we can get through the ening commu without any major issues. the steadier snow does overspread the area. temperature right now in the middle 30s. the city at 36. worcester at 32. but on the heels of the snow's arrival is warm air, so just like that the snow is going it give way to rain and freezing rain farther inland. just after midnight tonight there is your rain-snow line marching through metrowest. very late tonight and tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning's commute features rain so that's going to slow you down. on and off light rain through the day tomorrow. before the change over to rain and freezing rain after midnight. most towns away from the ocean, a coating to two inches of snow. new hampshire sea coast, cape ann, south shore, north shore, we're talk wet roads with little to no accumulation in downtown boston. and you can track the storm as it moves

our live interactive radar. head to whdh.com and 7 news mobile and tablet apps. first let's take to you waim edge where a serious car crash sent three people in the hospital. police tell us two cars collided there on washington street sending one of them into a pedestrian and that man suffered life-threatening injuries. witnesses say it is the worst crash they've ever seen in that area. looked like a war zone. it looked pretty bad. it hit the pedestrian, through him up on the van's window and knocked him over and landed on the ground. >> police are still trying to figure out and we're following breaking news, state senator brian joyce says he will not it be running for reelections. his office were raided by the fbi and irs last week in canton. they reportedly investigating his relationship was people in his district. joyce tweeted out a statement that reads in part i've worked hard

results while always abiding by the rule. i will continue hard to work for milton and all of the district but will not seek reelections. to breaking news out of wayland. a dangerous drive sends a police officer to the hospital. the police officer was directing traffic at this construction site when the car refused to stop, hit the officer and dragged her for a number of feet down the road. the 20-year-old driver is facing surgeon i couldn't say charges now. in foxboro a tractor trailer rolled over an 93 north. this is exit 6 b where police shut down the offramp. there are emergency crews there, serious damage to the truck but no word yet on any injuries. also on 7 a hover board proves to hot to handle for a chyle m ford boy and it sparks and spreads flames inside his home. we're hearing the paniced 911 call if his sister.

to the boy. >>reporter: owen was inside the house here and cruising around on his hover board he got for christmas when all of a sudden out of no where there was smoke and flames. >> i was like oh, my gosh and i jumped off really quick. >>reporter: with all the poise in the world, 11-year-old owen has homework to do but he did take a brief break after school to recount his harrowing ordeal last night. all of a sudden it began smoking and then burst into flames. >> it just started smoking. it just like -- i don't know how to explain it. it just started smoking so i obviously got off and then maybe a couple seconds later it burst into flames. >>reporter: at 17 his older

and calls 911. >>reporter: owen says he's heard the recent news stories across the country about hover boards catching fire but never in his wildest dreams did he think it would happen to him. >> i have heard stories but i never thought it would happen here. >>reporter: fire investigator returned to the home to get another look at what was left of the popular toy. as for owen, he may not be getting another one any time soon. would you ever get another one? >> no. >>reporter: as similar -- simple as that. the investigation continues. owen says he has has a message for other kids without a hover board, he says if you don't have one, don't get one. steve cooper, 7 news. fire blazing in weymouth. you can see the crews

to put down the flames that was about two hours ago and a cause is now under investigation. a young boy is reunited with his mother after he was found wandering all alone in dorchester. boston ems says the boy's about four year old and they found him walking along blue hill avenue just after 3:00 this evening. police say he left when i home because he wanted to go to the store to buy some chocolate. no charges have been filed. new at 6:00 now apple getting a strong show of support around the country including right here in boston. we're live over a protest outside the apple store on boylston street. you can see a large crowd gathering there as we look live again. protests and controversy also has some implications for a murder case here in boston. let's connect all the dots here. tim caputo is live in boston's back bay with more. tim?

protest i've ever seen in my life but certainly their convictions are strong. about a dozen people here supporting the company as it has defyenly taken on the fbi an the government. >> it's not just about our civil liberties. the tech giant continues its war of words with the fbi. protesters held signs and chanted wreut sigh the apple store in the back bay neighborhood supporting the company as it refuses to help the government unlock an encrypted iphone. >> people are extremely concerned about what the fbi is asking apple to do in this case. >>reporter: it must be accessed with a pass code and after ten unskful tries, the data is scrambled and lost forever. apple is has asked apple to create software to get in.

technology will be there that some script kiddie or some criminal will be there to get your information. >> he says he wouldn't use the access for cases involving minor crime. >> we have crimes all the time where the data from the cell phone is very helpful for us, and i have one particular homicide right now that we can't get access to a phone, so we're all feeling that. >>reporter: those at today's rally which coincided at other rallies believe the government is over-stepping its authority. >> they are asking apple to create software to create the ability to -- while that phone was in

they say if they made the mistake they are the ones who should have to pay the price for it. we're live in the back bay neighborhood, tim caputo, 7 news. we are following nor news today, the search is on for this holbrook woman identified by police as judith sales. her husband reported her missing last night after she never showed up to pick up their son. her cell phone was tracked to connecticut last night but it's since been turned off. if you have any information you're asked hollywood asking people in watertown to relive the horror of the tense shoot-out following the boston marathon bombings. boston native mark wahlberg and his director would like to film in watertown for an bombings. jonathan hall live in watertown with how people are reacting to this request. >>reporter: kim, you mentioned the director, his name is peter burgh. the movie is called "patriots day."

tribute to those real heroes. what time some in this neighborhood and here on laurel street don't like the idea, it does have strong support. at laurel and dexter in watertown, there are flags, flags everywhere and signs of support for the police. memories too of the late-night shoot-out still fresh. >> i was walk ago cross my kitchen floor and one of the bombs went off. >>reporter: now three years later hollywood is coming knocking. mark wahlberg and director peterburgh want to bring their lights, cameras and action to the neighborhood. >> if he wakes him up, he's going to have to rock him back it sleep. >>reporter: gunshots may rang out bill midnight and people living nearby can stay at hotels paid for by producers.

it, you can do. >>reporter: of would you like the movie to accomplish? >> facts, the truth. >>reporter: the owner of the boat where dzhokar tsarnaev was found hiding has told them no. >> so this scene with the wounded terrorist hiding from the police will have to be shot elsewhere. one town official says he's waiting for results from a neighborhood survey and it's not a done deal yet. >> in terms of filming in the neighborhood at night, not yet. they reached out to the direct people on that block of laurel street. they said you need to go beyond that and reach out to that surrounding neighborhood. >>reporter: wahlberg plays a police officer. this movie could hit a sore spot and has to be done the right way. he has not heard protests from victims. >> there really hasn't been because i think they've been real sensitive. >>reporter: if the town of

that seems likely, shooting should begin in early may. jonathan hall, 7 news. coming up gronk and his sweet spot, you might say. party passenger who sailed on the gronk's cruise describes the party on the high seas. plus big papi talks

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party on gronk. his family and hundreds of partyers, gronk and his passengers arriving home over the last couple of days. >> should this be one of those viewer discretion advised here? >> i don't know. i haven't seen it. >> we go along for the gronk cruise here. >>reporter: from his time on the field and the gossip pages we learned it's good to be gronk and in the words for gronk's party ship, it's even better at sea. police plenty of video to prove that was fun on the high seas. it started on friday and ended monday. >> it was deaf low worth every single penny. i would do it again in a heart beat. >>reporter: alex corddry was on the cruise.

plenty of gronk. >> i asked him are we going to be twerking later and he said of course. >> and she wasn't disappointed. >> there was a lot of gronk on stage including with flo-rider. >> it was a family affair. >>reporter: his family was so involved, it was incredible. >> we met his dad. we took shots with his brother. the whole experience was surreal. >>reporter: the parties lasted well into the morning and everyone kept saying how much fun they had. >> we thought it have going to be kind of gimmickie. we weren't really sure what we were going to get. we had to ask gronk are we going to do this again next year, and his response was we're not sure if they are going to let us back. >> he tweeted he will be hitting the weights soon

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all right. doppler radar showing snow crawling up into massachusetts. it's been a slow process with some patches of

snow into norwood very lightly. on an off light snow in hanover. steadier snow rhode island and connecticut for a few hours now. it's had a hard time accumulating on the roads because the temps have been in the upper 30s. this is our only window of opportunity, if you will, to be dealt with any kind of winter precipitation, plow operators. and as we work toward midnight tonight and shortly thereafter, it changes over to rain and freezing rain. here you go, your storm time line already approaching midnight and then shortly after this item we'll see the snow flip over to rain easily along the coastline. even in those locations for a few hours after midnight tonight, it will take on the form of some freezing rain and then freezing drizzle. your morning commute features rain for just about everyone. colder pockets merrimac valley early tomorrow morning but even up in those locations it's tomorrow morning.

later on this winning, west of 128 you're talking about one to two inches of snow right along the water's edge. you'll have wet snow but this is a rain-maker for the city of boston. travel conditions go down a little bit as we go through the evening hours. it will be poor inland for a few showers tomorrow night. here is part two of the storm over here. this will be at a warmer portion of the weather system that. works up into new england late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and thursday morning. also gusty winds. winds will gust between 45 and 55 miles per hour for a few hours thursday morning but check out those temps. more like april. temperatures on thursday in the upper 50s, friday and saturday. thing settle down. temps in the low 40s. david ortiz's first words in spring training seem to always include something explosive, stumping for a new tract

as he enters his 14 7b8g and final red sox camp, big papi sounds like he is finally at peace. the slugger waxing phenomenal saying it's time to pass the torch. he is grateful to play out the reminder of his legendary career on his own terms. >> i think everybody gets that moment, you know, when you feel like it's time to go. at least i had the opportunity to do it. a lot of us doesn't get that opportunity. a lot of us would play the game until we get kicked out of the game, you know, and in my case, you know, i know i can hit, you know. i don't know how much longer i can be able to do what i do but like i say, nothing is forever, you know. just dying to do different things. of three coming back from the all star break

chance it find their groove on the parquet. they will play cheven their next eight at the garden, jay carter believes that's the ticket to getting back down the stretch. >> we had to my a little bit of a june fall. we look forward to taking full advantage of them. we don't want to look too far ahead. we know exactly what you want to play. we just got it put it together. >> tough to follow an older sister now playing division i basketball after a 1,000 point gr ear but braintree is doing that. trey daerr has more on a team that hasn't tasted defeat in more than two years. >>reporter: asking a group of

perfect can be a daunting task but the braintree girls basketball team knows nothing else for the last 61 games. >> we're not going to lose. we're not going to let this game go. >> we're not going to talk about perfection. it's more like excellence. >> i never thought we'd get this far, 60 games. it's pretty incredible. >>reporter: brianna, senior heading to villanova with more than 12,000 career points. >> she's a coaches dream in every way. i think she will do anything to win. her ability will adidn't and change. >>reporter: being a big player is not something without sacrifice. playing through pain and putting off back surgery in pursuit of a third straight school title. >> like watching. she's in significant pain and that's the selfless part of her is that you would have no

threw that every day. >> do all the things that you expect her to do. she never lets you down. as i player, playing with her. >>reporter: a selfless act leading the way to unprecedented heights this season. trey daerr, 7 spordz.

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