j.r.will be first in line. >> jadiann: such a cool guy. dorchester native cortney will be taking the stage again on "the voice." she will sing in the knockout round for team the coaches have the opportunity to steal another singer. if you watch the show you get how it works. >> ryan: we're thinking about her. >> jadiann: we've much more to come here. 90 minutes of news straight ahead, kim and adam getting ready for you, i'm jadiann thompson. >> reporter: room' ryan schulteis. >> adam: a bus filled with kids on a crash course, several children rushed to the hospital. custody. police trying to figure out what happened in the dedham home a's the end in sight, just two weeks away from election day both candidates zeroing in on florida. why the state so important to both campaigns. >> kim: plus on the run, a murder suspect taunting police in oklahoma claiming we haven't seen the worst yet. >> reporter: flees warning in effect for parts of the area tonight. >> tom guy, he does throw it to gronk. the way he spikes the football star scoring big la

. >> jadiann: servers shut down. a hack attack cripples major internet sites. >> jeremy: showers to start the weekend, wind to finish the weekend. >> reporter: clarence schools have a warning for par >> it's very important that we win on november 8th. >> if people come out, we're going to win. >> jadiann: 18 days until the election. >> john: and the pats hitting the road. it's a big matchup with an old rival. >> jadiann: we're getting you ready for game day. >> 7news at 7:00 starts now. >> john: and we begin with a weather alert tonight. a flash flood warning has just been issued for worcester county. >> jadiann: let's get straight over the chief meteorologist jeremy? >> jeremy: the developing weather situation, city of worcester in particular, worcester county, flash flood warning in effect until 9:00 p.m. flash flooding imminent in the red shaded area here because of this plume of very heavy rain, downpour, even some thunderstorms in the city of worcester. the concern, of course, is that it's too much rain for the

. >> jadiann: also today a man is facing animal abuse charges after police say he physically assaulted his dog at north station. witnesses told officers he punched and then lifted his husky up >> ryan: the man appeared in court to face the charges. celle you have a special -- kelli o'hara, you have a special guest with you? >> reporter: this is sara, she is a husky and she is a little shy for the camera under stanably but enjoying this cheese wiz. we're told sara is the dog hurt last night, injured in an attack at north station. by her owner. that is what the mbta police say. she has some injuries on her say what happened to her. what happened last night was around 9:00 a witness called 911 at the t.d.bank garden station stop. he said he saw the dog being abused, punched, held down, hurt, kicked some awful, awful things police say. and when police confronted the man, that is when they arrested. the witness describes what happened, take a listen. >> he was picking him up by the collar, you know, all four paws were off the he threw the dog down and then put all of his weight on top of hi

tough to see. >> jadiann: unbelievable really. it's makes me gnawsous and terrified. >> ryan: twitter prank holding up 911 calls. details on the link internet there. >> jadiann: an uber driver crashes into a beacon hill home. >> ryan: an orange line train filled with smoke, riders taking desperate measures to evacuate. >> jadiann: police in londonderry are looking for this man wanted for a possible abduction. we'll have details coming up this is where the oil billionaire koch brothers hosted a fundraiser for kelly ayotte... this is where ayotte voted with the koch brothers 90% of the time. ayotte's campaigns collected millions from corporate interests. and voted for them, not you. she voted wall street banks billions in write offs for executive bonuses. voted big oil billions in tax breaks. but kelly ayotte voted against letting families refinance student loans. he cost of prescription drugs. kelly ayotte's not working for new hampshire. dscc is responsible for the content uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. when it

i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> jadiann: welcome to fantasy fix e i'm jadiann thompson here with trey daerr. we would never replace you, so we're on week 8 talking about the patriots. only team in the nfl to be 6-1. they're going to play the same team that defeated played the bills one month ago. the biggest thing tom brady is elevating the play of the guys around him. look to do what they did last year in week two, short, quick, intermediate passing game. white three touchdowns the last two weeks, think he is going to have another week, lewis probably not going to be ready to go. >> the bills running game really killed it in week four, what do you think about that? >> patriots struggled to the option game he was running with taylor but mccoy is the no the same guy. he was injured in practice. tried to give it a go. things aren't right. he is a star player. but things aren't right for him. you have to sit him down especially going up against the patriots. >> people doubting aaron rodgers little too soon? >> monster game, maybe one of the best games he played in a long time. you got to

she believes she is the oldest living indians fan. >> jadiann: a lot of patience, too. one hospital in cleveland is getting into the world series spirit by bundling newborns in cleveland indians onceys. the hospital shared its first batch of images of the world series babies. their news release read the smallest and cutest cleveland fans have been warming up in the bullpen for nine months and their call has finally so -- >> ryan: probably now borns in chicago wearing chicago cubs gear. >> jadiann: going to see a lot of cute story from this. much more to come. on this pretty rainy day, thank you for joining us, i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> reporter: our first bout of wintry weather in southern new england. >> as soon as the car hit the ground it just burst into flames. >> adam: a driver killed when a car flips and becomes after commuter chaos on the orange line, city offices demanding better service. what they say the mbta needs to do. in the race for the white house the issues doing damage to both campaigns. plus a wel

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i'm jadiann thompson rain. i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> reporter: hurricane matthew crosses cuba. >> announcer: hurricane matthew still causing concern in haiti. leaving behind a path of destruction as it continues to churn. discovered in a wellesley pond. it's a big night for a small town. the v.p.candidates go face-to-face, 7 news is live in virginia with a vice presidential debate and utilities poles making for unsafe streets. why it's taking years to pro-replace problem problems. 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> kim: we're following wreaking news. police in roslindale because there are reports of fired on newburg street during a state police operation. we do know one person is in police custody. >> ryan: they're searching for one other suspects. cheryl fiandaca has details. >> reporter: what we know is this all happened around 5:00. this was a state police gun operation that was taking place here in roslindale. we've some sky 7 pictures here taking a look as you can see it's a very b

" fan favorite. >> 7news at 11:00 starts now. >> jadiann: all right. first at 11:00, breaking news. a w down in new england. worcester one of the areas hardest hit. as you can see in this video sent to us by a viewer, water rushing down the flooded road. heavy wind, lightning and downpours providing a soggy start to the weekend. >> john: that's right. those flooded roads causing lots of cars to be stranded. our photographer was out in worcester, saw a driver climbing right on to the top of his vehicle with water levels rising. a 7news viewer caught a car stranded in the water also in worcester. underwater and it's not going anywhere trapped in the floodwaters. >> john: and in nashua, new hampshire, this picture shows the dangerous flooding in a home depot parking lot. water creeping up, a flash flood warning is in effect for many areas, including downtown boston. let's begin our coverage with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: okay, john. we have that flash flood warning in the city as well as suffolk county, essex county and up through rock

. >> jadiann: we're tracking hurricane matthew. the storm makingan right now it's a powerful category 4 storm. packing winds of 145 miles an hour and it's also moving north at about 10 miles an hour. right now the storm has the potential to impact much of the east coast including the coast of massachusetts. >> ryan: let's head over to chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. we've had a shift. >> reporter: we have. the official track comes out at 5:00 but the models that we rely on shifted southward so it's going to see what the hurricane center does forecast, that is their track. i'll show you that. so here it is right here moving across the western tip of haiti. now focusing across portions of eastern cuba. between now and 8:00 pm. we have hurricane warnings up for much of cuba as well as the bahamas and you notice the united states that is a tropical storm watch. miami south out to the keys then a hurricane watch far to the north along the east coast of florida where they do anticipate hurricane and tropical storm conditions to develo

i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis. the news at 5:00 starts right now. >> reporter: hurricane matthew heading north. >> kim: the impact of the storm being felt across several island nation. the death toll rising as it turns as the u.s. preparing for a possible hit. whose canoe flipped coming to a deadly end. >> kim: tim kaine and mike pence ready to rumble. we're live in virginia for the vice presidential debate. >> ryan: explosion rocks a new jersey neighborhood. what officials are blaming for the blast. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: we begin at 5:00 tracking matthew. the hurricane roaring ashore we've seeing devastating storm conditions, relentless rain, 15-20 inches could fall by the time matthew moves out. the hurricane's impact also being felt in cuba. the storm lashing out, fierce winds generating powerful waves. the biggest concerns in the island nation life threatening floods and possible landslides. >> ryan: this could be the region's strongest storm in nearly a decade. it's moving north at 9

camp -- latte challenge. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis. >> jadiann: i'm jadiann thompson, 7 news at 6:00 their school bus crashes. we have team 7 coverage. a dedham man charged with murder after police say he killed his own father. >> reporter: tracking cloudsover night. a mild day for tomorrow. >> announcer: an important piece of world series history right here in boston. why this envelope full of dirt means so much to cleveland. 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> adam: 6:00 starting with breaking news, boston police looking for your help identifying this man. take a close look. officers say he is a person of interest in an attempted abduction. so it happened they say in west roxbury this morning. >> kim: let's get over to ryan schulteis to get the details. >> reporter: police say a man tried kidnapping a young girl just before 6:30. they say this man is a person of interest. police describe him between 6 feet and 6' 2". they say he was clean shaving wearing a black baseball hat and tee shirt in roxbury. fortunately police say the young girl was not hurt when this happened. if you have infor

clinton seizing the opportunity to attack trump, specifically 7's jadiann thompson has more. >> jadiann: donald trump stirring up controversy in a twitter storm at 3:00 a.m., attacking the media and former miss universe alicia machado. he called her disgusting and accused her of having a sex tape. she's calling the attacks cheap lies with bad intentions. >> he's trying to distraction. he's not the person that can be a president of this country. that is true. twitter saying, "at least you know i'll be there awake to, answer the call." and he's getting back-up on the debate commission confirming there were audio issues that affected sound in the debate hall monday night. trump's rhetoric highlighted in a new video of a deposition in d.c. this summer, unapologetic on his comments on mexicans an other immigrants. does it cause you any concern that all of these entities wanted to apparently distance themselves from you in the wake of your comments? >> i'm a big boy. i understand. >> jadiann: hillary clinton today addressing trump's early morning behavior. >> i mean, really, who gets up at 3:

impact on the mrs. . >> announcer: 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> jadiann: a man in court dog. witnesses told officers they watched him punch the dog then left the dog up off the ground by the leash. >> reporter: kelli o'hara has the details of this horrifying case. >> reporter: that man in trouble behind bars charged with animal cruelty for allegingly ace busing his dog. his puppy resting at the shellser. the dog recovering from her injuri recovering from her injuries tonight after being attacked police say, by her owner. investigators say this is the video that led mbta officers to arrest him. you see the video taken by a witness. the owner sitting on sara and he even started punching the dog. >> he threw the dog down then put all of his weight on top of him with his knee.

jadiann thompson has more. >> reporter: officers who searched the student's apart. found a black book listing itself women he meant documenting his sexual desires. he faces seven counts of sexual assault along with it was a courtroom, not a classroom for junior alec cook after the list of charges he faces for allegedly sexually assaulting fellow students grew to 15 with prosecutors saying there could be more. >> based upon the stipulation of the parties, ordered cash bail in amount of $20,000. >> reporter: after a woman said cook strangle and repeatedly raped her other female students have come rw assaulted them, too. >> she saw him in news coverage, and thought back to what he did to her and now inappropriate it was and felt compelled to come forward and explain what happened. we're glad she d. she is very brave. >> reporter: cook's attorneys say their client is a 20-year-old business major with no criminal history. >> our client is a kid. he is scared. we're worried about his safety. >> reporter: cook remains bail then he has been ordered to stay away from the cam

i'm jadiann thompson here with tray dare. we're on week 8 and talking about the patriots. only team 6-and-1. they will play the same team that defeated them in the season. >> a lot has changed since they played the bills one month the biggest thing tom brady really elevating the play. look to do what they did last year. in week two against buffalo. james white three touchdowns the last two weeks. think he will have another big week. >> the bill game really killed it for the patriots in weak four. you know what do you think about for this coming week. the patriots struggled to mccoy not the same guy. he was injured in practice last week tried to give it a go

. >> jadiann: now at 5:30 hurricane matthew making waves. we'll have the latest on the storm's track and the damage is caused. >> ryan: a man survives a he not only lives to tell the tale, he records it. >> jadiann: google makes the call to get into the phone business. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:30 starts now. >> jadiann: first at 5:30 we're following breaking news. sky 7 over roslindale where boston police say shots were fired on newburg street. this is happening right near the commuter rail tracks. boston police say one person is in custody. they are looking as you can one other person. you can see officers onscene there again shots fired in the area. roslindale. sky 7 h.d.over the scene for you and if you live or know anyone in the area be adviced of the activity going on there and we'll bring you updates as soon as we get them. >> ryan: we continue tracking hurricane matthew. right now at least 9 people have been killed in the storm as it barrels through the caribbean. flooding and landslides also a major concern. >> jadiann: the sto east

montgomery starts. >> jadiann: all right, everyone. go set your lineups. >> anchor: coming up, one fars food restaurant getting decked this is where the oil billionaire koch brothers hosted a fundraiser for kelly ayotte... this is where ayotte voted with the koch brothers 90% of the time. ayotte's campaigns collected millions from corporate interests. and voted for them, not you. she voted wall street banks billions in write offs for executive bonuses. voted big oil against letting families refinance student loans. and against lowering the cost of prescription drugs. kelly ayotte's not working for new hampshire. dscc is responsible for the content >> anchor: twitter is announcing layoffs after a widely rumored sale never happened. the company says 350 employees across sales, partnerships, and marking will be cut. that is 9% of its staff. disney, google, and sales force were said to be interested in bidding for the social network but ultimately backed off. >> sarah: a family in a $30 million lawsuit. they are blaining the on-line retail

. >> jadiann: servers shut down. a hack attack cripples major internet sites. >> jeremy: showers to start the weekend, wind to finish the weekend. >> reporter: clarence schools have a warning for par >> it's very important that we win on november 8th. >> if people come out, we're going to win. >> jadiann: 18 days until the election. >> john: and the pats hitting the road. it's a big matchup with an old rival. >> jadiann: we're getting you ready for game day. >> 7news at 7:00 starts now. >> john: and we begin with a weather alert tonight. a flash flood warning has just been issued for worcester county. >> jadiann: let's get straight over the chief meteorologist

. >> jadiann: hey t fans. welcome to fantasy fixer. i'm jadiann thompson here with trey daerr. the patriots are off in pittsburgh. say that ten times fast, right? tom brady could be having one of the best starts to his career. how do you see this week playing out? >> incredible he's won two games. now he's starting to elevate the other guys around him. that's what we're seeing now. rob gronkowski is on fire. martellus bennett has had some really good games. pittsburgh's pass defense is one of the worst in the nfl. julian edelman hasn't elevated been back. 28 catches on the year, still without a touchdown. i think he gets one this weekend. >> jadiann: sounds good to me. steelers down to their back-up quarterback. probably don't want to take landry jones against the pats' defense. >> no, antonio brown best receiver in football. not sure he'll get him the ball. the running game is on the lookout. an inexperienced quarterback against a solid defense. we need to play out the running game. d'angelo williams played last year in the season opener. he got the bulk of the carries. not se

brighton toll to explain changes jadiann. that's right kim abams changes hit everything here. electronically on friday night. meaning everything you see back here behind me, that's all going away. in everyone is not prepared for changes, things could get messy. take a close lock at this rare sight under the toll plazas of massachusetts. >> pretty soon, these tunnel won't be need. that's because these tunnels act as a speed bump if you will. >> just before 10 friday night all tolls in massachusetts will go electronic. the toll plazas will be leveled replaced by scanners hung over the road. underneath we take image of your license plate we bill you or hopefully you have an electrons ponder and toll will be charge direct toll your account. entire state 23 locations from new york border to down down boston. move will help air quality reduce congestion and improve public safety. lot of accidents happen at the various toll facilities because traffic slowing down, merging cutting into plains. construction that begins soon will focus

jadiann thompson is live at back bay station. >> jadiann: they approved billions in him improvements but when it comes to getting the trains put on-line the burn says that could take a couple of years. chaos, and you can see and hear people from a video taken in a car. people breaking windows and crawling to safety as an orange line train filled with smoke at back bay station. officials are addressing the train trouble. >> it is very alarming right. imagine being on a train and smoking i billowing in. >> reporter:ify people treated for smoke inhalation as a result and mbt sark track fire on the tracks. and it started when a motor overheated. it is not a simple fix but a plan, and let's pay for it. >> reporter: the the governor say there's are new trains in the works but even that is two years away, leaving him to call for more reliability. >> the system moves a million people a day, we need to make it more reliable about >> reporter: the head of the "t" to keep passengers in the loop when there is an emergency. >> they need to let people know what is going on. when there is an emerge

edelman starts. >> jadiann: sounds good to me. you don't want to go with landry jones against pats defense. what do you think? >> no. antonio brown, best receiver in football. not sure you can get him the ball. the running game is what i'm going to look at. an inexperienced quarterback here. good coaching staff. you need to play off the running game. angelo williams, he played not seeing that this time around. williams, sit him down. >> jadiann: the steelers are bad against pass. >> new orleans and oakland, the only two teams in the league that are worse than the steelers in pass defense. both teams given up over 300 yards a game. that is a great match-up if you have a quarterback. the raiders, garbage. bortle, start. >> jadiann: go set your lineup. >> sarah: coming up next, video of a smoking chimpanzee igniting controversy. how the zoo is responding. >> bri: never too early to plan for the weekend, the head of the charles coming up this weekend. one last look at the forecast spent 21 years in the navy, defending america. if i on

jadiann thompson is live in a north station to tell us more. jadiann. >> that witness tells us they saw that dog get picked up by collar and thrown down. now officials are looking for arou f >> this is saras 9-month-old husky recovering from her injuries a police say she was attacked by her own owner. investigators say this is the video that led mbta officers to an arrest her owner. police say in the cell phone video taken by a witness, owner is seen sitting on sara at one point starts punching the husky. >> he kind of like through the dog down, and enyou know puttal of his weight on top of him with his knee. closed fist. telling him to shut up sit down. stuff like that. this man who doesn't wan want to identified says he pulled out camera foep after it just wouldn't stop. when you told him to stop what did he say to you >> mind your office business witness calling 9 one one officers arrest john bowen he oos accused an animal cruelty but in court he told a judge he was innocent. >> on other charges. now he's not allowed to see his husky sara fo

in the newsroom jadiann thompson 7 news. ; hillary clinton putting the focus on florida with 2 weeks now until election day. go to 7's brandon newsroom. >> reporter: hillary clinton's campaign feels if they can snag flaflap there's no path for trump to the white house. giving the democrat nominee a sizable lead. concerned some supporters may not get out and upon vote. >> it's going to be a close election. pay no attention to the polls. don't get complacant. we've got to turn people out. >> reporter: hillary's ground stronger than trumps. raising $1 million a day in the home stretch. enough to finance an expensive and unprecedented assault on donald trump. joe biden and bill clinton on the campaign trail as well. >> if you do not want someone to drive the truck off the cliff do

jadiann thompson has more on this story. >> jadiann: tom brady is back. but not just on the football field. tb 12 is starring in a new commercial for local mri provider shields health care. brady flashes his four super bowl rings when the nurse asked him to remove any jewelry. the quarterback who was forced to sit out for the last four weeks, letting pats fans know that he is hoping to add to his collection. >> is that all? >> for now. >> reporter: actress and wellesley native erin o'reilly scored the role opposite brady. exploded. we are running around, like, can you believe it is going to be tom brady? i mean, this is huge. we love tom brady. >> jadiann: she was feeling more like a teammate after the shoot. >> this was so cool. i was, like, i want to put on every single ring: i just tried one. i didn't want to go overboard. directed by bobby farrelly. he and his brother are behind "dumb & dumber" and "fever pitch." brady worked with the rhode island natives on the 200 comedy "stuck on you" which starred matt damon. in a statement about the new commercia

jadiann is here with the breakig details. >> the form gloucester police chief leonard campanello announcing his retirement. th his retirement. this just days after city officials announced they will fire him. he will remain on paid leave until he retires on january 3rd. this is all stepping from allegations about his relationship with two women. during up srs gas station the mayor says he was caught lying and tampering with evidence on his cellphone. the former chief reacting to the news today. >> it's in the best interest of myself and my family, but it wil manner up the administration believes is best for the community. this has been an extraordinarily difficult time for myself and my family and i am bleeding that te city of gloucester and the mayor have agreed to an applicable solution to this matter. >> deputy police chief john mccarthy will serve as the interim chief for the departmen. >> live in the newsroom, jadiann thompson, 7news. >> apologized for the crash up killed mattapan. today he faced up girl's family. 7's byron burnett live in bosto. more than a year after the death of thi

a jadiann son. >> anchor: i'm jonathan hall. we will continue to cover the breaking news and the south end. tragic story with two workers imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck hing better and give all our kids hope. please vote yes on question 2. dear fellow citizen, time spent with my son really makes me appreciate "the now". but i also have to plan for my family's future. and that means taking on debt. in a smart way. like my mortgage - it's working for me. and if he needs a college loan down the road, that'll be worth it too. it's all about having a strategy, that fits your life. so, if you have a question about how to make debt work for you, ask me. sincerely, brandon heaven fellow dad and fellow citizen. kelly ayotte: let's be honest - both donald tru

jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: thank you. stay with 7 on air and on-line for the latest for the race to the white house. lots to talk when. updates on the campaign any time by downloading our mobile or tablet app. head to whdh.com also. >> adam: coming up here on 7 news at 6:00, an envelope in this year's world series. >> kim: the bruins' season in full swing now with the brother of an n.h.l.superstar starting in net for tonight's game. >> announcer: tonight is there a house like this secretly ruining your neighborhood? hank found hundreds of these so called zombie homes across massachusetts. >> what do you think? >> who is responsible for these and why do you end up hank investigate imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, and

jadiann thompson, >> kim: following more breaking news here at 6:00. a police officer on detail stopped an attempted bank robbery in west roxbury then chases down and catches the suspect. big day. jonathan hall now joins us from the city of boston credit union. there he is. so that is where it happened. it sounds like they solved it all, got the guy. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they did. kim, we're right in front of the bank. this is the city of boston take a step forward because there is a car trying to get through. there was a robbery here just before 4:00, employees left here without commenting on the crime here today. police say just before 4:00 pm a masked gunman came in here to pull off a bank heist. when he didn't know is there was a police officer stationed here almost everyday on detail. so witnesses say a female boston police officer inside the bank noticed what was going on, interrupted t attempting bank heist and chased down the suspect. sky 7 was overhead. there was a foot chase and although the facts aren't entirely clear, there ma

>> jadiann, two the people injured were firefighters, we understand, and it's clear -- not clear how badly anyone is injured at this point. powerful natural gas explosion in portland, oregon today. the largest city there in oregon. a plop peculiar shopping district reduced to rubble. the side of one building just ripped off and windows blown out. a spokesperson for utility company northwest natural said she got a call before the blast saying a construction crew had hit a gas line. that phone call may have saved lives because the company immediately told people to get out of that building. the explosion happened shortly after. in the newsroom, i'm adam williams, 7news. > danvers high school teacher who was raped and murdered by a 14-year-old student has now filed a lawsuit. the town is suing the town of danvers and the school. >> byron joins us live with the latest. byron. >> yeah, this is that lawsuit that was filed this morning in lawrence supreme court. in it, the family of colleen ritzer asked a pretty basic art security camera here at danvers high school would keep her safe. >> r

in newsroom tonight jadiann thompson, seven news night team. a rapist released. now cause for concern in a worried about their children. people are saying they want him out of that neighborhood? >> kim, neighbors here in weymouth called police because they said this convicted rapist who lives in this home was looking over fences parents here in weymouth are fearful. >> it's shocking it's hard youngest victim was six. smart six-year-old here fear for kathleen and young family is deep. this man richard gardner who served 2727 years f and raping children has moved back into his parents's home on chandler street in weymouth. >> it's sleepless. really. really disturbing gardner now 49 was convicted in rhode island and massachusetts in the early 90s. gardner abducted a boy at knife point from his bedroom. in another case he tied up a boy to a tree and molested the child. in rhode island, gardner was sentenced to 190 years. but he got a short sentence on about 15 years. i'm disgusted now gardner is kathleen fay who has ten-year-old addeded this sign to her home and an a

jadiann thompson has much more. >> reporter: tom brady is back. field. >> tom... >> hi. >> reporter: tb-12 is starring in a new commercial for local mri provider shields healthcare, and in the spot, brady flashes his four super bowl rings when the nurse asks him to remove any jewelry. the quarterback who was forced to sit out for the last four weeks letting pats fans know that he is hoping to add to his collection. >> is that all? >> for now. >> we're gonna need to get you a bigger locker. >> reporter: actress and wellesey native erin o'riley scored the role opposite brady. >> oh, myh. like -- my husband almost like exploded and we were running around like, tom brady, can you believe it's going to be tom brady. it was huge. we love tom brady. >> reporter: the pats fan feeling like she was more of a teammate by the end of the shoot. >> we're like giving each other high-fives and fist bumps like after all of the good takes. this is so cool. >> reporter: even getting a chance to try on brady's bling. >> i was like i want to put on every single ring.

let's go to jadiann thompson with the impacts of the storm as it continues to cause a lot of damage. >> reporter: this is the strongest hurricane to hit haiti since 1964. battering the beaches with en the high winds and dangerous flooding. hurricane matthew made land fall tuesday morning as a category 4 storm with winds reaching 145 miles an hour. the strongest atlantic hurricane in nearly a decade. now the fear is that up to 40 inches of rain could fall in some parts of the country and trigger deadly muddslides. government has been warning people especially in mountain areas to evacuate their homes and head to emergency shelters but many have not done so. preparing for the worst as signs of matthew crash ashore. >> make sure we got water. we got nonperishable foods. we have a generator to make sure that is fueled up. make sure the vehicle and leave the rest -- >> getting the flour, the fuel, grocery shopping to get prepared for the coming storm. >> reporter: its forecasted path headed for the u.s. >> hurricane matthew is a cat gore 4 storm and it's forecasters don't expect all this

. >> jadiann, the crash happened here on grope street. you can see firefighters put up everyone back. they're concentrating at the end of the street here. that's where we see a white toyota rav4 that ran right into what looks like a wall right next to a garage. all of the bricks have fallen to the ground. that suv is still in the wall there, we understand there were two people inside the suv, a driver and female passenger. both taken to the hospital. we did talk to a worker on one of the side street out here doing construction. they say they heard a car slam street at the bottom of the hill, then drive speeding up the hill about 70 miles per hour before it hit that call it didn't necessary look like they were trying to get into a garage or park but slammed into the wall. taken from the scene by ambulance to the hospital, we understand from passengers and people in this area who saw all of this, witnesses in the area o that both of the people looked like they were okay. again, a lot of people checking out the scene, trying to figure out wh

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know who to pick and who to sit. >> jadiann: hey there, pats' fans. daerr. as usual. we would never replace you, trey. we're already on week eight. we're talking about the patriots, the only team in the nfl to be 6-1. they'll play the same team that defeated them this season. what do we expect? >> trey: a lot has changed since they played the bills one months ago, the biggest thing tom brady. he's elevating play of guys around him. look to cowhat they did last year against buffalo, short, quick intermediate passing game. james white three touchdowns the past two weeks. james white to start. >> sarah: and the bills' run game and lesean mccow killed it for the patriots. what do you think about that? >> christa:>> trey: the patriots struggled to shut down mccoy. but mccow is not the same guy. he was injured in practice last week, tried to give it a go against miami. obviously things aren't right. he's a star player, probably the most explosive back in the nfl, but things aren't right for him. you got to sit him down, >> jadiann: and people doubting aaron

jadiann thompson has a look. >> jadiann: tom brady is back, field. >> tom? >> hi. >> jadiann: t.b. 12 is starring in a new commercial for local m.r.i. provideer. the quarterback flashes his four super bowl rings when the tech asks him to remove his jewelry. >> is that all? >> for now. >> we're going the need to get you a bigger locker. >> oh, my gosh. my husband almost exploded. tom brady, can you believe it's going to be tom brady. it was huge. we love tom brady. >> jadiann: the pats' fan feeling like more of teammate by the end of the shoot. >> we're giving each other high-fives and fist bumps after all the good takes like they were good plays. this is so cool. >> jadiann: o'reilly even getting chance to try on brady's ring. i just tried on one. i didn't want to go overboard. big name on -- the only big name. the commercial was directed by bobby farrelly, who was behind "there's something about mary." he also worked on "stuck on you," which starred local favorite matt damon. bobby farrelly praised number 12 saying in part, "tom brady quite simply is the gr

>>> jadiann police say money problems probably caused this woman to lie. her husband said that he didn't know anything about it at all. >>> it's unfortunate that we're here today. >> reporter: the a podium in the millbury police station the department's chief reveals a theft reported at out to be made up. it never happened. >>> maria daly fabricated the entire story that there was no break into the home, there was no larceny from the home. >> reporter: last week police say they went to officer dan daly's home and found draws the open and the place disshelled. the wife reporting $10,000 worth of jewelry missing. neighbors were shocked and they from the high school. >> reporter: that seemed to make sense to many because the couple reported their yellow siding was vandalized too, possibly the initials of black lives matterment list were wary because no one reported hearing the dog barking. >>> the mere fact you have an active k-9 officer with a very active k-9 at the residence didn't make sense to me. obviously there was no need for the dog to be agitated bec

>> that's right, jadiann. trump said if you prepare too much you'll freeze up. it appears now he is practicing, holding a town hall event where he'll take questions from the crowd. >> just days out from his high stakes rematch with hillary clinton, donald trump is touting his performance in tuesday's contentious vice presidential clash. >> didn't mike pence do a great job? >> sources close to trump disputing reports up privately e pence. in nevada publicly heaping praie on himself. >> i'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my up so-called choice. >> just blocks in the white houe at a star-studded fundraiser -- >> i think up tells you everything you need to know abot who's qualified and temperamentally fit to be president. even mike pence think donald trump is.>> his boss, tim kaine concedes he got a little too feisty. >> i got dinged a little bit, even from my wife for interrupting. okay. but the key part of up debate ws at some points i felt like i was going after donald trump and mie pence kind of was going after trump with me. >> ahead of the debat

. >> i'm jadiann thompson. >> 7news at 6:00 starts right now. >> now at 6:00, donald trump backing up his controversial comments. >> i will tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspense. >> democrats firing back. that he's losing. >> with election day just 19 das away. shot by a stray bullet while laying in bed. a young boy recovering in the hospital. >> tracking showers for tomorrow and a lot of wind this weekend. >> and town after town, delivering a special salute to a fallen hero. >> 7news at 6:00 starts now. >> so we start here at 6:00 with kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old while she was walkig to school. it happened in the year of rocksford and phillips streets n lawrence. the victim, a student at the south lawrence east educational complex. >> let's get right to 7's ryan schulteis. he's in the newsroom with more details. >> the suspect grabbed the student from behind, took her to a nearby apartment complex and then sexually assaulted her. sky 7hd over the area. it's not far from the lawrence school police say she was walking to school when the attack happened. the suspect ha

some are calling a man named ken bone at debate's real star 17 jadiann, the 34-year-old from illinois was one of the undecide voters chosen to ask a question during the debate. and now his tv appearance has a lot of people talking. people commenting on the debate flooded twitter with memes of ken and bright red sweater some calling him the hero america needs during this bitter fought presidential race. he's an operator at a coal plant just outside st. louis aasked candidates about energy policy bone says he was leaning toward trump impressed by hillary. he says he is still undecided though and now he's also figuring out how to deal with his new found fame. >> i went from last night having 7 twitter followers two of k4 were my grandmother because she had to remake her account once she forgot her password to now several hn. i don't know why they care what i have to say i'm glad they are engaged in political process. >> and you know this was coming. interview saw last night selling out online he found a found a fan inspect red sox pitcher joe kelly. kelly tweeted out to bone offering him

jadiann thompson is in newsroom with more on the damage the storm has already caused. ryan, people from florida to carolinas are bracing themselves for hurricane matthew. and south carolina declaring a state of emergency but in haiti it has already brought severe damage. hurricane matthew and category 4 packing one 45 mile per hour winds tuesday. it is strongest storm to make land fall in haiti in 40 years. hardest hit the rural surgeon peninsula. ville annual and communication have been cut off after a key bridge is washed away. around port au prince at threat of mud slides authorities right to to the people out of hardest hit areas but many refused to leave. >> this man explains his entire garden is gone. nothing was spared. jamaica also battered by flash ships carrying relief supplies to area hardest hit. as people from florida to carolinas are stocking up and preparing for the worst >> preparing buying rain gear and flashlights pie came to pick up generator and extra if you will tanks. peep are getting lumber, groceries gas and water. south carolina's governor is u

. >> jadiann: hey, there pats' fans. welcome to fantasy fix. i'm jadiann thompson with trey daerr. i don't know what you're doing. >> trey: i did not lose a belt. tom brady wishes he could look this guide. >> jadiann: we're with you, tray. week five, brady is back. great news for the team. >> trey: this awesome jacket going to bring some mojo to the patriots. not going the need it again julian edelman, rob gronkowski if he gets going, danny amendola, martellus bennett can get going even more now. another guy, chris hogan, a great addition to the patriots. good body down in the red zone. look for him against a bad browns' defense. maybe haul in a red zone touchdown. >> jadiann: another year, another disaster for the browns. no quarterback. >> trey: they're down to rookie cody kessler. you know bill belichick is going to load the box. they have a good running back, but he'll face eight, nine games -- guys in the box all game long. >> jadiann: the patriots looking to assert themselves. who else do you like? >> the oakland raiders. long time since we've said that. they're the laughings

jadiann thompson with the story. >> tom brady is back. but not just on the football field. >> tb 12 starrin provider shields healthcare. and the spot brady flashes his four super bowl ring when the nurse asked him to remove jewelry. the quarterback forced to sit out for the last four weeks letting pat's fan know he hopes to add to his collection. >> is that all? >> nor now. >>> aaron o'reilly scored the role opposite brady. >> oh, my gosh. my husband almost like exploded. brady. can you believe tom brady. it was huge. we love tom brady. the pat's fan feeling like she was more of teammate by the end of the shoot. >> we're giving each other high fives and fist bumps. >> o'reilly even getting a chance to try on brady's bling. >> i was like i want to put on every single ring. i just tried on one. he wasn't the only big name on the project in the commercial was directed by bobbie fairly he and his brother the team b dumb and dumber. there's something about mary. and boston based fever pitched. he worked on the 2003 comedy "stuck on you" which

. >> anchor: 7's jadiann thompson in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: bruce springstein paying a visit to the harvard coop today. meet him. one woman came from new jersey springstein's home state. got emotional talking about how his music helped her getting through tough times. >> i love the boy from new jersey. makes me cry to see -- and he got me through sandy. and the world trade center. and i used to yell at the rising to get through it. >> anchor: springstein's book talks about his childhood in new jersey and rise top fame. as well as personal hardships that helped inspire some of his songs. >> anchor: it's flirting with 53. is that flirting with 40. am i over selling this. probably. >> anchor: i hear people asking it's time to turn on the heat. was that long ago we shut off the air conditioners. we've had rainy weekends through the month of october so far. put us above average for the month of october so far. the first time we've been above average for the month of february. still almost 9 inches below average for the year so far. there goes our rain from yesterday. left wi

i'm jadiann thompson. >> anchor: i'm ryan schulteis. it's supposed to hit there later tonight. live reports will have you covered at 7 news at 10:00 and interviewer: what would you do with five minutes to kill and a smartphone? man: check the scores. woman 1 : uh, probably post a pic. woman 2: text a friend. interviewer: how about register to vote? man: really? galvin: you can. five minutes online and a massachusetts driver's license is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. go to register to vote m-a dot com. it's that easy. woman 2: done. i just registered. man: that was easy. . >>> the kardashian show stamps down production. are kim's days on reality tv over? now on "extra." >> extra, extra. extra, extra. kardashians on hold as the first family reality tv, are they rethinking the future? >>> the shocking about kim's bodyguard. >> his ex-wife's claims about domestic violence. >>> new couple alert. sean penn all over a mystery woman. he's 56. she's 24. who her famous father is. >>> trump versus clinton, round two. before sunday's showdown, secretary c

for that as we look at the situation, let's go to jadiann tomp-on. >> you're right. we're looking at is that from sky 7 just minutes ago over the home on lorraina drive in winchester. you can see the damage there where a box truck appears to of a home there. the company that owns that truck says telling us now that no one was hurt and the company believes the crash was caused by a mechanical issue with the box truck. possibly a brake failure that sent that truck down a steep hill. we're working to get more information for you on this story, as well. >> police searching for a man who they say exposed himself to a woman and then tried to grab her. this all happening on a bike path right in town. >> it's very popular. police say on a bike. 7's steve cooper live in marble head with the latest on the search for this guy. >> and police have been looking for him all day long here. this is such a popular rail trail on the northshore, crowded all day long, weekends especially. today was no different and as you can imagine, that is all has it's a little rattled residents aroun

i'm jadiann thompson here with tray dare. we're on week 8 and talking about the patriots. only team 6-and-1. they will play the same team that defeated them in the season. >> a lot has changed since they played the bills one month the biggest thing tom brady really elevating the play. look to do what they did last year. in week two against buffalo. james white three touchdowns the last two weeks. think he will have another big week. >> the bill game really killed it for the patriots in weak four. you know what do you think about for this coming week. the patriots struggled to mccoy not the same guy. he was injured in practice last week tried to give it a go against miami. obviously things aren't right. he's a star player probably the most explosive in the nfl. you have to hit him down. he's going up against the patriots defense. aaron roger a little bit too soon. more of the same this week. or not? >> monster game. one week ago against the bears one of the best he's played in a long time. got to look to the guys around him. kind of coming out of running back/wide receiver.