>> adam: the buzz now. actually i don't think we're going to do the buzz. we'll get to that a little later. thank you for watching at 5:30, i'm adam williams. >> kim: i'm kim khazei. stay right there. there is more news to come. >> one batch of rain moves in, another batch moves in. >> holiday travel could cause holiday headaches with similar wet weather. >> a not so smooth criminal takes a fall during his mall ecage. >> elizabeth: a new born with no patience. >> she grass gasped her first breath. >> reporter: how a dad and a dispatcher teamed up to

back-to-back batches of rain. first of rain is raining down on new england. the rain is slowing down now a's but it will be lingering into the evening. i think jeremy, it's going to be off and on then there is more that comes with this weather in the way of warmth. >> reporter: that is correct. look at the temperatures upper's to ordinary 60 degrees -- around 60. the city at 56. we've had on and off rain for much of the day. here is the back edge on top of the city of boston. we're done for the remainder of the rain. worcester you are clear. in the sense that the rain is gone. you still have lingering clouds. we'll see skies try to clear out overnight tonight and you would think okay well a rain storm in december, surely the cold air is going to sweep back in. watertown at 52. toronto at 50. buffalo at 48. we stay mild overnight. meanwhile farther south there is another storm system already blossoming across the gulf coast. the gulf of mexico that is loading up with moisture and

this is an el nino winter. the weather systems are going to come out of the gulf. moisture. here comes the next one that will move up the eastern seaboard and be with us tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. overnight no rain. the commute will be dry but you will need the rain gear. chance of rain really ramps up in the afternoon. probably around 3:00, 4:00. certainly tomorrow evening, commute looks like a slow go with heavier amounts on the rain i think about a half inch to an inch. more about that in the forecast as well in a few minutes. >> adam: see you soon. new england is not the only region dealing with wet weather. holiday travel across this country could be derailed by snow and high winds. kim khazei here with a look at conditions around the country. >> kim: this is the first full day of winter. you won't believe it by looking at us but there is a mixed bag of extreme conditions from record breaking high temperatures to heavy snow and even the possibility of tornadoes

at this resort just what skiers ordered. more than 150 inches of snow so far from a series of northwest. >> this is fantastic. it's great. four year. >> kim: especially good stricken region. >> this is great. california needs it. >> kim: different extremes in the eastern from new york to chicago, more like spring winter. >> it's nice when you have a white christmas. >> not going to have there a this year. >> no we're going to have a wet christmas but a merry run. >> challenging for eastern resorts and snow businesses struggling because of the weather. the weather is bad for many parts of the country from the south into the ohio valley. this week brings the threat of destructive thunderstorms, possible tornadoes and large hail and heavy rain could bring flash flooding. kim khazei, 7 news. >> elizabeth: a man aest ared on breaking and entry charges in winthrop is

several police officers. he got into several houses and lied to the how manyoners telling them he worked for massport. several of the officers were hurt but they're expected to be okay. >> adam: crews battling a big fire in brighton. the flames broke out on western avenue around 3:00 am. the fire caused about 250,000 in damage. no one injured. investigators working to find out a cause. >> reporter: a nashua man facing charges for a lewd act involving a minor. police say the girl friend didn't know this was happening. he was released on bail. >> adam: following more news here today, a grand jury deciding no one will be indicted for the death of sandra bland. all jail employees are cleared of criminal wrong doing in the case. brand died in a jail cell.

travels traffic stop. the grand jury is not done with the case just yet. >> there are other issues that the grand jury is still considering. and they will take up those issues when we return next month. as far as what happens today the details of course those are all secret and we cannot discuss those. >> adam: the grand jury will consider evidence related to planned's traffic stop -- bell bland's traffic stop and arrest. >> elizabeth: bill cosby is firing back. he is suing one of the woman for denomination. -- defamation. the lawsuit claims the model is fab rick indicating the story hoping to revitalize her career. he filed counterclaims against seven others who sued him. >> adam: a mall thief

he falls head first down and overan escalator. the guy tried to rip off a macy's in ohio but his justice. 2-year-old marcel wallace tried to make a run for it. >> as he tried to go down the up escalator there was a uniformed police officer coming up the up escalator. >> reporter: when there was no where to run he jumped. him. got a hold of his leg, the man kicked at the officer. and fell. landed on his head. >> reporter: police station say wallace was caught switching price tags at macy, he had his sister, a cashier ring up three 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. yeah there were robberies and things that happened but not on a percentage of this today. sad situation, it puts a

>> reporter: as of now marcel and his sister are looking at misdemeanor theft charges but police say that could change. >> used force and flee and someone becomes injured. felony. >> reporter: felony or not, mcgill says wallace -- >> that could have been tragic. it's bad enough as it is a's hard to believe always as not seriously -- wallace was not seriously injured in the fall. >> a clerk fights back against robber in florida. you can see the clerk and a customer tackle him to the ground after he allegedly threatened them with a gun. police took the thief into custody. he has been charged with armed robbery. >> adam: taking a look at other news, a coffee plant goes up in flames. several chicago fire companies were called to the scene last night. authorities don't know how it started yet. no one was in the building when it happened. officials saying that the coffee plant is recently been renovating and is under new ownership.

police stations leaves thee people -- collisions leave three people dead. a tractor trailer slowed down but was then rear ended. that caused a chain reaction involving ten vehicles on the other side of the highway three trucks collided. seven others were injured. >> adam: a sky train goes off the rails leaving one of its cars on the roof of the airport terminal. holiday travelers are facing an added challenge to get around the airport. only one employee was on board at the time. he was not injured. >> reporter: another possible outbreak of e. coli is linked to chipotle. the c.d.c.is looking into this new outbreak in kansas and oklahoma. the person had eaten at a chipotle the week before they got sick. this comes after dozens of people who eight at

became sick with e. coli, also 126 people became sick with the narrow virus in boston this month. >> adam: dad becomes doctor when his new baby longer. what a dispatcher told him to do that may have saved the girl's life. >> elizabeth: the man who gave the marathon bomber his gun sentenced to time served. what he said what he walked out of court a free man. >> adam: a lakeville mother called to court. when prosecutors revealed today. -- what prosecutors revealed

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>> adam: a utah man on ultimate dad duty with a little help. time had run out. a baby on board was not waiting for her parents to get to the hospital. >> are. >> elizabeth: the car becamey delivery room while dad an a 911 operator played the role of doctor. >> i'm driving north on 106 south. my wife is in labor. >> elizabeth: dispatch operator william didn't know what he was in for friday morning. >> pick upped up the 11

you another know what is on the over the side of it. they were' having a baby. >> come on. >> elizabeth: he had no idea around 2:00 am he would help the couple deliver their girl. >> he helped us. we, i feel like stayed calm in the face of helping her breath because that was' terrifying. >> elizabeth: the baby ann is the 4th child the labor was anything but typical. >> the baby is breathing? >> no. >> she is not. >> reporter: the cord was wrapped around the infant's neck. >> first she came out. she cried then she went limp. >> elizabeth: two weeks out of training -- >> william said listen to me very carefully. >> he told the family what to do. >> shoe lace around the court about 6 inches from the baby and you do it now and tell me what it's done.

she gasped her first brought. thank goodness. >> baby ann took her first breath five minutes before help arrived. >> we joke you are going to get a pregnancy call. >> you have to stay to william in. >> thank you, thank you, thank you, that was' definitely saved her life. >> elizabeth: the family of six got home safe and sound after quite the 59 adventure. >> right now rain winding down. more rain heading this way tomorrow afternoon. mid-week forecast up next. >> elizabeth: how much more you could pay to ride the t. and in a proposed rate hike. a couple of fresh faces hoping to help the pats lock

>> elizabeth: making his successfully landing of reusable rocket back in earth. the company launched a new rocket in space to put several satellites into orbit. it took several failed attempts but this time it returned home. the company hopes to us 'the technology to make it cheaper to send things into space. >> they were fired up on that. so. new england. there you go. we say good-bye to that. is there a little left on to the cape and the islands. motero boston showers moving away. some leftover pockets of drizzle. here is one more batch of steady rain working across the cape. route 6 going to be a little bit of a slow go. this will jump off the cape over the next 35-40 minutes. 50s to around 60. worcester 55. norwood at 50 degrees. rain is gone but leftover

here you see this one mile visibility that is the problem if you travel overnight. going to see pockets of dense fog form. just be mindful of that later on. more so overnight and early tomorrow morning, patchy dense fog but it's mild. no ice, fog or anything like that. no areas of refreeze. you get rain storms but cold air comes back in but not the case there, is no cold air, 43-50 for overnight lows. tomorrow dry morning but you'll need the rain gear early to mid-afternoon. there may be an isolated shower after lunchtime tomorrow but certainly for the kiddos that have school probably getting off the bus stop tomorrow, they'll have rain. they may have outdoor recess because i don't know if there will be rain showers but they have the rain gear, temperatures tomorrow afternoon 53-58. boston 55. dartmouth at 58. first part of the day

then we'll see the rain show up between 1:00 and 3:00 probably in these locations and it may hold off until after 3:00 out on the cape. provincetown 56 and chatham at 56. tomorrow's were system has more moisture. so a little more rain on the way tomorrow. the rainfall out there the rainfall report from folks on twitter, e-mail between a third to a half inch of rain but tomorrow i think a little bit more. three quarters to perhaps as much as an inch on the way. the rain is coming from the middle atlantic states so there will be rainy conditions up and down the 95 corridor. northern new england stays dry for much of the day light hours. into the holiday weekend itself looks good for travel conditions. speaking of looking good if you like the warm weather you are getting your gift early on thursday, that is record warmth. record is 61.

worcester, your record is 57. you should get there. mid 70s, your 7 on 7 forecast saturday features mix of clouds and sunshine. temperatures are a little cookie whacky. going from 40s to 50s down to the 30s on monday then back to a cold rain scenario tuesday of next week. the 32 we may have to watch that. it may be a little about the of freezing rain early tuesday morning into the certain new hampshire but that is several days away. >> adam: time for another holiday helping, making our favorite roll day recipes for a good cause. >> you want to fet the wet ingredients together. right.

two sticks of butter. now add two eggs. last step is add the sugar. this combines all of these ingredients. >> reporter: so the bowl is complete you want to focus on the dry ingredient, this includes flour, put that right in. a little salt. cream of tar tarr and baking soda. you are going to add that to all the wet and they'll mix together in there. the key is what? >> make sure that you are adding the dry ingredients little by little? >> why? >> so it mixes even. >> the recipe is so good because there are some of the cookie swaps, that is icy to bring and everyone loves snicker doodles so that is mixed. going to put it on to the sheet with sar app wrap there. -- saran wrap. going to cool it in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. that makes it easier to work with. you can see how sticky it is.

cookie, we combined sinmore and sugar and in a is the best part. >> this makes the cookies. >> reporter: we're going to take chunks of the dough off there and drop it into the sinmore and sugar, roll it around in there. then put it right on the cookie sheet. the first batch is ready to go. going to pop them in the oven at 350 for about 10 minutes. here they are. they look and smell amazing. we hope you enjoy emthis and thank you so much for supporting project bread. >> from our homes to yours happy holidays. >> dig in here. mmm. yum. >> drew said he doesn't look cook a lot but he is getting good lessons from rhine. >> some of the best. >> if you want to make a donation to project bread and learn more about the 7 news recipes head over to whdh.com. click on the project bread logo. >> adam: tonight kim

she is making a hardy fisherman stew perfect for the big family gatherings. i have tried it. i can tell you it's delicious. tune in tonight at 11:00 and you can check it out. >> next in the buzz the all-star picked to perform at the nfl winter classic at gillette stadium. >> kim: good evening, i'm kim khazei. at 6 a man who gave a gun used by the boston marathon bombers walks out of court a free man. you will hear his megs appearing to the family of the officer murdered with that gun and a mother facing kidnapping charges accused of kidnapping her own children. she is telling a different story in court. a possible price hike by the mbta has a lot of people angry and they're worried about where the money is going. we'll join you with those stories and more coming up in a couple of seconds.

>> adam: in the buzz this season's winner of "the voice "ready to rock out at the n.h.l.winter classic. >> he will join several other performers including the boston pops. the bruins are taking on the montreal canadiens at gillette stadium. you can catch the game on 7 nbc. the puck drops at 1:00 apm and find complete coverage of all the action.

to that as i'm sure a lot of you are. i'm adam williams. >> elizabeth: i'm elizabeth norieka, 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> announcer: breaking news -- >> i like to give mire deepest condolences to the collier family. >> announcer: the man saying sorry. we've team 7 coverage. >> still unsettled rain on the way as well as record warmth. >> announcer: a mugger facing a jung accused of kidnapping her children telling different story in court and fair fight. some are going off the rails about the mbta's possible rate hike. 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> kim: breaking news the man who gave the boston marathon bombers a gun to murder err a police officer walked out of federal court today a free man.

tsarnaev the hand gun used in the deadly shooting of m. i. it. officer sean collier. >> adam: le had a message for the collier family. we've more. >> reporter: really surprise developments from federal court today. silva came to court in handcuffs and shackles and left a free man. saying he is sorry. do you want to apologize to the comier family? >> i like to give my deepest condolences to the collier family. i'm very upset that the firearm was used to kill him. i had no idea what his intentions were and it's very difficult but something i got to live with. >> reporter: just released after searching 17 months behind bars silva offers an apology to the family of murdererred mit police officer sean collier. the 22-year-old sentenced to time served clearing the way for his release. silva who graduated from

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