>> it was put there for good and not so people could vandalize it. sean: now on daybreak, heartbreaking vandalism. a bench given by girl scouts was targeted. erin: school buses are still running as normal across new strike by drivers is not over yet. kevin: brighter skies through the next couple days. mild temperatures for now. when that starts to change. sean: temporary fix. what several homes in litchfield are getting to ensure their water is safe to drink. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 daybreak. erin: good morning, new

one week from today, can you believe that? turkey day. it does not exactly feel like late fall. kevin: no, we have three more days of the milder temperatures. there is a certain front that will be approaching with scattered showers. the next weather pattern looks much colder for the next week. some clouds temperature starting off in the 40's in most locations. again, we kind of keep this pattern going the next few days. let's take a look at your morning ride in the granite state. good thursday morning, deb. deb: good thursday morning. all major highways are moving

later on, we will have delays on 293 starting on about 7:00. heading into massachusetts, 93, route 3, 495, and 95 are all up to speed. from the wzid traffic network, i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: thanks. school buses are still running as normal this morning, but a strike by drivers is possible. union strike at their belmont depot. other drivers have said they will walk out in solidarity. last night, both sides were trying to hammer out a deal during talks in washington. us is will run like normal through tuesday of next week at least. erin: the community in auburn is

. the buddy bench the girl scouts bought was defaced within a matter of days. ray: that's right. the bench was installed here at the auburn village school earlier this month, but last weekend, the vandals struck. the girl scouts of been working on the project for more than a year and gave the bench to the school to encourage kids to be nice and make new friends. days after it was installed, they foundde swastikas and the bench had to be removed. they are already working to raise money to put in a new bench made out of granite. >> it was devastating. i felt awful. my heart was broken. i took it personally. because people would do this to girls, the sweet girls that did

it fixed and get the vandalizing to stop. ray: when the new bench is installed, there are plans to put a security camera in place. the girl scouts have set up a gofundme page to raise money needed. so far, more than $1000 has already been donated. reporting live in auburn, ray brewer. sean: thanks. several homeowners in litchfield are getting special filters in ensure their water is safe to drink. this is a temporary move until new water lines are installed connecting the homes to public water, but with winter around the corner, construction will have to stop. pfoa's contaminated groundwater. >> we have several of our family members who have had brushes with thyroid cancer, so we are

particular aqua clear system is that it does not require an additional fossett. push the button, it will switch over and that will give them treated water. sean: filters will be installed over the next couple weeks and everyone should be hooked up to public water by the end of next summer. erin: shots rang out just before yesterday morning at the intersection of ash streets a block away from a middle school. the victims were treated for injuries and released. the suspect was caught by an officer responding to the scene. it is not clear what prompted the shooting. a concord man faces several counts of having child pornography. 63-year-old stephen mann turned himself in. police have investigating for the last year.

a fire in a compactor at the walmart in somersworth yesterday morning. about $65,000 of merchandise had to be removed and storage because of smoke damage. everything that was on the shelves is safe. sean: house democrats are asking president-elect donald trump to rescind his appointment of steve bannon as a senior adviser as mr. trump continues to work on setting up his w public appearance last night since conceding the election despite leading the popular vote. >> good morning. clinton is already more than a million votes ahead and now, even trump allies are saying the transition to the white house is not going as smoothly as the president-elect describes. the democratic presidential nominee making her first public appearance since the crushing

are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. i am too, more than i could ever express. >> up big in the popular vote, she may well end up with more raw votes than all but one of the men ever elected -- the exception, barack obama. the same time, turmoil for the trump transition. trump trying to remain optimistic. in a tweet reality show promo. at the center of the transition, jared kushner, trump's son-in-law. the transition team has requested national security clearance for the real estate developer who has no government experience. the president-elect deals with\over the hiring of steve bannon, the former head of breitbart news with alleged ties

trump will meet with henry kissinger and south carolina governor nikki haley, who may be considered for secretary of state. sean: still to come, looking for new homes. hundreds of animals ready to be adopted after they were rescued from a massachusetts farm. erin: saving benjamin franklin's grave. who is stepping up to help pay to restore the gravesite. sean: interesting. in theex in nashua are speaking out, describing the frightening

kevin: we start off with temperatures in the upper 30's to mid 40's across the area. eventually, we give way to a good portion of sunshine into the afternoon. temperatures in the 50's the

rescued from a farm in massachusetts are now up for adoption and some of them are here in new hampshire. sean: more than 1000 animals were found living in horrible conditions over the summer and have been rehabbing at shelters ever since, including rabbits, sheep, goats, ducks, and dogs. erin: a company in fort smith needs your help to fill an airplane with food. last year, they collected more than 7000 pounds of food. you can drop off donations between now and december 9. the food will be flown to manchester on december 14. thanksgiving is a week away, but christmas is arriving in concord. the state christmas tree arrived yesterday at the statehouse.

capital city. it will be decorated with 700 lights before the official lighting ceremony. sean: we do have an update to a story we brought you earlier this week. benjamin franklin is getting the help he needs. his gravestone in philadelphia is cracked and heavily pitted. singer jon bon jovi and his wife just donated $5,000 to the restoration effort, pushing the extra money will help support future reservations. bon jovi helping. erin: i think that's great. that's really wonderful. coming up, how would you like to climb the steps of the eiffel tower without going to paris? the stairs are now being sold. sean: one automaker is looking to cash in on the upcoming new

erin: dozens of people are searching a massive landfill in western new york hoping to find a sacred jewish artifacts. security video shows the item accidentally falling into a trashcan at a synagogue. waste management was able to track the trash and pinpoint which of the 28 landfills it ended up in. teams have already searched through tons of trash. the files that could contain the item have been set aside until the se i militants have destroyed some of the country's richest and most important archaeological treasures. soldiers recently recaptured a town near mosul and discover that nearly every artifacts had been destroyed, including buildings 3000 years old that had been bulldozed. sean: the holiday shopping season is underway and experts are anticipating a very busy

billion online on the monday after thanksgiving, up sharply from a year ago. holiday sales are expected to rise 3.6%. a lot of people will be buying so-called ugly christmas sweaters over the coming weeks, like kevin, and one man in texas has made a business out of it. he opened his seasonal store in dallas yesterday that provides nothing but ugly sweaters. i kind of like that one. stores this year. erin: how would you like to have a piece of the eiffel tower in your house? a section of the original staircase is being auctioned off. the one story segment was removed from the tower in 1983. it is valued at about $43,000. star wars: rogue one comes out next month and nissan is looking

already is most popular and it just introduced a special "star wars" edition. they will be available in only black or white, there will only be 5000, and it comes with a logo designed by lucasfilm. can you wear that while you drive? erin: --sean: do you get promoted death trooper. [laughter] erin: merchandising. kevin: i imagine your peripheral vision would not be that great. sean: probably pretty bad. erin: pretty bad. sean: thanks for the reality check. kevin: we do have fair skies. ask her clouds in western and northern new hampshire.

partial sunshine. temperatures today for most will be in the 50's. we will look for a breeze out of the northwest to be noticeable. full sunshine, 50's to lower 60's tomorrow and saturday, which look like gorgeous days across the area, especially considering the time of year we are in. that is the leading edge of cooler air. a shift in the weather that may be around three good portion of next week. the thickest of the cloud cover in western and northern areas of the state. some clouds around in south and eastern spots. next system, a slow mover back to the west does not arrive until sunday morning. temperatures anywhere from the lower 30's to 40's elsewhere.

temperatures back to the west. that is all headed in our direction after temperatures mainly in the 50's. we should be in the 55-60 degree range for tomorrow and saturday. again, clouds that we have thickest start to dry out and the early clouds start to fade away. up north, they may be a little bit more stubborn through the afternoon before going to true clearing later on tonight. for most. that doesn't mean we will have a chillier start. temperatures in the 20's and 30's. if you have a pick of the two days over the weekend, saturday looking like the best of the two days. clouds increasing from the east and from the west. it looks like some scattered showers activity will be warm

on sunday morning. into the afternoon on sunday, the cooler air starts to rush in and can't rule out northern and western areas seeing snowflakes. this is the beginning of a cold or pattern. jet stream setting up for a nice large dip going up and down the east coast with colder air and highs only in the 40's for a good balance of next week. today, temperatures starting into the 40's and we will jump into the 50's this afternoon. everything starts to change everything starts to change sunday with scattered show conversational snowflake activity later sunday into monday. a lot of sunshine around through midweek next week. our next system will try to arrive by thanksgiving. erin: really a change when you look at the temperatures next week. kevin: we are above normal and then we will trend below as quickly as sunday. sean: conversational snow. it just sparks conversations. erin: we will all be talking

auburn is not letting an act of vandalism get them down. the troop donated a bunny bench -- buddy bench for the kids to make friends. over the weekend, that bench was vandalized and had to be removed. the girl scouts say they are working to replace the bench with a new bench made out of granite. erin: school buses are still running as normal across new hampshire. a potential strike by first student at least next tuesday while negotiations continue. a juvenile accused of shooting two people in nashua yesterday morning is due in court today. both victims were treated for their injuries and released. police have not commented on a possible motive. sean: coming up, special delivery. domino's is taking to the skies to

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erin: getting food deliveries by drone is now a reality thanks to dominoes in new zealand. sean: dominoes in new zealand is very good. the company show this video of two pizzas being delivered. it is the first commercial delivery of food by drone in the world. a couple of minutes number reduced delivery time a couple of minutes. it delivered a chicken and cranberry pizza. it sounds awesome. erin: i guess they put different things on their pizza. can you make a delivery from new zealand? can it come over the oceans? [laughter] erin: it might be a little cold. a charity in ohio is celebrating a special donation was trying to

encourages people to improve themselves and the world around them. he says a woman handed him a five point five carat diamond worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars after a recent speech. proceeds from the sale will help his group create new programs. can you imagine the reaction? erin: that is amazing. we do see the jewelry dropped in the kettles this time of year. coming up in your next half-hour, santa nee help. the number of kids that still need sponsors for operation santa claus. sean: serious health concerns facing millions of people as

>> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 daybreak. sean: welcome back. good morning, everyone. thursday, november 17. 47 degrees out there. we had hang around. erin: we have nice days ahead and snow in the forecast. everyone will be happy. we want to take a look at your top stories. a potential strike by first student bus drivers have -- has been delayed as the company and union continue to work out a new deal. a heartbreaking situation for a local girl scout troop.

school has been vandalized. a fire in the white mountain national forest has been contained. sean: thanks in part to the rainfall. mild temperatures out there. ray: we have it for the next several days and then the pattern shifts on sunday. for the time being, extra clouds west and north. partly to mostly cloudy skies. we should dry out on a northwesterly breeze. the southwestern to the mid-50's. clouds trying to give way to sunshine as the day wears on. tomorrow and saturday look gorgeous. we will talk about that later on. sean: we are talking about it now. kevin: that's true. [laughter] sean: traffic looks fine from our hooksett camera. we're joined live by deb davidson.

93 north and south is moving well through the granite state. later on this morning, 293, the exit 4 ramps will be closed one more time for the final construction phase. if you are heading into massachusetts, all major highways getting into the cities are up to speed. from the wzid traffic network, i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. erin: first student buses will be operating on their normal schedules today despite a contract dispute that could lead to a strike. sean: union drivers authorized a strike earlier this week. they had anticipated a strike, forcing districts to cancel classes, but we are told buses will run as normal at least through tuesday as both sides try to work out a deal.

really a community issue. parents have a great deal of reliance on schools to provide transportation with those school buses running in the morning and the afternoon. families that have both parents that work or families that have one parent in a household, this really does pose a lot of issues. sean: first student says drivers outside of belmont are working under a current contract and are prohibited from striking. that at belmont goes on strike, they may not operate buses. that could affect as many as 33 districts across the state. erin: now, to a disheartening story out of auburn. a bench meant to spread kindness at the auburn village school has been vandalized. sean: a girl scout troop bought the buddy bench so kids could sit and meet new friends. days after it was installed, it was covered with bulger drawings

and swastikas. there is an effort underway to fix that bench, right? ray: that's right. the bench was the product of a year-long project by the girl scout troop. the girls are already thinking of ways to try to fix it. the buddy bench was supposed to be a place where kids could come together in kindness. >> it is for kids who feel left out and they don't have anyone to play with. ray: days after a group of sixtad vandalized it. >> it had only been there for a little bit. it was really sad for us. >> it was put there for good and not so people could vandalize it. >> it was devastating. i felt awful, my heart was broken, i took it personally. you know? who would do this to girls? these sweet girls that did something so selfish -- selfless. ray: plans are underway to put a

watch over it. >> a feeling we all just came together and made a plan to get it fixed and get the vandalizing to stop. ray: a gofundme page has been set up to raise money for a new bench and so for nearly $1300 has been donated. they hope to have the new bench installed as soon as possible. reporting live, ray brewer. erin: pedestrians hit by an alleged drunk driver in nashua are speaking out. ashley and her boyfriend were struck while walking near railroad square in nashua early tuesday morning. ashley suffered a hand fracture and a tornado ciel. her boyfriend -- torn acl. her boyfriend had to be airlifted to the hospital where he is still in critical condition. >> it is very scary as a parent.

boyfriend. she could have been right beside him. she was two steps away from getting hit head-on with the truck. we saw him being lifted out. he was unconscious, very comatose. scary. >> i'm happy she's alive and i'm optimistic that he will be ok eventually. they love each other and there was no need of this happening. erin: aggravated dwi. he is due in court next week. sean: two men are facing charges after police say they got into a fight over marijuana. 22-year-old justin choice and 20-year-old garrett clay were arrested at the mall of new hampshire on monday. choice sold pot to clay the day before and never received payment, allegedly.

a handgun and said he never threatened choice. an investigation into drug sales in the upper valley led to the arrest of 11 suspected dealers. all of the suspects are accused of selling heroin. erin: a nashua woman accused of robbing someone at knife point. 59-year-old kathleen caron robs the victim on tuda sentenced to five years behind bars for robbing a bank. 44-year-old andrew michael dufresne held up the people's united bank in 2014. he handed the teller a note before reaching in the door and grabbing bundles of cash. he was arrested a couple days later in methuen, massachusetts after crashing a stolen car. sean: a fire that destroyed

mountain national forest is contained. tuesday's rain helped get the fire under control. officials say it was likely caused by a human. crews will continue to monitor hotspots the next several days. erin: people in laconia are getting a chance on the upcoming 94th annual motorcycle week. the event will be held next june. questions, get suggestions, and learn more about the plans for the 2017 rally. sean: seacoast orthopedics and prosthetics is collecting used prosthetic limbs for those in need. the drive is being held on behalf of the limbs of life

locations through november 30 including seacoast orthopedics and prosthetics. kind of a unique way to make a donation. erin: certainly an important cause. a dire situation to our south as dozens of uncontrolled wired fires -- wildfires continued to burn. >> it is very frightening. the thought of losing everything you on is never a fun thing. the fires under control. kevin: temperatures continue and eventually it is all colder air by early next week. sean: and, taking nail art to a whole new level. find out where people are using real scorpions to decorate their fingertips. erin, this is for you.

kevin: starting off with mainly fair skies. early clouds giving way to partial sunshine. temperatures jumping into the

sea change in the forecast. we will have those details coming up. sean: this is what is going on to our south. firefighters are battling major blazes in six states across the southeast. georgia, alabama, kentucky, tennessee, north, and south carolina are all affected by this. the air is becoming thick with smoke. >> wildf upwards of 30 large fires scoring -- scorching 80,000 acres in six states. the blanket of smoke so widespread and is visible from space. the health impact of poor air quality has been particularly severe in tennessee, where it has landed more than 200 people in the hospital with breathing difficulties. firefighters are taking the abnormally dry conditions into consideration.

put the fire out and have 50 or 60 yards of fuel ready for readmission. >> a continuing drought is hampering the fighting of the fire. >> what we are going to be looking for is to have again the process, to continue the burnout operations and get it done. >> some residents refusing to evacuate. >> this is our you don't want to leave. erin: authorities in illinois are trying to figure out what set off a deadly gas explosion in a downtown square. one person was killed, 11 others were injured in yesterday evening's blast. police in princeton, massachusetts are on the lookout for an suv they believe is connected to the murder of

a dark suv was parked along the road where her body was found. witnesses saw it right around the time the 27-year-old left her family's home. police have received more than 1000 tips. sean: today marks the 39th annual great american smoke out. the event encourages smokers to use this day to kick their habit or make a plan to quit. the society says about 40 million americans remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the world. the insurance institute for highway safety is out with its latest ratings on booster seats. the companies are getting better at designing them to protect kids, they say. 48 of the 53 new booster seats got the institute's highest rating.

out the red carpet for the newest recipients of the presidential medal of freedom. 21 people will be honored next tuesday. among them are talk show host ellen to generous, award-winning actors robert de niro, tom hanks, and robert redford. singers bruce springsteen and diana ross. basketball great kareem abdul-jabbar. and sports broadcaster vin scully. it is considered t n sean: turning now to sports, a big honor for red sox pitcher rick porcello, this year's cy young award winner in the american league. he beat out justin verlander of the tigers and corey kluber of the indians for that honor. he is the fourth red sox player to win since they started giving out the award in 1956.

took on the dallas mavericks at the td garden last night. al horford missed his eighth straight game as he recovers from a concoction -- concussion. isaiah thomas scored 30 points in the game, 20 in the fourth quarter alone. the celtics went on to win 90-83. they host the golden state warriors tonight. sean: it was a tough week for the unh hockey team. they lost to boston college and arizona college. they are in third place in hockey east, one point behind second-place umass lowell. they host umass tomorrow night. congratulations to the new president of the new hampshire fisher cats, mike ramshaw. he has been with the team since 2006. he replaces the former president who went to work at the michigan international speedway. erin: a salon in mexico is

decorations. the salon owner says the scorpions still contain all their venom, but since they are dead and encased in acrylic nail polish, there is no chance of a customer getting poisoned. nail art with scorpions. [laughter] erin: i don't know about that one. kevin: i'm not well-versed in this. eventually, you take that off, yes? erin: yes. sean: to the scorpion at that point. kevin: yes. sean: if it is still there. erin: i've never had acrylic nails, but i think you soak them and it comes off. sean: why don't we have aaron go to mexico -- erin go to mexico, test this out, and come back. erin: i don't think so. [laughter] kevin: arriba. a lot of questions we are trying to delve into before 6:00 a.m.

morning commute. temperatures in the 40's for the most part, but there are lower and mid 30's through the monadnock region. we are looking at a day-to-day were temperatures with the back-and-forth between clouds and sunshine get back into the 50's. looks like we have that through the day on saturday. today, partly sunny. tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. clouds start to increase saturday evening. that will be of theal it is kind of the overall change that that might create as we work our way through the rest of the month of november that everyone will be talking about. for the time being, we have the extra clouds out there. likely partial sunshine for the remainder of the day once the breeze gets going. that is our next system here. it is cold enough back through the rockies to produce quite a bit of snowfall. it is going to be colder once

if you areas have had the clear skies overnight that has allowed temperatures to drop back. lower and mid 30's and some of the lower valleys. easily the coolest readings across the state. lower and mid 40's in the lakes region. a thicker cloud cover keeping temperatures in the lower 40's overnight. high temperatures today jumping into the 50's in most locations. you get into the north country and the cloudsl fairly typical this time of year. upper 40's later on this afternoon. fair skies later this evening. tomorrow, back into the 50's. southern spots could reach 60 with sunshine. it looks like the sunshine lasts for the first half of the weekend. saturday by far and away is the warmer of the two days on the weekend. from there, clouds approach from both directions saturday evening. scattered rain showers are

colder air is going to start to arrive sunday afternoon. that means any kind of rain shower activity could change over to some wet snowflakes in the northwestern half of the state. the wind is going to make it feel much colder through a good portion of next week. i temperatures back into the 50's. tonight, we will drop back into the 40's statewide. e saturday evening. after a couple showers on sunday morning, we are looking at mixed showers in northwestern sections of the state. then the wind picks up, so high temperatures on monday are only in the 30's to the lower 40's. you will have the wind to go along with it. we will have wind chills in the 20's on monday. erin: yikes. kevin: that is the beginning of the colder air flow. erin: the annual toy drive operation santa claus is asking

without sponsors. organizers say most are from families struggling because of drug abuse. >> there is great need every year. we annually help out about 3000 children through the state of new hampshire. a lot of these children come from broken homes, foster care. this year, the drug crisis is having an impact on children in need. so, there is always a need. erin: children are often the hardest to find help for. sean: how about if you can. still to come, a vegan grocery store in denmark is offering a new way to shop.

sean: a supermarket in copenhagen is offering customers a new eco-friendly way to shop. the store does not use any plastic packaging.

compostable paper bags and reusable glass containers. the vegan store sells everything from fruits and veggies to beans and rice. there are about 400 organic products also without any actual packaging. efforts to do away with plastic bags, that is one way to do it. erin: it is an interesting concept. a nasa astronaut is on the verge of becoming the oldest woman in space. she is 56 and set to rock it off to the planet birthday on the international space station. kevin: barbara morgan holds the record right now at 55 when she went back in 2007. she has always been 377 days in space and the upcoming mission will push her beyond the 534 days in space, meeting the record. uncomfortable talking about females and their age. sean: can we talk about her

sean: erin, do you want to address that? kevin: funny, we have never had that conversation. erin: no. sean: a desperate search in new york. find out how is sacred jewish artifact wind up in a landfill. ray: a donation meant to inspire kindness is struck by vandals. we will tell you how it local girl scout troop is rallying to make sure the vandals don't win. erin: looking for a hideous swte making a living selling ugly

nicole: it was put there for good it was not put there so people could vandalize it. sean: heartbreaking vandalism. the efforts underway after a bench given by girl scouts was targeted. erin: running as normal across new hampshire this morning, but the threat of a strike by drivers is not over yet. kevin: brighter skies through the next couple of days and mild temperatures for now. when not all starts to change. sean: temporary fix. what several homes in litchfield are getting to ensure the water is safe to drink. [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. now, wmur news 9 "daybreak."