this is the storm timing. ittarts mid to late afternoon saturday. patchy light snow and flurries that is the case overnight saturday night. here is the storm right now moving through the southern states. it'll move to the eastern seaboard and intensify. high pressure arctic high pressure, arctic beast because it's not going to allow this storm to come barreling up into new england. the h. wasn't there, then, i would be talking about a foot of snow but that is not going to happen. the storm gets forced out south of new england because pressure. the same high pressure that brought us sunshine today and again tomorrow but even with that said we'll stilling dealing with some snow. saturday most of the day is dry but we'll get into some patchy light snow boston south along the south shore. notice the shades of purple deeper along the south coast. the lighter shading around metro that is patches of light snow and flurries which the dry air will do a great job of chewing up the snow and not allow it to

we'll have the snow going on late saturday evening, overnight saturday night and it pulls out of here quickly sunday morning. how much snow is on the way? not a lot of change to the forecast. a coating to an inch around the metro. 1-3 inches south site of the metro. route 3, 24 then you get down into buzzard bay, the south coast 3-6 inches of snow likely by sunday morning. a lot of wind as well. northerly winds between 30-40 miles an hour saturday night and sunday morning. the concern with the wind is that it'll pile water to the new england coastline. for two high tide cycle, 11 p.m.saturday and 11:00 a.m. on sunday. that might lead to minor coastal flooding late saturday night and through the middle of sunday afternoon. more, we'll keep you updated on this. for more on the storm here is bri eggers. >> reporter: seriously we're dodging a dig one here. the storm has been very

today, even tornado warns in effect and you can see the powerhouse storm in the gulf coast states. the risk for severe weather does slide farther to the east tomorrow but a slight risk for seeing some of the damaging winds, large hail for us today. no tornado reports. just for large hail and damaging winds. as we head through the timeline storm starts to pump the snow up as we make it into tomorrow afternoon through sunday morning. so this is a long duration event for the mid atlantic states. those winter weather watches and warnings are in effect all across the area. from even northeastern louisiana stretching all the way up to the nation's capital. bliz around warning in effect for metro dc. that hasn't happened in this area blizzard conditions since 2010 which was known as snowmageddon. it could top the list top two snowstorms for the area on record. j.r.will be back to give us

all means for us as we head into the weekend coming up in a few minutes. >> adam: thank you. coming up in 10 minutes details on the crippling conditions causing chaos in washington, d.c. and the how much worse it could get down there. don't forget as the storms gets closer get the updated whdh.com and the 7 news mobil and tablet apps. >> kim: battle of best in the a.f.c.championship. brady and manning matching up in what many believe will be the last game between the two future hall of famers but brady says sunday's game is not about his rivalry. it's about the team. joe amorosino joins us now anticipated match up. >> reporter: if they had season win the patriots would be preparing to host the afc championship rather than getting ready to head out to denver but they're going to make the most of it and that is easier to do when you are playing with a full deck. such was the case at

the patriots with perfect attendance including matthew slater who missed yesterday with aship issue. tom brady has been far from perfect in denver but there is no time like the present to turn it around against an organization he holds in high regard. >> i love the competition and the quality of their players and coaches. makes it a great team and a great organization. they've been that way for a long time, so they got a great tradition there. and, you know, we played a lot of good bronco teams. bate them a couple of times pu they beat us most of the time. i would love to get that number three in the win column this week. >> reporter: having a healthy gronk would help with that. alex corddry reporting live at gillette with more on bradiy's biggest baddest weapon ready to rip when his team needs him most. >> reporter: for all the things we've seen gronk do over the years we had a

gronk stepping up to that podium pretty much grinning from ear to ear looking at the media today saying, whoa, for the first time in six years i get to step up here and talk to you. rob gronkowski was asked a lot of questions about the bronco's comments on low hits. gronk shrugged them off saying it's just part of the game. >> part of the game. been seeing it all year. been seeing it my whole career. >> reporter: the gronk might be denver's number one target. the broncos say the way to slow him down is to hit him in the knees. >> it's part of the game. just got to be aware of it. maybe just got to step up my game a little bit. maybe throw a juke, i don't know how many i got. [laughter] but just got to be aware for it. it's football. >> reporter: gronk did make a joke about the bronco's comments earlier in the week on twitter. >> i was having a little fun

little laugh which i think it did. >> reporter: gronkowski does have history with the broncos and they in injuries. he sprained his knee in denver but gronk is not thinking about that going into sunday's afc championship game. >> my, my game speed just like the go full speed and whatever it is it is, i mean it's football. everyone wants to see collisions so i'm out, i'm ready to give some. >> reporter: so the all pro tight end vowing not to change the way he plays and the keep this in mind, since 2010 the patriots are 1-3 in the play-offs when gronk is not playing or if he is hurt like he was in 2011. the patriots glad to see gronk out there on sunday. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7 news, joe. >> reporter: gronk is a physical freak. a guy teams have to base their entire game plan around.

underrated part of tom brady's game. the equal parts humorous and dangerous. joe amorosino, 7 news. >> adam: pats gearing up. the broncos are doing the same out west where it looks sunny and somewhat warm. trey daerr is live in engelwood with more details fours. >> reporter: sunny and somewhat warm. it's about 50 degrees, a dry cool out in denver. denver wrapping up practice ago. they're holding a win on the patriots over their resume. so you think they would be a solid favorite heading into the weekend but that is not the case. the two teams meeting back in week 12. broncos winning it in overtime on a walkoff from patriots c.j.anderson. broncos closing the year strong despite spotty q. b.player. homefield advantage from new england but if you talk to

they make it seem like they're a massive underdog and are lacking respect leading up to kickoff. >> we ain't got a chance. if that will motivate you that is dush are in the wrong business. we're supposed to go out there and get kills. >> it is what it is. we have to go out there and prove it. we're not world champs. we haven't been so we're going against the defending world champs so it's only right. >> reporter: funny moments here, one of the guys denver made available. one of the more engaging players you are going to find in the nfl was asked if he regrets coming to denver despite the patriots won the super bowl, a one-word answer, no. reporting live here in denver, trey daerr, 7 news. >> kim: today marking more than two decades of prominence for the patriots with 22 years ago today robert kraft purchased the team four super bowl

a major factor and today the team opened up about their team under kraft leadership. dan hausle has more with the kraft story. >> reporter: while the players say yeah, bob kraft is the guy who signs their check but unlike a lot of other owners and some owners these players have experienced elsewhere they say bob kraft made himself one of the guys in many ways. >> world champions. >> reporter: he doesn't wear a number but players will tell you owner bob kraft is as much a part of the team's success as any of them. >> he sits in almost every squad meeting that we have. i think he is always got a pulse of how the team is doing. how the coaches feel about the particular week. how the players are feeling. you know, he is always involved. >> reporter: players say kraft is involved in their lives off the field as well. >> he called my wife when she had a surgery. send me a baby gift when i had a baby. he is a great guy. they appreciate family and it starts with him. >> reporter: it's not just

impressed with kraft's involvement over a period of years. alan branch's 4th team. this season his first full year. >> i've seen mr. kraft more in the half year last year than i've seen any other opener for the rest of my eight years. >> reporter: players say despite all his money kraft comes across as a regular guy. perhaps the strongest example of this is players have even given their owner a nickname. >> if you like him call him mean mug, that is a little thing we good. it's good to see. >> reporter: so the nick name it seemed like mean mug. he was asked where it came from and he said it was some jokes but they weren't going to tell keeping that inside the locker room for all of them. live in foxboro, dan hausle, 7 news. >> kim: be sure to stay with 7 news for continuing coverage. we're live in denver. trey you saw was there. joe is headed that way. they'll be live in colorado throughout the weekend a's we're following more news

the woman who lived in the so-called house of horrors in blackstone facing a jum. she is accused of killing two of her babies. stayed her daughter asked a judge to drop the murder and reckless endangerment charges against her. they say there is no evidence show starved or harmed her kids. the baby's bodies were discovered in the boat in blackstone in september of 2014. police found the rooms filled with trash, clutter and feces. her other four children and boyfriend were living in the home at the time. >> kim: the father of the little girl known only for months as baby doe called to court. he is accused of shop listing in december. police say he stole more than $250 worth of tools from home depot. police arrested him days after he attended the funeral of his 2-year-old daughter bella bond. the toddler's body was found

the girl's mother and mother's boyfriend are charged in her murder. >> adam: also another school scare to tell you about methuen high school, a student makes a fake threat. officials say the student wrote a copycat threat similar to others that have been made against schools in massachusetts. officials say the student admitted he wrote the threat to get out of class. classes went on as scheduled today. this comes after a string of recent threats against schools across the state. yet methuen high school was evacuate and every student had their back pac searched because of the a threat. >> kim: also on 7, the hands-free debate goes on as the state senate reviews a new bill today. the bill could cost drivers more than ever. the fines seem to be one of the main points of debate. the bill calls for a fine of $100 for the first, $250 for

every violation after that. after that offenders could be hit with an insurance sur charge. drivers under 18 are banned from using devices already and for those 18 and older texting and driver is illegal now. the bill would only allow for drivers to use a phone in hands-free mode. manually entering special no a gps while driving would be banned. there are exceptions in the bill for emergency situations. so if the bill becomes law massachusetts would join 14 other states that ban the use of hand held electronic devices while driving and as you can see by the map here that includes connecticut, new hampshire and vermont. >> adam: massachusetts governor charlie baker will deliver his first state of the state address tonight. among the topics the governor will be speaking about, combating owed yesterday addiction, increasing the use of hydro electric power. the remarks begin at 7:30. watch his speech right here

difference coming up at 5:30 >> kim: coming up cause for concern for anyone travelling. >> adam: millions bracing for a dangerous threat. >> kim: at 5:30 again a close call for passengers when a taxicab goes up in flames. >> adam: a police officer going above his call of duty. >> in one hour a man behind bars after a deadly crash in framingham. what police say caused the crash. making. a look at tom brady's legacy and where it ranks in

>> kim: across the east coast are braising for a blizzards as the winter storm moves in, what you are looking at is the scene in washington, d.c. where they experienced a traffic meltdown over just one inch of snow. >> adam: incredible what, north carolina the governor there has declared a state of emergency as this monster storm heads right in their direction, although a month old winter is arriving for much of the east coast. and what an entrance it's making with a storm call admonster. >> we'll be watching the snow back starting in d.c.as we go through about the friday evening period. >> adam: perhaps are under way where two feet of snow may fall by saturday especially around the nation's capital. >> we're preparing for a

lived in d.c.most of my life. i don't know that i've lived through a forecast like this. >> reporter: d. c.'s mayor declared a state of emergency starting friday closing schools, governments and businesses while residents stock up. >> get ready. >> adam: surprised it has taken this long to get here a foot or more may fall in philadelphia, new york and the northeast. >> we've all been lulled to sleep by how warm a winter it has been. >> reporter: the snowstorm may become dangerous. >> sleet and freezing rain will accumulate as ice making the roads treacherous. >> you get to half an inch of ice that is when things fall. >> reporter: at stores in the path of the storm some of the shelves are empty while airlines have warned passengers flying could be a mess and some have waived change fees. here in massachusetts, we won't see the same levels of snowfall as our meteorologists have been

the northern edge of that storm. >> kim: up next a special visit for a star athlete. an outpouring of support from bruins star chara. >> reporter: clear skies tonight. sunny skies tomorrow. threat of a storm tomorrow. >> adam: at 5:30 the c.d.c.sending a new message to expecting mothers in the u.s. after a dangerous virus

>> announcer: now 7 weather with meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> reporter: good evening. mostly clear, boston 30. northwest wind 14. gusting about 20 miles an hour, wind chill 14 in the city. the city right new at 30. worcester 25. bedford 27. tonight mostly clear. cold with winds fading away. lows in the middle and upper teens, tomorrow actually a nice winter day tomorrow. lots of sunshine, much less wind. still a little bit on the chilly side but this time of year if you can go through a day with hardly any wind out there and you have sunshine, you are doing all right. tomorrow afternoon boston 32, attleboro 4, dartmouth 34. merrimack valley, new hampshire sea coast, cape ann temperatures around 30 degrees, worcester hills upper 20s to the lower 30s. worcester itself is 31. on to the cape and the islands chatham 33, now for saturday cloudy skies with

p.m.south of town. i don't think they get into the city of boston until very late in the afternoon and evening. again this is the brunt of the storm is south of new england. we're right on the northern edge with some snow mainly focused along the coast caught. the storm threat is saturday evening very early sunday morning. we may not have any fleuressies after 7:00 am on sunday. here it is right here. it's a rob unfortunate storm, brie talked about this. it has a lot of energy generating severe weather, but what we also have is an area of high pressure. with the high pressure and that location there, it's not going to allow the storm to roll up the eastern seaboard and pummel up with heavy snow. it's going to squeeze out to the south of new england on sunday. you notice here on sunday afternoon snow, sunshine is coming back in the storm. shoved out to sea. so a close are look at your

happen pockets of light snow and flurries arriving mid to laid afternoon on saturday. there will be steadier snow happening saturday evening and saturday night but you notice it never makes much advance north of the mass pike and even up here i think this might be overdown. the computer models sometimes they don't give enough respect to the dry air. again it's all about respect. so the dry air chews up the leading eng of snow. because of that a coating to an inch around the metro, 1-3 inches of snow on the south shore. this will be what is on the ground when you wake up sunday morning even though sunday morning there might be lingering flurries on cape cod but the brunt of the storm is out of here. 3-6 inches of snow abeing lo the south coast windy conditions saturday night and sunday morning. cape ann as well as cape cod dusting 35-50, worcester hills gusting around 20-30 miles an hour, that will be northeast wind shoving water to the new england coastline watching to astronomical high tides.

minder -- might lead to minor coastal flooding. i spy a warming trend monday and tuesday next week. mid 40s next tuesday. >> kim: see you then. an injured hockey player getting a much appreciated visit from a bruins star. >> adam: chara visiting lang. lang took to twitter to share the moment you see if here. she posted a pair of bruins high heels charo gave her, there you go. goes with the collection there. >> she is recovering from a spinal injury she suffered playing in the women's classic last month. investigators searching for clues afternoon a taxi cab goes up in flames. >> kim: no love loft between denver and pruned. what gronk is saying about

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>> adam: still a lot more in store for you. another 60 minutes of news. i'm adam williams case. i'm kim khazei. >> reporter: here is the storm we track for you, latest up next. >> jadiann: a witness captures a taxi cab explosion as passengers rush to safety requirements doctors on high alert as a mosquito bourne virus spreads to the u.s. >> jadiann: she lost her family in a fire. millions around the world are sending a strong show of support. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> ryan: we start with a focus on winter weather. a strong system inching closer to the northeast. you can see it stretching from the texas area there up to tennessee. the question, how close will it get to new england?