a winter blast arriving here in new england closing schools. some wet roads right now, but there is a changeover happening right now. >> sarah: plows out all night treating the roads, like route 128 in lexington. cities trying the stay ahead of this storm. >> christa: so many of you are in for a messy morning commute. timing is everything, right? look at the flakes starting to fall. that looks like that's on the mass pike. we have traffic tracker out and about for you today. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: good morning, everybody. it's friday. that's the good news in this, right? 5:00 a.m. i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. we're waking up to rain in some parts of new england. parts already seeing this changeover to snow. a lot of that will happen during your morning commute. there are more than 1,000 crews out treating the roads at this hour, and highway officials are urging drivers the plan a longer commute than normal. we have reporters spread out all across the area. but let's start with our team of meteor

live in scituate victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." let's head to the cape and nicole oliverio. definitely, these winds have been pounding since about 4:30 this morning. notten a gust. this is constant persistent wind. if you look behind me you talk about the waves that victoria was talking about high tide. you can see how for rowtious the ocean looks now. the white cap definitely creeping closer. really it is the wind more so splash over and possible flooding. like they deal with here. we're talking about power outages that are probably going to be a problem with the wind possibly taking down tree limbs or knocking down power lines. that's the issue. you see the snow starting to fall and stick on the ground. the accumulation and totals aren't the biggest issue in the cape could end up with a foot of snow before this is all over. for now live in sandwich. nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." storm force over to westin. that's where kris anderson is. we're live in westin. the big salt piles. they scoop up a lot of the salt and

for now, we're live over the new england thruway. john del giorno, channel 7 "eyewitness news." thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, a restaurant bus boy slashed in the face of the village. we're seeing new images of several people spotted with the suspect. >> court documents revealing about the assault allegations involving eliot spitzer. i always heard fios was a lot faster. but, i thought it would be a hassle to switch. turns out it wasn't. they showed up when i asked and they set up wi-fi on my laptop, my tablet and stuff. it's true. it is better. i'm here to mow the lawn. it's february, curtis. maybe i should change some other things around here. only fios has the fastest internet available with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds. plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. >>> new this morning, surveillance photos just released as police look for the suspect in a slashing attack in >> health officials on long island announcing a strategy to get ahead of the zika virus. >>> the ne

ahead on "today in new england." a toddler in trouble. a three-year-old trapped when a chelsea apartment building goes up in flames. how crews were able to rescue the young boy. >> christa: all right. trying to file your taxes a little early today? the problem the irs is having with some of its old computer systems that could delay your >> sarah: mild times on this thursday morning. temperatures in the 50s. holding in the 50s throughout the day. rain changing to snow tonight. and it looks like a messy friday morning commute with some widespread snow. more on that forecast coming up. >> danielle: good morning, everyone. roads looking pretty good so far this morning for your thursday morning commute. here's a look at the expressway. ten minutes from braintree into boston. so far this morning the "t's" on time. we'll be right back. something delicious is happening at dunkin'. come in today to get any sandwich for $2.99 after 12:00 p.m. there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged

"today in new england." >> christa: also on 7, the suspect accused of hit manning in woburn and driving away with this man still on the hood, we told you about this yesterday, well, this man is now due in court today. police arrested 29-year-old tyson delgado. police say they received a tip that he was inside a home in dorchester. and officers say they found him hiding underneath a bed. this hit-and-run crash was caught on camera. 65-year-old shaqierra alfred pica was standing on a street corner when he was hit and carried away. police say delgado was driving away from police officers at the time. pica and his wife are glad police arrested delgado. >> i don't think i'm ever going to be right again. >> the more i see him hit him and throw him up on the car, it bothers me so much, so much. it could have killed him. he could have killed him. >> christa: pica suffered a broken leg and broken toe, as well. delgado faces several charges including leaving the scene of an accident and assault and battery on a police

jennifer eagan 7 news "today in new england." candidates making now a final push to pick up some much-needed supporter and tonight all eyes will be on the hawkeye state. we'll get the first look at which candidate are the clear front-runners. here's kris anderson in the newsroom. it could be make-or-break. the latest poll numbers said donald trump and hillary clinton will be the winners. there's a lot up for grabs. >>> it's iowa caucus day and the races on both side are so tight neither front runner can feel completely comfortable. on the republican side donald trump holds a single digit lead over ted cruz. today trump will sarah palin back on the campaign trail. ted cruz has a couple of stops before watching the results come in. on sunday trump made family and fate a big part of his final attending a mass with his wife while also getting an endorsement from evangelical leader. >>> i really want to win. maybe it won't work that way. but if we do we will run the table, folks and make this country so great you will have victories a

live in the newsroom, kris anderson, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: new details. a local naacp is calling the head master at boston latin school to step down after alleged incidents of racism. the group messed with students, parents and alumni on sunday night. last month two students presented the head master with a binder of incidents involving racism among students. the naacp now says they found more cases that weren't in the report. last week an internal review incident that the head master and the school did not properly respond to. a spokeperson for boston public school district says they look forward to meeting with naacp about these new alleged incidents. >> christa: happening today, more testing at an elementary school in millis after air quality concerns shut down the school until at least wednesday. the superintendent says test results taken from two areas in the clyde brown elementary school over winter break were cause for concern. safety professionals will now work with state officials to do additional testing. also closed today, the abigail adams mid

byron barnett, 7 news today in new england. >> democratic presidential special appearance to saturday night live. did you catch it? he perform nad skit with a dople ganger comedian larry david. he argued with him about who should be allowed on a life boat. >> my life is worth more than all of yours put together. one percent getting this preferential treatment. >> i have to take second to think which one is which. even so, dade is known for impersonating sanders, and he had joked in the week and gave his best impression as the real larry david. stay with us through primary night and you can follow the candidates on whdh.com and the 7 news mobile and tablet app. north korea launched along range rocket, moving through the sky yesterday morning, north consideria says it is only carrying a satellite but its neighbors and the the white house denounce the launch as a missile test. the u.s. says north korea conducted it against u.n. sanctions and weeks after it claimed it tested a nuclear bomb. an investigation is underway. >>> in taiw

back to you. southern new england. you know it's cold across northern new england. white and green mountain. we watch the windchill factor coldest on the summit with plunging to 30 to 40 below on some of the ski slopes which saturday afternoon across central and northern new england. these air temperature three and one. those are temperature at the base for highs. i wouldn't be surprised if the summit are close to 30 to 50 below with windchill factor in the range. if you are ski thing weekend. we can't leave any exposed skin. it's too cold for that. plenty breaks and warm up in between runs. 7 on 7 forecast giving us a run. milder weather to get to it we go through snow and ice over to rain on tuesday. >> still ahead on "today in new england." we'll introduce you to this week's class act. the sweet way this young man turned a class project in a way to helping veterans >> first really businessard and frighten crime the machete attack in a restaurant that >> there's a wild story we have to it will you about columbus, ohio. a man went on an attack with a machete. four

new england on the edge of that system. wind first element of the storm has should shown up and perhaps you wiz gusting north-northeast between 35 and 45mph. and that is the case through the day. winds gusting 30 to 40mph along the 95 corridor, cape ann, south shore 40 to 50. cape cod, occasionally will gust 50 to 60mph. and the snow is going to be a lighter, fluffier snow with less moisture content, which is good, because i think that keeps the threat of power loss very isolated metro boston, however, south shore and the cape, that's still a wetter snow and likely to lead to scattered power loss down near the canal as well as out on the cape. keep those mobile devices plugged in this morning just in case. >> sarah: between a puppy-monkey-baby and a weiner dog stampede, this year's super bowl as never disappoint. >> christa: people are talking about their favorite commercials. the ultrasound one of two win frirs the doritos super bowl competition. it she is a baby eager the leave mama's womb to eat some of dad's doritos. a

live in n 1/2 nancy chen 7news "today in new england." >>> let's look at polling in new hampshire. our new exclusive 7news umass lowell poll. the numbers here showing two clear front-runners in the granite state. donald trump is still the leader in new hampshire. he has 38%. ted cruz is second with 14. marco rubio in third place with 10%. the rest of the republicans are in low single digits here. chris christy hat 5%. ben carson and car lee fiorina both three. ran paul 2. and 7% undecided. we can start connecting the dots on the tracking poll. and already there's movement. donald trump holding steady. however ted cruz up just a couple of points. marco rubio has climbed into third place. and that's where the two-point increase. there was no change at all for john kasich or jeb bush. >> the democrats had a deadlock in iowa with hillary clinton the percentage point. there's a lot more space between the candidates here. and in our tracking bit of surprise that 2% increase for margin. tracking poll contains three day of polling. not much include n 1/2 voter reacting to the iowa results.

nancy chin. 7news "today in new england." >>> coming up next on "today in new england" the celtics take on the los angeles clippers. see if they have what it takes to beat chris paul and the gang. >> celebration going wrong when some excited fans take a bit of [music] no, no, no, no, people are both soft and strong... yey! which is why our products are too. >>> good morning in the celtics hit the all-star break prime for play off push when they return. because this team is battle tested. in overtime last night just five days after being lebron james in the cavs this celtics team is dangerous now. isiah thomas had game high 36 last night. it was the evan turner show in the extra session. he helped the celtics out last the clipper. 139 to 134. they are off for nine-day all-star break. >> bruin throw out the word embarrass after they beat down by the king. black and gold allowing 57 shottings. the most they've surrenders since 1965. >> but if you think they are bringing anything from that debacle with them out on their 6-game road trip, think again. >>> dissect that you are playing bad and

york and up into central new england. if a little bit of moisture sneaks in to far northern worcester county, southwestern new hampshire by 9:00 or 10:00 a.m., you could get an hour or two of some freezing rain, but that's it. predemeanor unanimously this is a rain event. a lot of water working up the east coast. the timing of it, again, by 9:00, 10:00, there could be some spotty showers that begin to develop north and west of 495 out into worcester countien boston to providence, that i-95 stretch cry during the morning commute. even 495 dry during the morning commute. this afternoon we begin to watch the steadier rain overspread worcester county first, early in the afternoon, up through southern new hampshire, and then by 4:00, 5:00 p.m., you notice all of that water arriving at the coastline here, from the north shore down through the south shore including the city of boston, down 95 into providence, rhode island. this is why i expect a wet ride home from work. the rain will continue into this evening, occasionally heav

there is cooler air across northern new england seeping into southern new england late tonight and early tomorrow morning. the storm itself is pretty efficient and will make his own cold air. it will change the rain over to snow. the thinking of that changeover is between 4 and 7:00 a.m. first -- >> travel before then is marginal at best but really goes downhill at 7:00 on. it won't take much to turn those streets quite messy. further south along the south the changeover takes a little bit longer. even down there, it's going to be a rough go. 195, 495 up the cape. first in the hills. winding down in metro boston around 4:00, 5:00 o'clock. how much snow is on the way? the deep shading of blue, plan on half a foot of snow give or take an inch and moving north of town about 5 or 6 inches of snow. 2 to 5 inches of snow. then coming back towards cape anne, closer to 5 or 6 inches of snow. downtown boston, 6 or 7 inches of snow. i thought perhaps maybe the rain would hold on a bit longer but i think that might switch over to snow faster. probably more five inches than two. >> we're really focu

england, even western new england. no snow maps needed with this because you will see the flurries essentially fall apart on their way into southern new hampshire or massachusetts or rhode island, so i will keep it dry tonight. mid-40s we will do this afternoon with 44 in boston and plymouth, 43 in lawrence, 42 up cool spots include orange, worcester, keene, where temperatures today really are limited to the upper 30s lower 40s down across the cape and islands and no, not the 50s of yesterday, but still above average. temperatures tonight back into the 20s. here is my concern. the fact that we will see some additional melting today and possibility that it freezes up on the roadways, especially the sidewalk and steps here into the overnight hours. so again tomorrow i'm going to remind you about black ice. so temperatures tomorrow, mid-30s, so about 10 cooler than it will be this afternoon, we got 34 in boston, here is 7-day forecast with the weekend always in view because as i mentioned that next weather maker going to

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in southern new england slippery roads. a lot of the main roads and highways just fine this morning. a little snow coating overnight on some of the secondary roads. mostly cloudy skies prevailing. temperatures close to to 30 degrees. wind a lot lighter today. couple snow showers tomorrow the story. as we get into the weekend, the coldest air of the winter so far. we'll talk about those numbers coming up. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. let's head outside. take a look. here's the zakim bridge, leverett connector. traffic moving nicely. roads looking slick, though. let's head to the maps. heading enter town on 93 southbound, route 1 southbound, no issues yet. on 93 we have some slowing as south of town from braintree into boston on the expressway northbound, that drive ten minutes. route 24, route 3 from 95 looking good so far this morning, the pike back out the framingham eastbound into boston looking good. let's take a look at these drive tim

live in manchester, new hampshire, nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: nancy, thank you. meantime, massachusetts will hold its primary march 1st, super tuesday. today is the last day to register to vote in that contest. you can register online at the secretary of state's web site. city and town halls will also be open for registration today from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. also to help you out, we posted all the information on our web site, whdh.com. the candidates are now turning their focus to the nevada caucus and the south carolina primary. jonathan hall is headed to south you can look for his live reports beginning on 7news at 4:00. ism breaking overnight, alaska airlines says an unruly passenger on board a flight from boston to san diego resulted in an unscheduled stop in denver. flight 769 was diverted to denver last night around 10:30 our time. crew members say a passenger was drunk and disruptive and even threatened the flight crew. the man was taken off the plane and passengers continued on on to san diego. >> christa: lots to get. to

roads are slick, new england dodged last month's bullet. this is their first big snowstorm of the winter. boston last year got 100 inches of snow. no snow here, but it's sad news with the 6-year-old girl. >> reporter: heavy wet snow, the crane that clapped in new york maybe the heavy wet snow had something to do with that, as well. when you get heavy wet snow it adds weight to trees and power lines and things like that, next thing you have trees coming down and power outages and the whole nine yards. the temperatures getting into the 40s today. whatever snow you picked up yesterday more than likely will be gone by afternoon. double scan live nothing going on, it's clear and a few clouds around, it's cold and blustery. 30 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 19. winds out of the west at 5. we have a windchill of 25 degrees. if you head out early, bundle up. 21 in millville. hammonton, 23. the poconos 19. allentown, 21. 23 in reading. wilmington, 23. dover, 28. wildwood, 27. you get the idea wherever it snowed yesterday morning if you have snow

ever new england. eversource. >> sarah: breaking news, two people struck in the street in separate incidents in boston. police investigating in fare connected. >> christa: a child rushed to the hospital in boston. detectives investigating a possible crime in the home. >> sarah: countdown to the caucuses in iowa. making their final push as their campaigning is put to the test. the concern that could keep voters from turning out. >> christa: and aaron hernandez lashing out from behind bars. the former patriot with choice words for his former boss robert kraft. plus his thoughts about tom brady and gronk. >> sarah: also trouble on the tracks. why some of the new commuter rail trains are in need of repair. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. we have turned the page officially to a new week and a new month, as well. welcome, february. i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. chris, it's good news we're starting february with this warm weather. >> chris:

nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." >> thank you. also this morning the mbta working through the night to inspect all orange line trains. it comes after a large panel fell off the side of one of the cars creating a pretty chaotic scene at the state street station. victoria warren joining us with new information the mbta released just this morning. vicki? >> we have learned that overnight they inspected all of the orange line trains and they were replaced panels on 13 of the trains. they said that was precaution. they didn't find any problem. these panels are 12 feet long and when that panel fell on to the third rail the tunnel filled with smoke and some passengers panicked. >> people jumping from window on the orange line when the >>s -- it was pretty chaotic when i went down there. >> its state street station. mbta said a 12-foot long panel unique to the orange line fell off of a train on to electrified third rail. two orange line trains then ran over that panel. >> it was ultimately determined that section of third rail caused moto

in derry, new hampshire, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: coming up on the news station this morning, on just one station, andy hiller will be live with the latest tracking poll numbers out of the new hampshire primary. his report is coming your way at 6:45. of course, this will be after the bernie sanders and clinton debate, so that should be interesting to watch. >> sarah: all right, switching gears now, we're talking about the weather. j.r., in a lot of places we're already seeing rain turn into snow now. >> jeremy: exactly. the rain/snow line is right through the city of boston. stepping outside the studios, that's going back and forth between rain and snow. that will happen in the city and working down the south shore. snow established through metro west, worcester hills. and even in the city of boston, snow takes over. and once that happen, then the road conditions will begin to deteriorate through the morning hours. the amount of snow on the way, a large area of 5 to 8 inches of snow including the city of i think downtown boston and out toward j.p. and hyd

we're live in new bedford, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: new details in a deadly fire in fitchburg. the fire chief says he was first to arrive overnight wednesday because he lives around the corner. he and a police officer pulled one man out of the house and then firefighters were able to get the man's sister out. but they weren't able to save a second sister trapped upstairs. officials say they believe it was an electrical fire. >>> a former weymouth public school cafeteria worker pleading guilty the rape charges. had sex with a 15-year-old boy multiple times in 2013. the judge sentenced foley to up to four and a half years in prison plus five years probation. she will be required to register as a sex offender and wear a gps monster after she's released. >> sarah: right now police are encouraging students at b.u. to keep an eye on their popular and pricy jackets because they have recently become target of thieves. we're talking about those expensive canada goose jackets. they cost hundreds of dollars. campus police say they have received several claims abo

that are moving toward new england tonight. here's live storm tracker radar a couple spots where the rain is coming down steadily tonight where temperatures are in the 30s but above freezing. can you believe 30s still out that way. coming down hard right around 290 just to the worcester. western massachusetts but look at this. all the lightning strikes happening here in the hudson valley of new york with these heavy downpours that are coming our way. also southward into connecticut we're seeing some of those heavy downpours even some thunder and lightning severe thunderstorm watch in place and that's all rolling toward massachusetts for the next couple of hours pushing our way. with those likely midnight and therefore afternoon. it persists into the afternoon tomorrow still gusty as the winds shift to the southwest. so the wind advisory goes until 7:00 tomorrow evening for those gusts upwards of 50 miles per hour. heavy rain, thunder and lightning gusty winds that means you have to watch out for power outages overnight and firs

this could bring in some snow across southern new england. there's more snow in the potential forecast over the next 7 days. late monday into tuesday the time frame to watch. one thing for sure the 50s and 60s we had this week no longer showing up on the 7-day forecast. >>> bye-bye. >> thank you. you have the latest from the campaign trail up in new hampshire when we come back. all along with storm that we been following. the snow continues to come down in and around boston. coming up after the break. [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. the kitchen is light and bright,new. we should definitely go see it. [agent] hi...welcome i'm maggie.melanie.maggie. so nice to meet you. [mother] this is brendan. [agent] hey brendan. living room. [dad] hey. [mother] hey sweetie. good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it so great?i think we found it. [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness... >>> big day in n 1/2 in xharly baker is expected to endorse new jersey governor cris christ

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an arctic blast is moving through new england as we speak. temperatures plunging to dangerous levels. >> a teen on his bike badly injured after a hit-and-run. >> a woman killed after a manhole slams through her window. >> all eyes on south carolina, candidates hitting the campaign trail hard. tonight another debate for the gop. >> this is 7news today in new england. >> all right, i hope you're ready for it. we are bracing for the biggest chill so far this season. biggest chill in the air. temperatures taking a nose dye as a dangerous freeze settles over a huge part of the country. this is weather that will have polar bears and penguins. >> i'm jennifer eagan. experts are telling people to stay indoors and dress in layers if you have to go out. the mbta kept trains running late the cold. >> let's get over to rob eric it will be in parts of anchorage or parts of last alaska, i should say. us. temperatures will be falling around the similar time. winds will be gusting up to 35 miles per hour this afternoon and that wind chill warning goes throug

victoria warren 7news "today in new england." police are investigating what 64-year-old man. last night. if victim's wives not home at the time. play. also this morning the fbi and irs are conducting a joint investigation they raided the law office in canton wednesday. last month he agreed to pay to cover the cost of high school there's him taking goods and services. particularly dry cleaning. there's a talk this the exchange for legal services >> his attorney said joyce has been cooperating with each inquiry and believes he has done absolutely nothing wrong. >> a teacher from manchester, new hampshire facing. police say 52-year-old anita lemay knocked a piece of candidatity out of his hand and hurt his wrist. the teen was causing a disturbance while eating in class and refused to listen to the teacher. many parents aren't sure what to think. if she has a history of that, that type of bhai ehavior. maybe it's appropriate. if it's an isolated incident that's all that happened. >> school leader say lemay placed on administrative le

winter storms doing damage in new england. families are cleaning up as strong winds blew down trees and power lines. this is in wellesley where a tree fell right into a family's front yard. crews have been working overnight to restore power to different areas, but the wind, my dog kept barking at the door thinking someone was banging against the door or something, the wind was so strong. >> christa: i haven't heard winds that intense in a really long time. chris, they were saying, what was it, 50-mile-per-hour gusts? >> chris: close to the city of boston near 50. close to the coastline near 60mph. winds really strong just above the surface. roaring of the wind, even with the strongest wind gusts. didn't make it all the way down to the surface. we had some damage and understandably so with all of the strong winds. brockton about an inch and a half of rain. close to an inch in the city of boston. we also have the downpours to accompany those strong winds just in time for the evening commute. so we'll certainly see a messy commut

nicole oliverio. 7 news "today in new england." >>> thank you. let's turn now to new hampshire and the democrats ready to gohead tohead. it's the first one on one debate for hillary clinton and bernie sander. on the republican side then time that war of words between ted cruz and donald drum continues to heat up. nancy chen live in fort smith with more on the campaign trail. nancy? >> good morning to you. you can tell it's crunch time by about 25 events on the schedule across the granite state including several in fort smith. marco rubio just wrapping up town hall behind me. his message he's the one to unite the republican party and take on either bernie sanders or hillary clinton. >> wednesday in november 8th. we can't wait to the knew of bernie sander or hillary clinton that would be a disaster for america. >> florida senator still inside right now taking questions. busy day for him. he has three more town halls planned. busy day for most of the candidates actually wrapping up with the democrats tonight facing off in a debate that's going to be

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new england. >> ryan: we're following more news here. state lawmakers are considering a new way to keep you safe on the streets, police body camera, adam has a closer look. >> reporter: despite plans to test body cameras out soon the commissioner is asking the state to hold off on passing a reil bill requiring them. the commissioner explained to conduct a pilot program before they decide to use cameras on a permanent basis. 100 officers will wear the body cameras for six months. >> i support legislation that would lend much needed support and incentives to the police department, to implement body cameras i ask that the police department be given time to implement this program and analyze it before an unfunded statewide mandate is adopted. >> adam: the commissioner says he and the mayor need to discuss the cost of the cameras and permanent privacy of citizens. i'm adam williams, 7 news. >> jadiann: a home goes up in flames in lawrence. officials say strong winds knocked a tree and power lines down

we are continuing to track arctic weather that is gripping new england. temperatures right now still plummeting. remaining potentially dangerous. >> this is the kind of weather we need to pay attention to. mbta trying to stay a step ahead of the cold, the t running empty trains throughout the night and into the morning hours. officials say they do this to try and prevent the tracks from freezing over. thanks for sticking with us it's 9:31 on this valentine's day. i'm kris anderson. i'm nancy channel 7. you know we started the show at a negative 8 degrees. >> at this point rob we're waiting for it to hit zero and we'll celebrate. topics compared to what we had out from this morning. these are the actual temperatures. 9 below in boston. 6 below in worcester. those are the coldest seen in either location since 1957. nantucket got below zero. first time they've seen sub zero since 2004. here's the current numbers. about 4 degrees or 5 degrees warmer in boston and nantucket now 3 degrees warmer. so it's a little bit better than it was this morning. wind chills

are nothing new to drivers in new england but after half a dozen cars become disabled, on i 93 new questions are being raised as to when this stretch of roadway will be fixed. >> after a 50 degrees swing monday into tuesday this massive pothole caused several cars to become disabled on i-83 northbound near exit 28. mass state police tell us they responded to six vehicles with tire damage touring rush hour last night. >> i spoke to say that this is the latest incident in a frustrating daily commute. i showed the now past pothole to senator a member of the joint transportation committee. >> senator for he tells me that stretch of i 93 is part of a multi-million-dollar interstate maintenance and reservice the highway from boston somerville. in a statement mass .says quote due to the work in this area there have been on occasion a rough road surface and other pavement issues. >> mass.also tells fox 25 as a spring season approach contractor will recommence the deck and joint work in april and that is expected to continue well into june. once that is completed the paving work will be scheduled to

in new england, break your i phone? no problem. what apple may give you in exchange for it. >>> speaking of frozen, the 60s we had will seem like a distant memory when you step out the door. your out the door forecast coming up. >>> with three days now until the new hampshire primary we the american people can't afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper... but will never make it in the real world. the grandmother who has to choose between paying for medicine and paying rent... can't wait. the single mom who desperately needs a raise... can't wait. the student with a mountain of debt can't wait. we can make real progress, right now for people and families who need it. p i'm hillary clinton and i look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. >> people across the bay digging out from snow causing power lines and trees to collapse. >>> new hampshire primary just three days away. how the presidential candidates are doing with pot

part one will try to make the there will be in new england tomorrow. again, it's going to be brief but your storm time line we have light snow arriving around 5:00 p.m. tomorrow and then that will be patchy, light snow through the even hours tomorrow night and then you notice here green on the map as well. that's that sign of the warmer air with the storm system. the storm center like all of the other winter storms this year have been passing to the west of new england. and when that happens, sooner or later mild air winds out and that will be the case i think as we work through the day on wednesday. some light snow and then some light freezing drizzle in the worcester hill very late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and early on when morning. coating to an inch likely out toward 495. more so west of 495 and then on top of that a light glaze of ice on top of that coating of snow. so plan on some slow travel late tomorrow evening, tomorrow knit and early on the day on wednesday for city of boston just wet roads. quit a bit of rain heading our way fo

nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." police say they were forced to fire on man who ran at them with a knife. happened sunday after officers try to make an arrest in connection to domestic violence incident. the suspect was taken to hospital and is expected to survive. >>> let's go to race for the white house in new poll shows hillary clinton is holding a single digit lead here in tuesday. a poll gives her a 50-42% lead over bernie sanders. so really, today it's a last-ditch effort to pick up support. for the latest on here's byron barnett in springfield where hillary clinton will make her first top of the day we understand. >> massachusetts taking center hillary clinton and bernie sanders locked in a tight race here each rallying voter at events today. on sunday clinton turned her focus to donald trump. >> i believe america is great right now what we need is to be hole. >> meanwhile sanders who finds himself trailing in several super tuesday states kept hitting clinton on her ties to wall street. if you will get paid 20

silverado, the #1 selling full size truck in new england. something delicious is happening at dunkin'. come in today to get any sandwich for $2.99 after 12:00 p.m. america runs on dunkin'. . >> sarah: 5:46 this morning. time now for everything you need the start your day off right. >> kris: here's what you need to know and go. let's begin with the weather. chris lambert, we know there is a warm-up coming. >> chris: wild swing temperature-wise. 50 in plymouth but 32 in boston. from boston north and west, plenty of icy conditions on the roadway, the sidewalks, a lot of secondary roads. main roads okay. wanted to show you this stat. this is a 24-hour temperature difference. yesterday morning, we are 55 degrees warmer in norwood and 56 degrees warmer in plymouth. so a huge turn around, about the biggest turn around you'll see in a 24-hour period. wind dead calm in the city of boston through bedford. the south wind is active south of the city. the south wind with the mild air will sort of chew away at this cold air in place, but it takes some tim

satellite and radar quiet across all of new england, not just new england but up and down the entire east coast. big area of high pressure united states. it's kind of weathermaker for a good chunk of the country. you get clockwise winds around the highs. so this thing is pumping warm air all the way up into the nation's mid-section. it will be as warm in nebraska and south dakota today as it will be in northern florida. that's the influence the high pressure has. that same system will pump that warm weather our way into the northeastern united states beginning tonight and into tomorrow. you'll notice a southwesterly breeze a little bit this afternoon, more so tomorrow. wind that will bring our temperatures well above average tomorrow afternoon. next chance of rain coming on monday. this will be a very weak cold front that will bring a few showers mainly to western mass and southern vermont. that's about it. most of uson't notice the front. behind the front we'll be a couple of degrees cooler on tuesday but still very mild. by far the best chance of rain coming this week is with our n

a winter storm getting its sights set on new england. snow, sleet, freezing rain is all over connecticut. >> but could we see it toward the end of the evening commute? i guess that's the big question here. let's check in with meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> we do have that winter weather advisory in effect tonight for much of the city of new england. it does not include the city of boston and north shore and south shore. snowing right through through portions of connecticut as well as rhode island, even a few patches of light snow in the connecticut river valley. i think most of the snow should hold off until the backside of our evening commute for the next hour, hour and a half. , i think we should be okay. around 6:00 that's when we start to see the steadier snow as well as rain begin to move up across southern new england. it's part one of the storm system that will feature some wintery weather. going to essentially be a rainstorm. even when the snow flakes arrive, because i think that will chew away at some of those snow flakes and n

the new england state where recreational marijuana could >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: thanks for waking up with us so early. it's 5:30. it's friday. i'm christa delcamp. and i'm sarah french. let's get a check of the forecast on friday morning with chris lambert. how is the weekend shaping up? >> meaghan: two thumbs-up. a little on the cold side, but we can handle the cold. we won't have to shovel and saturday. 36 in boston. 28 in worcester. battling a breeze this morning. at times gusting 20230mph. that will be the case throughout the day. that's providings with a wind-chill factor down into the mid-20s at this hour. feels like 26 boston. only feels like 12 degrees in worcester right now. a breezy day if not a windy day. notice temperatures don't move all that much. so we go from lower 30s this morning into the upper 30s this afternoon with that constant gusty wind. it turns cold fast this evening, in fact, overnight temperatures tonight, even a few degrees below seasonal levels that. will put us at 20 degrees tonight in the city of boston. lots of lower to m

we're in the 20s across new england now. but you get back into buffalo, new york it's 32. 48 in cincinnati. 49 chicago. piece of the mild air breaking off heading into new england. we just to wait for the wind to change direction back to southwest and it will do so behind this front. you can see snow showers from pennsylvania. to get the warm front through here you are also pushing in a little bit of moisture enough to gives cloud cover. going to rain showers overnight tonight as temperatures rise up. evening commute. clouds increase this afternoon. and then late tonight and into tomorrow morning we'll begin to see some scattered snow showers they be more extensive than this model showing. even in boston through worcester couple of snowflakes. late tomorrow into early afternoon. that's the best opportunity of getting sun. late in the day early tomorrowening may be a quick passing shower rolling on through. that's should be about it. not a lot of snow tonight. coating to perhaps an inch of snow through the worcester hill. tha

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the storm creating danger all across new england. downed power lines, smoking and throwing off sparks along route 138, also in canton, 100,000 people there without power tonight. the storm causing a scary ride for many people today. >> kim: this happened newton when a heavy tree branch fell to the street. we have night team coverage of this winter blast, but first the latest on that tragic accident that took the life of a little girl. will rest go to brandon gunnoe in canton. >> brandon: kim, this six-year-old girl, like all little kids, just wanted to play outside in the snow. but tonight family members, neighbors and really this entire community is deeply saddened by >> we're asking people the really stay off the roads, stay in your house if you can. until things at least lighten up, just be careful out there. >> brandon: fires say be aware. the hazard could be above you. >> you have to be wary when you're out shoveling your driveway and helping neighbors, kids in the yard, things like that. you have to understand the weight of the

how two new englanders >>> now at 4:30, breaking news outside a local bar. the investigation under way right now into a deadly shooting. we are live with what police are doing right now at the scene. >>> a man flashes a gun at a mall parking lot and gets away with a woman's car. how a woman and her baby escaped a carjacking unharmed. >>> friends and family say goodbye to a woman who died in freak accident on the highway. what the state is doing to make drivers. >>> complete new england coverage starts right now, this is the fox25 morning news. >>> good wednesday morning, >> daniel: good morning, i am daniel miller. the cooldown is back, and this could mean some icy spots this morning. meteorologist shiri spear in the fox25 stormtracker weather center and shiri, black ice is a headline right now. >> shiri: that is absolutely the headline because the rain is out of the picture. a little bit of snow out in western new england. a little piece of energy is coming on through. the current conditions are back to that freezing point. 30 right now worcester. 33 in leo

. >>> a new england mansion burning to the ground. flames just swallowing up this mansion in newport. >>> good friday morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm sarah french. i'm christa delcamp. it's a blustery friday to start out there. it doesn't look like temperatures are budging one bit out there. let's send it over to chris >> almost flat lining temperature wise as we gone from 36 to 33 now back up to 35. not much moving in the temperature department. mid 30s from boston through many of the suburbs. we have a lot of movement windwise that wind out of the west gusting over 30 miles an hour at time gusting to 32 in worcester. close to it in boston at 28 miles per hour. that's adding to windchill factor windchill factor feels like 24 degrees in boston. feeling like 12 in worcester. this what you dress for. it's a colder winter day. near seasonal levels. a couple of degrees shy of it. we'll have that wind with us throughout the day. even early this evening a cold breeze as temperature fall off and we'll watch the temperature fall

nasty stuff last night in southern new england. warm air part of the result of that feeding that weather stream energy. highs in the 60s. the record in the city was 65. oh, so close. a high of 63. we had a high of 63. that occurred early this lotsing ground but still even those numbers that you see on the screen, 40s and 50s, way above the normal high of 40 degrees. you go ahead and count up all the days this winter going back to december 1 when we've had a high of at least 50, today makes 33 agrees this winter where the temperatures have been 50 or warmer. so then we think why don't we run numbers and see where we are in terms of the warmest meteorological winter. we're a different breed but we look at winter as december, january and february. we have a little time to go but right now, third warmest meteorological winter for boston. unprecedented considering where we came off of, you know, the second coldest february last near and the snow blitz. amazing turn around. 40s and 50s. that's what we have. the city at 53. albany, 42. bu

live this morning in merrimack, new hampshire, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: police in dartmouth shooting a man they say ran at them with a knife. this happened sunday after officers tried to make an arrest in connection with a domestic violence incident. the suspect was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive, we're told. >>> right now police are investigating what they call a suspicious death in chelsea. officers say they found a 34-year-old man on a sidewalk over the weekend. they say he was beaten very badly. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. neighbors say they're scared because they don't know exactly what happened here. when you see the cops out here and they're searching backyards. you ask them what's happening, should by worried? nope, don't worry about nothing. >> christa: police officers found the man by accident when they were responding to a different call in that neighborhood. >> sarah: in the race for the white house, a new poll shows hillary clinton is holding a single-digit lead in massachusetts ahead of sup

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