we still have red line delays on the braintree branch but everything else running on schedule. you will need to warm up the car. >> it looks nice. sun getting ready to come up. 7:09 the sunrise this morning but brightening up. 42 degrees in boston but this is deceiving because the wind is active so it does feel like it's in the 30s. these are the win feeling like the upper 20s in the worcester area, the temperature is 35, and right around 40 on the north shore, and plymouth, you just dropped to 36, and low 40s on the cape this morning. and the temperatures, are going to be very slow to climb, and by lunchtime, we only go up four or five degrees to 47 and we're holding in the 40s this afternoon despite the fact that we will have the sunshine. it's the west, northwesterly wind, 12 to 20 bringing in the colder air so upper 40s, the best we're doing, boston north breeze falling, in that cold air, and so the skies are going to stay mostly sunny today, a few clouds around and it's mainly clear tonight as the winds die down tonight, the temperatures drop more, and so it's colder tonigh

a little bit of a backup back to the braintree split. pike is quiet. 15 minutes eastbound 495 to 128. if you're heading north, 93 south looking good out of methuen to the leverett connector. trains and buses on schedule. >> breaking news we're following -- two boston police officers shot in east boston. >> a lot of new information coming in overnight. antoinette antonio. she is at the scene. >> right now we know the two police officers are in extremely critical condition at mass general hospital after what's being described as a gun battle that unfolded here on gladstone street during a domestic violence call. let's look at that video shortly after this unfolded. police say two roommates were having a fight of some kind. the officers were inside that two of them were hit by bullets. their fellow officers dragging them out of the line of fire before killing the suspect. police commissioner bill evans hammering home just how dangerous these situations can be. >> domestic calls are probably the most volatile. you never really know what you a

back to 24, the expressway now 15 to 20, braintree to boston. the pike is still quiet. 128 as well and then crash 495 south. 93 stop and go out of methuen. the delays state there into andover and more volume down to the refer connector. >> there is no words for what these guys do every day. >> a captain realizes how close he came to losing two of his officers. a tremendous show of support. >> that's where we find sera this morning. they are on the minds of so many >> the two are in critical condition. the h cordoned off as a crime scene. the d.a. describing this as complex as any in recent memory. the mayor and commissioner joined dozens of people in east boston last night to pray for officers richard cintolo and matthew morris. they were saved on wednesday after a dramatic shootout with kirk figueroa, who was killed. captain kelly mccormick got emotional when he talked about >> we did everything within our capabilities. when you shoot at the officers you are shooting at the community, whether it's one of my officers or the people that live here,

this is a live look at the situation going on here in braintree. you can see here fires are out, tow truck brought in there but the back half of through there. we're still working to confirm if there is any word on injuries and it appears at this point there are not injuries and we continue to gather more information and we'll pass it along as soon as we know it. >> anchor: nice and warm right now and overall a warm week ahead, especially tomorrow and even on wednesday. temperatures in the upper 70's to the low 80's. eventually we'll see a couple of showers by the end of the week jet stream this week is going to look like this which is what will promote the above to much above normal temperatures and again some of you have said when is it going become to fall? your time is coming but not in the next couple days. tuesday, 81. wednesday 78. thursday 63. friday at 69. the afternoon high is 61 so the entire week terms are going to be above normal and that also means your morning commutes will feature mild temperatures so summer war , spring wardrobe, ea

up to about a half-hour from the braintree split to the pike. not related to rain or wet conditions. >> shiri: happy to say a complete turn around and clear skies for most of you. 60s out there. 74 to 78 degrees here at 5 p.m. we petition begin with some pretty bright weather. in between, know, i am tracking some clouds and even the potential for sprinkle or two. i will time them owl with >> one of the newest fij tiffs on the most wanted is also the youngest. jaden smith is accused of shooting a man in fall river back in july and now a subject in a shooting in new bedford two weeks ago. smith is maybe of the local gang called the gangster disciples. >> dangerous at a young age. he has no regard for life, and he show it is by his action. argentina gene-o police believe that jaden smith is in the fall river new bedford area and he dangerous. a $1,000 reward relating to his arrest. >>> police seized 18 dogs in a filthy house in pelham, new hampshire. they issued a search warrant. among the dogs a rottweiler mix that recently given birth to eight pu

over to the expressway where things also moving along nicely as you head from the braintree split up to columbia road. here are those live drive times. nine minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. 19 minutes on 93 south. 11 minutes on 128 northbound from university avenue in westwood to the weston tolls. between and sara, back to you. >>> we check in with talking about the weather around here and something else happening. >> sara: yeah, hurricane matthew and you have been updating the charts to see what is happening. >> shiri: nothing but bad news for the caribbean. it will be a tough storm to watch unwind dpeenz gene-o a cat 4? >> shiri: cat 4 and 145-mile-per-hour winds. the 5 a.m. track that doesn't look different than the update we had for you last hour but it has been nudged a little bit further to the west. talking day five, the averager roar is 230 miles. to there is a ton of room for this storm system and a whole lot we are watching. obviously down here jamaica, haiti, cuba, southeastern bahamas in the next two days those will really be the

route 3 moving you head to hingham, weymouth and up to the braintree split. waiting for this stalled car. a breakdown on 24 northbound right before 128 in randolph and seeing residual delays in the stoughton area. shifting slightly north, expressway, slow spots in the braintree split up to columbia road. as you can see here, things slowing down past the gas tank. live drive times. 14 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split. 25 minutes on 24. back to you. >>> all right, now 6:52 this morning. allergy medication epi pen will have a new competitor. pharmaceutical company will be reintroducing in the first half of 2017. the anti-injector was marketing until 2015 and you different company. it was removed from shelves until reports that it released an incorrect dosage. mylan announced they are making a generic epi half of the brand-name cost. no word how much the avicu e will cost. >>> toddler today get their cholesterol and screened for familial hyper cholesterolemia, fh thankfully. it reduces the risk of heart attacks before the age of 40. it they says there anot

also slow along the braintree split. route 3 back to weymouth. 24 stop and go. 95 also slow from sharon up to 128. no problems heading in or out of town on the pike. take a look at those drive times if if you're getting ready to head out the door. 25 minutes braintree to boston on the expressway. 12 minutes enter town on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> sarah: a mbta hits an apartment building in south boston on east 1st street last night. you can see the bus got stuck underneath an awning. no one was hurt. there is no word yet on the cause of the crash. a bus goes up in flames in braintree. video shows smoke pouring from that bus on monday afternoon. it happened right outside the south shore plaza. fire crews raced to the scene to put out the according to the patriot ledger, no passengers were on board at the time. >> a local go fund me page opened to reopen a g.o.p. office that was firebombed in north carolina. the g.o.p. office was destroyed when someone thre

the braintree split. a little bit of stop and go on route 24 through brockton, as well. problem-free in and out of town on the pike. route 2 and 3 no issues. to 495. you're in good shape if you're headed into boston on route 1. take a look at those drive draif if you're headed out the door. 13 to 20 minutes. 12 minutes on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 from the stake um bridge. 11 minutes. the "t" and commuter rail running on schedule. back to you, guys. ism right now police are searching for the man behind a playground scare. it all happened in andover. they say this man exposed himself to children at an then took off. >> christa: this morning parents and students are just on alert about this. let's go to's victoria warren with the latest on the investigation. >> kris: these parents very concerned. >> victoria: andover police promising extra to troals. all this happening at a school here in andover, the st. augustin school. parents told police that their kids reported seeing a man exposing himse s

the braintree split, notice the brake lights here. not helping this is a crash in braintree. let's go to the maps before the braintree split. 128 southbound at exit 6 backing things up there. route 3, 24 and 95 not watching any issues yet this morning. and out of town. routes 2 and 3 looking good. 9 still fine all the way back to 495 this morning and heading into town on route 1. you're in good shape. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. 13 minutes on the expressway, braintree to boston. just 12 minutes enter town on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 13 minutes and the "t" and commuter rail running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> christa: we have the latest now on the investigation into those two boston police officers injured in the line of duty. officials are expected back at the scene today in east boston. they're trying to piece together the moments leading up to those two officers getting shot. and this morning they're still in the hospital. officers richard cintolo is a 27-year veteran of

most of the way to the braintree split. watch out for a crash by mass avenue over on the northbound side you will be jammed heading into the tunnel further back you will be stop and go from the braintree split to neponset circle. we check drive times on the expressway from the o'neill tunnel to the braintree split a 28 minute drive. once you get past the split to route 24 only 9 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: for this week's class act we are meeting a student with several talents. >> anchor: one is music, he blends both to light up the lives of a lot of peel. he is this afternoon's class act with christa delcamp. >>> the sweet medical dose of a viola and the gift of music. is what this week's class act is all about. music as therapy. >>> i thought he was really good. i liked what he did. >>> i think it's great. i love histone. it's beautiful and very skilled. >> reporter: for noah sim ms playing music is only part of his skills. >>> i think it gives them a huge sense of purpose because they are reminded of

up to 13 minutes on the braintree split to the exit to the pike. shiri is keeping an eye on where the raindrops will fall. even fog that may linger out there. >> shiri: fog and 45 in bedford and 55 in boston. we start out here with a little bit of patchy fog. i am watching for drizzle this morning, but the drive home from work, a better bet that the timeline in about ten minutes. >>> more trouble for donald trump. two women have told the new york times the gop nominee inappropriately touched them. the you women say the advances happened years ago but they decided to come forward after the leak of his lewd comments. trump denied the claims calling them politically motivated and is now threatening to sue the paper. in the meantime, the palm beach post is also reporting that a woman said that trump groped her at his florida that allegation his campaign says. a writer stepped forward saying trump assaulted her as well. >>> this week's plane crash in hartford, connecticut appears to be a suicide mission according to local authorities. the man was report

well on 128 approaching the braintree split. north of the pike route 1 jampacked as 93 south and 128 southbound 93. live drive times, 43 minutes on route 1 and on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike and 52 minutes 93 south as you approach the leverett connector. back to you. >> sara: police spend our recreating a deadly accident >> he was riding bike last night when hit and killed by suv. fox25 stephanie coueignoux live at the scene. stephanie, took police about four hours to identify him because the cell phone he had at the scene was locked. >> they thinkfully able to notify the family. i want to let you know in the last few minutes brockton mayor bill carpenter shown here on scene and told me he will be talking with confirm 14-year-old freshman from brockton high school was person struck here on main street and taking look behind me you can see this is right near brockton food mart and there are still some spray paint marks, both in the parking lot here as well as on the road indicating exactly wher

no issues from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. north of the pike, route 1, 93 south are clear. the live drive times. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. single digits on the expressway. almost 20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. back to you. >>> with less than three weeks until the presidential election, hillary clinton and donald trump took to the debate stage one last time. >> sara: last night's debate in las vegas started off more focused on the issue instead of personal attacks and trump made a statement that changed the night and even left some of his supporters speechless. donald trump is refusing to say whether or not he will accept the results of the election if he loses on november 8. take a listen to the exchange with moderator chris wallace. >> i will look at it at the time. i am not looking at anything now. i will look at it at the time >> the loser concedes to the winner and that the country comes together in part for the good of the country. are you saying you are not prep

the expressway, no major slowdowns from the braintree split to columbia road. route 1, 93 south looking good. 23 minutes on the pike. 10 minutes on the expressway. 22 minutes on 93 head down to the zakim bridge. back to you. >>> and we continue to follow that breaking news on 495 in middleborough. five people are dead after two cars collided on the northbound side of the highway. state police tell us one of the cars is driving in the wrong direction. this happened just after midnight. the road was closed until 5:15 this morning. investigators say there was one person in the car driving the wrong way. four people in the other car, again, all five people in this report from middleborough from michael henrich in just about 30 minutes. >>> and also this morning, amesbury police need your help searching for a bank robbery is the they ais armed and dangerous. the man that officers are looking for. they robbed a citizens bank around noon yesterday. no word on how much money he got away with. investigators say if you see this man, do not approach him, just approach poli

heavy, steady volume from the braintree. pike itself showing slower speed eastbound. up to 35 miles per hour. about an hour ago we were at 69 miles per hour. north of the pike, 93 south, this pocket as you approach 128. and then route 1 in saugus seeing heavy volume. 30 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. back to you. >>> happening right now, the ntsb is expected in connecticut to investigate this deadly plane crash that left burning where he isage feet from a minivan. >> officials say this crash may not have been an accident. that plane went down on main street right near a company that makes airplane engines. fox25's jason law is live in east the scene with new details. >> reporter: sara and blair, good morning "the new york times" is reporting that the pilot who survived the crash tell first responders this was not an accident. it is pretty dark and you can see the wreckage of this plane a block from where it is live. it is wrapped behind a telephone pole and you can see what is left. a very active investigation and scene out here

. >> julie: expressway slow going from the braintree split up to columbia road. live drive time, 35 minutes on pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave, 35 minutes on the expressway and hour on 93 south bridge. >> daniel: hurricane swirling over haiti and storm appears to be our way and video into the newsroom from haiti where the storm as you can see made landfall just about an hour ago and hurricane packing intense winds as haiti and cuba and jamaica are in its path. the storm also expected to dump up to 25 inches of rain across parts of the dominican republic and in the last hour i talked with the staff brit orphanage in haiti. staff member told me they were dealing with heavy rain and worst hasn't started. haiti expected to hit over the next several hours and staff member says their emergency plan is in place and they haven't acted essentially personnel to be on the grounds. around 1:00 a.m. this morning facility started receiving phone calls from other staff members saying they did not feel safe where they were so vehicle was additional 40 to 50 people. the staff

no issues from the braintree split to the pike. north of the pike route 1, 93 south are clear. overall things looking very quiet. i don't expect them to pick up closer to 6:30. live drive times 23 minutes on the pike eastbound. single digits on the expressway. 19 minutes on 93 south as you approach the zakim bridge. now back to you. >>> developing news this police are investigating two sexual assaults at one home. >> blair: detectives say it all started when the suspects snuck into the room through a window. catherine parrotta is live on the south end. catherine, details of the story are really chilling. >> reporter: yeah, police say it happen at a home in this area at the intersection of clarendon street and columbus ave. police asked us not to show the exact home. they are investigating a home invasion and a possible sexual assault. according to police, this all happened right around 4:00 yesterday morning. just a intersection that i just point the out clarendon and columbus ave. a man entered the apartment through a back window and sexually assaulted a woman and her roommate

looking at a drive time of 27 minutes from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. >> sarah: grab the jackets. you will need them. sweatshirt, jacket. grab the sunglasses too. although we have some areas of fog, bright sunshine and solar glare an issue on the roadway. temperatures climb into the 70s and short sleeves is what it is going to be. a big change in temperatures this weekend and i will have that coming up in just a few minutes. >>> health scares in schools. student and staff are being checked for symptoms of tuberculosis. the superintendent said recently diagnosed with the disease and they won't say if it was a student or staff member. cleaning crews will be sterilizing two schools to stop the spread of mrsa. three cools have been diagnosed with the staph infection. two attend stanley elementary school and otter to swampscott high. both schools will be open today. they don't think that students were affected at the schools but they are cleaning both just to be safe. earlier this week a break of >>> a soccer team will take to the field for the first time since the entire

we are looking at a 12-minute ride from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. speaking of it being a little dark out there and live shots of the city. that is where shiri joins us. you know, a little bit of a skyline there. >> shiri: kind of hard to see. probably will be hard to see for the next hour. the sun coming up this morning at 6:53. right now temperature in boston at 44 degrees. either way you want to spin it. boston definitely one of the hot spots. suburb starting off in the 30s this morning and i want to you dress for temperatures continuing to drop until about 7:00 this morning. i do have a look at what time you should expect the 40s, the 50s, and even the 60s today. that is about ten minutes away. back to you, guys. >>> if you have food allergies, you will need to check your freezer, turkey hill is recalling these containers of ice cream because they are mislabeled. of dutch chocolate are filled with rocky road that contain eggs and almonds. if you were not allergic to those ingredienting the ice cream is safe to eat. >>> a new risk for anyone deali

split on 128 south, a disabled car on the expressway is causing delays about 30 minutes from braintree into boston, and along the pike, some volume picking up, and 25 minutes, 495 to 128. heading north, 495, a crash southbound, boston road, another on route 3 south by 495, which connector. plus delays on the fitchburg line. emily. >> breaking overnight, one man is dead after a standoff with police at a hotel in new hampshire. it happened at the mari-anne hotel in hatcher it. -- hampton beach. officers evacuated the motel as they tried to negotiate, and they found the man dead at an apparent suicide at 1:30. nobody else was hurt. right now commuters are preparing for major >> and the eyeopener reporter covering all the angles, the impact is open, as open tolling begins and we start with antoinette this morning with what we need to know. >> randy and emily, here we go. it all gets started tonight and as this major project gets underway, this could really be a rough ride for hundreds of thousands of drivers. here's what you need to know. open tolling gets starred tonight at 10:00. that me

. >> every ten minutes on the expressway we are hovering around the 25 minute mark from the braintree split up to the exit for the pike. sarah? >> sarah: temperatures warming into the 70s with sunshine and light wind and coming up hurricane matthew with look at current wind gusts and how much rain they are expected to get down across the southeast. >> gene: hurricane matthew working toward florida with torrential rains and whipping winds and southern coastline and today. >> sara: diane gallagher is live and strong effects expected to get worst this afternoon and what are the conditions like this afternoon. >> you caught me during one of the lulls here and they start kicking up once again which is what we will likely see as matthew gets closer to the jacksonville areas and nine hours hurricane hitting the jacksonville and along the coastline south of us and what we need to expect in port and cape canaveral, talking about 115 miles per hour winds, roughly 300,000 people are without power in florida and that will go up as matthew makes way up the coastline of the east coast. people here

you're talking 20, 25 minutes out of the braintree split into the o'neill tunnel. let's go to the maps farther south. route 3 northbound, brake lights now. almost route 18 up to the split. 93 north back out of randolph heading towards the expressway. 24, brake lights out of avon on up toward the randolph stretch. farther south on 95, you've got that's making for pretty big delays. you'll have to stay to the left for that one. 93 southbound, normal stuff coming through methuen, 495, 128, and here come the delays on route 3 by 129 out of that chelmsford stretch. randy: we're following breaking news in charlestown this morning. erika: sera congi live on the scene of a huge water main break. sera? sera: erika and randy, quite a mess. here's the hole in the ground, the source of this water main break. the intersection of arrow street and washington, you can see the damage that's been done to the road. take a look at the video of the water that flooded arrow street heading down the hill at around 1:15 this morning. the water went down the hill onto the busier main drag,

expressway all the volume concentrated right now as head from the braintree split up to right around morrissey boulevard. 128 northbound still moving along with just moderate delays. similar on the pike eastbound as you approach the weston tolls. north of the pike 93 south a little bit slow through medford approaching somerville and traffic moving over zakim nicely and leverett connector. 45 minutes on pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. half an hour on the expressway, 42 minutes on 128 southbound from peabody to the weston tolls. back to you. >> blair: sun coming up and pretty nice out there this morning. >> sara: so many twitter posts about sunrise. >> shiri: twitter response was amazing this morning. this one comes out and does looks like fire in the sky, looks absolutely stunning out there, thank you so much for all of these tweets love to pass those along and just kind of show you what a beautiful colorful sunrise it was this >> shiri: 63 in boston, 64 in worcester, in the middle we got a lot of upper 60s. overnight we will deal with 40s and little milder overnight and then tomo

you're also slow around the braintree split. we're also watching severe delays on the "t" this morning on the green line b branch. and that's inbound due the an accident near the corner station. back to you, guys. >> christa: danielle, thank you. this morning we're starting to damage done by hurricane matthew. what you're looking at, images from haiti, the island nation getting hit very hard by this powerful system. let's go to 7's nancy chen. nancy? >> nancy: christa, good morning. it's weakening overnight the a category three hurricane. it's still barreling toward the bahamas with winds of 125mph. as you can see, it already has left behind quite the path of destruction. at least 11 deaths have been blamed on the powerful storm so far. as it makes its way across the caribbean. now, at this p the full extent of the damage in haiti because of the extremely difficult travel conditions. a key bridge also washed away there, cutting off villages from much-needed aid as well as communications. now meantime here in the united states, pe

expressway wide anticipate from the braintree split up to columbia road. north of the pike 128 moving along smoothly. no issues on 93 south or route 1. should anything pop up, i will let you know in ten minutes. here are those live drive 21 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >>> coming up on 4:18 this wednesday morning. meteorologist shiri spear joining us. it will be mild and muggy this morning. >> julie: yeah, do you like it? feels like summer out there now. especially if it is a one day thing. >> daniel: get this fly away from me. >> shiri: daniel smells good. the fly can't help itself. >> shiri: conducive to a sticky wake-up sticky wake-up weather and wake-up forecast if you will. starting out the weekend warm and muggy. your hair may not like it now but it will like it by the end of the dpaip cold front coming through not pulling in cooler air but pulling in drier air. by the end of the day dew points are in the 5s. going to feel comfortable. going to feel kind of refreshing. 66 degrees out there right now. there you

we'll check the drive times on the expressway from the o'neil tunnel to the braintree split, a 25 minute drive. past that from the split to route 24, another 14 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: next on 7 news off at boston children's hospital. how he helps cheer patients up requirements ben affleck hoeing how important the red sox are to him. what he did at his movie premier last night when we joe plaia: every three days, someone in new hampshire is killed with a gun. mothers, sons, friends. and yet kelly ayotte continues to play political games instead of making new hampshire safer. when she has the chance to strengthen background checks, she voted no, backing the washington gun lobby instead. then - on a bill to keep suspected terrorists from getting guns, ayotte flip flopped. kelly ayotte's become another typical washington politician narrator: independence usa pac is responsible for the >> announcer: this is 7 news at 4:30. >> ryan: first here at 4:30 a man police say left the copy of the curran in boston called to court. he is facing a fugitive from justice charge. >

things low on the expressway around the braintree split and approaching morrissey boulevard. and brake lights lighting up our live pictures. 38 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 28 minutes on the expressway. but already at 51 minutes because of that accident on 93 south as you head from andover down to the leverett connector. back to you. >>> well, he has caused concern for families and police on the south shore. convicted 30 years into his original 19-year sentence. >> this morning that level -- 190-year sentence. >> sara: this morning that level 3 sex offender is back in custody where the sex offender will answer to a judge. good morning, catherine. >> reporter: good morning. he will be in court for a probation violation hearing at some point today after he was just released from prison earlier this month. meantime, residents in one local neighborhood were fighting to get him off of their streets. take a look richard gardner a convicted level 3 sex offender. he was arrested in violation of a quincy sex offender ordinance that happened on october 8. accor

then you hit the brakes from granite avenue to the braintree split over on thed in side you are moving well as you head into the tunnel. drive times on the weak friday the o'neill tunnel braintree split, a 27 minute drive once you get past the braintree split to route 24, 15 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: all right, it is monday which means it's time for who did it better. every week bri eggers is taking on a celebrity or athlete and have a new challenge. >> anchor: this week a celtics star suits up for diaper duty. so pay attention now because you are going to decide who did it better. >> reporter: we are back for who it better, but i should keep my advice down because today the challenge, el a baby doll used to educate expecting parents, change its diaper and safely secure it in the car seat. who can do it fatter and cuter? are you up for the challenge? >>> i am. >> anchor: let's do it. >> reporter: ashley young a nurse at mass general hospital gave us a quick lesson before we got started. >>> take one corner to the hip and another to the other hip so it's like. >>

slow going from the braintree split up to neponset. pike eastbound a little bit of volume and weston tolls. north of the pike a little sluggish on 128 southbound through route 2 and look at the expressway where i mentioned it will stay jampacked for at least another hour and then sometimes middle of the day for no reason. it is a traffic jam on the expressway. right now here are live drive times, 22 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 37 minutes on 93 peabody to the weston tolls. >> shiri: hurricane warnings in place in read and miami beach to west palm beach and jacksonville beach, if you have friends and family in this need to and have a safe place to go to and lessen -- listen to evacuation and devastation to parts of our eastern coast of florida. tropical storm warning for the keys and central parts of the state and tropical storm watch even for the western coast because still could be shift in track and shift a little bit further inland the entire state is going the see a lot of with this storm. currently pounding bahamas rig

. >> ryan: after a major scandal in the braintree evidence room a new person is taking over. he formally served as the police chief in stouton. the city hired daniel lynnski to create new evidence room policies. russel jenkins admits that scandal and all of the braintree evie revealed gun, drugsed and hundreds of dollars missing. >> kim: talk about the red sox. gearing up for a play-off push. boston headed into the post-season for the first time in two years. a goal up against cleveland. the indians led by terry francona. alex cordri is live at fenway park. alex. >> reporter: they are. just about 30 minutes ago the red sox were here at fenway park in preparation in the post-season after back-to-back last plate finishes. >> there is a beauty in this, in any post-season that you take that's there, is no tomorrow. >> reporter: thursday night the red sox begin their post-season run against terry francona and the indians. >> i life tighto i would play for him for seven years. so i'm close and there is guys over there that you are tight with starts, you got to go out there and compe

the 495. heading into town on route 1, you're in good shape. braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, just ten minutes. an then south of town, route 3, 24 and 95 all looking good. let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. just ten minutes brailt -- braintree toos 12 minutes from 128. the "t" and commuter rail starting the morning on schedule. back to you, guys. >> sarah: be sure the stay with 7news for the latest on the toll changes when we aren't on the air, you can get updates online at whdh.com. >> christa: breaking overnight, a tractor-trailer crashing on 495 north in foxboro. officials say one person was injured. they were taken to rhode island hospital. crews working to get that tractor-trailer removed before the morning commute began. and breaking right now, one person rushed to the hospital after being hit by a car in quincy. this happened at hancock and squanum streets. no word on whether the driver willing facing any charges. the victim suffered life-threatening injuries. >> sarah: a mom and t

speed limit ride from the braintree split to columbia road and very manageable drive times. from route 128 to the tobin. down instead of going up which is what we will do early this morning. 19 minutes on 93 south. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. >>> 4:48 right now. meteorologist shiri spear back with a forecast. did you have to let your car heat up extra this morning? give it extra time? also a little prop, because i had to break these out. >> i think most people will have to break them out this morning, if you are spending any kind of significant time waiting outside for a bus or anything like that because there is a chill in the air. coldest so far boston down to 38 degrees. the current temperature -- until now the coldest was 42. worcester down to 31 and they were still losing heat. in boston, 38 degrees. nice clear skies. no rain expected today. still a little bit breezy. not the same gusts we had the last couple of days but a 15-mile-per-hour breeze will make it feel cooler. wind chill is something we should consider. temperatures sinking into

and taking you to the expressway, we are looking at about a 21-minute ride from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. back to you. >>> police testing the brakes hours-long investigation after a teen riding his bike was hit and killed in brockton. >> gene: the biggest problem was identifying the victim. stephanie coueignoux live on the scene with more on that big challenge. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: gene, so heartbreaking it took four hours before they could identify the teen and contact his family. they tell us they did find his cell phone on the scene on main street near the brockton food mart, but they say that cell phone weren't able to access his contacts to find out who he was. police have not released his name to the public. and there is that question of what exactly led up to that crash. we were here last night as investigators drove that silver su swrashtion involved in the crash and investigators testing the brakes on that suv. around 6:45 last night, a teenaged boy was riding his he was hit and killed by suv. police this morning have not released the victim

no issues from the braintree braintree split to columbia road. things prototype green on our map route 1 and 93 south without problems. here is, you live drive times. 23 minutes on the pike single digits on the expressway. 18 minutes on 93 south as you approach the zakim bridge. back to you. >>> riders on the a wrong line are hoping for a calmer commute. one day after passengers broke windows and jumped out of a car filled with smoke. >> now the scare had many asking why the driver kept the doors shut. fox25's catherine parrotta live at the back bay station this morning and catherine, the t says they are trying to get people from getting hurt. >> reporter: they say that passenger safety is their top morning commute is about to begin on the orange line and the investigation continues into what went wrong causing that panic-filled scene yesterday. take a look at this cell phone video and it is all captured right there. inside one of the orange line trains as it was starting to leave back bay station just before 5:00. a busy time on that train. passe

the maps. mostly green there. good news. braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, still just ten minutes. south of town, no issues around the braintree split. route 3, 24, 95 all looking good. problem-free heading in and out of town on the pike. route 2 and 3 looking good, as well. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. ten m pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 11 minutes. the "t" and commuter rail running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> christa: the candidates definitely getting personal with now 19 days to go until voters head to the polls. donald trump, hillary clinton trading insults in the final debate before election day. trump continued his claim of a rigged election. >> sarah: and clinton says russian president vladimir putin is helping trump because putin wants a puppet in the white house. debate in las vegas. >> dan: the third and final debate providing plenty of highlights. the candidates' experience once again a point of contention. >> the one thing you

other slow spot the expressway from the braintree split up to right around columbia road. here are those live drive times, remember we were at 70 minutes reasonable. 36 minutes on 93 south from the cloverleaf to the leverett connector. and now things are slow on 128 southbound, so that's why we check these every ten minutes because they change so quickly changing on conditions on the roads back to you. >> jason: tuesday damp in spots. we will need the umbrella, we will need to wipe the windshield wipers here and there, none of the rain is lasting long, we are getting spotty showers coming ashore, patchy drizzle too and seen this falling apart at 495 couple crossed i-95 and 128, newton, over toward sudbury, a little bit of rain and don't forget the south shore and showers coming ashore here as well, so around scituate and batch of rain off the marshfield coast and band actually birds taking off here at sunrise, not radar returns from the rain. check out these numbers though in the 50s, most locations we are only going to warm up about five? from where we stand right now. we

new accident on route 3 near route 18 as you make your way northbound up to the braintree split. north of the pike. pike itself moving along fine. volume or at least heavy speeds around 10 miles per hour which is pretty low. eastbound after the ted williams tunnel. north of the pike, things look good on route 1 and 93 south. live drive time. 4 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 18 minutes on the expressway. 13 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. back to you. >>> tom brady is back as of six hours ago it became official. deflategate suspension ended to buffalo and focusing on cleveland. live at gillette where brady is all the buzz. good morning, jess. >> good morning, gene. well, right now no word whether tom brady is here at gillette stadium. as of midnight he was finally allowed after the four-game suspension and after yesterday's brutal loss to the bills here at home, this can't come any sooner for the patriots. video we want to show you. tom brady live in brookline. see him with two guys on the field doing some sort of workout. as the patr

things nice and quiet from the braintree split up to columbia road. no issues on 128 north and southbound. 93 south and route 1 are clear. 12 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 23 minutes on 93 south. 23 minutes on 128 southbound from peabody to the weston tolls. >>> 4:17 right now. meteorologist shiri spear joining us. nice while it lasted. officially gone now? >> shiri: sum another longer in the air, people. still clear. and keep in mind it will be a lot cooler than it was yesterday. here are my headlines for today. sunny and seasonable start to the morning which means waking up to 40s. waking up to a couple of 50s right now. mostly dry. the shower threat is coming to town pretty late and the heaviest rain of the forecast actually occurring here on friday night. i don't want to you think tomorrow is a complete washout, because during showers will be pretty widely scattered. i think you will get plenty of pauses in your friday morning. 56 degrees right now in boston. 42 in norwood. go to worcester at 53 degrees starting out nice and clear this

over to the pike, typical delays from the braintree split up to morrissey boulevard. here are live drive times, break this down, 495 to the weston tolls. that includes the area with the accident i just pointed out. 21 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. half hour on the expressway. back to you. >> sara: david ortiz saying one last good-bye to the fenway faithful. >> see it all there number 34 as he wrapped up the career in major league baseball. jessica reyes live this morning at fenway. jess, things pretty emotional there as we saw in the video. >> walks out to the mound to say nation. >> jessica: saluted the fans lifting cap and signaled to the end of an era for the red sox. this as cleveland indians swept the sox moving on with four-three win. this is not the way anyone hoped to see big papi go out but he was able to say good-bye here at fenway. >> tonight when i walk i realize it was going to over. we have the best fans. out it be the very last time. obviously was a pretty disappointing way to end the season for fans here and hear from them co

no issues from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. live drive times. 24 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. single digits on the 20 minutes on 93 south from andover down to the zakim. back to you. >>> we are following breaking news this morning from bourne, several people are forced out into the cold when their apartment building goes up in flames. >> sara: this morning the big question is what started this fire. stephanie coueignoux is live in bourne with the tough battle for fire fighters, stephanie. >> reporter: yeah, as you can probably see and hear, flames. luckily we can let you know nobody was hurt in all of this. taking a look behind me police have kept news just a bit of a difference away from fire fighters are still on scene which is further down sandwich road right here. i do want to show you some video from earlier this morning. this is a closer look at exactly what happened, and in this video, you can see the flames there surrounding one of the chimneys. now it does appear that the flames are coming fro

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route 1 opened up and slow going and opened up into somerville, south of pike to the braintree split as you could see past freeport street and up to columbia road. here are live drive times, about 34 minute ride on the expressway, an hour on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. news now in boston. they have arrested man in connection to violent home invasion and sexual assault. fox25 catherine parrotta is live in clarendon street. we have just learned more information about the suspect. >> catherine: we know his name. ronald brown, 52 years old from boston according to police and know where and when he was arrested and arrested around 2:30 this morning right in the south end which is also where the crimes happened as well according to police and suspect we are told will be happen at least not until late morning, perhaps even after that. what we know about this incident is this. according to police it happened around 4:00 yesterday morning in the south end. it was in a residence near the intersection of clarendon street and columbus ave. police say man entered the apartment thr

just 12 minutes on the expressway. braintree to boston, 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, still just 11 minutes some no delays on the roads. the "t" and c running on schedule. back to you, guys. ism right now commuters are boarding planes after a scare on the orange line tracks. passengers forced to kick out windows and smoke starts to pour into the train. this morning city leaders are demanding answers. >> christa: they want a full investigation into what happened. let's go to 7's john cuoco. john, apparently these doors didn't even open here. >> john: christa, that's right. some of the cars weren't fully up against the platform. that's why doors didn't open. as you mention, some city leaders now demanding some answers overnight. it was chaos on the orange line at back bay station in boston with passengers climbing out of the train as smoke filled the station during wednesday afternoon's commute. a combination of two fires. when the doors wouldn't open, one woman used a knife to

you will be jammed from the o'neill tunnel down past south bay then down to the braintree split over on the northbound side you will be really heavy as you approach the tunnel. we'll check the drive time on the expressway from the o'neill tunnel to the braintree split. a 28 minute drive. i'm malt mat fitzgerald, 7 news> rating success. >>> my microphone is broken. she broke it with obama. she and oh bam grey stole my microphone to kenya and they broke it and now it's broken. >> anchor: it earned the show's best rating in years. season 42 began with this skit poking fun at last week's presidential debate. >> anchor: still on 7 this evening, get ready to travel back in time. attempts to recreate some of the attempts to recreate some of the biggest moments c'mon in, pop pop! attemptshappy birthday!me of the biggest moments i survived a heart attack. i'm doing all i can to keep from having another one. and i'm taking brilinta. for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin. no more than one hundred milligrams as it affects how well it works. br

they will wrap things up as we head into the 5:00 hour. braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, just ten minutes. a lot of green south of town. no issues on route route 3. problem-free heading in and out of town on the pike this morning. and route 2 and 3 looking good. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. ten minutes braintree to boston northbound on the expressway. just 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, just 11 minutes. no delays on the roads. the "t" and commuter rail starting the morning on schedule. back to you, guys. >> christa: danielle, thank you. let's begin with breaking news from overseas. has now started. the country's prime minister announcing troops have begun attacks in mosul, and they're starting with heavy air strikes. the city is isis's last major stronghold in iraq, and a million civilians still remain there. the u.s. is providing air strikes and artillery. we'll keep you posted on this story. >> sarah: happening today,

heaviest route 18 into the braintree split. 13 minutes up to braintree. towards the expressway. heaviest slowdowns at the brockton stretch. no troubles on the mass pike. 495 into the tunnel. >> a disturbing sight for kids at recess. >> the upsetting moment that has police looking for a man in andover. a stranger picks up a baby. what mom says stopped the situation from getting even scarier. looking live over the city this >> gorgeous. no fog in sight. >> it's going to be a beautiful day. already 68 degrees in our imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. ck in failing school districts, question 2 will let parents choose something better and give all our kids hope. hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be.

we are seeing the discoloration on the map from the braintree split to columbia road. north of the pike, things slowing down just slightly on 93 south as you approach route 16. live drive times. 25 minutes on the pike eastbound. 32 minutes on the expressway as you approach the exit to the pike. back to you. >>> breaking this morning, a 16-year-old wanted for murder has been captured overnight. fox25 reported last week that jayden smith was the youngest person after on massachusetts most wanted list. the teenager was captured in fall river accused of gunning down a man in fall river back in july and police tell us he smith is due in court this morning. >>> a somber fog on friends and family of three men killed in a wrong-way crash. michael henrich is live in middleborough. last night friends and family came out to remember those young men. >> reporter: they did. they lit candles and released white balloons. they mourned together in the wake of the loss of four men lives taken so very quickly. >> reporter: mourners lit candles, released white balloons, and cried together

our drive time still manageable. 13 minutes from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. if you get in your cars you are cranking up that seat heater because it is really chilly out there. >> maybe taking that warm drink, warm coffee and grab a mug. the bug stop forecast will involve clear skies andha morning. right now we have upper 30s in a lot of the burbs. boston getting started in the 40s. most of are you not. 35 degrees at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 34 degrees. i will show you what time things start to warm up and a meager warm-up on the way in less than 10. >>> apple could be on the verge of unveiling its next laptop. several reports that the new mac book pro will launch thursday. it is expected to start at scanner and a toolbox there is news that it is getting rid of its b port. it comes after apple eliminated the headphone jack. >>> rei stores will be closed on black friday. line shoppers can add things to their cart but orders will not be processed. they will pay employees for the day off. and rei said last year, friday off in more than 20 years. rei has stores in boston,

right as head to the braintree split and approach the expressway. so right now expressway north and southbound problematic. 128 southbound slow going approaching 93 and then through lexington. live drive times, 43 minutes on pike eastbound from 495 to the mass ave. 50 minutes on the expressway a little bit slower than usual and hour on 93 south from andover down to i will have another update in just ten minutes. >> sara: two officers took several bullets and dragged from the scene. >> gene: they are in critical condition after getting rushed into surgery overnight. jason law live outside mass general hospital. jason, the mayor gave us an update during the fox25 news at >> jason: they are still in critical condition this morning and continue to ask for prayers for two officers. those officers were rushed to mass general behind us shortly after they were injured in the shooting. we know that several officers helped pull the two injured comrades to safety. in fact, one of them actually had to make a tourniquet to stop the bleeding from one of the offic