the team honoring willie mcginest for his induction into the patriots hall of fame. the linebacker was the first player the pats drafted after robert kraft bought the team. >>> changes are coming to a notoriously dangerous stretch of road where a mother and her child were killed in a head-on crash in oxford monday. her 2-year-old is in the hospital. this happened in the same location where more than 20 years ago lisa's husband was killed and paralyzed her son. both families were at a meeting with the engineers yesterday. >> do i think it's a little start. are they going to wait for more people to perish at the site before they finally wake up? it's not fair. >> reporter: crews will install flexible plastic rods on the center line, warning flashers and more rumble strips. they are considering a plan to eventually add a jersey barrier. >> and ordered to stay away from airports and banned from flying. prosecutors say dennis campbell joked that he had a bomb in his carry-on luggage wednesday night. he was arrested at the airport was delayed. >>> it is 5:36 on your friday

willie mcginest gets inducted into the patriots hall of fame. lisa, david, back to you. >> all right, steve. thank you. what is thursday night football without tailgating? >> it just wouldn't be the same. fans are amped up and ready to go. this weather is certainly a bonus. jim armstrong, we've checked in with you when it has been pouring and windy in that parking lot, but i mean this? what a night. >> reporter: i deserve it if i'll go so far to say. even the most optimistic pats fan never would have imagined right on the verge of november they'd end up tailgating in nearly 07 degree weather -- 70 degree weather. the temperatures are great exception. this weather is cooperative for pats fans. for the giant ice sculpture of gronkowski, not so much. do you seem relaxed and calm before the game? >> i am relaxed and calm. >> reporter: why? it's 6-0 and could be 7-0 or not. >> you take it one game at a time. the record doesn't mean anything. >> reporter: the autumn tailgate is in full on summertime mode. >> we worry at the sioux super bowl built rate

the mind of bob yoovt took a shot at the indianapolis colts during a halftime ceremony honoring willie mcginest last night. there is nothing more satisfying than saddling the indianapolis colts with a loss. the colts g.m. tipped off the league about the underinflated footballs which sparked deflategate. the team, of course, is just talking about moving on. >> we have a group that is dialed in right now to the game plan. >> i don't look at the records. everybody comes to work every day. that is the approach we take. we get ready for the next opponent. >> reporter: of course, the patriots' big win last night was coming off a short workweek. now they will have extra days to rest and get ready for washington next sunday. we are live at gillette, nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> christa: now turning to your forecast. a cool fall day here in boston. lots of sun. and a complete turnaround to the warm weather we saw yesterday. really rainy one as well. now it's friday. we are heading into halloween. very important forecast. here is meteorologist chris lambert. >> reporter: staying dry on halloween for the i

the team honored fan favorite willie mcginest, the first one robert kraft drafted after buying the team. >>> crews spent the night scrubbing down and tufting the sullivan middle school. the building was evacuated yesterday morning. five students even went to the hospital. at first, officials thought it might be a carbon monoxide leak. now they think it might have been a virus. >>> now to a story you saw first on wbz. maintenance worker and sneaking into a cohasset school will be in court this morning. police say he stole from teachers. there are serious security questions because the school let him in. >> reporter: anthony may have been wearing a t-shirt and shorts when he was booked thursday, but it's what he wore several times over the past months that led him to cohasset police in the first place. >> he's held onto one of his uniforms, it appears, and he's entering the school using a ruse that he's here to fix the hvac system. >> reporter: he used to work for a company that services the schools in town. but he was fired last month. the only problem? no one informed the school departm

jim: on willie mcginest night, as belichick went over to congratulate him. one of his favorite players going boo the franchise hall of fame tonight. -- into the franchise hall of fame tonight. all right, tracy, let's send it to you again. trevor: i'm with julian edelman. four-touchdown night for brady, two of those to you in the second half. what can you say about the chemistry you two have together? >> we got some chemistry but we have chemistry with everyone. everyone is out there producing. made some big plays coming off of p.u.p. gronk being gronk. having little dirty out there, dion, he's doing well. defense had some turnovers. we have to get better on third down but it was good. trevor: how about the way this team came out in a short week against a really confident miami team coming in? >> it was good. we knew he had a tough battle. these guys have been playing very confident. they've been playing tough for anywhere new coach. it was about preparation, getting in there and going in and doing everything you could to try and out-prepare them and i think

. >> reporter: how special will it be to honor willie mcginest? >> i'm thinking when we bought the team 21 years ago, and we dreamt about trying to build something where fans could be proud and, you know, the way i sort of looked at the time john hannah as a fan, and i was so pleased to meet him afterwards. then hopefully we created that. willie was the real pillar and strength on the defense that helped turn this franchise around more than anyone. it's sort of what drew did on the off fen, willie did on the defense. >> reporter: how proud are you of your football team, 6-0? >> couldn't be prouder. they've really performed well. tonight will be a real challenge, you know? three days of preparation really short, but they've done well. the mood in the locker room is good. i just came through, and i hope we make our fans proud. >> reporter: one quick question, last one, as an owner, do you get nervous? >> absolutely. [ laughter ] >> the biggest thing is, we >> reporter: right. >> and the thing about this game, anything can happen, but i hope our fans

jim: on willie mcginest night, as belichick went over to congratulate him. one of his favorite players going boo the franchise hall of fame tonight. -- into the franchise hall of fame tonight. all right, tracy, let's send it to you again. trevor: i'm with julian edelman. four-touchdown night for brady, two of those to you in the second half. what can you say about the chemistry you two have together? >> we got some chemistry but we have chemistry with everyone. everyone is out there producing. made some big plays coming off of p.u.p. having little dirty out there, dion, he's doing well. defense had some turnovers. we have to get better on third down but it was good. trevor: how about the way this team came out in a short week against a really confident miami team coming in? >> it was good. we knew he had a tough battle. these guys have been playing very confident. they've been playing tough for anywhere new coach. it was about preparation, getting in there and going in and doing everything you could to try and out-prepare them and i think we prepared well. t

jim: on willie mcginest night, as belichick went over to congratulate him. one of his favorite players going boo the franchise hall of fame tonight. -- into the franchise hall of fame tonight. all right, tracy, let's send it to you again. trevor: i'm with julian edelman. four-touchdown night for brady, two of those to you in the second half. what can you say about the chemistry you two have together? >> we got some chemistry but we have chemistry with everyone. everyone is out there producing. made some big plays coming off of p.u.p. gronk being gronk. having little dirty out there, dion, he's doing well. defense had some turnovers. we have to get better on third down but it was good. team came out in a short week against a really confident miami team coming in? >> it was good. we knew he had a tough battle. these guys have been playing very confident. they've been playing tough for anywhere new coach. it was about preparation, getting in there and going in and doing everything you could to try and out-prepare them and i think we prepared well. trevor: thank

jim: on willie mcginest night, as belichick went over to congratulate him. one of his favorite players going boo the franchise hall of fame tonight. -- into the franchise hall of fame tonight. all right, tracy, let's send it to you again. trevor: i'm with julian edelman. four-touchdown night for brady, two of those to you in the second half. what can you say about the chemistry you two have together? >> we got some chemistry but we have chemistry with everyone. everyone is out there producing. made some big plays coming off of p.u.p. gronk being gronk. having little dirty out there, dion, he's doing well. defense had some turnovers. we have to get bettete on third down but it t s good. trevor: how about the way this team came out i i a short week against a really confident miami team coming in? >> it was good. knew he had a tough battle. these guys have been playing very confident. they've been playing tough for anywhere new coach. it was about preparation, getting in there and going in and doing everything you could to try and out-prepare them and i think w

jim: on willie mcginest night, as belichick went over to congratulate him. one of his favorite players going boo the franchise hall of fame tonight. -- into the franchise hall of fame tonight. all right, tracy, let's send it to you again. trevor: i'm with julian edelman. four-touchdown night for brady, two of those to you in the second half. what can you say about the chemistry you two have together? >> we got some chemistry but we have chemistry with everyone. everyone is out there producing. made some big plays coming off of p.u.p. gronk being gronk. having little dirty out there, dion, he's doing well. defense had some turnovers. we have to get better on third down but it was good. trevor: how about the way this team came out in a short week against a really confident miami team coming in? >> it was good. we knew he had a tough battle. these guys have been playing very confident. they've been playing tough for anywhere new coach. it was about preparation, getting in there and going in and doing everything you could to try and out-prepare them and i think

jim: on willie mcginest night, as belichick went over to congratulate him. one of his favorite players going boo the franchise hall of fame tonight. -- into the franchise hall of fame tonight. all right, tracy, let's send it to you again. trevor: i'm with julian edelman. four-touchdown night for brady, two of those to you in the second half. what can you say about the chemistry you two have together? >> we got some chemistry but we have chemistry with everyone. everyone is out there producing. made some big plays coming off of p.u.p. gronk being gronk. having little dirty out there, dion, he's doing well. defense had some turnovers. we have to get better on third down but it was good. trevor: how about the way this team came out in a short week against a really confident miami team coming in? >> it was good. we knew he had a tough battle. these guys have been playing very confident. they've been playing tough for anywhere new coach. it was about preparation, getting in there and going in and doing everything you could to try and out-prepare them and i think

a huge night here at gillette stadium for fans, players, and one former player in particular willie mcginest was honored at haft time. he was brought out onto the field, received well, of course, by cheering fans. bob kraft said kind words about him. after all of that, took a moment to take a jab at the colts. taking the mike and finally saying there is nothing more satisfying than saddling the indianapolis colts with a loss. something willie did 16 times in his career. of course, the rivalry has only been exacerbated because of the deflate gate. fans loved the comment and gave kraft a huge ovation. susie steimle, wbz this morning. >> thank you, susie. looking ahead. up next, pats and colds on november 8. we get you started at 11:30. quarter on my tv 38 after the game. >>> new this morning, a serious head-on crash. we're told two people were injured but not life- threatening. another crash on jamaica way. two cars collided and two people were treated for nonlife- threatening injuries there. >>> a rhode island man is due in court charged with brutally beating an elderly couple who had run out