>> no showers and an arctic chill in the forecast. what areas may need to use that heshovel. >> plus a terrifying attack ai. woman slashed and robbed on the street. tonight police are searching for those attackers >> a family dog brutally beaten in its own yard. now that family is looking for answers. >> and going head to head. democratic candidates in the spotlight. the last debate before primary season kicks off. >> and with the one down, two to to go. the patriots learn who their next opponent will be on the road to the super bowl. >> the announcer: 7 news at 11:00 starts now. >> first at 11:00 wintery weather blanketing the bay state tonight. the flakes falling in boston,

through the night and leave behind a few inches in some areas. it's safe to say that some communities will be breaking out the shovel for the first time. >> you can bet. if you have tomorrow's holiday off, it looks like a good day to stay inside. here's preto break it -- bree to break it down. >> i have seen shovels on social media. winter weather advisory in new hampshire through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. for slick travel we've seen one to three inches pile up. and a lot of those numbers will double overnight tonight. you can see the snowfall for many -- and i would venture to say, for most of us it's light snow flurries but you get the banding that sets up the more steady snowfall working its way through. when i have seen it sticking around the longest here is in plymouth along the south shore. so we're talking one to three

tomorrow, possibly up to six inches in localized areas. look ahead, this slides out. i think it tapers off by 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning. before sliding out to sea, we're in for more of the banding and heavier snowfall for the north shore as well. another one of those bull's eyes that we were talking about earlier. still in for the potential of a stray snow shower to a snow squall in some spots that could pop up reduced visibilities and drop a quick inch or two in some locations. generally speaking, sticking with the one to two inches through worchester county. and watching out for plymouth there, five-plus inches not out of the question. more details on this and our up in a few minutes . >> all right. thank you. good advice, too, give yourself plenty of extra time to head into work tomorrow, because

if you do head out, make sure have you your scarf and gloves a warm coat, and knows snow boots, too. remember, can you track the next round of winter weather on error on-line on whdh.com or by down loading our mobile app >> we're following breaking news. it's onto denver for the patriots facing off against the broncos in the afc championship next weekend. tc 12 and the pats garring up for a mile high match up. sports director joe is in the news room with more. >> traveling to denver for the afc championship game was the one thing the patriots were hope informing avoid, because it's such a tough place to play, but there's nothing they can do about it now. brady versus manning for the 17th and likely final time. the broncos earning a win over a banged up steelers team tonight. c.j. anderson plunges in to give

broncos punch their ticket to the conference title game for the second time in the last three years. it's a week 12 rematch in denver for the afc championship game. peyton manning missed that game. it was brock osweller leading the broncos broncos to a win. handing the pats their first loss of the season. manning is back now, looking to improve on his 2-2 playoff record against the patriots and not ready to talk about it yet. >> we knew we were going to have to beat a good football team in order to get there. you know, we'll try to enjoy this one tonight, and get a jump start on preparing for that game on monday. we'll talk about who we are playing on wednesday. >> it's a whole new ball game next sunday in denver. coming up tonight we'll show you why this game will be nothing like that patriot's loss in denver back on november 29th. reporting live, joe amercino.

a terrifying attack in chelsea. a woman, beaten, robbed and stabbed by three men. kelli o'hara live now in chelsea with the latest on this terrifying attack. kelly. >> good evening, liz this neighborhood is on edge tonight. >> i rarely go out at night. >> things are getting worse every day. it's crazy. you can't even leave your house when it dark out. >> reporter: people here scared for their safety after a vey -- violent attack on a young woman walking home. >> i feel like have i to be extra careful because this happened. i feel bad for the woman, too, she must be in a lot of pain and scared to death now. >> reporter: karen padilla's land lady heard the entire thing >> she didn't know what direction it was coming from. >> reporter: chelsea police

on the street saturday night when out of nowhere three men beat her up, slashed her and took her money. >> reporter: a city councilman for the area is outraged by the attack. he says part of the problem is the lack of lights and security on the street, and says something needs to change so an attack like th this one doesn't happen again >> there's only one light on the whole lane. no lights. >> reporter: unacceptable? >> yeah. we wants lights. we want lights. where's the lights? it's very dangerous. >> we live in the area. we're worried about it. we want to see the people live in a safe place. >> reporter: and that young woman is alive. she's at the hospital recovering from her injuries. anyone with information as to who these men are are urged to call the police immediately. in chelsea tonight, kelli o'hara, 7 news night team. >> a man is homeward bound, released from custody in iran after being held captive for

he spent the last 40 days in an iranian prison. it's unclear y his family is estatice was freed on saturday along with four other americans >> we're overjoyed he's out and coming home soon. couldn't be happier. >> it's been difficult, but we've had a lot of support from friends and family members. we were able to get through it. >> he was not part of the negotiated prisoner swap between the u.s. and iran but was freed at the same time as the other prisoners. >> after an alarming attack in their own yard, the family says they saw two men beating their dog with a stick. they say the injuries were so bad that their dog had to be rushed to the vet. the night team is live in rutland with what the family is saying tonight. >> reporter: well this dog is on the road to recovery now, but its family is looking for answers. >> i'm just glad that my dog is a live today.

have their dog, abby home sunday evening, after a brutal beating the day before. >> they have in heart. >> reporter: alexis says her dog was attacked by two men in the front yard of her home, using a stick to abuse her >> it makes me stick to my stomach to even think somebody would do that to my dog. >> reporter: alexis says her friend heard the dog's barking on saturday. when he ran out, he says the two men took off in a black sedan shouting racial slurs. abbey suffered serious wounds bruising. skin damage as well. it was a very severe beating. >> reporter: so severe that abbey was immediately rushed to an emergency vet. >> originally her eye was swollen shut. her eye. if you look at her face closely she has the wounds on her face. >> reporter: animal control believes this was a tar getted

however for alexis it was something random and disgusting. >> i don't know why or how or, like, why they would even do something to an animal. >> reporter: animal control and police are still looking for whoever do this. if you have any information that might help, you're asked to give them a call. >> an auburn neighborhood targeted, people there spending their sunday cleaning up after almost a dozen cars are damaged by bb pellets. tonight they're frustrated and say they hope the shooter will be stopped. >> wow. >> reporter: an auburn neighborhood is spending their sunday cleaning up. >> what a mess. >> reporter: at least 20 car owners dealing with the big problem after police say someone shot out their windows with a bb gun. >> i just found out. >> reporter: mary told us she had heard about the rash of vandalism but was shocked to find out her car had been hit.

>> reporter: a burn police say cars on rockland road were damaged overnight ?oo. young kids looking to have a good time at somebody else's expense. >> reporter: while neighbors say there are other ways they'd rather spend their sunday. >> i should be watching football right now. >> reporter: they're grateful no one was hurt. >> things happen and can it could have been worse, you know. nobody was in the car and things like that. >> tonight police are still searching for whoever did this. if you have any information go ahead and give police a call. >> and the race for the white house. democratic candidates facing off tonight in the last debate for the democrats before the first primary. tonight's debate in charleston, south carolina hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley going head to head to head. the vermont senator took aim at donald trump saying it's one of the things that all democratic

>> all of us have announced trump's attempt to divide this country. i do believe we have to deal with the fundamental issues of a handful of billionairres who control the economic and political life of this country. >> poll numbers have sanders gaining in iowa and leading in new hampshire. but hillary clinton took a moment to remind everyone of her own hard work after the recession. >> i go after them, and can i tell you that the hedge fund billionairres who are running ads against me now and carl rowe who started an ad right now, funded by money from the financial services seconder, sure thing i'm the one they don't want to be on the list. >> voters in iowa will head to the polls in 13 days for the state's caucuses. so who won? who lost? well, andy hiller is going to give us his take in tonight's killer instinct.

at 9:00 on a sunday night in the middle of a holiday weekend, you had many choices besides watching the democratic debate. and my guess is you took them. at this point in the campaign the democrats hard not to miss debates are hurting their party and their candidates. whoever watched saw bernie sanders win. he aggressively walked the line between passion and anger and dominated the debate. even if you don't agree with him, don't you believe he believes everything he says? that's the definition of integrity. it's hard for hillary clinton to lose the debate. she's always well prepared. and that's where clinton fell short and lost this debate. donald trump would say she had low energy and i'd agree. president obama was not on the stage but he was certainly in the air, and now he may want an air freshener. because the president lost this debate, too. clinton defended him but sanders

and obamacare. what was revealed was the division in the democratic party the president has created. hillary clinton is a world class debater, but in this debate she sincerity. sander fighting for a cause, economic equality. while too often clinton's cause appears to be herful. live in the news room, i'm andy hiller and that's my instinct. >> up next, coming together for a little boy battling cancer, supporters taking their message to the next level. snow.

wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it?

yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away.

>> a rhode island community showing support for a little patriots fan. a huge turn out at a local beach. it's all part of a movement known as be strong. >> in 8-year-old has been surprised by gronk and now supporters are taking their message to the next level. >> it's not your typical beach day. still a sea of people gathered by the ocean. an 8-year-old boy's bat well cancer has drawn worldwide attention. today it's his home town of westerly, rhode island, seemingly the whole town turning out to support.

it's amazing to know we can make change and spread this all over the world. >> reporter: one woman and her daughter coming from more than 40 minutes away. >> it's to stay strong and continue to fight. we hold a special place for him in our heart. >> i think i'll be really happy that everyone knows about him. >> reporter: the crowd will be spelling out the now famous hashtag d strong. the photoshoot on the shore organized by a rhode island photographer who put the word out on facebook and almost 3,000 people showed up. >> if this distracts him for a little bit and makes him happy all good. >> reporter: a drone capturing the message from above, little dorian stopped by earlier but was not up to staying for the final photo shoot but he certainly knows and appreciates what's been done in his honor. together. there's a lot of darkness in the world, and i think it shows a lot of light.

rare muscle cancer four years ago. his family says they're touched by the outpouring of support. >> does this snow mean no school tomorrow? not necessarily but it's a holiday. so we'll tell you how much snow those kiddos will wake up to and when they can get outside to build that first snowman of the

>> the announcer: now 7 weather with meteorologist bree egart. >> so this is what snow looks like, a lot of people seeing the first inch or more in a lot of locations. new hampshire advisory, also right now. this snow isn't going anywhere unless you shovel it and treat those sidewalks and driveways. snow, so far, almost three and a

it's one of the places in plymouth county have i been watching closely. you get up to land only an inch there. we could double that by morning. snow showers still with us at this point. but for most of us, i venture to say most, it's really light snow showers. it's flurries. and for some places like redding we're seeing the more, moderate steady snowfall. i wouldn't go so far as to say heavy but it will be where we see our heaviest snow fall along the shout shore. here's the two systems. one well off over the fishes for us. but energy is a trade between the arctic front to our west, and as these two interact we get extra converge anxious and lift

then this pushes off and rotates into the north shore. most of the action is done by 6:00, 7:00 in the morning. then we just run the risk of maybe a brief snow shower that passes through our perhaps a snow squall. that looks most likely for western massachusetts, but still a potential for us. two to inch inches, north shore through the south shore. heres the bull's eye in plymouth county. as i mentioned middleborough up to 3.5 inches of snowfall. here's the colder air rushing in for us. 11 in buffalo. plan for it feel much chillier because the winds kick in 21 to 27 into the afternoon and colder on tuesday. so as the kids head back out to the bus stop it will be biting and bitter. wind gusts that pick up for us

so things staying blustery as we head in. so it will feel like the single digits to the teens. the cold stays with us all week long as we take a look at the seven-day forecast. then next weekend, keeping an eye out for a potential storm. we'll keep you posted. have a great night. >> coming up on sports xtra tonight we take a look at the denver broncos defense. it's supposed to be the strength of their team. is it so after what we saw against building a better bank starts with looking at something old, like this... and saying, "really?" so capital one built something new - caf\s. where you can unwind with free wi-fi and banking advice, without all the mumbo jumbo. free checking accounts. no minimums, fees or gimmicks. and a top-rated banking app that lets you handle your financial needs... right here. that's banking reimagined.

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