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>> more news today. a hingham native is on his way home tonight after being held in iranian custody. he was studying overseas and his family says he was held for more than a month. but they weren't given any reason as to why.

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>> a 6 year old getting a tough tough lesson in economics. a dad in st. louis shutting his boy down by denying his allow allowance request. >> anchor: how he did it going viral. sending a rejection that has social media buzzing. recently he found a new toy he wanted but didn't have the money

he did what many of us do. he sought a 20 dollar loan from dad's savings and loan. >> we never want to see them in a precarious situation. we strive to protect them from instances. >> anchor: loans aren't as easy to get as they once were. >> while he does have an income it's not sufficient to sustain the level of spending they want to incur. crying. sometimes yelling. >> orin's rejection letter hit the internet and gone viral. seriously. >> to entertain his wife knowing full well most would go over his son's head. ended up learning a lesson out of this. >> i can get my allowance money

great idea in his eyes. realized it's not my money he can say no. >> reporter: dad's savings and loan has advice for his client. >> we understand his feelings may be hurt. if you would like to improve your future work harder do those chores. >> anchor: some good advice there right. ultimately the manager of the complaint department was able to work out a deal to satisfy the client. she gave orin an advance on his allowance as long as he continued to walk the dog. >> reporter: this morning's weather not typical for a storm this part of winter. where is the storm? we'll have some the forecast. we'll get to those details next. >> reporter: live from gillette stadium. the celtics and bruins back in action tonight. few players have been hotter than ryan

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it's wet all the snow is gone. a lot of down pours today out there. >> reporter: depending on where you were located you saw different weather. that's the way that winter has shaped up for us. lots of rain. not so much snow. a storm rolls up and kicks out the cold. the cold retreats and comes back and a mild storm come in bring bringing us rain. if this storm had been here when we had cold in place we could have seen 1 to 2 feet of snow easily. highs for boston. 46 for plymouth. into the 50s on nantucket. 2 upon inches of rain fall with the storm this morning. current temperatures dropping off below freezing. bed ford watch out for slick spots norwood as well. 36 in boston. we will see what is wet refreeze

here's the storm system affect affecting us this morning. we turn our attention to colder air and clipper system that is to the west. this is going to bring us a chance at snow fall definitely colder temperatures as we head into the next couple of days. all of that pink coloring around the great lakes that's what's going to be moving in for us top kick off the work week. again you gotta have the cold in place as well as the storms to get the snow. this doesn't of look like a lot of snow that we get. but we'll run through the time line here. one system tries to make its way up the coast. it does try to bring snow fall. most models pushing this out of the ocean. one area that may pick up snow fall north shore but also the cape and islands but not stick sticking on the cape and islands islands. snow showers early in the morning on monday.

it could reduce visibility. cause problems slick roads as well. monday mornings is when we're watching for that. maybe a coating to an inch in some locations. other spots don't see any snow. and maybe 1 to 2 inches for the north shore and cape as well. 24 to 30. refreezing so if you haven't sanded or salted just yet you'll want to do that. partly sunny 34 to 39. those highs typical this time of year. before that arctic air moves in for us. once it does we drop into the 20s. these are the highs for monday and tuesday. great new presidency headed to the slopes for mlk holiday. we approximately see a lot of ice within the next few days on those ponds. here you go with the 7 on 7 forecast cooler temperatures moderate by next weekend. snow with a question mark. watching potential for more snow snow.

so stay tuned on that one. >> now time for 7 sports with alex corker. >> reporter: we are coming to you live from gillette stadium. they are hosting the chiefs in the afc divisional round. the second half kicked off. new england is up 146. sports. and they're headed to washington tonight after a blow out win over the suns at the garden. a feel good game for the green. a second straight win. and a career double for marcus smart. becoming the youngest player to record a triple double in the nba this season after missing more than a month with a knee injury smart is feeling good. >> into the groove of things. injury. my teammates done a great job allowing me to do that.

and you know we have a team and a coach that allows you to do that. it makes it easy. >> he's a physical kid. he's a competitive kid. he believes he belongs out there there. he believes he can excel out there. he's getting better every time he takes the court. >> reporter: boston college looking for the first acc win visiting pittsburgh. the florida transfer eli carter he filled it up today. eagles hanging do you have in the first half. within 7 at the break. michael young with the monster jam in the paint. eagles fall 84-61. 0 and 4 in acc play. huge game for tray davis. at the end of the first half davis on fire. he knocks 3 straight triples. good for 30 points.

to fill it up. his third 40 point effort of the season. davidson win presidency 86-84. after 8 days on the road the bruins are back at the garden tonight hosting toronto and if coming off a much much needed win. that was a big 4-1 victory. the dana char with the go ahead goal. 29 seconds in the third period. the bruins are flipping the script with 3 tallies in the final frame closing the road trip with momentum. on sports extra we'll have full patriots coverage. in studio to break down the game game. jacky mcmullin is here to offer her take.

the second half just getting kicked off in gillette stadium. all your patriots coverage on 7 news.

>> anchor: coming up on nbc nightly news. surprise news out of iran. 5 americans released. 4 a part of a prisoner swap including washington post report

than 500 days in iran. a deadly siege linked to al qaeda terrorists leaves 26 people dead. we'll have the latest. and have you seen this ador adorable giant panda cub melting hearts all over the place at the national zoo as he makes his debut. that and more coming up on nbc nightly news. >> anchor: and on 7 news at 6:00 as always it's a pleasure. >> anchor: and i'm jonathan hall hall. as you saw nbc nightly news up next. go pats. big game on right now. we have the nfc match up. the cardinals and packers. a lot of excitement for that game. we will be on after that.

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