hurricane matthew in florida where it knocked out power to more than one million people. jean: a national hurricane center has downgraded the storm to a category two. but a state of emergency has now been extended up to north carolina. as the number of deaths from this hurricane grows in the caribbean, we're getting a look at the damage in florida. despite strong warnings to evacuate, many people who tried to ride it out were calling for help today. coverage tonight in florida. reporter: we're now starting to see people come out to assess the damage. as this storm now starts to clear central florida to our north, the threat is just beginning. hurricane matthew battering parts of florida. its eye brushing the coast line, bringing flooding from

>> when you factor in this with high tide, this again could be some unprecedented flooding in some locations. reporter: forecasters calling for potential storm surge as high as 11 feet, with wind gusts surpassing 100 miles per hour in some places. bringing down power lines and trees. >> a big boom. reporter: the death toll in haiti climbing. the interior ministry saying nearly 300 people were killed, but with many areas still inaccessible, localff multiply. meanwhile, at least two hurricane-related deaths reported inport st. lucy, florida, with a warning, the life-threatening impactses from this storm may still not be over. >> i just want to emphasize to everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. reporter: that danger now shifting toward georgia and the carolinas. officials there are urging people, especially in coastal areas, to evacuate as hurricane matthew makes its way

we're trying to just reduce the amount of lives lost or harm done as much as we can. reporter: here all that's really left of matthew are some wind gusts, really light rain, along with power outages and in some areas a lot less to clean up -- left to clean up. jean: a local mission with ties jean: a local mission with ties to haiti is asking for your hurricane matthew, as you heard. the death toll rising. that mission called jesus is the way michigan for haiti. supports a remote community on the southern coast there. high winds leveled a building used as a school. along with a church. both are supported by the mission here. on sunday, their annual 5-k fundraiser will be held and organizers hope to raise enough money to rebuild and provide

assessment and be the hands and feet there for the folks that have just been brought down. the news of our community and surrounding is not good. there's a food shortage. there's risk of cholera running through. so we just really want to raise as much funds as we can. jean: if you'd like to find out more about next sunday's 5-k, you can find a link at our website and there are many efforts under way in new hampshire to help the caribbean communities hit by this hurricane. you'll find much on our website. >> take a look at this live look right now in florida which is being hummeled by rain from the storm this afternoon. it's jacksonville we've got our cameras tuned into. our meteorologist has a closer look at matthew right now. i guess jacksonville is the main target at this moment. meteorologist: yeah. the whole storm has just been moving parallel with the coast. so really the worst case scenario has been dodged. but still, as you can see here, we are hearing about damage,

bad situation as the storm continues to move through. but you can see the eye still there on the satellite and radar moving basically right to the east of the jacksonville area. but not actually expected to make landfall. which is very good news. the strongest winds are right within that eye wall, so that remains off the coast. but now it moves up into georgia, over the weekend. that's -- south carolina over the wednesday. that's the latest track there. then it does a loop bk significantly. so thinking that the potential for anymore damage is really limited after this weekend. south carolina. up even into north carolina. closer to home now, temperatures have been very warm today. easily up into the mid, even upper 70's in some spots. it's a warm start to this holiday weekend. if you have plans this weekend, keep them, even with the threat of showers tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. they're going to be so spotty, some of you don't even see

sunshine with comfortable temperatures. in the 60's. now coming up, i'll show you more on hurricane matthew and give you an idea of the foliage too, where we're seeing peak colors. that's ahead. jean: thanks. tonight we're learning that rescue workers may have saved the life of a man charged with leading pelham police on a high speed chase that ended in a crash. 22-year-old justin soeum is charged with d.u.i. and other misdemeanors for this chase winding through the pelham and into windham. it all ended with his car crashed on its roof in this dramatic arrest. in court today the prosecutors said it's his understanding firefighters gave soeum nar can after the crash. the judge set bail at $10,000. his trial is set for later this month. anchor: commitment 2016 tonight. right now vermont senator bernie sanders is in the granite state campaigning for hillary clinton. down in brazil, behind me right

look at the rally there. he also held one today in keen and that's where mike spoke to sanders one-on-one. he's live now with more. reporter: sanders admits that he has some differences with hillary clinton but says they are minimal compared to the differences he has with donald trump. and he says a trump presidency would be a disaster for america. more than 500 packed into a theater at keen state college as sanders continues to appeal to younger voters. he's now made several for clinton and sails the granite state's four electoral votes could make a big difference next month. i asked sanders how he's trying to win over his supporters who are still reluctant to vote for clinton. he says he's asking them to look beyond clinton and trump's personalities and consider the issues. >> just get to the agenda that secretary clinton has and the agenda that donald trump halls. trump wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax

hillary clinton wants to make public colleges and universities tuition-free. she wants to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. reporter: again, sanders right now is at that rally in nashua. we'll have more on our interview with him coming up at 6:00. anchor: thanks. libertarian candidate for vice president, governor bill weld, campaigning in new hampshire today as well. doors just opened for a rally at the radisson in manchester. that starts at 6:00. mar mack this afternoon. donald trump focusing in on national security in new york today. this morning he met with national border councilmembers at the trump tower. the union represents 16,000 board par petroleum agents and -- border patrol agents and they've all endorsed trump. trump held a national security round table. hillary clinton is spending today off the campaign trail, preparing for sunday's debate. candidates will face each other once again on sunday in a debate in st. louis.

on wmur or by going to our website or mobile app. that's sunday's debate, it begins at 9:00 p.m.. jean: just a moment ago we saw the interim chair of the democratic national convention -- committee at the clinton rally in nashua. earlier today she met with some college students. at this morning's politics and egg, she spoke about the importance of voter turnout and millennial voters in this election. election. >> you're so powerful. believe in, we believe in. we want to talk about income inequality, we want to talk about student debt. we want to talk about climate change. we want to talk about criminal justice reform. because your votes matter, your voices matter and we want to make sure you have a seat a at the table. jean: brazil says new hampshire is one of several states that will play an important role in this election. all right. as we kick off this holiday weekend, let's turn to the traffic watch and see how friday's commute is shaping up.

looking over 293 in manchester, not bad at all. anchor: and it's a beautiful friday afternoon out there. a look at the evening commute now. reporter: hi. leaf peep something on and everyone's ready to head north. a lot of volume out there. first of all, just getting word of a rollover accident in pelham to let you know about on challenge road. the major highways have been busy all throughout the afternoon. 93 north-bound coming up over the state line. heavy and slow from exit 3 up 293 is ok top to body am -- bottom. 93 north has left lane delays. it's also heavy getting through concord, both north and south-bound on 93. we have a report of a crash on the way on route 114 as you're making your way to bedford. turnpike north is knotted up between exits 10 and 11 and also exits seven and eight in

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jean: welcome back. a new hampshire man has pleaded guilty to coon conspiraciesy

sales. he admits he helped run an online company selling drugs to customers around the u.s. the company made the steroids by buying raw materials from china. peters could spend up to 30 years in prison. anchor: an opioid available from china right now is so powerful it could be used as a chemical weapon. investigators say car fent nal is a more powerful -- carfentanyl is a more powerful cousin of fentanyl and could be deadly in amounts smaller than a papi seed. it is legal several companies will sell it online without any questions asked. jean: we have talked about the tornado concerns with hurricane matthew but southern states aren't the only ones dealing with twisters. this is kansas. several tornadoes touched down last night. some people had to be rescued from flash flooding. but there are no reports of serious injuries thankfully. and no threatening weather, not even a drop of rain here in new hampshire for our holiday wednesday.

tourists are packing into the granite state right now for columbus day weekend. to get a peak at the foliage. reporter: the foliage is absolutely breath taking up north. right now. something that attracts tourists from all over the world. and with weather like this, leaf peopling doesn't get much better -- peeping doesn't get much better. the start of columbus day weekend and many are enjoying it by taking in the sights. foliage is peaking right now in the north country. >> wero and it is gorgeous. the fog was lifting around the river. it was just beautiful. reporter: columbus day weekend is the state's third busiest travel weekend. more than 600,000 visitors are expected. people packed into polly's pancake parlor in sugar hill for a bite to eat. staff members here say they are ready for the crowds. >> last year we tulely broke a record with the new building

on sunday of columbus day. we're hoping to kind of beat that if we can. reporter: breaking that record could easily happen. visitors are projected to spend $98 million this weekend alone. >> we're here to see the color of new england. reporter: michael smith is visiting all the way from england with his wife. this is his first time in the state. >> we've been looking forward to it. the something that has been on the do list for when you retire. we've retired. we're doing it. a bus tour, others are enjoying sights from a chair on a quiet road. joe and david are here from florida. >> i don't think a picture can ever replace the human eye as to what you see. it's just so glorious. to see the colors and the oranges and the reds. >> this is the first time we've been here in the fall, so we're really enjoying it. reporter: if you're think being heading up north this weekend, head to wmur.com first. you'll find ways to explore the granite state this weekend and

>> now, our meteorologist and your storm watch 9 forecast. meteorologist: good friday evening, everybody. the foliage really rl popping all across the state. no matter where you go, there's going to be some color. when you get into the higher elevations across the state, that's where it's best at the moment. take a look at this updated map. just today we're getting this report in. you've got high basically peak color all the way from really the region into the upper and then from the lakes region and northward into the white mountains. it's beautiful. moderate color from manchester into concord. and then low color right at the immediate sea coast which is typical. we usually start to see the color getting closer to the ocean by the time we get to mid and late october. as the temperatures cool down, of course. we'll get the temperatures today, though. it did not cool down at all. we went up close to 80 degrees in some spots.

same thing in conaway, durham about 76. 74 in lincoln. this was warm stuff. it wasn't quite record setting warmth. we got up to 77 today in concord. the average is 64 for this date. the record, 90 set back in 1963, so we weren't quite close to record breaking heat, but regardless, we are well above the average for this time in october. look at the temperatures right now. it's still a warm night. if you're going out, 709s for the next hour or so. of course once the sunset, the temperatures drop like a rock. about 75 in concord. 74 degrees in manchester. 69 inport smith, now up in the north country, we have temperatures still in the mid 70's. totally clear skies over us. it was another blue bird type of day. perfect for checking out the foliage. it always looks so pretty with the back drop of the totally blue sky. you have to go back toward

this is a cold front you see. it doesn't look all that potent right now. but as it gets closer to us, it's going to gain a little bit more steam and moisture. as it comes toward us, we will get some showers from it late in the day tomorrow. that cold front and storm system will actually even deflect matthew away from us. but look at this thing. continuously spinning. the eye has run literally parallel to the coast. and that has been really good news. because you don't want that eye wall, particularly the winds the eye wall, to get to land. because that's where the strongest winds are. so far that has not happened. which is really good. that's a good scenario. then as this continues to move up, the threat is actually going to be flooding and storm surge over the next 4 to 48 hours for georgia, into south carolina, even southern portions of north carolina, with winds over 50 miles per hour. there could be record flooding in some of these areas with

this is the latest track of the storm. it does move up close to north carolina by sunday. it makes a loop back down to the south, because of that cold front that we're getting, it directs it back to the south, but it weakens significantly by the time it moves back toward florida. if you can believe that. here we go, closer to home. throughout the weekend here, we'll start out with sunshine tomorrow and then clouds will start to fill in late in the day. not expecting any rain until we get to the overnight hours. so it should be dry for most of the day tomorrow. overnight tonight, in the 40's and then once we get to the day hours tomorrow, a little bit cooler because of the clouds and those showers approaching, so we'll be in the 60's and 70's, if you have plans on sunday to be outdoors, that will probably be the pick of the weekend, with sunshine, temperatures a little bit cooler, monday looks great too. either day you're good to be outdoors. sunshine, temperatures in the 60's. next week looking dry yet again. anchor: looks sunny. that's good. all right.

senate candidates about what they consider the biggest threats to the u.s. anchor: and no one hurt but a lot of damage in new durham

kelly ayotte: let's be honest - both donald trump and hillary clinton are far from perfect... and i'm not perfect either. but when partisan politicians shut down the government, i led the fight to reopen it. i've worked to find solutions to new hampshire's heroin epidemic. and i've crossed the aisle to protect new hampshire's clean air and clean water. and ranked as one of the most bipartisan senators. i'm kelly ayotte - and i approve this message, because whether i'm working with republicans, democrats, or independents, i'm standing up for new hampshire. jean: back to commitment 2016 coverage. we asked senate candidates what they considered the biggest

and here are their answers. >> i would say when admiral mullen said that the debt was one of the greatest national security challenges facing us, that still remains true. we're $19 trillion in debt. if we continue to borrow money, we're going to be in a place where if interest rates rise, we will be paying pretty quickly interest tr more than we pay -- interest more than we pay defense of our nation. gettingous fiscal house in order allows us to have the capacity to defend the nation. it allows us to have the resources to make sure that we protect those who are in need, whether it's our elderly, the disabled, the vulnerable, social security, medicare, and that means that we've got to get our fiscal house in order. i see that in agreement with admiral mullen as making sure that we do that so that we can defend the nation and we can

>> my first priority as governor has always been our state's security and our community's safety. as senator our country's security will always come first. that means we have to maintain our military superiority, while also making sure that the united states and america continues to be the greatest force for good in the world. in addition to stepping up our efforts against isis, we have to hold countries that support terrorism accountable. while also preventing nuclear wrong hands. that means standing up to iran as necessary, and that means working with our allies to put pressure on north korea to end its nuclear weapons program. we have to stand up to aggression from china and russia. and that means pursuing sanctions as necessary, deploying military assets when we have to, and working with our allies to hold them accountable. that's what it's going to take

will always be my first priority. jean: and coming up at 5:30, we'll talk to candidates for governor about their tax plans. tom: also at 5:30 tonight, as hurricane matthew moves north, we're getting a better look at its deadly damage in the caribbean. jean: and it will be days before matthew's effects on travel smooth out. what to expect if you're flying this weekend. tom: now to our hot shot. penny is the official greeter at gill crest college cottages at gill crest college cottages in thornton. the fall colors. you can submit your picture and video and join the thousands of youlocal members by logging youlocal members by logging onto the website. i think my strongest asset,

ke to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. colin van ostern: i know from my own life the difference priorities usa action is responsible a college education can make. narrator: colin van ostern. the son of a single mom, 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 to create good jobs, and keep our young families here. i'm maggie hassan, and i approve this message.

more state troopers... and strengthened plans for school safety. support aggressive action to destroy isis... and put our security before my party-- opposing president obama's plan to close guantanamo. narrator: all while kelly ayotte supports reckless and dangerous donald trump. and ayotte skipped nearly half her homeland security committee hearings on border security and drug trafficking. national security isn't a part-time job. it's a new hampshire success story. thousands of working adults earning a college degree i'm colin van ostern, and i helped launch college for america at southern new hampshire university. we've partnered with over 100 employers so their workers can get an associate's or bachelor's degree... most debt-free. as governor, i'll grow the economy by cutting college costs for students and families. a stronger workforce helps our businesses grow, too.

>> get on out or get ready for this storm. jean: hurricane matthew barreling through the south at this hour. now at 5:30, people north of the storm are running out of time to get to safety. meteorologist: temperatures at summer-like levels right now but they do get cooler this wednesday. what to expect and the latest hurricane matthew update ahead. tom: a sailor killed in the pearl harbor attack will finally be laid to rest in his native new hampshire.

the very beginning was to bring him home and put him next to his parents. jean: and we're checking the record of the candidates asking for your vote. tonight where they stant on -- stand on how to best fight the war on terror. jean: much of florida breathing a sigh of relief tonight, emerging from hurricane tt without significant loss of life. but hundreds of miles of coast line are still in the path of this storm. welcome back, everyone. tom: here's a closer look at matthew within the last half hour or so. it was downgraded to a category two hurricane. jean: more than a million people in florida have lost power and there's a lot of property damage. our sister stations have reporters around the south tonight. let's check in with them.

in half and there's another one that also snapped in half right across the street now. this area, where we are, people are completely in the dark. businesses in the dark. we were actually attempting to get gas. that's not possible. now we did have a guy who walked up to us a few minutes ago. he says, did the hurricane pass us? i'm like, yeah. he says, we've been without power for a while now. and his cell phone died so he was just trying to get an update on the situation. we briefed him reporter: heavy rain is supposed to be coming here, as well as some really bad flash flooding and right now governor haley as well as local city officials here want to tell everyone to evacuate from this area and get to their safe zones. and for me personally, standing next to thwart right now, it's becoming very real. so i would definitely suggest that everyone do as i say, not as i do, and make sure you get to your safe zones. in charleston.

devastation from hurricane matthew in the caribbean is becoming even clearer. officials in haiti now say nearly 300 people are confirmed dead. haiti's government is estimated -- has estimated that at least 350,000 people need some kind of an assistance right now. in cuba, the bahamas, hundreds of homes and buildings were damaged, roadways are severely flooded. jean: a fire in new durham is under investigation as the fire burned a log home on berry road. no injuries have been reported. investigators are trying to figure out what started this fire. a long-waited homecoming for a sailor who lost his life at pearl harbor when he was just a teenager. edwin hopkins will be laid to rest next week with his family more than seven decades after his remains were declared

persistence and modern science. >> the time for him to have the honor and the recognition that he earned 75 years ago. reporter: navy fireman third class edwin c. hopkins was just 19 years old when he was aboard the u.s.s. oklahoma at pearl harbor on december 7, 1941. the young man from keen was one of 429 servicemen killed when the ship cap sized after >> there were never any long conversations about it. it was almost like it was too painful for everybody to talk about. reporter: from 1941 to 1944, the remains of the sailors were pulled from the rubble, but only 35 were positively identified. the rest, including hopkins, were buried in unanimous graves in honolulu. but his family never gave up hope.

proved to be a match. >> i think the only goal from the very beginning was to bring him home and put him next to his parents. and that's been accomplished. it's a little overwhelming and emotional for me. but i'm so happy that it finally happened. reporter: next week hopkins will be buried in keen with full military honors. next to his parents, with family by his side. >> this is a time for because my grandmother mourned him every day of her life and my grandmother lived to be 94. family's family. and family should be together, especially at the end of their lives. reporter: a war hero and his loved ones soon to be united forever. tom: part of our commitment 2016 coverage, we're committed

on the biggest issues facing the country. tonight wmur's political director examines -- exams the candidate's stance -- examines the candidates' stance on certain terrorism issues. reporter: incumbent republican senator kelly ayotte voted in 2011 to re-authorize the patriot act. last year supported the u.s.a. freedom act, which ended the national security agency's bulk phone, metadata collection program. her opponent says the patriot act has provided law enforcement with tools to and that the u.s. must make sure it's keeping those tools current while protecting civil liberties. incumbent republican congressman opposes closing the guantanamo bay facility and voted for a bill in september to prohibit detainee transfers to the u.s. or any other country. in 2007 his democratic opponent, former congresswoman carolina shea porter, was among 144 house members who sent a letter to then president george

district, incumbent democratic ku is ster supports the deal with iran calling it the best option we have to prevent a nuclear armed iran. her republican challenger, former state rep lawrence, called the iran nuclear deal another foreign policy blunder saying if elected he'll do everything possible to strip the deal of anything promised to iran and reverse it in the future. tom: you'll find this piece in the political section of wmur.com and tune in sunday morning for an in depth look at how terror concerns are affecting new hampshire. that's this sunday at 7:00 a.m. jean: should drive-throughs be required to serve pedestrians? the city that's considering that rule when we come back. tom: and fights have resumed in some areas hit by the hurricane. but other airports are just now starting to feel the effects of the storm. meteorologist: hurricane matthew still moving up the

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. do you treat women with respect? i can't say that either. during vietnam i served on an aircraft carrier in the gulf of tonkin. after i lost my job, i slept out here with other vets. you never think you'll end up here, until you do. annie kuster is working hard to get veterans off the streets with affordable housing. and she's helped connect vets with jobs at means a lot to me. and i want to say, "thank you, annie." i'm annie kuster and i approve this message. vo: small businesses line main streets all over new hampshire - providing the products, services and jobs families depend on. that's why, as governor, maggie hassan cut taxes for small businesses, to help our local economy grow. but kelly ayotte helps big corporations. she voted with out-of-state corporates interests like the koch brothers -

kelly ayotte: taking care of billionaires, hurting new hampshire families. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. kelly: you know me. not from thousands of false, negative ads- but as your first female attorney general- appointed by republican and democratic governors. as your senator, i'm fighting for equal pay and against workplace discrimination, to expand access to birth control, strengthen and preserve medicare, and i reached across the aisle to protect access to mammograms. false, negative ads, i'm still the kelly ayotte you know- and i'm still fighting for you. tom: project economy. let's take a look at some of the numbers from wall street at week's end.

points. the s&p was off seven. the nasdaq down 14. national price of gasoline now averaging $2.25. here in new hampshire we've got a big-time bargain going down right now. $2.16. we've been keeping you updated on the travel fallout from hurricane matthew. jean: the storm has canceled more than 4,000 flights, all orlando flights are grounded today. and atlanta, charleston and savannah are now seeing their cancellations pile up. one point shut down completely. it has now reopened and flights have also resumed to miami. tom: portland, oregon, may require drive-throughs to serve pedestrians and people that are on bicycles. many restaurants require drive-through customers to be in an automobile for safety reasons. but portland city council has been aggressive about finding alternatives to cars and says it doesn't make sense for vehicles to be required at a business.

candidates for governor plan to bring down property taxes? tom: find out when we come

in new hampshire, maggie hassan cut taxes for small businesses, protected education... created jobs. in washington, what's kelly ayotte done? voted to cut college grants, cut medicare. but kelly ayotte voted to protect tax breaks for millionaires and big oil. that's what the koch brothers kelly ayotte's not working for us.

reporter: welcome live to gill stadium. getting ready for week number six of friday night football. 14 games on the schedule. 14 games on the schedule. a big one here at gill stadium. honor of a great central little green alum. we'll talk about that in a minute. first let's go to the scoreboard as the red sox are playing right now. david price pitching for boston. game two of the alds at cleveland. the sox are down 4-0. david price has never won a postseason start 0-7, he's having another rough outing in this one. there's a long way to go. three-run homer for chisenhall and the indians up 4-0. let's talk about that high school football now. all 16 teams in division iii have this weekend off.

huskies from regional. what a start to the season. they're 5-0. in those five games they've given up a total of 12 points. that's an average of 2.4 points per game. >> we have good athletes. we try to do our homework. but it all comes down to the kits' execution. they just execute very, very well. >> we know what we're doing and we know our assignments and the coach does a great job of putting together a good defensive plan for us. we try to follow it to the best of our ability. guys. we have at least nine kids that started last year. that's a big part. we have so many upper classmen. we just really know what we're doing. reporter: we'll have all your scores and highlights from friday night football tonight. there's a collection site. college football on channel 9 this saturday. notre dame at n.c. state at noon. virginia tech at u.n.c. florida state-miami at 8:00. much more coming up at 6:00.

we'll tell you how the soccer game turns out too. overtime, scoreless. tom: thank you very much. returning now to commitment 2016 coverage. we asked candidates for governor if there's any way to ease the tax burden on property owners in new hampshire. beside as sales or income tax. >> i support a tax policy for new hampshire that prevents a sales tax or an income tax in our state. and i also think there are things we can do to bring some local property taxes down. we need to do a better funding education in our state. if we start paying for full-day kinder garten in every community and we look seriously at how to bring back some sort of building aids, construction program, it will mean less local pressure for local property taxes to increase. i also think we need to look seriously at areas like having a property state-wide tax credit for dependent care or child care or caring for a family member who's sick or aging. if we do that, we can make our tax code less regressive. we need to fund it by closing

allow the biggest companies to get out of paying their fair share, particularly had they have assets overseas. i've suggested that in order to fund full-day kindergarten in every community in our state, it's a worthwhile tradeoff to look at what we trade for cigarette taxes in new hampshire. it could still be lower than any other state in new england if we increase that by a dime a pack and it would fund these priorities and help provide some local property tax relief. >> the most important thing we can do to taxpayers in the state, obviously i'm not for any broad-based taxes, reducing taxes at every turn. i get a little frustrated with the democrats who take the pledge for no broad-based tax but then hit you with every other tax and fee around the corner so to say. it's not in the spirit of our low tax base here here in new hampshire. once of the things i hear out there is we have a lot of seniors, right, we have those that are more and more on fixed incomes as our state has become older over the years. there's nothing wrong with that. but you need policy and leadership out of concord

so that those folks that are on fixed incomes, that are already handling some of the burdens of high property taxes, are not double whammied, if will you, by the high varble costs that we have in this state. we have to do our best in concord to keep those costs low, to provide the best quality of life for individuals in the state. tom: you can find the full series of candidate questions and the politics section at wmur.com. spectacular fall weather. of course we desperately need rain. every day that goes by, we're digging ourselves deeper into this drought. we'll take it. as we head into the holiday weekend, right, with all of this sunshine, perfect viewing for the leaf peepers heading up into the northern part of the state. look at the temperatures. it's been warm too. in the 70's. still in the north country and even in this region, about 69 degrees at the sea coast. look at these high temperatures today. this is more like early

temperatures. 77 in concord. 75 in manchester. we reached 73 in port smith. even in the north country, temperatures close to 80 degrees. this is where we stand at the moment. as soon as the sun starts to set in the next half hour or so, the temperatures are really going to plummet quickly. already we're seeing that in plymouth, down to 68. at 73 in laconia, 75 in concord, about 74 degrees in manchester. totally clear skies across the totally clear skies across the state. the going to be a beautiful sunset coming up. this cold front here, the clouds, some showers back toward chicago. this is moving closer to us. we'll will give us a shot at least of a couple of showers as we get into saturday night and early sunday morning. but that's really going to be it. in terms of any wet weather. as we progress through the weekend here. i'll show you here on the future cast. overnight tonight, totally clear skies. will be one of those nights to check out the stars. it's definitely going to be cool too.

here's tomorrow morning. we're going to start out the day with sunshine. but slowly but surely we're going to see the clouds taking over the skies. this is about 4:00 in the afternoon. you it's notice you -- you in the it's mostly cloudy but we're still -- you notice it's mostly cloudy but we're still dry. rainfall scattered, not a lot of rain. some of you may not even see a drop. but it looks look at least most of us should get a couple of showers out of this. look at hurricane matthew. still spinning away. we've been floridians have been lucky that the eye wall has moved just parallel with the coast. it hasn't actually made landfall. if it had, the devastation would have been much worse. but it's still going to cause huge issues as it moves up toward georgia and south carolina. even north carolina over the weekend here. this is the latest track. the cold front that we're going to get that bring us showers tomorrow night actually helps divert this system back down to the south. but the good thing is, as it makes this big loop, it really

tonight, patchy fog, clear sky, cool temperatures in the 40's, winds are going to be calm. here's a look at the forecast for manchester tomorrow. we'll start out with sunshine and temperatures in the 40's. and as the clouds move in, temperatures will be a little bit cooler, in the 60's. late day showers are likely. especially after dark. and particularly in the northern part of the state. those clear away on sunday. we'll have a mix of clouds and sunshine sunday into monday. bright and sunny for columbus day. and, yes, the sunshine next week. our next chance of maybe some passing showers on thursday, but, man, we can't buy ourselves a rain storm. good it's not coming this wednesday, i guess, but we sure could use something next week. that's not coming. tom: i noticed the river was so low. jean: you could see the rocks. meteorologist: not good. tom:s thanks so much. jean: coming up next, a treasure hunter says he found a legendary stash of gold off new

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tom: you can raise money for a make a wish foundation while listening to live music. the grammy-nominated band has written songs about the boston marathon and about make a wish. tickets are $40. jean: that's kind of cool. and from foliage to fall crops. this holiday weekend will be full of autumn that including pumpkins. in this week's viewers choice, we ask you which pumpkin patches are the best in new hampshire and your favorite is park family farm in louden. marshall pumpkin farm came in second. followed by mcquesten farm stand in litsch field. we love all of them in the state. a diver off the coast of cape cod claims that he has found pirate treasure. tom: an english pirate ship sank in 1717 and was discovered in 1984.

have been found. now divers are finding coins in the water. >> we had no idea of what we discovered until we started going through the collection. our coin collection goes all the way back to ferdinand and isabela. right up to 1717. tom: nearly 200,000 artifacts have been recovered from the wreck. you can see the ship's artifacts at the new wide and pirate museum in massachusetts. jean: the tom: thanks for joining us. jean: we'll see you next at

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meteorologist: hurricane matthew here still strong right now. while we enjoy sunshine. math aye's new track into the weather -- matthew's new track into the weather center and tracking showers for thus weekend. tom: plus, hear from new hampshire natives who just moved to florida and are now facing the storm.

hampshire. jean: the driver arrested for this high speed chase faces a judge. new details we're learning about the investigation and why more charges may be filed. tom: and he's busy on the campaign trail stumpfing for hillary clinton. the message bernie sanders hadder to granite state voters today. -- had for granite state voters today. the breaking story tonight at the breaking story tonight at 6:00, hurricane matthew has now two storm. jean: but not before slamming the coast of florida, causing damage with high winds and heavy rains. one of the biggest concerns tonight continues to be that storm surge. tom: good evening, new hampshire. jean: residents of georgia and the carolinas are now on alert for the latest storm tracking, we begin tonight with our meteorologist. meteorologist: even though it has been downgraded to a category two hurricane, it's really now the power of the

storm surge already causing huge issues in the jacksonville area and st. augustine in florida. and now all of this heavy rain is headed into georgia, south carolina and even north carolina over the wednesday. some areas could get up to 15 inches of rainfall. there's the latest stats on hurricane matthew. has winds at 110 miles per hour. moving north at 12 miles per hour. so the main threats now will be jacksonville, up into georgia and the carolinas over the next 48 hours, with coast flooding, storm surge, winds over 50 miles per hour. this is the latest track of it through the weekend, moving through the carolinas. then it makes a big dive down to the south as it weakens significantly. now closer to home, we have some beautiful weekend weather. other than one chance of some showers late saturday night into sunday, we're back to sunshine and temperatures in the 60's. more on matthew and the weekend forecast ahead. jean: hayley just talked about jacksonville, the power of this hurricane is being felt by an