fox 25's jim morelli was to the fire station to say if you. >> my son in nursery school. >> reporter: the fading photographs, a beloved toy a ceramic tree crafted by an 8-year-old these are the treasures of debbie crystal's life. >> gratitude doesn't begin to express what i feel. >> reporter: about six weeks ago she was feeling something else panic after a fire broke out in the attic of her milford home. >> i called 911 we had kind of a short amount of time to run around and grab our belongings. >> reporter: but her most fire. >> and that's where i keep some very special things. >> reporter: special things associated with two special people. her late son and daughter. >> my daughter passed away seven years ago from breast cancer. and then my son passed away about a little over two years ago. >> reporter: days after the fire, she went looking for the special things and spotted a plastic tub. >> and i opened up the tub

students tell fox25's jim morelli they are fed up. >> reporter: you mute say they wouldn't run away from the truth so they told it. for the past several years spreadsheet on the women's cross country that have appearance, weight and sexual innuendo. >> sexualizing women in that way is really disgusting. >> reporter: the revelations in saturday's harvard crimson and hon on the heels of the men's soccer team that was found with so-called scouting report on members of the women's soccer team some of which were sexually explicit. >> important that harvard has taken the stance it has and >> reporter: stabbed that harvard has taken to suspend what looked to be a championship season for the men's soccer team. harvard athletics does not tolerate this demeaning and derogatory behavior and we will address any derogatory information we receive.

looks in dooxbury, jim morelli, fox -- texbury, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >>> tonight we are learning what police say happened to the person behind the wheel. fox 25's john monahan is live with the breaking details. john? >> reporter: mark and vanessa, police say it appears that driver had some that caused her to lose control and run down one of her own neighbors. >> no charges right now for the driver. >> reporter: westwood police chief jeffrey silva says that driver a woman in her 70s lost control on adam street close to her home hitting one of her own neighbors. >> there was an area that the driver was familiar with. we don't know with why for some reason almost at the final destination the vehicle seemed to just accelerate. >> reporter: the victim a woman in and thrown onto this lawn. she was rushed to a waiting helicopter and flown to beth israel in boston. >> her condition was very serious when she was transported life-threatening. >> reporter: right now the police chief says this you all looks like a terrible accident. the driver suffering from some sort of medical issue that l

. >> fox 25's jim morelli spent the day on campus speaking with students frustrated with these latest allegations. >> reporter: you might say they couldn't run away from the truth so they told it. they admit for the past several years it has created spreadsheets on the women's country country team which included comments about weight, appearance and sexual innu inde. >> sexualizing women in that way i think is really disgusting. >> reporter: the revelations appeared in saturday's harvard crimson hot on the heels of a similar practice involving the men's soccer team which has created the scouting report. some of which were sexually explicit. >> it's important that har hard has taken the stance -- harvard has taken the stance harvard has taken to suspend the remainder of what looked to be a championship season for the men's soccer team. the athletic director responded to latest revelations in a brief statement. they do not tolerate this sort of demeaning and derogatory behavior we will address any credible information we receive. the twin controversies involving athletic teams somewhat

students tell jim morelli they are fed up. >> reporter: they could not run. they had spraeted spreadsheet on the women's cross country team which included comments about weight, appearance and sexual innuendo. >> sexualizing women in that way is really disgusting. >> reporter: the regulation and in the harvard crimson hot on practice of the soccer team that had scouting reports of women of the soccer team. some of which were sexually explicit. >> harvard has taken the stance they have. it is more than just this. >> reporter: stand harvard has taken to suspend what looked like a championship season for the harvard'ser can team. harvard elt letics director say address any information that we receive. >> reporter: it somewhat overshadowed freshmen parents weekend and plenty of fodder about gender and sprpt i don't think that women should be based on their attractiveness. i don't even that i should be a factor and raised based on their ability to perform, help in sports. >> reporter: as for the idea of the spreadsheet and scouting reports are harmless examples of

in dedham, jim morelli, fox25 news. >>> a big investment and an even bigger mission. congress will commit to the bill has been in the work for years. other diseases like alzheimer's will benefit too. >> what this bill will do is create a whole new slug of funding for research in disease, especially cancer. >> julie: the bill will budget $1 billion for state grants to address the opioid crisis. republican leader also hold a vote this week on a final deal, but democratic leaders haven't signed on and say they are still negotiating a final >>> 4:27. the president-elect claimed he was cheated out of the popular vote. we told you yesterday he said voter fraud in three states including new hampshire. fox25 went straight to election officials there to get their take on the situation. >>> and a new tool will soon situation. >>> and a new tool will soon be used someone once asked, do we ever think about anything other than steak? yes... akhouse. tonight's special: turf and surf. flo's filet and lobster tail, our new crab cake filet, and our new renegade sirloin and lobster mac

jim morelli, fox news. >>> four people have a court date accused of breaking into a school, stealing visitor passes and damaging students' projects. it happened in marblehead. off around 1:00. when they got there they found two people on the property. investigators say two more were also involved. that group is accused of tearing down artwork and knocking down signs. all four suspects are adults. their names have not been released. >>> we check traffic together every ten minutes. a lot of green on my map right now. it is early so expecting to stay light until about 6:30. things are look good on the expressway as we head from the braintree split to columbia road. route 1 and 93 here are your live drive times. 11 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 19 minutes on 93 south. 22 minutes on 128 southbound from peabody to the weston tolls. >>> you know for most of us, we are coming off a four-day weekend trudging back to work slowly, and yesterday was a great way to wrap up a weekend, a beautiful day >> the sun came out. felt great outside. and the nice thing -- today we have less wind

in milford, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >>> all right, jim still clear out there in boston. look off to our west. the big changes this weekend. the latest timeline with new information just in to the weather center. >>> we showed you why the state agency overseeing daycares and school programs investigated allegations by phone. up next fox 25 uncovers the number of complaints where investigators are never even uncovering a troubling pattern of complaints not being investigated by a state agency overseeing daycares and school programs. >> this comes a day after investigative reporter erik rasmussen showed you how the department of early education and care was doing a lot of its investigating over the phone. as you're about to see many complaints reported to eec were never assigned to an investigator. >>> a daycare in hingham the latest to face allegations of abusing children some less than a year old. locked aggressively to be put to sleep. >> reporter: while d.c.f. looks into the allegations of abuse another state agency early education and care is responsible for investigat

fox 25's jim morelli live for us in princeton tonight where jim, police are colored s.u.v. >> reporter: vanessa that is all they're saying no make no, model, no year just a dark colored s.u.v. a clue too vague to be useful well, not so fast as a private investigator we spoke with. more than three months have passed since vanessa marcotte's murder. today a possible crack in the case. a vehicle placed by witnesses near where the 27-year-old body was found and around the time the murder is thought to have occurred. the worcester county d.a. saying only that the some in princeton are frustrated by what they see as a lack of useful information in the marcotte case. >> all they've shared is they're looking for a dark colored s.u.v.. >> reporter: and this latest revelation fall into that category for kathy sweeney. >> i do a lot of hiking in the woods. i do a lot of hiking with friends i do some hiking alone. i would like some information that would help me make wise decisionses about whether how safe that is and how safe that not is. by phone. he says this may be a significant development. >

fox 25's jim morelli standing by we've learned about the victim's injuries. jen? >> reporter: we know he has severe burns and 84 years old. in the last few minutes it. oint outside to us there still be going on. on thereof are hot spots was out. i want to show you something down here, too. this is the shirt right here that was ripped off of the man's back. again this shirt was on fire. >> when fire crews got here they say there were flames coming mainly off the back of the house. half of the guys had to take this gentleman to the med flight area and the other half had to fight the and again they pretty much put the fire out. we did speak with a neighbor who saw this 84-year-old man run out of the house, again, totally on fire. >> he just ran over and pull him out and put him out and take his shirt off and stuff. >> there you go. there is that shirt that was ripped off of his back it's on an island right in front of the house and you can see marks right down here many again, 84 years old this gentleman we do not know his condition. but those burns were severe. he a

fox25's jim morelli tell us how people are handling the reminder that we live in new england. >> i am dying. >> reporter: call it paying the piper, the rude awakening, a meteorological slap in the face. after weeks of relatively balmy temperatures, realities roll in. >> i feel like just taking a blanket, cover myself rolling down the street, because it is just ridiculous. >> reporter: it wasn't even that cold. the air temperature around 40 degrees in boston by nightfall. but the wind took the warmth right out of that reading. >> suddenly wind chills in the teens. >> i think my dog didn't get her walk today. >> reporter: the sudden cold hit during the week when many couldn't stay indoors. at wegman's in westwood, thanksgiving shoppers bundled up to get groceries not to when it hits. the first cold day and first flakes on the car. whatever, it's coming. >> reporter: on mass transit, from problems because of wind and cold. unless you had to wait outside for the ride. >> like waiting out here for the bus. >> not fun at all. i don't want to walk. the lesser of two evils. >> reporter: but a

. >> fox 25's jim morelli spoke with a tree specialist. >> reporter: it is the climatelogical that just keeps on giving. this tree fell this morning in waltham. >> the drought at one point was i believe nine inches behind what we needed to be at the time. >> reporter: patrick is a garden center in winchester. he says there has been some recovery from the drought since summer. >> i would say you will probably have a lot of branches down first. those will be first then some trees coming afterwards. >> reporter: those trees also likely fall, pairment says, because the lack of water has forced them to extend root systems far from the trunk. problem is those roots aren't providing much in the way of anchorage. >> there are some root systems that can go out to 100, 125 feet six to eight inches deep. >> reporter: fox 25 meteorologists are predicting the worst of the windiness to hit on monday, when westerly gusts could whip up to 50 miles per hour. parent says the one silver lining to the wind storm it's occurring after many trees have already lost their leaves, which will reduce the surface a

. >> fox 25's jim morelli spent the day on campus speaking with students of frustrated. >> reporter: you might say they couldn't run away from the truth so they told it. they admit for past several years it has created spreadsheets on the women's cross-country team which included comments about weight, appearance, and sexual innuendo. >> sexualizing women in that way i think is really disgusting. >> reporter: the revelations appeared in saturday's harvard crimson and hot on practice which created scouting reports on members of the women's soccer team. some of which were sexually explicit. >> it's important that harvard has taken the stance it has and these issues do not just end after this. the stand harvard has taken for the men's soccer team. information we receive. yet provided plenty of fodder for about depender and respect. i don't think women should be rated on their attractiveness. harmless examples of guys being guys let's look at the soccer team situation. first of all harvard conducted an internal administrative review and that resulted severe sanctions against the team but

always get appreciated or acknowledged for the important work that they do. >> reporter: in milford, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >> jason: good good work, jim, on that. it's a snowy day in the midwest. that snow is headed in our direction. i've got the latest on what it will bring into >>> complete new england news coverage continues right now. this is fox 25 morning news. >> jason: all right. so this time tomorrow, i think we'll be seeing different things. >> heather: burr. >> jason: we'll stabbing other things more negative things about the view outside. but this morning, nothing to complain about. this is a beautiful shot of downtown skyline at the common there. get outside, and soak it up, an enjoy it if you get better than that in new england, guys. good morning, hope you're having a great saturday. pass things over to the meteorologist jason brewer in the storm tracker weather center. the all important thanksgiving forecast to look forward to as well. lots to talk about. >> jason brewer: we have one storm coming in tonight another around thanksgiving. lots to keep track of. sunny skies westw

in austin, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >>> police are still searching for the gunman in a shooting that left a 3-year-old boy injured. that bled right now officers are not sure if there was an intended target saturday morning given permission to go on an outing but never returned he was eligible for parole in january but now face up to another seven years behind bars. police shot a man after he allegedly attacked an officer with a knife. they were trying to serve an arrest warrant on friday night. he was facing charges for assault and battery of a family member. at an officer attacking him. that's what another officer shot him. this just shows you today it doesn't matter if you're in springfield be, boston it can happen anywhere. ahern was rushed to hospital where he's listed in critical but stable condition. the state attorney general is now investigating the police department after learning officers hid a key to the evidence room. ken ferguson and said he's notified the flex strict attorney's office about the discovery -- the middlesex district attorney's office about the discovery. t

. >>> new at 10:00 tonight three homes and three different streets broken intour fox 25's jim morelli is live for us in reading with an interview exclusive with one of the victims. this man tells us that his children are now having a hard time sleeping. >> yeah, nobody was hurt in these break-ins and the houses western even value callized but it's such a violation when somebody enters your home uninvited. he will times in 12 days it's happened in what is considered a low crime town that's why police are went to take her rings off and found out all her other rings were missing. >> reporter: it's one burglary in a world where many occur. but in recent weeks the number of home break-ins in the town of reading is setting off alarms with police. since late october, three houses have been hit. on lowell street, school street and just yesterday on prospect street. all of the robberies happening in the middle of the da they got in. we can only speculate. >> the victim on school street agreed to talk with fox 25 provided we did not show his face. he says neighbors reported seeing someone in hi

live at logan, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >>> a mother believes her son would be alive today if only they lived in a different state. >> when did we become a society with where we won't help save somebody's life. the law she's fighting for that some believe is a constitutional rights violation. >>> plus, video clerk's violent struggle with an armed robber. what the clerk did to turn >> new at 10:00 a would-be robber meets his match. fox 25's john monahan is live in brockton for us tonight and john, that storefront window held up pretty good against that huge rock. >> it certainly did. we have vanessa. take a look. this is the rock the man tried to throw through this window. little did he know the own her spent hundreds of dollars on this tempered glass when he took this rock and threw the threw it at the window it bounced right off on the ground. the driver gets out looks around and launches a rock into the glass door of two debbie's convenience store in be brockton. >> and drove the rock it comes back at him. testified in the whitey bulger trial, about the murder of his sister deborah da

in brockton, jim morelli, fox 25 news. against this light pole this morning. this happened on franklin hill avenue. no word on what caused that crash or if anyone was hurt. >>> when a baby girl stopped breathing forcing desperate parents to call 911. what a neighbor did next that saved the little girl's life. tech experts have a warning >>> the ground opened up leaving a gaping sinkhole in the middle of town. the roadway gave way in an historic part of the town city workers actually noticed -- there's no end in sight for the simpsons. fox has renewed the animated series for its 29 and 30th. the simpsons will have 669 episodes that number tops gun smoke's record for the >>> temperature falling into the 20s already out there in the suburbs under clear skies. this will be a approaching us as it does it produces rain in the middle of the country all the way to the deep south that's the only area that would be having any concern for election day tomorrow. it's all going to be progressing eastward we'll track the latest timeline. i'll have that for you coming up in

our problems were there -- our cameras there were minutes after -- >> fox 25's jim morelli spoke with a tree specialist who says drought-related issues will be a recurring theme this winter. malogical crisis that just keeps on giving -- climateologist crisis that just keeps on giving. >> a drought was nine inches what we needed to be at the time in august. >> reporter: patrick parent is a tree specialist in winchester he says there has been some recovery from the drought since summer but when it comes to trees the damage has been done. >> i would say you will probably have the a lot of those will be the first then some trees coming afterwards. >> reporter: those tree also likely fall, parent says, because the lack of water has forced them to extend root systems far from the trunk. problem is those roots aren't providing much in the way of anchorage. >> there's some root systems that can go out to you know 100, 125 feet wide but only six to eight inches deep. >> fox 25 meteorologists are predicting the worst of the windiness to hit on monday when westerly gusts could hit up to 50 miles

quite a few absentees. >>> perhaps no cubs fan enjoyed this victory more than the woman our jim morelli watch the game with. she's 108 years old and tonight over a century of baseball heartbreak ended >> yeah. [laughter] >> reporter: and so it is over a world series brought for cubs fans -- drought for cubs fans the 108 years of waiting for it. >> happy, awesome. great. [laughter] >> reporter: nielsen was born in chicago in 1908 the >> that was a long time ago. >> reporter: but tonight at an assisted living nit new hampshire it was nothing but the here and now. game seven of world series hazel's beloved cubs just with one game away from the clench. there were stressful moments during the game joyous ones, too for cubs fans the outcome is never certain until it is. >> oh, that was great. >> reporter: cubs fans understand this about baseba sort of thing where hope and heartache walk hand in hand fused together by faith. tonight nobody knows that better than hazel nielsen. win or lose i love them. >> reporter: there's nothing better to boost confidence than breaking a curse. hazel nielsen

in norwood, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >>> only on fox 25. tonight battered bruised and lying on the ground. family says that's how two good samaritans found this woman after a hit-and-run. >> that family called us because they need h this fox 25's ted daniel joins us live in weymouth where the victim's family lives. jim longmore is a 58-year-old grand miles an hour with a double knee replace. she's very active walking six to 10 miles every morning before she starts her work day. she was starting that walk around 6:00 friday morning >> i was terrified i thought that the one person in my world was gone. >> reporter: emily ponce reveals the thoughts that filled her mind when she got the call friday morning her mother, kim longmore at beth israel hospital in boston the victim of a hit-and-run. >> she was walking across walk where she goes every morning which is well lit and someone hit her. they continued to drive and she was left there for about an hour. >> reporter: boston police say the happened at the intersection of cory road and washingt b

. >> reporter: jim morelli, fox25 news. >> julie: another look at the tip line 508-453-7589. detectives have received more than 1,000 tips since marcotte's murder but her killer is still on the loose. >>> and a person that attacked a woman and her mom with a knife. the face, neck and chest and he stabbed her mom in the face. police were called to the home on huntington avenue. labath tried to kill her and her mother. he smashed five windows in their home as well as the windows of the mom's suv. but reports indicate the process could be called a rocky one. just in the past few days, a tweet storm protocol within the team has been making headlines. trump tweeted tuesday call the cabinet election process very organize niceed. trump's campaign manager and senior advisor is pushing back on the criticism. >> we feel really good about the transition. i wouldn't say that it is not going well julie this morning most of the transition process pence stopped by headquarters along with newt gingrich a possible cabinet pick. >>> hillary clinton made her first public appearance since delive

. >> vanessa: jim morelli is live in brockton where jim, this guy has the bruises to prove it. >> the reporter: yeah, he certainly does, and it's believed that this random attack, a random home invasion, a random robbery that turned into something else and the homeowner now realizes he was lucky to emerge from this alive. >> never experienced anything like this in this neighborhood. >> the reporter: for chris, it started like any monday morning, but it certainly didn't end that way. >> it was overwhelming, it was scary, all the above. >> the reporter: haskins had just dropped off his son at work and came home to find his back gate ajar. he found the reason under the back deck. >> there was a man standing break into my home with a sledge hammer. i took a couple of steps back. >>> that enabled to force haskins into a nearby woods. he said haskins let emotion override reason and took off after the suspect, but not before grabbing an ax handle from the back of his truck. but during the altercation, haskins fell. >> he ends up on -p top of my on my chest and trying to bash my head if with

. >> elizabeth: our jim morelli had a very long night. she was in new hampshire during last night's magical moment. >> yeah! [applause] finally. >> reporter: and so it is over, a world series drought of 108 years and for cub fan hazel wilson -- >> so happy. >> reporter: 10 waiting for it. >> happy, awesome. great! >> reporter: nelson was born in chicago in 1908 the last year the cubs won a world series. >> that was a long time ago. everything was. >> reporter: tonight at an assisted living facility in new hampshire, nothing but here and now. game 7 of the world series, hazel's beloved cubs one game away from the clinch. there were stressful moments during the game. never certain, until it is. >> yes! >> oh, that was great. >> reporter: cub fans understand this about baseball. it is a bipolar sort of thing where hope and heartache walk hand in hand fused together by fate. tonight, nobody knows that better than hazel nelson. >> i never lost faith in my cubbies. win or lose, i love them. >> reporter: and nothing better to boost confidence th

fox 25's jim morelli live for us in princeton tonight where investigators are asking for help. jim? >> vanessa, they've been asking for the public's help ever since the murder happened on august 7th but this time investigators got sort of specific. they're looking for a vehicle an s.u.v. but there's not much details beyond that. >> reporter: more than three months have passed since the vanessa marcotte murder the town of pri >> leaves you with an uneasy sense that you're not sure what to do. >> reporter: but today a possible break in the case. the worcester county d.a. saying a dark colored s.u.v. was seen near where marcotte's body was found and around the time the murder is thought to have occurred. >> they may be dealing with a fresh out of the box homicidal killer. >> reporter: private investigator spoke with fox 25 by phone help says this a clear path to a suspect. someone he thinks knows the area. >> the familiarity with that area it is strong. you could quickly leave by a vehicle and get up on the roadway and be undetected. >> reporter: some in princeton may be frustrated wit

as fox 25's jim morelli reports, this could have been an environmental disaster, but for the type of plane involved here. >> the reporter: just before 9:00 a.m., a plane which had just taken off from the crow island airport crashed, nose down into the assabet river. >> in the river, that's what causes a big concern for us is access. >> the reporter: the aircraft involved in accident, what is known as an ultralight. >> which is a single, 254-pound plane. >> the reporter: that plane came out of the water in pieces, but rescuers found the pilot in one piece on the land. >> they found the victim on the right-hand side by the shore. he self-extricated and worked himself out. >> the reporter: one possibility is the contamination of the water because of the fuel. environmental headache avoided because ultralights carry only five gallons of fuel. >> there's no real contamination to the river in any way. we're just maintaining it, monitoring it, an they're trying to set up a plan to remove it. >> the reporter: although still has a couple of small airports, accidents are rare. some came out to

. >> mark: jim morelli caught up with this cubs diehard who lives in new hampshire, but grew up just a few blocks from wrigley and jim, what a special lady. >> the reporter: what a special lady indeed. again, hazel nelson, 108 years old and hanging in there for the she says, in game six, the cubs proved they can hit, they can field, they can put in a strong world series performance and fingers crossed, they can win it. she is the very definition of long-suffering fan. hazel nelson, 108 years opened, and a diehard cubs fan her entire life. >> this year, i'll be cheer like crazy and one more game. >> the reporter: hazel lives in anss sunapee, new hampshire, but grew up in chicago. >> we lived near wrigley field and i love the cubs. >> the reporter: at 108, hazel remembers things most of us only rode about in history books, two world wars, the depression, the early days of the automobile. >> i saw a band of angels coming after me. >> the reporter: what she also remembers are the years and seasonal sorrow that has come to define rooting for the cubs. hazel says there's one essential ingre

fox 25's jim morelli spoke to a local doctor who is helping food >> the reporter: it is a holiday built around food and that's why thanksgiving is major source of anxiety for self-proclaimed food addicts. >> oh my god, it was all about the food. >> the reporter: debra spokes anonymously with fox 25 about her lifelong struggle with food. at one time, she weighed more than 350 pounds and in several ways had hit rock bottom. >> i knew i was a did you do addict, an alcoholic, but i didn't know i was a food addict. >> the reporter: doctors refer to food addiction by another name -- binge eating disorder. food and feel loss of control in their ability to stop, once eating the large quantities. >> the reporter: it's not always easy to spot a binge eater or food addict. for one thing, most of them conduct their binging in private and for another, not hall of them are overweight. >> i would white knuckle the holidays and try so hard to be good. >> the reporter: we caught up with marie outside her workplace, west of boston. she also spoke with us anonymously. a binge eater, marie employed a she p

police are still actively looking for the suspect fox 25's jim morelli went to brock done to see how the man >> the reporter: for chris haskins, it started like any monday morning, but didn't end that way. >> it was overwhelming, scary. >> the reporter: haskins just dropped off his zone at work and came home to find his back gate ajar. he found the reason under the back deck. >> there was a man standing on my deck, breaking into my home with a sledge hammer. he took a couple steps back. >> the reporter: that enabled the suspect to bolt bass haskins and for the nearby woods. after the suspect, but not before grabbing an ax handle from the back of the truck. >> i cracked at him a couple of times while he was swinging the sledge hammer at me. he ends up on top of me, on my chest and trying to bash my head in with the sledge hammer. >> the reporter: haskins was able to get away and ran to the neighbor's yard for help. the black and blue bumps on his forehead evidence of where he was hit away in the woods and nobody would have known. >> the reporter: as for the deeper wounds haskins suffe

jim morelli spoke to riders who are concerned the man still on the loose. dorchester dressed in a halloween costume. minutes before, police say he called mbta trolley driver from a train, dragged him to the station platform and beat him. >> i was shocked and surprise but it is the city. a lot of stuff go on in the city. >> reporter: the costume the man is wearing michael myers, the maniacal killer from the halloween movie series. the masked suspect boarded the train and had no money to pay the fair. violence followed with two passengers left to call for help. >> bizarre. i don't know why anyone would do that. >> reporter: what's unclear the motive behind the assault. transit the police are not saying that the driver was robbed and the seemingly random nature of the attack crosses outrage even in high places. such a vicious and violent attack on a public employee is unconscionable and troubling said governor charlie baker. they say it is like a family-like atmosphere because the same passengers use it every day and the same drivers manning the controls >> th

perhaps no cubs fans enjoyed this victory more than the woman that jim morelli watched the game with. she is 108 years old and last night over a century of baseball heartbreak ended. [cheering] >> finally >> justice! >> so it is over a world series drought of 108 years. >> i am so happy. >> reporter: the 18 years of waiting for it. >> happy. awesome. great. >> reporter: she was born in chicago in 1908, the last year the cubs won the world series. >> that was a long time ago. [ laughter ] living facility in new hampshire, it is nothing but here and now. game 7 of the world series. hazel's beloved cubs just one game away from the clinch. stressful moments during the game, joyous ones too. for cubs fans, the outcome is sever certain until it is. >> oh, that was great. >> reporter: cubs fans understand this about baseball. it is a bipolar sort of thing where hope and heartache work hand in hand fused together fate. >> that-a-boy. >> reporter: nobody knows that better than as ile wilson. >> i never lost faith in my cubs. win or lose, i love them. >> reporter: nothing better to boost confid

we first told you about this as it was breaking on our morning news today and right now, jim morelli is live once again in chinatown where things are slowly getting back to norma >> the reporter: blair, very slowly indeed. it's never great to drive through here during rush hour, but tonight we have a couple of complications. number one, we have the rain and i'll step out of the way. we have street closures as well, that is part of washington street, going up towards the paramount theater there, that is where the water main break occurred, around 5:15 a.m. this morning, they are still repairing it and then over on kneelen street, we have road closures because of dangerous manhole fires. the fire. and then came the all-day mess. >> what we had was a 20-inch water main that broke this morning. >> the reporter: call that part one of the chinatown headache, with up to two feet of water collecting on the street. part two, manhole fires. >> it began in one of the manholes and it travels. they're all in sequence, so once one pops, they all -- they start to pop, following down the street. >>

. >> reporter: jim morelli. >>> lead and copper found in the water in a elementary school. three out of 148 fixtures at mcgrove earn elementary school found levels higher than epa guidelines. all of the fixtures are sinks and not water fountains. the district is waiting for results from water testing done at nearby schools. >>> researchers learned a stronger type of chemotherapy offer little benefit over standard chemo. the study applies to women with one group was tested with a more intense type of chemo and one with standard chemo. after five years both groups were alive and cancer-free. it can be used in place of the more intense that is necessary. >>> the conjoined twins separated last month are doing better than expected. jaden and aneas are progressing right on target but not ahead of schedule. new pictures of the twins with their mom. they may be able to move from the hospital to a rehab center in the >>> looking forward to checking in on their progress as well. 4:46 and we check traffic and weather every ten minutes. seeing a little bit of volume on route 1 approach

in new hampshire, jim morelli, >>> since donald trump's request for long-term -- since donald trump won the presidency, a local plan the parenthood organization has received hundreds of requests in less than a week. >> we've seen a notable increase. >> reporter: in the week following the election planned parenthood league of massachusetts booked 265 appointments for iud insertions compared to 52 in the days leading up to election day. coincidence. >> i think it's a reflection of people's real concerns about their future ability to access the healthcare that they need. >> reporter: their concerns boston university political historian says are based mainly on donald trump's campaign promises. >> president-elect trump and a lot of his surrogates were talking about defunding planned parenthood. >> i think people are concerned that his administration will repeal the affordable care act. >> reporter: but in massachusetts the impact would because healthcare reform has been in place here since 2006, providing women coverage for contraceptives. >> the affordable care act went even farther in tha

live in milford, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >> quite a meal she cooked off. >> the food looks fantastic. she's right they don't get the recognition that they deserve. >> she didn't lose those dear precious items to her for sure tonight. >> best story of the day. >>> it's technology that detect marijuana. why the company believes drivers will be the ones who benefit the most from the item. >> congratulations. >> but first chances are you will be clapping right along with this story. the emotional journey dozens >>> here's good news for drivers hit the toll demolition will end early. earlier this week we the reported that crews planned to be done at all tolling sites by noon on wednesday. taking into consideration increased traffic all workers will be done by 5:00 in the morning. road work will pick up again blair miller there was. for the people there it's a day they've been waiting a lifetime for. especially the 41 kids here today especially her father could not have a bigger smile. >> i'm here to adopt my little girl. >> for he and his wife it's their third child. >> how old were bless

in brockton, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >>> take a look a u-haul truck ended up resting against this light pole this morning. this happened on franklin hill avenue. no word on what caused that crash or if anyone was hurt. >>> when a baby girl stopped breathing forcing desperate parents to call 911. what a neighbor did next that saved the little girl's life. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to go fu_k themselves." vo: because all it takes is one wrong move. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of >>> the ground opened up leaving a gaping sinkhole in the middle of town. the roadway gave way in an historic part of the town city workers actually noticed -- there's no end in sight for the simpsons. fox has renewed the animated series for its 29 the simpsons will have 669

jim morelli, fox25 news. to make arrangements for the cub to get that world series trophy up to hazel. >> sara: can you imagine. >> find a way to bring her to chicago and enjoy the celebration. >> sara: the most incredible thing. i would want someone to bring a camera for that. good stuff. hazele is very happy this morning. catherine parrotta was watching traffic as everybody else in chicago. i bet traffic in chicago right now. there is none. >> catherine: i thought my father-in-law was happy about that victory but hazel has it all over them morning. take a look slow down in a couple of spots including the expressway jammed up through quincy. averaging 22 miles per hour elsewhere. slow as you come down 93 from tewksbury to burlington. again slow in medford and somerville. 128. slow in pockets on the pike through framingham as you approach newton again. mbta updates. the franklin train 702. it is expected to leave 10 to 20 minutes behind schedule there because of an earlier outbound side. 75 to 80-minute delay

jim morelli has been there all afternoon and what does it look like now? >> even on a good day this is not where you want to be at 4:00. the police commissioner is telling drivers to please avoid the area. some people can't help but use it. let's step out of th that is washington street straight ahead. where that pile of dirt is is where it broke at 5:00 this morning. that lead to the second problem and that is manhole fires. the manhole fires are occurring along neelan street. the problem is they spread one manhole to another and at one point there were four manhole fires burning. they are difficult to put out was a 20-inch main and it blew at 5:00 this morning. yes that mix of fire and water did lead to some evacuations. >> the fire was giving off a lot of co. we had to evacuate a number of the businesses on the -- if you will the north side of neelan street. we are in the process of working and isolating the area afct we should have that isolated in the next half hour to 45 minutes. >> that turned out to be extreme wishful thinking. just as it looked li

live in brockton, jim morelli, fox25 news. >>> eight people were sent to the hospital after a problem at a school. boston fire fighter say a student in mission hill brought a charger to school this morning and it started sparking morning and it started sparking. when someone put water on those sparks, it gave off vapor that made several people start to feel sick. no one was seriously hurt. fire crews tested it and cleared the school for classes to continue. >>> a man faced a judge in connection with a deadly shooting in everett over the weekend. 27-year-old keith lashawn her something being held without bail after pleading not guilty in court. prosecutors say hero shot and killed gary turcott during an armed robbery on sunday. incident and that the public is not at risk. >>> a billerica man accused of hitting and dragging a police officer is not in. obliniz and to be using drugs in a parking lo and hit the officer as he tried to get away. that officer is expected to make a full recovery. we are working now find out what happened in court today. >>> two manchester police officers shot

she is 108 years old and fox25 jim morelli was with her until final out and how 108 years of baseball heartbreak finally ended. >> long time ago. here and now and game seven of the world series beloved cub are one game away from the clinch. for cubs fans the outcome never certain until hand-in-hand fused together by fate. tonight nobody knows that better than hazel. >> never lost faith in cubs. win or lose i love them. >> reporter: hazel hopes to come back next fall when she is certain the cubs will be going back-to-back world series wins. >> gene: someone contact theo epstein to get her a ring or something. >> sara: she deserves it. baseball and great attitude. >> gene: she has them. good for her and good for all cubs fans this morning. >> catherine: great she got to see the 128 jammed up in lexington and waltham and also down 93 jammed up in medford and somerville, accidents here too, bridge northbound, exit right there near hancock street and still on the map and 95 northbound right before 128, still backed up past walpole at that point and coming up here this is 495 north is stall