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WHDH 7News First At 4 PM October 3, 2016

The chief Leonard Campanello as a result of his actions and devoicing evidence contained on the cell phone, especially in deceiving the city by suggesting that other employees of the Gloucester Police department had broken into his office and had mailed the cell phone to his attorney. When in fact he had done so himself. Anchor attorney for chief campanello releasing a statement saying this investigation has been a witchhunt from the beginning and the reasons given by the city for terminating the contract had noin the original inquiry they were conducting. Chief campanello untends to hold the city of er it to its contract youll obligations despite the fact that throughout this process representatives of the city continually stated they didnt care about his contract youll rights. Campanello has been the chief of list in gloucester for the last four years and been in Law Enforcement in the state. He was recently honored for his work on fighting the opioid anchor investigators looking into a Deadly Police involved shooting in lynn. Police so the and kill a man this morning after officers say he threatened them with a gown. Sky 7 hd over the Apartment Building which is on lynn shore drive. Police were executing a search warrant for a suspect in an article robbery. Hen they got into the apartment a 57yearold man reportedly pointed a gown at them which is when police opened fire. Investigators say the man was wanted in connection with that Armed Robbery which happened on september 26. Police say he robbed the port hole pub in broad daylight tying up the owner and employees. State police are now investigating todays shooting. Anchor we are tracking Hurricane Matthew right now that powerful storm is a category four hurricane heading parts of the caribbean with wind speeds of 140 Miles Per Hour. Its moving north at just 6 Miles Per Hour. Obviously heavy rain and wind are the two big factors right now. Anchor and we do know that storm is continuing to strengthen right now so lets get right over to bri eggers who is tracking matthews path. Ryan and kim, a very not all that large if you think about it. As long as it is closer to the center of it thats where the greatest impact is expected so you can see hurricane warnings already posted eastern cuba and also western haiti as wells the island of jamaica and also southern bahamian islands in preparation for this category four storm. Still, a major hurricane. Anything above a category three is considered a any juror hurricane. As you mentioned, 140 mileperhour winds and tracking slowly but still very to the north and it is expected to make a very catastrophic impact as it does go by portauprince as we move into tomorrow morning. Then it continues along that northward path into tuesday and then through the bahamas and still maintaining that strength of a category four storm and then still a category three storm still a major hurricane as it passes through the bahamas and approaches the off the east coast of florida and then off the coast of the carolinas. Now look at the time line on into even saturday morning and beyond four or five days, the certainty of what happens after that is no certainty at all. Thats the by issue uhere. What happens in the Bigger Picture as we have been tracking all of these different mo else, we have to watch the speed of matthew and also this front thats coming in from the north and northwest and where exactly that front is in timing with respect to matthew, when do those two meet up . It could kick it out to sea but it also could continue up the east coast of the u. S monitor closely and you can be sure that we will be. Well keep you posted on very latest. Anchor for now, hurricane its feared will have a major impact on the caribbean and jay gray has more on how the islands are preparing. Reporter it is a monster storm. Matthew is certainly the strongest hurricane of this atlantic hurricane season. Anchor raging in the Atlantic Winds peeking at more than 150 Miles Per Hour and now taking aim at the caribbean. In jamaica and more is on the way. Haiti, columbia and aruba all feeling the effects of matthew as well. And eastern cuba is likely next, more than a half million there are now bringing for the storm. The threat from the heavy rainfall that could indouse flash floods and mud slides is an extremely grave concern. Reporter concern that shifts to the u. S. East coast later this week. The potential is there and we for example cant rule out a direct Hurricane Impact florida later this week and points north of there. Anchor still too early for a definitive track but not too early to prepare. Matthew directly impacted florida its direction could be catastrophic. Just think about it. We have havent seen Something Like this on the east coast in a long time. Millions from florida up the eastern seaboard watching the devastation unleashed by matthew and wondering where it may go next. People who work at an orphanage in haiti which is named after massachusetts native britney gangel are preparing for the storm too. We spoke to a worker who is telling us exactly what they are doing as myth uaof pros. Anchor a big day for the patriots, tom brady is back. No one more excited about his return than his teammates Julian El Elman taking to twitter to sum things up in one simple word. Free. His return good news for the team with Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett suffering from injuries. Joys is live in the newsroom means to the routine of the team and of course him coming back here. Reporter for as long as deflategate dragged on in the courts it seems like tom braid oohs four game suspension came and went in the blink of an eye. Patriots barely missed a beat going three and one without their quarterback and as of today the future hall of famer is back in the building. This is what everyone has been waiting for. Bradys ban coming to an end and while the team still has to make a move to return him to the admotivated 11 time pro bowler back in the mix. After waving jacoby bristle struggle yesterday against the bills, you cant put into words the kind of impact bradys return will bring. Sometimes we have to ask dumb questions. I dont even have to answer that. Its going to be good. Its going to be great to have him out there. We have with whoever is behind center and tom comes back and well continue to do the same thing were doing for games before. We have a loss we have a better team today. We still have patriots. Anchor brady returns to a Patriots Team coming off their firstever shut out loss at Gillette Stadium but he will get to ease back into nfl action against the browns who have already given up ten passing touchdowns this season. Recording live in the news room, joe amorsino, 7 news. Anchor all right, joe, well brady was already seen back in action yesterday throwing some after yesterdays disappointing loss to the bills. As of yet we have not seen brady at gillette but you can bet fans are eager to see him out there on that field. Byron barnett at gillette now with more on bradys big return. Anchor after four weeks of holding their breath fans here at Gillette Stadium can now exhale. The captain of the ship is now back on board and the deflategate saga is now finally just a bad memory. Noub work. Tom brady spotted in brookline yesterday tossing a few passes before rejoining the patriots. So excited. We are, my family, everyone, patriots nation, we are thrilled. Reporter fans say they think with deflategate finally behind him, tb 12 will come back stronger than ever. It will inspire the rest of the team to fight harder around tom. Tom will come in with that little bit of a chip on his shoulder and he will throw the ball better than he has ever has to dig the patriots out of a deep hole. Tomost fans a three and one record without tom brady is just fine. I still feel like i am surprised. I thought we were going to go two and two honestly at best. But it was great. I am happy. Anchor fans say they feel backup Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett did more then a safari job of keeping the team afloat in bradys absence. Absolutely. Absolutely they d. They did a nd they did better than i expected them to do, especially brissett. They did an outstanding job. It was scary there for a second when we had a new brissett came in but do you know what . He killed it. It was awesome. Great to watch. Exciting. Everything was exciting. Anchor still no word of any sightings of tom brady here at gillette. His first practice with the team is schedule to take place on wednesday. Thats the story live in foxboro im byron barnett, 7 news. Anchor okay. Stay with 7 for coverage of browns and well be there. Trey daerr will be live in cleveland this weekend, tres reports live from cleveland start live on saturday. Anchor the Wilmington School committee will meet tonight to discuss alarming allegations against the school superintendent. Police say the superintendent was arrested in late ought for an oui in salem. You can see here h this video from a School Committee meeting last year. Now just a couple of weeks before her arrest a Wilmington High School physical Education Teacher was arrested for Domestic Assault after a few days of paid administrative leave. A decision that had parents upset. The School Committee released a statement saying we just became aware of the situation. With are holding a meeting on monday night and will issue an official statement after that meeting. Anchor following more news today, this from the state of ohio which will resume executions in january. They had an unofficial three year suspension. Ohio will use a new three drug combination for legal injection. Combination of drugs led to a 26 minute long execution. Attorneys representing death row inmates say they will file a new challenge almost immediately. Anchor and the latest now on that commuter crash in new jersey. The one that killed a woman on the platform and hurt more than 100 people. New photographs from the ntsb show the extensive structural damage inside the hoboken station. This damage kept officials from assessing much of train or accessing it to get of what happened there. That has delayed the investigation. There is another setback because the first black box retrieved from the train wasnt working at the time. It did not record the trains speed or breaking action. Over the weekend investigators were able to interview the trains conductor who said everything seemed to be working normally but he doesnt remember much about the crash. He said when he checked the he was operating at ten Miles Per Hour when entering the station track. Memory of the accident. He remembers waking up on the floor of the cab. Anchor posted speed limit there is ten Miles Per Hour in the station. Witnesses are saying the train was going a lot faster than that. Investigators do hope a second black box was working at the time but that one is still trapped in the wreckage. Anchor the count down to election day continues. Were just 36 days away and today donald trump met with military veterans in virginia. He is facing new questions after allegations of Sexual Harassment th apprentice. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton is campaigning in ohio focusing on her economic agenda and both candidates are preparing for their debate tomorrow. Steve hand elseman has the latest on the campaign trail. Reporter today in ohio Hilary Clinton blasted donald trump for deck kids aids of apparently paying nor federal income tax. He abuses his power, games the system, puts his own interest ahead of the countrys. Its trump first and everyone that the developer declared a billion dollar loss in 1959 that could have exempted him from federal income tax came when his forms were sent by a source to New York Times reporter susan craig. We were able to separately verify them on the record via the accountant who signed them. Reporter supporters say what trump did was legal. But at the same time in the end our country isnt going to be ale to get itself back on track unless it has in this case tax reform plan keeps tax loopholes used in the 90s. In another move that could hurt him with women voters, trump today agreed with retired generals who say the obama pentagon allowing women in combat hurts. Well get away from Political Correctness and we will have to do that. Reporter the g. O. P. Nominee cannot do as of today is solicit contributions to his controversial charity. The new york issued the order properly registered. Along with his taxes trumps foundation and the Clinton Foundation are sure to be main topics tomorrow night in the Vice President ial debate in virginia. Mike pen e on stage for trough, tim kaine for clinton. A steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. Anchor today is rob hannah which celebrates the start of the jewish new year. Its a two day celebration. The holiday beginning at sunset yesterday ends tomorrow at night fall. Rosh hashanah is the first of the jewi happy new year. Anchor ahead on 7 news on disballet but only for a short time. Why one flour is causing a stingy situation at the Franklin Park zoo. Anchor at 4 30 called to court. A man who police say hit a state Police Trooper with a motorcycle appears in court. Anchor and on 7 news at 5 00 a reality tv star reportedly tied up and robbed. What happened to Kim Kardashian while she was staying the a high priced hotel in paris all coming up here on 7 news. Well be right back. Utility poles across massachusetts leaning and live threatening. I thought that my daughter was going to die. Reporter so why arent they being fixed . Sheryl fiandacca exposes these is that icet . Nope, its lemonade. Is that icet . Lemonade. Icet . Whats with these people, man . Lemonade, read the sign. Lemonade. Read it. Delicious. Icet at a Lemonade Stand . Surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money marin saved by switching to geico. Yo, icet its lemonade, man fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Ats for dinner tonight . Wegmans ez meals. Dinners not just delicious, its done. [mmmm] chicken cacciatore. Boneless chicken in our very own seasoned tomato sauce with peppers, mushrooms and basil. Its ready to cook. Just pop it in the oven and dinners ready. Delicious, fresh, easy. Wegmans ez meals. [alright] anchor a stinky situation this boston. Check it out. A corpse flower now on disly at the Franklin Park zoo. It is pretty but dont let it fool you. It doesnt bloom very often and anchor if you want to see and smell it you have to head down to the zoo pretty soon. If the looks dont grab you, the smell surely will. I think it deserves all this activity and more so im glad i came all the way fromical to see this. That is awesome. It blooms once every several years then only stays open like this from 24 to 48 hours. It is so named because when it opens it smells like rotting flesh and attract trice. I think people are fascinated by a species that infrequently. Anchor right now the flour is just a little stinky. There may be a little bit of a smell. It does have its own smell so i havent really smelled the flour yet. Anchor when the flower first opened sunday a much different story. Yesterday morning i heard pretty pungent and much more pungent early in the bloom. It was much bigger and more ope. Anchor Franklin Park is home to these tropical plants all nickname by the staff. This one is pugly ada and the only one to bloom this year. Anchor while others dont think its real. I see them in cartoons like this kind of flower, see them in cartoons. Anchor so head down to the Franklin Park zoo. You only have one day left to see it in full bloom by wednesday the experts say it will be all closed up. Anchor coming up we have to get to the forecast. Nice to see the sunshine again today in some of the warmest temperatures that weve had in almost a week so will it continue . All of the details are next. Anchor ahead on 7 news at 4 30 a dangerous drive caught on camera in texas as a car show in houston takes a anchor on 7 news at five 00 the Supreme Court making a decision on convicted boston mobsters case whitey bulger. Well be right back. Anchor were gearing up for flu season and doctors and clinics are starting to offer the flu shot. Reporter but there might be surprising things you are doing that could be messing up the effectiveness of the flu shot. Anchor the details tomorrow on 7 news today in new england. Narrator over and over its been their agenda anything to defund planned parenthood. Kelly ayotte and Washington Republicans voted 6 different times to defund planned parenthood. Theyre on a crusade to Block Services New Hampshire women and families depend on cancer screenings, birth control, basic womens healthcare. Kelly ayotte and Washington Republicans ve put Defunding Planned Parenthood at the top of their agenda. And its time for that to change. Im Maggie Hassan . At Blue Cross Blue Shield of massachusetts, we offer a variety of medicare plans to fit your budget

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