if mccabe loses his footing now, it could be fatal. >> he would have been swept down river. whether he survived or not, i don't know. >> but nelson's timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him and gave the signal. that's when we came up through the tree, and we were about 25 feet up above the river, just enough to clear those trees. >> mccabe is so happy to be out of the tree, he almost loses his fear of heights. >> i remember dangling there and saying kind of fun being up here, kind of. >> once mccabe is on the bank, the rescuers turn their attention to ed. they position the chopper and this time, deputy don mcadoo makes the drop. by now, he has an additional challenge to deal with. >> my pilot was a little bit fatigued. my systems operator, kevin, who is standing on the skid running the hoist and basically putting us into position, he's been at it for about an hour. the winds have really kicked up. >> the chopper's whirling blades add to the turbulence. >> wow. it is pretty scary in itself, that wind that's also being created. >> i'm like a yo-yo. i'm at

mccabe for your work on that. cpa didn't meet the statutory levels for some advanced biofuels allegedly because of the lack of production. we want to hear more about that. that really is what generated this discussion. senator ernst and i noted that such delays in setting up the program and setting annual volume obligations really did lead to stalled investments and advanced biofuels. had we had more certainty, we could have, i think, seen the kind of investment that it would have take ton get that product into the mark kit. >> gao found we won't meet for advanced bio fields on greenhouse gas to measures which arguably and do go hand in hand. this isn't surprise org even new as we acknowledge that last year's hearing. it was part of the disruption we saw in the marketplace as a result of uncertainty from earlier decisions. fortunately, they made contingency plans if they found the industry wasn't ready to meet these targets. they allow epa to reduce the annual obligations. this is why having annual rules setting i

mccabe, for your good work on that. we're granf we're grateful. allegedly because of the lack of production and we want to hear more about that and that really is what generated this discussion today. senator ernst and i noted in last june in setting up annual volume obligations really led to stalled investments. so had we had more sin the in the market we even seen the kind of product into the market. the reports we're reviewing today don't necessarily come as a surprise. we find they won't come as a surprise or greenhouse gas reductions t two measures which arguably go hand in hand. again, this isn't surprising or even new as we acknowledged at last year's hearing it was part of the disruption that we saw in the marketplace as a result of uncertainty from earlier decisions. fortunately the authors of the rfs made contingency plans if they found the wasn't ready to meet these targets. this is why having annual rules setting is helpful. although it brings a level of uncertainty. we can adjust course when it's absolutely necessary. the authors put

and in the water near mccabe court. we reach out to investigators and bring you any new information as soon as it comes into our newsroom. >>> tonight a 13-year-old boy is charged with raping another child in north redding. police say the boy was arrested at lynn middle school yesterday afternoon. jason law has been digging into the allegations and has details you'll only see right here tonight. parents want to know why the school never notified them about the case. mark. this 13-year-old boy is a student here at the middle school in lynn. this boy was arrested here at the school around 1:30 yesterday afternoon, and then booked on that rape charge. parents and the students here tell us they had no idea. >> no calls, no nothing. >> reporter: this woman didn't want us to use her name, but she's the mother of a 14-year-old student at fecto leary middle school. if another student is arrested for rape, she wants to know about it. >> what was going on in the more phone calls maybe. >> lynn booked the 13-year-old wednesday aft

after hours of searching, deputies got a call from matt and gail mccabe, the couple say they found the child walking along the side of the road. they stayed with him until police arrived. >> as luck would have it, for law enforcement, and for this family, they did, and they took all the proper steps to stop, and take care of the child until first responders could get back over to him. >> the boy was co hurt. >> good to know. you may be looking for your shovel this weekend. >>> feeling a little bit like winter. a little dusting of snow could help us get in the holiday mood. >> especially after the second warmest november, we're kind of due for a little bit of winter. snow lovers are going, yes, about time. today we had a high of 39, which we're supposed to be in the upper 30s for december, of course temperatures falling off. freezing mark there. 33 shorewood, 31 oak creek. 35? in milwaukee. we are going to keep the clouds around overnight, which is actually going to help keep temperatures from dropping too much farther. 33 kenosha, 30 in paddock lake. washington county in west bend, 32.

that body was discovered down the street here mccabe court. police were called to the river bank of this street. when they arrived they found a body on the bank of the merrimac. lawrence police and state police ar 7 news sources have confirmed that this body was decapitated. police believe that this is an isolated incident. that there is no danger to the community. this is an active investigation. an active scene. of course when we get more information we'll bring it to you. live in lawrence john cocoa 7 news. >> anchor: new at 7 robbers armed with weapons storm a down tonight. live in lowell with what we know at this hour. >> reporter: it was a brazen armed robbery that took place at this liquor store in lowell. it starts with 2 men entering the package store. one of them wearing the black and white mask. it happened last night around 9:30 on concord street. the other robber in a black mask has a sawed off shot gun. you see the employees. poking him back with the barrel. neither employee was hurt. police say another clerk saw the men dressed

mccabe, the 2011 congress passed included the reset provision to allow epa to adjust the rfs mandates after 2016, the volume totals in the table had gone below the law by 20 percent in two consecutive years or by 50 percent in one year. has this authority been triggered for any of the tables in the lot today and since the authority, i guess i would like you to explain where you see the reset authority today and the likelihood of reset and if what role this disruption plays in the reset authority? >> to explain what congress laid out, you got it exactly right, 20 percent in two years, 50 percent in one year area those levels have been triggered for cellulosic and for advanced but not for total. and so the agency has not, and we are just finishing 2016, the agency has not embark on the reset rule which we of course are paying close attention to it. a couple of things are going on that we have to think really hard about how to deal with that, one is the idea of moving forward with one or two but not all of the volume standards, it could be very disruptive to the market because of the car

that body was found here on wate strt at the end of mccabe court, a narrow street at lea down to the merrimack river. police are confirming to me that a headless body was found around 3:00 this afternoon. that body is of a male who appears to be 17 years old. aressisting lawrence police with the investigatio merrimack to help poce sth for idence. thepot where the body was discovered is a couple hundred rds from the boys and girls club as yocan imagine, residents are absolutely shocked. >> it is sickening and sca to think th something like this could happen so cle to home. >> at this pointo other information has beenrothathe vi. poli are not confirming if the headle bre washat ung teenager reported missing about a month and a week ago. that boy's family and the his ther, and some friends who were down here were also toldth. ey are hoping does not confirm their worst fears at this point. this is a very active criminal investigation. we will bring you the details as toecome available. >> new at 6:00, take a look at the upper rit part of your screen newly released surveillance vid shows

hole in a wooden fence, in an area filled with debris a gruesome discovery on the river bank behind mccabe court in lawrence. >> it's sickening. it just scary to see something like this could happen so close to home. ni: man's decapitated body found thursday afternoon. word of the discovery spreading quickly to family members of 16-year-old lee manuel paulino. a sophomore at lawrence high school, missing for more than two weeks and last seen in this area. >> have they told you anything? >> they have not said anything. >> what are you thinking? >> i just hope it is not him. >> i am feeling sad. but i also feel bad becau it might be someone son. nicole: despite no confirmation paulino's family members gathered at the scene as investigators looked for clues. released the victim's id. again, the district attorney says they will not be commenting on identification. we do expect a statement from the mayor shortly. we live in lawrence, nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. >> ok, nicole, thanks. we will bring that story to you live when it happens. noon we're learning a local , mosque has received

jenna mccabe is the acting and mistreat of the via environmental protection agency, having previouslyserved in the oa ours principal deputy to the assistant administrator. mister mccain was the executive director of improving kids environments incorporated in indianapolis and from 1993 to 2005 leadership positions in the management office of air quality. mister mccain served as attorney general in massachusetts, graduated from harvard in 1980 and harvard law school in 1983. thank you both for being here and i would recognize the ranking member for opening statements. >> thank you mister chairman and my great apologies for being a little late, it's been a crazy day. first off i want to thank both are women's for attending the hearing, this follows on our hearing of last june on the rfs and in that hearing we discussed pathways, issues we saw with the epa management program and the staff and i'm glad epa took our words to heart and just last week the rfs is back on track and hit levels required by law for calendar year 2017 for most fields and even increase the volume for a biofuel and

along the merrimack river in lawrence thursday afternoon discovered a male body on the river bank by mccabe court off water street. carmen, a friend of family, tells us police say the body was decapitated. our aerial video shows a search team combing the water by boat. local and state police investigated at the scene for five hours. the medical examiner arriving to work on an identity and a cause of death. meanwhile, checko, a mother herself, can't help but feel the family's pain. >> i feel bad because it's somebody's son. whether you're friends or not. >> exactly. want to be in this situation. >> but still at this time, the identity has not yet been confirmed. police do reassure the public that this appears to be an isolated incident and at this time it appears the community is not in any danger live in lawrence, i'm christine mccarthy. >> a hingham police sergeant is in jail tonight following a guilty of filing a false insurance claim. was off patrol when he claimed he got hit by a car but an investigation shows he was never hit and also found phillips allegedly filed insurance claims thr

. >> walking dog and discovered the body by mccabe court. a friend of the family says police say the body was decapitated. local and state police were on the scene for hours yesterday. the medical examiner has since taken body to figure out who it is and how they died. meanwhile, checo, mother herself, can't help b mother's pain. >> i feel bad because it is a mother's son. >> whether it is your friend's or not. >> exactly. i have a troop-year-old and i wouldn't want to be in the situation. >> jessica: the investigation does continue this morning. 1 thing lawrence police want to emphasize, it is isolated incident and there's no danger to the public. back to you. >> sara: jess, we will check in next hour. meanwhile 18-year-old from brockton being held without bail mother. frantz polynice hid from camera during the arraignment yesterday. police say they found him sitting outside of his home wednesday covered in blood and shaking uncronably. they found the body of 44-year-old mother. neighbors tell us they did not see any signs of trouble with t

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mccabe, when you and i spoke last you were in the process of dealing with ozone and air quality, at the same time that you're dealing with the rfs. and we talked about the conflict between the two. >> mm-hmm. >> help me catch up on where that conversation is going right now. because as you produce more ethanol, it produces more ozone in those areas, in the production part of it, at the same time we're dealing with reducing ozone nationwide as well. >> so back in 2010, when we did our analysis, when we put the rule in place, we did note there were places and times where ozone air quality could be increased. it's not uniform, it's not across the board. it's not necessarily in places where the ozone standard is not met already. so those are all complicating factors. and senator, i think we're about where we were last time, which is that states and cities are working to meet the ozone standard. most of those areas that are ozone nonattainment areas are large metropolitan areas. and so the contributors to ozone are overwhelmingly motor vehicles generally, industry power plants, and large emi

crime scene investigators combed the area along the merrimack river right off mccabe court. it all started thursday afternoon when the d.a. says a woman out walking her dog called 911 after body. investigators left with bags of evidence and the medical examiner will work to identify the body and exactly how this man died. the d.a. says foul play is suspected. and the district attorney's office says they will not speculate on the identity of this man until after they hear from the medical examiner's office. live this morning in lawrence, victoria warren, 7news "today in >> kris: now a story you'll see on just one station. officials are still looking for whoever left behind a symbol of hate at a brookline elementary school. school officials say a student drew a swastika on the chalkboard in a classroom at lincoln elementary school last week. teachers in the area are disturbed by that hateful message. >> it's really stunning, sad that it happened. they learned it somewhere. they're reacting t so, you know, i wonder where it came from. >> kris: the brookline public school superi

in the merrimack river in lawrence near the mccabe court. and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it tonight. >>> the obama administration wanted to help students with college loan debt. coming up, the criticizing the program for its big cost on tax payers. now here's mark ockerbloom with what's next >> covering a disturbing crime. a car left vandalized, the wheels stolen, the victim a disabled veteran. the support from his neighbors as police search for the thieves. >>> not a normal night at the natick mall, how long it had anyone with type 2 diabetes knows how it feels to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around? what if you could... love your numbers? it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. a pill taken just once in the morning, invokana? is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. in fact, it's been proven to be more effective at lowering a1c than januvia. invokana? works around the clock b

right off water street behind me is a small street called mccabe court. on that street are a number of local police officers as well as state police. firefighters are out on the river, and we have d.a. this is a very large investigative effort at this time. a couple of hours since that body was found. if you look at the aerial video, you can see firefighters in a boat searching after that bed bode was located. we have heard from police just a couple of minutes ago that the medical examiner is on their way. they will, of course, take that body and doing an autopsy. now, family members and friends of a local teen who has been they're very emotional because they hope, of course, this is not body of that local boy who, again, has been missing for weeks. we spoke with a friend of that family, and she tells us she came down. she's very concerned. she's also a mother and she's friends with the mother of that teen. she says at this time police have told her that this body is, in fact, a decapitated body. we don't know the exact age of that body right now. we're s

this is outnumbered, here today meg an mccabe, kennedy -- meghan mccain, july january turner and today's #oneluckyguy, the new opinion page editor for the washington times -- i'll be taking autographs from him later -- charlie hurt is here, he's outnumbered. [laughter] boy, there's a lot going on in the world. >> oh, my goodness, it's incredible. everything out of turkey and berlin, it's just really, reallier terrifying. harris: a good time to have a great editor onboard. thanks for being here. the christmas market in berlin where two americans were injured in monday's attack is reopening today under tight security. and more chilling details emerging about the refugee from tunisia who is europe's most wanted man. at one point he was scheduled to be deported, but a mistake with paperwork kept him in germany. his brothers are speaking out, urging the suspect to give himself up. watch. >> translator: i'm shocked, like every tunisian citizen, who heard about it. when the police came to the house to take my mom, we knew it was my brother. >> translator: if he is watching me now, i just want t

just off mccabe court. the body had been decapitated and police recovered the head. and sky-7 hd was over the area as investigators searched. the d.a.'s office says this is a man's bed and foul play is suspected. they will release more information once the medical examiner officially i.d.'s the body. lawrence police believe this is an for now the investigation continues into who this person is and how they ended up here on the merrimack river. lawrence police do in the believe there is no i danger to the community but again, foul play is suspected here. we are live in lawrence, john cuoco, 7 news nightteam. >> kim: breaking news from the trump transition, president-elect has chosen retired general general as secretary of defense. night mr. trump start std nation wide thank you tour, celebrating that he will keep hundreds of jobs in our country. ryan schulteis is here with more. >> ryan: called in a thank you tour but it looks like a rally from the trump campaign and he talked to supporters he took aim again at hillary clinton and made news about his cabinet. i'm here