lawyers for the family of murder victim lizzi marriott and state prosecutors are asking the state supreme court to keep information about her sexual past private during the appeals process. just as it was during the trial of seth mazzaglia who is serving a life sentence for marriott's death. >> she's not gone, she was murdered. whether the victim was murdered or not makes no difference to victims' rights and the privacy and respect that should be to the victims. reporter: marriott, a 19-year-old university of new hampshire student, was killed in 2012 and her body was never found. mazzaglia was convicted in 2014. prosecutors are asking the supreme court for several things, including close for arguments before the highest court.

cost in terms of accountability, as justice lynn referred to that the public will never know whether this court's ruling was right or not. reporter: but lawyers for the marriott family say releasing personal, private information victimizes them all over again. and sends a bad message to others who may hesitate to come forward. >> is our court system going to be open to victims and a place that they can access justice, or are we to that? we cannot have a system that forces victims to sacrifice everything just to seek justice. reporter: the case is under advisement and no further hearing dates have been set. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. josh: tonight new details about a civil lawsuit against st. paul's school. the suit claiming negligence and breach of duty was filedded after owen labrie was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault against a classmate. the school denies any responsibility.

lawyers for both sides met this afternoon. reporter: they did. the girls' parents are seeking in excess of $75,000. the lawyers met in chambers today, afterwards they told us that it was just a scheduling conference and neither party was present. in the wake of the civil lawsuit filed by her parents against st. paul's school, francesca prout did a nationally televised interview with nbc news saying she was ready to stand up and own her today in federal court lawyers for both sides met in judges chambers for a scheduling conference. prout's attorneys say discovery could take a year. the jury trial is slated for march, 2018. court filings state lawyers for the family plan to call students, former students, administrators, faculty and staff as witnesses, who have knowledge of the, quote, senior salute tradition where upper class men asked younger students out in a competition. but court documents reveal both

both parties have until februare a joint statement. st. paul's school categorically denies any breach of duty or negligence, and in court documents say that any harm that came to francesca prout was the result of actions by owen labrie. labrie is appealing his conviction. jennifer an emotional day in court as pay man pleads guilty girl. court documents say those assaults started when the victim was 5 and happened over the period of four years. wmur's kristen carosa takes us inside the courtroom tonight. reporter: it was an emotional day in court as christopher loni pleaded guilty to the sexual assault charges, he will serve at least 25 years behind bars. the victim's family says they're glad this is over. 44-year-old christopher loni of

assaulting a young girl he knew while living in rochester. >> she was about to relive her whole childhood, the worst parts of it, out loud, for hours. reporter: he pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and will serve at least 25 years behind bars. the victim's mother says her daughter came forward three years ago when she was 14. she says the assaults date back to 2003. >> she hasn't been able to attend school, she sleeps most of the doesn't have friends. reporter: the victim's mother says she hopes her daughter will now be able to move on, knowing justice will be served. >> i'm hoping that i see her grow, five inches in every direction, and finish her education and find some hobbies. reporter: now loni could face additional charges, as prosecutor says he allegedly violated his bail before his trial was set to start. he was seen trying to obtain a

week. at the hearing, family and friends came to support the victim , among them were members from bikers against child abuse. >> she knows that has value, she's a real person that can stand up for herself and protect herself, so it's improved her life more than any of us could know. reporter: a formal sentencing hearing will take place in friday m those additional criminal charges. josh: disturbing video tonight showing the true consequences of our state's opioid crisis. jennifer: it shows a mother from salem passed out after allegedly overdosing in the aisle of a massachusetts store, while her young daughter witnessed it all. we do want to warn you again about the troubling nature of this video. shelley walcott is live with more. shelley: this happened sunday at

massachusetts. tonight we're learning that this mother could be facing criminal charges. the video shows the woman sprawled in the middle of a store siel. you can see her 2-year-old daughter crying and trying to wake her up. buy standers had already called 911 before this volunteer was recorded, but no one intervened. the police chief says the child has already been removed from her mother's cave. he says while tell vice difficult to watch, it is important t >> i can see there's value in the fact that people can see firsthand how debilitating and what this addiction causes. reporter: the chief says that endangerment charges are being sought against the mother but since they haven't been filed yet, her name has not been released. i'm shelley walcott. josh: tonight calms for justice in parts of the country after two deadly police shootings involving black men, one in tulsa, another in charlotte.

turned violent. but tonight is there a show of support for police that was planned well before these shootings. wmur's cherise leclerc is live in hollis where blue ribbons are being tied in town. we're having some technical difficulties there. but the massachusetts state police troopers wives supporting this initiative say this is not about politics or blue lives matter, it simply a show of love to people who protect and blue ribbon as cross massachusetts with the goal of tying them up in all 351 cities and towns. but now their mission has moved northward, in making new hampshire the 24th state to join the blue ribbon mission. jennifer: tonight they tied those ribbons up in monument square, this is in hollis, after getting approval from the select board. they'll also be putting up ribbons in brookline. >> the main message is a very

you are loved, you are supported, you are appreciated. we want, that's our message for the officers when they drive by. jennifer: this will culminate with a town gathering in hollis on october 8 to bring the police and community together and then raise money for the departments. josh: straight ahead, it is a project called saluting branches jennifer: see the work these volunteers have done to further honor those who are burie our veterans cemetery. josh j.: with temperatures in the 70's and 80's today, it certainly doesn't feel like tomorrow is the first dave fall, how warm to expect your first day of autumn. mike: here at new hampshire motor speedway we're going to start the engines when we come back. >> speaking of racing, we'll talk to the two-time defending race champion at new hampshire

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josh: it appears that independent first district congressional candidate sean o'connor will be on the november ballot. his eligibility had had been challenged by the new hampshire democratic party. and then the party asked the which they reaffirm today. o'connor switched his affiliation from democratic to inback in june. a group of volunteers were making a special place more beautiful today. jean: they took the time to cut and prune trees at the state veterans cemetery. it's all part of a national effort called saluting branches. they started the work at about 10:00 a.m. and worked right throughout the entire day. some of the jobs were small, others larger.

cemetery a little bit nicer. >> we wanted to get involved in the project to give back to our veterans with a day of service. we thought it was important to thank everyone and that we make the cemetery a beautiful resting place for those who have given all for our country. jennifer: this is the second year for this project nationally and the first time new hampshire has participated. organizers say 30 locations in 26 states are being worked on josh j.: felt like summer throughout, good thing since it's the last day of summer. and it stays that way for now, we'll tell you when things cool

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josh: it is race weekend in new hampshire, with a packed schedule on the track. jennifer: but there are plenty well. so we sent mike haddad up there to check out some of the off track fun that's all going down for a great cause. mike? mike: yes, that's right. there are so many charity events here, all for speedway children's charities, joining me now is the director of the new hampshire chapter, cheryl, thank you for joining us for weather wednesday. >> we're glad to have you here. thanks for being here. mike: an exciting event going on right now. >> i know, people are driving their own car on the track, this is one of the fundraisers that

mike it runs until 7:00, so you still have a few more minutes. >> yes, then we go right into our week of events that we raise money all weekend for speedway children's charities. mike: tell us about some of those events. >> we have a charity event in hooksett, we have david reagan coming to that. on friday and saturday we're doing helicopter rides, right around the property here, so you can take off from the helipad and go all the way around the perimeter of the property. on satur wicked good live auction, we have lots of great things for auction. mike: some sound out here, feel like i'm almost here for the big race, but these cars are having fun all for a great cause. thanks, and good luck with the vents this weekend. >> thanks for being here. mike: the weather is going to cooperate for the most part between now and the weekend. josh is here with an outlook right through the big race day on sunday.

around. things be look clear, and pretty high confidence in that forecast as well. all depends on the atmospheric setup. temperatures still warm out there, after we reached the upper 70's and lower 80's in a lot spots. still most parts of the state we slowly drift down, it will be cool, but comfortably cool tonight, and tonight temperatures cool off more because of the dew points, whi fact the last several days thief been in the 60's. but today we're in 40's and 50's for dew points, that means much dryer air and that continues for the most part. the temperatures drop off through the weekend and next week, so very, very dry air, a very fall-like feel, crisp will be a word you'll use a lot this weekend into next week as well. for how that air feels.

high thin clouds. but those are actually part of former tropical storm julia which has been in the southeastern part of the nation, just sitting and spinning and delivering so much rain to these areas. in fact some areas down here have received more rain from julia than manchester new hampshire has received in the entire year, that's pretty incredible. but some of the cloud have come up and that's why we have the highic thin clouds dimming the sun a little bit today at times. to our west this front is is so warm right now, look how warm it is here, to our west, 80 to 90's, and it is noticeably cooler on the other side of this front and that is what will move in friday night and into saturday. we'll notice the temperatures dropping on saturday, and really dropping sunday. and much of next week as well. the only chance for showers will be friday, and not a lot for showers on friday. clear skies tonight and through

just a few passing clouds. here comes friday, we start off the day with that front approaching and friday morning even the early morning hours of friday you could see some showers and even some downpours in the northern half of the state. but it's southern new hampshire that we can't guarantee you'll see showers. look right here, future cast showing it drying up, not all of our computer models do that. we really need the rain, because next week is looking very dry as well. here's saturday, butoo through the day on saturday,s that new air mass moves in. so temperatures right now, in the 70's as we go through the nighttime hours those skies stay mainly clear and the temperatures drift down into the 50's to lower 60's. 40's in northern new hampshire, then tomorrow lots of sunshine, looks like a beautiful day, with temperatures in the 70's and 80's once again. so your low police the 40's to the north, 50's elsewhere. and here's a look at tomorrows high temperatures, again a warm

rolls through, a passing shower or two possible, 70's and then 60's and a lot of places only 50's in the northern half of the state, all through the weekend and next week as well. cool nights and crisp autumn-like days. it might bring some foliage to pop. jennifer: thank you. >> we have a lot of nascar to talk, and new hampshire tackles

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>> i usually go somewhere to pick some apples and then katie will usually make apple crisp, which makes me really happy. >> matt kenseth likes to get to a local orchard when he races in the granite state. the race this weekend is called the bad boy off road 300 and at that race it will be 25-degrees co >> certainly changes the track a little, the way the rubber goes down on the track, how much goes down, if it clutches up, that type of thing. so it changes the track conditions, which i think changes your balance a little bit. >> i think final restart is going to be really important, having good restarts at the end of the races will put you in a position to succeed. reporter: it was brutally hot at that race in july. the action does get rolling tomorrow with the hauler parade

area. sprib cup practice friday at 11:30. at 2:30 qualifying for the catching world truck series, and then the sprint cup qualifying. clay buchholz pitches for boston tonight in baltimore. sox looking for their seventh win in a row. forget about wondering if they'll make the playoffs, that appears to be a lock. now we can start aiming for home field advantage in the divisional series.he leaders. if the playoff started today the sox would be at cleveland to start a five-game series, but there are 11 regular season games to go, so the sox can jump over them and possibly catch the rangers. the fourth annual new hampshire tackles hunger food drive really gets rolling big time this weekend at high school football games. these are pictures from last year at different venue as cross the state, all 15 friday night games are participating in new hampshire tackles at collection sites, and then 12 more games

schools, go to wmur.com/sports. we have a full night of men's college soccer action for you tonight, at 11:00 p.m. highlights from snhu, dart mu, u.n.h., they're all in action a. if it works out we'll have the pictures from all three. snhu ranked number four in the nation, they host cell phone hill. the dartmouth get hartford. u.n.h. will host the northeastern huskies. college football games on channel 9 saturday, this is your triple header, at 3:30. then under the lights, stand information at ucla in the rose bowl, nice triple header there. josh: you think the sox are a lock? >> i think so. jennifer: optimistic. josh: hope you're right. be sure to tune in for "new hampshire chronicle" follow "world news." jennifer: good

pam griffin: our daughter courtney got caught in a web of opiate and heroin addiction. doug griffin: our insurance company indicated that courtney's problem wasn't a matter of life and death - so she wasn't eligible for treatment. pam griffin: she told me that she didn't want to live like this anymore... she begged... she begged for help, saying mom - please help me. doug griffin: our family's tragedy could happen to any family... pam griffin: we knew we had to save other families from losing their children. kelly reached out to us. pam griffin: she listened to what we had to say, who we were - she cared about us... she didn't know us. pam griffin: we talked about the ways to remove the stigma of addiction so parents can get help. doug griffin: kelly co-authored the comprehensive addiction and recovery act - this act will save kids' lives... ...and enable families to get the help they need. doug griffin: we don't want courtney to be remembered for her substance abuse, but rather for her struggle to achieve recovery. pam griffin: kelly believes recovery is possible.

colin van ostern: i know from my own life the difference a college education can make. narrator: colin van ostern. the son of a single mom, he went to college on student loans, became a stonyfield business manager responsible for a hundred million dollars in revenue. then, a top executive at southern new hampshire university's college for america. colin van ostern: most of our students graduate debt free. cutting student debt should be our goal for all state colleges

tonight, breaking news. the mystery men. the fbi tonight releasing this image, two men, after the bombs in new york city and new jersey. they need your help. and new reporting right here tonight, amid that central question -- was the suspect acting alone? also developing at this hour, the chaos erupting in charlotte, after a shooting, a father killed. police and his family with two very different stories tonight. the new poll just out this evening, hillary clinton, donald trump. just five days before the crucial first debate. where this race now stands. and donald trump with his new outreach tonight. will it work? the pilot struck on the runway. the plane coming from behind. we have the pilot, right here tonight. and the split. brad pitt, angelina jolie.