that's what i take ride in so it means a lot to me. >>> hightower missing just a game. he did finish the game unlike fellow linebacker jamie collins who left with a back injury. both players are listed as questionable going into sun's af afc championship gail. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7 news. >> anchor: so brady and the clash . >> anchor: of course the team is going to have to adjust to trey daerr continuing our coverage. >>> pretty sunny here getting close to 60 degrees today. going to be about mid 40's for the game. speaking of the game itself you almost really never hear any bulletin board type of material. that is not the case in depend very where earlier this week brandon marshall made remarks about rob grokowski pushing off on defenders in an attempt to clear the air. >>> i wasn't aware that all of the patriots fans were being my twitter s and calling me, you know, all kinds of explicit names . >> reporter: linebackers aren't none for back peddling but that's what brandon marshall is doing in regards to comments on rob grin could you ski . >>> i said what i

it's not where i want to be . hightower can change that. the broncos rushed 17 times for 136 yards in three touchdowns after hightower left the game with a knee injury. we have to go and execute it so i don't like to live off old games but there is a bad taste in our mouth that we want to go out and change that . >> anchor: they are going to have to because the pats know denver's best shot at beating them is on the ground. the chiefs came back from a 21-6 deficit to lose by a score because injuries cause snaps to hightower and jimmy collins. >>> there has been situations where jimmy what not been there or i haven't been there and when we finally stepped up, whoever we asked to step up we're going to count on them to step up and this year everybody has done a good job of that so hopefully jimmy will be out there but next man up then. >> anchor: so as you heard hightower just there next man up they can do that remains to be seen especially with players like hightower and collins limited by injuries but certainly with the offense round roundin

hugh anderson the managing director for hightower .. a financial service firm, says it's part of a trend.. hugh anderson/managing director for hightower the average stock was down over 20 percent last year so this process started many many months ago anderson says the market is concerned over a number of things including the slowdown in china... and while the american economy is doing okay- it's not great.. hugh anderson/managing director for week's decline usually the market is concerned about what it doesn't know. that could mean anything from a a country loans.. but at this stage in the market volatility cycle- anderson says do not panic.. that won't serve you.. the best thing you can probably do is do nothing. if in fact you have high quality people with 401ks

hightower's impact on the run . >>> that's the one thing i take pride in is being aggressive downhill run stopper and that's what i do. that's what i take pride in so it means a lot to me. >> reporter: so hightower just mitting a couple snaps in that chiefs game but certainly not having him there that was felt and also fellow linebacker jamie collins did not finish the game in the second half. he was taken out because of an injury. he did practice this week but there certainly is some concern live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7 news. >> anchor: thanks so much. the patriots getting a warm send sendoff from their fans today at gillette wishing the team good luck as they head off to denver. 7's byron barnett is live in foxboro with more on that send sendoff. byron . >>> absolutely definitely a very warm sendoff on an absolutely cold day but loyal pats fans were out here today cheering their team on to victory. . >>> we want to send them off and say we're still with you. fans are with you. do your job. woo! p new england patriots fans stood in the subfreezing temperature as their team left g

hugh anderson the managing director for hightower .. a financial service firm, says it's part of a trend.. hugh anderson/managing director for hightower the average stock was down over 20 percent last year so this process started many many months ago anderson says the market is concerned over a number of things including the slowdown in china... and while the american economy is doing okay- it's not great.. hugh anderson/managing director for hightower the nature of last week's decline usually the market is concerned about what it doesn't know. anything from a bank going bad to a country defaulting on its loans.. but at this stage in the market volatility cycle- anderson says do not panic.. that won't serve you.. the best thing you can probably do is do nothing. if in fact you have high quality investments. most people with 401ks their firms have done a lot of due diligence on investment options they have those are high quality investments. he says expect the first half of this year to be more volatile.. and when the dust settles that's

parents in that neighborhood say it's much needed.donte hightower 15:27 "we need more lights out here to protect the children from going to the park and stuff like that at night. in the summertime, it gets dark around 7:30/8, they need lights out here for the park for the kids. 41residents say it's been a quiet few months in bahama terrace-melissa hightower16:28 i am just happy that crime has changed. it's not as bad as what it was. 32 but after several shootings in their neighborhood within the past year- people say more police presence would make them feel safe.donte hightower 15:52 i would like to see more patrols because i got two kids and they like to come out here and play. 57kids like jamal fields who lives in hawaiian terrace and has seen the positive change.jamal fields: 10 years old12:34 it's safer and there is no more shootings going on and i just like the street lights. 39in the past several months- police have spent more than 200 hours in hawaiian terrace. chief issac guns and drugs. reporting live, ashley zilka, 9 on your side. police aren't giving up their search for a

parents in that neighborhood say it's much needed.donte hightower 15:27 "we need more lights out here to protect the children from going to the park and stuff like that at night. in the summertime, it gets dark around 7:30/8, they need lights out here for the park for the kids. 41residents say it's been a quiet few months in bahama terrace-melissa that crime has changed. it's not as bad as what it was. 32 but after several shootings in their neighborhood within the past year- people say more police presence would make them feel safe.donte hightower 15:52 i would like to see more patrols because i got two kids and they like to come out here and play. 57kids like jamal fields who lives in hawaiian terrace and has seen the positive change.jamal fields: 10 years old12:34 it's safer and there is no more shootings going on and i just like the street lights. 39 in the past several months- police have spent more than 200 hours in hawaiian terrace. chief issac says the have made significant arrests and have recovered guns and drugs. reporting live, ashley zilka, 9 on your side. tonight -- ten

including donte hightower who was hurt. the flood gates opened for the broncos running attack. they finished with 179 yards on the ground. that at the time was the season right. running the football, we know that's the key. give me a reason to believe the bboncos' offensive line can shouldee it tomorrow. wrinkles in the game plan. it wouldn't surprise me if they come back, show belichick they trust peyton. see if they can allow it to adjust. they mentioned 170 yards last when hightower was in, 16 carries, 46 yards, when he went % out, they were averaging almost 7.5, 8 yards a carry. >> yeah. >> they need to establish they can run with hometown. i think they will. the x factor for me remains vernon davis. i know he's been in witness relocation the last couple of weeks, but one day -- like vinny fowler last week. bill well check will take away the run initially. there has to be someone else emerge. >> a great defense and a great running game, are those two thing what is the broncos need to win this game. they have to do it consistently. it will not only help -- it will help the p

hugh anderson the managing director for hightower .. a financial service firm, says it's part of a trend.. anderson/managing director for hightower the average stock was down over 20 percent last year so months ago anderson says the market is concerned over a including the china... and while the american economy is doing great.. hugh anderson/managing hightower usually the market is concerned about what it doesn't know. anything from a bank going bad to a country defaulting on its loans.. but at this stage in the market volatility cycle- anderson says do not panic.. that won't serve you.. can probably do is do nothing. if in fact you have high quality investments. most people with 401ks done a lot of due diligence on investment options they have those are high quality investments. he says expect the first half of this year to be more volatile.. and when the dust settles that's when you'll want to make adjustments.. then it's time to look at the whether it's their 401k or whatever and make any necessary adjustments that put them bin posi

. >> reporter: no bonding for julian edelman, hightower and chandler jones, already ruled out as the pats play it safe before the post season. >> you take a huge hit and look tough and then be out for four games, not help your team win. >> reporter: with the top spot within reach, a w is the only thing on tom brady's mind. >> i think it's better to win in game than to lose this game. because you obviously love to always play at home. we could just empty the tank one last time and try to get a win at a place that we always have a tough time winning, i think we're in a good position. then we'll see what happens the next week. >> reporter: if the patriots were to fall to miami tomorrow, advantage throughout the playoffs if the broncos were to lose to the chargers. live in downtown ft. lauderdale. >> anchor: up next, an unwelcome guest shows up at a berne yib sanders rally. >> anchor: but his supporters have his back. so after this heckler showed up, the candidate fires back. but which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hurricanes? which governor made his sta

went out with an injury they blew it open hightower will be playing and this was either going to have to figure out how to get past it if denver wants to win against cj anderson run a home and have to break out and get the pressure off peyton manning with his and there were running the ball it takes pressure off any quarterback tom and him running the ball will definitely take pressure off them we just try to control a week and control we have to run the ball for us to stay balanced for us to be successful this week everybody knows that we just have to do it when you're facing the patriots you can use patriot you can use all the help you can get{ok{{{{{?n_7_ cheap to live as a former pat is a former pat p manning in the broncos quarterback share stories give be a fly on the wall during that conversation. love that i loves that i enjoy talking to him about coverages and route combinations and his understanding kind of some things that he sees that have helped me as a quarterback and you combine that with just a being a funny guy with a great passion for life in football i really enjoy

good enough to be probable but you have jules edelman his foot jones in his abdomen until and dante hightower was been nursing a bum knee but everyone on this list will play in my belief picnics only pages placed in listed out but chief since october 25th.>> also breaking it was a nightmare day on wall street. the tao took a dive plummeting 390 points losing two percent of its value today's performance capped the worst two week start to a new year ever. check this out. earlier in the day tao actually down staggering 532 points rallied from there making some of its losses. the numbers may look bad and you probably thinking it's just crushing your 401(k) but not so fast. with six bucks 25 getting new insight from financial experts who claim the average family actually seeing a few benefits from the markets tough start. >> that's right the biggest benefit using it right behind me here reflected in the pricing are paying at the pump interestingly though that benefit is what caused one of the biggest reasons that the market went into a tizzy today. for the first time in more than 12 years we saw t

. >> for others like dante hightower he's always been a part of the winning team. >> i was talking to steven jackson the other day. he's been a great player. he's always been on the short end of the stick. kind of a slap in the face. we're all blessed to be here. we do things differently around here. that's why we are here. >> we also learn today that danny amandola will be fined. nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." >> stay with 7news. joe amorosino and tray dare will live reports from denver. >>> breaking overnight valley driver losing control of u.s. sufficient taking a plunge in an indoor pool. vuk victoria warren is on the scene in cambridge. quite a bit of damage there. yeah. a lot of damage to this building which is a luxury high riise condominium complex. it was a wild scene. this was an suv, a yeap driven by a valet. the valet driver was backing up then put the car lost control crashed through the building and ended up in the indoor swimming pool. luckily that valet driver was able to get himself out of the car on his own. he had minor injury. spoke with some reside

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appears to be on track to play this weekend, also donte hightower who did not play on the practice field for a second straight day. trey daerr, 7 news. >>> coming up more from brady and a look across city including an update on one of the chief's biggest weapons on offense. joe amorosino, 7 news. >>> i think most of us know it's a tradition here in boston for players to grow beards as their team makes it to the playoffs and the pats look like they are at it again. byron barnett is at gillette now with more on that. >>reporter: well, everyone knows how superstitious pro athletes are so when you're in the playoffs you need every edge you can possibly get, even if that luck. rob ninkovich ready for the playoffs. on. >> last weekend in july. >>reporter: more than five months, that's how long it's been since the patriots star defensive end shaved off his beard but ninkovich says it's not a playoff beard. >> seasonal beard, full season. >>reporter: julian edelman just back from an injury has also ditched his razor. less enthused about his teammate's facial hair effort. >> it's not a full effor

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hightower reminding thrust is reason why the chiefs are the hottest team in the nfl. alex corddry, 7 news. updates download our apps. >> jadiann: show me the money, three power ball ticket holding hitting the jackpot. the jackpot will be split by winners in california. tennessee and florida. crowds flooded the store after learning the store sold one of the winning tickets. it's still the big of the jackpot in power ball history. jay gray has the latest from florida. >> reporter: an impromptu pep rally. just minutes after last night's drawing and word that a being with ticket was sold at this 7/11 in california. overnight officials confirmed two more winning tickets in mum foxx tennessee and melbourne beach, florida. >> this is historic. >> reporter: almost $1.6 billion split at least three ways. there are rumors -- >> it's probably one of their friends they know at the store that probably is a winner. point no one claimed the record prize. we don't know if the ticket are in the hands of individuals or office pools. each is worth more than $528 million before taxes. >>

several players with been roweled out including hightower back on the field after missing last week's game because he knows how important this one is. >> it's just as important to win the game period. it's going to help us to you know get homefield advantage but if we lose we have to keep winning so we have to get to this game first and see how it goes from there and get back healthy and take the week off to get our bodies back and good shape and you know, make your body feel good and go from there. >> reporter: all right. for a preview of the pay rots dolphins matchup -- patriots dolphins matchup check us out in a few minutes at the top of the hour 7:00 right here on wbz and sunday, patriots game day at 11:30. kick off at 1. and after the game flip tosserto my tc38 for the patriots 5th quarter show the only place to see and here bill belichick and tom bready post game. if you want to see the playoff game in perch the divisional round in a couple weeks tickets go on sale monday at 10 a.m. can't get them here at gillette stadium. so everything was perfect even the weather strikingly ni

. >> the first patriot who contacted me his name is brandon dedrick and then hightower. reporter: even though he is a dolphins fan he supports his friends who play for new england. this weekend's art work looks like a sure thing. top. keeping long pants on until he returns home to neutral ground in l.a., but always has love for new england in his heart and his left leg. >> they are champs. we have four rings. we are the best regardless if we win or lose. heather:didn't get that fifth ring sadly, not yet anyway. it didn't happen on the 50th. he has a great attitude. ed: and he has a lot of tattoo, harvey. i don't think there is an inch without a tattoo. harvey: i love what heather said about the fifth, not yet. i like that thinking. i don't know what they are thinking in the nation's capitol except do something about all this snow. look at this. that's where not only the nation's capitol is located, but the nation's snow capitol for the time being. that's the maximum amount. dulles had 29.3 inches, the second biggest storm. baltimore over 29. philadelphia number six on an

doug: the good news-- julian edleman, dont'a hightower, sebastian vollmer, and chandler jones are all possibilities for the playoffs. beefing up the ranks for the injury-plagued pats. by the way, denver earned home field advantage in the afc playoffs after beating san diego. live outside gillette stadium in foxborough. doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. getting new information about chairlift. the eye's erika tarantal is here with the serious scare for a new hampshire family. erika: it certainly was, emily. the dad said watching his son fall 20 feet was one of the scariest moments of his life. the father couldn't hold on. he says the chair lift started the bar down. he said there was no one watching the lift to shut it down so he had to ride all the way to the top to alert ski patrol about the accident. >> i don't want any parent to have to make the choice about this situation that i had and to watch your child fall and not know if he's going to be okay. i mean, that's the thing that erika: the boy is expected to be okay. he was treated for a concussion. a spokesperson for ragged mounta

among the names collins and gronkowski and hightower jones and and the captain slater and, of course, edelman is on the list with broken foot. he would be playing his second game since mid-november but number 11 says he ramped it up at practice and preparation for another trip to the super bowl. >> i just going out and catching extra balls. you know. iscome down to fundmentals and getting opened and catching the ball and that's my job. >> as for the broncos they had practice in englewood colorado awaiting the defending champs and condition ver is on the same mission as the pats -- anddenver is on the same mission as the pats. there's an obstacle in the way to the championship game. >> they are always in my way. they are always in my way to get what i want so it's naturally going to create hate i got a ton of respect for the organization. they got great players and tom brady is a great player and bill bell check is a great -- belichick is a great coach. >> you hate them. >> yeah. >> that's the story here. we are waiting for patriots to get here. david let's go back to you. >> you beat

doug: the good news-- julian edleman, dont'a hightower, sebastian vollmer, and chandler jones are all possibilities for the playoffs. beefing up the ranks for the injury-plagued pats. field advantage in the afc playoffs after beating san diego. live outside gillette stadium here in foxborough, doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: this morning we're getting new information about the young boy who plunged from a chairlift. the eye's erika tarantal is here with the serious scare for a new hampshire family. erika: it certainly was, emily. the dad of the nashua boy says watching his son fall more than moments of his life. doug prangley says he just couldn't hold on as the 11-year-old slipped from the saturday. he says the high-speed chair started to move before they could get the bar down. prangley also says there was no one watching the lift to shut it down so he had to ride up to the top to alert ski patrol about the accident. >> i don't want any parent to have to make the choice about this situation that i had and to watch your child fall and not know if he's going to be okay. i mean

other players to note on the injury report include jewian el elman, jones, vollmer, amendola, hightower and ninkovich all listed as questionable just like gronk. aexcord rehas more on an event eventful week here in foxboro. >> reporter: it's been an interesting weeks in foxboro to say the least from off field distractions . >>> i made a stupid mistake and hopefully can just blow by . >> anchor: to conflicting reports surrounding their all pro tight end . >>> whether he is resting tore getting to practice, gronk is ready to been on saturday? >>> you have to ask gronk . >> reporter: patriots have had to answer their fair share of non-football related questions testy heading into saturday's playoff opener against the chiefs . >>> i could just xerox me the game plan and send it over to kansas city. it might be ease injure for all of us . >>> with kansas city coming into foxboro riding an 11 game whiching streak the patriots say it hasn't been hard keeping their focus on the task at hand . >>> obviously they are doing a lot of things you don't win 11 games in a row by accident and they are n

danny amendola, demond, gronkowski, hightower, chandler jones, rob ninkovich and volmer. all are expected to play. as for the red sox, they avoided arbitration with joe kelly today by signing him to a one-year deal. season for kelly with the red sox. he did have a seven-game winning streak in the middle of the year and he finished the 2015 campaign with a 4.82 e.r.a. u.f.c. fight night returning to the t.d. garden on sunday night. ultimate fighting, growing in popularity. and u.f.c. president dana white says that the new england area is a big reason and a big part of that growth. we have local fighters and local fans, all contributing to the growth of u.f.c. i had a chance to speak with dana white at our studios earlier today. >> first of all, you know, a lot of people have probably seen u.f.c. on t.v. it's great on t.v. but i'm telling you, it is the most exciting live sporting event you'll ever see. seeing it live is a completely different show. so that -- >> as someone who hasn't seen one live, what happens there besides the fighting? is there a lot of music and, you k

adelman,, freeney, hightower, chandler jones all out in tomorrow's regular season finally in miami. the injuries are indeed mounting that he feels like the group is special. >> i think it is very important that as teammates that we are interested in one another as men and i think that is something we have always done a good job around here, it is bigger then being coworkers. i think we see ourselves as family. >> don't forget start your sunday patriots game day 11:30 kickoff at 1:00 postgame show on my tv 38 mcstay bertin sat down for an interview that will run on game day and steve caught up on the practice field on a chilly wednesday. >> just came right from practice i don't think i can feel my fingers and what is called out there tom loves to throw the ball as hard as he can to see us suffer. i'm not lying he does it on drop it. >> something they don't like about the quarterback. by the way he tells sports illustrated that his brother glenn will forgo his season at kansas state and enter the nfl draft how cruel of pretty freezing cold and throw as hard as you can. >> making them

edelman, hightower, volmer, and in amendola questionable and expected to play. it is worrisome to have so many guys dinged up as the patriots repaired to play the team that rolled over them a year ago and has won 11 straight into this game. the patriots stumbling and limping into the playoffs and knowing the need to play the best game in months. >> they have played really well of late. we didn' t play very well. we can hopefully flip the >> it is the opportunity we have. it will take a great effort. they have a lot of good players. great front, great group of linebackers. bob: patriots fans have been hearing a lot about jeremy maclin. he is the best offensive threat. he didn' t practice at all this week with a knee injury and also s game. it is the playoffs after all. 6:00. bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. phil: thank you. it is 38 degrees right now. j.c.: that is better than yesterday. harvey: better than what we will probably see. j.c.: we know you are watching a storm up the coast. what does that mean? harvey: a variety of things depending on location. it w

no julian edelman, dont' a -- dante hightower, sebastien vollmer, or even chandler jones for the patriots on sunday none -- sunday. none of them made the trip to florida. they' ll be home with justin coleman and jonathan freeny the patriots don' t have to win to get the number one seed. college football and we start with the grand-daddy of them all the rose bowl stanford and iowa , and it was quite the day for christian mccaffrey. first play from scrimmage and he' s gone 75-yards for a touchdown. he' d finish with a rose bowl record 368 all-purpose yards 66 s good. stanford is much better than iowa. more like a siesta ball for the irish. fourth touchdown of the game. ohio state wins 44-28. not much of a citrus bowl for the gators. michigan runs all over them and throws over them as well jake rudock finds a wide open jehu chesson for a 31-yard touchdown and michigan beats florida, 41-7. a lot of points being scored by one of the two teams in all of those games. jc: i hate to focus on the negative, but the one thing i see there is a 10, and not a perfect 10. >> outside boston it could be ev

wall street week is sponsored in part by hightower, an unobstructed view.hony: one of the things you have to worry about is the different -- the difference between bonds and bond funds. john: you want to look at several -- similar periods of rising rates. if you want to ensure yourself that you are not going to have to exit at a point where it is dangerous for you potentially, that is really where a portfolio of individual securities probably makes more sense. you get permanent and definition. with a bond, you can hold it to maturity. to fundis what you need your lifestyle, that is probably the better way. anthony: this is something that i think a lot of people will worry about. youou buy a bond at 100 and earn an interest rate of acts over a period of time, when the bond matures, let say in five years, you make the interest and the $500 back. maturity,l it before it depends on where interest rates are in terms of the price you ask again for the bond. that bondave gone up, will trade at a lower level. since rates have gone down, bonds or training of previou

the summer.the film festival in september.it was the first acting role for 10- year- old royalty hightower. 3 01:10 i'm very proud because it's funny how i'm the one that got picked. i thought i was going to be an extra. i didn't know i was going to be toni the leading role. i felt like i had a chance to be her, i just didn't know it was going to happen 01:28the film's director chose the q- kidz over hundreds of other dance and drill teams. filmmakers shot the movie at the lincoln center in the west end. 3 boycotting the oscars.we'll tell you why two stars are skipping the academy awards this year... and filling the roster.we'll tell you about three new bengals coaches. 3 jen dalton looking at in the cut-in-the-hill 3 bengals head coach marvin lewis is hard at work filling vacancies on his staff.one of the new hires is a familiar face for bengals nation. kevin coyle is now the defensive backs coach. coyle was a member of the bengals staff for 11 years before leaving in 2012 to become the miami dolphins defensive coordinator. his dolphins defense was top 10 in fewest points allowed for 2 se

but after a tough defeat in linebacker hightower and pats have the little revenge on their minds. >> this is a different team with a different mind set so, you know we got a good game plan and we have to execute it. so, i don't like to live off old games but, there is a bad taste in our mouth and we want >> reporter: joining me is dan roche who has been here all week and this is brofngos group they are a cft dent bunch. >> you can tell they are chomping at the bit to get this to the ball game going come here on sunday. both teams are. broncos had the final practice of the week here on friday under beautiful weather conditions. head coach kubiak said all he ask players to do is work to get ready to play and they have done that. and as for the players, defensive end wolf is seemingly howling at the patriots after practice. >> i hate everything about them they are always in my way. they are always in my way to get what i want so it's naturally going to create a hate i got a ton of respect for the organization they have great players and tom brady is is a great player and bill belichick

players at 4 different positions julian eddleman should be back, same goes for chandler jones, dante hightower, and tom brady's left tackle sebastian bomber, the guys in the locker room are excited for a healthy line-up. >> it is always great to get guys back. we just got to go out there to practice, work together as an offense and every one get on the same page. >> it is not that easy to just say get healthy and we and we will pick up where we left out but it is a start. we have some guys that are leaders that have been around here and that is always a institute and it is good to see guys back, like i always say we are a close group here and we all get excited when we see guys back and they are able to do what they do. >> so the pots will know their play off opponent tomorrow and we will break it down, they will all coming up tomorrow night at 11:25. >>> the dolphins have their man, hiring adam gaze as their new head coach, the former bears and brog broncos offensive coordinator is just 37, bicing the youngest head coach in the nfl, reportedly he was going to meet with them but it was cancell

doug: here's some good news for you this morning. hightower, sebastian vollmer, and chandler jones are all possibilities for the playoffs. beefing up the ranks for the injury-plagued pats. by the way, denver earned home -- the first seed by beating san diego yesterday. we're live outside foxborough stadium this morning. doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: the new carrier for the "boston globe" says it could take four to six months for home readers are angry after the paper shifted to a new delivery many subscribers haven't gotten a paper in over a week. "the globe" emailed customers, listing more than 100 zip codes with delays this sunday. a half-dozen zip codes were in boston even after globe managers on the deliveries themselves. even neighbors have a story to tell. a.c.i. media took over staff of 600 carriers who need to learn new routes and new addresses. randy: it's 4:39. a critical meeting on gun emily: the plans for president shootings. plus-- father: it was my fault. i let go. emily: a father opens up about a terrifying incident. the fall at a ski resort now under investiga

third quarter, chandler jones strips the ball from nile davis, recovered by dante hightower. jones came out of the game with a right knee issue. the pats were in business and turned it into another touchdown. brady, 16 years to gronkowski again. up 21-6. gronk, seven catches. the chiefs finally get a touchdown in the third quarter, smith to wilson, cut the lead to 21-13. they added a field goal of 40 and 32 yards and were up by 14 points. the chiefs score late, but patriots magic to steal it. year in a row, the patriots advance to the afc championship game, 27-20, the final tonight. >> it was a great win. took everything we got. a lot of guys played hard, a lot of guys have been fighting through some stuff. pretty special to get back to a championship game. >> we definitely want to establish the run, no matter what the plan is going in. we definitely kept the ball in tom's hands, let him dish it around a little bit. >> super chemistry. you can't go out there and all of a sudden, bam, you have the play down. i have been with tom for a while. we try to work on new things all th

injury report include julian edelman, chandler jones, sebastian vollmer, danny amendola, dont'a hightower and rob ninkovich all listed as questionable. we know this isn't a team that will talk about injuries, so what about outside noise, because they've had plenty this week? but the guys sound ready. >> i think the team is energetic and ready to play. full season. there's no tomorrow. we have older guys who have been in this situation who understand the importance and urgency. i think that's what's great the older guys led off. >> this is what we want to do. this is it. so we just are trying to put everything we got in the tank and trying to empty it out. >> alex: despite missing practice all week, jeremy maclin has a 50/50 chance of playing tomorrow. the chiefs' top threat initially suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury in last saturday's wild card win over texas but escaped with only a mild high ankle sprain. the bruins losing their five-game road trip on a high note. a much-needed victory in buffalo snapping their three-game skid. a big third period paved the way. down 1-0

dont'a hightower, chandler jones and sebastian vollmer among the other patriots' players listed as out for sunday. >> there's only one team that gets the number-one seed. it's great if you're that team because it means you've done things better than anybody else over the course of the season hopefully we can finish strong. >> alex: and the celtics are back at the garden tomorrow hosting the nets at 3:00. i'm alex corddry. that's 7sports. >> elizabeth: alex, thank you very much. >> find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps like this one that lets you choose a time for us to call you. so instead of waiting on hold, we'll call you when things are just as wonderful... [phone ringing] but a little less crazy. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around

smith today vis for nine yards, but davis coughs up the football, recovered by new england's dante hightower. the patriots took advantage. this is what resulted. it's brady to grung combrung again. 2 # 1-6 new england. new eng lapd holds on 27-20. the patriots will play in the afc title game for the fifth-straight year. brady's analysis, pretty simple. >> it was a great win. you know, took everything we got so a lot of guys played hard. a lot of guys have been fighting through some stuff so pretty special to get back to, you know, another afc championship game. >>> the search for respectability continues for the usf basketball program. rex walters & company at home this afternoon against pepperdine. highlights hard to come by in this one. they miss, but reynolds pulls down the offensive rebound and makes a nice pass. boyce led usf 25. but this game was all waves wire to wire. cal fans remember murray. plays for pepperdine. gets three of his 27 points. the waves roll 98-84. usf is 99 overall. 3 and 5 in the wcc. >>> the packers and cardinals playing in today's other nfl playoff game. the warr

taylor jones, he forces a fumble and dante hightower recovers it. it's good to see taylor making a playing this game, and that would lead to this beauty. the pump and go. that is pretty. ready to grunt again, 21 to 6 with the patriots running away with the same. brock had two touchdowns, one today, but that she's had one 11 straight games for a reason. alex smith find alan wilson, 21 to 13. smith had a very good game, and after a couple of gronkowski field goals, there is a long feel go down. this would've been a huge third-down pickup, but the 15 with 115 remaining in the gagame, but casey's onside kick was no good. the patriots would recover that and run the clock out with an important brady to edelman completion. that connection was good. the patriots win again, your final 27 to 20. the patriots which their fifth straight afc championship game. really, wow. now, the patriots win in advance with no surprise with little to no casualties. tom is live and has more on a very impressive takers when. tom? >> reporter: you know, brian, it is amazing how

angela: a local family has been -- eileen hightower was sentenced to three years for stealing the identities of two dozen people, and using pirated credit cards to buy more than $260,000 of theme park tickets. her children and niece were they will also have to pay more than 100 that -- $107,000. jim: their daughter vanished exactly three years ago. they say the public so has the keys to finding jennifer kesse. the police say they still get tips often. they say they work this case at least once a week if not more. she did not show up to work late in january of 2006. her car was found a mile away from where she vanished, but there is never been any sign of her. her parents want and need information that will bring their daughter home. >> we cannot quit. jennifer. anywhere. >> we can go anywhere. where people are found alive years later, but they have prepare themselves for the worst possible outcome. angela: today, orange county residents have a chance to get behind the wheel. this is for people who may have gotten a red light camera ticket to get their license reagan dated. people who are eit

as for the new england tight end, did take part of the walk through on a limited basis, and dante hightower, which says last year's run to the super bowl can only help. >> experience definitely helps, different year and a different team, it is going to come down to, we have a pretty good week of practice and definitely on the guys and all that other stuff, it is just going to have to come to executional saturday. >>> chandler jones is listed as questionable and we don't know if bill belichick will punish the defensive end. but what caused jones to show station. and until game time today. >>> meanwhile one local man celebrating a win he got a free ticket to today's game. in order to get it he had to pass the so-called boyfriend test. best pitch to a woman holding a ticket. jim armstrong was there when she picked the winner. >> reporter: i have a feeling i was just part of having very special. francesca loves her job, until recently she loved her boyfriend too. >> i didn't post the ad, my friends did. >> tology shy to talk on camera were plenty brave enough to post this ad announcing the newl

crew members traveled, and it was a royalty hightower. >> i'm very proud of his life. it's funny how i'm the one that got picked. i never -- i don't think, like a -- or extra, i didn't know i was going to be tony, the leading role, but i thought, i had a chance to be here, i just didn't know it was going to happen. >> the film maker shot the movie at lincoln center at west end, and something about it, something about being an extra, next thing you know royalty. >> she has a lot of pizzazz, ki see why the film makers would have been attracted to her. >> me, too. >>> it's 6:07, and growing up with a good book. >>> a christmas, how >>> if you're ipet lover, check on the the doggest, for a photographic encounters with the he has a way of capturing a pup's spirit. need some fiction, rules of civility, the story of best girls friends whoofs whose lives are changed forever. you can see the whole lisa long with all that is new and happening in town in cincinnati.com. >>> another cold morning we're back in single digits, warming up 10 degrees warmer than we are right now. 17-18

the hightower didn't finish that game and it will be key to stopping the run game this round. >> frustrating, but this is a different game, it's a different team with a different mind-set. you know, we got a good game plan. >> reporter: unlike in week 12, this play, top receiver returning to the field, and he also had a few key dropsing something he worked during the week. >> going and catching extra balls, playing it simple. the game comes down to fundamentals and getting open and catching the ball. that is my job. >> the broncos have the job of making sure that the edleman and the rest of the broncos don't do their job. >> they have a lot of quick receivers and a big tight end then half time brady. i think that speaks for itself. it's a very tough task but i think we ready for it. that bronco defense, is going to be in for a totally different a look than they saw in week 12 and a contest that ron grone kowsy gronkowski didn't even finish. >>> broncos have been having fun at the pats. we are wanting to see if you know what is the key to getting this win at the mile high city. >> in a game a

other players on the injury report, edle man, and duante hightower, all listed as questionable. bruins and buffalo, one minute into the second, brian sooner, and matt, knocks it in the rebound, we're tied up, at 1-1. valesky wins the face-off to schooner, who scores the go head goal. some chief stands with the celtics game against the suns, here is isaiah thomas the end of the first quart. here we go cutting to the two of the 19. the offensive hero, he rattles off 13 straight point. 21, and the celtics roll 1 117-103. stay tuned to 7 news for all of the day. >>> have a great day. >>> next up on today in new england. >>> a big, big debut on d.c. >> the signature >>> today is the i day that the public gets to see the new baby panda in washington d.c. i i. >> i have to make sure that i don't say ha, too much on tv. >> he has a sister. >> this is bay bay right here. >> they are cut through the yard. he to stay with the rest of group. people have been keeping a close watch on little panda. his panda cam has about 45 million views. >> 3 million from nancy chen alone. >> i can't help i

the hightower, chander jones, on sunday. hosting the nets at 3:00, that day. >>> topping the buzz today in new england, lamar oden has been in the hospital since overdosing back in october. now we're getting a first look at the former nba star as he >>> justin bieber is topping the buzz, he is rumoring with with baldwin. they jetted off to the caribbean earlier this week and she posted this flirtatious new year's eve picture with bieber. >>> lamar oden after he was hospitalized after an overdose. his son posted this picture on instagram earlier this week celebrating christmas with his pops. will march oden continues to recover in a hospital in los angeles. >>> and super model rafaely haves a new plus one. she is having a baby. this will be the model's fist child with her husband. >>> let get one last check of the weekend forecast with chris. >>> good morning, jen, clouds sunshine today. passing flurries, otherwise a quiet day. temperatures running into the 30s, a couple of degrees in monday and tuesday, monday afternoon into

rob gronkowski and hightower left the game early with injuries. peyton manning was not in that game for the broncos could he will be tonight. >> it is just part of the game. they are not doing anything illegal. it is just part of the game. just got to be aware of it. maybe step up my game a little bit. bob: once again to be clear, the broncos did acknowledge again this week the best way to bring gronkowski down is do hit him low at the knees. that is tough talk coming from the denver broncos. we will see if they can back it up later today. bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. antoinette: the blizzard of 2016 is causing problems along the coast. the epic traffic jams in pennsylvania. the college basketball team that got stuck in it and how long it took them to finally get home. the person who lives here... has to solve problems as big as the world... and as small as your kitchen table. that's the job. everyday. and now, the first lady who helped get healthcare for eight million kids... the senator who helped a city rise again... the secretary of stat

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