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>> now at 11:00, a bridge woman -- a ridge woman killed in an apparent murder suicide in north carolina. >> mumps spreading. the precautions officials say you should take. >> colder temperatures and wind chills were back today. if we get to the 50's at any point this w get public water. the fight now to get saint-gobain to foot the bill. >> we want clean drinking water. >> tonight at 11:00, an apparent murder suicide in north carolina is under investigation. police say the victim is a woman from new hampshire.
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the crime started to unfold yesterday when a man killed himself at a gun range in wilmington and police found a note leading them to the body of his former fiancee. tom wmur's jean mackin joins us : live with the latest information we're learning. jean that note led police to : 23-year-old rebecca ann jones who grew up in rindge. she and the man who shot himself were at one time engaged tonight her family says they had not been dating for months and say she was taken away in a senseless manner. sheriff's deputies in wilmington north carolina say 26-year-old justin hakeem walker rented three handguns at the shooters choice gun range monday afternoon, then shot himself in the head. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. detectives found a suicide note stating another person was involved. the note directed police to this apartment building in wilmington north carolina where they discovered the body of
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rindge memorial school and conant high school. her family says she played softball and field hockey loved spending time with her family, friends, and especially her 4 dogs and 3 cats. her death is a shock for neighbors. >> it's just unnerving, its uncomfortable to know something like that could happen so close to you like where you sleep and where you stay at night, kids in our building, and all over the neighborhood, it's just unsettling. >> it's a little nerve-racking. they are not really saying what the actual cause is. jean: until an autopsy is complete, police are not releasing the cause of her death only saying it is being investigated as a homicide . her family tells news9 her she was a charming, joyful, independent, spunky woman. her kind, loving soul made her the type of person you could only wish to have in your life. she has been taken from us way
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heaven has truly gained a beautiful angel. her family also says her death is being felt far and wide including her parents, sisters and brother. police say more information will be released after an autopsy live in the studio jean mackin wmur news9 tom: we are getting this word out late tonight that tomorrow morning, the u.s. attorneys in new hampshire local law enforcement hold a joint has conference. they're expected to announce the indictment of a 20 individuals in new hampshire on heroin and until -- and fentanyl trafficking charges. meanwhile manchester police have , dropped the granite hammer again. operation granite hammer resulted in six drug arrests yesterday. manchester police along with the state police narcotics investigation unit and federal investigators were able to get fentanyl, heroin and crack cocaine off the streets. this was the 9th installment of
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three other people were arrested for non-drug related charges. shelley state officials are now : reminding the public to take precautions as three new cases of mumps have been reported in new hampshire. those cases appeared on the campus of unh wmur's naoko funayama is in durham with how the school and campus are reacting. >> the mumps is still an uncommon disease in the united states but 3 new cases have recently been reported on the campus of unh. state health officials are now working with the university to warn the college community and nearby residents. >> most of the time, people experience mild symptoms of fever, headache, muscle aches, not feeling well. one of the classic symptoms is infection and swelling and
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saliva like if you share utensils and cups, or by coughing and sneezing. even those vaccinated still have a slight chance of contracting the virus although the vaccination significantly reduces the risk of getting infected. those who develop symptoms are urged to seek medical care. complications from the mumps are rare but can be severe. >> so most people with mumps will recover within 2-3 weeks without any complications. in a very rare circumstatnces, people can get testicular swelling or inflammation. inflammation of the brain or the membranes around the spinal cord. >> there have been a total of nine cases of mumps reported in the state of new hampshire this year. compare that to just 5 between 2011 and 2015. unh says, it is taking the same approach in educating the campus as in the past with meningitis and the flu.
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not vaccinated, i guess that would concerning. i guess you just kind of have to worry about the whole communities health. >> there are a lot of things that go around college campuses that some get, some may not get. i'm not generally that concerned as of right now. >> am a little concerned about it. i did not know about that. things come and go, but mumps is pretty scary. : place to get clean drinking water for hundreds of people in litchfield who have contaminated wells. earlier this year, the chemical pfoa was found in wells near the saint gobain merrimack site. now that company is paying for a major project to get some connected to public water. wmur's mike cronin is live in
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bottled water delivered to their homes. they now have a choice to get on public water or even use a special filter for their faucet. the halls of campbell high school were packed with homeowners tonight signing up for public water in what's being called a significant step to get litchfield residents clean drinking water. >> it looks like they're addressing it and i feel confident it will be addressed and that moving forward, we'll be ok. >> inside the auditorium hundreds who's water has been affected by the chemical pfoa listened as state and local leaders provided updates. saint gobain performance plastics which at one time emitted pfoa from its nearby merrimack facility contracted pennichuck water to connect 360 litchfield homes with public water. >> this entire project entails about 20 miles of new water mains being installed in north litchfield and about 20 miles of water service line connections from those mains into people's homes. >> pennichuck says about 170 homes could be on their water before the year ends. >> we're gonna try and get a good number of people connected before snow flies and then the
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>> people have 3 choices all at no cost. , decommission their well, connect the contaminated well to their irrigation system for non drinking uses, or refuse public water. the state calls it progress. >> and it is a big deal to at this pace, be able to offer getting a significant number of homes connected to public water. >> the department of environmental services advises risks of pfoa a recommendation many agree with tonight. >> we have to have another bill, but we want to have safe drinking water, so we decided we're going to decommission our well. >> the water bill would be about $60 or a month but, the town $70 wants saint gobain to pay that bill for customers and businesses for 20 years.
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on to commitment 2016 coverage now. republican presidential nominee donald trump will return to new hampshire friday. this will be his 8-th visit to the state since the primary. his rally will be held at the radisson in manchester. meanwhile donald trump's son eric today fired up supporters in the granite state. he made several stop and attacked both hillary clinton and the president. the younger trump slammed news on federal healthcare premium's increasing saying it will be a key issue down the homestretch. he says america has to stop sending career politicians to the white house. >> i mean, we just have to. our country is not being served well in washington, d.c. we have so many problems as a nation we have to put somebody in there that will end the nonsense and, quite frankly, take back our country. shelley today donald trump hit : the trial in florida and vowed that his first act as president would be to repeal obamacare. tom: his challenger, democrat hillary clinton was also stumping in the sunshine state today. she attacked trump for refusing
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during the rally the crowd broke into a happy birthday chants as clinton's birthday is tomorrow. clinton today also picked up another major republican endorsement former secretary of state colin powell. and now to the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. tonight wikileaks has released a new batch of emails from clinton's campaign chair. one of the hacked messages shows that advisors were concerned that she was not more forthcoming about her use of a private email server. one aide supposedly wrote that cln' months earlier. shelley: now to an update on the cyber attacks that hit new hampshire's internet service company dyn. a non-state actor was likely behind the attack raining the criminals probably were not working for a particular government.
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tom: on the road, coming up. shelley: we hit the road with incumbent congresswoman annie kuster, democratic congresswoman from the second congressional district. tom: and what it takes to make this more than 2000 pound pumpkin a piece of art. >> it is a chilly night out there and our temperatures stay cold for a while.
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kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying jobs, to protect social security and medicare...
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they're throwing at me... i'll never stop fighting for you. shelley: now to the battle for most of -- for mosul. iraqi forces are inching closer to that city. battle is expected to take months. shelley: we continue our on the road series with the candidates ahead of the election in two weeks. we met up with annie kuster.
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interrupt. congresswoman annie kuster. amy: late breakfasts were under way when our camera caught up with annie kuster, a democrat seeking her third term in congress. the next generation in the future of the country were on the minds of young parents. a natural segue for this season campaign or to talk about paid fa l literally the only country in the world, like advanced country, that doesn't have it. and kids are so important, you know? >> it makes it difficult. >> was new england college just of the road, students were in ample supply. >> so you are perfect for what comes next and the high cost of college education. >> these seniors say
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lot. >> one in every three students lived in a home with substance use disorder, and dcyf, the caseload is just going up. >> rebecca is a mom to three children, 11 to six, raised a democrat but says she switched parties. annie kuster says she finds, ground -- common ground. family but then switched. it's kind of the opposite. >> everything is really a mc right now. >> a genuine exchange of ideas and positions unfolded right at the register. >> my point is the parties do not necessarily reflect where the people are, you know? i always tell people my district
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there's no party that reflect that. >> on the road with democratic candidate for the second congressional district annie kuster, amy coveno, wmur news 9. shelley: candidates will face off next week in the granite state debates. they begin next tuesday, november first, with the gubernatorial debate followed by senate and congressional diri all the debates start at 7:00 p.m. and will be live-streamed on wmur.com and our free mobile app. tom: a well-known sculptor from maine transformed the two-#can into one of the most artistic pumpkins you will ever see. it's quite the holiday edition on river road. >> this is going to stay right here for everybody in manchester
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going to like this thing up tonight. when these things light up, it will glow like the moon. it will be a traffic stop, for sure. tom: this is believed to be the largest pumpkin ever grown in new hampshire and could be one of the largest harvested in the world this pumpkin season. shelley: got to get out to river road. that is going to be something to see. tom: the great code can, charlie brown. our high temperatures today even were not all that high as we only made it into the 30's in northern new hampshire and the 40's everywhere else, so we certainly did not get all that warm. that is the case today. here's the almanac for concord and the high temperature was only 47 degrees. the average is 57, so 10 degrees below the average and 12 degrees below where we were yesterday. nowhere near that record of 83
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have fallen a little. temperatures will be falling into the mid-20's and upper 20's and lower 30's everywhere else tonight, so chilly tonight and even colder it looks like tomorrow night as well. the good news -- the wind has combed down. it will pick back up a little bit tomorrow but not as what -- not as much as what we saw today. today was quite breezy. today, wind will be lighter but a little bit you can see those clouds have gone away, mainly because the wind has called down. the wind coming down and banging into the mountains, which is what caused the class today, and snow showers coming down at times in the mountains, and that may come back a little bit tomorrow in the morning or a brief bit, but really, we're drying out with the next day or two, and then our next system approaches. let's look first of all at this
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we do get back to temperatures that are a little bit milder, but it takes until the end of the week and into the weekend. meanwhile, this system streaming toward us moves in thursday afternoon. that is important timing because as long as it moves then in the afternoon, it would keep it from being snow in some parts of the state, but not all. let's take you through it step by step. a few snow showers or flurries over night or tomorrow, but largely a dry air pattern. tomorrow, a little bit of a breeze but not like what we saw today. because of the cold air mass and the wind lighter and clear skies, it gets quite chilly. we are in the 20's probably almost everywhere in the state and that's why thursday as this system approaches, it will be coming at us and looking at the written test looking on the radar like snow. the system moves and again, and
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at least southern new hampshire as rain and heavy rain possible, but notice that snow or will west precipitation. several inches could result from that thursday evening into writing morning. let's look at temperatures step by step. 20's and 30's tonight. tomorrow, milder but not much. maybe a degree or two warmer than today, but that is about it. that rain and snow makes comes afternoon into thursday evening and friday. milder for the weekend, and right now, there's a reason mommy is dancing on halloween. the rain rolling away and temperatures a little milder. tom: very good. let's check over -- let's jump over to jamie. first night of the world series. jamie: we will let you know how
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this is where the oil billionaire koch brothers hosted a fundraiser for kelly ayotte... this is where ayotte voted with the koch brothers 90% of the time. ayotte's campaigns collected millions from corporate interests. and voted for them, not you. she voted wall street banks billions in write offs for executive bonuses. voted big oil billions in tax breaks. but kelly ayotte voted against letting families refinance student loans. and against lowering the cost of prescription drugs. kelly ayotte's not working for new hampshire. dscc is responsible for the content
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world series titles. cleveland is winning 3-zero. corey kluber sensational on the mound, the starting pitcher for cleveland. eight of the first nine outs he recorded were strikeouts. that is a record. jon lester pitched for the cubs, gave up three runs, so the indians leading, three outs away from taking game one. if they win tonight, they will have won eight of their nine post using games. here are the starting pitchers for game two tomorrow night. to hopefully be in this position, to be one of the last team standing with the opportunity to win a world series for your organization, your city, your team, friends and family. >> i'm not concerned about anything. they are obviously very talented, but the red sox were very talented in the blue jays very talented, too.
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tonight. he gave up three quick goals in the second and was pulled from the game. tonight, almost the same exact result. both of the regular goalies injured. merrimack plus tim schaller is on the bruins and gets in a fight just eat of minutes into the game. five minutes for fighting. second rules around. five minutes in, charlie boyle meted 1-zero. stewart scores 2-0. ryan scores on the power play. pull just like his first career start. six minutes later, jason zucker. the wild that one more in the third and they win 1-0. the bruins will stay at the
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in. it was tied 2-2, just five minutes ago and there's your game winner. victoria rothwell with a big shot that finds the goal. she will be that hero at school tomorrow. timberlane going to the state title game on sunday. in the other semifinal, winnacunnet plus isabel brakes by the astros. in the second half, finally, a goal. 1-zero, winnacunnet. later, courtney ingram will put it towards the net and dana sure gets it and scores. this will make it 2-0. for the third straight year, winnacunnet and pinkerton's season in the playoffs --
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season in the playoffs. a cleveland, the indians winning 3-0 in game one of the world series, three outs away from beating the cubs. tom: very good. we've got another story. shelley: how successful was his disguise? i'm colin van ostern, and this is my father-in-law, rich. and this is peter and patrick. i agreed to do a tv ad only if my grandkids were in it, too. i trust colin with their future. my clean energy plan 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.
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and ice cream. you get a lot of energy that way, too. 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, 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. and fight for us...
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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 can make a difference.
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when all three of these guys show up, they come up with some crazy ideas. sometimes, i just have to say, "no way." so i appreciate it when annie kuster says "no" to cutting social security. she stood up to both parties to protect our benefits. annie's working to make sure we have a secure retirement. so i can worry about these guys instead. thanks, annie.
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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? 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 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 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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>> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, chef gordon ramsay, from "inferno" felicity jones, and music from jimmy eat world. and now, from this point on -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming.
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