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WMUR News 9 Daybreak December 22, 2015

Erin good morning, New Hampshire. Thanks for waking up with us m erin fehlau. We are in for a little bit of rain out there. We want to check in with kevin skarupa. Kevin two waves of rain eventually leading us to mildr temperatures. S on christmas eve. 50 s on christmas. We have heavy rain for a time this afternoon. On its heels will be another afternoon. Right behind that come with a warm at the end of the week. Right behind that, the warmth at the end of the week. Deb good morning, kevin. Everything is looking great from hooksett tolls. 293 is a good ride through the mill yard. We are not seeing any problems on 101, 111, the spalding, or 105. Everything looks good heading into massachusetts. This report is being brought to you by minuteman health. Affordable Health Insurance is here, New Hampshire. Join the revolution. From the wzid traffic network, i m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Erin hundreds of people have died from Drug Overdoses. Countless more have been treated for overdoses. Ray brewer joins us live in manchester to explain the new Standing Order from the governor. Ray the governor signed that narcan will now be stocks that all right aids rite aids in the state. The governor signed the standing move and everyone can buy narcan. For 50, you get two doses with an atomizer and instructions. This is really for families and friends of people who are suffering from addiction. It is very important that while we are in the middle of this epidemic, we save as many lives as possible, which narcan helps us do. We still know we have much more work to do. Ray experts say the total number of Drug Overdose deaths in New Hampshire could reach 400 this year. Department of health and Human Services made narcan available at the Community Health centers. You will now be able to find narcan at all 68 Rite Aid Stores in the state. Erin thank you. Police in moultonborough are launching a new Addiction Outreach and recovery program. The department is the first in New Hampshire to partner with the Police Assisted Addiction and recovery initiative. Officers will help people find a treatment and recovery center. Students in nashua are going back to class after a threat closed all the schools in that district. Presence at the schools today. Police checked every building that they are safe. Police are not calling the everything they can to bring those responsible to justice. The former police chief in bartlett has been arrested. Timothy connifey faces several charges including witness tampering and perjury. While he was the chief, he improperly controlled the prosecution of kate putnam, with whom he had a relationship, and then tried to influence her testimony to a grand jury about their relationship. He is also accused of lying under oath about his relationship with her. Putnam is charged with false swearing in connection with her grand jury testimony. Police in exeter are looking for the mass man masked man robbing a store in exeter just before 2 00. The clerk was not hurt. Crews planned to make final repairs to the pavement at a today after a water main break created a sixfoot sinkhole. A Police Cruiser was sitting in the starbucks drivethrough lane when the road gave way. The water is now back on. You now have a new way to get to the manchesterboston regional airport. A new road connecting londonderry to the airport by penttengill road will open. It opened yesterday, rather. It will help accommodate growth in the area. This represents an opportunity economy. What we can try to achieve in perspective, to have job growth. Senator kelly ayotte and governor Maggie Hassan attended the ribboncutting. Police in augusta, maine have arrested a man accused of animal cruelty. He kicks a fourmonthold golden retriever hard enough that it flew four feet in the air after telling a woman to shorten its leash even though it was not close enough to touch him. Crews worked in massachusetts to clean up a crane that toppled over into a house. Home. Three other cranes were brought in to remove the first crane. The work was unsafe, so they had to wait for the larger cranes to arrive overnight. Still to come, Lindsey Graham has ended his campaign for the white house, but the senator could still play a key role in the race. Immigration. The hot topic being debated candidates. At the Balsams Resort has cleared another major hurdle and work is getting closer to starting. On a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out bernies opinion its time for our next president roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, take on big business, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Sanders im Bernie Sanders kevin it is tuesday morning, december 22. Rainfall edging in starting around midmorning and it will continue heavy before winding down this evening. Warmer temperatures round out the week. Record warmth is a possibility. As part of our erin we are highlighting eight issues for each of the eight weeks leading up to the New Hampshire primary. One of the biggest issues this Campaign Season is immigration. More from our washington bureau. Aixa immigration continues to be a contentious topic in washington and on the campaign trail. With an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living immigration system is high on the priority list. The immigration fight could be one of the biggest issues of the campaign. If you meet the criteria, you can come out of the shadows. Aixa one year after president obama announced executive actions to protect 5 million undocumented immigrants, the plan is in legal limbo. The Obama Administration is appealing to the supreme court. People come here to survive and improve their lives and help their families. Aixa the aflcio represents 50 labor unions nationwide. It says undocumented immigrants should be granted protection from deportation. We have seen families be devastated. Children who are born here and their parents are taken away. Myopic choice between nothing or deport everybody. Aixa James Harrison says amnesty undermines reform. We out to make government work first. We are to insist government do its job at the border. We are to insist the government enforced the laws on the books. Aixa what to do with children who arrive at the u. S. Mexico border by themselves . More than 10,500 unaccompanied minors crossed the border in october and november of 2015. Erin the race for the white house is shrinking. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham suspended his campaign for the republican nomination yesterday. He says he remains committed to achieving security for americans. His endorsement could become key, especially in his home two other republican hopefuls are here in New Hampshire today. Chris christie will stop in portsmouth. Marco rubio has town halls in burlington and middleton. Coming up, the largest Public School system in the country is facing a big problem this morning. Officials in new york city have a month to come up with a fix. Time is running out to finish erin a High School Teacher in maine says she was forced to removed a small, hello Kitty Christmas tree from her classroom. She said she has displayed it for the last 10 years and there is nothing religious on it and it has never been a problem until now, when school the cipal told her she had to take it down. A federal investigation has determined that the largest Public School system in the americans with disabilities act. 83 of the public Elementary Schools in new york city are not with disabilities. Schools that are fully accessible. The city has 30 days to come up with a plan to address the problem. The records keep on growing for star wars the force awakens. The movie actually pulled in 248 million in north america over its first weekend. That is 10 million more than originally reported. Around the world, it scored a staggering 529 million. Those numbers are alltime in cheap the new chic . Overall, americans are expected to shell out 630 billion for holiday spending. More and more people are looking for inexpensive gifts. The number of people who say they are willing to buy gifts for less than 10 has quadrupled from a year ago. Fewer people say they will spend 2530 five dollars. Christmas is just three days away. There are many special traditions. For a lot of people, that includes watching Christmas Movies. What is your favorite Christmas Movie and why . Let us know by heading to our facebook page. What is yours . Kevin i grew up watching home alone as a Christmas Movie. Erin really . Kevin the last 45 minutes of it the end. [laughter] erin i love white christmas. Kevin you can t beat the Charlie Brown christmas. You don t like Benjamin Franklin being tied into rudolph s shiny that is a little law. I agree. I think they were running out of material. [laughter] kevin we start off talking about the rainfall. The big story beyond the two waves of rain is the record high we will likely have on thursday and temperatures still in the 50 s for your christmas day. Early this morning, we have the clouds continuing to fill in. The rain shower is poised showers are poised. It will be heavy at times before winding down this evening. Temperatures ahead of that are 28 a top mount washington. The warmth continues to come in. This train of moisture along the southwest flow also continues. High temperatures will get back into the 40 s or near 50 thanks to a breeze. A lot of places will be stuck 4344 with the rainfall. This is fairly progressive. By the time we get to the evening commute, we could start to see the winding down process of the rainfall. Northern parts of the state are still in the rain by this evening. Most of it has passed us by and that leaves us with patchy fog. We have a brief break ahead of the next wave of rain that moves in tomorrow afternoon. This is another fastmoving area of rain that should be out of here on thursday. We will have a southwesterly wind, which will push temperatures up quickly. It will not be a sonfilled sunfilled day on thursday, but temperatures will be in the 60 s. The bottom line is excellent traffic what will weather for us, as the warmth lasts all the way through friday. S today. Rainfall moving in midmorning and then advancing northeastward from there. Another area showers late night. After that, temperatures in the 60 s statewide on thursday. Still some sunshine around for your christmas day. That is 20 degrees above normal. We will go back to 10 degrees above normal over the weekend. It is not chilly sunshine until we get to monday or tuesday. Erin the mountains were wishing it was a little cooler. Kevin they could use some snow for the holiday weekend, but not much coming up. Erin we want to check in on our top stories. Ray governor Maggie Hassan has signed a Standing Order. As a result of the order, everyone will be able tobuy narcan at Rite Aid Stores in the state for 50. You get a kit with two doses, two atomizers, and instructions. Not every right it will have nor can on hand every day, but they will be able to tell you where you can get it immediately or order it. Erin students in nashua are going back to school after a threat prompted officials to close class yesterday. Police in exeter are looking for the masked man seen in these surveillance pictures robbing a store on front street yesterday afternoon. Coming up, millions of americans are flying this week, but one airline has a special program to on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for 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 incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Im Hillary Clinton and i year can be very stressful. Make it more comfortable. The United Paws Program is expanding with professionally trained comfort dogs walking the across the country. Kevin the jobs will be on the erin that is kind of cool. I m sure it brightens everyone s day at the airport. Hundreds of families will have presents under the tree thanks to a local effort. The roca kids club handed out more than 20,000 gifts yesterday. The group was contacted by a woman with operation blessing in portsmouth, who had more donations than she needed. Kevin they gave all of the more than 100 families in need the toys. Erin so much generosity this time of year. Coming up, wade boggs was one of the best third baseman in red sox history. The team is getting ready to retire his number. This video is sure to make you smile. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Erin good morning to you. It is tuesday, december 22. Christmas is just a couple days away now. The 30 s. Kevin will have the latest on the rain in his forecast. It will soon be easier for people across the state to get narcan. The government has signed an order to stock the overdose antidote at all right it pharmacies in New Hampshire. Classes resume this morning for resort are moving along after final environmental permit. I was out doing a little shopping yesterday at target and at the door they had those big bins of rock salt waiting for when they need it. [laughter] kevin yes, get it now while you can. We are kind of waiting on what we normally expect for this time of year. The system today is all in liquid form. Temperatures will be mild enough in the 40 s for most into the afternoon. Kind of a cooler day than we have become accustomed to recently. Roads for you. Here is a live look at 93 south camera. Kevin for a look at the morning drive, we 95. 7 wzid deb good morning. 93 is moving well through the entire s eight of New Hampshire, as are all major roads this morning. If you are beginning you re driving to massachusetts, we are already seeing delays on 495 southbound as you make your way into the 93 connector. This report is being brought to you by minuteman health. Affordable Health Insurance is here, New Hampshire. Revolution. I m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Erin thank you so much. As New Hampshire continues to battle a major drug epidemic, governor Maggie Hassan signed an order to stop narcan stock narcan at all rite aid locations in the state. Ray brewer has the details. Died in New Hampshire this year from opioid overdoses. Governor Maggie Hassan is calling the stocking of narcan a lifesaving move. I m very grateful that rite aid stepped up and is leading the way for New Hampshire pharmacies. We are losing almost a person a day to overdoses, especially to fentanyl right now. The narcan would allow somebody to administer a drug safely topull somebody out of an overdose. Ray with the Standing Order, anyone can now buy narcan at rite aids across New Hampshire. The cost will be 50 in the kit and instructions. Not every rite aid aid in New Hampshire will necessarily have narcan that day, but they can all order it or they can tell you what rite aid store does have it. Fight the most pressing Public Health and safety challenge facing New Hampshire. Earlier this year, the governor signed legislation allowing doctors to prescribe narcan to the families and loved ones of addicts. Health and Human Services may 4500 narcan kits available at Community Health Centers Across the state this year. The pharmacist will train people about how to administer it and what they need to do after they give a dose of narcan. Ray a spokesman for rite aid says the pharmacy chain is committed to helping reduce Overdose Deaths in the state. There are 68 rite aids in New Hampshire. Erin thank you. Students in nashua are headed back to school after officials closed all of the city schools the email threat was specific to nashua s two high schools, monday s date, and how students would be hurt. Police are confident that the schools are now safe. They checked every school and did not find anything suspicious. Nonetheless, the superintendent stands by the decision to cancel classes yesterday. Had we help school in our other schools, we would have had a very high rate of absenteeism. Erin investigators are not calling the threat a hoax. There will be extra officers on hand at schools across the city this morning. An accident involving a Police Cruiser

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