skwhr/. >> with his hands up, you can clearly see him surrendering to police after an intense 6 hour standoff. moments later, his everytime home bursting into flames. >> he came to the tpropbtd/ door, officers observed flames -- -- the fire was already go -- -- the fire was already going. stkp/ standoff just before noon on this holiday after neighbors dialed the 11, reporting sounds of gunfire.

christmas chaos for the community. >> a big bang. >> one someone toll me his >>. reporter: vectors tried to talk to the 53 -year-old man barricaded inside. >> >>. >> mow "meet the press"s late ir, the man saw us and proclaimed his innocence. >> i have done nothing to anyone. they broke into my house illegally. i didn't shoot anybody. >> he never came out again until the surrender and neighbors say the standoff ruined their holiday. >> i don't want to see s.w.a.t.

not on any day stkpwhr-fplt/ we are told he had 3 guns on him when he surrendered. he is facing lots of serious charges. state fire marshall's office is out here, trying to figure out what sparked the blaze. >> >>. >> a holiday tragedy in mill >> a holiday tragedy in millford, an apparent carbon monoxide leak. >> this is a house they have been focusing on all weekend long. just beyond t-rbgs/ flashing lights, power company back out here as well as the fire department and police department after a neighbor around the corner from where we are standing called in after they believed they smelled gas. i'm sure if it's in any way related to the carbon monoxide leak, or neighbors being overly cautious. >> no one heurd/ from the couple all christmas morning.

afternoon, the man and the woman that live in the apartment on the right were found dead in their bed. 2 people who live in an adjacent apartment in the same home were rushed to the hospital. elevated levels of carbon none oxide was found in the phaus/ house, state police leading the investigation. the board of health have deemed the 2 apartments inin habable. the leak is believed to have originated in the basement on the right. police say the people liveing in the west side kept their windows open overnight because it was so warm and that might have saved their lives. family members tell me the 2 people that died in this apartment are pwr/

>> a house in raoeultd/ goes up in flames, christmas morning fire so intense, one person had to jump through a window to escape. fire crews rescued all 9 people, everyone inside of the cranston home. investigators don't know how it started. the only person hurt was the man that jumped through the window. he has some cuts and was treated on the scene. go fund me page has been created to help familys that loss everything. local police are asking for donations of clothes and other items. power restoreed after an s.u.v. crashed into a utility pole. now police are looking for the driver and passenger who took off after causing the power outage. >> ran into a neighbor, he says we figured they came up the other street and couldn't make

of yelling and screaming. >> and so, this is the -- -- i have been here 17 years. this is the worst i have seen it type of accident. reporter: after 6 hours of no ehrebg/ treus/ 'tis, boston residents, given the gift of power later in the day. police continue to look for that driver. . temperatures still mild, how long will the warm weather last. >> let's check your forecast with bree. >> what goes up has to come down, it's still winter and still new england. highs today still new england. highs today, didn't seem like it. well into the 60s. didn't quite get to the record for boston, but still the second warmest christmas on tap on record. this has only happened 3 times in recorded history that boston hit 60 or above on

the normal is 39. pretty incredible if you look at the temperatures and hopefully, you got outside. temperatures still pretty nice and mild outside, mid-to upper 50s for us. we stay mild with mostly cloudy skies. a few sprinkles moving across the south coast. that's where they stay confined that's where they stay confined. this is the system staying to the south of us. mostly cloudy tonight, sprinkles along the south coast sprinkles along the south coast. 38-46 for the overnight lows. tomorrow, cooler, but it's all relative. a big cool down on the way. we are talking snow for next tuesday. national weather service confirming a christmas day tornado touched down in alabama tornado touched down in alabama, leave alabama, leaving behind

building. in mississippi, families spent the day clearing what was lift for their homes, trying to cope with the devastation left behind by tornados. heavy rain pounding many southern states, makeing it tough for rescue crew cues to comb through. >>. reporter: the season of giving took on new mining. conations pouring in. christmas toys along with food and clothing. reporter: around clarks dale as many as 20 homes were gone. skwhr/ my heart goes out to these people. they are in pain and it hurts me to see them suffer. >> the youngest being a 7

mississippi, maxi!max!maxi and ellen, together for 30 years, died together in their home. their daughter writing about it on social media. >> in continue see, -- -- 3 teens killed in that state. warm weather system blamed for the torrential downpours in georgia. skpwhr/ that's our picnic table -- -- that trapped dozens of residents in their home. >> multiple families have been rescued. millions more bracing far flash flooding that could strike the southeastern region. a caring community coming together to save christmas for a local family. we first told you yesterday thieves targeting a single mother and her 5 kids,

home, stealing her gifts. susan is live in dorchester with this happy ending to the story. 24-hours ago that the single mother of 5 had no tree, had no presents for her children. they all have been stolen. when people in the community heard about this, they wanted to make sure this mom had her own christmas pheur/ shr/ miracle. >>reporter: in her dorchester home, not one, but 2 christmas trees, brought here knowing her kids needed it more. there was plenty to open christmas morning. boston police, e m s-frplgts/ and perfect stranger s-frplgts/ and perfect strangers, brought board games -- -- replacing what a thief stole 3 days ago. >> these are just good people that wanted to help and put a smile on a kid's face. reporter: tuesday, she came

of the prepts for her kids stolen. then to make phatders worst, they had to move for safety raoerpbs on christmas eve. >> to have nothing ufpbd/ the tree, i thought they must have really needed it, because i would never take from children. i would never want a child to wake up with nothing unthe tree wake up with nothing unthe tree. reporter: santa in the form of an entire community stepped forward to make sure this christmas was merry and bright. >> just to see the expression on their face there morning was enough for me. >> colleen said she doesn't have a lot of money, but she intends to pay this forward. a teacher holding out hope for the holiday spirit, her daughter is battle daughter is battling a rare

to get around. -- -- john cocoa spoke with the family about their christmas campaign. >> i carry her out and my house >> i carry her out and my house, as you see, has stairs. >> she's not able to walk, talk >> she's not able to walk, talk. -- -- >> any time amanda leaves her house, she has to pick up abby, who weighs 50 pounds and put it in her car. she has to do the same for her daughter's stroll same for her daughter's stroller, another 50 pound pick up. >> she's getting too heavy for me to pick up. reporter: that's why she is hoping her christmas wish is covered. the big problem, cost, $50000, $60000. >>reporter: amanda is looking

raised $18000. >> if i fall and get hurt -- -- >> her belly landed on my face and i korbt/ lift her up. >> for abby, amanda keeps hope >> for abby, amanda keeps hoping. >> typically, it would make it better. >> if you would like to help, check out the go fund me page and up next from the night team, he is hopeing to have the last laugh. after his beauty paeplgt/ blunder went viral, steve harvey is having fun -- -- >> it looks like we could have some plowable no on tuesday. i'll tell you where it is coming up. cripple crippling winter weather terror attacks in san

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shootings from the south east to the northeast made the nation pause and reflect. >> here's adam williams with a look back at the memorable moments that impacted our nation this year in 7's top reporter: in 2015, mass shootings made headlines. san bernardino, 14 killed, 22 injured when a husband and wife went on a shooting spree at a county run holiday event. >> it was like a normal day and next thing you know, we her this big boom and it keeps going and going. >> in charleston, south carolina, hate was responsible, a white supremacist sat down to

emanuel afrpblgt/ ph-frpblgt/ e church and shot 9. >> these people were in church. >> the next morning, he was caught. >> the grace the victim's family showed echoed by the predz/ -- predz/ the president. >> and for the last time, the confed rate flag came down from the south carolina capitol. >> hopefully, the emoonual 93 is looking down, feeling proud. >> the supreme court ruled same sex marriage was legal across ph-rbg/. >> we do not tolerate laws that disadvantage people people because of who they were. >> same sex couples were allow >> same sex couples were allowed to marry in all 50 states. >> you may kiss your bride. >> the search was on this sum irin upstate new york. when 2

escaped. they had help from a woman that worked at the prison woman that worked at the prison. nearly 3 weeks later, one was found in the area, police shot and killed him. 2 days after that, the other was shot and taken into custody. >> today ends with good news. these were really really dangerous men. >> the death of freddie gray in baltimore set up riots. >> the freddie gray situation was the straw that broke the camel's back. >> days later, sis police police officers were charged in connection with his death. >> we have probable cause to file criminal charges. >> an officer in south carolina faces charges after shooting and killing a suspect. mother nature was busy in 2015. it was a winter that wouldn't quit was a winter that wouldn't quit, from snow in the northeast to record cold in the south and springtime in texas, heavy rains made for flash

in america. in la pay yet, louisiana, 2 were killed. >> we are here today to say enough is enough. >> in oregon, a classmate killed 9 before killing himself himself. >> dispatch as many ambulances as possible. spreupg/ spreupgs, a man opened fire at a planned parenthood. >> even though -- -- you hear news like this and you transform right back into that time. >> in virginia, a shooting on camera, a photographer and news womb killed in the middle of a live shot. >> my heart is broken. >> in september, a visit by the pope. his first visit to you

>> no limo for this pontiff. his tiny fiat and his message took washington, new york and philadelphia by storm. francis at age 78 kissing babies, blessing thousands and bringing hope to america. >> may god bless you all. god bless america. that was adam williams reporting. tomorrow at 11:00, we'll look back at the stories of the year amazing looking back at those images from last winter. what a year, we started off 2015 record-breaking cold and possibly record-breaking december temperatures as well. we are running 11 degrees above average. still on track to go down in the history books as the warmest december on record for boston. cold and snow on the way, it looks that way, but

or 2 more average days. didn't make it to records, 62 for boston was the high, 60 degrees tied the record in wooster. cooler of the 2 weekend days tomorrow with highs near 50. we get another boost on some, but look at the sharp dropoff monday, topping out in the mid-30s. that will help because we have become very used to this, kurpt/ temperatures in the mid-to low 50s. right now, cloud cover with us will keep you're temperatures mild overnight. not as concerned with the dense fog that we saw last night, but we do have a few sprinkles, but not a lot of rain at this point not a lot of rain at this point. we are looking for more rain to work in tomorrow night into early sunday. it scums along with a warm front, so a boost in temperatures keeps the snow and rain/snow mix,

in mind for your travel plans. pho+p/'s temperatures, so much colder than where we have been. i want to give you a look at the time line. overtphaoeulgt/ into early sunday, plus lingering showers sunday could make for a pretty wet day on sunday. i have a fair travel day on sunday, keeping in mind frozen precipitation as you get into tphorpbg/ new england. monday looks good, even some sunshine on tap for us were the cold temperatures, but tuesday looks to be a bit of a tricky mess. i think we can plan on a mess. here's the set up. cool air as we get a wet system moving from the southwest, the 2 of those collide, starting off with snow and ice, changing over to rain in the afternoon. still some details to nail on,

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you get rephaoeupded of this on occasions like this. patriots releasing on christmas day, roster move making way for troy hill. assuming cleveland clear hill. assuming cleveland clears waivers, the patriots can assign him to the practice squad. a unit allowing ufpbd/ 20 points per game. third in the league with 28 take aways. and the defense that features rivas the defense that features rivas. >> just a great player. i think he did a lot of things really well. it's fun to watch him play. he has a very unique style but he certainly locks this guy down. that's pretty impressive to do it for as many years as he has. >> bruinss and canadiens one

storied rivalry outdoors in the nhl annual game. >> growing up, i was a nor dicks fan and the raoeufpl/ dicks fan and the raoeufplly with montreal was definitely up there, as well. it was pretty easy for me to make the transition. definitely going to make everything great for everyone come january 1st. harvard and hawaii taking on the third-ranked oklahoma in the championship game. tommy, hitting the deck with the loose ball. knowing how to finish it on the other end. huge night. harvard on top of third-ranked

blowing the doors off. o u, 83 blowing the doors off. o u, 83-71 win. >> chicago bulls visiting oklahoma city, clock winding down in the first quarter, check out jimmy butler beating the horns from near mid-court. butler, bringing home our play of the day. former b u terrier, return former b u terrier, returning to boston tomorrow, bruinss host buffalo at the

>> >>. >> and we are out of time, thank you so much for spending your christmas with us. jimmy fallon is next. >> hope you had a great christmas, "7 news"continues at 6:00 am -- -- one last time,

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