tonight we're learning more about the city constable who police say shot and killed, who police shot and killed after he opened fire on them. jennifer crompton is live with new details. reporter: police say this started as a dispute between roommates, one calling 911, the other opening fire on the officers who responded. officials say they would likely have die if not for fellow officers who rushed in, pulled them to safety and rendered first aid. >> obviously they are heavily sedated. obviously we told them we were very proud of their actions, they were very brave. reporter: boston's police commissioner visited officers, hospitalized you but in critical but state condition, shot while responding to a domestic disturbance in east boston. >> this was a ferocious fire fight as far as i could tell. i walked the scene, i saw the

officers. reporter: police say both men were shot when 33-year-old kirk figueroa opened fire with a rifle as they entered the home. >> several of our officers immediately with the gunfire going on moved quickly to the two wounded officers, quickly removed them from the line of fire and got them out of that premises. reporter: officers shot and killed the suspect as others rendered first aid. hailed as >> officer morris was hit in one of his main arteries in his leg. the officers were quick to put their hands as well as apply a tourniquet, which doctors later said probably saved his life. reporter: police say the suspect was not licensed to carry a gun in the bay state but that figueroa was a constable delivering civil paperwork, the commissioner says he had a felony record in other states but not in massachusetts.

the justified use of force. i haven't made any preconceived judgments. reporter: boston police officers have been required to carry tourniquets since the marathon bombing. the officer that applied to it morris last night had just completed training last thursday. jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. jennifer: a suspect accused of starting a fire at a bridgewater mobile home is behind bars tonight. office prescott in connection to a fire on september 30. he's facing felony, arson, reckless conduct and criminal threatening charges and is being held on $100,000 bail at grafton county jail. tom: to commitment 2016 now. the first lady campaigning in new hampshire today for hillary clinton. michelle obama spoke at southern new hampshire university in manchester. wmur political reporter adam sexton live there, and it sounds like mrs. obama got pretty

reporter: yes, tom, and this was more about herself and her own reactions than anyone else. but although this was a partisan democratic crowd, you could hear a pin drop, as the first lady was describing her reaction to that now infamous 2005 video of donald trump. >> it is cruel. it's frightening. and the truth is it hurts. it hurts. report first lady michelle obama set aside the stump speech in manchester to get donald trump's controversial remarks. >> and i can't believe that i'm saying that a candidate for president of the united states has brged about sexually assaulting women. and i have to tell you that i can't stop thinking about this. it has shaken me to my core in a way that i couldn't have predicted, because this was not just a lewd conversation.

this was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior. and actually bragging about kissing and groping women, using language so obscene that many of us are worry about our children hearing it. reporter: mrs. obama said as much as this election may feel like a bad dream, voters can't just pretend it isn't happening. >> i know it's a campaign, but this isn't about politics. it's about right and wrong. [cheers and applause] reporter: trump's biggest fans often say he says exactly what they're thinking. today local democrats felt the same way about the first lady. >> it was very true to point about what's going on in our country today. >> she's such an amazing influence, i couldn't even think straight. reporter: some of the crowd noted today that with fewer than four weeks to go before the election and about three months left in the obama

may have been the last visit michelle obama makes to new hampshire as first lady of the united states. live in manchester, at am sexton, wmur news 9. tom: republican nominee donald trump will return to the granite state on saturday. he's holding a rally at toyota of portsmouth, that starts at noon and tickets are required. jennifer: a grand jury has indicted a man accused of robbing a manchester bank. court documents say leeland eisenberg robbed citizens bank in august and when he was found cocaine on him. eisenberg previously served time for taking hostages at hillary clinton's campaign headquarters in rochester, back in 2007. he will face a judge in federal court tomorrow. tom: tonight the state supreme court is considering arguments may in the case of remy gross santos. the teenager was convicted of assault for hitting two women while driving to a graduated rehearsal. two years ago. his lawyer are trying to get those convictions overturned.

bishop guertin high school this morning where the court was held as part of their on the road program. reporter: most of today's argument focused on one piece of evidence, the defense lawyers say was simply not relevant. lawyers for remy gross santos say a marijuana grinder, the device used to refine the drug before smoking it, had no place being introduced as evidence in his 2015 trial. prosecutors say the grinder was found in the back of gross santos' car after he s graduation rehearsal following a night of partying in the summer of 2014. but the state was never able to prove that gross santos was impaired. and defense lawyers say the grinder evidence may have given the jury the wrong impression of their client and was therefore prejudicial. >> there's a significant risk that you will be deemed to be, it will be inferred that you are someone who habitually does not

person. reporter: gross santos was convicted of two counts of second degree assault and one count of transportation of alcohol by a minor. he was sentenced to a 12-month deferred jail term and ordered to do 300 hours of community service. his lawyers are looking to have those convictions overturned. but prosecutors say the marijuana grinder evidence is important and proper because it calls into question his credibility and his story to >> he left out smoking marijuana in the car, so it gives you reason to believe that he's not being entirely truthful with the officers about what happened that night. he's down playing his behavior. >> there is no timetable for when the court will issue their opinion. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jennifer: manchester police are looking for the man accused of stealing an elderly woman's purse at market basket. officers say matthew emerson grabbed the 82-year-old woman's

leaving the store, and then ran toward elm street to valley street cemetery where some of it was found. if you know where emerson is, call police. tom: st. anselm college just received its single largest donation in the history of the school. some $6 million. the donation came from roger and francine gene. roger is a st. anselm alumni and was always giving back to the school. this donation will help build a new student center on campus. the existing center will be accommodate the growing student population. >> a vibrant student center that allows the students to gather, to talk to each other to have conversations, to basically study and just hang out. it's just a great thing to have on campus. tom: the new student center will be built over the next 18 months. great addition. jennifer: still ahead tonight,

live. up next the questions voters had this afternoon for republican candidate for governor, chris sununu. tom: plus new hampshire's film festival kicks off, a preview of what you can see starting tonight. mike: after a mild thursday, temperatures dropped some on friday, how much cooler it gets by the start of the weekend. >> it is home town hero

? ? on social security and medicare, these are the facts. kelly ayotte voted for deep cuts 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. kelly ayotte's supporting big, corporate special interests. she's not working for us. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. tom: commitment 2016 now, republican candidate for governor chris sununu was in the studio taking questions from voters by social media. jennifer: he's the latest candidate to take part in facebook live. josh mcelveen has a look at what

reporter: facebook live with governor candidate chris sununu and dawn was the first to fire away. will you protect the second amendment? >> absolutely. i think most people know i'm a big advocate of the second amendment. overall i think we do our gun laws in new hampshire really well in terms of maintaining safety. we have some of the most end indicated people when it comes to firearms as well as individual rights. i would like to see a constitutional carry passed in new hampshire, i think it time that we move forward >> joyce wants to know if a bill legalizing recreational in marijuana in new hampshire, would you sign it as governor? >> no, right now i would not. i believe we need to decriminalize marijuana, getting it more to a violation level, making sure that the penalty fits the severity of the crime, that's just common sense. reporter: would you sign a bill that allows private business toes deny services to lgbt

this state we need to make sure we are not discriminating. when you get down to the level of picking and choosing the minorities you're going to serve, picking and choosing the segments of the population you're going to serve, i have a real problem with with that. it's something i would never condone in my business, i don't think others should either. josh: just a few of the questions on the minds of voters as the countdown continues toward election day, november 8. tom: okay. mike haddad in with the forecast. we need the rain. we'll take a look at the deficit from now all the way back to the first of the year. and you know the sun will make a

when i listen to families across new hampshire, all i hear is that washington is locked into a system where the special interests come before people. where drug company profits come before affordable medicine, the koch brothers and big oil come before clean energy, and powerful corporations beat out entrepreneurs looking to grow their small businesses. i'm maggie hassan. washington won't change overnight. but sending a new senator who puts your priorities ahead of special interests can make a difference.

it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. chris sununu's family gave him a famous name and the top job at the family resort. but then things went, well, downhill. over the years, chris cut jobs. chris cut workers' hours to deny them health insurance.

chris sununu has no business being governor. this advertisement has been paid for by put new hampshire first and has not been authorized by any candidate. jennifer: the new hampshire film festival is kicking off this evening in tom: festival goers can buy tickets at the discovery center and ask questions about movies playing at four different venues through sunday. >> it is a celebration of film, from 100 movies to after parties, workshops, panels, film makers in attendance, q and a's and just four days of celebration. tom: and more than 10,000 people

event. mike: changeable skies over a good part of the state today. newfound lake, clouds, partial sun early, a little more partial sun during the lay morning and early afternoon and then the showers started to build in from the west. notice the overcast skies, a little wet weather moving on through. we need a lot more than we got out there today and here's an update on the drought monitor that came out earlier this morning, no change hampshire. the extreme drought locks in again for another week, anywhere from concord south and southeast. a voter drought north of concord up to the lakes region and places line peterborough, moderate drought elsewhere until you get north and west. through woodstock we've got abnormally dry conditions. take a look at the rainfall deficit in manchester, an update to the present time.

the average, just under 33 inches of rain. that means we've got a deficit of about 44% since the first of the year. we actually need a good eight, nine, 10, 11 inches of rain between now and the end of november. to get us out of the drought, and unfortunately i don't see a big change in the weather pattern any time soon. a few showers still over the eastern part of the state, but they'll exit quickly tonight and we're back to dry weather for the next few days, alo through plymouth, upper valley, jaffrey as well. then you get into the low 60's, merrimack valley and over towards the coast, so seasonably mild today. before the rain moved in we topped off around 70 in many parts of southern new hampshire, tonight back into the cooler 30's and very low 40's, a little bit cooler than it was out there last night, and speaking of cooler, yeah, that cool air mass back to our west builds on in

night, frosty cold, close to the coast with the coldest mornings so far this season. but a lot of dry real estate back to the west and that means sunny skies for the day tomorrow as a front pushes off shore, we'll start to see the skies clearing as early as my evening. notice the time stamp as we advance through the overnight into friday, lots of sunshine statewide. a gusty wind at times out of the north, so it will feel cooler, 50 north around 60 south. plenty of sun for saturda more on sunday before the next front moves in from the west. highs tomorrow around 50 north to 60's south. there is nicole, racing away from bermuda. tropical storm warnings have repliesed hush warnings. top sustained winds 110. a lot of power outages as you might expect over bermuda at this time. around here, chilly mornings for

showers dart in here for monday, tuesday, maybe wednesday and thursday. jamie: home town hero thursday, and u.n.h. football. 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. 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."

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injuries to patrice bergeron, homes are high for the black and gold. they play at the columbus blue jackets at 7:00. >> we started the season on the road so it's going to be also a good time for us to be together again without all the distractions we have sometimes at home. it's exciting. >> now it's all about playing a team game, playing the way that will make the coach and get a win. >> two brothers in a remarkable story, wmur's naoko funayama introduces them to us as this weeks home town heros. reporter: it's hard to get recruited to play sports in college for an ivy league school. what would be the odds of that happening not just once but twice to one family? >> it's really a dream come true. and my parents still can't really believe it. reporter: believe it.

both going to brown university and both playing sports there. this is gardner, he's an offensive tackle at phillips academy and a post grad. he broke his foot, so he's currently sidelined, he likely be back in a few weeks for the big rivalry game against phillips exeter. but he's more excited to line up right next to his younger brother, the tightened. colby is a junior transfer from bedford high school. it's his first year playing football, but he also plays basketball. and let's just say he's really good at competition he came in second, clocking at 93 miles per hour. >> just when we both started getting recruited for sports we kind of like chose brown as the school we'd like to go to. reporter: the brothers are just 16 months apart in age and best friend. they have the height advantage of being six five and six seven but they also have the genes, their father played football at

expivment they are thrilled to continue their family legacy together for brown. >> my dad got a couple stickers for his computer and like bought some clothing, and now i guess we don't have to get any more clothing because it works for both kids now. >> good luck, guys. time to hear from the wildcats football team, they have a huge game on saturday, they'll host james madison at noon at wildcat stadium. james madison ranked number six in thent playing better, we're finishing games the last three games we've done a good job in the fourth quarter, that's why we've had an tub to win. >> we've got a lot of momentum, all playing together, staying the course, some things not going our way. and >> this really is a huge turning point for u.n.h. jennifer: all right. tune in for "new hampshire chronicle" following "world

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tonight, breaking news. one by one, the women coming forward to accuse donald trump. after that audio of trump on the bus, talking about what he could do to women because he's a star. tonight here, trump's fiery defense. and what he's now saying about one of those women. >> look at her, look at her words, youel think. i don't think so. >> also tonight, michelle obama on trump. worlds we have not heard from her before. also this evening, the new and monster hurricane in the east. as we come on the air, already, a direct hit on bermuda. the deadly police firefight. the gunmen in body armor. officers in critical condition. breaking news here in new york city. the bombings, and tonight, the suspect, for the first time since the moment on the stretcher. and the outrage tonight.