had to have been. she panicked. she didn't know what to do. >> reporter: steve cooper, 7 news. >> sarah: a home goes up in flames in taunton. a fire broke out in the multi-family home. several people were inside. flames were intense, as you can see. victoria warren is live on the scene with more. of the night and a lot of people were sleeping. and take a live look behind me. you see that there is some extensive damage to this home. that is because the fire got trapped in the walls. we spoke with two men driving by. they heard somebody screening for help. might be trapped inside. flames pouring out of this taunton apartment building. >> before we knew it, the whole top of the house was in flames. you can see it from this side. from that side. it looked like it was getting out of hand quick. >> reporter: woman came running out qelg "fire." >> i ran around the front. i went nut front door. >> reporter: josh says he didn't think. he had to make sure everyone was okay. >> all the doors were open. everyone was out. >> reporter: that is when he apartment where the fire started. he sa

. >> anchor: i love this. in boston are taking on the men of the denver beer company. steve cooper with the great assignment today here live for us with all of the details. steve, have you been sampling everything? >>> i knew you would ask me that. i knew you were going to ask me that but jadiann, here at sad ad adabrewery it's all about beards and beers and now a bet on the broncos is all unfolding here in jamaica plain and it all be police department out on sunday afternoon. >>> we are all very attached to our beards here . >> reporter: sad sam adams employees putting their beards on the line this weekend all in the name of the new england patriots . >>> it's my faith in the patriots. i 100% believe they are going to win. it won't be a problem. i'm not worried . >>> he and his co-workers pos posing for a picture happily accepted a bet with these guys halfway across the country. >>> so the deal is the broncos win, the guys in boston shave their beards. the broncos then we're going to go clean shaven . >> reporter: it all began when these workers at the denver beer company fired off this tw

and one company in denver is calling out the sam adam brewery. steve cooper live for us at the brew house with more on this friendly wager. steve? >>> what a difficult assignment to spend so many hours here at the sam adam brewery today where this isn't a bet about beers, it's about beards and it's all going to be played out on the field on sunday in denver. >>> you might have made a mistake. making this wager with the sam adam browery . >>> from beard to beers the browery employees are betting on a pats victory on sunday . that's just the way we feel about it. sounds cocky but that's how we feel about our team . >>> they they accepted a bet from their official hair bad ray rays from the denver beer company . >>> the broncos win the guys from boston beer have to shave their beards. if pats come in here and beat the broncos then we're going to go clean shaven . >>> it all began from this tweet when the denver guys challenged sam adams saying los losers shave their beards on monday. you whip you in? we are. >>> pats have a tough time coming town mile high . >>> sam adams brewer and fo

billowing from what the massachusetts water resources authority building. let's head out to steve cooper. what are we learning about the blast and hick hurt, steve? >> reporter: well, five workers are at the hospital tonight. you look behind us here and see emergency responsiblers still on the scene. in fact, a short time ago, several more pieces of qiement and the quincy fire department arrived here. you can see see there's smoke coming from the building. this was a difficult fire to fight because it was so far down below ground, and five workers were rushed to the hospital in all of this. >> they were down in there working. and boom! there was an explosion. >> reporter: emergency responders racing to reach five explosion here at the nut island waste water treatment plant on c avenue and quincy run by the massachusetts water resources authority. but reaching the flames and choking black smoke was no easy job. >> extremely difficult to access. it's about 100 below the surface of the building. you're about seven stories down. >> reporter:the injured were transfor theed to boston medical center

street. the driver never stopped. steve cooper live in dorchester tonight with word of an arrest. steve. here in washington the area was shut down for several hours. but the 34-year-old woman from dorchester, she was behind the wheel of that minivan, according to police, that never stopped and tonight she's behind bars >> a deadly hit and run claims the life of a man just after 8:00 this morning after the driver never stopped but late this afternoon, boston police announced that the 34-year-old female driver was under arrest. >> what about the fact that the driver took off from the scene? that's not surprising to me at all. like i said, every day life living in dorchester. >> reporter: surveillance video requested by police from a local store owner shows a minivan leaving the scene. investigators later located this heavily damaged vhs transportation van parked four miles away on morton street in matapan with a shattered windshield and heavy front damage. the owner of the transportation company telling us by phone one of his drivers who operates the van but wasn't working at the time was

to be living in that apartment is behind bars. 7's steve cooper live outside the lowell district court house with the very latest. steve? >> anchor: adam, from this lengthy police report prosecutors were focusing on a major effort to put a dent in merrimack silly. >> anchor: it's a very large and significant seizure . >> anchor: the middlesex can't showing off the drugs they seized that included 30 kilos of what investigators believe is phentynal and heroin with a street value in excess of $3 million along with $20,000 in cash. 08 on high bail late it this afternoon after pleading not guilty to multiple drug charges. 45-year-old luis perez also known as augustin rue ease and his girl friend. the two taken into custody overnight after detectives raid insisted that apartment in tewksbury. that's where prosecutors say the drugs were discovered in hidden compartments. >> anchr: some of them were found if the closet of that bedroom. some were found in mechanic mechanicically hidden compartments in the furniture . >> anchor: the da says the phentynal is way more potent than heroin . >>

involved in this investigation. steve cooper joins us live with more as police try to figure out who is responsible for this, steve. >> reporter: as you can imagine that was an unsettling day for students and staff at so many schools across the state including here in arlington where bomb sniffing dogs went through the high school this afternoon before the all clear was given. at this hour, the f.b.i. is now leading this investigation. >> it's weird how this just suddenly happened. >> reporter: emergency responders scrambling to arlington high school before 9:00 am after a chilling >> for a backpacks so explode in the school and that any surviving students exiting 9 building would be shot. >> reporter: it was a threat that first led to the evacuation of the school before classes were canceled for the rest of the day. >> we made the decision to evacuate from abundance of caution. we know other schools have received similar threats today. >> reporter: it turns out according to the state police a total of 15 schools in massachusetts vao receive dunstable middle school. >> it's scary and i

cooper is live in door chest we are what we're learning about the investigation. steve. >> adam, so this stretch of washington street was shut down for several hours today, and then a short time ago, boston police announced that that driver that took off from the scene was behind bars. >> i'm just nervous. i'm scared. >> reporter: shock for people who live and work here on washington street in door it chester following a deadly hit-and-run crash around 8:00 this morning where the driver kept going. then word a short time ago from boston police, a 34-year-old female driver from door chester was in custody and facing several charges if. [ sirens ] >> i saw a lot of police cars and a lot of people watching. but i didn't exactly what but there was a tip on my door and a police officer said somebody was killed. >> reporter: boston police say the victim was a man. investigators were reviewing the surveillance video from a nearby business of a minivan leaving the area. a short time later, police located a vhs transportation van four miles away on morton street in matapan. the front windshi

dog. 7's steve cooper live in methuen where the investigation continues there tonight. >> a lot of unsettling moments here, methuen high and one of the reasons why is because of the threats. they were emailed to a teacher here at high school including shooting at police police and officials wasted no time evacuating the high school. >> it was really terrifying but they have to search my stuff. >> reporter: hundreds of backpacks of all shapes and sizes layed out on the sidewalk and being inspected for bombs. all this after methuen high is evacuated this morning after a teacher receives a threatening email from a man promising to shoot police, and that's not all. so on a brutally cold january day, 2000 students are evacuated from a high school and temporarily housed at two nearby elementary schools where classes were canceled for the day. in tewksbury, the high school for the second day in a row was a bomb threat all the public schools put the buildings into lock-down. state police say last friday 24 schools across the state have threats. >> someone thinks this is funny and spends 10

last year. >> but parents say the school covered the whole thing up. steve cooper live for us in boston with the latest. >>reporter: this is a chilling case of alleged child abuse and it took center stage here. suffolk supreme court earlier this afternoon, this is where the parents of the alleged victims go before a judge after filing a civil lawsuit demanding access to critical e-mails they say are connected to the case. >> and they have a right to know what happened. >>reporter: attorneys young alleged victims of a former day care center employee worked at the facility which was part of bridgewater state university came to court after filing a discovery lawsuit against the state's attorney general's office which represents the university. >> they all want to see something done because of what's happened to their kids. >>reporter: the attorney general's office wants the suit dismissed telling the judge they are trying to work with the plaintiffs. >> if we don't receive a response from plaintiffs who meet us halfway, how can we take action on the public records request. >>reporte

driving the van. >> jadiann: she faced a judge today. steve cooper is live with more on what happened in court. >> reporter: she faced a judge with a hoodie over her head. chefs' released from custody after posting $1,000 cash bail. but before that she pleaded not guilty to some pretty serious charges here. >> leading to personal injury and death. >> reporter: doing her best to hide her face from the cameras in court membersa benedicts pleads not guilt toe a deadly hitted ted hit -- hit-and-run. >> she picked up -- she was just in the heat of pulling >> reporter: the crash claimed the life of a 43-year-old construction worker who prosecutors say was crossing the street. his colleagues declined comment about the accident. minutes after the crash police located benedict's heavily damaged van four moils away on morton street in mattapan. her attorney says her client the mother of two young children has no record. >> she has aunts, uncles, her sister and brother are both here and some of her nieces and nephews are hoar as well. she is a mother. >> reporter: benedict's family and

inappropriate conduct involving a middle school student. steve cooper now with the latest latest. >>> i get concerned as a parent but you trusted this school and the police department is doing . >>> unsettling times for parents in west boylston. just learning that a popular teacher is the focus of a police improper behavior toward a student at the high school. ray douglas told us her son knows both the teacher and the student so she wants to be careful about justing to any conclusions. >>> bringing a teacher's career or ruining a boy's reputation these are big things. and we need to take our time and be considerate and thoughtful and let the police do what they are supposed to do. >>> leaving school it was no surprise everyone was talking about the allegation that has led to the special ed teacher being placed on administrative leave. high school senior mark campbell said the teacher is a good guy . >>> i just thought he was a good man. i had him a teacher for, i don't know, who years i think . >> anchor: between police, district attorney and school officials no one is commenting on cam

. of. 77 year old grandfather talking about how he knows he is lucky to be alive. steve cooper spoke with him as he joins us live in lexington. >> kim we spent lot of time this afternoon john at his home in drake where twamly members are thank put it he is alive and certainly counting his blessings describing quite scene out here on 128 just 424 hours ago. and he says, a tire was just barrelling through the air, and >> juchlt freaky, frooeky crazy then. still shaken near death encounter. john standby his pick up truck you the side of his dracut home with vivid memories of run away tire on route 128 in lexington yesterday. that said over the his truck before slamming into a car travelling behind him >> in all just happened so fast it was just like man nerp of 1 or 2 seconds. it was over. >> but that was long enough for tire to crash through the windshield of this 2009 toyota camery, claiming life a 26 year old man from lexington who was behind the wheel. >> 26 years olds, and ghon heartbeat. it is just -- i don't know. maybe we need to take look at lot of our lives and just say what i

on the scene who is going to tell us what is ive. we have steve cooper live from our sky 7 video, what are you seeing from where you are? >> reporter: we can tell you going on for several hours here at the dow chemical plant in north andover. as you mentioned u.just a day after those four employees were seriously injured. three remain in boston hospitals one in lawrence general hospital at this hour but crews have been here all day. this area remained sealed off and a short time ago the state police bomb squad along with the state fire marshall's office in north andover fire fighters left here with a bit of a police es estort here and they took what was described as a vessel with some of that chemical packed in sand and they brought it over to that area here in north andover where it was render insisted safe and they actually blew it up with the state police bomb squad. the chemical here that we're talking about is try ethel aluminum. as you mentioned that is the chemical that was involved here in the laboratory that blew up yesterday afternoon. we're told by hazardous material o

finally heading home. here's 7's steve cooper. >>reporter: meet moose whose made it to massachusetts after adoption processes spanned more than 3,000 miles. >> it's exciting. we've been waiting a long time. >>reporter: it began with a world-wide social media campaign that went viral called help moose find a family. the six-year-old pit bull mix was abandoned in the virgin islands after spending the time at the animal care shelter, the family of east bridgewater who just lost a dog fell in love with moose. >> i feel like i already knew him just through social media. just being in contact with the shelter, they've given us a lot of info. >>reporter: thanks to a family from new york, moose was given the red carpet travel dream, a private jet flight from st. john to new york followed by a limo ride from the big apple to boston during last weekend's snowstorm and then today the burke's traveled to worcester, the animal rescue league to pick up their new addition and all is well. >> it's just so good to get him out, get him home, let him calm down a little bit. >>reporter: the burkes are b

. steve coopers joins us live with more. >> reporter: so, ryan, this is right off of willow street in north andover. this unfolding around 2:30 this afternoon. we're being told that five people have been transported from the scene, self taken to lawrence general hospital. we're told one to two are suffering critical injuries at this hour. show you the scene. sky 7 was over the scene as well. this all happening this afternoon. the fire marshal's office giving us those updated numbers on the injured here. the victims were taken to the hospital, medflight transporting at least one patient from the hospital as well. the dow chemical plant develops materials that are used in l.e.d.light manufacturing. according to a source there laboratory involving some chemicals, exact can chemicals is not clear. the initial report was some sort of a hydrochloric explosion. a school bus has been brought to the scene so the other employees that have been standing outside in the cold weather here this afternoon can stay warm at least for now. north andover firefighters are being assisted by the state fire

between their kids and a former worker. >> parents argue the abuse of their kids. steve cooper live for us in boston with what those parents said in court today. >>reporter: those parents are disappointed and they are angry at the process right now. they sent their lawyers here to the court house in boston today. this afternoon a lengthy hearing and they want some e-mails that are being held back to be made public. they think those e-mails are connected to this case. >> and they have a right to know what happened. >>reporter: attorneys representing the parents of four former day care center employee who worked at the facility which was part of bridgewater state university came to court after filing a discovery lawsuit against the state attorney general's office which represents the university. >> they all want to see something done because of what's happened to their kids. >>reporter: the attorney general' office wants the suit dismissed telling the scrog they are trying to work with the plaintiffs. >> if we don't receive a response if plaintiff to see meet us halfway, how can we take acti

cross the street when he was hit. steve cooper joins us live with more on what happened in court today. >> reporter: ideaian, the victim was in the crosswalk here crossing route 9 around 8:00 last night when he was struck and killed by a driver who admitted to police he had been drinking earlier in the night. the victim's dad is speaking out. >> my son is never coming back. >> reporter: heart ache after his 25-year-old son patrick straton -- struck and killed in framingham wednesday night. >> i'm in shock. i'm absolute shock. >> the commonwealth is requesting $10 tow cash bail. >> reporter: facing a judge jason they arality of hudson pleaded not guilty of motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving. he admitted he had been drinking. >> the defendant said that he had sumed several drippings earlier that night. officers did observe the odor of on alcoholic beverage. >> reporter: the attorney is looking for lower bail called the deadly crash a tragic accident. you think this is a tragic accident, nothing more. >> it's early in the investigation. i just got the case this morning. so we're goi

steve cooper has the story from cambridge massachusets. >> it's pretty surprising. >> take a look at these dplaict images after an suv with the windshield wipers still swinging baj back and forthh ends up on it's side in the in door swimming pool in the cambridge high-rise near the museum of science. >> this is the first car in a pool you know. right in the middle of winter too you know. >> reporter: cambridge offial tell us it happened late thursday night when a vallet accidentally accelerated instead of break sending the jeep crashing through a window and wall before flangtd pool. >> it did wake us up. we were in an hour before that so snoot driver somehow was abe to shimmy himself out of f ek aj bre was taken to the hospital and treated for mieng or injuries. >> hopefully he is okay they okay. as the clean up gets underway residents thanul no one was seriously hurt here but at the same time anxious forhe pool to be repaired i hope it doesn't take too long for them to fix the pool and gym. >> get it board up. cleaneneup and get the car out of there and that's it. get it back to nor

. he was sentenced to prison 25 years ago but now he's hoping for a reduced sentence. steve cooper has the latest. >>reporter: the hearing lasted for more than two hours in natick this afternoon and that included members of the victim's family who lined up to speak out hoping the parole board will deny that parole after a convicted killer said he's sorry. killer and rapist appeared before the state parole board saying he was sorry for the 1991 rape and murder in her hyde park home. the 33-year-old mother suffered if ms and walked with a cane. she was stabbed to death. >> first of all, i have no excuses for murdering her. all you want to do is express how remorseful i am. >>reporter: he befriended the family for four years, even attending a fundraiser for the victim before dna linked him to the attack, something that i recollected parole members. >> you pretended to be a friend all the while knowing what you had done to them. it's very disturbing. he was sentenced to life on a second degree murder charge giving him the possibility of parole, something that brought flynn' family out in f

norton tonight steve cooper, 7 news. >>> two men are under arrest this evening after a string of violent events in brookline. it included shooting and a stabbings. and now, the victims are the and search continues for other people. jonathan hall is live in brookline to bring us up to speed. >> kim, that's right. two guys still out there on the run. and prosecutors say this all was probably a drug deal gone bad. at least that is one of their theorys. two of the 5 men involved are here at beth israel. an 18-year-old dorchester man is arraigned in his hospital bed after a violent day in brookline. >> common wealth's motion to revoke your bail after hearing is going to be allowed to be held without bail. state claims khari wilcox and two her men burst into an apartment on st. paul street in brookline attacked man inside with a piece of wood at first. >> hit in the head with two by four screaming where the money and one was waving a gun. wilcox's attorney told the judge her client suffered severe stab and she claims the in this case the man who lived aggressor. he stabbed individual a

are doing. steve cooper live in north andover now. >> reporter: victims have been unable to talk to investigators today because they remain hospitalized tonight. meanwhile, here at the scene it's still off limits and the chemical that was involved in this explosion was removed from the scene a short time ago and detonate insisted by the state police bomb squad. sky 7 hd capturing the dramatic images from a remote area in north andover a short time ago. that's where the state police bomb squad detonate insisted a vessel filled with remaining chemical try ethel aluminum. that's chemical that exblow pleaded yesterday afternoon seriously injuring four employees bringing a massive response following this 911 call >>> we have an explosion. we evacuate the building of we have three people down inside and not sure how badly they are hurt we do needham lance and my support . >>three of the four were airlift airlifted to boston hospital with critical injuries but not before being washed down by fire fighters manning hoses in the parking lot outside the emergency unit at lawrence general hospi

, but officials seriously. live in arlington this afternoon, steve cooper, 7news. >> a bitter blast slamming new england, boston bundling up this noon. it's down right frigid outside and the biting winds are really ramping up. >> in fact the wind has already brought down this tree. we're about to show you in wellsly. it fell at the intentions of route nine there and route 16 and police are rerouting traffic because of that, and i think everybody is feeling that deep freeze today. >> yeah, wind chills dipping to dangerous levels, so let's send it >> boston through worst, current right now 22 degrees in the city. 17 in worcester and we've had constant winds gusting at times, 40 40 to 50 miles an hour. in worcester. up to 7 in boston. 9 in plymouth. we've seen the warm just a couple degrees through the morning hours. these are sustained winds, 20 to 26 miles an hour. that's what you consistently get, but you know you've had bursts of higher winds. from boston out through worst, recent wind gusts in worst up to 45 miles an hour. we've had some peak gusts close to 50, so it's no wonder w

steve cooper is right there and steve tell us about the detonation and also how are the four people that are injured yesterday doing tonight. >> reporter: we're told those in critical condition tonight with severe burns on much of their body so that is one part of this investigation police are hoping to talk to them to learn more about what happened here. as for that detonation, well, this area here at the dow chemical plant has been off limits all day long, a short time ago the remaining chemical involved in this serious blast was taken way carefully removed by the state police bomb squad and that detonate insisted a short time ago. dramatic images from north andover late today as the state police bomb squad detonates the vessel filled with the remaining chemical try ethel aluminum. the chemical that exploded on thursday afternoon injuring four employees after this frantic 911 call . >>> we had an explosion. we evacuate the the building jetstream three people down inside and not sure how badly they are hurt. we need an ambulance and fire support. >> anchor: three the four employees

. 7's steve cooper live in lowell where they appeared in court. steve? >> anchor: the district attorney telling us a little while ago as far as she is concerned this is a major break in the opioid crisis. it's been a huge problem in the area here that it's included a lot of overdoses and a lot of deaths over the past couple of years and this was the break they were looking for and tonight two drug suspects are being held on high bail. it is it's a very, very large and significant seizure . >> anchor: marianne ryan giving us a look at the more than 100 packages of drugs referred to as bricks which amount to 30 kilos that drug agents have identified as phentynal and heroin with a street value in excess of $3 million. >>> we believe this to be pat of a very large scale conspiracy conspiracy. >> anchor: in court lewis perez and his 42-year-old girlfriend guilty to multiple drug charges. police raiding their tewksbury apartment overnight where the da says they found drugs in secret compartments including in the furniture . >>> hey small amount of this packages indicated a larger amo

thisitier being placed on leave. 7's steve cooper reports from west boylston . >>> there is anger involved that something like this could happen . >> anchor: concerned parents like paul say he isicened over the allegation that's led to the removal of a special ed teacher at the west boylston middle high school . >>> totally untolerable. we'll see. wait until we get the details on it . >> anchor: details tough to come by because between the school superintendent, police chief and worcester county district attorney, no one is commenting on camera. all we do know is the allegation involves improper behavior by a teacher toward a student . >>> my son endures the teacher, my son adores the boy. happened and i think we should let the police do what they are supposed to do and investigate. so we don't know. let's not overreact. >> anchor: no answer at the teacher's home earlier where investigators are hoping to review his computer. neighbors say all this is pretty surprising. >>> he is a nice guy. from what i know. that's all i can tell you . >> anchor: so for now it's business as usual

pool . >> anchor: pretty incredible damage here. steve cooper has more from cambridge. petraeus it's pretty surprising . >> reporter: take a look at these dramatic images after an s suv with the windshield wiper still swigging back and forth ends up on its side in an indoor swimming pool in this cambridge high-rise near the museum of science . >>> this is a first car into a pool. right in the middle of winter too, you know . >>> cambridge fire officials tell us it happened late thursday night when a valet here at 12 museum way accidently accelerated instead of breaking sending the crashing through a window and wall before landing in the pool . >>> it did wake us up. we were in about an hour before that. >> reporter: the driver somehow was able to shimmy himself out of the wreckage before he was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries . they said minor injuries. hopefully he is okay. >> reporter: as clean run gets under way, residents are just thankful no one was seriously hut here but at the same time anxious for the pool to be . >>> i just hope it doesn't take pool

to 7's steve cooper. steve? >> reporter: well, christa, donald trump didn't get a lot of sleep last night. in fact, jetting halfway across the country in the middle of the night to return here to new hampshire. but he says he didn't want to disappoint his supporters in the granite state. supporters, by the way, who were out first thing this morning. they lined up early in nashua. check out the presidential front-runner donald trump who opted out of the debate in iowa last night. hosting his own event to raise money for veterans. >> it is not dodging a debate. he has made himself available more hours to more press than any other candidate. all the candidates combined. >> reporter: and the donald unplugged for nearly an hour today. shoring up his support from new hampshire voters who were headed to the polls in less than two weeks here. >> when somebody doesn't treat tough. you have to be strong. you have to be... you can't let them push you around. >> reporter: as for the debate last night in iowa, minus trump, his absence was noted. >> i'm a maniac. and everyone on this stage is stu

is 7's steve cooper. he is live for us at fenway with more. steve? >> reporter: well, christa, after a lot of work this morning, the damage was done, it has been washed away out here. that spray-paint has been washed away by workers who were at it for several hours this morning. you know what? this has left a bad taste in the mouths of red sox fans today. red sox employee john coyne with two hands on the buffer. working to remove the graffiti that was spray-painted on a five-foot-high number six honoring mr. red sox johnny pesky outside fenway park overnight. >> well, i got a call last night from the red sox. it said get over there early morning and take care of this. something like this. >> reporter: the line of retired numbers between brookline avenue and the yawkey "t" stop were installed by the sox two years ago. creating a walk of fame for fans to enjoy. defacing number six was clearly personal for irving gates who remembers watching pesky play at fenway. >> well, he was one of the greatest players ever to play the red sox. how anybody could disgrace his name like that is

arraigned on monday. steve cooper, 7 news. >>> also police in manchester are shooting for -- are he was involved in a shooting at a hotel. they are also looking for another person in the room wanted for possession of heroin. >>> an apartment goes up in flames in new hampshire. the building had four apartments. 50 firefighters put out the flames. one firefighter hurt. the tire constitutional under investigation. >>> a couple was trapped inside this house after it started fire. police are opening up an investigation. the latest from row groton. >> reporter: a home in groton burned by deadly flames. a neighbor called 911, but firefighters didn't initially >> upon the initial arrival it became patient quickly that there were people unaccounted for. >> reporter: the flames were too much for police to -- the firefighters to handle. >> due to the amount of fire and also the advanced stage of the fire the building was compromised on our arrival, so we weren't able to send firefighters instances to make any sort of accuse attempt. >> reporter: family members showed up to the home to lined every

in dorchester th this afternoon, steve cooper, 7 news. >> christa: there are still questions about the patriots defensive end chandler jones who was sent to the hospital after showing up at the foxboro police department. let's head there live right now. here is nicole oliverio with more on what the team is saying about this. nicole? >> reporter: christa, we can tell you right now we have reporters in the locker room speaking with some of the patriots players. of course, they are not really commenting but what they did tell our reporters is that this is they support jones. they also say they are not off-field distractions. foxboro police released the sunday morning. when police logs show patriots defensive end chandler jones walked into the public safety building looking for help. >> in the front lobby area. >> reporter: according to the firefighters performed a medical evaluation in the back parking lot. jones was sent by ambulance to norwood hospital. it's still unclear why the pro-bowler needed medical attention. the dispatch recordings also reveal an officer went to jones' home

latest live in methuen this afternoon, steve cooper, 7 news. >> sarah: preparing for a heavy dose of winter weather. snow has already blanketed part of the country. st. louis really got hit. now could the storm be headed our way? at this hour, things are cold >> christa: now we have the strong potential for some snow this weekend. let's get the latest on the storm's track and today's conditions. here is chris lambert. >> chris: the farther south you travel, the better chance of seeing that snow over the weekend. 28 in boston right now. 24 in worcester. we have had plenty of cold air in place. no question about. that winds still gusting close to 0 miles an hour. windchill factors down in the teens. will remain cool and sunny through the rest of the afternoon. temperatures generally running close to 30 degrees. those windchills holding into the teens to lower 20's. blizzard watch now in effect from baltimore down through d.c. really honing in on the mid-atlantic. a very high risk of heavy snow and strong winds. in fact, blizzard conditions down from baltimore into d.c. that would sprea

there. steve cooper is live at the scene in cambridge. >> reporter: what a sight to see here this afternoon. you see hole in the side of the building here. beyond that hole, take a look. s.u.v. ended up underwater. >> it is pretty surprising. >> reporter: take a look at these dramatic images. after an s.u.v. with the windshield wipers swinging back and forth ends up on its side in an indoor swinning pool in this cambridge high-rise near the museum of science. >> this is the first car into a pool. you know, so right in the middle of winter, too. you know? >> reporter: fire officials tell us it happened late thursday night. the driver accidentally accelerated instead of braining. >> it did wake us up. we were in an hour before that. >> reporter: the driver somehow was able to shimmy himself out of the wreckage before he was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. >> hopefully, he is doing day. they say said minor injuries. hopefully, that is okay. yeah. >> reporter: as the clean-up gets under way, residents are at the same time, anxious for the pool to be repaired. >>

disturbing steve cooper live in norton with story for us. steve. >> adam this is was just a community that has been shaken to the core tonight. in fact if you read some of the details in the police report, what happened here last night is absolutely chilling. and we now know that it was the victim's a11-year-old daughter who called 911 for help. >> a heartbroken father breaks down in court a man charged with brutally beating and stabbing his 34-year-old daughter julie meade to death faces a judge in attleboro district court. >> prosecutors say 35-year-old martin mcdonald murdered his he strange wife inside her home street apartment wednesday night. it 11-year-old daughter who called police but not before the suspect punched her in the face. >> the young girl then indicated she tried to call 911 a which time the defendant struck her in head area. not even a minute a deadly attack mcdonald crashed his pick nearby 495 seriously injuring a woman from rhode island. it was there he made a stun admission. he indicated to trooper i hope you have cuffs i need to be cuffed. things of that natur

is safe to do so. live in north andover tonight, steve cooper, 7 news. serious victims were first rushed to lawrence general hospital for decontamination. some them had to go on for further treatment. but let's check in with kimberly bookman to get the latest on their conditions. >> reporter: yes, you know four people were brought hospital. we understand all of them were in the same area of the plant when this blast occurred. and all of them are in critical condition. now a hospital spokesperson says that all of the decontaminated. washed down outside to rid them of the chemicals from the explosion before they entered the hospital. now they were exploded to a chemical called trimethyl aluminum which irrates tates the -- irritates the skin. three patients were stabilized and moved to boston hospitals. they had severe injuries and they needed a level one trauma center. the fourth person is still here at lawrence general. >> this was an explosion. it was a chemical explosion so what the patients had was blast injuries as well as the chemical on their bodies they were' exposed to. >>

quincy tonight, steve cooper, 7news. >> a violent crime caught on camera. police now looking for two men who roughed up a store clerk and police say they demanded money and then hit the clerk with a gun. let's go outside to kelli o'hara live with the latest on the investigation, and how the clerk is doing this evening. cel -- kelly. >> reporter: good evening, kim. the man is recovering at home. people reacting to these photos of a convenience store clerk job. >> yiewfertly people are crazy now days. really have to worry about everyone. >> reporter: investigators tell 7news just after midnight two men walked in this market with an agenda. cameras capturing one of the men jumping behind the counter, showing the clerk a gun and pistol whipping him and making off the with the cash inside the register. >> it's an easy target. it's the only store open on this entire strip. >> reporter: people not surprised but disappointed. the mayor says they'll find these two men in order to make sure something like this doesn't happen in his city again. >> it's something we will not tolerate. we'll addr

and bomb crews are at the plant. >> ryan: this all happened at the dow chemical facility. steve cooper is live with more on this breaking story. what do we know? >> reporter: it's an active scene. four people were injured, sealed off at this hour. expected to hear from the shortly but we know there was a chemical explosion here this afternoon. officials still don't know what exactly exploded and why it exploded. mergency responders raised to the do you chemical plant around 2:30 this afternoon. after a chemical explosion in a laboratory. >> there was a small explosion. we transported four people. couple of them have also been air lifted into boston. at this time we're waiting for the haz-mat team to clear the scene for us so worry we're still real active. >> reporter: local and state emergency responders arriving on the scene. other employees were put on a school bus to keep warm. we spoke to one of them. >> just an explosion. that's it. >> reporter: where were you? >> i was in my room. >> reporter: was it a loud bang? >> it was a loud bang. >> we' all good.

lexington. . steve cooper. 7news. >> police in worcester are searching for suspect in stabbing. they are trying fined person seen in this surveillance video. suspect wanted for attacking 19 year old late december. asked to call the police. >> murder case spaning more than decade finally coming to an end. the. >> he pleaded guilty section degree murder for killing his former girlfriend in 2004. police founded woman's body charles river. wrapped up plastic waive. also speed light sentence for the crime. >> police searching for the vandals who spray painted the boston public library last night. that graffiti spanning entire side of the building. but cries did work throughout the morning to scrub the paint off of the stone walls you can see some still remains there. lot of people very upset on what they say is simply discovery expectful ability. >> it is just disgusting. the people that put this on building they should be held responsible for this. >> this is all my years i never seen anything like this. >> and it is such special building in boston. there was spray can left testify out h

van. >> ryan: the woman facing a steve cooper is live with court. >> reporter: the woman that you are talking about is melissa benedict. she came to court in handcuffs but walked out after posting $1,000 cash bail this afternoon. all this after pleading not guilty to these very serious charges. >> motorcycle homicide by -- >> reporter: she covered her face with a hoodie 34-year-old melissa benedict of dorchester pleaded not guilty to charges of motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. telling detectives she heard a big boom but kept going because she was' suffering from an anxiety attack. >> she was' just in the heat ofulling down the adviser and she heard -- she turned right -- >> reporter: video shows her driving away in the mini van. the accident happened wednesday morning along washington street in dorchester. 43-year-old man. prosecutors say it was a construction worker crossing the street when he was struck and killed. benedict's car was located four miles away in mattapan. her attorney general says the client, the mother of a nine-year-old and 4-year-old

lowell, steve cooper, 7 news. >> anchor: 7 news now turning to the forecast. one round of wet weather out of the picture, the next round could be making its way in by maybe tomorrow and this time it could be in the form of a couple of different types of precipitation. let's get over to meteorologist jeremy reiner and let him explain everything for us . >> reporter: windy and coal, 3 32 in the city at this time look at the wind chill down to 18 26 miles per hour gusting over 30 miles per hour. the city at 32. bedford 30. fitchburg at 28. here is your enemy this afternoon. a case of the mondays and case of windy conditions. wind will be with us for a few more hours driving those wind chills down into the teens. it feels like 18 right now in town. worcester it feels like 12. plymouth feels like 23. they are having a few clouds and even the occasional flurry off of the lake effect snow machine throughout the afternoon hours. the wind fades away and then our next weather system, it's over here through the upper midwest. it's an area of low pressure that will quickly move out of the great l

before issuing their zig in this case. live in natick, steve cooper, 7 news. >>> lowell high school responding to a rumor about a threat of a attack on january 14th. the school says police have conducted an interview into the threat and say it is not credible but extra police will be assigned to the high school on thursday. police in salem, new hampshire are offering a $1,000 reward for any information on the vandals who spray painted about a dozen homes in the city. they say cars, homes and mailboxes were all damaged. worcester police investigating two assaults involving involved a dating app. police say two men were attacked in two separate incidents earlier this month. both say they arranged to meet a female on the app and that's where the attack happened. >> i think people should be wary of social media and take it back to the old days. >> you have to have common sense. you have to protect yourselves. >>reporter: potential say it's happened twice in the past two weeks and they don't want it happening again. >> this is the first time we're seeing a dating app. that's why we're tr

. that is the latest live in north andio, steve cooper, 7 news. >> kim: stocks plunging. the dow closing down 400 points. this slide follows china's second day long trading stoppage this week. >> ryan: jonathan hall is live with the breaking details, a rough day. >> reporter: it sure was. it is all about oil. it's all about china. a wild ride so far on wall street this year. it really didn't get any smoother today. the first four trading days of 2016 are the worse first four trading days of any year ever on the dow jones industrial average. it's a 5% drop in 2016 so far. the numbers the dow shaving 2 pand 1/3 percent. more than 90 points for the day. nas-deck fell 3%, 146 points. finishing at 4689. china is having problem with its economy and that is sparking fears on wall street. the chinese market crashed 7% overnight. trading was suspended for the second times in a week. there are worries chinese stocks could loose even more value tomorrow and what about oil? it continues to plummet. falling gas prices are great for the consumer. bad news for those financial markets because energy rev

. >> crews are is he scene checking out what happened here. steve cooper live for us with the details. >> reporter: pretty tense moments here this afternoon that unfolded here. looking behind us, you see first responders are on the scene. we're about to get new information from the fire chief. but five workers were taken to the hospital with minor officials. officials say there was an explosion this afternoon. this happened at the end of c avenue and quinsy. it's on nut island. heavy black smokes with pouring from the basement. sky 7 over head as emergency responders rushed to the screening facility which is operated by the massachusetts water resources authority this facility we're told. officials say the incident happened three floors below ground, and the public was never in any danger. drinking water. he will tiesing that. the executive director saying they seem to know what happened they just don't know why. >> yeah. it's way down in the bowels of the buildings three or four floors down there were down in there working and boom. there was an explosion. a lot of smoke. and they ev

them. steve cooper has more as police try to figure out who is responsible. >> reporter: what a disruptive day this turned out to be here not just here at arlington high school but several other schools across the state bringing the bomb squad and specially trained dogs looking for devices. tonight as you mentioned federal agents are searching for a suspect. would do that. joke about. >> reporter: after the out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons following main office. >> the threat threatened for backpacks explode in the surviving students exiting the building would be shot. >> reporter: it was that threat that led to the school being evacuated before the superintendent cancelled classes for the rest of the day. >> we made the decision to caution. received threats around the state including newton north high and the groton dunstable middle school. that is on top of the 7 others that received threats last. >> there is probably a very low probability of there being anything serious but you never know. so you are a little cautious for the kids' sake and for the teachers and

win. we feel about our team. >> steve cooper, 7 news today new england. england. >> you know, it's not cocky, it's the truth. >> you know saddams wins anyway. >> i like my sam adams. >> next on 7 news, we're keeping a close eye on the winter weather. we will continue the winter weather coverage of the storm and what it could mean for newhard to get a great shape. this... i can do easily. althy shape helps curb cravings. clear, taste-free daily supplement... s clinically proven to help e fuller longer. ber healthy shape. , i can do. in the fiber >>> welcome back. let's get a final check of the forecast with jr. >> nancy, we're talking about a blizzard warning for martha's vineyard. city of boston, worcester, there's no advisories, that is how sharp of a cut off the snow is, going from all to north of the mass pike. the height of the storm late it this afternoon and nothing until midnight tonight. high pressure is a fight going back and forth with the low pressure, which will force the low underneath new england. plan on 2-3 inches of snow, in downtown boston. more on the south coast, we

was rocked by an explosion. the bomb squad is dealing with there today. steve cooper is live from us. steve? tlort area still remains off-limits this afternoon. hazardous materials teams have been inside into the area where all this happened a little while ago. we have just been updated right now by officials who tell uls they are still trying to figure out what caused this violent blast. and at this hour, you can see the crews here have the area pretty much sealed off. they are not letting any building. we are told as many as 60 people were inside this building when this unfolded thursday afternoon. as you know, at this hour, four remain in the hospital. north andover, headed to the laboratory where a chemical explosion yesterday afternoon injured four employees. >> the bomb division will handle the particular container. i believe that from the initial explosion one of the containers was somewhat compromised. >> reporter: three of the four workers were air-lifted to boston hospitals with critical injuries. not before being washed down by firefighters with hoses at the hospital. >> t

: i love that name. moose is finally headed home after his social campaign went steve cooper has the story. >> reporter: meet moose who made it to massachusetts after an adoption process that spanned more than,000 miles. >> it is exciting. we have been waiting a long time. >> reporter: beginning with a worldwide social media campaign that went viral called help moose find a family. the six-year-old pit bull mix was abandoned in the virgin islands nearly five years ago. after spending 1,628 days at the animal care center of st. john, christine burke, her husband bob and three daughters ameal, yeah bella and can ris is a of east bridgewater who just lost a dog fell in love with moose. >> i feel like i already knew him. just through social media. i mean, and just being in contact with the shelter. they have given us a lot of info. >> reporter: moose was given the red carpet travel treatment. a private jet flight from st. john to new york. followed by a limo ride from the big apple to boston during and then today, the burkes traveled to worcester. the animal rescue league. to pick up the

: thank you, karen, and happy new year. the weather is really cooperating. steve: yeah, they are in the 30's. it is cold up there, mild. it has been cool but mild here, but big changes on the way. you have been waiting for winter? leon: some of us have been. in colder.ill begin 46 degrees at reagan national. up 2015,ac as we wrap 57 degrees was the high earlier in the day. the month of december, just one day with temperatures below average. that was on the 19th. every other single day above average. this will go down as the warmest december on record. they have been keeping record since the late 1800s. 43 leesburg and baltimore, 44 andrews, southern maryland that 48. 50's closer to the coast. where the mountains is the core of cool air is located. , state0's in detroit college. the winter has arrived there. cloudyte radar, partly right now. a little closer, some breaks in the clouds overnight. partly sunny skies, waking up tomorrow morning with temperatures ranging from anywhere between 34 to 40, with wind out of the northwest at 8 to 12. oforrow, january 1, a lot you getting up ear

office. >> you made the argument that they coax his witnesses to cooperate. . steve: if i could address the issue of release. we're not talking about releasing low-level offenders. of less than 5% of the individuals incarcerated in to aal prison found mitigating role in a minor participation the second thing is as you talk about these releases, we're not talking about 6000, we are in the third round of reductions. the first two involve orders of early release. the third round is between 6000 and 8000 this weekend will be followed by another 40,000. these are not low-level offenders. the people eligible for these releases were eligible regardless of the drug quality, and a criminal history, regardless of their ties to gangs or the drug cartels. this individual was caught with 213 kilograms of 90 8% for cocaine and $500,000 in cash. he is out as a result of these productions. if anyone is laboring under the impression that these are low-level offenders, we should disabuse them of that. ms. kelly: some of them are coming off of a dozen years -- dealing marijuana on the street corner and if

company. 7 steve cooper has a closer look at the bearded bet these guys are making. >> we are all very attached to our beards here. >> sam adams brewery employee is putting his beard on the line this weekend in the name of the new england patriots. >> it's my faith in the patriots i believe they are going to win. it's not going to be a problem. i'm not worried. >> he and his co-workers posing for a picture accepted a bet with these guys across the country. >> if the broncos win the guys have to shave their beard and if the pats beat the broncos we are going to go clean shaven. >> it began when the facial haired workers fired off this tweet challenging sam adams saying losers shave their beards you win, we are. >> i'm confident we are not going to be shaving. the pats have a tough time. >> sam adams brewer and founder jim cook told us his crew would never pass up a challenge, especially when we are talking pat reet riots patriots. >> sam adam was the original new england patriot. we have to put our beards on the line. >> he says he will dust off his clippers just in case, but is co