandson caleb. >> such a sweet boy. sweet kid. >> you never know from one minute to the next. what your children... what's going to happen to them. >> reporter: the family was looking forward to celebrating christmas. with plenty of presents under the tree from caleb. >> i just came from my daughters's house. my grandson john who was the father, they had bought him...

just starting life. >> reporter: the cause of the fire remains under investigation. people have left flowers, candles, and teddy bears for that four-year-old. >> christa: much more news today. police arrest a passenger in connection with a fake bomb threat onboard an air france plane. that passenger reportedly a retired french police officer. the plane was supposed to land in paris but pilots made an emergency touchdown when a passenger told a flight attendant about a possible bomb in the bathroom. turned out it was just cardboard, paper, and a kitchen timer. >> we have a gentleman in the he has been injured by the bear.

his arms and his head. >> reporter: the emergency radio call started around noon on sunday. police, firefighters and wildlife regulators rushed to a reservoir in rockaway township, new jersey. the scout leader had been exploring a cave with three scouts when he was suddenly bit on the leg and pulled in by a black bear. the boys, ages 10-12 kept their cool. called 911 and led search teams to the site. >> they also have started a fire probably for a smoke signal. >> reporter: the scouts put food at the mouth of the cave to lure the bear out. it took an hour and 20 minutes. rescuers still had challenges. >> they are requesting more manpower at the location with the victim. apparently, they are up on a rock ledge. they are going to need assistance getting them down. >> reporter: the 50-year-old victim was taken out on a stretcher and flown to the hospital. the scout master told investigators he had been in the same cave before and never

>> it is a small cave. dave oaks owns a nearby horse farm and grew up combing the same woods. he has never seens a bear be aggressive toward humans. >> you see a cave. you should think twice maybe before going in there. you realize there could be a bear in there. that is the last thing you want to do. poke your nose into a cave where there is a bear trying to hibernate. >> reporter: the scout master is expected to be okay. the three boys who were with him, thankfully, were not hurt. >> christa: candy concerns coto tell you about. a popular holiday chocolate at the center for a recall. >> sarah: jadiann thompson takes on boston's mayor. you get to decide. who did better sorting the toys. >> bri: chance for a white christmas looking less likely. this is our chance right now. okay.

>> christa: welcome back. 12:44 right now. we have been talking all morning long. hard to believe that christmas is this week. around the corner. today we had some wizard of oz sounds like, right? some intense wind out there. >> bri: absolutely. gusts between 25-5 miles per hour.

through this afternoon through 5:00 p.m. gusts 40-50 miles per hour. through southeastern massachusetts and the north shore, south shore, and cape cod. current temperatures right around 50. this is why we don't have windchill readings to look at. that is because those temps are quite mild. this is really warm. compared to where our highs should be for this time of year. we should be topping out around 39. we may have another degree or two of warming to do yet today. clouds are with us. we will stay dry today. maybe even seeing a few peeks of filtered sunshine. we do have some chances for rain as we head through the next couple of days. how about the mild month that it's been so far? a lot of orange boxes. as much as we were bundled up saturday and sunday, both days were still above average. that puts us about 9.degrees above average. with yet another mild week ahead of us: all of this mild air pushes in from the southwest, and it really goes far to the north. we are talking about moisture pushing in as well.

from time to time. and we are watching out for those showers. next best chance will be early tomorrow morning. and then possibly again in the afternoon. and next batch of rain could move in for us late on wednesday into the overnight hours of wednesday to early thursday morning. that is also when those temperatures were up, up, up. here is the rain chance again. we are talking about rain-drops rather than snowflakes. for more on that, danielle gersh. >> danielle: thank you so much, bri. the snow mostly out towards the west. thanks in large part to el nino. a lot of rain, snow, winter storm warnings from idaho to northern california. if you are traveling out west, this is something to keep in mind. heading out of town from here, we are good. as far as travel goes today. tuesday and wednesday, fair days. let's talk about the records as we head into christmas. worcester, december 24. 1923. what was the latest snowfall

we could break that this year. as as snowfall in boston, we have to wait until mid-january. and see what happens with that. as as your temperatures go, we could also break records there as we head into this week. in 2011, 2012, 2013, we had a white christmas. last year? not the case. 59, the high temperature. this year we could see record warmth as we head into christmas. >> bri: we have a big boost in the jet stream. that is going to take those temperatures up, up, up. here are the temps that we are shooting for at this point. 66 for boston. worcester at 64. you can see it will shatter those records. possibly even some areas that could flirt with 70 degrees. depending on how much sunshine we get on thursday. that will help. we will have to wait and see. how about something else that's bright in the sky? as we head into christmas eve. 99% full moon. it becomes full on christmas morning.

won't happen again until 204. ... 2034. the forecast stays mild through next weekend. >> sarah: dove chocolate recalling thousands of cases because of allergy concerns. mars is recalling 6,700 cases of chocolate assortment snowflakes. the items may contain pieces of snicker's milky way, and twix. they are concerned about peanut and egg allergies. out over this world ticket sales for the newest star wars movie. all the details coming up after the break. >> christa: breaking news out of lakeville. police are releasing pictures of a 47-year-old by the name of valerie mcgrath. she is on the screen right now, missing along with two children. a 7-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy.

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>> christa: every monday i look forward to what jadiann thompson comes up with for who did it better. >> sarah: yes. this is fun. today jadiann and mayor marty walsh are spreading holiday cheer. pay attention. you have to decide. who did it better? >> hi, guys. >> hi. >> jadiann: this week, boston mayor marty walsh and i are getting into the holiday spirit with toys for tots. >> toys for tots is such an important operation here in boston. so many families need things for their kids for christmas. this organization does it every single year. >> jadiann: the challenge? sort donated toys as fast as we. can sergeant bitterman explained the process. >> we are going to look at them. 0-3. 4-6. 7 and up. what kind of toy goes with

>> go! the strategy here is to take multiple presents with him. >> five and up. >> three toys down. >> little guys right there. >> mr. mayor! mr. mayor! how do you feel about this now? you are dodging the questions, mayor! that is the wrong side. >> they are both good. >> jadiann: he hasn't stopped to play with any toys yet. >> this is all ages. that should be three and up. two left. >> jadiann: don't keep that one. i'm going to keep my eye on you. i'm done! time! >> three, two, one. go. >> jadiann: one plus. this is this one. one. what is this? scrabble. five plus. six plus. that will work. >> you sure? >> jadiann: she said tofs day. this doesn't say, mayor. >> three plus.

>> that pile is coming closer to this pile. >> jadiann: five plus. oh, yeah. two plus. time! in the end, the mayor sorted his toys in three minutes, 55 seconds. i sorted my toys in two minutes, 45 seconds. i didn't have as far to go to sort my pile of toys. may the best man win, mayor. >> thank you. >> christa: extra points. i think they would have fallen. >> sarah: visit our web site, whdh.com. >> christa: head to our web site and decide who did it better. we will have the results tomorrow morning. at 6:00 a.m. >> sarah: coming up next, star wars storming the box office. the block-buster taking in big

>> christa: star wars with new milestones. >> sarah: shattering records. the film made an estimated $238 million in ticket sales this past weekend. it broke the record set by jurassic world which made $208 million in its first weekend earlier this year. globally, the force awakens has earned more than $500 million since friday. >> no! no! >> christa: you would think something truly horrible was happening here. what you are listening to are star wars fans in a theater in hollywood. the projector stopped during the movie.

you know, that is disturbing. an audience member posted the cell phone video of the moment on facebook. and people are really yelling and quite upset. they say when the projector starting up again, it jumped about 20 minutes ap head of where it left off. the theater did give them a refund and voucher in order to come back. he sounds like he is being tortured. >> sarah: if you closesed your eyes, you would not think that. that may be my reaction, bri, at the sight of the first snowfall this year. >> bri: my reaction to this 7 on 7. i don't know whether to deck the halls or search for easter eggs. 65 on thursday. some places flirting with 70. >> christa: no. no more snow. i'm kidding. >> sarah: 7 news continues at 4:00. have a great day, everybody. see you tomorrow morning. catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees.

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