Saturday’s headlines: Biden to host Trump in Oval Office, brush fires break out in Goffstown, Manchester
GOOD EVENING. I’M ISABEL AMHERST WITH THIS WMUR NEWS NINE UPDATE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP WILL MEET IN PERSON ON WEDNESDAY TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE MEETING WILL HAPPEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE AT 11 A.M. IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT TO HOST THE ELECTION WINNER, BUT THERE WAS NO MEETING AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION. RESULTS CAME IN. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAVE BOTH SAID THIS WILL BE A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. AN OVERNIGHT BRUSH FIRE ON SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE’S CAMPUS REQUIRED MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO PUT OUT. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR A FIRE IN THE WOODS OFF OF DANIEL PLUMMER ROAD. CREWS WERE STILL ON SCENE INTO THE LATE HOURS OF THE MORNING, PUTTING OUT HOTSPOTS AND THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. GOFFSTOWN FIRE DEPUTY CHIEF BEN SELLECK ISSUING A WORD OF CAUTION. CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE FIRE DANGER IS ON EACH DAY. AND IF IT IS HIGH. MAKE SURE YOU’RE NOT BURNING AND BURN WITHIN THE STATE RULES AND REGULATIONS. MANCHESTER FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A SEPARATE BRUSH FIRE IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-293. THE CAUSE OF BOTH INCIDENTS IS UNKNOWN. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE SEEING AN ATYPICAL NUMBER OF BRUSH FIRES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH WINDS. NOW HERE’S METEOROLOGIST JACQUELINE THOMAS WITH THE FORECAST. YEAH, IT’S BEEN VERY DRY. AND OF COURSE WE HAD THOSE STRONGER WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WINDS CONTINUE TO DIE DOWN. SO CALM CONDITIONS EXPECTED BUT WITH A CLEAR SKY IT’S GOING TO GET CHILLY. LOWS OVERNIGHT FALL BACK INTO THE 20S FOR MOST OF US. SOME TEENS EVEN POSSIBLE AS YOU HEAD FURTHER NORTH. SATELLITE AND RADAR. THOUGH VERY QUIET, WE STILL HAVE THESE CALM CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. BUT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WE SEE A CHANGE. THIS NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES AND IT BRINGS US OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL, BUT WE’LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET WITH HOW DRY IT’S BEEN TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES A LITTLE MILDER GETTING BACK INTO THE 50S, SUNSHINE GIVING WAY TO THOSE INCREASING CLOUDS. SO AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY, BY THE AFTERNOON THERE’LL BE MORE CLOUDS UP NORTH BY SUNDAY EVENING, MAINLY CLOUDY. MOST SHOWERS HOLD OFF UNTIL LATER AT NIGHT, TEN 11:00 OR SO, AND THEN THEY’LL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY BEFORE WE DRY OUT. ISABEL AND YOU CAN JOIN US FOR
Saturday’s headlines: Biden to host Trump in Oval Office, brush fires break out in Goffstown, Manchester
President Joe Biden will host former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday. And, multiple brush fires break out in Goffstown and Manchester this weekend.
President Joe Biden will host former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday. And, multiple brush fires break out in Goffstown and Manchester this weekend.