>> christa: breaking news at noon. hurricane matthew pounding haiti after making landfall when it hit this category four storm was pabing maximum sustained winds. near 145 miles per hour. many other areas bracing for the storm also. it is expected to impact cuba and the u.s. possibly. in fact, florida is declaring a state of emergency with parts of the state already under a hurricane watch. >> kris: hurricane matthew is a deadly category four hurricane approaching florida. if matthew's directly impacts florida, there will be massive

seen in years. >> christa: dangerous system. welcome to 7 news at noon today. i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: i'm kris anderson in for sarah this noon. the latest info we have on matthew. it is still a powerful category four storm. packing winds of 145 miles per hour. it is also moving north at about ten miles an hour. although it's still days away, the latest update now puts us, new england, in the cone of uncertainty. let's get over the meteorologist chris lambert. he has been tracking matthew storm. >> chris: we are in the cone on day five. that would be on sunday. right now we have a long ways to go to get there, though. the storm right over haiti. it continues its journey off to north. you can see all the hurricane warnings that are in place across the bahamas, hurricane watch in place, across florida and you get closer to miami, there is a tropical storm watch in place. that extends through portions of the keys here. it is going to be a close call with florida. no question, though, this goes right across the bahamas.

145 miles an hour. this will take us through the bahamas as a category three or four hurricane on wednesday into thursday. and then late on thursday, into thursday night, it gets close to the east coast of florida. now, if it's a hundred miles offshore, florida will be impacted by the storm but the winds would stay off shore. they have to be on guard: anywhere north of west palm beach. then it closes in on the carolina coastline over the as we get into sunday morning, you notice how close the national hurricane center is with this storm to southern new england. now, with that in mind, also note how wide that cone is. i mean, this is 575 miles from one edge to one edge. so if the storm is more down in this area, winds not as much of a concern. we will still get some rain out of it.

starts working toward florida. curving up the carolina coastline and the interaction with the trough coming in. and this front coming in. if the trough is more oriented south to north, it follows that line up the coast: that is what we have to see and iron out here over the next couple of days. i think minimal here, we are dealing with at least some rain on sunday and a lot of rough surf and some pounding especially across southern new england. we have low astronomical tides over the weekend. again, the greatest wind impact would be pending that exact track. more on the forecast ahead. >> kris: chris, thank you so much. matthew made land-fall at 7:00 our time this morning. four deaths are being attributed to this massive storm. right now, matthew, a category four storm is slamming into the tip of the southwestern peninsula of haiti. this is the strongest hurricane in the atlantic in

the big concern in haiti? up to 40 inches of rain forecast and that could trigger deadly floods and mud-slides in a country that is still struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake six years ago. now matthew with winds of about 145 miles per hour, is churning in the caribbean. it already triggered flash flooding in jamaica. eastern cuba is also bracing for a direct hit. so too is the bahamas. and now the u.s. east coast is bracing for the outer bands d storm as its track has shifted a bit to the west. you will want to stay with 7 news. we will continue tracking hurricane matthew. you can keep up to date with the latest storm data. any time on-line at whdh.com. or you can use our mobile and tablet apps. >> christa: officials in new jersey are reporting two homes were destroyed by this explosion that you see in patterson. it is not clear whether anyone was injured in this blast at this point.

were damaged as well. utility crews and firefighters are digging through all that debris. they are searching for any potential victims, and the cause of that explosion is unclear. >> kris: our election countdown now. 5 days to go in the race for the white house. there is a new poll out that shows hillary clinton continues leading donald trump. the nbc survey monkey poll showing clinton with 50% of the vote. donald trump not far behind at 44%. that is if the election were held today. but for tonight, at least, it will be all about the v.p. candidates at longwood university in farmville, virginia. where tim kaine and mike pence will face off in the first and only vice presidential debate. tracie potts has more. >> i can't wait. >> reporter: republican mike pence already in virginia giving a hint what he will focus on tonight. >> hillary clinton's record on foreign affairs alone could take up the whole 90 minutes. and it wouldn't be a pretty

kaine is presumingly betting ready for his one and only debate. at times, both have disagreed with their running mates. tonight pence may find himself on defense. >> i knew how to use the tax code to rebuild my company when others didn't have a clue. report tt "new york times" report on donald trump's 1995 tax return has him explaining why he took such a big loss. nearly a billion dollars in one year. qualifying for nearly two decades of zero taxes. >> what kind g billion dollars in the first place? >> reporter: trump hasn't confirmed or denied whether he avoided paying taxes. his supporters don't seem to care. >> any good businessman should never pay taxes. >> zero taxes means zero for our vets. zero for our military. zero for pell grants that send young people to college. zero for health. zero for education.

bernie sanders, and elizabeth warren all out campaigning for her. trump is in arizona today. he is also picking up a key endorsement from the ohio police union. he is up five points in ohio. according to a new survey monkey on-line poll, as of this morning, down six points nationally. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> kris: jonathan hall is going to have live reports from virginia. starting tailed on 7 news first at 4:00. >> christa: now withor scare at merrimack college. life on campus in north andover slowly getting back to normal today. >> kris: yes. students were told to shelter in place last night after reports of an armed person dressed as a clown in a residence hall. creepy clowns, in fact, have started popping up all across the country. not from us even in agawam, this video right here. police say this is no laughing matter. victoria warren has more. >> reporter: clown sightings across new england. it is anything but child's

>> they had the sirens. they started locking down and evacuating buildings. it became pretty real pretty quickly. >> reporter: social media posts spread fast about a creepy clown. >> when you go on the phone, you see 7 different schools in new england all have the same issue. it is definitely something that is frightening and something that probably is planned by someone. that is very scary. >> reporter: overnight at penn state, thousands took to the streets. some carrying baseball bats after scary clown photos were posted. in swansea, people called police about a freaky-looking clown walking around a mall parking lot. and in agawam, this video was enough to give some people nightmares. it was all part of a promotion for an event in town called scare-fest, in town. >> we never intended to scare anyone. we were just trying to make a really bad viral video. >> reporter: at merrimack college, they quickly determined it was a hoax. no one is laughing about it. >> just irresponsible. it's a fire alarm on social

>> reporter: here at merrimack college, they evacuated one building. they searched the entire campus. they found nothing suspicious. in north andover, victoria warren, 7 news. >> christa: crews in charlestown working to repair a water main break there. this started early this morning. it sent water gushing on to arrow street. the water has been shut off. all the roads are back open at this hour. a house up in flames in revere earlier this morning. this happened on krusette avenue with the fire in the back of the home. then spreading from there. no one was injured. the red cross has responded to help out three people and a dog displaced by the fire. officials are still looking into the cause. >> kris: the wilmington superintendent is resigning her position weeks after police arrested her for dui. she was arrested in august. but she didn't inform the school committee. members, in fact, only found out about the arrest last week. during monday's emergency meeting, she offered a resignation and later

that i have caused my family, friends, colleagues, and members of this community. i also apologize for not disclosing this information myself, but it has been a difficult time for me and my loved ones. >> kris: school committee members are busy working the find an interim superintendent. >> christa: the gloucester police chief fired after disturbing allegations. officials say that leonard campanello deleted evidence of threatening text messages that he sent to multiple women with whom he had had relationships. officials also claim that he lied about sending his cell phone to his attorney, saying it was actually stolen. campanello's attorney says the allegations are not true. >> chief camp nello's actions were entirely unethical and unacceptable. >> this investigation has been a witch-hunt from the beginning. and the reasons given by the city for terminating the contract had nothing to do

>> christa: the chief is nationally recognized, receiving accolades from the president for his unique approach to battling the opioid crisis. >> kris: some breaking news from wareham now. the victim in a hit-and-run from last night has died. police are still searching for the driver responsible. police say the crash happened on cranberry highway in wareham yesterday. the 56-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital where, again, the update this afternoon is he passed away. a public memorial service being held for iconic golfer arnold palmer. thousands are attending this service in pennsylvania. including one-time rival jack nicklaus. palmer died back on september 25 at the age of 86. >> kris: tom brady is talking about what it's like to be back with his teammates. the quarterback joined the pats yesterday once that deflate-gate suspension was over with. jennifer eagan has more on

>> reporter: with the suspension over, tom brady is ready to work. during his weekly radio interview with westwood one, the patriots quarterback spoke about finally having the chance to return to the field. >> it was great to be back in the building. it was certainly great to be back to work. it has been a long four weeks for me. i'm excited to get started on the preparation for cleveland. >> reporter: brady is set to return to his usual role as the starting quarterback. he refused to comment on any changes to the roster. >> are you the starting quarterback this week? are you starting on the depth chart? >> those decisions i don't make. you know that. >> any time off teammate come back that hasn't played with the team, it is always exciting. you know. >> reporter: fans can't wait to see brady back on the field once again. >> he is going to be fired up. he is going to be excited. he is going to be ready to rock. >> i won't say revenge. a lot of pay-back. it will be great to see him

>> reporter: also in the interview, brady would not reflect back on deflate-gate at all. instd he says he is focused on practice this week and the game. in foxboro, 7 news. >> kris: stay with 7 for coverage of tom brady's return to the football field. the pats get ready to take on the browns. trey daerr and john cuoco will be live from cleveland this weekend. their live reports start on saturday. >> christa: coming up at noon, a woman posing as a mother in california. what residents in one neighborhooday >> kris: taking over a tradition: the organization stepping up to save the fourth of july show on the esplanade. >> chris: all right. a lot of sunshine in the near-term. noid late week. all eyes this weekend on matthew.

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>> christa: you know what? you know, the sun didn't do its job here today. a little cloudy still. >> kris: we peaked out yesterday. a nice break from the weekend. we are still hanging on to. that we are also talking about matthew. it continues barreling through the caribbean, chris. a serious situation for folks living down there. >> chris: it is. over to the dominican here. tremendous amounts of rain getting forced up the higher terrain. you have to remember, mountainous terrain down there. it is going rain hard down that way. in fact, locally, over two feet. mud-slides, a concern as well. obviously, with the strong winds on the western edges of that country. then you take a look at what's going on here. they have expanded the hurricane warnings all through the bahamas. then you get over to the east coast of florida. and there is a hurricane

because it is going to be a close call down the line. with matthew. and the exact set-up on where it's going to go from this point on out. you take a look at the track, the forecasted cone here. from the national hurricane center. we give you the track. we show you the latest update. winds of 145 miles per hour. as it continues that motion off to the north and eventually off to the north and west here. as we get into the weekend, we watch to see how it bounces off the carolina coastline. ther a opportunities here. you know, if this goes on the southern side of the cone, a few hundred miles south of us, we don't deal with an awful lot of wind here. we will get rain pulled into new england. likely, a drenching rain sometime late saturday night or into sunday. if it does, indeed, move into the center cone, we have to increase the risk for high wind speeds. especially down through the south coast of new england. if it is over on the left side, there is a chance of it being this side of the cone. then we would talk about

across much of the mid-atlantic and then into new england. this is going to be your wind flow. this will push this thing out to sea off the carolina coastline. if it digs in a little harder and the winds are more from the south to the north, then it works its way up the coastline and if it is on the fast track, that would be the case. the timing and position of everything is crucial to what we see. the at least see rainfall in here. most likely on sunday. 62 in boston. sunshine not doing its thing? fire it, right? it will do its thing later this afternoon. more sun continues to back on. in we do watch this area of high pressure really wedge in over the next several days. so there is a lot of talk about matthew. for good reason. down the line into the weekend. but we do have several nice days ahead of us. as we go through the middle part and end of the week. for more on the forecast, over to danielle. >> danielle: thanks, chris. matthew, our 13th named storm

nicole. which is even farther out in the atlantic. that is our 14th named storm of the season. and on average, we do have about 11 to 12 named storms. so we are starting to get above that number. so tropical storm nicole out farther than matthew. here is matthew. you can see it's northwest of it. it does have winds of 50 miles per hour. it is moving northwest at eight miles per hour. it will remain steady over the next couple of days. as we head i weaken. so fall is here. it is feeling like it here, too. 27 days to halloween. 33 days until the end of daylight savings time. temperatures are going up. our average high temperatures nor time of year, are in the upper 60's. so after today, we are drying things out wednesday into the weekend. until some uncertainty as we head into the weekend from

>> chris: all right, danielle. mix of sun and clouds. cooler day overall versus yesterday. we will hold low to mid-60's overall. clearing skies tonight. cool. low 40's in the suburbs. 50 in boston. tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. good-looking forecast ahead for a few days here. thursday into friday. cooler at the coastline. look at that. mid-70's on friday. we will'm an eye on what happens over the weekend, guys. still ahead, head-to-head in new hampshire. the candidates for senate squaring off. and the comment one of them is clarifying today. >> kris: several thieves pull off a huge heist against kim kardashian while she w joe plaia: every three days, someone in new hampshire is killed with a gun. mothers, sons, friends. and yet kelly ayotte continues to play political games instead of making new hampshire safer. when she has the chance to strengthen background checks,

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>> sarah: her regular security guard was not present at the time. around 2:30, armed robbers dressed as police hit her hotel. according to paris officials, three of them hand kuffered the lone security guard. two masked men bound and gagged kardashian, pointing a gun to her head and throwing her in the bathroom. the prize? a $4.5 million ring. reportedly her engagement ring. fbs and a jewelry box with her husband kan west cut his new york concert short. >> i'm sorry. a family emergency. >> sarah: a security consultant believes the robbers knew hotel layout. >> you think this was an inside job? >> yes. it is very easy target. >> sarah: kardashian herself may have unknowingly told them what she was carrying. kardashian, unharmed but badly shaken, returned to new york with extra security. her ring finger now bare.

camera footage from inside the hotel to try and find the robbers. sarah french, 7 news. >> kris: police say they are looking for a total of five people who then rode off on bicycles. >> christa: coming up, a surprise visit from pope francis taking a look at devastation in italy after the

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>> christa: hurricane matthew pounding haiti after making landfall there. earlier today, this category four storm was packing maximum sustained winds near 145 miles per hour. the storm uprooting trees and tearing roofs from homes in that section of haiti. but many of other casey... areas also bracing r expected to impact cuba and parts of the u.s. parts of florida under a hurricane watch right now. >> hurricane matthew is a deadly category four hurricane and the approaching florida. if matthew directly impacts florida, there will be massive destruction that we haven't seen in years. >> christa: welcome back, everybody. to the news here at 12:30. i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: i'm kris anderson in for sarah today. we want to start with the latest info we have on

packing winds again, 145 miles per hour. it is also moving north at ten miles an hour. and although it is still days away, the latest update now shows the storm possibly headed our way. let's get over to chris lambert with the very latest on this storm's track. >> chris: we will see some impact from the storm. the question is how much, depenning on where in that forecast cone five days out from now matthew does track. very close to the western edges o'. >> haiti right now. moving off-shore, as it did co north wind at ten miles an hour. wind sustained at 145 miles an hour. next up, the eastern tip of cuba. this will traverse the bahamas here. going to be a dangerous storm. a damaging storm in the bahamas. no question about that. category three or four throughout much of the bahamas. you get into the forecast period of thursday night into friday morning. how close does it get to the florida coastline.

offshore by a hundred miles, then it is much better for the sunshine state. if it tracks along the coast luhin, then they deal with higher winds as well as plenty of storm surge moving in. most likely to get the landfall in the u.s. if there is one, could be on the northern side of south carolina and north carolina. as chris mentioned, we are in the cone. look how wide that cone is when you are talking about sunday morning. five days out from now. now, we look at a lot of forecast models. they have been edging off to the west. the last couple of days. that is why you hav however, some of the latest information did feature the low, the center of the storm more toward the south side of the cone. there is plenty of ways to go in forecasting this. you know, i do think no matter what the track, we are going to get some rain. this is one forecast model. saying enough tropical moisture gets pulled up that we may get two, three, four,

england. as we get into saturday night into sunday morning. so it's potentially that we could get the heavy rain in here. we will get some rain out of it. high surf and rip currents, especially across the south-facing coast. that is a lock, too pretty much. the storms will be powerful to the south of us. do we see greater winds and coastal impact? that depends on the track here. this will iron out in the next few days. >> kris: chris, thanks so much. matthew made landfall about 7:00 our time this morning already this storm is being blamed for at least 7 deaths. right now matthew, a category four storm is slamming into the tip of the southwestern peninsula of haiti. this is the strongest hurricane in the atlantic in almost a decade. the big concern in haiti is up to 40 inches of rain. that could trigger deadly floods and mud-slides in a country that is still struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake six years ago. now matthew with winds of 145

it already triggered flash flooding in jamaica. eastern cuba is also bracing for a direct hit. so too is the bahamas. and now the u.s. east coast is bracing for the outer bands, an impact... and the impact of the colossal storm. the track has shifted a bit to the west. stay with 7 news. we will continue tracking hurricane matthew. you can keep up with the storm any time on-line as well at whdh.com. or you can use our m >> christa: breaking news from wareham. the victim in a hit-and-run last night has now died. police are still searching for the driver. the crash happened on cranberry highway in wareham yesterday. the 56-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital where, sadly, he died today. also breaking, officials in new jersey now reporting that two homes were destroyed by an explosion in patterson. it is not clear if anyone was injured in the blast. but other nearby homes were

are now digging through the rubble, searching for any potential victims. the cause of the explosion is not clear yet. and 7 news now with more on that scare at merrimack college. life on campus in north andover is finally getting back to normal. >> kris: students were told to shelter in place last night after reports of an armed person dressed as a clown in a residence hall there. creepy clowns, in fact, have started popping up across the country. including agawam recently. police say this is no laughing matter. 7's victoria warren has more. >> reporter: clown sighting across new england. it's anything but child's play. >> i heard the sirens. and started locking down and evacuating building. that's when it became pretty real quickly. >> reporter: merrimack college locked down after social media posts spread fast about a creepy clown. >> when you go on the phone and you see 7 different schools in new england all have the same issue, it is definitely something that is very frightening.

>> reporter: overnight at penn state, thousands took to the streets. some car rig baseball bats after a scary clown photos were posted. in swansea, people called police about a freaky-looking clown walking around a mall parking lot. and in agawam, this video was enough to give some people nightmares. it turns out it was all part of a promotion for an event in town called scare-fest. >> we were never intending to put anyone in danger or scare anyone. we were trying to make a bad viral o. >> reporter: at merrimack college, they quickly determined it was a hoax. no one is laughing about it. >> just irresponsible. it's a fire alarm on social media. reporth here at merrimack college, they ended up evacuating one building. they searched the entire campus. they found nothing suspicious. in north andover, victoria warren, 7 news. >> kris: new details about a two-year-old girl who was run over in a car-driven bill her 7-year-old sister.

endangerment charges now. the woman turned herself in sunday night. the mother admits she gave her daughter permission to start the car which was then put into reverse by mistake. the two-year-old was seriously injured but is expected to be okay. >> christa: kelly ayotte and her opponent clashing on guns and national security and the presidential race. thislu answer to a question about donald trump which she has clarified since. >> i think that certainly, there are many role model that is we have, and i believe he is hps he can serve as president. absolutely, i would do that. >> the end of the day, she is still saying she is going to vote to put donald trump in the situation room with access to nuclear codes. she is going to vote to make him the leader of our country. and somebody that our children

>> christa: ayotte sent out a statement on twitter retracking what she said about trump. "i misspoke tonight." "i would hope all of our children would aspire to be president. neither donald trump nor hillary clinton have set a good example. i wouldn't hold up either of them as a role model for my kids." >> kris: pope frances made a surprise visit to that an earthquake. the pope wanted to visit alone to be close to the people. that earthquake in august on the 24st killed nearly 300 people. and left another 4,000 people homeless. >> christa: ahead on 7: we have uncovered many power poles like these dangling very close to area streets. the lengthy ways to get them

>> christa: i was pleasantly surprised by yesterday's weather. utterly disappointed by today. i thought it was going to be sunnier today. i thought it was going to be cloudy... i was really surprised. let's be real. chris has a lot on his plate. tracking hurricane matthew. this could be a factor in our forecast. >> chris: all eyes are focused on. this you will be pleasantly surprised wednesday, thursday, your sunshine and warm temperatures back. struggling with the sun. we will get it back even today. we have had some sun breaking out already. we go through the overnight hours tonight. go through the bahamas as a major hurricane. category three. or higher. then it is going to skirt the coast.

you know, this does look like it is certainly going to come close to the carolina coastline. the question is, does it continue that motion or does it get sent back out to sea? it does stay down in this area. we are just dealing with mainly a rain event. will be considering higher wind impact. if it is flat and oriented from southwest to northeast, that is your steering flow. it goes off to the north and east. if this digs down deep and it's a little bit slow getting in here to get matthew, then it allows it to come straight up the coast from south to north. that would be a greater

we show you the european model and the gfs. the european has been more consistent with it down to the south. the gfs and canadian model have matched it as of noon. you expect this waffling back and forth. you kind of focus on the cone within that cone of the possibilities of this thing. 62 in boston right now. we have sunshine trying to work on. in it is a cool breeze. not like christa, though. i think she is really disappointed with some weather that we have had over the last several hours. hey, we will get back to some sunshine here. high pressure settles in. we will get more and more sunshine. not only through today. but wednesday, thursday, and into friday. so we have some nice wealth to end the week before we get into the weekend. >> danielle: on average, we

matthew, actually, our 13th. now we are watching tropical storm nicole. our 14th named storm of the season. we are getting above that average number a little bit. nicole right now, is farther out in the atlantic than matthew. it does have winds of 50 miles per hour. moving northwest at eight miles per hour. it is going to remain steady over the next couple of days. by friday, when it is expected to start to weaken and continue to track northwest. so we are well into fall here in new england. 33 days until daylight savings time. it is starting to feel more fall-like out there as well. temperatures will trend up over the next couple of days. a pleasant surpritz for christa. 67 tomorrow. then into those low 70's thursday. friday, 75. on average, normal high temperatures for this year, in the mid to upper 60's. we are also drying out over the next couple of days. as far as rain chances go, dry wednesday through friday. a lot of uncertainty as we head into the weekend. for the rest of the forecast,

>> chris: pretty good bet of rain saturday night into sunday. a lot of tropical moisture gets pulled up into new england. mix of sun and clouds today. stays cool and breezy out there. a lot of sunshine. beautiful end to the week. saturday starts off dry. increasing clouds. >> kris: some problem poles. utility poles, that is. they line the streets that we live on a d we have now uncovered thousands of them that could be a problem. >> i thought i was going to die. i thought that my daughter was going to die. that frightened me the most. >> reporter: trapped in a car covered with live wires. she had just seconds to get her three-year-old daughter out of her car seat. before the car blew up. >> it literally blew up. all that was left of it was

june of 2013. she was driving on geary street in dorchester. this pole came crashing down on to her car. the transformer hit the hood which immediately caught fire. inside the car were her young daughter and three others, including another child. >> i can't believe we even made et out of there. i almost lost everything. not just my life but my daughter. >> reporter: three years later, a second pole at the same location also fell. >> the poles are becoming an issue. they are becoming an issue to a point that, you know, people's lives are at stake here. >> reporter: the city of salem electrician says cities and towns notified the utility companies about dangerous or damaged poles that need to be replaced. the wait can be very long. >> how long have you been waiting for them to fix it?

come down and fix it. >> we don't keep on their back and yell at them, they are not coming. it is a major concern. >> reporter: many times the fix is temporary. and that creates another problem. the massachusetts department of public utilities is the agency that keeps track of the damageed poles that are attached to newer ones, becoming what's called double poles. designed to be a temporary fix. there are more than 0,000 of them on the agency's list. and hundreds of those been on it for more than ten years. including this one in east boston that was put in place in 2004. >> to be quite honest with you, it is a little embarrassing. >> reporter: state representative says these poles are a problem because there is no enforcement or penalty for utility companies that are slow to fix them. >> this is not rocket science. when you add a new pole, you remove the old pole. if it is a problem, you should figure out a way to deal with

>> reporter: the massachusetts legislature has been trying to pass bills that would force the utility companies to replace the double poles within a matter of months for face fines. the bills never got passed. a dangerous pole nearly destroyed her life. she has now filed a lawsuit against the power companies responsible for maintaining the poles. >> they are not doing anything to prevent again to somebody else. what would have happened if we would have died? >> reporter: replacing the poles is complicated because the wires belong to several different power companies. and cord may thing the transfer to new poles takes time. i'm cheryl fiandaca. >> kris: coming up at noon, not your typical smash-and-grab. this time, the thieves used their car to come crashing through the front of a pot

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>> kris: a woman in industries co. stealing packages from a neighborhood while pretending to be ago if amore. this there is some surveillance video that caught her in the act. she is shown there pushing a dog in a stroller before taking off with a package. then walking away. the same thing several times. right now police are still searching for the thief. and more neighbors say that they are setting up surveillance video at their homes. >> christa: a smash-and-grab in washington state. the surveillance video here shows the car driving through the front of the store. the thieves run in and take about $500 worth of smoking devices. the owner says they could not steal any actual marijuana. they couldn't open the safe. right now police are still

the next couple of days. we do expect a close pass with hurricane matthew by the weekend. another look at the 7-day ahead. joe plaia: every three days, someone in new hampshire is killed with a gun. mothers, sons, friends. and yet kelly ayotte continues to play political games instead of making new hampshire safer. when she has the chance to strengthen background checks, she voted no, backing the washington gun lobby instead.

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>> christa: all right. s with now is the time where we give chris lambert a little bit of brief for the forecast. not that it is his fault or

gloomy. >> chris: all right. cool and breezy out there today. we had a lot of clouds around this morning. you are beginning to see more sunshine break out. from east to west. obviously, the concern as we get into the weekend will be the exact track of matthew. i think regardless, we will get rain out of this event. now, if it passes south of us, it is mainly a rain event for us. if it comes up close to southern new england, we would have to deal with a coastal impact and some stronger winds. until then, some nice weather settling on in wednesday, thursday, and friday. temperatures in the0' especially away from the immediate coastline. guys? >> christa: hey, that's going to do it for us. >> kris: have a great afternoon. 7 news continues first at 4:00. see you then. in new hampshire, maggie hassan cut taxes for small businesses, protected education... created jobs. in washington, what's kelly ayotte done?

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business interests down at the docks have not been compromised. >> justin: on behalf of the kiriakis family, the salem pd has our deepest apologies. it was never our intent to put any innocent lives in danger. >> philip: it's all there in black and white. in the last 24 hours, over half the companies that do business with us have pulled their shipments from the docks we control. the longer they hold out, the bigger the hit to titan's bottom line. its offices? >> brady: the power is out down there. all hell is breaking loose-- >> philip: thanks to brady jumping the gun. >> theresa: yeah, he was protecting his family. >> philip: he could've cost us the family business. >> deimos: all right, philip, there's no point in casting blame right now. we have way too much work to do. >> sonny: brady, "the spectator" wants a statement.