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Fate after admitting to causing a deadly crash while driving drunk earlier this year. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Erin good morning, New Hampshire. Thanks for joining us. I m erin fehlau. We are waking up to a very rainy morning out there. Kevin skarupa joins us. How much longer is the rain going to last . Kevin maybe on and off through the afternoon. At least a couple more hours. We may have a few wind gusts over 40 Miles Per Hour. The last of the rain showers pull through in the next couple hours. Highs going from the mid40 s to the upper 50 s today. Wind advisory posted for parts of the state through 6 00 this evening. A look at your ride this morning. We are joined live by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. Good Tuesday Morning. Deb good Tuesday Morning. Wet roadways are going to slow things down a bit. All major roadways in New Hampshire are moving well. We are not seeing any problems from the tilton area to the hooksett tolls and from manchester down into salem. 293 is looking good. 101, 111, and the spalding are up to speed. No problems or delays into and around boston. This report is being brought to you by minuteman health. Affordable Health Insurance is here, New Hampshire. Minuteman health join the revolution. From the wzid traffic network, i m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Erin thank you so much. Get ready for round five. The race for the republican nomination for president will take the stage in las vegas tonight. It is the first gop debate since the attacks in paris and california. Stephanie the stage is set for the last gop debate of 2015. Nine candidates will stand on stage for the most critical event heading into the iowa caucuses. I expect to win iowa. Stephanie trump took aim at s main sticking points. Like mexico and the wall. Folks, you are killing us. You are making too much money. The wall is going to cost 9 billion. Stephanie brandnew numbers out showing trump hitting 41 with republicans, the highest support this debate may now be a twoman race between trump and senator ted cruz. On the debate stage, trump will be flanked by ted cruz and ben carson. Carson recently called coverage of him and his campaign dishonest. T find any scandals. S see if we can make this guy look crazy. Stephanie marco rubio, jeb bush, carly fiorina, john kasich, rand paul, and Chris Christie round out the cr field. Trump says it is going to be good. Stephanie trump offered a short note from his doctor saying, trump s physical strength and stamina are extraordinary. Start a new series looking at some of the biggest issues the new president will likely face. Today, we will look a National Security and the fight against terrorism. Open his Campaign Office in town hall in hampton. The latest Granite State poll shows the vermont senator has a 10 point lead over Hillary Clinton. Race is much closer, he was confident last night during a town hall in hollis. I m here in New Hampshire to ask for your vote, for your support to help us win in New Hampshire and i think we have an excellent chance to do that. Erin last night s gathering was part town hall, part promotional shoot for sanders. A derry man will spend seven years behind bars after drinking eight beers and getting behind the wheel and killing a man, Kevin O Donnell. Emotions were rob. Emotions were raw in yesterday s hearing. Ray they were. Michael dixon pled guilty yesterday. Family members of Kevin O Donnell, who died in the crash, say they hope is seven years his seven years behind bars feel like a lifetime. Dixon did not stop at the scene. He fled the scene and hid in a tree. I will never forget turning my father s lifeless body over. I hate you with every ounce of my being. You disgust me. Dixon may not be a bad person, he is deserving of a long sentence, especially considering a prior dui conviction in texas. Ray brewer, wmur news 9. Erin a man accused of pointing a gun at a man over the weekend and firing at a house in dover is due in court. Police arrested Jeremy Jackson last night and charged with criminal threatening, reckless conduct, and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He got in a fight before pulling a gun. No one was hurt. A keene man accused of selling drugs is due in court. Police seized cash, 120 grams of heroin, and cocaine from 28yearold Christopher Foster jr. s home. Officers arrested several other people as part of their drug investigation over the weekend. Jury deliberations continue in the philip chism murder trial. The jury must decide if he was insane when he killed his teacher, colleen ritzer, inside Danvers High School in 2013. He faces firstdegree murder and aggravated rape charges, among others. His defense team claims he was in the throes of a psychotic episode when he killed colleen ritzer. Still ahead, a local High School Principal is helping a former student battling cancer. And Courtney Vashaw has some great news of her own, too. Start teaching kids early. That was the message in concord yesterday. Officials say it could save our schools a lot of money. A manchester teen saved a s people are working harder than ever, but the everyday cost of perscriptions, child care, or even just buying groceries can be a stretch for too many families. Hillarys plan raise the minimum wage, get equal pay for women, cut taxes for the middle class, and new incentives for business to share profits with employees instead of just rewarding ceos. Those at the top are doing just fine. Its your family that needs a raise. Im Hillary Clinton, and i kevin it is Tuesday Morning, december 15. It is going to be a changeable day as the rain winds down in southern areas. We will talk about the details for the rest of the week and the cooldown that eventually comes in in time for the weekend coming up. Erin governor Maggie Hassan and the state delegation are pledging to make Early Education a priority. Spark New Hampshire is the Early Childhood advisory. The goal is to highlight the number of Granite Staters who have taken a pledge for the children of New Hampshire. My mom, when she and i used to talk about what kids needed more than anything else, she would say, kids need to know they have a grownup in their corner. I m looking out at a room of adults that have pledged to be that grown up in the corner for New Hampshire s children. Erin spark New Hampshire says start reduces Health Problems and special education costs. A local High School Principal is helping to return the generosity of her students. Last spring, the senior class at Profile Junior High School donated all the money they raised for their class trip to their principal Courtney Vashaw, after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. She is returning the favor. 18yearold aurora brown learned that she has kidney cancer, so Courtney Vashaw worked with her former classmates to raise more than 4000. Courtney vashaw herself was declared cancerfree last week. Wonderful news there. Coming up, the force awakens the new star wars movie erin more than four years have passed since Tropical Storm irene swamped new england, but the rebuilding process continues. After 130 million in upgrades, the State Government complex in waterbury, vermont is finally updated. Fc is rolling out a new vending machine offering Healthy Options pepsi is rolling out a new vending machine offering Healthy Options and no actual pepsi. The hello goodness vending machine has touch to display nutritional information and will even suggest food and drink pairings based on the time of day. It is so great. It is amazing. Wonderful. The force awakens premiered last night in hollywood. Guarded. The reporters who were there reveal spoilers. At the reviews are good. But the reviews are good. Lauren storm troopers and r2d2 close behind. John boyega, starring in the lead role of. It is great to be here. Lauren they all hit the red carpet for a highly anticipated film people know little about until now. And more. A lot of surprises. There was a really big plot a little bit. It exceeded. Done. It was so good. Lauren the force awakens will open later this week on over 4000 screens across the country. Back in 1977, star wars opened in less than 50 theaters, no red carpet premiere, and the director was so sure it would flop, he was vacationing in hawaii. Back then, Harrison Ford says when he first played the role of han solo, he could not have imagined the success of series would have now. I m really sick cited to get this movie excited to get this movie out there for the audience. Lauren the highest grossing star wars movie ever was the phantom menace. Abc news, hollywood. Erin i don t know. I m one of those that is so excited to see this movie. I cannot wait. You, not so much. [laughter] kevin i just never saw it as a kid. I guess i m one of the few. Erin there are people out there. Kevin i m the exception to the rule. [laughter] erin i can t wait kevin let me know how it is. Erin i will. Kevin we start off with the rain shower activity. Some spots, over 0. 75 inches of rainfall. The leading edge of the windier conditions are located with the last line that you are seeing back over albany, new york. We will see some gusts over 45 Miles Per Hour into the afternoon. We start off the day with some shower activity. It likely hangs on through the afternoon. Central and southern areas likely clear out to partial sunshine into the afternoon. Temperatures starting off in the low and mid 40 s. You will notice the cooler air that will eventually be editing in ebbing in. We are nine degrees above normal for the first couple weeks of this month. We will be cooling down over the next couple of days and getting back closer to the averages over the weekend. If we get to 58 in concord today, that is a record high. You can see how this plays out. By 1 00, still a few more showers up north. Central and southern areas, a backandforth between clouds and sun. The wind will be gusting into the afternoon. The last of the showers up north early this evening. The breeze will diminish overnight. Cooler temperatures tomorrow, highs upper 30 s to mid 40 s. We start adding clouds ahead of the next system. Thursday afternoon and thursday night, we will have more showers making their way through. Here are the gusts by later on today. We are talking gusts near 40 Miles Per Hour. Especially in the higher terrain. High temperatures today just about statewide will be into the 50 s. Upper 40 s in the North Country. The winds will be gusting through about 8 00 or 9 00 this evening. There will be a lighter wind with sunshine out there tomorrow. Low and mid 40 s for highs on thursday morning. Showers developing thursday afternoon and winding down on friday. Then some much colder conditions. This weekend is going to feel a lot more like december. Gusty winds and highs only in the 30 s. Kevin and those numbers are normal for this time of year. Erin back to average. We do want to check our top stories. Here is ray brewer. Ray Michael Dixon pled guilty to dui negligent homicide, aggravated dui, and conduct after an accident. Family members of Kevin O Donnell, who died in the crash , said his seven years behind bars feels like a life sentence. Erin a man charged with a in connection with a shooting in dover will appear in court. Jeremy jackson pulled a gun during a fight and fired a shot into a home. Of cash, heroin, and cocaine foster jr. s home. Still ahead, people are always paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Sanders im Bernie Sanders erin the Salvation Army red kettles are filling up with cash these days. Organizers in massachusetts have received half a dozen pieces of jewelry in the last week, mostly diamond rings. One even came with a note saying it was given in memory of a loving fiance. Kevin someone dropped a vintage woman s watch. Someone left a ring and necklace set with diamonds and emeralds. Three silver dollars from the 1800s were donated. Erin a lot of people might not have cash on hand, but they have these old pieces of jewelry and they want them to do some good. An architect in kazakhstan has a unique plan for his apartment building. He wants to build a ski slope on the 21story building named the slalom house. It would run about 1000 feet long. Kevin the architect says it would cost about 70 million to build, but has heard of several people who are interesting in making it a reality. Erin interesting. Let s just hope there are lots of barriers for anyone who is just learning. [laughter] kevin local risktakers may have fun with that. Erin preserving the history of now you have a chance to contribute, showing how you interact with the candidates. Class, plus, Paralympic Champion Victoria Arlen has a performance reporting at the Special Olympics over the no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Lauren good morning to you erin good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. We are going to take a look at how long the rain showers are going to last. A man from derry will spend seven years in prison for causing a deadly accident while drunk. Michael dixon admitted to drinking eight years before getting behind the wheel in may and hitting Kevin O Donnell s motorcycle. New Hampshire State police are warning people to not drink and drive this Holiday Season. The plea comes after several arrests were drunk driving over the last few days. A Manchester Student is honored for saving a man s life. 17yearold Desmond Powell found the man sitting on the edge of a bridge, thinking about jumping, and he managed to talk him down. We are seeing all this rain falling out there. Kevin anything that we have been seeing has been in rain form because it has been mild. On area roadways. Still some more showers to get there out there between 8 30 and 9 00. The wind will pick up and will be the big story through the day. Erin it is strange to have the rain in december and not the snow. We do want to check the roads. They are going to be very wet for you this morning. Here is a live look at the 93 kevin for a look at the morning drive, we are joined live by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. Good morning. Deb good morning. The wet roads are going to slow things down just a bit. There are patches of fog that we may need to watch out for. It is moving well on 93 through the entire state. Delays as you make your way through the bedford tolls and through the lane drop. 95 is moving well in both directions. We are seeing some sluggish traffic in massachusetts as you make your way through somerville. From the wzid traffic network, i m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Erin Michael Dixon admitted to drinking eight beers before getting behind the wheel in may. Ray brewer joins us with more. Donnell s family packed the courtroom on monday. While they are satisfied with the seven years dixon will spend like a life sentence. I will never forget the feeling of hitting the pavement and running to my father s lifeless body and turning him still breathing. Ray through tears, she addressed the man who took the life of her father. She was on the back of her dad s motorcycle when Michael Dixon turned in front of them. Kevin o donnell had no time to stop and was thrown off the bike. Dixon never stopped after the crash. Instead, he ditched his car and hid in a tree until police found him. Because of you, i now know the meaning of hate. I hate you with every ounce of my being. Ray o donnell s son colby spoke about carrying his father s casket. Dixon sobbed when he spoke. I remind myself that i don t have to the right to miss my kids because kevin cannot miss his. I m truly sorry. And i ask for forgiveness, not for myself, but for yourselves. Ray his bloodalcohol level was 0. 19 four hours after the accident. That coupled with his dui conviction in texas previously makes the accident more disturbing. Erin two families in a lot of pain right now. To stay safe this Holiday Season by not drinking and driving. Authorities made several arrests over the last few days. Some are accused of being under the influence while they drove the wrong way