Together for 90 minutes. Spike i very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future including counsel. Reporter president obama said he is focused right now on a peaceful transition of power. We now are going to do everything we can to help him six to help him succeed because if he succeeds, the country succeeds. Probe trump visited the white house during the clinton and reagan administrations but this was his wife melania trumps first time. Antitrump demonstrators protested outside the white house and said the president elect test to bridge a deep divide in the country. He does not represent our values, our diet our ideals or this country. We will not be silenced. We will hold him accountable. Reporter compound the Vice President elect, mike pence, met with leaders on capitol hill and got a good look at the inaugural platform being constructed. And talked about issues with ground running to make sure we get the country turned around. Reporter that includes getting obam
This is the fox25 morning news. Now 6 00 good morning. It is september 5, happy labor day. I am gene lavanchy. Sara i am sara underwood. Many people are putting the labor day plans on hold because of Tropical Storm hermine. We have Team Coverage this morning. Fox25s Stephanie Coueignoux is live in chatham. And we have meteorologist jason brewer in the newsroom, but first we begin with Kevin Lemanowicz who is tracking the storms latest jason what a cooperative storm it has been. Left us alone for most of labor day weekend, and packing up from labor day, that is when the to were is moving to us. It is so slow. The center is way down here. We are talking 260 miles away from nantucket from the southern edge of nantucket and outer bands still trying to rotate in. They are not having very good time doing that and in fact as i try make it toward nantucket. We are seeing those bands continuously eaten up by the we talk about dew points in the summer time in the 60s and 70s. In nantucket the de
Survive and the driver stayed right there is cooperating with his police and at this point police have not filed any charge charges in this case. And then to Jamaica Plain where people on armory street are just being ale to get become too their homes. There was a gas leak that caused an evacuation of the entire street. Fire crews you can see there, neighbors telling us the home where the leak happened is the grown one there in the middle. It was under renovation and crew crews reportedly hit a gas line. So authorities evacuated everybody but they have given the all clear now. People are allowed to head back home. Well have much more on these stories on 7 news at 6 00. For now, kim khazei, 7 news. Anchor we are following more news a mass bay student called to court accused of point pointing a gown at another driver. It all happened during a road rage. Anchor prosecutors say the 25yearold admitted to pulling out that loaded gun. Jonathan hall live for us in dedham with what the suspects
Minor and he has the chance of probably now after spending 40 years in prison. So a judge now sentencing chisolm to prison for raping and murdering Colleen Ritzer. Sentences will be served at the same time and as you were saying because of hisage he does have the possibility of parole after 40 years so earlier today family and friends of Colleen Ritzer gave their victim impact statements which is what always happens before a judge decides on the sentence including colleens mother who called chisolm evil. I wish i could have helped colleen but no one could have helped her that day because no one knew what evil sat in her classroom that day. That moment in time has forever changed my family and my family familys lives. Anchor chisolms mother was also in court today and she said that she knows no one has suffered more than colleen ritz ritzers family. Here on 7 news at 4 30 a man. Anchor that man wassing aly already under investigation live in quincy with all of the detail for us. Dan . R
Bell respect for the ritzer family as they continue their journey to heal. Anchor terrifying threat against the quincy detective. Police say this man left a menac menacing message threatening the lives of the detectives family. Dan hausle live in quincy now with what prosecutors revealed in court a little earlier today. Dan . Reporter prosecutors say this guy has been in and out of jail. He has been convicted almost more then a dozen times for a variety of charge. They say threats against officers still are kind of common but when you make a threat against an officers family, well thats something else. Salvatore mendez back behind bars leaving one detectives and his family breathing easier. Investigators say the detective had gotten an arrest warrant for break breaking and entering when mendez left a troubling message on the detectives voice mail. He told the detective that he was going to kill him and his family tonight. This threat was did you to recent court cases that he has with m