charged with sexual saults. cold air stuck in place freezing rain advisory still in effect. how long icy weather lasts coming up. new at 11 a little boy gets a big honor from fire department. how rescued his older brother brother from potentially deadly situation. a look back at the memorable moments from hollywood. it's tonight's 7's top 7. 7 news at 11 starts now. >> anchor: first at 11, another round of freezing rain is hitting new england tonight. temperatures are also falling fast right now. the big question will it clear out in time to celebrate new year's eve. to answer that question, yes we're fine on new year's eve the issue is mainly over the next three, four, five hours. freezing rain advisory goes is in effect in lingers until 3 o'clock in morning. expecting freezing rain over the next several hours. boston we're fwov freezing that's good news there at 34 degrees. but just north and west of the city. that we're below freezing still

29 in nashua, new hampshire. take look at the radar, that moisture that shower activity is working in to the sub freezing air we do get freezing rain. which is super cool water droplets that freeze on contact and give you that glaze whether whether it be driveway sidewalks or even roadway or car tops. most main roads treated well should fair okay. a lot of glazing going on to car tops and some the side streets. basically seeing a little bit patchy freezing rain just to west boston through merry will valley southern new hampshire and back edge now into eastern new york. this moisture will work out of here as early as 6, 7, 8 o'clock in the morning. i think a lot of slick spots will occur mainly before 3 o'clock in morning. once we get into tomorrow morning, temperatures start the day with showers ending at about 7 o'clock in morning. and then, we thaw out. mid 40s in afternoon. 7 day forecast ahead looks good. now from the night team, a

alarming allegations. bill cosby charged. completed unwas arraigned in pennsylvania courtroom today. answering to sex assault charges going back to 2004. night team ryan schulteis in our newsroom with cosby legal team is saying tonight. ryan. adam tonight bill cosby outs on bail but alleged victims say thisser relieved he's finally facing charges. he was an america's most beloved t vvlt father now officially charged with sexual assault. bill cosby arrived in small courthouse in pennsylvania walking slowly with the help of his lawyers and said nothing. >> mr. cosby how do you feel sir? this is first time 78-year-old has been criminally charged. he post ad $1 million bond, was finger printed and had his mug shot taken police department charge three counts aggravated felony indecent assault dating back from an incident in 2004. investigators say former temple

>> he urged her to take pills, that he provided to her to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond to his advances and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her. she filed a criminal complaint but da said at the time there was enough evidence to file charges a year later she filed a civil lawsuit that allege 13 other victims including barbara bowman. i cried when i found out there were 13 women i didn't think there were two, i thought there was one, me. a didn't stop allegations from pouring in now than 50 women say they were sexual assaulted many with similar torre story they were given drugs that knocked them out and then attacked. cosby denies allegations in statement lawyers said make no mistake we intend to mount vigorous defense and we expect mr. cosby will be exonerated by

gloria allred represents 29 other alleged victims whose cases are past statute of limitations. seeing him criminally charged and having to face trials best christmas present that they have ever received. and bill cosby will be back in court in few weeks if convicted he could spend ten years in prison. in control room ryan schulteis. we're folly breaking news. a friend san bernardino shooter has formally indicted on terrorism charges today. police say enrique marquez bought assault rifles used in tragic shooting investigators believe he planned two other terrorist attacks in 2011 and 2012 but never carried them out. syed farook. 14 people were a killed and 22 others were injured. shooters were killed by police in shoot out following that attack. marquez will be arraigned on january 6th. also from at night team police in new hampshire say this

swerving into wrong side of road slamming into secret service car that was part hillary clinton's detail. one person was killed. the night team susan tran is in wakefield live with more. susan. >> reporter: adam, that driver wasn't even supposed to be driving. police say his license had been suspended since 2014. and they believe he was trying to pass a car when he crossed over the double yellow lines hitting those agents. 45-year-old bruce danforth killed his girlfriend and friend seriously hurt. police say danforth was driving on icy route 16 in wakefield, new hampshire tuesday night when he crossed the double yellow lines and crashed head-on into a car with four secret service agents. >> mr. danforth did no possess a valid driver's license at the time of the accident mr. danforth was known to us and he has an 77s criminal history. the car he was driving in pieces. first responder had to cut doors

inside. the new hampshire roofer today dad of five and grandfather of 7 wasn't even supposed to be driving police say. when he crashed into at four agents sending them all to the hospitalbelieve they just come from a campaign >> they were working a part the protection, protection efforts for secretary clinton. presidential candidate hillary clinton released a statement saying my husband and i send our prayers and condolences to all victims and their families. we are grateful every day for the service, dedication and service. >> and theed very latest from the secret service, a three of the agents have been released from the hospital. one still remains. as for bruce danforths passengers are still in hospital. live in wakefield, new hampshire tonight opinion susan tran, 7 news night team. new at 11 a little boy's quick thinking may have saved his big brother's life after car carbon mo knocks you had leak

tim caputo live in douglas with the story. tim. >> liz, this is time year people start turning there heat on also time you start hearing carbon monoxide poisoning cases and typically not good news. in this case it is. fire department and police department here in douglas commending that joining boy for doing right thing ats exactly the right time. >> wednesday morning ten-year-old braden wilcox broke up to sound of beeping. i thought it was spoke detector his older brother also in bed heard beeping too like lot of people do i ignored it i just alert. because usually we have that in our smoke detectors. so as i was half asleep i was thinking nothing big. so i should just probably go back to sleep. their mom happened to call told braden to check carbon monoxide detector downstairs. when ten-year-old realized that is where sound was coming he knew exactly what to do. i woke up my brother. we went outside and then we called the fire department. douglas fire department arrived

we proceeded inside to meter the building. we immediately got alarms. of high carbon monoxide levels. boy's mother wan oh the phone with braden whole time. feeling of helplessness. i was still having knots in my stomach thinking what if could have happened. thankfully neither boy was hurt and to make sure it stay that is was the family bought three knee co detectors. turns out braden had a little help he wroent recently completed fire department student awareness fire education or safe program and says that's how he knew to get out of the house immediately. he needs to be commended i'll putting him in recommending him for a young hero award. douglas brave rest consider him a hero so does his older broe. he saved my life i guess you could say i'm proud of him for doing that. >> and family says they believe the or i didn't know of carbon monoxide leak was burner a furnace in basement. they've since fixed problem and also have though three new carbon monoxide detectors to boot. live tonight in douglas, tim

right now breaking news. nhl suspending bruins forward brad marchand for three games. tonight announcement means marchand is out for the winter classic. which happens on new year's day. >> let's get to night team trey daerr with more on suspension and game gillette stadium normally reserve for new england super bowl champ. and host for winter classic second time bruins will hosting and one they will have to play without their leading goal scorer. beginning look a lot look hockey gillette stadium amazing. yeah. definitely different. for brad marchand today's family skate is as close as he'll get to the to winter classic. >> marchand tangled earning a three-game suspension for clipping ottawa's mark mean's he'll miss nhl's marquis event. he's big part of our offense and our team. and we will see what happens.

time replace marchand in line up doer chest are jimmy hays dealing with ticket related headaches. 22. yeah. i had to buy them all. christmas gifts i guess. max getting ready fourth winter class scopic most meaningful one yet. appreciate it even more. i feel these family skates are so fun because you know, my son's about two years old and first time on skates. yeah, so, i had to go bro going these memory you will cher rick forever. even more memorable if you come out on top. regular season game. but at the same time it's a special moment for everyone. and you want to play your best. now both teams will be on the ice in foxboro tomorrow for practice. then the alumni game takes center stage at 3:30. live in newsroom trey daerr, search news night team. you can catch aum action from winter classic right here on 7 nbc. puck drops 1:00 p.m. again new year's day be sure to stay tuned for complete post game coverage right here after the game. as boston prepares to ring in

putting safety first for first night. this is from first night last year. and this year you can expect an increased police presence on new year's eve in copley square. officials so i there will be more guards and undercover officers in ever in light recent terror attacks. people are being told to lever pack backs and coolers a home officials also telling people to have fun but to be aware of their surroundings. >> i'm very confident but i always encourage public like any event if they see something out of the ordinary they have to say something. have fun, be safe. but also be smart when you come out and you celebrate the ringing in of 200 sin. officials say there are no credible terror threats at this >> all right there's still much team. up next wild weather strikes the major travel in midwest rising waters cause serious damage. helping a little boy battling a rare disease.

freezing rain over next several hours and few year forecast look good. take look weekend ahead. from hollywood to galaxy far, far away we're taking look biggest stories in entertainment

agency we look back an including indicated lynn jenner and big changes in late night. we can't forget the return to galaxy far, far away. kim khazei takes look back memorable money in seven's top seven. after months speculation an olympic gold medal revealed he was transitionings later coming

jenner jenner son-in-law omar odom made headlines estranged husband khloe kardashian was found unconscious brothel in las vegas in october. he's still recovering a los angeles hospital. charlie sheen coming clean about his health. i'm here to admit that i am in fact hiv positive. actor diagnosed four years ago said he decided to make the announcement after paying out upwards of $10 million to keep the illness a secret. another year of loss for family whitney houston appeals three years popeye con drowned in bath it up her daughter was also found face down and unresponsive in a tub. brown underwent treatment but never regained consciousness. she passed away six months later. in you will sincerity, live long and prosper. >> the world mourned passing of leonard this year. the boston native was best known for playing one messy iconic

that's quite logical star trek's mr. spock. he was 83. another galaxy far, far away, made headlines this year. a star wars proved it is still a force with which to be reckoned film stormed past jurassic world to biggest box office opening ever. for last time, on television program, thank you and good night. after 33 years on the air, david letterman signed off one last time. his departure made room for steven colbert to take over the late show. this is it. colbert comedy central counterpart jon stewart walked away from dale show after 16 years behind the desk. england welcomed princess in spring of 2015. the duchess of cambridge gave birth to princess charlotte elizabeth diana. her name honoring several family members both past and present. >> it was address debate that

cocktail dress divided country was blue and black or white and gold? confirmed iths true colors. and unlikely star was born during super bowl half time show this year left shark quickly became a fan favorite back up dancer was seen dancing awkwardly behind katy perry. cambridge native ben afleck and his wife calling it quits. it was later rumored that afleck had an affair with their nanny. >> voice coach blake shelton gwin stefani split from their spouses. . a few months later the singer confirmed they were dating. decided to nothing a new direction. the singer left one direction to focus on his solo career. remain four members went on to release another album but

extended hiatus next year. adele came back stronger than afr after taking hiatus of her own shattering records with her latest album, 25. >> that was kim khazei reporting don't forget to tune in tomorrow night for our final 7's top 7 list. all right a streak of wild weather ripping through the midwest. flood trouble leave damage through several towns in missouri. we have some video in from there. historic weather has washed away bridges and highway. officials say 12 of the 14 confirmed deaths are related to waters sweeping away people's cars. missouri governor jay nixon declaring a state of emergency and calling in national guard to help with evacuation. very trouble image coming from there and our situation isn't nearly as bad we are going to have to watch out for those roads. because they could get icy overnight. yeah freezing rain work throwing u as we speak. taking a look at the temperature in boston. it's sort of wobbling back and forth between 32 and 36 depending oh wind direction.

stretching all way up into merrimac valley. certainly below the freezing mark here into upper 20s and lower 30s. same case out worcester count then you work your way down 495 attleboro foxboro running right around freezing with moisture coming in we have had some areas of freezing rain. visibility reduced as well with a fog in place. ats love low level moisture in place. basically the atmosphere got stuck at the lowest level today temperatures did not move much now radar showing all pockets of freezing rain working in you notice some yellow and oranges showing up no northwest worcester counts. i wouldn't surprised to couple sleet pellets mixed in with freezing rain. piece of ice that bounces off car or bounces off object it hits freezing rain super cooled lick wit droplets that give you that glaze that freeze on contact to current tops and roads sidewalks and driveways we have that north and west of boston.

freezing or just below freezing if roads have been salted and sanded most of main roads should be okay. going to be secondary roads that are untreated. driveways sidewalks that will be slickest over next several hours moisture continues to push in to that sub freezing air. and really through about 3 o'clock in morning although there may be pockets just after that too still click here, just away from the immediate coastline. and i notice it down bristol county to include folks in attleboro. stretches out through worcester count over next few hours. now as we go through the rest of the night into early morning hours tomorrow precipitation begins to taper off. still could a couple showers left over. six, seven, 8 o'clock in morningbut once that west wind kicks in we will shake off cloud cover too. we will get back to at least partly sunny skies for the afternoon. i think that transitions late morning into the early afternoon. and then once that happens, temperatures jumping up into 40s for all of us. so we'll shake off slippery spots and if you had that

continue to be froze ensolid today we'll do melting tomorrow. confident that we'll get el with have above freezing mark thanks to west wind kicking in on in temperature going up into 40s. still at 7:00 p.m. in city of boston. between 38 and 40 degrees midnight to 35. windchill factor down to upper 20s with a little bit of a breeze overall a comfortable night for first night. in city of boston. comfortable out there, a gillette. yes, winter classic featuring temperatures into the upper 30s. see this cold blast to the north that will be with us on monday. perhaps a snow shower or flurry early as well. guys. >> all right chris, thanks. all right firefighters grandson gaining support from the entire department 4-year-old jay is battling the same type of cancer his neighbor once did woburn firefighters have come together to help the family out. joey was diagnosed with neuro blast oh ma while his neighbor was finishing her treatments. both patients grandfathers worked for woburn fire

family and community members are floored with how this tragedy struck twice. we work together, we play together, we raised our kids together. two people in the same neighborhood just across the street from each other. it was unbelievable. we're all family. once you're in you're in. and their family is our family. vice versa. last year woburn firefighters raised $20,000 to help brooklyn. now they've opened account looking to help joey. if you had like to help we have information on our websites, www.whdh.com. trey as we look forward to winter classic a big hit for bruins. yeah. brad marchand cross line again in eyes nhl going to cost him a chance to play in showcase game of the nhl. speaking class i one hard wood all time greats playing final visit to td garden highlights kobe fwrient farewell to boston

and now time for 7 sports sports with trey daerr. family skate day gillette stadium bruins and hopefully brad marchand got his fill winter classic when puck drops

comforts the press box serving first leg of his three-game suspension. nhl handing down 3-game ban for clipping anth on senator mark. and citing marchand status riept offender and doling out explain. now b last carry on without their leading goal scorer everyone has had circled on there calendars for quite a while. bruins and canadian face off 2016 winter classic right here. we'll get you ready all week long. leading right up to puck drop at 1:00 p.m. on new year's day. make no mistake about it this weekend visit to mime business trip to for patriots if they come home with win and number one overall seed afc it will let tom brady cross another big item. great goal for us to be number one seed. and a lot goes into that. lot off season work. by lot of players and coaches. organization to get to this point. so, there's only one team that gets number one seed.

it means you've done things better than anybody else over the course of the season and put ourselves in good position hopefully we can go finish strong. tonight celtic fans get a chance to honor kobe bryant not 5-if i am nba champion. that guy is long gone. and instead kobe rounding 19th and finally season in nba. sadly doing so for the worst laker team in nba history. late show with 5 wins, boston still show plenty of love to kobe gives right back on causeway street. missed his first eight shots. third quarter kobe, kind of sort of getting up to dunk looking like showtime version of as many 14. now one time kobe had ups like this late in third marcus smart skying over julius randall. huge stick back. rough landing but he jogs it off night however all about the black mamba. late in 4 spotting up deep triple putting this one out of reach. kobe goes 15 on 5 of 18

lakers win it 112 over 104 kobe leaving garden a winner for one last time. >> i wish i could do more to show my gratitude to him i just try to say thank you as much as i possibly could. and a weird feeling to walking across court and look thing down at the logo. as possible. and allegation aside payton manning set to do something sunday for first time in his nfl career play role back up to brock. that's means a house full of people, so hurry and get only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available,

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