apartment building built over and around the government center garage in downtown boston. it's the fir phase of a 1.5 billion development project approved by the boston redevelopment authority thursday night. eventually a total of 6 buildings will complete the project which will include more office, hotel, condo and retail space. too much of that old cement around here so something with glass would be really pretty . fine with me. it will create jobs and create a place for people to live. so i don't see anything wrong with it . okay . >> reporter: we can always use more parking though . >> reporter: the vet is being called an historic opportunity to replace much of the drab cement parking garage and re reconnect some of boston's downtown neighborhoods. but part of the garage will be demolished and that means more than half the parking spaces there will disappear . that's crazy. are you serious? yes . >> reporter: where am i going to park when you need to come to the courthouse? oh my gosh.

>> reporter: bra officials encourage people that come to the area to use public transportation. construction is scheduled to begin later this year shall the entire project expected to be completed in 7 to ten years. in boston, byron barnett, 7 news news. >> anchor: an unluky driver in peabody getting stuck in a rut. now check out these pictures. a sinkhole opened up near north shore mall in peabody. that car's wheel getting lodged there in the hole. how unsuspecting fire fighters have cleared the area and likely that driver was not hurt. a school in methuen is closed today after a virus caus caused a null of students and teach tours get sick. school officials say a stomach virus led to a high number of absences yesterday. cleaning crew will spend today and the rest of the weekend dis disinfecting the school of parent say the virus has left them on edge. everybody is kind of a little shocked. unnerved. i hope my kids don't get sick. there is a little bit of everything going around. officials say they expect

>> anchor: we're following more news today. water problems in flint, michigan prompting the tate's declare a federal emergency. the drugging water in the town is full of lead putting nearly everyone there at risk for lead poisoning. the problem began in 2014 when the city began sourcing its water from a nearby river. experts believe salt in the water then corroded lead pipes. local firms say not enough is being done. we're putting a band-aid on a problem that requires a surgical procedure . i can't do nothing about it but continue to buy bottles of water with money i do not have. >> reporter: while the town waits for a long sperm solution, several organizations have been distributing much needed bottled water door to door. >> anchor: a duck boat tour in seattle is back in service today after a deadly crash last year. the ride, the ducks tour is back on road after the operation was shut down back in september. the company says the first tours of the day were sold out, five

40 others hurt when one of the duck boats slammed into a tour bus last summer. the ducks have changed the bus route and added several safety features but some people fear they still might not be enough safety going on . probably not necessarily the safest route to go. i am actually surprised this are allowed to operate again . i believe they are a good company and it was a very miss fortunate incident that happened. >> anchor: right the duck still face several lawsuits related to that september crash . >> anchor: new details following the organ occupation. a county judge refusing to meet with armed protestors who have taken over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon. the judge says he doesn't think it's safe. now this did not sit well with the protest leaders whose group has occupied the wildlife refuge for nearly two weeks to protest federal land policies. judge grasty is now arbitrarily blocking the people from meeting together to talk about this. he has taken the position as a

the buildings an not the people of the county. >> anchor: bundy and other occupiersly denounce what they call government overreach when it comes to federal lands. rescue crews in california saved a plumbing contract who was work agop a sewer line it collapse and trapped him ten feet under. fire officials say the man was found waist deep in mud it. took them several hours to pull the man out of the trench. he was transported to a nearby hospital. fire official say he is expected to make a full recovery . >> anchor: new at 4:00 a call controversy in florida a 911 operate discentered while on duty. the dispatcher was on the other line ordering pizza. we report from fort lauderdale . he dropped to the floor. usually that's where the injuries happen . >> reporter: a patient has a seizure in the exam room. the staff immediately calls 911. first they called from their office, no answer. i called from my cell phone.

other people in the store tried calling and nobody picked up from the other end . >> reporter: injure odd said they let the phone ring for what they felt like was several minutes and no one answered. after an internal investigation by the broward sheriff's office we now know why. one of the call takers was on an lunch. cheese pizza. a lunch special for the pizza lunch special for two cheese pizzas and a coke. let me have the lunch special two . >> reporter: the sheriff's office said the call taker admitted her mistake and was issued a written reprimand. as for the by spent in this office, he came to. fortunately the man is okay okay. he came back to life basically. he was having a seizure and came back so he is okay now . >> anchor: as far as jared and his family owned business are concerned. it's a scare they shouldn't have had to go through alone. yeah, if i call 911 someone should pick up that phone make

the broward she i's office released this state them say when we were made aware of the complaint immediate action was taken and internal affairs investigation was conducted and determined the employee did violate agency policy. disciplined. . >> anchor: also on 7, a pennsylvania dog owner is thank thanking his lucky stars today after one of his beloved pups had a close call on a frozen river. the dog had to be rescued after falling through the ice. chance is 7 years old and in this family is he is known as the curious one but after today today's adventure he is lucky to be alive. it's times like this you hold your breath, you know it's aids risk. breaking through 20 feet of ice, swimming 200 feet into tobin brigid water and then the moment the moment 7-year-old chance can stay above water. you want to live for that love is unbelievable . >> anchor: twice a week ray takes his dogs for a walk but

the river. both animals wept through the ice. i'm calm and he is trying to get out, trying to get out and i'm afraid he will die because i can't go out and get him . the deer died but chance held on. he fought to get out on his own and he could only watch helpless helplessly from shore. hope for this retired marine . i had my gun on my hip and thought about putting hip out of his misery but i couldn't. he hung on. he called 911 and a rescue team didn't waste any time . somebody has to set up the rigging around a tree because everything is tethered back to shore so if he gets into trouble we can pull him back out. after two hours and 36 degree water . he is exhausted . >> reporter: he certainly earn earned a right to sleep all day . i just want to tell him thank god there are men like that in this world and they are

everybody calls me a hero but these are my babies. >> anchor: so sweet. he says chance's paws are a little sore from standing on the ice. i body is exhausted from swimming but it's nothing a little rest and some chicken broth can't cure . >> anchor: a group of school churn sending a special message to an nfl message who miss a critical kick in last web's wild-card game . the kick is no good! >> anchor: blair walsh missed a field goal with less than a minute to go giving the seattle sea hawks the win and ending the vikings season. the students in minnesota wrote him and drew pictures for him in hopes of offering some encourage encouragement. yesterday the kicker vice i classroom, signed autographs and took plenty of pictures with the kids and thanked them for their support. thank from you the bottom of my heart seriously. that cheered me up a lot and the fact that you guys would do that for me, somebody you have never met and somebody you don't know, that's huge.

>> anchor: walsh said the kids made a difference in his life so he wanted to return that favor and brighten up their day. he has taken that as well as he can because that has to be tough for him to deal with. to have some people say thank you and pay attention to him probably feels booed this week . >> anchor: feels really good. just goes to show we all have a bad day. sometimes it's on the worst day. ahead on 7 news, hello from the other side. a young woman in ohio is bringing a community together with a little help from adele's lyrics . >> anchor: big debut. the panda, baby panda at the national zoo is getting ready for his close up as he take the stage this weekend . ahead at 5:00 are, a power play air couple in tennessee says they have one of the winning lottery tickets. why they decided not to remain anonymous.

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>> anchor: one young woman in cleveland oh, high oh is fight fighting to stay alive every single day. now she is saying hello from the

>> anchor: she said she is try trying to bring inspiration to the community from right outside her hospital room window. nancy chen explains. 27-year-old vicki robinson diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 8 . i live a life of in and out of hospital. >> anchor: restricted lungs, breathing through another day makes it a good day. she has been on a lung and liver . i live as i go. . >> anchor: while she wasn't give up she hung this up, one day she was trying to stay alive alive. adele lyrics that propertied katie and from the case western reserve biology department across the street to shout the next verse, silently from their little window on the world . we see a bunch of faces . >> reporter: on wednesday that

. >> reporter: moore started . sorry. . we sing it all the time. it's ingrained in our brains. we like sneak up on each other and it's like hello. hello. brings a little joy to someone we didn't even know . now they go way back, back to that hospital window where an amazing resilient young lady weighing on lungs and a liver found her heart full . it's like a big hug. >> reporter: according to the cystic fibrosis association about 30,000 people are living with the disorder. in the newsroom, nancy chen, 7 news . >> anchor: all right, coming up on 7 news a travel alert. the people most at risk for a dangerous virus spreading quick quickly across latin america and the caribbean . >> reporter: well and one tree weather moving in for tomorrow morning plus we'll have the patriots forecast coming up next next. >> anchor: ahead on 7 news, the

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indicating more moderate, even heavy rainfall south of the city toward buzzard areas bay and south coast as well. but look at the other colors that are sneaking in around the backside of this. you've got colder air working in the middle levels of atmosphere upstairs so while the temperature at the surface may be above freezing, we're seeing snow that's falling in some locations. we're talking wet, heavy snow and an inch or two it looks like and most likely for higher terrain. i told you the temperatures are really key here so at 1:00 a.m. if we're already seeing rain in fitchburg and also in keane, new hampshire we're goes to see freezing rain so black ice making for a glaze on the roads and surfaces, sidewalks, driveways as well. then as we head into the mid hours of tomorrow morning we'll call it between 6:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., that's when we start to see that colder air working in from the north and the west and we get a quick changeover to snow which could make for a quick accumulation. we're talking several inches of snow as you take it into the north country. but higher elevations along route 2 into the worcester hills

worcester we could see that rain rain/wet snow accumulation maybe up to two inches in some spots and patchy, freezy rain that. becomes a concern late tonight so if you do head out overnight tonight, past midnight, please be mindful of that on those un untreated surfaces. winter weather advisory for all of this wintery, wet mix 11:00 p.m. tonight through noon tomorrow for those slick areas. freezing rain north and west late tonight, wet, heavy snow north and west tomorrow and even a bit of a wind that's coming in out of the northeast. not calling this a nor'easter because the snow not here with it and we're not seeing those wind gusts too strong. i think below advisory levels but could gust between 30 to 35 miles per hour for the south coast tomorrow and how about this for ski country looking good. several inches of snow piling up up. not just for tomorrow but also for monday we're expecting another system to bring in a little more snow for us. we'll be watching out for snow squalls and snow showers that day so tracking that one very closely. let's take a look at the 7 on 7

the cold certainly with us to stick around throughout next week but also lots of sunshine in store. a bit of a biting wind on tuesday as well. see you at 5:00. >> anchor: thanks so much. bree. we'll see you then of let's get a check of the friday drive home home. >> reporter: long holiday weekend on the which as well and very tough friday afternoon ride ride. we'll start first along route 93 93. this is the north of the city and pretty much starts in downtown boston and finishes up past route 128. a very slow ride set up by a of earlier troubles looking close to a 40 minute ride for just that portion of your commute. delays too on the expressway, southbound not moving all that badly where those headlights are are. the northbound ride is really jammed up basically let's take a look at the maps here from braintree all the way up into town. southbound is heavy as well. down around the braintree split, 128 some green there though down past 495. making your way over the vicinity of the ride coming up on the pike westbound up by exit 17 still dealing with a tough ride there. that's been aftering close to a

boston out past route 128 and eventually out into the natick area. joe stay eton, 7 news . >> anchor: in today's "healthcast" a warning from the centers for disease control here a new mosquito virus causing concerns for pregnant mother . the cdc is so concerned it's issuing a travel warning for the so-called zika virus. here is kim khazei with more. >> reporter: in morning brazil a mother's worst nightmare. babies born with microseverally, abnormally small heads and brain damage that often leads to death death. researchers believe mosquitoes are spreading the zika virus infecting pregnant mothers who then pass it on to babies in the womb. while the symptoms in adults are usually short-lived and nothing more than a rash, fever and joint pain a staggering 3,500 brazilians babies have been born with microcephaly in the past year. it's spreading fast . the gulf coast in the united states is an extremely vulnerable area because we have

can transmit these viruses including zika . >> reporter: it originated in africa and moved quickly through asia, the caribbean, central and south america. health experts have been cautioning anyone traveling to the regions to protect themselves from mosquitoes. now the cdc is preparing a travel warning advising women of child bearing age and pregnant women to avoid the areas. what we will likely see more of are people who travel to the region, get infected and come back home to the united states. at least one woman in texas is thought to have already returned with the virus . whoa . >> reporter: in new jersey ashley is pregnant with her fourth child and just called off her planned vacation to puerto rico . if i was infected it could be very high and when it's your baby you just don't take a chance . >> reporter: as brazil prepares for the summer olympics the zika virus is bringing

kim khazei, 7 news. >> anchor: revvers say mosquitoes to carry the virus out of the caribbean and into the u.s. right now there is no vaccine known for it. >> anchor: ahead on 7 knew, panda watch 2016. the newest edition to the family at the national zoo is getting

>> anchor: well, there is some pandemonium at the national zoo in washington, d.c.

panda family is getting ready for a whirlwind weekend. prepping right there. bebe was born in ought and has been making progress ever since . even though we have seen him on that panda cam and on saturday he will finally have that big public debut. get ready for panda moanium at the smithsonian. the national zoo's newest giant panda cub bebe is just about to mick his public debut. it's so much fun getting a hold of panda. who gets to do that? >> reporter: this giant panda keeper says the cub is a little bigger than his big sister was at this age . we sort of feel like bebe is little bit calmer, more easy-going than his sister . >> reporter: the panda house has been closed since the birth but he has been keeping busy . mostly sleep, a little bit of play, some wandering around chasing his mother then hing. that's what he is doing . >> anchor: soon he will hang outside like the rest of his panda family so panda keepers have to cub proof the yard . we want to make sure the yard is safe for him . >> reporter: and keep hill

the littlest panda isn't the easiest patient . paws? good. >> reporter: but he will be trained like his big sister. they may look like trick . we use the same techniques you would use for your dog at home . but these serve a serious medical purpose . it allows us to take good care our animals without having to put them under anesthesia . >> reporter: this little ball of fur has taken dc by storm and that's putting it mildly. bebe's social game is strong with about five and a half million views in the 24 hour panda cam. when it comes to trying to get a glimpse in person . i head of people standing in line for four hours for the student to get to see bow. i can't imagine it will be any different for bebe. as you can imagine long lines to see that adorable little panda . >> anchor: i was curious how a panda gets ready . >> anchor: privileging goes into that . >> anchor: eating, sleeping, cuteness. all right, everyone of much more to come in the next 90 minutes. ' jadiann thompson . >> anchor: 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> anchor: breaking news,

schools across the state prompting a major police response. >> anchor: also breaking the dow falling fast today down hundreds of points. what triggered the drastic slide slide? >> anchor: a coastal storm mov moving in for the weekend. looks more wet than white but also wintry for some of us . >> anchor: patriots finding themselves in unfamiliar territory headed into a big play playoff game. the injury that could impact the outcome against the chiefs. the governor is putting his fey in the patriots. the sweet wager and why he wouldn't put lunch on the line. 7 news with big story coverage of the pats in the playoffs. >> anchor: plus, big winners two power players come forward to claim their part of a billion dollar prize. >> anchor: we begin at 5:00 with breaking news. an investigation under way into threats received at schools across the state today. several schools had to be

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