sight as most of the state remains in at least a moderate drought. >> it seems we get new people every day calling in, there's a lot of people that have dry wells. reporter: companies working around the clock, drilling new wells and repairing pump systems. >> the rain that we received recently is helpful, but we're still at a major deficit overall. reporter: according to the department of environmental services, conditions greatly improved over the past few weeks. merrimack and stratford counties are now coos county is the only area not experiencing drought, just abnormally dry conditions. >> every county in the state is in a deficit as far as annual precipitation, anywhere from over five inches of rain to over seven inches of a deficit. reporter: despite improvements, residents still urged to conserve water as a large part of the state is expected to start winter in a a voter drought. >> when the ground freezes in

they have in their wells is what they'll have available. reporter: it's not possible to drill a new well -- many companies have a wait list. d.e.s. is urging anyone affected by this drought to contact them for assistance. this is something not everyone wants to hear, they say we want to get back to normal levels, we'll need a jennifer: all of that rain is now moving out of the state. let's take a live look in portsmouth tonight where it is 52 degrees, not too shabby. chief meteorologist mike haddad tells us what we can expect tonight. mike: a few lingering showers especially in northern parts of new hampshire, clouds and drizzle elsewhere. take a look at the latest system racing a way, in terms of the rainfall tallies, most of it

south, general quarter to a third, half inch as you go up the merrimack valley. a little to the north of that you get into the range of three quarters of an inch of beneficial rain out of the system today. that has put another little dent in the drought, we're now up to 27.71 inches of rain in the state capital, that's just 6.34 shy of the average. while in manchester the deficit much, much greater, about 35% below the average rainfall far in the queen city. what about tomorrow and the weekend, do we see any more rain, that's ahead. tom: in less than an hour from now, candidates for the first congressional district will face off in the last debate before election day. republican incumbent frank guinta, democrat carol shea porter and independent sean o'connor will be at st. anselm college. josh, what can we expect from

josh: let's back up a limb, for the last 10 years the first district of new hampshire has been represented by either shea-porter origin that, and this election represents chapter number four of their political rivalry. as you can see, we have three podiums tonight, and that's because independent candidate o'connor made a late surge to get on the debate stage and he'll be talking a lot to the invoicer out there, and there's no question about it if had this cycle has taught us anything is there an appetite for something but this will be an important debate for all three campaigns. and there are no shortage of issues. obviously there's the economy and pocketbook issues, the opioid crisis remains a major problem in new hampshire, and there's also foreign policy issues to discuss as well. so this is an important night for all three campaigns. the supporters for all three also started turning out at the institute of politics earlier than expected. and they're still out there

little bit out here, it's not quite at the level of enthusiasm or maybe antagonism that we have seen over the last six years as frank guinta and carol shea porter have matched up in the previously elections. as you noted, there's a new twist on this episode, if you want to take a look over here we've got sean o'connor signs. when this whole race went out here the democrats and republicans are very used to the routine of running out with t the o'connor folks just walked over and set up their signs, a little different than usual for the sign visibility game out here. but we did have a chance to talk to some of these folks and we wanted to ask them why it was that they supported their respective candidates and here's what they had to say. why sean? >> honesty. simple as that. what the man says he does. that's why i'm for him. reporter: why frank? >> i've been following frank guinta for quite some time, i

bipartisanship is fantastic. reporter: why carol? >> carol has a long, long record of supporting the environment, and i want action on climate. reporter: okay, so the crowd out here definitely lesser in size than it was last night for the senate debate and that's indicative of how the top of the ticket has sucked a lot of the air out of these races, but we've got pretty good representation for what josh: when it comes to sign wars, valuable real estate around the institute of politics. the debate begins at 7:00, you can watch it here on wmur and on website and your mobile app. you can also check in on our facebook page as well, there will be some chatter going on in the social media world. we'll have full coverage of the

number three, back to you. jennifer: thank you. the town of merrimack is expecting high voter turnout come tuesday. right now preparations are under way to handle the number of voters. back in february, you might recall traffic was backed up for miles outside the high school, and the polling location had to sten its hours to allow everyone to vote. jennifer crompton here in the studio now with how the town plans to prevent those kinds of they've gone back to using three polling places instead of one. and that was the scene in february, the high school the only location vehicles backed up on route 3 all day, partially due to a changed traffic pattern. but many voters were a rat, waiting over an hour, some claiming they turned around because it was taking too long. now they're back to casting ballots in three places, the same upper elementary school they had years ago as well as a church and now they've added the merrimack middle school.

to, to avoid the headache of showing up at the wrong location. >> someone who may have voted there eight years ago and says i've always voted here, may not be voting there this time. that's why we're trying to get maps out. we've posted maps all around, we've sent fliers out, we've sent post cards out. reporter: the moderator says she expects a fairly big turnout on tuesday, so some lines should be expected, but nothing like february. jennifer crompton,mu tom: donald trump's oldest daughter made the trip to new hampshire today on his behalf. ivanka trump made three stops, the first in manchester. the 35-year-old touredded the public charter school and spoke with students before heading to a town hall in hollis. she wrapped up her trip but the campaign office -- at the campaign office in nashua. jennifer: tomorrow chelsea clinton will campaign in new hampshire for her mother hillary clinton. she will host a rally at keene

then president obama will be here in new hampshire monday campaigning for clinton. he'll hold a rally at u.n.h. at 12:30. tom: bus drivers in several towns are threatening to strike. next on news 9 the plans under way to make sure students can still get to school. mike another weekend quickly approaching, can you believe that. we'll have sun, times of clouds and chance of a shower. >> and the wait is over, we'll tell connections on the world champion cubs. jennifer: two life long cubs fans never gave up hope and boy fans never gave up hope and boy are they celebra i alone can fix it! bomb the [bleep] out of 'em.

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authorities say brendan bernier walked away from the coos county jail, he was last seen near the securities town recycling center at 8:30 this morning. he has burn scars on his forehead and face and has ties to berlin, gorham, anyone who sees him should call local police. tonight parents in several new hampshire towns are being warned about a possible bus driver strike later this month. jennifer: the drivers work for the company, first student. the warnings about a potential disruption. we're told it a labor dispute over a pension plan between the union and the bus company. the strike would affect roughly 4500 students from five towns. >> not taking a side, but just basically making sure that our parents were well aware of what one of our vendor's employees were threatens us with, and then just try to put together a plan b. jennifer: there is no word if

plan ahead. tom: i actually liked seeing that rain this morning it was very nice. mike: yes, and we still need more, but every little bit does help. clouds linger tonight into tomorrow morning, but do we get the sun back tomorro 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. colin van ostern: i'm colin van ostern. real success is helping others

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the chicago cubs fans today. an epic world series win over the cleveland indians last night was just the right medicine for two life long cubs fans, living mere in the granite state. jennifer: one was alive the last time the cubs won the series back in 1908. wmur's andy hershberger has that. >> i said they won, they won. reporter: they won, they won. four words that hazel nelson has waited more than a century t speak. the chicago native was two months old when her cubs won their last world series. then last night the 108-year-old finally touched that dream. >> the cubs win the world series! >> wonderful. awesome. after all these years of being a cub fan, finally, they came through. reporter: the sinking of the titanic was a current event when hazel was growing up, walking

it's in roughly that same neighborhood where john was born and raised decades later. much younger but no less passionate about the cubs, he wasn't so sure this day would ever come. >> i thought it would never happen, fair weather cub fans, it's always been about the team, the relationship and the special feeling that one gets in rooting for a team that doesn't always win. reporter: for hazel all the years of losing make this win that much more cubs and the world series as just another lesson in life. >> if you have faith, you'll be able to hold on, and for years i was very patient. but they won. reporter: yes, hazel, the cubs won. you've earned the right to enjoy it. in sunapee, andy hershberger,

mike: great for hazel. and somebody owes somebody an ice cream, that we'll get to at the end of weather between news and sports. tom: don't talk about it. mike: we'll deal with that later, tom, jamie. up in warner we in overcast skies a good part of the day and we had some rain, quarter to a half inch lakes region south, a little more to the north. but the steady rain has moved out and showers are about to clear the great north woods. as for central and southern parts of the state outside in terms of the rain for a good part of this night. early tomorrow morning another weak system will dart through out of the canada and as it moves overhead it will trigger more clouds around and there could be a passing shower of rain south and snow to the north as it does start to cool down quite a bit during early tomorrow morning. but right now still well above freezing even far north, upper 40's north, lower 50's south, basically right at the average for this time of year, ocean

and the air temperature very close to that as well. overnight tonight will not be all that cold, temperatures remain about 10 degrees above the average, so upper 30's will do it by daybreak north and lower 40's central and southern new hampshire. all that spring warmth has been squashed off to our south, just like the extreme drought has been pushed down to places like derry and points south. but cool air building in from the north and northwest means our temperatures will line up at or slightly below the norm right from weekend, probably into monday morning before it warms up after that. notice tonight, clouds will try to break, still lingering rain, possibly mixed showers in the mountains. then tomorrow morning quite a few clouds, a few bright spots at times and a couple of flurries, maybe a snow shower in the mountains, and then complete clearing will develop during the afternoon, fair skies a good part of your friday evening. then later friday night into saturday, the next weak disturbance moves through, that means clouds, some partial sun

a couple flakes of snow north and maybe a sprinkle or flurry early the the day in southern new hampshire before that clears out and another weak system moves in on sunday. so a little unsettled, but mainly dry through the next few days. low 40's for highs tomorrow up north, mid 40's central. lower 50's south. again right near the average for this time of year. where do temperatures go for the weekend? very close to where they'll be tomorrow, the 40's north, low 50's south on saturday. could be a mixed shower e saturday, outside of that dry. same story on sunday. don't forget in between all of that we fall back to standard time, early on sunday morning, that means our sunset on sunday is at 4:32. bright skies on monday, election day, by the way, looks fantastic weather wise. no excuses not to get out and vote. then cooler beyond that. tom: okay, when i left i was in good shape last night, by the

>> tom owes me a blizzard. thank you, chicago cubs. also bruins and celtics in action tonight. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to

donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of them." vo: just one. 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 that's costing you. she's not working for new hampshire. molly's not thinking about cancer today, but three years from now, a routine screening will catch it early and make all the difference. so when chris sununu voted to cut funding for planned parenthood, cutting access to cancer screenings and birth control for thousands of women,

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jamie: back to back games on national tv for the celtics. they took out the bulls last night and they have another big test tonight, it's the c's at the nba champion cleveland car

bruins look to make it three wins in a row as they skate at the tampa bay lightning tonight. b's shut out the redwings 1-0 over the weekend, then they beat the florida panthers on monday. tuukka rask has been brilliant in goal. game time tonight 7:30. it was 108 years in the waiting for the chicago cubs, so why not wait one extra inning and a brief rain delay. the cubs beat the indians 8-7 in 10 innings, there was a 17-minute rain day on and it included two with dwrt ties, kyle hendricks from dartmouth started the game and pitched into the fifth inning, and the cubs general manager grew up in holderness. now the team with the longest championship championship drought is the cleveland indians, 72 years. today clay buchholz ill be back for another season, the red sox exercised their option on him. catcher ryan hannigan will not

option. ortiz is still expected to retire this off season. this week's home town hero is a two sport standout for the engineers. jason king has more. reporter: woodsville high school senior assume pushy helped lead the basketball team to a state semifinal appearance last winter, and the soccer team to back to back state semifinals. this year as the team captain. >> i like to be more of a facilitator, getting the front line men the balls, really my scoring every game, i like to just give them the balls and see what they do and enjoy the game. reporter: sam says basketball is actually his number one sport. he's also the vice president of the national honor society and says staying involved helps him stay focused. >> it's time management and it gets you better for the real world, when it comes to college. reporter: sam hopes to be accepted to colby sawyer next year, he plans to become either

ray tech and i've always been in the hospital with her, looking at x rays and stuff, looking at fake x rays and just having that hospital feel, i love it there. just something i want to do, help others. reporter: above moving onto college, sam will make one more run at a state championship. on the basketball court this winter. best of luck to sam pushy, this week's home town hero. >> and great that he's going to stick around in new hampshire. tom: yes indeed, thanks. bedroom can be difficult for some, so we have some 10 things that you should do to remove all of that clutter and live a healthier life. tom: good idea. stay tuned for the granite state debates following world news. we'll see you back here tonight right after "how to get away with murder." have a good

ben hassan is my older brother. he is so funny, and so smart, and my best friend. all families have challenges, and my mom instilled in us very early on the importance of finding solutions to those challenges. and working really hard with your community to get things done. and she made it possible for ben and for me to have a family just like any other family. that's part of the reason that she got involved in public service, because that's what's in her heart... and mom's still that way today.

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. frank guinta. he's on our side. i'm frank guinta i alone can fix it! bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i'd like to punch him in the face. i like people that weren't captured, okay? he's a mexican! she ate like a pig... i moved on her like a [bleep] i did not say that... i love war. yes, including with nukes. blood coming out of her... they're rapists... wrong. there has to be some form of punishment. such a nasty woman. i wanna be unpredictable. ...on 5th avenue and shoot somebody... she's a slob... i don't remember! and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves!

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