up in flames the fire swallowing this multifamiliar lie home forcing one person to jump through a glass window. as fire fighters rush inside to get everyone else out . >> anchor: those families now forced out of their home on christmas day. 7's susan tran joins us in the newsroom with the very latest on this. susan? >> anchor: a christmas morning fire so intense that one person actually had to jump through a window to escape. now right now investigators just don't know how it started but they say it could have been so much worse. fire crews showed up at the home around 1:30 this morning and it was filled with smoke and flames throughout the first floor. well, it quickly spread to other parts of the home and forced one person to actually jump through a glass window just to get to safety. fire crews rushed inside and cleared out 7 others and their pets. now many weren't even aware of the fire until crews showed up. you can see right here the entire top of the house and the right side badly damaged. they are nowing boarded up. police say the only person who was hurt was the man who jumped

he had some cuts and was treated on the scene. live in the newsroom, susan tran 7 news . >> anchor: an accident on 495 in raynham overnight. you can see rv on the side of the road. the vehicle was heading south then rossed the median before ending up on the northbound side near the exit, exit nine a.cord a.cording to reports one person was taken to the hospital after possibly being thrown from the r rv. a pedestrian recovering this morning after being hit by a vehicle in tuesday buck bury yesterday. sky 7 hd was over that scene at saint williams church where the accident happened. that victim was flown to a nearby hospital. she has two broken arms and a cut on her head. be charged. >> anchor: more news today, officials in washington say at least three former inmates who are mistakenly released early committed crimes when they should have been this prison. police say the inmates are among 27 prisoners released early because of a computer coding glitch. a corrections department official could not comment on

prisoners have been rearrested. it's a fundamental question we need to answer is, why was this computer delay for so long and how is that possible when it sort of certainly had an impact for public safety. >> anchor: officials say five people have been brought back into custody with conveys rang ranging from assault to robbery . >> anchor: a scare in the air for passengers on board american airlines going from miami to los angeles when the cabin filled with smoke mid flight. mcneck a issues forced the pile to make an emergency landing in texas wednesday. the passengers were then put on another flight, however they had to stop in dallas to refuel. one man said he saw the smoke before any crew members and alerted a friend and. it looks like we have a fire, dude. cabin is full the smoke and then he reacted, called the pilot then all of a sudden we started going down. i started, i went back to my seat. >> anchor: we're 15 hours late

information from the flight crew. >> anchor: the passengers finally arrived in los angeles about 20 hours after they boarded their first flight. a lottery win any iowa facing criminal charges for underage criminal gambling. officials say the winner of a $1 $100,000 winner purchased his ticket illegally. he was under 21 years old when he bought that ticket. the minute age required to play the lottery in iowa. now he might not get to keep any of his winnings. there wasn't anything wrong on the face of it from that situation so long as the facts back up what occurred. in this case, in fact, the facts did not back up the story that we were presented with so then penalties will apply. we got a tip that in fact people didn't think that was the case. we looked into it and determined through our investigation that in fact he purchased the ticket which made it an illegal purchase. >> anchor: the convenience store owner who sold the ticket may also face a punishment. >> anchor: if you open up some new gifts today find a hot new gadget maybe you may want to wait a second before you take it

experts are warning these electronics could be hit by hack hackers. but as nancy chen explains there are ways you can keep that from happening. cyber criminals might be following santa down the chimney this holiday season. smart watchers and fitness tracker made security's list of most hackable gifts. many wearables use blue tooth to sync with done loaded apps . >> anchor: they can often just outside of the app and be aware of everything else that might be . >> anchor: smart phones an . often tiles cyber criminals can impersonate a ue tooth device or connection to gain access to all of the information that you might have. >> anchor: so tippers turn off using it. avoid debting to unsecured wifi networks and protect your home network. drones and camera nailed devices are another target for hackers. make sure that you maintain with that particular product.

you some of the preset passwords or settings on those particular devices . >> anchor: it can be easy to overlook the kids toys when to comes to cyber security but many modern toys are made with high-tech features . any kids toys that are in indeed connected to the internet could be vulnerable to cyber security threats and hacks. it's not just child's play. parents should be sure to change the default password and manage settings to restrict what it broadcasts to the internet. unwrapping your gadget gifts while keeping your data covered up. experts say you should also make sure your security software is up to date on your computer and mobile devices. in ay chen, 7 news . >> anchor: also on 7, a soldier from florida surprising his mom for the holidays. specialist william marlow surprised his mom this week. she was expecting to pick up her mother-in-law but she quickly realized it was a different familiar face coming down the

i couldn't believe it was him i was looking for the wheelchair for my mohter-in-law. i was lucking for someone lower down that just thought that looks a lot like him. i realized it was him. the son is a combat photo documentation specialist for the u.s. army. he just finished a nine months tour in iraq. we have breaking news that we've been following. we know there is a developments now happening with this standoff in everett. kelly o'hara live for us right now. what's going on? well, home is now on fire. there are series of explosions earlier then all of a sudden the home exploded into flames. right now. they are on scene. you can actually the smoke hoes. we have been toll to move back, move way back. this has been a very fluid situation we've been going on hour six of this standoff. we know it's all started off with reports of gunfire and then police were trying to communicate with the man for several hours.

minutes, this home has exploded into fiery ball of fire. now police here are nervous, they are panicked trying to push everyone out of this neighborhood. again, this is a very fluid situation. we're on summer street in e eeverett off route 9 9. you can see the flashlights right there. you can see the hoses, you can see the smoke also of that home that is now on fire. this is a very developing situation and we can bring you the very latest as this happens. reporting live in everett, kelly o'hara, 7 news . >> anchor: all right, keeping us update on the situation like she mentioned a lot of people being evacuated in that area that house is now on fire in everett on summer street. we'll continue to follow that for you and have more coming up very soon . >> anchor: we'll be right back

>> anchor: after years of dialysis, a man in upstate new york is getting a life changing gift this holiday season. a kidney. that man had been trying for years to get a kidney for a transplant . >> anchor: and now it's happening and it's all thanks to the person who he is now calling his christmas angel. 7's nancy chen has the story. >> anchor: bob put this sign on his truck three years ago and it's what led him to a saving

from i need a kidney to i got a kidney. and under that i will put i believe in miracles, i believe in angels because i know one . >> anchor: that angel is this postal worker in new york who was a stranger to bob less than a month ago. despite knowing nothing about hip, she volunteered to be his living organ donor. bob's rare kidney disease was on a steep decline deteriorating his body . i had a donor lined up back in may and for one reason or another didn't work out. i kind of lost hope there for a little while . >> anchor: but kim came right on time. she gave bob one her kid fees less continue a month ago and they are beth on the fast track to recovery . >> anchor: i'm healthy, i'm fine, i'm on the mend. it's definitely something that has forever changed my life in a good way. >> anchor: as son as we put it in and connectiond it to started working immediately. like it was meant to be there. >> anchor: they were meant to be. it's clear in the way they describe how they first met

finished . we hug. it was just not many words were said right then and there. it is with a university a hug. you didn't need words to express that moment for sure. it was definitely something that i will remember . a bond and a chemistry that just was fell i believe by both of us. i think our kid fees try to do the pocka . >> anchor: their friendship is full of polish pride. doctors tell bob he will make a full recovery. no more dialysis. nancy chen, 7 news. >> anchor: coming up the true holiday spirit, how a group of kids is putting celebrations on hold to make a difference in the community. >> anchor: we've certainly had the warmth with us but that turns into winter weather as we head into next weekend. i will cover it all in the forecast next. >> anchor: then at 6:00 cardinal sawn o'malley's message to politicians including donald trump on this christmas day. >> anchor: a boston bruin sharing in an adorable video of

>> anchor: good thing it was chris has eave, not halloween. night. it might not be the new car that were you hoping for but it was a present we could all enjoy. clear skies, allowing everyone to admire this lunar gift and warm temperatures too . >> anchor: it has been so nice and bree i heard you say earlier that this will be the last full moon on christmas and for a very long time. >> reporter: until 2024. it became full about an hour before it set so still a brought moon that's in store for us tonight. 62 was the high in boston today, so we didn't quite make it up to that record of 65. 60 degrees in worcester tied the old record from 1964. but we've only had the three christmases that were 60 or above and this was number 4. so that's pretty significant

any records like we did yesterday. average temperature for the point so far 46.6. this is almost 11 degrees above normal averages for this time of year. incredible. so to top this list for the warm warmest december on record. looking more and more likely now i was curious because we are looking at number one for the warmest decembers, what did the other top three warm decembers look like as far as seasonal snow totals? because we have been getting these questions so what will the season look like as far as snow goes. that's just some food for number one, two, three kind of a trend going on there. seasonal snow totals in the teens. you can take that for what it's worth. not so festive. i mention only three times since record keeping began that we've actually seen temperatures 60 or above and it really puts it into per ive to think the normal high for this time of year is just 39 degrees of before we're well above that right now. 57 in boston. 54 in worcester, 51 norwood

manageable today in the mid 40's so the air mass is not as soupy, not worried about the dense fog forming edo have some low visibility though as you get out on to the island and also showers that are crowing in so take a look not south good clip of rain on the way in for the south coast as we head into the evening hours between 70 clock and 9:00. we can roll through time line here and you can see this forecast model probably over doing it but we could get a decent round of more moderate rain it. doesn't last for very long then it moves on out. but again it's post likely across the south coast, cape and islands for this evening. mostly cloudy, that's sprinkle i mentioned 38 to 46 for our temperatures overnight very mild and then into tomorrow not as warm as it has been but still well above normal, 47 to 51 with rain working in once again late in the day to overnight tomorrow tomorrow. highs tomorrow right around 50 degrees, looks like upper 40's for boston, 52 for norwood. 48 worcester as well but look what happens with our temperatures.

cooler of the two weekend days. we're near 60 on sunday and then boy what a difference as we get into the beginning of innest week. some of the coldest weather we've seen all month long. so here is what's happening with the rain i mentioned overnight tonight and into sunday. it is well into northern new england and cold air rushes in behind it and for monday, tuesday and most of next week we're looking at much colder air so what is up with tuesday? room. that cold air is there and sometimes we see what is called cold air damning once it's there it's really dense, kind of a heavier air mass, it's really art to work out and if we see this rain work in or wet weather we should say work in the cold is still there, then it event on tuesday could start out as some snow turned to an ice or sleet event so it may make travel a little difficult for tuesday. we're keeping a close eye on it. i will tell you the models are a little encouraging today for the snow lovers looking more wet

a day to watch and we will keep you posted. police officers spreading holiday cheer by surprising dozens of families in need this christmas with gift cards. secret santa donated $50,000 to the station and now the officers are giving back to the community community. to be able to knock on her door and see her face and the reaction that we're here to provide a gift card and to bring some christmas joy just reregard warding. i they handed out 5 ungift cards in total . >> anchor: many of us celebrating the holodate a group of third graders are taking the time to give back instead of sell bringing the start of winter break these kids are pass passing on the party . they devoted their day to helping those in need. i just want to give them like as much as i can or as new as we can to them so they can just be happy . >> anchor: it's the last day before christmas for these third graders who have chosen to skip their holiday party and make the whom days a little brighter for those in need. all of the people that came

here. they don't have homes so we try to help them out, get them some stuff, . >> anchor: over the past few weeks they have been collecting items to create gift baskets dropped off at homeward bound . trying to help like in the whole town . >> anchor: teacher bretta says giving back to the community helps them understand they can make a difference in someone's life. >> anchor: this helps them see really how they can make a change in the grand valley or with people who are less fortunate. >> anchor: the decision to make the donation was left entirely up to the class. out of the goodness of their own hard . we really want more people in the community to be more safe and comfortable . i'm thinking about all of those people that don't have anything and it just kind of makes me feel sad so i just like to give back . >> anchor: giving back their realizing it's better to give than to receive. >> anchor: i i . i'm glad we did the

they get . >> anchor: this is the third year students have participated in the donation in addition to the baskets each student yet a family a card for christmas. >> anchor: next in the buzz why janet yakson is putting her tour . >> anchor: we're staying on top of breaking news coming up at 6:00 of c us mass crisis. a suspect locked in a tense standoff in everett. swat teams and officers shutting down that neighborhood. >> anchor: a crash course a driver plows into an electrical pole creating power nightmare in brockton. police trying to track down the person behind the wheel. >> anchor: in accept of a christmas miracle. a family in need of a new van for a brave little girl. how you can help get them on the

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>> anchor: bad news for janet jackson fans . the somethinger has put a world tour on hold so she can have surgery . she wrote on facebook that she will have to postpone the tour until the spring but every day will be rescheduled so fans can hold on to their tickets of she was supposed to be in boston at the end of february. a big announcement for fans of the show full house. singer carly ray general sent announcing she will sing the theme song for the 2016 spilloff "fuller house." the call me maybe singer said she redid the song's original team song and said she can't wait for fans to hear it. fuller house debuts on netflix on february 26 .

daughter planning on the nutty list this year. she posted this picture on instagram. oh man, river rose doesn't look very happy to be sitting there on santa's lap it. can be scary at first couple of times . >> anchor: i know. you see a lot of pictures like that this time of year. "star wars" star markham il ilskipped a recent pro potional premier to spend time with sick children the a british who. the actor who plays luke skywalker in the film posted this picture of a young boy listening to his heart with a toy stethoscope. she told a newspaper the movie is important but trivial by comparison . >> anchor: baby number two for bristol palin and another grandchild for sara pal inch say logical grace was "boston business journal report" on pens pens. palin hasn't specified who the father is but her pregnancy came after her engagement had ended. >> anchor: the queen goes to church. queen elizabeth attend a traditional christmas church service this morning. the small village filled. sky news says people were wait waiting since 4:00 in the

>> anchor: there is another 30 minutes of 7 news ahead, i'm jadiann thompson . noreika. 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> anchor: breaking knew at 6:00. a christmas day crisis. for the shore. streets >> anchor: christmastime warmth even a few more record setters today but not all hope is lost for winter. plowable snow on the way for tuesday. >> anchor: lights out. a reckless ride causes serious power problems in brockton. the driver on the run . hope for the holidays. a family in desperate a handicapped van. how you can help. cardinal sean o'malley serving up a special message right here boston.. >> anchor: we're following everett. >> anchor: a standoff there has haseneded. police say a man barricaded himself inside of a home. the home burst into flames not long ago of you can see fire

there. it all started when police responded to shots fired in that area . >> anchor: this went on for about six hours of you are looking at live pictures there and we're told that situation has now been resolved. kelly o'hara is live on the scene with the very latest information on this. kelly, what happens? that is the big question right now. the situation is still unfolding unfolding. as you can see the fire department is here. this standoff was progressing going on five or six hours then all of a sudden just after 5:30 this home exploded. it erupted into a big, red ball of flames. police have been asking the an who barricaded himself inside of that home all day long to please come out. they said at the wanted the standoff to end peacefully them told him several points in time to put his gun down and come out out. they said at the did not want anyone to get hurt. clearly someone has been hurt here in some shape or form. we are waiting for an update from the police chief. we don't know the situation of the man who was living inside. at one point in time we saw him

he said i have done nothing. leave me alone. stay away. now this all began just before 12:00 on this christmas day. neighbors called 911 saying they heard reports of gunfire. they heard loud booms. shortly after that, police got here, they left the home because they believed that man had guns. all day long, they sat there on their mega phones with the swat team moving in here to summer street just off of 99 asking that man to come out peacefully, saying they didn't want this to end in a bad resolution. fast forward just after 5:30 this home erupted into flames. since that point in time, this community has really been in chaos. the fire department is here, hoesing this home down. police have stood way back and clearly the swat situation is now on a stand down basis. earlier we spoke to neighbors, they were scared, take a listen as to what they had to say.