us the graze in combination withll of the puddles and slush refreezing has caused a lot of issues on the roadways especially side streets and some of the secondary roads. right now. 28 degrees in boston. 24 in worcester. still 43 down through plymouth and look at the nulls in boston. -- numbers in boston, you extend out to deadum had a and randolph at 29. low to mid 20s merrimack valley and north of west of 495 we've been in the 20s much of the day. bridge watt, west bridgewater 35 degrees, this number is dropping 3 degrees in the last few minutes here. that cold air continuing to press down to southeastern massachusetts. so we'll continue to see cooling conditions. icy spots for sure this evening. that will continue overnight tonight. some of the freezing drizzle tapering off otherwise the seven-day forecast looks uneventful. >> breaking news from the mbta, shuttle buses being used on the blue line

to be made on the timing. >> anchor: timing communicate be worse. -- couldn't be worse. timm has on update for us. >> reporter: i could tell you things have improved slight lie here. there was a crowd of several hundred people here about 20 minutes ago waiting for the bus service that is replacing the train service here on the blue line. you see the reason why people, a lot of them coming to the doors to be surprised and when they pull on it it's locked. they closed downed blue line about an hour and a half ago because of a grate that fell inside one of the tunnels. they're doing bus service between boden and maverick. it's cold outside. a lot of frustrated people especially here at the bowedin stop. also at the aquarium stop because so many people were going to the state street bus when buses were coming to pick up people they were' getting full at state street so people were here at boden

several passed before they can get on. many people forced to wait over appear hour to get on one of the buses. >> everybody is, we vice-president officials from what to do or i've been waiting for about an hour. >> i've been coming back and forth fon are a hour now. my car is at beach mount. i'm cold. >> reporter: here you go. live look, picture outside the buses that are showing up they're absolutely packed to the brim. they're going to squeeze on. if you go to the left to show this back doo people trying to squeeze only the buses because it's so cold outside and they've been minutes. they're turning these people away at this point. meaning they'll have to wait for the next bus, from what we've seen some of the buses are coming in full so who knows how long these commuters will have to wait. tim caputo, 7 news.

taking a look at the roads. a little bit of a slushy mess out there. nick emmons is in our traffic tracker in tux -- looking. >> getting off on 62 here heading to wilmington. the highway looks pretty good but as you can see from our wipers, they have been working overtime this evening trying to clear off the wind shield with all the gunk that builds up. the side roads are the roads you need to be concerned about. they've been freezing over. temperature right now outside of our car is about 25 degrees. so that is below the freezing mark. it's freezing the outside north of the city. so be careful as you are driving around especially on the secondary roads. those can be especially dangerous, we've seen one accident already, a mini van spun out of control into a utility pole. so take it easy out there on the roads. give yourself extra time getting to where you need to g. the latest live from the emmons, 7 news.

mix on the roads causing accidents over the state today. as knick was just talking about. at least one he saw. it has been slow going no where you where you are. the merrimack valley hit the jackpot when comes to the alt of snow. it took a lot to get it cleaned up. general egan has a look for us. >> reporter: there was quite a bit of work to do throughout the day. 93 the traffic is moving just right along. it was the side streets that you had to be concerned about. for people in charge of clearing those side streets the question was whether or not to plow today. snow packed streets making for dangerous driving. the driver of this mini van spun off the road. this man was in the passenger seat. >> it is very slippery. it's icing on top. >> reporter: in andover the town decided to salt the them. the driver of this maz ratty wishes they had done more to clear the road. >> you think they would have been looking forward to this. [laughter.]

but yeah, no, it's pretty bad. >> reporter: she lost control of her car. >> i just hit some patch of ice and it went sailing. >> you get two and a half inches of snow, and you know there, is always a question would you have been better off treating or would you have been better off plowing? >> a little icy. >> reporter: ralph will tell you it is icy out. >> i tried to make a snowman. and i lost it. >> reporter: less than ideal conditions for driving and making a snowman. >> if there is more snow like it usually is. snowman. but i don't think i can right now. >> reporter: you have to give ralph credit. he was trying but this is what you are going to be battling now. everything really has frozen over. here in andover they have been salting throughout the day. again they're hoping it does melt away. live in andover jennifer egan, 7 news. >> adam: the big board is

out there looking up at your flight right there and those coming in. those going out. offices at logan airport are asking passengers to check with their airline for information about their flights. remember you can track this storm or what is left of it with our weather app. - go to our app store, down load it for the latest weather updates. >> we're following breaking news. family of a missing man from avon tells 7 news his remains have been found. james robertson was last seen on new years day in 2014. police told him his repairs were found in upton by a hunter. four men including a dedham police officer are facing charges for his kidnapping. >> anchor: breaking tonight a teen shot an killed when a gunman opens fire on the streetings of mattapan. tonight police are trying to track down the person who pulled the trigger. jonathan hall is live there in mattapan with the breaking details for us, jon. >> reporter: the boston police shooting investigation has turned into a homicide probe.

here on this street about a quarter to 9:00. some of them weak up to shooting, sirens, crete screaming inned streets. it was tough to watch. >> there was two guyings laying in the streets. one was yelling like he was in pain recommendation a sad time in mattapan assed about records another murder err days after christmas. >> i heard one of the guys screaming "he shot me, owe shot me." >> reporter: police think someone in a dark colored acura drove by two teens and opened fire gunning them down in broad day light. >> they were' pressing on his stomach to make sure there is no more blood coming out. he kept screaming asking if he was going to die. >> reporter: one of the teenagers did die. another teen suffered a wound to his lower body and is expected to survive. >> he was able to lift off his hands. i want to say like his leg area. like below the waist. >> reporter: police removed bags of evidence.

casings and raided a triple decker where they thought a suspect may be hiding. >> we called in our tactic alants. we did a sweep. >> they came through thebox back actually. we heard a lot of ruckus so we opened the back door and they came in. they searched every we are with the dog. they went upstairs. >> reporter: nothing here? >> no. >> reporter: mr. evans tell us police welcome anonymous information. call the crime stoppers tip line. they're hoping to individual video from the street that could lead them to the black acura. live in mattapan, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> anchor: in andover a man behind bars tonight accused of pulling a gun on a snow plow driver. tonight the man is locked up in police are calling it a case of road rage. kelli o'hara spoke to the victim, she is live in haverhill tonight with details, what happened? >> reporter: what a day it

he says he had been driving and he knew he was cut off with a man driving a land recovery. the two pulled in a parking lot and a weapon was whipped out. a neighbor saw everything, called 911 and when police got there they arrested a man, michael mccull yen of andover for allege lid pointing a pistol at a snow pl driver. in court he had to answer to a jung and that snow plow driver says he is glad this man is blind bars. >> he stepped back. he pushed me back and stepped back and drew his weapon. and pointed it right at me. so. >> >> reporter: what were you thinking? >> it was scary, it's, it's is not what you expect in andover at 10:00 in the morning. >> reporter: mccullum is being held without bail. he is blind bars. he is going to face a judge on thursday for a dangerousness hearing. he is facing serious charge,

deadly weapon. in haverhill tonight kelli o'hara, 7 news. >> anchor: there is so much more to come here on 7 news. >> adam: a cue stop in new hampshire for hillary clinton, talking to voters in portsmouth but can she trump? >> this new born with special ties to one of the bay state's famous families. >> adam: why the b.'s will have to be on the balls in their final tune up before the winter classic. remember that you can catch the bruins take on montreal in the winter classic. puck drops at 1:00 pm new years day and after the game

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>> anchor: breaking news now from the blue line. this is our first look at the urgent repairs being made right now inside a tunnel. the mbta tweeting out this picture. it shows crews working to fix a grate that had come loose. shuttle buses are being used between maverick and bodyin stations tonight while repairs are being made. >> adam: to the race for the white house taking us up to new hampshire. hillary clinton changing the conversation. this comes after donald trump unleashed on the clinton family the democratic candidate steering clear of those controversial comments. >> elizabeth: it was all bit of shifting her focus to the issues, we've more on her message. >> reporter: hillary

she came here to talk about alzheimer's and take questions. >> i need all of you. >> reporter: it's crunch time. while hillary clinton is the national front runner she has fallen blind bernie sanders in new hampshire, so she working to convince voters here she is the best person for the job. >> the decision that new hampshire makes is so important. >> reporter: come next week she is leaning on bill clinton to sway granite state voters, too, a move that is giving g.o.p. rival trump a new target to go after. >> there were' certainly a lot of ibuse of women and you look at whether it's monika lewinski or paula jones and that will be fair game. >> reporter: clinton supporters who stood in the snow to hear from him in portsmouth today stay trump's tacktic is a low blow. >> it's important for the candidates to focus more on what they would do as opposed to dissing their fellow candidates.

for trump going after bill clinton to get to hillary clinton. i think it might back fire on him. >> reporter: mrs. clinton focused her attention on alzheimer's. she is proposing putting $2 billion a year towards prevention, treatment and a cure. >> the problems that keep you up at night are ones that we also have to take seriously. >> reporter: former president bill clinton will join the campaign january 4th. reporting live from portsmouth new hampshire, kimberly bookman, news. >> former new york govern george pataki is dropping out of the race. he had trouble gaining traction in the polls and neff made the main stage at any point. >> reporter: kennedys welcoming an adorable addition to the family. joe kennedy announcing ta his wife gave birth to a baby girl elinor.

she is the couple's first child. congratulations to them. she is adorable. >> what a way to start a new year or end a year going into new year. coming to them. what is the status on the storm. >> look you a warm am cozy, if you have to get outside we've seen a lot of the ice become more of a concern as slush and puddles refreeze. dealing with freezeever freezing drizzle in the

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>> announcer: now 7 weather with meteorologist chris lambert. >> freezing rain advicery in effect. now that we're seeing a lot of precipitation but what drizzle is left out there is freezing on contact. thus the freezing drizzle and that layer of ice, that glaze a that we have outside. you will need the ice scraper for the car there. going to see the patchy freezing drizzle freeze and two mile visibility in boston, three miles in preliminary out. fog out there indicating that we have the low-level moisture in place. the radar doesn't look all that impressive but it's under the radar opinion you need a little bit of the patchy mist and drizzle to create icy spots as well as the cold temperatures that have been nose do i having here this afternoon and -- nose diving. the colds air originated out of western maine and once

the north it drained to the merrimack valley then down into the city of boston. essentially what happened earlier today the east wind was strong enough to scour out some of the colds air and the hold it up to the north. now once the wave of low pressure slid to the east of us,the wind turned back out of the north and the cold air came back down through southern new england. so we have that concern for the refreeze and black ice tonight. 28 in the city of boston. 41 down in plymouth. 29 in norwood. basically you are following that front again. essentially right along 24 right now. randolph below freezing. west bridgewater about to go back below freezing. 29 foxboro so seeing the cold area deep down 95 and we'll see the cold area in place. temperatures hold down to the 20's where do we go from here? temperatures tomorrow afternoon above the freezing mark. closer to 40 degrees. evening showers swinging through then that is it. quiet weather, seasonal

>> announcer: time for 7 sports with trey daerr. >> it's not just any one thing that doomed the bruins a year ago but no one thing may have had a bigger impact that david creechy skating in just 47 games. he is on the shelf again and the bruins are hoping their response is different this time around. enter ryan spooner, the 23-year-old chipping at 22 points. on the power play. while spooner will spot into the stop spot replacing everything he brings to the rink is a team wide responsibility. >> i think it's so important that our group as a whole on the ice takes charge. so maybe you got to get grittier. maybe you got to tie up. go for liz pucks. >> i'm excited for it and i have to be confident in myself and just believe i can get the job done and i'm going to go out there and try to use my speed and

end and see how that goes. >> reporter: once tonight's skate is in the books the b.'s can shift outdoors but they would be lying if they said they aren't already started to think ahead of the quints classic. >> it will be a fun experience just being out there. you know, with the, in the pats stadium and having that many people there watching the game and i'm sure everyone will be a little tipsy after the tail gate parties. >> i'm sure the atmosphere is going to be amazing. special to be a part of and i'm not sure what to expect but i'm sure it's going to be a great event. >> reporter: bruins and habs face off. we'll get you ready all week long up to puck drop at 1:00 pm on new years day. when the lowly lakers come calling the celtics will have a golden opportunity to run their winning streak to five straight.

retirement tour making its one and only stop through boston. black mamba making his final visit to the garden where players and fans will have a chance to show their spent to the future hall of famer who is not nearly as intimidating as everyone says he is. >> i mean he is supernice, he is supernice to me. hi team mates when you go out there don't look at him. don't talk to him or anything, he is going to -- he use -- >> you know don't look him in the eyes, leave him along. he came up to me, patted me on the back said how is your mom? i was like she is all right. she is all right. >> reporter: red sox losing another legends,ed from malzone passing away. he spent 11 years with the sox being selected as an all-star hitting more homers driving in more runs than any other third basemen in history.

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