her dad loved it but we digress. >> saturday, december 10th at the weston boston waterfront, amazing show. huge, best celebration and most anticipated gala. >> i know you're dying to get this out, the information one more time because you're very excited about this year's headliner, i'll let you do the news. who is headliner. >> the legendary latin jazz artist, a contemporary and american icon in latin-jazz world, 10-time grammy award winner coming to celebrate his eighth birthday with us and we're so honorred to have him. >> that's awesome. >> the food. >> you and i. >> so we're going to have typical latino foodism it is a great opportunity party with your friends, but you are rejoicing with something in mind. the benefit of it is a fund-raiser, it is a great party i also a fund-raiser. so the benefit is for our youth. we're extremely passionate about the youth in boston and in the specifically is for this area. they say a photo is worth a thousand words. let's put up cool photos from last year i was able to dig out. who is this? >> she is bethe commissioner for the services in worce

the eastbound side of the pike is moving well from weston tolls to downtown boston. we'll check the drive west from downtown boston to weston tolls. a 22 minute drive and from the weston tolls to 495, 34 minutes. a matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: the husband in utah fighting to keep his during child birth. >> anchor: now the internet is helping this first time father once again hear her voice. it's never easy for first time parents raising a newborn. >>> are you hungry? >> reporter: doing it all on your own, even harder. >>> your mama loves you, your grandmas love you. >> reporter: jared decker only knows what it is like to take losing his wife in child birth. the couple was expecting their first baby after nine years of marriage, but after an emergency c section his wife died in the hospital. >>> didn't feel like home without shari. my home has been wherever shari was and she wasn't there. >> reporter: the new father is doing everything see can to keep his wife's memory alive. >>> anything that has her voice whether it's music and recordings or writings, her jour

the eastbound side of the pike is of mo well from weston to downtown boston. we'll check the drive times on pike from downtown boston to route 128 in weston. a 27 minute drive in from route 128 to 495, 36 minutes. a matt fitzgerald, 7 news. fly zones in the orlando and anaheim parks. the faa issued a waiver allowing drones to be flown during the day and at night. while the waiver is good for four years it can be canceled at any time. did us knee said it wants to fly drones for interstatement purposes. >> anchor: ahead on 7 news, the is back tonight and a local girl needs your vote. needs your vote. details when we come back.at's ? you're paying high interest rates on college loans. ayotte voted against letting you refinance at lower rates. and you're paying higher bank fees while ayotte voted for special breaks to wall street executives. kelly ayotte. she's siding with corporate special interests and that's costing you. she's not working for new hampshire. kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. throwing millions in false, negative ads

the tolls in weston. the eastbound side of the pike is moving from well from weston into downtown boston. we check the ride on the mass pike west to route 128 in weston. from route 128 to 495, looking at a 27-minute drive. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >>> pats fans, welcome to we're on week 10. we get to talk some sports now. it's a full week of politics. i hope you voted. >> i voted, yes. >> good to know. let's talk about the patriots back on the field taking on seattle seahawks. so this could be a tough one here. >> maybe a little too emphatic there. just excite. we have super bowl xlix rematch. the big match-up in that game, the passing offense against the seahawks. richard sherman is a defensive back that can take a field. it will be interesting. maybe a combination of rob gronkowski. chris hogan could have a big game. hogan is a lot like woods. >> malcolm butler intercepting that pass in the end zone. do you think there's revenge this weekend? >> maybe for russell wilson, the quarterback for the seahawks. nobody's life has changed more since super bowl xlix than malcolm butler. russel

the eastbound side is moving wel now from weston into downtown boston. we'll take a look at at the drie times from downtown boston to te western tolls. 29 minutes and from the weston tolls, 20 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7news. >> a crazy crash caught on camea truck in texas. >> plus a car goes up in flames. what the driver he says he was trying to avoid before slamming into a tree in lester. >> ahead at 5:00. let the celebrations begin at a world series win more than a century in the making. chicago cubs heading home heroes after a fight to the bitter end. joanne: she's not fooling me. britt: kelly ayotte sides with the special interests. vivian: now, she's even playing politic games with medicare. vo: kelly ayotte voted to cut medicare and cost seniors up to $1,700 more for prescriptions... while protecting tax breaks for the wall street banks and big oil companies that fund her campaign. fred: kelly ayotte sold us out. britt: with kelly ayotte, it's all politics. joanne: she's not looking out for new hampshire anymore. vo: senate majority pac is resp

moving on the pike west, you'll be stop and go from after allston, brighton, newton corner and slow again up to weston, then the eastbound pike is moving well from weston all the way to downtown boston. and from 128 to 49519 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7news. >> still ahead here, outrage over a dessert, why a total chocoholics. >> and what this baker is saying ? tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto?- a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto?. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto? with an ace inhibitor or or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto?. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. tomorrow, i'm gonna step out with my favorite girl. about entresto?. and help make the gift of

boston out to 495. the eastbound side of the pike is of mo well from 128 in weston into downtown boston. the leverett connector is of moving well this both directions so the is zakim bridge on the southbound side wide open from assembly care to the o'neil tunnel. the northbound side is also okay from the tunnel up through medford. a bit slow going on the expressway northbound. we had a three car crash right there at the freeport street exit in the left lane. that just cleared, however damage is done. you will be heavy from granite avenue up to freeport street then slow again toward the the southbound side is moving well there further back heavy from the tunnel to the south bay shopping center. we'll look at the braintree split to the o'neill tunnel that. will be an 18 minute drive from the tunnel to the split that's only 13 minutes and the 95, 24, route 3 all looking good. matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: aretha franklin belting out an unforgettable national anthem. >> anchor: she delivered a record setting performance before the thanksgiving day nfl game between the vikings and and it

>> tough going, high above the pike at the former weston toll that is crawling. jammed back in boston from the pru tunnel most of the way out to worcester. almost an hour and a half drive out to worcester. eastbound backs up after 128 weston to newton corner. route 1 north is at a crawl in saugus. delays go most of the way up to lynnfield. southbound moving okay through saugus and across the tobin bridge. southbound, you will be jammed from mystic avenue into the southbound tunnel. northbound side is at a crawl up to 128 in woburn. we will check the drive times on 93 north from the zakim to 128. a 33-minute drive and from 128 to river road in andover, another 33 minutes. >> ryan: researchers revealing new findings about the >> jadiann: the study followed 13 billionian babies. 11 of the babies appeared normal at birth but months later researchers found their heads were slowing at abnormal rates. >> ryan: if you are planning to have grave youy -- gravy with the thanksgiving dinner you might want to reconsider. the label fails to mention and soy. heinz released a statement saying we apol

30 past 495 on the eastbound side moving well there further back it will be tough from 128 in weston out through newton corner. we'll look at the drive times on the pike from downtown boston to 128 in weston. 54 minutes. i'm mat pat fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: in "healthcast" today a new report says many americans show up to work even when they are under the weather. >> anchor: which experts say proves that some of us have a lot to learn when it come to so-called sick etiquette. germs are easily spread and they are everywhere. it's important to keep them to yourself. >> reporter: when you cough or sneeze you cough into the left shoulder or left arm, the crook of that arm and when you believe your nose you blow your nose, throw away the tissue immediately and sanitize. >>> experts say those who can should consider working from home if you have a job where you can do that, when they are stic. >> anchor: only would notice if you were working from home. bring a calm are to your living room staying fit can be dangerous work. more than million americans a year are hurt during recreational sports or exercise. about one-third of incidents happened at a playground or athletic f

the braintree split up into boston. live drive times. 13 minutes on route 1. 20 minutes on 93 south. 22 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >> daniel: chants of "not my president" from thousands on boston common. new york city people protesting the streets. crowd completely filling union square as you see. >> julie: in philadelphia, displeasure of the presidential election. those protests are among many that took place in towns from coast to coast. >> daniel: ted daniel at the gathering in boston. 4,000 people showed up to show a message anti-establishment and also anti-trump. >> reporter: the boston common, common ground for a large group of anti-trump protesters. [chanting] >> reporter: some voted for clinton, others for green party voting because she didn't like any of the candidates. >> all of the people dissatisfied need to come together and express their opinion and the only thing that is going to fix anything. [chanting] >> not my president! >> reporter: the chants and signs addressing a wide range of issues and causes, socialism, black lives matter, climate change, income equality, imgrgrants and under the

the weston tolls. >>> breaking this morning in boston where police are searching right now for a car and driver that sent four police officers to the the scene in dorchester this morning, and jess, this all started with a report of someone with a gun. >>reporter: it did. police were called here around 12:30 this morning for a report of a person in a car with a gun. at this intersection right here. columbia road at 12:30 this morning. instead of getting out of the car when police pulled it over. police say instead hit the gas dragging two officers and just missing two others. big response here right after this happened. all four officers were taken to the hospital to be treated, but thankfully we know that we are expected to be okay. this all happened in a matter of seconds to the driver did end up getting away and taking off down columbia road. the only description police have at this point is it is a -- they say they believe the car he is driving is either a gray or silver car, possibly with connecticut plates. so, of course, we speak, the search is under way for this person but in the meantime, pol

. >> on i-97 90 eastbound into the city of boston, from route nine to weston at 8 a.m. this morning, that was a 27 minute trip. last tuesday, before the process, the same trip was 36 and a half minutes. j.c.: the demolition is scheduled to be completed by november 22. police have identified the woman shot and killed saturday of 152 washington street where , they found 36-year-old benine timothee of dorchester suffering from a gunshot wound. she was taken to a local hospital where she died. a second victim, a male in his teens, was treated for a non-life threatening injury. boston police are asking anyone with information to call them. we're learning new details in this weekend's deadly past decade. coleman who suffers from paranoia and schizophrenia was shot and killed by police overnight sunday. they say he pulled a knife on emergency crews who were responding to a call from his mother. the globe reports of those 12 calls, four were related to coleman. some included reports he had threatened to harm himself with a knife. coleman's mother tells the globe he was not armed

boston. we'll take a look at the drive times on the pike from downtown boston to route 128 in weston. a 28 minute drive and from 128 to 495 only 26 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> anchor: turning now to"healthcast." women are concerned about what the reason densely of donald trump will mean for their access to birth control. >> anchor: now they have taken to social media to discuss their options. president-elect trump promised to repeal the affordable care act throughout his campaign without mandates women may have to pay t birth control. in september trump said he is not in favor of requiring a prescription to purchase birth control. >> anchor: new research suggests awareness of food allergies may decrease as soon as students reach college. most universities don't have systems in place to protect students with food allergies in dorms and at social events at school there. teachers and young adults are often at risk to severe allergic reaction because they are less likely to carry epipens with them at all times. >> anchor: children without asthma. researchers analyzed the medic

the weston tolls. >>> we are following breaking news in boston. a state police cruiser has been involved in a crash on com ave near berkeley. our photographer on the scene said the cruiser only had minor damage but the cruiser took out a light box and there is intersection. we are learning more about the car that hit the cruiser and whether anyone was badly injured. >>> no answers in brockton of how the mayor is spending taxpayer dollars. mayor carpenter never showed up for a city council meeting. leaders were hoping we come documents in hand to explain why he used college money to pay for a college language class. they want to know what happened to an expensive slab of granite. the granite was the wrong color the city paid for the new piece and the first one has disappeared. >> who signed for the granite, where was it stored, why was it so hard to locate, where is it? who knows what about the granite? >> daniel: not the first time the mayor was criticized. in june of 2015, his license was suspended for failure to pay state taxes and he face questi

then again before 128 out past the weston state police barracks, eastbound side is moving well now from weston to downtown boston. expressway isn't much better, crossing out of the tunnel down on the northbound side, passing over to the circumstance and he will moving well approaching the tunnel. drive times on the expressway from the owe neal tunnel to the braintree split, a 21 minute drive. from the split to route 24, only seven minutes. >> emergency room is probably the worst place you can imagine spending vacation time, right? >> and a quarter of vacations new research shows family therapy can help young people with emotional and behavioral problems. medications are often used to treat the 10% of preschoolers with adhd, anxiety or other behavioral disorders but now the american academy of pediatrics says that therapies that teach parents and children how to manage the kids' symptoms are best to use first before going to prescription medications. what a native has to say about okay, google, show me korean restaurants in boulder. (google assistant) i found a few places. (vo) the new pixel, phone by google. exc

take a look at the drive times from downtown boston to route 128 weston. that is a 44 minute drive and from 128 to 495, almost an hour. over on the leverett connector jammed boat directions. not much better on the zakim. northbound side jammed right 128 in reading. the southbound side, delays back near mystic avenue in medford. the expressway is a mess from the o'neil tunnel most of the way down to the split. the northbound side is jammed approaching the funnel. further back you will be on the brakes up past neponset circle. >> jadiann: who did it better in this week's challenge, brie and chris lambson took out the trash in plymouth. >> ryan: it was a against jadiann the goal was to empty several bins -- brie finished 3:50 but it's up to voters that decide bri won another victory for our bri. see if this luck can continue on next week when bri will take and see who has the best hands in the kitchen. they're going to serve up what customers order. >> jadiann: next here on 7 chair is hit with a stun gun by police in texas. >> ryan: crazy chase. cruiser nearly

boston, already into the upper 30's. on the north shore, salisbury newburyport, 36. chilly right now. just to the west of boston along the pike, just outside 95 or 128, there's weston and whalen, both into the 30's, marlboro, 39, medfield, 39 degrees right now. south shore, getting some 30's here as well. even south of boston, norton, sharon, walpole, product ever brockton, hanson, hanover in the upper 30's. dropping fairly quickly this evening after only getting in the upper 40's in some towns today. cod, where you had a lot of clouds around earlier today on the back edge of that storm system that was spinning around out in the ocean. this is the only problem across-the country. typically, i don't show you a big wide map. since it's election day tomorrow, i want you to see what's going on all over the place and if you're wondering whether the weather will play a part in the election, it shouldn't. we don't have a severe weather outbreak to contend with. there will be showers in the middle of the country, with the showers through the midwest and thunderstorms in the gulf of mexico, coming on to the shoreline there, so that's where the thunderstorms could keep peopl

leaving the city you will be state police barack action, eastbound side of the pike moving well from weston to downtown boston and we check drive times from downtown boston to 128 in weston, a 33 minute drive and from 12820495 only 23 minutes. i'm matt fits , 7 news. >> anchor: all right. rush hour at a restaurant comes along with a high risk of a meal mixup. i'm off my game today. if the kitchen staff sends out the wrong order, i have been there, you have food service at some point, you have to fix it, right. you have to make sure the right food gets to the right table. >> anchor: we head to burton's grill in hingham to see who is better at blocking the food fumbles. pay attention because you will decide who did it better. >> reporter: this week's calling on who can it better i'm with patriots legend troy brown. this is so exciting at burton's. it looks like we're getting in the kitchen. >>> we're get in there and mix it up and ito take you down >> reporter: our challenge, once the kitchen puts out prepared dishes we have to check the ticket to see if what is about to be served matches the customer's order.

on the pike westbound from downtown boston to 128 weston that is a 43 minute drive there. 128 to 495 almost an hour and then from 495 to 84 in sturbridge only a 47 minute go to 128 south. that is jammed from had and 225 most of the way down to 95 in canton looking at a 70 minute drive. 128 north from the mass pike to route 1 that is a 63 minute drive. 93 to 128 looking at a 33 minute drive and the expressway south crawling from the o'neil down to the braintree split. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7 news. >> adam: let's talk about the weather now. and another colday the wind whipping once again. although let's be optimistic and say not as winds i as it was yesterday. at least i didn't think so. >> kim: i agree. everybody wants to know what the holiday is going to look like. we've families travelling. we've football gages here is j.r. >> reporter: it's dry. thankfully, it's cold. it's still windy although as adam alluded to not as windy as yesterday. low pressure up across suthern canada still there and. i wheeling about are the chunks of cold air. tomorrow. if tomorrow is your travel day it is

into the city of boston from route nine to weston at 8:00 a.m. this morning that was a 27 minute trip. last tuesday before we started this process that same trip on that same stretch of road at the same time was 36.5 minutes. erika: the demolition work is scheduled to be complete by november 22. emily: election day now just one week away and hillary clinton in a new national tracking poll out this morning. this washington post poll shows trump rarely edging clinton 46 to 45%. erika: as the fbi reviews new e-mails blowing to one of clinton's close states the democrats try to make up lost ground while the republicans look to jump on this new momentum. maggie rulli has the latest. maggie: both hillary clinton and donald tru here. >> thank you huma. thank you to anthony weiner. maggie: the e-mails on weiner's computer could be related to the ongoing investigation into clans private e-mail server or they could be irrelevant. on the trail with the democratic campaigning in the battleground state of florida as this race tightens. the latest abc news was

the weston tolls. finally under an hour. but not by much. 55 minutes. shiri? >> shiri: i got mostly cloudy skies in boston and should stay dry the next several hours. right now 53? by 9:00 a.m. 56 and 10:00 a.m. temperatures in the upper 50s here. of showers and impact it will have on the evening commute when i'm back in ten. >> sara: learning a lot more about the man police say shot and killed two of their own. coming up next after the break. the confrontation that he had a few weeks ago that could have led to the deadly shooting. as we kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. e that plays dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying jobs, to protect social security and medicare... ...and help families pay for college... i approved this message because no matter what they're throwing at me... massachusetts has many great public schools, great public schools. but some kids aren't so lucky. where they live, they don't go to a great school, and they have no c

farther west on the pike, weston tolls at 495 -- we did have an accident on the northbound side of 495 for main street to boston road. that is why we have close to a 50-and -- 50-minute drive. that's a look at first alert traffic. >> just a reminder you could be starting tonight, 128 in need and will be shut down. from 8 p.m. until saturday afternoon, northbound drivers will be taking exit 19a. this continues through tomorrow >> you are watching newscenter 5 at 5:30. jc: as the race for the white house winds down our partners at politifact are taking a look at some of the more misleading claims that were made during the the fbi investigation into classified material on her private email server. here's the comment she made to fox news channel followed by politifact's rating. ms. clinton: comey said my answers were truthful, and what i've said is consistent with what i have told the american people. >> she is saying that comey defended her answers is truthful. that is not what he said. he said her private e-mail set up was careless. she should have been using the governmental system. specifically did not endorse

the weston tolls, not much, lane shifts still in affect. but you'll back up a bit around newton corner and clear further north. and from weston moving well into downtown boston. not so much on the expressway, jammed south heading out of the city this afternoon. you'll be heavy right out of the o'neill tunnel down past the shopping center and on the brakes from granite ave off to thera heading into the tunnel. route 1 north is running slow through saugus, running heavy on saugus treat up past lynn feld's parkway. moving well through saugus across the tobin bridge all the way into downtown boston. we check the ride time from the tobin bridge into saugus, a 13 minute drive. and from essex street to saugus and 94 north, 12 minutes. i'm matt fitzgerald, 7news. it's not even thanksgiving but it's not even thanksgiving but we'l massachusetts has many great public schools, and we took it for granted that our kids would go to great public schools. but some kids aren't so lucky. where they live, they don't go to a great school, and they have no choice. imagine if your kids were trapped in a failing school. public charter schools give parents a choice and are a pathway

boston and a mild start this morning at 54 degrees. however, we track some showers today. as well, as this one batch in marlborough, wayland, natick, heading right down the pike through the weston tolls and eventually in the city of boston in the next 20 or 30 minutes. this batch of rain will work into new england throughout the day, especially around mid-day. the most consistent rain, new hampshire, vermont, up into maine, although northern mass, we'll see the most showers around mid-day and even near the mass pike and points south, a passing shower once in a while into this afternoon. big range in temperatures today from the mid to upper 60s south of mid-50s across southern new hampshire. more on the forecast ahead. >> kris: all right. we're past the 6:00 hour. let's get a check of fast track traffic. danielle, how are things looking? >> danielle: not too bad, kris. here's a look at the expressway. let's go to the maps. 16 minutes from braintree to boston. certainly could be worse out there. south of town, route 3 and 95 looking pretty good. 24 now stop and go back to brockton. the pike, though, heading into town, no issues all the way back the framingham this morning. route

at the end of the month, the army had control of more inside boston and had captured more weapons. but the patriots had hidden four small cannons. two were in weston's on pleasant street. according to william toured, the other two lay in a stable somewhere on the south side of queens street in the center of boston. now, later that month, the two sides shifted their attention to cannons because they could arm ships in time the of war. some hardware merchants had guns on sale in their shops. both carrying iron cannon out of town. that cargo was seized by the royal navy. at the end of the month, a big confrontation over joseph scott and the royal artillery carried away all of his goods. he went in hiding from the mob who thought he should have resisted more. in fact, september 1774 was a very busy start to the arms race in boston. this calendar lists all the major military development in and around town. the blue stars indicate where the provincial resistance gained control of cannon and the red is where the royal military did. the next month, so we are already in military preparations here. but the next month the political side caught up. in early oct

so big city moms, they always are full of great advice, the event is in boston, a big event coming up. it's december 8, the weston waterfront, and i will be oa parenting panel,o yeah, so plse join us. go to our webte for the all. >> great advice. one of the hardest hits at yesterday's vikings' game was by accident. the hit that no one saw coming. it's in eyepoppers, and then new at 6:30 a search for the peoe whose car plowed into this northborough home. why police say that they were driving wildly before the impact. and incidents like this, intimidating moment leading to an anti-hate rally at the state house and the attorney general says that this harassment is only theip ofhe iceberg. the trole se. and this buyer -- fire caused by a toy, getting pulled off the store shelves right before the holiday. >> and breaking news. we're watching a crash on route 2 right over by 128. we have this crash here with at least several cars involved, and at least one lane is shut down. be silent. be near. be far. be joyful. be together. celebrate joy with dunkin's holiday-flavored coffees, esprsos, and donuts. dunkin's sweet blac

the ultimate limited edition bed. hurry, ends soon! learn more at sleepnumber.com >> julie: boston extra volume starts today. fox25 michael henrich is live outside with where the weston tolls used to reside. michael, hoping the lack of toll booths will actually pick up the pace and get out of town >> michael: really anybody's guess at this point and 1 hand it might speed things along not having the toll booths in weston and throughout the mass pike any more. the other side of that coin though is that fewer lanes are passable as a result because the rest of the construction is still underway and these construction sites remain. so 950,000 drivers in massachusetts according to aaa will be part of guinea pigs to find out whether this will help next few days. google maps has some news you can use for us. best days to leave and come back on vacation this week. unfortunately the best day to leave was this past sunday according to google. the next best day to leave for thanksgiving plans is on thanksgiving itself. today and tomorrow are going to be heavily, heavily traveled. that's why we are out here this morning. google maps says the worst day to leave tomorrow is 3:00 p.

boston right now. the wind advisory is still in play. you saw that tree down in weston. the wind advisory goes until 6:00 for much of the area until 10:00 for southeastern massachusetts and you know we got to talk about wind chills when it is like that. so we are tracking the next storm system already and looks to bring at least some rain, potentially some snow as well for thanksgiving. timeline on that what we are looking at just ahead. >> blair: we will see you shortly. >>> a live look at traffic on the zakim bridge. traffic is expected to be very heavy tomorrow at this time. looks pretty heavy now. traffic reporter julie grauert will be tracking issues all morning tomorrow and back with us tomorrow night at 4, 5 and 6:00 monitoring the traffic the busiest airports will not be affecting thanksgiving travel after all. hundreds of workers at chicago o'hare international airport announced they will strike next tuesday after the holiday rush. part of the nationwide day of protest by the movement fight for 15. that group wants the federal minimum wage of $15 an hour. >> for

just flying in sky fox from the allston-brighton toll area to where we are here over weston and you're taking a look now at those eastbound lanes going back that way toward boston, we are seeing that slowdown that you might expect on the pike. it remains to be seen how much of a roll the tolls are actually playing with that the slowdown today verses a sheer volume of cars that seem to be returning to normal routine on t fingers crossed there were no major incidents on the roadways because that's with the toll situation over in allston-brighton and to get you a better feel how that is going. we will go back over the area for the next live report in a few minutes. for the greater traffic picture, let's once again send back into the studio. catherine parrotta has live drive time traffic. catherine, how is it looking overall. >> catherine: map slow, jammed up medford and somerville, through quincy milton north and jammed up route 1 all the way from lynnfield to saugus and again as michael pointed out, slow in pockets on the pike and 128 not looking too too bad, slow in the usual spot. wanted to tell you about this, though. severe delays on red line because of disab

the weston tolls to route 1. back to you. >> vanessa: a frightening crash in boston's back bay, almost a months ago. an s.u.v. slammed into a fire truck, sending the truck careening into a row of parked digging into a major headache for the owners of those vehicles that were damaged or destroyed in this crash. it appears there won't be enough insurance money available to pay for all of that damage. >> mark: fox 25's bob ward has been looking at the paperwork and talking to car owners as well and bob, you've learned that even the city of boston could be affected by this. >> the reporter: well, you know, the reason for all of this is that the driver at the center of all of this was working for the ridesharing company lyft and because that driver did not have a passenger, and was not on his way to pick up people involved in this crash could be out thousands of dollars. a horrific halloween crash in the back bay. a boston fire truck, with its emergency lights blazing, collides with a car that wouldn't stop, in the intersection of? of -- of comm. avenue and dartmouth. the fire truck crashed into a row of cars, caus

the weston tolls. back to you. >> julie, thank you. julia isn't the only one watching traffic. mass. dot monitoring from the south boston. robert goulston is live there >> elizabeth, yeah, this is quite a room in the highway operations center. 900 cameras they monitor 24/7. you can see some of those images through the tunnels on the highways while you're sitting in traffic they typically watch that traffic to make sure there are no major problems. now today is the big mix of people finishing up their early workweek because of the holiday. on top of people trying to get a head start in and out of town for the holiday. but mass. dot says there are some secrets to help you not get caught in an >> today is going to be very heavy rush hour. >> all eyes on the 300 plus cameras at mass. dot highway operation center in south boston. mass. dot says the tuesday before thanksgiving has become the busiest day of the state's roadways. with even bigger numbers this year. because gas prices have stayed low. one huge concern going into the holiday weekend, it's the first time holiday drivers will be making their way through the construc

the weston tolls. back. >>> updating breaking news in dorchester. a big scare for four boston police officers as a car hits and drags two of them and narrowly misses two others. >> gene: all four were taken to the hospital. going to be okay. jess, police are searching for the driver responsible. >> reporter: they are, gene. they are searching for a car they believe it to be either gray or silver. they think that it may be a heavy chevy and may have connecticut plates. this all started around 11:30 behind me here. police were called here for a guy sitting in a car with a gun. when the two officers went up to the car, the guy apparently hit the gas and drug two of street. he came an instant from hitting two more. all around 12:30 at stoughton street and columbia road and a huge response after this happened. all four officers were take to the hospital and thankfully they are very lucky and all of them are expected to be okay in happen in a matter of seconds. the driver ended up get being okay and seen driving down columbia road. the description for that car, a gray or silver chev

the weston tolls. meteorologist shiri spear, sunny and bright and chilly as well to start. 40s in boston and add wind to the mix and feels like only 35?, so a little bit of wind chill this morning, folks and temperatures getting up to near 60? this afternoon. check out all the sunshine as well it is going to be nice and bright in boston, by the time we hit the evening hours it is back to the 40s for most of your friday night plans. right now breezy and bit cloudy over the cape and a little closer to that system and rest of us tapping into high pressure, clear skies, through at least friday and saturday, about 57? in worcester today and now over the weekend we will find things cool down so the 50s here, 54 in boston or 56 in foxborough or even 58 in nashua, new hampshire, 50s with sun tomorrow we will find increasing clouds, you can see a little more cloud cover over southeastern mass, second half of the weekend though look at all of those 40s. things are cooling down. don't think it is going to be cold enough for most of this to stick and light mix and switch over to flurries here day on sunday. so midn

the weston tolls a 23-minute ride. gene, over to you. >>> troubling new details this morning about a fight at an underaged party in lowell that left a teenager dead. the boston herald said instead of calling 911, partygoers put tried to sober him up and then they drove him to the hospital where the 15-year-old died from head injuries on monday. 18-year-old joseph zagerella is charge in the beating kind face serious charges. >>> a california high school football coach under fire suspended after being caught on video doing a body shot off of one of his players. this is the video in question. coach rich shimk y's attorney said it was not alcohol but student won pancake award for having the most blocks in an october game. one parent thinks the school may be too harsh on shimky. >> shocking. i think it is inappropriate but at the same time, i think the kid had the say in it. it looks like they were celebrating, having fun. >> the school says they take all of the allegations against their staff seriously and they are currently investigating the incident. >>> boston police are urging officers to stay vigilant following the deadly ambush of two officers in iowa. abo

the weston tolls. >> daniel: police made arrest in deadly shooting of 21-year-old we have been following the story since it was breaking yesterday at 6:00 p.m. 27-year-old man from boston arrested early this morning. the shooting afternoon in the area of ferry and chelsea streets. the suspect will be arraigned this morning on murder, armed robbery and carjacking charges. >> julie: new this morning cambridge firefighters pulling car out of charles river. this is video of divers helping with recovery and 1:00 a.m. and straight into the water and driver of the car was able to jump out of the car just in time and one person was taken to the than 24 hours before the polls open, candidates for president spending final hours focusing on battle ground states. >> julie: four electoral votes will be crucial tomorrow night. we have team coverage in granite state. jessica reyes in manchester where donald trump and mike pence will host one of the final events and michael henrich in durham, that's where the president will be drying to drum up both for hillary clinton. good morning, >> getting here at unh and since that time it has gotten even longer. dozens upon dozen more people, t

boston pole saying, i'm lucky to be here and therareot ofeople to thank for kping me here. >>slip snowy roads causing crashes i new hampshire. gusty win toppling trees in ston. weston on the right part of your screen. the wds going to be a probletonigh eyall of our reporters look freezing. >>t is cold. no question. the wind advisory is in effect tonight. gusting almost 30 inboon. 30nis. not as windy as earlie stil a windy day tomorrow. upper 20s a low 30s now. it flsiks in the tee will stay cold ought night. as fnow flurries around the berkshires, a few more hours of that. we'll talk about thanksgiving travel and weather in a little while. >> there are norr the mother attacked from front of her disabled son. our reporter is live in lowell where the victim's family wants answers. >> expecting answers sometime and hopefully soon. about a half dozen people dropped off more candles. a coueremain at this memorial. it marks the spot where this mother was brutally beaten. answers for a lowell family. a mother beaten in front of her disabled son. >> she was a great mother to her kids. and, unfortunately, right now we lost a -- >> the woman was attacked by people, both men and wom

mass-dot says drivers headed into boston yesterday between route 9 in framingham and westton in about 27 minutes, 10 minutes faster than last week. the drive between weston and brighton out of the 155 old tollbooths are already down. >>> good news thank you. >>> thousands of gifts meant for military families go up in flame. the cape cod military support foundation branch in borne says fire at a forge facility destroyed 70% of their donations meant for this year's operation santa party and with just a month to go they need donations fast. boxes in all of their branches. >>> a credit carrying says boston and other cities could be risking their -- credit agency says boston and other cities risking their credit rating. the report says more details will come out tonight with the full report after the election. >>> boston city council is promising action to make sure only students living in the city of boston are attending the city's schools. according to the globe, start sending out fines to parents of students who are not eligible to attend schools like boston latin. the fines are $86 per day. >>> the cubs forcing a game 7 in the world series. >>> and who's

the weston tolls. back to you. >> gene: this morning city and state official are investigating molesting another student on school bus that was headed for charter school in boston. >> sara: parents were never told about it until it was posted to facebook. injures outside the boston renaissance school where parents are demanning better communication. >> jessica: parents from the school are really shaking up, many of them saying they will not let kids take bus to school any more. several said worst part was hearing on of november and no 1 was informed until it went viral. >> jessica: parents horrified and demanding answers after learning about a sexual assault on board a skull bus -- school bus after a facebook post. i have a close friend getting molested 10 times recently by another 6-year-old male student mainly on the bus and went on to describe several other incidents and buss and shared thousands of times. school reported incident to police on november 3rd and parents learned about it through the post. >> i heard it on facebook. that's how i heard it first and then i got phone call from the school. >> jessica: to call was automated message until 8:00 monday

the weston tolls. meteorologist shiri spear look at cool, clear temperatures out way especially as we get with tomorrow's forecast. 37 in boston and north breeze at 10 miles per hour and watching some of the on and off clouds this morning and overall looking at mostly sunny skies today in the city, wind chill though is down to 30 as you leave the house right now and a lot of clouds focused south shore down to the cape and islands, so southeastern mass a little cloudier for you folks, mostly sunny skies for the rest of the region and find those on and off clouds through 10:00 a.m., through noon time today, noon time mid to upper 40s. i know it is still sounding a little bit cool out there, pops of 50s but they do not last very long by the 5:00 p.m. drive home from work here, it is going to be dark and temperatures will already be dropping into the low and mid-40s. so it was going to be chilly getting into work, home from work, in between high of 52 in norwood, 50 in bedford, lawrence, portsmouth, nashua, new hampshire and upper 40s in worcester and up and down the coastline here you can see the tonight though we all clear out,

millionaires according to the boston business journal 13,000 residents reported earning at least a million dollars in most millionaires more than 2,000 of them, more than 1200, weston has the highest proportion of millionaires. >> not where we live not in your town, not in my town okay. >>> a couple of spots in massachusetts is bragging rites there on the list of america's cities. >>> they put milton at number 8 melrose, my hometown at 26. coming in at number 1 west on a lot of those wellsly and newton came with high on the millionaire mark good for massachusetts the community college system says it lost $130,000 in a scheme, saying it was making regular payments on a project by check but it was recently asked to wire the money instead after they made the payment the system learned the instructions were reached the vender. >>> the waters off cape cod back to shellfish harvesting brought to a stop last month because algae was making people sick new tests from the shellfish show they are now safe to eat. a british grocery store is being called the antisoup market the real junk food project is expired groceries from stores and tests them to see if they are safe to eat

on comm avenue in boston near berkeley police say two other cars light pole and fence were also damaged. fortunately no one was hurt. identifying the cab company. police in weston put out this illustration a man they say approach a ten-year-old boy on the street. the boy reported that man approached him on brook road on november 6th. officers say the man stepped out of his car the boy was able to run away to safety. police say the man drove a black vw pa sat similar to car you see here in it photo. it was last seen driving away from the incident on valley view road. >>> american flags planted for veterans day uprooted and dump incident at brown university was recorded and that video went viral on & now sparking a lot of comment on campus. fox 25 bob ward joins us live now from providence with school's response tonight. bob. >>> well vanessa, brown university has told fox 25 news launching investigation into this. it wants to find out if any of its students was involved in campus at brown veteran's day the school saying this is direct opposition of its values. >>> i think that's xroomly disrespectful and all disgraceful to our veterans who serve our country at b

boston still in the low 40's. downtown, it's still 4 foul. you don't have to go far though to 128 to woburn, where it's 37. out along the pike, you go out to weston and whalen, 30's as well. 35 in weston. medfield, 37. dedham, 39 degrees, take note, fellow co-workers if you're going out for dinner this system, the one place that may have issues, small issues for election day will be the midwest, into the deep south, where there will be rainshowers progressing east ward. those are coming our way, but won't be there for election day. on average, 60 degrees. it will be sunny from beginning to end all across new england and while it will be a cold start, it's going to be a real nice afternoon. we'll talk about the rainshowers coming our way and i'll time temperature through our area just ahead. >> vanessa: -- them through our area. >> vanessa: problems with a phone a students at the manville school in mission hill brought the charger to school and it started sparking. when someone put water on the sparks and gave off a vapor that made people feel sick. no one was seriously hurt. firefighters did test the air and cleared the school for classes to cont

steady as you approach boston and it will stay this way in around 9:00, 9:30. 22 minutes tobin. 42 minutes on 93 south and 39 minutes on 128 southbound from peabody to the weston tolls. >> sara: investigators say a person was walking down the southbound side of the highway when they were hit by several cars. jessica reyes live along 128 with more on investigation. jess, there are a lot of morning. >> jessica: what they were doing on the highway around 10:30 but we know very tough scene here after the fact this happened and person hit by one car and then hit by several others that were passing by. we have video from the scene and want to show you now and you can see one of the cars looks to be involved in the accident with pretty serious damage to the hood there and know police were out here night and big response from the police and they were out here for two to three hours working to reconstruct the scene here and finally cleared the scene and reopened the highway completely around 1:00 in the morning, just a couple hours ago, but again, still a lot of questions about what exactly led up to this and police looking to identify the victims, still working to not