Chief . Thank you. Good afternoon. As you all know yesterday, december 20, the Nashua Police department was cracked by the Nashua School distribute notify notifying us they received a specific threat of violence received and gregged toward the students and staff of both public high schools. The threat was specific to today december 21st. The Nashua Police department opened an investigation, then soon included not only nashua, but our state and federal Law Enforcement partners. I wont be discussing any specifics of the case to maintain the integrity of the investigation. Based on this threat, i met with Nashua School superintendent mark conrad to discuss safety options. Based on the littled amount of information we had at the time, the Nashua Police department could not say definitively if this threat was credible or based on this information, superintendent conrad with my full support decided to err on the side of caution and cancel Nashua Schools for monday, december 21st. This cancellation has given Law Enforcement the extra time to conduct extensive safety checks of all of Nashua Schools an determine that no threats or devices of any kind were found. The Nashua Police department and our Law Enforcement partners have been investigating this threat around the clock. Due to this investigation, we can say with confidence that there is no current credible threat to any nashua public school. The Nashua Police department will have an increased presence at all of the Nashua Schools tomorrow. The investigation into this incident is ongoing. I like to thank all of those who provided support to the Nashua Police department during this time to include hey i dont and joe foster. I now would like to introduce nashua superintendent of schools mark conrad. Thank you. I want to begin think thanking the Nashua Police department and their partners such as the f. B. I. For the work they have done over the last 24 hours. We are very fortunate here in nashua to have a highly capable and professional Police Department and we have always had a very close working relationship that makes a difference for the safety of our students. I would like to talk for a few minutes about why we made the decision to close all of our schools. Let me begin with saying that i think both the Nashua School district and the Nashua Police department have worked closely over time to bull the trust in our community that we make decisions for our students keeping safety uppermost in mind and maintaining that trust of parents is crucial. The threat we received yesterday was very specific. It was specific in terms of nay naying the two high schools by name where the action would occur. It was specific to todays date saying today is the day that harm would be done to students and it was specific to citing the means by which students would be harmed. Now over time superintendents working with Police Departments i think have really learned that the more specificity you have in a threat, the more concerned you have to be about it and this was a very specific threat. It has been almost a decade since we have closed a school based on a threat and that was Nashua High School north, i remember it well, because i had two children attending that school and they made a decision after children have been placed on the buses on their way to school in the morning to close the school for the day based on i remember as a parent thinking im glad the School District is taking stress to keep my children safe. That was certainly in my mind. So it was a very specific threat threat. We knew there was more work that had to be done to verify the of the threat and i think the third issue which really led to decision to go beyond closing just the two high schools is the anxiousy level, concerns we see in staff, students and parents today with everything going on in our society and the level of violence in Different School communities and in communities in general and this has been going on over a number of years so oh paint are very concerned about the safety of their children. Was clear to me if he held school we would have a very high rate of absentee i. We would have a high level of anxiety in the community. This way, we could say every child is safe today and we can year. And finley, i would note that because of the work done by the Nashua Police department and their partners and fact they believe there is no current credible threat and the fact that the threat was specific to only today, we believe we can open our schools tomorrow and we can do so with confidence that they will be safe. Safe. We will be looking for reentry plan or creating a reentry plan for students and staff, so for example our principles will be having brief faculty meetings in the morning as staff come in to make sure everybody has got common information. We will be providing our teachers with talking points and talking about that a little bit before they begin their school day so they can assist students who may be showing signs of anxiety at what has occur in the last 24 hours and sole of that may be anxiety they are carrying their household of we will assure we have Guidance Counselors clearing their schedules for the morning and our psychologist so they are available to talk to children. Well make sure our principles and assistant prescription pals are visible walking through classroom. I will tell you the balance of support weve received today from parents and staff has been one of i think believing this was the right decision to take the safety of all of or students into mind. Thats it, thank you. I would like to introduce the New Hampshire eight in charge of the federal bureau of investigation. I turn it over to the questions. Chief is this related in any way to what happened in california last week . Would you step to the microphone are there are arrests and how use an email to shut a whole School System down. Very concerned about state is the utmost. Our state of the union and teen teeners safety is really what matters the most and as far as other being related to other cases investigations or ongoing. I wont comment on the case itself but as far as just being able to shut a school down, each incident is looked at on its own merits so i certainly wouldnt say just throw a blanket thing out there thats all it takes to. Anchor you were just listening to a press confence out of nashua, New Hampshire where all city schools were closed a. The headline is there is no credible threat found in that school is going to resume tomorrow but with an increased police presence. Anchor the problem was they couldnt determine if the threat was indeed credible or just a hoax them washed to err on side of caution. Close the schools for today, police searched all of the schools, they didnt find any dangerous items, no explosive devices or Credible Threats so the all clear for tomorrow. Anchor safety is the top pry y there. If you want to listen to the rest of the press conconference its treeing live on our web site. There is bragging news out of lakeville. Police are serving fir amissing mother and her two children. Deal say she never returned the kids to their father after a visit yes. Now they are asking for the public to be on the lookout. Anchor lets if to Jonathan Hall who spoke with the childrens father. Whats the latest . Kids are aged five and seven, chris. They live here with their dad, all decked how for crisis. One of the little kids, a boy, had a birthday yes. The children are not here. They didnt go to school today. They are believed to be with mom but she has been off the grid now for about 24 hours. Lakeville police want to find Valerie Mcgrath an her children. Her exboyfriend is worried about. She wont talk to anybody. She wont even, everyone has been trying to find her, her family, the police are looking she turned her phone off anddown even put it become on. Now were all panicking where. Reporter steve tells us he got full does cotty with the i can because of recommends with his ex. Because his son turned five yesterday he decided to let the kids spend some time with mom. She signed the note saying she promised to have him back at 5 00. Reporter he said he insiev insieved valeries sister serve as rhone but after checking with the court she did not stay with the kids the whole stipe. She believed she didnt have to. Lakeville police are urging everyone to kept an i out for these three and mcgraths 2002 landrover discovery with massachusetts plates 847 zz 2. Reporter if she is out there watching what would you like to say . I want her to bring the children back. I dont know why she hasnt called anyone to let them know they are safe and she should bring the children back and she consequences after. Reporter kerrigan said the state did not issue an amber alert in this case. He says part of the protocol is that the parent who has the kids has to pose a danger to those children. Thats not believed to be the case now but still a very tense and troubling situation for this family and Steve Kerrigan definitely wants those kids back soon. Live in lakeville, Jonathan Hall 7 news. Anchor also breaking, nato reports six american soldiers are been killed in a Suicide Attack near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan AfghanOfficials Say the suicide bomber was on a motorcycle when he rammed that motorcycle into a u. S. Afghan patrol. A taliban spokesperson claimed responsibility on twitter. Anchor and were following more breaking news. The driver arrested for a deadly car rash in las vegas will be charged with murder. The woman is accused of driving on to the sidewalk of a busy sketch of las vegas boulevard yesterday. One person was killed and more than 30 others injured. Police say the driver had her Police Arrested 24yearold lake lakesha holloway after this crash. Officials say she drove just a few blocks away and told a valet to call police. Investigators believe she intentionally drove on to that busy sidewalk. Ms. We havent determined to the exact fact what the motive was. We believe she had some disassociation with the father of her child and then events prior to the event. Anchor holloway and her daughter were both okay. The threeyearold is now in state custody. Anchor stay with us. Come on in pop pop. Happy birthday. I just had a heart attack. And now i have a choice. For her. For them. And him. A choice to take brilinta. A prescription for people whove been hospitalized for a heart attack. I take brilinta with a baby aspirin. No more than 100 mg. As it affects how well it works. 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The group was on the 400 foot ride to see a birds eye view of record land oh but the ride got stuck workers were lived up and got it working again group was slowly lowered back to the ground is much to their relief i bet. There is some breaking news coming out of fenway park. Boston red sox announcing that they will be retiring another number out in right field. Anchor long time sox legend wade bogs set for a special same. Reporter he played his last game with the red sox in 19 1992 and made the hall of fame a decade ago. So its safe to say having his fenway park is an honor thats long overdue for wade boggs. One the most consistent hitters two ever step into the box on yawkey way. The sox will retire bogss number fittingly on may 26 and his career numbers make this a nobrainer. The chicken mans lifetime 338 average with the sox is second only to ted williams. He led the league in batting five times and was a key cog in three separate playoff materials and made the allstar team in 8 of his 11 seasons in boston. Of course this means the current owner of number 26 will need to do some laundry for next season. So the super utility man is switching his digits to number 12 in 2016. Live in the newsroom, alex corddry, 7 news. Anchor right now a lot of clouds. We are tracking showers on the way for tomorrow. The forecast for the week is up next. Anchor also a cruel crime, a thief smashes through a car window and snatches a purse. This whole thing though anchor an update on break breaking news at 5 00. For a missing mother and two children. The latest in a live report at 5 00. Anchor their ticket is punched. The pats earning a first round b bi. The injuries piling on again. Patriots making some moves on monday as well. Well tell you what they are. 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Anchor a lot of people will say it doesnt feel like christmas since that snow is not jr, i know, jr it doesnt look like well be seeing a White Christmas though. We are in trouble of you can forget about that. 40s and give ties, much like last year Christmas Eve last year we had temperatures up near 60 with rain. It will be even warmer this year Christmas Day nothing but mild air. 40s and 50s at this tie. The city at 52. Plymouth at 53. Worcester 45. The normal high is 39. All of these orange squares on my little calendar here indicat indicating a warm day. There is a bunch them weave only had one chilly day this month. That was the first of the mon. Terms are running nearly ten degrees above average. We have another mild week shaping up and record highs likely for Christmas Eve. So again, over the weekend it was briefly cold, again, coal year. But as we head down the road by the middle and end of the week the pattern snaps become to what we have seen. Essentially since halloween which is not a lot, hardly any of the United States the jet stream is going to be up in this configuration here for the entire week which means warm conditions and also with this flow here coming out of the gulf of mexico its somewhat unsettle each have a lot of clouds today. Not much in the way of rain for this evening or overnight tonight so if you have outdoor plans this evening some holiday shopping, im not anticipating any rain here is the next weather system over here back through western new york and western pennsylvania. That will be in new england tomorrow with the band of some showers. I think we can get through most of the morning commute tomorrow without the rain gear but you will need rain gore during the day tomorrow because showers come at us probably as soon as 6 00, 9 00, 10 00 in the new york. On and off showers through the day toll of a break tomorrow night through wednesday morning then here comes another chung of rain shower activy into new england wednesday afternoon and wednesday night but you notice the coloring here, there is just growns and yellows and orange blobs like a christmas tree. With no cold air. So no freezing rain, no sleet and certainly no snow. And then as we work toward holding on to the clouds but i it will be warm. Warm this evening, left over breeze from this afternoon other whiz a lot of clouds. Lows 43 to 47. Technically, yes, winter gets going tonight at 11 48 p. M. And for the next few months much of the suns raise are focused in the Southern Hemisphere so were supposed to have cold weather with winter but not happening tomorrow. Not on first full day of winter with cloudy skies and a few showers throughout the day. Temperatures between 53 and 5. Again as we work toward wednesday and thursday, especially thursday and friday, way above normal. The record high on thursday is 6 61. I think well obliterate that with temperatures thursday afternoon for boston upper 60s. Even some humanity believe it or not for the jolly fat man. Hopefully he is bringing his shorts to new england because he wont need the classic red coat with temperatures thursday night into friday morning mild and chris has day itself near 60 degrees and into the weekend temperatures on saturday in the mid 40s. Anchor time for fast track traffic of here is joe stay elton with check of the rose. Anchor were checking right now that southbound expressway commute has been a slow go here on the right hand side making your way down to the braintree split at route 3 and route 128. Well weve been averaging a 40 minute commute not moving all that badly for a monday afternoon you make your way down toward that area. Route 3 southbound down thruway mouth and braintree, not moving all that badly and 128 of course getting heavier too out through the randolph area. Route 1 northbound we do have a break light here right around lynn fellows parkway and saugus spot. Stays pretty heavy right up into the lynn felt area. Tight traffic too on 128, Downtown Boston route 93 thats the northbound side and right with the brake lights there and that stays heavy pretty much up to route 6 0. The Storrow Drive up ramp well. The off ramp though is flying a long nicely and those headlights are crews cruising along pretty well. Southbound into the oneill tunnel and out and around the maps not bad at all. Clearing route 128 or head up joe tape elton, 7 news. Anchor next on 7 now at 43 a home goes new flames in west worth. Officials looking into what ignited that deadly fire. State of emergency overseas overseas. Landslide plowing through a community in china. Rescue teams are seing for survivors. Anchor ahead at 5 00, a beauty pageant plunder. Did you see this . More on the mistake that has everyone talking. Anchor talk about an uhoh. Who did it better . Jadiann thompson taking on mayor marty walsh and you get to decide who the big winner is. Anchor were staying on top of bragging news im chilling threat closing schools in nashua New Hampshire. Investigators providing an update to parents what an we come back. This just in. The final countdown to christmas is here. Wait what . Gary, is this teleprompter right . Sweet molasses i need to start shopping immediately. Minute deals at target. Its the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. So hurry and get verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only 79. 99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus, with a 2year agreement, fios gives you 400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. So go online or call now get out of the past. Get fios. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. 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Will he appealed and the judge overturned goodells decision. Goodell appealed that brady had his chance to character for his side of course. Now its Roger Goodells turn the nfl is arguing that the original punishment should stand saying that the commissioner was acting well within his authority when he had that decision. The league is asking the court to resolve this case an let his decision stand. A decision by the way is not expected until after the super bowl. Anchor also on 7, a split second save a. A family of five lucky continue alive after a fire engulfed their home. That family was sound asleep when those flames broke out. Anchor terrifying moments here but thanks to a quick thinking neighbor, they were able to get out just in the nick of time