We taper this thing off fairly quickly by tomorrow afternoon, 1 00, 2 00 were wrapping it up. How about today . Cold start, but i wasnt call it brutally cold compared to the the door. It does feel a little milder. Were above freezing this afternoon with temperatures generally running into the middle to upper 30s. Cool evening ahead of us tonight. Temperatures slowly sliding back to about 30 degrees. More on forecast in a couple minutes. Christa okay. Lets get more on traffic. Good morning, danielle. Christa. Happy friday, everyone. Take a look at the leverett connector and zakim bridge. Looking good so far for your friday. North of town coming in from route 93 all the way back up to 495, no issues to tell you about this morning. Route 1 also looking good. The expressway from the braintree split into boston northbound, that drive just nine minutes right now. All green. So no delays to tell you about. South of town, route 3, 24 and 95, all looking fine so far this morning. The pike, no delays back out to framingham. Youre all green heading eastbound on the pike into boston. If youre getting ready to head out the door. Ten minutes on the, pray from the braintree split into boston. Into town on the pike from 128, 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 11 minutes. And so far this morning the t is on time. Back to you, guys. Nancy danielle, thank you. The patriots now just one day away from beginning their playoff push. The defending super bowl champions trying to stay focused on the Kansas City Chiefs, but there is yet another distraction. It seems Rob Gronkowskis bangedup knee is still a pretty serious issue. 7s Nicole Oliverio is at Gillette Stadium this morning. Nicole, gronk has missed practice twice this week. Nicole thats right. He was list as did not practice yesterday. The patriots and fans im sure remain hopeful that gronk will be able to play, but it appears hes still being plagued by that injury to his knee that he suffered back in november against the broncos. The patriots set to take on a hot Kansas City Chiefs tomorrow playoffs, but are they have to do it without their star tight end . Whether hes resting or going to practice, we hope gronks ready to go on saturday. Nicole for the second time this week, Rob Gronkowski was missing from practice. Reports say he was at a boston hospital yesterday getting an injection for his injured right knee. Is gronk hiding from us during the media availability . I dont know about that. Nicole having their allpro tight end banged up is no laughing matter. The pats are taking on the chiefs who currently have an 11game winning streak. New england has dropped four of their last six games and have been plagued by injuries. This team, no matter what, everybody comes out on that field, were going to give everything we have. This is it. Were just trying to put everything we got on the table, trying to empty it out. Nicole now, gronks knee and back were cited on that back is a new issue. Nicole oliverio, 7news today in new england. Nancy nicole, thank you. Make sure you stay with 7news on air and online. You can track the latest on the pats. Right now police are searching for the gunman who opened fire, narrowly missing a woman and her young son. Christa can you imagine . She is so grateful. Shes describing the scene as stray bullets hit their car. They were driving in dorchester at the time. 7s Jonathan Hall has more. I want the let people know i got lost. John she was bringing her little boy to kfc for some tlc after a wrong turn in dorchester. First time i noticed my car was hit is when i opened my eyes and i seen a bullet hole in the windshield. I thought, oh, my gosh, i have to get out of here. It happened on geneva avenue at 6 00 p. M. She says three shots hit her s. U. V. , one flying right through a rear window, taking out some insulation in the ceiling and landing in the windshield of her car. She was with her boyfriend and her sixyearold. The officer said if he was two inches taller it would have took his head off. John amber says the police said the bullet could have hit her it came so close. He said inches. It flew right by my face. When he told me, that sick to my stomach. My knees were like yellow. John jaxson was scared and he told his mom one thing. Relieved. Thanking god it was not my time to go. Christa that was 7s Jonathan Hall. Police investigate a bomb threat at Chelsea High School. The bomb threat said it would happen today during regular school hours. School last night and they think the threat is probably a hoax, but theyre still taking the matter very seriously. Also right now, the West Boylston Public School Police Department investigating some disturbing accusations against a teacher this morning. School officials arent getting specific, but in a statement they said, an allegation of improper behavior by a teacher toward a student at the West Boylston middle high school. At the present time this is an active investigation. That statement goes on the say the teacher has been removed from the school and will have no further contact at all with any students. Nancy now to the race for the white house. Coming off of last nations debate, republican president ial candidates will hit the campaign trail in New Hampshire today. Jeb bush, Carly Fiorina and rand paul will all hold events in hollis during the day. Meanwhile marco rubio has several stops in the Granite State starting this morning in derry. Thats where victoria warren is this morning. Vicki, the gloves really came off last night in the debate. Today in New Hampshire are coming on the heels of this debate last night. Last nights debate was a little different. The first 19 minutes of the debate were donald trumpfree. It seemed that ted cruz was a new target of the other republicans. Hes rising in the polls and marco rubio during the debate, he had some choice for ted cruz. The first g. O. P. Debate of 2016, and some of the more heated moments were surprisingly trumpfree. Do you remember that, everybody . This was the question on entitlements. And the reason you had your chance, marco, you blew it. Victoria new jersey senator Chris Christie taking that jab at rubio after rubio took aim at ted cruz. In a lengthy listing of his senate votes where he accused him of flipflopping. I appreciate you dutching your resch folder on the no, its your record. Victoria recent polls put cruz in second place, making him a target from those below him trump. Trump calling questions about cruzs citizenship in this race a liability. Democrats are going to be bringing the suit. You have a big lawsuit over your head. If you become the nominee, who knows if you can serve in office. You should go out and get a declaratory judgment. Im not going to be taking legal advice from donald trump. You dont have to. Victoria the two men also squaring off on what cruz calls trumps new york values. Everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal or pro abortion or pro gay marriage, focused around money and the media. Victoria trump shot back, saying new york values are what he saw in the days after the september 11th attack. Two 110story buildings come crashing down. The people in new york fought and fought and fought. Victoria so we have two weeks to go before the iowa caucuses. And were sure to see the time both in iowa and here in New Hampshire again. Marco rubios got the first event of the day here in New Hampshire in derry, and thats an event at 8 30 a. M. Live in derry, victoria warren, 7news today in new england. Christa one person who wasnt watching the debate, she says, was democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. She stopped by the tonight show with jimmy fallon last night where she claimed she doesnt watch the republican debates and she also managed to take aim at donald trump. I tell you what, hes a lot more obsessed with me than i am with him. If im so fortunate to be the democratic nominee, ill run against whoever they nominate, but if its donald trump, it will be quite the showdown. Christa clinton and fallon having a little fun. They took snapchat videos and sent them to her followers. Nancy always a fun time with jimmy fallon. Theres more news ahead on today in new england. Methuen students sick to their stomach, forcing one local whats being done to get the building ready for next week. Christa a warning for women this morn, how a new mosquitoborne virus is putting pregnant women and their babies at risk and the action the c. D. C. Could take as early as today. Sarah nancy plus this weeks class act taking us to Medway High School. Well introduce you to the 17 year old helping to lift the spirits of children in boston. Chris long weekend ahead, big weekend ahead. Pats at home tomorrow. Looks like most of the storm tapering off by the tailgating hours. Early afternoon still could have some patchy drizzle around, but drying out for tailgating and for the kickoff. Well take a look at the numbers ahead. Danielle good morning, everyone. Your drive on the pike looking good so far this morning. No other major delays to tell you about on the roads. If youre taking the tee, its on time. Well be right back. We were below the 88th southern parallel. We had traveled for over 850 miles. My men driven nearly mad from starvation and frostbite. Today we make history. Bienvenidos welcome to the south pole if youre dora the explorer, you explore. Its what you do. What took you so long . If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Nancy welcome back. 5 13 on this friday morning. I have to admit, its been that kind of day so far. But its still early in the morning. Its friday. Theres still a lot to look forward to. Christa are you stressed out, nancy . Nancy its one of those things. The caffeine needs the start kicking in, chris. Christa well take care of you, dont worry. Chris in the Weather Office we have about seven boxes of kcups and a keurig back there. One cup the work cup, four cups, i dont know how bad of a morning its been. We have plenty for you, nancy. 19 in boston. 21 in worcester. 24 in norwood. 24 in plymouth, as well. The wind speeds pretty much dead calm in many towns. Were not battling brutal cold and were not battling a strong wind this morning. Overall walking out the door doesnt feel too bad. Midjanuary standards. We have more waves of clouds that have been working on in as well overnight. As a warm front tries to lift through here throughout the day, that will produce more clouds. Overall going for mostly cloudy skies. Anything today. It will be dry as we go through and even into the early evening hours. The storm that were watching for tomorrow morning, right now down across the deep gulf coast states there, and you can see that plenty of moisture is with this. This will continue to work up the coastline and just off shore. One thing to note, though, the cold air thats been in place, its receding back to the north and these temperatures above freezing both moving in very late overnight tonight and first thing tomorrow morning. So theres just cold weather in new england to produce any snow. Thats why i expect rain. The steadiest of the precipitation will be tomorrow morning through about lunchtime. When you can get into some of these heavier pockets of precipitation, it may be just enough cold air to get some wet snow mixed in, especially across the higher terrain of Worcester County and perhaps even over into southern New Hampshire and along the mass New Hampshire border. I dont think a lot is going to amount out of this one here, but maybe a slushy coating to an inch or two in some of the county or possibly even if we see some wet snow mixed into far northern mass of southern New Hampshire. Mostly a rain event for us. But you get into ski country, a big ski weekend, theyre going to do well with this. Its all snow across the glen mountains, the White Mountains and up into the mountains of maine. For us mostly cloudy skies today, mid30s to near 40 degrees. Its above freezing this afternoon and for several hours. Even overnight tonight, many towns close to the coastline above the freezing mark, although north and west of 495, we are near freezing if not below it, so there may be freezing rain after midnight tonight inland, so watch out for a couple slippery spots there. Tomorrow morning rain against a mix well north and west, and this will taper off by the afternoon. Once we taper things off, we should dry it out in time for the pats game. Kickoff 4 35. Going for forecast, temperature of 37 degrees with the wind coming in out of the northwest to west. 7 on 7 forecast, anymore snow in the forecast. I could get a coating to an inch or two in some spots. As another disturbance coming on through. With that will also come the cold air. Look at the numbers on tuesday, wednesday, even into thursday, much of the time spent below freezing, guys. Nancy chris, thank you. This morning were so excited to introduce you to a senior from Medway High School who is helping kids. Christa shes gone all out to make hospital stays for children a little brighter. Thats why shes this mornings class act. Samantha duncan, how you doing . We want to award you with our class act for this week. What do you think . Oh, my. Christa let me give you a hug. Its from 7news. Medway High School Senior Samantha Duncan is always thinking of others, especially kids at boston childrens hospital. She raised funds and donated 87 buildabears this year. Even that Little Something can make someones day so much brighter. Christa samantha knows the feeling. Lot of time at childrens. She was diagnosed with a chronic digestive problem and remembers how important Something Like a stuffed animal could be. Just something to make you smile. I wanted other kids to have that feeling i had. Shes a very giving person. It wouldnt surprise me that she wanted to do something. Doing this for over 80 children is fantastic. Christa this is the second goaround for samantha. Four years ago when she was in eighth grade, she donated 70 bears. The response was so positive she did it again, putting them together by hand. I had help with friends, so taken me alone. I have a lot of students that do community service, but none that do it for themselves. Christa thats why samantha is a class act. Im surprised and grateful and i hope it brings awareness and inspires more people to do similar projects and get involved with community service. Amazing young woman, she was really good at rolling with it, too because we missed her class. I had to kind of skulk around the hallway and surprise her. Like who is this lady. Nancy wandering the hallways. Christa following me. She was a great sport. She says this year it was easier the raise money because she had that go fund me page. Nancy good for her. If you know a student between sixth and 12th grade doing something outstanding in school, sports or the community, nominate them online at whdh. Com. Christa coming up this morning, a she of support from some caring kids. How the Minnesota Vikings kicker who missed that lastsecond gamewinning field goal is thanking a group of students who sent him some cards. Nancy and would Michelle Obama ever consider running in Hillary Clintons footsteps by running for the white house . This morning the president weighing in on the possibility. Adam many of you made diet resolutions for the new year. There,s a risk of going back the bad habits. Adam well let you in on not getting your best sleep . Could be youve got the wrong bed. Enter sleep number. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. You can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. Save 1100 on the i8 mattress with purchase of Sleepiq Technology and flexfit3 adjustable base. Here in vineland, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. White breast meat chicken every time. So if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it progresso. I would kill for something sweet. Wanna split that . No. Soooo much fat. Dont fight your instincts. With each for 150 calories or less try our lemon bars, brownies, and cheesecakes. Chris 5 23 on this friday good morning, everyone. 29 in boston. 20s in the suburbs. So relatively milder start compared to the last couple mornings. Outside. So a comfortable bus stop for the kids. Outdoor recess today. Remaining dry, mid30s to near 40 degrees early this afternoon. So when the kids get out of school, it should be comfortable heading home. A pretty good forecast coming up across ski crown try. Should see saturday, sunday into monday. Overall this next storm system will be snow up north. More on that forecast for us and the rain here across southern new england. Christa a woman from belmont is just about a week away from trying to make history in the worlds marathon challenge. Boca peasey is trying to become First American woman to run continents, but heres the catch, in one week. Yes, it all starts a week from tomorrow in antarctica. She signed autographs last night in her hometown. She says that she loves that people view her as a role model. Just to be a better person, be a better parent, be a better student, and to do anything youre inclined to and to go out there and get it done. If you work hard, people will follow you. Christa after running in about art car, she will then run in chile, morrow co, dubai and sidney. Nancy what a world tour. And blair walsh made a point to thank students who showed support for him after he missed a gamewinning kick. He missed a 27yard attempt in the closing minute on sunday. The vikings ended up losing 109. The first Grade Students wrote him. They drew him pictures in hopes of just offering some encouragement. So to thank them, he visited thank you from the bottom of my heart, seriously. That cheered me up a lot, and the fact that you guys would do that for me, somebody youve never met and somebody you dont know, thats huge. And it can help in certain times like these in my life. Nancy he also signed autographs. The kids took plenty of pictures. He said the kids really made a difference in his life this week. So he wanted to help brighten their day. I love that so much. Christa yeah. Kids can be so forgiving, and unforgiving at time, too, but getting a hug from a little one at the end of a rough day is really special. All right. 5 25. Coming up, alarm clocks not ringing this morning for some students in methuen. The Health Issues forcing their school to close down today. Reporter and were live at gillette. Coming up, an apology from Chandler Jones about what led him to the foxborough Police Department over the weekend. Reporter and new controversy in chicago this morning following the release of what it reveals happened just moments before a white officers okay. 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Nancy and im nancy chen. Relatively, its not so bad. Christa 64 days until spring, chris. Nancy but who is counting . Chris can we bring it down to the hours and minutes, as well . Spring in the wintertime. We look forward in the immediate future to some days without a strong wind and bitter air. We battled that wind a couple days ago, no question about that this morning. Winds calm. Temperatures into the 20s. So not as cold. So it does feel more comfortable outside walking out the door. Still need a jacket, but maybe not the knit hat and you probably wont have the stinging wind in your face. We have that going for us. Mostly cloudy skies into the sky. It remains dry. Temperatures until upper 30s. Even this evening temperatures holding into the 30s. How about the setup for tomorrow . The cold air is retreating. So its limited. Looks like rain for most of us, half an inch to an inch of rain. Some mixing well north and west of 495 and the higher terrain. But i dont expect much snow out of it. And the the heaviest precipitation in the morning drying out this afternoon. That patriots forecast coming up. Christa thank you. Time now for fast track traffic danielle thank you. Volume building on the expressway. Starting to hit the brake lights. Lets go to the maps. South of town no major problems to tell you about on route 3, 24 and 95. Mostly green. The pike back out the framingham, no delays. Looking good so far. North of town, your ride on route 93 southbound, no delays to tell you about. Lets will be at those drive times if youre getting ready to head out the door. The expressway from the braintree split into boston, still just about ten minutes, 12 minutes enter town on the pike from 128, 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 11 minutes. On time. Back to you, guys. Christa get a check of your top stories this friday morning. Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire in dorchester, narrowly missing a mother and her young son. The woman says she pulled over on the side of the road on geneva avenue. Thats when shots rang out, hitting her car and nearly striking she and her sixyearold boy in the head. Luckily neither of them was hurt. Also there will be steppedup today as Police Investigate a bomb threat. That threat says that this would happen today during school hours. Police did do a full search of the school last night, but they believe the threat is a hoax. Still, theyre taking the matter seriously and taking precautions. And Patriots Fans are hoping that tight end Rob Gronkowski will be ready to go for saturdays playoff game against the chiefs. Gronk was not seen during thursdays practice, and according to reports he was at a hospital to receive treatment on his injured right knee. The Injury Report also lists his become as an issue. The patriots still remain hopeful hell be on the fold come tomorrow. Ism and thats not the only issue the patriots are dealing with. The team and Chandler Jones himself say they are focused on kansas city. This comes as the defensive end is apologizing for what he calls a stupid mistake. 7s Nicole Oliverio is outside Gillette Stadium with more. Nicole . Nicole well, jones is trying to put an end to any offfield distractions there may be before tomorrows first playoff game. Somebody told jones to go to the foxborough Police Department, although its still not clear what medical help he needed. I made a mistake. Nicole Chandler Jones apologizing for whatever happened this weekend that led him to walking into the foxborough Police Department sunday morning, looking for help. I made a mistake, and each and every day all i can focus on is this kansas city game. I know that sounds competitive. Myself. Thats what it is right now, becoming the best i can be to help the team out. Nicole in this new report, police say jones got down on his knees and was stiff as a board but added that he was polite and cooperative. It was quite evident that mr. Jones was desperately seeking our assistance and he had certainly not committed any crimes. While jones was being evaluated, an officer went to his home to secure it. According to the report, while smell of burnt marijuana. I understand your questions, but right now my main focus is just trying to hone in on kansas city. Nicole coach Bill Belichick briefly addressed the issue. Theres nothing more important to me personally than the health and wellbeing of our players, staff and support people in the organization. Nicole when jones was asked if he apologized to his teammates, he was candid. I feel i need to apologize to everyone. Nicole police indicate this was a medical issue. According to the patriots, jones has been at all of the Team Practices and meetings this week. Oliverio, 7news today in new england. Christa happening today, a school in methuen is closed after a stomach virus spread to teachers and students. A cleaning crew will spend today and the rest of the weekend disinfected timony Grammar School. School Officials Say the virus spread so quickly it led to a large number of ar senses on thursday. Parents say it also left them on everybodys kind of a little shocked, a little unnerved. I hope my kids dont get sick. Theres a little bit of everything going around. Christa and with School Closed monday for the Martin Luther king, jr. , holiday, crews will have four days now to disinfect before classes are set to start up again on tuesday. Nancy friends and family mourning the death of a New Hampshire preschool teacher who was killed in a tragic accident. 31yearold lori dawe was driving home from work on tuesday when she slid off the road during a snowstorm. Police say she got out of her call to call for help when a jeep slipped on the same spot, slamming into her and pinning her underneath. Her parents say they are heartbroken. Shes our baby girl. We lost her so quickly, you know. She just never came home one night. I waited and waited. She was very giving and very loving, always had a smile. Did so much for so many people. Nancy police say the 17yearold driver of the jeep was not speeding or under the influence and that it was all just an accident. Christa people who were mistakenly charged twice thursday by the mbtas parking app are set to get refunds. According to the globe, the mbtas paybyphone app automatically charged some customers too much following a Software Update on wednesday night. The glitch affected more than 8,000 people. So if youre one of them, get on that this morning. Nancy still ahead this morn, president obama has just one word for a possible Michelle Obama president ial run in the future. Christa also a dangerous fire is virus is spreading quickly across latin american and the caribbean and the action the department of Disease Control could take as early today. Nancy plus the response a asks for an advance on his allowance going viral this morning. Chris i love the headline dad. Your forecast is coming up. Danielle and your drive looking good this friday morning. Starting to slow down on the braintree split. Still only about ten minutes from the braintree split into boston. If youre taking t this morning. Its on time. Well be right back. Find your sweet spot today with dunkins chicken apple sausage sandwich. Enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. Lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for 399 a month only at your lincoln dealer. Siness i can count on my i. T. Guy bailing me out all the time. T the i. T. Guy. Sktop support tech supervisor. Antomers knowing right when their packages arrive. Ing realtime delivery notifications. The new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. Of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Or iced macchiato today. Chris 5 40 on this friday morning. Kids must be excited. A long weekend ahead of them. Mid to upper 20s this morning. Its hardly a wind. Its on the cooler side, but comfortably cool. Outdoor recess, temperatures running mid30s to low 40s. Mostly cloudy skies. Well have that as the warm front continues to lift northbound. Here is the storm were tracking for tomorrow morning that. Will deliver. Quite a bit of rain in here for tomorrow morning. Even some mix and some snowflakes certainly a possibility well north and west across the higher terrain. This is done by kickoff at gillette. More on the weekend forecast coming up. Christa take a look at whats trending today. Its not just the devil who wears prada. This church in taiwan was built say to attract female worshippers. Nancy what . Look at that. Are you serious . Christa no stereotypes here at all. The cinderellalike building stands 350 feet tall and is made of 320 pieces of glass. Its expected to open to visitors within the next few weeks. 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Usually its the Police Looking for someone, right . But this time one new york man is looking for an officer who helped him when he needed it the most. Its a close call for a woman and her little boy as shots ring out on this dorchester street. We will hear from her. Christa and water worries getting worse out in flint, michigan. What the states governor is hard to get a great shape. This. I can do easily. Althy shape helps curb cravings. Clear, tastefree daily supplement. S clinically proven to help longer. Ber healthy shape. , i can do. In the fiber aisle. Christa welcome back, everybody. Its friday. Its 5 45. Were trying to get your day started off on the right foot. Nancy heres what you need the know and go. Heres chris. Chris thanks, nancy. The winds not nearly as strong as it was a couple days ago. Temperatures milder, starting off mid to upper 20s this morning. Look at these numbers or just letters. Staying calm from bedford to boston to norwood down into plymouth. With us. 6mph breeze in worcester. 5 down across the cape. Its more comfortable to start mostly cloudy skies. That will be the case throughout the day, although it stays dry through this afternoon into the early evening hours. Late overnight tonight, that will change as this storm system, which is a quick mover, will be working up the coastline and it will deliver us mainly a rain event for tomorrow and you can see some of this moisture backing in, taking place after midnight tonight. And there may be some patchy freezing rain north and west of 495 for a few hours after midnight tonight where this will transition over to some rain by early tomorrow morning. Now, midtolate morning as we get this wind to bend more out of the north an we get some heavier bursts of precipitation, there could be some snow, especially across the higher terrain of Worcester County and perhaps the southern New Hampshire, but the coastline and for a lot of us, its going to be all rain. It tapers off in the early afternoon. So we start the dry out as early as 1 00, 2 00, 3 00 p. M. In, higher terrain of Worcester County or up into southern New Hampshire, maybe a coating to a couple inches of some slushy snow, but for the most part just dealing with wet roads the closer you get to the city of boston. Mostly cloudy skies today. 36 to 40. So above freezing, and most of us above freezing overnight tonight. Although north and west of 495, temperatures 29 to 32. There could be some patchy freezing rain. Any rain freeze after midnight tonight, and tomorrow most of that rain is in the morning hours. We taper it off by early afternoon. Once we taper it off and kick the winds out of the west, we start the dry it out, including in foxborough where temperatures at kickoff running into the upper 30s. Tailgating, you get there at noon, 1 00, 2 00 p. M. , there could be some patchy drizzle thats left over. 7 on 7 forecast, dry on sunday. Sunday night through monday, some scattered snow showers working in. Could drop another coating to an inch or two of snow. And then behind it, some real cold air with some staying power. Christa chris, thank you. Time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. Everyone. Will be at the expressway northbound. Volume building. Traffic still moving. Lets go to the maps because from the pike eastbound to the expressway southbound on the ramp, we actually have a disabled vehicle causeling some delays there. South of town, route 3, 24, 95 all looking good so far this morning. The pike back out to framingham, all green no major delays to tell you about there. North of town, your ride into town on 93 southbound from lawrence to woburn into boston, a little bit of she and go but no major delays to tell you about. Route 1 looking good so far this morning. Lets take a look at those drive times. 15 minutes on the expressway from the split slit into boston. Into town on the pike, 128, 12 minutes. And so far this morning the t is on time. Back to you, guys. Christa happening now. Police are searching for the gunman who opened fire, narrowly missing a woman and her young son. Nancy just terrifying this morning. That grateful mother is describing the scene as stray bullets hit their car as they 7s Jonathan Hall is live on the streets where those shots rang out. Jonathan well, nobody hurt here, but Boston Police are investigating a very close call for one family here on geneva avenue in dorchester. This mom is from brockton. She was trying to get her son to the kfc to feed him but took a wrong turn and then pulled over. Her s. U. V. Was struck by three bullets. One came through a rear window and lodged in the windshield, whizzing right by a little boys head and hers, as well. Amber castaneda says she, her boyfriend and her sixyearold son jaxson are lucky to be alive this morning after this very scary incident on tuesday night. Thank you, thank you, god, so much that it was not my time to go. Im thanking him that my son is only, what, three foot two, not three foot five, because if he jonathan nobody was hurt again. Castaneda has five kids to take care of, and she says, hey, she didnt win the powerball this week, but she still feels lucky indeed. Live in dorchester, Jonathan Hall, 7news today in new england. Christa jon, thank you. New this morning the governor of maine is staying put for now. The house of representatives in the state voted to indefinitely postpone a proposal to possibly impeach governor paul lepage. This comes after he made what some are calling racist comments while talking about the states drug problem. Those who support the Palm Beach County fire impeachment will hope the governor change his ways. Nancy a Senior Services officer after the job after an alleged stunt to get publicity. At press conference, the director introduced a program where students shovel snow for seniors, but take a look, this elderly woman standing by the mic turned out to actually be a man dressed up. The director resigned. Christa happening today, Vice President joe biden beginning his mission to find a cure for cancer. Biden who you see during the president s stoonon address will take part in a round table discussion with cancer experts at the University Pennsylvania school of medicine. At tuesday nights state of the union, the president appointed the v. P. To head the effort on tackling the disease. Bidens son beau died of brain cancer last year. Nancy duck boats are returning to seattle four months after a deadly accident. Tours were shut down in september after a collision with a bus killed five and injured dozens. Those duck boats will no longer cross the bridge where that deadly crash occurred. Christa new details on that Drinking Water crisis thats been going on for quite some time in flint, michigan. Now the states governor is asking the president to issue an Emergency Declaration that would make federal money available to provide clean Drinking Water. Nancy meanwhile, dozens of protesters rallied at the state they say he ignored flints lead contamination problem for far too long. I am disappointed. Its been a slow response. And again, theres more that he can do. People are suffering and theres not enough resources here. Nancy this problem started when flint changed its water supply in 201420 try and save money. A year later high levels of lead have been found in childrens blood. Lead can cause developmental problems in children. Meantime, protests are expected in chicago today after a judge released video of a Deadly Police involved shooting three years ago. Up until wednesday night, the city had opposed releasing this video that shows a controversial shooting of 17yearold cedric chapman. The officer who shot chapman says he thought the teen had a gun. It turned out to be a box. His family is suing for wrongful death. Christa checking news cross country, authorities in california shutting down a makeshift gun range that was they say someone dug this hole in a backyard and then they were taking target practice there. Neighbors say they heard gunshots, didnt know where they were coming from. Police wound up arresting one person. Nancy a man in new york trying the track down a Police Officer who helped him get a job. So James Crawford is his name. He got lost on his way to a job interview. He says he thought the interview was at the airport, but it turns out it was actually at a Car Rental Company near the airport. So when he came across the officer, the officer offered to drive him there, seeing how upset he was. The interview was about six miles away. I need this job. I want this. I got to be there. I got to be there by 1 00. Ill never make it. Get in the car last. Thing he said to me was, good luck, god bless you. I said, i owe you lunch. Nancy he wants the find that officer to follow through on the promise. The company who hired roberts the job was because they were so impressed seeing the officer do that for him. Christa now to 7 health cast. A virus in some latin american countries is spreading here in the u. S. , especially for pregnant women. Travel warnings to places like brazil and the caribbean are being put into place because of the zika virus. Experts think its spread by mosquitoes. Its relatively harmless for adults, but if a woman is pregnant and gets infected, it could lied to severe birth defects. Death on the part of the baby soon after birth or a serious difficulty of brain function and cognitive function. Christa so far this a crisis in brazil. 3,500 babies in that country have been been with brain damage because of that virus. Health officials are trying to work on making a vaccine. Ism switching gears, a father from st. Louis teaching his sixyearold son a tough lesson christa i think this boy has game here because he knows some negotiating skills. Nancy yeah. Christa he asked his dad for an allowance to buy a toy, which is. The dad didnt say no. Instead he wrote a rejection letter from dad savings and loan with the slogan because apparently i look like im made out of money. Nancy very official looking. Christa the logo is a lion. Isnt that funny . He says he cant give his son a 20 loan because he has a history of not doing his chores. The dad points his son to the complaint department, which happens to be moms phone number. Nancy have mom deal with all that. 20 is a lot when youre six. That was my monthly allowance for doing the dishes, and i just saved up all that money. It felt so good. Chris it was great back in the day, you used to buy the baseball cards, basketball cards, go out there, still have my 1989 upper deck ken griffey, jr. , rookie card out of that thanks to allowance. Today. Bought it in a pack, not individually either. Temperatures close to 30 degrees. Upper 30s to low to mid40s tomorrow. We deal with rain in the morning, some mix north and west of the city of boston. Best bet for snow tomorrow across ski country, guys. Christa i should have put my parents in touch with yours. They could have wow. The internet is crazy fast here. I know, right . Its so nice to have everyone hi hey. Mmm. I just laid an egg. Does anybody want it . Joey, you want some gasoline . Yes, please. Mom, guess what . I married a clown and were having tiny little clown babies. Mhm. I just bought a hammer. With internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. Homecoming . It s awesome. 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This is 7news today in new england. Christa good morning, everybody. Its 6 00 on this 15th day of january. Nancy im christa delcamp. Nancy and im nancy chen. Christa 65 days to spring, not 64. I miscounted. Nancy clarify that. Chris well forgive you on that one. Were always looking forward to warmer weather. Even though we havent had much of a winter so far this winter. I think last winter scarred everyone. It was a late start last winter, as well, so were act us no to see what happens. 27 in boston. 22 in worcester. 20 in norwood. Right now its an easy morning day. We dont have much wind at all. So its cool, but all in all not that uncomfortable as we have near the 20s, which is milder than what weve seen the last couple days. Well keep the light winds around and well also keep in mostly cloudy skies, temperatures warming up by early this afternoon into the middle to upper 30s, if not even close to 40 south of boston. You look at this this evening. 7 00 p. M. Its still dry, but temperatures still above the freezing mark. Now, late overnight tonight, this is after midnight, there could be some patchy freezing rain north and west of 495. Some showers starting to work on in close to the city of boston. And that will really foreshadow the rain thats going to be working in for tomorrow morning. Most of us half an inch to an inch of rain. Some mixing well north and to the west. Most of the precipitation north and west by this afternoon. Christa check out fast track traffic bright and early. There . Danielle heres the expressway. Volume building. Traffic still moving. Thats a good sign. Lets go to the map. From the braintree split into boston expressway, that drive up to 16 minutes so far this morning. No major issues south of town. 4 youre slowing down a little bit as you approach 128 and 128 as you approach the expressway. The pike, no issues to tell you about back out the framingham. North of town this morning, 93 slowing down a little bit as you passes over 128 into woburn. Route 1 looking good this morning. Take a look at you drive times out the door. 18 minutes on the, pray from the split into boston. No delays on the pike. 13 minutes into boston. Back to you. Sick to my stomach. My knees felt like jello. Nancy a mother and son in the line of fire in boston. A terrifying close call when bullets fly through their car, just barely missing them. Christa theyre talking to seven news about this scare. Lets go to 7s Jonathan Hall. Happened. Jon . Jonathan christa, good morning. Were at geneva and bowden not Boston Police officer was shot in the leg a week ago. This happened tuesday. She heard pops. Thats when she knew she was in trouble. I want the let people know i got lost. Jonathan she was bringing her little by to kfc, but now jaxson needs some tlc after a wrong turn and a scary night in dorchester. The first time that i noticed my car was hit was when i opened my eyes and i seen a bullet hole in the windshield. I just said, oh, my gosh, i have to get out of here. Jonathan Amber Castaneda says it happened tuesday night around 6 00 p. M. On geneva avenue. She says at least three shots hit her s. U. V. , one anything right through a rear window, taking out some insulation in the ceiling and landing in the windshield of her car. She was with her boyfriend and her sixyearold. The officer said if he was two inches taller, it would have took his head off. Jonathan amber says Boston Police believe that stray bullet could have also hit her it came so close. The officer said inches, she says it had to have flown right by my face. When he told me that, sick to my stomach. My knees felt like jello. Jonathan jaxson just knows he was scared and he told his mom one thing. Lets leave. Thank you, thank you, god, so much, that it was not my time to go. Jonathan no one was hurt. Castaneda says she believes there were witnesses who saw somebody run off from this shooting, however, there is no good description of that gunman. Live in dorchester this morning, Jonathan Hall, 7news today in new england. Nancy . Christa the patriots now just one day away from their first playoff game of the season. There is concern today over the health of Rob Gronkowski. The star tight end missing in action for the second time this week. So lets get the latest on the situation. You see 7s Nicole Oliverio. Shes live this morning at gillette. And, nicole, it sounds like gronk could be dealing with a couple of different injuries here. Nicole thats right. The report came out yesterday, alreadyinjured knee, it has mentioned a back issue, as well. The patriots set to take on a hot Kansas City Chiefs tomorrow in the a. F. C. Divisional do it without their star tight end . Whether hes resting or going to practice, we hope gronks ready to go on saturday. This week, Rob Gronkowski was missing from practice. Hospital yesterday getting an injection for his injured right knee. Is gronk hiding from us during the media availability . Thats the last one. I dont know about that. Nicole having their allpro tight end banged up is no laughing matter. The pats are taking on the chiefs, who currently have an 11game winning streak. New england has dropped four of their last six games and have been plagued by injuries. This team, no matter what, everybody comes out on that field, were going to give everything we have. This is it. Were just trying to put trying to empty it out. Nicole and yesterday gronk was listed as did not practice. The team and fans, though, remain hopeful that hell be on the field here tomorrow. Thats the latest live from gillette, Nicole Oliverio, 7news today in new england. Christa dont forget, you can stay with 7news on air and online for the pats run through the playoffs. You can track the latest injuries updates, as well on whdh. Com and on the 7news mobile and tablet app. Nancy happening today, there will be steppedup security at Chelsea High School as Police Investigate a bomb threat. The threat said it would happen today during regular office hours, school hours. Police said did a full search of the school last night. Officials believe the threat is likely a hoax, but they say they are still taking this matter very seriously. Also right now, the West Boylston Public Schools and Police Department investigating disturbing accusations against a teacher. School officials are not getting specific about what happened, but in a statement, they say there is an allegation of toward a student at the West Boylston middle high school. At the present time there is. This is an active police investigation. The statement goes on to say that the teacher has been removed from the school and will have no further contact with any students. Christa the race for the white house getting heated. The democrats are going to bring a lawsuit. Im the not going to be taking legal advice from donald trump. You dont have to. Christa tough talk from the rivals in the republican debate. Ted cruz continues to climb in the polls. Lets head out to New Hampshire where several candidates are campaigning today. 7s victoria warren is tracking them for us. Victoria there are a lot of events in New Hampshire. Marco rubio starting things off in derry with an event at 8 30 a. M. All this on the heels of last nights debate, which was a little bit different. The first 19 minutes of the debate was donald trumpfree. Candidates are now taking aim at ted cruz. First g. O. P. Debate of 2016 and some of the more heated moments were surprisingly trumpfree. Do you remember that, everybody . This was the question on entitlement, and the reason you already had your chance, marco. You blew it. Victoria new jersey governor Chris Christie taking that jab at senator marco rubio after rubio took aim at senator ted cruz in a lengthy listing of his senate votes where he accused him of flipflopping. I appreciate you dumping your Research Folder on no, its your record. Victoria recent polls put cruz in second place, making him a popular target for those below him and from donald trump. Trump calling questions about cruzs citizenship a liability in the race. Democrats are going to be bringing a suit. You have a big lawsuit over your head while youre running, and if you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can even serve in office. So you should go out, get a ill tell you, im not going to be taking legal advice from donald trump. You dont have to. Victoria the two men squaring off on what cruz calls new york values. Everyone understands the values in new york city focus around money and the media and are socially liberal. Victoria but trump shot back, saying new york values are what he saw in the days he saw after the september 11th attack. Two 110story buildings come crashing down, and the people in new york fought and fought and fought. Victoria we have two weeks to go before the iowa caucuses. Were sure to see the candidates spending a lot of time both if iowa and here in New Hampshire. Live this morning in derry, victoria warren, 7news today in new england. Nancy vicki, thank you. One person who was not watching the debate was democratic frontrunner. On the tonight show last night she told jimmy fallon she does not watch the republican debates. Take a shot at donald trump. I tell you what, hes a lot more obsessed with me than i am with him. If im so fortunate to be the democratic nominee, obviously ill run against whoever they nominate, but if its donald trump, it will be quite the showdown. Christa they took snapchat videos and sent them to her followers. She also talked about how she gets tired on the campaign trails and digs her nails in her palm to keep herself awake. Nancy wow. Christa is they had fun last night. At 6 10, we have a report about children sick at school. So many students get ill at that a local Grammar School has to shut down. Ism and a dog going through thin ice in billerica. The race to get it back on solid ground. Christa and we have class act because its friday. And were happy to bring along this story about a 17yearold helping to lift the spirits of children in a local hospital. Just in time for the pats game. I think we can do it tomorrow. It will be cool out there but drying off by kickoff. Temperatures in the upper 30s. Take a look at that wet morning forecast ahead. Nancy good morning. Heres a look at route 39 as you head into boston. Up in andover on 93 southbound, we have a new accident at gaston roadblocking the left lane. Expect some delays there. The expressway, volume building. So far the t is on time this morning. No way. Savor an egg mcmuffin any time a fresh cracked egg, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. Mcdonalds all Day Breakfast menu. Christa i know my kids had a couple days of indoor recess this week its been is cold, but hopefully they can get out and get out some of that energy. Nancy its hard to be trapped inside, chris. Chris go inside, run and get it out before the long weekend, right . 27 degrees in boston. 20 in norwood. Im sure the kids are pumped up about the threeday weekend ahead. 23 in worcester. 22 in plymouth. Its hard being cooped up, especially a couple mornings ago with strong wind and cold temperatures. It was tough to deal with. You had stinging cold outside. Not the case this morning. Wind 0 to 5mph. A light breeze and temperatures this morning warmer than what weve seen the last couple mornings. Warmer relatively. Relative term this new year in january. But mid20s with little wind, not too bad outside. Low pressure to the south of us. Thats going to be tracking up the coastline. This is what were watching for. Late overnight tonight, this is past midnight into tomorrow morning, and you can see its a quickhitting storm, but it does deliver a slug of precipitation. Most of it falling as rain. Theres not a lot of cold air to work with. This type of setup can manufacture any snow. What you need is really heavy down some of the colder air a lot. That may be limited, but we culled see, especially the higher terrain of Worcester County or perhaps close to southern New Hampshire, southwestern New Hampshire. If you get some bursts of some snow mixed in here, you may catch a coating to a couple inches where you see this pink shaded area. Otherwise this is mainly a rain event. This is if you can get some heavy enough bursts to mix in with a little snow. The other thing well contend with tomorrow morning is a breeze. It will be strong along the southeast coastline. Gusts 30 to 40mph down through the south shore, the cape and the islands, especially down through the cape and the islands. But the wind direction in the afternoon changing to the northwest and then to the west. That dries us out. So by 1 00, 2 00, this precipitation, this storm is over and done. With 36 to 40 this afternoon. Tonight there could be a little bit of freezing rain north and west of 495 for a few hours. After midnight tonight, otherwise showers arriving after midnight, as well. So heading out for date night tonight, dinner and a movie, its dry through midnight. Then tomorrow well have the this afternoon. 7 on 7 forecast, minor accumulations with snow showers sunday night into early monday morning. Otherwise the story next week, cold air back in place. Christa all right, bundle up. Thanks, chris. Time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. Danielle thanks, nancy. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday to you. Heres route 93 headed into boston. No major delays here. Lets go to the map. We have two accidents to tell you about. One is in andover. This is a threecar accident blocking the left lane. This is 93 southbound at gaston road and in chelmsford, another the hill. Two things to keep in mind, route 1 not looking bad, and 93, you saw that slowing a little bit as you head into somerville. From the split slit boo boston on the expressway northbound, that drive up to about 21 minutes this morning. Route 24, route 3, south of town, 95 looking pretty good. The pike out to framingham mostly green. About. There lets take a look at those drive times if youre getting ready to head out the floor door. 18 minutes on the expressway into town on the the pike, no delays there. 12 minutes 93 southbound 128 to the zakim bridge. And so far this morning the t is on time. Nancy danielle, thank you. This morning were so excited to introduce you to a senior from Medway High School who is helping kids. Christa a teenager who has gone all out to making hospital stays for children a little brighter. This morning shes our class act. Samantha duncan, how you doing . We want to award you with our class act for this week. What do you think . Oh, my. Christa let me give you a hug. Medway High School Senior Samantha Duncan is always thinking of others, especially kids at boston childrens hospital. She raised funds and donated 87 buildabears this year. Even that Little Something can make someones day so much brighter. Christa samantha knows the feeling. When she was younger she spent a lot of time at childrens. She was diagnosed with a chronic digestive problem and remembers stuffed animal could be. Just something to make you smile. I wanted other kids to have that feeling i had. Shes a very giving person. It wouldnt surprise me that she wanted to do something. Doing this for over 80 children is fantastic. Christa this is the second goaround for samantha. Four years ago when she was in eighth grade, she donated 70 bears. The response was so positive she did it again, putting them together by hand. I had help with friends, so not as long as it would have taken me alone. I have a lot of students that do community service, but none that do it for themselves. For everybody else and just do it on their own. Christa and thats why samantha is a class act. Im surprised and grateful and i hope it brings awareness and inspires more people to do similar projects and get involved with community service. Christa i just want to say that she was so incredibly cool, around the hallway trying to surprise her, as well. Nancy lurking. Christa lurking. She said it was easier to raise money this year for the bears because she had a go fund me page. Nancy good for her. If you know a student between 6th and 12th grade doing something outstanding in school, sports or their community, nominate them online at whdh. Com. Christa still ahead at 6 20, chipotle trying to bounce back from that p. R. Nightmare why customers gets sick. Why its closing its store for one day. Nancy and an nfl kicker who was criticized for missing a crucial kick in a playoff game meets the first Grade Student who showed him support when he needed it most. Christa and the most touching video youll probably see all day. A boy reutilitied with his chris 6 23 on this friday morning. Good morning, everyone. Today is quiet, close to 40 degrees this afternoon, but the cold air will be limited for tomorrow, and it looks like the rain will be widespread, about a half an inch to an inch of it. Most of it in the morning, tapering off early in the afternoon. Drying our for kickoff at ji. Maybe a mix of snow across the higher terrain of Worcester County and southern New Hampshire. Well talk more on that forecast coming up in a bit. Nancy chris, thank you. A woman in belmont a week away from trying to make history. Becca pizzi is her name. Shes trying to become First American woman to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. It all starts a week from tomorrow in antarctica of all places. Pizzi signed autographs and says she loves some people view her as a role model. Its just to be a better person, be a better parent, be a better student in thinking that you might do, just to go out there and get it done. Follow you. Nancy after running in about art car, pizzi will run in continents. Christa school kids encouraging an nfl player who missed a critical kick in last weeks wild card game will get chance to meet him. Mcdermott is the snapper, and the kick is no good. Christa weve been showing you. This blair walsh missed a 27yard field goal with less than a minute to go giving the Seattle Seahawks the win and ending the vikings season. Some first Grade Students wrote him and drew pictures for him. They were hoping to encourage him. Yesterday the vikings kicker visited the classroom, cyberred autographed and thanked them for all their support. My heart. Seriously that. Cheered me up a lot. The fact that you guys would do that for me, somebody you never met, somebody you dont know, thats huge. You can help in certain times like these. Really made a difference in his life this week. So he wanted to help brighten their day. Nancy thats so sweet. A silver lining. Christa its so interesting. All right. Happy day at the boston Police Department because of the special return of one of their own. Details ahead. Christa also ahead, you might have been caught up in that crash yesterday morning inside the oneill tunnel. Some serious backup. Look at that. The crash was caught on camera. Well share more with you coming up. Nancy plus new video of another Controversial Police shooting in chicago. That citys mayor now ] rd. A r t la s. A. Te xt lel h c exin 1. Ess, ness, ging, e ok pots, rae kles. Nancy Chandler Jones with a message to fans. I made a stupid mistake. Christa an unexpected apology before the pats playoff push. Nancy also students sick to their stomachs, forcing one local school to shut its doors. Christa and it tied up the now were seeing the dangerous drive inside the oneill tunnel. Nancy and the local teen working to get Britney Spears as a prom date. Why he may have a good chance. This is 7news today in new england. Ism how about that . 6 30 on this friday morning. Good morning to you. Im nancy chen. Christa and im christa delcamp. If youre headed off to gillette for a little tail tailgating, you might want to bring along something to keep the wings from getting soggy. Chris food first, and then you think of yourself after. 27 in boston right now. 20 in norwood. 22 in plymouth. Winds very light. So its a nice, calm start to the morning. Those 20degree temperatures dont feel all that bad considering theres no wind. Mostly cloudy skies throughout the day, but staying dry throughout today. Temperatures rebounding into the 30s. Mid to upper 30s on average this afternoon. Even a few low 40s south of the city, even this evening, early this evening, temperatures late overnight tonight, this is after midnight, patchy freezing rain possible north and west of 495. And for the rest of us, showers beginning to work in. There will be steady rain out there tomorrow morning, no question about that, even into term afternoon hours. So tailgating early, noontime, 1 00 at gillette. Still some light rain, but by kickoff, we start the dry out. Well talk more on this storm in a few. Nancy chris, thank you. Time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. Danielle thank you, nancy. Lets head outside. This is a look at route 93 headed into boston. No major delays here. Go to the maps. A couple accidents to tell you about. This is andover, a threecar accident. This is 93 southbound at dascomb roadblocking the left lane. We have another accident in chelmsford. This is route 3 southbound at drum hill. The rest of your drive into town on 93, a little stopandgo. Route 1 not looking bad this morning. From the braintree split into boston on the expressway, that drive up to 22 minutes. In kingston, a new accident. There. The pike mostly green from framingham into boston this morning. Lets take a look at those drive times if youre getting ready to head out the door. About 20 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split into boston. No major delays into boston. If youre taking the t this morning, we have minor delays on the red line. Back to you, guys. Christa lets get a check on your top stories this friday. Police are searching for the gunman who opened fire in dorchester, narrowly missing a mother and her young son. The woman says she was inside gunfire hit her car, nearly striking boat she and her sixyearold in the head. Luckily neither of them was hurt, though. The gloves came off between donald trump and ted cruz during last nights republican debate. Up until last night, the two had pretty much avoided attacking one another, but trump managed to question cruzs naturalborn citizenship status and president ial eligibility. Cruz struck back with a shot involving trumps mother, who was born in scotland. Tight end Rob Gronkowski will be ready to go for saturdays playoff game against the chiefs. He missed two practices this week, and the Injury Reports issues with both his knee and his back. The pats remain hopeful, though, hell be on the field come torment. Only concern. Chandler jones saying sorry for the incident last weekend that landed him in the hospital. 7s Nicole Oliverio is live at apology. Nicole jones saying sorry for what has been an offthefield distraction all week long inch that police report, it says someone told him to go to the p. D. , although its unclear who that person was. I made a mistake. Nicole Chandler Jones apologizing for whatever happened this weekend that led him walking into the foxborough Police Department monday morning looking for help. I made a mistake. Each and every day my biggest. Focus on is kansas city. I know that sounds competitive. It sounds like im repeating myself. Thats what it is right now, becoming the best i can be to help the team out. Nicole in this new report, police say jones got down on his knees and was stiff as a board but added that he was polite and cooperative. It was quite evident that mr. Jones was desperately seeking our assistance and he had certainly not committed any crimes. While jones was being evaluated, an officer went to his home to secure it. According to the report, while in the house, he noticed the smell of burnt marijuana. Are you in any trouble with substance questions . I understand your questions, just trying to hone in on kansas city. Nicole coach Bill Belichick briefly addressed the incident. Theres nothing more the health and wellbeing of our players, staff and support people in the organization. Asked if he apologized to his teammates, he was candid. I feel i need to apologize to nicole police indicating that this was a medical issue. According to the team, jones has been to all the practices and meetings this week. Were live at gillette, nicole england. Christa a school in meth win is closed after a stomach and students. A cleaning crew will spend today and the rest of the weekend disinfected timony Grammar School. Officials there say the virus spread quickly and led to a huge number of absences on thursday, and parents say this whole thing is also left them on edge. Everybody is a a little shocked, a little unnerved. I hope my kids dont get sick. Theres a little bit of everything going around. . Oo with School Closed monday through the Martin Luther king holiday, crews will have four days to disinfect before classes are set to start up again on tuesday. Nancy hundreds of students in sandwich evacuate from school yesterday after smoke from the heating unit on the roof began pouring into the building. Fire crews were on the scene the find the source of that smoke. Were told one student was taken inhalation. And were getting a look this morning at the crash that caused big backups on 93 during yesterday mornings commute. Take a look here. That driver losing control, smashing right into the wall inside the oneill tunnel, the two right lanes were blocked. Thankfully there were no serious injuries. Meaghan firefighters rushing to the rescue in billerica when a dog falls through thin ice. They found this black dog halfway submerged in the water at the Vietnam Veterans park. So they used some special suits. They were able to reach the dog and pull it to safety. Look, hes getting warmed by the wood stove there. One of the firefighters took off his own colt to help warm him up, as well. Nancy looks cozy. There and swat cat reporting back for duty. Boston polices beloved mascot that disappeared last month is back home. The fuzzy 50 cat returned back to the base in roxbury yesterday morning. The officers say she did lose some weight, but otherwise she seems healthy. So she just wanted to go out for christa she had to get away from the job. A little stressful maybe. 6 36 and a bay state teen reaching out to a pop star. His social Media Campaign to bring Britney Spears to the prom. Nancy also next month every chipotle will close for several hours. Well explain whats happening. Christa and a heartwarming reunion of a boy and his dog coming up. Danielle good morning, everyone. Happy friday to you. Heres route 93 as you head into boston. We have an accident in andover on 93 southbound at dascomb road. Thats a threecar crash. And in kingston on route 3 southbound also keeping an eye on the accident. If youre taking the t this morning, minor delays on the red nancy a teenager in massachusetts hoping for a superstar prom date. Christa a boy from agawam says he has been a fan of Britney Spears since he was two and he started a social Media Campaign to ask her to his prom coming up in april. He says she inspired him and really helped him to come out to his family and friends. Hes also met britney three times and he says even if she cant attend, he would love if she merely responds to his invitation. Nancy all right. Boy is reunited with his dog after it had been missing for a month. Who is that . Chief . Chief it just breaks your heart, doesnt it . He burst into tears as the dog licked the boys face. The dog was gone for a month when he was found safe and sound a few blocks away at a neighbors house. Come on, boy, take em down. Make America Great get crushed every time christa this is being dubbed the official donald trump jam. These girls sang the song before a trump rally this week in florida. So they seem to be a hit. Not clear if this will become the g. O. P. Frontrunners nancy it certainly stays in your head. If nothing else. Christa it stands out, doesnt it . Nancy know and go is up next with all the days top stories. Security stacked up at a Chelsea School today. Well tell you why. Christa also another Controversial Police shooting that was caught on camera. With deadly results. Imalso how a new mosquitoborne virus is putting pregnant women and their becamies at risk and the action this c. D. C. Could take today. Reporter live at gillette, some patriots without their star there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play you Better Believe it. Im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Not getting your best sleep . Could be youve got the wrong bed. Enter sleep number. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. You can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. Save 1100 on the i8 mattress with purchase of Sleepiq Technology and flexfit3 adjustable base. Its 6 45, time to know and go. Reporter a mother and son drive into danger on a dorchester street. Bullets strike their s. U. V. And nearly hit them inside. Reporter the pats run toward a repeat start starts tomorrow, but gronks injuries problems back in the spotlight. Reporter and ted cruz under fire. The g. O. P. Candidate taking aim and not holding back at the latest debate. Christa headed enter a listening Holiday Weekend, and it time on this friday for know and go with the days top stories. Ism we start with traffic and weather. Heres chris. Chris good morning, nancy. Good morning, everyone. Not quite as cold with temperatures running into the 27 degrees in the city of boston. These numbers throughout the day slowly rising up as we get into this afternoon. 2 wind speeds continuing to be on the light side. Calm in a lot of suburbs. Only 3mph in the city of boston. That makes a huge difference this time of year. Only in the 20s with very little wind. Mostly cloudy skies. That will prevail today, but numbers this afternoon bouncing back up mid30s to near 40 degrees. Then our attention turns to this storm with plenty of moisture thats going to be working from the southeast and off the carolina coastline and into new england. That will bring rain tomorrow morning. Further north and west, there may be pockets of wet snow mixed in, but even the hilly terrain of Worcester County into southwestern New Hampshire, a coating to perhaps a couple inches of snow, that should be about it as an area of low pressure passes to the east of us. We start the dry out in the afternoon. The rain shutting off between this after about an inch of rain. Its dry at kickoff at gillette tomorrow. Temperatures close to 40 degrees in the afternoon. Some snow showers early monday. Oherwise cool. Nancy time now for fast track traffic. How are things looking out there. Danielle not too bad. A couple incidents to tell you about. Traffic starting to slow down. Lets take a closer look at that accident. 93 southbound at dascomb road. There shortly. The rest of your ride on routed route 16. From the braintree split boo boston expressway, that drive 22 minutes. Youre hitting the breaks at granite avenue. This is in kingston at route 3 southbound. This at main street. Take a look at the pike, no delays from 495 into framingham. Stop and go, from 128 into boston, take a look at those drive times if youre getting ready to head out this morning. 20 minutes on the expressway. Into town on 93 southbound, from 128, 15 minutes. Youre taking the t, still minor delays on the red line. Back to you, guys. Christa this morning a mother and her young son are st thankful to be alive after a very close call. Stray bullets flew through their car and barely missed them. This all happened when they made a wrong turn in dorchester. Nancy the shooter is still out there. 7s Jonathan Hall is live with their story. Jonathan nancy and christa, Boston Police are investigating a very close call for this family here on geneva avenue in dorchester. A brockton mom says she was trying to get to the kfc for her little boy, but she took a wrong turn and pulled over. Her s. U. V. Was struck by three bullets. One came right through a rear window and lodged in the windshield, whizzing right by a little boys head. That moms, as well. Amber castaneda says she, her boyfriend and her sixyearold son jackson are lucky to be alive this morning following this scary incident tuesday it went over my childs head. Right past my right ear and basically past my face. He started crying right away. He said, mama, get out of here. He said, mama, i want to go home. Jonathan no one was hurt. Castaneda says she has five kids to take care of, and even though she didnt win the powerball this week, she still feels pretty lucky. Were live in dorchester, Jonathan Hall, 7news today in new england. Christa the patriots just one day away from their first playoff game of the season. There is some concern over the health of Rob Gronkowski. The star tight end missioning in action for a second time this week. 7s Nicole Oliverio live at gillette with his injuries. Any dole, a lot of fans are worried about this one. You can imagine why. We have just been plagued by injuries. And having gronk back made the team feel better about their playoff chances. However, for the past two days, gronkowski has not been at practice. He was listed on the report with his back, and the back issue is actually new. Now, its being reported that gronk was at boston hospital yesterday getting an injection in his injured right knee. That injury happened last november against the broncos. Of course the team and fans remain hopeful that hell be able to play tomorrow afternoon. Now, while all this is going on, of course, there was that offfield distraction and defensive player Chandler Jones is saying he is sorry, although hes not saying much else about what led him to lock walk himself to the foxborough Police Department on sunday. Police are saying he was there for a medical issue, but it was also noted in the report that an officer who went to secure his home smelled burnt marijuana. Now, jones wouldnt comment on that. He only said that hes focused on the chiefs, but he wanted to apologize and also mention that he apologized to his teammates. Of course, fans hoping that none of these distractions and none of these injuries put the pats who have an 11game winning streak going into tomorrows game. Thats the latest live from gillette. Nicole oliverio, 7news today in new england. Nancy nicole, thank you. Stay with 7news on air and online. You can track the pats latest injury updates on 7news. Com as well as on the mobile app. Christa Police Investigate a bought threat to Chelsea High School that. Threat said all of this would unfold today during school hours. Police conducted a full search of the school last night. Likely a hoax but say theyre still taking precautions and taking the matter very seriously. And West Boylston Public School department, the Police Investigating disturbing accusations against a teacher. School officials are not getting specific about what happened, but in a statement, they said there is an allegation of improper behavior by a teacher toward a student at the West Boylston middle high school. At the present time this is an active police investigation. That statement goes on the say from the school and will have no further contact with any students. Nancy the gloves coming off in the race for the white house. Donald trump and ted cruz exchanging jabs in last nights debate. Other g. O. P. Candidates join in, as well. 7s victoria warren live in New Hampshire where several candidates are campaigning today. There are a lot of events today in New Hampshire. Marco rubio kicking things off with an event here. At 8 30 a. M. , this after last nights debate, and it seemed that a lot of the candidates at last nights debate are now taking aim at ted cruz. I would note that the birther theories that donald has been relying on, some of the more extreme ones insist that you must not only be born on u. S. Soil, but have two parents born on u. S. Soil. Under that theory, not only would i be disqualified, dusm would be disqualified. If you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can jobs and growth. In a change of pace, the first 19 minutes of the debate was donald trumpfree and ted cruz was put on the defensive, especially when marco rubio gave a playbyplay of cruzs senate votes, calling him a flipflopper. Ted cruz, you used to say you supported doubling the number of green cards. Now you say youre against it. You used to support a 500 increase in the number of guest workers. Now you say youre against it. At least half of the things marco said are flatout false. Let me interrupt you. And there are two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses, and so we are sure to hear a lot more of this back h andforth between the candidates. And well see more attack on donald trump and probably more attacks on ted cruz, especially if his poll numbers continue to put him into second place. New hampshire today. The first one here in derry. A. M. Live this morning in derry, victoria warren, 7news today in new england. Vicki, thank you. Friends and family mourning the death of a New Hampshire preschool teacher. 31yearold lori dawe was driving home from work on tuesday when she slid off the road during a snowstorm. Police say she got out of her car to call for help when the jeep slipped on the same spot, slamming into her and pinning her underneath. Her parents say they are heartbroken. Shes our baby girl. We lost her. She just never came home one night. I waited and waited. Lore lori was very giving and very loving, always had a smile. Beautiful heart. Did so much for so many people. Nancy police say the 17yearold driver of the jeep was not speeding or under the influence. It was just a tragic accident. Christa a virus in some spreading concerns here in the u. S. , especially for women who are pregnant. Travel warnings to places like brazil and the caribbean are being put into place because of the zika virus. Experts think its being spread by mosquitoes. This is a crisis in brazil. 3,500 babies have been born with brain damage because of this virus. Health Officials Say theyre currently working on a vaccine for it. Nancy protests are expected in chicago today after a judge released this new video of a Deadly Police involved shooting from three years ago. The officer who shot the 17 year old says he thought he had a gun. It turned out to be a box. Up until wednesday night, the city had opposed releasing this video. That has people calling into question the mayors recent pledge to be more transparent. As it relates the material in an investigation, that policy for the city has always existed, which is you dont do anything to hamper an investigation. Were in the middle of policy, which is transparency in letting that material out. Nancy the teens family is filing a wrongfuldeath suit. Christa chipotle closing all its stores for a few hours next month for a companywide meeting to talk about food safety in response to outbreaks of norovirus and e. Coli that shut restaurants down in several states. One of those outbreaks happened at a boston chipotle, as well. Lets do one final check of weather with chris. Chris good morning, nancy. Mostly cloudy skies through the day. Temperatures upper 30s this afternoon. We dry out just in time for kickoff tomorrow, drying out between noon and 2 00 p. M. This storm thats mainly rain in southern new england will be snow across northern new england. Big ski weekend up north. Weather working out just fine up that way. Rain, about half an inch to an inch mostly tomorrow morning. Christa have a great friday and weekend and long Holiday Weekend if you have monday off. Thanks for watching. Im christa dell delcamp. Nancy im nancy chen. Today in new england returns with your latest news and christa byebye. Unleash the power of dough. 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