erin: an early morning house fire is finally out. now at noon, what officials they started the blaze. kevin: after huge changes lately, we start to spring back closer to the norm. ahead. erin: plus, a serious crash on interstate 293 causes major delays. at least one person is in the hospital. and apple pledges to fight a federal court order anything -- in the san bernardino shooting investigation. ordered to do. [captioning performed by the which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> no one covers new hampshire

erin: new details this noon on a three alarm house fire in new ipswich. the fire chief says this serves when your pipes freeze. good afternoon. i am erin fehlau. the fire was sparked by the homeowner trying to fall pipes. now his home is a total loss. wmur' s ray brewer is live without top story. ray: the fire was just across the road down major road. not only was the homeowner using a blowtorch to fall the pipes, he was also using a metal paint the fire at 811 turnpike road in new ipswich was reported at 7:00 in the morning. arrive at the scene, the homeowner was the only one outside.

had spread to the roof. chief ordered everyone out. they determined he was trying to floor with a blowtorch when a piece of insulation fell down and caught fire, quickly spreading throughout the roof. the chief says never use a torch to fall pipes, but there is a safe way to do. chief leel: a hairdryer works fine. it takes longer, but at least you have your house standing when you get the pipes done. ray: the chief says it' s at about an hour and a half to get the fire under control, and nobody was injured. the fire went to three alarms at first to get more water to the scene, but then additional firefighters were needed to contain the fire. the house appears to be a total loss. reporting live in new ipswich, ray brewer, wmur news 9. erin: right now, temperatures across the state are in the 30' s. for you right now.

clouds, but will this trend continue? meteorologist kevin skarupa' s here with the details. kevin: about as quiet as we have been, really no huge temperature swings. if anything, settling down after the big system and the huge changes we have had. you will notice quite a few more clouds in the north country but a blend of sunshine in clouds otherwise. a couple of weak systems we' re tracking, one moving into the north country later this evening. by then, temperatures will be down into the teens tonight. s later on this evening. a lot more seasonal for this time of year. from there, another system tracking to start the weekend. a pretty good change for the weekend. we will talk about that in a few minutes. erin: all right, kevin. right now, a serious crash on i-293.

in a car. one person was trapped and was serious injuries. a derry man is behind bars this robbery. police say devin mack robbed a 74-year-old woman in the market basket parking lot as she was putting her groceries and her car. officials say he was armed with a knife when he demanded her purse and immediately used the woman' s credit card at kmart. soon after, he was stopped in messages is that arrested. reduction request in a deadly crash. amy lafond is serving time for negligent homicide and secondary assaults after driving energy on a sidewalk -- driving her jeep on a sidewalk, killing lilyanna johnson and seriously injuring allyssa miner. the victims' family strongly

judge agreed. a londonderry man faces up to convicted of shooting his wife. a maine jury convicted gregory owens of interstate domestic violence. prosecutors say owens drove there with the intent of killing his wife, what rachel. homeowners. both survived. police are investigating a pair of gunshot break gets in hoax birth -- break-ins in hoax it and tyngsboro -- in hoax oksett and tyngsboro. one of the men smashed the glass in the display case filled with handguns. this week, a similar crime in tyngsboro, massachusetts.

commitment 2016 coverage right now. some breaking news the race for congress in new hampshire. during a taping of "close-up" with political director josh mcelveen, republican pam tucker inclusively told wmur she is running to challenge incumbent frank guinta in the first congressional district. tucker says what she saw on primary night helped her make the decision. rep. tucker: i think what we saw with donald trump being a top of the ticket in new hampshire is people are looking for someone outside of washington, people who are not part of the establishment, if you will, crew. in terms of that, i fit the bill. erin: tucker has served four terms as state rep in massachusetts. -- in new hampshire. you can watch the full interview with tucker on "closeup" sunday at 10:00 a.m.

into the mass shooting in san bernardino, california. apple will fight a federal order to help crack the encryption on the phone of the main suspect, syed farook. abc' s lana zak has more on what the federal order says. lana: a master key to unlock all phones -- that is what apple says the government is requiring them to create, and the dangers of that could have future ramifications for all americans according to apple' s ceo tim cook. at the heart of the issue -- recovering information off the iphone of one of the san bernardino killers. dir. comey: we still have one of those killer' s phones that we have not been able to open. it has been over two months now. lana: the government trying to assess the involvement of vices 14 victims debt. investigators have not been able to crack the pass code the cell phone used by syed farook. they are concerned that 10 tries would make the phone erased and

apple says they do not have the ability to just unlock the one iphone. dan abrams: they have to literally create a whole new system to backdoor these phones, and apple is basically saying look, once we create this, it is going to get out, and as a result, everything we have built in terms of protecting security and privacy is going to be out the door. lana: legal analysts say this case will not easily be resolved and may ultimately need to be decided in the supreme court. lana zak, abc news, washington. erin: the president is drawing battle lines. coming up, what president obama says he is going to do in the supreme court nomination fight during plus, new guidelines in place to protect against the coming up, what the fda is recommending blood banks to do. kevin: enjoy the blend of sunshine and clouds for the time being, but eventually, a couple of systems we are changing with -- we are tracking with changes

erin: in cook' s corner, we are making wilted winter greens and veggie stock.

erin: welcome back.

to pick a qualified candidate to replace justice scalia whether republicans like a rock. president obama is calling on congress to rise above day-to-day politics. he says republicans have no constitutional grounds to refuse a vote on a supreme court nominee. many of them think it should be up to the next president to select a replacement for justice antonin scalia, who died unexpectedly. the president dismissed that, saying he plans to give the senate when you have time to give his nominee a fair hearing. pres. obama: this will be the opportunity for senators to do their job. your job does not stop until you are voted out or until your term expires. erin: but some gop senators may be letting up. iowa' s chuck grassley says he may be open to considering the president' s eventual pick. developing this noon, several u.s. jets are flying over south korea as tensions with the north grow. the flyover comes after north korea recently conducted a nuclear test and fired a

the u.s. and south korea consider that rocket launch a technology. the country is likely to view the american air power as a threat. this noon, there are new guidelines to protect the blood supply from the zika virus. the fda is recommending that blood banks refuse donations from people who have traveled to countries where the virus is active in the last four weeks. the agency is also recommending turning away donors who may have had sexual contact with someone who recently traveled to a zika- affected country. severe birth defects. today, pope francis is wrapping up a five-day trip to mexico. the pontiff will visit a prison just days after dozens of inmates at another facility were killed in a riot. he will also visit the border where he is expected to stop at the fence and give a blessing and honor of migrants.

that will be simulcast at the sun bowl stadium in el paso. outside for us, kind of leveling off the temperature is out there. kevin: yeah, we have slipped closer to the averages. we still have the breeze. we will talk about more changes by the end of the week, even though we are in a relatively quiet pattern for the time being. erin: your forecast is coming up after the break.

erin: these warmer temperatures are creating issues on mount washington. ron washington auto road says since mother nature is not cooperating, the snowcoach tours are on hold until we get more snow. the coach takes you 4.5 miles up the road with the option of ridi snowshoe back. >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: the roller coaster ride of february so far -- 16 days accounted for, and we are less than a degree above normal for the month.

straight back closer to the averages. not a bad afternoon out there. brighter in the southern half of the state, and a breeze to go along with it. atop mount washington, lower range of the teens, 35 mile an hour winds at the present time. southeastern half of the state has a thicker cloud cover to the north and west. another weak system makes its way toward us, and eventually the system could mean a couple northwestern and northern areas later this afternoon and evening. once that goes by overnight tonight, back to the fair skies with high pressure in control of our weather through friday evening before a warm front approaches. that will present changes for the weekend here it up north, 12 atop mount washington, lower range of the 40' s along the seacoast. upper 30' s along the merrimack valley and mid-30' s in the west. the clouds started to break

miles an hour. a few higher gusts over 20, 25 miles an hour. those will settle down this evening to a 5 to 15 mile an hour breeze. a chance of a snow shower and the great north woods tonight and tomorrow. otherwise, the next couple of days -- fairly quiet across the region. cooler tomorrow, 20' s and lower 30' s, and almost exactly where we should be this time of year. you will notice a good deal of sunshine around. we are expecting the coolest of the evenings to be tomorrow night and early on friday where temperatures drop back to the single digits and teens. we at clouds in the afternoon as it looks like any precipitation will hold off until well past the evening commute on friday evening. it will mean the chance of a couple of areas of light snow or snow showers or you can see most of the push of that energy passes to our north in a the endgame is a force and milder temperatures over the weekend. upper 30'

will back to the west. it does not look like that system tries to get here until sometime around the middle of next week. for now, partial sunshine, extra clouds up north, and a chance of a few flurries late this afternoon. 30' s to the lower range of the 40' s. the breeze kicking up over 20 miles an hour makes it feel cooler than after it fairly quiet conditions after a couple of flurries tonight for the north country. as i mentioned, a couple of areas of light snow that really should not be affecting travel heading to your weekend destination early on saturday. warmer temperatures for the weekend and remaining mild into early next week with all eyes set on that system as a possibility by the middle of next week. let' s head to cook' s corner. erin: all right, we' re joined by steven and sarah from the manchester food co-op. this has been an effort for people in manchester to get together and openness. i know you have a location now. tell us what is going on. steven: we have a location on

it is our mothership, flagship store. we have got a tremendous amount of work ahead of us to get financing in place. we hope to have it into the form of the co-op by the and of this year. erin: explain to people how the co-op works. steven: you become an owner. you are buying a stock transition of the -- transaction of the business, so you are a shareholder. you will know which products we sell, which forms you see in the store, and you get to participate where other stores -- we try to get that to you, but that is not what we do. we try to make our community healthier. erin: it is all about getting rate produce to people. stock? steven: i am not making a vegetable stock, but i wanted to show people how easy a vegetable stock is your this is all the food scraps from tomatoes, onions, shallots, and i put in a pot of water and boil it and

i will make that stock, finish it, freeze it as ice cubes, and every time i make a saute ed vegetable, i use the vegetable stock for rich, local flavor. erin: and the ice cubes are easy-to-use. i noticed you are using the coconut oil. that is kind of big these days. steven: it is the best for high temperature cooking. this is organic, unrefined, which is the cadillac. any of these vegetables work. you want to keep them to bite size pieces so they cook in less than four minutes. more than four minutes, and you are cooking the nutrients out. you throw in the watercress, you shake it about, and this will compact down. this whole portion of watercress -- gethsemane calories -- guess how many calories? erin: very few i am sure. steven: 10 calories. and we will be full on this it

-- and we will be full on this. it has a thanh of vitamin -- ton of vitamin k. erin: you' re making wilted greens. what else goes in? steven: wilted greens, and after a few minutes, you throw some shallots in. this is our himalayan salt slab. there are about 58 minerals in this salt that no other salt on the planet has. so i put the tomato on, cut it, and then i finished it with some tomatoes. salt and pepper is optional. you saute this up. erin: and there you go. steven: you do not have to cook it all the way through. you can eat it raw. erin: what is the website people can go to? steven: manchesterfood.coop. we are on facebook. we are at the store every day

erin: thank you so much for

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kevin: fairly quiet conditions over the next couple of days. a few flurries in the north country. temperatures sliding back, but then it warms up again. warm front comes through with a showers saturday. erin: you are saying that is average. kevin: we are right near the average. erin: starting tonight at 5:00, one of the world' s most notorious druglords is not too happy with his new prison treatment. what el chapo says is turning him into a zombie. and acadia national park is testing a new program to make

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