>> anchor: right now at 4:30 a swampscott man accused of causing a deadly crash in east boston this summer called to court today. two tourists died in that crash. >> anchor: now the man behind the wheel is facing charges. steve cooper has more on what happened in court. stephen pleads not guilty to seven different charges in suffolk superior court including two counts of motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence. he then struck the rear of the shuttle at a minute mull of 76 miles per hour in a 40 mile-per-hour zone. >> reporter: prosecutors say the 27-year-old was speeding and had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit when he plowed into a hampton inn airport shuttle van back in august just outside the ted

two passengers both from texas were thrown from the van and pronounced dead at the scene. >> reporter: were you. no comment. >> reporter: he wasn't talking after posting $5,000 cash bail. but prosecutors say his story that another car hit his simply isn't true. after review of all of the video evidence as well as other statements there has been no evidence that a third vehicle was involved in this crash. >> reporter: did you say another car hit you? he has to comment point. >> reporter: that's what they said in court. we have to comment. i won't comment on the evidence. >> reporter: no car hit him? i am not colting on the evidence. i did not say that. you said that. >> reporter: he told a witness at the scene another car hit his car first has now been ordered by the judge not to drive until this case has been resolved. he returns to court early next year. in boston, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: and police are searching for an unhappy customer who allege lethrew scalding hot tea at a dunkin'

her service so she threw the hot tea, which seriously burned the worker. this happened inside the dunkin' donuts at dudley square station. the woman facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon now. federal investigators are returning to the pilgrim nuclear power station in plymouth. the nuclear regulatory commission arrived today at the plant to begin a throw week inspection. it's the only nuclear power station in massachusetts. the company which operates pilgrim announced last year it will close the plant 2019. >> anchor: also on 7 hundreds of people gathering after hampshire college decided to remove flags if campus. now veterans, relatives, students and locals all coming to the voicing cleanse over that decision saying this he will continue to fight for the flag. christa delcamp has the latest. >> reporter: freedom is not free the lesson that hundreds of veterans, their families and friends and other local residents hope to teach students at hampshire college on sunday afternoon. they took down my flag.

i am here to defend their right to do that. however, i want them to understand how seriously that hurts me. >> reporter: hundreds gathered to show their support of the american flag and what it stands for after the college removed the flag on campus earlier this week following the presidential election results. a decision by the college that outraged many. i was in iraq 18 monthsi got hurt, sp reid, hanscom air force base. i came home and there is no way i will let anybody take down the flag at all. it means a lot to me and my brothers. >> reporter: people came from all over new england to attend the protest. the news of the flag being taken down upset springfield's major who stood in solidarity with veterans on sunday. for the students here and the president and board of trustees the opportunities they have, have arisen from what veterans have sacrificed for

flag on this campus if you were in some other countries around the world it would be handled very, very differently. >> reporter: protests remain peaceful with the exception of one incident when protestors went to take a group photo, one man sat in the middle of everyone making obscene gestures. the man wouldn't confirm whether he was a student. the college's president did not attend the demonstration but in a statement he said the decision to remove the flag was it create a dialogue among people with different opinions. 7 news. >> anchor: hundreds gathering for a christmas tree lighting ceremony at a park in scituate, rhode island that was hit by vandals. kids and parents helping to decorate the tree at hope village green park raised money after vandal broke part of the even oh two weeks ago. repairs will cost about $1,000. we're following more news today. the man charged with a 2015 church massacre in south carolina will be allowed to represent himself now in his up coming trial. the trial was delayed so dylan

hearing. the judge found the 22-year-old competent to stand trial. jury selection is now under way and roof faces 33 federal charges after shooting and killing nine people inside an historically black church in charleston, south carolina. prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. a new judge will hear the retrial of former you of cincinnati police officer ray tenze who shot and killed an unarmed black man. the previous judge reduced herself saying the new trial should have a blank slate. a and manslaughter charges against tensing and a mistrial was declared earlier this month. tensing testified he feared for his life when the man tied to drive away during a traffic stop back in july of 2015. his body camera capturing the incident. his defense says that man tried to use his car as a deadly weapon forcing him to fire his weapon. prosecutors say evidence contradicts his story. >> anchor: the u.s. army set an early deadline for people to

they notified protestors all lands not of the cannonball river will be closed to the public starting december 5 due to safety concerns. now protestors have been fighting for months with the fear of the pipeline polluting their drinking water and native american cultural sights. authorities say anyone seen on the land after that deadline will be trespassing and may be prosecuted. police are searching for two kidnapping suspects after a missing woman was found on a highway in california. investigators say two women abducted cherry for a run earlier this month. a driver then spotted the 34-year-old on thanksgiving night. police say she was chained and beaten. police say they are reviewing surveillance video to track where she was being held captiv. there are a lot of highly unusual circumstances. hours, weeks of investigation that lay out there and the victim of course is the best witness. she is the one that can help break this case wide open. >> anchor: police are still looking for a motive behind that kidnapping.

crash course in texas. police say a man stole it and drove it the wrong way down the highway crashing into a car killing the woman inside. >> reporter: released from the hospital with cuts on other hand and a sore shoulder she remembers driving in the middle lane heading norton the highway. we didn't see it because it didn't have its lights on so we didn't see it until the last minute. with the massive tractor heading toward her she swerved to the las slammed into the passenger side. >> reporter: i stopped and i asked my sister, i was like are you okay, and i saw her side was all the way down, like her side of the car was down and she was laying back. >> reporter: witnesses say the man jumped down from his seat in the middle of the freeway and ran across the median. i was in shock and i was crying and screaming and i

help. and he looked at me and he jumped over the bridge and ran. >> reporter: her sister died from her injuries. the family saying the recent high school graduate was just starting to discover where life would take her. she was a great person. she was my favorite sister. she was my best friend. i am going to miss her very much. >> anchor: so police are still >> anchor: also a, united airlines jet forced to make an unplanned landing due to an unruly american passenger. police say the passenger tried to enter the cockpit. a flight was heading from chicago to hong kong. police say the in a an was taking several types of medication and they continue to investigate what happened there. there. >> anchor: a japanese theme park apologizing for freezing up to 5,000 fish, crab and other shell fish in a skating rink. the park manager says the social

was "brutal." the park vowed to remove the fish from the rink, hold a memorial then reuse them as fertilizer. >> anchor: ahead on 7 news 'tis the season for a wed something? a could you in georgia has another reason to celebrate the holiday. >> anchor: a deadly hit and run now under investigation in brockton. the victim now dead as the driver turns himself in. >> anchor: we are keeping a close eye on a developing story out of ohio. a man shot and killed by police after he used a butcher knife to ta at least nine people were hurt here. very latest on this attack ahead

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>> anchor: a couple in georgia now with another reason to celebrate on thanks giving. they spent their holiday getting married, but that was just part of the story. >> anchor: they went wanted to share their vows where they first met and that meant a supermarket ceremony. kris anderson has this heart warming story.

to our knowledge, this is the first time we've ever had a real wedding in one of our supermarkets. she said where are you going to get married at? harvest is where i met you at. >> reporter: after returning from a tour in afghanistan charles larry tinson ran into the harvey supermarket to pigp a last minute jar of cranberry sauce for thanksgiving dinner. i heard someone say, hey, girl, and i turned around. i said so my god, i said larry, i have not seen you in over 20 somethg >> reporter: mary and larry met a few times before that thanksgiving but it wasn't until thaten counter that the two started dating. you know, you can count to ten when a man have a crush on you, but he never did say anything to me. >> reporter: the count emulator decided it was time to seal the deal. what better place than where they were reconnected. we're excited to be putt part of that special day.

several months and helped them with the live music and wedding cake topped with none other than cranberries. on thanksgiving we all have many things to be thankful for. we appreciate them allowing us to be a part of this special moment. >> reporter: a moment that mary, larry and the more than 70 opinions witnesses will probably never forget. thanksgiving day he said what he wanted to do is give thanks to the lord. and are new coming in. >> reporter: because larry was searching for cranberry sauce hen he met up with mary, the supermarket decided to give each kept at the wedding a free jar to remember the couple's special day. in the newsroom, kris anderson, 7 news. >> anchor: quite a gift. >> anchor: yeah, it is. coming up on 7 news it's the literal definition of a money pit. why a game company is digging this hole. >> reporter: tracking beneficial rain heading for new england. i will share how much rain is on the way. >> anchor: ahead at 5:00 donald trump whack new york to try and

election. >> anchor: patriots improve their record as tom brady once again heads into the history

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against humanity? >> anchor: try to stay away it that in family. >> anchor: we played it last year. >> anchor: awkward comes come up. >> anchor: you should have asked me first. i would have said don't do it. >> anchor: i will never view daniel radcliffe the same way again. we'll leave it at that. temperature at 45 in town. west wind at 7 miles per hour. if you played have the game you know what i'm talking about. wind chill around 41. bedford 43. jaffrey at 41. hyannis at 43. the air is we'll have clear skies this evening then skies will cloud over after midnight tonight. 30 to 36 and you notice those temperatures right around 32 for some of you northern worcester county. there may be a little bit of patchy freeze and drizzle from this weather system right here, again, this is predominantly a rain maker. it is a rain maker for everyone inside 495 certainly metro boston. but it's the first of two batches of rain. the first one comes at us tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. then we get a break on wednesday

low pressure by the way this is the mother ship over here. so these little smaller areas of low pressure with their rain move across southern new england with some ben racial rain so i think when it's all said and done thursday morning we may end up with between one and two inches of rain. then we get the sunshine back on thursday afternoon. it will be mild as well but not tomorrow. kind of cool and raw with that rain in the afternoon. 7:00 tomorrow morning again patchy drizzle. not widespread. you notice the numbers right around 33, 34 and location right here this is where we have that freezing drizzle advisory. not to say that everyone in this pink shading is going to see the freeze of drizzle because i don't think that's the case. just patchy but i want to make a wear of that because it's that time of year haven't had a lot of that thus far i'm mild fall. but this will be the case for a few hours tomorrow morning and then it's just "playboy" old raindrops tomorrow afternoon. temperatures tomorrow upper 40's. wednesday periods of rain, predominantly again in the afternoon with temperatures on wednesday heading for the mid

so your time line tomorrow morning again a little bit of drizzle early on, otherwise the brunt of the rain is lunch time tomorrow, through the evening commute there we are at 6:00. a lot of clouds on wednesday morning and then that second batch of rain works across southern new england on wednesday afternoon and wednesday night and when it's all said and done probably between one and two inches of rain. perhaps in some locations in you get a couple of downpours back to back you end up with two new hampshire inches of rain. it's needed. we do need rain for the drought and that's it clearing you on thursday. perhaps another storm early next week and that might be a cold are storm. that might briefly start some wintery precipitation. see you at 5:00. >> anchor: time now for fast track traffic. we get out to matt fitzgerald and see how things are shaping up for people. great shot of the bridge there. >> reporter: it is a good shot. if you are on it it's not that fun. you will be jammed on the northbound side on zakim bridge right out of the o'neill tunnel. most of the way up to 128. the southbound side is moving

not so much. we'll look at the drive times on 93 north from the zakim bridge to 128 that will be a 42 minute drive tonight. seeing usual delays on the expressway south you will be crawling out of o'neill tunnel down past the south bay shopping center then you will be on the brakes again from granite avenue to the braintree split. northbound is of moving well as you approach the turn 8 further back heavy from granite avenue up past neponset circle. route 1 north not a fun ride through saugus you will be jammed back from sergeant street in revere up through saugus then element i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: a new study can help smokers trying to kick the habi. >> anchor: the new england journal of medicine has released statistics on popular quitting methods here. the most successful, nicotine patches and gum followed by quit wag partner, quitting on your own, even when money was offered as a reward was less successful if you believe it or not. >> anchor: a new study says dementia rates are dropping across the country. a survey of more than 20,000

declined. about 24% from 2000 to 2012. about 5 million people in the u.s. currently suffer by dementia. while rates are dropping the number is expelted to triple by 2015 as people live longer. >> anchor: ahead on 7 news getting a second chance. a town in maine coming to the to help a little girl celebrat thank you for dining with us. hope to see you again soon.

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halloween do off i'm -year-old girl from maine getting a send chance. >> anchor: she had to miss trick-or-treating due to health problems but her friends and family came together to make sure that she didn't miss out completely on all of the fun. sara french has the full story. >> reporter: object 31. a day when most kids are out strolling as goblins and ghosts collecting candy. but this year, 7-year-old y was not out getting her favorite candy. star burst the. she was in the hospital. >> about as eartheth shattering of a change as you can imagine. >> reporter: the day holly's six-year-old daughter was diagnosed with high risk neuroblastoma. she thought kenzie would be out of treatment in time to trick or heat. i was at the hospital. i felt sad. with everybody else trick-or-treating. >> reporter: so her friends, family and neighbors decided to give her a second chance at

>> reporter: wasn't even the candy that brought a smile to kenzie's face as her parents wheeled her and a parade of friends door to door. million' and kenzie spent the majority of the last 16 months in the hospital it. wasn't been easy. >> reporter: when i'm in the hospital and i just kind of feel like left out of normal life and i think, you know, that us in that moment. >> reporter: but they say the constant support of the kenzie strong community keeps them going. nothing surprises me any more because it feels like every time i turn around there is something else i need to say thank you for. >> reporter: a holiday do over for an incredibly strong little girl. she has never one time complained about going to the hospital for treatment. i don't really care about it because it helps me.

because she wants me to believe she will get better. >> reporter: a sweet girl with sweet candy and a big smile despite the circumstances. kenzie was dresseded as kiloren from "star wars". her mother said this costume choice was a perfect choice for a fearless girl. i'm sara french, 7 news. >> anchor: very sweet. much more to come in the next 90 minutes. hope you are having a gray great monday. ' jadiann thompson. >> anchor: i'm ryan schulteis. 7 newst >> reporter: a student goes on the attack at ohio state plowing into a crowd before going on a stabbing spree. a very unreal situation not knowing where they are or what they are doing. >> anchor: what we know about the attacker police shot and killed. >> anchor: also today, hit and run in brockton turning deadly. the driver behind the wheel now in custody. >> anchor: the trump transition team focused on filling the president-elect's cabinet. the meetings being held this week as claim of voter fraud continue to circulate.

mourning in cuba. thousands coming out to say going to the dictator. not one day but two days of beneficial rain heading to new england. tonight on 7, a targeted attack at ohio state. this was done on purpose. >> reporter: an armed man on a rampage. i just saw people running. >> reporter: we barricaded ourselves in our rooms. it was terrifying. >> reporter: now we're learning more about the man behind the chaos on campus. >> anchor: 11 people injured and take t that attacker plowed into a crowd of people then got out of his vehicle and started stabbing them. >> anchor: the 18-year-old man of somali descent was shot and kill. police saying nothing can be ruled out a including terrorism. >> reporter: the attacker was identified as abdul razak ali artan an 18-year-old ohio state freshman. he is born in somali but now a legal u.s. rent dent. school officials are also

a 28-year-old police officer who shot and killed artan rushing to the scene within a seconds after he was nearby answering a call on a gas leak. the ohio state campus swarmed by heavily armed swat officers. students piling up chairs as they hide in classrooms. all this after the university tweets a warning about an active shooter situation and tell students to run, hide, fight. we heard the chaos. shouts, screams, shots, that kind of thing. >> reporter: police say the emergency was triggered by a man who drove up on the de attacking students and staffers with his car and a knife. a male suspect drove a vehicle over the curb, west 19th wet of college avenue, struck pedestrians. he exits the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians. >> reporter: investigators say the only shots were fired by an officer who got there in less than a minute, engaged the suspect then shot and kill him. we believe the threat was