they are due to weeks before christmas here in merrimack. tom: the concord main street project is now complete. there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a parade this evening. work started in april of last he added a cobblestone media -- median, trees, and benches. >> the results speak for themselves. it drives right. it bikes right. it walks right, it just feels good. tom: it looks good also. the upgrades will make the capitals downtown area more accessible. it really does look great. lighting for support -- coming up on news nine tonight. shelley: new hampshire mother trying to get back child support. >> if someone is not paying child support, what are you doing to enforce it? tom: we investigate the agency in charge of making it easier. mike: the weekend is just about here. after a windy friday, what other changes are ahead. shelley: now, to our ulocal hotshot. these were spotted in the queen city. you can always submit your pictures and video. shelley: communion singer-songwriter and poet leonard cohen has died. his management released th

tom: property taxes are going down in merrimack. >> now that the bills are coming in, they are seeing the reality of the situation. mike: gusty friday. other changes on the way. >> no one's cover -- no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur nine news tonight. tom: there have been more arrests in a drug crisis. nine people are under arrest after a drug raid in manchester that has taken our context and weapons off of the streets. shelley: police it looks like manchester tonight. members of the police special enforcement division with guns drawn executed two search warrants on orange street. >> essentially, we had a drug operation here with numerous apartments. part of the drug operation also included we are executing search warran ts. we are trying to shut this particular building down. shelley: please recovered very types of narcotics including opioids and a cache of firearms. >> this combination is alarming because there is a level of violence anytime you have firearms. the dealer may be fearful of another drug dealer, or, are they preparing for a raid from law enforcement. sh

jason: merrimack and bedford at bulldog stadium at 1:00. exeter north met -- exeter and north met in early october. north has scored over games but the titans will have to find a way to stop the ground and pound blue hawks. in division ii, we have two semifinal matchups between teams that did not meet during the regular season. we have plymouth and windham. the bobcats are back in the playoffs for the first time in three years. they will take on the undefeated jaguars on saturday. running backs in the division in garrett but the emphasis will be on the defenses we can trying to slow down a windham offense that averages over 50 points a game. >> we know we have a task before us. we have our work cut out for us but we are excited for the opportunity. >> our speed. our rules with our blocking assignments. >> i think it is our what they are doing. jason: the bobcats and the jaguars in window. 1:30 p.m. kickoff. the bow falcons travel to hanover to face the marauders for the first time this season. the falcons knocked off john stark last week. h

for the pennmen, a strong game from he is from merrimack. 18 points. devon gilligan out of amherst scores off the glass. the pennmen take it 84-79. snhu won the women's game telling you about the turkey 65-56. trot races for thursday. the lake sunapee turkey trot celebrates their 10th annual race. they expect more than 800 the rochester runners free fall 5k begins at 8:30 at the rochester community center. registration is only $10. kids 12 and under are only $5. the race is hosted by the rochester runners club. congratulation to these seven bishop girton senior athletes for signing on with colle winter. no more games, jerry. you saw the deal and hustled to u.s. cellular to get yourself the samsung galaxy s7 and 500 bucks. maybe. "maybe," jer-bear? hmm? got your phone and your $500 and put it under your own tree. that's your writing! you after santa's job? it was a one-day deal. sorry, santa. it's no crime to gift yourself. and get $500 back while it lasts. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long bro

the town of merrimack is expecting high voter turnout come tuesday. right now preparations are under way to handle the number of voters. back in february, you might recall traffic was backed up for miles outside the high school, and the polling location had to sten its hours to allow everyone to vote. jennifer crompton here in the studio now with how the town plans to prevent those kinds of they've gone back to using three polling places instead of one. and that was the scene in february, the high school the only location vehicles backed up on route 3 all day, partially due to a changed traffic pattern. but many voters were a rat, waiting over an hour, some claiming they turned around because it was taking too long. now they're back to casting ballots in three places, the same upper elementary school they had years ago as well as a church and now they've added the merrimack middle school. to, to avoid the headache of showing up at the wrong location. >> someone who may have voted there eight years ago and says i've always voted here, may not be voting

a rematch of the season opener when the bulldogs host asked beat merrimack 24-20. it was the only loss of the year for merrimack, they are considered to be the two best teams in the state and they collide this weekend. >> a close one. it's going to be a nail biter. they're a good going to come down to the wire. hopefully we're on top. >> their offense is definitely one of the best in the state, they've got passing, running, double threat. so just gotta prepare all week. >> the ncaa division 2 soccer tournament started for the men today, franklin pierce with a tough 3-2 loss to merrimack college in overtime. but the pen men won 3-s, they looked great, they'll advance to 4:00. this week's home town hero will lead the stevens cardinals into the football semifinals. jason has more with parker smith. reporter: the cardinals have one of the top buy receivers in the state, it's senior parker smith, at six three 190 pounds he's a big target with the athleticism to make big plays. >> i like playing like a friday night football game and the intensity you get within the game.

for the pennmen he is from merrimack. 18 points. devon gilligan out of amherst scores off the glass. the pennmen take it 84-79. snhu won the women's game telling you about the turkey 65-56. trot races for thursday. the lake sunapee turkey trot celebrates their 10th annual race. harbor at 9:00 a.m. you can buy pies for $10, which might save you some baking. the rochester runners free fall 5k begins at 8:30 at the rochester community center. registration is only $10. kids 12 and under are only $5. the race is hosted by the rochester runners club. congratulation to these seven bishop girton senior athletes for signing programs. shelley: getting ready for tom: a ski resort in new hampshire has been working better than last year. shelley: whaleback mountain in enfield says the severe lack of snow last year is what prompted it to make some much needed upgrades. with the help of $100,000 in community donations, it added up to make snow making machinery, as well as some beginner lifts. >> our core group of supporters and people who want to

for the pennmen, a strong game from he is from merrimack. 18 points. devon gilligan out of amherst scores off the glass. the pennmen take it 84-79. snhu won the women's game telling you about the turkey 65-56. trot races for thursday. the lake sunapee turkey trot celebrates their 10th annual race. they expect more than 800 the rochester runners free fall 5k begins at 8:30 at the rochester community center. registration is only $10. kids 12 and under are only $5. the race is hosted by the rochester runners club. congratulation to these seven bishop girton senior athletes for signing on with colle

merrimack officials have a plan to avoid this from happening again. last february locals hoping to vote in the first in the nation primary were backed up on route 3, some waiting more than an hour to make it to the town's only polling location. all day long. and there was nothing we could do at that point. reporter: things had run well four years earlier when they switched to the high school as the only site. but this time a change to traffic pattern threw things into chaos. >> we kept to polls open as long as we could so people could get there after 7:00 and we just did the best we could. reporter: now they've switched back to three locations, the upper elementary school that was used for years local church, and now the new middle school. >> this map has been post all over town. reporter: their concern is that with some street assignment changes, people may show up at the wrong polling place. a dry run went well in september. but with only a tenth of the number of voters expected to turn out tuesday. do you think people are excited to vote? >> i'm no

sean: taxpayers in merrimack are getting a spreadsheet with their bills to explain the new numbers. payments in that town are due in early december. so your house is worth more. still paying the same tax bill, i guess. erin: i guess so. still to come a special tribute , to veterans. the movement one local school is hoping to start. sean: a high school student in texas says she got in trouble for not standing for p the unusual punishment she chose. erin: and ahead in your next half hour, how you can help provide some much-needed support kevin: friday morning, november 11, veterans day starting with a band of clouds. a shower up north. behind this front, the winds picking up out of the northwest. there will be gusts over 30-35 mph this afternoon as colder air rushes in to start the weekend. we will have the details this weekend. sean: no gusts this morning. beautiful up there, very serene. today is veterans day, as kevin mentioned, and many communities have ceremonies or parades planned to hon our country in the military. erin: there are two state events starting at 9:00 this morning,

and merrimack county, district 3. this thursday, teams will hillsborough county 19 and strafford county 25. did you get all that? recounts for state reps for hillsborough's district 28 and 36, have yet to be scheduled. this morning, henniker police are reminding people to lock their doors after several burglaries in the area. police are looking for a possible suspect. they say that surveillance cameras show a maroon vehicle leaving the scenes of this. they believe that the suspect is not acting alone. charges this morning, accused of leaving his child alone in a car. salem police pulled over 63-year-old anthony mila for a traffic stop when they discovered he had a warrant. he allegedly ran when police tried to arrest him leaving a child in the car after a struggle, they used a taser to restrain him. he's charged with resisting arrest among other mattapan. it happened 5:30 behind the ryan playground. the 16-year-old was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. state police are investigating. no arrests have been mad

also meeting on back to back weekends will be the merrimack tomahawks and the goffstown grizzlies. the defending champs have found ways to win this year, finishing the regualr season at 7-2, \ but merrimack has averaged more points than any other team in the division, and they can play defense too, \ gametime is 1pm at student matchup in weare, 8-1 john stark hosting 7-2 bow. the falcons shocked everyone, except themselves, when they knocked off the, then undefeated, generals in week 8, 14-6. bow had been a powerhouse in recent years in division three, but nobody really knew what to expect from the falcons when they moved up to division two this year, except, of course, the falcons. head coach paul cohen's team continues to play solid defense, allowing just over 11 points per game, and once again, find themselves in the postseason, ~ . >> we are definitely very tough. i think they are going to come out with everything they've got and we will have to do the same thing. >> there's a lot riding on it because they know what we did the first game. we know what they did, but we are all g

bedford wins and will host merrimack next week. division two wyndham wins, plymouth beats st. thomas. the bobcats play at wyndham next week. hanover edged lebanon at home. hanover will host bo in the semis next week. division iii, they face each other in the semis next saturday. bishop brady won big over newport and they get the winner of tonight's matchup between stevens and campbell which is we'll have that score tonight after football. semifinals are next week and the state championship games all three played at unh on november 19. >> that's exciting. are there thanksgiving games here? jays op: for some. they've kind of gone away over the last couple years but there are still a handful. >> all right. >> a lot of turkey trots.

sean: how a man was seriously hurt while putting up christmas lights and merrimack. erin: do you recognize this man? police say he targeted four businesses in amherst, and even took fundraising money from a daycare. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 "daybreak." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] erin: good morning, new hampshire. thanks for waking up with us. i'm erin fehlau. sean: good morning.

just like that merrimack valley. another chilly dave coming up and with the cold air sitting pat, we get into thursday morning on the cold side of thing as well. 20's once again for thanksgiving to start the day. this time, clouds are moving in. what happens is that storm to west is trying to air in here. the cold hair is not moving, so the warm air rises up over the top of it t produces clouds and eventually, precipitation and as it comes in to our cold hair mass, it falls as snow. particularly inland. there will be some rain that mixes in along the coast, we'll have to watch for temperatures to be at freezing though, and cause any icy spots. this is where the trouble comes in. again, not a powerful storm moving in, with lots of snow and ice, just enough to make things troublesome for traveling thursday morning. now, the forecast in to the will be forming along the coast on friday, while we get a break during the day friday, by friday night into saturday morning, more precipitation forming. we may get into a break m

so just use some caution in the merrimack valley. 38 in boston. 35 in worcester. south of town, norwood around the freezing mark, as well, and we're not seeing much on the south shore and the cape. we're waiting for this rain here in pennsylvania to move in. and that will happen around or just after lunchtime. temperatures are going to climb, and in fact, by this evening look at that. we're in the low 50s, but it takes all day for that to happen. steadiest rain gets going around the boston area around noon. so through the morning hours, the bulk of the activity is light and focused north and wist of town, and as we get beyond lunchtime here comes the rainfall shifting in, and rain at times this afternoon, and look it said for your commute, heavy this morning's commute hasn't been too great, let's get you out there right now. we're watching the problem you saw. sky 5 on the scene here, and you can see the road is closed in both directions, lots of police activity here, we have a crew on the scene with the latest and we'll hear from them in a few minutes. let's get

a little bit cooler across merrimack valley and southern new hampshire tomorrow. for more on that tomorrow afternoon. >> train going off the tracks and now that train is still stuck in place. luckily, though the hazardous materials onboard didn't spill. >> crew trying to figure how to get it going once again. victoria warren has more now from westford. >>> a freight train jumping the tracks the railed ripped apart and inside one of the cars chloride solution. >> neighbors told ty to evacuate but then good news. >> the fortunate thing we had no environmental impact at all. the tank in question is safe now accept for the fact it's off the tracks. >> fire officials watching things closely. pan am railways in charge of the cleanup. >> i just live a few doors down. westford selectman said it's scary especially because this is the second derailment in the last two years. >> over the recent years gone happen again. . >> know my friends, neighbors constituents would like answers. i would too. >>> they spent six months on these two tracks. this summer they spent time on th

merrimack scored the next three he got his second of the game. he scored with 48 seconds left in regulation. youa 3-3 type. women's college basketball, snhu hosting mercy. second half, sara ryan looks inside to kylie lorenzen. she finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds. catherine stinson drives baseline for a then they work it on the perimeter, stinson knocks down the 3 this time. sara ryan had a game-high 20 points and snhu is off to a 2-0 start. they win 79-52. tonight, the final four is set. everybody knows that goodwill helps people. but what not everybody knows is how. basically, you give us the stuff you're not using... vroom! screech! ...and we sell it to someone who'll use it. then, we use the money to educate and employ people. jason: the final race in the position on the restart, hits the outside wall. joey logano took the lead on the second attempt and holds on for the win, his third of the season. this automatically qualifies him for the final four. kyle busch finishes good enough to get into the final. they will be rac at homestead.

merrimack gets the lead. tyler kelleher with a great pass across the top of the crease. two jason salvaggio. he ties the game. women's college basketball this afternoon. southern new hampshire university hosting mercy. sarah ryan looks inside to highly. nice move to the who. catherine stinson drives the baseline and gets two more. then they work at around the perimeter. stinson knocks down three. sarah ryan had a game-high 20 points. start. they win today. nascar's final four is set. find out who will race for the jason: the final race in the round of 8 -- the can am 500 at phoenix. the final two spots in the final four are up for grabs. the first attempt at a green-white checkered finish. matt kenseth in the 20 car trying to keep position on the restart. comes down the track and held on for the win. him for the final four. kyle busch finished second today, good enough to get him into the final. it will be jimmie johnson, carl edwards, joey logano, and kyle busch racing for the sprint cup championship in the season's final race next weekend at homestead. the patriots are

snhu, franklin pierce, and merrimack. the ravens and merrimack will play each other. s&h you will play lemoine. the colby women's soccer team will play -- the colby-sawyer womens soccer team will play institute of technology on saturday. the keene state women's field hockey team has made the turn it in division three. the saint anselm college field hockey team is in the tournament for the first year ever. there is your newest fcs called safe hands. croydon home are being rehabilitated. tom: the dogs range in age from three weeks to much older and many are extremely malnourished. it could take weeks before any of the dogs are well enough to be adopted. they >> do need a of medical attention. >> several of them have never logical issues. they are fair -- have neurological issues. they are very wobbly. there is one that is blind. tom: work. it could take weeks before the dogs are put up for adoption. i am sure there will be a lot of good families. shelley: beautiful day for election day. mike: you could not ask for much better. temperatures 10 degrees above average. it i

situation. >> saint-gobain is paying for the systems and the installation after pfoa's from its merrimack plant contaminated nearby groundwater. the filters fit under most kitchen sinks providing clean drinking water directly from the tap and can also be connected to >> the nice part about it, on this particular aquifer system it's not going to require an additional false it -- faucet. >> the state says, this is to provide a secondary source of water for those homes that may not get hooked up to public water before the winter when deliveries of bottled water cannot be guaranteed due to the weather. people have very elevated levels in their wells, we don't want them to be tempted to go back on their well. we want them to have a secondary source. and this gives them access in their kitchen to clean drinking water from their tap. >> the beans are one of the families that won't get onto public water before the winter. >> there's not much else you can do. you can only dig water lines so fast. >> we saw them last night, they were working on corning lane in the rain, all last night. it couldn't

lower 50s on the ca. 30s from the merrimack valley into southern new hampshire. overall we are starting off mild for this time of year. a lot of fog. this may slow you down. pockets where visibility is visibility parts of the south and north ore. but the fog isll around. we've got system approhing om the south. this isoming with a lot of warm air and a round of wet ather through the afternoon. the temperatures will come up a few more degrees. we should top around 50 in boston. during the afternoon we'll get more wet weather. have your wet weather gear with you. by midafternoon, here steadier rain around worcester. it fillsn around greater boston once again timed out with that evening commute, there will likely be downpours. that shifts offshore. there might be a lull, but we're not done yet. it looks like one more round of heavy rain just before the sun up tomorromorning. at should be offe by about 8:00 a.m. and we'll begin to dr we stayn the 40s during the overnihos and oncee clear out tomorrow morn 50s to near 60 degrees. so really mild for the first day of dec

mid and upper 50s, back through the merrimack valley, the numbers will warm to the 50s to around 60. fitchburg at 54. cloud amend sun. 50s. nantucket also about 54. so high pressure is with us tomorrow. it's with us again on saturday. saturday will be the nicer of the two weekend days because of this guy right hire. this is going to be a major snow producer in minnesota. portions of minnesota upwards of a foot of snow. this weather system has it heads to new england will not produce a foot of snow but it does have some colder air with it. that cold front comes into new england during the day on sunday and northern new england we're going to see rain showers change to snow showers. again highest elevations, vermont, new hampshire, perhaps the berkshires but in our part of the world it's a windy day on sunday with temperatures falling from the 40s to the upper 30s by sunday evening. a few rain showers possible sunday morning. it's cold next week. monday and tuesday, upper 30s low 40s but dry as we pack our bags and head off to grandmother's house. traffic let's get out to matt with a c

that's the scene from here, tom: right now, route 101a is back open after a gas leak in merrimack around 2:00 today. a construction company hit an under ground gas line wild working on a former mcdonald's building. that leak lasted for about an hour, forcing authorities to shut down roads and temporarily have a shelter in place at next-door day care. but once the line was shut off today's weather helped the accumulates into buildings and stuff like that, so we're worried about explosion hazards. one thing today, it was pretty windy so that helped out a lot actually. tom: no one was hurt and gas readings are back to normal. jean: this tree toppled on manchester's webster street. and ware has also had several trees come down, sparking small fires when the limbs fell o power lines. we're gotting reports of about 1700 power outages around the state. let's check in with mike haddad. mike: still windy out there and those winds will continue through the midnight hour before gradually shutting down during the overnight stretch. some of the top wind gusts today, mount washington as you might expe

tom: merrimack police track down bernardo -- allegedly caused that accident. he lost control of his car, left the road, hitting a parked car at the dunkin' donuts and was arrested. he's due in court in january. jennifer: also authorities are investigating a big apartment building fire in lawrence, massachusetts, the smoke could be seen from miles away. right now the structures deemed a total loss. crews managed to rescue a family from the didn't even know the fire had started. >> there was just banging, banging on doors, we heard fire. i'm glad everybody came out safe. everything ofes can be replaced. but our lives can't. jennifer: fire officials are trying to figure out how the fire started. tom: drmp has announced more -- donald trump has announced more cabinet nominees. jennifer: as sally kidd tells lead the department of health and human services. reporter: there trump promised repeatedly during the campaign to dismantle obamacare and today he says his companies for health and human services secretary is exceptionally qualified to repeal and replace it. co

state police sayhe tru and bikeere stopped at a red light on merrimack street. this was near the exit ramp from 495. the man on the bike lost control when the light changed and hit the sidof the truck. the victim is a 58-year-old man from methuen, no charges have been filed. the driver accused ins deadly h and run in brockton is beingd on high bail this morning. valleclo on friday. >> police in lacia, new hampshire are looking for this person stealing from a vape stigates say the suspect entered throughhe basement of the great northern woods vape shop and got ay wi5,000 in merchandise, including 40 vaporizers. >> a new movie from an attor house. moton calls for auppression of any and call physical evidence that came from that execution ofwoea warrants. aariettorne claims the search was illegally conducted. it was august of 2014 the remains of three and five month babs were found iide that house. there are no birth records for those infants. murray's boyfrnd is also charged. randy:ne of the inmates who iran campbell wasento custody. they say thatampb cl and three

up through the merrimack valley, lower 40's to mid 40's for you today. skies are mainly clear this morning. just a couple of patches of clouds. high pressure over the northeast. so it's going to be a really nice day. but in the middle of the country, we're watching our next storm. this spawned a couple of tornadoes yesterday. severe weather with this on one end. snow on the back side. this will pass to our west and it looks like for us during the day tomorrow, anywhere from 1/2 inch to an inch of rain coming in. it does look wet for tuesday. first we'll bring in clouds this evening. they'll thicken overnight. by 6:00 tomorrow morning, around sunrise, it should be dry. the temperatures overnight will fall initially and then the clouds come in and stop that freefall. but there will be pockets of 20's north and west of town. as we go into sunrise tomorrow morning, the temperatures should climb. so that by 8:00 in the morning, orange just as that moisture starts to work in. so though i can't rule out one or two pockets briefly of some freezing rain, this is

across southern new hampshire and the merrimack the temps tomorrow afternoon only in the low to mid 50s and that continues to move south into metro boston tomorrow evening. friday lots of temps on friday near 50. see you at 4:30. >> jr, thank you so much. time now for fast track traffic, let's get out to matt fits expwrairld see what's going on. matt. >> not a fun ride if you're heading on route 1a approaching the ted williams tunnel west. it's jammed. you can see as you make your way from logan airport into the tunnel. once you get into the tunnel you'll be jammed all the way through. this is the result of an earlier bus breakdown inside the tunnel. it cleared a while ago but delays. the connector is moving slow in both directions. zakim moving well on both north and southbound side. further up on the northbound side, you'll be heavy and slow from assembly square off past river road. the southbound side is all clear from assembly square into the southbound tunnel. tough going on the expressway south seeing the usual delays out the o'neill county. then again from before granite ave to t

snhu, franklin pierce, and merrimack. the ravens and merrimack will play each other. s&h you will play lemoine. the colby women's soccer team will play -- the colby-sawyer womens soccer team will play a first-round game against stevens institute of technology on the keene state women's field hockey team has made the turn it in division three. the saint anselm college field hockey team is in the tournament for the first year ever. there is your newest fcs called football poll. molly's not thinking about cancer today, but three years from now, a routine screening will catch it early and make all the difference. so when chris sununu voted to cut funding for planned parenthood, cutting access to cancer screenings and birth control for thousands of women, for molly, it's the rest of her life. the stakes are too high to make chris sununu governo. this advertisement has been paid for by put new hampshire first i'm maggie hassan, and new hampshire has a very clear choice: do we keep going with a senator who repeatedly votes with the corporate special interests... or a new sen

the exception is central massachusetts, merrimack, the rest of us. spending most. day in the 30s there, and as we get more showers popping up toward dinner time tonight, say 6, 7:00 this evening, i still think in worcester and fitchburg and nashua, a little bit of a mix or seen some snow out there. not much of us will do any sticking but we make transition over to rain during the overnight hours for those of you up dark and early tomorrow morning for black friday shopping. thankfully, i have got most freezing including boston. no threat of any kind of icy concerns there. orange at 35 and keene at 35 as well. not going to take that much of a temperature difference to create ice on the roads. if you were shopping far, far inland tomorrow morning, you will have to watch out for icy patches or otherwise friday rain. this afternoon, inland towns and cities, the slight risk you will get that temperature in or a mix. the cape looking dry through our daylight hours. a little bit milder with 40s, up to tonight i have got lows in the 30s and 40s, and then high temperatures t

tomorrow, although we start to cool things off a little bit through southern new hampshire and merrimack valley compared to where we are today. warmer air working in from buffalo. 64 degrees. d.c. 594. that mild air noses in for a couple days of cold air comes back into the forecast friday and lingering into the weekend. kiddos getting ready for school. may need a light jacket this morning. you can get away with a jacket this afternoon with those temperatures warming up into the lower to middle 60s. ail we'll keep the comfortable weather around into early this evening. so grilling for dinner sounds like a good idea. more on the seven-day forecast as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: good morning. first up at 5:00, breaking news for you. a train that was carrying hazardous materials goes off the tracks in westford. and families are on alert amid fears of a possible evacuation. >> sarah: also breaking, police on the scene of a crash in randolph. good samaritans racing in to try the hunt for three men now in connection with a violent home invasion in sterling. >> this is

sean: how a man was seriously hurt while putting up christmas lights and merrimack. erin: do you recognize this man? police say he targeted four businesses in amherst, and even took fundraising money from a daycare. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 "daybreak." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] erin: good morning, new hampshire. thanks for waking up with us. i'm erin fehlau. sean: good morning. can you believe thanks giving us tomorrow? today is the big travel day. it is looking like the weather is nice. kevin: we not only have fair skies in new hampshire, but across the northeast for the time being, with a storm system approaching tomorrow. it should be fairly weak. if you are going to travel in the afternoon or evening, you want to keep updated on storm tracker for areas of light snow that may attempt to develop. today. the breeze still noticeable through the afternoon, with clouds and to thicken later tonight. more on that and another sy

worcester hills, metro west, merrimack vale, the temps into the 60s and yes a little hinld of humidity out there. clouds are to our west. this is our next weather system. unfortunately if you're a fan of the warmth, that will be it. air that eventually will take over late tomorrow evening and certainly by friday. it's a chilly day on friday, similar to what we had yesterday. but you notice all of the warmth across the eastern two-thirds of the u.s., nashville, again, into the 80s today. d.c. at 71. so for tonight we hold on to the mild air tonight. a lot of clouds. temps overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning, these will be the temps for your morning commute, 50 to 55. it's a nice mild morning. and no rain tomorrow morning, but grab the rain gear because i do think we will see showers come at us tomor boston, early afternoon worcester hills with temperatures in the 50s in new hampshire, 60s across southeastern massachusetts. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >> all right, there's more news to get to today. a new hampshire man facing serious charges, todd gurley was arr

the merrimack tomahawks and the defending champions found ways merrimack, they average more points than any other team in the division and that, too, a 1:00 kickoff at student's memorial field. 8-1 john stark hosting 7-2 bow. they shocked everyone except themselves when they knocked off the then undefeated generals in week 8. 14-6. bow had been a powerhouse in division three and nobody knew what to expect from the falcons when they moved up to division 2 continued to play solid defense just over 11 points per game and find themselves in the post season. >> we're definitely very tough. i think they're going to come out with everything they've gotten and we're going to do the same thing. we're definitely going to be ready for us and i hope we're ready as well. i think we are. >> there's a lot riding on it because they know what we did the first game and we are going to have different things that we come in and they'll mix it up. it will be a at 2:00 this afternoon in ware. 6-3 lebanon, them take on 8-1 hanover in hanover. that's a 3:30 kickoff today. and of all the teams in all three divi

goffstown at merrimack. if the be looking at a bedford and merrimack rematch. that was a huge game to start the season this year. exeter is the number one seed in the other bracket. in division ii, windham is looking really good. bow at john stark. monadnock. all of those games at 1:00. cannot wait to get that rolling. three great weeks of high school football playoffs. tom: thank you. still to come on news 9 tonight -- shelley: celebrating halloween one more time at the white house. we will take you inside today's shelley: in washington, d.c., it was a thrilling night for president obama and the first lady. they celebrated their final halloween at the white house with a flashmob dance to michael jackson's "thriller." tom: they handed out goodies and visitors got to walk through a storybook-themed lawn. it featured decorations inspired by classic tales like "peter pan" and "the wizard of oz." more than 4000 people were expected to visit the white house this halloween. it looks like they were having a good time. what do you suppose they give away? shelley: full-

bodies of water like the merrimack river are now starting to get back to normal levels. in the past week, strafford and merrimack counties were dropped from extreme to severe. less than 5% of the state is now experiencing extreme drought >> so we would encourage residents to conserve water they need to understand that when the ground freezes, in the middle of december, whatever they have in thier wells is what they're going to have available throughout the winter. tom: now des says this month's rainfall helps, but we would need another 30 days just like it to get out of a severe drought. rochester teenager is about to take the stage for the biggest show of her life. 14-year-old kacie grenon has night at the hampton beach casino ballroom. and as wmur's jean mackin shows us she jumped at the opportunity reporter: 14-year-old kacie grenon has a busy schedule these days high school volleyball tonight >> number 17, kacie grenon reporter: opening for country star scotty mccreery tomorrow >> ? got me wishing i was holding, holding reporter: invited to sing for 30 minutes before

merrimack valley as well as western mass. i think that we will bay pass on the flurries here in eastern massachusetts. if we do see anything again this isn't going to stay on the ground. lit melt right away for us. we've had warm pattern the jet stream further to north. that changes into next week. the jet stream dives southward and as it does so ushers some cool canadian air into new england. so we have a pretty makeshift headed our way by the start of xt term of the temperatures. and which monday it will be cool. highs today in the mid upper 50s for most of us. i think boston looking at temperature around 60 degrees. very comfortable conditions. lows tonight seasonable. couple of spot mid to low 30ings. we could have a couple of orange, norwood in upper 20s with clear skies. relatively light wind. your 7 on 7 forecast showing we keep things mild starting out with mostly sunny skies. few additional clouds by the it's cool. temperature struggling to reach 40 degrees and your turkey day looks to be pretty seasonable temperatur

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because most of merrimack is on a public water system the state , is choosing 200 people at random to test. son might stay put in nyc for a -- might not be heading to washington. mary bruce has the latest. reporter: the president-elect eager for another round of meetings. but a frustrated donald trump still venting about "hamilton." producers apologize for addressing vice president-elect mike pence after the saturday show. mike pence does not seem to agree. >> i was not offended. reporter: waving to the cameras, already his team forced to defend his headline picks like who has called islam a cancer. >> phrasing can be done differently. clearly, there are some aspects of that faith that our problematic. reporter: and jeff sessions who was rejected 30 years ago for a federal judgeship. >> the only fair thing to do is to ask a lot of thoro falling on the much-tattered infrastructure plan. how will it be financed and who will be paid --how will be financed and who will pay? if you are a private company building a bridge, you might want to put a toll on it to monetize it. that will be a ke

holiday spirit, a quick drive by glen forest drive in merrimack, new hampshire will change that. this family has been putting up the holiday display for near 308 years with nothing getting in their way. this time not even a near fatal brush with electricity. >> it tenses up all the muscles in your body. i got all cramped up. your mind moves pretty quick. you know exactly what's happening. >> he's home for christmas. he was stringing up the big tree power line arced the metal pole he was using to get to the branches. it burned holes in his socks. karen heard it from inside when it happened on tuesday. >> ground shattering explosion and i saw the smoke and came flying outside. >> aside from third degree burns and a risk for infection, bill is doing all right. >> the feet are a little sore. >> they're both counting their blessings. doctors amazed he survived. >> shocking experience, no pun intended. >> next year, they'll just be extra careful but there's no stopping this holiday tradition. >> burned holes in his socks. can you believe that? that is so scary >> we're so glad he's oka

if you're looking at the mass into the city.0 minutes tget jc: a disturbing arrest in the merrimack valley, a man accused in a bile and track -- in a violent attack on a transgendered person newscenter 5's rhondella richardson is live in lawrence with the story. repoer: t victim was a transgender male. the boyfriend became enraged and attacked without warning. police benjamin used a sexual slur toward the victim as the crowd poured out. he rped off of the victim's clothing, shs and irpiece. the victim was left naked on the ground, kicked and punched. the ctim reported this as a hate crime. he's being held without bail. unaware of the attack. police did not learn of the hate crime until t victim went to lawrence general hospital. they arrested the accused attacker. rhondella richardson, news 5. jc: donald trump met with the new york times, a meeting that he and the he initially cancele. promises he made during his campaign. >> ben carson, who said he didn't want to be considered a cabinet position appears to be back in consideration. the president elect we did i am considering dr. ben carso

all some communities have raised taxes, rates in derry, bedford, pelham and merrimack are going down by as much as 11%. property values went up, so taxpayers will have to end up paying the same. the good news is their property is worth more. >> now that the bills are coming in, they are seeing the reality of the situation. in most cases there is almost no difference in the tax bills. >> we just moved to merrimack maybe a year ago. so, yeah, any drop in taxes is great. sean: taxpayers are getting a spreadsheet with the explain the new numbers. payments in that town are due in early december. so, some good news, bad news. erin: still ahead on daybreak this friday, special tribute to veterans. the movement one local school is hoping to start. sean: a high school student in texas says he got in trouble for not standing for the pledge. the unusual punishment she chose. erin: in your next half hour, how you can help provide some much-needed support for homeless veterans this weekend. kevin: starting off your friday with temperatures in the 30's. a couple of showers moving in across norther

the rotary club of merrimacks 5k turkey trot starts at 8:00 a.m. at merrimack middle school. proceeds from the race go towards purchasing coats for kids, holiday gifts for the less fortunate, and to local soup kitchens. and the wobble n gobble. 3.14 pi fun run. regional school in franconia. bode miller's turtle ridge foundation is the sponsor. to the ice now, the manchester monarchs hosted the florida everblades on thanksgiving eve. the monarchs were leading four -- 4-1 in the second when florida scored to cut manchester's lead but later on, the monarchs scored three more goals and went on to win it 7-3. the teams play again tomorrow night. because of their 13 year playoff together is the norm for the unh football team, they will eat at holloway commons and this is video of the last years dinner. listen to the food order with 150 people on the guest list, 100,000 turkey, 75 pounds of primer, 100 pounds of potato, 60 pounds butternut squash, a large that of a gravy and plenty of desert. they are hungry been a wisconsin to where shorts until his team wins a game. he said at fir

but in the merrimack valley it is only in the 20's to start. quick recovery. we're in the low 60's this afternoon. your 12-hour forecast bringing temperatures up into the low 60's, near 60 on cape cod as well. so it's going to be a nice mild afternoon today after a chill out the door this morning. there's that rain on the way tomorrow. emily? emily: thanks. the bruins shut out the avalanche in colorado. david krejci scoring in the first period. that's all the bruins needed. they left it up to tuukka rask, who put a lid on the net. 21 saves. he's 10-1 this season. dominic moore scored on an empty netter on the third. the b's win 2-0. randy: 5:25. time for monday eyepoppers. olessa, they say diamonds are a be yours for a hefty price. this rare blue diamond going up for auction. experts believe the so-called sky blue diamond could fetch $25 million. the stone is more than 8 carats, the largest of its kind and very hard to find. it will be auctioned by sotheby's switzerland. and a group of bikers caught off-guard in new jersey. they stopped to help a stranded ride

cooler than that up through the merrimack valley into southern new hampshire. witness we shake off any rainfall that we get today, it is dry on the seven-day forecast. does turn windy on friday. colder on saturday. the cold's not long lasting, though. by sunday afternoon we're back into the mid-50s and close to and that's your latest weather. guys. >> all right, al, thank you very much. >>> coming up, republican national committee chairman reince priebus joins us live with his reaction to trump's surprise victory. could he be looking at a new job in a trump administration? >>> and the trump first family from melania as first lady to speculation over what ivanka's role might be in the new white house. not getting your best sleep? could be you've got the wrong bed. enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. right now save $500 on the queen cse mattress with sleepiq technology. with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, payment, withdrawal or transfer ea