us. and we are going to be here at the location in manchester all weekend long. also the toys "r" us in nashua throughout the weekend, and the crossings in newington, collecting toys. you might have, or a monetary donation. the marines are collecting all weekend long, and we hope you will come out and support this effort. sean: pokemon cards, a hot gift this year, right? we will check in with you later. coming up on "daybreak," good news for chocolate lovers. nestle says it has found a way to make chocolate with less sugar, while keeping the same taste. kevin: it was warm up there yesterday, but fee m sean: a gruesome discovery in massachusetts. an investigation is underway after police say a decapitated >> you are watching news 9 "daybreak." now, news 9 continues. kevin: starting your friday morning with fair skies. quite a few more clouds the further north and west you go across the. you will run the risk of a couple of showers. temperatures for most away from the mountains will be in the cooldown that goes through the weekend. we will have the details, coming u

us out. erin: a lot of people have come out to help out. so far in this location in manchester, we have just gotten started and we received the donation of more than 1200 tories. we will be here at the toys "r" us in manchester and nashua over the weekend, and the crossings in newington. we are seeing a lot of people come through and pick up educational toys. they are big for the little ones. we hope you will come out and support this effort and make the holiday little brighter for a young person in new hampshire. live in manchester, erin fehlau, wmur news 9. sean: good news for the north country. cell serce today senator jeanne shaheen announced expanded 4g lte voice and data, calling it a boost for economic development, tourism, and public safety. shaheen says the project will bring much needed wirless service to residents and businesses. another round of negotiations is set for today hoping to avoid a strike by local school bus drivers. union drivers at first student's belmont location first authorized a strike nearly three three weeks ago, but talks have continued as the si

in connection with her daughter's death. and today we are kicking off our spirit of giving toy drive. you can drop off donations for toys for tots at toys r us locations in manchester and nashua or at the crossings in newington. santa and mrs. claus already helping us out this morning. kevin: we start off early this morning with mainly clear skies. occasional light snow for the north country over the next couple of days. temperatures in the 30's as we start. 40's for most of the afternoon. breeze today out of the west and northwest. each of the next four days cooler than the day before. sean: yesterday was an anomaly. it was warm out there. here is a live look at i-93. good morning, deb. deb: good morning, kevin and sean. 93 north and south is moving well and no major problems out to the state line with salem and actually it is about a 25-minute ride to the tolls. 101 and 111 are moving along nicely at this check. this report is being brought to you by sean: thanks. a claremont woman is facing charges in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot. authorities say 20-year-old monique earle tried to hire an undercover officer to kill another woman. ray brewer jo

announcing she's heading off on maternity >> get it all in. >> now, from wmur news 9 numeral toys "r" us in manchester, kicking off our toy drive. it takes place all weekend at this location, the toys "r" us in nashua, and the crossings in newington. they want toys for the little ones, zero to two, girls six to nine, and boys and girls age 10 to 13. for the little ones, they want things like blocks, and tough toys as well. andy -- any kind of activity kit. skateboards, scooters are a good idea. gift cards are great as well. games are also a great gift. we have seen a lot of people dropping off games. this one is about "frozen," and olaf. do you think he will like the forecast? kevin: he will in the north country, where we are expecting light snow. in central and southern areas, riding in on the number -- the northwesterly breeze . w this will probablyring out -- this will probably wring out a few inches of accumulation in the north country. for the rest of us, back and forth between clouds and sunshine. the wind adding extra bite to the air. in the 30's later tonight. 20's up north. notice the light s

shelley: the holiday spirit is in full effect at manchester's toys "r" us. one act of kindness, led to even more generosity, with people hoping to pay it forward. chelsea provencher braved a packed toys "r" us on black friday so her daughter, violet could use some gift s. , into a bit of a problem. >> we get up there and ring everything up, and i am $5.52 short. i had grabbed all the change i had in the car i had no money on , me, i felt helpless. shelley: she told the very disappointed eight-year-old she had to put one of her new toys back. that is when a nearby cashier stepped in. >> the young lady at the register next to us was finished with the customer and said, no it. i said, no, we can put something back. shelley: that cashier was sheilla nelson, who says she didn't think twice about helping out. >> it was just an instinct because i like to do nice things for other people. shelley: roger provencher was so moved by sheilla's kindness toward his wife and daughter, he decided to pay it forward. he went right back to the toys "r" us, insisting on donating

the toys "r" us locations in manchester and nashua and at the crossings in newington. you can give new and unwrapped toys. the need is particularly great for donations for children under three and older -- shelley: firefighters in manchester are seeing a dramatic spike in calls because of the opioid crisis. >> the burden especially here. 90% of the say station calls come here to headquarters. tom: we will take you on the road with members of the city's busiest fire station and the over the weekend? shelley: back surgery for gronk. how long the tight end will be out of the game. tom: and now, to our ulocal hotshot. the chocolate lab sitting back and relaxing by the old christmas tree. tom: -- was new say station program is already paying dividends. it only started two weeks ago but it has already helped 17 manchester where it has been successful. in nashua, they are seeing one person a day. to get an evaluation and be transferred to a recovery program. it is a 24 hour job, seven days a week. over 200 firefighters cover manchester. they have seen a dramatic spike in resc

every child in new hampshire gets a gift this holiday season by donating to our "spirit of giving" toy drive. it kicks off this friday and runs through sunday at toys "r" us locations in manchester and nashua and at the crossings in newington. the drive benefits the toys for tots program. today's adopt-a-pet is jato. he's a 3-year-old pitbull-lab mix who loves going on walks and snuggles. he would prefer a home without dogs or children, but he loves hampshire spca in stratham. for more info on jato and other adoptable pets, you can vist our website at wmur.com. did you know what your thursday needs? how about this video of dogs running on ice? >> and they are off, a close one. scooby all the way for first, and he wins. adam: the good people of the tri-city storm hockey team in nebraska hosted daschund races during intermissio game. as you just heard scooby edged , out lola for the coveted first place trophy. the video has, of course, gone viral. who was the genius who figured that one out? kevin: scooby look like he may have cheated there. tough to get on the ice there. notice the extended forecast, temperatures cooling off several degrees per day. winds will be noticeable throu

it's coming up december 2nd which is tomorrow and it runs right through 94th at the toys r us locations in manchester and nashua and at the crossings. you can give new unwrapped toys for the toys for tots program and need is particularly great tom: now chief meteorologist mike haddad with your storm watch 9 forecast. mike: over an inch and a half of rain in the state capitol bringing it over to 30 inches of rain, 19% below the average since the first of the year. we are still in the extreme drought, extreme southern new hampshire that does not include this latest storm with another inch, inch and a half in many spots. now that we are in december what do you normallyxp well a high the 1st of the month 42 by the low of 23. by the end of the month the average high is at freezing with a normal low of 12 in the state capitol. we average about three and a quarter inches of rain or melted snow and snowfall we average over a foot in the state capitol. but we were nowhere close to the norm for the first of december today. look at these temperatures well above the average, about 7 shy, right at 7 shy of the re

this concept started in manchester of course making local fire stations a first point of contact for people who want to stop using drugs and then get connected with queen city and down in the gate city they are seeing immediate results with about one person per day coming in to get an evaluation from amr and then transport to a recovery program. >> i was actually surprised to see how fast it started. we've seen all the reports from congres man manchester and it's a little bit bigger city than ours and it's pretty stunning the numbers. when they started knocking on our doors it was surprising to see how quick it's catching o the fire companies are averaging about 12 minutes of out of service time for each safe stationery sraoeufl. station station revile. we'll have new numbers at 6:00 released by amr. jennifer: to politics now. wmur has learned that new hampshire republican party chairwoman jennifer horn will not seek a third term. horn decision will leave the seat open in advance of state tentatively scheduled for january. several activists about have been mentioned as possible successors including matt mayberry

myself and other us workers in manchester, being on the streets supporting young people, that has givennd that has just given them someone to speak to. you had loads of people knocking on your door saying could you help with jobs on your door saying could you help withjobs and on your door saying could you help with jobs and the things. as a part of the city council, they made me an ambassadorfor where of the city council, they made me an ambassador for where i live of the city council, they made me an ambassadorfor where i live in the local area and as the role of an ambassador you are supposed to be the first point of call for your community, so if they need someone to speak to or if they want to report a letter issue they come and speak to you. i think some quite a bit mixed up with what the road was. people were knocking on the door and saying i am looking for a job. i am the type of person if i can help i can help. i was looking forjobs for people. it got so popular. 20 people would be at the doorstep on a saturday and how can i make this manageable for myself so that is when i nee

manchester and english -- engelland. i think some people are getting ahead in the educational institutions in london that aren't open no people in engelland. and driving education in manchester using the cities you notified, should feel hopeful about tomorrow where they don't feel tomorrow's coming at their expense and other people are gaining part of, you know, they don't feel like, you know, critics. >> i think that's exactly right. education and levels of education are the ar britary of the vote. but it's the public policy solution. but we need to -- and i think you had the same considerations here -- conversations here in the u.s. completely regear the system to go with the long tail of achievement. we still have an incredibly old model of education which is not up to speed with what the modern world demands. education has to be front and center of the solution. >> engelland and the united kingdom is one of the more o.c.d. zed in the we tend to talk about it in terms of elections -- >> it is a one-party state. >> among a very few number of people actually -- i mean, when tony blair was prime minister and gordon brown was prime minister, you would go to white hall and you would

in a moment. stay with us. ♪ ♪ charlie: casey affleck is here. he stars in "manchesterlays an isolated janitor forced to return to his hometown to become the guardian of his teenaged nephew. tony scott writes that he gives one of the most fiercely disciplined screen performances in recent memory. here is the trailer. >> if you could take one guy to an island with you, if it was between me and your father, who would it be? >> my daddy. >> i think you are wrong about that. ♪ >> what happened to my brother? is chandler. >> i don't understand. i cannot be the guardian. >> your brother provided for your nephew's upkeep. >> i think the idea is that you would relocate. >> relocate to where? >> it was my impression that you spent a long time here. >> i'm just a backup. >> no one can appreciate what you have been through. if you really feel like you cannot take this on, it is your right. ♪ >> where we going, the orphanage? >> whatever you decide, you can always stay with us. >> do you want to be his guardian? >> well -- >> he doesn't want to be my guardian. >> we are trying to l

in doping and any problems were at an individual level. the sporting bodies are taking a different view. thank you forjoining us. swansea city hope to have a new manager in place by monday — with manchester candidates. it follows the sacking of bob bradley last night. the new manager will be the club's fourth of 2016 and giggs has been linked with the club before. ryan giggs was interviewed for the job and bradley was appointed in october so was overlooked on that occasion and we do understand that swa nsea still clea n on the manchester united legend. he has not managed in his career yet but he has some coaching experience with manchester united. the other candidates and wales manager chris coleman and former leicester boss nigel pearson and the x birmingham boss. ryan giggs is the early favourite. the fifa president gianni infantino says the world's football federations are "overwhelmingly in favour" of plans for a a8—team world cup. earlier this month, the head of the sport's governing body outlined his vision for an expanded tournament comprising of 16 groups of three teams. the top two in each group would progress to the knockout stages. a decision is expected injanuary but even if

real feel of 24 in wocester, in fact, 31 manchester to lawrence and mid-30s on the cape. most of us are in the 30s in the suburbs, in fact. again, 40 in downtown boston and chatham, but the skies are clear. so a quiet start to the morning. sunrise coming up just under an hour from now, and it will feature plenty berkshires and back through vermont. so grab the shades as you head out the door. sunrise at 6:55. out of the 30s we climb to 47 by lunchtime, fair and breezy. the wind gusts occasionally over 20 miles per hour. no weather-related issues today, though. ride home featuring a few clouds, sunset at 4:12 and temperatures in the mid-40s, feeling more like december again this weekend. we'll break down all your weekend details straight ahead. breana >> danielle, thank you. >>> we have a live look right and you are bumper to bumper already from braintree all the way up to the pike and the o'neill tunnel. you're approaching 30 minutes right now to get from braintree into boston. >>> an update on breaking news in milton. state police say two people were kill whd a car hit a tree on br

in the longsight area of manchester. thank evenjoining thank even joining us.u do?” intercommunity textile workshop, what is it exactly that you do? i do a lot of things, but i do work with ethnic minority women, empowering them. and we like to break barriers when we put different women of different backgrounds, and the only language we speak is english because i cannot speak another language. so that's the way we help the women to engage and don't english. and also i'm promoting british textiles. so we teach high—end british manufacturing skills. and help them to their own business. and it's all about using british fabric. and not only british fabric but in the community are also told that eat british products, eat less, but eat good, and buy less, by british clothing. if you can't buy new ones, buy second—hand ones. clothing. if you can't buy new ones, buy second-hand ones. and what do you think of this idea of an oath being taken, then? well i you think of this idea of an oath being taken, then? welll don't you think of this idea of an oath being taken, then

us. manchester united came from behind against middlesbrough to win 2—1 at old trafford. paul pogba scored innute. it came a minute after anthony martial had equalised. grant leadbitter had given boro a second half lead. manchester united are still sixth, but level on points with spurs in fifth. it's fantastic. 0ne it's fantastic. one goal down, when you try to win, then you go, then you try to win, then you go, then you gamble a lot to play with one defender against negredo. two against two is gambling. the players accepted it with courage, that situation of the game. then we scored and when we scored, i felt the stadium was going down. i thought everybody was coming to the pitch, a fantastic feeling, obviously. when you are coming here and you are playing against man united after our performances against man city, arsenal and chelsea and you are winning1—0, man united finish the game playing with ten men. they are the top team. to the tea—time match at anfield, it'sjurgen klopp‘s liverpool against pep guardiola's manchester city, second against third. the premier league's last game of the y

in a moment. stay with us. casey affleck is here. he stars in dennette lonergan's new film called manchester-by-the-sea.plays lee chandler, an isolated janitor who is forced to return to his hometown after becoming the legal guardian of his teenage nephew. tony scott of "the new york times" writes that affleck gives one of the most fiercely disciplined screen performances in recent memory. here is the trailer. >> you pick one guy to an island with you and you knew he would be safe, that he was the best man, that he would keep you happy, if it was between me and my father, who would you pick. >> pie daddy. >> i think are you wrong about that. >> what happened to my brother? >> lee chan letter. >> i don't understand. >> which part are you having trouble with. >> i can't be his guardian. >> your brother provided for him. i think the idea was you would relocate. >> relocate to where? >> it was my impression that you had spent a lot of time here. >> i'm just a backup. >> nobody can appreciate what you have been through. and if you really feel you can't take this on, it's your right. >> where are we going, to

i spoke to you not so long ago, at the christie centre in greater manchester earlier this year. tell usu nately get my story across. this year, unfortunately my diagnosis was reduced to 6—9 months, and then to nine weeks. that was about the beginning of september, as you can see, iam beginning of september, as you can see, i am not dead yet. one of the things that was so inspiring when we spoke to you, so many viewers responded to what has happened with you, you said, i have an attitude andi you, you said, i have an attitude and i am not going to be beaten. yes, my husband hates it, bless him, he suffers a lot, to be fair. it was devastating, i allow myself my pity party, i give myself 24 hours to feel sorry for myself, i can cry or get angry, whatever. at the end of the 24 hours, right, where are we going to go from now? that is what works for me at the moment. there will be plenty of people watching right now that have been inspired by every word you have said. thank you for coming in. colin, you have been inspiring ina for coming in. colin, you have been inspiring in a different way?

in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: kenneth lonergan is here. his newest film is "manchesterthe sea," about a man who to lookto his home town after his nephew after the death of his older brother. it has been named best film of the year by the national board of review. here is a look. >> i don't understand. >> which part are you having trouble with? >> i can't be his guardian. >> well. uh. >> i mean. i can't. , naturally, i assumed joe had discussed all this with you. >> no, he didn't. no. >> uh, i -- i -- i have to say, i am somewhat taken about. for him.rovided >> i can't commute from boston every day until he turns 18. >> i think the idea was that you would relocate. >> relocate? >> as you can see, your brother worked it out extremely carefully. charlie: i am pleased to have kenneth lonergan back at this table. when you watch that, what you see? what do your eyes see? kenneth: kc and how lost he is is, all and how lost he the turmoil inside him. and also josh hamilton. i just love actors. just all the little things that are happening moment to moment. is totally thrown, be

in the cities of manchester and birmingham with more police officers on patrol. >>> a japanese automaker is in talks with a silicon valley giant about changing the way we travel. ai uchida tells us more from our business desk. ai, it seems ties between car companies and i.t. firms are getting more common these days. >> exactly, catherine, we talked before about nissan and microsoft, they're teaming up to connect autos to the internet, now honda and google are eyeing a partnership to get self-driving technology on the road. the automaker wants to equip its vehicles with software developed by the i.t. giant. honda plans to test the system on u.s. highways. the company has also been developing its own driverless technology, but now executives are looking to google to help gain an edge on rivals. >>> now let's check on markets. tokyo share price s opened lowe on this last trading day of the week, that is after the dow jones failed to break above the 20,000 mark. trading volume is relatively low and investors are locking in profits before the holiday on friday which marks the emperor's birthday. right now the neikkei trading lower by almost .3%. the dollar is trading in a narrow rang

in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: kenneth lonergan is here. his newest film is "manchesterthe sea," about a man who returns to his home town to look after his nephew after the death of his older brother. it has been named best film of the year by the national board of review. here is a look. >> i don't understand. >> which part are you having trouble with? >> i can't be his guardian. >> well. uh. >> i mean. i can't. >> well, naturally, i assumed joe had discussed all this with you. >> no, he didn't. no. >> uh, i -- i -- i have to say, i am somewhat taken about. joe has provided for him. >> i can't commute from boston every day until he turns 18. >> i think the idea was that you would relocate. >> relocate? >> as you can see, your brother worked it out extremely carefully. charlie: i am pleased to have kenneth lonergan back at this table. when you watch that, what you see? what do your eyes see? kenneth: casey and how lost he is, all the turmoil inside him. and also josh hamilton. i just love actors. just all the little things that are happening moment to moment. josh is tot

patti ann: this was the scene in manchester, connecticut, where several people were arrested. in cleveland, ohio, police usedr spray to dispurse large crowds after a fight there. >> running, screaming. i seen a girl get trampled over. it was scary. it was really scary for real. like i said, it is just really sad. it is just sad. >> rob schmitt is live from our new york newsroom with more on this hi, rob. reporter: hi, patti ann. there were huge crowds and brawls all over the country, texas, tennessee, new york, new jersey, many other locations as malls packed with people looking to venture out of the house on day after christmas. in the maul of elizabeth, new jersey, sound of a chair slammed into the floor sent shoppers into a panic. >> a small fight erupted. at which time someone slammed a chair down, causing a loud noise. another patron yelled shots fired or gun! at that time pan ammonium happened. reporter: people were hurt, screaming shots fired, adding to chaos at a mall in long island as well, sending shoppers running for exits. crowd size may have led to some of the problems. the fox valley mall in au

use the music as punishment. erin: morning a simple act of kindness , in manchester is spreading, and it started with just a few december 1. temperatures in the upper 30's to lower 40's in the lakes region. the last rainfall moving through now. skies clearing in southwestern parts of the state. we will continue to see a fairly changeable first day of december. we will have details on what this means as we cool down in time for the weekend, coming up. sean: a lot of students are waking up to get ready for their school day. students in portsmouth will soon be able to sleep in a little longer. erin: starting next fall, classes will start an hour later at the high school and middle school. the school board received more than 2000 su r deprivation in adolescents. after weighing everything, the board voted eight-to-one to make the change, and many parents say they are happy. >> 7:00 a.m. for my -- let's see -- he is 11. it is just torture. he's just a zombie in the morning. and he's just not ready to get up that early. so it impacts everything. >> mornings next year will be it's the right call for everybody. erin: hours for e

manchester business school is sir cary cooper. he's one of the world's leading authorities on health and well-being in the workplace. thank you for joining us for today's focus. what is it that actually killed so many people in japan? stress, lack of sleep? number of factors. death by overwork is about overwork. it's the long working hours culture. it's the lack of sleep. the lack of any downtime, lack of spending any time with your family. they are on workload almost all the time. increasingly this is what we are getting in europe. the u.k. has the longest working hours of any european country but europe generally is getting longer and longer working hours which i think is really bad. the research shows if you consistently work long hours you will get ill. genie: what are long hours and what's the ideal working? >> the ideal working week is probably even less than the eu working time directive of 48 hours averaged over 15 to 17 weeks. that's a pretty good standard. even that is too long because it's averaged over weeks so you can work people for 60 hours we -- 60 hour weeks and then drop them. i think the reasonable hours is what we have t

in a moment, stay with us. kenneth lonergan is here, his newest film manchester-by-the-sea stars kacey affleck, lead chandler a man who returns to his hometown to look after his nephew after the death of his older brother. manchester-by-the-sea has been named best film of the year by the national board of review. here is a look. >> i don't understand. >> which part are you having trouble with. >> i can't be the guardian. >> well,. >> i mean i can't. >> narmly i assumed joe had discussed all this with you. >> no. he didn't. no. >> i-- have i to say i'm some what taken aback. >> he can't live with me, i live in one room. with. >> but joe has provided for patrick's upkeep, food, clothe, et cetera, and the house and the boat are owned outright. >> i can't comeum from boston to-- until he turns 18. >> i think the idea was you would relocate. >> relocate to where, here? >> well, as you can see, your brother worked everything out extremely carefully. >> but. >> i'm fleetion pleased to have kenneth lonergan back at this table. when you watch that, what do you see what do your eyes see. >> i see kacey and just, how los

in nantuck et, going to clip chatham. that extends through the cape cod canal. right around route 1, fairly light, wipers on there. for the rest of us, still puddles on the road except for manchester up through central new hampshire, up to lakes region. you'll need the wipers on with persistent rain up and route 89 too. 60, mild in taunton right now, 51 in boston. 40s north and west of town, and any leftover rain in southeastern is massachusetts is going to be out of here, really over the next hour and a half, just a leftover shower on the outer cape by 7:30. sunshine breaking out, turning into a bright and mild and breezy afternoon. so showers ending, 6:54 sunrise, wind 10 to 20 miles an hour and fair and quiet for the ride home. sunset at 4:12. temperature right around 50. we'll take you through the >> thank you very much, danielle. let's take a live look out there at the roads for you this morning. and you can see the zakim bridge here aned leverett. the leverett is filled in making your way into the city. the zakim is moving along okay. no delays in the north of town. heads up if you're taking the red line, moderate delays now due to a power problem at the elway station, so he

in manchester, new hampshire one act of kindness led to a unique chain of events. shelley walcott has the story of paying it forward. >> chelsea provencher braved a packed toys "r" us black friday so her daughter violet could use some gift cards. but while they are checking out, they ran into a bit of a problem. >> we get up there and ring everything in and i'm $5.52 short. and i literally had grabbed all the change i had in the car, i had no money on me, i had just my cell phone and keys and i disappointed eight-year-olds that she had to put one of her new toys back. and that's when a nearby cashier stepped in. >> the young lady at the register next to us she finished with her customer and then she came right over and she was like no problem. pulls out her little credit card, she's like i got this, i'll pay for it. and i was like no you don't have to do that we can put something back, she's like no it's fine. >> that cashier was sheilla nelson, who says she didn't think twice about helping out. >> it was just an instinct. because i like to do nice things for other people. >> by sheilla's kindness toward his wife and daugher, he decided to pay it forward. he went b

us out because we spoke different language. because we spoke a different language. it's been watched hundreds of thousands of times. one thing to quickly mention. chris is watching in manchestereport on the bbc news app. —— in dr congo. the weather in the run—up to christmas and the weather after christmas and the weather after christmas is going to be likejekyll and hyde. for the next few days, some really bad weather across more northern parts of the uk in particular. we will see spells of rain interspersed with showers, wintry over the hills but throughout it will be very windy. why? what's happening? across the other side of the atlantic into north america, the temperature contrast we have seen here, has strengthened the jet. that fast moving strong jet moves across the atlantic and picks up areas of low pressure, deepens them and steers them to the north west of the uk weather. the jet stream is stronger. gales in the north—west of scotland, frequent wintry showers, some pretty nasty weather out and about. showers coming into northern ireland this with rain in the south—east and patchy fog. it will turn quite chilly, not far off freezing some icy conditions especially in

us. now mind you, this is written the year in which the first flame ran between liverpool and manchester. now, bob of the time would have looked at it and said never worth -- looking at smoke, you know, it's unreliable the new jerseys break down we can only maybe had the few passengers you know, but there will never amount to anything. that's you know this is 1830 mind you it is the beginning of the age of railroad and i think a generation we have had people who said oh, this has been fine until thousand but from now it's over so my bottom line on the future is quite different from bob's it is very simple. this is it. we ain't seen nothing yet and i say this you know without necessarily saying exactly the way it is going to go because if i knew it i would be investor as they famously said but you may want to reflect a little bit on what is known as the law, and amara law we overestimate the new technology in the short is run and underestimate the effect in the long run. i think in the long run, we are going to look at change it is in the human condition whatever they will be, it will make

in other places including manchester and cardiff. the advice is to check online and if you are keen on twitter user than network rail say use # christmasf storm barbara, which is expected to bring winds of up to 90mph to some parts of the country. the met office has issued severe weather warnings for much of the uk, with scotland expected to bear the brunt of the storm. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. storm barbara is barrelling in. the worst of the weather has yet to hit, but already conditions are difficult out at sea. ferries to many of the islands have been cancelled. for those who couldn't get home early christmas travel plans are for now on hold. today, there is some services operating. they are battling through. the northern areas are definitely off. we are reviewing those services and will make announcements tomorrow evening, and people may be able to travel, however we can't guarantee that. gusts reaching more than 70 miles an hour have already been recorded in the outer hebrides. some homes on the outer hebrides. some homes on the isle of lewis and south uist left without power. but the stormy conditions were

in ohio, officers used pepper spray to disperse a large crowd fighting at a mall east of cleveland. in manchestercticut, several fights broke out all at once. police estimate several hundred teens were involved. there is still no clear indication that any of the incidents were connected. >>> now to the powerful winter storm wreaking havoc across much of the country. thousands of homes and businesses are still without power this morning as residents start to dig out. in north dakota, blinding snow and near zero visibility on the roads. a 240-mile stretch of i-94 was closed at one point and air travelers did not fare much better. almost 400 u.s. flights were canceled monday and more than 3,500 delayed. shanna will have the forecast in a few minutes. >>> don't miss "trending" coming up, we're going to be celebrating something very special. >>> then on "popstart!" the george michael hits that people are discovering all over again. >>> but first, the best items to buy before 2016 comes to a close. we're going to tell you what you should be shopping for right after this the holidays don't officialy beg

in previous years, and more roads will be closed. greater manchester police and other forces say they're also putting on extra crowd protection measures. peter bleksley is a former scotland yard detective and joins ussary. as with so —— as we saw in building in ace, those opportunistic attacks by difficult for intelligent sensors to detect —— berlin and knees. they need to be in a position to thwart any attack should happen. we'll be public notice any difference?” think people will be somewhat alarmed, and as we saw in northumbria a couple of weeks ago, a couple of heavily police officers we re couple of heavily police officers were at a christmas market, and were smiling and having photographs taken by children. there was an uproar. i would say to the public, i'm afraid this is the state of affairs need to reverse entry. you will have to get used to c and heavily armed police at sporting events and all of that. there will become —— they will be compound of everyday life. it is sad and very necessary. we have to understand and appreciate there are those who would like to wipe us from the face of the earth. we need to do as much as we possibly can collectively to try to thwart these people. the way

in wales and manchester. they say they have to do it now because there are fewer people travelling, and they simply can't do this work while the tracks are actually being useds that the roads will be much busier, so that the roads will be much busier, so people are being advised to check before they travel, to go to the bbc travel website and other websites, to make sure that theirjourney, that there is a train, and how long the journey is actually going to take. it promises to be a testing time. thank you very much indeed. and at 9:10am we will be speaking to the travel editor of the independent, simon calder. meanwhile, more disruption to transport in scotland is expected as a result of storm barbara. winds of up to 120 mph were recorded yesterday, and rail, road and ferry travel is again expected to be hampered today by gale—force winds. an amber alert has also been issued for the northern isles on boxing day. the met office has named it storm conor. we will bring you a full forecast and look ahead to this after 7:00am. the actor carrie fisher, best known for her role as princess leia in the star wars films, is in intensive care in a los angeles hospital

in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the works, which may cause delays, diversions and cancellations. our reporter jane—frances kelly is at ealing broadway station for uss a very good reason that you are there. explain why. good morning. yes. a lot of gw are passengers are going to have to come here because paddington is closed for the next six days for upgrades and maintenance work. —— gwr. work will be done on crossrail and the heathrow express. if people have a lot of luggage or their disabled they can go to three other designated stations in london. also liverpool street station is affected, which will be closed between the 24th of december and the second of january and between the 24th of december and the second ofjanuary and london bridge too jarring cross between the 24th and the 28th. it's notjust london, its manchester —— london bridge to charrington. it is too and from the city's airport, eccles, salford crescent until the second of january. and services from manchester, piccadilly and warrington bank key will be replaced by buses and cardiff is undergoing a major signalling upgrade programme and that means replacement buses between cardiff c

us reports on our news cast friday january 20th. >>> it is a troubling trend but apparently unconnected. that is the belief about nearly a dozen brawls at shopping malls nation wide. this mall is in manchesterconnecticut, the day after christmas, malls from coast to coast saw panic stricken crowds running from violence. shots fired turned out to be fireworks. and in ohio they closed the mall after several disturbances. most of the other incidents were fights triggered by what some are calling holiday temper and mass hysteria. >>> a battle that's playing out on the streets of san francisco. the number of uber and lyft drivers continues to boom. the question is whether they're helping or hurting the city. some say it's a nightmare for a city trying to be more pedestrian friendly. nbc bay area's tom explains the contradiction. >> reporter: curb side valet service typically a beehive of activity and still is, but upon closer inspection you'll see most of the cars are not being parked. they're uber and lyft vehicles dropping off and picking up p passenge passengers. valet parkers used to hustle nonstop. not anymore. >> we have a good business. all the people arrive. but now after the uber, our b

we asked some bargain hunters in manchester what they thought. it used can get some relief or bargains. we're copying america, just copying that model and doing what they do. black friday is not a british thing as faras black friday is not a british thing as far as i know. it'sjust good to have a sale so you can get the bargains rather than being bombarded with it all the time. diane wehrle is from springboard, a company that analyses retail performance. what is changing? we are definitely changing our habits a bit. we are and they love that that is driven by the retailers. a few years ago black friday didn't exist and then three yea rs friday didn't exist and then three years ago it came on the same and that has really created the beginning of retail trading performance, i guess, beginning of retail trading performance, iguess, but beginning of retail trading performance, i guess, but it had this little philip at the beginning or the end of november and then paying out. at this point is eve ryo ne paying out. at this point is everyone sick of the shops?

us more about this case. i am actually outside the royal courts of justice, and the judgment today follows a hearing at the court of protection in manchestersues and considering the application by paul briggs‘ wife, lindsey, that life—sustaining treatment should be withdrawn, and thejudge, mrjustice charles, said in hisjudgment thejudge, mrjustice charles, said in his judgment today that the case raised issues of life and death, and vitally important principles and strongly held views. he went on to say in the statement, the life of paul briggs does confer benefit and has value, this means that this case raises fundamental issues relating to the protection of persons who are extremely vulnerable and who have not previously made and now cannot make decisions for themselves, but thejudge ruled that make decisions for themselves, but the judge ruled that this life—sustaining treatment should be withdrawn, but it could be legally withheld, and he said at the end of thisjudgment it withheld, and he said at the end of this judgment it means the court is doing on behalf of mr briggs what he would have wanted and done for himself and what he thoug

in and out of london, manchester and cardiff. drivers are likely to face tailbacks, and airports across britain are experiencing the busiest festive getaway ever, with more of usondent richard westcott has the details. it is one of the busiest lines in britain. a vital link between south—west england and south wales. it is part of the biggest rail upgrade programme ever taken on. 24,000 staff upgrade programme ever taken on. 211,000 staff will work on 200 projects across britain. why pick christmas? we have a huge programme of work that we have to deliver as pa rt of work that we have to deliver as part of rl way update programme. some of that work just can't part of rl way update programme. some of that workjust can't be done ona some of that workjust can't be done on a live railway. we have to shut the railway. so christmas is the best time to do it because it is one of the quietest times of the year. it will hit services across the country. london's paddington station will close for six days after the last train leaves tonight. services at other big stations including london bridge, charing cross and liverpool street will be severely affected. there will be

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in town today, the england manager had his. the manchester city boss had his. all assessing liverpool's title credentials. without a world—class goalkeeper some have questioned those credentials. peter crouch usedrom another former red. the one—two punch was delivered. liverpool 2—1. they continued to get help putting the ball in the goal. with a deflected cross. shawcross continued the charity. sturridge hadn't scored all season. he had been on all for 55 seconds to open his account in front of an important crowd. the club boss will have been impressed too. six points behind chelsea, those title credentials look in fine shape. brilliant tonight, in our difficult moments he really fight against two centre—halves and brilliant passes, he created a lot of the moments tonight, it's very important. we need all of them and especially daniel, of course, but in four days there's another game. hopefully they all stay healthy and fit and it days later another game and a few days later. so we have enough opportunities for everybody, who is fit. hopefully they are all fit. i thought we gave a decent enough account of ourselves. our record here isn't great, thought we would try something different. key mom

in "loving" and "jackie". motion picture water, lion, manchester by the sea, moonlight. "moonlight." >> congratulations. to all our nominees, and please join usjimmy fallon, live on nbc. >> back with dave carver, fig e figuring out what just happened there. anything jump right out at you >> "lala land" by my counted got seven nominations for best picture and the actors. i'm impressed with tom ford nominated for best director and best screen play earlier this morning for his movie "nocturnal anim animals." he's a great filmmaker and streep, her 30th golden globe nominati nominations. >> some surprises for what makes it and doesn't. we all kind of gasped when we saw tom hanks for playing sully. >> i'm surprised "fences" didn't get nominated for best picture because they did get it for viola and emma stone. a combination of shows screaming like "the crown" and "stranger things" and nbc "this is us," a great showing. happy that got in along with westworld and ""game of thrones,"" two hbo shows and two nominated. >> you mentioned meryl streep getting nominated for a life-long achievement award. >> yes. >> you can catch the golden globes hosted by