. breaks now at 4:00, a person rushed to the hospital after being struck in a boston neighborhood. the tense scene that unfolded as rescue crews rushed in who help the victim. fire destroyed a popular restaurant on the south shore. the overwhelming support as fire fighters look for the cause. fox25 investigates exposes shocking new details surrounding the former principal of swampscott high school. the trouble the troublingline conversation he is accused of having that forced him to leave his job. complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> good thursday morning, everyone, now 4:00 on january 7 everyone, now 4:00 on january 7, i am julie grauert. >> daniel: i am daniel miller.

morning, but a change is coming for the weekend. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear is here with how long we have got until the sunshine before it turns to ice and rain. >> julie: that's right -- >> shiri: that's right, because even before tomorrow turn to drizzle. all clear skies. from 9 in orange 16 in bedford. 27 in boston. 25 in plymouth. 21 hyannis. 14 nashua. worcester waking up to the middle 20s. from singles to the middle 20s and by 6 a.m. very little movement in those temperatures. maybe move one or two degrees from where they are right now. tons of sunshine. we pause things up during noontime upper 30s to 40 degrees for your lunchtime temperatures and this afternoon we weave in high, thin clouds. not more in wave makers.

leads us to our high of 40, 45 degrees. mostly sunny and calm, chilly morning and the timeline on incoming drizzle and some icy spots here for your friday and saturday come up shortly. julie, send it back for a check of the roads. shiri, things moving on nicely with the road. route 1 route 1, 93 south wide open. pike looks good throughout weston tolls and wide open through brighton. 12 minutes from route 1 to 128 to the tobin. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 23 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. 4:02 and start with breaking news boston where a pedestrian was hit by a car with brighton at chestnut hill ave before midnight. the victim hit the windshield and ended up in the street. the victim was taken to a boston hospital for serious injuries. the driver was also taken to the hospital to be checked on. the road was closed while police investigated.

causes heavy damage to a popular italian restaurant on the south shore. this is what is left of carmelo this is what is left of carmelo's restaurant on main street in kingston. the windows and walls are blown out. everything inside is charred. people were inside having dinner when the fire broke out and everyone got out safely. fire fighters say the family fire fighters say the family-owned restaurant is a town favorite. >> the family has been in police for a number years and own the restaurant down to the right down the street, mama mia's. a number of restaurants throughout the area and they do a great business. >> julie: carmelo's posted on their facebook page they don't note full extent of the damage and will let their customers know when they have more information. 100 people posted comments of support. lawyers for the danvers teen convicted of murdering his math teacher will be back in court. phillip chism was found guilty of rape of raping and murdering colleen ritzzer.

retirements what will go into a presentancing investigation and presentancing investigation and report. this sentence something set for january 29. fox25 learning more specifics of allegations against a former principal of swampscott high. edward rozmarek resigned after inapro yacht conduct on school computers. fox25 investigates was first break the news of details of the alleged inappropriate behavior. >> daniel: we have been trying to get our hands on this police report for a full month, while beverly police say rosmarek is not going to be charged, what led to the behavior that led to his resignation. >> heather: details a series of internet cats that he allegedly had with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl. >> he is not facing any criminal charges, but the allegations are disturbing. this police report obtained by fox25 investigates.

principal edward rosemarek spoke in two chat rooms with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl. it was actually a trained decoy for the perverted justice foundation. according to the report the foundation tipped off investigators, screen logs, chat logs and e-mails. he admitted to the decoy and was a principal and father and was a regular guy in the chatham chat room and used the chat name of great guy. the comments were sex annual nature and he initiated the sexual chat. fox25 first reported in december. state police have been to his beverly home for an investigation. we can now tell you an examination of his desktop computer found browser activity from the two chat rooms in question, and police also say a school issued dell laptop contained evidence consistent with chat activity on those web

files depicting adult pornography. when investigators questioned rosemarek, he acknowledged his behavior was appropriate and said he did it because it is, quote, exciting. the third time we tried to reach him at his beverly home today. he did not come to the door, but suave scott parents had plenty to say when we told him what we learned. >> i think it is his or her nrivbing general and horrific certainly as a principal of school with children. >> the best thing is that he is not here anymore. that's how i feel. the most important thing is our kids' safe safety and they did a great job by telling him he >> daniel: that was. >> heather: reporting. we reached out to rosemarek's attorney who emphasized no criminal charges against him. you might be wondering why that is, state statute requires that the defendant entice the alleged victim to a specific location. no evidence to show that he did

in a state, essex county da tells fox25, quote, in not charging mr. rosemarek, the essex district attorney's office did not suggest that his conduct was any appropriate as repugnant as his conduct was it simply does not cross the criminal line. fox25 investigates checked with lowell school where his contract was not renewed as headmaster prior to coming to swatch scott. that district would only confirm he finished out the length of his contract and it was not renewed. it is now 4:07. new this morning, someone has vandalized a tribute to a red sox icon at fenway park. it happened outside the park. you can see the graffiti on johnny peske's number 6. he is a sox ledge end that worked for the team for six decades. named for him. this is unfortunate and graffiti is common the area and they are looking to clean it no.

we will be live at fen bay all morning. 4:07. no whord what caused this massive house fire that trapped deferral several fire fighters. fox25 was on scene as this was breaking on essex street. everyone who lived in the home was able to get out in time including a woman in her 80s. three fire fighters had to call for help when the smoke got too intense and they started running out of ear. fire fighters from several other cities came in to help including malden. >> give me hand. let's get out. it was a small bottom pane window and a bunch of bushes there, and basically, just dragged him out. >> family members showed up to the house yesterday evening to salvage what they could. damages are estimated at about $500,000. this morning, u.s. officials do not believe north korea tested a hydrogen bomb. north core ye made claims they had successfully tested a h bomb but the seismic activity

enough to prove that. a u.s. air force plane will be close enough to north korea to look for radioactive material to determine what kind of blast occurred. new morning, south korea said the nuclear test was an act of war and they will retaliate by proceed casting propaganda into the north. state police hope an loop help unravel the mystery of a man whose body was found from 290 in auburn. david laroche was found tuesday morning at the bottom of a steep 50-foot embankment by family members. investigators said he had gotten out of a car monday night and walking along that road. he was from florida and used to live in oxford, mass. his funeral is planning -- his family it mans his funeral. the mother of bella bond is held on $1 million bail when she faces new charge of her daughter's death.

face as she pled not guilty to charges. the child's body watered up on deer island in june and months before anyone came forward on who she was. bond's boyfriend michael mccarthy murdered the toddler and she helped him bury the body. he threatened her life if she said thinking. chipotle has been fed a grand jury subpoena because of an outbreak in california. it was a joint investigation between the state of california and the fda. 100 customers got norovirus eating at a brighton location just before christmas. sales at restaurants fell 30% just in december and are stocks have fallen 38% since the outbreaks began in october. no lucky powerball numbers yet and the jackpot keeps on growing. this morning no one scored the winning ticket in yesterday's big drawing worth an estimated $500 million. the jackpot was already the 6th

yesterday in massachusetts, nearly 9,000 tickets were sold per minute. now the big winner could get an estimated $675 million. the next drawing is on saturday the next drawing is on saturday. >> julie: means we have another shot, daniel. we track traffic and weather every ten minutes. a look at the live drive times. 24 minutes on the pike eastbound from 49 5 to mat avenue. shiri? >> shiri: what i have waiting for you outside, nice, quiet conditions, quiet but chilly. the pu rbs at 16. 6 a.m. right around 20 degrees as well and map out today's warm-up and show you the wet weather on the approach for the weekend next. el nino causing major problems on the west coast. heavy run and rising water was trapping people in their cars. look at that video. the lucky break that saved one woman's life. helping people get the price they were promised on vacation.

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it is closing 40 of its 770 stores because of disappointing holiday sales. in massachusetts, macy's is closing its location in the berkshire and eastfield malls. in connecticut, two stores in enfield are shutting down as well. ask to keep us connected, but fox25 alerted us of a new app created for teens causing a lot of controversy and led to drastic measures. >> what is happening is really an extended case of cyber bulliesing in some instances where students are being -- having their identifies posted online and unwanted phone calls and e-mails from all over the school to the point that some students had to go and get their phone numbers changed because they were receiving so many harassing and bullying calls. >> daniel: the social media app "afterschool" is intended for teens to ask their classmates any question at all

while remaining anonymous. cyberbullying, harassment and links to it. how to app works and what parents need to look for tonight on the fox25 news at 10:00. it is now 4:15. a dramatic ice rescue to save swans in bedford. take a look at this video. those people are crawling across the ice and our families were captured as the animal rescue league tried to save the baby swans. there you go it was thick enough to trap the birds but thin enough to give the rescue thin enough to give the rescuers a scare as they crawled on their hands and knees. >> the ice was too slippery and they were going out like that and they were, like, running in place. >> julie: once safely recovered on shore, rescuers tried to give them a clean bill of health. they will try to reunite them with the parents who flew away during the commotion. that wasn't really nice to fly away in your little baby's time of need.

light as you might expect. 4:16 in the morning. expressway you are flying from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. pike wide anticipate from framingham through the weston tolls. a look through brighton -- a nice -- a great time to head out on the roads. nothing slowing you down. 12 minutes from 106 to 128. 20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. fox25 stormtracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us, shiri, when the sun comes up, that shot of the pike always has a lot of solar glare always has a lot of solar glare. yesterday in particular another >> absolutely. today. starting out a little chilly, julie but a nice warm-up. today will be our nicest for the next self-because clouds creeping in tomorrow, and the possibility of some drizzle and then you got to beware of icy roadways here early on saturday saturday. not an all-day thing, but i can problematic.

feels like 19 because of the breeze. the breeze is not going to be a big issue again today. but 28 will do it at 6 a.m. 8 a.m. things start to warm up. after 8 a.m., temperatures really jump. and by 10:00 we are into the middle 30s. we get into the upper 30s if not lower 40s later on. somewhere like fitchburg a little cooler at only 17 as you wake up. i do not have a wind chill there. the winds are nice and calm. 20 degrees in fitchburg at 6 a.m. by 8 a.m., 24 degrees. by noontime on the verge of 40 and we actually get into the 40s there. take you through it hour by hour. today is going be too for today is going be too gorgeous day, and although i am going mostly sunny, i am going to account for a couple of high, thin clouds mixing in through the afternoon. things are look good -- are looking food and feeling good this afternoon. changes start as we head into your friday. high pressure pumps into sunshine but where it is positioned will turn our winds

when wind comes in off the water and drives the moisture and you can see tomorrow morning, those clouds develop and cloudy skies start taking over for your friday. the brooklyning of green, the deep near friday, the better chance we will see patchy drizzle especially along the north shore. so it could get a little drizzly. dimmer tomorrow. temperatures will be okay. temperatures still get up to 40 degrees for your friday. and then saturday morning, i know that the moisture incredibly limited here as we look at saturday morning. there will be some very light and patchy precipitation. my concern is rule though southeastern massachusetts, it will be dress up to boston, opposite north and west. some freezing drizzle and further north into new hampshire, even a little bit of light snow and sleet, but, again, i can't stress again so light here that impact should be minimal. as you know though, even minimal ice on the road is going to cause some big headaches.

to keep things a little bit drizzly along with those clouds drizzly along with those clouds. this afternoon, 41 in boston. 41 in beverly and portsmouth, new hampshire. i have 42 in bedford. 41 in worcester. 42 in plymouth and 43 in chatham under mostly sunny. tonight, we take a little bit back into the 20s. increasing clouds and for the day tomorrow, end up being mostly cloudy. there is a slight chance you will find some drizzle, especially second half of the day. up around 40 degrees in boston. your seven-day forecast for the weekend falls view, and you can see that we have about a 40% risk of drizzle tomorrow. goes up slightly on saturday, just not seeing all that moisture with a high of 42. it transitions to just sprinkles in the afternoon but heavy rain and wind in place for sunday. high of 50. too bad we can't avoid it because it is a wash outand by monday some flurries left. back to you guys. a crowd control for donald trump. why thousands of of people with tickets at one of his new england stops will be turned away at the door. >> so beautiful.

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woman's life after she was caught in a major storm in california. take a look at this truck. the woman was stuck in the passenger seat partially under water for about 90 minutes. her boyfriend drove drove into the water that started to sweep the truck away until it got wedged between a telephone pole and that is what saved her life and that is what saved her life. he escaped, but fire fighters had to work under water to get the woman out. the third el nino fueled storm in southern california this week that is sending water and mud on to roadways, topple mud on to roadways, toppling trees and flooding streams. you can see the effects of the el nino system tonight on fox25 news at 5, 6 and 10 as chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz report live from lake tahoe, california. an amazing rescue at a canadian ski resort and all caught on video. 75 skiers got caught on a gondola because of a electrical failure. they had to strap guests into harnesses and dangle them on ropes high above ground to bring them to safety.

caused the failure. a scare in mississippi as part of an airplane crashes into a woman's yard. take a look that is part of the plane's exhaust. the military said it came off a national guard transport plane that was on a training mission. the plane was able to land safely and no one was hurt. looking into what went wrong with the plane. a new push to revoke bill cosby's medal of freedom. george w. bush gave it to anymore 1982, but a bill giving president obama the power to revoke an honor. >> there is no precedent for revoking a medal. we don't have that mechanism. >> cosby won't face charges in two alleged sexual assault but the comedian is facing charges of sexual assault in pennsylvania. "american idol" is official "american idol" is officially back for last time why can't you be blue

. >> julie: the auditions brought out a wide range of singers including several 15-year-olds. some unlikely talent that we are used to seeing. and even someone playing a she will o'er and a cop that handcuffed harry and kanye west stopped by but the real native was sonica. >> you are so beautiful. >> you are so going to hollywood. >> thank you so much. >> you are welcome. >> julie: she got that golden ticket by blowing away the judge and easily made it to hollywood. sonic a has been performing ever since she was a kid and performs at her favorite park. q idol" winner carrie underwood tweeted this. i might have found a season favorite. what a beautiful voice. you can see the rest of sonica competition tonight at 8:00 on fox25. >> daniel: that is an endorsement. a decision says he regrets

joe biden spaenging out of his choice not to run for president. how he still hopes to be a factor in the race. breaking news coming in from boston. it is overnight house fire. what we just learne at longhorn steak like this doesn' t need anything else. which is why we don' t just add, anything else. longhorn steaks that sizzle for $12.99. the new smoky bacon sirloin. the new spicy grilled jalapeno sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. all with hand chopped salad & unlimited bread for $12.99. tonight only at longhorn steakhouse. you cant fake steak. and for lunch try our new steak and bacon cheddar melt. or any steakhouse lunch combo

breaking now at 4:30. a person seriously hurt after being hit by a car. the investigation that kept crews on the scene for hours overnight. fire strikes a south shore favorite. the rush by customers to get out when fire broke out. new this morning vandals hit fenway park. tribute to a red sox legend thats that been defaced. complete new england coverage starts now, this is the fox25 morning news. good morning and happy thursday. it is just about 4:30 on january 7. i am julie grauert. >> i am daniel miller. feels like january out there. freezing to start, but fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear says temperatures will jump this afternoon. shiri, how big of a warm-up are we talking about?