>> now at 11:00, terrorism and national security, the focus of tonight' s republican debate. different strategies laid out by republican presidential candidates on how to keep the country safe. >> state leaders pushing for fast action on how to fight this date heroism crisis. >> people could die in we need to do something about it. >> -- state leaders pushing for fast action on how to fight the state' s heroin crisis. >> a water main break floods manchester the second time this week. >> i watched the water come

>> starting tonight at 11:00, republican candidates for president met for the first debate tonight since the terror attacks in paris in california good evening. >> presidential hopefuls covered topics including how to defeat the islamic state and keeping the country safe. political reporter adam sexton begins our commitment 2016 coverage. >> this was a pretty bitter contest with the spotlight on one topic. a lot of debts and a number of chances to highlight differences. jeb bush finally turning the tables a bit on the candidate who has storm into him in previous debates. after flailing at front runner donald trump to little effect in previous debates, jeb bush landed some punches tuesday night, slamming trump' s policy

he' he would not be the keep our country safe. i' m unhinged. he said that very simply because he has failed in his campaign. it has been a total disaster. nobody cares, and, frankly, i' m the most solid person of here. i have built a tremendous company, and ollie want to do is make america great again. >> the squabbles did not stop there as candidates took shots at marco rubio, who is rising in the polls. >> he wants to have it both ways. he' s the weakest of all the candidates on immigration. he is the one for an open border . if we want to defend the country, we have to defend against those who are coming in, and he has more allegiance to chuck schumer and liberals than he does to conservative policy. >> the terrorist that attacked us at san bernadino was an american citizen, born and raised in this country, and i

>> if your eyes are glazed over s like to be on the floor of the united states senate. it list debates about how many angels on the head of a 10 from people who have never had to make a consequential decision. >> talking tough is not the same as being strong. to wage war, we need a commander-in-chief who has made tough calls in tough times and that up to be held accountable over and over, not first-term senator' s flood never made an executive decision in their life. >> in an odd turn, dr. ben carson was given a chance to jump in and avoided the topic entirely. >> i don' t want to get in between them. >> candidates differed on removing syria' s dictator. >> we keep. from president obama and hillary clinton and washington republicans that they are searching for these mythical moderate rebels. it' s like a purple unicorn. they never exist.

being jihadists. >> i don' t want to be a policeman of the world, but we cannot back off of this. >> things are just wrapping up, and it will be interesting to see if jeb bush can muster some performance. we will be back in the granite eight later this week. >> earlier in the evening, the candidate at the bottom of the polls had their turn on stage. this debate also focused on foreign policy and terrorism. the republican candidates responded to donald trump' s proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. because people are angry and afraid that we are facing an refuses to acknowledge. >> how you think the king of jordan must feel to hear that? he is our friend, our ally. this is not the way to make america safe. this is the way to help our enemies. >> to say that regardless of if

we have overseas simply because of your religion we are going to ban you is un-american. >> i would agree that donald trump' s proposal was not the right proposal, but he brings up a very important issue that i too long in this country. >> the next republican debate is south carolina. this is the last debate before the iowa caucus. the democrats debate, though, hampshire. coverage begins at 8:00 on wmur. >> democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders held a talked about terrorism. >> it' s clear to me that we need to crush isis, but it is also clear to me that we need a foreign-policy which is not just based on being tough but based on being smart. >> the vermont senator has been

the past two days. today, he also had it since in dover and rochester. >> kind of interesting -- the ballot order has been set. the order candidates will appear is selected through a drawing. low polling candidate jim gilmore got the top spot today followed by lindsey graham then donald trump. john kasich will be at the bottom of that list. for the democrats, bernie sanders will top the ballot followed by martin o' malley and hillary clinton. you can find our commitment 2016 coverage any time on wmur.com. look back on moments big and small from primaries past and interviews with people who have experienced those moments. >> from targeting sentinel dealers to drug education, several recommendations to fight the heroin and opium problem in our state are closer to becoming laws. a special legislative task force has approved bills for the fast

explain. >> when the shenzhen -- when the session continues, some bills will be heard in joint hearings, governor' s desk on january 21. legislators and the manchester in the right direction. proposals aimed at addressing new hampshire' s substance abuse month. three bills were expedited tuesday by a bipartisan task force in concord. melissa crews of hope or new start. >> the things that were expedited would definitely things that needed to happen. >> the legislation consists of partial penalties, setting increased distribution of narcan and something she is happy to see -- requiring drug education in schools. >> there are a lot that could resources. listened to testimony and looked

ve heard are just so compelling, and it brings the real world into it, and people are dying, and we need to do something about it. >> other bills focused on prevention treatment and recovery will either go through the normal legislative process or receive early recommendation, meaning they will be voted on as soon as possible in session. >> things like drug courts, money for enhanced law enforcement. i think they will go through relatively easily. >> lawmakers say more work will need to be done as they build on these initiatives. going forward, cruz hopes they will continue to consider the opinions of people on the front lines. >> who better to help someone figure out how to fix an addition -- addiction problem than someone who has lived through it themselves. >> legislation requiring additional state money will go through the regular legislative process.

in massachusetts found a teenager guilty of raping and killing his high school math teacher during the trial. his attorney admitted the then 14-year-old killed her, but said he was suffering from severe mental illness. chisholm was tried as an adult. the victim' s family said there can never be true justice for the crime committed against their daughter. >> there remains a tremendous and painful absence in our lives, one that sadly can never be replaced. >> a date has not been set yet, but a judge will decide if chisholm will serve his sentences consecutively or concurrently. he will eventually be eligible for parole. >> right now, cleanup is under way in the city of manchester. you' re looking live at the corner of elm and fark street. a neighborhood dealing with a water main break. see that the crews are still out there working on that problem.

afternoon with justin saw a stream of water flowing down elm street. he says he knew right away it was a water main break. the second one in this neighborhood this month. >> i just literally watched the water come rushing down the street like he would go again. i called 911 and called them down again. >> the district fire chief says the main broke at west park at elm street. >> crews arrived to find the street had buckled, heavy water coming down the street. >> at one point, crews were concerned flooding would damage the historic john stark house, but the chief made sure it was well protected. >> a bag of speedy dry around the windows to keep the water from going to the basement. >> so far, no word on what exactly caused the break or if this could be an ongoing problem. >> we live in a very old city, old pipes. things could happen. >> that' s cold comfort to people who live here. >> everybody gives you the same answer, that it'

s concerning that it' s happening again within a 30-day span and front of my house twice. >> now these neighbors will have to live without water at least until morning. >> waterworks is working their best to change out these types and upgrade the system. that' s as far as i know. >> officials say the break should be fixed by morning. those roads out there, though, will remain closed overnight. >> a developing story out of d.c. tonight -- bigger of the house paul ryan says a deal has been reached on a spending plan that will run the government through next to timber. the $1.1 trillion bill is expected to go up for vote data this week. it also includes a broad package of tax breaks with about 800 billion dollars. the government is currently set to run out of money tomorrow at midnight. the senate has confirmed the next u.s. attorney for new hampshire.

gray rice, and she has the support of senators jeanne shaheen and kelly ayotte. rice has worked as a trial lawyer and professor and in the state attorney general' s office. she will replace acting u.s. attorney donald faith. >> a cyber attack hit the city of boston. coming up tonight, the problem the attack caused at city offices including within boston public schools. >> sunshine for all before more changes move in. what follows through the end of the week and the upcoming weekend ahead. >> a school principal used yesterday' s somber anniversary as an opportunity to share a special message with parents. the heartfelt response from families. >> he nearly died when he was hit in the head with a

peterborough man for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging,

and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family and for yours. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. >> boston officials say a cyber attack caused a brief internet outage that affected city schools, lasted about 20 minutes this morning. the city mayor, police commissioner, and school superintendent say the -- they do not think the cyber attack

york. those threats claimed they would and bombs. >> administrators in los angeles district. in new york, the threat was determined to be a hoax, and classes were held as usual. superintendent' s decision. >> the school district safeguards 750,000 lives every day. when they make a decision, they have to take into account the safety of the children of los angeles. >> lawmakers on the house intelligence committee now say the threat was likely a hoax. >> a letter sent by an elementary school principal in massachusetts is spreading beyond his school district. two parent that they were in elementary school in ashton yesterday on the third

an elementary school in newtown, connecticut. >> my wish for all of you today is that you spend a little extra time with your children. take time to remember they will only be six once. stop and be a kid with them. create a fort with your blankets. >> we read books and did puzzles. >> the school principal also asked teachers to give kids a night off from homework. he received nearly 80 e-mails back and parents shared pictures of their family fun. >> the statistics show that new hampshire has one of the best high school graduation rates in the country. about 88 percent of granite year. new hampshire came in fifth in the country. iowa has the highest graduation

>> a man from peterborough fighting to recover after he was nearly killed when a seven-pound windshield of the car he was riding in. dr. start he would be in rehab home in four months. he does not remember that day but was told the rock must have been kicked up by a truck. but i can take a few. that' s all new. the leg was supposed to be paralyzed. >> he is alive, and he' s doing awesome, but it' s hard seeing your brother like that. >> he says police still have that rock that struck him. investigators are still looking for the truck and actually came from. >> those temperatures way above

record highs in many spots. take a look at the time lapse out on the coast that market where where it was dry from lake morning on into the afternoon and now into the evening. clouds beginning to part and temperatures beginning to coast down just a little bit, but we' re still looking at above normal temperatures over the next few days. a bright cool wednesday follows. most of the rain showers arrive late into the night, but a little bit of drizzle out ahead of it. surge of temperatures near freezing, and that may result in a very light mix of june result and freezing to result early thursday morning, so we will have to watch out for that closely, carefully. rain showers thursday night before it dries out again as we go into friday and the weekend. nice and quiet right now. showers up north have dissipated and clouds beginning to break. highs today topping off in the 40' s.

as you can see, about 20 degrees above the average this time of year and only a couple of of the records for the date. winds are tightening up a little bit, and as they continue to build and out of the northwest at those later speeds, they are importing slightly cooler air. temperature change dropping into the 30' s, northern 40' s elsewhere. the winds are coming down significantly from the 30 to 35 miles per hour gusts we had earlier, down to five to 15 sustained and gusts in a few spots between 15 and 20. much stronger winds still close to hurricane force atop mount washington. temperatures overnight tonight bottom out in the upper 20' s, north. again clearing will gradually develop. clear skies developed elsewhere and we will bottom out 32 35 elsewhere so that tomorrow morning we'

to the average high this time of year. yes, it is cold. same story back in the rock is but out ahead of it, temperatures really not all that bad and still running above the norm, and that will be hour temperature pattern over the next couple of days, cooler but not all that chilly. take a look -- storm departing into the canadian maritime. trier air beginning to build in, so a lot of one for your wednesday before the next storm approaches thursday night into early friday. the threat comes in with a southeasterly wind early thursday morning, so low cloud, drizzle, maybe a touch of freezing drizzle so temperatures will be right near that 32-degree mark and rain comes in s gone by friday. complete clearing tonight. for tomorrow, featuring plenty of sun, nice and cool. little bit of drizzle, freezing drizzle. we will have to watch for early commuters thursday. could be a little bit of light icing in northwest manchester.

especially as we go into the mountains as snow. a lot of colder for the weekend, but right back to average. >> there we go. the beat goes on. let' s find out what is going on in sports tonight.

paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock.

what' s more to injury news -- >> more tough injury news. he leaves the team with 703 rushing yards and six

dion lewis, already out for the season with an injury. the remaining running backs, the patriots also announced defensive lineman dominic easley is also out for the season with a thigh injury. let' s talk about the boston celtics taking on lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers. this one played out at td garden, tough test for the celtics for sure. the celtics much improved this year, but a long way to go to be as good as the james-led king. post on that breakaway layup, good first half to boston, though. 31-28. scored eight points in the game. the celtics lead at halftime, 46-40. third quarter, a wild shot by crowder, who thought he was fouled, leads to another break and lebron throwing it down with style.

cabs pulled away. richard jefferson with a three-pointer. tomorrow, they play at detroit. the belmont red raiders at the somersworth hilltop. belmont in red. check out this play here. trevor hunt knocks down a free throw, and tennis was ready. throws the inbound pass. quick passing for the red raiders. sophomore hits the shot. he will not down a three-pointer here, good-looking player. baseline jumper coming up. only one senior on belmont. they are young. they are good. they win 50-or deep. there they are in the powder blue uniforms, took on the dover green wave north. goes around the perimeter. cordova splits the defense up

watch the upper side, kept the up and scored. off the inbound pass, kirk with a no look pass, hits the baseline, three pointer. the titans go on the road and win 53-39. and wondering where superstar former new hampshire resident is out while she recovers from a torn knee ligament. she suffered the injury during a training run in sweden last week. to the verizon wireless arena now, gearing up for the battle of the badges. all the benefits to children' s hospital at dartmouth hitchcock. they are practicing very early.

>> we got to get chemistry going out there. the sooner the better. >> we got to practice, get some rhythm. >> get to know how each other plays. >> sounds like a good one. thanks. >> this one is not even a full word. it'

>> get ready for this -- miriam webster has named its word of the year. >> it not actually a word at all. it' s a suffix -- ism. as in a racism, terrorism, capitalism, terrorism. the company began picking a word of the year in 2003.

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