adam: now at noon, a rescue search over for a missing concord man. the new developments ahead. a pelham man facing a slew of felony charges in connection to crimes that have spanned for years. one robbery involving a president obama mask. kevin: last of the showers. the start of a warming trend. what that means for the upcoming weekend ahead. adam: santa' s sleigh back in action. the gift giving service in business once more after falling victim to theft. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> no one covers new hampshire like we do.

adam: we begin this noon with breaking news out of concord where an hours' long search for a missing kayaker has just been wrapped up. good afternoon. i' m adam sexton. wmur' s kristen carosa is live in concord where we just learned a sad development. kristen: adam, this search started yesterday at around 3:00 p.m., and as of 11:00 this morning, crews had found the body. let' s show you some video that took place here in concord earlier today. crews started their search wednesday afternoon after they received a report of a missing kayaker on turkey pond in concord. the kayak was located a short time later. it belonged to 68-year-old john stapler. the kayak was found by an employee working at st. paul' s school, which is close by. crews suspended their search last night and resumed this morning just before 9:00 a.m. sgt. hawkes: they went out at 8:40 this morning, we located mr. stapler at around 10:40, so it took about two hours. the new hampshire fish and game dive team located him on the second dive of the day.

obviously, they are distraught as anyone would be. our department, all of our hearts goes out to them. we cannot imagine what they are going through right now. kristen: members of john' s family were here today, and they asked us to respect their privacy. live in concord, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. adam: kristen, thank you. we are also following breaking news out of massachusetts where a red line train with passengers on board traveled several stops without an operator. it happened this morning. you are looking at live pictures right now. the train travelled through multiple stations with passengers on board. the operator got off of the train, and that is when it started to move. no passengers were hurt, and the operator has been treated for non-life-threatening injuries. new this noon, we have learned the cause of the four-alarm fire that destroyed a popular portsmouth restaurant yesterday. officials say the blaze was sparked by a fire in the duct

then spread. the fire broke out inside the portsmouth gas light company as businesses were starting to open yesterday. the building dates back to the 1800' s. no injuries have been reported. a when a woman is charged to this noon with driving the wrong way for almost eckstein miles. state police say they received numerous reports of a car headed northbound in a southbound lane. chelsea cormier drove the wrong way near exit 13 in merrimack. she made all the way to the hooksett tolls plaza before police employed -- deployed spike strips, which hit two of her tires. the 24-year-old has been charged with driving while intoxicated. from a series of robberies one while wearing a president obama mask to a bomb threat, police say a pelham man is facing a slew of felony charges this noon. police arrested 43-year-old ronald szettella yesterday, charging him with crimes that years. wmur'

cracked this case. heather: pelham police say it took a lot of hard work and video. they say szettella had gotten rid of the motorcycle he used the day he called in bomb threat was called into an element or evidence in his house connecting him to the crime and two armed robberies. szettella was arraigned via video at the salem circuit court. police say his most recent crime was in september of this year when he went into the gage hill farm country store wearing a motorcycle helmet and robbed the clerk at gun point. he is also charged with committing an armed robbery at the same store a year earlier. but police say what started it all was a bomb threat called into pelham elementary school in september of 2013. police saying szettella hoped all the kids would be released and he would then be able to spend the day with his children who also go there. >> it really tells us how far someone will go to make a custody arrangement work in their favor, the fact that they

fear that they are placing on an entire community when they are making that phone call. heather: now, he is being held on $250,000 cash-only bail for the palin charge. you may also be charged for a dunkin donuts armed robbery were obama mask. reporting live, heather hamel, wmur news 9. adam: thanks, heather. a rainy start for most areas of the granite state, but the forecast is changing. this is a live look from portsmouth, where temperatures are a little warmer today. meteorologist kevin skarupa has the latest. kevin, will conditions stay this way for the weekend? kevin: this time through, it is more of the same of what we have start of december. temperatures much closer to the average, but we are starting another warming trend across the area. a few breaks as some drier air

now continuing to exit the area. while we run the risk of a passing shower tomorrow morning, a lot of the forecast should be dry heading into the weekend. from there, we are looking out warmer conditions all the way through monday. we will have a look at your weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. adam: thanks, kevin. a warehouse in concord resembled the north pole today as thousands of gifts were sent on their way. it is delivery day for operation santa claus. what started 55 years ago as an effort to bring gifts to children in need in concord, now covers every corner of the state. wmur' s ray brewer was there as the trucks were loaded and began their runs. ray: today is the culmination of a year-long effort by state employees, and despite some well publicized setbacks, today they say makes it all worthwhile. elves wearing national guard uniforms and sporting state employee badges filled trucks with memories to come. linda farrell: every child that we received is going to get christmas presents, and that' s

everybody. ray: throughout the year, case children in need. richard gulla: and we partner that up with members to volunteer to go out and agree to purchase gifts and clothing for these children. ray: every one of these packages comes with a story. for instance this one says "a new single mother caring for her daughter and trying to make a among those helping to load the trucks was governor maggie hassan. this year, thieves stole cards and toys from the warehouse. once word went out, the public rallied, and more than enough money was raised to replace the stolen items. gov. hassan: everybody pitched we are meeting all the needs that we know about through m just very proud of the state employees and the national ray: these packages are being sent to children all over the thanks to the efforts of the volunteers, about 3000 children

christmas. in concord, ray brewer, wmur news 9. adam: an awesome initiative there. there' s still more news ahead on news 9 this noon. coming up, new details in the san bernardino shooting. what the fbi is revealing to lawmakers on capitol hill. sweeping changes to the nation' s public schools. the legislation president obama has just signed into law, rewriting no child left behind. plus, we have money saving tips that will make your wallet happy

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adam: new details this noon about the san bernardino mass shooting. the fbi says the couple who launched the deadly terror attack that occurred one week ago today were radicalized long before they met. right now, federal officials are trying to unlock the secrets encrypted on their phones and other devices. new developments in the race for the white house. gop frontrunner donald trump this morning announced the cancellation of a big trip abroad. this amidst growing criticism about his call to keep muslims from entering the u.s. abc' s kenneth moton is tracking the story. kenneth: donald trump on the rise among gop voters after his polarizing plan to keep muslims from traveling into the u.s. mr. trump: i' m leading every

kenneth: trump is right. a new cbs-"new york times" poll taken before and after his anti-muslim stance shows the republican climbed 13 points since october to 35%. ted cruz is at 16%, ben carson 13%. marco rubio, who' s at 9%, told "gma" trump doesn' t have a chance. sen. rubio: he' s not going to be the nominee, i' m pretty confident of that. so let' s keep moving forward on this campaign where i think we' re going to nominate someone who actually has a chance to win in the general election. kenneth: and on fox' s "o' reilly factor," trump again pushed his religion. mr. trump: this is about security. we can' t allow people to come into this country that are kenneth: but in the wake of the global backlash, trump announced this morning he' s postponing his trip to israel to meet with prime minister benjamin become president."

s making a move to court another minority group -- blacks. the shift comes after trump recently met with a group of black pastors. yahoo! news reports the billionaire has a four-step plan to win 100% of the black vote, incentives, and education into african-american communities. trump grabbed all the headlines s back at it with events in new hampshire. kenneth moton, abc news washington. adam: you' re looking at live pictures of an event in portsmouth where presidential and the graham -- presidential candidate lindsey graham is holding an event. five republican candidates are holding events. for location specifics, check out our candidate tracker at president obama has just signed into law new legislation aimed at overhauling the no child left behind law. the senate overwhelmingly passed the every student succeeds act yesterday. the new measure reduces the federal government' s oversight and gives decision-making power

districts. teacher evaluations will no longer be tied to student performance. the nation' s largest student loan company is under investigation by several government agencies for allegedly overcharging customers. tonight, we investigate whether there have been any problems in the attorney general' s office regarding navient, but it hasn' t it. james boffetti: we' people' s advocates, but we enforce the consumer protection act, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices, and some of those complaints lead to us taking some enforcement action against businesses that are doing things that they shouldn' t be doing. adam: we' ll look at whether it' s an issue in new hampshire and how people can financially plan for college on news 9 tonight at 11:00. kevin skarupa joining us now. we are getting an range of whether or not we can talk about a white christmas. kevin: we are getting in range. there are two or three storm systems down the line.

weekend, which looks very mild. adam: certainly very warm. and the holiday season is here.

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>> now, meteorologist kevin forecast. kevin: temperature is the last couple of days have really felt chilly, even though we have been within a few degrees of where we now we see a warming trend certainly over the next several days. overcast, closer to the shoreline, light, southerly wind. we have a tendency to hold that where it has been. the overcast. you can see out west, visibility much better in claremont, and salem, we saw a few breaks of sunshine. you can see a couple of those breaks trying to develop and especially out west, a little bit of a brighter sky. through the afternoon, clouds activity we had continues to shove away.

the south will continue to reinforce the moisture that we t placed or you can see it is not all clouds back to the west but a few breaks. as the sun goes down late this afternoon, more low clouds and fog formed later on tonight. there could be drizzle around that early tomorrow morning. a temperatures mid 50' s at the coast line, near 50 up-and-down merrimack valley, and in the central valley, around s this afternoon. the centrals valley tends -- the central valley tends to keep that around. in total, we are looking at temperatures running five degrees to 10 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. the next two days for you can west. this continues to make its way

phil back end at some low clouds and fog later on tonight. chance, but there will be a risk breaks tomorrow afternoon as s. over are weekend, the brighter of the two days looks to be saturday. more clouds in our direction out well ahead of the next storm system, so we are not expecting a lot of shower to be around on sunday, but there should be quite a few clouds around. milder temperatures peak on monday ahead of a front that comes through, and it will be one enough by the time he gets here, but that will be in the form of rain. as mentioned, there could be a eventually down the line, one late next week and one somewhere in the early to mid portion of the christmas week itself, so we

amy: hey, everybody, we are talking about saving money during this holiday season, so we have got the extreme coupon professor with us. kim bergeron, thank you so much for being with us. you have got some great ideas p are what should we start with? let' s start with -- kim: let' s start with some toys. look for your prices. i was surprised -- these i got at sam' s club. this will be a fun kid for my niece. i was at the one in manchester, and they were $20. i' m closer to concord, so when i went to concord, i was shocked to see they were only $15. what a big difference. keep your eyes open for that and obviously get the better price, so i am going back to return three of them in manchester. they will not match prices, but that is big savings. amy: surprised to hear a big chain does not press much. kim: i was surprised -- does not price match. kim: i was surprised, too. get your batteries at the dollar store p are i get the high drain

toys, promotes, the dollar store is the way to go. for my older son, this is something i got for him. we are all for hands-free for the phones in the car, so this is a great product. it will plug into charge, and you can carry this with you in the car. it is that best buy, but jabra is a great product. i know a lot of kids like the beats. jabra is a great product, great the beats, too. amy: what is the price on this? kim: anywhere from $50 to $150. this newest one is about 412 $129. for christmas. [laughter] kim: i said the last year we did our christmas party a little

but i could not resist this one. you put your face in there, you push the dial, and you put the whipped cream on it, and the whipped cream hits you in the face. we enjoy each other, we enjoy christmas. yes, you want to find the deals, you can look for them online, my site, check amazon, too. to beat the hustle and bustle, do hannaford to go for your grocery shopping. go on the computer, put your list in, and pick it up, curbside pickup. amy: you have used the service? kim: i love it. amy: and it is free? kim: first time is free, next time is $5 if your groceries are under $130. you. amy: some things are already on clearance, is that right? kim: yes. you may not want to wait until christmas.

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adam: kevin, we have got a warm weekend ahead. kevin: yes, and the mild air continues even behind the storm system. the best chance of rain is later monday or monday night. it does not get that cold the hide it. highs in the mid-upper 40' s, five degrees at 10 degrees above average. we need the cold air before it looks like christmas. adam: it still feels like october. kevin: at this point. adam: starting tonight at 5:00, a new memorial to the youngest victim of the boston marathon bombing. how the city will remember young martin richard. and there'

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