as jean mackin shows us, that gives drivers something to celebrate. jean: drivers are reveling in the low gas prices this new years. >> oh, it's great. its happy new year. let' s get out and drive, right. the price at the palm tumbled throughout 2015. aaa says a year ago, drivers in new hampshire paid $2.42 a gallon $2.08 one month ago. then on new year' s eve, gas hit $1.99 a gallon in the granite state. >> and to put it in perspective, the oil price information service says a driver buying about 11 gallons of gas a week spent $550 less in 2015 than the year before. >> oh, i think that' s awesome. i'll be able to put more gas in my car for sure. >> it' s good to be low, i grew t fallen this low since the recession of 2009. saudi arabia and other opec members have kept their pumps flowing even with low oil prices and global stockpiles of crude. and for now, prices are expected to stay low in the new year. leaving drivers with one resolution -- what to do with their savings. >> i don' t know, it's new years so i' ll have to find something to do with it.

tonight he spoke to our jean mackin before he testifies. jean: chief nick willard is scheduled to testify before the senate judiciary committee at 10 a.m. wednesday. he told us he' ll have 5 minutes to make his point before taking questions and he plans to use every second getting his message across. >> i' ve been given the rare opportunity to sit down with senators in the u.s. government and talk about the issues we face. jean: manchester' s police chief has arrived in washington, d.c., along with the assistant chief carlo capano. their tour of the senate and capitol building shared on twitter by senator kelly ayotte. his expertise on combating the opioid crisis in new hampshire. he hopes his talking points can help on a national level. >> just how devastating fentanyl is, and i don' t think a lot of people know that. continuum of care that' s really going to be at the center of it' s not a law enforcement issue, it' jean: chief willard will encourage legislation and funding for treatment and recovery, not only in new hampshire, but across

as jean mackin shows us, the police chief from the state' s largest city was invited to share his expertise. >> in 2015, we suffered 69 fatal overdoses with this agora and 39% being straight fentanyl. jean: the manchester police chief testified. >> the poison the cocktail is putting on the streets of america is an affront to our way of life. leaving children without parents. >> i can assure you this is hitting every family in some way in new hampshire. jean: new hampshire' s senators were front and center, cosponsors of the comprehensive momentum. senator ayotte shared what she witnessed on a ride-along with first responders. >> i watched our first responders bring people back to life with narcan. without these lifesaving measures they would have died. it just really struck me how devastating this is. stephanie: senator shaheen spoke about two other bills pushing for $600 million in emergency funding and a grant to reduce the backlog of drug cases at the state police. >> i believe what we have now is white -- rich and poor. country. stephanie: chief willard urged lawmakers to add fentanyl t

and as jean mackin shows us, it had a special theme this year. jean: it was a night to honor the dream of dr. martin luther, by honoring the men and women who protect the dream, and the nation. jean the 14th annual ' keeping : the dream alive' celebration in manchester was dedicated to those who serve in law enforcement and the military. >> after the events that have happened over the last 6 months, we want to honor the men and women who put on the uniform everyday and put their lives on the line to protect us. jean the audience, including : members of new hampshire' s congressional delegation, and governor, welcomed u.s. navy nation' s first african american woman achieving the 4 star rank. and israel' s deputy consul general to new england who says dr. king' s dream has reached beyond america' s borders. >> how his values have passed these shores and i think most israelis share these values of tolerance and peace and co-existence. jean and a special salute to the : fbi' s joint terrorism task force headquartered in boston and lead by kieran rams

wmur' s jean mackin introduces us to three who' ve covered decades of granite state primaries. jean: if you want a snapshot of the new hampshire primary, just look through the lens of associated press photographer jim cole. he' s been preserving the decades. collects i started with ronald reagan, howard baker, george bush. jean: did we mention he has a he picked up the camera at 14 with a childhood dream to be done that 3 times. now he' s focused on this primary , known for capturing the extra-ordinary moment on the campaign trail. jeb bush stetching before a campaign event, chris christie staring down a bolt. flax one thing i always try to do is come up with something more new hampshire primary than not. do i have great shots of all of them? no, not yet. i have covered just about everyone who has run for the last 30 years. jean: wmur political reporter john distaso is considered the most experienced political writer in the state. he' s moving into double digit primary territory. this will be his 10th. >> the democratic convention. jean: he' s noticing more of a national press p

jean mackin joins us live with what happened there just a few hours ago. jean: lawmakers held what' s known as a special order sharing real solutions and real stories including amber' s story. , lawmakers joined together on capitol hill to consider a bi-partisan battle against opioid addiction. congresswoman annie kuster hosted the session called putting a face on heroin standing next to a photograph of amber' s face. >> the drug had consumed her found dead in an alley from a heroin overdose. she was 22-years-old. jean in 2014, amber lost her : life to a heroin overdose in manchester. her step-mother, make-up artist kriss blevens, shares amber' s story with presidential candidates who sit in her chair determined to catapult the crisis to a national stage while making changes at home, like helping launch the hope for new hampshire recovery center. >> when you lose a child to overdose your whole world crumbles. you don' t even know how you' re going to get up and do your day. but an angel spoke to me and said stay in the stream of life and that brough tme to

our jean mackin found the lottery lines tonight and joins us live in manchester. jean: people probably are not listening to a word where same right now because they are kich those numbers. just a couple rs aou it was like a traffic jam out here, people looking for a spaced art to get into stores to buy inside, we found lines of people feeling lucky. it was last minute powball mani iobes in a buying frenzy. >> all right. lets keep moving. >> i' m going to win. win. >> glu >> the is an atm right there.>> i can take the next person here. i'm going to win here. yo. me, jimmy.k,immy. what' s your strategy to cash in >> i just did the quick picks m going to play again jean: turns out there' free advice on the best y to >> it' s just a quickick, pun in and run out. >> my children' s birthdays and dar s. >> i just picked random numbers >> oh just luck, plain luck. jean: do you have a lot of luck? no, maybe this time. >> you never know, right? figured you can' don' >> well, we' that' s a good start, right? s superette in manchester, considered a lucky store because they sel

doctors say it' s extremely difficult to find a match for him, but as jean mackin shows us, he found his perfect match in more ways than one. >> when i met jack, i just felt like there was something very special between us. jean: soon, there' s going to be something very special shared by they' ve been inseparable since they started dating this past summer. s going to give me a i need a transplant and she' s turned out to be a perfect match. jean: michelle and jack' s love story starts here at stonebridge country club in goffstown where they both love to play golf, but their paths never crossed until this summer, a few months after jack started looking for his s sister donated a kidney when he was 26 years old. it gave him 19 years. >> since then, i' ve been doing dialysis three times a week. and back in march, i decided i wanted to have another transplant and we started searching. jean: jack' s friends offered, but no match. then, michelle came into jack' s life and changed it. she called to be tested without jack even knowing. doctors call it a near miracle and scheduled the kidney

our jean mackin explains how it will work. jean: nashua' s school superintendent says there' s never been an opioid overdose in any of the schools in his district that he' s aware of but he called on the school board to stock schools with narcan just in case, and the board agreed. nashua' s school superintendent urged the school board to be proactive by having the nasal mist version of naloxone in the nurses office. he wants school nurses and principals able to administer narcan. in a district with more than 11,000 students it would also be parents in the event of an overdose. >> it' s easy to administer a nasal spray, no known allergies, you' ve misdiagnosed to his to harm them. jean: he explained the narcan does not have to be administered that it would be provided by the state. while there were some questions. >> i question whether we enable people with the narcan. jean most members of the board : of education want narcan in the school medicine cabinet. >> i would be mortified if i learned someone died because we didn' t hav

wmur' s jean mackin has our top story tonight. jean as the price of crude oil : plummets so does the price of gas. most stations in new hampshire are now in that $1.70 and $1.80 range. take a look at the price of gas at the station in manchester. >> i' m on a fixed income, im retired and it makes the money go further. >> i got it for $1.75 i can' believe gas prices are this low. t know what' but i' m happy about it. jean the spokesperson for aaa : northern new england can explain a few of the factors >> china' s economy has slowed down and the demand for fuel oil and oil is down so that has driven the price is down. jean: crude oil fell to $26.55 a barrel, trading at it' s lowest level since 2003. the bottom of the barrel price has investors worried growth in the global economy is slowing. that sent stock prices tumbling in the new year. investors advised to ride it out, historically they will rise again. but just how low and how long can gas prices fall? aaa predicts downward price trend will continue or stabilize. new hampshire i

jean mackin joins us live with what we are learning. jean: firefighters were on the s body inside. they were delayed because of structural concerns over this old church, built more than 200 years ago. control and the search for the cause of this deadly fire around 11:00 am tuesday, firefighters were called to the s town green. within a few hours, flames here since 1798. inside, firefighters and the s office found the body of a man. >> we are not in a position to release any details about the victim at this point. it's a male victim. that' s as far as we are willing to go. jean: neighbors say one man has been living here. the fire chief referred to him as the pastor. both his cars are still on the property. >> he would be out there in the yard all the time, messing with stuff out there. he had displays and christmas things. he was a really nice guy. jean: a town selectman says a building about 5 years ago and become a church called ' assembly.' the selectman says just last week, the town made the first move to take back the building because of a dispute over unpaid now fire investig

and as jean mackin reports from the manchester boston regional airport there could be a ripple effect here. jean the big blizzard may be : staying to our south but the travel impact will reach right here. cancelling flights. by thursday night, just a few cancellations had cropped up for flights departing the manchester boston regional airport on friday. airlines expect planes to be grounded in the storm zone from friday afternoon through saturday. business travelers arriving home to new hampshire from new york say there was no calm before the storm getting out of the city . >> in going from the city to laguardia, the normal 25-30 minutes was an hour and 15 minutes with the traffic and everybody getting there, so it was really quite crowded. >> it was a mess. it was really crowded. we heard one announcement where they were offering $900 back with the hotel for people to get off one of the flights to charlotte. >> wonderful, i' thelma and louise. yes, thelma and louise. they plan to make their great winter escape after the storm passes. >> florida the end of the month. jean: but if you

wmur's jean mackin was out on the roads and tells us about the conditions. jean: nothing, but break lights for the northbound canterbury and same for the south side with several accidents. this car towed from the highway. rain, snow and freezing mark, led to a halt. to get out and talk to drivers. >> i got a text from my wife, where are you? i said i'm on 93. she said turn around. i said i'm already in it. they've shut it down. >> several problems were reported on 89. state police were busy handling one accident after the next. road crews headed out to treat the icy stretches of interstate that surprised some drivers. >> yeah, and i want to go home. [laughter] >> could be a while. >> yeah, great. >> just trying to get home, going to work. >> what were the road conditions like? >> i thought they were fine, but some people don't understand the driving conditions in new england. >> and state police do caution drivers to use those winter driving skills. they haven't had much of a in hooksett, jean mackin, wmur news 9. >> remember, you can track the conditions, yo

wmur' s jean mackin joins us with the highlights of the primetime debate that just wrapped up. jean: this debate featured fewer candidates on the main stage featuring seven republicans tonight. the focus was the economy, domestic and international policy but the candidates also had laser focus on each other, and hillary clinton. the republicans on stage in south carolina stood in agreement on one issue. >> the next commander in chief jean but donald trump challenged : ted cruz to prove he' s qualified because he was born in canada to an american mother. >> if i win i choose him as a vp candidate and the dems sue because we can' t take him along for the ride. >> i'll tell you what, donald. a few you tefered me the vp slot. i' ll tell you what, if this all works out, i' m happy to consider naming you as vp. you can get the job at the end of the day. jean the republicans tackled : issues like job growth, building the military, gun rights and terrorism. there were a few memorable humorous moments. im glad to get a question this i was going to ask you to wake me up when the time came

jean: i' m jean mackin. conditions today were practically perfect for outdoor holiday activities, but you' ll want to put on an extra layer before heading back to work next week. let' s start tonight with chief meteorologist mike haddad. happy new year. mike: happy new year to both of you. temperatures still running above the average today. you know the story about the warmth we had. the lower 60' s on christmas day. while all those numbers put together, it goes right up to number one. 37.7 was the average temperature in december, shattering the old temperature set in 1891. temperatures still running about five to six degrees above average. there are some snow showers coming in for this evening and another round as we go into sunday of this weekend. the second one will usher in the coldest air of the season so far. if you are traveling out and about, you may encounter some snow-covered roads in the north country and there could be a brief snow showers in some area roadways in southern parts of the state thro

across the country, people are pooling their money to buy tickets for wednesday' s so tonight, our jean mackin spoke with an attorney about some wise office pool rules. jean: bunny' s superette here in manchester sells the most lottery tickets in the state and had a $50,000 winner in the last drawing. turns out that was an office pool. the winner came back into the lucky store on sunday to share the good news. >> it was a pool of 30. it was 30 people involved, but she didn' t tell us where from, she was keeping it a secret. jean an office pool winner? :>> yes, yep, 30 of them were sharing it. jean bunny' s has now opened 4 : powerball registers to handle the frenzy. the store has boxes of extra paper to print more powerball tickets and many of them will be for office pools. if you are investing in one. you might want to pay attention to some legal advice from attorney john cronin. the number one rule, put it in writing, include a list of participants, and more. >> how many people are invested take the payout if we are fortunate enough to win, will we take it in annuity or the lump sum and how

very thankful. >> in manchester, jean mackin, wmur news 9. amy: coming up next, do you have a private well? have you ever wondered whether you should get the water tested? coming up, we'll let you know. >> in the next hour of news 9 this morning, looking for ice. why some on average, it takes three working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. she gets the job done for us. i'm hillary clinton and i >> inch today's grow it green, we're joined by margaret hagan of the cooperative extension. we're talking about testing of wells. how often, margaret? >> the new hampshire environmental services suggest are pretty stable. if you have a new well put in. you need to do that as soon as the water has settled down a little bit. once

welcome back, i' m jean mackin. adam: and i' m adam sexton. 200 reporters and staffers personally delivered papers. rhondella richardson from our sister station wcvb has the story. reporter: this morning, we were excited because the newspaper was out there. reporter: a home delivery subscriber for more than 30 years, and now she cannot get an answer to win the "boston globe" home delivery service will be back to normal. >> now it is eight days. i' m wondering if we are ever going to get our paper again. reporter: when they reach out? >> you get a robo response. reporter: they did e-mail the couple with a list of zip codes with deliveries, even after reporters, managers, and staffers volunteered to take on the deliveries themselves. the company in a statement says it has a new distribution service which took over monday and is trying to get up to speed with a new staff of 600 carriers who need to learn new routes, new addresses. brookline is one of the areas where "the globe" today arrived. >> today we did get the pa

jean: i' m jean mackin. police say it appears this altercation started inside a bar on maple street and ended on the pavement outside. today, the suspect was in court while the victim remains hospitalized. tom: wmur' s andy hershberger joins us live with the new andy? andy: tom, police say it was just a single punch that caused the injuries and now has a 26-year-old man facing a felony charge. 26-year-old david mitchell faces one count of second degree assault for allegedly punching another man outside of this manchester night club early sunday morning. police say it was a single punch that caused the victim serious injuries. carrissa pelletier: as you' re aware, mr. mitchell was involved with some sort of dispute with the victim during which time he struck the victim, causing the victim to suffer a skull fracture. it' s my understanding he is we are concerned with this type of behavior and concerned for the victim' s safety, your honor. andy: police say both mitchell and the victim were at this bar. court r

good evening, i'm jean mackin. tom: and i'm tom griffith. emergency crews were called to the home on kearsarge mountain road in andover today. suzanne roantree joins us live now with the latest details. reporter: andover's fire chief says it was just after noontime when a fire started in a brush file. few details are available at this time, but the chief said that after the fire there appears to have been an explosion. it's not clear if the brush fire and the explosion are related. the chief says one person died in the incident, and the fire marshal's office confirmed an autopsy has been scheduled for friday. there are no reports of any other injury. the fire marshal's office is leading in the investigation. they say it appears to have been now, the fire marshal's office has indicated they'll be sending out a press release shortly. we'll bring you the details as they become available. jean: thanks. tonight warner police say a woman found dead on bear pond road may have suffered an injury before her death. the 87-year-old woman was found by a

jean: i'm jean mackin. police don't think this is the first time this has happened. josh: jennifer crompton has the story live from our seacoast bureau. reporter: police say the victim responded to an online ad on both craigslist and back page. an ad for personal services of some sort and that it was a setup. they were called to an apartment in somersworth by the victim who had been robbed and beaten in the face. according to police he had arranged to meet this woman, 22-year-old felicia smart of somersworth. connection, as well as her 29 edwin dorr. police are also looking or another man. affidavits al he and two others were waiting when the victim arrived. >> he actually walked in the apartment with the girl, she met him outside, she left the room for a second or a couple minutes actually and when she left the room these three males entered through a rear door. and then con fronted him. reporter: police say they expect there will be more charges. coming up at 6:00 the statement one suspect allegedly made that leads police to believe that they may have done this bef

jean: i'm jean mackin. you can see the temperatures in the north country right now, it is 16 degrees. mike haddad says things are going to get much colder tonight and tomorrow. mike: that's right. single numbers and as we advance through the day tomorrow, sub-zero at times. gusty northwesterly winds, you can't see it on the radar, but you can tell where those clouds and where the snow showers are moving, from west northwest to east southeast. and as that wind continues to crank up it's driving in bitterly cold air from that direction. notice on average steady winds of 10 to 20. but gusts up to 30 at times, so actual temperatures that are in the teens and very low 20's feel even colder. these are the wind chills, well below zero over 6,000 feet at the top of mound washington, a bitterly cold arctic 46 below. single digits to near 10 elsewhere. overnight tonight into tomorrow morning all of that frigid air to our north and west will continue to drift in. having said that no record lows over the next couple da

i'm jean mackin. josh: things will stay quiet this evening, but mike haddad says it will be a very different scene when we wake up tomorrow. mike: certainly will, no question about that. as we go through the evening, mainly quiet. could be a couple of light spotty mixed showers and develop mid to late evening. but the radar scopes are quiet. there could be a light mixed shower starting after 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. but not a widespread event. most of the action clearly as you can see on radar well off to our south. and the leading edge doesn't work in until early tomorrow morning. north and freezing north and west of manchester, but a little above from manchester points that means not a whole lot of frigid air locked in place ahead of this storm, and that means a wintery mess for tomorrow morning. in the the spotty light showers of wet snow, maybe a touch of of sleet, freezing rain during the late evening. but tomorrow morning rain southeast, a mix central, and wet snow higher terrain, central and

--i and jean mackin. adam: mike cronin has details. mike: the boy was alert and responding to questions. this afternoon, the father and together. mountain when one of the boys fell off. ski patrol from the base and summit responded. before the dispatch helicopter got here, it was called off. the blue was taken the hospital the circumstances surrounding the accident and the nature of his injuries are unclear. ragged mountain is investigating and will release more information as it becomes available. mike cronin, wmur news 9. adam: thanks. the state fire marshal is investigating a fire in alexandria after flames broke out at a home on fowler river road. this is the same home where a 11-month-old boy sustained fatal injuries this past november. the fire chief says no one was home at the time of the fire. wmur' s kristen carosa joins us now with new details on the investigation. kristen: investigators spent a good part of the day inside looking for answers. neighbors say the fire is concerning and complicates what is already going on. crim

good evening, i'm jean mackin. josh: i'm josh mcelveen. police arrested charles bureau who they say worked as a direct support professional at this facility. jennifer crompton joins us now live with the latest on these allegations. reporter: hollis police say they were contacted about the alleged assaults on december 31st by the state office of elderly and adult services, and that prompted their investigation. 72-year-old charles barrow of nashua was arrested yesterday, he had been employed as a direct support professional at i believe services network. isn provides daytime support for according to the chief, he's accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a 37-year-old woman who is not considered able to give consent. >> i believe there were some observations made by staff that led to this breaking. it very similar to what you see in a sexual assault involving children where there's an inability to concept or communicate properly. reporter: isn released a statement today saying it was immediately reported and the employee immediately term

jean: i'm jean mackin. the wind is significant, both wildcat and cannon had to close their slopes today because of the gusts. other resorts did stay open, but skiers had to bundle up. josh: mike haddad says we have at least one more night of this bitter chill. mike: we do, and those winds have been active all day, in some cases gusting over 40 miles per hour. unless you're atop mount washington, 128 miles per hour during the dogs of this afternoon. topping 46 up to 47 miles per hour in portsmouth. 40 minor gusts in manchester and concord, and close to that in laconia. right now the temperatures are several degrees below the norm only single digits north to low 20's far south. you factor the the busy winds, these are the sustained wind anywhere from 7 miles per hour in berlin to 24 in plymouth and along the coast. you factor the two together, the temperature and that steady wind, and it feels like zero or below in some cases. above. a lot of cold air back to our north and west, that means another cold one to

jean: and i' m jean mackin. clinton is one of many candidates holding a first town hall of the year. wmur' s kristen carosa was at the event in derry. kristen: hillary clinton packed the auditorium inside the middle school. her visit comes a day before former president bill clinton will hit the campaign trail in support of her run for the white house. it was standing room only for a town hall meeting with former secretary of state hillary clinton as the countdown to the new hampshire primary continues. hillary clinton: i am thrilled new hampshire is one of the places that gets to make the first decision. kristen: the democratic presidential candidate told the crowd of more than 700 people the next president must be a democrat. hillary clinton incomes go up : for everybody, not just for those at the top. we know unemployment goes down and you are four times more likely to have a recession when you have a republican in the white house. kristen: clinton talked about how she would fight for equal pay for women somet

good evening, i'm jean mackin. josh: i'm josh mcelveen. the homeowner who was injured in this break in says he fought back against his attackers. jean: andy hershberger has his story from raymond. reporter: jack reed says he was playing video games online when two men wearing ski masks came into his house and began attacking him. the assault happened about 5:30 yesterday afternoon at reed's house on chester road in raymond. he says the two men pepper sprayed him and kept telling him they needed to talk to him in the living rom. read kept fighting back, at one point one of his dogs started biting one of the suspects in reed says he and the shorter of the two men kept fighting as he tried to make it to the front door. >> the guy i was fighting with came in here and started taking things, you could tell he was panicking because he was telling his friend he needed to go, but the little guy wouldn't let me go and kept trying to fight me. when he was outside he kept trying to put his hander around my face, so i started biting his fingers as hard

wmur' s jean mackin was out on the roads all evening long. she joins us with the latest. jean: it looks good but what a start to the weekend. state police responded to about 15-20 accidents here. while there were some minor injuries, they say no serious injuries. nothing but brake-lights in the northbound lanes of interstate 93 in canterbury, same goes for the southbound side, where the new hampshire dot reported several accidents. like this car towed from the side of the highway. plans. traffic so stalled we were able to get out and talk to drivers stopped in their tracks. >> i got a text. they said that she said, they turned -- shut it off. worse of the state capital. several problems were also reported on state police were 89. busy handling one accident after the next. road crews headed out to treat the icy stretches of interstate that surprised some drivers >> i want to go home. >> great. >> trying to get home. i don' t want to be out all night. jean: what are the road conditions like? >> i thought they were fine. but some people understand the don' t driving condition

i' m jean mackin. with just five weeks until the first-in-the-nation primary, many candidates are revving up their campaigns to spend more time in new hampshire. senator bernie sanders was one of the candidates hosting town halls today. he held two in plaistow and newmarket. the democratic presidential hopeful also held a roundtable on senior issues. the event was in londonderry, traditionally a republican stronghold, but senator sanders drew a crowd and applause for his message of raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. >> i want to make this point for the umpteenth time. the history of the world. millions should not be living in poverty. will be in laconia and manchester. former secretary of state hillary clinton held three town halls across the state today. in derry, she talked about how she would fight for equal pay for women, something she says sets her apart from republican candidates. during the question-and-answer portion of the town hall, an emotional question was asked by a young girl

wmur' s jean mackin begins our commitment 2016 coverage on the trail with jeb bush. mr. bush: i appreciate, this is my 21st visit to new hampshire. i' m coming back. stage, jeb bush headed back to new hampshire. earlier friday he accepted the endorsement of former contender senator lindsey graham. and tried to win over new hampshire voters by separating himself from donald trump. mr. bush: if i am the antitru mp, if you will, that tries to restore dignity, leadership, i would love that role. jean: he assured voters he' d work across the aisle to get things done in washington intent on building the military, and targeting terrorists. in an exclusive interview with wmur, bush said his strategy is to outwork everybody, with his his daughter noelle is on this family at his side. trip. mr. bush: it is important for everybody because this is the one place where every candidate gets tested. jean: jeb bush has 2 town halls saturday in amherst and hampstead and a four-day blitz starting wednesday. tom: new hampshire was marco rubio' s first stop after last night' s republican deb

wmur' s jean mackin is at the scene to tell us about the struggle between the homeowner and the attackers and what they got away with. jean: at this hour, police are posted outside the house here on route 102 in raymond, also known as chester road. you can see police tape pulled across the entrance to the driveway as they investigator reported home invasion here. we talked to raymond police in the past hour and they say there is a statewide search for two men who force their way into this home around 5:30 tonight. police say the homeowner was inside. they are not saying it' s a homeowner was a man or woman. they say the suspects struggled with the homeowner before restraining the homeowner with lisa not elaborating on what kind of wrestling memorabilia was stolen. here is what they did say just a few minutes ago. >> we had a home invasion, two male subjects with black masks. they entered the residence and took some wrestling memorabilia and the subjects dodge charger. jean: that is a black 2010 dodge minor damage to the rear bumper from the escape. the home invasion suspects are only desc

live in the studio, jean mackin, wmur news 9. tom: on that note, a woman is of narcan authorities say was administered by a friend and was recently handed out at a state run distribution program. andy hershberger joins us now live with more about the other important action tharps taken. reporter: officials say a woman is alive tonight because someone knew how to use narcan, and more importantly called for help. >> this is the kit that was handed out. reporter: laconia officials believe that this is the first documented case of a civilian using a state distributed narcan kit to save a life. >> i think this is evidence that it did work, we've saved one life and it's only been two and a half days. reporter: the state started this distribution program in september. earlier this week in laconia, 44 of these narcan kits were handed out, and training was done on how to use them. fire officials say friday morning nay got a 911 call that a young woman had had suffered an opioid overdose. >> our friend administered the narcan, started c.p.

i' m jean mackin. the state fire marshal' s office was at the scene today. wmur' s mike cronin joins us live with why the fire chief is calling this fire suspicious. mike: no one was home at the time of the fire and the alexandria fire chief believes the house has been empty for about a month. saturday morning investigators returned to the house on fowler river road in alexandria that was destroyed in a fire friday night. >> i didn' t see too many flames but there was a lot of smoke and i was concerned. >> we refused to put anybody into the building so it was all an exterior attack for us. reporter: the fire chief believes it' s suspicious. in november 11 month old shawn sylvester was critically hurt at this home. he later died. blunt impact head trauma. his death was ruled a homicide but no arrests have been made. 29-year-old tommy page who was living in the home at the time of the incident is in custody , accused of possessing child sexual abuse images. for now, the state fire marshal' s office isn' t calling the fire suspicious. >> we treat any fire that

live in the studio, jean mackin, wmur news9. tom: right now a road in manchester close because of a crash. police say a car hit a pedestrian near the market basket store. police are still on the scene at this hour. s office investigating a deadly fire in and over today. emergency crews called to a home when a fire started in a brush pile. one person was killed, but t releasing information about the victim. wasn' t one. officials say this appears to be an accident. just over the border an explosion at a chemical plant has injured four people. crews were called to dow 2:30. hospital officials say the victims had shrapnel and burn injuries. the town manager says no air and there' s no danger to the surrounding area. the plant develops materials used in manufacturing led lights. answered questions about his latest proposals on gun control tonight in a town hall meeting. president obama: for the gun owners who are in attendance here, my suspicion is that you all had to go through a background check. and it didn' t prevent you from ge

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