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

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

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 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 thompson went through this video spoke with store clerk who livers to tell about this horrible incident there. 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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.

i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: breaking news, an location at a chemical plant in north andover, several people injured in the last. >> ryan: stocks the issues overseas leading to the steep slide. >> kim: an attacker claiming ties to terror killed by police in paris one year after the deadly attack on a controversial magazine. >> ryan: a leap of faith as flames close in, a family makes a scary decision. >> reporter: clear skies right now but here is our next storm on the move. >> kim: power ball reaching a record level. the biggest jackpot ever. how high it could climb. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: we begin with breaking news first at 5:00. four people injured in an explosion at the dow chemical plant in north andover. we've sky 7 live over the scene. you can see there is a lot of activity going on. we've seen people taken out in stretch e firefighters there trying to make the scene safer and people loaded into medical helicopters. there are local, state and federal authorities all unear.

. >> 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. worcester 19. martha's vineyard at 13679 the air is dry and there

thank you for joining us, i'm jadiann thompson. schulteis. 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: breaking news a gunman opened fire on a blue line train. the other in the maverick t. station. >> adam: also breaking sentencing set for a man just convicted of charges stemming from a crash oned ash orrway that left a foreseriously injured. >> kim: james whitey bulger handler will spend the rest of his life blind bars. >> reporter: it's about the cold for the rest of the week. >> adam: brady versus manning but ahead of the game the players are taking shots at each other. >> kim: outrage over the oscars, why some stars are boy coting the big award know. >> anchor: two people shot at an mbta station in east boston. police say the gunman initially opened fire on the blue line train. when he got off the train and on to the platform, he opened fire there. >> adam: no arrests have been made just yet. let's get out to byron know right now.

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..

thank you for joining us, i'm jadiann thompson requirements i am ryan schulteis. >> adam: chandler jones says he made a mistake. what we've learned about the night he showed up at the foxboro police department. >> kim: also breaking another player noticeably absent on the practice kneeled. reports leading to questions about the gronk's status for saturday's play-off time. >> reporter: the wind finally fades away. another batch of clouds tomorrow a's a slippery ride leading to a tragedy in new hampshire. who went on the roof tried to get help. >> kim: a public tisly stunt leaves a city official out of a job in rhode island. >> adam: history was made. the world is waiting to see who those three winning power ball tickets belong to. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> adam: start with breaking news from the new england patriots. >> made a stupid mistake and hopefully -- >> adam: chandler jones apologized to the fans and teammates for what happened this weekend that landed him in the hospital. today foxboro police revealed jones was shirtless and confused when they found him in the s

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 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 the teen was actually a decoy who turned the man's information over to place. he resigned from his position as principal last month after allegations of inappropriate use of school computers. report, detectives found adult pornographic material on his school laptop. police confronted him on december 7. they say when asked why he was doing this, he stated because it is exciting. he acknowledged his behavior as inappropriate but would not elaborate. he was

much more to come in the next 90 minutes, thank you for sticking with us, i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> kim: winter weather heading our way. >> reporter: clear and cold in new england. here is the storm powerhouse. >> adam: a sprinkling of snow causing crippling conditions in the nation's capital and it could get pirs. >> kim: pats getting >> give itself me motivation. >> kim: how gronk is responding to the broncos message. >> adam: 22 years later some of the patriots' biggest stars opening up about robert kraft's legacy of leadership. >> kim: the threat that led authorities to cancel class. >> adam: unforgettable day for one local athlete. the special visit from a bruins' star. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> adam: we're tracking winter weather as advertised. a monster storm is taking a turn and in the mid atlantic is preparing for the worst. several areas could possibly see a foot of snow. >> kim: big question, what could -- does it mean for us? >> the brunt of the storm is expected to be south of new england. we'll

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: first at 6:00 breaking news this evening. boston police actively searching for a shooter right now. after two people are shot near and at the maverick t. stop. one of these people shot then the other one right on the platform. >> adam: scary, sense moments for people on the train, on the platform. byron barnett is live in east boston with the breaking details. >> reporter: this shooting took place around 2:30 in the afternoon. actually started with an altercation, a fight between a couple of guys on a moving blue line train just as it was pulling in

i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> reporter: sun going down, so are the temperatures yet again cold weather factoring in a what the agency is saying as the train gets back on track. >> we do not have to accept this. >> adam: according changes on gun control. the executive action announced today that brought the president to tears. a standoff on federal land entering its 4th day. why law enforcement is taking a less aggressive approach. >> kim: after a season of hard hits the pats talking about heading into the play-offs with a roughed up quarterback. >> announcer: 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: many people feeling bitter today. frigid temperatures taking hold. in fact, this is the coldest that it has been since last february. if you don't like it we might have a little bit of good news. temperatures will climb back up. >> ryan: single digits are not here to stay at least for the rest of the week. jeremy reiner is here. >> reporter: they were down to the single numbers, boston had a low of 8. worcester at 3. jaffrey at 1. even on

i'm jadiann thompson, 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. news, now at 6:00, four people hurt after a chemical explosion in andover. also breaking, stocks plummeting overseas. and the dow take as massive plunge. >> reporter: sunshine gone for a few days, here comes our next storm. rain, i'll show you how much is on the way. >> announcer: bad news for local students. why some schools are banning a popular gadget on campus? who wants to be a billionaire? the power ball jackpot could soon reach a black buster jackpot. 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> kim: first at 6:00 at least four people rushed to the hospital after an explosion at a chemical plant in andover. right now, fire and bomb crews are at the plant. >> ryan: this all happened at the dow chemical facility. steve cooper is live with more on this breaking story. what do we know? >> reporter: it's an active scene. four people were injured, sealed off at this hour. expected to hear from the shortly but we know there was a chemical explosion here this afternoon. officials still don't know what exactly exploded and why it exploded. mergency resp

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

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

. >> anchor: jadiann thompson is standing by at the breaking news desk with tell us more. >> reporter: well, glenn frey a founding member of the eagles died today. the er dear guitarist and singer was 67 years old of he is prick toured here on the right with fellow eagle don henley. the band said he died of complications of pneumonia and other health problems. some of the egg ooh else greatest hits including hotel california are among the best-selling albums in history. he will be missed. 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 s

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 thompson. >> reporter: route 9 is closed down for several blocks, police are diverting traffic at this hour. police tell us there was one car involved in this. a lot of damage done to that one vehicle. you can see it to the hood, all the damage through the windshield. state police just finished taking photos of that vehicle a short time ago and launched as a tow truck came and hauled that car away. but the investigation is still active tonight. we do have one victim because it is so early in the investigation, the identity of that victim has not been released. ham. >> also from the night team, another school scare in massachusetts today as more threats were called in. police not taking any chances lining up students' backpacks, bringing in bomb-sniffing dogs. >> reporter: today's threat was e-mailed to a teacher saying there would be pipe bombs and shots fired at police. >> it was really terrified that i had to -- they had to search my stuff. >> reporter: sky 7 hd over a disturbing scene. hundreds of backpacks laid on the sidewalk and being searched for bombs. methuen high was

. >> anchor: much more to come in the next 90 minutes, everyone' jadiann thompson. >> anchor: i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> anchor: breaking news . >>> all units respond, shots fired. >> anchor: a boston police officer shot in dorchester. what we've learned about the man accused of pulling the trigger. also breaking, a philadelphia police officer ambush insisted. surveillance video claiming ties to isis. and a mexican drug lord back in custody months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. >> anchor: not one weather system, but two storms this weekend. details are up next. >> anchor: more breaking news, crews disposing of dangerous chemicals. a huge explosion on just one station. crews just detonating those materials after a removing them from the site of a blast in north andover. we have a live report coming right up. shots fired the a boston police officer . >>> he has a serious leg wound spots is expect taken into custody alive . >>> this individual just shot one of our officers and officers were able to tackle him and not use deadly force . >> anchor: o

new more to come in the next 90 minutes. ' jadiann thompson . >> anchor: i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> anchor: remember edone with the falling snow for now but the cold is settling in to stick and for the week. what you need to prepare for as you head back to work tomorrow . >> anchor: the road to the super bowl goes through denver. td 12 gearing town face off against payton manning in a mile >>> plus, an emotional return. a hingham native back home after spending more than a month in custody in iran . >> anchor: candidates keeping busy on the campaign trail making a time push before the first votes. >>> calling for change. logan airport workers taking to the street trying to send a powerful message . >> anchor: and foul play on the court of a college player rough roughing the ref after a call didn't go his way. >> anchor: make way for another round of winter weather picking up after one storm and getting ready for the next. last night's storm blanketing the state with a few inches of snow. it was light and bluffy so easy to shovel and with the holiday today d

a senior defense official no no distress call was made by either ship jadiann thompson also on 7, parting words from the president. the commander in chief letting out his leg he see. we may change work for us always extending america's promise outward to next frontier. president obama's final state of the union. for president his last state union address was about focussing on the future. and the legacy he's leaving behind. ryan schulteis in our control room with more. ryan. last state union address president tried to bring country together a he talked about future but he also wanted to cement his legacy. >>> for the last time, president obama arrives to deliver state union tonto joint session of congress. try to make it a little shorter. >>> i know some of you are antcy to get back to iowa. >> president touch briefly on his years in office. how the economy came back, how he was able to pass healthcare for everyone. but he truly focused on the future. >> i don't want to just talk about next year. >> i want to focus on the next five years. the next ten years. and beyond. but he did talk ab

in the newsroom, jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> anchor: also breaking right now, two suspect insisted drug dealers busted in tewksbury. police say they seized about $3 million worth of drugs. >> anchor: as you can imagine this couple is now facing serious charges. 7's steve cooper live in lowell where they appeared in court. steve? >> anchor: the district attorney telling us a little while ago as far as she is concerned this is a major break in the opioid crisis. it's been a huge problem in the area here that it's included a lot of overdoses and a lot of deaths over the past couple of years and this was the break they were looking for and tonight two drug suspects are being held on high bail. it is it's a very, very large and significant seizure . >> anchor: marianne ryan giving us a look at the more than 100 packages of drugs referred to as bricks which amount to 30 kilos that drug agents have identified as phentynal and heroin with a street value in excess of $3 million. >>> we believe this to be pat of a very large scale conspiracy conspiracy. >> anchor: in court lewis perez and his 42-

i'm jadiann thompson . >> anchor: 7 news at 5:00 or actually 6:00 starts right now. >> reporter: boston getting a dose of winter weather . >> reporter: accumulating snow moving out for now, but the coldest air of the season settling in to stick around. just how long it stays with us and a potential storm for the weekend. >> reporter: pats playoff run rolls on. >>> there is only four teams playing next weekend and we're one of them . >> reporter: new england sizing up a tall task. broncos? safe and sound, a hingham man reunited with his family after being held captive in iran and parking ban problems in worcester. why drivers say they never got the memo. memo.. >> anchor: winter weather hitting noon of a snow day to cap off the holiday weekend. started coming down last night and did not stop until this morning. in fact when most of us woke up it was time to break out the shovels . >> anchor: some cities and towns saw several inches and tonight get ready for the temperatures to just plunge. meteorologist bri eggers standing by with a look at the forecast now . >>> that's the key adam and

live in the newsroom, jadiann thompson, seven news. >> anchor: if you boo buy that and put that up in the living room. >> it is a bedroom piece. >> we get the picture of brady and i would like to see the person who gets the underwear, sweet that out. >> anchor: good night, for the bruins alex is standing by now. >> reporter: ne needed a win and they got it in a big way, breezing back the devils and we letting it rip, after this quick what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts . the best simple veggie dish ever? california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. >> reporter: it was a much better effort. still not good enough. >> saved. >> and in this league you have to win the hockey games and so we got to be disappointed and we got to be, maybe, hungrier for the next game, so that we can, turn things around here. >> reporter: they were hungry no doubt, with the losses in five of the last six, tonight is the game that the bru ins absolutely needed a

jadiann thompson with more on their story. >> the family of the child involved didn't want their face on camera. the girl picked up at 7:30 friday morning head to page academy. it wasn't until 1:00 in the afternoon the girl was found by stranger. scared cold and alone on the bus. >> that's when they heard my niece banging on the window screaming for help. she was psychiatrying. the family said 5-year-old discovered by those stranger walking by when she heard scream coming from the bus. >> my niece was checked out. she was shooken up scared frightened. cold, hungry. the family said they are outraged and have tried to contact the bus company themselves for the entire afternoon. the company finally answered the phone and apologized. they put -- all the other the person never checked the bus. she was the only one in the back seat. she was sleeping. they never checked the bus. >>> the family of marine killed in hawaii thanking the community for their support. marine corporal christopher orlando and 11 other marines are presumed dead. their chopper collided midair two weeks ago. orlando was

here's jadiann thompson with her reaction. >> this little old lady is far from modest. he's a good looking guy. >> okay. >> and he -- i like the way he expresses himself. that's long-time patriot's fan jamgs johnson of quincy talking about her favorite player number 87 seeing this picture of gronc on the issue. she has particular fancy for his and all of the team's uniforms. >>> they are nice and tight. johnson will turn 100 years old so she sent the team a card for them to sign. it came with the letter from her grandson quoting her saying i may be near 100 years old but there's noting wrong with these eyes. have you seen those uniforms they make those boys wear. that gronc boy in those tight points, i have to watch. they are what they are. several player were talking about her today. happy to help make her day extra special. >> you got to support the fans there. lady. >>> as far as i'm concerned they are the football game. she told us the perfect birthday gift would be tow see the pats go all the way. in new england." >>> he is a tight end. >> i love her. you can talk

. >> jadiann: there is another 30 minutes of 7 news thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> announcer: patriots star chandler jones opening up. his message to the pats and fan fans and rob gronkowski missing in action. what is keeping the star player off the field? >> reporter: dry for this evening and overnight. we're tracking our next storm for the start of the weekend. >> announcer: moyne in the bank, meet the two local possible players who are now $1 million richer. 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> kim: first at 6:00 breaking news -- >> i mid of made a stupid miss take. >> kim: patriots star chandler jones apologizing after his hospital visit on sunday. this comes after the foxboro police department released new details about the incident. >> adam: jones has since there are some unanswered questions. dan hausle is live with more on this breaking story. >> reporter: some of the questions are answered in reports. police giving the facts of the situation. chandler jones giving a more emotional view. >> i feel -- >> reporter: chandler jones facing the camera

i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> reporter: sun going down, so are the temperatures yet again cold

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.

i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis, 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> kim: breaking news, an location at a chemical plant in north andover, several people injured in the last. >> ryan: stocks the issues overseas leading to the steep slide.

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