kristen: now at noon, a suspect is now under arrest, after an armed robbery that sent an 81-year-old store clerk to the hospital. where police found him and why they say they had to be careful making that arrest. plus, a serious crash on i-89 sends one woman to the hospital. what state police say happened right before. and the new areas now under new hampshire, and the city that is making its watering restrictions even tougher. kevin: the humidity remains while the warmth increases. we'll time out two rain chances with futurecast ahead. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 at noon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

alpine are responding to an active shooter situation at a high school good the department of public safety said someone brought a gun to the campus this morning. that school and two others are on lockdown right now as police search for a suspect. a local hospital says three victims are being treated but would not release details of their injuries. also breaking this noon, at least 4 people are in custody after a student was shot outside morning. the injured student ran outside the school after being shot and was treated by a school nurse until paramedics arrived here at also right now at noon, a hooksett man wanted for beating an elderly man during a robbery is under arrest. good afternoon. i'm kristen carosa. police took thomas ford into custody as he arrived for work this morning. ray brewer is live outside the scene of the robbery, and ray, is there an update on the victim's condition?

however the clerk here at the , store says she spoke to the victim's life and the wife was very relieved to learn that an arrest had been made. when 20-year-old thomas ford of hooksett showed up for work thursday morning, at serv pro in hooksett, police officers were waiting for him. >> we were in an unmarked unit and apparently he didn't notice it. ray: according to police, ford was responsible for robbing han's food mart at the corner of maple street and lake avenue in manchester. during the robbery the 81-year-old store owner, young hun yun, was beaten. the injuries were significant and yun was taken to the hospital. >> it's such a violent attack. ray: at the time of the robbery police say ford was armed with a semi-automatic weapon. hooksett's police chief says that factored in when they made the arrest. >> we considered him armed and dangerous and when the officers approached him they had all that information and took that into consideration. ray: ford surrendered without incident. the case remains under investigation, and hooksett's

used will have to come from manchester police. however, the chief added that he was impressed by how quickly manchester police put this case together. ray: they were able to get the warrant done and signed by the district court judge and just the cooperative effort by both agencies to get this guy placed in custody and get him off the street. ray: ford has been charged with armed robbery and first degree assault. it's possible he could be arraigned this afternoon, but police say it's more likely that he will arraigned tomorrow. ray brewer, wmur news 9. kristen: ray, thank you. right now a chicago woman is in -- right now three people in the hospital after this crash on i-89 in lebanon. state police say 27-year-old bianca williams of chicago was heading south when she got distracted and slammed into the guardrail near exit 20. her suv rolled over and was sideswiped by another suv. williams was taken to the hospital. she has life-threatening

condition. two people in the other suv were also taken to the hospital but are expected to be ok. at noon, the areas facing extreme drought conditions is growing again. it now includes parts of merrimack county, plus all of rockingham county and more of strafford county. and starting today in portsmouth, the city is putting a complete lawn watering ban into effect. you can still hand-water vegetable gardens and perennials. but it means the previous odd-even restrictions are no longer in effect. some relief, let's check in with meteorologist kevin skarupa. kevin: it has been a very long, very dry stretch and the granite state, and it doesn't look like the pattern starts to shift quite yet. as we slowly go into the on season you expect most of the day or all day rains will be in the offing. we have had quite a few clouds building in during the morning hours but that will continue to

the temperatures are in the lower half of the 80's with the humidity in place. that means a couple of chances of showers. kristen: kevin, thank you. now to commitment 2016. hillary clinton today saying the u.s. should hunt down and kill the leader of the islamic state group as it did with osama bin laden. her comments this morning follow a primetime town hall last night that donald as well. abc's karen travers has more on their message to voters. karen: this morning hillary clinton came out swinging. mrs. clinton: last night was yet another test and donald trump failed yet again. we see more evidence that he is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander-in-chief. karen: clinton first onstage at last night's national security form on nbc, giving donald trump the last word.

of barack obama and hillary clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. mrs. clinton: that is how he talks about distinguish men and women who have spent their lives serving our country. karen: last night trump gave no details on his strategy to defeat isis. mr. trump i do want to broadcast to the enemy what my plan is. -- i do not want to broadcast to the enemy what my plan is good mrs. clinton: we're not putting ground again and we're not putting ground troops into syria. karen: was the forum a missed opportunity? >> neither hillary clinton or donald trump look like a steady, confident leader. karen: and for americans looking for a third option, there is libertarian candidate terry johnson but with his poll numbers in the single digits, this morning, a major misstep on msnbc. >> what would you do if you were

aleppo? >> you're kidding. governor johnson: no. >> aleppo is in syria, the epicenter of the crisis. karen: gary johnson followed up on "the view," saying he thought aleppo was an accurate and but there is no excuse for not knowing. kristen: our granite state debates continue tonight when the second congressional district go head-to head. watch it on wmur, the website, and mobile app. on friday the gop first congressional district candidates will get their chance to debate the issues. and we will have the information you need to learn more about the candidates online. plus, we are focusing on the biggest issues in the campaign. that is also at wmur.com. new developments surrounding

the gas station incident in rio. he will also have to give up the $100,000 bonus that came with the gold-medal he won at the games. he will not be eligible for next year's world championships. he will also have to perform community service and skip team usa's post-olympics visit to the white house. a reward is being offered after a 71-year-old man in chicago was shot while watering his lawn. camera captured the incident. you come of community effort underway to find the shooter. plus, 15-year-old mystery solved. or this american flag pictured at ground zero but disappeared was finally found. kevin: hermine now gone but the remains and warm temperatures moving in.

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kristen: right now jury selection is underway in the new jersey bridgegate trial. two top aides to governor chris christie are accused of orchestrating a traffic jam along the george washington bridge in september of 2013 to

anything about any political mischief by members of his administration. new surveillance video shows a 71-year-old man shot while he wondered his lawn in chicago. the victim is in stable condition right now, and as abc's marci gonzalez tells us , neighbors are hitting the streets to find a break in the case. marci: neighbors goi attacked a senior citizen in broad daylight. the latest example of the record -breaking violence lighting parts of the city. surveillance video shows him outside of his home tuesday. 2 men right eye on bicycles and one comes back. he tries to defend himself but falls down. the man shoots him in the abdomen before stealing his

you are not even safe in your own yard. marci: he is in stable condition as frustrated residents way for him and the community. this year there have been already 3000 shootings in chicago and was in 500 murders. that is more than in new york and los angeles >> not a police issue, it is a society issue. in promised neighborhoods and people without hope do these things. kristen: show me a man without hope and i will show you a gun doing with it. -- kristen: a lawyer says that his client is protesting at 24-hour

investigators are hoping that the suspect can give information about islamic state's in europe. and identify others who may have been involved in the attack that killed 130 people. flag from ground zero that disappeared from the rubble of the world trade center after 9/11 has been found. the flag was brought to a fire station in everett, washington, two years ago by a man who claimed to be a marine. it was eventually sent to the washington state patrol crime lab for forensic analysis to ground zero flag. the scientist who examined the flag discussed his findings. >> if you look at the original photograph from 9/11, you see a certain black electric tape holding two lines together and they had the same general profile, so i knew then this could be it. kristen: the iconic flag is being unveiled today at the 9/11 memorial and museum built on the

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>> now, meteorologist kevin with your storm watch 9 forecast. kevin: looks like the clouds which have been holding tough the last several days are pulling away. st gradually feel more and more uncomfortable until the front comes in the middle of the weekend. just about 70 degrees top of the state in pittsburgh. clouds have been drifting in the past few hours. overcast sky with filtered sunshine. i think that is the expectation away from the coastline as we get away from the afternoon, to weave in a few breaks of sunshine.

especially closer to the shoreline. the thick marine layer trying to burn off. each afternoon we have been tried to bring that up most successful in the western and northern half of the state. the first of 2 disturbances we're tracking the next few days. not much fanfare at the present time. we are expecting showers in a thunderstorm or two to pop up through new york in the afternoon. it will try to hold together in the evening highs in the 70's to the lower half of the 80's this afternoon. those will fizzle as they make their way to the state. clouds moving through this morning. we started the day in a lot of areas in the 60's. this is where it starts to feel a bit sticky.

the work year. a few degrees cooler up north, where you have the sunshine almost all day yesterday. notice the warmth continuing to streamline its way towards us. warmest day tomorrow where we start the day with low clouds and fog. there are other showers and storms to our west this afternoon. those trying to hold together into this they make away overhead later on tonight. a lot of clouds and patchy fog. with the dryer northwesterly breeze, temperatures will jump tomorrow. 80's and even your 90 in a few seven sections of the state. partial sunshine for the day on saturday. the next disturbance trying to come in. late in the day on saturday, but

truly try to hold together saturday evening and into sunday. that is the best wind will come for couple of showers. much cooler air dives in an with that, more comfortable conditions. kristen: they are the unsung heroes of airport security with a nose for explosives. rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles has si of the tsa. rob: you expect to see loud planes and lots of traffic and long lines. but if you look down, you may have noticed these guys. they are the tsa explosive detection canines. the feds won't say how many they have here but they will say it is a lot. >> at lax the canine program is the largest in the country.

the world. >> she is trained to detect explosives. we add one more layer of security. rob: their noses are practically everything. >> checked baggage, cargo grizzlies. rob: this is what the dog does. it doesn't but it takes months of training and it doesn't end there. >> we train every day with her. rob: canines have to sniff them out and not every dog makes the cut. >> it is important that they are at the top of the game when they work for us. they have to get used to the noses and sounds and smells on the distractions of the airport.

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corporate special interests are spending millions supporting her campaign... like the koch brothers. kelly ayotte: paid for by big oil; voting for big oil. not working for us. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. kristen: catch near a florida school. this alligator was wondering close to a middle school. thankfully no one was hurt. police have received calls about this particular alligator before but were not able to track it down until now. thank goodness this was cut before something really bad happened. kevin: yeah. kristen: yeah! kevin: you can just imagine. humidity in place through

showers late saturday night and early sunday. kristen: weekend looks good, though. starting tonight at 5:00, a call to a thief in salem. the dfw is looking for its three foot statue of a soldier kneeling at a former soldiers grave back. and action disney world is taking to cut down on ticket fraud. that does it for us.

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