another 30 minutes of 7 news ahead, i'm ryan schulteis. >> jadiann: i'm jadiann thompson, 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> reporter: lots of sunshine but bitterly cold, i'll let you know how long it lasts. >> reporter: the bitter blast creating big problems for the morning commute. the president side steps congress to issue executive orders on gun control. the long road to recovery for two kids hurt. you will see in on just one station and on thin ice, firefighters take a polar plunge to make a risky rescue. >> kim: first at 6:00 a wintry grip taking holds on new hampshire. bands of snow covering the south shore for most of the commute. >> ryan: wind chills take a dangerous dip. feeling the cold crunch as the bitter blast urbers in the coldest temperatures of the season case. how long does it last? can we expect warmer weather ahead? jeremy reiner stopping by with our forecast. >> reporter: one more cold night. these are the lows this morning, boston we finished around 8:00. jaffrey had a low of 1. the south shore down to the lower teens right now. teens and 20s, the city at 24. worceste

let geico help you >> jadiann: okay this. is a new england girl introducing us to her pet and this is a duck. but snow flake is far from your average pet. the girl serving the role of momma duck. >> ryan: she has had snow flake since he was a duckler, kim khazei has the story. >> reporter: in kiley's room of toys you will find toys. >> snow flake then you put it in -- >> reporter: to her real life pet who can't always come inside to play. >> how does snow flake get his name? >> when he was, like, 0 >> we've had dogs mostly. she had a couple of gerbils. that has been about it. >> reporter: ashley brown has never seen an animal love somebody back. >> a feather was in my boot like snow flake loves kiley. >> it was on a whim that we brought him home and i thought it's a farm animal that lives outside. you feed it. maybe you get eggs from it. i don't know. and i was not expecting this at all. >> reporter: snow flake the duck follows kiley every where. it started on day one. >> he keeps going. >> this little yellow fur ball is sque

. >> jadiann: thank you. news. a bit of a roller coaster ride for the stock market. >> ryan: jonathan hall is live with breaking details. wall street. the first four days of 2016 have been the worst first four days of any year on the dow ever on record. today's drops come after big news from china overnight and concerns about low oil prices. the dow felt more than 400 the final bell, it was down 390.93, 16,515 exhibit .58. the nas tack fell at 4689. financial markets in china suspended trading forked second time this week after big losses right out of the gates. stocks plunging 7% in the first 30 minutes of trading there. `analysts say concerns over china's economy and currency are behind the plunge. low oil prices good for the consumer the -- at the purpose but can cause big concerns in the markets. because of the negative economic impact on countries that the oil comes from. jonathan hall, 7 news. >> ryan: a lot of sun out there. temperatures cool but seasonal. it could be a wet weekend. >> jadiann: a record warm

see you at 5:00. >> jadiann: thank you. time for fast track traffic traffic with joe stapleton. >> reporter: getting a look at route 93 northbound. this is starting to losen. we had a bump of earlier troubles just after this spot up roy route 60 in medford square. down around mass avenue, very hot down to mass avenue. stays heavy out to savin hill. that was the earlier crash. this should start to improve a little bit. still averaging close to a half hour ride down to the brain tree end. making your way along route 128 northbound and southbound allot of green out there. pike westbound a little tight going out to route 128 in the waltham area. route 1 northbound and southbound, in fine shape heading to the lynn fells parkway. joe stapleton, 7 news. >> ryan: in today's health cast the helmet in the game of football. the startup company is attempting to make how the game is played safer. >> jadiann: the company has unfailed a new device. >> it's a tough conversation many times. >> reporter: as the pediatric neurosurgeon the doc

you want to help people. >> jadiann: he did. he graduates from the police academy in three weeks. >> ryan: a sign of hope during the water woes in flint, michigan. tens of millions headed to the area to fix the crisis but local leaders fear the difference. thereto is relief for the people of flint, michigan. the statehouse approved $28 million in emergency funding but the mayor says it's not enough. >> there have been estimates but that is only about infrastructure, that is why we can't say what we need because how do you put a coast on what happened to what we've done to people. >> reporter: the mayor says the cost to undo the damage could reach $1.5 billion. [applause] the city's water problem began in 2014 when the state temporarily switched city's water source to flint river to save money. people quickly complained and tasted not right. experts found the water to of lead. >> this is something nobody should have to deal with. everybody should have clean water. it's just a travesty. >> reporter: lead poisoning with severely ef

forecast coming up next. >> jadiann: at 5:00 a traffic meltdown. the mid atlantic preparing for a monster storm but they're already down for the count after just one inch of snow. >> ryan: patriots one game away from super bowl status. how tom brady is getting ready for the much-an patrioted matchup. >> while temperatures outside are plummeting your heating bills are sky rocketing. dear fellow citizen, i know how it feels to save for retirement and college - times two. i get that it can be overwhelming, because i' m living it. but i always tell people - saving' s not that complicated. you just have to work with what you have. sincerely, alex payne. fellow dad and fellow citizen. congress doesn't regulate wall street... wall street regulates congress. it's a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top 1%. and it's held in place by a corrupt political system where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is funded by over two and a half million small contributions. people who know you can't level the playing field by tak

a gym membership. >> jadiann: there are alternatives. >> everybody has their own method. >> jadiann: jack likes to work out a lot. >> i tend to, spend 45 minute a day, 15 on a stair claimer and 15 on the tread mill. >> jadiann: in addition to being fit he is also smart. >> i think i do good for my age but it's still my age. he works out here. >> hospital is one of the best places that you can come to get in shape. one thing they say about a hospital it's not going to be supercrowded. you are going to pay a lot less for your mep. there is no long-term contracts or initiation fees. we also have help support staff on site should anything go wrong. >> jadiann: $30 a month the, classes are $13.5. your city's rec center is this one is $18 with no long-term contract. classes vary and costs extra. >> no guarantee that they will take a first round draft choice. >> jadiann: but it's not just about cost. gyms can offer a more relaxed atmosphere. >> you don't have to dress up and get in shape to come in and work out at our facility. >> you are not worried about how you dress or you know, you jus

by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago everyday. >> jadiann: the commander in chief making an emotional appeal to the american public all while announcing a series of executive actions on gun control. including restricting sales by unlicensed sellers, also known as the gun show reporter steve handelsman has the story. >> reporter: thank you. >> reporter: president obama ordering the changes was cheered by gun control activists. >> because people are dying. >> reporter: he got emotional wiping away tears citing the mass shootings at columbine, virginia tech and sandy hook. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> reporter: he is hiring more background and banning anyone on the no-fly list from buying guns. many gun shows now no background check something required for private sales. same on the internet in many states. from now on the obama order says doing the business of sell guns you must do background checks. support from hillary clinton. >> i called for some those measures, couple of months ago. >> reporter: support from the mother of reporter allison pa

[laughter.] >> jadiann: all in good fun. there morgan talked about civil other cultural changes that happened while he was in the comma after the 2014 car crash including david letterman's retirement and the new "star wars" movie. >> ryan: pete rose is a hauler. he will be inducted in the cincinnati reds hall of fame. rose will not be indunted intoed major league baseball hall of fame. he was banned for baseball for 1989 for betting on the sport. >> jadiann: thank you for watching. i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> announcer: at 6:00 breaking news, commuter chaos. a double shooting at an mbta station. police on the hunt for a gunman. >> reporter: nasty wind fates and we focus our attention on a potential storm for this weekend. >> announcer: more than a dozen schools across the state shut down. the f.b.i. on the case. and they should be used to it by now. the pats gearing up for their 5th straight a.f.c.title game. with revenge on their minds. 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> kim:

call the police. >> jadiann: passengers turn and walk aid way. -- walked away. >> you got a gun. >> jadiann: henderson does have a history. burglary. police say he punch and kicked his child's mother. the driver didn't let up and this happened. >> he got a knife! >> jadiann: still no one called police. it started over a couple of dollars of bus fare. the driver felt he had to help himself with a call. finally -- a ride to jail. the bus driver involved is recovering and is expected to be okay. >> ryan: here fans fired up and can't get enough. the piano man getting ready to ship up to boston. >> reporter: we're talking about clouds moving in tonight and tomorrow. weekend forecast up next. >> jadiann: then at 4:30, wrentham police catch a suspected thief and they hardly had to do any work. why vanity may have led to the capture. >> ryan: dangerous pileup causing serious problems for you got people working median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. what this campaign is about an economy that works for all of us rather tha

police say a woman was driving the van. >> jadiann: she faced a judge today. steve cooper is live with more on what happened in court. >> reporter: she faced a judge with a hoodie over her head. chefs' released from custody after posting $1,000 cash bail. but before that she pleaded not guilty to some pretty serious charges here. >> leading to personal injury and death. >> reporter: doing her best to hide her face from the cameras in court membersa benedicts pleads not guilt toe a deadly hitted ted hit -- hit-and-run. >> she picked up -- she was just in the heat of pulling >> reporter: the crash claimed the life of a 43-year-old construction worker who prosecutors say was crossing the street. his colleagues declined comment about the accident. minutes after the crash police located benedict's heavily damaged van four moils away on morton street in mattapan. her attorney says her client the mother of two young children has no record. >> she has aunts, uncles, her sister and brother are both here and some of her nieces and nephews are hoar as well. she is a moth

. >> jadiann: the countdown to the a.f.c.championship is on. so is the pressure as the pats are just one game away from the super bowl. it's a position they know all too well. during this afternoon's practice session, everybody was present and accounted for including slater who missed yesterday's walk through with a shin injury. is another thing. the patriot know their margin for error against the broncos is razor thin. alex is live from gillette >> reporter: throughout their 15-year run the patriots have seen plenty of players step up when the time is right, and they tell us today experience doesn't factor into it because when they need to step up, they got to step up and take a look at some of the stories today. >> playing in big games. >> reporter: big game experience heavily favors the patriots. so the players were asked if it'll make a difference against the broncos. >> when the came comes down to the line it matters how you play. experience or not, it all comes down to how you play on sundays. >> i'm not sure how much experience will fact

. >> jadiann: at 4:30 a deadly drive in dorchester. video shows a van speeding around the corner. you saw it right there moments before a man was hit and killed. police say a many would was driving the van. >> ryan: the woman facing a steve cooper is live with court. >> reporter: the woman that you are talking about is melissa benedict. she came to court in handcuffs but walked out after posting $1,000 cash bail this afternoon. all this after pleading not guilty to these very serious charges. >> motorcycle homicide by -- >> reporter: she covered her face with a hoodie 34-year-old melissa benedict of dorchester pleaded not guilty to charges of motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. telling detectives she heard a big boom but kept going because she was' suffering from an anxiety attack. >> she was' just in the heat ofulling down the adviser and she heard -- she turned right -- >> reporter: video shows her driving away in the mini van. the accident happened wednesday morning along washington street in dorchester. 43-year-old man. prosecutors say it was a constru

live reports start thursday on 7 nbc. >> jadiann: following breaking news. texas is the latest state to consider dialy fant citi sports sites as an illegal form of gambling. the texas attorney general announced his ruling today. fan duel and boston based draft kings have filed lawsuits in other states where the on-line contest have been ruled illegal. the sites say playing skill and is therefore not gambling. >> ryan: isis confirm that had jihady john is group. the group says he was killed last year in an air strike. he was seen in several videos behoding people including james foley. boston mayor walsh giving the state of the city address, this is the mayor's chance to reflect on the progress made on key issues of his administration. kimberly bookman is live at city hall with more what the mayor is expected to say. >> reporter: ryan, this is boston mayor marty walsh's second state of the city address. just like you said you can expect him to look back at what he has accomplished, and also look ahead towards the future about what lies in the future. some of

. >> jadiann: they hold a public meeting about all of this. jonathan hall has more on what they're trying to change. >> reporter: these hand guns on display at the statehouse look too real but a they're fakes. a baptist minister raced and imitation and the wondered whenned lawmakers would think if it was placed side by side with the happened gups boston police carry. >> there would be no real difference that you would be able to see between the gun one that i'm holding in my happened right now. >> reporter: the joint committee on public safety and homeland security heard testimony on a boston state rep's bill. which would require imitation gun manufacturers to build at least a one inch bright orange strip in their products. >> the federally mandated orange tip on toy guns is not enough in today's world. >> reporter: the state representative says he filed the bill in response to the tragic death of a boy in cleveland last november. tamir rice was shot by police as he held a fog gun. boston's commissioner said his officer confiscated 174 fake gu

the night team's jadiann thompson live at logan with what the f.a.a. is saying tonight. jadiann? >> jadiann: elizabeth, good evening to you. the f.a.a. is saying they expect some $1 million in drone sales over the holiday, leaving many a scare in the air on new year's >> thinking about something crashing into the plane isn't very reassuring. crew says just after lunchtime they were coming in for a landing. they reported seeing a drone about one mile northeast of the airport and some 800 feet in the air. just one week ago on christmas day, nearly the same thing happened. an air canada express crew says they saw a drone just after 1:00 p.m. roughly two miles from the runway. they say it too was about 800 feet up. both flights landed safely. >> the technology is moving faster than laws right now. >> jadiann: laws are in place, but not everyone is following them. massport is reminding everyone that it is against federal regulation to fly a drone within five miles of an airport and over 400 feet high. these red circles are no-fly zones around boston, including logan, hanscom field and

. >> jadiann: the miners are safe and home. officials say the 17 workers were on an elevator shaft when a steel beam snap and is haltever stopped. crews in the workers relieved how the rescue efforts turned out. >> that is when woe all stand, we look at each other and we say this was a win. >> jadiann: miners had fresh air but said they were fleamly cold. the new york governor has ordered an investigation into the incident. jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: scandal a at swatch scot high school. the principal is accused of having expose it conversations with someone he thought was a young girl. general egan has more. >> reporter: swampscott's high's former principal sent inappropriate messages to someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl. over about a three week period in november 51-year-old edward initiated text and conversations that were sexual in nature asking the girl about her bra size and other more graphic questions. told the girl he was 51 and a school principal. exchanged phone numbers and e-mails with the girl but th

jadiann thompson has reaction. >> reporter: many of the people who oppose the won't work. republican senator rubio says it's criminal to do the most damage with guns and criminal don't fall the law. tonight he is not the only one speaking out against the plan. >> president obama is g once again going to abuse to power to try to seize our guns. >> reporter: senator cruz issuing a prebut thal to the president's actions on gun control. obama outlined measures to the nation today but republican are already slamming the plan. ben carson comparing this push to obama care. >> this is coming from a president who said, if you like your doctor, you can keep him. if you like your insurance company, you can keep hem. if you like your gun you can keep it. i don't know if you trust that. >> reporter: perhaps the strongest condemnation coming from donald trump. >> pretty soon you won't be able to get guns. >> reporter: the president intastes is not true. >> the good news is these that are well within my legal authority, and the executive branch, but they are also ones that the overwhelmi

jadiann. >> remarkable right, adam? that man tells us that he saw this suspect loitering around the area a few days before this attack happened yesterday morning here market. he says he just wants that man caught. >> watch as this suspect rushes the counter and a jumps on it with a knife. the store clerk doesn't want to man is demanding cash. >> that he can jump on my counter and hold a knife give me money, give me money. >> i say yeah i can giver you money. clerk reaches down grabs some cash and then grabs his own knife. one they use in store deli. >> he didn't want to my face, oh my goodness i'm going to die. the struggle continues. with all of his might terrified the clerk fights the crook off. taking the fight to store floor the crook knocks over a supply shelf cutting clerk on his face and hand. >> i'm scared, yeah of course he gets out the struck me i would die. the two struggle and then clerk pushes man toward the door, sending him scrambling away. i'm lucky. i have a life. >> that suspect came to store on a bicy

adam williams has gathering more information for us on this, adam >> jadiann and ryan, this is live look at eagle road in framingham where the school bus and at least one car were involved in this accident. live pictures here. you can look down at the right front fender bumper area bumper is off the bus there. we don't have any official word on injuries right now. we do have video from short time ago when children were being led off the bus. you can see there, that firefighters and rescuers were there to get the children off the bus and put them on another bus to get them to their final drove off locations. this is blocking off that it appears there one other car involved with this school bus. there are four, five, maybe even six ambulances on scene right now attending to any injuries. that might have happened there when collision happened at that intersection. based on how far the white car is from the bus, or whether the driver backed up it appears that the accident happened right there. >> but what we're working on right now trying to figure out how many kids were on that board bus wh

. >> jadiann: next on 7 news a burglary caught on camera. thieves drive a truck through a convenience store. >> ryan: a bizarre kidnapping case in oregon. a mother arrested after she reported her car stolen but

in newsroom jadiann thompson. we're following a developing story now hours of an an explosion that sent 5 people to hospital. water treatment plan in quincy continues to burn tonight. firefighters say they expect to be there through night story you saw first on 7. ryan schulteis in quincy now ryan. >> behind me so you can still see smoke billowing out water treatment facility even at this hour crews will be out here for most of the night. >> even in the dark, seven smoke keeps coming out fire crew thought they had fire under control flames returned and so did crews to fight it. fires worked its way inside. in some dushth work. and so they have imagine a duct with fire inside of it and they are trying to figure out how to get at the fire and put it out. you know deep down in the building, over 100 under grown very confined area. >> 5 workers were hurt earlier when there was explosion here new island waste water treatment plan. one guys working down there a tried to fan they were, ramping up a fan that is part of th

jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: thank you. >> adam: still early to be trips down south but if you have those million dollar -- might be a decent weekend to go south. >> reporter: never too early in the month of january. we're tracking our next storm on the way. rain drops, details up next. >> anchor: it appears chandler jones will be playing on saturday but what about rob gronkowski. >> adam: legendary singer billy joel will be performing the first concert triple play at fenway park. he will be performing on thursday, august 18. fans can mark the calendars for january 22, that is a lot sooner when tickets are go on sale to the public. case. it will be august before we know it. >> adam: billy joel will be crooning. we will be all happy. >> kim: have you ever been to fenway for a concert. it's really special. august weather, concerts sound good right now. >> reporter: it does. i saw the boss out there. if you can chet out there. check it out. clouds overnight, through the day tomorrow. rainy saturday morning but we can move that out of here in time for the patriots game, sunday, month re

jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: breaking news from the patriots. line backer mayo is done for the season. the team put him on injured reserve. joe amorosino with details on mayo. >> reporter: it's not as big of a blow as it would have been two years or a few years ago but losing mayo to injury will take, test the patriots' depth at line backer. playing mostly in a reserve role he racked up 49 tackles and a tack but with chandler jones getting nicked up against the chiefs the pats could be a bit shorthanded in their front 7 there. for the second time in three seasons the mace and bronco -- patriots and bronco also square off for the right to represent the a.f.c.in the super bowl. tough go back to 2012 to find the last championship game that didn't feature one these two model franchises. the pats and broncos top two seeds. patriots in the a.f.c.title game for a 5th straight year. patriots hoping for better outcome sunday than the last time these two teams met in the nfl's version of the final four. they're not taking their 10th trip to the a.f.c.game

jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: turning to the record jackpot. and the winner is -- well, it's actually still a mystery but we do know three tickets matched all five numbers plus we know tickets were sold in tennessee, florida and california. >> adam: the winners will split a $1.5 billion dollar powerball jackpot. alex live in melbourne beach, florida, where one of the tickets was sold. alex. >> reporter: it may be kind of rainy and damp here in melbourne beach, but it isn't dampening the people of the spirits who live here. there is an energy in the air. everyone wants to know who this person is. florida lottery officials say that person has not come forward yet. are you the winner? >> no. >> reporter: mystery in melbourne beach. is it you? >> no. it is not. >> reporter: that is the question everyone is asking at this public southbound where one of the three winning possible ticks was sold. >> it's crazy. >> it is. >> reporter: the speculation of who it could be is as high as the nearly $1.6 billion jackpot. >> you checked it this morning? >> ch

. >>> good afternoon, ryan and jadiann. here. that ready much putz an end to that mild winter that we had been seeing so far. a total here in the nation's capitol could reach on the high end possibly two and a half feet but when all is said and done, this storm that stretches from the south all the way to new york and boston could impact as many as a quarter of the population of the u.s. >>> this is a bad storm . >>> parts of east coast could see more than two feet of snow before sunday. while other areas will see severe icing putting drivers in danger. states of emergency have been declared up and down the east coast with people preparing for the worst. >>> it has life and death implications and all the residents of the district of columbia should treat it that way. >>> a blizzard warning affects some 30 million people from baltimore to philadelphia to new york. city's major said new yorkers need to stay home. should be avoided. unless it is urgent, stay off the roads. it's as simple as that . >> reporter: snow has already start

in the newsroom, jadiann . >> anchor: also on 7, a hingham man is now home safe and sound. matthew t red vavik watts held hi family said he was studying overseas when they said he was locked you. tonight they are thrilled to have him back. we're with reaction. reaction.. >> reporter: kim a happy home coming but low key one. everyone in town thought matt would stop by one of his faith spots, but so far no sighting. a family's relief revealed in this facebook post. their loved one, matthew travifi travific safe after being held in 40 days in an iranian prison . >> reporter: husband mother told 7 news she got word saturday her son was coming home. >>> it's the call we have been hoping to get and it was matt. he he was in the company of his swiss diplomate and on the way to the airport to leave iran. >> reporter: sunday fight he was on u.s. soil and now his family in hingham is asking for privacy saying he is de decompressing. >>> high wants some dunkin' donuts i can tell you that. we'll have that ready. >> anchor: they say he is a compass at guy that stops in whenever he is in

that's the story tonight in foxboro jadiann thompson, seven news night team. more than a dozen schools in massachusetts receiving bomb threats today. state police say in all 15 threats came in arlington billerica groton and plymouth were among the communities affected. just last friday 7 other schools also received threats. the f.b.i. is now part of this investigation. officials say some of threats were made by phone, others through automated calls. in arlington police evacuated the high school this more than more thanes a precaution a chief there has a warning for whoever is responsible. those that are responsible for these threats are committing serious felonies disrupting learning in communities throughout this common wealth confidence they will be identified and prosecuted for the felonieser that they are committing. i look forward to meeting you. all 62s that receive threats investigators. >>> boston mayor marty walsh state of the city address. mare wash reflecting on last year in two stone saying city stronger than ever but also said more to do. kimberly

. >> jadiann: a witness captures a taxi cab explosion as passengers rush to safety requirements doctors on high alert as a mosquito bourne virus spreads to the u.s. >> jadiann: she lost her family in a fire. millions around the world are sending a strong show of support. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> ryan: we start with a focus on winter weather. a strong system inching closer to the northeast. you can see it stretching from the texas area there up to tennessee. the question, how close will it get to new england?

jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> ryan: bitter blast caughting problems. buses called in to replace trains. service is back on track but the cold may be to blame. byron barnett is live in andover with more on all this chaos. >> reporter: you know, first cold snap of the season and there was trouble on the tracks. offices at the commuter rail say this morning's commuter trouble may have been caused by the cold weather. commuter rail offices say last night's cold temperatures may have caused a train on the haverhill line to go off the tracks causing a commuter nightmare north of boston. >> steel does expand and contract on extreme hots and cold so that would be a factor that people would be looking at. >> reporter: key oldis says at least two cars derailed in andover around 4:00 am but the engineer department realize it until he travelled another mile. >> the engineer noticed the epping inwas pulling sluggishly. he stopped the train here in lawrence and did a visual inspection with the conduct a and the last two cars and saw they derailed. >> reporter: no pa

police are pretty focused. >> reporter: jadiann thompson, 7 news today in new england. >> nancy: wild weather continuing to wreak havoc across the midwest. president obama officially declaring a state of emergency in missouri. the president signing a federal emergency declaration for the state yesterday. so far severe flooding there has killed 24 people in the midwest and floodwaters continue to rise. people remain on high alert as more storms may be on the way. >>> they keep calling it the 100-year flood, i'd call the ten-year flood, because it keeps coming around. >> nancy: the governors of missouri and illinois toured various flooded areas this weekend. search-and-rescue teams are sill looking for anyone who may be missing. pieces after it exploded, destroying at least 50 homes nearby. officials say a gas leak caused that explosion early saturday morning. you can see from this helicopter video the piles of debris scattered all across the street and the trees. three people were hospitalized, including the home's owner with officials are still investigating the cause. >>> new this mo

jadiann thompson with more details now. >>> a two-year-old vea was walk walking a long the beach with her owner, leea, on monday morning when she noticed something a bit odd . >>> she basically stopped in her tracks and signaled to us that there was something in front of her . >>> vea saw this sea tuttle washed up on the shore stranded and struggling to move. once veda saw what was wrong she immediately signaled for help . >>> she sort of just pull her the turn el, looked at us again and waited for us to catch up with her . >> anchor: lea then cabbed a marine biologist she knew who was able to send a rescue crew to pick it up and bring it to the new england aquarium in quincy. aquarium workers say she spotted it in the nick of time . >>> this new finland happening to see this sea tuttle really made a difference. because it was a really very, very cold morning . >> anchor: vea is a rescue dog, leea said that gave her the instincts to save the turtle's life . >>> i think she was definitely had that instinct and was rescu rescuing something other then a person . >>> the further sell doin

the judge set his bail at more than a million dollars. 7's jadiann thompson joins us with more on the case. >> anchor: prosecutors say the alleged shooter gave officers a lot of trouble even after they caught grant is faying several charges in this case. it includes arm armed is a all with intent to murder. fellow officers in uniform and plainclothes lined the courtroom today as he hid behind a wall right there. prosecutors say officers were trying to arrest him on friday for a drug sale when he jump insisted out of his car and started firing. one of those bullets did hit an officer in the leg. a local minister who came to the arraignment says he crossed a line. >>> it was someone wants to be involved in crime and violence in the community, those are decisions they make but pat of that has to be that police officers are off limits. >> anchor: the officer was rush insisted to the hospital with a released and is recovering from his injuries back at home. police say he was able to shoot back at the suspects several times before attending to his leg wound there at the scene. live in the n

in the newsroom, jadiann thompson, 7 news . >> anchor: already, 7 news now tracking some wet weather that's headed our way. the weekend will it looks like we're getting off to a sweet start there. we also want to talk about some wet weather that's heading our way. is the timing still in line with the pats game? >>> you know, things are looking good for the pats game. we're going to be done with this by that point. it is really quick mover. so the system we're looking at riding up the coastline through the night tonight and bringing us some rain right around the midnight hour so as you can see the hon set of this is you have temperatures that are still at freezing or marginally just below. we could get freezing rain along route 2, worcester hills, northern worcester county through the overnight hours tonight. then the action really gets going into tomorrow morning. heaviest rainfall from about 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the colder air is working in from the northwest before we're done with this event so it could change it over to a quick burst us. so that snowfall forecast rain, wet s

in newsroom jadiann thompson up next tonight the fight of her life. new tonight, a new hampshire woman refuses to back down. that's when i pulled a gun and shot him. how she fought back against a robber. event started ton while they may be windy some stars have close ties to boston. we'll talk to them next. cold again tomorrow and back to normal cold for the rest of the week. forecast up next. and pats back at it tomorrow. so will tom brady be out there with that injury? here. it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. >>> a, followed her home and tried to grab her. so she pulls oh out a gun from her purse and fires. the story new at 11 brandon gunnoe in manchester with her story. >> kim, that 65-year-old woman says she couldn't get away when she defended her

room jadiann thompson, 7 news. now to the race for white house democratic front runner hilary clinton calling on her secret weapon former president bill clinton mr. clinton crisscrossed new hampshire today campaigning alone on her behalf. then tonight, gop front runner donald trump took the stage in lowell. brandon gunnoe is on the campaign trail there. kim we covered a lot of events more people inside this rally before. the rally than ever before as well. it's a movement, i'm telling you, a movement. donald trump speaking to more than 5 thousand people saugus center lowell with everyone's country. >> people, used to call it the silent majority. we're not silent any more, folks. but with huge number of supporter also came more protesters sneaking into the rally. the crowd would chant trump and usa as they were escorted out. police even created a free protesters. just want to show everybody the slogans and everything is filled with hate on all lives matter muslims black all lives matter. i approve this message. over

the boxers are actually featured in the movie "ted 2". 7's jadiann thompson went on a mission here to find out how >> reporter: when tom brady made a cameo in the movie "ted 2", he was, well, in his skivvies and now this armani t-shirt and the boxers are up forbid. >> i kind of like. >> reporter: what would you guess they're sold for? >> a few hundred dollars >> i'll say $1,000. >> reporter: not even close. the starting bid is -- >> wow! [laughter] >> reporter: that's a lot of money and alyssa thinks the guys out there will be willing to pay the most. >> they love tom brady. all of our pie friend -- guy friends, more than us. >> reporter: these guys are concerned about brady himself. what would you do with them? >> i would hang them up. you could give it as a gift. >> reporter: either way it says something about the love of tom brady and the city of boston. >> that's why i love boston, there's people out there that would pay it. >> reporter: jadiann thompson, 7 news today in new england. >> kris: everything has price, right. the auction starts on monday, it includes also production ta

also we're hearing an apartment. 7's jadiann thompson is here with the breaking details now. home there on babson street.

let's go over and check on the roads. >> thanks jadiann. getting a look right now tobin bridge out bound a lower level of roadway there all jammed up heavily con jest passing by earlier crash we had. right on the chelsea curve. the accident has just been cleared. still dealing with close to a 20 minute back up here you make your way from downtown up into chelsea. other problem spot route 93 north of city. had an earlier crash involving overturned dump truck you see long red line almost back to route one 28. coming into lawrence area. >>> we are keeping an eye breaking news crews are on scene school bus accident. we of course are staying on top of and bring you updates an as soon as we get them right here

in newsroom jadiann anne thompson. tonight on seven, tire trouble takes a deadly turn. the night team coriing the seconds beforement moment of impact. >> tonight police are still a pick up truck to lose it's back tire. creating chaos and a death on the roads. brandon gunnoe live in lexington tonight. >> kim, all police will say this wheel came loose and somehow, it completely came off its axle. the accident is still under investigation but man driving on 128 here behind us never had time to react. >> sky 7 over the scene where state police say a man was killed after a wheel came off at pick up truck, flew over the jersey barrier median, bounced off one car, and then hit this car going the other way. >> it happened around 1:15 tuesday. invest garts say this 19-year-old woman was driving a dodge ram pick up on 128th southbound when her left rear wheel came off its axle. and crashed through the windshield and roof of the victim's car. >> first responders said the man was dead at the scene. state police worked for hours investigating how and what may traffic was backed up f

that's the story tonight in foxboro, jadiann thompson. all right stay with 7 news on air and online through pats run through the play-offs and you can track latest injuries hear fl players and coaches all through oh week on www.whdh.com, and 7 news mobile and tablet apps. from night team family and friends welcoming home a hingham man who was held how stan in iran for more than iran. the night team with morton brandon. adam matt came home from night around 8 o'clock he didn't want in a statement he is happy to be back in massachusetts. matthew trevithick from a hingham is final back home after spending fourth days in an iranian prison he's coming home soon couldn't happier in facebook post his sister said so grateful to have my brother back home and safe. early saturday more than matt mother got call she been waiting on for more than 30 days. it was ma he was in company of zis diplomat on the way to airport to leave i rantrevithick was not part prisoner swap but he was freed at the same time. it happened saturday after reported that secre

the mexican president announced that capture on twitter saying " reporting live, jadiann thompson 7 news . >> anchor: 7 news now turning to your forecast. we have wet weather head insisted our way. in fact, we're gearing up for a sunday soaker. some clouds and drizzle tomorrow but then we're talking a lot of rain to end the weekend. could work out for game waving though. here is jeremy reiner . >>> very good point there. right now 30's to around 40. cloudy skies and there will be a couple of pockets of drizzle overnight tonight and very early tomorrow morning. in fact two storms we're watching for you. the first one is not that far away but it weakens significantly. there is rain right now, cleveland, pittsburgh heading for buffalo but it falls apart so much other than some patches of drizzle tomorrow morning, some is essentially a dry day a lot of clouds. over here is the real deal. back into texas and this will be a storm system that really winds up and brings a lot of rain, wind to the coast lynn and also warm i. so no concern of snow or ice. storm time line moves the rain into new en

jadiann thompson gets a closer look at candid interviews we've never seen before. >> speaking candidly in new documentary the men of britain royal family are opening up. >> a lot more emotional. friendship and family with 33-year-old william sharing his thoughts on fatherhood. >> i never used to really kind things. but now the smallest things you well up more. >> the documentary celebrating 40 years of the prince's trust. they focus on if prince of wales and work to help struggling young people succeed. but it said son's candor most striking. >>> the advice that he can give up based on the contact that he made over the years. it's incredible. prince harry openly discussing relationship with her father. >> you can bring him up or better you can off load stuff. >>> and william describing how 2-year-old prince george and 8-month-old princess charlotte have changed him. >> you get effected by the sort of things that happen around the because you realize how pressure life is. >> some of the world most prominent men known for privacy now speaking out about the relationship and hopes for the

overseas fan a big surprise on social media jadiann thompson has more. >> when you hear about julian with the pats you usually think about julian edelman. we're talking about this guy. tom brady made a funny facebook post saying julian, how about the little less flexing and a little bit more blocking next time. but when a fan all the way across the globe saw it he couldn't help but respond. ekert saying sorry tom brady, will do next time. he even added a smiley face. >> tom brady replies. get it together, juls. but he's still a tv 12 fan. >> the pats is growing across the pond. >> fans say that love seeing this social media side of their favorite players from an otherwise quiet time. >> it just shows they are human. they are having fun as much as we are. i think it's awesome. makes them personable. fans will low them more. always have and will. that's makes it better. jadiann thompson, 7news "today in new england." >>> stay with 7news on-air online through the patriot's play off run. you can hear the latest from the player and get updates on injury leading up to the game on whdh.com.

jadiann thompson is live with more on hour her home team is mcauliffe's legacy lives on wrefr she went in concorde where she taught high schoolers. teachers say say they are inspired by her story to this day. people ren her concentrating striving to learn more. in pham where she grew up there were several tributes. now challenger exploded over the atlantic ocean less than two minutes after take off. 30 years ago. years later investigators concluded that super heated gas leaked and caused that blast. nasa observed slum milestone with wreath laying ceremony at allergy ton national cemetery in coming up a new disney movie with local ties. tonight a special boston screening for the new film about a dare coast guard rescue off the cape. we're live on red carpet where new england's energy comes from a pool of energy producers. eversource buys it at a set market price and delivers it to you. but that pool is shrinking, causing energy supply rates to go up and down. so we're working with partners across the region to increase our natural gas supply hydropower from canada. toward the solution..

jadiann thompson has the latest from logan. >> reporter: a scare in the air. on in yours day. >> they canning about something crashing into the plane is not reassuring. >> reporter: a jet blue flight crew says just after lunch they were' coming in for landing and reported seeing a drone about one airport and some 800 feet in the air. just one week ago on christmas day, nearly the same thing happened. an air canada express crew says they saw a drone after 1:00 pm roughly two miles from the runway. they say it, too, was about 800 feet up. both flights landed safely. >> technology is moving faster than laws. >> reporter: laws are in place but not edge is following them. massport is reminding everyone that it's against federal aviation to fly a drone within 5 miles of an airport and over 400 feet high. these are no-fly zones. as of late diaz drone users must register and get a number before ever taking off. >> we need to put up our guard more. >> reporter: jadiann thompson, today in new england. >> jennifer: boston police investigating be a alarming attack in dorc

. >> jadiann an she took stage to accept her hasty pudding pot. and unlike other stars in the past she used that moment to shine a light on inclusion and diversity. >> kerry washington this year hasty pudding woman of the year. it started with a parade around harvard. a toast, a roast, she does not drink coffee. the reviews of her 2013 film peoples keep her up at night just fine. >> even some singing by the scandal star. >> and while most other stars would have used stage purely for fun and games this emmy nominated actress made it point to impress upon all male cast and entire audience the importance of acceptance and diversity. after five years >> when i give up on acting after five years and go run my father's hedge fund. i will pay women as much as i pay men. i just wanted them to know that as they were honoring me i'm honoring them. and the power that they leave here with. holding up her pudding pot proudly star said while she would not boycott oscars for lack of diversity, she said she believes change is needed and will happen. i'm really ex

jadiann thompson here with how crew members are being remembered today memorials were held across the country and some even in space. and public service was held at the kennedy space center in florida where the disaster happened. >> after a half dozen delays leading up to shuttle challenger launched into unusually cold day for centrally florida. >> lift off. 7 astronauts families and friends and plenty of others watched from the grand stands. but shuttle launches have become so routine by january of '86 only one network carried it live for the country to watch. that is until is 70 seconds into flight. challenge go throttle up. year long investigation that followed would conclude cold weather caused parts of shuttle to break apart causing the in shock. the challenger 7 were remember emotional memorial service thursday a cape canaveral. it include as special tribute to alcohol earning most fame astronaut who was supposed to be first teacher in space christa mcauliffe. skri sta was taking care of a teacher's business. >> there was even a tribute on nasa latest mission crew on internation

all right, everyone of much more to come in the next 90 minutes. ' jadiann thompson . >> anchor: 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> anchor: breaking news, schools across the state prompting a major police response. >> anchor: also breaking the dow falling fast today down hundreds of points. what triggered the drastic slide slide? >> anchor: a coastal storm mov moving in for the weekend. looks more wet than white but also wintry for some of us . >> anchor: patriots finding themselves in unfamiliar territory headed into a big play playoff game. the injury that could impact the outcome against the chiefs. the governor is putting his fey in the patriots. the sweet wager and why he wouldn't put lunch on the line. 7 news with big story coverage of the pats in the playoffs. >> anchor: plus, big winners two power players come forward to claim their part of a billion dollar prize. >> anchor: we begin at 5:00 with breaking news. an investigation under way into threats received at schools across the state today. several schools had to be unclear if at this point whetr

>>> thank you, jadiann. a look at route 93 northbound a rough go coming up into the somerville area of the just a right travel lane break down removed for us so things should start to roll out a little bit. southbound with headlights they are rolling along quite well toward the o'neill tunnel. tight traffic after this spot as well. route 93 northbound a lot of red lines here coming up toward the stoneham area. route 128 starting to bog down too back in burlington. seeing increasing volume as well on the mass pike of the let's look knew to eastbound and westbound. this is the tolls out by route 1 128. roadway is the one that is slow. not moving too badly at least right now in the area. then making your way out toward route 1 northbound up into the saugus section. it's been a tough ride here as well around the lynn fellows parkway averaging close to a 20 minute ride making your way up into lynnfield and heading for 1 128. >> anchor: this afternoon we're excited to introduce to you a senior from medway high sch