. >>> then at 4:30, is there cause for concern in medford? headquarters. >>> and on 7news at 5:00, calls for help. we're now hearing the 911 call from a woman who was tied up and from a woman who was tied up and in trouble in sterling.at's kel? you're paying more for prescription medicines. kelly ayotte blocked lower cost generic drugs. you're paying high interest rates on college loans. ayotte voted against letting you refinance at lower rates. and you're paying higher bank fees while ayotte voted for breaks to wall street executives. kelly ayotte. she's siding with corporate special interests and that's costing you. >> it all comes down to this. it's now or never. i just totally messed that up. cleveland indians or the chicago course. the cubs hammered the indians last night to force tonight's decisive game 7. >> for one team the drought is about to be over and for another, another year will end in heartbreak. >> reporter: no tomorrow, only tonight. >> reporter: and a by night for the heart of the chicago line-up. >> reporter: game 7 of the

we use whatever space is available. >> the reporter: medford police chief leo sacco says a problem at the police station aren't just cosmetic. health, safety and wellness issue. the building is more than 50 years old. the medford police department have outgrown it and they say there are real safety issues here has well. >> i am always looking up whenever i hear a door. >> the reporter: there's no barrier between the plain desk front door. the entire area lacks modern safety features, you find at most newer departments and then there's the unwanted additions. >> there's vermin, a lot of mice, and animals. we get a lot of odors from things in the ceilings, bugs. >>> the mayor of medford has only held the position for 11 months, and chief sacco says he believes the new administration will find funds and will prioritize getting the medford police a new facility. but, he understands why his officers are fed up. communities, and you see brand new facilities, that are cropping up left and right, and they always say, you know, why not in medford. >> the reporter: so we took that question to m

but the state is now investigating a descrim nation complaint filed against the city of medford. the committee looking into what they call, quoted, an employment-related matter. but 7news has learned it's a police officer who's upset about what's happening inside here. we spoke with mayor stephanie burk before the discrimination complaint was filed. >> you upset? >> absolutely. i can see why they're upset. and we're addressing it. i think that -- rome wasn't concurred overnight, so we definitely need spend some time to make sure we do it right. >> reporter: but in a statement the union says, quote, we believe it is important for the citizenry to be aware of the conditions under which we work. these conditions have not just happened over the last few months. the conditions at the police department have been steadily deteriorating over the last decade or longer. the first medicinefield woman

administration will find funds and will prioritize getting the medford police a new facility. but, he understands why his officers are fed up. >> you look around at other communities, that are close by and you see brand new facilities that are cropping up left and right and they always say, know, why not in medford. >> the reporter: a group of the officers gathered outside city hall tonight, sending a strong message. enough is enough, they want these issues addressed. the mayor says this is a priority for her. we can expect immediate improvements, they're sending a cleaning crew over, replace the broken windows an turn the locker room into a facility for >> vanessa: they are the commonwealth firefighters of the year. the work of these men and women across massachusetts includes truly remarkable rescues and acts of heroism. >> mark: that's why today, their valor and excellence was recognized in worcester. as fox 25's elizabeth hopkins reports. >>> it's rare to get this perspective, so see an emergency the way firefighters see it. fox 25 covered this weymouth fire in may. the vi

these are photos posted by medford police officers on facebook page. taking to social media to show to get something done about it. the state is investigating a discrimination complaint filed against the city of medford. looking into what they call quote an employment related matter. it's a police officer whose upset with what's happening inside here. we spoke with mayor stephanie burke before the discrimination complaint was filed. you see why they're upset? >> absolutely. i see why rome wasn't conquered in a night. spend time to do it right. >> reporter: we believe that it is important for the citizenry to be aware of the conditions under which we work. these conditions have not just happened over the past few months the conditions have been deteriorating over the last decade and longer. today we do not have a locker room for female officers. burke says she's try torg get as much done as possible. it's not going to go under the rug. >> reporter: the mayor says she can't comment about the discrimination complaint because it's under investigation with

heavy volume on 93 south medford into somerville. live look at the zakim where you can see slow going as make way live drive times, 31 minutes on route 1 about an hour on 93 south nearly 40 minutes on the pike eastbound proposing mass ave. back to you. >> sara: water main break causing major flooding in chinatown. jessica reyes live at the scene and crews out there right now >> they are, sara, and boston water and sewer, and people that live on washington street kneeland to essex and thousands of people and apartment buildings and did just tell me that all of those people do now have water back and sewer crews excavating and working to figure out exactly what went wrong with something called a what happened was there are 2 water mains underneath the ground and not sure which 1 it was so transmission line and what they have from the other 1 and in the morning and seeing a couple of hours ago and water rushing down the street and identified the problem. what they are dealing with is traffic shut down on kneeland street and that is, of

as you go through burlington and lexington, also jammed up there on 93 as make way through woburn, medford, into somerville as well. wanted to zoom in here and see on pike going eastbound one lane blocked cambridge street and pike slow this morning, not too severe but expressway still leverett connector, still a lot of volume out there in leverett connector, zakim moving okay for now. look at drive times, pike 36 minutes and route 9 almost a half hour, route 16, 16 minutes. >> daniel: coming up on 9:02 and continue to follow breaking news out of maryland where six people are dead after a school bus and commuter bus crashed in southwest baltimore. want to take you to look at the scene from earlier. front part of yellow school bus is smashed into the side of maryland transit you can see debris spilling out on the road from the driver's side of the mbta bus. police say all the fatalities were on the mbta bus and no children on school bus during the crash. continue to bring you new details as soon as we get them. >>> daniel: trash fire on red line is now out. park street station where firefigh

and medford family pharmacy.at's happening with the opioid epidemic tonight. as wendy's piece stripped bare the problem, it's a crisis getting worse. >> accuweather forecast for the next seven days? >> we have showers around tonight. live double scan showing most of the concentration is across south jersey. we have a heavier batch around 5:00 this evening. then it broke up and more moving in from atlantic city heading through hamilton. this is a coastal system making a beeline to new england. temperaturewise, with the clouds not really dropping quickly, philadelphia 51 down from a high of 60, three degrees above normal. allentown, 44. wilmington 49. satellite 6 along with action radar showing if you look right here, you see that spin. that's the low pressure. you can see how the conveyer belt of moisture is east of the system. we have the leftovers, that means generally less than a quarter of inch of rain lasting for the morning commute. not a lot of heavy rain, staterred showers, east of philadelphia. this time

pepper spray. >> all share the bathroom which nickname the closet and doubles as gym and mayor of medford only held the position for 11 months and chief says he believes the funds and will prioritize getting medford police a new facility and understands why the officers are fed up. >> daniel: there will be immediate improvements and professional cleaning crew and replacing the broken window and >> julie: fda large scale test treat ptsd with ecstasy and how army veterans responded to using the drug. scientists say when ecstasy was given to vets under supervision of psychiatrist ptsd symptoms were decreased and some cases disappeared. they say those improvements could last years after treatment. skeptics saying worrying ecstasy for medicinal >>> julie: public pressure convinced kids to banning substance known as creighton. the supplement used to treat pain is facing new controversy and asian plant that some see as dangerous as heroin. >> some think because it is natural it can't harm you but a lot of drugs from nature that can do severe harm and addictive >> julie: dea backed off to the age

. >> catherine: medford still jammed up and zoom in over here newton and also on the expressway you're still jammed up and accident that we are following, route 30 commonwealth ave, serious accident involving pedestrian there so working to give more info on that and drive times for you, route 1 still in the read half hour, 495 to leverett connector, 36 minutes 128 from route 1 to the weston tolls 47 minute ride. >> indians have done it before. tough play. cubs win the world series. >> >> daniel: 108 years and ten innings. >> catherine: celebration in locker room and street that went well into the early morning hour. >> daniel: going to be very tired cubs fans heading to work and gene lavanchy has look back at historic win. >> gene: couldn't blame the cubs fans to call in sick or for that matter shut down the city. extra innings, rain delay and here is how it all went down. cubs look like they were going to runaway with it. david age 39 oldest player to have a home run and six-three cubs and indians show flair and come right back down six-four and bottom of the eighth, and chapman over

ethan medford's video becomes part of the official police report.sts it on youtube where craig's antics go viral. >> it's about to get nuclear. it's about to get nuclear. it became a bit of a saying around campus for a while. >> do you want some of me? >> when he got tazed he screamed like a little girl. i think that's probably what made the video so successful on youtube. it's funny. >> i figured i was going to jail anyway. i might as well get the jump in. >> this daredevil defyies the law, and lands behind bars. >> now you're going to jail. it spans more than 700 feet across a coastal canyon, and 2850 feet across jagged rocks and a pristine beach. to steve gesture, it's something cool to jump off of. when a sky dive instructor isn't jumping out of planes, he's hurling himself off things. >> some people do drugs. i jump off of stuff. it makes me feel good. it's like a drug. the fun part is the coming down. >> jester is an avid face base jumper. >> it san acronym for the basic aerial station. >> there's only one small problem. >> whoo! >> jumping of

. >>> medford mayor is weighing in regarding this new police department. we heard from mayor stephanie burke after this photo service over the weekend. as you see the scene medford police officers hosting with a hillary clinton character in handcuffs they are hanging out with a trump character. mayor with medford police chief and the city will take all facts and circumstances into consideration as they move forward with this personal matter. >> mark: this is where things stand with eight days to go before america alexis next president. right now the new cnn poll shows hillary clinton with 47 percent of the vote compared to donald trump 42 percent. the races tightened up to the up reopened the scandal in hillary clinton's email scandal but she laughed it off tonight. announced a review of the investigation into emails related to hillary clinton's private server as secretary of state the democratic presidential nominee it back at what she thinks is questionable timing. >> woman: i am sure a lot of you are asking what this new email story is about. and why in

family and friends, neighbors, they came out to welcome air force major tim banks back to medford.hanks just returned from the middle east, it was his fifth deployment overseas. >> it was amazing to be able to go out there and do that for my country and even more amazing to come back to the support and it makes future deployments looking so much better. >> we salute you, major banks. operation yellow ribbon organized yesterday's surprise. >> our favorite story of the day. >>> happening today, movie fans will celebrate the 40th anniversary of a film that helped change people's view of philadelphia. yo, adrian. on this date 1976 íír"rocky" od in stories. it helped shape philadelphia's identity as a city of underdogs. also may the museum steps famous forever. fans still recreate the iconic run up those steps. the movie won best picture, spawned five sequels and one spinoff. everyone has a favorite scene. that was just so great, wasn't it? join the conversation. share with us your favorite scene, our twitter addresses are right there on your screen. >> come here, just do one favor, wi

typical volume on 128 south through to get through medford and into somerville. south of the pike expressway is slow spot from the braintree split up through neponset in columbia road and you can see pretty typical steady volume in gas tank. here are live drive times, 42 minutes on pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. half hour on the expressway. 46 minutes on 93 south from andover down to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now and i know you're tracking pretty typical afternoon. >> shiri: spot showers few hundred inch of rain and tenth inch of rain over southeastern mass, that tells me showers falling apart as they come through and exactly what i'm seeing on radar this morning,o got cold front, it is trying to stir up the showers but so much of the energy and moisture will ride to the south that we are only left with the chance for rain today in some communities. seeing it not all, late-morning going to as it moves toward central mass and southern new hampshire. we don't have much green on the map and during the afternoon we tap into so

but the state is now investigating a descrim nation complaint filed against the city of medford. the committee looking into what they call, quoted, an employment-related matter. but 7news has learned it's a police officer who's upset about what's happening inside here. we spoke with mayor stephanie burk before the discrimination complaint was filed. >> you upset? >> absolutely. i can see why they're upset. and we're addressing it. i think that -- rome wasn't concurred overnight, so we definitely need spend some time to make sure we do it right. >> reporter: but in a statement the union says, quote, we believe it is important for the citizenry to be aware of the conditions under which we work. these conditions have not just happened over the last few months. the conditions at the police department have been steadily deteriorating over the last decade or longer. the first medicinefield woman early 1980s and today we still do not have a locker room for our female officers. burk says she's trying to get as much done as possible. >> this is a priority of ours. and we do not plan on sh

medford police department to see it first hand. female officers telling us they didn't have a place to shower. pedestrian police chief said his building is moldy and missing ceiling tiles. even run-down holding cells are being used as storage and broken windows you see here are propped open with bug spray and paper towels. we spoke with the mayor of medford who holds the job for 11 months and shares the officers' concerns and ear marked 20 million in the draft here is reaction from the officer. >> i was not impressed with the facility when i first started here,ly because it is very small. it is not kept up very well. and it is just deteriorated. >> daniel: medford's police chief tells fox25 that some things can't be could have had with paint and polish. they have heard the promises before and always had the hope that something could happen. we will continue to keep you posted on the department's in the newsroom, daniel miller, fox25 news. >>> the numbers are in. this year's cyber monday was officially the largest online shopping da

the 40-foot balsam tree -- which came all the way from medford this saturday. a little bit of wisconsin is making its way to washington d-c for the holiday season! the rare balsam-fir mix from oconto is expected to arrive at the white house the day after thanksgiving. the nearly twenty foot tree was chopped down yesterday. the owners of the whispering pines tree farm will also be headed to the nation's capitol...and will get to present the tree to first lady michelle obama. the tree will be on display in the white when you order gifts from amazon this holiday season they'll be wrapped a little differently. instead of individually wrapping presents the company will ship them in a velvety gift bag. amazon says the change is better for the environment and faster than hiring someone to wrap the gifts the old- fashioned way. the holidays are almost here - and many families in our area don't have feeding america eastern wisconsin for the food for the holidays campaign. join us for the food for the holidays phone bank, tonight from four p-m until 10:30. your donation

we spoke with a medford mayor who only held the job for 11 months. she shares the officers' concerns and has ear marked $20 million in the draft capital improvement budget. here is reaction from an officer. >> was not impressed with the facility when i first started here simply because it is very small. it's not really kept up very well. >> daniel: the chief told fox25 that things cannot be covered with paint and polish. he said they heard the promises before and always had the hope before that something would happen. we will continue to keep you posted on the department's push to get things fixed. in the newsroom, daniel miller, fox25 news. >>> what could be lights out for a historic holiday celebration because of a safety issue. the past 100 years, volunteers in exeter, new hampshire has decorated downtown with lights and evergreen branches, but this says that the power poles downtown couldn't support holiday light strands because the wiring needed emergency repairs. now crews are scrambling to fix the problem so the decorations can go up for tomor

as we shift south typical delays on 93 south from medford into somerville. want to let you know about an accident northbound on the expressway right before granite ave. here are live drive times, 35 minutes on the expressway, 50 minutes on 93 south, 35 minutes on 128 northbound from westwood to the weston tolls. back to you. >> sara: so this is all that's fast moving train and this morning we know two women got out of the car and ran away from the scene just moments after impact and jessica reyes live in revere this morning with developing news. jess, police are taking a close look at the surveillance video. >> jessica: they are, sara. mbta workers have been out here the last half hour or so and testing signals at railroad crossing making sure everything is up to speed after last night in the event of another emergency like this a the driver of the car involved, we know transit police have identified them, looking for but they are still trying to track that person down this morning. car barrels right past flashing lights and almost immediately car comes flyi

from medford into somerville and route 1 in saugus where you can see things jampacked. i expect then to stay this way, this is the normal typical morning volume as we approach the 9:00-hour. here are live drive times, 33 minutes on route 1 south as you approach the tobin. 27 minutes on the expressway. almost an hour on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. back to you. >> gene: and we continue to follow breaking news out of belmont where firefighters have been working to contain this raging fire. maclaine hospital campus is abandoned. the flames were so big talked see the smoke for miles away. fox25 michael henrich is live at the scene where crews have been dousing the building for hours now, michael. >> michael: they continue to do so, even as some of the mutual aid fire trucks that came to help out have cleared out. , but just a moment ago they started putting water back on the roof there what you can see is partially collapsed. this is a vacant building here hospital campus here in belmont. it is a building that belmont fire chief has not been used ten plus ye

as we shift eastbound things slow on 93 south right around medford. expressway pretty typical volume as you head northbound past the gas tank. here are live drive times, 52 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. almost a half hour on the expressway, 45 minutes on 128 south from peabody to the weston tolls. >> gene: new details just in this morning about a crash involving a state police cruiser. investigators now say the cruiser was hit by a taxi and driver took off. it happened just before 3:00 this morning on commonwealth ave right near berkeley street. police say two other cars and damaged but no one was hurt. police are working to track down the driver by identifying the cab couple. >>> gene: gronk may be sidelined for sunday's game in safiro furtado following a brutal hit against the seahawks. earlier report said tight end suffered a punctured lung but now the report says it is not that serious. >> sara: michael henrich live at gillette stadium, and either way, gronk said it was one of >> michael: brutal hit but fair and square, and a

slightly on 93 south medford into somerville. pike looks good as head from natick into the weston tolls into newton. expressway typical volume from the braintree split up through neponset. here are live drive times. 43 many continues on pike eastbound. half hour on expressway, 40 minutes on 128 south from peabody to the weston tolls. back to you. >> gene: breaking news in lynn this morning where police now confirm 1 of their officers was involved in a shooting this morning. >> sara: this is a live look right n been shut down since early this morning while police investigate. fox25 michael henrich has been live at the scene since 4:00 a.m. when this all unfolded, michael. >> michael: police chief gave another update about 5 minutes ago saying -- giving a little more detail about the armed robbery that he says took place here on the lynnway, down at the intersection with commercial street. a little bit further down the block here. police chief says the armed robbery happened before 4:00 this morning, and a violent struggle ensued b

here new accident 128 northbound multiple vehicle accident there at lowell street and see jammed up medford and somerville and jammed on the expressway to usual stretch and drive times for you, 50 minutes rather and take you 36 minutes, the weston tolls and have mild temperatures. >> temperature in the 50s and feeling like fall and kind of mild, 53 in boston right now, winds not too strong and temperatures and dew points a little bit close, have them monitoring for fog, so far only dense fog over nantucket and martha's vineyard. further south you go and warmer it will be, further north wet and her cooler it will be, southern new hampshire going to tend to rain on and off throughout the day. i'm sorry, it is not a god boston shaping up mostly dry. here at noon time see rain showers focus over the border into new hampshire but boston and worcester counting partly to mostly cloudy skies and conditions between one and two and expecting showers to go from worcester to boston and fairly scattered and tail end of this, trying to get into southern massachusetts, essentially falling apart and don't

. >> julie: north of the pike still slow on 93 south through medford into somerville. here are live drive times, 28 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. 41 minutes on 93 south and 12 minutes on 128 northbound from university avenue in westwood to the weston tolls. nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. >> daniel: president-elect donald trump trying to unify a divided country in last night's speech. >> julie: visibly emotion before taking the stage this morning and brought that to you live and waiting to hear from hillary clinton who went home without speaking to supporters last night. fox25 ri york city with what we can expect today. chris? >> reporter: speaker of the house expected to meet with media at 10:15 and meanwhile last night or early this morning, donald trump meeting his supporters at hilton holts just a couple blocks from where as might imagine and he said he will be the president for all americans after swept the victory in the historic upset. trump, of course, no previous political ex

things still bumper-to-bumper on 93 south heading from medford down into somerville. over to the live drive times, 44 minutes on the pike eastbound. about a half hour on the expressway, an hour on 93 south connector. back to you. >> sara: we are following breaking news right now on trump transition. first kansas representative mike pompeyo nominated for cia director. he visited trump earlier this week and three term congressman and graduated from harvard law and president-elect chosen jeff sessions to be the next attorney alabama senator was early supporter of donald trump and met with him yesterday at trump tower in new york and bloomberg says it is unclear if trump formally offered the job or settled on it internally. >> gene: keith mullet fired and hit a police cruiser and also told police he had 500 rounds of ammunition in the house and woman and child in the house were able to get out safely and mullet taken to the hospital for evaluation and police still on the scene and crew headed out there now to get more information and been there for us all morning and will

delivery at the bayshore town center: the nearly 40 foot balsam fir behind me made the trip from medford wisconsi. now the race is on to get it decorated by this weekend.the semi carrying this years' holidazzle tree pulled up at the crack of dawn. and as the sun started to rise, so did approximately 25-hundred to 3-thousand pounds but to get it up and vertical in a courtyard like this would be very difficult without the crane" "it's a little more intricate than putting up your tree at home to make sure it stays standing throughout the season"the large but delicate tree has to be handled with care "it was freshly cut and that's a chore too to cut the tree then gently lay it down because you can't break any of the branches and to wrap it all up like you see it here and then to let the branches back down"the tree will be decorated with 65-hu lights and 88 snowflakesand the city of glendale and bayshore town center hope this tree provides a gathering place for the neighborhood "we really do view ourselves as a city center for the surrounding neighborhoods so it's important for us to provide

medford lakes at 47. 44 pottstown and 44 in allentown as well. yesterday's high was 60 degrees. so was the day before. i think today will be there as well. the trifecta. 62 tomorrow, nice stretch of weather again we could use the rain, but it doesn't lock like that's going to happen again until sunday. and boy what a chilly change that will usher in. 45 degrees only on sunday for high temperatures, your ready for a chilly change. aren't you, bob >> if i could have just have that wind blow to the left so all the leaves go to my neighbor's yard. good morning, everybody, we're open for business, put the light on, the vine expressway good to go, ready that overnight construction picked up and gone. we're ready, good to go. all this week, 10:00 at night. till about 5:00 the following morning, the vine expressway will be closed, part of that construction, so be ready for the detour if your maybe going to an event, heading home from the floors game later on between. looking live northeast philadelphia. woodhaven road, no problems at all. between the boulevard and route 13 for the gang

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that's pretty typical. 93 south stop and go as you head through medford and approach somerville. 128 actually looking okay as you approach the pike. expressway though heavy, steady volume as you make your way past couple rain drops still on our camera lens during overall dreary day and dreary commute. 36 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin and 33 minutes on the expressway, 45 minutes on 93 south from andover down to the zakim bridge. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now and, shiri, like the tweet where i say clouds are struggling to lift today because that's what it looks like outside. >> but clouds yesterday dumping rain on us, boston inch of rain and one and quarter inch in worcester and we need it and rainfall deficit nearly inch still in boston and worcester. of course, got update to the drought monitor, comes out once a week, update happens tomorrow at this time so we will see if we have any help from that. if anything i have a feeling we will stay as is but coastal flooding expected what we saw yesterday and a little bit less. lower 50s now many boston and lawrence and

stop and go through medford. bright date out there and things looking good on zakim bridge. here are live drive times, 38 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 30 minutes on the expressway, 48 minutes on 93 south approaching the zakim. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. shiri, we are seeing fluctuation in temperatures you're keeping an eye on. >> big time. not just from yesterday but where we are starting this then high 47. today we are back to the sixties. so warp-up is going to almost double temperatures in some spots like norwood, even lawrence. right now boston at 40?, i got 31 in plymouth, 32 in portsmouth, new hampshire. 43 in worcester. only 25? in norwood when one of my chillier suburbs right now. fitchburg at 32? and there's not a lot of wind, so really not going to bother too much with any kind of wind chills today but nine aim temperatures here 11:00 a.m. hello 60?, mid-sixties will do this afternoon and then once we hit the evening we are going to be dropping back through the 50s, even upper 40s by 7:00 p.m. for anyone casting ballots late in the day.

the 40-foot balsam tree -- which came all the way from medford -- will be lit up in the shopping mall's square this saturday. 65-hundred lights....and 88 snowflakes will decorate the tree. meanwhile -- another wisconsin tree is headed for the white house! the rare balsam-fir mix from oconto is expected to arrive in washington d-c the day after thanksgiving. it was jus the owners of the whispering pines tree farm will also be headed to the nation's capitol...and will get to present the tree to first lady michelle obama. the tree will be on display in the white house blue room. coming up in the next half hour on wakeup...cracking down on fake news sites. how facebook and google plan to do just that - just ahead. and -- a reward now being offered to find suspects who set a fire inside a sherman park bank during the urest in august. how you can help authorities track confessed to the murder of teresa halbach.. but as early as today -- brendan dassey could be set free. how the state is fighting his release. overnight temperatures have dipped to near the dewpoint again this morning resulting

franklin and medford at 71. plainville, 70 degrees r now. beautiful afternoon and evening and you know what, no showers around either. just clouds drifting on through. those will cool us down a bit as you have seen and the sun going down will do most of the cooling. the southerly winds that have kicked in and brought in slightly more humid air. will continue to happen. this is the warm front pushing flew the great lakes just north of cleveland keeping it dry for the world series game that will end up going to the north of us, but the cold front part of the system is back here, and tomorrow. so what i am working on right now is the latest timeline when the shower will move on in and plan your day and the evening commute as well. >> blair: we will see you then. >>> boston fire fighters helped rescue a construction worker trapped near the longfellow bridge. the scene from 7:30. the view from skyfox. the man was taken to a nearby hospital, but they don't know how serious his injuries are. they are trying to get the latest on his condition tonigh

brookline, medford, all gusting between 40 and 49 miles per hour. even a few scattered reports of downed trees. boston is starting to chill down. 44 degrees. steady winds of 18 miles per hour. that does not include the gusts. for tomorrow. these are the actual low temperatures late tonight and to start your day tomorrow. it will not be as windy tomorrow as today, but still fairly breezy for late morning to the mid afternoon. high temperatures tomorrow, we have full sun with 45 to 50 degrees. expected to a milder on sunday because by lunchtime we will be moving into the low 50's, so th to get to 55 or 59 or so for high temperatures on sunday. at we are seeing the cold side of this high pressure, but then we see the milder side from sunday through monday. for the patriots game, tailgating, temperatures will be as high as the 50's and then dropping to the 40's. there will not be much wind. clear skies, dry air. there you have it. weekend days. the wind chill will be 20 to 25 to start out saturday morning and about 40 or so during the afternoon. yes, we

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again slow in medford and somerville. 128. slow in pockets on the pike through framingham as you approach newton again. mbta updates. the franklin train 702. it is expected to leave 10 to 20 minutes behind schedule there because of an earlier outbound side. 75 to 80-minute delay for the 3 a.m. train. route 1, 18 minutes. leverett connector, 41 minutes. 128 sill not a bad ride under half an hour at 28 minutes. >>> and shiri, nice warm temperatures out there but maybe a little bit of drizzle for some drivers. >> shiri: planning around rain and temperatures are up. especially the further south you are on the warm side of this whole thing. the closer to this front that is draped across so the cooler and wetter your day will be. showers across eastern new hampshire and eastern massachusetts even moving through the boston area that we are keeping a close eye on, boston, 54 degrees. 53 in norwood. jump up to manchester new hampshire. one of the spots that is basically a washout. i hate to use that word, a word that i use that i save

hill on the new jersey turnpike and areas of yellow as well as lakehurst along route 70 and near medford lakes pockets of really heavy rain and a bit of a break for the moment in norristown and malvern and coatesville more rain is coming in and wilmington in and out of it. that is the way it's going to be today. periods of rain. it won't rain constantly but look at all of this moisture. the cold front is out here. on stormtracker 6 live double scan this is heading in our direction, it doesn't stop raining until nearly dawn tomorrow. a lot of moisture to work its way through. and the fog out there. the dense fog advisory lifted an hour ago but only a half mile in wilmington. that is the big issue. but 1.7 at philadelphia international airport that will cause problems like it did earlier this morning. and 1 mile in allentown and .30 of a mile in atlantic city. lets show you what to expect with the temperatures, that is the other part of the story. 52 in martins creek and 55 in warrington and 55 in center city. normally a high of just 50 this time of year. 55 if hammonton and 63 in dover, d

medford, 48. hope well township, 49 for you. so, not bad for tonight. hour by hour forecast.o want to start this at midnight. and there's not go much going on until tuesday. a frontal boundary slides down from the northwest and i think it will be mainly dry. so perhaps a couple of scattered showers the late half of tuesday? to wednesday. seeing lots of 60s, bethlehem 60. 61 for phoenix vill, new town, 60. and fair mount, not bad at all. notice these sunny icons. that's pretty much going to be the trend. a couple of clouds otherwise a really nice sunday in the forecast. so, eagles versus giants tomorrow. a nice trend in the forecast. keep that in mind. 54 for tailgating. 56 at kick off. and fourth quarter, 58 degrees with plenty of sunshine. your election day forecast, no excuses there. upper 30s to low 40s. and seeing 60s as the expected high temperature. notice clouds developing on wednesday with the threat of showers. possibly showers on friday but of course if you follow us on social media at nbc philadelphia, you'll have more updates there. >>> this is sports desk brought

further up you'll be sullivan square up to medford. delays begin back on the lower it deck near sullivan square and those continue right on to the expressway south out of the o'neill tunnel most of the way down to the braintree split. on the northbound side looking okay heading into the northbound tunnel. for the back you'll be stop and go passion over that ponce the circle. looking at the times... i'm matt fitzgerald, 7news. mogul. we'll take a closer look at donald trump's path to the white house. >> and hillary clinton supporters devastated. how students at her alma mought remember responding to the defeat. >> and ahead the a 5:00, pats' coach bill belichick chiming in about the election. what he's saying about a letter donald trump wins the presidential election, sending some shock waves through the nation's political system. >> and hillary clinton and president obama will speak about trump's big victory. >> the president-elect received 279 electoral votes clenching the win. during his victory speech late last night he thanked hill

and a slow go for the evening some of the steadiest rainfall, boston medford, waltham, picking up steadier rain. heaviest rains at the moment, preliminary mouth, duxbury. the temperatures are in the 40s. what we saw last night were rising temperatures. and we'll see that again this evening. especially after midnight. timing it out we'll basically be in and out of in rain picks up around midnight into early tomorrow morning. and tracking showers and downpours. the last of which should be exiting around seven to 8 a.m. not having a big impact on the morning drive and we'll work in sunshine. a mild start to the month of december. tonight, areas of rain and fog. 40s to the north and west of boston. and temperatures rising through the 50s elsewhere. and the wind will start to pick up out of the east. and it will start to get gust night. we need 2 inches of rain before midnight just to get back to average for the month of november. so it's great to see but boston is still very much in a drought. we need to start doubling average rainfall for a month. the showers end and temperatures will be very

in medford, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> live look at the city of today, after all the rain we had yesterday, but havsh joins us and we have quite the temperature change coming up next. >> we do. first it's going to be the nice milder stuff for a while. clouds over a lot of maps but look at connecticut. most of connecticut is clear. rhode island and southeastern mass, it looks like that will be the overall trend there. will still be patchy clouds in eastern mass for a while but a much nicer and brighter day is 40's and low 50's. as we go through the night boston will only drop into the 40's. some of the cool spots will be in the 30's. so as i mentioned, a lot of mild air but there are big changes, a little bit further down the road. it of the cool spots will will weekend. we'll talk about that in a little while. >> thank you. tonight the state's highest court is considering a request to throw out thousands of criminal drug cases that all had one thing in common. the involvement of a disgraced chemist. reid in boston with details revealed in court. reporter: this case has already cost the cri

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dry for now in places like seattle and portland, down to medford. rain moves in later this evening. across the northeast, it's breezy. expngt wind-related delays by the end of the day. yesterday, but still sunny witi temperatures in the low 80s. and that's a look at your friday forecast. back to you. >> thanks very much. just ahead, the nba champion cleveland cavaliers going to washington. >>> plus, details on donald trump's potential cabinet picks after he's repeatedly promised to, quote, drain the swamp. all that back in two. ing lien te strength to outrun her brother. thanks for giving victor the energy to be the rowdiest fan. and joseph, the ability to see monsters. when you choose walgreens, you choose to make a difference... like how every vitamin and flu shot you get at walgreens helps give life-changing vitamins and vaccines... to children in need. so, really... happy thanks for giving! walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. upset stomach, diarrhea!? ?nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!? here's pepto bismol! ah. ?nausea, heartburn, indigestion, u

in medford, it's 33, west chester and plymouth meeting at 33 as well. a chilly night. but the good news is it's going to warm up, we're not talking about snow or ice. we're talking about showers by the time this gets here. it's not until thursday. unless your travel plans are taking you to the great lakes, measure re michigan began, indiana or ohio, you should be ok. it could get rough. we don't expect any weather related problems for wednesday again that could change on thanksgiving day. 38 in philadelphia. look at millville. millville colder than mount pocono. we may head to freezing. we haven't hit freeding yet. the last time been down to 32 was april 10th of this year, could hit it again tonight. it is certainly clear, cold and calm enough to do so. tomorrow by 5:00, 6:00, cloud start to roll in. in the afternoon you'll see the clouds and that's kind of hearding the arrival of the next system which will bring scattered showers right around turkey time mid to late afternoon and still the chance for a stray shower on friday. about 30%. if usual traveling the green li

it was just below freezing in medford. still time for it to drop in the 20s. look at lumberton, 27 degrees in both locations. down to 22 degrees in princeton this morning. clear skies. once the sun is up, we'll see plenty of sunshine. it's going to be a sunny start to the day. but these are the clouds that are going to roll in this afternoon and with them the showers. you can see that wet weather is already in north carolina. it won't take long to move sbo our area. then the showers in the evening hours. that's 2:00 this afternoon. we'll be e seeing some high clouds in philadelphia. this is about the warmest time of day for us. clouds come in it's going to the warm-up from going much farther than the low 60s this afternoon. 5:30 this afternoon, rain falling. light rain in cape may and into southern and central delaware. that's the rain that will make a bit of progress by this evening. 8:00 you can see it reaches farther into new jersey. but we're still waiting for the first rain drops in wilmington and trenton at that time. later in the evening, a few light ra

in the northbound side you're heavy in medford and then again from 128 up to concord street. on the southbound side they begin on the lower deck and go into the tunnel. tough going on the mass pike west. you're heavy and slow from the tolls in weston. the eastbound side of the pike is moving from well from weston into downtown boston. we check the ride on the mass pike west to route 128 in weston. from route 128 to 495, looking at a 27-minute drive. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >>> pats fans, welcome to we're on week 10. we get to talk some sports now. it's a full week of politics. i hope you voted. >> i voted, yes. >> good to know. let's talk about the patriots back on the field taking on seattle seahawks. so this could be a tough one here. >> maybe a little too emphatic there. just excite. we have super bowl xlix rematch. the big match-up in that game, the passing offense against the seahawks. richard sherman is a defensive back that can take a field. it will be interesting. maybe a combination of rob gronkowski. chris hogan could have a big game. hogan is a lot like woods.

>> director of circle non partisan research center on youth engagement tufts in boston but that's medford, correct account. correct good evening. >> i think that's the question tonight. have these candidates done enough to appeal to millennial voters. >> you know the candidates really have a lot of work to do with the millennial who's were the political engagement for the last few years and then in the primaries many liberal voters were really dispointed by bernie sanders defeat and so when we did the survey back in early october we found that only 30% of millennials had been contacted by any of the candidate' parties or representative to them. to us that's not a lot of young people. in order for young people to really turn out, more contacts need to happen. spent a lot more happened. >> on friday hillary clinton held a big rally concert with beyonce, jay-z, katy perry. a lot of millennials find them popular. will that translate into votes from millennials just because some of their favorite singers came out and said, hey, we support hillary clinton. >> that is generally found that surrog

on the nbt side you'll hit it from the upper deck up through medford and the lever connector also going well and we'll check the drive times on zakim bridge to 128, a 24 minute drive. >>> today in healthcast, doctors overstuff yourself this thanksgiving. easier said than done. >> and many of us of course love to eat but hate that holiday weight gain. some experts are sharing a few tips for preparing healthier meals during the holidays. >> use fat-free chicken broth for basting the turkey and for making gravy. use sugar substitutes like newt a sweet or agave nectar. you can use fruit purees instead of oil in baked goods. >> all right, so there you have it. a couple of quick tips. yogurt or low fat sour cream in your casseroles. >>> still ahead here on 7news at 4:30, some lucky fans get to chow down with some of boston's >>> well, patriots fans would give pretty much anything for a little mini pizza party with tom brady, right? yeah, and a slice of heaven for a lucky fan. here's the story. >> reporter: it's a dinner date they'll never forget, this brother and sister from missouri fly to b