2:30 this afternoon at the downchemical facility. osha, bomb squads and other crews are checking to see if the scene is safe. they're not sure what chemicals were involved. more updates as the story develops for you on 7 news requirements also her at 4:30 the state of massachusetts tempting to regulate fake guns. imitation weapons are a real threat. >> jadiann: lawmakers here in boston holding a public hearing today, jonathan hall has more on what they're trying to change. >> reporter: these hand guns on display at the statehouse look real but they're fakes. a baptiste minister raised an immigration glock 9 millimeter and wondered what lawmakers would think if he was placed side by side with the guns police carry. >> there would be no real difference that you would be able to see between the gun they would hold and the one that i'm holdings in my hand right now. >> reporter: the joint

and homeland security heard testimony on a boston state rep's bill which would require imitation gun manufacturers to build at least a one inch bright orange strip into their products. >> the federally mandated strip on toy guns is not enough in today's world. >> reporter: representative danielle cull maine says he files the bill in response to the tragic death after 12-year-old boy in cleveland last november. tamir rice was shot by police as he held a fake gun. the officers confiscated 174 fake guns like these in 2015. >> we had someone pull a gun then someone actually shoot that person because they thought the gun was real so there is a lot of drama on the streets because of the fake guns. >> reporter: the mayor got a city ordnance passed which mans people from carrying imitation weapons in public. evans would like to see the state law follow suit. cull maine says he is --

cult maine says he is -- cull maine says he is open to it. >> reporter: the committee will make changes. the representatives hopes this comes to a vote sometime this year, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> jadiann: new at 4:30 a backhoe stuck in a sink hole in bedford shutting down wiggins avenue for the evening commute. backlow was responding to a water main break when it fell in a sink hole. traffic is being diverted. a pedestrian is being treated for serious injuries after being hit by a car in brighton. the accident happened last night. offices say this was not a hit-and-run and that the driver was also taken to hospital for minor injuries. the wind shield of the cash is smashed from the impact. >> ryan: we are learning more about the rescue of three firefighters who got trapped in a burning saugus home. they had to be pulled from the fire as the house went up in flames.

terrifying call for help. >> reporter: an urgent call for help from three saugus firefighters who were trapped inside this burning home. the fire spread quickly the firefighters found themselves surrounded by flames and thick smoke. one firefighter tripped, lost his helmet and was out of glare they blew air horns which means everybody out of the building. >> reporter: a malden firefighter saw a hand reach out for help. >> he broke the window, i seen his hand. i reached in and i said give me your hand, brother. he grabbed my hand and started pulling him out. >> reporter: two other firefighters were helped down the stairs. >> if we didn't grab them there wasn't anyone else coming in enough time so fortunately we're able to get to them. >> reporter: a woman in her 80s, her daughter and adult daughter were staying in the home and able to escape.

the family, and no ones with hurt. >> reporter: family says things can be replaced. people cannot. the saugus fire chief says he witnessed true heroes in action. >> i would say the firefighters on scene saved the lives of my men. >> i don't want to think about what would have happened if i didn't see his hand. >> reporter: the three firefighters who were trapped all suffered minor injuries. the house is a complete loss. it'll have to get torn down. the women who were in the house say they heard a boom shotly before the fire started. the fire chief in saugus has confirmed that the fire started in the basement. but he hasn't said what the exact cause is. in saugus, victoria warren, 7 news. >> ryan: crews on the scene of a house fire in dorchester. you can see flames coming out of the roof. investigators are searching for the cause of the fire mostly contained to the attic, no one was hurt jackets an officer charged in the freddie gray case filing an injunction to

trials of other police officers. a baltimore judge ordered officer william porter to testify in the case of his two colleagues. porter's lawyers say this violates his rights since it can't be garr teed what he said won't be used against him. porter is one of six officers charged in the death of freddie gray. a jury declared a mistrial in his case last month. residents of oregon venting their frustrations with the ongoing occupation of a national wildlife refuge. a group of protestors led by eamon bundy broke into the refuge on saturday. residents of the area say they want the protestors to leave. >> how many say this is a harney county do we have in here? -- citizens of harney county do we have in here, i'm going to ask how many people want to work this out

the folks to go home. >> reporter: members of an oregon indian tribe have expressed their frustration, they say the land being occupied belongs to their ancestors, a piece of an airplane falls from the sky. officials say a tail cone from a military plane bounced on to a woman's yard. the plane landed safely. no one was hurt. >> ryan: burglars driving a stolen truck through a store in dallas. police say five men got out of the car and tried to steal a safe. the man took off and they remain on the run. a bizzard kidnapping in oregon. a mother arrested after she reported her car was stolen with her baby inside but it turns out it was all a hoax and she was the one behind the wheel. >> it's very bizarre. >> reporter: katie watching the scene unfold great she was' very frantic and she got on the phone with whoever she was talking

address to call the cops. >> reporter: she did call the cops. tara brandenburg said someone stole her s.u.v. with her baby and dog inside. it was right across the street from the gas station. >> she pulled into the apartment complex behind us here. walked across the around went into the gas station, used the restroom. >> reporter: the sarg end with the west lynn police believes after she hit this bridge next to the gas stays she decided to make up a story. i. >> i think she hit the bridge and panicked. >> reporter: casey stone works at the gas station. the mother walked in and left. seconds later she came back inside yelling that her baby and her car were gone. >> when the cops were talking to her, she came back inside and used the restroom and drank the chardonnay while the cops were herr when she was' convinced her baby was missing.

people who are impaired make poor decisions. she made a number of them this evening both the baby and the dog were given to dad. he lives in oregon city. >> reporter: the mother is facing several charges including reckless endangering and dui. her four week old baby and dog are ok. >> jadiann: closing times for dozens of macy's including two in western massachusetts they'll be closing their stores in the eastfield and berkshire malls. macy please plans to lay off about 4300 employees. the company blamed it on a disappointing 2015. a toy like cardboard contraption giving a baby a new lease on life. this girl was born with half a heart and half a lung.

3d view of a normally 2d image. >> it's revolutionary because the way we would plan surgery in the past is we took a two dimensional image and then in our minds we would have to process that and try to come up with an idea of what we were going to see when the baby's chest was opened. >> jadiann: four weeks after her surgery the girl was taken off a ventilator and is breathings on her own. doctors expect her to go home within the next two weeks and make a full recovery. >> ryan: we are told four people have been critically hurt after a check cal explosion at the dow chemical facility there. their injuries include shrapnel and burns. three of them have been transferred to hospitals here in boston. we'll have more ahead as the story develop right here on 7 news. >> jadiann: new guidelines the federal government releasing some new information that could have an impact on your diet. >> ryan: it might be the cutest story you see all week. the unique friendship between a new england girl and her duck.

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>> jadiann: okay this. is a new england girl introducing us to her pet and this is a duck. but snow flake is far from your average pet. the girl serving the role of momma duck. >> ryan: she has had snow flake since he was a duckler, kim khazei has the story. >> reporter: in kiley's room of toys you will find toys. >> snow flake then you put it in -- >> reporter: to her real life pet who can't always come inside to play. >> how does snow flake get his name? >> when he was, like, 0

>> we've had dogs mostly. she had a couple of gerbils. that has been about it. >> reporter: ashley brown has never seen an animal love somebody back. >> a feather was in my boot like snow flake loves kiley. >> it was on a whim that we brought him home and i thought it's a farm animal that lives outside. you feed it. maybe you get eggs from it. i don't know. and i was not expecting this at all. >> reporter: snow flake the duck follows kiley every where. it started on day one. >> he keeps going. >> this little yellow fur ball is squeaking in a box and kiley walked over and leaned in and it was quiet. >> they've been inseparable every since. >> every where she went and he was aquiet. if she went missing he would sidewalk. and panic. >> reporter: kiley and snow flake have played at the beach. they swing on the swing set.

their frozen costumes. snow flake dressed as olaf the snowman. >> they're best friends, but in his eyes, she is momma. she is momma duck. >> reporter: kiley cares for snow flake like a child. he waits for her at the school bus to get home. >> i've seen her grow up. she has become very responsible. she takes very good care of him. >> reporter: brown don't know what bonded her daughter and duck the first day but whatever it is it taught them love comes in all shapes, sizes and species. >> he is family. he is definitely family. >> reporter: kim khazei, 7 news. >> reporter: okay. partly cloudy sky, clouds overnight. pockets of drizzle tomorrow. weekend is unsettled. the forecast is up next. >> jadiann: at 5:00 another tense situation in paris as police shoot and

trying to break into a police station. >> ryan: no big winner from last night's power ball but we're searching for a millionaire made right here in massachusetts, more you got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. what this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. if you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... marco rubio was missing - fundraising in california instead. two weeks later, terrorists struck again

and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleans. over the last 3 years, rubio has missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. politics first: that's the rubio way. right to rise usa is responsible for the

>> reporter: good afternoon. boston right now at 37. beverly 39. fitchburg at 40 degrees. january couple of myles mild days sprinkled in with cold days at start of the week. numbers averaging about 2 degrees in this wrong month. numbers moving forward will trend upward. we're going to challenge some records on sunday afternoon. right now, clear to partly cloudy skies. it willy be dry out there and up until about midnight then after midnight skies will cloud over. clouds come in off the ocean with pockets of drizzle

morning commute and i give you a heads-up because there could be a couple of slick spots worcester hills, merrimack valley, the numbers will dip to the upper 20s to low 30s not to say we're going to have a skating rink because there slick spots. boston at 33. plymouth at 30 degrees, school belle forecast they'll have outdoor recess so we've lost the sun into the weekend. it's a cool raw day. temperatures running in the upper 0's to the lower 40s boston south. northeasterly wind adding a bit of a chill to the air. saturday we get the weekend off to a start that features a lot of clouds and pockets of drizzle and out and about early saturday morning. there may be a couple of some pockets of freezing drizzle in this pink shading the next couple of mornings, nothing significant or wide spread. not tied to a storm. it's clouds coming off the

is a storm, has the red letter l. attached to it but out here there is green out there. mild air. so as the storm system comes into new england, we're thinking rain, not snow or ice. the pattern that we've found ourselves recently is that we get the cold shots of air to come into new england like we saw monday and tuesday, but nothing locks down the cold. so as the storms come into new england they move the cold out of the way. you get a rain storm. not a snowstorm. sunday temperatures on sunday in the lower 50s, cold is coming back next week but so is the sunshine. >> going out to joe stapleton with a checks of the roads. i understand there is a crash in wilmington, what is going on? >> taking a look at route 93 northbound, the ramp blocked off to route 62 in will manipulatington as they work on a two--- wilmington, two car crash, it's doing a number on traffic. taking a look at the maps, route 93 northbound that is where the exclamation point

traffic is backed up to route 128 and 128 is tough going from burlington up past 93. delays here too. southbound on the expressway a lot of brake lights, close to an hour we're told from boston right down to braintree. at the split and the pike westbound more brake lights here as well. heavy out to the natick area. joe stapleton, 7 news. >> ryan: the federal government releasing its latest dietary guidelines. >> jadiann: changes today. the guidelines suggest limiting sugar intaken. ericaes wards has more. >> reporter: for the first time the federal nutrition guidelines set a limit on added sugar you. >> are trying to put together the total calories in a day, the recommendation is not have more than 10% of the calories be from added sugar. >> reporter: it does in the apply to what is normally found in fruit. it refers to sweeteners added to products. the government is working on

clearly show added sugar but until then here is dietary math that may be hard to swallow. 10% of a 2,000 calorie diet equals 12 teaspoons of sugar which could be found in one large soda. >> also whether it'sed beverages or eating out one fewer night a week the small changes can get you to a place where there is healthier eating for you and your family. >> reporter: the guidelines suggest increasing vegetables, fruit and whole grains. excess read meat and processed meats have been associated with health problems the guidelines don't specifically advise cutting back on those cardiologists have other advice. >> in our conversations it is our obligation to be blunt and direct and we will say expressly that you should reduce fatty foods processed foods. >> reporter: guidelines do

other forms of protein into their meals like nuts, legumes and seafood. erica edwards, nbc news. >> ryan: ahead here making a choice, jennifer lopez heading back to primetime

>> ryan: jennifer lopez joins nbc's thursday night line-up tonight. her cop drama debuts after a

>> jadiann: it features lopez as part of a team that straddles the line between right and wrong. >> i ails wanted to be a good cop. >> reporter: she plays one whose loyalties are torn. >> you got to trust me. >> reporter: we all make messed up choices sometimes. you know, thinking in the long run it's going to turn out okay. hopeez plays harley santos, a tight knit group of brookline detectives. >> one slip at the wrong time and we all go down. >> reporter: ray lee ateo plays her boss go there are things they've done that i help them not get caught at doing and i'm very protective of them. >> nice day. >> reporter: when a spring nails santos she is forced to go under cover to bring her colleagues down. >> an f.b.i. informant -- >> on my team. >> she could be falling apart at any moment. >> i need to kill it. >> you don't know what it's

is under such tremendous pressure. >> jadiann: there is a lot on lopez as well. she is also blues' executive producer. >> i'm thinking about costume, i'm thinking about story, casting. >> reporter: but it's jack load she embraces. >> it's a lot of pressure but it's exciting to see what we can and what we'll do. >> reporter: showing the shades. >> he shot twice. >> of right and wrong. >> shades of blue. >> jadiann: at 5:30 we spoke with one of the stars of the show, ray liotta, the interview at 5:30. >> catch the premier at 10:00. before that heroes reborn followed by be a all new black list at 9:00. >> jadiann: much more to come. i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: breaking news, an location at a chemical plant in north andover, several people injured in the last. >> ryan: stocks

the issues overseas leading to the steep slide. >> kim: an attacker claiming ties to terror killed by police in paris one year after the deadly attack on a controversial magazine. >> ryan: a leap of faith as flames close in, a family makes a scary decision. >> reporter: clear skies right now but here is our next storm on the move. >> kim: power ball reaching a record level. the biggest jackpot ever. how high it could climb. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: we begin with breaking news first at 5:00. four people injured in an explosion at the dow chemical plant in north andover. we've sky 7 live over the scene. you can see there is a lot of activity going on. we've seen people taken out in stretch e firefighters there trying to make the scene safer and people loaded into medical helicopters. there are local, state and federal authorities all

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