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colder spots, merrimac value, southern new hampshire. even there, you shoot up to 50. winds gusting 20, 35 miles per hour out of the south. that will continue to increase, a couple of showers in here across worcester county as well as south and west out toward bon of. back into hopkinton, these north. expect scattered showers over the next few hours. later this afternoon, this line of rain yesterdayed down pours and strong wind gusts has to work on through. it looks like the timing of that between about 4 and 8 p.m. temperatures even this evening are running into the 50s. so contend with that strong wind at times, gusting over 50 miles per hour over eastern mass. in between 4 and 8 p.m. quick, half an inch, to an inch of rain. do expect standing water on the roadways. reduced visibility. so a slow go for the rain and

evening commute. isolated wind damage too. tree branches falling down when the winds start gusting. this all wraps up by midnight tonight. more on that seven-day forecast ahead. >> also on 7, a crew rushing to the rescue. after a tugboat starts to sink in the harbor. three people were rescued as it went under water. jennifer egan live in east boston where she spoke with one of the men rescued jenn. >> reporter: all three men on that tugboat are okay. a little cold after spending time in the chilly waters. it turns out the captain of this boat has known one of the men he rescued for many years. >> he's the man. we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for joe. >> my pleasure. >> captain doug richmond thanking his lifelong friend for saving his life this morning after his tugboat sank. >> we heard the emily anne call

>> reporter: he was the captain of the boat two miles off of the shore of winthrop. three -- >> we were about a half mile away. i could see his lights. the lights went out. and i could just -- the sun was just breaking the sky. i saw the tug -- the silhouette, and then it was gone. >> reporter: one of the men was in this life raft. the other two were in the water. the strobe guided in help. >> i got down in the water and just pulled them out. they didn't weigh anything. it was just -- like, come on. >> reporter: the men didn't have on survival suits just a floatation jacket like this one. >> again, what it's designed to do is just keep the torso out of the water so your lower extremities are still in there. >> reporter: they were only in the 37 degree water for a couple of minutes, about you any longer and the captain of the tugboat says they may not have survived. >> very quick, it's very sudden,

partner shawn. >> he's really great guy and i know he'd do it for me. >> reporter: the coast guard is monitoring the area where the tugboat went down. they say it will probably have to be raised up out of the either with a. live in east boston, jennifer egan, 7 news. >> right now, residents in revere keeping a close eye on their homes after flood gates rushing through. the water frozen but now with the warm up comes the melting which is causing even more worries, 7's nickel olliveer i don't has a closer look. >> reporter: a revere neighborhood thawing out after record temps damaged homes with ice and flooding. >> when an issue like this happens, you can't prepare for this. >> reporter: sunday's freezing temps cause add flood gate to remain stuck open. when high tide hit, it pushed sea waters into the streets. the water flooded and closed

several inches of ice and frozen pipes and damaging homes. >> there's nowhere for my water to go. if i run my kitchen sink, it comes up through the floor. >> my car was literally frozen in the ice. i didn't even open up the little shed there because i have a harley-davidson in there and i'm hoping that's not frozen in it. >> with today's warmer temps, beginning to melt. and right now, it appears without any issue. the city met with engineers yesterday to ae assess what more can be done. >> the only relief they're going to get right now is basically keep that tide gate closed to prevent more water from coming in here. >> with the gates closed, people will cause more problems. >> with the incoming rain, i'm worried this will still come up and flood the area and if they don't allow the gate to go back open and allow it to come back out. >> reporter: basically they want to make sure there's a back up

to make sure there's a way to manually close them in case it ever happens again. news. >> michael mccarthy is scheduled to make his first court appearance since he pled not guilty to murder last month. the judge ordered him held without bail. two-year-old bella's body was found inside a bag you were didded on deer island last june. she was known as baby doe for months while police searched for her identity. her mother is charged with covering up the murder. >> a man is under arrest after a hit and run in auburn and police say he is repeat offender. investigators say this man, scott tatro slammed into another car on route 20 and drove off. time. this is the 6th time this worcester man has been arrested for driving under the influence. the 17-year-old, meantime, who is accused of drag racing before crashing into this home in

lost control of his car drove over several lawns then crashing into the garage causing all of that damage. he and two teenage passengers had to be treated for minor injuries. >> a funeral being held today for kaitlin clavette who was killed in the accident involving that manhole cover. clavette was on the way to work on friday when a manhole cover became loose on i 93 and crashed through her windshield. she was an elementary school art teacher in milton. she was 35 years old. >> new details this noon now, pope francis's sex abuse commission says all bishops must report all cases of sexual abuse to police even if local laws don't require it. this is echoing a statement by boston's cardinal sean o'malley who says they have a moral and ethic responsibility to report suspected statements of abuse to authorities. it comes after says it's only up to the families and victims to

>> the mayor of somerville an everett. it has health concerns over the 1.6 million dollar project. he's worried increased traffic going to the casino -- long-standing casino. a grand opening for the state's largest medical marijuana facility in lowell was the fifth registered medical marijuana dispensary in massachusetts. locations in boston and greenfield later this year. >> in the race for the white house, now former president george w. bush has mostly stayed out of politics since he left the presidency, but he was out campaigning for his younger brother jeb in south carolina on monday. jeb has been trying to break out of that pack of republicans led by donald trump, while george directly. he did reference the

>> i understand that americans are angry and frustrated. but we do not need someone in the oval office who mirrors and inflames their anger and frustration. >> while, judge eb bush is trying to handness his brother's popularity. sam slammed how he handled 911. democrats looking to to the next primary state, hillary clinton is in nevada, where she gave a speech on race. former president clinton campaigning for her down in florida today. today, bernie sanders is stumping in south carolina. yesterday he was in flirnlt, michigan, meeting with families impacted by the water crisis there. >> the united nations in the world, remembers boot cross, boot cross gall lee. he with as the secretary general in the early 1990s. the veteran egyptian diplomat helped to negotiate his country's peace deal with israel.

>> coming up at noon, a truck driver lucky to be alive after this crash course down in miami. hows garbage truck ended uptaking a midair on the highway. >> the freak accident that cause add teenager to be carried off of the truck. >> the temperatures into the 50s for us this an. we do contend with a gusty wind. perhaps damaging wind gusts and a he can soing rain this afternoon, timing ahead. >> later, it was a star studded night out in los angeles. a recap of last night's grammy

causing rescuers rescuing a 90-year-old woman captured in her home. they carried her out on a stretcher. a tornado tore through the area in the panhandle. >> it caused a lot of damage there. video. >> here, overnight -- the neighborhoods, the ice and sludge was frozen over. but it's good now. >> you're looking on the driveway, see that skating rink, i got to shuffle to the car, fall. that's ice, though, melt down mode, big time. 55 in winthrop, 56 in waltham. reading at 53. the cold air was stubborn this morning. beginning to ease above the freezing mark, up to 42. merrimack valley, still colder spots, where the cold air is very shallow, you may be driving along and the car thermometer 35

goes up to 45 degrees as you go up in elevation a little bit. where we do have mild air circulating, across the pike and southeastern mass. not only sir passed the 40s, but well into the 50s. 57 degrees in foxboro. contending with some showers, a couple of showers rolling through the weston to, all the way back into hopkinton, jogging off to the north very quickly and couple scattered showers off to the cape. nothing particularly heavy at this hour. that's a different story west of the city. you see this huge sign of showers, even embedded thunderstorms with this. this all has to work through later on this afternoon and into this evening. really between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. as the height of this storm, the strongest wind gust and some of the heavier rain fall amounts coming out of it. pretty good chance of down pours during the evening commute.

if you're headed out between 4 and 8 p.m. do expect torrential rains maybe a few rumbles of thunder and then after 8:00, it. where as unfairly quickly, in terms of the winds diminishing and begin to dry out. tomorrow morning, back to partly cloudy skies. partial sunshine through the day. temperature tomorrow in the 40s, not too tough to take by february standards, especially after the cold weekend we had. quick half an inch, with down pours later this afternoon and into this evening. otherwise, not expecting a lot of lingering issues overnight tonight. temperatures falling back below freezing, some of the bigger puddles may freeze on up. 26 to 34 overnight tonight. and that rain will taper off and clear skies out overnight tonight. partly sunny, nice day, 42 to 48 degrees is the range tomorrow. gusty wind, certainly see that later on this afternoon. more on that over to danielle.

we have a high wind warning in affect for this yellowish here until 10:00. the beige areas also under a wind advisory until 10. so these areas could see wind gusts anywhere from 50 to 60 miles per hour. we could see trees down, power could be disrupted as well. here's your wind timeline as we head into 5:30 tonight for your commute later on this afternoon. this is really when the winds are looking like they will be the strongest, they're out of the south, gusting close to 60 miles per hour on the cape and right around 40 miles per hour in boston. as we head into dinner time, there's still very strong but dying down a little bit. as we head into the overnight hours, start to turn westerly and start to taper off. the good news, by tomorrow morning, they're really calm. as quick as this system is moving in, it's going to move out, too, ha, chris? >> it is. that's why i do expect some sunshine for tomorrow. and dryer conditions. tomorrow into thursday, not

whole lot. on thursday, cold air does work in. back into the 30s which is seasonable for this time of year. maybe a shower, although overall mainly dry day. same case on friday, in terms of being mainly dry out there. friday night into saturday morning, snow showers, transitioning into rain showers. scattered rain on saturday. overall over the weekend, temperatures running in the mid to upper 40s by each saturday and sunday afternoon. >> chris, thanks so much. there's a new report out, that finds city workers in boston have a long ride to and from work every day. it. according to "the globe" 106 suburbs. boston payses for the maintenance. payroll records show workers driving city vehicles were paid an average of $190 thousand last year. >> still ahead, a highway horror. a garbage truck takes a bad turn

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a garbage truck, taking a dangerous drop in miami, flying off of the highway and smashing into the ground below.

control on i 95 and smashed through the cement barrier. >> the driver survived this crash but now police are looking for answers. 7's alex has more. >> reporter: in pieces it sits under the lights below in miami where it landed after plunging off i-95 monday evening. it happened as he was travelling south on the i near the southwest 7 street exit. >> the truck break into the railing and it was surprisingly loud. >> reporter: he had just finished playing basketball at the park. the sound of the truck breaking through the concrete barrier attention. >> you just see the -- the truck falling in midair and it felt like it was in slow motion, felt actually hit the floor. >> you know when you hear landing on dry land, kind of like that, like there's an explosion. >> reporter: at least 100 foot vehicles. the cab broke apart prosecute

contains the garbage, sending a plume of smoke across the park. a piece pierced the roof of a building. amazingly the driver survived. >> looking at trash under the other victims. >> reporter: no one was injured. good news, because consumes were closed for president's day and children. >> thank god there weren't any kids here playing to get hurt. very lucky guy. >> the driver is lucky, but the question now for the florida highway patrol is what caused him to plunge off of the highway. >> that was 7's alex defraud dough reporting. the truck driver still remains in serious condition and they are investigating what caused him to swerve off of the road. >> up next, cause for concern

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absolutely wild story here. 14-year-old basketball player is recovering after a freak accident that happened in the middle of the game. >> the wisconsin girl fell and was stabbed by a floor board. for this one. >> now quiet field house was filled with confusion sunday afternoon as a player went flying into the floor and couldn't get up. >> the officials said, what do you mean, are you hurt, and she said, there's a piece of wood stuck to me. >> the 14-year-old wisconsin court. the board had split in the middle and stuck into the young player. her mom, the coach was quickly by her side. >> it was 3 to 4 inches long and in in some parts probably between a quarter of an new hampshire inch deep. >> minutes later, emergency crews showed up and everyone asked to leave the gym. >> we thought they were going to have to remove the entire board and take the board to the hospital. >> they didn't have to do that, but the 18-year-old was loaded

none of her internal organs were hit by the wood. >> i never heard of anything like this happening anywhere. >> he was surprised it happening here, since it was only 15 months old. it should be permanently fixed in the a next week or so. >> i got a term in here a few weeks i've got every belief we'll be playing on the court as well. >> reporter: he's confident the court will hold up and doesn't expect any legal action by the school district. >> kind of like a strike of lightning. it was a complete fluke. >> reporter: hoping unlucky lightning doesn't strike twice. >> i think sometimes strange things happen and there's no explanation for the phenomenon. >> the injured teen is expected to play again in just a few weeks. thankfully she's okay. >> never seen anything like that happening. like he said, strike of lightning. thank god she's okay.

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. a messy mix overnight. leaving an icy scene behind. new englanders woke up to sides, sidewalks, and streets encased in ice this morning. >> thanks for sticks with us. >> especially us without garages. i was jealous, thinking about that when i was scraping my car. >> my husband had to scrape his car. i'm the one that gets to park in the garage. >> sorry. >> not really.

started the car and then you roll down the windows after the car is warm inside and the window will actually go down and then you have a sheet of ice sitting there and i just started poking the ice and breaking it that way, versus trying to scrape it off. it was a tough scrape, you really had to approximate out a little bit of elbow grease into scraping it off. 51 in worcester, 48 in boston, 44 in lawrence, we've lost that cold air, if you're fortunate enough to sleep in this morning, you wake up in the city of windshield, right. as temperatures surge close to 50 degrees. we have a wind that's going to be surging out of the south, southeast, eventually to the southwest. right now that wind is gusting about 25 to 30 miles per hours. at times see it gust close to 50 or 60 for a few hours. evening. you compare the numbers, temperaturewise, versus this time yesterday. and we're 30 to close to 40 degrees above where we were at lunchtime yesterday.

here in new england. scattered showers rolling on through now. the heavy rain to the southwest of us. this is going to ink interest on throughenly add be accompanied by strong wind gusts later on this afternoon. couching the start time around 3, 4:00 p.m., for some of the down pours and strong winds, last until 7 or 8 p.m. quick half inch to inch of rain, gusts around, 60 miles per hours, across eastern mass. isolated wind damage prosecute the gusts later on. seven-day forecast coming up. >> thanks, chris. also on 7, a crew rushing to the rescue after a tugboat starts to sink in the harbor. officials say three people were rescued from that ship before it went completely under. jenn spoke with one of the men rescued. >> he's the man. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for joe. >> my pleasure. >> reporter: captain doug richmond thanking his long time friend for saving his life this morning after his tugboat sank.

anne call on the radio, i'm taking on water. >> reporter: captain joe maloney was at the captain about two miles south of winthrop. three men aboard quickly sinking in the frigid water. >> i could see his lights, about a half mile away, the lights went out. and the sun was just breaking the sky. i saw the silhouette and then it was gone. >> reporter: one of the men was in this life raft, the other two in the water. the strobe guided in help. >> i got down in the water and just pulled them out. they didn't weigh anything. it was just like come on. >> reporter: the men didn't have on survival suit. just a floatation jacket like this one. >> again, what it's designed to do is just to keep the torso out of the water, so your lower extremities are still in there. >> reporter: they were only in the 37 degree water for a couple of minutes. but any longer and the captain of the tugboat says they may not have survived. >> very quick. it's very fast.

me with his partner shawn. >> doug is a great guy. he's really a great guy. and i knew he would do it for me. so my pleasure. >> reporter: those two men have been friends for years. as for the tugboat, the coast guard is monitoring the area where it went down. they say it will have to be raised up out of the water. in east bon of, jennifer, 7 news. >> a shrewsbury firefighter charged with allegedly assaulting a baby-sitter, making a first court appearance today. with more from worcester where that suspect was just arraigned. >> reporter: shrewsbury firefighter shawn bod do wits with nothing to say he was leaves worcester court. he's accused of inappropriately touching his 15-year-old baby-sitter baby-sitter -- the teen has baby-sat for him for months. police say she reported a pattern of sexually inappropriate behavior that was unwelcomed and went too far. in january, police say the

the house and when bod dowitz and his wife arrived home, he got in bed with her accused of lying on top of her. >> he also did on multiple occasions grab and or slap her but, one time even getting into bed with her. >> court paperwork, says the girl shoved him off of her. years. his attorney told the court, he only found out about his summons to court on saturday, after a member of the media reached out to him for comment. he said he was unaware until that point. there was even a police investigation accusing him of indecent assault and battery. >> i have no comment at this point. i have not even seen the report. the only reason i knew about it was because of you folks. >> reporter: the firefighter entered a not guilty plea, the judge released him on own personal recognizances. >> right now, police aring on the look out for a man, last seen outside of a popular boston

he was last seen outside the bell in hand tavern just before 2:00 saturday morning. but when his cousin went out to meet him a short time later, he was gone. his family is desperate for answers. >> i've got two kids. i love dearly. and one of them is -- i haven't heard from. >> police are checking surveillance videos in the area to help try and find mar. >> a family in and dover is happy to be back home safely after a scary moment during a weekend moment to new hampshire. the couple had their baby daughter with them when a mechanical problem trapped them on the tram way over the sky. >> i don't think i will forget this weekend request for a long long time. >> reporter: a terrifying turn when this tram comes to a sudden stop.

and the whole tram swung back and forth. >> they were on a get away to celebrate mom's birthday and valentine's day. but in a minute, up cannon mountain in new hampshire, something went wrong. >> then an hour, these, i think we're going to have to do an emergency evacuation. >> cell phone video captures the rescue from the ground. you can see the emergency door opened below. >> as a mom with a little baby, it was freezing. >> the record low temperatures over a the weekend, a big concern, as more than 40 people waited to be lowered by a harness. >> people gave us their coats and foot warmersful. >> reporter: when the time came, sabrina was out first. >> when i was already on the ground and i was safe, i was like, okay, come on. >> they passed me remy, i grabbeder had, held her just like that, and we went down, and mommy was there at the base. >> and this is they were coming down, i was like okay, okay, i'm right here, going to catch you.

quick checkup in the ambulance, then it was time for hot girl. >> i think she was the youngest baby ever to be emergency evacuated off of a cannon here. >> a series of coast guard hearings will look for answers about why el faro sank near the bahamas, it went down during a hurricane in october, all 33 crew members were killed on board. the three of the crew members were from massachusetts. winthrop native, keith griffin, jeffrey matthias and 51 margaret wright whose family lives in brockton. >> democrats are insisting that president obama's choice to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia get an up or down vote. republicans vowed to block it so the next president can fill that vacancy, democrats are crying foul, they say blocking this

>> let's have a hearing, let's hear from what our constituents what they think and then vote, not no vote at all. >> the people of this country should send a clear message, that is not the way our constitution works. >> the republicans should reject. i think the new president should have that option. >> the republicans argue, even if an obama nominee is confirmed, it could be too late to have any impact this term. >> u.s. and cuba's new relationship leading to booming. today, u.s. airlines can apply for more flights to the caribbean country, as many as 100 per day. right now only about a dozen daily flights to cuba prosecute the u.s. the new flights could begin as early as this fall. >> pope francis in merlia mexico today. over he presided over a mass of thousands. morelia is -- >> getting a home visit like no other. but her newborn could not wait for delivery.

inspire you. you don't want to miss it of a local university basketball team getting inspiration from their off the court teammate. we'll tell you how he's doing that.

prots quarterback extremely cold temperatures, this bhoven, this weekend.

>> he went to it, someplace else. >> brady, went skiing there, this weekend, adding the caption, at least it's safer than cliff jumping. you may remember, the qb's attempt at cliff diving. there he goes last march, he jumped from a 40 foot cliff in costa rica and landed feet first in the water. you can hear his wife cheering him on behind him. i much rather be there. >> cliff diving or black diamond, what do you think is more dangerous? >>en i don't, i rather cliff skier. water. >> chris what about you. >> seeing braid key go down, i don't think i'm feeling any better. one was called a elevator shaft, that implies pretty much straight down here. probably a lot of fun skiing there. but you know what, keep the lac in place, don't hurt the knee going down there, mr. brady. north reading, 2.5 inches of

ipswich 2.5 inches of snow. we just weren't falling on the ice out off boston. a lot of way to warm up. down into the teens and 20s in a lot of the suburbs. we had that snow last night. transition over to freezing rain and had that later over on top of that snow. and melting that fairly quickly and melting quite a bit of it, close to 50 from boxford, tyngsborough, a little cooler here at 38 degrees. relative pockets of relative cooler air, but overall, seeing marked improvement from where we were earlier today in terms of temperatures holding close to the mid 20s and a lot of ice issues north and west of boston. mid 50s down from foxboro to west bridgewater. the wind gusty at times, 35 to 40 miles an hour these gust s

more showers in the air, had some breaks across eastern mass. this morning. now yielded back to cloud cover. a couple of showers, heavier snow showers, in newburyport. doesn't last all that long. scattered showers across the mass. pike to worcester right now. lighter showers through 4:00 in the afternoon. and this wall of water that you see down across new jersey and even embedded thunderstorms, strong gusty winds has to swing through 4, 8:00, that's really the time. here's a look at 5:00, we're in the thick of it, with the gusty winds and downpours in time for the evening commute. there will be a slow go for the evening commute and dry out after about 8:00 and really clear out after midnight tonight. do expect quiet times back in the forecast for wednesday morning. there may be a patch or two of black ice first thing tomorrow morning, temperatures falling back below freezing but nothing like what we saw earlier this morning. about half an inch to an inch, quickly dropping right near the

keep an eye on that. temperatures relatively steady holding 52 to 58 degrees. and then dropping tonight. 26 to 34 is by daybreak tomorrow. and we'll hold into the 40s as we get into tomorrow afternoon partly cloudy skies. more on the wind and what to expect this evening, over to danielle. >> because of the wind, we have a wind warning untilo 10:00 p.m. and wind advisories for these areas in beige until 10:00 p.m. we could see wind gusts any prosecute where from 50 to 60 miles per hour, power outages possible. possibly even downed trees as well. the indiana with are really starting to pick up for your commute home as we head into this afternoon. these are the winds at 6:00 tonight. they're out of the south, getting close to 0 miles per hour out on the cape and in plymouth and boston, those winds gusts over 40 miles per hours. this continues as we head into dinner time. dying down a bit, but still very strong winds.

by tomorrow morning, wraps up and winds nice and calm out there. as quickly as the storm system moves in, it's also moving out, ha, chris? >> yeah, with he don't need the wined and rain to stick in too long out here. returning will be the sunshine and dryer conditions. i don't expect any issues out there tomorrow through the afternoon. in terms of conditions on the roadways. going downhill or anything like that, because of any rain moving in. in fact, partly sunny skies, dry weather, cooler on thursday, back into the 30s for thursday and friday. so we'll enjoy a couple of seasonably cool days on thursday and friday. and then right back into the 40s over the weekend. some scattered snow showers friday night. transition into a passing rain shower or two on saturday. >> and northeastern university u one special husky is making a big difference. >> he's such a special young man. also turning his team into a close knit family. >> reporter: if a court can be home for a team of family, then there's room for all of us.

husky has made an impact that's much bigger than basketball. we can't choose life's challenges, but we can pick our friends. and sometimes they're the greatest choices we make. >> he's an amazing kid. he's got a great personality. once you get to meet him, he's all smiles. so he means the world to our team. >> at every northeastern basketball game, you'll find him. 16-year-old max plans ski. >> i know he would give anything to get out there on the court and play with us. and just to know that, i think makes us push a little harder. >> reporter: shortly after max was born, his father realized somethingwas wrong. at 9 months old, this he received the diagnosis. cerebrals palsy. >> he can share his ideas just like anybody else. it's just harder for him. he has to use a communication device. he needs a wheelchair, he needs a feeding tube. >> he teaches you about perceive answer and getting up every day

>> max is an honorary teammate and his association with the teammates. >> i can bring a good attitude and work ethic, it feels great. >> it inspired his dad, michael, you're with us. an organization that brings young people with disabilities together with clubs, groups and teens. >> i'd like to say all of the time, i'm lucky i had max and he had me. and that led to with us. and we hope to do this for a long time. it hasn't just changed the plans ski's lives. it's having a measure on the huskies that can't be measured in points or wins. >> i love you buddy, thanks for coming to every game with us. he's a big part of our team. i don't think we could do it without him. >> what an inspirational family. for more information on how you can get involved, visit, you're with us.org. in the newsroom, 7 news. >> a very special surprise for the expecting mother.

a local mom talks about making a special delivery in her living room. >> not where she was expecting to give birth. she still had a few more weeks until she was due but the baby decided now is the time. 7's elizabeth noreika has the story. >> reporter: heather beams with prime over her new bundle of >> he's perfect. >> >> reporter: her new baby, delivery anything but ordinary. >> it was a bit of a whirl wind. >> she gave birth in her living room in her husband's recliner. >> i went downstairs into his recliner chair and able to get a little bit comfortable. the next thing i know, i'm feeling a lot of pressure and two pushes later, i am holding my newborn son in my hands. >> she said, it only took baby

into the world. >> i definitely was panicking when i realized i was in labor. and -- but as soon as he was out and i heard him cry, it made me feel better. >> her husband called 911. and the rhode island couple came by ambulance to st. vincent's in worcester. home and baby are doing great. and getting to know each other, a peaceful end to a hectic day. >> the important thing is that he's healthy and that he's okay. >> elizabeth noreika, 7 news. >> talking some down pours and gusty winds in here this afternoon. the timing of it and what to

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top of the buzz, music best honored at the 58th annual awards. >> all but three were announced before the awards. leaving more time for the performances jennifer has more. >> reporter: kendrick lamar was the night's top winner with five awards. >> kendrick lamar. >> but taylor 2015 made grammy history. becoming the first woman to become album of the year twice. she had a message for young women while taking a shot at kanye west. >> there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments

get where you're going, you'll look around and you will know that it was you, and the people who love you, who put you there. >> nantucket native megan trainer was the best new artist and got emotional. >> i'm a mess. >> reporter: later posted on instagram, the teary eyed pop star, after her dad whispered you made it after she went up to the stage. >> up town funk featuring bruno mars was the record of the year. >> there's a million things i haven't done. >> reporter: the cast of the break through musical hamilton, performed from new york, and accepted best musical album from steven colbert. honored by bb king. >> jackson brown and the eagles

and lady gaga paying tribute to david bowie. jennifer egan, 7 news. >> i always wanted to win a grammy. i can't sing maybe that's why i haven't. but i always wanted to. >> maybe one of these days. >> you you're a great singer. >> just in my own free spare time. >> free spare time, is every commercial break we go to, we hear sara sing at the i have been desk. she does have a beautiful voice, i will say that. beginning 3, 4 p.m., until 8, heaviest rain and strongest wind gusts, possible across eastern mass. keep an eye on the rain. certainly that's the case into the evening but dry out for the next few days. >> will you sing us to break? >> no, sorry. not going to happen.

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