>> i can't see chris ever because of you. sean: now at noon, a convicted murderer back in court today fighting to get his sentence reduced . the victim's mother talks exclusively to news 9. kevin: the sunshine has helped after the chilly start to the day. ahead. sean: coast guard to the rescue on the merrimack river. the injuries three people suffered when their small boat ran aground in newburyport. plus, people in the granite state gather to remember the sacrifices made by american prisoners of war. >> 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] sean: good afternoon. i'm sean mcdonald.

team is meeting to discuss the management conditions and the impact on the state did the department of environmental services says the state has received half of the normal rainfall over the last six months and all residents and businesses are being asked to reduce water use. lake massabesic is down 49 inches, the lowest it's been in 100 years. also a concern is brush fires that will burn deeper because the soil is so dry making them tougher to put out. let's send it over to meteorologist kevin skarupa to see if we could get some relief this weekend. kevin: over the summer to break the drought but now we are getting into the season where the half-day to all day rain falls become a little more possible. and a decent sized soaking sometime sunday into monday is certainly a possibility as we get into a little bit of a pattern. temperatures after a cool start rebounding nicely. low humidity levels out there and light winds.

system starts to arrive. it is the system that slows down a little bit as it approaches. we will look into the weekend at the forecast coming up. sean: new at noon, the coast guard came to the rescue of three people on a 32-foot boat after it ran aground. it happened at around 7:30 this morning on the merrimack river just over the border in newburyport, massachusetts. two of the 3 people on board received cuts and ss they were taken to a hospital for treatment. an investigation is underway in dover after a car slammed into a building. fire officials say the driver was on route 155 yesterday afternoon when she went off the road and crashed into an apartment building. no one inside the building was hurt but the driver was taken to the hospital. the crash caused minor damage to the building. londonderry police are on the lookout for a hit & run driver now. they say a dark colored suv possibly a ford hit a man as he

the victim was taken to the hospital to be evaluated. officers say the vehicle that hit him has front end damage and a broken right headlight. just a day after donald trump made a campaign stop here in the granite state, the republican candidate is trading barbs with hillary clinton over his latest birther comments. abc's karen travers is in washington with more. karen: first for donald trump this morning, maximizbu for his new washington, dc hotel. mr. come: nice hotel. karen: and then this. mr. trump: president barack obama was born in the united states. period. karen: for years trump has refused to acknowledge that president obama was born in the united states despite all proof to the contrary. his statement today amounts to admitting the sky is blue.

birther it is a thinly veiled attempt to appeal to the fringes of the country. it's a coded sort of language for people who have hated obama from the start, questioned his legitimacy. it has veins of racism through it. karen: it seemed like this was trump's best week in months . national and state polls trending in his direction, hillary clinton facing tough questions about her health and explaining her characterization of trump's supporters as a basket of deplorables. and now the week ends with the spotlight on trump and the birther movement. >> a s when he questions obama's birth status. karen: clinton also in washington, d.c. this morning. both she and trump invited to speak at the black women's agenda conference. only she accepted. ms. clinton: there's no place i would rather be. karen: she blasted trump for his crusade about obama's birth certificate. ms. clinton: he has led the birther movement to delegitimize our first black president.

outrageous lie. there is no erasing it in history. karen: president obama was asked today about donald trump's comments. he said he's shocked this is still an issue and he's never had any doubt about where he was born. karen travers, abc news, washington sean: today marks national pow-mia day meant to honor the sacrifice made by american prisoners of war and those still missing in action. here in the granite state people , and students gathered at plaistow. the new hampshire army national guard blackhawk helicopter landed in a ceremony there this morning. to kick off a nine-week project called communitiy stories, soldiers home and away. after 90 years of publishing, "the citizen" newspaper in laconia says it will shut down at the end of the month. in a front-page story today, ceo says it was a top source of online news for there wasn't enough advertising revenue to pay for the website and the

continue publishing including "the eagle times" of claremont. the headphone jack a thing of the past? coming up, fans line up as apple's latest creation hits the store shelves. and more bad news for samsung galaxy note 7 owners. after an enourmous recall what the department of transportation is saying about the smartphone. kevin: a lot of sunshine, but warmer temperatures continue to make their way back in. that brings the next system as well. sean: plus, in today' your fall dinners straight from

when i first found out that carl had been using heroin on and off for a year. i immediately thought not my son. i found him in his bathroom with a syringe still in his hand and that was the worst day of my life. annie kuster is leading the fight regarding this opioid epidemic. she's trying to do everything she can to get laws changed. she's definitely a leader. i just love annie.

brenda willis: when washington bureaucrats threatened access to mammograms, kelly ayotte stopped them. david goethel: and when red tape threatened to crush new hampshire's fishing communities, kelly fought to save us. cheryl coletti-lawson: kelly's legislation on the heroin epidemic will help save lives. jamey french: kelly reaches across the aisle to conserve our environment... becky stafford: kelly is so committed to our veterans and cares about our needs. marc baillargeon: kelly protected our jobs at the shipyard.

brenda willis: she cares. dean kamen: that's kelly - an independent leader, fighting for new hampshire. kelly: i'm kelly ayotte and i approved this message. sean: welcome back. a convicted murderer was back in less time in prison. nearly four years ago, he stepped another -- stabbed another man in the heart. the victim's mother spoke exclusively to news 9. good afternoon afternoon, ray. ray: it has been nearly seven years since her son was murdered. she says she wants to put the

with the mother and father of his victim watching, convicted murderer corey furgal entered a courtroom looking to have his sentence reduced. >> it was so hard to see that face after six years after he murdered my son. ray: furgal's defense attorney said there are several reasons why the 40 years to life sentence is excessive including furgal's long history of mental illness. >> it was while he was not being treated for his mental illness that mr. furgal committed the acts that resulted in his conviction for second degree murder ray: furgal crashed a merrimack halloween party back in 2009. while there he stole an ipod. as furgal was being confronted by angry partygoers, some brandishing bats, christopher vydfol tried to escort furgal off the property. >> when mr. vydfol bear-hugged him, he was afraid and he pushed out with the knife that happened to enter in the worst possible place. >> it's clear from the evidence at trial that this was a crime of anger, that the defendant

general susan morrell prosecuted the original case. she agrees that the sentence is severe, but says it's warranted given the fact that furgal had 12 prior criminal convictions, before committing murder. >> he was given every opportunity, told you will do this or else and he continued to commit more crimes. ray: and his victim's mother says she hopes the judge leave murdered, he didn't have rights, he did have appeals, he didn't have parole. ray: she says a letter of apology and remorse from furgal won't bring her son back, but it would help. reporting live in concord, ray brewer, wmur news 9.

people hit the stores hoping to get their hands on apple's latest iphone. but apple says the iphone 7 and plus will be in short supply. 7 the company says walk-in customers won't be able to get the 7 plus, because those were all snatched up by pre-orders. but there is a chance some non-apple retailers may still have them in stock. bad news for galaxy note 7 owners. after cases of burning explosions and smoke nearly a million brand new phones recalled. now the department of transportation has forbid the use of these phones on planes. abc's ray raimundi has more. customers, samsung feeling the burn over their exploding cell phones. the consumer product safety commission stepping in morning galaxy note 7 buyers to turn in their phones. >> today's message is to take that phone into your carrier or directly to samsung, if that's where you purchased it, and take advantage of this recall. ray r.: scenes like this occuring across america, 92

of property damage including , cars, like this one bursting into flames. a rush now to return those galaxy note 7's after samsung says it was only this model with a defective battery. but reports have surfaced of other galaxy phones overheating , smoking, and burning. >> i was actually just sitting at my desk at work and it pretty much exploded. ray r.: samsung was only able to get 130,000 customers to exchange phones, but 800,000 mobile devices with defective lithium-ion batteries are still in circulation. >> we apologize. ray r.: as the u.s. president of samsung issues an apology to its consumers, the timing of the samsung chaos couldn't be worse, as cell phone consumers wait in endless lines for rival apple's release of the iphone 7. samsung is promising to have phones in stores by wednesday.

accessory credits, and all credits are being offered. ray raimundi, abc news, new york. sean: beautiful day but eventually some rain. kevin: another one tomorrow. if you are stuck in work this afternoon we will talk with a chance of showers. sean: coming up, a delicious meal perfect for those fall dinners. now time for our hotshot. a viewer snapped ths photo in rindge.

oil wells in new hampshire? you'd think so the way kelly ayotte voted. ninety percent with the cool off overnight. a light southerly breeze through the day is modifying the air mass in place. while we are expecting beast to lower half of the 50's, chances

degrees warmer in most locations. there are expecting a good deal of sunshine through the afternoon today and likely tomorrow before the next system starts to arrive. looks like that gets here with an increase in clouds saturday evening. 60's today, 70 right now. we will edge up by another six or seven degrees through the remainder of the afternoon. where you are standing at 60 in

will make a run into the mid-70's and maybe as high as 70. temperatures running two to four degrees warmer than yesterday this time. the air mass, which was chilean overhead last night. -- chilly overhead last night. after a cool night tonight, good deal of sunshine. if you have the choice between the two days of the the one that is more reliable. we will start to see some high clouds late in the day. after midnight, you will start to see showers approach. it is not going to be state way all day on sunday. saturday will be the better day. we are looking at a chance for

moisture to the south because of the carolinas. his is what is left of julia. it may wander farther north and enhance the rainfall in place or slowly go down the front. you also could line up half an inch to full inch of rain. we will have showers on monday we will have showers on monday before the system also way. let's go to "cook's corner." sean: we were talking about a cool fundraiser. matt and amanda, thanks for being here. what are you making today? matt: chris before with apricots and reasons. sizemore we are serving at the event next thursday.

nation. amanda: this is the 29th year and we raise nearly $1 million in those 29 years. all the proceeds go to the new hampshire food bank and boys and girls club of manchester. sean: how about some hungry folks, no doubt. amanda: it is for no kid hungry. sean: folks who have never been sean: folks who have never been to one of these events, who dishes. matt: the lakes region. sean: it is a lot of fun. matt: it is a lot of fun. it is great for all of us to be together.

plate it. we do this at the restaurant every once in a while. sean: this is a chance for folks do not only the food but you get a chance to talk to the chefs there. matt: i will have the gm for have wine. 12 tables of wine and beer. we have a couple other winde vendors as well. sean: what are the details? amanda: they can find us on facebook, taste of the nation manchester, or tasteof thenation.org/manchester is

out wines. how much are you looking forward to this? matt: i look forward to this and i've been helping them with it so it has been fun. sean: go hungry, because you will be eating a lot of food. matt and amanda, thank you very much. i appreciate it. next thursday. i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes.

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anyone and everyone to create a better environment for business innovation. a new senator making fiscal responsibility work for you. i'm maggie hassan and i approve this message. sean: the houston zoo's newest addition is growing up. the baby sea lion named t.j. has finally graduated from her swimming lessons. unlike most marine mammals, sea lions don't know how to swim when they're born. for weeks, t.j.'mo teaching her how to swim. lessons started in a small pool with about 3 feet of water and as you can see, mom has been a great teacher. i did not know that. kevin: i just figured -- i get that. just knew from the beginning. i learned something today. temperatures in the 70's not only today but going through the weekend, a lot of sunshine saturday.

downpours embedded. drink of water for a lot of folks, which we need. sean: i was on a second showers such good news with the drought conditions. starting tonight at 5:00, a kidney transplant through groupon? the unusual connection that is saving several lives. and a backlash over one of the brightest features of the new unh stadium. the new debate over that school's spending priorities. we will have the latest at 5:00. that does it for us.

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