>> what could be the most powerful atlantic storm in a decade is churning up waves along the florida coast right now. hurricane matthew has grown back into a category 4 hurricane. good evening, i'm jean mackin. shelley: i'm shelley walcott. the back end of this storm is still lashing the bahamas, but the first rounds of rain and wind have also arrived in the u.s. with some gusts reaching 140 miles per hour. jeth could be deadly, morning 2 million people have been ordered to evacuate. we begin in new smyrna beach, florida. reporter: the wind and rain are beginning to pick up as the outer bands of the storm begin to reach the florida coast. with its powerful winds, threat of severe flooding, hurricane matthew is moving towards florida. now a category 4 storm it's on track the be the most powerful

than a decade. >> evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. unfortunately this is going to kill people. reporter: possibly the largest evacuation ever in the sunshine state, with orders in place for two and a half million people from here to the carolinas. >> seems like it's going to be pretty bad. so it's best to get off the island. >> taking the warning seriously after seeing the destruction matthew left behind in the caribbean. battering the bahamas and kill more in what officials there call the worst humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. in florida theme parks closing, store shelves left empty and businesses boarded up. from miami all the way up the coast and inland, millions are now bracing for matthew and what the national hurricane center says could be potentially disastrous impacts. and president obama has declared a state of emergency here in

also warning that as many as two and a half million people could be without power once this storm hits late tonight. live in new smyrna beach, florida, marci gonzalez, abc news. shelley: the national hurricane center just released its newest advisory on hurricane matthew. hayley lapoint joins us live with the latest on the storm's track. hayley: this is going to be a really big issue for the east coast of florida and the central part of the east coast of florida. nothing here in new hampshi update. a lot of you probably have family in florida, maybe even homes. this is the latest satellite and radar, and look at that thing spin. it's gone through a regeneration of its eye so will continue to intensify, still a category 4 and will likely be as it makes landfall after midnight tonight right in that central part of the east coast there. look at this track, i have to tell you it is bizarre to say

like that. but the good thing is, if it does come back toward the bahamas or florida, it would be much weakened by that point. but what will happen is it will move up to the jacksonville area in south carolina and weaken to a category 2, then 1 by the time we get to later this weekend. then it will be tuesday by the time it returns back to the bahamas, basically then fizzles out. but this is the main problem with this storm, it's going to be from jacksonville to west b areas. devastating coastal flooding and storm surge, winds over 100 miles per hour. and then flooding rainfall on top of all of that. so i'll talk about the storm more in the full weather. jean: florida airports began shutting down this morning, causing a ripple effect across the country. those travel troubles are also being felt here in new hampshire. kristen carosa is live at the

reporter: jean, people here in new hampshire are being affected, so far today here at the airport there have been a few delays and at least two cancellations for flights going to and from orlando. manchester airport is monitoring information about the storm from local, state and federal emergency preparedness offices and will issue traffic advisories as necessary. the airport tells us so far things are going pretty smoothly, but that could change. one man who works at the airport has plans to fly to orlando this coming tuesday. he has he says his flight will most likely be canceled, but his main concern are his neighbors that are there right now. >> been waiting all summer to go, we may have to stay. reporter: staff at the airport say they will continue to watch this storm very closely. they are urging passengers traveling to and from florida to check with their airlines before

carosa. jean: you can track matthew's path in real time on wmur.com with our weather app. for updates as they happen, follow our news and weather teams on facebook and twitter. shelley: to commitment 2016 now, preparations are under way for tonight's visit to the granite state by republican presidential nominee donald trump. his event is seen as a practice run for the hillary clinton. and cherise leclerc is live in sandown where mr. trump will be. reporter: tonight's event is expected to be far more intimate than some of the donald trump rallies we've seen previously, hoping to mimic the town hall style atmosphere that the two presidential candidates will see in this weekend's debate. we counted about 110 seats for spectators, about 40 for media. it's a completely different setting compared to the rally

850 people. we have reached out the the campaign to find out how people were invited to be part of tonight's event. we have not heard back as of news time. supporters who didn't get an invite still turned out and so did protesters hoping to change minds. >> i like everything he stands for. he's a businessman, our country is in such trouble financially that it needs a business pan to get it back in shape. >> he has said some truly sexist his policy ideas are just wrong for the united states. reporter: tonight's event will be a lot like this weekend's debate in st. louis. it starts here tonight at 7:00. we'll of course have continuing coverage on wmur at 11:00. cherise leclerc, wmur news 9. jean: former presidential candidate governor o'malley is campaigning in new hampshire today for hillary clinton. he stopped in conway earlier and is speaking at white mountains community college in berlin

beef we're all in this together. donald trump believes that each of us has a responsibility just to be in it for ourselves. jean: and governor o'malley will also stop at plymouth state university at 7:00 to make phone calls to voters. tomorrow senator bernie sanders will be in the granite state to campaign for clinton. first he will hold a rally at keene state college at 2:00 p.m., then he'll head to nashua for a rally at nashua community college at 5:00. and hillary clinton is york. this afternoon she attended a fundraiser at the saint regis hotel. clinton will debate donald trump on sunday in that town hall style debate in st. louis, as we mentioned. governor gary johnson is campaigning in massachusetts today and tonight at 7:00 he'll hold a rally in worcester at the d. c. u. center. tomorrow his running mate bill weld will campaign in new hampshire with stops in keene, merrimack and manchester. shelley: meantime the candidates

chris sununu and colin van ostern participated in a forum sponsored by the group no labels. huntsman and lieberman moderated that event. both candidates answered questions about taxes, the economy and the opioid crisis. >> i know we can overcome this crisis, but it's going to mean tapping into people from every age and stage in life to strengthen our work force, to have more people prevention and education in our schools, less people getting hooked on prescription pain killers in the first place. >> businesses that will invest in job training on the back end of recovery. right now after 28 days of at the recovery center we say good-bye and good luck, that's nod good enough. jean: a bow man faces several charges tonight that include wreckless conduct after

another piece of machinery operated by his own brother. wmur's andy hershberger was in court and has the story. reporter: court records say the victim in this case was actually able to jump from his piece of heavy equipment before it tipped over. prosecutors say peter emanuel was operating a front loader when he toppled over a crane that was being driven by his brother. official says the two brothers own zero waste in bow where this all occurred on afternoon. prosecutors say when police arrived they found peter emanuel outside the loader on another section of the property. prosecutors say when police tried to make contact with emanuel he climbed back into the loader and backed up toward one of the cruisers with a police sergeant still in the vehicle. >> at that point the defendant puts the front end loader in reverse and heads back towards the cruise we are the lights and siren going. one with officer pulls his

defendant to stop. the defendant ultimately stops four feet from the cruiser, while sergeant is still in the cruiser. reporter: his bail was set at $170,000. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. shelley: switching gear news to talk about baseball, it is a big night for red sox fans. the american league division series begins tonight with the red sox facing off against the cleveland indians in cleveland. jamie staton is here now with jamie: it's the best of five series with games tonight and tomorrow afternoon in cleveland at progressive field. let's take a look at one of the starts for rick porcello against the indians, porcello pitches tonight and he beat the indians in this game, the only time he faced them, may 22 in boston, he had big papi to thank. david ortiz had a big day, a pair of r.b.i. doubles and then this home run as boston won 5-2. with big papi retiring, you know he wants to have a big post season and his teammates want to

>> our guys are very well aware of where we are, and we have stated all year long that sending david out as a winner would be i think the greatest gift he could receive, even though he's received some great ones. jamie: these teams know each other really well, starting with the managers. three indians players are former red sox, mike naply, cocoa crisp and andrew mil jean: all right. new trouble be the for samsung's smart phone. shelley: up next what we're learning about the device that forced this plane to make an emergency landing. hayley: tracking the latest on hurricane matthew and what our weekend weather looks like, that's coming up. mike: it's our first haunted thursday of the season, we're going to take you inside spooky world's brigham manor, straight ahead.

it's a water source for the town of durham and u.n.h. and it cuts through about 200 acres of forest that are up for sale. why the forest society and surrounding towns want to save it from development. >> and police say they found this illegal cargo tucked into the trunk of a car.

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cutting taxes for small businesses. targeting millions to fight the opioid crisis. all with no income or sales tax. working across party lines is how maggie hassan makes new hampshire work for us. i'm maggie hassan and i approved this message. shelley: time now to see how traffic is flowing around the state. this is 293 in manchester. jean: with a live look at the evening commute. >> we've got beautiful pleasant conditions for the drive home today and the traffic is doing pretty well as well. coming over the massachusetts line you'll have a little slowdown getting through the work zone in wind ham and there's a lot of traffic on 111. moving well up to about londonderry, then another slowdown approaching manchester. 293 is doing well, but keep in mind that there is a blake

traffic at the granite state exits later on. it's busy but moving well through the hooksett tolls and up to concord. 101 west is crowding up as you approach 114 and heading to bedford. an earlier truck fire at the everett turnpike southbound doesn't seem to be holding up traffic much, and northbound on the everett is very heavy through merrimack. looking good to the seacoast but we do have the usually stop and go traffic on the spaulding turnpike as you make your way north through jean: thanks. tonight a new investigation into samsung is under way after a phone caught fire on a plane. shelley: just minutes before takeoff in louisville, a southwest plane was evacuated because of a burning smart phone. the owner of the phone says he replaced his phone after samsung recalled nearly one million of its galaxy note 7's. >> i noticed smoke just pouring

continued to smoke. shelley: safety experts say the problem is most likely with the battery. samsung is investigating and if confirmed that this phone was definitely a replacement, there could be a second recall. hayley: good evening, everyone. the big weather story today is this month -- monster storm. it had intensified again to a category 4 around noontime and that here. we were hoping it would maybe stay weakened, but as it moved over the open waters it continued to strengthen and this is the latest satellite and radar from it. you can really see the eye of it. and sometimes the eye wall itself, where you have the strongest winds, can go through a regeneration and that has happened over the past couple of hours or so. and so now it's got its eye on the central part of the east coast of florida, as we get into

hour sustained. that's enough to cause catastrophic damage where that eye wall comes in. and looks like it's really going to hug the coastline of florida. so it's only going to be a small area that gets those really strong winds. but in that small area, as it hugs the coast, it is going to be devastation across that area with wind that strong. then you also get the storm surge on top of it. this is the latest track, and you see it does go up toward georgia here, so the savannah area and up into south carolina by the time we get to the weekend. then it does something that is truly bizarre. we don't see this very often with storms. it actually goes back down to the south and yes it could again make another landfall in florida by next week. the good thing is it really starts to fizzle out. so this is going to be the main story as we go through the next 24 hours.

zoomed you right down, this is melbourne and right at cape canaveral where you see this red color, that's the 140-mile per hour winds, that's a problem. as it moves up toward daytona beach and then you see that starts to weaken as it gets up into georgia and south carolina, so this is going to make news over the next couple days. closer to home, nothing going on. we're enjoying the sunshine. we could use the rain, but we're not getting any. temperatures are in thes, now, 75 concord, 74 manchester, 71 nashua. as we go through time during the overnight hours tonight again with the clear skies and light winds the temperatures are going to drop. no threat for any frost tonight, but we'll all fall into the 40's, so a cool start tomorrow morning. but look at this, another fall beauty tomorrow with sunshine and that continues as we get into the start of the weekend, though saturday late in the day clouds are going to start to move in and some showers, any

showers moving through. tonight patchy fog, clear sky and it's going to be cool. here are the temperatures tomorrow, maybe a couple of degrees warmer than where we were today. this is some very warm stuff for this time in october. if you're heading out to do some leaf peeping, near peak almost everywhere for the lakes region northward. one chance for a shower saturday. sunday we have some clouds moving through, but then monday still enjoying the sunshine for and then tuesday, wednesday, thursday we continue in this dry stretch of weather. we desperately need rain. not going to be coming any time soon. now we're going to head out to chief meteorologist mike haddad who is starting up our haunted thursdays, and looks a little creepy where you are, mike. mike: yes, it does, i'm here with a few of my friends at spooky world, presents nightmare new england.

where all the haunts are. they opened a couple weekends ago, they'll be running through halloween and even a few days in early november. if you want to head on down here they open tomorrow again, right through columbus day. there are five special haunts, we are here in brigham manor, there are many spooky rooms. you've got all sorts of characters who are all made up. you would think this might a while, and it does, there are about 180 actors that work here on a particular evening and 17 personnel that work on the makeup. so this is a lot of work. there are ghosts, goblins, and disomies, it takes -- zombies, it takes a lot of work

and a newly added haunted hayride this they opened for the first time last year. it a one mile haunt through the woods here in litchfield, so head on down. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to the owner, who will talk about what it takes to get a place like this all scary and spooky for you when you pay a visit, again this weekend no doubt the weather will be perfect. but are you up for this challenge and do you want to be scared? you c spooky world. for now here in bringing ham manor -- brigham manor, mike haddad. shelley: up next we talk to congressional candidates about the biggest problems facing the country. jean: then what does hurricane matthew mean for the upcoming

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jean: back to commitment 2016, we asked congressional candidates what they consider the biggest threat to the u.s. besides isis. here are the answers from the first district candidates. >> our debt. we're $19 trillion in debt and you cannot be a secure country when you owe money to other countries like china. >> we have a number of threats.

that region and also for us. i believe that north korea has a nuclear weapon and a very unstable dictator is a problem that we have to watch closely. and russia has emerged, again, as a problem. i actually always believed that russia would come back on the armed services committee, i worked with a republican, we were talking about this because russia is obviously pretty aggressive and trying to undermine nato strength there. so we have to look around the whole world and make sure that we're strong. we do need a strong military, we need soft power as well. we have to be in areas where people see us for who we are, who americans are, that we care about people around the world, we care about what happens to them. so we have these threats, and we have to be strong. but we also feed to use soft

regimes out there and encourage the people who lean towards us to help. jean: we'll hear from the second district candidates at 5:30. shelley: also at 5:30, local vineyards are soaking up the sunshine, why the dry weather is so good for them. and a lawsuit is being prepared right now against the festival that trashed this city's stadium. the damage includes glass

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>> this is a deadly and devastating storm. >> high waves and heavy rain are hitting the u.s. as hurricane matthew still batters the bahamas. americans are under orders to evacuate. hayley: our dry weather continues on and the disastrous weather situation unfolds in florida with matthew tonight. the latest track on that hurricane ahead. shelley: fighting for a new trial, a challenge to a decades old concord murder conviction goes before new hampshire's supreme court. jean: and now worries about a historic source of water, why some say saving hundreds of acres from development is

supply. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 5:30. jean: a category 4 storm taking aim at florida could be the largest hurricane in a decade to hit the atlantic coast. but officials say too many people are ignoring the warnings of just how dangerous hurricane matthew will be. welcome back. i'm jean mackin. shelley: i'm shell a live look now at hollywood, florida and you can see matthew is already bringing rain and huge waves. the earliest stagings of what's expected to be a very dangerous storm. amanda crawford is in one community where officials are desperately trying to convince people to leave. reporter: we are in a neighborhood just off dean road, and orange county fire and rescue crews just finished going door to door here letting everyone know that mandatory vaccinations are in place for

they're just afraid that these buildings won't keep them safe in the storm that's coming our way. so a lot of these people have already left. and they're trying to keep their homes as protected as possible. you can see a lot of people have nailed boards up over their windows, hoping that protects some of their belongings inside. then just up here this blue home, we talked to the pan who lives here, he says this is his first home in the u.s. and he was kind of emotional, he really didn't want to leave but he knows his family's safety is more >> if you have somebody to take to the homes, i say okay, i go to the house of my friend. reporter: officials say there are 54 neighborhoods across the county just like this one that officials are visiting and going door to door urging people to leave this afternoon before the storm hits, to keep their loved ones safe.

it could have an impact on the presidential election. florida is a key battle ground state and the storm comes a week before florida's voter registration deadline. clinton campaign offices are now closed in the state and staff and volunteers have been moved inland. and the trump campaign canceled a florida event featuring trump's daughter ivanka. >> florida has significant early voting, that's going to all be put on pause for now. shelley: on twitter clinton d emergency instructions and evacuate if told to do so. trump released a statement that reads in part, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in the path of hurricane matthew. in haiti at the electoral council is suspending sunday's presidential election due to the extensive damage caused by hurricane matthew. the provisional electoral council expects to give a new election date sometime next week. 27 candidates for president are

could make landfall in the same spot slammedded by hurricane jean back in 2004. and you can compare this storm to previous hurricanes and track its path on our website, wmur.com. jean: a convicted murderer is seeking a new trial. today the state supreme court heard robert breest's appeal. breest was convicted of the 1971 murder of susan randall. he's hoping d.n.a. evidence will get him a new trial. two men under susan randall's fingernails. breest's lawyers say he's entitlessed to a new trial, but the state argues there is not enough evidence. we don't know when the court will rule. a middleton woman accused of hitting a 12-year-old relative with a baseball bat has been found not guilty. it took jurors about an hour to acquit 35-year-old erica hunt on two second degree assault

picked up while the two were arguing. the defense argued the boy hurt himself during the struggle. tonight glass is still buried in the turf of a field trashed during a weekend concert in lawrence, massachusetts. the city's mayor says the turf is now unusable and that the city is preparing to sue the company that staged this event. according to the eagle tribune, lawrence officials want to know why the field was left littered with trash and soaked in alcoho officers worked the event. shelley: back in new hampshire now, tonight a major fund raising push is under way by the new hampshire forest society to save a chunk of prime seacoast real estate from development. three towns have joined the effort and jennifer crompton with why water quality is among their reasons. reporter: the oyster river cuts through about 200 acres of farm and forest land that's now up for sale. and there's a major effort under

it's prime forest and farm land in the corners of durham, lee and madbury, a developer's dream. but among the reasons for preserving it and its 10 miles of trails is that the oyster river is a pivotal part of the water supply for durham and u.n.h. >> the last thing you want is additional intensive residential development right on the shore of the water supply. reporter: the family sell it is reportedly conservation minded, offering it first to the million. >> people will be able to come here and walk their dogs, ride their bikes, go cross country skiing and it will be a place to go hunting, fishing, enjoy the great outdoors. reporter: early owner said to have hidden gun powder here stolen from the british later used at the battle of bunker hill.

>> think about the deer and bear and wildlife that live here as well. so this is a great opportunity to protect multiple values with one really good conservation project. >> instead of being subject divided into 75 house lots, supporters say it's important to keep for farming, habitat and productive forest. >> 195 acres on the seacoast is a rare gem. reporter: in addition to contributions from all three towns and grants and private donations, the fores society still needso $800,000 in order to close on the land in december. jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. jean: improving technology and education. shelley: that was the focus of an event in manchester today, that story coming up next. jean: the drought can be good news for some growers, what it means for this crop of wine grapes. hayley: we're still digging ourselves deeper into this drought with no rain in sight, and also tracking hurricane

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shelley: a look now at the day on wall street. it was a mixed day, the dow jones down 12. new hampshire's drought is causing problems for a lot of growers, but it's good news for many vineyards.

more intense flavors for wine grapes. and growers say it's the dry weather that cuts down on fungus and crop diseases. some vineyards have smaller harvests but say the quality of the grapes is better. local businesses and colleges are launching a new effort to build the granite state's economy. the goal is to have colleges and businesses work together to make sure students get the right training to be productive members of the work force. >> we simply don't have enough skilled w and we're not growing them fast enough and they're actually difficult to attract and retain. jean: the makers of the plan say new hampshire's tech sector is growing at half the rate of the rest of the the country. shelley: still ahead, a new type of technology save this woman's life after a hike went terribly wrong. how she sent an electronic s.o.s. jean: in sports we hear from the

tom: coming up at 6:00, a fight between two brothers leads to one brother being charged after police say he used this piece of construction equipment as his weapon. plus as hurricane matthew unleashes its force on florida, it's impacting both flights and travelers, we caught up with some today arriving and departing for the sunshine

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a 60-foot fall in the wilderness. shelley: she lost her footing and hit her head landing face down in a creek, she broke her neck, hands and had a concussion but was able to crawl out of the creek. she hit the s.o.s. button on her satellite communicator to get help. >> i was very much in the mindset that i am not going to die here, and i really need to stay calm. shelley: edwards is also crediting her dog with saving her life. she says he kept her warm and a search and rescue team found her the next day and got her to safety. jamie: game one is tonight, red sox and indians, they played six time in the regular season, boston won four times. they're good friends and know each other well. >> this is a team that plays exceptionally well at home. one of the main ingredients that they've got is a running game

and bottom line is how the pitchers attack the lineup with a number of left-handed hitters in it. >> there's a lot history there, a lot of people i really care about. but i've been here four years and you get every bit as close to, it's not a bad thing when you move on. jamie: the other alds series right now, toronto up 5-0 on the rangers. tube hero, on the winnicunnet field hockey team. jason has her story at 6:00. two more collection site for new hampshire tackles hunger food drive this week, manchester memorial high school on friday or pelham high school on saturday, be sure to bring your food or cash donation. jean: thanks, jamie. more commitment 2016 coverage now.

candidates what they consider the biggest threat to the u.s. bef side a is. here are the answers from the second district candidates. >> i'm concerned about russia. they are meddling in our elections and i'm concerned about the destablizing impact, using technology, using access to personal e mails around our country. so we need to make sure that again actionable intelligence, and i for one would involvement with our intelligence community, both the c.i.a., the d.i.a. i've been to many classified briefings, i know where the threats are around the world, and we can't underestimate the threats of this global drug infestation into new hampshire and across the country. that has a destablizing effect. it has to do with our economy, our economy needs to be number one and strong, and so we can protect the quality of life for

u.s. right now is our economy. the federal government has continued to overregulate, overtax small businesses. the national debt is $ 19.2 trillion. $60,000 for each and every american. we need to put the provisions in place so that future generations of americans can enjoy the prosperity that we've grown accustomed to enjoying in this country. it time for new leadership in washington to responsibility and act now, so that our future generations can enjoy life. jean: the full series of candidate questions is posted in the politics section at wmur.com. hayley: bright and sunny skies all day long, we barely even had any clouds across the state. one of those fall days where you

afternoon you're sweating in it and carrying it the rest of the day because temperatures warm up so drastically. so look at this, all across the state, bright, sunny, not a cloud to be seen, and temperatures at this hour are still the the 60's and 70's. of course every day that goes by that we don't get rain, we just dig ourselves even deeper into this drought. today the new drought report came out, this is it, no changes to it. but we continue to get worse. still in the extreme manchester's deficit is over 15 inches. concord in the severe drought, and you guys almost 9 inches below where you should be this time of year. and it doesn't look like we have any relief in sight. look at this, totally clear across the state. that will also mean cool temperatures again overnight tonight, when ever we don't have clouds overhead. the cold air just settles right

see any rainfall. this is a very important cold front that will continue to move east. it latest bring us a little rainfall over the weekend, but most importantly it is steering hurricane matthew away from the rest of the east coast. so it is sort of a saving graduation. of course we could have used the rain, but we definitely didn't need the heavy flooding rain or the wind that this thing is going to be bringing in. look at it just spinning, moving up toward theer overnight tonight just after midnight we'll likely make landfall. right around cape canaveral, melbourne, it's going to cause devastation there, because it's bringing with it 145-mile per hour winds. it's going to hug the coast overnight tonight, and move up toward georgia and south carolina. and then it's going to do something crazy because of the cold front, that cold front is going to push it to the go back to the south and it will weaken as it does that. temperatures right now in the

with many of us getting into the mid 70's and tomorrow even warmer. will start to be cooler saturday before we go below average into the 60's later on in the weekend and next week. in the meantime, totally clear skies. tomorrow is another same type of day as today, totally clear, perfect for checking out the foliage, and we'll continue the quiet weather the first part of the weekend. clouds will start to fill in late in the day on saturday. this is about 8:00 and that's whenom 3:00 on saturday. we have the chance of some showers. so overnight tonight temperatures in the 40's, not super cold, not in the 30's, no frost. but still chilly. temperatures in the 70's tomorrow. this is some warm stuff. and the warmth continues even on saturday near 70 degrees with showers especially in the late afternoon into the evening and overnight. sunday those showers are gone. we'll have clouds and some sun, temperatures a lot cooler, near

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jennifer: that monster storm is impacting travelers, some fleeing, others trying to get to the sunshine state, it all part of our live team coverage. tom: and donald trump back in the granite state tonight, why there are no lines waiting outside this town halle vent in sandown right now. >> now wmur news 9 at 6:00. tom: right now at 6:00 a bow man is behind bars a front end loader to tip over a crane being operated by his brother. good evening, i'm tom griffith. jennifer: i'm jennifer vaughn. police say the two had a disagreement and when officers arrived peter e man yell allegedly backed the loader up toward a cruiser with the sergeant inside of it. andy hershberger has our top story at 6:00. reporter: officials say it happened here at this business in bow. but the motive behind it remains unclear.

prosecutors say peter emanuel used this piece of heavy equipment to knock over a crane that was being operated by his brother. >> conduct which places another in danger of serious bodily injury and used a front end loader as a deadly weapon to tip over a crane while the brother was on the crane. reporter: when police arrived at the zero waste peter emanuel was outside of the loader inside a large warehouse. when police tried to get his attention, officials say emanuel climbed back into the vehicle and drove backwards at a cruiser that was parked behind him. >> one officer pulls his weapon and another officer pulls the taser trying to get the defendant to stop. the defendant ultimately stops four feet from the cruiser while the sergeant is still in the cruiser. reporter: authorities say emanuel then drove to another