Daybreak. Sean good Tuesday Morning. Thanks for waking up with us. Im sean mcdonald. You probably noticed it is still cold out there. Good news at the ski areas, but you need extra layers if you are going out. Kevin we are firmly below normal and not going anywhere soon. The pattern reversed this past weekend, and were looking at colder air and eventually systems down the line. For the time being, lingering light snow. Northwestern half of than southeastern areas. Temperatures in the 20s to lower 30s. Everyone is in on the northwest wind, still gusting over 25 mph for the afternoon. Much more on the systems we are tracking for the Holiday Weekend in just a bit, but lets take a look at your Tuesday Morning right here in the granite state. Were joined live by 95. 7 wzids deb davidson. Good morning, deb. Deb good morning, kevin. Interstate 93 and 89 are moving nicely. On 293 through manchester from the upper to the lower split. If you are making your way along the seacoast, both 95 and the spaulding turnpike are incidentfree. This report is brought to you by minuteman health. From the wzid Traffic Network, i am deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Sean thanksgiving is one of the busiest times of the year on the roads. In fact, aaa is predicting that more than 43 million americans will travel for the holiday, and they will enjoy falling wmurs ray brewer is live in manchester this morning to explain what drivers can expect. Good morning, ray. Ray good morning, sean. Aaa telling us the roads are going to really start to get busy tomorrow afternoon the day , before thanksgiving so make you plan ahead and allow some extra time. But there is some good news if you are one of millions hitting the roads. Gas prices have been slowly trending down over the last few weeks. And according to aaa, we are now above the national average. That is also about a nickel lower than a month ago, and is making travel for the holidays a little easier. You feel like youre filling your car up every couple of days or Something Like that when youre really traveling. And it can be quite a burden on me. Its going to be the second cheapest gas for thanksgiving since 2008. Ray aaa says the number of people travelior they expect this to be the second busiest thanksgiving week on the roads in the past decade. And also a reminder, if your plans call for you to travel on sunday afternoon, that is also expected to be very busy. Reporting live in manchester, ray brewer, wmur news 9. Sean new on daybreak, police in pelham are warning of a possible bad batch of heroin in the area. Investigators say they have seen a sudden increase in Drug Overdoses in pelham in recent days, including three in the and at least two people have died in the last week and a half. Police think the heroin that is circulating is likely mixed with synthetic drugs, including fentanyl. A portsmouth woman is accused of selling methadone to a rollinsford teacher who died from the drugs. Bryant lausberg was found unresponsive in his dover home back in may, and later died at the hospital. Police now say that 38yearold amy matton sold methadone to lausberg several times. Lausberg several times. She is being held without bail, the red cross is helping a dozen people, including 10 children, after a fire in concord just days before thanksgiving. Firefighters were called to thompson street around 2 00 yesterday afternoon after a tenant came home and found fire inside. Crews were able to contain the fire to the kitchen of one apartment. No one was hurt, but it will be a few days before they can return. Right now, police in hudson are looking for the man they say robbed the rite aid in town at mask entered the store on lowell road around 7 45, and got away with some cash from the register. Police in derry need your help identifying this man. They say he broke into the Gilbert Hood Middle School early yesterday morning. Officers found a broken window after alarms started going off around 3 00. They did search the building for about an hour, but didnt find anyone. However, this man was seen on Surveillance VideoWalking Around inside. Anything, he may have taken. A School Bus Driver in tennessee is now charged with vehicular homicide after crashing his bus in chattanooga yesterday, leaving at least five Elementary Students dead. 35 students were on board when the bus overturned and slammed into a tree. Federal investigators will arrive today. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is following the tragedy. Stephanie its every parents worst nightmare. Chief fletcher Hamilton County schools has confirmed there were woodmore elementary and are in grades k through fifth grade. Stephanie just a mile away from the chattanooga Elementary School, a school bus, packed with kids, ran off the road, crashed into trees, ending up on its side in a tangled mess. Bloodied students lay on stretchers, while other kids didnt survive the accident. Chief fletcher multiple children lost their lives. Stephanie Officials Say at least five kids were killed. Right now, investigators believe the bus was most likely traveling too fast. The 24yearold bus driver was arrested and is now facing charges. Chief fletcher Johnthony Walker is being charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving. Stephanie it took rescue crews hours to get all the kids off the bus. 23 of them were sent to local hospitals. Kirk were just asking for prayers. And our hearts go out to the families. Chattanooga will be open today, with grief counselors available for students who need them. Stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. Sean officials in japan are warning that another powerful earthquake is possible in the next few days. This comes after a strong quake hit off the coast of fukushima yesterday, measuring between 6. 9 and 7. 4. Experts say it was actually an aftershock of the massive 9. 0 quake that triggered a deadly tsunami back in 2011. There was a tsunami nearly five h was minimal, and just 12 injuries have been reported. A manchester man is facing charges after police say they found his children living in deplorable conditions. Officers went to an apartment on quirin street yesterday to check on james grenier. But when they arrived, they say the apartment was littered with trash, animal and human feces, urine, flies, and other insects. They say a twoyearold girl was found in a crib that was covered in feces, and a fouryearold boy was found in similar this is not a scenario that unfolded in the spur of the moment. The investigation is indicating that this circumstance was existing for quite some time. These children were subjected to these conditions for quite some time. Sean the children are now being cared for by relatives. Dunbarton police are on the lookout for two missing youngsters this morning. Clara and millie are jersey calves. They escaped from everett dam afternoon. Police say clara and millie are relatively new in town and dont know how to get home. If you spot them, please contact police. Still to come on news 9 daybreak make sure everyone making sure everyone has a way to celebrate thanksgiving. Well catch up with some local and lifesaving efforts. Three people are earning special recognition after saving a man who collapsed in the middle of a busy store. And in the next half hour, a officials are worried. Agiinstead of rushing to buy we gave thanks for what we already have. Kevin november 2 two november 22. The farther west and north you go across the state, it occurred cloud cover instills light snow cover. The chilly day with the breeze out of the northwest. Moving ahead to your busy travel and Holiday Weekend, coming up. Sean efforts are underway across the state to make sure everyone has a special meal on the table this thanksgiving. Several local organizations donated food to the Fairgrounds Middle School in nashua, where students and staff are packing and in manchester, seniors living at hallsville court have also been collecting thanksgiving meals to give to the less fortunate. Each bag contains a little note that says we are happy to help your family, and we only hope that you keep yourselves safe and healthy, and pay it forward to someone else in need. It makes me feel really good, like i am making a difference, because you never know who is in need and how you can help them. Where other people may not be lucky like we are. Sean the thanksgiving boxes collected in manchester were given to the Salvation Army in the queen city. Three people were honored last night after saving a man who collapsed at the Epping Walmart and stopped breathing. Brian nelson collapsed last month. A bystander jumped in to help just two weeks after completing a cpr course. An offduty state trooper saw the crowd and ran to help, and took over cpr until an epping officer arrived with an aed, and shocked nelson twice, bringing mother, who is up there already, put everybody in their places for that perfect moment. Otherwise, god knows. I probably would not be here. Sean all three people who helped save nelsons life were recognized last night during a special ceremony at the epping town hall, and nelson says he is looking forward to spending the holidays with his family. Right now, it is 13 minutes past 6 00. Coming up, improving brain health. Why researchers say dementia rates st plus, one major retailer is hoping for big business this friday, but it wont be banking sean new Research Shows that dementia rates in the u. S. Continue to fall. Researchers at the university of michigan say about 9 of adults 65 years and older are dealing with alzheimers or other however, Scientists Say the rising number of Older Americans may halt that downward trend unless more is done to keep brains healthy. The effort by Massachusetts General Hospital to take over Wentworth Douglass hospital in dover is getting a boost. The Attorney Generals Office says the deal includes protections for the hospitals assets. The deal also requires the addition of eight fulltime workers to provide Mental Health and Substance Abuse services. Wentworthdouglass would keep its name and remain an independently licensed notforprofit hospital. Manchester tech company dyn is getting new ownership. The company has been sold to oracle, which is based in california. Dyn Officials Say they are committed to keeping the Manchester Office open and growing. Terms of the deal have not been announced. The stock market continues to surge, reaching new record highs. All three major u. S. Indexes today is already up. The dow is now just 43 points shy of 19,000, and the value of the u. S. Dollar is now the highest in 13 years. Millions of americans will flood stores this friday for all the black friday deals, but one company wont make any money. Outdoor clothing retailer patagonia says it will donate 100 of its sales on friday to environmental groups, saying the environment is something everyone can support. The Company Already gives 1 of its sales to groups that fight to protect natural resources. More than 800 organizations will benefit from this fridays sales. So that is one way to kind of help that the planet, by buying some products there. Kevin after the faith giving meal, i am one of those people that starts looking through the flyers. Every year, i resigned myself to the fact that i am not going to go shopping. Then, i see the five dollar television. I am not one of the people of the crazy people. Sean you are just not standing outside the door. Kevin when without saying. Plenty of clouds the northwestern half of the state. Clear skies and southeastern areas. A quieter morning commute away from the North Country, where we still have light snow early this morning. We are continuing to watch snowflakes fly up north. The brisk wind through the afternoon, 30s to lower 40s. Similar readings, but that wind gusting at times over 25 mph. Start to lighten tomorrow, with sunshine. And then a couple of systems on track. A fairly weak one centered around thanks giving. Another one late friday night and into saturday. For the time being, the clouds continuing to dive southeast. Highs today in the 30s to lower 40s. The best chance of sunshine in eastern and southern New Hampshire, while farther west clouds. Even up north, occasional light snow will mean an inch of accumulation in the hilltops. Snow showers tonight and flurries tomorrow morning in the North Country. For the rest of us, a blend of sunshine and clouds. Out west, a thicker cloud cover at times, temperatures in the 30s, and a brisk wind. It is going to be chilly through the afternoon. Light snow up north early this morning. Not just higher terrain, but parts of the North Country which have been totalmo lower 30s. With the wind, sustained 1015 mph and gusts over 20 mph, it feels much colder. Even with highs in the lower 40s, a chill to the air. Theyre not expecting the temperature regime to move much from these readings for highs each afternoon, going all the way through the Holiday Weekend. We went through a 19 day stretch of temperatures at or above normal. For the month. But we are below normal for the time being, to round of the month. Light snow down to flurries and later snow showers overnight. A good deal of sunshine. If you are traveling anywhere across the northeast, you should be fine for the day tomorrow. As we get later into thursday, there will be the chance of a little bit of light snow or flurry activity. We cannot rule out freezing drizzle if it occurs early enough in the day, with an onshore wind. Tremendously organized. It is the Second System that comes behind that that we will watch more closely, later friday night and into saturday. As i mentioned, temperatures do not move much. We modify a bit toward the end of the week and into the weekend. Next system after thanksgiving will have a light chance of precipitation late friday night and saturday. I think over the entire Holiday Weekend, that is our best chance sunday for everyone traveling home. Sean it is certainly cold enough, it seems like. Kevin 30s to lower 40s is the new normal. Sean make sure the snow brushes in the car. Lets check our top stories. Heres ray brewer. Ray aaa is estimating that nearly 2. 2 Million People will be traveling in new england for the Holiday Weekend, but there is good news for those travelers. Gas prices have been slowly trending down over the last few weeks we are now paying an average of 2. 14 in New Hampshire, about a nickel lower than a month ago. Sean police in pelham are warning of a possible bad batch of heroin in the area, saying the drugs are mixed with synthetics. Investigators say they have seen a sudden increase in Drug Overdoses in pelham in recent days, including at least two deaths. Police in derry need your help identifying this man. They say he broke into the gilbert h. Hood middle school early yesterday morning. Officers found a broken window coming up on daybreak what is the secret to a long marriage . Even couples who have been married for 70 years sometimes sean a something extra to be thankful for this thanksgiving. Ray and mavis just celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary. They are both in their mid 90s now. They celebrated by having a party at the restaurant where they first met way back in 1943, when ray was stationed there during world war ii. Kevin as far as the key to a long marriage, he says finding the right girl would be the key, while she says it is all about patience. Sean [laughter] sean i thought the other key was, she is always right. Sean there are many ways to study history, but a man in north dakota has found a rather unique way. Gregg halverson collects potato chip cans. Is he really eating the chips from those . He has more than a thousand of them, mostly from the early 1900s, and each one is a different company. Many were momandpop chip makers. Kevin gregg says he only has space to display a small piece of his collection. The rest is in storage. But he is always on the lookout for more. Sean here is the the early 1900s. Potato chips came in a big old town right there. Coming up in the next half hour, skiers arent the only ones getting excited for winter. Find out when the ice skating rink at Strawbery Banke will open. Plus, call the celtics the comeback kids. They fell behind last night no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Sean get out the gloves, hats, maybe in next to fleece. Just below freezing. We will talk weather in a moment. First, lets get to our top story. Aaa says travelers will be seeing lower gas price as they hit the roads this thanksgiving. Right now, the average in New Hampshire is 2. 14 a gallon. A manchester woman is in the hospital this morning after suffering severe burns in a fire that broke out last night at a multifamily home on pine street. And a pet shop owner in portsmouth is asking for help after she says someone stole a chihuahua puppy from her store. We will have details on that in a moment. Into the ocean, but maybe a nice walk on the beach. Kevin water temperature is still 52, warmer than the air. That helps. That is what i tell myself every year. We start with clouds continuing to dive southeast. Scattered snow showers up north. The brisk wind will be a factor again today. 20s and 30s as we start. Hig