massport is crediting the airlines with dramatically improved their communiation with passengers. many passengers were proactivly rebooked meaning the number of people stuck at airports around the country is way down. this year at logan at other airports we're seeing less people stuck here at the airport waiting for flights or waiting to find out if their flight is actually going to take o live here at logan frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: frank, thank you. coastal concerns. jersey shore towns say it hasn't been this bad since hurricane sandy. doug: stormteam 5 meteorologist danielle vollmar is tracking the tides. a lot to watch here. danielle: that's correct. look at this already. wind gusting at 39 miles per hour on block island. 36-mile-per-hour wind gusts on nantucket. the winds are starting to increase even in boston now up to about 36 miles an hour. we have a high wind warning that is going into effect at 10:00 today and goes into effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning for the cape as well as nantucket. obviously a blizzard warning still for the vineyard. and the

. >> anchor: massport issued a statement following the protest reading in part, at $11 per hour massport's minimum wage at logan airport is $1 per hour above the state's minimum wage. the highest minimum wage in the state. >> anchor: just this year wage to $10 per hour which is the highest in the country. as far as the six people who were arrested, they face charges of trespassing and should be in court tomorrow. live in logan airport, nick em emons, 7 news . >>> this is super cool. this is the best day of my life. >> anchor: one of the smallest winners in last night's critics choice awards accepting his a award in a big way. >> anchor: cold temperatures and blustery wind, that we're certain of. a storm this weekend still a lot of questions. i will detail that coming up in the forecast next . >> anchor: coming up at 5:30 an allahing a take to tell but. a family dog brutally beaten in its own yard and now the family say college basketball player suspended after a foul play. you can see oregon state's jamal reid fell down near the basket, then as the referee is running by he sticks out his l

massport is crediting the airlines with dramatically improved their communiation with passengers. we've seen a similar trend at airports all across the country. live here at logan, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: frank, thank you. the travel backlog-- high winds and heavy snow. we see that in baltimore. doug: danielle is tracking what's happening in the mid-atlantic right now. danielle: they're getting hammered. here's a look at some of the hardest hit areas. washington, d.c., looks like a ghost town. people are hunkering down at home until the storm passes. city crews are out plowing and shoveling, preparing for an entire day of snow. one of the biggest concerns-- the wind. this could lead to power outages. and if d.c. picks up over 20 inches of snow, it would be the first time in 94 years. obviously this one going to go throughout the region. virginia state police say they've responded to nearly a thousand crashes and almost 800 disabled vehicles by last night. high winds could cause trees and powerlines to come down. and check out the conditions in bardstown, ken

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massport says many airlines rebooked passengers ahead of the storm in an effort to avoid gridlock. >> we baltimore. >> he changed his itinerary would get to his destination. getting canceled. >> they hope to find another maybe not. going to get to come out and stay another day. >> that is >> wcvb newscenter 5. to a stranded driver. on the cross island parkway in long island. these pictures posted just before the new york city travel ban went into effect. coming up harvey leonard is just up ahead with the updated forecast on blizzard 2016. moves out to sea. and then we did find someone who is happy about that snow. we will check back at the pandas pam: those who use -- those who got runs over the holiday season are using the snowstorm to put them to use. some areas got a foot of snow. snow scott -- snow-covered cars , all with a birds eye viewed of the drone. >> the nations capital getting pounded but this guy is loving it. piles of snow this morning. there he excited about it. rolling around in the snow in this video posted by the smithsonian national zoo. giant pandas have thick coat

. >> victoria: massport issued a statement saying at $11 per airport is $1 per hour above the state's minimum wage, the highest minimum wage in the state. but these workers say they're still struggling. >> even though workers work hard and full time, they still have to rely on public assistance to get by. >> victoria: the six men and women who were arrested are scheduled to appear before a judge later today. live at logan airport, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: also on 7, now is your chance the weigh in on the mbta's proposed fare hikes and late-night service, first of more than a dozen public meetings will be held at the state transportation building in boston this morning and tonight. one plan calls for a system-wide rate increase of nearly 10%. this comes as the "t" faces a $242 million budget gap. if you're interested in attending a hearing, there are two of them today at the state boston. the first is this morning from is this evening from 5:00 until 7:00. >> christa: a new report says police removed nearly 1,000 gunnings from the streets of massachusett

this morning massport is issuing a strong warning. 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 e

massport says it's minimum wage for the workers is 11 dollars an hour a dollar over the state's minimum. county da may be changing her mind about putting dzhokhar tsarnaev on trial for the murder of the officer. the da marion ryan said she planned to prosecute him in collier. but now ryan's office says it will assess whether it's charges. tsarnaev appealing the sentence. monitor that process. >>> gas prices have dropped another 8 cents and the average price in massachusetts is now at1.87 a gallon. prices have not been this lowsince 2008. the savings are not only at the gas pump heating oil is down to 2.10 a gallon which is almost 80 cents lower than at this time last year. >>> and oil prices beating up the stock market but every day consumer they have been good. >> that's low temperatures people will be happy. >>> still to come a tribute to david bowie that's pure genius. >> m.i.t.'s plan to hon outers late rock legend. what would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably post a pic. text a friend. how about register to vote? really? you can. five m

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 logan airport. -- and norwood airport. as of late september, drone users must register the gadgets before ever taking off. >> we need to put up our guard more. >> jadiann: and failure to register your drone could cost you up to $250,000 and three years in prison. that's the story live from logan, jadiann thompson, 7news night team. >> adam: the night team turning to an alarming attack in dorchester. police on the hunt for man who grabbed a woman on the street and sexually assaulted her. the nation team's live in dorchester with what police know about this attacker. john? >> john: when police got the call, it was for a woman down on the ground out here on this street. >> she must have been so scared. >> john: early friday morning, boston police got a call about a woman down on columbia road in dorchester. the 29-year-old told police man grabbed her from behind and

massport is reminding everyone that it' s illegal to fly a drone within 5 miles of an airport and 400 feet high. phil: right now, about 200 westborough families are out of their homes after an apartment complex fire. flames broke out in the trash room of the fountainhead apartment complex on route 9. the fire was quickly knocked down. forced power to be cut. >> the elevators are out of service. the electrical system is out of service in various areas of the building. we tried to move 200 families to another building for temporary shelter for the night. phil: it' s hoped families will be allowed back home tomorrow. the red cross is helping tonight. there is an all out manhunt going on right now in israel after a brazen broad daylight terror attack at a tel aviv. cameras show the gunman opening fire while witnesses say he was smiling. reporter: the attacker paces, even pretends to to shop before heading for the door, putting down his backpack and opening fire with an automatic weapon. the bar nexd door sprayed with bullets as people try to run the -- to run. the quiet new year' s day in

sera: despite the storm raging further south it is relatively calm at logan, massport says airlines rebooked ahead of the storm in an effort to avoid gridlock. >> very concerned. we are on a tight schedule and knew we couldn' t be stuck in baltimore. >> he changed his itinerary to ensure he would get to his destination. >> an hour later is better than sera: bill colglazier of northborough changed his itinerary before the storm to ensure he' d get to his destination. >> a little later but an hour later is better than getting it cancelled so. >> alright love you, bye sera: the guptills hope to find another flight for their daughter, or maybe not. >> she' s wondering if she' s going to come out and stay home another day that' s not a bad thing? i know i know. sera: at logan airport, sera congi out. reid: get the latest storm team 5 forecasts live radar and real-time closings and delays with our wcvb mobile app. download it for free in your app store. pam: commitment 2016: tonight a major shake-up in the presidential race. reid: the well-known politician thinking about throwing a hat in the ring

to check with your airline and check the massport web site. live at logan, jonathan hall, >> christa: the pats are head off for the play-offs. from now. the team, of course, getting in a final morning practice at gillette before boarding a flight for sunday's showdown with the broncos in denver. players did speak with the media this morning before hitting the practice field. gillette. dan hausle has more on what they had to say today. dan? >> reporter: well, we are still waiting for those buses to arrive to take the players to denver. the weather giving bill belichick reason to smile. the weather still nice enough here that the team can take off. actually. weather. the players making sure they are continuing to work right up until the time they get on those buses. pats players waking up early today to get in one last practice here at home before heading to denver. players say they will take advantage of every available minute until they leave. of film as a team and i mean, we have probably watched more than anyone could imagine here. you know,

massport says there were about 40 delays and nearly 150 cancellations at logan on sunday. most of the affected flights are to and from airports in washington, philadelphia and new york city. the winter conditions turning deadly for one local man. police say he was hit and killed by a snowplow while crossing the street in dorchester. investigators are trying to determine whether or not he was in the crosswalk when it happened. the driver did stay at the scene. police have not yet said whether any charges will be filed. and the patriots' season is over. new england lost in the a.f.c. championship game to the broncos sunday 20-18. the pats scored a touchdown with 12 seconds remaining and had a chance to tie, but denver on the two-point con virgs attempt. coach bill belichick and the players will speak later today. denver will take on the carolina panthers in super bowl 50. >> nancy: right now police searching for a suspect after a pizza shop is robbed. this happened in methuen. that thief was able to take a safe before getting away. 7's jennifer eagan has more. >> jennifer: t

massport is reminding everyone that it's illegal to fly a drone within five miles of an airport and 400 feet high. karen: new this morning maintenance workers for the green line raked in on average more than $32,000 in overtime pay last year. a "herald" investigation finds that's more than double the overtime pay for blue line workers and far more than what maintenance workers on any of the other lines received. right now the "t" has launched spending over the past two years. in 2015 alone, the "t" had a $75 million tab for overtime for its 6,500 employees. the green line with some of the most noticeable payouts. doug: anger and disbelief in west bridgewater right now. a cemetery that has been a target of vandals in the past is hit again. as newscenter 5's jack harper reports, dozens of gravestones and monuments are damaged. >> the oldest stone in there is broken in half now. that was 1751. that's our oldest. jack: this is the fifth time vandals have targeted the pleasant hills cemetery, third in the last year. this time, 33 stones were hit. >> it's very tragic. i don't know what else t

at $11 per hour massport minimum wage is $1 per hour above the state's minimum wage, the highest minimum wage in the state. but these workers say they are still struggling. even though workers work hard every day and full-time they still have to rely on public assistance to make you know to get by. the sick men and women were arrested from police custody and told to report to courthouse in east boston today where they will go before a judge. live in east boston. >>> happening today convicted killer aaron hernandez is due in court this afternoon. to set a date for his boston double murder trial. the former pat's tight end accused of killing two when in the south end in 2012. prosecutors say hernandez killed fritatta and daniel abary after a run-in at the nightclub. >>> the play-offs push continues for the patriots today they are headed out to denver hoping they can maybe knock the broncos o out of their saddles. but all eyes are on the quarterback. let's go live to gillette with more on what both sides are saying. here's nicole oliverio. nicole? >> if it really is payton manning last seas

massport is crediting the airlines with dramatically improved their communiation with passengers. they say the situation you see here behind me where you don't airport because the airlines have proactively rebooked flights and made other arrangements for their passengers. good news. of course we'll keep a close eye on things at logan throughout the day. live this morning, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: frank, thank you. a look now at what's creating the travel backlog-- high winds and heavy snow. doug: pretty but causing some problems. danielle is tracking what's happening in the mid-atlantic right now. danielle: you can see behind me we do have a lot of snow over parts of d.c. d.c. is being hit the hardest right now. people are actually hunkering down at home until this storm passes. city crews are out plowing and shoveling, preparing for an entire day of snow. one of the biggest concerns-- the wind. it could lead to power outages. and d.c. picks up over 20 inches of snow, it would be the first time in 94 years. this one is probably going to go down in the record

massport says many airlines re-booked ahead of the storm to prevent gridlock. travelers also helped changing their flights to avoid airports in the mid-atlantic. doug: breaking news coming into the news room out of alaska. a powerful 7.1 magnitude quake of the state. it hit about 160 miles outside of anchorage. right now there are no reports of any damage or injuries. we'll keep an eye on that one for you antoinette: this morning we're just hours away from a showdown for the ages. doug: the road to the super bowl runs through denver. and that road isn't an easy one. our bob halloran is live out west with the tough task ahead. bob? bob: that's right. we are here in denver. for the patriots. just 2-6 over the years here in denver. here. in fact, the game two months ago here is the primary reason why we're back here again because if the patriots had managed to pull that came out in overtime, then this game would be being played foxborough. still stinging. just a little bit. denver pulled off an overtime win in that november matchup. but some things are notably dif

massport says many airlines re-booked ahead of the storm to prevent gridlock. travelers also helped changing their flights to avoid mid-atlantic airports. this morning we're just hours away from a showdown for the ages. doug: everyone is pumped up. you're pumped up. antoinette: yes, we are. doug: the road to the super bowl runs through denver. and that road isn't an easy one. our bob halloran is live out west with the tough task ahead. bob: that's right. we're at mile high stadium or sports authority field at mile high. has been the site of many horrors for the patriots throughout the years. they seem to struggle out here. as a matter of fact, the game two months ago is one of the reasons we're here again today. if the patriots were able to win in november here in denver, this game would be being played at foxborough, at gillette stadium. yeah, that is a wound that is is denver pulled off an overtime win in that november matchup. but some things are notably different this time around. the pats were playing hurt. without edelman and amendola. and gronk and dont'

massport is pushing their advice to make sure you call your airline. of course, here in boston, there's no snow on the ground, but those flights are coming from other areas that are being impacted by this storm. facebook 25 news. >> and massachusetts is ready to repay some storm favors. governor charlie baker says we will be there for other states that might need our help. >> if we have the ability to our equipment or assistance of one type or another, folks in other states that are going to get hit, obviously we're going to because a lot of those states came to our aid in a big way last winter. >> snow is also falling in places that don't usually see much snow. this was the scene in national veterans homeless support, off over the roads. >> and a fresh coating of snow in north carolina, the snow falling at bank of america stadium today. this is the home of the carolina panthers. a similar scene in roanoke, virginia. you can see a light dusting of snow all over the roads there today. be sure to stay with fox25 and myfoxboston.com all weekend for storm.

massport is reporting more than 100 flights is cancelled out of league-and-airport and most are heading to the three washington, d.c., area airports and in north carolina and virginia. more than 4500 flights are cancelled around the united states today. >>> and the storm is affecting amtrak as well. the acela express in all northeast regionals in and out of boston are on another modified schedule. if you booked a ticket, check online before heading to the station. again, the storm will cause some problems here in new england, but it's having a major impact on the east coast and this is some developments the last few hours. subways and buses are running in new york but they have been shut down in new jersey, philadelphia, and washington. there have been reports of 9 deaths due to road accidents caused by the weather. emergency crews are warning everyone to stay off of the roads unless it's a absolute emergency and right now, more than 900,000 homes and businesses are without power in north carolina. and those numbers could increase along the eastern seaboard as heavy winds pull power lin

that's clear and motorcycle crash and massport hall road near the pike and another incident on the pike that just popped up, so going to check on that one as well and look at the zakim bridge i was promising you and rather nice looking shot except for the traffic there that you see on the leverett connector, volume building at this time. here is look at drive times for you on the pike 35 minutes, 93, you're jammed up, going to take you 30 minutes there and 128 from route 1 to the weston tolls, looking at 27 minute ride daniel and sara, over to you. >> sara: international health alert is hitting home. a boston man recovering from the mosquito borne virus known as zica. >> daniel: michael, world health leaders calling it a potential epidemic. >> michael: frightening numbers to the warning as well, the world health organization south, central america, three to 4 million people could contract the zica virus within the next 12 months, and that's why they are tracking it so closely. here at the boston public health commission, they confirmed the first case of zica virus found here in massachu

massport said more than 100 flights were cancelled out of logan this morning and most were heading to the three washington, d.c., area airports, as well as charlotte, virginia. see you here in 30. hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm our fortunes together [ cheering ] i've got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america i'm bernie sanders, >>> this is a live look at washington, where a declaration of emergency is already in force as a blizzard blangtss the nation's capital. large part of the east to. parts of washington very a foot of snow. that is epiic and think stale have another 14 hours of snow yet to come. >> speaking of washington, by the end of last year, presidential campaigns and outside groups supporting them raised more than 600 million dollars between the candidates, party committees, political action committees and super pacs. funded in part by donations from individual americans. w

massport really pushing the advice to make sure you kill your airline this no weather here but it is impacting all of moves into the northeast corridor they say it's going to get a lot worse. >> massachusetts is prepared to lend a hand should other states need it we spoke with governor charlie baker about the opportunity. >> if we have the ability to offer equipment or systems of one type or another folks and other states are going to get hobbies were going to have to give a lot of those dates come to our in a big way last winter. >> our coverage continues throughout the next two hours kevin will keep gathering the latest data and updating is forecast to:30 will take you to other several states including the carolinas in new york. to see how some of the biggest cities on the east coast getting ready for this massive winter storm. >> john gets closer to the new fox25 weather app to track it all. a team gives you custom forecast for where you live. it is free to download to apple and android devices. >> new england patriots onto denver literally. team boarded a plane about 2:30 pm this