clouds looming, about to pof in just to our west. along with it comes some rain and even some snow. one of those wintery mix type situations for some parts of the granite state on the way. tomorrow it will be cloudy, but the mixed snow and rain showers will be few and far between during the daytime hours. you could see some snow, flurries or flakes during the morning or midday hours, the more mixed precipitation of rain and snow should hold off until late in the day and into tomorrow evening. we'll show you that on future minutes. jennifer: tonight the state department of transportation says the crews did pretreat the spaulding turnpike with a brine solution today from exit 9 to 18 to help with those slick conditions. d.o.t. saying it will be closely monitoring the forecast and the road conditions and will head out as needed. for more out how traffic is moving now and what drivers are saying, we check in with shelley walcott. reporter: there's a lot of

tell me that it actually moving pretty smoothly out here, the night before thanksgiving. of course this is the day that millions of people around the country are heading to their holiday destination. the department of transportation says the most crowded time of the road is actually right now. then it will be busy again throughout the day on sunday. the d.o.t. is asking people to keep an eye on the roads tomorrow, as you just her josh say we could get some wet weather that could make the and that will happen around the time many people might be heading out to do some black friday shopping. but as for the here and now, drivers we spoke with say they're managing just fine. >> we left at the right time, and the real traffic is coming up along the coast towards maine. it's bumper to bumper. >> not bad, there's a lot of traffic but it moving so far. i think i'm ahead of the worst of it. reporter: the d.o.t. says they

tomorrow as needed. i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. tom: we do have breaking news out of wentworth right now. minute ago the attorney general's office confirmed a homicide investigation is under way. identifying the victim as 60-year-old todd downing. amy coveno is live at the plymouth police department where the a.g.'s office has been working all day and she has late breaking details. what can you tell us, amy? >> they have indeed. good evening to at the plymouth police department in the past hour. a wentworth police cruiser arrived and interviews are under way inside the police department as we speak. we have learned that just before 2:00 this morning a 911 call brought police to 234 atwell hill road. investigators say todd downing was suffering from injuries and rushed to the hospital where he later died. an autopsy was performed this afternoon, the report stating blunt force injuries caused

the manner of death, homicide. this is an active and ongoing investigation. investigators have not indicated that any arrests have been may and no word on suspects at this hour. earlier today a man who identified himself to news 9 as the son-in-law of the victim said that he learned of his father-in-law's death as he was getting off work this morning, he works overnight at wal-mart. certainly this is a devastating night and loss for this family just before the holidays. we're live in plymouth 9. jennifer: a strafford man accused of stabbing his daughter's ex-boyfriend and biting his face has been found not guilty after tempted murder. prosecutors say kevin hinrichsen attacked his daughter's ex-boyfriend when he spotted the two together last year in northwood. because of a restraining other the ex-boyfriend was speakingsed to stay away from the girl. hinrichsen's lawyer said the attack was in self defense. he was convicted of misdemeanor

tom: early next year, new hampshire lawmakers will go into session with a clear republican majority in the house and senate, and for the first time since 2002 a republican governor will preside over that majority. but governor elect chris sununu promises that everyone will have a voice. josh mcelveen has a look at the balance of power in concord. glorp question about it, there's a makeover at the new hampshire state house, not only with the gold leaf face lift after it was hidden for months by the scaffolding, but the makeover also underneath the dome as the legislature has added republican muscle from reps hall to the corner office. secretary of state, the final tally is in. at the state house in concord, republican dos have a decided edge. in the house the g.o.p. holds a 52 seat margin other than democrats, and while a pair of seats did flip on election night in the senate, republicans

they've held for the last two years. chris sununu will also be the first republican governor in a dozen years, he says he will not cast aside the views of the democratic minority moving forward. >> there will be battles i'm sure as there always are. but there's a difference between having a political discussion and making it partisan and divisive. and that's what i'm trying to build as i mod evidence of what not to do. >> i think it's a positive attitude and we need a positive attitude as we move forward. reporter: h his party faces an uphill climb when it comes to medicaid expansion or same day voter registration. of course the state resources needed to combat the number one issue facing new hampshire. the opioid crisis, remember much of that spending was repurposed money. now you have to appropriate new money. reporter: the new governor will also have several appointments

general and a couple seats on the state supreme court. >> that doesn't remove our responsibility of working with the minority party and making sure we all come to consensus on whatever we decide to do. josh: chris sununu says his transition has been seamless so far. sununu will be sworn in on january 5 and that's when the work really begins for the nation's youngest state c.e.o., as a short month ler propose a verse of a multibillion dollar state budget which advisors are gently warning will carry some sacrifice that many won't like. tom: thank you. still to come tonight at 6:00 a driver now facing a d.u.i. charge, after the hitting and killing of a man on the spaulding turnpike. why police say the victim was walking on the busy highway. mike: our stop for weather wednesday is loon mountain in

season conditions straight ahead. >> today we had all that sunshine and dry conditions for the drivers. we've got a look at whether the holiday will be so kind. mike: and wenyen gabriel on the

jennifer: a middleton man faces a d.u.i. charge after a crash on route 16 in rochester that left a 72-year-old man dead. tom: police say kenneth long and his son were carrying a gas grill in the pack of their pickup when it fell on the road, they stopped to get it. that's when 52-year-old eric

factors of what caused the accident, obviously tim pairment angle on the part of the driver. we have a pretty good sense of where the crash happened in terms of where in the roadway, but that's all part of the investigation at this point. there were grabowski is facing a d.u.i. charge and was released on bail, a court date scheduled for december 7. jennifer: tonight a manchester man charged with o.u.i. after police say police cruiser. two officer has a car pulled over yesterday on hanover street when a white jeep hit their cruiser and kept going. the officers followed the driver and say he refused to stop, until he was in front of his own home. tom: josh judge has a look at what to expect for thanksgiving day. >> nice and clear tonight, dry cruising along the highway this is evening. we'll talk about whether this

boo the holiday weekend. jennifer: now our u local on the shot, a bald eagle in a tree in raymond this morning, that is

tom: it is weather wednesday and today skiers and riders are enjoying the gorgeous weather at little mountain in lincoln. jennifer: the mountain opened for its 50th anniversary season. chief meteorologist mike haddad live at loon tonight and mike, several trails are already ready for skiers. mike that's right, top half of the mountain opened today. year number 50, as you mentioned. joining me is the communication manager, thank you for joining us tonight. >> of course, thanks for coming. mike: this is an excit blasting, you had the top half open today, when do you plan to open from top to bottom? >> right now our plan is the to open top to bottom this friday. so we'll have the snow guns going as long as temperatures allow. mike: it's amazes, after a warm start to the month you finally get a little winter. what's happening this saturday? >> the cease and desist rail jam, three skiers and snow

d.j., it starts at 5:30, and spectating is totally free, so come on up and check it out. mike: i spoke to a few people who said the conditions were ideal. imagine that a few weeks ago when it was so warm, but the snow guns can really do the thick. report it's so incredible, it only takes a couple days of cold war to lay down a lot of snow. i skied today and was surprised, it'sne days we've had in a while. tiply we open around mid-november and we're ready to go. mike: speaking of going, if you want to try some equipment, you have an support demo day in a few weeks. >> december 17, a saturday, we'll have demo day, you can try out wrapped new skis from top brands and see what you like. mike: top to bottom on friday. have a great thanksgiving. >> you too, thanks.

mountain. what about the travel for thanksgiving day? josh is here with a look at that, black friday weather and all the weekend details coming up. josh: that's a lot to ask for, mike, but i've got the answers. let's get right to it. first i wanted to show you past thanksgivings. you probably remember two years ago the day before thanksgiving in 2014. we saw as much as a foot or more of snow in parts of new hampshire. but do y how about 2005, where we had three to six inches in southern new hampshire and more in some locations out there. if you remember that one, here's a tougher one for you. 1989, the storm was largely in southern new hampshire and southern new england. this was the macy's day thanksgiving parade and some big amounts of up to a foot in places like cape cod and one more for you, back the 1971,

temperatures were cold enough for lots of snow. and as much as a foot to a foot and a half. will that be the case this year? not at all. but we do have a little bit of dicey weather to get through over the next few days. with temperatures right now in the upper 20's to low and mid 30's around the granite state. couple of games tonight and tomorrow. so let's talk about those, first of all, tonight in nashua, north versus south. 35 degrees right now, and the skies arear at the stadium at 10:30 in the morning, also about 35 degrees when the game gets they are way there in manchester. skies are mainly clear right now and will largely remain clear with a few clouds here and there for a time this evening. but you can clearly see what's to our west here, rain and snow marching this way, and notice this little finger of it right here, that is what's going to move in tomorrow when it's still

day tomorrow, any time from the morning on. however, i don't think it amounts to all that much. the second batch of it, though, that's with a really will affect us a lot more. but it will be warm enough that a lot of us will see that as rain. here's future cast showing that exact thing happening as the skies are clear for a while this evening, then overnight into tomorrow morning, clouding up and notice just little bits of snow a possibility really any time from 7:00 or 8:00 on in the morning. but this should not really all. and a lot of places will stay dry for much of the day. then late afternoon or probably after sun set when we see more precipitation breaking out, could be mixed precipitation, rain in southern new hampshire, and snow from concord north and west. southern new hampshire could have a few flakes that mix in as well. off and on again as the warming line pushes north as we go

night into friday. friday, off and on rain showers. but in the mountains it could stay a wintery mix right through friday and into saturday as well. so in just keeps going and going, saturday winding down a little bit. by the time you get to sunday it's just mountain flurries. any precipitation that comes early tomorrow morning will be in the form of snow. but temperatures warm up above 32 as you can see here, mid to upper forecast, it will be milder with scattered mostly rain showers. but a couple of snow flurries or showers possible in the mountains. more of the same on saturday. then sunday it's just mountain snow showers and milder weather could be around next week. >> a live look at the nashua turkey bowl going on in the gate city, it's north and south.

>> i think just my family and friends, you know, nothing would have happened without them throughout my life and career, so i'm happy and thankful for all the great family and friends i have. >> the manchester will host the florida everglades at 7:00 and

wenyen gabriel won't be home for dinner tomorrow, his kentucky wildcats hosting cleveland state this afternoon. check out his highlight which show is versatility, couple of offensive rebounds and putbacks. even a 3-pointer from the corner, all in the stretch of about three minutes. gabriel finishedded with 10 points, 10 reboundses and six assists, a great game for thur, kentucky wins it. this afternoon u.n.h. hit the against detroit mercy. a huge game for leisner. and a sweet drive and finish by freshman john, from nigeria. u.n.h. wins 86-70. let's take a live look at spella stadium where the nashua river bragging right over thanksgiving

looks like they're in the redstone and trying to score. so it south against north and south leads the series 8-4. but north won last year. north would be a favorite, they made the semifinal this is year before falling to exeter. we'll have highlights tonight at 11:00. in plaistow this afternoon, the going, going gobble 5k road race. a great way to catch there that were running, the race was at the polar school. tomorrow it will be a huge crowd for the sixth annual fisher cat thanksgiving 5k, over 2,500 runners have registered, the

warning track at northeast delta dental stadium. it also goes right by wmur twice, so if you're running make sure you wave to us. the first few runners got a free ticket to opening day. the turkey trots are everywhere. tom: we'll see you back here tonight right after a 20-20 special. jennifer: good night,ve [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its

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tonight, travel nightmares. a rocky start to the thanksgiving getaway. two powerful storms delivering a one-two punch from the rockies to the midwest. a record number of americans on the move, jamming highways. long lines at airports across the country. slow-going for millions on one of the busiest travel days of the year. move. the president-elect nominating the first two women to his cabinet. two names who opposed him during the election. trump appearing to soften his stand against some of his critics. breaking news. police revealing the bus driver's toxicology report. and what we've just learned about the route he was driving. should he have been on it? parade threat. police increasing security and new steps to protect against a lone wolf attack.