the snow. road conditions will deteriorate somewhat but it's not going to be long lasting. noticing the air is drying out, hartford, worcester. the dry air punches into boston by 9:00, 10:00 tonight. skies clearing out. there may be a couple of lingering flurries. rain drops and snow flakes ending as some snow, coating to an inch. one to two inches around the metro but most of that is back in the shading blue. these locations one to two inches of snow and traveling now up until about 9:00, 10:00 tonight might be a little bit dicey and then things improve certainly for the morning commute. our haws dan hausle is keeping an eye on the roads. dan you're behind a salt truck. you're on route in in

that is a salter. the salters and sanders are taking to the roads trying to make it safe for all husband. this guy is making route 9 eastbound safer for it the traffic that is moving slowly but is moving in kind of the typical rush hour traffic which is of course falsely named. nobody is rushing around right now. namely just because of the volume of traffic. we've got flurries and we've got kind of a haze on the road here, just a little bit of slickness but nothing too much that's going to slow down the drivers. we've seen a number of salters and sanders laying down the material anticipating the weather ahead but right now more traffic than weather causing trouble. back to you. >> dan, thank you very much. we know the people in worcester are hoping they won't have to deal with plow and parking problems tonight. the snow is already on the ground at central massachusetts. they are expected to see it stick. trucks are out of the roads there too trying

city streets saw during last night's storm. kelli o'hara is there >>reporter: good evening. you can see the snow is really falling down. not a good day to forget your hat or gloves. this is just accumulated at about the last hour and a half, so definitely the one to two to three inches that jr has been talking about here. they are trying to problems here. crews around here salting and sanding to make sure these roads stay safe. some are excited and a mixed reaction on the >> i'm happy it's going to snow this year but hopefully it won't snow for a long time. >> it's snowing for sure. nothing you can do about it except be ready. >> i'm not ready for >>reporter: neither am i. do you like the snow? >> it's coming. one to three tonight but we'll see. >>reporter: but you're excited? >> i am excited. >>reporter: that guy is excited

that means big business snow because he can be out plowing. crews say they are going to be out all night to make sure these roads stay safe. in worcester tonight, kelli o'hara, 7 news. there is breaking news in boston, a serious accident out on tremont street, a pedestrian hit by a car and it caused an even bigger accident. tim caputo joins us on the phone now with some breaking details. >>reporter: a terrifying situation when you consider just how busy this part of town is, tremont, beacon street, a bunch of one ways here. some of the guys who were in the cars that were involved in this wreck. it's a four car wreck witht least one pedestrian, a jeep, a purple jeep with new hampshire plates was coming up the street the wrong way in reverse and turned on to another street the wrong way still in reverse causing a fourth car to hit into them and hitting a pedestrian in all of

we are told two people hospital. boston ems telling us one of those people in serious condition, the other only have minor injuries. this entire street is roped off. they've got it down to one lane on tremont street certainly causing a pretty bad backup at this time of day. i spoke with three of the drivers, they were not hurt. we don't know the condition of the one driver going in reverse different streets. we're told one of the people taken to the hospital was in their 50s. to his 40s. police are investigating out here. they do have three of the four lanes roped off as they continue to investigate exactly what happened here right in the middle of rush hour. that's the latest from news. that accident not the only one in boston. a woman in roslindale being rushed to the hospital. she was hit by a car on

more information right breaking news from following. iran sees twos u.s. navy boats with ten american sailors on board. >>reporter: kim, the navy boats iran's military. learning. the pentagon says one of the boats was having mechanical difficulties earlier today and drifted into iranian waters. officials telling abc news that the iranians realize it was a mistake and are planning to release the ten americans. everyone on board is being described as safe. now both secretary of state john kerry and president obama will now involved and we'll continue to follow the story for you and bring you more details as we get it. 7 news. hopefully we can flip the script. >> edelman back on the

>> as the patriots gear up for a saturday showdown at gillette. the road to the super bowl starts at home. the patriots hoping for divisional dominance this saturday but it won't be easy. the kansas city chiefs are red hot right now. our sports director joe amorosino is here with a breakdown of saturday's matchup. >>reporter: just eight teams left on the dance floor in the nfl and if they want to keep the party going this weekend, the chiefs will need to keep their quarterbacks clean. consider this, the patriots racked up 49 sacks this season. that's second most in the nfl. the chiefs aren't too far behind. sacks. alex smith went down 45 types this year. that's third most in the league while tom brady checks in at ninth season. trey daerr reporting live at gillette stadium with more on how the patriots quarterback is getting ready for the heat.

to get some help back. injuries a dominating headline this year. now the pats are starting to get healthy for most important run of the season. the chiefs could be without jerry macklin. regardless of hose out there for either team, this time of year all about finding a way to survive in advance. >> the ramifications to a loss are a lot different. you really don't have next week to get it right. >>reporter: tom brady getting into a do or die frame of mind and will do so with the aid of julian edelman for the first time since week ten. >> i think the more consistent players out there, the better it's going to be. en's been one of them for as long as he's been there. we'll try to integrate him. coach talks about the turnover margin that's been heavily in their favor, especially in

>> power, speed. a good overall defense. i mean they compliment one another. capitalize on defense and offensive mistakes. >>reporter: if the patriots make too many mistakes, their 11 month reign as champions will come to an end. >> you commit your life to playing moments like this. you got to know who to count on and how to anticipate and know this you're going to keep doing the right things, al natalie, good productive plays and scoring points. >>reporter: and other injury news for the patriots, five different players protected trade's blind side. appears to be on track to play this weekend, also donte hightower who did not play on the practice field for a second straight day. trey daerr, 7 news. coming up more from brady and a look across

city including an update on one of the chief's biggest weapons on offense. joe amorosino, 7 news. i think most of us know it's a tradition here in boston for players to grow beards as their team makes it to the playoffs and the pats look like they are at it again. byron barnett is at gillette now with more on that. >>reporter: well, everyone knows how superstitious pro athletes are so when you're in the playoffs you need every edge you can possibly get, even if that luck. rob ninkovich ready for the playoffs. on. >> last weekend in july. >>reporter: more than five months, that's how long it's been since the patriots star defensive end shaved off his beard but ninkovich says it's not a playoff beard. >> seasonal beard, full season. >>reporter: julian edelman just back from an injury has also ditched his razor.

less enthused about his teammate's facial hair effort. >> it's not a full effort. he's taken too many pretty boy pictures throughout the year. >>reporter: it's a phenomenon we've gotten used to seeing during the playoff season and not just in football. remember the bruins during their playoff runs a few years ago and don't forget the red sox. despite what's on their faces, ninkovich and the other patriots know it's what happens on the field starting this week with the kansas city chief that's counts. >> have you to understand if you don't play your best football, you won't play another game. >>reporter: and beard or no beard, ninkovich and the other patriots say they are just glad to have julian edelman back in the lineup for the post season. i'm byron barnett, 7 news. president obama will be giving his last state of the union address tonight and a nine-year-old syrian

in massachusetts will be there. he will be congressman seth molten's special guest. the boy lost both of his arms in an air strike on the syrian refugee strike where he lived. he came to the u.s. with his father for medical care and wrote a letter to president obama. >> he wrote the president will taking care of other people in syria. >> yeah. >> his father will also be with him there tonight. you can watch president obama's final state of the union address tonight right here on 7 nbc. that starts at 9:00. and join the night team tonight for complete analysis of the state of the union. our political editor andy hiller will be live at 11:00 with his hiller instinct. just ahead on 7 news a dangerous dual at a fall river convenient store. this is an incredible scene whether a robber pulls a knife on the clerk and the clerk fights back. and we are tracking

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an alarming 5:00 is caught on camera. a fierce fight break out with a robber and clerk. >> it's an unbelievable struggle for that clerk. police in fall river were able to lock up a suspect. >>reporter: the suspect jumped

>> he said give me money, give me money. >> knife in hand. >> i can give you money. my money's in hand, one hand. >> when the clerk took out a knife of his own, the two started swinging at each other. that was sunday morning around: 30. today the alleged attacker is under arrest, charged with armed robbery while masked and armed assault to murder. police say they used this surveillance video and store clerk's description of the suspect to arrest 36-year-old jose tirodo-sanchez. it was a close call for the clerk. he ended one scratches on his face and hand. at one point during the fight both men dropped their knives. the attacker rearmed himself with a clerk' weapon. >> i'm lucky. i have a life. >>reporter: the police officer was on an unrelated call of they recognized sanchez at least in part from that surveillance video.

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we are tracking snow right now marching through metrowest, worcester hills and city of boston. appreciate that tweet, david. this will be with us for the next three hours. springfield, hartford, already done. it's fast moving, tiny but rather potent. two plumes of steadier snow that if it's going to do any damage to us, it would be thsm the arctic front is out here. i think it will dry up by the time it jumps over the berkshires or maybe some flurries around midnight. the main event up until about 9:00 this anyone. at the coastline and the city of boston down along the south shore maybe up around cape ann. it's going to go back and forth between rain drops and snow flakes but just inland, 95, 128, it is snow and that's where you're going to find moderate to heavy of the accumulating snow. one to two inches of snow which will have to

after 9:00 there's nothing new. you can budget in some extra time for the morning commute. closer to the city i think it will be back and forth, rain drops and wet snow flakes. from this weather system here, low pressure and the arctic front will snap through here around midnight tonight. temps right now boston 36, beverly 37 and plymouth at 35. that's why these locations, the accumulation is lighter as opposed to out here with the air is colder and it's been accumulating from the get-go. and even colder on the other side of the arctic front, temperatures down in the teens and around 20. and that cold air is heading this way. as is strong wind, wind will begin to develop later on tonight and be with us through the day tomorrow. blustering cold with lots of sunshine. and we'll need it. temps tomorrow only near 30 diagnosed. when you factor in the wind which will occasionally gust around

that will drive the wind chills down into the teens. thursday a mix of clouds and sunshine but much less within near 30. weekend here comes our next storm. that one's tricky because i think there's going to be some cold air at the back end of the storm. that likely will end as a little bit of wet snow saturday afternoon. right now the patriots-chiefs game, some light rain at kickoff with temperatures saturday afternoon low 30s down at gillette. it's playoff time so get ready for every cliche in the books. winner go home. it's a one-game season. you know the drill. everything is magnified. today that applies to rob gronkowski, the lone absence. while the cameras are rolling, gronk looked

if he pops up on the injury report. until then more on the guys in attendance. >> this is not about a one week event. this is a year-round thing that you commit your life to to play in moments like this. >>reporter: the patriots run to a fifth super bowl title ignites saturday. >> i think the more consistent players out there, the better our office is going to be. we'll try to find way to see integrate him. >>reporter: the divisional playoff will mark the first time edelman, gronk and danny amendola will be together since week ten in new york. >> we have a lot of guys on this team that have very defined roles. whether you play a lot or don't play a lot will be important. >>reporter: the chiefs could be

receiver scwer me jeremy macklin. >> if he's not out there, i guess it just puts a little more emphasis on kelsey. >> we assume everybody's going to be ready. if we are, we'll prepare for their best. if they are not, it's something we can't control. >>reporter: if the patriots manage to knock off the chiefs on saturday, they will reach their fifth consecutive afc championship game becoming just the second team in nfl history to do so. trey daerr, 7 sports. >> thanks. the boston herald reporting that chandler jones was admitted to norwood hospital on sunday morning after he showed up at the foxboro police department with a medical emergency. jones has been at the patriots facility this week and has been present for each practice each day since sunday. on the chief's side alex smith is keeping his fingers crossed.

out today' practice for what the chiefs called a mild sprain. he needs all the help he can get as he gets set to dual with an all-time great tom brady. >> to be doing it as long as he has is -- that's remarkable. it's tough to put into words. we're not playing their offense. i don't think the mentality changes at all. >>reporter: and the celtics trying to snap a three game losing streak tonight taking on

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