now wmur news 9 at 5:00. josh: there are stunning new numbers tonight involving the heroin epidemic in the granite state as new hampshire residents now view the drug crisis as the number one issue facing the state. good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm josh mcelveen. jennifer: i'm jennifer vaughn. the development comes from our latest granite state poll, and the question, what is the most important issue facing the state. for the first time ever, the majority of respondents say it is drug abuse. josh: this is also the first time in almost a decade that the number one issue has not been the economy. and this survey also reveals how many lives have been personally affected by the crisis. the heroin crisis in new hampshire is visible to everyone, from law enforcement -- >> i'm up to my eyes in the heroin addiction. josh: to the clerk at the corner store. >> people staggering tell they're on drugs. josh: now among all the other concerns facing the lives of granite staters, the drug problem in new hampshire has reached a new level.

>> this is the first time that we've seen drug abuse rise as the most important issue, anywhere near this level. for the last 15 years it's been at about 1 mrs, 2%. josh: but now a full area of the state sees the heroin issue as the most important problem facing new hampshire, ahead of jobs, economy, education and health care. and this poll also reveals there's a good chance that you know someone using heroin. >> nearly half of the state says they know someone personally who has abused heroin in the last five years. josh: a number that jumps higher for those under the age of 35. >> 60% say they know someone personally who has abused heroin in the last five years, so this is a wide, wide ranging crisis that's touching people across the state. josh: governor hassan has already called the crisis of addiction the most pressing safety issue facing new hampshire. >> what i would like your

an all hand on deck moment for new hampshire. josh: many believe the heroin epidemic is sparked by the abuse of prescription drugs and as part of the state's response a prescription drug monitoring s system has been put in place, as well as increased availability of the life saving drug narcan. governor hassan also called increased treatment options a critical need, but those who try to get help say that finding it is nearly impossible. jennifer: heather hamel continues our come now, reporting that the waiting lists are long and time is of the essence. reporter: yes, it could be five hours, could be five minutes, but the window of time is short for people trying to seek help. many turn on their heels and go right back down that dangerous path. the volunteers take calls and see people dealing with the lack of clinical services every day. they say only a small percentage of beds at treatment centers are used for the uninsured or medicaid patients.

waiting lists run four to eight weeks to get a bed and paying out of pocket can cost thousands a week. last week a man came in looking for help for his son and after three hours of making calls he left empty handed. >> his father put his face in his hands and started bawling and said don't these people know that i'm going to bury my son? and that's the reality we live in. reporter: despite the state's efforts problem, more need to be done and more recovery centers like theirs is a starting point. heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: because of the issues about treatment there is a growing movement at the grass roots level to help provide it. jennifer: the owner of common man family restaurants has pledged to match every dollar of donations that come into the farnum center for the rest of this month. ray says he will match those

contributions up to $100,000. easter seals which runs the center says it already had 40,000 in donations, it will use the money to increase the number of treatment beds available. >> all donations big or small will be helpful, they'll all be matched by alex. if someone has knows someone who is struggle with addiction or has lost a loved one to substance abuse, make a gift in their honor. and all donations, $s hundred or more -- $100 or more will be listed on a plaque at farnum north. jennifer: this is in franklin, farnum north will add another 62 beds. people are also looking for answers at the local level. tonight in derry a special forum on heroin will be held at the town boys and girls club, parents, teachers and social service providers have all been asked to attend. it runs from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

on the crisis, at 5:30 we'll be joined by two of the people on the front lines, the state's drug czar and manchester police chief, we'll be getting s some hard facts about heroin in the granite state and what is being done to fight the crisis. jennifer: crews are expected to be on the seen of a major water main break in manchester through tomorrow him the pipe burst this morning, quickly shutting down a busy intersection. andy hershberger is live where the update for us. reporter: you can see behind me that the work continues here with this front end loader, ripping up asphalt and putting it into the dump truck, they're hauling it away, trying to repair this roadway. this is a major intersection in manchester, and officials say it will be shut down until at least early tomorrow morning after a water main break buckled this road, making it impassable. officials say the 10-inch pipe burst around 9:00 this morning, sending tens of thousands of gallons of water rushing down brown avenue.

the intersection at south beech street was closed and traffic devirted from several sidestreets. the exit 2 on and off ramps at 293 were also briefly closed, mostly for cleanup. at the peak several hundred residents were without water, but by afternoon that number was down to less than 100. neighborhood. >> i went down to do my laundry and there was no water in the house. so my neighbor called me, oh, there must have been a water main break, so i came down to see with a was going on and there it is. reporter: this intersection and several surrounding streets will be closed through the night. but we understand the highway department hopes to have it open by the morning commute. live in manchester, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. josh: turning now to commitment 2016, the presidential candidates are taking their message to the critical voting states, while one group is pushing another big name to jump into the race.

bureau with details on a new ad that's urging vice president biden to run. reporter: josh, the draft biden super pac launched its first television ad as candidates in the race. with the iowa caucuses less than four months away, presidential candidates are focusing on the hawkeye state. >> i've never lived in washington, never been part of washington, i just have the skill sets to disrupt the beast. >> i'm going to have a plan to refinance student debt. >> politicians are all talk and no action. >> the push is onto win support in the early states including new hampshire, where marco rubio campaigned today. >> the difference between early child care and early child education. reporter: a new poll shows voters in the swing states of florida, ohio and pennsylvania prefer hillary clinton and donald trump. but the same survey also shows g.o.p. candidate ben carson gaining ground. >> the story here is not that trump is going down a few ticks, the story is it's october and donald trump still has a

commanding lead. >> things can change in a heart beat. i know. reporter: a new 90 second tv ad urges vice president biden to enter the race. the draft biden super pac includes audio from a speech the vice president gave in may and shows photos of his late wife daughter who were killed in a car crash in 1972. >> i don't know that the super pac has a huge impact. they are trying to be as encouraging as possible. reporter: even if biden decides to run before the debates, cnn says it will allow him on stage that night. aixa diaz, wmur news 9. josh: let's get a look at the candidates heading to the granite state. new jersey governor christie will be holding four town halls over the next three days, while south carolina senator lindsey graham started a 10-day trip in new hampshire in manchester this morning. jennifer: let's get a look at

state, this is 293 north in manchester. josh: peggy james joins us now with a live look at the road home mid-week. >> hi, josh and jen. we've got great weather and a good ride if you're taking 93 northbound up from the massachusetts border, will take you about 21 minutes to get from salem up to manchester. no problems around 293 north or south, although as you mentioned at exit 2 you will not be able to travel north. you can travel south towards the airport and litchfield, but that water main break causing some delays in that area. moving north, hooksett tolls are busy but going right on up to concord. no major backups on 89 or 93 through concord. everett turnpike some slight delays northbound between 10 and 11 in merrimack. 101 west busy from 114 until wallace road. 101 east a speed limit ride to the coast. 95 no major backups at the hampton tolls.

from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: thank you. up next the coast guard will end its search tonight for survivors of that ship that disappeared in hurricane joaquin. but crews will still try to retrieve the data recorder. jennifer: the future of portsmouth's police chief remains up in the air. i'm jennifer crompton with what's behind the ever increasing frustrations, just ahead. hayley: and beautiful weather this week with lots of sunshine, dry conditions, but we have some cooler weather and rain in the forecast too. jennifer: at 5:30, continuing coverage of today's new information on new hampshire's heroin crisis, one of the most vocal voicethis threat will join us live. josh: and that coverage will

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jennifer: prescription drugs are at the center of an investigation in berlin. josh: kristen carosa explains the year-long investigation that led to the arrest of a man from maine. reporter: authorities made the arrest on tuesday night on grafton street. a short time later police came here to russo's business on main street after searching his car and his business.

police uncovered large amounts of cash and prescription pills. >> you understand the complaints against you, sir? >> yes. reporter:ry car day russo of maine faced a judge by video, charged with four counts of selling a controlled drug and one count of conspiracy to sell, all class b felonies. >> the defendant sold a controlled drug, that being cocaine, to a cooperative individual, for $300, and not having the authority to do so. reporter: and rt riendo says there were other incidents where russo sold other types of drugs. police have been investigating him for a year. >> it was very involved and several different officers involved, investigators involved. reporter: police say they took russo into custody after a traffic stop tuesday night, then searched his silk screen business on main street. >> we seized cash, prescription medication, along with drug paraphernalia.

reporter: the lieutenant says russo has a prior criminal history including possession of drugs and receiving stolen property. russo's defense attorney says he's a father and business owner and setting him a high pale would unfairly keep him in jail. >> mr. russo, prior to any kind of information or charge -- reporter: the judge settled on $50,000 cash bail. russ zoo could face additional charges as police continue to investigate. kristen carosa, wmur news 9. josh: the future of portsmouth police chief remains in the air tonight, the latest attempt to decide how steven did you boies will end his career. jennifer crompton has the story from portsmouth.

reporter: confusing, legally complicated and frustrating. those are some of the ways people are describing how long the matter of the portsmouth police chief's future is taking. one for, one against, and one abstaining. that's how the portsmouth police commission voted on the latest possible separation agreement between the city and police chief steven dubois. this one keeping him in the job for three months insaid of the six initially proposed. >> we are more divided than ever and it's unfortunate and the only way it will be resolvedes with public input. reporter: she says she voted against the latest agreement after listening to public input about a controversy haunting the process. the geraldine webber estates, she left most of it to a portsmouth deck, but a judge threw the will out. the department depicted as turning a blind eye when it was going on and dubois was deputy chief at the time. >> he needs to go today.

reporter: but dubois was not formally implicated in the webber case and has two years left on his legal contract. the chief wasn't there, but his brother was. >> i've known him all my life, he's one of the finest men i know and i just hope things are resolved in the time and nanner so that his interests and the interests of portsmouth are taken care of. >> what happened, didn't happen at this point we need to make some resolution and move on because there's other business in in community that needs to take place. reporter: for this to move forward the police commission will have to approve something. the chief will have to agree with it. and the city council will have to vote on it too. and the earliest that can happen is november. in portsmouth, jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. jennifer: the coast guard is ending its search for crew members aboard a cargo ship that sank during hurricane joaquin. the father of crew member says the search for survivors will end at sundown. the 790-foot cargo ship sank thursday after an engine failure in the storm.

crew members have ties to maine and two to massachusetts. the national transportation safety board says it will try and retrieve the ship's data recorder. family members say they will keep praying for a miracle. the death toll in the southern floods rose to 19 today when divers found the bodies of two people who had disappeared. deputies say the pairs truck plunged into water when they drove around a barricade. rivers are still running quite high and bringing more water to the already flooded coast. drivers are being recruited around a 74-mile section of 95 because of flooded rivers. hayley: incredible to see all of that rain down there, easily double digit amounts of rain in south carolina over the weekend. thankfully though we haven't seen much rain at all, though some of us still need it technically in a small drought or abnormally dry in a lot of

the state now. i want to show you a couple of live spots. it's hard to see the camera because we've got bright sunshine, and a very nice evening here. weirs beach some high clouds and mid level clouds moving through. but it has been an awfully nice october day with temperatures that have been warmer than we've been recently. the average high for this time in october, about 64 degrees and most of us met that or went above that today. 70 degrees in concord was the nashua. here's where we're sitting now, about 70 degrees in manchester and in nashua, 63 in laconia, 65 in plymouth. low 60's in the northern part of the state where it will again be cooler tonight. but it won't be as cold as the past couple of mornings because we have some clouds that are actually moving through. color, especially up in the great north woods and the upper valley too. wouldn't be surprised if a couple of these green areas on radar showing up as a couple

light showers, wouldn't be surprised if a couple of these try to sneak in the upper valley or the great north woods during the evening or overnight hours. clouds will move through during the overnight hours, it's part of a weak cold front that's going to slide through, and eventually this will bring in some cooler air. especially during the day tomorrow. you'd notice a difference compared to where we were today. here's your forecast, using future cast, can you keep track of the time up here. 9:00 tonight most of us falling into the 50's, a few places to the north in the 40's. can you see those splotches of green on future cast, so maybe a quick passing sprinkle or light shower, upper valley or northern part of the state. those clouds, those sprinkles gone by early tomorrow morning, most of us wake up in the 40's, a few 30's in the northern part of the state. then here's your afternoon. bright, sunny, temperatures in the 60's from concord southward,

other locations. we do need some rain and looks like friday will be the day. by daybreak on friday morning will likely be raining in the north country and also upper valley and then be showers. the heaviest likely midday, then tapering to on and off showers by the afternoon and evening on friday. tonight more clouds to the north, otherwise just passing clouds. it will be chilly with temperatures up north in the 30's and then central and southern new hampshire in the 40's. tomorrow not a bad looking day, lots of sun, perfect for checking out the peak foliage spots. and if you are planning on checking out the foliage, lots of sunshine over the long holiday weekend and temperatures warming up too. by monday we'll have highs close to' 70 degrees, and next week cooling down a little bit. i had a chance today to go to hampton academy, this was the big group that i spoke to earlier today. they actually have a newscast that they do called shark news,

a cream akey, or green wall that i was just standing in front of. that was them, they gave me a great shirt, i love the back, the little finn. but i wanted to thank them, they were all great sports about talking weather and geeking out a little bit. josh: good stuff, thanks, haley. one man wasn't about to stand by when he saw a robbery in progress. >> i don't think he came here for a sandwich, but he got a knuckle sandwich, that's for sure. jennifer: the rest of that story coming up next. >> i feel like we make mir kepts every day, the emotion that our

jennifer: a massachusetts driver is facing charges for driving while intoxicated and simple sought in manchester. officers say 40-year-old maria felize of methuen hit a car and refused to give her information to the other car. police found her vehicle in a parking lot, but she refused to exit her car when approached by officers and hit them when they tried to arrest her. josh: a new hampshire man will spend 10 years behind bars after

station and two banks. authorities say james whinnem robbed banks in manchester and dover. jennifer: a man tried to stop a robbery at a subway in oregon and it got physical. surveillance video shows the good samaritan punching the man after the suspect took cash from the register, but the punch didn't quite knock the robber out. that fight continued, until the suspect was able to get away. >> that's when he got me with a pretty good left hook to the face, and i kind of stumbled a little bit, and he took off and ran aacross the street. if this guy thinks he's just going to walk by me with all this money in his pocket, he's got another thing coming. if he wants this money he's going to fight me for it and i don't think he fame here for a sandwich, but he got a knuckle sand witch. jennifer: police are still looking for that man tonight.

josh: straight ahead, a lot of granite staters know all too well the struggles of dealing with heroin addiction. jennifer: we'll continue our team coverage of this crisis with a special live segment

whose jobs are most affected by jennifer: heroin is now the most important problem facing new hampshire. at least that's the result of a new wmur granite state poll, backing up the warnings being sounded from nashua to north conway. welcome back, everyone, i'm jennifer vaughn. two of the officials on the front lines of the heroin crisis are right here in our studio tonight. and before we talk to them, let's take a closer look at the poll numbers. 25% of granite staters say drugs are the most important issue facing the state. and close to half of new hampshire residents say they personally know someone who has abused heroin in the last five years. that number jumping to 60% for residents 18 to 35 years old. let's get right to wmur's josh mcelveen who is with the state's drug czar as well as the police chief of new hampshire's largest city. josh: thanks.

jack woznak, the state's drug czar. your job is to coordinate the state's response to this problem. >> that's right. josh: you were criticized over the summer. how are things going now? >> i think we're going pretty well. we've had some good luck rolling out doses of narcan, that begins to take some of the heat off while we improve access to treatment. we've worked with a lot of local officials, state officials, federal officials. we've broken down -- we've put a package together that will make this work. i met with treatment providers, it's really critical that one of the biggest stumbling blocks is they're not certain what's going to happen with medicaid reauthorized. i have facilities that are 100% medicaid, which will close if medicaid doesn't get reauthorized.

i have private providers. but it's important that we have the opportunity for reimbursing through medicaid. josh: going back to that heat you were taking earlier, you have no question about it a very difficult job coordinating this response. are you confident that every resource that is currently available to you now in this heroin crisis is being used? >> i am, yes, i have good relations with law enforcement. i've had good meetings with them. their advice to me is to work on prevention and treatment. we make the connections when we need to. safety has been very important in focusing efforts and resources on prevention, with health and human services and other departments. and we've gone a long way towards getting more facilities licensed in terms of regulations and licensing and waivers. josh: treatment facilities? >> yes. josh: let's talk about the law enforcement part of this, chief willard.

over the summer, citing a lack of urgency on the part of people at the state level and perhaps around the country not recognizing how serious a problem this is. do you feel that things have improved? >> the recognition piece, the understanding piece has improved greatly there. are more people at the table, we still need to bring more people into the discussion. but the polls tell you that this is a serious issue that's touching pretty much every family in the state of new hampshire. josh: communication was one of the key factors that you see wasn't happening. but mayor gatsas says yes, communication is happening now, lots of talk, no action. are you seeing enough action when it comes to outside the police force? >> i'm seeing some level of action. unfortunately, we're still beholding to the legislature and the senate to release funds on some level. so action is a lot slower than we would want it to be. but if those public officials come together and work on this issue as they would any other epidemic that we're faced with, i think we can bring about change, but that window is

closing, and it's closing rather quickly. josh: what's happening out there on the streets now? you see the poll numbers. a lot of people know someone who uses. what's happening out there? >> what's happening is those individuals who are addicted to drugs, that pool of people is growing, it's growing at an alarming rate and we need to somehow shrink that. we are affecting the supply to a great demand, we are locking up drug dealers at an unprecedented rate, 30 in the past two weeks on my new initiative. so the supply is there, we're affecting the supply, but the only way to truly affect some sort of change is to shrink the addiction pool. and that isn't something i can do, because kid not arrest my way out of this. i can arrest as many drug dealers as kid get my hands on, but that pool of those who are addicted, that needs to shrink. josh: chief, a lot of this is being blamed by the, on the use of prescription drugs. is that the overriding delivery of these addicts or are we

done the pills before, but there's so much heroin on the streets right now -- demographic. you always have people self medicating by abusing drugs. but prescription drugs, i think the medical profession is overprescribing prescription drugs, so it's not necessarily that people are becausing it. if a doctor is willing to give you prescription drugs like they're candy and you feel it's okay to take them, not realizing the true addictive nature what was the doctor is giving you. this contradict shun that you have such faith in the doctor that they theo what they're doing, so when they're prescribing you something that's highly addictive, without you understanding how addictive it is, i think there's a level of negligence there. so i put it on the medical profession as much as anybody else. josh: unfortunately there's nobody here from the medical profession to weigh in on this. jack, when it comes to treatment, you have so many people going to the mayor's

office or calling who ever they can saying i need help and can't find it. why is that? >> i think we need to do a better job at making sure that people understand we do have nh treatment.org, there are websites where you can see a list, put in your zip code and find treatment. i've spoken to places that have available beds. we have available treatment. and by using new hampshire, nh treatment.org, or the anyone any time nh website, that link, there's a ton of information there, it links you to lists of resources. josh: for someone who is desperate and addicted, you send them to a website. confident -- >> it's very easy. josh: are you confident that if someone is seeing this tonight perhaps says you know what, this gives me the courage to ask for help that if they do, they'll be able to get it tonight? >> i do. josh: by going on this website there's a number they can call? >> put in their zip code and

providers in the neighborhood. there's names, addresses, phone numbers, they can start calling. it's not as easy as having your appendix out, but it's easy to use, it maps every service in the state of new hampshire, and there's a lot of service providers. i understand that it is important that we make it easier to access them. but this nh treatment.org and the drug-free new hampshire website has a ton of information that will help people navigate the system. josh: one more question for you. are you comfortable with the level of recognition this problem has when it comes to the federal government? we talked about this coming to the streets, it's not being grown or manufactured here, it's coming from somewhere. >> i've had as much interaction with our delegation in washington and the white house as i have with any of the department officials, so they're all in. josh: federal law enforcement agencies, good coordination there? >> outstanding coordination. we'll be conducting a task force with d.e.a., f.b.i., u.s.

going after the drug cartels that are fueling the drugs into new england. josh: you both have very difficult jobs, we appreciate your efforts and we appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much. >> thank you. josh: about that beard on chief willard, that's part of a fundraiser he's doing on part of the children's advocacy center in case you're wondering about that. obviously the heroin issue is not one that's going to be solved quickly. for continuing coverage of the crisis, stay with wmur on air and online, follow us on facebook and twitter and send us your stories as well on the things you have learned that could help stem the spread of what has become a very dangerous

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josh: good day on wall street, the dow picking up 122 points, s&p 500 and nasdaq also with the up arrows. in january, volkswagen will recall the vehicles at the center of an emissions scandal. jennifer: the auto maker says it needs time for germany to approve its plans for fixing the cars. the company admitted it installed software to beat the emission tests. it says a computer update should fix most of the vehicles, but

converters. josh: an haze are bush is ramping up to take over miller, it's willing to pay 104 billion to acquire the rival brewer. the maker of miller lite has already rejected two proposals to create what would be the largest beer maker in the world. and a new survey shows granite staters are willing to pay more for locally grown fruits and vegetables. the u.n.h. survey talked to 200 residents and found that most people spend 21% of their grocery budget on fresh produce. most residents say they buy produce at grocery stores, not at farms or farmers markets. jennifer: mod cloth will no longer offer plus sizes, because it will no longer be a separate category. the decision took a lot of debate but in the end it decided to define its categories by types of clothing, not types of bodies. josh: a new business is offering new england's famous fall foliage to people in other states.

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jennifer: you may remember that massachusetts man who was selling snow during last winter's record blizzard. josh: it was a big seller for people in other parts of the country. now he's hoping to cash in on

another season. jennifer: kyle warren is now selling new england fall foliage, he preserves the leaves to enhance their colors, $20 will get you three leaves as well as a customized message and that he will ship anywhere in the u.s. josh: wish i thought of that. jennifer: some people consider the sandwich fair to be new hampshire's quintessential fall foliage event. josh: paula tracey says it's one of her favorites. >> held every columbus day weekend, the sandwich fair usually coincide with peak foliage, its colors and lights blend in with the trees. this years fair runs saturday, sunday and monday, gates opening at 8:00 a.m. each day, 10 for adults. this year's parade will get under way at 1:00 on sunday afternoon at the intersection of 113 and 109 in downtown sandwich. you'll find puppet people,

livestock, marching bands and floats. for details on the parade and the new events at this year's fair, go to the escape outside section of wmur.com. paula tracey, wmur news 9. hayley: the foliage really starting to pop, especially up in the northern part of the state where we're at peak or close to it in a lot of spots. it is just beautiful, the drives are amazing right now. take a look at one of those spots where the foliage is gorgeous, in littleton there you can see all the yellows, the pops of orange, it's just gorgeous. sanborn on the a little more green on the trees, but the clouds in the sky have been moving through as well. we've had some sunshine too. it's been a very nice october day, it felt more like a september day with temperatures up close to 70. and that's where we stand even at this hour in manchester and nashua at 70 degrees apiece.

69 in portsmouth. we've got 67 in rochester and in the low 60's in the northern part of the state. the temperatures over the past couple days have been really cool for october standards. but we've been making the climb ever so slowly. today a lot of us cracking 70. tomorrow will be cooler though, we'll be back below the average of 64. our high tomorrow about 63, then cooler than that with with some rain showers on friday. but then the temperatures will be on the up and up as we head into the holiday weekend, in fact by monday on columbus day temperatures getting to 70 again. here's what you can expect tonight. we do have some passing clouds, especially in the great north woods, and in the upper valley. wouldn't be surprised if there may be a couple of sprin else getting into the upper valley. there's a weak cold front. this is trying to move across the state, but it's kind of fading and dying out as it's

so really the bigger effects will be the cooler air that we feel during the day tomorrow. other than a stray sprinkle up north or upper valley throughout the evening hours, we're pretty much deal with just passing clouds, which will fade away during the overnight. tomorrow morning starting out bright and sunny, maybe some patchy fog up in the north, the temperatures not quite as cool as where we've been the past couple of mornings. tomorrow afternoon, under the bright sunshine, temperatures upper 50's, low 60's, nearly perfect october weather, especially for viewing the foliage. here's our changes though. on friday in the predawn hours there will be some rain showers moving in the western part of the state and probably after the morning commute for places like concord, manchester will have the rain moving through, especially midday, there may be some downpours and for the friday night lights games with the football games, maybe still a few showers lingering, but most of the heaviest rain will be over and done with. games should be off and good to go. then we clear out and the

weekend looks excellent. lots more sunshine, and temperatures warming up. hearings your overnight forecast. in the 30's to the north, 40's elsewhere. light winds out of the northwest. here's the school day forecast for tomorrow, starting out not quite as chilly at the bus stop, a light jacket will do. temperatures going to the low 60's in the afternoon. the rest of the work week and weekend, a few showers on friday, but then look at that weekend. another long weekend that we get to enjoy. perfect for foliage, apple picking. josh: neiman marcus has released its christmas book. jennifer: this year's range from $10 to $4 thown thousand, including a limited edition mustang and dressup collections for your kid, rare bourbon and a california motorcycle trip.

keanu reeves. >> in addition to the motorcycle you will fly to los angeles and ride with keanu. jennifer: things like flights to the international space station are a little out of your budget, there is the $10 option, marshmallows shaped like hearts and snow flakes. jamie the: the national league wild card game is tonight, pitching matchup between jake arrieta and gerrit cole of the pirates. coming up at 6:00, we're talking about the huge showdown in football this weekend, number two goffstown hosting number three bedford, possibly the biggest game in goffstown football history. one of the biggest regular season games in bug dogs history, both teams undefeated as they roll into the big game saturday afternoon. we were at both practices this afternoon. the numbers are still coming in for the new hampshire tackles hunger food program.

here, reported a collection of 2,347 pounds of food to benefit their community at the st. vincent depaul food pantry, good job by them. several schools are still holding their drives this week, the salem and spaulding game is a collection site for new hampshire tackles hunger. so far, over 55,000 pounds of food has been collected. jennifer: thank you, jamie. what's the most annoying thing about other hotel guests? josh: see if your pet peeves match up with other travelers, that story next. jennifer: tonight at 6:00 heroin is now topping jobs and the economy as the number one concern of granite staters. as new hampshire faces an epidemic. plus we'll have an update on the repair work in manchester after a water main break buckled roads and left hundreds of homes

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josh: the texas rangerser serving up a new twist on the idea of sweet and savory, how about cotton candy on your hot dog. it's topped with sugar infused mustard, a dab of pink or blue cotton candy and sells for 10 bucks. jennifer: jet blue is branching out into gardening, here's a pick of the airline's new mini farm at jfk airport. for now jet blue says it's just trying to educate travelers about food production but hopes to eventually grow food that will be used in airport restaurants and even on their flights.

a new travel survey reveals the hotel behaviors that most irritate other guests. josh: number one, lazy parents who don't keep their kids under control. very close second, people who have the, keep the hallways noisy, kids and adults. third most common complaint is the group dubbed the complainers, those people in front of you in line and would be let up on the hotel employees with multiple but minor frustrations. jennifer: so it's a complaint about the complainers. how about that. josh: like a third level there somewhere. thank you for joining us.

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josh: tonight at 6:00 the heroin crises now the most important problem facing the state. stunning numbers on just how many people are impacted by the epidemic. jennifer: plus one of the biggest questions for those who

are addicted, where they can go for help. in our team coverage the answer that is upsetting to so many. josh: flooded and buckling streets and homes left without water after a water main break in manchester. hayley: cooler air moving in for the second half of the week and the threat for some wet weather. the hour by hour forecast ahead. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 6:00. jennifer: good evening. topping our news at 6:00 the heroin epidemic and the crisis of addiction. new hampshire residents now see that as the most important problem facing the state, moving ahead of the economy and education. josh: this is according to our latest wmur granite state poll which also reveals just how many families may be personally impacted by this heroin crisis. for so many people in new hampshire, this poll tells them what they already know. >> my best friend almost died a week ago. >> i've had a number of friends

that have unfortunately become