streptococcus, the same bacteria that causes strep throat. state official says four men, all heroin users, have been found with the infection in the central and southern part of the state, in the last 10 days. >> we're investigating this cluster to determine if there's any common links between these patients, but we do know all four of them are injection drug users. and when ever you inject something into your body not using a sterile technique you are putting yourself at risk. reporter: officials say a normal strep infection is easily directly into the blood stream. >> a blood stream infection can be a very serious illness, it usually does require hospitalization so you can receive antibiotics by intravenously. and so people do typically develop fever and chills, shaking, light headedness, those types of symptoms, a rapid heart beat. reporter: without hospitalization, these infection conditions fatal. authorities say they usually see

and it's not uncommon for people sharing needles to get serious diseases like hepatitis c and h.i.v. now officials are trying to determine if it's the drug use or the drugs that are causing the illness. >> it is possible that these people may have had some social contact as well, we're investigating that. maybe they've had close contact to one another. but we are also concerned about whether the drugs themselves were contaminated at some point. reporter: state officials say one problem they hav likely to seek medical help. i'm andy hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: onto commitment 2016 now. candidates for governor republican chris sununu, democrat colin van ostern, are set to face off in the first granite state debate tonight. it all starts in less than an hour from now, right here on wmur. let's go, we have live team coverage starting with josh mcelveen who is live tonight at

josh: in night one of the granite state debates will be unique, but these are federal level issues, isis, national security, national debt, things along those lines. but here in new hampshire, obviously there's some very specific issues and problems that we're talking about, the opioid and heroin crisis, public safety, education,. also as we head into the winter, energy costs, people are pocketbooks. all of that will be on the plate of the next chief executive officer of the granite state and we hope to hear some of their plans tonight. talking about the politics of this, though, there are still a lot of voters in play when it comes to this governor's race. according to our poll yesterday, roughly half of the electorate haven't made up their mind. so tonight's debate is very important. that's not to say these two candidates don't have core support, they do, and a lot of

standing by live with some of those supporters. shelley: tell you what, josh, those supporters are here, they are holding signs, chanting, and they are excited for these granite state debates. if you take a look behind me, you can see so many people here. campus security opened up the grounds so people who wanted to support their candidates, only at 5:00, any earlier than that would have been too much of a disruption to the people that go to school and work here. as you can hear behind me, they are signs. i spoke to a few of these people just about a half-hour ago, this is what they told me about why they decided to come out here tonight. >> colin van ostern knows what it's like to have student debt and he has real plans to solve the student debt crisis in new hampshire. >> this is chris sununu, i think he's the best choice, he has managerial experience which

reporter: these supporters are so motivated and savvy, they knew when we went live on tv, they started chanting for their candidates. and they will be here for most of the night. we expect it will be like this for the rest of the week for these granite state debates. they kick off at 7:00 p.m. here on wmur. so that's the scene from here, josh, i'm going to send it back to you inside. shelly. just one week to go to election night, it starts at 7:00, the first granite state debate under an hour from now. can you also watch the debate on our website, wmur.com, as well as our mobile app. and also to keep you social media senses satisfied, join us on our facebook page where professor of political sigh friends the institute of politics will be offering comments while the debate is going on. that is on our facebook live stream. of course our debates will

the u.s. analyst race, a huge one tomorrow. ayotte and hassan. and congressional racings later in the week. but it will be a big one tonight, in a debate which could define campaigns and maybe decide who will be the next governor of new hampshire. i'm josh mcelveen, wmur news 9. jennifer: thank you. we are also follow the presidential campaign tonight, and vermont senator bernie sanders is promising to do everything in his powero sure donald trump is not our next president. as heather hamel explains, he took his message to two new hampshire colleges today. reporter: this is senator bernie sanders' final visit to new hampshire before next week's election. and he pleaded with those in attendance, asking them to cast their ballots for hillary clinton as well as democratic senate candidates, saying that new hampshire play is a pivotal role in the election.

pumped up the crowd of college students and others. >> this campaign is not about hillary clinton or donald trump. believe it or not, shark of all sharks -- reporter: sanders says the drama surrounding the two candidates is taking the focus away from the issues. >> the differences between secretary clinton and mr. trump are day and night. on every major issue facing this country, for the middle class and working families of this country. reporter: he talked about a corrupt campaign system, and income and wealth inequality. >> so how about creating an economy that works for the middle class and working families, not just the top one percent. reporter: plymouth state university was one of two colleges the vermont senator visited tuesday. he continued the campaigning alongside governor hassan at

becomes the next united states senator from the state of new hampshire. report these stops kicked off his coast to coast trip, taking him to 12 states. his final push before the election. sympathizing with with with voters for being frustrated with the campaign but begging them to not sit this one out. >> i don't want to make all of you nervous here in new hampshire. but you got a lot of responsibility on your shoulders, all you are a battle ground state. and the future of this country may rest on your four electoral votes for president, and on who you you length for the united states senate. reporter: from here sanders plans ongoing to 11 more states, ending his week-long swing in california. heather hamel, wmur news 9. jennifer: the trump campaign tonight is heavily focusing on turning traditionally blue

earlier today trump continued that swing state push in philadelphia, and right now he's heading onto wisconsin. of course paul ryan's home state. the speaker of the house won't be joining him, but says he did vote for trump while early voting last week. tom: election day is just one week way and many towns are preparing for voters to head to the polls. suzanne roantree is live in the studio now with how they're getting ready for next tuesday. reporter: towns and cities all over new hampshire have been working for months t for tuesday's elections. in manchester, officials have been testing the machines, the tap you -- tab you laters and counting the ballots. and looking at ways to manage people and traffic heading to and from the polls. officials say they will have plenty of people to handle when they say should be a very busy day. >> we will be running two ballot box stations.

but we expect in the vicinity of 9,000 voters, which is 90%. >> in 2012 we had about a 75% turnout in manchester. so we certainly expect a healthy turnout just like that, on november 8th. reporter: if you've missed the deadline to vote in your community, you can still register to vote on election day at the polls. suzanne roantree, wmur news 9. tom: get to the polls and vote. a classroom after allegory showing a controversial video. next on news 9 at 6:00 why a school bore member is calling the behavior unacceptable. jennifer: plus volunteers helping those in need keep warm this winter, why there are hundreds of scarfs in veterans park. mike: plenty of sunshine for many today, but when is our next chance of rain.

would you tell them to be like donald trump? would you point to him as a role model? absolutely i would do that. like to punch him in the face. ahh, i don't know what i said. she ate like a pig. he's a war hero 'cause he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. i love war. yes, including with nukes. wrong. and shoot somebody. ahh, i don't remember. would you point to him as a role model? and you can tell them... to go [bleep] themselves. priorities usa action

jennifer: breaking news in salem where route 111 remains shut down at irma road for what police are calling a serious motor vehicle accident involving five vehicles. a medical helicopter had to be called in, but o injuries haven't been released and there is also no estimate yet of when the road will reopen. tom: in new london, route 11 shut down in both directions after a crash involving a tractor trailer and a sedan. two people injured, one person had to be flown to the hospital. the accident reconstruction team remains on the scene. there's no estimate about when route 11 will reopen. portsmouth high school teacher out of the classroom tonight because of her actions while dressed up as donald trump.

taken down, a student recorded video on his cell phone showing the teacher dancing in this costume to music with inappropriate lyrics. the school superintendent says offensive language and political opinions do not have a place in the classroom. >> i think it's really too bad it happened. it was very poor judgment on the part of the teacher and i'm hoping we don't see anything like this happen again. >> i don't think it's that big a deal. i mean okay, it happened, the kids have all heard the context. jennifer: we did reach out to that teacher but have not heard back. tom: foof if you're looking for the last day to get an outdoor project done, might be tomorrow. mike: you just never know when 60's make a return, if that will

joanne: she's not fooling me. britt: kelly ayotte sides with the special interests. vivian: now, she's even playing politic games with medicare. vo: kelly ayotte voted to cut medicare and cost seniors up to $1,700 more for prescriptions... while protecting tax breaks for the wall street banks and big oil companies that fund her campaign.

vo: senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. i'm maggie hassan, and new hampshire has a very clear choice: do we keep going with a senator who repeatedly votes with the corporate special interests... or a new senator who sides with the people of new hampshire? my focus has always been on creating opportunity for working families: making college and job training more affordable. lowering prescription drug costs. and always protecting a woman's right these are my priorities, why i approve this message... and why i respectfully ask for your vote. and why i respectfully ask 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.

thanks, annie. i'm annie kuster and i approve this message. jennifer: if you walk through veterans park in manchester you'll see some scarves hanging on the trees and fences. tom: volunteers at long meadow congregational church put scafertion in the park for anyone who might need them. this year they hand knitted more

cold here. tom: volunteers throughout auburn donated the yarn and time to make the scarves. they hope their effort will expand to other churches throughout new hampshire and the nation. mike: it was a cold start to the this tuesday. we did see a little sun, patchy fog out there. then all of a sudden around mid, late morning a patch of cloud did develop in central and parts of southern w but quickly that gave way to a lot of sun, as we're now in the month of november, expecting cooler air. but average high this time of year 54, very close to that today. look where we head to by the end of the month, an average high of only 41 and an average low of 22. oh sur sunrise, 7:21, that's very late. but because we flip the clocks back this weekend, it will get

back near 7:00 by the end of the month. the sunset by the end of november, 4:12. and we do average close to four inches of snow in the month of november. no snow in our near future. right now wee are tracking rain of all things moving in across northern parts of the state, just a few scattered showers, the leading end of much warmer air that moves in for the second day they're on the cool side, but not as cold as they were at this hour last night. it's 40's for lakes region south and east. upper 30's in plymouth. on average lower 40's in the great north woods. but mount washington, 36 degrees, that's not all that cold for over 6,000 feet up this time of year. chilly tonight, but not nearly as cold as last night. so instead of 20's, 30's across the board, except low 40's in downtown manchester, nashua and

south and west, really not too far away, cleveland in the mid 70's at this hour. even though it tries to rush in towards new hampshire tomorrow, the 70's that is, they'll be squashed just off to our south. so we'll get into the 60's instead of 70's, which will still be very pleasant out there with a fair amount of clouds and a little partial sun during the day tomorrow. in terms of of rain chances, between now and early tomorrow morning, give it about 20% up north, great north woods, and northern white dry through tomorrow night. then on thursday here comes that next front with a shoflt rain statewide, especially in the morning up north and at any point during the afternoon in central and southern new hampshire. we could get between a quarter and a half inch of rain, another little dent in the drought for the tail end of the week. before that moves away and temperatures fall again. but tomorrow, nice and mild, mid to upper 50's north, upper 50's to near 60 central and 60 to 67

quite a few clouds. showers on thursday, dries out on friday. there's a look at the weekend, nice and quiet. right at the average for this time of year, and don't forget, we fall back to standard time during late saturday night, early sunday morning. so a little of everything out there. tom: if the indians win tonight, jamie owes me a blizzard. jamie: either way we both win. in the end we both win, that's why that bet was made. but they play game 6, a preview ni ready for the high school

what's kelly ayotte costing you? you're paying more for prescription medicines. kelly ayotte blocked lower cost generic drugs. you're paying high interest rates on college loans. ayotte voted against letting you refinance at lower rates. and you're paying higher bank fees while ayotte voted for special breaks to wall street executives. kelly ayotte. she's siding with corporate special interests and she's not working for new hampshire. narrator: two kinds of business experience. chris sununu's family handed him a top-rated ski resort. he ran it into the ground. chris sununu cut jobs, and cut workers' hours so he wouldn't have to provide health insurance. colin van ostern went to college on student loans, became a stonyfield business manager. then a top executive at college for america.

get ahead. a bright new hampshire future starts with looking out for people. imagine if hillary clinton wins the white house... then what? liberal carol shea-porter? she'll be a rubber stamp for clinton's agenda. progressive shawn o'connor? he'll be a rubber stamp, too. and you know their agenda: higher taxes. more government spending. and a weaker national defense. only frank guinta will put new hampshire first. that's the key difference in this race. he's on our side. i'm frank guinta and i approved this message. i served under president bush and obama. i fought the taliban. i was asked to form a global coalition to counter isil. when someone makes the comment that they know more about the islamic state or isil than do the generals, it implies a complete ignorance of the reality. but i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the islamic state poses to the united states and to the american people.

to ultimately defeat this threat and to keep us safe. i'm hillary clinton

jamie: their season opener against the red sox was postponed by snow, and now the indians' season could end on a beautiful night in cleveland with the temperatures in the 70's. for first pitch of game 6 at 8:00, cubs and indians. the cubs need to win tonight >> obviously it's going to be crazy here. we're going to be excited to play in front of them, we know they've been going nuts while we've been on the road. so it's going to be an exciting time for us. >> i think the best way to go about it is if you have a chance to win, try to win, because a lot of times you worry, if you worry about tomorrow, you don't have a lead any way. so we'll just do our best to win

yesterday, they went silent. bruins on the road tonight against the florida panthers. panthers have a really fast team, so they should get on shots on tuukka rask tonight. both teams are coming off wins over the redwings. manchester monarchs skate at the thunder tonight, monarchs, just one point behind adirondack for first place in the forth division. so a win tonight vaults them to the top spot. thunder have not lost in regulation yet championship team announced his retirement today, ray allen, he played 18 years in the nba with milwaukee, seattle, boston and the heat. he went to 10 all-star games, played 1300 regular season games and leaves as the all-time nba leader in 3-pointers made, 2,973. high school football playoffs begin saturday. we'll be checking in with a few teams this week.

one seed on their side of the bracket, name take on the team that lost last year, the newport tigers. >> it's a good matchup. they're very big up front, but we have a l. speed and defensively our tackling is sound. >> i'm expecting a tough hard nosed classic football game played like every other playoff game. >> we've been focused on the little things, conditioning has been a big key to our suc numbers so everyone has to be in shape. >> two more playoffs games had their starting times shifted today, likely because of s.a.t. tests for the seniors saturday morning. the yesterday we told but the bedford game at 4:00 and the johnstown game at 2:00. the s.a.t.'s one train leafs philadelphia traveling at -- tom: i hated those questions. thank you. the debate is in a half-hour from now.

when you're raised by a single mom, you learn how important it is to live within your means. i'm colin van ostern, and i took that lesson to my work in business, and it's how i'll stand up for you as governor. by cutting inefficient spending and using innovation to save tax dollars, we'll make new investments without a sales or income tax. to create clean energy jobs, protect affordable health care, and lower college costs and cut student debt. as governor, i'll stand up for you. kate: my mom and i love shooting hoops. but you know what - she could still learn a few things from me - just like i've learned a lot from her. mom helps with homework... she helped dad start his business... and she even fought to put bad guys in jail. now, mom helps make laws that help people - especially when they need it most. i'm really proud of her. and she's taught me that with hard work - i can do... anything. kelly: i'm kelly ayotte, kate: and i'm kate.

would you tell them to be like donald trump? would you point to him as a role model? absolutely i would do that. like to punch him in the face. ahh, i don't know what i said. she ate like a pig. he's a war hero 'cause he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. i love war. yes, including with nukes. wrong. and shoot somebody. ahh, i don't remember. would you point to him as a role model? absolutely i would do that. and you can tell them... to go [bleep] themselves. priorities usa action

tonight, breaking news. the new poll. with just one week left, donald trump, hillary clinton, where this race stands right now. clinton, president obama, vice president biden, all turning back to trump. trump revealing a change in tone, his closing argument tonight. tonight, the latest on the e-mails, and the $20,000 six-foot portrait of trump bought with money from his own charity. the deadly collision during rush hour. two buses, a kashgs at least six people killed. we're on the scene tonight. the new and chilling images just released. the killer cornered by police. he unloads his ak-47 on the officers. the state of emergency at this hour. the deadly gas pipeline explosion right here in america. that line reaching from new york all the way to texas. neighbors warned.