sean: drones are growing in popularity, but there are a few things you need to know before the airport. erin: police in pelham say this man has been keeping them busy for years. kevin: some lighter showers out there to start the day. we will talk about yet another warming trend. sean: flames ripped through popular and historic restaurant in downtown portsmouth yesterday, sending shockwaves through the neighborhood. >> no one covers new hampshire

erin: good morning. i' m erin fehlau. sean: i' m sean mcdonald. a little bit of rainfall overnight. still pretty mild. kevin: it most certainly is. this is the beginning of another warming trend that goes through monday. we start off with scattered shower activity. there are going to be somewhat highways. up north, temperatures are near the freezing mark. until lunchtime, there could be freezing drizzle in a couple northern spots. 25 atop mount washington. s s. much more on your forecast let' s take a look at your thursday morning ride. we' re joined live by 95.7 wzid'

deb: good morning. right now, 93 is a good ride through the state of new hampshire. the roads are wet. we do need to watch for some icy spots. 293 is moving well down into manchester. the everett turnpike, 101, and 111 are moving well. all major roads in massachusetts are up to speed. this report being brought to you by peters honda, kia, and nissan of nashua. from the wzid traffic network, i' m deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: we start with breaking news from the town of unity where firefighters are battling a two-alarm house fire on unity springs road.

recreational drones are quickly growing in popularity and are proving to be one of the most year. erin: with that in mind, the manchester-boston regional airport is introducing a new policy. ray: under the new advisory roles, which were issued yesterday, anyone who wants to fly an unmanned aircraft within five miles of the airport must contact the air traffic control tower, and file a plan, including out the dude. the deputy director said there has not been any issues yet, but as many as a million new recreational drones will come into use this year. there should not be anything controversial and local drone operators seem to be happy.

word out that if you are operating within five miles of the airport, you need to get permission from the air traffic control tower to operate. ray: airport officials say the advisory will go into effect immediately. if air traffic controllers do not like the flight plan, they will try to work things out. if they can' t, they will call law-enforcement. erin: thank you. cleanup efforts are underway destroyed a popular restaurant in downtown portsmouth. the fire broke out inside the gaslight and burned for hours. neighboring businesses are concerned for the restaurant' employees. >> i have a friend who works m concerned for him and for everyone -- it is a few weeks

too bad that people will be out of work for a while. >> we are glad nobody got hurt, but a lot of people have jobs there. people are going to be working for a way to fill that gap. erin: investigators have not released a cause, but they say it is not suspicious. sean: paypal amanda will face charges in connection with a series of crimes. 43-year-old ronald szettella was arrested yesterday. officers say he called in a bomb threat to the hell am elementary school in september 20 -- tell pelham -- pelham elementary school in september 2013. he will likely be charged in salem in two armed robberies.

cornish has been found not guilty of negligent homicide area -- homicide. kyle whitty was accused of running a red light and brought citing a minivan that killed 60-year-old elizabeth mcquinn. a former camp counselor will spend the next 2-6 years behind bars after pleading guilty to sexual assault involving a 15-year-old boy. he met the teen at a camp in hillsboro. david johansen faces similar charges in massachusetts. sean: a former employee of the conway area humane society is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from her employer. constance harger allegedly used a credit card to pay for

phone. she also used a checking account for cash withdrawals. the total amount stolen could reach as high as $38,000. the man accused of prompting and amber alert in somersworth in july is due in court. jeremiah grant took his s mother. it is unclear when he will return. erin: we are learning new details about the couple who launched the deadly attack in san bernardino. the fbi says they had been radicalized long before they met and their marriage may have been a cover for jihad. lana: the fbi is investigating whether the marriage between the two san bernardino killers was just a cover-up for a long planned jihad. they' re also continuing their investigation into the role of

>> the investigation indicates that they were radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online. lana: fbi director james comey said they were talking about jihad in 2013 before they were married, raising new fears about whether terrorist matchmakers that figured out a way to gain access to the u.s. the investigation is also looking at a san bernardino area high school. just how difficult is it to unravel those encrypted messages? the fbi says they are still trying to decipher messages from a terrorist plot foiled in may. sean: still to come, changes are

the new safety measures that will be in place next year. erin: it is a major breakthrough. the first test to puppies -- test tube puppies in the world.

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ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. kevin: we start out with scattered showers making their way through the area. we are looking at the potential for a couple of mixed showers. beyond that, rain showers should be drying out by lunchtime. erin: thank you so much. changes are coming to fenway park aimed at improving safety for the fans. sean: when the red sox take the field in 2016, there will be extra netting in place shielding all field level seats within 70

the move is welcome news for a woman hit by a foul ball back in july. >> to know that they are already taking steps -- i' m proud and i' m impressed. it is a smart move. don' t wait until it is a worse injury. sean: it can be dangerous. the home opener is set for monday, april 11. erin: the state fish and game commission has approved initial rules to govern a possible bobcat season. the state band bobcat hunting back in 1989 when the population dropped below 200, but experts think it may be as high as 2200. sean: a big thank you to the students up at bow high school. i got to mc there poetry out

the winner goes to the states and possibly to the national competition in washington dc. erin: very cool. coming up, dozens of jobs are coming to the city of manchester thanks to a high-tech company that continues to grow. sean: some changes are coming to the oldest ski people are working harder than ever, but the everyday cost of perscriptions, child care, or even just buying groceries can be a stretch for too many families. hillary's plan: raise the get equal pay for women, cut taxes for the middle class, and new incentives for business to share profits with employees instead of just rewarding ceos. those at the top are doing just it's your family that needs a raise. i'm hillary clinton, and i

sean: a hound in ithaca, new puppies. these are the first ever conceived in a test tube. they are all a few months old and healthy. researchers say in vitro fertilization could have great benefits for the health of pet. >> it opens up the possibility that we could identify certain

replace them with a good copy before the dogs are even born. instead of trying to cure disease, we can prevent it from happening area sean: amazing stuff. although one of the puppies has been adopted. erin: they are super cute. a high-tech company is adding jobs in manchester. retrieved technologies will add 50-80 jobs in 2016. the company helps businesses share information. >> it is an exciting time. we had less than 10 people last summer. in the last 100 days, we have added 30 people and we have just moved into this beautiful 10,000 square foot space. erin: the high-tech sector accounts for about 10% of new hampshire' s gdp.

student loan company is under investigation. tonight, we investigate whether there have been any problems in new hampshire. the attorney general' s office has received complaints about navient. >> we are not people' s advocates, but we enforce the consumer protection act and some of the complaints lead to us taking some enforcement actions against businesses doing things they should not be doing. sean: we will look at how people can financially plan for college tonight at 11:00. the abenaki ski area in wolfeboro is one of the 10 oldest in the u.s. crews are putting the finishing touches on a new lodge. the lodge includes a stone fireplace, kitchen, brick oven,

lots of cool events going on. erin: now we just need some snow. right? [laughter] kevin: the last two weeks -- i will tell you -- hundreds upon hundreds of questions on when it will snow. erin: and we are getting rain this morning. kevin: it is just the way it is. we start off with rain shower ready. there could be sleet occurring atop mount washington. remaining mild tomorrow and through the weekend. by later this afternoon, temperatures in the 40' s up north, lower and mid 50' s for the rest of the state. we do have a stretch of time

a lot of clouds linger around and a light southerly breeze into the afternoon. we will have a chance of a shower early tomorrow morning. we are looking at an increase in clouds on saturday. nothing terribly -- this eventually comes through by midmorning. as all this moves through, we are eventually left with clouds behind it. we start off in the low and mid 40' s this morning. you will notice plenty of milder air back out to our south and west. highs ranging anywhere from as cool as 42 in the north country

you get into franklin, bristol, you may only be 43-44 degrees later today. around 50 degrees. some fog tomorrow. early in the day. we will remain mild into the in the 50' s over the weekend. we will have partly to mostly sunny skies on saturday and increasing clouds and wind on sunday. that system that arrives will be plenty warm. there is a look at your extended forecast. a pretty good weekend if you are going to be outdoors. we can' t rely passing shower on saturday or sunday.

rain will be later on monday and into monday evening. clearing on tuesday. the temperatures are not all that cold behind that system. sean: it has been an on december. erin: strange. we want to check out top stories. ray: officials are expecting more than a million recreational drones to come into use this year across the country. those operators will have to abide by some new rules under an advisory adopted by yesterday. anyone who wants to operate an unmanned aircraft within five miles of the year or must contact the air traffic control tower. erin: a pelham man is due in court today. 43-year-old ronald szettella is responsible for a pair of armed robberies and a bomb threat to an elementary school over the last three years.

four alarm fire destroyed the gas light as businesses were starting to open yesterday. sean: coming up, who will live longer?

erin: researchers in england say it appears that grumpy people live just as long as happy people despite previous studies that suggest otherwise. cause unhappiness, but not the other way around. the results are based on questionnaires from 700,000 british women.

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>> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 daybreak. sean: welcome back. good morning. it is thursday, december 10. a lot warmer than you would normally expect this time of year. we had a little bit of rainfall overnight. erin: we are going to take a look at the roads after our top stories. manchester-boston regional airport issuing a new policy regarding drones within five miles of the airport. a man in keene is expected to be arraigned on animal cruelty charges. the new hampshire supreme court says it will hear the appeal of

18-year-old woman for decades ago. sean: a mild start to our day, i guess. kevin: that leads us to shower activity in the form of rain. you will want to factor in a few extra minutes early on. the ons that, we will see temperatures which start the day -- beyond that, we will see temperatures which start the day and move into the 40' s and 50' s this afternoon. handy today. this is a live look at i-93. pretty sparse out there. kevin: yes. for a look at the morning drive, wzid' s deb davidson. deb: that sparsity is making for

93 is moving well through the entire state. on 293, we are not seeing any delays. all other major roads in new hampshire are up to speed. if you are commuting into boston, we are not seeing any delays. this report is being brought to you by peter' s honda, and kia of nashua. from the wzid traffic network, i' m deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. erin: we are following breaking news out of unity. firefighters are battling a fire at a home on unity springs road. sean: the flames broke out this morning. fire started. erin: with recreational drones flying off the shelves is a popular holiday gift, the manchester-boston regional

sean: explaining why some drone operators will soon be making phone calls to air traffic control. ray: this is just the leading edge in what could be a number of new regulations regarding the use of drones. airport officials say they just want to be more proactive. the rise of drone photography has given everyone a fresh look. joseph st. pierre uses the drone to capture stunning images. he called off the shoot because control.

tower, but there was no way to communicate with them. there was no way to reach them. ray: at manchester-boston regional airport, they are aiming to solve that problem. it want to require all drone operators to contact the tower before flying. >> we want to know who you are and where you are. from all reports, we are hearing more than a million new aircraft may be coming onto the market this year. >> we have people we can call, which will make our jobs easier. ray: if the tower does not like

work things out. they will contact law enforcement if necessary. sean: republican presidential hopeful carly fiorina continues her campaign through new hampshire today. she held to townhall' s in lebanon yesterday. more than 150 people packed the townhall to hear her speak. she mapped out her blueprint for america' s success. she also talked about her views on planned parenthood, which some people did not agree with. >> as a woman, i' m extremely concerned about your views on the planned parenthood organization. >> i care deeply about women' s health. let' s make sure women' s health has sufficient funding, but planned parenthood has become a political operation, so we up to be honest about that.

it will not be in my budget. sean: she will be making stops in concord, bedford, and derry, as well. donald trump will be in portsmouth today. john kasich will be in manchester and merrimack. lindsey graham will attend events, as well. erin: a new poll shows that bernie sanders is leading the pack among democratic candidates in new hampshire. sanders holds a 10-point lead o' traction. 55% of voters are still undecided according to this poll. wmur political reporter john distaso takes a deep look into our presidential polls and the challenges facing the front runners. two more gop candidates have agreed to attend a major

between kelly ayotte and maggie hassan. sean: the man accused of kicking is expected to make a court appearance today. the 17-year-old dog after it wandered into his yard in keene. the dog died after being kicked one time. the man will be arraigned today on an animal cruelty charge. erin: the state supreme court will hear an appeal of a 1971 murder conviction. 77-year-old robert breest was found guilty of killing 18-year-old susan randall by beating her and frozen -- throwing her body into the frozen merrimack river. he says he was wrongly convicted . his lawyers say new dna test results could lead to reasonable doubt, meaning he could be found not guilty if a new trial were

sean: two people are facing felony charges for stealing $65,000 from a home in bartlett. daniel lennon and his girlfriend jodi zangari broke into the house last week. erin: the new hampshire attorney general says the drug dealers who sell deadly doses of heroin or fentanyl should face charges. a handful of cases have already been prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but law enforcement across the state are working to make that happen regularly. >> overdose scenes are not thought of his crime scenes, but they are crime scenes. there are enhanced ways to track whether the person, where they got the drugs, did they know

erin: a new drug prosecutor was also discussed to help carry the increasing caseload. sean: six students in bristol had to be treated yesterday after an in and it involving mace at their school. a student accidentally set off a can of mace at lunchtime. all of the students were treated on scene. erin: a local school district planning committee is looking into tried to withdraw from its current districts. voters in cornish approved the creation of a committee on better controlling the school' s budget. the essay you planning committee -- sau planning committee will decide today whether to come --

sean: coming up, a first grader goes on a frightening ride. a six-year-old suffered injuries after being dragged by her school bus for nearly a mile. erin: a harsh punishment at a school in tennessee. kevin: some showers out there early this morning, but

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kevin: we start off with scattered showers making their way through. temperatures are in the mid and upper 30' s. there could be scattered rain shower activity which dries up by lunchtime. we will talk about the warming trend in your weekend forecast coming up. erin: the man accused of opening fire at a planned parenthood in colorado last month made a court appearance yesterday. prosecutors filed 179 charges

he made a series of outburst, at one point shouting, "i am guilty, i' m a warrior for the babies." >> kill the babies. that' s what planned parenthood does. atrocities. that what they want to seal. erin: the public defender told the judge that he wants evidence handed over to address his client' s mental illness. he could face the death penalty of convicted. sean: a close call in north carolina. a six-year-old girl was dragged by her school bus. she was getting off the bus when the driver closed the door on her arm. she managed to hang on with her arm stuck in the door and her feet dragging on the ground for nearly a mile. her parents say they were

less of her body stuck in the door. >> that is the only way she was able to go along. if it was just her hand, i' m sure she would have slipped. sean: she fell out when the 78-year-old driver opened the door at the next stop. the driver has resigned. erin: president obama is expected to sign into legislation revisions to the no child left behind act. state and local officials will have greater power in how to respond to underachieving schools and teacher evaluations will no longer be tied to his putin test scores. a high school in tennessee was sent to jail for wearing his pants too low. he had to serve 48 hours behind bars after his school resource

indecent exposure for wearing sagging pants. many feel that the punishment was way too harsh. >> i didn' t know what else to do. >> i didn' t think it was necessary to go to jail. erin: it is not clear why the students were charged with indecent exposure. under tennessee law, saggy pants do not contact --apply is decent exposure. sean: the bruins face to their old-time rivals, the canadians. the assistant captain went out after a collision. he later returned to the bench. montre al was leaving 1-0 one loui eriksson found the net while crashing into the boards. 42 seconds later, the bruins scored again. they went on to win the game 3-1.

the monarchs won it, 3-2. manchester plays tomorrow night. the celtics host of the chicago bulls last night. the bulls were up at half, but boston managed to close the gap and managed to win 105, 100 1 -- 105-100. sean: a high school basketball player in minnesota through the ball across the court and made it into the basket resulting in a 57-56 win. the coach says he has never seen an ending like this. i love watching these shots. [laughter] erin: wow. sean: you never know. i do this all the time, of course. erin: thankfully, this was caught on video.

school basketball court has been the own thing in the basketball -- like pro basketball. kevin: we start off with what looks like a pretty wet pattern to kick off the day. as we get into the afternoon, we will see the shower activity dry up. the westerly breeze kicks off later today. the system that eventually changes that is all the way out in the pacific northwest and does not get here until monday afternoon, monday night. lighter showers mixing and a little bit of light snow above 5000 feet. back to the west, there is more shower activity that will make its way across the state. the clouds eventually holding through a good part of the afternoon. there could be one or two sunny breaks trying to develop.

some of the sheltered valleys s. parts of the state. we are seeing temperatures drop back from the lower to mid 30' s. high temperatures this afternoon ranging anywhere between 42 in far northern areas of the state and some of these sheltered areas. southern areas will climb all the way to the mid-50' s. we are left with quite a few clouds eventually trying to break apart as the skies tried to brighten a bit. there is that chance of a little bit of drizzle early tomorrow morning that should give way to partial sunshine. it looks like that is where we will be.

s to mid 50' s. sunday will be with a general increase in clouds and an increase in the southwesterly breeze. as i mentioned, that system out in the pacific northwest runs in here with a pretty good rain chance by the time we get into monday afternoon and monday night. certainly, no blast of arctic air behind that any soon. high temperatures today, low and mid 50' s. we go to a cloudy sky and a milder afternoon. tonight, we drop back into the 30' s. there will be 40' s in the southeastern part of the state. we have a shower give way to partial sunshine. from there, we are talking temperatures continuing to warm up. we are talking temperatures in the 50' s back into the 40' s by the time we get into wednesday

sean: the mild weather continues. wmur is hoping you will help those in need once again. the spirit of giving food drive kicks off tomorrow. i will be at the walmart in hooksett tomorrow if you want to come by and a high -- and say hi. erin: with just over two weeks to go before christmas, people lights. look at this. it features more than 40,000 lines. it takes about a month to set up. you can see this display all lit up from 5:00 until 9:30 p.m. sean: these people could fall back on another career, if they want to. [laughter] sean: that looks totally professional.

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>> you are watching wmur news 9 daybreak with erin fehlau, sean mcdonald, and kevin skarupa. now, news 9 continues. sean: apple has announced its 2015. adele' s "25" is the top-selling album. her single "hello" tamed -- came in six. "uptown funk" came in first. erin: all the top ones. safyre terry is being treated at shriners hospital in boston after she was severely burned

her dad and three siblings were killed. sean: her aunt posted a picture on facebook asking for christmas cards for her to hang on a tree. >> she is a normal, healthy kid. she does the trauma. >> she is an engaging kid. she wants to know what is going on. she' s not afraid to ask questions. sean: local motorcycle clubs are raising money to help cover her medical expenses. erin: just wonderful. sean: coming up, fire destroys a popular restaurant in portsmouth. why neighboring businesses are concerned for the employees of the gas light. ray: with recreational drones surging in popularity, we will those who want to fly in your the airport.

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