newst 4:30. >> jadiann: breaking news here at 4:30. amtrak signal problems causing trouble for commuters all day long. amtrak officials announcing itself issue will not be fixed tonight. crews are having to manually operate the train switches. so that limits how many trains can enter and exit the station. the trouble on the tracks causing nightmares for people travelling in and out of boston this morning. you can see literally thousands of people were left waiting on packed platforms and at south station for trains that never came. the updated schedule is on whdh.com. more on tonight's tough commute at 5:30. >> adam: a revere police officer rushed to the hospital this morning after crashing his cruiser there in chelsea. the officer was chasing another car when this accident happened. >> jadiann: officer taken to the hospital with serious injuries. jenna is live with more on what happened. >> reporter: this was a police chase that started in revere.

a report of a suspicious person in a car. witnesses say that officer was going very fast when he crashed into this telephone pole you see here. they rushed over to help him. a revere officer lost control of his cruiser slamming into one telephone pole than another. it happened just after 8:00 this morning. >> we heard a loud roar. like car racing. >> reporter: ortiz saw a person in a white car speeding ahead of the officer. >> the car length behind it chasing right after it didn't make the turn so it spun out. >> reporter: ortiz ran to help. >> when we got close enough the cop opened the door. fell out. someone help me. >> he was in shock. he couldn't stop shaking. we threw jackets over him and put one jacket under his head. >> reporter: how was he doing? >> not doing good. he wasn't even talking. he said help me. help moe and we got hip out. he was bleeding. he was holding his ribs.

hours stabilizing and righting the poles. revere police say their officer should be okay. something ortiz is glad to hear. >> hope he is doing okay. just crazy moment. just happened so fast. >> reporter: the officer is at mass general hospital. as far as the suspect. that person was last scene speeding away from the scene heading tort east boston in a white car. police are searching for the person. jennifer egan, 7 news. >> adam: new at 4:30 a tractor trailer truck crashing feet from a home in today. you see the pictures here. the truck hit a tree and two poles before come to a stop. no one was injured. power. police working to determine what caused the crash. the mashpee school superintendent accused of trespassing at a student's house is found not guilty. brian hyde was facing breaking and charging and trespassing charges after prosecutors said he walked into the home without

rummaged through a 17-year-old's belongings. they say he was checking to see if she lived in the district. today a judge said he couldn't be convicted from the home. >> jadiann: a bad break allows water to pour no a haverhill school library damaging costly computers. leaders at the school say a burst pipe is to blame. workers are using the february break to clean up before kids come back. susan tran report with how much more works needs to be done. >> reporter: it sounded like a shower. that someone turned on in the middle of a haverhill school library. >> books, compute e everything got covered with the materials from the ceiling and the water. >> reporter: all of it ruined. >> this is the office area. >> reporter: superintendent james scully took us on a tour of the damage at the school. where everything wet had to go. >> there is materials, fire proofing materials on the

and some of that material has asbestos into it. that is why we take precautions. >> reporter: an asbestos removal team called in. haverhill had a springler head break flooding a classroom as well as the high school but here this pipe did the most damage. the water rained down into the library. the hallways and the offices. >> if you had a bad behavior record you probably are absorbed of your crimes. if that record has been destroyed. >> reporter: hundreds of books, dozens of computers gone. the good news, school was out for winter break. but the race to get the classrooms ready for school to start monday. >> it's an awful lot of damage. everybody is working hard to get it solved. >> reporter: susan tran, 7 news. >> adam: new details about the florida teenager accused of posing as a doctor. 18-year-old malkaye robinson

at what authorities call a medical practice that he set up. prosecutors said the practice was being operated. the teenager accused of posing as a doctor does not feel he lied to community. >> i've gone into steps that were necessary for me to take to become where i am now. like i said, some people may say the steps were not at quaid or were not the traditional route but i've never been a traditional guy. >> adam: he was also accused posing as a doctor last year wandering the holes of a nearby hospital but never charged. >> jadiann: a jury acquitting a man accused of stalking a famous actress. gwen eliminate palro says the man sent her dozens of unsolicited gifts. the man was committed to an constitution in early 2000 after he was accused of

he was found not guilty by reap of insanity. pacquiao said people who are in same-sex relationships are worse than animals. he made the statement while campaigning for senate in the fill liens. he later issued an apology and now says he respects nikee's decision. >> a wafflehouse wait tress facing charges accused of poisoning her co-worker. prosecutors say the woman spiked her co-worker's dripping with a deadly dose of meth. this is in georgia. but investigators say evans was not cooperating so it took authorities six weeks to get evidence they needed to file their charges. the poisoned worker is still fighting for his life. >> at one point he was critical. live support system. he was being fed through a feedings tube and was in a coma tows state so he was

>> adam: evans is facing felony, aggravated battery and drug charges. >> jadiann: a man in florida took a joy ride in a backhoe. police say it started when the man dumped boulders on a highway. he then drove up and down the bridge -- for an hour and a half. deputies noded to use strike strips to stop him. it's a smash and grab. suspect smashing windows in order to get to the merchandise. stealing thousands of dollars worth of stuff vandalizing the store and the suspect are still on the run. the burglars used cinder blocks not just to break through but to break into the glass display cases. four suspects who trashed this store in washington state. >> glass all over the floor. cases were smashed. the whole place looked like a bomb went off. >> reporter: the store manager feels violated twice. once at loosing $18,000

alism. >> they smashed my candy so they did a number. >> reporter: they tried to make off with a 700 pound safe which police found discarded across the state. how do you explain this? >> they took the tooth baste and toilet paper out of the bathroom in the back. >> reporter: carelessness may be their down foul. page recognizes one of the seen before. she thinks they might be area. the security video and still shots have been posted on facebook. the more people see it she thinks the greater chance police will make an arrest. >> cops have them, school districts, so somebody will him. >> reporter: plywood covers the front door but the store replaced display cases and was open for business the next day. the store's manager says the suspects destroyed a tv and the computer.

>> adam: a crime in california. two women fight off a department store worker as they tried to walk out with stolen items. you see the women attack him. the man says one of the suspects bit him. offices say this robbery is becoming all too common. >> alt this time last year, we've seen a 42% increase in robberies. >> i've been hit in the head with bottle of alcohol. that people take swings at me. i've had knives pulled, guns pulled. >> reporter: police are looking for the two women seen in the video. >> jadiann: ice dan causing streets to flood. several cars are usually parked along the streets and police had to warn drivers to move. ice jambs are common no northern state. they're dangerous because it's literacy a fluted situation. the ice and the water

>> adam: tumble weed troubles for one town in australia. the weeds piling up. some reaching up to the roof loons of home. locals say they've been around for a few years now. but with dry conditions and wind the problem has gotten out of control. cleanup never seems to end for the people and they're just absolutely frustrated. >> i've spent eight hours yet cleaning up the tumble weed. this is why what i've got today. >> it's frustrating. you know that you got a good couple of hours' work and that is displeasing. >> it's mentally more draining. >> adam: what would you rather, snow or tumble weeds? >> i don't know. >> city council can't help with the cleanup because weeds are not considered a fire threat which is surprising. they don't seem to be prickly or have stickers on them like the ones in new mexico and texas and arizona.

apocalyptic. i think i would rather have snow. it's prettier. >> adam: it is. >> jadiann: ahead on 7 news the dog who is in trouble for being a little bit of a chow hound, she swallowed that landed her at the vet and in big trouble with her owners. >> adam: at head at 5:00 it's the war of words between the pope and donal trump. the comments that have some people pretty ticked off. >> jadiann: a difficult day for some commuters. signal issues for amtrak affecting trains coming in and out of south station. the problem looks like it's in the going to be resolved any time soon.

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>> adam: she swallowed hundreds much floral water beads. >> jadiann: they don't have a taste. >> adam: they must smell thing. the dog survived the ordeal. 2-year-old ely known as a terrible scrap hound has the ability to eat just about anything. >> we call her ely belly. >> reporter: when she came across water beads like this ely thought it was all a tasty treat just for her. >> i knew she had eaten a little but they went all over the floor. i had no sense of how many she consumed. >> reporter: but the beads expand in water and the in this case inside ely's stock market. >> i found a whole bunch starting to grow back behind her gums and her mouth so i called -- >> when she gave the history she got a lot of blanc looks and i said pardon me. floral what? so all of had us to do the

>> reporter: surgeons took an x ray to find out how much she ate. but it being looked like food. vets were stunned when she threw up this entire bag full of beads. in surgery they discovered even more. >> after the 4th hand full coming out you don't have to count them. they're in the hundreds clearly. >> reporter: her surgeons say they don't know what would have happened had the beads sat in ely's stomach much longer but what they do know is this: >> the bag with the beads she vomited was bigger than the dog. >> reporter: no one could believe it. ely survived. she was' sent home with a coat of shame, one crazy story and a whole new nick name. >> we've been calling her the million dollar belly. we're glad this nut is okay. >> adam: i lovingly call my dog a little pig. owners say that lovingly. she is doing just fine but

to what she eats from now on. >> jadiann: lovingly. coming up on 7. how you can get your hans on some of oprah's favorite things. >> reporter: a few flakes in the forecast then into the 50s. all the details coming up next. >> adam: ahead on 7 news at 5:00, one local family left with a bad connection with their cell phone care ye and they needed -- carbier and they -- carrier and they needed help. >> what kanye said before he

we're living in a very competitive global economy, and if we are going to succeed, we need the best-educated workforce in the world. we should be making public colleges and universities tuition-free. we're going to pay for it with a tax on wall street speculation. the taxpayers of this country bailed out wall street. it is time for them

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-- 99 cents. all proceeds go to the oprah leadership for girls. i can manning they'll get a lot of money. >> jadiann: go up fast. you get that to wear? i'm wearing oprahs or would you -- >> adam: shadow box. either one i suppose. >> jadiann: i thought it was a little deceiving. looked like it should be warm with the blue sky then it's colder than i anticipated. >> adam: especially if you were in a shady spot. >> reporter: one of those days i call a cat on a window sill day. we did have the sunshine but we had a bit of a breeze so it felt chillier. it does feel chillier. it has been 33 in boston. 29 worcester. those are actual air temperatures buck see that breeze out of the north-northwest 10-15 miles an hour sustained winds making it feel like it' 19 in worcester. it feels like 22 bedford. if you are headed out you'll need to pack on the layers despite sunshine so the sun

it's easier to feel the warmth as we make it through the next few months. spring is on the way. clouds that are on the outer cape and this is where we could see a few flakes tonight. ocean effect snow showers not out of the question. i don't expect any accumulation out of this. for the rest of us, with clear sky, those temperatures will be dropping. so a very cold night ahead of us. lows in the teens for most spots. 13 worcester. 15 bedford. 19 degrees for boston. that will be those lows, very early tomorrow morning. if you have maybe a pike ride or long run planned, if you can hold off until the middle or afternoon. clouds move in new in the afternoon but temperatures will be warmer than where they were today and close to exactly where we should be for this time ofyear -old. normal high for boston is 39. tomorrow we make it close to high pressure keeps the sunshine around for the first part of the day and we could see flakes out of this warm front. seems contradictory but we're pushing in milder air for the weekend and into the

while tomorrow is a typical winter day we get the clouds around. maybe a rain sprinkle with a high near 50. if you are headed up to the slopes, this is the end of winter vacation for many kiddos looking good with the snow showers very early on the day on saturday. bring the sunscene. sun angle reflecting offer the snow, it could be very bright and also damaging to the skin. monday, a possibility of more snow showers but it's the middle of next week that we watch for our next significant storm. you can see it tracking up the coast here. wednesday, thursday looks to be the timeline of this but the track is still to be determined. so it's hard to say, rain, snow, rain, snow mix, where exactly and how much but we've got a few days to nail that down and we'll be watching that. temperatures the mild temperatures into the 50s weekend. see you at 5:00. >> jadiann: thank you. time for traffic. see how things are getting along. joe stapleton. >> reporter: getting a

from high above around the area of route 128. stoneham, woburn section. not moving too badly. the northbound traffic is leaving the area, southbound coming at us and both side moving along relatively well. making your way to downtown boston, not so great. this is 93 northbound and southbound. right in the center of the city. southbound ride combining with the backup on the expressway, 93 northbound is about a 38-minute ride. leaving the city and making your way over to route 128. tight traffic here on the pike westbound heading out to the weston area and clearing the 128 toll plaza, 128 northbound been on the brakes as well up by route 3 in burlington and getting by route 93 in the woburn area. southbound on the expressway tight volume down by morrissey boulevard but no accidents or breakdowns. >> jadiann: thank you. ahead boy scouts going above and beyond.

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>> jadiann: an arizona boy scout troop are helping those less fortunate. is it started when one of the boys had an idea to help kids with disability averages they're using a 3d printer to lend a helping hand. once they moved the wrist it'll move the fingers. >> reporter: these days troop 100 has all hands on-deck. >> build a hand for the

hours, on a regular prosthetic devise costs about $40,000 and these, all materials will cost about $40. >> reporter: scouts have a strong grasp how to make the devices. >> the user with put their wrist here. >> reporter: one of the scouts came up with the idea to help kids. >> they're growing so they can't have a prosthetic device like every year since they're going to be growing out of them. >> reporter: patrick robinson is the troop master and says it's part of a boy scout requirement. >> they're working to the reege al merit badge. they create a community oriented project. >> adam: giving a helping hand across the globe. >> i am amazed. my point in life this is really remarkable. you look at what this may do for the world, it's quite a project. >> jadiann: really cool thing they're doing there. >> adam: lot of future eagle scouts in the making there. they're still 90 minutes ahead.

>> i'm jadiann. >> adam: we're following breaking news. amtrak signal issues leading to a day of delays. platforms packed, commuters left waiting. tonight work under way on the commuter rail to get back on track. >> adam: developing doesn't. >> religion leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> donald trump firing back at pope francis. >> reporter: clouds move in for the weekend but temperatures are on the rise, how long do the 50s stick around. >> adam: one station talking to man who said nature senator brian joyce took advantage of his family. >> spring has sprung for the red sox. we'll head out live to fort myers where pitchers and catchers are getting back to work.

5:00 starts now. >> adam: we begin with breaking news. that is affecting thousands of commuters. track switch issue is leading to major delays. you can see all those people waiting. this is at boston's back bay. the problem started at the height of rush-hour. commuters left waiting on platforms, on escalators waiting for trains that never came. the evening commute, sorry to be the bearer of bad news is not looking any better. >> hopefully the news will help people avoid the situation because the switches are being operated manually now and that limits the number of traipse that can run. -- trains that can run. dan hausle is at south station. wow, i don't see a lot of people behind you. are they giving up? >> reporter: some of the crowds and customers are over there. they're hoping to be some of the lucky ones on the providence or stouton line. that is the only line leaving here. everybody else is finding they need to go elsewhere to catch their trains because