mike: we are in somersworth, and this is where his family lives. he was described i his battalion commander as an exceptional leader and an extraordinary man. andrew was 21 years old. he died wednesday at fort stewart in georgia. the army says he was seriously wounded during a live fire exercise and later died from his injuries. he was liked throughout his battalion and his death has affected all of his fellow rangers. he was born in manchester, graduated from dover senior high school, and lived in stratford. he enlisted in the army and 2013 and served one sure and afghanistan. today governor hassan expressed her sympathy. governor hassan: my condolences to corp. -- corporal aimesbury' s family.

man who gave his life to keep the rest of a safe and free. mike: the army says his death is under investigation. mike cronin, wmur news 9. shelley: the debate over the proposed kinder morgan pipeline continues. today hundreds gathered at the state house in protest. kinder morgan says the pipeline that would run through parts of southern new hampshire would decrease electricity costs. but as wmur' s heather hamel explains live, people protesting fear they' d have to foot bill. -- the bill. heather: yes, they came from all walks of life, past and present elected officials, business owners. they say that the kinder morgan type line is bad for the state. speaker after speaker aired concerns. kinder morgan says the pipeline could reduce electric bills by 35% because the natural gas

worry new hampshire ratepayers would have to foot the cost of the pipeline. with concerns so far reaching, they say this cannot be characterized as a not in my back yard issue. >> you would find that basically if a group want something, or recognizes the need for something, but they do not want to locate it near them. but guess what? we don' t need it and we don' t want it anywhere. heather: kinder morgan says we are committed to engaging and demonstrating why it is a necessary project for new hampshire. the governor says it is good people are speaking out and if the company cannot address concerns, the project should not move forward. heather hamel, wmur news 9. tom: a project created by unh marketing majors could be used by the state department to counter the radicalization of young people by extremist groups. wmur' s jennifer crompton is live in our portsmouth bureau, with more on their plan to

jen? jennifer: tom, the state department developed grants for schools around the country to develop anti-extremism medium campaigns -- media campaigns. one group at unh rolled out their campaign to prevent impressionable young people from being radicalized online. they call it the pax pledge, the latin word for peace, also an acronym for people against extremism. it is aimed at the venting young people from being targeted by extremist groups. >> if you have a young person who is not very popular, sitting at the back of the room, they want to become part of something. jennifer: pax gives them that something. students reveal a quarter of

they are lonely and over 90% have been contacted by people they do not know and they do not tell their parents. >> that is terrifying they are being contacted by strangers. some of them are reaching out people. we want to put an end to that. jennifer: using multimedia plan with tools for teachers and parents, a presence on facebook, the web, twitter, and instagram. >> it gives young people an opportunity to join something positive. we give them the pledge. they take the steps to honor that pledge. s really important. jennifer: u.s. senator jeanne shaheen is interested in making sure young people are heard. >> it so important and so smart. jennifer: unh is one of 25 schools in the united states and

take on this challenge. they will all be reviewed and three will get to go to washington to present their plans to the state department. live in portsmouth, jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. tom: well, a week from tomorrow the democratic presidential candidates for president will debate here in new hampshire. shelley: today, the chairwoman of the democratic national committee, debbie wasserman schultz, announced that the dnc will no longer include wmur in the debate due to on-going labor negotiations. in a joint statement, wasserman-schultz, and new chair, raymond buckley, said, in of wmur' s unwillingness to move forward on scheduling negotiations between the hearst corporation and production department employees represented by ibew local 1228 prior to the debate, we will no longer include wmur as a co-sponsor of the debate, and their talent will not be participating in any way.

manager jeff bartlett released a statement saying, needless to say, we' re disappointed that the efforts of the 140 wmur employees in helping organize this debate will now be undone. nevertheless, we' ll continue to cover the debate, and the candidates and campaigns. as for the negotiations with this particular union, we will continue with the policy we' ve followed with the many prior union negotiations we' ve successfully concluded -- to negotiate in good faith, and directly and not through any third parties. to that end, we have a mutually agreed-upon date for another meeting, which has been scheduled and confirmed for some two weeks now. shelley: abc' s democratic presidential debate will still air on wmur. coverage begins next saturday evening at 8:00. tom: our spirit of giving food drive kicked off today and we are collecting donations all weekend long. shelley: this year' s drive benefits the new hampshire food bank. wmur' s stephanie woods is live

you can donate in concord. right. we are kicking off the spirit of giving at shaw' granite stater' more than 11,000 meals, but the need is even greater. that is why mel goslin' s ear bank. >> this is so great. thank you for hosting this. stephanie: we are doing great, but the need is really great in the state. >> that' s right. this time of year is really a challenge. we get donations, but our year and, through march, it is critical to get the pantry stocked as well as the warehouse. stephanie: we just got a very generous donation from shaw' s, $5,000 going to the new hampshire food bank, but there' s another donation in the mix that

we have the $100,000 match opportunity. we just received $5,000 from shaws and we just got a $50,000 gift. we may pull this off before the end of tomorrow. it is terrific. stephanie: for those of you who did not see the previous hits, and anonymous donors said if we raise $100,000, he or she will match it. come out and donate to the spirit of giving food drive. wmur news 9. josh: i' m sure new hampshire -- tom: i' m sure new hampshire will turn out in force. shelley: let' s hear it for that anonymous donor. tom: a high schooler is fighting drug addiction in our state. >> i have a brother who is a drug addict and its not his fault, it' s a disease that can be treated. tom: her brother' s message to teens thinking of using drugs. shelley: and we need your help reaching our goal of $100,000 for the food drive this weekend. coming up, we' re live in nashua

sight. another december weekend with highs along 60 degrees.

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school is raising awareness addiction. mia forrest dedicated her senior project to encourage all to help get the message across s in recovery, shelley: wmur' joins us now with mia' s story. >>mia organize this event on her she says her brother was her

they are speaking out in the hope of saving others. mia forrest is a senior at bow high school and like many, someone affected by drug addiction. mia: when i was younger i remember scary things happening, things. much. >> her brother became addicted to drugs. he was a freshman at the school. mia: it is something that can be fixed with the right treatments. it' s not a character flaw. >> to draw the attention to the drug problem in new hampshire, she held an event. her brother jordan was the guest speaker. >> i am not telling you not to do drugs, but this is what i found to be true. >> jordin' s message is simple.

>> we are talking about a disease of addiction that causes people to rob, cheat, steal, and live. kristen: he says he used marijuana, cocaine, eventually heroin. >> it is teaching from as young as eight and nine years old to say these are choices, and if you see something, say something. kristen: mia is encouraging all students tuesday drug free, like she is planning up doing. mia: i do not want to put my family through this myself through this. kristen: mia also collected toiletries for people battling addiction and recovery centers. she wants to make sure that people know that they care about them. wmur news 9 kristen carosa,. tom: we have a forecast that looks pretty good. chris: we are living in mild times.

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shelley: our spirit of giving food drive is going on all weekend long. tom: it sure is, and as of 4:00 p.m. today, wmur viewers have donated more than 12,000 pounds of food. wmur' s jean mackin is live in

jean: yeah, we got some great news if you minutes ago, someone donated $50,000 toward the 100 thousand dollars challenge from an anonymous donor who will match that. you can also go to hannaford' s across the state, pick up one of these meal boxes. what is in the rocks? >> in the box we have all of the staples of family would need. meals. jean: that is terrific. we have snapped pictures of people who have stopped by to visit us, including nashua firefighters. do you know they donate their own money to put together more than 50 food baskets for families in need in your own community? that is a good reminder all of state of new hampshire and go to more than 400 agencies, and that

will come from. we can put that meal on the table. that is the challenge. thanks, sean, thanks everyone for taking part. back to you in the studio. forecast. chris: it' s not going to be as foggy, but there will be fog out there or is there already is. temperatures in the 30' mid 50' s out of the coast. it is very, very mild for mid december. more clouds after a little bit of break in the action. these clouds over montreal, they will be skimming the north country during the day tomorrow, pretty much in the morning. once the wind starts to pick up, that erodes the fog and low cloudiness. it will be very warm by tomorrow afternoon, especially southern and western areas of new hampshire. we will ride the boundary line between unseasonably cold and

that boundary line sets itself up across central and southern weekend. s talk about the weekend. let' s not get ahead of ourselves . mild, more clearing, patchy fog. i do not believe the fog will be as dense as it was in previous mornings. a bit of a breeze will kick up. most dropping only into the lower 40' s. folks, these are pretty close to our average highs for this time of year. it will be a little bit of snow -- his son, most of it up north. there could be a sprinkle in the morning. it' s going to be mild. you could say, chris, any meteorologist good forecast a temperature spread of 48 to 52. are in the state. s to mid 50' north country. central and eastern new s, and

and west of manchester, nashua, the monadnock region, that is the upper 50' s to mid 60. if we see the sun sooner on saturday, we could be well into the six these. that most likely happening in massachusetts. sunday -- there is going to be a bit of a poll/push coming in from maine. you see maine is nice and clear. that is cooler air. lakes country, 40' s, 50' s. manchester, nashua, especially the monadnock region, you will be cloutier, but warmer air, upper 50' s to near 60 once again. after sunday, we get back to sunshine for monday. we are a little bit cooler. we do get some rain monday night, quite a bit of rain. a quick shot of it. that chips away at the mild weather.

snow in the foothills of the mountains next saturday could be. chances of a white christmas -- there might be a storm by christmas eve. more on that as we get closer. tom: just in time for santa' s sleigh. jason?

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>> now jason king and news nine sports. jason: the patriots offense is getting closer to being scary good again. rob gronkowski returned to the practice field yesterday, and today it was julian edelman. edelman was on the field for the first time since mid-november when he broke a bone in his foot against the giants. according to reports, he still looked a bit gimpy, and could be a couple weeks away from returning to the lineup, but he' s getting closer. edelman definitely won' t play this sunday in houston, while gronkowski is listed as questionable, meaning there' s a 50/50 chance he' ll play. >> at like to be back as soon as i can, but i' m doing it safely and smart. you know. >> it feels good to be back with my teammates. it feels good to be back with them out on the practice field. in other questions, talk to coach belichick. jason: it' s always a great game when the wildcats and big green get together, and it should be no different tonight. unh and dartmouth meet at the whittemore center at 7:30, it'

before the holiday break. >> you can call that like a mini rivalry between the tuesday schools. a do a terrific job with the program. we get bragging rights herein the state of new hampshire. >> the fans are great area they come out and really support the wildcats. again, it will be a fun game for our guys to get out on the surface where we aspire to be. it will give us a chance to play with a really good quality opponent. jason: we will have highlights tonight. and a victim for the celtics is they take on the undefeated golden state warriors. game time is 7:30 p.m. the golden state warriors ralph to the west record in nba history -- are off to the best

>> i know that mini goal you can attained before we can head home. considering it is sinful days, whatever it is. -- 10 full days, whatever it is. jason: we will see. josh: thank you. -- tom: thank you. and we want to remind you to donate to our spirit of giving food drive this weekend. you can drop off food items at any walmart, shaws or hannaford store in new hampshire. shelley: you can also donate online on the new hampshire food bank' s website. or go to wmur.com to find more information about how you can get involved. tom: help us get over the top, new hampshire. we know you do every year. tune in for new hampshire chronicle immediately following world news. we'

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