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sides. brandon gunnoe is live in the control home and has more on the latest. >> let's use trump's words. he says he'll accept the results if he wins. if you agree with him or not, or what side of the aisle you land on. >> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic prent i win. [ cheering ] >> donald trump doubling down on last night's claims that he may not accept the results of the presidential election. >> do you make the same commitment that you will absolutely -- sir, that you will absolutely accept the result of this election. >> i will look at it at the tim. i'm not looking at anything now. i'll look at it at the time. >> i'll keep you in suspense. >> senator tim kaine weighed in on trump's comments whether he'l accept the results. >> obviously donald that is not accepting results. you have to accept the results f
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that's the pledge we made. hillary clinton stood on the stage in the up debate and said, of course i'm going to accept te results of the election and that donald trump is unwilling to mae that pledge and still thinks hes saying something positive. >> the republican nominee explaining that controversial answer today at a campaign rally in ohio. >> that was sort of an unprecedented question. if al gore or george bush had agreed three weeks before the election to concede the results and waived their right to a there would be no supreme court case and no gore versus bush or bush versus gore. >> vice president joe biden more fired up than we've seen him ina long time says donald trump is playing into our enemies hands and trump is either stupid or doesn't understand the damage he is doing. >> and then he says as a major party candidate, for the world o
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putin, that our country has no idea. can you fathom any presidential candidate ever, ever having said that or would they say that? >> trump's team backed up their candidate saying, of course you wait to see if the votes are verified and certified. president obama also campaigning for clinton today. in the control room, brandon gunnoe, 7news. >> all right and be sure and sty with 7news on air and the latest on the race for the white house. don't forget to get updates also on our website, whdh.com. >> also on 7, an arrest warrant issued for a suspected gunman after bullets fly in chelsea. a teenager found himself in the line of fire while he was in his bed. he was hit by austral stray bullet and had to be rushed to the hospital. let's get to kimberly bookman live in chelsea with the latest on his can. kimberly. >> adam, the victim's family sas he's in severe pain. he cannot move his arm and he's going to need physical therapy.
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that he is expected out of the hospital this evening. >> a distraught mother points to the hole in her son's bedroom wall where a bullet busted through and hit the 13-year-old boy in the shoulder. she says through a translator. >> he told her, mom, i cannot even be safe in my own home. i don't want to go back. >> this is the victim, juan lopz delgado. he went in for surgery. they thought they could remove the bullet, but they can't it's actually stuck in there. the victim's mom says her son ws sleeping in his bed when the gunfire erupted outside at neighboring boston park. >> she says that she gets upset and she doesn't understand why s it that they need to do this activity in a playground. >> it was 8:25 wednesday night and you can see the markings of at least two bullets that hit te chelsea home, one making it's wy into the third floor of the house. family says juan cried out in pain. he was like he was like it hurt so much, i can't move my arm.
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a day later after reviewing vido and talking to witnesses, there is a warrant out for one persons arrest. still that doesn't make this random violence any easier for the victim or his family to deal with. >> it's really hard to grasp a stray bullet coming through your window were. he gets it, while at the same time he doesn't understand it completely. >> and the family says they do not want to remain here in this particular house. they say it's simply too violen. in fact they say reporting live in chelsea, kimberly bookman, 7news. >> some breaking news we're following here at 5:00. a man under arrest in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl in lawrence. police say she was -- we are continuing to follow this story. we'll get you more information s soon as it becomes available. >> and there's more breaking nes to tell you about. the destruction of the garden at boston children's hospital has
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the construction there -- destruction. the garden will be demolished as part of an expansion project at the hospital. it will include a new heart center, neonatal care unit and four new green spaces. supporters of the garden have been fighting to save it for months. >> now on 7, protesters taking a stand outside the statehouse. mbta union workers are upset ovr the state's p it stems from how the mbta handles its money. byron barnett is live in boston with the latest. byron? >> the big rally just wrapped up here on the steps of the statehouse. mbta union workers all fired up about efforts to out source ther jobs. >> mbta union workers rally at the statehouse calling on the governor and the mbta to stop te push to privatize many of their
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class jobs. it's going to give jobs to governor baker and his buddies, all the contracts to these people. >> the protestor comes two weeks after union officials were arrested outside the so-called money room where cash from fares is counted. the t has hired an outside company to take over those dutis from t union workers. >> we believe our drivers ought to be in the core system driving around our customers as opposed to counting cash. >> the baker administration says outsou necessary to close the mbta's $100 million budget gap. >> it's important to ensure that the t is a highly functioning ad effective, reliable and dependable vealing system for al of the taxpayers and the riders who pay for it. >> but the union workers were joined by mayor marty walsh and several state legislature who sy privatization of t jobs is bad for workers and the public.
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hundreds of millions of dollars by waging only. >> private companies will come n here and make monies off the taxpayers of massachusetts. they're going to low bid it and either raise fares, cut service, lay off people. that's how it works. they have to make a profit. >> now, the mbta says in the coming weeks and months, it will be rolling out plans to out source other jobs. the t union workers say they'll way. that's the story from the statehouse, i'm byron barnett, 7news. >> now to the forecast. clouds rolling in this afternoo. that's a pretty shot. it's over route 9 actually. pretty if you're not on the rigt side and stuck in traffic. but today was quite the turn around from yesterday's 80-degre temperatures and we are tracking some showers heading our way. good news for your lawn and maye some shrubs you're panter planting this fall. here's chief meteorologist jerey reiner to break it all down.
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temperatures compared to yesterday at this time, about 15 to 20 degrees cooler than where we were. these numbers, while they're cooler, it's actually where we should be for this time of year. upper 50s and low 60s. the city at 59. bedford at 59. you move out of new england. here is where yesterday's warmth has now been pushed to, to the southwest back through the mid atlantic states. dcf at 83 and this warm and somewhat humid air is going to try to come up into new england overnight tonight and through te day tomorrow with this warm front. the warmth doesn't make it, as the storm system heads for nw york as well as northern new england, then we will see an increase in clouds and eventualy an increase in chance of shower, especially tomorrow afternoon ad tomorrow night. we'll talk more about that timeline and your weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> we've new video tonight. police in nadak say this group went into the mall and left with 7 teen thousand dollars worth of iphones. they left with 19 iphones.
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and now they're investigating whether it's connected to anothr recent apple theft. >> the u.s. attorneys office taking over the investigation into the gloucester former polie chief that announced his retirement earlier this month fr allegedly destroying cellphone evidence. it had to do with accusations regarding his personal relationship with two women. at up the mayor said she would fire him but agreed to let him retire. shootings of two officers, the boston police department is highlighting the importance of blood donations. the mayor and the police commissioner among those attending a blood drive today. victoria warren has more from dorchester. >> saving lives 1 pint at a time with each donation, boston polie officers richard cintolo and mat morris are on their minds. >> i saw firsthand what it does. it saved two of my brothers lives. >> the boston patrol mans
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wake of the east boston shootin. hundreds of people came out and not just fellow officers. >> to help people generally, but in this case to help the officers. you know, put their lives on the line every day for us. >> the mayor and police commissioner coming by to lend support despite at times being t political odds with the patrol men's association. >> in life we get caught up in dispute and every now and then we'll get into a dispute, but this really is about coming together as a community. officers' recovery. richard cintolo just went home. matt morris is still in icu but doing better. >> overwhelmed with the support of the community and the general public. >> during this blood drive they expect about 300 people to donate. the patrolmen's association knos if it's a lot more people than that who want to donate, so they're already in the works to plan future blood drives in the coming weeks. in dorchester, victoria warren,
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constables is under review. this after curt figueroa opened fire on police officers last week. the mayor is concerned that counselors were not informed of figueroa's criminal history outside of the commonwealth of massachusetts before approving his application. >> as this case unfolds, clearly there seems to be an issues there. the background checks to my understanding can only be a massachusetts background checks and clearly if we had a we would have seen some things. >> constables oversee evictions, make sure court papers are delivered and in some cases take people into custody. >> a blow in the fight against isis. the u.s. milt says an american soldier has died in a bombing in northern iraq. central command saying his death was caused by an i improvised
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more than 100 u.s. soldiers are embedded with iraqi forces and hundreds more are playing a supportive role in staging base. >> and troops are gaining ground today. iraq kurdish leaders say they have participated in the offensive to retake the isis strong hold of mosul. >> the pentagon announced today that an american soldier was killed here in northern iraq by an ied or it seems to be the up american casualty to drive isis out of te city of mosul. so far iraqi and kurdish troops are arriving faster than anticipated. we're seeing a multi prong offensive with iraqi and kurdish troops not having a single front line but storming multiple villages at the same time. there are now about a dozen different iraqi villages that ae
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isis has been putting up some fight, but approximate hasn't been sending wave after wave of suicide bombers. it could be isis has decided to pull keep to keep the fighters n mosul itself. or according to some u.s. generals some isis leaders have decided to leaf and not to hang out in mosul and effectively accept that the city is going to fall. >> one question on the minds. fighters will this offensive continue to go as smoothly as it has or will it lead t street fighting? that question could be answered in just a matter of days. >> all right. an update now on some breaking news. lawrence police arrest a man accused of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old while she was walking to school. police say the assault happened this morning near boxford and phillips street. the suspect will be arraigned tomorrow. we're continuing to follow the story. we'll get you more information s soon as we get it here. >> still to come this evening,
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getting ready for their home opener after starting their season on the road. we will head out live to the garden. >> and then at 5:30, these climb aboard a landmark docked in quincy. what they got away with and how police hope to track them down. >> then coming up here in just one hour. governor baker signed a bill aimed at preventing another tragedy like the deadly back bay fire. >> a moving tribute on massachusetts highways to a veteran killed in maine. those stories coming up right here on the news station.
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patrice bergeron making a season debut. i think it's important that we come out and give our fans a god idea of what our team is going o be all about. >> they get their up shot at impressing the bruins faithful tonight. at they look to build off a successful season opening road trip. >> he scores. what an amazing effort tonight! >> i think w we're missing a couple key players and any time you're able to come away with points you hae top happy with it. >> the bruins getting one of the key players back tonight with patrice bergeron set to make his season debut. he's one of the best players in the league and he's going to hep our team a lot and give us a lot of depth. >> when you go three games without him and you see him coming back, it's a lift to everybody. players, teammates, organizatio,
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>> and after finishing under 500 last season, for the up first, the bruins hope to reverse that trend beginning tonight. >> it's a great opportunity to just start the season at home on the right note. >> all right. this building will be rock. it's quiet right now, but ill be rock soon enough. one of the other thing that's really exciting bruins fans is n infusion of younger players in this roster this season. the big defense man, 19-year-old brandon carlos scored his up goal. you can't miss him, he's 6-foot 5. joe amorosino, 7news. >> next here on 7, a florida state trooper coming to the rescue of a traveler in need, bt it's not what you would expect.
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timeline up next. >> germ, then at 5:30, governor baker paying the way for automatic cars to hit the roads here in massachusetts. here in massachusetts. stay with uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. when it served her purpose, ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? oh absolutely, i would do that. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. looking out for herself. independence usa pac is responsible
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kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying jobs, ty and medicare... ...and help families pay for college... i approved this message because no matter what they're throwing at me... i'll never stop fighting for you. >> now, 7weather with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> right now in town, cloudy, 5. dewpoint, 53.
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per hour. a little bit feisty at times, bt if you think that's windy, you ain't seen nothing yet. wait until saturday and sunday. more on that in a second. right now, again, certainly cooler than yesterday, but the numbers pretty close to where we should be for this time of year. near 60 degrees. dewpoint temperatures in the lower 50s. usually this time of year not an issue. but as i step out of the way and show you these dewpoints down here, pittsburgh and dcf, i'm talking about that, because that's heading up the day tomorrow. so while tomorrow will not be warm in the sense of 80-degree weather it's going to be a humid day. and temperatures will run up ino the upper 60s tomorrow so warmer, more humid, a lot of clouds and i think showers tomorrow. right now we have a lot of clouds, but not much in the way of rain. most of the rain has been off to our northwest out near albany ad glens falls up towards st. johns
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hampshire up into northern main. for us we will focus on this ara of low pressure which will head up towards northern new york and new england during the day tomorrow and in doing so, a southeast wind develops this evening. scraping moisture off the atlantic, so a lot of clouds and a few sprinkles. increasing humidity. and temps actually rise overtime tonight. temps this evening in the upper 50s and your morning commute they'll be in the 60s. tomorrow a mild and muggy day. there may not be much in the i'm thinking perhaps sprinkles. that would be about it. but as we step through the day tomorrow, here's your timeline. you notice the green blobs here, the showers and downpours become more numerous as we head into tomorrow afternoon, and certainy tomorrow evening. so the chance of rain does begin to go up significantly tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, including high school football games or any outdoor activities after school tomorrow and then t all winds down by 7:00 a.m. on saturday. most cities and towns about a
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you get a couple downpours following each other down the path, if you will, perhaps up wards of a couple inches. >> big storm up into southern cn dark generates a lot of wind for southern new england. in fact it will be a chilly wind with winds over 30 miles per hour. i think we'll have some snow showers in northern new england and it is within the realm of possibility late saturday night and sunday morning that a couple attention? the berkshires. otherwise all the activity is up north of us. you get the point here. blustery and chilly weekend. especially on sunday. see you at 5:30. you got my attention, j.r. ahead here on 7. headed home. a beer with a rich history returning to rhode island. we'll explain. >> it's time to get your roster in shape for the weekend.
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imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. 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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the outside corporate interests bankrolling question two are trying to deceive you. here's the truth: ins money from the existing public schools. that's 400 million just last year - according to the state's own data. which means real cuts to our kids - in arts, technology, ap classes, pre-school, bus service and more. that's why question two's opposed by the massachusetts pta and school committees all across the state.
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>> always great having you with us. it's thursday and another hour f 7news is still ahead. i'm adam williams. >> i'm jadiann thompson, 7news t 5:30 gets started right now. >> thieves target an historic ship. sailing way >> a trooper rescues a bald eage from the side of the road after the bird was hit by an suv. >> and grab yourself a ganstt. a new england brewery returning to its home state. >> 7news at 5:30 starts now. >> new with bruins here at 5:30. lawrence police arrest a man accused of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old. police say the assault happened
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walked to school. the student is a student at souh lawrence east educational complex. the suspect will be arraigned tomorrow. we'll continue following this story and get you more information as soon as it becoms available. >> an historic navy ship targetd by thieves. quincy police say four men broke into the uss salem. once on board investigators tell us they took off with some carg. >> now we're learning how they got inside the ship. 7's steve cooper is live with te latest. >> look at the fence they shimmied over. a popular hand mark that's dockd here in quincy. >> it's pretty unusual that someone would break into that particular ship. >> i'm not aware of any recent incidents with that ship. >> police say the break happened earlier this month on the 716-foot long ship nicknamed sea witch which is currently set up as a haunted ghost ship as a
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