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>> announcer: this is 7 news at 4:30. >> elizabeth: 7 news focusing on the forecast. wet weather storming in. soaking conditions. slowing down the evening commute. not exactly a difficult england. >> adam: there is a muggy feel to the air. things are heating up for the holidays so it might feel more of that. let's jet tomermer with -- get to jeremy reiner. >> reporter: the rain. the steady rain shut down temporarily. worcester hill, that will sweep across the metro within the next i would say 45 minutes to an hour. it's raining up through southern new hampshire and that will be the case in those locations for the next 35-40 minutes. rainfall totals not overwhelming. there is no flooding but the evening commute surely getting snarled up. you factor in holiday travel as well. that will slow things down.

half inch of rain. i'm not concerned about the water freezing up. here we are in december and you have a rarely and the cold air usually sweeps in after that. `not this go around. city at 56. jaffrey and orange you are now. low 50s. even as you move out of new england up across southern canada, temperatures running in the low and middle 50s, tonight. more mild weather for also more rain. here is where the rain is. gulf coast states. that will scoot up the 95 corridor. it gets in boston probably mid-afternoon tomorrow and tomorrow evening. we'll talk more about that and record warmth for christmas eve. much to discuss. >> elizabeth: also a nashua, new hampshire, man, facing charges for a lewd act involving a minor. martin mccue is allowing the victim to watch a sexual act between him and his girl friend. the girl friend didn't know she was going on.

crews battling a big fire early this morning. flames broke out on western avenue around 3:00. the fire caused about $250,000 in dam. investigators are working to figure out the cause. >> adam: rescue in medford after flames break out in a inside. the parent are thanking the police officers who saved their lives. susan tran has the story. >> reporter: lauren and lewan cradled in their parents' arms. they'd no idea they barely escaped a dangerous fire. >> so scared. so scared. thinking about my babies,. >> reporter: karlos came home from work. his wife was home with their babies in the send floor apartment. when a fire started in the basement. >> the guy that lived on the first floor was knocking the house is on fire. >> reporter: the neighbor ran out and into officers. he told them there was a mom

>> holding the infants in her arms. shock, said hand me the infants r.he grabbed the babies while the officer helped mom. the babies safe and sound four their first christmas largely because of two quick thinking police officers. >> hero, heroes. they saving my babies. >> reporter: still inside the home all of the family's belongings including christmas presents and mom's birthday present. her birth r birthday is today. [inaudible] >> elizabeth: search crews in china find the first victim of a massive landslide. more than 70 people still missing. the landslide hit a manufacturing city on sunday when a pile of construction waist collapsed. it crushed nearly three does

a group of ken yap -- cleveland indian muslims shielding their christian neighbors. the muslim passengers refused to separate themselves from the christians tell the attackers they were' rather die than spread. >> adam: as another possible outbreak of e. coli is linked to the chain. the c.d.c.is looking into this new out wreak in kansas and oklahoma. the person had eaten at a chipotle the week before they get sick. this comes after dozens of people who ate at chipotles in washington became sick with a rare form earlier this year. >> there is cross contamination with machines and whatever the ingredients of the food such as meat or even vegetables if they're not washed properly. >> adam: at least 120 people became sick with norovirus after eating at a chipotle in boston earlier this month.

thee. coli outbreak. >> elizabeth: thieves starting christmas decorations from a front lawn. you can see two women ripping lights out of the ground stealing them. the owner says decorations have sentimental value and her nephew has a mess am. >> to me it's, you know it's experience for all the, my niece, nephew, the peoples that stop by. and comment. take pictures. >> they should stop doing this. it's ruining peoples' christmas. >> elizabeth: the owner says this is the 7th theft from her lawn in the last ten years. >> adam: thief's get away takes a dangerous turn in ohio. s is tent took a tumble after the escalator. the suspect was trying to jut -- outrun officers. those in the store were stunned.

>> has' tried to go down the up escalator there was a uniformed police officer coming up thees clator. >> reporter: he jumped when there was no where to run. >> the officer tried to cash pim. got a hold of his legs, tried to hold on. the man kicked at the officer. and fell. landed on his head. >> reporter: minutes earlier police say wallace was caught switching price tags at macy's, he had his sister ring up thee coats valued at $620 for $26. >> years and years ago back when i was a kid we didn't have stuff that happened like this. they were robberies and things that happened but not on the percentages of that today. sad situation, it puts a damper on the holiday season. >> reporter: as of right now marcel appear his sister are looking at misdemeanor theft charges but police say that could change. >> used force and flee and someone becomes injured, that could potentially be a felony.

charges or not, mcgill says wallace is lucky a fall like this -- >> this could have been tragic. it's bad enough as it is. >> adam: wallace was not seriously injured. in the fall. >> elizabeth: a painful mistake, a man gets too close to a big dog sending the animal into attack mode. when the owner had to say about the encounter. >> adam: a friend of the marathon bombers walking free. what he is saying about his second chance. >> elizabeth: crashing down, a heavy slab of concrete lands on a construction worker. a scary scene that prompted a federal agent in stoughton. >> announcer: tonight, hiller, baker, anything could happen. >> i don't ever know what to expect from an interview with you so i roll with it. >> reporter: the questions only andy will ask the governor about his first

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>> elizabeth: florida man flown to the hospital after being attacked by a big dog. the dog's owner says his pet was not the problem. the ownerrization the man too close. >> anchor: the mistake landed him in serious condition. we've more. >> reporter: take a look at this video handed over by the owner of those big dogs. gentleman. honestly, above it all. because i don't wish that on anybody. >> reporter: one of his cameras in homestead capturing the moments before a dog bite to the neck late monday afternoon. in a report an officer with miami-dade county animal services writes the victim came from across the street and started antagonizing the animals then he pleaded to lean over the fence. that is what a male dog jumped. we'll freeze the video as

the large dog clamped down on the man's neck. >> i saw him and i go babe; that dog attacking the guy? he goes the guy is being attacked. >> reporter: the victim identified as ponce with a be other lifted to the hospital -- air lifted. >> reporter: back at home the three dogs including brownie that we're told are all up to date with their vaccinations play with their owners. >> they're not aggressive at all. at all. they're not aggressive unless you taunt them and unless you really close to the fence. >> reporter: a warning about their territory. his yard in homestead where beware of dog signs are posted, property that became part of a taped off scene sky 4's h.d.overhead. as homestead police and miami-dade animal control looked into what happened. that is a bite that was caught on camera. >> animal control checked dogs. they were up to date.

dogs are still on my property. >> reporter: 7 news. >> adam: coming up blue light danger, why playing with your smart phone or tablet could be a bad idea for your child. >> reporter: rain for the next couple of hours, then it moves out. holiday forecast up next. >> elizabeth: a 13-year-old leads police on a pursuit with his little sister in the line. >> adam: donald trump unleashes on hillary clinton. why his tactics may have an impact on the rolls. >> adam: a friend of the march thon bombers is out from behind bars.

>> r eporter: so the countdown to christmas is in full swing, santa's helpers are

>> adam: students attending an up conventional school in michigan called santa school. teachings the learns of jolie old saint knick. they need to learn everything they need to do in order to carry out the magic of christmas. >> i've been coming here 13 years. >> i learned the most important thing is to be jolly. >> this is the harvard of santa claus schools. >> i saw a misclause in the video. >> harvard -- >> then a pope clause. santa school is the oldest in the country. has a waiting lift. this has 130 students and a registration fee at $300. >> i like it. it's -- >> the perfect. >> i didn't know you had to take a class on being santa. three days? talk about crashing, right? >> crash course. >> cramming. >> adam: let's talk about the forecast once again and

has been constant picture. that is gray skies. rain although it's dark out now but you can tem that it's -- tell that it's wet place. slow commute. >> reporter: what do you think the final exam is for santa school? >> how many cookies you can down in one sitting? reindeers. >> periods of rain across southern new england at this time, batch of rain moving through the worcester hills into metro west. this is is going to scoot across the city of boston. over the next 30-45 minimums. that will be, that is the cab use of this weather system. this is steady rain through map chester. that is moving northeast up through southern maine and lighter showers down through the south coast and out on to the cape. showers, rain showers, look at the numbers. middle and upper 50s, yeah, no longer i'm sure the city is at 57. norwood at 60. worcester 54 but you had

does that count? rain fades away over the next couple of hours. lows between 43-50. now for tomorrow, cloudy skies for the morning. morning commute is fine but you will need the rain gear with another storm system moving across the northeast. rain will come at us mid afternoon tomorrow. so it's a little later in the day tomorrow and also it has more moisture it's spending sometime this evening in the gulf of mexico loading up on moisture. that is into new england come afternoon with a burst of steedier rain. that will take us up until about midnight. most towns with the next batch of rain on the way probably an additional inch of rain. this afternoon's rain most towns about a third to a half inch of rain. on top of that tomorrow afternoon, more rain on the way. about an inch or so. but mild. temperatures between 53-58 with a southeasterly breeze around 5-10 miles an hour. so your chance of rain ramps

noon too many there could be appear isolated shower but most towns probably about 3:00, 4:00 when we see the rain showers, boston tomorrow afternoon 55. down along the south shore merrimack valley low 50s, day. then it warms up tomorrow night. temperatures will be warmer tomorrow night than what i'm showing you tomorrow afternoon. fitchburg tomorrow afternoon at 54. chatham at 56. nantucket 56 as well. this shows again about i would say half inch to an inch for most cities and towns with tomorrow night's rain. is tomorrow a travel day? cloudy skies tomorrow morning but here is the rain. oversweeping new england late in the day tomorrow and more likely tomorrow night and even northern new england, it will be rain drops, not snow flakes. flying out of boston tomorrow. talking rain showers, detroit, chicago, atlanta not snow anywhere. perhaps a little about the of wet snow minneapolis with temperatures up that way in the middle 30s but we stay mild. christmas eve temperatures

the day. the record is 61. we should obliterate that. humid as well. christmas day low 60s saturday and sunday 40s and 50s. >> adam: let's check in with joe stapleton and it is that time of year. a lot of people starting a little early getting on their holiday travel plans. >> a lot of folks heading out to the malls amend parking lots. getting stuck getting there. pike westbound a lot of red. newton watertown off-ramp heavy as well as you work your way out to the vicinity of route 128. allot of red on 128 from the waltz that many area down through milton down past 95 and route 24. right hand side you can see route 93, the expressway a lot of brake lights down into braintree and northbound as well. working your i would down past route 37 and the south shore plaza a lot of slow going volume there. run 1 northbound a little

up by the lynn fells parkway no accidents or breakdowns. the ride after this eases up into lynnfield. joe stapleton, 7 news. >> adam: health cast, device dangers. computers and cell phones inches from our eyes and it can do some damage limits the blew light can be dangerous for growing eyes, we have a closer look. >> reporter: it's a sweet treat for these kiddos. but staring into led television, computers, tablets and cell phones can cause problems. >> especially from birth to age 3, the chrystal lens in their eyes are not fully develop sod it cause as lot more damage. >> reporter: the american academy advices limiting children older than 2 to a maximum of 2 hours a day on media devices. but even optometrist shownley says in today's age limiting exposure is not

>> what we would like to add is when the children are on devices it's important for them to wear eye protection. >> can be warn as a coding on glasses and sunglasses prescription. >> they can continue to do what they do, you can get a pair of glasses like this, harmful blue light. >> reporter: shown li says some shades of blue are beneficial because they help us sleep but the glare from screens is at the dangerous end of the color spectrum where the blue rays can lead to macular degeneration. the second leading cause of blindness. insurance partially covers the coating as an upgrade like anti-glare or uv protection. there are also companies that sell glasses to protect about $50.

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>> adam: what is next for a second chance. >> kim: a lakeville father reunited with his children. out. in. >> audience member: a chunk of concrete crushes a construction worker. >> kim: sargent bowe bergdahl facing a military judge charged with deserting his post. >> adam: caught on camera, a dangerous drive in michigan, a 13-year-old leading police on a wild chase with his little sister in the car. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: breaking news at 5:00. >> what do this is mean to be to be walking out of a federal courtroom in boston free? >> being free is the best feeling in the world. i don't care what anybody tells us. >> kim: steven silva the man who gave a gun to the marathon bombers is a free man. dzhokhar tsarnaev and his

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