Investigation step by step, working hand in hand with the District Attorneys Office tonight, as for when, the suspended activities from the Football Team will resume while the superintendent of school says thats all up in the air right now as this investigation with the Police Continues tonight. Were live in winthrop, steve cooper, 7news. And we have the latest on a developing story weve been following. The u. S. Coast guard announcing it will suspend its search for the missing crew of the el faro at sunset tonight. Elizabeth noreika is here with what else investigators are saying. Despite the coast guards announcements, families are Still Holding out hope that their loved ones will be found alive. The National Transportation safety board is leading the investigation into the ships sinking. Crews will now specifically be looking for the ships recorder, i would have both audio recordings and basic navigation information such as course and speed. Two men from massachusetts were among the 33 people on that ship. Family and friends are hoping Jeffrey Mathias are still alive. The coast guard says theyve done all they can to find survivors. I know that the coast guard, along with our brother in the navy and air force as well as the commercial tugs that were out there helping us search did all they could in this search effort. They did all they could. We know that there are reports that this vessel has sunk in deep water. There are rovs remotely operated vehicles that are capable of being operated down to these deaths. So far search crews have only found one body in a survival suit. Then again the coast guard will be stopping their search for survivors within the next few hours. In the wroal controlroom, elizabeth noreika, 7news. Also on 7, a teenager accused in the brutal murder of his math teacher at Danvers High School going on trial. Jury selection getting underway today. Chism was 14 years old at the time of the murder. He is being tried as an adult. Jonathan hall was there today and has more on the defense strategy. This murder really shook the northshore to the core when it happened in 2013. Now the trials officially underway, but the widdlingdown process called jury selection could be lengthy. Reporter it may take more than a week to find the jury to hear the Phillip Chism murder case. He was only 14 when he allegedly attacked his math teacher Colleen Ritzer two years ago. The state claims he followed ritzer into a bathroom slashed her throat and used a recycling bin to wheel her body into some woods nearby. Investigators say the boy raped her twice and say his dna was found at the crime scene. The judge questioned 115 perspective jurors and excused 56 because of personal issues or because they knew some were on the witness list. The remaining 59 will return to court in the morning for followup questions by the lawyers. Its called voir dire. More than three dozen students at danvers high are on the witness list, plus the schools principal. About a dozen other faculty and Staff Members and an array of local and state Police Officers will testify, as well. Ritzers parents also expected to take the stand. Public defender Denise Reagan refused comment as she left superior court. She is likely to use an insanity defense. Any comment on the trial . Chisms family, including his mother whos ducking down here, will, attending the trial. The process continues at 9 00 a. M. And due to a state superior Court Decision if convicted, chism will be eligible for parole. In salem, im jonathan hall, 7news. A stoughton man is in federal custody accused causing a serious scare at schools in four states. Investigators say anthony rice september bomb threats to schools in massachusetts, rhode island, illinois, and north carolina. Ray was first arrested in june when police say he set bomb throats schools in norwood. He now faces federal charges accused of sending more threats after the june arrest while under housearrest. To the patriots gearing up for a sunday showdown with the cowboys. Thanks guy. He made it clear thats all the qb wants to focus on. The qb bringing his conference to an abrupt end after asked about trash talk by Dallas Cowboys defensive end. Hey, ryan. A lot of guys will tell you that wives and family members are off limits for trashtalk and gearly guardee didnt get that message. I really dont care about his personal feelings. Reporter tom brady taking the high road when asked if greg harveys comment beside his wife gisele ticked him off. He only said hes concerned about grarveys football ability. I played him a few years ago and hes a really dynamic player. And theres some good defense. Im sure having the two guys will help them a lot. Reporter harvey will play the pats this weekend after being suspended four games due to a Domestic Violence incident harvey chose to share his excitement returning to the game this week saying i love seeing have you seen his wife . I hope she comes to the game. I hope her sister comes to the game. All her friends come to the game. I personally believe there are lines that you cross and dont cross, and that just comes down to personal respect, but, you know, everybodys different and, you know, like i say, we always just focus on whats going on in the building. Reporter the patriots are better than anyone at doing just that, especially brady, who wont let anyone get in his head. Reporter brady was at the podium today for less than 5 minutes, walked off saying im done, i have work to do but only our guess if bradys extra motivated this week because of harveys comments. Alex corddry, 7news. Now on just one station, a truck goes on a roll when it loses its brakes, came barreling down a hill isnt that correct everything in its path. Police say theyre shocked that nobody was killed giving the serious nature of the crash and the trail of damage left behind. 7s Nicole Oliverio with a closer look at what happened there. Reporter a threecar crash with a lot of damage. No one is hurt, and no one was behind the wheel. That car was facing my driveway and i was facing the wall. Reporter the truck scaled down the road in dorchester, hit a utility pole, smashed into two cars and took out a street light before stopping inches from crossing into busy washington street. When i came out, he was like, wheres my car . And look over there and just saw my car over there. Reporter jim just finished his radio show in a soundproof booth so had no idea what happened. His car, one of the ones damaged, had to be towed away. Its crazy. Its crazy. Really crazy. Reporter Boston Police say the flat bed carrying scrap metal and appliances was parked along the street. The driver got out to collect more items when the brakes gave way. The truck began rolling down the street with inning inside. Somehow on its own, the truck veered right toward the lot and not straight down the street into traffic or the homes or gas station just feet away. Thats what i was scared of. When i saw it underneath, that i said, thats what savedded it from going into the gas station, which im grateful for. I know this area is a busy area, you know. And thank god aint nothing happen or kids waiting for the school bus every morning. So thank god nothing happened. You can see the damage to the utility pole and some of the debris still on the ground here. Boston police say this driver most likely wont face any charges and its because he wasnt actually behind the wheel. In dorchester, Nicole Oliverio, 7news. A little girl is laid to unresponsive in a worcester apartment. Funeral for 2yearold gigi brown was held in oxford. The investigators say the apartment in which she was living had electrical problems and a bug infestation, but still no one knows why she died. According to her family, the toddler wasnt breathing when her brother went to wake her up late last month. She was pronounced dead at the hospital, and as i said, cause of death still unknown. Investigators are waiting for both autopsy and toxicology results. Now to the fight against isis. Authorities working with the fbi are arresting suspects and gangs that are accused of black market dealing and smuggling Nuclear Materials eventual Eastern Europe. The Associated Press says the gangs intent is to connect with isis and other terrorist groups. Over the last five years, fbi has interrupted four instances in Eastern Europe where the gangs tried selling radioactive bombing material. President barak obama saying the bombing of the hospital in afghanistan was a mistake. He says he spoke with the president of doctors without borders, the group that was running the hospital. 23 people were killed in that attack. President barak obama promised the current investigation will provide transparency. Now to South Carolina where more dams are in jeopardy of failing as they begin to reach their limits from the massive flooding there. The cleanup continues in all those areas where flooding has just devastated entire neighborhoods with families rushing to save anything they can after that intense rain caused cat strophic flooding. And even though they havent had rain in two days, authorities are still warning people to get ready for more trouble if rivers overflow. 13 dams have failed so far, and crews are working around the clock to try patch the other 62 in jeopardy right now. Theyre stacking sandbags to block holes and 19 people have died from this flooding with thousands still being evacuated. All right, now to voice your choice coverage. A new ad with a simple message joe, run. A super pack released the ad urging joe biden to run for president this morning. The 90 second spot uses audio clips of biden talking about his family and ends with a message for him to run. The vicepresident has not announced if he will enter the 2016 race. On the republican side, jeb bushs allies are also putting more ads on the airwaves. Bushs campaign and a super pack supporting the republican hopeful are spending almost 2 million this week in iowa, New Hampshire and states. Its much more than bushs rivals are spending. A vatican spokesman announcing the Catholic Church needs embrace reacialght on the issues of marriage and family. Bishops are meeting in vatican city for a three weeks now to debate controversial family issues. The bishops are deciding how the church should welcome gay people, divorceies and other catholics in what they caller regular unions. Spokesperson made those comments after just day 2. The jubilee of mercy requires particular in speaking about homosexuals or gay persons we do not pity gay persons, but we recognize them for who they are, they are our sons and daughters and brothers and sisters and neighbors and colleagues. And pope francis has told the bishops that the catholic doctrine on marriage has not been touched. Still to come, a long road to recovery. A little bo walking out of a local hospital after spending more than a year battling a rare illness. What he cannot wait to do. And then at 5 30, a New Hampshire City Council Candidate accused of crossing the line when he saw a dog using his backyard as a bathroom. The charges hes now facing. A priest accused of pointing a we at am little boy due to a sports rivalry and what hes saying about that. And why one local man says his close encount Close Encounter with a shark was divine intervention. And these guys are apparently interested in showing off some of their dance moves. A boy had a rare autoimmune response to a scriers it left him unable to move. He spent weeks in intensive care and had to build up his muscles to learn to walk again. His road recovery has not been easy but doctors are calling it remarkable. Ready to go. Reporter just days away from his fourth birthday, christian carruso is getting the gift hes been waiting for. Hes going home, christian has spent the last 13 months at fransiscans Childrens Hospital recovering from severe lesions in his spinal cord. Doctors believe it could have been from a rare virus. When christian came to us from another hospital, he really couldnt do much of anything. He couldnt breathe or heat or talk. Reporter his family credits the amazing medical team who helped him get back on his feet and breathe on his own. Everybody has been incredible. It hasnt been an easy journey thats for sure and they put up with this and helped us through. Were getting our little boy back. Reporter his doctors impressed with his determination. He is likely to continue to improve. His improvement has been slow but steady. Reporter today his dad explained how he got a little help from superheros. We always wanted christian to know that we were a team and going through this together, so we had different shirts for different days of the week, so we had flash mondays, superman tuesdays, spiderman wednesdays, we had batman fridays, captain america sundays. Unless the patriots were playing. Reporter even his doctors got into dressing up to see him. But as much as he loves superheros and the patriots, there was Something Else he couldnt wait to do. Whats the first thing youre going to do when you get home. Im going to play with my toy fire truck. The one thing he wants for his birthday, a cake. Mom and dad says that should not a problem. Doctors say they are convinced from the way he is progressing, he will make a full recovery, which is amazing. I hope so. Next on 7, jay leno returns to fallon isnt going anywhere. Our forecast looks great. Just a few showers on friday. Well take a look at that and a nice weekend coming up. Then at 5 30, a flu shot scare after a nurse refuses the same syringe. If you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. But the republicans. V they want to go back to letting v the super wealthy call the shots. They dont stand up for equal pay for women. They dont support paid family leave. They dont even really support refinancing student debt. Weve got to get this economy working for the vast majority of americans, not just for those at the top. Thats what i intend to do as president. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Does this 20 family fill up meal have eight pieces of original recipe chicken . Yes. [ding] two large mashed potatoes and gravy . Yes. [ding] and are you the real Colonel Sanders . Yes. [buzzing]. Check out this masterpiece. That is david ortiz made out of legos. Local artist enlisted 100 students at Andover Elementary School and they all completed the work of art, each student adding a few parts of the project and now it will get hung up at the elementary school. Looking cool. I wonder if they picked up any tips from the lego museum. Exactly. So pete were here asking about weather. Can i just say this was the most gorgeous day. Agree or how would you rate it . Id give it a 10 for october standards, absolutely. Absolutely. 71 still outside right now, dewpoint reading about 49. West wind at 6 miles per hour. I was wondering how youre gonna take it. Sometimes you know the take is it was good, sometimes it wasnt. Its a difficult thing when you get into october, everybody wants something different, everybody wants their Pumpkin Spice and that cold weather and then have you those folks that want to hold on to the warpt, anyway, were cooling off, a super weekend in store as the temperatures start cool and finish warm. Another warmup, which incidentally starts on sunday and goes into next week, too. So were not quite done with these 70s. Hold your horse there is. About 70 degrees right now in nashua and 70 in norwood. Mellow warmth last into the evening hours. Once that sun goes down, its gonna cool off. The front now crossing through the canal and pushing out through the cape. Thats the cool front. Behind that a caboose of clouds coming through upstate new york, might see these sink down. I dont think this will be much of a big deal right now, the hilly terrain of the upstate new york and the adirondacks are holding that together but once it descends into western mass a lot of that will melt away. Nonetheless it will be a cool night tonight and a cooler day top. About 60 degrees right along the waters edge. Cape ann through boston, down through the southshore. Route 1, route 3, and then we still make it almost mid60s, mid would be pushing it, i think, through framingham. Its the Higher Elevations that are cool and also the coast line thats cool, elsewhere we still managed to make it into the low 60s. There will be a breeze out of the northeast, too. Then friday we turn the page, start a little bit of a warmup here where we close in on the upper 60s. 70 might be pushing it. The shower activity will be coming in, as well, it remains to be seen how much rain we get. I think a lot of it will be across northern new england, just a couple of scattered showers pushing through here. Might get a downpour into the evening on friday as a front crosss and brings in a new batch of cool air for the weekend. This does not look like a big soaking for us in southern new england. By the way, the foliage has been updated now. We see peak colors coming into at least montreal, quebec and also northernmost maine. Elsewhere moderate colors across the Green Mountains and White Mountains and then have you low color now getting closer to the canal. Typically wed be close to peak right now across central new england in parts of central maine, the lakes region of New Hampshire, maine and back into the berkshires, but were about a week late hurry up, leaves. Clear skies, 48 to 61. Although if you booked reservations and hotels and everything and think i missed it by a week, are you golden this year. Cool skies, 59 to 64. Theres why you are 7 on 7 forecast. Great weekend to apple pick. I think were transitioning out of the max now and going into the colder apples. Weather, in the 70s. See you at 5 30. Thank you, pete. Jay leno making his first return to the tonight show. Leno wasting no Time Starting by taking shots at president ial candidates. Hows that last debate marco rube oh being called the best communicator in the republican party, which is kind of like that show debuts tonight on cnbc. 7 nbc caps off a big night of tv starting with the mysteries of laura at 8 00 law order svu todays stories with the nightteam right here at 11 00. Still ahead on 7 this evening, a police chase down under goes underwith water. What happens to that driver . Then when a family claims their toddler was exposed to e. Coli at a petting zoo that led to his tragic death. And new at 6 00, a change coming for commuters. What you need to know if you all right. We made it to wednesday. Feels good. I thought it was thursday. I wish it was. Another hour of 7news straight ahead. Im ryan schulteis. 7news at 5 30 start right now. Reporter first at 5 30, a wellknown businessman in New Hampshire arrested for animal cruelty. The Political Campaign that could now be in jeopardy. Deadly equities exposure in maine. What one mother says killed her son after visiting a petting zoo. And then a church crisis. A priest in trouble with the law after allegedly pointing a gun at an 8yearold boy. And dozens of patients now at risk after a nurse use as flu shot syringe repeatedly. A candidate for city council in keene New Hampshire is arrested for animal cruelty. Police say the man kicked a dog while using the bathroom in his yard neap say he kibed it so hard the dog died. Kelli ohara has the very latest. Reporter forilly and his
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