This area where the carriages are collected. And thats where a worker here at hanovers was collecting all of those carriages and got struck. Obviously a busy shopping day here at the supermarket as People Get Ready for the thanksgiving meal tomorrow. We understand from fire officials that the female driver, as well as the person who works here at hanover, were both transported to local hospitals. They both have injuries but not considered to be language barrier with that female driver so they are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, what went wrong and what caused this crash. For now, reporting live from waltham, kimberly bookman, 7news. 7news turning to your forecast. Take a live look outside. This is braintree here. People on the road the night before thanksgiving. The good news is the winds have died down, a little warmer than last night at this time. For more on what we can expect tomorrow, well send it over to meteorologist bree edgar yeah, i think youre right. The best news is that the winds have died down for us but that will play a big role in setting the stage for potential problems tomorrow. There go the temperatures down, down, down. Right now no problems that you can see just clouds moving in on the horizon but heres this wintery mess just to the and some that have precipitation is on its way for us tomorrow. A brief look at the timeline. For now, the reason forecast recent forecast models are just showing cloud cover. Theres a layer of dry air there and if you dont have the moisture then you cant get the precipitation. However, there is still a chance for pockets of wintery mix as we start out the morning tomorrow best chance in northern massachusetts and southern new england. As we head through the afternoon hours, itll look good for that family, it isnt until 5 00 to 6 00 p. M. The unsettled weather sticks around for the Holiday Weekend. Your 7 for zen planner for tomorrow, up, a slight chance for a spotty mix tomorrow. As the temperatures warm into the afternoon were looking at low 40s, that potential for ice on the roads does become very nil. Maybe some drizzle and showers as we head into the tomorrow and we get more on the time line for the rest of the weekend ahead in the extended forecast. Controversy at bostons Childrens Hospital after an expansion project gives the green light. People against the demolition at county garden speaking out today in court. It comes after the group sued the hospital when the announcement to close the garden was first made back in october. Kelli ohara live for us in boston with the details tonight. And the group still suing the hospital along with the state to try to stop these construction about filing an margin junction to stop the demolition of that garden but a judge denied it. Would you just lose something from Childrens Hospital it would never be the same again. Friends taking their fight to court to fight for the garden at the Childrens Hospital. It going out in a billion dollar expansion, something this group tried to stop but a judge telling them no. Im going to deny the various requests for injunktive relief. Reporter however the group says theyll continue to fight. Are they going to destroy the Iconic Center piece of their existing camp us that has made them a world famous hospital . For the families whose children survived because of the garden or who didnt survive, this is the whole meaning of existence. The hospital not commenting today but has said theyre actually expanding their green spaces in their remodel, something one former patient thrrs some of spirit and life and it brings so much to the hospital. The group has actually said that they plan on suing the hospital and continuing their fight. As for the hospital, they say theyre actually adding on to their green space and dont plan on getting rid it. Error live in boston, keli ohara , a 7news. Investigators say careless disposal of smin this was the scene earlier this morning. Three people were forced out. No one was hurt. Fire Officials Say the flames caused about 400,000 worth of damage. Police are investigating an Early Morning shooting in roxbury. According to boston ems a person was shot outside the walgreens. The person was rushed to the hospital and expected to be okay. Hate mail being sent to harvard. The target, a visiting professor who says hes a victim because of the election, and that the president elect donald trump. This is different, obviously. This is truly, you know, hatedful. Reporter Sanford Levinson says what he got in the mail at Harvard University was a first. A postcard with two first class stamps seemingly from the u. K. A nice picture on the front and on the back antisemitic words too food with say on television. It addresses him by his nickname, sandy. It goes on to say were going to drain the swamp at harvard law at university of texas for 36 years but a visiting professor at harvard. If you want to drain the swamp at harvard, im quite literally the last person you begin with. It ends with the name of a german board game from the 1930s the point of the game was to get jews off the board. I think its reporter on the laws, hes hatefilled speech is a byproduct of the election. I think the entire country is threatened by Donald Trumps selection. And so ive never been so worried about the country in my entire life. The professor says he reported what happened to the dean of Harvard University and also says he doesnt feel afraid for his safety. A rhode island lawmaker is calling for seat belt safety on school buses. The state rep has introduced laws to require seat belts on buts twice in the past and says he will do it again next year. It comes after the deadly crash in tennessee that killed five children. Only six states require seat belts on large school buses. Officials say the cost to make it mandatory could be 7,000 to 10,000 per bus. A chatham man is seriously hurt after an Early Morning crash sent hess car off the road and smashed into a tree. The man taken to the hospital by helicopter and charged with operating under the influence. A home state battle for Opioid Funding continuing today. Conference calling for the passage of a bill which would create more funding for the opioid epidemic. S . The rest of the country doesnt have the epidemic at the magnitude that we have here in massachusetts. We are at the top of the list of those states most adversely affected by this opioid epidemic. New dad released last month by Mass Public Health revealed that 74 of 2016 deaths had up 30 from last year. New details in the disturbing death of a little girl, a father in california has been charged with murder after allegedly drowning his 4yearold daughter. Police say the man drowned his daughter in the baptismal pool of his church on sundays. A close family friend says the father was having Health Issues and convinced his daughter had the devil inside of her. A 53yearold man sentenced to life in prison today after he killed british politician joe 31yearold politician who campaigned for britain to stay in the u. Investigators found the man had streepist views including nazi memorabilia in his home. A man who traveled with his horse from South Carolina to miami is now facing animal crew charges. Witnesses contacted police after seeing the horse looking weak, under weight and malnourished. Officials believe the man used the horse to panhandle his way down the coast. The horse animal control services. You can see his shoulder blades here. You can see the top of his spine, the individual vertebrae on his spine, all of his ribs. He was using this horse as a way to make money and the horse is the one who paid for it. Authorities say the Man Told Police he left South Carolina with his horse after an argument with his wife. Preparations are underway as we have less than 24 hours until the annual macys thanksgiving day parade in manhattan. More than 3 Million People are that with another 50 million watching on tv. Youll see 16 giant balloons including some classics and some making their first debut. This year they also feature steppedup security but new yorkers say it wont change the way they celebrate. The nypd and jpf are second to done when it comes to addressing threats like this. Its the best in the world and i understand we have threats but we have protection. So were okay. Reporter a faux federal agent says they dealt threats in the past and arually prepared to handle the situation quite well. A reunion to remember in connecticut. Sailors returning home to their naval base yesterday were greeted with excitement by their loved ones. This was the last voyage for their ship, the uss dallas after 35 years in the fleet. The ship has traveled more than 42,000 miles. Never gets old seeing those reunion videos. Just in time for thanksgiving, too. Isnt that awesome. Perfect timing. A dinner date for hundreds. Coming up at 6 00, one man behind bars accused of crashing into Police Officers and dragging them through the streets. And president elect trump making some key decisions today, who he is now asking to join his cabinet. We also are on top of breaking news. Police say one worker hurt outside of a hanafords supermarket in waltham. This is a multicar crash. New englands energy comes from a pool of energy producers. Eversource buys it at a set price and delivers it to you but the pool is shrinking, causing energy costs to go up and down. So were working to increase the supply of clean, Affordable Energy across the region. Because more energy means Lower Energy Costs for you and the communities we serve. . Volunteer its from the Lynn Fire Department are carving up thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings to hundreds of needy children, who attend the greg Neighborhood House here in lynn. Th a Child Care Provider for school aged kids. Its a just a joy to see these kids faces and mashed potatoes and they keep stuffing started feeding kids here 28 years ago. He has since passed but michael is caring on position. Probably feed about 22 turkeys, probably about 100 pounds of mashed potato its, corn, gravy, all the fixings of a thanksgiving dinner. Reporter these guys may have to rush out to fight a fire at any moment but for now the mission is to prepare thanksgiving dinner inside theres nothing hard about this, the kids to see them have a smile on their face, make sure they have a meal, our children get involved to see what its like to give back to the community. Reporter the hall decorated for thanksgiving, what was originally to 350. Its about the kids. Whats better than this . Nothing. The Firefighters Union pays the 2,000 to do this, they have a Charity Golf Tournament in september and the proceeds go to pay the bills. In lynn, jonathan hall, 7news. Coming up, the all important thanksgiving forecast looks disebilities for afternoon football. But the morning could be a tough president obama pardoned turkeys for the final time today. And he brought his nephews along with him this year to help take part in this honored tradition. The president spoke about the importance of thanksgiving and family and how now more than ever we need to come together for a good cause. Thanksgiving is a chance to gather with loved ones, reflect on our Many Blessings and after a turn our attention from polls to poultry. So the two turkeys pardoned this year are tater and tot. And after this evening theyre gonna live out the rest of their good ole turkey days at gobblers rest. Its a custom enclosure thats located at Virginia Tech college. And i thought that sasha and malia usually are there. Right . So i looked up why they werent they had a scheduling conflict. I think they may have blown off the president of the united states. Well, if its your dad, i guess you can do that, though, right. All right, lets talk about the weather because everyone is home organizing their stuff, trying to figure out what it will be like tomorrow. Snow, rain, maybe not at all . The early mix that theres still a possibility for early on tomorrow is looking to be a lot less likely that we see any widespread issues. It stays unsettled for the rest of the Holiday Weekend and temperatures stay cool to wrap up the month of november. We do have great news with our current forecast and thats the fact that the winds have really let up quite significantly for the last couple few days. A light breeze out of the northwest at this point. However, that will play a big role in how cold our temperatures get in the next few hours. Clear skies, light winds. Prime conditions for radiational 20 minutes ago look how much our temperatures have dropped. Were in the mid to upper 30s, worcester stretching up to bedford, 40 degrees for the city of boston right now. Already at 35 in plymouth, so i think the temperatures will continue to drop very close to the freezing mark and just below it. Upper 20s by about midnight tonight before the clouds move in sort of lock those numbers in and keep them there for the overnight hours. Heres the clouds that i was talking about moving in to t a whole big wintery mess, what we dont really like to see for the holiday season. Were not going to see a white thanksgiving. Unless youre hitting the ski slopes. I know a lot of ski resorts will be open for the holiday. Heres what were in store for at least closer to home. Heading through the overnight hours, i mentioned the temperatures just below the freezing mark. Were right at the freezing mark and here comes the clowct. At least with this particular however, we cannot rule it out completely, so the concern is still there, that if you get any precipitation, drizzle or maybe even a flurry, it could freeze on the roadways or on the driveways and it could cause some spotty mixed problems for tomorrow morning. Then into the afternoon, i think were dry until we hit 5 00 or 6 00 p. M. , then we start to see some light drizzle and maybe some light showers work into the picture. So Snowfall Forecast map is really not all that significant. Maybe some spotty mix, may the morning. But were in for highs to top out in the low to even mid40s tomorrow afternoon before the wet weather turns on and sort of stays on, on again, off again all weekend long. Wettest day ahead of us looks to be saturday, and temperatures staying cool until a bit of a boost for the middle of next week. But were also in for more wet weather. See you at 6 00. Thanks, bree. Turkey is the top priority as families get ready for tomorrows big feast but one turkey has no fear. Around town very safely. As 7s Chris Anderson shows us, the turkey has become a pretty big name in his city. Reporter the names gobbles, thomas gobbles. Hes a wild celebrity turkey in casper, wyoming. Hes the neighborhood turkey. Were looking for a turkey, thomas gobbles. Yeah. You know him . Everybody knows him. Thomas gobbles. Yes, he wanders on here every once in a while . Hes no butterball but can Casper College blocking traffic and chasing students. Why are you doing this . To those of white house have been accosted by him or chased by him, its not necessary look a friendly thing. Earn knows kind of not to mess with him or else they get like attacked. Are you scared . Maybe, a little. Wyoming traffic jam. Reporter like him or not, page with more than 1500 followers that capture his every move. Hes notorious. I would not say popular but notorious. Reporter in thomas world, were probably the turkeys but hes definitely no chicken. When hes not scaring students. Hes chasing cars. Thomas is a tough bird an appetite of mischief, he rules the thankful hes not dinner. A little ornery but hes kind of the defacto thunderbird here on camp us. You better hide. People are looking for you right now. Its unclear where thomas is going to be tomorrow for thanksgiving day but one things for sure, hell be instruct his stuff. In the newsroom, Chris Anderson, good evening, everybody. Im adam williams. Coming up next at 6 00, were continuing to follow breaking news out of waffle that, a worker at a hana ford Grocery Store was hit by a car prompting a huge police presence. We have a reporter live at the my gravy had an accident. Follow me. Im usually the gravy master. My guest list just tripled. I want to go really big with my appetizers. Oh yeah, this is great my family deserves a new tradition. Happier and healthier. Everything for thanksgiving. Theres another 30 minutes of 7news ahead. Hope all of your thanksgiving day preps are going well. 7news at 6 00 starts right now. Reporter the popular magazine once named in one of bostons mow eligible bachelors, now hes facing rape charges. And this isnt his first time of being accused of a crime. Some wintery weather on the way for the holiday. Hour. Misses of americans are getting out of town this thanksgiving so how is traffic shaping up . And a thanksgiving miracle. A little girl gets to leave the hospital just in time to be with her family for the holiday. Out the gate at 6 00, breaking news from saugus. A man rescued from a dramatic fire. You can see the flames that neighbors rushed to save the man. 7s alex deprado live for us with the breaking details. Alex, i know this is developing. What do you know right now . Were learning of a more rowic story where two neighbors came to rescue the man in his 80s at his home here on midland avenue in saugus. As you can see, it is very charred, very burned. This fire burned through it. We have a photo taken b flames from the photo. The neighbors tell us they were driving up here on midland avenue. They stopped when they saw the smoke, the flames and kicked in the door. And that is when they they went and saved the man who is in his 80s. They say he was near the front door, and they had to pull him out. The fact that the smoke was so heavy there were two neighbors working together. Man whos in his 80s out of his home. They say he is the only person who was home when this fire broke out, and the neighbors say without them, they dont want to be called heroes, but without them, it is likely this man would not have survived. He was taken to the hospital where he is being treated right now. And they say the good news here is that he was conscious when he was taken away by ambulance. Were live in saugus, im alex deprado, 7news. Alsore hit in hannaford parking lot and taken to the hospital. This all happening in waltham. Several cars were also hit. Kimberly bookman has more on this story for us from the scene. Yeah the day before thanksgiving. Supermarkets everywhere are absolutely packed, and today here at hannafords on russell street in waltham is no exception. Fire officials tell us around 4 30 afternoon, a female driver
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