. >> anchor: now to a story you will see on just one station air school bus scare in medford. police say a laid flagged down a bus and jumped on board and at the time it was full of kids . >> anchor: investigators were saying she was drunk. jonathan hall is live in medford here. . >> anchor: scary one for parents, kids are on the bus, they grade k through 5 made an unsceduled stop on their way home friday. now police are investigating this, the woman they say that got on board has a history of serious mental health issues. >> reporter: police say a routine ride home from school for about 18 young kids turned very scary when a drunk an seemingly delusional 35-year-old woman flagged down the bus and got on. >>> it was at that point the bus driver smelled some alcohol on her breath and she started to say some statements that were, you know, where is my baby? i lost my baby. stuff wasn't making sense. >> anchor: it happened here at this corner on high street just friday. the bus driver thought the woman parent. so he opened up the door. >>> he had asked her to leave the bus. occas

from furnace brook parkway to columbia road and 93 south average speeds 9 miles per hour through medford and into somerville. however, take look at this picture of route 1, it has cleared up so much since earlier this morning when it was a parking lot and then there was an accident on it that has since been cleared. here are live drive times, down to 19 minutes route 1 from 128 to the tobin and direction minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connect and her hour on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >> daniel: we continue to follow breaking news in bridgewater when body was found burned on the train tracks on morning. fox25 catherine parrotta is live at the police station where, catherine, police source tells you this is a homicide. >> julie: source confirmed apparent hopkins resulting in body being burned and this is what i have been told from a source this morning and right now what i have been waiting for and official update from other official on the scene, transit police and also the plymouth county d.a. timothy crews and just arrived here within the past

we are live in medford. >> anchor: thank you. seven news turning to holiday travel. 47 million americans are heading out of town for the holidays. if your plans for the next day or two include flying, well, here is little bit of advice. take your time. get there early. live at logan. a lot of extra security at the airports around the country. >> reporter: that includes here at logan airport. thousands of people will be traveling through this airport today. can you see this is one of the security lines here. it's pretty busy. picked up in the last hour or so. there are always state troopers patrolling inside the airport but there is added security today. >> state troopers patrolling with sub machine guns, k9 units on the look out. thousands of travelers take to the skies for thanksgiving. extra early today just to go through the lines which are huge. certainly this will be the busiest week that we have seen here nationwide. >> the line stretched across terminal a during the early morning rush. on monday the fbi and homeland securi

she followed that car until a medford police officer stopped and arrested him. police say the 20-year-old had a replica gun with the orange tip painted black. he will be arraigned in somerville tomorrow morning. >>> a scare outside the white house last night. the secret service arresting a the north fence. charges. >>> this morning, a team of federal investigators will be on scene of a deadly plane crash in ohio. two pilots and seven passengers were on board when it hit an apartment building in akron, ohio tuesday afternoon. it clipped electrical wires on its way down and hit the building and embankment. investigators do not believe anyone on the plane survive, but no one on -- survived, but no one on the ground is hurt. >>> and a man chaining himself on top of a water slide in an effort to save a business he says he spent years building. jim armstrong takes a closer look at thinks fight. >> reporter: it is a 30 foot >> reporter: but there's no rush. kevin's not going anywhere. >> i'll stay here until the final day if that's what it takes. >> reporter: the owner

that man is being held here at the state police barracks in medford because of what trooper medford because of what troopers describe as a road rage incident. take a look at that image you referenced just a minute ago. state police saying that the suspect had this in his hand and waved that replica gun -- yes, it is a replica gun yes, it is a replica gun with its orange tip painted black to make it look more real. a 20-year-old man gary pimental flashed in gun to a woman as they exited the match during the morning rush. investigators say the victim stayed on the phone with 911 as pimental followed her until an officer stopped his car. police have not said what spark police have not said what sparked this entire situation. pimenal faces charge of assault with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct. that arraignment is set to happen tomorrow. >>> in the next hour, another big town -- the biggest town, boston, had its mayor talk about replica guns this week. what boston's plan for this type of issue coming up in the next hour. live in medford, michael henrich, fox25 morning news. >>> a big

. >>> history being made today in medford as the city elects its first new mayor. at this hour we are hearing voters have chosen stephanie burk to replace mayor michael mcglen in january. mcglen is the longest serving mayor in the state but now he's retiring after 15 terms in office. >> i still love what i do every day but it's time. we have $6 million two weeks ago, spending more time with the family. >> reporter: this is the first time since 1957 that mcglen wasn't on the mayoral ballot. his father served medford before him. >>> teachers' purses ransacked right in their classrooms. meters have to say after the suspect was able to walk right into the school. >>> and then a baby's head in the jaws of a dog. witnesses talk about a brutal attack and what happened right >>> there is developing news in the massive airbag recall blamed in at least seven deaths. embattled maker takata is being fined $70 million by the u.s. government for failing to admit some of its airbags were defective in a timely manner. they can explode and shoot metal fragments at passengers. more

another thing we want to note is accident 93 southbound route 60 in the medford area. still very slow on the expressway as you head from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. here are live drive times, 44 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin bridge, 65 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and about hour ten minutes 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the exit for the weston tolls. sara, back to you. >> sara: new details within the last 30 minutes on breaking news in bridgewater. a source confirmed to fox25 that police are investigating a homicide on the train tracks behind oak street. the source telling us that the body was brought here, then burned on the tracks. district attorney's office in plymouth county is handling this investigation. we are in bridge water working on more details right now. we will have a live report at 8:30. >> gene: take look at surveillance video and focus on the upper right-hand corner of the screen. three cars riding down new hampshire, one of the cars get slipped, driver tossed out, his pregnant wife was trapped

it is going to get a lot worse with thanksgiving travelers. 93 south still heavy from woburn into medford, pike moving along fine and new accident in newton and heading eastbound and heavy volume we are used to seeing on the pike eastbound this time and 495 to mass ave, 21 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel and 30 minutes braintree split to the exit for the pike. >> daniel: warning this morning for the state department anyone looking to take a trip following attacks in egypt and mali and state department isn't looking any chances. fox25 jessica reyes joins us live from logan airport this morning with the alert. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, daniel, despite the alert you can see number of rivals and departments and logan running on time and as scheduled now, this is the first time almost a year now alert like this has been issued and people spoke to at the airport did say they are not letting it get away in the plans. it is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. >> i'm going to my home country nepal. >> india. >> weeklong, ten day trip to madrid. >> ju

on medford school bus. i'm are you glad your son wasn't on bus? a woman hitching a causing a school bus scare. >> and a bus driver off the job tonight, parents demanding answers after learning driver picked up a total stranger and a led her on to bus kim birl bachman live in medford what school later said about this unexpected stop. kimberly. adam simply put they say against rules and should never have happened. >> a mid ford school bus driver is off the job after the lowing a stranger board the bus with 18 brooks elementary school children inside. >> i am concerned the fact that this can happen. with everything else going on. but, you got to keep vigilant eye towards people in and around the neighborhood. police say bus driver thought the 35-year-old woman was a parent, so he stopped allowed her on. but he found out fast that wasn't the case. bus driver smelled some alcohol in her breath and she started, made some statements that were you know, where's my baby i lost my baby. stuff that wasn't really making sense. >> it happened here at the corne

. >>> security concerns this morning at a school in medford. police say a woman got inside and stole from teachers while classes were going on. fox25's michael henrich is live with us this morning at mcgwinn school where, michael, that woman literally walked around freely for several minutes. >>reporter: that's why school and police officials say there were two different security breaches at the school complex. and students will head back this morning in the wake of this news. i want to show you the woman who was caught on surveillance video who police say they are looking for as a person of have in this case. police and school officials also say that the woman drove away in a sedan i want to put on screen for you also caught on camera after entering a side door during lunchtime. they ashe stole $800 from four teachers purses while their classrooms were empty. the superintendent says protocol were certainly not followed. >> there was someone at the door who checks people coming in. and the middle school students were coming back in from the out

brandon gunnoe is live in medford to tell bus this. brandon. >> adam, woman said that a man pointed a gun at her out of this car window after a road rage incident. she actually followed that man so police could think catch up with her and arrest him. now troopers say that he is 20-year-old gary from a charleston. he pointed this replica handgun with the orange tip painted black to make the gun appear more real at that other driver. this happened today around 4:30. on ramp from route 93 northbound to a mystic avenue in somerville. 20-year-old was brought here to the state police barracks. he is charged with assault with dangerous weapon. evening though it is a fake gun. and disorderly conduct. >> we're told he's going to arraigned in court on thursday. that's latest live in medford, i'm brandon gunnoe, 7 news night team. now to the race for the what is house and republican candidates for president faced off on stage for fourth time tonight. this time milwaukee and things got a little feisty. tim caputo is here to give us a look. debate

we will start with look at map, 93 south sluggish from woburn into medford and somerville as well as 128 southbound through lexington. pike is still giving us heavy through brighton. be careful of the solar glare gotten few tweets from viewers saying it is brutal out there. drive time 44 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave and weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel set you back 27 minutes and 35 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. >> daniel: 9:02 right now. breaking news this morning in paxton, flames consume an animal shelter killing dozens of cats and dogs that were inside to the sweetpea friends of rutland animals around 10:45 last night. fire chief says the building was completely engulfed by the time they arrived and worried all the animals inside were killed. crew getting video of workers actually climbing into kennels to comfort surviving pets there you can see. out of the nearly 50 cats and dogs who lived there only four survived. the building is total loss but investigators are zeroing in on this morning in live report coming up

slow on 128 southbound through lexington and on 93 through medford. things really light right here through intbra because of that accident over on washington street in newton. really creating a bottleneck and only have few cars making way out and getting through the brighton area. here are live drive times still at 44 minutes on the pike eastbound from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel and 38 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and 57 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >>> julie: we are following breaking news in new york city. one person dead two more injured in pen station and happened 6:15 this morning and police have been walking in and out of the gunman. one person was shot in the stomach and other in the leg. life-threatening. we will be monitoring the situation all day. also breaking overseas two american were killed in jordan after jordanian policeman opened fire at police training center and another person from south africa killed and three others were injured and jordanian n

she followed the car until medford police could stop it. police found the driver, a 20-year-old charlestown man with a replica firearm with the orange tip painted black making the gun look real. the road rage happened on the ramp from 93 north to mystic ave. in somerville. the arrest comes in the same week mayor marty walsh signed an ordinance in boston banning replica handguns in public spaces and allows boston police to confiscate them and notify parents and guardians if the suspect is under 18. the suspect will be in court tomorrow. cuoco, "7 news today in new england." >> christa: the man charged in a deadly road rage crash in bail. police say 67-year-old michael hinds was drunk when he intentionally rammed his pickup truck into another truck. they say he then left the scene and was arrested at his home in norton. hinds told police he rammed into another driver but said, quote, it's not like i killed anyone. the other truck rolled completely over on to its hood. it was hit a second time on 495 on monday. two men were inside. one was kil

following reds for you, expressway slow from furnace brook parkway up to giving us trouble through medford, 128 south through lexington is slow go as well. here is live look at the pike where bumper-to-bumper as you make your way into boston and live drive times, 128 to the tobin bridge and 47 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and hour on 128 south peabody to the weston tolls. >> daniel: 9:02 right now. everett football star stabbed hours after a big game. he spent hours in surgery over the weekend. fox25 catherine parrotta is live outside mass general hospital this morning where, catherine, the teenager was treated over the weekend. >> catherine: yes, that's correct, daniel, a lot of missing pieces to the stow this morning. we have reached out to everett police department awaiting call back with more information but as you mentioned what we know teenager was here at mass general hospital over the weekend and coach telling us he and, in fact, it was coach who confirmed he had been stabbed. seeing running back marvens fedna in high school is disturbing site. >> started

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teachers' purses raided by someone able to walk right into a medford school. tonight the search is still on for the thief. christine mccarthy is live with brand-new photos of that person of interest. >> yeah, we spoke to the superintendent tonight and he admits to me that there wasn't just one breach insecurity but he says two that allowed this woman to enter this pre-k through middle school behind me and walk the halls without being stopped. >> give give the security i'm really surprised. >> reporter: an unknown woman was able to get inside a school and steal from empty classrooms. >> i'm wondering whether or not they have to beef up security or not. this person was caught on walking the halls. >> someone at the door who checked people coming in and muddle scale students were coming back in from the outside and that person should have been stopped and wasn't. >> reporter: superintendent roy felton admits to fox 25 the breach in security didn't stop there. >> she actually talked to another person down in the car and that person asked if i help you and said i w

she followed the car until medford police could stop her. a man had the orange tip painted black which makes it more real. this arrest comes in the same week that mayor marty walsh signed an ordinance banning handguns in public spaces. this suspect is facing a couple of charges and will be in court tomorrow. in medford, john cuoco, 7 news. >>> veteran groups walked through the wind and rain from boston comn to city hall plaza to celebrate all those who served. >>> mayor matter walsh joined in on the festivities as well. >>> veterans today received a framed certificate and pin as a thank you for their service to our country. one veteran is happy to see fellow servicemen and women being honored today. >> we are proud to be here and proud to be amongst our brothers that are here. and i hope everybody will appreciate what the other fellows all did. >> the veterans were also given a special brunch this morning. >>> following more news today, a school bus driver from rhode island is off the job, charged with drunk driving. johnson is on unpaid adm

live in medford. >>> trouble the cape. the medical examiner trying to determine the cause death of an infant in sandwich. emergency crews responlded to the calls of an unresponsive child on short way around 6:30 yesterday morning. the child was taken to the hospital but pronounced dead. dcf said they are looking into allegations of abuse and neglect of the 1-month-old. as of this morning the district attorney's office says it does not appear to be any signs of injury or trauma. >>> a father of two is shot outside of his apartment building, and this morning, homicide detectives are searching for the gunman. one man was shot near the building on granite street in manchester. this happened just before 6:30 last night. witnesses tell fox25 that the victim was walking to his car to get diapers for his daughter at the time. neighbors heard six shots and two witnesses tried to help the victim until medics arrived. >> her ander who nurse tried to get cpr and keep him going, but they took him away a while ago. >>sara: neighbors say

if you know who the woman is call medford police. ahead at 7:00, parents react to that security breach. plus, we will tell you what is being done to help make those teachers whole after they were robbed of so much money. live in medford, michael henrich, fox25 morning news. >>> 6:07. workers at a webster restaurant jumping into action to stop a armed robber. tried to rob the golden greek on lake street white wearing a mask. employees were able to restrain him. even without the green hair, they were familiar with the suspect. bethune once worked at the restaurant. >>> police bust an alleged bank robber sitting on a toilet robber sitting on a robber sitting on alet at the fast food chain. robert wickson robbed the restaurant on south broadway. the teller noticed he had several scars and a band-aid. they searched the area and found him hiding out in the bathroom of a burger king nearby. >>> members of a mosque and have liesed in burlington will stand together in solidarity. the we are americans event will be held at the islamic center.

could not join them for lunch yesterday at fortune cookie chinese restaurant 00 block tuckerton road medford. >> if you want food you can wait outside he was like please move aside i have a customer coming n i was like i'm not a customer? like at that point i was like furious. >> if you have been in business we're familiar with this restaurant 20 some years you need to know what the laws are. >> the incident is not unusual according to lisaberg a non frost that trains service dogs. business owners too often don't know the federal disability laws that allow service dogs in public places. and the owners of fortune cookie did not want to go on camera and didn't know the law and apologized and will lx atlas andal jrn corns who hope their experience can teach others. >> we want the community to be aware people with service dogs don't have service dogs because they want to bring their pets somewhere. they have service dogs because they're essentially their lively hood. >> they filed a police report and spokesperson with the police department says there's no much it can do since it doesn't have aut

south still steady and heavy red line slow traffic slow starting in woburn and continuing through medford and 128 southbound through lexington and pikes pretty slow clip as you could see through the brighton area right now and 40 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and hour on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >> daniel: breaking news president of france says world is at war with isis. overnight explosions and gunshots as police and french soldiers captured seven suspected terrorists. two others were killed, operation took place over more than seven hours in a suburb of north of paris and believe mastermind of tremendous' deadly apartment building in the neighborhood and president obama briefed on the events in the philippines today and at summit there and 129 people were killed and more 350 others were injured in friday's attacks in france. >> julie: new this morning the fbi searching for people that opened fire in mosque in new england. police say several bullets fired into the mosque in connecticut. it happened in the hours after late fri

and through the weston tolls. 128 southbound sluggish as you approach the cloverleaf. 93 south in medford stop and go and wide look at storrow drive where volume is heavy. here are live drive times 24 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 39 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector, 39 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: developing news this morning a worldwide warning for travelers now all the way through the holiday season. >> sara: the state department is urging american to be on guard just about anywhere they go. fox25 jessica reyes is live at logan airport this morning with this alert. jess? >> jessica: look at lines they are growing here in the international terminal in logan airport. this is the first time innerly a year an alert like this has been issued in the united states but even though people we spoke to say they are not letting it change their plans. it is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. >> i'm going to my home country nepal. >> india. >> weeklong -- well ten day trip to madrid.

. >>> a disturbing incident for a man in medford. a woman gets into a middle school and police are still looking for her. this woman entered the side door of the mcglen school during lunchtime. officials believe she stole $8 officials believe she stole $800 from four teachers' purses while the classrooms were empty while the classrooms were empty. the superintendent said school staff did not follow security protocol and changes are being made. >> there was someone at the door who checks people coming in and the middle school student was coming back from the outside, and just walked in with them. and that person should have been stopped and wasn't. >> the woman told a second school employee she was simply looking for a pen. if you recognize her, you are asked to call medford police. >>> police in worcester say a teenager tried to run over a police officer with his car. officer jeremy smith saw 19-year-old connor davis yelling at employees at a burger king drive through. when the officer approached davis, the teen tried to hit him with

. >>> right now medford police are looking for this man he is suspected of breaking salem street. medford police. >>> meanwhile police in east end wanted you to take a close look at this one he robbed a c.v.s. on washington street. >>> meanwhile, police in portsmouth, new hampshire arresting a man for end exposure -- for indecent exposure on a bus. he was indecently exposing him in front of a woman a city bus. he has been convicted on that same change that means his arrest today results in a felony charge. he rehe was released on $sen00 bail. >>> in new hampshire the issue of drug addiction is gaining bipartisan attention in the presidential race. new hampshire voters have used their primary to shape that conversation asking candidates to pay attention to the epidemic. on average one person dies every day in new hampshire from a drug-related overdose. candidates are calling for changes that will provide >> you're not going to be hanging out on street corners doing drugs when we do that we not only save human lives by the thousands money. >> we have no tolerance for the dealing and the vio

>> michael: suspect now out spending arraignment tomorrow and state police barracks in medford. and show you once again released by state police what they describe as a replica gun wealth the orange tip painted black to look more real. this is a situation that happened yesterday afternoon during the rush. police say a 20-year-old man gary flashed that replica gun at mystic avenue ramp in somerville and not said what sparked the entire thing and charge of assault with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct. this comes the same week that mayor marty walsh over in boston banned replica guns in public spaces saying they caused a big safety issue considering how real they look. so real police cannot tell the difference at first glance. how many communities might follow boston police is well worth watching and do so. i'm michael henrich, fox25 news. >> daniel: developing this morning in ohio investigators will be on the scene of a deadly private plane crash in acron. devastating video shows the flames after the plane clipped a power line and hit an apartment building. the owner of

she then followed the car until medford police could stop it. police found that driver 20-year-old charlestown man had replica firearm with orange tip painted black making the gun leak more real. according to police road rage happened from 93 north to mystic of in summerville. this arrest comes in same week that mayor marty walsh signed an ordinance in boston banning spaces. also allows boston police to confiscate and notify parents and guarden the person is under the age of 18. this suspect faces a couple of charges and will be in court in medford. 7news "today in new england". >>> the man accused earlier this week of dragging a bare of boston police officers with his car once worked for uber. brian gilbert passed a background check despite the fact he was a convicted felon. they aren't saying how he managed to pass the check. he's received more than 20 traffic citations. he used his suv to drag the officers for 100 yards. >>the officers were not seriously hurt. gilbert was not working for uber at the time of the accident. large crowd of pro tg

and otherwise things slow through medford on 93 south. and speeds of about 9 miles an hour on route one in saugus. you can see volume still heavy there as us approach linfeld parkway. live drive times. 31 minutes on route one from 128 to tobin. 42 minutes on 93 south from 495 to leverett connector. 34 minutes on 128 south from route one in peabody to weston tolls. fox 25 news storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joins us. now sick and see sunshine outside of the studios in denham. that will linger? >> weather: a bit of a improvement we will say. so sunshine gets you out the door. although sunshine fades to clouds later. we are up to 58. which is above average. average high is 52 degrees. big weekend cool down. saturday afternoon. upper 40s. and 50s are back by sunday. we see gradual warm up to next week. worcester. north and west we have clouds forecast. they will progress both through worcester and lawrence over to boston area. worcester is at 45. with 16 miles an hour winds. and it turns cloudy here by late this morning into

>> michael: held until the arraignment tomorrow right inside in medford as mentioned i want to show you this picture that state police released showing a replica gun with orange tip painted black to look more real. police say a 20-year-old man, flashed the gun at woman, entered at somerville during rush and victims stayed on the phone with 911 and as followed her until an officer stopped his car. sparked this whole thing. and look so real it can be confused by anyone including police officers with potentially dangerous situations and have to wait and see whether other communities follow boston's lead live in medford, michael henrich, fox25 news. hit an apartment building and owner of the plane says nine people have died but official say the charter jet can carry ten people so recovery process will obviously continue. one good thing here, no one inside the apartment was hurt because it was empty and pieces of plane skidded off embankment hiding the complex and witnesses described what they saw and heard. in smoke. >> fireworks going off. >> daniel: officials are looking into the weather

things slow on 93 south through medford and into somerville. route 1 in saugus remains very slow as you approach lynn fells parkway. here are live drive times 34 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin and a little over an hour on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and hour on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: chaotic scene overnight in paris as police and military exchange fire with suspected terrorists held up in an apartment and all ended while we were on the air at 6:00 this morning. right now two people are dead. seven others are under arrest. fox25 daniel miller is live in the newsroom with a look at the standoff that lasted for seven hours. >> daniel: president obama briefed from the white house staff who's currently in the philippines. the neighborhood remain full of police, paramedics and french it lasted for seven hours overnight and very reminiscent of the watertown standoff following the boston marathon bombing. at this hour they are going through several apartment

. >>> a traffic alert for commuters in the medford area. route 19 in medford will be closed at the railroad crossing until tuesday. marks dot will be working to complete the crossings. those who use route 19 should plan for detours. i will have updates on the traffic there and throughout the area all morning long. >>> speaking traffic, we do track it every ten minutes with the weather for you. and right now, things moving along nicely. that volume is so light that our drive times very reasonable. i will have a look at those in a moment. first here is shiri. >> shiri: i will tell you what >> shiri: i will tell you what, if you are headed out conditions are easy going. breaks in the clouds. we will expand through the morning. 53 degrees 53 degrees dropping to 5. 6 a.m., 50 degrees. i will highlight the cool spots and who will see flurries when we come back. >>> a local veteran killed when he showed up to help a friend. why the victim's father feels sad for the man who allegedly shot and killed his son. >>> the boston police department hits th

as you can see a little slow on 93 south through medford, zakim bridge heavy volume and here are live drive times, 25 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin and 49 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and 51 minutes on 128 south from tolls. >> daniel: coming up on 9:02, new at 9:00, haz-mat situation south end. boston fire confirming to us that crews were called in to check substance brought into the avenue. sky fox over the scene as you could see here around 5:00 this morning police arrested a suspect trying to break into a car. when they brought him into the station had substance on him, tests determined chemicals were used to make meth. the scene is all clear now. >> julie: there's breaking news in france, suspected mastermind of the terror attacks in paris is dead. french prosecutors confirmed the news within the last 90 minutes. they say abdelhamid abaaoud was killed in yesterday's anti-terror raids north of paris we have also learned cousin of the terrorist used bomb to blow herself up during the raid. belgian leader of the cell that carried out friday's atta

avenue in medford. another slow spot 95 through canton and as you approach 128. expressway always gives us trouble especially over thanksgivinghead from the braintree split. 29 minutes on the expressway pike. 34 minutes on 93 south from 49 34 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 13 minutes on 128 north to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >>> a worldwide travel alert have travelers nervous this morning. >> groups like isis and al qaeda are still blotting attacks, and they want tourists to be cautious during the holiday season. fox25's jessica reyes is live at logan airport. jess, this is the first time in nearly a year that we have seen this type of warning. >> it is, sara. tens of thousands of people are expected to fly in and out of the international terminal here at logan airport over the next couple of days. you can see this is right here. the number of flights running on time in this morning, but that warning we know does say that terrorist attacks could happen essent

. >> jadiann: ahead on 7news, a story you'll see on just one station, a medford bus driver off the job and parents demanding answers after learning the driver picked up a total stranger. >> christa: a closer look at this smoking sensation, what some people call smoking candy. an alternative to cigarettes. >> jadiann: why the cost of taking the t could be going down for some but up for others. >> jeremy: dry for the morning commute, partly to mostly sunny skies. temps this morning down into the 20s. this afternoon, middle 40s. 7:00 this evening, crisp. temps heading back into the mid 30s. >> danielle: good morning, no major delays yet. volume building. the t's good so far. we'll take a full look at your commute coming up. not getting your best sleep? could be you've got the wrong bed. enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. only at a sleep number store, save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. hurry, sale ends monday. know better sleep with sleep number. how do you reimagine "banking"? you start

also, you will slow down in the medford stretch, but it's moving. route 1 south and 495 look trouble free now. >>> top stories on your thursday morning. a new warning from the french prime minister. he says terrorists linked to last week's attacks could use chemical and biological weapons as he asked parliament to consider extending the state of emergency in france. >>> new raids in belgium linked he was one of the three attackers at the french national stadium. officials say the raids are targeting "his entourage." >>> a video from isis taking aimat new york city. new york's top cop says there's no specific or credible threat right now. the video shows images of times square and taxis along with what appears to be a man preparing an explosive device. new york police say some of the video is old, but additional counterterrorism teams will be deployed. >>> a stabbing suspect is lucky he wasn't shot after was standing at the top of the stairs and kept knife. >> a bill aimed at cracking senate. final votes are now needed in both chambers to send the me

which is typical through lexington. 93 sluggish in medford area. you can see zakim bridge and leverett connector backed up. 27 minutes on pike from weston tolls to ted williams tunnel, 38 minutes on expressway from braintree split to pike. 42 minutes on 93 south from 495 to leverett connector. >> anchor: 9:01. we are continuing to follow police on scene right now at route 85 and 495. where they have discovered a man's body. that is a busy area for commuters, and as julie mentioned it is causing backups in that area. police department tweeting they are responding to this but that they have not had any more updates. we will bring you new details when they become available. >> anchor: and take a look at this video from the cape. that's a state trooper on a stretcher after a nasty crash in barnstable. since our first report at 4:00 a.m. we have learned about the driver heading the wrong way down route nine when he hit the trooper. fox 25 news stephanie coueignoux is live at the state police barracks in south yarmouth. stephanie you have new >> reporter

julie, where are trouble spots. the cloverleaf and another issue 93 south as you head through medford and accident just occurred and on the pike last few minutes and webster street, right off the pike at westwood street. live look at the pike and that volume remains steady and heavy as you head eastbound into boston. here are live drive 55:00 minutes on the pike, 35 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel and 30 minutes on the braintree split exit to the pike. gene and sara, back to you. >> sara: breaking news this morning out of paxton, flames consume an animal shelter killing dozens of cats and dog in there. firefighters first called to the sweetpea friends of rutland animals around 10:45 last night. the fire chief telling us the fire was completely engulfed by it arrived and worried all the animals inside were killed. our crew getting worker of videos actually climbing into kennels to comfort the surviving animals. out of the nearly 50 cats and dogs who lived here, only three survived. the building is a loss in just 30 minutes we are talking with the heartbroken fa

route 1 looks good and 93 down from wilmington to woburn to medford. pike wide anticipate from framingham through the weston tolls and what you will see through brighton. it minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams. nine minutes on the expressway from the braintree plit to the pike. 23 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. sara, back to you. >> all right, julie. >>> breaking news in dorchester. a crime scene has been set up outside of 60 southern avenue. initial reports is that a woman's body was found here and taken away late last night. we are working to get more information about just what happened here. we will keep you posted throughout the morning. >>> safety changes could be out of the way for travelers flying in and out of the united states in and out of the united states. >> this is reaction to the russian plane crash that may have been a terrorist attack. fox25 stephanie coueignoux is live inside logan airport this can see. stephanie? >>reporter: sara, one of those big changes actually has to do with the layout of a

accident to tell you 93 northbound route 28 in medford. shift over to the peek, that's been problematic for us this morning and we do have a new accident to tell you about. it is eastbound a multi-vehicle crash in washington street in newton. here are live drive times, 52 minutes, 40 minutes on the expressway from the brant split to the exit for the pike and 52 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. fox25 storm tracker meteorologist shiri spear joining us now and thankfully we have had a dry commute this morning. tomorrow morning i know you're tracking incoming rain and wind gusts. >> shiri: problems see tomorrow morning are all of these and all of these will be peaking heavy rain and main priority as far as weather threats go, gusty winds 20 to 40 miles per hour, not really strong enough to do damage but on top of the rain just complicate things tomorrow morning and even got the slight chance that we are going to see a little splash of lightning and rumble of thunder along with heavier downpours tonight and tomorrow morni

shifting a little bit westward we have an accident on 93 southbound before route 28 in medford. then shifting south you could see expressway still heavy volume from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. here are live drive times 25 minutes route 1128 to the tobin and 54 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and 41 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us now and for the most part a lot of that rain you're saying moved out of boston. >> shiri: still break of sunshine here, rain showers essentially done for the day, enjoy the clearing conditions that are going to be pushing in the rest of the morning. 57 in the city and winds at 7 miles per hour and that's not so much one of the breezier spots, a little wind up to the north shore, south shore, cape and islands, gusts up to 20, and check it out in boston, 9:00 a.m. partly cloudy 54 and continue to brighten up into the afternoon and temperaturewise today we likely already saw our highs or see our highs by late morning and

she followed the car until a medford officer stopped him and arrested him. police say the 20-year-old had a replica gun with the orange tip painted black. he'll be arraigned in somerville tomorrow morning. >>> new york's attorney sites to shut down and stop accepting bets immediately. the attorney general said a month long investigation found boston-based draftkings and rival site fan duel are games of chance not skill and therefore are illegal gambling. draftkings says they are pursuing legal options. >>> and facing off in the latest presidential debate. one of the candidates will be campaigning this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you as well. the top eight republican candidates faced off in milwaukee last night. for the most part, sticking to the issues and some even defending their character. in a debate on the fox business network, minimum wage is the starting topic for the top eight republican candidates. >> taxes too high, wages too high. we're not going to be able to >> every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increase

right now, 93 south in pockets from andover and medford. that's moving along. the expressway is moving 128 you are sluggish between logan and the split. chris, kathryn? >> all right, robi. thank you very much. >>> a pause in the philip chism murder trial. proceedings will resume after thanksgiving. the victim's mother broke down in court yesterday when prosecutors presented bloody clothing. they say chism was wearing this and showed surveillance images hours after the crime showing him buying a movie ticket with colleen ritzer's credit card and another showing him pulling her body inside of a recycling bin. >>> dozens in jamaica plain waking up in a shelter this morning after a water pipe burst. crews had to cut power, forcing the evacuation. mbta buses kept the residents warm. the stop & shop nearby lost power, too, and food in the freezers is thawing out. >>> the deadline is set and the mbta is banning ads on political issues. the issue came up last week because of this particular ad that appeared in davis square. the ad criticizes israel. the mbta already ba

the crash is on 93 southbound in medford at exit 33. total traffic network tells me a car has gone into the right guardrail there. so we're going to see slowdowns shortly. >>> 5:19 right now. a standoff in the murder case against phillip chism. the teen now accused of murdering high schoolteacher colleen ritzer refusing to connell out of his holding cell after a break yesterday. the trial was put on hold. colleen ritzer's mother took the stand and described what went through her mind when her daughter didn't come home from school. >> the on thing i thought would have happened was she was in a car accident but i knew from her i.d. that someone would have called. mentally incompetent to stand trial. >>> technology may be what's needed in the did eck okayeds old cold case. investigators believe an adult woman and three young girls look like this before they were killed. their bodies were left in metal drums in allenstown. forensic investigators believe all four were murdered at the same time in the early 1980s. >> a lot of it is luck. they

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she followed his car until a medford officer stopped him and arrested him. the 20-year-old had a replica gun with an orange tip that was painted plaque tomorrow morning. >>> -- painted black tomorrow morning. >>> and the deadly small plane crash in ohio. two pilots and tension passengers were on -- two pilots and seven passengers were on board. it's unclear how the plane lost control but it clipped electrical wires. it's not believed any of the nine people on board survived, but no one was hurt on the ground. >>> it's being called the in u.s. history. three israeli men charged with hacking into jpmorgan chase are firms. a total of $100 million people are possibly affected in the hack dating back to 2007. prosecutors say the trio had illegal work in pumping up stock prices and bit coin exchanges. >>> a small victory for past food workers. a committee approved a bill that would raise the mix wage of some restaurant workers to $15 an hour. it would apply to companies with more than 200 people and would be phased in over three years. the bill still needs approva

expressway still heavy volume from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. 93 south sluggish from medford as you approach somerville. live look at zakim bridge earlier stalled car off on the right-hand side. has been cleared. here are live drive times, 15 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin and 32 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector, 34 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >> daniel: following bruno in hamilton where seven is underway for missing two-year-old girl. local police, firefighters and state police are combing the woods near the toddler's home on lincoln avenue. that child disappeared in the middle of last night's rainstorm at 3:00 a.m. temperatures right now are in the 50s in hamilton and with all the rain it is still very wet outside. the state police has air wing unit up and canine units also searching for the girl. we have tweeted this picture and posted it on our facebook page if you would like to hair it to help find the little girl again. police have still not gotten us her name. >> daniel: also have two developments in

arrested tuesday after he allegedly pointed a fake gun at a woman during a traffic inincident in medford. his bail was readvocate due to and battery case in may. police arrest a man in lowell after a by call for help. a pennsylvania man contacted them about what sounded like a desperate call for help from another gamer. the video game call of duty is full of guns, fights, and explosions. early tuesday morning, that dramatic violence became all too real for an air force vet in pennsylvania. he was playing the game with a woman in lowell. he tells us by phone she told him she had been kidnapped. >> they said they would kill her if she left the house. >> reporter: this man called police several states away to report a stranger in trouble. >> dispatch gets a call from pennsylvania. he says he is playing an on-line game with a woman in lowell who tells him she is being held against her will. >> reporter: police found the woman they were looking for. she wasn't kidnapped. she had a fight with her boyfriend. she tells 7 news it is a case of miscommunication. but while investigators were in the