Released. Let s get a breakdown on any changes from chief meteorologist mike haddad. Mike what are getting closer and closer to where the storm exit closest run at New Hampshire about 48 hour s now. Now the computer models are split. The majority of them drive just about all the snow south of New Hampshire. Having said that, a couple of higher resolution models and the data is coming entrenched in these models, are bringing some of the snow a little farther to the north so it does bear watching. We never lock in the track and say it is 100 resent guaranteed, but it continues to drill heavy rain over the deep south. Snow here is the snow cast into saturday afternoon, two feet plus in parts of the midatlantic region. When you have a storm that massive, it only takes a wobble of about 50100 miles and you get into that heavier snow. Not calling for that right now but we could see light accumulation. We will break downwind, how much and the weekend forecast in a few minutes. Tom the National WeatherService Estimates more than 50 Million People could be affected by the weekend storm. The dc s subway system will shut down entirely late tomorrow night and stay closed through sunday. Unless you absolutely have to be out tomorrow afternoon, residents and commuters to get home as early as possible on friday. During the storm and immediately after it passes, i strongly encourage residents to avoid the roads until they are safe and cleared. Tom boston will lend to the storm is expected to bring travel to a standstill by car, bus, train or plane. Airlines in the path of the storm are preparing for mass cancellations later friday and saturday. And as jean mackin reports from the manchester boston Regional Airport there could be a Ripple Effect here. Jean the big blizzard may be staying to our south but the travel impact will reach right here. Some airlines already started cancelling flights. By thursday night, just a few cancellations had cropped up for flights departing the manchester boston Regional Airport on friday. Airlines expect planes to be grounded in the storm zone from friday afternoon through saturday. Business travelers arriving home to New Hampshire from new york say there was no calm before the storm getting out of the city. In going from the city to laguardia, the normal 2530 minutes was an hour and 15 everybody getting there, so it was really quite crowded. It was a mess. It was really crowded. We heard one announcement where they were offering 900 back with the hotel for people to get off one of the flights to charlotte. Wonderful, i about it. Thelma and louise. Yes, thelma and louise. They plan to make their great winter escape after the storm passes. Florida the end of the month. Jean but if you do have flight plans in the next few days, milne travel says airlines are offering waivers and suggests you be proactive in shifting your schedule. The best advice i can say we re lucky its not coming to boston, but its going to be affecting the pattern all the way down the east coast. Try to get out earlier, if they can change their plans to get out tomorrow, or maybe after the jean it could take days for airlines to get everyone back on track. The good news, saturday is the slowest air travel day of the week. That s still 22,000 flights across the nation. In manchester, jean mackin, wmur news9. Tom we are watching the candidates and the campaigns. New jersey debt governor Chris Christie is defending his decision to continue campaigning through the weekend instead of returning to the garden state were 12 counties are under a blizzard watch. Late this afternoon the governor held a Law Enforcement roundtable in boscawen hosted by merrimack county sheriff scott hilliard, who has endorsed christie. Christie says he has his eye on things but doesn t need to be on the ground there to govern. I was on a call last night, i ll be on another call tonight. If i feel like it s necessary for me to get down there, i will but i m not driving a plow truck, ok . We have all of our people ready ve been through hurricane sandy, this cabinet, so 681012 inches of snow on a weekend will not be something that i think will be more than we can handle. Tom christie says if the situation changes, he ll return to new jersey. Other campaigns now it happens , more often than you may think two president ial candidates campaigning in the same town. Wolfeboro hosted vermont senator Bernie Sanders and Governor John Kasich who held separate events tonight. Our stephanie woods is live in wolfeboro with highlights from both events. Stephanie tonight in wolfeboro, both kasich and sanders said that we need to boost the u. S. Economy, but had very different ways of going about it. But even if the stock market is down, these two candidates are up in the New Hampshire primary polls. I ll think about what you just said. You haven t convinced me, but i ll think about it. And a lot of the media pundits were saying well bernie outstandingly. And i want some recognition, i just got a haircut, that s worth something. Stephanie both of these president ial candidates joked around in wolfeboro, and they re rising in the polls. In the most recent wmurcnn poll john kasich gained just 6 of likely voters support, but the governor of ohio is second to donald trump in the real clear politics average. I think i m just the projohn, more than i am the antianybody. I m happy people come to town hall s and sound just a little more hopeful because i went. Stephanie senator Bernie Sanders has a 27point lead over Hillary Clinton in wmur s recent poll with 60 of support. But that s where the similarities end. Kasich spoke to a small crowd about creating jobs, balancing the budget, and ending the more than 18 trillion national debt. And that was a heck of an accomplishment and when i left, we had a 5 trillion projected surplus. And guess what . And guess who they were . It was the republicans. Stephanie more than 850 people listen to the vermont senator speak about creating jobs and boosting the middle class, although he focused more on income inequality, big money buying elections, and low wages. One of the areas that we absolutely must focus on is the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality we are experiencing today. Stephanie both sanders and will each hold for the Ohio Governor will make stops at franklin, tilton and ride and the senator from vermont will stop at bedford and hudson. Live in wolfeboro, stephanie woods, wmur news 9. Tom more than half a dozen New Hampshire today. Florida senator marco toured mechanical contractor. Employees about why he s running, saying he believes the country is at a turning point. Former Florida Governor jeb bush wrapped up his day with a town hall meeting in hampton. The republican president ial candidate said he loves getting to meet people who care about voting. Earlier today, he toured sturm, ruger and company in newport, and bae systems in nashua. Texas senator ted cruz spent the afternoon in manchester, holding a meet greet at theo s pizza. The republican president ial candidate wrapped up a fiveday bus tour of the state today. Democratic president ial malley took to the phones tonight. The former Maryland Governor joined volunteers at a phone bank in manchester. O malley is trailing Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but he says there are still a lot of undecided voters to win over. Here in New Hampshire this is , a place where the individual big money hasn t taken away the election. Tom o malley spent the day in henniker for a town hall meeting, speaking at a forum in nashua about politics and poverty, and meeting employees at timberland in stratham. To get updates on the schedules of the president ial hopefuls any time log on to the candidate tracker on wmur. Com. Right now, weare police and fish and game officers are searching for a missing teenager. Officers are particularly concerned about colin quinn because it s so cold tonight and he s only wearing a sweatshirt. The 13yearold has brown hair and blue eyes, he s fivefootthree. He left home wearing black running pants with a red stripe, a black hoodie, and black sneakers. Call police if you have any information. Conway police are investigating a stabbing that sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries. Officers are now searching for Keith Hutchins calling him a suspect who they want to question. Hutchins is described as armed police say the victim had injuries to his neck and abdomen, but the injuries are not life threatening. Coming up on news 9 tonight. Change could be coming to the boston skyline. The iconic citgo sign , the move the building s current owners are making that will put the sign state in someone else s hands. New hampshire takes pride in hosting the first in the nation primary. Granite state voters explain why our state deserves especial tom the building that s home to boston s iconic citgo sign is going up for sale. The current owner Boston University announced today that it has hired a broker to manager the sale of several buildings in kenmore square, including the one topped by the sign. A Billboard Company owns the sign and leases space from b. U. The new owners will get to decide whether to continue that lease. Granite staters take pride in vetting president ial candidates in a way few other states do. It s part of what makes New Hampshire so special, voters are ready to learn, and make decisions based on months of information they ve gathered. Here s wmur political reporter adam sexton. The Granite State is a great place. They gotta come here. Adam the road to the white house begins on New Hampshire s main why is it that a small new england state plays such an outsized role in deciding who becomes president . We asked the voters themselves. I think we re Leaders Within the nation. I really enjoy the fact that we bring up the questions, we bring up the points that really need to be discussed. Adam Granite Staters want more than bumperstickers, they want access to the candidates. There s all the jokes about if i haven t met them 3 times how should i know if i should vote for them . But really it gives them an inside window to how candidates act. Adam for many in New Hampshire automated phone calls and campaign ads are just bull. Quick you don t any get any feeling or human contact from them if you re sitting in front of the widescreen watching some advertising. It s not always about what s on the media, so if you go and see them in person, which is great that we have that opportunity in New Hampshire, about them. Adam here the old ways survive, like a good Old Fashioned yankee ability to size people up. I like to get a feel for whether they re really genuine, whether they re passionate about what they re doing, whether they are nice. Adam not every Granite Stater is a fan of the primary. Some think the idea that New Hampshire has a knack for spotting leadership is just spin. Are we good . I m not convinced that we re so good at picking president s. I m not sure we re so different, i think it s probably related to tradition. I think sometimes it gets carried to extremes. Adam true believers point to the nature of citizenship here; the importance of the town meeting. I think we feel we re responsible for what goes on in our towns. New hampshire voters are personal on the small town level. They know their selectmen, they know the trustees at the cemetery. And we expect that look in my eyes and tell me what you really mean. Adam the result, an electorate unimpressed by titles or political a claim. People quite willing to challenge those seeking to lead just kind of the way we are born and raised in small communities, you re not afraid to talk to your neighbor, so you just kind of treat those guys the same way. It filters out a lot of the wannabes because i think new england people in general kind of see through a lot of the curtains that they have up. We re the first state they usually always come to, and a lot of the candidates go to individual homes, so you can get a oneonone perspective of what they re doing instead of going to a large auditorium. Adam in a country plagued by voter apathy New Hampshire is tirelessly engaged and wellaware of the responsibility that comes with being in the first nation. I think it s a privilege. If you results, right . Adam adam sexton, wmur news 9. mike take a look at the time lapse for today in market square, lots of sunshine, a knife right day. On the chilly side but seasonably so. Temperature is by no means well below the average. Close to the norm for this time of year. Seasonably chilly right through that stretch. Now we get to talk of the nor easter. It will be tracking well to the south, as has been the case over the last few days with the storm track. There is a slight chance that the Northern Edge of the heavy bins of snow may wander into parts of southern new england and the Northern Edge of one of those bands could produce some light snow in far southern New Hampshire late saturday afternoon and saturday night. Into sunday and on into monday. Few days. We are lining up in the teens south, lower Single Digits in parts of New Hampshire. Even though the winds have come down quite a bit, still active. Went chill of five below in white bill in mike field. End whitefield. 1014 along the coast , a lot of cold air drifting in and out of canada and with that of contrasted air mass setting up shop from the southeast into portions of the Tennessee Valley and Lower Mississippi valley. New orleans, 61, memphis at 36. In the middle of this contrast is where the major storm is beginning to fire up. Cold air wrapping in on the backside with heavy snow in this is tracking well to the south, at least for now. For tonight, fair skies, sunshine all day tomorrow but not as gusty as today. Once we get into saturday, the sun gives into thickening clouds. Should be a bright day to start off the weekend. The closest run this nor easter gets to New Hampshire will be saturday night. It is out of here by early sunday morning. Having said that, the Northern Edge of the snow will likely creep into northern massachusetts and may scoot over the border up to about manchester or concord. If that happens, a light accumulation of to an inch or two inches cannot be ruled out. Look at all the advisories well off to the south. That is where the blockbuster snow amounts will pile up tomorrow and lasting through the day on saturday and into early light snow tries to creep into parts of southern New Hampshire. We will keep close tabs on that. The storm bears watching. We will call for a little bit of light snow in southern New Hampshire late saturday into saturday night he read the rest of the weekend is dry and next weekend we warmup well above freezing. Stay tuned for important updates tomorrow morning. Tom we don t have to worry jamie 3 days to the big afc championship Football Game and tonight we are hearing from gronk. But first up, the boston bruins, skating on home ice. The Vancouver Canucks came over td garden. Barstchee in on a little breakaway never really got a in anyway 10 vancouver after late 2nd period, the bruins are one. Able to tie it up jimmy hayes scores on a wrister 11th goal of the season for number 11. 11 after 2 periods. The bruins were down in the 3rd but they tie it up after a vancouver turnover, patrice for the wrister. But here is the game winner and check out the passing by the canucks results in an open shot, daniel sedin. They add an empty netter. Vancouver beats the bruins 42 tonight we are talking about the gronk as we gear up for the patriots afc championship game in denver. The pats big tight end Rob Gronkowski is a difference maker. Defensive backs around the league say the only way to tackle the big guy is to go low and take them out at the knees. We can expect to see that on sunday. It that s only way you can, hit him in the legs. Just got to get low, get my shoulder down, just protect myself in anyway when i see a lot of guys coming, when i know that got a chance, possibly just go down on that play. He is one of the funniest dudes. He is a good guy, real good. Exactly how he is on commercials and everything, that is how he is in real life. Jamie this will be the 47th game alltime between the teams, with denver leading the series 2620. It will be the 5th playoff meeting between the rivals, with denver leading 31. Let s get to that huge showdown in division iii. Undefeated Hopkinton High hosted 71 conant goes up high for the putback and ford had the motor running early after the miss from 3 on on the wing. Good play for the hawks conant as they lose control, and Kevin Mcgrath makes the steal, ahead to Jacob Rockwood for the layin 2nd time this week conant knocked off an Undefeated Team and they beat highly regarded taliban High School Hockey this tuesday. Afternoon exeter against central exeter ties it up grace allen with a shot that goes wide. A big bounce off the end boards this week s Hometown Hero is a state wrestling champion from bedford, bobby heald is a senior heavyweight for the bulldogs. Division two title at 220 he wants to wrestle at west point. A try to use must be to my advantage. Technique is really important. It s something i ve improved over the all season and carry into my senior year. It s really an advantage to have really good technique in the sport. That you want to update you on that missing 13yearold we told you about, the boy from weare. He has been found saved in goffstown. He is back at home safe and sound. We re watching this weather situation tomorrow. Mike the closest run in New Hampshire is in about 48 hour s. We still have two full days to go through, and there it is right now. No doubt about where the storm is beginning to form. Narrator previously. Burn off those cheeseburgers. Come on. Whoo cheeseburger . Five ordinary americans began a groundbreaking experiment. Take it take it take it nice they each chose a different diet created by an expert. Each expert is out to prove that their method can change america. Shaun t taj takes the competition the strong, safe sexy plan is pescatarian. Its also glutenfree. Its gonna be like having me on your shoulder, going, jeff, jeff, jeff, lets go the no diet plan does not focus on food. Food is more than just, like, calories. The superfood swap diet its about taking your cravings and swapping them to superfood versions. Its important not to focus on the things that you cant do, but the things that you can. Abel on the wild diet, in order to lose fat, you need to eat fat. Five more. Go. Narrator latasha gave carolyn an ultimatum. I think to lose 1 pound is insane. If the scale doesnt move, i will have to. Narrator and jeffs attitude gets him in trouble. I think this is absolutely [bleep] this is stupid. Shaun t i feel like theres this negative undertone that you have. Youre in your own way. Narrator tajs support from her wife crumbled. She thinks shes so supportive. And i dont understand why. And kurt risked it all with a wild diet splurge. Theres nobody else having a Dessert Party the day before a weighin. But at the weighin, jeff and jay were victorious. Damn right. [ applause ] narrator . And latasha was left hungry for more. Im going to switch to a brandnew plan. Narrator america wants to know the best way to lose weight. Are out to prove that they have the answer. Theyre putting their reputations on the line and their plans to the ultimate test to find out once and for all which diet works best. Captions by vitac come on down, ladies and gentlemen yes. Whoo yeah look at you strong, fit people ive been on abels the wild diet for a month now. I feel better. Im sleeping better at night. I have more energy. Every week, i see myself improving on his plan. I love seeing big smiles on your faces. Coming in to the competition, you each chose a plan that you thought would work for you. But last week, latasha decided to drop carolyns clean momma plan. There are so many things about the plan that i really like, especially being a mom and making the most out of your daily routine, i have a lot of weight to lose, and i want to win. Its a new competition. Game change. Oh, we got a new beginning. I hope you guys are ready cause its about to go all the way down. Yes. Latasha, lets bring out your new expert rob sulaver. Oh, shucks whoo my name is rob. Im 31 years old, from new york city. Ive been an athlete my whole life. I wrestled at the university of michigan. I am a certified sports nutritionist. I am a certified strength and conditioning specialist. Im on the board of advisors for arnold schwarzenegger. The plan is all about nutrient timing. Nutrient timing is all about eating specific nutrients in specific amounts at specific times. In order for nutrient timing to be successful, latasha needs to have four meals spread out throughout the day. Oh, here. Hey, good luck, good luck. Wish you luck. Wish you luck. [ laughs ] sorry im here. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. [ laughs ] best of luck. Im not super worried about everyone else. Im super confident in my experience, and in my plan. I know were gonna be rocking right out of the gates. Rob, welcome to the competition. Thank you. You have some work to do to catch up. Shes a rock star. I couldnt have asked for a better partner, so i feel like were gonna crush it. All of you have done an amazing job going along this journey, and anna and i are so proud to be here, standing in front of each and every one of you so that you can take on the toughest milestone challenge yet. All right, guys, welcome to your weekfive milestone challenge Whoo Whoo Whoo [ cheers and applause ] today you will be asked to complete a 5k. Jasmin ive never ran this far before, so im a little concerned that im gonna start panicbreathing. Like, all of these things are in my head. Now, why is that important . Well, a 5k is 3. 1 miles, on your way to a 13. 1mile halfmarathon in only 10 weeks. Remember you must complete the halfmarathon in order to earn your spot at the final weighin. So, were gonna see after today who is on track to win this competition. The harder you push yourself today, the more able you will be when you get to that 13. 1mile halfmarathon. This is only 25 of that final challenge. Were testing your fullbody strength, as well as your cardiovascular endurance. Are you ready . All yeah yes all right, lets head over to the starting line taj only started running with me two weeks ago. Before that, shes never run in her entire life. So its gonna be difficult for her. Here comes the countdown. Three, two, one, go yes, guys here we go here we go