. >> sarah: we have team coverage in foxborough starting with nicole oliverio. hey, nicole. >> nicole: good morning, sarah. it's the perfect weather. it feels like an ice rink outside. at 1:00 that game will get under way. >> i want to apologize, and i truly am sorry to everyone about again the situation. >> nicole: brad marchand saying sorry for the three-game suspension that will keep him out of the winter classic, a game his teammates are approaching with pride. >> it's obviously one of the highlights of the season for the whole league, so it's a privilege, an honor to be playing in this game. >> nicole: an honor that means even more to the bay state bred players, getting ready to skate on home ice. >> being from massachusetts and playing where the patriots are, for the bruins it's a surreal >> i haven't been in the stadium before as a big fan of the patriots and watched them win some big games here. now we get a chance to play in a big game and hopefully get a win for our team. >> usually in the nose bleeds, but it's nice to be on the main level there. >> nic

here's 7's nicole oliverio. nicole? >> nicole: that's right, christa. basically fleming saying that he just came upon this accident, saw the smoke inside the car, the driver inside, and knew he had to help. patriots' linebacker darius fleming makes a huge play off woman who was trapped inside her car after police say she caused a three-car crash. >> the lady's car started to smoke. she couldn't get out. i realized the smoke was building up inside. that's what made me think to help her. >> nicole: the accident happened thursday afternoon in walpole. the victim wants to remain anonymous but says the doors to her car wouldn't open. >> it was definitely a 30-second to a member period of oh, wow, this is a really bad situation to be in. and i was never so grateful that he was able to be there and he window. >> nicole: fleming kicked out the passenger window and got the woman out of the car but ended up cutting his leg. >> the lady was climbing out the window. i probably scratched it on the way out. >> nicole: fleming needed 22 stitches and sayings his only c

nicole oliverio is live with details on the pats in the playoffs. >> nicole: good morning, sarah. the pats will be in the playoffs, but they will not have that number-one seed. the road to the super bowl won't necessarily go through foxborough. the only thing worse than going into the playoffs after losing four of their last six games is if the patriots have to do it with an injured tom brady. >> how much pain right now? >> i'm pretty sore, but i'll be all right. >> nicole: t.b. 12 took a few good hits during yesterday's loss to the dolphins. brady sayings he's okay, but his offense yesterday wasn't. >> we're trying to be effective and move the ball down the field and score points. we're just not doing a very good job of it. >> nicole: hours after new england lost, denver won, securing the number-one seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. that means the road to the super bowl could lead to another brady-manning matchup. the patriots have lost their last two games at denver, including the 2014 a.f.c. championship game. >> we just have to play well two weeks from now

for now that's the latest live in groton, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: nicole, thank you. let's get a check of your friday top stories, a boston man now the first confirmed patient here in massachusetts with the zika health officials say he contractedded the virus in another country and is expected to make a full recovery. the virus, as you've heard by now, is spread by mosquitoes. there is also concern that it could cause birth defects. so far cases have been reported in 11 different states here in the u.s. several elementary school students out in framingham are expected to be okay after their school bus was involved in a crash yesterday. 41 children were on their way home, elementary school aged, yesterday. 13 of them had to be treated at the hospital for minor injuries. hurt. so far no charges have been filed in that case. >>> and republican president, front-runner donald trump will hold a rally up in nashua, new hampshire, this morning. today we'll also get our first hint of whether he might have benefited or suffered from his boycott of last night's

here's nicole oliverio. nicole? >> coaches and players are talking about the final preparations before they know they are heading out to play a tough denver broncos team. >> the early media would do. patriots player waking up earlier to get one last practice in at home before heading to denver. all they can do is keep preparing until then. >> we will watch a lot of film as a team. we probably watch more than anyone can imagine here you know twelve-hour days in the facilities. >> julian edelman especially hard on himself after he dropped a couple of passes against the chiefs. >> i'm just going out and catching extra balls. it comes down to fundamentals. getting open and catching the ball. that's my job. >> player like edelman know what it is like to be part of a time that has worked hard to get better. >> it's been a special journey for me to see where the team was and how it has gotten to where it is at. it's one of those unbelievabl things that your fortunate to go in and play. >> for others like dante hightower he

seven-day forecast. >>> man accused of killing estranged wife face ago judge. 7s 7s nicole oliverio has the latest. >> reporter: accused of killing his estranged wife and causing a head on collision. they saw him yesterday afternoon >> i waved to him, never thought anything was wrong. >> reporter: at 7:30, police found a 34-year-old woman stabbed and bleeding. >> this place is surrounded with cruisers, ambulance, fire trucks, there was commotion going on, people pulling up, crying, took a woman out, she is in the back of a ambulance. they were doing cpr. then they took her away quick. >> reporter: woman, mother died at a nearby hospital. district attorney's office say as minute after the call came in for help, 911 dispatch received another call for a car crash on 495. mcdonald crossed his pickup truck head another driver head on. police arrested the driver. neighbor chad renolds said the couple's kids play together. his child was there earlier in >> it is tough. >> reporter: mcdonald expected to be arraigned later today. in attleboro, nicole oliverio, 7 news. >>> the man held hostage in

nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> nancy: nicole, thank you. make sure you stay with 7news on air and online. you can track the latest on the pats. >>> right now police are searching for the gunman who opened fire, narrowly missing a woman and her young son. >> christa: can you imagine? she is so grateful. she's describing the scene as stray bullets hit their car. they were driving in dorchester at the time. 7's jonathan hall has more. >> i want the let people know i got lost. >> john: she was bringing her little boy to kfc for some tlc after a wrong turn in dorchester... >> first time i noticed my car was hit is when i opened my eyes and i seen a bullet hole in the windshield. i thought, oh, my gosh, i have to get out of here. it happened on geneva avenue at 6:00 p.m. she says three shots hit her s.u.v., one flying right through a rear window, taking out some insulation in the ceiling and landing in the windshield of her car. she was with her boyfriend and her six-year-old. >> the officer said if he was two inches taller it would have took his

here's nicole oliverio. nicole? >> well, initial report said it began as a police pursuit. you can see traffic the moving through the road without any problem in mansfield. and initially against as we said this call had come in as a police pursuit. after that crash happened at 1:00 this morning. the first flatbed truck carrying the under carriage of the car and the second truck carrying the mangled be body of the car. the person was ejected. that driver was rushed to boston hospital via med flight. he has serious injury but is still conscious after the accident. we don't know what led to police pursuit. they said they were trying to pull the car for a minor traffic violation. that's the latest live in mansfield. nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." >>> we're also following breaking news out of boston. someone vandalized a boston public library in copley square. >> let's go to victoria. looks like graffiti and they are cleaning it right behind you >>> they have waste no time in trying to get this cleaned up. >>> this graffiti on entire trech of the wall here. this

nicole oliverio is dealing with gillette stadium with the latest. nicole? >> good morning. on yesterday's injury report it is said that gronc didn't not . >> the patriots set to take on a hot kansas city chiefs tomorrow in the afc divisional play-offs. but will they have to do it without their star tight end. >>> whether he's practicing or getting practice he will be red give to go saturday. >>> for the second time this week rob grownkowski was missing from practice. reports say he was at a boston hospital yesterday getting an injection for his injured right knee. during the media availability? >> that's the last one. i don't know about that. >> having their all-pro tight end banged up is no laughing party. the pats are taking on the chief whose have an 11-game raining streak. new england has dropped four of their last six games and have been plagued by injuries. >> this team i know no matter what everybody comes out on the have. >> this is it. we just try to put everything, to empty it out. >> still while the patriots are hopeful their tight end will be on the field. comin

let's head out to plymouth with 7's nicole oliverio. we know she did not win the $1 million prize in plymouth because she's up early reporting this morning. good morning, nicole. >> nicole: that is right. i would not have come to work today. i'll just say it. people's dreams if they were waking up thinking they wouldn't have to go to work today. there was no $500 million winner. however, if you bought a ticket here at this express mart in plymouth, then you may have one of the 13 $1 million tickets sold, which meant you hit all five numbers but not the powerball. the good news is if you didn't win last night, the new drawing is worth $675 million. that's going to be saturday's drawing. again, the ticket sold here in plymouth did win $1 million. there were a total of 12 states that sold $1 million tickets. and more than seven seven million tickets won something. last night's numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63 and the powerball was 17. total prizes were worth more than $65 million. so again, there is still a chance. but christa, you were talki

let's get right out live to 7's nicole oliverio for the latest. nicole? >> nicole: christa, we can tell you police were back out here at this apartment on holmes street in norton just before 5:00 this morning. it was around 7:30 last night when they were initially called came in saying that they believed a woman was being stabbed. when officers arrived, they went into that apartment and they say they found a 34-year-old woman unresponsive. they tried to resuscitate her here at the apartment before rushing her to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead. then about a minute after the 911 call came in, another call came in according to the district attorney's office about a serious head-on crash on 495, also in norton. police arrived to the scene there and they say that a pick-up truck apparently had crossed the median. now, the woman in the other car had to be taken to a rhode island hospital. she had serious injuries. they say the driver of that pick-up, a 34-year-old man from weymouth, they say not only was he responsible for the headon crash, but

morning gronk is tackling the trash talk as the broncos promise to target the pats' star. 7's nicole oliverio live at gillette with more. hey, nicole. >> nicole: good morning, sarah. that's right. well, gronk was excited to be at the podium for the first time in his nfl career here with the patriots, but he said he didn't think the broncos did anything that would be considered dirty. he says he just needs to be on his toes. >> wow. my first podium. [laughter] i'm big time. >> nicole: rob gronkowski enjoying his moment in the spotlight at home as he and the team get ready to head to denver later today. the pats' tight end says when it comes to the tough broncos' defense, he isn't concerned about low hits to the knee. >> they're not doing anything illegal out there. i just got to be aware of it. maybe i got to step up my game a little bit, maybe throw a juke. i don't know how many jukes i got. >> nicole: it was this hit in the game against denver back in november that knocked gronk out of the game with a knee sprain. now he's focused on helping the patriots get out to a quick lead on sunday, so

nicole oliverio live at gillette now with more. hey, nicole. >> reporter: good afternoon, sarah. yeah, that's right. tom brady again talking strategy. some of the questions he was asked, you know, last time they had played peyton manning in the championship game, they say they didn't have gronk. is that going to make a difference? brady said everything makes a difference. it is not necessarily about experience. talking about how malcolm butler basically, was in for the last play of the super bowl last year. and he is the reason that the but again, he is just talking about the difficultys that he in the when his team goes to denver. right now their record is 2-6. he says they are led by an amazing quarterback in peyton manning. >> i think he is an incredible player, and any time you face that caliber of player, and there is a lot of great quarterbacks in the n.f.l. peyton has been one of the best to ever play. you know, you have to be at your best. you know, you can't play anything less than your best and expect to win. because you know, he is going to play well. he is going to ha

nicole oliverio live at gillette with more. hey, nicole. they get ready and they've been practicing and not only the bruin fans that want to show off their patriot pride there's also some player that show their love for tom brady. for the two hockey teams they both know this is tom's house. bruins goalie sporting a new helmet that features tom brady. i think it's an awesome tribute. he said the design was kept secret for months. their success and players. happy to admit he's a big fans? >>> the bruins fans are the best fans >>> the patriots love doesn't end there. mike condn will wear canadian color on the front of the helmet. on the back belichick and brady with the four lombardi trophies. en montreal fan say it's trebien. >> boston is a really passionate city. >>> obviously we're hoping that's the bees that come out to win along with the pay tree yolt treeiots. the game means so much to the team too. they will take the ice today. but unique chance for fans to get out there and ring in the new year. a fun way. let's go out live with contin

nicole oliverio live in mansfield with more. nicole? >> nicole: sarah, that crash left one person seriously injured, taken to the hospital. if i step out of the way, you can see police have cleared the scene just before 6:00 a.m. so the roads here in mansfield are back open. it took several hours before the tow trucks could get that manled car away from the scene. it actually took two tow trucks. you can see the undercarriage of the car on one and the mangled body of the car on the other. now, this accident happening just after 1:00 a.m. initial reports say it came in as a police pursuit. it is unclear exactly what police were hoping to pull the driver over for, but this driver allegedly crashed and was ejected from the car. that 25-year-old man had to be taken by medflight to mass general hospital in boston. we're told that even though he was alert at the scene, he had some pretty serious injuries that required him to go to a boston hospital. investigators were here for several hours clearing up the accident scene and figuring out exac

let's head out to nicole oliverio live in foxboro. this is what a lot of people have been waiting for. >>> absolutely. especially if there the payton manning's last season. this is 17th time these two quarterbacks will go face to face. this all sealed yesterday as the broncos beat the steelers. now the patriots did lose to but keep in mind they were two completely different looking teams. manning wasn't the qb that game. edelman was out. that's the game where gronc injured his knee. two go off in this postseason. as for brady and manning. this is 17th time they will now face each other. brady has the better record of 11-5. they have faced off four times in the afc championship game each winning two games apeice. manning sent his team to super bowl two years ago. of course maybe fans were hoping for steeler mappup to get one more home game here. the patriots's fan feeling good about their chances against to broncos saying there's going to be three more weeks of football. nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >>> right now a ru

nicole oliverio live in plymouth where one of the lucky tickets was sold. nicole? >> neither of my tickets were lucky. if you hoped to 524 million richer. someone is at least a million dollars richer. the expressmart sold one of twelve that hit all five numbers. >> i wasn't me. early morning regular to the woke up a million dollars richer this morning. >> i think it's wonderful. i'm really happy for him. i'm happy for whoever won it. wish its me. but that's okay. no one won the meg a 524 million jackpot but this plymouth convenient store did sell the winner. meaning someone matched all five powerball. the store's owner only found out morning. >>> when the gals next door banged on the door. your store won. i can't breathe city. i'm very excited. i'm very excited. i'm wondering who won the ticket. >>> loyal customer excited that their store hit. >> i live on the corner and this is where i always buy my tickets and yesterday i bought them in kingston. crazy because i'm here every morning. >>> do you feel like he owes you a million dollar ticket. for saturday. 675 mill

nicole oliverio has more on the search for the mystery millionaire. >> reporter: everyone wants to know who woke up with a million reasons to be extra happy this morning. >> no, it wasn't me. >> reporter: no one won the mega $524 million jackpot but this plymouth convenience store did sell the states' only million dollar winner. >> i think it's wonderful. i am happy for whoever won it. wish it was me but that is okay. >> reporter: the store's owner found out what he came into morning this morning. >> when the gals next door told me, your store won, i can't breath. i need something to drink. tickets. >> reporter: loyal customers excited -- >> i checked the ticket and i lost and i come here every morning on my way to work. i'm going to try again saturday. >> i live on the corner. this is where i always buy my tickets. i didn't yet, i bought them in kingsston. >> crazy base i'm here getting coffee -- >> do you feel like raj owes you a million dollar. >> no. >> no winner means a bigger win for saturday, test a at $70 million. the largest in u.s. history. the dream of becoming an overnight m

nicole oliverio is live and nicole we understand this shooter still on the run this morning. >> that's right. police still searching for those suspect. we expect an update from police hopefully within the hour. this all happened around 8:00 last night. and police say that while the injuries to the teen are serious they are not life threatening. >> this teen hit in the back by a stray bullet while standing in his kitchen. >> it's not good. it's may neighbor's son. >>> just after 8:00 last night there was an exchange of gunfire outside the pine grove estate apartment. they found 18 shell casing matching.9 millimeter and 40 caliber handgun. the bullet hit other apartment in the complex. but the teens the only person hit. >> i just heard him. we didn't know until afterwards >>> the bullet went through the window. >> officers say the teen is an target. >> it's unclear how many people police are looking for but they tell us they have still have not morning. oliverio. 7news "today in new england." >>> a couple facing charges after a boston tewksbury police found million dollars of the drug an

let's go to nicole oliverio live there all morning long. what's the latest, nicole? >> we can tell you firefighters the scene. they have been here all morning. 11:30. if you take a look you can see deadly fire. the first floor completely gutted. studies. arrival they didn't know that there were still two people inside it become clear there was a couple unaccounted for. that couple found on the first floor sadly they did not make it. the cause of the fire remain under investigation. what's making it so tough when they arrived on scene the home was completely ungulfed in flames. they don't know where the origin of the fires. if you take a live look here you can see they've taped off this home. we can tell you family and friends have been here this morning. they brought a couple of boxes to see if there was anything left to salvidge from the home. the state fire marshall's office is also investigating. for now that's the latest live in grotn; 7news "today in new england." statehouse leader confirming a boston man has the zika virus. a mosquito born virus. it's been spre

let's go out live. 7's nicole oliverio is at the scene. police believe this teen is an innocent victim. >> nicole: that's right. we know he's suffering from a serious injury, though it's not life-threatening. this shooting happening outside this apartment complex here after 8:00 last night. one of those bullets went right into that teenager's home. a 17 year old from brockton not safe from gunfire even in his own home. the teen in the wrong place at the wrong time. hit in the back by a stray bullet while standing in his kitchen. >> in the good. it's my neighbor's son. they're like family. >> nicole: police say just after 8:00 last night, there was an exchange of gunfire outside the pine grove estate apartment. shell cases matching a 9 millimeter and .40-caliber handgun. the bullets hit other apartments in the complex, but the teen was the only person hit. >> i just heard him. we didn't know until afterward what happened. >> nicole: investigators say the bullet went through the teen's first-floor kitchen window. officers say the teen is an i

here is nicole oliverio with more on what the team is saying about this. nicole? >> reporter: christa, we can tell you right now we have reporters in the locker room speaking with some of the patriots players. of course, they are not really commenting but what they did tell our reporters is that this is they support jones. they also say they are not off-field distractions. foxboro police released the sunday morning. when police logs show patriots defensive end chandler jones walked into the public safety building looking for help. >> in the front lobby area. >> reporter: according to the firefighters performed a medical evaluation in the back parking lot. jones was sent by ambulance to norwood hospital. it's still unclear why the pro-bowler needed medical attention. the dispatch recordings also reveal an officer went to jones' home which was nearby to secure it. >> i was able to lock the front door. if you want to pass along to the fire... it was definitely involved before this happened. just so they know. >> reporter: class d can refer to a category of drugs, k t

coach belichick will likely be chandler jones today. 7's nicole oliverio is at the foxborough police station, and, nicole, the pro bowler had the go to the hospital we understand on sunday? >> nicole: well, according to the police log, he came here just before 8:00 sunday morning and was taken to the hospital, but the reason for the medical emergency is not known. days before heading to the playoff, 7news confirms patriots' defensive end chandler jones was admitted to norwood hospital. it happened sunday according to this foxborough police log. the 25-year-old football player walked into the foxborough public safety building with a medical emergency. four officers, along with firefighter, performed a medical evaluation in the back parking lot and then had jones taken to the hospital by ambulance. the patriots tell 7news, "chandler jones was admitted to the hospital sunday and released that day. he reported to work on time monday morning and has participated in all meetings and and chandler jones doesn't live too far from the police department here. we learned that an officer went to h

nicole oliverio with live from conditions. nicole? >> nicole: we definitely have some light flurries in the south shore. it's just enough here to recoat the ground. it's something you can easily brush off with that snow brush. take live look along route 3. no problems on the roads. the sanders were out overnight along with the salt ers. you have that black top, but remember you need to give yourself enough time to slow down because there are some slick spots. if you're in the paying attention, that's what can cause accidents. that's what happened yesterday on the commute home along route 3. it was just a mess. state police reporting at least 20 accidents. most of them minor, but a lot of those drivers not taking the conditions of the road into consideration when that snow is falling pretty hard. the worst of it was a seven-car pile-up in duxbury. firefighters responded to four minor injuries. one person had to be taken to the hospitals. so again, just an example of what can happen when there's not too much snow. we're not talking abou

really scary situation here. 7's nicole oliverio has the latest on the search. >> reporter: well, sarah, this alleged incident happened yesterday at 5:00. it was right on the road where the barnes & noble at south shore pla is a is. police say this alleged road rage incident all happened within about a half a mile. they say at that point, these two drivers got into some sort of altercation. details. they did say that both drivers got out of their car. it was at that point, one of the drivers was stabbed five to six times. several witnesses, several people that pulled over and helped that witness. they either took their shirts off and tried to help him with the bleeding and they did manage to get a partial plate. they were able to tell responding officers that it was a bluek ara. police managed to run that partial plate and it came back rowman. he was found in somerset after some questioning. he was arrested. and then later brought to the braintree police department this morning. roman will appear in quincy district court this morning. he is facing a number of charges. as for the driver

let's head out live to gillette with 7's nicole oliverio with more on what both sides are saying about this, nicole? >> nicole: well, christa, both forward to this matchup, even broncos' players can appreciate what it's going to mean to see brady and manning going head to head. tom brady is set to face peyton manning for the 17th and likely final time. a matchup both players and fans want the see. >> couldn't have it no better way, man. the only way to go through the super bowl is to go through them. >> these two guys going against each other is like an epic battle where you get to go out and see whose general wins the war. >> i think it's kind of an emotional game, to be honest, peyton manning and brady. everyone always compares the two, but i think the patriots are really good at handling playoffs. >> peyton manning is looking good. he's rested, so it looks like it's going to be a hard one. >> nicole: brady is embracing the matchup. >> it will be fun to play another peyton manning-led team. >> while manning is stealing a page from new england's head coach. "we'll be on new england an

nicole oliverio is live at gillette stadium with more on the matchup. we hope you're staying warm out there, any dole. >> nicole: oh, i am staying warm, but we do know now that this is... saturday's game was the last home game that was going to be police department at gillette. the patriots will have to go and win in denver if they want to advance to the super bowl. >> that's the kill shot. >> nicole: we now know the road to the super bowl will have to go through denver. the patriots will face the broncos in the a.f.c. championship game. another brady-manning matchup. but peyton isn't focusing on the patriots just yet. >> we'll try to enjoy this one tonight and get a jump-start on preparing for that game on monday. and we'll talk about who we're playing on wednesday. >> >> nicole: this will be the 17th face-off between brady and manning. in the playoffs the quarterbacks are tied two games apiece, and manning won the last time, sending the broncos to the super bowl two years ago. >> what are your thoughts about your 17th showdown with tom brady. >> we'll

let's head out to 7's nicole oliverio. nicole, we understand that classmates of these two are headed back to school today and the school is offering help for them? >> sarah: that's right, christa. that pond is behind this elementary school. school officials are commending and get those boys help to be saved. when children return to class this morning, brockton school administrators will have councilors ready to talk to students about the rescue of two class mace who fell through the ice this weekend. >> i feel sad. i started crying. >> nicole: on saturday evening, two boy, ages nine and 12, were playing on this frozen pond, but the ice was thin and soon cracked. >> we went to go stop them to play on the ice, but they kept going, and they went too far in the middle and they fell in. >> nicole: friends of the two boys were playing nearby and saw they rushed to help. >> i saw the car. back. >> nicole: two strangers ran into the pond. >> it started breaking, the ice. >> nicole: they were able to get the nine-year-old out but co

here's nicole oliverio. nicole? >> we can tell you 35-year-old martin mcdonald just arrived here to the district court minutes ago and as you mentioned he is facing murder charges. police say he killed his estranged wife inside her norton apartment last night. now police were called to 7:30 after getting 911 call. accounting to the district attorney that 34-year-old womans wounds. they tri rhesus tating. later brought her to hospital minutes after that 911 call came in another call for help came in about head-on crash. they say mcdonald had crossed the median hitting another car head-on, on 495 still in norton that other driver sustained serious injuries. this place was surrounded with cruiser, ambulance, fire trucks then commotion going on. crying. they took a woman out. ambulance. they were doing cpr. then they took her away. >>> we're hoping to learn more information ant what led to this alleged stabbing. again, mcdonald will go in front of a judge hopefully sometime this morning. that's the latest live in attleb

here's 7's nicole oliverio. nicole, you also have more on the 911 call for help here. >> nicole: that's right, christa. this shopper saw this little baby and didn't know what to do, so she called 911. police tell us that by the time they got here, that little baby was okay but taken to norwood hospital just to be checked out. >> there's a baby in a car not attended to crying. >> nicole: a woman leaving the wrentham outlets spots an eight-month-old alone in a car, the engine off, a parent nowhere to be found. the temperature outside only in that shopper then called 911. >> how old is the baby? >> i don't know, like six months old, eight months. i don't know. it's tiny. >> nicole: the woman tells the dispatcher the car is parked in handicapped space outside of the nike store. when officers arrive, they find the baby's mother at the car. police looked at mall cameras and believe she was gone for ten minutes. >> she said she didn't understand she was breaking the law. we explained it wasn't so much about the law as i

. >> christa: that was 7's nicole oliverio reporting. remember, 7news is your home for continuing coverage of the pats in the playoffs. we have 7's joe amorosino and trey daerr live for us in denver over the weekend for the big game, and their live reports begin tomorrow right here on 7 news. >> sarah: new this morning, a group of people who live in the seaport district are asking for mayor marty walsh to cancel the indycar race in boston. the "herald" reports volunteers with the group called the coalition against indycar boston are collecting signatures to present to the mayor. members of the group say holding the race would be disruptive to their lives. the indycar race is scheduled to be held on labor day weekend. the nhl is looking to help a hockey player injured before the winter classic. the league is going to auction and canadiens to raise money for denna laing, the boston pride player hurt. bidding for the jerseys is now open on the nhl's web site. >> christa: here's a story about one man who is lucky to be alive after he was cau

here's nicole oliverio. nicole? >> a apparently chandler jones came here to the foxboro public safety building before 8:00 sunday morning. but the medical reason remains unknown. >> reporter: days before heading to the play-offs, 7news confirms patriot's defensive end was committed to norwood hospital. happened sunday according to this foxboro police box. the 25-year-old football player walked into the foxboro public safety building with a medical emergency. four officers along with firefighters performed a medical evaluation in the back parking lot then had jones taken to the hospital by ambulance. the patriot's tell 7news chandler jones was admitted to the hospital sunday and released that day. he reported to work on time on monday morning and has participated in all meetings and >> we know that chandler actually lives not too far from the police department. and an officer went to his house, got the key and secured his home. live in foxboro. 7news "today in new england." >>> he was at practice tuesday. rob grownko

let's go to nicole oliverio. nicole? >> police are still searching for the driver this morning. they believe the road rage incident again not far off the road in againite street and ended here on the patch of grass with a man lying on the side. >> reporter: a man left stabbed along the road in braintree as police respond and try to figure out what happened. >> we first pulled up and there was a man on the grass. and he was just laying there. people started coming outputting blankets over him. >> two men leeing when they saw the flashing blue light and in it you see officers trying to help a man who was reportedly stabbed several times. >> people start pulling up and saying he was stabbed. showed up. out. coming. >>> officers believe the stabbing was a result of road rage incident. investigator say it began and ended on granite street by the off ramp. it's unclear what happened between the victim and another driver. officers say at some point both drivers got out of their car and then the victim was stabbed. the other driver took off. wide open spot. something like that to happen

here's nicole oliverio. nicole? >> if it really is payton manning last season what better than to see him go head to head with brady. this is there 17th match-up and the fight to get to the super bowl. tom brady set to face payton a match-up both player and fans want to see. >> no better way thanable way to go to super go through there. these two guys going against each other. it's like an epic battle, you know where you get to see who -- whose general wins the war. i think it's an emotional game to be honest. payton manning and brady. everyone compares the two. but i think the patriots are really good at handling play-offs. >>> payton manning looking good. he's arrested. looks like hit be a hard one. brady is embracing may match-up. >> while manning stealing a stage from the head coach. >> bell bilchick will be on the new england and i will be talking about them all winter >> as for the coaching match-up. belichick at 4-and-2 career. he prepared for first afc title a patriot's game who is playing in this game for t

nicole oliverio live in plymouth with more on the conditions there today. they the flames are falling harder and faster than the morning commute. this is what is accumulating so far. because the snow started falling harder. frigid temperature with windchill below zero. the road. last night during the commute home a lot more problems along route 3. there were about 20 accident reported because the snow fell quick and driver weren't compensating for the slick roads. marchfield alone had nearly 20 crashes themselves. again just taking a live look here on the road. you can see the snow falling here. it's contained mainly to south shore and cape cod. the good news blowing away. if you haven't left your house yet give yourself extra time. nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." >>> thanks. nicole. back to breaking news. a gas leak forcing the evacuation of an elementary school. scene with the latest. vicki? >> we are outside here in waltham a live look behind me. we have fire personal and emergency personal on the scene. the school building evacuated right

nicole oliverio live this morning and nicole as classmates of the kids head back to class today the school is offering some help. >>> sarah, i can tell you we got off the phone with the superintendent's office. they have grief counselors available and any sort of staffing available to stunt at the cools where those boys attended class. now you can see that lake where now is basically water. that just goes to show you how thin the ice was when they fell through. >> reporter: when children return to class this morning. ed a minute -- ed a minute straltors ready to talk to students >>> it was so sad i started crying. two boys age 9 and 12 were playing on this frozen pond. the ice was thin and soon cracked. >> we thought we could play on the ice. they kept going. and they went too far in the middle and fell in friends saw the pair in trouble. then rushed to help. >> i saw the car and they turned around and came back. >> two strangers then ran into the cold pond. >> it started breaking the ice. they were able to get the 9-year-old oil but couldn't find the 12-year-old who rescuers say was subme

let's go to 7's nicole oliverio outside gillette with the latest for us. nicole? >> nicole: there's a good chance bill will be getting questions about chandler jones' visit to the hospital, but will he answer them? chandler jones keeping a low into the foxborough police department looking for help. >> in the front lobby area. >> nicole: police logs show officers and firefighters gave jones a medical evaluation in the back parking lot. then he was taken by ambulance to norwood hospital. his teammates standing by the 25-year-old pro bowler. >> we support all 50, 60 guys on this team. we have their backs regardless of the situation, and that's no different with chandler. >> nicole: dispatcher recordings also reveal that an officer went to jones' home to lock it up. >> i took his keys off the kitchen table. i was able to lock the front door. if you want to pass along to the fire, he was definitely involved in class d delta before this happened just so they know. >> nicole: class d can refer to a category of drugs that includes marijuana. at a meeting, foxborough's pol

nicole oliverio is at gillette with what the two are staying about one another. >> it is. but you better belief it both quarterbacks hope that they are the ones that come out the winner. 50. brady was hoping to talk about general. he couldn't avoid being asked question about payton manning. >> he's talks about upcoming >> i think playing someone 17 times is pretty school. especially someone as great as him to play against those payton manning teams. you got to play 60 minutes. you will be in for tough game. >> manning asked if rivalry between brady as magic johnson. >>> i grew up a huge larry bird and magic johnson fan. all i can say about tom brady is that he plays the position the way it's supposed to be played. >>> coach bill belichick also praised manning who said he's a tough competitor you should never count out. >> his preparation is consistentsy. his skills i would never, ever, ever underestimate him under any circumstances. >>> but manning is approaching so many believe this could likely be the last match-up between the two quarterbacks. that's the latest live fro

in wrentham, nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> christa: now your forecast. and it was a frigid start again on this wednesday in boston. a little better than yesterday. but still some surrounding towns seeing low temperatures in the single digits. is now out. it is warming things up. maybe even your mood along wit. here is chris lambert with the forecast. >> chris: bigger smiles walking across government center here in the city of boston this afternoon. as we have gone from 21 to 41 and yes, indeed, some of the digits this morning. look at the rebound. i mean, you go from eight degrees in norwood to 41. in about six hours. same case in boston. 41 degrees. 41 on the vineyard after being that was all. the low temperature down on the vineyard this morning. this is a good 20 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. so much more comfortable feel to the air. a little bit of a breeze now kicking out of the southwest. it is that wind direction from the southwest that is helping to warm us up and scour out the arctic air. wall-to-wall sunshine. we will keep that. we w

nicole oliverio live in renthem with more on the charges this man is now facing. nicole? >> what is still unclear why the man had the weapons. but we know the man will go before a judge and renthem later this morning. officers arrested management you just two hours before the winter classic. they found swords a stun gun. a meet cleaver and other weapons inside his car. according to investigator his car parked in off site parking lot. he doesn't work himself at gillette. to fan attended the winter close. he is facing charges of assault with dangerous weapon. he was just brought into court a minute ago. hopefully his arraignment will happenon this morning. that's the latest live in renthem. 7news "today in new england." >>> a 20-year-old women accused of abconducting a toddler. accused of abducting this 2-year-old from her back in november. she used to baby-sit that child. she was order to undergo examination and the judge is expected to rule if she will be eligible to posts bail. >>> the everett man accused of violently attacking boston police officer will be arraigned. in

attack in a possible case of road rage leaving one person stabbed on the side of the road. 7's nicole oliverio live in braintree with what witnesses say happened. nicole? according to police, they say this didn't last very long. the two men were up the road a it will bit on granite street when they found the victim lying right here in the grass just before the off ramp to the highway. >> a man left stabbed along the road in braintree as police respond and try to figure out what happened. >> we first pulled up. there was man on the grass. he was just laying there. and people started coming up and putting blankets over him. >> nicole: two men were leaving barnes & noble when they saw the flashing lights and began taking this cell phone video. officers are trying to help man times. >> people were pulling up and saying that he was stabbed, but we were here before any of the cops showed up, and people were just trying to help him out the best they could. >> two cops pulled up at first, and more and more started coming. >> nicole: officers believe the stabbing was the result of a road rage incident.

we are live in plymouth, nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> christa: the red sox working now to remove graffiti from johnny pesky's retired number located just outside of fenway park. this number was vandalized sometime last night, they believe. here is 7's steve cooper. he is live for us at fenway with more. steve? >> reporter: well, christa, after a lot of work this morning, the damage was done, it has been washed away out here. that spray-paint has been washed away by workers who were at it for several hours this morning. you know what? this has left a bad taste in the mouths of red sox fans today. red sox employee john coyne with two hands on the buffer. working to remove the graffiti that was spray-painted on a five-foot-high number six honoring mr. red sox johnny pesky outside fenway park overnight. >> well, i got a call last night from the red sox. it said get over there early morning and take care of this. something like this. >> reporter: the line of retired numbers between brookline avenue and the yawkey "t" stop were installed by the sox two years ago. creating a walk of fame for fan

nicole oliverio has more. >> reporter: chandler joan keeping a low profile just day after walking into the foxboro help. >> in the front area -- police log show officers and firefighter gave joans a medical lot. then he was taken by ambulance to norwood hospital. his teammates standing by the 25-year-old pro bowler. >> we support all 50, 60 guys on this team. we have their backs. regardless of the situation. and that's no different with chandler. dispatch recording reveal that an officer went to jones home to lock it up >> i was able to lock the front door. if you want to just pass along to the fire he was definitely >> class d can refer to category of drugs that include marijuana. at a meeting last night foxboro police chief and town manager told 7news this is a sensitive situation. the patriot's acknowledge jones hospital visit and said he's been at practice every day sinks. >> chandler has a lot of great support. he's a great football player and excited to see what he does >>> the town and the police department expects to put out a statement at some point today. they are limited cit

in groton, nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> sarah: the zika virus making its way to boston. state health leaders confirming a boston man contracted zika virus after he visited an area where the virus is common. mosquitoes carry and spread the virus which is linked to birth defects among babies. a vaccine is currently not available. >> christa: we will switch gears and talk about your forecast. it's been really mild out there. and bri, you are talking about maybe some cooler weather on the way? >> bri: well, that will have to wait until the end of february. we kick off february with some mild temperatures. it almost seems strange that we are tracking snow showers today. you know what they say. you don't like the weather, here we go with the snow showers starring to work through northern worcester county. we have some sunshine down in southeastern massachusetts. that is where those temperatures have been able to get a boost. at this point, we are sort of sandwiched between these two systems. the first that brought rain showers this morning to cape cod and nantucket. sliding fa

nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." >>> all right. remember 7news is your home for continuing coverage of the patriot's in the play off. joe amorosino will be live in denver this week for the big game. their live reports begin right here on 7. >>> we have more to get to this morning. she's back. sarah palin on the campaign trail. this time throwing her support behind donald trump. more on her crowd pleasing comments. >>> we will tell you when to get some good airline deals that will have you getting off in no time. >> maybe before the weekend; right? >> take a look at the forecast. but sun over the next few days. that could change over the weekend. forecast ahead. >>> take a look at dr. mcfeemy. how you can win a date with this >>> young boy in rhode island will be honored for brave fight against cancer. lawmakers will name today be strong day. 8-year-old doorion murray's message of staying strong made him a worldwide sensation on social media. rob grownkowski also visited him just last week. doriane and his family got to go to pat's

in rentham, nicole oliverio, 7news. >> the patriots preparing for the play-offs with a week off. tom brady gave us an update on the sprained right ankle and when they will be ready to go. alex corddry is live for us in foxboro with more on what tv 12 had to say. >> -- td12 had to say. >> the patriots getting off on a bye week as tom brady's sprained ankle didn't keep him off of the practice field. he suffered in miami. during practice today he hit the field for the patriots walk-through and lightly jogged and appeared to be moving gingerly. taking advantage of the five bye week will be huge for the patriots quarterback to rest. he has 10 days to recover before the play-offs. this week, it's all about the team trying to improve. >> feel better than with a cup days ago. time of year -- our bye week was a long time ago. so this is the first time we've had off in quite a while. a lot of guys been fighting over different kind of bumps and you season. so try to take advantage as best you can to feel good because we're gonna need everybody a week from saturday to be at their very best.

the latest live from gillette, nicole oliverio. >> anchor: thank you, tom brady led the team to victory it was another play who sealed the deal forked pats. edelman fresh off an injury was back in action making some clutch catches and causing big problems for the chiefs. alex corddry has more on number 11's big return. >> reporter: his team mates were happy to have him. edelman holding 10 passes for 100 yards picking up where he left off. >> i'm glad i played as much tom knows me and, i stay, the coaches, you know kept me in mentally. >> i think he worked his tail off so he has always been one of the hardest workers i've ever played with and one of the most determined young men that is on this team. >> reporter: edelman nine weeks removed from a fracture in his left foot looked like his old self. >> i've been through injuries. it's not easy to come back mid-season and have a performance like that so you have to give him credit for all the hard work he put in there. >> reporter: the gronk and edelman combo lefted the patriots to the afc championship game for a record time 5th consecutive

the team says they are putting the issues behind them and nicole oliverio has more. >> the patriots set to take on hot kansas city chiefs and they will have to do it would the the high end. >> they are ready to go on saturday. week, rob bronkowsi was missing from practice and it was believed that he was at a hospital yet for his injured knee that he hurt back in november and chandler jones is apologizing for any off field distractions he caused his team this week looking for medical attention as he walked into the police department. in a new report jones got down on his knees and stiff as a board but cooperative and desperately seeking assistance and not committed any crimes. >> are you in any trouble? i understand your question but right now my focus is trying to hone in on kansas city. >> they currently have an 11 game winning streak and new england has dropped 4 out of the last 6 teams. >> everybody that comes out on this field gives everything they have. >> this is it. we try to put everything we got on the table. report it says bronk did not participate siting his knee and back. hi

we are live from wrentham, nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> a 21-year-old woman accused of abducting a toddler will be in court again. abigail hannah is accused of taking a two-year-old from her home back in november. she was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. the everett man accused of violently attacking a boston police officer will be arraigned as well. 23-year-old andrew bowman approached an officer near city hall on new year's day. that is when they say he repeatedly punched this officer in the face. the officer was not seriously injured. >> more news today: a man injured after an overnight stabbing in barre. the victim ran nearly a mile until someone heard him screaming for help and called 911. a suspect was arrested a short time later. a lawrence man set to face charges after he allegedly drove away from a traffic stop. dragging the trooper. it happened on 93 south in medford. the trooper was pulled a short distance before pulling himself free from the car. he was not hurt and then chased after the man. another trooper arrested the suspect in everett. >> a developing story o

mother facing charges accused of leaving her baby girl out in the cold locked in car at renthem nicole oliverio has more on the 911 call that police received. nicole? >> fortunately once police got here they realized the girl was okay. she's taken to hospital to be checked out. they say this was a bad judgment on the mother's part. >> there's a baby in the car. without attendance. >> a women leaving the youth lette spot an 8-month-old alone in the car. the engine off. a parent no where to be found. temperature only in the teens. that shopper then called 911. >> maybe 8 or 10 months. tiny. >> the woman told the dispatcher car parked in handicapped space. when officers arrive they find the baby's mother at the car. >> she said she didn't understand she was breaking the law. we explained it wasn't about the law as about judgement as a >>> there's a language barrier and don't believe she was trying to hurt her child. she just made a bad decision. >> the child seemed okay at the scene. she actually seem overheated because she was in the snow seat. >>> i think mom loves baby just made a terribly bad