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we have those stories as a part of today in new england. it's kind of chilly it's after all the end of january. it's true, have to tell you where the lows are to the morning lows, it's warmer than a year ago. we can't forget that, 22 at bedford and a mild afternoon, above average, how about this? sunrise at serve a.m. and within four weeks we gain an hour of daylight. good news for the morning or even evening runners. we have a great start in store once the sun comes up. clouds will be increasing as the day moves on. we will have a disturbance to the north and that will start to spread the clouds in sticking with us overnight tonight. there's a bit of a breeze, but it will start to come out of the southwest in the afternoon and trend as we head into tomorrow near 50 degrees for the highs. it gets even milder from there. we will talk about the mild pattern ahead for the next week coming up in just a few minutes. brie, looking forward to that. a driver is left trapped inside of a cement truck four hours after getting tangled up in power lines. the crash sending crews to the street to try to restore the power. it wasn't safe for the driver to get out of the truck. we have the details. >> reporter: a cement truck dangerously draped in a web of wires. he finished a job five houses down. he was headed home when his truck hit the low hang hanging lines. >> i started to crack, i hit the brakes, i looked over and there was the pole. >> reporter: neighbors in the neighborhood say their power >> everything -- it's like a long blink. >> reporter: joe quickly called for help knowing how dangerous it was for him to be caught inside. >> everything in this truck is metal. i stay where i am ors three >> reporter: three hours after being initially trapped, joe was able to get home. as crews worked to get the neighborhood back online. you make sure that the wires are not going to hit the truck, but when you're on the street, they're not supposed to be that happen. >> reporter: susan tran, 7 news today in new england. a teenager behind bars after he made a braise escape from custody yesterday. the teen had to be hunted down by officers after he was picked up after a massive sweep of gang members and weapons. >> an 18-year-old ms gang resident. gabriel perez is so dangerous that police were warned. perez escaped federal custody after being rounded in a sweep. law enforcement from several agencies swept the neighborhood looking for the known gang member. he ran off in handcuffs wearing an fbi t-shirt that read female body inspector. he was arrested in everret waiting for a bus still in handcuffs. one of reasons we were able to apprehend this individual, is because of the close relationship have with the community. their community. >> reporter: how he managed to escape is still under investigation. >> the bottom line is we were able to get this suspect, and i'm sure the federal authorities will conduct a complete assessment of pair operations. on 7 scary moments for a 5-year-old girl who was inside of a school van when she was she was found crying in mattapan. now we're hearing from that girl's family. we have the story. >> reporter: the family of the child involved did not want their face on camera, but says the 5-year-old girl was picked up at 5:30 headed to paige academy in rocks burgee. >> that is when they heard my niece screaming and she was crying. >> reporter: the 5-year-old was discovered by those strangers walking by when they heard screams coming from the bus. >> she was frightened, cold, hungry. >> reporter: the family says they are outraged and have tried to contact the bus company themselves for the entire afternoon. the company finally answered the phone and apologized. >> they put all the children after the school, and the person only person, where she was sleeping, and they never checked the bus. the family of a marine killed in hawaii thanking the community for their support. corporal and 11 other marines are presumed dead. a massive search followed but no survivors were found. orlando was 23 years old, his family arrived back in massachusetts and they were given a police escort to hingeham. people in town lined the street waiving flags to show their support for the family. on friday the family issued a letter saying in part we were deeply moved by the tremendous shove support upon our return to massachusetts. the people's all ages who lined the streets holding flags and signs of support in silence and respect for christopher and us, we will be edge in our minds forever. developing story out of california, the manhunt for the man who broke out of jail heating up today. police think that two of those fugitives are still in this comes after one of the men surrendered to police. two escaped inmates still on the run, possibly in this white van stolen the day after the escape. >> i can't reiterate the importance of the white van. we believe that the two are together in that white van. >> police say nayeri attacked a man, doused him with bleach, cut off his genitals and dumped him in the desert. while in prison, he had an inappropriate relationship. they wrote flirtatious, letters which they found after the escape. nayeri attended her classes, but they believe that the two iranian natives bonded over their first language farcy. >> and why he was attending that it's from iran, we're not exactly sure. that is very much of a concern of us. she admitted to giving the inmates a map of the jail but denies helping them break out. the sheriff says the inmates cut through half inch steel bars, and snaked their way through plumbing tunnels and made their way to the roof, and then cut the fencing and propelled down the wall and disappeared. we will take them back in custody. >> i'm mary malone report. with a mosquito transmitted zika virus doctors are talking about who is more as risk. 80% of those transmitted do not show symptoms, but pregnant women and those who are hoping to become pregnant should take precautions if they're planning to travel. >> it's the pregnant women and the babies that have to worry severely affected by the zika virus infection. this is not cause for panic, people who are planning to travel, are not pregnant or planning to become pregnant, sure, they should still go ahead. >> there's 32 known cases of zika virus across the country. to the race for the white house the federal government is censoring pages of hillary clinton's home server saying it contains top secret information. officials will not release those document because of the sensitive of the material it contains. clinton faces criticism for the use of that private serve server. the democratic candidate still defends her decision to do so. >> the fact have remained the same. there was never any information sent or received that was marked classified to me. >> shouldn't people have some concern? >> no, they shouldn't. will in anyway cause any voter to vote within open mind to have any concerns. >> the state department is in the process of releasing 55,000 document that clinton sent or received on her home server. donald trump meantime making a stop in new hampshire. the republican front-runner held a rally in nashua, saying that his boycott of the is paying off. he slammed the texas senator over his canadian birth and raising questions over his eligibility to run for president. a reminder, dan hausle will be live in iowa leading up to the caucuses. meantime, remember the pope mobile, it's not staying in the pennsylvania. last night a philadelphia man won the auction for the automobile. the united states the new owner organizers say the auction only lasted 11 minutes, and more than 19 people participated in this bidding battle. >> can you imagine that? he is driving on the streets of philadelphia. >> do you know how many of those cars you can buy for $88,000 if the pope hadn't been in it before. still ahead, marathon runner breaking some records all around the globe. we will tell how this massachusetts woman is making history. a movement taking off. how celebrities are supporting a cancer patient from rhode island. and how about a mild start to february? very different from a year ago. we will get to that mild forecast coming up next. then as 6:30, a car wash scared the truck slipping the a woman from belmont is running wild and making hiss tor' at the same time. she is the first american woman to finish the world marathon challenge. what this that is completing 7 marathons on 7 continents on seven days it makes you tired just reading that. she did finish, and won the woman's challenge and a man from chicago won on the men's side. her favorite side and her least favorite was antarctica. it was so cold at one point her know all too well can happen around here in these parts when it gets really, really cold. >> it's hard enough to run one marathon in one year, but she is running one in seven days. >> i'm not a winner of marathons for sure. a bit of a breeze out of the west, so that is taking the real deal down into the 20s and even the upper teens for some spots. we keep the breeze with us today, but as we head into afternoon, it switches direction trend. current temperatures in worcester at 24. 28 at bedford, and 29 in norwood. i might need a jacket as i head out the door this morning. these numbers are warmer than our highs were a year ago, if you remember how cold it was once we started that snow bliss. nothing like that in our future for now. wind direction coming out of the west. a bit of a good breeze in sustained winds 10-15 for the city of boston and a good clip in providence tuned as well. and we will start with mostly clear skies, and as the sun comes up it will be a bright star. there's a disturbance to the north, and it's going to drag the clouds in our direction, possibly even snow flurries for the north country as you get into the ski resorts. if you are headed there for the weekend. as we look ahead, it's not a lot of cloud cover to talk about. we will call it partly sunny as we get into the afternoon. overnight tonight, clouds increase and stick around with us. that helps to keep the temperatures mild into tomorrow morning. the 7 on 7 forecast for today. partly cloudy for 2:00 p.m. highs near 40 degrees, and while that is cool, i guess you could say compared to what we have been seeing. those temperatures into the 50s, it's still above average for this time of year. highs today upper 30s for worcester, bedford as well. 41 for boston and into tomorrow, how about we add about for boston, 51 for norwood. 50 for plymouth as well. that system 7 inches to the north is dragging a warm front with the cloud cover, switching the flow to come out of the southwest and that helps to boost the temperatures up. we do fall back a touch on tuesday as that cold front rushes through, but this is only for one day, very mild as we head into wednesday, and also some rain on the way. mostly cloudy overnight tonight, 32-40 degrees, tomorrow we keep the clouds around, 46-51, as i mentioned before, ski country looking good. those temperatures fairly mild, make sure to take the sunscreen with you as well. compared to last year, as i mentioned the temperatures quite cold last year. we can't forget that on february second we picked up 16 not .2 inches of snow .2 --16.2 inches of snow. ground hog day on tuesday, by the way. as we get into friday, we're track very imperative here, we will continue to keep an eye on it, but the temperatures do get colder. back to you. meantime, the strong movement is gaining more and more support, this time from justin bieber. the pop star taking to the twitter showing support for the 8-year-old who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. his wish is to become famous, and all the love he has gotten from around the world, including his home hundred hometown. his wish has come true. bieber formed a special bond with a little girl who had a rare form of cancer. she was even dubbed mrs. bieber after the two organized a pretend wedding. it's nice to see him reaching out into the community to do stuff like that. >> he takes a the although of criticism, and then he he does stuff like that. water worries for a local woman. people at roxbury pitching in to help out with the water crisis out in michigan. what to 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 by taking more money and i approve this message. join the fight to take back our government. you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ $16,000, that's how much one water bill in marblehead rang up for. pretty crazy. the couple who got the bill says mistake. kimberly book man explains. >> this makes no sense. >> this marblehead woman is scratching her head over this woulder avenue a water bill. >> my husband went upstairs, and came in the room, and said, we just received a water bill for $16,222.22. i said you are joking. >> you can understand, and they have been living here for 21 years and got used to paying one steady water bill. >> never ever before. had that happened. we assumed it was a mistake. >> we called the town, and they said that is what your water meter showed. >> reporter: they took the water meter two laps to fet tested and said they both found the meter was accurate. that yes, in fact, this home he also claims the plumber found leaks on the property. >> the plumbers were here and checked and there was nothing to find that problem. >> reporter: right now both sides are treading water. >> it's a totally insane amount of water and the bill is insane. >> reporter: kimberly bookman, today in new end glad. you look at that bill, and would think that the decimal point is in the wrong place. >> what is crazy is that the town says it's accurate. a recipe full of flavor, how one boston chef is crafting the so during the winter months there's nothing like that heart' bowl of soup to take away that chill. today we are a simple recipe that you can try tout that will leave you wondering why you ever bought canned soup 91st place -- in the first place. we will look at the incredible way to make soup. >> it's a classic dish that never fails to warm you up on a cold winter day. tomato soup. and in davio's in boston, the owner is putting his own twist on it. >> the secret of this soup is the bread. we use the bread to thicken the >> reporter: to start melt the butter in a stock pot. >> we are going to get that going. >> add white chopped onions. for more flavor, steve adds chopped garlic and basil. >> it's food too it in early. and cook this down for 5 minutes. >> reporter: next the star of the dish the tomatoes. >> the reason we use samsuan tomatoes, is because they have low acidity, and they're so smooth and flavorful they are unbelievable. i'm going it simmer this for 5 more minutes. >> reporter: pour in your chicken stock. >> can you use vegetable stock, it doesn't have as much flavor. >> reporter: let it simmer for an hour, and then add kowbd bread. cubed bread. >> yesterday's bread work better. >> reporter: then it's time to blend. pour the season back in the pot to make sure it's seasoned to your liking. more salt or pepper you do it. >> reporter: at davio's they serve it with crus tino topped with goat cheese. doesn't that look amazing, with a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. >> dip it fl and supper yummy. now i'm hungry. i know. a man shot and killed after officers say they forced to fire when a gun was pointed their way. terrifying moments at a local car wash when things go terribly front, a woman, as a car flies off of the tracks. water crisis in michigan continues. how bay state locals are giving back to help the city of flint. 31:00 and we're rolling along -- 6 31:00, and we're rolling along itard. i'm kris anderson. and nancy chen and this time last weekend, we were thinking about the storm that was coming our way. i'm trying to put a positive spin but things are feeling better. >> it's feeling dreary to the beginning of this month. it keeps getting warmer into next week. especially, 20-25 miles per hour. sustained wind 10-15 miles per hour in the city of boston. that is making it feel chillier. it feels like 9 degrees in worcester. it feels like the lower 20s in boston. once the sunrises this morning at 7:00 a.m. it's a bright start but the clouds start to move in as we get into the afternoon and evening hours. for the next two days, how about we call it cool, although it's still above average, and tomorrow even better nearing 50 degrees in most spots. bit. here is a look at today's top stories, a cement truck dangerously draped in a web of power lines. the cement truck got caught up in low-hanging wires and knocked down the utility pole. power shutdown for many residents in the area as they tried to make repairs and save the man. utility drivers had to remove the pole before they could get the driver out of the truck. after she is found a all alone in the school bus. this little girl was found on friday by strangers when heard her screaming for help. now the family is speaking out. they are outraged that the driver did not check the bus. on 7, we're learning more about a police involved shooting in lynn. officers say they were forced to fire at a man who pointed a gun at them. that man was shot by police during a chase yesterday. and we have the latest. >> you think that the cops said put the gun down, put the gun down two times and then i hear the shooting. >> reporter: neighbors describing frant frantic moment as police shoot a suspect, they said, had a gun. >> it sounded like firecrackers, and it went pop, and then pop,-pop. >> i saw half of his body lying out of car and halfway in. >> reporter: they were executing five outstanding warrants at 8:30 friday morning. they were looking for is wanted for violating mull tip multiple restraining orders and threat. >> he had repeatedly violated it in last two weeks. >> he said that he had a gun and would kill them. >> reporter: mcclain pointed a gun at an officer as he took out a window. shortly after just do you want road, mcclain reportedly turned his gun on an unsuspecting driver. >> he ordered the female driver out of the vehicle at gunpoint. as the officer approached the vehicle, he pointed his gun at them, that is when three of the officers started firing. >> there was blood everywhere. >> he was pronownted where he pronounced dead. more news today. strangers stepping in to stop an armed robbery. it happened at 7-eleven, at brookline friday morning. that is when two people in the store sprang into action. they grabbed the robber and restrained him until police arrived. there were two additional customers in the store who actually ceased the individual with the box cutter and held him until police arrived on scene. that clerk was take tope the hospital with cuts on -- taken to the hospital with cults otherwise forehead and nose. the suspect is expected to be facing charges. a car slips right off the tracks hurting a worker. that worker was pinned up against a wall by this out of control driver and sent to the hospital. 7's elizabeth noreika with more on what happened. >> reporter: a scare scene 8 the car wash. a worker pinned to the wall by an out-of-control driver. >> it slipped on to the brake, on to the gas, lunged forward and hit a vehicle in front of him and veered off to the left and pinned one of the car >> reporter: you can see the chrysler squeezed up against the wall. a ford already on the track hit in the incident too. the driver is taken to the -- the worker was taken to the hospital. has a leg injury but he will be okay. sometime equipment was damaged but it's back to normal on frid. >> anytime someone loses control of a motor vehicle especially in a tight place like it could turn out to be much worse than are really. 7 news now, an appeal has been filed in the boston marathon bombing trial. lawyers are filing this appeal yesterday. the exact grounds of the appeal have not been released yet. but it's expected that the defense will appeal that the trial should not have been held in boston. two of the people held for yesterday. they remember charged with obstruction of an emergency vehicle. the judge sentencing them to six months of probation, with 60 were protesting police voinls. they violence. a local non-profit held a water drive on friday to help people exposed to lead poison water in flint. they were giving cases of water at the roxbury ymca. volunteers will drive all the way to michigan to deliver that clean water. water sample for more than 2 dozen homes revealed lead levels as far as 2,000 per million. residents etch given filters can only filter up to 150 parts per million. it prompted federal and state leaders to get their water tested. an alabama family is suing disney's animal kingdom after the son suffered a snake that led to the grand mother's death. the site made his grandmother disney says that the snake was not a part of the exhibit. the boy was returned and given a band-aid. celebration right side kicking off in new orleans. some of the city's first major parades are expected to take place today. those celebrations are expected to continue each day until february 9th which is fat tuesday. have you been to mardi gras before? >> no. i have been to new orleans, and they have party even when it's not mardi gras. >> i went to new orleans. >> did you get some beef. >> yeah. i -- beads. >> i didn't do the traditional. and grabbed them from the float. wedding ring troubles leading to a big problem for new hampshire couple. when they couldn't get his ring fixed, they were looking it 7. before we get to fat tuesday, we have to worry about groundhog day, one our in store next week, but then the cold does make a return. you might see a shadow. the newly released photos out of this world including a picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ video camera on the spot. releasing pretty cool photos world is a self portrait of the mobile laboratory of the it's a car-size lab that has been collecting and analyzing samples of martian sand for years. that's incredible to look at, isn't it? >> everyone is doing selfies, even the robots on mars. >> they're taking a page out of hayes facebook history. >> only with my beads. >> selfie pictures are outlawed on mars. right? i don't know. right now in boston, windchill feels like 23 degrees. those are the temperatures we are to dress for. a bit of a breeze is taking the feel back a touch. 34 in wooste but with the breeze that i mentioned it's still pretty feisty. which-way to mile per hour winds it feels like it's 9 degrees in worcester. it feels like 23 in boston. those are the temperatures that we have to dress for if you have an early morning run or a bike ride. we do start with sunshine. as you can see mostly clear skies inside of 495, but then the clouds will be increasing as we will call it partly sunny. you can see the system that is to the north of us. this could mean snow flurries for the high country, possibly for ski resorts, nothing too significant, though, for us just clouds cover and in fact a warm front that will be pushing through this afternoon. once the wind will shift to the southwest to come out of the southwest, our temperatures getting a bit of a boost as we head into tomorrow, and then to start off next week as well. 7 on 7 forecast for today, clouds moving in increasing, sticking around with us this evening and overnight tonight which will keep temperatures fairly mild as well, especially for january standards. highs this afternoon, near 40 degrees, and when you consider that normal for this time of year would be 36 for a high in boston, this is looking very mild. for tomorrow near 50 for most spots, and it just keeps getting better from there. mostly cloudy overnight. not as cold. 32 at 40, and mostly cloudy for so here we go with that warm front that moves through overnight tonight as i mentioned as which get the warmer temperatures, then a cool front that rushes through for thursday. the temperatures drop back a touch, but still still well above average, 44 for a high on tuesday, and then another boost on wednesday. we're also going to get some rain, which will make it feel like spring, daylight that is gained as we head through the move february, more than an hour. about an hour and 15 minutes. very close to that. it's starting to feel a bit like spring might be starting. spring training not far away, only 18 days off, 49 days until the first official day of spring, butlet not get ahead of ourselves here, because this mild or even warmup we can call it for this week is only for this week. by the time we hit next weekend colder a that is in place, and with the coastal storm system, friday. we could see a wintery mix, but on that. 50s, he soak them up while they're here. it looks like phil there is ready for spring, too. >> we will find out, too, who knows. meantime a man in new troubles. >> that wedding band broke three times, and the final fix that he came up with, wasn't covered under the warranty so he decided to reach out to 7. >> he couldn't help but smile when he talks his husband frankie. when the couple met in 2013, it was love at first sight. as some months together, the duo decided to tie the knot, and started looking for rings. >> we decided to go to sails, drks sails,zaels and the prices were better. >> they bought two rings and bought them with a lifetime repair warranty. >> they got married but a few months after the ceremony. and all of a sudden i felt a pinching underneath my finger and it was oh, the ring broke. he was bummed out over the breck enband, so he took it back to zales and took it back again. three months, the ring broke again. frustrated he took it back to za lexer, s zales and broke again. my father pass wade six years ago and he gave me his wedding ring. >> chuck wanted zales to take the diamonds out of his broken ring and set them in his father's ring so he wouldn't keep dealing with this problem. the manager agreed to do it. >> i was told that it was going to be taken care of. they printed out a receipt and the receipt showed zero cost. >> reporter: a couple of weeks later, he called about his ring. service to fix his on going problem was going to cost him $200. franky paid the money because he wanted chuck to have his ring back in time for christmas, but the couple wasn't happy and needed help. that is when solve it 7 got involved. >> this is kris anderson. >> reporter: we reached out signet zales parent company and explained the problems with the ring, and the unexpected bills to fix the problem. the representative looked into it and they did. after a few conversations with chuck and solve it 7, zales refunded the full amount. >> thank you, thank you for everything. without your help, i would have still had to pay for the ring, and i just would still be fighting for it. you don't have to fight for it. that's what we're here for, to fight for you. if you need help with a problem give us a ring. (617)367-7777 or send an e-mail. the celtics all-star in action last night dependence the major. could they hold on for the win? highlights from the garder than next. and football returning to the los angeles, and to effectively the rams in l.a. bend me shape me, any way you want me as long as you love me, it's alright bend me shape me, any way you want me shape the best sleep of your life. sleep number beds with sleepia technology adjust any way you want it the bed that moves you. some call it rebuilding, some call it reloading and some called it tanking, boston and orlando fall in that conversation have trips to the final in the last decade. one team surging to the playoff spot, and another needs nor major to get back on track. celtics, a 5th straight win last night. gets company court side. the money team, the may weather in the house to garner. checkout thosm thomas, coast to coast and later 91st. johnson handing it off to johnson. and celtics ahead by 4, and lennox getting in on the action, and throwing it down and feeling second half, the all-star, delivering the knockout in front of may weather. and tom is putting up celtics, the 11th straight game, the longest stretch since 1975. peyton manning and the broncos are not getting any respect. nearly 80% on the money is on the panthers. that's it in sports. have a great day. more sports in the news this morning. st. louis rams are making the move to los angeles nor next season. and now a second team could be joining them according to the san diego union tribune. san diego chargers and rams have agreed to share a stayed um in englewood, california. they will play in san diego for the 2016 season. no details have yet to be released. the super bowl is almost here. opening for business. thousands are expected to gather there this evening for a night full of fireworks and festivities. there will be interactive fun for the family where they will get a chance to see if they're as fast as their favorite nfl player taking part in the 40-yard dash. i remember last year, waiver i went out -- whenever i went out to phoenix. >> what was the 40-yard dash time? >> i probably did not get my favorite nfl player a run for his money. >> did cam newton speed on his wheels. probably not. the latest sar star wars tips is taking a series to new heights. see how the star wars could will the next star wars people film in a galaxy far, far away. >> the director pitched the idea to film new scenes for this movie in space. he hasn't gotten an answer from the disney for you lucas films. he want to shoot it on film instead of digital. it won't northbound theaters until 2019. so we will have to wait to see how that works out. i would imagine the insurance rates would be pretty high. preparations underway for the 20th annual screen gild awards. spotlight is nominated for one of the top honors, outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. >> good movie. >> i've seen it. >> it's on my list. it's movie day. i would argue differently, because we are seeing mild temperatures, especially heading into this week, and it's a bright start for us as the sun starts to come up for us now. i expect the sunrise pictures on twitter. clouds increasing as we head into the afternoon, possibly flurries for the ski resort. the highs reseasonal until we get a boost in temperatures tomorrow and monday as well. thanks so much. that is going to do it for us this morning. thank you for joining us. i'm kris anderson. i'm nancy chen. we will be back with more news

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