considering all the weapons that were found. and the attacks in paris have set off debate overseerian refugees entering the u.s. with concerns about members of isis hiding among the refugee. tom: some calling on the federal government to ramp up the vetting process and pushing for a temporary halt to syrians entering the country. amy coveno has more on the limits new hampshire has when it comes to this. reporter: good evening. states have no power to prevent legally admitted refugees from residing in their state. the policy is governed at the federal level for the refugee act of 1980. governor hassan made headlines monday when she became the first democratic governor to call for a freeze on syrian refugees entering the united states. today she says some misunderstood her position. >> what i'm calling for is a

every government is to keep its people safe. >> let me clear this up for you. i have no choice of whether i can accept or reject as a mayor of a city, you don't have that ability. reporter: frustration in the mayor's office spilling out onto the radio. mayor gatsas called in to a national talk show to clarify his position on refugees in the queen city. >> if there are syrian refugees coming to, whether it's new hampshire or any other state in this country that they are vetted properly. report the vetting process is vigorous, according to amy, she's been helping refugees resettle in the u.s. for 20 years, she says it involves several intelligence agencies. >> it can take upward of two to three years for cases to get vetted. they go through all sorts of background checks, medical screenings. so it's very intensive. reporter: governor hassan wants a temporary halt until she gets assurances and details from the

their process which is currently veiled in secrecy. >> it is very difficult to get information, for instance about the number of refugees coming to our state, or the process for resettling them, or for vetting them. reporter: news 9 obtained four prospect reports filed by the four refugee resettlement agencies in the state of new hampshire. for the 2016 fiscal year that started in july, 470 refugees are on track to enter new hampshire from a dozen countries including syria. live in the newsroom, amy coveno, wmur news 9. jennifer: a vigil was held on the campus of u.n.h. had this afternoon to mourn those killed in the paris attacks. adam sexton continues our coverage in durham tonight. reporter: tonight u.n.h. president huddleston called the attacks in france an assault on every value held dear by college

campuses in america. it was a sizable crowd that turned out a couple hours ago between the library and this court yard. students say they wanted to shall their support to the victims and people of france. professor feldman spoke, telling the crowd she had been in paris just one week ago today. she told students she's confident her home country will be able to move forward. >> fear will not presale. parisians will be parisian. france will keep cool, and reason will overcome. reporter: tonight at 11:00 more reaction from students and why so many of them wanted to turn out tonight to show support for france. live in durham, adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: the los angeles kings have suspended a manchester monarchs goalie after his arrest, patrick bartosak is facing charges involving his girlfriend, according to police he showed up

to her apartment accusing her of cheating on him. she told officers that he placed his hands around her neck multiple times and assaulted her over the course of several hours. he will be back in court next month. jennifer: four men are under arrest in connection with an armed home invasion in rochester. police say cedric ross and giovanni monroe were armed with a gun and box cutter when they entered the apartment on academy street. two men were forced to the floor and robbed. two other suspects are charged with robbery conspiracy. the suspects van was spotted at the riviera motel where a gun and drugs were found, leading to the arrest. >> obviously there's been a lot of activity surrounding the riviera motel, it is very concerning to us based on the activities that have happened there in the past month and a half. we are working to help to clean

reporter: the riviera motel is where 17-year-old eve tarmey died of a fentanyl overdose last month. and today the third person charged in connection to her death faced a judge. 31-year-old leslie eberly is charged with drug conspiracy for allegedly driving to massachusetts to buy heroin. she is also charged with supplying a codefendant with that fentanyl that police say he gave to tarmey, resulting in her deadly overdose. the two other people charged in this case are tarmey's mother and her mother's boyfriend. tom: lawmakers were back at work at the state house for a special session focused squarely on the heroin and addiction crisis in new hampshire. it only lasted a couple of hours, but the house and senate did what they set out to do. josh mcelveen explains what that was. josh: this epidemic has already claimed hundreds of lives and impacted thousands of families in new hampshire, that's why today lawmakers okayed the creation of a special task force that will spend the next few weeks fast tracking bills

focused on areas ranging from treatment to drug courts. in theory will be passed into law as early as january. with lawmakers back at work and with a singular focus, governor hassan got the special session she wanted. but it wasn't long before the accusations surfaced. >> she could have had action and money a lot earlier if she had just accepted the first budget. reporter: it's a charge that might have been expected, but with the urgency of the addiction plate in new hampshire, finger pointing was limited. and the house passed the task force bill over in the senate. >> the community of manchester has suffered more than any community in the state of new hampshire, any community. reporter: with house members looking on, the senate wasted little time moving forward. so now a bipartisan task force will spend the next six weeks writing and vetting substance

abuse initiatives to be ready to go in january. governor hassan hopes that will include money for alternative sentencing programs found in statewide drug courts. >> one of by hopes from this special session is that as legislators from both parties learn more and more about the potential of drug courts, that they will consider making a relatively modest investment. >> i think the from politics needs to stay out of of this process, we need to vet things properly and do it as quickly as possible. that's what the task force should be all about. josh: if the task force itself is made of 26 lawmakers during the coming weeks we'll break into smaller groups for a thorough review of the substance abuse initiatives. once that's complete the group will make recommendations, and barring setbacks the governor could be signing bills into law right after the first of the year. josh mcelveen, wmur news 9. tom: thank you. next at 6:00. >> when i was going back out to try to make sure everybody was

out there was a family at the third floor and they just handed me one of their kids. jennifer: you'll hear more from a man who helped an officer make sure everyone was out of this manchester apartment building after it caught fire. mike: it's weather wednesday, we're at the tree farm in gilford. >> it's one big game for the u.n.h. football team, win and they're in the playoffs, lose

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opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. tom: a manchester mother is thankful to a good samaritan who saved their children from their burning apartment. jennifer: the building caught fire around one in the morning. fire investigators say it was a cigarette that sparked it.

heather hamel reports that a man driving by saw shows flames and did not hesitate to help. >> it's gone, there's nothing in there. reporter: but nicole knows it could have been a lot worse. her five and one-year-old boys were asleep in the farmt when fire broke out. had it not been for a complete stranger she may have lost them. >> that's all i can say is like thank you for helping me and my babies. >> i was driving by, had been visiting a friend, it was a little after 1:00 and i saw some flames coming out of the third floor. report he didn't hesitate, he says he jumped out of his car, he and another man started pounding on doors, waking people up. >> when i was going back up to try and make sure everybody was out, there was a family at the third floor and they just handed me one of their kids, so i ran down the stairs with the one and then went back up and they handed me the second one while they were trying to get some belongings, i think. reporter: nicole was at work, her kids were home with a boyfriend and friend.

a police officer helped them out. >> they got out okay and next thing you know, they turned around and -- it was a close call. reporter: all her belongings were lost and one of her cats is still missing. she's staying with family as she tries to pick up the pieces, but is so grateful that all of her loved ones are safe. >> it could have gone in so many other ways, and i think it's really fortunate that, i'm a dad and i can't imagine what it would be like to lose my children, so it was a blessing for me to be there. reporter: heather hamel, wmur news 9. tom: we had another beautiful sunny day today. hayley: yes, this is it though for the next couple days. we need the rain, so it's kind a

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tom: it's almost go time for holiday decorations. jennifer: don't you love it? many families make this an annual tradition, picking out their christmas tree from the same place year after year. so on this weather wednesday, we sent chief meteorologist mike haddad out to gilford to find his. mike: yes, can't believe it's already that time of year. we got a pretty nice one standing here, and looks like the season is going to be a freight one start --

a great one. tell us, we're right off belknap mountain road in bill -- gill information. >> we're open every weekend including friday at thanksgiving and we've got a lot of trees total. mike: some of the proceeds from the sales goes to what? >> lakes region conservation trust. they're an important conservation group, preserving environmentally important land. and we make a donation of $10 per member of that organization that buy is a tree here. mike: all of these trees on this property are on a property that has some pretty interesting history related to skiing. tell us about that. >> right. this is the site of the very first ski lift in new hampshire,

with a 900-foot elevation gain, if you can imagine riding that. mike: i was just thinking of all the trees and snow and skiing, wish you a great season. >> thank you, this is fun. mike: all right, al. have a great season. weather wise we're looking for a little snow, ski tow, skiing, i know there's some on mount washington do. we have any in our near future, haley? hayley: a lot of people are asking that, they want the snow. some of us might get a glimpse saturday. a mix of sun and clouds for the concord christmas parade and the tree festival. then on sunday that's when we may see a few flurries parsing through. it will be cold enough in the morning hours, especially in the hyper elevations and northern new hampshire to get a little snow. the southern part of the state just a few flurries flying around. this morning was cold.

it was a hard frost across the area, 12 degrees was the lowest temperature we could find, that was in berlin. but look at this, a record low temperature in portsmouth, you got to 23 degrees. the old report was in the mid 20's. so this was some cold stuff. even for november standards, especially up north with the temperatures in the low teens. here's where we stand right now. look at berlin now, it's only 29 degrees. already the temperatures dropping very quickly. 30 in whitefield, 36 in laconia, 41 concord, a chilly evening if you're heading out to any type of kid events at the schools or sports. you'll want to bundle up for sure. the good thing is it's not going to get as cold tonight and the reason, clouds, they're on their way, and as soon as we start to have the clouds overhead that will limit how cold the temperatures can really get. in the meantime a cold front is on the way, this is going to bring us some beneficial rain in fact in the southeastern corner of the state right at the seacoast, we're still

technically in a moderate drought, so this is going to help with a good half to an inch of rainfall as we go through the next 24 hours or so. overnight tonight the clouds are going to arrive. tomorrow morning should be dry for the commute and for the bus stop. but it will be cloudy, then watch what happens, after lunch time is when we'll have the steadiest heaviest rain rolling through. so you'll need the windshield wipers on your way home tomorrow night and then on friday morning there may be scattered showers lingering, particularly in the eastern half of the state before this whole thing finally pulls away. so the first half of the weekend looks sunny. increasing cloud tonight, not as cold, 20's up for, 30's in the southern part of the state. wind should be calm for your thursday. 40's up north, 50s from concord to man kearse, salem 52. looking ahead here, we'll have rain showers late tomorrow, early friday, then clearing out. over the weekend some cooler temperatures, highs only in the 40's, that's why we have the

chance for some of that snow coming through on sunday. in terms of the timing looks like it would be in the morning and then otherwise just a cloudy day with a few scattered showers,2whether they be snow or rain, really depend on your elevation. but looks like we will have them even lingering into the afternoon and evening next week, for holiday travel everything looks good so far. >> the manchester monarchs on education day, kevin was there and we'll go to u.n.h. football

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>> good matchup in boston tonight. celtics are won three freight, mavericks have won four in a row. boston doing it with offense, dallas with defense. a lot of kid in the crowd for education day. it was a flurry up front. wmur's kevin scarupa at the game, he did a weather quiz with the kids, a dance contest, a thing called family feud. el myra wins 2-1.

another d1 signing, salem's jake papalardo will play hockey in maine. u.n.h. football practice, they have a big one in maine saturday. they have made the playoff eleven straight years, if they beat maine that streak likely goes to 12. but a loss and the season will be over. so if you want sun incentive to win, there it is. >> i'm not worried about that, we've just got to win the game. this is all in everybody else's hands right now, nothing to do with what we do. we just have to win the football game and figure out what happens after that. >> the tradition of this program has been something that has been a strong point for us, and i think it might be tough to keep us out if we get the win, so we'll see. >> check out the exeter blue hawks today. ready to take on number one goffstown for the d1 football tight sunday night at u.n.h. we were at practice this afternoon. talk about a study in contrasts, it's the ball control, steady, tough, defensive exeter against the high flying attack of the

grizzlies high octane attack. blue hawks won the title in 2011 and 2012. >> we're excited to be at the championship game, they have a lot of weapons, we played them last year, very very good team. a lot of respect. we're looking forward to putting our best foot forward on sunday night. >> i'm so excited to play them, we had them last year and nay get the better of us. so to have another chance to play them is really exciting, especially for the championship game. >> sunday michigan and penn state, then a monster matchup at 3:30, another one at 8:00, big time football here on wmur on saturday. tom: if you need a new way to celebrate thanksgiving this year what about a trip for volunteering to serve others, we have some creative ideas. jennifer: are you looking for a black friday discount? find the best and the worst places to shop, right on wmur.com. tom: tune in for "new hampshire

the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future

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