there have been reports of a little about the of snow, worcester itself. most of accumulating snow western new england, inch or two of know especially at the highest elevations in the berkshires but even down through portions of the connecticut river valley, reports of accumulating snow on grassy surfaces. here is the storm system and this wobbles across new england and overnight with a chunk of significant rain. now in terms of the snow, just about done with accumulating snow in western new england because this way. boston right now 45. worcester 36. fitchburg 41. here is the storm system. as it gets closer to the coastline it'll scoop up moisture and pull that into southern new england. i do think there will be a couple of pockets of steadier rainfall after about 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. through very early tomorrow morning, there could even be a couple of thunderstorms along the south coast. for the rest of us it's just showers and downpours with most of us picking up an

downpours and the risk of a few thunderstorms, inch and a half likely by early tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that as well as the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. >> adam: we'll watch this weather system and when we're not on the air, get updates and the track the radar on-line using our mobile and tablet apps. on to breaking news, a boston police on detail chases down the suspect in an attempted bank robbery. let's get to jonathan hall live on the scene withor jon. >> reporter: lots of excitement here in west roxbury steps away from the catholic memorial football field. here is the bank. it's the city of boston credit union. you can see a boston police officer who is right by the front door. the sign says closed. here is the story, just before 4:00 this afternoon, an armed gunman went into the bank apparently to commit a robbery. what he didn't know was boston police routinely do a detail here. there was a police officer

officer who surprised the suspect. he ran with a gun with a late ex-mask on, was chased down, tackle and arrested. so we have sky 7 over the scene. getting shots from different angles here. there are a number of employees inside the building who are being spoken to. there is a bang robbery task force which has shown up to complete their investigation. unclear at this point whether with any money. that is something the boston police are still looking into and we hope to get more information coming up a bit later. reporting live in west roxbury, i'm jonathan hall, 7 news. >> kim: also on 7 news, a fiery crash in milford. the car burst into flames after flipping right in front of a busy car dealership. workers raced to help but it was simply too dangerous and too late. dan hausle live in milford

dan. >> reporter: fortune boulevard is now open after that fiery wreck was cleared, but the first on the scene, some nearby workers who said they could see the hands of the driver sticking out. they did what they could do to help. >> oh, my god. somebody is in there. >> reporter: a helpless feeling from workers at a nearby car dealership who came running at the sound of the fiery yash. >> i heard a big loud bang and i looked over my left up in the air. and as soon as the car hit the ground it just burst no flames. >> reporter: jamie mcdonald says one of his co-workers grabbed a fire extinguisher and tried to help. >> tried to eng tick wish the flames but it ran out. we didn't know. we couldn't get close enough to try to get whoever was in there out. so we thought we should try smash out a window. jerry smashed it into the

was just about noon when they heard about a car driving fast and erratically about a block away. >> we believe we know who was in the car. he is on elderly gentleman. a local gentleman. so there is a question of whether this could have been a medical emergency. so we'll try to determine that as the investigation proceeds. >> reporter: the flames forced the car dealership employees back. sad they couldn't do more but satisfied they tried. >> there was somebody in. there son or, you know, somebody's family member was in the truck. >> reporter: the workers say the car had a veteran plane placement the name of the victim hasn't been released. police say this is lucky it wasn't a lot worse because there is usually a lot more traffic on the road and they're happy no one else was hit. dan hausle, news. >> kim: traffic trouble on the mass pike today. a person on the side of the highway struck and killed by a tractor trailer in warren.

state police shut down the eastbound lanes of the highway and authorities say the person who was killed was outside of their car near the breakdown lane when they jumped into traffic. >> adam: burning questions over a smoky squire at back bay station. passengers taking desperate measures to evacuate when their train started to fill up with smoke. city leaders calling for a change. steve coop ser live at boston's back bay station to tell us more. >> r good. here in the back bay you can see people are coming and going dodging the rain drops but there is a lot of frustration from city leaders. not so happy with the t.tonight. >> it's a black eye for the mbta. >> reporter: the images captured on cameras have gone viral now. panicked passengers busting out windows on an orange line train scrambling to safety at the height of last night's commute.

the mayor. just your reaction to see the -- >> it's scary, i would be scared. if i was on the train, my mother who is an older person, my mother is not going to be able to climb through a window. >> reporter: the t.says the smoke was result of a motor that overheated which also according to fire officials touched off a trash fire on the tracks. >> unfortunately, this has been another in a string of disappointments with the service that the t.has provided. >> reporter: boston city counci says the back bay station is part of her commute. >> we're past the point where this is necessary and it really needs to be a top priority. >> reporter: the mbta board has approved billions of dollars in improvements which includes replacing the aging fleet on the orange and red lines. unfortunately the governor told us today that is going to take sometime. >> if i could wave a magic wand so folks in springfield

would but building an assembling the new cars getting them on to the system is going to take a couple of years. >> reporter: t.spokesman told us late today that the five-year capital improvement program does include more than 150 new orange line trains, but he admitted this is something that will take sometime. live in the back bay tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> kim: to our election countdown. 12 days to go. new polls out battleground states showing it's a tight race far from over. candidates spending time in swing states. donald trump tauting his lead in ohio while hillary clinton hit the campaign trail with the first lady in north carolina. >> reporter: early voters hitting the polls. with so much negativity experts say turnout will win or lose the election. day one meant lines for early voting in maryland. a blue state.

>> we're all motivated. >> reporter: a republican majority in just three, donald trump needs clinton supporters to stay home. a senior aide admitted black and white liberals are being reminded of offensive things the clintons have said and done. >> he has given up on winning the votes of african americans, young women. so he is not trying to bring them over but give them a reason not to vote at all. >> reporter: damaging the clinton image is a quote about bill clinton incorporated. how he got rich by interconnecting his charity work, donald trump pouncing in ohio. just imagine what they'll do given the chance to once again control the oval office. we've had enough. honestly, i think we've had enough of the clintons in all fairness. >> reporter: michelle obama campaigned with hillary clinton in north carolina. >> she is absolutely ready to be commander in chief on day one, and, yes, she

[applause] >> i believe everything we care about is at stake in this election. so you've got to vote. >> ryan: a good time for sheikh more democrats are turning out early in north carolina. nationally the new poll shows clinton has a 9-point lead over donald trump. >> kim: coming up at 6:00, have you seen this selfie of justin timberlake if he took it in a voting booth and it nearly led to his arrest. we'll tell you what you need to massachusetts and new hampshire ahead on 7 news at 6:00. >> adam: several women accusing a student at the university of wisconsin at sexual assault. investigators say they've made a disturbing discovery at his apartment. jadiann thompson has more. >> reporter: officers who searched the student's apart. found a black book listing itself women he meant documenting his sexual desires. he faces seven counts of sexual assault along with

it was a courtroom, not a classroom for junior alec cook after the list of charges he faces for allegedly sexually assaulting fellow students grew to 15 with prosecutors saying there could be more. >> based upon the stipulation of the parties, ordered cash bail in amount of $20,000. >> reporter: after a woman said cook strangle and repeatedly raped her other female students have come rw assaulted them, too. >> she saw him in news coverage, and thought back to what he did to her and now inappropriate it was and felt compelled to come forward and explain what happened. we're glad she d. she is very brave. >> reporter: cook's attorneys say their client is a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history. >> our client is a kid. he is scared. we're worried about his safety. >> reporter: cook remains

bail then he has been ordered to stay away from the campus. cook didn't make a statement. some of the aedge willed incident are made up and the other encounters were consensual. jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: we're following breaking news from new hampshire. londonderry police are searching for this person in a possible abduction, take a look. police tweeting out this photo of a suspect and a picture of a vehicle a short time ago, there is the vehicle, a civic hatch back. police say do not approach the man or vehicle. they're not giving details why but they feel that would be putting your safety in danger. if you are see the man or the red car, you are asked to call police. it's londonderry police in new hampshire, searching for this person in a possible abduction. we'll continue to follow this breaking story and

here, the pats ready for a rematch gearing up for sunday's game against the bills. some fans excited about who was at practice today. >> in all honestly trying to give him every chance to comply. >> kim: then at 5:30 we're hearing from the sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a man who went on the stabbing spree at the silver city galleria in taunton. >> adam: police move in on pipeline protestors in north dakota. how officers say they crossed the line. >> kim: then in one hour we're closing in on election day. if you are planning to vote, there are sol things you might want to leave at home when you cast your ballot >> reporter: we're back with class act bringing you to blue hills regional technical high school in canton introducing you to a senior using his musical talents to help people heal. don't miss the story coming up on friday morning on today in new england at 6:00 am.

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>> kim: today, something that you can relate to. we have a lot of injured athletes right now. so today for him it's the first step in getting back on the field. he is a keogh fencive player, let's go to trey daerr lye in foxboro with more as the pats gear up for a rematch with the bills.

had a huge impact one year ago but maybe the hardest injury to overcome would be to rob gronkowski. the offense looks different when he is back on the field. the patriots haven't had the two tight end formation since aaron hernandez left. now it's back with bennett and it's appearing that the league can't figure out how to slow down. telus bennett may be the best pairing in football. >> we're not face book prints. i haven't friended him on facebook but we're real life -- >> reporter: not so friendly when it comes to finding a way to slow them down. >> it's different, when you have two of the guys with the size they have, they can put them ooh inside, on the line. so they present a lot of problems. >> reporter: flower mismatch could include the return of deion lewis.

could be back on the field some sunday. if history repeats itself -- >> you cross the line, but it's really no place for that. just try to ignore that and just try to play the game within the game. >> i got a lot of respect for the organization. so i don't see any problems happening this game really. i mean, there is a lot of energy that needs to be focused on the game. i would say on both sides back in week 4 something that seemed like a bit of disrespect from the bills to the patriots. many players speak out here and they saul ait is a nonfactor and something they're not thinking about come sunday. , trey daerr, 7 news. >> adam: how is this for a throwback thursday? 12 years ago today the red sox reversed the curse winning their first world

remember where you were? that final out and the celebration that came after. the sox win another world series in 2013 and 2007 as well. can't forget about that one. >> kim: hard earned. speaking of waiting after a four-year wait apple rolling out new mac computers ahead of the holiday shopping season. what changes might you expect? >> reporter: snow lovers in metro wait a bit longer. just rain on the way. >> adam: breaking news coming up at 6:00, police searching for a suspect in an attempted abduction in londonderry, new hampshire, we have the suspect as name, it's 22-year-old vict tor rosario of manchester. the car is a 1996 red honda civic hatchback. it happens to have bronze or gold colored rims there. the very late effort straight ahead.

breaks up an attempted bang robbery in boston. the latest on that coming up

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>> announcer: now 7 weather with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> reporter: rain and wind overnight tonight. wind primarily at the coastline tonight. from the east and southeast. gusting 30, 40 miles an

we get rid of the rain early in the day. weekend looking ahead, milder, temperatures should jump back to where we should be in the afternoon. numbers will be in the mid and upper 50s. we haddie snow out in the berkshires, dalton, i played golf on this golf course with that guy right there. mike, he is the greens keeper out. there the golf course super. i say, dude, snap a picture when the snow sticks and sticking to the course more than the in elevation. that is an you awesome course. the earliest the city has seen measurable snow, on the 18th. 2009. earliest we've picked up an inch of snow in one day, october 29, 2005. we are approaching the 5-year anniversary of snow

performs. peru, mass, i think had 32. not a repeat this go around. 40s now, the city at 45. norwood 45. we have an east wind. so when you look at that water 57, that east wind takes the milder air and shoves it inland. that is snow flake kryptonite when you have that east wind this time of year. almost impossible to have snow at the coastline although it can happen. it did five years ago. here is where but even with that said, that cold air is beginning to take a beatback from the east and southeast wind. for us low pressure system gets closer to us, the rain will intensify. later on this evening and overnight. 7:00 tonight again greens and yellows for you, no concern of pink or purple but those yellows are pockets of the showers. downpours, perhaps even a few thunderstorms along the south coast. very late tonight and early

boston but locally heavy rain likely later on tonight in the city to early tomorrow morning. 6:00 am. if that is your commute time rain will wind down but the brunt of the storm is over and at 9:00 rain is shifting up across southern new hampshire as well as the mid coast of maine. so how much rain is on the way? i think we're all going to get a healthy drink of water. about an inch of rain which is great for the drought. the concern is that the storm drains have leaves in them so the ones that still overnight tonight and tomorrow morning could lead to localized street flooding, there may be large puddles on the early morning commute. the amount of rainfall since the first of september, worcester 9 inches of rain about half of that falling last friday night. that was a little too much in a short amount of time. boston we picked up about 4 inches in the month of october alone. that is most rain we've seen in month since february. 7 on 7 forecast, weekend, a lot of clouds on saturday. sunday a few isolated

see you at 5:30. >> kim: nice for the kids. apple unveiling new products at an event today. >> adam: they introduced a new mac book, the first new mac book in four years, features a new display called a touch bar. you can get a 15 or 15-inch screen. apple says the laptops will be more than twice as fast as the previous version. apple's new tv app called tv let you access the free app gets shows and movies from all your streaming apps and puts them in place. the app rolls out before the holiday shopping season. >> kim: twitter taking cost-cutting measures. the company is pulling the plug on its app called vine. it's taken a back seat to the perissoscopy. the vine web site will still run and twitter is laying

we equals 9% of its staff. >> adam: as we continue this thursday a hack attack leading to calls for help. we'll hear from a woman whose phone wouldn't stop calling 911. >> >> kim: actor ben affleck using his best boston accent to send a message to the people of new hampshire.

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now. >> reporter: snow in western new england. >> ryan: sheriff's deputy speaking out after putting an end to a deadly stabbing spree in taunton. >> jadiann: shopper scrambling. >> ryan: internet prank causing people to call 911 without touching the key pad on their phone. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> jadiann: first at 5:30 we're seeing signs of winter making its way across new england. parts of massachusetts are >> ryan: closer to boston rain making a mess on the roads. no snow around us but people are getting it. >> reporter: especially through western new england. snow on and off through the evening, even in the worcester hill, a few reports of snow at times at the airport. gardner had a report of some snow earlier today. lunenburg as well. portions of the litchfield hills of connecticut. you notice the snow area is