first officer who arrived at the scene. and let's begin with tim caputo with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: police say it is clear this was not a heat of the moment attack. this couple stockpiled weapons bombs and military grade explosives. a candlelight vigil for a grieving community still searching for answers a day after fourteen people were murdered during a work holiday party. officials believe syed farook a passengers to have been radicallized and was this touch with others in the l.a. area who expressed jihadist views. this took weeks and months to plan and investigators are trying to determine why he targeted co-workers. so we don't know if this is workplace rage or something larger. >> reporter: police learned husband and wife team of syed farook and tashfeen malik prepared for more bloodshed. >> they could have continued to another attack. we intercepted them before that happened. >> reporter: on their bodies and in the suv 1600 rounds of ammunition and at their home police found another several thousands rounds of ammo and twelve pipe bombs and over sy

the run. police are searching for clues around the outside of the prison. tim caputo is live in shirley with what investigators know. >> reporter: at this point no suspects this custody and this search ended hours ago but if you see behind me corrections officers blocking off the entrance to the property. this after someone fired at least one shot awfully close to the prison. a prison put on lockdown after corrections officers heard a gunshot in the woods nearby. state police were called to mci shirley to help search for a man seen run weigh not long after his single shot was fired. no one was hurt and state police was hunter in the woods. those who live near the prison they, say they knew something was up. state police used infrared cameras to searched woods but came up with nothing. the search shut down both entrances to the priss and and christmas eve visiting hours were can't said. this woman drove an hour to wish her brother a merry christmas. >> i wanted to see him before the holidays. but we can't now. >> reporter: state police officers will keep an eye out for the man wh

shirley. >> anchor: tim caputo just got to the scene. he joins us live with the latest on the phone. what can you tell us? >> reporter: i can tell you the prison has been put on lockdown and will remain on lockdown for the remainder of the evening. we're at the entrance to the long road that goes to the jail about a mile down from where we are. you can see several police officers state police and corrections officers has set up a road block at the beginning of the scene as they investigate the possibility of shots fired near m.c.i.shirley. a couple of hours ago the call came in. state police came down here to investigate. the potential of shots fired. they're trying to figure out the prison on lockdown. they did have visiting showers, christmas eve visiting hours from 6:00 to 8:00. a young woman came by with the intention of seeing her brother who is incarcerated. the police here blocking the roads told her that the prison will be on hurricanedown for the remainder of the evening because of the potential of shots fired. state police only saying they're investigating, not releasing much mo

nightteam coverage of the california shooting. as that horrible scene, we will begin with tim caputo live on the investigation. >> reporter: it is clear this was not a spur of the moment attack. a couple rented an suv in advance of this attack and that morning, and they spent week and months acquiring weapons and they learned to build bombs and military grade explosives. a candlelight vigil for a greefr can community searching for answers a day after four ten people were murdered during a work holiday party. syed farook appeared to be radicallized and was this touch with other who's expressed jihadist views. this attack took weeks or monthses to plan. >> we don't know if this is workplace rage or something largeron a combination. >> reporter: police learned the husband and wife team of syed farook and tashfeen malik prepared for much more bloodshed. they were equipped and could have done another attack, and we intercepted them before that happened. >> reporter: on their bodies and in the suv they had 1600 rounds of ammunition and at their home police found another several vr itable bomb-m

, any information about them. the names of the victims slowly are being released. tim caputo joins us now with more on the lives lost. >> reporter: this attack happened at a holiday party. a bomb who was' supposed to get an award for employee of the year was shot three times. she will survive. we're learning more about some of those killed. many of the victims knew the alleged shooter. co-workers say he was difficult to engage in casual conversation. nicklaus worked as a restaurant inspector. he is one of the first of the 14 killed to be friend say two weeks ago he got into a heated conversation with farooq about islam. farooq apparently argued it was a peaceful religious. this man's wife says he was a devout jew and passionate about pro-israel causes it's not clear if that was a factor in the attack. the father of 6 who supervised a team of health inspectors was alsole killed as was the 42 man who ran the center's coffee shop where he trained disabled employees. 21 were also injured but survived. their stories are coming out including many shot on their lunch break. >> he was able to

goes over to say hello. >> but didn't stop there. tim caputo is live in newton with a look at what happened there. this high school sophomore is a two sport athlete. he plays basketball and golf although he openly says he must prefers playing basketball, this after suffering severe brain damage. last night during the celtics game he was being recognized by the team but that's when lebron james took notice. during the second quarter of last night's game against the cleveland cavaliers, the celtics honored alan mirror. he had to go through a surgery. miller plays two sports in high school. lebron saw miller's inspirational story on the jumbotron. during that time-out, he ran over to aaron to congratulate him and after the game he had another surprise for the 16-year-old. >> and then the man came over and said lebron wanted to see you, and he was just taking off his shoes, and he gave me his >> and what did he say? he was like, i'm proud of you, buddy. you deserve it and you know you're my inspiration, and keep fighting. like don't give up. >> a moment he will never forget, that's for

track. tim caputo continues from southie with more on the investigation. >> reporter: the department of transportation trying to figure out if the powers they currently have in place are enough or if this operator made an error or a combination of the two. the dot says it wasn't a problem with the train. >> operator error is the current focus of the investigation. transportation ceo wouldn't say what the operator did wrong, the red line train had a sig fal issue. the operator got permission to leave it and pull the switch to bypass the signals. >> the requirement is that the train be put in full service brake and a hand brake which is a manual brake. before the operator exits the cab to put it in to bypass. >> reporter: authorities won't say if the brakes were deployed. here's what a red line train operator area looks like, that is a lever. >> reporter: put in to full service break and the motor person is required to walk off to the side three feet from the operator's console, another large lever with a chain. that deploys the hand work on the train. >> reporter: there is a report of

topic. tim caputo joins us with are saying. >> reporter: no surprise they're talking about it today. hillary clinton and bernie sanders saying more needs to be done in the fight against gun violence and it needs to happen immediately. clinton campaigning in new hampshire today while speaking at event. she emphasized that a majority of americans want stricker gun control laws and congress needs to act. >> congress has failed to pass even the most obvious measures despite the fact, 92% of americans support these measures, what will it take for congress to overtime the intimidation of the gun lobby and do something as sensic as making sure -- sensible as making sure people on the terrorist watch list can't buy weapons. >> reporter: bernie sanders tweeting yesterday senseless gun violence must stop. today he called out republican lawmakers for not doing more when it comes to >> if i knew the simple answer to that, i would tell you. i don't think anybody has the magical answer but i do believe, i do believe, chris, there are a number of areas expanding and improving instant background ch

caputo live now lowes in boston with what fans are saying saying. tim? >> reporter: fans are excited about the movie, rave reviews all around, but they are also adhering to that unwritten rule especially when a big movie like this comes out is don't give away any spoilers, especially right as you are leaving the theater because right now and all day long the lobby has been filled with a steady stream of people excited to see this long awaited film. >>> nothing will stand in our way . >> anchor: it opened less than 24 hours ago and already the new "star wars" movie breaking records. $57 million the first tile night and friday will only be bigger. that's why some fans bought tickets a day in advance to guarantee they get a seat . >>> i came yesterday to get the ticket. he was waiting so long. >> anchor: make sure you got in. odds and snagged a spot at the last second for an early evening show at the lowe's in downtown boston . >>> you said they were sold out so i went ahead and proved him wrong. and found some tickets a couple days ago. i bought them like, when did i buy them? monday?

rivals in the league so it's only fitting they phase off in a marquis mash mashup. here is tim caputo. >> reporter: it goes back and i were born, this has been a packed day here at gillette and patriots place. a lot of people getting here before bigger crowds. some people double dipping coming today and tomorrow when 70,000 plus people will come here for a new take on one of the best rivalries in all of sports. gillette stadium is all set for hockey in the new year. it's transformed into a winter wonderland for fans and players alike. b.and habes fans have a hands-on fest. the bruins held practice outdoors prepping to be on the national stage on new years day. bruins players not the only one soaking in the spotlight. the canadiens posing for a team photo. the two teams know each other all all of -- awfully well. over the last 90 plus years these two teams have played each other more than 900 times. off inned play-offs for 34 different series, a total of 177 games. that is an n.h.l.report. for fans who come out here today they're convinced this is the best rivalry in sports. where would you rank th

did find health violations at the restaurant. tim caputo in brighton with details on that. >> yes it seems like everyone in boston college knows at least one person who has gotten sick this is an extremely popular restaurant among students. normally you'd see under class men in here for lunch and dinner. but do all that's been inside a half a dozen employees cleaning every inch of this place. >> the exhibit is cleaning house scrubbing restaurant top to bottom after dozens of people got sick from eating here. horrible stomach pains. someone went to hospital, i vs stuff like that. today health department confirms cause highly contagious nor ro virus. it spread from person to person contaminated surfaces. outside the closed restaurant tonight a half dozen filled garbage cans containing everything from mops to shelves. there is disfeks process that is recommended by the department of public health. boston college now says at least 80 students are suffering stomach issues after eating they cain restaurant. include several members of men's basketball team. i think everyone knows at leas

season getting a surprise. the commute very smooth. tim caputo is live with a being look at how the evening commute is going, how is it looking? >> reporter: so far so good. you know it's a good sign when you see the trains arriving here on time. that means they will leave on time as well. i want to take you inside to show you the computers getting to go home. they're lined up. the good news is everything moving smoothly. look at the big board at the worst of the times in january and february you would see cancel and delays. right now everything on time. passengers in relatively good news, this morning was a bit of a different story. not too many major problems, getting into the city but so far tonight everything looking good. people getting ready to get home on time. the most important part. latest live from north station, tim caputo, 7 news. >> elizabeth: remember track the storm with our 7 weather app. >> adam: following breaking news at 5:00, boston police say one of the two men shot in mattapan this morning has died. tonight the search is on for whoever pulled the trigger there

thinking. he leapt into action after a carbon monoxide leak spread through their home. >> elizabeth: tim caputo has more onth story. woke up to the sound of beeping. >> i thought it was the smoke detector. >> reporter: his older brother heard the beeping too and he ignored it. >> i thought that it was a low battery alert because usually we have that, as i was thinking it's nothing big. i should go back to sleep. >> reporter: their mom happened to call and told braden to ek charge the carbon monoxide downstairs and when he realized that is where the sound was coming home, he now what to do. >> i woke up my brother and went outside and the called the fire department. >> reporter: the douglas fire department realized there was an issue. >> we got alarms. of high carbon monoxide levels. >> reporter: the boy's mother was on the phone with braden the whole time. >> it's a feeling of helplessness. i still have knots in my stomach thinking about what could have happened. >> reporter: neither was hurt and to make sure it stays that way the family braden had a little help. he completed the student

their public schools. let's go to tim caputo live in our control room with more on this. reporter: it seemed real at the time. the threat said students would be massacred mercilessly and they didn't want to take any chances. >> please be advised all schools will be closed for students today. reporter: all told to stay home today after the school district received an e-mail threat. terrorism. >> based on past circumstances, i could not take the chance as it relates to one student or our staff that serve our students. reporter: the e-mails specifically mentioned pressure cooker bombs and machine guns and the anonymous rider said he >> he was worried about my brother. reporter: another threat from the same ip address with the same wording was sent to new york city but early on authorities there thought it was a hoax. >> what we would be concerned with is overreacting. reporter: boston schools did face a cyber attack that shut down the system's internet for about 20 minutes this morning but they say it was not connected to threats e-mailed to school districts in l.a. and new york. >>

inland regional center. we're getting some of their names. tim caputo continues our coverages. >> reporter: a 37-year-old father of six, a coffee shop manager and a man say who friends argued with the suspect about religion two weeks before the attack. nicolas worked as a county restaurant inspector and friends say he got into a heated conversation with his co-worker farooq about islam a couple of weeks ago. his wife says he was a devout jew and was passionate about proisrael causes. it's not clear if that discussion was a factor in this attack. a father of six who supervised a team of county health inspectors was also killed. as was the 42-year-old man who ran the inland regional center's coffee shop where details about those kill slowly coming out and including a 58-year-old man who married his high school sweetheart. he worked for the health department and volunteered at an elementary school. with 21 people injured there are also a number of stories of survival. people who were shot sometimes multiple times who called family members even after being injured. live in the con

, north korea. there were some fireworks in vegas tonight. tim caputo joins us with some of the key moments from the debate. national security concerns are certainly an important topic these days this was first republican debate since that terrorist attack in san bernardino, california tonight nine candidates on stage had strong opinions on how to keep the country safe. >> to tonight debate topic was foreign policy. first question was to republican front runner donald trump on his idea to ban all muslim coming to the u.s. we're not talking about isolation. we're talking about security. we're not talking about religion we're talking about security. governor bush one several candidates on stage in las vegas tonight who questioned trumping muslim ban. this is not a serious proposal. jeb and trump sparring several times during the debate. you said in september 30th that isis was not >> am i talking or you talking jeb >> i'm talking right now. you can go back ben car so people weren't so politically correct. people are worried about somebody's going oh to say i'm islam phobic or what hav

. >> elizabeth: what he did next saved him and his brother, tim caputo has more. >> reporter: braden wilcox woke up to the sound of beeping. >> i thought it was the smoke detector. >> reporter: his older brother heard it too and like a lot of people do he ignored it. >> i thought that it was a low battery alert because usually we have that. so i thought it was half asleep thinking it's nothing big so i should probably go back to sleep. >> reporter: their mom happened to call and told braden to check the carbon monoxide detector down stair. >> i woke up my brother, we went outside and called the fire department. fire department arrived and realized there was an issue. >> we proceeded inside to meter the building. we immediately got alarms of high carbon monoxide levels. >> reporter: the boy's mother was on the phone with braden the hole whole time. >> it's a feeling of helplessness, i still havenuts thinking about what could have happened. >> reporter: neither boy was hurt and to make sure it stays that way the family brought three new c.o.detectors. prayeden recently completed the fi

start with tim caputo bowden t stop with latest what true through evening commute off track earlier. it was a relatively simple fix. right now blue line is back up and running this evening. they solved the problem in better part of two hours. but it just happened to be the worst time possible. >>> blue line rider left out in the cold. t was screwed up again frustration mounted during even rush hour after schultz busses replaced trains bowden and maverick stops on blue line. everybody stranded here. we have no inspection from officials on what to do or where to go. buy no room for any passengers. i've here for 45 minutes. no one is picking us up listen if you give me chance i will make sure you get on bus. i went back to the office. i came back and i'm still about 25 minutes. around 5 mbta shut down blue line because they needed to make emergency repairs to metal grate in ceiling that came loose mbta tweeted this photo fix's grate and two hour repair left commuters confused. >> it didn't appeared lose grate was weather related it came on day when everyone was wondering how t would ha

court a free man with a message for the kohl injury family. night team's tim caputo is in south boston with what he said. >> reporter: kim, he apologize repeatedlyin fact he had said he in order idea what dar in every brothers againeded to he said he asked for it back several times but each time tsarnaev had a different excuse. regardless of all of that, he cespedes he's truly sorry. >> man who gave a terrorist a handgun is back on the streets. and apologizing for his actions. definitely like to give my deep e. condolence to collier family i'm very upset that firearm was used oh to kill him i had no ideas whatsoever what his intenses were it's pretty difficult but something i've got live with stephen silva was released from federal custody after serving 17 months behind bars. silva provide are marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev with yud to kill mit officer sean collier days after bombings on boylston street. in court the former drug dealer admitted he's made many mistakes saying he i take full responsibility for decision i made that put me here i was young, do you mean and thought i cou

chord while he stepped outside that train but that cord take off without him. tim caputo live in southie with what investigators have learned about their run away train. tim? >> anchor: guys, there are a specific set of rules that every train operate has to follow both before they get on the train and while they are on the train. the governor said yesterday morning that operator broke the rules. >> anchor: irresponsible actions of one operate are weighs being ballet for thus's run away red line train. a source familiar with the investigation tells 7 news the operator had a chord tied around the throttle, then he stepped off the train to override a without him. >> anchor: i said at the time that the investigation was ongoing but that i had been led to believe that the throttle had been tampered with that's still my understanding, but again, the investigation has to be >> anchor: the red line train wouldn't starred up in braintree so the lone operator s supposed to lock both blacks, step off the train and flip a switch. the transportation department is . >> anchor: we are no longer

something he tweeted today. night team tim caputo at gillette stadium with details on all of that. in that video gronkowski appears to number good spirits groppi gronk so par for course. he sees vows to work hard to rehab that injured knee he won't get into pesks what exactly he will suit up again. >> that's right last two days after being carted off field rob grown could you ski post ad video online promising he'll be bop bounce back but not saying how soon. i'm just week to week. i'll be working hard to get back on field as soon as possible. and when i'm 100 percent feeling good, cleared by all the doctors the team that's when i will be back. there reports he'll only week a maybe two. patriots gronkowski's family suffered a bone bruise slash sprain of his right knee and "there is no timetable for his readiness to return which will be determined in days or hours prior to the appropriate game "nim type a reported to final determine tagues would speculative. gronk also making noise by agreeing with a claim on twitter that he's unfairly being targeted for offensive pass interference

night team coverage of the terror attack, including an inside look at the terrorist's tim caputo. >> federal investigators now have a motive in this case. 48 hours after the shooting took place, but still a number of unknowns, including information about that female suspect that came to the u.s. about a year ago. it's now clear to investigators, this was an act of terrorism. >> the investigation so far has developed indications of radicalization by the killers and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations. >> tim: also tonight, the first picture of the female suspect, tashfeen malik. nbc news has learned moments before she and her husband walked into a work holiday party and killed 14 people, she posted an endorsement to isis on her she allegedly made the post under a different name and deleted it, but investigators were able to recover it. the f.b.i. says malik was not in contact with any known terrorists. they believe the couple was >> so far we have no indication these killers part of an organized larger group or form part of a cell. there's no indication that they are p

just tore it aare the pa. you can see the damage here. tim caputo is in worcester live with story for us tonight, tim. >> on that woman remains in hospital this evening those two police officers who were injured are recovering a home. in all three officers who came to this house just as that fire was starting to spread. they didn't hesitate to run inside that burning building. oh, god neighbors watch in disbelief as webster home goes up in flames. i mean this is unfortunate. to arrive to this how on granite street when i went to window there was more smoke and police officers, they just ran right into that burning house. 7 people lived inside this multi family home including a woman in her 60s who livers alone on first floor where fire started. >> they made it to front door the building and pulled woman out building. officers helped her and several others escape quick moving fire. somebody had him by arms and legs they brought him down the driveway. linda brooks watched from her home across street an officers risked their lives to save others. very amazed and very proud to see how the

. shooters in san bernardino where 15 people have been killed. o let's get to tim can caputo with what we're learning. >>> we're looking live right now as you see the tactical van parked at an intersection apparently just about a mile or two north the scene where the shooting happened. there was apparently a flurry of police activity just about 10 minutes ago. a lot of police officers leaving the scene of the shooting and heading towards where one of two vehicles were, i guess, encountered police. there are several reports there with people in that suv returning or exchanging gunfire with police, and as we're looking live right now, what you see is a line of those tactical s.w.a.t. vehicles. scene as you see at the upper part of the road, there the suv that does match the description scene. there were at least three suspects, police said, that opened fire at that facility our time. it is now about four hours later where police apparently have a beat on some sort of activity. we are told that there has been exchange of gunfire. as you see, those three tactical vehicles pulling up to an suv. w

inmates at that prison are also accounted for. in shirley, tim caputo, 7news "today in new england." >>> a woman charged in connection with the guns stolen from an armory in wore coaster waking up at home. a judge allowed 26-year-old to be released under certain they include wearing gps monitoring bracelet. they found pictures on her cell phone showing some of the guns stolen last month. >>> we're following more news today today. chipotle is still shutdown. the fast food putting reopening on old because of water leak. they were shutdown weeks ago after dozen got stick from noro virus. some customers say it doesn't matter to them. >>> i take the chance. i don't want to be sick. i don't want to go a hospital wait in the waiting room. and ruin an entire day. >>> a spokesperson for that restaurant said it will not reopen until the water leak is fixed. >>> wild weather in georgia where a part of the state was flooded after hit with heavy rains on christmas eve. people had to be evacuated from their homes and roads were the rain is expected to continue throughout the day. >>> a funnel cl

gun is now out of jail. he has been released from jail bars. here's tim caputo. the man who gave a terrorist a handgun apologizing for action. >>> i would like to give my deepest condolences. i had no idea what his it's difficult. somehow i got toly with it. he was released from federal custody after serving 17 months behind bars. silva provided dzhokhar tsarnaev with the weapon that tsarnaev'sed to used to kill shawn collier. he admitted he's made many mistake i take full responsibility for the decisions i made that put me here. i was young. dumb and thought i could out smart everyone. i can't blame anyone but my myself. he graduated high school with dzhokhar. at the end of the day he did what he did. i don't support it. i don't support any type of terrorism or violence. today marty walsh said he has mixed emotions about his release. >> i somehow come up with the plea. there's no comfort for the family. silva spent week writing the apology. your honor i'm just pleading for a second chance. i beg you for my freedom back so i can become the person i know more than capable of being.

look for any possible threats. 's tim caputo has the latest. >> tim: a prison put on lockdown after corrections officers heard a gunshot in the woods nearby. state police were called to mci shirley, a medium-security prison to, help search for man seen running away not long after a single shot was fired. no one was hurt and state police are still trying to determine if it was a hunter in the woods. those who live near the prison say around 3:30 they new something was up. what's it been like since? a lot of helicopters. >> tim: state police used infrared cameras on their helicopter to search the woods but came up with nothing. they searched with dogs, too, and shut down both entrances to the prison. christmas eve visiting hours were canceled because of the prison lockdown. anna drove an hour hoping to wish her brother merry christmas. >> i just wanted to see him before the holiday, but i guess we can't now. >> tim: they're no longer searching, but state police officers who normally patrol this area will keep an eye out for the man seen running away. neighbors say they worried about a

hospitalized after an apparent carbon monoxide leak. tim caputo reports from milford what investigators found so far. >> reporter: neighbors say no one heard from the couple on christmas morning. at 2:00 in the afternoon they were found dead. the two in the adjacent apartment were rushed to the when milford police and fire arrived at the home they found elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the hospital. police tell 7news a faulty furnace is likely to blame for the carbon monoxide leak and state police leading the investigation and the board of health deemed the two apartments uninhabitable. the leak is deemed found in the basement of the apartment. people on the left side kept their windows overnight because it was so warm and that might have saved their lives. >> reporter: tim caputo. 7news today in new england. >>> crews in hanover working to rescue a driver from this car on christmas day overturned in the middle of the road on union street before 5:00. no word if anyone was hurt. >>> we are following more news today. a dangerous drive knocking out power to hundreds whe

rivalry rescue in brookline. here's tim caputo with the story. >> reporter: a starbucks and dunkin' donuts side by side in brookline. you think the employee would be enemy. when you work at 4:00 in the morning you share a special bond. hi, how is it going. friday morning derek moore on way. i can't even breathe. his lung collapsed. >> i had no mona. and while i was asleep all the fluid had built up in lungs. when i lift it up to get up. apparently he used up unhailer. >> i waived my hands at him. he came over. he was like are you already? i couldn't say anything. ike lime waiving at him. he had own mini oxygen tank. and then waited for the ambulance to arrive. >> moore doesn't want to imagine what happened if the rival barista didn't spot him. >> god only knows it was 4:00 in the morning. i know everyone is like dunkin starbucks don't get along. >> tim caputo, 7news "today in new england." >>> new this morning crews making a risky rescue in maine after a car dangles over an edge. they hit a guardrail and landed on rock ledge 60 feet in the air. it took three hours and more than 20

found inside, 7's tim caputo with the investigation. it's clear to investigators that far. >>> it had developed radicalization, and potential inspiration by terrorist organizations. >> reporter: the picture of the female suspect, nbc news learned that moment before she and her husband walked into a holiday party and killed 14 people she posted an endorsement to isis on her facebook page. she made the post on facebook under a different name and deleted, but investigators were able to recover it. they were not in contact with any known terrorists the, they believe that the couple was self radicalized. >> there's no indicator that cell. there's no indication that they are a part of a network. >> reporter: now they are trying to determine if malik radicalized her husband or came it the u.s. with that intention. >> there's very little information that we had other than the fact that she was a caring housewife. >> reporter: malik was born in pakistan, and married online, and married in mecca, and got an official license if san bernardino last year. >> they were a happy couple, absolutely. >

you had leak tim caputo live in douglas with the story. tim. >> liz, this is time year people start turning there heat on also time you start hearing carbon monoxide poisoning cases and typically not good news. in this case it is. fire department and police department here in douglas commending that joining boy for doing right thing ats exactly the right time. >> wednesday morning ten-year-old braden wilcox broke up to sound of beeping. i thought it was spoke detector his older brother also in bed heard beeping too like lot of people do i ignored it i just alert. because usually we have that in our smoke detectors. so as i was half asleep i was thinking nothing big. so i should just probably go back to sleep. their mom happened to call told braden to check carbon monoxide detector downstairs. when ten-year-old realized that is where sound was coming he knew exactly what to do. i woke up my brother. we went outside and then we called the fire department. douglas fire department arrived we proceeded inside to meter the building. we immediately got alarms. of high carbon monoxide level

office records. tim caputo live in boston with more on the excitement for the opening. tim? >> anchor: and kim it's easy to see why if you see behind me the movie theater there are dozens of people outside most of them going into see this "star wars" movie earlier today we saw a bullpen of people show up 60 minutes to 90 minutes early them already have its. they are getting here this easterly so they can guarantee them selves good seats in the house and you get the same reaction from everyone as they leave the theater, everyone smiling ear to ear. ear.. >>> i was raised to do one thing . >> anchor: the long a with aed saga has hit the big screen but "star wars" fans wonder if this movie can live up to all of the hype . >>> there are stories about what happened . >> anchor: the film opened less than 24 hours ago and it's already breaking records. 57 million dollars the first night and friday will only be big i. it's on pace to break the record for biggest opening weekend and eventually break the all-time record. happened. i am expecting at least $2 billion in sales. it's going to break

new york who say they also received a threat. 7's tim caputo standing by with the latest. reporter: they know it's a hoax now but that threat this morning was very detailed. an anonymous writer claimed they would use a pressure cooker bomb, nerve gas agents and machine guns on students and teachers. >> please be advised that our schools will be closed for students today. reporter: the second largest school districts in the nation closed all of its 900 schools and told its 640,000 students to stay home after receiving an e-mail threat. >> we're wondering if this is actually real. right now i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one that's afraid. reporter: a threat appeared to come from overseas and was credible enough to have the superintendent shut down school for the day. >> i think after san nation, i think what happened internationally, i as superintendent am not going to take the chance with the life of a student. reporter: another threat from the same ip address and containing some of the same wording was also sent to new york city schools but authorities there said it was importan

influence if you will. here is tim caputo with more . >>> well, guys, the attorneys for the suspects families say the family members saw no signs that this husband and wife duo in way.

they knew about the train. let's get to tim caputo live with more. >> reporter: ryan, the says there are specific procedures already in place to prevent something like this from happening including two different brakes that should have been engaged when that train started up. right now the dot is calling this operator error withbut not saying specifically if the reason is because the operator forgot to put on the brakes. that train rolled out of braintree without its main operator around 6:00 this morning. the 50 passengers moved through four stops for about nine minutes without slowing or stopping. other trains were moved up so there would not be a collision and then they killed the third rail to finally stop the run away. the ceo says the train initially wouldn't start so the operator got permission to step off the train to put it into bypass mode. the chief operator officer explained the steps the operators are supposed to take to ensure the train stays put. control of the train is a large train. that lever is put into full service brake and then the moat or person is then require

, very private person and didn't even talk to 's other family members. tim caputo, 7 news . >> anchor: getting a look inside the home where the couple was living. the landlord who rented an apartment to the shooters allow allowing recorders in there . >>> after investigators left and investigators by the way did say they found more than a dozen pipe bombs in the couple's rent rented home. ryan schulteis us now with more on what they found inside. gives us a look in fact . >>> it sure does. the f.b.i. had already cleared the home taking all of the evidence investigators needed in that is when the landlord invit invited the media inside. among items left behind report reporters found baby's clothes, toys and a crib. there also is a computer monitor in the baby's room but the hard drive had been taken. the master bedroom several papers, credit cards and i d's and throughout the home a number of items indicating the couple's faith. their landlord says they appeared to lead a normal life. 3 you know what they are accused of doing. >>> no. >>> because? >>> it just doesn't make s

a long way to go to tie up the overall series but it could start tomorrow. live in foxboro, tim caputo, 7 news. >> elizabeth: he is one of the bruins' biggest stars but patrice bergeron is opening up about his life off the ice. he introduces us to the newest addition to his family. alex has more. >> reporter: zhang bergeron, eight week old son of patrice making his first appearance for the winter classic family skate. i had a chance to sit down with patrice and talk to him about his life as a new dad. >> you are eating too much. >> reporter: the smile say it is all. patrice bergeron is a proud father. >> his first second he was born, it changes your life. something very special to be a part of. >> daddy loves you. >> reporter: he couldn't be happenner since he and his wife welcomed their baby zack in the world in october zack is the center of patrice's life. >> i think my parents told me probably 1,000 times growing up that you will see when you have a child of your own that how much we love them right away and how important they become your priority. >> you come back and he is

dunkin donuts. we'll see about that. live in brookline, tim caputo. >> millions of people feeling the force before mid night tonight. that includes fans here in new england, some of whom are already lining up for full "star wars" experience. 7 brandon gunnoe live in revere where fans have been watching the first six "star wars" films all day long. brandon. >> that's right, liz, they've been here almost 15 hours. 3:30 this morning that's when they aired the menace. and i think return of the jedi started around 420. >> this man in full anticipation of the advanced screening for "star that airs tonight right here at 7:00 in 3d. many theaters you're going to have to leave your light sabers at home, that's because theaters are upping security. theaters like regal and isn't mark telling patrons that costumes are okay, but no masks, face paints or weapon like props allowed. amc theaters, they're a little more lenient, they put out a policy that said that guests are welcome to come dressed in costume but we do not permit masks or face paint. in short bring your light saber, turn it off du

commuters will have to wait. tim caputo, 7 news. taking a look at the roads. a little bit of a slushy mess out there. nick emmons is in our traffic tracker in tux -- looking. >> getting off on 62 here heading to wilmington. the highway looks pretty good but as you can see from our wipers, they have been working overtime this evening trying to clear off the wind shield with all the gunk that builds up. the side roads are the roads you need to be concerned about. they've been freezing over. temperature right now outside of our car is about 25 degrees. so that is below the freezing mark. it's freezing the outside north of the city. so be careful as you are driving around especially on the secondary roads. those can be especially dangerous, we've seen one accident already, a mini van spun out of control into a utility pole. so take it easy out there on the roads. give yourself extra time getting to where you need to g. the latest live from the emmons, 7 news. mix on the roads causing accidents over the state today. as knick was just talking about. at least one he saw. it has been slow going no

wooded area outside of the prison. >> anchor: a strong police presence mr. right now and tim caputo is headed there as well. he is going to bring us live report to give us the latest information as soon as he gets to the scene. we'll bring that to you live when he gets there. following breaking news out of tux brey right now. d tewksbury, sky 7 over the seen after serious accident involving a pedestrian. the victim was hit by a car on main street before 5:30 tonight. we don't have word on the victim's condition. police on the scene investigating. we have a crew on the way and we'll let you snow as soon as we get more information. >> anchor: also a merry and mild forecast for new england. the sun shining. temperatures rising, is it spring? it as it's not. it's a warm christmas instead of a white christmas. >> anchor: will this trend last into christmas day? a check of the forecast. bri eggers. >> i love the warm banner. we have been sending them to friends and family because i've been getting pictures of snowfalling all day long then i send them a picture of the sunshine that we saw bre

son. tim caputo is at gillette stadium with more on that. >> yeah kim sports is full high and lows patriots fans have been through all of them in last 24 hours on verge of getting one step closer to a perfect season to all of sudden thinking your season is completely done with at gronk injury. once fans slowly found out that gronk was likely not out for the season, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. over middle that's incomplete gronkowski he's hurt. with rob gown ski writing in pain living rooms went silent. breathless. my heart sank. it's too bad. he's great player. gronk was carted off field patriots fans feared worse. i thought he broke his leg i would have been out for whoever knows how long gronk knows knee injuries all too well all pro tight tore his acl and mcl ending his season thankfully this injury isn't as bad he should back within a few weeks. >> thankfully t. sounds like he will be okay. pats still in best record afc they've losing key offensive players to injury every week. losing johning is biggest blow. i just couldn't believe that we could have that much

, and that is what might have saved their lives. tim caputo, 7 news today in you in england. >>> more news, power restored in brockton after an suv crashed into a utility pole early christmas more morning. there's some of the damage, police are looking for the driver and passenger who took off after causing the power outage. of the car left at the scene leaving people wondering what happened. >> ran into a neighborhood, and he says we figured they came up the street and couldn't make the we heard a the love yelling and screaming, obviously, there's more than one occupant in the vehicle and they just took off. this swofort, i've been here 17 years, and this is the poverty worst i've seen this type of accident. >>> residents were given gift of power later in the day. the police continue to look for driver of that vehicle that caused the mess in first place. >>> hanover, crews worked to res cute driver from the car you see right here. quite a bit of damage, the car overturned in the middle of the road. accident happened at union street, no word on if there were any injuries as a result.

. he left him a huge gift. tim caputo has more on lebron's grand gesture. >> aaron miller. 16-year-old on the 44 soaking in the standing ovation from fans at td garden. eller miller was recognized as part of the heroes among us program. turns out fans weren't the only ones watching miller's story. i looked at the jumbo tron. i had seen what he had been through. i'm look, look, look. he wasn't walking. he splinted. he was court side but the look on the face he was genuinely shocked lebron ran over him. oh, my god. thank you, lebron. quick embrace but it meant the world to miller and his family. >> it was from the heart his eyes met aarons. he grabbed him as if he would have hugged the son. miller born with rare form of cerebral palsy most of the right side of body was paralyzed at birth. through countless hours of surgery and physical therapy he's improve mobility in the right side and plays for high >> he's like i'm proud of you baby. you deserve it. you are my inspiration. keep fighting. don't give up. >> lebron also noticed aaron was wearing special sneakers he helped design. tho

$50,000. tim caputo has the very latest for us. >> reporter: prosecutors say james derepentigny admitted he placed the suspicious suitcase next to a homeland security s.u.v. the 50-year-old suspect gave an odd explanation to boston police. >> when the officers asked him more about the bag, he indicated he did place it at that location to, in his words, help homeland security. when he was asked further, at that time, he asked for a lawyer and the interview ended. >> reporter: investigators believe this is derepentigny captured by a camera on atlantic avenue. he allegedly hurried away from the s.u.v. after leaving the suitcase by the left rear wheel. the bomb squad blew it up as a precaution. the intentional explosion rattled workers in the financial district. even after it was discovered there were no explosives prosecutors say derepentigny told family and friends his picture was on the news and police were looking for him. he was arrested in lawrence after several people who knew him called 911. >> no comment. no comment. >> reporter: derepentigny didn't say anything in court. t

best movie ever. >> are you excited? >> yeah. >> reporter: tim caputo, 7 news today in new england. >>> fantastic movie, you got to go out there and see it. >>> today in new england, a major mess, water main break causing serious problems in new brookville. we will tell you what caused it. >>> it's elizabeth noreika to >>> all righty, it's time for today's holiday helping, we're on a roll here in 7 news making our holiday favorite recipes, together we can make a difference at the same time. this morning's is elizabeth noreika's turn. and here is elizabeth holiday helping. >> hi, everybody, when will welcome to my home. this is my husband josh. we are making a savory saucage and dish that will hit the spot we will take the chicken sausage which i have precut. you can slice it anyway you want. i have chosen chicken sausage because it's a healthier option. this is already cooked, but we want to get a nice seared, so we want to put it in a pan that has been coated coated with cooking spray. we are going to take the chicken broth and add it to this pot over here. you want to keep an eye

, hauling in $57 million on opening night alone. tim caputo had a chance to talk to some of those who got to see the movie on opening night. and they are loving it. nothingst the force awakens raking in $57 million on thursday. the reviews are in. >> star wars is back. it was great. i thought it was really good. >> two thumbs-up. >> if i had more, i would give all of them. >> all thumbs up. >> reporter: these days, star wars has infiltrated almost everything. even the white house. no, that is not the new secret service. >> this is pretty cool, isn't it? >> reporter: the president hosted a special screening of the movie for fall families and children of fallen soldiers. the boston pops feeling the force, playing the stars wars theme at their holiday concert tonight. mark zuckerberg showing off his new daughter dressed up in a jedi cloak. she is a little too young to appreciate the movie, but nine-year-old cassidy is... couldn't believe her mom snagged tickets. >> she said i had to go to the doctor for an appointment. i didn't know she was taking me. i was like okay. . >> this is much bette

allegations are raising new safety questions among passengers. tim caputo with the latest now from south boston. >>> irresponsible actions of one operator are weighs being blame for thus's run away red line train. the source familiar with the investigation tells 7 news the operator had a chord tied around the throttle, then he stepped off the train to override a signal and the train left without him. >>> i said at the time the investigation was ongoing but that i had been led to believe that the throttle had been tampered with. that's still my understanding. but again the investigation has to be completed. >>> the red line train wouldn't start up in braintree so the lone operator is supposed to lock both brakes, step off the train and flip a switch. the transportation department is already addressing that issue . >>> we are no longer allowing the use of that bypass procedure unless a second senior mbta official did physically present . >> anchor: this is an inside look at the operator's cab much like the one on the run away train. that rotates but only works if you push it down first. on

. he left him with a huge gift and tim caputo has more. >> aaron miller! >> reporter: a 16-year-old on the parquet floor, soaking in the standing ovation from fans at td garden. tuesday night, aaron miller was recognized as part of the celtics heroes among us program. turns out fans weren't the only ones watching miller's story. >> the coaches were watching the play. i looked at the jumbotron. i had seen what he had been through. >> miller was courtside. by the look on his face, you could tell he was genuinely thank you, lebron. >> reporter: it was a quick embrace. it meant the world to miller and his family. >> it was from the heart. his eyes met aaron's. he grabbed him as if he would have hugged his son. >> reporter: miller was born with a rare form of cerebral palsy. he has improved mobility in his right side and now plays for his high school basketball and golf teams. >> he was like "i'm proud of you, buddy. you deserve it." "you are my inspiration." "keep fighting." like, don't give up. >> reporter: lebron noticed aaron was wearing special sneak he had designed. >> it is just one

he left him a huge gift as welltim caputo now with more on lebron's grand gesture. tim. that last night game new ton teenage knew celtics were going to honor him most famous player a 16-year-old on the parquet floor soaking in standing ovation from fans and at td garden. aaron miller was recognized a part of celtics heros among us. turns out fans weren't only ones watching miller's story. i looked jumbotron i seen, what he had been through. he like look. look being, look. lebron sprinting. he wasn't walking he sprinted. miller kass court side look on his face he's genuinely shocked lebron ran over. oh my god. thank you, lebron. it was quick embrace but meant the world to miller and his family. it was from the heart. his eyes met aaron's he grabbed him as if he would hugged his sonmiller was born with rare form a cerebral palsy most right side of his body was a paralyzed at birth during kounless hours of a surgery and physical therapy he plays for high school i'm proud of you buddy you deserve it. and you're my inspiration. keep fighting. like, don't give up. lebron bron also notic

only thing lebron gave aaron. he left him with a huge gift and tim caputo has more. >> aaron miller! >> reporter: a 16-year-old on the parquet floor, soaking in the standing ovation from fans at td garden. tuesday night, aaron miller was recognized as part of the celtics heroes among us program. turns out fans weren't the only ones watching miller's story.