a. >> now at 7:00 not out of the woods yet with the wet weather. more on the way tomorrow. when does the sunshine make a come back. >> having fun. >> it's a good deal. >> anchor: a holiday shopping spree. crowds cashing in on the black friday deals. >> anchor: newton police make an arrest in a robbery. >> anchor: and making a plea for a transplant. a woman in desperate need of life saving surgery. >> anchor: why she was afraid to come forward until now. >> 7 news at 7:00 starts now. >> anchor: despite a cold dreary and damp evening around the boston area, malls are packed for your black friday. looking live inside the south shore mall.

forecast. >> anchor: when will this rainy weather clear out? we got the weekend right around the corner. bri eggers to let us know. >> reporter: we need sunshine back. i think we can squeak rays of sunshine out of the clouds tomorrow. for now still seeing misty drizzly damp weather through the area. your light showers traveling spotty at best. and stretching into southeastern massachusetts in the next of hours. not worried about icy spots tonight. another spot of showers moving through the sea coast of new hampshire. light showers working through. they haven't amounted to much. they won't tomorrow either. it looks like it will be confined points south and east of the i-95 corridor with this system that moves to the north well off shore. sunday more sunshine in store

the northwest. here's the weekend in a package for you. might need the umbrella on stand by tomorrow. sunday we dry things out. more beneficial rain fall could be in store for us next week. more on that to come in a bit. >> anchor: turning to the other big headline of the day the holiday shopping rush. crowds of people scouring for sales at malls. it's black friday. shoppers are going all ou get their hands on gifts. amaka ubaka outside the south shore mall at brain tree. looks crowded behind you amaka. >> reporter: we've been out here for a couple of hours. it's still pretty busy. most shoppers i talked to said they expected to see these crowds. 137 million people will be out shopping in stores and online this weekend. having patience is key.

deals. >> reporter: as crowds packed the south shore mall looking for bargains. >> they had 70% off on everything. >> lots of victoria secret. they had good deals. >> reporter: the crowds have been steady here all day. it was packed this morning. that's where han ap says finding parking was a tough task. >> we went to the outlets in the morning it we drove around -- she drove around for 2 hours before we found a parking spot. >> reporter: for some black friday was something new to try. >> our first time ever black friday shopping. >> we walked in and were like oh my god. >> reporter: most shoppers were searching for clothes and shoes. all of them willing to deal with long lines to save cash. >> it's honestly been good. people were civil.

me. and i get the next 4 weekends off to watch football. >> reporter: now there's still plenty of time to come out and shop on black friday. the plaza extended its hours tonight. open until 10:00 and reopen tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. live in brain tree amaka ubaka 7 news. >> anchor: now on 7 a rivalry renewed. >> edelman. >> anchor: brady and gronk getting back on the field. >> do the best you can to help the team. >> anchor: the pats are looking to round the jets. a divisional match up in new york on sunday. >> anchor: the pats listing tom brady as questionable now with an injury. will tb 12 be good to go on sunday. more from gillette stadium. >> reporter: tom brady making his return to practice.

the pats qb not saying much about his health ahead of the divisional game against the jets. >> i don't want to get into much. it's just a you know bumps and bruises like everybody else. tough time of year. everyone dealing with something. >> reporter: will number 12 be in uniform and ready for sunday? brady believes he's improving day by day. as far as playing he says. >> we'll see. >> reporter: elaboratingst can do at whatever it is. if you don't have the opportunity to do it's the way it goes. just trying to do the most i can to get out there and if i get my shot on sunday i'll do the best i can do. >> reporter: coach belichick not adding much to the topic either. >> we'll list tom on the injury report like we always do like everybody else.

making things easy for the pats. >> all those games we play against them are tight games. >> reporter: we'll have to wait until sunday to see if it's brady under center for the patriots. ; and to stay connected to the patriots all season long head over to your website whdh dot om. >> anchor: also in an armed robbery in newton face ace judge today. charged with robbing the golf gas station. and then taking cash. skinner turned himself in to police and held on bail. power problems norwood after a car crashes into a utility pole. police say there are power outages after someone slammed into that pole. a car came barreling down the street and hit some other cars

like a freight train came by and was banging. so when i looked out the pole was down. my car was spinning this way and the other car was just you know easily going down the road. >> anchor: officials say nobody was hurt. they're now not sure when power will be restore. >> reporter: police are still working to determine the cause of a deadly wrong way crash in plainville. a 22-year-old man from norton was killed when he am on to another car thanksgiving morning. a woman in the other car was badly hurt in the crash. >> anchor: a dangerous drive on i 93 last night. after allegedly crashing into a police cruiser. collided with the cruiser that was stopped to help another motorist. he failed field sobriety testing. the officer did suffer minor injuries. >> anchor: a driver called to court accused of hitting 4

dorchester. police say that man sped off when they approached him dragging 2 officers down the street. the details on today's arraignment. >> reporter: 34-year-old vincent weeks in court accused of dragging 2 boston police officers down the street. week's lawyers and family say police arrested the wrong man. >> he is innocent until proven guilty. you all don't know. >> reporter: prosecutors say on wednesday officers were sp with a gun. those officers reportedly approached a car. investigators say weeks who was behind the wheel took off drag the 2 officers. >> reaching in the car as both the officers were reaching in the car the defendant drove off. >> reporter: those officers plus 2 others were taken to brig ham

injuries. weeks sister say the allegations against her brother don't reflect the man she knows. >> all i know i was on the phone with his girlfriend when the thing went down. >> reporter: what did she tell you. >> i heard the whole thing. i couldn't say nothing. i'm pregnant. i'm crying. nobody knows my brother like i know my brother. >> reporter: say weeks was home at the time when this happened. ec extensive criminal history. nicole oliverio 7 news. >> anchor: president elect trump's transition to the white house is under way. spoke with world leaders today. talked to the prime minister of slovainia where his wife was born. the transition team says the president elect talked to more than 40 world upon leaders. ktmcfarland will serve as the

analyst. the president elect's team selects legal adviser. mcganwill advise president elect trump on legal issues concerning his administration. >> anchor: the dow up 68 points and the nasdaq up 18 points today. since the election both indexes reached record highs. investors anticipate trump will slash regulations. >> anchor: now to a story you'll see on one station a local woman making a plea for a kidney transplant. she is in desperate need of this life saving surgery. she's been afraid to publicize her search because of her faith. that is until now. >> i feel like i'm being kept alive you know by something. >> reporter: life is difficult

condocker. >> this is just the morning ones. >> reporter: diagnosised with lupus at age 11. the autoimmune disease attacked her kidneys. she's concerned her muslim faith may prevent people from wanting to help. >> if people didn't know that part about me. they would think this is a girl that needs a kidney. once you put that piece of information that she's muslim i don't know how each pers >> reporter: her coworkers at brandize university made an appeal. were fearful broader outreach could end up harming dania. >> in the days of the election i've heard reports of muslims being subjected to ethnic slurs, told to get out of the country. the last thing any of us want to do is make dania a potential target. >> reporter: with dialysis

conquer hate. >> there will be people out there that might say hey she's muslim. i don't want to get tested for her because she is muslim. at the same time i have faith there are good people out there that wouldn't think like that. >> reporter: her life depends on it. >> i just got married 2 years ago and i feel like i'm just starting my life. >> reporter: and dania's 18 and 40 with the blood type of b or o. if you are interested in getting tested head over to our website whdh.com to find out the steps you need to take. >> anchor: and up next here dialing up dinner guests. a little boy extending an invitation and placing a call to the lease. >> anchor: then, not a sleigh

there's santa on a boat. >> reporter: not a bad idea with the damp dreary weather we've been experiences. when will we get the sunshine back? coming up in president next forecast. >> it's a kitchen competition. there are hungry people out here folks. >> i can't wait until lunch break.

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a 911 call. not for an emergency. this was to invite his local sheriff's department to thanksgiving dinner. he made that call as a thank you to police. just 9 years old. >> anchor: the department is saying thank you to him. >> reporter: adam and jadiann, it wasn't a call anyone at that police department expected. a boy with an odd request on that emergency line. >> boston county 911 what's the address of your emergency? >> reporter: it wasn't your typical typical emergency. he wanted someone to play with. >> [inaudible]. >> he invited us to come see him and have thanksgiving dinner with him. all of us who weren't busy headed over there. >> reporter: they let him sit in the driver's seat of a police car. let him play with the bells and whiffleles. >> he was happy.

system. >> reporter: billy wants to grow up to be a police officer. they gave billy a badge and happily posed in pictures with him. >> he was proud to have that on. when the mother went to take a picture of us 3 in front of the patrol car. >> reporter: they normally deal with people on their worst days and this was a welcome change. billy wasn't the only one who walked away with a hulk size smile. >> m that was the first thing we told them about. >> reporter: the sheriff's department embraced the encounter. they wrote on their facebook beige page. we do not encourage this use of 911 we honor the invitation. >> anchor: let's switch gears and talk about the forecast. a little rainy and foggy in some areas. good night to have a fire and be with family and hang out. >> anchor: make some plans

settle in for the weekend, bri? >> reporter: we need sunshine in here. this weekend we can squeak some out as early as tomorrow. right now low clouds and dense fog setting up. boston, norwood as well. how dense it gets under a mile of visibility. bedford, worcester and the connecticut river valley. if you're headed out traveling around tonight it can get dense quickly and you hit a wall of fog. use the low beams there. as well as through southeastern mass cape cod in president next couple of hours. the light showers stretching through the sea coast of new hampshire are about to head off the shore of southern maine there. temperatures in the 40s for all of us at this point. martha's vineyard at 50 degrees currently. not concerned about spots freezing over on the roads tonight.

saturday could get a few rays of sunshine in here. you see the system that develops to our south. it heads out to see. it will throw light showers in our direction tomorrow. not for all of us. some of us will have to be on guard bringing the umbrella and hood with us. isolated showers overnight tonight. patchy fog. 35 to 43. into tomorrow showers most likely south and east of the i we could get sprinkles that happen in the interior and also peaks of sunshine. it's a bit of a mixed bag tomorrow with temperatures similar to today. sunday i think we dry things out. monday a lot of sunshine on tap. then we get wet weather for the middle of next week. tuesday, wednesday, thursday we get a couple of rounds of what looks like beneficial rain fall. this could be good news for us. i don't know if it will catch us

the wettest day is thursday. we're already changing the calendar over to december. this could be a slug of rain for us. we're 2 inches below average just for this month. it would be nice if we could catch up. i don't think that's possible. drought monitor not a lot of change in the last week last 2 weeks. here's a look at the 7 on 7:00 forecast. a lot of sunshine for usop because of the breeze out of the northwest. tuesday, wednesday, thursday milder temperatures on tap. but also the wet weather that could get quite windy for us on thursday as well. >> anchor: santa claus sailing in style at the cambridge side galleria. he's kicking off christmas season this black friday. greeting crowds as he arrives at

mall. and tell them exactly what they want for christmas this year. and santa didn't have the reindeer he took a boat. getting creative. >> anchor: he is. coming up making her mark. a dorchester native turning heads on the voice.

? dylan: i was un-athletic and very sedentary in my lifestyle. and then i found parkour and something about it clicked. then i stopped drinking soda and eating sweets and eating all the junk food. i was like if i eat these things i'm going to be heavier and i'm not going to be able to jump as far. my name is dylan polin

>> boston native and voice

the sicker song writer one of 3 singers remaining on team blake. ? >> anchor: a music teacher for the boston school district before moving to los angeles to follow her dreams of professional song writing. she's made it into the top 10. courtney tweeting today i want to thank you at 7 news for your support. an

>> anchor: coming up tonight on 7 news at 11:00 an emotional discovery thousands of miles away. a woman finds the bracelet of a fallen oregon soldier on the cape. >> anchor: your updated forecast with some of us expecting to see more rain tomorrow.

our final interview with florence henderson. >> you have to live your life. >> her surprise passing just days after appearing on "dancing with the stars." now on "extra." ? ? here's the story of a lovely lady ? >> she was america's mom on the brady bunch. florence henderson gone at 82. the heart condition she'd been treating for years. >> i wound up in the emergency room. >> and from her tv kids, barry williams and maureen mccormick to her dancing family -- >> i loved her dearly. >> we remember the beloved mrs. brady. the legendary warren beatty on his first film in 15 years