adam: now at noon, the alleged mastermind of the paris terror attacks believed to be dead. how authorities were able to identify him. a plea deal in the case of a manchester man accused of killing his parents and then setting their house on fire. the sentence he would get, plus reaction from the victim' s family. kevin: lots of clouds moving in how much we' on the weekend ahead. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] adam: good afternoon. i' m adam sexton. we are following major developments this noon from france. french prosecutors say that the alleged mastermind of the paris

attacks is confirmed dead. this as more raids are carried out in belgium. abc' s marci gonzalez is live in paris where the state of three months as requested by president francois hollande. marci: good afternoon. police are trying to ratify the woman who blew herself up during yesterday' s rate if you' this investigation is so far from over. his body so riddled with bullets and shrapnel, investigators could only identify him by his fingerprints. the so-called mastermind of the attack here that killed 129 people, abdelhamid abaaoud, killed during this dramatic siege in the suburbs of paris yesterday. abaaoud was a petty criminal police say was also behind other isis plots, including the attempted attack on a paris-bound train earlier this

french authorities thought the 27-year-old was in syria. they' re now looking into how he was able to sneak across borders into france to lead this terror cell that investigators say was planning another attack. >> it is urgent for europe to should come together organized to defend itself from terrorist threat. marci police still searching for : two suspects, including salah abdeslam, believed to be the gunman shown in this disturbing video from the dailymail.com in the surveillance images from inside this cafe , you see the killer shooting his ak-47 from the hip diners ducking for cover and as he takes aim at this woman crouching in fear, abdeslam' s assault rifle seems to jam. that woman and everyone else in the cafe survives. the state of emergency here has now been officially extended for three months as france' s prime minister warned lawmakers today of the possibility here of a chemical attack in belgium. marci gonzalez, abc news, paris.

adam: lawmakers are set to vote screening for refugees coming to the u.s. and president obama is already threatening a veto. the bill is aimed at increasing screening for syrian and iraqi refugees. it would require them to undergo fbi background checks. some democrats say the measure republican leaders insist it' s not a religious test. in commitment 2016, right now republican candidate jeb bush is of state' s office to officially add his name to the new hampshire primary ballot. in about an hour, george pataki will be following suit. dr. ben carson will become the last major presidential candidate to file tomorrow. the filing period closes tomorrow. a plea deal for the man charged with killing his parents and then setting their house on fire. according to court paperwork, matthew dion is set to plead guilty to two counts of second degree murder and a single count of arson. wmur' s ray brewer is live outside the dion' s former home, and ray, dion was also facing additional charges, including

what is going to happen to those? ray: well, adam, under the terms of the plea bargain, all other charges will be dropped. however, a nephew of the murdered couple says this plea bargain does give the family what they were looking for. the notice came in a court filing, matthew dion is parents and set their home on fire. robert and constance dion were killed back in march of 2014, their home set ablaze days the dion' s remaining family says they were consulted on the plea deal. roger mitchell: our biggest concern was making sure that he does not get out of prison, that he would spend the rest of his life in there, which this pretty covers that. ray: under the terms of the plea deal, dion, who is 40-years-old, would be sentenced to two consecutive sentences of 30 years to life. the arson sentence of seven and a half to 15 years would run

concurrent with the other sentences. the murder indictments say that matthew dion did knowingly cause the death of robert dion by strangling him and/or striking him in the head. as for his mother, matthew dion did knowingly cause the death of constance dion by strangling her. roger: we just kind of want to know why. what happened? ray: roger mitchell says the family still doesn' t understand what set his cousin off. that his aunt and uncle had some problems with their adopted son matthew, but they never saw this coming. roger: i know they' ve had their difficulties with him and stuff but never thought something like this would have happened. ray: dion is set to plead guilty on december 3rd. mitchell anticipates the sentencing will provide some comfort to the family. roger: hopefully at least we' ll get answers, and it will just make it easier to understand what happened to them. ray: mitchell says that in the event that their questions are not answered, prosecutors have agreed to sit down with the they can. reporting live in manchester,

adam: ray, thank you. another fugitive is back in custody this noon. mark george was first arrested burglary in kingston but climbed out a window of the police he was later found in massachusetts but then never showed up to court. u.s. marshals finally tracked him down in lawrence, massachusetts. new this noon, senator shaheen is applauding the decision by the u.s. air force to allow the city of portsmouth to lead the design and construction of a system to remove contaminants from water supplied by three wells at pease international tradeport. contaminants were first discovered in the wells in may of 2014, but at this time, it' s have on those who were exposed to them. senator shaheen says this partnership will be critical in restoring the trust in the water supply. turning to the weather, this is a live look from portsmouth where you have got clouds and, you know, gray skies there. kevin skarupa, this is one of the days where we will have rain

kevin: we have the front that will eventually move and later on this afternoon, and the the west with that. grayer. a cooler shades -- a couple of shades cooler as well. you can see a few showers will be roaming through getting into the afternoon, but it is the heavier rainfall organizing a cell south of new york city that eventually rolls its way in here. a couple of downpours, a few spots well over an inch of rain fall out of the system. from there, changes in time for the weekend. we will talk about that with futurecast in a few minutes. adam: thanks, kevin. this noon, a health alert has been issued in rochester. city officials say the rising number of needles being found in public places is causing a serious public health threat. they are urging people to avoid contact with these needles or syringes. if you find one, call police.

an early-morning break-in at a petro mart gas station. when officers arrived they found the glass door to the business smashed. police say that money, cigarettes, and scratch tickets were taken and the suspect or suspects were scared off by the newspaper delivery person. there' s a lot still ahead on news 9, coming up a former subway pitchman learning his sentencing fate. what he learned when he pleaded guilty. it' s a challenge that' s testing smokers worldwide. today is the great american smoke out. and a family favorite that can be used for breakfast or we'

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adam: new developments this noon in the case against a former subway pitchman. jared fogle is scheduled to be sentenced for sex-crimes. today in court, fogle formally plead guilty to the charges. fogle admits to paying for sex with girls as young as 16. prosecutors want the 38-year-old to serve 12 and half years in prison. thousands of airport workers across the country, including in boston, are on strike. they want new contracts providing medical benefits and at least $15 an hour. most of the workers are subcontracted by outside companies to work with airlines

well, today is the great american smokeout. it' s the 38th year in which the american cancer society encourages smokers to kick their habits. about 42 million americans smoke cigarettes, and tobacco-use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the u.s. here in new hampshire, 2015 data shows that coos county has the highest percentage of smokers. followed by sullivan county and strafford county. merrimack county has the lowest percentage. president obama recently told "g.q." magazine that he hasn' t had a cigarette in 5 years. he says he made a promise that once the affordable health act passed, he would never have a cigarette again. the weather phenomenon known as el nio is making a return this winter. the last time new hampshire had a strong el nio winter, this is what we saw, ice and widespread power outages. so could we be in for a repeat of last year' s long winter with more than 100 inches of snow? meteorologist hayley lapoint

tonight on news 9 at 11:00. and without giving anything away, kevin skarupa -- kevin: i was going to do this so i did not have to see it. it is the exact same thing of what is on the screen. no. adam: [laughs] kevin: we are looking at the next couple of days, a warming trend before we cool down. adam: coming up, we' re cooking up a dish with sugar and spice and everything thing nice. this apple dish is certainly something you don' t want to miss. now to our u-local hot shot. this news 9 viewer from hampstead is literally falling into the season. you can submit your pictures and video, and join the thousands of u-local members, by logging onto ulocal.wmur.com. america's never been a country of quitters. it's not who we are. we don't ignore threats

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>> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: it has been a pleasant start to the week. we' ve had a lot of sunshine in the well-documented cloudiest = mont o the year. the cloud computers -- the clouds kept temperatures up overnight. foremost, we are in the upper 40' s to lower 50' s this

the rain shield is moving in. through the afternoon and eventually congeals into one larger batch of rain that will the evening and overnight hours tonight. heavy. the beginnings of though showers, you can see a few wondering through here and there in fits and sports. -- you can see a few wan dering through here and there in fits and spurts. all of this kind of comes up this front as it slowly makes it' s way east. i want you to notice a fairly definitive line between where sunshine is behind it. once the rain ends tomorrow morning, it may just take an hour or two for the sun to come out. 50' s in southern parts of the state. some of the central valleys, the

ones that hang onto the cold air the longest until he breeze picks up, are doing the things they do, and that is staying in the lower 40' s. when you get up north where the elevation is higher, you have the temperatures warmer in the mid-40' s to lower 50' s. temperatures are now the not too bad. we are in a little bit warmer than we were yesterday at this time. the sun is not out, and we a breeze to go along with it. it will be a clutch of milder air that comes in before the colder air gets here tomorrow afternoon. some showers around for the evening. we progress the rain in, heaviest overnight tonight, and very early tomorrow morning. as i mentioned, as the rainfall shuts off, there is the quick clearing that races in behind us, and with the westerly breeze tomorrow, temperatures starting the day in the 40' s to lower 50' s. we' ll had upward through the 50'

from there, we get the clearing skies, partly sunny skies for saturday. after partial sunshine saturday, a weak disturbance sunday. there could be some mixed showers a for southern areas in the state and maybe one hour or two hours of light know for western and northern areas -- light snow for western and northern areas. again, western half, northern half the best chance of seeing that with temperatures a bit cooler. rainfall heavy at times, could be over an inch of rain with a couple rumbles of thunder overnight tonight, wrapping up early tomorrow. clearing thereafter, partly sunny saturday, that weak mixed showers or areas of light s corner. adam: thanks, kevin. cook that is nice and easy on your thanksgiving, how about farm?

diane: it is really -- we have got diane souther here. diane: it is really easy purity like brownies. two cups of flowers, some eggs that have been beaten up -- two cups of flour, some eggs that have been beaten up, a teaspoon of vanilla for flavoring, teaspoon of salt, and what next the so moist isn' t set of the cooking oil, we add a cup of applesauce. stir it up. it is like a thickness almost like a brownie recipe. it stays a little lumpy -- it does not smooth out like a cake recipe. you put diced apples in at the end. keep the knife and chunky. it keeps them moist as well. if you are doing this, you can

this recipe calls for a whole one, which will do a 9x13 pan, nice and deep. pour it in, spread it out, put it in the oven at 350 for about 45 minutes. it is a great go-two recipe. the last minute, if you have not made enough pies, this is something you can pull out and have. it works great as a hostess gifts, also great for brunch and breakfast. adam: do you like anything on top of it? diane: maple syrup, honey, with screen, but it is not needed. this is my mother' s goto recipe, when she needed something to say to the neighbors, this is what she made up. adam: it is a bumper crop for apples this year. diane: we are getting near the end. the farm stand close of the day before thanksgiving, so we are open another week.

we have a lot of wash available to get ready for thanksgiving. well. diane: it is, fresh pressed apple cider, we do not pasteurize it. everybody can still buy local all winter long at farmers markets all over the state. adam: diane souther of apple hill farm. good to see you. you've got to be all in. it's not about yappin'. it's about doing. i know how to do this because i was privileged to serve in florida for eight years. and we turned the systems upside down that weren't working. 1.3 million new jobs were created.

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adam: this week' s adopt a pet is princess, a four-year-old doberman pinscher mix. true to her name, she will curtsy by running around in little circles when you meet her . princess loves to cuddle, has basic obedience skills, and will go to her kennel at bedtime, for more information about princess and other adoptable pets, visit wmur.com/pets. students in jaffrey braved the chilly weather to offer a warm meal for the homeless. the annual turkey trot took place at jaffrey rindge middle school. the kids collected canned goods for homeless shelters and two local food pantries, and running on the momentum of giving, they

ran a 1k cross-country course. the patriots will host the buffalo bills on monday night football next week. and you can watch the game right here on wmur. kickoff is at 8:30. that means "dancing with the stars" moves to metv new hampshire at 8:00. metv is on comcast channel 298, 308, or 945, metrocast channel 299, argent channel 6 or 15, and over the air on 9.2. you can also watch the show on kevin skarupa, we have got thanksgiving a week from today. what is the outlook? kevin: the beginning and middle of next week looks fantastic for us out there. moves through on sunday. that system could have a couple could be a few hours of light snow showers for western and northern areas. rainfall tonight, tomorrow, a rain. quick clearing tomorrow and

cooler air in time for the weekend. i think for the holiday itself, wednesday, thursday, looking really nice. adam: much better than the thanksgiving last year with no power and a lot of snow on the ground. [laughter] thanks, kevin. starting tonight at 5:00, new pressure for airports this winter. how much they could have to pay if snow builds up on runways. and we hear all the time to eat healthy, but the definition of healthy could be different for every person. that does it for us.