the baby was taken to norwood hospital. d.c.f.has been notify and we are staying on top of the story for you. >> ryan: also four men blind bars charged with distributing a deadly dose of heroin. the batch is labeled as hollywood and it's many plameed for eight deaths in western mass. >> jadiann: nick emmons joins us with the latest. >> reporter: the charges that the four men are facing could become more severe because the heroin they're accused of distributing caused several deaths. >> there is a potential for very serious charges. >> reporter: four men arraigned in springfield district court accused of dealing with batch of heroin that led to several overdoses deaths in western massachusetts. >> it's not a victimless crime. drugs put our victims at risk but it victimizes everybody. >> reporter: the men were arrested in springfield over the weekends.

bags of heroin labeled hollywood. the same label found near the bodies of eight overdose victims. the district attorney is looking at possible manslaughter charges. >> if we knew through some evidence, some witness statements, text messages that the actual heroin provided caused deaths. >> reporter: a drug dealer was convicted of manslaughter after the d.a.proved he provided the heroin that led to a deadly overdose in ludlow. all four of the men are being charged with possession and the distribution of heroin. perez is charged with trafficking and faces a minimum of 12 years in prison. live in the newsroom i'm nick emmons, 7 news. >> jadiann: candidates tackling addiction in new hampshire today. elected officials speaking about the opennoid epidemic in the region.

christie, jeb bub and karly fiorina, candidates spoke passionately about the -- >> there is no reason a 30-year-old girl needs 30 percocet for having two wisdom teeth out and they have the unfettered authority with the preparation pad to do that. >> my bottom line message today is if we continue to criminalize drug addiction, we're not treating it. and the system we have today is part of the problem now. not part of the solution. >> jadiann: officials estimate there were more than 400 overdose deaths from opioids in 2015. >> ryan: a scare sending students home. the whittemore was closed when a gas smell was reported. students who had been dropped off were dropped at the middle school. officials say the school was cleared because of high carbon monoxide levels. >> it turned out to be there are three heating plans that heat the school.

to be the problem that was' malfunctioning. >> ryan: officials immediately aired out the building and expect it to be safe tomorrow. school leaders just announced a broken fan in the boiler room is to blame for the smell. a 20-year-old man in court arrested for an alleged crime spree. he is accused of committing several robberies. similar incidents have already happened in carver and kingston. >> jadiann: a miscommunication takes a deadly turn. the moment a man was shot and the killed on new year's eve. police say the man had plenty of chances to listen to officers. >> hands up. >> jadiann: a man wanted in arizona for a violent home invasion in 2013, spotted in a las vegas neighborhood. minutes prior u.s. marshalls asked local police for help. >> take off on foot. he is 4 -- >> reporter: for more than

an officer are heard yelling commands believing keith childress to be armed an dangerous. >> drop your gun. >> reporter: when he moves both officers fire shooting him five times. police say two u.s. marshals didn't shat. childress was unarmed. le had a cell phone in his right hand. when u.s. marshals had relayed was incorrect. he was wanted for failing to appear at a sentencing hearing. >> it appears he skipped his sentencing and fled to las vegas to avoid prison time. >> reporter: childress' aunt believes he was -- >> he didn't have a gun. he had a cell phone. what was he supposed to drop. >> reporter: a gun found was not his in the vehicle he fled from. >> they thought he was armed because of gun found in the console. it was his uncle's gun. they had in possession already.

>> reporter: lott says miscommunication kost the life of a nephew, a son and a father and las vegas have looked into where officers should position their body cameras to capture a better picture. >> ryan: an officer charged with stealing from a youth program. james rogue is accused of stealing more than $6,000 from his department's mentoring program. the investigation began after it was revealed that the officer who staged his own suicide was stealing from the same program. >> my command staff immediately began to talk and say, could this happen here? to say that i'm disgusted about the public service fouling short of the expectation that the community has of us, yeah, i'm very disappointed. >> ryan: it is likely the two officers' path crossed. 11 children and a woman rescued after being held hostage in georgia. a man armed with a knife refused to let hostages

the map stabbed himself in the neck and was taken to condition. >> jadiann: caught an camera, a woman outsmarts a suspected kidnapper who took her hostage in her own car. video shows the moments when for help. rachel stevens says she was at another station in pennsylvania when her alleged kidnapper jumped into her driver's seat. he tried to get in to safe her cats and the man drove off. >> he put the car in drive under a was speeding away and her door wasn't shuffle slamming against nye legs, my legs were hanging out of the car. >> he grabbed her hand and pulled her in the car and me. you are now my hostage. >> jadiann: the man told rachel he had a gunas and was driving to virginia. she talked her into let are her call other father and

a postal worker gets caught in a major flood in georgia. you can see the jeep stuck in underwater right there in the mud. the worker was trapped for self hours before a good sam are a tapp discovered him and pulled him out. he is going to be okay. >> ryan: a day on the mountain take as terrifying turn. one man says his son started to slip then fell about 30 feet off the ski lift. no one who works on the mountain called to explain happened. >> he dropped 30 feet and my son christopher turned to me dead. >> reporter: a ski trip night mayor for dog and his boys as he got on to ragged mountain's chair lift. >> i made it halfway up the mountain and my hands started to give out. and i had to look at him and say, i love you. and i'm sorry my hands gave he dropped.

picture of cam ran on the right, his brother chris minutes before the accident. doug says he noticed there was no one to help them get in the chair. trail. >> i tried to grab him. tried to pull him back up and i, as i'm holding him i'm turning around to yell and i noticed there was no one at the platform or the kill switch. >> reporter: the ski patrol was able to get to cam who ended up with bruises and a concussion. officials released a statement saying the state inspector "found it in good working around cleared it for normal operation." dog wants to no -- dog wants to know why why one was aware his son had fallen. >> this is a true miracle because he dropped 30 feet. >> reporter: chris anderson, 7 news. >> jadiann: a fight to the finish for a high school track team when their bus goes up in flames before a

no bus and limited equipment stopped. >> ryan: the commuter rail is back on track after a train derailment causing delays for much of the day. >> jadiann: president obama delivering an emotional address as he aims

>> jadiann: a fiery finish for a high school track team in new jersey when their bus goes up in flames. the team was getting ready to head to a championship meet when suddenly the fire destroyed their bus. and their track gear. >> ryan: despite the troubling trip it wouldn't stop the team from finishing the race. as 32 students athletes sat on this bus flames erupted from beneath. the coach spotted it first. >> i got to get everybody off the bus, this is the first thing that came to my mind. >> reporter: harrison coaches at the school. the team was waiting to leave when harrison wept to get something from his car. he ran to the emergency exits. >> get out the burbs get out the bus. i wasn't sure if it was going to blow up or not. as soon as the kids got off the whole bus caught on fire. >> i smelled the smoke and that is when another track runner saw it. i didn't want to be in the

>> reporter: the school bus was fully engulfed seconds after the track team assistant coach and the driver sprinted to safety. >> if i didn't see it from the outside we probably won't be missing children now. >> sharing uniforms and sharing spikes while they was running. one kid man 200 and took his shoes off and gave it to another kid. he had to finish the race with somebody else's shoes. >> my runner was next to me. i had to grab the baton and go. >> we ran hard and pushed. >> reporter: the team managed to finishth in his -- 7th in its county. >> jadiann: newborns the new app that could tell you just why your baby is crying. >> i could have use that had about ten years ago, cold

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>> announcer: now 7c with meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> reporter: yauza, the cold purchased. boston had a low of 8. worcester down to 3. provincetown had a low of 20 degrees, our coldest morning in the city since february 24 when we had a low of 2 above and for worcester your coldest since the same morning when it was 7 below 0. so here is what the jet stream looks like jet. the cold shot of air. now it is in the process of retreating and taking the coldest air with it although we still have another chilly month tight but the jet stream will look like that and temperatures and this jet stream which think of this as a fence. one side is warm, one side is cold.

we'll be on the seasonal side of the jet stream. in december that was way up here across northern canada. that is why we had all the record warmth. now in terms of any storminess along this jet stream because that is where you find it there are signs by saturday and sunday we'll have two weather systems come at us but the weather system will buckle the jet stream and not allow cold air to stick around. so i don't have flakes in the forecasts of any significance, there may be a couple of flurries saturday morning, worcester hill bus that would be it. all right. i digress, boston at 24. south shore temperatures in the teens. air is dry. is there much less wind out there this evening if you are out and about. that will be the case overnight as well as early tomorrow morning thanks to olds blue so close to us. winds lights and variable. tonight it's just about the

these are be the numbers about 7:00 tomorrow morning, hyannis around 22. school bell forecast another cold morning at the bus stop. i think they will have outdoor recess with lots of sunshine. temperatures tomorrow at lunchtime in the lower 30s no wind out there and when school lets out tomorrow afternoon the numbers in the upper 30s with temperatures generally 36-41. boston tomorrow afternoon around 40 for a high temperature, norwood 40. north of town upper 30s raymond, new hampshire, 37. cape ann upper 30s worcester hills monadnock region, 33, 34. bare at 35, on to the cape and the islands chatham at 41. brewster 40. truro at 41. thursday much like tomorrow. lots of sunshine. s. couple of degrees milder. the numbers on thursday in the lower 40s with high pressure moving very slow. so that buy us a few more days of sunshine. then friday there will be more clouds arounds but it's a dry day. here is weather system

again it's weaken and feeble. it'll sweep into new england on saturday with clouds on sure and here is good news for you. yes, january is cold, but also we start to brighten things up. the day light around 5:00 `pm. we're picking up just unand hour month of january. 7 on 7 forecast, saturday clouds. i have light mix here but the spark worse than the bite so i'll further sprain myself here. -- explain myself. you say the pink shade in worcester, there could be a couple of snow showers with rain showers on and off. sunday that is a bigger storm but that is just rain for everyone. up to 40s on sunday. >> jadiann: when you were a parent of a baby there is nothing worse than being able to figure out why they're trying. >> ryan: a researcher has come up with an app that might help that out. sara french has the story. >> reporter: braden and abbey can't get enough of their newborn baby boy.

>> reporter: baby braden arrived last week. >> everything i always wanted. >> reporter: the bliss and newborn brings comes with crying. >> this is the their first baby. they're figuring out what he needs. >> he is screaming and i'm like what do you need? i wish he could tell us. >> reporter: braiden can't tell them but a research team claims an app can. based on the collection of 200,000 crying sounds it distinguishes between hungry, tired, in pain and has a wet diaper. they tested it out on braden. >> he is hungry. >> reporter: they knew whenned app told them. >> again but not reality. >> reporter: this is why pediatrician zollo thinks the app is crying shame. >> you have to listen to your response of your kid. the cry is a communication.

that babbling is their discussion to take your movement away from learning about what they are and being sensitized to their needs, i don't like it. >> reporter: abbey and branden like the idea of appear app but they're not going to buy it. nothing compares to the quality time of getting to know your baby. sarah french, 7 news. >> jadiann: up next one city, two nights, thee shows. three popular shows on nbc sharing storylines. >> kim: next on 7 news at 6:00 bitter blast causing commuter concerns. a train going off the tracks this morning on the andover line. when the mbta is saying about the derailment then a story you will see an just one station. the families of two little boys injured in an a.t.v. crash are speaking to us. we'll have the latest on their emotional road to recovery. and bold birds on thin ice. firefighters taking the plunge trying to bring them back to dry land. we'll have that and much

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chris anderson has more. >> how is she? >> the same. >> reporter: tv crossovers are nothing new. >> people have never spun shows in. you know what i mean? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: nbc is getting read to take the concentito another level, a threeway crossover. three shows over two tonights. a three-hour shore weaving together three shows. >> you go are going to share it with us, it's an exciting time for television and for us. >> it opens up endless possibilities of story telling. >> i think you might have -- >> reporter: it's the story telling that made the three shows so successful and why fans are so excited about the cross over, but the act outside are just as thrilled. >> can you hear me? >> you sit there and play the guessing game.

>> i mean, there is so many -- this is cool about it is the permutations are limitless. >> i love the act outside on fire. i love the actors on med. these are friends. >> chicago fire and chicago p.d.c crossed before adding another dick wolf produced to the mix. >> but this will bed first time the stars of these three shows will all be featured together and filming this three-hour episode can be challenging. >> you get totally confused. >> but it's really exciting. >> wait, where am i? where am i going? why am i asking that question. >> reporter: actors couldn't wait to share this unprecedented event with their fans. >> thrilled chomping at the bit to let everybody see what we have been working on for the past couple of months here. >> reporter: in chicago chris anderson, 7 news.

starts tonight at 9:00 then at 10:00 stay tuned for chicago med and we'll wrap up with the latest news on 7 news at 11:00. >> ryan: also tonight more on the boston ties to thantors starring in tonight's crossover episode. going to be a good one. another 30 minutes of 7 news ahead, i'm ryan schulteis. >> jadiann: i'm jadiann thompson, 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> reporter: lots of sunshine but bitterly cold, i'll let you know how long it lasts. >> reporter: the bitter blast creating big problems for the morning commute. the president side steps congress to issue executive orders on gun control. the long road to recovery for two kids hurt. you will see in on just one station and on thin ice, firefighters take a polar plunge to make a risky rescue.

>> kim: first at 6:00 a wintry grip taking holds on new hampshire. bands of snow covering the south shore for most of the commute. >> ryan: wind chills take a dangerous dip. feeling the cold crunch as the bitter blast urbers in the coldest temperatures of the season case. how long does it last? can we expect warmer weather ahead? jeremy reiner stopping by with our forecast. >> reporter: one more cold night. these are the lows this morning, boston we finished around 8:00. jaffrey had a low of 1. the south shore down to the lower teens right now. teens and 20s, the city at 24. worcester 19. martha's vineyard at 13679 the air is dry and there is not as much wind as last night so there is no dangerous wind chill to contend with this evening or overnight tonight. notice all of the zeros here, calm wind but air is dry and with no wind out there that means the temperatures are going to free fall for the next several hours. on to the cape and the islands, skies will clear out and clouds we had this