in manchester had 2015. more than 600 overdoses, 69 of them were deadly. its a trend that started at the end of 2014. the spike due to prescription drug abuse and the deadly opioid fentanyl. trouble too in nashua officals say they responded to 246 with 15 of those being deadly. >> it' s staggering, because one death every five or six days, based on the numbers, depending on how you divvy it up, that' s an outstanding number. that' s one person a week that is dying from an addiction that can be preventable. >> we saw a significant increase particularly in the second half of the year in nashua. september, october, november and december some big spikes in the numbers that almost brought us up to the numbers we were experiencing in manchester. tom: the legislature even held a special session to deal with the opioid crisis. law enforcement says it' s important to remove the stigma of addiction. new hampshire fish and game officials looking for a coyote with the jar on its head. conservation officers received a ca

congratulations to manchester central senior hannah couture. hannah signed her national letter of intent to enroll at -- to row at ohio state next year. the buckeyes are the three-time defending division 1 women' s

let' news we are following in manchester. erin: firefighters are battling a two alarm fire in west street. ray brewer joins us live. ray: firefighters are just about to declare this fire under control. according to the manchester fire chief, it was reported around 5:00 this morning at 49 west street, which is a vacant building. when firefighters arrived, they had fire on all three floors. it is also a congested area. they had to evacuate the two surrounding buildings. no one was injured. no firefighters or anyone else. there is no reason for this fire to have started, the chief says. they are classifying this fire as suspicious at this point. the fire is just about to be declared under control. the did go to two alarms on this fire. no one injured. sean: a newly released poll shows that republican presidential hopeful donald trump continues to lead the pack of gop contenders. ted cruz is his closest competitor, but still 20 points behind trump. john kasich, rand paul, and chris christie all have 6%. voters have not made a fin

two were discovered at security here in manchester. erin: a heads up for parents of young children this morning. britax child safety is recalling more than 71,000b-safe infant car seats because the carrying handles can break. the affected seats were made between october 2014 and july of 2015. received 74 complaints about the handling cracking or breaking. one child suffered a minor injury. registered owners will get a repair kit in the mail. >>> good news for people who like sir rash rash -- sriracha, it is now available in a packet. it was available but only in bottles. sean: add a little spice to your life. two local ski areas are offering a special day as a way to show appreciation to members of the military. all active veteran and retired servicemen and women can ski for free at attitash and wildcat mountains. family members can get discounted lift tickets. there's also a flag parade tomorrow afternoon if you want to check that out. >>> once the blizzard passes through washington, d.c. this weekend, u.s. capitol police say they wil

erin: both mens face charges in manchester. milliard was arraigned on charges in goffstown and charges are pending against ryan monica. >>> they arrested a man running for more than a year. they got a tip that 23-year-old joshua chevez is staying in a hotel in salem. he was wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in 2014 in lawrence. >> mr. chevez exited the room forcing our hand to make the arrest faster than we probably would have wanted to. with the information that we had at the time and the scenario at the time, we took immediate action and took him in to custody. erin: they found drugs and a loaded .38 caliber handgun stuffed under the bed. >>> they are looking for truck. they heard a crash and saw it hit a car and mailbox. they found a ford emblem at the scene. there could be significant damage to the front end of the truck. >>> with the calendar flipping over to 2016, there are a few new lawses in effect in new hampshire. drivers who pass a stopped school bus will now face a $500 fine and have their license suspende

closer to 40 in concord and manchester. you notice the temperatures not really going up much from where we are now. because of the clouds. it's been kind of gloomy around here. today at least we'll improvement with the sun clouds. that's already evident when you get just to the north of the concord area. some of the clouds beginning to break apart. the other thing is there will be some snow showers moving through. that tends to happen when we have colder air. it meeting up with the mountains, condenses, and you get snowfall. again in some of the higher elevations, there could be some light accumulations. across central and southern new hampshire it is going to be a day with a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures degrees at least concord and southward. more like the upper 30's when you get up to the north. this is 7:00 a.m. on saturday. tomorrow morning starting out in the 20's. a few clouds and snow showers. still remain up north. tomorrow will be a brighter day across the state. temperatures will be a little bit cooler t

17 in concord. 18 in manchester. there are some single digits readings when you get up in the great north woods and places whitefield at 11. we have 15 in lebanon. 12 degrees in keene, jaffrey, about 14. the issue is the winds are continuing to be gusty and maybe you heard it in the middle of the night whistling around the house. the wind gusts have been getting up as high as 30 miles per hour. the latest gusts hit the airport in concord 25 miles per hour. when you factor in the northwest winds are continuously gusting and bringing down the colder air, it feels much more brisk. wind chills across the state are in the single digits. be prepared for that when you are stepping out this morning or for kids waiting at the bus stop this morning as well. north. north of tilton and the lakes region. otherwise it is going to be bright and sunny today. then all eyes go to the south eastern part of the u.s. as this major storm starts to form. it already has brought damaging winds and even tornado watches and warnings to parts o

headquarters in manchester. the break-in happened late tuesday night, early wednesday morning, the thief getting away with ipads, computers, food, and clothing. the campaign does not believe sensitive data was compromised. less than two weeks to go before the new hampshire primary. sean: a candle sparked a basement fire in northfield early this morning. the flames ended up causing significant damage. a hearing is scheduled for today to address the sentence for a convicted sex offender. days after sentencing joshua baud in 2014, the judge that the punishment was too severe. erin: if you are looking for a new car, check out this option. hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] i've got some real estate counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america i'm bernie sanders, erin: the used car market is pre

shelley: the changes travelers in manchester are making. mike: our weather remains dry and seasonably chilly for now. a look at the weekend forecast plus the track on this powerful nor' easter. tom: hillary clinton is campaigning to win over voters. the issue she says has raised the stakes in this election. shelley: jeb bush is on the attack. mr. bush: do you want someone who is an egomaniac or someone who have a servant' s heart? shelley: why he says he' s angry with donald trump. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. shelley: a serious snowstorm is right now with a number of states under a blizzard warning. you' re looking at shot earlier today of driving in north carolina, where as you can see, the roads are slick. tom: i' m tom griffith. as many as 50 million people will likely be affected by this storm. new hampshire won' t see much but we could be brushed with a little bit of snow. chief meteorologist mike haddad is tracking the storm for us. mike: being brushed, if it means a dusting, it is certainly a southern track. you will n

so far today manchester has seen seven flights shut down coming into manchester, and five flights going out have been canceled. all the flight to and from baltimore, washington d.c. and with many out of newark and philadelphia also affected. after visiting family in manchester, they were supposed to fly back to st. louis tonight. but they don't even see their flight on the board. >> we're probably not going to make it back, we'll probably be staying here a couple more days. >> they'll probably send us to chicago first, because some flights got canceled, be there for four or five hours. reporter: the lesson is that even if you are not flying to a mid atlantic flight today or tomorrow, definitely check with your airline, check your flights before you head to the airport, because they very well could be impacted by the storm. live in manchester, stephanie woods, wmur news 9. jennifer: also here in the state tonight, the storm staying to our south is disappointing for ski areas. but the weekend will still be a so let's check in with chief meteorologist mike haddad for a look at the storm's

live in manchester, adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: a new poll shows hillary s lead over bernie sanders nationally is at its smallest margin yet this campaign. the abc news-washington post poll found clinton with a 55-36% lead over sanders, among democrats and democratic-leaning independents. support for sanders is up eight percentage points since last month. clinton led sanders in this poll by 31 points last month and by 52 points back in july. vermont senator bernie sanders was at the white house today, for a private meeting with president obama. president discussed domestic issues, foreign policy, and a little politics. political analysts say that political talk was likely about the state of the race, as sanders is leading in polls in new hampshire and iowa. >> i suspect the president will talk to him and say you know bernie theres a chance your , going to pull this off. tom the white house says the two : men last met privately in d enter the presidential race. so far, president obama has stayed neutral in the democratic primar

late in the second, here comes manchester. that made it to-one. third. the monarchs went 3-2 at home, sweeping the series from the thunder. congratulations to the winner of the gatorade boys cross country hampshire, cam daly of interlakes high school. he won the meet of champions this year. he finished 13th at new englands and 13th again at the footlocker northeast regional championships. he will run at brown university next year. a final check of the patriots score, the patriots have a fourth down at 10 from midfield. adam: they just converted. jamie: they have the ball inside the 10-yard line thanks to rob rowan county --rob gronkowski. stephanie: thanks for watching. we will see you at 11:00. jeb bush once stood tall. before his campaign sank like a rock and he started desperately slinging mud on fellow that's not presidential, jeb. john kasich did cut ohio's taxes. cut state spending. turned a deficit into a surplus. brought back jobs from mexico and china. that's john kasich, that's conservative, and that's presidential. new day for america is respo

mike: get out here if you are anywhere in manchester, southern new hampshire. if you want to hit the slopes and get on some great snow, head what about the forecast? will the snow hold, and do we have any in our future? anything today. our time let' s photography -- it it was beautiful with a few high, thin clouds up there, and temperatures made in the lower 40' s in the southern part of the state from concord to the south and the east. we are still in the 30' s and many locations, temperatures falling quickly in the north country where you go down into the single digits and down near zero again tonight, but not below zero probably like you did the last two nights well below zero. it will be a little milder tonight than it has in. -- a has been. the winds are calm. that will be the same for tomorrow. basically if you liked today, you will like tomorrow. it is very similar. there are the clouds in the satellite actually. now it is clear, and that free much sticks around for tomorrow. clouds move in slowly on friday, some from the west and some from the east, as

it's still rainfall for manchester to the shoreline. a lot of western parts of the state that were a wintery mix the last few hours, now back over to snow, which the north country has had ever presently with this system. it's in response to the area of low pressure moving to the east. the colder air wrapping in around the outside of this and it will continue to be around. rain from manchester to the coast and farther west that we continue to see the mixed precipitation changing over to snow, with a quick one to three inches a possibility and more across the higher terrain and certainly up north. the generally three to six inches of fluffily snow. roads are very slick this morning and you'll want to take extra time and detail how the rest of the day and weekend plays out with your forecast in a couple of minutes. >> please be careful if you have right now, exits 14 and 15 on ramps on i-93 south remain accident. snow no word on centers. >> there are at least three other slide offs on i-93 in the salem. they're reporting one accident on i-

when manchester police responded 42-year-old who had been shot. lt. o' keefe: apparently he had come up and visited a friend, and an argument ensued, and it resulted in him being shot in the neck. ray: at this point, police aren' t saying what the argument was about, nor if they have recovered the weapon that was used in the shooting. however, they do say the victim was extremely lucky. lt. o' keefe: he was fortunate. he didn' t sustain a serious injury -- non-life-threatening. he was treated at a local hospital. ray: the call on huse road came in just before 9:00 thursday night. then, even as police were still investigating that shooting, they got another call reporting a shooting at 545 pine street. police do not believe there is a connection between the two. lt. o' keefe: the second shooting, which occurred roughly an hour later on pine street, does not appear to be related in any way. ray: a 27-year-old woman was shot in the arm in the pine street incident. as to what was behind the shooting, the motive is still unclear. lt. o' keefe: we believe i

shelley: manchester police that would be robbery victim. back against a man a foot taller than her and 100 pounds heavier. she says when he tried to grab m shelley walcott. tom: i' m tom griffith. the 65-year-old woman noticed something was up on her way home from work last night. she spoke to our suzanne roantree who is live in the newsroom. suzanne: just after 11:30 monday night, manchester police say a 65-year-old woman left work, and stopped at the mobil on the run gas station on south wilow street. the woman who doesn' t want to be identified says a car pulled up quickly behind at a stop light. suzanne: she says the car followed her into her apartment complex on south porter street. and stopped close by to where she had parked. >> someting in my head said to take the gun out of my purse. suzanne with her hand on the gun : now in her coat pocket, she headed toward her apartment. looking behind her, she saw a man following her. >> 10 feet from the front stairs, that' s when he caught up to me and he came around me and stood right in fron

single digits for most, some teens from manchester to the shoreline. a light breeze allowed some lower valleys to fall below where we were yesterday. some higher elevations milder. coldest air gives way this afternoon with temperatures in the 30' s. no teens and 20' it will be with a light breeze out of the southwest direction. we stay in the 30' s. a risk of a passing snow or mixed shower saturday. the next system that arrives sunday likely will be warm enough that it would be mostly rain with a little bit of a mix in the sheltered valleys. looking at clear skies across the area. a light wind allowing for radiation of cooling. the heating of yesterday escapes into space. yesterday there was a breeze which kept mixing the atmosphere up and did not allow us to cool to levels we could have gotten too. temperatures from the lower and mid teens close to the shoreline. a lot of single digits. the areas that get colder like concord, lebanon and, plymouth down in the single digits. several areas in the north flow will be out of the west and southwest, differe

stephanie: karen hart is in manchester on business and trying to get home to phoenix. even though skies are clear in both cities southern snow has left her stranded. >> i was supposed to fly out of manchester tomorrow but they canceled my flight. and i was to connect in philadelphia and they canceled that one so i' m hopefully headed a direct flight to boston to phoenix. hopefully i will make it. stephanie: across the country more than 6,000 flights were canceled friday and saturday, schedules according to

rate of -- in manchester. right now, democrat bernie sanders is also in the granite state. this morning, he held a town hall in north conway. he also has stops planned in concord, bedford, and hudson. and democrat martin o' malley is also in new hampshire today. right now, he is holding a town hall in portsmouth, and later this afternoon he heads to tilton. the republican visitors include john kasich, chris christie, marco rubio, rand paul, jeb bush, rick santorum, and jim gilmore. you can learn more about their stops by checking out the candidate tracker in the politics section of wmur.com. and as we get closer to the iowa caucus and the first in the nation primary, the top candidates for president in both parties are throwing sharp elbows at each other. marci gonzalez has the latest from both sides of the ticket. marci: republican backlash today. the rnc disinviting the conservative publication "national review" from hosting a gop debate next month after this is not deserving of conservative political opport

tom: a manchester man under arrest tonight and charged with sexual assault. jennifer: police say he's accused of groping three teen-age girls as they walked to school this morning. heather hamel is live tonight with why police say a lot of credit for the quick arrest here goes to the girls themselves.

anselm college and held two town halls in manchester and concord. senator rand paul arrived in new hampshire today, he stopped in hold a town hall in laconia at 7:00 p.m. tonight. and senator marco rubio held a town hall in hooksett early this morning. jennifer: also tonight, ohio governor john kasich will be holding a town hall in manchester at 6:30. carly fiorina will hold a meet and greet in nashua at 6:30. you can follow all the presidential candidates on wmur.com. just look for the candidate tracker which is under the politics tab. tom: other news now, a man behind bars accused of kidnapping in gilford. russell holiday facing charges of kidnapping, criminal threatening, reckless conduct and possession of a dangerous weapon. wmur's suzanne roantree joins us live to explain how the victim escaped. suzanne? reporter: gilford police say that on early saturday morning a woman entered the police station saying that she had been held against her will and at gunpoint. police say the woman said that hand cuffed and chained her to the floor of a home the

manchester police are now increasing patrols around the school. sean: five people from new york are accused of using stolen credit card information to make purchases at a store in salem. police were called to lowes yesterday afternoon after loss prevention reported that several people had come in and bought a significant amount of gift cards. searched the suspect' s minivan and found fraudulent credit cards. officers say the cards had the suspect' s names on the front, but the information on the other people and were most likely skimmed. erin: embattled canterbury resigned from the department. laroche stepped down amid accusations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl more boscawen police officer at the time of the alleged incidents. in a brief statement the , canterbury board of selectmen said members voted unanimously to accept his resignation. a driver had to be revived with narcan after crashing his car in dover. the accident happened early yesterday morning on knox marsh road. officers say the driver, 23-year-old cameron kennedy, was resc

manchester police response unit was on the scene. officers taping off one entrance to the hotel as well as a vehicle in the parking lot. it was about an hour later when police were called to another shooting this time on pine street. again one person being treated for what appears to be a non-life threatening gunshot wound. officers were seen inside the building. right now there's no word as to what might have prompted either shooting again. police saying they don't believe they are connected at this point. live in manchester, wmur news 9. erin: thank you. right now police in for the driver who after shots were fired in town last night prompting a shelter in place order for resident. two people called 911 before 6:00 saying they had heard a single gunshot after an older gray car pulled over. by the time the police arrived, the car was gone. they found footprints leading to the woods. they told people in the air yo to say inside. >> we were uncertain if it was a victim or suspect at the time. we secured the area and through the assist

ray brewer joins us live in manchester now. and ray, is there any word on the condition of the suspect? ray: police are telling us the suspect suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his chest and was arraigned yesterday afternoon from his hospital bed. this all began monday night when the alleged victim says a car pulled up quickly behind her at a stop light. >> i just got a weird feeling. ray: a 65-year-old woman, who did not want to be identified, says she left work just after 11:30 monday night stopped at a gas station on south willow street and then started driving home. she says a suspicious car followed her into her apartment complex on south porter street. and stopped close by to where she parked. >> someting in my head said to take the gun out of my purse. ray: with her hand on the gun in her coat pocket, she headed looking behind her, she saw a man following her. >> 10 feet from the front stairs that' s when he caught up to me and he came around me and stood my face. but then when i saw him reach me that' s w

reporting in manchester, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. announcer: now mike haddad with your storm nine watch forecast. is not that bad with temperatures above the norm. at newfound lake, the clouds winning the battle over the sun. you also noticed a lot of open water still on the lakes region. weekend. starting early next week, things change. how about a recap of 2015? the highest temperature last year was 96 back on july 29. some like it cold -- that is ridiculous. after a quiet start, we saw a lot of this -- snow and a lot of cold in january and february before the slow recovery in march. temperatures somewhere in between with snow showers moving through parts of the state. most of them are lining up in the lakes region through the mount washington valley and the heart of the white mountains. we could see maybe an inch between now and 8:00. a little bit more of accumulation in the white mountains overnight into early tomorrow morning. temperature wise, still a little above the norm. anywhere from the low 30' s north. overnight tonight,

once you get through the merge, 95 is ok into manchester. if you are commuting into massachusetts, 93 south is heavy in wilmington all the way down to boston. route 3 is very congested. from the wzid traffic network, i' m deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. erin: thank you. a new hampshire woman s death to capitol hill. sean: kriss blevens is on a mission to help curb the heroin crisis. studio with the details. ray: lawmakers, including new s representatives, held special order, sharing solutions to the opioid crisis lawmakers joined together on capitol hill to consider a bipartisan battle against opioid addiction. congresswoman annie kuster hosted the session. standing next to a photograph of amber. heroin overdose. >> the drug had consumed her soul and three days later, she heroin overdose. she was 22 years old. ray: amber' s stepmother, kriss blevens, shares her story with presidential candidates and she is determined to catapult the crisis to a national stage while making changes at home, like helping launch the hope for new hampshire recovery c

overnight, 15 in concord, 20 manchester. the temperatures will drop off quickly over the next few hours, especially with the clouds clearing out. sunny skies for the day tomorrow. the wind out of the northwest at five miles per hour. centipede 36. 35 degrees and meredith and up north, temperatures are moving above freezing in many communities. a few spotty showers wednesday. thursday is when we cool back flurries on friday and over next weekend. stephanie: can we give the skiers and boarders any hope? >> too soon to tell that you could easily get a fresh coating in some of these rounds. point. wearing our blue. jamie is here with sports. jamie: let' s bring in jason king from denver. they had tough defense. jason: they certainly did. complete highlights coming u [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only $40 per month -- $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, here, so, with

live in manchester, wmur, news 9. >> thanks so much. just like in hollis the town of derry is taking the idea of a powerball pool to a whole new level. more than 1300 people in derry each put in $2 for a ticket hoping to increase their chances of winning the massive jackpot. organizers collected sealed envelopes last night and this morning at the grind coffee shop in downtown derry. jen leggee planned on buying the tickets this afternoon ans keeping everyone updated online. >> i take the tickets and we put them in the security safe safe and secure not at my house and i post the names of everyone that's in the group in the facebook group so the names are all there. >> jen says she'll also post photos of all the tickets on the community facebook page called bringing derry together. she says most importantly everyone is an equal partner in the pool. no one was allowed to buy more than one ticket. and now the commitment 2016 coverage. one month from today grant it staters will cast their vote in the first of the nation's primaries. that mea

we start in manchester on 293 near exit 5. josh: peggy james joins us with a live look at the road home on a tuesday. peggy: good evening, josh and jean. things are looking pretty good so far, a good ride on 93 northbound coming up from massachusetts all the way into manchester. the cars are moving well around 293 through the city. a little further north in hooksett you are slowing down slightly at the tolls, then it's a good ride up to the bow junction. in concord you're a little under speed on 93 south between 393 down to about south main street. taking a look at 101 west, it's starting to fill in from manchester out to bedford. incident-free now. 101 in good shape between manchester and hampton. we do have heavy volume on the spaulding turnpike northbound right now. i'm peggy james for 95.7. josh: coming up at 5:00, the white house now taking steps to address the water crisis in flint, michigan as the governor promises details on how the state will help affected families. jean: new information about the fire that tore throu

we reached 36 and concord, 38 in manchester. up north even in whitefield and berlin, temperatures flirted with 30 degrees, which is well to lead the less relatively mild for them in this time in january. now, 32 in concord. 28 in laconia. because we are close to freezing now in a lot of locations and were above freezing earlier, be aware if you have travel plans this evening, there could be re-freezing on the roadways. be careful of patchy areas of black ice. the winds were somewhat variable today. it did not feel much colder because of the wind. but it is still moving around a little bit. here are the clouds starting to win the battle and take over the skies like this big blanket. there are also snow showers in the higher elevations in the white mountains. in the adirondacks, there is a weak system bring in clouds. there might be flurries that get into new hampshire. this line has been fizzling out as it is working its way toward the east. if we do get flurry action, we would have limited accumulation. it would be mainly in the

ray: around 5:00 in the morning the fire at 49 west street in manchester. melissa: i opened the door, and it was like, "fire, fire," so we all -- i had to get a baby out. we had to get the baby. morning. very scary. door. she along with her fellow tenants were evacuated. firefighters say when they arrived, they had fire on all was sounded. daniel marcelle, who is in new hampshire working for ted cruz, also had to evacuate. was knocking on our door told us -- because we heard an alarm and we really didn' t know what it was, and he told us there' s a fire next door and we went outside. you literally couldn' t even see the house, there was so much smoke. it was all smoke. ray: west street is a congested neighborhood, and marcelle says they were worried about the fire spreading. daniel: we saw all the smoke was drifting towards our building, so we didn' t know if the fire was going to move to the next building. ray: firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the one building, and no one was injured. as for the cause -- chief burkush: the fire right no

in manchester, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. amy: coming up next, more and more people have back yard chickens these days. for those who are new at the game, knowing the ins and outs of caring for chickens in cold weather. and stay home, that's the latest >> welcome to today's grow is green. we're in milford and i'm joined by margaret hagan from unh cooperative extension. margaret, something that's popular recently, a lot of people are keeping their own >> they are. >> i imagine one thing in winter time chickens don't deal well with is the cold. so what do i do? >> in the state of new hampshire, there's really no reason you need to heat a chicken coop because if you have a well constructed chicken coop with good ventilation and no drafts, you really don't have to heat. you don't have to heat and don't people believe you do. >> so if i decide maybe it's not as well constructed, but i want to get heat there, what do i do. >> the first thing is you can't have drafts in the roosting area because it will leach the warm air away from

not all reaching the ground just yet, tomorrows the east of manchester. we are seeing some fine light snow right over manchester and points north and northwest. nothing really sticking to the roads just yet. but again it's a different story back the our south and west through jaffrey up through peterborough and dublin as well. farther to the north, steadier light snow beginning to accumulate as well, back to our west the energy for the storm is getting closer. a very narrow line of squalls moving through central portions of new york state. once it gets close to albany, new york, it will transfer its we're already seeing signs of an explosive development over southern new england. that will cause the snow to fill in for a short few hours right over new hampshire, giving us a general one to three inch snow tally. so between now and 7:00 or 7:30, that's when we'll start to see the snow picking up. after 9:30 or 10:00, most of that has shifted off to the east, and actual front will work through overnight with a passing snow showers, most of the accumulation a

sean: we are following breaking news out of manchester. firefighters are on the scene of a fire on west street. it is not clear whether anyone was hurt. firefighters are battling a fire on west street in manchester. senate democrats have blocked a-passed bill that would crack down on syrian and iraqi refugees coming into the u.s. require fbi background checks and individual sign offs from three high-ranking federal officials before any syrian or iraqi refugee could come into the u.s. president obama warned he would veto the bill if it made it to his desk. sean: the pentagon says u.s. forces can now go after isis members in afghanistan. they did not have that legal authority before. last week, the state department designated isis in afghanistan and pakistan as a foreign terrorist organization, leading to a change in the rules. erin: the taxi driver and his passenger had a close call when the cabin exploded in quincy, massachusetts. look at that. that was one of six explosions that was captured on a cell phone. the driver and passenger were

calls in the city of manchester with 69 fatalities. hundreds have been saved through the administration. each one of these numbers, folks, represents a person. a human being. from that person that it represents, you have the peripheral victims, the families, the loved ones, the coworkers, the people being victimized by the people that love them most. we've heard. what you and senator leahy your opening statements told me and filled me with a sense of pride that you understand it. i didn't believe anybody did to be frank with you. to hear the opening statement by you and senator leahy, i was encouraged that we are on the right track. to hear the q&a tells me we are on the right track. i'm going to leave here emboldened that we're going the right things for the right reasons. when i have two senators, passionate to protect lives in the state of new hampshire, i live in the best state in the union. sorry. i have a tendency to go off the rails, by the way. i don't stick with my statement. so after previously testifying, what we did in manc

jean: in manchester, jean mackin, wmur news 9. shelley: coming up on news 9 natalie cole has passed away. we take a look back at her long musical career. and, people in texas can now carry their guns openly. how business owners can say no. mike: sunshine for many to kick off the first weekend of 2016 tomorrow. we will look at the changes for sunday and early next week. shelley: now to our u-local hot shot. check out these people enjoying first day celebrations in franklin. you can submit your pictures and video, and join the thousands of ulocal.wmur.com. on average, it takes three hundred americans 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 approve thi

plus, a partial school day for some students in manchester the -- in manchester. the reason why they were dismissed. no winners in the powerball ll be collecting this noon. kevin: a lot of sunshine again today as temperatures work their way back above normal. how long it lasts and a look to the weekend ahead. [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 at noon. jamie: off the top this noon, a breaking situation in m jamie staton. there is an active situation on dave street right off of smith road. it is not clear what brought officers to this location. we will continue to giving updates on this situation as it new developments this noon in an attempted robbery police say was stopped by a 65-year-old woman monday on south porter street. manchester police say warrants have been issued for two women they believe were involved in the incident. right now, police are looking for 21-year-old julie lambert and 26-year-old

jean: in manchester, jean mackin, wmur news 9. shelley: coming up on news 9 tonight -- award-winning singer natalie cole has passed away. we take a look back at her long musical career. and, people in texas can now mike: sunshine for many to kick off the first weekend of 2016 tomorrow. we will look at the changes for sunday and early next week. shelley: now to our u-local hot shot. check out these people enjoying first day celebrations in franklin. you can submit your pictures and video, and join the thousands of u-local members, by logging onto shelley: grammy award-winning singer natalie cole has died. cole' s career spanned several decades and included a smash hit recorded alongside her famous father' s voice. abc' s brandi hitt looks back at her career. natalie cole. daughter of jazz legend nat king cole, the grammy winner is known for this classic hit with her father after his death -- a seamless, technically-woven duet. >> it' s like it' s meant to be. brandi: but cole had also carved out her own success over the years. with

tomorrow, he will be in manchester and concord. former hp c.e.o. carly fiorina will make stops in salem and nashua. and florida senator marco rubio visit people in hooksett. and former president bill clinton will also be in new hampshire tomorrow. clinton will be campaigning on behalf of his wife hillary. he will make stops in exeter and nashua. and you can find the latest political news by heading over to the politics page of our website, wmur.com. jean: it' s been a bright and sunny day for some of us in new hampshire. here' s a live look up in concord right now where it is 38 degrees. the coldest air yet this season will soon be moving in. let' s head over to meteorologist hayley lapoint. hayley: this is going to be brutal. not only will it be frigid tomorrow, but the winds will start to pick up. wind chills tomorrow will barely be above zero for much of the day. it will be a real shock to the system. we do have snow showers pushing through, mainly in the higher elevations. this is part of an arctic cold front sliding through. it will trigger sc

here is manchester 30 degrees. partly cloudy skies, fairly calm day ahead with temperatures a couple of degrees above average. we'll talk about the rest of the take a big time dip in your forecast coming up. >> new from overnight, gunfire erupts at the pakistan border. >> four gunmen entered the base. local media reports the suspects were killed after a gun battle and two troops were reportedly killed. >> the new year is bringing big changes to china, couples are now allowed to have more than one child. even though it's considered a landmark change, the law restricts families to two children or they'll face fines, the fines could run up to five figures. hospitals in china are now bracing for a baby boom. . >> check this out. despite a windy day, in utah, it nearly went off the cliff. barrier before sliding for 50 feet before coming to rest. officers say a seat belt likely saved that driver's life. >> right on the edge, looks like the grinch's sled. amy: with the little dog. josh: and hopefully their heart grew thre

the annual expo was held in manchester today. our own paula tracy was there to receive the 2014 -- 2016 award for achievement in media. governor maggie hassan and commissioner lorraine merrill presented the award to tracy for her 30 years of work in journalism. and if you would like to read some of paula tracy's award-winning stories, head on over to the escape outside section of our website. and the blizzard didn't stop these two sisters from enjoying their trip to the big apple. whole most new yorkers stayed inside, it was just another typical new england day for jayden and riley of summers worth. they had hoped to see a broadway show but it was cancelled. they still went out to dinner this dump truck and garbage truck were plowing the streets. a cnn reporter reporter was doing a live shot when she caught up with musician steven tyler and his daughter. tyler got his start in new hampshire. >> i like playing in the snow, so i'm kind of happy about this. >> we grew up playing in the snow and doing snowy angels and snow things, be

manchester and concord topping off at a 40-mile per hour gust. these are the actual temperatures, only near one along the canadian border, lower 20's far south. when you factor in the steady wind, this is what it feels like, from concord points north and northwest at or below zero in many cases, and just a little above over southern new hampshire. how much longer will this last? we'll take a look at that plus the chance for snow over the weekend, in a little bit. tom: right how the f.b.i. investigating a series of bomb threats impacting schools including more than 20 in massachusetts. jennifer: many of them involved automated calls. there were three threats in new hampshire today, two schools received robo calls. now investigations are under way here to determine if they might be connected. from portsmouth high school. reporter: portsmouth high school and sunapee middle high school both reported calls at about noon. both were automated, in what is referred to as robo calls. farmington high school had a threat that came in differently, seriously.

a teenager in manchester got a big surprise today. the make-a-wish foundation granted 14-year-old kamarah's wish for a shopping spree in boston. a limb poa picked her -- a limb poa limb -- a limo picked her up. coming up on news 9 at 11, after more than a week on the run, two inmates have been recaptured. authorities are crediting a civilian with leading officers to the men. and above-average temperatures are causing problems for seasonal traditions in new hampshire. how the winter warmth is slowing down hockey players. if of course you want the cold weather and snow. we have warm temperatures on the way, even rain. i'll have the timing, ahead. you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health caret and child care so people canr

manchester tomorrow we'll start out in 20's and climb to the mid and upper 30's. a great ski weekend ahead, maybe some flakes tonight and then also saturday night. sunday a mix of sun and clouds. even though it will be mild during the day, they will fall below freezing at night, so that's good for the ski areas, base. next week we have some rain on the way for everybody, mid-week next week. tom: thank you. coming up next, the presidential candidates weigh in on education. jennifer: at 5:30 a spike in scams as tax season gets under way. what thieves are doing to target hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come i'm bernie sanders, tom: now back to commitment 2016 coverage. we asked the presidential candidates about the federal government's role in education. >> i think that education should be a state and local

live in manchester, ray thanks. we are learning new details about an fbi search at a home in brentwood. court paperwork says the man who owns the house on crawley was trying to buy tens of thousands of dollars worth of ammunition. they say he was involved in anti-government discussions. the fbi says it was when musso went to a firearm dealer to ask about buys $16,000 worth of ammo, including grenades, gas masks, and rockets. an affidavit she told the agent he was part of a group of people who wanted to bring forth the original constitution. he is now charged with violating a firearms law. erin: they found a credit card skimming device inside a card reader at a gas station. the pump at the irving circle station had been out of service since saturday afternoon. service technician discovered the skimmer after customers complained about an error message when they swiped their cards. police are hoping surveillance cameras can help them track down the culprit. >> they would have to come back, get the information, and esse

in 2015, manchester police officers responded to 616 overdose calls in the city of manchester. 69 fatalities. countless, hundreds have been saved through the administration of narcan. each one of these numbers, folks, represents a person, a human being, and from that person that it represents, you have the peripheral victims -- the families, the loved ones, the co-workers, the people that are even being victimized by the people that love them most. i don't need to tell everybody this. we heard what you and senator leahy, your opening statements told me and filled me with a sense of pride that you understand it. i didn't believe anybody did, to be frank with you, but to hear the opening statement by you and senator leahy, i was encouraged that we are on the right track, to hear the q&a from each one of you senators tell me we are on the right trang trakh. i'm going to leave her -- on the right track. i am going to leave here embolden. when i have two senators from the state of new hampshire, like ayotte and shaheen, how passionate they are to protect the lives in the state of new hampshire, i