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just a minute. first, josh judge joins us with a look at the weekend forecast and i was reading about fog in the area. >> it's thick out there if you haven't been outside or heading outside in the next little while. keep that in mind. temperatures because of that fog, the great equalizer, within a couple of degrees of each other, most places around the state this morning in the low to mid 30's and here is that fog. visibility down to a quarter mile or less in so many locations, around this morning, it's certainly just, you can be in a spot where you can see and virtually the seacoast, no visibility whatsoever. above the fog there's plenty of clouds and they'll thicken up more through the day and in fact, what's off to our west? more mixed rain and snow showers headed in our direction through the day today, but it won't be a complete washout. we're looking at scattered eventually burn off in the 40's. when do we get the sun back? we've got that in a few minutes. >> breaking news this morning. the world reacting to the death of of fidel castro. his brother announced his death at age 90. castro led the island nation took he gave power to his brother raul. reaction has been mixed, but in miami people flooded the streets shortly after midnight. thousands waved cuban flags and cheered and some setting off fireworks. drivers were asked to avoid the the bay of pigs and president obama became the first u.s. sitting president to visit that communist nation in nearly 70 years. castro commented on on the visit saying we don't need the empire to give us any presence. and president obama did not meet with castro, but did meet with mobile app for the latest on the breaking newsment we'll update you throughout the morning for the latest reaction around the world to fidel castro's death. here in new hampshire, force the out of their homes because of flames. >> a fire burned part of a large apartment building in manchester. wmur's mike cronin has the latest on the fire investigation. mike: one man was taken to elliott hospital for smoke inmalaysian. most of the people here were because crews were able to quickly get this fire under control. shattered windows show where a two alarm fire started friday night inside a large apartment building on hanover in manchester. >> upon arrival, there was alarms going off, when they investigated they found heavy smoke conditions on the first floor. >> more than 100 people live in the housing authority building and most are elderly. >> this is a familiar building with us, we ambulance calls so we're very familiar with what goes on in here. >> first floor residents were evacuated, but firefighters decided to not evacuate the rest of the building because of the amount of people. we quickly get the fire under control and we remove the victims and everybody else she sheller -- sheltered in place, the safest the fire down. >> it's the second fire in the past few days, where sprinklers played a role. two people were rescued and hundreds of gallons helped. >> most people were allowed to return to their homes, but several apartments have smoke and water damage. the red cross eight families who are now homeless. in manchester, mike cronin, wmur, news 9. >> the manchester mother of two children who investigators say were living in filthy conditions is now facing child endangerment charges. samana grenier was arrested on charges and the father james grenier was arrested earlier this week. investigators say when they entered his home they found the children in extremely unsanitary and unsafe conditions with human throughout the home. >> new this morning, a hudson man is behind bars facing a list of charges, an i-- accused of facing someone with a nice. they say that sean henderson had t chased him down. they charged henderson with driving while intoxicated, criminal threatening and disobeying an communities are working together on trying to find who may be responsible for a number of burglaries in that area. wmur's suzanne roantree is in laconia where is arrest may be the break they're looking for. >> over the last few days, laconia police have gotten reports of numerous thefts from businesses and parked cars along route 107. surveillance cameras in the area show a managing through cars and in the lot at gilbert and sons block company was stolen. on wednesday, the owners reported that overnight someone had broken into the business, a number of tools, equipment and a new hampshire dealer license plate were missing. the items immediately were about ut into a state wide data base. thursday night while on patrol, a laconia police officer pulled over a car driven by scott an. investigation on that vehicle, they learned that the trailer that attached to it was stolen. they subsequently seized that vehicle, through stolen license plates and the trailer. >> angers was taken into custody. belmont police and laconia police are working together in their investigation. from our burglary, maybe one of the vehicles that laconia had stopped. >> i would say there's a good chance that all the criminal activity is involved in what may come down to several people in the area. >> angers faces a class a felony charge of receiving stolen property and also arained in laconia district court on several misdemeanors unrelated to his latest arrest. in laconia, suzanne roantree, news 9. >> two people are recovering in union road. rescue crews used the jaws of life. a single car crashed union road after they failed on a sharp turn. it flipped in its side and it slammed into a tree. >> and it rolled the roof down to the patient. the patients, actually two patients, a female and a male. >> we're told the injuries are not life threatening. crashed into a utility pole leaving passengers trapped inside. hall road was closed as they worked to replace the pole and fire investigators say a car lost control and struck the pole and ended up in an embankment. investigators say the people were trapped inside the car because of live wires. they were pulled from the vehicle and taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> this morning, a man is facing a dwi charge after crashing his car on route he was somebody near walker auto and crossed the center line and struck by a pickup truck. there were no serious injuries. roads were closed as crews worked to clear the debris there. >> a story we brought you from salem. a go fund me page has been set up for a family that lost almost everything. >> and a three alarm fire broke out. the couple rented the house for a decade. this for their tenants. the goal is $5,000. >> 2016 christmas is here, and the annual concord christmas tree lighting. this almost didn't happen. last week, lights were ripped out of the tree and nearly 600 bulbs were lost. now, everyone is enjoying the tree. >> now it's time to enjoy the it. i'm hoping that everybody has a great holiday season. >> well, my grandmother tries to come out here as much as we can. it's a fun and festive time. it gets us excited after a day of thanksgiving. >> the tree lighting is a family tradition for many families who say the chilly weather adds to the spirit of the season. christmas tree stands, they were unloading runs of trees trucked for the next few days and weeks. >> i've been doing this since i was 16 years old. i started out in my front yard with 20 trees and here i am today. >> last year they sold more than 400 trees. >> if you're decorating for the holiday. we'd love you to show your lights. wmur is looking for the best christmas lights throughout the state and send the videos with the name, and we may feature your light display this holiday season. >> coming up on news 9 this morning, the boston man accused of hitting and dragging police officers, and the judge who says it's a mix-up. >> a mother of two vanishing while out for a jog found alive on the side of the road three >> good morning. welcome backment look at the thick, dense fog in plymouth and it's all over the state this morning. so, use extreme caution as you head out to drive thisor there's fog advisories in effect right through the morning hours. we'll have your forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> the government man accused of hitting and dragging several police officers say it's a mix-up. they say that 34-year-old vincent weeks hit two with his cars and two others wednesday morning. all four have recovered. he says police have the wrong weeks is held without bail on a separate case. to south carolina now where a federal judge has ruled dylann roof to stand trial. the judge halted the case so roof could undergo a competency evaluation. jury selection will pick up on monday, if connected, roof could face the death we're facing-- we're looking at the bus crash in tennessee. they say that johnthony walker was speeding. concerns were raised prior to the crash. records show several complaints about erratic driving. one student riding earlier this morning, quote, we need seat belts. a mother of two who vanished three weeks ago while out for a life. the kidnappers are still at large. investigators say that sherri papini was kidnapped and found thursday at the side of the road in restraints after being released by her captors, she was found 150 miles from her home and investigators are looking for two women in a dark s.u.v. believed to have been involved in her abduction. the sheriff says they don't know the motive and don't think the victim knew her captors. that's a crazy story, josh. >> yeah, sure >> hello there. >> it's a little foggy out there. we're all in a bit of a fog. amy: are you commenting on my errors? >> no, i didn't even notice. amy: like a train wreck. josh: that's all i'm saying. we'll see when the fog burns off. amy: an accidental invite that ended up with a stranger at the >> now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. >> and it's a seasonably cool day out there, but the big story this morning is the thick, dense fog, as the fog has limited visibility, quite low. and we've got the temperatures because of that, as a result of the fog, it doesn't allow the temperatures to really change all that much, so they're in the low and mid 30's everywhere around us. out there in some locations, they have an airport, fog advisory, as well as a dense fog advisory everywhere around the state this morning. so, keep that in mind if you're going to be heading out. a little extra caution and a little extra time as you hit the roads because of that. you can't see all that far in front of you. it will eventually burn off and take its time especially in stubborn locations and not a lot of wind to help it. it will be breezier tomorrow. the average high for today is 44 degrees, in concord. the average low 25. so we're above the average low, but we'll be pretty close to average today, within a degree or two of average temperatures. so, low and mid 40's will be common, probably lower 40's in a lot of locations around the state. above the fog, not a whole lot of of clouds, but more are streaming in from the west and it's part of this disturbance through here, through the day today. and that does mean, as it breaks apart, we're going to see not widespread showers, not a washout, but there will be some scattered showers, sprinkles, drizzle. you get the idea at times. anytime from a little later on this morning, off and on through the day today. they would fall in the form of rain and snow showers in the north country and everywhere else, it should be mild enough to make it be rain showers, where is the warm, saying? it's pretty cold one all offer the nation this morning, look, even all the way down into parts of alabama, mississippi, you're in the 30's and 40's. you have to get into texas, louisiana, florida to find any temperatures that even resemble warm. all right, so, right now, we've got clouds building in from the west and here is a look at futurecast, showing the showers breaking apart a little bit. but we see some scattered we're going to see showers off and on through the day and clearing out overnight and tomorrow we'll see a lot more sunshine, general way, clouds and sunshine with showers in the mountains, localized showers around in the mounts for tomorrow. for today, a look at your high temperatures, 40 to 45 or 46 degrees state wide and then tomorrow, about the same, but more sunshine, a little breezier, for tomorrow, there is a look at your w tuesday through thursday time period, there could be a good amount of rain. several inches of rainy are possible this week. amy: i don't see snow in that forecast. josh: not much, just the mountains. amy: all right. the story the internet was quick to gobble up, a grandmother's accidental test to an arizona teenager that led to thanksgiving dinner. >> lindsey has more on how the friendships. >> how are you? >> leave it to 21st century technology to bring a thanksgiving twist like this. >> this is our home and let's go get something to eat. >> 17-year-old jamal hinton was sitting in school when he got a text message from wanda who thought it was her grandson. thanksgiving is in my house and want to know if you're coming. and they sent photos and texted back, can i come? >> and she says of course you can. >> wanda believes it's not a mistake, he's using us a tool to bring a message to others. >> and a text message that is a teachable moment. >> there are more nice people out there than i thought there were. >> and turns out the wrong number turned out to be a bond. >> one more reason to be thankful. lindsey davis. amy: that's the spirit, right? coming up next, we're making a healthy salad even healthier, stick around for this gluten-free message. >> we'll tell you how the military is preparing for the we've got an interesting and delicious dish on cook's corner. we're joined by bruce barnes from the colby hill inn. it's beautiful out there. >> thank you. this is a menu i like to pull out. i developed at the native american indian museum when i was a part of the crew there. it's combining native american ingredients. wate watercress, marinaded fresh beets, a pear and apple vinaigrette with spiced pumpkin seeds and sun dried cherries. >> we like to pull it out. it's gluten-free, everybody and their mother is gluten free these days and that's the way to go. >> that's the way to go. >> i'll just throw this together for you quickly, we take our rice, i've already precooked it and it's been blanched with some tender. >> ok. >> all right. we're going to add some carrots and-- >> a lot of color to the salad. >> we like to add the carrots in a little bit earlier. the spiced pumpkin seeds as well. and these have been toasted with a little bit of cumin and a little corps-- coriander. it's pureed apples and pears, reduced wit honey. it gives us sweetness and tartness. >> as you're putting this together. you guys were recently honored as one of the best places to get a meal, right? >> yeah, actually new hampshire magazine, we took over, in the october issue we were voted one of the top ten best restaurants in new hampshire. >> very nice. >> thank you. >> we're getting a great response from it, people should check out our website, we have offered some great dining reduced rate. >> we should remind people, you can eat there and travel around the air and be a part of the state. >> at this point we are going to add just a little bit of watercress to it. >> ok. >> we also have monthly wine dinners, which share wines of the world, every month, and those-- >> that sounds fun. >> yeah, they're fun and so we do different regions of the world and we'll have-- >> pair the wine with the food and so forth. >> yes, and tossed the solid together here and then we're just going to plate it. it's very simple. >> i like the plates. >> yeah. >> this can be set as a composed salad or as a-- on a buffet or a deconstructed salad as we do for the restaurant. >> yeah. >> so what i'm going to do, we're going to pre-set our plate with the marinaded beets. >> kind of decorate it. >> kind of decorate it and put that together. watercress that's undressed and what's great about the salad, when you put it onto a buffet, if you have guests, you can do this salad ahead of time and stand and taste. >> sure, a lot of people want to get it done before the holidays. where do they find you? >> we're at coby hill inn.com and our menus posted every week, it changes with the season, we're a farm to restaurant and the menu changes every week depending what we can get at the farmer's market or the farm. check it out every week. very simple. >> all right, that's it. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, sir. breakthrough way of learning that prepares you for an ever-changing world. plymouth state's integrated clusters approach lets you follow your own path, not someone else's. it gives you choices within your degree. open labs. real-world experience. with faculty who work with you every step of the way. become the leader. the doer every day. a tomorrow changer. find your own path at plymouth state university. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. >> good morning, everybody. it's 6:30, i'm amy coveno. you're looking live right now at portsmouth 46 degrees and socked in at this hour. here is a look at stories on the half hour. >> the world continues to react to the death of former cuban president fidel castro. castro's brother and current president announced this. he was 90 years old. >> donald trump's team announced two more names to his administration. the holiday shopping continues this weekend after black friday. more than 100 million people are exed shopping this weekend. we'll get to the stories and more in a minute. first, let's check with josh judge in the weather center. i hope you haven't gone holiday shopping? a few more in your future? >> there's some thick fog this morning and we've got temperatures into the low to mid 30's everywhere around the state. now to that fog where it's very thick in some locations, you can see down to a quarter mile or less visibility. of the state, not everywhere. jaffery reporting 10 miles visibility. many other places reporting much, much less because of that. there's a dense fog advisory in effect for many counties, probably should have been in western parts of new hampshire as well for some unknown reason, they did not issue those. look out for the fog around the state. the fog is down low, right above the clouds-- above the fog not a wle clouds, but this weather system will bring scattered showers and they'll be mixed showers in the mountains, everywhere else they should be in the form of rain. highs 38 to 45 today. we'll talk about when will that sunshine finally return in your full forecast coming up. >> we continue to follow breaking news this morning as the world reacts to the death of fidel castro. castro's mother and current president announced his death in miami, police blocked streets as thousands flooded to the streets to celebrate. cuban became the only communist state in the western hemisphere. he retired. he was 90 years old. >> jill stein officially filed for an election recount in wisconsin. wisconsin election officials say that stein filed the request about an hour and a half before friday's deadline. raising the money to cover the cost of recounts in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvanians, she says she wants to make sure that hackers did not mess with the results. >> and donald trump is moving forward with cabinet picks after celebrating thanksgiving in florida. trump tapped fax news analyst kt mcfarland to serve as deputy campaign attorney donald mccann as white house counsel. and homeland security and veterans affairs. >> and working with the trump team ahead of ininauguration day. liz polk talks about the presidential inauguration. >> from the ceremonial band to the thousands of participants are getting ready for the inauguration of donald trump. just as they have, service members will play a large role. >> the u.s. army band will march in the parade and be part of the celebration. >> there will ab if you will scale rehearsal as we'll march down pennsylvania avenue. >> to prepare to rehearse. he's been part of 11 inaugurations. >> part of the challenge, we start far in advance of the time we know who will win the election. >> this inauguration preparation started right after 2013, the d.c. military band involved says that planning picks up in the last year and gets more intense after the election. military organizers tell us trump's team has not made specific requests for the >> we've just established contact with them as they start to organize after the election. >> and it's not just ceremonial planning. service members will also be on stand by to assist the secret service if needed. major general bradley becker says the event is symbolic and meaningful. >> this peaceful transfer of power that takes place every might witness it. amy: the department of defense says that 3 to 500,000 spectators typically pack the national mall for the inauguration. more than 1 million people attended president barack obama's first swearing in. retailers are banking on big sales this season after some shoppers pulled back during the election. the national retail federation found before the election, more than 25% of consumers said the race would spending. 43% said they'd be more cautious. in the post-election outlook, the nrf expects holiday sales to reach 656 billion dollars. consumer were concerned at one point in time that depending on the results of the election, it could affect a little bit of their spending. >> nearly six in ten americans will shop either indoor or online this weekend. on thanksgiving. according to adobe digital insights, online shopping sales for thanksgiving day totalled 1.93 billion dollars. that's up more than 11% compared to last year. but fell short of the original prediction of $2 billion. black friday online sales are expected to surpass 3 billion dollars. and cyber security experts are offering some advice to make sure you don't get scammed. be sure you are on legitimate websites and apps and beware to be true. whenever possible use a credit card instead of a debit card and always be home when packages are delivered. the nhspca held its own black friday event in stratham. they could pick their price on older animals and a special discounts on kittens. the nhspca says this is the most successful adoption day of the full adoption price, some people give more, but again, the most important thing to us is that they're getting great families. >> more than 100 people stopped by and over 50 animals were adopted. coming up, plenty of holiday fun across the granite state. even santa claus himself makes an appearance. we'll tell you what's happening, new hampshire. it's playoff time for the unh team. and jamie staton will preview the game against lehigh. josh: more ou forecast for today. we talk about when the sunshine finally makes a much-needed avid goodwill shoppers spend years honing the skills they need to find mizes peripheral vision. no jacket -- cuts dressing room time, reduces zero-dynamic drag. stockpiling -- the hallmark of a truly competetive shopper. to shop at goodwill, you need a cart. >> now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch forecastments we're starting off with showers to our west and right now, very there that we are dealing with as well for a saturday morning. so, as we start the day out there, we are going to see the thick fog, which will take a little bit of time to burn off and then the chance for scattered showers a little bit later. right now, we check out the temperatures and we're in the low to mid 30's everywhere. whenever you have fog this thick, it acts as sort of an equalizer and an equalizer for the temperatures around the region. you can see there not a whole lot of difference from one end of the state to the other. some spots it breaks, but other spots it's real thick. if you're out driving this morning. you need to allow yourself extra minutes and don't go quite as fast as you otherwise might do. those temperatures are comfortable, but cool out there, but the fog is the thing that you really notice as you head out the door. >> it will be burning off between 8:00 and 10 a.m. in most places except for some of the stubborn locations which could take longer. not a lot of wind to help. a this early in the morning, if you have some wind that's expect today pick up. that will help disperse the fog, but today that's not the case. tomorrow, it will be breezy. above the fog, we've got clear skies, but the clouds are filling in and that evens that once the fog burns off. we'll see clouds in the region and scattered showers. notice this disturbance. weak alberta clipper coming down across the great lakes and headed in our direction, it's do, start to deteriorate and fall apart as it moves into the region, but it still will have enough moisture left to bring some scattered showers, mostly in the form of rain, but we could see some snow showers or mixed showers in the mountains. in terms of warmth in the nation, there's not a lot. it's a chilly one all over. that cold air is dipping into the fairly deep south. so we take futurecast and move this ahead for you and show you the showers breaking apart a bit and happens. except in the mountains and points north where you'll see either snow or mixed showers on and off today and tonight there could be a couple more as well. before we start to dry out more tomorrow. tomorrow, the spot where there's showers will be in the mountains here, snow showers that could be around and then we clear right out as we head into monday. monday will be the sunniest day we've had in quite some time. welcomed news. in terms of the chances of precipitation. then tuesday, wednesday, thursday all large chances of rain and there could actually be a large amount of rain as well. highs today, 41 to 46 degrees. and then tomorrow, similar temperatures, but breezy conditions tomorrow and some sunshine. there's all of that rain expected later this week. we'll check your sports now. >>. amy: actually, we're going to do what's happening, josh. from visiting santa and holiday shopping, there's plenty to do around the state. and sean mcdonald tells us what's happening, new hampshire. >> holiday cheer will fill the streets of nashua today as the city marks 23 years of the annual winter holiday stroll. more than 30,000 people are expected to attend. it starts at 5:p.m. with a candlelit procession at city hall, followed by the lighting of the city's official christmas tree. the holiday celebrations annual holiday parade downtown. the parade starts at 4 p.m. from wyatt park, followed by the tree lighting in veterans park. head to derry for more holiday magic at the 30th annual holiday parade day. featuring floats, bands and clouds, the parade kicks off at 1:00, also today, the loon center has plenty of holiday fun for the family. the 14th annual holiday open house starts at at 2:00 today. santa arrives at 11:00. continue your holiday shopping in greenland at the rolling green nursery's holiday artisan market, plenty of unique gift crafted by local artisans are there and that's 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. i'm sean mcdonald news 9. great holiday. it's a busy night on sports. calgary flames at the boston bruins, some throwback uniforms for the bruins at home and here we go. the second period looked like boston tied it up when they were down. chad johnson the goalie goes down and patrice bergeron from a buff angle. on further review, caused the goalie to go down and pushed the flames down into johnson and no gome. finally boston got a goal, the assist on the power play as pass-- pa pasterak got one. and 2-0 florida and harris sets up michael kirkpatrick and they go on to win 4-1. augusta got the only goal for the manchester monarchs. now we move onto a big hockey game tonight. the cornell big red hosting unh at madison square garden. it's the first ever trip to play at madison square garden. >> well, i think it's exciting for the players, the coaches. i know, coaching staff, we've not been to play at madison square garden for everything. it brings not only the rangers, but the event city over the holidays, pretty exciting. >> good luck to unh tonight. the celtics hosted a very good san antonio spurs team yesterday afternoon. a drive and throw it down. he had 12 points and 10 rebounds. then avery bradley with a nice alley-oop from isaiah thomas, it's a close game, but the spurs win 109-103. college basketball, top ranked kentucky took on tennessee martin's sky hawks. corner. 15 points, six rebounds for him. kentucky wins 111-76. up next, they host arizona state monday at 7:00. now we're on to unh football, a game coming up today, it's playoff time for the 13th straight year they're in the playoffs and they'll take on the lehigh mountain hawks. they lead the all-time series 1 12-3 and this is the 16th all time has a twisted foot and turf toe he suffered against maine and he will be available as a backup. >> lehigh has offense and second game they're average 40 points a game. they can run the football, can pass, they've got, you know, three or four talented receivers. >> they've got a lot of good players and they're playing with chip on their shoulder and they're coming in trying to do their thing and we're going to the defense is good and they fly around. it's just a matter of us being able to go in the film room ap study them and to be able to execute our plays. >> look at the lineup of college football on channel 9 today. it's awesome. michigan and ohio state. notre dame usc, florida, florida state under the lights, watch them on channel 9. well, it was a welcomed sight for the patriots fans, tom brady at practice, he was sidelined with a knee injury. he's listed as the pats play the jets sunday at 4:25. >> there have been a lot of close games because they're, you know, they're very tough-hard nosed team, you know? they always have been. all the games we play against them are tight games. they've got a really good defense. had a good defense for a long time and they always are in the game right there and find a way to create turnovers. they're a really good football patriots favored by 7 1/2 points. >> have a great weekend. >> ahead on news 9 this morning, it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. first lady michelle obama decorates the white house one final time. now to our u local hot shot. teddy the chipmunk was getting in the spirit this past weekend. we're told there are plenty of peanuts on the dinner menu just for this guy. >> you can join the thousands of >> christmas preparations underway at the white house. an annual tradition since 1966. the first lady watched as the tree was delivered. the first lady was accompanied by her nephews and dogs bo sonny. and the tree comes from wisconsin. josh: meteorologist hayley lapoint helped to kick off the intra i gos this week. you want to do? >> take a picture of your is he have wrapping the gift blind if they don't do it they have to donate toys. josh: sort of like the ice bucket challenge only with toys. >> my blind folded gifts look like it. >> that's my starting point as well. the current temperatures, the current forecast for today and temperatures in the low to mid 40's. tomorrow will be nicer although breezier than today will top of the hour with our top stories next, breaking news out of cuba this morning. the former long time leader fidel castro has passed away. >> a fire leaves eight families >> breaking news overnight. former dies. we have reaction from around the globe. up in flames, a fire and an apartment building in the queen city leaves more than half a dozen families without a place to stay. why the fire chief says it could have been much worse. >> we've seen cloudy skies with snow and rain the last few days. a check on when to expect the sunshine to return. amy: a rash of burglaries across two lakes region towns. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new hampshire. 7:00 on this saturday, november 26th. i'm amy coveno. we'll get to that in a minute, but first, josh judge has a look at the weather forecast, pea soup out there. josh: it is. take a look at some of this, you can barely see anything. that's hampton beach as at that, we put it on the bottom of the screen. it's so thick because of the fog. here is the visibility. look at the seacoast, one of the thicker fog readings that we have, the same at the top of mount washington, .10 of a mile. and it's thick fog advisory in much of the state. keep that in mind as you head mostly rain by the time they arrive here. mixed preparation to the north or else some snow. everything else is see scattered showers as temperatures look at the 40's. the sunshine finally makes an appearance coming up in the granite state in your full forecast. >> breaking news, the world reacting to the death of former cuban president fidel castro. his brother raul and current president announced his overnight. fidel castro took power back in 1959. under castro, cuba became the one and only communal-- communist state in the western hemisphere. reaction has been mixed. in miami people celebrating in the streets when the news bro broke out shortly after some set off fireworks. drivers are asked to avoid the area. the bay of pigs invasion and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. in march, president obama became the first sitting u.s. president to visit the communist nation in nearly 70 years. castro commenting on president obama's trip, quote, we don't need the empire to give us any presence, end quote. president obama did not meet with castro, but did meet with his brother raul. you can have the latest information on this breaking news and we continue to update you throughout the morning throughout the world to the reaction to his death. back at home, more than half a dozen families are displaced after a fire burned part of a large apartment bipeding in manchester. mike cronin has the latest on hospital for smoke inhalation and most the people here were told to stay in their rooms because crews were able to quickly get this under control. >> shattered windows showed where a two alarm fire was at an apartment building in manchester. >> upon arrival, there was alarms going off. when they investigated. they found a heavy smoke condition on the first floor. >> more than 100 people live in the six-story manchester housing authority building and most are elderly. >> this is a very familiar building with us. >> we come here often for ambulance calls and alarms like this. we're familiar with what goes on in here. >> first floor residents were evacuated, but firefighters decided to not evacuate the rest of the building because of the amount of people. >> we quickly get this under control and everybody else sheltered in place. sprinklers helped to contain the flames to the first floor. >> the sprinklers held the fire down until we got in and we put the rest of the fire out. it's the second manchester fire in the past few days where sprinklers played a key role. wednesday night, nearly 300 gallons from the sprinklers helped firefighters. >> certainly saved lives. >> firefighters believe that improperly disd fire. many were allowed to return, but many had smoke and water damage. >> the red cross says they're helping eight families who are now homeless. amy: the missing mother of two children who investigators say were living in filthy conditions is facing endangerment charges. samantha grenier was arraigned. the children were in unsafe conditions with human and animal feces throughout the living quarters. >> a man was accused of threatening someone with a knife. this happened on derry road and investigators say 27-year-old sean henderson brandished a knife outside of a pizza restaurant. henderson took off in his car and they were able to track him down later. criminal threatening and disobeying an officer. trying to find out who may be responsible for a number of burglaries in the area. wmur's suzanne roantree found what may have been the break they were looking for. >> over the last few days, laconia police have gotten rummaging through cars and taking tools. a trailer parked at gilbert and sons block company was also stolen. on wednesday morning, the owners of greenwood auto at 106 and belmont reported that overnight someone had broken into the business, a number of tools and equipment and a new hampshire dealer license plate were missing. the items immediately were put into a state wide data pace. thursday night while on patrol, a laconia police officer pulled scott angers. >> while he was conducting an investigation on that vehicle, they learned that the trailer that attached to it was stolen. they subsequently seized that vehicle, two stolen license plates and the trailer. >> he was taken into custody. belmont police say one of the license plates found in his possession matched the one stolen from greenwoods auto. are working. >> what if some of the things from our burglary was in that stop. >> it may come down to several people in the area. >> he faces a class a felony charge of received stolen property and he was arained in federal district court for the arrest. amy: two people are crash. rescuers had to used jaws of life to free them. a driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve. the car flipped on its side and slammed into a tree. >> we had to cut through the car to obviously roll the roof down to get the patient out. well, the patients, actually, there were two patients, a female and a male. and they were both transported to concord hospital. threatening. >> a london terror road crashed into a utility pole leaving passengers trapped inside. hall road was closed as ever source crews worked to replace the pole. >> it ended up in an embankment. officials say people were trapped inside the car because of live wires. >> they were pulled from the hospital and threatened with nonlife threatening injuries. >> this morning, a man is f was headed back, crossed the center line and hit by a pickup truck. investigators say there were no serious injuries. one lane was closed as crews worked to clear the debris there. now to an update we brought you about a story out of salem. a go fund me page was set up for a house fire. a three alarm fire broke out. for the tenants. and the goal is to raise $5,000. thanksgiving 2016 is in the books. the christmas season is here and the tree in concord is all lit up this morning. it was part of the 30th annual concord christmas tree lighting last night. it almost didn't happen. last week, lights were ripped out of the tree in front of the state house and about 600 bulbs were lost. the community raised $500 for new lights and now everyone is enjoying the tree. >> now, it's time to that comes with it. so i'm hoping that everybody has a great holiday season. >> well, my grandmother and i try to come out as much as we can. it's a festive time. it gets us excited for christmas after a day of thanksgiving. >> it's tree lighting for so many families and the chilly weather simply adds to the spirit of the season. christmas tree stands are popping up all over the state. group, they'll be ready when they roll in in the next few weeks. >> i have been doing this since i was 16 years old. started out in the front yard with 20 trees and here i am today. >> and last year they sold more than 400 trees. >> we want you to show your lights. wmur is looking for the best km tree >> send pictures with name and location to story [email protected]. we may feature your light display on the air this holiday season. >> coming up, the boston maen accused of hitting and says it's a mix-up. >> a mother of two vanishes >> good morning, welcome back and there's a look at the fog over the big lake in meredith. 32 out there this morning. it begins the burning off process over the next couple of hours, but it will take a little while to do so because it's so thick in parts of the state. we've got your forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> the boston man accused of hitting and dragging several police officers says it's all a big mix-up. investigators say 34-year-old vincent weeks dragged two officers with his car and hit two others wednesday morning. all four have recovered and weeks' attorneys says they have they rented the car involved in the accident for her brother to use. >> weeks is held without bail on a separate case. to south carolina now, where a federal judge ruled dylann roof competent to stand trial. roof is accused in the 2015 shooting deaths of nine people at a church in charleston. the judge halted the case earlier this month so roof could undergo a competency evaluation. jury selection in the federal trial picks up again on the death penalty. >> this morning, we're learning about several red flags involving that school bus driver in the horrific crash in tennessee. police say johnthony walker was speeding when he crashed the bus, killing six children on monday. both students and administrators were raising concerns about walker in the weeks prior to this crash. records released by the district yesterday show several complaints about erratic month, quote, we need seat belts. a mother of two who vanished three weeks ago while out for a jog in california has been found alive. the kidnappers are at large. sherri papini was kidnapped and she was found in restraints. she was found 150 meals from her h her-- 150 miles from her home. and police women, they don't know the motive and don't know that papini knew her captors. amy: a strange story. happy ending. josh: there's a thick fog in various parts of the state. when it burns off and i'll tell you when the sun will finally grace us with its appearance yet again. amy: i'll stay tuned for that. josh will be back for that. there's a path that takes you further in life. a breakthrough way of learning that prepares you for an ever-changing world. plymouth state's integrated clusters approach lets you follow your own path, not someone else's. open labs. real-world experience. with faculty who work with you every step of the way. become the leader. the doer every day. a tomorrow changer. find your own path at plymouth state university. >> now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. >> we started off with this amazing photo. here is gustown and looking down at the fog you're looking at. that's the dense fog and it's down below the mountain there as the temperatures, 34 degrees, in fact, visibility, very low in a lot of of places and here is a look at the airports around the state and reporting their visibility. half had a mile in lebanon, seems like quite a bit compared to other locations where you've got a quarter mile or less visibility and at the seacoast, almost down to nothing. and the winds not doing much to help, light and variable, if you ever have wind and fog, usually it will help disperse the fog away. that's not the case this morning. it will burn off the fog. temperatures in the region, lo he to mid 30's, just about everywhere now. the average high in concord is 44. probably close to that within a degree or two of average for today. sunrise and sunset times for you, as well as your high and low tide. low tide coming up this afternoon at 3:45. high tide getting close now, coming up at 9:09 a.m. above that fog, there's some why? well, there's a system just to our west, a weak disturbance and this is one of the clipper systems that's going to move on through. as it does so, it clouds things back up and right as the fog is trying to burn off. we stay cloudy, for the most part, the showers with it both rain and snow will tend to break apart a little bit. so, as the system weakens moving overhead, it just brings us the chance of a passing shower or two. mostly in the form of rain, but there could be some snow today. in terms of the chill out there, it's cold. look how low down in the country the cold weather has sunk. 40 degrees in atlanta right now. it's in the 40's in arkansas. little rock at 42 degrees. and check that out. in oklahoma city, 31 chilly degrees. so, they're actually colder than we are. a look at what's going on with futurecast as that system moves eastward, it starts to break keep any of the showers, for the most part it should be in the form of rain through the day today in the mid day hours and into this afternoon. the exception from white mountains, points north and you could see snow mixing in or staying snow, off again, on again, rain showers possibly this evening and when we clear out a little bit. the exception in the mountains where there will be localized rain and snow showers. at times breezy tomorrow. at least a mixture of clouds and high interprets today will be in the low to mid 40's. most places around the state. chilly tonight, back down to the upper 20's and lower 30's and then tomorrow, more of the same temperature-wise. low to mid 40's most places with breezy conditions and at least some sunshine away from the mountains. there is your week ahead. it gets milder and tuesday afternoon, rain moves in, off and on right through thursday, there could be two, three, four needed rain. >> beneficial because we're not frozen over yet. >> exactly, get as much into the ground as we can, so we don't freeze over. >>. amy: i don't listen. josh: a story that people gobbled up. a grandmother's extended invitation to dinner. amy: lindsey davis has how the accidental invitation led to friendship. >> leave it to1s technology to bring around this. >> let's get something to eats. >> gentjamal was in school, wan thought she was texting her grandson. thanksgiving is at my house and let me know if you're coming. >> even when they swapped selfie, jamal said, can i still get a plate though? >> of course you can, that's everyone. >> wanda believes it's no mistake, but the work of god. >> he's using us as tools and vessels to bring a message to others. >> a text message in this case that's become a teachable moment for us all. >> there are more nice people out in the world than i thought there were. >> turns out this wrong number provided just the right connection. >> i love just being here, i feel like we could connect more and bond. >> one more reason to be thankful. lindsey davis, abc news, new today's grow it green. one way to keep your garden healthy throughout the year. inauguration for the president-elect, two months away >> welcome to today's grow it green. we're at windy ridge orchards in north haverhill. i'm joined by jeremy delisle of unh cooperative. we're talking about the importance of soil testing and usually when i do that, i think of the spring. why the fall? >> fa you will is a great time. for one, it doesn't take as long to get your results back. samples. when you apply the line in the fall, it has time to fully react by the time spring rolls around and you don't have to wait a full season. what's the best way to get about getting that sample? >> basically what you want to do, you two three things, a good trowel, a container to mix in and then you need a bucket to collect in and typically what you would do, in a garden spot or lawn area, wherever sampling, you would go around and take six to eight samples and typically representative samples, as long as you don't have major changes in soil type and collect those. >> do you want to take some from the side and some from the center, that type of thing? >> a random pattern is best and you put those in the bucket and mix them well. once you do, you remove, rocks, twigs, debris, and grass. try to keep it out of the sample and mix it well and you can dry way and put it in a plastic bag and send it to durham, unh. >> we have a form here, trying to fill this out. what are important things? >> all of your contact information goes up top and then the important thing is crop codes. so you can look on the back of that form and it's going to give you options for crop codes, your vegetable garden, growing blueberries, potatoes, flower gardens, things like that. >> you get your results back and i guess you compare them to this. >> abso that's going to help you understand what those numbers mean and how to utilize them. and if you have questions still afterwards, then you can call us at the education center and talk with our master gardeners there and show you how to use the numbers. so when spring eventually rolls around, i'm sure it will eventually you'll be all set and afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. . jamie: noi one covers new hampshire like we do. >> now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, in hooksett it's foggy out there. here is look at top stories on the half hour. the world continues to react to the death of fidel castro. his brother and current president announced his death. he was 90 years old. it's a working weekend for names to his administration. the holiday shopping continues after black friday. more than 100 million are expect today shop this weekend. we have more, but first over to mr. judge. a foggy morning out there, josh. josh: extra caution on the roads this morning. temperatures are just above at plymouth and laconia. low visibility means thick fog. if you're in an area that doesn't have any fog then you might be seeing blue skies right now. there's not a lot of clouds above the fog, but so many of us with that very thick fog and off to our west, there's more clouds streaming in. dense fog advisory until about 9:00 this morning. there is a look at how, there are some clear areas with the clouds above that fog. off to our west, our next system looms and will mov scattered showers, some scattered rain showers in southern and central new hampshire and northern new hampshire mixed snow and rain showers will be around through the day off and on, but very hit and miss variety. you may see and may not. at least 50% chance. we'll talk about when the sunshine returns for all of us in your full forecast, a few minutes away. >> we continue to follow breaking news as the world >> a look back on castro's life and legacy. >> castro was born on august 13th, 1926 in cuba. as a child, he was there and later went on to study law at university of havana. castro became an activist for the poor and promised a democracy, but he went on to rule cuba more than 40 years with an iron fist. >> i feel honored of being a communist and hope i will be l t with the soviet union. the u.s. retaliated by breaking off diplomatic relations with cuba and imposing a trade embargo. in 1961 president john f. kennedy approved this for cuban exiles and castro was able to discovered he had allowed the soviet union to about ut in missiles. >> the soviets backed down in exchange for a promise that america would not attack cuba. the style of government of castro produced dissent. there was the boat lift. the fall of the u.s.s. r cost >> we have suffered the equivalent of to a prison and we have also felt betrayed. >> in 2000 there would be more conflict of the u.s. the eyes of the world during a bitter fight over the fate after five-year-old cuban boy named elian gonzalez. in may, 2002. george w. bush announced an castro stepped down from power. >> to be free and fair, they must give opposition candidates the freedom to organize, assembly and speak. >> in 2006 castro temporarily handed over some power to his brother raul. and there were celebrations of his 80th birthday and included a meeting at his bed of hugo chavez government he tried to keep together will continue under the power of his brother. amy: reaction to his death is mixed. in miami people celebrated in the streets after midnight. for more, check out wmur.com. moving on to 2016. green party candidate jill stein officially filed for a recount in wisconsin. an hour and a half before the deadline. the stein campaign has been raising money for recounts in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. she wants to make sure that hackers did not mess with the results. meantime, president-elect donald trump is moving forward with his cabinet selections after celebrating thanksgiving in florida. yesterday, trump announced two top staffers will be joining his administration. trump tapped fox news anl liz kt mcfarland to serve as deputy national security advisor. and c mccann as white house counsel. other top posts awaiting are homeland security and veterans affairs. in high gear in washington d.c., military organizers are working around the clock with trump's people ahead of the big day ahead of the presidential inauguration. >> from the ceremonial band to the horses involved in the parade, thousands of inauguration of donald trump and just as they have since the first inauguration, service members will play a large role. there's a full scale operation down pennsylvania avenue. >> to prepare and to rehearse. >> mike wagner is a lead the military. >> part of the challenge here is that we start for in advance of who wins the election. this started right after president obama's last ceremony in 2013. the d.c.-based military command involved says planning picks up in the last year and gets more intense after the election. >> military organizers tell us trump's team has not made specific requests for the ceremony just yet. to organize after the election. >> and it's not just ceremonial planning. service members will be on stand by, major general beck says it's meaningful. and what an honor it is. >> for the service members involved and to call who might witness amy: the department of defense says 3 to 500,000 spectators pack the mall. more than a million attended president obama's first swearing in. the national retail federation found before the election, 25% of consumers said the race would impact their holiday spending. nrf expects holiday sales to reach 656 billion dollars. >> consumers were concerned at one point in time. depending on the result of the election, it could affect a little bit of their spending. the national retail federations saying they'll shop either in-store or online this weekend. plenty of people took to the internet to do holiday shopping on thanksgiving. according to adobe insights, online shopping billion, up 11% compared to last year, but that did fall short of the original prediction which was $2 billion. black friday online sales are expected to surpass $3 billion. >> cyber security experts offering some advice to make sure you don't get scammed. make sure you're on legitimate websites and apps and beware of deals that look too good to be card. they warn, all the be home. >> ask a neighbor, time the delivery, track the delivery, bet thing to do is ask your boss for permission to have things you're buying for the holidays to be shipped to work. >> change pass words and never use your social media pass wards for online shopping. >> during the save a life sale, people wanting to adopt an animal could p special discount for kittens. the nhspca says this is their most successful adoption day of the year. >> a lot of people give the full adoption price and some give more. the most important thing to us, they're getting great families. >> more than 100 people stopped by and 50 were adopted. and across the granite state. even santa is making it appearance. new hampshire. >> it's a rough night for the hockey people. how the bruins and monarchs fared. >> we're waking up with thick fog and how much longer that lasts and what to expect for >> now, meteorologist josh judge josh: waking up with thick fog in so many locations it will take a while to burn off. take a look at this photo. look at the fog, this is courtesy of steel hill resorts overlooking the lake here in sanbornton. this is all fog here. you can see the mountain in the distance and above the fog, partly sunny skies, so if you are at higher elevations like this, you may be seeing some breaks of sun. meanwhile, the areas na are lower, lots of this fog around and check down at th snow on the ground there as well. just a great shot. 32 degrees there in that region of the state and we look around the fog and the visibility, so low, in many spots, these are the airports reporting in, about a quarter mile visibility in concord, manchester, nashua and keene and many locations concord, a quarter mile and here is the wind. sometimes we look to the wind to help disperse the fog, not going to really help with wind this light and variable this morning. so, that fog needs to burn off on its own. it takes a while to do it. there's a dense fog advisory in effect until 9:00, but a lot of places see it lasting beyond that. here are your temperatures, notice something similar about them. they're close together, thanks to the fog that limits the amount that the temperatures can go up and down. that's why it's so simila skies, but these clouds, also, will fill in, thanks to the clipper system off to the west and that will be pushing in. as it does so, it brings a risk of scattered showers. notice how a lot of them are snow right now. but it's because of the time of day it's going to be arriving, they'll be falling in most granite state, very scattered in nature. you may stay dry and it's not a washout by any stretch. through. here is how it looks on futurecast. notice how it breaks apart, but we do still see some showers or sprinkles or even some drizzle at times through the day today. and in the mountains that could be in the form of mixed showers or snow. but we're clearing out overnight into tomorrow. we see clouds and breaks of sunshine. partly sunny for tomorrow. the one exception in and around the mountains where tomorrow, the wind picks up out of the northwest and banks in the mountains and so often the case, we s in the mountains, localized, of course, and so keep that in mind, we get into monday and we see nonstop sunshine on monday with seasonable temperatures, then late monday, you start seeing this off to our west and that's our next rain chance. moving in. in fact, that rain chance will really be felt rather tuesday afternoon, tuesday night. off and on on wednesday, and off and on on thursday as well. and those days together, could bring us several inches of much-needed rain. so your highs today will be in the lower half of the 40's around the granite state. tomorrow, about the same. maybe a degree or two cooler, more sunshine, breezy, tomorrow, with mountain snow showers, sunny on monday and despite the temperatures rising this week, we've got a good chance of rain and we really need more rain before the ground freezes over and it does appear likely we'll see good doses this week. >> we're doing lights and greens at my >> not really. you know what we're going to try this year, one of the projector things. amy: that's got you written all over it. we want you to show us your lights. josh: ok. amy: visiting with santa, there's plenty to do, what's happening, new hampshire? >> holiday cheer will fill the streets of nashua today as the city marks 23 years of the more than 30,000 people are expected to attend. it starts at 5 p.m., with a candlelit procession at city hall. followed by the lighting of the city's official christmas tree. the holiday celebrations continue in laconia, at the annual holiday parade downtown. the parade starts at 4 p.m. from wyatt park, followed by the tree lighting in veterans park. head to derry for more holiday magic a parade today. featuring more than 80 floats, bands and clowns, it kicks off at 1:00. the loon center has plenty of holiday fun for the family and the 14th annual holiday open house starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 2:00 today. santa arrives at 11:00. kin your holiday shopping in greenland at the rolling green nursery's holiday artisan market. plenty of unique gifts crafted grabs. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and that's what's happening, new hampshire. i'm sean macdonald, wmur news 9. >> now, news 9 sports. >> and good morning, everybody. let's start with what was not a great friday night for our local hockey team. start with the bruins on their home ice against the calgary flames, there in the dark uniforms there and looked like they tied it up and got the first goal midway through the second period. a tough angle from fired it in. on further review, brad marchand caused the goalie to go down pushing a flames player into chad johnson. so no goal. claude julien was not thrilled about that one. they needed it. 1-0 midway through the third. finally a power play goal. an assist to merrimack's tim shaller. and they give up to chasen and calgary wins 2-1. at home against a solid evergreen people. they made it 2-0 and harris set up michael kirkpatrick for a goal and justin scored for manchester, but florida wins 4-1 on the road tonight and tomorrow at el myra. celtics with a good game against a very good team yesterday. the san antonio spurs, early in the first, driving baseline. a two-handed dunk, 12 points and 10 rebounds. they took a 10 point lead after the here is isaiah thomas to bradley on the alley-oop. plus, they outlasted boston. in the ends 109-103. if you want to watch college football. we are the place to be. look at the games on channel 9 today. michigan and ohio state. number three and number two. notre dame against usc, florida against florida state. all of those games live here on channel 9 have a great weekend. beginning to look a lot like christmas. first lady michelle obama is kicking off her final holiday decorating in the white house. now to our u local hot shot. teddy the chipmunk, look at that costume of the we're told there's plenty of peanuts on the dinner menu for in little guy. >> on the weekend after thanksgiving, it's not unusual to regret those salaries. this year, one of the smithsonian national zoo's giant panda cubs is likely one of those who wishes he could take a few bites back. he is a' 19-month-old panda who had to undergo surgery. he had a little too much luckily it was successful and he's recovering. michelle obama decking the halls of the white house for the final time on friday. an annual tradition since 1966. the white house, the first lady watched the tree arrive. the tree will be trimmed so it >> they always do the trees up so nicely. >> beautiful. >> fun to seements we've got a weekend that will be so-so. i think most of it will be dry for a lot of us, but today, there will be some scattered showers around and there could be some mixed showers in the mountains and some rain showers elsewhere. so keep that in your plans. there will be plenty of dry hours and in fact, most of us will be try through much of the day. a little sunshine tomorrow and full sunshine following breaking news out of cuba after former long time leader fidel castro passes away. >> a fire in a manchester >> breaking news overnight. former cuban leader fidel castro dies. we have reaction from around the globe. up in flames, a fire at an apartm dozen families without a place to stay. why the fire chief says it could have been much worse. >> we've seen cloudy skies with snow and rain the last few days. a check on when to expect the sunshine to return. >> a rash of burglaries across two lakes regions towns. a break in the case after police nab a suspect. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. amy: good morning, new hampshire. 8:00 on this saturday, november 26th. i'm amy coveno. we'll get to the stop-- top stories in a few minutes. and josh judge with the forecast. josh: i'm in a fog and we all are for sure. dense fog advisories until 9:00. we'll see bits of improvement over the next hour or locations for surement temperatures about 30 to 35, depending where you are. not a whole lot of difference from place to place. that's where the dense fog advisory is in effect. and you have some areas of very thick fog. these are the clouds above the fog. if you're in a higher elevation area above it. you may not see much for clouds and you might see partly sunny skies for a while and that system will be moving in and bringing this chance for scattered rain showers, south of mountains, these are scattered and sort of hit and miss variety through the day today. highs, low to mid 40's. we've got to look at the rest of the weekend and the week ahead. when there could be heavy duty rain in the forecast coming up. >> breaking news this morning, the world reacting to the death of former cuban leader fidel castro and announcing his brother's death at age 90 last night. fidel castro led the island nation after taking power in the cuban revolution in 1999. under castro, cuba was the only communist nation in the western hemisphere. reaction to his death has been mixed. in miami people flooded the streets shortly after midnight. police waved cuban flags and cheered. some setting off fireworks. area. >> and the u.s. backed bay of pigs invasion and later the cuban missile crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. in march, president obama was the first u.s. sitting president to visit in nearly 70 years. >> castro said we don't need the empire to give us presence. we continue to update you throughout the morning with the world to the death of fidel castro. back here in new hampshire, forced out of their homes by flames, more than half a dozen families are displaced following a large apartment building fire. mike cronin has the latest on the investigation. mike: one man was taken to elliott hospital for smoke inhalation. most were told to stay in their >> shattered windows show where the fire started on hanover street in manchester. >> upon arrival there was alarms going off. when they investigated, they found a heavy smoke condition on the first floor. mike: more than 100 people live in the six-story manchester housing authority building. most are elderly. >> this is a very familiar building with us. we come here often for ambulance calls and alarms like this. so we're very familiar with what goes on in here. >> first floor residents decided to not evacuate the rest of the building because of the amount of people. >> we quickly get the fire under control. we remove the victims that we have to remove. everybody else sheltered in place and that's the safest thing to do with a situation like this. >> fire chief dan gunnen says that sprinklers help contain flames to the first floor. >> the sprinklers held the fire down until we got in and where we put the rest of the fire out. >> it's the second manchester fire in the past few days, where rescued from a fire on elm street, nearly 300 gallons of water from the sprinklers helped firefighters. >> sprinklers save lives, certainly. >> firefighters believe improper disposal of smoking materials caused the hanover street fire. most people were allowed to return to their homes, but several apartments have smoke and water damage. >> and the red cross says it's helping eight families who are now homeless. >> in manchester, mike cronin, wmur news 9. >> m children who investigators say were living in filth think conditions is facing child endangerment charges. the father of the children, james grenier was arrested later this week and when they entered the home they found the children in extremely unsanitary and unsafe conditions with human and animal feces scattered throughout the home. new this morning, a hudson man is behind bars facing a list of road. they say that shaun henderson brandished a knife outside with a pizza restaurant. police were able to track him down ten minutes later. police charged henderson of driving while intoxicated, criminal threatening and disobeying a police officer. police are working together on trying to find out who may be responsible for a series of burglaries in the area. wmur's suzanne roantree is in laconia whe a been the break in the case they were looking for. >> over the last few days, laconia police have gotten reports from numerous thefts from businesses and parked cars along route 107. surveillance cameras in the area, show a man rummaging through cars and taking tools, a trailer that was parked in the lot at gilbert at the block company was stolen. >> on wednesday morning, the owners of greenwood reported to number of tools, equipment, and a new hampshire dealer license plate were missing. the items were put into a state-wide data base. thursday night while on patrol, a laconia police officer pulled over a car driven by 21-year-old scott angers. >> while he was conducting an investigation on the vehicle, they learned that the trailer attached to it was stolen. they subsequently seized that vehicle, two plates and the trailer. he was taken into custody. belmont police say one of the license plates that was found in his possession matched the one stolen from greenwoods auto. belmont and laconia police are working together in the investigation. >> what if any of the things stolen was in the laconia stop. >> i would say a good chance the criminal activity may come down >> he faces a class a felony charge of receiving stolen property and was arraigned on several misdemeanors unrelated to tuesday's arrest. suzanne roantree, wmur news 9. amy: two people are recovering in belmont after a car crash op union road. they had to use the jaws of life to free them from the car. the car failed to negotiate a sharp slammed into a tree. we had to cut into the car and roll the roof down to get the patient out. or the patients. actually two patients. a female and a male. they were both transported to the concord hospital. we're told those injuries are not life threatening. >> a londonderry road was caused for hours after a car crashed into a utility pole leaving passengers trapped inside. and the crews worked to replace that pole. the people were trapped inside due to live wires. they were pulled from the vehicle and taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. this morning, a man is facing a dwi charge after crashing his car at route 11 in wilmont. the driver was westbound near walker auto when he lost control, crossed the center line and struck by a pickup truck. investigators say there were no serious injuries. one lane was closed while crews a go fund me page was set up for a family who nearly lost everything in a house fire. a three alarm blaze broke out on haverhill road. the couple rented the home for a decade. the owners of the hoist started this go fund me for their tenants and the goal is to raise $5,000. well, thanksgiving 2016 is in the books and the christmas season is here. and the tree in concord is all lit up this morning. part of the 30th annual concord night. it almost didn't happen. last week lights were ripped out of the tree at the state house and about 600 bulbs were lost. the community raised $500 for new lights and now, everyone is enjoying the tree. >> now, it's time to focus on the holidays and all the good that comes with it, so, i'm really hoping that everybody has a great holiday season. >> well, my grandmother and i try to come out here as often as i can. it's a fun and festive time. it gets us excited for christmas after a day of chilly weather that just adds to the spirit of the season. christmas tree stands are popping up all over new hampshire in tilton, sonny bryson and his family and friends are unloading hundreds of trees trucked in from quebec. they will be ready over the next few weeks. >> i've been doing this since i was 16 years old. astarted out in my front yard with 20 degrees and here i am today. as your decorating for the holidays, keep in mind that we would love for you to show us your lights. wmur is looking for the best christmas light displays around the state. send your pictures and video in with your phone number, name and location with story ideas at wmur.com. we may feature your display on the air this holiday season. the boston man accused of hitting and drags police officers, now faces a judge and he says it's a big out on a jog. got to really look tough almost to look through the fog. reporting 1/8 of a mile visibility at this hour, that fog is thick in many parts of the granite state. how long it lasts as well as the rest of your weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> the boston man accused of hitting and dragging several police officers says it's a big mix-up. police say 34-year-old vincent weeks dragged two officers with his car and hit two others wednesday morning. all four have recovered. weeks' attorney says the police have the wrong man. his sister told them she rented the car involved in the incident for her brother to use. weekes is held without bail on a separate case. >> a judge ruled dylann roof competent to stand trial. it was at a church in charleston and the judge halted the case so roof could undergo a competency evaluation. the death penalty. this morning, we're learning about several red flags involving a school bus driver in that horrific crash in tennessee. investigators say johnthony walker was speeding when he crashed the bus killing six children. there were concerns raised about walker in the weeks leading up to the crash. records show complaints about erratic driver. one student writing earlier this month, qu w three weeks ago while jogging in california has been found alive. the kidnappers are at large. police say sherri papini was found on the side of the road in restraints after being released from her captors 50 miles from her home. investigators say they're now looking for two women in a dark s.u.v. believed to be involved in the abduction. the sheriff says they don't know the motive and don't think >> hey, good saturday morning to you. >> indeed, hearing about a lot of fog out there. >> it's very thick out there. we are going to take a look at web cams and show you some of the thick fog out there all over the state and of course, when will it go away? >> when will it? that's your job. josh will be right back with his forecast and then, an accidental invitation that ended up with a stranger at the thanksgiving dinner table and a new friendship. how these two ended be noisy. be silent. be near. be far. be joyful. be together. celebrate joy with dunkin's holiday-flavored coffees, espressos, and donuts. who says i shouldn't have a soda every day? ly my wife. hey wait. we have better bubbles. make sparkling water at home and drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. love your water. dunkin's sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back with twice the crispy, caramelized peppered bacon. experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. >> now, meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch 9 forecast. josh: it's a thick morning out there. dense fog across a portion of granite state. if you're heading outside driving, please use extra caution out there. this is warner, you have to take my word for it because you can't see it. the granite state. notice the top of the street it says unlimited visibility for mount washington, that's because you can see over the fog for unlimited, as far as your eye can see until the curvature of the earth kicks in. as you can see, the low visibility is at many of the airports around the state. down to 1/8 of a mile visibility pea soup thick out there. the wind is not going to help us for sure. wind sometimes helps disperse the fog, but there's no wind to speak of. light and variable there. the wind doesn't pick up until tomorrow. it's breezy out there tomorrow. there's a look at the temperatures and the interesting thing about fog, it really limits how much the temperatures can go up or down. so, because of all of that fog out there, you can see the temperatures are very even all over the place. let's take a look at various here is gilford and there's the fog all over the lake. we go to the seacoast, rye beach and more fog out there and thick fog is certainly in plymouth where we have seen about a quarter mile visibility all morning long. and one more for you here, lake sunapee, you can see the fog over the lake. it's everywhere, well, most everywhere, you may or may not see it, if you're on a little you may be looking overthe fog, many places reporting that. partly sunny out there. these are the clouds above it. this is the disturbance to the west and this is a weak alberta system headed toward us. and that will fill in the clouds and some scattered showers. notice, there's plenty of snow involved in that right now, but as it approaches us, the temperatures are going to be warming just enough that it should change over maybe a brief mix in the monadnock region, but it should change over to rain here. it also breaksrt how many showers we see out of this. a couple of sprinkles or a shower or two or three maybe for some locations, in northern new hampshire, certainly, mixed precipitation and snow as we go through the day today. off and on into the day and clearing kicking in tomorrow as the winds reverse and start to come down out of the northwest, they bump into the mountains and that's why these are localized. everywhere else tomorrow. partly sunny skies and breezy check out monday's forecast, all of that sunshine, before the next batch of rain works in. highs today low to mid 40's with morning fog and plenty of clouds and some scattered showers, tomorrow partly sunny, breezy, and snow showers in the mountains and this week ahead, rain starting tuesday afternoon on and off through thursday. it's possible, some areas could see, two, three, even four inches of much-needed beneficial rain this upcoming week starting tuesday afternoon. >> that's good. >> let's bring it on before we freeze up the ground. >> it's a story the internet was quick to gobble up. a grandmother's accidentsal text that will he had to a stranger's invitation to thanksgiving dinner. amy: lindsey davis has more on how the accidental envytation led to unexpected friendship. >> how are you? >> leave it to 21st century technology to bring a thanksgiving twist like this. >> this is our home and let's go >> 17-year-old jamal hinton was sitting in school when he got this text message from wanda dench thought she was giving it to her grandson. thanksgiving is my house, let me know if you're coming. and even after they sent selfies to clear up the mix-ups. he texted can i still get a plate though? . of course you can, that's what grandmothers do, feed everne of god. >> he's bringing a tool and message to others. >> a text message in this case that's become a teachable moment for us all. >> there are more nice people in the world than i thought. >> turns out the wrong number provided just the right connection i love being here, feel like we can connect and bond. >> one more reason to be thankful. lippedsy davis-- gluten-free recipe. hi there, everybody, we've got an interesting and delicious dish on cooks corner. we're joined by bruce barnes. thanks for coming in, we are appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> what are you making? in the fall at part of the native american museum opening there. it's a wild rice salad, with watercress, marinaded roast beef and we do a pear and apple vinaigrette with spiced pumpkin seeds and sun dried cherries. we like to pull it out. it's gluten-free and everybody and their mother is gluten-free so that's the way to . you quickly. it's-- pre cooked it and it's been dy - blanched with some water, just until it's nice and tender, all right. ok. >> we are going to add some of our carrots and-- it's a lot of color to this salad. >> a lot of color, so like to add the carrots in early. the surprised pumpkin seeds as well and these have been toasted is what we make at the inn, it's apples and pureed pears and sweetened with honey. >> you guys were recently honored as one of the best place toss get a meal? >> actual new hampshire magged we took over in february and the october issue we were voted one of the top hampshire. >> very nice. >> we are getting a great response from it. people should definitely check out our website. we are having-- offering some dining destination packages that offer lodging and dining at a reduced rate. >> remind people you can stay there and eat there and travel around the area. >> travel. >> a beautiful part of the state. >> yep. at this point we are going to add the water crest to it and we and share ours every month and so we do different regions of the world. >> pair the wine. >> with the food and soen on and so forth. we're already marinaded this and tossed the salad together here and we're just going to plate it. >> i like the plates. >> thank you. this could be set as a composed salad or as, on a buffet or as a deconstructed salad as we do for the pre set our plates with the marinaded beets. kind of decorate it. >> put that together. and a little bit of the watercress that's undressed. what's great with the solid, he wh you put it on the buffet, you can do the salad ahead of time and stand and-- colby hill inn.com. and our menu is posted every week and changes with the season. we're farm to table driven restaurant and changes every week, depending what we can get at the farmers market and check it out every week. >> all right, thank you. >> very simple. >> that's it. >> thank you very much, sir. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. >> good morning, it's 8:30, i'm amy coveno. we begin with a live look although you can hardly tell, that is portsmouth along the seacoast, socked in with fog there. 35 degrees at this hour, a look at top stories on the half hour. president announces fidel castro's death. he was 90 years old. >> it's a working weekend for president-elect donald trump. announcing more names for his administration. >> the holiday shopping continues after black friday. more than 100 million people are expected to do shopping this weekend. >> first, let's check in with josh judge at the weather center. that fog is hanging on, josh. >> very thick out there. the fog advisoroe and it will outlast that. very low visibility this morning. a quarter mile, even 1/8 of a mile. those are the point ones you're seeing in places like portsmouth. check it out. you can hardly see it, you can't see anything in the web-cam which isn't showing up. here is manchester's web-cam and you can see the thick fog out there and many locations around the state this morning. all right, here is the current temperatures, low to mid 30's until 9:00. again, this fog will last well beyond that. it's going to take its time. as i've been showing you all morning, there's no wind to help disperse it and really no sunshine so we have to allow it to do its own burning off this morning, it will take a little bit of time. off to our west we've got some scattered showers that will move in. rain and snow now. they turn into mostly rain showers for the state today, but some snow showers in the mountains. we'll talk about the second half of the weekend, whether we get some sunshine in here coming >> we continue to follow breaking news this morning, as the world reacts to the death of fidel castro. castro's brother announced his death. in miami police blocked off streets as people celebrated in little havana. under castro, cuba became the one and only communist state in the western hemisphere. >> green party presidential candidate jill stein officially filed a recall request in wisconsin. officials say stein filed about an hour and a half before friday's deadline. the stein campaign has been raising money to cover the cost of recounts in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. the green party candidate says she wants to make sure hackers did not mess with the results. meantime, president-elect donald trump is moving forward with his cabinet selections after celebrating thanksgiving in top staffers will be joining his administration. trump tapped fax news analyst kt mcfarland to serve as deputy security advisor and campaign attorney donald mccann as white house counsel. others awaiting appointment are homeland security and veterans affairs. >> in washington d.c., military organizers are working around the clock with trump's people ahead of the big day. presidential inauguration. >> from the ceremonial band to the horses involved in the parade, thousands of participants are getting ready for the 58th presidential inauguration of trump. and just as they have since the first inauguration, service members will play a large role, to eggs, the u.s. army band will march in the parade and be part of the celeio rehearseals that take place, including a full scale rehearsal where we march down pennsylvania avenue. >> to prepare to rehearse. >> a lead event planner of the military, part of 11 inaugurations. >> it's part of the challenge here, is that we start far in advance of the time who will win the election. >> this started right after involved says that planning picks up in the last year closer to the election. they said that trump's team has not made any requests as of yet. we've just established contact with them as they start to organize after the election. >> it's not just ceremonial planning. service members will also be on stand by to assist the secret service if needed. major general bradley becker says the event is meaningful. >> this peaceful transfer of power that takes place every four years in our country and what an honor it is. >> for the service members involved, and to all who might witness it. >> in washington. >> the department of defense says three to 500,000 spectators typically pack the national mall for the inauguration. more than 1 million people attend president obama's first swearing in. pulled back. the national retail federation found before the election, 25% of consumers said the race would impact holiday spending and 43% said they would be more cautious. in its postline election outlook, the nrf expects holiday sales to reach 656 billion dollars. >> consumer were concerned at one point in time that depending on the result of the election, it could affect a little bit of their spending. >> the national retail ten americans will shop either in stores or online this weekend. plenty of people took to the internet to do some holiday shopping this thanksgiving. online shopping sales for thanksgiving day totalled 1.93 billion dollars. up 11% compared to last year, but does fall short of the original prediction of $2 billion. black friday online sales are expected to surpass, 3 billion dollars. cyber security experts are offering some advice to make sure you don't get scammed. websites and apps and beware of deals that look too good to be true. if possible, use a credit card instead of a debit card and warn that you should be home when packages are delivered. >> ask a neighbor, see if they'll pick it up for you, time the delivery, track the delivery. and the about he is thing you can do is ask your boss for permission to have things that you're buying for the holidays shipped to work. >> experts say change your passwords frequently and never use your social media for online shopping. >> the spca, during the save a life sale, people want to go an i doesn't an animal can pick their price on older animals and a special price on kittens as well and they say it's their most successful adoption day of the year. >> and a lot of people give the full adoption price and some people give more. to us is they're getting great - and more than 50 animals adopted. holiday fun across the granite state. even santa claus himself makes an appearance. we'll tell you, what's happening, new hampshire. >> and it's time for football and jamie staton is here to preview the game against lehigh. josh: lots of fog on the docket for today. lots of showers headed in our direction and we'll show you the >> meteorologist josh judge with your storm watch forecast. josh: it's fog as far as the eye can see or cannot see. some areas are thickly settled that's what it looks like toward mount monadnock, you don't get to see too much. and manchester and pease airports. wind will usually help disperse the fog. not the case this morning. it's background to take time slowly. dense fogg advisories, will extend in some areas. 32 and 36 degrees, not a wide temperature spread this morning thanks to the fog. highs are on average, 44 degrees on this day every year, if we average together. how do you get na? you average together the last 30 years. and 44 is the average and will be very close to that. sometimes it's uncanny how close to the average. probably 43, maybe 44 for a high in concord today, but probably right around there. there's a look at the clouds above that fog. so, if you're in a higher area you don't have anywhere where you are, you perhaps are seeing partly sunny skies out there this morning. clouds off to our west though and showers going to be moving in. we zoomed in the doppler radar here toward albany and steaming toward vermont and eventually in our direction, the showers. however, the area of showers are shrinking and will continue to do so as it moves toward us. do look for scattered rain showers or sprinkles at times today, and those clouds will be thickening up once the fog burns off if it go. and the showers move in and here is how they do it on futurecast. notice how they break apart into not much, but still, some scattered sprinkles out there. and in the north country they will be mixed showers of rain and/or snow and that could continue on through the well. gradually overnight. clearing works in and the breeze picks up and that will help disperse any leftover fog. sunshine in the mountains. otherwise a mixture of clouds and sunshine for your sunday. much brighter day for tomorrow. and speaking of bright days, how about monday. even in the north country, the snow showers dry up and we see sunshine on monday. late monday, here is comes, the next disturbance which will bring a good batch of rain. so, about a showers today and look at that, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, very high chances of rain, in fact, it could be very heavy. along with the rain does come some slightly milder air, a bump in the jetstream or a ridge, starting this week. and it does warm things up a little bit, but, of course, that's right when the rain will be around and into the week and next weekend, things look colder all over again. highs today, low to mid 40's and then tomorrow, similar temperatures, lower 40's to mid through thursday, on again/off again downpours and some heavy rainfall. several inches of beneficial rain is likely to fall in that tuesday to thursday time period. and we'll take every drop. amy: ok. yes, we will. from visiting with santa to holiday shopping, plenty to do. sean macdonald tells us, what's happening, new hampshire. >> streets of nashua today as the city marks 23 years of the annual winter holiday stroll. more than 30,000 people are expected to attend. it starts at 5 p.m. with a candlelit procession at city hall. followed by the lighting of the cities official christmas tree. the holiday celebrations continue in laconia, at the annual holiday parade downtown. the parade starts at 4 p.m. from wyatt park, followed by the tree head to derry for more holiday magic at the 30th annual holiday parade today. featuring more than 80 float, bands and clouds. the parade kicks off at 1:00. also today, the loon center plenty of holiday fun for the family, the 14th annual holiday open house starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 2:00 today. santa arrives at 11:00. continue your holiday shopping in greenland at the market. plenty of unique gifts are up for grabs. the event is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. and that's what's happening new hampshire, i'm sean macdonald. wmur news 9. >> now, news 9 sports. >> all right, hope you're having a great holiday so far. it was a busy friday night in sports. let's start on the ice, flames at the bruins, throwback second period, looked like boston tied it up when they were down. chad johnson, the goalie goes down, patrice bergeron fires it in. they were celebrating. on further review, marchand caused the goalie to go down, pushing a flames player into the goalie, no goal. claude julien was not happen. it was shaller assist on the 19th of the year. monarchs had a rough night for sure. and florida is in green, harris to o'donnell, 2-0 florida and harris set up michael kirkpatrick and they go on to win 4-1. former unh skater, just augusta the only goal for the manchester monarchs. now we move on to a big hockey game tonight. at madison square garden of the the first ever trip for them to play at madison square garden. >> i think it's exciting for the players, the coaches, i know coaching staff we've not been there to go to play at madison square garden. for everything it brings, not only the rangers, but the great events at madison square garden and being in new york city over the holiday is pretty exciting. jamie: good luck to unh tonight. the celtics hosted a antonio spurs team yesterday afternoon. a drive and throw it down. he had 12 points and 10 rebounds and then avery bradley with a nice alley-oop from isaiah thomas. a close game. spurs win 109-103. and taking on tennessee martin sky hawks. gabriel got the start and six rebounds from him. kentucky wins 111-76. state monday at 7:00. now, we're onto unh football. it's playoff time for the 13th straight year they're in the playoffs. they take on the lehigh mountain hawks. unh leads with the all-time series 12-3. this is the 16th all time meeting. adam reece gets the start for unh. trevor had a twisted turf toe. >> the offense since the second game of the year averaging over 40 points a game. they've done it and they can run the football and they can pass and they have three or four talented receivers. >> they've got a lot of good players and definitely playing with a chin on their shoulders. they're going to try to do their thing and we're going to do our best to beat them. >> watching the film, defense is very good and they fly around and it's just a matter of us being able to, you know, go in be able to execute our plays. >> look at the lineup of college football. it's awesome, michigan and ohio state and notre dame usc, florida at florida state under the lights, watch them on channel 9. >> a welcomed sight for the patriots fan. tom brady at practice, sidelined with a knee injury. it's questionable and you know he'll be there when the pats play at the jets sunday 4:25. >> a lot of close games because they'rey team, now? they always have been and they, you know, all the games that we play against them are tight games. they've got a good defense and had a good defense for a long time. they always are in the game right there and find a way to create turnovers. they're a really good football team. >> it should be a fun one to watch. patriots favored by 7 1/2 points. have a great weekend. still ahead here on news 9 this morning, it's beginning to look a lot like christmas as first the white house. now to our u local hot shot. teddy the chipmunk was getting in the thanksgiving spirit this past week. we're told there were plenty of peanuts on the dinner menu just for this little guy. submit your pictures and video got any good gift ideas? ? verizon prepaid is gonna be my gift ? ? no extra charges ? ? cash stays in your pocket ? ? it's got hd streaming others are too stingy... ? 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(vo) give verizon prepaid with always-on data on the best network er month. >> on the weekend after thanksgiving, it's not too unusual to regret some the smithsonian national zoo's giant panda cubs is it likely among those who wishes he could take a few bites back. this is bebe. he's a 19-month-old panda who had to undergo surgery since he had too much bamboo. that sounds painful. it was successful and he's recovering. christmas decorations are underway in the nation's capital. michelle obama is decorating, an the first lady watched as the christmas tree was delivered. she was accompanied by her nephews and dogs bo and sonny. tree is 90 feet tall and hales from wisconsin. is your tree up at your house? >> no, and i understand you're doing some decorating to understand? >> decorating today. josh: should we all come and help you, a couple thousands of people. amy: sure i'd love that, yeah. josh: you know what? sprinkles or some showers at times throughout the mid day and afternoon hours today. otherwise cloudy and very thick fog that's going to take time to burn off in locations. a little bit more sun. partly breezy in the mountains. amy: you have to be careful because the fog is hanging on. josh: it is thick and dangerous on the roads. amy: thank you for joining us, good morning america is next. josh and i will be hanging everybody knows that goodwill helps people. but what not everybody knows is how. basically, you give us the stuff you're not using... vroom! screech! ...and we sell it to someone who'll use it. then, we use the money to educate and employ people. because at goodwill we see potential everywhere good morning, america. breaking overnight, fidel castro who ruled the country for nearly half a century dead at age 90. his brother, the current leader, making the announcement. 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