tphoupbz now wmur news 9 at 5:30. jennifer: students will be able to set their alarm clocks an hour later next year after the school board voted to pushback welcome back, everyone i'm jennifer vaughn? i'm tom griffith. most parents are glad that their kid will have an extra hour to sleep. we are live in studio to explain all the changes. reporter: this is years in the making in portsmouth after doing research and seep deprivation if add a very less ants and serving the community the board decided it's time for a change. starting next fall the bell will ring an hour later at the middle and high schools in portsmouth. is just torture. he's just a zombie in the morning and just not ready to get up that early. it impacts everything. >> mornings next year will be less of a challenge. i think developmentally it's the right call for everybody. reporter: after receiving more than 2,000 survey responses from parents the school board voted 8-to make the change. most parents that do pick up they don't want to be picking up their

adam sexton, wmur news 9. shelley: one of hillary clinton's last stops was at a rally in philadelphia. the democratic nominee was joined by her husband president clinton, her daughter chelsea, president obama and first lady michelle obama. clinton spent her day visiting a number of swing states. against. what will we decide is on the ballot? because although my name and my opponent's name may be on the ballot, every issue you care about is on that ballot. shelley: right now hillary clinton is heading to north carolina for a midnight rally for her last campaign stop her campaign did hold a big event in the granite state tonight. president obama was at unh for one final rally. jennifer crompton's light there tonight with details. jennifer: the president pumped up the crowd of nearly 8000 and have them chanting hillary clinton's name, but when they booed at donald trump's, he said that trump could not hear them it is a good day to be a wildcat. jennifer: president barack obama energizing the unh crowd. a pep rall

wmur news 9. reporter: the company responsible for a circus tent that collapsed killing a machine and his daughter in lancaster back in 2015 has reached a settlement tonight. reporter: osha says this settlement includes a fine and corrective action. wmur is here now with more on this. reporter: that florida-based company will now pay $24,000 in fines and according to the settlement they currently have operational at this time. but if they do decide to get back into the business they'll haveto come up with a safety management plan. state officials say this deadly tent collapse was completely preventible. robert young and his 6-year-old daughter annabelle of vermont were killed. it happened when a storm moved through during a circus performance at the lancaster fairground in august, 2015. more than one hundred people were inside at the time, and officials say there was only one exit, ran toward, but that's also where structures were collapsing. osha officials say the company failed to act even after

now, wmur news 9 tonight. shelley: new tonight, authorities now investigating a homicide in effingham. this after the shooting death of man in manchester this morning. good evening. i'm shelley walcott. this is the third homicide investigation in the state this week. the attorney general's office says a 63-year-old man was shot in the chest yesterday and later died at the hospital. wmur's siobhan lopez is live in effingham tonight with what we know right now. siobhan: according to the ag's office, the victim is identified as 63-year-old robert dishman. he did i the hospital suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest. investigators say dishman was shot during some kind of incident on ams way around : 00 yesterday morning. its unclear if that's dishman's home, but we spoke with the next door neighbor who says a man named bob lives at that address. he tells us he saw a heavy police presence there yesterday, and was surprised to hear someone was shot. >> that's just crazy. i don't know. i've heard him yell

report jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. mike: we start off with time lapse pictures in new found lake, a beautiful early springfield out there late morning and afternoon with temperatures well above the average. look at w w today, anywhere south of the lakes region, 60 plus, including along the coast at 64. only four off the report high of 68. 65 in concord. six off the record of 7 1. much closer to the records than the averages today. even farther to the north, mid to upper 50's and mount washington at 47 for a high. right now mount washington one of the warmer spots in all of northern and central new hampshire. just indicating that the air from time to time it keeps temperatures up. while in the valleys it's cooling back down to the 30's and 40's. overnight tonight it will drop back into the 30's. but we've got one more mild day before all these colder changes begin to move in. denver sitting right now at 30, lincoln, nebraska 37. minneapolis st. paul with with with snow and blizzard conditions not too far to the north an

now, wmur news 9 tonight. tom: 11:00 and we are less than one hour away from the first ballots of election day being cast right here in new hampshire. i'm tom griffith. i'm shelley walcott. most polls open in just tonight, seven hours. we have live team coverage across the state, focusing on all the big races. the one at the top, the historic battle for the white house. democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump are still on the campaign trail right now. the republican presidential nominee packed the s&h university tom: adam sexton live in manchester where he joins us now. adam: this was about as big a political event can get in new hampshire. donald trump had bigger news to deliver when he announced two high-profile endorsements. backing of two of the biggest names in new england sports. first, tom brady. >> he called today and he said donald, i support you. you are my friend and i voted for you. adam: then trump said bill belichick wrote him a letter of support and he read from it. >> you prove to

reporting live andy hershberger, , wmur news 9. tom: new hampshire's drug crisis is creating an extra burden for a popular holiday program. the annual toy drive operation santa claus still has 248 children without sponsors. they range from infants to teenagers and organizers say most are from families struggling because of drug abuse. >> there's a great need every year. there is about annually 3000 chosen we help out throughout the state of new hampshire. having an impact on children of need. so there's always need. tom: organizers say older children are often the hardest to find help for. you'll find more information on wmur.com. for the first time in years, republicans control the corner office and both branches of new hampshire's legislature. jennifer: straight ahead at 6:00, what that means for the next legislative session. >> wednesday. we get to talk to nobody else but santa claus to preview the big peterborough annual holiday stroll this saturday. jennifer: it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in downtown concord. the

heather hamel, wmur news 9. mike: you could not have asked for better weather on this election day, november 8, to have temperatures in the 60's. take a look at the time lapse out at warner from sunup to sundown, you had crystal clear skies in many spots. how about the temperature jump. we started off below freezing washington, a good indicator over 6,000 feet up that we would see a mild day with any sunshine. and look at the high in concord, 66. 14 above the average. and look at that, a 41-degree jump from the chilly morning low. record high not too far away. 72 set back in 1895. we are cooling down off those highs, the sunset at 4:30 this afternoon. readings already below 40 in the great north woods. mount washington down into the manchester and back through rochester. overnight tonight not as cold as it was last night. but still on the seasonably chilly side, on average lower to mid 30's in many spots by early tomorrow morning. one of the reasons it will not be as cold, light winds developing out of the south

mike cronin, wmur news 9. tom: fish and game reminding and now warning that a loon found fish and game says the bird was found on bradley lake by a construction crew working in the area. loons are a threatened species in the state, and 65% of loon deaths are caused by humans. fish and game says this is a critical time to protect loons as they are also being threatened by climate change. shelley: the town of exeter is known for its holiday light display, but this year an unexpected problem is threatening to keep the the lights off. for more than three decades, this is the site that has attracted people from all the town's holiday display of lighted garlands hanging from polls, trees, even town hall. a deked-out christmas tree in the bandstand at the heart of it all. >> this is the 30 year celebration. it is our 100th anniversary of the bandstand. shelley: this year, electrical code issues could pull the plug on this annual tradition. electric company unitil installed new poles over the summer, changing the over

now, wmur news 9 at 5:30. more about a federal lawsuit against phillips exeter academy, where a mother of a student is suing the school. jennifer: the dean of students testified, saying the school conducted a fair investigation and make the right decision for both student. kristen carosa is live in concord with this. reporter: the dean of students spent most of the day on the stand talking about how the school came to the decision. advisor, and he provided insight into the process. after an investigation in march, phillips exeter academy made the decision to put a male student known as john doe on a dean's leave calling a sexual encounter he had with a female student. they were both 15 years old at the time to months later the school said the boy could not come back because he violated the schools's harassment and sexual misconduct policy. suing for damages and dean of students testified today, saying in may of this year, the girl's parents told the school that if john doe was allowed to return, the girl would

in bath, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. announcer: now chief meteorologist mike haddad with your storm watch 9 forecast. mike: we did see brighter skies during the afternoon. a little bit on the gusty side. slightly above average. here is an update on your sunrise times tomorrow morning. tomorrow, the latest sunrise of the year at 7:26 a.m. your sunrise on sunday is at 620 7 a.m. your earliest sunrise of the 15 at 5:05 a.m. in the morning. by daybreak. then you get into the 40's elsewhere, close to 50 in manchester. even though it is chilly, look at the warm air to our west, 50's turn into 60's, then 70's, way down south 80's. we will get temperatures well above the average monday and election day tuesday when we couldn't see many spots 60 plus during the afternoon. system out of eastern canada will rotate to the south and east, and that gives us a shot of scattered snow showers anywhere in the state, some through the weekend, clear this evening up until midnight, then clouds will increase through the night, then they work

now, wmur news 9 tonight. shelley: starting at 11:00 on this monday night, coming in 2016. -- commitment 2016. granite staters head to the polls a week from tomorrow, but right now, many of them don't know who they'll vote for in some key races. good evening. i'm shelley walcott. tom: and i'm tom griffith. the final week of the campaign will be crucial for candidates poll says 40% of likely voters say they haven't made a final decision in the u.s. senate race. and even more, 50%, say they're still making up their minds in new hampshire's race for governor. wmur's mike cronin joins us live with the major role undecided voters will play on election day. mike: if they haven't made a decision by now, analysts say voters could side with the party they associate with or even a gut feeling on election day. with polls opening a week from tomorrow, voters are running out of time to make up their minds. many of them haven't despite months of campaigning. >> i'm going to wait until the last minute, the last day. >> we ha

. >> no one covers new hampshire like wmur. now, wmur news nine daybreak. i'm erin fehlau. sean: happy thursday morning. i'm sean mcdonald. kevin: temperatures are coming back to where they should be after a milder stretch of weather. we have partly cloudy skies this morning and temperatures not too bad. a few extra clouds of north and a blend of sunshine and clouds into the afternoon. low-to-mid 30's this morning. we should continue to get into the 40's within a few degrees of the later this afternoon. we will look ahead for the weekend forecast coming up. let's take a look at your morning ride. we are joined live by 95.7 wzid's deb davidson. good morning, deb. deb: right now we have overnight roadwork causing delays on 93 northbound as you make your way be aware. 293 is a good ride from the upper to lower split with no delays making your way through the millyard. this report is being brought to you by bernie and fills, fine -- fine furniture. i am deb davidson for 94.7 wzid. erin: donald trump is headed -- sean: donis the president elect will meet with president obama to

live in the newsroom, siobhan lopez, wmur news 9. tom: topping our commitment 2016 coverage tonight, historic video following the first meeting between president obama and president elect donald trump. the t but both came away saying the meeting was important and productive. jennifer: it was a bus day for the president elect in the nation's capital. josh mcelveen is in now with this. josh: you couldn't bleam donald trump if even he was a little wide eyed today as post election he will try to absorb as much as possible before taking the reigns of the country in january, especially since trump was meeting with the people today that he has spent more than a year bluntly criticizing. >> i just had the opportunity to with president elect trump. reporter: their first ever meeting was scheduledded to last about 15 minutes. but the president and his newly elected successor spoke for nearly two hours. >> as far as i'm concerned it could have gone a lot longer. we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. >

heather hamel, wmur news 9. jennifer: the trump campaign tonight is heavily focusing on turning traditionally blue earlier today trump continued that swing state push in philadelphia, and right now he's heading onto wisconsin. of course paul ryan's home state. the speaker of the house won't be joining him, but says he did vote for trump while early voting last week. tom: election day is just one week way and many towns are preparing for voters to head to the polls. suzanne roantree is live in the studio now with how they're getting ready for next tuesday. reporter: towns and cities all over new hampshire have been working for months t for tuesday's elections. in manchester, officials have been testing the machines, the tap you -- tab you laters and counting the ballots. and looking at ways to manage people and traffic heading to and from the polls. officials say they will have plenty of people to handle when they say should be a very busy day. >> we will be running two ballot box stations. but we expect in the v

live in the studio, jennifer crompton, wmur newsnine. tom: new hampshire's secretary of state is predicting a record turnout on election day. wmur's mike cronin joins us live from concord with more on how many are expected to go to the polls. >> right. over the past several , hampshire has been in the top states in the country in terms five of voter turnout and that , could be the case again this year. check out the numbers from the presidential primary back in february more than 542,000 ballots were cast. on secretary of state bill tuesday, gardner predicts more than 738,000 will vote which would be a record. that would be a major increase from september's primary where , about 190,000 voted. with many close statewide races , are a lot of reasons for granite staters to go to the polls. >> we always have some close races and the people of this , state know that their vote actually makes the decision for whom is the winner. >> tonight the governor's office , says officials are working together to ensure safety at possible cyber attacks. s

now, wmur news 9 tonight. tom: 11:00 on this monday we begin with weather tonight. , after a beautiful day, tomorrow morning's commute could be slick with the chance of a wintry mix possible. good evening. i'm tom griffith. so when is it expected to start? let's go right to chief meteorologist mike haddad the timeline. mike: and it is a tricky timeline. like precipitation in the form of freezing rain and pockets of what snow to the north will 7:00 a.m.. temperatures subfreezing and mount washington, 27. one of the warmest spots, indicating warm air from the south. it is moving in upstairs in the atmosphere. 7000 feet up. to our south, it is all green. initially, it looks like rain is moving on. but once that rain bumps into these temperatures, teens and 20's around 7:00 a.m., this is what happens. you get rain on contact. it will not be heavy, but a light, freezing rain can create a glaze of lice on -- ice on area roadways. expect extra time if you are traveling tomorrow morning. with th rest of the day and an

now, wmur news 9 "daybreak." sean: good morning. i hope you had a great holiday, filling up on turkey. not necessarily the weather, to be around the family table and watching football. hayley: or maybe decorating the tree inside. not really a day to decorate outside. but shopping, you should be good to go, as long as you are prepared for somewhat roadways, and maybe slick roadways up to the north and west of concord, where we had light snow during the overnight. and southern areas, it continues to be rain, because temperatures are above freezing. 36, manchester. not at plea -- at freezing from plymouth to lebanon and up into the north country. be careful on the roads. for black friday shopping, it depends where you live. if you are north and west of concord, scattered snow showers moving through. otherwise, it is drizzle that continues through the day, with temperatures only in the 30's to lower 40's. a murky, soggy day ahead. we will see at least some we are following in the entertainment world. overnight, one of television's most

live in stratford, shelley walcott, wmur news 9. scattered power outages, and tree limbs down reported across new hampshire. right now eversource is reporting about 1100 outages. jennifer: that win is also blowing in some colder air. chief meteorologist mike haddad is in now with a look ahead at the weekend. mike: it is chilly and the winds still active out there and i think they'll continue through midnight, shortly after before diminishing. top gusts close to 100 miles per hour atop mount washington, and close to 50 in manchester. any time you get those winds scattered outages and we did see that across the state from lay morning to the present hour. right now sustained win anywhere from 7 to 23 miles per hour, but the gusts are still up over 30. so still quite active, could see a few scattered outages continuing before the winds shut down, but there's a lot of chilly air in place, holding out for snow showers in the white mountains and parts of the great north woods right now. of that straight ahead. tom: after losing the preside

now, wmur news 9 at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] sean: a dramatic standoff has come to an end in laconia. good afternoon. i'm sean mcdonald. police say it started just before 9:00 this morning on weirs miller boulevard after getting a call for help from a with the story. good afternoon, andy. andy: authorities say the call came in 8:00 this morning from the woman who said she was being held against her will. she also reported she had been assaulted during the night. police responded to the residence at 223 weirs boulevard, where they say they were able to keep the woman on the phone and authorities say they activated the swat team and set up a perimeter. contact with the main inside but were unsuccessful. officials say they were told the men inside may have a shotgun another weapons like swords and knives. police say after about 2 hours, the man came outside and was taken into custody after being t

now wmur news 9 at 5:30. josh: new information tonight about a lawsuit against phillips exeter academy, where the mother of a former student is accusing the school of wrongfully kicking another student. welcome back. i'm josh mcelveen. jean: and i'm jean mackin. the mother is now suing for damages, and today a dean told the school's side of the story. josh: kristen carosa is live outside federal court in concord. reporter: john doe's mother testified today saying her son was treated unfairly during this process. we also heard from the dean of students today who talked about how the school came to this decision. 15 years old at the time says she received philip exeter academy's decision to remove her son from school through an e-mail this past summer. that after a 15-year-old girl reported a sexual encounter she had with the boy at school. philip exeter hired a private investigator who determined the boy violated the school's sexual misconduct policy. the school says the sexual encounter was not forcible, but

now, wmur news "daybreak." sean: a lot of kids waking up with full bellies this morning, and they are waking up to chilly temperatures on this november 1. temperatures on this november 1. it feels a little like winter, we will get to your latest on the forecast, but first, today's top stories. with just one week to go before the election, a new wmur granite state poll shows that many new hampshire voters remain undecided on key local races. the new hampshire community college system has fallen victim to fraud. it says it lost $130,000 to a fake organization and is now working with police to get that money back. and an investigation is underway workers were injured in accident at the construction site for the new public safety complex. sean: all right, full confession. i didn't need a lot of candy last night, maybe out of the kids' candy bags, but it was really good. kevin: do they watch the show? are they aware of this? sean: they are probably getting up, but they were sleeping a couple of minutes ago. kevin: t

suzanne roantree, wmur news 9. tom: tonight a charged with negligent homicide after police say he caused a deadly chain reaction crash while under the influence of drugs, it happened on 111 in salem. wmur's cherise leclerc live in the studio now with more on the charges he now faces. reporter: that man, todd gurley, not only faces the negligent homicide charge, but also accused of driving under the influence of drugs and trying to hide heroin in his car. the first place when he allegedly crashed into a car, causing it to swerve head on into another vehicle being driven by david bouchet, whose wife was in the passenger seat and died from her injuries. >> your honor, the state has a number of significant concerns as far as danger goes. reporter: gurley had been driving on a suspended license that was revoked in september of last year. the state is asking that gurley be held on $65,000 bail, and follow strict guidelines and keep posts to that bail. >> that he be drug and alcohol-free, that he stay away from and have n

mike cronin, wmur news 9. tom: tonight, an epping police officer and an off-duty state police trooper were honored for saving the life of a man who collapsed and stopped breathing at the epping walmart. officer donald ross and trooper christopher prevaneau, along with a good samaritan were , recognized at the epping town hall tonight. wmur's suzanne roantree has the details of the man's rescue. suzanne: that saved the life of an epping walmart shopper on a friday afternoon in the middle of state trooper christopher october. prenaveau was off-duty and shopping that friday afternoon when he saw a crowd of people . another customer over brian nelson who was unconscious. , stacie sarra, who had just completed a cpr course two weeks before, told prevaneau that nelson had no pulse. >> she started cpr. suzanne: as the woman talked to for several minutes until epping police officer donald ross arrived with an automated external the fibber later. >> i saw the trooper right over him conducting chest compressions and i s

now, wmur news 9 at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] granite state. good afternoon. i'm sean mcdonald. from concord to the lakes region to northward from there, drivers had to take it slow due to the slick conditions. here is a live look in plymouth. very messy at 32 degrees. that was the problem, kevin. right around the freezing market kevin: temperatures have been inching up a degree or two an hour through the morning. in the northte been slowly getting back to near the freezing mark, and only a little more improvement as the afternoon wears on. there in mind, regardless of the road conditions, this is all precipitation we have sorely needed, with another wave coming behind us for tomorrow and tomorrow night. for the time being, with the wintry mix in central and northern areas of the state, that will navigate northward to a little more of an onshore wind, which should push temperatures up to the 40'

mike cronin, wmur news 9. tom: now to epping where a woman spent the night trapped in her crashed car, the wreckage not discovered until this morning. wmur's siobhan lopez live in epping with how authorities found her. siobhan? reporter: the 70-year-old woman was trapped alone for more than eight hours. discovered the crash until the sun came up this morning. this is how 70-year-old janice cathcart was trapped, drivers side door on the ground after roll her car off of route 27 sometime around 10:00 last night. >> she couldn't get out of the car. reporter: she stayed trapped until the crash was called in around 6:30 this morning. >> we removed the roof and took her out and took her to a local hospital. reporter: firefighters say it was a difficult cathcart was alert and conscious when they arrive. the temperature dipped as low as 35 overnight. >> with as cold as it was, she was probably pretty cold by the time they found her this morning. reporter: the circumstances leading up to this crash are unclear. cathcar

live in the studio siobhan lopez wmur news9. cherise: right now, a man is behind bars, accused of robbing to rob another. the alleged robberies span over a period of nearly a year. wmur's mike cronin joins us live from the bank that police say was robbed this morning. mike: manchester police say the suspect was unarmed when he allegedly robbed this t.d. bank on south willow street this morning. 40-year-old michael giles, who police say is homeless, is charged with two counts of officers spotted him just down the road from the t.d. bank on gold street today trying to start a mini bike. police identified him as the man shown in this surveillance picture from the bank, and say he had an undisclosed amount of money on him. last wednesday, police say this security footage shows giles robbing another t.d. bank on bay street. and back in january, giles is accused of trying to rob a citizens bank on elm street. police are crediting all the to find their suspect. anyone who might have information is asked to call police. live in manchest

in berlin, amy coveno, wmur news 9. jennifer: new tonight, voluntarily closed after a 3-year-old was found alone on a busy road. police found him november 18, near the route 4 on ramp. his angels learning academy is on the opposite side of that road. the driver told police he went to the day care and confirmed the child was from there. the incident is still under investigation. tom: tonight there are new details about a case where two people were charged after police say children were fou manchester home. court paperwork for a man yeah grenier says her son was restrained to a bed for six hours or more during the day and overnight usually while on supervised. the maternal grand father of the two children says his heart is broken over what is alleged to have happened. his son-in-law, 26-year-old james grenier, faces child endangerment and reckless conduct charges after police say they found his 2-year-old girl conditions. police say the boy was found covered in feces and urine, and the girl make ned her crib, also covered

i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jennifer an arrest warrant issued today for a salem, new hampshire mother who suffered an apparent drug overdose, in a lawrence, massachusetts dollar want's young gawrt frantically trying to wake her. mcgowan did not show up for a hearing last week. also a portsmouth woman being held without bail accused of selling methadone to a dover man who died. he was found unresponsive in his home back in may. at the time police said his death did not appear to be a crime, but today police selling methadone to lossberg which they say caused his death. tom: in february, governor elect sununu will present his proposed two-year state spending plan. the process of developing that plan already under way tonight. josh mcelveen reports budget writers say funding for state agencies will be based on what's best for the state. after 16 weeks of instruction, these recruits will soon hit the streets. and whether it's the use of learn here has never been more -- >> it's vital that these officers receive as m

our final hour special is monday night at 7:00 right here on wmur. under way in manchester after a shooting sent two people to the hospital. police say they have made two arrests and there is no danger to the public. but as wmur's heather hamel reports the crime still has people in this west side neighborhood on edge. heather: some neighbors say they did hear the shots and ran to their windows but those we talked with say they didn't see who pulled the trigger. only a man lying on the ground behind me. >> it was the hollering that then all of a sudden it turned into a lot more than just a verbal argument. heather: joann lives just steps away from the area of amary street manchester detectives have cordoned off. her car is taped off as well. she says two men and a woman were arguing outside around 2:15 and the next thing she heard was gunshots. >> i looked out my bedroom window and i could see a body. i could see legs of a body laying on the sidewalk. heather: she says a woman was standing in the street screaming into a phone. >> she was s boyfriend's

now, wmur news 9 at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] sean: we are following some breaking news out of nashua this noon, where right now police are investigating a shooting. good afternoon. hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. wmur's siobhan lopez is live in nashua. siobhan: the shooting happened in this area that remains roped off. police say it happened just before 7:00 this morning lake street remains close between pine and vine. detectives have been on scene all morning talking to neighbors. we spoke to a neighbor who says she heard a right into her house to make sure her kids were ok. >> at least it happened in the morning. this is an area that is full of kids. so many kids. that is very scary. siobhan: elm street middle school is just about a block away from where this shooting happened. the school was never affected. it was never placed on any kind of lockdown. it is unclear if any arrests

now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new we'll get to our top stories in just a minute. first, josh judge is in the weather center with a look at the weekend forecast. have you got some harps there? >> yes, i do, people are cold in morning, it's chilly, in the 20's in many parts of the state this morning as those temperatures are one. colder mornings we've seen in a while. so bundle up as you head outside today and the temperatures will be rebounding into the 40's and lower 50's today. states, flurries and snow showers and that could turn into a rain shower or two in a couple of spots as a weak disturbance crosses the region today. off to our west, there's clearing skies and meaning this upcoming week looks much calmer. this weekend, both days, a couple of passing rain or snow showers otherwise, a mix of sun and clouds, rather, and temperatures mostly in the lower to mid 50's. we'll talk about the week ahead, including election day, as we >> we do begin with breaking news this morning. manchester polic

now wmur news 9 at 6:00. tom: we start with breaking news right off the top tonight, a massive search has come to an end in stratfordh bow lake. search crews are called from several sush rounding communities. jennifer: they made the grim discovery about an hour later. shelley walcott is live at the scene now. reporter: it was a very grim discovery, rescue workers got the call around 3:00 this afternoon. after someone called them to say it looked like a kayaker was in distress on bow lake. take a look at this video, we shot it before the sun went down they received a call about a woman out in her kayak who appeared to be having a hard time navigating the choppy waters. it's very windy out here today. when rescue crews arrived they found the debris field on the make, which let them to the kayaker's body. the chief is now urging people who live out here around the lake to avoid it when conditions are so rough. >> a lot of the people that live around bow lake,he pretty hardy individuals, and they'll go out on jus

reporting live outside the state house in concord ray brewer wmur news 9. erin: the senate race is also still too close to call. ayotte has a very slim lead over governor maggie hassan. sean: wmur's siobhan lopez is watching this race for us now and joins us in the studio. >> this race was expected to come down to wire as the the two candidates were neck and neck all evening. when it comes to who is in the lead it depends who you ask, democratic challenger governor maggie hassan addressing her supporters early this morning after midnight, telling them that her campaign tracked 670,000 votes and their numbers show a 5300 vote lead over kelly >> we'll knew this was going to be close. and while we feel good right now, this race is too close to call. >> the governor went on to tell her supporters to go home and get some rest and hoped to deliver good news this morning. >> and late last night senator kelly ayotte addressed a cheerful room of her supporters before the votes began to tip in favor of her challenger. speaking one on one with through tight races befo

shelley: the issues they tackled live on wmur. mike: a warmer wednesday on the way as the 60's make a return. how long the warmth sticks around plus a look at our next chance of rain. tom: help for addicts. the new program at one local hospital getting pregnant women to stay off drugs. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. and 3 other people are in the hopital. after a three-car crash in salem. good evening. i'm tom griffith. shelley: and i'm shelley walcott. the accident happened at an intersection that neighbors call dangerous. it shut down route 111 and ermer road from late this afternoon well into the evening. wmur's naoko funayama is live in salem where that road reopened a are concerned, they say they see accidents at this intersection maybe once every other month. this one today resulted in a death. police say it happened at around 4:30 this afternoon. a car, turning right onto route 111, struck another vehicle, pushing it into on coming traffic. the result? a head on crash that left a 69-year-old female passenger dead

wmur granite state debate. the issues they took on days before the election. with record voter turnout expected, what the state is doing to keep the polls safe. >> son, clouds, and cold enough or even a few flakes as we move on to the weekend. i will look at the forecast and also when temperatures start to climb. >> we do begin hampshire drug crisis, and a state-wide warning from health officials. a portion of the syringes that administer the overdose reversal drug naloxone to opioid overdose victims has been recalled by the manufacturer. good evening. i'm tom griffith. wmur's cherise leclerc is live now with how the recall is affecting local first responders. >> american medical response has had to send back about 2 dozen of their kits because of the recall, but says there's no concern about running out of the >> this is just a little piece of foam rubber. >> these syringes have become an important part of firefighters' and other first responders' daily jobs, administering the overdose reversal drug naloxone, which is the generic version of narcan nasal spray

in night three of our granite state debates here on wmur. >> but what we do know is that donald trump said this like, i love war, donald trump. >> and i've condemned all that. i've condemned all those things. o'connor: i have a lot of concerns as i think a lot of americans do about both of the major candidates for president. tom: boots on the ground, presidential candidates and voting records all heated topics seen right here on wmur. a surge in gun sales happening right now with the election only days away. the election to bring in sales. mike: after a round of beneficial rain today, it begins to dry out tonight a look into friday and the weekend ahead tom: chance of a lifetime. meet kacie, the country music singer this high school volleyball player gets to open for tomorrow. night three of our granite state debates, and the candidates for the first congressional district. good evening. i'm tom griffith. it was a feisty night for all 3 on stage. incumbent congressman, republican frank guinta, democrat carol shea-porter and independent shawn o'connor. o'connor: i've voted as recently

now wmur news 9 at 6:00. tom: first at 6:00 tonight snow and black ice blamed for two deadly crashes with spinouts reported all across the state. good evening i vaughn. temperatures plunged overnight, causing crashes on nearly every major highway in new hampshire. we have team coverage that begins with chief meteorologist mike haddad who is still tracking some snow falling, in spots even right now. mike: that's right, snow in northern and central new hampshire, a couple of snow showers drifting into parts of southeastern new hampshire. but take a look at what fell earlier, and last night right through this morning, five inch and a half in bow. but big totals off to our west, this is classic lake snow to our west, between a foot and a half and two feet syracuse north and east. can you see the deep blues indicating the heavier snow. while in new hampshire it's lighter snow but still steady enough and with temperatures at or below freezing to result in a few slick spots around the great north woods through thent

suzanne roantree, wmur news 9. tom: a hampstead man who police say causedded a deadly chain reaction crash in salem yesterday now macing felony charges. police say todd gurley was driving on a suspended license at the time of the crash on route 111, he allegedly cut off causing it to slam into a third vehicle. police say gurley was under the influence of drugs. >> they saw a number of signs' impairment including constricted pupils, slurred speech, a thick tongue. it's alleged that he tried to conceal drugs that were in his possession. tom: gurley's attorney maintains her client is not a flight risk. one person was killed and two taken to the hospital with injuries. jennifer: a pedestrian hit by a pickup truck in concord on monday even has died. police say boroughs of concord was crossing loudon road when she was hit by a car. officers say there was no crosswalk or signal in that area, and this morning she passed away. police are investigating but say alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors. tom: a record high

now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new 13th, i'm amy coveno we'll get to the top stories in a minute. first, josh judge is in the weather center, you're talking mild weather, josh. josh: absolutely. we have amazing days and it begins today. look at the temperatures widely different thanks to the difference in cloud cover around the granite statement northern new hampshire in the 20's to low 30's, but get down into far southern and can see where they are. you can see the thinner cloud cover, where it's cooler there. farther south, the cloud are thicker, keeping more mild air trapped here for the moment. the clouds will be clearing away as high pressure builds in, a giant area of clear skies to our west and that pushes through the day and this morning and it really will turn things from clouds this morning into mostly sunny skies by later this morning and the highs will be in the 50's. warmer than it was yesterday and keeps going up from there. we'll talk about the week ahead forecast coming up in prob

live in the studio cherise leclerc wmur news9. tom: now to commitment 2016, it was night two of our granite faced off for the last televised debate before election day. higher education, the drug crisis and the presidential candidates are just a few of the issues republican senator kelly ayotte and democrat, governor maggie hassan went head to head on. shelley: moderator and wmur political director josh mcelveen begins our team coverage tonight live from saint anselm college. josh: good evening to you guys. we talked about the price tag so staggering. we're talking north of 100 million dollars, but at the end of the day, this is about candidate themselves, their voting record and plans to solve the problems we face in this state and in this nation. not to mention that this is also a tight race, it's too close to call according to the latest granite state poll. this debate tonight was a number of different issues. for recap, let's go to adam sexton who is standing by. adam: some moments of contention but for the most part, the cand

now, wmur news 9 at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. we begin with the weather. live pictures in meredith. partly sunny and windy today. temperatures will struggle to break the 40-degree mark in some spots. kevin, you are tracking the potential for snowflakes on thanksgiving. kevin: gusty winds bringing it much colder air from canada. in the southeastern parts of the state, sunshine pushing temperatures up into the lower ng even some light snow following. there is the next system making tracks towards us. the good news is for the busy travel day tomorrow, we will have is nice today as we will have all week. sunshine and much later wins. after the increasing clouds wednesday night, the next system starts to move in. the other feature we have been seeing lately have been the winds. winds. the colder air is not going it is not just for system for thanksgiving. there are 2 systems we're tracking going forward all the way th

live in bedford, suzanne roantree, wmur news 9. shelley: right now, the new hampshire community college system is working with police to recover $130,000 after becoming a victim of wire fraud. a college system spokeswoman says they had been making payments on a project by check, but was recently asked to pay through an electronic funds transfer through an organization called automated clearing house. but, they say it was a fraud and funds didn't go to the vendor. a fire forced the hutchins family out of their epping home last week. mom julia had been watching a movie with 16-year-old brandon's younger brother and two sisters, including three-year-old melodi, when the smoke alarms went off. when they got outside, they did a head count and realized melodi was missing. that's when brandon rushed back inside. >> could not see anything. i was just making guesses where things were and i didn't have my glasses on. i had grabbed her. i had almoel stairs because the smoke got me really dizzy. tom: they are doing just fine. the family is loo

live in salem, naoko funayama, wmur news 9. tom: a keene man is dead after an suv hit the motorcycle he was riding. keene police say it happened at the intersection of west street and island street this morning. 29-year-old danny blood was taken to a nearby hospital where he died. the driver of the jeep was not hurt. and route 11 in new london is back open tonight. after an accident involving a tractor trailer and a sedan. two people were hurt. a helicopter took one of them to the hospital. the crash happened around 3:30. accident reconstruction crews accident reconstruction crews had the road closed until 7:30 shelley: now to commitment 2016 two executive councilors. who want to be the state's next governor going head to head in the first wmur granite state debate. >> what colin never wants to talk about is the first 10 years of his political career were he was a paid political operative. his only job in the last decade has been for the sununu family. shelley: women's health. commuter rail. and the drug crisis are just some of

wmur's andy hershberger live now with more. reporter: authorities say this case physician its early stages, but they are asking people in the area to be on alert and report anything unusual. authorities say a 911 call came in at about 12:30 tuesday morning. for a report of shots fired at an apartment on thornton street in manchester. >> their responded to 231 male, appeared to suffer awe gunshot wound. that male was determined to be a resident of 231 thornton street. reporter: news 9 spoke with the victim's daughter but because authorities have not notified all of the next of kin, we're not identifying her. >> it's a horrible situation. my dad was a loving, caring guy, did favors for anybody, never knew how to say no. wore his heart on his scene all day, as news of what happened slowly spread through the neighbor. >> i'm just surprised that we didn't hear anything, that's the most surprising thing, kind of scary too. >> i just can't believe it. this neighborhood is really pretty quiet. sometimes there's some issues over at that

now, wmur news 9 tonight. shelley: starting tonight at 11:00, beneficial rain now living out of the state with parts of the north country seeing steady rain right now. good evening. i'm shelley walcott. tom: and i'm tom griffith. so how much rain fell? due to the system moving through, well over one inch of rain at the cst. close to 1.5 at portsmouth. jeffrey at 0.5 inches. manchester just a little bit above that. rochester, close to one inch of rain. the highest totals stacking up with extreme and severe doubt are hitting the hardest, which is good news. off for the next couple of hours before it tapers off to a few light showers even in northern new hampshire. when do we get the sunshine back? what about more changes for the rest of the week? we will look at that straight ahead. tom: we have word that flooding has closed drake side road at lafayette road in hampton. police are now asking drivers to avoid the area. city leaders voted to open the gates on streets around the new walmart. the decision comes afte

now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new hampshire. 6:00 on this saturday. november 26th, i'm amy coveno. 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'

wmur's adam sexton is emceeing the contest. the event benefits the crisis center of central new hampshire domestic violence. sean: great effort. his voice is meant for a microphone. coming up on daybreak, a search is underway for a serial bank robber in massachusetts. we'll explain why he's been dubbed the spelling bee bandit. erin: and a grandmother's mistake is gaining national attention. find out what happened after she invited a stranger to thanksgiving, thinking it was her grandchild. kevin: even milder air moving in. before we get to early next iholidays are about joy again. where days are filled with magic instead of madness. we've imagined the holidays this way for decades. it's why we never have crazy sales. never make you clip coupons. and always have amazing prices on popular brands and thoughtful gifts. it's time to bring back the holidays kevin: we are starting off with fair skies across the area. 30's to even a few the next couple days. eventually, precipitation moves in on sunday and eventually sets up colder air

in washington, diane roberts, wmur news 9. josh: in the battle ground state of florida we've just learned that two election clerks have been fired. officials say the broward county clerks were fired because they did not, quote, work to the level of integrity they were trained to. they are accused of not adhering to procedures, but officials actually violated. social media has no doubt changed the campaigns, but it's also helping people know when to vote. goffstown police have been tweeting updates all day about how long the lines were. around 2:00 the wait at the high school was less than two minutes. jennifer: that's helpful. josh: now to the first congressional district where is there a three-way race between two familiar faces and a political newcomer. jennifer: we begin our coverage incumbent representative frank guinta will be watching the election results come in. reporter: we are at murphy's tap room on elm street. frank guinta hopes this will be the setting for another victory in the first congressional district. the r

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