and his death sparked violent and peaceful protests. >> anchor: emergency crews on the scene in taunton after an explosion inside a power plant. smoke filling the building earlier today and two people were taken to the hospital. >> anchor: now investigators are working to figure out what set off a fire inside of a circumstance breaker right there. steve cooper is live with much more on this investigation. steve? employees telling us this afternoon that everything that happened here happened in an instant and you can see the plant itself smokestacks. it's just over the tree line beyond us here and that's where fire fighters arrive to reports of an explosion. the first call came in as an explosion i think. >> reporter: sky 7 hd over the taunton minus pal lighting plant generation station here on summer set after just afternoon time is where fire fighters were called to a reported explosion. an gin three was first on scene and they also reported heavy smoke. they packed up. they went in, they found the source and they hit it right

heavy smoke inside the building after they say a large circuit breaker exploded in the mess mean area. the fire itself quickly extinguished. it's lick a large circuit breaker and they put it on a crane. they brought it down and removed it from the building. >> reporter: two employees were transported from the hospital to get checked out. otherwise, everyone else was okay. they were only sent as a precautionary measure, so we're hopeful that their safety and they are safe and this is just >> reporter: service to the 36 000 customers was never interrupted. how unusual is something like this? you know, it's something that i have been with the tmlb for a long time and this is the first time i experienced this. >> reporter: it's still unclear what caused the malfunction but for now everyone is breathing a sigh of relief. could have been worse. they have a good record. it's a safe organization, very professional organization. >> anchor: so crews have been

afternoon cleaning up from the fire itself and they are also busy at the same time trying to replace that massive circuit breaker that caught fire, but again no interruption in service to all of the customers who used this plant here. live in taunton, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: and there is more news today, three people are dead after a man opens fire at his workplace. officials say the long time employee got angry during a meeting and left and when he returned he shot two of his supervisors along with witnesses say other employees were able to escape or hide from the shooter. i am heartbroken today. we as a company are heartbroken. >> anchor: officials are still investigating the shooting. the employees say they have no idea what motivated that shoote. >> anchor: a per cool save in maine i'm little girl gets trapped when a truck flips over on the road. her survive is thanks to a brave

before it was too late. linnest merit said it was something he never wanted to see. a child flipping over and driver and child trapped inside. i happened to pick up my daughter from the bus stop and coming back by we seen the truck overturned. >> reporter: police say misty was driving on the road when her truck lost control. the vehicle rolled numerous times and came it a rest on its roof. and the operate was killed in the accident. >> reporter: police say misty died instantly. her threea still trapped inside. we had to cut the seat belt move the car seat around so we could get to her because she was tied into the car seat pretty good. merit pulled her out surprise odd to see young girl was ago. did she say anything to you? no, she probably is the toughest little girl i ever seen. that's for sure. >> reporter: police say the car seat saved the little girl's life. she walked way with only minor cuts and bruises is and now back with her family. it is a miracle that the three-year-old survived the

the car but not hurt. they say speed is a problem on the road and was a factor in this crash. merit hopes his neighbors will take the tragedies a lesson to slow down. i just hope that hearing about this could maybe change someone else's life for the best and not be in the same situation. police are still investigating that crash and they say misty was driving with a suspended license at the time. >> anchor: called on camera to do i adouble take. houston officers and fill are sill searching for the men and this surveillance video two robbers walked in a grocery store disguised in in employee uniforms and snuck into the main office undetected. once in the office they threatened an employee with a gun, stole cell phone and broke into the store safe. police released this video and hoped someone will help identify the suspects. and caught on camera in california, two men attacking a woman right at her front door.

her mouth while the other takes her purse. and police say it's part of a troubling trend of home invasions in that area. first thing i think about my kids inside the has so i just let them go. this sacramento woman said she is in disbelief after what happened at her front door just after leaving cosco she was opening the front door when a man ran up and grabbed her from behind. then another man ran up and covered her mouth. when they got my purse they just ran away. at that moment, i know i got robb.d suspects left in separate vehicles and described them as black males between 18 and 25, one between 5'8" and fight 5'10" and the other around six feet tall. sergeant turny turn ball with the sheriff's department said detectives have seen an increase in the null of criminals targeting asian people, specifically women. they are alone and they are female. they are small in stature. in some cases criminals assume they have cash on hand.

happening between 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. and people in the asian community are on edge. i dote feel safe any more. >> reporter: flour shop owner say she is worried about working late into the night. as a female and as an asian who are being targeted i am very nervous an i just got a tent from my sister stay saying don't state out late. >> reporter: this latest victim said while she is worried she will not lose her independence. from now on i get a gun to protect myself and my kid. >> anchor: ups testing the use of drones oh carry out is. the delivery company partnered up in massachusetts based robot make tore use drones to make commercial deliveries. ups tested the service awith a launch in marblehead yesterday. the company now has to work around existing laws that prohibit drones from flying over people and that not operating. >> anchor: almost half of samsung's galaxy phones have now

samsung said the returns appear to be increasing after the new version of the phone was released. the company said three weeks ago the batteries in some galaxy note 7 phones could overheat or catch fire while charges. samsung then released those phones and released an updated version. >> anchor: uber drivers now need to take a selfie. the company rolls out the feature today them will need to confirm their identity with a selfie before starting a shift. the company matches the drivers photo on file with their selfie. uber says the move will insure the right person is >> anchor: and 7 news now turning to the newest smithsonian museum opening its doors this weekend. construction on the national museum of african-american history and culture has been going on for years and it's located less than ten minutes from the white house. >> anchor: so tomorrow president obama and the first lady are expected to be on hand for that grand opening. brian mooar takes a closer look. anticipation building on the eave of the opening of the

culture. here to celebrate this beautiful building that will be here for a long, long time. >> reporter: people from around the country are eager to be among the first to see the treasures inside. it represents my life's journey and many before me. >> reporter: the museum is a reflection on triumphant journey of african-americans from bondage to emancipation, segregation, incarceration, civil rights and the black lives matter movement. we need a museum african-american history and culture and use it is as a lens to understand what it means to be an american. >> reporter: it's a journey measured in milestones and icons like harriet tubman who freed herself from slavery. then dog gone it she decided to go back and help somebody else get free. in her footsteps rosa parks dr. martin luther i king, mohamed ali the greatest and a multitude of unsung heros. it's a struggle reaching from

there was doubt about whether or not african-americans had the aptitude to fly a plane. >> anchor: a story that includes but doesn't end with this nation's first african-american president. not just african-american history, but a rich slice of american history. soon on display for the world to see. . >> anchor: pretty cool. another one to check out of much more ahead on 7 news including a school in florida testing off potentially life saving how smart helmets could prevent concussions. >> anchor: a father turning doctor for the day. how he helps deliver his baby on the side of the road. >> anchor: and ahead at 5:00, a florida woman leaping on top of a car. what a suspect stole from her at

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>> anchor: a race against time as the clock ticks down for a father to be in texas. his little girl about to be born

had to step you and deliver their baby on the side of road. >> anchor: now we're hearing frantic 911 calls from the daring delivery. we're having a baby. >> reporter: jasmine martinez's baby wasn't due until sunday, little did she know little julietta had other plans. is she awake? is she breathing? >> reporter: with no time to spare her husband was in unfamiliar territory. wipe off the baby as mouth and nose. she is crying now. >> reporter: at 4: 55[ta?-fp] a.m. on the highway just a few blocks from the hospital. it's okay being baby. it's okay. mommy, it's okay. >> reporter: that's when he started playing dr. dad following the 911 dispatcher's advice he tied the up bill call cord with the headphone string and calmed mom down. i freaked out. she took it like a champ. >> reporter: by the time

dad had already delivered an 8 pound, one ounce healthy baby girl. she didn't want to wait. >> reporter: now the martinez family can't wait to tell their little girl how she came into the world. it was awesome experience. it was a crazy, awesome experience. julietta you didn't wait. >> reporter: so the highway where that baby was is known for heavy traffic so the friends say this could be the first pleasant memory made on that highway. >> anchor: coming up here some londoners walking he lane. the unique approach to quickly getting through crowds. >> anchor: mind the gap, please. forecast for the weekend features cool temperature. numbers up next. >> anchor: and ahead at 5:00, is jacoby brissett out for the next game. the new reports about the rookie quarterback's thumb injury. >> anchor: a shocking new video of a fatalen counter between a man and police in north carolina as new details emerge about that

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>> anchor: the city of london debuting its fast walking lanes. commuter in hurry now have a way to get through clouds wicer. the lane is marked with red, giant arose and designate for people walking the a speed of three miles per hour. they are also in the allowed to use their very phones while using that fast lane. i intend to walk really fast. i am all for that. >> anchor: jr walks fast when he is late to be over at the weather wall. >> reporter: dugging under cameras and stuff. good times. this just in, me few showers likely mid to late evening tied to a front. the weekend, breezy and cool. we are dry into next week. here is where that cooler air is right now. not that far away. in town 76. albany, new york at 64. keane at 72 then burlington and berlin, new hampshire and then even farther in bangor mid and upper 50's with a lot of clouds. this has a real fall feel with the sky bing that silver overcast and cool, raw maybe even chilly feel in northern new

that cool air arrives here so if you are out and about this evening it will not dramatically turn around on a dime but there will be the increasing chances of some rain mid to late evening. 10:00 tonight as the front is getting closer to us. i think it will spark some showers and there may be one or two downpours. that yellow and orange indicating a little burst of heavy rain possible. mid to late evening and then it presses south of boston and down to the south coast and then fades away before sun rise tomorrow. so a few showers ovgh than a quarter of an inch of rain but one or two if you get a downpour perhaps a little bit more then a quarter of an inch of rain. mainly cloudy. temperatures early this evening in the upper self-teen esbut they will wall into the 60's as those showers are arriving and then bottom out between 52 and 57 so again that's not really all that chilly. would have' had cooler morning. but that will change on sunday morning. tomorrow cool and crisp. a lot of sunshine after a few morning clouds. they will fade away. temperatures tomorrow though not much recovery from those

tomorrow afternoon. normal high in boston is 70. a little bit below that tomorrow. city around 67. scituate 65 north of town, cape ann, low 60's the seacoast and working through the merrimack between 64 and 68 into the worcester hills a mix of clouds and sunshine, keane around 61. jaffrey 60 degrees and out on to the cape and islands morning clouds and then developing sunshine in the afternoon. chatham around 60 degrees. so from is tomorrow for you. sunday mostly sunny skies, a cool day in fact su m so the temperatures tomorrow morning again we start tomorrow in the 50's with not much recovery in the afternoon. city 56 tomorrow morning and then on sunday morning down into the 30's and 40's even the city of boston i think around 48, norwood 36, bedford 39. there could be a little bit of patchy frost out there very early in the day on sunday and also these cool morning and these mild afternoons that will start the levels changing. in fact some trees doing that now especially the ones that have a little stress in

i have one tree in my yard that's lost almost all of its leaves. 7 on 7 forecast after the shower threat this evening the next chance of any beneficial rain is tuesday. see you at 5:00. >> anchor: thanks so much, jr. we'll see you then. it's friday work made it. let's get a check of the drive home on this fraud. here is matt er in with an date. we begin with 93 north heading out of town this friday afternoon. this is assembly square. you can see it's crawling. delays begin right oust tunnel all the way up to 128 in reading.so well but further up you hit the brakes on the lower deck right into the o'neill tunnel. we begin right now flying high above the upper half of 128 in woburn. the northbound side you can see is jammed. that's heavy from 25 in lexington to route 3 in burlington then again into lynnfield. on the pike west leaving the city this afternoon you will be jammed right out of the allston tolls, most of the way up to 495. the eastbound side of the pike is of moving well there but you will be heavy as soon as you

way into south boston leaving the city in the mass pike west to the weston tolls looking at a 33 minute drive not much better once you get past the weston tolls to 495 looking at almost an hour. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: and in 7 "healthcast " concussion concerns back in the spotlight this football season. one school in florida trying out new technology to measure impact of some of those forceful collision that's happen on the field. they are eing every player with something called a smart helmet athletes get to the head. erica edwards explains how it all works. when the pirates face their rival, the bull dogs one recent friday night it was the first time in school history the high school beat f pc in executive seasons. it was also the first time each player on the feel wore special helmets that recorded blows to the head then sent the

trainers with alert monitors on the sidelines. for a monitor going off we have to step off the field. >> reporter: the helmets measure severity of the impact as well as where it occurs on the head. it's not designed to prevent or diagnose concussions, it's simply an extra set of eyes that may help identify them. when the game is going on there are 22 guys out. there it's very hard to pick out one specific blow let alone maybe multiple blows that happen on one place across the country are using the new technology including those at one of the biggest powerhouses in college football, the university of texas. at $150 each the helmets are not cheap. residents are florida paid for their helmets by voting to increase sales tax. our school board was behind it all the way to give our service a chance to get that data, to have something that can be assessed from multiple angle. >> anchor: it's another tool

the game they love and watch from the sidelines when necessary. erica edward, nbc news. >> anchor: and still ahead, a little girl with a heart for others. what she is doing to help

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>> anchor: a little girl whose battling cancer determined to make a difference in her

forgetting her own illness and raising money for others who have cancer. >> anchor: her community is coming to the to say thank to you that little girl. if you haven't met taylor hers the then pay attention. she is catching quite a spell on others. and just the 00 we met her it was like this girl is something special. and we had to come back next day just because we missed her already. that was the reaction when police found taylor whose battling childhood cancer herself set up a lemonade stand to raise money to buy ys cancer treatments. sometimes when the babies get treatment they get a little bit scared. so i always ask mom if i can help them. that brings to us her backyard where dozens of volunteers work to transform that backyard as a way to say thank you to a little girl helping others. are you excited about your new yard? while taylor couldn't stay to watch because of all of the dust

happened since this police officer met this little girl. all because of this little girl, how much love she gives to everybody and she is getting some stuff, some love become because she always gives. all these people are now family. we're not just, not just strangers. the officers that have pulled us together and made this magic happen, it's, they are now forever in our life. >> anchor: because all because this 6-year-old set >> anchor: isn't she adorable? >> anchor: the sweetest. >> anchor: neighbors helping her back. i love good news. >> anchor: it makes you realize too the problems that you think you have, right? probably not that big, right? much more to come here on this friday. in the next 90 minutes, everyone thanks for stop big so far. a jadiann thompson. i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at five 5:00 starts right now. >> anchor: a big afternoon of breaking news. down at gillette patriots could be look at another can be headache juppe.

the back up to the backup. >> anchor: a stabbing in chelsea. the investigation is impacting commuters. also home video of a deadly police confrontation in charlotte. the family of a man shot by police releasing it for everyone to see. >> anchor: plus, changing his tune. trump's former rival offering a show of support. >> anchor: summer on its way out fall about ready to take its place. >> anchor: we begin with breaking news. new england's third string quarterback who led a victory last night may be sidelined. there are reports jacoby brissett hurt his thumb. so an injury that could lead to yet another quarterback shake u. >> anchor: so we have team coverage than. we begin with dan hausle who is at gillette stadium with the latest on these reports. oh, boy, dan. well, yeah, you can't believe how much can come on the patriot quarterbacks, huh? the team won't talk about it, the players won't talk about it. but the players would talk about

another game, another injury at the quarterback position but jacoby brissett's teammates take the fifth. i have no idea what you are talking about. >> reporter: brissett led the patriots to victory even running for his first touchdown in the pros. but the b apparently injured his thumb in the third quarter when former patriot vince wilfork came down on him. brissett could be seen shortly after on the sidelines with trainers looking at his unknown, players are slugging off the possibility of another change and arguably the league's most important position. people are amazed at what you guys have done with different quarterbacks how much you can take? >> reporter: i guess just focused on the next week. injuries are part of the game, whatever they are. it's a rough game. it's a team effort. you have to be good at all three phases. offense, defense and special teams so if you want to win