up here at 4:30. a woman rescued as' drives intoa band in arlington. someone captured it all on camera. the woman was pulled from the sinking car and returned to the hospital. right now divers are working to try to get the car out of the water. >> also at 4:30, the latest on the officers shot in boston. richard cintolo and matt morse underwent more surge today and we're also learning more about the timeline of events up led up to the shooting. the shooter was shot and killed by police. >> later today the community i together to show them support. >> all right, kim and ryan. investigators today pulling more evidence from the home where ths violent shootout took place. officers richard cintolo and mat morse are still in critical condition today after undergoing more surgery today. the officers were shot multiple times after responding to a call about two roommates arguing over the thermostat. police went inside the home on

33-year-old kirk figueroa, armed and wearing a bullet proof vest. >> i can't speak for the past, and we don't know what sparked it. obviously there's some aliases and other states and a lot of arrests and violence and things like up. we're going to continue to look into the background and get a full understanding of who he is. >> as we've been reporting, figueroa had no criminal history here in massachusetts, but was impersonating a private investigator. tonight there will be a vigil in east boston for officers cintolo and morris. we will be here for up and have it on 7. for now in the newsroom, i'm adm williams, 7news today in new england. >> stay with 7news. you can get instant updates or the 7 news phone and tablet app. >> new at 4:30, a woman who police say encouraged her boyfriend to commit suicide. michelle carter's boyfriend

he was 18 years old and police are saying she encouraged him with text messages. >> and today her attorney argued up some statements she made to investigators after he died should be thrown out. 7's jonathan hall live in tauntn with the latest on this case. >> the michelle carter case is getting national attention. she is charged with involuntary manslaughter, because here in te bay state, it is not illegal to urge someone or help someone commit suicide. and for the very up time we are hearing a 7 minute police interview up detti carter before she was arrested. >> michelle carter and her parents had no comment after today's hearing. she allegedly urged her boyfriend, conrad roy to kill himself while on the phone and through numerous text messages. roy was asphyxiated after starting up a gas pump in a pickup truck with the windows closed. officers interviewed carter at her high school two years ago.

him. >> carter gave the police her phone and laptop pass codes. carter's lawyer says she was a suspect, should have been read her rights. he wants it is judge to rule up interview and anything gathered from it, like the damning text messages >> eventually after a few more questions i think he realized he needed to come clean and say, yeah, she was a suspect. she was. >> so if the police know she's a suspect they're supposed to give her miranda rights. >> the state says the law requires police to give suspects rights only after they are told they are suspects. >> the defendant was never in custody whatsoever. miranda was not required in evey statement she made and 7 minutes

voluntary. >> next hearing is december up. the judge says he will decide by then whether the police interviw tape should be admissible and al the text messages as well. we'll have more coming up at 5:30. live in taunton, jonathan hall, 7news. >> a man under arrest for drug possession with a child in the back seat. police say 31-year-old david emerson left a 4-year-old in the back seat of his car while going into a suspected drug house. police pulled him over and they say they a pipe in his car. the man faces drug and child endangerment charges. the child is now with the mothe. >> we're following more news today. a man is seriously hurt after he fell from the cliff walk in newport, rhode island. officials say the man was unable to move after he fell yesterday. firefighters were able to climb down the rocks there to reach te man. after about 45 minutes they were able to pull the man off the cliff and air lift him to the hospital.

viking star cruise ship clipping the buzzard bridge as it traveld through the cape cod canal on wednesday. the crews determined the bridge did not suffer damage. today they will inspect other bridges to see if anything happened there. >> a vermont man accused of driving the wrong way on the highway and killing five teens pleads not guilty today. he was wheeled into the court by a nurse due to his injuries from upsh of second degree murder. police say he crashed into the teen's car and stole the police introducer before crashing up into at least 7 other vehicles n october 8th. he was facing foreclosure and ws involved in legal proceedings around domestic and child custoy issues according to documents filed in court. >> the man who scaled manhattan trump tower. he was charged with rexless endangerment and trespassing.

downtown manhattan. and he said he was hoping to hae a private meeting with donald trump. >> a laser had some pilots in michigan seeing green. someone apparently targeting a v station helicopter. the pilots reported seeing up laser while they were flying at night. this is the latest in a string f incidents across the country. 7's nancy chen explains. >> flying a helicopter is by nature dangerous. but this traffic chopper had a green flashlight up the p and then a second green flash grabbed everyone's attention. a few seconds later you can see how the job became even more pelilous. >> someone decided it was a good idea to fill the camera and the cockpit with glare. they were taken aback by the bod flash. >> it was most intense up someoe has tried to flashlights in the six years i've been up here.

was somewhat intense. >> the police department says they're taking this very seriously. >> it's a violation of federal law. if somebody is identified for doing it this time or any other incidents up may occur, then the reports will be turned over to the federal authorities for prosecution. >> this could land it is person responsible in prison for a number of years and a heavy fin. the pilot says night flying and lasers don't mix for a number of reasons. they think it's fun or maybe its fu and see if they can tag the aircraft with it, but what they don't know is they could cause t to crash, if it hits the pilot n the eye the right way. >> nancy chen, 7news today in nw england. >> an elevator tragedy in new york kills a baby. they were on the 23rd floor of their apartment building. the mother began pushing the stroller right into the el later and realized the elevator car ws not there. both fell several feet out of te top of up elevator car. >> i heard the lady screaming

elevator. i heard her crying and screamin. >> investigators the low income housing complex has had dozens f elevator violations over the years. >> authorities say a semi hit a guardrail and the dryer lost control. the 18-wheeler was carrying a family of three, a father and to young boys. it slammed into a concrete pillar. look at that damage. burst into flames. the father died. brother, who is just a toddler out of the truck to safety. >> if at any time for her dog, a missouri woman might be dead. queeny, diane's service dog of years alerted to her owner of smoke in the house after she had fallen asleep at the computer. her husband wasn't home at the time but knows how things could have turned out if not for queenie. >> that's why i think everybody needs a dog.

know, that's -- that's what they're there for. they take care of us. >> her husband is so thankful queenie was there when his wife needed him most. >> taking down a sign that's ben up for years after is it started a nationwide controversy. >> a gino's steaks in south philadelphia. it's business as usual but without a piece of signage up once hung in the stirred national controversy. for at least a decade this son read, this is america, when ordering, speak english. it's also what forced a hearing years ago by the philadelphia commission on human relations. the owner spoke passionately about the sign's purpose before he passed away in 2011. you can learn 100 languages, i have no problem with up. here the sign is telling you, here we only speak english. >> the owner's son has now taken over the family business and has decided to remove the sign, they released a statement, while gino

tradition of good quality food, cleanliness and giving back to the community, he's decided aftr 10 years it's time to move on. it's not about the sign. it's about what you do and what your mark in life is. he wants to change his mark in life. >> i think it's important for us to embrace anybody's language ad culture to the best of their ability. i appreciate the fact up he's taken it is sign down. i think that was the right choice. this nation is a very very diverse and we're here to enjoy some cheese is green and all people bleed rd and no matter our language. >> i really don't have an opinin about it. >> so one way or the other. >> i'm fine one way or the othe. >> so the new owner says his perspective has changed and his main objective now is to move on from up sign. >> caught on cooler, a woman in michigan going on a rampage inside a beauty salon, knocking over displays and even punching

crazy. >> the owner of a detroit beauty store still shaken up and nervos at work after what went down a few weeks ago. one looking at surveillance vido and it's easy to see why. an angry customer losing control after not getting the cash refud she had been asking for. >> she push and punch and i knocked down. >> the owner didn't want to go n camera, fearing another outburst by someone claiming the store would have gladly exchange the $12 the customer knocked over jewely cases causing all sorts of damage. photos show some of the aftermah from her rampage. the owner says she was attacked and beat up. outside the store the woman was controlled by one man. >> i'm scared. i'm in here over 20 years, but i never have this like up. >> so we're told police have contacted up angry customer. it's not clear whether she'll face any charges.

look at this. coming in at 13 feet long and weighing more than 900 pounds, it's the biggest gator that's ever been captured in up state. the gator was found on a boat ramp and he was then taken to a wildlife park, up guy is brave for sitting right on top of him. >> i guess that's something they do in texas and florida all the time. >> different for us. >> ahead on 7news, a case of rod rage caught on camera in las vegas. what led up to the violent confrontation as two drivers due it out on the >> plus a woman on a mission. how she was able to save her father through social media. >> a scary site on the coast of mexico. this is at 5:00 tonight, a shark breaks through a cage with a diver inside. >> we are following breaking news. the race to rescue a woman trapped inside a car as it crashes right into a pond in

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duke it out at a red light. the argument started miles away. >> thousands of people are weighing in on this chaotic clah online. nancy chen. >> it's a fight at a red light between a map and a woman. the punches, the weapons and up flip. >> online, thousands of shares and comments. people debating wicked have sparked this level of brutality. right here you see the woman,ti window. here's a look at her car. you can see her windshield is also broken. inside there's shattered glass and the tire iron. the woman told witnesses this ws the ends of a clash up started 3 miles away. she claims the man honked at he, followed her and unleashed racil scattered flurries. right now police are investigating to see who was the primary aggressor. up man eventually got back into his car and drove off. it's unclear if either driver will be facing charges.

7news. >> clear skies tonight, a cold night and the weekend loaded wih sunshine. the numbers up next. ahead on 7news at 5:00. exclusive new polling numbers ot of new hampshire. how voters in the battleground state. >> tom brady back in gillette fr >> tom brady back in gillette fr his up home game of imagine if your child imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, question 2 will let parents choose something better and give all our kids hope.

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more. that's why question two's opposed by the massachusetts pta and school committees all across the state. join them in voting no on question two. meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> sunshine today. and we hold on to up sunshine fr tomorrow and again on sunday. sunday is the warmer of the two days. overall a dry pattern. a couple of isolated showers possible. very late sunday night, early monday morning. but essentially we're dry for several days. and warming up next week. 50s to around 60 at this time. worcester, 56.

hyannis and provincetown, low 50s. overall the air is dry, mostly clear and the clouds will fade away. tonight, clear sky, cold, patchy frost. i think the numbers tomorrow morning in the upper 30s to around 40. most of us, though, we will find our way down into the lower 30s tomorrow morning. if you have yourself a tee time tomorrow morning, plan on a frot delay, because those greens keepers need up time to prep the surface for you, the greens and the tee fairways. on the map, a huge area, sprawling area of high pressure. moving slow as well. sometimes these zip on through and they're gone before you know it. but this one is going to take is time. that's why not only today, but tomorrow and sunday offer a lot of sunshine. sunday afternoon, a few more clouds out ahead of a cool front up actually falls apart, because

even warmer than sunday. and then on tuesday, even warmer than monday. from this warm front, this warm front will come charging up into new england monday night and up weather system will send temps close to 80 degrees tuesday of next week. outstanding for tomorrow. lots of sunshine. again, chilly tomorrow morning and then cool tomorrow afternoo. temps 55 to 60, but all sorts of fall festivals going on. apple picking, looks great. sunshine in the morning. a afternoon. temps on sunday in the upper 60s. in the orchards tomorrow, in the upper 50s. the patriots forecast sunday wil feature lots of sunshine, at tailgate the numbers will be in the lower 60s. a bit of a breeze. you may need up to keep down the silverware and plastic wear.

place. foliage peaking in southern new england. i've seen your tweets and your pictures back up up. i appreciate those pics as well. 7 on 7 forecast. look at that tuesday. whoa. upper 70s to around 80 both tuesday and wednesday. see you at 5:00. >> see you then, j.r. let's check in with matt fitzgerald for a look at traffi. >> not good news if you're heading on the expressway south. usually bad on a friday anyway and this broken down isn't helping the situation. it's over in the right-hand lane you'll be jammed on the expressway right out of the o'neill tunnel. route one north is jammed this afternoon through saugus. the delays back in chelsea and o all the way up into linfield. and we'll check out the ride on the pike west. you're going to be heavy right out of the tolls. most of the way towards the

we'll check the ride on the pike west from downtown boston to the weston tolls, a 24 minute drive. once you get bastille up to 495, 36 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7news. >> how social media helped a bob hillery: i spent 21 years in the navy, defending america. if i only showed up half of the time, i'd have been court-martialed. but that's what senator kelly ayotte did. she missed nearly half of her

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refused to take up for an answe. >> so she took to facebook to track down the perfect match. christa delcamp shows us what happened next. >> it's scary. very scary. >> scary not knowing if he would even wake up the next day. >> jeff charter's kidneys were failing. after months of dialysis three days a week, four hours a day, his family went with him as they learned about the agonizing process of getting a donor, an often three to five year wait. his daughter, kim charters wt i was sitting there and i was like, this wait list isn't happening. i was like, i can find somethin, i can do something. >> so she turned to facebook. in april kim started trying to find him a kidney. she reached out to everybody she knew to get the word out. >> i probably had maybe 20 to 30 people messaging me asking how o go about the process and get tested. >> they just needed one perfect match and that was one of kim's

amazing news at the airport aftr she returned from vacation and jeff can only describe it as a miracle. >> me and my wife just hugged ad we were crying. we hugged kim and we were all -- excuse me. >> well, it turns out the kidney transplant was a success, and charters says because of up -- what a daughter. good job to next 90 minutes. i'm kim khazei. >> i'm ryan schulteis. 7news at 5:00 starts right now. >> breaking news. good samaritans rush to save a woman from a sinking suv in an arlington pond. >> also more surgery today for two boston police officers wounded in a gunfire as investigators try to determine what prompted the man to open fire. we have team 7 coverage on the officer shot.

coming forward claiming she was sexually harassed by the republican nominee. >> plus a warm welcome back. tom brady will have the crowd on his side this weekend as he prepares to take the field. >> and a great white smashed through a shark cage. the terrifying moments for a driver below the surface. >> 7news at 5:00 starts now. >> we have breaking news now at 5:00, a driver plunging into an arlington pond. look at that, and good samaritas woman out of up sinking suv. one of the bystanders swimming out to the suv and pulling the woman out just in time. wow. cold intense moments for up big save all caught on camera. amazing that you see it almost from start to finish here. we're learning more about the rescue. let's get out to 7's alex diprato. alex? >> police say this woman pressed the gas instead of the brakes.

as you can see the dive team is still here. her car remain in the pond, and several people on the shore came to this woman's rescue. >> dramatic moments in arlington after a woman accidentally drivs her ford suv into spy pond. three good samaritans jumped in. one opened the door, other pulld this 68-year-old woman from the vehicle. >> they absolutely opened up the car and got thean saving this woman's life. >> the woman was brought to shore. police and fire officials were n scene moments later. they took the woman to the hoppd with mild hypothermia. >> before she was transported, maybe some driver error, maybe a mistake between the brake and gas. >> dozens gathered to watch the divers and grateful for the efforts of the good samaritans.