and collected evidence. police got a call today about the body, which was discovered in that wooded area. the person was an adult, but no other details about his or her identity are being released at this time. it is still early in the investigation and police don't know whether or not this was a suspicious death. >> even though it's in proximity to northwest elementary school, it does not have any relation at all to the elementary school. this is a very public place, it's a hiking path, so it's area. reporter: police say that it's possible that the attorney general's office could get involved in this investigation, but that all depends on the exact manner of death. anyone with information is asked to call manchester police. live in manchester, mike cronin, wmur news 9. tom: tonight police in hampton say they're investigating whether a 19-month-old died because of exposure to fentanyl. the boy's stepfather in court today facing several charges

wmur's jennifer crompton live in hampton where police are saying those charges could be upgraded. reporter: it was in a motel room behind me that police say they found a panel of fentanyl, open and accessible, the same room where a young child was found unresponsive hours earlier. tonight what happened in that room and how that child died are still not clear. 30-year-old leo witham faces misdemeanor child endangerment charge as well as drug possession and falsifying evidence felony charges, all in connection with the death of his 19-month-old stepson. this after police say he left the powerful opioid fentanyl open and accessible to the child. the case unfolding last wednesday morning, when police say witham brought the boy to the hampton fire department after 11:00. >> he was very distraught, obviously, the child was unresponsive and trying to make

trying to help contact his wife. reporter: it was later confirmed that the boy had died. police say when they searched the nearby motel room where witham and his wife had been living with the toddler and a 6-year-old, they found the open package of fentanyl and a bottle of pills they say witham tried to mild under a child's blanket. according to police, witham fled to massachusetts where he was arrested two days later. >> extreme tragedy, further investigation is happening, but mr. witham is the one who brought his young stepson to the fire department for emergency response, when he noticed his condition was nonresponsive. he's obviously very distraught about all of this. reporter: paperwork in the case has been sealed, police saying very little as they await autopsy results and the investigation continues. >> that's why we are waiting the toxicology results before we make determination as to whether

reporter: witham is held on $25,000 cash bail. family members were in court but declined comment. jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. jennifer: tonight a rochester man held without bail accused of selling a deadly dose of fentanyl. the fatal overdose happened back in june with ryan kirk's arrest coming this past weekend. andy hershberger is live in the newsroom with this. reporter: if convicted of this charge, kirk faces the possibility of life without parole. kirk appeared before a superior court judge today, charged with dispensing a controlled drug with death resulting. authorities say it happened in june when kirk allegedly sold a fentanyl dose, a lethal dose to a man in a rochester apartment complex where kirk lived at the time. court records say that one person witnessed the transaction and later watched as the victim took the drugs. prosecutors say they will continue to aggressively pursue

cases. >> there was a lengthy investigation conducted by the rochester police department, they conducted a number of interviews and spoke with individuals who provided information which led to the arrest of mr. kirk. reporter: the judge ordered kirk held today without bail. i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: right now the investigation continues into a deadly crash on interstate 93 south just before the 293 split. state police say a f came up on slow moving traffic and couldn't stop in time. investigators say the 50-year-old driver from hudson hit several vehicles, causing one of them to roll over. 62-year-old cynthia perkins of derry was killed. no one else was seriously injured. jennifer: tonight a police deck has been charged with d.w.i. after a crash on 95. state police responded to the accident last night, they found a truck driven by 37-year-old

investigators say his truck struck the guard rail twice after gilroy failed to negotiate the ramp. gilroy has been charged with with with d.w.i. the hampton police department says it is handling the personnel matter, while the state police conduct the criminal investigation. tom: right now authorities are investigating an incident that happened along the daniel webster highway in meredith on sunday when someone found a seriously injured man along the road. wmur's kristen pope spoke with police h think might have happened. kristen? reporter: police say that right now they're looking into this as either an assault or a hit-and-run investigation. and they're calling on the public for more information. here's what they know and what they say happened. sunday morning a man passing by called police saying a body was lying in the road on daniel webster highway in meredith. when authorities arrived the man appeared unconscious, and officer called for backup and an

injured and one of his shoes was several feet away from his body. >> as i was starting to check the body he did show some response, he did a slight movement, he burped, okay, i didn't want to move him too much because i didn't know if he had a neck injury. reporter: police say the family have asked him not to release the man's name. but anyone who may know anything about what happened to him, they ask that you please call the meredith police department. kristen pope, wmur news 9. tom: thank you. work is under way now in manchester to clean pipes to weld -- jennifer: this is following the ongoing issues with tainted water in that area. adam sexton has an update now on the situation. reporter: progress in the ongoing pfoa water contamination

performance plastics plant. to connect roughly two dozen homes to a public water source. negotiations have been under way since this summer when pfoa from the nearby st. gobain facility was found in well water in this southern most area of manchester. 26 homes will transition from pfoa contaminated wells to city water, with the 1.2 million cost of the work being covered by st. the job is expected to last until mid mayor gatsas says the deal the city reached with st. gobain is a good one and he wanted to provide some relief for people living in this part of the queen city. >> because they've been drinking bottled water for a long time, and i just think that their patience has been great and we should get it done. reporter: similar work is being done in merrimack now to connect 15 homes in that town to a public water source. but in litchfield where there are many more wells contaminated

adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: coming up next, in our commitment 2016 coverage, candidate for u.s. senate hagy hassan joins us this afternoon for a facebook live conversation. the questions our viewers had for her. jennifer: plus right now a dover woman is in haiti facing the devastation of hurricane matthew, while here at home a fundraising effort is launched to help get aid to that mike: how much cooler it gets by weeks end. >> red sox are done, but the

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governor maggie hassan was in our studios for a facebook live session today. jennifer: over the course of a half-hour we got to as many of your questions as we possibly could. wmur's political director josh mcelveen has more on how she responded to them. josh: facebook live with with maggie hassan, megan jumped in which a question that's important to a lot of parents. >> we could also in addition to the thousand dollar tax break then invest in affordable early high quality early childhood education. andxp josh: next question from jeff, he wants to know, do you support term limits for congress and the senate? >> i think the best term limits are the ballot box. i think we have a democracy where people should hold their elected officials accountable. josh: mike wants to foe do, you believe hillary is honest with the american people? >> i do, and i'm not the only one. so do members of both political parties who have spoken out, including people who are national security informed policy experts who say they

security and safety. josh: just a few of the questions coming from voters by social media as the countdown continues toward election day. tom: the furnace was rumbling this morning. jennifer: mine too. mike: that's a good sign, means it's working. you could hear nothing and wake up to 55 degrees. burr. much colder of course outside early this morning. more sun is on the way, but do we see any changes and more beneficial rain before jennifer: now to our u local hot shot, check out this amazing rainbow of colors, this is beautiful. it was captured high above whitefield. submit your own pictures and video and join the thousands of u local members by logging on to

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.

i think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. i'd like 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!

here! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. tom: the new hampshire doctor is trying to raise money to help with hurricane relief efforts in haiti. dr. janet perkins holland practices in dover. jennifer: she also sits on the board of the haitian health foundation, and the group wants to supply much needed food and medicine to help haitians in the town of jeremy which was devastated by hurricane matthew. the doctor's daughter is on a mission trip to haiti and was there when the hurricane hit. howlab has found a new hampshire doan for who is willing to match

>> this is part of the world that is extremely close to us, and i feel like it a moral obligation personally and i hope that others feel the same way. jennifer: if you'd like to make a donation to the haitian health foundation, can you fine the link right on our website woishz. wmur.com. mike: coldest morning so far this season. newfound lake lookedhe cold. then you started to notice the sun going to work, temperatures jumping up a little above average, with sun all day long and the winds a lot lighter than yesterday. site was much more comfortable out there. for concord 65 the official high after a very cold wintery start of 31 degrees, the coldest since last april. that's right. notice your sunset time at 6:09. temperatures across the state, started off this way, below

from plymouth in the upper valley and monadnock region. hard freeze in many of those locales, down to 31 in concord and also nashua for the first time this season below the freezing mark right at 32 in row chester and a little above in manchester and right along the coast. right now it's somewhere in between that and where we were earlier this afternoon, but certainly much closer to the highs of the day. 50's and low 60's. not nearly as chilly as it was at this hour last evening. clouds moving in it will not be as cold tonight, but still chilly. near freezing in the great north woods, 30's to around 40 elsewhere and milder downtown manchester and right along the coastline. for now at least tomorrow into thursday, we're under this air mass, so that means temperatures at or above the average through thursday night into early, early friday morning. and then notice it will turn much cooler, we're not going to look for highs in the 30's, but it will start to drop.

as for clouds moving in, very few if any for this evening. then during the overnight some of these back around toronto and buffalo will begin to move in. but no rain with them. so it stays dry into the morning commute tomorrow. could dawn with a few clouds mixing in with partial sun and during the late morning and afternoon a lot of the clouds thin out, for full sunshine for the rest of the day. thursday a few more changes develop. winds freshen a little bit on shore, so a few more low clouds, could be a little drizzle around, maybe through midday, early afternoon. best afternoon, and early evening. anywhere in the state, as for rain tallies, maybe up to a quarter inch. but you know the story about the extreme drought, could use a lot more than just that. as for highs tomorrow, mid to upper 60's in many spots. notice a little cooler with that seabreeze at the coast. lower 60's along the water's edge. speaking of the water, take you out to the busy tropics, this is now hurricane nicole.

organized, much better organized, and kind of symmetrical there in terms of thunderstorms developing north, south, west and east of the center. notice the track if you have friends out in bermuda or heading in that direction, it's going to be some rough going beginning later tomorrow night into thursday. it could hit as a major hurricane. right now it's a max cap two, which means top sustained winds of 110. but they could get higher than that. but after thursday it races out to sea, well east of new england. around here mild through thursday, couple of showers, then it's bright, breezy cool for friday. chilly start to the weekend and milder to finish. a fairly typical mid fall-like pattern. tom: quite a sight on the mound at fenway last night. >> it really was, we'll share that with you, david ortiz.

our local pros. 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. 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 to further their careers. i'm colin van ostern,

ire 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. this is just the beginning. vo: small businesses line main streets all over new hampshire - providing the products, services and jobs families depend on. that's why, as governor,

to help our local economy grow. but kelly ayotte helps big corporations. she voted with out-of-state corporates interests like the koch brothers - 90% of the time. billionaires and big 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. i'm frank guinta and i approve this message. narrator: new hampshire has one of the worst opiate epidemics in the nation. and frank guinta is leading the charge to fight it. erin canterbury: when i met congressman guinta, d 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...

>> these will be the lasting images of the 2016 red sox baseball season. the disappointment of an early exit for the red sox, that will fade. but the fenway fans saluting big papi, that will live forever. 10 minutes after the game the majority of the fans were still

and shared this one last moment as a red sox baseball player. now the sox will have to move on without him, and it started with some of them cleaning out their lockers today. the team president said that john farrell will definitely be back as the manager next year and they hope the entire staff returns as well. several of the players talked to the media in the locker room. >> i'll be prepared for 2017. i'm going to make these fans years to do it. and i'm excited for it. >> i think motivation is one of the keys, a lot of young guys on the team that probably never experienced the playoffs, it's good for them to experience it right now. >> that's the first i've ever been the the playoffs for me personally, and some of these other guys, their first time being in the playoffs.

>> the national league divisional series continue right now, kershaw pitching for l.a. on three days rest. dodge verse a 3-2 lead, they're trying to stay alive. tonight former red sox pitcher john lackey starts for the cubs as they try to eliminate the giants. one boston season ends, another gibbs. the bruins held their media day today and the season opener is on thursday. all kinds of familiar faces returned, c marchand. >> he's awesome, he's always been a guy that the city has loved and admired and it's been unbelievable to watch him over the last self years and the impact he's had obviously winning a couple of titles. >> let's check some of our new hampshire athletes, zach san information has made the roster of the washington capitals.

at pinkerton academy and boston college, he'll make his nnl debut thursday night against the penguins. tim shaller was trying to make the bruins and till might, but yesterday he was placed on waivers for the b's for the purpose of being assigned to the providence bruins. shaler played 35 games with the buffalo sabres over the last two years, scored one goal each year. and ryan griffin is deal with an jury during his season in the nfl with the houston texans, he was injured while making a tackle after interception. he's under the nfl's mandatory concussion protocol. he's day-to-day. jennifer: right now on wmur.com, with cold and flu season here, we have the 10 foods you can also use as medicine. tom: tune in for "new hampshire chronicle" following "world news." we'll see you back here

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when i was one year 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.

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tonight, breaking news. donald trump declares he's no longer shackled, and unleashes on several big names. blasting republican leaders for turning their backs on him. and back together, al gore tonight at hillary clinton's side. also breaking, the deadly plane crash on main street in one american city. and tonight, samsung now says it will stop mauckking that phone question. that customers should stop using it. but how can americans be sure the person next to them on the plane and in that subway is listening? the suspect running into traffic on a busy interstate. the officer chasing him and hazering him. and the fbi on the case tonight. the chilling video discovered on youtube. the man, the girl who appears