Transcripts For WHDH 7News Today In New England 20160302 : v

Transcripts For WHDH 7News Today In New England 20160302

Ill put this enter motion. You see the pockets of heavy rain moving northeast. Thats the forecast through the morning hours, pockets of heavy rain and gusty winds. 50s this morning but 30s this afternoon. Falling temperatures. Even though the showers will clear up this morning, gusty winds are likely throughout the day. Well talk more about that and when we might see some 60degree weather coming up in a few minutes. Sarah time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. Danielle thanks, sarah. Good morning, everyone. Lets head outside. Heres a look at the zakim bridge, leverett connector. The roads a little bit slick there. Lets go to the map. No major issues out there. Looking good 93 southbound, 128 into boston. Route 1, no major issues. South of town from braintree the boston expressway northbound, ten minutes this morning. South of town, route 3, 24, 95 looking good. Lets go to the pike from framingham everybody into boston, that drive mostly green. No issues. Take a look at those drive times if youre getting ready to head from braintree to boston. Into town on the pike from 128, 12 minutes. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge 11 minutes. If youre taking the t this morning, its on time. Back to you, guys. Sarah we begin with breaking news this morning. A teenager struck in the street in mashpee. Christa just 13 years old, and he had to be rushed to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries after being hit by a car. Lets head out to the scene with the latest. Lets go to 7s Nicole Oliverio. Nicole . Nicole christa, this accident happening here in mashpee around 8 30 last night. Police have obviously cleared the scene and were waiting for an update the see just exactly how that teenager is doing. Police say that the chief will give an update at some point when they know more about that boys condition. Again, right now theyre saying he has lifethreatening injuries. Officers they 13yearold boy was walking when he was hit by a car. They initially called for a medflight but the boy being ended up taken to Cape Cod Hospital. According to reports, the driver did stop and stay here at the scene. And there is no word on whether injuries. Officers now are investigating exactly what happened. For now were live in mashpee, Nicole Oliverio, 7news today in new england. Sarah breaking overnight, crews remove the s. U. V. That slammed through a packed west newton restaurant, killing two people and injuring seven others. 7s victoria warren is at the scene. Vicki, this morning investigators are expected back at the scene to determine what led up to this accident. Victoria the District Attorney says at this point its too early to tell why this driver didnt stop. Take a live look behind me. You can see the pizza shop that this car just came crashing into. Didnt stop at a light and just went right through the window. We know two people who died were customers. That car didnt stop until it hit the pizza oven inside. A car pulled out of the sweet tomatoes restaurant in newton after a tragic accident that left two customers dead, seven others rushed to the hospital. We have serious injuries. 6 00. The pizza place was dizzy. The District Attorney says the car never stopped. Witnesses say the building shook. The car had gone right through the restaurant, pushing the coulter all the way back to where the ovens are. The car was kind of elevated, so you could tell there was something, stuff underneath it, whether it was chairs or people. It was pretty bad. Victoria this man was just a few car lengths behind and says he doesnt know why the driver never stopped. He saw paramedics loading stretchers. They were just screaming. They were hurt. Victoria people who work nearby say they ran the help, but there was nothing they could do. It looked like something had exploded. And the vehicle was way inside, i mean way back. If you know the layout of the place, you can see the car was pushed way back in. Theres broken glass, broken wood. Victoria they say this part of newton is very closeknit and theyre sending prayers and love to everyone involved. Its a nightmare. I might know people in there that got hurt. Everyone knows everybody else. Certainly its heartwrenching. Victoria the District Attorneys office has not released the names of the two customers who died at this pizza shop yesterday. Their investigation continues. We do have an update this morning on some of the victims that were brought to the hospitals. Two of the seven victims were expected to be released from the hospital last night, and we know at least one of the victims had serious injuries. Live this morning in newton, victoria warren, 7news today in new england. Christa all right, vicki. Thank you. The other major story this morning, supertoday results coming in over night. Lets begin with republicans. Donald trump the big winner this morning claiming victories in seven states including massachusetts. Texas senator ted cruz winning alaska overnight to go along with his home state and oklahoma. And marco rubio finishing first, picking up his first state, minnesota. As for the democrats, Hillary Clinton matches Donald Trumps haul of seven states won. Securing victories in four states including his home state nearby in vermont. So a very tight race for the democrats here in massachusetts. In fact, the winner was declared hours after the polls closed. So heres a breakdown of the numbers with a few precincts left to report, clinton has 50 , sanders 49 in massachusetts. Just 20,000 votes separating these two candidates. Lets go to 7s Byron Barnett who is covering the democrats this morning. Byron, it sounds like theyre both looking ahead now. They certainly are. Hillary clinton was the big winner oon the democratic side, winning the lions share, but Bernie Sanders is putting out his message that his Campaign Lives to fight another day. What a super tuesday. Byron after a big super tuesday win, Hillary Clinton celebrated with supporters in one of the next battleground states, florida. And while not mentioning him by name, she clearly set her sights on donald trump. We have to make america whole. Byron clinton won seven of 11 states, including massachusetts and Southern States, many with large minority populations such as arkansas, where she was once first lady. She talked about her strategy going forward. Instead of building walls, were going to break down barriers. The stakes in this election have never been higher. And the rhetoric were hearing on the other side has never been lower. Byron vermont senator Bernie Sanders thanked his home super tuesday. It is great to be home. Byron sanders also won oklahoma, colorado and minnesota. At the end of tonight, 15 states will have voted. 35 states remain. And let me assure you that we are going to take our fight to every one of those states. Squarely on the future and how his vision differs from the g. O. P. Frontrunner. Do not allow the Donald Trumps of the world to divide us up. Byron but while sanders celebrates his super tuesday win, clinton increased her alreadybig lead in the delegate count. Including superdelegates, clinton now has 1,000 compared to sanders, who has less than 400. Live in the newsroom, im Byron Barnett, 7news today in new england. Christa thanks, byron. Here in massachusetts former president bill clinton visiting polls in west roxbury and new bedford on tuesday. In fact, youre looking at the scene in west roxbury. We received dozens of emails from voters who were concerned about the former president being too close to polling stations, even really making it difficult to vote in new bedford. So we reached out to the secretary of state, and his office is telling us the problem in new bedford was parking. No one actually had trouble voting. And he added that no election laws had been broken there. Sarah now to the republican race. Precincts reporting this morning, frontrunner donald trump comes in with 49 of the vote. John kasich and marco rubio trail with about 18 followed by ted cruz and ben carson. So trump is now threatening to break away from his g. O. P. Rivals in the delegate chase. 7s nancy chen is in the control room now with more for thus morning. Nancy sarah, good morning to you. Donald trump had a big side on the g. O. P. Side, winning a majority of states on tuesday, but ted cruz and marco rubio also saw some success. They hope they can keep the momentum going as four more states get ready to vote on saturday. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Nancy tuesday proved to be another big day for donald trump. The g. O. P. Frontrunner won seven contests on super tuesday. In his victory speech, trump focused his attention on a potential november showdown with Hillary Clinton. Once we get all this finished, im going to go after the assumption shes allowed to run, which is a big assumption. I dont know that shes going to be allowed to run. And i think thats frankly going to be an easy race. Nancy senator ted cruz earned three victories tuesday, including a win inis home state of texas. He says candidates who havent yet won contests should consider dropping out. As long as the field remains divided, Donald Trumps path to the nomination remains more likely. And that would be a disaster for republicans. [audience booing] for conservatives and for the nation. Nancy late tuesday night, marco rubio learned he won his first state as he finished first in minnesotas caucus. Before learning about the results in minnesota, rubio spoke to supporters and continued looking forward. When i am president of the united states, we will not just say save the american dream, we will expand it to reach more people than ever. Nancy now, Ohio Governor john kasich has yet to win in vermont, and he says he will win his states primary, thats going to be on march 15th. Now, ben carson also doesnt have any victories yet, but he insists he has no plans of dropping out of the race. Live in the control room, nancy chen, 7news today in new england. Sarah stay with 7news on air and online for the latest voice your choice coverage. You can always get updates at 7news. Com and the 7news mobile and tablet app. Christa so were off to a very busy start here on this wednesday morning. Still ahead, were hearing from the wife of thread line driver as investigators release their final report on what caused the train the take off from the controls. Sarah and while you were sleeping, astronaut scott kelly returned to earth after spending nearly a year in space. Well show you the moment he touched down. Rob and while you were sleeping, temperatures have been warming. Were tracking rain and only rain, but very heavy rain moving toward manchester. Well track those showers and 60plus degree weather coming up. Danielle good morning, everyone. Roads looking good this morning. Give yourself a little extra time this morning. If youre taking the t, it is running on schedule. Well be right back. I think we shouldve taken a left at the river. Tarzan know where tarzan go tarzan does not know where tarzan go. Hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is . Waterfall . No, me tarzan, king of jungle. Why dont you want to just ask somebody . If youre a couple, you fight over directions. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Oh ohhhhh its what you do. Sarah welcome back. 5 15 on this wednesday morning. Its feeling warm outside. Christa warm and wet. Lets get a check of the forecast now with rob eicher. Rob its only going to be hours sadly. As we head into the afternoon hours, things start the clear tumble. All day long gusty winds will be a threat, especially as we head into the afternoon hours. Some of that cooler weather gets here. Combine the breezy weather with cooler temperatures, and it will really feel chilly tomorrow morning. Then were talking about our next system, possibility of snow as we head into friday. Look at the numbers, 52 in boston. 40 at midnight. So while you were sleeping, temperatures have been warming that means were tracking rain. Other than the highest elevations of Green Mountains and the White Mountains of vermont and New Hampshire, not expecting anything icy this morning. Winds currently sustained on the order of 10, 15, 20, close to 30 sustained in nantucket. Were expecting frequent gusts on the order of 40plus miles per hour, especially for the coastline as we head throughout the day today. So Strong Enough that you need to be concerned about the possibility of maybe some branches coming down as we head through this afternoon and into the evening hours. Right now leading edge of light rain just making it to billerica. We have slightly heavier stuff behind that, and sudbury getting rain. These things, as you can probably tell, are zipping 60plus miles per hour. These showers will come up on you very quickly. A case where its all quiet and you get a batch of heavy rain. Thats whats happening in manchester in the last couple minutes. Really heavy rain moving in there. Zoom on out so you get the bigger picture. Pressure and a cold front. As this sweeps through, much cooler weather will start to move in here as you head into the afternoon hours. Only expecting rain for the morning. By the time we get the lunchtime. Rain is out of the picture. Skies are clearing. The winds will be picking up and ushering in very chilly air. Thursday morning, were talking windchills down in the Single Digits likely. Then lets walk through our next system here. This one will be a coastal storm thats going to kind of come up from the south. But the question is does it hug the coast, or does it go more out into the ocean . Right now looks like its going to be a glancing blow with snow beginning in some areas friday morning and lasting off and on mainly for the south shore, the cape and the islands through the day on friday. So how much are we talking about snowwise . Maybe one to three inches for the cape and the islands. Maybe a coating of snow for parts of norfolk and Plymouth County. Today 55 degrees in the morning hours. Falling to the 30s as we head into the evening hours. Tomorrow wake up, actual temperature will be in the teen, but it will feel more like Single Digits when you factor in that wind. High temperatures barely getting to the freezing mark thursday anthony again friday, a little bit of light snow, mainly for the cape and the islands. One to three inches not out of the question there. Flurries for boston, flurries possibly in newton, as well. But that would be about it. Then look at that. 64 degrees on tuesday. Guys, something to look forward to. Christa okay. We like that. Live and hope, right . New this morning were hearing from the wife of the driver of that runaway red line train. You remember that story back in december. Mbta Officials Say that he did, in fact, violate safety procedures causing that train to take off without a driver. And they say these photos that youre looking at show the cause. A microphone cord wrapped around a control dial. This investigation shows the driver also tampered with the dead man feature of the controls and did not secure a hand brake. His wife says what happened, though, is not entirely his fault. Hes a good man. Hes a great husband. Train. You know, the supervisors told him to get off. How many people tell people to get off of a running train when theres nobody else to back them up . Christa so the train, as you know by now, took off there from the braintree t station with passengers on board but no driver. Luckily none of the passengers were hurt. The train was eventually stopped. The report says to improve safety the t should install cameras inside the cab and change the design of the cars. The driver, meantime, David Vasquez was hurt when the train hit him as it started moving on its own. The 25year veteran has been fired, but his attorneys say hes appealing that decision. Sarah a woman with an incredible story of survival when a tornado rips through a part of louisiana. Kyra johnson got caught right in the middle of the twister but was able to save herself. You see her running up to a the doors are locked. So she braces herself behind a soda machine while the tornado rages right through on top of her. I just braced myself right here between the coke machine. It wasnt even holding on. It was just to brace myself. Sarah oh, my word. Just two minutes before the tornado hit her, johnson took the video of the storm from a distance. She said she didnt even notice the tornado coming, though. Nasa astronaut scott kelly touching down on earth last night. The commander spent 11 months at the International Space station, the longest any u. S. Astronaut has been in space. You can see him giving the thumbsup after being removed from the spacecraft in kazakhstan. Two other russian astronauts returned with him. They all underwent field tests immediately. Kelly says he is feeling good. It must be such a bizarre feeling, though, to be in space floating around for almost a earth with gravity. Christa which is interesting that you mention it, because thats why he was there, to talk about the effects on the human body for that length of time, comparing them of course to his twin brother. But i loved what his twin brother, a retired astronaut, also said, because theyre comparing the two. He got the fun job. I got the easy job, just kind of hanging out here, you know. Ism right, right. Christa its 5 21. New hampshire is reporting the states first confirmed case of the zika virus. How health Officials Say a woman contracted the disease. Sarah and a bizarre burglary case in bellingham. Wait until you hear who two brothers are accused of stealing from. Put more fun in your day with icecreamflavored coffees at dunkin donuts. Go for delicious flavors like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. Enjoy one today. [ male announcer ] maybe you have a dentist you like. Thats cool were not here to break up a good thing. But not every dentist does everything the same way. 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