in manchester, jean mackin, wmur news9. shelley: new hampshire' s largest hospital is now affiliated with it' s closest neighboring hospital. the attorney general' s office approved the affiliation of dartmouth-hitchcock medical center and alice peck day memorial in lebanon. the affiliation allows patients access to resources from both hospitals. it is the 4th affiliation dartmouth hitchcock has created with smaller hospitals. tom: a slippery mess at chicago' s o' hare airport this afternoon. two plane slid off separate runways due to the weather. first a small jet slid off one soon after an american airlines flight requested to be towed to the terminal. federal investigators are looking into the cause. i guess not much of a day to fly out of o' hare in chicago. mike: you get that freezing rain , and it' s all moving this way. take a look at the time lapse at the weirs today, plenty of open water and it was a long time coming before we had that ice build all the way across the big lake. now were starting to see more signs o

as jean mackin reports, most people in the state said yes. jean: a majority approves of the idea. 62% of randomly selected adults the port legalizing marijuana for recreational use in the state. >> it' s getting more and more support as time goes on. it may be something the jean: we found people with minds made up or still thinking it over. >> i haven' t really given a lot of thought to it, no. >> it' s a lot better for people than alcohol, cigarettes which are legal, and i just think its overall a good idea. >> it doesn' t matter to me because i don' t do any of that anyways. >> i' ve seen over the last 50 years how harmless it is compared to anything called narcotic, including alcohol. jean: but manchester' s police chief is concerned it can be a gateway drug to narcotics like heroin. >> if we make it recreational kids are going to get it more readily and it could be their gateway drug and that' s really my issue with it. jean: here' s another interesting poll number. if recreational marijuana is approved in the granite state 72% of people s

jean mackin wmur news9. mike: and here we go with time lapse. you notice the clouds, quite stubborn through about midday and then partial sunshine, mostly sunny skies by the late part of the day as the cold now there is a secondary cold front that means business. a couple of snow showers or squalls. could be a coating or an inch or two. a couple of lakes could make it into the heart of the lake region. again, the travel plans take you up north in the next few hours, you could encounter some snow-covered roads. temperatures topped off 50-plus in northern parts of the state. a record along the coast. cooling down. gradually so. back into the upper 30's and very low 40's. much colder behind that boundary. once that clears, we will see a rush of colder air building in by morning. on average, 20's to 30 in far southeastern parts of the state. looking ahead to tomorrow, behind this front, it is high and dry as high pressure builds in. quickly behind that, here comes the next system with snow, sleet and rain. the further knot you the better shot of get

tonight, our jean mackin met some of new hampshire's newest leap babies. reporter: happy birthday, leap baby. colton weighing in at 8 pounds 3 ounces finally arrived 5 days late. he seemed to be waiting for the calendar to reach february 29 before making his appearance at st. joseph hospital in nashua >> i was first of all happy he was coming. reporter: hospitals across the state say they welcomed a few leaplings this quad-year like jace daniel peterson all 9 pounds 5 ounces of him the newest leap baby at elliot >> this is just when he's supposed to be here, it's all in god's timing, it does make it more fun, something a little extra special to make his birthday more unique. >> i think it's cool its neat to have something a little different. reporter: so what are the odds of being born on leap day? about one in 1,500 and there are 187,000 leap babies in the united states and by leap 'baby' we mean anyone, young or older officially celebrating a birthday only once every four years. which leaves parents with the timeless question on those off years will you

jean: i'm jean mackin. the first zika patient contracted the virus through josh: shelley walcott just finished talking to investigators about this and joins us now live from concord. reporter: health officials really want to warn that the zika virus cannot be spread through casual contact, and this woman is not considered a health threat. now, she contracted zika through sex with her male partner, who traveled to a country where with mosquitoes are spreading the the virus. affected areas include south america, central america and the caribbean. linked to micro sef ally -- cephaly, which causes birth defects. the woman in this case is not pregnant and has fully recovered. there are warnings for people traveling. >> anybody that travels should take strict precautions including using an e.p.a. registered repellent, wearing long sleeves and pants, staying indoors where there's screens and mosquito nets possibly. any woman that is pregnant should consider postponing travel to one of these areas because of the ri