tom: the campaign trail brought jeb bush to meredith tonight. his response to criticism from some of his republican opponents. shelley: voters in hooksett had questions for ohio governor john kasich. the republican presidential candidate explains his stance on the affordable care act. mike: a nice winter day but lots of sunshine and milder temperatures today. a look at the changes for friday and the weekend ahead. tom: two dollars is all you needed for a powerball ticket and an excuse to dream. we' ll have the numbers that add up to 500 million dollars. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 tonight. tom: a new hampshire woman took the story of her step-daughter' s life and death to capitol hill. tonight, her mission to help curb the heroin crisis moved

good evening, i' m tom griffith. shelley: i' m shelley walcott. kriss blevens was invited to the house of representatives for a bi-partisan event targeting the opioid epidemic. jean mackin joins us live with what happened there just a few hours ago. jean: lawmakers held what' s known as a special order sharing real solutions and real stories including amber' s story. , lawmakers joined together on capitol hill to consider a bi-partisan battle against opioid addiction. congresswoman annie kuster hosted the session called putting a face on heroin standing next to a photograph of amber' s face. >> the drug had consumed her soul and 3 days later she was found dead in an alley from a heroin overdose. she was 22-years-old. jean in 2014, amber lost her : life to a heroin overdose in manchester. her step-mother, make-up artist kriss blevens, shares amber'

story with presidential candidates who sit in her chair determined to catapult the crisis to a national stage while making changes at home, like helping launch the hope for new hampshire recovery center. >> when you lose a child to overdose your whole world crumbles. you don' t even know how you' re going to get up and do your day. but an angel spoke to me and said stay in the stream of life and that brough tme to advocacy. that' s how i' ve been doing grief, alongside my husband, mark. jean new hampshire' s : representatives founded the ' bi-partisan task force to combat the heroin epidemic' nearly 50 members of congress strong. >> we' re here not just to combat this epidemic but bring solutions to every corner of the nation. jean kriss says she' ll keep : sharing amber' s story until other families don' t have similar stories to tell. >> most of the people we' re placing in detox and treatment have to go out of state right now. they can'

hampshire. simply not because we don' t have wonderful treatment, but we don' t have enough beds. jean: thanks to kriss, more beds are opening up inside the hope for new hampshire recovery center. in a special room named after her daughter, amber' s place. live in the newsroom, jean mackin, wmur news9. shelley: the state' s heroin and opioid abuse crisis is expected to be one of the main issues addressed by the state legislature this session. that new session began today in concord. three bills dealing with the opioid epidemic are expected to be approved soon. they would increase penalties for dealing fentanyl, expand the use of narcan, and enhance drug and alcohol education in schools. >> we should have those bills on the governors desk no later than the 21st of this month. >> we are going to do that right off the bat and then we will talk about extending our system that we have here in new hampshire. shelley: lawmakers are also expected to debate the reauthorization of medicaid

the state. tom: a trio of republican presidential candidates hosted town hall meetings in the granite state tonight jeb bush, carly fiorina, and john kasich. bush headed to the lakes region. where wmur political reporter adam sexton caught up with him for a 1-on-1 interview in meredith. >> i' m leaning towards donald trump. i was wondering why you think he' s a jerk. let me see how much time. >> for jeb bush, the donald trump phenomenon is now brushed aside with a joke. not so funny to the former florida governor, north korea with a hydrogen bomb. >> when people talk about north korea, they immediately start laughing because the guy dresses funny. well, this is a family of despots that murder people in their own regime. adam bush says if he was

d be renewing sanctions against north korea >> make it clear that this is not acceptable. adam bush continues a steady : pace of town halls across the granite state as the campaign heating up between the candidates. after bush called out chris christie on the 2nd amendment today christie said bush was not prepared for the white house. >> i have no clue what that means. i respect governors that have to make tough decisions, but i' ll s or anybody else' adam january tends to be when : more casual primary voters turn serious and the real earnest. their homework end up supporting him. s low i think that' s been blown completely out of proportion by somebody with maybe too much energy. adam catherine johnson is an : independent from hanover who plans to grab a republican ballot on february 9. >> if trump were the last man on earth, i wouldn' t vote for him. adam right now she says jeb is

adam: how do you make it into that one or two range? >> keep doing what i' m doing. i love new hampshire. she probably has gone to see 12 candidates, may have seen my two -- seen me two or three times and i' ve made it to the top 4 with six weeks out. that' s new hampshire, that' s why i love the place. in meredith, adam sexton, wmur news 9. shelley: governor john kasich had a surprise for first in the nation voters tonight -- a cake. it was in celebration of kasich his 50th town hall meeting in new hampshire. wmur' s stephanie woods is live in hooksett with more. stephanie: earlier this afternoon, kasich participated in a panel on human trafficking in concord, then held a town hall meeting at this american legion post. here in hooksett, he was tested by voters both big and small. >> sam, sam i am. you want to get back to your daddy? what do you want to be when you grow up?

oh a monster, all right. stephanie things got off to a : cute start wednesday night in hooksett at john kasich' s 50th town hall meeting in new hampshire. the ohio governor has been in the granite state since monday taking tough questions from voters. >> i' m for fracking. yeah, but i have the toughest rules in the country on fracking. we know who puts what materials in the ground. stephanie and the media. :>> you did accept medicaid funding in ohio and you said we need to ensure always people who are uninsured and america. >> well i don' t like the mandates that have driven up the cost of insurance. and you have to remember, ronald regan expanded medicaid i think 5 times. and so by expanding medicaid we' re not only saving lives but saving money because we' re keeping people out of prison. the latest polls show an average stephanie of 10% of granite : staters support kasich. but kasich says he' ll take new hampshire.

no one behind. if they' re drug addicted, or if they' re mentally ill, or working poor, or the developmentally disabled or the autistic, everyone should have a chance to rise. stephanie: kasich says he plans to hold 50 more town hall meetings in the state before february 9. live in hooksett, stephanie woods, wmur news 9. tom: republican carly fiorina talked with voters in exeter, explaining her plans to get more input from citizens if she' s elected by soliciting feedback via polling. >> literally i will say to you, my fellow citizens, do you think it' s finally time that we pass that 20-year-old bill for a three-page tax code? press one for yes, press 2 for no. you see ladies and gentlemen, there is an app for citizen government. tom: fiorina also outlined her plans to change how the federal budget works and to trim the size of the government. former virginia governor jim gilmore spent today on the seacoast.

and met with workers. the republican presidential candidate also held a small business roundtable in portsmouth. tomorrow, gilmore will be in concord to make a visit to the state house, and he has a tour of the portsmouth naval shipyard planned. arrived in new hampshire last night for his rally in claremont, a few granite state supporters had a gift waiting for him. backstage, three businessowners presented the presidential hopeful with a custom made ar-15 style rifle with ' die' engraved on the side. the secret service team assigned to protect donald trump had very specific requirements. yesterday. weapon so it was inoperable. then they took posession of the weapon for the day. then brought it into the room when we presented it to mr. trump last night. shelley: the rifle which looks just like this one is back at the black op arms store where it

the laws in whichever state trump plans to register the weapon. trump will be back in new england tomorrow night for another campaign event but police in burlington, vermont say they' re not sure everyone who plans to attend will be able to. city police say the trump campaign has given out 20,000 tickets to the event, but it' s being held in a venue that only has 1400 seats. police say it' s common for planners to over-issue tickets to compensate for the ones a candidate' s critics may be stockpiling. this year marks the 100-th anniversary of the new hampshire primary. so this friday, we' re taking an in-depth look at the future of the process, as well as a view of the primary' s history, and what has made it so special. first in the nation, 100 years of tradition airs this friday night at 7:00, here on wmur news 9. tom: nashua police have arrested a second man, accused of burglarizing a building last

police say malik antilus, jose rosario, and a juvenile broke into the building on amherst street and were recorded on video surveillance. rosario was arrested last month, and police arrested antilus yesterday. all 3 are charged with burglary. milford police are searching for a man who hasn' t been heard from since christmas eve. john watkins is 23-years-old. take a look at him here. he was last seen in merrimack on christmas eve, around 6:00 at night. his car was found in milford. watkins is five-foot-four, 100 pounds, with long brown hair and hazel eyes. he may be wearing glasses. call police if you' ve seen him. shelley coming up on news 9 : tonight. we' re learning more about north korea' s potential test of a nuclear weapon last night. what makes this test different from previous ones. tom: danny amendola is causing trouble in his neighborhood. the addition he'

neighbors upset. mike: after a bright and pleasant day tomorrow, some changes begin to move in.

shelley: back to back storms in california have flooded highways leaving behind a lot of damage. drivers wound up stranded on roads covered with water. the concern now is mudslides at recent wildfire burn areas. families are reinforcing the area around their homes with sandbags. more rain from el nino storms is in store for the rest of the week. an investigation underway to determine whether north korea did successfully test a hydrogen bomb.

claim on state television with the abc's marci gonzalez is at united nations headquarters in new york. quick white house officials say it appears is likely was not a hydrogen bomb test. today north korea' s alarming claim that it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb for the first time sparked condemnation from around the world. >> holding an emergency meeting after televised claims that a 5.1 magnitude earthquake near the county' s nuclear testing facility yesterday- was caused by north korea' s first successful test of a hydrogen bomb. the weapon can be about 10,000 times more powerful than atomic bombs like those dropped on

war ii. the u.s. immediately launched so-called nuclear sniffer planes korea' s claims are true. >> the initial analysis is not s bomb claim. >> the first time testing a thermonuclear weapon. yesterday' s explosive results were too small for even a failed hydrogen bomb test. up. they don' t have the capability to obliterate the korean peninsula. the bad news is that they are trying. >> the un security council thousand to take further significant measures, even specifics. marci gonzalez, abc news. 180,000 drones have been

weeks. the agency made it mandatory to register drones on december 21. the number of drones registered sounds like a lot, but some consumer organizations estimate more than 400,000 drones were sold this holiday season alone. drone-registration costs five dollars on the faa website. but the money is refundable for the people who register by january 20. shelley new england patriots : wide receiver danny amendola is catching grief from his neighbors over a temporary carport. amendola erected the metal structure behind his historic home last month in providence rhode island so that he can get to practice on time in a snowstorm. neighbors complain it is a blemish on the community' s historic atmosphere. amendola declined to talk about the complaints. he did get permission from the for the football season. get your tickets ready, we have

tonight' s powerball drawing. the jackpot climb to $500 million today. here are those winning numbers. 2-11-47-62-63, and the powerball is 17. it' s the biggest jack hot since the prize given away last february. if you win, give us a call. tom: and the multiplier is three. i' m not sure what that means. how does that work? mike: a nice recovery today from zero this morning in concord. take a look at what' s been going on at the coast today. we did talk off well above where revert today and again on monday. speaking of the high, here other numbers in concord.

to 43 degrees. almost 20 above where we caps off yesterday. 31 average high, the average low 11. the record low 20 below setback in 1904 and 69 the official high temperature back on this date in 2007, which marks the record high. temperatures continue to fall up north, well below its happening in the higher terrain. mount washington sitting at 12 degrees, a classic temperature inversion where it' s warmer upstairs in the atmosphere than down in the valleys. then we get milder from laconia southeast toward rochester. some of the sheltered valleys will see those temperatures get quite a bit during the overnight hours. overnight lows on average, single digits to near zero north, single digits in lower to mid teens elsewhere.

it has retreated to the north and east. another surge beginning to develop over central parts of canada. monday and tuesday it would be right on our doorstep. right now clear skies and plenty of sunshine on the way for your thursday. quite a few changes will hollow for friday and the weekend. after a sunny start tomorrow, it finishes that way as well. notice later tomorrow night after clear skies through midnight, by early friday morning the winds kick on shore and there' ll be some low cloudiness that feels then later friday evening through early saturday morning. it could get a little dicey on area roadways. a little bit of light snow shower activity or touch of freezing drizzle cannot be ruled out due to a lot of low clouds but the heaviest rain is back to the south and west. that will move in as we go into sunday. right now it was -- looks like the wettest day of the weekend

tonight, mainly clear, seasonably cold. the next seven days, a beautiful day for thursday. a couple of snow showers or touch of freezing drizzle could blaze up some untreated surfaces late friday night or saturday morning. rain on sunday and then dry and cooler but back to average by the middle of next week.

jamie: the green jamie: meet the baseball hall of fame, class of 2016. two guys get in one of the ken griffey jr. and one of the best mike piazza. griffey set a record for the 440 ballots. hard to imagine what 3 baseball writers actually did not vote for him. griffey hit 630 career homers

overall draft pick to make it to the hall. to the celtics, who looked to make it 2 straight wins as they hosted the detroit pistons the two teams were seperated by just a half-game in the eastern conference standings coming in to the game. so lets see how this one went down in the garden. boston inbounding the ball with 3.6 seconds left in the 1st quarter. kelly olynyk hits a deep 3 pointer at the buzzer. he scored 10 in the game. in the second quarter, boston extends the lead pistons with the turnover. evan turner makes the fastbreak layup. the celts led by 7 at the half. down the stretch a celtics missm but isiah thomas comes up with basket. reggie jackson with a jumper here. significant, because it gave detroit their first lead of the game 83-82. 24 points. and this was a big shot by just under a minute to go. detroit overcomes a 13 point deficit to win 99-94.

the adirondack thunder on the road tonight, a 5-2 loss. the monarchs play at the elmira jackals on friday and saturday. tom brady and the patriots were back at the stadium today for practice, with all eyes on tom' s sprained right ankle. number 12 says it is feeling better and with no game this weekend, he will have plenty of time to prepare for their first playoff game. >> our bye week was a long time ago so it' s the first time we' ve had often quite a while. a lot of guys have a bunch of bones and bruises over the course of the season so we tried to take advantage as best we can of that to feel good because were going to need everybody a week from today to be at the very best. >> whoever we play next week, they will have won a playoff

team is or however it comes out, that team will be a good team and they will have a lot of confidence. they will have won a playoff game and they are a good team. so for us to beat them we will have to play our best game of the year. jamie: juice and the texans. newmarket' s keely mcguire, who half marathon in florida. she was a runner at unh. keely is one of 6 nh residents that qualified and will be running at the olympic trials on -- in february in los angeles. the former captain is about half-way thru his first year back in durham, as an assistant coach for unh hockey. mike souza was hired over the summer, away from uconn he is said to be the heir apparent when dick umile retires in a few years. souza also coached at brown and was captain for unh in the 1999-2000 season. >> things are going well so far. i' m excited to be back here in durham and the school that i love so much and have an

great group of kids, i could not ask for anything better. obviously we understand this place pretty well and i think we are a good balance for each other. jamie: hopefully he can bring in some big recruits in the coming years. tom: this week' s forecast has been a welcome one for skiers. shelley: we will show you the

finally open for the season. tom: the manchester ski area welcomed the winter weather by making snow. the lack of natural snow and cold weather delayed the opening. skiers can hit the slopes tomorrow and friday from 3:00 p.m. to 9. all ski lessons will start this weekend and the after school program will begin next week. shelley: check out these beautiful aerial shots today. the franconia notch ski resort has 20 trails open with five lifts running. thanks for joining us for news 9 tonight at 11. tom: jimmy kimmel live is next, followed by night line. have a good night.

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