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WMUR News 9 Daybreak October 7, 2015

, children. Announcer no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Sean good morning, thank you for waking up with us. I m Sean Mcdonald. Beautiful weather in yesterday and today is more of the same. Feels good for october. Kevin had some clouds up north and a slight chance of a shower in the North Country. Not as much fog this morning. Temperatures a little bit milder than yesterday. Partly cloudy skies foremost. Extra clouds up north. A front approaching from the west. Temperatures ranging from 34 in berlin to 46 in manchester. 60 this afternoon. Holiday weekend coming up. Let s look at your morning ride. We re joined live by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. Good wednesday morning. Deb 93 southbound, we need to watch for Road Construction and the concord area between exit 12 and 13. Some drainage work and the left lanes are closed. Give yourself extra time. Through 93 south down, no problems through the hooksett tolls. From manchester to salem. 293, no delays through the mill yard. Left lane shifts between exits five and three due to bridge maintenance. Everett turnpike up to speed. Good. This report is brought to you by peters honda, nissan, and kiao f nashua. I m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Sean the boy who got stuck in a tree in manchester monday night is speaking out about his ordeal. Firefighters actually had to use the jaws of life to free him. Wmur s ray brewer is live at the Manchester Fire Department to explain how the rescue unfolded. Ray nineyearold anthony says he and his friends have climbed the tree on blucher street many times before. But this time he ran into , problems trying to get down. He and his friends climbed the tree on monday to get a better look at a firetruck that was nearby. When he started climbing down anthony got his leg stuck , between a couple of branches 12 feet off the ground. Neighbors managed to flag down the firefighters who were just clearing the scene that anthony had been watching. They tried to lift him out. The boy said it hurt too much so they pulled out the heavy equipment including the jaws of , life. I got sent into the ambulance and right now i just feel relieved that i didn t have to go to the hospital. I think i m really lucky and i should pay more attention. I m going to still climbed trees but i m going to do it safely. Ray anthony says aside from some minor bumps and bruises, he feels great. He certainly has quite the story to tell. Reporting live in manchester, sean thanks. A woman is in the hospital with serious, life threatening injuries this morning after a crash on bypass 28 in derry late yesterday afternoon. Emergency Officials Say the tbone crash happened at the road. The driver of one vehicle was thrown to the other side of her car. And crews had to cut the side of her car off to free her. Police say she was not wearing a seatbelt. She was flown to a massachusetts hospital. The other driver suffered only sean Concord Police say they have arrested nine people in the last week for selling meth. As part of the investigation, officers executed several search warrants and also seized more than 30 grams of meth, a small amount of heroin, and about 40,000 in cash. The arrests follow a six month investigation. Firefighters in franklin say a new program to crack down on crime is already proving to be effective. The see something, Say Something program is simple, if you see anything that is suspicious or doesn t seem right or if you see someone that may need medical attention, report it right away. Even if you don t think it seems too serious. It may not be just in franklin, it could also be in communities around us. If we can link some of the crimes from the other communities and some of the suspicious activities it will help foil some of those events. Sean chief lachapelle says the program already helped them make an arrest in connection with an arson last month. City officials are trying to spread the word to both businesses and residents in the community so that everyone can keep a sharp eye out. Residents in marlborough are being told to boil their water until further notice. A water sample taken at the town hall on monday tested positive for ecoli. Right now, it is unclear where the contamination came from or how long the boil order will remain in place. Federal investigators are now focuing their efforts on finding the data recorder from the ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin with 33 people on board, including seven from new england. The owner of the el faro says the ship was scheduled to be retrofitted but that the captain had a sound plan before setting off. Wmur S Andrew Spencer reports. Andrew people gather for vigils from florida to maine, as the days stretch on with no word from the 33 crew members aboard the cargo ship el faro. Their Family Member ask, why did the el faro sail, and continue to sail, as a Tropical Storm grew into a hurricane as it neared the bahamas. I don t think that they should have shipped them out when they knew that was going on. That makes no sense to me at all. Andrew destiny sparrow says her father was responsible for steering the ship. Her mom relayed the news, the coast guard says the ship sank. Search crews found debris spread across more than 220 square miles. I drove over to her house and i started crying and was just holding her, because it andrew tote services, which owns the el faro, insists the weather seemed favorable at the time and no reports from the captain seemed alarming until the ship lost its propulsion. His plan was a sound plan that would have enabled him to clearly pass around the storm with a margin of comfort that was adequate in his professional opinion. When the ship sailed on tuesday evening, the storm was nowhere near what it was at the time that the vessel became disabled. Andrew all of that will be part of the investigation by the National Transportation safety board. We will be studying the meteorological conditions and all of the factors that went into the Decision Making to sail on that day and to continue sailing. The ntsb expects that investigation to take at least a week. Andrew spencer, wmur news 9. Sean efforts are underway this morning to raise money to help the family of a North Hampton Police Officer who died suddenly condition. Officer Peter Cormier was an 18year veteran of the police department, a member of the New Hampshire air national guard, and the sniper leader for the seacoast Emergency Response team. He was also married with 17month old twins. Lieutenant dawn sawyer of the Greenland Police department, where cormier s brother jamie is an officer, has started a go fund me page to help the family. Pete s death was not a line of duty death. He s not eligible for a lot of the benefits that would come with that. It doesn tragic but now we have a family want to raise as much money as sean the effort has already raised more than 31,000. Calling hours for officer cormier are tomorrow night in hampton, he will be laid to rest on friday. Still to come on news 9 daybreak a local mother is taking on , target after finding what she says is a potentially dangerous especially given the current heroin epidemic here in New Hampshire. New england is known for beautiful fall foliage and now a massachusetts man wants to share the color with the rest of the country three leaves at a time. ,in the next crews are racing to half hour, repair and protect a cemetery in laconia before more of the ground crumbles and sean wednesday morning, october 7. Live look in concord. Mid30 s in the North Country to 40 s elsewhere. Mild afternoon before things cool off for the end of the week and the Holiday Weekend. Sean a seacoast woman is asking target to pull a toy from store shelves, calling it potentially dangerous. Susan haight spotted the partypacks of toy pens made to look like hypodermic needles she says the product is considering the current heroin epidemic. And with discarded needles turning up in parks and on school grounds, many parents agree. It is sickening i don t know appropriate for halloween or find it unacceptable. Sean so far, target has refused to pull the toy and told news 9 that other retailers sell similar items. But haight isn t giving up and has launched an effort on facebook trying to get others to add pressure. Do you remember the guy from massachusetts who started selling snow from all the blizzards last winter . Now he is looking to cash in on another season. 27yearold kyle waring is now selling new england fall foliage. He preserves them so that the color is enhanced and will last for years. For 20 you get 3 leaves and a he will ship anywhere in the u. S. And Rush Delivery is available. Coming up pound for pound they , have more protein than beef and provide many other valuable nutrients. One local farmer is hoping to add crickets to your dinner menu. Plus search efforts continue , after a mudslide in guatemala and now it seems that the government knew last year that it is time to deal with skyrocketing outofpocket costs. Commentator the 32yearold head of a Pharmaceutical Company raised the price of a lifesaving drug overnight by 5,000 . Im announcing a detailed plan to crack down on these abuses. Commentator he may be lowering it after Hillary Clinton blasted him out of the water. The outofpocket costs that consumers have to pay. Clinton nobody in america should have to choose between buying the medicine they need and paying their rent. And i approve this message. Sean welcome back, everybody. Amtrak officials now say they hope to have the Vermonter Service back up and running by this weekend after a train derailed on monday. Seven people were hurt when the train crashed into a rockslide , but all are out of the hospital this morning. Crews are now working to remove the derailed cars and locomotive and repair the damaged tracks. Federal investigators are still reviewing the crash including , how fast the train was going and when the brakes were applied. Government officials in guatemala have now declared a canyon neighborhood massive mudslide buried an entire village under more than 40 feet of dirt. At least 186 people are now confirmed dead in that slide with 300 still missing. A government report nearly a year ago showed that the area was unstable and that people should be moved out, and prosecutors are now trying to figure out why no action was actually taken. There is a warning this morning for eversource customers, beware of a scam. The company says many customers have reported fraud attempts, including threats to shut off people s electricity unless they make an immediate payment, often in large amounts. Eversource says its representatives will never demand instant payments over the phone, and they don t require customers to use prepaid debit cards. Microsoft is rolling out a new laptop computer. The surface book provides added permance beyond the standard surface tablet, but the screen is detachable so it can become a tablet. Microsoft has also unveiled the updated surface 4 pro tablet with a larger screen and faster processor, and two new phones that have an optional dock allowing users to connect a computer monitor, keyboard and mouse. The resale value for volkswagen diesel cars is plunging. Kelley blue book says the average resale price for vw s with two liter diesel engines is down 13 in the last few weeks since the automaker admitted it cheated on u. S. Emissions tests involving 11 million vehicles. Listen to this farming in , vermont is certainly nothing new. But one family is raising a rather unique crop and looking to expand. The Swanson Family owns tomorrow s harvest. An organic cricket farm in williston and these insects are intended to end up on your dinner plate. That is right. Right now, they are raising european house crickets in a shed, but they are raising money to expand to a five thousand square foot warehouse. The family says crickets are a great source of protein and are environmentally friendly. They produce almost no greenhouse gases, they use very little space, they can actually be raised off of food waste eventually. Sean right now, there are just 4 other cricket farms for human consumption in north america. The swansons say crickets can be sauteed and eaten whole or frozen to be saved for later. They are also available as a powder that can be added to things like cookies or pasta. I used to have a lizard. Only serve 10 things like this. Never thought of eating at myself. Kevin the fact that they are european crickets does not make it more palatable. Last time i tried a european bathing suit it did not work out well. [laughter] a rare experience on daybreak. We start off early this morning with patchy fog. Temperatures in the 30 s up north and 40 s elsewhere. In your headlines, another mile day. Temperatures above average by several degrees looking at 64 in the North Country. Lower 70 s in southern spots. Caller cooler air later on tonight. A cool day tomorrow, 5565. Clouds move in and scattered showers move along with it. Endgame is to get the system out in time for the columbus day weekend. Thicker cloud cover up north with a few breaks. That is where we will have clouds today to southern areas in and out of high clouds in the afternoon it another nice day with partial sunshine. Here s the front, not much fanfare of shower activity. Temperatures where the clouds have broken in the mid30 s, you re in the upper range of the 40 s. Which is where some southern areas are with a light breeze. Temperatures 46 degrees above where we were yesterday in most locations, except some areas up north. Search surge of warmth. Wind direction is everything, if it comes out of the south or southwest we will warmup. If it is coming out of canada, cold. Today, out of the west. Passing clouds and a figure cloud cover up north. Overnight, between 32 degrees up north to mid 40 s and southern areas. Full sunshine tomorrow, 5565 and more autumn like. Clouds increase into friday. Scattered shower activity moving through friday. Should pull away later friday evening. With clearing skies overnight friday night, it sets up a nice Holiday Weekend with temperatures from the cool side on saturday to near normal sunday and then above average monday. Temperatures today either side of 70 in southern areas. Tonight, we drop back with clearing skies or conditions. Extended forecast shows either side of 70 and not returning until sometime around columbus day. We could be into the upper 60 s to near 70 degrees. Next system arriving tuesday. We ve fallen into an autumn like pattern. The ups and downs of the forecast above and below normal, doing that every three or four days, that seems to be the trend for the next couple weeks. Sean we ve found something less palatable than sauteed crickets. Let s check our top stories. Ray a9yearold boy who got stuck climbing a tree in manchester is talking about the experience. Anthony said he and his friends climbed the tree to get a look at a fire truck when he started climbing down, he got stuck between a couple branches. Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to pry him free. Anthony says he intends to keep climbing trees, he s going to do it safely. Sean a woman was flown to a massachusetts hospital with serious, life threatening injuries after a two car crash firefighters had to cut the side of her car off in order to free her from the wreckage. A go fund me page is helping raise money for the family of a North Hampton Police Officer who died suddenly over the weekend from a heart problem. Didn his family doesn t qualify for many benefits. Check this out. Scientists have discovered a new species on an island that seems to be teeming with i thought southern New Hampshire university was only online. But then i visited and saw that there was this amazing campus, with a great campus culture. The community was just amazing, i really feel like this is my family. Ive made so many friends here, friends that i know ill have for life. I have everything i need to succeed right here. Theres always something happening here. This is such a fun place to be. Everybody really loves what theyre doing here. Sean scientists in indonesia have discovered a new species of mammal. Take a look. It is called the hognosed rat sounds like something out of harry potter. And researchers say it has features that have never before been seen by science. Kevin the rat features a large, flat, pink nose like a pig, large ears, small mouth and long front teeth. It is the third new species found on the same island in the last 3 years. Sean wow. If you want to discover something, go to that island. I guess it had to adapt to its environment. A little girl pulled from her kindergarten class after a month of learning. But she did nothing wrong and seems to be exhaling. Plus, talk about overcoming obstacles. A soccer goalie is showing off t an answer no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Sean top of the morning. Wednesday, october seventh. 43 degrees in meredith. Another beautiful fall day. Kevin will talk about that. First, top stories. A nineyearold boy who had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a tree in manchester is now speaking out you will hear from him. A man from keene is facing an animal cruelty charge after police say he kicked and killed his neighbor s 17yearold dog. And repairs are underway at a cemetery in laconia after heavy rains caused a culvert to collapse, leaving a gaping sinkhole dangerously close to gravesites. Any rain in the forecast . Kevin the chance of a shower up north. Our best chance coming friday. The endgame would be to push this out for the Holiday Weekend. 34 in berlin, 40 six in manchester. Temperatures in the afternoon in the 60 s. A few southern spots above 70 degrees. Up and down temperatures of at the next week or so. Sean yesterday was one of those days where you had the shorts on but you had to bring the layers when the sun

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