30s winter classic at gillette afternoon looking great as well. More about that in a few minutes. Adam to breaking news out of dubai where a massive fire is burning across from the worlds tallest building. Lets get to Brandon Gunnoe with details. Reporter officials are saying that the fire is mostly undercontrol but it is still burning. Flames began shooting out hours before the large fireworks display in the city. It started a little more than three hours ago. And that one suffered a smoke. The hotel fire took place at a 63 story hotel very close to the Worlds Largest new year fire works days play. Youve millions of people waiting to watch. Witnesses heard a pop then the fire spread quickly. Came up all of a sudden. It started lower than the 20th floor, 7th or quickly. Center of the building, wept all the way up probably over it diminished a bit but there was a secondary from the embers so as you can see now, from my Vantage Point the left of the hotel is burning quite extensively. The exterior was what went up. Probably the balconies. Adam incredible video. Witnesses describe a very organized evacuation of the building. The fireworks display went on as planned while crews were fighting the fire at the same time. In the newsroom Brandon Gunnoe, 7 news. Elizabeth turning to a developing story out of new york. Police say theyve stopped a potential terror attack planned for tonight in the state. The map is behind bars. Offices say he planned to attack a bar in rochester tonight with machetes and knives on behalf of isis. He told an f. B. I. Informant that he wanted to kidnap and kill people to prove himself to the group and that he expressed a desire to join also on 7, first night celebrations under way in boston Purchase Police preparing for a lot more people to be on the streets. Theyve added extra security across the city. Jennifer egan is live with more with what is going on down. Reporter liz, most of bostons first night festivities are centered here in copley square. Weve seep Boston Police out walking and biking around. It has been very busy as thousands head here to ring in the new year. 2016 is just hours away. The Party Started early in copley square. Watching over everything Boston Police. There are extra patrols here, uniform and undercover officers keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity. Today. Everybody will be safe, seems like they have a Police Presence here. Times square so to speak. Reporter bostons first night celebrations have been scaled down with at 7 00 we have fireworks on the common. And at mid night we have the copley countdown with copley plaza. Reporter the crew from images in ice chipped away at their creations and gave us a look at the master plan. Weve fer time here. The 2016 baby new year. We went through everything. We went from freezing rain, rain. Now were battling the sun. Reporter earlier today some of the sculptures were covered to slow down any melting as 2015 fades away. There is one last night of celebration. So now the countdown is on. It has been busy here all day. It has been packed and probably will be tonight, too. Keep in mind the t. Is free after 8 00 tonight. Live in copley square, jennifer egan, 7 news. Adam so the bruins planning to kick off the new up for the winter classic at gillette. Fans getting ready for the matchup. Look at the view over gillette there. Reporter bruins took last practice before tomorrows matchup. Trey daerr is live at gillette to begin our team coverage. Reporter guys, bruins and can yesterdayens along with indicate anens along with their fanning circling the date these two arch rivals would meet. The excitement starting to build here at gillette with the puck drop less than 24 hours away. The two teams skating on the ice here in foxboro earlier today before tomorrows game doing their best to familiarize themself with the new surroundings. Fridays game is the first time the canadiens will skates in an nhlhost game. The two teams are rooking forward to penning the next chapter in a rivalry with no shortage of memorable moments. Its special to be here. Everyone is watching, its a big stage so were happy to be here. We try to take everything in and enjoy the moment. Its one of the high lights of the season for the whole league. So its a privilege, honor to be playing in the game. And again its one of those experiences you always cherish and remember. Reporter these two teams only separated by two points in a very tightly contested atlantic division. Winning to points is going a long way in deciding the Division Winner come playoff time, trey daerr, 7 news. Adam even though march chand wont be on the ice bergeron will, he is opening up about becoming a father. Alex is live at foxboro with more on what he had to say, alex. Reporter adam, yes, what a lot of the players love about the winter classic its also a family affair. Yesterday they had their Patrice Bergeron he took his twomonthold son zach on the ice for the very first time. We had a chance to sit down and talk to him on what its like being a new dad. You are eating too much. You are eating too much. Reporter the ear to ear smiles says it all. Bruinsford bergeron is a proud father. His first sight was born, it changes your life. Something very special to be a parent. You are the best. Daddy loves you. Reporter the new dad wouldnt be happier since he and his wife welcomed their baby zach into the world in october. Patrices life. He is growing up so fast. I think my parents have told me growing up you will see when you have a child of your own how much we loved them right away and how priority. Every time you leave you come back and he is bigger. Reporter despite a few years. Its a challenge. Reporter the first time parents are loving i think were more settled and were into a routine more. The sleep a little better obviously and everyone is doing well so that is all that matters. Couldnt be happier. So cute. Buddy. Reporter we can only guess that zack is going to be a natural but coming up at 5 00 we talked so some of massachusetts. They tell us how difficult they had to do fighting over tickets because all their family and friends want to be here tomorrow for the winter class irk. Live outside gillette stadium, alex corddry, 7 news. Elizabeth bruins honoring theirhost. Talking about the pats. The teams twitter page showing off rasks helmet. It has plenty of familiar faces on it. Jonathan hall is live in foxboro to explain. Reporter liz, ive always loved the goalie mask. Theyre so unique and fun and going back to the 70s, being old school my favorite the stitches over this mask but this new one, that is pretty cool. Goalie tuukka rask at practice, rask with a new mask which pays tribute to the new england patriots. You can see tom bradys number 12 right there on the side. Result. It has been a secret for seen it. Reporter here is a closer look in the picture tweeted out by the bruins. One side shows Quarterback Tom Brady ready to throw a bullet. On the other side youve got gronk, edelman indigoes cous ski. We wanted to pay tribute to their success and some of their players and make them biggest part of the mask about the pats i guess. With some bruins colors. Reporter the coach says 90 of the bruins are Patriots Fans and the kicker got koskie told me the feeling is mutual. He is friend with rask and other bruins. The bruins games are the best games to go to live. Ive been to numerous games, gone to all their big to go to a bunch of the stanley cup fans. Huge fan, huge supporter, there is probably no team i root for more than them recommendation the canadiens goalie has a special mask as well. Montreal colors but a sketch of Bill Belichick on the back with the four super bowl trophies. Were happying to playing in the stadium when they won so many championships, and in front of the, 70,000 experience. Reporter what about the mike condon . The enemy in the canadiens net . He is 25. He is a native of needham, went to belmont hill and princeton and may be a bit of a reason to root for him as well. A little bit. Live at gillette im jonathan hall, 7 news. Elizabeth dont forget you can catch all the action right here on 7 news nbc. The puck drops at 1 00 tomorrow afternoon and stay tune for complete postgame coverage. Adam were following pulled from the charlie river. Investigators are arking to identify the body. They say it is an adult male. The cause of the death is under investigation. The mother of texas afluenza teen ethan coach is back in the u. S. After being extradited from mexico. A judge has set couchs bail at 1 million. She is due whack in court next month. Ethan couch is still in mexico. Family attorneys were able to successfully fight his deportation. A judge will decide when he has to go back. Couch is accused of violating probation he received after killing four people in a crash. He avoided prison because lawyers argued his wealthy parents never set limits for him. Wild weather continuing in parts of the united states. New video from missouri shows raging flood waters sweeping away a house carrying it down the river where it slammed into the bridge. Further damage. Incredible. Heartbreaking video. At least 19 levees are at risk of being destroyed. The mississippi and surrounding rivers are expected to crest at record highs leaving the area vulnerable to being overtaken by the water. At least 21 people have died from the extreme weather. Elizabeth to the latest on the race from the white house, the final push on last day of the year. During the final week of the year weve heard Strong Language from trump and seen 4th quarter fundraising winners. Senator ted cruz toured the damaged tornadoes caused in texasment he. He is the first candidate to do so, also before president obama. We heard stories of people in their homes that were just standing in the collapse. Reporter at the same time he raised a whopping 20 million in the quart quarter sur surpassing totals for the previous quarter. Only ben carson surpassed that amount. Rubio brought in 6 billion. Attack on the Democratic Front runner for president , hillary clinton. The husband wants to come and she wants to accuse me of things, the husband is one of the great abusers of the world, give me a break. If they think this is tough now were no where close to it yet. Reporter jeb bush cleared out his staff in miami and shipped them to early primary states to get supporters out to vote. The republican president ial candidates are about a month away from the first g. O. P. Caucus. Adam still ahead here, saved by the beat. How one little boys quick thinking may have saved his brothers life. Elizabeth when was spotted splashing around off the coast of the countrys smallest state. Adam construction collapse, crews in somerville on the scene as a roof comes crashing down. Elizabeth a scare in the sky forcing a plane to what caused the plane to go up in smoke. That is all coming up right here on 7 news. John kasichs an impatient rascal. Paces, pushes. But, unlike some, his state is now booming. Unlike some, john kasich has proven he can do and china. Keep us safe, make us boom. Because hes done it before. Only an impatient rascal can bring america back. John kasich. New day for america is responsible for the content of adam a little i would being credited with saving his big brothers life after quick thinking. He leapt into action after a Carbon Monoxide leak spread through their home. Elizabeth tim caputo has more onth story. Woke up to the sound of beeping. I thought it was the smoke detector. Reporter his older brother heard the beeping too and he ignored it. I thought that it was a low battery alert because usually we have that, as i was thinking its nothing big. I should go back to sleep. Reporter their mom happened to call and told braden to ek charge the Carbon Monoxide downstairs and when he realized that is where the sound was coming home, he now what to do. I woke up my brother and went outside and the called the fire department. Reporter the Douglas Fire Department realized there was an issue. We got alarms. Of high Carbon Monoxide levels. Reporter the boys mother was on the phone with braden the whole time. Its a feeling of helplessness. I still have knots in my stomach thinking about what could have happened. Reporter neither was hurt and to make sure it stays that way the family braden had a little help. He completed the student afireness of fire education or safe program and says this is how he knew to get out of the home immediately. I will be recommending him for a young hero award. Reporter douglass bravest consider him a hero and so does his older brother. He saved my life so im proud of him for doing that. Reporter the family believes the leak came from a furnace in the basement. They made necessary repairs but also have those three new c. O. Detentors in case p. In douglas, timmtip, 7 news tim caputo, 7 news. Reporter this is it, last day of 2015, first day of 2016. Not too shabby, forecast up next. Adam stepped up security, thousands of people expected in times square for the ball drop. How police are dealing with the massive crowds. The winter classic may be a day away but the fun for fans has begun. Well look at what is going on down at gillette. Crews in dubai battling this massive fire. Officials were getting ready to ring in the new year when flames erupted. Well continue to follow this story and bring you the neighborhood,i feel like kinda talking about. We should definitely go see it. [agent] hi. Melanie. Maggie. Living room. [dad]what about this . This looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isnt it great . [agent] hey brendan,you might like this room. [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness. Look, i know youre a cow and all. And you may not know what im talking about, but, uh. The yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. Adam pretty rare sight in Rhode Islands narragansett bay, a 50 had the foot hutchback whale splashing around on monday. A harbor master turned to find the whale jumping out of the water. Great photo there, humpbacks arent normally this far north during the winter. Most head for warmer climates once temperatures drop. Speaking of, really not so 2015. Around boston and logan airport, in the 40s. Its not going to be horrible out there tonight. Elizabeth nothing like where you were walking outside and frozen to the bone but today, its a lot more tolerable. Reporter it, boston at 43. Worcester 37. Jaffrey at 36. All Things Considered temperatures in the lower 40s as we begin new years eve festivities. Ill take that. A bit of a breeze, that might be my own knock on the weather for the evening hours is that well have this breeze going but even when i show you those wind chills, i have would bed some new years eves and scene wind chills down below 0. So we can handle this. This will be good. We are talking about partly cloudy skies. A few flurries possible up through the monadnocks but otherwise dry elsewhere including downtown boston. Working through the evening hours clouds and stars with temperatures near 40 this evening. Then by midnight tonight middle 30s after midnight and early tomorrow morning the numbers to the low and mid 30s on the tap there is a front to our south. High pressure is trying to move the front offshore. Its a slow process. That earp seaboard so there have been a couple of lingering clouds. We started out with brilliant sunshine and clouds have taken over and well have a partly cloudy sky overnight but relatively mild. Here you go. This was the screaming message for december. Averaging temperatures averaging about 10 degrees above normal. The second warmest december on record. Back in 2006 and were going to smash that by four and a half, five degree, only one colder than normal day. Today well finish warm. Finish above normal as well. Warmest december on record. Unreal. For tomorrow happy 2016, mostly sunny skies. A little breezy out there. Much like today. Temperatures between 39 and 44. So well start the new year mild. Winter classic forecast, will feature partly sunny skies with temperatures at 1 00, puck drop close to 40 degrees, cool with a nearly breeze around 510 miles an hour, next few day mix of clouds and sunshine and for saturday, some great skiing weather with temperatures the next couple of as much running in the middle, upper 30s on the slope. Off the slopes numbers around metro boston will reach the lower 40s all in all great skying weather whether its here or heading up north. 7 on 7 forecast, here comes an arctic front monday with clouds. A few flurries, temperatures on monday start near 30 and then crash into the teens. And tuesday, that is a wicked cold day with temperatures starting Tuesday Morning in the single numbers. I think briefly only reaching the middle 20s by tuesday afternoon. Yikes. Elizabeth time for traffic. Here is Joe Stapleton with a check of the roads. A little busy out there tonight. Reporter thats right. Busy spot is right here, route 93 southbound back around the Sullivan Square area of somerville. The offramps jamming, you will get down to this spot, southbound on the expressway. A lot of break lights down that it opens up around the braintree split of route 3 and 128. Good news at the end of your travel. 128 moving nicely for a change up through waltham. Not moving badly by route 24. North of the city coming up on 128 northbound that is tight going. Out through the wakefield area set up by an earlier crash we had earlier in the commute. Pike eastbound and westbound, not moving badly anyway out by exit 17 or heading out to route 128. Joe stapleton, 7 news. Adam coming up next on 7, a scare in somerville. Crews on the scene of a roof collapse. The billing under construction when it came crashing down. Elizabeth a pet owner facing charges after leaving this dog in the woods for more than a week. Adam president obama teaming up with Jerry Seinfeld for a chat that is news at 4 30