a new governor had been put in place not knowing there has been -- he just came from england and had not heard there was a witchcraft epidemic with which he had to content, and then cleaning this up speedily is very important, as is proving that this new government has a legitimacy and can enforce order because the previous couple of years have been anarchic, so there's an incentive to prop the fledgling administration but for the civic and religious authorities to remap hand in glove and no one to dissent one from the other and that may account for much of what happens that summer. >> did it stop abruptly or gradually, and does the record show why? >> great question. a number of factors. so nice to have a simple answer. earlier in the year, if you had expressed any doubt about the proceedings, if you expressed doubt about skepticism of witchcraft you generally were reward with a witchcraft accusation. by the end of the summer, tentatively and anonymously, various people have begun to express their concern, and it tells you something about the climate of the times that even an influen

i call tomorrow a fair travel day because of the snow in new england. and cold air is in place. a new system works in and a lot of variables that come into play the east turning the rain in boston and for the entire event and we have to keep a close eye on this for tuesday and we can guarantee this. it will be messy driving around tuesday with snow expected inland and how much, we are trying to nail down the details and deep the snowflake on the 7 on 7 forecast and cooler temperatures kicking off the new year. >> thank you, bri. >>> an oxford high school student has brand gnaw kicks for christmas thanks to his teammates on the basketball team who pulled their money together and bought him a pair of jordan sneakers and it is taken by a teammate and shows this teammate's reaction when he got that special present. >>> an oxford teacher is holding out hope for the holidays. her daughter needs a custom van. it is an expensive and important tool and the community is trying to help grant this christmas wish. their christmas campaign. >> i carle her out. and my house has stairs. >> amand

there's still much more news ahead on today in new england. the war of words continuing on the campaign trail. why new hampshire's largest newspaper is the latest target >> sarah: and breaking overnight, too close for comfort. what the secret service stopped near president obama's motorcade. >> jeremy: a mixture of sleet, freezing rain and snow for the next several hours across southern new england. storm time line and details up next. >> danielle: and we have breaking news on the red line on the "t." we now have severe delays on the red line due to the switch problem at the ultimate and j.f.k. station. if you're taking the roads, give yourself a lot of extra time. it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or

kris anderson, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: breaking news, egypt's chief investigator saying so far there is no indication of any terrorist act in the crash of a russian plane back in october. he released a statement saying they don't have evidence the plane went down because of foul play, but they are still investigating. russia has said that an explosive device caused the crash that killed everyone on board. isis has claimed responsibility. >> christa: happening now, investigators trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire out in worcester. home, trapping an elderly brother and his sister inside. very sad story for us this morning. here's 7's byron barnett in worcester with the latest on the investigate here today. byron? >> byron: christa, this is a real tragedy. firefighters here in worcester did all they could to knock down the fire as quick as possible here on burncoat street, but they still couldn't save the two people trapped inside. >> i heard the fire trucks coming. i looked out, and i could see the smoke coming up from the top of the house. >> byron: a fire ta

it's in western new england now. it will probably arrive worcester around 7:00, boston around 8:00, give or take 15 minutes. then you notice another gap in precipitation. williamsport dry and then more showers heading down the eastern seaboard. so the message here is that you do need the rain gear. you won't need it all day long, but we'll have on-and-off lighter showers. and in between the showers, drizzle and mist and fog. not the greatest of days. storm tomline, on-and-off rain. maybe a little burst of steady rainfall later this morning into the middle part of the afternoon. as we continue the time line here, we'll see scattering of rain showers that will wind down overnight tonight and be gone by early tomorrow morning. so far this is what we have seen. one-tenth of an inch to in some locations a quarter of an inch of rain, and moving forward, i think similar amounts, about one-tenth of an inch more of rain on the way through the day today, overnight tonight, than early tomorrow morning. temps at this time, we ne

we have packed morning of news ahead, including part two of new england awakens. j.r., you're looking at local connections to "star wars" ahead of this huge debut. this is like a trip back in time. memorabilia. >> jeremy: that right there on the screen is the new toys coming out, and the artwork on 2 packaging done here locally by a studio called pilot in boston. we'll tell you their story in a bit, 15, 20 minutes. i'll introduce you to some rain. we have rain. this is supposed to be moving along at a good clip here, but it decided to slow down. we'll have a couple showers up until 7:00 a.m. 40s, 50s and 60s. boston at 50, worcester 64. an isolated shower at 7:00 a.m. otherwise dry for the day. windy this afternoon, winds gusting over 40mph. but it's not a cold wind. temps this afternoon, middle and upper 50s. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic. here's danielle gersh. >> danielle: good morning. thank you, sarah. a little slick out there, but no major delays on the road yet. route 1 in saugus, traffic flowing nicely. 93 southbound, no delays. route 1 you're f

nick especiallions, 7 news today in new england. >> anchor: that's very sweet . >> anchor: it really is . >> anchor: the force awakens hits theaters this friday . >> anchor: coming up this morning 7 news today in new england, there is a bit of a calendar controversy. a business in connecticut is under fire for a can't versial why some say the publishers may have cross the line. >> anchor: take a look at the forecast of a little bit cooler today versus yesterday but still mild for the time of year. take a look at the numbers ahead ahead. >> anchor: also ahead, a final farewell, a community comes together to remember a man who gave his life for our country. [barks] are those... you there... stormtroopers! halt! go go! follow them! bb-8! beep, beep! this way! where'd they go? they went that way! that way, they went that way! i can't believe that worked! of course it worked! oh . >> anchor: snake up on the campaign trail donald trump take a back seat and the republican race for the white house might now have a new front-runner . >> anchor: hospitals on the west coast on high alert after s

and this is new england doing its thing. one day you're talking record highs and a few days later here's the rain-snow ribbon. here's the storm system coming at us as we speak. the good news, though, the worst is over. we're still going through some sleet at this time and a little bit of freezing rain. but you notice the green. so the rain beginning to make inroads up into eastern new england and at the same time here's the back edge of the whole storm itself. it's now getting into the hudson river valley. and so that will move east and once that moves across metro boston early this afternoon, the show is over. sobelling -- so bellingham this is a combination of slow and sleet totals, you do include sleet in the totals. bellingham 22 inches of snow. hudson 1.5 inches of snow. city of boston and worcester both under an inch of snow and just enough to make travel somewhat dicey. this is a winter weather advisory in effect for the remainder of the morning in the city. although that will expire around 1:00 and then later this aft

is it's located east of new england. if it were on top of us, i'd say, okay, definitely going to rain all day. but it's not. it's over here. i think the closer to that you are, the higher of chance of seeing some showers, which will be the cape and the islands, the south coast, south shore. metro boston, i do think there will be a couple of on-and-off showers this afternoon and a burst of some rain shower activity this evening. northwest of town, southern new hampshire, worcester hills, you may have a couple isolated sprinkles. there's not as much rain on the way as what we saw with yesterday's weather system. about one-tenth of an inch of rain or less. yesterday most towns got a half inch of rain. and like yesterday's weather system, this is relatively mild. upper 40s right now this afternoon. a few showers. mainly through southeast mass and the cape and the islands. the evening shower, clearing skies. heads up on this, if you're out late tonight, after midnight with leftover rainwater on the road, there may be some are

we can find a few snow flakes in new england this morning. signs of a change as a couple of flurries are making, up to pep rell, and new hampshire and accumulating snow at the mountains of vermont and the great lakes with all of the cold air passing over the relatively warm water. can't rule out a passing flurry north and west of boston. the theme here is a colder day overall and more sunshine than cloud cover this afternoon after behind the lake-effect snow there's not much going o minneapolis, chicago, st. louis all the way down into texas it's quiet. i don't expect a whole lot of active weather in terms of precipitation over the next few days, although we have a couple of rain chances coming in next week. once we get a shot of the cooler air behind us, the flow will bring the biz that you see down from -- 50s from nashville to oklahoma city and denver. that will turn into southern new england. it's a cold glassing shot, and we warm back up as we get into next week. england. ski county finally enjoying another colder weekend to get snow made

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get this warm air into new england, perhaps we would challenge records. i don't think we're going to do that, though, because this front is going to be pretty much along the mass pike. so southern new hampshire, your numbers will probably only be near 50 degrees. city of boston, probably low to middle 50s. but then you work down toward say dighton and foxborough and plymouth. i think sunday afternoon your temperatures could be in the low 60s. see you in a bit. >> christa: j.r., thank you. new this morning an 18-wheeler carrying chemicals suddenly explodes on a highway in alabama. everybody within a half mile of this truck had to evacuate as a precaution. the driver got out of the truck an he called 911 when he smelled an odor. luckily no one was hurt. chicago police will release a plan today about the search for a new superintendent a day after hundreds of protesters marched for hours wednesday calling for the mayor to step down. earlier in the day rahm emanuel apologized for that deadly that was on camera last year. >> i take responsibility for what happe

. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> jadiann: good thursday morn, everyone. i'm jadiann thompson. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp much more on the breaking news in cambridge and the overnight developments on that mass shooting in california, but first as you head outside, here's jeremy reiner with more on a welt morning. >> jeremy: out on the cape we have the rain. you don't need rain gear in metro boston, worcester, providence. dry in those location, although leftover moisture on the roads. wet roads out there, but no new rain on the way for the city of boston. this weather system moves away. it's mild right now. upper 40s to the low 50s. the city 591. plymouth at 55 as we work through the day, numbers back up a little bit. by 2:00 p.m., it's a windy day. winds will be out of the west and northwest around 15 to 30mph. temperatures in the middle 40s 7:00 p.m. cooling off quickly. numbers this evening upper 30s. j.r. let's head over to our new traffic reporter danielle gersh. >> danielle: thank you, jadiann. roads looking pretty good so far this morning. za

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quiet in terms of dry weather in southern new england for now. a couple showers back through upstate new york and a few extending through the ohio valley. can't rule out a couple sprinkles rolling through this evening, but much of the day itself is dry and mild. this a little bit overdone this evening by 7:00 p.m. maybe a couple showers near the south coast of new england and a few sprinkles working in from the north and west. that should be about it. otherwise partly sunny through the day. mild, temperatures a few degrees either side of 60 degrees this afternoon. above freezing tonight. upper 30s to lower to middle 40s. so still relatively mild for this time of year, but not as warm tomorrow as what we'll have today. and today not as warm as yesterday. yesterday. hard to believe it was 72 on the fourth of july. 69 degrees on christmas eve in the city of boston. close to 50 tomorrow. a couple of showers late in the day. a better chance of rain moving in for tomorrow night. so i expect those showers to be more widespread saturday night. a couple sc

. >> announcer: this is 7 news today in new england. >> good morning. plenty of news ahead in this half an hour. if you loved saturday, you may be in store for a similar similar scene today i hope. >> i saw way woman walking in shorts this morning which is a >> i didn't walk a jacket today. >> neither did i. check of the forecast it looks like it will be mile out there. >> it is relative. when you are 20 degrees above average for the morning you can wish. it doesn't matter if it is december or january. >> mid to upper 40s in the suburbs. despite being at 50 degrees in the city of boston not much movement with the temperature today. the reason the wind out of the north goes out of the east, northeast. water temperatures in the 40s. i expect temperatures in the city of boston to hold. mostly cloudy skies still overall. good day for december not as nice as yesterday. we had tons of sunshine yesterday. temperatures into the lower 60s. we will hold closer to breezes are light. we are not dealing with tremendous amounts of wind coming in off the ocean. we tomo

>> this is 7 news today in new england. >> good morning. it is 9:00 this sunday morning. your day. i'm kris anderson. we will have details of all those stories and more straight ahead for you on 7 news today in new england. first up, we get over to chris lambert with a peek of what's left of the weekend forecast. could be a busy sunday. i drove by some of the mall parking lots yesterday. insane. >> i bet you those mall parking lots insane again. you won't catch me anywhere near them. trust me. this time of year, a lot of procrastinators out there like myself. i'm still dodging going to the mall. 36 in boston right now. 33 in norwood. if you have to get out this morning, yes, it is cool. yeah, we have a breeze. still at ten miles an hour. just fine. we have a lot of sunshine with us in place. i expect that sunshine to hold. had some cold weather overnight last night. we haven't had too many of it. wachusett mountain, nashoba valley, finally able to use the snow machines last night. temperatures running into the 20's to near 30 last night. all right. temperatures this afternoon, tail-

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some odds and ends, nuggets new england awakens. >> it's still unreal to me that we're getting new "star wars." i never thought in my lifetime i would see episode vii. >> jeremy: this film critic saw an advance screening of "the force awakens." to get you ready, we're digging up some new information on the old films. what object obiwan? sir alex guinness didn't think much of the movie, but because he got a cut at the box office, his paycheck was reportedly $95 million. >> more powerful than you can possibly imagine. >> jeremy: luke skywalker was almost called luke starkiller. >> not bad for a little furball. >> jeremy: up until the last minute, return of the jedi was called... >> revenge of the jedi. >> jeremy: the name was changed before release. the communicator used in the film wasn't technical at all. they took apart. >> jeremy: if the auditions worked out differently, you might have seen members of the boy band in sync in "take of the clones." >> a little droid. >> jeremy: to get you in the holiday spirit... >> the "star wars" holiday special. >> jeremy: in 1978, a "star wars" holid

>> christa: and a crime that shocked new england. years ago a teen convicted of killing his friend's mother, and now two decades later, eddie o'brien is talking from behind bars to just one station. >> jadiann: and gronk on the road to recovery. what tom brady said last night about his tight end's injury. england." >> jadiann: good morning, everyone. it's 5:00 on the dot. i'm jadiann thompson. delcamp. december 1st. starting things off on a cold note out there today. >> jadiann: definitely chilly and maybe not even dry for the whole day, right, j.r.? >> jeremy: correct. rain gear a good idea for later this afternoon. it's dry this morning, but it's cold. right now boston 32. norwood 21. bedford at 21. nashua 19. here's why i think you might need rain gear late this afternoon. showers metro new york city slowly moving north, and system of these will actually fall apart before they even reach us. building clouds. sprinkles and a few isolated showers mid-afternoon. only near 40. 7:00 p.m., scattered rain showers. temps this evening low

he tried to avoid question and new york taking the chance to blast new england's quarterback. >> tom brady hoping to avoid getting in the middle of any 2016. >> just sta out of this debate. the new york daily news is putting the quarterback on blast with this blairing front page headline for comments he made during weekly radio interview when asked if he support republican presidential candidate donald trump. >>> i support all my friends in everything they do. i think it's pretty remarkable what he achieved in his life. the new york paper criticized brady for not denouncing the plan to want all muslim. questions. >> this is really important to you guys huh? friend. it was in september when a trump hats spotted in brady's locker. of me. he's the last 15 years since i judged a beauty pageant for him. >>> trump supported number 12 during deflate gate. >> in the article other athletes and owner came to brady's defense saying it's nobody's business who we support. >> and in that interview brady also asked if he has that trump hat to which he responded, yes. live at gillette. nicole oliveri

live at the news desk, kris anderson, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: chris, thank you. we're also expected to learn more about the deadly shooting rampage last week in california when investigators hold a news conference this afternoon. meantime, san bernardino county employees will go back to work today for the first time since the shootings last wednesday. syed farook and tashfeen malik killed 14 people, injured 21 others during a holiday party, and they were later killed in a shoot-out with police. malik's family members say they noticed she became more passionate in her islamic beliefs over the past few years, but friends say really there was nothing out of the ordinary that she was your typical "girl next door." before the massacre investigators say malik pledged on facebook, but there is no evidence that the terror group knew about the attack beforehand. at the same time, farook's father is speaking for the first time saying his son was shy, who later in life became obsessed over israel's fate. he says his son wanted to create an islamic state like the leader of is

there would be a front draped right across southern new england. yesterday i thought it might be up across southern new hampshire, so most of metroboston would be in the 50s. but now i actually think that front will be down near the south pike and even south of there. so tomorrow will be the milder of the two days. sunday features a lot of clouds and cool conditions. again, these numbers are at 49. that's still above normal. the warm stuff is still on tap. norwood, plymouth and new bedford, temperatures in those locations upper 50s to around 60. there's your warm rain on monday. mid-50s on mondays. >> sarah: all right. it's friday. week's class act. >> christa: this week i'm making a difference one cup of lemonade at a time. doesn't that sound good? >> sarah: yes, it does. >> christa: hi, class. how are you guys doing? we're here today because there's a young man who we wanted to recognize who has done a lot to hospital in boston. [applause] tyler is only in sixth grade, but he's raised $8,000, an incredible amount for children's hospital. and this

still more news to come on 7 news today in new england this morning including wild video. uber attack, a driver in boston attacked by one of his passengers and the confrontation was caught on cell phone camera. breaking news overnight down in brockton where police are investigating a shooting that happened at a home there in the city. you are watching 7 news today in new england. what makes this simple salad the heart healthy the best simple heart healthy california walnuts. heart healthy great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. >> anchor: less on scene in brockton after a shoot rocks that neighborhood there. controls in the spotlight after a run away train on the red line line. what the operator may have done that led to this scary situation situation. and another scary situation, a wild ride for an uber driver after he says a customer un unleashed an attack on him and camera. with' talking football the patriots practice before their sunday show down in texas, but will some key players be back on the field. >> anchor: 9:01 is your tile. good saturday mor

there's more clouds back through western new england even some new england. afternoon. but i think we'll see a return to at least a few more clouds. upper 40s at the coastline. still holding on to low 50s through the cape and island. as we look back toward the worcester hill, low-to-mid 40s. jaffrey at 40. fitchburg 46. and slowly that cooler air begins to come into new england throughout the afternoon. thanks to a west and northwester i will wind developing with wind between 2010 to 20 miles per hour. occasionally gusting around 25 miles per hour. i think the numbers will go up. more towns will report a gusting win as we go through the day. we'll have that west wind going all afternoon. storm system up to our north. dragging the cool front through southern new england. it will allow for some sunshine temps this afternoon 46 to then 39. a little bit unusual to talk about warmer air now than later in the day. but sometimes that happened. especially in the winter time where the cool air that's coming in overwhelming the intensity of the sun. this time of year that sun not

kris anderson, news today the new england. >> christa: breaking news from overseas. olympian oscar pistorius granted bail. he will be under house arrest pending his sentencing. this after an appeal court overturned his manslaughter conviction last week, instead finding him guilty of murder. bail was set at $688. pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend. he says he thought she was an intruder back in 2013. >> jadiann: the prosecution in the philip chism murder trial is expected to call three medical on tuesday a psychiatrist testified chism showed remorse for listening to voices in his head that told him to kill colleen ritzer, his math teacher at danvers high school. jurors could get the case by the end of the week. a building in sturbridge goes up in flames, and now the state fire marshal's office will try and figure out what started that fire. firefighters from around a dozen other communities were called to river road last night to help. tankers were brought in because there are no hydrants in the area. the building, which stores construction equipment, was destro

the movie had already made 100 sales. new england." >> new from overnight donald trump weighing in on tom brady news coffer. here's nancy chen with more. >> good morning. donald trump again very happy to talk about tom brady. he raved about his friend while appearing on jimmy kimmel live. >>> he's a very good friend of mine. he's a great guy. this is great guy and a winner. a champion. if i went into new england and people would go crazy. which have no football team. we have no opinion on any of this. >> tom is a great guy. irguess there was something trump. and they had to end the news conference >>> earlier brady stopped taking questions from reporter when the topic shifted to trump before leaving brady said he's just here to play football. live in the newsroom. fancy chin. 7news "today in new england." >>> it's 9:08. lebron james spreading love at the garden. why the super star gave his sneakers to a celtics fan. >> wet weather moving in for the afternoon and evening hours. >> my son and daughter joining me in the kitchen for a tastily holiday treat. [music] no, no, no, no, people

creepy. >> reporter: kelly o'hara, 7 news today in new england. >> jennifer: a randolph man under arrest for misleading police during in murder investigation in bridgewater. he was arrested on friday. police found the burned body much a woman from new jersey on november third. crews originally told investigators he did not know the suspect wanted this connection with her murder but police say phone records would suggest otherwise. investigators say cell phone records show he called the murder suspect several times in the days before they found the body. fernandez is at large. with her hands and feet bound by trickal cords in november. >> kris: a controversial coverup in chicago. police reports have been released, dash-cam video shows a teen walking away from police, before he was shot sixteen times by police officer. reports claim he swung that knife at officers and was still trying to get up after falling to the ground. the officer has been charged with first degree murder in that case. protests continuing in chicago saturday, rainbow push coalition calling for changes in the police dep

we're live in nashua this morn, jennifer egan, 7news "today in new england." ism also breaking news in las vegas where police say the driver of this car deliberately drove into crowds on the sidewalk. one person was killed, dozens of others hurt, and a toddler was inside the car at the time. 7's kris anderson is following the story. he has more now from our control room. >> kris: sarah, heartbreaking details coming out here. more than two dozen people taken to the hospital. a few of them are still in critical but stable condition this morning. police say the driver, a woman in her 20s, intentionally swerved her car on to the very busy sidewalk on the las vegas strip two to three times last night. they later found the car at another hotel where they took this woman into custody and found a three-year-old child was in the car but was not hurt. one witness says the woman was going 30 to ho 40mph at >> suddenly saw like people fly in the air. but because the car hit them and it was like a bowling ball hitting pins. >> people were munching the window trying to get t

right now in new england it is cold. something we have not seen very much this early winter season here in the month of december but certainly today. and here is the storm system. now the center of the storm is going to pass to our west and when that happens, usually at some point warmer air no matter how long or short does win out and so that is what is on the table for overnight tonight and tomorrow. temperatures at this time 20's and 30's. here is your storm time line. 2:00 a.m. we'll have snow arriv arriving in the metro boston and just like that here comes that sleet and freezing rain ribbon. the pink zone there even in the city of boston probably sleet and rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain worcester up farther south it's all rain city of boston by noon and then that does work into metrowest and then eventually does wiped down into freezing drizzle and drizzle tomorrow afternoon. so when it's all said and done midday tomorrow this is what i think. a coating to an inch in the city of boston which gets washed away b

in the control room, nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: u.s. marshals continuing to search for a man who is wanted on several arrest warrants for bank robberies in new hampshire and vermont. in these robbery, he apparently shows a gun during them. he's considered to be armed and dangerous. right now a $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest. and officials making a big bust investigating a former state u.s. marshals seizing more than $1 million in small bundles of cash hidden in several safe-deposit boxes. once allegedly controlled by john george. many of the boxes were just filled to the brim. the former dartmouth selectman was convicted and sentenced on federal embezzlement charges earlier this year. he stole money from a taxpayer subsidized bus company that he controlled. >> sarah: two people are recovering this morning after a shoting in jamaica plain. it happened wednesday afternoon at a housing development on center street. two men were taken to the hospital. police say their injuries are not line threatening. n

in lawrence, victoria warren, 7 news "today in new england." >>> new this morning police search for armed robber. the man you see here walked in sunday for attending to purchase an item. the clerk and demanded money and took off with cash. >> ashland police and mbta police investigate a deadly accident. investigators say a commuter rail train hit a women who had been walking on cherry street. this was mondayening. police are still trying to figure out why she was on the track. >>> two firefighter are recovering this morning after falling down a flight of stairs while battling flames in home in rocsbury. the firefighter fell because of home. they were taken to hospital to be checked out and are expected to be okay. >>> tense moment in courtroom in worcester when a man accused of stabbing a women to death faces a judge. >> are you kidding me? are you giving him bail? bail >> the mother of the victim bail. bail. she was attacked outside a gas station in worcester. melendez is charged with murder. >>> a local mailman helps police catch two men trying to break into a house. as susan tran shows

boston municipal court he's expected to face a charge of in boston, jonathan hall, 7news "today in new england." president obama making a historic and rare address to the nation from the oval office after last week's terror attack in california. last night the president did not offer any new policies but he did back his current plan to fight isis. he's still isn't planning on sending ground troops into syria. including airstrike arming forces working with our allies to cut off financing and end the syrian war. the president also caution not to treat muslim in this country any differently. isil doesn't speak for islam. they are thugs and killer. they account for a tiny fraction of a more than a billion muslims around the world. the president also briefly touched on gun control as well urging congress to end gun sales for anyone on the nation's no-fly list. also several republican presidential candidate responded president isn't doing enough to fight isis. a boy home in dartmouth recoffering after his baby-sitter faces alarming allegation. richard beat the child and sent him to the hospital. the

we have houston against new england next week. big game for both teams. >> cris: and we know what's happened to new england's offensive line, a lot of injuries up there. and probably the most watchable player that plays on the defensive side in this league, j.j. watt, is going to be coming hard after tom brady. he is literally tried to carry that football team on the defensive side. great matchup. can't wait to be there. >> al: december, always fun. >> cris: absolutely. >> al: on to texas, partner. it's new england against houston on sunday night football. tonight 39 unanswered points for the pittsburgh steelers who win the game by a score of 45-10 over the indianapolis colts. until next week, al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya tafoya, saying good night from pittsburgh. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special [ duck quacking and wind whistling ] - hey, jim. - hey, doug. okay. the new turbodown jacket: tested tough in now breaking news. president obama unveiling his plan to spite isis in the wake of the terr

we have houston against new england next week.ame for both teams. >> cris: and we know what's happened to new england's offensive line, a lot of injuries up there. and probably the most watchable player that plays on the defensive side in this league, j.j. watt, is going to be coming hard after tom brady. he is literally tried to carry that football team on the defensive side. great matchup. can't wait to be there. >> al: december, always fun. >> cris: absolutely. >> al: on to texas, partner. we'll see you next sunday night. it's new england against houston on sunday night football. tonight 39 unanswered points for the pittsburgh steelers who win the game by a score of 45-10 over the indianapolis colts. until next week, al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafo tafoya, saying good night from pittsburgh. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special presentation of the national football league. every morning these men ate a tired breakfast and had a tired day. they weren't lumberjacks, they were slumberjacks. then one day

colder air will come into new england for just two days. this doesn't look like the start of a new pattern this weekend. boston, 47. bedford at 47. this map showing where we have the dense fog. dense fog advisory in effect until 7:00. tonight, that's the biggest issue this afternoon. as well as during the evening commute. and then the rain which is valley. tonight. up until then, drizzle and mist. nothing significant, rain gear optional. through the evening, we'll have showers, maybe a steady downpour or two. morning's commute. quarter inch of rain or less. temperatures continuing to climb into the 50s. look at tonight, 56 to 62 with clouds. it'll be a windy day tomorrow. winds will gust over 30 miles per hour. 50s. >> the mild weather continues thanks in large part to the jetstream. in the eastern pacific, the jetstream's keeping the cold air to the north bringing in storms from the pacific northwest. that's what we'll see overnight tonight into tomorrow. this is storm number two. this is a much colder system, bringing a lot of snow to the

now i think the cool front will be right through new england. upper 50s tomorrow. but then as we work into sunday. that front city around 49. still upper 50s to around 60. as we head into monday more changes to start talking about that let's go to pacific northwest. series of storm bringing them much-needed rain from northern california into oregon and to washington. even ef-1 tornado moved through the portland area through battleground. this very rare for this time of year. let's zoom out winter storm watches warning, flood advisories in effect for the end of the weekend. that energy moved into the central united states from texas to colorado as you head into the weekend and then it becomes our rain maker come monday. we won't see arctic air or weather just a little bit of rain. here's your 7-day forecast. today really nice. mid 50s. tomorrow a pleasant saturday. great for christmas shopping. upper 50s. then the rain comes in monday afternoon. >> talking about decorating and holiday parties and get togethers so much fun and that's where you can bring along maybe a

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alex corddry, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: 6:10 right now. star nfl quarterback peyton manning fighting allegations this morning after a report claims he used prescription drugs. >> . >> nancy: plus where tins led f.b.i. agents in a new search for paintings stolen in the isabella stewart gardner museum heist. >> bri: temperatures feeling much more like winter today. it will look more like winter with snow, sleet and freezing rain tomorrow. we'll run through the time line coming up. ism good morning, everyone. sky7 over an accident here in reading. it looks like the on ramp is blocked. and this is on 128 northbound at exit 40 and route 129. also slow on the expressway, from the braintree split into boston, about 25 minutes. and then if you're taking the "t" on the red line, we have moderate delays. >> we continue to follow breaking news. lynn police are looking for the der who slammed into a building no way. savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. a fresh cracked egg, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. mcdonald's all day >>

we have houston against new england next week. big game for both teams. >> cris: and we know what's happened to new england's offensive line, a lot of injuries up there. and probably the most watchable player that plays on the defensive side in this league, j.j. watt, is going to be coming hard after tom brady. he is literally tried to carry that football team on the defensive side. great matchup. can't wait to be there. >> al: december, always fun. >> al: on to texas, partner. we'll see you next sunday night. it's new england against houston on sunday night football. tonight 39 unanswered points for the pittsburgh steelers who win the game by a score of 45-10 over the indianapolis colts. until next week, al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya tafoya, saying good night from pittsburgh. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special presentation of the national >>> the threat from terrorism is real but we will overcome it. >> a critical and rare address from president obama. the plan he a laid out to fight isis and cal

that's the latest, live in littleton, nick emmons, 7 news today in new england. >>> a high school in new hampshire is announcing a ban on school dances. according to the union leader, the superintendent cited concerns over drugs and behavior at the dances. he also cited the recent owen labrie case. where the seniors allegedly engaged in a ritual known as the senior salute. >>> a developing report says ash carter used a personal e-mail the new york times says it obtained dozens of work-related e-mails carter sent from his personal account during his first month at the pentagon. >>> protesters taking to the streets in baltimore overnight after a judge declared a mistrial for police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. a jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision on any of the charges. about 100 protesters also tried to get on a highway, but police officers were blocking the way. >>> new from overnight: donald trump weighing in on tom brady and that now infamous new york daily news cover. here's nancy chen with more. >> reporter: trump was once again very happy to talk about tom b

. >> reporter: kim khazei, news today in new england. >> jennifer: for the latest we'll send out breaking news alerts on whdh.com as well as on our 7 news mobil and tablet apps and we're also posting on facebook and twitter. >> anchor: we're following some more breaking news from overnight. at least six people are injured after a seer bombs goes off at a religious gathering in bangladesh. the attack comes after threats to the temple's priest there. the muslim majority country has seen a rise in violence in the past year. also breaking overnight emergency crews rushing to a scene in dorchester for reports of a pedestrian who was hit by a car. happened on the 300 block of neponset avenue. the victim was reportedly stuck under the vehicle for sometime until crews showed up. no word on the person's also this morning, scary moments in boston yesterday. suspicious suitcase was blown up by police. now officials believe they have the man responsible for leaving that suitcase where it was, here is brandon gunnoe. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: many bomb techs blew up a suspicious suitcase in the midd

coming up here on 7 news today in new england, 15 football player was killed while trying to save others' life lives, now he is being remembered. >> it's 7:49. upstate new york getting an early holiday gift this weekend. it's a gift to some. snow, the areas which faced warmer weather than usual got 3-4 inches of snow. forecasters say residents shouldn't expect the snow to stick around for too long because temperatures in the area are expected to rise to the 60s later next week. a tennessee high school student was shot and killed earlier this week. he is being remembered as a hero, the 15-year-old died in a series of three shootings. witnesses say he died trying to shield three young ladies from gun fire. he played for his football team and was an active leader in his community. he was a man who didn't live for himself. >> the last time i saw him physically was actually last week at another stop the violence event. so he was always involved in >> kris: dobson was an active member of the 100 macmen of knoxville, a group focusing young men of color making a positive effect in their communit

and so the new england. we're going to take a look inside a local star war's fans collection from a galaxy, far, far away. winter wonderland out west. the east is seeing record-high temperatures. >> we do need now for the ski areas. none in the forecast in the next couple of day. forecast for the week up next. northern california. you see people here really enjoying it. building snowmen and doing snowboardering. driver had a tough time heading up the mountain. the snow will continue to fall. i know some state are saving money. doesn't feel like december and january. >> no it doesn't. boston at 46. plymouth train. jaffrey, 43. visibility there's been some fog out to the west of metro even in the city of boston dropped down. i think we'll see a development of fog. it will be quite thick to travel. we're tracking the storm. the storm track is still west of us. that will put us on one again. most of the day may be sprinkles i don't think you need the rain until middening. if you take the kids up, no rain this af

we have houston against new england next week.ame for both teams. >> cris: and we know what's happened to new england's offensive line, a lot of injuries up there. and probably the most watchable player that plays on the defensive side in this league, j.j. watt, is going to be coming hard after tom brady. he is literally tried to carry that football team on the defensive side. great matchup. can't wait to be there. >> al: december, always fun. >> cris: absolutely. >> al: on to texas, partner. we'll see you next sunday night. it's new england against houston on sunday night football. tonight 39 unanswered points for the pittsburgh steelers who win the game by a score of 45-10 over the indianapolis colts. until next week, al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafo tafoya, saying good night from pittsburgh. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special presentation of the national football league. thousands of people came out today to run the race for retirement. so we asked them... are you completely prepared for retirement?

at met life stadium, "7 news today in new england." >> looking for that big one today. go pats. we're just getting started this morning. up next, taking to the skies and avoiding toy trouble. behind one of the holiday' hottest new toys. >>> a risky animal rescue on the cape. firefighters move in to make the save. >>> lights, camera, action, some of the biggest stars in the basketball world teaming up for a new ad. a celtics legend is playing a big role as well. >>> 9:12 is your time. hope your sunday is off to a dwraet start. your skyline is there hidden behind the fog and rain and drizzle this morning. not a great way to start the sunday, but that's what we're dealing with. it was a christmas miracle for a cape cod raccoon. firefighters rescued it from a storm drain yesterday. so we have that story for you in a moment. first, there he is. someone spotted the animal and notified the local firefighters who were able to free it safely. so happy ending for that raccoon. unfortunately, chris, we're dealing with this rain now, and could be dealing with some snow later in the week. >>

quiet across much of southern southern new england. enjoy the day a lot of folk giving me two thumbs-up on this weather here. unbelievable to see it near 70 on christmas eve. we're setting records. winter not denied. only delayed as we get into next week. we have to track some snow in here tuesday. forecast ahead. >>> breaking news more than 3300 home are without brockton. this morning. you can see that poll appears to be split in a couple of pieces there and wires are just covering the road. crews are expected to be on the scene for several hours. new details on report of baby thrown into the river. police say it was the hoax. now the eagle tribune say a mother and daughter were arrested charged with misleading police and filing a false police report. they spent more than two hours searching the river after the women told them they saw a man throw a baby over the bridge. now after interviewing the women police determined they lied and called off the search. >>> now a story you will see on one station. present stolen right from one fam

there's still another hour of 7news ahead right here on today in new england. coming up next at 6:00. could it soon cost you more to ride the "t"? a look at a new report as the >> christa: and the man who provided the marathon bombers with the gun used to kill sean collier is now a free man, and what he's saying to the victim's family. >> sarah: and all eyes on trump and clinton as a war of words continue. what clinton had to say last night when one young supporter >> christa: a holiday heist caught on camera. the popular christmas decorations thieves are taking off with across the area. >> sarah: trouble ahead. the board overseeing the mbta is warning painful decisions could be coming down the tracks for people who use the "t." gave a gun to one of the boston marathon bombers walking free. his message to the victim's family. >> sarah: not backing down. hillary clinton and donald trump continue their war of words on the campaign trail. >> christa: and reporting for duty. one man taking drastic action to make the roster of an nfl team. >> this is 7news "today in

today in new england. >>> doesn't that make you smile. this is the third family church members have helped get a new home this holiday season. >>> still ahead on 7 news today in new england. one key of the jets defense is the a familiar face to the pats fan, we helped them get a ring. why it won't be an easy game for grdma is shappy toe here foyour verfirst chstmas. i ar youre quitehe exper ataking pele up the mning. leme show u how grandmdoes it. th is yourad at myouse, whe he hadis first chstmas. thks for ming the ffee. we look wh s up. i'm reallylad you're here m. meoo. lo who' >>> football is a business, and you get reminded that on occasions like this. the patriots releasing cleveland on christmas day, claimed off waivers from cincinnati. you can expect the pat to resign cleveland to the practice squad, that is assuming he clears waivers. they are preparing for a jets theme, with a 15 rags in the nfl, allows under 20 point for this year. an opportunistic group ranking third in the league with 28 take a ways, and the defense features a

the question a jury is asked to answer before deciding the fate of a new england teenager. we have new information about the 28 year mbta veteran responsible for a run away train on the redline. we are also learning more tonight about communication issues between the mbta and the public during and after that dangerous ride. >> mark: fox 25 is bringing you live team coverage at 6:00 p.m. our sharman sachetti asked the massdot secretary about the delays in getting information out, but we have begin with kerry kavanaugh with the latest on potential discipline for the mbta operator. she's live with that process stands. >> the reporter: outside operations headquarters today in boston, an mbta employee told us that this disciplinary process is underway, but that it continues. person also told us though that was not presents at the operation center today. >> massachusetts transportation officials called today a fact finding day. they're working to determine exactly what mistakes led to the run away redline train. that have done investigatis