no problems today. quiet day. mostly sunny skies. tomorrow from the early morning hours close to the south coast to early afternoon closer to boston and worcester some patchy light snow breaking out. still a question of how far the accumulating snow will get to the north. we're riding the edge of this storm the whole time. it looks like the best chance for accumulating snow in the city of boston would be late tomorrow, tomorrow evening and wrapping up early on sunday morning. how much snow are we expecting? generally 1 to 3 along the coastline. close to the city of boston, maybe an inch or two of snow. higher totals settling off to the south. now, there is a winter storm watch posted along the immediate south coast of new england here, stretching essentially from cape cod back through the islands, down through buzzards bay and along that 95 stretch into connecticut. if there are towns that will exceed 6 inches of snow, i think it would be right along the immediate coast pending how much snow works enter the forecast and how far north some of the heavier bands get. there will be a tremendously further north an west you go, the less chance of snow. guys? >> sarah: breaking in brockton, crews on the scene of a water main break on north ames street. several streets in that area are now closed. crews will be on the scene for a while. for more on your morning commute, let's send it over the danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning. happy friday, everyone. this is the expressway. traffic flowing nicely. let's go to the maps from the braintree split into boston. that drive about ten minutes. no delays to tell you about. south of town, route 3, 24, 95 all green. the pike wide open out to framingham. heading eastbound on the pike, in delays yet this morning. north of town, route 1 and 93 heading into boston, both looking good. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. ten minutes on the expressway from the braintree split into boston. into town on the pike from 128, 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, that drive 11 minutes. if you're taking "t" this morning, so far it's on time. back to you, guys. >> christa: all right, cities along the east coast are bracing for a blizzard. >> sarah: this morning a massive storm system is creeping closer to the northeast with at least nine states in its path. down south cities like charlotte are bracing for ice and freezing rain. an we're getting our first look at what the storm is capable of. this is new video enter the newsroom overnight from mississippi where a possible tornado hit, leaving behind a whole will the of damage. and airlines are staying ahead of this storm, swell. let's send it out the jennifer eagan live at logan airport. jen, are flights already getting canceled? >> jennifer: sarah, they are. the morning rush is already under way here at logan airport. you know, airlines are already taking precautions as this storm bares down on the east coast. there are already cancellations, and there are expected to be hundreds more. just take a look at the board here at logan. flights to baltimore and raleigh-durham, north carolina, are already canceled. in fact, american airlines said it was canceling all flights in cancel trips in washington and baltimore on saturday. united airlines announced it would start suspending flights in d.c. this afternoon. the airlines say they're trying to give travelers a chance to reschedule. many airlines are allowing customers to do so without extra fees. also a note here: amtrak says that they will still be running service throughout the weekend, but trips between boston and virginia will be modified with fewer trains. we're live inside logan airport this morning, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: as the storm gets closer, you can get the updated track on our web site, whdh.com, and also the 7news mobile and tablet app. >> christa: breaking overnight, a vehicle crashing into a condo in cambridge and lands into an indoor pool. crews working into the morning to try the remove it. let's head to the scene to hear what we've learned about the crash. here's 7's victoria warren. vicki? >> victoria: the good news is nobody was hurt. there was one person in the s.u.v. you can see what's left over crews working early this morning, trying the patch up what's left of this wall and window. that's right where an s.u.v. went crashing in. this happened around 1:00 a.m. you can see this jeep, this s.u.v. in this indoor swimming pool. the windshield wipers on the jeep still going as the s.u.v. was submerged there in the pool. what we've been able to piece together so far from police and fire officials is that there was a valet driving this jeep. this is a high-rise luxury condo complex in cambridge. they have 24-hour valet service. officials told us that perhaps the floor matt got caught underneath the gas pedal. they're investigating that, but the driver somehow lost control, crashed through the window and ended up in the swimming pool. it was quite a feat trying to tow, you can see there, that s.u.v. out. so they are still investigating. no word yet from police if there will be any kind of charges or if this is just some type of accident perhaps involving the floor mat. some time continuing to do their work on that window. live this morning in cambridge, new england." >> sarah: the patriots holding their final practice today before heading to denver for the a.f.c. championship game. this morning gronk is tackling the trash talk as the broncos promise to target the pats' star. 7's nicole oliverio live at gillette with more. hey, nicole. >> nicole: good morning, sarah. that's right. well, gronk was excited to be at the podium for the first time in his nfl career here with the patriots, but he said he didn't think the broncos did anything that would be considered dirty. he says he just needs to be on his toes. >> wow. my first podium. [laughter] i'm big time. >> nicole: rob gronkowski enjoying his moment in the spotlight at home as he and the team get ready to head to denver later today. the pats' tight end says when it comes to the tough broncos' defense, he isn't concerned about low hits to the knee. >> they're not doing anything illegal out there. i just got to be aware of it. maybe i got to step up my game a little bit, maybe throw a juke. i don't know how many jukes i got. >> nicole: it was this hit in the game against denver back in november that knocked gronk out of the game with a knee sprain. now he's focused on helping the patriots get out to a quick lead on sunday, something the team couldn't do against the broncos without gronk two years ago in the a.f.c. championship game. >> we just got off the a slow start that game. so we just played from behind the entire game. we made a couple plays there at the end, but it really wasn't that close. >> nicole: this time around, the team has a healthy gronk, julian edelman and danny amendola. plan and preparation. whoever is out there is willing and able to make plays to move the ball and score points and try to get us in the best position to win the game. >> nicole: and gronk, of course, hoping that his trip to denver on sunday won't be as the pats will get in one more practice before heading out there. that's the latest live from gillette, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: stay with 7news for the pats in the playoffs. joe amorosino and trey daerr will have live reports leading up to the game right here on 7news. >> christa: happening today, cambridge schools stepping up security after yet another bomb threat happened on thursday. it was sent via e-mail last night. police have investigated and found no reason to believe that the threat is real, but this week about 20 schoo across the state have received threats, that includes methuen, where wednesday. right now the f.b.i. is involved in each of these investigations and is working to figure white house is making the threat. the former baby sitter accused of kidnapping and assaulting a toddler in hamilton is headed back to court today. a judge is expected to rule whether 21-year-old abigail trial. it was earlier this month that the judge sent her back to a mental health facility for another 20-day evaluation after still having hallucinations. police say that hannah broke into the two-year-old girl's home and kidnapped her back in november. the couple found the toddler alone several miles away and they said she was naked and had her head shaved. >> sarah: in the race for the white house, democratic candidate bernie sanders taking the lead in iowa in a new cnn/orc poll. the vermont senator is now eight points ahead of hillary clinton. he has 51% support from likely caucus voters to her 43%. on the republican side, the latest poll shows donald trump is still in the lead in iowa. he's ahead of senator ted cruz 37% to 26%. senator marco rubio rounds out the top three with 14%. >> christa: governor charlie baker setting goals in his state of the state address last night. even though he's a republican, the legislature's overwhelmingly democratic, he says he's hopeful they can all work together. >> some have lamented how boring makes me smile. [laughter and applause] no fights, no yelling, no partisan scrums. >> christa: the governor is also pushing for more help for people addicted to opioids and heroin. he also wants to expand availability of public charter schools and he also highlighted some of his accomplishments over the past year, including trying improvements to the state department of children and families. >> sarah: we're just getting started on this busy friday morning. still ahead, a k-9 crook fills a family's pets. the key clue that could lead the crook right to police. >> christa: >> sarah: and we'll take you to marion high school for this week's class act. meet a student repaying an act of kindness coming up. >> chris: the worst part of the east coast blizzard staying down through the mid atlantic, we'll still see some wind and some snow. winter storm watch posted along what that means for the weather ahead. >> danielle: and the roads looking good so far for your friday commute. no delays on the expressway, ten minutes from the braintree split enter boston. if you're taking the "t," it's wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. 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 we're 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. get out of the past. >> sarah: welcome back. 5:14. thank goodness it's friday, and for once we're not in the eye of the storm. >> christa: usually we're the ones taking the hit. last year a distant memory, chris, it looks like just to the south of us. >> chris: glabsing shot. we're still on the edge. instead of the national media centered here in boston telling the rest of the world how bad it is in boston, they'll be down in d.c. telling everyone how bad it is in d.c., although overall, again, i still expect some snow and some wind out of this. 19 in boston right now. 14 in worcester. you know there is no lack of cold air. we've had plenty of cold air in place the last several days. wind-chill values this morning down into the single digits. so getting the kids ready for school, they're probably all amped up, it's friday, but overall no problems out there into the afternoon. cool start. so they still need the hat, the morning. a lot of clear skies across new england. that will be the case today. here is the storm that we're watching. this is really starting to take shape here. you have snow back into arkansas. you'll have an ice storm in the carolinas and some snow through the higher terrain of new york new york and -- north carolina and major blizzard from d.c. close to new york city. new york city south of d.c., that 95 corridor under a blizzard warning at this point. the northern edge of it, the blue you see, that's a winter storm watch. that goes up into southern new england right along our south coast. but we do expect the worst, the bankrupt of this -- the brunt of down on the atlantic. maybe 10, 15 inches close to new york city and about a foot of snow across long island. we're right on the northern edge of this. still important the watch how much of this moisture can work and pivot back into southern new england to bring us some snow. at least expecting many folks down through southeastern mass having to plow and shovel. and even in the city of boston, i expect some snow out of this. take a look at the forecast model tomorrow morning. snow overspreading the south coast by about 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 a.m., cape cod down through buzzards bay. slowly trying to lift north through the day. we may also have some patchy flurries and light know breaking out mid-day close to the city of boston just north and west along a celestial front that will set up. now, there's a lot of dry air just to the north. it will try to eat away at the northern shield of this snow, and that's the battle line with the moisture trying to work in from the south and dry air trying the work in from the north. hardly any snow to quite a bit of snow, where does that line set up? right now it looks like the best chance of picking up half a foot coast of new england where we have the winter storm watches posted essentially from the cape back through buzzards bay and right along the rhode island-connecticut coastline. maybe a few towns with seven, eight inches of heavy, wet snow. 1 to 3 to the city of boston. lighter amounts to the north and west. this is the way it looks with the amount of moisture coming on inch we also have to watch the wind speeds. 45 to 50-mile-per-hour gusts tomorrow night and early sud morning down across the cape and the islands. 30 to 40 along the immediate coastline. that pushes some of this ocean water back toward the coast, so i do expect minor coastal flooding to occur during the sunday morning high tide around 11:00 a.m. 7 on 7 forecast taking you into next week. whatever snow we get will start melting by monday. >> sarah: a passionate plea to find these two dogs swiped from their somerville home. the owners say man was caught on camera walking away with them. now they're praying that their beloved dogs are found safe. >> christa: they are really emotional about this. a member of their family is so let's go to 7's nancy chen with more on their message. >> sarah: christa, good morning to you. this family is heartbroken. along with posting flyers all along their neighborhood, this couple is hoping the surveillance video that captured this suspect will help them get their dogs back. their names are caesar and cleopatra, pomeranians that look just like little pandas. they're children. >> to know when you're away someone can break in and just steal the family, it feels so unprotected. >> reporter: while the somerville couple was away, they broke into their home. they didn't take much, but they broke the family's heart. >> they took a couple rings, but the dogs are the important thing they took. >> you can see the dogs. >> reporter: their neighbor's cameras caught what looks like man walking down summer street with at least one black-and-white pup in his arms. >> i started scanning everyone. come by holding something on his waist... >> reporter: it was tuesday just before 7:00. joy yang, another neighbor checking in on the pups came in and found the house in disarray with the dogs gone. >> i just don't know what kind of person would steal a dog. >> the family left posting pictures of three-year-old cleopatra and four-year-old caesar hoping someone comes forward. in the meantime they have a message for the thief who stole the only things they can't replace. >> you broke our hearts. you wanted to hurt us. you did. just give us the dogs. that's it. >> reporter: somerville police say if you have any information about who that man is and where those dogs are, go ahead and give them a call. in the newsroom, nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: up next, a legal victory for bills can -- cosby. what adjudge is dismissing a lawsuit against the comedian. >> sarah: and a store owner in >> chris: time is 5:23 on this friday morning. t.g.i.f. pretty good day ahead of us. mid to upper 20s in worcester. nor 30 degrees in boston. wind out of the northwest. we're looking forward to the weekend. we're right there on the storm line in southern new england. we expect some snow the heaviest along the south coast of new england. much of it will fall saturday into saturday night. more on that forecast to come. >> sarah: thanks, chris. this morning we're excited to introduce you to a high school snior from framingham. >> christa: he's been through some really tough times and is a terrific student who has gone above and beyond to help others. he's our class act today. hi, class. how are you? how you doing? my name is christa and i work at 7news in boston. today we wanted to recognize one gives of himself for a segment that we do called "class act." will robertson, come on over here. [applause] marian high school senior will robertson is a caretaker of sorts. >> four, please. >> christa: he serves framingham's hungry at pearl street cup board and cafe , a united way soup kitchen one night a week. >> i try to make someone smile and laugh every day. when i go to pearl street, i try to do that. how you doing today? >> christa: values he learned at a young age from his mother katie. >> he likes giving back to the community. he enjoys it. >> christa: katie robertson is a single mom. back when she was little, she relied on food pantries and soup kitchens to keep her family fed, which will found out about recently. >> i remember sitting in my room. i was shonged about it. this is something i received help for, and i want to make sure i can do the same thing that was provided for my family. >> christa: katie admits it wasn't easy telling her son. >> receiving help and helping when you can is the way to give back. >> christa: the robertsons no longer rely on others, and now will is repaying the kindness shown them tenfold. >> he's one of those kids that's so humble that he doesn't go around looking for recognition or praise. >> christa: volunteering at pearl street is just the tip of the iceberg, and he has been showered with awards. >> it's just amazing how much a teenager can help many different communities. i couldn't ever pick anybody more deserving than him. >> my family is able to get up out of a rut. i want to help other people do the same thing. >> christa: he is so courageous, too. his mom was in the classroom doing this presentation and started crying. >> sarah: did you start crying when you saw her crying? >> christa: pretty much. he was is courageous in telling all of his fellow students about the fact that, yeah, our family had to be helped out, you know, and i thought it took a lot of guts. >> sarah: i love that he's paying it forward. >> christa: he is. you saw the slew of awards. to see them all, you can log on to our web site, whdh.com. >> sarah: if you me a student grade doing something outstanding in school, in sports or in their community, please nominate them online at whdh.com. >> christa: coming up at 5:30, draft kings making a new game plan. the new rules the boston-based fantasy sports site is putting in place. >> reporter: and we're live at gillette as the team gets ready to head to denver for the a.f.c. championship game. hear from players about kraft's impact on the team. >> sarah: and he's accused of going on a dangerous drive. what's next for the man behind >> sarah: now at 5:30, a legacy of leadership. tom brady and his teammates talking about bob kraft's 22 years as the owner of the patriots. >> christa: cracking down on government officials, the flint water crisis forcing a resignation. aside. >> sarah: are you one of those people who is always checking your phone before bed only to just lie awake tossing and turning at night? a good night sleep. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: i have that problem of not being able to sleep, right? >> sarah: i'm like lights out. >> christa: thanks for waking up with us. it is early, 5:30, on this friday. i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. from kentucky to the east coast of new england, communities are bracing for this massive winter storm. families are putting plans in place, gearing up for the worst-case scenario. let's send it over to chris lambert because thankfully it doesn't look like it will be too bad here. >> chris: we'll have a manageable storm out of. this we'll still get snow and wind new york question about that, especially the further south you go. i think the question is how far does the heavier moisture work into southern new england. 19 in boston. teens outside. winds 5 to 15mph creating the wind-chill factors down into the single digits. we'll get you through today first here heading out the door. sunny skies, temperatures close to 30 degrees this afternoon. here is the storm taking shape. this is going to carve its way down through the deep south and emerge off the care lie, mid atlantic coastline as a powerful ocean storm. that's going to hammer the mid atlantic. you're talking two feet of snow, maybe even more close to d.c. and across the northwestern suburbs there. even up into new york city, looking likely close to a foot of snow. so very close by is the heavy snow, and some of these heavier bands may find their way down into southern new england along the coastline. i do expect a lot of accumulating snow cape and the islands right along the south coast, newport, rhode island, stretching back into southern connecticut. that's your best chance to pick up six inches of heavy, wet snow out of this, maybe even a couple towns slightly over that. then you taper off snow amounts considerably. still think we could get an inch or two in the city of boston. lighter amounts to the north and to the west. more on that seven-day forecast ahead. >> christa: all quiet right now, but how about the roads, danielle? >> danielle: things are looking good on the roads, christa. a little slowing, no major delays. will let's go to the maps from the braintree split into boston, just nine minutes. no delayings to tell you about there. route 3, 24, 95 all looking good so far this morning. the pike back out the framingham all green some no major delays eastbound on the pike either. north of town, route 1 looking good. wide open. so is route 93 heading into boston. let's go to thelet's take a look at the drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. ten minutes into boston. the pike. if you're taking the "t" this morning, so far it's on time. back to you, guys. ism breaking overnight, an s.u.v. crashs into a high-rise condo complex in cambridge and `lands in an indoor pool. this happened on museum way early this morning. no one was hurt. we're told a valet was behind the wheel and a floor matt may have got caught under the gas pedal. now to the other top stories today. if you have plans to travel today, you may want to double logan airport is already seeing cancellations and delays due to this massive winter storm creeping northeast. as of this morning, flights to maryland and the carolinas have been canceled. airlines like american and united are allowing passengers to reschedule at no extra cost. the patriots are set to fly to denver later today. players are set to practice this morning before heading to colorado. 16 players including rob gronkowski, danny amendola and julian edelman were limited during yesterday's practice session. the pats are just two and six in their last eight games in denver, but las vegas lists new england as a slight favorite heading into sunday's game. >> christa: and patriots' owner robert kraft is as much as part of the team's success as any player on the field. this morning the team is opening up about their time under kraft's leadership. nicole oliverio is live at gillette with more on that part of the story. nicole? >> nicole: yesterday the patriots celebrated a great anniversary. kraft took over here at gillette and took over the patriots. and players were talking about how important he is to the team. the pats preparing to play in their 11th a.f.c. championship game since kraft became the owner. players say kraft is a major reason this organization has the experienced so much success over the years. >> he sets the tone for us. he sits in almost every squad meeting that we have. i think he's always got a pulse of how the team is doing. >> he call my wife when she had surgery, sent me a baby gift when i had a baby. he's just a great guy. you know, they preach family around here, and it starts with him. >> nicole: and if the patriots do win on sunday, that would make it their ninth trip to the super bowl, setting an nfl record. that's the latest live from gillette, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: happening today, the man accused of running into a police cruiser with their truck will be in court. the tense chase in walpole ended in a wild wreck yesterday. its know plow up against some trees. they say the two men in it robbed a convenience store in norwood and took off. both were caught near the crash scene. witnesses say there was a heavy police presence. >> all of a sudden i heard the sirens, and all of a sudden i didn't hear a crash, and then i just looked out the window because i saw the light, and all of a sudden about ten cops started showing up. they all started aiming in that area over there. >> sarah: the driver and the taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. police say they found a gun and cash taken from the store in the truck. >> christa: school officials our in worcester working with police to try to shut down a facebook page promoting an alleged fight club involving students. what you're looking at is a public page that shows videos like this of intense and oftentimes brutal fights across the city. school officials say many of the videos do involve students, and them and are looking to speak with them to prevent future violence. also happening right now, police are trying to track down a would-be robber in brockton after a store owner fights him off with a piece of wood. surveillance video shows the attacker lunging at the woman with a knife. that's when she clubs him in the arm and he took off running. >> i hit him. ma'am, he says, i don't want to get in trouble. >> christa: that is maria alves. she says in her 20 years as a business owner, this is the second time she's had to use that club. but she certainly means business. and i'm glad it had a safe outcome for her. >> sarah: i know, right? still ahead on 7news, fallout in flint, the official resigning over the water contamination crisis in the city. >> christa: and president obama is turning down a speaking opportunity. the very good reason says he will not give the commencement address at one high school this >> chris: cold start this morning. plenty of sunshine through the day. temperatures close to 30. we have a lot of cold air many place. now we have a winter storm watch along the south chest of new england. how much snow to expect and the timing on it ahead. >> danielle: good morning, everyone. happy friday to you. the roads looking pretty good on this friday. no major delays to tell you about. ten hinz from the braintree split into boston. if you're taking the "t" this everyone. 14 in worcester. cold air in place. wind-chill value is down into the single digits, and it's a cool day overall with temperatures running close to 30 degrees this afternoon. going to be tracking some snow in here arriving tomorrow morning along the south coast of new england that. get into the afternoon. the heaviest snow the further south you go, especially down toward the south coast of new england. we're up to half a foot of snow is possible. boston area, maybe an inch or two coming out of this one. it's important to fine-tune that track. more on the forecast for next couple days coming up. who is recognized as the world's oldest barber says he does not plan the retire any time soon. anthony manzanelli is 104 years old. he started cutting hair when he was 12 back in 1923. he still works five days a week, and, by the way, he turns 105 in march. >> sarah: look at him. >> christa: he seems like he's doing really well there. >> sarah: very sharp. >> christa: no pun. >> sarah: once again miley cyrus engaged to liam hemsworth. the engagement was confirmed after cyrus was seen wearing her old engage. ring. they were first engaged in 2012 but the wedding was called off a year later. >> christa: president obama turning down the chance to speak at his daughter's high school graduation ceremony. yeah. he said no. the president says administrators at malia's school asked him to speak at commencement but he declined because he's a dad and he says i'm going to be too emotional. this was his quote, "i'm going i'm going to cry." >> sarah: i love it. all right. we have a lot to get to this morning. everything you need to know and go coming up, including a big announcement about the future of fantasy sports. how draft kings is changing some of the criewls of the game. -- rules of the game. >> reporter: and breaking news overnight. a wild ride in cambridge. an s.u.v. ends up crashing into a swimming pool. >> christa: and a win for bill cosby in court. why a judge is dismissing a lawsuit against congress doesn't regulate wall street... it's a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top 1%. and it's held in place by a corrupt political system where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is funded by over two and a half million small contributions. people who know you can't level the playing field by taking more money from wall street. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. join the fight >> sarah: welcome back. 5:45. time now for everything you need to start your day off right. >> christa: we have a storm coming. the good news is i think we'll dodge the bullet on this one, chris. >> chris: the bulk of that storm, christa, down through the mid atlantic. you'll hear of high snow totals, two feet, maybe even higher than that down portions of the mid atlantic. with that said, we're still getting some snow and wind. it's not going to be a pretty picture out there. tomorrow evening we have a winter storm watch posted down through the cape and the islands, back through buzzards bay along the south coast of new england right on that edge of the access of the heaviest snow. 14 in worcester. coal air. we've had plenty of it the last few days. wind-chill factors down into the single digits to start the morning. quiet day today, mostly sunny skies. temperatures upper 20s to lower 30s. wind out of the northwest at 6 here is the beginning of that storm. you can see washington, d.c., right now is dry. but you get down into the north carolina, south carolina, rain, ice and center at this point and snow all the way back into arkansas. this is the storm that's going to continue to traverse the east coast and really hammer the mid atlantic. so if you have any travel plans down that way, you need to check ahead with the airline, many of the airlines canceling flights and knowing that the flights stuck there, stuck in the mid atlantic. this is really the hammer zone. from new york city down to washington, d.c. there will be a very sharp cut-off as we've been mentioning in the last few days from the heavy snow and blizzard conditions across long island to lighter snow by the time you get up to northern mass. it's important to see how much of this moisture can lift up across new england from south to north during the day tomorrow. morning snow, down through the south coast, that will eventually broke out into the patchy, light snow across the boston area, perhaps even out to worcester, and the surrounding suburbs by mid-day. better chance of some steadier the evening hours. wattle zone, moisture coming in from the south. dry air trying to work in from the north, likely chewing away at some of this northern edge of the shield of snow. i do expect the highest totals again the further south you go with the best chance of six inches of know down near the south coast of new england back into rhode island. i will say this: if you have plans to go down to foxwoods an mohegan sun, that will be a slow go saturday night along that 95 stretch near the rhode island-connecticut border. 7 on 7 forecast, warmer next week. >> christa:>> sarah: time now for fast gersh. happy friday to you. morning. this is the expressway. you're slow and go but in major delays. braintree split into boston. that driving looking good. 24, route 3, 95, no issues to tell you about. back to the pike, all green. eastbound on the pike, no delays. that's good news this morning. looking good so far, as well. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. into town on the pike from 128, 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 11 minutes. if you're taking "t" this morn, so far it's on time. back to you, guys. >> christa: let's get to that breaking news overnight and a crash leaving behind quite a bit of damage in cambridge. >> sarah: a s.u.v. ended up in the middle of a condo swimming pool creating a huge mess. 7's victoria warren live. vicki, police are now looking into what may have happened right before this crash. right? >> victoria: that's right, sarah. we're getting new information from cambridge police. they want to see if perhaps the floor mat got caught underneath the gas pedal. they're still out here cleaning up, patching the window up, but it was a pretty wild scene overnight because this s.u.v., this jeep, we have video of it, crashed right through the glass of this high-rise condo complex into the indoor swimming pool. the windshield wipers still going on the s.u.v. as it was submerged. was diven by a valet. the valet had backed the s.u.v. up and put it in drive and something went wrong. the driver losing control anding up in the water. police telling us the driver was able to get himself out. he was checked out. police telling us that he did have some minor injuries and did go to the hospital just as a precaution, but otherwise he's okay. so live out here, they are still patching this window up of this condominium complex. they'll be out here for a little while longer. police are continuing their investigation. at this point they say they have not issued any citations. live this morning in cambridge, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: draft kings set to announce changes today that they claim will make fantasy sports games more fair. the boston-based company is set to implement some new regulations proposed by the healey. the "globe" reports that draft kings will start identifying publicly experienced players who win the most money and will ban software that allows players to once. but they are not raising the age limit to play to 21. >> sarah: right now police in salem, new hampshire, searching for a robber on the run. police say the man walked into a 7-eleven wednesday night demanding cash. the clerk said the suspect made it look like he had a gun in his jacket pocket. police in weymouth searching for man accused of a smash-and-grab robbery there. take a look at this video. you see the suspect smashing right through the front window of a gas station. it happened on tuesday at the mutual gas station in the central square area. anyone with information on these robberies are asked to call police. >> christa: new details on the marines missing after a helicopter crash in hawaii. the marine corps is now classifying all 12 of those marines as dead. search-and-rescue efforts were called off tuesday after a five-day search turned up no sign of them. the two military helicopters collided last thursday off the coast of oahu, and one of those christopher orlando of hingham. his family has been notified of that change in status. >> sarah: the fallout from the lead water crisis in flint continues this morning with an official handing in her resignation. >> christa: susan hedman, a regional administrator for the environmental protection agency, is stepping down next month. in june flint's mayor at the time wrote to hedman asking for information about the issue of lead in the city's drinking water, and she essentially shot down the idea in her response. meantime, people in flint say they are outraged they're getting bills for water they cannot even use. it's dangerous. action lawsuits. the city says it has to charge for water the keep the system up and running, though. the standoff in an oregon wildlife refuge might be coming to an end. an armed group taking over the federal compound earlier this month, and now the group's leader says that he's talking with the f.b.i. ammon bundy is promising his group won't escalate the situation. response, calling it "deliberate and measured" as it looks for a peaceful resolution. the group is protesting federal land laws. >> sarah: a tragic end in the search for a missing toddler in tennessee. police say the body of two-year-old noah chamberlain was found about a mile and a half from where he was last seen. noah disappeared while hiking in the woods with his grandmother and sister last thursday. the family said he loved to run and hide. authorities say they believe this was just a tragic accident. >> christa: new this morning, a legal victory for bill cosby in pennsylvania. a federal judge dismissing a lawsuit yesterday that a woman filed accusing cosby and his lawyer of defaming her in the media. now, she's one of the dozens of assault. the woman claims that there were instances when cosby and his team said the accusers needed to be fact checked. passengers trying the take more than 2,600 guns on the planes last year alone. the tsa says most of the guns agents found weapons in carry-on bags during security checkpoints. some of the airports with the most confiscated guns nationwide, dallas, atlanta and houston. now, weapons are allowed in checked bags as long as they are not loaded, and the passengers let the airlines know that they have them. >> sarah: checking news cross country, a would-be thief in indiana tries to pull what they think is an a.t.m. right off the wall of a storage company. the machine is actually there for customers to drop off deposits. the thief pulls up next to it and tries the drive away with it when they realize the machine does not detach. the owner says it will now cost her thousands of dollars to repair. >> a cow making a great escape in queens of all places. you can see this courageous cow running loose in the road after breaking free from a slaughterhouse. it bolted from a trailer while it was being transferred. police had to shut down several cowboy act i guess to try to wrangle it. >> the trailer guy bring the cow to take him in the pen. we need to bring him in the pen. the cow escaped from the pen. we can't catch him. he just rub away. that's it. >> christa: well, unfortunately for the cow it was later returned to the trailer. >> sarah: on 7news now, a safety hazard prompting the recall of nearly 30,000 children's balance bikes. the company chillafish says the bikes designed for kids ages two to five can send pieces of plastic flying are from the rim. overinflated. so far there have been two reports of kids being cut by the plastic. >> christa: and to avoid high blood pressure later in life, researchers say you may need to get moving your teens. they say that teens who were overweight or obese at 18 years of age have more than double the risk of high blood pressure later in life. but even teens who were thin but with low fitness levels also had they say less than one-third of high school students meet the recommended goals for exercise. well, apple is working on a feature that will make iphones more sleep friendly. the night shift option will be included in a software update. it will change the color balance of light from the phone's screen during evening hours. experts say that exposure to art official light before bed can disrupt sleep. they're still testing the new upgrade. they even say having it, even if you're not staring at it, having that light in your room can be disruptive. >> sarah: not me. i'm always so tired i crash. >> christa: she's out for the count, chris. >> chris: i'm with you on, that between chasing a two-year-old around all afternoon and getting up for this show at 2:30 a.m., i'm lights out by 8:00. upper 20s, lower 30s this afternoon. starting off in the teens. the most snow from this storm will be the furthest south, up to half a foot, perhaps a few higher amounts down through the immediate south coast of new england. strong, gusty winds at the coastline, 35 to 50mph. strongest gusts saturday night we're going to have to watch that sunday 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you design a top-rated as easy as this. that's banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? >> christa: the east coast bracing for a major storm. the latest overnight track for new england. and the flights already canceled at logan. >> sarah: breaking overnight. a driver's pool plunge, slamming >> christa: pleus the broncos promising to target gronk's weak spot. >> sarah: maybe throw a juke. i don't know how many jukes i got. >> christa: the pats heading out today for the mile-high matchup. >> sarah: pleus a tearful plea to the pleus. >> they're my family. >> sarah: dogs in somerville swiped from their home. how you can help find them. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: good morning, everyone. major cities along the east coast are getting ready for a blizzard. ism 75 million people are in the path of this epic snowstorm. it's being compared to the snowmageddon that crippled the mid atlantic in 2010. officials say possibly two feet of snow will fall in some places starting tonight, but what are we going to get here? >> chris: living on the edge in southern new england, aren't we always with some of these storms. basically we're right on the northern fringe of this coming up. the most snow you'll see is the further south you go into new 19 in boston, 14 in worcester. a cool start, a little breeze, 5 to 15mph, but overall another sunny day with temperatures close to 30 degrees this afternoon. let's get to the good old snowstorm stuff. cape cod back through the islands down through buzzards bay, south chest of new england, winter storm watch is posted for you folks there beginning tomorrow morning. that will likely continue into sunday morning. you get further south, there is a blizzard warning as close by as long island. so you can imagine there is sharp gradient with the brunt of this storm. and again, we're right on that northern edge of the snow. we do expect some of the snow to work in here. the the heaviest along the south coast and most of this falling saturday into saturday night. if there is any lingering snow on sunday, it should end by about 7:00, 8:00 a.m. saturday morning, buzzards bay, down through rhode island and connecticut, expected to start to snow. that line riding northbound. there's going to be a battle with the dry air to the north trying to squash that northern fringe down. a good bet close to the mass we'll get accumulating snow. i think the best chance for half a foot of snow along the south coast, falmouth back into buzzards bay and then over toward southern rhode island. so we'll keep an eye on it, perhaps a couple inches of snow in boston, less north and west. >> christa: love that. living on the edge, chris. very clever. how about traffic this morning, danielle? >> danielle: i think everyone is happy it's friday. the roads are looking good. this is route 1 in saugus. no major delays there. let's head to the maps. 93 southbound, route 1 southbound, both looking good. heading up to 128, looking good. from the braintree split enter boston, you're a little slow and go, but just 14 minutes on the route 3 looks good. so does 24 and 95. the pike all green out to framingham, so no delays to tell you about. there let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. the expressway, 15 minutes from the braintree split into boston. into town on the pike from 128, just 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, that drive 11 minutes. if you're taking the "t" this morning, so far it's on time. >> sarah: breaking overnight, winter weather causing damage. the same system that's about to blast the east coast brought possible tornadoes to parts of mississippi. trees came down on houses and streets blocking first responders from getting to hard-hit areas. >> christa: and even if we're not taking a direct hit, airlines are canceling flights ahead of this monster storm. it's impacting people flying in and out of logan airport. let's check in with 7's jennifer eagan with what's happening there this morning. jen? >> jennifer: well, christa, good morning. most of the cancellations are to cities in the mid atlantic. as the storm bears down on the east coast, a lot of airlines are taking precautions here. they are canceling hundreds of flights. just taking a look at the board here at logan, we saw cancellationings to new york city to, raleigh to, atlanta, as well. in fact, american airlines said it was canceling all flights in slarl today and it would cancel trips in washington and baltimore on saturday. united airlines announced it would start suspending flights to washington, d.c., this afternoon. trying to give travelers a chance to get ahead here and reschedule. in fact, many of the airlines are allowing customers to do so without extra fees. also another note here, amtrak says they will be running a and virginia. they'll be running with fewer trains, they say. we're live inside logan airport this morning, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: breaking overnight, a valet driver loses control of an s.u.v. and takes a plunge into a pool. the driver first slammed through the wall of a new condo building in cambridge. 's victoria warren is live on the scene. there's quite a bit of damage there, vicki. >> victoria: yeah, sarah, long. first they had quite the task of towing an s.u.v. out of a swimming pool. now live behind me you can see they are still working on getting the gaping hole many this building patched up. some video from overnight, cambridge police telling us a valet driver at this luxury condo high-rise in cambridge lost control. and then stepped on the gas pedal and something happened, causing him to slam through the glass right into that indoor swimming pool. police are investigating to see if perhaps the floor matt got caught underneath the gas pedal. the driver was able to get himself out of the s.u.v. and out of the swimming pool. he was checked out by paramedics. he went to the hospital with some minor injuries. they're still out here patching this wall up, and police continue their investigation. they say at this point there have been no citations issued. live this morning in cambridge, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: the patriots flying out to denver today for sunday's showdown. the team will get in one final practice a bit earlier today before boarding flights for the mile high city. they have to get a jump on adapting to the thin colorado air. they're also talking about how the broncos plan the hit rob gronkowski low at the knees. let's go to 7's nicole oliverio with more on what gronk had to say about that live from >> nicole: well, christa, everybody hoping that gronk doesn't have as painful a visit to denver as he did during the regular season, but gronk says he knows they're playing a tough defense. he says they're just playing the game the way they're supposed to. my first podium. [laughter] i'm big time. >> nicole: rob gronkowski spotlight at home as he and the team get ready to head to denver later today. the pats' tight end says when it comes to the tough broncos' defense, he isn't concerned about low hits to the knee. >> they're not doing anything illegal out there. it's just part of the game. i just got to be aware of it. maybe i got to step up my game a little bit, maybe throw a juke. i don't know how many jukes i got. >> nicole: it was this hit in the game against denver back in november that knocked gronk out of the game with a knee sprain. now he's focused on helping the patriots get out to a quick lead on sunday, something the team couldn't do against the broncos the a.f.c. championship game. >> we just got off to a slow start that game. so we just played from behind the entire game. we made a couple plays there at the end, but it really wasn't that close. >> nicole: this time around, the team has a healthy gronk, amendola. >> we're confident in our game plan and preparation. whoever is out there is willing and able to make plays to move the ball and score points and try to get us in the best position to win the game. >> nicole: so the patriots will get in just one more practice before heading out to denver. that's the latest live from gillette, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: stay with 7news for the pats in the playoffs. joe amorosino and trey daerr will both have lives reports from denver leading up to sunday's big game. >> sarah: happening today, cambridge schools are open but stepping up security after yet another bomb threat was made on thursday. the threat was sent via e-mail last night. police have investigated and found no reason to believe the this week about 20 schools across the state have received threats. that includes methuen, where backpacks were searched on wednesday. the f.b.i. is involved in each of these investigations and is working to figure out who is making the threats. the former babe yes sitter accused of kidnapping and assaulting a toddler in hamilton heads back to court today. a judge is expected to rule whether 21-year-old abigail hannah is competent to stand trial. earlier this month the judge sent her back to a mental health facility for another 20-day evaluation after a psychologist said she was still having hallucinations. police say hannah broke into the two-year-old girl's home, kidnapped her. this was last november. a couple found the toddler alone several miles away in raleigh. they said she was naked and her head was shaved. >> christa: governor charlie baker setting goals in his state of the state address. even though he's a republican and the legislature is overwhelmingly democratic, he work together. >> some have lamented how boring we are, and i must admit, that makes me smile. [laughter and applause] no fights, no yelling, no partisan scrums. >> christa: governor baker is pushing for more help for people addicted to opioids and heroin. he also wants to expand availability of public charter schools. the governor also highlighting some of his accomplishments during his first year in office, including trying to reform the mbta and improvements to the state's department of children and families. >> sarah: new this morning, the state senate passing a bill that would require drivers to put down their cell phones while behind the wheel. under the bill, drivers would only be allowed to use hands-free devices. proposed fines range from $100 to $500. the house, which gave preliminary approval to a bill last year, will now vote again. >> christa: your time is 6:09. still ahead, a somerville family is just devastated because their their home, and they have an emotional plea to the public. there's also surveillance of this crime. >> sarah: pleus a wild ride comes to a crashing end in walpole. why police were hot on the trail of this dangerous driver. >> christa: and a toddler found walking alone in the middle of the road. what the parents were doing at the time. >> chris: good friday morning. colt starld, plenty of cold air in place. temperatures lower to middle teens this morning, close to 30 this afternoon. winds about 5 to 15mph. we have the cold air in place. what about the snow over the weekend? today in america, almost as much wealth as the bottom 90% this great country and our government belong to all of us. wall street, corporate america, wealthy campaign donors have so much influence that the only way they are defeated is when millions of people begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, "enough is enough." i'm bernie sanders, >> sarah: welcome back. 6:13. take a look at this storm moving through the mid atlantic, really wreaking havoc on them, moving flights have already been canceled, but luckily this time we're not in the eye of the storm. >> christa: i'm telling you new york washington, d.c., they were saying schools were shut down. even before the storm hit, federal workers let go early and all that. they're getting their ducks in a row. >> chris: absolutely. with a forecast between 1 to 2 feet, maybe locally higher in the d.c. area and a city that's not quite as used to it as boston, you can imagine how long it's going to take to clean up and get everyone off the roads, get everyone home safe for the weekend certainly a good idea. travel plans anywhere from new york city south down into charlotte, north carolina, definitely check ahead with your airlines, all those airlines, preemptive strike in terms of already canceling flight, rearranging them, changing the layovers through different cities. so you want to check ahead. look at how expansive the weather warnings and watches are. winter storm warning in pink here stretching from arkansas all the way into northern new jersey. you get at some of these deeper reds. that's a blizzard warning as close by as long island. into baltimore and d.c. as a meteorologist, it's almost more confident forecast pacing two feet of snow in washington, d.c., and saying this is going to be a huge hit, a huge snowstorm, very vs. where you're right on that northern fringe, it's a battle how far that moisture gets up in here. we're fighting that tight line here of how much snow can work into southern new england as we work through saturday into saturday night with the highest risk of some heavier snow, we'll call it six inches or more right along the immediate south coast of new england. so still thinking we'll get accumulating know in boston. the timing of it tomorrow morning, between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. down through southern bristol county, plymouth county and back into southern rhode island and connecticut. it starts the snow. that shield will try to work its way northbound. by mid-day in the city of boston, even close to noontime, 1:00, 2:00 p.m., there's going to be a coastal front. with some on shore winds and on shore moisture coming in, we may break out into some patchy, light snow as early as mid-day. the north. this will try the chew away at that northern edge. so again, when you're right on the cusp of some of these big snowstorms, you can get huge gradients from north to south in terms of snowfall. the most accumulating snow we'll see tomorrow evening, overnight tomorrow, this will wrap up by about 7:00 or 8:00 on sunday morning. there you go from north to south. the highest totals, i could probably put it at a six to eight-inch amount along the immediate south coast of new england some that 95 stretch coming out of rhode island back into connecticut and right along that immediate coastline into new bedford. your best bet of seeing over six inches of snow. perhaps one to three close to the city of boston. again, we'll have this coastal front set up and system of this ocean moisture may enhance a little snowfall. some more moisture may sneak into southern new england. but as it stands right now, the brunt of that storm stays just to the south of us. we still get the snow and we still get the wind gusting 40 to 50mph along the coastline. so it's not like it's going to even with the brunt of the snowstorm down through new york city down into d.c. i do expect minor coastal flooding during high tide, especially that 11:00 a.m. sunday high tide, scituate, sandwich, maybe even pockets of moderate coastal flooding. how about next week, though. whatever snow we get starts melting as early as monday afternoon. >> christa: let's check the roads bright and early this morning. hey, danielle. >> danielle: hey, christa. happy friday, everyone. the roads looking pretty good. the expressway, a little back-up, but at least it's moving. let's go to the maps from the braintree split into boston, that drive 23 minutes southbound. no major issues on route 3, 24, 95 this morning. the pike out the framingham heading eastbound into boston all green. so no slowing there. north of town looking good on route 1 and 93. also on 128 through salem and then into saugus on route 1. no delays. take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. over 20 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split. into town on the pike from 128, 12 minutes. bridge, 11 minutes. if you're taking the "t" this morning, so far it's on time. so nice friday on the roads. back to you, guys. >> also this morning ash passionate plea the find these two dogs who were stolen right out of their home in somerville. their owners say man was caught on camera walking away with them. >> christa: can you imagine this? now they're praying that these dogs are found safe. let's go to 7's nancy chen. they had a really emotional message. >> nancy: absolutely. good morning to you both. this family is heartbroken. along with posting flyers around their neighborhood, this couple is hoping the surveillance video that captured this suspect will their names are caesar and cleopatra, pomeranians that look just like little pandas. in the eyes of this woman, they're children. >> to know when you're away someone can break in and just steal the family, it feels so unprotected. >> nancy: while the somerville couple was away, they >> they cut in the side window. >> nancy: they didn't take much, but they broke the family's heart. >> they took a couple rings, but the dogs are the important thing they took. >> you can see the dogs. >> nancy: their neighbor's cameras caught what looks like a man walking down summer street with at least one black-and-white pup in their >> i started scanning everyone. then when i seen this gentleman come by holding something on his waist... >> nancy: it was tuesday just before 7:00. joy yang, another neighbor checking in on the pups, came in and found the house in disarray with the dogs gone. >> i just don't know what kind of person would steal a dog. >> nancy: the family left posting pictures of three-year-old cleopatra and four-year-old caesar, hoping someone comes forward. in the meantime they have a message for the thief who stole the only things they can't replace. >> you broke our hearts. you wanted to hurt us. you did. just give us the dogs. that's it. >> nancy: and somerville police say if you have any information about who that man is or where those two little in the newsroom, nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: still ahead, a troubling fight club in worcester. who is pitting teenagers against each other and then posting these violent videos online? >> christa: and boy did she turn the tables on a stickup. how a local store owner backed away a potential thief who was looking for trouble. >> sarah: and meet this week's class act, a local high school senior who has a story of >> sarah: this morning we are excited to introduce you to a high school senior from framingham. >> christa: he's really faced tough times in the past, and he's just a terrific student who has gone above and beyond to help others. and he's this morning's class act. hi, class. how are you? how you doing? 7news in boston. today we wanted to recognize one student in particular who really gives of himself for a segment that we do called "class act." [applause] will robertson, come on over here. marian high school senior will robertson is a caretaker of sorts. >> four, please. >> christa: he serves framingham's hungry at pearl street cupboard and cafe , a united way soup kitchen one night a week. >> i try to make someone smile and laugh every day. when i go to pearl street, i try to do that. how you doing today? >> christa: values he learned at a young age from his mother katie. >> he likes giving back to the community. he enjoys it. >> christa: katie robertson is a single mom. back when she was little, she relied on food pantries and soup kitchens to keep her family fed, which will found out about recently. >> i remember sitting in my room. i was very shocked about it. this is something i received help for, and i want to make sure i can do the same thing that was provided for my family. >> christa: katie admits it >> receiving help and helping when you can is the way to give back. that's what it's about. >> christa: the robertsons no longer rely on others, and now will is repaying the kindness shown them tenfold. >> he's one of those kids that's so humble that he doesn't go around looking for recognition or praise. >> christa: volunteering at pearl street is just the tip of the iceberg, and he has been showered with awards. >> it's just amazing how much a teenager can help many different communities. i couldn't ever pick anybody more deserving than him. >> my family is able to get up out of a rut. i want to help other people do the same thing. ism just makes me want the cry. >> christa: and she did cry in the classroom during that award presentation. they're just is genuine. he supports a lot of charities through sports tournaments and fund-raising events, as well. so if you'd like to see more on that, go to whdh.com. >> sarah: so if you know a student between 6th and 12th grade doing something outstanding in school, sports or whdh.com. >> christa: all right. still ahead, why the future of jeopardy. >> sarah: also ahead, new information about the search for a hingham marine lost at sea. >> reporter: and we're live at gillette. when you talk about the patriots' success, you can't forget about bob kraft. the players praising him. congress doesn't regulate wall street... wall street regulates congress. it's a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top 1%. and it's held in place by a corrupt political system where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is funded by over two and a half million small contributions. people who know you can't level the playing field from wall street. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. join the fight to take back our government. >> sarah: nasty nor'easter moving up the east coast. how little impact your weekend. >> christa: brutal fights caught on camera. police want to know who posted videos of teenagers punching, kicking and screaming. ism not backing down. a store worker whips out her own weapon when a would-be robber threatens her with a knife. >> christa: and the patriots getting set to take on denver. >> i'd love to get to that number three in the win column this weekend. pats' players opening up about raft's legacy of leadership. >> sarah: plus boston's iconic citgo sign is losing its landlord. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: welcome back. we're tracking the winter weather that's about to blast the east coast. >> christa: states of emergency declared already in the mid atlantic region, and this huge storm is, yes, creeping closer to us here in the northeast, and you can see it stretching from texas all the way to south carolina. so let's get the latest track and the impact for us. here's meteorologist chris lambert. >> chris: talking two feet of hoedown in washington, d.c. for us right on the northern edge of the precipitation shield, it looks just like enough for a winter storm watch along the cape and the islands, back through buzzards bay, southern bristol county stretching into southern rhode island and southern connecticut. starting down into southeastern mass saturday morning, especially down in buzzards bay, the cape and the islands. i think closer to mid-day, some patchy, light snow and flurries breaking out along the mass pike, points north. we do have a wind and celestial flood threat with this. coastline tomorrow night into early on sunday. and even into sunday afternoon for the cape and the islands. close to 50mph. so we do have some snow, some wind. again, the two-foot amounts staying to the south of us, but as close as long island expecting a foot of snow. could locally have over six along the south coast of southern new england here. likely 3 to 6 down through southeastern mass. one to three in the boston area with the higher totals the further south you go. and then further to the north and west, we have a little snow into the forecast. temperatures cold enough, they're in the teens this morning. rising to near 30 degrees this afternoon. and we'll hold on to the sunshine. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. happy friday to you. let's head outside. this is the expressway. a nice sunrise above it, as well. not looking too bad out there. i don't know if people are skipping work today or what's going on, but it's just 22 minutes from the braintree split into boston on the expressway northbound. south of town new york issues to tell you about. from framingham eastbound into north of town, you're slowing down a little bit as you passes over 495 on 93 southbound. route 1 looking good. then on 93 southbound again, as you passes over route 16, a little slowing, but no major delays. let's take a will be at these drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 23 minutes on the expressway. no delays on the pike. into town on 93, 128 to the zakim bridge, just 13 minutes. if you're taking the "t," you have minor delays on the blue line westbound. back to you, guys. >> sarah: take a look at the stories making headlines and breaking overnight. a valet crashes an s.u.v. into a cambridge. then it lands in an indoor swimming pool. this happened on museum way very early this morning. you see the car being taken out. the valet suffering minor injuries and was taken to the hospital to get checked out. no one else hurt here. police say a floor mat may have pedal. also if you have plans to travel today, you may want to double check your flight status. logan airport is already seeing cancellations and delays because making its way up the coast. as of this morning, flights to maryland and the carolinas have been canceled. and the patriots set to fly to denver this afternoon. they will get in one more practice at gillette stadium this morning before heading off to colorado. six team players including rob gronkowski, danny amendola and julian edelman were listed. >> sarah: 7's nicole oliverio at gillette with more on what players are saying about robert kraft. >> nicole: the patriots celebrating a special anniversary yesterday. it marked 22 years since bob kraft came in and purchased the patriots. the players saying they owe much of the organization's success to bob kraft. the pats are now playing to play in their 11th a.f.c. became the owner. >> he sets the tone for us. he sits in almost every squad meeting that we have. i think he's always got a pulse of how the team is doing. >> he called my wife when she had surgery. he sent me a baby gift when i he's just a great guy. around here, and it starts with him. >> nicole: and if the patriots do win on sunday, that would super bowl, setting an nfl record. oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: coming up later, meet a long-time pats' fan who has 100 reasons to smile after getting a surprise birthday gift from some players. wait until you hear her thoughts on the players and their tight pants. >> christa: all right. 6:34. also this morning, brutal beat down causing concern at worcester schools. leaders are looking into videos of scuffles involving some students. videos like this of intense and oftentimes brutal fights across the city. school officials are now working with police to try to shut it down. also they say they've identified several of the students and they're looking the speak with them to prevent future violence. >> sarah: the man accused of running into a police cruiser with their trucks will be in court today. the tense chase in walpole ended in a wild wreck yesterday. police pinned that truck with its snowplow up against some trees. they say the two men in it robbed a convenience store in norwood and then took off. both were caught near the crash scene. everyone is expected to be okay. >> christa: police are trying the track down a would-be robber caught on camera in brockton after a store owner fights him off with a piece of wood. surveillance video shows the attacker lunging at the woman with a knife. that's when she clubs him in the arm and then he took off running. >> i hit him. ma'am, he says, i don't want to i don't want to get in trouble. he took off. >> christa: maria alves said in her 20 years as a business owner, this is the second time she's had the use that club. >> sarah: an iconic piece of boston will be up for sale. the building that holds the citgo sign that you can see over fenway's green monster in left field will be sold. and the new owners will get to decide if the sign stays or goes. right now the building is owned by boston university. they say they are planning to sell a few buildings in kenmore square. >> christa: are you kidding? they got to keep the sign. >> sarah: it's in like every picture. >> christa: yeah. still ahead this morning, a legal victory for bill cosby. why a civil lawsuit against him is no more. >> sarah: draft kings is changing the rules. sports team. >> christa: and pats' players pitching in to make one faithful fan's birthday wish come true. >> danielle: and happy friday, everyone. good morning to you. the roads unusually quiet this morning actually. just over 20 minutes from the braintree split into boston this morning. we have minor delay find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. >> sarah: a special gift from some patriots' players was delivered to a long-time fan. members of the team signed the card for a quincy woman about to celebrate a milestone birthday. jeanne johnson is about to turn 100. >> christa: she sent the time hoping they would sign it. some of them did. she first developed a love for football watching her sons play the game so many years ago. she also loves the way the uniforms fit the players, especially rob gronkowski. >> sarah: wow, jeanne. >> christa: the card she sent included a letter from her grandson, and he quoted her writing, "i may be near 100 years old, but there is nothing wrong with these eyes." >> sarah: i love her. >> christa: "have you seen the uniforms they make those boys wear, that gronk boy in his tight pants. i have the watch." her words. >> they're nice and tight. he's a good-looking guy. >> they are what they are, so i guess if it attracts 100-year-old ladies, that's a >> you have to support the fans and thank the fans for being there, especially a 100-year-old lady. >> sarah: oh, my gosh. that's my favorite story of the day. >> christa: johnson turns 100 three days before the super bowl. i just like "that gronk boy." that's his new name. >> sarah: don't you want to have a drink with her? >> christa: she's funny. when you're 100 years old, you get to speak your mind. >> sarah: it doesn't matter what anybody thinks. know and go is next. we're following breaking news, a pool plunge in cambridge. a driver loses control and slams through a condo building. we're learning what led up to this crash. >> reporter: and as this winter storm bears down on the east coast, there are cancellations at logan airport. details coming up. to come upon a toddler new england's energy comes from a pool of energy producers. eversource buys it at a set market price and delivers it to you. but that pool is shrinking, causing energy supply rates to go up and down. so we're working with partners across the region to increase our natural gas supply and bring in affordable, clean hydropower from canada. we're leading the way toward the solution... because more energy means lower energy supply rates for you. ever new england. eversource. today in america, the top 1/10 of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90% this great country and our government belong to all of us. wall street, corporate america, wealthy campaign donors have so much influence that the only way they are defeated is when millions of people begin to stand up "enough is enough." i'm bernie sanders, go. >> a wet and wild ride in cambridge when an s.u.v. crashes right into a swimming pool. >> reporter: the pats getting in a final practice before heading to denver. and brady and gronk talk about using their legs to get the win. >> reporter: and thousands of flights already canceled. how a big winter storm could impact weekend travel plans in boston. >> sarah: the snow starting to carolina. many flights are canceled out of the charlotte area and the storm moving north. good morning, everybody. thanks for staying with us. it's time to know and go. >> christa: everybody wants to know, how close is this storm coming to new england, and, chris, i like how you said it. we're living on tension here. >> chris: it is true. you're going to go from hardly any snow in new hampshire to heavy snow across the south coast of new england. here is that powerhouse storm that will drop a them does amount of snow pretty much south of new york down into d.c., northern virginia, maryland there, two to close to three feet of snow with this. it's going to be a sharp cut-off. a foot of snow across long island. you get across long island sound, six inches or more possible along the immediate south coast of new england. the snow will start down that way early tomorrow morning. try to work its way northbound, but it's fighting dry air from boston out through the mass pike. although there will be a celestial front that sets up, and we may enhance a little bit couple inches of snow. but i think the the heaviest snow really focused down through the south coast of southern new england. so huge snow totals down south. we're right on the edge of it. if you're going to get half a foot or more of snow maybe southern bristol county right along the coastline there maybe. generally thinking 3 to 4 in southeastern mass. 1 to 3 closer to the city of boston and 1 to nothing the further north and west you go. strong winds, too. so even if we don't see the bankrupt of the snow, gusty winds along the coastline. unpleasant tomorrow evening. winds gust 40g to 50mph along the coast. strongest down through the cape. that continues into sunday morning in terms of wind speeds. we'll push some water toward the coastline. we do have concern for minor coastal flooding during high tide, especially around 11:00 a.m. 30 this afternoon, teens overnight tonight, and the seven-day forecast showing that snow tapering off early on sunday morning. the snow that we get starts to melt by monday afternoon. >> sarah: all right. time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. happy friday to you. this is the expressway. this is your slowest spot this morning. not a huge surprise. it's not that bad out. there will et cetera head to the maps from the braintree split into boston. that drive just 24 minutes right now. so could be much worse. route 24, route 3, 95 looking really good this morning. the pike out to framingham, no delays eastbound. so your drive on the pike is totally fine. north of town, 93. southbound a little slowing as you pass over 495 and then as you head into somerville. route 1 looking good, though. let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. over 20 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split into boston. that. drive just 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 13 minutes. and if you're taking "t" this morning, we have minor delays on the blue line westbound. back to you, guys. >> christa: breaking news overnight. damage. the same system about the blast the east coast, bringing possible tornadoes to parts of mississippi. trees and homes were damaged. >> sarah: this morning ahead of this monster storm. 7's jennifer eagan live at logan with what's happening there, hey, jen. >> jennifer: sarah, good morning. there are already cancellations. there are expected to be hundreds more. just taking a look at the board at logan airport, we saw the cancellations focused mainly on the mid atlantic. also new york city we saw atlanta on there, raleigh-durham, north carolina, baltimore. they're already canceling flights to those areas. in fact, american airlines said it was canceling all flights in charlotte and it would cancel trips in washington and baltimore on saturday. united airlines announced it would start suspending flights in washington, d.c., this afternoon. the airlines say they're trying to give travelers a chance to reschedule, in fact, many airlines are allowing customers to do so without any extra fees. also another note here, amtrak says that it will be continuing to run trains from boston to virginia and back, but they will be running on a modified schedule with fewer trains. we're live inside logan airport, jennifer eagan, 7news "today in new england." a driver loses control of an s.u.v., slams through a condo building and takes a plunge into an indoor pool. 7's victoria warren live on the scene in cambridge where crews have been overnight. vicki? >> victoria: good morning, sarah. it was a wild ride. they're still doing the finishes touches here, fixing this wall. we have some video from overnight. you can see this s.u.v. just went right through the wall here into the swimming pool. going. what we've been told is that a valet was driving that s.u.v. police say he was backing up, he put the car into drive and somehow lost control. they're investigating to see if perhaps the floor mat got caught underneath the gas pedal. live out here, they'll be working on the finishing touches in terms of patching all of this back up. as for that valet driver, he did have some minor injuries. he did go to the hospital. we're told he's going to be okay. cambridge police say at this point they have not issued any citations. live this morning in cambridge, victoria warren, 7news "today in >> christa: happening today, cambridge schools open, but there will be stepped-up security after yet another bomb threat came in. the threat was sent via e-mail last night. police have investigated, and they say they have found no reason to believe it's a credible threat, however, the f.b.i. is still investigating more than a dozen similar threats to massachusetts schools over the weekend. >> sarah: the marine corps now classifying all 12 marines missing after a helicopter crash in hawaii as dead. search-and-rescue efforts were called off tuesday after a five-day search turned up no signs of them. one of those marines on board was 23-year-old christopher orlando of hingham. his family has been notified of the change in status. >> christa: new this morning, the state senate passing a bill that would require you to put down your cell phone while we hide the wheel. under the bill, drivers would only be allowed to use hands-free devices. the house, which gave preliminary approval to a similar bill last year will now vote again. >> sarah: the patriots are getting one last practice in this morning at gillette, but we're flying out to denver today. live with the team's final preparation for sunday's a.f.c. showdown. hey, nicole. >> nicole: yep, that's right, sarah. yesterday we were hearing from rob gronkowski as he was talking about his focus as he heads back to denver. when he was there in november, that's when he had that injury to his knee. he was also asked about the tough broncos' defense and how they say they cover the fight end by going low at his knees. >> my mentality, my game speed, just like to go full speed at all times. just whatever it is, it is. it's football. everyone wants to see collisions. so i'm ready to give some. >> sarah:>> nicole: so gronk saying he's not going to change his style, and neither is brady when it comes to running, and he says he doesn't have the ability to run any faster, his teammate julian edelman joking that he runs like a clydesdale. a clydesdale when i was running too. at least i have slowed down. at least i've maintained it. hopefully i've improved a little >> nicole: whatever the team working. if they win on sunday, they will set a new nfl record for making appearance. lie from gillette, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: stay with news for the pats in the playoffs. joe amorosino and trey daerr will have live reports from denver leading up to the big game. >> christa: also happening today, draft kings set to announce changes that they claim will make fantasy sports games more fair. the boston-based company is set to implement some of the general maura healey. the "globe" is reporting that draft kings will start publicly identifying players who win the most money and will ban software that allows players the enter hundreds of lineups at once. >> sarah: a somerville couple left heartbroken after a cruel crime. a suspect is accused of breaking into their home and stealing the owners say someone took caesar and chilly pat -- cleopatra, two pomeranians from their home on summer streetful surveillance video from outside shows a man walking with at least one black-and-white pup in his arms. the couple is making a plea. >> you can steal things, but don't steal the family. you wanted to hurt us. you did. but just give the dogs back. that's it. >> sarah: the couple has been posting flyers around their neighborhood, hoping someone might find their dogs. >> christa: new this morning, a legal victory for bill cosby in pennsylvania. a federal judge dismissing a lawsuit yesterday that a woman filed accusing cosby and his media. she's one of the dozens of women assault. the woman claimed there were instances when cosby and his team said the accuser needed to be fact checked. >> sarah: hundreds of people dion's late husband rene. the singer greeted friends, relatives and celebrities who attended the funeral. her husband passed away from throat cancer last week at the age of 73. that basilica in montreal where the couple married back in 1994 is where they are having the funeral service. a national funeral service will be held later today. >> christa: a police officer saving a little boy running in the middle of the street at night in oregon. you can see the officer slams on his brakes to avoid hitting the toddler. then he gets out, quickly grabs this little by to bring him to safety as a truck passes them. so police say the two-year-old's parents were looking for him after he snuck out of an open door. the parents are not facing any charges this morning. >> sarah: in the race for the white house, democratic candidate bernie sanders taking the lead in iowa in a new cnn/orc poll. the vermont senator now eight points ahead of hillary clinton. he has 51% support from likely caucus voters to her 43%. latest poll shows donald trump is still in the lead in iowa. he's ahead of senator ted cruz 37% to 26%. senator marco rubio rounds out the top three with 14%. >> christa: the bruins losing at home to the vancouver canucks. brad marchand scoring in the third period the tie up the game, but three minutes later daniel sedin scoring the goal. he later added an empty-net goal and the bruins lose it 4-2. >> hi. i'm wishing i could be with you at the game tonight, but i wanted to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all the love and support and prayers you're sending my way. >> christa: this was really touching. the bruins playing a video from marblehead native denna laing, thes be pride hockey player who suffered a spinal cord injury during the exhibition game at gillette stadium on new year's eve. laing's teammates were also at the game and her sisters took part in the ceremonial puck >> sarah: harvard's hasty pudding theater team has named actor joseph gordon levitt man of the year. along with his acting, directing and producing resume, the 34-year-old is being honored as a visionary entrepreneur for founding the online creative collaborative hitrecord.org. he will be roasted and receive his pudding pot. >> christa: always a fun and chilly parades there. and chris, how about the forecast for today. not bad. it's the calm before the storm i guess. >> chris: it is. mostly sunny skies, christa. temperatures close to 30 this afternoon. overall cold air in place. and expecting snow. most of this falling later tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. although it will start mid-morning down through southeastern mass. best chance for six inches of sno the further south you go into new england. gusty winds along the coastline. 40 to 50mph tomorrow night into sunday. minor coastal flooding possible sunday. >> christa: let's all be worst of it after last year. the "today show" straight ahead. here's the truth -- some have proposed to cut social security for the elderly and disabled vets. i disagree. in fact, not only should we not cut benefits -- we should expand them. my plan for social security increases benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for low-income seniors. it will ensure that all seniors can retire with dignity and respect. i'm bernie sanders,

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