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7 news. >> anchor: we are breaking news out of haverhill. police are investigating a pedestrian accident in the area of 371 river street. we're toll it's a serious crash. a medical helicopter has been called there. we have crews on the way and we'll continue to bring you the very latest right here in the 7 news loop. >> anchor: also on 7, two police officers recovering after a drug scare in falmouth. police say a man threw heroin at the officers at the police station there the suspect is facing serious charges. jonathan hall if falmouth with the very latest. long criminal history but apparently nothing too violent until today. police say he went on the attack right at the station. 38-year-old russel pena allegedly attacked two police officers after a drug bust by tossing heroin at them. the bag apparently opened and the narcotics were dispersed on officers as well as in the booking room.
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officers as he was being processed after the arrest. they had take then mugshot of him. investigators say pena pulled a bag of heroin from his pants, broke it open and flung it at the officers hitting one right in the face. a hazardous materials team had to come to falmouth pd to clean up before the incident at the station officers from falmouth, mashpee and the barnstable currently sheriff's department pulled over pena's rented black chevy impala to execute searchwa falmouth harbor. the curse research of the vehicle revealed a white powdery substance in one bag as well as a small amount of marijuana. >> reporter: police say they also found almost $1,500 in cash in that vehicle. is a total of six charges including drug trafficking, but not attempted murder as the police had originally requested. a judge here in falmouth set bail at $5,000 cash. half of what the state wanted. live in falmouth, jonathan hall, 7 news.
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it's just four days away and here in boston big lines as early voting wraps up today. it ends at 5:00 p.m., about 25 minutes from now. across the country election day security is abouting a top concern. some fill are concerned about a cyber attack as americans cast their ballots. cynthia mcfadden has details. as americans focus on the raise or tight presidential race between hillary clinton and donald trump u.s. officials tell nbc news the government has its eyes on potential threats to according to multiple sources, the u.s. has launched an unprecedented effort to protect the country against cyber attacks aimed at show confusion as americans head to the polls. an attack on critical infrastructure including the u.s. power grid is one of the three worst case scenarios on the list of concerns. one highly placed intelligence source tells nbc news your vote
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any lights. also on the list, a large scale denial of service. in other words, part of the internet goes down. or a cyber attack aimed at disabling communications and transportation in swing states. but intelligence sources in a senior obama national security official tells nbc news they believe a more likely scenario would involve hackers from russia or somewhere else using social media for an 11th hour document information implicating one of the candidates with no time for fact checking. while multiple intelligence officials say they have no specific warning about an election day attack, they consider last month's massive and sophisticated internet disruption a possible dry run or inspiration for another attack. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news. >> anchor: dozens of mystery ballots show up outside of a california home less than a week before election day. man who found the ballots say
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different people. all of them supposedly living in his elderly maybe's two bedroom apartment. the la county register's office said a glitch in the system caused that mix up. something spooky, something doesn't fit there. >> anchor: so county fills say while they believe this is an isolated incident, they are monitoring for any other issues. >> anchor: on just one station, the machine accused of robbing a bakery in brookline appearing in court today. that man who is known to police was arrested overnight after investigators say he atkins bakery on broke on street. police say the suspect told workers he had a gun but never showed one and that he stole cash from the register as well as cash from cell phones and the customers inside. >> anchor: we are following more news here today. harvard university rocked by a soccer scandal. the entire men's team has now been suspended. harvard's president calling making that call after sexual rankings of women did emerge and the president said this is actually been going on for years. victoria warren has the very latest. >> reporter: a soccer season
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harvard's own athletic director canceling remaining games and any chance of tournament place for the men's team. the players are accused of raiding women's soccer players on-line, making vulgar and explicit sexual comments about them. i am a female athlete here. i know if that would ever happen to me, i would have felt disrespected. it would have been a problem. >> reporter: in an e-mail to students the athletic director says players called it a scouting report and says the problems date back to initially the school thought it was an isolated incident but after the school's lawyers investigated, the athletic director says they learned it was more widespread and continued this season. harvard's president supports canceling the rest of the season saying "the decision to cancel a season is serious and consequential and reflects harvard's view that both the team's behavior and the failure to be forthcoming when initially questioned are completely unacceptable, have no place at
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value of our community." it's not what we're about here. something had to be done. certainly the people who led it deserved punishment that extreme. >> reporter: players are also ordered to get education and training from the school's office of sexual assault prevention. in boston, victoria warren, 7 news. >> anchor: cvs is set to cut 600 jobs including 250 in rhode island. layoffs will be made over the next two months as cvs attempts rhode island's governor said many of the affected employees may be able to find other positions within the company. they are eliminating these positions but adding other positions so that's why i say it's very possible many of the people continue to work at cvs but in different jobs. >> anchor: cvs says jobs will also be cut in illinois and arizona p new details on a deadly bus crash in baltimore. the transportation company that ordered actually operated the school bus involved the crash says they have a current medical certificate for the driver.
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administration says the driver certificate there expired in august and they don't have any updated one on hand there. the driver along with four other people with killed when a school bus he was driving crashed into a commuter bus. a 22-year-old facing attempted murder charges after shots were fired inside of a pennsylvania wal-mart. police say it appears to be a targeted shooting and that the suspect worked in the store in a criminal complaint the suspect said he walked off his job after the victim mid a bullying remark to him. that man was shot four times but is >> anchor: an animal attack sends several people to the hospital. a woman was sunbathing when the squirrel, a squirrel there, attacked her, biting her on the leg chiefly panicked and ran inside the center. as people tried to help, the squirrel began buying them. three people were taken to the hospital with boys and treated for rabies. the squirrel was put outside shortly after the attack. a u.s. park police officer is recovering after shooting himself in the foot in washington, d.c. authorities say he so the himself while bing a tacked by a raccoon there.
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raccoon acting oddly adat a garden when the officer showed up that raccoon went into attack moment. at some point there was an interaction between the raccoon and officer. some shots were fired. some neighbors say they heard as many asinine gun shots. as for that wounded officer he is expected to be okay. >> anchor: wild weather in arizona. this video footage right here we'll show you shows the storm forming yesterday afternoon. the national weather service notified locals of the dust storm in the a thunderstorm soon followed causing heavy rain and some small hail. >> anchor: raging wildfire has become a huge threat to home owners in australia. the fire is burning with help from high winds there. the flames damage two homes already and are close to other homes in that area. more than 100 fire fighters are at the scene there working to try and control those flames. >> anchor: 7 news now with details of a recall involving nearly 3 million samsung top load washing machines. they are being recalled bus the top of the machines can detach
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injury. the recall involves 34 washing machine models sold since march of 2011. there have been 733 reports filed, nine injuries have been reported including a broken jaw. refunds are being offered to anyone who purchased one of the recalled machines in the last 30 days. luxury retrailer neiman marcus has been selling frozen collared against and they are all sold out. according to the product description the 12 ounce tray serves 8 to ten people and amount of spices and bacon. for those that have mised out neiman marcus is selling baked bean medley for $80 and $18 in shipping. >> anchor: you could make it. >> anchor: for less. >> anchor: there is bacon so always go with bacon. up next a heart attack on the highway. an officer justing into action to save a woman's life. >> anchor: a per's lullaby keeping her spirit strong. a father's way of making the
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>> anchor: ahead at 5:00, heartbreaking news for michael buble. the singer's son diagnosed with cancer. >> anchor: the drought is over. all the sights and sounds from the cubs championship parade the cubs championship parade coming up next. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to wrong move. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of them." vo: just one. massachusetts' newspapers rarely agree, but they do on question 2. they agree opponents have run a "campaign of misinformation" to spread "fear through white, affluent neighborhoods." they agree in the suburbs question 2 will have
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dren." they agree it will provide vital "choices for urban parents" and help reduce "the achievement gap." question 2 is "a kid's civil right." join leading newspapers and governor baker in voting yes on 2. vo: ending funding for planned parenthood. taking away our right to choose. and governor baker restricting our health care choices. this is senator kelly ayotte's record. ayotte voted six times to end funding for planned parenthood - putting access to birth control and cancer screenings at risk. woman 1: kelly ayotte says she's for women. but it's just an act. woman 2: voters definitely cannot trust kelly ayotte. vo: senate majority pac is responsible
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>> anchor: an incredible rescue caught on camera in oklahoma. family rushing to get a woman to the hospital after she suffered a heart attack. that's when an officer made a life saving stop. he pulled them over for speeding save. >> anchor: that one moment made all of the difference. sara french has the story. before this officer can even come to a stop, the driver jumps out. what have you got going on? immediately i called for first responders he hurries to the truck to find the woman unresponsive. i was just in panic. her face was purple. you don't have a lot of
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>> reporter: the two pulled her out of the truck and quickly started cpr. went through about three sets all together. >> reporter: then? she is breathing. tina was rushed to the hospital, she was stale but unclear if she would survive. tina had a heart attack so severe only about 10% of people survive it. days after attack, tina woke up. without question for me, it was the happiest day of my life. i was sleeping and then i heard she is awake, she is awak. >> reporter: officer jones got emotional when he heard the new. it looks like she will make a full recovery because of the quick way you administered cpr and you saved her and her mental capacities as well. >> reporter: the heart of this family saved due to this officer's quick thinking.
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>> reporter: thankfully that woman is expected to make a full recovery. in the newsroom, sara french, 7 news. >> anchor: coming up here bigger than ever. what you won't be able to see for 20 more years. >> anchor: dave that example making a tv return of when you can catch his come back. >> anchor: how highway closures will affect plans. >> anchor: long lines outside voting stations. the early voting deadline coming up. vo: ending funding for planned parenthood. taking away our right to choose. restricting our health care choices. this is senator kelly ayotte's record. ayotte voted six times to end funding for planned parenthood - putting access to birth control and cancer screenings at risk. and she supports overturning roe v. wade.
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at's you're paying more forou? prescription medicines. kelly ayotte blocked lower cost generic drugs. you're paying high interest rates on college loans. ayotte voted against letting you refinance at lower rates. and you're paying higher bank fees while ayotte voted for special breaks to wall street executives. kelly ayotte. she's siding with corporate special interests and that's costing you. she's not working for new hampshire. >> anchor: a live look outside of boston. beautiful, beautiful shot right there on a friday evening and you can see that the sun issesting and things are about to change this weekend with that sunset. isn't it? >> anchor: that's true. we'll get an extra hour of sleep this weekend which is the big benefit, then we see the sunset so much earlier.
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this weekend is the longest weekend of the year. so you get an extra hour this weekend but, yeah, it's going to be awfully dark, awfully early on sunday as the sunsets temperatures will drop quickly tonight and with that we do have a frost advisory for the cape. temperatures will drop back to the mid 30's, maybe not quite that cool for the outer cape but mid 30's there. the only reason we don't have a frost advisory for the rest of the area and the national weather service only issues frost advisories if the growing season is still active and that's really only the case for the at cool weekend on tap, otherwise fairly dry and fairly pleasant and the good news is it looks nice. mild and quiet, at least weather wise and that's not just here but most of the lower 48 should be very quiet weather wise on election day so no excuse to get out and vote. 55 in boston. 5 plymouth. 54 beverly. those numbers are almost exactly what you would expect for this time of year but compared to the last couple days, definitely feels a little fall like and be warned if you have date night
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your friday night even though it will be fairly mild right now, when you are going out to dinner not too bad. it will cool off quickly so by 11:00 temperatures in the 30's in some spots 20 degree difference between now and 11:00 so you will want an extra layer when you are coming home from whatever you are doing on your friday night. wind are getting lighter, system a bit of a breeze out there right now. winds are getting light and skies are fairly clear and when you get clear skies and calm winds temperatures just drop lick a rock as soon as the sunsets and clouds there is our next weather maker. you can see a few clouds associated with that. so clouds come back into the picture late tonight and into tomorrow so cool night tonight but then as we head into tomorrow, mainly just kind of a cloudy start to the day, but can't rule out a sprinkle or two. vast majority of us will be dry but slight chance of asprinkle from morning into maybe the early afternoon otherwise the rest of the day looks fine and just kind of a mixture of clouds and sun. so it may not be as bright and
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there today. but vast majority of us will be dry. sunday a little more of a breeze kicks back up and with that wind coming off of the still relatively warm water could see a few ocean effect sprinkles out for the cape. vast majority of us will go all weekend long completely dry without a drop of rain but again can't entirely rule out a sprinkle here or there. don't forget, set your clocks back an hour, saturday night otherwise quiet weekend weather wise. monday 54, tuesday election day 62. overall, a fairly workweek ahead. >> anchor: name now for 7 fast track traffic. here is matt fitzgerald with an update. matt? good afternoon we'll fly high above this crash on 128 south in waltham. this is right here route 20. off to the break down lane but damage is done. will you be jammed from trapelo road down to the crash scene then on the brakes after this to the mass pike. further down tough going from great plain avenue down to braintree. route 1 north is really tough going through saugus this afternoon heavy from route 16 up past is 28 in peabody.
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well through saugus across the tobin bridge and into downtown boston. not looking good on the pike west leaving town you will be on the brakes from the allston brighton tolls out past the weston state police barracks then again past route 30 then 495. the eastbound side of the pike is moving well from weston tolls to downtown boston. we'll check the drive west from downtown boston to weston tolls. a 22 minute drive and from the weston tolls to 495, 34 minutes. a matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: the husband in utah fighting to keep his during child birth. >> anchor: now the internet is helping this first time father once again hear her voice. it's never easy for first time parents raising a newborn. are you hungry? >> reporter: doing it all on your own, even harder. your mama loves you, your grandmas love you. >> reporter: jared decker only knows what it is like to take
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losing his wife in child birth. the couple was expecting their first baby after nine years of marriage, but after an emergency c section his wife died in the hospital. didn't feel like home without shari. my home has been wherever shari was and she wasn't there. >> reporter: the new father is doing everything see can to keep his wife's memory alive. anything that has her voice whether it's music and recordings or writings, her journals, her anything like that i just >> reporter: which is why when he claims across files of his wife singing he knew it was a gift from above. the only problem? i tried opening them and i did google searches how to open the files and none of that worked. >> reporter: devastation set in and until one day he got an idea. so he headed to reddit, a site where internet strangers connect and even solve problems. the response? i was just, yeah, blown away by how quick people were to
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two people would but hundreds of comments and well wishes. on top of that about a dozen stranging sent him the fixed files. i up loaded five videos lick a month before. the clip is now on repeat in the household, a way to keep mommy's voice around. only possible because of strangers on-line who took the time to click reply. >> anchor: in addition to leaving behind the music, he said his late wife left behind a bucket list that he and baby jj plan to tackle in her honor. >> anchor: still ahead here, dave chapelle making a tv debut. when you can catch the comedian
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every time a new charter opens, from students like mine. massachusetts schools already lose 400 million a year to charters and question two means we'll lose even more. we've got to stop taking from the 96 percent of kids who don't attend a charter school. if you believe every child deserves a great public education, vote no on question two. vo: ending funding for planned parenthood.
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this is senator kelly ayotte's record. ayotte voted six times to end funding for planned parenthood - putting access to birth control and cancer screenings at risk. and she supports overturning roe v. wade. woman 1: kelly ayotte says she's for women. but it's just an act. woman 2: voters definitely cannot trust kelly ayotte. vo: senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this
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seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to go fu_k themselves." vo: because all it takes is one wrong move. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of them." vo: just one. chapelle set to make his saturday night live debut net week. he will take the stage november 12 with musical guest a called quest. it's the first snl after the election and will no doubt be full of political common tear. chapelle has been out of the spotlight since walking away from his show in 2005. >> anchor: the surprise collaboration between beyonce
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some beyonce fans accused of can be-officials denied allegations saying they only removed a five second promotional clip that was in the approved to be used on-line. >> anchor: tom brady and giselle bundchen said their kids have already eaten all ahead of their halloween candy. you can believe it? because the super model says their children only ate one piece of the candy each. tom and giselle stay away from sugar so their kids gave away the treats to other kids who didn't get any halloween candy left. >> anchor: it's nice she left them have one piece. a little taste of what sugar is. you are a kid. >> anchor: just a little bit. >> anchor: much more to come in the net 90 minutes. >> anchor: i'm jennifer egan. 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> anchor: breaking news now at 5:00. two police officers responding to a robbery report shot in the bronx. we'll have the latest. >> anchor: also breaking, several stabbed on a college cap pus in new jersey.
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campaigning are upon us. new hampshire expected to play a prominent role in the outcome of the election. >> anchor: here in massachusetts long lines as thousands lineup to get their votes in ahead of election day. >> anchor: and disturbing new details coming out of south carolina where a woman was found chained in a storage container. what else police found on that property. >> anchor: terms are falling fast this friday evening. i will have details on a cool weekend forecast.. >> anchor: and we d breaking news at 5:00. two police officers shot while responding to a robbery in the bronx. and the "new york times" is now reporting that tragically one of the officers has died from his wounds. >> anchor: let's get right over to 7's jennifer egan live with wrecking details. >> reporter: nbc new york is reporting one of the officers was shot in the head. the other in the leg. both of the officers nypd sergeants. they were involved in a shoot out with a suspect. that suspect along with one of
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that suspect over believing he match the description of a home robbery suspect. that's when the man opened fire on the officers. right now we don't know the condition of the second officer in this case. the scene is still very active as police continue to look at and collect evidence there. we'll keep you updated as we learn more on this story. in the newsroom, jennifer egan, 7 news. >> anchor: also breaking news in new jersey we're following today. two people rushed to the hospital in a stabbing at rutgers university. the suspect is the school sent out an alert before 3:00 this afternoon that several people have been stabbed. we know know there are two victims total no. word on their conditions at the moment. this happen integrity business school on rutgers, new brunswick campus. school was put on lock down as police search for a suspect. students describe the moments after the stabbings. at first i thought it was just two guys just fighting each other because that's what it sounded like, but then once people started looking up and getting concerned and the people

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