as you can imagine the day before thanksgiving very busy time with many people doing some last minute grocery shopping. at that point we don't know what led to that crash. we have a crew headed to the scene right now and will have the latest pen we can -- we can see that it was involving a red car. ryan schulteis, 7news. we are feeling the chill as people head home for the thanksgiving holiday. cold air settling in and feels like winter is here as millions hit the road in the north ' meteorologist bree edgars is standing by with that thanksgiving forecast. and this has been a little tricky one, bree. >> yeah, it has. but it's looking much improved from the last couple of days, and we're gonna walk y'all through it. it was nice to have the sunshine for us today, but the clouds, as you can see just on the horizon for us, and they will move in for us overnight, and a whole big mess through the great lakes. maybe causing some delays for

it loses a lot of steam and we have drier air moving in. we don't have moisture and won't see any precipitation. however, we can't rule it out completely so there is still a slight chance for an early wintery mix, maybe a spot flurry through the morning tomorrow and then we see the improvement in the afternoon as far as the temperatures go. even some dry weather in store for us as we make it into tomorrow afternoon. so walk around the block, a walk with the dogs, some family football in the backyard, looking good. it that we start to see the spotty drizzle, light showers taking over for us, and then the weather stays unsettled for the rest of the holiday weekend. here's your snow forecast map for you. but i do think that this is much overdone, at least with the very broad brush strokes. i can't nail down exactly what areas may see some wintery mix to start the day tomorrow, but there is, again, still that slight chance for some slick spots. if you're headed out the door early, at least to drive around southern new england.

for us, things fairly quiet. we've got more snow headed into the rockies. stormiest area will be in the pacific northwest and the seattle sea tac area, something to keep in mind. we'll have more on the extended forecast in just a few minutes. let's take a live look at the roads right now. this is out in natick. traffic is moving slowly but surely. many on their way to their thanksgiving destinations, either by car or by plane. maybe train. john cuoco is live at logan airport with the how are things, john? the holiday travel rush in full swing here at logan airport. if you take a look behind me here, you can see how it is now. it's not too bad but it has been a busy day. >> busiest day to travel. >> i rushed here. >> reporter: it's that time of the year again. people heading out hoping to avoid most of that holiday scramble. >> actually running really late. i'm really sorry. >> yeah. >> hi. >> sorry. >> it's all right. >> reporter: the massachusetts

estimates that at least a million passengers will be taking off from logan airport on wednesday. >> i'm headed back home to dallas after being at dartmouth college. >> reporter: logan has extra staff but still suggesting people arrive at least two hours early for their flight, three hours for people flying internationally. >> just hoping that we actually make it home in a decent time. >> reporter: appropriately enough wayne willis and luke mont were flying from turkey to >> we left istanbul turkey and headed to atlanta georgia to drive back to our hometown in south carolina. >> reporter: massachusetts loads see more drivers according to aaa. another reason state leaders suggest people being as flexible as possible with their travel plans. >> there are more ways than ever before to find out realtime information about where the traffic congestion is. >> for those real-time traffic

511.com or call 511. live at logan airport, john cuoco, 7news. >> a boston attorney arrested again. gary zorol a facing sex charges and it's not the first time. >> cheryl fiandaca has more on the breaking details. >> well, this is the fourth time he's been charged with sexual assault. sources say that he told detective he would beat these charges just like he did the last three t allegations completely false. >> reporter: attorney gary zorolla faced a judge and plead not guilty to 2 counts of rape. >> this is a very serious case and very serious implications. >> reporter: the incident allegedly happened on november 10th in boston and involved a woman zorolla knew. his lawyer says the 80ss aren't true. >> they're false. there's not gonna be forensic evidence or physical evidence.

within feet of where her friend was sleeping on the couch. this is the fourth time he's been accused of raping and sexual assaulting women. in 2008 two in boston and a third in florida. in 2009 he was accused of assaulting a boston police officer. but in that case he was acquitted, too. nearly 10 years earlierier, "people" magazine named him one of boston's most eligible bachelors. in private practice specializing and representing clients accused of rape and sexual assaults. accusations he himself is facing for the fourth time. >> mr. zorola is nothing more than a target and this is a case based on a foundation of lies and we vigorously look forward to our day in court. >> he was ordered to pay $10,000 bail and wear a gps monitoring

in the newsroom, i'm cheryl fiandaca. a mawnld arrest after four police officers were hurt outside a bar in dorchester. police say two of the officers were hit by a car and then dragged. that officer took off -- that driver took off, but has now been arrested. 7's steve cooper live for news dorchester. he has the latest on the investigation right now. steve. >> jadiann, police were actually arriving here from a call about a man with a gun and approached a driver who quickly sped away. but that's when he dragged those street. >> that shows what kind of world we're in right now. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: frightening moments over here in dorchester outside the dublin house on stoughton street where two plain clothed boston police officers were dragged down the street by a driver who sped away. late this morning police arrested this man, 34-year-old vincent weeks of roxbury and say he was the person behind the wheel.

these days people are crazy. >> reporter: the two undercover police officers, plus two in uniform, were all transported to the hospital. >> the four officers that went to the hospital subsequent to the injuries are non-life-threatening. should be thankful for that. >> reporter: investigators were scrambling for hours trying to track down the car that they say weeks was driving. a chevy malibu with connecticut license plates. that's sad. sad that that happened. that's not good. >> reporter: with several surveillance camerer to determine if any of this was captured on camera. people who live in the area say one thing's clear, no one should be peeling away from police when they're ordered to stop. >> they're the law enforcers, you have to abide by what they say, as long as they're telling you what's the law. they're following the law, then, yeah, abide by what they're saying. >> so weeks is being held without bail tonight. he'll be arraigned on friday morning on 4 count of sative

as for those injured police officers, they are expected, we're told, to make a full recovery. live in dorchester tonight, steve cooper, 7news. sky 7 hd over charlton today where the worcester county district attorney says an elderly man has died after a fire on barry conner road. this is sky 7 video from over the scene which appears to be a shed of some type. charlton police and fire are investigating the cause of the fire along with state police and the state fire marshal's office. trump transition. the president-elect is making more key cabinet decisions today, tapping south carolina governor nikki haley as the next u.n. ambassador. he's also offered the job of handcuffed secretary to dr. ben carson and mr. trump has also picked an education secretary. ryan schulteis will tell us more on these latest appointments. >> mr. trump's pick for education secretary is causing

>> reporter: president-elect trump has chose michigan millionaire betsy volunteers as his education secretary. his mission to break bureaucracy in american schools. the teachers union was swift saying she wants to privatize and deprofessionallize public schools and nikki haley is facing a much warmer welcome as the future president's pick for u.n. ambassador. just a few days ago she was >> i was happy to be invited. it was a good meeting. >> reporter: haley has virtually no foreign policy experience and perhaps more notably did little to help trump win. in his new york times interview the president-elect saying james mad sis a top pick for defense secretary. >> he said i've never found it to be useful. he said i've always found -- give me a pack of screfts and a couple of beers and i do beasht with that than water boarding.

president-elect took a break at his palm beep resort, the vice-president-elect helped dish out food for people in need. >> and even though he's taking a break he won't be gone for long with a lot of work between now and inauguration day. ryan schulteis, 7news. rob gronkowski back at practice today after getting injured during the game against the seattle seahawks. still not expected to travel or play with the team this weekend as the pats prepare to take on the jets. though, tom brady. chelsea is live at gillette stadium with more. >> after missing all of last week's practices, rob gronkowski was seen in full pads at practice today, but there is a report that's not expected to play again the jets this weekend, and for the first time this season, afc offensive player of the week tom brady missed practice too. >> reporter: tom brady continues to do tom brady things, playing

>> but he was a sphrenlt wednesday's practice. special teams captain also missing. rob gronkowski practiced yet a report says that gronk is out against the jets and should return december 4th for the rams. >> i think every week we prepare the best we can with whatever we have as far as guys who can or cannot go for whatever reason. the jets will have to somehow find a way to slow down a potent patriot offense. >> i think everybody is expected to do their job. you know, the next man up, just has to be what you have to do and something happens and it's your turn. >> when my man's down, somebody has to step up to fill that void. we're confident of everybody's ability here and guys just want

to undisclosed reasons. if he gets a win against the jets this weekend, he could taipeiton manning as the winnest quarterback in nfl history. chelsea mcdonald, 7news. >> team captain charra is out with an injury, that means he will not travel with the team for their next game against the ottawa senators. sports director joe amorosino live in our newsroom with more on this injury, joe. >> when you think about charra he is to the bruins when the bruins' captain went down with an injury during last facility has' game, his teammates were reminded just how valuable he is to the team's success. up 1-0 after one period last night but took a turn for the worst when charra was forced to leave the game following just one shift in the second period. the bruins officially calling it a lower body injury and will provide further information and an update before friday's game

charra out of the line-up the blues scored three goals in the second period turning a one goal definite sit into a 4-2 win. >> we're gonna need everybody to step up and, you know, we just lost our best defender, and, you know, the teams hate playing against him and that's the kind of impact he's got. now, you know, there's no individual that's going to step up and do his job more than we're gonna have to do it as a group. >> at 39 years old, charra remains one ofhe defensemen in the nhl, logging a team high of 22 minutes and 41 seconds of ice time per game. an extended absence could spell trouble for julian's defense. definitely something to keep an eye on. reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorosino 7 news. irs imposters, people claiming to be calling from the irs. hank investigates how you can avoid the problem. and then ahead at 5:30, plowing through, a judge makes a

and hit by hate, officials trying to figure out who sent a disturbing message to a harvard professor. and we're updating breaking news. a hanover employee hit in the parking lot of the waltham super heart. police say the employee was gathering carriages when the person was hit. sky 7 over the scene on russell street. we will continue to follow this story and give you more details as we get them here. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine.

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. it's become a pesky problem, constant calls from the irs in handling money. but it's not the irs. >> not even close. the caller on the other end of the line telling people to pay back money owed to the government, but hank phillippi ryan is calling their bluff. hank investigates these irs imposters. >> reporter: guess who we're about to call? noe as tax collection agents. >> the irs is filing a lawsuit against you. >> this lawsuit is filed against your name. >> reporter: the ones who leave threatening messages like these. >> final notice from irs. >> this is your last chance. >> reporter: they got connie in roslindale big time. >> hello. >> reporter: a special irs a little told her. >> there was some descrep answerses in my tax -- discrepancies in my tax return. >> reporter: and then the guy ordered connie to pay $15,000 in

detective down to arrest you. >> reporter: terrified kongy, as instructed -- connie as instructed bought these 30 gift cards worth $15,000. she had to read off the numbers to pay off the tax bill. these crooks are convincing. the real irs told me they've hit massachusetts hard. >> a million dollars scammed in massachusetts alone. >> yes. >> and it's millions of dollars decided, let's give them a call, right from irs hq with that agency official listening. >> who is this? this is agent victor from the internal revenue service investigation department, ma'am. >> reporter: when we told several so called agent where is we were. >> i'm sitting here with a spokesperson for the internal revenue service and she says the irs has nothing to do with these calls. >> reporter: what made up -- one

railway service. >> irs means indian railway service? yes, ma'am. >> what are these callers counting on? they're counting on getting somebody that's gonna be -- they're gonna be able to convince that they're real. >> do you think you know about all the victims? >> probably not. >> reporter: the irs says it would never operate this way, and would never request or accept payments in gift cards. >> we would always receive something in the mail from the irs before you get any contact from us. >> the fsa arrested 20 people nationwide involved in a call center scam impersonating irs agents, but these schemes are still ongoing. if you've been ripped off or want to avoid it, check our web sight for more information. in the newsroom, i'm hank phillippi ryan. >> next in the forecast, could start tomorrow with some pockets of wintery mix. who's most likely to see that and what will the rest of the

endangered sea turtles are getting life-saving care. turtles have been washing up on the beaches of cape cod. these rescued but cold, stunned turtles will be slowly rewarmed over several days and treated

illnesses. >> we warm the turtles very slowly. it will take four or five days to rewarm them and about half the tulgts will have pneumonia and many will be very dehydrated, some of them are emaciated. a lot of them haven't eaten probably since early october. >> once the turtles are warmed, the healthy ones will take a month or two to -- of rehab before they can be taken down south then to be released. did you hear him sa october. >> right. they're gonna be hitting hittind like we all will tomorrow, right? le let's talk about the forecast. will it be a cozy day to make a fire and hang out and eat some warm food, agree. >> i think right now with everyone in the cars, if you

warmer, that will be good. i think the best news in the forecast right now is that the winds have died down significantly. not even a breeze in some spots throughout southeastern massachusetts. calm winds as you get through plymouth and buzzard's bay area. with the light winds and the clear skies currently and through the next few hours, it'll allow for those temperatures to drop very quickly. then as the clouds move in, i think that those temperatures will sort of pick a spot and stay there, however, we're still talking about temps dropping below freezing or just right at freezing for overnig tomorrow morning. 27 to 35. that seems to be the biggest concern with this system tracking precipitation in our area. when you get precipitation and cold temperatures you can get ice and there could be the potential for some slick spots as you head out early tomorrow morning.

tracking through the hours of tomorrow morning. you don't see any precipitation showing up on this at least this particular forecast model. however, there's still a chance of it, albeit a slight chance, but i always think a good rule of thumb is to plan for the worst and hope for the best so still the possibility of some slick spots tomorrow morning, we can't rule it out completely. into the afternoon, things look dry for family football and as we head to 5:00, drizzle works in and really stays with us throughout the holiday weekend. 5:00, 6:00. and 7:00. freezing or marginally just below it which is why there's still the concern for spot showers to give us some icy spots. into the afternoon not so much, 40 to 46 and looks like all weekend long much more wet. here's your thanksgiving forecast. 12:00 p.m. very slight chance of some wet weather but i think you're dry from midday into the afternoon and then the chance of

our we diddest day ahead of us is on saturday, from tomorrow through the weekend, not a whole lot of rain on tap for us. a quarter of an inch to a half an inch, not what we need to wrap up the month of november and you can believe it we are wrapping up the month of november, heading into december and the temperatures rise in the middle of next week. low to mid-50s, possibly even a 60-degree day ahead of us but wednesday looks wet. 7news will return right after

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great being with you. a lot of you are probably busy getting prepped and ready for the holiday tomorrow. we hope you can hang out with us. another hour of 7news is still ahead. >> don't forget, don't burn the pie. and i'm jadiann thompson. i did that.

>> a rough day on the roads. millions heading out for thanksgiving. what you can expect out there. >> hostility at a hospital after a controversial expansion gets the green light. >> and hate at harvard, why a professor says he was targeted with a threatening men. >> and parade preparations what you can expect at this year's macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> we are following breaking news first here at 5:30, a no supermarket. police say the employee was carrying carriages when the victim was hit. >> kimberly joins us now with more live at the scene. >> yeah, around 4:30 this afternoon we are told that there was a female driver behind the wheel of a chevy malibu. she was along one of these spaces here and bagging out. we understand from fire officials that she hit five, possibly six cars. you can see one of those cars right there, the back bumper hit