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now wmur news 9 at 5:00. josh: at this hour it's still unclear whether the man who plotted the paris terror attacks has been killed, but authorities say another attack was stopped at the very last minute. good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm josh mcelveen. jean: and i'm jean mackin. there are several new developments out of paris tonight including new details on the raid that ended with police believe a woman detonated a suicide vest full of explosives. josh: we have live team coverage of these developments and the growing debate in the u.s. about how to respond to the terror threat, the refugees and the way mass. new hampshire is showing its support for france. let's get started with abc's marci gonzalez who is in paris tonight. reporter: this all started with a tip that the terror master mine was still here in paris. and it ended with that dramatic raid just a mile from where the attacks began.
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after the gun fire and explosions and alarming discovery of this morning's raid in a paris suburb, prosecutors finding evidence of another terror plot in the works. >> everything lead us to believe that the structured organization and that a determination they were willing to act. reporter: cell phone records and surveillance led them to this apartment building where they thought they'd find the mastermind of friday's attacks, appear del mid abaaoud. inside, 5,000 round fired. >> i heard gunfire, it went crazy, gunshots, explosions, here, there, everywhere. it went on for ages, people were running everywhere. reporter: eight people detained, prosecutors saying while abaaoud is not among them, they still haven't identified the bodies of two women killed in the raid including a woman who blew herself up with with a suicide belt. police also searching for two of the killers who carried out the
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paris massacre and trying to figure out who the terrorist texted just before the attacks, the chilling message found on a cell phone outside this theater, here we go, we are starting. and determined to find those dangerous suspects, police carried out nearly 120 searches across france overnight, including that violent raid that left several officers injured. we're live in paris, marci gonzalez, abc news. jean: within the last hour students and faculty gathered on the u.n.h. campus in durham in a show of solidarity with france. there was a special performance of the french national anthem and a candle-light vigil. while the attack took place an ocean away, university officials called it an assault on values held dear on every college campus. a professor of french told students not to let terrorism infringe on their sense of freedom. isis has claimed responsibility for the paris attacks and today
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the bombing of the russian plane in egypt. the terror group posted a picture that it claims shows the actual bomb used on that flight. isis says that it was built in a soda can holding more than two pound of explosives. josh: in the wake of these attacks some new hampshire officials are call on the federal government for more transparency in the vetting process for syrian refugees, this considering the granite state has 13 refugee resettlement communities, most centered in manchester and concord. amy coveno is live in the newsroom with the call for all leaders for more information. reporter: the united states refugee program is administered by the federal government. governor hassan has no say whether or not new hampshire accepts or denies refugees from certain countries. two days after making head lines as the first democratic governor to calm for a complete halt of syrian refugees to the united states, governor hassan modified her statements today on syrian refugees, calling for a
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process can be reaassessed. the governor described new hampshire's experience in getting information from the federal government as challenging. mayor gatsas echos the sentiment, he says he's not even notified how many refugees are coming into the queen city or from where until after they get their federally mandated health screening. elected leaders say keeping all citizens safe including refugees who are already here is priority number one. >> what i'm calling for is a pause. because the first job of every government is to keep its people safe. >> let's make sure we take a look and see how these people are vetted before they come to manchester. that's what people's concern is. reporter: coming up at 6:00 you'll hear from one of the agencies who works to bring in refugees to new hampshire, she'll describe the vetting place. amy coveno, wmur news 9. jean: new developments tonight
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in the suspicious death of an alexandria boy. the attorney general's office says an autopsy has been completed on the 11-month-old. he has been identified as shawn sylvester, he died on sunday. the results of the autopsy are not being released pending further investigation. josh: state lawmakers back at work in concord in the form of a special session, but with a very specific focus on a very pesk topic. we're talking about the war on heroin and addiction here in new hampshire. this was work that only lasted a couple hours as both the house and senate passed a bill to create a bipartisan task force. the job over the next six weeks for this task force will be to vet and write bills on issues related to substance abuse, and the governor hopes that come january that would include additional funding for statewide drug courts. >> one of my hopes from this special session is that as legislators from both parties learn more about the potential
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consider making a relatively modest investment. josh: with the republican majority in the house and senate, new spending could be a tough sell, but there does appear to be a consensus in concord that when it comes to the heroin epidemic solutions need to be found quickly. we'll have more coming up at 6:00. at the local level many towns and cities are crafting their own strategies for the crisis. in berlin tonight a community forum will begin at 5:30 at berlin high school, and goffstown will hold a forum at goffstown high school at 7:00 p.m. jean: the third adult charged in theover dose death of a rochester teenager was in a new hampshire court today. 31-year-old leslie aberly was arraigned on three felony charges, accused of drug conspiracy for allegedly driving to massachusetts to buy heroin. he's also charged with witness tampering and accused of dispensing what turned out to be fentanyl that killed 17-year-old eve tarmey last month. four men face charges in
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connection with a violent home invasion in rochester. according to court documents they were after drugs and money. three of them were arraigned today. another is free on bail. wmur's jennifer crompton has the story. reporter: four men are charged in connection with an armed home invasion in rochester tuesday night. according to court documents they had gone to an apartment on academy street to steal drugs and money. one of five people home at the time afraid to show his face or use his name describing a knock on the door that turned terrifying. >> soon as i go to touch the knob the door kicked open. reporter: did you see a weapon right away? >> yeah, a gun. they loaded it and put to it my head. reporter: according to police two men were robbed at gun and knife point, the suspects fleeing when women started yelling. witnesses saw them take off in a van with a specific vanity plate. the suspects van was spotted here at the riviera motel where
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the same motel where a 17-year-old died of a fentanyl overdose one month ago. >> they did find a firearm, what appears to be a firearm that was in the open. there were some drugs that were as well in the open. reporter: 34-year-old cedric ross allegedly wielded the gun, he's charged with armed robbery and heroin possession. 35-year-old giovanni monroe also accused of armed robbery with a box cutter. 36-year-old robe jablonski charged with robbery conspiracy, along with ryan tiberio. several others were with them. >> it's very concerning to us based on the activities that have happened there in the past month, month and a half, we are working to help to clean out the area based upon our arrests. reporter: police say more arrests could be made. did you know these guys?
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reporter: how is everybody doing? there were a couple of women including an older woman. >> my grandmother and my girlfriend, we're all a little shook end up. josh: the woman aaccused of trying to open an exit door on a british airways flight was in court today. crew members say the polish woman was drunk when she tried to pry open a door on yesterday's flight. she was restrained and arrested after the plane landed at logan. her lawyer says she mixed sleeping pills with wine and doesn't remember a thing. she pleaded not guilty to interfering with a flight crew and surrendered her passport. jean: let's turn to traffic watch and see how our mid-week ride is shaping up. peggy james, backups on 293, we understand this is from an circle? >> that's right, exit 6. 293 northbound on the off ramp at exit 6. two vehicles involved and we're told there's a possible head
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injury as well, so you're going to be seeing backups there on 293 northbound by exit 6 for a while. we had an earlier accident, 93 northbound coming up from the massachusetts border, just before exit 5, four cars off to the right side of the road there, they did have a left lane closure for a while with state police on the scene. so we're still seeing backups on 93 northbound as you approach exit 5. beyond that further north in hooksett no problems at the tolls and your approach to 89. concord busy through the city. 101 west heavy through the bedford stretch as you approach wallace road. the everett turnpike is busy especially northbound between exits 10 and 11. no problems to tell you about, however, on 101 to and from the seacoast. from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: thank you. jean: a political experiment is under way in the northwest. up next how seattle is making
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sure every resident can make campaign contributions. >> i was so scared that he will not catch her. josh: a mother has just moments to decide with flames behind her, should she toss her baby to rescuers on the ground. mike: it's a weather wednesday and we're getting close to that time when many will be heading out to pick their annual christmas tree, we'll take you to a tree frarm in gilford. jean: >> it was a little after 1:00 and i saw some flames coming out of the third floor. josh: a good samaritan in the
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jean: the secretary of defense is pushing major changes in hopes of rekreufting and retaining military service members. josh: they target the pentagon's personnel systems that include a 401-k type retirement plan and sabbatical plan to give the members the ability to shift away from active duty for a year
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jean: a health data firm expects global prescription drug sales will reach 1.4 trillion in five years. right now 3% of global spending goes to prescription drugs. i.m.s. health predicts it will reach 6% by 2020. the company says expensive new drugs, price hikes, aging populations and increased generic drug use in developing countries are expected to drive tin creased spending. josh: the city of seattle is trying a new voucher system to encourage campaign contributions. voters approved a plan to pay $3 million a year in higher property taxes, but in exchange each person will get four $25 vouchers if they can sign, that they can sign over to local candidates. supporters hope it will help people get more involved in politics and will be a way to counteract the influence of big money corporate donors. jean: something went wrong with this scaffolding, the workers were trapped more than an hour until firefighter cut through the window.
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those workers are safe tonight. investigators say the scaffolding has some kind of an electrical issue, no one here was hurt. and in new jersey a woman had to make a terrifying choice when flames swept through her apartment. wait for help or drop her baby over the balcony to a policeman waiting below. the woman decided to trust the man holding out his arms for the 10-month-old girl. >> i just dropped baby in his hand. yes, he was, just drop it, drop it, i was so scared that he will not catch her. jean: that police officer did catch the baby safely and then talked the mother into jumping herself. it turned out to be the right decision. the fire destroyed several apartments. investigators say other neighbors were vaifd by a good samaritan who banged on doors to warn them. josh: utility companies say it could take days to get everyone's power back on after a severe storm in the pacific northwest that killed three people.
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strong winds toppled a tree in washington state. another man and woman were killed when trees fell on their cars. the storm caused two mudslides and forced crews to rescue people from flooding. >> pulled her out of the window, took her to the fire station. >> it's unbelievable how it went into the house like that. josh: the driver of this car lost control, slamming into a day care just feet from children playing inside. nearly a half million customers were without power. jean: the rain moving into new hampshire this week won't look anything like those storms. josh: that means you're clear to head out to milky tree farm if you want to get a jump start on choosing your christmas tree. mike haddad is there tonight for weather wednesday. mike: that's right. belknap mountain road in gilford, and many thinking about christmas, even though thanksgiving, we still have to get through next week. but joining me now, the owner of
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>> it's a pleasure. mike: you've got many trees here, many want to pick out their tree. first, how long have you been in operation? >> the christmas tree part was started by my brother-in-law rick back when he was in grade school, junior high. as a 4h project. so it's been going on 50 plus years now. mike: you've got a lot of acres, tell me about how many trees do you have here? >> about 1,000 trees to the achier and we've got eight acres of christmas trees. mike: that's a lot of christmas trees. >> a lot of christmas trees, a lot of work. mike: some have already been tagged. tell us about the tagging program and what can people cut their tree? >> we started tagging two weeks ago, about 120 people already have been here and tagged their trees, as you can see. now they'll come back when ever it's convenient for them and they'll cut their tree, a lot of them wait for family members to come home, some people have been doing it for three generations.
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it's kind of a neat thing. mike: fantastic, and you're open mainly on the weekends from nine to four? >> nine to four on the weekend including friday of thanksgiving weekend. mike: coming up in a little bit we'll talk about some of the interesting history of this land and where some of the proceeds from each tree sale goes. but if you're planning to tag your tree this weekend, will the weather cooperate? it certainly feels like winter as temperatures are tum whring right now. hayley: indeed they are, it was much colder this morning, did you feel that? a lot of us woke up to temperatures in the teens. i wanted to give you a quick update on the weekend forecast. there's a lot of big things going on for the holidays, the concord christmas parade, the portsmouth festival of trees. so here's a quick preview of the weekend. so saturday looks like we'll have a mix of sun and clouds, 40's. then on sunday you see the little flakes there? a couple of us will likely see a few flurries passing through.
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accumulating, but a few flurries flying through the sky particularly in the morning on sunday, then temperatures really drop, on sunday our highs only in the 40's, so a big change once we get through a cold front that's going to be moving through and that will bring in some cooler air. take a look at the temperatures that we got to earlier this morning, the coldest temperature in the state, berlin at 12 degrees. a record low temperature was actually set in portsmouth at 23 degrees. so it was definitely cold and a lot of you had to do some scraping this morning for sure. most of of us got up into the 40's today. a few places in the 50's like manchester and nashua. but now we've all fallen into the 40's and a few 30's in whitefield and berlin w. the clear skies that we have in place right now, the cold will really set in, but we won't get as cold tonight because you see these clouds to the west, these are going to be invading and they'll actually keep the temperatures from getting as cold. eventually these rain showers you see out here, this is the cold front i was talking about,
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day tomorrow, especially in the afternoon and evening. you can see them on future cast, so this is tonight. we'll have increasing clouds, by tomorrow morning at the bus stop or when you're commuting in to work should be dry for the kids and for you. but once we get to the afternoon that's when you see the line of showers start to move through. probably will be some downpours as you get going driving home from work tomorrow evening. also on friday morning some lingering showers, and eventually the clouds will break, we'll see some clearing on friday. but that's when the cooler air will start to arrive as well. in terms of how much rainfall, this blue color, upwards of an inch in a lot spots, it will be beneficial rain. we still need it, especially in the southeastern corner of the state. tonight not as cold, temperatures up north in the 20's. in the southern part of the state in the 30's. for your thursday mostly cloudy and then rain will begin for most communities after the noon hour. then friday morning damp, but clearing, highs in the 50's.
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there's your cool weekend temperatures, a couple snow showers and rain showers on sunday, then next week fingers crossed, so far travel looks good jean: thanks, haley. a major mystery in the music word has been solved sort of. josh: up next carly simon reveals one of the people that she's talking about in the song "you're so vain." jean: and one bride didn't sit back and cry
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josh: new england patriots will continue their quest for an undefeated season hosting the buffalo bills in next week's monday night football game. you can watch that game right here on wmur. kickoff monday night 8:30. jean: that means "dancing with the stars" moves to me tv new hampshire at 8:00, me tv is on comcast channel 298, 308 or 945. metro cast channel 299, argen channel 6 or 15 and over the air on 9.2. can you also watch the show on demand the next day, or at abc go.com. we have a partial answer tonight to one of music's biggest mysteries. josh: carly simon has revealed that the second verse of her
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song "you're so vain" is about war en beatty. she's long refused to say who inspired her hit song, but in a people magazine interview she spilled the beans on beatty saying that he thinks the whole song is about him, but simon says the other verses refer to two other men who she still won't identify. jean: david beck ham says he's flattered to be named people's sexiest man alive. he says his wife is pretty pleased, too, but the honor has been a little strange for his son. >> he didn't really believe it at first, but i've been pushing it to him a little bit more just to let him know that that's still up and running. jean: beckham says his children are used to their parents' fame and finally stopped being embarrassed by the billboards showing him until his underwear. but we're still embarrassed a little bit. josh: you may soon find more of america running on dunkin,
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>> i'm shaking, but i'm trying to just think about what i have to do. jean: a woman's quick thinking leads police to the man suspected of trying to rob her house. police say he was desperate to feed his heroin addiction. >> if the top was melted off, gas would have just started falling in. josh: tragedy averted in nashua where an alert 11-year-old got her family out in time to avoid a deadly poison. hayley: record breaking cod this morning. tonight won't be as cold because clouds and rain are on the way. jean: and we just visited the christmas tree farm, now we'll get a sneak peek at the tree festival expected to draw thousands. jean: this man is accused of trying to break into a belmont house with a woman inside. welcome back, everyone, i'm jean mackin. josh: i'm josh mcelveen.
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police say they arrested steven belanger just minute after an attempted robbery on james town road. as kristen carosa reports, officers are crediting the homeowner with the quick catch. reporter: 30-year-old steven belanger now faces two motor vehicle violations and a felony charge after police say he attempted to break into this home in belmont and admitted he committed the crime to support his heroin addiction. >> substance abuse has a lot to do with property crime. reporter: belmont police say the break-in happened tuesday afternoon. the homeowner who didn't want to show her face on camera because she was shaken up was inside. >> i saw a car come up the driveway and i didn't recognize it. reporter: police say belanger came up the front stairs and knocked on the door. >> then i realized this isn't right, because he rang the bell after another minute, then tapped again. reporter: because no one answered the man went to the back deck, that's when the homeowner called 911. >> i heard a tap on the slider and then there was about two
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seconds the window was open in the kitchen. reporter: the homeowner says he pushed his way through the inside. >> he still doesn't see me, he gets in another three or four inches, sees me and says i lost my dog, and i just was like you don't normally look for your dog in the middle of someone's window, and he said i know this doesn't look good. yeah. reporter: police say belanger backed out of the window, ran to his car and drove away. his vehicle. police say her calm demeanor and quick work to get information to officers nearby led to belanger's arrest. he's being held on $1,000 cash bail and is required to receive medical treatment for his heroin addiction. belanger will be back in court on november 30. >> at which time the court may consider further amending the bill upon your presentation of a treatment plan which assures safety to the public. reporter: in belmont, kristen carosa.
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seeing surveillance video of a massachusetts high school showing some of the final moments of teacher colleen ritzer's life. prosecutors say she left her classroom to go to the bathroom, that's when they say philip chism followed her, another video shows chism putting on gloves and going into that bathroom. later you see him leave with one hand appearing to be red. the morning started with the judge asking him if he wanted to watch the trial in person or by video feed from his cell. >> do you want to give up that right to be present and be here and to confront, see the witnesses and see the cross-examination? do you want to be present? you want to be present during the trial. josh: jurors also saw the recycling bin he used to move the body into the woods. jean: the i.r.s. auctioned off items that used to belong to ed and elaine brown today.
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a months-long standoff back in 2007 over their refusal to pay taxes. they're now in prison. today's auction included all the items in the couple's home and their dentist office from furniture to power tools to dental exam chairs. the i.r.s. says 50 to 60 bidders registered ahead of time. we don have a tally yet on how much money was raised. >> we get whatever we can and the proceeds will go to the expenses for the auction as well as any taxes that may be owed. there shouldn't be anything left over, we're going to sell everything today. jean: last month the couple's home in plainfeel was auctioned off for $205,000. josh: a 24-year-old man is dead after being thrown from a vehicle, sanbornton police say the crash happened 7:30 last night on burleigh hill road, both the driver and passenger were thrown, the driver was air lifted to the hospital, in critical condition. the passenger died. the crash closed the road for about five hours.
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seriously hurt in a crash on 93 in concord. state police say the truck was heading north before 11:30 last night when it went off the road into the woods. the impact caused the trailer to break into multiple pieces and the cab to be torn from the truck's framing, pinning the driver inside. jean: an 11-year-old is credited with saving her family when carbon monoxide spread through their nashua house. ray brewer talked to an inspector who says the problems started in an outdated furnace. report as the weather gets colder and furnaces fire up, the fire department says this incident highlights the importance of having those furnaces checked on a yearly bases and making sure you have working carbon monoxide detectors in every level of your home. wednesday morning despite temperatures in the 20's, the windows at 38 northwood drive in nashua were open. a reminder of the tragedy that was averted, thanks to 11-year-old nana singhr. weather
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we're not sure what really happened, but there was carbon monoxide. reporter: carbon monoxide, measuring 150 parts per million had filled the home. quite high. the body will start to feel effects at 35 parts per million. 35 parts per million is our action level. report fortunately, nana realized something was wrong as members of her family said they didn't feel well and she noticed an unusual odor. nana called her father who told her to get everyone out of the house and call 911. the five people home at the time including nana were taken to the hospital. exhibiting signs of carbon monoxide poisoning. >> dizziness, light headedness, short-term memory loss, nausea are the symptoms. reporter: all are now fine. the problem was traced to a faulty furnace, which according maintained. and while the furnace will have to be replaced, the repairman
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says the family is lucky that carbon monoxide leak is all they're dealing with. >> the gas valve on this unit has been charred, which means it's been subjected to a flame. and if the top was melted off, gas would have just started flowing in. reporter: the fire department says if you do suspect a carbon monoxide leak, make sure you get everyone out of the house, but leave the doors and windows closed. that way if there is a leak, they can trace it back to the source. ray brewer, wmur news 9. josh: there's a lot of competition for those black friday dollars this year. up next we'll tell you which stores have the best deals and which ones start first. jean: the newest tv trend could lead to a surprise on your power bill. with a to know before picking up a 4k television. josh: some shoppers can get their caffeine fix before ever leaving home. we'll tell you where dunkin' donuts is now testing delivery service. hayley: tracking showers toward our west and clouds coming with
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them, when you can expect the heaviest rain coming up. jeb bush: we do not have to be the world's policeman. we have to be the world's leader. who's going to take care of the christians that are being eliminated in the middle east? who's going to take care of israel and support them - our greatest ally in the middle east? the united states has the capability of doing this, and it's in our economic and national security interest that we do it. i will be that kind of president and i hope you want that kind of president for our country going forward. announcer: right to rise usa is responsible
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street, the dow picking up nearly 250 points. s&p 500 up 33. the nasdaq up almost 90. this holiday season could be the key to radio shack's comeback. jean: after filing for bankruptcy and closing half its stores, the electronics seller has announced early deals for black friday. they'll start next wednesday, november 25. radio shack stores will stay open late that day, with close to 100 different deals. on thanksgiving they'll be open from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and amazon will get an even earlier start launching its black friday deals this friday. it will offer e)ght days of deals with new promotions announced every five minutes. amazon prime subscribers will get access to those deals 30 minutes ahead of other shoppers. josh: but the best deals to be had may be found at j. c. penney.
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retailers to see who offered the biggest average discount. j. c. penney was first followed by kohl's. you can find the entire list of the best and worst deals on wmur.com. if you're planning to buy a 4k television set, dobles forget to consider the effect it could have on your power kill. a new report says the new hd sets can use up to 30% more power than current television sets. that could add more than a billion dollars a year to the american energy bill. jean: hershey's is getting rid of artificial ingredients in its most popular items. the new pieces will have a special code that you can scan for nutritional information on each ingredient. josh: a new survey from yahoo food shows that we're pretty traditional when it comes to thanksgiving. 91% of people will have turkey for their holiday dinner, and it is the most popular part of the meal. but a third of the people
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responding plan to have ham on the table as the main course, or to go with the turkey. about a quarter people the the survey say that thanksgiving is the only time of year that they do eat turkey. jean: dunkin' donuts is testing delivery service, it has started trial runs of deliveries and on the go ordering in several cities and that includes portland, maine. have to use their app or website for door dash to place your order. starbucks already has on the go ordering and more than 7,000 stores. josh: the seacoast will light up this weekend with a holiday tradition, we'll show you behind the scenes at the festival of trees right after the break. jean: in sports we'll check in with the u.n.h. volleyball team as it gets ready to host the conference tournament. josh: then the action taken against a monarchs goalie facing several charges in connection
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taxes and balanced our budgets. john kasich's for us. new day for america is responsible for the content of this advertising. jean: on the seacoast one event kicks off the holiday season with a sparkle. josh: paula tracy looks at the upcoming festival of lights. reporter: every other year, the portsmouth garden club teams up with the city's urban forestry center for this dazzling event. organizations from around the seacoast decorate and display more than 100 christmas trees. the decorations aren't limited to trees though, you'll find
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sail boats and a toy train running around a tree. close to 8,000 people are expected to visit this year's festival. which is open each night until 8:00 on friday, saturday and sunday. admission is $5. kids 12 and under are free. you'll find the details in the escape outside section of wmur.com. hayley: that looks like a fun event. the weather will be cooperating, it's just going to be chilly over the weekend. a live shot from portsmouth where they are going to be having that festival over the weekend. there's market square, and a couple of people out there walking around, but it's definitely a cool night to be doing that. we have painly clear skies at the moment. derry traffic circle, moving along fine, no problems getting to or from work this evening, the problem is that will not be
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the case tomorrow at this time because of rain coming down. it will be a much slower commute tomorrow night compared to what's going on right now. look at the temperatures that we reached this morning, this is some chilly stuff, 12 degrees was the low in berlin. 17 in concord. in windham, 18 degrees. only 19 in durham. so even in the southern part of the state temperatures reached the teens. so it was cool. here's where we got to and this is the current temperatures actually, we got to about 50 degrees in manchester and nashua. 46 in laconia, the average high for this time in november is about 47. so we got a little bit above that at least in some communities. now here are the current temperatures, we've fallen into the 40's, concord, manchester about 40 in nashua and portsmouth, 41 in rochester. already at freezing in plymouth. so it's going to be cool where the skies stay clear longer, especially in the eastern half of the state. but clouds are on their way, so
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actually going to become overcast and that will be the saving grace, keeping the temperatures from bottoming out like they did this morning, here's a cold front, this is what will be bringing us rain showers during the day tomorrow, it's also been bringing some very severe weather. i want to show you a picture, this is from destin, florida of a water spout. and this was captured this morning right off the coast, thankfully not hearing of any damage from that, but very interesting to see that happening in november. as we go through time tonight the clouds are going to be increasing, maybe a couple of scattered showers, especially in central and western new hampshire by tomorrow morning. but the heaviest, the bulk of the steadier rain will come in once we get past noontime and right in time for the evening commute. even friday morning probably a little gloomy starting out with some showers, finally once we get to friday afternoon this system should pull away. we'll have clearing skies for saturday, but it's going to be a
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lot cooler for the start of the weekend. tonight, it all depend on the clouds, it the race of the clouds, so generally speaking a little warmer in western portions of the state. and a little bit cooler in the east as the clouds move in from the west to the east. tomorrow 40's up north, 50's the the southern part of the state, wind out of the southeast, 5 to 10 miles per hour. and our early look at the weekend, sunny on saturday, 46 for the high, then only 43 on sunday, and probably a few snow showers across the state on sunday, not thinking that anything will accumulate. and next week so far looking really good for holiday travel. jean: that's good news, thanks, haley. josh: a florida woman's fiancee canceled their wedding by text message and she's taking out her emotions on her wedding dress. jean: the bride to be and her brides mays decided to put on their gowns and took part in the color run with the goal of destroying them. the ditched bride says she's learned new independence through
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the experience. jamie: they are two teams on a roll, four wins in a row for the dallas mavericks, three in a row for the boston celtics. something has to give at td garden tonight. game time 7:30. good luck to the u.n.h. volleyball team, they'll be the number one seed and host the america east tournament, they open with binghamton on friday. albany and stoney brook are the other teams in the tournament. the wildcats are the two-time defending conference champs. >> it's so exciting, we have the best fans, it's the best environment here. we love playing in this gym. to be able to be the number one sealed i think speaks to how we really approach the season one game at a time and it's nice to know that our hard work growth got us the right to host. jamie: we've been telling you about these division one signings, congratulations to the big hitter on the both high school baseball team, catcher evan, he signed at quinnipiac.
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caught in the middle of a great escape. tom: then coming up at 6:00 tonight major developments in the hunt for the master mine in the paris attacks, plus hundreds of refugees coming to manchester every year. a closer look at how they're vetted as leaders call for a temporary halt for some. >> all you can say is thank you for helping me and my babies. tom: plus a grateful family tonight after this man ran into their burning building to make
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josh: thanks to technology, a two legged puppy is getting a new way to walk around. jean: tumbles is a terrier born without his front legs, he's only been able to get around by scooching on the floor, but a 3d printing lab out of ohio university is creating wheels and a hashes for tumbles, so he can finally walk around. >> the first functional prosthetic we've done using this printer. jean: it's amazing, it will take 13 hours for the scanner to lay down the microscopic plastic beads that will form the wheels, the axle and the harness for this little one, once it's assembled tumbles legs will push the wheels and allow him to get around. he's so cute.
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approaches a fire hydrant? jean: josh? josh: one zoo was foiled by mother naish, a group of penguins broke out of their home, but employees just followed their foot footprints. when they tried to corral the penguins they made a run for it. they didn't get far, and they were caught by the zoo workers. jean: they left all the evidence right there. footprint. josh: thank you for joining us for news 9 at 5:00.
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tom: now at 6:00 a softer tone tonight from governor hassan on syrian refugees in the u.s. calling now for a temporary halt, not a complete ban. jennifer: plus lawmakers back at
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state's drug crisis in a special session. the action they're taking to get ahead in this tough fight. tom: plus a man spotted this building on fire and helped an officer make sure everyone got out safe, hear from him and a very grateful family tonight. hayley: a rainy end to the work week coming our way, when the rain moves in and a preview of the weekend forecast, coming up. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 6:00. tom: those stories just minutes away. but we begin with the latest developments following the paris attacks. jennifer: the ring leader of those attacks targeted in a raid, swat teams swarmed an apartment building and for seven hours there were explosions and gunfire. several people are under arrest, two are dead. it not clear yet at this hour if one with of them is the mastermind of the paris attacks. the french prosecutor said the troft team targeted may have
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