pressing charges. hayley: rain showers and a few downpours expected. timing out when the heaviest rain moves through. shelley: and showing support. how one high school football team is rallying behind a boy with cancer. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news nine tonight. shelley: starting this friday night at 11:00, family and friends remember th shooting. good evening. i'm shelley walcott. right now, the attorney general's office is trying to determine if the shooting was justified. wmur's cherise leclerc is live in claremont tonight with how family members are honoring cody lafont. cherise. cherise: shelley, love font -- lafont was laid to rest today. and while his mother says they want answers, tonight was not

the roar of engines followed by a moment of silence. corey lafont's tell-tale blue mini cooper part of a parade of race cars that paused friday night to honor him. his mom behind the wheel. >> it's very overwhelming to see what everybody here has done for him. the track owners, all the racecar drivers and their families and crews. cherise: lafont's friday nights were spent here at the twin state speedway, the first friday since he's been gone. >> right here. it hurts, but it's what he would want. cherise: family and friends were decked out in the number 24, lafont's favorite. this tight-knit racing community still in shock. on the same day he was laid to rest, the attorney general's office released the name of the officer who shot lafont in the chest three times following some sort of altercation. as part of protocol, corporal ian kibbe has been taken out of line duty while the ag's office investigates.

of the claremont police department was the only officer on the scene when the shots were fired. while loved ones hope for more answers soon, friday night was all about the way lafont lived. >> it's a wonderful tribute to cody and how much he meant for everyone here. this was his home every friday night. cherise: here in claremont, there are no police body cam's or dashcams, so none of that was caught on video. eager for answers involving what happened. shelley: new tonight, police in california have just released videos of the deadly police shooting of an unarmed black man. the videos shows the moments before an officer shots alfred olango, after he took what police described as a shooting stance and pointed what officers thought was a weapon, which actually turned out to be a smoking device. the videos were released after three nights of violent protests. according to a report released today by the attorney general's

state representative kyle tasker use marijuana at the state house, but it says he also sold it to fellow lawmakers. wmur's mike cronin joins us live to explain the allegations made in that report. mike: shelley, tasker has pled not guilty to several felony charges. this report says no further criminal charges will be brought against tasker, and no charges will be made against the lawmakers named. five elected leaders are named in the attorney general's report, but it says none will evidence is insufficient to prosecute them. in march, kyle tasker was arrested for online solicitation of a minor and possession with intent to distribute controlled drugs. wmur first reported that evidence found at his home showed he had sold drugs to other members of the house. >> i'm just really, really concerned about it. i think it is deeply concerning that any elected official would engage in this kind of behavior, and i think the voters should

says pamela tucker of greenland, the former deputy speaker of the house, bought marijuana once and marijuana elixir on another occasion. the report says she told investigators they were for medicinal reasons. joseph lachance of manchester allegedly bought marijuana from tasker several times to treat his ptsd, and brought friends to do the same. the report says amanda bouldin, also of manchester, used potwi recalled a conversation about a big drug purchase he made in lancaster. investigators say sanbornville representative ted wright bought marijuana to help his wife's battle with breast cancer. and plaistow representative shem kellogg was named, but he died of cancer in june and was never interviewed. the house speaker and governor are confident voters will have their say in november.

office, and this is a very serious transgression, and i'm very deeply concerned about it, and i hope the voters will take this very seriously. mike: the lawyer for state representative amanda bouldin says, in part, amanda did not buy drugs from tasker. in fact, she never even inquired about buying drugs from tasker, not once. the other lawmakers did not respond to our requests for comment. medical marijuana is now legal in new hampshire, as long as it's obtained through a dispensary. shelley: mike, turning our attention to weather. it's raining out there. a live look in windham, where it has been raining steadily. 52 degrees. meteorologist hayley lapoint is here now to let us know if the rain is sticking around. hayley: it is. as we head into the weekend, we will have scattered showers moving through. already, they are moving through southern portions of the state and continuing to move north. you can see it on the radar.

to the tropics, because just and, we now have a category 5 hurricane in the atlantic. you see matthew there, at 160 mile-per-hour winds. it is now officially category 5. we have not have one of those in the atlantic, at least in the last season or so. it will be continuing to move up to the north. it will impact jamaica and cuba, and eventually possibly the united states. i will let more of the extended forest the mother presumed dead after going missing with her son during a fishing trip. investigators were seen removing multiple items from linda carman's connecticut home last night. her son nathan was rescued after a week in a life raft near martha's vineyard. investigators have searched his home as well. coming up on newsnight tonight, leaving the team. -- leading the team. the outpouring of support one high school football team is

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shelley: it was a special night for a special boy in merrimack seven-year-old max is fighting leukemia so courageously, he was invited to join the merrimack high school football team for the night. our jean mackin has his inspiring story. >> mighty max mendez. [cheers] jean: mighty max mendez, number

new recruit. >> our kids have adopted him as one of our brothers, so it's really cool. >> one team. >> one mission. jean: seven-year-old max is a force to reckon with on and off the field. his family says he's battling leukemia like a superhero. so inspiring, he was invited to lead the team as childhood cancer awareness month wraps up. tremendous amount in the last few months, so to have everybody come out and support him and be aware of childhood cancer awareness is amazing. jean: max helped with the coin toss center field, posed for team pictures, and rallied his teammates as they took the field. >> they took us in his family. we are going to take this night

souvenirs. shelley: and we are all wishing maxwell. -- max well. and you can help max's family at a fundraiser tomorrow at reeds ferry school in merrimack. wmur meteorologist kevin skarupa will be at the raise a paddle for max auction. that starts tomorrow at 3:00. hayley: today started out with sunshine. you can see we lost son early on as clouds started to increase. our next room system is about to move in, and already we're seeing rain showers in southern new hampshire. you can see light to moderate rainfall, especially in the monadnock region, and from manchester along group 101, certainly over erie bank manchester. probably pouring wherever you see the dark shades of green. this is continuing to move from the south to the north.

the winds around low pressure moves in a counterclockwise motion. that's why we have this conveyor belt of moisture over the next 24 hours or so. even sunday, we do run the risk of seeing these showers continue. it is not a washout. if you have plans, don't cancel, but be prepared for watch weather. just an overall kind of dismal, murky field. you see scattered showers early tomorrow if the kids have an early morning soccer game for football practice, be prepared for the wet weather. that likely continues into the afternoon. though there will be some dry times, too. it's not going to be consistently raining. that will be especially true on sunday. it looks like the dryer of the two weekend days, where we will have scattered showers and a little drizzle. monday, we will have improvement with drying out conditions.

need this rain, although the timing not be great -- timing may not be great. up to an inch of rain falling some of the lucky areas. tonight, cloudy skies, rain moving from the south to the north. rain areas in the 40's, and the southern areas more like the 50's. tomorrow, we don't get out of the 50's because of this school air mass on top of us. the wind will still be out of e ocean, so that will keep temperatures much cooler. got to take you down to the caribbean, because this is where the big story is. we had a category five hurricane, the strongest they come on the scale. you can see hurricane matthew with 160 mile-per-hour winds. here is aruba, right here. you can see the storm's outer bands there. otherwise, it is basically over open water.

very open water, and it will continue to maintain its strength, maybe go down to a category 4, but it will head to jamaica, cause huge issues there undoubtedly, and continuing to the eastern side of cuba. then, it becomes questionable. could it head toward florida, or right of the host -- write up the coast? something that needs to be watched closely. post or to home, scattered showers and temperatures -- showers and temperatures -- closer to home, scattered 50's. monday afternoon into tuesday, that's when temperatures warm up a little bit, back into the 60's. feeling like october, too. shelley: we are going to turn it over to jason now. jason: can you believe it's october?

tomahawks. >> and this is friday night football on channel 9. jason: that is max mendez, the honorary captain for the merrimack tomahawks tonight, max is just 7-years-old, but already facing the fight of his life. max is undergoing treatments for leukemia, but tonight he was just one of the guys providing some additional inspiration and leading the tomahawks on to their home turf. mighty max leads us into "friday night football." welcome to the friday night football report, week number 5, with teams beginning to think conference titles. we begin tonight with a good one in division one, 3-1 merrimack hosting 4-0 salem, playing for first place in the south conference. >> one team! >> one mission! jason: high powered tomahawk offense against a hard-nosed blue devil d. matt soldano pitches to joshua sibanda, looking for room, but tyler deneill comes up from his safety position and makes the tackle for the loss.

merrimack, justin grassini hits joe eichman over the middle. joe makes a few tacklers miss and turns it into an 46-yard gain. that led to his own five-yard td run. 7-0, merrimack in front. first play from scrimmage on their next drive, grassini lobs one down the sideline. justin weiser runs under it for a 57-yard touchdown. after just six plays from scrimmage for merrimack, they led 14-0. grassini completed 28 passes for this was a big collection site for new hampshire tackles hunger. blue devils complete a pass here, soldano to joshua maroun, but check out the huge hit by deneill. it was a tough night for salem. eichman scored three times. merrimack wins 39-20. both teams now 4-1 this season. ? jason: bedford put their perfect record on the line in derry. 21-6 bedford to start the second half. pinkerton tries the onside kick,

recover for the astros, but the drive didn't last long. it's aid in -- aiden goujon. he's picked off by bedford's connor collins. good return, but the drive would stall. then, goujon is picked off by shahrukh hussain. great one-handed grab on the boundry. bedford goes up top. connor robert airs it out to lam -- liam greene, in stride. touchdown, bulldogs. bedford just keeps winning, 37-14. concord at londonderry. lancers get their first win, 34-13. four touchdown passes for lancers quarterback jake stevens. timberlane home with central. jacob post carried the ball 36 times for two or 95 yards and five touchdowns for the owls, while jeremyiah rivera had three rushing touchdowns and a receiving score to central, and central wins 42-34.

purple panthers in purple. early third quarter, a short touchdown run for myles johnson. south took a 27-6 lead. later in the third, sean holland with an eight yard touchdown run made it 34-6 south. keene stops the bleeding a bit in the fourth quarter. jack zweirchowski comes up with the fumble recovery after the lateral by south. south was too much. another touchdown for holland. the panthers improved to 3-2. alvirne and spaulding both looking for win number one on the year. first offensive play for spaulding, and jonathan speltz breaks free, and nobody will catch him. about 70 yards for the red raiders touchdown, 6-0. the p.a.t. was blocked. alvirne responds, mason miller

about 45 yards, deep into spaulding territory, then miller will take it in for a broncos score, and this would make it 6-6. they went for two and did not get it. spalding was throwing it all over the place. noah lapointe fires one downfield. great grab by mitchell stokes on the sideline. that set up another spaulding td. alvirne picks up their first win, 36-26. for the clippers tonight. both teams are 4-1 in the east. 21-14. the biggest game of the night in division three was unquestionably in east swanzey, monadnock and inter-lakes-moultonborough, both 4-0 entering the night. the huskies hadn't allowed a single point thru the first four games. first quarter, monadnock's jarod redfield with a tough nine-yard run.

from two yards out. 8-0 huskies. inter-lakes looking to answer, andrew brothers with a nice 39 yard run, he would be down at the two yard line. three plays later, ryan kelly will get into the end zone with a two yard touchdown run. the first touchdown monadnock has given up this year made it 8-6. the huskies stay unbeaten. they win 27-12. they win 27-12. new portland fall mountain, stevens also unbeaten in d-3, hosting kearsarge. second quarter, cougars in white uniforms. direct snap to running back bryce bowen, and he throws it to emerson tyler, who makes the diving catch in the end zone for the touchdown. henri bourque throws one right at us. parker smith makes the catch, shakes a tackle and races to the

passes to smith, and richard bell ran for over 100 yards and two thing touchdowns. stephen wins -- stevens wins 44-32. epping and farmington-nute. blue devils when huge, 60-14. in division two, kennett at lebanon. a big win for the raiders at home 27-20, both teams are now 3-2 in the north conference. milford and souhegan. the spartans win 26-14, as quarterback zach kinth camirand. ? ["very superstitious"] jamjason: 3-1 conval at home tonight, hosting trinity. third quarter, cougars. daniel spezzaferri finds isaac brown, who makes a great grab for 25 yards. a few plays later, spezzaferi will dump it off to danny parker, and he will take it in

interceptions. he returned one for a touchdown, also ran for a score. conval rolls 55-21. pelham home with sanborn. nick thrasher scored for the 7-6 indians, and -- and sanborn wins a close one 7-6. kingswood and bow. justin mooney scored three times for the falcons, and bow wins 30-7. west and pembroke looking for their first win. spartans get it there are six games on saturday that are collection sights for -- collection sites for new hampshire tackles under. the home teams are windham, plymouth, bishop brady, bg, newfound, and hillsboro-deering/hopkinton. if you are going to one of these games, you are encouraged to bring a cash or food donation. a reminder, you can watch all of our friday night football shows on our website, wmur.com/fnf. you can also follow us on twitter using the hashtag #fnfwmur.

five. we have passed the halfway point in the regular season. good luck to the 24 teams in action tomorrow, and good luck to everyone taking the sat's in the morning. still to come tonight, the big green played some friday night football. jamie staton has dartmouth highlights and more, after the break. chris sununu's family gave him a famous name but then things went, well, downhill. over the years, chris cut jobs. chris cut workers' hours to deny them health insurance. and now he opposes the minimum wage. chris has never had to work for anything. chris sununu has no business being governor. this advertisement has been paid for by put new hampshire first

jason: welcome back, and so long, big papi. is final three regular season games began tonight. it will be a weekend of celebrating david ortiz, starting with the unveiling of this painting. 1000 of them will be auctioned off for the david ortiz children's fund. as for the game, they hosted the blue jays, and ortiz went to work. an r.b.i. single in the first ni final appearance for sox ace rick porcello before the playoffs. sixth inning, he gives up a two run homer to jose bautista. jays took a 3-1 lead. in the seventh, ortiz again. ask for the memories. the 37th of the year, a two-run shot, 127 r.b.i.. the red sox roll the rangers by three games, and they lead the

baltimore county. it was a good night for the home team at their homecoming game. unh wins 3-0. windham's andrew pesci made four saves, and he has five straight shutouts now. chris harling from windham also scored that goal. he was our hometown hero from wednesday. wildcats are 7-0. ivy league football on a friday night, dartmouth home against penn. all quakers early. nn christian petersen. that's a 28 yard score. 7-0. late second half, 28-3 penn, ryder stone takes it in for dartmouth's first touchdown of the game, 28-10 at the half. dartmouth loses their ivy league opener, 37-24. they play yale penn at dartmouth saturday. friday night at 7:00 p.m.

wildcats as they play a conference game against william and mary. let's hear it from the wildcats. >> they have a lot of good backs. we will have our hands full. >> they did really good on film. we just have to come out and execute really well. i think we are going to have a pretty good game plan. just come out and i qqq. jason: -- come out and execute. jason: let's check out the college football games. under the lights, the second ranked team against the fifth-ranked team. this is the place to be tomorrow for college football fans. shelley: definitely, and it may be the type of weather were you stay indoors and watch football. hayley: scattered showers throughout the day, drier on sunday. shelley: jimmy kimmel live is next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its

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