now wmur news 9 at 5:00. josh: we begin with breaking news right off the top tonight. a major water main break in manchester has closed down two streets. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm josh mcelveen. jennifer: i'm jennifer vaughn. along with the inconvenience of being without water, there is also some concern tonight about damage. josh: shelley walcott is live with the latest details on this break. shelley: take a look behind me and see what it looks like out here, there's still water flowing through the streets, road are shut down and there are crews trying to turn off this water main break. this is the second time in a month that people living near elm and clark streets are dealing with a water main break. this afternoon. a resident called 911 after noticing a stream of water flowing down the street. there was concern for a time that the historic john stark house would be flooded, but manchesters fire chief says the damage there is minimal. the last water main break in

november 14th, about a month blocks away. so far it's not clear what caused either of these breaks. >> we live in a very old city, old pipes, things can happen. water works is working their best to change out these pipes and upgrade the systems. that's as far as i know. shelley: pack out here live, manchester's five cheer says people in in area could be living without water at least until midnight tonight, possibly longer. you can imagine that people living in this area of clark and elm are frustrated. second time in a month that this type of water main break has happened. we'll be here for the rest of the evening. we'll bring you up to date with the latest coming up on live at 6:00. i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. jennifer: now to stunning video out of the queen city where the owner of a corner market brawled with a robbery suspect.

the suspect armed the whole time with a knife. adam sexton is live with the latest on this crime and an attempted robbery that happened just four hours later. reporter: the first incident unfollowed just before 9:00 last night and it happened very quickly. the shawn's corner market was just standing reregister when the suspect ran in. he tries to intercept the criminal with a right cross and from there the two wrestle to the ground. you can see the suspect is holding a knife which appears to be gingerly avoided by both parties. a few hours later on queen city avenue a man walked in and demanded money. the clerk locked herself in an office and called 911 and the suspect left empty handed. it's not clear if there's a link between these two crimes. >> it's unknown if they are connected, but detectives are working on this. reporter: police are not yet sure if there's a connection

anyone with information is urged to contact the manchester police department. jrm the an effort to stem the ongoing heroin problem in new hampshire, several bills have been proposed for fast tracking, aemergency the recommendations, enhanced criminal penalties for illegal dealing of fen that fill fill -- fentanyl. also a recommendation to improve insurance coverage for substance abuse treatment along with annual drug evening indication inside of new hampshire schools and the mandated use of the prescription drug mob forking program for doctors. these bills could be on the governor's desk for her signature by late january. it's worth noting that the recommendations will require additional state money, will not be fast tracked and instead will go through the standard legislative process. jennifer: to the weather now, wind advisories for much of the state have now been canceled. but today's winds have caused scattered power outages. so let's check in with chief meteorologist mike haddad.

mike: the wind is the story and also the mild temperatures what a warm december day out there. take a look at the highs so far today, upper 40's north, mid to upper 50's south. we have seen some gusts to 35 to 40 miles per hour, but not enough to fulfill the criteria for the win advisory, that's why they were dropped earlier today. notice the temperatures still right now on the mild side. although it is cooling down through a good portion of the upper midwest, great lakes and eastern canada. that will be moving on in tonight, into the next couple of days, putting our temperatures a little lower than today. but still above average. notice the wind still busy, from on average about 10 to 15 miles per hour, then the gusts are up to about 20 to 25. notice mount washington is still blowing up to hurricane plus at 102 over 6,000 feet up. it will still be breezy on and off for the evening, as temperatures begin to drop. what about wednesday, and more changes for the end of the week. we'll take a look at the next

what it brings our way in a few minutes. josh: now to commitment 2016 coverage and tonight is the final faceoff of the year for the republican presidential candidates. but this time there's a much different matchup making headlines. brandi hitt is in las vegas where the poll numbers have given momentum to ted cruz. reporter: it's a brand new republican race. senator ted cruz is seeing a surge in the polls, neck and neck with donald trump in iowa. and behind closed doors president. in this audio obtained by the "new york times." >> that's a question of strength, but it's also a question of judgment. reporter: trump whose lead is growing in the national polls now ahead at 38% is also fighting back. >> when you look at the way he's dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a, frankly maniac. reporter: cruz is now next to trump, along with carson whose

numbers have fallen sharply. >> this is a very fluid contest. >> if you look at the poll, the number one issue, terrorism, donald trump plays well to that. reporter: terrorism is expected to be a hot topic tonight with trump's recent controversial proposal. >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. reporter: a new abc news "washington post" poll shows 59% of republicans support a ban on muslim, 38% think it's the wrong thing to do. but among all adults those numbers shift, with 60% thinking it's the wrong thing to do. national security is expected to dominate tonight's debate, since the last republican faceoff there have been deadly attacks in paris and san bernardino. a threat today also shut down all schools in los angeles. brandi hitt, abc news, las vegas. josh: we'll have more on the school threats in los angeles in a few moments. but the democrats debate on saturday here in new hampshire. you can watch that live on wmur and our coverage begins at 8:00.

jennifer: tonight a man convicted in connection to the murder of a new hampshire police officer is back in prison. kevin paul is already on parole when he was arrested on new charges in massachusetts. wmur's andy hershberger is live now with some tough words from today's parole hearing. reporter: prosecutors say the crimes that put kevin paul in prison were very serious and he just doesn't follow the rules when he's let out. prosecutors say with kevin paul was given a second chance at freedom he threw it away and went back to a life of crime. paul was back before the state parole board tuesday, just months after he was released following 17 and a half years in prison charges related to the 1997 murder of a police officer. >> it's clear that you can take him at his word. his words mean nothing and quite frankly it appears that he thinks that your words mean nothing. if you're going to say zero tolerance, with all due respect it has to be zero tolerance.

reporter: paul was just 18 years old when he watched gordon perry shoot and kill police officer jeremy sharon. perry is serving life in prison. paul pleaded guilty to several charges. tuesday a victim's advocate read a letter written by sharon's mother. >> at my first parole hearing that i attended for him he addressed me with a statement of being an innocent by-stander. at jeremy's death. apparently he forgot that he was the one who shot at police as thaw chased him up 93. reporter: the board found that paul violated 10 of 13 conditions of his parole that included drug use and leaving the state without permission. he is also still facing new firearms related charges in superior court. the board revoked paul's parole for two years. >> those are significant offenses that he committed, that's what got him to prison. and given the breaks he's been given, he should do everything possible to stay on the right track, and he hasn't done that. reporter: paul can apply for another parole board hearing

every six months, but there is no guarantee that that will be granted. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jennifer: time to get a look at how traffic is moving, this is 293 in manchester. josh: peggy james has a live look at the road home. peggy: hi, everyone. we were doing pretty well coming up from the massachusetts border on 93 until just recently. you're good from salem up to manchester, but we do have a crash on 93 at exit 6 in manchester. that's in the left lane. so you can expect to start seeing delays on 93 northbound through the city. beyond that 293 is the steady ride, north and southbound. minor slowdowns at the hooksett tolls, then good to the bow junction. on 101 in bedford you're getting heavy through the usual stretch between 114 and wallace road. the everett turnpike extra company through the merrimack stretch northbound and 101 is a good ride to and from the

on the spaulding turnpike. from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. jennifer: up next, two cities respond very differently to the same threat against their schools. we'll tell you what city leaders are saying tonight. josh: a very close call at a hotel, what made a guest so angry he thought it was a good idea to drive into the lobby. mike: sunny wednesday before more changes move in. the forecast coming up. jennifer: a new approach to gun control in the granite state. the coalition getting support from former congresswoman giffords. >> he likes to call his truck the relic. a year ago a 7-pound rock sailed through the wind shield, striking him in the head. coming up you'll meet adam, who

for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control

and for yours. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. josh: a death investigation is under way after the bodies of two children were found inside a storage unit in northern california. police say a third child is a live but has been severely abused and that child was taken into surgery. the children who died were ages 3 and 5.

investigators have not released their names but say they are not siblings. police have made two arrest, a 39-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy. both have been charged with child abuse and torture. jennifer: a california lawmaker on the house intelligence committee says threats made to two of the country's school districts appear to both be hoaxes. in los angeles county, school officials canceled classes after an e-mail threat describing a planned shooting. that city's police chief says the threat was specific about the plans. it also implied that explosive device may be involved. but its response stood in stark contrast to new york, which received the same threat but kept schools open. the mayor there called the e-mail outlandish. but l.a. leaders say they support the district's decision. >> as a parent and as a mayor, certainly i'm here to support this school district as it seeks our help to ensure that we can look at each one of these

campuses and make sure they are safe for all of our children. and an abundance of caution is something that i think all of us who have children appreciate. reporter: this consideration for california, los angeles county is right next to san bernardino county where 14 people were killed in a terror attack earlier this month. also one college in san bernardino county was closed today too because of a bomb threat. and a new terror alert system is expected to be unveiled tomorrow. the color coded system created after 9/11 has been criticized for not being specific enough. the new bulletins are expected to provide a short summary of any threats including the area and potential targets like infrastructure as well as any action being taken to respond to the threat. josh: police say a disgruntled customer intentionally smashed his truck into the lobby of a hotel in oklahoma. the hotel owners say a problem with the man's debit card had him worried about being double

they thought they had worked things out, but he came back later that day and threatened them. >> you walk out of the door and threaten my life, so just you stay here, and i'll roll over you, you stay on the desk and you'll see. josh: a few minutes later the truck was barreling through the lobby, one of the women in that video is the owner's wife, she and the other women do have some bruises but are otherwise okay. jennifer: the southwestern u.s. is shivering tonight after a storm system that dumped up to two feet of snow. it's also sending desert temperatures down below freezing. utah and colorado got the biggest batch of snow, the first major storm of the season. denver's airport canceled hundreds of flights today. salt lake city's airport had already measured more snow than it got all of last winter. and parts of new england do look the way you would expect them to christmas. so let's get a look at the view out of maine at lunch time where

things at a crawl. josh: new hampshire looked a lot like that on this date in 2013 two years ago today. that's when the first significant snowstorm of that season arrived. this year though much of the state still looking at temperatures in the 50's. josh judge has a breakdown of these above average temperatures so far. josh: yes, hard to believe it was just two years ago on this day. this is a photo that i took actually of someone snow blowing their driveway exactly two years ago today on december 15, 2013. then we go to today and there's your high temperature, it's unofficially reaching 57 in concord today, 58 in manchester and portsmouth, amazing stuff. it was windy, but you felt some sunshine and that warmth. the record for today, 60 degrees from back in 2008. we did not reach that. so it can get higher, but not very often. now we're seeing a lot of scenes like this with christmas decorations and no snow for them.

so i thought i'd take a look at the warmest december, we're here on the 15th of december. believe it or not, the warmest can december on record is 1891 with an average temperature of 35.4 and the number 2 is 1881. if you look at this entire list, there's only two months from the 2000's and that was 2001 and 2006. however when you factor in today through the 15th, we are way above that. of course that is so far, this is the warmer half of the month. so we'll have to see if that holds, but right now at least we are way above average, that's for sure. so let's take a look at maybe whether those trends will continue. we can start looking a little bit longer range, mike. mike: looks like even though we cool down in the coming days it will state remain above average. in the lakes region today, clouds and showers moving out early. some partial sunshine again, as josh just talked about,

right now lingering showers up north, then falling in the form of snow in northern parts of maine. there could be a few mixed showers across the mountain tops. then later this evening the showers will come to an end. right now still holding onto 40's to around 50. north and west of the lakes region, upper valley, great north woods, upper 20's atop mount washington. still in the 50's from concord points south and southeast. wind continue to be active out but below wind advisory criteria, so no real threat of go through the night. the winds will die down by early tomorrow morning. overnight, upper 20's north, lower to mid 30's south. very close to normal highs for this time of year as opposed to normal lows, even though it is getting a little cooler. speaking of cooler, take a look, northern tier, now beginning to see the temperatures fall off

and that's being felt through a good portion of the midwest, northern plains, all the way down into a good portion of the rockies. we do get a little cooler over the next couple days but still above average. by friday another surge of warmth before it cools down closer to the average for a change by the weekend. right now showers up north, then later tomorrow night clouds begin to increase with the next system even though it's snowing in the plains states. that will move off to our north and west, and that means more rain versus snow. but early thursday morning, with a little bit of sprinkle activity or a touch of of drizzle and temperatures near freezing, we could see some slick conditions out there, especially in some of the side roads and untreated surface, we'll watch that closely in time. for tonight, clearing skies, again it will be cooling down. overnight up north about mid 20's will do it. 30 to 35 for many and those winds, notice 20 plus in spots early. but then later in the evening and overnight it will drop to five to 10 miles per hour and again the skies will clear, but

the clouds will tend to linger across northern parts of the state. for tomorrow, plenty of sunshine, a little bit breezy, but not nearly as windy as today. still about 10 degrees above average. a little tricky early thursday morning, a slight chance of mixed precipitation in the form of rain or freezing rain, very light, but just a fine mist with temperatures below freezing, could result in some light glazing. we'll be tracking that over the next 24 hours, and then rain showers in the afternoon and at night. friday looks like some partial sun and back into the mid to upper 40's. could be a light mix at the coast that sneaks in early and night. but other than that dry for the weekend, windy, but colder. and that means the snow guns will be blasting 24-7, so get ready for that. josh: thanks, mike. coming up after the break corks a mother's antidepressants autism? a new look at this issue. reporter: i'm sally kidd in washington, a deal to avert a government shutdown could be

finalized tonight. what's in it and will it pass,

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presidents, and a few prime ministers, going back to the 1700's and compared them to the average person of the same age and gender. they published the results in the bmj medical journal. on average world leaders live three fewer years. but other studies have found that u.s. presidents actually live longer. so i don't know. jennifer: one in 10 americans takes them. now a study is suggesting a link between antidepressants in pregnancy and autism in children. but as dr. timothy johnson explains, it might not be the whole story. reporter: pregnancy is a time when women think twice about everything they put into their bodies, and medicine should be no exception. now researchers at the university of montreal are suggesting a possible link between antidepressant use during pregnancy and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders in their subsequent children, looking at a quebec registry of mothers to

researchers found this increased risk was most pronounced in women taking these antidepress an drugs in later pregnancy. but how much does this risk really go up for women in their second and third trimesters, the risk of autism was doubled. but doctors responding to the study are quick to point out that even in these pregnancies, less than two in 100 kids end up with autism spectrum disorders. and for women who are pregnant and need depression treatment, skipping meds can put both them and their babies at risk. in other words, it's a complicated question that needs to be thoroughly discussed between a woman and her doctor. i'm dr. timothy johnson. josh: straight ahead, the former town planner accused of stealing people's identities could avoid jail time if she follows a new agreement. jennifer: and it's not too late to get your packages where they need to be by christmas without paying extra fees.

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josh: former congresswoman gabby giffords helps to launch a new coalition on gun control. we'll tell but the loopholes they've found in new hampshire laws. jennifer: the conductor from that runaway red line train in boston has been suspended, but investigation is far from over. mike: a quiet and cool wednesday follows for tomorrow. a look at when that changes and the next system arrives. josh: this winter should be more affordable for customers of new hampshire's largest utilities. the question is how much will the rates actually drop. josh: tonight a new push to curb gun violence through a change in state law. welcome back. i'm josh mcelveen. jennifer: i'm jennifer vaughn. former congresswoman gabby

kelly were here to kick off a new campaign. reporter: mark kelly says one of the reasons they picked new hampshire to launch this is because of its prominent role in the presidential election process and hopes that candidates in both parties talk about gun violence. now is the time to come together. be responsible. democrats, republicans, everyone. we must never stop fighting. fight fight fight! reporter: former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords who survived being shot and her husband captain mark kill little are urging new hampshire lawmakers to act now, and work to close the loopholes that give the wrong people access to guns. >> under the current law here in new hampshire today, and in most states, domestic abusers and even neil are dangerously mentally ill have the option of buying a gun without first getting a background check. this doesn't make any sense at all. reporter: tuesday they helped launch a bipartisan granite

state coalition for common sense, joining with gun owners, leaders. >> at some point we all have to look in the mirror 'the morning and say are we doing all we can for our constituents. reporter: giffords and kelly also sat down with law enforcement officials to talk about the growing problem, saying change would put everyone on the level playing field and not negatively affect law abiding gun owners. but new hampshire attorney dean, an outspoken gun activityist, says these recommendations aren't the answer. >> all they're doing is quite frankly outlawing or trying to outlaw, law abiding citizens' rights to own guns, because you're not going to stop murderers. murderers will use a different tool. reporter: kelly agrees that it won't stop every criminal, but says it's still a positive step toward keeping guns out of criminal hand. >> right now it is incredibly easy. reporter: this coalition is unique to new hampshire, but kelly and giffords say they hope

heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: before announcing that coalition, mark kelly stopped by the news 9 studios to talk about their efforts on background checks and we also got a chance to talk about his thoughts on the future of space travel. do we get to mars in our lifetime? >> i think the first person to walk on mars is a live today. so for us, i think we will see somebody walk on mars. josh: kelly also talked about the most dangerous moments of his space station missions, you can see all of of it on december december 27. jennifer: a man commercial driver is accused of running a way from a crash, leaving his injured passenger and a dog behind. police say paul cram drove off sandown road in chester right into a tree, they say the crash left another man in the car with a broken arm, broken leg and serious injuries. it also seriously injured a dog that had been in that car. officers arrested cram after

his passenger and the dog are both recovering tonight. josh: the trial of a man accused of trying to kill a woman that he kidnapped is now under way. valentin is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, assault and other charges in connection to the 2013 assault at a salem hotel. valentin was found almost a week later hide going a new york bathroom. and the former plaistow town planner accused of identity fraud and forgery entered a deferred agreement in rockingham county superior court today. lee could more jennifer: late this afternoon jurors found a massachusetts teenager guilty of raping and killing his high school math teacher. during the trial, fill limb chism's attorney admitted the then 14-year-old killed colleen ritzer but said he was suffering from severe mental illness. chism was tried as an adult.

with today's guilty verdict he will be eligible for parole in 15 years. lawyers of the runaway mbta train operator say that he has opinion suspended for 30 days. david vazquez' lawyer confirmed the suspension to our sister station wcvb. his attorney did say no decision has been made over whether or not he should be fired. vazquez left the train in braintree thursday morning to check a problem. the red line train then went through several stops before power was cut. josh: with another threat of a government shutdown looming, congressional negotiators are expected to unveil a trillion dollar spending bill that will fund the government in 2016. sally kidd is in washington with those details. reporter: josh, negotiators have been work, all day to finalize the massive spending bill and the house speaker says it could be filed later this evening. with the clock ticking down to a government shutdown deadline, house speaker ryan says a deal is nearly done.

>> in negotiations like this you win some, you lose some. democrats won some, we won some, we lost some. at the end of the day we're going to get this done. reporter: the $1 trillion spending package is expected to include more money for the defense department, as well as relief from tough caps on spending. >> this doesn't mean negotiators have sur mounded every obstacle. , but it does offer an unmistakable sign of forward momentum. reporter: one sticking point, lifting lifting the 40-year-old ban on u.s. crude oil exports. democrats say they won't support it unless tax breaks for solar and wind energy are renewed. there's also disagreement over permanently extending dozens of other tax breaks that are expiring. >> i will oppose an unpaid for tax extended package like this, should it come to the floor. reporter: senator harry reed says he's not ready to sign off on the deal, a disagreement involving the child tax credit afternoon.

>> they keep trying to throw roadblocks up to prevent these poor people from getting the necessary help they need. reporter: not included in the bill, controversial policy riders involving syrian refugees and planned parenthood funding. sally kidd, wmur news 9. jennifer: one utility has announced a rate cut this winter, we'll tell you how much you'll save when we come back. josh: a lot people are still boxing up their christmas packages, shipping companies say there's still plenty of time to get there by the holiday. mike: quite a few changes over the past 24 hours and more on the way. the forecast coming up.

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jennifer: green is good. everybody up, the dow was up over 156 points, the s&p 500 is up over 21. and the nasdaq is up too, a bit over 43. eversource customers will see their electric bills fall by 5% this winter. jennifer: starting january 1

cents per kilowatt hour. prices typically do change with the season, depending on supply and demand. eversource is new hampshire's largest utility. so pepsi's new vending machines only offer healthy choices for people who would like to have a snack. branded hello goodness these machines offer things like fruit drinks and baked chips including options. information. jennifer: today was the deadline for regular mail service to deliver your holiday packages by christmas eve. but if you're still wrapping there are still plenty of options available. you can always pay extra at the post office for expedited shipping. at fed ex the deadline for standard shipping is tomorrow. and u. much s. says you have until tomorrow for regular delivery to arrive in time for the holidays, so don't panic yet. josh: yes, as long as your mom's birthday isn't december 15th.

still ahead, a family is safe after getting trapped on a snowy mountain.

josh: members of a family who underestimated the power of mother nature are sharing their survival story. when planning a day of fun in the snow they didn't realize how

much snow they'd be deal with. jennifer: neil carolyn ski talked to this family, including two young children who found themselves trapped on a mountain with darkness setting in. reporter: it should have been a fun family day out, it turned into a race for survival. he took his fiancee and two little brothers to a park near mount hood in oregon, looking for the best hill for sledding, but with 44 inches of snow fall over the last week, it became treacherous, jose found his truck stuck on a des oh lat path, his rear wheels soon buried in the four-four deep snow. with snow cell phone service they were stuck, with no way out and no way to communicate. >> it was scary. >> i was just like on and off crying. reporter: with powder up to their chests the group hunkered down in their truck for the night, leaving it running, eating the few snacks they had left, waiting until daylight to venture out.

they would have panicked too. if i was calm, you know, telling them that everything was going to be okay. reporter: fortunately jose's mom posted the group's last known location on facebook. after a few terrifying moments of wading through the heavy white powder looking for any sign of life, jose ran into a group of snowmobilers who ferried his group to safety. >> if it wasn't for them, i don't know, would probably still be out there. reporter: officials say they did all the right things to ensure a happy ending. making the right call by having a planned route, and tell someone where they were traveling. neil carlinski. mike: quite a few change officer the past 24 hours across new hampshire and more to come. we'll eventually cool down, but do we get back to what we call average temperatures. out at the coast today, threatening skies mid morning,

but a lot of dry air building in after the rain last night and early this morning. right now those gusty winds have been active a good part of the day, beginning to relax in a few spots, but still a built breezy in other locales. looking ahead, here we go, clearing and cooler tonight. the clouds may linger in the north country, but for many it's a bright and cool wednesday to follow tomorrow before the next system arrives. that one sneaks in, early, early thursday morning, with a touch of krifl that may fall on cold enough surfaces where it's sub freezing, so you may experience a touch of freezing rain early thursday morning. then it's scattered rain showers late with more rain during the late part of the evening before it dries out again for friday and good part of the weekend. speaking of the weekend, finally seasonable temperatures by saturday and sunday. rain showers across a good portion of the white mountains over the past several hours, lit continue as we go through the next hour or so before diminishing and working off to the south and southeast.

skies may partially clear up north, but a lot of clouds will linger there. elsewhere it's dry and on the mild side. although not as warm as what we had a few hours ago when we top off near 60. right now it's upper 40's and low 50's. cooler in the monadnock region, a good part of that area in the mid to upper 40's, a good portion of the lake sunapee zone, low to mid 40's and lakes region not that bad, upper 40's to around 50. the winter chill seeping in across northern parts of the state where it's 32 in stewartstown and 31 in pittsburgh. eventually it gets cold enough across the north country so snow guns will be blasting tonight into early tomorrow morning. look at future temperatures though, really not all that cold, even though it will be cooler than the past 24 hours. it does dip back into the upper 20's north, but 0 to 35 over central and southern parts of the state. cool air building in, but not arctic cold. still temperatures are running above average.

temperatures, the warmth not too far away. thursday night into friday, a wedge of that will build back at us before much colder air rushes in as we go into the weekend. right now clouds over a good portion of the state, showers up north. they'll all dissipate later this evening and skies will clear in many parts of the state south of the white mountains. a few clouds lingering in the north country. plenty of sun for your wednesday, not nearly as windy as it was today and win gradually subside later on tonight. sunshine for many on thursday, that's not in the cards, because the next storm, even though it will be well off to our west will cause the southeaster lir wind to develop ahead of it. that means low cloud and some drizzle. for the morning commute, could be tricky. you don't see too much here on the radar scopes on future cast, but with temperatures near freezing all it takes is fine mist or drizzle. so we'll have to watch for that closely between now and then. beyond that, thundershowers and rain move in thursday night into early friday morning. dryer air builds in for the rest

of your friday. another weak system may clip the coast with a light mix friday night at this point, odds are about 20%, that's it. a bright and blustery saturday south with snow showers up north a good part of the day and more sun on sunday and early next week. a weak system but mainly rain showers rather than snow. jennifer: thank you. ski bunnies may want to check out a new apartment building that's proposed in kazahkstan. josh: to get slope time, all you have to december head to the roof apparently. the architect designing this building wants to put a 1,000-foot ski slope on top of the 21-story building. he admits the $70 million price tag is high, but says the area has a shortage of facilities for winter sports, so he expects it to be pretty lucrative. we'll see. jamie: i'd be the guy that couldn't stop. for the first time since the playoffs last spring, it's the cleveland cavaliers and boston

7:30 at td garden tonight. that means lebron james is in the building. >> the coach puts his guys in position to succeed every night, both offensively and defensively. so we have to be in tune with the game plan and be very aggressive. jamie: we'll hear more from lebron coming up at 6:00. also a story -- (no audio) josh: a young girl survived a devastating fire. jennifer: after being flooded with her wished for christmas cards, she's on had her way to a very special vacation. tom: minutes away at 6:00 tonight, right now a cleanup is under way after a major water main break just blocks from downtown manchester.

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jennifer: the young arson survivor who made that memorable request for christmas cards got something even better. josh: she is going to disney world.

thanks to the nonprofit baking memories which sells cookies and gives families priceless memories like this. >> one week all expense paid trip to all of the florida amusement parks and they go to the front of every line. josh: the front of every line, that's a score right there. at terry's local post office there were 4,000 parcels delivered to her yesterday from all around the country. that's pretty cool. and a surprise at disney land for a california girl. jennifer: 5-year-old abigail's dad is a marine on deployment, and seeing him again is her biggest christmas wish. >> all i watch for christmas is my daddy to come home. jennifer: so after reading her letter, this disney santa told her to close her eyes and ring a bell for her wish to come true. when she opened her eyes her dad was right there. >> she looked very surprise. >> i'm so happy to see him. >> we got to have a date night

just the two of us which was wonderful, before i had to share him, because i don't think he's going to let go of them now. >> i missed you. jennifer: this was abigail's dad's fifth deployment, yes, his fifth. but the first one for little abigail. and a fitness program in california lets you exercise with your pets and then raise money for a good cause too. josh: pilates for paws lets pet owners use their animals as tools to help them stretch. the creator for the program kathy braidhill says it's just a fresh way to do pilates for people of all skill levels. jennifer: did you know they can use the smaller dogs as a

jennifer: now at 6:00 a major water main break in manchester. homes are flooded and roads are shut down right outside of the downtown. tom: this robber hops the

counter but the clerk wasn't going to hand over the money. mike: a bright and cool wednesday before more changes follow. when the next system arrives and what it brings our way. jennifer: and fighting substance abuse in new hampshire with fast track legislation. the proposal the task force pushed through this afternoon for immediate attention. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 6:00. tom: off the top at 6:00 tonight, these are live pictures of the cleanup under way right now in the city of manchester, after a major water main break. good evening, everyone, i'm tom griffith. jennifer: i'm jennifer vaughn. several streets remain shut down at this hour. shelley walcott is at the scene tonight with a live update. shelley: jen and tom, take a look behind me, you can see the situation that's still fluid out here, so to speak. they are trying to pump water out of the middle of the street it at the corner of elm and