mr. chen was fired for using a curse word while talking to some high school students. >> but his middle school students rallied around him demanding he keep his job. night team's elizabeth noriega is brookline with more. adam these kids are so excited. i spoke with them a little while ago. they say they are excited and a spoke with such passion they can't wait to have mr. chen back in class. >> beloved brookline teacher back on the job and parents and students couldn't be happier. wow, when i first found out i was jumping for joy. it was so fantastic. i like jumped up. i was like doing jumping jacks. i was doing cart wheels i don't even know how do cartwheel. he's back. back, back in black. he's going to be there in november. we're very excited about that. larry chens social studies teacher john driscoll will be back in classroom next month he was fired in september after allegedly swearing while talk to high school students. that action prompting parents and students alike to jump to his defe

. >> mr. chen! >> reporter: chen emerges from the hour-long meeting to hugs and cheers and a lot of passion from his students. >> hashtag save chen and -- [applause] >> mr. chen will be back with our support, he will be back. >> reporter: are you optimistic that you will be back in the classroom? >> i got to. i don't want to give the ideas that i'm not. >> reporter: the students are promising to keep the prosure on. they intend to jam the school committee meeting hoping that the superintendent changes his mind and reinstates that fired teacher. live in breakline tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. >> also on 7, aaron hernandez back in it court today. both sides setting the stage for his upcoming double murder trial in boston. it's in the the first time the former pats player is being tried for murder, but in this case the defense is already making moves. dan hausle is live in boston to give us a look at the argument they'll be making. >> reporter: this was a very interesting pre-trial hearing. the defens

. >> mr. chen. >> reporter: he would emerge from the meeting torchere students and parents. >> it's tough to miss class bus he is worth it all. >> reporter: he wasn't able to offer specific boston what happened but he did admit this is one lesson he never expected to be teaching. are you optimistic you will be back in the classroom? >> i got to stay on the mittistic. i don't want to give the kids that i'm not. >> hashtag save chen, mr. chen will be back with our support, he will be back. >> reporter: all right. it turns out the students aren't backing off any time soon. they are telling us they plan to pack the school committee meeting on thursday night ultimately it's the superintendent of schools who will have the no word when he intends to make that final decision. s. live in brookline, steve cooper, 7 news. >> the search continues for survivors of a lost cargo ship that sank. the crew has been lost at sea since late last week. the coast guard finding new clues but family and friends continue to

i, mr. chen, i'm scott for news4 i-team. before he was caught, he managed to buy $13 million worth of cigarettes in a little more than a year. he admitted to selling 20,000 packs out of that unmarked industrial park building to an accomplice. why did you do it, mr. chen? he didn't answer. investigators say he isn't the only one doing this, there are more. >> the exact same operation, opening an account and purcha purchasing from boxed stores and selling the cigarettes. >> reporter: the proceeds often end up in the hands of violent crime rings. and taxpayers take a bath. $13 million in illegally traff c trafficked cigarettes cost taxpayers a bundle in lost revenue. >> one guy cost taxpayers about $1 million. >> correct. >> reporter: just on cigarettes? >> just on cigarettes. >> steven chen is facing up to five years in prison. >> both sams club and costco issued new policy shrequiring me it and tax information and providing vehicle registration information. >>> what is the latest sxwlmpgts the late is we're still dealing with

. >> we want mr. chen, we want mr. chen. >> dozens middle school student stormed a committee workshop bringing the meeting to a halt. the school committee refused to discuss the issue. larry chen was fired for allegedly saying one curse word in front of teens. the students, current and former with their parents, staged the walkout, protested, wrote letters. >> he's our universe and as soon as we heard this, we had to react. >> there's no crime. bs is first of all not even an inappropriate word. you hear ten times worse every day. >> chen was not at the meeting. the next public meeting is tuesday and students say in their teacher is not back, they'll be there. >> sacramento police trying to find the people who stabbed one the men who stopped a gunman in an attack on a train in france. u.s. airman san spencer stone was rushed into surgery after stabbed four times yesterday morning. the stabbing was caught on security camera. the two attackers running away. police say stone was out with friends within the confrontation hap

the interim superintendent said mr. chen will return to work november 2nd. chen released a statement saying that he's excited to get back to work with his awesome students. >>> a swastika was found in a boy's bathroom at curtis middle school. hateful symbol was meant for any specific students. >>> maura healey will not crack down on any online gaming sites like draftkings and fan duel. she will continue to look at fair play and disclosure of risk. >>> hillary clinton has reclaimed her lead over bernie sanders. the wbur poll finds clinton leading sanders 38-34% with vice president joe biden at just 9%. that's if he decides to run. the poll was conducted and shows a marked improvement from clinton for last month's numbers. >>> wisconsin congressman paul ryan says he will run for house speaker to replace outgoing speaker john boehner, but it's got to be on his terms. he says he will only run if he has endorsements from all of the republican groups including the freedom caucus, which drove speaker boehner to resign and scared kevin mccarthy out of the race to rep

the superintendent says mr. chen is back on november second. he released a statement tonight that he's excited to get back to work with his awesome students. >>> an investigation is under way after a wasp was found in a boy's bathroom at curse is middle school. police don't believe the symbol meant for any specific students. they're meeting with groups of students to discuss the seriousness of hate speech. >> a camper gets tossed around. one man's love of nascar may have saved him and his wife. jim armstrong is live with their story tonight, jim. >> reporter: david, that couple is headed up to new hampshire late this morning to get this camper winterized. as soon as they pulled on 495, >> looked like it was slow motion. >> the tires bearing down and was moving very much a full speed. a tractor trailer lost the tire on 495 north and it was bouncing back at carroll and his wife towing their camper. >> all of a sudden, i had him and i see the tire coming right straight for me and i am trying to make a decision what i want to do. >> carroll and his

. >> mr. chen was teaching us the civil rights movement and this is on a smaller scale but something similar. >> he is a real piece of this school, and i think that taking him away would deprive future students. >> reporter: days after picturing, student -- picketing, students and parents wanted to be heard, silently filing into the brookline school committee meeting to explain why their former teacher larry chen should be spared. they listened until they could listen no more. >> larry chen now! >> i can't be more proud of how you've conducted yourselves. you've been respectful. you've been articulate, you've been passionate, but we do have a very, very important meeting we have to conduct. >> reporter: chen received a notice of termination after using the grown-up version of in the presence of students after school, but a final decision hasn't been made. >> we're not continuing this dialogue right now. i'm sorry. >> you will bring back larry chen. >> reporter: the public discord will have to wait.

mr. chen's first day back teach something november 5th. >>> also on 7, police are speaking out after a seattle seahawks player loses control of his car and crashes into a street sign. this happened in washington state monday night. police say running back fred jackson was behind the wheel. officers say jackson didn't appear to be hurt but checked out by the team personnel. tmz reported jackson had been racing another car at the time but police say there's no evidence of a race and jackson stayed at the scene until officials could speak with them. >> an nba player fired up after a recent trip to the jewelry store. milwaukee bucs forward claims he was locked out -- he said he was stuck in the store and wanted to buy a watch and wants the score owner held responsible. >> reporter: he claims he was racially profiled. henson says in addition to being turned away, two officers questioned him about the vehicle plates. henson says the car was part of an endorsement deal. eventually the officers went inside and got the employees to serve him. >> it was just unfortunate. like that in wisconsin as it is.

their message is reinstate mr. chen. he was let go after allegedly saying b.s.but students say his harsh. >> ed markey speaking out today during a discussion about gun control. he says they touched on a including the need of federal laws to regulate gun checks. >> it is wrong to be able to go into a gun show and purchase a gun without a background check. it's wrong that you can go without a background check. >> the meeting comes in the wake of a mass shooting at an oregon community college that left nine people dead. >> planned parenthood is changing its policy on the use of fetal tissue for research. planned parenthood will not accept any payment to cover the cost of research using fetal tissue from abortion and their policy goes above requirements. congress launched several investigations into the funding. >> we're staying on top of more news. more than a year after malaysia airlines flight m.h.17 came crashing down the dutch safety board released a report saying the report was shot down by a missile in eastern ukraine

. >> you can tell just how much mr. chen cares about his students. on what could consider a fairly important and potentially stressful day for him and his career he kept telling students he would disappointed in them if they were missing anything important in school today. >> live tonight in brookline, tim caputo, 7 news night team. we're following more news tonight a grandma in michigan is taking home a lot of cash after hit jackpot on that lucky ticket. 50-year-old julie leach won the she claimed her big check today leach says she learned news while she was on her lunch break she plans to use money to help her family. >> i'm going to take care of my kids. i don't want this to have to work like i had to work. and deal with the kind of things that i had to deal with over life. >> i just want to make it a good life for them. >> leach says she quit her job fiberglass company soon she learned she hit that jackpot. >> a wild police chase caught on camera in australia guy finds himself in too deep when he drives that suv into ocean to make his get away. g

. >> why did you do it mr. chen? >> he didn't'. he isn't the only one.ey says there are more. >> they open up stores and disappear. >> the proceeds often end up in the hands of violent crime rings and taxpayers take a hit. $13 million in illegally trafficked cigarettes cost a bundle in lost cigarette tax revenue. >> one got cost $1 million just on cigaretted. >> correct. >> just on sit regts. yes. >> they issued new policies. they have to show more i.d., fit out more forms, and provide vehicle identification registration joochlt check this out. a michigan farmer makes a major find while digging at a farm near ann arbor. think again, he helped in digging up the skull. a university of mitch profre profreshiprofresh i mitch professor says it was about 40 years old killed by a human. >> you're digging in your backyard and all of a sudden you find this huge creature. >> snuff a lup lis. >> that's -- the ice age came on down over michigan that point and probably key possible itsed a lot. >> probably close to the great lakes, something to do with that. >> a lot

. >> mr. chen met with the school superintendent, although it's unclear what the outcome of that meeting will be. >>> a judge has not ruled on a pair of requests made by attorneys for convicted murderer aaron hernandez. the former patriots tight end is accused of killing two men in the south end three years ago. defense lawyers want the judge to toss out evidence, including hernandez's car and testimony. the car was illegally seized add bradley claimed hernandez shot him seven months after the murder. jury selection begins in january. >> christa: casino developer steve wynn filed a liable lawsuit as he continues to battle officials in boston over a proposed casino in everett. according to the globe, wynn is suing unidentified defendants who defamed his company by releasing subpoenas to the media. wynn claims the subpoenas spread lies meant to damage him and his company. >> jadiann: ahead on 7news, closing the deal. if you're a buyer trying to save money, we have the magic day to buy a home. plus th

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. >> mr. chen teaching us about the civil rights movement. this feels like it on a smaller scale but something similar. >> a final decision has yet to be made. students will get another chance to make their case at a meeting next week. chris, back to you. >>> one couple is looking for a new home after this fire at a quincy marina. the fire broke out at a boat yesterday morning. the flames quickly spread. at least 11 boats were damaged, four sank. a brewster ambulance crew used a drone to show how bad it was. >> we just sold everything to move and live on this. all we had left was in there. >> now we have to find our next move. >> a friend offered them a place to stay. nobody was hurt. >>> boston residents have given the city an ambitious wish list when it comes to fixing the transportation issues. based on interviews with more than 6,000 people, a group known as go boston 2030 says city residents want every household in boston to be ten minutes or less from a rail station, a key bus route, hub way station, and a car-sharing location. they als

. >> mr. chen teaching the civil rights movement, and this feels like it on a smaller scale but something similarly. >> reporter: a final decision hasn't been made yet. students will get another chance to make their case at a meeting next week. >>> the navy will now take over efforts to find the cargo ship that sank in hurricane joaquin. the el faro disappeared near the bahamas last week. investigators hope to recover the data recorder to determine why it went down. earlier this week, the coast guard suspended efforts to find survivors, including eight with ties to new england. searching for two men who are wanted for stabbing the man who stopped the terror attack. the wounds are not life- threatening. police say stone and four companions got into a fight with another group near a bar. in august, stone and two friends stopped a man who attacked a paris-bound train armed with guns and a box cutter. stone suffered a severed thumb, but it was reattached. >>> a shocker an capitol hill to tell you about

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. >> mr. chen and i will yield back. >> thank you mr. chair i'm deeply disappointed that the committee is holding another one-sided hearing that's more about politics than fact-finding the attacks on women's health have never seemed to stop. meanwhile we are ignoring a long list of bipartisan policies that deserve the attention and right now we could be talking about the much needed updates to e-mail privacy laws and we could be talking about leveling the playing field for the brick and mortar stores or get to work on the broken immigration system. but instead we are wasting even more time on an investigation the majority judge before receiving a shred of evidence before planned parenthood. it's shameful to stir chairman. the committee should be focused on facts, not ideology and so far there are no facts to substantiate the claims made by my colleagues on the other side of the i/o card audio but no evidence planned parenthood has engaged in unlawful activity. co. so let's talk about what we do know. we know 2.7 million americans receive

mr. howard he's under going line ups here from witnesses at the scene. police depth says physical evidence and video surveillance is what they will have against him. in harlem, new york, arthur chenor fox 29 news. >> two women from new york are in jail tonight. police say they offered sexual favors to undercover officers in delaware. police in lewes received complaints of prostitution at the best quality spa. they sent undercover officers in yesterday to ask for massages. investigators say these two women offered to perform sexual acts in exchange for cash. the undercover officers refused and left but they did come back with handcuffs. both women face charges of prostitution. >>> a major accomplishment for the philadelphia police department. one that's been six years in the making. commissioner charles ramsay and many of the city's top cops were on hand to announce the department's accreditation this afternoon that. honor came through the state's law enforcement accreditation commission. the agency recognizing philadelphia's police department for up policemenning standards for the best practices of poli policing. officials say it's an extension seive but fulfilling process. >> ac