your forecast. >> right now we do have rain on the doppler radar. we'll have the rain overnight tonight and this is with us up until 4:00, 5:00 tomorrow morning and at times there will be heavier bursts of rainfall. there's one right here western mass, connecticut, river valley, down the 91 corridor and it continues basically into metro new york city. if you have travel plans that are leaving boston, worcester, southern new england and heading in this direction here, 84. hartford, water bury, new york city, allow for extra travel time because it will be a slow go tonight in southern new this weather system, this storm, there's a little more moisture with this one compared to the one that we dealt with yesterday. so i do think at times we're going to have some locally heavy rain out there a late this evening overnight tonight. if i were to time it out around 10:00, 11:00 tonight for the city up until 3:00 for tomorrow morning, it will be a brief but intense punch of rain. most towns will get a half an inch to an inch of rain. and this is a warm front that is trying to move through southern new england and eventually does

the goods overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. your storm timeline, again, around midnight tonight, loaded with rain out there. doesn't it look like a nice christmas tree all these different colors out here. the rain is with us overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning and then through the day tomorrow we'll hold on to the clouds but the biggest thing about tomorrow, record warmth, 40s and 50s now. even warmer south of the warm front. temperatures at this time, baltimore, washington, mid-60s and city of boston tomorrow, upper 60s. we'll set a record and talk more about your christmas day forecast in a few minutes. >> we're following breaking news out of jamaica plain. two people have been shot. one of the victims has life-threatening injuries, and the other is expected to be okay. we have a crew headed to that scene and as soon as we get more information, we'll be sure to pass it along to you. and there's breaking news out of brighton right now. health inspectors giving the okay for chipolte to re-open its doors in cleveland circle.

that was shut down two weeks ago after dozens of students got sick from the norovirus but could be back open as early as tomorrow. kimberly bookman is live with well. kimberly. >> well, kim, inspectors say that the place is clean, it's in good shape, and it's ready to re-open. when it does, it will be missing one manager. >> reporter: inspectors show up at chipolte in cleveland circle this morning to heck conditions inside the restaurant. two weeks after the place was closed because more than 150 people, mostly boston college students, got the norovirus here. >> it's looking good. they've come a long way. >> reporter: after doing sanitation tests, examining the chemicals used to disinfect the restaurant and making sure it's norovirus-free, they also hecked employees are healthy, cleared to work and aware of procedures and policies. >> we did a pop quiz. i quizzed a couple of people in training and they had the right answers. >> reporter: once the final paperwork is completed, the fast-food chain is told they passed inspection can re-open as

people come? yeah, why not. if they have been cleared, they should be good to go. >> not right away, but, again, these things do happen so probably in the near future, i probably would come here. >> i'd be afraid to eat there, to be honest. >> reporter: at the center of this all was a chipolte employee who came to work sick. as the restaurant gets set to re-open, that person's boss is out of a job and health officials say the manager should >> clearly here what happened, somebody had asked a boss, mentioned he was sick, and he was told to stay till the end of the shift, bad mistakes here has and again, all employees have been tested to make sure they're healthy to come back to work. reporting live from cleveland circle, kimberly bookman, 7news. also, a close call for two people who needed to be rescued from the water in south boston. crews just rushed to the scene under the broadway bridge to pull them out. ems workers wrapped them in towels and blankets trying to prevent hypothermia.

into the water, they're a little bit drunk, they couldn't get out of the water, the police officers got a ladder, they got -- assisted one of them out, the fire department responded and also assisted the other one out of the water. >> both people were taken to the hospital. a police officer was also checked out. a woman facing multiple charges including drunk driving after allegedly leading police on a chase through the southshore. it all started last night in cohassett after police say the 43-year-old threw a bottle at a man in a parking lot. investigators say she then took off in weymouth before crashing into a police cruiser in quincy. police say thankfully no one was hurt. the board that oversees the mbta releasing its financial report to state lawmakers, and it paints a possible painful picture for t riders. 7's sarah french gives us a look. >> reporter: fare hikes are headed toward t riders. a new report released by the mbta's fiscal and management control board reveals the t is

increase next year that could take affect in july. it hasn't been approved and could actually end up being as much as a 10% hike, something the board knows will be tough for commuters but necessary, they say given the t's budget problems. many of the decisions will be difficult and unpopular but continued inaction is simply not an option, the riding public, mbta employees, taxpayers and region's economy demand a well functioning, efficient mbta. the mbta is trying to close the projected $240 to $2 million budget gap. steps could include elimination of early morning weekend service as well as boosting advertising and parking revenue. the mbta has been working to prepare for winter weather spending more than $90 million as they add tens of thousands of feet of new third rail as well as heating systems. still, according to the report, there is a $7.3 billion backlog of repairs looming over the

likely grow. sarah french, 7news. and we're following more news today. a woman accused of intentionally driving her car into a crowd of people on the las vegas strip facing a judge today. prosecutors say la keisha holloway's 3-year-old daughter was in the car on sunday when she's accused of barreling through crowd on the sidewalk. one person was killed and dozens more hurt. holloway did not enter a plea but prosecutors say the evidence shows she meant to cause that crash. >> in this case a video tells 1,000 words. it's pretty clear that this wasn't just an isolated right turn into a couple of people. >> we'll determine what the plea is going to be but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it were not guilty initially. >> holloway is facing several charges including murder and child abuse. witnesses say the car drove on to the sidewalk at least two or three times during this incident. january. her 3-year-old is now in state custody. and the man accused in the shooting in a planned parenthood

tody. robert deer accused of opening fire and killing three people in november. deer is now demanding to fire his public defender and represent himself. in a previous court appearance, he admitted to the shooting saying he was a worrier for the babies. one of the people killed this, this police officer originally from melrose. officer garrett swayze was responding to the shots when deer shot and killed him, according to prosecutors. and now to the race for the white house. the battle continues. hillary clinton with tough words for donald trump as they duke it out, senator ted cruz is blasting a washington post editorial cartoon saying it went too far. >> reporter: senator ted cruz blast the washington post for what he calls a tasteless attack. the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon showing cruz as an organ grinder and his two young daughters as monkeys. >> folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. that's pat of the process. i signed up are for that, that's fine.

usually looks at all the cartoons but didn't look at this one and added in a statement it's generally been the position policy of our editorial section to leave children out it, but the cartoons tweeted ted cruz has put his children in a political ad, don't start screaming when political cartoonists draw them, as well. cruz says the washington post did the right thing pulling the cartoon off its webpage. >> it's not complicated, don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and 7-year-old girl. >> it's an unwritten rule not to go after the children of candidates but g.o.p. strategists say the 2016 race for the white house has no playbook. >> when the dust settles out this presidential race, i think the rules of presidential campaigns will forever change. >> reporter: the jabs keep coming between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> i thought she quit. i thought she gave up. > reporter: clinton called trump's tone hateful. >> his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. and he has to keep sort of upping the stakes. >> reporter: despite all of the back and forth, a new cnn poll

climbing. >> the candidates are all taking a break from the campaign trail for the rest of the week to celebrate christmas. ahead at 5:30, 7's dan hausle goes one on one with new jersey governor chris christie on the campaign trail in new hampshire. he's gaining ground in that state and hoping to use the home um in his run for president. and political editor andy hiller sits down with governor baker, facing tough challenges in his first year and talking about what's ahead. also on 7news at 5:00 this evening. this lunch lady, unemployed after a selfless act. parents are calling the school's decision outrageous. then at 5:30, a local man called to court. police say he's part of a big-time drug dealing ring. and a dangerous encounter in texas. a baby crushed by thieves on the run. a shocking scene caught on camera. and then in just one hour, a dangerous discovery in warren. a suspect behind bars after more than 100 guns are found stashed away in his home. and how about this, a man

swiping some christmas decorations on camera in lynn. and don't forget, if you see something you think needs ryan. she wants to hear your tips, give us a call at 845-247-hank

>> we have an update on the people shot on center street in jamaica plain. nick emmons is there now. so he'll have more information. nick, what do you know no. >> what we know right now that the two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries. that's what i was told a few minutes ago. i want to show you the scene right now. street. police are investigating this shooting where apparently two men were found on separate floors sometime around 4:00 this officers are still going through the building right now. we can see them talking with people who live inside. this is at the bromley heat housing development on center street just about a block away from the jackson square t station here. so what we know right now, no one has been arrested so far. two men middle-aged men

non-life-threatening injuries. the investigation is ongoing but that is the latest information we have. in jamaica plain, nick emmons, 7news. keep us posted because we got some conflicting reports on the condition of the victims. a lunch lady in idaho finds her in a pickle after losing her job for giving a middle-school student a free meal. the school district says the woman the violated the rules. >> but there's been an uproar on social media prompting a discussion on whether the school's decision is fair. >> my heart hurts. i truly love my job. and i can't say i wouldn't do it again. >> reporter: it's been a week since dalene lost her job at this middle school in idaho. the former lunch lady can barely form words when describing what led to her dismissal. >> why did you do that when you say you love your job? >> well, because they're hungry. what do you do? send them out there so they can get it taken away and thrown away.

boden was working as a server when a 12-year-old girl told her she didn't have any lunch money and was hungry. >> so i handed her the food and said, here, we'll take care it in a minute. >> reporter: a supervisor saw what happened and reported her. >> he said i was on permanent leave until he would call me. i should not call them, he would call me. and they never called me. i got the letter. >> reporter: signed and written by the school district's director of human resources, in that letter, boden was terminated for theft. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> people who live in the area don't agree with the school district's decision. >> that's absurd and that's a ridiculous reason to fire somebody. >> i understand rules but not when a child is hungry. >> reporter: through social media boden has rallied quite a number of supporterses. she says patients want her back but some say there's a bigger problem here. >> if a kid cannot pay for a meal or a parent cannot pay for a meal and a person is punished for feeding that kid, somebody's

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people in las vegas catching a glimpse of a mysterious streaking light last night. described as a fireball seen across nevada and california. it was the remains of a russian rocket that broke up midair. people had their own theories when they first saw it. >> i was kind of confused. my immediate thought is oh my god, is this a ufo. >> these days people want to find a conspiracy in everything when in fact the universe itself is pretty much a marvel. >> experts say that flashes like this are actually pretty common. >> what's not common is that it's 48 degrees the week of christmas, jr. >> yeah, this is -- i mean, i don't know if i -- i know i don't want record snow after last winter but i need a little snow here. don't new i gotta have something.

so get over, it jr. rain overnight ahead. record warmth on the way for tomorrow. here you go, though, snow lovers. looks like a colder pattern is coming at us next week and there may be a little the bit of winter precipitation next tuesday. we'll briefly spell that out but there's still a lot of time between now and that to unfolded. rain now overtaking metro boston. deeper shades of green and yellow, western mass, western connecticut. notice right here that's steadier rainfall there. this weather system, this storm came out of the gulf of mexico last night. this is a classic el nino pattern here where these storms will come out of the gulf of mexico and sometimes, like this, there's not gonna be any cold air and then there will be other times where there will be cold air to offer at least some winter precipitation moving forward this winter. this one is nothing but rain and at times it will be locally heavy. your storm timeline has the rain marching across the metro over the next couple of hours. would not be shocked there's a

not advertising any strong or severe thunderstorms. but the atmosphere has moisture, has the ingredients to make an occasional thunderstorm. we'll leave it at that, and that will work across southern new england overnight tonight and morning. although, i think as we work toward 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow morning, that's when it's over. the morning commute if you have one tomorrow will not feature anything significant. overnight tonight. about 3/4 of an inch of rain to some locations an inch of beneficial rain. it has been dry here in southern new england for months and we don't want to make up all that rainfall deficit that we have but will take what we can get. 40s and 50s at this time and south of the warm front and look at numbers. they spike into the 60s. that is headed our way for tomorrow, and even overnight tonight. again, it will be in the upper 40s in new hampshire. 50s around the metro, and i think overnight tonight, the numbers will head for the low 60s down through buzzard's bay, the south coast and on down to cape cod. and then we are all into warmer temps tomorrow with a lot of clouds. that's the only drawback, is the

bright and sunny days and all sorts of sunshine but there won't be any heavy rain. there may be an occasional sprinkle and even some humidity. temps tomorrow afternoon upper 60s to around 70 degrees. unreal. boston tomorrow afternoon 69. there's your record at 61. we'll get that. worcester, your record is 57. and you should make mid-60s. if tomorrow is a travel day, again, the rain is gone. could be a couple of showers south of new york city down towards d.c. but warm across the northeast, 50s, 60s and 70s. if you're traveling it is somewhat colder up in the great lakes states as well as the upper midwest. no showers or storms in dallas. could be a couple in the southeast including atlanta. seattle, san francisco and a los angeles, 40s, 50s and 60s with more rain on the west coast. your 7 on 7 forecast. a few sprinkles on saturday. early next week, there's your colder pattern and again there may be precipitation, first as snow and then as rain during the day on tuesday. could be messy. all right, thank you, jr. well, it is the season that

that expensive rolex watch donated by somebody anonymously just two days before christmas. salvation army newburyport told us today a man came in and said he felt guilty wearing this watch with so many people in need so took it right off his wrist and donated donated it on the spot. and here's a story that will make you smile. look at this cute little elf on the shelf. the little guy is making the rounds on social media with a number of adorable pictures like that one. >> his family says there's only one reason they're sharing the photos and that's to spread holiday happiness. >> reporter: 'twas the week before christmas and in the town of paradise, the elf on the shelf wasn't being very nice. he tiptoed downstairs with some wrapping paper and glue... >> i couldn't go in the bathroom in the middle of the night when i needed to. >> reporter: he makes mischief and messes. not quite a role model. look at that sweet tooth. >> he drank out of the syrup bottle.

zach knows it's not a toy but rock welshing his brother. a real boy spread be the message of the season with a little help from his pop and the magic of photo shop. rockwell sees you when you're sleeping, tells santa if you've been nice. his pictures so popular online, people shared and shared twice. strangers all over the world clicking photos of this kid. >> not really expecting that it would go exprierl that it would get the attention that it did. >> reporter: but this family has had a taste of what it's like to spread joy. look who's next to rockwell. do you recognize that boy? that's will. he can fly. his pictures prove that kids with down syndrome can soar. these photos all taken from one -- for one simple reason. to share the love this family shows, no matter the season. and for the two young the effort kids, it's a love that never ends. >> we're really excited to watch them grow up together and be best friends. >> reporter: life's not always picture perfect but one thing is clear, you don't have to wait until christmas to feel this

>> it's like the whole family is famous. their instagram account has more than 66,000 followers now. still ahead, a major bust in lynn. a local man behind bars accused of running a drug ring with ties to maine. and breaking news at 6:00, chipolte allowed to re-open its doors now in cleveland circle after the norovirus outbreak if so when will the restaurant be back in business and how do

there's another 60 minutes of 7news ahead. >> 7news at 5:30 starts right now. now at 5:30, taking down a $3 million drug ring and police say the man in charged lived in

>> 7news goes one on one with republican candidate chris christie, what he says new england has taught him about the race for the white house. >> tramplerred -- trampled by thieves, a 1-year-old boy knock down as texas thieves make a quick escape. >> and completing his comeback, a boy fighting a rare brain infection gets a second shot at playing the sport he loves. >> reporter: first now at 5:30, a big bust in lynn investigators arrest a man linked to an expansive $3 million drug ring in maine. >> he dealt heroin, oxycodone and cocaine. but his lawyer says the charges should be thrown out of court. >> yeah, we're looking at the police report and his attorney has a lot of questions about these agencies involving his client, who tonight is being held on $2.5 million cash bail. >> reporter: prosecutors are calling brian acasino a key

>> reporter: the 34-yearld