after threats were made to the high schools. list now say the threats were not credible but officials stood by their decision to close the school. >> anchor: it's also some break breaking news in the deflategate appeal. the nfl has just found what's called a reply brief stemming from tom brady's appeal of his deflategate punishment. most know the league us pepped brady four games. brady appealed. a judge overturned roger goodell goodell's decision then goodell appealed. well, brady has had a chance to argue his side and so now it's goodell's turn. the nfl argue the original punishment should stand saying the commissioner was acting that decision. the league is asking the court to resolve this case and let the judges decision stand and we don't expect to hear anything until after the super bowl. >> anchor: 7 news now turning to a no show in court. a warrant now issued for a 19 19-year-old linked to this dangerous hit and run in saugus. police say the guy's father . >> anchor: but when the judge called his name in court today, he wasn't there.

with more on the search for this guy now. play are working do you time after an unexpected game after what court papers show is catch and release. police caught this guy after a search after a pretty bad accident over the weekend not far from the police station. they tracked him down and finley his father brought him in but a magistrate released him and now they are on the lookout for him once more. more.. saugus police pulling out the stops looking for an alleged hit and run driver who turned himself in over the weekend but is now on the run again. investigators say 19 yearly ronald jerose was behind the wheel of this red mustang early saturday morning when it cross the yellow line and smashed head on it a car driven by a pregnant woman. shewas sent to the hospital along with two friends h his car car. all police found of jeroze was the er they say he left behind.

this bike to mick his get away. one of his passengers say the 19 19-year-old driver had been drinking. in court document the passenger told police he would not pull over. the rear passenger put his seat belt on thinking they were probably going to crash. he told detectives that jeroze and the front seat passenger were yelling woo as the car went faster. his father brought his son to the saugus police station where he turned himself in but jeroze was released without having to post bail. when it came time for him to appear in court to face charges of reckless drying action salt with a deadly within and leaving the scene of an accident, jeroze was to where to be found. the judge ebb a juan for his arrest and now police are out looking for him again. saugus play saying they are dis disheart end by the turn of events. so suspect is out there, the victims are still in the hospital and prosecutors say they won't comment on the imagine state's decision to

police say they will catch him again. live in saugus, dan hausle, 7 news. >> anchor: small school bus with children on board crashes into a utility bowl frightening when it happened this morning on chestnut hill avenue in brookline of the police say five students were on board. the driver and one boy had to go to the hospital with minor injuries and we're not getting word yet on what caused the crash. the state fire marshall's office is investigating a deadly fire in westport. the flames break out at this home yesterday. officials say a four-year-old boy was killed. his mother 7-year-old sister and burns. the by's great grandfather said the family was looking forward to christmas celebrations together. you never know from one minute to the next about your children and what's going to happen to them. investigators are trying to figure out if the home had smoke working. a fire breaks out in a pembroke home this morning. this video shows fire fighters

officials say everyone inside was able to make it out safely. a dangerous drive causes a car to go off course in quincy. avenue. police say a woman lost control of her car and crashed through a fence early this morning and you can see it ended up in someone's yard. thankfully no one was hurt. the cause that crash is still under investigation. >> anchor: also on 7, the n.h.l. preparing the pond at gillette stadium for the new year's day winter classic. crew have begun gun transforming the field before the bruins take on their arch rival the canadians. john cuoco is right there in foxboro and joins us live so he can show us when what it takes to turn gillette into a hockey ric. john? as soon as the pats game ended on sunday, the transformation started here at gillette for the winter classic. the nets arriving monday afternoon as home of the patriots is converted into a rink for the bruins . there is going to be

here in the next six, seven, 8 days those crews will be working 24 hours a day making this more than just a slab of ice in someone's backyard. instead into a pristine n.h.l. arena at a football stadium. when you get in the middle of the rink and you look around it's putty spectacular. the bruins last hosted the winter classic in 2010 taking on the fliers at fenway. this time around, we're told it will be a brand new experience, even for season pats fans . the viewing here is totally different than it is per football game. the seats up higher are are better. the seats that are down low probably a lot of people never get to experience that . >> reporter: workers don't have to worry about the weather. not matter how unseasonably warm it is leading up to the game on new year's day. either way, water is slowly add added and get this, they are going to need about two inches of ice. that requires 10,000 gallons of water per inch . everybody thinks that the warm is really going to hurt us,

continuing what's become an n.h.l. tradition this year with one of the best analogest rivalries in league history between montreal and boston. always a great game when they play and i think this is . >> reporter: crews should wednesday. . john. you know you can catch the big game right here on 7 nbc. >> anchor: we're following more news today. army sergeant beau bergdahl will be called to court tomorrow on charges of desertion and endangering fellow soldiers in afghanistan. in a statement today his lawyer slammed the decision to prosecute him. bergdahl's attorney pointing out the u.s. army commander did not follow the advice of a preliminary hearing officer who said he should not face jail time. bergdahl was captured then freed by dan in a controversial prisoner exchange. a powerful drug company ceo now out of a job. martin scirelli has been fired after he was arrested on federal

charges last week. he has received lots of backlash after hiking up the price of a life saving drug for aids . >> anchor: a manhunt intensify intensifying tonight for a texas teen-ager who killed four people while driving drunk. this is the teen-ager known for his successful a nfl uenza defense in court claiming his family's welt spoiled him leading him to drive drunk. investigators believe his mother may be the one helping hill while he is on the run. the u.s. marshall service says it believes someone must be helping fugitive ethan couch allude capture. if it's mother, tanya, who also went missing nine days ago, it just got harder for her to hide as well. tonight the district attorney officially listed tanya couch as a missing person which means she will also show up on national police databases. he is getting help. we just to find out how he is doing that . would it be his mother? i think it's a safe assumption of we have not yet

be helping him . >> reporter: the da says ethan couch may have fled because of this video and that it appears to show couch with friends playing beer pong. if there was alcohol, that would be a violation of his probation. but it's unclear as the video does not show couch drugging . when somebody takes off who has a probation sentence you have to wonder whether there is some concern about a violation that might put them back in jail jail. as former u.s. attorney you have seen that happen? we have seen many times where somebody got a generous term of probation blew it by committing a crime and getting put in prison for the whole time. >> anchor: ever since his couldn't verial defense and un unexpected ten years probation there have been complaints of special treatment for the wealthy. lucas mcconnell was among 9 people injured in the drunk diving accident that killed four. i think accountability for him would come in the form of swift and certain and severe punishment . >> reporter: tonight the u.s. marshall says even if ethan couch has plead the country he

it doesn't matter if he fleece the country we'll find him and we'll make every effort to get that person back . >> anchor: there is a $5,000 reward and couch faces up to ten years in prison if he is caught. >> anchor: you itting to news off the satellites, more than 80 people missing of a huge landslide in china. this dramatic video shows a building crumbling as it is hit by that wall of mud. the landslide crashed into three industrial parks in southern china on sunday. the video from a drone shows the devastation left behind. hundreds of rescue workers are searching through all of that rubble for any survivors. more than a dozen people are being treated right now in a local hospital. and dozen of people remain missing at sea just miles off the coast of indonesia. officials say a ship carrying up to 122 people sailed into the path of a storm and possibly capsized over the weekend. authorities say 45 people have been saved so far, but three

rescue teams continue their search for survivors in calmer waters this morning . >> anchor: and passengers on a paris bound plane that made an emergency landing safe and sound sound. those passengers more than 400 in total landed safely in trance today on a different flight. investigators found a fake bomb on that plane which made an emergency landing in kenya yesterday. police say six passengers being questioned about that incident. >> anchor: the obama administration is adding lions in africa to the endangered species list meaning a permit will now be required to bring a lion trophy into the united states. this move comes five months after the death of scecil in zimbabwe. france put into place a similar plan. great britain said it will do the same thing come 2017. anyone convicted of violating federal or state wildlife laws would be denied a permit including dr. walter palmer. palmer is the dentist from minnesota who killed cecil the lion. he bled guilty to 2008 to making false statement to federal

bear killed outside an authoriz authorized00ing zone . >> anchor: a frightening close encounter for a scout leader. a bear grabs hill and pull him into a cave and kids are watching the whole time. stale head, what those young . >> anchor: then at 6:00, we have more on the breaking news. what police in school leaders are revealing about threats made to nashua, new hampshire high schools . >> anchor: also breaking, what investigators know about a mom and her kids who disappeared in lakeville. [ ] we are a family, brought here through destiny.

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say bear goes on the attack in new jersey. the animal mauled a scout leader who had been showing other scouts a cave in the woods. that's scout leader had no idea a bear was inside that cave . >> anchor: the man malgrabbed him and pull him inside. sara french with more . we have a gentlemen in the cave with a bear. he has been injured by the bear. he is bleeding from his neck, his arm and his head . >> anchor: the emergency radio call started around noon on sunday. police, fire fighters and

reservoir in rocca way township, new jersey. the scout leader had been explor exploring a cave with three scouts when he was bit on the leg and pull in by a black bear. the boys, ages ten to 12, kept their cool, called 911 and led search teams to the site . they also have started a fire possibly for smoke signal . >> anchor: scouts even put food at the mouth of the cave to lure the bear out but it took an hour and 20 minutes and rescuers still had challenges . they are requesting norman power at the location with the victim. aply they are up on like a rock ledge. they will need assistance at the . the victim was finally taken out on a stretcher and flown to the hospital. the scout master told investigators he had been in the . . >> anchor: dave ocean owns a nearby horse farm and grew up combing the same woods and while he sees bears all the time, he has never seen one be aggressive

few see a cave and you should think twice maybe before going in there of you realize there could be a bear in there and t the last thing you want to do is poke your nose into a cave where there is a bear trying to . >> anchor: the scout master has now been released from the okay. the three boys who were with him were not hurt. news. >> anchor: coming up, a patriots star showing his softer side off the field and putting smiles on the faces of deserving kids. >> anchor: great story there and the forecast for the holiday week is up next. >> anchor: plus, at 6:00 a lowell family's great escape from a fire and how their quick thinking neighbor helped them get to safety. >> anchor: red sox great now

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is patriots star linebacker injure odd mayo filling in today today. a red sack draped offer his shoulder, helping to deliver gifts to children and the families of boston medical center. mayo is big sorry of mmc. rehaze more than a million dollars for the organization through his celebrity bowling tournament. >> reporter: good evening. we have a mild week on the way with temperatures today in the 50's. winter begins tonight, 11:48 but i don't have any cold in the forecast. in in a, record warmth likely thursday afternoon temperatures ing with 70 degrees on thursday. think most cities and towns upper 60's. so here we are at the bottom of the hill in terms of daylight. the sun interdown at 4:14 starting tomorrow good things picking up some evening daylight and morning day lit again we're still losing that a little bit but as we work into early january, there we go, we start to pakistan it up on both especially.

temperatures right now in the 50's. the city at 52. worcester 45. hyannis at 54. this december on pace to be the warmest december on record. you remember november very warm as well. this one right here 2006 i remember this, this was my first winter back in new england after spending time in carolina and i was so crushed, hoping for snow and cold and now in fact that winter, 2006, 2007 boston's biggest snowball and that winter was saint part patrick's day of 2007. that too was an el nino winter. usually el nino get off to a slow start so no surprise here although you are talking upper suggestion teases christmas. that might be surprises. but there are signs as we work toward the first of the year that the pattern starts to break down and we get into a colder pattern and then after that snow well, you have to turn the pizza oven on first if you went to have pizza so we'll just say there that first it turns cold then we see what happens after that. but again no snowflakes any time

evening wind fades away. mostly cloudy skies, mild, 43 to 47. here is our next weather system. it's way over here. scattering of showers marching through new york and pennsylvania. this he will fall apart but then they will kind of reload and re regenerate through the ohio river valley and be in new england tomorrow morning with hon and off light showers during the morning commute. not overwhelming or hassle but i think you will need rain gear going out the front door tomorrow. kids will have indoor recess tomorrow with scattered showers then a burst of some steadier rainfall mid afternoon tomorrow into tomorrow evening and then that will wind down as we head toward later on tomorrow evening evening. how much rain on the way? about most towns picking up about a third of an inch of rain in some locations you may be upwards of a half in of rain so periods of ray, mild tomorrow, 5 54 to 59. wednesday more rain in the forecast. that will hold off until wednesday evening. temperatures near 50. warm. that 68 should shatter of record of 1 in boston and friday

times if courses are open near 60 on friday. see you in a bit . >> anchor: next on 7 knew it's joe amorsino's turn to cook up his holiday helping and he has a delicious pulled pork recipe . >> anchor: next at 6:00 we're updating break news. authorities in nashua anowing schools will be back open tomorrow after violent threats force them to cancel classes today. so what can students expect when they return tomorrow.

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>> anchor: our holiday he. it's time on 7 news to bring us into our holes, into our kitchen and make recipes that we love. share them with you for a good cause . today joe amorsino is serving up pulled pork that is perfect for a winter tailgate. question come to our hoe. this is my daughter alexa and my son reese. we'll make pulled pork with east carolina sauce. the combination is amazing. and the real work was done a few weeks ago. ago this is pig day 2015. we do it every year with my boy bobby g. it's all about the smoke and temperature. tell the people how it's done . yeah, so what we're doing here, joe, is we're seasoning some pork shoulder called pork b butt that's the cut but it's actually the shoulder and we leave it on the smoke here for about 8 hours . >> reporter: why is this be bethan sole where else?

about pork fat and hickory smoke and this vinegar sauce that just drives people wild. >> reporter: so we're back in the kitchen now and we're 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 what is going to allow this pig but to really fall a apart. now while that is finishing in the oven, we're going to go ahead and make our vinegar based sauce. we start with the apple cider vinegar. next we're going to add our salt reese doing a nice job, dump it in there my man. get it all in. good job. now time for the heat. we start with the red pepper flakes. we'll follow that up with some die yen pepperp when you put the sweet in there, that's what brings it all together. how does that smell? really good. you bet it does. the pork is ready and now we're going to kind of pull it apart and chop it down. this is absolutely falling apart on its own. now i will just finish it with just a little bit of sauce and

inspired by bobby g, he at the am or xenohouse we serve it with baked benz and cole slaw. reese, go ahead and dig in. thank you for supporting project bread . happy holidays. >> anchor: he liked it. reese could not wait to eat that. >> anchor: coming up tonight at 1:00 we head ryan schulteis. he is shea a holiday cookie recipe that will be a hit at your next party . >> anchor: my favorite part when joe said does that look good? he was like yeah. that did look good. don't have dinner yet. another 30 minutes of 7 news ahead . >> anchor: 7 now at 0 clock starts right now. we're following several breaking news stories. first, police with a show of force at schools in nashua after threats shut down classes today. also breaking, a mother and her two children disappearment tonight, a father is serving for answers.

a red sox legend gets his number called. if it wasn't for her we wouldn't be here right now talking to you. >> anchor: a neighbor helps a family of five make a great escape from a burning home. >> anchor: we have breaking news fir at 0 clock. administrators say schools in nashua, new hampshire will be back open tomorrow. they were forced to shut down schools today. they thought this was the best bet after receiving threats of violence . >> anchor: now they say there is no credible threat so it's safe for kids to head back to class. steve cooper now in nashua, new hampshire with the latest. steve? liz, you can imagine this has been a jittery day for students and for staff and for parents as well. everybody so concerned about this serious threat that scrap classes for the day and then a little while ago here at list headquarters the all clear from the police chief. no threats or devices have of any kind were found . >> anchor: it was a late day news conference.

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