the continuing search for a motive in the mass shooting. shelley -- >> she was born in pakistan, and american finance a. the spotlight is on the female shooter in this case after we learned she pledged her support at isis. this is our first look at the woman they believe may have been the brains behind the massacre. she and her husband bursting into a conference, firing at least 65 rounds. within moments, the 29-year-old

>> why would she do that? opened fire on police. the question now, did she radicalize him? the fbi says right now, they look like self-starters. >> we have no indication they group or formed part of a cell. reporter: federal agents tore apart the couple' for evidence. inside, remnants of what seems a typical family' s life, dirty dishes, baby toys, diapers, and the crib of their six-month old daughter, now an orphan. >> they just seemed like normal, ordinary people. nice people. reporter: but this inventory lists dozens of boxes of ammunition. twelve pipe bombs were also left behind. farook' s family warns against a rush to judgment. >> every single muslim leader

not a muslim act. reporter: the fbi is now combing through a large trove of evidence. to find out if there are accomplices. brandi hitt, abc news. shelley: we are hearing about this from a man who was shot. -- the family of a woman who was shot. amanda gaspard was shot 3 times in her arm, thigh, and knee and has more than 20 shrapnel wounds elsewhere. in a statement, her parents say she fell to the ground when the shooters came in. she hid under a table, and the shooters stood over her and could have easily shot her in the head. amanda' s parents say she' s in a lot of pain but recovering slowly. tom: the attack in san bernardino has led to an uptick in requests for the expertise of a new hampshire company, which trains people on how to respond to an active shooter situation. wmur' s mike cronin joins us live with how you can protect yourself if faced with a similar situation. mike: everything these men teach

re faced with a dangerous situation and trying to figure out what to do in that moment, you' re more likely to make mistakes. >> this is the safest wall to be on during an incident of workplace violence or active shooter incident. reporter: joseph hileman and his partner are trained for situations like the shooting in san bernardino. >> we bring into our training practical stuff that works anywhere. reporter: the two are on the jaffrey police force and lead a swat team. three years ago they started blue-u defense a company that teaches people how to react and defend themselves during situations of mass violence. in any public place preparation is key. >> success of your decisions comes from making good decisions in fractions of a second. >> so the first thing that we teach is escape. if you can escape and do so safely, you' re going to be better off in every situation is to get out.

s not an option hileman says to lock and barricade yourself in a room. if the shooter gets through. >> we prepare for the battle. and that means getting any weapon of opportunity or any weapon of plan that you have within your office setting. reporter: the weapon could be a fire extinguisher, stapler or even a coffee mug. >> first thing i' m going to see is the muzzle of that gun. i' m gonna grab that gun. now i have control of the gun and i' m gonna follow up with some physical strikes. mike: the pair has trained thousands throughout the country. they tell people to always be ready to do something. >> you have to be mentally these. >> these major incidents that all those people thought the s not going to and therefore, they weren' t prepared. mike: this company is holding seminars next month in if you' d like to learn more visit this story on our website at wmur.com. reporting live the new newsroom, mike cronin. tom: laconia police also offer

active shooter situation. it will offer that class next month, january 12, at 6:00 p.m, it' s free and open to the public. if you' re interested, you can call laconia police at 524-5257. shelley: mourners paid their respects today to the campus police officer who was killed in last week' s shooting at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado. garrett swasey rushed to the clinic to help after a man opened fire. he grew up in melrose, massachusetts and moved to colorado to train as a champion ice dancer. he was married with two children. two other people were killed, and 9 were injured, including five police officers. tom: new hampshire is now on track to have more than 4 00 drug overdose deaths by the end of the year. the chief medical examiner says as of today 319 people in our state have died because of drugs in 2015. 269 of them, or 84%, had some form of opioid or opiate in their system. the me'

likely exceed 400 deaths by december 31' st. police say more charges are possible against a mother accused of crashing her pickup truck in northwood with her two young sons in the back seat. investigators say she had overdosed on drugs. our stephanie woods is live in northwood with the neighbor who rushed in to help. stephanie: police say emmy-lee mcneil overdosed behind the wheel in northwood and crashed her truck in a swamp. a neighbor says that' s when her two sons and husband crawled out of the truck and sought his help. >> you know, you try to spin this into a positive from a family perspective, but at the same time, it' s scary. stephanie: steve mccusker was with his son, backing out of his driveway thursday night when he saw a man run at his car. >> it was surprising. it wasn' t anything that i was ready for right at that moment. but you know, it just felt like

stephanie: mccusker says the man told him that his wife veered off harmony road and crashed their pickup truck into a swampy area. that' s when he says he discovered the man' s 8-year-old son crying by his side. he took the boy inside his house. >> gave him something to eat and drink and got him warm and comfortable. when i got down to the accident scene i found another boy who was the 10-year-old son, waving me down at the side of the road. it' s a pretty dark, narrow, road. it' s not where you want your child to be at that time of night in the dark. reporter: mccusker says he found a woman slumped over the wheel unconscious. >> my attention was to the young boy, to make sure he was ok. so i got him into my truck where it was warm, calmed him down, the entire time i was on the phone with 911. reporter: northwood police and fire rushed to the scene and gave 28-year-old emmy-lee mcneil narcan to revive her. >> it was shortly after they left their residence that the crash occurred, so it' s a short timeline between when we think they took the drugs and when they got in the car, loaded up

drive. stephanie: the former durham deputy fire chief says he' s responded to drug overdoses but never one in his own backyard. >> last night it affected my family. this epidemic all of a sudden, literally came into our living room. stephanie: fortunately no one was injured in the crash and the children are staying with relatives. mcneil was released on p.r. bail . she will be arraigned wednesday. her husband was released from protective custody and could be facing charges. live in northwood, stephanie woods. shelley: tonight family and friends are mourning the manchester woman who was killed by a suspected drunk driver last weekend. a candlelight vigil was held to remember 47-year-old isabel pena-batista at the corner of lake avenue and union street. that' s where the fatal crash happened on sunday. she was laid to rest earlier today.

unfortunately this consequence has hurt us more probably than the individual. and i just want to make sure everybody remembers her as we all do with a big smile on her face and full of life. shelley: police say the driver of the other car alexander burke ran a red light before crashing into an suv and killing the victim. tom: police have arrested a man yesterday. officers say hezekiah mendoza leblanc' s apartment on belmont street. his injuries aren' t life-threatening. police arrested mendoza in providence, rhode island tonight and say they seized seven guns , five of which were stolen from various towns in new hampshire. tonight, state police are looking for the man who robbed the t.d. bank in loudon. troopers say he walked into the bank on route 129 about 5:15 this afternoon, showed a firearm and demanded money. this is a surveillance photo of the suspect. it' s a white man in his mid to late 20' s

and between 140 and 150 pounds. shelley: to commitment 2016 coverage. republican florida senator marco rubio did some christmas shopping in concord tonight. he visited gibson' s bookstore , saying he wanted to bring home something for his kids from the campaign trail. while in the granite state today, rubio also spoke at the seacoast republican women holiday luncheon. tomorrow, fellow republican lindsey graham speaks in manchester. john kasich has town halls in claremont and new london. and democrat bernie sanders has town halls in keene and plymouth. of course, you can find all the details on the candidate tracker on a website, wmur.com. tom: ebay is the latest company to offer more leave to new parents. coming up on news 9 tonight. it' s not just moms who are included in this benefit expansion. shelley: our spirit of giving toy drive launched today and your generosity is already evident. why this cause is so special to

troopers who are donating. >> the skies already clearing across much of the state. more sunshine for the weekend. i will have a full breakdown. tom: now to our ulocal hot shot. this is teddy' s first visit to santa claus. looks like he' s not quite sure what to think. you can submit your pictures and video, and join the thousands of u-local members, by logging onto when they told me that i was diagnosed with cancer, all i could think of was my kids

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tom: an outbreak of e-coli linked to chipotle has expanded to nine states. shelley: the majority of illnesses have been in oregon and washington. the latest cases were reported in illinois, maryland, and pennsylvania. california, minnesota, new york, and ohio have also been affected. the cdc says of the 52 people infected, 47 of them reported eating at a chipotle restaurant the week before the illness started. officials haven' t determined yet what ingredient made the people sick. ebay is adding paid leave for new fathers and offering new mothers more time. weeks of leave at full pay. 12 weeks of parental leave at full pay.

companies that have expanded their parental leave policies, including facebook and amazon. tom: our spirit of giving toy drive is off to a great start, with 5400 toys collected today and nearly $8,000 donated. but toys for tots hopes to collect much more by the end of the weekend. volunteers and members of the u.s. marine corps will be on hand all day tomorrow and sunday in manchester and newington. jennifer crompton shows us today' s donations. >> all weekend long, people are invited to stop here at the crossins in newington, and the toys r us in manchester, and share in the spirit of giving. >> i brought in a hairdryer. football. a pixar game. the doctor said. jennifer: every little bit helps, some come with money in hand, giving what they can,

hugs, handshakes, and smiles not in short supply. >> did you drop off a present? because wide, are we sharing? jennifer: the toys collected will be distributed to children, from infants to seventeen-year-olds, in hopes everyone will have something to open they can call their own. >> at first i thought of getting a toy for a little kid and i thought teenagers don' t always get, so i decided to do a teenager this year. jennifer: at the toys r us in manchester, people dropping off their donations all day long. even a group of new hampshire state troopers hit the aisles for gifts to help a cause close to them. >> a lot of our troopers are former marines, current marines, such as trooper walsh. and our partnership with them is phenomenal, especially back during this time of year for toys for tots. jennifer: back at the crossings,

d collected from school. there' s lots of holiday fun to be had, a free green screen photo booth, courtesy of iheartradio, with volunteer elves of all kinds on scene, as each new, unwrapped toy, helps fill a holiday hope. >> we' re blessed, we have ten grandchildren, two great grandchildren, so we are blessed. it' s good to give. jennifer: so stop by the tent here in the parking lot through sunday night, where the toys for tots boxes, and hearts, are ready to be filled. at the crossings in newington, jennifer crompton, wmur, . tom: there' s still plenty of time to give. we' ll be accepting donations at toys r us in manchester and the crossings in newington all weekend long. shelley: and the weather will be great to get some shopping done.

maybe even pick up a gift for the kids. here is the forecast, if you holiday shopping. things going on in portsmouth and the lakes region. of course north conway. shopping. lots of sun, too. green you at 8:00 a.m.. to joseph, topping 40 degrees. -- temperatures, topping 40 degrees. leaving the malls, 40 degrees at 5:00 in the evening. a nice weekend shaping up. a live look in claremont. christmas lights. a quiet evening. that is going to be key tonight. where the skies are clear, the

look at the in nashua. much colder in the region. the clouds went away. the cold can settle right in. where we have kept them around, temperatures hanging onto the 40' s. warmer. clouds acting like a friend. is most of us will lose the clouds. we will see the temperatures dipping into the 20' s and a lot of spots. 30' s where the clouds stay in place. wind out of the west at five miles per hour. evident on the satellite and radar. we have had a few snow in the highest elevations but look at the clouds in the southern part of state. there are not any. over nashua, completely clear.

kicking out the clouds we have in place. ushering in clear skies as we get to the rest of the weekend. re heading out and doing errands, clouds north. everywhere else, you need your sunglasses and winter coat and you are good to go. skies remain clear. good-looking weekend overall. the 40' s and some spots mid 50' s. sunday, there is a big game in foxborough. maybe you have when to check out the patriots. taking on the patriots. somewhat warm. falling to the 40' s. next week much cooler. small chance of flurries tuesday. showers in the form of rain late in the week career to warm. no threat of snow.

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2-1. after that, brad marchand scores. tied the game at two. right now, a third period and the game-tying 3-3. monarchs home for 3 games with the reading royals this weekend. gets manchester on the board. royals answer on the power play, justin crandall gets the goal, type it had still in the second, one. third for the season. the third period, zac larraza scored the game-winner in the monarchs win 3-2. same two teams saturday at 7:00. unh and maine playing a home and home series this weekend game one in orono.

making it a 2-1 game. 2-2 in the second. brian morgan, that' s his third of the year for the black there' s. they went through a scoreless third and overtime. same two teams and durham. brett patterson' s third period goal lifted dartmouth to a 2-1 win at rpi tonight. the big green are at union college on saturday. high scool hoops started for the girl' s night. opening night. this is campbel playing at bow, falcons in transition, taylor darrell gets it ahead to amanda murray, strong finish for a pair. campbell' s amber gibbons working the baseline at the other end. how about avery lacroix with the cross-over dribble, and she hits the jumper, but bow wins it 54-45.

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shelley: manchester' s palace theater is marking its 100-th season with a holiday classic. tom: a christmas carol opened this morning. the palace opened its doors in fi 1915. i remember it well. the 886-seat theater has seen its share of ups and downs, but is still going strong. supporters say live theater remains an important art form. >> young people especially are being deluged with rock concerts and stuff on the internet.

rock concert and seeing live preformers, there' s nothing like it in the world. tom: seats are still available for a christmas carol. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform

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