>> now at noon, new details as the the man charged in connection to his step-child's death heads to court. what investigators now say the 19-month-old might have come in contact with. this man is accused of robbing a manchester bank. the charges he's facing and what he said to police as they went to question him. kevin: temperatures jump quickly. how long we hang around in the 60's during the week ahead. adam: we are now just 4 weeks away from election day, and donald trump is fighting a war on all fronts. what he says he will do if more negative tapes of him emerge. announcer: no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 at noon. adam: police in hampton are investigating whether a 19-month

might have come in contact with illegal drugs, including fentanyl. good afternoon. i'm adam sexton. the boy's stepfather was arraigned this morning on multiple charges, including endangering the welfare of a child, drug possession, and falsifying evidence. wmur's jennifer crompton with what we are learning about this tragic case. jennifer: it happened last wednesday morning in a hampton motel room. a 30-year-old man finds his 19-month old stepson unresponsive, takes him across the et police have charged leo witham with 2 felonies and a misdemeanor. they say they found an open package of fentanyl in the motel room, as well as a bottle of prescription lorazapam that they also charge witham with intentionally hiding under a child's blanket on the bed. police are waiting for toxicology results to see how the child died, and more charges could be filed. >> the investigation is ongoing

usually when these cases have been and there is an unintended death, we try to go back 24 hours in the person's history to find out who they had been in contact with and what could across the situation to occur. jennifer: a funeral was held for the 19-month old on sunday. family members were in court but declined comment. reporting in hampton, jennifer crompton, wmur newsnine. adam: right now, a deadly crash on 93 south just before the 293 split is under investigation. investigators say it appears a ford f-350 was driving south slow moving traffic. investigators say the 50-year-old driver hit several vehicles. one of them rolled, killing 62-year-old cynthia perkins of derry. no one else was seriously injured. at this time, no charges have been filed. in court today, two men who merrimack police arrested for their alleged involvement in an elaborate mail scheme. 19-year-old steven ferreras melo and 21-year-old christopher sanchez sanchez from rhode

fraud. police say a package with 3 apple iphone seven's was delivered to a home, but that the resident did not order them. both men say that they were paid to go to the home and get the package with the phones inside. turning to weather, this morning you probably saw some frost on your car if you're parked outside, but it is warming up. here's a live look at hampton beach. temperatures in the mid-50's now. meteorologist kevin skarupa is here with how long we can expect those temperatures. kevin: five, six, seven degrees per hour after bottoming out in the 20's in the north country and a few spots out west. take this location in warner. temperatures did to around 35 this morning, now back into the lower half of the 60's. a good deal of sunshine. just a few high clouds across their area. we continue to see that next system approach to that purchase and brings changes for the end of the week.

the warming trend continues. i have all of the details in just a few minutes. adam: thank you. the man accused of robbing the t.d. bank on south main street in manchester just appeared in court. police say 35-year-old brian christoffels handed a note to a teller and then took off. wmur's ray brewer is live outside manchester circuit court with the very latest. ray: during the arraignment, we learned during the robbery, but the prosecution says that the teller did feel threatened. this is a picture of who police say is brian christofells as he robbed the t.d. bank on south main street in manchester monday afternoon. tuesday morning, christofells was arraigned on a single count of robbery. he was arrested after a photo was circulated, and police learned that the suspect might have fled in a car. police set up a roadblock at exit 4 off of 93 in londonderry, and when police approached,

give up." in court, the prosecution talked about what happened during the robbery. officer carrissa pelletier: he passed a note to the teller at td bank and made off with about $600 in cash. ray: the prosecution said that christofells has only a limited criminal history, and that his last conviction was back in 2002. still noting the seriousness of the charge, they asked for $15,000 cash or surety bail, which the judge granted. christofells is due back in court on october 24. ray brewer, wmur news 9. adam: thank you. coming in 2016 now. both hillary clinton and donald trump are campaigning in florida today. and trump is threatening to step up personal attacks if more negative tapes of him emerge. as abc's kenneth moton reports, new national poll numbers show clinton now has a double-digit lead. kenneth: that long simmering gop

kenneth: and a divided republican party. last night, trump was in pennsylvania, holding mini trump. donald trump: do you want to stay with them or do you want to stay with donald trump? >> trump. kenneth: but this morning, he was on a twitter attack against house speaker paul ryan, who said he would ditch campaigning for trump in the wake of the nominee's crude 2005 comments about women. "our very weak and ineffective leader, paul ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty," trump said in a tweet. second debate in a landslide, every poll, it is hard to do well when paul ryan and others give zero support." trump citing unscientific polls, while the scientific ones are not in his favor. hillary clinton is leading trump by 11 points in a recent poll, among women 21 points. trump in a brutal fight to the finish with clinton. donald trump: if they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things, we'll continue to talk about bill and hillary clinton doing inappropriate things.

the last 30 years, bring it on. kenneth: clinton in front of her largest crowd yet in ohio, where polls also have her riding high against trump. hillary clinton: he is an equal opportunity insulter, if there ever was one. kenneth: this afternoon clinton , will get more help from president obama, who will hit the campaign trail in north carolina. later today, clinton and trump will hold rallies in battleground florida. kenneth moton, abc news, wain more day to register in florida because of hurricane matthew. a federal judge ruled monday that the deadline will be extended through 5:00 wednesday night. and then, they will hear arguments on a longer extension . florida democrats asked the court to extend the deadline, because so many people were told to back your their homes. and coming up in less than an hour from now, join us on the wmur facebook page for a facebook live session with democratic candidate for u.s. senate governor maggie hassan.

bid for the senate. that's on the wmur facebook page today at 1:00. off the shelves permanently. coming up, samsung says it will no longer be making its galaxy note 7 smarthphones. we will to you why this became such a burning issue for the korean tech giant. plus, rescue efforts now underway in north carolina and haiti following hurricane matthew. why frustration is growing. kevin: after a cold start to the day, we start a warming trend, day, we start a warming trend, which lasts through much of the weekend, the. adam: plus, in today's grow it green, despite the drought, many local farms have plenty of

it's a great view from the top. just ask chris sununu. chris inherited a famous name and was given the top job at his family's resort, where, over the years, chris cut jobs and cut employees' hours to avoid giving them health insurance. so it's no surprise chris opposes the minimum wage because he never had to work for anything. chris sununu has no business being governor.

i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone.

adam: today, the supreme court is hearing arguments from both samsung and apple over a long-running patent dispute. apple claims that all samsung phones sold within the past 10 years infringe the designs of apple's iphone. this comes as samsung is warning customers to turn off their galaxy note 7 smartphones. abc's elizabeth hur has more on the company's decision. elizabeth: if you own a samsung

power down and stop using your phone immediately, even if you have the new replacement phone. >> i saw smoke and threw it on the floor. >> it started to smoke, sizzle, and burn. elizabeth: samsung making the decision after reports of at least five fires involving the replacement device. >> look over, and my phone's on fire. >> it popped, it sizzled, you could say even. i was scared. elizabeth: sam i is to stop sales and exchanges while the company investigates. but even before that call, all 4 major cellphone carriers announced they are suspending sales and exchanges of the new phone that was designed to be safer after the original note 7 was recalled last month following nearly 100 reported fires. >> this is a black eye for the recall system, and samsung needs to step up now and fix it. elizabeth: the tech giant says it is working with relevant regulatory bodies to investigate

fully understand what is causing these problems. so if you have one of these phones, whether it is the original or the replacement, this is what you need to know -- when flying, the faa will allow you to carry it on, but you must keep it turned off. but right now, samsung is recommending you just take it back to your carrier and exchange it for a different device. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. adam: today, rescue efforts continue across eastern north carolina as floodwaters brought on by hurricane matthew roll downstream. at least three rivers are forecast to reach record levels. yesterday, teams rescued some 1500 residents who were trapped by flood waters. a flash flood warning has now been issued for the area. north carolina suffered the most deaths in the u.s. from hurricane matthew. 11 people have died. in haiti, frustration is growing as some villages hit by hurricane matthew last week are still waiting for food,

one and a half million people in haiti need assistance, and the humanitarian agency has made an emergency appeal for $120 million. doctors in brazil say new health problems are developing for many of the children with small heads from mothers infected with zika. researchers are calling it "congenital zika syndrome," with symptoms including swallowing problems, epileptic seizures, and vision and hearing trouble. officials say they are also seeing many babies whose heads are normal at birth but stop growing months later. kevin skarupa joining us now. we know fall is officially here, because the red sox are done playing. kevin: and my texas rangers were . , so guess we have that in common. i will table a warrant, coming up. adam: next on grow it green, we'll show you some of the varieties of apples, squash, and

now to our u-local hot shot. here's a shot of today's beautiful sunrise over pearly pond in rindge. you can submit your pictures and video and join the thousands of u-local members by logging onto u-local.wmur.com. ? ?

in medicare and social security. here are the votes. she voted against protecting social security from the threat of privatization. and said she's open to raising the retirement age for social security. look it up yourself. the fact is kelly ayotte's supporting big, corporate special interests. she's not working for us. dscc is responsible for the content

i'm frank guinta and i approve this message. narrator: new hampshire has one of the worst opiate epidemics in the nation. k guinta is leading the charge to fight it. erin canterbury: when i met congressman guinta, it was like a breath of fresh air. he said to me "what can i do?" "how can i help?" narrator: frank guinta founded and chairs the bipartisan task force to combat the heroin epidemic. canterbury: frank guinta understands this is not a democratic issue nor a republican issue. it's a people issue. he's willing to get in there and fight for us...

announcer: now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your storm watch nine forecast. kevin: it certainly was the coldest start of the season so far for many spots. the seacoast was just above the 30's. temperatures dropping 36. effectively, the growing season patchy frost with temperatures in the low to mid 30's. beautiful call colors, with peak continuing in the northern and central areas of the state. a lot of sunshine out there across the bay area. we continue to see just a few high clouds between tomorrow -- today and tomorrow afternoon. we are still talking chilly conditions, but not quite to the

we have been jumping live, x, 70 grays -- we have been jumping five to seven degrees every hour. a pretty impressive temperature climb. with that, temperatures warmer than yesterday. near 25 degrees warmer than where we were at this time in that washington. usually we warm up in the mid-levels first, and then that eventually transfers to the rest of that is what we are seeing now. mount washington was the warmest spot at 6:00 a.m. to our west, an abrupt change towards the midwest has an address in. not so much as far showers, but there is a drastic temperature drop. sunshine out there this afternoon. bear skies into the evening. just a couple of high clouds is all it takes to keep

sunshine and fair skies, another beauty of a day with temperatures in the 60's statewide. notice the onshore flow work its way through thursday and friday. a little drizzle possible, especially south of the white mountains. a break between that chance of drizzles and the shower activity later in the day. that is the difference between 60's this afternoon into thursday and temperatures dropping into the 50'seh be in place towards the weekend, with highs in the 50's. its like a temperatures we had out there this morning will likely play out again later friday night into early saturday. that means 20's to the low half of the 30's. i chance for frost also at the coast. there was a breeze friday to usher in the cooler air with highs in the 50's. we will be in the 50's with the cooler and brighter of the weekend days saturday.

green. we are at lowell farm in hollis. i am joined by jeremy delisle from the unh cooperative extension. no question it has been a rough year for farmers with the drought. yet, i see some beautiful apples in front of me. so there are crops out there, right? jeremy: absolutely. the drought has been the challenge, but they have done a great job of bringing out an amazing crop. still some really good fruit out there in amazing variety, especially at farms like here today in lowell. you can go through all of their different varieties. ray: so different apples for different purposes, obviously. why do we not start over here? jeremy: sure. this is called the blue pearman

tart flavor. this is a favor for cider makers. ray: next to it? jeremy: stayman winesap, considered an antique variety from the 1800s. it is considered a cooking apple. has a firm flesh. this would be great in pies. ray: finally over here? jeremy: this is called "esopus variety from 1800s. this was thomas jefferson's favorite apple. ray: so some history here. a crop that would take in a lot of water would be squashes. smaller crop this year? jeremy: a smaller crop, but we do have some variety. from butternut acorn to things

purposes. some will do better for keeping than others. ray: and the acorn squash is great baked with the maple syrup. and if you would like to pick your own, we have a list here. jeremy: the take-home message is now is the time to it out there and help producers finish their season on a high note. ray: for today's grow it green. and that is it ? 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

corporations get tax breaks and she takes the campaign cash. kelly ayotte: taking care of billionaires, hurting new hampshire families. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. narrator: planned parenthood provides many kinds of healthcare. woman: i depend on planned parenthood for birth control. woman: i had my annual physical there. woman: the cancer screenings at planned parenthood are so important. narrator: still, chris sununu cast the deciding vote to eliminate state funding for planned parenthood. chris sununu put partisan politics above colin van ostern: i'm colin van ostern. i fought to restore funding for planned parenthood and got it done, because women's health care should always

adam: some massive pumpkins are tipping the scales in northern california right now. a third grade teacher from washington state is the big winner there with a gourd that , weighed in at 1,910 pounds. though i do not think have won at deerfield fair this year. she won $6 a pound in prize money. so to call him a pretty big hatred. but there is a lot of buzz coming from belgium, where there is word of a pumpkin weighing 2,624 pounds, which would break the world record by about 400 pounds. i would like to grow one of those, but what would you do with it when you are done? kevin: pumpkin can sit very snugly in the back of a pickup truck?

least. not quite as chilly tonight. there is one chance of showers early thursday, but cooler air with the weekend looking great. adam: fall-like. starting tonight at 5:00, one mother says clowns are not welcome at her house this halloween. neighbors say her plan goes too far. and for all the teasing that pokemon go may have prompted, it may be good for you, after all. that does it for us. have a great afternoon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] i'm maggie hassan, and i approve this message. nothing matters more than our security. that's why i hired 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.

old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back. so you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say... "i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember!" "that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms." i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump.

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 so they can get back on track. that means a lot to me. and i want to say, "thank you, annie."

now on "celebrity page tv" -- try keeping up with these stars. >> people under 13, really, come on, don't go to this movie. but over 13, go. >> we're taking you to the star-studded premiere of "keeping up with the joneses." jennifer lopez and marc anthony both working on a new album. it just happens to be the same one. the latest details on the exes heading into the studio together. plus, some of your favorite star r irrational fears. >> i have a weird thing with teeth falling out. >> well, not everyone thinks their worries are so far-fetched. >> your fears are very rational. >> big stars, big hollywood, "celebrity page tv" starts right now. welcome to "celebrity page." i'm sonia isabelle from the studio with all your entertainment news. coming up, we're sitting down with the stars two of new fall tv shows, "lethal weapon" and "falling water."