boston as a leader in the global economy. you can just imagine given this time of year and the forecast we've been advertising, snow removal and budget would be something that -- if he's not going to talk with. o about tonight -- will be on his mind. arrived on stage, waving to the crowds and will begin his state of the city address. let's list inin. minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you. thanks, guys. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much. i'd like to start by thanking the military veterans here tonight for your service to our country and to the families joining us, we honor you and we hop -- honor your loved ones. >> governor baker and constitutional officers, president rosenburg, members of the legislature, the boston city council, ambassador flynn and his wife, kathy, clerjy and community leaders welcome. to my mother mary and my brother john, to laurie and lauren, thank you for your love and supp

boston medical center. the ambulance we do believe is carrying the officer that was shot is backed in. we do not have any idea on that officer's condition, where he was shot or the circumstances of the shooting at this point either. streets were closed off to clear the way for that ambulance to make its way to the boston medical center where that officer is now going to be attended to. details -- more details should be coming to us momentarily as boston police commissioner bill evans is at the boston medical center. no doubt check the condition of his officer first before updating all of us as to what exactly transpired and the condition of that officer. we are trying to confirm right now that a suspect has been taken into custody by boston police at this point. there are reports that that has happened in the area of geneva avenue. we're working to confirm all of that information for you as again, we're still not sure what exactly were the circumstances here or what happened as the shooting took place less

i was looking to move to boston and decided i could get a job in boston and i heard about the latino career expo and decided to go. showed up there with resumes in hand and having a health neighborhood health plan and i approached them at their table. thankfully i was interviewed on the spot. shortly after long story short i am employed there. >> and now five years later on television talking about it. >> i am. what an honor. >> elelvis, for those who have never attended, give nee an overview. we're going to put photos so you can walk me through some of these visuals of what afwhat happens. 1:00 to 4:00, about a four-hour event. >> from 1:00 to 5:00, we get over 1200 job seekers, over 40 recuters and those recutererize looking for individuals to fill roles everywhere from blue collar to white collar roles, which require advancing reason. it is just really a fantastic high-energy event that brings the latino community and diverse candidates with corporate boston that often times that opportunity doesn't exist. >> so very, very unique. been an exhibitor resquan found folks like you, bu

a little bit more south of boston. once the snow winds down, it becomes about the wind and the cold. wind chills are going to be below zero out the door tomorrow morning. it does look dry into friday. watching the potential for another storm later friday night into first half of your weekend. emily. emily: cindy, thank you. 5 on the opioid crisis in gloucester. an impassioned post from the police chief there after four overdoses in the span of 24 hours. chief leonard campanello writing, "the good news is all were brought back to us by the increased availability and proliferation of narcan," but campanello continued, impassionately speaking to those suffering from heroin addiction, writing, "you are important and worth it. there is no incentive or punishment that this disease responds to. that can and should be yours." the chief appealing to anyone suffering from addiction, reminding them that the police department is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help the community. last year, the department launched the an

gets ready to move to boston. doug is live in seaport where more than just the company will feel the impact. doug? doug: hi, emily. we're talking about millions of dollars in changes to boston's waterfront, all in a part to lure g.e. to this part of town. and that includes fixing and repairing and reopening the old north avenue bridge here. general electric is relocating the world headquarters from fairfield, connecticut, to the boston seaport and that deal did not come cheap and definitely came with promises. "the globe" reporting this morning that includes $100 million to reopen this bridge which was closed in 2014 due to safety concerns. and the state is going to kick in $25 million to improve road, pedestrian walkways, and bike lanes throughout the seaport. and this, by the way, is beyond what the city leaders publicly disclosed last week. about 800 people to the seaport district. we're live at the seaport district this morning, doug mehan. newscenter 5. randy: thank you, doug. a boston police department is ho

boston marathon the feature of a film simply called "boston." it will go beyond the 2013 bombings and go back to the very first race in 1997. two feature films -- two feature films by hbo are in works along with the play and will focus just on the deadly attack. the documentary is scheduled to come out in april of 2017. >>> father homeowner, you could soon be hit with a higher insurance bill. the "boston globe" reporting a dozen insurance companies have increased their average rates between 4% and 10%. some companies that haven't raised rates said they will do so soon. analysts blame analysts blame the higher rates on last winter's record snowfall and other big weather events in recent years. >>> gas prices dropping even mo across the country. we checked with gasbuddy.com and the state average is $2 a gallon. the national average a penny next and down a nickel from december. the cheapest gas in the country is being sold in missouri averaging $1.70 per gallon. >>> if you are feeling lucky, the powerball jacket. no one hit the 300 million prize ov

the boston police commissioner bill evans is our guest. he is a 33 year veteran of the boston police department and was the interim commissioner when , you are not in uniform but when are a civilian? >> i years. people asked me about the hardest part of the job and it was getting into the outfit. blue uniform for 33 years. my expense account has gone up and ties. ed: it' us. >> so the uniform is just hanging in the closet. >> i will probably never put them back on again. i love being in uniform. i love being out on the street with the guys and girls. i have a great department. >> this brings us to our first question. a police officer was shot as a result of alleged drug dealer. >> any time we deal with drug dealers, you never know. some of them are low level but you can run into a real dangers one like we did. >> is the drug problem worse today than it has been? >> the opioids clearly are. i have not seen the addiction overdoses. our officers are writing around with narcam and the fire we started to her three weeks ago everyone got them. >

as for the driver who was stabbed, boston police say he underwent surgery at boston medical center. he is expected to be okay. he was able to answer questions that officers had for him today. for now, live in braintree, nicole oliverio, 7 news. public health has some details on a school closure. >> reporter: well, this all started on tuesday. one child went home from school sick. by thursday, there were so many kids that were sick that the superintendent made the decision to close the school. now, we are some video to show you here. cleaning crews in the protective gear working inside the memorial elementary school in winchendon this morning. they are disinfebruarying the entire school following a suspected outbreak of norovirus. a child walked in the front door that morning of the school and vomited on the floor. other kids started getting sick. by thursday, 20% of the kids at the school, this is a pre-k through second grade, either went home sick. school officials knew they had a problem at that time. they called the state health department and the folks at the state health depart

the boston arts academy, boston's only public high school for the visual and performing arts. and serving over 440 students that reflect the diversity of boston's neighborhoods. and an estimated 42% are latinos and more than 94% of them go to college. to tell us more, with us this morning is abraham olivo, coordinator. >> good morning, yadires. >> this is great. you're hitting home runs in the yes. we definitely attempt to students. >> yes. >> and -- . and i think that there is a perfect opportunity to talk to >> yes. >> and as a latino, you graduated from boston arts academy. >> i did. >> tell us about that? >> i enrolled in 2001 and graduated in 2005. it was a wonderful opportunity for me. i was seeking to improve musically on the piano, specifically, so, i didn't have prior experience in training. when i went to the boston arts academy, i had two hours every single day in my art. that is one of the wonderful things about the college, about >> yes. yes. >> that we have the opportunity to educate the artists for at least two hours every day and allowing the academics, science

no delays into boston. north of town, route 93, we're stop and go into boston southbound. route 1 looking pretty good from 128 into town, as well. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. 20 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split into boston, into town on the pike from 128. no delays. just 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge up to 20 minutes, as well. so far this morning the "t" is on time. back to you, guys. >> sarah: a city councilman in mississippi coming under fire for his controversial comments about police after an officer chased someone enter a neighborhood in his district. >> what i suggest, we get the black leadership together, and as these jurisdictions come into jackson, we throw rocks and bricks and bottles at them. that will send a message: we don't want you in here. >> kris: local law enforcement officials quickly condemning the words of kenneth stokes. they say they are concerned about the safety of their officers. stokes defended himself. he claimed race is a factor in how police

falling temperatures too. 37 in boston right now. doesn't seem so bad but we are in the lower 40s from taunton to falmouth and chatham. colder air is working into the picture and it's windy too. gusts across southern new england between 20 and 40 miles per hour. so that's adding a bite to the air. real feel is 17 degrees in worcester. 28 in boston. that's what you want to dress for this afternoon the real feel is going to be colder than that. there may be a stray springel or flurry. -- sprinkle or flurry. partial clearing here for a it's a chilly wind sunrise at 7:1 this morning. -- 7:13 this morning. cold they are afternoon. 32 in the real feel will be running in the 20s. through the evening hours it's blustery sunset at 4:32. and temperatures right around 30 degrees. tracking a little snow for tomorrow, late in the day i will have details on that coming up. let's go on the roads traffic and weather together hi robi. >> reporter: hi. seeing the first reported slow downs to the north of the city now. let's look live over 93 and somer

boston. a warmer forecast look toward the sundays because we go up by couple of degrees. 47 is my forecasted high on sunday with on and off clouds. monday, 52 with nighttime rain showers. near 50 all the way through the first half of next week. wednesday, heavy rain. back to you, guys. >>> showing lifetime for support a candidate before they even win anything. still ahead on the fox25 morning news, why people are lining up to have donald trump lining up to have donald trump's face etched on to their skin. >>> and next, massachusetts is last season of "american at hillshire farm, spice is the spice of life. that's why our craftsmen season every sausage perfectly. so you can coax out great flavor effortlessly. p hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. at hillshire farm, there's a reason our slow roasted turkey taste so fresh seconds after carving, we not only seal every slice, we double seal it. the results are something to savor. hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. we offer

south boston is an inch. and boston is over an inch. the accumulating snow has gotten above the mass pike for now. you can see where there is a winter weather advisory, generally a snowfall along the pike and a short distance south. then winter storm warning, which usually applies over six, and a blizzard warning for the cape you have tremendous wind going along with the heavy snow. 75 miles per hour. when you hear there is a blizzard warning, in order to qualify you have to have a visibility of a quarter-mile or less frequent wind gusts over 30 miles per hour to see the drifting or all three. the bright light shows the low visibility. don' t really have snow falling. then you get into the solid whites across south s -- across connecticut. that is where the visibility is reduced from a quarter-mile to three quarters of a mile. right at the edge of it. it has been rotating up the last few hours. it started snowing around 11:00 and did not start snowing in earnest until 4:00. formally -- normally that trick will be six hours. everything s

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bound boston. roaring wind coupled with high tides causing some concern on the cape and the islands today. >> we've been talking about coastal flooding. yesterday 59 miles an hour wind gusts it's brutal out there. >> reporter: it was brutal. snow. it was like ice crystals coming off the ocean hitting you in the face. but you can see the winds are still here. `let's be honest so the seas are still acting up. it's not the heavy gusts of winds we're experiencing yesterday and the snow has completely stopped. so it was a wet snow. it weighed down a lot of the lines. but i got to tell you crews were up all night and into this morning so if we could look at video we shot around 5:30 this morning. you can see crews were out all across the island here on martha's vineyard clearing the roads making sure people were able to get out so they've done a good job. also with the wet heavy snow we received yesterday and the high winds we had power lines down so we caught people, they were' scraping off their wind s

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. >>> from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz this morning. >>> good saturday morning everyone, january 2nd, it is the new year, happy new year, we've taken the turn into these cold months we are here. >> it is here finally we had our first snowfall of the season on tuesday, it's okay. we got through it, it was a little slick and this morning we have a few slick spots because we did see a few snow squalls yesterday evening. sky at this particular time in boston. 32 degrees. 30 degrees tauten, freezing temperatures or below in all locations therefore it is frosty in some spots 23 degrees in boston. real feel temperatures, worcester, 15 degrees feels like 25 degrees. satellite and radar picture shows mainly clouds over the boston area trying to develop a few flurries up higher in the sky. nothing falling at the ground level. we have a few lake effect snow showers in up state new york some of these snow showers may wake their way into the brookshires. this afternoon hour by hour forecast, temperatures right around freezi

now at noon a boston police officer shot in the leg in dorchester. >> that officer was rushed to boston medical center and is spec to be okay. -- secretariesed to be -- is expected to be okay and asuspect is in custody. we will begin with beth germano where commissioner william evans is about to speak at some pointbeth. >> reporter: he is inside the hospital with the the officer who is being cared for here. boston mayor walsh arrived a short time ago we expect them to give us a update on what happens here. we know the officer was shot in the leg and undercover officer who was chasing a suspect. we don't know more details than that which we are hoping to hear from the commissioner he. but they are personal difficult press conferences for the commissioner when any of his officers are shot in the line of duty. the commissioner ironically was just in washington, d.c. invited by the president to take part in a round table on the issue of guns and proposals. he was before a committee on beacon hill talking about violence on the streets yesterday. and the issues around safe guns so he is angry

in boston. that chipotle in brighton with the breaking details. dan? >> reporter:, well, the brighton location, it's been open about an hour. in at all. the chain does say that its sales have been hammered. now problems for chipotle continue. chipotle's cleveland circle location may be back in business. but problems for the fast food chain continue. one month after the boston store was shut down when more than 150 customers were federal grand jury has subpoenaed chipotle over fast virus outbreak in california last summer. >> i'm a little skeptical. i don't want to be laid up in bed after eating a brie toe. >> reporter: the chain also suffered a multi-state e. coli outbreak late last year. federal investigators linking more than 50 cases of e. coli infections to chipotle restaurants in nine states. >> my feeling has definitely changed. >> how so? >> just i don't want to get >> reporter: the cleveland circle restaurant omd reopened last week. the chain is cooperating with the investigation of the

shots ring out in boston. police on the scene of a deadly encounter. >> sarah: breaking news in mansfield. >>> bowing out, donald trump announcing he's boycotting the next debate. >> apparently megyn kelly is really, really scary. >> sarah: his closest rival is on the attack. a week-long standoff is over. what triggered the gunfight with an oregon militia. and a hero's salute for a fallen marine. a south shore community coming together to support his family. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: thank you so much for waking up with us so bright and early. it's 6:00 a.m. on this wednesday. i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. when you stepped outside this morning, that snow already melting away. >> christa: spring is in the air. ly not get too in front of myself. >> sarah: knock on wood. >> chris: we'll take it. we still have some winter weather ahead of us, so we might as well enjoy these mild starts. good morning, everyone. 42 in boston. 46 in worcester. above freezing all night. so

north of boston up in haverill over two inches. officially just under an inch-and-a-half in boston. wow, it came in on a gusty wind that really pushed those record warmth. these are all records that were set yesterday. boston up to 58 but we were 61 in hartford, connecticut, yesterday. those winds gusting over 50 miles per hour in spots. yesterday. there's still wind out there this morning. 20 to over 30 miles per hour. that is is knocking back the wind chills. the wind chills expected to get no higher than the 20's today. at times they'll be down in the teens. you want to dress for a blustery feel today even though we'll get back sunshine. enjoy it today. fast-moving system is going to bring in light snow to at least parts of our yeah by tomorrow evening. that storm is right here. it doesn't look like much now. it will race through pretty quickly tomorrow. ahead of it we have high pressure nosing in but our storm is still sit to go the north. in between, it is a wind tunnel that is tapping in to this. temperatures below zero toward minneapolis and zero in chicago right now. teens b

south of boston to the cape. and a couple flurries here through the berkshires. and we have had lake-effect snow bands coming off lake erie and ontario. and we don't have to worry about those today. central and northern new england particularly vermont will see some. for us a blend of sun and clouds and blustery feel. tomorrow we start with sunshine. wind won't be as strong tomorrow but what we are going to keep an eye on is the fast moving clipper system. it will approach during the day tomorrow but with it comes rain and snow showers developing mid to late afternoon. it's going ramp up during the evening but for most of us it will happen after the evening rush hour tomorrow. can't rule out a couple slick spots towards the tail end of the commute. by 10 p.m. rain at the coast snow inland and we change over to snow briefly here as colder air wraps in wednesday morning it's gone and it's fast moving storm and turns windy behind this on wednesday. the teens and 20s so. a chilly middle part of the week. in terms of

. 5 degrees warmer in boston. not quite as windy making it feel better. we will take it this time of the year. why not. 38 degrees for the lunch hour. peeks ofshoin and the clouds will rule most of the forecast today. by the drive home temperatures in the 30s and keeping it dry. rain moves in after midnight tonight and we could see wet snowflakes mixing in and who's more likely to see the snow and we will have the details the hour by hour timing of when the rain gets out of here in the seven-day forecast later on. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: i have a easy ride with a couple minor slow downs. let's check the north with a somerville. 39 southbound one slow pocket park street. to the south two ride to columbia road will take 10 minutes and 128 southbound hangs up between 37 and the split. kathryn. >> thank you very much. >>> new this morning, chelsea high school will be opened today despite a bomb threat. the school tells us that they believe it's a hoax but additional security is going to be in place

coating to an inch in boston metro area. not a big storm, but we haven't had any big storms so far this guys? >> christa: let's check out traffic. danielle, what do you have for us? outside. the expressway starting to slow gas tank. let's go to the maps from the braintree split into boston. that drive up to 15 minutes this morning. you really are starting to he granite avenue. south of town, we're keeping an eye on this truck that lost its oil tank. this is route 3 northbound on main street. we're seeing some delays there. mansfield, 95 right before 95, 495 northbound at 140, we have a disabled truck. the pike out to framingham, no major delays to tell you acted. starting to she down from 128 into boston. and andover, a disabled vehicle is blocking the left lane. this is 93 southbound at 495. your stop and go on 93 southbound enter boston. route 1 looking good so far. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 22 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split into boston, just 12 minut

news to go continues with security steps in boston for a first date event. >> copley square in boston where police kept the new year' s eve celebration safe. >> happy new year to you . new year' s eve was incident-free. boston police are hoping to keep first day just as safe. ring in the end of 2015. boston police kept a close eye on things with a large invisible presence. the commissioner said there were many undercover officers and other measures that could not be seen. police responded to several false alarms but in the end, revelers just enjoyed the event. they did treat several for minor injuries and illnesses but as of midnight no arrests were reported. tight security expected here at copley. if you plan to watch the bruins and the canadians face off you have to go through a metal detector and consent to be searched. >> police are trying to figure out what caused this massive five alarm fire and spencer new year' s eve. flames roca last night and luckily no one was inside at the time. firefighters from several homes responded. they quickly called five alarm because of short manp

gets ready to move into boston. doug is live in the seaport district were more than just the company will full the impact. -- feel the impact. doug: millions of dollars in changes what we are talking about to boston' s waterfront. all part of the deal to lure in g.e. that includes something that has of the north avenue bridge. general electric relocating its world headquarters from fairfield, connecticut, to the boston seaport. that deal did not come cheap. the globe reporting that includes $100 million to reopen this bridge which was closed in 2014 due to safety concerns. the state will kick in $25 million to approve pedestrian walkways, bike lanes. and city leaders publicly disclosed last week. by the way, g.e. going to be moving in 800 workers into the city. live here atht the seaport district. randy: the boston police department is hoping a multimillion dollar computer upgrade will make their records more accurate. the new $12 million record system replaces 40-year-old procedures that relied on paper and led to

just eight degrees in boston. when you factor in those strong winds, it feels like eight below in the city. and the wind chill as cold as 12 below in worcester so the coldest air we've had since last winter since late last february. these wind chill s are going to hover below zero until 9:00 a.m. but it is a short-lived cold blast. by tomorrow afternoon, we're going to be back up around 40 degrees. morning as the wind chills hover down below zero. by noontime wind chills still in the single digits and teens. they will get no higher than the teens this afternoon. even though temperatures do come up into the 20's with mostly sunny skies outside of southeastern massachusetts. tonight not as cold. teens through around 20 degrees. i mention it warms up tomorrow. winds are going to start to shift around to the southwest, and that is going to bring in milder air for both tomorrow afternoon and again on thursday as well. we're going to keep it dry right around 40 degrees through friday but as we head toward the up. we may

and 31 in boston. low-level moisture working back in and that will provide us patchy drizzle this afternoon. i don't expect a lot of rain over the next couple days, just some patches of drizzle around and even a couple slippery spots tonight. patchy freezing drizzle deeper inland, especially north and west of 495. heavier rain, that will work in on sunday with gusty wind, inch to an inch and a half of rain and near record warmth, as well, sunday afternoon. more on that forecast in a bit. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: this accident was off to the shoulder. this is montvale avenue at 93 southbound. the back-up is back to about concord street there. so keep that in mind if you're heading south -- if you're heading into town from the north into boston. route 1, no major delays on 93. you're starting to slow down again toward somerville. let's head south of town. no major delays to tell you about. our earlier accident from braintree did clear. minutes. the pike

teens here in boston. you had the strong wind and low wind chills and tonight it will look this way in the 20s in boston and a few scenes in the cold spots. the rest of the week's weather in a few minutes. phil: we have breaking news in tewksbury where police have recovered a stash of about $3 million in what they describe as a massive drug bust there. investigators believe the couple arrested involved is involved in an on going drug conspiracy as they describe it. newscenter 5's jack harper is live in lowell where they were just arraigned. jack? reporter: we are in middlesex county and last year 185 opiod deaths were connected. and there could be some to it. >> it was valued the $7 million off the streets. reporter: middlesex investigators areing louis -- are charging louis and hill do they seized fennel -- fentanyl or heroin or both. >> although fentanyl looks like heroin can be almost a hundred times more poe at the present time. reporter: attorneys denying they were running a drug operation claiming th

gusting to 33mph in boston. wind-chill minus 4 in worcester. 5 right now in the city of boston. we'll continue to see a windy day, not quite as strong as gusts closer to 30 as opposed to near 50 yesterday. temperatures near 30. we see some improvement in the temperature department by about 5 or 6 degrees. not a hunting difference, but we'll take any help we can get. weekend storm, big ocean storm hammering the mid atlantic down into virginia. this will be a formid-able storm for portions of the mid atlantic down into virginia. the question is how much of this precipitation gets north. you can see the sharp gradient. the further north you go, the less snow. the track critical into how much snow we get. there will be a sharp cut-off probably across northern mass, southern new hampshire. the best chance for significant snow down through southeastern mass. more on this storm and the seven-day forecast ahead. >> time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. here's danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. here's the expressway, not looking too bad this morning. let's go to t

meaning the buyer will decide if it stays or goes. >> you know when you go to boston it's boston. >> reporter: for marathoners finish and baseball fans a home run and others home. >> i think it should stay i like it. >> reporter: boston university owns 660 beacon and they lease the rooftop holding the sign. you think the sign makes the property more attractive. >> i think it does. given the iconic nature of it and the brand recognition. >> reporter: many call the sign a landmark, it's not. in the early 1980s this was a sales attempt at landmark status to save the sign to fr removal public outcry caused them to keep it. >> i think it's something that's going to make sense a get taller and boston's skyline has risen. >> reporter: can you imagine the skyline without the sign? >> if it was gone would you miss it? >> absolutely. absolutely. it's significant. it's kenmore. >> reporter: the citgo sign could be a selling point. bu is putting the building buildings up for sale to get out of the commercial real estate market in kenmore square. the university will use the money to reinvest in t

boston police say one of their own was attacked. this happening inside the parking garage near city hall plaza. take a look at the video for yourself. cell phone video shows a man reaching into a boston police officer's cruiser and they say he was attacked for about 45 seconds. this all happened just two hours into the new year. police released the video to the media and identified the suspect as 23-year-old and drew bowman from everett he ran away but was arrest and charged with assault and battery on a police >> i think the guy was drunk. and he way too much alcohol and was not in control. >> the cops responded well due to everything that has been happening. >> i feel like there's been a lot of sort of something going on between police and citizens in general. >> reporter: beau man is expected to be arraigned later this morning at boston municipal court. reporting live in downtown boston, chante lands wbz news. >> thank you. >>> a new potential search for the data recorders of the el faro cargo ship. federal investigators say they

just pushing into boston. downtown boston is experiencing showers across the north shore at this time, too. the bigger picketed will show our way and potential for some extremely heavy rainfall over the next several hours. hour-by-hour timing, we continue through 10:00 a.m. more heavy rain across the boards here from worcester to boston. afternoon is when we have the best chance to see an isolated thunderstorm. between noon and 5:00 p.m. any storm that develops will bring additional heavy downpours. and even some thunder. maybe even some small hail. it looks like we will keep the wind around later today, too. as well as the rain. the rain slowly moves offshore by 5:00 p.m. temperatures will soar into the low and mid 50s. 8:00, still pretty comfortable with those temperatures. and the rain slowly pushes out. overnight, clearing conditions. wind direction changes giving us a winds from the west and cooler air funneling through bringing icy spots for the roads monday morning. projected rainfall for this evening.

low 40s in boston. mid 40s down through southeastern mass then tonight patchy freezing drizzle is a possibility north and west of route 128. closer to coastline. we'll remain above freezing overnight tonight. this is the storm system to watch for sunday. the track of it to the west of us that means it's a rain maker. and soaking rains at times as we get into sunday. midafternoon. if i had to time it out between 9:00 and 3:00 the bulk of the rain 1 inch to an inch and a half gusty southerly winds. mild air will surge in. record highs on sunday than any england. for more on how warm it gets we get to deal with mild temperatures. we may even break some records sunday. 56 the high testimony. 56 the record for sunday in boston. a little bit cooler in worcester. 53 the forecasted high temperature. that's also the record. very mild temperatures. if you head out to do some skiing maybe this weekend. saturday looking like good day if you head up north. maybe a snow shower. sunday not the best day to be outside w

s relocation to boston. the current bridge is considered historic and the city is looking for ways to preserve pieces of the structure itself. let's take you live around aret ya as we bring harvey leonard in here. it snows in washington but i understand the president is hunkered down and everybody is being prepared for what could be an historic snowfall. >> it does look like if i had to ballpark it i'd estimate about two feet of snow which is not bad. maybe two or a little more. >> it is still going to flirt with us. >> that's a good way to put it. people watching us from southern new hampshire, watching from us cape cod, new hampshire may never see a flake of snow. martha's vineyard is under a blizzard watch. the further north you are the less the effect. the further south the greater the effects. that is the general idea. let's show what we're talking about with all of these wasmsfwaffs and warnings in effect all over the place. nation's capital you can see they're under a blizzard warning. also long islan

here we are in boston at 28 degrees. that's about as good as we've been able to do during the daylight hours and we still have the wind whistling in at 22 miles per hour but no longer is it a potentially damaging wind. the wind advisory has come down. a thousand feet up even colder. worcester at the airport is just 20. there is a storm coming for late friday night and especially the first half of saturday. the wind will be coming in out of the northeast. this is important. the water temperature is abnormally high for this time of the year. that's one of the reasons why i'm expecting mostly rain in most of our area with that storm. here are the gusts. 25 to 30 miles per hour across the region so when you take the temperature and combine it with the wind we've got single digits and teen for the wind chill. that's the way it's been all day long. the actual temperatures tonight will drop for a while. so teens to low 20's will probably be our range. the wind will slowly abate. they won't disappear completely weaken some. tomo

>> it is a win for boston? the planned everett casino. >>. >> sarah: and how a little exercise can help produce what some women say is one of the >> sarah: now at 5:30, boston mayor marty walsh avoids a lawsuit, reaching a deal with wynn casinos. what it means for the city coming up. >> christa: also arrests made in connection with three escaped inmates in california. how police say they're linked to the violent criminals. >> sarah: a homemade mixture some teenagers are using to get high. what parents need to know. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: 5:30. it's thursday. when you're late in the week, you try to overcompensate with caffeine. a level. >> sarah: really? >> christa: yeah, a little too much. >> sarah: i try to hold off a little with bit until later in the day when i start hitting my low, chris. >> chris: in the week of is like going um heartbreak hill. you're close to the finish line. you're only a few miles away, but you need something to push you true. -- through. i think we've ha

the officer' s can' emily: we continue to follow breaking news and boston. walsh, boston police commissioner the 11th coming to the microphone for a police conference. we will listen in and see if they can share any more details about what happened. the microphone. commissioner afternoon. these staff, some of our clergy. representatives from the boston police patrolman' s association. this morning at about 10: 20, our officers from the drug unit were involved in the investigation of an individual who is known to the officers to be a drug dealer in the area. he is well-known to the officers. at that time the officers also license. his driver' s license was suspended. they boxed him into stopped him -- they boxed him in to stop him. when they were getting out of the vehicle, the suspect, who is a den of five as grant headley, who is to be seven years of age from dorchester, got out of his vehicle -- who is 27 years of age from dorchester, got out of his vehicle and began to fire unprovoked. officer quickly exchanged gunfire. at that time the officer took off. of the officers who were with the

a man was shot early sunday morning on falcon street in east boston. victim's identity has not been released and anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> the man accused of face a judge. he entered a pleat of not guilty mccarthy is the boyfriend of the girl's mother. the body washed-up last jeer and he told police the two-year- old -- last year and he told police the 2-year-old was a die. >>> the 71-year-old victim was 27th. police have not identified the driver but the person is due in >>> worcester police arrested a driver in a deadly hit-and-run over the weekend. vincent greene is charged withmotor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene. he was driving recklessly when he plowed into a 56-year-old man that victim died at the hospital. >>> investigators are looking into what sparked a fire at a popular wedding venue in sturebridge. flames -- sturbridge flames rind through the hotel. 20 guests who -- ripped through the hotel. 20 guests had to flee the fire that destroyed two floors of the building. fortunately no one was hurt. >> the cops w

chelsea clinton is campaigning for her mother in boston. that is from the midwinter meeting where chelsea spoke. the former first daughter will headline a fundraiser called she will also have three events tomorrow to focus on her mother's plans to expand early childhood education and women's rights. ed: the powerball jackpot is even larger tonight and an unprecedented $1.4 billion is on the line right now. newscenter 5's kelley tuthill is live dreaming in brookline. kell? reporter: ed, despite the incredibly small odds you know about, we can expect brisk sales throughout the state over the next two days. the 1.4 billion with a b is a record for any lottery jackpot and sure to grow higher. sales in the bay state were growing $23,000 a minute. 19 drawings with no winners means the bay state has been a big winner. that's $22 million have come into the coffers as a result of the excitement over the powerball. and again, you may have heard there was a two, $1 million in plymouth and one in boston, but we are waiting to find out who they are. and

. >>> from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz this morning. >>> it is the patriots and the chiefs in a winner takes all. and for fans, it is now or never. a nice shot at gilette, a quiet gilette where all things will change at 4:35 this afternoon. good morning everybody. we'll be live at gilette shortly. first lets toss it over to pamela for a look at our forecast. picture here for you, some locations dealing with ice and slick spots on the road, others dealing with more rain. we want to zoom into foxboro to show you we're not showing any at this time it is just rain and the rain will pick up in intensity throughout the morning. temperatures around 32 degrees, where we have more of a sleet and rain mix, also areas of freezing rain and freezing drizzle the roads are slick, dairy, new hampshire, all of us in boston areas to the south and east the cape the islands, you'll experience all rain today. here is is the deal. we have a winter rain advisory because the rain will mix into snow until noon from areas to areas to th

put this trio first teamed up in boston. four years ago patty myself and jessie all did a pilot together in boston and the three of us played siblings. the star was perhaps the closest ties to our area chicago pd's jason begay. >> if you remember julia with the whole thing then she would oven. then there could be one that's ready. my aunt beth her friend that was made to one that was ready. >> reporter: he also spent time in the baystate with another the kennedys. begay and john f. kennedy junior were good friends growing up. he has nothing but warmth and respect for the entire family. his mother was very kind to me. he was beautiful kids. >> and a man who begay said influenced him to become who he is today. >> begay used to have family in cambridge and used to visit the area while growing up. the one thing that all of the star loved about the city of boston the amazing food. in the control room, kris anderson, 7news. >> isn't that the truth. >> all comes back to boston including the forecasting as well. >> it all started to

she was killed while training to run the boston marathon. as malini basu reports from new york, maine, her friends memory alive. >> reporter: amanda russell touched so many lives the 32-year-old was a labor and delivery nurse at beth israel. amanda was raising money for the hospital's team she was training for the 2015 boston marathon when she was hit by a car and later died. it happened right before christmas on winter street in hampton. >> i got a phone call from one of our other close friends telling me that she had been hit running and my heart just completely sank. >> reporter: amanda's close friend nancy eaton who also works with her. >> i will think about the big smile that was always on her face every time i came on to labor and delivery she would say hi, nance. her mom asked if i would run for her and i said of course. >> reporter: nancy, is following amanda's foot steps she's running in the early morning hours to catch the sunrise. something amanda loved to do. worked on labor and delivery she would go up to the roof she had convin

all right. 22 in boston. boston of course is an urban area. and what happens is -- not that it's hot but the heat of the day, whatever it is, tends to get retained in the city. but if you look at the wind, now, worcester's 13 miles an hour but that's at the airport 1,000 feet up. at lower levels there's no wind to speak of. so the cold air could really settle down in the outlying areas. that's why we see some of the low temperatures like nine in nashua. six in orange. nine in keane. and nine in springfield. is down on southeastern mass and the cape. just where the snow fell because that aids in the cooling during the nighttime hours. so it's only eight in plymouth. seven in falmouth and three on martha's vineyard right now. last of the clouds have exited the cape. now it's nice and clear everywhere. we've got a couple of terrific days in terms of sunshine. both tomorrow. and thursday. now, it's going to start out very cold again early tomorrow. in some areas like boston, not quite as cold as this past morning, other areas almost as cold. but t

boston north. farther south it's a real deal in terms of who is going to get how much snow and it looks like it will be a plowable event. no so far from the city of boston. 1-3 inches in the light shading of blue along the mass pike. downtown boston, i plan on three. pembroke and plymouth and in this area it will be a light and fluffy snow. in these locations, basically east of route 24 it is a heavy, wet pasty snow so remember, bend at the knees. >> to send me pictures of new york city, travel conditions good through noon. and traveling down the 95 stretch, south of providence into connecticut. this will he tricky down in new bedford. now the time frame is watch to the south and east of boston is the evening through about midnight, 2:00 in the morning where we could get heavier bands so traveling poor down route 3 and 24 this evening and overnight tonight. until 1:00 to 2:00 in the morning. after that the snow will turn off quickly from the northwest to southeast. the winds gusting 45-50 to 60 mil

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upper 30' s in boston now. we have a bit of cloud cover across the area and those clouds will be with us into the day. we will see those temperatures, a little bit as you check out your seven-day forecast. up around 40 this afternoon and it will stay there this weekend. by early next week notice the chill coming in. upper 20' s for highs coming up monday and tuesday. >> the us taking place today in massachusetts as of midnight, minimum wage jumps to $10 an hour and that will go up to $11 january of next year. it excludes certain employees including tipped workers. >> intimate moments captured by the white house photographer pete souza are on display. it shows the joys and challenges of the first family during 2015. several of the images featuring president obama and michelle many -- many say the photos capture history in the making. george lucas is apologizing to disney for comparing the company to white slavers. he says he misspoke when he claimed giving movie rights to disney was like selling his kids to whit

[inaudible] this is the full first night in boston. the crowds are here to celebrate. >> kids and families out in full force in copely square tonight. >> kcan ask. >> a spectacle oo bring the kids in, check the parade out, usually have dinner and kuf. >> security is a big concern. plenty of police on hand and that security put oo the dest the old south church. >> found an old suit case. a bomb squad came down, x-ray could and turned out to be go threats in boston. and mayor walsh, who led off tonight's fraid says security is tight. chis is our celebration. we're got go doog do let anyone from bringing in the thew year. >> the parade headed down bolden with colorful characters in dough all headed do the family fireworks show. goodnight. >> all in all even a scaled back version of the exist night looks to be great. year as you can see the crowds are a good dime and having a good dime tonight. if you want do continue do the exist night celebration dollars a firework show on the wanterfront that kicks off at midnight. >> a lot of people wi