police make a disturbing found at an apartment. children living in filth. reporter: they're upset. character for the mother. we were allowed inside this ourselves. dirty. reporter: a grandmother in tears after her daughter, 24-year-old sheila was arrested on friday and her grandchildren were taken away. woman: we've lived together. she's a sweetheart.

reporter: her and another woman at this apartment were under police surveillance. when the police pd vice squad searched it, they found three children living in conditions that were deplorable. the floors were covered with fee feces. woman: they trashed all the kids clothes. everything. reporter: police found pills, our drugs and cash. the police were placed into custody. the two women were arrested. woman: i came over here to see what was going on with the kids. reporter: now this family, with help from friends, is cleaning up the apartment in hopes of getting the kids back. woman: i'm going to take good of care them and god blesses them wherever they are. reporter: they've never seen her living in conditions like

for now, we're live in whistler. we're following breaking news. one person killed after a shooing and stabbing at a motorcycle expo in colorado. police say 9 other people were either stabbed or shot. no word on their conditions. right now, police are still searching for suspects. also breaking, two prisoners on the run in california are back behind bars tonight. officials say that a third man escaped from the california prison last friday. the third prisoner turned himself in on friday. the sky with a beautiful glow over marble head this evening. take a look at these pictures here. the sun is setting later and later every day. if you're a fan of this january thaw, how about a preview of spring.

even close to 60 degrees. we will be flirting with that as we kick off the first week of february. highs today, above average, sitting in the mid 30s. and the cloud cover, a bit of a breeze with us as well overnight tonight. you can see the breeze is coming out of the south south west, that's going to be continue to usher in some of this mild air that you can see to the south west. 71 in little rock. those temperatures soaring into the 70s. we will get that as we head into tomorrow near 50, near 60 on monday and then we waiver back and forth for the first week of february but this is not an early start to spring. winter is back with us next weekend. the extended forecast in just a few minutes. the race for the white house

candidates push for support a few days before the iowa caucuses. reporter: a lot of them are talking about the weather as well. with snow predicted to come in monday night, maybe a few hours after the caucuses happen. well, they're wondering if it comes in early, could it effect this race. you have trump and sanders saying they need big turnouts to win. donald trump flew back to iowa on his private jet. trump urging supporters to ignore weather worries and caucus for him. man: if we win in iowa, we can run the table for the first time ever. reporter: campaigning on a whole other level, mike says he has an advantage over others. man: if they don't end up winning, people are going to say maybe there was just more air than there was juice. reporter: hillary clinton

iowa state university joined by hillary and her husband. she said president hillary clinton would make gun control a priority. woman: in the white house, she will stand up to the gun lobby, that's why i'm voting for hillary. reporter: bernie sanders, main democrats love his liberal ways but worrying if hillary is more electable. man: we're fighting to preserve the essence of american democracy. man: i think this country needs a strong conservative movement. reporter: speaking to a large, enthusiastic crowd, cruz didn't mention his rivals by name but did seem to be thinking about trump.

it's been an entertaining year. reporter: richard drefus in the front row, reportedly in town preparing for a movie. an no indication from him whether he prefers any of the candidates in this race. many of them looking forward to new hampshire already. hillary clinton and bernie sanders agreeing to more debates, including next week, there, in new hampshire. and a remainder, dan will be in iowa for the caucus on monday. catch his live reports right here on 7 news. the d train went off the track just before 10:00. no one was injured. shuttle buses took passengers between stops for an hour. tonight, normal service is back up and running. officers found two men sitting under a mercedes that

investigators think the car drove on to the sidewalk and hit a telephone pole. the cause is still under investigation. a man hit a parked car on fenmo street just before 6 a.m. you can see the damage here. his car rolled over in the middle of the street. he was taken to the hospital injuries. police are searching for suspects after a woman is robbed at knife point in a parking lot. the woman says the robbers took everything she had and ran away. now they need your help tracking them down. kelly is live now with more on this. reporter: good evening. you know it was a rough day for a woman when she found a car got towed and then when she went back to her apartment, she was robbed at knife point. this all happened yesterday morning at the jefferson hill apartments. a woman went out to the parking lot to find her car gone.

when she went back into the apartment, two men approached her at knife point and took all her belongings. she's freaked out. woman: you never worry about something with our family. it's just -- man: definitely. if you hear something like this happening here, you definitely get scared. reporter: now police say people reported seeing these men earlier in the week in these parking lot. they're asking people to be aware of their surroundings and lock up your car and watch your back. several cases of hot wheels have new hampshire police searching for a suspect. a thief has been breaking into cars, stealing items, and then setting the cars on fire.

the side of the door as well. detectives received nine calls today after cars went up in flames. investigators are hoping the public can help track down whoever is behind the crimes. two teenagers are in custody tonight in connection with a deadly shooting. the alleged 17-year-old gunman shot and killed a 19-year-old near this ridge earlier this month. the suspects will be arraigned on murder charges on monday. a dangerous discovery this morning. officers arrested two people yelling and pointing a gun at a passing car. one suspect was carrying the gun and the other suspect had a taser and cocaine. both were arrested. searching for an inmate on the run in new hampshire. he signed out of his transitional house but never came back. anyone with any information is

we are following more news today. more trouble for those suffering from the water crisis in michigan. the water filters given to residents are just not doing the job and cannot clean the highly toxic water. epa officials say water at more than a dozen homes in flint, michigan had lead readings more than 20 time the normal. woman: we want to stress that this does not mean that there's a problem with the filter. >> officials will retest the water this week to check for accuracy. disney world is facing a lawsuit after a deadly encounter with a snake. an alabama family is suing the park after their son was bitten by a snake in 2014. the boy was okay but the bite scared the grandmother so bad

two days later. man: if we are unable to prove our case, then the defense will file the appropriate motions and this won't get to a jury. >> disney denies the allegations lawsuit. caught on camera, a fisherman pulls off a daring rescue after a boat goes up in flames in maine. officials say the man pulled two people out of the burning boat after he saw their distress signal. he said he arrived just in the nick of time. man: we got big hugs. they were happy. two boats went out, one boat came in, but that boat actually had guys on it. >> so the good news here, no one was injured. the boat though, sank shortly after the coast guard arrived. still ahead, a weekend of friends, fun, and basketball. boston police coming together with local teams, making new friendships and learning

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you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health caret and child care so people canr actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. local leaders teaming up with teams across boston on the

coming together for the annual unity weekend. >> boston police commissioner was on hand sharing a powerful lesson. reporter: friends, fun, and basketball. boys and girls clubs across boston coming together for the annual unity weekend in charleston to form new friendships and learn powerful lessons from special guest like boston police commissioner evans. he said as a former member, he knows firsthand of what the boys and girls club can do. man: growing up in boston, it was a big part of our life. reporter: evan, stressing to the 80 or so teens how important it is to stay in school and focused on their goals. man: everyone comes together and having fun. we always hear the bad stories

bringing kids together and making boston what it is. reporter: on saturday, it was their turn to take the court, with brand new shoes that were donated. it's in its 17th year bringing together teenagers from all around the city of boston for two days of basketball and making new friends. they shined a spotlight on the boys and girls club. woman: they help me with my studies and you usually come over to the gym when i have the chance and i like to exercise and play with my friends. reporter: on top of bringing teens together, the weekend raises money for youth connect, a program of the girls and boys club. they raised more than $1 million. man: channel 7 has been a big supporter of unity weekend for many years and it's a very important of what we do in the community and with the boys and

police department, and the youth connected. boston. the first week of february, this year, looks very different from february last year. but that doesn't mean winter is gun for good. we'll get to that forecast coming up next. ahead in 7 sports, rough year to be a boston college sports fan. eagles take one of the upsets of the year. outside of san francisco, the celtics are out of every team in

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mild pattern holding for us to wrap up the month of january february. tomorrow. and rain on the way for wednesday. not snow, just rain. you can be a snow lover and then also a lover of mild temperatures but it's kind of split down the middle, at least as far as the opinions go. i think we can all get on board with this. we're gaining daylight and within the next four weeks more than an hour of daylight gained. this will help. how about the way we're going to kick off february? these are my forecast highs as we head into this next workweek and you can compare that to last year.

above 40 degrees until we made it in the begin of march last year. no snow in my forecast, at least for the next five or six days. just wait until we get into next weekend, winter is not written off just yet. current temperatures, mid to upper 30s for us. 38 for boston. and a bit of breeze. well, it is out of the south south west, that's going to usher in milder air but it might make it feel a touch chillier out there overnight tonight. we have partly cloudy skies tonight. a weak disturbance to the north. we won't see any snow out of that one. it's dragging in milder air for us. south west breeze sticks around. 30-40 degrees for our lows tomorrow morning. and then tomorrow, ten degrees added to our temps for today. we could make it into the low 50s for some locations. it is warm air.

and just north of that front, look at chicago, 43 degrees. we're going to usher in some of that milder air as we get through the next couple of days. it's a parade of storms to our west. they pump in the warm fronts and then monday night, we might pop in showers monday night. bright sunshine for tuesday. touch cooler for us. wednesday, another warm front but it comes along with an inch of rain. colder temperatures to set in after that. takes a while for them to really settle in but they'll be with us next weekend. highs tomorrow, nearing 50 degrees for many spots. where as the cold is not far off from us. don't write off winter. this is the mildest week of the month of february. we're back to seasonable levels next weekend. and friday, 30s for the highs. watching for a coastal storm for friday as well. the ground hog may see the

six more weeks of winter. arguing the greatest video game ever. the celtics are heating up. winners five straight. boston would have home court if it ended today. the celtics crushing the magic last night at the garden building a 27 point lead. great team riding a five game win streak in a now season best six games over 500. boston hitting ten 3's in the game last. the entire roster getting in on the act. man: any time anyone is making 3's on the team, it helps. man: the ball is moving, everybody is touching it,

other out. >> celtics in winners of 8/10 scoring one hundred plus in 11 straight games for the first time since 1996. game. and the highest scoring celtics team since '91 and '92. 106.6 points per night game average. the more things change, the more things staying the same over in at night hill. the eagles football team 0-8. the christian squad can match today when they lost. riding a 7 game win streak over the eagles. they start out hot here turning defense into offense. penson and the pack and throwing down the big slam. up 13. you see though, pops here,

go down 11 at the break. draining the 3, they roll 89-62. they fall to 7-14 on the year. hosted the minute men, down three, time winding down at the end of the first half and look at antoin's face. getting it to go. game tied at 32 as we head into the half. more drama for the minute men coming into the second stands. umass down 3. ten seconds left. looking to tie it and he knocks it down from the corner. momentum turning to umass as the game went to overtime. but in the extra time, out of reach. rams win it 78-72. umass dropping 7th straight.

we have a boston globe tag team in the house to breakdown the beast. i'll bring his take on the week that was in boston sports. plus, we get you set for the 64th annual bean pot at the garden. that's coming up tomorrow night. in the australia open women's final, upsets rita williams earning her first major so, what moves me? it's the journey. the feeling of doing. it's making choices for a healthier me, a healthier us. i'm on my path and i love it. starts with nature's path pumpkin flax granola. crunchy clusters of delicious organic oats, flax and pumpkin seeds, with all the goodness to nourish you and your family. nature's path granola. t

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