mayor marty walsh will be there in the east room the hear it. president obama says based on recommendations from the attorney general and the f.b.i., he's taking steps to close the so-called gun show loophole. the move will require all gun sellers to register as dealers, even if they sell online or at gun shows. that means they will have to run background checks on all perspective buyers. >> the good news is these are are well within my legal authority and the executive branch, but they're also ones that the overwhelming majority of the american people, including gun owners, support and believe in. >> victoria: mayor walsh tweeted out, "proud to join potus and leaders across the reduce gun violence. we can't wait for congress to #stopgunviolence." the move is sure to bring sharp criticisms and accusations of the president bypassing congress and overstepping his power. some people are quick to point out that these new requirements would not have stopped recent mass shootings. >> it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to kee

mayor marty walsh said a brand mayor marty walsh said a brand-new snow plow and snow blowers down to maryland. rollins tweeted to mayor walsh. but i have to say, you remember this, last year today, that whole snow mess began for us. this is when the first big snow this is when the first big snowfall really started in auburn and hudson. we got three feet of snow, metheun, sharon, plymouth all with 30 inches of snow. today on the flipside, i am going with the warmest of the day week in our forecast. more dry than wet spots and even at that, we are only talking spotty had rain showers and going to be breezy, southwest gud gusts up to 40 miles per hour, but it is that southwest direction that is yanking all this warm air up from the south and transplant from the south and transplanting it here into new england. so a lot of this snow that you see perhaps falling right over to stay there. what we get today in the form of liquid. so let's go through it here with the futurecast, we will cloud cover. full sun this morning, but it will stay partly sunny here for at least the morning commute. 1

janet: mayor marty walsh launches his third year as mayor tonight. he says the top priority will be me say they have a message for his leadership. last year at his state of the city address, mayor walsh schools. he hired a new superintendent, dr. tommy chang, but the school budget still has a $50 million budget gap. >> when is someone going to show their leadership and their vision because we' re not seeing the vision yet. janet: your patience is worn out? >> yes. janet: others see it differently. walsh today will announce a partnership with a group that' s launched a citywide campaign to make sure children aren' t behind before they enter school, teaching parents and caregivers how to interact with children the first three years of their life when 80% of the brain develops. wendell knox' s message to protesters -- >> my message to them is both patience and persistence. it' s important we all stay on this case, but they need to understand the mayor they' re directing their protest to this evening is already on board. janet: there are close to 100 prot

reid: boston mayor marty walsh campaigning for hillary clinton in new hampshire today. the mayor, joining new hampshire state senator donna soucy in launching a grassroots canvass in manchester. he and other volunteers spent the day knocking on doors and talking about clinton' s vision >> that makes a difference, but human contact, tell your story, why you are here. i am here because i care about this country, i care about my city, i care about every city in america. reid: in addition to walsh, congressman richard neal, and massachusetts treasurer deb goldberg also helped launch grassroots efforts for clinton in keene and salem, new hampshire. today democrat bernie sanders officially expanded his massachusetts operation. there is now a new campaign office in worcester. the location on park avenue has been used by other candidates in the past. including martha coakley. pam: waltham police searching

read: boston mayor marty walsh campaigning for hillary clinton in new hampshire today. the mayor, joining new hampshire state senator donna soucy in launching a grassroots canvass in manchester. he and other volunteers spend the day knocking on doors and talking about clinton' s vision for the country. >> that makes a difference, the human contact, tell your story why you are here. i' m here because i care about your city, i care about my city, i care about every city in reid: in addition to walsh, congressman richard neal, and massachusetts treasurer deb goldberg also helped launch grassroots efforts for clinton in keene and salem, new hampshire. today democrat bernie sanders officially expanded his massachusetts operation. there is now a new campaign office in worcester. the location on park avenue has been used by other candidates in the past. , including martha coakley. pc: the patriots road to the super bowl starts with the kansas city chiefs. the teams are on the field right now, but fans have been showing

happening today, boston mayor marty walsh will join president obama in washington. this is as the president lays out his plans for gun control. >> president obama is planning to sidestep congress and issue an executive order. susie steimle is live outside boston city hall plaza with a closer look at the plans. good morning, susie. >> reporter: good morning, chris and kathryn. this is something president obama said he wanted to do since the newtown shootings took place and that's make for tougher gun regulations in the united states and mayor walsh will head to washington, d.c. today to support the president as he does just that. >> reporter: in the first move of his final move, president obama will go around congress to make it tougher to get a hold of guns. critics have been quick to say mass murders. to that, the president responded -- >> this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country. it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals. it will potentially save lives in this country. >> rep

today, mayor marty walsh will leave boston and head to washington, d.c. to support the president as he does just that. in the first move of his final year, president obama will go tougher to get a hold of guns. critics have been quick to say the restrictions won't stop mass murders. to that, the president responded -- >> this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country. it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal. . it will potentially save lives in this country. >> reporter: the regulations will require gun dealers, including online and at gun shows, to be licensed and conduct background checks, change a federal privacy rule to keep people with mental health restrictions from possessing guns and hire 230 fbi employees to process background checks 24/7. republicans gunning for the presidency say this action is reversible. >> it's not constitutional. and i am confident the courts will reject his attempts to do that. >> he has a phone and he has a pen. but if you live by the pe

boston mayor marty walsh will give his second state of the city address tomorrow, but it will be met with protests. several parents plan to demonstrate, unhappy with the job the mayor has done for the city' s embattled public schools. walsh has proposed more budget cuts this year but points to newly hired staff and extended learning time is key investments. you can watch the mayor' s speech right here tomorrow night. our coverage begins at 7:30. a message of healing and hope his heartfelt plea to drug users after a string of overdoses. love lost for kenneth starr -- the allegations against some of the world' s best players. cindy: arctic air means wind chill' s headed below zero. i' m already watching our next storm threat. emily: a brutal attack in rutland -- a family stunned by she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. r ...and spoke out r ...went toe to toe with the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit r until eight million children got health care. ti've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on yo

ed: a quiet move by boston mayor marty walsh is raising questions about whether text messages sent to and from elected officials public. 5 investigates mike beaudet learning the mayor has now stopped deleting text messages so they can be released, even though governor baker still believes his text messages are off limits. >> do you think your text messages should be public? >> my work phone, absolutely. >> mayor marty walsh appears to be the picture of transparency, but months ago he was the leading text messages. reported -- repeatedly -- requests went unanswered. >> i did not always delete them. it was a habit. >> he was still leaving his text messages last year after university journalism students requested text messages about olympic bids and were told there were none. then they asked for all of their told the same. there were no text messages. a message delivered across city hall -- it' s a different story on beacon hill, where the legislatures is exempt from the public records law and the governor says he is, too. he will not release his text messages, although he supports refor

marty walsh: hillary is the most qualified person to ever run for this seat number one. number two, this is a primary and the primary gets you ready for the final. and if you look at the final, if you are a strong democrat and you are thinking of deciding, you want to make sure you vote for someone you believe in and for someone who can win. and hillary clinton can win the final. stephanie: several grassroots campaign events are scheduled for tomorrow as well. today, former g.o.p. hopeful george pataki hit the trail campaigning for senator marco rubio. the former new york governor comes to the granite state just four days after endorsing rubio. this morning, pataki visited nashua for the opening of rubio' s new campaign office. he also joined canvassers and knocked on doors for the florida senator. we will have reports from iowa tonight starting at 11:00. students from across the country are meeting in manchester facing off in a robotics competition. we will show you some of their creations next. hayley: tracking light snow showers in the north country this evening. behi

in less than a minute boston mayor marty walsh will deliver his state of the city address. this will be his second state of the city address. it marksed the halfway point of his term. >> he's expected to talk about a number of issues. we understand he'll spend a lot of time on education. during his time in office, he hired a new superintendent and district. he says they're redining -- to address the economy. >> the mayor will likely address crime rates in the city down 9 percent from last year. he's expected to talk about how he's worked with boston police to focus on community policing. and they give that policing credit for taking nearly 800 guns off the streets. the mayor will likely also speak about how they have banned replica handguns in city of boston. >> something that's been in the news recently and mayor marty walsh is expected to highlight the positive economic changes to the city of boston. he's sure to mention ge recent decision to move from connecticut to boston, a move many say will solidify boston as a leader in the global economy. you can just imagine given

. >> and the state of the city mayor marty walsh detailing boston's progress and protesters make sure their voices are herd. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning everybody. great to have you with us. kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon it's only wednesday but many are looking ahead to a possible >> that's to be prepared. we should note aid close call whether we get a direct hit or glancing blow. let's go to the expert danielle niles here with a closer look at the forecast. we wonder how it will go. >> looks like the mid atlantic will get the brunt of the storm in terms of jackpot snowfall and the time frame for us is later on saturday. there's been indication that we may hold off the snow until saturday afternoon or potentially into the evening. and it would last into sunday before tapering off. the location for the jackpot mid atlantic to here in southern new england. this is not a northern new england or north country ski storm. the track is going to be likely south and east of nantucket. the question is how close does it come and bec

announcement comes and marty walsh will be there in the east room to hear. president obama based on recommendation from the attorney general and the fbi he's taking steps to close those so-called gun show loopholes. the move will require all gun seller to register as dealers even if they sell online or at gun shows. that means they will have to run background checks on all perspective buyers. >>> the good news is that these are not only recommendation that are well within my legal authority and the executive branch but they are also ones that overwhelming majority of the american people including gun owners support and believe it. to join leader across the u.s. taking executive action to increase gun violence. act. stop gun violence. but the move is sure to bring sharp critisism and accusation of the president bypassing congress and overstepping power. and some people are quick to point out that the new requirements would not have stopped recent mass shootings. >>> it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the han

tt4w`t3n@2d"" hnt& ect tt4w`t3n@2d"" iztq /*, tt4w`t3n@2d"" jntq =zl j.c.: a quiet move by mayor marty walsh is raising questions about whether text messages should be available to the public. reid: the mayor has stopped a leading tax relates -- text messages. >> doy you think your texts should be public? mayor walsh: it is a public phone paid by taxpayers. reporter: marty walsh appears to be that picture of transparency that only a few months ago he was to leading his text messages so public record requests were shot down. mayor w alsh: it was a habit that always had. reporter: were you trying to hide anything? we first learned the mayor was deleting text messages on a city cell phone last year after northeastern university journalism student' s requested his text messages about the olympic bid and were told there were none. then they asked for all his text over one-month and th e answer was the same. then the cities law department clarified that that text messages are considered public record. a message delivered across city hall. it is a different story on beacon hill where the legislatur

. >>> breaking news tonight boston mayor marty walsh is heading to white house tomorrow to stand by the executive action on gun control. new a.t.f. agents, new f.b.i. employees, dedicated to background checks, and 500 million dollars to be allocated to mental healthcare. earlier today president obama talked about what he hopes to accomplish with this order. what i asked my team to do is see what more we could do to strengthen our enforcement and make sure extra criminals, people who are mentally unstable those who could pose a danger to themselves or others are less likely to get a gun. >> reporter: mayor marty walsh has been an outspoken advocate for preventing gun violence. he hosted the new england gun violence summit. >>> developing news out of malden where police are investigating after a car hit a pedestrian. that person was seriously hurt. it happened on salem street near auburn street around 6:00 p.m. the driver stopped after the crash and stayed at the scene. the road will be closed no word on any possible charges after tonight's accident. >>> homes broken into in one local com

mayor marty walsh sent some brand new snowplows and blowers down to maryland to help out. that caught her mayor's attention. saying i just ran into one of your huge you weren't joking. thanks for looking out for your sister. >> students in three major cities getting another day off tomorrow as their parents deal with multiple feet of snow on the ground. fill fill, baltimore and district of columbia have all closed schools tomorrow. district of columbia. however government offices in d.c. and baltimore will reopen. at least 27 deaths are being blamed on the weather. >>> how to fix it, how to pay for it. important questions mbta riders want answers to tonight. fox 25's ted daniel reports now from lynn where that meeting just wrapped up. ted? >> reporter: vanessa, there are two possible rate hike proposals one would increase fares on average 7%, the other nearly 10%. this was the first opportunity for the public to sound off. each person was given three minutes and then an alarm would sound when their time was up. well, tonight we they heard alarm a lot. >> delay, 20 to 25 mi

mayor marty walsh says the city mayor marty walsh says the city's new economic cabinet worked for months to land this deal. >> this was the intent of that cabinet to be able to sit down and to be able to go out and recruit companies from around the world to come to our city and as i said earlier, we hit powerball today by getting ge. >> julie: connecticut's governor said he is disappointed in the decision. the state needs to do more to adapt to the current business climate. >>> we track traffic and weather every ten minutes. a look at your live drive times right now. 13 minutes on the pike eastbound from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. >> i will tell you what, julie. right now we have increasing clouds but only the slight chance for flurries out there. 20 degrees in and around the boston area, but dropping by a degree at 5 a.m., at 6 a.m., about 19 degrees. i will time out the morning flurries and coming up next. >>> a tech savvy man helped police nab a thief. still coming your way, a selfie led police right to his door. >>> and vaccine alert for hundreds of family hundreds

mayor marty walsh says the deal is worth millions. wynn will pay more than $30 million to boston over 15 years for community improvements and additional money to improve the infrastructure. the group has also agreed to try to spend $20 million in boston businesses, as well. mayor walsh says he now looks forward the moving on the other issues in the city. >> sarah: happening today, actress kerry washington is coming to harvard's campus. square with hasty pudding's men in drag. she will be roasted by the players as this year's woman of the year. the theater group's president says if the "scandal" star is anything like her on-screen character, she may turn the tables on them during the roast, so that will be a lot of fun. >> christa: i'm sure there will be a lot of competition for whoever gets that assignment. it's always so much fun going over there. okay, chris, tell us about our forecast for today, cooler, right? >> chris: it is. starting off this morning, close to where we were yesterday afternoon. we start the day off mid-teens in t

boston mayor marty walsh will washington, d.c., this morning for the announcement. randy: a mental health evaluation is extended for this babysitter charged with kidnapping a hamilton toddler. a court psychologist testified yesterday that abigail hanna illness. hanna is charged with kidnapping a two-year-old girl, beating her, and leaving her on the side of the road in november. the girl was picked up by a couple and is doing okay. emily: bill cosby's wife is fighting an order that she testify against her husband in massachusetts. camille cosby is scheduled to give a deposition in springfield tomorrow in a defamation case against her husband. her lawyers want the judge to delay it while she appeals. this case is separate from criminal charges filed against cosby in pennsylvania last week. the mother of the so-called "affluenza" teenager is expected in court today. tonya couch is charged with hindering apprehension of a felon her son, ethan. officials are expected to request her extradition from los angeles to her home state of texas. ethan couch remains in custody i

mayor marty walsh will begin his remarks at 7:30. 7 news has you covered. we take you live on 7 nbc that all starts at 7:30 tomorrow night . >> anchor: ahead on 7 news, a playoff present. a birthday dream come true for a patriots fan. why it could not have come at a better time . >>> at 4:30 caught on camera, another space robert make a spectacular landing . >> anchor: on 7 news at 5:00 what basketball player targeted >> anchor: a birthday surprise for a pats fan in rhode island. jerry shy getting to take in saturday's game at gillette of now he suffers from a condition that will cause her to lose her eyesight . >> anchor: she says this dream coming true could not have come at a better time. elizabeth noreika has that story story. >>> it's game time in case you huge mates fan, super fan would certainly fit. she says she has been a huge fan since she was 7 years old back when he had to use rabbit ears to watch a gay . >>> just seeing a snowy picture and just having to hold it to get boston channel here in rhode island so i have been die hard. a not a pink ma

boston mayor marty walsh was in town campaigning for hillary clinton. and a bond hockey tournament will continue in concord today. it will take place inside the poor ice conditions. we'll get to those stories in a minute. first, let's check with josh judge, see if he's on thin ice in the weather center. josh: always, actually. [laughter] >> hanging on to mild conditions, 38 degrees at the seacoast. it's january 31st and it's 38 degrees to begin the day. normally we would be in the single digits, at least teens with snow everywhere, but that's not the case this morning. teens and low 20's in new hampshire. the temperatures are bottoming out and about to rebound and head in the other direction today. allowing breaks of sun and clouds, for today. and those temperatures, well, 40 to as high as 49 degrees, i think most places top off in the low and mid 40's and some parts of southern new hampshire could get to the upper 40's so you'll notice the difference between with extra clouds. it will be about 5 to 10 degrees we'll talk about the weak -- the week ahead

marty walsh joining us this morning. mr. mayor heading to washington ahead of the announcement. first of all, good morning, tell us how this came about and to be there in person with the president this morning. >> we were asked to take part of this that the president is having today and know the work done in boston and boston police department done and getting guns off the street the last two years and town halls and discussions we have had around shootings in the city, so i'm here today to support the president in efforts and you already mentioned this, unlicensed gun dealers get licenses to conduct the business and background checks on potential buyers and also require federally licensed gun dealers to report any lost or many of the guns we see in the streets that are causing crime or in death in a lot of cases are legal handguns. >> sara: marty, sara underwood here. it is not going to solve every murder or mass shooting but why do you believe so strongly this will work. >> it is a piece of the puzzle. not answer to it all and another little piece we have, look at what's going

however, there was a difference in this case because mayor marty walsh in a short period of time in office does have a number of wins, which he talked about. he talks about all those and more in less than 30 minutes. >> a kid from door chester who made some mistakes and needed some help gets to be mayor of the greatest city in the world. >> halfway into his first term, boston mayor marty walsh is all in on the state of the city. >> i'm here to report that the city of boston is as strong as it's ever been. >> reporter: with governor baker and everyone who's anyone in massachusetts politics looking on, the dorchester democrat looked back. >> homicides fell to a 16-year low. in 2015 we built more homes than ever. unemployment fell to a 14-year low. >> reporter: and looked ahead. >> lie forward to welcoming general electric to its new global headquarters in boston. >> mayor walsh devoted most of his speech to education. walsh says he saw the hundreds and parents protesting budget cuts when he arrived at symphony hall. it would have been hard to miss them. >> my son's school had budget cuts and

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own. >> this is something that needs to be worked out with congress. >> reporter: boston mayor marty walsh will join the president tomorrow. the mayor tweeting that he's proud and can't wait for congress to act. mayor walsh hosted the new england gun violence summit and has been working on gun we of course will be following the mayor's trip to washington and all the developments on these gun control announcements. beginning on the fox 25 "morning news" at 4:00 a.m. >>> whitey bulger's long time girlfriend krooek is already in prison but pleading guilt -- catherine but pleading guilty tonight on new charge. christine mccarthy has more? >> reporter: it has been 34 years since steve davis lost his sister and it has never gotten easier for him. he tells me tonight that catherine greig's loyalty to whitey bulger is not only inif you are rating and frustratedding it's also disrespectful to the victims families. >> she went with somebody. >> reporter: the sister of catherine greig james "whitey" bulger's long time girlfriend defends her twin as agreeing plans to plead guilty to criminal consentim

boston's mayor marty walsh has previously supported the idea. boston mayor marty walsh says the city created a record number of affordable housing units in 2015. the news comes less than a day after we learned the average rent in boston is more than $2,000 and in total more than 1,000 affordable units were created. boston is expected to create the year 2030. >>> with the wind out of the northeast, making feel like the 20s. and the northeasterly wind is very important. because it's going to grab in moisture and increase the clouds and some locations may even allow for areas of drizzle. that's concerning as temperatures would be near the freezing mark. but it's often expected to see temperatures actually rise by the time you get out your door tomorrow morning. but most areas in the 20s. a few tease out there, too. any patchy fog and drizzle that we do see form, it may freeze on contact, along with some slippery conditions, be especially away from the coast. we'll be watching for the patchy black ice throughout the day tomorrow, with areas of drizz

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>> its tito jackson, he has delusions of being mayor of if i was marty walsh, i would be good to him. >> the lost people are watching him. janet: earlier this week ben cohen from then and jerry' s created a new flavor. what should the hillary clinton flavor be? what should be in it? >> she has one called mac daddy victory. he went to jail and started an ice cream company. it' s all chocolate. janet: what' s your favorite? cohen, butter pecan scandal made up of wall street bankers covering gallons of democratic voters. it' s very sticky. ed: very good. who had the best week? >> hillary clinton. she had her best performance in months. ed: best week? >> this week it' s governor charlie baker following his successful state of the state. he wants to pay for charter

that was the message from marty walsh to the city of washington, d.c. today. he is therefore a conference on concerns about historic blizzard. >> chief meteorologist harvey leonard that very closely. it is a very narrow fit to just that is roughly where we will wind up. advisories, warnings to the south of us. winter storm warnings, blizzard watches, blizzard warnings in effect. carolinas. s capital. new york city and long island. the heaviest amounts of snow likely around washington-baltimore area. the storm is just getting its the southeastern states, severe weather warnings with it. once it bumps into colder air, we will see the snow and ice shield developed. at this time in washington tomorrow. makes its way up to tomorrow night into new york by saturday morning. the northern edge of the snow works just about our area later saturday, saturday night.

it's free-for-all devices. mayor marty walsh saying tonight he's all in when it comes to the $1.7 billion casino being built in everett. fox 25 confirming tonight that walsh struck a deal with billionaire developer steve wynn they will drop the challenges in exchange for an extra $400,000 a year in compensation. the deal brings an end to years of resistance. >>> investigators taking evidence here from a home in fitchburg tonight after the hunt for a suspected killer from virginia comes to a violent end there. this video is new at 10:00 tonight. that suspect wanted for kidnapping and murder charges in virginia. police say 43-year-old dana williams shot himself this morning as u.s. marshals closed in with a search warrant to a building on chester street. he is clinging to life tonight at u-mass medical center in worcester. william was wanted in murder of brooks and the kidnapping of brooks wife from their virginia home lastthursday. neighbors in fitchburg are shocked tonight. >> he was very nice and i would have never guessed that he would do these crimes. >> william is also reportedly a co

mayor marty walsh sent a brand mayor marty walsh sent a brand-new snow plow and know blower to maryland. stephanie rollins tweeted, i you weren't joking. thanks for looking out to a sister. >>> boston logan airport is looking to get back on track. some delays and cancellations but airlines said it could take a couple of days to get everything back to normal. >>> happy tuesday. i am already seeing several accidents on the road kind make for a very slow tuesday morning commute. an accident southbound jack an accident southbound jackknifed trailer at furnace brook parkway. over to the pike, another incident, a vehicle rollover right before 128. overall volume is light. so it is not slowing down those drive times just yet, but if they aren't cleared soon, they will. when i say light volume, there is what i mean. a handful of cars out there right now. your live drive times. 9 minutes on the expressway from the braintree threat to the pike. 20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 1 minutes on 128 northbound from westwood to the weston tolls. >>> meteorologist shiri spear jo

. >> i think marty walsh sent a strong signal that he will be a law and order mayor mr. evans has done a good job. all of this stuff is not easy to do in a city of this size. we still have a terrible problem with heroin. ed: it' s beginning to assume and importance. it lets talk about the state of the union. nikki haley had a response. do people hear them? >> no. trump and bernie sanders, it' s difficult every time someone in the establishment tries to educate the great unwashed. it makes them double down. as much as i like nikki haley, any words will probably not work . >> i think what was more important about the state of the union was this was barack obama establishing his role in the 2016 race. he took on donald trump and the republicans in the state of the union and sent a message to democrats saying dived spent years -- a saying i spent years cleaning up after bush and it will take more. he wants democrats to keep going down the path and reject donald trump and the republicans. >> did he speak loudly enough to the bernie sanders potential voters? >> he didn' t. thi

. >> julie: later this morning mayor marty walsh willof theoin president oe. the president ready to go around congress. >> kyla: president tweeted that he was excited to be joining leaders across the u.s. taking exe95tive act0 to reduce gun v0 ence. he added we can't wait for the president says that is plan to combat gun violence is both legal and supported by most amerlatecans. the setite hoolie says the president's orders will expand background checks for many private gun sales incin shows and on the internet. the president's plan will call for hunoliyeds of new atf agents and fbi employees dedicated to background checks. >> what i ask my team to do is what more we could do and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. pa> reporter: government will >> piece of the puzzle and not an interester to -- answer to it all and 16 year low in homicides this year but shooting numbers are up. numbers multiple and both shootings increased this year and we have some work to do and it is not going to -- it is not the answer, whole answer, but a little piece. >> juli

opportunity to debate the possibility of you' ll remember boston' s bid was dropped after mayor marty walsh refused to cover cost overruns, and the usoc nominated los phil: police in france today the french alps avalanche to a teacher. a prosecutor says there is an open investigation for involuntary manslaughters. the teacher' s students were skiing on a closed trail when the avalanche happened. two students died while two others and the teacher were injured. tragedy in honduras, three columbia university students on a volunteer mission were killed when the bus they were riding in crashed. that bus was taking the students to the airport to catch their flight home. police are investigating what sent the bus veering off a road and falling at least 260 feet into a ravine. the 3 victims are women more than a dozen others were hurt. the group was finishing up a medical service mission to help those in need. getting slammed with more snow. up to eight inches of snow fell in areas around buffalo last night. the bulk of it falling in just a three-hour time span. another inch or so is expected there

governor charlie baker and mayor marty walsh attending a breakfast in honor of dr. king yesterday, as well. >> sarah: still ahead on "today in new england," a local police chief making a passionate plea after a string of drug overdoses this past weekend. >> christa: and could smoking marijuana actually have an affect on a teenager's i.q.? one study looking into that matter. >> sarah: and a mythical creature is back in the hub after a yeti was spotted during monday's snow. >> chris: i don't know if he's going to be spotted again by the time we roll into this weekend. at least over next several days, it is cold and dry. gust yeah wind throughout the day. temperatures mid-20s, but wind-chill values down into the single digits. forecast ahead. morning, everyone. here's a look at the braintree expressway. you can see those brake lights. some slowing there. still only about nine minutes from the braintree split boo boston expressway northbound. morning, it is on time so far. find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and sav

marty walsh, the only elected official that i know of who is a shot by a gun. president. that way the republicans and -- the republicans will not do it. jenny: it is the that president' s job to do something. >> when republicans said they would do some thing a mental illness, they voted it down. good for obama getting something done. jenny: the commissioner was on the radio last week. in response he said they minimal has been passed. he is the head of place in new york city. >> if one person gets stopped from bind again because they are mentally ill or have a criminal record or are on a terrorist watch list, that is good. jenny: do not cry and pretend that it will stop new town. >> it could have stopped him. sandy hook could have been stopped. ed: let' s talk about the ministration. year. in anticipation of reelection. it is three years away. are they being unnecessarily paranoid? >> kobe paranoid too. opponents. field. the most popular governor in the country, this is what he said. janet: the primary is one month away. donald trump looks solid. the number two spot is up

boston mayor marty walsh is keeping a close yea on what's happening. >> one of my concerns is it's unclear what the future of nbc will be in the city of boston if it's going to be put part of a package and people have the pay for it. right new it's free. >> dan: massachusetts senator ed markey, a national leader on telecommunication, says nbc must stay free for everyone. >> we don't want to see a day where there is a kid in brockton, a poor kid, that wants to watch the patriots on sunday night, and they don't have access to nbc for free. on their local television station, and they don't subscribe to cable. >> dan: nbc says its new station will be over the air and not cable only and added in an e-mail, we are committed to expanding our over-the-air coverage of the market and are currently looking at a variety of options to accomplish this. ansin has been through this fight before when nbc pulled its station, wsvn, 25 years ago. he built that station into a news and ratings powerhouse. ansin says if he and nbc end up separating again, viewers can be sure whdh and 7news will thrive. >> i cont

boston mayor marty walsh having the city's success in his state of the city address last night. he says the city is as strong as it has ever been. 9%. homicides hit a 16-year low. all the while arrests dropped by 15%, as well. i will send a budget to the city council that increases school funding. the future will be greater than any one of us can imagine. >> christa: while the mayor defended his commitment to education, parents gathered outside to protest what they say have been repeated cuts to individual schools. earlier this month the superintendent said there was a $50 million deficit facing the school district. >> sarah: still ahead, the trash talking has begun. the broncos using less-than-flattering terms to describe tom brady prompted by a reporter's question. >> christa: and actor jamie foxx talking about how he raced to rescue a man from a burning showing his gratitude. >> sarah: plus george clooney the latest in hollywood to speak out about the race scandal surrounding the oscars. >> chris: another cold start this morning. winds gusting to 30mph temperatures close to 3

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the shooting has mayor marty walsh rethinking how the city saves parking spaces after snowstorms. the homeowners can save spots up to 48 hours after a snow emergency. people were saving spaces anyway and there was no sign of a crackdown on violators. meanwhile the man shot over a parking spot remains hospitalized but from his injuries. the suspect is still out on the streets. >> and no changes from the mayor' office just now. he says he will continue to study it and wait for the police report but he says that the violence over this practice continues, it may have to stop. we're live in dorchester, dan hausle, 7 news. >>> happening now people in hingham getting ready to line the streets to welcome home the family of a local marine. corporal christopher orlando and 11 other marines all killed when their two helicopters collided in the air off the coast of hawaii earlier this month. tonight corporal orlando's family is returning home from hawaii. kimberly bookman live in hingham with more on this show of community support. >>reporter: yeah, kim, we are at the beginning of the route h

karen: the boston black ice matter brought their concerns to mayor marty walsh' s doorstep. t heard anything about the limits, there is a lot of folks in the city who didn' t want it. karen: while they did not participate in the -9 i-93 protest, boston black lives >> is really -- if you really understand the urgency where facing in america in 2016, it gives you a different perspective on these disruptions. >> there' s not much we can do to stop the violence against -- karen: with the presidential election looming, politicians are likely to confront this is a platform issue. black voters are a leading group that will help to determine the 2016 outcome. young people are also huge voting bloc. >> we need>> new ways of doing things and sometimes it will be a shutdown, sometimes it will be a quiet conversation. karen: at the m.i.t. sloan school of management, a professor of organizational studies helped discover that this unwillingness to talk about race casts a wide net that age. well are we preparing the next generation to deal with issues karen: recent study found that children of racial minor

randy: tonight boston mayor marty walsh will deliver his state of the city address. a group of parents say they plan to protest the symphony hall event because of concerns over education cuts. walsh plans to address the city's schools in tonight's speech in addition to innovation, housing, and crime you can watch the mayor's speech right here on channel 5. coverage begins at 7:30 right after newscenter 5 at 7:00. new this morning. at a plan that would hike taxes on the wealthiest residents of massachusetts. the proposal would scrap the state's flat tax code and create a two-tiered system. it would increase taxes by 4% on anyone earning over a million dollars. even if it's approved by the legislature, this could be a three-year process. it would still need to be approved by voters as a ballot question. emily: commitment 2016 and a crowded campaign trail as candidates make a last-ditch effort to secure votes in new hampshire and iowa. and that also means things are getting very heated. the eye's erika tarantal is here with the new skirmishes. erika: it's less than two w

mayor marty walsh says recent terror attacks prompted the training. the sessions are similar to a pilot effort in the city' s school department that began in september of 2014. erika: your economy this friday. asian markets making gains today as the bank of japan introduces an interest rate policy to help stimulate the economy. the dow climbed 125 points yesterday with oil on the rise, closing at 16,069. stock futures are up right now. circuit city is trying to make a the national chain announcing plans to open 50 to 100 stores by next year. circuit city went out of business in 2009. the two men who bought the rights to the company are now planning to open stores to sell tablets, headphones, drones and other electronics, including the company' s own inexpensive brand. dozens of aviation engineers working for general electric in lynn are being laid off. 59 employees will lose their jobs. the company says ge aviation' s level of engine development is changing and the company can' t maintain the number of engineers currently employed across the country.

marty walsh will stand alongside president obama as the president announces executive orders to curb gun violence. the focus is to keep guns out of the wrong hands. the president wants to close the gun show loophole by expanding mandatory background checks for private sales and provide funding to allow the fbi to hire hundreds more examiners and other staff to process the background checks 24 hours a day. the president wants to invest $500 million to much increase access to mental health care. now this morning the atf is finalize finalizing a rule that ensure that dealers that ship firearms notify law enforcement that their guns are lost or stolen. act is now. >> i think everybody here is all people every single year who are killed by guns. >> in response to the president expanding mandatory background checks for private sellers, gun control advocates say that people who sell firearms in informal settings don't register as dealers. tracking down on guns through executive order is expected to, of course, draw opposition from the national rifle association as well as gop lawmakers. may