been tracking thi looks like we're finally going to put some amounts on this map, right, jr? yeah of course, i think locations south of new england they be in the proverbial jackpot. for a change not in new england. we had our fair share of that last winter so time for somebody else to carry the load. here's the storm right here moving out of the rockies. it's bundled up with energy, scooping out of the gulf of mexico and reaching the seaboard and then from there the track is still a challenge. where does it go once it comes off the eastern seaboard? we know the storm's happening, we know that the mid atlanta sick going to get the brunt of the storm. how far north does the storm come up into new england? it is still a challenge, even right now, because these powerhouse storms, there's usually a sharp cut-off going from alls sorts of snow to much adieu about nothing. so the risk of heavy snow focused south of new england and then as you take a closer look

think across new hampshire and the corridor there's no shot of heavy snow at this time, the way i see it. but farther south, there is a slight risk of some locally heavier snow amounts down along the south coast, perhaps portions of the southshore. so a plowable snow, meaning 2 inches of more. there might be patchy snowflakes and flurries saturday evening and saturday night. 1 to 3 inches in metro boston is what i'm leaning on right now. i'm just kind of talking my way through this with you and down through the south coast this area is most likely to pick up the accumulating snow, 2, 3, 4, 5 inches of snow. there might even be one more area within a mile of the water right at the south coast and than 6 inches of snow. the other concern is gonna be the stwroingd. again, we'll be focused south of new england because that's closest to the storm. major flooding there. but we have the high tide to watch out for saturday night and sunday morning and there likely

especially 11:00 a.m. sunday morning high tide with northeast winds 35 to occasionally gusting to 50 miles per hour in cape cod sunday morning, will lead to the possibility of some minor coastal flooding with this enter. we'll talk about the rest of the forecast for the week next half-hour. >> the patriots gearing up for a blockbuster weekend with the broings. countdown is on to the the afc championship game and the brady manning show down. the patriots admitting they have a lot to do before the game. >> they talked about the pregame prep they're all doing right now. trey dare is there live at gillette with the latest for us. >> yeah, i really think you guys touched on it, the meeting between tom brady and peyton manning for the 17th time and this chapter in their rivalry may be the most unexpected in its history. back to week 17, tom brady and the patriots about to put the finishing touches on one of the

brady area, dropping four of their final six inconsistent at best. meanwhile peyton was an active back-up in his first game on the field and a month and a half after injuries further deteriorated the worst year in the future hall-of-famer's career. the route to the game had not been uncommon but the level of respect for the greatest quarterback rivalry in nfl history remains at an all-time high. its consistency, the durability, his ability to always -- you know, always seems to come through. he's just been an incredible player, incredible leader for his team. >> going against tom every week, especially in training camp, you go against tom where he knows our signals and even knows what we're saying, so those two guys are hard to outsmart. they've got him back there and great receivers with sanders telling him about the tight end. we know they're gonna make some plays but i think as long as we

execute at a high level we'll have a chance. >> belichick talking about peyton manning today. it's easy to see that his farm probably wasn't what it was nearly for the first half or belichick saying there is no player in the nfl that he respects as much as peyton manning. tray dare, 7news. and trey and joe amorosino are off to denver for the big game. you can look for the live reports beginning tomorrow right here on 7news. and we're following more news today, and one of the biggest problems facing the state of massachusetts opiate addiction. today state official announced new policy to combat illegal prescriptions. 7's kelli o'hara live in the control room with details. >> yeah, good afternoon. the attorney general's office is nnouncing a new task force, a new coalition crackdown on those writing way too many prescriptions for opiates. our heroin problem that's affecting so many in our states starts with these pills. >> we all know that we're in the

heroin deaths, opiate deaths, addiction ravaging families and community across the state. >> reporter: speaking passionately from the podium, attorney general mora healy announcing a new weapon in the war against opiate addiction, a crackdown in those giving out pills. >> opioid prescribing in the united states has increased 140% since the mid to late 1990s. there were 4.6 million prescriptions for opioids, 4.6 million prescriptions in the state last year alone. >> reporter: the attorney general forming a task force along with other agencies to stop the overprescribing of pills. the coalition will be targeting doctors, pharmacies and others responsible for giving out these drugs. in an attempt to stop the addictions and overdoses in their tracks. >> this is one step, just one step, but it's an important step. what we want to shut down are

there prescribing to people who have no business receiving this. >> you might be asking how are they gonna do this, they say every time someone fills these prescriptions it's logged into a database and that's how the state will keep track. the ag's office says they've already charged one doctor in the western part of our state, in the control room, kelly o'hare , a 7news. new at 4:30, a man arrested in worcester at a breakfast honoring martin luther king junior was called in today. organizers at this event say he was passing out flyers and asked out. according to the worcester telegram he pled not guilty to several charges in court today including assault and battery on a police officer. new cell phone video capturing the panic on a platform when a man opened fire at maverick t station. two victims are seen lying on the ground, bleeding there on the platform at the maverick station yesterday.

a train, another opened fire while still on board. they say the suspect ran waft, still shooting, and that's when a second man was hit. police are now searching for that suspect. many residents getting vocal, telling members of the oregon occupation that they have worn out their welcome. about a dozen of supporters making a surprise appearance last night. their arrival adding to an already emotionally-charged atmosphere and many people say they've had enough of that occupation. >> i can't thank you for the disruption to our county, to my home. >> it's time for you to go home. [ cheering ] >> the group is occupied the refuge for 18 days protesting federal land use. >> caught on camera, don't mess with this momma, she fought off three would-be carjackers as they try to steal her car. that mother and her children are okay, and the suspects behind bars. 7's alex shows us how they were

this is what a determined mom looks like, watch as she grabs a would-be carjacker and launches him away from her car. surveillance video shows the two men sprint across the tom thumb gas station parking lot and try to carjack a woman on the other side of the gas pump. she locked herself inside. the men then tried to carjack that mom we showed you. she owns this red car. one gets in the passenger's seat, the other in the driver's seat, but the victim fights back and rips a ski mask off the carjacker. reason. >> she was a mom. and with that bad guy didn't know that, in the backseat of the car were two kids, and she taken. so she fought, dragged the guy out of the car and they both ran away like cowards. >> reporter: hialeah police chief says the two hijackers ran to a getaway car driven by rebecca u ty a, their high-speed getaway caught the attention of

>> a hialeah police patrolman, who had no idea of what just happened, sees is this car speeding, follows the car, the fence. >> reporter: all three were arrested and booked on charges of attempted carjacking and >> no. i'm in the process. >> reporter: the judge has ordered all three to stay away from the two women they are accused of trying to carjack if they post bond. and these three are still in jail on bond. the good news in all of this, no one was hurt. reporting from hialeah, 7news. lifeguards in california are on high alert during crashing cliffs. a large bluff has opened up in san diego and could collapse anytime a danger to surfers in the water and anyone walking on the cliffs or beach there. >> the base of the cliff has weakened and now the top's gonna fall forward and catch up with the base. >> they need to fence it off down there. just keep people out.

result of el nino rains hammering down tonight the drought-ridden region there. a geologist is investigating. a good samaritan in florida makes a i would rescue when dangerous weather leaves some baby owls homeless. three birds all less than a -- less than a month old were found near a collapsed tree after a recent storm. wildlife teams warned all three owls were in incubators but only one survived and they say there's little chance any of them would have made in on their own. >> the tree has been split open so there was no nest to put them back into. the parents had left, the nest was gone. >> teams are hand-feeding the surviving owl, which will eventually learn to eat on his own and be released back into the wild. at least they could save that one. >> yeah, exactly. so cute. >> so cute. ahead on 7news, mother nature's masterpiece giving people along lake erie an awe-inspiring sight. and what a panthers player

and ahead at 5:00, the search suspended, a marine in hingham lost at sea after a helicopter crashed off the hawaii coast. now governor baker is talking about his service to our country. >> and from oscar winner to real life hero, jamie foxx talks about the moment he saved a man from a burning car.

frozen in time. some sculptors are getting a whole lot of attention in ohio. they've been getting an awe-inspiring sight along the shores of the laker. >> mother nature drawing crowds from across the country. >> reporter: you can call it mother nature's version of ice sculptures but using brutal wind and frigid temperatures. >> we were to get a big wave and it were to splash over us right now it would freeze. >> reporter: a cleveland parks

appeared just a few days ago. now take a look at it. not as dramatic but still pretty incredible and plenty of other photographers out in the bitter cold to get their own shots. >> it's after the storm and it's really nice out here. i mean, it's cold, but it's nice. >> arctic air is going across lake erie which hasn't frozen over just yet. >> when the wind comes through the leaves get big and splashes up into the air and coats these wonderful light posts that we have and we get these nice ice sculptures. >> reporter: when the wind changes direction, so do the cool designs. icing over geese that didn't fly south fast enough. this was blocked in ice. just how long will the ice be around. >> probably, hopefully march, not any later than that, but it will stay frozen for quite while. >> because the ice tends to change so quickly a number of areas on the shore are closed over concerns of falling ice.

my science lesson for the afternoon. you can help me out with the forecast if you want. storm timeline, up next. and ahead at 5:00, the threats continue in multiple massachusetts schools as police and fbi work to find out who's responsible. >> and it was a race to the rescue. how a patriots player jumped into action to save the life of a woman before last weekend's big game. we'll be right back, everyone. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust.

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teens. tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. low 30s tomorrow, still at the bit of a chilly breeze through the day tomorrow and friday lots of sunshine. friday's a great winter day. take the kids skiing with temperatures running in the lower 30s. so right now we still have winds actually tied to a storm up in eastern canada that's slowly moving away and will continue to do so dispom more so on friday to make way for the next storm. here it is, here, this will be a beast of the storm. carving out a path across the southern tier of states and into the southeast, pick up moisture out of the gulf of mexico and once it gets to the eastern seaboard really a tense high. this is headed for the mid atlantic states. new new england we are right on the northern edge of this powerhouse storm so the risk of heavy snow, i think it's only slight at best for new england. you have to head farther south, this would be during the day

so traveling down the 95 corridor, once you get to new york city and south of there, looks real rough, especially philadelphia, baltimore, washington d.c., richmond, fredericksburg. in locations they have not seen a storm like this in several years. we have had our fair share over the last few years, especially last year, but the rest of heavy snow meaning 6 or more inches of snow, i think it's confined to extreme southeastern new england because we are on the northern edge of the storm and usually with these big storms there is a drastic cut-off in your snowfall potential, meaning along the south coast, you may end up with 6, 7, 8 inches of snow right at the water's edge and you work your way up to fall river, it's half of that plowable snow, 2 or more inches of snow not likely. boston 1 to 3 inches of snow possible it with this event and the area most likely to see two or more inches of snow will be

44 down to the south coast, and the other concern would be the wind, the strongest wind focused on the mid atlantic coastline. the saturday night high tide and sunday morning midday high tide, heavy a.m. sunday morning, we'll watch for you. might be minor coastal flooding sunday morning high tide because of northeasterly wind piling water at the coastline and pinging that water at the coastline as the high tide comes in midday on sunday. , the pisk of patchy flurries saturday night. i don't think you have to cancel your dinner plans on saturday night but get to the restaurant and out in denver by the way on sunday for that football game, afc championship kicking off at rainshowers in denver, warmer than boston.

>> route 128 southbound, a two vehicle crash pushing traffic back to the waltham area. you can see the damage done here taking a look at our maps. 128 southbound, heavily congested... joe staton, 7news. ahead on 7 news, a special

fourth gradener north carolina is receiving quite -- making quite a name for himself. >> the surprise coming after he offered an athlete a good luck charm that he crafted himself. here's the heart-warming story. >> reporter: 9-year-old jackson spends a lot of time perfecting

but scaling the keys isn't as easy as -- with his new necessity. >> he gave me the practice gloves. >> reporter: jackson is talking about this moment with panthers player lou keikley, a moment he calls... >> one of the best moments of my life. this is so cool. >> reporter: last week jackson and his family waited outside panther practice to offer his flavor player a -- his favorite player a good luck charm. >> i said maybe i should give it for him to keep. >> reporter: he named it the keekly card and actually made it through a few rounds of the pinewood derby. >> very first race he won and got so excited. he's good luck for us. >> reporter: which is why jackson thought it belonged to its nape sake. >> are you sure? i gave it to him and he said do you want me to sign it and i'll give it back to you, and i said, no, you keep it. and so he said how about you sign it. we'll reverse the situation.

that's the rule. >> we were all kind of just amazed that he took that time to sit there and focus on jackson. i mean, it was a full minute, minute and a half where they're impacting. a football star and fourth-grader one on one as if no one else was around. >> definitely is a public figure that little boys can look up to and admire. >> thank you very much, good luck. crush them. >> the panthers will play the cardinals this sunday night for the nfc championship, in the newsroom, nancy chen, 7news. >> crush them. all right, more to come in the next 90 minutes, everyone. thanks for joining us so far. >> 7news at 5:00 starts right now. >> cold for the next few days and this potential storm and what it means for you this weekend. >> the patriots preparing for

on a game plan to stop the broncos, a linebacker is getting a lot of attention for his action often field. >> tonight we're learning more about the role darius flemming we have team 7 coverage. and a third day of school being put on hold where students' backpacks came under close scrutiny. >> and a dramatic scene, an actor in the middle of it all proving he can play a pretty convincing hero in real life. and we begin at 5:00 with the the latest on that storm heading our way this weekend. the track somewhat tricky to nail down exactly right now. but there's potential that some areas around here will get snow. >> so just how much is depending on the system's movement over the next day or so, meteorologist jeremy riner is here with the latest on the forecast. what do we know right now, jeremy? well, adam, the storm is still on target to form and move through the mid atlantic states.

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