like we do. now wmur news 9 at 5:00. josh: we begin with the man paroled in may after serving a sentence for his role in the 1997 killing of epsom police officer jeremy charron. he is back in custody tonight. i'm josh mcelveen, thank you for joining us. jean: and i'm jean mackin. kevin paul is facing new charges and this afternoon familiesed a massachusetts judge. adam sexton is live in the newsroom with the latest. reporter: the mother of officer jeremy charron was one of the few sounding alarm bells back in may when kevin paul was released saying she did not think he was ready to return to society, now he's once again behind bars. one of new hampshire's more infamous criminals is back in court just six months after being paroled from prison. kevin paul is in custody in boston as a fugitive from justice. police in new hampshire say they believe he's involved in a burglary ring. in 1997 paul stood by as his

police officer jeremy charron. paul spent 17 years behind bars. the parole board granted his release in may when he claimed to be on the right track. >> i have addressed my issues with with substance abuse ask set up a structure around myself that i feel like i can maintain sobriety on the street. reporter: but police belief he became involved in a burglary ring that steals weapons. investigators in concord, hillsborough and ken i kerr are looking into a series of burglaries. they say kevin paul obtained the guns to sell them. >> his role was to come to town with the two suspects which broke into the house and he received the two firearms specifically. reporter: concord police say drugs were part of the deal. >> it does so involve meth, we have more information on the type and quantity at a later

date, but that's the drug that we believe is involved with this. reporter: when kevin paul returns to new hampshire he'll be facing charges of receiving stolen property, being an armed career criminal, and of course parole violation. adam sexton, wmur news 9. jean: police arrested a suspected bank robber just minutes after the holdup in manchester. just after 10:00 this morning officers were called to the bank of new hampshire on hooksett road. five minutes later an officer spotted the man matching the description riding his bicycle. police took ronald cook into custody, he'll face a judge thursday. jump a worker was injured after he fell into a pit this afternoon near the market basket on garden lane. fire officials say the man was impaled in the groin by re-bar. he was air lifted to a boston hospital. >> he was in a lot of pain, obviously, but he was actually doing very well, he was alert and knew where he was and what

was going on. josh: officials say it took several people to pull the man from the ditch. commitment 2016 now, and on the eve of veterans day democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is rolling out her plan to improve the veterans administration. jean: at a roundtable event in derry she outlined a plan to give veterans better access to health care and expand mental health services. as heather hamel reports live now, clinton believes the whole system needs to be overhauled. reporter: yes, hillary clinton says veterans need reliable and consistent access to health care, say they'll have earned and it deserve it and should not have roadblocks to getting it. >> these problems are serious, systemic and unacceptable. they need to be fixed, and they need to be fixed now. reporter: at it a town halle vent clinton laid out her plan to veterans and their loved ones saying as president she will work to get government agencies to door fate with each other, stream line the electronic health system and enforce a zero

>> as we work to improve the v.a., i will fight as long and hard as it takes to prevent republicans from privatizing it as part of a misguided ideological crusade. reporter: she talked about modernizing the benefits, making it easier for women to get care, improving mental health services and doing more to support veterans families. when the floor opened up to questions, fighting terrorism was a topic. >> if you have a declaration of war you better have a budget that backs it up. reporter: however, she says more needs to be done to combat them in cyberspace and when it comes to boots on the ground, clinton told the crowd people everywhere need to be involved in the fight. >> looking forward, i think we've got to understand that the united states needs to continue to lead, but we've got to perfect wade people who are

threats that they've got to be part of it, we're not going to carry the weight. reporter: then clinton headed north to dartmouth college for an event that will focus on the economy. heather hamel, wmur news 9. josh: thanks. there will be a little more space on the stage for tonight's republican debate. just eight candidates met the matchup. as marsi gonzalez reports from milwaukee, the moderators are under as much of the spotlight as the candidates are. reporter: republican presidential hopefuls set for a showdown in milwaukee. the eight candidates taking the main stage and the moderator saying this debate will be different from the last. after backlash over the times of questions asked in last month's cnbc dade -- >> is this a comic book version of a president hall campaign? reporter: tonight fox business says they'll stick to specifics on policy plans, many watching to see if donald trump will continue going after dr. ben car

con's claims about his own violent youth. >> if you try and hit your mother over the head with a hammer, your poll numbers go up. this is a strange election, isn't it? reporter: some call this a make or break night for jeb bush, waiting to see his tactic this time after a fail attack on marco rubio in the last debate. >> will screb go after marco rubio in the course of this, will donald trump ask ben carson engage in the midst of this. and ted cruz is in an interesting position because i don't think he has an opportunity to bash the rest, so what will he do. reporter: this will be the smallest republican debate so far. chris christie and mike huckabee didn't have the poll numbers to make the main stage, so they'll take part in the earlier debate. jean: it's a name often associated with political spin, and today the top p.r. person for cook industries spoke at st. anselm college. steve lombardo is in charge of communications and market, for the company.

the same anselm graduate says the point of his visit was to explain what the companies do and to answer quis. he says his studies in new hampshire laid the foundation for his career. >> the professors i learned from, the ethics classes, the integrity that they instilled on young people like myself really has stayed with me my entire life and career. jean: lombard wro was greeted by a has beenful of demonstrators protesting koch industries. josh: investigators say there could be hundreds of victims of child pornography around the dpoab, this investigation started in scrun with a cyber tip to the new hampshire internet crimes against children task force. police say that 33-year-old ryan powell is unemployed, living in his mother's basement in salem. court documents state that powell recorded numerous chat

8 and 9-year-old children to engage in lewd and sexual acts. investigators say he started by coaxing the victims to expose parts of their body and then he would threaten them that he would post the images online if they didn't go further. it's not clear if any of the alleged victims are local, but authorities do say that one i.p. address was traced tall way to the u.k. >> it appears as he had originalry engaged them some chat and through that chat had had disguised himself as someone that they would speak to and that they would open up to and whether that was he was disguising himself as a girl or representing himself to be someone he's not. josh: powell i being held on $75,000 cash only bail. jean: let's turn to traffic watch, see how the evening commute is shaping up. in manchester the veuf 293 near exit 5 from our elliott at

josh: peggy james joins us with a live look at the road home. are you there? >> yes, i am. we're looking at a pretty much trouble-pree ride so far coming border. still good, about 21 minutes will get you into manchester. moving well. further north, 93 through ride. the everett turnpike you're having slight delays through the merrimack stretch as you head north. 101 west you're busy from route 114 out to wallace road and no problems heading towards the seacoast. from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: up next, tonight investigators are calling the shooting of a texas judge an assassination attempt. we'll tell you the man they want to question for the crime is already in custody.

defense bill passes congress. it also includes a key provision dealing with prisoners at guantanamo bay. mike: another dry one today, but that changes, dach and cooler starting tonight. >> our lives will never be the same without aaron. josh: plus the mother of a madbury murder victim faces two of the men charged in her son's death, her message to them as they learn their sentence. jean: new at 6:00 the owner of a candia water park is refusing to go down without a fight, we'll

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and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders,

jean: welcome back. texas authorities are questioning a person of interest in what is being called an judge. josh: authorities say the man was arrested and charged for an unrelated murder. judge julie coserek was shot in the driveway of her home in austin, investigators are looking for anyone who might have a grudge. jean: a funeral was he today for a 9-year-old boy killed at part of chicago's gang warfare. police say lee was targeted because of his father's gang affiliation, lured into an alley and shot to death. officers are still looking for

the shooter, they've offered $54,000 and relocation help for witnesses who can help track down the killer. josh: the defense bill passedded by congress today will not allow guantanamo bay prisoners to be brought into the u.s. president obama has been trying to move detainees to this country since the start of his presidency, but congress disagrees, with the senate final kriezing this will in a 91-3 vote. the president vetoed an earlier version. jean: the obama administration says it will take the president's plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation to the supreme court. as wmur's aixa diaz reports from washington, the move is in response to a federal appeals court ruling. reporter: the president's plan would protect immigrants who were brought here illegally as children, and the parents of u.s. citizens and permanent residents who have been living

on monday the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals agreed with the federal judge who earlier this initiative. critics say the president's plan overreach. the white house argues the president does have the power to take action without lawmakers. >> if congress is ready to get to work and actually do the job job -- >> stop, stop! jean: that is dramatic body camera video showing a woman ramming her vehicle into a police cruiser, the officer was setting up spike strips but realized he did not have time. he was not hurt and was able to eventually tase the woman. she now faces a slew of charges. josh: we've had a pretty easy transition to november so far. even setting records with the warm weather. jean: but what does it mean for when winter arrives? josh judge is joining us with a look at that.

when it comes to meteorology, but we can certainly look at trends. so we've taken a look at the last 10 years of novembers, we've had a warm start to this november. what does that mean for the future? here's the average high temperatures for the last 10 novembers, right back to the 05-06 season. the average temperature for that perfect is about 38.3 degrees, that's when your average the highs and lows together, you get that. now, there are three years in the last 10 years that stand off, 2006-07, 2009-2010 and 20111-2012. what did that mean for snowfall those years? well below average. average snowfall is 64.5 inches, many years with much more than that. but when you take those three years and take a look at them, they're all well below average does. that continue far they are beyond 10 years or so? i took a look at that and i was able to go back all the way to 1966 before i found any year

november there was average or above average snow. each ofes in years for the last 48 years, when you had an above average temperature in november, we had a below average snowfall here for the year. these stats of course used for concord. that's all well and good, but what does it mean for the next couple days? forecast. mike: yes, josh, and it does look like some snow chances in the north country as we go into the weekend, but just a couple of flurries or light snow showers. nothing coming down the road in the short term, so the story up at newfound lake today, we had sunshine and a beautiful start. during the course of the afternoon the clouds have been on the increase. and as they lower and thicken they'll finally produce some hampshire. look at the winds, coming in out of the north and northeast. very, very weak right now, but they'll ten continue crease a time. as for the temperatures out there, lower 40's, even a few

it's 40's to around 50 in southern parts of new hampshire and overnight tonight we drop but not all that much due to an increase in cloud cover and an increase in the winds. as for the latest system that we're tracking, initial slug of moisture has been to our east and southeast today, but upper level energy pinwheeling back through the ohio valley now making inroads on a good portion of southern new england and eventually that rain gets in on the act over central and southern parts of new hampshire. notice on future cast the rain on the increase tonight, mostly central and southern parts of the state. very little will fall out of this storm in the north country. as we advance in time you'll notice there is a back end that approaches during the early part of the afternoon. the morning will be damp, breezy and chilly, and the rain may linger in southeastern parts of new hampshire during the early afternoon. we may not see the rain shut down at the coast until sometime after 2:00 or 3:00. then it will tend to dry out a

into early on thursday. following that the next system approaches with a band of showers moving in out of new york state and working in towards the east by the afternoon and early evening. in terms of rain, not nearly as much as some of the models were projecting yesterday and there's no question that most of it falls in central and southern new hampshire, the blue shade here indicates the potential for half inch or more, much lower, notice very little if any fall in parts of coos county. in terms of temperatures tomorrow with the winds out of the north and northeast and a thick cloud cover, we'll be stuck in the 40's. right at the average for the early to mid part of november and there's no question that the november chill sticks around him as for the tropics, they are heating up. this is tropical storm kate, top winds of 70 miles per hour, but no threat to any land mass whatsoever in the short term because it's moving to the northeast at a good clip, well away from the east coast. our weather for tonight, we've got the clouds on the increase

and a little rain will ten to move in. looks like the steadiest will fall in central and southern parts of new hampshire. we could see again up to a half inch between this evening and midday tomorrow. tomorrow again certainly wet in the morning, although farther north and west of the lakes region it will start to dry out earlier and then late in the afternoon the rain may shut off even along the coast. a little bit of partial sun early thursday, then showers late. next chance of a few mixed showers will come friday night into early saturday, mostly up north, outside of that it's a typical november pattern, all those 60's and 70's are gone and we've got the 40's and 50's back. better than 20's and 30's. josh: we'll take it. up next, a disturbing trend in obese children, we'll tell you how early signs of heart disease are now showing up. jean: then at 5:30, another major retailer announces it will open on thanksgiving night.

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jean: some sad news, the star wars fan who got his dying wind has passed away. josh: daniel fleetwood who had a rare form of cancer got a personal screening of the new star wars film last week. this week his wife shared the news of his passing on facebook, posting he is now one with god

tonight a scary trend is being discovered in obese children. jean: the american heart association says children as young as 8 years old are already showing signs of heart disease. abc's dr. timothy johnson has more on the impact on their hearts. reporter: bulging waistlines on the playground and in the classroom, one in three american children are either overweight or obese. and now dismaying new research shows that the effect of obesity on children may start earlier than we thought. scientists presenting at the american heart association meeting performed m.r.i. scans on 20 obese and 20 normal weighted children. they found to their surprise that the obese children already had evidence of heart disease, with hearts that were almost a third larger than the normal weight children. they belief it's the result of a combo platter of poor diets low in fiber, high in sugar, and lack of physical activity with

for parents, it's obviously a wakeup call. health begins in childhood. healthy weight, active children, hand them an apple instead of a sugary drink. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. josh: first it was wine, but now we're learning about the benefits of drinking champagne. scientists believe that drinking three glasses of bubbly each week may help prevent the onset of dementia or as alzheimer's. two ingredients contain compound that can war off the brain diseases and boost spatial memory. jean: that guy is opening enough bubbly for everyone. josh: workers are walking off the job nationwide, their message about more money and union rights toward one group of people. jean: from your morning cup of joe to shipping holiday

by i owe about $68,000. i owe $44,000 in student loans. my plan, the new college compact, says you should not have to borrow money to pay tuition if you go to a public college or university. and you ought to be able to refinance student debt. and i don't believe the federal government should be making a profit off of lending to young people who are borrowing to be able to get their education. we have got to make college affordable. i'm hillary clinton and i

>> words cannot express the pain and anguish our families have endured. josh: a murder victim's mother

kill her son just before their sentenced to decades in prison. jean: it a focused effort to epidemic. a new task force now has a goal to get a bill to lawmakers. mike: a true november feel in the air tonight and tomorrow as it does turn damp and cooler. how much rain to expect, plus when more showers fall. josh: and it's two american pastimes rolled into one, how the fisher cats are merging baseball with the new hampshire primary. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 5:30. josh: 30 years to life in prison, those are the identical sentences handed down to two of the three men who murdered an 18-year-old from mad write nearly a year and a half ago. i'm josh mcelveen. jean: i'm jean mackin. aaron wilkinson was attacked with knives and a machete, his killers dumped his body in maine. jennifer crompton is live

outside stratford superior court with more on the suspects' plea deals. reporter: pinette and tatum took responsibility for their actions earlier when they pled guilty to second degree murder in exchange for willingness to testify against the third man involved. so today the court imposed their agreed upon 30-year sentences. but it was also a day for aaron wilkinson's family to speak, remembering a caring and loving young man. >> my life stopped on june 21st, 2014. words cannot express the pain and anguish our families have endured since this senseless brutal murder. reporter: the mother of 18-year-old aaron wilkinson says she's haunted by the loss of her only child, who was attacked with knives and a machete during a planned robbery. facing in court first zachary pinette, one of his three killers.

aaron call me mom, the way that only he says it with a stretched out o. reporter: paula wilkinson wanting to share who aaron was and what he meant to people. >> he wore mostly tie dyed clothes, he was sweet, kind hearted generous and free thinking. reporter: pinette sentenced to 30 years telling the court he deserves it. >> to take an 18-year-old from his family and friend, i will never forget what i've done. reporter: michael tate tatum of, chose not to speak. >> the huge par of our family was take answer way and we think you should serve the max sentence because no amount of time is bring to bring our cousin back. >> we understand that some families members of aaron may not agree with the sentence that these two killers received, but it was in the best interest to

get the third person. reporter: that third person, 19-year-old tristan wolusky, faces life in prison without parole for his first degree murder conviction, but he will be formally sentenced december 23. jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. josh: state lawmakers announced today they'll be forming a special legislative task force to address the heroin and opioid crisis. this move is in response to governor hassan calling for a special session to tack tell drug problem. the 26-member committee will consist of house and senate leaders from both parties, they will convene with the goal of evaluating and writing legislation related to fighting heroin. >> i think it's important to note that our overall goal as a legislature will be to carefully, as the senator and speaker said, to carefully vet all of these issues. josh: the committee hopes to have legislation on the house and senate floors by january 12.

jean: former congressman patrick kennedy from rhode island made new hampshire his first stop on a tour demanding better access for mental health and substance disorder patients. it was standing room only at manchester community college this morning when congressman kennedy called on government and insurance companies to treat substance abuse like a disease and not a character flaw. kennedy says now is the time to demand change from elected leaders. >> you're a political candidate running for president, you had better come up with a solution to how do we begin to tackle this overwhelming suicide rate which is twice or three times the rate of homicide and how do we address theover dose rate which is greater than car accidents. jean: for more information on the congressman's campaign to make mental illness and substance abuse a national issue, can you go to the story on our website, wmur.com. josh: tonight the bedford police department is hosting a substance abuse summit, the public is invited to attend. police will be discussing the threat posed by substance abuse,

particularly heroin and what needs to be done to combat this issue. it starts at 7:00 at the manchester christian church on old bedford road. jean: thousands of fast food workers across the country held strikes and rallies today, some still going on right now, these are live pictures tonight of the the protests happening in boston. people are demonstrating for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. abc's meghan hughes has the latest on their fight. reporter: mcdonald's workers joined protesting workers from across new york city. nay drummed, they danced, they laid out demands. >> $15 an hour would definitely help me within the course of living as far as living in new york city. >> maybe i wouldn't have to work two jobs and maybe i wouldn't have to work seven days a week. reporter: the protesters are pushing for a $15 an hour minimum wage nationwide. in chicago, striking fast food workers snarled traffic during the morning commute. >> i can't think of one job that

shouldn't start at $15 an hour. reporter: in california workers in los angeles are already expecting a wage hike by 2020. they want to see a statewide increase. and in a rally in the nation's capital, candidate bernie sanders demanded better pay for cafeteria workers serving congress. >> they should know that if you are serving them, they have got to start serving you. reporter: sanders calling out republican colleagues. opponents argue higher pay may force layoffs and increase prices. protesters made clear they want that debate to be part of the 2016 election. >> all of us are going to be a very powerful voting block in the next election. reporter: the protests were backed by the service employees international union which covers home care, child care and fast food workers. in a statement mcdonald's officials said any increase in the minimum wage should be implemented over time. meghan hughes, abc news,

washington. josh: in tonight's spirit of giving we are calling on all elves, operation santa claus needs your help. they have helped less fortunate kid have a happy christmas for years, this year there are 3,000 in need of is to and clothes, but official says that 400 kids still need sponsors. these kids are everywhere from newborns up to 17 years old. >> we care, we care about our community, we're citizens, tax payers and we care about our neighbors. josh: if you'd like to adopt a child on the list you can do so by calling 271-6530 or go to their website. jean: we do love operation santa claus around here. still ahead, starbucks has a special offer for the children of veterans as it commits to

josh: and thanksgiving day shopping has been a controversial issue, but target has a promise for bargain hunters. mike: dry now, but rain tonight, how long the damp weather will

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jean: the dow picking up 27 today. s&p up three, nasdaq dropped a dozen. ford motor company is investing in its future right here in the u.s. josh: as part of the four-year labor agreement the company has agreed continue vest $9 billion in its u.s. plants. this investment will creator keep about 8500 jobs, this is a fact that also gives ford work terse most generous deal. still need to be finalized with a vote. new numbers are out when it comes to hiring for the holiday season. more than half of u.s. retailers apparently plan on hiring seasonal workers and that is up over the last year. this is being driven by the national retail federation's forecast that holiday sales will be up nearly 4% compared to last year. jean: despite some other companies change plans, target is once again opening its doors at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day. but the minneapolis based retailer says shoppers don't are

to rush out to shop that day, the same deals will be offered online at target.com and on thanksgiving morning, or the day after thanksgiving i should say. target is also offering different deals for 10 days, that's starting on the 22nd. josh: starbucks announced today it's going to offer free tuition for the spouse or child of its veteran and active military reservist employees. the company already offers free tuition for its employees who work at least 20 hours a week. starbucks has hired more than 5500 veterans and military spouses with the goal of hiring 10,000 by 2018. of course tomorrow is veterans day, and a lot of companies are offering special deals for service members. can you find a list on wmur.com. tomorrow at 5:00 we'll have a special report on a new effort to honor new hampshire veterans and memorials specifically for granite staters who have served in the war on terror. jean: and happy 20th birthday to the u.s. marine corps,

especially with in gentleman sitting right next to me. never would forget. short on time, who isn't these days. josh: up next, we explore the top apps right now that can make your life more efficient. jean: the defending champs will be tough to beat, jamie is talking u. conn women's basketball. >> breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. josh: in tonight's candidate cafe we sit down with hillary clinton and talk to her about her granddaughter and how life

the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street

contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders,

mike: the dry stretch does continue at least for now, but some changes are ready to move in through the evening in many but not all spots. one of the spots that will pick up some rain, along the coast. that's where we take you now with time lapse out at the shore. a lot of high clouds building in late morning, early afternoon. but so dry below it that any rain that's trying to move in at this hour is drying up. as it tries to reach the ground. so if you have outdoor plans the next couple hours you want to have the umbrella handy for the southern new hampshire. you will not need it anywhere north of concord. you will notice the latest system, quite a bit. rain being produced in new york

islands. the rain will continue to move in from the south as we advance through the night, making it up to about the southern part of the lakes region. so those in the north country may pick up very little if any rain tonight into tomorrow. win right now draining out of the north and northeast about 5 miles per hour. temperatures on average in the upper 40's to lower 50's in many spots. but cooler to the north. nice and warm in the southern part of the plains states. but right now that classic november chill is over a good portion of the eastern half of the country, and yes all due to the storm that's hitting a good part of the great lakes and the northeast. in terms of rain chances for tonight, this system has to move in. lakes region south will get the most rain. while the heaviest will stay off shore, and then during the day tomorrow rapid clearing in the north country. while the clouds and rain will tend to linger the farther south and east that you go. so take a look at the time lapse as we go through time on future cast, on average a good half inch of rain likely.

lakes region points south. but with the showers fairly scattered in the north country, tough to find much more than a tenth of an inch of rain. so we could use a little bit more in northern new hampshire. tomorrow from northwest to southeast the rain shuts off and clearing will develop tomorrow evening as the winds continue to pick up tonight. notice on thursday more changes, as the next system arrives a little bit of sun early, then the cloud will roll in with showers likely during the afternoon and the evening. by then we'll see temperatures back in the upper 40's and lower 50's. similar temperatures tomorrow, notice as we advance on sky cast here, the clouds are locked in, temperatures slowly fall back through the 40's tonight, the rain picks up, especially overnight into tomorrow morning. and then beyond that it's looking fairly dry as we go through tomorrow night. but again tonight it a different story, northern parts of the state will stay mostly dry. southern areas get the most rain. dries out from northwest to sews tomorrow afternoon.

more showers thursday afternoon. after that fairly dry except for a few mixed rain and snow showers up north on saturday. josh: we do need the rain. thanks, mike. in a world that's all about convenience lately, time saving apps are gaining popularity. jean: from by-passing the line at a popular coffee chain to avoiding a long wait at the post office, oh yes there's an app for that. they are helping millions of people. reporter: in in frantic got to do it now world -- >> time is very important. reporter: consumers are turning time. for that crucial cup of morning joe, starbucks recentrily added an other and pay feature on its mobile app w. the help of g.p.s. tracking, orders are ready the moment coffee lovers walk into the store, no line, no wait. >> i think it's smart. can you get anything nowadays, so the difference between two different stores could be how convenient it is.

many businesses cashing in on apps that offer convenience for those on the go. if you've got a smart phone in hand, you're just a few clicks away from saving time. >> we should definitely expect to see so many more of these apps in the future. people are all about using technology to make their lives more efficient. report people were hungry and angry are using hangry to pick a food, pay for it and get a fast delivery in their area. drivers with a popular ride sharing service, uber, now keep temperature controlled bags. customers choose and uber delivers curb side. >> we've got a chicken biscuit and a pork sandwich. reporter: dreading the post office? there's ship, upload a picture of the item you want to mail and a currier picks it up within 20 minutes for a $5 fee plus mailing cost. >> worry the easiest way to send anything anywhere, we pick up

them at the lowest available price. reporter: ship is planning to expand in the near future. the business and so many others hoping the apps make a lon wait a thing of the past. jean: sometimes i think my smart phone slows me down, too. all right. josh: there's an app for that. jean: with this february marking the 100th anniversary of our first in the nation primary, the fisher cats are joining the fun with an election of their own. josh: the team is throwing open voting to the fans to decide which hat players will wear for next year's opening day. here's a red hat with an elephant, then there's a blue hat with a donkey. fans can vote online at the we the fans 2016.com. and buying a hat gets you additional votes. >> looking at trying to engage with our fans, celebrate our state's history, have some fun and create a night that nobody will forget.

way and so far apparently, well, republicans can't like this one if that's an indication of election day, but there's still a long way to go. democrats up by six points. jamie: josh used an app to do that math. we have boston celtics basketball tonight, the green team is playing another team in green, the milwaukee bucks, 8:00. celtics are also playing tomorrow night at home with indiana. the defending national champs in women's basketball should be really good again, u. conn, they placed two of their players on the preseason all american team. briannea stewart has won a national championship all three of her years at u. conn, looking to make it four for four this coming season. the power poll out after the first week of the playoffs, the top four here are all playing each other this coming saturday in the playoffs. you see the rest of the top 10 now. only six of the top 10 teams are

still alive in the playoffs. college football on channel 9, an early look in case you want to find a viewing party for your favorite team, ohio state, michigan at indiana and the nightcap, oklahoma and baylor, a good saturday football here on channel 9. josh: thanks. coming up next, get ready, santa, is to are staging a comeback. jean: plus crayola is jumping into the game, its new offering being marketed as a stress reliever. tom: police say there could be hundreds of victims around the world, the disturbing child pornography case against a salem man who is accused of targeting girls as young as 8 years old. and the legal effort to block the request for early release from prison, why prosecutors are trying to keep a man behind bars for his conviction for attacking a woman. tt2w`t+o m4: bt@qj9h tt2w`t+o m4: "a@qz5,

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josh: move over, video games and mobile apps, tonight is to are making a comeback. jean: the u.s. toy industry is expecting/strongest year in at least a decade. this growth is being fueled by tin creasing popularity of collectibles. toys based on blockbuster titles and better technology inside of toys.

josh: as we told you, stores are having trouble keeping coloring books for adults, yes, adults. apparently they're not on the shelves, now crayola is launching/own line of books. its kits will now include the book and tools with intricate black and white illustrations. companies are marketing it as a cheap way to relieve stress. jean: and speaking of that, next tuesday night the meredith public library is holding an adult coloring night. it starts at 6:30 and in case you're wondering, coloring books and colored pencils will be provided. so you can give it a try. josh: relieves stress. whatever works.

jean: police say a man from salem targeted junk kids online to create child sex abuse images. >> based on what he was doing and the website he was on, these victims could be anywhere around the world.

jennifer: the threat he allegedly used to get with a he wanted. tom: the man on parole for his part in the murder of an epsom police officer is back in custody tonight. the new crimes kevin paul is accused of. mike: dry again today, but changes are on the way as rain develops in many areas tonight, which will see the most and how much will fall. jennifer: plus the man convicted of beating a woman in 2004, leaving her with serious injuries, wants to be released from prison early. the fight by prosecutors and the victim to keep him locked up. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 6:00. tom: 6:00, and investigators in salem say this man had a disturbing scheme to use a website to find kids and manufacture child sex abuse images. good evening, i'm tom griffith. jennifer: and i'm jennifer vaughn. investigators say the victims

are girls under the age of 10