josh: wolfeboro still rocks. jean: there are lots of other celebrations planned around new hampshire, especially at ski areas. josh: wmur' s paula tracy looks at some of the biggest events in tonight' s escape outside. reporter: a christmas wish came true this week -- a blanket of snow and cold temperatures to welcome holiday crowds. timing could not be better for places that have planned new year' s celebrations. henniker expects hundreds of people to ski until 10:00. their indoor celebration will include live music and a guilford is also planning a parade. midnight. if you cannot stay up that late, cranmore mountain in north conway will put on a two-hour l ed light show. in king pine, a torchlight parade will start at 9:00 with fireworks at 9:20. you will find these celebrations along with others in the "escape outside" section of our website. >> now, josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. josh j.: temperatures below freezing, meaning some icy s pots, especially untreated roadways. temperatures in the 20'

in wolfeboro. tom: presidential candidate john kasich talked to voters at a house party in bedford tonight. he says the republican party needs a positive message to win in 2016. mr. kasich: the message has got to be one of lifting. if the message is one of you know, i don' t like hispanics, insulting women, throw all the muslims out, how do you think we' re going to do?. tom: kasich is the governor of ohio. earlier in the day, he held town halls and meet&greets in keene busy day today. republican presidential candidate rand paul held a town hall meeting in rindge tonight. in keene and derry earlier in the day. tomorrow, he' ll go door-door to canvass with his campaign in nashua. he also has events in exeter and manchester. shelley: south carolina senator lindsey graham spent the morning in concord. he talked to students at the high school before a roundtable with the chamber of commerce. in the afternoon, he toured a business in wolfeboro. this wraps up the republican' s latest two-day visit to new

wolfeboro and hampton beach will have fireworks. in boston, be prepared for added security. this epidemic of gun violence knows no boundaries. hillary clinton has what it takes to stand up to the republicans and the gun lobby. we need to close the loopholes and support universal background checks. how many people have to die before we actually act... before we come together as a nation? i'm hillary clinton and i approve erin: a teen from vermont has his own comic book thanks to make a wish. >> it feels really good. >> it has been a longtime wish of yours? >> i think like a year or something. pretty long. it is also to have it finally finished and have an actual copy. erin: here it is. 14-year-old eli got to visit marvel comics and they used his characters to create "teen super corps." kevin: this cancer now appears to be in remission. erin: a woman from new york city is searching for the owner of a wedding ring she found in her husband' s christmas present. jean remini ordered a pair of jeans online. from a neiman marcus. she lost h

wolfeboro is no longer holding first night, but they will have fireworks. boston is also gearing up for the 40th anniversary of its first night event. security will be tight with police and dogs and hidden assets. for the first time, this is not being run by the city. it will be produced by an outside company and it will be scaled back and focused on copley square. security is a big concern for new year' s celebrations around the world. megan hughes takes a look at some of the plans now in place. megan: good morning. the fbi and other officials have leading up to today. they have expressed particular concern about the safety of americans overseas. the fireworks display in paris have been called off -- has been called off. brussels authorities arrested two men this week in connection with a suspected holiday plot. >> we are not aware of any threat that we deem credible. megan: one million revelers are expected to pack into 20 blocks around times square. the nypd is deploying 6000 officers there. pasadena is prepping for the rose parade. it is a top-tier secu

wolfeboro last night. it's the latest high profile vote of support for the republican presidential candidate. wmur's suzanne roantree has our 2016 coverage from wolfeboro. >> governor christie addressed a standing room crowd telling them the show is over. >> let me tell you, fannie mae, the rest of the -- new hampshire, the rest of the countries are counting on you. >> christie garnered a lot of support in new hampshire the endorsement of the union leader and today from republican senator jeb bradley. >> this is about getting votes now. we've been here longer than any other candidate now it's about me asking for the vote and closing the deal. >> and he thinks that the man for eliminating terrorism is the right one. >> governor christie is going to target terrorism. >> and governor christie is battling the heroin epidemic. christie says winning the battle is simple. >> treatment, and listen, i've talked to jeb about this a lot and he's leading fight in the state senate making sure that they get treatment. >

chris christie has a town hall starting at 6:00 tonight in wolfeboro. lindsey graham was also in wolfeboro this afternoon, following stops in concord. with so many candidates vying for the republican nomination, there' s growing concern about how the gop convention will play out. and as wmur' s aixa diaz reports from washington one candidate is , crying foul. aixa: josh, ben carson is republican party leaders are meeting privately to convention. ben carson says he will not sit "the washington post" reports a private dinner in washington focused on the possibility of a broker gop convention if no clear winner arrives. >> it is likely to favor the establishment candidate. people with connections among party leaders. aixa: carson says this if this is an attempt to subvert the will of the voters, "i can assure you donald trump will not be the only one leaving the party." >> there is a discussion about how the delegate process worked. aixa: they insisted that the voters, not party leaders, will elect to be nominee. >> if people supporting trumper carson sear

lisa: we are in wolfeboro right on main street. you can see us on facebook, beverdi idge craft beer and soap company, or our website. josh: it is kind of hard to forget the name caret lease and 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 approve this message. josh: don' t forget, we have our annual spirit of giving food drive kicking off this friday, december 11, collecting nonperishable food donations, including prepackaged food donations at all hannah for its hannafords, shaws, and walmart good stuff. kevin: a nice weekend, milder temperatures coming back, and it gets to a point where we are the average is. without any snow on the ground, it is easy to do. rain

graham has events in concord and wolfeboro. emily this image, going viral. : the punishment these military school cadets are facing after the incident. antoinette: the soldier who abandoned his post before be was captured by the taliban is talking about his ordeal. the motivation behind walking off base and what he hoped to accomplish. cindy: certainly feeling more like spring outside instead of december. i am tracking a front that could cool down parts of our area this weekend. follow breaking news. the driver of that runaway red line train failed to set the break and also tied a cord around the holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. my stop & shop. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. p polident's unique micro clean formula killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, holiday season's just like football sea

stephanie: other events are planned in the coming weeks in claremont, colebrook, plaistow, and wolfeboro. information on our website, wmur.com. lapoint and your storm watch nine forecast. hayley: a big heads up to anyone tomorrow. we do have some black ice being you can see in this live webcam, see on that top right side how the road looks shimmery? it could be some black ice starting to form. where you have fog, like in claremont, some of the fog is freezing on contact. with this low-level moisture, no rainfall at all. it' s just this fog, and with the low-level moisture, you can get this black ice to form. it' s going to be mainly in the valley areas, the bridges, the overpasses that cold very quickly and can freeze on contact. those will be the most dangerous places the next couple hours or so. in the meantime, we do have a few passing clouds. that' s actually good. it' s going to keep the temperatures from bottoming out. it' s also still remaining stubborn in lebanon. it was foggy all day in lebanon. in whitefield, littleton, we had

rand paul, and new jersey governor chris christie, who has a town hall meeting plan tomorrow in wolfeboro. full details of the event in the in other news tonight, the operator could be responsible for the runaway train outside boston today. the red line rolled away when the driver stepped out from behind the controls. tonight investigators are looking at the driver and we' re hearing the 911 calls. jean mackin joins us live with that. jean: imagine the shock of the passengers when they noticed the train was rolling past its stops and some turned to check on the train operator and realized no one was behind the controls. the 911 calls came in as quickly as red line train 1502 took off with no operator on board. >> i had a motor person who was operating on the train. he has a lower right leg laceration. jean: the mbta says the train operator, david vazquez, has more than 25 years experience with the t and he got permission to get off the train to switch it into bypass mode to allow the train the mbta is investigating if he properly applied the brakes inside the control room before exiting t

there are dover, concord, keene, nashua and wolfeboro. according to c.d.c., many are at risk for developing diabetes. 'tis the season for holiday parades. christmas trees, reindeer marched down the street. there's there's the parade, it ended at veteran's park. and many held open houses giving out hot chocolate and candy canes to customers. tonight is the first night of hanukkah. this evening, everyone is 13-foot tall menorah. following the menorah lighting ceremony, songs will be sung and it starts at 3:30 and tomorrow, a nine-foot tall menorah will be at the city hall in manchester. our spirit of giving toy drive does begin. we're collecting for children all ages all weekend long at manchester and newington at the crossings. the need is babies through teenagers. the greatest age is 10 to 14. you can drop off unwrapped toys or donate cash. >> more is always better. we're trying to do as good as we can. we appreciate anything that can come in. whatever will come in we'll be happy with. >> so far we have collected 11 #,212 toys and 0 your

the abenaki ski area in wolfeboro is one of the 10 oldest in the u.s. crews are putting the finishing touches on a new lodge. the lodge includes a stone fireplace, kitchen, brick oven, lots of cool events going on. erin: now we just need some snow. right? [laughter] kevin: the last two weeks -- i will tell you -- hundreds upon hundreds of questions on when it will snow. erin: and we are getting rain this morning. kevin: it is just the way it is. we start off with rain shower ready. there could be sleet occurring atop mount washington. remaining mild tomorrow and through the weekend. by later this afternoon, temperatures in the 40' s up north, lower and mid 50' s for the rest of the state. we do have a stretch of time a lot of clouds linger around and a light southerly breeze into the afternoon. we will have a chance of a shower early tomorrow morning. we are looking at an increase in clouds on saturday. nothing terribly -- this eventually comes through by midmorning. as all this moves through, we are eventually left with clouds behind it. we start off i

this beautiful display is set up in nashua. house and wolfeboro. you can share your pictures by uploading them to where u local page. it is nice to see everyone decking out the halls. sean: if you put the kids in the backseat, they love driving around to see the lights. a big honor for one presidential candidate. if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all sean: "time" magazine readers have selected bernie sanders as 2015' s person of the year. he received more than 10% of reader votes in an online poll. human rights activist malala yousafzai finished second with a little over 5%. pope francis came in third. the

sean: we will look at whether it is an issue in new hampshire at the abenaki ski area in wolfeboro is one of the 10 oldest in the u.s. and they are now getting it a slip. crews are putting the finishing touches on a cedar shingle lodge this week. the lodge includes a stone fireplace. at the end of this winter the old shack will be torn down to make changes. rate. get our first snow? christmas. i suspect so. that is just a suspicion. this morning. rain shower activity out there and some patchy fog to go along with it. we will have wet highways. it is all in liquid form, except in the highest elevations. early showers and that the chance of temperatures getting back into the low and mid 50' s. this does look like the beginning of a milder stretch. some scattered, lighter showers out there. a batch making its way out of eastern new york. we have a mostly cloudy sky and a light southerly breeze. we are looking at the scattered shower activity out there and the wet highways. you can see the most organized of the precipitation out to our west and making our way northeast. this will be makin

wolfeboro will have fireworks at 6:30. fireworks at 8:00. the weather is looking pretty good for this evening. kevin: while it chilly, it certainly could be a lot colder for this time of year. we continue to watch colder air we have the clouds locked in with occasional flurries up north and the clouds and the fog continuing to be scoured out across southern sections. we are going to gradually decrease the clouds through the day. temperatures continue to follow -- fall atop mount washington. we will have a breeze getting going through the day. a general 5-15 miles per hour by midnight. a couple of snow showers up north. it does set up that way through early next week. the big change comes with a front arriving sunday. scattered snow showers are a possibility. much colder air builds in -- highs in the teens to lower 20' s by monday. erin: thank you so much. is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pro

graham has events in concord and wolfeboro. emily: the hunt for answers in the california shooting rampage moves under water. investigators are diving into a lake for clues. fbi and local divers are searching and dredging the lake about three miles from the scene of the shooting. they are looking for digital devices the killers may have tried to destroy. investigators are also trying to determine if syed farook and tashfeen malik's marriage was orchestrated by a wider terror group. emily: president obama is finalizing a proposal to expand background checks on gun sales, without the approval of near new england, lawmakers in connecticut are working to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists. the governor says he will sign the new executive order, which would also revoke gun permits issued to people whose names are on the lists. the measure would need federal approval. antoinette: closing arguments in the philip chism murder trial are postponed until monday. they were supposed to happen today but one of chism's l

reporter: one of the oldest small ski areas in the united states, wolfeboro's abenaki ski area opened in 1936. in 1940 they built a small lodge at the bottom of a rope tow. now in 2015 they're replacing 1100 square foot cedar shingle lodge. it's getting the finishing touches this week and will be formally dedicated on december 26. the project is a result of a public-private partnership that will in the end be owned by the town. friends of abenaki raised $350,000. local taxpayers invested $130,000. and the federal funds added another $150,000. the new facility has a deck overlooking the main hill, a stone fireplace, and a kitchen featuring a pizza oven, along with bathrooms and a patrol room. at the end of this winter, the original 1940 structure will be demolished to make room for an outdoor skating rink. abenaki also has 30 kill kilometers of cross country trails and it's right next to the town's ice arena. for ticket prices and trail details, go to the escape paula tracy, wmur news 9. >> the temperatures were yet again another day above the average for this time of year. we made it

take a look at the back bay at wolfeboro 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 >> well, if you've ever snapped a picture at a new hampshire political event or met a candidate as they toured the state. >> it's the first in the nation's primary, a special focus on the jfk campaign in 1960 thanks to the collection of his former campaign manager, late richard bresard. it's slated to run through the new hampshire presidential primary. a few photos taken, especially with the advent of the cell mike: people are busy. amy: what are you doing here at this hour? >> i don't know, i'm wondering, the whole team, it's a big deal coming in. a debate comes in and politics heating up. weather-w

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wolfeboro is no longer holding first night, but they will have fireworks at 6:30, and hampton beach will launch fireworks at 8:00. kevin, what is the weather going to be like this evening? kevin: there will be a westerly breeze, five to fifth teen miles the clouds we had this morning should be breaking apart.