a foot deep in the walking area. trash barrels lifted by the water and swaying in the waves. >> rising water i think is very fascinating. to see it like this when usually it's 10 feet below where the leverage is. >> reporter: it was a king tide the result of the gravitational pull from the supermoon many witnessed earlier this week. a moon that hasn't passed this close to earth in through my window so i wanted to see the high tide. >> reporter: what fascinates you about this? >> fact that this is supposed to be where people walk. >> reporter: the kink tides led to coastal flooding like this in beverly. >> it's fascinating hearing about the supermoonand seeing the results of it. >> reporter: the mull of the moon also pulling onlookers to the water he's edge to witness one of >> it's fun, it's something different and unique opportunity to experience nature in a different environment. it's great. >> reporter: take a look here this. is what it was, this is what it's like now if you pan up the side of longs wharf here, the water came all the way up here and was over the top of these stones. this is how much water was here today. the next time we're going to see a supermoon like this will be in a few years. it will be 2034. that's along boston harbor, i'm byron barnett, 7 news time, can cause trouble. >> jadiann: jeremy reiner to help break down what causes the king tides we've been talking about. >> reporter: right, yes, so you know the earth and the moon, they play tug of war every month. that's why we have the high and row tide cycle, sometimes the rope is a little shorter. sometimes they are a little closer to the pull and push a full moon happened yesterday morning 8:52. our closest full moon to earth since 1948 so we have the king tides. they happen every year and it's about 2 or 3 times in a year that you run into the high tides. but the moon closest to the earth since 1948. it's a bit unusual to be talking about this king tide but we've the high as mom cal tides happening tonight arndt hid night which will be a foot lower than the one we dealt with today. what we deal with tomorrow. we've one more tomorrow, thankfully though, we have an offshore wind so it's not like we have weather that will complicate the king tide. but plan on another round of inundating flooded roys around noon. probably similar to the video that byron barnett was showing you in the story for a few hours midday tomorrow then we can close the books on this round of king tides and on to the sunshine for the rest of the week, more about that. for commuters here in boston. the tractor trailer hanging off a guard rail on 93 north near exit 20. traffic is expected to be backed up through the evening commute. >> jadiann: a state police s.u.v. hit by a taxi in the back bay. we're told the vehicle crashed at the intersection of comavenue and berkeley streets. that's what the taxi took off. state police still looking for the driver. the crash causedin two other cars. >> ryan: to a story you will see an just onation. >> they told me i took a wrong turn. you know, you are in massachusetts. >> ryan: a night out in boston ends with a brutal beating. a man was discussing his support for donald trump before he says he was attacked. >> jadiann: he wants police to find the people who did it. kimberly bookman has more on the story. >> reporter: a fractured busted lip. that's what cameron macy say she is dealing with for simply talking in a public place about supporting donald trump. >> i got sucker punched. knocking me out completely. and when i came to, there were around six guys around me. >> reporter: it happened before 2:00 am saturday. cameron and his friends were having drinks discussing the election, what were you talking about? >> our liked about trump. what i didn't like about hillary. the normal talk. >> reporter: there were a group of people listening an butting in and when he went to leave things escalated outside. >> one of the guys overheard me yelling at me calling me a racist. they said you are in massachusetts. >> reporter: cameron took a hit to the back of the head then one to the face and fell to the ground. his jacket arm almost ripped off from the fight. >> cam ron says his friends were trying to get the but now as he ices his bruises -- >> i think everyone should get along. you know. we're a nation, if you don't like the president come togethers as a people. i don't think violence is an answer. >> reporter: kimberly bookman, 7 news. >> jadiann: the owners of an auburn maine farm acknowledging the farm's role in a deadly yash. prosecutors say farm workers knew the jeep had bad brakes. most of the fine will go to charity. >> ryan: a common controversial for two leaders of a west virginia town after a facebook post about the first lady. one of the women is a director of a nonprofit and has been placed on leave after writing: the mayor of the town also commented on day. after public backlash the mayor resigned from her position. many who live in the town ashamed of the post. >> this is not the way i want my town portrayed. michelle obama is an articulate, beautiful woman and referring to her as an ape in heals is a racial slur, don't let a couple of people who get singled out actually represent west virginia. >> ryan: 9 other woman says her post was not meant to be racist but she called the ensuing crime against her. >> jadiann: quite a sight to see off the jersey shore over the weekend. a 50-foot humpback whale repeat lid circling a whale watch boat. the animal appeared to be curious and put on quite a show for the crew and passers. >> it started turning toward us. i've never seen anything like this. >> some of the rereeksal vessels are getting way too low. make sure you are as far away as possible itself. of humpback sightings. >> ryan: big papi received the boston pride award at the globies which honors the best in new england sports. the pride award is presented to a person who is the most outstanding representative of boston sports. >> the fan, you know, that is the one thing that i always think about. fans, how great the fans are around here and that was a that's one thing that i am going to miss, performing in front of the fans here. >> reporter: papi called boston the best sports, city in the world. it's tough to argue with that. >> jadiann: absolutely it is, we love big papi, ahead on 7 news thousands of dead fish surfacing in new york waters. what might be the cause? >> ryan: at 6:00 a in milford. >> jadiann: more on who could get key at longhorn, tonight's special: great steak pairings. a center cut sirloin with a choice of bacon-wrapped shrimp, you can't fake steak. ? dylan: i was un-athletic and very sedentary in my lifestyle. and then i found parkour and something about it clicked. then i stopped drinking soda and eating sweets and eating all the junk food. i was like if i eat these things i'm going to be heavier and i'm not going to be able to jump as far. s me healthy. >> ryan: a shocking sights at a canal in new york as thousands of fish are turning up dead. the fish are covering the surface of the water there. people from all around have been trying to take a look at that phenomenon. >> jadiann: now officials think they figured out what >> i'm out here 23 years, never seen anything like this. >> reporter: spectators started gathering early monday morning around a new york canal once word spread about the sight. >> you could have walked across the water. it was covered with fish. >> reporter: a man taking this video with his cell phone. it shows thousands, maybe millions of bunker fish clogging the canal which was' closed on one gleaned it being looked like all dead. silver and white actually looked likize. >> reporter: bunker facie are iced as bait. officials believe they were' chased by a large school of blue fish. >> the water was bubbling with fish. it was like something you see out of the ammon. >> they -- hanscom. >> can't get out. the sheer number of fish sufics the oxygen out of the locks were open and fish could leave most had died. fishermen scooped them up and planned to sell them as bait for fishermen in maine. >> all the bait has to be trucked north. >> reporter: the fish that don't get picked up will likely become food nor crabs and birds. >> it's the natural thing. nothing goes to waste in nature. >> circle of life. >> yes, it is, absolutely, it is. that's the way it >> ryan: health officials have taken samples of water to test it for dangerous chemicals. >> reporter: rain and wind out there. that tapers down overnight tonight. forecast for the rest of the ? 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[laughter.] so he is getting it and bri has to keep the winning streak of the 7 news women against chris, we'll see what happened. >> reporter: all right. breezy, rain right now. that will taper off laterton another kind tide tomorrow. we've talked about this here the last hour and a half. mild temperatures set to return although it's on the seven-day forecast turning colder by the end of the weekend. right now we've rain. you notice this deep grade of green and yellow and even orange, the timing is the worst part of the storm right in the middle of the evening commute. this will work right up route 3 right up 93 up throh you move south of town, and the rain shower activity begins to taper off. it goes from wide spread rain to just more of a showery rain down through the south coast and the cape then it shuts down completely down to narragansett bay. so it's a compact potent weather system. but it's tiny. this will work up to new england over the northern new england over the next several hours. see an area of low pressure spinning about connecticut boston later on and move out of here as we head to tomorrow. how much rain? since midnight the city about a half inch of rain, fitchburg close to 3 quarters of an inch. lunn benjamin netanyahu about .8 of an inch of rain. -- on the cape and the islands about a .1 of an inch of rain. rain since the first of septem rainfall this evening while it's tough to navigate the roadways and the timing couldn't have been worse, we'll welcome the rain. timeline shows that the wide spread rain does move away and it does wind down to more of a nuisance rain. drizzle, mist. that is the case late tonight and tomorrow morning. i think the commute will feature clouds. there could be pockets of mist but nothing heavy like we're seeing now from this storm system. temperatures 40s and here, mild air and dryer air will take its place. this will work up into new england. during the day tomorrow. so tonight temperatures 48-53 with rain tapering off. tomorrow morning clouds, sun in the afternoon. breezy and mild. temperatures 55-60. boston arounds 59. dartmouth and lakeville in the upper 50s, 7 on 7 forecast, sunshine for thursday into the start of the weekend. sunday features cloud, cooler as well. a few showers. >> ryan: college student is living in the spotlight and livings out here dreams. >> jadiann: she is a cancer goal whose goal of hitting it big was sidelined by the disease. sarah french has more on this touching story. >> reporter: danielle won a meet and greet with garth brooks and tricia yearwood through a local radio station. when garth heard her story he invited her to sing ? >> i swing tricia and was singing one of her songs and i had the lyrics up. she had a little bit of a cold and she is like how would you like to sing with me? i was like, what? tonight? >> reporter: she was' really impressinged entertainer of the year. >> since you are a huge kerry underwood fan you must know the song "i told you so." he chorus in your key, whatever you want. i started singing. a cappella, then the band comes in blind me in my key. it was like perfect. wow that is a movie right now. >> reporter: danielle's movie was just getting started. after the sound check garth invited her and her entire family to lunch. >> he sits down at the table next to me and says let's do "i told you so" today at the 3:30 show. i was like okay. he is like, you are nervous. you don't have to do it. do it. >> reporter: she brought the house down. ? i figure, you know, like, if this little thing is going to bring me down i can sit on my butt and do nothing or i can make something of myself and that's what i decided to do is make something of myself remit danielle is healthy but her doctors recently found at she is takes positive about it and her performance earned her an invite to nashville to meet with garth and tricia's manager. i'm sarah french, 7 news. >> ryan: next, one local star wowed the crowd on "the voice" but it was a, was it strong enough to send her to the next round? >> kim: so glad you are with us, i'm kim khazei. >> adam: i'm adam williams. messages of hate discovered in a local community. the official newspaper of town. we'll tell you why and how police are responding. >> kim: also so what happened to gronk? the team mates of the patriots tight end speaking about his injury today. >> adam: a documentary is shedding new light on the perseverance of the boston marathon bombing survivors. we've those stories and much more ahead for you at 6:00. >> kim: hope you this year, i want the best bird for my family and my wallet. nature's promise fresh turkey with no antibiotics ever. everything for thanksgiving. capital one believes your bank should work for you, not the other way around. so capital one reimagined banking... ? with a place that feels nothing like a bank. and helpful people that talk to you...not sell to you. with free checking accounts that are actually free... no minimums. no fees. and a top-rated app, let's you bank right here. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! everything for thanksgiving. that's my stop & shop. >> ryan: a local woman don't want to miss a think." >> jadiann: you can pick your favorite with "the voice" appear. the final 11 will be announced tonight. last night, these 12 artists took the stage for the first time seeking only america's vote. we're starting to see some front runners in the competition including ray mcdonald. she trended the highest on itunes at number 16. >> i have i was on stage, i feel like i'm being. i get on stage, i'm like what the heck did i do. >> reporter: billy gillin. ? who came in at number 24 with his energy tick rendition of a queen favorite. >> i wasn't thrilled with it. you are your own worst critic. >> reporter: it was a song from the late lenord cohen that impressed america. >> did i ever need you -- bumps when i was singing not because of me because i feel like i felt his presence. >> reporter: her song did i ever love you took the number 25 spot on itunes. others who did well, josh gallagher and rocker brendon fletcher. ? dorchester native cortney harel also broke the top 200 on itunes coming in at 107 with aerosmith's "don't want to miss a thing" but she is near the bottom compared to some of her competitors. >> i hope that me singing my heart out is enough. >> ryan: that was a great rendition of that. no wonder everyone is talking about it. >> jadiann: another 30 minutes of 7 news straight ahead. i'm jadiann thompson. >> ryan: i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> adam: a car collides with a silver line bus in boston. >> reporter: small storm steering fear in milford. >> adam: two days later patriots are speaking out about tight end rob gronkowski's blow. >> such was taken but not my sense of humor. >> kim: survivors of the boston marathon bombing are talking about the day that changed their lives forever. >> reporter: 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> soaking streets across the coastal area. all due to an astronomically high tide from the supermoon we saw in the sky this week. we've seen steady showers, sky 7 was over beverly today where they were dealing with flooding and the rain continuing to drop down. thanks for being with us at 6:00 dimples i'm kim khazei. the rain has been on and off. you can see that some areas reading radar. i think i'm going to toss it over to meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> reporter: kim, right now the radar lit up. we do have greens and yellow, orange and read. there is a steady batch of rain in the city. that continues to move north into the city up to new hampshire. in a is a brief shot of rain most of us are picking up a quick half inch. the timing is the worst part of the storm because it's happening smack babb dab in the middle and we've leaves in some of the storm drains but there are no flash flood watches or flood watches in effect at this time. so we'll deal with the rain. it'll wind down over the next few hours. it's beginning to shut down down through buzzards bay, south shore, narrow ribbon of steady rain but even in those locations it'll shut down between i would say 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.from. this storm system right here, potent but compact. amount of rainfall on the inch to in some locations three quarters of an inch of rain. when it's all said and done about a half to about an inch of rain possible when it's said under stone which will be over the next few hour, hold on to the clouds and pockets of drizzle and your morning commute. we've one more king tide to deal with tomorrow. talk more about that in a few minutes. >> kim: thank you. so you can track the rain as it moves through the area using your apps. you can also head over to our website. if you would like you will find it there at also on 7 this evening, eight people hurt after a silver line bus koll wides that car -- collides with that bus in the south end. you can see the damage there. investigators were scene seen going over the bus. we're told all of the injuries are minor. the driver of the car is getting a ticket. >> adam: now on 7 some k.k.k.concerns. that is what is happening right now in the town of milford. residents there are finding these newspapers from the controversial group sitting