Merkel. Trump and flynn making the former head of u. S. Intelligence nervous. Our nato commitment has been reenforced. Reporter current intentle chief quit today as planned. Felt pretty good. I got 64 days left. Reporter when capitol hill, v. P. Elect mike pence urged quick action on the trump agenda. Going to rebuild our military, r reporter trump promised to rebuild highways and bridges to put people to work. Democrats like the sound of that. We hope that we can have the biggest and most robust infrastructure legislation. Reporter but a request for big spending could wipe the smiles off republicans faces. They plan another stopgap spending bill until republicans have a spot at the spending and tax cuts theyve dreamed of. News, capitol hill. Ryan stay with us for more information on trumps transition to the white house. Head to whdh. Com or download other mobile and tablet apps. Jadiann sal dimasi getting an early release. A judge made the ruling today. His lally team has been working towards compassionate release following his diagnosis of throat and prostate cancer. Reporter Kimberly Bookman live at the statehouse with reaction. Reporter aud demacys age, he is 61 and his serious medical condition he could get out of prison on tuesday. Just days before thanksgiving, former massachusetts speaker of the house sal dimazei will be let out of federal prison as a compassionate release. He will head back to massachusetts. I think she is a little overwhelmed but extremely relieved. Reporter jason served as deputy chief of staff for touch with him. During that time demacy battled throat and prostate cancer. While he is in remission. The man says it got the better of his boss. Permanent scarring of his throat area which is prohibiting him from eating well. And nourishing himself so i think its a maintenance his health. Reporter he served five years of his eightyear sentence. Leaders say there was no prevention treatment. Take his name circumstances and put joe smiths name in that. If he met shows standards he is entitled to get the relief under a the help under the system. Reporter the current speaker says demazei paid his dues, while his legacy will be marred by his time blind bars he hopes that wont be all people think of when they think of sal demacei. When he did relative to marriage equals, that he was the primarily leader, seeing that done in massachusetts in the country. Confined to his foam home for 12 months. Kimberly bookman, 7 news. Ryan emotional day in a salem courtroom. A man change his plea to guilty. The victim was the mans best friend. Byron barnett has more. Reporter 20yearold joseph kass tonna of williston, vermont, will serve three and a half years in the house of correction after pleading guilty to manslaughter he was in the courtroom just a little while ago with his familiar i will under a the family of the victim. Many of the family members shedding tears. He was blind the wheel when his slammed his car into a pole in beverly back in april killing his best friend. Who was in the passenger see. Now police say that he had a blood alcohol contend of more than twice the legal limit. The victim, 19yearold craig samson a student was after the court the victims father in tears said he hopes that others learn from this tragedy. Any sentencing from our family is not desired to be any kind of revenge or retaliation. That all we wanted was that perhaps let a message young man, but to our Community Around us. To our other children. And your children. That all i ask is that you think twice before you act once. Reporter craig samsons father said that the only reason his son got into the car that night was to console the man, his friend, who had just been byron barnett,7 news. Ryan a worker left stranded trying to put up parks in a park. He was in the lift bucket when it failed. The worker stuck for more than an hour. This happened in raymond park. Officials blame a mechanical problem with the lift. They tried to get me down. My guys tried to get me down but didnt happen so they called the brigade. Going to be able to finish the stringing probably not today. Ryan he is grateful to the Fire Department and he jadiann it took a while but we saw some sunshine today. Ryan actually be back tomorrow which is great news, Jeremy Reiner is here with a look at the forecast. Reporter this morning a lot of clouds but as we step through the morning and into the afternoon, here you go. That sunshine finally making . A comeback here and the temperatures responding. Mid and upper 50s, normal high is about 52. In boston right now, at 55. Norwood 55. Worcester hills, monadnock region, the numbers in the low 50s. Now it wont turn this warm tomorrow. But there is no cold air to be had across the eastern half of the u. S. High pressure out to the west does move into new england slowly overtonight night. Mainly clear skies for tonight and well hold on to that area of High Pressure through the day tomorrow. So plan on more sunshine tomorrow. In fact i think it comes at us a little quicker tomorrow during the Morning Hours and the numbers will jump into the upper 50s to around 60. Saturday, morning sun, clouds in the afternoon. Then here comes isolated showers sunday mornings. That cold front means business. Look at temperatures next week. Below normal only in the upper 30s monday of next week, well talk more about that and the rest of your forecast in a few minutes. Jadiann Hillary Clinton back in the spotlight one week after her concession speech. She spoke at a Childrens Defense Fund dinner telling americans to keep fighting for what they believe in. I know this isnt easy. I know that over the past week, a lot of people have america is the country we thought it was. The divisions laid bare by this election run deep. But please listen to me when i say this america is worth it. Our children are worth it. Believe in our country, fight for our values and never ever give up. Jadiann she said she was disappointed in the results but overall had a positive message. She was long work on behalf of childrens issues. Ryan president obama in germany to meet with chancellor angela merkel. President obamas twoday visit is part of his last overseas trip as commander in chief. He is hoping to reassure allies who were concerned about a trump presidency. Jadiann u. S. Director of National Intelligence james clap ser resigning. He submitted his official letter of resignation last night but will serve for about two months more. Administration must submit a resignation at some point. Clapper says after more than 50 years of service stepping down feels pretty good. Ryan the pats had practice yesterday but the big question is whether or not gronk is getting back on his feet. Last sundays game he toob the major hit. He missed practice again today. Lets get out to dan hausle live with more hopefully on his condition. Reporter it doesnt look good because we havent seen Rob Gronkowski on the practice field. This is that hit on grok and hits on brady along with the loss over the weekend, couple of bad things, but bad things that teammates are hoping to turn into extra motivation. No sign of Rob Gronkowski at practice today. Another indication he may not play sunday but thes memory of the hit gronk took lasted weekend and the sight of him going back into play is still fresh and may help even if gronk doesnt take like that who takes a big hit like that and wants to stay in the game, definitely, it request energize a team. Reporter tom brady playing through the pain of his own hit adds to the drive. It motivates you. You know, theyre leaders on our team, so any time you see that, you see a guy going out there and pushing something aside and playing through something, whatever it is, you respect level goes higher and higher. Reporter some expect will give the patriots extra reason to turn it around, but the players insist their desire for a win is just as strong after a win as it is off a loss. Were not thinking about last week. We are just looking to focus on this game. Reporter march Telus Bennett played on games that lot of more that be they won. Bennett says his desire to win and his method of putting losses mines him as always been pretty straight forward. Hate losing and you wash another bowl. Reporter bennett likes to keep it simple. If he get extra snaps because gronk is not there he will do whatever it takes to win. Live in foxboro, dan hausle, 7 news. Ryan stay with 7 news for the latest on gronks injury and all of your other patriots news. Onegin loot online at whdh. Com. Jadiann at 4 00 an offduty firefighter making a Daring Rescue saving a man trapped in a smoking car. Ryan then at family members of the samson a driver hit by a car, the driver takes off. Reporter were in haverhill for this weeks class act where were highlighting three teenagers who are brimming cultural and language gaps with an awesome program. You will want to see it coming up on 7 news today in jadiann a Daring Rescue caught on camera in new york. You can see smoke coming from this car. A man trapped inside opinion an offduty firefighter came upon the crash and jumped in to save the mans live, sarah french has more. Reporter a car up in smoke, a man trapped inside. A chilling scene on a georgia highway. One that could have been siro nap al tonna. My wife started yelling, she saw smoke and large plume of smoke. Reporter the couple celebrating their anniversary when they stumbled on the accident scene. With no First Responders in site, the firefighter did what he was trained to do. Ran out ten feet in front, saw what was going on then went to the backs of my car because i keep a probar and repor t to work fast to get the man out. It was a bad trauma, he was bleeding from the head. He had blood all over him. Legs were pinned under the darbboard and steerling wheel. Reporter his wife shot this video. She says to see whatter had husband does first hand is frightening and surreal. Very proud but very scared for hem. I mean he is going in and out of this car and test a lighting up all the time. What, he is the first responder. Nobody would have walk aid way from that. Reporter as the family paid him a visit at his fire house he reflected on what touched him the most. I never had it happen to me but the mother called me and she couldnt stop thanking me that i saved her son. You know. She was calling me like an angel. I said im not an angel. I only do what my heart told me to do and what i was trained to do. Reporter it appears the collided with another vehicle seconds before he got. There the driver had a couple of surgeries but should be okay. In the newsroom im sarah french, 7 news. Jadiann coming up on 7 news, just a few days until the pats face off against the 49ers. So is your fantasy lineup ready to. Ready to go . Reporter more sunshine tomorrow. Another mild day. Forecast for the weekend up next. Ryan speed limits boston. Jadiann then at 5 00 accused of using funny money, she suspects facing a ryan were following breaking news at Logan Airport. State police are investigating after a plane landed at Logan Airport with someone who pass aid way. They say that was a jet blue plane. No word yet on where the flight came from. There is an active sky 7 h. D. Is on wait to the breaking news the way to the breaking news. Reporter 7 weather with chief meteorologist Jeremy Reiner. Reporter lots of sunshine right now. The city at 55. Northwest wind at 14 miles an hour. Helping to clean out those clouds. Boy those clouds were disturbon. In town 55. Norwood much the same. Cape and the islands, low to mid 50s, back through the merrimack working into the worcester hills temperatures around 51, 52, you can see the great coloring on the they dont have precipitation in them and the brighter white clouds are thicker but they do have rain drops, that is tied to a storm system well offshore, but High Pressure wont allow that storm to back up into new england. So. High pressure in pennsylvania now. Slowly works its way up to new england overnight tonight. Mostly clear. Cool. Lows between 3442. Nearly breeze around 713 miles an hour will setting down after midnight day. Lots of sunshine, mild, 5662. In order wind at 510 miles an hour, the north wind may try to intend bend to the night but city of boston will be in the upper 50s, even 57 is move normal. Mid and upper 50s, back through the merrimack valley, the numbers will warm to the 50s to around 60. Fitchburg at 54. Cloud amend sun. 50s. Nantucket also about 54. So High Pressure is with us tomorrow. Its with us again on saturday. Saturday will be the nicer of the two weekend days because of this guy right hire. This is going to be a major snow producer in minnesota. Portions of minnesota upwards of a foot of snow. This weather system has it heads to new england will not produce a foot of snow but it does have some colder air with it. That cold front comes into new england during the day on sunday and Northern New England were going to see rain showers change to snow showers. Again highest elevations, vermont, new hampshire, perhaps the berkshires but in our part of the world its a windy day on sunday with temperatures falling from the 40s to the upper 30s by sunday evening. A few rain showers possible sunday morning. Its cold next week. Monday and tuesday, upper 30s low 40s but dry as we pack our bags and head off to grandmothers house. Traffic lets get out to matt with a check of the roads. Reporter we begin on route 1 not. A bit slow through saugus. Further back looked up to lynn street in revere then slow up to peabody. The south side is moving well into downtown. Well take a look at 3 north. Its jammed by assembly square. You will be heavy out of the oneill tunnel then from dascomb road. The southbound side of 93 is moving well. Fourth down you the expressway seeing usual delays. Heavy and slow out of the tunnel down to the Shopping Center then back into it from grab ill avenue to the braintree split. Well take a being look at the drive times on the expressway. From the oneil tunnel to the braintree split a 30minute drive and from the split to route 24, 15 minutes, im Matt Fitzgerald 7 news. Jadiann welcome to thompson. So well talk about the pats and coming off of a really tough weekend on sunday night against the sea hawks so weve another big matchup in San Francisco. How do you see this playing out . Refuse nitrogens seattle. San francisco, really not doing a whole lot right. Right next to cleveland, theyre at the bottom of the nfl. Historically bad theyre giving up but blount is on track for a year career. That San Francisco defense is way too soft. Jadiann russel will son proved to be a problem for the patriots. Got another athlete coming there in kaepernick, what do you think about that . Any of these guy that is move give the patriots problems and they havent contained many quarterbacks they played. The loss of jamie colins had an impact. But i think theyre going to take the right step forward. Bill belichick going to figure this out and passing. He is going to struggle. Jadiann interesting. Now the a. F. C. South could be the Worth Division but you may see something good. Im liking what im seeing from the colts. Im liking what im seeing in andrew luck. Last two games had a touchdown. Adding yardage each week. Jadiann go set your news a woman attacked by a bear in her own driveway. What she did that saved her life. Jadiann a gas explosion in illinois kills one person. The scene is caught on camera. Ryan a woman punched by an officer in arizona. Well explain what led up to announcer this is 7 news at 4 30. Jadiann following breaking news out much Logan Airport. State police are investigating after a plane landed at logan. Were being told with a body on board. Were just hearing that thats an elderly gentleman and that was due to a medical emergency. Jetblue flight. This is still an active scene at logan so were sending sky 7 h. D. To thegen scene and going to have details coming soon. Ryan also following breaking news on the cape. Police in bourne have arrested an 18yearold in connection with an say salton 14yearold girl. Police say the girl was walking to her busstop last week when the man grabbed her and then threw her to the ground. Police say he started choking her until a witness jumped in. He is facing several charges. He will be tomorrow. Jadiann were following political breaking news, president elect trump is considering mitt romney for secretary of state. He was a very vocal critic of trump. Reports say the two will meet at trump tower sometime this weekend. Ryan also an emotional day in court in the case of a convicted killer gary samson. Family members of samsons live for us with more on the coverage today. What happened . Reporter this is a Death Penalty trial for gary samson who committed the murderers 15 years ago. He admits he did it. The courtroom was filled with people who loved gary samsons victims. There was as you say an emotional day on the 5th floor of the moakley federal courthouse. The defendant, 41, when he committed the crimes has been heard from quite a bit in this trial. My name is gary samson. Im in a lot of trouble. I don i dont want to get killed. Reporter but today the gary samson jury heard from the families of his two massachusetts victims, a third man died in new hampshire. The people get lost in there and thats what this is about. Its not about anything but reporter mike riz ox lost his son jonathan. He and the rest of the family took the stand to describe their love for john. He was a good kid. He did a lot of good things and he had a lot of promise