looking into these attacks. good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm josh mcelveen. jennifer: i'm jennifer vaughn. manchester based dyn has been hit multiple times today, interrupting systems and customers that included netflix and twitter. josh: kristen carosa is in manchester where at this hour dyn says those attacks are still happening. reporter: staff here have been working all day to figure out what happened. they have not spoken to us but we did speak to a cyber security expert to find out more about these times of attacks. a cyber attack on dyn, a manchester based internet management company, caused issues across the east coast with popular websites. >> dyn is like a traffic cop that helps guide our browsers to content providers like twitter and spotify who need a lot of band width. reporter: friday morning dyn sent out an alert saying someone had attacked their infrastructure on the east coast.

being hit with a distributed denial of service attack repeatedly, either by someone testing them, maybe to see what would happen before elections and this is a pretest, or they're actually threatening them for ransom. reporter: a d-dos attack is used by hackers and easy to carry out. he says this type of attack send large volumes of traffic to specific servers to shut them down. >> anything on the internet that can be used in mass to attack companies like dyn or other content providers with so much traffic that they can't handle the band width and the average consumer can't browse spotify or twitter today. reporter: he says there's no way to prevent a cyber attack like this and says it latest be hard to track down who's responsible. >> to trace an attack like this, you have to find the command and control serve esh that's kicking off the bot nets, and in the dark web we found many of these for rent.

doing it, where i can pay for $300 for 10 minutes of a ddos attack. reporter: we have not been able to speak with dyn since the attacks, but the white house is calling this interruption malicious. jennifer: right now state police are looking for a dorchester teen who ran away from home. they say 15-year-old zander stock well took camping gear with him anday police are asking anyone who sees a trailer, who has a trailer camp or home to keep an eye out for this boy. josh: rochester police say an officer stopped nicholas le payne near spaulding high school, but he sped off, only stopping when he crashed at tri city toking.

jennifer: the north country is expecting something a little different, perhaps the first flakes of snow this weekend. let's get over to chief meteorologist mike haddad. mike: it's going to be rain for everyone tonight and into tomorrow. but eventually tomorrow night it gets cold enough up north for the first flakes of the season. right now some beneficial rain in some spots. you'll notice how scattered it is at this time. a little drizzle in some areas, steadier rain in other spots including manchester, over the goffstown, bedford, milford heavier downpours around worcester and areas down towards northern rhode island, northeastern parts of connecticut. and yes those downpours are moving north right into new hampshire over the next several hours. right now up north, a little light rain around berlin, back through colebrook and points south, but there's more as we go through the evening. notice on future cast the rain will pick up in earnest in spots, so downpours, maybe a thunderstorm through the predawn hours of tomorrow morning, and

lift to the north. we could actually see a few bright spots around mid morning. but then another batch of heavier rain and oh yeah, there's the snow sitting back in eastern new york, late afternoon, early evening and tomorrow. when will that move in up north and how much to expect? all of that straight ahead. josh: commitment 2016 coverage. happening now, exeter's historic town hall is fill up with donald trump supporters, as his running mate indiana governor mike pence gets ready to speak this evening. exeter with a preview. reporter: that's right, josh. about an hour and a half from now, governor pence is expected to visit here at the exeter town hall, but you can see lots of people already filling these seats here inside the historic town hall. pence will take the stage behind me at 6:30 tonight. the fire chief tell news 9 they're expecting about 400 to 450 people to fill this building. but those numbers are still tentative. the trump pence campaign is

poll that was released earlier this week. democrat hillary clinton has expanded her lead over trump, she now leads by 15 percentage points. and now to the trump campaign though not ready to lose new hampshire's four electoral votes, trafficking quite a bit on the granite state since trump won the primary here back in february. pence himself has been to the state three times in the past three months. we are learning pence is currently at an event in epping. he's expected to speak we'll provide more coverage on that tonight. but for now, i'm cherise reclerk, wmur news 9. josh: we have more details about hillary clinton's upcoming trip to new hampshire. the democratic presidential nominee will hold a rally at st. anselm college on monday with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. that begins at 12:30. new hampshire is one of several swing states where both candidates and their running mate are planning aggressive pushes in the coming days. we continue our live team coverage now with jennifer davis

evening. if you look at some of the places that the candidates are going now for their rallies in this final stretch we'll see some of the battle ground states in the race for the electoral votes. >> i think we're going to win florida. reporter: donald trump has his eye on battle ground states, as he talks about florida and visits north carolina and pennsylvania in the same day. >> we win, we have lots of options. but we gotta win. what a waste of >> we call you the keystone state because you're key. reporter: the clinton campaign is in key states too, tim kaine in pennsylvania, bill clinton in florida, hillary clinton in ohio. >> there's a few that are real close, a few that are true battle ground, and even a few that i call more than battle ground, check mate, and what i mean by that is if we win them it's over. reporter: mark santa low says

your base. >> this is not necessarily a matter of frying to persuade swing voters, because the last 10 or 20 days of the campaign, how many haven't mind up their minds yet. reporter: when it comes to poll there's are some questions about how representative they are. some trump supporters believe they are not adequately capturing support for their candidate. i'm jennifer davis, wmur news 9. jo granite state poll has a look at the congressional races in new hampshire. in the first district, democrat shea-porter holds a 14-point lead over frank guinta. while independent sean o'connor may have the same thing as he reached double additional it support. in the second district it's the incumbent who is ahead, democratic congresswoman kuster has a commanding lead of 28 points over her challenger, republican jim lawrence. and our granite state debate series is coming up in less than

race for governor. invited candidates are republican chris sununu and democrat colin van ostern. november 2, u.s. senate debate, kelly ayotte, maggie hassan. november 3, invited candidates are republican frank guinta, i believe sean o'connor and democrat carol shea-porter. and rounding up the series, the second congress that district, kuster and they will also be live streamed on wmur.com and our app as well. jennifer: we're dealing with a rainy friday. let's see if that's affecting traffic. you're looking live at 239 in manchester from the elliott at rivers end camera. peggy james as hey look at the evening commute. >> yes, not too bad for a friday all in all. coming up on 93 over the border

on 93 southbound just after the split you will have a little slowdown there as you make your way towards londonderry. 293 is moving well north and south through manchester, headed up on 93 through the hooksett tolls it's pretty good. but once you get to bow you will hear a volunteerdown as you get into concord, that gets better once you get past exit 14. 393 eastbound is slow moving through chichester with a lot of volume. 101 west stop and go from just after the kilton road exit, and then out to bedford. everett turnpike north has the usual slowdown after the lane drop. 101 an easy ride to and from manchester to hampton and we are see egg hefty delays on the spaulding turnpike northbound. from the wzid traffic network, i'm peggy james. josh: a recovery operation is under way in boston right now where a broken water main trapped workers inside of a

mike: big changes on the way over the next couple days across the granite state. how they play out in the forecast, coming up. >> the new hampshire pumpkin festival 2016 is about to kick off, great event for families -- oh! i'm andy hershberger, that story coming up. jennifer: that scared us too. also ahead, what started as a small community effort now making a big difference in new hampshire's drug crisis. that's ahead at mental health you were waiting with tough questions when this

afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. for months and months of this. i'd like to punch him in the face i'll tell you. there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her, wherever.

would you point to him as a role model? absolutely. i would do that. but now, she's running away. trying to save her political career. kelly ayotte's all politics, no principles. priorities usa action 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, aid 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...

jennifer: tonight several members of the dover high school football coaching staff have been drinking following saturday's away game. josh: jennifer crompton is live at the feel in dover ahead of tonight's home game. reporter: it's senior night and the last home game of the season for the green wave of dover. but they'll be taking to the field without some of their coaching staff. the superintendent made some change this is week, dismissing several volunteer and assistant coaches, tell parents in a letter that she'd learned they

after a game in keene on saturday. she says they were in a separate vehicle and that neither the head coach nor students were involved in any way. school board policy talks about not using alcohol at school events whether on or off site or when someone is on duty. and that after interviewing everyone involved she had no choice but to terminate them. >> ultimately when we talk about student athletes, we hold them to a high represent our school. and we are working to promote healthy behaviors, healthy lifestyle, good decisions, and so the adults who work with our students and our student athletes need to be held to a high standard as well. reporter: because it a personnel matter, she can't say who or how many of the staff were let go, but she does say that several qualified people have stepped up including the school's athletic director to help the coaching

coming up at 6:00 we'll have reaction to the decision, but for now live in dover, jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. jennifer: right now crews are working to recover the bodies of two workers who became trped in a flooded trench in boston. officials say the drain service company workers were in a 12-foot deep trench this afternoon, water started gushing in from a nearby fire hydrant, filling the trench with water. at least two other workers were able to jump out and tried unsuccessfully to rescueho josh: new accusations against a massachusetts man who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old. a woman is now claiming 21-year-old angel mateo tried to rape her. officials say the attack was reported in may but they did not mateo to the incident, but the woman recognized him after his arrest last night. he was arraigned today on charges of kidnapping and rape. jennifer an explosion at a

massachusetts, john rich and lawrence gil man are out on bail, near accused of putting an explosive in a box in august. police say they don't believe they specifically targeted the lgbt publication. josh: if you're into orange, laconia might be where you want to be tomorrow. tens of thousands are people are expected in the lakes region for the new hampshire pumpkin festival, it will feature a sta records. reporter: there could literally be more lit pumpkins here than there have been anywhere in the world. it all part of the new hampshire pumpkin festival 2016. betty and her friend dropped off four pumpkins friday in laconia. they wanted to be part of this weekend's run at history. >> because it's fun, it's halloween, it's fun.

reporter: these are just some of the tens of thousands of jack o'lanterns that will be lining the streets and stacked on towers this saturday, as they try to break the world record for most lit pumpkins. 30,581, which was set in keene in 2013. >> then there are people that are bringing them in from all over the state that just want to contribute to the festival. so they said there was a drought and that there would not be a great pumpkin drop this year, but i thi we have plenty of pumpkins. >> we had a great time yesterday, our employees carved them, made a huge mess in the lunch room, 22 pumpkins, guts all over the place and drills, and it was a fun day. reporter: this is the second year laconia has hosted the event. but organizers say it's more of of a regional celebration of all things fall. there will be a road race, entertainment, kids events, and more than 80 vendors.

expected, local merchant charlie st. clair says almost 5,000 folks came to his antique shop last year. >> this is just another great reason for people to come to laconia, and it certainly gives them a lot to do. it great for the residents and the businesses in the area. just another reason to show boat the area, the lakes region for people not only from new england but all over the n andy hershberger, wmur news 9. mike: what's the weather going to be like if you're heading to the lakes region? let's take a look, because there are more rain showers on the way, as we advance through the first half of the weekend. we start off fairly warm, as a matter of fact all those temperatures there are at or above the average for the 22nd of october. but after a mainly dry morning

through during the afternoon, so around two, three, four, five o'clock be prepared for some rain, even a possible downpour, and then the showers will tend to taper off during the early part of the evening as temperatures begin to coast down. live from our web cam network, it's overcast with a little rain scattered about the area, including claremont and also out at rye beach. you'll notice on doppler radar some areas deal with light rain or drizzle, others not much if anything falling out of the clouds. but this is all good n new england. you'll notice a batch of light rain in spots, giving way to steadier downpours south of the border and some of those will move in during the course of the evening. starting to fill in, the rain is, across part of the great north woods, a little lighter around the mount washington valley, but still a little drizzle there. here is that heavier rain that i'm tracking, and even some embedded thunder and lightning over the past couple hours right off the southern new england coast. so we can't rule out a

first part of the overnight. then we get to early tomorrow morning, there should be a break at least to about late morning or midday, except far north where there could be a couple of lingering showers. then all of this has to rotate through during the afternoon and early evening, and in the wake of athat it is cold enough for, yes, a little bit of snow. heading out to one of the fnf games tonight, be prepared for the downpours, if you hear the rumble of thunder, seek shelter immediately, because i can't rule out a thunderstorm in any oniv manchester, 60's for many. also much more humid than it has been. the dew points that we track all summer long, well, 40's and 50's a good part of the last 24 hours and now they're creeping into the lower, mid, even upper 60's, including places like nashua. so it feels a little bit on the tropical side and that means tonight will be well above average, as a matter of fact we only drop back close to what we average for daytime high temperatures for this time of

during the afternoon, downpours, maybe a thunderstorm tonight, a break in the action in the morning, more rain in the afternoon and there's that chance of a little bit of snow far west and north especially in elevations early saturday morning. a coating to two inches, most of that one to two inch tally would be in the higher terrain. it cools down tomorrow night an% then it a gusty sunday, monday and tuesday with occasional snow showers in the mountains sunday, monday and tuesday. jennifer: does new hampshire's budget need fixing? candidates for governor answer that question right after the break. josh: then, what police say they found in this you know me. that's new hampshire kelly ayotte. this is washington kelly ayotte. she voted for 20 billion dollars in tax breaks

letting you refinance your student loans. ayotte voted to give a huge tax breaks to millionaires. while 95% of us... got nothing. kelly ayotte. you need to know in washington. she's not working for new hampshire. dscc 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. deciding vote to eliminate state funding for planned parenthood. chris sununu put partisan politics above women's health care. 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

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is all about their future. as governor, i'll invest in solar and renewable energy. that'll hold down energy costs, create local jobs, and protect the environment. it's how we keep new hampshire moving forward. or grampa could just keep feeding the kids cake and ice cream. you get a lot of energy that way, too. for governor in terms of spending priorities, do they think the current state budget is imbalanced in any way. >> in terms of our priorities for our state, i'm running for governor to keep our state moving forward, and the way we do that is to invest in strengthening our work force. we need to take some things that we've made progress on like medicaid expansion and make it permanent. this has been a huge bipartisan

but it will expire on our next governor's watch. we have to invest in our work force by having full day kindergarten in every community. bring electric rate down by investing more in solar and renewable energy projects. what's most important to me is that we grow our economy and keep young people and young families in our state. so i've fought hard for getting passenger rail from boston to the central part of the ahead of time and ahead of budget. and to do something about lowering college costs in our state. >> i think the imbalance in the state budget that i see sometimes are to use the term you just used or our priorities. we have needs in the state and we have wants. we have needs and wants in my family, and we have needs and wants in my business. we all do. leadership is about making sure that we're taking care of the needs, getting the priorities

school building aid, things like that that i believe strongly in where those dollars can can have the biggest impact for individual lives. and program atticly in this state i think we have lost our sense of customer service, and the issue there is that when you're not dealing with people on a one on one bases, when you're deal with with so many folks these giant megaprograms, many driven by washington d.c., we lose thaw advantage, that essence of local control. that's one of the things i'm looking to control as governor of the state. jennifer: ahead at 5:30, a first of its kind approach to spot the signs of abuse, using people and animals. josh: and can a dose of cute make all the difference in this

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. 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.

>> what can i do? what can i do about it? this is everybody's chance. josh: now at 5:30, an annual event takes on new urgency in

jennifer: car trouble land a woman behind bars what police found after stopping this alleged erratic driver. mike: along with some rain, temperatures stay at or above the norm into tomorrow morning, but that will change soon. how much cooler it gets over the next several days. >> i honestly thought that it was just like going to be like a rain cancellation. josh: not a cancellation, a very big invitation. news 9 was there when this high school band got an unforgettable opportunity. like we do. now wmur news 9 at 5:30. josh: putting drugs out of reach before they can be abused, that's the goal of a statewide event this weekend. welcome back. jennifer: the annual drug take back day has moved 6 million pounds of drugs off the streets since it started. josh: this year the new hampshire portion of the program is expanding. ray brewer explains how.

precipitation drugs. now they're hoping to get even more out of the medicine cabinets and off the streets. in the lobby of the hooksett police department, is there a box for disposing of unwanted prescription drugs. saturday it will be one of many. >> last time we did it we had 83 locations, this time 103. reporter: for the 12th time the d.e.a. is partnering with local organizations. >> any drugs that are old or expired that will not be used, an that has unused medications, we want to get those off the street and disposed of safely. reporter: the reason for devoting a special day to taking back legal drugs i simple but profound. >> we know that four out of five heroin users, fentanyl users start with prescription pills, so we need to get those pills taken away. reporter: only pill others solid medications like patches will be accepted. no liquids or needles. the d.e.a. says that getting the

>> we know so many children are getting caught up in this going through medicine cabinets. reporter: the collection runs from ten in the morning to two in the afternoon, the drugs will be accepted with no questions asked. if people are concerned about their privacy and information on the labels, police say don't worry. >> all unused medications that are disposed of here will be sealed and disposed of safely, so you don't have to worry about the security of your information on the prescriptions themselves. hooksett, they say that saturday is very important in helping to get the word out and getting these drugs off the streets. ray brewer, wmur news 9. jennifer: a car crash in manchester led to a drug arrest. police say a driver was swerving and hit two parked cars on oak street yesterday. when officers arrived at the crash they say they found prescription drugs on olivia fitzwater duran. she was arrested for reckless

prescription drugs, digs orderly conduct, and a violation of bail conditions. state police say they had to box in a driver going the wrong way on i-93 this morning. this was the scene where they arrested michael drake from meredith. investigators say he was driving south in the northbound lanes, and at one point nearly hit another car. police say his blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit. josh: commuter rail line in new hampshire has been a hot top ck asked the candidates for governor if they support the proposal for a line from boston to as far north as concord. >> commuter rail is one of the wants, when we're talking about that nashua to manchester to concord line, i live out at the seacoast, i hear the downeaster go by my house a couple times a day. it's a great train, it's one of the most successful trains in the country, and every time i by

subsidizing it. when folks come and want to spend $300 million on a train that will primarily take people to work into boston, maybe 2500 people a day, to the question you just brought up, we have hundreds of thousands of people going over our roads and bridges that are vital to our economy, that are vital to economic development. and frankly vital to the safety of our citizens. it gets back to priorities, a train to manchester way down on the priority list. real leadership is about making tough decisions and understanding what the really drivers are for all the citizens of our state. >> i've been leading the effort in new hampshire for getting passenger rail and commuter rail from boston up to the central part of the state for years, and i'm glad we're making some progress. but we need to get it done now. we commissioned a study that shows it will create 5600 new jobs, for new hampshire businesses that grow as a result of being able to access the

have the benefit of thousands fewer cars in traffic. and helping businesses grow across the state. i've heard directly from business leaders and i've seen myself hiring, it's difficult sometimes to attract everyone you want to for a job that requires specific education or training. and a fast growing employer, i've heard from entrepreneurs who are t could hire quicker there than in new hampshire. they tell me if they get commuter rail up and running they'll be able to hire every job they need immediately. josh: coming up we'll see how the candidates have followed through on promises to reduce the debt load for new hampshire's college students. jennifer: we'll also look at the newest trends in toys, making them more like real life. josh: what kind of holiday gifts would you give if you had a half

mike: rain will fall in the form of downpours, maybe a thunderstorm for some. uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. when it served her purpose, ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. and what she values is her seat. and she's trying - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. looking out for herself. 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,

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jennifer: let's get a look at how we're wrapping up wall street for the week, the dow falling 16 points, s&p down by a little and the nasdaq is up a little over 15. gas prices nationally at 2.23, still slightly lower in new hampshire at 2.19 a gallon. right now california's attorney general is leading a criminal investigation into whether wells fargo josh: this after the company was fined for secretly opening millions of unauthorized accounts. tonight former employees are opening up about their tactics, one banker see he had to open 10 accounts daily. another said she started drinking hand sanitizer to deal with the pressure. jennifer: some toy makers are creating toys that look more like the kids who are playing with them. ma tell is creating barbie dolls with various skin tones, body types and eye colors.

of dolls with disabilities. experts say it's important for kids to play with toyotas that don't encourage stereo times about what is considered beautiful. >> when we don't have toys that children can look at themselves and see, they start to feel like i'm invisible, i'm not important, i'm not valued by society. reporter: companies are also starting to think differently about what kind of toys have traditionally been aimed at boys or girls. they're target both of them. josh: from broadway to the nfl, this year's neiman marcus fantasy catalog has something for everyone. everyone that has a huge budget. a walk on role in the broadway musical, waitress, is one of the cheapest things on the list at $30,000. 65 grand will get you it a one-day private quarterback camp with joe montana. that's cool. and half a million will get you a red carpet grammy experience including hotel rooms

to clive davis' preparty, and a gold gibson guitar. it's a nice gift. what is the best way to reduce student debt with? we'll check the candidates records ahead. jennifer: plus a rainy night for the u.n.h. soccer team, we'll hear from the guys. jennifer: then the dover high football team about to take the field, but several assistant coaches off the sidelines tonight. jennifer: popular websites unavailable today after cyber attacks on a key internet firm located right here in new hampshire. tonight a security expert weighs

andrew crossley: new hampshire has a senator who works just as hard as we do. gerardine ferlins: kelly ayotte believes in the potential of new hampshire, and wants to unleash that potential. ron goguen: she's out there fighting for good-paying jobs. andrew crossley: kelly introduced bipartisan training initiatives against workplace discrimination - and for equal pay. claude poisson: she's working for the little guy - i'm the little guy. barb fredette: we need kelly fighting for good new hampshire jobs so our kids can raise their families here. sue martin: kelly is a powerful voice for new hampshire's working families. kelly ayotte: i'm kelly ayotte

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the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. josh: supports say the studies show different types of abuse are often connected. jennifer: teaching about the links between animal, child and elder abuse has been the focus of workshops across the state this week. advocates are learning how to spot those connections and then prevent the violence from happening. >> we've been able to put on these workshops to train not only child protection people but also the domestic violence, the animal control, humane groups, elder adult protective services, trying to get them to start talking to each other, work together and do a more comprehensive job of preventing

is to recognize the signs of abuse and know which people are most at risk. josh: voters crossed party lines in a unique way for the latest presidential debate. the guest list for this viewing party in maine included kittens from a nearby shelter. organizers got the idea for kitten therapy after seeing how stressed and unhappy people were after the first presidential debate, and they hope these poster ready participants will keep audience members happy and it seems to have worked. >> i'm a hillary fan a been for years and years. >> i'm voting anti-hillary. so it's got to be trump. josh: so it didn't solve the gap there, but at least when it comes to politics there were smiles even after the debate. >> we've reached week eight of the high school football season. 15 games on the schedule for our friday night football report. due to the heavy rain expected, the games at merrimack valley and mill fielder are early starts, in fact we'll have some

at 6:00. join jason king at 11:00 for all the scores and highlights. also the u.n.h. soccer team hosts u. mass lowell. the wildcats are 10-4, and windham sophomore kiss arling is tied for first in the country with 12 goals. u.n.h. is tied for third in the america east conference. >> we're very excited, i think it's going to be a close game, but it's a game we can definitely win. we haven't b everything thinking we can win. >> in hockey, u.n.h. is off. the manchester month a, a play in reading, pennsylvania you'll notice how similar the two log ys are. reading used to be an affiliate of the l.a. kings and now they're in the same league as the monarchs and never changed their logo, so very similar. josh: thanks. as part of our commitment 2016 coverage we've committed to checking the records of the candidates and their positions on the biggest issues facing our country. and tonight we examine the

debt issues. incumbent for ayotte introduced a bill in 2015 which would have allowed borrowers to refinance their federal student loans in the private market. the bill though is not emerged from the senate finance committee. she also cosponsored a 2016 bill that would allow employers to use pretax dollars to help employees pay down student loans. in 2013, her challenger governor hassan and the state legislature provided new hampshire's university system with funding that allowed for a tuition freeze for two academic brought a tuition hike of two and three quarters percent and also wants to expand pell grants. congressman guinta supported legislation to expand tax free distributions from 529 college savings plans to include student purchases of computers and software. shea-porter cosponsored a bill in 2013 that extended the interest rate on stafford loans

double. can kuster reintroduced a bill in 2015 that would allow students to refinance their public or private student loans at lower rates. that bill remains in committee. her challenger republican jim lawrence says the government should start by targeting the banking regulatory hurdles that affect access to student loans. chris sununu has proposed a program that would reduce debt for students who graduate from new hampshire colleges and enter a high demand job in the granite state. that would include nurses, teachers. his opponent democrat colin van ostern calls for more state funding for the state university system saying it shouldn't be funded at prerecession levels. you can read the indepth version of checking the record in the politics section at wmur.com. jennifer: the new hampshire charitable foundation is pledging $100 million to youth in the granite state. today the organization announced its 10-year plan to help thousands of children achieve

childhood development, youth support, preventing drug abuse and affordable education. mike: some beneficial rain already in parts of new hampshire. concord with a third of an inch of rain so far today and there's much more to come, as we'll show you in a moment. right now we are locked in with the clouds and fog in the lakes region. plenty of clouds statewide. on and off early tomorrow morning, and then again another batch for tomorrow afternoon. oh, yeah, by the way, the first flakes of the season are possible, in northern and far western zones tomorrow night into early on sunday. following that a classic early november-like pattern will be taking over, as the win crank up, driving in below normal temperatures for quite some time. you'll notice on doppler radar batches of rain moving from south to north over a good part of new hampshire, from the great north woods through the white mountains.

lakes region with just overcast skies and a few sprinkles farther south around concord and manchester. but notice right around salem points south and west, to nashua, getting in on steady rain, and there's heavier rain to the south of that over a good portion of southern new england. in the last couple hours some lightning strikes showing up around eastern portions of long island, stretching up towards the southeastern coast of connecticut. so can't rule out a thunderstorm the any one given spot for this evening anywhere in out and about to one of the fnf games tonight, not only could you see downfours, but maybe a thunderstorm. so be prepared to seek shelter if one of those thunderstorms moves through. it's warm, for late october to be running at 70 with a dew point in the 60's, not completely unheard off, but certainly not normal for new hampshire this time of year. overnight tonight we're only going to drop back to the average high temperatures for

start to your weekend. but much cooler air builds in starting tomorrow. you'll notice a batch of downpours, scattered storms, tough to call exactly where they line up, but right now looks like anywhere in central and southern new hampshire will see them through midnight. then the rain will taper off by early tomorrow morning, in a good part of southern new hampshire. to the north a couple of lingering showers early. then notice what happens, more energy back through pennsylvania, jersey and new york, has to rotate on through during the afternoon. that will enhance the r and once again a rumble of thunder during the afternoon and early evening, as that lifts up to the north. then it turns even colder, and you know what that means, the first flakes of the season mainly in the higher terrain northern and far western zones tomorrow night into early sunday, before the clouds part quickly on sunday in southern new hampshire, snow or mixed showers will give way to some clearing up north by the afternoon. in terms of the rainfall tally, before we get to snow, anywhere

downpours set up shop. but if you get a thunderstorm, one or two of them, you could be up near an inch and a half to two before we even get to about midnight tomorrow night, then after that we got that chance of a little snow coming in here mainly in northern and western parts of the state. by sunday all of that clears out by midday, the winds are really cranking up. notice by monday, tuesday and wednesday much cooler as we go back to early nbe now. cross country vice for a local high school. jennifer: when we come back what has this band so excited tonight. >> and on "new hampshire chronicle." >> i said you know what, i says iity i'm going to make a model of our home using craft sticks on a one inch scale. i drew everything out on paper and stuff like that, and that's

uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump.

would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? oh absolutely, i would do that. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. and what she values is her seat. and she's trying - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. looking out for herself. senate majority pac is responsible

jennifer: many granite staters will escape this weekend's rain by ducking into a haunted house. this week we asked you to tell us your favorite spooky spot. frank kingdom in nashua came in at number one, followed by fitzy's fright fest in newton, and nightmare new england in litchfield. josh: good stuff. jennifer: members of the londonderry high school band thought they were called

rain cancellation. josh: little did they know they were about to be invited to a major event. >> it's our pleasure providing you the answers to the 2018 rac- josh: the students say the trip to california is well deserved. >> this is a really good band, i'm really proud to be in it. the work that everybody puts in is just blows me away and i'm super excited a it's a once in a lifetime type of thing. josh: this will be performance number five at the rose you know me. that's new hampshire kelly ayotte. this is washington kelly ayotte. she voted for 20 billion dollars in tax breaks for the big oil companies. but she voted against letting you refinance your student loans. ayotte voted to give a huge tax breaks to millionaires. while 95% of us... got nothing. kelly ayotte.

she's not working for new hampshire. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. 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 ahead of special interests can make a difference.

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manchester company disrupts the availability of popular websites around the world. tonight a security expert explains how this happens, and the impact. josh: plus focusing on battle ground states in the race for the white house. republican vice-presidential nominee mike pence is about to hold a rally in exeter. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 6:00. josh: we begin with the weather tonight and much needed r hampshire. good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm josh mcelveen. jennifer: i'm jennifer vaughn. the rain will continue on and off through tomorrow, but the north country will see some flakes. as in some snow, before the weekend is over. can you believe it? mike haddad is here now. mike: they've been counting down, because it's actually a little behind schedule to get the first flakes in far northern parts of the state, but eventually it does turn cold enough for that. very warm right now, anything but snow, it is almost tropical with dew points way up there,

through the state. southern new england from nashua and salem points south and west, central massachusetts down through eastern connecticut and rhode island, heavy downpours and even a possible thunderstorm, all of that has to move through, bringing some beneficial welcome rain to new hampshire, steadiest right now though along the mass-new hampshire border. in northern zones you'll notice once that lifts to the north we get a little lull. what abouthe snow, all of that straight ahead. josh: tonight the dover high school football team is playing would you several members of the coaching staff on the sidelines. jennifer: several volunteer and assistant coaches were dismissed. the superintendent -- wmur's jennifer crompton is live now from the field. reporter: it's senior night, so senior members of the dover football team, cheer squad and marching band will be honored on