the boston renaissance charter school is looking into the claims. been speaks with the mother of the victim. >> i cried. i lost it. >> reporter: it's painful for this mom to speak out. she is not showing her face to protect her young son. she says he was sexually molested by another little boy while on the school bus to the renaissance charter school. >> there was another child that was touching him, and asking him to perform, you know, different sexua just 7 years old. she says the other boy six years old threatened violence and the also touched four other children. >> he was threatening him and saying if you don't do this i'm going to shoot your mother. >> reporter: this mom says it was another child who saw what was' happening and told an adult who then told the school. the school says they took immediate action and caboted police saying -- contacted police saying we've taken this matter seriously and have taken appropriate measures to insure student safety.

the privacy of the children involved. >> very difficult situation. you know. there is clearly potentially going to be a need for therapy. a lot of therapy. >> reporter: this mom agrees but says no one offered to help her son. she is traumatize and afraid to be by himself. >> i think something freeze to be done to the driver. i think he needs to be disciplined. i think the school should take more of a responsibility as far as getting kids in counselling and there must be a on every bus. >> president obama: today other stunned parents said they agree great we need monitors on the boston public school buses and the only way is us as parents need to advocate for it to boston city hall. >> reporter: the charter school is not part of the boston public school system but the school system does provide transportation for this school. the boston public school system says it's currently reviewing the matter.

can request additional monitors on a case by case basis. i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> ryan: a would be robber can't seem to catch a break. he tried again and again to smash his way into a store. he gave up and drove off. the owner of the store cracking up about it. amaka ubaka has more. >> reporter: a thief caught red-handed. >> how stupid can you be? >> reporter: trying to break n. you see the man of the mini van. with the black bag in one hand, and a rock in the other. >> got to be stupidest thief i've ever environments the man chucks the rock at the doors trying his best to shatter the glass. >> he is lining up like he was pitching it bounced back reference the thief doesn't give up. trying again with no luck. >> the rock went under his week and he was too fat to bend down to pick tup.

couldn't help laughing when he saw video of the attempted break in so he posted the video on facebook. along with the pretty clear message. >> the top five dumbest thieves in boston. >> reporter: cameras also captured the man's license plate and rear end damage to the van making it only a matter of time before he ends up behind bars. what is your warning for something who tries to do this? >> don't waste your time. don't waste your time. there is where. >> reporter: amaka ubaka 7 news. >> jadiann: officials at a local college are banning flags at hamshire college after someone set an american flag on fire. hamshire college's president released a statement announcing neither the american flag nor any flag will be flown on campus. this comes after the school received harsh criticism from veterans and community members over the flag that was burned.

that shouldn't have happened in the first time. >> reporter: the flag was lowered to half staff and someone set it on fire the net before veterans day. >> they can be upset but i mean it's a little, they don't have a lot to worry about. they're going to a pretty nice school and i'm sure things are good for them. so they need to show it a different way. >> reporter: for more than a decade there was debate about flying commemorative flags on of amherst. an college student said the flag at hamshire college should have never been touched. >> to be honest the flag shouldn't have been lowered in the first place because that just shows outright intolerance for what happened. >> reporter: the president said the campus will continue to consult with students and staff about appropriately utilizing flags in the future.

with angry comments. >> ryan: we're following more news. a dangerous delivery in philadelphia. a man rushed to the hospital when a bomb explodes in his mail. police say he was targeted. police say the devise was stuffed inside an envelope and addressed to the 62-year-old. when the map opened the package it exploded. he had burns to his fakes hands and chest. >> -- face, hand and chest. >> on monday the package was delivered. the victim didn't on before 4:00 am and there wasn't as be motion when the package was -- an explosion when the package was opened. it wasn't delivered by the post office. investigators don't consider the explosion an act of terrorism. >> jadiann: an ohio police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black man will head back to court. he will be retried on charges. the former cincinnati

killing. a mistrial was declared after jurors deliberated but couldn't reach a decision. the body camera is a crucial part of their case. >> if we didn't have a body camera in this case we'd have nothing. because we've got an officer saying he is being dragged 20-30 feet. we know that is a total defense attorney says he will oppose moving the trial out of cincinnati. he doesn't think moving the trial would have a big out-- impact on the outcome. >> ryan: doctor larry nasser faces a charge of criminal sexual college against a child. he was the doctor tor usa gymnastics from 1996 until 2015. he faces lawsuits by two former u.s.a. gymnasts.

woman in a wheel chair twice. you can see the woman confronting police about her dauhter's arrest then you can see an officer take her phone and toss it into car. another officer uses the stun gun on her. she falls out much the -- >> i feel rike they actually abused the law and used it to abuse a disabled person that couldn't even fight back. he was lik she is resisting. i'm going to taze you. no, taser her. >> jadiann: 9 woman was charged with resisting arrest. a teenager at an alabama middle school being shove and hit causing an uproar in line. the video has just recently gone viral. you can see him being chased down the hall. he is pushed and hit in the back of the head. the bullies corner him, continue to hit him.

says it's dealing with the issue. >> that scares me like what if it gets worse? >> i think the message to go out is this is very serious to us. we were just notified of it. and we are doing a complete and thorough investigation. taking it very seriously. >> jadiann: the superintendent says the student was sent home and counciling will be involved. the police are not involved at this point. >> ryan: a hamilton audience member is charges after making show-stopping comments on saturday night. this 56 man disrupted the play during a song with the line immigrants we get the job done. he jumped up making loud comments before being ushered and arrested for misdemeanor trespassing. >> the quotes that i heard him way our side won, our side won, if you didn't vote for trump you don't belong here. >> mr. palmer regrets what

something more. >> ryan: the chicago incident happened the night after vice presidents mike pence attended the play where the cast spoke directly to him during the curtain call. >> jadiann: last month the boys were separated after a 27-hour long surgery. they were' born conjoined at the head sharing a little bit of braintreeu. prior to the like their separations worldwide and while they have a long road ahead doctors are very pleased at their progress. miraculous. >> ryan: it is. >> jadiann: kids nearly crushed by a police cruiser. this terrifying scene as the officers van spins right out of control. >> ryan: days before thanksgiving a major recall could turn your holiday plans up side down. >> jadiann: at 5:00 if you

alone. here is a live look at the braintree split. you see headlights and you see taillights so be careful out there. >> ryan: a lowell woman beaten to death, now prosecutors say she was' run over. the woman responsible in court today facing a number of charges. we'll take you there next. >> announcer: tonight, they're mean and intimidating even threatening you with jail. >> i was scared to death. >> reporter: those phone calls are phoney. >> why do you say you are the i. r. s.? you are not the i.r.s. >> repor them. she investigates i.r.s.imposters tonight at

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>> ryan: children caught in the chaos after a police cruiser nearly collides with the group standing on the sidewalk. the incident caught on camera. >> jadiann: witnesses are describing what it was like to go through the terrifying situations. witnesses describe what happened at this intersection in pennsylvania as terrifying.

van hit the police car. it spun. hit the pole. spun the other way. and it was crazy. then there was a bunch of kids that ran that way because they were on the sidewalk there. oh, my god. then it just got crazy after that. >> reporter: you can see a group of children standing on the sidewalk in the video when a police cruiser nearly slams into them. it was a close call. police were reportedly chasing a when one of the cruisers was hit by a van causing it to spinouts of control barely missing the children. >> i'm shaken up because you see it in the movies, not in real life. you know. so it was just kind of sharey but everyone seems fine besides the officer. he was shaken but i'm sure he went to the hospital but, yeah, very scary. >> reporter: after missing the kids the out of control cruiser hit a mini van parked along the street sending it rolling forward. none of the children

the officer in the cruiser had minor injuries. so as far the driver of the stolen vehicle he got away. >> ryan: coming up there is more than one way to cook a turkey but only one causes ?hundreds of accidents on thanksgiving day. how to make sure your family stays safe in the kitchen. >> reporter: forecast for turkey day up next. >> jadiann: then at 5:00, headed home. former speaker of the house sal dimacishes getting out of -- dimasi getting out of jail early and expected to arrive in boston. we're keeping a close eye. he is excepted to speak. you see the microphones in the bottom of the screen there. we'll take that to you live as soon as we get it. >> ryan: if you are headed to the cape you want to double check your directions. how this flip-flop sign made it on to the road in the first place. >> it's a holiday tradition.

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>> ryan: turkey, mashed potatoes and football are on the fenda including at the international space station, astronauts showed off the specialties they'll be making, astronauts will warm up pouches here of space food. versions of a thanksgiving feast. the number one thing they're thankful for is being safe in space, we're thankful they're up there keeping an eye on us down here. >> jadiann: if the food is weightless does it have less calories. >> reporter: you come back to earth it's still there, right? it's like holidays. you go through the holiday, next thing you know, you are like what happened to me, i

so this is our next weather system that we will contend with. in the mid west. rain through iowa and illinois and missouri. this weather system weakens as it heads up to new england but i do think there will be a couple of pockets of very light snow thursday morning. but not tonight. mostly clear. still windy. cold, temperatures between 23-32. tomorrow sundy, cold, less wind. a good travel day in new temperatures 39-45. boston tomorrow afternoon like today in the low to middle 40s. scituate at 44. the city around 43679 north of town the merrimack valley upper 30s to the lower 40s, when you factor in the wind it'll feel like the upper 30s to around 40. fitchburg at 41. worcester at 36. on the cape chairmanham 44 and nantucket at 43. thanksgiving, cloudy skies. that weather system is with us thursday.

it's going to generate a couple of pockets of light snow moving through southern new england. so if you have travel plans thursday morning, the untreated surfaces -- i do think this coating to an inch is likely to happen on roads because it has been cold. the roads will take on the snow flake activity but there could be a couple of slick spots. along the coastline i don't think it's much of a concern. but even hire in the city of boston on thursday morning, as we step through the day on thursday. you come out of the morning with the -- then i think there may be a few sprinkles by noon. but most of us it's just a lot of clouds. kind of chilly and raw with temperatures on thursday only in the upper 30s to around 40. now if you are bouncing out of town tomorrow and heading to other parts of the country this is what the map will look like tomorrow. rain in chicago and detroit. atlanta dry, east coast hubs are okay.

70 to around 80. west showers sures then for thursday morning, flying out thursday morning we have the system here in new england. not a problem at manchester or logan airport or t.f.green but a couple of showers and spritzes of rain, chicago, pittsburgh, philly. d.c. mild across the south. 70s to around 80. cool and raw through the who will take weekend. see you at 5:00. >> jadiann: keeping a close eye on h people head out for thes holiday weekend. what is going on? >> tough going, high above the pike at the former weston toll that is crawling. jammed back in boston from the pru tunnel most of the way out to worcester. almost an hour and a half drive out to worcester. eastbound backs up after 128 weston to newton corner. route 1 north is at a crawl in saugus. delays go most of the way up to lynnfield. southbound moving okay through saugus and across the tobin bridge.

southbound, you will be jammed from mystic avenue into the southbound tunnel. northbound side is at a crawl up to 128 in woburn. we will check the drive times on 93 north from the zakim to 128. a 33-minute drive and from 128 to river road in andover, another 33 minutes. >> ryan: researchers revealing new findings about the >> jadiann: the study followed 13 billionian babies. 11 of the babies appeared normal at birth but months later researchers found their heads were slowing at abnormal rates. >> ryan: if you are planning to have grave youy -- gravy with the thanksgiving dinner you might want to reconsider. the label fails to mention

and soy. heinz released a statement saying we apologize any consumers we may have disappointed. the u.s. consumer product safety commission released this video of what can happen when you deep-fry a turkey. the most common fires include fires and oven and stove top fires. >> jadiann: ilen degenerous invited to the white house. so why wouldn't they let her in? oh, my? i'm ssh about that. we'll tell you when 7 news

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right, security is high at the white house as the president honor its medal of freedom recipient. >> jadiann: so high one of them was locked out. ellen degeneres writinghe forgot my i.d. not joking. hey, you don't have it. eventually ellen did make it inside along with the other 21 recipients. it's the highest civilian honor presented to individuals who make significant honors to the united states. bill gates, tom hanks and michael jordan. >> ryan: a local star looking to advance on "the voice."

with the final 11 and it all comes down to the voters. the dorchester native saying what i do for love. ? >> feel good because it felt good to sing it. that is the one song every time i sing it it feels so good. so i'm happy with how it felt. ? >> ryan: wish her the best ofuc catch the results at 8:00 followed by: >> jadiann: i could listen to her all the time. much more to come in the next 90 minutes as we all get started and geared up for thanksgiving. be safe out there. i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis. >> >> kim: breaking news, a woman called to court in connection with the murder of a local mother.

to a police chase. >> adam: also breaking finally free. former speaker of the house sal dimasi landing in boston after a judge granted him early release from prison. >> kim: fight being gradual gridlock tracking trouble an the roads as people begin to head home for the holidays. >> reporter: we hold on to the cold weather. i'll let you know for how long. >> adam: the sign switch that has massachusetts officials apologizing. >> kim: trouble on tour for kanye west. why the rapper was rushed to cancelled. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> adam: we're following breaking news first at 5:00. police making an arrest in the beating death of a local woman today. a 23-year-old woman was called to court charged in connection with the murder. prosecutors say she was' run over by a car that took off. the driver later crashed into house in northboro. the victim was leaving a party with her son when she was' killed. >> kim: today the woman who appeared in court is

police say they're searching for other suspects. steve cooper is live with breaking details. >> reporter: tensions were running high here at local district court late this afternoon when the suspect faced a judge. the victim's family came here to court with unimaginable grief. >> the murder of her mother too much to bear. her family and friends of of the deadly attack blind comprehension. >> no! >> it's hard for me to hear all the stuff that happened to my mother. >> reporter: 23-year-old huerta perez of worcester pleads not guilty in connection with the murder of this 44-year-old mother of four including her 28-year-old son with down syndrome who watched his mother die saturday night after she was asked to leave a party. >> a group of individuals