>> christa: breaking news. report of an active shooter out in san diego. it is believed to be happening at or near the naval medical center. and a spokesman says gun shovts were heard. good afternoon, everybody. the details are just coming in. >> sarah: police, of course, are still on the scene. kris anderson live with the latest details. >> kris: christa and sarah, a lot of information developing this noon. the naval medical center in san diego warned now of a possible active shooter early this morning. we want to go straight to you

you can see the facility right here where an apparent active shooter situation is going on. a spokesman confirming that shots were, indeed, reported fired in that facility about 8:00 this morning. they cannot offer further details at this time. non-emergency personnel are advised to avoid the area if possible. there is a very heavy police presence. you see a squad car there rolling on to the scene. we have seen swat teams move. in the building houses offices and barracks for wounded sailors and marines as well as a gymnasium there. a lot of roads closed in the area as well. this was a warning, though. that the naval medical center posted on facebook, we want to share that with you. "attention, an active shooter has been reported in building number 26 at naval medical center in san diego. all occupants are advised to run, hide, or fight." all non-emergency response personnel are asked to stay away from that compound. nmcsz staff is comprised of more than 6,500 military, civilian, contractor, and

continue following this situation. again, that was a live look. active scene. this happening there in san diego. we will bring you updates as soon as more information becomes available. kris anderson, 7 news. >> christa: kris, thank you. closer to home, a developing story out of quincy this afternoon. where five people are now in the hospital. after an explosion, a massive explosion that happened at a fire in a water treatment plant, we understand. so fire crews have worked through the night, and they are still there putting out those flames. >> sarah: even right now, the burning continued. this is yesterday afternoon. jonathan hall live outside the plant with the latest details. jon? >> reporter: well, sarah, christa, good afternoon. the good news here is that the water supply is just fine. and nobody was seriously hurt in that explosion. the fire happened here on quincy's nut island yesterday.

to be a very difficult fire. 21 hours after the explosion at this sewage treatment plant, the quincy fire department is still struggling to completely extinguish a fire. the flames are hard to get to and deep underground. the massachusetts water resources authority has brought in a strong crane to remove concrete slabs in the rubble and hopefully, provide more access for firefighters. >> the goal is to let the firefighters fight the fire from the top down. part of the issue is the fire is inside duct work. so it's very difficult. there is still flames in every time they find a way to get water into the dock, it >> reporter: when the blast happened, some suffered smoke inhalation and eye irritation, but should recover fully. >> those guys were right down there when it popped. apparently, all kinds of stuff flew all over them. they had trouble breathing. thankfully, we got them out.

firefighters haven't been hurt. >> reporter: the fire is about 50-100 feet below the ground crews worked through the night to uncover those concrete slabs which are some 14 feet long and five feet wide. >> the goal is to pull those panels off sometime by midday. let the firefighters get in there and put it out once and for all. then we will assess the damage. >> reporter: suffice it to say, it is going to take some time. this facility screens sewage that comes from towns south of boston before sending it through a tunnel about five miles to the deer island plant in winthrop. we are live from quincy, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> sarah: a hit and run sends a victim to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. the collision happening in lowell. jennifer eagan live in lowell with more. >> reporter: sarah, that suspect will be facing a judge here at lowell district court soon.

hit a 40-year-old man in the crosswalk on thorndike street last night. condition right now. police say the man is homeless. he was flown to beth israel in boston by a med-flight helicopter. the driver, a 22-year-old left the scene and turned on to another street where he allegedly hit a car with a woman and two children inside. ages six and ten. now, they weren't seriously hurt. they were treated on the scene. police pulled the man over a short time later. his windshield was smashed. he faces several charges, including leaving the scene of an accident, causing serious bodily injury. that is a felony. he was speaking with his lawyer ahead of his arraignment a short time ago. he is expected to go before the judge here soon. live in lowell, jennifer eagan, 7 news. >> christa: a bus plowing through a building in warwick, rhode island leaving behind a mangled mess. three people have been course. scene. exactly what led up to this

here is byron barnett. picking up the pieces while investigators look for answers last night emergency responders took down the roof of this unstable building after a warwick city bus plowed into it. the two people inside had only seconds to react. >> what's going on? is this guy going to stop in we realized it wasn't stopping. we kind of, like, heard the horn and dodged for our lives, literally. the bus hit a pole on route one and then careened across the road and into this building. which houses a paint-ball business and an auto parts store. >> the ground shaking. to be honest with you, when things like that happen, people say you see your life flash in front of you eyes. it happened in slow motion. >> the bus driver and two hospital with serious injuries. >> lower extremities. the main trauma. there was no life-threatening injuries to anybody involved.

at the end of the day, you know, we have insurance. it is only money. we can rebuild. we can fix everything. luckily, nobody died from it. >> reporter: investigators trying to figure out what caused the driver who has been on the job for 30 years, to lose control. manny rosario is grateful his wife and baby left the building minutes before the bus hit. >> i thought about my daughter. i have a six-month-old newborn. ariana, i love you. you will see this one day when you are older. that is all i could actually think about. i thought about her. i saw everything happening. >> reporter: investigators are looking into the possibility that the driver had some sort of medical problem that caused him to lose control. in warwick, rhode island, i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> sarah: breaking news. sky 7 live over a water main and gas main break. this is in waltham. it is on river street in waltham. and police say there are no now. but obviously, street closures.

there are some delays in the area. but of course, we will continue to follow this breaking news. again, a water main break in waltham on river road. >> christa: also new at noon today, police up in manchester, would-be robber on the run. a dunkin' donuts worker says a man placed an order and then demanded that she open the cash register. when the worker refused, the man jumped over the counter, tried to open the register himself. he wasn't able to get to the money and then ran away empty-handed. >> sarah: police investigating bomb threats last night. at south shore hospital, police searched for anything suspicious. we are told there has been no threats made to any schools. >> christa: coming up at noon, a robber caught on camera making a surprise attack. how long he hid out before this violent incident unfolded.

a track or the-trailer. the damage that impact caused. >> chris: how long will the mild weather last?

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>> christa: crews in china helping animals keep warm while they are hit with some of the lowest temperatures they have seen in decades. staff using blankets and heat lamps and special cases to help the animals beat the cold. they even brought some snow inside. looks like the pandas are kind of having a good time playing with it there. >> sarah: those pan das lover the snow, chris. >> chris: they do. enjoying it a lot there. two feet down in the zoo in d.c. the panda bear rolling around, sobing it all up. 47 in boston. 50 in norwood this afternoon. hey, we are a long way away from snow this afternoon. temperatures already running close to 50 degrees in many towns. in fact, melting the snow that is on the ground right now.

that is the tradeoff today. the wind and the clouds. wind at 33 miles an hour in boston. occasionally gusting to 2 in bedford. attracting a couple of west of worcester. as well as in southern new hampshire. a lot of this stuff fading out. as it pushes into the dry air. that is in place. you may catch a brief passing sprinkle or shower. i don't expect much as we go through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening hours tonight. that is it. tomorrow morning, starring off with clouds. by late morning through the afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds. a gusty wind. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures not moving much. we will start the day off in the 30's. and pretty much hold in the upper 30's to near 40 in the afternoon. how about this afternoon? holding mid-40's to lower 50's. mostly cloudy skies. mild and breezy. then tonight, temperatures only holding and falling back into the 0's. not that cold overnight tonight. looks like as we go into tomorrow, pretty much starting off with some clouds. temperatures in the 30's in

you may sneak up close to 40 or in the low 40's. then fall back into the upper 30's late in the afternoon. it will be breezy outside. once again, with the steady wind at about 10-20 miles an overall, the week does not feature a whole lot of cold weather ahead of us and to find out what's more going on across the country right now, and about those winds, over to danielle. >> danielle: thanks, chris. pretty quiet across the country. much different picture over some showers across the southeast. this won't impact your travel out west. things looking pretty good. here? our temperatures up to 16 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. it is feeling nice out there. get outside. enjoy these temperatures. we are well above average. so for january. we have been pretty close to where we should be around this time of year. the past week was cold. that was really the first week of cold we have seen so far this winter. now it is much milder. as we head into tonight, yes, we are dealing with the winds. as we head into 5:45, driving

30-40 miles per hour, these are gusts. then as we head into the overnight hours, they are kaup down a bit. tomorrow morning 9:15, still a little bit of a breeze. but not too bad. this is pretty much how it will stay for much of the day tomorrow. we are keeping an eye on a storm as we head into the end of the week. for more on that, chris, back to you. >> chris: the thursday night, friday morning set-up across the east coast. and right now, we are watching two separate systems. one front in the air... and the area of low pressure off the coastline the other system just off to the north and west. if this were to dive fast into the south and east, it could capture this storm and bring it close to the coastline. doesn't look like that is going to happen. these systems remaining separate. this one pretty much exit stage east here. too far east to give us a lot of snow and wind across new england. although the smallest system, the weaker system as that moves across, on friday, that could trigger some snow showers around here on friday. in terms of any major storm system, becoming less and less likely here on the 7-day

in fact, look at the temperatures. into the upper 30's on our cooler days. and upper 40's on our warmer days. we may take a run at 50 degrees once again by next sunday or monday. saturday afternoon, there could be a couple of flurries or snow showers around as a warm front does move through the area. then on the other side of that warm front, it looks like sunday is going to be the warmer of the two weekend days. guys? >> christa: all right. still ahead on 7 news, a robber making a surprise attack on some workers. what investigators are now doing to track down this brazen homecoming? it' s awesome. but with the citizens bank education refinance loan, it gets even better. r you know those people who pay a little extra t and get all the legroom in coach? that could be you, t if you refinance your student loans. i can refinance? yes, you could replace your current student loans with one new loan and save money on interest. sounds easy! it is easy! so, treat yourself to something from that in-flight magazine. or save up for a new car, a wedding or a down payment on the home of your dreams. have a question about how much you can save?

>> sarah: caught on camera: two men with weapons in hand. two men got out of their cars in the middle of the road. one with a bat. another grabs a pole. the witness who took the video says the fight started when the made made gestures to each other while stopped at a red light. the fight went on until light turned green. then the drivers got back in their cars. >> christa: now another story caught on camera: fast policeman in western ohio hit by a track or the-trailer. the officer was directing traffic and crews were cleaning up an accident. that is when this happened. you see the semi going around the pick-up truck. the back tires get caught in the train tracks. a train off-camera plows through and pushes the truck. that is what happened there. so here is the good news. the officer does have a gash

but luckily, he is expected to be okay. >> sarah: i forget i'm on tv sometimes. it is hard to watch. >> christa: it is hard to read, actually. >> sarah: a hidden danger caught on camera. a robber hid in a store for 90 minutes before this violent frightening attack. today officers are using clues to try and find that robber. >> christa: the employees are recovering after the trauma, as you can imagine, of having a gun pointed at their heads. >> reporter: it is december 23. he is already plotted his next move. >> the store closes around 11:00. the suspect is seen entering the store around 9:30. so he remained hidden inside the store all that time. >> reporter: at 11:00 p.m., the lights in the store shut off. the two women in the back office then hear a loud noise. >> the assistant manager of the store went to exit the office to go see what the noise was.

video, the man barges in gun in hand. and begins to terrorize these two women. >> reporter: he demands the money. the assistant manager starts opening the safe while the other employee just lays on the ground. >> you can't help but just feel horrible. especially for the cashier who is down on the ground and he is standing over her. you can see how her legs are just shaking the whole time. she told our detectives or our deputies that she communicated to him that she wanted to go home to her baby. and he said "as long as you foul thesestrucks, you will be going home to your baby." >> reporter: the robber demands cell phones. then grabs all of the cash. you can see him struggling to pick up the money. >> he reaches into the store, grabs the gift bag. bag. along with all the cell phones. >> very frightening. frightening. you know, for someone to point a gun at you. >> reporter: police believe he got away in a red s.u.v. infiniti fx 22.

him. we are really hoping that someone will be able to help us identify him. >> christa: up next, two weeks away from primary season. kinning off up in new hampshire. what some new poll numbers out today mean in the race fo (singing) i just can't wait to meet you, sweet child you're on the way, i'm filled with expectation, and you're growing everyday...

primary two weeks away. that is out shows the front-runners with big leads on the democratic side. bernie sanders is ahead of hillary clinton by 16 points. on the republican side, donald trump continues to dominate. he has a 33% lead. competitors. ted cruz and john kasich combined. jeb bush, marco rubio, and chris christie have less than 10% support. boston's two biggest front-runners. and endorsing other g.o.p.

in new hampshire. the "globe" slebting john kasich who has been spending a lot of time in the grab it state. the "herald" endorsed chris christie for the republican nomination. >> sarah: donald trump ming a stop in the granite state and criticizing ted cruz ahead of the primary. kris anderson joins with us more on what trump is saying in the final push before voters head to the polls. >> kris: the nation's attention now squarely on iowa. as the state's caucuses are now just six days away. the democrats were in the hawk eye state last night. g.o.p. front-runner donald trump was in new hampshire. and he once again, took aim at his top republican rival. we are going to win. we are going to make america great again. thank you. >> kris: donald trump in farmington, new hampshire. taking aim at his closest rival. >> the canadian. the man from canada. >> kris: once again, questioning whether texas senator ted cruz who was born in canada should be able to run for the white house. >> he could run right now.

he would have no problem. report tt democrats were in iowa making their final push to voters before next monday's caucus. >> i have a 40-year record of going after inequality. not only economic inequality. racial inequality. sexist inequality. homophobic inequality. the kinds of things that go after people to put them down and push them back. >> i think we are touching a nerve with the american people who understand that establishment politics is just not good enough. we need bold changes. we need a political revolution. >> hold strong at your caucus. america is looking for a new leader. america is scanning the horizon. >> kris: poll numbers show hillary clinton still has a slight edge over bernie sanders in iowa. donald trump has regained his lead over ted cruz. dan hausle, by the way, headed to iowa. his live reports begin thursday right here on 7 news.

>> sarah: thanks, kris. crews still on the scene. >> a fiery blast in quincy. investigators working to determine what went wrong. >> christa: the home of an infamous drug lord being torn down in miami. some workers getting quite the surprise. >> sarah: students in billerica joining together for a great cause. details on how they are

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>> sarah: 12:30 right now. we begin with breaking news. reports of an active shooter in san diego. it is believed to be happening at or near the naval medical center. of course, these details are

>> christa: of course, police are also on the scene. kris anderson has been tracking this and has the latest. >> kris: here is whae we know now. the center spokesman wouldn't confirm there was an active shooter but does say authorities are responding to reports of gunshots there. here is a live look at that naval medical center in san diego where they were warning of a possible active shooter earlier this morning. all non-emergency personnel being advised to avoid that area altogether. there is a very heavy police presence. you see that squad car there pulling on to the facility. there were swat teams moving. in the building houses offices and barracks for wounded sailors and marines as well as gymnasium inside. this is the warning that went out on facebook. we want to share that with you. it snas part, "attention: active shooter has been reported in building number 26 at naval medical center san diego. all occupants are advised to run, hide, or fight." all non-emergency personnel are asked to stay away from

they do have a lot of roads in the area closed. let's get back out there live now. you see some police cars there. traffic does appear to be moving on that one road. the staff is comprised, by the way, of more than 6,500 military, civilian, contractor and volunteer personnel. there is a live look from above at that facility where the reports of an active shooter were made earlier this morning in san diego. obviously, we are going to continue to monitor this situation. we will bring you updates as more information becomes available. kris anderson, 7 news. >> christa: more breaking news closer to home. sky 7 over a water main and a gas main break. this is in waltham. quite the mess on river street. and it kind of looks like a river from one of the shots you saw there. you can see the water flowing down the street. up and out of the pavement. you see the work crews are on the scene. they have road closures as well.

we will keep you posted. >> sarah: a developing story in quincy this afternoon. five people now in the hospital after a massive explosion and fire at a water treatment plant. fire crews working through the night to try to put out those flames. >> christa: even this morning, the burning continued. this fire broke out yesterday, keep in mind. jonathan hall has more. >> reporter: 21 hours after the explosion at this sewage treatment plant, the quincy fire department is still struggling to completely extinguish the fire. the flames are hard to get to and deep underground. the massachusetts water resources authority has brought in a strong crane to remove concrete slabs in the rubble. and hopefully, provide more access for firefighters. >> the goal is to let the firefighters fight the fire from the top down. part of the issue is the fire is inside duct work. it is very difficult because here with the heat-sensing machine, there is still flames in there. every time they find a way to get water into the dark, it

into the dark. >> reporter: five workers were injured midafternoon yesterday when the blast happened. they suffered smoke inhalation and eye irritation but should recover fully. >> those guys were right down there when it popped. and apparently, all kinds of stuff flew all over them. they had trouble breathing. thankfully, we got them all out. thankfully, all the firefighters haven't been hurt. >> reporter: the fire is about 50-100 feet below ground in a concrete basement. crews worked through the night to uncover those concrete slabs which are some 14 feet long and five feet wide. >> the goal is to pull those panels off sometime by midday. let the firefighters get in there and put it out once and for all. and then we will assess the damage. >> reporter: so it will take some time. this facility screens sewage from towns south of boston before sending it five miles through a tunnel to deer island in winthrop. i'm jonathan hall, 7 news. >> christa: on this tuesday,

it is kind of warmer out there than we are used to. we could see some windy conditions as well. chris, checking in on the rest of the afternoon. how is it looking? >> chris: you hit the nail on the head. 47 in boston. 50 in norwood. we will get close to 50 in the here is the wind. gusting at times close to 30 miles an hour. there is the tradeoff. near 50. spring day. we also have that wind to contend with and some clouds. every once in a while, a couple of sprinkles and brief showers trying to get going. you see one from worcester north and east there. up into boylston. this one sliding to you folks in marlborough. perhaps clipping concord with a sprinkle or brief shower. overall, the atmosphere fairly dry and anything we get limited to a few minutes there. in terms of a brief shower or a couple of sprinkles outside. dry wednesday and thursday. a chance of some scattered snow showers on friday. overall, the theme here today, mild day. windy day. 50 degrees. low 40's tomorrow afternoon.

on friday coming up in a bit. >> christa: all right, chris. thank you. more news for you now. a bus plowing through a billing in warwick, rhode island, leaving behind a mangled mess. and three people are now in the hospital. after that crash course. right now crews are still on the scene. they are trying to figure out what went wrong. here is byron barnett with the latest. >> reporter: clean-up crews picking up the pieces while investigators look for answers last night, emergency responders took down the roof of this unstable building after a warwick city bus plowed into it. the two people inside had only seconds to react. >> what's going on? is this guy going to stop in we realized it wasn't stopping. we kind of like, heard the horn and... report t bus with two or three passengers onboard hit a pole on route one and careened across the road and into this building. the building houses a auto parts store. >> the ground shaking.

things like that happen, people say you see your life flash in front of you eyes. it happened in slow motion. report tt mayor says the bus driver and two passengers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> there was no life-threatening injuries to anybody involved. >> it really stinks. at the end of the day, you know, we have insurance. it is only money. you know, we can rebuild. we can fix everything. luckily, nobody died from it. roth manny rosario is grateful his wife and baby left the building minutes before the bus hit. >> i have a six-month-old ariana, i love you. you are older. that is all i could think about. i thought about her. i saw everything happening. >> reporter: investigators are looking into the possibility that the driver had some sort of medical problem that caused him to lose control.

byron barnett, 7 news. >> sarah: relatives of the miss mag reen from hingham will be returning to massachusetts from hawaii. christopher oral's family members will receive a police escort to hingham. police in town are welcoming people to line parts of main street, east street and summer street to show support. orlando and 11 other marines are presumed dead. after two helicopters collided in the air off the hawaiian coast earlier this month. the coast guard called off the search last week. >> christa: harvard university closing the case of an alarming vandalism that happened back in november. administrators could not find the person who placed black tape over these photos in the school's law building. investigators believe the suspect was, in fact, targeting photos of african-american faculty members. officials say they conducted interviews. they examined photos. they came up with nothing. the law department does say that security cameras will now be installed in the building in the near future. >> sarah: police in dedham

dog is found abused and out in the cold. animal control officer found the dog monday afternoon while responding to a call. the dog now known as stitch is suffering from severe starvation. he is being treated at the animal rescue league's boston shelter. officials say stitch had no collar and is about two years old. they say he could have easily died if someone didn't see him. police are now trying to figure out who abused him. they are asking anyone who recognizes stitch to give them a call. >> christa: police worcester investigating a terrifying encounter. during a home invasion. police say a mother came home with her one-year-old baby thursday only to find four men inside of her house. her two other children, a 13-year-old and 7-year-old were in their rooms at the time. the men allegedly put the family in the bathroom, stole jewelry, from the home and then took off. >> two of them were in the apartment. while these four suspects were there. they didn't know it. that was a little unnerving. we are looking into it.

there. we are trying to find out what their purpose was. >> christa: police are still searching for the suspects right now. >> sarah: new details: the owners of the sunken cargo ship has reached a settlement with ten of the crew members' families. including a local man's family. the company will pay avenue family $500,000 after they claim the ship had been overdue for repairs. the family of winthrop native keith griffin on the far left of the screen is include in the settlement. according to nbc news, cases are still pending with 23 other families. the kingston native and a brockton native were also on the ship. >> christa: 13 people rescued off the coast of southeast florida from a sinking yacht. this happened monday night near the town of lauderville by the sea. a coast guard officer said the whole yacht sank. about 25 minutes after the final person had been rescued. officials say this is an area where they won't be able to recover it.

underwater. >> sarah: a pink mansion in miami once owned by a drug lord is being torn down. during demolition, workers uncover a stunning surprise. a safe hidden deep inside the concrete. but what's inside the safe is anyone's guess. jessica holley is in miami with more. >> reporter: as the former home of the colombian cocaine king continues to come crashing down, a mysterious find. >> for us, this is the holy grail. report@safe tucked away beneath the concrete. >> this is what we were looking for all along to. find something, you know, of this nature. >> reporter: this was discovered as the new property owners demolish a 7,00-square-foot pink bay front mansion. once owned by drug lord pablo escobar. >> we had a feeling we were going to find something. he was right. a crew member started screaming when he spotted the safe.

because the machine was loud. >> i said, what's up, miguel? >> i said "look. there is a safe." a safe. report tt safe was uncovered as one of the last walls was coming down. it was found in this area underneath what used to be the front steps of the mansion. >> we had a camera over here. a camera over there. a documentary crew capturing the whole thing. ready to roll for the big reveal. >> we have to figure out how and when and where we are going to open it. that will be the fun part. >> reporter: gold mine of mystery for now. after one safe already disappeared from the property, this one is sealed up and sent away for safe keeping. until it is time to take a peek. >> we have no idea what's inside. could be gold. could be diamonds. i mean, we could find nothing. it is good entertainment. we are super excited. >> sarah: at the peak of his power, pablo escobar brought in an estimated $420 million a week in revenue. >> christa: afghan policemen

police officers killing ten of them. authorities say he shot them while they slept. and then left the scene after stealing all the weapons and ammunition. this morning, the taliban or earlier this morning, the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. >> sarah: asian stock markets sinning. ... sinking. slow growth if china is part of the reason oil prices are >> christa: the iranian president meeting with pope francis at the vatican. the first time in nearly two decades that the pontiff met with the head of state. at the end their 40-minute closed-door meeting, he asked the pope to pray for him. the iranian leader will visit france this week to reestablish business ties now that sanctions have been lifted. >> sarah: still ahead, these pictures are taking the internet by storm. this little guy stuck in the middle of a highway. how he is doing today. >> christa: think you can give

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>> christa: a sloth in ecuador getting stuck in a very scary spot. it got stranded trying to cross a highway.

little animal. clinging to a guardrail. >> sarah: he is so cute. in a weird way. >> christa: i know. sloths are not supposed to be cute. you are right. he is in an awkward strange way. i guess they finally got him out of there. he was released into the wild. >> sarah: you know, kristin bell, the actress, she is obsessed with sloths. she talks about it all the time. >> chris: he was a cute one right there. harmless. holding on to that pole. when it is safe, let me now. i need to get out of here. that was funny watching that worker there kneeling down next to him saying, hey, guy, it is okay. we will help you out here. last year at this time, we started our snow blitz big-time. this was a big storm. over two feet of snow in the city of boston. january, 26, 27, and 28. we picked up 7 feet of snow in three weeks. 7 feet of snow in three weeks. it. was 38 degrees.

stretch was averaging 11 degrees below average. what snow we had, it was settled down. and some of it was, you know, melting a little bit. not much of it. we had overall, a lot of locations, 30-40 inches of snow on the ground. even after it was compact with all of that snow. at least the days are getting longer in terms of daylight hours here. by the time we get into february 22, sunset close to 5:30. sunrise close to 6:30. a little bit longer here with the daylight lingering through the month of february. 50 degrees in norwood right now. the winds are gusty. close to 0 miles an hour. we will have breezy conditions throughout the day. that has been the tradeoff. otherwise, a pretty quiet day. mid-40's to low 50's this afternoon. 30's tonight. a stray shower or sprinkle.

tomorrow, clouds and some sunshine. breezy day. the wind is something we contend with the next couple of days. danielle. >> danielle: thanks, chris. yeah. pretty quiet. last weekend. we have some showers across the southeast. probably not going to impact your travel plans hugely. here at home, it is nice out. these numbers, it is about 15, hours ago. this is encouraging. especially after chris's little flash-back to last year. get outside. enjoy it. temperatures above average for much of january. temperatures have been close to where we should be for this time of year. the past week was cold. that is really the first week of cold we have seen so far this winter. and now things are much milder.

expecting breezy conditions. we will keep an eye on the storm for later on in the week, how that will impact us. back to you. >> chris: danielle, essentially, we are watching two things thursday into friday. one storm across the midwest. one trying to form along a front down through the southeast. and this coastal front here, along the eastern seaboard will have a couple of areas of low pressure right along it. if this area of low pressure was able to dive down, grab this and pull it to the coastline, we would have a bigger storm. pretty far between the two storms. looks like that will merge. too far off the coastline. however, i expect a couple of snow showers right here on friday. perhaps a few afternoon otherwise, warmth and the weekend. >> sarah: subway and amtrak trains are battling frozen tracks. 13,000 flights are grounded with many airports expecting days of snow melting before everything goes back to normal.

have been trapped. >> we sleep in our shops, our offices. some guys sleep in their >> sarah: mild temperatures today are expected to melt some of the snow and ice. >> christa: coming up, students in billerica selling out, you could say. donors will shell out some cash. stepping up. how celebrities are coming together to tackle the water

>> sarah: some students in billerica are giving up their cell phones for a good cause. they are selling out by turning off their phones for a few weeks. the police department even is getting involved heading on to their devices. >> christa: this trend apparently started a couple of years ago. it has taken off. here is kim khazei to tell us about it. >> reporter: billerica high school students are making the

can make. giving up their cell phones. more than 50 students ap greed to turn in their phones for 21 days to raise money for cancer. >> one of the most amazing things you can ask of kids today, simply because they don't know what life is without it... >> reporter: selling out for a cause started when the hockey team agreed to give up their phones to raise money for a student with leukemia. two years later that, boy ftion is cancer . >> free. a freshman on the j.v. hockey team. >> one of the fathers on the team thought it would be a great idea if we gave up our phones to raise money for ian. i thought it was going to be hard. it is, like, my lifeline. every teenager uses it, like, 24-7. even in their sleep sometimes. >> reporter: so once again, students lined up, zipped up their phones in plastic bags and watched them get locked away. they all say the sacrifices

>> it is awesome we can help someone else in ways i never thought i could help someone. >> i just think that, like, the sacrifice of giving up a phone is nothing compared to cancer. just, like, seeing how appreciative michelle is, every time i see her, she will give me the biggest hug. i know she means it. >> we have done a lot of things for community service. nothing as powerful as this. i think everybody would like to see a teenager put their phone down. be nice. >> reporter: kim craziy, 7

wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? 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. get out of the past.

>> sarah: stars are pitching in to help a town in trouble. >> christa: hollywood figures are sending bottled water to flint, michigan. the mark wahlberg and sean diddy combs have pledged a million bottles. the first 5,000 cases on the way right now. rapper eminem, a michigan native is also part of the effort. and cher has also teamed with another company to donate about 200,000 bottles. >> sarah: miley cyrus returning to television. she will star in a six-episode original tier veez on amazon. written and directed by woody allen. we are hearing the show will

that is all we know now. i'm sure a lot of people will be looking forward to that. >> i love him. so quirky. >> sarah: he is great. >> chris: looks good outside this afternoon. ly say this is a breezy day out there. winds gusting at 0 miles an hour. not perfect. hey, if you are going to hit 50 in january, it is going to come with some tradeoff. we have more clouds around today as well. a little cooler tomorrow. windy tomorrow as well. note the difference. cool on thursday. a couple scattered snow showers around on friday. the brunt of the coastal storm staying off to the east of us. guys? >> christa: all right. thank you for watching. i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. have a great afternoon, everybody.

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