details on the dramatic end to a police chase. >> and a possible case of road rage in braintree, things take a violent turn when a fight turns bloody. >> jeremy: here's our next storm system bringing rain. i'll let you know when its arrives. 7 news at 11 starts now. tonight on 7: a big blast rocks a chemical plant. if an explosion like this can happen it makes you question what else can happen. >> serious injuries and a serious air of concern. >> kim: four people were rushed to the hospital after the blast. >> ryan: this happened at the dow chemical facility in north andover. let's start those off with tim caputo in north andover with what went wrong. >> reporter: i asked the state fire marshal if this was human

early to tell but they can rule out anything suspicious. the fire marshal said they are winding down for the evening and they will come back here at 10 am, and they have to bring a bomb squad with the robot to get to this tube that is filled with potentially very dangerous chemicals. the explosion at dow chemical in north andover was so powerful neighbors felt it. a loud boom and the house shook and my dog barked and i went outside to see if there was an accident. >> reporter: four workers were critically injured suffering from what hospital officials and burns. >> this is a chemical reactive to water and for some reason that will come out, this chemical reacted with water, which resulted in the explosion. >> reporter: the four employees were rushed to the hospital, the rest of the staff at the dow chemical plant were evacuated. >> are you okay?

>> reporter: the hazardous materials crew internet hours surveying the scene to make sure it was safe for investigators to get inside. fire officials told those who live nearby they shouldn't be worried about chemicals in the air. >> i thought would the kids be better staying at school but we got the news there was nothing harmful to the area. >> it makes you question what else could happen. >> reporter: in october of 2013 a dow chemical employee was killed in an explosion in the lab but the fire marshal said different chemicals were involved today. >> it does not appear to have a connection to the type of incident that we are involved in at this time. >> reporter: the explosion blew out the windows and building itself is stable and secure. investigators have not been inside that specific lab, and that is why they are reconvening

the specific tube of chemicals. we are live in north andover, tim caputo. >> ryan: nightteam coverage continues with kimberly bookman outside of lawrence general hospital where the four people hurt were rushed for decontamination. >> reporter: all the patients had chemicals on their bodies or clothes and before they entered the hospital it had to be cleaned off. four people in the same part of the dow chemical plants that exploded were critically hurt and heading here. >> what the patients had was blast injuries from the pressure of the explosion and the chemical on their body. and burns as well. >> reporter: but before those patients could enter the emergency room doors they had to go thank you decontamination in the hospital's parking lot. >> they were washed with water for an extensive period of time to remove contaminants. >> reporter: doctors were told the injured came in contact what

a chemical that is an irtantd to the skin and anything that it would be coming in contact with. >> reporter: some 60 doctors and nurses cared for the patients and within an hour three were stable and airlifted to boston for more trauma care. the fourth stayed in lawrence, while not as badly hurt, still in need of medical attention. a sign that this explosion was indeed tramatic. >> they are in critical condition. they are significant and severe. >> reporter: and again the hospital not giving any specific details about where on the body these victims were hurt. again they are all listed in critical condition. reporting live from lawrence, kimberly bookman. >> kim: authorities arrest twod charges, one this california and the other in texas. let's get to the brandon gunnoe for the late of the. >> reporter: u.s. authorities arrested a man from second meant owe on a terrorism related

-- sacramento and another from houston. federal authorities say he had madeup story and they say the man flew to turkey and flew to syria to tight with terrorists before returning to the united states, he is accused of bragging about it on social media. investigators say there is no indication he had any plans of terrorism here on the homeland. at the breaking news desk, brandon gunnoe. >> ryan: police on the cape say a driver led them on a chase through several towns and came to a dramatic end in middleboro. the driver surrendered. let's get to the nightteam susan tran in middleboro with more. >> reporter: he was reported to be armed and avoiding police and when they caught up to him in yarmouth he sped off and they chased him and it wasn't until they got to middleboro that they stopped.

wanting to let go, he made slow move toward police before finally neiling to surrender. ending a slow chase with troop ers that start way out in dennis, 40 miles away. in the pickup this gun was an air pistol. state police started to look for this a 26-year-old from westboro after reports he was threatening to hurt people. they tried to pull him over in your mouth but he sped off, and they chased him. police threw down spike strips but he kept driving on tires that were soon only rims. and you can see the trail that the metal left on the pavement. the chase continued on 495 and throughout dennis police were on the phone with the suspect, where police say he told them he needed medical help, troopers finally stopped him and got only to a stretcher and into an ambulance. he was taken to the hospital and he now faces several charges. we are live in middleboro, susan

>> kim: a major announcement involving nbc and whdh tv. nbc is saying it will not renew its network affiliation with our station and dan hausle reports this sets up a potential storm for tv viewers in the boston area. >>... the last time... >> reporter: some of your favorite nbc programs may be disappearing from the tv screens now that the network announced plans to end its affiliate relationship with whdh tv at the end of the year. station owner says he's happening. plans. >> reporter: ansin says the planned tv vors could violate an agreement that comcast made when they bought nbc for years ago. comcast promised to make sure people could continue to get nbc programs, free, over the air

cable and nbc tells us its programs will air on a signal product cast from wneu in merrimack, new hampshire but if this map based on the fcc shows it doesn't reach half of the city of boston and millions farther south. whdh's sig that will reaches all those viewers. >> they have a right to the station, adon't have a right to violate an agreement win comcast, and nbc and a nilliates and the government. this is not in the public interest, and they will not have half the coverage area, and they will reach less than half of the population. >> reporter: he is not the only one worried. marty walsh says he's keeping a close eye on what's happening. >> one of my concerns it is unclear what the future of nbc

if it will be put part of the package, right now it's free. >> reporter: massachusetts senator ed markey a national leader says nbc must stay free for everyone. >> we don't want to see a day when there is a kid in brockton a poor kid that wants to watch the patriots on sunday night, and they don't have access to nbc. on their local television station, and they don't subscribe to cable. >> reporter: they say their station will be over the air and in the cable only and added in an, mail we are committed to expanding our over the air coverage of the market and are currently looking at a variety of options to accomplish that. ansin has been through this before when nbc pulled its affiliation from its miami station, 25 years ago. he built it into a news and ratesings powerhouse, and he says if he and nbc separate again, viewers can be sure whdh

>> i continue to believe that our agreements will be extended. in the event it does not, channel 7 news will flourish, still be the news station in boston. still going so have out standing coverage. we will continue to have exciting newscasts. >> reporter: all nbc programming will continue to air here on this station, envelope least the end of the year. live in the newsroom, dan hausle >> jeremy: temperatures have been seasonable and rain is moving in and that could change things. here's meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: 32 in the city and norwood at 16 and nashua 19. colder pockets of air and increasing clouds very late tonight, and during the morning commute and some of the clouds, may be patchy drizzle and sprinkleses out there. and for those away from the ocean, basically west of 495,

of freezing drizzle tomorrow. and also again early in the day on saturday. not really tied to our next storm system. that is over here at this time, throughout center part of the nation. area of low pressure generates rain and heading this way on sunday, and i will show you how much is on the way with this storm system coming up. >> kim: a possible case of road rage in braintree ends in a violent attack. things took a turn and one person ended up stabbed on the side of the road. elizabeth noreika is there with more. >> reporter: the incident started up the road and ended over here when the drivers got into a fight, and that is when police say a man from randolph was stabbed multipeople times. a startsling scene outside of the barnes and noble in braintree. >> a man on the grass. dan was in the back store and came outside and saw the

he never saw anything like this before. very strange. >> reporter: you can see in the cell phone video, a man bloodied and in the grass surrounded by emergency workers and people rushing to help after what witnesses say was a case of road rage that turned violent, a man established and suspect though where to be found. people started to come out and put blankets over him. he was bloody in the stomach area, and people said he was stabbed. >> they were trying to move him, obviously he's still alive, hopefully. >> reporter: it happened around 5:00 on granite street and police blocked off the area. the man was taken to the hospital by ambulance and investigators stayed on scene. it is a crime that has many still in disbelief. scary, this is not that bad of a neighborhood. and it is in a wade open spot. -- and it is in a wide open spot.

recovering in the hospital tonight. >> ryan: a drastic drop on wall street for the fourth straight day, the dow dropped more than 3 hundred points, bounced back and plunged again. a lot of concern with about the instability in the chinese stock market. they are experiencing another day of ups and downs there. the dow was down 392 anded at 16514 and nasdaq losted more than 146. >> kim: a man wear fake explosives a temded to attack a police station in paris. he was holding a butcher's knife and he was shouting god is great killed him. vest. and had a homemade drawing of an isis flag and a letter pledging his alliegence to the group. this comes a year to the day since that deadly attack on the

twelve people died, and many of the magazine's stop staffers, gunmen opened fire during an editorial meeting at this magazine. >> ryan: setting a record. >> kim: a powerball jackpot higher than ever. and a millionaire mystery in massachusetts. and this is no fish tale, and a fibber man makes the catch of a lifetime. and cloudy skies late tonight and that may lead to black ice for the morning commute with

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>> ryan: there is a mystery millionaire on the south shore, one person bought a ticket in plymouth that was worth a million dollars. and what was once said, what is better than a million dollars, a billion dollars! we are this boston with the

>> reporter: that's right, kim. i bought this ticket yesterday, and like a lot of other people that guy was in the a winner. but this guy, here in north station liquors says that has not stopped people from coming in and trying all over again. >> i'm getting five separate powerball with the power play because i feel lucky. >> reporter: that is a pretty good reason to play, feeling lucky. and if johnny davis wins he has a plan that will look like old macdonalds farm. >> i will retire and i will move to the carolinas, and i will buy a farm. horses and cows and raise pigs. you like that? >> reporter: his enthusiasm was so strong it spread through the store, kathleen bought one for the fun of it. >> totally random. people are collecting a dollar each. >> get ready, this is powerball! >> reporter: the krods are 292.2

this big since 2012 twelve, inspiring more people to try and as more people buy tickets it just keeps going up. and every within has their own personal plan on how to spend the money if they strike it big, johnny said he would take all of us in the store to vegas. >> if i win we will meet back here and we all go to vegas. you too. bye-bye. >> reporter: so you heard it first on 7 news, if i'm not at work on monday i guarantee the only reason is i'll be in work with vague was that guy right there. 7 news nightteam. >> ryan: i want to go with him, too. that sounds like fun. >> i would rather to g to the farm in north carolina. a lot of ground to cover if he wins.

winner for us, or not so much? >> jeremy: if you like clouds and drizzle, 20s and 30s, 32 right now. plymouth at 21 and cold pockets of air. and clouds offshore and inbound and move to southern new england, late tonight and tomorrow morning. start to rise slowly, 28434. the challenge for the morning commute, some of the clouds may produce patchy freezing drizzle and this is not widespread, not a wall of freezing rain and this will be the temperatures tomorrow morning, boston 34 and you notice, many cities and towns, at or below 32. in this pink sheet in here, a couple of pockets of patchy freezing drizzle, which could lead to a little bit of black ice. i don't want to overplay this but it doesn't take much to rearrange the morning commute. early tomorrow morning, basically west of inter-state 95 and chris will have an update on

through the day tomorrow, cloudy and chilly with temperatures between 35 and 42. saturday morning a couple of pockets of patchy freezing drizzle on saturday morning. upper 30s to around 40 and it is not from a storm but high pressure shoving clouds, in to southern new england. this is a storm, this is legit, area of low pressure winding in the center part of the nation, it will pass to our west and when those red arrows go to buffalo and montreal that puts us on the warm side of the storm. sunday it is about rain and wind, i think winds from the south and southeast, coat line gusting 25, and we all get the rain on sunday, comes in late morning and out of here by late evening with most towns about an inch of rain, on the way. and why not snow? we had the cold pockets to new england, like we saw on monday and tuesday but nothing to lock down the cold air, so that when these storms come in to new

and that may be the case for another storm system next week, but there are some signs that perhaps the middle and end of next week the cold air will stay locked in place and at that time snow lovers, and there might be nor snowfalls can rain drops. and rain on sunday, blustery and cold on monday and tuesday of next week. have a great night. >> kim: on the water now, a major catch for a deep water fisherman turns into a dangerous situation. check out this video. the guys are reeling in a huge marilyn and at the last moment,-- marlin, and it almost flies to to the boat, and puts up a quick fight and goes back in the water. incredible, and the fisherman is okay. i pet he's bummed out he didn't get the fish. that close. the video to prove it there. joe is back with sports and you

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all wards the patriots head coach opting for a pair of walk-throughs and hoping that the rest will get his team back on track for the divisional round. tom brady and his sprained right ankle and the squad in sweats, lessen couraging the sight of special teams sporting a cast on his right arm. they have a chance to watch their competition this weekend. >> i have been a fan of football and watched the nfl and it is great to sit back and enjoy the games. and pop a little sports drink. not no pop or soda. lay back and watch the games, which is cool to see how they go down and enjoy them. >> have you played the powerball? >> i never played it. give mae ticket and i'll play.

play, denver named him the starting quarterback for the playoffs after he engineered the comeback win over the chargers, the decision made easier with his teammate nursing a knee sprain. the surging chicago bulls, the celts with a 10-6 record on the road, very much a threat when they walk into another team's building but the bulls are rolling right now. here we go. stepping in for brad stevens who is in indiana with a former butler player who is battling cancer. throwing down, he had 17 and celtics up by 6. and the bulls have star power and celtics can't match. jimmy butler, dropping the j and foul. he had 19 and 10 assists and got help from derrick rose, looking like his old self in the third where chicago outscored the

six in double figures and caps its off playing a two-man game in the fourth. bulls win their sixth straight game, and the celtics have dropped four of five. the bruins heading out to a five-dame road trip and will start it without adam mcquaid. placed on injured reserve after he was knocked out of tuesday's game. the b's recalling david pasternak to take his spot. 0-2 for the bruins in 2016, looking for their first win in new jersey as they start up the road trip. that is sports. >> thank you, joe. >> kim: and let's go to jimmy.

>> ryan: we are out of time. the tonight show is next. i'm ryan schulteis in for adam williams. >> kim: i'm kim khazei. be prepared for drizzle tomorrow. make it a great day and we hope to see you back here tomorrow night. good night. realtime closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning. no way. savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. a fresh cracked egg, canadian bacon and an english muffin

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