it's maine-u.n.h. sox forget about records. >> they've won four in a row, they're going to be really good be better. so definitely -- >> this week's home town hero. >> he was a baseball player at dover high school and didn't take up track and field until now a junior at the university of new hampshire, dover's michael shanahan is one of of the top throwers in america east. >> i walked on as a freshman not really into the sport that much and then this program helped me dive right into it really quick. reporter: as a sophomore he won the expect in the hammer throw, qualifying to compete in the championships. >> the hammer and the weight are similar, it's my favorite in that way, indoor i love the weight because i'm a big guy, and out door i love the hammer because i'm a big guy and it's a little thing. reporter: he's in the business school and received academic all american status last spring. >> i live 15 minutes away from here. my parents both went here, my sisters both have been here. so it's in the f

u.n.h. hockey, we were at practice today, they have a jamie: celtics and bruins both play two games in two days after christmas, celtics won both of their, bruins lost both of their games. up next b's host ottawa lakers on wednesday night. in a conference call with the media today bill belichick stood by his teams decision to kick the football to start the overtime after the patriots won the coin toss. the captain seemed confused as to which way the patriots would kick the football, but coach belichick said that didn't matter because there was little or no wind on the field. college football today, the military bowl, look how cool those navy helmets are, played in annapolis, maryland. navy and pittsburgh second quarter, a touchdown catch by tyler, also had two rushing touchdowns in the first half. then it's a navy interception. clements with an interception in the end zone after the pitt wide receiver fell down on the play. and how about the third quarter touchdown run, 26 yards by d. brown.

there was a group of people that went inside including a u.n.h. student that we spoke with, he said about 10 of them went inside to the lobby, sat down on the floor and held a peaceful protest, singing songs and they left when police asked them to because they didn't want to get arrested, but they wanted to make a statement that they feel very strongly against what donald trump is saying. these folks are waiting for donald trump to arrive, so he'll get quite a different crowd than he's used to seeing. for now, live in portsmouth, jennifer crompton. josh: we'll have a full wrapup on later newscasts. jean: still to come tonight, investigators discover where the fire started that burned a historic billion in portsmouth. josh: the new hampshire motor speedway is handing out checks to local charities today. mike: the mild air does continue into friday, but will we see any the forecast is coming up. >> a good sign in foxborough today, rob gronkowski back on the practice field. but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people w

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jean: and we'll hear from u.n.h. josh: details released for the funeral of a local army ranger killed in training. and tonight on "chronicle". >> very surprised. didn't expect it to be this big, and they're overwhelmed. people are working harder than ever, but the everyday cost of perscriptions, child care, or even just buying groceries can be a stretch for too many families. hillary's plan: raise the minimum wage, get equal pay for women, cut taxes for the middle class, and new incentives for business to share profits with employees instead of just rewarding ceos. those at the top are doing just fine. it's your family that needs a raise. i'm hillary clinton, and i josh: our mild weather has some ski resorts suspending their hours. mount sunapee says its last productive night of snow making was november 30. the resort is hopeful that chillier temperatures will help it resurface so it can open on sunday. several other resorts say they have plenty of snow to enjoy a day on the slopes. jean: tonight paula tracy investig

jamie: the u.n.h. men's basketball team playing at hole tonight ready to take on the worcester state lancers in durham. let go live to the gym where the head coach joins us now. what do you get with the lancers tonight? >> well, jamie, i think it's all about us, we've got to get back on the winning track. we had a long trip to texas last week. we beat an abilen and took our lumps against smu on saturday. right now it's about getting back on the winning track and try to get a win tonight. jamie: you're playing a division three school, should be a win benefits of dipping down and playing d3? >> coaches never think it's going to be a win. i think what it is, jamie, it's hard for us to get home games. this is an opportunity for us to get a home game that we don't have to return on the road, so this is one of our two division three games this year. jamie: the record is 5-3, identical to last year and you had such a great run last year. do you feel like you're building the foundation for the same kind of suc

it's time for the river stone game, dartmouth and u.n.h. meet on the ice saturday night in durham, the bringing green and wildcats coming off a win in a tie over over maine. dartmouth would love to knock them off on the road. >> it will be our christmas gift hopefully, if we can do that we'll enjoy the holidays, knowing we're coming off a win as we go into the break. >> i think it's huge, we haven't had the best start, so any time you get a win and get the momentum going, unbeat then the last three here, go into christmas break all happy. >> the fans are great, they come out and support the wildcats. always awesome, so it will be a fun game for our guys to get on the big ice surface. >> it's an unbelievable building. it's a humongous rink. the offense being bigger and the corners wider. jamie: that game is always a good one. more high school seniors from new hampshire going to division one for college next year, both of these are new hampton prep students, carter dillon is a football player and he will go to brown. teddy beaudet a baseball

. >>> new hampshire's highest u.n.h. professor. they fired marco dorfsman for changing evaluations of a student member. they say they should not have let him two. the arbitrator exceeded its authority and the college was in right to fire him. >>> a corrections officer reported hearing a gunshot that they reported seeing a white man and dark pants from the area. after three hours, no suspects were found. because of the situation, no one was allowed to enter the prison, even for christmas each visits. >>> police chief richard kane is retire. he has served as chief for 16 years. he started his year as patrolman and animal patrol officer. his last day will be january 8th. now in commitment 2016, the presidential candidates have weeks left to sway voters ahead of the new hampshire primary. some people believe the primary might offer the most powerful opinion. that might be true in the republican field. wmur political director, josh politically correct. reporter: like it or not, donald trump isn't the just the current front runner but th

. >>> the university of new hampshire working harder to prevent suicide and address u.n.h is using a $100,000 grant to expand an on-line training program that helps staff better identify students at risk. the program works by letting staff have conversations with computer generated avatars that show warning signs. the grant will also go towards efforts to reduce illness. >>> turning now to the deadly tornado outbreak in texas. at this hour 11 people are dead and the focus is now on the recovery process. for more on the deadly severe weather that tore through texas this weekend we turn to will carr who is in texas tonight. >> it sounded like a freight train coming through. >> reporter: devastation across texas today after several tornadoes, including a powerful ef-4 ripped through the northern part of the state. >> we still don't know with 100% extent of the damage. we have done a primary search last night and do a secondary search. >> reporter: crews across the state are focused on cleanup and recovery after battling deadly storms in if that wasn't enough. the western part of the sta

not far from the u.n.h. school of law. the fire was in a multi-family building. there are no reports of the red cross says they are helping at least ten people result of the early morning fire. >>> flags will fly at half staff through monday in honor of the 14 people killed in the mass shooting in san bernardino, california. investigators have now identified each of the victims. they range in age from 26 to 60 years old. officials say the shooters is a husband and wife. they also basically had a bomb factory inside their home. the couple had enough bombs and bullets to kill hundreds of people. this morning investigators are looking for the man they say bought two of the guns used in the attack. the guns were purchased legally more than three years ago. >>> nearly two dozen people were injured in the shooting, including a woman who drew up in new hampshire. amanda gaspard was shot three times in the leg. ray brewer here with her story. ray: 32-year-old amanda gaspard in the town. he first preached at the mountain view church in vernon, vermont. when she and her si

and his brother colin plays for u.n.h. hockey. jean: some family there, thanks, jamie. what do you do when a dog land in the wrong state? we'll have that story next. tom: then coming up at 6:00 we do have new details about the suspects in the san bernardino mass shooting, how much ammunition police found inside the couple's home. and a new hampshire business pleading guilty to felony from a competitor. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's wh

this winter though u.n.h. students will start clearing land to plant hundreds of the trees that have been cross bred with blight resist tab strains. the chestnuts were common in the the lakes region. >> welcome to one of of the slowest sports days of the year, no nba, no nhl. there are a couple of college football bowl games, and this is one of them, a high scoring college game today. check that out, wow, the bahamas bowl, western michigan and tennessee. what a game this guy had had. he also had a 46-yard score that you'll see. four rushing touchdowns for him. it's the first bowl win of for western michigan. college football on saturday on channel 9, the pin stripe bowl from yankee stadium, it's any of the against duke, that's saturday. and that's at 3:30. many of our home town hero this is week are not from new hampshire, although some of them are and they are all making a difference in the granite state this holiday. the players on the new hampshire socks at recent home games as part of they've cold ice warm

u.n.h. wildcats, new hampshire plays a home and home series with the maine black bears, they drop the puck at 7:30. we'll hear from the coach tonight at 6:00. late last night, isaiah thomas scored 21 foys and celtics beat the kings in mexico city, 114-97. jason. one of the year's most popular connection. >> up next it's also teaching people about american history. tom: then at 6:00 tonight, police believe drugs are behind a car crash in northwood and a mother facing charges after driving off the road with their kids inside the car. and developments in san bernardino, that mass shooting, new video inside the accused gunman's home, we're live in washington with why they are tt2w`tsi`rt" bt@qakh tt2w`tsi`rt" "a@qqg, tt2w`tsi`rt" bm@qzl tt4w`tsi`rt"" dztq b78 tt4w`tsi`rt"" entq 23x tt4w`tsi`rt"" hnt& ;:l tt4w`tsi`rt"" iztq qs4 tt4w`tsi`rt"" jntq c#t tt4w`tsi`rt"" lzt& [n( shelley: that is the sound of a record setting holiday show, the world's tallest singing christmas tree. and it sounds great.

this afternoon we spent time at u.n.h. hockey practice, a great week for them upcoming, two about that at six. josh: you can still always go with tom brady. jean: always. we'll have a talk with coach belichick. coming up, an anonymous donor with a surprise for a rhode island girl on christmas day, the thankful message from her parents. tom: you don't want to go anywhere, we have more coming up at 6:00, granite staters are preparing for that first accumulating snow this winter. what road crews are doing right now before the storm starts. and republican frontrunner donald trump firing back at the union leader tonight, why the papers publisher is saying the candidate's campaign is an on a dairy farm. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big

u.n.h. is competing against 25 other schools to present their plan to state department officials in washington, d.c. >> kevin: another decidedly undecember-like mild day out there. a lot of clouds, missing hundreds of thousands much in the way of rainshowers just yet, but they're showing up right back here in new york. oswego, syracuse, southward to bingham tom, into wilkesbury, moving eastward at us. this is a front that extends from canada, all the way through that area and southward just west of washington, d.c. shapes on them. it's an occluded front. temperatures behind it will not be dropping allsvj!5 that much the next couple of days. this is like the rain hour-by-hour. western massachusetts during the 8:00 a.m. hour and approaching worcester county, through the 9:00 a.m. hour up to boston, faster than what we were looking at earlier, so this tends to update, depending on the speed of which the showers are moving along the front to our west. these showers will continue overnight and th

jean: and we'll hear from u.n.h. josh: details released for the funeral of a local army ranger killed in training. and tonight on "chronicle". >> very surprised. didn't expect it to be this big, and they're overwhelmed.