line, that is one of t busiest lines. but you can see more than 100 people are here at the back bay station waiting but transit police are telling me once you have the next rush of people coming after 6:00, it's going to be just as bad as it was earlier. if we can role video. it was probably shot 20 minutes ago. you could see there were several hundred people packed in like sardines here waiting to get on a train because of the this morning there was a problem with the electronic switches at south station. so that caused a problem for trains coming in and out of south station. the only lines going in and out of south station are going to providence and stouton so back bay and some other stations are taking some of the other trains. that is why so many people have must been packed in. transis police have been keeping people away from the arrive. but again it's just been an absolute mess as you can see. people.

people had two-hour delays. amtrak told the mbta that this problem with the commute is not going to be fixed any time soon and may be a problem with tomorrow morning's commute as well. check whdh.com as well. check mbta's website. follow them on twitter for the latest if you need to catch a train because as you can see it is an absolute mess. brandon gunnoe, 7 news. >> adam: our coverage continues with dan hausle who is lye at south -- lye at south station -- live at south station with the tracks there and it looks vacant behind you. >> reporter: there is not as many trains going out any where close to what usually would be. a couple of trains and a few of those amtrak trains that would normally go out of here. there is a lot of work to be done. that is by the guys who are trying to fix the signal systems and the guys who are trying to keep the few trains moving. lucky commuters rush to

leaving south station this afternoon. >> braintree, you have to take the redline. >> it has been hellish today. i'm hoping to be able to take a cab home. >> reporter: most riders are told they need to start the ride home on the t. because of continuing switcher problem. governor baker said the switching failed when something crashed in this gray building called tower one and that shorted the switching system that handles all trains coming in and out and out of south station. >> it's like a traffic signaling system or air traffic control. it tells you whether it's okay for the trains to safely travel along the tracks, when this system goes out, it has an enormous impact because trains cannot get in and out of southization. as we all know that is the main station for the southern part of the mbta commuter rail system. >> reporter: officials have given up on fixing the problem for tonight's commute hoping to fix thing

>> when you have a big outage like that and we're not even in control of it passengers are telling us loud and clear how unhappy they are. we get it. >> reporter: you can see some of the few passengers heading off to either the providence or stoughon trains because that is all leaving. everybody else if they show up here being sent on the t. to head down to the crowded t. trains to catch their train somewhere else. live at south station, dan hausle, 7 news. >> adam: much more on the train trouble at whdh.com. including the schedule changes and because of the all of the signal problems. we also have video from sky 7 of the repair work that is happening and reaction from commuters. check it out any time, whdh.com. >> kim: to an interview you will see on just one station. situation. i don't think he strong armed. he took advantage of a guy who was trusting. >> kim: the son of a local dry cleaner owner talking

relationship with state senator brian joyce after federal agents raided the senate's office. the man claimed his dad gave the senator free dry cleaning services, f.b.i. under a the irs are investigating the shore. let's go to south korea south korea who is in milton outside of joyce's home with more on this interview that you will only see on one station. >> reporter: harry richmond tells us that his dad wanted to do the senator a favor but a started to feel like he was being taken advantage of it. driving away from his milton home that is the first time we've seen state senator brian joyce since the f.b.i. and irs raided his canton law office. >> reporter: speaking to just one station harry richmond says he is relieved the feds are investigating the lomb because he -- law maker.

moy dad where he was able to, you know, to get free services for his dry cleaning. >> reporter: richardmond says what started as a favor turned no more than a deck aud of free dry cleaning. >> i think he took advantage of a guy who was trusting. >> reporter: it's one of the many questionable actions the senator is now under fire more. but the law maker says he got the dry cleaning in change for his little help. >> it was never a barter system. he did perform a couple of legal services for moy father. he was paid for those. there was billing and the he was' paid for those. >> reporter: now alongside the state's republican chair the massachusetts fiscal alliance is calling for the senator to resign. >> we're asking for is set the bar higher for elected offices. >> reporter: the senate president is waiting to act until agents finish their investigation. >> we'll allow the due process that every american is entitled to to play out. >> reporter: the senator

home at about 12:30. yesterday his attorney spoke for him saying he doesn't believe he has done anything wrong. kimberly bookman, 7 news. >> adam: reveer fehr -- officer is refreshed to the hospital after he lost control. tonight we're hearing from the people who ran over to help the officer out of the wreckage. jennifer egan is live in chelsea where it all came to a crashing end, jen. >> reporter: adam we're also hearing that the officer is back at home and recovering. this started as a police chase in revere. the officer was checking on a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle. witnesses say he was going very fast when he crashed into this telephone role. they rushed over to help. >> right when we got close enough the cop opened the door. fell out. said someone help me. >> reporter: a revere officer badly hurt. >> bleeding. he was holding his ribs. >> reporter: his cruiser mangled. investigators say he crashed

chelsea while chasing a suspect. >> we heard a loud roar. >> reporter: ortiz was working nearby. >> he saw the honda civic take the turn and basically almost gave away. spun out but it caught himself and straight. >> reporter: but investigators say the officer lost control at the bend in the road. he hit a telephone pole then slammed no a second pole. concerned about wires coming down ortiz helped pull the officer to safety. >> he said help me then after he, we lay him down he was cold and shivering and holding his chest. >> he was in shock. we threw jackets over him and put one jacket under his head. >> reporter: utility crews spent hours stagizing and rightinged poles. revere police say their officer should be okay. something ortiz is glad to hear. >> hope he is doing o's k. just crazy moment. happened so fast. >> reporter: as you can see the work continues for

he was last seen speeding away from the scene here in a white car heading towards east boston. police are searching for the person. we're life in chelsea, general egan, 7 news. >> kim: a tractor trailer crashing just photofrom a home in -- feet from a home in marlboro today. no pun was hurt but it did believe people in the area without power. >> adam: as the news continues, dialing up trouble, solve it 7 steps in when a woman's phone won work to get her a refund. >> reporter: temperatures climb to the 50s, much different than last weekend but we're also tracking maybe our next winter system. all the details coming up next. >> reporter: on location in sports for the red sox 2016 spring training.

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>> adam: a local mother hung up after trying to surprise her daughter. she bought a refurbished cell phone but when her daughter opened it it won't turn on and when she went back to the phone company they won't help and here is kris anderson.

to christmas shopping for her four children christine goes in with a game plan. >> we always try every christmas to get one big thing for each of the kids. >> reporter: the big gift for her teenage daughter, an iphone. >> not being able to afford the newest iphone i went and tried to get a refurbished iphone which we've done in the past and never had a problem. >> reporter: christine bought the phone through boost mobile's website in november. placed it under the tree and waited for her daughter to open it christmas morning. >> she was very excited. >> reporter: that excitement quickly faded. >> she plugged it in. nothing came up. nothing, batly. nothing, blank. we tried a different charger. still nothing. >> reporter: christine says boost mobil informed her of their 14 day return policy and said there was nothing they could do. >> my daughter september kaying am i going to get my phone. >> reporter: when she took

that services she god more bad news. the technician said a trip had been placed over the positive water damage indicator. >> they said it's unfixable. christine went back to boost mobile but got the same response. >> it was like hitting a brick wall every time i talked to somebody. >> reporter: i've seen a up koll of ep -- couple of episodes that you help people out. i said let me see if this is really for real. >> reporter: it was. we reached out to sprint which owns boost mobile. and explained the situation. a day later christine received a phone call from sprint. the representative told her that she could get a new cell phone for her daughter. >> first thing i said was thank god i called solve it 7. >> reporter: boost mobile provided us with a statement. our customers are our number one priority and we always do whatever we can to help them revolve issues they may have. we're so happy we're able to resolve the customer's

we appreciate whdhtv bringing this matter to our attention. >> you guys are wonderful. i can't believe you did it. >> reporter: we were able to dial up a solution in this case. and maybe we can do the same for you. if you have a problem, we want to hear about it. give us a call at 617-367. 7777 or send an e-mail to us. in the news room kris and errson, 7 news. >> kim: following breaking news from umass amherst. reports of an armed hostile person on cam u.s., peer pond hall. umass amherst is telling people to sheltner place. they sent out an alert to everybody on campus. more information appears will pass it on to you as soon as we get it. >> reporter: weekend highs will be around 50 degrees but that doesn't mean we can

>> adam: the belmont native who ran seven seven couldn't elimination boston marathon. the race should be an easy one for the 35-year-old who spent more than 27 hours running during her world marathon challenge last

>> announcer: now 7 weather with bri eggers. >> reporter: balancing out our temperatures for the month of february. you remember where we started this month into the 60s, it was so far above normal. last weekend so far below normal so we're sitting at about even at this point. the warm effort day is 65. the coldest is 9 below 0. incredible but we do see another boost in temperatures as we get into this weekend. it'll feel very different than a week ago. current temperatures just below the freezing mark, 31 in boston. 30 norwood. 26 worcester. but we've had a touch of a breeze, couldn't ignore it all day long. it has been with us. still with us. sustained winds about 5-15 miles an hour that is adding a chill to the air. so it feels like 21 in boston, 16 worcester. 19 in fitchburg, we've clear skies with us for most of us tonight. you might be able to see the international space station go by if you are out there with your telescope, but we'll lou for temperatures

heat near the earth's surface is escaping back. the only exception for the clear skies will be out cape cod, south shore as well as we could even get some ocean effect snow showers come into play overnight tonight. i don't expect any accumulation from that. then we look for flakes into tomorrow night but believe it or not that is in response to a warm front that is come through so the warm front will give us those milder temperatures for the weekend and possibly even pop a few rain sprinkle, rain showers as we get no saturday. so looking at the timeline a little closer up you can see those snow showers. they don't last very long or amount to very much but temperatures really dropping overnight. by the times we hate -- hit 6:00, 7:00 in the morning we're in the teens then you can see tomorrow night, those snow showers coming into play again. not expecting much out of that. it's a quick mover. it quickly is gone before we can notice it but flakes flying tomorrow night. not out of the question.

for saturday afternoon and even as well. but lock at how mild the temperatures get. normal tomorrow then well above normal both saturday and sunday. this system for monday looks like it wants to be a little sneaky for us. it didn't look like anything yesterday or earlier model runs but it's suggesting maybe a messy mix, quick moving for early monday but it's really watching out for the middle of next week. this is the system that comes into play wednesday, thursday, how much cold air is in place? where does the track go? all of these things we need to nail down details. we'll do so. overnight clear and cold. 9-23. what a temperature spread and tomorrow seasonal as clouds move in. here is a look. watching out for the potential next significant storm system by the middle of next week. we'll keep you posted. >> adam:up skate you on breaking news from umass amherst. reports of an armed and

the school telling people to shelter in place, this apparently. had ing at pierpont hall. reading onloan -- on-line and reading off their official twitter message saying that they have reports of a suspect, a wide male wearing dark colored shirt and gold chains, reports of second involved party. white male wearing a gray sweatshirt. minutes before that tweet was sent out the university sent out that a hostile armed person was reported in peer pont hall and university of massachusetts police were onscene and the perimeter was secure and again, shelter in place there in pierpont hall. dormitory. so they have identified a suspect, a person of interest, a white male wearing a dark colored shirt

shirt. any more information we'll on 7. >> announcer: now time for 7 sports with joe amorosino. >> i've never really seen february as the time where you transform your team. i think the time you transform your team is in the summer so i weep keep everything calm. >> reporter: celtics coming. his president of basketball operations danny ainge did a lot of talking but nothing else before today's nba trade deadline. the danger now ainge may get caught holding eight picks. the celtics have three in the first round and five in the second and celtics fans are hoping he would package those for a rim protecter and the celtics the movie coveted.

some celtics fans dreamed of for all five players. most of the red sox pitchers an catchers have been in fort myers but today was the report. trey daerr reporting where the sox and their skip remember looking at the upcoming season in a whole new light, trey. >> reporter: the manager john farrell is set to return to the dogout with a clean bill -- dug out with a clean bill of healths after missing the last month and a half after his battle with cancer. he has a bon side ace in david price. >> he is the guy that i've always paid attention to. i see how he has the respect from all of his players, that is something you want to be part of and something you need. for us to get to where we want to be we have to be in line with our skipper. >> you can tell immediately just the comfort he has with everything that surrounds his spot on the team.

you know some of the things that are expected of the number one starter he is very much at ease with those. it shows in the conversation. >> reporter: today the first official day for pitchers and catchers to report. perfect attendance expect for one exception, joe kelly who just welcomed a new born son into the world. reporting live at boston red sox spring training in fort myers, trey daerr. >> jadiann: >> reporter: bruins

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