country. a new england mosque was targeted. >> christa: and in rhode island, a dangerous drive ends with police on the scene. >> sarah: chaos in chinatown might be over, but the clean-up continues after a water main break and man hole fire. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good thursday morning, everybody. thanks for waking up us with. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. are we ready to build the ark yet? >> sarah: i guess so, it's raining, raining and more rain, right, wren. >> >> wren: well, we needed it. we're still dealing with showers, pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall. this is starting to taper off. we are going to see these showers which have been in they this morning, even pockets of liger rainfall, but to our northwest again, more moderate to heavy rainfall. this will die down quickly. by 7:00 we'll see the tapering

predominantly dry by 8:00 or 9:00 for most of us. to our northwest, much cooler air, a warm front kind of camped out to our south, and you can see much warmer air actually coming to our southeast. put the 60 degrees that way. up to 40 degrees in jaffrey. mixed temperatures this morning. you'll want to bundle up. it will be a breezy day. we also have some fog to deal with this morning. >> christa: okay. wet roads, as well. imur gurr -- danielle gersh h want to give yourself some extra time. be extra careful out there, especially over bridges and overpasses. let's go to the maps. not seeing any issues out there. 93 and route 1 heading into boston problem-free. braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, just ten minutes so far this morning. south of town, route 3, 24 and 95 all looking good. the pike wide open, back to framingham and route 2 and 3 not seeing any issues. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. ten minutes rate to boston northbound on the expressway.

from 128 and 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, just 11 minutes. the "t" and commuter rail starting the morning on schedule. back to you, guys. >> sarah: happening today, a teen accused of murdering his own mother facing a judge. a relative says he new something was wrong and begged neighbor to call 911. >> christa: police begged the victim's son overnight. now he's being charged with murder. here's 7's jennifer eagan, she is live at the scene. >> jennifer: christa, the 18-year-old suspect will be heading here the brockton district court. neighbors say he was sitting at the home after the attack and investigators are still working on a motive. >> i knew it was something bad only because she was wailing and screaming and she did say 911, 911. >> jennifer: maryanne monteiro dialed 911 as a desperate grandmother pulled her toward her home on merritt avenue knew

house, and at this point in time, i now know it was to get her daughter out of the house. >> jennifer: but it was too late. 44-year-old mania meneide had been stabbed to death. her son frantz polynice has been charged in the attack. monteiro says she walked up to the home with polynice's grandmother around 1:00 yesterday afternoon not yet realizing what was going on. >> he came lunging through the kitchen at the door where we were standing. i just pulled the grandmother out of there and i just kept pulling her away from the house. >> jennifer: firefighters were on scene first. they went into the house and held down polynice who had come outside until police arrived. the district attorney says they recovered a knife. they don't yet know a motive. >> the mother-son relationship, for it to end this way, it's terrible, it's tragic. we need to make sure we find out what happened. >> jennifer: neighbors tell us they never noticed any problems at the home. polynice faces charges of

live in brockton, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: breaking news in washington state. a standoff after a suspect shot and killed a police officer. the suspect remains barricaded inside a home right now. according to police, the officer was responding to a report domestic disturbance when he was am burked. fellow officers and civilians lined the streets officer's body as it was transferred to the hospital last night. this is first time a tacoma officer has died in the line of duty since 1987. >> christa: chaos in chinatown after a major water main break after the water finally receded on washington street. more problems. you see them there. smoke started seeping from man hole covers. let's go live to 7's victoria warren. she's in chinatown.

>> victoria: definitely a lot better, christa. no fires or floods. there is still plenty of work to be done. they're trying to get the roads fixed and in good shape in time for this morning commute. there's still a big mess, a lot of clean-up. this left dozens of businesses closed. thick black smoke billowing into the air, man hole fires burning underground, streets flooded in chinatown after a massive water main break. carbon monoxide levels inside a few buildings hitting dangerous le. everyone got booted out by the firemen. >> more than 100 people evacuated. it was hard to tell how far the underground fire would spread. >> typically the man hole fires travel in sequence, so it just starts popping down the street. >> victoria: it all started when a 20-inch pipe burst, spewing thousands of gallons of water, shutting down several businesses. >> this is a precautionary method. there was about three the four feet of water in some of the basements. we want to make sure everything

>> victoria: the all-day event snarled traffic. eventually crews replaced the damaged pipes. the mayor says this may be a case of aging infrastructure and says even though the problem is fixed, it will take much longer for things to be business as usual in chinatown. >> a lot of our businesses will be closed for quite some time. there is still water in a lot of the basements. >> victoria: so they're going to continue working, trying to get as many of these roads open in time for the height of the morning rush, but if y through this area, you'll want to take all of this into consideration this morning. live this morning in chinatown, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: now to a developing story. places of worship being hit by hate. threatening letters sent to mosques around the country. now it's happening here in new england. 's yaai chen is in the control room with the latest. >> nancy: sarah, several mosques nationwide have reported getting a hateful letter from california warning muslims to leave the country or face genocide. now a mosque in rhode island has

a hate-filled letter delivered to the islamic center of rhode island. >> you see the wave of hate is really at your doorstep. >> nancy: the imam opened it saturday. it's addressed to the children of satan and calls muslims vile and filthy. it's called "americans for a better way." >> the new president-elect will do things that hitler did to the jews. this is really alarming. angeles is similar to those sent to mosques in ohio, michigan, indiana, colorado and georgia. >> if you look at the stamp, it's coming from california, but this is something for the f.b.i. to investigate. >> nancy: the imam gave the letter to the f.b.i. >> be concerned about your community members, your kids, your family. >> nancy: the council on american-islamic relations has

steps to make sure muslims are safe while worshipping in their mosques. >> christa: nancy, thank you. happening today, the west roxbury pipeline is set to start transmitting gas despite two years of protesting. on monday mayor walsh and other city officials sent letters to the company that owns the pipeline, accusing them of breaking their promise to share safety plans. the company says the security plan is posted, though, outside the quarry's entrance. also the case against that plainville teenager accused of encouraging her friend to commit suicide will be back in court today, for a pretrial hearing. michelle carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter. earlier this month the judge ruled the 20-year-old's statements from investigators and information from her cell phone can be used in court. >> sarah: reading police have identified the man wanted for 14 break-ins. the 24-year-old targeted retail stores as well as the reading public library.

the police chief in dighton is off the job this morning. at an emergency meeting wednesday, selectmen voted to suspend chief anton roderick without pay indefinitely. officials say he used the department clothing allowance to buy women's clothing for his girlfriend. roderick was charged in court this week with larceny and making false statements to police. >> christa: now to the latest in president-elect donald trump's transition. today he plans to travel to indiana for a major business announcement. on the campaign trail, the president-elect promed company carrier in indiana. now the company has closed a deal to keep close to 1,000 jobs right here in the u.s. the company initially had planned to close one of its indiana plants and take 1,400 jobs to mexico. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren is weighing in on the president-elect's choices for his cabinet. talking to anderson cooper, warren said the president-elect is going back on his campaign trail promises on who he would

>> you know, i think what a lot of americans are sick of is a government that works for those at the top. i think that donald trump tapped into that anger, and now donald trump is doing 180 degrees on it. an he's putting wall street insiders into exactly the jobs where he criticized wall street insiders before. >> christa: another familiar face rumored to be in the running for a cabinet position. sarah palin reportedly being considered veterans affairs. >> sarah: a tornado leaving destruction in its wake for the second day. the death toll stands at five and hundreds have been left homeless. kris anderson has a closer look at the damage. >> kris: sarah, this morning clean-up continues across several states after three people were killed in alabama on wednesday and at least three others critically injured. dozens of builds and homes were leveled when a tornado tore through several small communities.

georgia. several homes destroyed by the twisters. the storm knocking down trees and power lines, as well, businesses in the area lost power, but no one was injured, so some good news there. and the storms killed two people in tennessee. the trees uprooted. you see the downed power lines across the state. a number of homes and buildings were leveled, crews spent much of the day trying to restore power in the affected communities. today the national weather service will be in all three states surveying some of that damage. back to you, guys. >> christa: kris, thank you. still ahead, a local senior center worker accused of taking home food on the state's dime. now he's facing charges. >> sarah: and this joyride came to a crashing end and it's streamed on social media. >> christa: and dolly parton is making major announcement to

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>> christa: it's 5:15. hit with hate. letters from california making their way to new england mosques. >> sarah: andy set to get a new look just in time for the holiday season. boston winter will debut tomorrow. it will feature a large ice skating loop, chocolate announce and giant nut crackers. boston winter will be open seven days a week. pretty cool. >> christa: did you see this big chocolate fountain? >> sarah: yeah, let's get over. there you and i both have a major chocolate sweet tootd. >> christa: i was going to say, is is this a wedding or a winterfest? >> sarah: maybe white

our way. we'll see some sunshine for the first time in a while, but first we have the get through the fog and the chance for some showers. it will move out of here pretty quickly today. then we're looking at a breezy day with some peeks of sunshine headed our way. mild temperatures over the next couple days. as we head into the weekend, things cool down for us. a recap of what we saw yesterday in terms of rainfall totals, around an inch of rain in boston, more than an inch in bedford. to our southeast, less. they grab more rain with that first round of rain. everybody seeing about an rainfall with this system. that's starting to push on out of here. we've seen pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall, currently especially in north central massachusetts. as we head into the day, we're going to see this scoot on out of here. dry skies behind us. as this frontal system does pass to our east, we do usher in some breezy conditions behind that front that pushes through. so right now, we're looking at pretty quiet winds for us, moderate condition, but it is going to get breezy out there. temperature-wise, much cooler to our northwest.

close to 60 degrees. that's indicative of where this warm front is kind of set up. even out here a bit today, we're looking at temperatures well above our average highs for the first day in december. also we're dealing with fog out there. visibility down to half a mile in boston. four miles worth of visibility in norwood. worcester at three miles worth of visibility. it will take a while for that to mix out. but once it does, we'll increase some of that sunshine. we do keep things breezy today. so wind gusts up to around 25mph. but again, take a look at these teer average highs. highs today in the mid to upper 50s for most spots. into tonight, we add on cloud cover. staying breezy with lows in the mid-30s for most of us. it will be chilly when you factor in these winds. so breezy today, still breezy tomorrow, as well. your 7 on 7 forecast showing temperatures dropping a little into friday. and we do have the slight chance for some drizzle. also seeing some sunshine into tomorrow. but take a look at temperatures as we head into next week. we steadily fall off. 45 degrees into saturday. and by monday we're talking upper 30s.

seasonable rather quickly. >> sarah: now to a shockingly dangerous drive caught on camera. a 20-year-old man speeding down a new england highway. he was streaming the alarming behavior live on facebook. >> christa: well, it's in the surprising he econventionly crashed that car. let's go to 7's nancy chen with more on quite a wild story here. nancy? >> nancy: that driver was seriously injured after police say he was driving more than 100mph. that man streamed his wild ridee island, on facebook live. you can see it here, him weaving in and out of traffic, nearly hitting several cars. police say he then spun out of control, hitting a dump truck before crashing into a jersey barrier. rescue crews had to pull the man out of the car after the traffic backed up for at least two hours. as of this morning, the driver is listed in critical condition. no word yet if he'll face any charges. in the newsroom, nancy chen, 7news "today in new england."

meantime, flames that took over this tennessee resort town of gatlinburg earlier this week have now dissipated. amid all the crumbling and charred buildings, residents are on the road starting to rebuild. officials are still finding victims, though, of those fires. three more bodies were located wednesday. that brings the death toll now to 7. the fire in the great smoky mountain area torched more than 700 homes and businesses. officials say they're doing their best just to stay positive. and this picture here shows a little bit of wha for fire crews in tennessee. those fire crews are taking their first sleep break in 36 hours. another firefighter posted a photo of his coworkers sleeping on concrete. ? jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene nil e-mail begging you not to take my man ? >> christa: and dolly parton

sending all their love to to victims of those fires. >> we want to provide hand up to all those families who have lost everything in the fires. to recover we want to make sure the dollywood foundation provides $1,000 a month to all those families who have lost homes in the fires until they get back up on their feet. >> christa: so sweet. you can also donate to the cause, as well. she set up a web site, as well, if you want the look for that. they were say of the severe weather they've had, the rain has helped to kind of squelch those flames, but the wind also helped kick them up again. so it's been a tough battle. >> sarah: it's great what dolly is doing. always been a big fan of hers. >> christa: me too. >> sarah: still ahead, controversy at a christmas ceremony. who is planning to make a showing on tonight's tree lighting on boston common and why. >> christa: injuries just plaguing the patriots. who is hurt and who will be

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>> christa: welcome back. it's 5:24 on your thursday. the celtics losing to detroit at the garden, making it boston's third straight loss at home. scary moment in the fourth quarter. marcus smart takes an elbow to the head. he goes down but he actually stayed in the game. boston had a one-point lead run. they never looked back. final score, c's lose 121-114. some key patriots' offensive players missing practice wednesday. tom brady and julian edelman both out with injuries. also two tight ends, rob gronkowski is dealing with a back injury, and martellus bennett did not take part due to an ankle and shoulder injury.

fans, we're already on week 13. some fantasy teams are already on the verge of playoffs. we're also talking about the patriots' comeback win against the jets. that was amazing, but they lost gronk in that. >> trey: big price the pay for fantasy owners. if you're playing a two-week league, maybe definitely a big matchup for gronk not to happen. somebody will have to pick up the slack. got to look to the run game, especially with the rams' defense, one of the better defenses in the league in terms of balance. this is not stopping the run. legarrette blount been healthy all year, steady all year, probably the most consistent player. not a good matchup last weekend with the jets. exact opposite this week. legarrette blount. >> jadiann: a super bowl rematch from 2001, the pats honoring that bunch from the first championship. pretty cool there. i guess if you could rewind time, the rams would want some of that offense back. >> trey: their offense is abysmal. the greatest show on turf, one

case. 31th in the league in offense. scored ten or fewer points in the last three games. >> jadiann: the afc west may be the west division in football, but one team getting a break this weekend. >> trey: the chargers. derrell william, a young receiver, a really good quarterback. three straight games with probably makes a good matchup. >> jadiann: all right, everyone. go set your lineups. >> christa: 5:26. coming up next, a medical mix-up at a local elementary school. a girl needing medicine after she hurt her knee, but the school nurse apparently gave her a very different drug. >> sarah: and healthier chocolate? could it be true? find out what nestle is doing to

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>> sarah: a town employee in carver off the job and facing charges. was he stealing from a senior center? >> christa: a risky rescue when man is stuck inside a flaming car. how new england law enforcement managed to get him out alive. >> sarah: and the season of giving raising thousands of dollars for the salvation army here in new england. how much they've raised thanks to donated jewelry. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: all right. good morning. it's 5:30. an another soggy day. i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. let's send it over to wren clair to see how long it will stick around. >> wren: the good news is it will wrap up quickly. if you have an early commute prior to 7:00, 7:30, you have chance of seeing these showers. we're definitely seeing them right now. but this is pushing out quickly here. even by 8:00, 9:00, this will dry out. a closer look at that rainfall, snort central massachusetts seeing most of it. you can see leominster seeing

south has really delineated warm temperatures to our southeast. 60 degrees in prosmed close to 60 degrees in plymouth. to our northwest, much cooler air. 45 in jaffrey. 45 in orange. we'll warm up to temperatures well above our average highs for the first day of december today. but first we have to get through these showers, and we have to get through some patchy fog starting to lighten up here. we'll gradually do so through the morning. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. hey there, danielle. >> danielle: hey, sar not too bad out there. roads a little slick. let's go to the maps. braintree to boston northbound, only going to take you about ten minutes. a little slow around the braintree split. route 3, 24 and 95 all looking fine. the pike wide open all the way back the framingham this morning. route 2 and 3 no issues. 93 wide open back to 495. and if you're heading into town on route 1, you're in good shape this morning. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. ten minutes braintree to boston, 12 minutes into town on the pike

the "t" and commuter rail running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> christa: danielle, thank you. let's go to the day's top stories. a brockton mother stabbed to death inside of her own home, and police say her son is the one to blame. the 18-year-old will be appearing in court later this morning. they say the stabbing happened yesterday afternoon on merritt avenue. firefighters arrived on the scene first and then apparently held the suspect down until police managed to arrive. the f.b.i.'s investigating after a mosque in rhode islan it called muslims "children of satan" and said they were "vile and filthy." investigate, say it was sent by somebody in los angeles, and they believe that similar letters were sent to mosques in ohio and michigan, indiana, colorado and georgia, as well. right now crews are working to get the roads in chinatown back open this morning after a burst pipe caused a water main break on kneeland street some the break actually led to fires in some man holes as crews worked

several businesses had to evacuate because of carbon monoxide concerns. that included 100 people in a youth hostel. crews are still on the scene this morning cleaning things up. >> sarah: also on 7, a carver town employee on the job. investigators say it all started with a missing meal at a senior center. 7's nicole oliverio live in carver with more. nicole? >> nicole: that's right, sarah. it was a missing piece of meat that ultimately trouble. according to police they say he was caught stealing from the food pantry. at carver's council on aging, it's easy to find out what's on the day's menu, so when chef david lavoie wasn't serving up food he ordered, workers became suspicious. >> the prime rib was what started the investigation. the prime rib was ordered and nerve served. >> nicole: police say that

being ordered and it's an item that's not there. it's a suspicious item to have ordered because it's not typically something you serve to elderly clients. >> nicole: investigators caught lavoie removing food after hours with help from his girlfriend and her daughter. >> we have no comment. i don't know how you got this information. i can't talk about anything. mission is to serve the elderly. members surprised to hear about what happened. >> i've known him ever since he started working here, yeah, and he was a nice, nice man. >> this is a big deal because it's a violation of public trust. it's a violation of the trust of the people. >> nicole: it's unclear how long this has been going on. lavoie did resign instead of meeting with the town's administrator. he also was arraigned in court last week along with two other women caught on surveillance video. that's the latest live in

>> christa: the sheriff's deputy is now recovering after a cruiser crash that happened in rockland. another driver and the deputy's k-9 were also hurt. investigators say the deputy had his life and his sirens on when he crashed into the side of that car that turned in front of him instead of pulling over. >> the radio was up and whatever the distraction may have been going on at the time. we do know the lights and sirens were on. there were witnesses. and the two vehicles that did pull over to the right, they did stop. >> >> christa: police say the driver of that other car is in serious condition. now to quite a ride in abington. a car crashing into a bar on wednesday. the vehicle smashing through the wall of j.p. ryan's on brockton avenue table pact caused some serious damage, but luckily no one was hurt. >> sarah: a plastic bag ban in the city of boston is making its way toward a vote. the security council discussing the ban for the first time on a meeting on wednesday. the ordinance should ban single-use plastic bags in the city and add a five-cent fee for

bags. >> i really think we have an opportunity here to do something that's absolutely meaningful, absolutely impactful, helps the environment, helps small businesses, and offers an incentive by encouraging consumers with that five-cent refund when you bring a reusable bag. >> sarah: the proposal will be handed to a committee and be put to a full hearing. >> christa: boston drivers prepare to slow down. the city council voting to lower the default speed limit in boston to 25mph. that would start in january. mayor walsh says the change is important to lower the risk of vehicle-related injuries and deaths, as well. and members of the one of the largest unions in the state set to make a showing at tonight's tree lighting at boston common. members of aftme say they will not picket. they don't want to bring negativity to the event, but they will be there. they want to bring attention to their negotiations with the city.

central -- salvation army is continuing. days after raising $27,000, a woman in whitinsville dropped four rings into one of the salvation army's red kettles and two diamond rings were also anonymously donated in waltham and northbridge. i love hearing these stories this time of year. >> christa: i love the story you did. >> sarah: a diamond necklace someone dropped in. >> christa: when you think about their engagement ring, though. wow. r 5:37. quite a scary scene on a new england roadway. watch as a volunteer fire korea battles flames billowing out of this snowplow. >> sarah: police in uxbridge need your help finding two people they say took $1,000 from an unsuspecting store clerk. >> christa: and meet cisco the shark. why he's going to help researchers right here in new england coming up. >> wren: and we're waking up to showers as well as another round of patchy fog. i'll have the details after this. >> sarah: and we're in the watching any crashes on the

get ready to head out the door this morning. also the "t" and commuter rail running on schedule. ? n't fear my darling ? ? the lion sleeps tonight.? (man snoring) ? don't fear my darling the lion sleeps tonight.? (woman snoring) take the roar out of snore.

>> christa: trending today, a canadian town serving up a musical punishment for drunk drivers. officers say, maybe you want the listen, maybe they want to, maybe they don't. they want the play music from the band nickel back whenever they pull over someone for being drunk behind the wheel. i guess that's the punishment. the town says they'll also issue a heavy fine, as well. >> sarah: i love nickel back. all right. a woman from minnesota making miss u.s.a. pageant history. halima ha deem became the first fully covered woman to compete in the miss u.s.a. minnesota pageant. she wore a ha job during the swimsuit portion of the competition. she made it to the semifinal round before getting eliminated. >> christa: and nestle chocolate set to have a lot less sugar. it's found a way the reduce sugar by as much as 40%. nestle says the treats will taste sweetener smaller amounts.

i know there has been a movement. in some of the candy makers to start using real sugar once again, kind of inspired by what they do overseas. so this is interesting, too. as long as it's chocolate we're not going to complain about how much sugar. we have a lot to get. to everything you need to know and go is coming up next. police looking for a group of people who stole thousands of dollars worth of iphones in boston. >> reporter: and investigators say a brockton mother was he's headed to court today. we'll have the very latest coming up. and. >> christa: and a rude wake-up call for homeowners in california. why these bovines were hanging

>> sarah: it's 5:45. time now for everything you need the start your day off right. >> christa: it's thursday, it's rainy out there. out of this? >> wren: really quickly here. we've seen widespread showers, even pockets of heavy rain last night into early this morning, but you can see this is already drying out here. this is going to move out quickly for us some if you are headed out the door right now, not a bad idea to grab an umbrella. if you head out the door in a couple hours, i think you'll be just fine. we'll dry out pretty quickly. this morning we're also seeing some patchy fog out there. visibility not terribly, terribly reduced, not terribly dense fog for us, but definitely

nashua down to 5 miles of visibility. bedford, boston 3, 4 miles of visibility. temperature-wise, much cooler air to our northwest. but actually close to 60 degrees in plymouth right now. so very, very varied temperatura warm front sets up to our south actually. and that has caused some varied temperatures this morning. today we're going to be well above average. mid to upper 50s. so for the first day of december, it's not feeling all that much like december. mid-40s. we are going to quickly back down closer to average. by sunday and monday we're talking about temperatures in the low 40s and even upper 30s, so enjoy today. it's going to be a mild day for us. we are going to be breezy, wind gusts up to around 25mph. breezier than yesterday but still talking about temperatures in the upper 50s as we head into tonight. it's going to be pretty great weather for your tree lighting. boston common tree lighting, temperatures in the upper 40s. still breezy. cooling down into the mid-40s.

track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: good morning, everyone. take a look at route 1 as you make you way through saugus. definitely not looking too bad out there. 93 from the north, not too bad. pretty good shape. braintree to boston northbound on the expressway. just 13 minutes. yesterday was kind of a crazy day on the roads. so far looking a little bit better. 24 northbound slow and go back the brockton. route 95 and route 3 not seeing any issues. the pike wide open from framingham into town, and you're in good shape on route 2 and 3 this morning take a look at those drive times as you're getting ready to head out the door. 14 minutes on the expressway, braintree to boston. just 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128, and 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 13 minutes. the "t" and commuter rail both running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> sarah: happening today, a teen accused of murdering his own mother will be facing a judge. a relative says she knew something was wrong and begged a neighbor to call 911. >> christa: we understand police questioned the victim's son overnight.

here's jennifer eagan with more. >> jennifer: christa, that 18-year-old suspect will be coming here the brockton district court later this morning. he faces two charges, homicide and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. now, investigators have not commented on a possible motive in this case. neighbors on parrot avenue in brockton say the suspect's grandmother was wailing in the street around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. she pleaded with neighbor to call police. that neighbor told us the 18-year-old suspect her as she walked up to the home, not yet realizing what was going on. firefighters were first to arrive on scene. they tried the save 44-year-old mania meneide, but she did not survive her injuries. firefighters also held on to the teenage suspect, according to neighbors, until police arrived on the scene. the district attorney says detectives recovered a knife from the scene and now 18-year-old frantz polynice will be here again at brockton district court later today. live in brockton, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: all right, jen, thank you.

a medicine mix yum causing quite a scare at an elementary school in blackstone. 7-year-old madison young says she had hurt her elbow during lunch. she went to the school nurse, but instead of motrin, the nurse gave the student ritalin accidentally. the nurse immediately called poison control. >> apparently another little girl is given ritalin at the school. and she thought that madison was the little girl. >> because they l yes. >> the school's principal says it was an honest mistake, the nurse will not face any disciplinary action. >> sarah: protesters gather at harvard youth. they're upset with members of president-elect's transition team. steve bannon, trump's chief strategist, canceled his scheduled appearance on wednesday. donald trump's former campaign manager kellyanne conway was also scheduled to attend a conference at harvard. protesters say they will

boston police are searching for suspects after a group of people stole thousands of dollars worth of iphones from the apple store on boylston street. it happened around 6:30 tuesday night. investigators say four suspects took ten ir iphones from a display table and then took off. police believe it's similar to an apple store robbery that happened in natick back in october. seven people were caught on camera taking 13,000 dollars worth of iphones from the display cases. >> christa: right now police in connection with a robbery that happened at a store in uxbridge. investigators say man and a woman stole more than $1,000 in cash from two separate cashiers and then police say they drove off in this b.m.w. right now they're reviewing surveillance footage the try the identify them. >> sarah: police are investigating after a truck crashed into a utility pole in wellesley. it happened on overbrook drive last night. several wires were knocked down.

>> come on. go! >> everybody get away from the car. >> christa: risky rescue for police officers in wilton, connecticut, when they pull a man out of a burning car. he was trapped inside after police say he hit several trees. it took several minutes for an officer to knock out the windows and then finally drag that man to safety. >> sarah: when we were pulling him out and i was inside grabbing his belt line, i could look at red glow from the fire wall. >> christa: so the driver suffered minor injuries. >> sarah: a frightening scene on a road in maine when a snowplow caught on fire. flames poured from the vehicle. the fire caused several explosions. an employee tried the use a fire extinguisher but the flames were too intense. a volunteer fire crew had to put out the fire. no one was hurt. firefighters in kansas city rescue man who fell into a ten-foot trench.

when the walls gave in. he was waist-deep in dirt. it took more than two hours for crews to pull him out. the man is expected to be okay. >> christa: investigators say the pilot of the plane that crash in columbia with a soccer team on board told controllers he was out of fuel. according to a recording of the final minutes of that doomed flights, the pilot pleaded with the air tower for permission to land because of fuel problems, and an air traffic controller told another plane with mechanical trouble was making an approach to land. 71 people died, 6 managed to survive. >> sarah: police in michigan ambushed by man with a rifle. now they're searching for that suspect. officials say they were responding to a call of an armed man possibly taking part in a drug turf war. when officers pulled up, they saw him armed with an assault-type rifle. the man shot at the officers about eight times, but none of

on workplace bias now taken to court. the u.s. appeals court hearing these arguments on whether protections under a 1964 civil rights act should expand to cover workplace discrimination against l.g.b.t. employees. officials say it appears the court rules that the law covers sexual orientation bias. it will be taken to the supreme court. >> sarah: hackers have infected more than 1 million an madrid phones through illegitimate apps. that means they downloaded from google play. malware installs malicious advertising software. google says it has blocked 150,000 versionings of the cyber attack. a group of cattle end up trapped in a california apartment complex. police say they escaped from a trailer and ran in the middle of the road before ending up to complex. the calves huddled together for a couple hours. the herd eventually ran out and they were put back in the trailer.

florida. construction workers spotted the animal, all 950 pounds, trapped on wednesday morning. it took crews six hours to pull out the manatee and the animal was eventually take on the seaworld. wow. >> sarah: we're getting an up close look at shark hunters in action. osearch, a great white shark search company, showing video of their year off nantucket. in october they reeled in this great white shark and tagge for tracking. they decided to name it cisco after the popular beach in nantucket. >> christa: 'tis the season for the boston pops and unique holiday performances. ? he had a broad face. and a round little belly ? that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly ?oatd ?. >> christa: that's the best part. that was mayor marty walsh narrating 'twas the night before christmas. the boston pops opening up their

always best with the boston accent, too. especially that line, right? >> sarah: just gets you in the holiday spirit, wren. >> wren: i'm going to have to see that. i really hope kim as we head into today, we're dealing with showers. by 7:00, that's when this starts to scoot out of here. as we head into the mid-morning hours, we definitely dry out. we're seeing sunshine into the afternoon. things stay breezy today. wind gusts up to around 25mph. into tonight, if you're headed to the tree lighting, you are in luck. we're looking at dry skies. temperatures well above average, becausee' so by the time we're lighting the tree, we're looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. >> sarah: still another hour of "today in new england." next at 6:00, the clean-up continues after a water main break caused a big mess in chinatown. >> christa: and letters of hate targeting mosques across the u.s. one sent the a police of worship right here in new england. >> sarah: and a dangerous drive at more than 100mph.

wild ride live on facebook. now police are asking questions. >> christa: and we're watching fast track traffic. it's a wet morning. hopefully the rain will start tapering off. we'll let you know where some of the problems are with danielle gersh and fast track traffic in

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>> christa: a brockton mother murdered. >> i knew it was something, only because she was wailing and screaming. >> christa: her own teenage son charged now with a crime. >> kris: a major mess leads the a dangerous situation. this chinatown water main break leading to fires underground. >> christa: a rhode island

speed. the alarming video streaming live online. it ended in a serious crash. >> sarah: plus gas start to set throwing through a controversial pipeline in west roxbury, despite months of protests. >> christa: and a touching tribute from music stars. ? jolene jolene ? jolene ? after tragedy hits tennessee. >> this is 7news "today in new england." everybody. i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: and i'm kris anderson. it is a rainy start to the day. >> christa: you were prepared. >> kris: making it through the rain. >> christa: mud puddles. wren, when is this going to clear out? >> wren: with our schedule, we saw the worst of it. pockets of rainfall. but this is pushing out very quickly. you can see further to our west already drying out. and that's going to be the trend here early this morning. so by 7:00, 8:00, we'll be mostly dry.

commute. into the mid-morning, late morning hours, we're looking dry. current temperatures very warm. turns outs the warm front camped to our south making for varying temperatures this morning. 45 in jaffrey. we're at 51 here in boston. temperatures today as we welcome the month of december are going to be well above average. but it's going to be breezy really all day long. also we're dealing with patchy fog this morning. time >> wren: >> danielle: northbound slow as expected. we are watching one crash south of town on 128. and that is northbound there. exit 3, the shoulder blocked from that incident. other than that, though, it's not too bad out there. the pike wide open. back the framingham. we're not seeing any issues. route 2 and 3 no problems. 93, that slowing investigate traffic starting to pick up as you make you way through andover and methuen. route 1 heading into boston, not seeing any issues.

if you're getting ready to head out the door. 15 minutes braintree to boston northbound on the expressway. not that bad. 12 minutes enter town on the pike from 128. and then 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 13 minutes this morning. both the "t" and commuter rail running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> christa: breaking news overnight. a suspect leading brockton police on a chase. and then crashes into a cruiser. this started when an officer pulled over a vehicle. the driver took off. during that pursuit, the suspect's vehicle and the cruiser the officer suffered minor injuries. the driver and the passenger ran off. police with canine units searched the area of pleasant street, but two people are still on the run this morning. >> kris: right now police are investigating after a mother is murdered, her 18-year-old son arrested for this crime. investigators said the woman was stabbed. >> christa: and her own son is expected to be arraigned later today. let's head out the brockton with 7's jennifer eagan covering the story. jen? >> jennifer: christa, that 18-year-old suspect will be

district court some time later this morning. neighbors tell us he was sitting outside the home after the attack. investigators are still trying to figure out a motive. >> i knew it was something bad only because she was wailing and screaming and she did say 911, 911. >> jennifer: maryanne monteiro dialed 911 as a desperate grandmother pulled her toward her home on merritt avenue knew in brockton. >> she just grabbed my hand and started pulling toward the house, and at this point in time, i now know it was to get her daughter out of the house. >> jennifer: but it was too late. 44-year-old mania meneide had been stabbed to death. her son frantz polynice has been charged in the attack. monteiro says she walked up to the home with polynice's grandmother around 1:00 yesterday afternoon not yet realizing what was going on. >> he came lunging through the kitchen at the door where we were standing. i just pulled the grandmother out of there and said, no, you're not going in. i just kept pulling her away from the house.

they went into the house and held down polynice who had come outside until police arrived. the district attorney says they recovered a knife. they don't yet know a motive. >> the mother-son relationship, for it to end this way, it's terrible, it's tragic. we need to make sure we find out what happened. >> jennifer: neighbors tell us they ever noticed any problems at the home. polynice faces charges of homicide and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. live in brockton, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> kris: breaking news this morning. a standoff is under way in tacoma, washington, after a police officer there was shot and killed. this tragic shooting rocking the city of tacoma. it's still not over yet. sarah's here with more on these breaking details. what do you know, sarah? >> sarah: the standoff continues in tacoma after a suspect shot and killed a police officer late last night. the suspect remains barricaded inside a home right now. they do not believe anyone else was inside the home at the time.

domestic disturbance when he was ambushed. fellow officers and civilians line the street to salute the officer's body as it was transported from the hospital to the medical examiner's office last night. this is first time a tacoma officer has died in the line of duty since 1997. guys, back to you. >> christa: happening right now, a scare in the streets closing down several city blocks in china town when a water main break actually leads to fires underground. right now crews are still finishing up some of their clean-up. scene in chinatown. here's victoria warren to get us up to speed on what's happening right now. vicki? >> victoria: good morning, christa. still a lot of clean-up, but the good news this morning, we have no fires. we have no floods. but take a live look behind me. you can still see the roads are going to be affected. there is a huge mess out here leaving today dozens of businesses closed. thick black smoke billowing into

underground. streets flooded in watertown after a massive water main break. carbon monoxide levels inside a few buildings hitting dangerous levels. >> the alarm went off. everyone got booted out by the firemen. >> more than 100 people evacuated. it was hard to tell how far the underground fire would spread. >> typically the man hole fires travel in sequence, so it just starts popping down the street. >> victoria: it all started when a 20-inch pipe burst, spewing thousands of gallons of water, shutting down several businesses. >> this is a precautionary there was about three to four feet of water in some of the basements. we want to make sure everything is clean and proper before we open up. >> victoria: the all-day event snarled traffic. eventually crews replaced the damaged pipes. the mayor says this may be a case of aging infrastructure and says even though the problem is fixed, it will take much longer for things to be business as usual in chinatown. >> a lot of our businesses will be closed for quite some time. there is still water in a lot of

businesses can reopen, inspectional services will have to come out and make sure everything is okay. live out here, you can see they're still working on fixing all of the roads. they have managed to get lanes open in every direction. but it's still going to be a mess. you want the keep that in mind if you have to travel into this part of the city today. live this morning in chinatown. victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> andy: to a developing story. mosques across the nation hit by hate. letters filled with hateful language then popping up across the country. by in rhode island. 7's nancy chen following this story. she joins us with the very latest. >> nancy: kris, good morning to you. a mosque in rhode island now reeling after getting one of these notes. nay are not the only one. several mosques nationwide have reported getting a hate-filled letter from california, warning muslims to leave the country or face genocide. a hate-filled letter delivered to the islamic center of rhode island. >> you see the wave of hate is

>> nancy: a board member for the center says the imam opened it saturday. it's addressed to the children of satan and calls muslims vile and filthy. it's called "americans for a better way." >> this suggests that the new president-elect will do the things that hitler did to the jews. this is really alarming. >> nancy: the letter from los angeles is similar to those sent to mosques in ohio, michigan, indiana, colorado and georgia. >> if you look at the stamp, it's coming from california, but to investigate. >> nancy: the imam gave the letter to the f.b.i. >> be concerned about your community members, your kids, your family. >> nancy: the problem has gotten so bad, the council on american-islamic relations has created a pamphlet advising muslims to take extra steps to make sure they're safe while worshipping in their mosques.

>> christa: nancy, thank you. happening today, the west roxbury pipeline is set to start transmitting gas despite two years of protesting. on monday mayor walsh and other city officials sent letters to the company that owns the pipeline, accusing them of breaking their promise to share safety plans. the company says the security plan is posted, though, outside the quarry's entrance. >> kris: reading police identifying this man who is wanted for more than 14 break-ins over the past two months. officials say the 24-year-old targeted retail stores as well as the reading public library. he is n >> christa: and the case against the plainville teenager accused of encouraging her friend to commit suicide will be back in court today. this is a pretrial hearing for michelle carter, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter. earlier this month a jung ruled that the 20-year-old's statements to investigators, as well as information from her cell phone, can, in fact, be used in court. also the police chief in dighton is off the job this morning at an emergency meeting wednesday. selectmen voted to suspend chief

indefinitely. officials say that he used the department clothing allowance the buy women's clothing for his girlfriend. roderick was charged in court this week with larceny and making false statements to police. >> kris: to the latest this morning in president-elect trump's transition.?today he wia for a big business announcement. on the campaign trail, the president-elect promised to keep jobs from the air conditioning company carrier in indiana. now the company has closed the deal to keeplo in the united states. the company initially planned to close one of its indiana plants and take 1,400 jobs to mexico. massachusetts senator liz warren weighing in on the president-elect's cabinet choices. talking to anderson cooper, warren says the president-elect is going back on campaign promises on who he would employ to fix washington. >> you know, i think what a lot of americans are sick of is a government that works for those at the top.

donald trump is doing 180 degrees on it. and he's putting wall street insiders into exactly the jobs where he criticized wall street insiders before. >> kris: another familiar face rumored to be in the running for a cabinet position, sarah palin, who is reportedly being considered for the secretary of veterans affairs position. >> christa: it's 6:11 on your thursday morning. still ahead, a local town employee off the job, accused >> sarah: wild weather tearing through parts of the south. where deadly tornadoes touched down and caused a lot of damage. >> christa: fast drive coming to a dangerous end, and the video streamed live online that appears the show moments leading up to this crash in rhode

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>> kris: city hall plaza set to get a new look just in time for the holiday season. s be winter will debut tomorrow. it's going to feature a large ice skating loop, chocolate fountain -- yum. >> christa: yeah. >> kris: got me at chocolate fountains. and giant nutd crackers will be there, as well. boston winter will be open seven days a week conveniently right outside of our building. >> christa: i'll see you skating out there, am i not? >> kris: with the coffee in hand, coming back from dunkin' donuts >> christa: he does, yeah. i love it. a quick look at what we're seeing for the first day of meteorological winter here. we're seeing rain showers. it is going to be breezy. this low pressure system and this frontal system really pushes on out of here. really quickly, while some of us are seeing showers early this morning, we're going the dry out pretty quickly. then our attention turns over to some breezy conditions and more sunshine as we head into your thursday forecast. right now those showers are already tapering off.

really dry skies already. this front pulls out. temperature-wise, you're pretty warm. i think our main concern is not going to be heavy rainfall, a bit of fog. we have patchy fog this morning. visibility down to around 3 miles here in boston, 3 miles worth of visibility here in hyannis. we have the potential for some dense fog. really haven't seen a whole will the of that at this point, though. temperature-wise, we're in the mid to upper 40s to our northwest, much warmer to our southeast. we still have a warm front stretched out across to our south. thatas to our southeast, connecticut, rhode island, also very warm ere this morning. so this morning we're looking at early showers by 7:00, 7:30. that's already dried out for us. partly sunny skies into your kay. we peel back that cloud cover and we do keep some breezy conditions throughout the day. so wind gusts up to around 25mph and blustery winds out of the west. good news is as you head to the tree lighting tonight, you're looking at dry skies and it's a good day to have these above-average temperatures. 48 degrees at 6:00 for the first

not bad. and 45 degrees into the end of the tree lighting ceremony. into tonight, temperatures don't dip down too much. we're looking at lows in the mid to upper 30s for most of us, but we do stay breezy. it will be breezy tomorrow, as well. by tomorrow, partly sunny skies, as well. a slight chance fur some drizzle, a couple sprinkles, and then take a look at these temperatures. while we are above average today and tomorrow, as we head enter your weekend, we keep knocking off a degree here and there until we're in the upper 30s by monday. we could be looking at a quick wintry mix. good to know. we have a heads up at least. traffic, wet roads and might be tricky out there this morning. >> sarah: we're past that 6:00 hour. so things are starting to she down. northbound on the expressway starting to see a lot of break lights. let's go to the maps. we're watching aing a l incidents out there. a disabled vehicle on hingham in route 3 northbound before union street. also we have a crash we're watching on 128 northbound at exit 3 here, the shoulder blocked from that incident. the pike not too bad back to

not seeing any major delays heading into boston. route 2 and 3, some stop-and-go traffic. 93, slow and go back the 495, no major issues. you're in pretty good shape heading enter town on route 1. let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 24 minutes braintree to boston northbound on the expressway. 12 minutes northbound on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 28 to the zakim bridge, 18 minutes. if you're taking the "t" this morning, the red line is experiencing moderate delays right now. back to you, guys.>> you. now to some wild weather in the south to report. destructive tornadoes have killed at least five people in several different states. three people were killed in alabama wednesday. and at least three others were critically hurt. dozens of buildings and homes were leveled when a tornado tore through several small communities. and multiple tornadoes also leaving a trail of damage in georgia. several homes there were destroyed. the storm knocked down trees and

the area lost power, as well, but no one was injured in that. and the storms have killed sadly two people in tennessee. there were uprooted trees and downed power lines across that state. a number of homes and buildings there were leveled. crews spent much of the day trying to restore power in the community. >> kris: caught on camera, a man allegedly speeding and phase booking the teen lost control of his car and crashed and new officers are asking questions. >> sarah: that driver was seriously injured after police say he was driving more than 100mph. the man streamed his wild ride wednesday morning through providence on facebook live. you can see him weaving in and out of traffic, nearly hitting several cars. police say he then spun out of control, hitting a dump truck before crashing into a jersey barier. rescue crews tried to pull the man out of the car after the crash.

least two hours. right now the driver is listed in critical condition. no word yet if he'll be facing any charges. guys, back to you. >> christa: and he could have been such a danger to so many other drivers. yikes. so just ahead this morning, new details set to be released as investigators continue looking into the doomed cargo ship "el faro." >> kris: several patriots' stars missing from the field. we'll tell you who was not at

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>> wren: we're waking up to a couple showers here, but we're drying out very quickly. by 7:00 isolated showers are possible. a slight chance for that, though. as we head into 8:00, 9:00, we're looking at dry skies. peeling back that cloud cover as we head into the afternoon. we'll actually see some sunshine with dry skies through the afternoon into tonight. we embark on a dry stretch of weather. take a look at these temperatures. the first day of meteorological winter.

breezy conditions into tonight, but if you're headed out to the tree lighting, not a bad evening. temperatures in the upper 40s. >> kris: wren, thanks so much. celtics losing to detroit at the garden, marking boston's third straight loss. nod a good thing. scary in the fourth quarter, mauer cuss smart taking an elbow to the head. he went down on the court and would remain in the game. that's good news there, a good sign. boston had a one-point lead mid way through the fourth quarter. business on -- pistons went on a c's lose 121-114. >> christa: key patriots' offensive players missing practice on wednesday. tom brady and julian edelman were beth out with injuries. also two tight ends, rob gronkowski dealing with a back injury, and martellus bennett not participating because of an ankle and a shoulder injury. >> jadiann: hey there, pats fans.

means some teams are on the verge of the playoffs. we're also talking about the patriots' comeback win against the jets. that was amazing, but they lost gronk in that. >> trey: big price the pay for fantasy owners. if you're playing a two-week league, maybe definitely a big matchup for gronk not to happen. somebody will have to pick up the slack. got to look to the run game, especially with the rams' defense, one of the better defenses in the league in terms of balance. this is not consistent enough in stopping the run. legarrette blount been healthy all year, steady all year, probably the most consistent player. not a good matchup last weekend wi exact opposite this week. legarrette blount, start him. >> jadiann: let's talk about a rematch from 2001. the pats honoring that bunch from the first championship. pretty cool there. i guess if you could rewind time, the rams would want some of that offense back. >> trey: their offense is abysmal. the greatest show on turf, one of the greatest offenses in nfl history, that's not close to the case. 31th in the league in offense. scored ten or fewer points in

kenny britt probably their best receiver of the bunch. tavon austin, not quite the same. sit them down. >> jadiann: the afc west may be the west division in football right now, but one team is getting a break this weekend. >> trey: the chargers. they're playing the bucs. er the williams, a young receiver, three straight games with touchdowns. probably makes a good matchup. >> jadiann: all right, everyone. go set your lineups. >> kris: do you have you lineup set? >> christa: no. that's beyond me. >> kris: there's more to come at 6:30 this morning. police looking for two suspects. the sneaky crime they were able to pull off in uxbridge. >> we're live in carver. why a chef at the council at

?>> kris: a missing meal sets off a criminal investigation. >> never, never, never, no. i still don't believe it. >> kris: now a senior center employee is facing troubling charges. >> christa: a cruiser crash sending a sheriff's deputy to the hospital. he wasn't the only one hurt. >> kris: plus thousands of fines handed down in the deadly new hampshire circus. >> christa: a phone plucked out of as be apple store. thousands in devices. >> kris: and using music to fight crime. ? and memory of looking out the back door ? >> kris: where you'll be listening to nickelback if you're locked up. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> kris: i like some of their songs. >> christa: i don't really get into them, but i wouldn't consider it a punishment either. it's really bizarre. i can think of a few others.

we've been getting punished by mother nature the last few days. >> christa: right, on this first day of december. december 21st. >> wren: it's a whole different deal. we're into the december now. we're talking about showers. we're not talking about snow, and we need it this winter, so i think it's a bit of a treat for us. right now we're drying out. we have nicer weather headed our way. you can see dry skies to our west. the frontal system tracking further to our northeast. it's going to be breezy in the wake of this system, but also mild. temperatures are very warm varied this morning. 45 degrees to our northwest. north of this warm front, and that's camped to our south. take a look at these temperatures. 60 degrees currently in plymouth. 51 in boston. you have patchy fog this morning. temperatures are well above average in the mid-50s and breezy. >> christa: let's go to fast track traffic with danielle gersh. she's with us now with a check on the roads. >> danielle: thanks, christa. 93 southbound moving through somerville. let's go to the maps.

braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, lots of stop-and-go traffic. we have a crash we're watching in hingham on route 3 northbound. this is at exit 16 here. south of town, route 24 northbound, stop and go back to brockton, the pike now too bad out to framingham. we're not seeing any major delays. some good news. there routes 2 and 3 not too bad either. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 25 minutes braintree to boston northbound on the expressway. 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128 and 93 southbound. 23 minutes this morning on the "t." we're still watching some minor delays on the red line. back to you, guys. >> christa: danielle, thank you. we're tracking out of washington state where there is standoff under way right now in tacoma after police say that a suspect shot and killed a police officer late last night. investigators say the suspect is still barricaded inside that house as we speak. they don't believe anybody else is inside. according to police, the officer was responding to a reported

was ambushed. also breaking, brockton police searching from two suspects after a chase that ended in the crash. the officers were initially responding to reports of shots fired, and that's when they pulled over the car. the driver took off, led police on a pursuit, and the suspect's car ultimately collided with a cruiser, and the two people inside the car took off. meantime, an officer suffered minor injuries. >> christa: also on 7 now, missing sparking an investigation. police say it led them to an employee who is now accused of taking food from that facility. nicole oliverio is live in carver with more on how authorities were tipped off. just a bizarre crime here, nicole. >> nicole: it really, is kris. a town employee had been a chef with the council on aging for about six and a half years. it wasn't until they noticed some missing food in the food pantry, particularly a piece of

suspicious. at carver's council on aging, it's easy to find out what's on the day's menu. so when chef david lavoie wasn't serving up food he ordered, workers there became suspicious. >> the prime rib is what started the investigation. the prime rib was ordered and nerve served. it wasn't there. >> nicole: police say that wasn't all. >> chicken wings is something they don't serve, they haven't served. it's an item that comes up as being ordered it's a suspicious item to be ordered because it's not something we serve to elderly clients. >> nicole: investigators say surveillance video captured lavoie loading food after hours into his car with help from his girlfriend and her daughter. at the suspect's home in plymouth... >> i have no comment. i don't know how you got this information. i can't talk about anything. >> nicole: the agency's mission is to serve the elderly. members surprised to hear about

started working here, yeah, and he was a nice, nice man. >> this is a big deal because it's a violation of public trust. >> nicole: is rather than meet with the town administrator, lavoie resigned. he did have to go before a judge last week facing larceny charges. that's the latest live in carver, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: this morning a sheriff's deputy recovering after a cruiser crash in rockland. another driver and the deputy's k-9 were also hurt. investigators say the deputyad when he crashed into the side of a car that had turned in front of him instead of pulling over. >> we don't know if the radio was up or whatever distraction may have been going on at the time. we do know the lights and sirens were on. there were witnesses. the two vehicles that did pull over to the right, they did stop. >> christa: police say the driver of the other car is in serious condition. >> kris: investigators say man and a woman took more than

police believe they would distract the cashiers and then take money right out of the register. police say the suspects then drove off in this bmw. right now they're reviewing surveillance footage to try and and phi those suspects. >> christa: a deadly tragedy in new hampshire. walker international events must pay $24,000 after two people were killed when collapsed last year. osha says the company ignored several storm warnings from the national wealth service. >> kris: new details about the sunken car go ship "el faro." the national transportation safety board plans to release the transcripts of the noises picked up by the voice data recorder. "el faro" sank during hurricane joaquin while it was sailing from florida to puerto rico. all 33 people on board that ship died. three of the victims were from massachusetts. winthrop's keith griffin of

matthias attended mass maritime. marriott wright was from brockton. >> christa: members of one of the largest unions in the state set to make a showing at tonight's tree lighting on boston common. members of aff say they plan to picket because they don't plan to bring negativity to the event. but they do want the bring attention to the negotiations going on with the city right now. and that trend of donating jewelry to the salvation army is continuing this holiday season. just days after auctioning off more than $27,000, a woman whitinsville dropped four rings into one of the salvation army's red kettles and two diamond rings were also anonymously donated in waltham and northbridge. i'm always amazed when people want the part with some of these. some of these are engage. rings. >> kris: probably pretty neat stories behind putting them in there.

just ahead, who met prince harry down in the tropics. >> christa: and punished with nickelback? who is using the band's songs in order the fight crime. >> kris: pricy devices plucked from a local apple store.

>> christa: prince harry helping kick off a concert in barbados with a major pop star. that would be island native rihanna making the stage with prince and the country's prime minister. the concert celebrated the 50th independence anniversary of bare bay dose. prince harry is on a 15-day tour of the caribbean country. that's a nice place to >> kris: canadian town serving up a musical punishment for drunk drivers. we were just watching this video. officers say they will play music from the band nickelback whenever they pull over someone for being drunk. the town will issue a heavy fine, as well, and the punishment isn't just nickelback. you have to pay some money, as well. >> christa: right. i guess they don't care for nickelback. i don't think they're that horrible, are they?

>> christa: very signature sound. know and go is coming your way next. how dolly parton and miley cyrus left parts of tennessee. >> kris: a manhunt is on for suspects. >> reporter: and investigators say brockton mother was murdered by her own son.

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>> it's 6:45, time the know and go. >> reporter: a mother motherrered, her own son charged. >> an explosion of trouble in boston's chinatown. how a major water main break started it all. -hit by hate, letters from california making their way to new england's mosques. >> kris: and the awards keep rocking in for big papi. >> christa: all right. 6:45 on your thursday. we have all your day's top stories. >> kris: i know, b i needed it. a lot of rain coming down. >> wren: you did neat it, but you will not need it later today. we're going to see some breezy conditions as the system pushes further to our northeast. we've seen some rain here this morning. this is going to dry out, and we're pushing in some drier air in from our west. you can already see some breaks in our cloud cover, especially to our southwest here. some spotty showers still to our northwest, and our northeast, as well as to our southeast. this is going to dry up here

also a little bit of patchy fog will mix out by the mid-morning hours. temperatures are varied to our northwest, temperatures in the mid to low 40s. to the southeast, temperatures in the low 60s. as we get going here, we'll move up to temperatures in the mid to average 50s. no at bad day for our first day of december. it is going to stay breezy today into tonight. we are going to see some sunshine for the first time in a while, as well. tonight is in the a bad night for the tree lighting either. temperatures in thepp well above our average temperatures, we see a little bit of cloud cover move new york and we stay breezy through the overnight hours into tomorrow morning. with lows tonight in the upper 30s for some of us, i think more so mid-40s, and again, breezy into tomorrow, as well. while we're mild today and tomorrow, temperatures do steadily fall off into the start of next weekend. it will feel chilly by monday. >> christa: checking out our roads right now, danielle gersh

let's go to the maps. north of town we have two accidents that will set you back this morning. the first one in peabody on 128 southbound at lowell street, and then another crash southbound on 128 at route 1. so that will slow you down this morning 93 pretty much stop and go back to 495. the expressway, a lot of red there, and then we have this crash, this is in hingham on route 3 northbound at exit 16. the shoulder blocked there from that incident. route 24 northbound stop and go, slow through framingham, but not seeing any major delays once you're inside 128. still some good news there, but let's take a look at those drive times as you get ready to head out the door. 25 minutes braintree to boston northbound on the expressway. 18 minutes into town on the pike from 128, 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 20 minutes this morning on the "t" on the red line. we're still watching some minor delays. back to you, guys. >> kris: following breaking

police searching for two people that led them on the chase. during this pursuit, the suspects crashed into the cruiser. the officer was slightly injured but going to be okay. the driver and passenger took off. police with k-9 units searched the area of pleasant street, but those two suspects are still on the run this morning. right now police are investigating after a mother was murdered, and officers say the woman was stabbed to death. now her 18-year-old son had been arrested in connection with this crime. >> christa: he's due in court later on this morning. let's head out the brockton with more. here's 7's jennifer eagan. >> jennifer: christa, that 18-year-old suspect will be coming here to brockton district court later this morning. he faces two charges: homicide and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. now investigators have not commented on a possible motive in this case. neighbors on merritt avenue say the suspect's grandmother was wailing in the street yesterday afternoon around 1:00. she pleaded with neighbor to call police. that neighbor told us the 18-year-old suspect lunged at her as she walked up to the home not yet realizing what was going on there.

they tried the save 44-year-old mania meneide, but she did not survive her injuries. firefighters also held on to the teenage suspect until police arrived. >> we came lunging through the kitchen at the door where we were standing. i just pulled a grandmother out of there. i just kept pulling her away from the house until we were down the street there. >> sarah: and the district attorney says scene. 18-year-old frantz polynice will be here in court later today. we're live in brockton, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> kris: another breaking story. a police officer shot and killed. there is a standoff under way. officials say the suspect there is barricaded inside of a home as that standoff continues. sarah french now back with more on these breaking details. sarah? >> sarah: chris, the standoff continues in tacoma after police say a suspect shot and killed a

investigators say the suspect remains barricaded inside a home right now. they do not believe anyone else was inside the home at this time. according to police, the officer was responding to a reported domestic disturbance when he was ambushed. fell row officers and civilians lined the streets to salute the officer's body as it was transported from the hospital to the medical examiner's office last night. this is the first time a tacoma officer has died in the line of duty since 1997. guys, back to you. >> christa: all right, sarah. work continues after quite a scare in the street. the water main break leading the major problems in chinatown. first the issue, as you see there, was flooding. but we're told there were also fires underground as well. so let's head out live to oston. 7's victoria warren is on scene. vicki, how are things coming along right now? >> victoria: christa, it's a major improvement over yesterday morning. there's in smoke, there's in fire, there's in flooding, but a

clean-up that they're going to have to do. businesses today remain closed. yesterday thick black smoke was billowing into the air. man hole fires were burning underground and streets were flooded in china town after a massive water main break. carbon monoxide levels inside a few buildings hitting dangerous levels, so more than 100 people had to evacuate. it all started when a 20-inch pipe burst, spewing thousands of gallons of water. several businesses were shut down. traffic was snarled all day. eventually cre replaced the damaged pipe. the mayor says this may be a case of aging infrastructure. but the specific cause of what made this pipe burst, that's still under investigation. as you can see, live out here right now, they have lanes open. that's good news. but there are still some closures in the area, so this morning's commute in this area is likely to be a bit of a mess. live this morning in chinatown, victoria warren, 7news "today in

mosques across the nation hit by hate. letters filled with hateful language have been popping up across the country. now they're turning up nearby in rhode island. nancy chen joins us with more on this. nancy? >> nancy: chris, good morning. threatening letters warn muslims to leave the country or face genocide. someone seat a letter to the mosque in rhode island earlier this week. it calls policemen muslim children of satan and said are vile and philly. the same letter has popped up in mosques in ohio, michigan, indiana and georgia. nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: happening today, a west roxbury pipeline is set to open despite two years of protesting. on monday mayor walsh and other city officials sent letters to the company that owns the pipeline, accusing them of breaking their promise to share safety plans. the company does say the security plan is posted outside. >> kris: the police chief in dighton is off the job after an

investigators voted to suspend an on the roderick indefinitely. he used the department's clothing account to buy outfits for his girlfriend. >> christa: boston police searching for suspects after a group of people stole thousands of dollars worth of iphones from the apple store right there on boylston street. this happened at around 6:30 on tuesday night. investigators say four of the suspects took ten iphones from a off. so they believe this is similar to an apple store robbery that happened in natick back in october. seven people there were caught on camera. they took thousands of dollars worth of iphones from the display case. >> kris: the latest in the president-elect trump transition. today the president-elect will travel to indian for a big business announcement on the campaign trail, the president-elect promised to keep jobs from air conditioning company carrier in indiana. well, now the company has closed

jobs right here in the united states. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren meantime weighing in on the president-elect's choices for his cabinet. talking with anderson cooper, warren says the president-elect is going back on his campaign trail promises on who he would employ to fix washington. >> you know, i think what a lot of americans are sick of is a government that works for those at the top. i think that donald trump taps into that anger and now donald trump is d it. and he's putting wall street insiders into exactly the jobs where he criticized wall street insiders before. >> kris: another familiar face rumored to be in the running for a cabinet position, sarah palin. she's reportedly being considered for secretary of veterans affairs. >> christa: new details on tennessee wildfires. officials are still finding victims of the blaze. the bodies of three more people were located wednesday, bringing

the fires in the great smoky mountain area torched more than 700 homes and businesses. ? jolene jolene ? jolene jolene ? meantime, dolly parton and miley cyrus and the contestants of "the voice" sending their support to tennessee. parton's theme park dollywood was partially hit by those fires. she made an announcement on her web site that she would be donating money to families who are affected. >> kris: patriots' fans sure hoping will be healthy enough to suit up for the game on sunday, but also get to practice today. several offensive stars sitting out wednesday's practice. tom brady still dealing with that right knee injury. julian edelman didn't practice. he has a foot problem. rob gronkowski is recovering from a back injury. and the other tight end, martellus bennett, didn't participate because he's having ankle and shoulder issues. hopefully they will all mend and get back to be feel.

david ortiz. ortiz took home the edgar martinez outstanding d.h. of the year award. it's the eighth time disease has won. he's got a .319 average, 38 home runs in what was his final season. ? he had a entered face and a round little belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. >> christa: wait for it. 'tis the sean pops holiday performances. that was mayor walsh narrating 'twas the night before christmas as the pops opened up their 2016 holiday season at symphony hall last night. it's such a great show. better yet to hear as be accept. >> kris: that adds that little oomph to it. >> christa: a jolly old elf, wren. >> wren: there you go. we're looking at a really nice forecast. temperatures warming into the mid-50s for us today with chance for a couple morning

good morning. nature's fury. the death toll rises to seven in the devastating tennessee wildfires, as new tornadoes rip through the south overnight. now, more than 30 days. breaking overnight. a police officer shot called to a home in washington state. the suspect barricade inside a home for hours. victory lap. president-elect trump, kicking off his thank you tour, in indiana and ohio. as his top cabinet picks get called out for bailouts and wall street. and lit. >> three, two, one.