is calling out governor hassan for her response to the opioid crisis. how the governor is fighting back tonight. tom: plus, hundreds paying their respects for merrimack's ashley guindon. when funeral services will be held for the virginia police officer. mike: after record warmth in spots today, cooler air is moving in right now. a look at the other changes on the way shelley: and, an alleged act of vandalism under investigation tonight. what happened at strawberry banke that forced the skating rink to close. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] tom: it's a deadly milestone for manchester. february is now the worst month on record for suspected opioid deaths in the city. good evening, i'm tom griffith. shelley: and i'm shelley walcott. american medical response responded to 60 overdoses this month in manchester. 14 of them were deadly. and the mayor says the governor

the epidemic. wmur's mike cronin joins us live from manchester. mike? mike: mayor ted gatsas is frustrated with how long it's taking to appoint a new drug czar. governor maggie hassan's office says she's interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. this morning manchester set a troubling record. there have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. american medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. >> i've been doing this my whole life. i've never seen it like this before. mike: monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor maggie hassan for not filling the drug czar position. >> and i think it's important that somebody needs to step up and start challenging this at the top. mike: the state's former drug czar left his role earlier this month. while on the job, he faced criticism over his performance. gatsas who is considering a run for governor says more

>> we need to start telling people that if you are caught dealing fentanyl in the state of new hampshire, you will be arrested for attempted murder. we need to make that loud and clear for people, that's what's going to slow it down. mike: a spokesperson for governor hassan says she signed two bills last month to combat the crisis and there are several other measures before the legislature. in a statement her office says if mayor gatsas would like to be a constructive part of the process, we would welcome his advocacy, which we have yet to see, on the public policy steps that would actually help stem the tide of this epidemic. manchester alderman and state rep pat long says hassan is looking for someone who will work with both parties. >> personally i think the governor has stepped up to the plate bipartisanly to effect some change. mike: meanwhile amr says a comprehensive solution is needed from lawmakers. >> we need people to put boots on the ground, to get their heads together and to keep working at this as hard as they can, even harder than they have been because what we're doing

mike: last fall in a wmur granite state poll 25% of people said drug abuse was the number one problem facing new hampshire. it was the first time in almost a decade it wasn't the economy. we'll see if that's still the case tomorrow at 5:00 as brand new poll numbers will be released. shelley: right now dover police are investigating what may be the city's second deadly overdose this year. last night police and emergency crews responded to summer street where a 22-year-old was pronounced dead at the hospital. they say another woman at the home also overdosed, she was treated and released. tom: now to a developing story from boston. the all-clear has just been given at children's hospital after a hazmat situation at their lab building not the main hospital. someone left a plastic container on a hot plate which created a haze in the room. five people were evacuated. right now, members of the merrimack police department are in virginia for tomorrow's

officer ashley guindon. five members posted this photo on twitter tonight after their flight landed. they wished a safe trip to colleagues making the drive. tonight, hundreds of officers and people paid their respects to guindon in a procession. guindon, who is from merrimack was shot and killed saturday during her first shift as a prince william county police officer, she was sworn in only on friday. here in new hampshire, her alma mater, merrimack high school did a moment of silence for guindoin. now the high school community is giving. -- grieving. >> i was a teacher and coach at ashley was one of my student athletes. she was a peacemaker and i glue of our team because she together. tom: guindon was an only child. her father died while she was a teenager. a memorial is growing outside her family home in merrimack. a viewing will happen at 10:00 a.m.

in virigina. shelley: six months later, and no arrests in a deadly shooting in manchester. 62-year-old denise robert was murdered while taking a walk in the area of ray and carpenter streets the night of august 30. police and the fbi have searched the area multiple times but the gunman remains at large. mike: another warm day in the granite state but the winter chill beginning to move back in. when could the snow start to move into parts of the state? let's go to mike who has the rundown for us. mike: we're tracking a cold front now. north. not much more than a coating to an inch. the highs today, 62 at the coast, shattering the record for leap day. the old record was a lame 49. we are beginning to cool back dune into the 30's and very low -- down into the 30's and very

temperatures lower by morning. it could trigger a dusting to an inch of snow in the form of snow showers or squalls if northern parts of the state. but there is another system back in the midwest. steady snow just south of minneapolis-st. paul that moves into parts of new hampshire tomorrow nights. in other areas it will be too warm. a wintry mix and/or rain. we'll bring a break it all down for you. shelley: tonight, portsmouth police are investigating a possible case of vandalism at puddle dock pond. that it's forcing labrie family skate at strawberry banke the last week of the skating season. sarah smith and her husband are two of several people who ventured out to labrie family skate only to find it closed for the season. >> a little more winter fun, but today it's empty. strawbery banke museum was closed today, because of an incident portsmouth police are investigating as a possible act

>> it's very disheartening to see this i would imagine. >> it certainly is. pretty sad. shelley: strawberry banke president and ceo larry yerdon says right now, it looks like the rink was tampered with overnight. he says it looks like someone opened this valve, spilling glycol onto the ground. >> about $10,000 worth of glycol out on the lawn. we're working with epa. fortunately it was biodegradable so it's not damaging to the environment but, we'll clean that up. shelley: typically, the glycol runs through hundreds of feet of plastic tubing under the rink, keeping the ice frozen. now that's it's been released, the glycol has left a muddy mess on the ground and a slushy surface on the rink. one that cannot be refrozen. yerdon says the search is on, for perpetrator. >> we do have a webcam. we're examining the footage, to see what's on there. shelley: but that's cold comfort to residents like smith, who feel like a vandal has sidelined, their winter fun. >> oh, it's very frustrating. shelley: again, police are investigating. the ice rink at strawbery banke

skaters this season alone. tom: a massachusetts man will spend 8 years in prison for transporting a teenage girl across state line for prostitution. 21-year-old andy penna was sentenced in federal court today. court documents say authorities rescued a 15-year-old girl who was engaging in prostitution from a salem hotel room in last year. an investigation found that pena was involved in the scheme to bring the girl from boston to salem for prostitution. tonight, richard germain of derry facing attempted possession of child pornography. derry police say they received a tip that germain had pornographic pictures of children on his computers inside his english range road. -- road home. several computers, hard drives and d.v.d.'s. an investigation found a significant number of explicit images of young girls. germain may face more charges. shelley: to commitment 2016 now, we're just hours away from the first votes in super tuesday, tonight we have a brand new wmur granite state poll.

to head match ups for the general presidential election in november. in head to head matchups here in new hampshire. vermont senator bernie sanders easily defeats every member of the gop field. on the hillary clinton front, she would defeat three republican candidates, donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio. however if ohio governor john kasich was the republican nominee, he would beat clinton by 10% here in the granite state. tom: the clock is ticking candidates for president are criss-crossing the country trying to rally support on the eve of super tuesday. tomorrow, voters in a dozen states head to vote. abc's marci gonzalez is in texas, the state with the most delegates at stake. reporter: tonight just hours before super-tuesday voting begins, last minute rallies. and tension. protestors interrupting a donald trump event chanting

>> get them out. reporter: and as they left, a photographer thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. trump making no mention of that or of the controversy sparked by these comments on cnn about his endorsement from former ku klux klan grand wizard david duke >> would you just say unequivocally you condemn them and you don't want their support? >> well, i have to look at the group. i mean, i don't know what group you're talking about. >> trump later explained he didn't hear the question, noting he has disavowed duke. but it isn't stopping the attacks from his opponents, >> i don't care how bad the ear piece is. ku klux klan comes through pretty clearly and he refuses to criticize it. >> we should all be united in saying that the kla snnch reprehensible and -- and has no place in politics. reporter: the latest national poll shows trump supported by 49% of gop voters going into super tuesday. the biggest day of the campaign so far with voting in 12 states?and more than 1600 delegates at

democratic front-runner hillary clinton hoping to solidify her lead tomorrow, already looking beyond bernie sanders and targetting trump, >> i don't think america has ever stopped being great. what we need to do now is make america whole. reporter: trump is polling behind here in texas the biggest super tuesday state where senator ted cruz hopes his constituents will give him a much needed win. tom: wmur will have complete results for super tuesday tomorrow night. you can watch the results on the bottom of your screen or head over to our website wmur.com for a list. tom: still to come on news 9 tonight, shelley: a big win for apple in a case out of new york. what a federal judge says the governor cannot force apple to do. tom: and, it only happens every four years. tonight we meet some of the newest leap day babies.

the way. snow, sleet and rain.

shelley: tonight, a 14-year-old boy is in custody accused of opening fire on students inside his high school cafeteria. authorities say two students were hit in the shooting and two others were hurt possibly from shrapnel or while running away. the gunman allegedly threw the weapon down and was taken into custody with the help of a k-9. none of the victims have life-threatening injuries. a big win for apple tonight, a federal judge in new york ruled investigators cannot force apple to unlock an iphone owned by a convicted drug dealer.

requested apple to break the phone's security code without wiping out the data so it could access the contact info of other suspected drug dealers. apple is currently being pressured by federal investigators to break into 13 iphones across the country including the iphone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooters. shelley: a former new york corrections officer will spend six months in jail for his role prison break last year. gene palmer pleaded guilty today to giving tools to convicted murderers david sweat and richard matt. the pair broke-out of the clinton correctional facility last june. a three-week manhunt ended with the re-capture of sweat. matt was killed by authorities. palmer is the third person convicted for roles in the prison break. tom: for the first time, an active duty member of the navy+ has received the medal of honor. senior chief special warfare operator edward byers, jr. is a member of the navy's famed seal team 6. in 2012, he participated in a daring raid that rescued an american hostage in

today president obama presented him with the nation's highest military honor, calling him a consummate quiet professional. shelley: today is a special day that only comes around every four years. february 29, or leap day, is added to the calendar to make up for the earth's rotation so just imagine what it's like to be born on a day that only shows up every four years. tonight, our jean mackin met some of new hampshire's newest leap babies. reporter: happy birthday, leap baby. colton weighing in at 8 pounds 3 ounces finally arrived 5 days late. he seemed to be waiting for the calendar to reach february 29 before making his appearance at st. joseph hospital in nashua >> i was first of all happy he was coming. reporter: hospitals across the state say they welcomed a few leaplings this quad-year like jace daniel peterson all 9 pounds 5 ounces of him the newest leap baby at elliot

>> this is just when he's supposed to be here, it's all in god's timing, it does make it more fun, something a little extra special to make his birthday more unique. >> i think it's cool its neat to have something a little different. reporter: so what are the odds of being born on leap day? about one in 1,500 and there are 187,000 leap babies in the united states and by leap 'baby' we mean anyone, young or older officially celebrating a birthday only once every four years. which leaves parents with the timeless question on those off years will you celebrate february 28, or march 1? >> probably on february 28, keep it in february. >> march 1, the day after the 28th but we'll let him pick when he's older. reporter: leap babies will celebrate their true birthdays again on

jean mackin wmur news9. mike: and here we go with time lapse. you notice the clouds, quite stubborn through about midday and then partial sunshine, mostly sunny skies by the late part of the day as the cold front slipped offshore. now there is a secondary cold front that means business. a couple of snow showers or squalls. could be a coating or an inch or two. a couple of lakes could make it into the heart of the lake region. again, the travel plans take you up north in the next few hours, you could encounter some snow-covered roads. temperatures topped off 50-plus in northern parts of the state. a record along the coast. cooling down.

back into the upper 30's and very low 40's. much colder behind that boundary. once that clears, we will see a rush of colder air building in by morning. on average, 20's to 30 in far southeastern parts of the state. looking ahead to tomorrow, behind this front, it is high and dry as high pressure builds in. that means a lot of sun for you. quickly behind that, here comes the next system with snow, sleet and rain. the further knot you the better shot of getting in on some snow. just like now with snow showers and squalls. they are out of here by the predawn hours. a lot of sun tuesday. here is a look at the time line. snow anywhere from the white mountains points north. once you get from manchester through mash wa, primarily rain and maybe a little bit of sleet here. in between, upper valley, lakes

a wintry mix of snow, sleet and a touch of freezing rain. not much in the way of accumulation. maybe just enough to make the roads a little bit slick. later on, during the early part of wednesday morning, it transitions to all rain. the exception, the northern part of the state, but by midday, snow is out of here. we are not talking about much more than a morning mess and then things do quickly dry out for the afternoon. not a whole lot of snow for the system. could be a coating to a half inch of snow or sleet before it changes over to rain. could be pockets of freezing rain into the early part of the commute. speaking of north region, a one to two, inch snow tally turns into three, four, five in the great north woods. that will make it slick for the morning commute on wednesday mostly in areas from concorde north and west.

another storm scoots just north of us friday. the weekend looking pretty good cold. seasonably so. maybe a few snow showers sunday. tom: all right. thank you very much. let's check in on what the celtics are doing tonight.

celtics and a good old-fashioned barn-burner at td tight one with the visiting game 3 of 5 straight at home for boston. first quarter, celtics start things out with a nice pass to amir johnson on the baseline for the dunk, but the jazz came to play, shelvin mack drives gets the bucket and draws the foul. utah up eight. jazz led by 13 in the second quarter, but evan turner gave the steal and the reverse lay up. jazz led by three at

third quarter, jae crowder knocks down a three from the wing, celtics within two down the stretch. bradley comes up with a big block. look at the defense. he and isaiah thomas each had 18. celtics, 11 straight wins at home. syracuse vs north carolina unc looking to gain sole possession of first place in the acc. first half, trevor cooney with the long three-point attempt kennedy meeks steals the ball and gets the layup on the other end. but the tarheels hang on to win at home 75-70. girls d-4 hoops semifinals nute in the final four for the first

donlan was their star they took huskies cruz to the 79-59 win. their winning streak at 66 games. nutein the final four for the first time in 30 years. on top seed sunapee. nute is in purple swarming defense by the lakers, and after they create a turnover, they quickly get it inside to sydney clark for the layup and she scored 17 points. the a quick score for rams alissa mitchell with a long pass ahead to shannon st lawrence a layup for nute sunapee led 13-7. more tough defense as nichole flanagan gets the rebound, sunapee creates another turnover, mary grzanna with the steal and score 20-7, eight points 10 rebounds. st. lawrence drives and scores here for the rams alissa mitchell with 11 points and 12 rebounds for nute. top seeded sunapee takes it 71-38 as katie frederick scores 16 with 22 rebounds. they are back in the championship game for the third straight year, and will try to defend last

in the other semifinal lisbon against littleton, littleton in allie horne who banks one home from 15 feet. points. at the other end madisen dumont pulls down the offensive rebound and puts it back up and in. she had a team-high 10. to cathlin lord. block, but the crusaders were just too strong, horne finds libby mcnamara for two of her 12 points. emma bogardus had a double-double, 15 points, 14 rebounds. littleton wins it 53-28. they are going to the championship game for the first time since they won it all in 2012. the red sox opened their spring training games with a college double header today. first against boston college. manchester's carmen giampetruzzi is a sophomore lefty for the eagles, a former three-sport star at trinity hs he pitched the second inning. in the bottom of the second, he gets mookie betts to pop up down the first baseline. joe cronin makes a nice catch to end the inning. it was scoreless in the fourth until mookie betts crushes a red sox win 6-0. and against northeastern salem, new hampshire's josh treff was

huskies against the sox. he played well. the red sox win it 8-3. the patriots have reportedly agreed to a two-year contract extension with their all-world quarterback tom brady. tom: still to come -- shelley: athletes competing in the north country. a look at the special olympics

shelley: breaking news out of kensington. a serious crash. we are looking to get the details. as well the latest tomorrow morning on news 9 at day break. the afternoon in special olympics winter games are underway. tom: today was day two of the three-day event. the games are being held at waterville valley resort and the lack of natural snow isn't a problem for the games. athletes will take part in alpine skiing, cross country skiing, snowboarding and even snowshoeing. the games wrap up tomorrow. good luck to all the athletes.

thanks for joining us at 11. tom: jimmy kimmel live is next, followed by night line.

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