mike: the sanders campaign says party leaders are trying to undermine his run for the white house. out its case. earlier this week, party officials say there was a database breached in a system voters. during that breach, the dnc says staffers from the sanders campaigninappropriate we access s data. the sanders campaign fired its data staffer but in response to the bridge, the party suspended sanders campaign. the lawsuit says without access to that database, the campaign will lose about $600,000 in donations a day. if blames the party for the situation, saying it is the dnc and not the campaign that is in breach of contractual duties. the campaign should not be published -- punished for the carelessness of the dnc. >> individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in

campaign. one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history. >> the dnc has not sent out a specific response to the lawsuit but chair debbie wasserman schultz said earlier today they need to know whether the sanders campaign used any of clinton' s data. she says when we receive this report from the sanders campaign we will make a determination on re-enabling the campaign' s access to the system. the clinton campaign says " we are asking that the sanders campaign and dnc work expeditiously to ensure our data is not in the sanders campaign' s account." we will continue to follow this developing story get tom: democratic candidates will be on the stage for the last democratic debate of the season. josh joins us now with a look at the campus transformation at

josh: with upward of 1000 people expected to attend tomorrow, it is a tough ticket to five. for the students and faculty, being a part of the process is pretty cool. from the outside, saint anselm college offers the appearance of a tranquil pre-holiday campus. a few yards in, all that changes. media has dissented in you can almost feel the political buzz. >> it is really amazing having the debates on the campus hair is just incredible experience especially for the students that are working with abc and students that will be able to its hands, faculty experts this is exciting and a lot of buzz. josh: crews have been working at a fever pitch. he' s an international student from each of. his school has allowed him to meet everyone from hillary clinton to jeb bush to donald trump. >> i' m not politics major but having this kind of environment makes me more politically engaged.

infection. >> i got into politics when i first came here, actually. yes, i started really following the debate. i' ll be interested to see how it goes. >> my parents are interested in politics in new york. >> are they jealous? >> my mom wishes she could go to the debate. josh: security is tight and will remain that way until saturday. the minor side effect for an opportunity to witness an important part of democracy ahead of the holiday break. >> the students are wrapping up their exams, getting ready for the holidays and here it is -- we have hundreds of reporters, all of this activity around the debate. we are happy it is here. josh: a lot of people think the dnc schedule this debate too early. primary. you can watch it live on wmur wmur.com. after the debate we have news 9

tom: now onto the weather. we are talking about snow in the forecast. it is finally some good news for the ski areas. jennifer: it is going to feel more like december. finally. especially up north. mike haddad explains what to expect. mike: tumbling temperatures and a bit of snow will fall up north. quiet now. ray showers have scooted along the coast entered portions-of the merrimack valley this afternoon. - rain showers. it is all white to the west. have a lake-effect snow' s on the order of one to two feet in a few spots. some of those lake affect danced to scoot into southern new hampshire tomorrow but most of the snow over the weekend will be up north. upper 30' s and lower 40' s south and a lot of cold air sitting back in the great lakes and all the way into a good portion of the midwest. that is the air mass that told in for the weekend putting temperatures back to average. how much longer will that last and when can it warm up again?

tom: new development about the man accused of giving a fatal dose of heroin through a rochester teenager. court documents show he was working as a confidential government informant at the time. the paperwork submitted as part of a separate drug case shows that mark ross was paid by the dea three times between march 2014 and october 2015 when the agency learned of his involvement in eve -- death. ross elicit a rochester man to sell heroin to an undercover agent three times after the pair drug. including eve' s mother, charged in connection to the 17-year-old ' motel in october. police came he gave her heroin ultimately killed her. they ultimately' say he waited an hour and a half to call for help he removed nd

a plain feel pulsed were facing a charge after police say she was caught on camera opening mail and pocketin cash. jennifer: kim smith worked at the post office. complaints from residents about mail tampering go back to august. reporter: the police chief worries that the victim list could expand. it soon as the story got out, he was flooded with phone calls from people saying their family and friends never received the gifts they had sent. >> when i think of stealing money from kids in christmas and birthday cards, i see nothing but evil. reporter: the police chief says that appears to what is happening in this video. it led to the arrest of 50-year-old kim smith. >> people are wonderful in this little town. you assume that is the way it is going to be. reporter: resident started tampered with. the post office.

>> them and she put some on the in pulling out individual pieces of mail and holding it up to the light and she is manipulating the envelope. reporter: police say you can see her open envelopes and take out cash. smith uses a glue stick to seal it. the chief says the target was gift cards and cash. in one $9.00 a woman sent her grandson. >> she removed the $. 9.00. pretty pathetic. reporter: smith has cooperated times. the paperwork says she admitted to stealing up to $150 at one online. but when asked what --

reporter: the chief says smith is a flexible part-time employee, meaning she travels from one post office to the next as needed. other police agencies are investigating to see if they have similar crimes in their towns. tom: next at 6:00, a christmas wish for a peterborough family. >> a soldier serving overseas makes a surprise visit. mike: chilly weekend but temperatures stay above normal. when that changes and when it warms up again. jason: tom brady listed as question 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

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tom: for 1/6-grader the magic of christmas is alive and well. jennifer: every year the middle school puts on a veterans breakfast. and his biggest wish was that his sister who serves in the army could come. he was told she could not make it. ray: they have been putting on the spread rates for a decade -- this breakfast for a decade. this year they needed some kleenex. >> family is everything. christmas, they will be together. jessica surprised her grandfather and brother at a veterans breakfast hosted by sixth-graders in peterborough. caidan has only seen his sister once in the past year. >> it means everything because i love her so much. ray: jessica spent time overseas -- returning home is special because it brings back memories and there is another.

no, i am not going to cry on camera but could not help it. ray: family members conspire. >> i did not have a clue. i thought you were interviewing vets. i was shot. -- shocked. ray: other vets say the breakfast also means a lot to them. >> there was a big antiwar movement to going on and we are not allowed to wear uniforms in public. >> we get to meet all these people who did amazing things and you get to thank them. ray: veterans and school children say they cannot think of a better way to kick off the christmas week. tom: ray brewer. awesome. jennifer: it' s get better because also home for the holidays, a group of new

a ceremony will be held sunday for 115 members of the thr ird battalion field artillery regiment to spend the last nine months in the middle east. the remainder of the battalion new year. we welcome everybody home. the soldiers coming home stories are the best. tom: the sights and sounds of peterborough. his hometown. weather-wise. mike: december chill for maybe two straight days. what about that chance of snow? jennifer: our ulocal hot shot. this little one not impressed with the big guy and wasn' t afraid to shore.

tom: state officials are warning drivers to get ready. jennifer: last year 21 state police cruisers and 28 dot plows were hit by other vehicles during snowstorms. today officials gave some tips on how to cut down on those numbers. slowing down and leaving more room between vehicles. officials also say the safest place on a highway during a storm is behind a plow.

>> a plow drivers are not seeing you trying to get around them. please stay back a safe distance. jennifer: state police say the first storm is usually the worst for accidents, because drivers have not yet changed their habits. >> now chief meteorologist mike haddad with your storm watch 8 forecast. -- storm watch 9 forecast. mike: time last -- lapse on the coast started quite on dry. but wet roadways at market square and it will be dam to the course of the evening. notice temperatures for highs today again, 40 plus in concord and near 50 along the coast before it did cool down. speaking of 40 plus, take a look at these numbers. so far the first 18 days of december, 17 of them have featured 40 plus degree weather.

days, only four. two years ago, only three. you want to talk about a rarity. this doesn' t happen when you get 40 plus for so many days in the first half or 2/3 of december. still holding onto 30' s and lower 40' s with a northwesterly wind beginning to take over. that wind direction is key because it will start driving in chilly stuff into the day tomorrow. speaking of the overnight temperatures, not all that cold. remaining above average but colder than it has been. low 20' s will do it up north. near 30 cell. snow showers arrive up north while it does dry out in the southern parts of the state. a lot of cold air in the states -- single digits and teens and north and south dakota and portions of minnesota. even though this does modify in time, it does bring our temperature pattern right back to average during the course of the weekend. it is courtesy of the jet stream. it drives in that cold air for

but by monday, tuesday, wednesday and christmas eve day here comes that mild air surgeon back at us before it cools back down around christmas day. busy winds during the day tomorrow. gusting over 30 miles an hour. that will provide a windchill and put those numbers at least feel like temperatures in the 20' s as opposed to the highs in the 30' s. what about that chance of snow? heavy actions in parts of the great lakes where one to two feet will pile up over the next 36 hours for the north country gets in on snow showers tonight. during the day tomorrow, lake-effect snow bands could survive the trip into the upper valley. there could be a dusting and can' t rule out one or two of them but breaking up over southern parts of new hampshire including the merrimack valley tomorrow afternoon and evening. sunshine in full force on sunday. and temperatures beginning to climb by early next week. light at the relation of snow up

maybe an inch elsewhere. near 30 south. for tonight, we are the 30' s the next couple days. here comes the mild air. monday through christmas eve day, we could be well into the 50' s if the charts work. by friday, signs dew point at a storm is stretch beginning the week after, which would be that big holiday week. whether it is rain or snow, still up in the air. jason: we got news on tom brady. plus the unh hockey team has

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>> now jason king and 9 sports. jason: tom brady and rob gronkowski were both absent from practice. there is not a lot of concern very both players were on s injury report. gronkowski was listed as probable for the game sunday. and brady is listed as questionable with an illness. brady has not been feeling well. there is no reason why gronk injury related. hard to believe if brady is not on the field on sunday. weekend. these are the four division leaders in a afc. new england the only one to have clinched the division title but

first-round bye with a win on sunday. college football this weekend. the royal purple las vegas bowl, a 3:30 start. byu and utah. 3:30 on saturday from sam boyd stadium. the bruins will be looking to sweep their home and home series with the penguins tonight and pittsburgh. boston bea-- boston beat the penguins on wednesday night. the unh wildcats held a few practices this week before going their separate ways today. the players will return to durham the day after christmas to prepare for their meeting with maine in december 29, and till then, they all have one thing on their minds. >> being with family. i have not seen my parents and for five months. a lot of guys live locally. they get to see them once in a while. for me, a couple of guys -- spend some time with them is nice.

we do not get a thanksgiving break. so getting home for christmas will be the best part. >> being with family. you get a chance to hang out with the grandchildren and my daughters. jason: while we' re talking unh, men' s soccer player chris wingate had his goal against binghamton university voted as the america east goal of the year. it was based on fan voting. he finished with 157 votes. his goal came in a loss against the bear cats. the celtics will try to snap a two-game losing streak when they host atlanta. tip off is 7:30. jennifer: sounds good. right now on wmur.com, if you have more holiday shopping to do, our wmur viewers have recommendations on where to go. you can check out the top choices for best toy store in

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