marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev testified at his trial back in march. after striking a plea deal with prosecutors in change for the lighter sentence. >> he agreed to provide information that was instrumental in the the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> reporter: silva pleaded guilty to giving dzhokhar the gun used by the tsarnaevs to kill colier. silva testified every time he asked for the gun back dzhokhar came up with a different excuse. silva took responsibility for his actions. silva who says he has no idea what the tsarnaevs were planning added: what does this day mean to you to be walking out of a `federal courtroom in boston? >> being free is the best feeling in the worlds.

the best of it. >> reporter: silva's courtroom applauded when he heard the judge's time served sentence and he was courtroom. silva he is also been placed on three years of supervised probation now. live in boston tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> kim: thank you. silva said his freedom offers him a second chance. he says that it's one he doesn't plan on wasting. our team 7 coverage continues with dan hausle. >> reporter: silva says he was dumb when he was young and give that gun to the tsarnaev brothers. he does say the rest of his life he hopes to make difference. silva walks away from the moakley ciaos vowing to be a different man. >> everybody can change. >> reporter: prosecutors say silva was involved in drug dealing and provided the gun used in the killing of sean collier. silva says he can't change that but he can change his future.

about his plans for the future. >> get my degree. get back to the community and try to become a better person. no more drug dealing for sure and trying to help out the needy. >> reporter: silva says he plans to see his family, his goddaughter and his grandmother. he says time behind bars forced him to reflect on the choicings he made and the choices ahead. >> it's not a good place to be. especially when you can be doing more p with your life. especially when i was going to school, doing a lot of good things, but it give me a lot of time to reflect and made me want to do the right thing. >> reporter: silva says he knows there are certain things he can't change. he can't change the opinion of some people who think he didn't serve enough time blind -- blind bar, dan hausle, 7 news. >> kim: we've been following this breaking story and you can get breaking news updates any time on our mobil and tablet app.

on in new england today. it is definitely umbrella weather. wet and dreary. those rain clouds are hanging around for a few more hours. >> adam: after they clear it doesn't mean they're going to dry out. >> the first of two systems with periods of rain, some leftover rain on the cape at this time. this will move off the cape over the next 15-30 minutes. pockets of drizzle but this moves out of here. and skies may clear out but all this moisture most likely results in some fog but i'm not certained about the water on the roadway, it's december and sometimes behind a rain storm you will have the cold air take charge but not happening. albany 51. even back through southeastern canada temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. so dry conditions over night with pockets of fog. morning commute is dry but here is another storm system taking shape across the gulf of mexico.

this moves up the eastern seaboard quickly tomorrow. so you will need the rain gear middle and latter half of the day. tomorrow morning don't think you need the rain gear. lunchtime a couple of scattered showers then as we work to mid afternoon the only commute is going to see rain. that rain tomorrow is going to be a little heavier than today. today about a third of an inch but the rain on the way tomorrow probably half inch to upwards of an inch of rain. it's another warm system, temperatures in the 0's, even warmer for christmas eve. we'll talk more about that in a few. >> adam: a local mother is called to court accused of kidnapping her children. the children are safe and sound right now. they were reunited with their father last night. police say their mom never returned the children as propsed after he allowed a short visit sunday afternoon. jonathan hall is outside of wareham district court where she is telling a different story.

this mom says when it was time to bring the kids home her 7-year-old began to cry and she fathered her exboyfriend might harm the children so she choose to run but local police had indications that she might hurt the kids and that is why they got a warrant for her arrest on sunday. police say 47-year-old valerie mcgrath was on the run with her two young children from more than 24 hours, eden and steve he a happy reunion with their dad last night. >> they seemed happy. they hugged moe and they didn't seem they were stressing. >> reporter: valerie mcgrath faces four serious charges including parental kidnapping. state police stopped her in a rental car with the kids at a mcdonald in raynham. police say found a suicide note in valerie mcgrath's car which show abandoned earlier. a prosecutor read from the note. >> i'm very sorry. i love you so much i can't stand being away from the kids for another minute.

i can't do this any more. >> reporter: the state says police were concerned about safety of the kids because valerie mcgrath's sister told them she had made threatening statements during her last visit with the children in october. >> she did not want to drop off the kids. she mote as well drive into traffic. >> reporter: the sister asked for an amber alert but police declined to issue one. family and friend didn't say much. >> my sister is a very good mom. >> reporter: valerie mcgrath's lawyer told the court she feared for her children's safety and had been a victim of domestic violence with carrigan being arrested multiple times. >> she a desperate woman who was at her wit's end yet. >> reporter: a sad tale for this family and valerie mcgrath won't be home for christmas because a judge revoked her bail on a plier case involving the fraudulent use of a credit card. her lawyer says it was her

permission to use that check. jonathan hall, 7 news. >> kim: a concrete slab falls on to a construction worker in stoughton. authorities say he was working on a building. the slab weighed several hundred dollars pounds. the worker is at the hospital. condition unknown. >> adam: crews in taunton slamming up after a car slammed into a telephone pole. one of the cars slammed into the pole. no one was injured. >> kim: your ticket to expensive. some ride remembersy angry where the money -- riders are angry about where the money is going. >> adam: it left his smiling. that is ahead in 7 sports. >> announcer: tonight, hiller, baker, anything could happen. >> i don't ever know just what to expect from an interview with you so i roll with it. >> reporter: the questions governor about his first

>> kim: a possible price hike by the mbta leaves some saying, we're being taken for a ride. so there ask a fare fight and it comes as we're learning some employees are wracking up big bucks in overtime. >> adam: we're talking hundreds of thousands in overtime. nick emmons has a closer look. >> i think it should stay the same for everybody.

possibility t. fares could go up by as much as 10% as soon as july not sitting well with t. riders who had to endure a winter ofcontent. if you had to give it a letter grade? >> in the last 12 months an f. last winter was approach. >> reporter: the mbta raised fares in 2012 and it face as potential $242 million deficit in the next fiscal year. >> it goes back to the system are they doing this right? the answer is sadly no. >> reporter: news of the proposed fare hikes not the only things upsetting to some. a report shows nearly a quarter of all t. workers are making $100,000 or more. rail operators make 30% higher than the national average and bus operators make 50% higher than the national average. >> hearing that the employees earn something more than 50% than the national average does seem a little silly given the

>> reporter: in the most extremity example a $315,000. he was more than able to triple his salary and working 2,648 of overtime. >> good for them. for what? >> reporter: the t. will take any fare proposal to the control board in january. any proposal will be open to public comment before any final decision is made. in brooklyn, nick emmons, 7 news. >> adam: figures are startling. when you look at it. >> kim: they are. i'm sure we'll hear more and how about more about the rain and when it might be behind you, we need it. >> we do. we've more on the way for tomorrow. how about record warmth on thursday? we'll discuss that as well. >> reporter: next the bruins have a golden opportunity to celebrate division. steven jackson's already has

couch to the best team in the a.f.c. what transition is ahead of him? we'll tell you next in sports. new england's energy comes from a pool of energy producers. eversource buys it at a set market price and delivers it to you. but that pool is shrinking, causing energy supply rates to go up and down. so we're working with partners across the region to increase our natural gas supply and bring in affordable, clean hydropower from canada. we're leading the way toward the solution...

>> adam: if you got someone a rain coat you might want to consider giving an early gift. >> kim: yes, we fleed it. what else -- need it. what else, it's so warm and what is the date? >> october 9th. something like that. [laughter] >> out of control, exactly. adam, i better not be getting an umbrella from you. that is all i'm going to say. rain moving away from southern new england. we do have rain still out at the elbow. chatham. that the will move away over the next 15-30 minutes. beneficial rain. it snarls up any travelling you may have done but we're running about 8, 9, 10 inches below normal for the year. we're not going to make that up for the year. we don't want to but we'll take something, more rain on the way tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. most rains this afternoon about a third to half inch in rain. a warm weather system once again el nino doing its thing.

there is no cold air to sweep in behind this rain maker. what we'll have is left overmoisture and visibility is dropping. orange is two mile visibility. tonight rain faded away. patchy fog. partly cloudy and mild, lows between 43-50. now for tomorrow, a lot of clouds once again. that is the trade-off with the mild pattern. it's unsettled. here comes another storm but up like today i think this afternoon hours. dry. but i would have the rain gear ready to go by early to mid afternoon. most towns around 2:00, 3:00, noon tomorrow is still not raining then into the afternoon, 3:00, 4:00 you see a few scattered showers and there will be a burst of steadier rainfall tomorrow evening. here at 8:00 tomorrow night a lot of yellow on the screen and orange. heavier downpours perhaps

it's a warm front moving through and these usually are not this active in december, but it's unusual we have a warm surge of air coming into the southern new england tomorrow night and through the day on thursday. christmas eve record warmth shaping up. rainfall forecast most towns close to appear inch of rain on the way. if tomorrow is your travel england, this is where the rain is coming from. coming up from the mid atlantic states so the 95 corridor will have rain. if you are heading north most of the day is dry up there. unfortunately in ski country this is going to be a rain maker as well with temperatures up north into the 40s, if you are flying out of new england showers and thunderstorms. there may be some severe thunderstorms across portions of the mid south. st. lou i atlanta, east of dallas but maybe rough weather across the southeast with scattered showers and storms. chicago rain, 50 to around 60. minneapolis you do find scattered showers then in the pacific northwest,

los angeles at 54. tomorrow with the rain, fair, but it's not too bad because there is no ice or snow. thursday, friday, saturday offers better travel weather. thursday, temperatures in the upper 60s. record high on thursday 61. we probably will blast past that about 8:00, 9:00 in the morning on thursday. with a little bit of humidity as well. upper 60s to around 70. friday a mix of clouds and christmas day low 60s saturday mid 40s sunday, few more showers around, mid 50s turning colder early next week. high temperatures on monday of next week only in the upper 30s. >> announcer: now time for 7 sports with alex corddry. >> despite having locked up an nfl record, the patriots still have plenty on the line sunday at the meadowlands. a win over the jets and the pats will secure the top cede for the second year in a row guaranteeing the road to the super bowl goes

they'll take the field with a new look backfield. steven jackson is officially added to the rost every today and was present for the team's walk through. he will have his work cut out learning the play book. a cram session fellow new comer lennard is all too familiar with. >> i'm trying to get the flay book down. that the is a tough -- you got to know your stuff. you got to look at it and see what the defense are doing but the jets have a pretty good team. they play some good ball. >> reporter: since opening the season with three straight losses surrendering 16 goals the bruins have rebounded to go 19, 6 and 4, a hot stretch that propelled the coach to second place in the second division, one point behind the canadiens. while the bruins continue to trend upward theory yen's team is heading in the

loss in nashville the habes have fell to 2, 8, 0. the bruins are happy to nip at their arch rifle's -- rifal's heels but there is a lot of work ahead of theme. >> now it's about chasing the team that's in front of us, it happens to be montreal. we'll move on from that but it has been a nice run for us and we're still hungry. that is good for the group and for us to keep going. >> it had to be on our backs and being happy and, but there is always room for improvement, always to be motivated and so we getting better, but i don't think we can be satisfied or happy about it. >> reporter: after missing the last three games with an upper body injury renaldo will be activated and play

he replaces matt zelve and is looking forward to picking up where he left off before the injury. >> they did a really good job on the ice. we worked on what we needed to work on so when i came back i would be where i was when i got hurt. i think i was playing good hockey when i got hurt so i'm going to pick up where i left off. >> get a salute from kevin. [laughter] >> he loves you no matter [laughter] >> reporter: you got to love kevin garnett enjoying the final time as an active player. he didn't play last night but that didn't stop celtics fans from showing their love for the future hall of famer. k.g.thanked the fans after the game for their unconditional appreciate adding the gino appearance was like a charity on top for me. for garnett he was enjoying

his teammates. celtics handed the timberwolves a 113-99 win. losing streak. with i practicing time hard to come by in a crowded front court david lee would be the odd man out. i'm alex corddry. that is a look at sports. >> kim: thank you. >> adam: news 5/-- 7 news

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