Sean good morning, everybody. Thanks for waking up with us. M sean mcdonald. We had a lot of snow yesterday. That has moved on. Lingering. Kevin we have some slick spots out there early this morning. A few areas have been seeing a couple of flurries, another couple drizzles. Secondary roads could be slick. A lot of clouds around. Temperatures running anywhere today from the 20 s to the lower half of the 30 s later on. We will have much more on the forecast in just a bit. Let s take a look at your morning ride. We are joined live by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. Good morning. In some spots. Crews are treating the roads continuously and they do say to be extra cautious on bridges and off ramps. We are seeing slick spots on secondary roads, as well. We are seeing pockets of heavy congestion on 293 at the 93 split and on 93 south past the hooksett tolls. This report is being brought to you by peter s, nissan, and kia of nashua. From the wzid traffic network, i m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Sean we do start with a developing story out of wakefield, where one person is dead after a crash that involved four onduty secret Service Agents. They were driving south on route 16 at 7 00 in a ford taurus when centerline and crashed headon. The driver of the other car, bruce danforth, died at the scene. All four agents and two passengers were taken to the hospital. The crash does remain under investigation. Three people are dead and four are hurt after a tractortrailer truck and suv crashed headon in killington, vermont. The driver of the Cadillac Escalade and two passengers were killed. Several people involved may have been from out of state. Police described the scene as traumatic. Fire destroyed a home on old card road cart road in raymond. Quickly spread. No one was hurt, but two cats died. The red cross is helping the family. Department. Sean a manchester man is facing s charges facing charges after causing a standoff with police in hooksett last night. Brandon griffin assaulted his girlfriend and refused to come outside when police arrived. Police finally removed him after several hours. He was not hurt and is being held on bail. A panel of judges in concord will review the sentence of roland dow. He is the plaistow man accused of torturing his girlfriend s threemonthold son. He appealed his case to the certain testimony should not have been allowed at his trial. Yesterday s storm is over, but the roads could still have slick spots. State Police Responded to more than 250 crashes and spinouts yesterday. Walking around could be tough with layers of ice on steps and parking lots. It could take you a few minutes to scrape your ice off your car this morning. The weather is also causing serious and deadly problems across the central part of the country. Several rivers are at flood stage. Megan hughes reports. Megan army an army of volunteers are fighting a tough foe. Part of towns near st. Louis are already flooded. Sewage Treatment Plant to exceed capacity. Many rivers have not crested yet. Water is touching steel on this bridge on historic route 66. The missouri governor is calling in the national guard. We are dealing with an incredible amount of water coming at you here. We are talking about 10 feet of vertical water. Megan snowstorms are also proving deadly. This crash in new york killed a 22yearold driver. Whiteout conditions from the northeast to the midwest made travel nearly impossible by road or by air. Hare airport overnight. It has been a pretty long day. Straight day of misery for holiday travelers. Yesterday, more than 1000 flights were canceled and 6000 were delayed. Sean the republican field in the race for president is shrinking once again. Former new york governor George Pataki is dropping out. Tonight is the end of my journey for the white house, as i suspend my campaign for president. I m confident we can elect the right person who can bring us together and who understands that politicians must be the people s servant and not their master. Sean he made the announcement last night on nbc last night. He said we need to elect a president who can defeat isis. For the nomination. That field includes Ohio Governor john kasich, who wrapped up a trip through new he pointed to a record of economic success as governor. While he understands frustration with the big money in politics, he said he is not selling anything. The special interests don matter to me. They don t tell me what to do. People give me money, god bless them. Ceo. My job is to go fix problems. Sean he has now help 48 meetings in New Hampshire. Hillary clinton spoke to hundreds of people during a town hall at Berlin High School last night. She discussed a wide range of topics including lowering the prices of prescription medicine, vetting refugees, and using force to defeat isis without american boots on the ground. I really believe that i i feel especially strongly, as the mayor said, in making sure that no part of our country is left out or left behind. Sean clinton will return to New Hampshire on sunday. On monday, her husband will campaign for her in the granite state. Still to come, fans of the show Big Bang Theory are familiar with the song soft kitty. Two women from New Hampshire say the song was stolen. The dinosaurs are not extinct in New Hampshire. Extra time to check out the exhibit. 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 . Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. You re watching wmur news 9 with erin fehlau, sean mcdonald, now, news 9 continues kevin skarupa. Now, news 9 continues. Kevin factory next her time as you head out factor in extra time as you head out this morning. We have frozen conditions out there in places. We will talk about the last couple days of 2015 coming up. Sean could be some black ice out there, so be careful. Two women from New Hampshire are suing cbs from a song over a theory. According to the women, edith newlin wrote the song soft s. Her daughters are suing cbs, to florida after being stranded on cape cod. All 50 kemp s ridley turtles were cared for by the New England Aquarium after washing ashore and chauffeuring suffering from hypothermia. Nearly 300 turtles have washed months. The dinosaurs are sticking around a little longer in manchester. The exhibit was scheduled to close them january 17, but has been so popular it will now be open seven days per week through the end of january. The exhibition includes robotic dinosaurs and handson exhibits. Coming up, many of us need a cup morning. Researchers say you might want to have another cup before you head out to the gym. Sean rescue crews in china are working on plans to rescue eight miners who have been trapped since a mine collapsed days ago. Crews have sent supplies to the men who are hungry, but otherwise are said to be fine. The force of the mine collapse was so strong that it pregnant stirred registered as a 4. 0 magnitude earthquake. The World Health Organization says that the ebola crisis is over in guinea. Experts say new cases could still emerge. The virus is already killed more than 11,300 people worldwide. Whole foods says it will pay half 1 million to new york city to settle allegations that it overcharged customers. Grocery chain of mislabeling packaged foods. The company has apologized for the mistakes and hired a thirdparty to audit its pricing. Macy s is recalling more than 120,000 Martha Stewart frying pans because rivet covers could pop off and fly across the room. The recall includes eight and t eninch pans. It has been a recordsetting year at the movies. For the first time ever, ticket sales have topped 11 billion in the u. S. And canada. That is thanks to several major blockbusters, including fifty shades of grey, furious 7, jurassic world, and, of course, star wars the force awakens. The previous record was set back in 2013. If you are looking for little extra pet in your step for your workout, try Drinking Coffee researchers say that Drinking Coffee can enhance your endurance, though the evidence is not 100 solid. They say it appears that can help especially for running and cycling. They needed a study to tell you that copy can give you energy. [laughter] kevin i can imagine that the copy dehydrates you, too. Sean drink a little water. Kevin i guess you could have both. Than one mile into your run, you have to go to the bathroom. Sean that is why they have goo. Kevin oh, that s why. We start off with your latest totals. If you want to post what you had in your neighborhood, postit on your Facebook Page post post it on our Facebook Page. We continue to watch these it was a lot less in southern and southwestern parts of the state. 4. 2 inches at the concord airport. It was the third latest first inch of snow for a winter season in 155 years in concord. Ski country picking up 69 inches of snow. A healthy dose of snow for the second half of the holiday week. Still the chance of a little bit of a drizzle in southern areas. Anything that is out there is trying to refreeze, especially on the untreated surfaces. There are no big systems that we are going to be tracking over the next several days. Temperatures will try to make their way above the freezing mark, only to fall back below it this evening. Temperatures for the time being. Tomorrow afternoon, we tipped out above 40 and then start to progress backward from there. Light wind and an overcast sky through a good part of the day. Maybe a couple breaks in the overcast this afternoon. A little bit of drizzle tonight. There is a weak system to our south. There could be slick spots overnight and tomorrow. It looks like we should be in the mid20 s to the mid30 s as we ring in the new year. The only other system on the maps right now is a strong front coming in from canada. We could have a snow squall up north. That will be the leading edge of the colder air by the time we get to early next week. Tomorrow with a shower early and then clearing skies. Otherwise. A pretty good breeze on monday. Stormfree otherwise. You would think that yesterday might have been the beginning of a more active pattern, but not so. Sean it felt like the beginning of winter yesterday. Let s check on our top stories. One person is dead after a crash on route 16 that involved four onduty secret Service Agents. A car crossed the centerline and hit the agents car. Six people were taken to the three people lost everything when fire destroyed their home in raymond last night. Two cats did die in that fire. A manchester man is behind bars after causing a Police Standoff for several hours in Hooksett Police were called to the firebird hotel. Late last night. Very excited on christmas morning, but it was not because of something under the tree. His reaction to bacon. It is priceless. Announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. Right to rise usa is responsible sean many of us may be able to relate to this. Take a look as a little boy taste bacon tastes bacon for the first time. Bacon bacon [laughter] sean wow. Kevin it is probably safe to say that this is one of his favorite christmas presents. Sean i love how he closes his eyes. Kevin today is National Bacon day. Sean i had no idea. Salty goodness. I man got this instant lottery tickets from his kids. It turns out it is worth 300,000. Kevin he claimed his prize yesterday. He plans to use the money to help his family and send his kids some are nice for spring break. Sean coming up, a close call at boston s Logan Airport. A plane nearly collided with a drone trying to land. The bruins faced off against the senators and put on an hundred americans to make as much money as one top ceo. And the republicans will make it those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Im Hillary Clinton and i no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Sean welcome back. Good morning, everybody. Wednesday, december 30. Almost new year s eve. 21 degrees out there. Little bit of rainfall is lingering. First, let s get to our top stories. We are following a developing story out of wakefield. Police are following a deadly crash out of route 16. It involved four secret service a man from massachusetts was taken into custody after state police say he charged at a trooper and Police Officer after crashing his car. People across New Hampshire are cleaning up after the first storm of the season dropped more than a foot and a half of snow on some areas. Kevin if you waited until this morning to clean off the snow, it is going to be a little bit heavy. You have the sleep on top of the snow in quite a few areas this morning. We start off with clouds and a couple of stray rain or snow showers. Temperatures are below freezing statewide. Bear that in mind. A lot of areas will try to get above freezing today. Sean that s no got heavy fast. Let s check out the roads this morning. Here s a live look in Hooksett Kevin for a look at the morning drive, we are joined live by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. Good wednesday morning. Deb good wednesday morning. The commute is a lot better than it was yesterday. We still need to use caution as the roads are wet and there are icy spots on the bridges and overpasses and on on and off ramps. Crews are taking care of slick spots through most of the morning commute. We are seeing delays on 89 north and south through opting 10 and hopkington and at the bow junction. 93 south in massachusetts is heavy south of the state line. This report is being brought to s honda, nissan, and kia of nashua. I m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Story we are following out of wakefield. Police are investigating a deadly crash involving the secret service. The accident happened around 7 30 near wakefield hill. Four onduty secret Service Agents were writing riding in for tourist, when a Mercury Sable crossed the centerline and hit them headon. There is no word on their conditions. The driver of the mercury died at the scene, bruce danforth. Two of his passengers were injured and taken to the hospital. People are digging out after yesterday s stormed dropped more than a foot and a half of snow on some areas. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain made for treacherous driving conditions. While the state has lifted the slick. Last night, state police were still dealing with problems on the roadways. By 8 00, they had dealt with 250 spinouts and crashes statewide. The fresh snow is a welcome sight for the ski resorts. A fresh coating brought folks to pats peak in henniker. We are really digging it. Four or five days ago, it was 62 degrees. At pat s peak we are skiing 12 trails now. We were happy to be able to get out on our vacation and have some skiing. We ve made about four or five runs on the night skiing. Sean now that the cold snow guns out there. Mcintyre ski resort is blasting the snow and will open by next week. 51yearold Michael Mccullom was trying to turn onto a street yesterday morning when he nearly crashed into a snow plow. He then followed the plow into a parking lot and follow the driver and got into a fight. His lawyer claims he was attacked first and pulled out an unloaded gun in selfdefense. Both men face charges. The unseasonably warm december is delaying the opening of the ice castle in lincoln. They were hoping to have the castle open by the beginning of january, but it has been pushed back to early february. Into custody after state police say he charged at a trooper and an officer. It started on monday night when state Police Received two reports of disturbances in dalton. Police came across a crash on route 135. The driver was not there. Soon after, a trooper and officer hernandez screaming on dalton road. Heard a man screaming on dalton road. Police say 26yearold paxton kursinski confronted them. He was involved in both incidents. A man wanted in maine for allegedly manufacturing methamphetamine has been captured. 41yearold john regan was with his three Young Children when he was arrested yesterday. His girlfriend, 28yearold jennifer boudle, is also charged police say the charges were filed after officers searched last month. Police are trying to track down a pair of robbers who held up the 7eleven in manchester yesterday afternoon. The suspects took off after getting money and no one was hurt. The New HampshireSupreme Court has rejected a challenge to the auto dealer s bill of rights. The lot regulates contracts between auto manufacturers and dealers. The state expanded to include heavy equipment. The state Supreme Court rejected a challenge today with one exception told a lower court to reconsider whether the legislation is an undue burden on interstate commerce. Coming up, twitter has announced a new policy regarding user accounts. Hateful messages. An interesting way to get a new puppy. A couple that successfully cloned a puppy from the dna of their late dog. Kevin temperatures dropping back below freezing tonight, which means we are not done with is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. 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. The middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. With your help, as president , december 30. Of stray showers. Otherwise, mostly cloudy skies with one or two breaks into the afternoon. Through the afternoon. We will talk about another chance of slick roads across the area coming up. Sean the faa and Massachusetts State Police are investigating a close call. Authorities say a drone flew dangerously close to a packed air canada flight that was landing at Logan Airport on christmas day. Drones are restricted from landing within five miles of the airport, but this one was just two miles out. This is not just a toy. Feet below the plane. The flight did land safely. The fbi has joined the investigation into a deadly plane crash in alaska. It hit two buildings, one of which houses the attorney general in anchorage. Officials do not believe the crash was terroristrelated. Twitter users have new rules to follow. Suspend or ban users who issue violent threats. Twitter or other social media sites have come under fire and increasing pressure from politicians and other critics who say militant extremists are and man in Washington State is speaking out after a mudslide buried him alive. It still feels like home, as long as you are not looking down. Sean he says he was inside his house last month when a hillside collapsed, sending a wall of mud into his home. It swept them away and he ended up being stuck in the garage, while the mud piled up on top of him. I did not even have time to close my eyes. I was encased from my head to above my knees. I was face down. I had one arm above my head. Sean he was able to move his feet, so he started digging, desperately searching for air. He broke up an air pocket and yelled for help for two hours before rescue crews arrived. He walked away with just a few bumps and bruises. Samples they got from their dog that passed away. They paid 100,000 to a south korean biotech firm that offers commercial dog cloning. The couple says they know the cloning procedure is controversial, but they are related to keep the memory of their beloved pet alive. In commitment 2016, we continue series. This is the third year people can enroll for servants through the and portable health care act. Polarized politicians and [applause] nikole ever since the president signed his Landmark Health care controversy from the courts to this was not the health care promised. Health care should be a right guaranteed to all. Nikole after dozens of attempts, republicans resurrected legislation to repeal obama care. The bill is passed. Nikole lawmakers chipped away at it in a massive budget bill. From a political perspective, it has been the gift that keeps on giving for republicans. They tend to do fairly well. Defense. You can t tell 12 Million People who have insurance are taking that away. T tell people with insurance. Hopefuls may play up the issue on the trail. It has cooled a little bit as an issue. Nikole the Kaiser Family foundation says polling shows the high cost of drugs emerged as the number one issue for people, as the top priority. Nikole kaiser says the majority of those surveyed are concerned about the prices of super drugs for chronic illnesses, as well as rising outofpocket costs when it comes to deductibles. Sean thanks. The public remains divided over the health care law. According to a kaiser poll, 40 of people favorite. 46 are opposed. You can read more on wmur. Com. Sean let s talk sports. The bruins hosted the Ottawa Senators at td garden last night. The bruins were trying to snap a threegame losing streak. Jimmy hayes was there to giving boston the lead. Later, a great pass. Boston led 20 after one keyword. Boston went on to win seventhree. Next up, the outdoor winter classic at Gillette Stadium this friday. It is all over for chip kelly in philadelphia. He was fired after three seasons. He put his neck on the line in the offseason with big trades and getting rid of popular players. He made a big freeagent signing with demarco murray, but never found a way to use them effectively. Kelly said he wants to stay in the nfl. The browns and titans are potential spots where he could land his next job. Check out this video from the Tampa Bay Lightning game on monday night. This is sister claire labonte. Schools in New Hampshire, but her mission has been working on behalf of abused children in florida and helping them get adopted. The lightning made them her hero of the game and gave for 50,000 for her charity. Forecast. Sean four snow lovers, they are loving this. Of snow. Kevin it looks like winter in New Hampshire, doesn t it . And temperatures are not too bad to take this morning. Through the afternoon, we are talking temperatures in the upper 20 s to middle 30 s. For those pesky areas of ice on the sidewalks and driveways, a little melting going on. 7 in stewartstown. 3. 7 inches of snow. That is kind of the way it goes. You have certain areas where you see a little bit more depending on elevation. The attempt at a couple of breaks in the overcast into the afternoon. More patchy, freezing drizzle is a possibility this afternoon. It could be a slick start tomorrow, but then it is fair skies going forward. A pretty thick bank of clouds there. Maybe a couple of snowflakes around, as well. The overcast. Typical, late december forecast. Temperatures statewide are below coast line. Assume any sort of liquid on the untreated services could be slick early this morning. Activity in the north country. We have been seeing drizzle in southern areas to reinforce the moistness. Highs today ranging from the upper 20 s to as high as 3436 in southern spots. You will notice some futurecast a lot of more than anything else. One or two breaks in the overcast is a possibility. We could have a little drizzle. With temperatures back below the freezing mark tonight, there could be slick spots out there. Clouds tomorrow. Temperatures could arrive above 40 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Checking back into the 30 s. More of a northwesterly flow on friday into saturday. There is a fairly strong front we are talking highs only in the teens and 20 s for monday with sunshine and a pretty good breeze to go along with it. Again, patchy, freezing drizzle is a possibility tonight. It little bit of a bump in temperature tomorrow to round out a mild december. We will be 23 degrees warmer than the warmest december on record. Once you get beyond new year s eve, january 1 through fifth averaging close to the averages. Stormfree through the middle of next week. Sean there have been people loving that weather, but others welcomed the snow. Kevin we hear both ends of it. Sean people in rhode island a 50foot humpback whale splashed around for 45 minutes. Humpback whales are not supposed to be lingering around new england this time of year. They usually migrate to warmer climates once the temperatures start to drop. [laughter] sean people in new york city are preparing to ring in the new year with a big celebration. We will take you to this year costs confetti test. That exists. Victor the pomeranian has a new job. He is the official cookie tester. How do i get that job . Sean the confetti was flying in new york city yesterday. People were tossing paper from the top of the Hard Rock Cafe as kevin are these the same people that ring the ball decibel in wall street . To they kind of just move along . People have been writing their wishes on 25 million pieces of confetti that will fall from the sky. People from around the world come to celebrate and a think one of the things about new year s eve is that it is about celebrating the people we love and the things that are good in life, no matter how crazy the world is. Sean restaurants in the big apple are selling front row seats to the celebration for bigbox big bucks. The olive garden is charging 400 per ticket, but it is allyoucaneat breadsticks and salad. [laughter] sean later this morning, i m going to do a confetti test right here. Just a test. Two New Hampshire women taking issue with a song from the hit show Big Bang Theory. Amy i m amy coveno live in wakefield, where four secret Service Agents were injured in a crash that killed one local man. Megan 13 states are dealing with historic and deadly floods. I will have details. Sean a man in colorado is turning a lot of heads by standing on street corners. He is not looking for money