pi am peggy james 495.7 wzid. pjean: thanks, peggy. ptom: still ahead, a deadly pcollapse in new york city. pjean: what caused this massive pcrane to crash down landing on pseveral parked cars below. ptom: the threat of zika virus is pspreading again in the u.s. pthe states now on alert as the pnumber of cases spike. pmike: after all the snow, parts pof new hampshire actually saw psome sun late today. pif we' ll see bright skies return pfor all, tomorrow. phampshire man faces a judge paccused of repeatedly assaulting phis infant son leaving him in pserious condition. ptom: new at 6:00 -- a judge pissues his final decision after psaying a man convicted of sexual passault was given too harsh of a pjean: new york' s mayor is pordering the inspection of phundreds of cranes after this phorrific scene today. pa massive crane collapsed in plower manhattan, smashing onto arked cars below. pa harvard graduate died inside pone of those cars. ptwo other people are seriously phurt. pit happened while the crane was pbeing lowered, as a precaution,

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from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. jean: thanks, peggy. a political movement making new hampshire its home basis celebrating a milestone tonight. tom: the free state movement is moving ahead with big plans, that story is next. reporter: getting down to the wire in south carolina, i'm sal hi kidd in washington with new polls and fresh appeals for votes in the first in the south primary. mike: after some snow to start off the week, the temperatures start to climb, how mild it gets starting tomorrow. jean: at 5:30 a first of its kind investigation into insurance coverage for substance abuse. >> i think it's about stigma. tom: and the push to free up money for fighting drug dealers, so, let me get this straight -- u.s. cellular has the phone you're looking for, a network that's built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys don't, and 6 gigs for only $40 a month. that's a lot less than verizon and at&t. so, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for $40 a mo

peggy james joins us live with a closer look at our evening commute. hi, peggy. >> hi, jean. we still have a road closure in new durham due to that large sinkhole that opened up. that is still closed down between the intersection of merry meeting, lake and powder mill roads. probably closed until tomorrow according to the d.o.t., so oh void that area if you can. 93 north nothing in your way all the way up to manchester. cruising aalong nicely on 293. no backups at the hooksett tolls at this time. do you slow down a little on your way through concord. 101 west starting to fill in in bedford and no tieups yet on the everett turnpike. the spaulding turnpike northbound has pockets of congestion at this hour. i'm peggy james. jean: there's new trouble tonight for a cruise ship battered by bad weather. josh: straight ahead, the anthem of the seas has run into another storm, this time -- jean: and prescription drugs with fentanyl hidden insides. mike: snow showers for some tonight, a look at the next system ahead. josh: at a5:30, new information about the mumps outbreak at a local c

@tom: peggy james joins us live @commute. @hi, peggy. @p>> just a reminder if you're @heading out soon to make sure @have you the headlight on. @with all that road entry, kit be @hard to see. @there. @coming out of massachusetts, 93 @north is a little busy until you @get over the state line in @salem, then it's a good ride all @the way up to manchester and 293 @is busy, but without any @further north it's a good ride @all the way from hooksett up to @concord with slight slowdowns @through exits 12 through 15 in @concord. @starting to bunch up on 101 west @at the intersection of route @114. @and the everett turnpike is @busy, but no backups in either @direction yet. @101 between manchester and @hampton is moving well, but we @did just get word on 95 @southbound of a car fire that's @got the right lane closed just @after the rest area. @things are stop and go on the @spaulding turnpike northbound as @well. @from the wzid traffic network, @i'm peggy james. @tom: thank you. @jean: we are tracking a @developing story in the rocky @mountains r

i'm peggy james. jean: just ahead at 5:00, the new details emerging in that mass shooting at a kansas factory. >> authorities say the motive appears to be domestic and the outcome could have been much officer. tom: a waiting game in syria right now where a new cease-fire has just taken effect. mike: we'll have plenty of sunshine to kick off the weekend on saturday. accused in a dead hi crash makes his first court appearance more than six months after the crash that killed his friend. tom: and a woman admitted to illegally taking her daughter tom: breaking news in syria where a new cease-fire just went into effect, but the final hours before the deadline were marked by new air strikes, near damascus. negotiations for the truce were led by the u.s. and russia's success depends on rebel factions on the ground. but so far 97 have promised to follow the terms of that cease-fire. we are learning new details now about the shooting rampage in a kansas workplace that killed three and injured more than a dozen.

i'm peggy james for 95.7, wzid. josh: tonight the long running preserve is over. jennifer: up next the final occupiers surrendered as one protest leader appeared in court. josh: one of the world's most famous races is struggle this winter, that's because the iditarod might not have enough snow. mike: a frigid feel later tonight as temperatures continue to fall. jennifer: the campaigns are gone, but the signs remain. one college has a plan to keep the signs from turning into trash. josh: then why prosecutors are dropping some charges against the man accused of loving a so, let me get this straight -- u.s. cellular has the phone you're looking for, a network that's built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys don't, and 6 gigs for only $40 a month. that's a lot less so, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for $40 a month plus get $300 back. jennifer: now to breaking news out of georgia tonight, police say an officer was shot and killed during a police operation outside of atl

from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. tom: we have much more ahead tonight, including the latest on the tram that stranded skiers high above the ground, when it mike: a classic winter chill tonight. jean: also ahead, apple's c.e.o. reaches out to employees in the tech company's fight against a court order to unlock a terrorist's iphone. tom: at 5:30, a mayor wants a safe space for hoirn users to inject the drug, how he plans to get around the state legislature. jean: and governor hassan shares her conversation with president obama about how to address the tom: the supreme court is back in session for the first time since the death of justice scalia. the late justice's chair remains draped in black, that will stay in place until next month when justices will switch seats based on their seniority. today chief justice robert shared some brief remarks about scalia saying he will be missed beyond measure. the justices heard arguments in two cases today, one having to do with v.a. contracts, the other examining ways of collecti

peggy james is joining us live with a look at the evening commute. hi, peggy. peggy: good evening. the presidents day holiday definitely lighter volume out there, so that is good news. however, as the road conditions start to deteriorate and people make their way home from their three-day ski weekends we can expect to see some delays starting up. 93 north coming up from the problems there, and no incident on 293 around manchester. further north on 89 we are starting to see some slowdowns 89 southbound between clinton street down to logging hill road. and also 93 south you're hitting the brakes from 393 down to the bow junction. our usual slowdowns from 114 to wallace road in bedford on 101 west. and the everett turnpike north increasing volume through merrimack. no problems to or from the seacoast. from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: we have much more ahead tonight, including the pope's new approach to mass, we'll tell you which languages were featured in today's service in mexico. jean: travel troubles continue, not because of the temperatures, but because of the

i'm peggy james. jennifer: a suspected burglar in vermont is facing charges after police say he stole a family's cat. awe competent -- he stole a cat named boots after he said he was looking for his own cat. josh: an armed robber got more than he bargained for when the man he targeted turned out to be an iraq war veteran. a robber put a gun to his back after leading the gunman to the register the vet whipped around and threw him on the floor. the robber is still on the mike: here we go, quite a few changes coming in down the road over the next 12 to 24 hours. there's a storm we've been tracking the past couple days that looked to pass to our south yesterday, that's going to come a little closer. that means a return to winter not only in terms of temperature but now in terms of snow. take a look at the time lapse photos out at the coast today, it was damp early, but then brightening skies and dryer conditions this afternoon, hard to imagine that snow is on the way when you consider how warm it is now,

@josh: peggy james joins us now @with a live look at the road @home on primary night. @hi there, peggy. @peggy: hi, josh, good evening. @we do have hudson police on the @scene of a vehicle into the @water at greeley street at @barrett hill road, it's not @causing major issues on the @roads, but use caution through @the area. @coming up on the border of 93 @north no problems from @massachusetts all the way up to @manchester. @it's fine up to hooksett and @bow. @minor slowdowns threw concord @this evening. @the everett turnpike start @forget busy northbound. @101 west bunching up through @bedford. @from the wzid traffic network, @i'm peggy james. @ @mike: thankfully the weather not @getting in the way for anyone @wanting to hit the polls, @whether it was early in the day, @maybe a little slick for some, @but the rest of the day has been @fine. @the roads drying up nicely. @in warner we have quite a few @cloud, but for the most part it @is on the dry side and @temperatures have come up @niecely into the upper 20's @today, very close to the norm @for this time of year. @not

from the traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: if you think you had messy weather causing head aches for travelers, flights have been delayed or canceled because of now to a developing story with passengers on board a delta flight diverted to manchester. they've had to be diverted again. delta flight 944 from the dominican republic could not land at j.f.k. last night because of lousy weather. when it did land in manchester the 159 passengers had to wait for customs workers to be brought in from portland, maine, they stayed in a hotel overnight and flew out today, but because of bad weather in new york they had boston. jean: police in two states are comparing notes at this hour to see if there's a connection between robberies at two separate gun shops. the latest happened in tyngsboro, massachusetts. investigators want to know if it's linked to a robbery in hooksett from earlier this month. wmur's adam sexton is live in hooksett where he just spoke to investigators. reporter: well, jean, no definitive link yet between these t

from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: new details about a granite stater who says he was badly burned by the battery for a nicotine vaporizer when it exploded. he's now suing the store where he bought and it the manufacturer. heather hamel is live in the studio with more on his story. reporter: matthew gilson is still in a lot of pain and may need more surgery. he said he wasn't even touching the battery when it exploded, nor was he using the vaporizer, he suffered serious burns and hopes his story will be a warning to others. >> five seconds, it was like slow motion, then all of a sudden i felt the heat and i didn't know what was happening, so i just started running and screaming. reporter: surveillance cameras at his workplace caught that all on video. if you look closely at the bottom right corner, you can see something fall from his pants, he says it's this lithium his new vierpizer that he claims caused serious burns when the battery blew up the his pocket. after two surgeries and two weeks in the hospital, thi

from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. tom: thank you. there are new developments in tonight it's one step closer to reality in vermont. the state senate approved the idea today, sending the proposal onto the house. the bill allows residents to have up to one ounce of marijuana. one senator switched her vote from no to yes today after an amendment that would have helped to protect small growers. it's not clear if the bill will pass vermont's house, but the governor has publicly expressed his support. jean: more new developments in f.b.i. the tech company has just filed its first official response to demands that it help hack into a terrorist's iphone. as aixa diaz reports from our washington bureau, this response comes the same day the head of the f.b.i. defends the bureau. reporter: jean, apple skiing a federal judge to reverse her previous order, while the f.b.i. director says he needs the company's help to thoroughly investigate the san bernardino attack. threats, f.b.i. director james comey said there are no demons in the dispute betw

i' m peggy james 495.7. anchor: next, the exclusive information in the shooting where the suspect visited hours before. anchor: and an important voice making his opinion known. which side bill gates is backing . >> unsettled stretch, the forecast ahead. >> one man in custody, the search for another in hudson after police say they were caught stealing from a local store. jean: and at 6:00, the just released plans on how the city of portsmouth plans to honor former mayor eileen foley and anchor: police are combing through evidence of the deadly shooting rampage. anchor: police were able to confiscate suspect jason brian dalton' s phone. casings and a ' heavy duty' jacket news dalton bought less than 3 hours before the first attack. the family of one of the victims, 14-year-old abigail kopf who is in critical condition is speaking out. >> our thoughts are with the dalton family who are also suffering at this time, we want t hold anything against the family members. anchor dalton is facing 16 : charges in the ca

i'm peggy james for 95.7, wzid. jean: thanks, peggy. straight ahead, surprising word from pope francis as he departs the americas, he's opening the door to contraception for women dealing with a certain health tom: and an historic trip in the works for president obama, but his plans to visit cuba are also generating a lot of criticism. mike: quite a chill tonight. >> over 5,000 are waiting in north korea in some way for us to find them. jean: at 5:30, quick action on capitol hill protects the work to recover fallen veterans. tom: then a traffic stop leads to hand cuffs for this man who police say was carrying a bullet jean: pope francis is suggesting contraception could be used to prevent the spread of the zika virus, despite the catholic church's long-time ban on most forms of birth control. reporters asked the pontiff about the issue on his flight from mexico. he said contraception could be considered since the virus has been linked to birth defects. but the pope says there is a clear line between preventing pregnancy with contracepti

i'm peggy james for 95.7, wzid. jean: thanks, peggy. all eyes on iowa tonight but several candidates have already tom: up next, why several white house contenders decided to hampshire. mike: after a warm one today, a bright and cooler tuesday follows. jean: another charge against a man accused of assaulting students as they walked to school, police suspect more victims to come forward. tom: and a key step forward in the trial of a man accused of a so, let me get this straight -- u.s. cellular has the phone you're looking for, a network that's built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys don't, and 6 gigs for only $40 a month. that's a lot less than verizon and at&t. so, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for $40 a month plus get $300 back. tom: commitment 2016 again, the iowa caucuses begin in a couple hours. but some candidates have already left the hawkeye state to campaign here in new hampshire. jean: bush, christie and kasich are all here to

from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: thanks. straight ahead, a billion dollar proposal to fight the heroin epidemic facing new hampshire and other parts of the nation. what senator shaheen says this money is most needed for right now. jennifer: plus bill cosby was back in court today. protects him from facing criminal charges. mike: temperatures still above average again today, but does it stay mild for the rest of the week? the forecast coming up. josh: then a weekend assault outside a bar has turned deadly the information investigators jennifer: developing right now, the attorney general's office, state police and new boston police are investigating an untimely death. the person was found dead at the friendly beaver camp ground, an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. stay with wmur and wmur.com for the latest on this, as it becomes available. more americans have died of opioid overdoses in 2014 than in automobile accidents. here in new hampshire that statistic is more -- josh: the president is proposing a s $.1 billion funding

i'm peggy james for 95.7, wzid. jennifer: a tornado count is under way in southern states tonight after a round of dangerous weather. we'll have more on that straight reporter: the mild winter is taking its toll on ice condition as cross the state and is affecting some long standing traditions. that story is next. mike: after a damp and cool night, dryer and milder air will follow for thursday, how warm it gets and when it cools back down. josh: then the man behind a brazen prison break is sentenced again, this time for the escape that led to a massive manhunt. jennifer: and police say more than $6,000 worth of heroin is that's ahead on the presidents' day sales event is on now at your new england ford dealers. save big on america's for 39 straight years. now with additional presidents' day bonus cash... get up to $7,050 total savings on the history-making f-150... the future of tough. and super duty, the rougher the going, the tougher the truck. hurry in for up to $7,050 total savings...on ford f-series... or lease

@the report being brought to you @by dunkin' donuts, from the wzid @traffic network, i'm peggy @james. @jennifer: commitment 2016, the @final push is under way in new @hampshire. @the candidates for president @pounding the pavement today @trying to drum up that last @the first in the nation primary. @josh: the very first votes will @be cast in just under seven @hours at midnight in dixville @notch, mills field and hart's @location, and tonight we have @brand new g.o.p. poll numbers @just in to the newsroom with a @final look at where things stand @before voters head out to make @their decision. @on the republican side of @things, seems a lot of people @are still trying to make up @their minds. @with 31% support, donald trump @heads into the primary election @the clear favorite on the @republican side and that's about @the closest thing you'll find to @a sure thing. @because from there marco rubio, @ted cruz and john kasich are all @within the margin of error, and @then bush fiorina, christie and @carson separated by a mere four @points. @with more than half the likely @republican vote

james lick high school. this is in san jose's alum rock neighborhood. ==anim== nbc bay area's peggy bunker is on campus. peggy -- explosive allegations... what are the detals? ==janelle//ots== it's getting tense tonight, >>> he was so friendly with students they simply knew him as mr. g. now, gonzales was named interim vice principal last month. prior to that he was an adviser and has been with the district since 2008. he also coaches the varsity baseball team and the girl's varsity volleyball team. some of the parents we spoke with here today said they think he's an excellent coach. parents and students say they just can't believe the news. >> i just felt like shocked and like puzzled. because like you know, it's just something you wouldn't believe. >> i'm shocked also along with my daughter. because he's very well-liked by a lot of students. >> my kids play baseball. and it's just shocking. >> now gonzales has been placed on administrative leave. he was first arrested last friday at his home.

james. that's it. >> i'm going to talk anyway. one point peggynan made, she being a baby boomer, the view of capitalism is significantly colored by the experience of 2008 and the financial crisis. so that may make them more open to bernie sanders' message about how we need fundamental economic change. >> dan, as one of my generation, you have a different view on this or does that square with what your children say and think? >> my children are escaping from the millennial generation, thank heavens. no, i think joe has put his finger on it. these are the children of obabak obama and what they have known is under employment which is a big thing. you go to school for four years, you rack up all this debt and enter this darwinian marketplace you may or may not get a job. the people who get a job are either making a lot of money or many of them are getting jobs you would only need a high school education to get. there's a tremendous amount of anxiety among people this age and it is a direct consequence of barack obama's policies. the difficulty has be